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Man reunited with K-State fraternity ring nearly 30 years after losing it in Austrian Alps
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s a story that, likely for many, is hard to believe. Nearly 30 ago, a Wichita man lost a ring from his Kansas State University fraternity in the snow-packed Austrian Alps. Chris Steincamp thought the ring was gone forever. Then, the unexpected happened, decades later.
The story began in the summer of 1993 with two new law school graduates in the Austrian Alps.
“My friend, Roger McClellan and I were out there climbing through the Alps, not particularly well-equipped, with jeans and tennis shoes,” Steincamp said.
Steincamp said he fell through the snow and caught himself, but needed assistance getting up.
“And by the time I got pulled out of the snow, the cold and everything else, my ring had come off,” he said. “I told the guy that was running the mountain climbing cabin that we were staying in, ‘hey, I lost my ring out there,’ and then I kind o described it to him. Said, ‘hey, if you ever find it, I would love to have it back.’”
That was June 1993. Fast forward 29 years.
‘About a year ago, one of my (law) partners was at a business meeting with [McClellan]. And [McClellan] had said, ‘hey, tell Chris that they found his ring in Austria. And then he came back and told me and I was like, ‘oh, yeah right, sure they did,’” Steincamp said.
They weren’t lying. Steincamp said a hiker found his ring and somehow brought it back to the same mountain climbing cabin he’s stayed at nearly three decades ago.
“I was like, ‘holy cow.’” So, you know, following that, it was kind of a process of trying to get it back here from Austria, which wasn’t as easy as it sounds in the middle of COVID and everything else,” Steincamp said. “And the Austrians wouldn’t ship it regular.”
So, Steincamp reached out to friends who were able to arrange to have a shipping company go to Austria and pick up the ring and bring it back. Steincamp said the ring is from when he was initiated into a K-State fraternity in 1985.
“And I wore it pretty much every day until I lost it in Austria,” he said.
With the special item back in his possession, Steincamp said he’d someday like to make a trip to Austria to thank those who helped to find his ring.
“It is a great story and I’m happy to have my ring back,” he said.
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TROY, Mich., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BORA® Tool, a leading manufacturer of tools, woodworking, and workshop accessories, is expanding their versatile line of wall mounted Wood Storage Racks to include three new models: 4-Level Black and Gray, 4-Level White and Gray, and 6-Level White and Gray.
The BORA® 4-Level and 6-Level Wood Storage Racks provide generous capacity and allow users to take advantage of vertical storage to maximize floor space and neatly organize a multitude of items.
"After the popularity of our 4-Level and 6-Level Wood Storage Racks in gray and orange we introduced the 6-Level rack in a black and gray color combination, said Rod Bonham, Product Manager at BORA® Tool. "Our customers loved them so much we decided to expand the line again to include a 4-Level black and gray color option, as well as a 4-Level and 6-Level in a new color option of white and gray. We know customers are not only using these racks to store and organize wood in their shop, but they are also using them to store other building materials and household items in a variety of locations. Whether it's ladders in the shed, sports equipment in the garage, or lumber in the shop, we want to ensure we have the right size and color to fit the space."
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The BORA® 4-Level Wood Storage Racks retail for $55.00 and the 6-Level Wood Storage Racks retail for $70.00. For a complete list of retailers, visit boratool.com or call 866-588-0395.
BORA® Tool is a manufacturer of woodworking tools and workshop accessories designed to increase productivity, simplify complex tasks, and help produce consistent professional results. From the professional job site to the garage, BORA® tools serve a variety of markets, including building and remodeling, DIY, industrial, and woodworking. For more information, visit www.boratool.com.
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Mullen Automotive on Thursday announced acquisition of a majority stake in Bollinger Motors, reviving plans to bring the latter’s B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup truck into production.
Founded in 2015, Bollinger initially planned the B1 and B2 as no frills off-roaders aimed at outdoor enthusiasts. It revealed production-intent versions of the B1 and B2 in December 2020.
But Bollinger bailed on plans for the B1 and B2 in January, amid a shift to focus its limited finances on its commercial trucks. Bollinger in May announced that Roush will assemble a planned lineup of Class 3 through Class 6 commercial trucks in Michigan.
Now it appears the B1 and B2 are back on thanks to Mullen, which paid $148.2 million in cash and stock for a 60% controlling interest in Bollinger.
“This is Mullen’s first EV acquisition and propels the company into the medium duty truck Classes 3-6, along with the B1 and B2 sport utility trucks,” a Mullen press release said, adding that, “as part of the acquisition, the company brings Mullen nearly 50,000 reservations previously taken for the B1 and B2 sport utility vehicles.”
B1 and B2 production will start after the Class 3 through Class 6 trucks, the release said, adding that “Bollinger will be able to leverage Mullen’s solid-state battery technology.” Bollinger plans to begin customer testing of its B4 commercial truck this fall.
In a YouTube presentation announcing the acquisition of Bollinger, Mullen CEO David Michery said he was a big fan of the B1 and B2, and said he saw potential for their use as military vehicles.
The B1 and B2 appeared to employ packaging that was a bit different—in a good way—than many other commercial-truck efforts, with an in-house-developed modular battery pack tucked within frame rails. So at least there’s now a chance that engineering won’t go to waste.
Neither Bollinger nor Mullen has delivered any production vehicles to date, and the latter has changed its plans several times. It originally planned to sell leftover Coda sedans, then an electric sports car based on a Chinese design. It’s now looking to start deliveries of an electric crossover dubbed the Mullen Five in 2024, plus light-duty electric vans—that, admittedly, would fit in rather nicely next to Bollinger’s heavier-duty electric trucks.
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CAMBRIDGE, England, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced that multi-award-winning Indonesian transport giant, Bluebird Group, has selected Darktrace AI to autonomously interrupt cyber-attacks.
Bluebird Group, which was established in 1972 and is listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange, is the largest taxi operator in Indonesia. The company has over 2,000 employees and serves millions of passengers every month throughout Indonesia's major cities and tourism spots, as well as providing containers, charter buses and logistics services. As its services have become increasingly digitized through apps and online payment services, Bluebird sought a technology which could protect its digital estate in the face of a rising level of attacks against the sector.
Darktrace Antigena stood out to Bluebird when compared to other solutions because of its ability to autonomously stop in-progress attacks whilst allowing normal business operations. The artificial intelligence learns 'normal operations' for Bluebird, and from this not only detects anomalous activity but intelligently makes micro-decisions based on the unusual activity. The algorithms are outcome-driven and optimized to enforce normal business operations; interrupting emerging cyber-threats whilst allowing the business to function as normal even whilst under attack.
The technology uplifts the security team, defending against intellectual property theft and disruptive attacks like ransomware and supply chain attacks, allowing the team to focus on strategic business decisions.
Darktrace saw a 33% increase in attacks across its customer base in APAC in 2021. 12% of incidents detected by Darktrace across the region in 2021 were in Singapore alone. The transport sector was among those most targeted across Darktrace's customer base in APAC, as were financial services, manufacturing and the information and communications industries.
"Bluebird is committed to putting safety and security at the heart of our business, from the consumer experience through to our IT ecosystem," commented Sigit Djokosoetono, CEO at PT Blue Bird Tbk, part of Bluebird Group. "By adopting Darktrace's AI, we have bolstered the ability of our security team to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape and are protecting our customers and employees from cyber-threats with cutting-edge technology."
"We are proud to protect Bluebird Group, which provides vital transportation services to people across Indonesia," said Tony Jarvis, Director of Enterprise Security, Asia Pacific and Japan, Darktrace. "The transport sector is part of any nation's critical infrastructure and disruption to the public's ability to move around not only has knock-on effects for the economy but could threaten individuals' safety. Bluebird is a shining example for the transport sector globally, prioritizing defensive technology that is designed to minimise cyber disruption whilst keeping the lights on."
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Darktrace (DARK:L), a global leader in cyber security AI, delivers world-class technology that protects over 6,800 customers worldwide from advanced threats, including ransomware and cloud and SaaS attacks. Darktrace's fundamentally different approach applies Self-Learning AI to enable machines to understand the business in order to autonomously defend it. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the Group has more than 2,000 employees worldwide. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine's 'Most Influential Companies' for 2021.
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infobase ("Infobase" or the "Company"), a leading provider of cloud-based educational solutions, integrating content, tools, and technology to foster lifelong learning and deliver interactive learning experiences, today announced that it has received a majority investment from Northlane Capital Partners ("NCP"). The transaction includes significant continued equity participation from Centre Lane Partners ("Centre Lane") and management.
Headquartered in New York, Infobase curates high-value content and uses its software platforms to deliver that content to students, educators, librarians, corporations, and parents. Its products are targeted primarily to the K-12 and higher education markets. Infobase has more than 160 employees and serves over 7,000 customers in the United States and internationally. Additional information is available at www.infobase.com.
"We are very excited to partner with NCP as we enter into the next phase of Infobase's growth. NCP's investment brings both capital resources and expertise to accelerate our company's trajectory. NCP has an impressive track record of identifying and executing on acquisition opportunities, which will play a pivotal role in continuing to build upon our position as a leading player in the supplemental education market," said Paul Skordilis, CEO of Infobase. "We are grateful for the contributions from Centre Lane over the past five years, and we are delighted that they have chosen to remain significant investors."
Justin DuFour, Partner at NCP, said, "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with the Infobase and Centre Lane teams. We have known Paul for several years, and are excited to work alongside him and the rest of the Infobase management team as they continue to evolve the company into a leader in tech enabled learning solutions."
Sean Eagle, Partner at NCP, added "Infobase fits directly into one of NCP's key areas of focus within our business services vertical, training and education. We look forward to leveraging our experience to help accelerate the company's organic growth and M&A initiatives."
"Since our initial investment in 2017, Infobase has experienced significant growth under the guidance of Paul and his team," said Kenneth Lau, Managing Director at Centre Lane. "It has been a pleasure being part of this journey, and we wish Paul, the management team, and NCP continued success in driving Infobase's next phase of strategic growth."
Based in Bethesda, MD, NCP is a middle market private equity firm focused on key segments within the healthcare and business services sectors, where its principals have invested more than $1.6 billion of equity capital. NCP's strategy is to partner with industry leading companies and great management teams, aligning incentives to accelerate growth and build value. For more information, please visit www.northlanecapital.com.
Based in New York, NY, Centre Lane is a private investment firm that invests in middle-market companies in North America. Centre Lane employs a flexible strategy that approaches situations with a solutions orientation and seeks to partner with strong management teams that can benefit from long-term capital and Centre Lane's operational and strategic expertise and support. For more information, please visit www.centrelanepartners.com.
Macquarie Capital acted as financial advisor to Infobase.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees say police are investigating after what appeared to be a drone was spotted flying above right field at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night.
NJ.com published video of a flashing green light hovering above the outfield bleacher seats, saying it was a drone that floated above the park for about 15 minutes during the Yankees’ 14-1 win over the rival Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees said they were aware of the report and that NYPD was investigating.
The Federal Aviation Administration bans unmanned aircrafts from flying over stadiums while games are in progress, but several games in recent seasons have been interrupted by drones, including five during the 2020 season when fans were barred from stadiums as a coronavirus safety measure.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duly Health and Care is being recognized with the highest achievement award given to providers by the Humana Stars Patient Experience program due to its commitment to patients in 2021.
"On the heels of its recognition for excellence in patient services provided in 2020, Duly Health and Care has once again shown how people can flourish through access to high-quality, affordable healthcare services and seamless experiences," said Alicia Gjertson, director of Stars Improvement at Humana.
The 2021 Patient Experience Gold Award distinction is given within a five-state region that includes Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The Gold, Bronze, and Silver awards are based on achieving a certain benchmark in overall patient experience survey results from Humana members after a primary care visit.
The Gold level benchmark is 85.44 percent, compared to 84.96 percent for Silver and 83.96 percent for Bronze. Within the five-state region, only 15 provider groups achieved Gold-level status and five achieved Gold status in Illinois, which includes Duly Health and Care.
"This is a high honor to be recognized, not once, but twice in the past two consecutive years," said Mathew Philip, MD and Senior Vice President of Clinical Innovation at Duly Health and Care. "This is more evidence we are a valuable partner to our patients – meeting them where they are and partnering with them every step of their health and care journey to live healthier and happier lives."
Today, Duly Health and Care provides care to more than 171,000 Medicare beneficiaries across Chicagoland.
Duly Health and Care is one of the largest independent, multi-specialty physician-directed medical group in the nation with more than 1,000 primary care and specialty care physicians and more than 7,000 team members, in over 150 locations. The organization is wholly dedicated to helping all it serves flourish by challenging the expected to deliver the extraordinary in health and care.
Duly Health and Care physicians and team members support individuals in their personal health journeys each year, helping each one to meet their extraordinary potential through a holistic care delivery model designed to make health and care welcoming, simplified, and personalized.
For more information, visit www.dulyhealthandcare.com.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia’s bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses.
Russian troops, thwarted in their push toward Ukraine’s capital, are now focusing on the eastern Donbas region, where Ukraine said Tuesday it was investigating a claim that a poisonous substance had been dropped on its troops. It was not clear what the substance might be, but Western officials warned that any use of chemical weapons by Russia would be a serious escalation of the already devastating war.
Russia invaded on Feb. 24, with the goal, according to Western officials, of taking Kyiv, toppling the government and installing a Moscow-friendly regime. In the six weeks since, Russia’s ground advance stalled, its forces lost potentially thousands of fighters and the military was accused of killing civilians and other atrocities.
Putin insisted Tuesday that his invasion aimed to protect people in parts of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed rebels and to “ensure Russia’s own security.”
He said Russia “had no other choice” but to launch what he calls a “special military operation,” and vowed it would “continue until its full completion and the fulfillment of the tasks that have been set.”
For now, Putin’s forces are gearing up for a major offensive in the Donbas, which has been torn by fighting between Russian-allied separatists and Ukrainian forces since 2014, and where Russia has recognized the separatists’ claims of independence. Military strategists say Russian leaders appear to hope that local support, logistics and the terrain in the region favor Russia’s larger, better-armed military, potentially allowing its troops to finally turn the tide in their favor.
In Mariupol, a strategic port city in the Donbas, a Ukrainian regiment defending a steel mill claimed a drone dropped a poisonous substance on the city. It indicated there were no serious injuries. The assertion by the Azov Regiment, a far-right group now part of the Ukrainian military, could not be independently verified.
It came after a Russia-allied separatist official appeared to urge the use of chemical weapons, telling Russian state TV on Monday that separatist forces should seize the plant by first blocking all the exits. “And then we’ll use chemical troops to smoke them out of there,” the official, Eduard Basurin, said. He denied Tuesday that separatist forces had used chemical weapons in Mariupol.
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said officials were investigating, and it was possible phosphorus munitions — which cause horrendous burns but are not classed as chemical weapons — had been used in Mariupol.
Much of the city has been razed in weeks of pummeling by Russian troops. The mayor said Monday that the siege has left more than 10,000 civilians dead, their bodies “carpeted through the streets.” Mayor Vadym Boychenko said the death toll in Mariupol alone could surpass 20,000 and gave new details of allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to dispose of the corpses.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, acknowledged the challenges Ukrainian troops face in Mariupol. He said on Twitter that they remain blocked and are having issues with supplies, while Zelenskyy and Ukrainian generals “do everything possible (and impossible) to find a solution and help our guys.”
“For more than 1.5 months our defenders protect the city from (Russian) troops, which are 10+ times larger,” Podolyak said in a tweet. “They’re fighting under the bombs for each meter of the city. They make (Russia) pay an exorbitant price.”
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the use of chemical weapons “would be a callous escalation in this conflict,” while Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said it would be a “wholesale breach of international law.”
U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time referred to Russia’s invasion as a “genocide,” linking the war to rising prices. “Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away,” he said.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that the U.S. could not confirm the drone report. But he noted the administration’s persistent concerns “about Russia’s potential to use a variety of riot control agents, including tear gas mixed with chemical agents, in Ukraine.”
Britain, meanwhile, has warned that Russia may resort to phosphorus bombs, which are banned in civilian areas under international law, in Mariupol.
Most armies use phosphorus munitions to illuminate targets or to produce smoke screens. Deliberately firing them into an enclosed space to expose people to fumes could breach the Chemical Weapons Convention, said Marc-Michael Blum, a former laboratory head at the Netherlands-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
“Once you start using the properties of white phosphorus, toxic properties, specifically and deliberately, then it becomes banned,” he said.
In the face of stiff resistance by Ukrainian forces bolstered by Western weapons, Russian forces have increasingly relied on bombarding cities, flattening many urban areas and leaving thousands of people dead. The war has also driven more than 10 million Ukrainians from their homes — including nearly two-thirds of all children.
Moscow’s retreat from cities and towns around the capital, Kyiv, led to the discovery of large numbers of apparently massacred civilians, prompting widespread condemnation and accusations that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine.
Reports have primarily focused on the northwestern suburbs such as Bucha, where the mayor said 403 bodies have been found. Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk feared the toll would rise as minesweepers comb through the area.
Ukraine’s prosecutor-general’s office said Tuesday that it was also looking into events in the Brovary district, which lies to the northeast.
The prosecutor’s office said the bodies of six civilians had been found with gunshot wounds in a basement in the village of Shevchenkove and that Russian forces were believed to be responsible.
Prosecutors are also investigating allegations that Russian forces fired on a convoy of civilians trying to leave by car from the village of Peremoha in the Brovary district, killing four people, including a 13-year-old boy. In another attack near Bucha, five people were killed, including two children, when a car was fired upon, prosecutors said.
Putin falsely claimed Tuesday that Ukraine’s accusation that hundreds of civilians were killed by Russian troops in the town of Bucha were “fake.” Associated Press reporters saw dozens of bodies in and around the town, some with hands bound who appeared to have been shot at close range.
The Russian leader spoke at the Vostochny space launch facility in the country’s far east, during his first known foray outside Moscow since the war began. He also said that foreign powers wouldn’t succeed in isolating Russia.
He said that Russia’s economy and financial system withstood the blow from what he called the Western sanctions “blitz” and claimed they would backfire by driving up prices for essentials such as fertilizer, leading to food shortages and increase migration flows to the West.
Addressing the pace of the campaign, Putin said Russia was proceeding “calmly and rhythmically” because it wanted to “achieve the planned goals while minimizing the losses.”
While building up forces in the east, Russia continued to strike targets across Ukraine in a bid to wear down the country’s defenses. Russia’s defense ministry said Tuesday that it used used air- and sea-launched missiles to destroy an ammunition depot and airplane hangar at Starokostiantyniv in the western Khmelnytskyi region and an ammunition depot near Kyiv.
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Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press writer Robert Burns in Washington, and AP journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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‘Environmental extremist, arsonist and former fugitive’ pleads guilty to arson in Pacific Northwest
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN
A man linked to environmental extremist acts in the mid 1990s and early 2000s has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson in California and Oregon, and arson in Oregon, according to a news release Friday from the US Department of Justice.
According to the DOJ, as well as court documents obtained by CNN, Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, 53, recruited and led groups of environmental extremists to design and execute fires targeting commercial and government-owned animal processing facilities in both California and Oregon.
The agency labeled Dibee as an “environmental extremist, arsonist and former fugitive,” in announcing his plea.
According to the DOJ news release, in the late 90s, Dibee and his co-conspirators used “incendiary devices” to destroy an Oregon commercial slaughterhouse and meatpacking facility. In 2001, Dibee and others “attempted to destroy” a government-owned wild horse corral in California, the DOJ said.
“The conspirators, together known as ‘the Family,’ were ultimately linked to more than 40 criminal acts between 1995 and 2001 and caused more than $45 million in damages,” according to the DOJ news release.
According to the DOJ, Dibee fled the US in 2005, and was arrested in Cuba in 2018 on an Interpol Red Notice, the DOJ noted.
An Oregon federal grand jury indicted Dibee in 2006, CNN previously reported.
The DOJ assisted multiple federal agencies in the effort to return Dibee to the US, according to the release.
According to the release, as well as CNN’s previous reporting, one of Dibee’s alleged co-conspirators, Josephine Sunshine Overaker, remains at large. The FBI has offered a reward up to $50,000 for information leading to her arrest.
The government, according to the DOJ, will recommend Dibee receive a sentence of 87 months in federal prison. He will be sentenced on July 27, the DOJ added.
According to the release, the US Attorneys’ Offices for the District of Oregon, Northern District of California, and Western District of Washington and the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting the case.
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Agreement expands upon the companies' collaboration since 2019 to include simulation technology and services
TROY, Mich., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), has once again been named an official supplier of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli for the 37th America's Cup. Under this agreement, Altair will supply the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team with simulation technology, engineering consulting, and other services designed to maximize its boat performance.
"Altair prides itself on empowering our customers and partners, and we believe our technology gives the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team a significant boost when looking to improve their designs, workflows, and real-world performance," said Brett Chouinard, chief product and strategy officer, Altair. "It's a thrill to see how our sophisticated software combined with unparalleled insights from the simulation data supports and enhances the design of this world-class boat."
The Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team uses a multitude of Altair's simulation tools – including Altair OptiStruct, HyperWorks, AcuSolve, Radioss, Compose and HyperStudy – to design most of its carbon fiber components and to maximize boat performance. Additionally, the team uses Altair's tools to study the structural side of fluid structure interaction (FSI). These tools give the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team unmatched insight into how different structures and components will react when faced with dynamic sailing conditions.
And in this latest collaboration, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli is utilizing Altair experts on-site to help them understand, act upon, and maximize the intelligence the team gleans from simulation data. By having access to Altair experts in-person, the team can better push the simulation tools to their limits and act on the data they receive from simulation runs and computations.
To ensure the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team had the capabilities it needs to maximize its workflow and boat performance, the Altair team tailored specific features within the Simulation 2022 software update release to better satisfy the team's needs and processes.
"In a competition where margins are razor-thin and improvements require best-in-class tools and engineering expertise, it's invaluable to have a partner like Altair at our side," said Alessandro Franceschetti, head of structural engineering, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team. "Altair gives us the best of both worlds in regard to speed and accuracy within simulations, ensuring we don't have to sacrifice one for the other. And having their experts shoulder-to-shoulder with our team is a huge step forward for us. We're thrilled to see what the future has in store for the team aided by Altair's technology and staff."
Franceschetti will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Altair Future.Industry event on October 4, where he will discuss Luna Rossa's collaboration with Altair. To attend Future.Industry, register at https://events.altair.com/future-industry.
About Altair
Altair is a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI) that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair enables organizations across all industries to compete more effectively and drive smarter decisions in an increasingly connected world – all while creating a greener, more sustainable future. For more information, visit https://www.altair.com/.
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Achievement further propels EPAM in the Snowflake Partner Network, bringing additional technology, industry and business experience for joint customers.
NEWTOWN, Pa., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For companies to stay competitive, they must change the way they think about and handle data as the need for digital transformation accelerates. For organizations looking to unlock the potential of the cloud, it is imperative to select an experienced partner. EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, today announced that it has achieved Elite tier partner status from Snowflake, the Data Cloud company.
"We couldn't be more excited or proud of our entire data practice for achieving Elite Services Partner status with Snowflake. A special thanks goes out to our customers who trusted us to successfully lead their data projects and the broader EPAM Snowflake community for supporting our organization to make this happen," said Valentin Tsitlik, Head of Data and Analytics Practice at EPAM. "Our ongoing commitment to broadening the reach of our Snowflake capabilities demonstrates we are a leading global player that helps customers build and drive their businesses forward with data."
Learn More About EPAM's Snowflake Partnership
- Leverage Snowflake's flexibility, performance and ease of use to deliver more meaningful data insights. Trusted and validated experts and services are used around implementation, migration, data architecture and data pipeline design, BI integration, ETL/ELT integration, performance, running POCs, performance optimization and training.
- Improve scalability, flexibility and agility. Portfolio of services including strategy & consulting, readiness assessment & POV, re-platforming & migration, architecture design, data modeling, analytics, performance testing & tuning and deployment & management.
- The Elite tier is reserved for Snowflake partners that excel in referrals, integrations, accreditations and customer success.
"EPAM's commitment to helping customers transform their operations aligns closely with Snowflake's goal to help organizations be data driven," said Katie Ecklund, Senior Director of Partner Sales – Americas, at Snowflake. "EPAM's Elite Services Partner status further validates their expertise within Snowflake's robust partner ecosystem, and we look forward to continuing our work together to help clients unlock their data for business value."
The Snowflake Partner Network unlocks the potential of the Data Cloud with a broad array of tools and partners. Certified partnerships and integrations enable customers to leverage Snowflake's flexibility, performance and ease of use to deliver more meaningful data insights. As a globally recognized Snowflake partner with workload specialization in Cloud Data Warehouse, EPAM has an extensive portfolio of services to help customers leverage unified analytics to make data-driven business decisions, reduce costs and create new revenue streams. The company's Snowflake practice has more than 300 Snowflake-certified professionals, an impressive in-house training program and a resume of more than 20 complex platforms built.
"The EPAM team has been a key partner in helping Cox Automotive evolve our data & analytics platform leveraging Snowflake to provide easier centralized access to enterprise data," said David Mitchell, Senior Director, Enterprise Data Platform at Cox Automotive.
Visit EPAM's Solution Partner Program profile on Snowflake at: www.snowflake.com/partners/solutions-partners.
About EPAM Systems
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its advanced software engineering heritage to become the foremost global digital transformation services provider – leading the industry in digital and physical product development and digital platform engineering services. Through its innovative strategy; integrated advisory, consulting, and design capabilities; and unique 'Engineering DNA,' EPAM's globally deployed hybrid teams help make the future real for clients and communities around the world by powering better enterprise, education and health platforms that connect people, optimize experiences, and improve people's lives. In 2021, EPAM was added to the S&P 500 and included among the list of Forbes Global 2000 companies.
Selected by Newsweek as a 2021 Most Loved Workplace, EPAM's global multi-disciplinary teams serve customers in more than 45 countries across five continents. As a recognized leader, EPAM is listed among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services on the Fortune 1000 and ranked as the top IT services company on Fortune's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies list for the last three consecutive years. EPAM is also listed among Ad Age's top 25 World's Largest Agency Companies for three consecutive years, and Consulting Magazine named EPAM Continuum a top 20 Fastest-Growing Firm.
Learn more at www.epam.com and follow EPAM on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to wear your favorite shoes bowling without causing damage," said an inventor, from Lakeside, Calif., "so I invented the BOWL NINJA. My design would eliminate the need to wear ugly and embarrassing footwear when bowling."
The invention provides an effective way to transform fashionable athletic shoes into functional bowling shoes. In doing so, it offers an alternative to wearing traditional bowling shoes. As a result, it enhances style and comfort. It also could increase blood flow and provide added healing properties. The invention features a versatile design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for bowlers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the San Diego sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SDB-1622, 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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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit, the banking-as-a-service platform that empowers companies to embed financial services into their products, today announced a strategic partnership with Thread Bank, a leading digital-first bank based in Rogersville, Tennessee. Companies will now be able to easily embed a complete set of banking services into their products—including accounts, cards, payments, and lending—using a single platform, in a matter of weeks.
"In collaboration with Thread, Unit will be able to empower more companies to offer unique banking solutions based on industry-leading technology and partners," said Unit CEO and co-founder Itai Damti.
Chris Black, Thread CEO and President, said, "We believe the future of banking is digital, connected, contextual, and customer-first. Through meticulously-selected partnerships and technology, our unique and differentiated banking strategy will vastly improve the way individuals and small business customers manage everyday banking tasks. Unit's technology platform is not only proven and secure—it's also a nimble, evolving solution that continues to provide customers better products and services over time. We're thrilled to have Unit as a partner in our journey for engaging more customers in very new and exciting ways."
Together Unit and Thread Bank are well-positioned to offer customers seamless banking experiences by combining best-in-class finance and technology capabilities. The partnership has already been successful with several companies poised to launch banking and credit products in the coming weeks.
Thread Bank is one of four bank partners powering Unit's Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. While most BaaS providers rely on a single bank partner, Unit maintains multiple bank relationships to support the widest range of financial products and expand capacity for clients.
Unit has become a market leader in embedded finance by serving customers including AngelList, HoneyBook, Homebase, Veryable, Roofstock, Hearth, and Benepass.
Unit is a banking-as-a-service platform that empowers companies to embed financial services into their product. Unit's platform accelerates time to market and enables companies to build and launch next-gen bank accounts, cards, payments, and lending products. Unit is headquartered in Tel Aviv and New York City and is backed by Insight Partners, Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Aleph, Flourish Ventures, TLV Partners, and more.
Thread combines best-in-class technology with a streamlined experience to reduce the time, effort, and mental energy of business and personal banking. Formerly Civis Bank and Volunteer Bancorp, Inc., Thread was recapitalized by investors with a shared vision in helping business visionaries and dreamers succeed with a financial ecosystem that is connected, contextual, and customer-first. In addition to helping to shape the future of banking through the deployment of new technologies and new methods to deliver banking products and services, Thread operates two full-service branches in East Tennessee, as well as an LPO/DPO and executive office in Brentwood, Tennessee where the holding company is headquartered.
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SEATTLE, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quark Expeditions, the global Leader in Polar Adventures, has announced a new photography-themed voyage in Spitsbergen for the Arctic 2023 sailing season, positioning it as "a dream trip for photographers."
Beginner and advanced photographers can explore Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic and hone their photography skills at the same time on the 11-day Spitsbergen Photography: Under the Midnight Sun voyage, which Quark Expeditions is offering in July 2023.
Inspiring guests through snow-topped mountains, massive glaciers, deep-walled fjords and tundra of Spitsbergen will be award-winning photographer, filmmaker and lecturer Chris Linder. "July is a magical time to visit Svalbard, when the light-filled summer days fuel a brief but intense explosion of life from tiny tundra flowers to polar bears, walruses, and whales," says Chris, who has photographed more than 50 scientific expeditions after transitioning from naval officer and oceanographic researcher to visual storyteller. "The diversity of subject matter and enchanting low-angle light make this expedition a photographer's dream."
Guests will enjoy this photography-themed journey aboard the 128-passenger Ocean Adventurer, a past winner of the Travel Weekly Magellan Silver Award for Best Overall Small Cruise Ship.
"We're so proud to have created this unique itinerary specifically geared to Arctic photographers," says Thomas Lennartz, Vice-President of Sales for Quark Expeditions. "The impetus for this itinerary came from our guests who've expressed a desire to perfect their photography skills in Spitsbergen, which is known as the Wildlife Capital of the Arctic. We're also pleased that our guests can learn from an award-winning photographer like Chris Linder who has many years in the Arctic."
In addition to learning amazing photography skills from an award-winning professional, guests can also look forward to:
- Presentations from polar experts including marine biologists
- Zodiac cruising and shore landings
- The Polar Plunge
- Kayaking
Learn more about Spitsbergen Photography: Under the Midnight Sun.
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About Quark Expeditions:
Specializing exclusively in expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, Quark Expeditions® has been the leading innovator of polar adventure since the company took the first group of consumer travelers to the North Pole in 1991. Quark Expeditions has been innovating ever since. With a diverse fleet of specially-equipped small expedition vessels and icebreakers—some of them equipped with helicopters—Quark Expeditions delivers deeply immersive polar experiences—and is able to take guests deeper into the Polar Regions than anyone else. Led by passionate and seasoned expedition teams, including scientists, wildlife experts and researchers, Quark Expeditions offers an onboard program that enriches the passenger experience.
About Ultramarine:
The technologically-advanced Ultramarine, the newest addition to the Quark Expeditions fleet, is a game-changer in polar exploration. Equipped with two twin-engine Airbus 145 helicopters, 20 quick-launching Zodiacs and the largest portfolio of off-ship adventure options in the industry, Ultramarine changes the way guests explore the Polar Regions. Other features include a spa, sauna with floor-to-ceiling windows, fitness centre, yoga space, spacious rooms and two restaurants plus a lounge and presentation theatre. Ultramarine has been designed with advanced sustainability systems that help us preserve the pristine Polar Regions for the next generation of explorers.
About Travelopia:
Travelopia is one of the world's leading specialist travel groups. A pioneer in the experiential travel sector with a portfolio consisting of more than 50 independently operated brands, most of which are leaders in their sector. From sailing adventures, safaris and sports tours, to Arctic expeditions, each brand is diverse and focused on creating unforgettable experiences for customers across the world.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today that it has entered into a $350 million term loan agreement. The net proceeds from the term loan facility, together with cash on hand, are expected to be used to redeem all of the company's 4.000 percent senior notes due 2024 (CUSIP Number 91529Y AK2) (the "2024 Notes") outstanding on September 1, 2022 (the "Redemption Date").
PNC Capital Markets LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. jointly arranged the financing of the term loan facility.
The company will redeem all of the outstanding 2024 Notes at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (1) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the 2024 Notes to the Redemption Date and (2) the sum, as calculated by the Independent Investment Banker (as defined in the 2024 Notes), of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) on the 2024 Notes to be redeemed discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the then current Treasury Rate (as defined in the 2024 Notes) plus 20 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be redeemed to the Redemption Date. As of the date of this news release, $350 million aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes is outstanding.
The company has instructed The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the trustee and paying agent for the 2024 Notes, to distribute a notice of redemption to all registered holders of the 2024 Notes. The 2024 Notes must be surrendered to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., to collect the redemption price pursuant to the notice of redemption.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this release, including statements regarding expectations for the use of proceeds, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are made based on management's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects upon Unum Group and its subsidiaries. Unum Group's actual results may differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements. Certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements can be found in Part 1, Item 1A (Risk Factors) of Unum Group's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date of this release, and Unum Group does not undertake to update any particular forward-looking statement included in this release.
ABOUT UNUM
Unum (NYSE: UNM), an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 500 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by Ethisphere®.
For more information, connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/unumbenefits), Twitter (www.twitter.com/unumnews) and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/unum).
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NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Dentsply Sirona Inc. (NASDAQ: XRAY) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased Dentsply's common stock between June 9, 2021, and May 9, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 1, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in XRAY:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/dentsply-sirona-inc-loss-submission-form-2?id=28445&from=4
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: According to the filed complaint, defendants orchestrated a scheme to inflate Dentsply's revenue and earnings by manipulating the Company's accounting for a distributor rebate program so that senior executives would be eligible for significant cash and stock-based incentive compensation. In order to facilitate this scheme, Dentsply and its executives made numerous false and misleading statements to investors during the class period. As a result of defendants' misrepresentations, Dentsply's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Dentsply you have until August 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 Dentsply 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 XRAY lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/dentsply-sirona-inc-loss-submission-form-2?id=28445&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
J. Klein, Esq.
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VENTURA, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RevitaLash® Cosmetics, leaders and innovators in the lash and brow category, add to their award-winning line of conditioning and enhancing cosmetics the exclusive ophthalmologist-formulated RevitaLash® Advanced Sensitive Eyelash Conditioner.
RevitaLash® Advanced Sensitive Eyelash Conditioner is a physician-developed, lash-enhancing formula designed to improve the health and beauty of lashes, formulated specifically for those with increased sensitivity around the eye area. Its unique encapsulated time-release technology is designed to be gentle on sensitive eyes, allowing for powerful peptides and botanicals to protect against breakage and brittleness while improving flexibility and shine to deliver bold, beautiful, lush lashes—all with less irritation.
This first-of-its-kind product is formulated with Revitasome® Technology, featuring a plant-based liposomal delivery system designed to aid in stable, slow-release ingredient absorption into the eyelash hairs. The unique formula also features Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17, a five-amino acid powerful peptide and antioxidant to enhance the appearance of eyelashes and protect them from breakage and brittleness. The addition of rice protein helps to increase flexibility and volume while aloe vera aids in soothing and calming moisture retention.
In an eight-week independent consumer study conducted with 161 participants, 98% of users experienced healthier lashes and 96% experienced stronger and more nourished lashes, while 97% did not experience redness and 93% did not experience irritation—despite the fact that all of the study participants were self-perceived as sensitive.
"We're very excited to be expanding our RevitaLash® Advanced Eyelash Conditioner Collection," said Lori Jacobus, President & Global CMO of RevitaLash® Cosmetics. "As a physician-led cosmetics company founded as a gift of love from a husband to his wife, we pride ourselves on creating products that will allow all individuals to enhance lash and brow health, including those who have compromised, prematurely aged lashes due to medications, environmental aggressors, or professional lash services, making RevitaLash® Advanced Sensitive Eyelash Conditioner the perfect addition to our product portfolio."
RevitaLash® Advanced Sensitive Eyelash Conditioner retails for $105 for 2.0mL and is now available for sale domestically at select spas, salons, and department stores and on revitalash.com. It will be available globally August 1st, 2022.
RevitaLash® Cosmetics is a worldwide leader in developing advanced lash, brow, and hair beautification products. Established in 2006, the collection includes award-winning RevitaLash® Advanced Eyelash Conditioner and RevitaBrow® Advanced Eyebrow Conditioner, and is available in physician's offices, spas, salons, and specialty retailers across 70+ countries. A supporter of non-profit breast cancer initiatives, RevitaLash® Cosmetics donates a portion of proceeds to research and education initiatives, giving back to the breast cancer community year-round, not just in October. For information, visit www.revitalash.com. [RevitaLash® Advanced and RevitaLash® Advanced Sensitive are not available in California]
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased the publicly traded securities of Co-Dx during the period of May 12, 2022 through the close of the market on August 11, 2022 (4:00 p.m. ET).
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 17, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in CODX:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/co-dx-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31572&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Co-Diagnostics, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) demand for the Company's Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test had plummeted throughout the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and (ii) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the demand for its Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Co-Dx you have until October 17, 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 Co-Dx 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 CODX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/co-dx-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31572&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
J. Klein, Esq.
535 Fifth Avenue
4th Floor
New York City, NY 10017
jk@kleinstocklaw.com
Telephone: (212) 616-4899
www.kleinstocklaw.com
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NEW YORK, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With Mother's Day approaching, the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED) is recognizing and celebrating the role of all mothers—those who choose to work in the home, and those who work outside of the home supporting the needs of their children.
In 2021, more than 29 million women (37.5 percent) ages 18-54 were mothers of children aged 14 or younger. Of these mothers, 20.9 million (71.8 percent) were in the labor force. In fact, mothers with children ages 5-14 participate in the labor force at the highest rate (74.4 percent). Traditionally, mothers provide most of the primary care duties for children. Thus, access to affordable child care is linked to the decision of mothers to enter, return, or remain in the labor force.
As the US grapples with historic labor shortages and a record-high quits rate, the ability for many parents, especially mothers, to participate in the labor force depends on child care access. In April, CED released a report, The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the US: Part 2 – Labor Force Participation, which uses timely data to better understand labor force participation for mothers with children over time, as well as trends across gender, race, marital status, and income.
For economic recovery and growth, the US needs to increase its pool of qualified workers to fill critical staffing shortages. Working mothers could help provide a much-needed infusion into a struggling labor force, but this will require an immediate and sustained change in the way policymakers and business leaders view child care as both a recruitment and retention tool. The most recent US Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey (March 30 – April 11, 2022) found that 4.8 million individuals were not working because they were caring for children not in child care or school.
Expanding access to more affordable child care would enable mothers—particularly the two-thirds in married households—to enter, return, or remain in the workforce. Accompanying CED's report is a series of more than 20 interactive data visualizations that enable users to see labor force participation by individual characteristics over time throughout the U.S. and within states.
Developing effective policy approaches begins with understanding the data. CED's new report, The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the US: Part 2 – Labor Force Participation, is part of a four-part series. The first report, The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the US, was released in February.
About CED
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is the public policy center of The Conference Board. The nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led organization delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation's interest. CED Trustees are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their unique experience to address today's pressing policy issues. Collectively they represent 30+ industries, over a trillion dollars in revenue, and over 4 million employees. www.ced.org
About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States. www.conference-board.org
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Ancore Health announces the launch of its newly designed branding and website to bolster the company's rapid growth
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ancore Health, a cutting-edge healthcare consulting and analytics firm, is thrilled to unveil their updated branding, along with a newly designed website. Founded in late 2016, Ancore Health uses a mix of data analysis, strategy, and consulting to illuminate a path forward for healthcare providers. By partnering with healthcare leaders to align their economic goals with their mission, Ancore is empowering healthcare organizations with clear-cut paths for success.
Opened on the heels of his wife's Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, Eric Passon founded Ancore Health in order to reimagine a world of healthcare that is mission-driven. In early 2016, the healthcare consulting and analytics ace made the radical decision to embrace some much-needed family time, following over 15 valuable years of experience at The Advisory Board Company and Southwind Health Partners. In his time away from the corporate world, Passon discovered a new passion: reinventing the world of healthcare. By the end of the year, he made the decision to start a new company, one that combined his operational, consulting, networking, and personal healthcare experience... Thus, Ancore Health was born.
Six years later, Ancore Health has empowered a wide portfolio of healthcare clients to bridge the gap between purpose and profit. Recently, they have moved into a new office space to accommodate business expansion and allow for necessary employee acquisition. Designed and executed by ThreeSixtyEight, the new branding and website reflect this new company footprint and Ancore's continued growth. The user-friendly interface allows the viewer to quickly and easily navigate the site. Website visitors will also note a richer and more developed blog, where they can learn from Ancore's top minds.
Founder Eric Passon says of the redesign: "Like many young companies our path from where we started was not 100% predictable. After five years, we have matured, hired talented people, served incredible clients, and most importantly know who we are and who we are not. This rebranding process has been the culmination of this journey. We are excited to tell our story and help provider groups unlock their potential."
Ancore Health is grateful to ThreeSixtyEight for their hard work, and is delighted with the new branding and website. They look forward to providing their clients with a larger breadth of information in a more user-friendly format.
alex@amorescopr.com
630-338-2385
About Ancore Health
Ancore Health is a cutting-edge healthcare consulting and analytics firm. Through a mix of data, strategy, analytics, financial sustainability, and consulting, they find patterns, insights and guidance clients can utilize and easily comprehend. For more information visit www.ancorehealth.com .
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NEW YORK, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA).
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According to a filed complaint, Pegasystems Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PEGA had engaged in corporate espionage and misappropriation of trade secrets to better compete against Appian, a principal competitor; (2) defendants' product development and associated success was, in significant part, not the result of its own research and product testing but rather the result of such corporate espionage and trade secret theft; (3) defendants had engaged in a scheme to steal Appian trade secrets, which was not only known to, but carried out through, the personal involvement of the Company's CEO; (4) the Company's CEO and other officers and employees did not comply with the Company's written Code of Conduct, including its express prohibition on "stealing" confidential information from a competitor and "misrepresenting your identity in hopes of obtaining confidential information"; (5) the Company was "unable to reasonably estimate damages" in the lawsuit filed by Appian as a result of the foregoing misconduct (the "Appian Litigation"); and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about PEGA's business, operations, prospects, legal compliance, and potential damages exposure in the Appian Litigation were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis when made.
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Hamburger Inn reopens under new but familiar ownership
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - After a brief closure one of Ardmore’s most popular lunch spots is back under new but familiar ownership.
Not much has changed about Ardmore’s hamburger in since it opened in 1938 and that’s exactly how customers prefer it.
But when it closed last year its future was uncertain until it was purchased by a former employee.
“Its a definitely a staple. People have come here for 50 or 60 years,” said new Hamburger Inn co-owner Elyssa White.
White worked as a server at the Hamburger Inn for more than a year before it closed.
She waited for someone else to buy it so she could go back to work until she had an idea.
“I had been saving up my money to put a down payment on a house but opportunity struck and so I took a leap of faith and bought it,” White said.
She take the leap alone though.
Her friend and experienced cook Braeden Griffin jumped in too.
“Being around since 1938, most businesses don’t last that long,” said Griffin. “So to have a restaurant that can survive and sustain for that many years something’s going right.” (Braeden)
The two reopened in February and regulars immediately started returning.
“I came here this morning to eat breakfast now I’m back,” said David Spradling, a customer who eats at Hamburger Inn weekly.
The owners say those regulars and their stories about the restaurant through the years is what makes it special.
“Its nice to hear that and to know that its been a staple around here for that many years and to get the history of it,” Griffin said.
“A lot of people this is the only place they get to come and conversate,” said White. “They go to the grocery store and they come to hamburger inn.”
And while tradition remains important they hope to eventually make small changes to make it their own.
“I’d like to expand our hours, I’d like to go seven days a week and maybe do some out door seating for the spring and summer time,” said White.
“There’s gonna probably come a time when we add our own little flair to it but as the saying goes if its not broke don’t fix it,” said Griffin.
Hamburger Inn is open Tuesday through Sunday from 7 am to 3 pm and is cash or check only.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (W. P. Carey, NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $1.059 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $4.24 per share. The dividend is payable on July 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2022.
W. P. Carey Inc. ranks among the largest net lease REITs with an enterprise value of approximately $22 billion and a diversified portfolio of operationally critical commercial real estate that includes 1,336 net lease properties covering approximately 157 million square feet as of March 31, 2022. For nearly five decades, the company has invested in high-quality single-tenant industrial, warehouse, office, retail and self-storage properties subject to long-term net leases with built-in rent escalators. Its portfolio is located primarily in the U.S. and Northern and Western Europe and is well-diversified by tenant, property type, geographic location and tenant industry.
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CDC advisers endorse more traditional Novavax COVID shot
(AP) - U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax -- a more traditional kind of vaccine, influential government advisers said Tuesday.
Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but Novavax shots cannot begin until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends how to use them.
Most Americans have gotten at least their primary COVID-19 vaccinations by now, but CDC officials said between 26 million and 37 million adults haven’t had a single dose -- the population that Novavax, for now, will be targeting.
“We really need to focus on that population,” said CDC adviser Dr. Oliver Brooks, past president of the National Medical Association. Hopefully, the vaccine “will change them over from being unvaccinated to vaccinated.”
While it’s unclear how many will be persuaded by a more conventional option, “I’m really positive about this vaccine,” agreed fellow adviser Dr. Pablo Sanchez of Ohio State University.
THE NOVAVAX DIFFERENCE
All of the vaccines used in the U.S. train the body to fight the coronavirus by recognizing its outer coating, the spike protein -- and the first three options essentially turn people’s cells into a temporary vaccine factory. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines deliver genetic instructions for the body to make copies of the spike protein. The lesser-used Johnson & Johnson option uses a cold virus to deliver those instructions.
In contrast, the Novavax vaccine injects copies of the spike protein that are grown in a lab and packaged into nanoparticles that to the immune system resemble a virus. Another difference: An ingredient called an adjuvant, that’s made from the bark of a South American tree, is added to help rev up that immune response.
Protein vaccines have been used for years to prevent other diseases including hepatitis B and shingles.
HOW WELL IT WORKS
Large studies in the U.S., Mexico and Britain found two doses of the Novavax vaccine were safe and about 90% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19. When the delta variant emerged last summer, Novavax reported a booster dose revved up virus-fighting antibodies that could tackle that mutant.
Typical vaccine reactions were mild, including arm pain and fatigue, but regulators did warn about the possibility of a rare risk, heart inflammation, that also has been seen with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, mostly in teen boys or young men.
But early on, manufacturing problems delayed the Novavax vaccine — meaning the shots were studied long before the omicron variant hit, so it’s not clear how well they hold up against the immune-evading mutant.
Still, Novavax points to lab testing that shows the first two shots do spur production of virus-fighting antibodies that are cross-protective against omicron, including the BA.5 subtype that’s currently the nation’s top threat. A booster dose further revved up cross-protective antibodies.
HOW TO USE NOVAVAX SHOTS
The CDC’s advisers unanimously endorsed the two-shot primary series. But several noted that it was important for regulators to clear a booster by the time, five or so months after their last dose, that Novavax recipients will need one.
Also, the two doses typically are given three weeks apart. But CDC officials said that like with other COVID-19 vaccines, it’s possible to wait up to eight weeks for the second dose — except for people at the highest risk, who need protection quickly.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, must sign off on the advisory panel’s recommendations for adults to get the first two Novavax doses. In its first purchase, the U.S. government bought 3.2 million doses.
The Novavax vaccine also is used in Europe, Canada, Australia, South Korea and other countries. Many allow booster doses, and European regulators recently cleared the shots to given as young as age 12.
The Maryland-based company likewise expects U.S. authorization of a booster dose and teen vaccinations to follow fairly soon.
And like other vaccine makers, Novavax is testing shots updated to better match the newest omicron subtypes -- in anticipation of another round of boosters this fall and winter.
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(KTLA) — If you are a mail carrier, you probably know the dread of approaching a home that has a dog.
The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday released rankings of 2021 dog attacks by city as part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week.
Cleveland topped the list of 32 cities, with 58 USPS employees being attacked by dogs there in 2021, with Houston (54 attacks) and Kansas City, Mo., (48) rounding out the top three.
California was first among states last year with 656 attacks, followed by Texas (368) and Ohio (359).
More than 5,400 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States in 2021, according to the U.S. Postal Service.
“From nips and bites to vicious attacks, aggressive dog behavior poses a serious threat to postal employees and the public,” the agency said in a news release Thursday.
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To emphasize the seriousness of the issue, the Postal Service is highlighting the do’s and don’ts of responsible dog ownership as part of its annual National Dog Bite Awareness Week public service campaign.
The theme of this year’s campaign, which runs from June 5 to June 11, is “The USPS Delivers for America — Deliver for Us by Restraining Your Dog.”
“Every year, thousands of postal employees are attacked by dogs as they deliver America’s mail. And while it’s a dog’s natural instinct to protect their family and home, we ask all customers to act responsibly by taking safety precautions with their dogs while the mail is being delivered,” USPS Employee Safety and Health Awareness Manager Leeann Theriault said. “When a carrier comes to the residence, keep the dog inside the house and away from the door — or behind a fence on a leash — to avoid an attack.”
Dogs are primarily territorial in nature and protective of their owners and their owners’ property, the USPS said, adding that defending its territory sometimes means attacking — and possibly biting — the letter carrier. Dog owners are responsible for controlling their dogs, the agency emphasized.
Since the carrier usually arrives at the same time each day, the agency suggests securing your dog inside the house or behind a fence beforehand.
Pet owners should remind their children not to take mail directly from a letter carrier as the dog may view the carrier as a threat, USPS advised.
Last year, many attacks reported by letter carriers came from dogs whose owners regularly stated, “My dog won’t bite,” according to USPS.
Letter carriers are trained to observe an area where they know dogs may be present and are taught to be alert for potentially dangerous conditions and to respect a dog’s territory.
If a dog attacks, carriers are trained to stand their ground and protect their body by placing something between them and the dog — such as their mail satchel — and use dog repellent if necessary, USPS said.
“I was bit by a dog on my leg recently, and my mail satchel helped shield me,” said Francisco Juarez, a letter carrier who delivers in Houston. “The sound of a dog barking while on my route puts me on high alert, and I try to be ready to protect myself.”
Dog bites may result in injuries to the carriers and costly medical expenses for dog owners, the Postal Service said.
Carriers have a dog alert feature tool on their handheld scanners to remind them of a possible dog hazard on their routes.
When a carrier feels unsafe, mail service could be halted — not only for the dog owner, but for the entire neighborhood, according to USPS. When the service is stopped, mail must be picked up at the post office and service will not be restored until the dog is properly restrained, the agency said. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/which-cities-and-states-have-most-dog-attacks-on-usps-postal-workers/ | 2022-06-03T13:13:08Z |
US government OKs nearly $190M in bids from offshore oil lease sale
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. government has accepted nearly $190 million in bids from an offshore oil and gas lease sale that was held nearly a year ago but rejected by a federal judge, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Wednesday.
The action met a 30-day deadline set in the climate bill signed Aug. 16. That law also requires the bureau to reschedule three sales that had been put on hold by a moratorium ordered by President Joe Biden, with the first of them to be held by Dec. 31.
“We are pleased that the Department of the Interior has finally offered the first offshore leases of this administration, but it is disappointing that it took 19 months and an act of Congress to get us to this point,” said Cole Ramsey, vice president of upstream policy for the American Petroleum Institute.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Wednesday that it had accepted 307 valid high bids totaling just under $189.9 million from the November 2021 sale “in compliance with congressional direction.” Companies bid on about 2% of the tracts offered for sale in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Leases resulting from this sale include stipulations to protect biologically sensitive resources, mitigate potential adverse effects on protected species, and avoid potential ocean user conflicts,” the agency said in a news release.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who got the lease sale provisions into the law, said, “Our federal oil and gas leasing programs are critical to American energy security, and these offshore leases will provide the market signals necessary to help ease the pain Americans are feeling from record inflation and high energy prices.”
Miyoko Sakashita, director of the oceans program at the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental nonprofit, called the congressional order a huge disappointment.
“Congress just gave the greenlight to a lease sale that was found unlawful. That’s a serious blow to our climate and Gulf ecosystems, which have already suffered so much from oil industry pollution,” she said.
The judge’s order in February said the Biden administration had failed to adequately consider the sale’s effect on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington said Interior could decide whether to scrap the sale, undertake a fresh review or take other steps.
The National Ocean Industries Association, which represents offshore energy companies, said, “Communities along the Gulf Coast and throughout the country rely upon Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development for good-paying jobs, affordable energy supplies, and important funding for local infrastructure needs, coastal restoration and resiliency, and parks and recreation programs.”
The previous lease sale, in November 2020, had brought $120.9 million in high bids on 93 tracts. Seven of those bids, totaling $9.3 million, were rejected as too low.
In a separate action, the Center for Biological Diversity asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to forbid companies to discharge fracking waste into the ocean.
It said trade secret protections in current rules for permits governing oil industry discharges into the Gulf of Mexico mean EPA “often does not know what chemicals are used.”
As of 2016, it said, EPA had identified nearly 1,100 chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and more than 500 found in water that comes up with oil and gas. The agency “has little to no information regarding the impacts of many of these chemicals on human and marine environments,” it said.
A proposed new permit for the western Gulf of Mexico “would allow more of the same,” the organization said in public comments about a two-year industry study to assess discharges.
The climate bill’s requirement for offshore lease sales is likely to increase offshore drilling and fracking, the group said.
“With offshore drilling set to surge, the Biden administration needs to stop oil and gas companies from poisoning the Gulf of Mexico with fracking waste,” Kristin Carden, a senior scientist at the Center, said in a news release.
National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito responded, “This is a complete misunderstanding of offshore production processes and does not reflect the actual science and engineering behind how U.S. offshore oil and gas is actually produced. Performance-based limits provide strict controls on the fluids that are discharged and ensure a sound, risk-based approach to protecting the environment.”
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Blockchain infrastructure leader and dApp pioneer bring together institutional and retail product suite to deliver new wave of financial services
SAN FRANCISCO and BANGKOK , May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Velo Labs, a leading blockchain infrastructure company focused on improving international remittances, and EvryNet, a financial services platform for building centralized and decentralized applications in DeFi, have today announced a strategic merger.
The merger brings together two organizations that share a strong product and technology synergy, and will set out to serve a combined institutional and retail audience of Defi adopters.
Velo Labs is developing a blockchain-based, compliance-first global settlement network to provide fast, secure and low cost cross-border payments to both individuals and businesses. As part of their mission to improve financial services, Velo Labs provides financial institutions with the ability to transfer value across borders in a much more efficient way than traditional financial institutions. With partnerships already in place with financial institutions in Southeast Asia, Europe, the UAE, and Africa, Velo is positioned at the forefront of a new wave of global financial infrastructure.
Mike Cowans, Velo Labs CEO on this announcement:
"Our mission at Velo Labs has always been to raise the standard of financial inclusion and mobility, and to deliver products that improve access to financial infrastructure. This strategic merger with EvryNet, who share similar goals, will only strengthen our commitment to this mission, while opening up exciting opportunities for further growth in decentralized finance. We are excited for what the future holds."
EvryNet enables CeFi into the DeFi world. EvryNet's decentralized applications unlock a world of new assets, investment opportunities, and innovative strategies for investors. Simultaneously, EvryNet gives DeFi projects exposure to a broader ecosystem of investors to create a flywheel of growth.
Korapat Arunanondchai, Project Lead at EvryNet:
"The bleeding edge technology of both Evry and Velo is a potent mix and we look forward to marrying the best of Centralized and Decentralized finance technology. With our combined talent, we are confident this merger will position the new Velo as a forerunner in CeDeFi."
Bringing together the teams at Velo and Evry has significant benefits for both projects. The EvryNet team brings deep crypto-specific knowledge that will enhance Velo's combined product offering and business direction and the Velo team's access to institutional partners will aid in the creation of a true CeDeFi ecosystem – a core focus for both teams and what they believe to be the future of finance.
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Second phase of expansion brings the complete 360° digital experience to more brokers and their clients.
DALLAS, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its commitment to providing the fastest, easiest, and most trusted benefits selling experience for brokers, BenefitMall, the leading provider of next-generation broker services, is expanding its Marketplace offering to all brokers in its Northeast region and its Power of YOU loyalty program to brokers in all markets.
The expansion builds upon a service rollout that began in mid-2021 with pilot programs and added a wave of new markets in April 2022. Just 18 months out from the initial pilot programs, BenefitMall is on pace with expansion goals for 2022-2023. By rolling out to new markets ahead of the fourth quarter, BenefitMall is making it possible for brokers and their employer group clients to prepare for the busy annual enrollment season with a completely digital experience from benefit quotes to enrollment to year-round benefit administration.
"Our broker partners know it takes time to build strong relationships and that growing a business means staying connected to customers, while also reaching out to new prospects," said Bob Love, president, Benefits Division for BenefitMall. "That's why we've created the industry's premier suite of broker services with a digital experience that helps brokers support customers while still making time to close new prospects. It's less of everything that holds brokers back, with more of everything that makes them great."
Marketplace, powered by Ease, levels the playing field for brokers by giving them access to secure technology that would otherwise be too expensive and time-consuming for them to deploy on their own. A completely digital solution, Marketplace provides a paperless, secure, and seamless experience across every point of client engagement, from new quotes to annual renewals. By providing full-service support that includes pre-sale quoting, point-of-sale enrollment, and post-sale census management support, Marketplace can deliver faster, best-in-class processing and turnaround times due to digital automation and complete enrollment data. With this rollout, Marketplace is now serving brokers across the Northeast, including Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. BenefitMall's broker network already accesses Marketplace in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, and Texas.
BenefitMall's Power of YOU loyalty program is designed to support brokers as they grow their business, with service experience that evolves over time to a concierge approach, with a dedicated team providing white-glove support with faster turnaround times for brokers and access to various product discounts. With three levels of recognition, the loyalty program adds value without taking away traditional, existing service. With this expansion, Power of YOU is now available to brokers in all markets served by BenefitMall.
"At BenefitMall, our goal is to empower brokers with a true General Agency experience that ensures their success," said Love. "Through Marketplace and Power of YOU, BenefitMall is delivering on our promise to provide brokers with innovative technology backed by human expertise, for the fastest, easiest, most secure benefits selling experience."
For more information, please visit www.benefitmall.com.
Headquartered in Dallas, BenefitMall is the largest general agency partnering with a network of 20,000 Brokers to deliver employee benefits to more than 140,000 small and medium-sized businesses. BenefitMall uniquely leverages innovative technology backed by human expertise to provide the fastest, easiest, and most secure benefits selling experience for carriers, brokers, and their clients.
BenefitMall is owned by Management and The Carlyle Group. More information is available at www.benefitmall.com.
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WEL Companies adopts E-SMART Active Speed Management technology
INDIANAPOLIS, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WEL Companies, an industry leader in transportation solutions, and E-SMART, a leading ADAS/ISA provider, announced today a new partnership to bring E-SMART technology to WEL's fleet of more than 450 trucks. E-SMART's active, real time speed control decreases speeding events by more than 90%.
"The implementation of E-SMART has made an immediate, measurable, impact on our fleet. It has resulted in fewer speed violations and already aided in low bridge avoidance." Gerry Pitt, IT Director at WEL Companies
E-SMART uses advanced positioning technology to determine vehicle location to actively manage its maximum allowed speed. E-SMART also leverages this technology for low bridge collision avoidance, active geofencing and remote vehicle immobilization. Leading fleets currently using the E-SMART technology report a significant decrease in speed-related accidents, infringements, and a significantly improved CSA scores.
"We are proud to partner with WEL Companies. The management is a remarkably involved and passionate. WEL's focus on safety through emerging technology makes this partnership a perfect fit. The E-SMART solution will help them accomplish their goals of zero accident.'' said Mathieu Boivin, CEO at E-SMART.
The WEL fleet is scheduled to be fully deployed by August 2022.
Founded in 1975, WEL Companies is headquartered in Wisconsin and is an industry-leading refrigerated transportation and warehousing business. WEL provides service to some of the largest companies in the food, beverage, and dairy industries.
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E-SMART develops and manufactures innovative ADAS solutions for fleet vehicles. Located in Indianapolis, IN, E-SMART sets new safety standards with Intelligent Speed Adaptation. Along with its other safety features, namely, Low Bridge Collision Prevention, Active Geofencing, Remote Vehicle Immobilization, and Telematics Integration, E-SMART leads the way in reducing the number of collisions on our roadways. For more information, please visit: http://www.esmartcontrol.com.
Media contact: Callie Myers, cmyers@esmartcontrol.com
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WHEELING, W.Va., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, announces that its affiliate, WesBanco Bank, was recently recognized with the 2022 America Saves Designation of Savings Excellence for its extraordinary efforts during America Saves Week to encourage customers to save money. The award is presented annually to financial institutions that created measurable impact, displayed exceptional achievement, and demonstrated success encouraging and supporting their customers to save money.
WesBanco is proud of its more than 16-year partnership with America Saves to provide valuable financial resources to educate and encourage individuals about savings. Across Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, WesBanco actively encourages savings year-round with special products designed to encourage personal savings. In addition, WesBanco has become a participating employer in the Split-to-Save program, which motivates employees to split a portion of their regular pay for a savings goal of their choice to help with the stress and worry that comes about with financial emergencies and other issues.
"WesBanco is proud to be recognized by America Saves, for the seventh consecutive year, for our organization's efforts to encourage personal savings," said Jennifer Mott, WesBanco's Executive Vice President for Retail. "For more than 150 years, our commitment to serving our neighbors and their businesses has never wavered, and we are proud of our entire organization as our employees adhered to our community banking roots. Their efforts allowed us to be recognized as the only mid-sized bank in the country to receive honors for both employee satisfaction and financial success, as well as being named one of America's most trustworthy companies."
Ms. Mott continued, "WesBanco prides itself on delivering large bank capabilities with a community bank feel. Our customer-centric service culture is focused on building long-term relationships by pledging to serve our customers' personal financial needs. In addition, our employees collectively dedicate thousands of hours per year to savings education, including participation in Teach Children to Save, Get Smart about Credit, and Split-to-Save initiatives."
"As we continue to experience rising costs and interest rates due to unprecedented inflation, we know that it will take extraordinary measures and support from organizations and companies to help everyday Americans rebound from the pandemic and build financial resilience. Financial institutions are in a unique position where their interest and investments in their customers and members can make a long-lasting contribution to our nation's financial stability," said Kia McCallister-Young, Director of America Saves. "We are honored to highlight the efforts of these standout banks and credit unions. All were intentional about helping their communities build financial confidence, establish and increase their automatic savings, set financial goals — like saving for emergencies, retirement, and homeownership — and, most importantly, create a plan to achieve those goals."
"While their work during America Saves Week was phenomenal, what's most encouraging is that the work and commitment don't end when the Week is over; it's a year-round daily contribution evident in our continued partnership the other fifty-one weeks of the year," McCallister-Young continued.
America Saves Week is an annual event for people to assess their financial status and make a simple savings action plan that starts or increases their savings. The event is coordinated by America Saves, with input from planning support that includes federal government agencies, financial institutions, and non-profit organizations and educators. This is the eighth year of the America Saves Designation of Savings Excellence Award.
WesBanco Bank is one of only six banks and seven credit unions honored with this distinction out of nearly 3,100 participating organizations of America Saves Week, which took place February 21 – 25, 2022. The work of these financial institutions contributed to an impressive collective impact of the Week. During the one-week timeframe, these financial institutions helped to encourage nearly 415,000 individuals to deposit $1,134,122,355 into new and existing savings accounts and establish automatic savings.
Founded in 1870, WesBanco, Inc. (www.wesbanco.com) is a diversified and balanced financial services company that delivers large bank capabilities with a community bank feel. Our distinct long-term growth strategies are built upon unique sustainable advantages permitting us to span six states with meaningful market share. Built upon our 'Better Banking Pledge', our customer-centric service culture is focused on growing long-term relationships by pledging to serve all personal and business customer needs efficiently and effectively. Furthermore, our strong financial performance and employee focus has earned us recognition by Forbes as both one of America's Best Banks and Best Midsize Employers – the only midsize bank making the top ten of both rankings. In addition to a full range of online and mobile banking options and a full-suite of commercial products and services, WesBanco provides trust, wealth management, securities brokerage, and private banking services through our century-old Trust and Investment Services department, with approximately $5.4 billion of assets under management (as of March 31, 2022). WesBanco's banking subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, Inc., operates 205 financial centers in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Additionally, WesBanco operates an insurance agency, WesBanco Insurance Services, Inc., and a full service broker/dealer, WesBanco Securities, Inc.
America Saves is an initiative of the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America that uses the principles of behavioral economics and social marketing to motivate, encourage, and support low- to moderate-income households to save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. America Saves encourages individuals and families to take the America Saves pledge and organizations to promote savings year-round and during America Saves Week. Learn more at americasaves.org and americasavesweek.org.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRVI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing an investigational therapy Haduvio™ (oral nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of prurigo nodularis (PN) and chronic cough in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), today announced it will be presenting at the following investor and medical meeting conferences:
Stifel Biotech Executive Summer Summit (In-person)
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Fireside chat presentation: Jennifer Good, President and CEO
Time: 9:00 AM ET
The fireside chat is an invitation-only event and will be available to attending participants.
6th Annual IPF Summit (In-person)
Date: Monday, August 29, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM ET
Participation: Thomas Sciascia, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Trevi Therapeutics and Toby Maher, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Interstitial Lung Disease at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, will host a pre-conference workshop titled "Approaching Chronic Cough with a Fresh Mindset to Bring New Therapeutics to Light."
Location: Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston MA
For more information about the IPF Summit or to register please visit: https://ipf-summit.com/
About Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of the investigational therapy Haduvio for the treatment of prurigo nodularis and chronic cough in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. These conditions share a common pathophysiology that is mediated through opioid receptors in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Founded in 2011, Trevi Therapeutics is headquartered in New Haven, CT.
About Haduvio
Haduvio, an investigational therapy, is an oral extended-release (ER) formulation of nalbuphine. Nalbuphine is a mixed ĸ-opioid receptor agonist and µ-opioid receptor antagonist that has been approved and marketed as an injectable for pain indications for more than 20 years in the United States and Europe. The ĸ- and µ-opioid receptors are known to be critical mediators of itch, cough and certain movement disorders. Nalbuphine's mechanism of action may also mitigate the risk of abuse associated with µ-opioid agonists because it antagonizes, or blocks, µ-opioid receptors. Parenteral nalbuphine is not currently scheduled as a controlled substance by the DEA in the United States or by regulatory authorities in most of Europe. Trevi intends to propose Haduvio as the trade name for nalbuphine ER. Nalbuphine ER has been granted Fast Track designation by the FDA for the treatment of itch in patients with prurigo nodularis. Its safety and efficacy have not been evaluated by any regulatory authority.
Investor Contact
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Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
203-304-2499
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- Darovasertib designated as an Orphan Drug by the U.S. FDA, entitling IDEAYA to certain tax credits, exemption from user fees, and potential statutory marketing exclusivity
- Targeting a clinical data update for darovasertib and crizotinib combination and FDA regulatory guidance for a potential registration-enabling trial design in mid-2022
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDYA), a synthetic lethality focused precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan-drug designation to darovasertib, a potential first-in-class protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, for the treatment of uveal melanoma.
IDEAYA is currently evaluating the synthetic lethal combination of darovasertib, a PKC inhibitor, and crizotinib, a cMET inhibitor, in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) and in patients with GNAQ or GNA11 mutant solid tumors, in an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT03947385) pursuant to a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Pfizer.
"We are excited to advance darovasertib towards a potential registration-enabling trial in metastatic uveal melanoma, and the orphan-drug designation is an important step towards our goal to bring this novel therapy to patients," said Matthew Maurer, M.D., Vice President, Head of Clinical Oncology and Medical Affairs, at IDEAYA Biosciences.
Orphan-drug designation (ODD) is granted by the FDA to a drug or biologic intended to treat a rare disease or condition, which generally includes a disease or condition that affects fewer than 200,000 individuals in the U.S. Under the ODD, IDEAYA may be entitled to certain tax credits, exemption from user fees, and seven years of statutory marketing exclusivity, subject to FDA approval of a marketing application for darovasertib as a designated orphan-drug product.
As of May 1, 2022, Darovasertib has been evaluated in over 200 patients, including 74 patients in combination with crizotinib. The company is targeting a clinical data update for darovasertib and crizotinib combination in mid-2022, including tolerability and clinical efficacy. IDEAYA is also planning to seek FDA regulatory guidance for a potential registration-enabling trial design to evaluate the darovasertib and crizotinib combination in MUM in mid-2022. IDEAYA is preclinically evaluating potential expansion opportunities for darovasertib in other oncology indications, including in additional cMET-driven tumors, such as hepatocellular carcinoma and non-small cell lung cancer, and in KRAS G12C non-small cell lung cancer.
About IDEAYA Biosciences
IDEAYA is a synthetic lethality-focused precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics for patient populations selected using molecular diagnostics. IDEAYA's approach integrates capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers with drug discovery to select patient populations most likely to benefit from its targeted therapies. IDEAYA is applying its early research and drug discovery capabilities to synthetic lethality – which represents an emerging class of precision medicine targets.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to (i) the timing and content of an additional clinical data update for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination and (ii)the timing of obtaining FDA guidance for potential registration-enabling trial design to evaluate the darovasertib and crizotinib combination. IDEAYA undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of IDEAYA in general, see IDEAYA's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 18, 2022, and any current and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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NORWALK, Conn., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GameChange Solar today announced the receipt of orders for 200 MW of Genius Tracker™ systems for projects in Colombia. The systems began shipping this month.
"We are excited to have been selected for these three important projects in Colombia," Mercedes Pereyra Boue, International Business Development Director at GameChange Solar, said. "We anticipate continued significant growth in leading markets worldwide, including the Colombian market, as a global quality leader for single axis trackers. We are working hard to provide our customers with excellent local support and training so that they can install and operate our dependable and optimized Genius Tracker™ system efficiently."
Contact and media inquiries can be directed to Derick Botha +1 (302) 528-2125 email: derick.botha@gamechangesolar.com
https://www.gamechangesolar.com/
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9-year-old publishes book he started writing during pandemic
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM/Gray News) - A 9-year-old boy from Massachusetts has just released his first published book.
WGGB/WSHM reports, Springfield native Zaiden Rivera-Johnson, promoted the book over the weekend, where residents were able to meet the young author.
“I decided to write the book because I like to read,” Zaiden said. “I also did it for fun and to make money.”
Zaiden’s first book is “The Adventures of Zaiden and His Friends.”
The fourth grader said he started writing the book during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that his mom, Dr. Christine Johnson, helped edit the book and they found a publishing company to turn his dreams into reality.
“He would get up in the morning before me and just be on his computer typing away, typing away,” Johnson said. “And a couple of months later, he said, ‘Mommy, can you look at this?”
Johnson said young talent runs in the family.
“He also has a sister, Zoe. She’s the artist in the family,” Johnson said. “and before he was 5, Zaiden had already read over 200 books.”
Zaiden also said he’s working on a second book that could be ready later this year.
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Accruit, a leading, national Qualified Intermediary for 1031 exchanges and developer of the patented, 1031 exchange technology Exchange Manager ProSM, announces the addition of two team members, attorney Jonathan Barge of Bozeman, Montana and Brad Dugger of Tampa, Florida.
DENVER, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accruit, recently welcomed Jonathan Barge, J.D. to their team of staff attorneys. Jonathan joins Accruit after nearly 20 years in public service in the United States Air Force and as a law enforcement officer for the Bozeman, Montana Police Department. Additionally, Accruit welcomed Brad Dugger, a licensed REALTOR®, with over 10 years' experience in the Real Estate Industry to the internal sales team, after his most recent role as Lead National Agent Development Trainer at Realogy Title Group.
Jonathan is an active member of the Montana State Bar Association, his legal experience, client-focused practice, and background in public service makes him a valuable addition to the Accruit team of staff attorneys. "What an opportunity," said Barge. "This position allows me to work side-by-side Accruit's renowned subject matter expert and Managing Director, Max Hansen. I'm already seeing tangible results in applying this in-house training to advise Accruit clientele and their fiduciaries on both complex and straightforward exchange transactions. I'm very excited to develop in this new role and grow Accruit's presence in the Northwest Rocky Mountain region."
Brad has an extensive background throughout the Real Estate Industry. From being a licensed REALTOR® to developing and instructing industry leading Continued Education (CE) courses to thousands of agents nationwide, including topics such as 1031 exchanges. Brad's vast knowledge will be a great addition to business development at Accruit. "I cannot wait to hit the ground running. I look forward to utilizing the relationships I have within the real estate industry both in Florida and the greater United States to help investors defer capital gains and other taxes on their investment properties," stated Brad.
"We couldn't be more excited to grow our footprint in Montana, and the Rocky Mountain Region as a whole, as well as within Florida and other Southern states with the addition of both Jonathan and Brad," stated Steve Holtkamp, Executive Vice President of Accruit.
About Accruit
Accruit is a leading independent, national Qualified Intermediary with over 20 years in the 1031 exchange industry, providing 1031 exchange service across all 50 states and specializing in all types of exchanges from forward, reverse, built-to-suit/improvement to non-safe harbor exchanges. Through its' patented, 1031 exchange workflow technology, Exchange Manager ProSM, Accruit is proud to offer clients best in class customer service. Learn more at www.accruit.com.
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The following is attributed to Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
SILVER SPRING, Md., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Drug shortages pose a significant public health threat as they can delay, and in some cases, even deny critically needed care for patients. Over the past decade, the FDA's efforts have contributed to fewer new drug shortages and reduced the time to resolve existing drug shortages. This is due, in part, to authorities the agency now has, including those added by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.
But despite mitigating or preventing hundreds of new drug shortages, disruptions in the U.S. drug supply continue to occur due to drug quality problems, vulnerabilities in the global supply chain, unanticipated increases in demand, market withdrawals of drugs or natural disasters.
In 2019, in an effort to address the national drug shortage problem, the federal Drug Shortages Task Force released a report that called for the adoption of risk management plans to proactively assess risk and to predict and prevent supply disruptions that could potentially lead to a drug shortage. Then in 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act to require certain manufacturers to develop, maintain, and implement, as appropriate, risk management plans that identify and evaluate risks to a drug's supply.
To further assist manufacturers with these requirements, we are issuing a draft guidance, Risk Management Plans to Mitigate the Potential for Drug Shortages, intended to help with the development, maintenance and implementation of risk management plans.
The draft guidance describes a framework for stakeholders to consider when developing risk management plans that aligns with principles stated in the International Council for Harmonisation guidance for industry, Q9 Quality Risk Management, and identifies risk factors to consider when developing the content of risk management plans. The steps needed to reduce risks of a disruption in drug supply may vary among the different manufacturers in the supply chain for a given drug.
Today's draft guidance is an important step in what the nation needs to achieve an increasingly secure and resilient drug supply. For Americans to have access to an uninterrupted supply of safe, effective and high-quality drugs, all entities involved in the manufacture of a drug should take every step available to reduce risks and threats to the drug supply chain. Risk management plans can serve as a safeguard, helping manufacturers prepare for and respond to hazards that could lead to drug supply disruptions and shortages.
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The InfraCap REIT Preferred ETF (NYSE Arca: PFFR) (the "Fund") has declared a monthly distribution of $0.12 per share ($1.44 per share on an annualized basis). The distribution will be paid July 28, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business July 21, 2022.
PFFR Cash Distribution:
- Ex-Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
- Record Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022
- Payable Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Infrastructure Capital Advisors expects to declare future dividends on a monthly basis. Distributions are planned, but not guaranteed, for every month. The next distribution is scheduled to occur in August 2022.
For more information about PFFR's distribution policy, its 2022 distribution calendar, or tax information, please visit the Fund's website at www.virtusetfs.com.
About Virtus ETF Advisers
Virtus ETF Advisers is a New York-based, multi-manager ETF sponsor and affiliate of Virtus Investment Partners. With actively managed and index-based investment capabilities across multiple asset classes, Virtus offers a range of complementary exchange-traded-funds subadvised by select investment managers.
About Infrastructure Capital Advisors, LLC
Infrastructure Capital Advisors, LLC (ICA) is an SEC-registered investment advisor that manages exchange traded funds and a series of hedge funds. The firm was formed in 2012 and is based in New York City. ICA seeks total-return opportunities in key infrastructure sectors, including energy, real estate, transportation, industrials and utilities. It often identifies opportunities in entities that are not taxed at the entity level, such as master limited partnerships ("MLPs") and real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). It also looks for opportunities in credit and related securities, such as preferred stocks. Current income is a primary objective in most, but not all, of the company's investing activities. The focus is generally on asset-intensive companies that generate and distribute substantial streams of free cash flow. For more information, please visit www.infracapfunds.com.
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Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF): The value of an ETF may be more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities it is designed to track. The costs of owning the ETF may exceed the cost of investing directly in the underlying securities. Preferred Stocks: Preferred stocks may decline in price, fail to pay dividends, or be illiquid. Real Estate Investments: The Fund may be negatively affected by factors specific to the real estate market, including interest rates, leverage, property, and management. Industry/Sector Concentration: A Fund that focuses its investments in a particular industry or sector will be more sensitive to conditions that affect that industry or sector than a non-concentrated Fund. Passive Strategy/Index Risk: A passive investment strategy seeking to track the performance of the underlying index may result in the Fund holding securities regardless of market conditions or their current or projected performance. This could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy. Correlation to Index: The performance of the Fund and its index may vary somewhat due to factors such as Fund flows, transaction costs, and timing differences associated with additions to and deletions from its index. Market Volatility: Securities in the Fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and general economic conditions. Price changes may be short or long term. Prospectus: For additional information on risks, please see the Fund's prospectus.
You should consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses carefully before investing. Contact VP Distributors LLC at 1-888-383-4184 or visit www.virtusetfs.com to obtain a prospectus which contains this and other information about the Fund. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
Virtus ETF Advisers, LLC serves as the investment advisor and Infrastructure Capital Advisors, LLC serves as the subadviser to the Fund.
The Fund is distributed by VP Distributors, LLC, member FINRA and subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
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- 2Q22 Net Sales of $3.3 billion, increased 7%; organic sales increased 9% versus year-ago period
- 2Q22 GAAP Income from continuing operations of $365 million; operating EBITDA of $829 million increased 6% versus year-ago period; consistent operating EBITDA margin on year-over-year and sequential basis
- 2Q22 GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $0.71; adjusted EPS of $0.88 increased 11% versus year-ago period
- ~$665 million of capital returned to shareholders during the quarter through $500 million in share repurchases and ~$165 million in dividends
- Pricing actions continue to fully offset higher inflationary costs from raw materials, logistics and energy
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- - DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced financial results(1) for the second quarter of 2022.
"We delivered second quarter financial results ahead of expectations by maintaining a disciplined focus on pricing actions and operational excellence in the face of continued global supply chain and logistics challenges and ongoing inflationary pressure," said Ed Breen, DuPont Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Underlying demand during the quarter in our key end-markets remained strong. Year-over-year and sequential sales and earnings growth in a volatile macro environment demonstrated the strength of our portfolio, our deep customer relationships and the leading market positions we hold globally."
"We continue to advance our previously announced portfolio actions of acquiring Rogers Corporation and divesting a substantial portion of the former Mobility & Materials segment," Breen continued. "Regarding Rogers, we expect to close the acquisition during the third quarter of 2022, with China being the last remaining jurisdiction requiring regulatory approval. For the M&M transactions, we continue to expect the completion of the sale of portions of this business to Celanese to close around year-end."
"As DuPont drives innovation investment to support long-term growth, we continue to introduce new products across our key growth pillars," Breen said. "We are excited to have won four 2022 Edison Awards highlighting innovative technologies, while also progressing well with our broader new product pipeline to support growth over the coming years."
Net sales
- Net sales increased 7% on organic sales(2) growth of 9%; portfolio benefit of 1% was more than offset by a 3% currency headwind.
- Organic sales(2) growth of 9% consisted of an 8% increase in price and 1% increase in volume.
- 9% organic sales(2) growth in Water & Protection; 8% organic sales(2) growth in Electronics & Industrial; 15% organic sales(2) growth in retained businesses reported in Corporate & Other, which predominantly consists of our auto adhesives portfolio.
- Organic sales(2) growth in all regions globally, including 13% in U.S & Canada, 8% in EMEA and 6% in Asia Pacific.
GAAP Income/GAAP EPS from continuing operations
- GAAP income/GAAP EPS from continuing operations declined as higher segment earnings and a lower share count were more than offset by lower gains on business divestitures and a higher tax rate compared to the year-ago period.
Operating EBITDA(2)
- Operating EBITDA(2) increased as pricing actions, earnings associated with Laird Performance Materials and volume gains more than offset higher inflationary costs from raw materials, logistics and energy.
Adjusted EPS(2)
- Adjusted EPS(2) increased due to higher segment earnings and a lower share count partially offset by a higher tax rate compared to the year-ago period.
Operating cash flow
- Operating cash flow in the quarter of $86 million and capital expenditures of $135 million resulted in free cash flow(2) of $(49) million.
Net sales
- Net sales increased 16% on organic sales(2) growth of 8%; a portfolio benefit of 11%, reflecting the acquisition of Laird Performance Materials in the prior year, was slightly offset by a 3% currency headwind.
- Organic sales(2) growth of 8% driven by a 6% increase in volume and a 2% increase in price.
Operating EBITDA
- Increase in operating EBITDA driven by earnings associated with Laird Performance Materials, volume gains and higher pricing which was partially offset by higher raw material and logistics costs.
Net sales
- Net sales increased 6% as organic sales(2) growth of 9% was partially offset by a 3% currency headwind.
- Organic sales(2) growth of 9% reflects a 12% increase in price and a 3% decline in volume. The increase in price reflects broad-based actions taken across the segment to offset continued cost inflation.
Operating EBITDA
- Operating EBITDA was down slightly as pricing actions taken to offset higher raw material, logistics and energy costs were more than offset by volume declines.
"Our strong first half 2022 results reflect positively on the secular end-markets in which we operate and highlight our team's focus on execution," said Lori Koch, Chief Financial Officer of DuPont. "As we look towards the second half, demand and overall order trends in our key end-markets remain solid, however, future uncertainties continue to exist including continued inflationary pressure, challenging supply chains, and U.S. dollar strength against global currencies."
"We are narrowing our full year 2022 adjusted EPS guidance from $3.20-$3.50 to $3.27-$3.43 while maintaining the mid-point of our previous range." Koch continued. "Our updated full year 2022 guidance ranges for net sales and operating EBITDA reflect incremental foreign currency headwinds and the removal of contribution from the Biomaterials business, which was divested on May 31, 2022."
"We expect third quarter 2022 net sales and operating EBITDA to be slightly weaker than second quarter 2022 as sequential volume increases are expected to be offset by foreign currency headwinds and the absence of the Biomaterials net sales contribution," Koch said. "We are also expecting a negative impact during the third quarter on operating EBITDA of approximately $15 million from unplanned downtime at our Spruance site in Virginia within the W&P segment resulting from an unforeseen utility disruption with a third-party supplier. On a year-over-year basis, we expect third quarter net sales to be up 2 percent at the mid-point of the range, or up high single-digits on an organic basis."
Conference Call
The Company will host a live webcast of its second quarter earnings conference call with investors to discuss its results and business outlook beginning today at 8:00 a.m. ET. The slide presentation that accompanies the conference call will be posted on the DuPont's Investor Relations Events and Presentations page. A replay of the webcast also will be available on the DuPont's Investor Relations Events and Presentations page following the live event.
About DuPont
DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation leader with technology-based materials and solutions that help transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas and deliver essential innovations in key markets including electronics, transportation, construction, water, healthcare and worker safety. More information about the company, its businesses and solutions can be found at www.dupont.com. Investors can access information included on the Investor Relations section of the website at investors.dupont.com.
DuPont™ and all products, unless otherwise noted, denoted with ™, SM or ® are trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Overview
On November 2, 2021, DuPont announced it has entered definitive agreements to acquire Rogers Corporation ("Rogers"), (the "Intended Rogers Acquisition"). On January 25, 2022, Rogers's shareholders approved the transaction. Closing is expected in the third quarter 2022, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
On February 18, 2022, DuPont announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to divest a majority of its historic Mobility & Materials segment, excluding certain Advanced Solutions and Performance Resins businesses, to Celanese Corporation ("Celanese"), (the "M&M Divestiture"). Closing is expected around the end of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The Company also announced on February 18, 2022, that its Board of Directors has approved the divestiture of the Delrin® acetal homopolymer (H-POM) business. In addition to the entry into definitive agreements, the Company anticipates that the closing of the sale of Delrin® would be subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, (the "Delrin® Divestiture" and together with the M&M Divestiture, the "M&M Divestitures").
As of March 31, 2022, the results of operations and the assets and liabilities of the businesses in scope for the M&M Divestitures are presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The cash flows of these businesses have not been segregated and are included in the interim Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. Unless otherwise indicated, the discussion of results, including the financial measures further discussed below, refer only to DuPont's Continuing Operations and do not include discussion of balances or activity of the businesses in scope for the M&M Divestitures. The Auto Adhesives & Fluids, Multibase™ and Tedlar® product lines previously within the historic Mobility & Materials segment (the "Retained Businesses") are not included in the scope of the intended divestitures. The Retained Businesses are reported in Corporate & Other. The reporting changes have been retrospectively applied for all periods presented.
Cautionary Statement about Forward-looking Statements
This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "seek," "see," "will," "would," "target," and similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words.
Forward-looking statements address matters that are, to varying degrees, uncertain and subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, many of which that are beyond DuPont's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results. Some of the important factors that could cause DuPont's actual results to differ materially from those projected in any such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) the parties' ability to meet expectations regarding the timing, completion and accounting and tax treatments of the M&M Divestiture to Celanese, including (x) any failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals, anticipated tax treatment or to satisfy any of the other conditions to the proposed transaction, (y) the possibility that unforeseen liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenues, expenses, earnings, synergies, economic performance, indebtedness, financial condition, losses, future prospects, business and management strategies could impact the value, timing or pursuit of the proposed transaction, and (z) risks and costs and pursuit and/or implementation, timing and impacts to business operations of the separation of business lines in scope for the M&M Divestiture to Celanese, (ii) the timing and outcome of the Delrin® Business Divestiture, including entry into definitive agreements, and the risks, costs and ability to realize benefits from the pursuit of the Delrin® Business Divestiture; (iii) ability to achieve anticipated tax treatments in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other portfolio changes actions and impact of changes in relevant tax and other laws; (iv) indemnification of certain legacy liabilities; (v) risks and costs related to each of the parties respective performance under and the impact of the arrangement to share future eligible PFAS costs by and between DuPont, Corteva and Chemours; (vi) failure to timely close on anticipated terms (or at all), realize expected benefits and effectively manage and achieve anticipated synergies and operational efficiencies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other portfolio changes including the Intended Rogers Acquisition and the M&M Divestitures; (vii) risks and uncertainties, including increased costs and the ability to obtain raw materials and meet customer needs, related to operational and supply chain impacts or disruptions, which may result from, among other events, the COVID-19 pandemic and actions in response to it, and geo-political and weather related events; (viii) ability to offset increases in cost of inputs, including raw materials, energy and logistics; (ix) risks, including ability to achieve, and costs associated with DuPont's sustainability strategy including the actual conduct of the company's activities and results thereof, and the development, implementation, achievement or continuation of any goal, program, policy or initiative discussed or expected; and (x) other risks to DuPont's business, operations; each as further discussed in DuPont's most recent annual report and subsequent current and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. Consequences of material differences in results as compared with those anticipated in the forward-looking statements could include, among other things, business or supply chain disruption, operational problems, financial loss, legal liability to third parties and similar risks, any of which could have a material adverse effect on DuPont's consolidated financial condition, results of operations, credit rating or liquidity. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. DuPont assumes no obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This earnings release includes information that does not conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") and are considered non-GAAP measures. Management uses these measures internally for planning, forecasting and evaluating the performance of the Company, including allocating resources. DuPont's management believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they provide additional information related to the ongoing performance of DuPont to offer a more meaningful comparison related to future results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures supplement disclosures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and should not be viewed as an alternative to U.S. GAAP. Furthermore, such non-GAAP measures may not be consistent with similar measures provided or used by other companies. Reconciliations for these non-GAAP measures to U.S. GAAP are provided in the Selected Financial Information and Non-GAAP Measures starting on page 11 and in the Reconciliation to Non-GAAP Measures on the Investors section of the Company's website. Non-GAAP measures included in this release are defined below. The Company has not provided forward-looking U.S. GAAP financial measures or a reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis because the Company is unable to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of certain future events. These events include, among others, the impact of portfolio changes, including asset sales, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; contingent liabilities related to litigation, environmental and indemnifications matters; impairments and discrete tax items. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have a material impact on U.S. GAAP results for the guidance period.
The historic Mobility & Material segment costs that are classified as discontinued operations include only direct operating expenses incurred by the M&M Businesses which the Company will cease to incur upon the close of the M&M Divestitures. Indirect costs, such as those related to corporate and shared service functions previously allocated to the M&M Businesses, do not meet the criteria for discontinued operations and remain reported within continuing operations. A portion of these indirect costs include costs related to activities the Company will continue to undertake post-closing of the M&M Divestiture, and for which it will be reimbursed ("Future Reimbursable Indirect Costs"). Future Reimbursable Indirect Costs are reported within continuing operations but are excluded from operating EBITDA as defined below. The remaining portion of these indirect costs is not subject to future reimbursement ("Stranded Costs"). Stranded Costs are reported within continuing operations in Corporate & Other and are included within Operating EBITDA.
Adjusted earnings per common share from continuing operations - diluted ("Adjusted EPS"), is defined as earnings per common share from continuing operations - diluted, excluding the after-tax impact of significant items, after-tax impact of amortization expense of intangibles, the after-tax impact of non-operating pension / other post employment benefits ("OPEB") credits / costs and Future Reimbursable Indirect Costs. Management estimates amortization expense in 2022 associated with intangibles to be approximately $600 million on a pre-tax basis, or approximately $0.93 per share.
The Company's measure of profit/loss for segment reporting purposes is Operating EBITDA as this is the manner in which the Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") assesses performance and allocates resources. The Company defines Operating EBITDA as earnings (i.e., "Income from continuing operations before income taxes") before interest, depreciation, amortization, non-operating pension / OPEB benefits / charges, and foreign exchange gains / losses, excluding Future Reimbursable Indirect Costs, and adjusted for significant items. Reconciliations of these measures are provided on the following pages.
Significant items are items that arise outside the ordinary course of the Company's business that management believes may cause misinterpretation of underlying business performance, both historical and future, based on a combination of some or all of the item's size, unusual nature and infrequent occurrence. Management classifies as significant items certain costs and expenses associated with integration and separation activities related to transformational acquisitions and divestitures as they are considered unrelated to ongoing business performance.
Organic Sales is defined as net sales excluding the impacts of currency and portfolio.
Free cash flow is defined as cash provided by/used for operating activities less capital expenditures. As a result, free cash flow represents cash that is available to the Company, after investing in its asset base, to fund obligations using the Company's primary source of liquidity, cash provided by operating activities. Management believes free cash flow, even though it may be defined differently from other companies, is useful to investors, analysts and others to evaluate the Company's cash flow and financial performance, and it is an integral measure used in the Company's financial planning process. Free cash flow conversion is defined as free cash flow divided by net income adjusted to exclude the after-tax impact of non-cash impairment charges, gains or losses on divestitures, and amortization expense of intangibles.
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STOCKHOLM, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) announces the launch of RayStation®* 12A, the latest version of the company's advanced treatment planning system. Version 12A includes innovative new features in addition to several general enhancements.
Deep learning segmentation for all users
With the release of RayStation 12A, deep learning segmentation is available for everyone that is using RayStation for patient modeling. New and updated segmentation models will be released on a regular basis. The segmentation models can be linked to segmentation templates and protocols and used to tailor fast and automated segmentation for different body sites and diagnoses.
Brachy planning for Elekta afterloaders
RayStation 12A supports brachy planning for Elekta Flexitron afterloaders. The dedicated brachy planning module allows rapid creation of optimal and accurate high-dose rate brachytherapy treatment plans. Automatic tools can be used to efficiently reconstruct the applicator and its channels. With RayStation's powerful optimization tools, optimal dwell time distributions can be obtained within seconds.
Other highlights of RayStation 12A include robust evaluation on multiple images, new and much faster electron Monte Carlo dose engine, and improvements for CyberKnife planning.
Johan Löf, founder and CEO, RaySearch, says: "Making deep learning segmentation available to all users will substantially reduce time for contouring of organs and is a good example of our ambition to automate the treatment planning process."
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Johan Löf, founder and CEO, RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ)
Telephone: +46(0)851053000
johan.lof@raysearchlabs.com
Björn Hårdemark, interim CFO, RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ)
Telephone: +46(0)709564217
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VCTI Strengthens Board of Advisors to Support Continued Growth
SOMERSET, N.J., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VCTI, the broadband and network technology experts, today announced the appointment of enterprise and telecom software executive Prabhakar Rallabhandi to its Board of Advisors.
"We are pleased to welcome Prabhakar Rallabhandi to our advisory board," said Raj Singh, President and CEO of VCTI. "His talents and extensive expertise in scaling software operations and defining and driving technology roadmaps will be invaluable as we accelerate our growth and continue to evolve our offerings to further enable service providers and enterprises to expand their networks and cloud offerings."
An experienced leader with proven success in enterprise and telco software, Rallabhandi has held senior roles in general management, software operations management, and R&D management. He successfully established and developed Captive Software Operations as Site Head for Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola Solutions in Hyderabad. In addition, Rallabhandi played vital managerial and technical leadership roles at organizations including, Lucent /AT&T Bell Labs and Hewlett-Packard. He has also served as a consultant to various startups and larger organizations to streamline and scale software operations and define operational frameworks for centers of excellence.
"I am happy to join VCTI at such a pivotal time in the industry, as the need for broadband services and cloud-based technology is critical to communities and businesses everywhere," said Rallabhandi. "VCTI's innovative network planning optimization platform, consulting and expert technical resources for software and cloud solutions enable broadband service providers and technology companies to scale and accelerate their ability to provide fast and secure internet access and cloud services to everyone, everywhere."
About VCTI
VCTI is a world-class leader in network technology. VCTI provides expert technical resources to help technology companies develop complex networked and cloud products, and software solutions and services to enable broadband service providers to optimize investments for network evolution, simplify operations, and strengthen their path to digital transformation. A trusted partner to the most respected and innovative broadband service providers and technology companies globally, VCTI is a privately held, global company headquartered in the U.S. with offices in India. Learn more at www.vcti.io
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Orlando Residents Will Enjoy Weekly Flights to Freeport
NASSAU, Bahamas, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning Thursday, 30 June 2022, Bahamasair will relaunch a weekly nonstop flight from Orlando International Airport (MCO) in Florida to Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO) in Freeport, The Bahamas. Travelers can book these flights now and start planning their adventure in The Bahamas' second largest city.
Bahamasair's weekly nonstop flights from Orlando will operate every Monday and Thursday from June 30 through September 10. Introductory fares start as low as $297 round trip.
"Travel is back in a big way this summer, and we are ready for it. We are making travel for Floridians easier than ever with more nonstop service to The Bahamas," said the Honourable I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation. "Florida remains a priority market for The Bahamas, and we are thrilled to expand our flight offerings from the state with these weekly nonstop options from Orlando on Bahamasair."
There are activities for every kind of traveler throughout Grand Bahama, as well as new developments.
- Lucayan National Park - Lucayan National Park is the second most visited park in The Bahamas. The 40-acre park is home to one of the world's longest charted underwater cave systems, as well as beautiful pine forests, mangrove creeks, coral reefs and the world-famous Gold Rock Beach.
- Coral Vita - Coral Vita, a high-tech coral farm that aims to restore dying reefs, is now open to the public. Using cutting edge micro fragmenting technology, the farm grows coral 50 percent faster than normal growth rates and plants the newly grown coral back into degraded reefs in order to bring them back to life.
- Grand Lucayan Sale - A rebirth is on the horizon for Grand Bahama Island as an offer has been accepted for the purchase of Grand Lucayan, a beachfront resort located in the bustling city of Freeport. Electra America Hospitality Group (EAHG), a real estate investment firm, has entered into an agreement with Lucayan Renewal Holdings to buy the resort for $100 million, with nearly $300 million in renovations planned. The agreement is projected to be completed by summer 2022, with renovations and construction to follow.
- Goombay Summer Festival - At the festival, you can experience live Bahamian music, great local cuisine, authentically Bahamian Arts and Crafts, Junkanoo and lots more. This event is held every week on Thursdays from 6.00 pm to Midnight in July at Taino beach.
For those looking further ahead to winter escapes, nonstop flights from Orlando to GBI will return 17 November 2022 – 12 January 2023 and are available to book now. Those ready to pack their bags can book flights today on Bahamasair.com.
The Bahamas has over 700 islands and cays, as well as 16 unique island destinations. See why It's Better in The Bahamas at www.bahamas.com or on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram.
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MINNETONKA, Minn., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Table Trac, Inc. (OTCQX: TBTC) announces it has signed an agreement to install the CasinoTrac management system at both the Bighorn Casino and the Longhorn Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Longhorn Hotel and Casino is a vintage Vegas destination while the Bighorn Casino has been the locals' favorite for the past 30 years. Recently the Bighorn casino was the recipient of "Best of North Las Vegas" in the Review Journal readers' poll for "Best Casino and Restaurant
Chad Hoehne, President of Table Trac Inc, stated, "We are honored that both the Longhorn and Bighorn Casinos have selected the CasinoTrac management system for both the Bighorn and Longhorn casinos. We are confident that our suite of products will help these sites establish their new players club and grow their business."
"We've looked for quite some time for the right fit for our local market. We feel that Table Trac's list of products and the CasinoTrac management system are state of the art and are excited to be with this team," said owners, Randy Miller, Richard Gonzales and Rich Iannone, all former law enforcement and gaming regulators and have been partners for over 40 years and have developed gaming properties in Nevada, Louisiana and Missouri.
About Table Trac, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Table Trac, Inc. designs, develops and sells casino management systems. CasinoTrac is currently operating in casinos across 13 countries including the United States, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Australia. More information is available at http://www.tabletrac.com/.
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LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ever since Russian forces took the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in early March, residents sensed the occupiers had a special plan for their town. Now, amid a crescendo of warnings from Ukraine that Russia plans to stage a sham referendum to transform the territory into a pro-Moscow “people’s republic,” it appears locals guessed right.
After Russian forces withdrew from occupied areas around Kyiv in early April, they left behind scenes of horror and traumatized communities. But in Kherson — a large city with a major ship-building industry, located at the confluence of the Dnieper River and the Black Sea near Russian-annexed Crimea — the occupying forces have taken a different tack.
“The soldiers patrol and walk around silently. They don’t shoot people in the streets,” said Olga, a local teacher, in a telephone interview last month after the region was sealed off by Russian forces. She gave only her first name for fear of reprisals.
While the city has so far been spared the atrocities committed elsewhere, daily life is far from normal. All access has been cut off. Kherson suffers from a shortage of medicine, cash and many food products, and Ukrainian officials warn it could face a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
With no cash deliveries to Kherson’s banks, the circulation of Ukraine’s hryvnia currency is dwindling, and credit card payments often fail to go through. Access to Ukrainian TV has been blocked and replaced by Russian state channels. A strict curfew has been imposed.
Residents believe Russian troops have not yet besieged or terrorized the city — as they did in Bucha and Mariupol — because they are planning to hold a referendum to create a so-called “People’s Republic of Kherson” like the pro-Russian breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine. Ballots are already being printed for a vote to be held by early May, Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova warned this month.
In an address to the nation on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke directly to residents of occupied Kherson, accusing Russia of planning an orchestrated referendum and warning them to safeguard their personal data from attempts to falsify votes. “This is a reality. Be careful,” he said.
Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaiev said in a Zoom interview on Ukrainian TV that such a vote would be illegal since Kherson remains officially part of Ukraine.
Russia has been silent about any plan to hold a referendum in Kherson, with Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko saying this week he knew of no such proposal.
But there is reason for concern. In 2014, a disputed referendum in Crimea amid the Russian annexation was widely believed to be falsified, with results showing nearly 97% of voters supported joining Russia.
A series of Russian moves this week have added to the growing sense of panic in Kherson. The mayor reported on social media on Monday that Russian troops had occupied City Hall, where the Ukrainian flag no longer flew. On Tuesday, the Russians replaced the mayor with their own appointee.
Earlier, a prominent Russian commander, Maj. Gen. Rustam Minnekayev, announced plans to take “total control” of southern Ukraine and the Donbas, eastern Ukraine’s mostly Russian-speaking industrial heartland, with the aim of setting up a land corridor to Crimea. Ukrainian military intelligence reported that Russia intends to forcibly mobilize the local population, including doctors, in the southern occupied territories to support the Russian war effort.
Kherson is a strategically important city and the gateway to broader control of the south. From Kherson, Russia could launch a more powerful offensive against other southern cities, including Odesa and Krivy Rih.
Volodymyr Fesenko, a political analyst at the Penta Center think tank in Kyiv, says the Russian military’s softer behavior in Kherson is because units from Crimea and separatists from Donetsk and Luhansk, who are either ethnic Ukrainians or have close connections to the region, are deployed there.
The situation outside the city, however, in the surrounding Kherson region, tells a very different story — with daily reports of kidnappings, torture, killings or rape. Thousands of people have been deprived of electricity, water and gas.
“The situation in the Kherson region is much worse and much more tragic,” said Oleh Baturin, a local journalist. “It is easier for them to take control of the villages; they are defenseless.”
Russian soldiers have also kidnapped local activists, journalists and war veterans, according to Kolykhaiev, the Kherson mayor, who said more than 200 people have been abducted.
Among them was Baturin, who was seized near his home in Kakhovka, 60 miles (90 kilometers) east of Kherson. He was held in isolation for a week and interrogated every day; the soldiers asked for the names of organizers of anti-occupation protests, as well as local soldiers and veterans. From other cells, he could hear sounds of torture.
After his release he fled the occupied territory with his family.
Fesenko, the analyst, says the referendum plan indicates Russia’s intention to occupy the region long-term.
“In Crimea and Donbas, Russia had the support of the local population, but this is not the case in the south of Ukraine, where Ukrainians want to live in Ukraine,” Fesenko said.
During the first weeks of occupation, thousands gathered daily on Kherson’s main square, draped in Ukrainian flags and holding signs proclaiming, “This is Ukraine.” Videos on social media showed people screaming at Russia’s tanks and heavily armed soldiers. The protests are now held weekly. On Wednesday, Russian troops used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the protesters.
Mayor Kolykhaiev said that after the warnings about a Russian referendum and mobilization there has been a panicked rush to leave. “The queues of people who want to leave our city have grown to five kilometers,” he said, adding that around a third of the city’s 284,000 people have fled.
Following Zelenskyy’s address to the nation, Olga sent a WhatsApp message to the AP: “The situation in Kherson is tense. My family and I want to leave … but now the Russian soldiers don’t allow it at all. It’s becoming more and more dangerous here.”
Late Monday night, Kolykhaiev wrote on Facebook that armed Russian soldiers had entered the Kherson City Council building, took away the keys and replaced the guards with their own.
On Tuesday, he posted again, saying he had refused to cooperate with the new Russian-appointed administration.
“I am staying in Kherson with the people of Kherson,” he wrote. “I am with you.” | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/occupied-ukrainian-city-fears-sham-russian-referendum-plans-2/ | 2022-04-29T07:05:22Z |
Voters in Los Angeles will decide if the homeless can be housed in vacant hotel rooms
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNN) – Los Angeles is considering a new solution to its homelessness problem, and it has already become a contentious debate.
In L.A. County, more than 60,000 people are homeless while more than 20,000 hotel rooms lie empty on the average night.
Unite Here Local 11, led by Kurt Peterson, represents hotel workers in L.A. The union has gathered signatures, and now L.A. County residents will vote on a bill in 2024 that would force every hotel to report vacancies at 2 p.m. everyday. The hotels would then welcome homeless people into those rooms.
“We think this is one part of the solution,” Peterson said. “By no means do we think this solves the homelessness crisis. But do hotels have a role to play? Of course they do.”
Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association, disagrees.
“It’s just insane. It isn’t going to solve the problem,” he said.
Manoj Patel is the manager at an L.A. Motel 6. He voluntarily rents some rooms to homeless people who are vetted and paid for by a local church.
“Honestly, would you check into a hotel knowing that the chance of your neighbor to the left or right is a homeless individual?” he said.
Patel said that he is against a bill that would make this mandatory for hotels.
“We barely are surviving, number one. Number two, we have to think of the safety of our staff. And number three, we’re not professionally or any otherwise equipped with any of the supporting mechanisms that the homeless guest would require,” he said.
What services would be provided for the homeless remains unclear. Also unclear is how it would be funded.
Peterson said a pandemic-era program, which is now winding down, inspired the new bill by placing more than 10,000 people in hotels that volunteered.
“It’s up to the city. I mean, they did it during Project Room Key,” Peterson said.
Shawn Bigdeli was a recipient of the program.
“Well, first of all, it’s a blessing,” he said. “It’s a great room. The technology is not up to par, but, you know, what technologies do you have in the tent?”
This bill would also force developers to replace housing demolished to make way for new hotels, and hotel permits would be introduced.
Additionally, every hotel, from a Super 8 to the Biltmore, will have to accept homeless people as guests.
Bigdeli said he’s not so sure that would be a good idea.
“Maybe for some, but, you know, there’s a lot of people with untreated mental health, and some people do some damage to these poor buildings, man,” he said.
Manoj said his hotel sustained some damage from a homeless person.
“She marked all walls, the curtain she burnt, thank God there was no fire. Even marked the ceiling,” he said.
This is what some opponents of the bill to house the homeless in hotels are afraid of. They’re also afraid tourists could be put off from even coming to L.A.
“I wouldn’t want my kids around people that I’m not sure about,” Waldman said. “I wouldn’t want to be in an elevator with somebody who’s clearly having a mental break. The idea that you can intermingle homeless folks with paying normal guests just doesn’t work out.”
Peterson said the language the bill opponents are using may lead to backwards thinking about homeless people.
“There’s a certain class of people less than humans, animals, they’re almost described as, to be honest with you,” he said. “They don’t seem to understand who the unhoused are. We’re talking about seniors, students, working people. That’s who the voucher program would benefit the most.”
Some opponents say the union is pushing this bill as a negotiating tactic for leverage, but the union denies that.
They say they do want to make sure the hotels play their part in tackling a growing problem in Los Angeles.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Iscoe Law Firm, one of Florida's leading personal injury attorney teams, wants to raise awareness on unsafe products particularly when the defective product in question is a toy.
"Children are the most vulnerable among us, and when manufacturers put profits before the safety of children, it makes matters that much more difficult," said Gary T. Iscoe, Esq. Founding Partner of Iscoe Law. "If your child has been injured by an unsafe toy, don't wait to consult with an experienced Florida unsafe toy attorney."
While every unsafe toy claim is unique to the circumstances involved, some of the most common types of toy-related accidents include:
- Tricycles that crash
- Balloons that lead to airway obstruction, choking, aspiration, or asphyxiation
- Marbles, small rubber balls, and toy plastic foods that are inviting to chew on but that can lead to choking and asphyxia
- Toys with sharp edges that cause lacerations
If your child has been injured by an unsafe toy, there are several steps that you can take to help protect his or her health and your unsafe toy claim (brought on his or her behalf).
If your child has been injured by an unsafe toy, the most important step you can take is obtaining the medical attention that he or she needs as soon after the injury-causing accident as possible.
The next order of business is consulting with an experienced attorney as soon after the accident. These claims are complicated, and bringing your strongest claim is critical.
Since 1991, Gary T. Iscoe, a Trial Lawyer, has been dedicated to holding the powerful accountable for taking advantage of the powerless. From representing clients in severe injury cases, wrongful death cases, class actions, and other lawsuits including medical malpractice, and product liability. Gary and his team understand Florida's complex personal injury laws.
Iscoe Law fights hard for the injured and holds auto insurers like State Farm, Allstate, Progressive, GEICO, Liberty Mutual accountable for the pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, and other damages suffered by its clients.
Iscoe Law offers a free initial consultation at one's home, office, hotel, or hospital. For more information or schedule a free consultation, call 800-800-6500 or visit www.iscoelaw.com
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Analysis shows participants who stayed in the program at least 6 months reduced their diabetes drug costs by 18%
In 2 oral and 3 poster presentations, Quest researchers also provided insights into the association of HDL particles with cardiovascular risk in diabetes and benefits of digital health coaching with food delivery to improve diabetes management in food insecure adults
SECAUCUS, N.J. , June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it presented results of six studies at the 82nd American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, June 3-7, 2022 in New Orleans, LA. These studies by researchers from Quest Diagnostics (Booth #1005) include one late breaker and two oral presentations. They provide novel insights into the use of advanced diagnostic technologies, population health management strategies and digital health coaching to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and management of individuals with diabetes.
Employer Population Health Interventions
Individuals with type 2 diabetes who stayed in a virtual, employer-sponsored diabetes reversal program for at least six months lowered their monthly prescription spending by 18%, to $449 from $547 on average, compared to the 12 months prior to the program, according to late breaker presentation titled "Outcomes of an Employer-Sponsored Virtual Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Program in Working-Age Adults (59-LB)." In addition, the number of prescriptions decreased for 39.5% and increased for 2.5% of the 119 participants. Participants also experienced improvements in health risk scores, including fasting glucose, weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference. After one year, the majority of participants (67%) were still in the program.
"For many people, employers are a valuable point of access to health services for chronic diseases such as diabetes," said Jay G. Wohlgemuth, Chief Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics. "This study demonstrates that a population management strategy that combines screening with targeted intervention can meaningfully improve health risk markers for individuals with type 2 diabetes as well as lower medical costs for employers and their employees."
People with diagnosed diabetes incur average medical expenditures of $16,752 per year, of which about $9,601 is attributed to diabetes, specifically. Employers often incur these costs, too, through higher costs for health insurance and prescription medications.i Quest Diagnostics offers employee population health services designed to improve care and lower medical costs for its 50,000 employees as well as for other Fortune 500 companies. Prior diabetes research by Quest Diagnostics, including studies from the 2018 ADA Scientific Sessions and 2020 Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, show that diabetes prevention programs can reduce key markers of risk, including weight, insulin resistance scores and hemoglobin A1c in a workforce population.
Social Determinants of Health
In a study from researchers at Pack Health, food insecure individuals with type 2 diabetes lowered their hemoglobin A1c levels and scores for diabetes distress and food insecurity within 3 months of entering a health-plan sponsored program that combined digital health coaching with bi-weekly food delivery. The study is titled "Outcomes of a Digital Health Coaching Program Integrating Food Delivery for a Population of Adults with T2DM at Risk of Food Insecurity (170-OR)." Earlier this year, Quest acquired Pack Health, a patient engagement company specializing in comprehensively addressing chronic conditions and comorbidities influenced by lifestyle behaviors, access to care, and social determinants of health (SDOH). Pack Health provides the only fully digital diabetes self-management solution recommended by the ADA's diabetes support directory.
This study was selected as an American Diabetes Association Health Disparities Committee Top 10 Recommended Abstract for its focus on health care disparities and inequities in diabetes outcomes.
Advanced Diagnostic Innovation
Levels of four high density lipoprotein (HDL) particles (ApoA-I, ApoC-I, ApoM, and PON3) were lower in blood specimens of patients with type 2 diabetes compared to those without the disease in a study by researchers from Quest Diagnostics and its Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence at Cleveland HeartLab. These data provide compelling evidence that changes in HDL help explain why some patients with diabetes who adequately manage blood sugar and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol experience elevated risk of cardiovascular events. The study involving 213 patients employed several advanced technologies, including lipoprotein subfractions analysis by ion mobility, a novel proteomic test, and tandem mass spectrometry. These data were presented in an oral presentation titled "Presence of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) Affects HDL Particle Proteomic Composition Independently of Obesity or Fatty Liver (210-OR)."
"In the past, cholesterol testing may have missed people with diabetes who were at risk for cardiovascular events – even if they managed their blood sugar and LDL optimally" said co-author Michael McPhaul, MD, Senior Medical Director, Endocrine, Quest Diagnostics. "Our analysis suggests that the composition of HDL particles may identify cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes, providing a new avenue for evaluating patients with diabetes."
Full List of Quest Diagnostics Studies:
Abstracts can be accessed on the America Diabetes Association website.
A complete list of the Quest Diagnostics research presented at this year's Scientific Sessions:
Late Breaker Presentations:
- Outcomes of an Employer-Sponsored Virtual Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Program in Working-Age Adults (59-LB)
Oral Presentations:
- Outcomes of a Digital Health Coaching Program Integrating Food Delivery for a Population of Adults with T2DM at Risk of Food Insecurity (170-OR)
- Presence of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) Affects HDL Particle Proteomic Composition Independently of Obesity or Fatty Liver (210-OR)
Poster Presentations:
- Predictors of Lack of Improvement in Glycemic Control in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes (945-P)
- Factors Associated with Poor Glycemic Control in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes and Employer-Based Health Care Coverage (965-P)
- Interlaboratory Standardization of C-Peptide Assays Using Certified Reference Materials Corrected for Peptide Modifications (1134-P)
About Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, Quest's diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors, and improve health care management. Quest Diagnostics annually serves one in three adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our nearly 50,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. www.QuestDiagnostics.com
For further information: Shawn Bevec (Investors): 973-520-2900, Kim Gorode (Media): mediacontact@questdiagnostics.com
i https://www.diabetes.org/about-us/statistics/cost-diabetes
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Dr. Sharief's statement is made in light of the Miami Herald Report that revealed Ulvert's ties to the nation of Qatar.
MIRAMAR, Fla., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Broward County Mayor Dr. Barbara Sharief expressed her shock at the Miami Herald report's revelation that Christian Ulvert, a political strategist working for both Lauren Book's campaign and the Florida Senate Victory Fund is also employed by the country of Qatar — a nation with one of the worst human rights records in the world.
Sharief said, "Qatar has no respect for workers' rights. They have forbidden their one million migrant workers from organizing into labor unions. Ulvert's other clients, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and the Laborers International Union of North America, should be troubled by this, and should be re-thinking their association with him."
Dr. Sharief also pointed out that Jewish groups in Broward County should be horrified by Book's decision to hire Ulvert because Qatar does not recognize Israel as a nation and will not allow direct flights from Israel to land in Qatari airports.
She continued, "As someone who supposedly works on behalf of the Democratic Party and their interests, it is unconscionable that Christian Ulvert would take money from Qatar, whose policies stand in direct opposition to Democratic values. This is a nation that does not recognize LGBT rights, punishing those in the LGBT community with sentences of up to seven years in prison. They also have a horrible women's rights record, only allowing abortions with the approval of a panel of three doctors and have instituted draconian laws that only allow women to marry, travel, and attend school with a male guardian's approval. Throughout my time in office, I have fought hard for LGBT rights, and for women's rights, and have been endorsed by most of the leading LGBT organizations in South Florida."
Sharief concluded, "We must take a stand against bigotry. It is not ok to support women, or the LGBT community, in America while not having their backs overseas. That is why I am calling for Lauren Book to do the right thing today. I also ask that state senators Janet Cruz, Jason Pizzo, and the Florida Senate Victory Fund sever ties with Christian Ulvert. He has chosen money over our Democratic values. We as party leaders must stand up for what is right, or we are no better than Ron DeSantis and the Republican Party."
Dr. Barbara Sharief is a former Miramar City Commissioner and Broward County Commissioner, and was the first African American Women to serve as Broward County Mayor. She is currently running for election as Florida State Senator for District 35, which encompasses much of the area she formerly represented as commissioner.
For press inquiries, contact Amy@winontheground.com, or (954) 593-8826.
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CHANGZHOU, China, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany. On July 7, "Jiangsu-Germany Dialogue 2022", with the theme of "Innovation, Cooperation and Win-win" opened in the Sino-German (Changzhou) Innovation Park. It has a main venue in Changzhou, China and a branch venue in Frankfurt, Germany, in the form of a combination of online and offline, to further promote the docking and cooperation between Changzhou and Germany in science and technology, economy and trade, and industry. At the meeting, 10 Sino-German cooperation projects were signed, according to the Information Office of Changzhou Municipal People's Government.
In recent years, Changzhou has carried out exchanges and cooperation with Germany in an all-round way, and has made positive progress in many fields. A number of high-quality German-funded enterprises such as Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, Bosch, Volkswagen, and Lanxess continue to invest in Changzhou. As of December 2021, there are 234 German-invested enterprises in Changzhou, and the actual foreign capital received is 110.8 billion dollars. It has formed the Sino-German (Changzhou) Innovation Park, Wujin High-tech Zone and Xuejia Foreign Capital Town and other German-funded gathering areas. Changzhou University and other universities and German universities have joined hands to carry out joint master training and professional laboratory construction. From urban exchanges, economic and education cooperation, scientific and technological innovation, Sino-German cooperation radiates many fields.
Du Chunguo, Consul General of China in Dusseldorf shared the story of "Two-way travel" since Jiangsu Province and North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany became sister provinces and states in a video speech. "There is huge potential for cooperation in trade, AI and other fields." Michael Jacke, Mayor of Minden, said in a video speech that Changzhou and Minden are inextricably linked to maintain a close partnership.
At the opening ceremony, Changzhou Municipal People's Government signed a memorandum of cooperation with the German Chamber of Commerce in China, Sino-German (Changzhou) Innovation Park and Commerzbank. Representatives of ThyssenKrupp, SVOLT Energy, and Star Charge launched a thematic dialogue about "New opportunities for Sino-German enterprise innovation and cooperation in the post-epidemic era" and "Paths and exploration of Jiangsu-German Manufacturing Cooperation".
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BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NaaS Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: NAAS, "NaaS" or the "Company"), one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle charging service providers in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 before the U.S. market opens on Monday, August 22, 2022.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 7:00 AM U.S. Eastern time on August 22, 2022 (7:00 PM Beijing/Hong Kong time on August 22, 2022).
Participants who wish to join the conference call should register online at:
https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10024661-4mal42.html
Once registration is completed, participants will receive the dial-in information for the conference call.
Participants joining the conference call should dial-in at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.enaas.com.
A replay of the conference call will be accessible approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live call until August 29, 2022, by dialing the following telephone numbers:
United States: 1 855 883 1031
China: 400 1209 216
Replay Access Code: 10024661
About NaaS Technology Inc.
NaaS Technology Inc. is one of the largest and fastest growing EV charging service providers in China. The Company is a subsidiary of Newlinks Technology Limited, a leading energy digitalization group in China. NaaS provides one-stop services to charging pile manufacturers and operators, OEMs, companies with their own delivery fleets as well as fleet operators, with online, offline, and non-electric services covering the whole value chain across the EV sector. As of 2021, NaaS had connected 290,000 charging piles, with an annual charging capacity of over 1,200 Gigawatt hours, accounting for about 18% of China's public charging market and eliminating 900,000 tons of carbon emissions annually. On June 13, 2022, the ADSs of the Company started trading on NASDAQ under the stock code NAAS.
For more information, please visit http://ir.enaas.com
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BEIRUT (AP) — For journalist Amer Matar, a decade-long search for his younger brother has defined him and changed the course of his life, now dedicated to researching and documenting crimes committed by the Islamic State group in Syria.
His brother, Mohammed Nour Matar, vanished in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa in 2013 while reporting on an explosion that hit the headquarters of an insurgent group. His burnt camera was found at the scene of the blast, and his family soon after got word he was in an IS prison. But there has been no other sign of him since.
Mohammed Nour is among thousands of people believed to have been seized by the Islamic State, the extremist group that in 2014 overran large parts of Syria and Iraq, where it set up a so-called Islamic Caliphate and brutalized the population for years.
Three years after its territorial defeat, thousands are still missing and accountability for their captors remains elusive. Families of the missing feel abandoned by a world that has largely moved on, while they struggle alone to uncover the fate of their loved ones.
“These violations may constitute crimes against humanity, war crimes, and even genocide in some cases,” the Washington-based Syria Justice and Accountability Center said in a report published Thursday. “These families have the right to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones.”
The rights group says that between 2013 and 2017, when IS ruled much of northern and eastern Syria, the militant group detained thousands who remain missing and whose families continue to live in a state of grief and uncertainty.
In its report titled “Unearthing Hope: The Search for the Missing Victims of ISIS,” SJAC said that approximately 6,000 bodies have been exhumed from dozens of mass graves dug by IS in northeast Syria, and retrieved from buildings destroyed by airstrikes of the U.S.-led coalition during the military campaign that eventually brought down IS.
This may amount to approximately half of the total number of missing people in the northeast, according to the group, although estimates of the missing vary.
Mohammed Nour Matar had become a citizen journalist during Syria’s civil war, and he was often out with his camera documenting the conflict. He went missing on Aug. 13, 2013 while covering an explosion in Raqqa that went off outside the offices of the Ahfad al-Rasoul faction, one of several insurgent groups that were rivals of IS. He was 21 at the time and was working on a documentary about Raqqa and its residents’ opposition to IS.
Four months later, Raqqa became Syria’s first provincial capital to fall under the full control of IS. When the extremists declared a so-called caliphate in June 2014, the city became their de-facto capital. The group ruled Matar’s hometown of Raqqa with fear, setting up scores of detention centers in different parts of the city, brutalizing opponents and even placing heads of beheaded victims in the city’s Naim Square — Arabic for “Paradise.”
In the report, SJAC documented for the first time the vast web of detention facilities that were central to IS disappearances. Different wings of the IS security apparatus systematically used this network of 152 police stations, training camps, and secret security prisons to detain kidnapped civilians and members of rival armed groups, in some cases before issuing death sentences or summarily executing them.
It listed 33 detention facilities in the city of Raqqa alone.
SJAC says alleged perpetrators who may hold evidence necessary to identify remains are languishing in prisons of the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces “with no fair judicial procedures in sight.” It says other former IS members live in their home countries where they returned after the group was defeated.
“The permanent defeat of ISIS cannot be secured without justice for the victims of the organization’s crimes, including those who remain missing,” it said.
Amer Matar, who now lives in Berlin with his parents and siblings, said they were told at one point that Mohammed Nour was being held in a jail in the city. Some former prisoners who had seen him there provided personal details that only the family knew.
But as of 2014, the family lost any proof of life.
Amer Matar has traveled to Syria several times over the past years to try get information about his brother, even going to mass graves as bodies were being removed.
The International Commission on Missing Persons has started collecting DNA samples from families of the missing but they are moving slowly, and Matar said his family has not given samples yet.
Also a journalist, Matar began a few years ago collecting thousands of IS documents and 3D photographs of IS detention centers. He now works with activists from Syria, Iraq, Germany, France, Japan and the U.S. to set up a virtual museum about the extremists.
He said the aim is to have a platform where the families of the missing can find information about their loved ones, where they can walk virtually inside the jails, see names of detainees, read documents and witness sites of mass graves and information about those buried there, whether in Syria or in Iraq.
Asked if his family has hope, Matar said that “the most difficult question is about hope. Sometimes I lose hope because logic says there is no hope.”
Asked if in his research he found evidence about Mohammed Nour, Matar said, “My mother asks me this question every month or every few weeks. My answer regrettably is, ‘We found nothing.”’ | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/we-found-nothing-thousands-of-is-victims-still-missing/ | 2022-04-21T21:52:32Z |
NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: February 1, 2019 to April 5, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in AMZN:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form?id=27815&from=4
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Amazon.com, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Amazon engaged in anticompetitive conduct in its private-label business practices, including giving Amazon products preference over those of its competitors and using third-party sellers' non-public data to compete with them; (ii) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (iii) Amazon's revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and thus unsustainable; and (iv) as a result, the defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Amazon you have until July 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Amazon 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 AMZN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form?id=27815&from=4.
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FBI task force arrests six in Canton on drug charges
CANTON – The Canton FBI Safe Streets Task Force seized more than 100 pounds of marijuana, a kilogram of cocaine and cash on Wednesday in a series of arrests.
Authorities arrested six men who remain in custody in the Stark County Jail, according to jail records.
More:Investigators: $1 million worth of hallucinogenic drug seized at Canton home
According to arrest records, four males were arrested with the cocaine and $33,000 in cash.
Three were charged with conspiracy to commit possession of a controlled substance, and conspiracy to commit aggravated trafficking in cocaine, both first-degree felonies. The fourth, 37-year-old Vincente Guzman-Bernal of Dover, was held as a courtesy for another agency, but was not charged locally.
The males were identified as Modesto Gomez, 40, of Orrville; Alejandro Jesus Quezada, 33, of Louisville; and Adrian Nava-Marquez, 31, of Louisville. They each are in custody on $750,000 bond in Stark County awaiting court appearances next week.
More:Exposed: Federal indictment lifts lid on Canton violence, Shorb Blocc gang
A second group of males were arrested and charged with complicity to commit trafficking in marijuana, and complicity to commit possession of marijuana, both second-degree felonies. Court records reveal that the FBI Safe Streets Task Force located 100 pounds of marijuana packaged for sale.
Charged in the second case were Victor Manuel Flores-Suazo, 25, of Massillon, and Fidel Gutierrez, 23, of Canton, who each remain jailed in Stark County on a $750,000 bond.
Reach Cassandra at cnist@gannett.com. On Twitter: @Cassienist. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/07/02/canton-fbi-safe-streets-task-force-hauls-marijuana-cocaine-and-cash/7795720001/ | 2022-07-02T22:03:27Z |
Shift in Sarasota County School Board following Primary Election results
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A shift in the Sarasota County School Board will now take place following Tuesday’s primary. Going from a school board that was 3 to 2 leaning left, to a school board that will now be 4 to 1 leaning right. School board member Bridget Ziegler holding on to her seat.
“We’re ready for a change, for the school board and they showed up made their voices heard,” said Ziegler. “It’s very clear they want to focus on education and we’re going to give them that.”
Vice Chair Tom Edwards is the lone school board member left now who is on the more liberal side of issues.
“I remain committed to servicing and protecting our teachers and all of our students,” said Edwards. “It remains to be seen how the new board will unify the community and govern.”
Former Sarasota Schools police chief Tim Enos and longtime educator Robin Marinelli were on the ticket with Ziegler, and now will be the newest members of the school board.
“I am overwhelmed, my heart was full from the support of the community and parents,” said Marinelli. “It was just an overwhelming feeling of joy and I can’t wait to get to work.”
The current school board members and the newest ones say the divisiveness that has plagued the school board has to go away, and they have to work together for the students.
“I’m hoping that now we’ll have some more unification on the board and some of those issues won’t be so highlighted,” said Rex Ingerick, President of the Sarasota Classified Teachers Association. “And we can really work on the business of running a school system.”
The new school board members will be sworn in sometime in the middle of November.
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Brand continues to innovate effective, clean and aluminum-free deodorant
SAN DIEGO, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Hume Supernatural announces an addition to its collection of plant-based deodorants—Out West. Like Hume's four other supernatural deodorants, the new scent is toxin-free, cruelty-free, microbiome supporting and gender-neutral for all humans to enjoy.
Hume is deodorant, reimagined. The brand's award-winning, prebiotic and probiotic deodorants are fast becoming the go-to clean choice for those who want healthy yet effective underarm care. Ditching traditional deodorants' harsh chemicals, Hume is made from a powerful, clean blend of desert botanicals, probiotics and mineral-rich ingredients that maintains the balance of the skin's microbiome and keeps users smelling fresh all day long. Hume's broad appeal comes from this highly efficacious formula that is receiving strong endorsement from industry experts, celebrities, media and action sport athletes.
Hume's skilled experts developed underarm solutions free of irritants like baking soda and highly-debated ingredients like aluminum, phthalates, and parabens. Instead, Hume incorporates desert-sourced ingredients like prickly pear, aloe vera, diatomaceous earth (fossilized algae), and probiotics. Powerful prebiotics in Out West include chicory root and blue agave, microbiome-supporting ingredients that soothe and strengthen the skin while eliminating odor-causing bacteria.
The new scent conjures the great outdoors and a simpler time. Characterized by smoky tobacco leaves, elegant leather, and the warmth of cedarwood, Out West is the latest fragrance pillar for Hume.
"Like all Hume deodorants, Out West is highly effective, plant-based and totally clean," said Jeremy Horowitz, Co-Founder of Hume Supernatural. "Out West elicits the feeling of being present in the moment with good times and great friends who let you be you and feel comfortable in your own skin no matter what you do. We welcome this new scent to our growing lineup of supernatural, desert-born products."
Hume Supernatural has received investment and partnership from notables across music, sports and entertainment sectors. The partners include international DJ Paul Fisher; celebrity wellness coach Kelly Leveque; surfing stars Griffin and Crosby Colapinto; and professional skateboarder Nora Vasconcellos.
The brand's deodorants routinely sell out as the brand's loyal fanbase continues to grow. Its most popular scent, Desert Bloom, has sold out four times in the last 12 months.
Hume Supernatural is sold direct-to-consumer via Amazon and www.humesupernatural.com as well as in-store at select retail partners including Sprouts Farmers Market, Fresh Thyme Market, and The Vitamin Shoppe.
ABOUT HUME SUPERNATURAL
Hume was founded in 2018 with the mission to create a new category of supernatural personal care products, currently comprised of its hero deodorants: highly effective, clean products that trade the harsh chemicals of standard deodorants for plant power. After spending two years perfecting its formula, Hume launched its plant-based, non-toxic deodorant in February 2020. More than just a deodorant, Hume seeks to remind us of the power of nature through its high-performance ingredients such as prickly pear, aloe vera and Diatomaceous earth that together bolster skin strength and stop odor at its core. The brand's highly-effective, breakthrough deodorant formula is unlike existing natural deodorants; it works to absorb moisture, trap and bind odor, support the skin microbiome and protect and nourish the skin.
For more information, contact:
Jean Dardiz
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a universal copper T-joint, slip-elbow fitting to save time and money on plumbing projects," said an inventor, from Pittsburgh, Pa., "so I invented the SLIP T. My design can be utilized in many copper water line plumbing piping applications from bathroom toilets and showers to kitchen sinks or hose bibs."
The invention provides an effective way to connect copper piping at one junction point in three different directions at 90 degrees. In doing so, it reduces the need to remove large sections of piping and make several junction points. As a result, it increases convenience and efficiency. The invention features a functional design that is easy to install so it is ideal for plumbers, building contractors, etc. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Philadelphia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PDK-212, 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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Premier lawsuit funding company is prepared to meet needs of their clients facing eviction now that protective moratoriums have expired
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, The Presettlement Funding Company, announced today that they are expediting funding application approvals for New York City renters facing eviction. Moratoriums were put in place during Covid, but those protections expired on January 15. Since then, over 5000 eviction warrants have been issued via NY courts, of which 1500 have already been carried out. Numbers are expected to only increase in the coming months. The imposed displacement has led many a renter to file suit against their landlords.
Legal-Bay's settlement loan programs offer a way for plaintiffs involved in an existing lawsuit to obtain cash quickly, and well in advance of their case going to trial.
Chris Janish, CEO of Legal-Bay, commented, "Months after New York's moratoriums have expired, we're now witnessing the expected fallout. Sadly, the number of new applications for eviction lawsuits has been in line with our underwriters' predictions. Legal-Bay has been preparing for this eventuality, which is why we've renewed our commitment to fund our clients so that they can move on with their lives as quickly as possible."
If you're a plaintiff involved in an active eviction lawsuit and need an immediate cash advance against an impending lawsuit settlement, please visit Legal-Bay HERE or call toll-free at 877.571.0405.
Legal-Bay is a leader in settlement loan services and has some of the lowest rates and quickest approvals in the industry. Plaintiffs who need cash now can apply for loan settlement funding. Legal-Bay funds all types of loans for lawsuits including slips and falls, construction site accidents, car or truck accidents, MTA or subway train lawsuits, and all personal injury cases.
Legal-Bay's pre settlement funding programs are designed to provide immediate cash in advance of a plaintiff's anticipated monetary award. The non-recourse law suit loans—sometimes referred to as loans for lawsuit or loans on settlement—are risk-free, as the money doesn't need to be repaid should the recipient lose their case. Therefore, the lawsuit loans aren't really loans, but rather a cash advance.
To apply right now, please visit the company's website HERE or call toll-free at: 877.571.0405 where agents are standing by.
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Carrum's Value-Based Centers of Excellence Solution Now Easily Accessible to Accolade Clients for More Affordable, Appropriate Surgical Care
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrum Health, the first digital health company connecting employers and employees to Centers of Excellence (COEs) through a technology-powered platform focused on delivering value-based care, today announced a partnership with Accolade (Nasdaq: ACCD) to deliver a fully integrated healthcare experience with proven cost savings and improved care outcomes. Accolade clients can now easily activate Carrum's value-based COE program through their existing contract and quickly offer their employees access to personalized guidance and treatment from best-in-class providers that have been rigorously evaluated and selected using industry-leading quality algorithms.
"When faced with a major medical event like surgery, cancer, or childbirth, patients are often overwhelmed by the healthcare system, and worst of all the financial stress and uncertainty of medical bills. Carrum Health gives patients peace of mind by assuring the most appropriate and highest quality care for zero or minimal out of pocket costs," said Brent Nicholson, co-founder and chief partner officer for Carrum Health. "Our partnership with Accolade further substantiates that there is a better way to pay for and deliver healthcare, especially now as employers look to reduce healthcare costs while delivering improved outcomes and experiences for their employees."
Carrum Health is the only COE provider to offer a patient-facing app to guide members through their entire COE experience and also launched the industry's first bundled cancer care for employers, in partnership with the nation's leading cancer institutions like Memorial Sloan Kettering and City of Hope. The platform supports members in need of musculoskeletal, bariatric, oncology, cardiac and maternity care through a value-based bundled payment solution. Accolade clients can also access CarrumComplete™, the only single stop for surgical care, which matches employer populations with the highest quality surgeons from both the Carrum Health COE Network and options within the employer's health plan to eliminate the need for travel.
"We're excited to welcome Carrum Health to our Trusted Partner Ecosystem. Carrum has a proven track record of delivering strong clinical outcomes as well as cost savings to both members and employers," said Kristen Weeks, vice president of strategy and corporate development at Accolade. "This partnership reflects an ongoing commitment to our mission – by making another well vetted, high-quality solution easily available to our customers and facilitating easy access to the service through our Trusted Partner Ecosystem program, we're ultimately doing even more to help our members make the best decisions for their health and well-being."
Carrum Health is the only COE program with independent, peer-reviewed validation of cost savings. According to a study by the RAND Corporation published in Health Affairs, Carrum Health reduces unnecessary procedures by as much as 30% and saves employers up to 45% per episode of care.
For more information visit www.carrumhealth.com
About Accolade
Accolade (Nasdaq: ACCD) provides millions of people and their families with an exceptional healthcare experience that is personal, data driven, and value based to help every person live their healthiest life. Accolade solutions combine virtual primary care, mental health support and expert medical opinion services with intelligent technology and best-in-class care navigation. Accolade's Personalized Healthcare approach puts humanity back in healthcare by building relationships that connect people and their families to the right care at the right time to improve outcomes, lower costs and deliver consumer satisfaction. Accolade consistently receives consumer satisfaction ratings over 90%. For more information, visit accolade.com.
About Carrum Health
Carrum Health offers the first value-based complete surgical care platform that combines the benefits of a bundled payments Centers of Excellence (COE) with surgical guidance and coordination to deliver the highest quality, most appropriate care. By connecting self-insured employers with the top 10% of doctors and facilities across the nation, Carrum reduces unnecessary procedures by as much as 30% and aligns cost and care incentives to save employers up to 45% per episode of care, all validated by peer-reviewed publications. Carrum's award-winning technology gives members access to a mobile app and Care Specialist that guides them through the surgery process, and a seamless platform integration to make COE adoption plug-and-play for employers. Backed by Tiger Global, Carrum was named to the 2021 CB Insights Digital Health 150 and named one of the best places to work in 2022 by Built In. The company, founded in 2014, is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For more information, visit carrumhealth.com.
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Will help law enforcement strengthen response tactics for Hobbs Municipal School District (NM), Rancocas Valley Regional HS (NJ), South Side Area School District (PA)
PHILADELPHIA, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes, Inc., creators of the only A.I.-based platform focused on weapons detection that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced a roadshow to support active shooter training events at multiple U.S. schools. The company will conduct demonstrations and discussion sessions to educate schools and law enforcement on how to prepare for and respond to active shooter scenarios by leveraging A.I. gun detection software supported by real-time threat intelligence.
ZeroEyes is planning training events with several schools, and will begin its roadshow at the following locations:
- Hobbs Municipal School District (Hobbs, NM) - July 20
- South Side Area School District (Beaver County, PA) - July 28
- Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Mt. Holly, NJ) - August 17
The Gun Violence Archive has recorded more than 300 mass shootings in 2022, averaging 1.7 mass shootings a day. School districts remain a prime target, as evidenced by the recent shooting in Uvalde, TX. Active shooter training events are designed to improve active shooter prevention tactics and boost first responder and police response to future gun threats.
As part of the drills, law enforcement will test their response times for real-world active shooter scenarios both with and without the ZeroEyes platform. Additional school districts and businesses will be invited to attend lunch and learn sessions, hear law enforcement speak about ZeroEyes' technology, and see a demonstration of the platform.
"When we conducted an active shooter drill in 2019, it took law enforcement three minutes to reach the active shooter without ZeroEyes, and only 30 seconds with ZeroEyes," said Dr. Christopher Heilig, Superintendent, Rancocas Valley Regional High School. "ZeroEyes provides invaluable situational intelligence that helps first responders rapidly locate the person with the weapon and minimize casualties."
ZeroEyes' A.I. gun detection platform integrates with existing security cameras and utilizes hundreds of thousands of proprietary images to detect the brandishing of a gun and alert a potential gun threat. The gun detection is then sent to the ZeroEyes Operation Center (ZOC) for human verification, and a timestamp, keyframe image, and location are dispatched over desktop and mobile applications to faculty, staff and first responders within 3-5 seconds.
"I believe ZeroEyes to be a response multiplier that allows students and staff to remain safe and respond quicker when an individual decides to carry out an attack," said Gene Strickland, Superintendent, Hobbs Municipal Schools. "ZeroEyes performs as billed and is an essential component of our Safety and Security Ecosystem within Hobbs Municipal Schools."
"ZeroEyes is an integral and central part of our proactive approach to school security," said Alan R. Fritz, Jr., Superintendent, South Side Area School District. "In the event of an emergency, time is of the essence and the AI technology provided by the ZeroEyes system provides us with extra time to deploy our security measures."
"Our research has found that the average police response time for an active shooter event is approximately twelve minutes," said Mike Lahiff, CEO and co-founder of ZeroEyes. "When it comes to saving lives, response time is crucial and can have a significant impact on lives saved. By participating in active shooter training events across the U.S., we hope to demonstrate how threat intelligence provided by ZeroEyes can help schools and law enforcement respond to gun-related threats more swiftly and efficiently."
Learn more about ZeroEyes and its mission to mitigate gun violence by visiting ZeroEyes.com.
ZeroEyes delivers a proactive, human-verified A.I. gun detection software solution that integrates into existing security cameras and mitigates mass shootings and gun-related violence by reducing response times, providing actionable intelligence with images and delivering clarity among chaos – ultimately saving lives. ZeroEyes has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a promising anti-terrorism technology and is the first video analytics technology to receive SAFETY Act DT&E Designation.
Founded by Navy SEALs and Special Operations military veterans, ZeroEyes delivers accurate and real-time actionable intelligence about the brandishing of a gun near or in an occupied area or building, to local staff and law enforcement with an image of the shooter(s) and location of the threat, within 3 to 5 seconds from the moment the gun is detected. The ZeroEyes team also provides tech consulting, installation assistance and practice drills for active shooter events to enhance safety at schools, corporate and government facilities. Headquartered in the Greater Philadelphia area, the company's affordable and effective gun detection solution has been adopted by the US Department of Defense, leading public K-12 school districts, colleges/universities, commercial property groups, manufacturing plants, Fortune 500 corporate campuses, shopping malls, big-box retail stores and more. Learn more about ZeroEyes at ZeroEyes.com.
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: OM), if they purchased the Company's shares between September 15, 2020 and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until September 6, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nasdaqgs-om/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
Kuznicki Law PLLC is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NANJING, China, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vazyme, China's leading biotechnology company, has recently released its 2021 annual report, revealing that the company has maintained a steady and solid growth throughout the past year. The report shows that it has achieved $289 million in operating income with an increase of 19.44% year-on-year. The company's R&D investment reached $36 million, up 83.47%, representing 12.33% of its total operating income.
"The year 2022 is still full of opportunities and challenges. We will continue to strengthen care technology based on the protein technology platform. Vazyme has been dedicated to our mission 'Science and Technology Make a Healthier Life' to focus on technology innovation and continuously expand the application fields of care technologies in life science, biomedicine, in vitro diagnostics, animal health and synthetic biology in human health. We have been holding ourselves to pursue the highest standards in quality of products and services for our customers and partners. Our global business network and operations make sure we could be close to the local markets, and more importantly, to do as much it can to meet the unmet customers' needs", said Cao Lin, chairman and founder of Vazyme.
This year also marks the Vazyme's 10th anniversary. Moving forward, the company plans to ramp up efforts in R&D and innovation, continuously upgrade and transform its core technologies, and expand business in new sectors. As one of the few R&D-focused biotech company in China, Vazyme holds a longstanding commitment in technology innovation. Over 2000 papers have been published by Vazyme in top academic journals worldwide, including more than 260 in CNS(stands for Cell, Nature, Science). By 2022, it has some 3000 employees and 27% of that are in the R&D team.
"Looking ahead, we will make further inroads in our key businesses and expand into new domains. I believe the market demand for COVID-19 and other related detection materials and products will continue to be strong. During the pandemic, China has remained one of the largest supplier for COVID-19 detection products." said Cao. In addition to pandemic-induced detection businesses, other regular detection products will be further developed, according to Cao. "When the prevention and control of the pandemic become regular, there will be new demands for detection products. In the future we will focus on the development of that," added Cao.
Vazyme can not only provide COVID-19 and other related detection materials and products, but only offer various products and solutions in life-science industry for universities, laboratories, and related R&D centers, such as scientific research reagents, NGS Library Prep Kits and molecular diagnostics solutions. Currently, Vazyme has over 200 kinds of genetic engineering recombinases, more than 1,000 kinds of high-performance antigens, monoclonal antibodies, and other key raw materials, in addition to over 600 finished products.
As Vazyme's 10th anniversary slogan "Together for a Better Future", Vazyme aims to get close to its partners for a better future. In the future, Vazyme will provide better products and solutions, contribute to improve R&D efficiency for its partners, realize more scientific breakthroughs and dedicating to the mission "Science and Technology Make a Healthier Life".
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The #1 Drug-Free Sleep Aid Brand in America^ Adds Three New Melatonin Blends to Support Revitalizing Sleep with Added Muscle Recovery, Immune Health, and Calming Benefits
CHATSWORTH, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natrol, the #1 drug-free sleep aid brand in America,^ announced the launch of Natrol Sleep+ Capsules - a new line of melatonin supplements, uniquely formulated with clean ingredients to support your sleep and provide added muscle recovery, immune health, and calming benefits. The innovative new line is an expansion of Natrol's award-winning Sleep+ suite of products which bring together the benefits of melatonin with secondary ingredients to plus up your sleep.†
Sleep is the foundation of health and when the body is able to rest and restore itself. Natrol crafted the new Sleep+ Capsules line with whole-body wellness in mind to support both a person's sleep and other wellness needs while they rest. Formulated with high-quality, clean ingredients, Sleep+ Capsules include three adult products. Natrol will debut a new wellness benefit to the brand's Sleep+ portfolio with the launch of Sleep+ Recovery within the line.
"We continue to see huge growth momentum in the sleep category as consumers continue to prioritize their health and wellness, and Natrol's innovation portfolio of simple sleep solutions that address multiple wellness benefits allows us to push the boundaries to better meet the needs of our consumers," said Hanan Wajih, Chief Marketing Officer of Vytalogy Wellness. "Following the success of Natrol Sleep+, the decision to expand the premium sleep line into capsules was developed out of the growing consumer preference and market for sleep aid solutions in the capsule format. The powerful formulations of these products are crafted with the optimal level of Melatonin that our consumers can trust and complemented with sleep supporting ingredients that offer additional essential health benefits for the whole body."
Natrol Sleep+ Capsules are 100% drug-free and non-habit forming, non-GMO, and vegetarian. The innovative blends include:
- Natrol Sleep+ Recovery Capsules: Crafted to support a restful night's sleep, healthy inflammatory response and recovery from daily activity including mild to moderate exercise.†
- Natrol Sleep+ Immune Health Capsules: Developed to support a healthy immune system and provide a restful night's sleep.†
- Natrol Sleep+ Calm Capsules: Designed to help relax the mind and reduce occasional stress, this tranquil blend helps ease you to sleep.†
Natrol Sleep+ Capsules products can be found online at Natrol.com and at retailers including Walgreens and Target.com.
To learn more about Natrol Sleep+ Capsules and Natrol's other superior melatonin forms, including Natrol Sleep+ Gummies, Fast Dissolve, Time Release and Liquid, visit www.Natrol.com. Follow Natrol on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for ongoing news and informative content.
About Natrol LLC
Born from a passion to improve human wellness worldwide, Natrol is a leading manufacturer of high quality, innovative products that deliver positive health outcomes to help enhance the quality of everyday life. Founded in 1980, Natrol has evolved over the past four decades into one of the most recognized brands in the Vitamin, Mineral and Supplement category. In the U.S., Natrol is a Sleep Solution authority and is the #1 brand of Melatonin^. The brand also develops high quality supplements for five vital health areas – Sleep, Immunity, Brain Health, Mood & Stress, and Beauty. Natrol distributes domestically as well as internationally in over 40 countries. Visit Natrol.com for more information.
About Vytalogy Wellness
Every day, Vytalogy and its family of brands, Natrol and Jarrow Formulas, bring a vibrant energy to life. Vytalogy Wellness' mission is to be a modern wellness company that fuses science and quality ingredients to create highly-efficacious products that make a transformative impact on consumers' lives. Based in California with more than 600 employees and U.S.-based manufacturing, Vytalogy markets products across multiple channels and many supplement categories. Vytalogy is a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, LLC. Visit vytalogy.com for more information.
^Nielsen, xAOC, 52 weeks ending 04/23/22
*Melatonin is a solution for occasional sleeplessness. †
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William Shatner’s wallet found at fruit stand in California
GILROY, Calif. (KGO) - Workers at a fruit stand in California found an item lost by an acting legend.
William Shatner’s wallet was found inside a corn bin.
The owner of the fruit stand says the workers were too young to recognize Shatner, but when they found the wallet last week, he reached out to a friend to help return it.
“I thought about putting a sign up, ‘William Shatner was here,’” said Gary Tognetti, the fruit stand owner.
Tognetti said he told his friend, a police officer, “‘Hey, we found this wallet,’ and he wasn’t quite sure if I was telling a little joke.”
“Then I went to it and immediately phone, called Gary to try to figure out why Gary of all people has Mr. Shatner’s wallet in his possession,” said Gilroy Police Officer Mark Tarasco.
Officers said the wallet was mailed back to Shatner overnight.
The actor thanked the workers at the fruit stand and the officers involved in a post on Twitter.
What did the actor who portrayed “Captain Kirk” buy during his visit to the fruit stand?
They say Shatner bought four baskets of chilled cherries and $2 of corn.
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IRVINE, Calif., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Biden recognized May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in a letter from the White House that acknowledged the millions of Americans who ride, and that "A motorcycle offers freedom, recreation, and the opportunity to explore our great Nation coast-to-coast."
"My Administration remains committed to ensuring the safety of everyone who rides a motorcycle and all who travel across our Nation," Biden wrote in the letter dated May 1, underscoring the importance of personal protective gear for motorcyclists, obeying traffic laws, riding alcohol- and drug-free, and for motorists to drive safely, be aware of motorcyclists, and to share the road. "All of us who travel America's roads have an important role in securing a safe motorcycle-riding environment."
"We thank President Biden, Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and the Department of Transportation for helping to raise awareness of motorcyclists and motorcycle safety," said Erik Pritchard, president and CEO of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. "On behalf of motorcyclists across the country, we are grateful for the funding contained in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernize the highways, roads, and bridges."
More riders are anticipated to be on the roads this year. Sales of motorcycles and scooters rose 14.2% in 2021, the second consecutive year of growth, according to the Motorcycle Industry Council Retail Sales Reporting System, which gathers new motorcycle and scooter retail sales data from 14 leading manufacturers and distributors in the U.S.
"The Motorcycle Safety Foundation has worked closely with the Department of Transportation and the Biden administration to bring issues facing motorcyclists to the forefront," said Scott Schloegel, senior vice president of government relations for MSF. "This administration has placed a priority on reducing highway deaths and on educating the motoring public, and we appreciate that this presidential recognition is one of many ways they are working to accomplish that goal."
More tips for riders and drivers are available at the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's websites: msf-usa.org and forcardrivers.com. Users can also test their perception and knowledge with timed challenges and quizzes. (https://www.msf-usa.org/RiderPerception.aspx)
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation, the country's leading safety resource and advocate for motorcyclists, creates education and training systems for riders of every experience level. For those looking to get into riding, formal motorcycle training, such as the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's Basic RiderCourse, is among the best ways to learn. The MSF also offers refresher courses and advanced skills courses for experienced riders.
ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation promotes safety through rider training and education, operator licensing tests, and public information programs. MSF works with the federal government, state agencies, the military, and others to offer training for all skill levels so riders can enjoy a lifetime of safe, responsible motorcycling. Standards established by MSF have been recognized worldwide since 1973. The MSF is a not-for-profit organization endorsed by American Honda Motor Co., Inc.; BMW Motorrad USA; BRP, Inc.; Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.; Indian Motorcycle; Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.; KTM North America, Inc.; Suzuki Motor USA, LLC; Triumph Motorcycles America; and Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. For safety information or to enroll in an MSF Basic RiderCourse near you, or to learn more about the many other MSF course offerings, visit MSF-USA.org or call (800) 446-9227.
Follow @msf__usa to keep up with the MSF on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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BASIS Charter Schools now has 12 Texas campuses, and in addition to this new #1 District rating, BASIS San Antonio – Shavano was recently ranked as the #1 charter school in Texas by U.S. News & World Report.
AUSTIN, BENBROOK, and SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BASIS Texas Charter Schools is the #1 school district in Texas, according to the Texas Education Agency's 2022 academic accountability ratings.
BASIS Texas Charter Schools' overall score of 99 places the district in a tie for first place with three other school districts statewide. BASIS Texas Charter Schools has been near the top of the TEA's academic accountability ratings in previous years, but 2022 is the first year it has earned the #1 spot.
"The start of the school year is a fitting time to receive this well-deserved news," said Peter Bezanson, CEO of BASIS.ed Texas. "We have five new campuses, and this #1 district rating is a beacon for our new students and families there! Indeed, it's a call to families near all twelve of our Texas schools to check out the state's top district. Some of our campuses still have a few seats available!"
Interested students and families can still apply for the current school year at enrollbasistx.com.
"This is an incredible achievement for our students and schools, as well as our teachers," said Andrew Freeman, the Executive Director of BASIS Texas Charter Schools. "We are growing quickly here in Texas, including two new campuses Austin-area campuses in Cedar Park in fall, 2023. This #1 District rating shows exactly who we strive to be – and who we already are!"
There were seven BASIS campuses operating in Texas in the 2021-22 school year, on which the TEA's accountability ratings are based. This year, there are 12 BASIS Charter Schools in Texas, including seven in the San Antonio area, four in the Austin area, and one in the Ft. Worth area. The same K-12 curriculum is taught at all 37 BASIS Charter Schools in the United States. This is the 25th school year in the network's history, and its tenth school year in Texas.
Each year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) provides academic accountability ratings to its public school districts statewide. To create the ratings, the TEA writes on its website that it considers student "performance on state-level standardized tests, graduation rates, and college, career, and military readiness outcomes." The TEA assesses "student achievement, school progress, and whether districts and campuses are closing achievement gaps among various student groups" to create a rating for each campus and district.
To see the TEA accountability ratings and data, please visit txschools.gov or click here.
About BASIS Charter Schools
The BASIS Charter Schools network is among the best in the United States, whether assessed by national rankings across myriad publications, OECD/PISA scores, AP Exam scores, college admissions, merit aid earned, or any other measure. Our passionate and knowledgeable Subject Expert Teachers serve students in kindergarten through grade 12 using the STEM-inspired, liberal arts-focused BASIS Charter School Curriculum. Our acclaimed program—founded in 1998 and cultivating excellence every school year since—educates students at the highest international levels, preparing them to be participants, not spectators, in the 21st century global workforce. Starting in fall 2022, the BASIS Charter Schools network will celebrate its 25th academic year of serving students, and will do so at 37 public charter school campuses serving more than 22,000 students in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
For more information, please visit basisedtx.com, enrollBASIStx.com, basised.com, or basisschools.org.
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LOS ANGELES and RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BeBop Technology, creator of the BeBop OS, a powerful, reliable, and fast platform for remote virtual live production and post-production workflows, announced today a deployment with Grupo Globo, the largest mass media conglomerate in Latin America, to Google Cloud.
"Globo's transformation from traditional media conglomerate to a unified 'mediatech' company focused on its consumers is underway," said Marcelo Fontana, Technology Manager at Globo.
Globo provides local news, sports and entertainment to more than 50 million people daily from all across Brazil, from its main offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasília, Recife and Belo Horizonte. Together with other partners associated with the deployment, Globo will migrate approximately 60% of its visual effects workload to the BeBop OS virtual environment on Google Cloud.
"We're proud to partner with BeBop and support Globo as it digitally transforms its business and migrates significant portions of its editorial, visual effects, and post-production workflows to the cloud," said Kip Schauer, Global Head of Media and Entertainment Partnerships, Google Cloud.
The BeBop OS provides seamless access to secure GPU desktops and convenient collaboration features, including high-speed file transfer, real-time and on demand review and approval, secure shareable links to send or receive content or streams, powerful enterprise features like Single Sign On (SSO), and the ability to access shared high-performance storage or BeBop Flex storage, powered by LucidLink. All of these features available in a single platform and for a single price differentiates the BeBop OS within the marketplace.
"We're thrilled to be able to provide Globo with precisely the innovative, cohesive, and scalable solution they need to not only deliver on their business goals, but exceed them across nearly every metric," said David Benson, BeBop Technology President and Chief Product Officer. "The BeBop OS as the operating system on top of Google Cloud infrastructure delivers very specific and very significant value to the Media & Entertainment market."
The deployment of the BeBop OS on Google Cloud will enable hundreds of Globo editors and designers to be able to do their creative work virtually and remotely every day, no matter when or where they are. What's more, they'll be able to use the same software tools they use on premises, including Adobe Creative Cloud apps, Foundry's Nuke, Autodesk's Maya and 3ds Max, Maxon's Cinema 4D, and SideFX's Houdini.
The rollout is already underway with "É de Casa," a popular Saturday morning variety show that mixes entertainment, news, and culinary tips and airs on Globo TV Network. Over the course of the implementation, more than 40 Globo media channels, including free-to-air and pay TV, VOD, SVOD, PPV, OTT and streaming, will be completing their post-production virtually and remotely on the BeBop OS.
Los Angeles-based BeBop Technology has sat at the intersection of art and technology since its founding in 2015. It is the creator of the world's most powerful, agile, and reliable platform for remote virtual post-production, the BeBop OS. For more information visit www.beboptechnology.com or connect on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Latin America's largest media company, Globo, brings together free-to-air and pay TV channels, in addition to digital products and services. Its linear channels speak to more than 100 million people in Brazil every day. And, thanks to its wide network of partner affiliates that covers the entire country, it is able to be local, regional and national at the same time. In 2018 it started its digital transformation journey, becoming a mediatech company, strongly supported by technology and focused on direct relationships with consumers. It provides audiences a complete viewing experience, which combines the ability to produce high quality content with technological expertise, with distribution on various platforms, such as TV Globo, a free-to-air TV channel; its 26 pay TV channels; its SVOD and streaming platform Globoplay; and digital products: news G1; sports GE.globo; and entertainment Gshow, among others.
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Govee Features Cool Smart Lights with its RGBIC, Envisual, and DreamView Technologies
HONG KONG, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With an influx of summer movies and TV shows coming out, it is time to take the home entertainment system to the next level and enjoy an immersive viewing experience. During Prime Day 2022 on July 12 and July 13, Govee, with its leading RGBIC technology, is featuring some cool entertainment lights.
Govee TV Backlights supercharge any home entertainment system with its Envisual technology if users are tired of common TV backlights. The intelligent camera captures the color onscreen and automatically applies it to the backlights, making the colors pop out of the screen. The TV backlight has been upgraded with the white balance function to deliver more accurate colors. Instead of purchasing the sync box and backlights separately, users can grab this all-in-one solution to explore beyond the universe and discover vibrant fantasy worlds through VOD and every streaming platform.
To further extend the visuals a little way from the back of the TV, Govee Glide Hexa Light Panels are recommended for more inspiration. While some lights can only display one color on a panel at a time, Govee Glide Hexa brings the vision to life by selecting multiple colors on every panel simultaneously. Dance to the beat and deliver a more ultra-smooth flowing or gradient lighting experience.
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(NewsNation) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin offered lukewarm support for President Joe Biden’s running for re-election in a new interview released Thursday just one day after striking a new deal on climate, healthcare and taxes.
In an exclusive interview on The Chris Cuomo Project, a podcast by incoming NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo, the West Virginia senator hedged around who he would support in the impending 2024 presidential election.
“I don’t know who is going to be running. If Joe Biden runs again and he is the Democratic nominee, depending on who the Republican nominee is, we will just have to wait and see,” Manchin told Cuomo. “I am not predicting anything or how I would support or not support, or get involved or not. But I can tell you this, whoever the elected president is – Democrat, Republican, independent – every one of us should pray they succeed. I am going to do everything I can to make that person successful.”
Cuomo pressed Manchin: “I don’t think I have ever heard a sitting senator that is a member of a party not automatically say: ‘Oh yeah, the sitting president is in my party, I’m for them.”
Manchin responded: “Well, I don’t know what to tell you on that. I’m always for the right person when they’re running.”
Manchin said he believes people in West Virginia will not support a national democratic figure right now.
“I believe that basically, the people will make a decision state by state,” Manchin said.
Cuomo then followed up: “I asked you: What do you say to them.”
Manchin responded: “What would I say to them is to pick the person. I know Joe Biden to be a good person.”
Although he is a Democrat, Manchin has faced scrutiny from those on the left as he’s used his pivotal vote in the 50-50 Senate to force Biden and Democrats to abandon more ambitious versions of legislation addressing a number of issues. Last week, he pulled out of negotiations over climate legislation, blaming persistent high inflation for his hesitancy to go along with another spending package. He’s been a prominent critic of the Build Back Better agenda that’s been touted by the White House as well, while repeatedly saying he remains opens to talks to craft a smaller bill.
Manchin told Cuomo that he urged the Biden Administration to cut down their plans for Build Back Better, which include provisions for everything from reducing carbon emissions, to education, to federal health care subsidies. On the podcast, Manchin said he “knew games were being played.”
However, Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday they were able to reach an agreement on health care, energy and climate issues, taxes on high earners and corporations, and federal debt reduction. A deal like this has been eluding the two for months now, especially as just hours earlier, the two senators had reportedly been at loggerheads, with Manchin insisting the package be far narrower.
Manchin noted the lack of an energy policy “is very detrimental to our country.” While Manchin said everyone shares blame for inflation right now, he specifically called out the issues with the Fed and the Biden administration’s inability to see inflation coming.
The White House maintains that Biden and Manchin are longtime friends who deal with each other in good faith, as Politico reported, though the publication noted that White House aides and Democrats were “furious” over what they have seen as acts of sabotage by the senator.
Cuomo asked Manchin multiple times if he has plans for a presidential run himself, but the senator did not say whether he would. Manchin did reiterate where he puts his support is still up for grabs.
“Who I help get there or how I get involved will be a different story,” Manchin said, adding that his goal is to “continue to fight like the dickens for a more perfect union.”
The latest NewsNation poll found Biden’s approval rating remains low, reporting that 57% of voters surveyed disapprove of how he’s handled the job so far. More than 60% of all voters said he shouldn’t run, including 30% of Democrats polled.
However, voters don’t necessarily want former President Donald Trump, who ran against Biden in 2020, to put his hat back in the ring either — around 57% of all voters asked said he should sit out 2024. | https://cw33.com/news/manchin-declines-to-endorse-biden-in-2024-presidential-race/ | 2022-07-28T17:31:38Z |
ATLANTA, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia families with child-care-aged children (born on or after January 1, 2009) have the opportunity to win money for college through the Path2College 529 Plan's and the Department of Early Care and Learning's (DECAL) We Care Child Care Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes will award four children a $1,529 college savings contribution.
"We've awarded more than $83,000 to children and childcare facilities and/or schools through our DECAL partnership sweepstakes. Over the past eight years, we have helped many children with their educational savings and assisted their childcare facilities as well," said Georgia Student Finance Commission President Lynne Riley. "Just as importantly, we have connected with thousands of Georgia families and shared resources and information to help them plan for their children's and grandchildren's future."
One winner will be randomly selected from each of four regions in Georgia – Metro Atlanta, Southeast, North and South Georgia. The child must attend a DECAL-licensed program. Each winner's child care program will also be awarded $1,529.
Parents and grandparents can enter at www.path2college529.com/wecare. The deadline to enter is July 31, 2022.
"Again this year, DECAL is honored to support the Georgia Student Finance Commission's We Care, Child Care Sweepstakes to highlight Georgia's Path2College 529 Plan," said DECAL Commissioner Amy M. Jacobs. "The Path2College 529 Plan enables families to save money for their child's post-secondary education. This annual sweepstakes awards funds to four lucky family families to begin or add to their 529 Plan and rewards the families' child care provider. I hope child care providers will spread the word about the sweepstakes, and I hope families will enter to win funds to support their child's future."
The sweepstakes is open to Georgia residents who are at least 21 years of age and are the parent, legal guardian or grandparent of a child born on or after January 1, 2009 who is enrolled in a DECAL-licensed child care program.
For more information about the Path2College 529 Plan or to open a college savings account, please visit www.Path2College529.com or call (877) 424-4377.
To learn more about the Path2College 529 Plan, its investment objectives, tax benefits, risks, and costs please see the Plan Description at path2college529.com. Read it carefully. Investments in the Plan are neither insured nor guaranteed and there is the risk of investment loss. Consult your legal or tax professional for tax advice.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):
12:10 a.m.
The children of past champions Tracy Austin and Hana Mandlikova are making their own U.S. Open memories.
Brandon Holt, Austin’s son, knocked off No. 10-seeded Taylor Fritz in four sets after advancing through the qualifying tournament into his first Grand Slam main draw.
Holt says he couldn’t remember what advice Austin, the 1979 and 1981 U.S. Open women’s champion, gave him before the match, but that it was probably to have fun and enjoy it.
Austin also owned a victory over Kathy May, Fritz’s mother, from a tournament in Philadelphia in 1978.
Mandlikova’s daughter, Elizabeth Mandlik, received a wild card into the tournament and edged Tamara Zidansek 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Mandlikova won the 1985 U.S. Open for one of her four Grand Slam singles titles.
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11:30 p.m.
Danka Kovinic heard the roars of the crowd early in her match against Serena Williams and one thing quickly came to mind.
Kovinic said to herself: “OK, if they’re going to be this loud the whole match, it’s going to be tough.”
Williams beat her 6-3, 6-3, but Kovinic felt she played better than the score. She thought she handled Williams’ power well, but acknowledged some difficulty with the noise.
The 27-year-old from Montenegro said she sometimes had trouble gauging how far Williams’ shots would go because she couldn’t hear the sound off the racket.
But she loved the opportunity to play the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, calling it “an experience that I only could think of and dream of maybe in my entire career.”
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10:50 p.m.
Serena Williams is not ready to declare that the U.S. Open will be her last hurrah.
Asked after her first-round victory Monday night whether this will definitively be her final tournament, Williams replied with a knowing smile: “Yeah, I’ve been pretty vague about it, right?”
And then she added: “I’m going to stay vague, because you never know.”
When she announced three weeks ago she was ready to move on from being a tennis player, Williams indicated the U.S. Open could be it for her, but she never explicitly said it would be.
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9:55 p.m.
Serena Williams promises that whatever she does after tennis, she will still be intense like she was as a player.
Williams says her next chapter will be “like Serena 2.0.”
Williams still didn’t definitively say she was retiring during a ceremony after her first-round victory over Danka Kovinic. But the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion made it clear she is ready for different things, saying “there’s other chapters in life.”
The ceremony, which included her husband and daughter coming onto the court as well as Billie Jean King, included a tribute narrated by Oprah Winfrey titled “Dear Serena.” It ended by saying: “Just know whatever you do next, we’ll be watching. With love, all of us.”
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9:15 p.m.
Serena Williams will get at least one more singles match in what could be the final tournament of her career.
Williams pulled away to beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 for her record 107th victory at the U.S. Open.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion advances to face No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia on Wednesday.
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8:30 p.m.
Serena Williams is halfway to starting her U.S. Open with a victory after taking the first set 6-3 against Danka Kovinic.
Williams won the first two games, dropped the next three, and then regained her grip before closing it out in 55 minutes.
Williams has said she is preparing to end her tennis career, but a victory would send her into a second-round match against No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia.
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7:35 p.m.
Serena Williams is back on the court she has dominated like none other — perhaps for the last time.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has started her first-round match against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro. Williams has said she is preparing to end her tennis career, which could come after this tournament she has won six times.
With Spike Lee on the court for the coin toss and Queen Latifah narrating a tribute video, there was far more hype than the usual first-day match. Williams emerged from the locker room wearing a glittery jacket and long skirt after being introduced as the greatest of all time.
Williams then held serve to open the match, hitting consecutive aces after she faced two break points.
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6:50 p.m.
Serena Williams has wrapped up her final practice before the U.S. Open after a half-hour.
As she walked along the courts, back toward Arthur Ashe Stadium, fans shouted her name, “Serenaaaaa!” She lifted her arm to wave her racket in acknowledgement.
She then took a drink from a water bottle and kept walking, lips pursed, toward the stadium for what could be the last singles match of her prolific career.
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6:30 p.m.
Serena Williams has started a warmup session on a practice court just outside Arthur Ashe Stadium before her first-round match at the U.S. Open.
Williams was greeted by screams from fans who filled the stands at the practice area as she took the short walk from Ashe about 45 minutes before she is due to face Danka Kovinic.
Before grabbing her racket, Williams walked over to greet her good friend, former tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and Wozniacki’s husband, former NBA player David Lee, with hugs.
Williams began trading shots from the baseline with her hitting partner as coach Eric Hechtman and advisor Rennae Stubbs looked on.
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4:10 p.m.
Ukrainian Daria Snigur’s first career win on the WTA Tour was a big one.
The 20-year-old stunned No. 7 seed Simona Halep 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Open, then struggled through tears to explain what the victory meant to her family and her country during its war with Russia.
Snigur wore a pin in the colors of Ukraine’s flag on her chest and put her hands around it after the final point.
Snigur took part last week in the “Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition” in Louis Armstrong Stadium to raise money to aid Ukraine, and she said that might have helped her nerves when she returned to the same court Monday.
Halep had won 19 of her last 22 matches and recently returned to the top 10, but the two-time Grand Slam champion has struggled at the U.S. Open throughout her career.
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3:15 p.m.
Wu Yibing has become the first Chinese man to win a U.S. Open match in the professional era.
Wu upset No. 31 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-4, 6-0. He had played his way into the field through the qualifying tournament, joining countryman and fellow qualifier Zhang Zhizhen as the first Chinese men in the U.S. Open main draw since the open era began in 1968.
Wu won the 2017 U.S. Open boys singles and doubles titles.
Zhang lost to Tim van Rijthoven in five sets.
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2 p.m.
Andy Murray has reached the second round of the U.S. Open with one of the first upsets of the tournament.
Murray beat No. 24 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Murray won the first of his three Grand Slam titles 10 years ago in Flushing Meadows.
No. 16 seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain was another seeded loser, beat in straight sets by American J.J. Wolf.
Third-seeded Maria Sakkari and No. 17 Caroline Garcia were among the early winners on the women’s side.
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12:20 p.m.
A small group of demonstrators chanting “Novak! Novak!” outside the entrance of the U.S. Open urged an end of the vaccine travel mandate that kept Novak Djokovic from competing in this year’s tournament.
Djokovic, who is from Serbia, was not able to travel to the U.S. because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. He was able to compete during the previous two U.S. Opens held during the pandemic, but the current vaccine requirement began last Nov. 8.
Members of Families are Essential and Children’s Health Defense & Teachers for Choice were among the demonstrators, standing behind signs that read “End The Travel Mandate Now!”
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11:15 a.m.
With Serena Williams on the schedule at night, the U.S. Open has begun with far more buzz than usual for Day 1.
Play has started at the final Grand Slam of the year, with defending champion Daniil Medvedev among the players who will be in early action Monday.
Medvedev, who won his first Grand Slam title last year in Flushing Meadows, plays the lead match in Arthur Ashe Stadium against American Stefan Kozlov at noon.
Past U.S. Open champion Andy Murray is facing No. 24 seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina in one of the matches that has begun.
Williams will begin the night session in Ashe for the start of what could be the final tournament of her career. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion faces Danka Kovinic.
Dominic Thiem, the 2020 champion who missed the tournament last year, also is on the schedule, along with past U.S. Open champions Stan Wawrinka and Bianca Andreescu.
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New lawsuit filed over Texas trans family investigations
(AP) - Three Texas families sued the state Wednesday seeking to halt investigations of them over gender-confirming medical treatments their transgender children received, in a renewed challenge to the state looking into such treatments as child abuse.
The lawsuit also asks a Texas judge to block the state from opening any similar investigations against any Texas members of LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG Inc.
The lawsuit comes about a month after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
The latest challenge, brought by Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union, seeks a new broad order against the investigations. “If it takes a court ruling to ensure that the law protects families who lead with love in support of transgender Texans, so be it.” Brian K. Bond, executive director of PFLAG National, said in a statement.
Spokespeople for Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately return messages late Wednesday afternoon.
Texas went farther than any state in February when Abbott issued an order instructing child welfare officials to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.
A judge in March put that order on hold after a lawsuit brought on behalf of a 16-year-old girl whose family said it was under investigation. The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward.
The lawsuit marked the first report of parents being investigated following Abbott’s directive and an earlier nonbinding legal opinion by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton labeling certain gender-confirming treatments as “child abuse.” The Texas Department of Family and Protective Service has said it opened nine investigations following the directive and opinion.
Abbott’s directive and the attorney general’s opinion go against the nation’s largest medical groups, including the American Medical Association, which have opposed Republican-backed restrictions filed in statehouses nationwide.
Wednesday’s lawsuit in Texas was filed on behalf of families of three boys — two 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old — who have been receiving hormone therapy. In court filings, the families talked about the anxiety they’ve faced because of Texas’ investigations.
“I am offended and hurt that my state government wants to make it unlawful for trans youth like me to be ourselves, and that DFPS, the governor and the attorney general are willing to persecute families like mine simply for loving and supporting their trans children,” one of the teens said in the court filing.
Arkansas last year became the first state to pass a law prohibiting gender-confirming treatments for minors, and Tennessee approved a similar measure. A judge blocked Arkansas’ law, and the state is appealing.
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Associated Press writer Acacia Coronado in Austin, Texas contributed to this report
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for MNMD, ENDP, TLRY, BNGO, and NKLA.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XLCS Partners, Inc., a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce it served as exclusive advisor to CyberGuard Compliance, LLP (CGC) in its sale of assets to Atlantic Street Capital (ASC).
Founded in 2009, CGC is a one-stop provider of non-discretionary IT compliance and cybersecurity solutions including SOC, HITRUST™, and PCI audits; vulnerability assessments; penetration testing; and other compliance/cybersecurity services for companies ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Unlike many competitors, CGC is exclusively focused on IT-compliance and cybersecurity audits, assessments, and related services.
ASC is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies poised for the next level of growth. The firm targets entrepreneurial management partners and fundamentally sound companies between $4 million and $25 million of EBITDA that will benefit from capital investment and ASC's value-added strategic and operational support. As a result, ASC works closely with management to unlock their business' underlying value and help them succeed.
"The XLCS team, led by Anthony Contaldo, was extremely responsive to our needs and very professional with all key stakeholders involved in the transaction," commented Jim Jimenez, CGC Managing Partner.
"Given the attractiveness of CGC, we knew we had to engage the right investment banking partner to navigate the incredible interest shown from potential investors," said Tim Roncevich, CGC Managing Partner. "XLCS proved to be a fantastic partner to CGC, allowing us to find the right private equity firm to accelerate growth into the future."
XLCS acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to CGC and the transaction was led by Anthony Contaldo, Partner. The transaction was completed June 13, 2022.
About XLCS Partners, Inc.
XLCS Partners is an investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services to select clients globally. More information is available at www.xlcspartners.com.
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(NEXSTAR) – Norm Macdonald has one last stand-up special up his sleeve.
The beloved comedian, who died in September 2021 after a private battle with cancer, had quietly filmed a secret stand-up special — alone, in his home — during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, according to longtime friend and producing partner Lori Jo Hoekstra.
In typical Norm Macdonald fashion, he also titled his special “Nothing Special.”
“Norm worked so hard on a new hour of material and wanted it to be seen,” said Hoekstra in a statement shared to Netflix. “While this version of ‘Nothing Special’ was not originally meant to be the final product, COVID restrictions prevented him from filming in front of an audience. We want to make sure his fans see this very funny hour. He left this gift for all of us.”
The special, which Macdonald filmed himself — in one take — is scheduled to debut on May 30 on Netflix.
Macdonald’s posthumous stand-up special will be followed by a taped discussion featuring Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Adam Sandler, Molly Shannon and David Spade, Netflix said.
Macdonald, who became a household name during his tenure on “Saturday Night Live” in the mid-90s, was well-known for his deadpan delivery and frequent talk-show appearances. More recently, he hosted the “Norm Macdonald Live” podcast and Netflix’s “Norm Macdonald Has a Show,” interviewing friends, celebrities and fellow comedians. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/norm-macdonald-filmed-a-final-secret-stand-up-special-heres-when-it-comes-to-netflix/ | 2022-05-13T21:59:13Z |
Emerging technologies such as AI and wireless connection further driving technological innovation of intelligent buildings
BOULDER, Colo., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes IT-based digital technologies, such as internet protocol (IP)-based BMS and sensor networks, that manage intelligent or smart buildings. Market estimates are broken down by region and segment, and extend through 2031.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), buildings account for half of electricity demand worldwide, and intelligent building design is important for energy reduction. Amidst the global effort for a sustainable climate, digital technology has taken a central role in designing sustainable buildings. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, the commercial digital building connectivity market is anticipated to grow to $16.4 billion in 2031 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3%.
"Digitally enabled intelligent buildings can technologically support the comfort and safety of occupants," says Young Hoon Kim, senior research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "These intelligent buildings can also contribute to energy savings by leveraging digital technology, as many occupied buildings consume high amounts energy."
Digital technologies, such as cloud computing and wireless connection, optimize building management systems' (BMSs') operation and connectivity while ensuring energy efficiency and occupant comfort in intelligent buildings. Emerging technologies, such as AI and wireless connection, have further driven the technological innovation of intelligent buildings. AI is beginning to converge with BMS, and innovative technology improves wireless networks' reliability and scalability, according to the report.
The report, Digital Building Connectivityhttps://guidehouseinsights.com/reports/market-data-Smart-Streetlighting, analyzes IT-based digital technologies, such as IP-based BMS and sensor networks, that manage intelligent or smart buildings. The estimates are broken down by region and segment as follows: cloud BMS, non-cloud BMS, HVAC control components, HVAC control sensors, lighting control components, lighting control sensors, wired sensors, and wireless sensors. Estimates extend through 2031. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
About Guidehouse Insights
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Digital Building Connectivity, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhombus Systems, a leader in enterprise cloud-managed security cameras and sensors, has released the A100 Audio Gateway to deliver real-time audio with video, two-way audio communication, alerts based on specific audio triggers, and alarm broadcasting during emergencies.
"The issue with today's security systems that offer audio recordings is that the audio is low quality and does little to improve safety. It's purely used for contextual information," said Omar Khan, co-founder and CTO of Rhombus Systems. "The A100 is a truly ground-breaking audio device that captures clearer audio, provides two-way audio support, and layers AI-based audio analytics, so users can be notified when a gunshot is detected, or a fight breaks out. When you're dealing with safety, seconds matter and the A100 provides proactive data and features to help defuse security issues in real-time."
With the A100's smart audio recognition capabilities, organizations can continuously monitor their facilities and receive automatic notifications for abnormal audio based on keywords, noise levels, and specific sounds. The sensor detects unusual audio levels, aggressive voices and phrases, gunshots, calls for help, breaking glass, and other unique sounds in real-time. Based on these alerts, users can set up pre-recorded messages and broadcast them out via the A100 sensor or external loudspeakers.
For example, if the A100 detects someone breaking in after-hours, a pre-recorded message can be broadcasted, notifying the trespasser that authorities have been contacted and are on their way.
"The A100 allows us to securely monitor our facilities while delivering a higher level of insight than we thought was possible," said Brad Minsley, Managing Director at 10 Federal. "Many of our facilities are managed entirely remotely, and obtaining high-quality audio recordings alongside video footage gives us unprecedented context into what's happening onsite. Meanwhile, the sensor's two-way communication lets us provide live support to our customers from anywhere in the world. The A100 has been transformative from a security and operations perspective."
The A100 serves as a gateway for all Rhombus Sensors, allowing organizations to get actionable environmental data across their physical spaces. Additionally, two-way audio support enables organizations to connect external microphones and loudspeakers to talk, broadcast, and amplify messages or alarms at scale.
The A100 Audio Gateway is now available for $349 and requires a Rhombus license starting at $149 per device. For sales inquiries or additional information, contact sales@rhombussystems.com.
Rhombus Systems is a cloud physical security platform designed to bring greater intelligence, security, and productivity to enterprise organizations. Rhombus delivers NDAA-compliant smart cameras, connected sensors, and seamless integrations to simplify infrastructure and security management at scale.
Backed by Cota Capital, MSD Partners, and Lemnos Labs, Rhombus Systems is on a mission to make the world safer with simple, smart, and powerful physical security solutions. To learn more, visit www.rhombussystems.com or connect with us via Linkedin, Twitter, or Facebook.
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The Aurora Highlands and Harmony masterplans get paired homes with designer details
AURORA, Colo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond American Homes of Colorado, Inc., a subsidiary of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC), is pleased to announce the grand opening of Phase 2 at Urban Collection at The Aurora Highlands and also nearby Urban Collection at Harmony. These new additions to the Aurora masterplans bring paired two-story floor plans with open main-floor layouts for entertaining.
Grand Opening Events
Prospective homebuyers and area agents are invited to attend grand opening events at these new communities.
Urban Collection at The Aurora Highlands (RichmondAmerican.com/UCAuroraHighlandsGO)
Saturday, August 20, 12 to 3 p.m., enjoy complimentary lunch from Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs, tours of the brand-new paired Boston and Chicago model homes and a prize drawing. While you're there, explore the neighborhood's master-planned amenities, including a community garden, parks and playgrounds.
The community is located at 24145 E. 41st Avenue in Aurora. An RSVP is required to attend; please call 303.791.8330. Visit RichmondAmerican.com for more information about this must-see community. (RichmondAmerican.com/UCAuroraHighlands)
Urban Collection at Harmony (RichmondAmerican.com/UCHarmonyGO)
Visit between 12 and 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 27 to tour the brand-new, fully furnished Boston and Chicago model homes and to enjoy complimentary lunch and a prize drawing. Be sure to check out the masterplan's community center, parks and trails!
The event will be held at 27481 E. Maple Avenue in Aurora. Call 303.680.3607 to RSVP or visit RichmondAmerican.com to learn more about this beautiful new neighborhood. (RichmondAmerican.com/UCHarmony)
More about Urban Collection™ plans at these communities:
- Beautiful paired homes from the low $400s
- 3 bedrooms and approx. 1,430 to 1,470 sq. ft.
- Easy access to E-470, I-70, Buckley SFB and DIA
- Close proximity to notable schools, shopping, dining and more
Personalization is among the many factors that set Richmond American apart from other leading homebuilders. Those who choose to build a new home from the ground up will have the opportunity to work with professional design consultants to select colors, textures, finishes and fixtures for their new living spaces—a complimentary service!
About M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
Operating under the name Richmond American Homes, MDC's homebuilding subsidiaries have built more than 230,000 homes since 1977. Among the nation's largest homebuilders, MDC's subsidiary companies have operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Mortgage lending, plus insurance and title services are offered by the following MDC subsidiaries, respectively: HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation, American Home Insurance Agency, Inc. and American Home Title and Escrow Company. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MDC." For more information, visit MDCHoldings.com.
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Dear Heloise: After school, I worked in an auto body shop. We always told customers to bring a quart jar and lid for any extra paint. We put a handful of gravel (small rocks) in the jar for the paint to settle on; no more scraping and stirring. Just shake the jar a few times, and you were ready to do touch-ups, etc.
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CLEVELAND, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Davis & Young, A Legal Professional Association is excited to share its year-long celebration on the memorable occasion of its 100years of service and excellence. Nearly in its sixth month, this celebration would be amiss if not for the distinct recognition received from the many local, state and national legislative bodies and civic leaders that include: the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, the 134th General Assembly of the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives, the Willoughby Hills City Council and the Board of Lake County Commissioners.
The noteworthy accomplishments of Davis & Young are attributable largely to the loyal services of its highly qualified and committed attorneys and staff, as well as to the innovation and foresight of its managing partners, both past and present. From its founders, Rees H. Davis, Sr. and Fred J. Young to George Lutjen and Marty Murphy to the 21st century leaders, Thomas W. Wright and Dennis R. Fogarty, their combined efforts have earned the firm a well-deserved reputation for excellence and have distinguished the practice as a worthy legal enterprise that has contributed greatly to the well-being of greater Cleveland and its surrounding communities for 100 years.
Although situated in Cuyahoga County for the greater portion of its history and in Willoughby Hills for the past 5 years, Davis and Young is preparing its new home on Chardon Rd. just 1.8 miles east of its current location and east of Som Center Road (Rt. 91).
Please join us on our website www.davisyoung.com and follow us on Facebook as we take a stroll down memory lane that captures many exciting facts about Cleveland in the year 1922.
About Davis & Young
Davis & Young provides high quality legal representation to the insurance industry and business community, as well as private institutions and individuals. Many of our insurance clients operate on a regional and national level.
Our lawyers handle a variety of issues that include business law, construction law, general liability, insurance law, labor and employment, professional liability, and specialized litigation. They will give you the personal and specific attention your legal matter requires.
For more information, please visit www.davisyoung.com or call (216) 348-1700.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Cabaletta Bio, Inc. ("Cabaletta") (NASDAQ: CABA) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Cabaletta common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about October 24, 2019; and/or (b) Cabaletta securities between October 24, 2019 and December 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Cabaletta, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Cabaletta includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) top-line data of the Phase 1 Clinical Trial indicated that Cabaletta's lead product candidate, DSG3-CAART, had, among other things, worsened certain participants' disease activity scores and necessitated additional systemic medication to improve disease activity after DSG3-CAART infusion; (ii) accordingly, DSG3-CAART was not as effective as the Company had represented to investors; (iii) therefore, the Company had overstated DSG3-CAART's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: April 29, 2022
Aggrieved Cabaletta investors only have until April 29, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – NASA has published new photographs taken from space of the drastic water loss seen at Lake Mead over the last twenty years.
The natural-color images below were taken on July 6, 2000, and July 3, 2022, by Landsat 7 and Landsat 8. The detailed images also include a view from Landsat 8 on July 8, 2021 (middle).
Lake Mead and much of the Colorado River basin have been experiencing a 22-year drought. As of July 19, 2022, the water elevation at the Hoover Dam was 1,040.99 feet above sea level; the water elevation at the end of July 2000 (around the time of the Landsat 7 image above) was 1,199.97 feet.
Above Lake Mead, Lake Powell is currently filled to just 27% of capacity, and the entire Colorado river system stands at 35%.
Click the image above to see a higher resolution photograph.
Experts say climate change and drought have led to the lake dropping to its lowest level since it was full about 20 years ago.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton said last month that the agency would take action to protect the system if the seven states in the Colorado River basin don’t quickly come up with a way to cut the use of up to 4 million acre-feet of water — more than Arizona and Nevada’s share combined.
An acre-foot is about 325,850 gallons (about 1.23 million liters). An average household uses one-half to one acre-foot of water a year.
The two states, California and Mexico already have enacted voluntary and mandatory cuts. Water from some reservoirs in the upper basin — Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah — has been released to prop up Lake Powell.
Farmers use a majority of the river’s supply.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/nasa-releases-new-lake-mead-satellite-images-shows-dramatic-water-loss-since-2000/ | 2022-07-21T15:47:26Z |
Park City, Whistler return to World Cup luge schedule
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Luge’s governing body said it plans on bringing races back to North America for the first time in nearly three years, with stops planned for Park City, Utah, and Whistler, Canada.
The International Luge Federation released its planned schedule for the 2022-23 season on Monday. It starts with two consecutive weekends in Igls, Austria, on Nov. 25-27 and Dec. 2-4, followed by the North American swing.
Whistler will have racing from Dec. 8-10 and Park City is slotted to play host to a World Cup from Dec. 15-17. The Whistler race, if it happens as scheduled, would end a streak of 29 consecutive World Cup races held in either Europe or Asia.
The pandemic — along with visa troubles and concerns about international travel — played a role in keeping races out of the U.S. and Canada over the last two-plus seasons. The last World Cup luge race in North America was in Whistler on Dec. 14, 2019.
Lake Placid, New York, did not get a World Cup luge race this season. It will play host to a World Cup bobsled and skeleton race in December, as well as the world push championships.
Park City and Whistler are both on the World Cup bobsled and skeleton schedule for the coming season.
Park City would end the pre-Christmas portion of the luge World Cup schedule. The rest of the season sees stops planned in Sigulda, Latvia (Jan. 6-8), Lillehammer, Norway (Jan. 13-15), the world championships in Oberhof, Germany (Jan. 27-29), Altenberg, Germany (Feb. 3-5), Winterberg, Germany (Feb. 10-12) and St. Moritz, Switzerland (Feb. 17-19).
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(Motor Authority) Nissan and Infiniti recently teased new EVs to be built at Nissan’s Canton, Mississippi, factory beginning in 2025.
It’s possible the duo will include a Nissan EV and a luxury Infiniti sibling model. Infiniti has teased the possibility of an electric model as far back as 2012 but hasn’t launched one yet.
The teaser photos show what appear to be sedans, though they could be coupe-like crossovers.
Nissan said it will invest $500 million to upgrade the Canton assembly plant for EV production. The automaker said the pivot to EVs will retain or “up-skill” nearly 2,000 jobs at the Canton plant, which currently employs about 5,000 people and builds the Altima, Frontier, and Titan.
Canton will be Nissan’s second U.S. EV assembly plant. Leaf hatchbacks for the U.S. market are currently built in Smyrna, Tennessee. The Leaf is expected to stick around for the time being.
The next Nissan EV due in the U.S. is the 2023 Ariya crossover, which is scheduled to launch this fall. Nissan hasn’t said where U.S.-market Ariya models will be built, however. It’s also unclear what models will immediately follow the Ariya, although Nissan claims to have several in the pipeline. It showed three concepts late last year, and has also hinted at plans for solid-state batteries to lower costs.
Nissan wants EVs to make up 40% of its U.S. sales by 2030, with even more sales from hybrids and plug-in hybrids. The automaker plans to launch 23 electrified models (including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and all-electric vehicles) for both the Nissan and Infiniti brands globally by 2030 as well, including 15 all-electric models. | https://cw33.com/automotive/nissan-infiniti-tease-electric-vehicles-due-in-2025/ | 2022-04-15T21:49:57Z |
Top 10 Builder Now Selling New Homes in Dallas, Winder and Homer
ATLANTA, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS), a top 10 national homebuilder and industry leader in online home sales, announced the grand opening of four new communities in the Greater Atlanta area: Riverwood (Dallas), Summit Pointe (Dallas), Rockwell Meadows (Winder), and Chimney Oaks (Homer). Combined, the communities add another 243 homesites to Century's footprint in the Atlanta area.
"Starting from the $300s, these exciting new communities are spread across fast-growing and highly desirable locations in the Atlanta Metro area," said Monica Phillips, Atlanta VP of sales and marketing. "We're eager for homebuyers to tour our new models, explore available homes, and find their perfect combination of dream home and location."
Each community boasts a versatile selection of single-family homes, including contemporary single- and two-story layouts, with high-quality included features like the builder's Century Home Connect® smart home package. Most communities also feature access to exceptional community amenities, like pools, clubhouses, sports courts and trails.
About Riverwood
51 Dew Drop Point
Dallas, GA 30157
- Single-family homes from the mid $400s
- 52 homesites
- 4 two-story floor plans
- 3 to 4 bedrooms, 2.5 to 3 baths, 2-bay garages, up to 3,075 square feet
- Community amenities include a pool, clubhouse, tennis courts, fitness center, pools, basketball courts and pickleball
- Quick access to local parks, the Silver Comet Trail, Lake Allatoona, and Atlanta
- Model home now open
For more information, call 470.880.2569 or visit www.CenturyCommunities.com/RiverwoodGA.
About Summit Pointe
716 Colbert Road
Dallas, GA 30132
- Single-family homes from the high $300s
- 95 homesites
- 5 two-story floor plans
- 3 to 4 bedrooms, 2.5 to 3 baths, 2-bay garages, up to 2,802 square feet
- Community amenities include a pool, cabana and playground
- Close to Mt. Tabor Park and Burnt Hickory Park, with quick access to area attractions like Paulding Place shopping mall and The Avenue West Cobb
- Model home now open
For more information, call 470.880.2553 or visit www.CenturyCommunities.com/SummitPointeGA.
About Rockwell Meadows
35 Cattail Lane
Winder, GA 30680
- Single-family homes from the high $400s
- 58 homesites
- 4 single- and two-story floor plans
- 3 to 5 bedrooms, 2.5 to 4 baths, 2- to 3-bay garages, up to 3,403 square feet
- Up-and-coming area with small-town charm and easy access to Athens via I-85
- Model home now open
For more information, call 678.781.1525 or visit www.CenturyCommunities.com/RockwellMeadowsGA.
About Chimney Oaks
148 Chimney Oaks Drive
Homer, GA 30547
- Single-family homes from the high $300s
- 38 homesites
- 6 single- and two-story floor plans
- 2 to 4 bedrooms, 2 to 3.5 baths, 2-bay garages, up to 3,115 square feet
- Community amenities include a clubhouse, Olympic pool, tennis courts, trail and a golf course
- Charming rural setting with close proximity to Highway 441, I-85 and attractions like The Shoppes at Banks Crossing
- Model homes now open
For more information, call 470.892.2170 or visit www.CenturyCommunities.com/ChimneyOaksGA.
DISCOVER THE FREEDOM OF ONLINE HOMEBUYING:
Century Communities is proud to feature its industry-first online homebuying experience on all available homes in Georgia.
How it works:
- Shop homes at CenturyCommunities.com
- Click "Buy Now" on any available home
- Fill out a quick Buy Online form
- Electronically submit an initial earnest money deposit
- Electronically sign a purchase contract via DocuSign®
Learn more about the Buy Online experience at www.CenturyCommunities.com/online-homebuying.
About Century Communities
Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) is a top 10 national homebuilder, offering new homes under the Century Communities and Century Complete brands. Century is engaged in all aspects of homebuilding — including the acquisition, entitlement and development of land, along with the construction, innovative marketing and sale of quality homes designed to appeal to a wide range of homebuyers. The Colorado-based company operates in 17 states and over 45 markets across the U.S., and also offers title, insurance and lending services in select markets through its Parkway Title, IHL Home Insurance Agency, and Inspire Home Loans subsidiaries. To learn more about Century Communities, please visit www.centurycommunities.com.
For information, contact:
Alyson Benn
Century Communities, Inc.
303.558.7352
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Daughter of Dotty’s manager killed outside gaming parlor calls it ‘a senseless crime’
By Drew Andre
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LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Diana Gibellina was driving home from work when she passed by the Dotty’s near Flamingo and Jones where her mother was a manager.
“I stopped and I had a feeling something was wrong,” Diana said.
The large police presence on May 11 was because her mother, Alicia, had been run over by a car in the parking lot.
“It’s still hard to even wrap my brain around,” Gibellina said.
Police said a thief stole a woman’s purse inside Dotty’s, and Gibellina chased him outside to try to get it back.
She was a manager at Dotty’s for a decade, and in that moment Alicia was looking out for customers just like her daughter said she did for every one she came across.
“She was always there for everybody,” Diana said. “Anytime someone needed anything she was there.”
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday confirmed that a suspect had been arrested in connection with Alicia’s death. LVMPD Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said a man, who was not identified, was taken into custody in Southern California Monday night.
“You don’t know what you’ve taken from our family, you really don’t,” Diana said. “You’re going to have your day in court, and you’re going to have to answer for the things you’ve done.”
Flowers and candles are left in the parking lot of the Dotty’s to honor the former manager.
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Atlanta rapper Young Thug arrested on RICO, gang charges
ATLANTA (AP) - Rapper Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records.
The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood just north of downtown. He is being held at the Fulton County Jail.
The conspiracy charge dates back to 2013 and the gang charge to 2018, the jail record says.
Young Thug is allegedly one of three founders of the Young Slime Life, “a criminal street gang that started in late 2012″ in Atlanta, the indictment says. YSL is affiliated with the national Bloods gang, officials said. Charges include “Preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, power and territory of the enterprise through acts of racketeering activity including murder, assault and threats of violence.”
Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel told local media that, “Mr. Williams committed no crime whatsoever” and that he would “fight till his last drop of blood to clear him.”
He will make his first court appearance on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
Also indicted on Monday were Atlanta rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, and aspiring rapper Christian Eppinger, who was already in jail, accused of shooting an Atlanta Police officer six times in February. It was not immediately known if Gunna, who is accused of conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO act, has been arrested.
In April 2021 Young Thug and Gunna posted bail for 30 low-level inmates who were unable to afford the costs themselves.
Young Thug’s record label has been called YSL Records or Young Stoner Life Records. The label refers to its artists as part of the “Slime Family,” and a compilation album called “Slime Language 2″ hit No. 1 on the charts in April 2021.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arch Amenities Group, a full-service global provider of wellness, amenity and meeting services for commercial and residential properties, hotels and private clubs, today announced the acquisition of Innovative Spa Management, Privai and Spa Space, the latter of which it gained a majority stake.
Barry Goldstein, Arch Amenities Group chief executive officer, said the acquisition "immediately expands Arch's network of spa clients to over 70 while providing a dynamic technology platform to manage and further enhance those facilities as well as Arch's 260 other wellness, recreation and amenities spaces."
Innovative Spa Management provides spa consulting and management for the hospitality industry, including concept design, strategic planning, feasibility assessments, brand development and spa operations designed to support its clients' branded facilities while increasing their value and profitability.
Privai manufactures "spa in a bottle" botanical skin-care products and is opening spas and salons offering customized services and treatments, including massages, facials, skin care, waxing, hair care, nail manicures, pedicures and makeup services. Privai operates five salons in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Spa Space is a SaaS platform – software as a service – designed to improve spa utilization and drive revenue through a proprietary algorithm that evaluates customer preferences and connects them with a network of therapists and spas. The software provides real-time reservations and contactless check-in and check-out while automating payments, scheduling and staffing.
"Bringing these businesses into Arch Amenities Group complements our expanding set of services," said Goldstein. "As the demand for wellness services increases, we are creating a more connected way to deliver the very best spa services while driving spa utilization for their owners. At the same time, we are giving more control and flexibility to the professionals who work in those spas."
In conjunction with the acquisition, llana Alberico and Christina Stratton, who co-founded Innovative Spa Management in 2006, joined the Arch Amenities Group executive team: Alberico as president of Spa Space and Stratton as chief product & creative officer in charge of Privai. Alberico also will provide spa and wellness thought leadership for Arch's original spa management portfolio and oversee the day-to-day operations of Innovative Spa Management's hotel spa clients.
"Our focus has always been about innovation, solutions and fostering wellness," said Alberico. "Moving forward with Arch Amenities Group allows us to further sharpen that focus and integrate our services with Arch's wellness, spa, amenity and meeting portfolio."
Innovative Spa Management's hotel spa clients include the Grand Hyatt Nashville, Tennessee; Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, Florida; The Inn on Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina; Willard InterContinental Washington D.C.; InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf; Orlando World Center Marriott; Marriott's Cypress Harbour Villas, Orlando; Caribe Royale Orlando; and Marriott's Autograph collection properties with select Kessler Collection Poseidon Spas.
Arch Amenities Group, based in Rockville, Maryland, is a leading provider of hospitality management and consulting services for commercial and residential properties, hotels, spas, private clubs and recreation spaces worldwide. Arch provides daily management services as well as feasibility studies, planning and design consultancy and pre-opening and sustaining strategy and support. Arch is a portfolio company of private equity firm CI Capital Partners.
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Featuring President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra
TAIPEI, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) announced today that David Moore, senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Micron, will deliver a 2022 COMPUTEX keynote speech on Wednesday, May 25, at 11:00 a.m. Taipei time (UCT+8) themed "The Era of Pervasive, Data-Driven Experiences." Micron's President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra will also join to share Micron's continued commitment to its critically important operations and partnerships in Taiwan.
Moore will discuss Micron's view on how new technologies across devices, the intelligent edge, data centers and the cloud are enabling an emerging world of rich, pervasive, data-driven experiences that transform the way we live and work. Micron's close collaborations with global partners across the technology ecosystem is key to providing breakthrough user experiences and productivity gains at scale.
"Megatrends such as digitization of the global economy, hyperconnectivity and artificial intelligence are transforming industries around the world," said Moore. "I'm delighted to speak at COMPUTEX 2022 to share Micron's vision of an era of pervasive data-driven experiences and the critical role that innovation in memory and storage solutions play in further enriching life for all."
"This year's COMPUTEX CEO Keynote is bringing together the greatest industry leaders to showcase how technology shapes a more connected world," said James Huang, TAITRA Chairman. "We look forward to hearing David's keynote as he highlights how Micron collaborates with worldwide industry leading partners to enable the data-centric experiences surrounding our daily lives."
Dinesh Bahal, corporate vice president and general manager for Micron's Commercial and Components Group, will also keynote at the COMPUTEX Forum on Thursday, May 26, at 11:30 AM (UCT+8). Bahal will discuss what lies ahead for Micron's Crucial memory and storage innovations and the role these products play in the current and next generation of computing ecosystems in his session titled, "Advancing Consumer Technology."
COMPUTEX 2022 will be grandly held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 from May 24 to May 27, 2022. In addition, TAITRA will simultaneously hold an online exhibition called COMPUTEX DigitalGo (May 24 to June 6). Meanwhile, Taiwan External Trade Development Council will organize COMPUTEX CEO Keynotes & Forum, where CEOs and senior executives from global tech giants share their insights.
Join COMPUTEX CEO Keynotes & Forum: https://events.computextaipei.com.tw/en
About COMPUTEX
COMPUTEX was founded in 1981. It has grown with the global ICT industry and become stronger over the last four decades. Bearing witness to historical moments in the development of and changes in the industry, COMPUTEX attracts more than 40,000 buyers to visit Taiwan every year. It is also the preferred platform chosen by top international companies for launching epoch-making products.
Taiwan has a comprehensive global ICT industry chain. Gaining a foothold in Taiwan, COMPUTEX is jointly held by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and Taipei Computer Association, aiming to build a global tech ecosystem. COMPUTEX uses cross-domain integration and innovation services as the most powerful driving forces for achieving the goal of becoming a new platform for global technological resources.
About TAITRA:
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization. TAITRA is a public-benefit corporation founded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs by uniting industry and commerce groups from the private sector with the purpose of helping them expand their global reach. Currently, TAITRA has a team of more than 1,300 trade professionals, both domestically and abroad. Headquartered in Taipei, TAITRA operates 5 local offices in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, as well as 63 branches worldwide. It has also signed cooperation agreements with 319 sister organizations that promote international trade. By forming a comprehensive trade services network that provides zero-time-difference and borderless real-time services, TAITRA continues to work with enterprises to jointly pursue the steady development of Taiwan's economy. It is the best partner for your success in business expansion.
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Senate tees up vote on bill to aid vets exposed to burn pits
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill enhancing health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits is expected to win final approval in the Senate on Tuesday, ending a brief stalemate over the measure that had infuriated advocates and inspired some to camp outside the Capitol.
President Joe Biden has pushed for the legislation, saying the measure “makes good on our sacred obligation” to care for veterans and their families.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved the legislation once before, but it required a do-over for a technical fix. But the process derailed when Republicans made a late attempt to change another aspect of the bill last week and blocked it from advancing. The abrupt delay outraged veterans groups and advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart. It also placed GOP senators in the uncomfortable position of delaying the top legislative priority of service organizations this session of Congress.
A group of veterans and their families have been camping out at the Capitol since that vote. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he had good news for them, announcing a final vote for Tuesday evening.
“Veterans who were exposed to the toxic fumes of burn pits will be treated by the VA like they should have been from the beginning,” Schumer said.
Some Democrats have questioned whether Republicans blocked the bill for spite, after an announcement just hours earlier that key Democrats had agreed on a way forward on a health, energy and tax bill that Republicans oppose and may be unable to stop.
“Wait a minute. You’re not going to help our veterans because we want to lower the cost of prescription drugs, because we want to lower the cost of health care, because we want to protect the planet? Of course you don’t agree with any of those things, but would you use that to vote against our veterans?” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a press conference last week. “It’s really immoral, almost criminal.”
Republican senators rejected that charge and said the changes they seek would not affect spending for veterans in the bill.
The bill contains two major components for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Veterans who served near burn pits will get 10 years — rather than five — of enhanced health care coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs upon their separation from the military.
Second, the legislation directs the VA to presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service.
Roughly 70% of disability claims related to burn pit exposure are denied by the VA due to lack of evidence, scientific data and information from the Defense Department.
The military used burn pits to dispose of such things as chemicals, cans, tires, plastics and medical and human waste.
Hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War era veterans and survivors also stand to benefit from the legislation. The bill adds hypertension, or high blood pressure, as a presumptive disease associated with Agent Orange exposure. The Congressional Budget Office projected that about 600,000 of 1.6 million living Vietnam vets would be eligible for increased compensation, though only about half would have a severe enough diagnoses to warrant more compensation.
Also, veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam, American Samoa and Johnston Atoll will be presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. That’s another 50,000 veterans and survivors of deceased veterans who would get compensation for illnesses presumed to have been caused by their exposure to the herbicide, the CBO projected.
The bill is projected to increase federal deficits by about $277 billion over 10 years and does not include offsetting spending cuts or tax increases to help pay for it.
When the CBO scored the bill, it projected that nearly $400 billion spent on VA services would take place as mandatory spending rather than discretionary spending. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog, said a reclassification to mandatory would “both reduce the pressure to keep those costs under control and make it easier for appropriators to spend more elsewhere in the budget without offsets.”
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is seeking a vote for an amendment that he said would not change the spending slated for veterans programs, but how the government accounts for that spending.
However, the dynamics Toomey has spoken about also applied to the bill when the Senate voted on it in June. Senators then voted for the measure by a resounding vote of 84-14, raising questions about why Republicans voted against advancing the do-over effort last week.
Advocacy groups for veterans, a key voting bloc in the upcoming midterm elections, were furious and ramped up the political pressure on lawmakers to act.
At a Capitol Hill news conference the day after last week’s procedural vote, speakers used terms such as “villains” and “reprehensible” to describe the Republican senators who voted against advancing the measure last week but voted for almost the exact same bill in June.
“Veterans are angry and confused at the sudden change from those they thought had their backs,” said Cory Titus of the group Military Officers Association of America.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said the veterans camped out at the Capitol are exhausted and want to go home.
“But they will not. They will not go home until the job is done,” Gillibrand said.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Police Association (NPA) announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) & Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for communications and records pertaining to the allegations by the Biden Administration against mounted Border Patrol agents in the "Whipping" incident.
The NPA filed the lawsuit after DHS and CBP State failed to reply to a February 22, 2022, FOIA request for:
- all records depicting or describing the findings of the "investigative work" done by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility on the September 19, 2021 incident. For purposes of this numbered request and for all that follow the term "the September 19, 2021 incident" means "Allegations made against or about United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents "whipping" or otherwise engaging migrants attempting to cross into the United States in or near the Rio Grande River near Del Rio, Texas during the migrants' encounter with CBP agents on September 19, 2021. Photographs of this encounter were taken by El Paso freelance journalist Paul Ratje."
- all records depicting or describing the conclusions of the "investigative work" done by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CPB) Office of Professional Responsibility on "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
- all records depicting or describing the analysis of the "investigative work" done by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Professional Responsibility on "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
- all records of communications between the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the White House referring to "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
- all records of communications between the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the media referring to "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
- all records, including emails, texts and other communications from the White House staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas or his staff mentioning or referring to "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
- all records, including emails, texts and other communications from the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas or his staff to the White House mentioning or referring to "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
- all records, including emails, texts and other communications from the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas or his staff to the Office of the Inspector General mentioning or referring to "the September 19, 2021 incident" as described above.
Defendants have allegedly violated the Freedom of Information Act by failing to issue a determination within the statutory period, by failing to conduct a reasonable search, and by failing to produce the responsive, nonexempt records.
On September 19, 2021, mounted Border Patrol agents conducting routine protection duties were photographed intercepting illegal aliens attempting to cross into the United States. Some of those photographs captured the agents using their reins in a twirling motion to direct the horses and to keep the migrants at a distance. Some photos showed the agents taking hold of the migrants to push them away from the horses to protect the migrants from being stepped on.
Upon publication of the photos, the agents were falsely accused of "whipping" the migrants. This despite the freelance reporter who took the photos stating no such thing happened. The official investigation came immediately. It was followed just as quickly with false and defamatory attacks against the reputations of the agents from the highest levels of government.
The NPA's FOIA request was for the purpose of disclosing communications which prove the Administration knew or should have known that their accusations against the Board Patrol agents were false when made or immediately thereafter.
Despite the Administration knowing their accusations against the Board Patrol agents were false no apologies have been forthcoming and the agents have remained on administrative duty pending the results of the investigation which must have cleared them months ago.
NPA spokesperson Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) said "Recent media reports indicate the Administration is planning to charge the agents with "administrative violations" to save face and prevent the need to admit the whipping accusations were false, defamatory, and unconscionable. We believe our lawsuit will result in DHS and CBP conforming to the law and handing over the communications and documents that prove the Administration knew their accusations against these agents were false and took no corrective action.
The NPA's lawsuit can be viewed here: https://nationalpolice.org/main/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/NPA-v-DHS-CBP.pdf
The National Police Association is represented by C. Peter Sorenson of the Sorenson Law Office.
The National Police Association (NPA) is a 501(c)3 Educational/Advocacy non-profit organization. For additional information visit www.nationalpolice.org.
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Building Innovation 2022 takes place September 26-28 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has finalized the keynote speakers for Building Innovation 2022.
BI2022 is one of the premiere meetings for all who impact the built environment to find solutions.
The BI2022 keynotes are:
- Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Kelly Alvarez Doran, Senior Director, Sustainability & Regenerative Design, MASS Design Group, and Director, Ha/f Research Studio, University of Toronto
- Stacy Smedley, LEED AP BD+C, Executive Director, Building Transparency, and Senior Director, Sustainability, Skanska USA Building
"Building Innovation allows for professionals from across the built environment to meet, network, and learn about new strategies, trends, and technologies," says Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, Interim CEO of NIBS. "We are proud to present this year's keynote speakers – leaders who are moving the built environment in very important ways for the nation's benefit."
The National Institute of Building Sciences team is finalizing BI2022 preparations. Conference programming is built around three tracks: resilience, technology, and building performance and sustainability.
At BI2022, NIBS also will announce the winners of the following awards: NIBS Distinguished Service, Exceptional Woman in Building, Future Leaders, NIBS Innovator, NIBS DEI Leadership, and The Mortimer M. Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award. Two recipients of the Betty and Mort Marshall Memorial Scholarship also will be named. The scholarship was established to promote diversity in the building sciences and benefit students pursuing a career in architecture and engineering at a historically Black college or university (HBCU).
Building Innovation 2022 sponsors include the International Code Council, Dell Technologies, Tremco Construction Products Group, 84 Lumber, BSI, Session Board, Procore Technologies, Evolve Stone, PCI, Federal Emergency Management Agency, MADCAD, International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, and industry supporters, Green Building Initiative, The Marshall Group, Ltd., and ASTM International. Building Enclosure is the BI2022 media partner.
For more information, visit Building Innovation 2022.
National Institute of Building Sciences brings together labor and consumer interests, government representatives, regulatory agencies, and members of the building industry to identify and resolve problems and potential issues around the built environment. NIBS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. For more information, visit nibs.org or follow @bldgsciences on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Curry, Morant enjoying challenge of battling in West semis
By TERESA M. WALKER
AP Sports Writer
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Stephen Curry had a message for Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. after the Golden State Warriors took Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal against the Memphis Grizzlies. Prepare to have some fun in this series. Morant countered in Game 2 and made sure to get in Curry’s ear after tying the best-of-seven playoff at one apiece. Morant says he was able to return the same message after equaling his postseason high with 47 points. Morant says this is his favorite matchup, playing against a talent like Curry. Now the Warriors star will get home-court advantage Saturday night in Game 3. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/04/curry-morant-enjoying-challenge-of-battling-in-west-semis/ | 2022-05-04T12:19:50Z |
NBA HALL-OF-FAMER TO MEET WITH PARTNERS, LANDOWNERS, CUSTOMERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICALS AND OTHERS IN CALI AND BOGOTÁ
LAS VEGAS and BOGOTÁ, Colombia, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One World Products, Inc. (OTCQB: OWPC) ("One World," "OWP," or the "Company"), the largest Black-controlled, fully-licensed hemp and cannabis producer in Colombia, is pleased to announce that its Chairman and CEO, Isiah Thomas, will visit Cali and Bogotá in Colombia from April 26-28, 2022.
"I am thrilled to be returning to Colombia to meet with our partners, landowners, customers, government officials and other companies on our first trip without stringent COVID-19 travel restrictions," stated Mr. Thomas. "After recently signing our partnership agreement with the National Association of Mayors of Municipalities with Afro-Colombian population ("AMUNAFRO"), I'm excited for this opportunity to meet the mayors in person to reaffirm our long-term core commitment to ESG standards, to further expand our ability to perform in the marketplace and to build a strong foundation with an organization which is so rich in culture and heritage."
Mr. Thomas added, "Our partnership is committed to strengthening the economic viability of Afro-Colombian communities by utilizing One World Products' existing partnerships and experience as a leader in the cannabis and hemp industry. The goal of both OWP and AMUNAFRO is to serve the Afro-Colombian community through the formation of a business consortium of Afro-Colombian small and emerging business entities with an interest in the cultivation of industrial hemp.
"Our partnership will also serve as a vehicle for creating a database of public and private organizations in Colombia to create a clearinghouse for synergy and growth," continued Mr. Thomas. "Together, OWP and AMUNAFRO will expand technical and economic cooperation in the areas of trade, education, sports, tourism, and income generation for the benefit of the population. We are currently in the process of creating a task force to identify areas of sustainable growth and maintain the alliance while also meeting with federal government officers, embassies, and African-descendant mayors to identify and further common goals. The task force will also seek input from sector representatives, trade stakeholders, and high-ranking officials. This week's trip to Colombia enhances this vital process going forward. We are excited about the future of OWP as we continue to be a pioneer in the burgeoning industrial global hemp and cannabis space."
About Isiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas was inducted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Fame in 2000 after spending his entire career with the Detroit Pistons. He was a 12-time NBA All-Star, a two-time NBA champion, the 1990 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, and named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Today, Mr. Thomas serves as an analyst for NBA TV and is an accomplished and highly respected international business executive and investor. His portfolio of companies was developed through Isiah International, Inc. Mr. Thomas previously served on the Chicago Stock Exchange's Board of Governors, was a co-founder of the NBA's Toronto Raptors, Popcorn Indiana, and was a member of the Board of Get-in Chicago, an organization that focused on preventing gang violence in Chicago. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of Indiana University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He also received his Master of Education from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Thomas' business interests include sports and entertainment, real estate, waste management, hemp, cannabis, and a CBD personal products company, among others. In addition, Mr. Thomas has developed a very successful champagne business, Cheurlin Champagnes. He has cultivated excellent relationships with the grower, employees, and the French government. As a result, he now owns the proprietary genetics for the Champagne grapes he produces and has perfected an international import/export system for the global distribution of the product. More information is available at www.isiahinternational.com.
About One World Products, Inc.
One World Products is the largest Black-controlled, fully licensed hemp and cannabis producer with offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, and offices and operations in Bogota and Popayan, Colombia. One World Products planted its first crop of cannabis in 2018 at its cultivation site in Popayan, Colombia, and began harvesting commercially in the first quarter of 2020. The Company expects to supply its global clients with the highest quality industrial and commercial applications for cannabis, hemp, and hemp products, including derivatives in crude oil, distillate, and isolate forms with industrial-scale production to serve global cannabis and hemp demand. Its products will be produced and tested according to GAP, GMP and ISO standards.
One World Products was recently selected by Stellantis N.V., one of the world's largest automotive manufacturers with brands such as Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Maserati, and Peugeot - to develop and supply hemp-based bioplastic solutions for interior and exterior components.
As its name suggests, One World also focuses on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. Emphasizing its impact on the environment and ensuring that its employees, particularly those within its Colombia operations, are valued and recognized for their contributions, while maintaining stewardship over their indigenous land. For more information, please visit https://oneworldproducts.com/.
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Woods plays through pain, makes another major cut at PGA
By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tiger Woods has clearly been in pain over two days at Southern Hills, but he succeeded in his goal of making the weekend at the PGA Championship. Woods birdied two of his final six holes for a 1-under 69 on Friday. He’s 3 over par through 36 holes, one shot inside the cut line. Woods also made the cut at the Masters in his first tournament since his right leg was badly damaged in a car crash. He faded on the weekend at Augusta National. Woods is hoping he can “get hot” at Southern Hills, where he won the PGA in 2007. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/20/woods-plays-through-pain-makes-another-major-cut-at-pga/ | 2022-05-21T03:06:23Z |
NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of CIRCOR International, Inc. ("CIRCOR" or the "Company") (NYSE: CIR). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether CIRCOR and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On Feb. 6, 2020, CIRCOR announced its CFO resigned effective Mar. 2, 2020. Then, on Mar. 2, 2020, CIRCOR announced it would not timely file its year end 2019 financial report, it had identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting, and it was investigating accounting and reporting matters at one of its domestic business units that has been classified as discontinued operations. Further, on Mar. 14, 2022, within months of the abrupt departures of the Company's new CFO and its CEO, CIRCOR announced that it and its auditor "uncovered accounting irregularities in the financial statements with respect to the Company's Pipeline Engineering business unit, which is a part of its Industrial reporting segment." The Company said (1) the irregularities preliminarily appear to account for balance sheet and income statement entries in the range of $35 to $45 million of pre-tax income on a cumulative basis over a period of at least five years, and (2) it would restate its 2019 - 2021 financial statements. Most recently, on Apr. 6, 2022, CIRCOR announced preliminary adjustments to 2021, 2020, and Q4 2020 revenues of $8.7 million, $6.2 million, and $2.2 million, respectively, that are related to Pipeline Engineering accounting irregularities.
On this news, CIRCOR's stock price fell $0.53 per share, or 2.09%, to close at $24.74 per share on April 6, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison
(AP) - A Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where authorities say he encountered Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer as his armed security detail led the New York Democrat to safety.
Joshua Pruitt, 40, was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-to-face with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, according to federal prosecutors.
“One look at Pruitt, and the leader of Senator Schumer’s security detail immediately saw the threat and hustled the 70-year-old senator down a hallway, having to change their evacuation route on a dime,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexis Loeb wrote in a court filing ahead of Monday’s hearing.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Pruitt to four years and seven months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, according to Bill Miller, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
Prosecutors had recommended a five-year prison sentence for Pruitt, a Silver Spring, Maryland, resident who has worked as a bartender and personal trainer. They described him as an aspiring Proud Boys member whose intimidating figure made him an “ideal recruit” for the group on Jan. 6.
The leader of Schumer’s security detail told the FBI that their encounter with Pruitt was a harrowing, unforgettable moment. Pruitt was advancing and only seconds from reaching Schumer when the security detail turned and ran with the senator away from an elevator and back down a ramp, detail members said.
“At the end of the ramp, officers closed and locked the doors. The security detail and (Schumer) pursued a secondary evacuation route. Once the doors were being closed, Pruitt turned around and retraced his steps,” Loeb wrote.
Pruitt and other prospects and recruits of the local Proud Boys chapter often used encrypted communications to discuss storming the Capitol, civil war and confrontations with police, according to prosecutors. They said Pruitt wanted to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6.
“He personally forced a 70-year-old Senator to run and find another path to safety. Among all the rioters who stormed the Capitol, it is a notorious distinction,” Loeb wrote.
Defense attorney Robert Jenkins Jr. said there is no “direct evidence” that Pruitt coordinated with Proud Boys members to attack the Capitol. Pruitt didn’t face a conspiracy charge.
“He admits that as the events unfolded Mr. Pruitt became overwhelmed by his emotions and true belief that the election results were polluted by fraud,” Jenkins wrote. He sought a three-year prison sentence for Pruitt.
Jenkins’ 10-page sentencing memo doesn’t address Pruitt’s encounter with Schumer, now Senate Majority Leader.
Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes founded the Proud Boys in 2016. Group members call it a politically incorrect men’s club for “Western chauvinists.” Before the Capitol riot, they were best known for street brawling with antifascist activists at rallies and protests.
Dozens of Proud Boys leaders, members and associates have been charged with Capitol riot-related crimes. Some, including former Proud Boys national chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what authorities say was a plot to forcibly oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power.
Prosecutors called Pruitt a “one-man symbol of the angry mob at the Capitol that day.” Many of the police officers guarding the Capitol on Jan. 6 remembered him as an instigator, according to prosecutors.
“Wearing a tactical glove with knuckle pads and a cut-off t-shirt with the logo of the ‘Punisher’ — an antihero known for dispensing violent vigilante justice — Pruitt made a calculated choice to use his thickly muscled appearance to communicate to the police that they faced a dangerous person,” Loeb wrote.
Pruitt was on probation and wearing an ankle monitor on the day of the riot. He initially was arrested on the night of Jan. 6 for violating a curfew imposed by the mayor of Washington, D.C. He has been jailed since a judge ordered his pretrial detention in January 2022.
Pruitt pleaded guilty in June to a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, the joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump, the Republican incumbent.
More than 860 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. Approximately 400 of them have pleaded guilty or been convicted after a trial. Over 240 Capitol riot defendants have been sentenced, with roughly half of them getting terms of incarceration ranging from seven days to over seven years.
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Partnership with DraftKings allows Turtle Derby fans to win cash on the race
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The slowest two minutes in sports – The Kentucky Turtle Derby presented by Old Forester Bourbon – returns this year on the first Saturday in May. And, for the first time, turtle fans can win cash on the race by guessing the winners, thanks to a partnership with DraftKings.
The turtles will "race," with the action shown in more than 10,000 bars and restaurants nationwide (via Atmosphere TV). In addition, the race will be streamed on YouTube and on the Big Board at Churchill Downs – a TV the size of three NBA basketball courts – for more than 150,000 at the track for the 148th running of The Kentucky Derby®.
Starting April 25 and until the race at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, fans nationwide can answer various questions about the turtles in the race. All those with correct answers will split a $5,000 pot. Visit DraftKings to play.
Eight turtles will make their way to the starting gate, with "Hiding in Plain Sight" the morning line favorite at 5-1. Longshots include "Out of the Bog" (50-1) and "Snappy and You Know It" ( 35-1).
In its third year, The Kentucky Turtle Derby was resurrected by Old Forester in 2020 when The Kentucky Derby was delayed due to the global pandemic. So, Old Forester decided to race turtles that year – and every year since.
Turtles raced in Louisville in 1945 during World War II – the only other time in history Derby ran on a date other than the first Saturday in May.
The Old Forester Mint Julep
Official drink of The Kentucky Turtle Derby
INGREDIENTS
- 2 oz. Old Forester 86 Proof
- 0.75 oz. Simple Syrup
- 8-10 mint leaves
- 3 mint sprigs for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
The Old Forester Mint Julep cocktail recipe is a traditional, from-scratch build of the south's most infamous warm-weather cocktail.
Pack mint julep cup with crushed ice. In a mixing glass, combine bourbon, syrup, and mint leaves. Lightly bruise mint leaves with a muddler, strain contents into julep cup. Garnish with 3 generous sprigs of mint.
*Make sure to slap mint. Make sure to insert a straw into the ice near mint.
About Brown-Forman:
For 151 years, Brown-Forman Corporation has enriched the experience of life by responsibly building fine quality beverage alcohol brands, including Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Jack Daniel's & Cola, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Fire, Gentleman Jack, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, Finlandia, Korbel, el Jimador, Woodford Reserve, Old Forester, Herradura, New Mix, Sonoma-Cutrer, Chambord, BenRiach, GlenDronach, Slane, and Fords Gin. Brown-Forman's brands are supported by over 4,800 employees and sold in more than 170 countries worldwide. For more information about the company, please visit https://www.brown-forman.com/.
About Old Forester Bourbon:
Old Forester is Brown-Forman's founding brand, founded in 1870 by George Garvin Brown. Brown believed Old Forester was so pure and consistent that he sealed it, signed it, and pledged, "There is nothing better in the market."
Please sip responsibly.
Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, 52% Alc. by Vol., Old Forester Distilling Company at Louisville in Kentucky. OLD FORESTER is a registered trademark. ©2021 Brown-Forman. All rights reserved. Please do not share or forward this content with anyone under the legal drinking age.
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ATLANTA — Four coal ash ponds Georgia Power plans to close in place will continue to expose ash to groundwater after the closures are completed, an executive with the utility disclosed this week.
Ash ponds at Plant Hammond near Rome, Plant McDonough south of Vinings, Plant Yates near Newnan and Plant Scherer near Macon are among 10 ash ponds Georgia Power plans to close in place by 2028. Ash from the utility’s other 19 ponds at coal plants across Georgia will be closed by excavating and removing the ash.
Aaron Mitchell, Georgia Power’s director of environmental affairs, testified on the second of two days of hearings before the state Public Service Commission on a plan the utility submitted in January outlining the mix of energy sources it intends to rely on for power generation during the next 20 years.
Georgia Power’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan calls for the company to continue phasing out its fleet of coal-burning plants and stepping up its investment in natural gas and renewable energy. With the coal plants being retired, the utility plans to spend $9 billion to close all 29 of its coal ash ponds.
Coal ash contains contaminants including mercury, cadmium and arsenic that can pollute groundwater and drinking water as well as air.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put utilities on notice in January that it would require them to “control, minimize or eliminate” contamination of groundwater from ash ponds. At that time, the EPA rejected four ash pond closure plans submitted by utilities in the Northeast and Midwest.
After its announcement, the EPA’s Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery sent a letter asking the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to review pending coal ash pond closure permits to determine whether they need to be modified or reissued.
While excavating and removing coal ash from ponds would make sure no groundwater contamination occurs, Mitchell testified the EPA has declared both removal and closure in place are acceptable.
“EPA has said both methods are equally as protective of the environment if the performance standards are complied with,” he said. “We believe our designs are compliant.”
The EPD issued a preliminary permit last year for closing the ash pond at Plant Hammond. Environmental groups and nearby residents have protested because some of the ash is sitting in groundwater.
Also, a 2020 lawsuit by Juliette residents against Georgia Power associated with groundwater contamination in the vicinity of Plant Scherer remains pending.
Georgia Power plans to offset some of the costs of closing the ponds by selling recovered ash for use in building materials, although some investment will be required for the infrastructure needed to update the ash to construction standards.
Mitchell said initially only about 10% of the ash will be recovered for “beneficial use.” Ultimately, however, the “vast majority” of the ash will be used, subject to market demand,” he said.
“The larger impact and larger value are from the reduction in the amount of ash and the value of the ash we actually have to close,” he said. “The benefits more than pay for themselves in the long term.” | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/georgia-power-exec-closing-coal-ash-ponds-will-leave-contaminated-groundwater/article_137b0224-b79b-11ec-b7e4-532e19ed8947.html | 2022-04-10T21:57:29Z |
- Photographs of rainbows become donations in support of the 2SLGBTQ+ community worldwide
TORONTO and CHICAGO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BMO Financial Group today announced its new Pride-themed "Rainbow Deposits" campaign, inviting Canadians and Americans to "deposit" pictures of rainbows using the BMO Rainbow Deposits web app at www.BMORainbowDeposits.com and share on social media using the hashtag #BMOPride.
For every rainbow deposited, BMO will donate $1 to Rainbow Railroad, up to $50,000. Rainbow Railroad is a non-profit organization committed to helping persecuted members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community find safety around the world. In 2021, Rainbow Railroad helped more than 8,000 members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community from 101 different countries. Anyone can participate in the campaign, regardless of their financial institution. People can also discover rainbows nearby them within the app map, while keeping track of progress towards the donation goal.
"BMO has always been a proud supporter of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and Pride dating back to the early 1980's with our support of efforts to end HIV/AIDS. This program exemplifies our Purpose to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life and strengthens our commitment to Zero Barriers to Inclusion – supporting safety and security for everyone," said Paul Noble, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, BMO Capital Markets and Executive Sponsor for BMO Pride Canada. "BMO Rainbow Deposits represents a new and exciting way to support the 2SLGBTQ+ community, by turning any rainbow into resources for those in need."
"At Rainbow Railroad, we understand the importance of queer visibility around Pride. The BMO Rainbow Deposits campaign turns that visibility, through rainbows, into meaningful action by supporting Rainbow Railroad and creating real change for members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community around the world," said Dane Bland, Director of Development & Communications at Rainbow Railroad. "The donations made possible by BMO and this campaign will help Rainbow Railroad respond to many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community reaching out to us for life-saving support. We're so grateful."
Rainbow Deposits is the latest in BMO's longstanding commitment to the 2SLGBTQ+ community, which includes more than two decades of Pride sponsorship. BMO recently became the first Canadian financial institution to offer Mastercard's True NameTM feature, which enables transgender and non-binary Canadians to display their chosen name on their card. In December 2019, BMO Harris was also the first bank in the United States to issue the True NameTM debit card. In June 2020, BMO Harris expanded the availability of Mastercard's True Name feature to additional payment card types.
Additional ways BMO supports Pride and the 2SLGBTQ+ community:
- For the fifth consecutive year, in January 2022 BMO Harris Bank was recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as an industry leader in LGBTQ+ workplace equality – receiving a score of 100 on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
- BMO is proud to have a long history of sponsoring Pride-related events in communities across North America – including the pride & remembrance run in Toronto which BMO has sponsored for 26 years. The run raises funds to support 2SLGBTQ+ organizations and fosters community spirit, goodwill, volunteerism and sportsmanship in the Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ community.
- Underpinning our efforts as an organization is BMO Pride. BMO Pride is an enterprise-wide group of Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning (2SLGBTQ+) and ally employees committed to promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all.
- BMO Road to Allyship training program was created for BMO employees who want to be supportive of their 2SLGBTQ+ colleagues. The course offers steps and resources that will help to strengthen their ability to stand up for others.
More information on BMO's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments, can be found here.
About BMO Harris Bank
BMO Harris Bank provides a broad range of personal banking products and solutions through more than 500 branches and fee-free access to over 40,000 ATMs across the United States. BMO Harris Bank's commercial banking team provides a combination of sector expertise, local knowledge and mid-market focus throughout the United States. For more information about BMO Harris Bank, visit the company fact sheet. Accounts are subject to approval. BMO Harris Bank N.A. Member FDIC. BMO Harris Bank is part of BMO Financial Group, a highly diversified financial services provider with total assets of CDN$1.04 trillion as of April 30, 2022.
About Rainbow Railroad
Rainbow Railroad is an international charitable organization with headquarters in New York and Toronto that helps LGBTQI+ people seeking safe haven from state-enabled violence and persecution in countries where same-sex intimacy and diverse gender expressions and sex characteristics are criminalized. Rainbow Railroad is a registered Canadian charity and 501(c)3 organization in the USA. For more on Rainbow Railroad, visit www.rainbowrailroad.org.
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SOURCE BMO Harris Bank | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/06/01/pride-lives-here-bmo-turns-pride-rainbow-symbol-into-action/ | 2022-06-01T10:23:44Z |
NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, SNDL, AMC, NIO, and HOOD.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- F: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=F&prnumber=072220222
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- HOOD: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=HOOD&prnumber=072220222
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InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock's overall suitability for investment.
InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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SOURCE InvestorsObserver | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/07/22/thinking-about-buying-stock-ford-sundial-growers-amc-entertainment-nio-or-robinhood-markets/ | 2022-07-22T14:46:08Z |
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the development and implementation of a revised strategic plan, Tower Hill Insurance Group will cease writing business into Tower Hill Preferred Insurance Company and Tower Hill Signature Insurance Company. One step in the strategic plan was to voluntarily withdraw Financial Stability Ratings® (FSRs) of A, Exceptional effective May 31, 2022.
Tower Hill is excited about the opportunities Exchange offers to agents and customers. Transitioning to the reciprocal insurer business model affords continued growth through increased capacity. As they celebrate their 50th anniversary, they remain dedicated to the Florida market, their agency partners and customers.
Demotech's President and co-founder Joseph Petrelli noted, "Tower Hill Insurance Group is a thought leader focused on being responsive to consumers and producers. We look forward to continuing our relationship as they move forward with Tower Hill Insurance Exchange and Tower Hill Prime Insurance Company. Exchange and Prime retain the FSRs affirmed earlier this year. Furthermore, Tower Hill has provided definitive accommodations to all Tower Hill Preferred and Tower Hill Signature policyholder claims."
Demotech, Inc. was the first firm to review independent, regional and specialty insurers, 1989. More recently, we were the first to call for a special session on Florida's property insurance marketplace. Since 1985, Demotech has served the industry by assigning accurate, reliable, and proven Financial Stability Ratings® to Property & Casualty insurers and Title underwriters. Demotech's philosophy is to review and evaluate insurers based on their area of focus and execution of their business model rather than solely on financial size. Visit www.demotech.com for additional information.
Founded in 1972, Tower Hill Insurance is a leader among residential and commercial property insurers in the Southeast. Financial strength, product expertise, a comprehensive reinsurance program, and exceptional claims service are core business strategies of the organization.
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SOURCE Demotech, Inc. | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/05/31/two-demotech-financial-stability-ratings-voluntarily-withdrawn/ | 2022-05-31T22:30:13Z |
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