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BURLINGTON, Vt., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of a recent spate of hateful, anti-trans legislation in states across the nation, Ben & Jerry's has launched a billboard campaign to stand in solidarity with trans youth and their families who have been targeted by the latest wave of attempted new laws. In partnership with the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), the billboards are targeting four states: Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Virginia, all of which have introduced anti-trans legislation in recent months. The message on the billboards, placed within each state's capital, reads "We Stand with Trans Youth and Those Who Love Them."
"At a time when many politicians are criminalizing access to health care for trans youth — in addition to other efforts to marginalize them — we felt it important to make a public stand in support for them and their friends and families. We see them, we hear them, we stand with them," said Maroni Minter, US Activism Manager for Ben & Jerry's. "After years and years of progress in the LGBTQ+ and trans community, this wave of regressive legislation is trying to take us backwards not forward. In the face of this reality, it is more important than ever that we not remain silent."
This initiative, launching May 23rd, is part of Ben & Jerry's ongoing body of work around advancing justice for those in the LGBTQ+ community, and is in collaboration with their long-time partner, the National Center for Transgender Equality, who have asked for businesses to stand up loudly and clearly in support of the trans community at this time.
"Through no fault of their own, transgender youth are under attack by some of the most powerful people in the states where they live," said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director of the NCTE. "Transgender kids deserve to be seen, to be loved, and to be treated with respect. These laws will cause tremendous pain to many families, and even worse, they give permission to other people to harass and discriminate against transgender people. There will be lasting consequences on young people and their families, who are all just trying to live their lives. These laws are mean, hateful, and aimed directly at kids. We are grateful to Ben & Jerry's for standing with transgender young people and their families, and for reminding us all that we are not alone."
On top of the four states included in the campaign, 31 other states have seen legislative activity that seeks to marginalize the transgender community, most specifically designed to affect trans youth. Additionally, Ben & Jerry's will also be placing a newspaper ad in their home state of Vermont. The state has been dealing with its own spate of anti-LGBTQ+ activity, including the recent murder of a trans woman, vandalism of a local LGBTQ+ community center, and hateful messages targeting local school staff for hosting workshops about gender equity.
About Ben & Jerry's
Ben & Jerry's is an aspiring social justice company that believes in a greater calling than simply making and selling the world's best ice cream. The company produces a wide variety of super-premium ice cream and Non-Dairy/vegan desserts using high-quality ingredients and lots of big chunks and swirls. As a certified B Corp, Ben & Jerry's incorporates its vision of Linked Prosperity into its business practices via values-led sourcing initiatives when purchasing ingredients. Ben & Jerry's is distributed in over 35 countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores, franchised Scoop Shops, and via on-demand delivery services. Ben & Jerry's, a Vermont corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever, operates its business on a three-part Mission Statement emphasizing product quality, a fair financial return, and addressing issues of social, racial, and environmental injustice around the globe. The Ben & Jerry's Foundation, guided by Ben & Jerry's employees, granted $3.7MM in 2021 to support progressive, justice-focused grassroots organizing around the country. For up-to-date information visit benjerry.com.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (NASDAQ: CRESY, BYMA: CRES), leading Argentine agricultural company, announces today its results for the Fiscal Year 2022 ended June 30, 2022.
HIGHLIGHTS
- We concluded a regional agricultural campaign with very good results, motivated by an active demand for grains, high commodity prices, mixed weather conditions and a more dynamic real estate market, mainly in Brazil. We planted 254,000 hectares and reached a grain production of 800,000 tons.
- Adjusted EBITDA reached ARS 47,739 million in fiscal year 2022, ARS 19,054 million from the agricultural business and ARS 28,685 million from the urban property and investment business, increasing 10% compared to fiscal year 2021.
- The net result for fiscal year 2022 was a gain of ARS 63,000 million, compared to a loss of ARS 40,179 in the previous fiscal year.
- During the fiscal year, our subsidiary Brasilagro sold a fraction of its Rio do Meio farm for BRL 130.1 million and a fraction of its Alto Taquarí farm for BRL 336.0 million.
- Regarding the urban business, in December 2021, it was concluded the merger between IRSA and IRSA Commercial Properties that has an effective date of July 1, 2021. CRESUD's current stake in IRSA is 53.9%.
- In financial matters, we issued debt in the local market for USD 125.6 million and subsequently, we completed the exchange of the Series XXIII Notes for USD 113 million within the framework of the Resolution of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, reaching an acceptance of 86.7%.
- Subsequently, we launched a share repurchase plan for up to ARS 1,000 million, which to date has registered an advance of 99%.
Financial Highlights
(In millions of Argentine Pesos)
FY 2022 ended June 30, 2022
Cresud, leading Argentinean agricultural company with a growing presence in Latin American countries, cordially invites you to participate in its Fiscal Year 2022 Results Conference Call on Friday, September 9, 2022, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time / 11:00 AM BA Time.
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Webinar ID: 874 0752 4925
Password: 164473
In addition, you can participate communicating to this numbers:
Argentina: +54 112 040 0447 or +54 115 983 6950 or +54 341 512 2188 or +54 343 414 5986
Israel: +972 55 330 1762 or +972 3 978 6688
Brazil : +55 11 4700 9668 or +55 21 3958 7888 or +55 11 4632 2236 or +55 11 4632 2237
US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592
Chile: +56 232 938 848 or +56 41 256 0288 or +56 22 573 9304 or +56 22 573 9305 or +56 23 210 9066
UK: +44 330 088 5830 or +44 131 460 1196 or +44 203 481 5237 or +44 203 481 5240 or +44 208 080 6591
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FORTUNE Education published its first-ever ranking of the Best Online Master's in Cybersecurity Degrees. University of California—Berkeley took the top honors, followed by Yeshiva University (Katz), and Western Governors University.
The ongoing pandemic has both been an accelerant for both the digital economy and for online education. That's why FORTUNE built a ranking of online cybersecurity programs. After all, the cyber industry was among the biggest winners of this digital transformation.
FORTUNE Education Editorial Director Lance Lambert says, "The pre-pandemic world of higher education is never coming back. At least not all the way. Online education is now the preferred way to learn by many of the nation's best and brightest students. To help guide the next generation of business leaders, FORTUNE ranked the nation's best online cybersecurity programs."
The combined enrollment of the 20 online cybersecurity programs on our list totals 3,064. The median base salary for students who complete UC Berkeley's online cybersecurity program is a staggering $200,000. For comparison, Harvard Business School's latest MBA class netted a median base salary of $150,500.
FORTUNE's Top 10 Online Cybersecurity Programs in 2022 are:
- University of California—Berkeley
- Yeshiva University (Katz)
- Western Governors University
- Indiana University—Bloomington
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Arizona
- California State University—San Marcos
- Robert Morris University
- University of San Diego
- Roger Williams University
The final ranking was determined using three components: a Selectivity Score, which considers the average undergraduate GPA of incoming students, as well as acceptance rates, a Success Score determined by one-year retention rates and graduation rates, and a Demand Score measuring the total size of program's most recent graduating class.
Curated by a team of expert journalists, FORTUNE Education is a destination for articles, insights, and ongoing reporting about what prospective students should know to make the best, most impactful decisions for their careers. FORTUNE Education also produces rankings and ratings of graduate, post-graduate, executive education, and personal and professional improvement programs, informed by FORTUNE's unparalleled understanding of which skills matter to businesses today.
FORTUNE drives the conversation about business. With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and will matter even more tomorrow. With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce, and society around the world, FORTUNE lights the path for global leaders—and gives them the tools to make business better. For more information, visit www.fortune.com.
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ArcBest LTL carrier offering hiring bonuses for full-time city drivers, forklift operators
FORT SMITH, Ark., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leader in supply chain logistics, announced today that its less-than-truckload carrier, ABF Freight®, will host a two-day hiring event in the Minneapolis area on August 23 and 24, seeking candidates for full-time city drivers, participants in the company's driver development program, and full- and part-time forklift operators. The company is offering signing bonuses of $15,000 for full-time city drivers, $5,000 for full-time forklift operators and driver development program participants, and $1,000 signing bonuses for part-time forklift operators, available on the first day of employment.
"There's never been a better time to join the ABF team," said Seth Runser, ABF Freight president. "Our people are at the heart of our success, and our values-driven culture has created an environment where people can grow and thrive — it's more than just a job, it's a career. If you live in the Minneapolis area and you're looking to join a company with excellent benefits, frequent home time and ongoing training opportunities, we hope to see you at the event."
On August 23 and August 24, ABF will host interested candidates from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at its service center, located at 2950 Lone Oak Circle, Eagan, MN, 55121. No appointment is necessary. Driver candidates should be at least 21 years old.
At the event, candidates can expect:
- Assistance with job applications
- Interviews with ABF recruiters
- Potential job offers made that day
ABF Freight is one of the nation's largest and most trusted less-than-truckload carriers, operating in both short- and long-haul markets across North America. ABF employs more than 10,000 people across over 240 locations, and over 53 percent of ABF drivers have been employed with the company for more than 10 years.
Full-time ABF drivers and dock workers receive Teamster Union Scale wages, 100 percent company-paid health insurance for employees and their families, personal days, sick leave and paid holidays, and they are covered by a pension plan at no expense to the employee.
For additional information on current job openings across the country or to apply for a job, please visit jobs.abf.com.
ABOUT ARCBEST
ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB) is a multibillion-dollar integrated logistics company that helps keep the global supply chain moving. Founded in 1923 and now with over 15,000 employees across more than 250 campuses and service centers, the company is a logistics powerhouse, fueled by the simple notion of finding a way to get the job done. Through innovative thinking, agility and trust, ArcBest leverages its full suite of shipping and logistics solutions to meet customers' critical needs, each and every day. For more information, visit arcb.com.
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In celebration of the summer launch, the 90's entertainment legend joins forces with No Sugar king Brad Woodgate to unveil their newest flavor and hottest song of the summer
LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- No Sugar king, Brad Woodgate, the CEO and founder of the highly successful No Sugar Company is back at it again with a reimagined, natural energy, naturally caffeinated, plant-based energy drink company called Joyburst. They announced today their launch into the U.S. market with a new flavor created with music icon, Vanilla Ice. With all-natural and easy-to-read, straightforward ingredients, these drinks have no sugar, zero calories and are also keto verified and Gluten-free. The newest addition to the bright and bold flavor combination portfolio will be a Vanilla Ice flavor that will join Elderberry, Frosé, Grape, Lime, and Peach on the shelves of select Walmart and Costco locations.
Accentuating the vibes of summer, Joyburst CEO Brad Woodgate has teamed up with American rapper, Vanilla Ice to create the song of the summer, 'Joyburst', a nostalgic nod to the 90's with funky beats and sing-along lyrics. The song will be accompanied by a fun and playful video starring the duo. 'Joyburst" summer song is available on all music platforms including, Spotify, iTunes, and more.
"From the summer-inspired flavors to the vibrant can designs, we wanted to create something that was new and innovative yet still familiar". Says pop icon, Vanilla Ice." As headliner of the I Love the 90's Tour, I am excited for concert goers to hear the new Joyburst single and be able to sip the new Vanilla Ice flavor at the same time!". Joyburst will also release its alcoholic version Vanilla Ice Party Seltzer in select states across America.
Fresh off the heels of their successful LVI Super Bowl spot created by Consolidate Content, the 'better for you' and "natural energy, it's a thing" line of energy drinks will have U.S. consumers dancing through the aisles to purchase case after case beginning June 24th. No matter what Americans have planned for the summer, Joyburst is encouraging everyone to dip their toes into the water, turn up the music and get out there to unleash their inner cool this summer.
"For over a decade, we have been working on creating the perfect recipe – naturally derived green tea caffeine, infused with amazing flavors and refreshing carbonation, without using sugar," said No Sugar Co and Joyburst CEO, Brad Woodgate. "After finalizing our recipe, we launched our starting five flavors that are both delicious and energizing and we are enthusiastic to bring our newest Vanilla Ice flavor and this new wave of energy to America!"
Joyburst is created in Toronto, Canada and is a sister company of No Sugar Company, a brand dedicated to helping people live a healthier lifestyle. The signature energy drinks offer natural flavor options of Elderberry, Frosé, Grape, Lime, and Peach Mango and now, Vanilla Ice. Available in 355 mL 12-pack cans (MSRP: $24.99) to purchase on joyburst.com, Walmart and Costco.
No Sugar Company was launched in 2018 with the goal of helping people live a healthier lifestyle. After countless attempts to create the perfect no sugar snack, it landed on the taste and texture enjoyed today with a wide range of products, including No Sugar Keto bars and Keto Bombs, Keto Ice Cream Barz, etc. The latest product offering, Joyburst, has the company expanding into the beverage market with a line of natural energy drinks. No Sugar Company has quickly become one of the fastest-growing consumer packaged goods companies in North America and its products are now available in over 50 countries including Mexico, the United Kingdom, Australia, and China. Learn more at: Thenosugarcompany.com
Brad Woodgate is a self-made Canadian serial entrepreneur who, over the last 22 years, has turned an initial thirty-thousand-dollar investment into over a billion dollars in sales. Having launched several successful companies in the health and wellness space, he has managed over 500 employees, launched over 700 products, and distributed to more than 75 countries. Over the years, Brad also helped many people and celebrities reach their wellness goals. In 2015, based on his own health concerns, Brad took a very strong interest in the effects of refined sugar on our health. This led to the establishment of the No Sugar Company in 2018, which has quickly disrupted the global food industry and is now one of the fastest-growing consumer packaged goods companies in North America. He is also the author of No Sugar In Me, a book about changing your lifestyle by eliminating refined sugars.
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– Initial Clinical Activity Results of IMU-935 in Psoriasis Expected in the Fourth Quarter –
– Unblinded Safety Data from the Single and Multiple Ascending Dose Parts of
Phase 1 Clinical Trial of IMU-856 in Healthy Human Subjects Expected in the Third Quarter –
– $88.1 Million in Cash and Cash Equivalents Expected to Fund Immunic
Into the Fourth Quarter of 2023 –
– Webcast to be Held Today, August 4, 2022, at 8:00 am ET –
NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provided a corporate update.
"The second quarter was a period of continued progress in each of our key clinical programs, setting the stage for important data readouts during the second half of this year, including for IMU-935, a highly potent and selective oral IL-17 inhibitor, and IMU-856, an orally available and systemically acting small molecule shown preclinically to regulate intestinal barrier function and regenerate bowel epithelium," stated Daniel Vitt, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Immunic. "Most notably, we look forward to reporting initial clinical activity data from part C of our phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-935 in moderate-to-severe psoriasis patients in the fourth quarter of this year. Additionally, during the third quarter, we expect to report unblinded safety data from both the single (SAD) and multiple ascending dose (MAD) parts of our phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-856 in healthy human subjects."
Dr. Vitt continued, "As we reported in June, the top-line data from our phase 2 CALDOSE-1 trial of our selective oral DHODH inhibitor, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC), did not meet its primary endpoint due to a previously unknown interaction with chronic concurrent steroid use. Based on a post-hoc analysis of our phase 2 EMPhASIS trial in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients, we do not believe this will be an issue for our ongoing program in multiple sclerosis (MS) as chronic administration of corticosteroids is not generally used in this patient population or permitted in our ongoing MS trials. Based on the totality of data generated thus far, demonstrating an impressive suppression of MRI lesions, evidence for neuroprotective effects and an unrivaled safety and tolerability profile, we remain highly optimistic about the potential for vidofludimus calcium to become a highly differentiated and uniquely valuable treatment option in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS)."
- July 2022: Announced the appointment of Maria Törnsén, an industry executive with 20 years of global commercial experience in U.S. and ex-U.S. markets, to the Board of Directors and the resignation of Jan Van den Bossche from the Board, both effective July 5, 2022.
- June 2022: Announced publication of data from the phase 2 EMPhASIS trial of vidofludimus calcium in patients with RRMS, in the peer reviewed journal, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology.
- June 2022: Reported top-line data from phase 2 CALDOSE-1 trial of vidofludimus calcium in patients with moderate-to-severe UC, revealing an interaction with chronic concurrent steroid use and, therefore, missing the trial's primary endpoint. Consistent with prior data sets in other patient populations, administration of vidofludimus calcium in this trial was observed to be safe and well-tolerated. Also announced that the company's development programs in the inflammatory bowel disease indications will not be continued without a partner.
- May 2022: Announced the start of the celiac disease cohorts in the ongoing phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-856, representing the first time patients are treated with the company's orally available small molecule modulator targeting restoration of intestinal barrier function and regeneration of bowel epithelium.
- Update on the use of steroids in the phase 2 EMPhASIS trial of vidofludimus calcium in RRMS: Based on the observed interaction between vidofludimus calcium and chronic steroid use in the CALDOSE-1 trial in UC patients, Immunic performed a post-hoc analysis of the phase 2 EMPhASIS data in RRMS patients to explore the potential influence of steroids on these study results. As anticipated, steroid use was rare and among those RRMS patients who received any steroids, the majority received only short steroid courses following relapse events or acute neurological events. Comparing patients who received at least one dose of corticosteroids with those who did not, Immunic does not see any difference in clinical parameters or any evidence that the rare, short-term use of steroids in RRMS patients has any influence on the effectiveness of vidofludimus calcium in this patient population.
- Results of exploratory phase 1 drug-drug interaction (DDI) study of IMU-935: An exploratory phase 1 study was completed in 15 evaluable healthy human subjects to assess the DDI potential of IMU-935. No relevant signals for DDI potential were observed and treatment was safe and well-tolerated.
- Update on phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-935 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) – initial safety data available: The first two dose cohorts of the phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-935 in mCRPC have been fully recruited, with 6 patients enrolled in the 300 mg cohort and 6 patients in the 600 mg cohort. Of these patients, all have completed the initial 28-day safety study part without reaching dose limiting toxicity (DLT). The third, 900 mg cohort is expected to start dosing soon. Initial safety data available so far show a promising safety profile of IMU-935 in mCRPC, with only benign adverse events and no dose limiting toxicities. Immunic plans to provide a more comprehensive update on safety and also on potential signs of anti-tumor activity of IMU-935 in this trial as soon as data from the planned dose expansion part are available.
- Vidofludimus calcium in MS: Immunic has carefully analyzed the impact that current events in the Ukraine and Russia may have on its ongoing clinical programs. Based on this assessment, the current goal is to report data from the interim analysis of the phase 2 CALLIPER trial of vidofludimus calcium in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) in the second half of 2023 and to read-out top-line data at the end of 2024. Moreover, the read-out of the first of the phase 3 ENSURE trials of vidofludimus calcium in RMS is currently targeted for end of 2025. Although Immunic currently believes that each of these goals is achievable, they are each dependent on numerous factors which are not under the company's direct control and can be difficult to predict. Immunic plans to periodically review this assessment and provide updates of material changes as appropriate.
- IMU-935 phase 1 program in psoriasis: Recruitment of part C of the phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-935 in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis is ongoing in Australia, New Zealand and Bulgaria. Initial results are expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2022.
- IMU-856 phase 1 program: Unblinded safety data from the SAD and MAD parts of the ongoing phase 1 clinical trial of IMU-856 in healthy human subjects are expected to be available in the third quarter of 2022.
- Research and Development (R&D) Expenses were $16.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $15.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The $0.8 million increase reflects (i) a $4.0 million increase in external development costs related to the ongoing clinical trials of vidofludimus calcium for the phase 3 program in RMS and the phase 2 trial in PMS and IMU-935, and (ii) a $0.7 million increase in personnel expense in research and development, $0.3 million of which is related to non-cash stock compensation expense and the remainder of which is related to an increase in headcount. The increases were partially offset by (i) a $3.2 million decrease in external development costs related to clinical trials of vidofludimus calcium related to COVID-19 and UC, and (ii) a decrease of $0.7 million across numerous categories.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, R&D expenses were $34.0 million, as compared to $27.3 million for the same period ended June 30, 2021. The $6.7 million increase reflects (i) a $12.1 million increase in external development costs related to the ongoing clinical trials of vidofludimus calcium for the phase 3 program in RMS and the phase 2 trial in PMS, IMU-935 and IMU-856, and (ii) a $1.8 million increase in personnel expense in research and development, $0.7 million of which is related to non-cash stock compensation expense and the remainder of which is related to an increase in headcount. The increases were partially offset by (i) a $6.3 million decrease in external development costs related to clinical trials of vidofludimus calcium related to COVID-19 and UC, and (ii) a decrease of $0.9 million in external development costs across numerous categories. - General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses were $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $3.4 million for the same period ended June 30, 2021. The $0.6 million increase was primarily due to a $0.6 million increase in personnel expenses, $0.3 million of which is related to non-cash stock compensation expense and the remainder of which is related to an increase in headcount.
For the six months ended June 30 ,2022, G&A expenses were $8.1 million, as compared to $7.1 million for the same period ended June 30, 2021. The $1.0 million increase was primarily due to personnel expenses, $0.3 million of which is related to non-cash stock compensation expense and the remainder of which is related to an increase in headcount. - Other Income (Expense) was ($1.3 million) for the three months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $1.2 million for the same period ended June 30, 2021. The $2.5 million decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in the loss on an intercompany loan between Immunic, Inc. and Immunic AG as a result of changes in currency exchange rates.
For the six months ended June 30, 2022, other expense was ($0.7 million), as compared to ($0.9 million) for the same period ended June 30, 2021. The $0.2 million decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in research and development tax incentives for clinical trials in Australia as a result of increased spending on clinical trials in Australia as well as the impact of foreign exchange rates on loans between Immunic AG and Immunic Australia Pty Ltd, partially offset by an increase in the loss on an intercompany loan between Immunic, Inc. and Immunic AG. - Net Loss for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was approximately $21.9 million, or $0.72 per basic and diluted share, based on 30,248,767 weighted average common shares outstanding, compared to a net loss of approximately $17.9 million, or $0.82 per basic and diluted share, based on 21,749,439 weighted average common shares outstanding for the same period ended June 30, 2021.
Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2022, was approximately $42.7 million, or $1.49 per basic and diluted share, based on 28,686,910 weighted average common shares outstanding, compared to a net loss of approximately $52.5 million, or $2.44 per basic and diluted share, based on 21,463,656 weighted average common shares outstanding for the same period ended June 30, 2021. - Cash and Cash Equivalents as of June 30, 2022 were $88.1 million, which management expects to be sufficient to fund operations into the fourth quarter of 2023.
Immunic will host a webcast today at 8:00 am ET. To participate in the webcast, please register in advance at: https://imux.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_alOspcfoRBWZpGzVMIbfFg or on the "Events and Presentations" section of Immunic's website at: ir.imux.com/events-and-presentations. Registrants will receive a confirmation email containing a link for online participation or a telephone number for dial in access.
An archived replay of the webcast will be available approximately one hour after completion on Immunic's website at: ir.imux.com/events-and-presentations.
Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a pipeline of selective oral immunology therapies focused on treating chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company is developing three small molecule products: its lead development program, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), a selective immune modulator that inhibits the intracellular metabolism of activated immune cells by blocking the enzyme DHODH and exhibits a host-based antiviral effect, is currently being developed as a treatment option for multiple sclerosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. IMU-935, a selective inverse agonist of the transcription factor RORγ/RORγt, is targeted for development in psoriasis, and castration-resistant prostate cancer. IMU-856, which targets the restoration of the intestinal barrier function, is targeted for development in diseases involving bowel barrier dysfunction. For further information, please visit: www.imux.com.
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BAODING, China, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 26, GWM showed up with its six brands at the Chengdu Motor Show 2022, becoming one of the most popular brands.
GWM displayed various eye-catching new energy models to all media outlets and visitors in several exhibition halls. During the show, a variety of hybrid electric vehicles have been brought by HAVAL, TANK and WEY, helping strengthen the hybrid product matrix of GWM.
The other two pure electric brands which are ORA and SAR also won massive attention and became the spotlight with their innovative interactive forms and differentiated styles.
"As a pioneer in driving conventional car companies' transformation toward electrification and intelligentization, GWM has been insisting on speeding up the implementation of the new energy strategy," commented NetEase, China's leading news media.
HAVAL is positioned as a "New Energy SUV Expert", and all its models displayed in Hall 1 are new energy vehicles, such as H6-HEV, H6-PHEV and H-DOG. Specifically, the new electric hybrid SUV HAVAL H-DOG made its global debut, adopting 1.5T+DHT-PHEV Powertrain, with a total torque of 530N•m and total power of 240kW. It propels users to broaden life boundaries with a cozier driving space.
Now, HAVAL has already marched toward the new energy field, and several hybrid SUVs of the brand can cater to diverse user demands for green travel in the global market.
TANK also exhibited two new energy models at the booth in Hall 8, namely TANK300 HEV and TANK500 PHEV. These two models can integrate reliable and stable off-road capability with powerful new energy power, allowing customers to get an off-road experience while enjoying the green and convenient travel at the same time.
Then, WEY brought about Coffee 01, Latte DHT-PHEV (for the Chinese market) and other high-end intelligent new energy models at the show, thus leading to the new trend of intelligent driving. Particularly, Coffee 01, the first model for WEY's entry into Europe, has drawn the attention of industry professionals and local users as soon as it was unveiled in the European market.
Currently, in the field of new energy, GWM has established a development strategy that focuses on multiple technology routes, such as hybrid electric and pure electric, to accelerate the layout in the new energy field.
In terms of R&D, the company has scaled up investment and said that by 2025, GWM will invest a total of CNY 100 billion for new energy and intelligence-based technologies to create a greener, smarter and safer products for users.
At the 2025 Strategy Global Launch Conference, the company announced that GWM's new energy vehicles will account for 80% by 2025.
Mu Feng, President of GWM, said at the HAVAL brand new energy strategy conference, "GWM's new energy strategy is in full swing."
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First Epson-Built Spectrophotometer Color Management Tool Accurately Measures Color for SureColor Wide-Format Printers
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Underscoring its commitment to print quality, Epson America today announced the Epson SD-10, the first Epson-built spectrophotometer. Designed to give SureColor® wide-format customers a tool to accurately measure color, the SD-10 is an easy-to-use and full-featured color measuring device. The SD-10 is a compact, battery-powered device that can be used stand-alone via the built-in LCD display or wirelessly connected to a smartphone through the mobile app to make critical color decisions on-the-go. Allowing users to elevate their color with a simple color management tool, the SD-10 is ideal for print shops, designers and salespeople to capture, reproduce and confirm colors with confidence.
"Many existing color workflows are labor intensive and communicating color can be arbitrary and subjective," said Eric Holm, Professional Imaging, Epson America, Inc. "Well received by both textile and signage users for its simplicity to measure and communicate accurate color, the Epson SD-10 allows an entire team to speak the same color language, from the salesperson to the designer to the print department."
Measuring colors accurately, consistently, and quickly, the SD-10 is easy-to-use, easy to carry, and its embedded battery allows for measurements to be taken virtually anywhere, anytime. The SD-10 features market-leading technology, including industry-standard measurement modes (M0, M1e, M2) and Epson's advanced micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology, used to construct devices with sub-micron precision. Accuracy on textured surfaces is achieved via a large 7.6 mm aperture and 360-degree LED illumination reduces shadows and irregularities to increase accuracy of color measurements. A built-in LCD display makes standalone operation possible, allowing for quick viewing of a measured color's L*a*b* value. Additionally, the last two colors are always being compared and the delta-E value is displayed.
The Epson Spectrometer mobile app1 allows users to wirelessly connect to mobile devices where they can build custom color libraries, find similar PANTONE® colors and compare measured colors. The app can be used to see where a color stands in comparison to your printer's ICC profile. Additional features include:
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity – Connect to a mobile device or computer using Bluetooth Low Energy technology
- Large aperture for textured surfaces – 7.6 mm aperture measures up to 1.5 times the area covered by similar products, allowing for greater accuracy
- Integration with Epson Edge® Print software – Directly measure and replace colors within the print workflow; connect via Bluetooth or USB
- Build color libraries – Use the mobile app to create color palettes, find similar PANTONE colors and record measurements
Availability
The SD-10 spectrophotometer is now available through Epson Authorized Professional Imaging Resellers for $899 (MSRP). For additional information, visit www.epson.com/proimaging.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
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- Company increases quarterly dividend payment for common stock
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $1.005 per share, an increase of $0.02. This dividend is payable on Sept.16, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug.12, 2022.
The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend on its Series A preferred stock of $359.375 per share, payable on Sept.16, 2022, to shareholders of record at close of business on Aug.12, 2022. This is equivalent of $0.359375 per depositary share.
In addition, the company declared a semi-annual cash dividend on its Series B preferred stock of $24.375 per share, payable on Sept.16, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug.12, 2022.
Duke Energy has paid a cash dividend on its common stock for 96 consecutive years.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business and at least a 50% carbon reduction from electric generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals also include Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "America's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos, and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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In exploring the history of animal shelters and rescue organizations in the country, nothing proves as problematic as the lack of a centralized reporting system to collect data on these organizations. Most of the shelter statistics that are available and accepted today are estimates based on several period surveys, including the aforementioned APPA National Pet Owners Survey along with the AVMA U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. Without a nationally codified and streamlined process for collecting, organizing, and reporting on shelter data, there has been a grave lack of transparency around the country’s shelters. That makes it difficult not only to pinpoint accurate statistics regarding sheltered animals in America but also to understand the true state of animal welfare in the country, which is the first step to improving that welfare.
If you’ve been considering bringing home a furry companion, be sure to keep reading. Stacker compiled a list of dogs available for adoption in Dallas, Texas on Petfinder, ranging in age, breed composition, temperament, and needs. It’s important to note that pet adoption is a huge responsibility and requires available savings for emergency and routine veterinary care, a day-to-day routine and game plan for coverage if the pup needs to be left at home during the day (i.e. hiring a dog walker), and time and attention devoted to training your newest family member. Be sure to do due diligence on breed research to see what kind of dog will be the best fit for your lifestyle.
Without further ado, here are adoptable dogs in your home city.
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Joey
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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Monica
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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Fonzi
– Gender: Male
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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Blanca
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier, American Bulldog (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Ace
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Great Pyrenees (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Honey Dew
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Chihuahua
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PRINCESS
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Maltese, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
LILAC
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
PEDRO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Cairn Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
ELLIE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Rhodesian Ridgeback, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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SAPPHIRE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
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KATIE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Doberman Pinscher, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
RUSTY
– Gender: Male
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Treeing Walker Coonhound, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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WIGGLE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
LINDSEY
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog
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Big John
– Gender: Male
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Cattle Dog, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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LUCA
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog, American Staffordshire Terrier (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Raj
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Siberian Husky, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
ALICE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
MIA
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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CHARLI
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
Lilac
– Gender: Female
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certain industry reports, articles, websites, and speakers are making false claims that "missed subrogation is costing insurers $15B annually and 32% of recoverable claims are not pursued." These groups are falsely using the name of NASP (National Association of Subrogation Professionals) without permission and erroneously citing NASP as the source. The claims are untrue. The data is false and does not represent true metrics of the subrogation industry.
NASP Benchmarking reports are a trusted source of accurate and timely subrogation data. For more information, visit https://subrogation.org/benchmarking, or contact NASP's CEO, Leslie Wiernik, at 1-800-574-9961.
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FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) – A Northern California man has been charged with a hate crime in connection with a religiously charged rant at a Taco Bell, the Fremont Police Department said this week.
Singh Tejinder, 37, of Union City, was filmed shouting at another man at a Taco Bell in Fremont on Aug. 21, according to police.
The victim, Krishnan Jayaraman, told Nexstar’s KRON that the suspect’s offensive rant lasted more than eight minutes.
“He again said, ‘Hey, pick up your bean burrito and leave. You’re a vegetarian right? You don’t eat beef. You should eat beef. You Indians should eat beef,’” Jayaraman told KRON.
Jayaraman also said the suspect spat on him and called Hindus “disgusting.”
Police responded to the location of the incident after a Taco Bell employee called to report a disturbance between two customers. Officers arrived to find the men in an “active argument,” the Fremont Police Department wrote on Facebook.
Police interviewed both men involved and “confirmed that a disparaging comment about a particular religion was stated during the verbal argument,” FPD said. Tejinder was not arrested, as there was not yet enough evidence to confirm a hate crime, according to the department.
After reviewing the video, the police again interviewed Jayaraman. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office ultimately charged Tejinder with assault, disturbing the peace by offensive language, and a hate crime in violation of civil rights.
Tejinder was not in custody in Alameda County as of Monday night, police said. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call 510-790-6803.
Jayaraman also said there should be no tolerance for such hateful acts.
“We have grown numb to these kinds of things,” Jayaraman told KRON. “We need to be sensitive to a fellow human being.”
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LONDON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel International, a subsidiary of Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL), has hired Jeannie Schreiner as a senior underwriter for marine and energy (M&E) liability. This latest move, coupled with the recent restructure to Markel's liability team, will allow the organisation to develop its service offerings for clients and drive further investment in its liability portfolio.
Reporting to Louise Foley, senior underwriter and head of M&E liability at Markel International, Schreiner will be based in the M&E team, where she will underwrite a full-suite of M&E liability products – alongside Abigail Piper, senior underwriter, and Kathryn Grahame, underwriter. Schreiner's experience and expertise will enable her to build strong broker relationships and benefit the team, particularly the junior underwriters, with training and development.
Previously, Schreiner spent 10 years at Talbot Underwriting Services, starting as a claims handler for M&E liability, before progressing to the role of marine liability underwriting assistant and class underwriter, respectively. Schreiner is a marine under 35 representative for the Lloyd's Market Association's (LMA) Joint Liability Committee and will retain this position as she takes on her new role.
"Markel's liability team, led by Andrew Carter, has achieved significant growth in gross written premium (GWP) and expertise, as well as an increased leadership profile over the last five years," said Foley. "With Jeannie onboard, she will play a crucial part in our plans by using her skills to enhance the M&E liability team's underwriting expertise, so that we can continue focusing on service levels for brokers and clients and portfolio management."
She added: "Now that we are back in the office, in Lloyd's, and travelling once again, it is a priority of ours to ensure service levels are kept to a high standard, while maintaining our leadership position in the M&E liability market."
About Markel
Markel Corporation is a diverse financial holding company serving a variety of niche markets. The company's principal business markets and underwrites specialty insurance products. In each of the Company's businesses, it seeks to provide quality products and excellent customer service so that it can be a market leader. The financial goals of the company are to earn consistent underwriting and operating profits and superior investment returns to build shareholder value. Markel® is a registered trademark of the Markel Corporation. Visit Markel on the web at markel.com.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY AND EFFICIENCY CANADA UTILIZE POWERFUL ENGAGEMENT TOOLS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDRAISING
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Efficiency Canada, two of Canada's most respected higher education nonprofits, have selected Engaging Networks as their digital engagement technology partner. Engaging Networks' innovative fundraising and advocacy platform will assist both organizations in their efforts to mobilize donors and supporters. The announcement comes on National Higher Education Day as the organizations come together to champion the value of higher learning and the effect it will have on the future of our world.
"I am so pleased to welcome SFU and Efficiency Canada to our extensive list of higher education and advocacy clients," said Graham Covington, CEO of Engaging Networks. "Having grown up in Canada, it's exciting for me to see Canadian organizations join the Engaging Networks community."
"Efficiency Canada is committed to ensuring Canada maximizes the potential benefits of energy efficiency," said Kirstin Pulles, Community Engagement Manager, Efficiency Canada. "Using Engaging Networks will allow us to find and mobilize key supporters, so that we can work together to make change."
Efficiency Canada, an advocacy organization based at Carleton University, has been working with governments and private-sector businesses since 2018 to advocate for public policies that provide a more energy-efficient future. The organization recently joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to announce a $10 million investment that creates new low-carbon jobs and provides Canadians with resources to reduce their energy bills through home energy efficiency. Efficiency Canada also recently released their third annual Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, a benchmark report of provincial energy efficiency policies.
Simon Fraser University boasts an alumni network of more than 170,000 students from 145+ countries. Their current endowment for the 2022 fiscal year will provide at least $24 million in educational opportunities to over 37,000 current students. A recent reception with donors provided a glowing update on the financial performance of SFU's endowment and future opportunities to give.
"Simon Fraser University strives to provide financial support to every student possible so that they are able to achieve their dreams and become the leaders and innovators of the future." said Alex Kouzin, Director, Advancement Information Systems at SFU. "Engaging Networks is helping us up our fundraising game with a new digital solution. The Engaging Networks team has provided us with a very innovative and customizable fundraising platform that we are currently implementing and are excited to put into practice in the near future."
Engaging Networks' all-in-one fundraising, advocacy and marketing platform has made significant updates that specifically benefit higher education organizations. Cutting edge tools like a supporter hub for recurring gifts, new SMS messaging features, strict data security protocols, out-of-the-box donation page and accessibility templates, marketing automation journeys, robust reporting visualizations, fully-integrated artificial intelligence tools and a soon to be released peer-to-peer donation module will help higher education institutions ensure the future is bright for their students. Institutions such as the University of British Columbia, Willamette University, and American University already utilize these powerful tools in their fundraising efforts. For more information on how Engaging Networks is changing the nonprofit landscape, read some of our recent client case studies.
About Simon Fraser University: As Canada's engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. With campuses in British Columbia's three largest cities—Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey—SFU has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 144 graduate degree programs to more than 37,000 students. The university now boasts more than 170,000 alumni residing in 145+ countries. To learn more, visit sfu.ca or follow @SFU on Twitter.
About Efficiency Canada: Efficiency Canada is the national voice for an energy efficient economy. We envision a future where Canada uses energy efficiency to its fullest potential. This means maximizing the benefits of energy efficiency resulting in a sustainable environment, a productive economy, and a just and equitable society. Efficiency Canada is housed at Carleton University's Sustainable Energy Research Centre, which is located on the traditional unceded territories of the Algonquin nation. To learn more, visit efficiencycanada.org or follow @EfficiencyCAN on Twitter.
About Engaging Networks: Engaging Networks is an innovative digital engagement technology platform with the ability to fully adapt to a nonprofit's fundraising and advocacy needs. Engaging Networks proudly works with a variety of important organizations such as The Humane Society of the United States, The Nature Conservancy, American University, Human Rights Campaign, PETA and The University of British Columbia, Willamette University and Amnesty International USA. Today, they have two offices in Washington, D.C. and London, and serve more than 400 nonprofits in more than 50 countries around the world. To learn more, visit engagingnetworks.net or follow @engagingnetwork on Twitter.
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The inclusion training will be developed in partnership with HospitableMe and will be available to any bar or restaurant free of charge.
FORT COLLINS, Colo., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, New Belgium announced the next phase of its ongoing commitment to uplift and support communities often left out of the craft beer community with the Poured for All Initiative – a year-round investment to provide pathways for more spaces, including bars and restaurants that serve New Belgium beer, to become more welcoming and inclusive for all.
In partnership with DEI training provider HospitableMe, New Belgium is developing a completely free, first-of-its-kind inclusivity training with the goal of building more inclusive and welcoming environments in thousands of bars and restaurants, including those that serve beers from New Belgium and Bell's Brewery (which recently combined with New Belgium). This includes New Belgium and Bell's own taproom coworkers, who will receive the training as soon as it's ready.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated an already alarming decline in welcoming spaces for marginalized groups – for example, the rapid decline in LGBTQ+ bars. In the 1980s there were an estimated 200 lesbian bars, but that number is now down to 15, per NBC and other news sources. With its Poured for All Initiative, New Belgium and HospitableMe will develop and promote a custom training that empowers hospitality staff to better understand and exhibit inclusive behaviors that foster a truly welcoming space for all identities, including people with LGBTQ+, BIPOC and intersectional identities who are currently underrepresented in craft beer spaces and elsewhere.
"For more than 30 years, New Belgium has invested deeply in coworker and community wellbeing, seeking to be intentional about hearing our most underrepresented perspectives. In that spirit, we've approached beer with the commitment to be 'brewed for all,'" said Courtney Simmons, New Belgium Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. "But we have work to do in scrutinizing whether all the spaces we drink beer are truly welcoming for members of marginalized groups. This initiative is about putting our resources to work in fostering more welcoming bars and restaurants across the country with the lowest possible barriers to access."
The training, which complements existing bystander intervention training from organizations like Safe Bars and will be available for free on Hospitable Me's seamless digital platform, will combine simple but critical lessons with personal stories to enable any bar or restaurant staff member to better understand experiences of their underrepresented patrons and to help foster a truly welcoming and inclusive experience for people of all backgrounds and identities. Once the training is released in the coming months, establishments that train their entire staff will receive a digital certificate and optional window cling to help promote their commitment to inclusivity.
"We're excited to partner with New Belgium Brewing, a craft beer pioneer and leader in inclusivity to create this groundbreaking training. As a leading global provider of strategy and education for inclusive hospitality, HospitableMe looks for projects that have a tangible impact on LGBTQ+ and other historically excluded communities. Because this training will be accessible to all companies at no cost, it will have positive impacts reaching far beyond just New Belgium's walls as we seek to make bars and restaurants more inclusive and welcoming for people everywhere," said Billy Kolber, CEO and Co-founder of HospitableMe.
In addition to the Poured for All Initiative, New Belgium is re-releasing its Biere de Queer purple ale, with all proceeds benefitting local LGBTQ+ organizations in our home communities – including Blue Ridge Pride in Asheville, NoCo Equality in Fort Collins, and Frameline in San Francisco. New Belgium is also raising awareness on how to be a good LGBTQ+ ally and conscious consumer during Pride and all year long with the New Belgium Guide to Rainbow Washing. For every social media share the guide receives, New Belgium will donate $1 (up to $50,000) to the Equality Federation, an advocacy accelerator rooted in social justice, building power in its network of state-based LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations combating anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
"As a longtime DEI practitioner in the brewing and hospitality industries, I know how critical it is to create and maintain welcoming spaces for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate and have a beer during Pride and beyond," said Dr. J Jackson-Beckham, President of the Board of Safe Bars and Equity & Inclusion Partner for the Brewers Association. "New Belgium's training will be a great complement to the bystander intervention work we do at Safe Bars. I'm thrilled to see New Belgium continue to lead the craft industry by example."
"We're proud of Asheville's strong culture of inclusivity toward residents and visitors alike, and New Belgium has consistently shown us they share these values through their presence in our community," said Kit Cramer, President and CEO, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. "But we also share a constant drive to do better, and New Belgium's training will be a hugely helpful asset to bars and restaurants across North Carolina and the entire country. Asheville will be more welcoming, and our local businesses stronger and more inclusive, because of New Belgium's investment."
New Belgium has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ communities for more than 30 years, and was proud to be the first craft brewer to receive a perfect score of 100 on HRC's Corporate Equality Index and the first craft brewer to be recognized on HRC's Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality. With a commitment to continuously learn, grow, and improve, the company recently expanded its DEI leadership by hiring DEI Director Courtney Simmons, who brings deep experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, to lead this work across New Belgium and Bell's. Diversity, equity and inclusion practices play a central role in New Belgium's Human Powered Business model, based on the idea that deep and consistent investments for the benefit of coworkers and communities produces better business results in the long term.
The training will be available beginning in the Fall of 2022, and businesses interested in participating can click here to pledge to join the Poured for All Initiative.
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Dr. Hyong Un & Dr. Peter Vernig Bring Decades of Patient and Provider Experience to RCA's New Mental Health Outpatient Treatment Program and Existing Behavioral Health Services
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The mental health crisis in America is showing no signs of slowing and Recovery Centers of America (RCA) is greatly expanding services to address the need for treatment by appointing two esteemed experts in the mental health treatment field to its leadership team
Dr. Hyong Un, RCA's new Chief Medical Officer, has decades of psychiatric health care expertise, and has been a featured writer on mental health in Fortune Magazine and US News & World Report. Now, he's leading the development and implementation of RCA's company-wide integrated behavioral health strategy. This includes RCA's expansion into outpatient mental health services specially designed to treat patients who have mental health conditions as a primary diagnosis. Dr. Un also oversees RCA's acclaimed inpatient and outpatient services for patients with a primary substance use disorder (SUD).
Prior to joining RCA, Dr. Un was the Chief Psychiatric Officer for Aetna/CVS and led in the creation of Aetna's vast behavioral health program for the insurer's more than 1 million health providers across the nation. Dr. Un received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his residency at University of Pennsylvania Hospital.
"RCA's vision for integrated behavioral health services is accessible, precise and personalized," Dr. Un said. "World-class mental health care demands precision with diagnosis, treatment planning and delivery. All three elements have to align to meet the patient where they are with their recovery needs and their readiness to change."
Joining Dr. Un, Dr. Peter Vernig, has been appointed as Vice President of Mental Health Services. Dr. Vernig will oversee the expansion of mental health care across the organization including outpatient, inpatient, and digital health. Prior to joining RCA, Dr. Vernig was Chief Clinical Officer at Friends Hospital in Philadelphia, the oldest private psychiatric hospital in the country.
Dr. Vernig is well known in the mental health field and speaks widely on treatment for mental illness, emerging health trends, and modern behavioral health strategies.
"The focus of RCA's mental health program is to provide effective and compassionate care for people living with mental illness in a structured program that meets patients' individual needs," Dr. Vernig said. "We have seen the need for mental health services grow exponentially. This was happening prior to the COVID pandemic, and the fear, isolation, and uncertainty of the past several years has accelerated this trend. We have developed new RCA programs to help our patients address their mental health needs whether they have a substance use disorder or not."
More than 44 million Americans suffer from some type of mental health disorder each year. To address the scale of this growing problem, Drs. Un and Vernig's comprehensive structured mental health program is offered at the outpatient level for patients with the many different forms of mental illness. Evidence-based care is available for patients with bipolar, depressive, anxiety, trauma, personality, and many other mental health conditions who are experiencing a wide variety of symptoms.
"Symptoms and signs of mental health conditions are really difficult to discern for a lay person," explained Dr. Un. "Very often, it evolves slowly, in a way that feels like, it's just stress or it's just me adjusting to a relationship issue. When we start to notice that we're not relating to others like we used to, that our patterns of sleep, energy, and appetite have changed, or whether we're not just functioning well at school or at work, those are all signs and symptoms that we might benefit from an assessment." See video of Dr. Un's comments here.
As with RCA treatment for substance use disorder, mental health care is affordable and covered in-network with many private insurers.
RCA's new mental health outpatient treatment program is available now in Pennsylvania and in Indiana, with additional programs expected this year across the RCA network. Care is available with highly skilled psychiatrists, therapists and counselors able to treat patients in their homes or dormitories across the state through virtual care, hybrid options, as well as in person in specific locations.
Dr. Un and Vernig also oversee successful RCA inpatient programs to treat mental health disorders coexisting with SUD. Called the Balance program, this treatment option is available at many RCA inpatient and outpatient treatment centers across the country and has been acclaimed widely by patients and families across the RCA network. The program uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address the needs of patients. "So many people in recovery from drugs and alcohol also live with the challenges of mental illness. This can make staying healthy in the long term more challenging. By focusing on both, we aim to treat not just the symptoms of a patient's substance use disorder but the source as well," said Dr. Vernig.
Recovery Centers of America is dedicated to helping patients achieve a life of recovery through evidence-based alcohol and drug addiction treatment and mental health care. RCA has ten inpatient treatment facilities in the United States in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Illinois. RCA also has outpatient programs near all inpatient facilities and centers offering medications for addiction (MAT) treatment programs in New Jersey (including Somerdale, Camden County, Trenton, and Woodbridge) and Pennsylvania (Lansdowne), RCA also offers telehealth treatment services. Patients can obtain immediate mental health treatment and substance use disorder care by calling 1-800-RECOVERY.
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‘Let’s get it on’: Nets, Cavaliers to open play-in Tuesday
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have played in the NBA Finals and Olympics, so they’ve been in just about every kind of big game there is. The play-in tournament is something new for them and the Brooklyn Nets certainly didn’t expect to experience it this year. The Cleveland Cavaliers weren’t sure they would either, after losing 50 games last season. Now one of the teams will extend its season into the playoffs by winning the opener of the tournament Tuesday night in Brooklyn. The winner is No. 7 in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The loser gets in as No. 8 by winning Friday.
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MELBOURNE, Fla., April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Young's Communications, LLC ("Y-COM" or the "Company"), a premier Florida-based construction services provider serving telecommunications, utility, and power infrastructure companies, backed by Grain Management, LLC ("Grain"), announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Fiber Optic Services ("FOS"), a provider of technical services to the telecommunications industry.
Formed in 1983 by founder and President Rod Garry, FOS began operations as a long-haul splicing group providing nationwide technical services, splicing and testing for fiber optic cable. Now, with over 35 years in the fiber optic industry, FOS has performed over 4.2 million fusion splices on over 18.5 million fiber miles of cable. The business provides services for telecommunications, CATV, power utility, fiber-to-the-premises, and other applications.
Y-COM CEO Chad Rasmussen said, "FOS brings a specialized and highly skilled team into the Y-COM family. Given the technical nature of fiber splicing as well as the increasing attention on bringing high speed broadband to homes across the U.S., splicers are in high demand and short supply, making this new relationship all the more exciting for us here at Y-COM."
"FOS will be the second acquisition for Y-COM since Grain acquired the business last year and we couldn't be more excited by the progress," said Chad Crank, Managing Director at Grain. "The Y-COM team and Grain have been working together to target new markets, increase customer diversity, and grow its service offering. FOS offers a compelling opportunity for us to continue achieving these milestones together, expanding Y-COM's service offerings as a turnkey solutions provider for its customers."
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP served as legal advisor to Y-COM in this transaction. FOS was advised by Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP and by N. Michael Kouskoutis.
About Y-COM
Young's Communications, LLC was founded in 1972 as a contractor for wiring CATV / TV coaxial cable lines, and today operates as a super regional provider of infrastructure services to the telecommunications, utility, and power sectors. The Company offers a full suite of capabilities, including underground, aerial, and emergency services to its customers. For more information, visit Y-COM's website at www.ycominc.com.
About Grain Management
Grain Management, LLC is a leading global investment firm that focuses on broadband infrastructure and technology companies that connect the world to the information economy. Founded in 2007, Grain invests exclusively in the global telecommunications sector, employing a rigorous, data-based process buoyed by deep industry expertise to identify investment opportunities in key areas of telecommunications infrastructure, including fiber networks, wireless spectrum and cell towers. For more information visit www.graingp.com.
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Dominion Energy Announces Second-Quarter 2022 Earnings
Published: Aug. 8, 2022 at 6:30 AM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
- Second-quarter 2022 GAAP reported net loss of $0.58 per share
- Second-quarter 2022 operating earnings of $0.77 per share
- Company initiates third-quarter 2022 operating earnings guidance of $0.98 to $1.13 per share
- Company affirms full-year 2022 operating earnings guidance as well as other long-term earnings and dividend guidance
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) today announced an unaudited net loss determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (reported earnings) for the three months ended June 30, 2022, of $453 million ($0.58 per share) compared with net income of $285 million ($0.33 per share) for the same period in 2021.
Operating earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2022, were $658 million ($0.77 per share), compared to operating earnings of $628 million ($0.76 per share) for the same period in 2021.
The difference between GAAP and operating earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2022, reflect the mark-to-market impact of economic hedging activities, gains and losses on nuclear decommissioning trust funds, charges associated with the sale of Kewaunee nuclear power station, regulated asset retirements and other adjustments.
Operating earnings are defined as reported earnings adjusted for certain items. Details of operating earnings as compared to prior periods, business segment results and detailed descriptions of items included in reported earnings but excluded from operating earnings can be found on Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this release.
Guidance
Dominion Energy expects third-quarter operating earnings in the range of $0.98 to $1.13 per share.
The company affirms its full-year 2022 operating earnings guidance range of $3.95 to $4.25 per share. The company also affirms its long-term earnings and dividend growth guidance.
Webcast today
The company will host its second-quarter 2022 earnings call at 10 a.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. Management will discuss matters of interest to financial and other stakeholders including recent financial results.
A live webcast of the conference call, including accompanying slides and other financial information, will be available on the investor information pages at investors.dominionenergy.com.
For individuals who prefer to join via telephone, domestic callers should dial 1-800-420-1271 and international callers should dial 1-785-424-1205. The passcode for the telephonic earnings call is 98021. Participants should dial in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A replay of the webcast will be available on the investor information pages by the end of the day Aug. 8. A telephonic replay of the earnings call will be available beginning at about 1 p.m. ET on Aug. 8. Domestic callers may access the recording by dialing 1-800-839-9307. International callers should dial 1-402-220-6085. The PIN for the replay is 98021.
Important note to investors regarding operating, reported earnings
Dominion Energy uses operating earnings as the primary performance measurement of its earnings guidance and results for public communications with analysts and investors. Dominion Energy also uses operating earnings internally for budgeting, for reporting to the Board of Directors, for the company's incentive compensation plans and for its targeted dividend payouts and other purposes. Dominion Energy management believes operating earnings provide a more meaningful representation of the company's fundamental earnings power.
In providing its operating earnings guidance, the company notes that there could be differences between expected reported earnings and estimated operating earnings for matters such as, but not limited to, acquisitions, divestitures or extreme weather events and other natural disasters. Dominion Energy management is not able to estimate the aggregate impact of these items on future period reported earnings.
About Dominion Energy
About 7 million customers in 15 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to safely providing reliable, affordable and sustainable energy and to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050. Please visit DominionEnergy.com to learn more.
This release contains certain forward-looking statements, including forecasted operating earnings third-quarter and full-year 2022 and beyond that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to: unusual weather conditions and their effect on energy sales to customers and energy commodity prices; extreme weather events and other natural disasters; extraordinary external events, such as the current pandemic health event resulting from COVID-19; federal, state and local legislative and regulatory developments; changes to regulated rates collected by Dominion Energy; timing and receipt of regulatory approvals necessary for planned construction or expansion projects and compliance with conditions associated with such regulatory approvals; the inability to complete planned construction projects within time frames initially anticipated; risks and uncertainties that may impact the ability to develop and construct the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Commercial Project within the currently proposed timeline, or at all, and consistent with current cost estimates along with the ability to recover such costs from customers; changes to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those related to climate change; cost of environmental strategy and compliance, including cost related to climate change; changes in implementation and enforcement practices of regulators relating to environmental standards and litigation exposure for remedial activities; changes in operating, maintenance and construction costs; additional competition in Dominion Energy's industries; changes in demand for Dominion Energy's services; receipt of approvals for, and timing of, closing dates for acquisitions and divestitures; impacts of acquisitions, divestitures, transfers of assets by Dominion Energy to joint ventures, and retirements of assets based on asset portfolio reviews; the expected timing and likelihood of the completion of the proposed sale of Hope, including the ability to obtain the requisite regulatory approvals and the terms and conditions of such regulatory approvals; adverse outcomes in litigation matters or regulatory proceedings; fluctuations in interest rates; fluctuations in currency exchange rates of the Euro or Danish Krone associated with the CVOW Commercial Project; changes in rating agency requirements or credit ratings and their effect on availability and cost of capital; and capital market conditions, including the availability of credit and the ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms. Other risk factors are detailed from time to time in Dominion Energy's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Schedule 2 - Reconciliation of 2022 Reported Earnings to Operating Earnings
2022 Earnings (Six months ended June 30, 2022)
The $1.6 billion pre-tax net loss of the adjustments included in 2022 reported earnings, but excluded from operating earnings, is primarily related to the following items:
- $382 million net market loss associated with nuclear decommissioning trusts and economic hedging activities.
- $649 million loss associated with the sale of Kewaunee nuclear power station.
- $535 million of regulated asset retirements and other charges, including $371 million of charges for certain Virginia Power fuel and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) compliance costs deemed recovered through base rates and $122 million associated with the settlement of Virginia Power's 2021 triennial review.
- $94 million of storm damage and restoration costs associated with storms in Virginia Power's service territory.
Schedule 3 - Reconciliation of 2021 Reported Earnings to Operating Earnings
2021 Earnings (Twelve months ended December 31, 2021)
The $26 million pre-tax net gain of the adjustments included in 2021 reported earnings, but excluded from operating earnings, is primarily related to the following items:
- $308 million net market benefit associated with $568 million from the nuclear decommissioning trusts offset by $260 million in economic hedging activities.
- $829 million of net income from discontinued operations, including $685 million associated with the sale of Questar Pipelines.
- $564 million of regulated asset retirements and other charges, including $266 million associated with the settlement of the South Carolina electric rate case, primarily for the write-off of regulatory assets for debt repurchased in 2019, $186 million associated with the settlement of Virginia Power's 2021 triennial review and $77 million for forgiveness of Virginia customer accounts in arrears pursuant to Virginia's 2021 budget process.
- $235 million of net charges associated with the sales of non-wholly-owned nonregulated solar facilities.
- $99 million of net merger and integration-related costs associated with the SCANA Combination, primarily for litigation charges.
- $77 million of net charges associated with workplace realignment, primarily related to a corporate office lease termination.
- $68 million of storm damage and restoration costs associated with ice storms in Virginia Power's service territory.
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Students sue for review, changes after Oxford High shooting
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — About 20 students at a Michigan high school where four students were killed in a mass shooting say their constitutional rights to safety and education have been violated and that they want changes to ensure security at school, a law firm representing them said Friday.
The federal lawsuit being filed Friday names the Oxford Community School District, its former superintendent and other officials. It seeks an independent review and policy changes, including increased transparency and communication from the district.
The Associated Press sent an email seeking comment from the district.
Ethan Crumbley, 16, has been charged with murder and terrorism in the Nov. 30 shootings at Oxford High School, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Detroit, that also left six other students and a teacher wounded. He faces trial in November.
His parents are accused of providing him with access to the gun he used and are awaiting trial for involuntary manslaughter.
The students’ lawsuit demands the school district implement a “fully transparent and independent third-party investigation of the actions and events leading up to the shooting” and what it calls an end to the “practice of concealing and minimizing threats of violence.”
The lawsuit doesn’t seek financial damages. Other lawsuits following the shooting have sought millions of dollars, saying that the violence could have been prevented.
The latest lawsuit also asks the district to stop returning students to class when they pose a risk of harm to themselves or others.
On the morning of the shooting, Ethan Crumbley’s parents were summoned to the school and confronted with his drawings of a handgun and the words: “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me.” Authorities said the parents refused to take him home after the 13-minute meeting.
Rumors of threats and threatening behavior in the weeks leading up to the shooting were ignored and minimized by school officials, said Alicia Feltz, whose daughter will be a freshman at the high school this fall. “They desensitized and diminished the threats that walked alongside our children in the hallways.”
“None of us want to be here right now,” Feltz added. “We have kindly and firmly asked for change and now we’re demanding it.”
The parents supporting their children in the lawsuit are known as #change4oxford. Several told reporters that the Oxford School Board has repeatedly declined a review by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office.
The district announced last month that it was hiring a law firm and an independent investigations firm to conduct its own review.
“My fear, now, is they will use attorney-client privilege to withhold pertinent information for the review,” said April Ventline, whose son attends Oxford High. “I don’t have faith or trust we will get a clear and honest review.”
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Easter delays for UK travelers as COVID cancels flights
By SYLVIA HUI
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — British travelers going abroad for the Easter holidays faced disruptions Monday as two main carriers, British Airways and easyJet, canceled dozens of flights due to staff shortages related to soaring cases of COVID-19 in the U.K. Budget carrier easyJet grounded 62 flights scheduled for Monday after canceling at least 222 flights over the weekend. British Airways said some three dozen out of its 115 flights canceled Monday were due to pandemic-related problems. An easyJet spokesman said it is “experiencing higher than usual levels of employee sickness.” The Easter school holidays, which start this week, are the first time many families in Britain have booked trips abroad after two years of restrictions, but COVID-19 cases across the U.K. have soared again.
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Research study conducted by LocumTenens.com finds nearly 90 percent of healthcare facilities already use locum tenens staffing – and more than half who don't plan to in the coming year
ATLANTA, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LocumTenens.com recently surveyed healthcare leaders from across the country to get a clearer view of the challenges they are facing and to better understand how hospitals and medical practices are adapting how they deliver patient care. Its findings – which are detailed in a just-released Innovation & Flexibility: Journey to Sustainable Healthcare Report – uncovered new interest in alternative models of staffing, including a growing use of locum tenens staff and improving patient access to care with advanced practice providers (APPs) and telehealth expansion. A picture of hybrid staffing strategies that include elements of all three is emerging: locum tenens as a core staffing strategy, with more APPs in service, and more telehealth coverage.
"Healthcare leaders recognize the impact the gig economy is having on their workforce. They are evolving their hiring models to reflect a new appreciation for the flexibility that hybrid staffing models represent," said Chris Franklin, president of LocumTenens.com. "Solely relying on traditional staffing models and solutions won't work anymore. Through staffing innovation, hospitals are actively seeking options to improve access to care with more sustainable models."
Highlights from the survey, which can be found here, include:
- All things considered, the biggest concerns for healthcare facilities are attracting talent, retaining talent, and avoiding burnout.
- Nearly 57 percent of facilities who have not used locums staffing in the past are planning to use it in the next year.
- The use of APPs in combination with physicians as a strategy is growing, with 73.9 percent affirmatively responding to the question, "Do you plan to expand APP coverage?"
The Innovation & Flexibility: Journey to Sustainable Healthcare Report was compiled utilizing data from an original survey conducted by LocumTenens.com. The survey of healthcare leaders represents a broad range of facility types and sizes. The data was compiled and analyzed by experts in the healthcare industry to formulate the insights within this report.
ABOUT LOCUMTENENS.COM
LocumTenens.com specializes in optimizing healthcare staffing strategies with flexible, hybrid and temporary placement of physicians, advanced practice providers and psychologists through both onsite and telehealth services. As operators of the locum tenens industry's most-visited job board, LocumTenens.com connects healthcare organizations with medical professionals to ensure patients have access to quality care. Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a leader in the healthcare staffing industry, and an employer of choice placing clinicians who deliver care to more than seven million patients in over 2,400 healthcare facilities in the U.S. Headquartered in Atlanta, LocumTenens.com is a Jackson Healthcare® company. Learn more at www.LocumTenens.com.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, the radio access network (RAN) market remains on track for a fifth consecutive year of growth in 2022 and global revenues are projected to stay above $40 B by 2026.
"Even with the unusual uncertainty surrounding the economy, the war in Ukraine, the supply chains, and China's zero-Covid-19 policy, the baseline scenario assumes that risks have changed but the underlying fundamentals remain healthy," said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President and analyst with the Dell'Oro Group. "Consequently, the more optimistic and pessimistic projections have been modified, but we have not made any major adjustments to the baseline scenario with global RAN expanding further over the near term before decelerating in the outer part of the forecast period, resulting in a flat CAGR in nominal USD terms between 2021 and 2026," continued Pongratz.
Additional highlights from the Mobile RAN 5-Year July 2022 Forecast Report:
- Cumulative 2022-2026 RAN Revenue projections have been adjusted upward, partly due to revised 5G projections in China and North America.
- RAN excluding China is projected to increase while the Chinese RAN market is expected to peak in 2022 before decelerating in the outer part of the forecast period.
- RAN investments in the North America region are also expected to peak in 2022 and give up some gains in the outer part of the forecast period.
- Slower mmWave growth in 2021 is not materially impacting the forecast – mmWave is still projected to account for 2 percent to 4 percent of the 2022-2026 RAN market.
- Global Massive MIMO growth prospects are projected to slow somewhat, reflecting challenging comparisons in some of the advanced Massive MIMO markets.
- Small cell RAN revenues are projected to grow at a 6 percent CAGR, underpinned by healthy 5G growth.
About the Report
Dell'Oro Group's Mobile RAN 5-Year Forecast Report offers a complete overview of the Mobile RAN industry by region – North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific, China, and Caribbean & Latin America, with tables covering manufacturers' revenue and unit shipments for 5GNR, 5G NR Sub 6 GHz, 5G NR mmW and LTE pico, micro, and macro transceiver base stations. The report also covers Open RAN, Virtualized RAN, small cells, and Massive MIMO. To purchase this report, please contact by email at dgsales@delloro.com.
About Dell'Oro Group
Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications, enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.
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MANCHESTER, Vt., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Governor Mike Huckabee and Huck PAC today announce their endorsement of Myers Mermel for U.S. Senate in Vermont. In offering his endorsement, Governor Huckabee cited Mermel's commitment to fighting high taxes, inflation, high gasoline prices, and high food prices.
"I am pleased to endorse Myers Mermel for the U.S. Senate in Vermont. I have known Myers for fourteen years. He worked on my 2008 campaign, and we even took a trade trip to Japan together to meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He is the only conservative I have endorsed in New England so far this cycle because he is the only conservative capable of beating the Democrat party there. He is the clear conservative choice in Vermont."
"As one who had to run in a state dominated by Democrats (91% of elected officials in AR were Democrats when I ran), I know that you need to run with innovative ideas and be a different kind of conservative that focuses on solving real problems. Myers can be trusted to do this. He is a new kind of conservative."
"I ask that all conservatives unite behind Myers because he is our only chance to defeat Peter Welch and his ultra-liberal democrat policies. We cannot afford to split the conservative vote in the primary, nor can we afford to vote for liberal Republicans who will not advance our values. We need to vote to stand squarely behind Myers in the primary so he can take the fight to Peter Welch and win. Myers has the intellect, wisdom and experience needed to be a great Senator."
"Myers is a strong defender of the Second Amendment for all Vermonters. I know this from the times we have hunted ducks together. Myers is also a strong supporter of law enforcement and will ensure resources are available for them to hire more officers and continue to keep Vermonters safe in the face of rising crime and the removal of resources from the police."
"Governor Mike Huckabee embodies the conservative principles and values that I have defended over my lifetime," said Myers Mermel. "In my campaign and if I am elected to be Vermont's next Senator, I will continue to challenge failed liberal policies which have brought us severe inflation, excessive federal debt, crushing federal regulations, and a likely recession. I will limit the size and scope of government spending, while offering solutions to make Vermont a job creator not a job exporter. I'm grateful for Governor Huckabee's support and for his efforts in fighting back against an ever-expanding federal government and its inflationary spending."
Myers Mermel received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont, a Master of Arts in American History from Columbia University, and a Master of Divinity from Yale University. He has had a thirty-five-year career in commercial real estate finance and banking. For more information on Myers Mermel and his campaign for Senate, visit www.myersmermel.com
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| 2022-06-06T18:11:27Z
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Uvalde 10-year-olds laid to rest: Smart, funny, loving animals, football
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — She wrote notes to her family, hiding them so that they could be found later and loved to feed animals on the family’s ranch. He liked to sit in the back of the school bus so he could talk with other kids.
Family members were having funerals Saturday for the two 10-year-olds, Makenna Elrod and Rojelio Torres. They were among the 19 students killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, along with two teachers.
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Makenna Lee Elrod
Her family asked in the obituary on the funeral home’s website that people attending a celebration of Makenna’s life at First Baptist Church wear purple to honor her. The family called her “a light to all who knew her.”
She was full of life and loved softball, gymnastics and singing and dancing, her family said. She was a 4-H Club member who also loved to go to the family ranch with her father.
Family said her smile would light up a room. Her family also remembered her as a natural leader who loved school.
The New York Daily News reported that Makenna gave friendship bracelets to the people closest to her.
“She was beautiful, funny, smart, and amazing,” an aunt wrote on a GoFundMe page. “She had the biggest heart and loved her family and friends so much.”
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Rojelio Fernandez Torres
Each morning as he boarded the school bus, he’d ask to sit in the back because that is where the “visiting” happens, his school bus driver told The Associated Press. He was “like a bull,” funny and charismatic, she said. He loved hot Takis.
He got up at 5:30 a.m. on those mornings to get ready for school, the Wall Street Journal reported. An aunt told San Antonio’s KSAT-TV that Rojelio was intelligent and hardworking.
His family described him in the obituary on the funeral home’s website as outgoing and “always eager to help.” Rojelio loved being outside, and his hobbies included Pokemon and playing football and video games. “He always had a smile on his face.”
“He was a loving person,” another aunt told The New York Times. “He loved his siblings.”
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Biden takes swipe at GOP’s assault on Disney: ‘They’re going after Mickey Mouse’
By Shawna Mizelle and Sam Fossum, CNN
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the Republican Party over its confrontation with Disney and suggested the “far right has taken over the party.”
It’s the first time that Biden, who was speaking at a fundraiser in Oregon, has commented on the feud between Disney and Republicans. The party, in an effort to galvanize its base, has seized on Disney over the corporation’s opposition to legislation that prohibits schools from teaching young children about sexual orientation or gender identity. In retaliation, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has led an effort to curtail special privileges Disney enjoys in the state.
“This is not your father’s Republican Party,” Biden said at one point on Thursday, later adding: “It’s not even conservative in a traditional sense of conservatism. It’s mean, it’s ugly. I mean, look at what’s happening now in Florida: Christ, they’re going after Mickey Mouse.”
Biden also used his remarks to look ahead to the fall’s midterm elections. He specifically criticized Republican Sen. Rick Scott’s campaign proposals for the future of the GOP, which include completing former President Donald Trump’s border wall and calling for all Americans to pay some income tax.
The President expressed optimism about the upcoming midterms, even though the Democratic Party’s prospects are widely seen as bleak.
“I think we can pick up two Senate seats,” Biden said, according to reporters at the event. “But I’ll admit, what I haven’t done is getting out on the road again instead of dealing with the many emergencies in my office.”
He said he would do more to talk about his record in the future.
The GOP-Disney feud took off after the company at first refused to make a public statement about the legislation, prompting internal outrage from some employees. After initially declining to weigh in, Disney CEO Bob Chapek publicly criticized Florida lawmakers for passing the bill, apologized to the company’s LGBTQ employees for not being a stronger advocate and announced that Disney would stop making political donations in Florida after decades of contributing generously, mostly to Republicans, including a $50,000 donation to DeSantis’ reelection effort.
Consequentially, Florida lawmakers, acting at DeSantis’ behest, passed a pair of bills on Thursday to eliminate the unique status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme parks and to eliminate a carve-out in a social media bill that was signed into law last year but put on hold by a federal judge.
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| 2022-04-22T07:39:55Z
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a stylish and comfortable neckwear accessory for masons and people who don't like wearing traditional neck ties," said an inventor, from Winston Salem, N.C., "so I invented THE SQUARE. My attractive design would be easy to secure around the neck for work, casual outings and dressy events and occasions."
The invention provides a unique alternative to wearing a traditional neck tie or bow tie. In doing so, it eliminates the hassle of keeping a long neck tie in place. As a result, it could enhance style, comfort and convenience and it can be worn for a professional or casual look. The invention features an attractive and practical design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for individuals who wear ties. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Charlotte sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CNC-836, 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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Mother and 3-year-old child die after drowning in motel pool
Published: May. 4, 2022 at 1:19 PM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) - A woman and her daughter drowned at a motel pool in Galveston, Texas, early Wednesday morning.
Galveston police officers were called to the Rodeway Inn around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday for a possible double drowning.
First responders began CPR and took the mother and child to a local hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Police identified the victims as 33-year-old Alissa Hunter and 3-year-old Kylie Doyle.
Investigators are still working to determine what happened.
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| 2022-05-04T19:00:20Z
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”
The warning came Monday as a pandemic-delayed conference opened to review the 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and eventually achieving a nuclear-free world.
The threat of nuclear catastrophe was also raised by the United States, Japan, Germany, the U.N. nuclear chief and many other opening speakers.
Russia, which came under criticism from some speakers, didn’t give its address in its scheduled slot Monday but was expected to speak Tuesday. China’s representative was scheduled to speak Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said North Korea is preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear test, Iran “has either been unwilling or unable” to accept a deal to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement aimed at reining in its nuclear program, and Russia is “engaged in reckless, dangerous nuclear saber-rattling” in Ukraine.
He cited Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning after its Feb. 24 invasion that any attempt to interfere would lead to “consequences you have never seen,” emphasizing that his country is “one of the most potent nuclear powers.”
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said divisions in the world since the last review conference in 2015, which ended without a consensus document, have become greater, adding that Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war has contributed “to worldwide concern that yet another catastrophe by nuclear weapon use is a real possibility.”
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Moscow’s “reckless nuclear rhetoric” since its invasion of its smaller neighbor “is putting at risk everything the NPT has achieved in five decades.”
Putin appeared to roll back on his nuclear warning in a message of greetings to NPT participants posted on his website Monday.
“We believe that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, and we stand for equal and indivisible security for all members of the world community,” the Russian leader said.
Blinken also noted Russia seized Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya and is using it as a military base to fire at Ukrainians, “knowing that they can’t and won’t shoot back because they might accidentally strike a nuclear reactor or highly radioactive waste in storage.” He said this brings the notion of having “a human shield to an entirely different and horrific level.”
Russia’s delegation to the NPT issued a statement Monday night strongly rejecting Blinken’s contention that Russia is using the Zaporizhzhya plant as a military base, saying a limited number of servicemen are there “to ensure safety and security at the power plant.”
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the Ukraine conflict is “so grave that the specter of a potential nuclear confrontation, or accident, has raised its terrifying head again.”
He warned that at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant “the situation is becoming more perilous by the day,” and he urged all countries to help make possible his visit to the plant with a team of IAEA safety and security experts, saying his efforts for the past two months have been unsuccessful.
Guterres said the month-long review conference is taking place “at a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.”
The conference is “an opportunity to hammer out the measures that will help avoid certain disaster, and to put humanity on a new path towards a world free of nuclear weapons,” he said.
But Guterres warned that “geopolitical weapons are reaching new highs,” almost 13,000 nuclear weapons are in arsenals around the world, and countries seeking “false security” are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on “doomsday weapons.”
“All this at a time when the risks of proliferation are growing and guardrails to prevent escalation are weakening,” he said, “And when crises — with nuclear undertones — are festering from the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and to many other factors around the world.”
Guterres called on conference participants to take several actions: urgently reinforce and reaffirm “the 77-year-old norm against the use of nuclear weapons,” work relentlessly toward eliminating nuclear weapons with new commitments to reduce arsenals, address “the simmering tensions in the Middle Est and Asia” and promote the peaceful use of nuclear technology.
“Future generations are counting on your commitment to step back from the abyss,” he implored the ministers and diplomats. “This is our moment to meet this fundamental test and lift the cloud of nuclear annihilation once and for all.”
Japan’s Kishida, recalling his home city of Hiroshima where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August 1945, echoed many of Guterres’ points saying the path to a world without nuclear weapons has become harder but “giving up is not an option.”
In force since 1970, the Nonproliferation Treaty has the widest adherence of any arms control agreement, with some 191 countries that are members.
Under its provisions, the five original nuclear powers — the United States, China, Russia (then the Soviet Union), Britain and France — agreed to negotiate toward eliminating their arsenals someday and nations without nuclear weapons promised not to acquire them in exchange for a guarantee to be able to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
India and Pakistan, which didn’t join the NPT, went on to get the bomb. So did North Korea, which ratified the pact but later announced it was withdrawing. Non-signatory Israel is believed to have a nuclear arsenal but neither confirms nor denies it.
The meeting, which ends Aug. 26, aims to generate a consensus on next steps, but expectations are low for a substantial — if any — agreement.
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More than 200 birds have died from a presumed outbreak of avian flu at a Chicago-area forest preserve, according to authorities.
The deaths occurred at the Baker's Lake forest preserve, the Forest Preserves of Cook County said in a statement on Thursday.
The federal government, which provides the only declaration of incidences of avian influenza, is conducting further tests to determine the cause of death.
Zoos across the country have been moving their birds indoors over the past couple of months to protect them from the spread of the potentially deadly strain.
The Baker's Lake preserve is home to one of the most significant heron rookeries in the Midwest, according to the Forest Preserves organization.
In addition, many other native and migratory birds nest and feed there. "Because of the nature of the local bird population, the avian influenza impact to date has only been observed among waterfowl and water birds," the organization added.
Biologists presented "seven cormorants for necropsy and testing to state pathologists" on April 7 after finding numerous dead birds a day earlier, the organization said.
Lab results showed the birds were suffering from a presumed outbreak of H5 avian influenza, it said.
Cases of avian flu have been rising in backyard flocks and wild birds across dozens of states in recent months.
The flu was first detected in February in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana, according to the US Department of Agriculture. This was the first case of infection in the US since 2020.
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HAI PHONG, Vietnam, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Indochina Kajima, a joint venture between Indochina Capital and Kajima Corporation (Japan), held the groundbreaking ceremony for their Core5 Hai Phong project in Deep C 2 Hai Phong Industrial Zone, Hai Phong, Vietnam. At completion, the project will deliver a total of approximately 96,000m2 world-class ready-built factory and warehouse for lease. Handover of the first factories and warehouses is expected in early Q2 2023.
Mr. Keisuke Koshijima, Representative Director and Executive Vice President of Kajima Corporation, said "Hai Phong has made enormous infrastructure investment, becoming a key link in the global logistics chain with Cat Bi International Airport, Lach Huyen International Deepwater Port, and direct accessibility to Hanoi via Hai Phong Highway, in the process attracting the presence of many large-scale manufacturers, among them LG and Pegatron. In addition, the economic growth of the province is very attractive as GRDP in H1 2022 increased by 11.1% YoY while foreign direct investment reached nearly USD1.1 billion. We believe Hai Phong is an excellent location for investment and ideal for the launch of Core5 Vietnam's first project.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Peter Ryder, CEO of Indochina Capital, said "Our belief in Hai Phong market is supported by our investment into the hospitality sector with Wink Hotel, Hai Phong and now in the industrial sector with Core5 Hai Phong. We believe in the current and long-term potential of this market given the excellent economic fundamentals and the attractiveness of this location for export processing enterprises, and its strategic location to several key ports within northern Vietnam. This combined with the supply chain shift from China to Vietnam bodes well for the manufacturing sector in northern Vietnam in general, and Hai Phong in particular. Core5 Vietnam looks forward to welcoming our first partners to this spectacular industrial facility which will be developed with a commitment to quality, innovation, sustainability and excellence in operations and service".
Core5 Hai Phong project provides ready-built factories and warehouses for lease with terraced design and various unit sizes, ranging from 3,174 m2 up to 25,509 m2. As committing to sustainable development, the project design has been implemented to optimize energy and water system efficiency, including the use of solar panels. Each unit will be equipped with factory area, truck loading zones modular office and parking. The common areas will provide ample circulation, green areas, and service areas to ensure tenants can maximize productivity. In addition, to ensure the smooth client onboarding process, Core5 Vietnam provides turn-key support including fitting-out, accounting, operations and business development.
Core5 Vietnam is committed to develop a nationwide portfolio of world class industrial facilities. Core5 Hai Phong's first factories and warehouses will be available to clients by early Q2 2023. Groundbreaking of projects in Hung Yen and Quang Ninh will occur in Q1 2023 and Q2 2023 respectively – both projects will add approximate 127,000 m2 net leasable area of ready-built factory and warehouse to the market.
About Indochina Kajima
In September 2016, Indochina Capital, a leader in Vietnam's rapidly growing real estate, financial services and capital markets, entered into a joint venture with Kajima Corporation, one of the largest Japanese general contractors and overseas real estate developers, to launch Indochina Kajima, a new real estate development platform in Vietnam. Indochina Kajima is fully committed to create innovative real estate developments that build value for our partners, clients and investors, while providing opportunities for our employees and enriching the communities. Indochina Kajima will establish a nationwide footprint with a focus on Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.
About Core5 Vietnam
Core5 Vietnam, owned by Indochina Kajima, is a Vietnam based industrial real estate investment and development platform focused on the nationwide roll out of world class factory and warehouse properties for lease throughout Vietnam's key manufacturing and logistics markets. Core5 Vietnam offers a range of solutions including ready-built factory for lease, ready-built warehouse for lease and build-to-suit industrial properties. The platform was officially launched in Vietnam in July 2022.
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New convertible Acer Spin 5 and Acer Spin 3 laptops also unveiled
Editor's Summary
- Acer today introduced a suite of powerful new laptops across its popular Swift and Spin ranges, all featuring 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors and Windows 11
- The new Acer Swift 3 OLED laptop is powered by the latest 12th Gen Intel Core H-series processors and has been Intel Evo™ verified
- The Acer Spin 5 is an Intel Evo verified notebook with a 14-inch 16:10 WQXGA touch display, designed for those who need a sleek device powerful enough for creative projects
- The slim, convertible 14-inch Spin 3 is a 2-in-1 FHD laptop that comes with a dockable Acer Active Stylus for drawing and writing on the go
TAIPEI, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acer today introduced a suite of powerful new laptops across its popular Swift and Spin notebook ranges, all featuring 12th Gen Intel® Core™ processors and Windows 11. The Swift 3 OLED combines a beautiful display with powerful performance for professionals on-the-go, while the Spin 5 and Spin 3 are designed for professionals who need a portable laptop with multi-mode functionality.
Acer Swift 3 OLED
The new Acer Swift 3 OLED laptop (SF314-71) is powered by the latest 12th Gen Intel Core H-series processors with Intel Iris® Xe graphics, PCIe Gen 4 SSDs and up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory, offering professionals, freelancers and students powerful performance for creation-focused work and gaming. The laptop has also been Intel Evo™ verified as meeting key experience targets such as instant wake from sleep and offering 10 hours[1] of real-world battery life. In a pinch, a 30-minute charge yields over 4 hours of battery life.
Light, modern and thin, the Swift 3 OLED features a 14-inch 16:10 WQXGA+ (2.8k) OLED display with a 92% screen-to-body ratio, which is VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500-certified. The display provides true-to-life images supporting 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut. The laptop has a 17.9 mm-thin aluminum metal chassis, weighs just 1.4 kg, and features an OceanGlass™ touchpad made from ocean-bound plastic waste that provides users with a sleek glass-like tactile feeling when scrolling.
The Swift 3 OLED features Intel Wi-Fi 6E for blazing-fast connectivity. Its FHD MIPI webcam leverages Acer's Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR) technology to provide high-quality video feedback even when in low-light conditions, while technology like Acer PurifiedVoice™ with AI Noise Reduction ensures that a user's voice comes through loud and clear. Its backlit keyboard features an air inlet design that expels 8-10% more heat than a standard keyboard.
Acer Spin 5
The Acer Spin 5 (SP514-51N) is a light (1.3 kg), ultra slim (16.9 mm) convertible notebook with a 14-inch 16:10 WQXGA (2560 x 1600) touch display with low-blue light TÜV certification and an 88% screen-to-body ratio. The Spin 5's innovative 360-degree hinge design with custom-designed bearings allows for smooth transitions between various usage modes: laptop, stand, tent or tablet mode, making it ready for any task. The Spin 5 is designed for those who need a sleek and convertible device with power for creative projects.
The Acer Spin 5 is an Intel Evo verified laptop, and features up to a 12th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and Intel Iris Xe graphics to accelerate editing needs. It comes with up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory and 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage. Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i means faster connectivity to networks and two Type-C USB ports with Thunderbolt™ 4 ensure fast data transfer and power delivery.
The Spin 5's TwinAir cooling system is designed with Acer's Vortex Flow architecture, increasing performance by up to 75%[2]. Dual D6 copper heat pipes help maintain optimal temperature for the best performance experience. The rechargeable Acer Active Stylus with Wacom AES 2.0 technology delivers engineered precision with 4,096 pressure levels for enhanced accuracy and control. The Spin 5 also features Acer PurifedVoice with AI-enhanced Noise Reduction and DTS Audio to ensure high quality audio on video calls.
Acer Spin 3
The slim, convertible 14-inch Spin 3 (SP314-55/N) is a 2-in-1 FHD touchscreen laptop that comes with a dockable Acer Active Stylus[3] for drawing and writing on the go. It is powered by 12th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics and PCIe SSDs, and can be charged for 4 hours' use[4] in 30 minutes, offering solid performance and productivity for professionals on the move. The Acer Spin 3 has narrow bezels that offer an 86% screen-to-body ratio, and rotates 360-degrees making switching between reading, taking notes or sharing work effortless. The laptop offers speedy connectivity with Wi-Fi 6 and dual USB Type-C with Thunderbolt 4 ports to ensure fast data transfer and power delivery. The Spin 3 features an HD camera with Acer's TNR technology and comes with Acer PurifedVoice and AI-enhanced Noise Reduction.
Pricing and Availability
The Acer Swift 3 OLED laptop (SF314-71) will be available in the United States in July 2022, starting at USD 899.99; in EMEA in July 2022 starting at EUR 999; and in China in May 2022, starting at RMB 4,999.
The Acer Spin 5 convertible laptop (SP514-51N) will be available in the United States in July 2022, starting at USD 1,349.99; and in EMEA in July 2022 starting at EUR 1,399.
The Acer Spin 3 convertible laptop (SP314-55/N) will be available in the United States in August 2022, starting at USD 849.99; and in EMEA in June 2022 starting at EUR 999.
Exact specifications, prices, and availability will vary by region. To learn more about availability, product specifications and prices in specific markets, please contact your nearest Acer office via www.acer.com.
Visit Acer's press kit for product images and specifications, or visit the next@acer press room to see all announcements.
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Founded in 1976, Acer is one of the world's top ICT companies with a presence in more than 160 countries. As Acer evolves with the industry and changing lifestyles, it is focused on enabling a world where hardware, software and services will fuse with one another, creating ecosystems and opening up new possibilities for consumers and businesses alike. Acer's 7,500 employees are dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale, and support of products and solutions that break barriers between people and technology. Please visit www.acer.com for more information.
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Is the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum worth it?
Vacuuming tends to be one of the most frustrating chores on cleaning day, especially if you have a cumbersome model. Using a vacuum that’s too heavy can be difficult to maneuver, and it may leave your arms feeling shaky from all the pushing and pulling. However, in the past few years, stick vacuums have revolutionized this once tedious task.
Shark of SharkNinja Operating created an ultra-lightweight stick vacuum called the Rocket Pet Plus. They claim it’s capable of tackling any mess from floor to ceiling. The corded model converts to a handheld vacuum, and it features a hard floor mode. Plus, it comes with several attachments and a pet tool, making it an ideal vacuum for pet owners.
To see whether the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum lives up to its claims, we put it to the test. Here’s what we found.
Testing the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum
To properly evaluate the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum, we gave it to one of our testers, who owns a dog and used it in their home for several weeks. They use a vacuum on a regular basis in their home and wanted something that could pick up dog hair and reach crevices in their car.
What is the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum?
The Shark Rocket Pet Plus is a corded stick vacuum with the option to use part of it as a handheld vacuum. Unlike traditional upright vacuum cleaners, stick models are lighter and more portable. As a result, they’re generally better for hard-to-reach places, such as under furniture or in high corners. In addition, the Shark Rocket Pet Plus is specifically designed with pets in mind, and you can use it on carpets or hard floors.
Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum price and where to buy
The Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum costs $199.99 on Amazon.
How to use the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum
While you’ll need to assemble the Shark Rocket vacuum, it’s only made of three parts and is quite easy to put together. The box lists the assembly instructions and has them in the instruction manual, too. The manual also outlines all of the vacuum’s features. Here are the main features of the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum.
- Modes: It has two modes: one has slightly less suction for hard surfaces, and one has more suction for thicker carpets.
- Handheld vacuum: It converts to a handheld vacuum with the touch of a button.
- Attachments: This stick vacuum includes a Duster Crevice Tool and Pet Multi-tool.
- Dust cup: This stick vacuum has an extra-large dust cup capacity, so you don’t have to empty the canister as often. Also, you can remove the entire dust cup from the unit, making it convenient to empty.
- LED headlights: It has LED lights on the handheld vacuum and stick vacuum.
- Maneuverability: The Shark Rocket Pet Plus features a low-profile nozzle to easily reach under furniture and advanced swivel steering to maneuver tight spaces.
Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum benefits
Overall, we were impressed with the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum. The first thing we noticed was the long power cord, capable of cleaning one large room or several small rooms without switching outlets. That said, it’s not as convenient as cordless models. We also feel it’s more powerful than comparable stick vacuums. From our experience, the Shark Rocket was effective in both modes and on all surfaces.
The low-profile nozzle and swivel steering made it convenient to reach under furniture and fit in tight spaces. In addition, we appreciated that this stick vacuum is just as powerful as traditional upright vacuums, but it’s more lightweight and maneuverable. The detachable canister is a great feature that makes emptying debris easy.
The detachable handheld vacuum is a big advantage of this stick vacuum. You can use it to clean the car, suck up cobwebs in high corners and clean pet hair from upholstery. We think these features make the Shark Rocket Pet Plus a great product.
Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum drawbacks
Dog owners want a vacuum that sucks up pet hair from every part of the house. Unfortunately, we found that the rounded edge of the Shark Rocket kept it from picking up dog hair in the corners of baseboards. Also, the vacuum was quite loud — we couldn’t even hear the television playing in the background when the vacuum was on.
The main drawback of the Shark Rocket Pet Plus is that it doesn’t stand on its own. Since the top unit of the vacuum is the heaviest part, you can’t leave it upright when switching the cord from one outlet to the next, and it can tip over if you don’t store it in the provided mount.
Should you get the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum?
Based on our experience, we feel the Shark Rocket Pet Plus lives up to its expectations and has excellent suction power. Thanks to the convertible hand vacuum, low-profile nozzle and attachment tools, its versatility makes it a solid choice for pet owners. Also, while the cord may hinder some tasks, you’ll never have to worry about the battery dying or recharging the battery.
We recommend the Shark Rocket Pet Plus Corded Stick Vacuum to pet owners or anyone looking for a powerful, lightweight vacuum to clean hard-to-reach places.
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Shark HV302 Rocket Pet Corded Stick Vacuum
If you’re looking for a lightweight stick vacuum, this Shark vacuum model is under eight pounds. It’s corded so you don’t have to worry about charging any batteries. It comes with several attachments perfect for crevices and picking up pet hair.
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Black and Decker Powerseries Extreme Cordless Stick Vacuum
This affordable stick vacuum is cordless and can run up to 55 minutes on a full battery. It features a brush bar with rubber bristles that help remove pet hair before it gets tangled in the brush.
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Tineco A11 Hero Cordless Lightweight Stick Vacuum Cleaner
With 120 watts of deep cleaning power, this stick vacuum has enough suction to pick up almost any mess. It converts to a handheld vacuum and includes a wall-mounted dock for convenient storage and charging.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Poland’s president traveled to Kyiv to support the country’s European Union aspirations, becoming the first foreign leader to address the Ukrainian parliament since the start of the war.
Lawmakers gave a standing ovation to President Andrzej Duda, who thanked them for the honor of speaking where “the heart of a free, independent and democratic Ukraine beats.” Duda received more applause when he said that to end the conflict, Ukraine did not need to submit to conditions given by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Unfortunately, in Europe there have also been disturbing voices in recent times demanding that Ukraine yield to Putin’s demands,” he said. “I want to say clearly: Only Ukraine has the right to decide about its future. Only Ukraine has the right to decide for itself.”
Duda’s visit, his second to Kyiv since April, came as Russian and Ukrainian forces battled along a 551-kilometer (342-mile) wedge of the country’s eastern industrial heartland.
After declaring full control of a sprawling seaside steel plant that was the last defensive holdout in the port city of Mariupol, Russia launched artillery and missile attacks in the region, known as the Donbas, seeking to expand the territory that Moscow-backed separatists have held since 2014.
To bolster its defenses, Ukraine’s parliament voted Sunday to extend martial law and the mobilization of armed forces for a third time, until Aug. 23.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that the 27-member EU should expedite his country’s request to join the bloc. Ukraine’s potential candidacy is set to be discussed at a Brussels summit in late June.
France’s European Affairs minister Clement Beaune on Sunday told Radio J it would be a “long time” before Ukraine gains EU membership, estimating it could take up to two decades.
“We have to be honest,” he said. “If you say Ukraine is going to join the EU in six months, or a year or two, you’re lying.”
But Poland is ramping up efforts to win over other EU members who are more hesitant about accepting Ukraine into the bloc. Zelenskyy said Duda’s visit represented a “historic union” between Ukraine, which declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, and Poland, which ended communist rule two years earlier.
“This is really a historic opportunity not to lose such strong relations, built through blood, through Russian aggression,” Zelenskyy said. “All this not to lose our state, not to lose our people.”
Poland has welcomed millions of Ukrainian refugees and become a gateway for Western humanitarian aid and weapons into Ukraine. It is also a transit point for some foreign fighters who have volunteered to fight the Russian forces.
“Despite the great destruction, despite the terrible crime and great suffering that the Ukrainian people suffered every day, the Russian invaders did not break you. They failed at it. And I believe deeply that they will never succeed,” Duda told the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature.
Duda credited the U.S. and President Joe Biden for unifying the West in supporting Ukraine and imposing sanctions against Moscow.
“Kyiv is the place from which one clearly sees that we need more America in Europe, both in the military and in this economic dimension,” said Duda, a right-wing populist leader who clearly preferred former President Donald Trump over Biden in the 2020 election.
On the battlefield, Russia appeared to have made slow, grinding moves forward in the Donbas in recent days. It intensified efforts to capture Sievierodonetsk, the main city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, which together with Donetsk province makes up the Donbas. The Ukrainian military said Sunday that Russian forces had mounted an unsuccessful attack on Oleksandrivka, a village outside of Sievierodonetsk.
Sievierodonetsk came under heavy shelling, and Luhansk Gov. Serhii Haidai said the Russians were “simply intentionally trying to destroy the city… engaging in a scorched-earth approach.”
Haidai said Moscow was concentrating forces and weaponry there to try to win control of Luhansk, bringing in forces from Kharkiv to the northwest, Mariupol to the south, and from inside Russia.
The sole working hospital in the city has only three doctors and supplies for 10 days, he said.
In a general staff morning report, Russia also said it was preparing to resume its offensive on Slovyansk, a city in Donetsk province that saw fierce fighting last month after Moscow’s troops backed away from Kyiv.
In Enerhodar, a Russian-held city 281 kilometers (174 miles) northwest of Mariupol, an explosion Sunday injured the Moscow-appointed mayor at his residence, Ukrainian and Russian news agencies reported. Ukraine’s Unian news agency said a bomb planted by “local partisans” wounded 48-year-old Andrei Shevchuk, whose lives near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest.
With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate and that of the remaining residents of the city, now in ruins with more than 20,000 feared dead.
Relatives of the fighters have pleaded for them to be given rights as prisoners of war and eventually returned to Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Ukraine “will fight for the return” of every one of them.
The complete seizure of the Azovstal steel plant, a symbol of Ukrainian tenacity, gave Putin a badly wanted victory in the war he began nearly three months ago, on Feb. 24.
Denis Pushilin, the pro-Kremlin head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, vowed that the Ukrainian fighters from the plant would face tribunals. He said foreign nationals were among them, although he didn’t provide details.
Ukraine’s government has not commented on Russia’s claim of capturing Azovstal. Ukraine’s military had told the fighters their mission was complete and they could come out. It described their extraction as an evacuation, not a mass surrender.
Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko warned that the city faces a health and sanitation “catastrophe” from mass burials in shallow pits as well as the breakdown of sewage systems. An estimated 100,000 of the 450,000 people who lived in Mariupol before the war remain.
Ukrainian authorities have alleged Russian atrocities there, including the bombings of a maternity hospital and a theater where hundreds of civilians had taken cover.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian court was expected to reach a verdict Monday for a Russian soldier who was the first to go on trial for an alleged war crime. The 21-year-old sergeant, who has admitted to shooting a Ukrainian man in the head in a village in the northeastern Sumy region on Feb. 28, could get life in prison if convicted.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has said her office was prosecuting war crimes cases against 41 Russian soldiers for offenses that included bombing civilian infrastructure, killing civilians, rape and looting. It said it was looking into more than 10,700 potential war crimes involving over 600 suspects, including Russian soldiers and government officials.
In other developments, Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, gave a rare interview to national broadcaster ICTV alongside her husband and said she has hardly seen him since the war began.
“Our family, like all Ukrainian families, is now separated,” she said, adding that she speaks to him mostly by phone.
“Unfortunately, we cannot sit together, have dinner with the whole family, talk about everything,” she said.
Zelenskyy called the interview itself “a date on air,” and the couple, who have two children, joked in front of the journalists.
“We are joking, but we are really waiting, like everyone else, to be reunited, like all families in Ukraine who are separated now, waiting for their relatives and friends who want to be together again,” he said.
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Becatoros reported from Donetsk. Associated Press journalists Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Andrea Rosa in Kharkiv and other AP staffers around the world contributed.
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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ), a global provider of galvanizing and metal coating solutions, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services for maintaining and building critical infrastructure, will conduct a conference call to review the financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET on Friday, April 22, 2022. The Company will issue a press release reporting fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 financial results before the market opens on April 22, 2022.
Conference Call Details
Interested parties can access the conference call by dialing (844) 855-9499 or (412) 317-5497 (international). A webcast of the call will be available on the Company's Investor Relations page at http://www.azz.com/investor-relations.
A replay of the call will be available at (877) 344-7529 or (412) 317-0088 (international), replay access code: 8903619, through April 29, 2022, or by visiting http://www.azz.com/investor-relations for the next 90 days.
About AZZ Inc.
AZZ Inc. is a global provider of galvanizing and a variety of metal coating solutions, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to a broad range of markets, including but not limited to the power generation, transmission, distribution, refining and industrial markets. The Company's Metal Coatings segment is a leading provider of metal finishing solutions for corrosion protection, including hot dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing and plating, to the North American steel fabrication industry. The Company's Infrastructure Solutions segment is dedicated to delivering safe and reliable transmission of power from generation sources to end customers, and automated weld overlay solutions for corrosion and erosion mitigation to critical infrastructure in the energy and waste management markets worldwide.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements herein about our expectations of future events or results constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and management's views and assumptions regarding future events. Such forward- looking statements are inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that actual results may differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Certain factors could affect the outcome of the matters described herein. This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, changes in customer demand for our products and services, including demand by the power generation markets, electrical transmission and distribution markets, the industrial markets, and the metal coatings markets. In addition, within each of the markets we serve, our customers and our operations could potentially be adversely impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We could also experience fluctuations in prices and raw material cost, including zinc and natural gas which are used in the hot dip galvanizing process; supply-chain vendor delays; customer requested delays of our products or services; delays in additional acquisition opportunities; currency exchange rates; adequacy of financing; availability of experienced management and employees to implement AZZ's growth strategy; a downturn in market conditions in any industry relating to the products we inventory or sell or the services that we provide; economic volatility or changes in the political stability in the United States and other foreign markets in which we operate; acts of war or terrorism inside the United States or abroad; and other changes in economic and financial conditions. AZZ has provided additional information regarding risks associated with the business in AZZ's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), available for viewing on AZZ's website at www.azz.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements herein and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. These statements are based on information as of the date hereof and AZZ assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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'Boldly Forward' will build on company's work to advance education equity and other efforts
ATLANTA, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company has launched a new website detailing its work building equity in the company and its communities. The "Boldly Forward" site will provide updates on the company's Moving to Equity work and diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives.
"The Boldly Forward mantra perfectly describes our path onward and continued commitment to equity at Southern Company," said Tom Fanning, Southern Company chairman, president and CEO. "Our goal of DE&I aims to ensure all groups, especially historically underrepresented and marginalized ones, are well represented, included and treated fairly within all levels of our organization and in our communities."
The Boldly Forward site includes information on Southern Company system's culture, community impact, work to advance education equity and civic engagement. This includes investing in Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the Amplifying HBCU initiative to create a more inclusive workforce for the future.
Southern Company launched its Moving to Equity framework in 2020 amid national conversations on racism and inequality. Earlier this year, Southern Company released its inaugural Moving to Equity: 2021 Transformation Report tracking progress of long-term goals, highlighting key results and outlining how the company can improve and continue to hold itself accountable.
"The Boldly Forward site is another tool we will use to track our progress as we continue to hold ourselves accountable in this work," Fanning said.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is a leading energy company serving 9 million customers through its subsidiaries. The company provides clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy through electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company serving wholesale customers across America, a leading distributed energy infrastructure company, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service, high reliability and affordable prices below the national average. For more than a century, we have been building the future of energy and developing the full portfolio of energy resources, including carbon-free nuclear, advanced carbon capture technologies, natural gas, renewables, energy efficiency and storage technology. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation and a low-carbon future, Southern Company and its subsidiaries develop the customized energy solutions our customers and communities require to drive growth and prosperity. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and govern our business to the benefit of our world. Our corporate culture and hiring practices have been recognized nationally by the U.S. Department of Defense, G.I. Jobs magazine, DiversityInc, Black Enterprise, Forbes and the Women's Choice Award. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com.
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SHANGHAI, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd ("Nisun" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: NISN), a provider of innovative comprehensive solutions through an integration of technology, industry and finance, announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program under which the Company may purchase up to $8 million of its Class A common shares (the "Share Repurchase Program").
The Share Repurchase Program will go into effect in June 2022 and is expected to last through the next six months. The repurchases may be made from time to time through open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally permissible means, depending on market conditions and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The Company entered into an agreement with a broker-dealer designed to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Repurchases will be made by the broker-dealer in accordance with the agreement and the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's Board of Directors will review the Share Repurchase Program periodically and may authorize adjustments of its terms and size, or suspend or discontinue the program.
Mr. Xiaoyun Huang, Chief Executive Officer of Nisun International, commented: "This transaction marks an important step in our long-term strategy as we continue to invest in the business through strategic capital deployment. The share repurchase program underscores our confidence in our ability to achieve sustainable growth and generate meaningful value for our stakeholders."
About Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd
Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd (NASDAQ: NISN) is a technology-driven, integrated supply chain solutions provider focused on transforming the corporate finance industry. Leveraging its industry experience, Nisun is dedicated to providing professional supply chain solutions to Chinese and foreign enterprises and financial institutions. Through its subsidiaries, Nisun provides users with professional solutions for technology supply chain management, technology asset routing, and digital transformation of tech and finance institutions, enabling the industry to strengthen and grow. At the same time, Nisun continues to deepen the field of industry segmentation through industrial and financial integration, by cultivating/creating an ecosystem of openness and empowerment. Nisun has built a linked platform that incorporates supply chain, banking, securities, trust, insurance, funds, state-owned enterprises, among other businesses. Focusing on industry-finance linkages, Nisun aims to serve the upstream and downstream of the industrial supply chain while also assisting with supply-side sub-sector reform. For more information, please visit http://ir.nisun-international.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about Nisun's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute 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, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with its ability to raise additional funding, its ability to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its development and introduction of new products and services, the successful integration of acquired companies, technologies and assets into its portfolio of products and services, marketing and other business development initiatives, competition in the industry, general government regulation, economic conditions, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract, hire and retain personnel who possess the technical skills and experience necessary to meet the requirements of its clients, and its ability to protect its intellectual property. Nisun encourages you to review other factors that may affect its future results in Nisun's registration statement and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nisun assumes no obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for WMT, DVN, WWE, DLTR, and ULTA.
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DOVER, N.H, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Athenium Analytics, a leader in climate intelligence for insurance carriers, today announced the launch of a new historical tornado data set available through the Esri ArcGIS Marketplace. This first-of-its-kind offering provides seamless access to 25 years of historical tornado insights, including two-dimensional damage swaths from all confirmed tornadoes in the contiguous United States between 1995 and 2019. The new Marketplace offering from Athenium Analytics expands its Esri Partner Network (EPN) Bronze partner relationship.
Esri is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence and mapping. ArcGIS Marketplace is a curated digital geospatial channel of system-ready apps, content, solutions and professional services for ArcGIS users.
The comprehensive new tornadic data set allows Esri users to integrate high-resolution tornado insights within ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online to better analyze and predict catastrophic losses. This listing helps Esri customers expand their access to patented weather-risk insights and satisfy the growing demand for enterprise climate intelligence.
"We're pleased to welcome Athenium Analytics to Esri's ArcGIS Marketplace," said Robert Laudati, Director of Global Partners and Alliances at Esri. "Athenium brings a decade of risk analytics expertise, including leading-edge weather and climate intelligence solutions that enable public and private organizations to mitigate the risks associated with climate change."
"2021 was a record year for severe convective storm activity, with an estimated US$3 billion in losses across the U.S., including from the unprecedented Quad-State Tornado," said Dr. Jonathan Fairman, Senior Director of Meteorology at Athenium Analytics.
The United States averages around 1,200 tornadoes annually, about four times more than in all of Europe in any given year. But despite their frequency and potential for destruction, tornadic storms are still notoriously difficult to forecast. By publishing 25 years of high-resolution tornado data, Athenium Analytics enables new organizations to better analyze these events while leveraging the ArcGIS technology they know and trust.
Dr. Fairman added, "Our historical damage footprints provide the geospatial insights needed to help businesses, governments and researchers better understand and model tornado exposures in a changing climate."
As a member of the EPN, Athenium Analytics can seamlessly deliver weather and climate risk intelligence through the ArcGIS Marketplace while benefiting from the platform's reach, security and existing integrations. The Esri community is a diverse network of data-driven public and private organizations, which includes a number of property & casualty (P&C) insurance carriers who are particularly vulnerable to losses from severe weather events like tornadoes.
"Many of our insurance clients already leverage Esri's ArcGIS software as part of their core workflows," said Lindsay Gray, Chief Product Officer at Athenium Analytics. "By offering our climate risk analytics through the ArcGIS Marketplace, we can expand the reach of our proprietary data sets while also enhancing the insights carriers trust as part of the claims and underwriting process. It's a win-win."
As more enterprises invest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate resilience initiatives, Athenium Analytics is positioned to expand its offerings even further in the coming months.
Gray added, "Athenium Analytics also offers nationwide property risk scores for 12 perils and decades of carefully curated global weather data. We're currently evaluating options for other Marketplace offerings in the future based on the needs of our clients."
To learn more about how Athenium's weather intelligence solutions can support enterprise climate resilience, visit the property risk analytics or weather risk API pages now.
Esri, the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping, helps customers unlock the full potential of data to improve operational and business results. Founded in 1969 in Redlands, California, USA, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations globally and in over 200,000 institutions in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofits, and universities. Esri has regional offices, international distributors, and partners providing local support in over 100 countries on six continents. With its pioneering commitment to geospatial information technology, Esri engineers the most innovative solutions for digital transformation, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics. Visit us at esri.com.
Athenium Analytics provides the solutions and expertise that organizations need to mitigate risk and drive growth in a changing climate. Our powerful suite of business and climate intelligence—including AI and predictive analytics—leverages trillions of data points to help business leaders increase profitability, enhance internal operations and manage assets most vulnerable to climate risk. Athenium Analytics is a portfolio company of In-Q-Tel, the non-profit strategic investment fund serving the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the broader U.S. Intelligence Community.
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Harding's songs have been recorded by Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Kenny Chesney and many others, resulting in multiple #1 hits and over 1 billion streams on Spotify to date. Now he's launching an opportunity for other songwriters—his new "Write Like a Rockstar" contest, which begins July 22, 2022. It will give fellow adoptees a chance to write their own song with him (to be recorded by Harding in Nashville), which they will co-own and can add to their portfolio
"Party Like a Rockstar may be a memoir, but it could just as easily be classified as a self-help book for those of us who struggle to be ourselves. J.T. Harding is the epitome of the American rock-n-roll dream and a true testament that anything is possible if you're brave enough to dream it."
―Shane McAnally, three-time Grammy award-winning songwriter and star of NBC's Songland
"I've loved J.T.'s stories since the first time I heard them at The Listening Room in Nashville. . . .This is an American story of the unconditional love of parents, big dreams, hard work, and joy. . . . I couldn't put it down. I proudly recommend this book to readers of all ages."
―Dana Perino, New York Times bestselling author of Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (From a Former Young Woman)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- —"Everywhere I go people ask: How do you write songs? How can I become a songwriter?" says chart-topping country music songwriter J.T. Harding, who has over 1 billion streams on Spotify under his belt. In his newly released book, Party Like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter (Twelve/Hachette, February 22, 2022), readers get answers as only a storyteller like him can give, along with an inside view into the making of hit songs, working with the artists who sing them, the highs and lows of the writing process, and what the grind is really like.
But readers also get so much more. This book is first and foremost a fun, fast-paced, entertaining memoir detailing Harding's hard-won journey to music success, which has taken him from Detroit to LA to Nashville. It all began, he says, "when I was brought into this world by a young couple. A man and a woman who loved me so much they decided to give me away . . ."
Besides pulling back the curtain for would-be songwriters and detailing fascinating stories behind the inspiration for his most popular songs, Harding offers music lovers and fans a retrospective on the people and experiences that have personally inspired him:
- His madcap upbringing as the long-haired, head-banging, wild-styled "creative" in a sports-obsessed family
- What it was like to grow up adopted—and accepted—and the difference that made as he was trying to find his way in a cutthroat industry
- Learning that a Hollywood celebrity was actually his biological father, and the surreal experience of getting to know his birthparents as an adult
- His run-ins and work with some of the biggest music artists and bands of all time
- And the devastation of losing one of his brothers to suicide at a young age
"Talking about my brother's suicide has never been easy," admits Harding. "Maybe I felt like people would judge me in some way. Since my book release though, I've found that talking about it has the opposite effect: it actually brings me closer to people. Everyone has been through something in their life. The more I share my story, the more other people share theirs with me."
Harding's book has already reached #1 as an Amazon new release in the Songwriting genre. He was also recently featured in the Bluebird Café series at this year's Sundance Utah Festival. And during September's National Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month and National Adoption Month in November, he will be touring the country, performing his songs, and doing book signings in honor of his family—both his biological and adoptive parents—and specifically, his brother who died by suicide.
Remarks country music expert and TV host Ty Bentli, "The stories behind J.T.'s songs are some of my favorites in music, but I didn't know his true backstory until now. It's surreal. His life is Forrest Gump meets Entourage."
Adds award-winning music journalist Gary Graff: "As a songwriter, JT Harding knows how to tell a story. Turns out he has one of his own—and quite a … moving one at that. In a life filled with twists, turns and adventures, what shines through Party Like a Rockstar is Harding's genuine and consuming passion for music (and entertaining), a plus-size personality that's powered him to become a top-shelf collaborator responsible for so many hits we find ourselves humming at random times. The man behind those is every bit as interesting as the songs themselves, and you can't put this book down without wanting to party like a rock star a little yourself."
How does a dude who grew up with an outrageous passion for rock-n-roll end up writing giant country hits? How does a guy who had no music-business connections whatsoever find his way to his dream of being on hit radio? Your attitude about your circumstances helps a whole lot. According to Harding, "Being adopted has given me an incredibly optimistic view of life. Whenever life throws me a curveball, a disappointment, or a roadblock, I remind myself that I was adopted by the Hardings (the greatest parents ever), and that the universe has had my back since day one."
Harding hopes that everything he offers of himself and his experiences in Party Like a Rockstar will not only encourage dreamers everywhere to keep grinding but will inspire fellow songwriters. "More than ever, people of all ages all over the world seem to be interested in having a hit song of their own. My book not only gives the down-low on working toward that goal, but it's also my story of persistence and never giving up and how you need to stick with a dream for a long, long time if you ever hope to see it come true."
Party Like a Rockstar: The Crazy, Coincidental, Hard-Luck, and Harmonious Life of a Songwriter is available everywhere books are sold. Learn more at www.twelvebooks.com. Follow J.T. on social media @jtxrockstar on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and @jtxmusic on Facebook. To learn more and the "Write Like a Rockstar" contest, visit www.writelikearockstar.com.
J.T. HARDING was born and raised in South Detroit. While other kids were on the baseball field, J.T. was in his basement, jumping around to MTV videos and trying to write his own songs. He put together several bands in high school and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream. J.T. made his first demo tape with prize money he earned by winning the VH1 game show Rock & Roll Jeopardy! He has since written several chart-topping hits, including "Smile" with Uncle Kracker, "Somewhere in My Car" with Keith Urban, "Somewhere with You" and "Bar at the End of the World" for Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley's "Different for Girls," Jake Owen's "Alone with You," and Blake Shelton's number-one song "Sangria."
His memoir/how-to book, Party Like a Rockstar, was released in February 2022 and quickly reached number one on Amazon in the songwriting category. He lives in Nashville and continues to churn out the hits by the light of his vintage KISS pinball machine.
ABOUT TWELVE: TWELVE, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, was established in 2006 with the objective of publishing no more than twelve books a year, singular works of nonfiction by authors who have a unique perspective and compelling authority, works that explain our culture and that illuminate, inspire, provoke, and entertain.
ABOUT HACHETTE BOOK GROUP: Hachette Book Group is a leading U.S. general-interest book publisher made up of dozens of esteemed imprints within the publishing groups Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Audio, Hachette Nashville, Little, Brown and Company, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Orbit, Perseus Books, and Workman Publishing. We also provide custom distribution, fulfillment, and sales services to other publishing companies. We are committed to diversity in our company and our publishing programs, and to fostering a culture of inclusion for all our employees and authors. We are proud to be part of Hachette Livre, the world's third-largest trade and educational publisher. Learn more at hachettebookgroup.com.
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Not only will a flavorful marinade make your meat recipes tender, but it will make them delicious too
Some cuts of meat can be tough, so what do you do about this dilemma when you want to improve the results of meaty main courses? Our cooking and baking expert, Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef Andrea Boudewijn recommended using a marinade.
While some home cooks may question the effectiveness of soaking and basting the meat in marinade to soften the texture, Boudewijn said that the right ingredients will definitely have a tenderizing effect. The Pyrex 3-Piece Glass Measuring Cup Set, McCormick’s Grill Mates Everyday Grilling Variety Pack , the Cuisinart Griddler and other essentials are included in this article to help you achieve delicious results.
How do meat marinades work?
Regardless of your favorite types of meats to prepare, you’ll improve the texture and flavor when you marinate them before cooking. Boudewijn explained how marinades work.
“Marinades not only add flavor, texture and color to a dish but can make meats more tender. The two main ways to do this is by adding enzymes like mango or papaya or an acidic element like lemon juice or vinegar to your marinade,” she said. “Enzymes and acids penetrate the meat and actually break down the fibrous tissue, making it softer on the teeth, more pliable for cutting, and it allows other flavors in the marinade like soy sauce, honey, and onion powder to absorb more easily in the cuts you’re serving.”
Boudewijn added that salt assists enzymes in reacting and softening meat but is optional. So if you or someone you are cooking for is on a low-sodium diet, you can skip the extra salt and still get great results when you follow Boudewijn’s advice for marinade ingredients.
Meats that typically require marinating
Tough, dense cuts of red meat like brisket, chuck roast and bottom round are examples of the types of meats that benefit the most from marinades, Boudewijn said. She added advice about the best time recommended for marinating. “Never marinate meat longer than 24 hours — less time if marinating small cuts. Twelve hours tends to be a good all-around amount of time.”
The best ingredients for marinades
Some ingredients work better than others for tenderizing meat. Our expert recommends using ingredients with a high acid content for the marinade, including vinegar, pineapple, mango, citrus juice, buttermilk, kiwi, yogurt, papaya and other acidic foods. “The more acid, the faster/deeper the softening process,” Boudewijn said.
Tips
- Use marinades to add flavor to your favorite meats. “Your Thanksgiving turkey, ribs, steaks, chicken breasts, fajita meat, Moroccan lamb and more benefit greatly from the added flavors,” Boudewijn said.
- Give certain types of meats a boost of color by marinating them. Our expert gave an example of how this use of meat marinade works. “Swordfish cubed and soaked in a red wine marinade comes out the most beautiful shade of lavender and looks so interesting contrasted with green when served on a banana leaf. We eat with our eyes first, so color and presentation are almost as important as flavor,” she said.
- Use a meat tenderizer mallet as an alternative to a marinade. Boudewijn said this simple kitchen gadget works best on boneless steaks. You should place boneless chicken in a thick freezer bag before using a meat tenderizer, and fish doesn’t need to be pounded, she added.
- Keep storage bags and containers on hand. They’ll be useful during the meat tenderizing process.
- Take inventory of your kitchen gadgets. Some of the tools Boudewijn recommends having on hand when marinating meat include a barbecue mop, a pastry brush and a baster.
- Fire up the barbecue grill. Toss marinated meat on it for mouth-watering results.
- Have side, bar or dish towels ready for clean-up. Keep them close by while marinating meat to wipe up any splashes or spills quickly.
Boudewijn’s marinade recipe
We asked our expert for ideas for making a marinade that will make your favorite meats tender and tempting.
“There are so many good ingredients to include in your marinade. Mine is simple and usually contains some combo of soy sauce, onion powder, smoked salt, freshly ground pepper and fruit juice. There are lots of other ingredients you can use though!”
- vinegar, all kinds
- fruit and fruit juices
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- tomato
- honey (truffle honey, yum)
- wine
- liquor
- chile powder
- shallot
- cinnamon
- cardamom
- and more!
Best items for marinating meat
Pyrex 3-Piece Glass Measuring Cup Set
A measuring cup set will be useful for measuring and pouring marinade. The Pyrex set of three includes 1-cup, 2-cup and 4-cup sizes. Each one is made of strong tempered glass and includes a spout for added convenience.
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McCormick Grill Mates Everyday Grilling Variety Pack
Made by a top brand in spices, this set includes four tasty spice combinations that will give your meat marinades flavors that pop.
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Once your meat is marinated, it’s simple to cook it on a panini press. The Griddler doubles as a grill, as it features a versatile hinge that makes it possible to use the machine in the open or closed position. The temperature controls are easy to operate to achieve perfect cooking temperatures.
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Farberware Measuring Spoons, Set of 5
When you spice up your meat marinade, a set of measuring spoons will guide you in achieving precise flavoring. This affordable set includes five color-coded spoons.
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Nordic Ware Baker’s Delight 3-Piece Baking Sheet Set
Boudewijn said baking sheets are ideal for roasting marinated meat in the oven. Made by a top brand, this set includes a half sheet, quarter sheet and jelly roll pan.
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Chicago Metallic Professional Roast Pan
A spacious size, nonstick cook surface and aluminized steel construction make this roast pan ideal for large cuts of meat after they’ve soaked up a flavorful marinade.
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KitchenAid Gourmet Utility Whisk
Whipping the ingredients of your marinade together won’t take much effort when you use a whisk. This one has a thick handle that’s simple to grip and a stainless steel top that resists corrosion.
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OXO Good Grips 16-Inch Locking Tongs
Tongs are essential for placing the meat in the marinade, then moving to the grill or a pan for roasting. OXO Good Grips tongs are long, durable and feature an easy-to-grip handle that resists slipping during use.
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If you decide to salt your marinade, a unique salt like these sea salt flakes will make it easy to achieve the right flavor without adding too little or too much.
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It’s easy to roast small pieces of marinated meat on skewers for flavor-rich shish kebab. This set includes 10 skewers made of durable stainless steel. A storage bag is included.
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| 2022-08-23T13:02:24Z
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HUDDINGE, Sweden, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XNK Therapeutics AB ("XNK") today announced the successful completion of the building phase of the company's new GMP clean room facility.
All equipment and systems are now installed, and qualification of the clean room is complete, while validation and qualification of equipment and systems are progressing according to plan. The first technical batch has been produced in the facility, demonstrating the ability to run a production process.
"XNK has worked hard over the past year planning for this new GMP facility that will enable the aseptic production of ATMPs and clinical material for future studies," said Paul Do, Head of Clinical Manufacturing and Engineering at XNK Therapeutics. "This is an important step in the company's ambitious growth plan to enable further larger clinical studies with our natural killer cell-based therapies."
The GMP facility comprises approximately 350 square meters and includes 150 square meters of clean rooms, quality control (QC) lab, storage for materials and end product, and office space. The facility is located at the Novum research park at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Sweden.
For more information, please contact:
Johan Liwing, CEO, XNK Therapeutics
Tel: +46706703675
E-mail: johan.liwing@xnktherapeutics.com
About XNK Therapeutics AB
XNK Therapeutics is a clinical stage, immunotherapy company focusing its efforts on preventing and treating cancer by developing novel NK cell-based therapies. The company is at the forefront of the development of autologous NK cell-based products using its proprietary technology platform. The company's platform technology and lead investigational candidate drug was developed specifically to target cancers, including settings where allogeneic cell products are not readily applicable. The Company's objective is for its investigational candidate drug and proprietary platform technology to constitute key components in the cancer treatments of tomorrow. XNK Therapeutics is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more info, please visit www.xnktherapeutics.com.
About XNK Therapeutics's technology platform
The platform has ideal properties to produce autologous NK cell-based drug candidates for targeting malignant diseases across a wide range of indications in mono- and combination therapy. It encompasses a unique closed manufacturing system for development of the NK cell-based products. The process includes a selective expansion and activation of NK cells from peripheral blood of patients with cancer. The product is produced in less than three weeks. It is delivered to the clinic upon need, where the product is thawed and infused into the patient without any further processing. The product has demonstrated an up to 10-year stability in liquid nitrogen. The assets of XNK Therapeutics are protected by patents in the US, Europe and certain other jurisdictions. Additional patent applications have been filed.
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| 2022-09-01T09:53:23Z
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16 Uvalde fourth graders waited an hour with injured teacher
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Elsa Avila slid to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students. In a text to her family that she meant to send to fellow Uvalde teachers, she wrote: “I’m shot.”
For the first time in 30 years, Avila will not be going back to school as classes resume Tuesday in the small, southeast Texas town. The start of school will look different for her, as for other survivors of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in which 21 people died, with an emphasis on healing, both physically and mentally. Some have opted for virtual education, others for private school. Many will return to Uvalde school district campuses, though Robb Elementary itself will not ever reopen.
“I’m trying to make sense of everything,” Avila said in an August interview, “but it is never going to make sense.”
A scar down her torso brings her to tears as a permanent reminder of the horror she endured with her 16 students as they waited in their classroom for an hour for help while a gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms nearby.
Minutes before she felt the sharp pain of the bullet piercing her intestine and colon, Avila was motioning students away from the walls and windows and closer to her. A student lined up by the door for recess had just told her something was going on outside: People were running — and screaming. As she slammed the classroom door so the lock would catch, her students took their well-practiced lockdown positions.
Moments later, a gunman stormed into their fourth-grade wing and began spraying bullets before ultimately making his way into rooms 111 and 112.
In room 109, Avila repeatedly texted for help, according to messages reviewed by The Associated Press. First at 11:35 a.m. in the text to her family that she says was meant for the teacher group chat. Then at 11:38 in a message to the school’s vice principal. At 11:45 she responded to a text from the school’s counselor asking if her classroom was in lockdown with: “I’m shot, send help.” And when the principal assured her that help was on the way, she replied simply: “Help.”
“Yes they are coming,” the principal wrote back at 11:48 a.m.
It’s unclear whether her messages were relayed to police. District officials did not respond to requests for comment on actions taken to communicate with law enforcement on May 24, and an attorney for then-Principal Mandy Gutierrez was not available for comment.
According to a legislative committee’s report that described a botched police response, nearly 400 local, state and federal officers stood in the hallway of the fourth-grade wing and outside the building for 77 minutes before finally entering the adjoining classrooms and killing the gunman. Lawmakers also found a relaxed approach to lockdowns — which happened often — and security concerns, including issues with door locks. State and federal investigations into the shooting are continuing.
The district is working to complete new security measures, and the school board in August fired the district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo. Residents say it remains unclear how — or even if — trust between the community and officials can be rebuilt even as some call for more accountability, better police training and stricter gun safety laws.
Avila recalls hearing the ominous bursts of rapid fire, then silence, then the voices of officers in the hallway yelling, “Crossfire!” and later more officers standing nearby.
“But still nobody came to help us,” she said.
As Avila lay motionless, unable to speak loud enough to be heard, some of her students nudged and shook her. She wished for the strength to tell them she was still alive.
A light flashed into their window, but nobody identified themselves. Scared it might be the gunman, the students moved away.
“The little girls closest to me kept patting me and telling me, ‘It’s going to be OK miss. We love you miss,’” Avila said.
Finally, at 12:33 p.m. a window in her classroom broke. Officers arrived to evacuate her students — the last to be let out in the area, according to Avila.
With her remaining strength, Avila pulled herself up and helped usher students onto chairs and tables and through the window. Then, clutching her side, she told an officer she was too weak to jump herself. He came through the window to pull her out.
“I never saw my kids again. I know they climbed out the window and I could just hear them telling them, `Run, run, run!’” Avila said.
She remembers being taken to the airport, where a helicopter flew her to a San Antonio hospital. She was in and out of care until June 18.
Avila later learned that a student in her class was injured by shrapnel to the nose and mouth but had since been released from medical care. She said other students helped their injured classmates until officers arrived.
“I am very proud of them because they were able to stay calm for a whole hour that we were in there terrified,” Avila said.
As her students prepare to return to school for the first time since that traumatic day, Avila is on the way to recovery, walking up to eight minutes at a time on the treadmill in physical therapy and going to counseling. She looks forward to teaching again someday.
Outside of a shuttered Robb Elementary, a memorial for the people killed overflows at the entrance gate. Teachers from across Texas stopped throughout the summer to pay their respects and reflect on what they would do in the same situation.
“If I survive, I have to make sure they survive first,” said Olga Oglin, an educator of 23 years from Dallas, her voice breaking.
“Whatever happens to a student at our school, it just happens to one of my kids,” Olgin said, adding that she as the first person to greet parents, students and staff at the door in the mornings, she likely would be the first person shot.
Ofelia Loyola, who teaches elementary school in San Antonio, visited with her husband, middle school teacher Raul Loyola. She was baffled at the delayed response from law enforcement on May 24, as seen on security and police video.
“They are all kids. It doesn’t matter how old they are, you protect them,” she said.
Last week, Avila and several of her students met for the end-of-year party they were unable to have in May. They played in the pool at a country club and she gave them each a bracelet with a little cross to remind them that “God was with us that day and they are not alone,” she said.
“We always talked about being kind, being respectful, taking care of each other — and they were able to do that on that day,” Avila said.
“They took care of each other. They took care of me.”
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Half of US parents financially support their adult children, survey finds
(Gray News) - We all know that bills and other expenses can add up, especially since the start of the pandemic, and more young adults seem to be turning to their parents for some extra assistance.
A recent survey found that 50% of U.S. parents with a child 18 or older provide some sort of money to help them financially. And even up to 73% when their adult child is more than 30 years away from retirement.
Researchers said they surveyed about 1,000 adults who had at least one child 18 or older.
On average, parents who do support their adult children financially were found to be spending just over $1,000 per month. Costs like food, health insurance, rent and cell phone bills were some of the most common, according to the survey,
Parents of Gen Z adult children were also helping with tuition and other school fees, which were the most expensive among the categories at $631 per month on average.
Rent or mortgage payments were the second most expensive contribution, at $467 a month on average, according to the survey.
Researchers shared some other key findings from their survey:
- Half of the parents with an adult child provide them with at least some financial support. Twenty-six percent of these parents say they’ve had to provide more support since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Sixty-two percent of adult children living with their parents don’t contribute at all to the household expenses.
- On average, parents who financially support their adult children give them $1,000 per month for expenses like food, health insurance, rent, cell phones, tuition, and even travel.
- Parents who are still working and supporting their adult children spend 23% more on their children’s expenses ($605 per month) than they do contribute to their own retirement or savings ($490 per month).
- If their adult children needed financial help, one in four parents said they’d pull money from their retirement accounts and 22% said they’d delay their retirement in order to provide support.
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Silver State Homeowners Gain Access to Debt-Free Alternative for Tapping Growing Home Equity
BOSTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hometap, which provides a smart, new loan alternative for tapping into home equity without taking on debt, announced today that it is now available to homeowners across the state of Nevada.
Unlike home equity lenders, Hometap makes investments in homes in exchange for a percentage of the future value of the property, providing homeowners near immediate access to debt-free cash without interest or monthly payments. Homeowners can use the cash to accomplish their financial goals or fund significant expenses – from paying off credit card debt or building a dream kitchen to funding their small business or using the money towards a down payment on an investment property.
The typical home value in Nevada currently stands at approximately $434,698 and has been growing rapidly, at a rate of 29.4% in 2021, according to data from Zillow. Average home equity gained in the state last year was $80,000, based on information from real estate data firm CoreLogic.
"Home equity has been rising rapidly across Nevada, but until now, homeowners haven't been able to tap into that value without taking on additional debt in a rising interest rate environment," said Jeffrey Glass, CEO of Hometap. "With residential real estate values seeing record growth across the country, home equity investments give homeowners the option of meeting their immediate financial needs and addressing long-term financial goals they may have had to put on hold during the pandemic, without the burden of a loan. We're very excited about expanding our geographic footprint into a booming real estate market like Nevada and being able to help even more homeowners."
The launch of operations in Nevada brings Hometap's state count to 18; the company also invests in homes in Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
About Hometap:
Hometap is on a mission to make homeownership less stressful and more accessible. Our home equity investment product provides homeowners with a fast, simple, and straightforward way to access the equity in their home without taking out a loan or having to sell. By investing alongside homeowners, Hometap offers debt-free cash in exchange for a share of their home's future value — all without any monthly payments or interest over the life of the investment. Through a combination of financial innovation and best-in-class customer service, Hometap enables people to get more from homeownership so they can get more from life. Learn more at hometap.com.
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| 2022-04-12T17:47:12Z
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CHARLESTON, S.C., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenville-based Aline Capital orchestrated the $28.1 million sale of Alston Arms Apartments in North Charleston, South Carolina. The 160-unit multifamily community is situated on 8.7 acres and was constructed in 2007. Texas-based Think Multifamily acquired the asset, adding to their ever-growing Southeastern portfolio. At the time of sale, the property was undergoing both interior and exterior renovations and the buyer plans to continue these efforts.
The North Charleston market has witnessed tremendous growth over the past five years and continues to be a driving factor for the growth of the greater Charleston market. Members of Aline Capital's Multifamily Advisory Group, Johnathan Kessler and John Drummond, piloted the transaction. "The property is located in the ever-growing submarket of North Charleston. The area has seen tremendous growth over the past few years and with the influx of more residents to the area, workforce housing will remain strong," provided Johnathan Kessler. The Multifamily Advisory Group has been very active in the Charleston area. The sale is the latest of a long line of transactions completed in the Lower State.
Aline Capital is a fully integrated commercial real estate and capital markets advisory firm headquartered in Greenville, SC. The firm offers investment sales, debt & equity advisory, and commercial insurance services to commercial real estate developers and investors. For more information, please visit www.alinecapital.com.
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| 2022-09-07T04:09:45Z
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MIAMI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) (the "Company") today announced that it has commenced a private offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the "Notes").
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay principal payments on debt maturing in 2022 and/or 2023 (including to pay fees and expenses in connection with such repayments). Pending such uses, the Company may temporarily apply the proceeds to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facilities or other borrowings.
Nothing contained herein shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States, only to certain non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release relating to, among other things, our future performance estimates, forecasts and projections constitute forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited, to: statements regarding revenues, costs and financial results for 2022 and beyond. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "driving," "estimate," "expect," "goal," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "seek," "should," "will," "would," "considering," and similar expressions are intended to help identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, are based on judgments, are inherently uncertain and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the impact of the global incidence and continued spread of COVID-19, which has had and will continue to have an adverse impact on our business, liquidity and results of operations, or other contagious illnesses on economic conditions and the travel industry in general and the financial position and operating results of our Company in particular, such as: governmental and self-imposed travel restrictions and guest cancellations; our ability to extend the maturities of our existing bank facilities; our ability to obtain sufficient financing, capital or revenues to satisfy liquidity needs, capital expenditures, debt repayments and other financing needs; the effectiveness of the actions we have taken to improve and address our liquidity needs; the impact of the economic and geopolitical environment on key aspects of our business including the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, such as the demand for cruises, passenger spending, and operating costs; incidents or adverse publicity concerning our ships, port facilities, land destinations and/or passengers or the cruise vacation industry in general; concerns over safety, health and security of guests and crew; our COVID-19 protocols and any other health protocols we may develop in response to infectious diseases may be costly and less effective than we expect in reducing the risk of infection and spread of such disease on our cruise ships; further impairments of our goodwill, long-lived assets, equity investments and notes receivable; an inability to source our crew or our provisions and supplies from certain places; an increase in concern about the risk of illness on our ships or when travelling to or from our ships, all of which reduces demand; unavailability of ports of call; growing anti-tourism sentiments and environmental concerns; changes in U.S. foreign travel policy; the uncertainties of conducting business internationally and expanding into new markets and new ventures; our ability to recruit, develop and retain high quality personnel; changes in operating and financing costs; our indebtedness, any additional indebtedness we may incur and restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, the impact of higher interest rates and fuel prices; vacation industry competition and changes in industry capacity and overcapacity; the risks and costs related to cyber security attacks, data breaches, protecting our systems and maintaining integrity and security of our business information, as well as personal data of our guests, employees and others; the impact of new or changing legislation and regulations or governmental orders on our business; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; the effects of weather, natural disasters and seasonality on our business; the impact of issues at shipyards, including ship delivery delays, ship cancellations or ship construction cost increases; shipyard unavailability; the unavailability or cost of air service; and uncertainties of a foreign legal system as we are not incorporated in the United States.
In addition, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently heightened by and will continue to be heightened by, or in the future may be heightened by, the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks.
Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a global fleet of 64 ships traveling to approximately 1,000 destinations around the world. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of three award winning cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises and it is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands have an additional 10 ships on order as of June 30, 2022.
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New KonsultaMD superapp to be one-stop-shop for all health services; Creates largest PH healthtech play
MANILA, Philippines, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three Philippine companies have come together to deliver the largest healthtech play in the country, aiming to provide accessible healthcare to Filipinos through a one-stop health superapp.
Globe Capital Venture Holdings, Inc. (917Ventures), the corporate venture builder of the Globe Group (Globe Telecom), Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc. (AC Health), the healthcare portfolio arm of the Ayala Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vigos Ventures, Inc., and Salud Interactiva S.A. DE C.V. have agreed to the reorganization of Global Telehealth, Inc. (KonsultaMD), HealthNow, Inc. (HealthNow) and APPPPS Partners, Inc. (AIDE) to combine their respective applications in one superapp.
With a vision to uplift the healthcare journey of every Filipino, the deal combines three market-leading telehealth applications – KonsultaMD, which serves teleconsultations, HealthNow, which serves medicine deliveries, and AIDE which serves laboratory tests and home care – into one full service health superapp, the new KonsultaMD. Altogether, the companies have an existing user base of over 2 million.
The full service health superapp aims to go live by the first quarter of 2023.
To date, KonsultaMD is already the dominant player in teleconsultations with over one million members and a retail network of over 50,000 outlets.
Over the past two years, HealthNow and AIDE have emerged as critical players in the AC Health ecosystem, growing its base to over 1M registered users.
Amidst lockdowns, HealthNow enabled continued access to various services including medicine deliveries and teleconsultation services already powered by KonsultaMD. HealthNow was also instrumental in AC Health's COVIDShield, the largest private sector-led COVID-19 vaccine administration program in the country, providing a single platform where patients could book their vaccinations and schedule post-vaccination consults.
AIDE has likewise continued to support patients through the pandemic by enabling access to key home healthcare services including laboratory and diagnostics.
"By combining the strengths of each of the three entities, I am excited to see the new KonsultaMD support AC Health's vision of an integrated healthcare ecosystem,'' said Paolo Borromeo, President and CEO of AC Health.
"This combined digital team, supplemented by the network of services from AC Health, allows us all to be in a better position to provide much-needed access to quality healthcare services and medicines across the country, accelerating our goal of touching the lives of 1 in 5 Filipinos by 2030," Borromeo added.
Meanwhile, KonsultaMD has grown to be the most visible brand in the Philippine healthtech space. It has established several partnerships to make health services accessible to all market segments. Its services are available via Globe mobile and broadband postpaid plans, as well as prepaid offers. It is also in 60+ superapps and FMCG products, and in the Huawei Vision S TV.
"This is a very important step for us to further grow KonsultaMD. We have long experienced the challenges and difficulties of healthcare in the Philippines and we intend to address those challenges. Our ambition is to democratize health services, making it as easily available and affordable to every Filipino regardless of where you are in the country," said Vince Yamat, 917Ventures Managing Director.
Cholo Tagaysay, who has presided over KonsultaMD the past two years will be the CEO of the consolidated entity.
"Consultations are at the top of the funnel. Consultations generate prescriptions which in turn generate lab requests. Now, we can fulfill all of these. We are a one-stop-shop for all your health needs," said Tagaysay.
Beia Latay, who has served as HealthNow CEO over the past two years, will be COO of the new KonsultaMD.
"Our synergy creates a complete and simplified healthcare experience, spanning home, in-clinic and hospital," said Latay.
Redefining the healthcare experience is a shared mission between AC Health and 917Ventures. By combining AC Health's multi-channel care delivery network, and 917Ventures' drive for continuous innovation through digital technology, Filipinos can expect to access healthcare services in a much more powerful, end-to-end, and seamless manner extending to both digital and brick-and-mortar touchpoints.
917Ventures offers various services in fintech, edutech, adtech, and ecommerce, among others.
About KonsultaMD
KonsultaMD is a 917Ventures portfolio company and is the largest telehealth company in the Philippines. KonsultaMD provides affordable healthcare services through 24/7 online doctor consultations and unlimited teleconsultations, no appointment needed. It covers basic healthcare, medical assessment, and permissible medication via voice or video calls at the most affordable rates.
About AC Health
Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ayala Corporation, and serves as the portfolio company for healthcare businesses. Its vision is to build an ecosystem that links every patient to a seamless healthcare experience. Its portfolio includes Generika Drugstore, the pioneer in generic retail pharmacies, IE Medica and MedEthix, major pharmaceutical importer and distributor, Healthway, a network of primary care, multi-specialty, and corporate clinics, and QualiMed, a comprehensive network of full-service hospitals, multi-specialty clinics, and a stand-alone day surgery center. AC Health has also invested in health technology solutions, most recently, HealthNow, a healthcare aggregator app that offers online consultations, medicine delivery, and clinic and diagnostic booking and AIDE, a home health service app.
About HealthNow
Bridging the gap between patients and healthcare services, HealthNow is a collaboration between Globe's 917Ventures and Ayala Corporation's AC Health. HealthNow enables a simplified way for Filipinos to have seamless access to the most relevant healthcare services, including online consultations, medicine delivery, clinic appointments, and laboratory services.
About AIDE
Aide was acquired in February 2022 by HealthNow. Aide aims to provide a variety of home care services throughout the Philippines, which range from personalized care and treatment solutions to giving Filipinos the proper healthcare home services, specific to their needs.
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Wisconsin man charged with federal hate crime after allegedly leaving threatening notes on Black neighbors’ vehicles and slashing their tires
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN
A Wisconsin man charged with a federal hate crime was released on his own recognizance last week, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
Milwaukee County resident William McDonald allegedly targeted at least one Puerto Rican neighbor and eight Black residents in his apartment complex, “willfully injuring, intimidating, or interfering with another’s housing rights because of their race, color, or national origin by force or threat of force,” according to the criminal complaint.
The alleged incidents spanned from March 2021 through April 2022, according to the affidavit.
McDonald left threatening and vulgar notes on the windshields of vehicles of neighbors that McDonald perceived to be speeding throughout the neighborhood in West Allis, the affidavit said.
Court records indicate McDonald has been appointed two attorneys. CNN has reached out to them for comment.
McDonald denied writing the notes, the affidavit states.
In one instance, a Black neighbor of McDonald’s received at least two threatening notes under her apartment door demanding she move out of the apartment complex, the affidavit reads. McDonald’s notes threatened further damage if the individuals did not move out of the neighborhood, according to the court document.
McDonald also slashed the tires of multiple victims’ vehicles, according to the affidavit.
Authorities believe McDonald’s alleged actions are in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and the misdemeanor charge would qualify as a hate crime, the affidavit reads.
Surveillance footage and a traffic stop in which officers obtained personal information about McDonald — such as his handwriting — allowed federal investigators to connect McDonald to the string of incidents, according to the affidavit.
McDonald cannot associate with any of the witnesses or victims associated with this case; cannot possess a firearm or other weapon; is required to stay at his aunt’s house outside the neighborhood; and must submit to GPS monitoring, according to the terms of his release.
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| 2022-04-25T04:22:41Z
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Santana, Rodríguez, Rondón suspended for positive drug tests
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder/first baseman Danny Santana, pitcher Richard Rodríguez and infielder José Rondón were suspended for 80 games each Monday in the first discipline since the major league drug testing program resumed March 11 following a 99-day suspension during the lockout. The three, all free agents, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Boldenone. The tests resulted from urine samples taken before the lockout started Dec. 2, but MLB concluded it could not announce discipline during the workout, a person familiar with the testing program said, speaking on condition of anonymity because that detail was not announced.
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Which AirPods Pro case cover is best?
Music is a great way to reduce distractions at home or block out ambient sounds on public transit. Then, when you no longer need them, you can easily pop your Apple AirPods Pro into their case to charge.
But just as you keep the small earbuds safe in the case, you also need to protect the case from scratches and drops. The best way to do that is to get an AirPods Pro case cover. There are several things that you must keep in mind, but for outdoor activities, you can’t go wrong with the Spigen Tough Armor AirPods Pro Case Cover With Keychain.
What to know before you buy an AirPods Pro case cover
Silicone vs. plastic vs. leather
The regular AirPods case is made from hard plastic, making it vulnerable to dirt and scratches. A cover that goes over the case protects it from damage. Consider which material is best suited for you and how often you use the case.
- Silicone covers are the most popular, as they come in different colors and offer good grip and drop protection.
- Plastic covers are protective, but more prone to scratches than silicone.
- Leather covers look stylish but may not offer as much protection as silicone or plastic.
Perfect fit required
A cover is of no use if the case doesn’t fit properly. It must be snug enough for the AirPods not to not fall out, so you need the correct cover for your version. For example, the previous AirPods case is smaller than the Pro — and the cover won’t fit.
Level of protection
The construction materials play a significant role in protecting your AirPods Pro, but there are special covers that take protection to a new level. Silicone and plastic are perfect for everyday use, and you shouldn’t require more than that. But if you enjoy the outdoors or use your AirPods in between extreme sports, you might want a case that gives higher drop protection, is waterproof and is made from a durable material.
What to look for in a quality AirPods Pro case cover
Supports wireless charging
While it is rare to find case covers incompatible with wireless chargers, it is nonetheless an aspect you must consider. Thinner materials such as plastic or silicone shouldn’t pose a problem for wirelessly charging the case, but a rugged, much thicker case can block the signals. Also, a good-quality case cover won’t obstruct the tiny indication light when charging.
Easy access
You don’t want to struggle when opening the case. So, a good-quality cover won’t hamper the lid or closing mechanism. However, covers with robust protection for the outdoors can employ an additional clip on the outside to prevent accidental opening. Speaking of the outdoors, you’ll often get a keychain or carabiner with your cover to attach it to your backpack.
Durable and long-lasting
While a cover’s materials should go with your preferred look and feel, they also need to be durable. You’ll be very disappointed if the accessory to protect your case is what ends up breaking. But this also depends on its design and how roughly you handle it. For example, some silicone covers that don’t have a cutout for the lid can start to crack after a few months. Leather and hard plastic covers last the longest, around a few years.
How much you can expect to spend on an AirPods Pro case cover
The average price of a cover for your AirPods Pro case depends on its materials and level of protection. An affordable cover costs $5-$10, while something more robust retails for $15-$20.
AirPods Pro case cover FAQ
How do you clean the AirPods Pro case?
A. You can clean the outside and inside with a soft cloth. If needed, you can dampen the cloth slightly and gently rub the outside to remove marks or dirt. Remember that you mustn’t get liquid on the charging ports.
How does the cover protect the case?
A. It depends on how the cover is made, but thicker covers have air cushions in the corners to absorb the initial shock when dropped. Silicone offers the same type of protection, but can’t take the same environmental beating.
What’s the best AirPods Pro case cover to buy?
Top AirPods Pro case cover
Spigen Tough Armor AirPods Pro Case Cover With Keychain
What you need to know: If you take your AirPods with you when hiking, this cover will ensure that they don’t get damaged.
What you’ll love: Made from hard plastic and relatively thick, this case cover will protect your AirPods housing from drops, bumps, dust and dirt. The detailed cutout on the back doesn’t hamper opening, has a charging indicator light and comes with a metal carabiner.
What you should consider: The cover includes a few adhesive strips to secure the case, but Spigen says these are optional.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top AirPods Pro case cover for the money
BRG Silicone Skin AirPods Pro Case Cover
What you need to know: This silicone cover is incredibly thin, deserving the product name “Skin”.
What you’ll love: Available in 38 solid colors and patterns, this cover is perfect for protecting your case from scratches and fingerprints. The front LED light remains visible when charging wirelessly, and the bottom charging port has a plug to keep out dust.
What you should consider: Some users said the lid part of the cover could easily slip off.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Elago Classic Handheld Game Console AirPods Pro Case
What you need to know: Any fan of the classic Nintendo Gameboy will love this case cover, as it draws design inspiration from the handheld gaming console.
What you’ll love: The case is compatible with wireless charging pads, and the indicator light illuminates when used. It is made from impact-resistant silicone, providing a good grip and bump protection.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said the case must be pushed down further into the case to fit perfectly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Attendees Can Interview for Openings, Receive Offers on Site
EIGHTY FOUR, Pa., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 84 Lumber, the nation's largest privately held building materials supplier, is recruiting for 10 immediate openings at its Baton Rouge location as the company's business continues to expand nationwide. Interested job seekers can interview for open positions at a hiring event on August 23, 2022, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hampton Inn Baton Rouge - Denham Springs (201 Rushing Road West, Denham Springs, LA 70726).
"At 84 Lumber, we are on the leading edge of the ongoing rise in residential construction across the nation," said Rob Woodrow, divisional vice president at 84 Lumber. "Greater demand for our products means a need for more motivated, dedicated employees who want to take advantage of the phenomenal growth opportunity in our industry. If you have a strong work ethic and are eager for something new, you could be the perfect fit for us."
Hiring event attendees will participate in job interviews and learn more about 84 Lumber's company culture. Some attendees may receive a job offer on site.
- Manager trainees (MTs), who enter an intensive, one-on-one, on-the-job training program that teaches them about the company's business and puts them on a path to become a future leader within the enterprise. Starting compensation for manager trainees is $47,000 to $50,000 per year.
- Door manufacturers need no prior experience and are involved in the manufacturing of doors. These associates can expect a starting pay of $13 to $14 per hour depending on experience.
- Non-CDL drivers load trucks and deliver materials to customer job sites. These associates are also responsible for building loads and deliveries; maintaining a safe, clean, and well-organized lumber yard; and loading and unloading lumber and building supplies. Hourly pay for drivers is $13 per hour.
- Forklift/yard associates. Applicants need no prior experience and perform essential functions behind the scenes – from the management of supply shipments to the operation of forklifts and other equipment. Starting pay is $13 to $14 per hour based on experience plus monthly incentives.
"As a family-owned company, 84 Lumber is committed to helping our employees build a long-term career with us. We are proud to say that 95% of our store managers started in our manager trainee program," Woodrow said. "We believe that a wide variety of candidates can find a home with the company and open doors for themselves – a person with no construction experience but a desire to learn, military veterans ready to open their next chapter, or someone simply ready to make a fresh start. We'll give every one of them the tools to grow."
Candidates interested in participating in the Hiring Event should pre-register online and complete the form. Registrants will then receive an email from 84 Lumber with the link to apply for the desired position. To save time, Woodrow strongly encourages candidates to apply for positions online before they attend the event.
On-site pre-employment drug screening will be available for applicants at the hiring event. Candidates who advance in the process will also be required to pass a background check prior to employment.
To learn more about 84 Lumber, follow the company on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 84 Lumber Company is the nation's largest privately held supplier of building materials, manufactured components and industry-leading services for single- and multi-family residences and commercial buildings. The company operates nearly 250 stores, component manufacturing plants, custom door shops, custom millwork shops and engineered wood product centers in more than 30 states. 84 Lumber also offers turnkey installation services for a variety of products, including framing, insulation, siding, windows, roofing, decking and drywall. A certified national women's business enterprise owned by Maggie Hardy Knox, 84 Lumber was named by Forbes as one of America's Largest Private Companies in 2018 and one of America's Best Large Employers in 2019. For more information, visit 84lumber.com or join us at Facebook.com/84lumber and linkedin.com/company/84-lumber.
Contact: Jeff Donaldson, BLD Marketing
Email: jeff.donaldson@bld-marketing.com
Phone: (412) 347-8039
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New integrated solution that empowers guests to call for service or assistance using a simple QR code and smart phone in locations where traditional electronic push buttons may not be practical.
SUWANEE, Ga., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week JTECH announced the launch of The Virtual Service Kiosk - a new way of helping customers directly notify staff anywhere and everywhere imaginable. Because the process starts with the scanning of a QR Code, businesses can put a virtual press for service button anywhere - outside, by a pool, or in an unsecured area. Virtual Service Kiosk is also easy to implement on a large scale. You need notifications from 200 locations? Not a problem! You need communications from 100 beach chairs? We got you! QR Codes can be printed on many different materials making them weatherproof, movable and flexible.
What sets the Virtual Service Kiosk apart is the unique management console that allows each QR code to have up to five programmable virtual buttons. A button can be directed to send a discrete message or open a URL. While the main advantage of this solution is to bring service quickly and directly to the customer, the URL option enhances the experience and can also help to consolidate multiple QR codes into one with multiple options. Another unique aspect is the ability to set specific hours for the entire system, or to disable specific locations. Rainy day? Turn off all the QR Codes on the outdoor patio. The web-based user interface also includes analytics on each location at the QR code and button level.
The last piece of the system is what JTECH is known for…Staff Communication technology. Another recent addition to the JTECH line is the SmartCall Alert Color Paging System. The combination of four-color screens, alphanumeric text and vibe/beep options make communication simple and efficient. Each button can be programmed to send a text-based message and send a color alert for a hands-free notification.
Key Features:
- Unlimited amount of QR Codes with up to 5 programmable virtual buttons each.
- Easy to use and flexible management console.
- Customized set up and programming for each scenario.
- Integrates with all industry leading JTECH staff paging systems.
- Works where traditional push for service electronic buttons are not feasible or practical.
- Ideal for restaurants, hospitality, healthcare, retail and more!
JTECH an HME Company has provided staff and guest notification systems and software solutions for 35 years. As the largest onsite paging company in the world, JTECH was the first to introduce silent paging systems to the restaurant industry. We are the leading provider of onsite messaging, paging, text messaging, table location systems and software solutions for the restaurant, warehouse, retail, hospitality, pharmacy, and healthcare markets.
For more information on the Virtual Service Kiosk or other JTECH Solutions, please visit www.JTECH.com or call 800.321.6221.
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| 2022-08-02T15:54:03Z
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BERWYN, Pa., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Traditions of America, the national leader in 55+ lifestyle communities, continues to innovate its amenity offerings with an all-new, "next generation" Clubhouse design. The luxury resort-caliber Clubhouse plan is at the front of the pack for 55+ consumers in its scale, design, finishes and amenities.
At a recent Clubhouse Grand Opening at the Traditions of America at West Brandywine community in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the impressive Clubhouse complex was debuted to residents and customers. No detail was overlooked in the 8,000 square foot Clubhouse, which is fully-loaded with a heated outdoor pool and spa, tennis and pickleball courts, fitness center, yoga studio, sports bar and lounge, putting green, billiards, wine tasting room, golf simulator, dog grooming room, coffee lounge, outdoor grilling area, and club room. With a dedicated, full-time Lifestyle Director, Traditions of America residents benefit from a comprehensive social calendar of activities, clubs, and organized trips. This robust amenity package is unrivaled in the 55+ market on the East Coast, where Traditions of America is the dominant 55+ builder, and 2022 winner of NAHB's 55+ Builder of the Year.
Designed in collaboration with KTGY Architecture & Planning of Irvine, California, the newly-envisioned Clubhouse represents an all-new look with a mix of two siding colors, transom windows, interior millwork, accent lighting specific to unique gathering areas, elegant archways, and textured vertical feature walls for sensorial interest.
Traditions of America Clubhouses are scaled to a particular community's size. They range from 4,500 square feet to 11,000 square feet at its largest community in the South Hills of Pittsburgh: Traditions of America at Southpointe. The Clubhouse at Southpointe, a community of 352 single-family homes, will make its grand opening debut this summer. Tradition's newest community in Chesterfield, Virginia - where site improvements have commenced and sales will soon be underway - also features the latest, innovative Clubhouse design. Traditions of America at Chesterfield, a 234 single-family home community, marks the builder's highly anticipated entry into the Richmond, Virginia suburbs.
Take a virtual 3D tour of the new generation of Clubhouse Design at Traditions of America: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=KkeR5KWB9AX&ts=5
For more information on Traditions of America, visit https://www.traditionsofamerica.com
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| 2022-06-13T14:04:21Z
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NYC mayor calls on ATF to yank ghost gun kit maker’s license
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor is calling on the Biden administration to yank the federal firearms license of a Nevada company that sells parts and kits for ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers that have been increasingly turning up at crime scenes around the U.S. Mayor Eric Adams joined with gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety on Wednesday to publicly call for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to immediately revoke the license of a Polymer80, Inc. alleging the company has violated federal gun laws requiring background checks of purchasers and serial numbers, among other measures.
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| 2022-05-11T19:31:49Z
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Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with ‘bot’ info
(AP) - Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots’ or real people.
The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to buy the social media company, leading Twitter to sue him last month to complete the acquisition. Musk countersued, accusing Twitter of misleading his team about the true size of its user base and other problems he said amounted to fraud and breach of contract.
Both sides are headed toward an October trial in a Delaware court.
“If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms,” Musk tweeted early Saturday. “However, if it turns out that their SEC filings are materially false, then it should not.”
Twitter declined to comment Saturday. The company has repeatedly disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission an estimate that fewer than 5% of user accounts are fake or spam, with a disclaimer that it could be higher. Musk waived his right to further due diligence when he signed the April merger agreement.
Twitter has argued in court that Musk is deliberately trying to tank the deal because market conditions have deteriorated and the acquisition no longer serves his interests. A court filing Thursday describes his counterclaims as an imagined story “contradicted by the evidence and common sense.”
“Musk invents representations Twitter never made and then tries to wield, selectively, the extensive confidential data Twitter provided him to conjure a breach of those purported representations,” company attorneys wrote.
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| 2022-08-06T17:55:13Z
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Man charged with threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster over gender definitions
(Gray News) - Officials said a man has been arrested and charged with making death threats against dictionary maker Merriam-Webster over entries for the words “girl,” “woman” and “female.”
Jeremy David Hanson, a 34-year-old from California, was charged with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, stated in a news release.
Officials allege Hanson’s online comments included multiple references to shooting and killing people and bombing offices.
“We believe Hanson sent a multitude of anonymous threatening and despicable messages related to the LGBTQ community that were intended to evoke fear and division,” said U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins.
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster, Inc. received the messages through its website’s “Contact Us” page and comments section between Oct. 2-8, the attorney’s office said. Authorities said they identified the sender as Hanson.
One example using the handle @anonYmous stated: “It is absolutely sickening that Merriam-Webster now tells blatant lies and promotes anti-science propaganda. There is no such thing as ‘gender identity.’ The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot.”
The company closed its offices in Springfield and New York for approximately five business days in response.
Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division, said Hanson was accused of making hate-filled, violent threats “that crossed a line.”
“Everyone has a right to express their opinion, but repeatedly threatening to kill people, as has been alleged, takes it to a new level,” Bonavolonta said. “We are always going to pursue individuals who try to intimidate and isolate members of our community by inciting violent, hateful acts.
“Threats to life are most certainly not protected speech, and they cause real fear in victims.”
Officials said the investigation identified numerous related threats to organizations, businesses and individuals. They included the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Land O’ Lakes, Hasbro, Inc., IGN Entertainment, the President of the University of North Texas, professors at Loyola Marymount University and a New York City rabbi.
Hanson is scheduled to be in federal court Friday in Springfield, after an initial court appearance in his home state of California, the office stated.
The charge provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoImmuneTech, Inc. (NIT or "NeoImmuneTech"), a clinical-stage T cell-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that its Chief Business Officer, Sam Zhang, Ph.D., MBA, will present a company update at the upcoming BIO International Convention, to be held June 13-16 in San Diego, CA.
Sam Zhang, Ph.D., MBA, NeoImmuneTech Chief Business Officer said: "One week after NeoImmuneTech presented new promising data at ASCO 2022 congress, the BIO International Convention is a perfect opportunity to remind the scientific and industry community about the momentum of our broad development program with NT-I7, our long-acting human IL-7, in combination with checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-Ts".
The details of the company's presentation are as follows:
BIO International Convention
Title: Expanding the Frontier of Immuno-Oncology with NT-I7, a long acting IL-7, in combination of checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-Ts
Date: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM (PDT)
Where: Company Presentation Theater 4
Website: BIO International Convention
About NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) (rhIL-7-hyFc)
NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) is the only clinical-stage long-acting human IL-7, and is being developed in oncologic and immunologic indications, where T cell amplification and increased functionality may provide clinical benefit. IL-7 is a fundamental cytokine for naïve and memory T cell development and for sustaining immune response to chronic antigens (as in cancer) or foreign antigens (as in infectious diseases). NT-I7 exhibits favorable PK/PD and safety profiles, making it an ideal combination partner. NT-I7 is being studied in multiple clinical trials in solid tumors and as vaccine adjuvant. Studies are being planned for testing in hematologic malignancies, additional solid tumors and other immunology-focused indications.
About NeoImmuneTech, Inc.
NeoImmuneTech, Inc. (NIT) is a clinical-stage T cell-focused biopharmaceutical company, dedicated to expanding the horizon of immuno-oncology and enhancing immunity to infectious diseases. NIT is led by the scientific founder and inventor of NT-I7 (efineptakin alfa) and has a strong executive team with rich industry experience. NIT is expanding rapidly in personnel and operations, as well as partnering with industry and academic leaders to investigate NT-I7 as monotherapy and in combination with various immunotherapeutics. For more information, please visit www.neoimmunetech.com.
Forward-looking Statements
The statements contained herein may contain certain forward-looking statements relating to NeoImmuneTech, Inc. (the "Company") that are based on its beliefs and expectations about the future. These forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions about the future, some of which are beyond the Company's control and are not a guarantee of future performance or developments. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise after the date of these documents. Accordingly, you should not place reliance on any forward-looking information or statements contained herein.
Some of the data contained in these documents were obtained from various external sources, and the Company has not independently verified such data. Accordingly, the Company makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of the data, and such data involves risks and uncertainties, and is subject to change based on various factors.
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Kremer is COO of UC San Diego Health and a Healthcare Industry Veteran
SAN DIEGO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shadowbox, a leading innovator in healthcare automation solutions, is excited to announce the addition of Brendan Kremer, Chief Operating Officer of UC San Diego Health, to its board of directors. Brendan brings over 25 years of health system administration leadership experience to the Shadowbox board. As COO at UCSD Health, he is responsible for hospital and physician group operations for a $3 billion academic medical center, accountable for the clinical, financial, and operational performance of all clinical service lines as well as physician group and support service operations.
"We are overjoyed to welcome Brendan to our board of directors. His in-depth knowledge of healthcare system interoperability needs and pain points is sure to prove invaluable to Shadowbox, as we work to improve patient care across the healthcare ecosystem." said Gregory A. Stein, Shadowbox CEO.
"Shadowbox offers a unique approach to solving one of healthcare's biggest challenges," said Brendan Kremer. "As a career healthcare administrator and leader, I am honored to join the board of directors."
Prior to the COO role, Kremer worked in a variety of positions at UCSD Health as well as other institutions including Tenet HealthCare, Huntington Memorial Hospital and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He received both his Bachelors of Science (BSPA) in Public Administration and his Masters of Health Service Administration (MHA) at the University of Southern California.
For more information, please see Shadowbox Team Bios
Shadowbox is a ground-breaking, patented integration and automation platform built for healthcare. By powering a browser with security, AI, and user-driven cross-application connections, Shadowbox offers instant integration and automation across the healthcare ecosystem. For more information see www.shadowbox.com.
UC San Diego Health is the academic health system of the University of California, San Diego. In operation since 1966, it encompasses multiple institutions, including the UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, the Jacobs Medical Center, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, and Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion, all in La Jolla. It also includes several outpatient sites located throughout San Diego County. The health system works closely with the university's School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy to provide training to medical and pharmacy students and advanced clinical care to patients. For more information, see https://health.ucsd.edu/
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NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Riskified Ltd. (NYSE: RSKD) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Riskified Class A ordinary shares in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 1, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
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Riskified Ltd. NEWS - RSKD NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Riskified Ltd. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) as Riskified expanded its user base, the quality of Riskified's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering), because of, among other things, inaccuracies in the algorithms associated with onboarding new merchants and entering new geographies and industries; (ii) Riskified had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which Riskified had limited experience and that this expansion has negatively impacted the effectiveness of Riskified's machine learning platform; (iii) as a result, Riskified was suffering from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021; and (iv) thus, the representations in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering regarding Riskified's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of Riskified prior to and at the time of the July 2021 initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading, and lacked a factual basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Riskified Ltd. you have until July 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 Riskified Ltd. 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 RSKD lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/riskified-ltd-loss-submission-form?id=29206&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Steve Hochman's GX5 TRAINER™ is NOW available on Indiegogo
Strap it. Work it. Shape it.
IRVINE, Calif., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Hochman, renowned southern California trainer and co-founder of Fit Body Boot Camp, has invented the first wearable glute-activating device, now available through crowdfunding on Indiegogo. Check it out here!
"After training thousands of clients over the past 20 years, I discovered that 90 percent of people struggle to activate their glutes," said Hochman. "The GX5 TRAINER's patent-pending design redirects your body's energy allowing your glutes to work up to 87% more."
The set straps to your shoe for maximum glute activation, form correction, and pain alleviation during all lower body workouts. The GX5 TRAINER™ is the only wearable product on the market that corrects your form during both stationary and moving exercises, such as walking lunges.
By purchasing the GX5 TRAINER™, you will also receive free access to the GX5 FIT app featuring:
- 6 Week Booty Lift Series
- How-to library for popular glute exercises
- Live and recorded GX5 glute classes
"We believe this product has the potential to take off on a global scale," said Hochman. "The GX5 TRAINER™ is ready for mass-production, but we need more capital to really make a splash in the U.S. health and fitness market. We've decided to launch the product with Indiegogo, a platform to fund ingenious, work-in-progress products and ideas. We're ready for mass production and we will begin shipping in June!"
GX5 FIT, Inc.
GX5 FIT, founded in Irvine, California in 2021, is a fitness and wellness brand aimed at achieving world peace through perkier booties. Whether you are a seasoned fitness pro, getting back on track, or just looking to feel better, we can help. Purchase the GX5 TRAINER™ and download the GX5 FIT app to access your FREE 6-week booty lift series with Steve Hochman and the GX5 team. Strap it. Work it. Shape it. Find us on Indiegogo.
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909-529-2079
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple, efficient and sanitary way to apply toilet bowl cleaner and clean the toilet," said an inventor, from Cumming, Ga., "so I invented the BOWL BOSS. My design can be employed with any type of toilet bowl cleaner and it would provide optimum cleaning of the toilet bowl and rim. The ease of having a one step process as opposed to a two-step, with the added bonus of being eco-friendly and more sanitary."
The invention provides a more efficient and effective means of cleaning a toilet. In doing so, it offers a more eco-friendly alternative to traditional toilet brushes. As a result, it saves time and effort by making a two-step process a single step and it enhances sanitation and convenience. The invention features a durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2819, 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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Registration opens for the long-awaited G.R.O.W. Finances course during 'Money Month'.
TOWSON, Md., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentim, a coaching business and passion project for Lisa L. Baker, is celebrating the power of financial literacy and National Financial Awareness Day (August 14) all month long. 70% of Americans currently live paycheck to paycheck, and Baker is on a mission to change that. It's the reason Ascentim is launching a 4-part group course that will put quality financial education within reach for everyone.
Online registration is now available for G.R.O.W. Finances, which begins on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at 7 pm EST on Zoom. Over the course of 4 weeks, Baker will teach participants how to achieve financial freedom, build wealth, and change their money mindset. Participants will learn how to get out of debt quickly, retain more income, protect assets, and finally, walk in wealth.
"Not everyone can afford one-on-one coaching," says Baker. "But everyone deserves access to a basic financial education. I know, all too well, how it feels to be out of cash, drowning in debt, and stressed. This course will put economic power back in the hands of people who struggle and need to learn how money works – and how it can work better for them."
The course that begins on September 20 will be held live. Baker also intends to make on-demand courses available in the future for even greater convenience and accessibility. Looking ahead, she has plans to create additional programs in a similar format, with content from Ascentim's two other core pillars: Connections and Careers.
G.R.O.W. Finances is ideal for anyone who wants take charge of their financial future and have enough money that they never have to worry about money again.
Registration for the 4-week financial literacy course is open until September 19.
About Ascentim
Ascentim is a Maryland-based coaching practice that utilizes a unique G.R.O.W. coaching process to help high performers gain clarity, realize new possibilities, overcome obstacles, and win at life. Ascentim focuses on three core pillars: connections, careers, and finances. Ascentim guides clients on their path to a bright future with flexible coaching options designed to meet individual needs. Founder Lisa L. Baker is also available for speaking engagements.
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CHICAGO, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR), a leading fully integrated owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate, will present at Nareit's REITWeek: 2022 Investor Conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 2:15 PM EDT (1:15 PM CDT).
A webcast of the presentation will be available on First Industrial's website at www.firstindustrial.com under the "Investors" tab. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the website through Thursday, July 7, 2022.
First Industrial's presentation materials for the conference will be available under the "Investors" tab on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
About First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) is a leading fully integrated owner, operator, and developer of industrial real estate with a track record of providing industry-leading customer service to multinational corporations and regional customers. Across major markets in the United States, our local market experts manage, lease, buy, (re)develop, and sell bulk and regional distribution centers, light industrial, and other industrial facility types. In total, we own and have under development approximately 68.6 million square feet of industrial space as of March 31, 2022. For more information, please visit us at www.firstindustrial.com.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We intend for such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, and are generally identifiable by use of the words "believe," "expect," "plan," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "seek," "target," "potential," "focus," "may," "will," "should" or similar words. Although we believe the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained or that results will not materially differ. Factors which could have a materially adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to: changes in national, international, regional and local economic conditions generally and real estate markets specifically; changes in legislation/regulation (including changes to laws governing the taxation of real estate investment trusts) local economic conditions generally and real estate markets specifically; changes in legislation/regulation (including changes to laws governing the taxation of real estate investment trusts) and actions of regulatory authorities; the uncertainty and economic impact of pandemics, epidemics or other public health emergencies or fear of such events, such as the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); our ability to qualify and maintain our status as a real estate investment trust; the availability and attractiveness of financing (including both public and private capital) and changes in interest rates; the availability and attractiveness of terms of additional debt repurchases; our ability to retain our credit agency ratings; our ability to comply with applicable financial covenants; our competitive environment; changes in supply, demand and valuation of industrial properties and land in our current and potential market areas; our ability to identify, acquire, develop and/or manage properties on favorable terms; our ability to dispose of properties on favorable terms; our ability to manage the integration of properties we acquire; potential liability relating to environmental matters; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by our tenants; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; higher-than-expected real estate construction costs and delays in development or lease-up schedules; potential natural disasters and other potentially catastrophic events such as acts of war and/or terrorism; litigation, including costs associated with prosecuting or defending claims and any adverse outcomes; risks associated with our investments in joint ventures, including our lack of sole decision-making authority; and other risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in our other Exchange Act reports and in our other public filings with the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect our outlook only and speak only as of the date of this press release or the dates indicated in the statements. We assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements. For further information on these and other factors that could impact us and the statements contained herein, reference should be made to our filings with the SEC.
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BEIJING, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: FFHL) ("Fuwei Films" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films in China, today announced that the Company will report its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2022 on Friday, June 24, 2022 after the close of the market.
About Fuwei Films
Fuwei Films conducts its business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd. ("Shandong Fuwei"). Shandong Fuwei develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality plastic films using the biaxial oriented stretch technique, otherwise known as BOPET film (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate). Fuwei's BOPET film is widely used for packaging food, medicine, cosmetics, tobacco, and alcohol, as well as in the imaging, electronics, and magnetic products industries.
Safe Harbor
This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to risks. Risk factors that could contribute to such differences include those matters more fully disclosed in the Company's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission which, among other things, include the significant oversupply of BOPET films resulting from the rapid growth of the Chinese BOPET industry capacity, changes in the international market and trade barriers, especially the uncertainty of the antidumping investigation and imposition of an anti-dumping duty on imports of the BOPET films originating from the People's Republic of China ("China") conducted by certain countries; uncertainty around coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, potential delisting of our ordinary shares under the Holding Foreign Company Affordable Act if the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is unable to inspect our auditors located in China, uncertainty around U.S.-China trade war and its effect on the Company's operation, fluctuations of the RMB exchange rate, and our ability to obtain adequate financing for our planned capital expenditure requirements; uncertainty as to our ability to continuously develop new BOPET film products and keep up with changes in BOPET film technology; risks associated with possible defects and errors in our products; uncertainty as to our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; uncertainty as to our ability to attract and retain qualified executives and personnel; and uncertainty in acquiring raw materials on time and on acceptable terms, particularly in view of the volatility in the prices of petroleum products in recent years. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company's estimates as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's estimates to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Actual results of our operations may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors.
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The NFL is seeking an indefinite suspension of at least one year plus a fine in appealing a disciplinary officer’s decision to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, a person familiar with the filing told The Associated Press.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter isn’t public knowledge, also said Watson would be required to undergo treatment before he could be reinstated. The league initially recommended an $8 million fine and asked for a $5 million fine in settlement negotiations that never materialized, another person involved in the talks told the AP.
The NFL’s appeal gives Commissioner Roger Goodell or someone he designates authority to impose a stiffer penalty. League spokesman Brian McCarthy said it’s still to be determined whether Goodell or someone else will hear the appeal.
Former federal judge Sue L. Robinson issued her ruling Monday after Watson was accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments while he played for the Houston Texans.
In her 16-page report, Robinson described Watson’s behavior as “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.”
Robinson’s punishment — in her first case since being jointly appointed by the league and NFL Players Association — fell well short of the indefinite suspension of at least one year sought by the league.
So, the NFL on Wednesday exercised its right to appeal, per the collective bargaining agreement.
The players’ union has until the end of business Friday to respond in writing. The union could challenge the appeal ruling in federal court, setting the stage for a prolonged fight.
McCarthy said there’s no timeline for Goodell or his designee to make a ruling.
According to the league’s personal conduct policy, the appeal will be processed on an expedited basis. Also, it will be “limited to consideration of the terms of discipline imposed” and “based upon a review of the existing record without reference to evidence or testimony not previously considered.”
The policy also states the “decision of the Commissioner or his designee, which may overturn, reduce, modify or increase the discipline previously issued, will be final and binding on all parties.”
This is the first time since the new CBA was signed in 2020 that the league and the NFLPA turned to a jointly appointed disciplinary officer to determine violations of the personal conduct policy. In the past, Goodell has served as judge and jury to impose penalties on players.
By appealing, the NFL is giving that power back to Goodell, who can chose another person to levy any punishment.
A league official told the AP before Watson’s three-day disciplinary hearing concluded in June that the NFL wanted to avoid an appeal.
But the league proceeded with one amid a backlash from some fans and intense public pressure in the media. Other factors include Watson’s lack of remorse, which Robinson noted in her report.
Watson, who played four seasons with the Texans before sitting out last season and then being traded to Cleveland in March, recently settled 23 of 24 lawsuits filed by the women who alleged sexual harassment or assault during massage treatments in 2020 and 2021. Two grand juries in Texas declined to indict Watson on criminal complaints brought by 10 of the women.
Robinson concluded that Watson violated three provisions of the personal conduct policy: sexual assault; conduct posing a genuine danger to the safety and well-being of another person; and conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity of the NFL.
She declined to suspend Watson for a full year based on precedents and the league’s current policy. But Robinson concluded a longer suspension could be justified if it was already outlined in the personal conduct policy.
“While it may be entirely appropriate to more severely discipline players for non-violent sexual conduct, I do not believe it is appropriate to do so without notice of the extraordinary change this position portends for the NFL and its players,” Robinson wrote in her report.
Watson has continued to practice with the Browns while awaiting resolution to his case, which has raised questions about the league’s handling of off-field player behavior, inconsistencies in its personal conduct policy and its overall support of women.
The Browns have been in a state of limbo as well, not knowing when or if Watson will be able to play this season.
Cleveland traded three first-round picks to Houston for the three-time Pro Bowl QB and signed him to a five-year, $230 million contract.
Watson will lose only $345,000 if the suspension is unchanged because his base salary this season is $1.035 million.
Watson didn’t comment to the AP when asked for a reaction to the league’s decision to appeal. He was then escorted inside the Browns’ facility by a member of the team’s security staff.
The three-time Pro Bowler had just wrapped up Cleveland’s seventh practice of training camp and was still on the field when the league’s appeal announcement was posted.
Watson had a conversation with Peter Jean-Baptiste, the team’s vice president of communications, before spending a few minutes signing autographs for military members and their families.
He was embraced by one woman who said she told Watson to “stay strong.”
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AP Sports Writer Tom Withers in Cleveland contributed to this report.
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Austin-based Leahy Lending expands National Mortgage Lenders, HomeTown Lenders' presence in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Leahy Lending becomes Alabama-based Hometown Lenders' newest partner, HomeTown Texas.
After launching Hometown Lenders' Austin Branch in 2021, Ryan Leahy and his team quickly emerged as a leading team for Hometown Lenders. Leahy and his Loan Officers set themselves apart from other branches through consistently high client satisfaction rates (5-stars on Google and Yelp), processing volume, unique partner relationships and the innovation of new products such as, ACE (Accelerated Cash Experience). Through their proven track record of success, it became clear they were the right fit for Hometown to expand their presence in Texas.
A multi-billion-dollar company, operating in 47 states, Hometown Lenders sets itself apart from other mortgage providers with their southern hospitality and innovative processes. Expanding to into Texas had been in the works for years with Hometown due to the high client demand and pace of the Texas real estate market. However, it was not until Hometown was introduced to Leahy that they had the confidence to move forward with their strategic growth plans.
On the partnership, Ryan Leahy adds, "We are thrilled with the opportunity to continue to grow as part of the Hometown Team. At its core, Hometown is a company that puts people first, treating clients and their team with the utmost respect through transparency and excellent communication. I look forward to serving the Texas real estate market and helping more homebuyers find their "hometown" in central Texas".
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Fathom Events, Kingdom Story Company, WTA Media and Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie partner on documentary based on conversations with Cash that have never been heard before
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom Events, Kingdom Story Company, WTA Media, and Harvest Ministries with Greg Laurie have partnered to release "Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon" this fall. Initially announced at CinemaCon this past spring, the documentary will be in theaters December 5, 6 & 7 only, and tickets are on sale now HERE.
"Johnny Cash is an American icon who undoubtedly shaped the musical landscape. Behind the fame is the true story of a man who was haunted by his own inner demons, and through facing them, ultimately found an unshakable faith in God," said producer Jon Erwin. "At Kingdom Story Company, we strive to bring inspiring true stories to screen. 'Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon' is one such story. We're excited to share it with you in theaters this December."
"I think of all the documentaries made about my dad, he'd be most excited about this one," said John Carter Cash of the film.
Kingdom Story Company created the documentary with exclusive access to over 100 tapes that have never been heard before outside of the Cash family. Originally recorded for Cash's autobiography, the tapes were provided with the blessings and involvement from John Carter Cash, the only child of Cash and June Carter Cash, and his sister, Joanne Cash. "Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon" features John Carter Cash, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw, Marty Stuart, Wynonna Judd, Jimmie Allen, Alice Cooper, Franklin Graham, Joanne Cash Yates, Greg Laurie, and many others.
"Johnny Cash and his music are an indelible part of the fabric of America," said Ray Nutt, CEO of Fathom Events. "As a huge fan myself, I know that audiences will love hearing his one-of-a-kind music and seeing his command of the stage on the big screen – and being able to live his spiritual transformation through this film will be especially inspiring."
Recounting a critical period in Cash's life and career, the documentary takes place during the time of his most famous album "Man In Black" while the legend was stuck in a cycle of depression and drug addiction. The road to redemption for the iconic country star and his return to an "unshakeable faith" that would influence some of his most famous songs like "The Man Comes Around," are at the core focus of the film.
"Here's the great contradiction–who could be friends with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Billy Graham all at the same time? The answer, Johnny Cash," said Pastor and Producer Greg Laurie of Harvest Ministries. "He was a contradiction at times, but he had a deep faith that he always returned to." Laurie is also the author of a recent spiritual biography of Johnny Cash, and this is his second "American Icon" documentary, having released "Steve McQueen: American Icon" in 2017.
CASH is a KINGDOM STORY COMPANY production, in association with WTA MEDIA and HARVEST MINISTRIES. Music by Brent McCorkle, edited by Andrew Chandler, Adam Jones, directed by BEN SMALLBONE, executive produced by Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin, Kevin Downes, Tony Young, Bill Reeves, Brian Mitchell, Greg Laurie, Robert Deaton, John Carter Cash, Cathy Sullivan, Josh Matas, Jason Owen, and produced by Josh Walsh, Brendon Gregory, Andrea Royer. Lionsgate will distribute home entertainment worldwide.
Kingdom Story Company, in an exclusive partnership with Lionsgate, creates life-changing content. Helmed by Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin, Kevin Downes, and Tony Young, Kingdom Story Company aims to raise the bar on thoughtful, high-quality entertainment through true storytelling that is anchored in faith and hope. Features include I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, AMERICAN UNDERDOG, I STILL BELIEVE, OCTOBER BABY, MOMS' NIGHT OUT, and WOODLAWN, amassing nearly $150M in box office. www.kingdomstorycompany.com.
Fathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all of the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com.
WTA Media serves filmmakers and authors through producing and marketing content for faith audiences and consumers. For more than a decade, WTA Media has led marketing campaigns for top film-making clients including Kendrick Brothers Productions (WAR ROOM), Kingdom Story Company (I CAN ONLY IMAGINE), Sony/AFFIRM Films (HEAVEN IS FOR REAL), Pure Flix Entertainment (GOD'S NOT DEAD), Universal Pictures (REDEEMING LOVE), and K-LOVE Films (FAMILY CAMP). The agency's author roster includes New York Times best-selling authors, Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, and Stephen Kendrick, and represents K-LOVE Books authors, Michael W. Smith, MercyMe and Mandisa. WTA Media is a subsidiary of Educational Media Foundation. For more information, visit www.wta.media.
Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship with campuses in California and Hawaii and featured speaker of public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades. In 2020, and in partnership with Kingdom Story Company, Laurie premiered his first-ever cinematic crusade, A RUSH OF HOPE, viewed by over 2 million people in its opening weekend. Laurie's other films include STEVE MCQUEEN: AMERICAN ICON, HOPE FOR HURTING HEARTS, and LOST BOY. Laurie is also the host of nationally syndicated television and radio programs and author of over 70 books, including JOHNNY CASH: THE REDEMPTION OF AN AMERICAN ICON. For more information visit harvest.org.
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Smashed buildings in Mariupol produce ‘caravan of death’
BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) - The human cost of the war in Ukraine mounted as workers pulled up to 100 bodies from each smashed building in the devastated city of Mariupol — a gruesome effort that one official described as an “endless caravan of death.”
Meanwhile, fears of a global food crisis escalated over Ukraine’s inability to export millions of tons of grain through its blockaded ports.
At the same time, Ukrainian and Russian forces battled fiercely Wednesday for control of Sievierodonestk, a city that has emerged as central to Moscow’s grinding campaign to capture Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, known as the Donbas.
Many buildings in Mariupol contain 50 to 100 bodies each, according to a mayoral aide in the Russian-held port city in the south.
Petro Andryushchenko said on the Telegram app that the bodies are being taken in an “endless caravan of death” to a morgue, landfills and other places. At least 21,000 Mariupol civilians were killed during the weeks-long Russian siege, Ukrainian authorities have estimated.
The consequences of the war are being felt far beyond Eastern Europe because shipments of Ukrainian grain are bottled up inside the country, driving up the price of food.
Ukraine, long known as the “bread basket of Europe,” is one of the world’s biggest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but much of that flow has been halted by the war and a Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. An estimated 22 million tons of grain remains in Ukraine. The failure to ship it out is endangering the food supply in many developing countries, especially in Africa.
Russia expressed support Wednesday for a U.N. plan to create a safe corridor at sea that would allow Ukraine to resume grain shipments. The plan, among other things, calls for Ukraine to remove mines from the waters near the Black Sea port of Odesa.
But Russia is insisting that it be allowed to check incoming vessels for weapons. And Ukraine has expressed fear that clearing the mines could enable Russia to attack the coast. Ukrainian officials said the Kremlin’s assurances that it wouldn’t do that cannot be trusted.
European Council President Charles Michel on Wednesday accused the Kremlin of “weaponizing food supplies and surrounding their actions with a web of lies, Soviet-style.”
While Russia, which is also a major supplier of grain to the rest of the world, has blamed the looming food crisis on Western sanctions against Moscow, the European Union heatedly denied that and said the blame rests with Russia itself for waging war against Ukraine.
“These are Russian ships and Russian missiles that are blocking the export of crops and grain,” Michel said. “Russian tanks, bombs and mines are preventing Ukraine from planting and harvesting.”
The West has exempted grain and other food from its sanctions against Russia, but the U.S. and the EU have imposed sweeping punitive measures against Russian ships. Moscow argues that those restrictions make it impossible to use its ships to export grain, and also make other shipping companies reluctant to carry its product.
Turkey has sought to play a role in negotiating an end to the war and in brokering the resumption of grain shipments. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met Wednesday with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Ukraine was not invited to the talks.
Moscow’s troops continued their painstaking, inch-by-inch campaign for the Donbas region with heavy fighting in and around Sievierodonetsk, which had a prewar population of 100,000. It is one of the last cities yet to be taken by the Russians in Luhansk, one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Sievierodonetsk the “epicenter” of the battle for the Donbas and perhaps one of the most difficult battles of the war.
He said the Ukrainian army is defending its positions and inflicting real losses on the Russian forces.
“In many ways, it is there that the fate of our Donbas is being decided,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address, which was recorded in the street outside his office in Kyiv.
An adviser to Zelenskyy’s office said Russian forces have changed their tactics in the battle, retreating from the city while pounding it with artillery and airstrikes.
As a result, Oleksiy Arestovych said, the city center is deserted, and the artillery hits an empty place.
“They are hitting hard without any particular success,” he said in his daily online interview.
Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai acknowledged the difficulties of battling Russian forces, saying, “Maybe we will have to retreat, but right now battles are ongoing in the city.”
“Everything the Russian army has — artillery, mortars, tanks, aviation — all of that, they’re using in Sievierodonetsk in order to wipe the city off the face of the Earth and capture it completely,” he said.
The city of Lysychansk, like Sievierodonetsk, is also wedged between Russian forces in Luhansk province. Valentyna Tsonkan, an elderly resident of Lysychansk, described the moment when her house came under attack.
“I was lying on my bed. The shrapnel hit the wall and went through my shoulder,” she said as she received treatment for her wounds.
Russia’s continuing encroachment could open up the possibility of a negotiated settlement between the two nations more than three months into the war, analysts said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin “has the option of declaring his objectives met at more or less any time in order to consolidate Russia’s territorial gains,” said Keir Giles, a Russia expert at the London think tank Chatham House. At that point, Giles said, Western leaders may “pressure Ukraine to accept their losses in order to bring an end to the fighting.”
Zelenskyy said Russia is unwilling to negotiate because it still feels strong.
Speaking by video link to U.S. corporate leaders, he called for even tougher sanctions to weaken Russia economically, including getting it “off the global financial system completely.”
Zelenskyy said Ukraine is willing to negotiate “to find a way out.” But a settlement cannot come “at the expense of our independence.”
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Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press journalists Oleksandr Stashevskyi, John Leicester and David Keyton in Kyiv, Ukraine; Andrew Katell in New York; and Sylvia Hui in London contributed to this report.
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US President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet the leaders of India, Australia and Japan in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of the "Quad" nations.
The meeting comes at the end of Biden's first trip to Asia since becoming President, a five-day visit he began in South Korea.
The Quad, or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is an informal group focused on security that dates back to the early 2000s. It has become more active in recent years as part of efforts to counter China's reach and territorial claims in the Indo-Pacific.
The war in Ukraine, North Korea's weapons program, Taiwan, and a controversial new security deal between China and the Solomon Islands in the Pacific are among the issues likely to be discussed at the summit.
Here's what you need to know about the Quad.
How did it form?
The partnership has its roots in the response to the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, when the four countries set up a "regional core group" to help relief efforts. But the Quad in its current form was created in 2007 and held its first meeting in May that year.
In a speech several months after that first meeting, Japan's then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described his vision of a "broader Asia ... an immense network spanning the entirety of the Pacific Ocean, incorporating the United States of America and Australia."
The countries shared "fundamental values" such as freedom and democracy, and common strategic interests, he said.
The initiative fell apart in 2008 under intense pressure from China and the threat of economic retaliation, said Cleo Paskal, a non-resident senior fellow for the Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
But it was revived in 2017 amid renewed concerns about China's rapid rise as a global superpower and Beijing's increasingly aggressive foreign policy.
Since then, the group has grown more active, with the four heads of state holding a symbolic virtual meeting in March 2021, before then meeting in person for the first time in September that year.
At the time, a senior US official emphasized the Quad was "an unofficial gathering," but called it "a key and critical format," adding "we are deepening coordination on a daily basis."
What does the Quad do?
Though sometimes dubbed by critics as an "Asian NATO," the Quad is not a formal military alliance -- rather, it's an informal strategic forum, featuring semi-regular summits, information exchanges and military drills.
It does not have the same kind of military agreements seen in NATO, like the concept of collective defense, where an attack on one member is viewed as an attack on all.
"It's deliberately more amorphous than that, so that it can withstand changes in political decision-making in each of the democracies, and respond in a more diffuse but effective way around things like vaccines or economics," Paskal said.
Quad members cooperate across fields including Covid-19 and natural disasters, climate change and sustainability.
But security and the goal of a "free and open Indo-Pacific" are key focuses, with the four nations frequently highlighting threats such as terrorism, disinformation and territorial disputes.
Military cooperation has increased in recent years, with Australia joining the other three in the 2020 Malabar naval exercises -- the first time all four members had participated in the drills since 2007.
Last September, the US, the United Kingdom and Australia signed a security deal known as AUKUS that will eventually bring nuclear-powered submarines to the region -- a move that set off a diplomatic firestorm with France and angered China.
And this January, Japan and Australia signed a treaty to strengthen defense and security cooperation, with Australia saying the agreement included "an expanding agenda for the Quad."
How does China play into this?
The Quad has increasingly been seen as a counterweight to China's growing reach in the region, with all four nations experiencing turbulent relations with Beijing over the past few years.
The India-China relationship has come under growing strain since May 2020 when troops from both sides were involved in a deadly clash along their disputed Himalayan border.
Australia and China have been involved in a series of trade spats since Canberra called for an independent investigation into the origins of Covid-19, while Japan and China remain at odds over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
The US-China relationship has also steadily deteriorated, exacerbated by a trade war, pandemic finger-pointing and military saber-rattling.
The strategic location of each of the Quad nations -- at different corners of the Indo-Pacific and with China in between them -- has rattled Beijing, which fears the potential for military encirclement. It has condemned the bloc as an anti-China "clique" that is emblematic of a "poisonous" Cold War mentality.
Exacerbating these tensions, China has reiterated its territorial claims and taken a harder line in response to perceived challenges. In recent years, China has built up its military positions in the South China Sea, despite a UN tribunal dismissing its territorial claims there. It has also ramped up threats against Taiwan -- a self-governing island the Chinese Communist Party sees as part of its territory despite never having ruled it -- and has sent fighter jets into its air defense identification zone.
"China's rise is now the global phenomenon that not (only) involves the neighboring nations, but also the safety of maritime security in the South China Sea, Malacca Straits, all the way to the Indian Ocean," said Ken Jimbo, a professor in the faculty of policy management at Japan's Keio University.
In April, China announced a security pact with the Solomon Islands, sparking protests from Australia, New Zealand and the US. Many were concerned it would allow China to build a military base in the tiny Pacific nation, though the islands' leader has said he has no intention of this happening.
Still, some onlookers say the agreement makes Australia less safe and threatens to further destabilize the Solomon Islands, where the government's close relationship with Beijing has already sparked protests.
"What countries are realizing more and more is that the economic investment from China is designed to lead to a weakening of political will within those countries ... which brings it more strongly into the Chinese orbit," said Paskal, from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
What are the other major issues?
Other issues that may come up at the summit include the security of Taiwan.
A recent surge of Chinese air incursions has raised fears for the future of the democratic island. Top US intelligence officials told Congress this month that China might be attempting to build a military capable of taking over Taiwan, and the island faces an "acute" threat between now and 2030.
Quad members have voiced support for Taiwan, which the US supplies with arms for self defense. On Monday, during a press conference in Japan, US President Joe Biden said the US would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington.
The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don't reflect a change in US policy.
But many analysts have drawn parallels between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Taiwan's situation -- concerns echoed by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in May, when he said peace in the Taiwan Strait was "critical" and countries must "never tolerate" forceful attempts to change the status quo in East Asia.
"If Taiwan falls to China, that breaks the first island chain and compromises Japanese security," Paskal said. "The fall of Taiwan is a deep security threat to all four Quad partners."
North Korea and its weapons program will also likely be on the table, said Jimbo, the Keio University professor. The country has recently stepped up its missile testing, in defiance of international law and to the alarm of Japan and the US. It has launched 15 missile tests this year so far, compared to four tests in 2020 and eight in 2021.
The war in Ukraine will be another focus, with the summit taking place exactly three months after Russia launched its invasion. Australia, Japan and the US have all taken hard stances in condemning the invasion and imposing sanctions on Moscow -- leaving India the odd one out.
India has long enjoyed friendly relations and a defense relationship with Moscow; most estimates suggest more than 50% of India's military equipment comes from Russia. These supplies are vital, given India's border tensions with both China and Pakistan.
Though India's position has caused "a significant amount of frustration" among the other three bloc members, Jimbo said "it also reminds us that we do not really have the luxury to lose India from the Quad -- so obviously, we are going to pursue what we can agree (on) at this point together with India."
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc..
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ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a Delaware corporation headquartered in San Jose, CA, and a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today announced it will report its third quarter fiscal year 2022 financial results and business outlook on Thursday, September 1, 2022 after the close of the market. Broadcom's management will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the same day to discuss these results and business outlook.
Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM (PT); 5:00 PM (ET)
To Listen via Telephone: Preregistration is required by the conference call operator. Please preregister at https://register.vevent.com/register/BI4b942b6b1ed0474fab3f1f6f2d0f2b98. Upon registering, you will be emailed a link to the dial-in number and unique PIN.
To Listen via Internet: The conference call can be accessed live online in the Investors section of the Broadcom website at https://investors.broadcom.com/.
Replay: An audio replay of the conference call can be accessed through the Investors section of Broadcom's website at https://investors.broadcom.com/.
About Broadcom Inc.
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a Delaware corporation headquartered in San Jose, CA, is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including data center, networking, enterprise software, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial. Our solutions include data center networking and storage, enterprise, mainframe and cyber security software focused on automation, monitoring and security, smartphone components, telecoms and factory automation. For more information, go to https://investors.broadcom.com/.
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Ji Yoo
Investor Relations
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SEATTLE, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today released a suite of indexes to help private market participants contextualize the performance of their newly public holdings. The indexes track formerly venture capital-backed IPOs, private equity-backed IPOs and private companies that have entered the public markets via a SPAC. They are updated daily with the prior day's market close and can be easily filtered by timeframe and asset class. The launch of these indexes comes at a time when significant volatility in global equity markets is forcing limited partners (LP) and general partners (GP) to reassess investment strategies and safeguard existing portfolio companies from market turmoil. PitchBook's Institutional Research Group continues to build on its growing suite of indexes and proprietary models and tools to inform investor strategies. To access PitchBook's Indexes, click here.
"Tracking performance and valuation shifts in the public markets are crucial for private market participants, especially in market conditions like we are currently experiencing," said Dan Cook, CFA and Head of Quantitative Research at PitchBook. "Leveraging our newly launched indexes, LPs and GPs can not only track performance of companies that have recently transitioned from the private to the public markets, but they can also gauge how public market fluctuations might be impacting their private holdings."
PitchBook's suite of indexes are built leveraging PitchBook and Morningstar's private and public equity data. Every IPO index included is listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ, regardless of company headquarter location and companies must have debuted with a post-money valuation of more than $50 million to be considered for inclusion. Both the VC-Backed IPO Index and PE-Backed IPO Index track the performance of VC- and PE-backed companies that have gone public for two years after their IPO date. PitchBook's DeSPAC Index tracks the performance of companies that have undergone a reverse merger.
According to the indexes, equity market valuations boomed globally in late 2020 and 2021 as companies and consumers adapted to the pandemic and loose monetary policies. Since the beginning of 2022, markets have experienced significant volatility in response to persistent inflation, a war in eastern Europe, hawkish Federal Reserve monetary policy, shutdowns in China, and high commodity prices have depressed valuations. Unsurprisingly, the impact of the current market conditions is most visible in PitchBook's VC-Backed IPO Index, which is heavily weighted toward the technology sector and tends to suffer during times of increased inflation as borrowing costs increase and future earnings are discounted at a high rate.
To access PitchBook's Indexes, click here.
About PitchBook
PitchBook is a financial data and software company that provides transparency into the capital markets to help professionals discover and execute opportunities with confidence and efficiency. PitchBook collects and analyzes detailed data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape—including public and private companies, investors, funds, investments, exits and people. The company's data and analysis are available through the PitchBook Platform, industry news and in-depth reports. Founded in 2007, PitchBook has offices in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong and serves more than 70,000 professionals around the world. In 2016, Morningstar acquired PitchBook, which now operates as an independent subsidiary.
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June 2022 Operational Update
- Produced approximately 230 bitcoin in June 2022 and 1,183 bitcoin for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
- Hashrate capacity of approximately 2.5 EH/s from approximately 27,500 miners as of June 30, 2022
- 24% of hash rate capacity located at Spartanburg, SC facility
FAIRFIELD, Conn., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) ("Greenidge"), a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, today provided an operational update for the month of June 2022.
During the month of June 2022, Greenidge produced approximately 230 bitcoin, bringing the total bitcoin production for the six months ended June 30, 2022 to 1,183. As of June 30, 2022, Greenidge had approximately 2.5 EH/s of mining capacity from approximately 27,500 miners and an additional 200 miners in transit. Approximately 24% of the hashrate capacity was located at Greenidge's facility in Spartanburg, SC which was acquired and commenced operations in December 2021.
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: GREE) is a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. Greenidge is committed to 100% carbon-neutral datacenter operations at all of its locations by utilizing low-carbon sources of energy and offsetting its carbon footprint.
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Ardmore parks department applies for improvement grant for Whittington Park
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - The Ardmore parks department is pushing ahead with plans to continue improvements in one of its parks despite recent vandalism.
Ardmore’s Whittington Park is one of the oldest in the city and it has come a long way since it first opened.
But, both city officials and community members want to see it grow even more.
“Whittington Park is one of our oldest parks and as it ages it needs a little face lift,” said the city’s parks and recreation director Teresa Ervin. “We had some citizens approach us and ask if we can look at it, kind of look at it and decide what we wanted to do.”
Those conversations led to the additions of a splash pad, new pavilions, a walking trail, and pickleball courts.
But despite the progress setbacks have occurred, including a recent act of vandalism that left a bathroom destroyed, totaling around $1,500 in damages.
“For something like that to happen anywhere is always disappointing but we’re putting so much effort right now that it was just terribly disappointing,” said Ervin.
But that hasn’t deterred the improvement effort.
The parks department recently applied for a community development block grant with the state that could bring almost $200,000 to the park.
“We’ve had the opportunity to apply and it’s a huge grant for us if we’re able to get it and such a huge boost in the arm,” Ervin said. “The city will match those funds and we have been working with a designer to design the park.”
Just like prior improvements, most of the upcoming plans came from citizen input and include upgraded pavilions, new handicap parking, and a brand new play structure.
The parks department has done studies and surveys to apply and now all that’s left to do is wait for an answer.
“I know we hope to hear very soon so we can start our plans and moving forward,” said Ervin. “I can tell you that something will be done in the park. It just depends on how much funding we have.”
If you have any information regarding the recent vandalism at Whittington park contact the Ardmore police department right away.
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Deal will integrate CYBAVO's non-custodial digital asset infrastructure service with Circle Products and expand enterprise and developer services for those building on USDC and Web3
BOSTON, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Circle Internet Financial Limited signed a definitive agreement to acquire Taiwan-based CYBAVO, a breakthrough crypto technology company that provides platforms for digital asset custody and blockchain application development. CYBAVO's "infrastructure as a service" platform combines their unique "Distributed Risk and Responsibility Model" for digital asset custody and security, highly customizable workflows and operational controls designed for the most demanding enterprise or financial industry workflows, and a deeply extensible model for integrating and running blockchains, protocols and smart contracts.
Together with CYBAVO, Circle hopes to advance the adoption of USDC and Web3 applications while deeply integrating the technology into our core product offerings. Circle also plans to invest in, build and operate CYBAVO's products and services and incorporate them as a new product pillar for Circle.
Akin to the way "cloud services" emerged as a solution to simplify software development for Web 2.0 developers, "Crypto Platform Services" has emerged alongside the surge of developers and companies looking to build on Web3. It is a new category of service that allows developers to focus on delivering a great customer experience without worrying about fundamental digital asset security, operations and blockchain infrastructure management.
"CYBAVO co-founders Paul Fan and Tim Hsu have built an incredibly impressive product," said Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder and CEO at Circle. "They are unlocking value for developers and operators across nearly every major sector impacted by crypto and Web3. That will help Circle create new opportunities for enterprise and developer services while also providing compelling enhancements to our Circle Account and Circle API capabilities for an improved customer experience, helping to grow adoption of USDC."
CYBAVO customers will benefit from Circle's planned investments in R&D and continued support of CYBAVO's products and services. Circle customers will benefit from expanded capabilities and the development of a new product pillar focused on Crypto Platform Services.
"Circle and CYBAVO share similar operating principles and values and we are aligned in the belief that the market for Web3 apps will 'cross the chasm' over the next few years, expanding into major consumer and enterprise-scale applications," said Paul Fan, Co-Founder and CEO at CYBAVO. "Today's news and the future of what we build with Circle will bring the power of the global crypto economy to everyone everywhere."
Learn more about Circle and CYBAVO's plans to accelerate Web3 by registering for Circle's crypto ecosystem conference, Converge22, in San Francisco this September.
About Circle
Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle is the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), one of the fastest growing dollar digital currencies powering always-on internet-native commerce and payments. Today, Circle's transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through the frictionless exchange of financial value. Additionally, Circle operates SeedInvest, a leading startup fundraising platform in the U.S. Learn more at https://circle.com.
About CYBAVO
CYBAVO is a leading platform for secure digital asset management operations. Established in 2018 by a team of cybersecurity veterans, it provides the most advanced digital asset custody technology, integrating MPC technology, a custom security-hardened operating system, patented encryption technology, and a highly secure sandboxed environment to deliver its suite of solutions, including its flagship product, CYBAVO VAULT.
It serves an extensive list of enterprise customers including cryptocurrency exchanges, NFT marketplaces, cryptocurrency wallet providers, and fintech service providers. The company is insured by a S&P AA-rated global reinsurance company, and holds certifications for ISO 27001, SOC 2, and NIST's Cryptographic Module Validation Program.
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DURANGO, Colo., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, a luxurious ranch on 200 gently rolling acres in Durango, CO will be sold at a luxury auction without reserve this Friday, May 6, 2022. Known as the Ute Junction Ranch, the property hit the market in early 2021 asking $19.995 million, where the price has remained in advance of the luxury auction sale.
The property owners hired Platinum Luxury Auctions to conduct the sale, which will be held on the property site at 2 pm MT tomorrow. The Miami-based auction house owns the trademark to the term(s) "luxury auction(s)," and specializes in non-distressed auctions for owners of multimillion-dollar homes. Platinum is offering the ranch in partnership with its listing brokerage of record, The Wells Group, represented by listing agents Abbi Munn and Joe Bob McGuire. The top-producing agent duo previously worked with Platinum for the successful auction of Durango's Beaumont Ranch in 2019.
Prospective bidders must register with Platinum by the deadline of 5pm MT this Thursday, May 5, to participate in the sale. Late registrations may be considered on a case-by-case basis, according to Platinum. Attending the auction in person is recommended, although bidders who cannot be physically present are able to bid remotely and in real-time via an audio/video feed into the live bidding venue.
When creating the ranch's main residence, the owners retained the acclaimed firm Liederbach & Graham Architects from their hometown of Chicago, and went about construction with a no-expense-spared attitude. The custom-built home was completed in 2012. "The owners' vision during construction was one of, 'Let's do all the things we've ever wanted to do in a home,'" said Trayor Lesnock, founder and president of Platinum Luxury Auctions. "Their level of investment in the property is readily visible upon touring the home."
For example, main residence exteriors boast "commercial-grade" construction, with Minnesota limestone applied over layers of poured and reinforced concrete. Interior finishes include exposed wood beams, Venetian plaster walls, fine tile and marble flooring, and custom-milled baseboards and molding. There are three living levels offering nearly 16,000 square feet of interior space, with 7 bedrooms, 7 full and 3 half baths.
Other features of the estate include a gourmet kitchen, private elevator, 3,000-bottle wine room, solarium/conservatory, fitness center, and a posh master suite. An executive office suite for two offers a kitchenette, half-bath and artist's room.
Ute Junction Ranch's grounds also include two guesthouses (each a 3-bed/2-bath), 3 barns and a private pond. The approximately 197.13-acre assemblage is comprised of 8 contiguous parcels, which are subdividable. Existing water rights will convey with the property.
Final previews of the ranch are available by appointment through 5 pm MT today. Interested parties should contact Platinum's project manager, Walter Cerini, at 800-997-4235 for appointment scheduling or general questions. Additional information is also available online, at DurangoLuxuryAuction.com.
About Platinum Luxury Auctions: Platinum Luxury Auctions developed the luxury auction® concept for multimillion-dollar real estate auctions and owns the federal trademark rights to the term(s) "luxury auction(s)." The firm specializes in the non-distressed sale of luxury properties within and beyond the United States. Platinum's team has closed more than $1.075 billion in luxury real estate auction sales to date, while consulting on more than $2.9 billion in additional luxury property assets.
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14-year-old held on $1 million bond in murder of girl, 10, in Wisconsin
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU/Gray News) - Cash bond has been set at $1 million for a teenage homicide suspect in the death of a 10-year-old girl.
Iliana Peters,10, was found dead near the Duncan Creek Trail in Chippewa Falls Monday morning after being reported missing Sunday evening.
The 14-year-old suspect, who is not being named, was taken into custody Monday night. He is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault resulting in great bodily harm and first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 resulting in great bodily harm.
WEAU reports as a condition of his bond, the suspect is not allowed any contact with children, cannot possess dangerous weapons, and can have supervised contact with siblings.
Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell asked for the $1 million bond, which was granted, based on what the suspect told investigators and what he said was a need to protect the community. The suspect’s defense requested a $100,000 cash bond.
Newell said in court that the statement the suspect made to law enforcement was that he intended to rape and kill the victim from the start when he left the house with her. Newell said that the suspect told investigators he hit Peters with a stick before strangling the victim to death and then sexually assaulting her.
Newell said after the court appearance that he has seen cases like this before and detailed the process of leading to the charges, saying “a lot of people have been involved in this.”
Two of the three charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. The 14-year-old is being tried in adult court.
The suspect will appear in court next on May 5 for a status conference to determine his representation in court. He is being held in the Eau Claire Juvenile Detention Center.
Chippewa Falls residents are remembering Peters with makeshift memorials in the city, while churches held vigils Monday night.
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New survey shows most Americans not saving enough for retirement
Make sure to take advantage of employer 401(k) and matching funds
InvestigateTV - A new study by Clever Real Estate shows the average American is not saving enough for retirement and 37% are not saving at all.
The survey of a thousand people goes on to report that only one in three current retirees have enough in retirement savings and that 75% carry debt.
Danetha Doe with Clever Real Estate said if your employer offers a 401(k), sign up and if your company offers a match, put enough of your paycheck aside to get it.
“Matching is when your employer will match the amount of money that you are also putting into your retirement account. So, it’s essentially free money,” Doe explained. “If you have access to that as an employee, definitely take advantage of that.”
Doe also encouraged people to take advantage of Health Savings Accounts or HSA plans. She said these accounts offer a “triple” tax advantage because you are not taxed on the money going into the account or the earnings you accrue. It’s also tax free when you pull the money out when you are ready to retire.
If you are 50 or older, the IRS allows tax-free “catch-up” contributions over regular limits on certain accounts.
If you are under 50, or just starting to save for retirement, USA.gov has a great overview of the basics of retirement planning. The Department of Labor also has a reference guide for the top 10 ways to plan for retirement.
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Offering Consumers Greater Accessibility to Healthier and Cleaner Charcoal
BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Disruptive charcoal brand, The Good Charcoal Company, announced today the national release of its premium acacia charcoal at Sam's Club locations nationwide. The expanded retail availability, which includes over 550 clubs, offers consumers the convenience of healthier and cleaner charcoal just in time for prime barbeque season.
The Good Charcoal is free of chemicals and harmful additives as well made from pure acacia – which burns hotter, cleaner and more evenly than oak or hickory – allowing consumers to use less charcoal for each BBQ session. Sustainably sourced from Namibia, Africa, The Good Charcoal Company is the only charcoal brand in the United States approved by a leading environmental preservationist organization, the Forest Stewardship Council.
"We are thrilled to expand our in-store retail footprint by introducing The Good Charcoal to over 550 Sam's Clubs locations and provide access to a better charcoal option for consumers across the United States," says Ben Jablonski, Chief Executive Officer of The Good Charcoal Company. "Consumers are demanding cleaner and more sustainable products. To meet this demand, we are committed to changing the charcoal industry for the better with products that are free of chemicals or additives, sustainably sourced and made of premium quality."
The Good Charcoal is currently available in 15.4lb bags at Sam's Club stores nationwide. To find a retailer near you, please visit the store locator.
To learn more about The Good Charcoal Company and its mission of the "Three Goods: Good Charcoal, Good for the Environment, and Good for the Community," visit: www.thegoodcharcoal.com. To connect with the brand and discover barbequing tips and tricks, weekly barbeques and more, join us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
About The Good Charcoal Company
Founded in 2020, The Good Charcoal Company is disrupting the charcoal industry with healthier and cleaner charcoal. Sustainably sourced from the Namibian bush in Africa, where "bush encroachment" threatens open grasslands needed for people and wildlife alike, The Good Charcoal is made from acacia which burns hotter, cleaner, more evenly than oak or hickory. With a longer burn time than traditional charcoal products, brand fans can lower their environmental footprint using less charcoal for each BBQ session. In addition to creating quality charcoal, The Good Charcoal Company aims to give back on its home turf by partnering with local communities nationwide to support and sponsor free weekly BBQs for those experiencing food insecurity. Setting a precedent for the charcoal industry, The Good Charcoal Company prioritizes its mission of providing the "Three Goods: Good Charcoal, Good for the Environment, and Good for the Community."
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DALLAS, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq: CECE), a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment and industrial equipment, today announced that Todd Gleason, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference on Sep. 13 in New York. Management will also host one-on-one investor meetings throughout the day.
Additionally, management will present and host one-on-one meetings at the Lake Street 6th Annual Best IDEAS Growth Big 6 Conference on Sep. 14 in New York. The presentation can be accessed on the Lake Street conference portal for registered participants and the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.CECOEnviro.com.
ABOUT CECO ENVIRONMENTAL
CECO Environmental is a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company, serving a broad landscape of industrial air, industrial water and energy transition markets across the globe through its key business segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. Providing innovative technology and application expertise, CECO helps companies grow their business with safe, clean, and more efficient solutions that help protect people, the environment and industrial equipment. In regions around the world, CECO works to improve air quality, optimize the energy value chain, and provide custom solutions for applications including power generation, petrochemical processing, general industrial, refining, midstream oil and gas, electric vehicle production, poly silicon fabrication, battery recycling, beverage can, and water/wastewater treatment along with a wide range of other applications. CECO is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CECE." Incorporated in 1966, CECO's global headquarters is in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit www.cecoenviro.com.
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Steven Hooser or Gary Guyton
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Next generation capabilities, such as advanced audiences and outcomes measurement, will deliver a single view of an audience who saw a campaign and the actions taken by consumers
NEW YORK , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) revealed the next phase of its Nielsen ONE Alpha cross-platform measurement solution that brings together the power of audience measurement with advanced audience and outcomes measurement to support an ad campaign from end-to-end. These added capabilities will provide an unparalleled view of the audience at each step of the media journey: from the audience who saw an ad campaign, to how the campaign was delivered to niche audiences, and the actions those audiences took as a result of seeing the campaign. These insights, including impressions, reach and frequency against advanced audiences, and outcomes measurement indicators such as ROI and effectiveness, enable advertisers and agencies to optimize and inform future campaigns and investments.
The inclusion of advanced audiences and outcomes measurement into Nielsen ONE Alpha, will help deliver a single view of the audience who saw a campaign, along with the outcomes of that campaign, which includes sales and other actions a consumer may have taken. For example, if an automotive advertiser launches an ad campaign for a new vehicle and the target audience is competitive brand purchasers, the advertiser will be able to see the reach and frequency of the campaign among those segments. Alongside that data, the advertiser can see how effective the campaign was at delivering outcomes.
"We continue to make tremendous progress to bring cross-platform metrics to market by the end of this year, following the initial launch of Nielsen ONE Alpha. And we continue to innovate our solution to add more features, while bringing in additional metrics that matter most to marketers," said Karthik Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Nielsen. "By previewing advanced audiences and outcomes measurement alongside reach and frequency metrics, we are helping marketers with a next generation solution where they will be able to better understand the value of the investments they are making, the targeted audiences they're reaching, and the actions being taken in a single view."
The inclusion of advanced audiences will initially integrate Polk automotive audience segments by S&P Global Mobility followed by additional groups, and audiences including client first party segments. The first iteration of outcomes will reflect attribution metrics for consumer packaged goods soon to be followed by automotive campaigns. Nielsen will continue to review these additional features with the industry to ensure it delivers a powerful solution for advertisers and agencies.
Nielsen ONE Alpha, which offers deduplicated cross-platform ad measurement, will have general availability at the end of this year. These new features will remain in alpha form upon introduction into the user interface in 2023.
Nielsen will be providing demonstrations of these new Nielsen ONE capabilities at the Cannes Lions: International Festival of Creativity from Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24. Click here for more information about Nielsen at Cannes.
About Nielsen
Nielsen shapes the world's media and content as a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future.
An S&P 500 company, Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN) operates around the world in more than 55 countries. Learn more at www.nielsen.com or www.nielsen.com/investors and connect with us on social media.
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| 2022-06-15T13:50:09Z
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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam & Eve and adameve.com, America's most trusted source for adult products, are back with the latest statistics from an all-new survey that asks adults how often they are masturbating. And their responses may surprise you!
Self-love, self-gratification, solitary sex: Whatever you call it, adults are doing it (and doing it often!). Adam & Eve recently polled adults across the U.S. to see just what their masturbation habits were, and here are the results of just how often folks are taking matters into their own hands:
Dr. Jenni Skyler, resident sexologist at Adam & Eve, finds these numbers encouraging. "Masturbation is a safe, healthy, wonderful way to practice self-care. With benefits both mental and physical, solitary sex can reduce stress and tension, boost immunity and improve sleep. Plus, it feels good!"
Chad Davis, Marketing Director for Adam & Eve, adds, "Adam & Eve offers a wide variety of products to make any solo scenario even better."
The web-based survey, conducted by an independent third party survey company, of over 1,000 American adults age 18 and up, was sponsored by Adam & Eve to study sexual preferences and practices.
For more information about Adam & Eve, visit their website, https://www.adameve.com. For additional information on Adam & Eve, please contact Adam & Eve Director of Public Relations Katy Zvolerin at 919.644.8100 x 3121 or katy@adameve.com.
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IXL's new games provide engaging ways to help students gain a deeper understanding of fundamental math and language arts concepts
SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IXL, the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, released more than 120 educational games covering math and English language arts skills for Pre-K through 5th grade. Each game provides a fun, new way to help students understand key grade level topics and spark a lasting love of learning.
IXL games teach the fundamental concepts necessary to help young learners grow. They provide students with hands-on practice in topics including the alphabet, parts of speech and contractions, multiplication and more.
Specially designed to fascinate young students, IXL's games include whimsical sounds and animations that immerse children in a joyful world of learning. Within each activity, learners interact with animations, unique characters and dynamic challenges as they race to answer questions, decipher clues and earn rewards. Because IXL games are both educational and entertaining, they can be implemented in various ways in the classroom, including within a lesson, as a reward for great work and for further enrichment. In addition, each game is kidSAFE COPPA certified, meeting the high standard of quality and safety that teachers and parents can trust.
"IXL's carefully crafted educational games give young students enjoyable ways to enhance their knowledge and grow confidence in their skills," said Kate Mattison, VP of Curriculum at IXL Learning. "Educators and parents now have more incredibly compelling resources that will instill a lasting eagerness to learn in children, regardless of whether they are in the classroom or at home."
IXL games can be accessed from the Learning section of IXL math and English language arts grade-level landing pages, and are currently available on the web version of IXL.com.
IXL's teaching and learning platform comprises a comprehensive PK-12 curriculum and personalized guidance, instructional resources and classroom engagement tools, a first-of-its-kind assessment suite and actionable analytics for districts, schools, classrooms and individual learners. Additionally, IXL offers district partnership, professional learning and implementation services. All integrated into a single offering, each component is designed to work together seamlessly to give educators the tools and insights they need to maximize learning for every single student. Research in 37 states has shown that IXL boosts academic achievement.
In Pre-K through 5th grade, IXL's curriculum and learning tools are tailored to help younger learners:
Develop a deeper understanding of math: IXL Math offers more than 2,200 standards-aligned skills for Pre-K through 5th grade to help students master essential skills through fun and interactive questions, built-in support and motivating awards. In addition, the IXL platform recently won the 2022 SIIA CODiE award for Best Math Instructional Solution for Grades PK-8 after undergoing a rigorous review by expert judges.
Build reading fluency: IXL offers more than 1,200 standards-aligned literacy skills for grades Pre-K through 5th grade that help students build fluency in phonics and reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar. With intriguing texts and engaging images, students interact with language in exciting new ways. IXL ELA was honored by the CODiE's in 2020 and 2021 as the best solution for developing foundational English language arts skills.
Media, please note: Screenshots of IXL may be downloaded at www.ixl.com/press. For demos and access to IXL, contact press@ixl.com.
Currently used by 13 million students and in all of the top 100 U.S. school districts, IXL is an all-inclusive educational platform that provides a comprehensive PK-12 curriculum and instructional resources, actionable analytics and a state-of-the-art assessment suite. IXL's end-to-end teaching and learning solution supports personalized instruction in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. With more than 100 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helping schools and parents successfully boost student achievement. The IXL Learning family of products also includes Rosetta Stone, Wyzant, Education.com, ABCya, Vocabulary.com and Curiosity Media. To learn more about IXL, visit www.ixl.com, facebook.com/IXL and twitter.com/IXLLearning.
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After age and genetics, being a woman is the single most important risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, experts say.
"Two out of every three brains affected by Alzheimer's disease are women's brains," said Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic in the Center for Brain Health at Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine.
Now, a new study has good news when it comes to giving women a chance to reduce their increased risk. Personalized lifestyle interventions -- such as diet, exercise, stress reduction and sleep hygiene -- were able to reduce Alzheimer's risk factors in both sexes, but they worked even better in women.
"Our individually tailored interventions led to greater improvements in women compared to men across risk scales for Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease," said Isaacson, who coauthored the paper.
Women also showed greater improvements than men in biomarkers such as lower blood sugar and lower LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, which is the "bad" cholesterol.
"This study clearly reinforces the need for additional larger studies to be able to better predict the baseline cognitive trajectory in aging females versus males," said Rudy Tanzi, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. He is director of the genetics and aging research unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
"As we aim to find ways to nip this disease in the bud stage, we will need to know if prevention and treatment strategies will work equivalently on both men and women. This new study clearly brings us a big step closer to that goal," said Tanzi, who was not involved in the study.
Impact of personalized interventions
The new study followed a subset of people participating in a 10-year study designed to test the impact of personalized recommendations on cognitive function and risk factors for dementia. The Comparative Effectiveness Dementia and Alzheimer's Registry trial, which began in 2018, is being conducted at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.
After full blood, physical, cognitive and genetic workups, patients were provided with individualized genetic counseling and education. Medications, vitamins and supplements were tailored to each person's unique results as well. In addition, all participants received personalized lifestyle interventions, such as counseling on exercise, diet, blood pressure control, sleep hygiene and stress reduction.
Everyone in the CEDAR trial has a family history of Alzheimer's, but the majority had no signs of cognitive decline when the study began, Isaacson said. Of the 154 men and women participating in the research, 35 were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, due to Alzheimer's, but it was not severe enough to "impact their daily lives," he said.
The original study's main findings were published in 2019. People with MCI saw their performance on cognitive tests for memory and thinking skills improve by nearly 5 points when they followed at least 60% of their lifestyle recommendations (on average, at least 12 of the 21 different recommendations) for 18 months.
However, the 2019 study found that people with mild cognitive impairment who followed less than 60% of the suggestions showed no cognitive improvement -- in fact, they continued to decline by 6 points on average.
The cognitively normal patients with a family history of Alzheimer's disease, called the prevention group, were able to get an "equally impressive" cognitive boost of an average of 4.5 points by following at least some of the lifestyle recommendations. It didn't seem to matter if they followed less than 60% of them, Isaacson said.
"The good news from our study is that there were actually cognitive improvements at 18 months in both women and men when compared to the control populations," Isaacson said. "A lot of the drugs that have been studied aim to delay cognitive decline, but it is harder to show improved cognition over time."
Approximately half of the participants in CEDAR carry at least one APOE gene, which may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. However, the study found no difference in the intervention's cognitive benefits for those with one or two copies of APOE compared with those without the gene, "so that was also reassuring," Isaacson said.
Impact on women versus men
The new study, published Tuesday in the journal of the Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, took the original 2019 study a step further by analyzing a subset of participants to see whether there was any difference between men and women when it came to how well the lifestyle interventions work.
"Women have very different and unique risk factors than men for dementia," Isaacson said. "Women have a 39% higher risk of dementia if they have fat accumulating around their midsection.
"And the rapid decline in estrogen during the perimenopause transition can actually be one of the most impactful risk factors for developing Alzheimer's pathology in the brain," he said.
In the new analysis, women in the prevention group, who started the trial with no cognitive issues, demonstrated greater improvements than men in two areas: one of two cardiovascular risk scales and in levels of the good cholesterol, HDL, or high-density lipoprotein, which is protective against heart disease.
Women with mild cognitive decline, called the early treatment group, showed greater improvements than men when it came to average blood sugar levels and two cardiovascular risk scales. This female cohort also had more significant improvements in several important cholesterol (or lipid) biomarkers than men in the early treatment group.
For all participants, complying with an additional 10% of the personalized recommendations resulted in an additional 0.9 point improvement for women and 0.41 points of improvement for men on tests of cognition.
How does reducing cardiovascular risk impact future cognition? Because what's good for the heart is good for the brain, experts say.
"Vascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar or diabetes may not be the cause of Alzheimer's disease, but it can fast-forward Alzheimer's pathology," Isaacson said. "I would prefer to slam on the brakes rather than rev the engine on the path to cognitive decline."
Finding that women were able to reduce their risk even more than men is welcome news, Isaacson said, as it provides a promising area for future study and gives hope that women can tip the battle against Alzheimer's in their favor.
"By treating people in an evidence-based yet safe way, using multiple lifestyle and medical interventions, we've shown that you can really make an impact on brain health," he said.
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DUMAS, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – If a person claims to be a clean-cut fella from Hohner’s Corner or a ping pong papa from Pitchfork Prairie, they’re very likely altogether a ding dong daddy from Dumas; and when they do their stuff, it won’t be something to miss.
Phil Baxter seemed to believe so, anyhow.
While the High Plains remains a home and inspiration for many of its natives, such as musician Terry Stafford, Phil Baxter’s 1928 “I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas” offers a testament to how deeply the region can impact those who pass through on a larger journey, and how deeply those travelers can ultimately impact the region.
Baxter was born in Navarro County, Texas, in 1896, according to William Lee’s 2005 book “American Big Bands”, and was noted as being raised in Marshall, Texas, by the town’s local newspaper in 1925.
At 14, according to a 1932 newspaper biography, Baxter began his music career by playing piano at a Dallas roller skating rink. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, where he and fellow sailor Paul Whiteman would play the piano and violin to entertain their fellow servicemen. After leaving the navy, Baxter formed an orchestra that was featured in Kansas City and broadcasted over its local KMBC radio station.
Baxter fronted his six-piece band through the ’20s and ’30s and created his first record in 1925. After gaining notoriety in Kansas City, noted Lee, Baxter recorded a second album in 1929. Although he later fell ill with what Lee phrased as a “severe arthritic condition” that ended his active music career in the mid-’30s, Baxter left behind a range of notable compositions that would continue to be familiar titles among lovers of big band music and would be covered by a number of iconic musicians.
According to the Dumas Chamber of Commerce, Baxter spent a few weeks in the area in the late ’20s and “had a steak” before continuing his journey. A year after his visit, according to the chamber, Baxter composed “I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas.” While the song is only about two-and-a-half minutes in length and serves more as a jaunty introduction to the singer, putting their best foot forward in a big city, its high-energy strings and confident lyrics echoed across Dumas for years to come.
Although there were no music charts at the time, the Dumas chamber noted that “I’m a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas” gained national recognition after Phil Harris, band leader for the Jack Benny Radio Show, recorded the song. In the wake of WWII, Dumas residents began the radio station KDDD – each “D” coming from the title of Baxter’s much-loved song.
The radio station used the song as its theme, according to the chamber, and later commissioned a caricature based on the song that was referred to as the titular “Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas.” KDDD copyrighted the caricature to use as a trademark, which became popular in the early ’50s. The station loaned out the logo to the chamber for use in promoting the city, which later created its associated “Ding Dong Dolly from Dumas” caricature.
According to the chamber, the Moore County Historical Museum not only has the original artwork of the “Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas” on display but also an autographed copy of the song’s sheet music by Phil Baxter. Further, the museum hosts a copy on tape of part of a radio broadcast interview with Phil Baxter from KDDD that was made during the Dumas Dogie Days celebration in 1957.
Although not strictly related, the Dumas Dogie Days celebration is a similarly long-standing point of pride for the community. As described by the Dumas Noon Lions, the event first started in 1946 to meet commitments made to aid the Don Harrington Ranch Home for Scouting in Amarillo. After decades of evolving to a days-long event including a carnival and parade, the Dogie Days celebration has enveloped the Dumas community in food and celebration for 75 years. Recently, proceeds from the event have gone towards club causes such as Leader Dogs for the Blind.
In 2022, the Dogie Days celebration is scheduled for Wednesday, June 8 through Sunday, June 12 at McDade Park in Dumas.
Altogether, both the iconic Dumas song and celebration call back to the dynamic the High Plains shares with travelers.
Whether a person is passing through the High Plains while following a dream, as Baxter was at the height of his music career, or stopping in for an afternoon at a carnival, there’s a gift for each person that the region holds ready to offer. From its beginning the Dogie Days festival has operated as a way to offer assistance and goodwill to those outside the bounds of Dumas by way of charitable donation; and with a steak and a name easy to jive to, Dumas offered itself to music lovers across the nation.
Not everybody can be born and raised in the High Plains. However, from Phil Baxter to the Osmond Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and anyone willing to open their hearts to a tune – anybody can be a ding dong daddy from Dumas. Or, at least, they can sing it that way.
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| 2022-05-17T18:10:59Z
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GREENSBORO, N.C., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (NYSE: SKT), a leading operator of upscale, open-air outlet centers, announced today a strategic partnership with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment manager, at Palm Beach Outlets in West Palm Beach, Florida. The asset will be rebranded Tanger Outlets Palm Beach, and Tanger has assumed marketing, leasing and property management responsibilities effective July 29, 2022.
Fronting on Interstate 95 and Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard in West Palm Beach, the 455,000 square foot Tanger Outlets Palm Beach is one of the region's most visited shopping destinations, serving millions of residents and more than 8.2 million visitors each year. This will be the 38th center in Tanger's portfolio and its second Florida property, including the highly productive Tanger Outlets Daytona Beach to the north. Tanger Outlets Palm Beach will bring Tanger's best-in-class operating platform to one of South Florida's most popular destinations.
"We are proud to introduce the Tanger Outlets brand to Palm Beach," said Tanger CEO Stephen Yalof. "This partnership allows us to further leverage our vibrant platform as we apply our differentiated management strategy to a highly desirable shopping destination, while also providing us with the potential opportunity to acquire equity ownership over time. Our operating model, market influence and commitment to customer experience will bring immediate value to shoppers and the Palm Beach community, accelerating success for existing and new retail partners."
"Palm Beach Outlets is a high-quality asset located in a booming submarket of South Florida. We are thrilled to be partnering with Tanger, a best-in-class outlet operator, and leveraging their strong platform to deliver long-term growth and value creation," said Lauren Holden, Clarion's Managing Director and Head of Retail Asset Management.
This transaction reflects Tanger's differentiated, winning formula – strengthened by its Mission, Vision and Values – which has long resonated with both retailers and customers as one of the most respected brands in the industry. The company's scale enables it to operate differently, with innovative and efficient digital marketing programs and values-led investments in causes that matter to customers – such as breast cancer research, education and sustainability. Tanger continually commits to building a unified connection to the communities it serves, and this community-first approach will ensure a smooth transition in West Palm Beach for local team members as they are welcomed into the Tanger family.
About Tanger Factory Outlet Centers:
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (NYSE: SKT) is a leading operator of upscale open-air outlet centers that owns (or has an ownership interest in) and/or manages a portfolio of 37 centers with an additional center currently under development. Tanger's operating properties are located in 20 states and in Canada, totaling approximately 14.0 million square feet, leased to over 2,700 stores operated by more than 600 different brand name companies. The Company has more than 41 years of experience in the outlet industry and is a publicly-traded REIT.
About Clarion Partners:
Clarion Partners LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser with FCA-authorized and FINRA member affiliates, has been a leading real estate investment manager for 40 years. Headquartered in New York, the firm maintains strategically located offices across the United States and Europe. With over $75.9 billion in total assets under management, Clarion Partners offers a broad range of real estate strategies across the risk/return spectrum to its 500+ domestic and international institutional investors. More information about the firm is available at www.clarionpartners.com.
Investor Contact
Doug McDonald
SVP, Finance and Capital Markets
T: (336) 856-6066
tangerir@tangeroutlets.com
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Company Makes Substantial Progress on All Emission Reduction Goals While Championing Critical Role of Natural Gas
PITTSBURGH , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT), the largest producer of natural gas in the United States, today announced the publication of its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting the Company's significant progress in achieving net zero Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions, as well as its leadership in advocating for natural gas as an affordable, reliable and clean energy source for the U.S. and the world.
"In addition to our own positive ESG performance and significant emissions reductions, EQT inserted itself into the global conversation about the critical role natural gas plays in arresting climate change and providing energy security and independence to our allies. The benefits of affordable, reliable, clean natural gas are being recognized both domestically and internationally," said Toby Z. Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer of EQT Corporation.
Rice continued, "We are at a critical point in history. The decisions made over the next decade will shape the trajectory of our efforts to make meaningful progress in global emissions reduction. International coal is the leading source of carbon and methane emissions worldwide and it is getting worse. We believe replacing international coal with American natural gas via LNG is the largest green initiative on the planet and the world's best weapon to fight climate change, while simultaneously addressing energy security and affordability."
Environmental
• Announced plans to achieve ambitious emissions reduction targets, including a commitment to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Production segment operations on a Scope 1 and Scope 2 basis by or before 20251
• Made substantial progress toward achieving all emissions targets, including:
° Reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 Production segment GHG emissions to 588,533 MT CO2e,1 a 36% reduction compared to 2018
° Reducing Scope 1 Production segment GHG emissions intensity to 297 MT CO2e/Bcfe,2 a 44% reduction compared to 2018
° Reducing Scope 1 Production segment methane emissions intensity to 0.039%, a 35% reduction compared to 2018
• Obtained Equitable Origin and MiQ certification of natural gas produced from approximately 200 well pads, which collectively produce approximately 4.0 Bcf per day in gross volume, making EQT the largest producer of certified natural gas in North America as of the end of 20213
• Launched an initiative to eliminate natural gas-powered pneumatic devices – the source of 39% of 2021 Production segment Scope 1 GHG emissions – from operations by the end of 2022
• Joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0, a Climate and Clean Air Coalition initiative led by the UN Environment Programme, in partnership with the European Commission, the UK Government, the Environmental Defense Fund and other leading oil and gas companies
Social
• Paid $731 million in royalties to local landowners in 2021, representing a 106% increase compared to 2020
• EQT employees volunteered approximately 7,000 hours in local communities in 2021
• Corporate giving, sponsorships, and road and infrastructure investments in local communities totaled more than $28 million in 2021
• Over $3 million in grants and contributions were provided by the EQT Foundation in 2021
• Improved the racial and ethnic diversity of EQT's Board of Directors, which is now 64% racially, ethnically, or gender diverse
• Named a National Top Workplace by Energage for 2021 and 2022
Governance
• Implemented a system for digitally tracking and managing operational performance, including over 400 ESG-specific metrics
• Developed a digital framework for measuring, projecting, and analyzing emissions data, positioning EQT to capture opportunities to further enhance its ESG performance
• Added emissions reduction targets to short and long-term incentive compensation plans, directly linking compensation opportunity for management team with achievement of these important environmental goals
EQT has a long-standing commitment to ESG and is an industry leader in reducing emissions. Over the last 15 years, EQT alone has contributed to approximately 5% of the total reduction of carbon emissions in the United States.4 The Company's operations have some of the lowest GHG emissions intensities in the oil and gas industry.
EQT is committed to being at the forefront of technology, culture, and environmental performance to continue to make natural gas a viable solution in the energy transition. The Company stands ready and willing to lead the change we want to see in the world and help unlock the tremendous potential of unleashing U.S. LNG.
To view EQT's 2021 ESG Report, visit esg.eqt.com.
Media Contact:
Bridget McNie
Director of Communications
412-720-4500
Bridget.mcnie@eqt.com
About the EQT Corporation
EQT Corporation is a leading independent natural gas production company with operations focused in the cores of the Marcellus and Utica Shales in the Appalachian Basin. We are dedicated to responsibly developing our world-class asset base and being the operator of choice for our stakeholders. By leveraging a culture that prioritizes operational efficiency, technology and sustainability, we seek to continuously improve the way we produce environmentally responsible, reliable and low-cost energy. We have a longstanding commitment to the safety of our employees, contractors, and communities, and to the reduction of our overall environmental footprint. Our values are evident in the way we operate and in how we interact each day – trust, teamwork, heart, and evolution are at the center of all we do.
Cautionary Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this news release specifically include the expectations of plans, strategies and objectives of EQT Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Company), including with respect to active and prospective ESG initiatives and results and performance thereof, including whether the Company will be able to achieve its emissions reduction goals in the anticipated timeframe or at all.
The forward-looking statements included in this news release involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events, taking into account all information currently known by the Company. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company's control. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, volatility of commodity prices; the costs and results of drilling and operations; uncertainties about estimates of reserves, identification of drilling locations and the ability to add proved reserves in the future; the assumptions underlying production forecasts; the quality of technical data; the Company's ability to appropriately allocate capital and resources among its strategic opportunities; access to and cost of capital; the Company's hedging and other financial contracts; inherent hazards and risks normally incidental to drilling for, producing, transporting and storing natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and oil; cyber security risks; availability and cost of drilling rigs, completion services, equipment, supplies, personnel, oilfield services and water required to execute the Company's exploration and development plans, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; risks associated with operating primarily in the Appalachian Basin and obtaining a substantial amount of the Company's midstream services from Equitrans Midstream Corporation; the ability to obtain environmental and other permits and the timing thereof; government regulation or action, including regulations pertaining to methane and other greenhouse gas emissions; negative public perception of the fossil fuels industry; increased consumer demand for alternatives to natural gas; environmental and weather risks, including the possible impacts of climate change; and disruptions to the Company's business due to acquisitions and other significant transactions. These and other risks are described under Item 1A, "Risk Factors," and elsewhere in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Company may be subject to currently unforeseen risks that may have a materially adverse impact on it.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
[1] Based on assets owned by EQT on June 30, 2021.
[2] Excludes emissions and production from the assets acquired from Alta Resources Development, LLC in the third quarter of 2021.
[3] Based on 2021 North American certified "responsibly sourced gas" supply estimates of 8.7 Bcf/d, as reported by Enverus on January 25, 2022.
[4] Calculated by applying relative contribution to emissions reductions impact of coal-to-gas switching on power sector emissions via https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/carbon/archive/2019/. For example, EQT represented approximately 10% of U.S. natural gas production growth from 2005-2019, allowing for corresponding coal-to-gas switching in the U.S., which reduced the U.S.'s annual carbon emissions by 525 million metric tons (approximately 10% of which, or 52.5 million metric tons, are attributable to EQT based on its production growth during the time period). Percent of total emissions reduction was calculated by dividing impact (52.5 million metric tons) by total U.S. annual emissions reduction, inclusive of non-power sector emissions (970 million metric tons).
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| 2022-06-22T11:12:11Z
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Washington governor promises to defend abortion rights
By RACHEL LA CORTE
Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee decried a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and said the state would provide sanctuary for women outside the state seeking abortions and would explore ways to codify abortion rights in the state’s Constitution.
Inslee, joined by other Democratic leaders at a rally Tuesday in Seattle, also said he would work to ensure the state had adequate resources to provide abortion services to those traveling to the state for the procedure.
“They will be welcome, and they will be safe,” Inslee said.
The leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion — which could change before the court is expected to officially rule next month — was published by the news outlet Politico late Monday.
Abortion has been legal in Washington state since a 1970 referendum. A 1991 ballot measure, also approved by voters, declared a woman’s right to choose physician-performed abortion prior to fetal viability and further expanded and protected access to abortion in the state if Roe v. Wade was overturned. And in 2018, the Democratic-led Legislature passed a measure that would require Washington insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions and contraception.
Earlier this year, Inslee signed into law a measure that increases the number of providers who can provide abortions, granting specific statutory authorization for physician assistants, advanced registered nurse practitioners and other providers acting within their scope of practice.
The measure also prohibited legal action against people seeking an abortion and those who aid them, a move designed to rebut recent actions by conservative states. Conservative legislatures in several states have either passed or proposed new abortion restrictions in anticipation of possible changes to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Washington’s measure, which takes effect in June, prohibits the state from taking any action against an individual seeking to end their pregnancy or for assisting someone who is pregnant in obtaining an abortion.
The language is in response to a Texas law, which took effect last September, and which bans abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy and makes no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The enforcement of the law is left up to private citizens, who can collect $10,000 or more if they bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion.
If Inslee pushes for a constitutional amendment, as Democratic leaders in California have announced they would do, Democratic leaders would need to secure bipartisan support since the Democratic majority in the Washington Legislature does not hold a supermajority in either chamber, and it takes a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Democratic Speaker Laurie Jinkins said in a phone interview that a constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution is hard to achieve “but that’s an option we would consider.”
She said for now though, her focus was to protect the current protections in state law and “to continue to make sure that everyone in this state has access.”
Inslee also noted that the state Supreme Court could codify abortion rights in the state constitution, but said that would take litigation and time.
Senate Republican Leader John Braun said that the court opinion “does not change much in our state.”
“Democrats have been quick to point out that the law here in Washington continues to provide opportunities for abortion procedures,” he said in a written statement. “Whatever the law, whatever your politics, fewer abortions should be a common goal.”
Twenty-six states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank the Guttmacher Institute. Of those, 22 states already have total or near-total bans on the books that are currently blocked by Roe, aside from Texas. The Texas law banning it after six weeks has been allowed to go into effect by the Supreme Court due to its unusual civil enforcement structure. Four more states are considered likely to quickly pass bans if Roe is overturned.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia, meanwhile, have protected access to abortion in state law.
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LINCOLN, Neb., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heavy-duty truck values continued to trend downward in June, and latest Sandhills Global market reports focus on the underlying forces influencing the used sleeper truck market. Inventory levels for sleeper trucks have increased month-over-month since this March, and auction values have been dropping since April. Asking values, which are traditionally slower to react to market trends, have now started to descend. Amid these changes, Sandhills market reports show a widening gap between asking and auction values, which serves as another indicator suggesting a further drop in sleeper truck auction and asking values.
The key metric used in all of Sandhills' market reports is the Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI). Buyers and sellers can use the information in the Sandhills EVI to monitor equipment markets and maximize returns on acquisition, liquidation, and related business decisions. The Sandhills EVI data include equipment available in auction and retail markets, as well as model year equipment actively in use. Regional EVI data is available for the United States (and key geographic regions within) and Canada, allowing Sandhills to reflect machine values by location.
The percentage gap between asking and auction values is quantified in Sandhills market reports as EVI spread. During periods of accelerated EVI spread, such as what Sandhills is seeing now, assessing buying and selling strategies is crucial in order to mitigate risk.
Chart Takeaways
Sandhills Market Reports highlight the most significant changes in Sandhills' used heavy-duty truck, construction equipment, and farm machinery markets. Each report includes detailed analysis and charts that help readers visualize the data. The latest reports examine the EVI spread, breaking down the heavy-duty sleeper truck market by overall trends, by model year and manufacturer, and by asking values across specific model years.
U.S. Used Sleeper Trucks EVI Spread and Inventory
- Heavy-duty sleeper truck asking values were 53% higher than auction values in June 2022.
- June's EVI spread was up six percentage points from May, marking the fifth consecutive month the EVI spread has widened.
U.S. Used Sleeper Trucks EVI Spread Model Year and Manufacturer
- Sleeper truck age plays a factor in EVI spread, and older models typically have a much wider gap than newer sleeper trucks.
- Sleeper trucks produced in 2019 displayed a 35% gap between asking and auction values, while 2016 model year sleeper trucks displayed a 57% EVI spread.
U.S. Used Sleeper Trucks Asking EVI
- Although used sleeper truck asking values are still above June 2021 figures, all model years displayed M/M declines.
- The Sandhills EVI shows asking values for 2019 model year sleeper trucks were down 10% M/M with an average value of $131,000.
- Asking values for 2016 model year sleeper truck were down 7% M/M with an average value of $75,000.
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(The Hill) — Thousands of protesters gathered on the National Mall Saturday to demonstrate against gun violence in a March for Our Lives rally, vowing to continue to push for gun reform as long as necessary to achieve progress.
The rally was one of more than 450 protests taking place around the country and the world in the aftermath of multiple high-profile mass shootings over the past month. Speakers at the Washington, D.C., rally called on political leaders to act on gun legislation to save lives and ensure these incidents become much less frequent.
Mass shootings are defined as incidents in which at least four people are shot. There have been about 1.5 mass shootings per day and more than 10 mass shootings weekly so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and co-founder of March for Our Lives, said he chose to speak at the rally because he did not want anyone else to live the “nightmare” of being a survivor of gun violence or a family member of a victim.
“All Americans have a right to not be shot, a right to safety,” Hogg said. “Nowhere in the Constitution is unrestricted access to weapons of war a guaranteed right.”
Both gunmen in the shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, used AR-15-style rifles in carrying out their attacks. Activists have called for banning these weapons and other so-called assault weapons.
Hogg said seeing “tiny coffins” for the students killed in Uvalde should lead to demands for change, not “endless debate.”
A bipartisan group of senators is working to reach a deal on some form of gun legislation, with Democrats saying they are “very close” to reaching an agreement.
The discussions are focused on modest reforms such as increasing funding for mental health and incentivizing states to pass red flag laws, which allow those around an individual to petition for their guns to be temporarily taken away if they are deemed a threat to themselves or others. Senate negotiators have said more expansive proposals to institute universal background checks and ban assault weapons are not part of the discussions.
Hogg said since March for Our Lives’s first rally in 2018 following the Parkland shooting, more than 150 pieces of gun safety legislation have passed in various states throughout the country. He said this makes him believe “this time is different.”
A couple political leaders also spoke at the rally, including D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), who opened her remarks by saying, “Enough is enough.”
Bowser said Americans are frustrated because they have previously seen little change on gun reform despite repeated mass shootings.
“We’re not asking for a lot,” she said. “We’re asking to drop off our children at school without having to worry that someone will bring an AR-15 into the classroom.”
She said those who stand with the values of this movement need to talk to their congresspeople to demand they support gun legislation or “get out of our way.”
She added that passing universal background checks and red flag laws are common sense, but “common sense ain’t that common in the Senate.”
The House passed multiple bills to expand background checks last year, but they stalled in the Senate. Senate Democrats are overwhelmingly in favor of passing stricter gun laws, but in the evenly divided Senate they would need at least 10 additional votes to overcome a Republican-led filibuster to approve such legislation.
Democratic negotiators in the bipartisan group are hoping a deal they reach will receive enough votes to end a possible filibuster on the bill. If all GOP lawmakers in the group vote in favor of a potential agreement in addition to all 50 Democratic senators, four additional Republicans will need to vote for it to reach the necessary 60-vote threshold.
Bowser encouraged the rally participants to keep fighting for progress and said she knows the solution to the issue lies with young people.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) spoke at the demonstration as well, sharing her personal experience being a survivor of gun violence. She said she was in an abusive relationship and knew her partner had guns but did not think he would use them against her. As she ran away from him one day, she said he fired at her. She said the “horror” of that moment stays with her, just as it does with others who have experienced gun violence.
She said a red flag law or universal background checks could have helped save her and others from a “near-lethal” experience with guns.
“I want those members of Congress who are complicit in every mass shooting that happens because of their own perpetuation of policy violence, I want them to know those of us who are gun violence survivors, who will not let up until change happens, we are everywhere,” Bush said.
A range of other survivors of gun violence also detailed their experiences at the rally.
RuQuan Brown, a survivor of gun violence in D.C. and a March for Our Lives organizer, said he was “sad” to be present at the rally but needed to be there because of “intentional ignorance” from elected officials on gun violence.
He said those in attendance are demanding politicians’ love, which he said is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
“We must live in a nation where love is the norm,” he said. “We must live in a nation where love takes us by storm. We must live in a nation where love keeps us warm because that is what we deserve.”
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| 2022-06-11T22:37:09Z
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PERMET, Albania (AP) — Albania’s parliament on Saturday elected a top military official as the country’s new president after no candidates were nominated in three rounds of voting.
Gen.-Maj. Bajram Begaj won the post after the 140-seat Parliament voted 78 in favor, four against and one abstained.
The governing left-wing Socialist Party nominated and voted for Begaj, 55, after failing to reach a compromise with the opposition on a candidate to replace President Ilir Meta, and no independent candidate was nominated.
Most of the opposition boycotted the voting.
Begaj is post-communist Albania’s eighth president and the third from the military ranks. The five-year presidency has a largely ceremonial role and the chosen candidate is expected to stand above partisan divisions. The president holds some authority over the judiciary and the armed forces and is limited to two terms.
Begaj was elected among six candidates, according to Socialists’ leader and Prime Minister Edi Rama, adding that no candidates of the governing majority were taken into consideration.
“We gave Albania a normal president, an indisputable personality in his integrity, humanity and commitment for the country and its people,” Rama said.
Begaj was released from his army post in a decree from the president, who was on a visit Saturday to Turkey. Meta, who clashed regularly with the government, congratulated the new president. A handover ceremony is planned for July 24.
Begaj has been the army’s chief-of-staff since July 2020. Before that, he held several army posts, including ones in public and military hospitals, and trained in the U.S. on strategic medical leadership and defense management.
The European Union, the United States and other Western countries congratulated Begaj in his new post.
“We look forward to working together for a prosperous, secure and solid EU-#Albania relationship, as members of one European family,” tweeted EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
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| 2022-06-04T19:47:54Z
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Olo Inc. (NYSE: OLO) resulting from allegations that Olo may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Olo securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8131 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On February 12, 2020, Olo issued a press release announcing "its partnership with Subway(R) restaurants to integrate digital orders directly into the restaurant's point of sale for the majority of the chain's locations." Olo also stated that "[t]he partnership allows Subway's network of more than 20,000 U.S. restaurants to more seamlessly handle digital orders from third-party marketplaces."
Then, on August 11, 2022, Olo issued a press release announcing its second quarter 2022 financial results. On a conference call with investors and analysts later that day to discuss those results, Olo disclosed a change in its relationship with Subway that occurred in the second quarter. Specifically, Olo's founder and Chief Executive Officer disclosed that the Company is in the process of losing its business from Subway, that it had lost about 2,500 Subway locations during the second quarter that began directly integrating with marketplaces, and that "[w]e expect Subway's direct marketplace integration to continue with the balance of their locations being removed from our total active location counts in the fourth quarter of this year, or the first quarter of 2023."
On this news, Olo's stock price fell $4.73 per share, or 36%, to close at $8.26 per share on August 12, 2022.
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored 1:12 into overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.
Kempe muscled his way past his defender and wrapped a shot around Edmonton goalie Mike Smith to secure the victory.
The result means the Oilers need a win in Game 6 in Los Angeles on Thursday to stave off elimination.
Kempe also scored and had an assist for the Kings in regulation. Troy Stecher, Andreas Anthansiou and Phillip Danault also scored.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice for Edmonton. Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists and Zack Kassian added a goal for the Oilers, who were coming off a 4-0 loss in Game 4 on Sunday.
Jonathan Quick made 24 saves for the Kings. Smith stopped 38 of 43 shots.
The Oilers entered the third period down 3-1 and used their special teams to claw their way back into the game with two power-play goals and a short-handed score.
Edmonton scored the tying goal on another man advantage with 4:52 left in regulation after Danault was called for interference.
Collecting a slick pass across the slot from McDavid, Draisaitl hammered a one-timer from the bottom of the faceoff circle for his fifth goal of the playoffs and his second of the game.
A four-minute minor set up much of the action in the third after Ryan McLeod was called for a high stick on Matt Roy 9:13 in.
The Kings took a 4-2 lead at the 11:06 mark when a backdoor shot from Danault trickled over the goal line.
The Kings stayed on the power play, but it was Edmonton who scored next.
McDavid drove the net, then sliced a puck into the slot where Alex Iafallo tried to sweep it away, but put it instead on Draisaitl’s tape. He scored to make it 4-3 at the 12:33 mark.
A power-play goal from McDavid 2:50 into the third cut the Oilers’ deficit to 3-2.
Just three seconds after Blake Lizotte was called for high-sticking, McDavid sent a backhanded shot off the crossbar and over Quick, sprawled in the crease. The goal was the second of the playoffs for the Oilers’ captain.
Edmonton was 2 for 3 on the power play. The Kings went 1 for 5.
A patient play by Athanasiou boosted the Kings’ lead to 3-1 in the middle period.
Dustin Brown collided with Zach Hyman in the Oilers’ zone and took off with the puck, slipping a pass to Athanasiou stationed at the side of the net. Athanasiou waited for Smith to dive, then sent a shot into the far corner of the net 13:34 into the second.
The Kings regained the lead midway through the second after Kopitar picked off a pass at the Oilers’ blue line. He took a few strides into the Edmonton zone before slicing a pass to Kempe, who nearly lost the puck but reached behind to retrieve it before firing a wrist shot past Smith to make it 2-1 at the 9:29 mark.
Kassian temporarily injected some life into the listless Oilers with a goal 2:32 into the second.
McDavid picked up a rebound and instead of trying to force it in past Quick, the captain took it around the back of the net and found Kassian, who popped a shot in over defenseman Mikey Anderson lying in the crease for the equalizer.
It was the first goal Edmonton scored in four periods.
The Kings controlled the shot clock across the first, outshooting the Oilers 16-5, despite Edmonton having the lone power play of the period.
Stecher opened the scoring 3:43 into the game with a slap shot from about the faceoff circle for his second goal of the playoffs.
NOTES: Game 5 marked the first in the series to go to overtime. … Athanasiou slotted back into the Kings’ fourth line in place of Gabe Vilardi. … Derek Ryan returned to the Oilers’ lineup after missing Game 4 with an undisclosed injury.
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TRONDHEIM, Norway, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lundin Energy's E&P business was transferred to Aker BP on 30 June. "Our ambition is to create the world's best oil and gas company with low costs, low emissions, profitable growth and attractive dividends. We will also play an important role in the global energy transition," says Aker BP CEO, Karl Johnny Hersvik.
The merged company is the second largest operating company on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The company has a substantial resource base which provides a very good foundation for further growth and leads the way in terms of both low costs and low emissions per barrel.
"In 2016, Aker ASA worked in tandem with bp to merge Det Norske and BP Norge into Aker BP. The ambition back then was to create the leading exploration and production company offshore. Now we're taking another big step, in cooperation with the Lundin family. Together, we will work to develop Aker BP into the oil and gas company of the future. We will lead the way when it comes to low costs, low carbon, profitable growth and attractive dividends. We will also take the lead to bring about fundamental improvements, such as through digitalisation," says chair of Aker BP's board, Øyvind Eriksen.
The best team
Aker BP is uniquely positioned for profitable growth. The company will operate or participate as a partner in most of the major field developments on the NCS in the next few years, with NOAKA, a new central platform on Valhall, the King Lear tie-back to Valhall, Wisting and Skarv satellites as the largest projects. Overall, Aker BP plans to invest more than NOK 150 billion in development projects in the period up to 2030. During the same period, the company will drill around 180 new wells and carry out an exciting exploration programme. All this will contribute to significant production growth in the years ahead.
"The leading company needs to have the leading team. With the merger of Aker BP and Lundin, I'm confident that we have the best team on the Norwegian shelf. But we're going to need even more people to join in and help us create the E&P company of the future," says Karl Johnny Hersvik.
Will give more back to society
The development projects, the exploration activity and operation of our six production hubs create significant positive ripple effects for the supplier industry, along with tens of thousands of jobs with highly competent companies across the country.
"These are the same companies that will further develop the knowledge and expertise needed to deliver on renewable projects," says Hersvik.
He points out that the energy transition is the largest and most important strategic challenge the industry has ever faced.
"The world needs more energy which is sustainable, affordable and reliable. Aker BP is already today among the oil and gas companies in the world with the lowest CO2 intensity. We are progressing according to plan to achieve our targets to reduce our emissions by 50 percent by 2030, and plan to neutralise the remaining emissions," says Hersvik.
"In addition to reducing emissions, the oil and gas resources must be managed in a way that gives even more back to society," he adds.
That's why Aker BP has made a strong commitment to a wide range of digitalisation measures aimed at increasing productivity. At the same time, the company is working closely with its alliance partners to maximise value creation and reduce emissions. The company wants to lead the way in transforming the oil and gas industry.
"We want the industry to work together more closely, and to share more. We intend to build the foundation for new industries to emerge. We will reduce emissions from our activities. And we will bolster the profitability. Increased value creation gives the State and our owners capital that could be invested in new business and industry," says Hersvik.
Integration in three phases
The initial announcement of Aker BP's acquisition of Lundin Energy's E&P business was made on 21 December 2021.
The merger will be implemented in three stages:
- From 1 July this year, Lundin Energy Norway AS will operate as a fully owned subsidiary of Aker BP ASA. The subsidiary's name is changed to ABP Norway AS.
- From 1 October, all employees will be fully integrated into a single organization
- ABP Norway AS will then, according to the plan, be merged with Aker BP ASA as soon as it is practically feasible.
For more information about the merger, please visit www.akerbp.com.
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| 2022-06-30T18:38:27Z
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- Payments and lending will continue to be the largest embedded financial services. But these will be bolstered by the growth of adjacent value-added services, including insurance, tax, and accounting.
- Established financial institutions face major challenges from embedded finance and urged to adapt and reinvent business models to take advantage of its opportunities and growing scope
BOSTON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Embedded finance, the integration of value-added financial services into software offerings, is set to redefine how consumers and businesses build and manage relationships with financial services, according to new research and analysis from Bain & Company and Bain Capital. The swift acceleration in use of embedded finance, and its transition into the financial mainstream, is being propelled as its proposition enhances customer experience and financial access, alongside cost- and risk-reduction benefits for companies across the value chain.
The forecasts for the huge expansion of embedded finance, in a detailed new analysis of the fast-moving sector from Bain & Company and Bain Capital, show that revenue opportunities for software platforms and the enabling infrastructure providers that power these embedded offerings will more than double from $21 billion in 2021 to $51 billion in 2026. The transaction value of embedded finance also will surge $7 trillion in 2026 and account for 10% of US financial transactions.
The factors driving the expansion of embedded finance space and its implications are clear:
Embedded finance can provide a much better value proposition – and platforms are the lynchpin
Businesses and their end customers benefit from contextual, seamless experiences; platforms can unlock new use cases and often use proprietary customer data to improve financial access while reducing costs for their end customers.
Platforms are partnering across the new value chain to deliver these benefits to customers and differentiate their core services. In turn, this increases their ability to spur sales in their core business. For example, embedding payments into the native invoicing workflow improves accounting or business management software for the merchant, significantly reducing time spent reconciling payments and invoices. Embedding financial services helps platforms drive superior economics, increasing customer lifetime value. With minimal incremental customer acquisition costs, platforms can raise average revenues per user, while keeping customers longer.
Market opportunity valued at $51 billion by revenues by 2026, and payments and lending are the largest growth drivers
The forecast jump in revenues will flow from the expansion in transaction volumes and value but also from increasing penetration of embedded finance in specific industries and gains in revenue multiples seen in segments such as business-to-business (B2B) payments as well as in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) market.
Payments and lending will continue to be the two biggest segments of embedded finance. Currently, consumer payments account for more than 60% of all embedded finance transactions and this is expected to reach $3.5 trillion by 2026. B2B payments have lagged with transactions expected to reach $2.6 trillion by 2026, marking a three-fold increase on levels today. Smaller retail merchants will stand to gain the most from embedded B2B payments, helping these businesses to tackle challenges such as late or unpaid invoices. Embedded finance-driven business lending, meanwhile, is projected to grow five-fold over the next five years, from a mere $200 million in 2021 to $1.3 billion by 2026, thanks to the rise of a range of new specialist providers.
While payments and lending will constitute a significant driver for the rise of embedded finance over the next decade, the analysis also predicts growth in compliance, HR and procurement among a range of areas.
Incumbent institutions confront threats but can realize tremendous growth from reinventing business models
Disruptive digital first organisations, especially platform businesses, are best placed to take advantage of the embedded finance sector's expansion. Their access to more sophisticated technology, algorithms and data provides them with an edge in finding and targeting the most creditworthy customers. Embedded finance poses a major challenge to traditional financial institutions, threatening to separate banks from their customers and leave them with the low growth, low margin role of a regulated entity. However, there is still a significant opportunity for these institutions to use embedded finance to rethink their core business and drive growth through new services.
Adam Davis, Associate Partner in Bain & Company's FinTech practice, commented: "Embedded finance has quietly become a significant part of the way consumers and businesses make payments and access funding. In the years to come it will have a transformative effect on the relationship we have with our finances, removing friction from the sector and making financial services more contextual, accessible and helpful. Jeff Tijssen, a Bain & Company expert partner and leader of its global FinTech practice, added: "For businesses this shift is an enormous opportunity. There will be no shortage of growth finance for the sector as platforms experiment with integrating everything from tax to payroll services in the years to come."
"Embedded finance clearly provides a compelling win-win proposition. For software platforms, these products unlock new revenue streams and for end customers, they routinely increase access to financial services at lower costs compared to traditional financial institutions," said Blake Adams, a Senior Vice President at Bain Capital. "As one of the longest-tenured investors in the fintech and software spaces, we've had the privilege of helping software platforms launch and scale embedded financial offerings while supporting enabled infrastructure players to scale and attain product-market fit. This research clearly signifies that embedded finance is still in its early innings, and we're excited to support the founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who will continue to advance and disrupt this ecosystem," added Matt Harris, a Partner at Bain Capital.
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About Bain & Company
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today's urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
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Bain Capital, LP is one of the world's leading private investment firms that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 1984, we've applied our insight and experience to organically expand into numerous asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital, real estate, and other strategic areas of focus. The firm has offices on four continents, more than 1,300 employees, and approximately $160 billion in assets under management. To learn more, visit www.baincapital.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Graphite One Inc. (TSXV: GPH) (OTCQX: GPHOF) ("Graphite One" or the "Company") announces that the Company has arranged a shares for debt transaction (the "Debt Settlement Transaction") to settle outstanding debt in an aggregate of US$6,775,230, including US$1,819,230 of accrued interest, owing pursuant to an unsecured loan facility dated September 6, 2019, as amended and extended, between Taiga Mining Company, Inc. ("Taiga") and the Company .
Anthony Huston, President and CEO of Graphite One, commented "Graphite One is very appreciative for Taiga's continued support as the Company continues to advance its Graphite One Project and execute on our vision to become an American producer of high-grade anode materials".
Pursuant to the terms of the Debt Settlement Transaction, the Company will issue 9,812,791 common shares (the "Settlement Shares") at a deemed price of CA$0.90 per share to Taiga in full settlement of the debt. The Settlement Shares will be subject to a statutory four months and one day hold period pursuant to applicable securities laws. The Debt Settlement Transaction is subject to final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange.
The Debt Settlement Transaction constitutes a "related party transaction" within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transaction ("MI 61-101") as Taiga is an insider of the Company. The Company is relying on exemptions from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101, as the fair market value of the Debt Settlement Transaction with Taiga does not exceed 25% of the market capitalization of the Company, as determined in accordance with MI 61-101.
The Company did not file a material change report in respect of the related party transaction at least 21 days before the closing of the Debt Settlement Transaction, which the Company deems reasonable in the circumstances as the Company wishes to improve its financial position by reducing accrued liabilities as soon as possible.
As a result of this transaction, Taiga now holds 28,407,697 common shares and 6,509,232 warrants to purchase additional common shares of the Company. Additional information concerning the foregoing will be contained in the Early Warning Report to be filed by Taiga on SEDAR under the Company's profile.
GRAPHITE ONE INC. (GPH: TSX‐V; GPHOF: OTCQB) continues to develop its Graphite One Project (the "Project"), whereby the Company could potentially become an American producer of high-grade anode materials that is integrated with a domestic graphite resource. The Project is proposed as a vertically integrated enterprise to mine, process and manufacture high grade anode materials primarily for the lithium‐ion electric vehicle battery market. As set forth in the Company's preliminary economic assessment, potential graphite mineralization mined from the Company's Graphite Creek Property, is expected to be processed into concentrate at a graphite processing plant. The proposed processing plant would be located on the Graphite Creek Property situated on the Seward Peninsula about 60 kilometers north of Nome, Alaska. Graphite anodes and other value‐added graphite products would be manufactured from the concentrate and other materials at the Company's proposed advanced graphite materials manufacturing facility, the location of which is the subject of further study and analysis. The Company intends to make a production decision on the Project once a feasibility study is completed.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
"Anthony Huston" (signed)
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Tropical Storm Danielle becomes 4th named storm in 2022 hurricane season
Published: Sep. 1, 2022 at 11:21 AM EDT|Updated: 59 minutes ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Tropical Storm Danielle has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the 4th named storm and the first named in two months.
Tropical Storm Danielle strengthened from Tropical Depression Five in the North Atlantic.
The National Hurricane Center is reporting that the storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving east-northeast at 2 mph. She is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the next 48 hours.
Danielle is not a threat to Florida or the U.S.
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| 2022-09-01T16:21:15Z
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