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M.D.C. HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER 2022 RESULTS
Published: Jul. 28, 2022 at 5:00 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Home sale revenues growth and a 370 basis point expansion of our gross margin from home sales to 26.8% resulted in a 23% increase in net income for the quarter.
DENVER, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M.D.C Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC), one of the nation's leading homebuilders, announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"MDC delivered another quarter of strong profitability in the second quarter of 2022, generating earnings of $2.59 per diluted share, which represented a 23% increase over the second quarter of 2021," said MDC's Executive Chairman, Larry A. Mizel. "Our teams did an excellent job of executing during the quarter as we met or exceeded our stated guidance for deliveries, average sales price and home sales gross margin during what has become a more challenging operating environment. We also ended the quarter with a sold backlog value of over $4.44 billion, which was 8% higher on a year-over-year basis."
Mr. Mizel continued, "We experienced a year-over-year decline in net orders during the quarter, driven by a slowdown in demand, an uptick in cancellations and difficult order comparisons from the prior year period. The sharp increase in interest rates combined with a more uncertain economic outlook has taken a toll on consumer confidence, which is reflected in our net orders in the quarter. We believe these headwinds may persist for at least the remainder of the year and we are actively adjusting our operations to reflect this new reality."
Mr. Mizel concluded, "Fortunately, MDC is led by one of the most seasoned management teams in the industry, which gives us great perspective on housing market cycles and how to navigate them. We enter this period of uncertainty from a position of strength, with a debt-to-capital ratio of 34%, total available liquidity of $1.74 billion and no senior note maturities due until 2030. In addition, the gross margin of homes in backlog at the end of the quarter remained healthy, giving us a solid runway for continued strong operating profitability as we head into the back half of the year."
"After several consecutive quarters of increasing prices and strong demand, we experienced a noticeable decline in sales activity in the second quarter of 2022," said David Mandarich, MDC's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe this was a natural reaction to the rapid rise in mortgage rates and reduced consumer confidence that took place during the quarter, and one that will likely require some realignment by industry participants. While it's unclear how long it will take for the homebuilding market to regain its footing, we remain confident that our affordable product focus in strong markets has us well positioned for the future. In addition, our build-to-order strategy and limited amount of speculative inventory allow us to operate from a position of strength. As a result, we continue to see a bright long-term future ahead for MDC."
About MDC M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1972. MDC's homebuilding subsidiaries, which operate under the name Richmond American Homes, have built and financed the American Dream for more than 230,000 homebuyers since 1977. MDC's commitment to customer satisfaction, quality and value is reflected in each home its subsidiaries build. MDC is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States. Its subsidiaries have homebuilding operations across the country, including the metropolitan areas of Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Riverside-San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Orlando, Jacksonville, Seattle, Portland, Boise, Nashville, Austin and Albuquerque. The Company's subsidiaries also provide mortgage financing, insurance and title services, primarily for Richmond American homebuyers, through HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation, American Home Insurance Agency, Inc. and American Home Title and Escrow Company, respectively. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "MDC." For more information, visit www.mdcholdings.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release, including any statements regarding our business, financial condition, results of operation, cash flows, strategies and prospects, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of MDC to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, (1) general economic conditions, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in consumer confidence, inflation or deflation and employment levels; (2) changes in business conditions experienced by MDC, including restrictions on business activities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, cancellation rates, net home orders, home gross margins, land and home values and subdivision counts; (3) changes in interest rates, mortgage lending programs and the availability of credit; (4) changes in the market value of MDC's investments in marketable securities; (5) uncertainty in the mortgage lending industry, including repurchase requirements associated with HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation's sale of mortgage loans (6) the relative stability of debt and equity markets; (7) competition; (8) the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by MDC in its homebuilding operations; (9) the availability and cost of performance bonds and insurance covering risks associated with our business; (10) shortages and the cost of labor; (11) weather related slowdowns and natural disasters; (12) slow growth initiatives; (13) building moratoria; (14) governmental regulation, including orders addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, the interpretation of tax, labor and environmental laws; (15) terrorist acts and other acts of war; (16) changes in energy prices; and (17) other factors over which MDC has little or no control. Additional information about the risks and uncertainties applicable to MDC's business is contained in MDC's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, which is scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations expressed in this press release will increase with the passage of time. MDC undertakes no duty to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. However, any further disclosures made on related subjects in our subsequent filings, releases or webcasts should be consulted.
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SEGUIN, Texas, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriTex Holdings LLC (AmeriTex) today announced that it closed $380 million in Senior Secured Credit Facilities with U.S. Bank National Association ("U.S. Bank") to combine with its $35 million in current Subordinated Notes with Prudential Capital Partners, LP ("Prudential") to continue its growth in products and other capabilities to best serve its Texas contractor customers.
AmeriTex operates the largest concrete pipe, box culvert, and precast concrete complexes in the United States, and is Texas' premier supplier of concrete storm drain products for utility and highway contractors. We believe that we've revolutionized the manner that concrete pipe and box is manufactured in our high-capacity, state of the art facilities which are strategically located in Seguin, Conroe, and Gunter Texas, for responsive service and timely deliveries. In addition to high capacity, our facilities have the flexibility to serve a broad range of needs from small residential developments to the largest highway projects, stocking many ready-to-ship products in most standard sizes and configurations. When a project requires specific dimensions, joint types and strength ratings, AmeriTex's facilities easily re-tool to the customer's exact specifications. AmeriTex is QCast-certified and meets or exceeds all ASTM and TxDOT standards.
Kevin Thompson, AmeriTex's Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We listen carefully and work tirelessly to meet the needs of our contractor friends. With TxDOT recently announcing another record year of projects, Texas County property receipts growing to record levels from rising home values, and the move of about a dozen Fortune 500 headquarters and thousands of other companies to Texas in the last handful of years, AmeriTex understands that it needs to continue to grow to meet its customers' needs." Although it has been operating its new Gunter pipe and box facility for less than a year, it's close to full capacity. Mr. Thompson added, "With this increased financing, we can do even more to provide the value our customers' deserve. AmeriTex will always work hard to meet our contractor friends' growing needs."
Chris Angarola, Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking of U.S. Bank added, "We focus on building lasting relationships that endure through economic and industry cycles, making us a reliable and trusted financial partner. We understand Kevin's commitment to meet his customers needs and enjoy watching the precision in which Kevin and his team build and operate these massive facilities." Chris added, "We were delighted to be selected to lead AmeriTex's $380 million senior credit facility we hope to be Kevin's financing partner for years to come."
Rocky Lorenz, AmeriTex's President, remarked, "I'm excited to have AmeriTex expand its relationship with U.S. Bank, who has acted as a true partner. We very much appreciate all the hard work of the U.S. Bank Team, including Pace Erbstoesser and Shawn Graves. Like AmeriTex, U.S. Bank's team is deep, long standing, and committed to the needs of its customers." Mr. Lorenz added, "Personally, I'm excited to be nearing completion of Gunter's precast facility soon. Together, we will continue our high standards of customer service that have driven our growth."
With $591 billion in assets as of June 30, 2022, U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association and is the fifth largest banking institution in the United States, providing banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services products to individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and other financial institutions. U.S. Bancorp operates under the second-oldest continuous American charter granted in 1863, and has 3,106 branches and 4,842 automated teller machines, primarily in the Western and Midwestern United States with a strong presence in Texas.
For more information about U.S. Bank, please visit our website at www.usbank.com
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All-new service offered to help reduce powered equipment loss and streamline fleet management
New maintenance features for Lytx Fleet Tracking Service coming later this year
SAN DIEGO, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lytx® Inc., a global leader in video telematics solutions, has launched the Lytx Asset Tracking Service to augment its industry-leading fleet management solutions. Available now in the U.S. and Canada, the Asset Tracking Service can be used by fleet managers looking for a streamlined approach to locating and managing their powered equipment. The company also announced several new maintenance enhancements for its Fleet Tracking Service, which are slated to release later this year.
With nearly $1 billion dollars of large machinery lost or stolen in the United States every year, today's fleet managers need an efficient solution that can quickly help them secure and locate their most important powered assets.
Available now, the all-new Lytx Asset Tracking Service is designed for fleet managers who need timely information about their powered equipment. The service consists of the Lytx Asset Tracker hardware and a monthly subscription per unit that grants customers access to the customizable software via a Lytx account.
Lytx Asset Tracking Service
Asset tracking is essential for customers with mixed fleets since the location of assets can change quickly. Without a means of locating and tracking equipment, companies can be exposed to theft and loss of equipment.
By installing a Lytx Asset Tracker device into a powered asset and using the tracking software, companies can quickly obtain important data such as the asset serial number, current estimated location, last connected time, and the last movement date. Customized real-time alerts provide additional visibility including how long the equipment has been dormant, current battery level, and when an asset enters or exits a defined area.
Paired with Lytx's Fleet Tracking Service, asset tracking can provide fleet managers with the peace of mind of knowing where both their vehicles and essential powered equipment are at all times. This full-view visibility gives fleet managers and business owners the ability to track history and travel patterns to determine vehicle and equipment usage, as well as whether they need to buy more equipment or offload some.
Although Fleet Tracking Service is not required to purchase Asset Tracking Service, subscribers to both services have the additional benefit of being able to view their vehicles as well as their powered equipment in one integrated map.
Lytx Fleet Tracking Service
Asset Tracking is the latest offering to join Lytx's fleet management solutions. Customers looking to streamline their fleet management solutions under one single platform can add Lytx's Asset Tracking Service and Fleet Tracking Service today. For fleet managers who need to regularly access fleet status, manage driver efficiency, and keep their vehicles running in top condition, Lytx Fleet Tracking Service provides a seamless solution.
Enhanced by video, Lytx's GPS fleet tracking software allows companies to easily manage and monitor their vehicles and assets in the field so that they can respond faster, complete more jobs, decrease theft, and improve customer satisfaction. With an installed GPS-enabled device, fleet managers can gain visibility into arrival, idle, and departure times, leading to faster decision making and reduced fuel costs.
Lytx Fleet Tracking Service can be customized to suit all fleet needs, including setting defined areas called geofences, configuring interactive maps, and analyzing specific trends and performance. Video-enabled devices can enhance asset tracking by providing video evidence to help protect drivers and reduce claims costs in the event of a collision, as well as with supporting investigations of damage incidents or missing equipment.
New maintenance enhancements are currently in development and will be added to Lytx's Fleet Tracking Service later this year. Those new capabilities include:
- Preventative Maintenance by Calendar – Fleet managers will be able to proactively configure and schedule vehicle service intervals with due dates set by calendar day. This can help with performing time-based vehicle maintenance, which can result in fewer vehicle failures.
- Preventative Maintenance by Engine Hours – Managers will also be able to track engine hours and have the option to schedule maintenance by engine hours, which can help measure the wear and tear on vehicles.
New customers interested in learning more about Lytx's fleet tracking and asset tracking services can obtain additional information here.
For more details on Lytx Asset Tracking Service, go here.
Lytx is the global leader in fleet management services. Our solutions harness the power of video to empower drivers and fleets to be safer and more efficient, productive, and profitable so they can thrive in today's competitive environment. Through the Lytx platform, direct and reseller clients access our customizable services and programs spanning driver safety, risk detection, fleet tracking, compliance, preventative maintenance, and fuel management. Using the world's largest driving database of its kind, along with proprietary machine vision and artificial intelligence technology, we help protect and connect thousands of fleets and 1.6 million drivers in more than 60 countries worldwide. For more information about Lytx, visit www.lytx.com, @lytx on Twitter, LinkedIn, our Facebook page, or our YouTube channel.
Contact:
Jason Andersen
CorpComm@lytx.com
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GREELEY, Colo., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBS USA Lux S.A. (the "Company") announced today that it received Requisite Consents (as defined below) from the holders of each of its (i) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "6.50% 2029 Notes"), (ii) 5.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes"), (iii) 3.750% Senior Notes due 2031 (the "2031 Notes"), (iv) 3.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "3.000% 2029 Notes"), (v) 3.000% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes"), and (vi) 4.375% Senior Notes due 2052 (the "2052 Notes" and, collectively with the 6.50% 2029 Notes, the 2030 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 3.000% 2029 Notes, and the 2032 Notes, the "Notes"), each issued by the Company, JBS USA Food Company ("JBS USA Food Company"), and JBS USA Finance, Inc. ("JBS USA Finance" and, collectively with the Company and JBS USA Food Company, the "Issuers") to certain proposed amendments as set forth below (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Proposed Amendments") to the indentures governing each series of Notes (with respect to each series of Notes, an "Indenture" and, collectively, the "Indentures") (with respect to each series of Notes, a "Consent Solicitation" and, collectively, the "Consent Solicitations").
Each Consent Solicitation expired at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 15, 2022 (the "Expiration Time"). As of the Expiration Time, the Company received the applicable consents from the applicable holders as of the Record Date (as defined below) representing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes (not including any such Notes that are held by the Company or any of its affiliates) (the "Requisite Consents"). Holders of the applicable Notes as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 1, 2022 (such time and date, the "Record Date") will receive a cash payment equal to: (1) U.S.$1.00 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the (x) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2029, (y) 2030 Notes and (z) 2031 Notes and (2) U.S.$0.50 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the (x) 3.000% Senior Notes due 2029, (y) 2032 Notes and (z) 2052 Notes, in respect of which consents to the applicable Proposed Amendments have been validly delivered prior to the applicable Expiration Time and not validly revoked by such holder. Such cash payment is expected to occur on August 19, 2022 or promptly thereafter.
In addition, holders of the Notes will benefit from the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement to be entered into by the Company pursuant to which the Company will agree to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file an exchange offer registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow holders to exchange Notes of each series for the same principal amount of exchange notes of the same series, which will have terms identical in all material respects to such series of Notes, except that the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions, and (ii) consummate such exchange offer within 365 days of entering into the registration rights agreement.
The Proposed Amendments conform certain provisions and restrictive covenants (and definitions related thereto) in each Indenture to the corresponding provisions and restrictive covenants (and definitions related thereto) set forth in each indenture, dated June 21, 2022, governing the Issuers' U.S.$500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2028, U.S.$1,250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2033 and U.S.$750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2052. The Proposed Amendments are described in greater detail in the consent solicitation statement, dated August 2, 2022, pursuant to which the Consent Solicitations were conducted. A supplemental indenture with respect to each series of Notes giving effect to the Proposed Amendments has been executed. The Proposed Amendments will become operative with respect to each series of Notes only upon payment of the applicable consent fee.
The Information Agent for each Consent Solicitation was:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 269-5550 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (800) 967-7574
E-mail: JBS@dfking.com
The Solicitation Agents for each Consent Solicitation were: Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. who may be contacted at the numbers listed below.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 528-7581 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (800) 438-3242
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 702-1840 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (833) 418-0762
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 205-7736 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (866) 271-7403
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 618-7843
All others call toll-free: +1 (877) 381-2099
Truist Securities, Inc.
Call: +1 (800) 685-4786
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO SELL NOR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITY. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ALSO NOT A SOLICITATION OF CONSENTS TO ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our perspectives and expectations, are forward looking statements. The words "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "plan" and similar expressions, when related to JBS USA and its subsidiaries, indicate forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current view of management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions and factors, including general economic, market, industry, and operational factors. Any changes to these assumptions or factors may lead to practical results different from current expectations. Excessive reliance should not be placed on those statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made and JBS USA undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.
About JBS USA Lux S.A.
JBS USA Lux S.A. is one of the world's largest producers of beef, pork, chicken and packaged food products. In terms of daily production capacity, JBS USA Lux S.A. is among the leading beef producers and the second-largest pork and chicken producer in the United States. In Australia, JBS USA Lux S.A. is the leading producer of beef, lamb and packaged foods and the second largest producer of salmon. JBS USA Lux S.A. prepares, packages and delivers fresh, value-added and branded beef, pork, chicken, and lamb products to customers in more than 150 countries on six continents. JBS USA Lux S.A. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of JBS S.A., the largest protein company and the largest food company in the world in terms of net revenue.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. ("Rubius" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RUBY). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Rubius and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 8, 2022, Rubius issued a press release "Report[ing] Updated Clinical Data at AACR from the Ongoing Monotherapy Phase 1 Arm of the Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of RTX-240 in Advanced Solid Tumors." Although Rubius touted that the data demonstrated "single-agent activity and favorable tolerability," the data appeared to be less effective than its previous readout.
On this news, Rubius's stock price fell $2.67 per share, or 45.56%, to close at $3.19 per share on April 8, 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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MANCHESTER, N.H., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DSF announced today that it has sold Halstead Manchester, a 640-unit market-rate apartment community located at 22A Country Club Drive in Manchester, NH.
CBRE Capital Markets' multi-housing experts Biria St. John, Simon Butler and John McLaughlin exclusively represented an affiliate of The DSF Group from Boston, MA.
Spread out over nearly 41 acres, the community is comprised of 16 three-story residential buildings and two single-story amenity buildings with two swimming pools.
Originally built between 1981 and 1985, two of the buildings were completely rebuilt between 2013 and 2014. In February 2020, DSF completed their signature Halstead amenity package, allowing Halstead Manchester to rival newer apartment communities in the Manchester market.
In addition to the Halstead amenities, ownership completed significant operating expense reduction initiatives. These green initiatives included replacing boilers with high efficiency models, installing LED lighting and low-flow fixtures, resulting in significant utility savings.
"This sale represents the largest total consideration for a single apartment transaction in the state's history and marked the successful conclusion of our investment strategy for the asset. The New Hampshire market continues to be the top performing market in all of New England," stated Josh Solomon, President of The DSF Group.
With greater than $4.5 billion invested in over 12,000 multi-family units, offices in Boston and Washington D.C. and decades of deep-seated experience, The DSF Group strives to create unique, award-winning properties. We acquire well located multi-family properties near transportation hubs and then reposition the properties through the implementation of well thought out renovations, amenities and technology. From development and renovations through construction and asset management, financing and design, we are hands-on operators. The steady involvement of our principals drives the results of every project we invest in. For more information please visit: www.thedsfgroup.com
Contact: Michelle Michaud
Honor Code Creative
michellemichaud@honorcodecreative.com
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adge Pharmaceuticals ("Adge") has entered into a license agreement with Korea-based Cyan Bio, Inc. ("Cyan"). Cyan will receive exclusive rights for commercialization of elocalcitol in key territories in Asia for the treatment of the Rett Syndrome and Osteogenesis imperfecta. The territories include Korea, Greater China, Japan, India and Southeast Asian countries. In parallel with the licensing agreement, Cyan will make an equity investment in Adge.
As announced earlier (https://adgepharm.com/news/mar-22-2022/), Adge has secured a global license to RO269228, a clinical stage oral small molecule originally developed by Roche for osteoporosis. RO269228, also known as elocalcitol, is a vitamin D analog which has demonstrated efficacy and safety in multiple Phase 2 clinical trials. Furthermore, its mechanism of actions are highly relevant to addressing pathogenesis of multiple rare diseases including Rett Syndrome and Osteogenesis imperfecta that Adge is targeting as priority indications.
Dr. Kalev Kask, CEO and founder of Adge, commented, "Partnership with Cyan is an important step towards broadening the international reach of Adge as it continues to develop elocalcitol, its key asset, for the treatment of the Rett Syndrome and Osteogenesis imperfecta, two rare pediatric diseases for which Asian countries are a market of growing significance. We are extremely pleased to have been able to partner with Cyan as a specialist of those markets".
Michelle Kim, CEO of Cyan, added, "We are delighted to partner with Adge in developing elocalcitol to address a significant unmet need to benefit patients in Asia."
Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused by a mutation in the MECP2 gene and almost exclusively affects girls. It is characterized by normal early growth and development followed by a slowdown in development, slowed brain and head growth, loss of purposeful use of the hands, distinctive hand movements, problems with walking, seizures, autistic behavior and intellectual disability. Rett syndrome is the second most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder in girls after Down syndrome affecting an estimated 1 in 9,000 to 10,000 females.
Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic diseases that primarily affect the bones. People with this condition have bones that fracture easily, often from mild trauma or with no apparent cause. Multiple fractures are common, and in severe cases, can occur even before birth. Osteogenesis imperfecta affects approximately 1 in 10,000 to 20,000 people worldwide.
Adge Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of first-in-class therapies for orphan indications.
"Cyan Bio (www.cyanbio.com) is a Korea based company focused on identifying and nurturing promising opportunities that address unmet medical needs.
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The BAR and The SHOT Come Together for a Healthy Grab-and-Go Energy Boost Alternative
FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Remedy Products LLC, the leader in natural plant-based supplements, snacks and topicals designed to support active adult lifestyles, is proud to announce the launch of "The POWER PACK". The pre-packaged grab-and-go box set features one serving each of Remedy+'s two popular energy boosting products: the award-winning cherry chocolate flavored hemp protein snack bar The BAR and CBD infused energy drink The SHOT.
- The BAR is a protein snack bar (190 calories per bar) that delivers on energy and taste, utilizing the power of hemp protein with award-winning chocolate berry flavor. Hemp protein is packed with essential nutrients that enhance performance and boost physical health. It contains all nine essential amino acids, making it a "complete protein".
- The SHOT is an energy shot boasting a blend of nano broad-spectrum CBD, vitamin B-12, caffeine, ginseng, cinnamon and agave. The SHOT provides focused energy without a foggy crash, and is a great tasting, portable, and natural alternative to other energy beverages and supplements.
"We want to be the first name that comes to people's minds when they think about natural products and boosting performance. The launch of the POWER PACK will go a long way to helping us become the singular name in plant-based performance," says Tom Kurz, Managing Member of Remedy Products LLC. "The POWER PACK's pairing of our SHOT and BAR offers consumers a more effective, natural and super tasty way to fuel the body when on-the-go and is a smart alternative to artificially flavored and chemically enhanced beverages and snacks."
The POWER PACK is Remedy+'s first multi-product package and will begin rolling out in convenience stores, pharmacies and grocery chains across the country later this month at an MSRP of $7.49 per unit. The full line of Remedy+ products, including The DROP, The BAR, The SHOT, The RUB, and The CAP, are also currently available for purchase online as well as at select golf and tennis pro-shops, fitness studios and independent natural product retailers across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Florida.
Remedy+ products are designed to positively impact and support optimal functions of the body and mind. Each product is custom-tailored with a specific performance or recovery goal in mind. The entire suite of natural supplements, snacks and topicals work together to allow individuals the ability to perform at their peak potential. Scientifically pairing hemp compounds with other plant-based ingredients, Remedy+ provides holistic solutions for performance challenges wherever and whenever needed.
To learn more, please visit www.myremedyproducts.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 4, 2021 to March 8, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 16, 2022
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Learn more about your recoverable losses in YEXT:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Yext, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Yext's revenue and earnings were significantly deteriorating because of, among other things, poor sales execution and performance, as well as COVID-19 related disruptions; (ii) accordingly, Yext was unlikely to meet consensus estimates for its full year fiscal 2022 financial results and fiscal 2023 outlook; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Yext you have until August 16, 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 Yext 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 YEXT lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/yext-lawsuit?id=30641&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.
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Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts omicron protection
(AP) - Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday.
COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.
Moderna’s preliminary study results show people given the combination shot experienced an eight-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies capable of targeting the omicron mutant, the company announced.
Today’s COVID-19 vaccines all are based on the original version of the coronavirus. They’re still providing strong protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death even after the appearance of the super-contagious omicron variant -- especially if people have had a booster dose.
But the virus continues to mutate rapidly in ways that let it evade some of the vaccines’ protections and cause milder infections.
So U.S. regulators, and the World Health Organization, are considering whether to order a change in the vaccine recipe for a new round of booster shots in the fall -- when cold weather and kids returning to school are expected to drive yet another surge.
Key questions: How to make that change without losing the continued strong protection against COVID-19′s worst outcomes? And what’s the right variant to target? After the huge winter omicron surge, that mutant’s genetically distinct siblings now are the main threats, including one that’s fueling the current U.S. wave of infections.
The Food and Drug Administration has set a meeting in late June for its scientific advisers to debate those questions and evaluate data from vaccine makers’ tests of potential new formulas. Pfizer also is studying a combination shot, what scientists call a bivalent vaccine.
Moderna said its new study found that a month after the combo shot, recipients harbored higher omicron-fighting antibody levels -- and cross-protection against other prior variants — than the original vaccine triggers. However, antibodies naturally wane so it’s not clear how long the protection against infection will last.
The study was performed in 437 people, and safety was similar to today’s boosters, Moderna said. The results were announced in a press release and haven’t undergone scientific review.
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OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl who went missing from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for more than a week has been found in Oregon and the man accused of kidnapping is detained in jail, authorities said Monday.
FBI agents on Saturday helped arrest Noah Madrano, 41, on accusations of luring the girl from Canada to the U.S., according to an email from the media office of the FBI in Portland. The girl from the Canadian city of Edmonton was found in Oregon City, Oregon. Madrano was being held on state charges, the email said.
Madrano was at the Clackamas County Jail on accusations of rape, sexual abuse and kidnapping, according to jail records. The records did not indicate if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.
Oregon City Police spokesman Matt Paschall said Madrano is being held on no bail and was scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.
The Edmonton Police Service said in a statement that the girl went missing on June 24. An investigation by Edmonton police, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Oregon City Police and the FBI located the girl and the man on Saturday, the statement said.
The girl was taken to a local children’s hospital for a precautionary examination, the statement said. Her family was notified Saturday morning and arrangements were made to return her to her family, the statement said. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/missing-canadian-girl-is-found-in-oregon-suspect-arrested/ | 2022-07-05T19:32:42Z |
VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Cypress Development Corp. (TSXV: CYP) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z1) ("Cypress" or "the Company") is pleased to announce positive results from the Direct Lithium Extraction ("DLE") portion of its Lithium Extraction Facility ("Pilot Plant") in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Assays received from samples collected during continuous operating cycles in March, April, and May, 2022, revealed an average lithium recovery of 99.5% within the DLE portion of the Pilot Plant. These high lithium recoveries were accompanied with high levels of impurity rejection.
"We are very pleased with the DLE results from the Pilot Plant" said Bill Willoughby, Cypress President, and CEO. "Thanks to Chemionex, vendors of the DLE process, and the work of our team, the results are consistent over time and sufficient to give Cypress confidence in this part of our overall process. The information gained from the testing along with the license to the technology are important steps for Cypress and the ongoing Feasibility Study."
The DLE area is one part in the Pilot Plant and consists of a proprietary process and equipment acquired from Chemionex, Inc. Overall, lithium extraction begins in the Pilot Plant with acid leaching a slurry of lithium-bearing claystone. The lithium solution obtained from leaching then passes through several steps before entering the DLE process. In continuous 24-hour-per-day tests from the end of March through mid-May 2022, lithium recoveries in the DLE portion were consistently above 99%. These high lithium recoveries were observed in 76 sets of feed and discharge samples. The samples were collected at 6-hour intervals over the operating periods and were assayed at ALS Global for lithium and other elements. Rejection of major cations, calcium and magnesium, during the period was also above 99%.
Based on these results, Cypress' Board of Directors has authorized the release of one million Cypress shares being held in escrow to Chemionex, thereby satisfying the terms of its July 5, 2021, Share Purchase and License Agreement. With the completion of the purchase agreement, Cypress acquires full ownership of the equipment and a royalty-free license in perpetuity to use the Chemionex technology at its Pilot Plant and at the Company's Clayton Valley Lithium Project. The shares released are subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Todd Fayram, MMSA-QP, is the qualified persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and have approved of the technical information in this release.
Cypress Development Corp. is a Canadian based advanced stage lithium company, focused on developing its 100%-owned Clayton Valley Lithium Project in Nevada, USA. Cypress is in the pilot stage of testing on material from its lithium-bearing claystone deposit and progressing towards completing a feasibility study and permitting, with the goal of becoming a domestic producer of lithium for the growing electric vehicle and battery storage market.
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WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, PhD., PE
President & Chief Executive Officer
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This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are identified by words such as "expects," "estimates," "projects," "anticipates," "believes," "could," "scheduled," and other similar words. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that management of the Company expects, are forward-looking statements. Although management believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, include market prices, exploration, and development successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Please see the public filings of the Company at www.sedar.com for further information.
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Which stainless steel olive oil dispensers are best?
Peppery tasting and loaded with good-for-you fats, olive oil is one of nature’s greatest gifts to eaters across the globe. Whether you routinely use olive oil for cooking or save the best varieties of it for a final spicy swirl in soups, on pasta or in salads, the best stainless steel olive oil dispenser can help you cook (and eat) in style.
For holding larger quantities of olive oil while still looking great on the table, the Sumerflos Stainless Steel Olive Oil Dispenser is a good choice.
What to know before you buy a stainless steel olive oil dispenser
Capacity
Are you an adventurous home cook who uses olive oil regularly at the stove? You’ll want to look for a large-capacity stainless steel olive oil dispenser (or have to refill it more frequently). Consider dispensers that hold at least 3 cups.
For people who prefer to use olive oil only as a finishing touch at the table, look for a refined, smaller-capacity stainless steel olive oil dispenser. Tableside dispensers usually hold a cup or two of olive oil.
Whatever size you choose, make sure that you will use the olive oil in the dispenser in a few months. Otherwise, it will spoil in the dispenser and bring an off taste to dinner.
Type of dispensers
Stainless steel olive oil dispensers come in different types. An olive oil mister works well for those who want to limit oil intake while dressing their salad. The spray is pre-measured and helps evenly disperse the oil.
A stainless steel olive oil dispenser with cork bottle topper is also good for tableside dressing, but offers less portion control.
Finally, a stainless steel olive oil cruet features a long spout for pouring. The top is removable, but that is used only to refill the oil.
What to look for in a quality stainless steel olive oil dispenser
Drip-free spout
Some people like the look of a gracefully curved spout, but this type of spout can cause drips of oil to slide down your dispenser. Look for a drip-free spout with a sharper edge to minimize stray drips.
High-quality materials
Look for stainless steel olive oil dispensers made from either premium 18/8 or 18/10 stainless steel. These two types of stainless steel are durable and beautiful.
Finish
The finish of your stainless steel olive oil dispenser is largely a matter of preference. Stainless steel can be either brushed for a matte look, or it can be mirror polished. This ultra-reflective finish is beautiful at the table, but can be challenging to keep clean and shiny at the stove.
Air hole in the top
Some dispensers have a small air hole in the top. The air hole allows oil to dispense smoothly and at an even pace. No more surprising glugs of oil when you don’t want it.
How much you can expect to spend on a stainless steel olive oil dispenser
When looking for stainless steel olive oil dispensers, expect to spend between $15-$40.
Stainless steel olive oil dispenser FAQ
How do you clean a stainless steel olive oil dispenser?
A. Your stainless steel olive oil dispenser might need a little more attention than some other types of dispensers. Clean the inside of the dispenser with hot, soapy water and a bottle brush if you have one. Allow it to dry completely before replacing the cap. Some dispensers are dishwasher-safe, but check with the manufacturer. For the outside of the dispenser, use dedicated stainless steel wipes or cleaner to remove grease or grime. If you only use the dispenser at the table, you’ll most likely have less grime to clean than if your oil sits by the stove.
How long will olive oil last in a stainless steel dispenser?
A. Olive oil begins to degrade as soon as it is exposed to oxygen. The oil’s flavor will begin to decline over a month or two, and the oil will turn rancid. Stainless steel olive oil dispensers block the sunlight that speeds up this process, but try to keep the dispenser away from the stove. Heat speeds up the oil’s deterioration, too.
What are the best stainless steel olive oil dispensers to buy?
Top stainless steel olive oil dispenser
Sumerflos Stainless Steel Olive Oil Dispenser
What you need to know: This larger capacity dispenser is great for cooking but still looks great on the table.
What you’ll love: This olive oil dispenser features a drip-free spout design and comes with a dust cover. The handle is ergonomic for easy use, and it holds 3 cups of oil.
What you should consider: The shiny exterior shows every single smudge mark and fingerprint.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top stainless steel olive oil dispenser for the money
GM GMISUN Stainless Steel Olive Oil Dispenser
What you need to know: This stainless olive oil dispenser has a timeless design and holds 2 cups of oil.
What you’ll love: The mouth of this dispenser opens wide for easy refilling. It also features a no-drip spout and an elegant, classic design. This dispenser comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee.
What you should consider: This works best as a tableside dispenser.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Kibaga Olive Oil And Vinegar Dispenser Set
What you need to know: This pair is a modern take on tableside olive oil and vinegar.
What you’ll love: This pair of dispensers makes it easy to dress your salad or add a final splash of oil or vinegar to dishes. Each dispenser holds almost a cup of oil or vinegar.
What you should consider: This dispenser is only useful for tableside dispensing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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It's no joke – popular candy brand is giving fans an opportunity to celebrate with a piece of Laffy Taffy joke-telling history as they remove a selection of their most beloved 'dad jokes' from product wrappers and pull them out of circulation
CHICAGO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laffy Taffy®, the popular candy brand known for its delicious fruity, chewy candy, has been famously sharing hilarious 'dad jokes' on every wrapper since the 1980s, featuring some of the most iconic puns in joke-telling history. But today, Laffy Taffy announces it will retire 15 of its most beloved "original jokes" for the first time ever and venture into the innovative world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with the launch of its "Laffy Taffy Original Jokes" collection, providing fans a chance to own a digital asset featuring Laffy Taffy history through a hilariously fun giveaway. But don't worry, "laffs" are here to stay. Aside from the 15 jokes retiring, the other one-liners fans know and love will continue to appear on Laffy Taffy wrappers.
The "Laffy Taffy Original Jokes" NFT collection launches Wednesday, July 20 at 12 p.m. ET in collaboration with Bitski, the blockchain wallet infrastructure provider reported to be backed by celebrity investors like Jay-Z and Serena Williams. Laffy Taffy fans can visit nft.laffytaffy.com for a chance to connect their wallets, complete an order and claim their free NFT on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last (Terms and Conditions Apply). These iconic, knee-slapping one-liners will be placed in the Laffy Taffy vault and no longer appear on candy wrappers, but those who receive an NFT will be able to hold onto the "laffs" forever.
The collection consists of 120 total NFTs, featuring exclusive 1/1 (one-of-ones) single, unique editions and multi-edition pieces minted and distributed randomly in various flavor and joke variations, including:
- 90 General NFTs minted as six versions of each joke with designs inspired by the candy's vintage character art dating back to the 1970s in Banana, Cherry, Sour Apple, Grape, Blue Raspberry and Strawberry flavors.
- 30 One-of-Ones (1/1) NFTs, an exclusive "shiny" subset of the collection featuring the most coveted designs to be randomly claimed during the minting process on launch day, which can then be sold and traded by fans.
"We're excited to celebrate the history of Laffy Taffy by retiring our original laffs in a fun, innovative way through the creation of NFTs as a timeless collector item. Our Laffy Taffy Original Jokes collection gives fans a unique opportunity to preserve one of our signature attributes – the jokes on our wrappers," said Dave Foldes, Marketing Director of Laffy Taffy at Ferrara Candy Company. "By retiring some of our most iconic, beloved jokes dating back to 1986, we can pay homage to them while opening the door for a new era of laffs and continued LOL fun for our wrappers."
Jokes first appeared on Laffy Taffy wrappers in the 1980s as a way to provide free entertainment value1. They began incorporating jokes sent by children and have continued to feature jokes on its candy wrappers to this day. Among the lineup of "original jokes" retiring, giveaway participants can look forward to fan-favorite one-liners like:
What kind of tea is sometimes hard to swallow?
Reality.
—Benjie Morris, 9, 1994
Why did the sun go to school?
It wanted to be brighter.
—Jake M. Warrior, AL
To find a Laffy Taffy retailer near you and check out LOL jokes, visit www.laffytaffy.com and follow @LaffyTaffy on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
About Laffy Taffy:
Since 1971, Laffy Taffy® has been bringing little bites of delight to families and children of all ages. Laffy Taffy's portfolio of products include their classic mini bars, Stretchy and Tangy bars, Laffy Taffy Ropes and LAFF BITES®. Laffy Taffy classic candy is available in fan favorite fruit flavors including Cherry, Strawberry, Grape, Watermelon, Sour Apple, Banana, Sparkle Cherry, and Blue Raspberry. Laffy Taffy LAFF BITES are available in new TROPICAL bags featuring mango, red orange, pineapple and guava flavors, "GONE BANANAS!™" banana-only bags and assorted bags with four fruity flavors: Cherry, Strawberry, Green Apple and Blue Raspberry.
About Ferrara:
Ferrara, a company related to The Ferrero Group, is a powerhouse in the North American and global sugar confections category. A passionate team of more than 6,000 employees work together to share delight in every bite through our beloved candy brands that have shaped the industry for more than 100 years. Our diverse portfolio of nearly 30 brands includes SweeTARTS®, Laffy Taffy®, Trolli®, BRACH'S®, Black Forest® and NERDS®, along with iconic favorites like Lemonhead®, Red Hots® and Now and Later®. Ferrara's superior innovation is rooted in diversity of thought, experience, and people, helping us introduce new candy products that make everyday moments a bit sweeter. Headquartered in Chicago, Ferrara has an operational network of 20 locations in North America that includes manufacturing, distribution, and R&D facilities. Learn more at www.ferrarausa.com.
(1) Catalyzing Innovation, Michelle Greenwald, 2020
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NASA releases spooky audio of a black hole
Published: Aug. 24, 2022 at 8:23 AM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
(CNN) - Fair warning, once you hear the sound of a black hole, you can’t unhear it and it is a little terrifying.
NASA shared a 34-second clip of the Perseus galaxy cluster, which is about 240 million light years away from Earth.
Scientists say the black hole sends out pressure waves that cause ripples in the hot gas, which can be translated into a note.
To be clear though, the actual note is one humans can’t hear. It is about 57 octaves below middle C.
NASA says they shifted the note so we could hear it by amplifying it and mixing it with other data they have about black holes.
The spooky sound will be perfect addition to your Halloween playlist.
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Hostess® Twinkies® & Ding Dongs™ Iced Lattes Now Available at Retailers Nationwide, Including Our Newest Partner Walmart
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trilliant Food & Nutrition, a leading U.S. manufacturer of shelf stable, ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee beverages, today announced significant growth of its Hostess® Iced Lattes in classic Twinkies® & Ding Dongs™ flavors at national retailers, including Walmart. Shoppers now can find Hostess® RTD iced lattes in 13.7oz bottles at their local Walmart stores across the country.
"Consumer demand for ready-to-drink coffee remains strong especially for unique flavor experiences that Hostess® snack cakes can help deliver," said Tom Lehocky, Vice President of Sales for Trilliant Food & Nutrition. "Our retail partners value the fact that we manufacture our ready-to-drink beverages within our own production facility, which eliminates many of the supply challenges other brands are experiencing and will continue to experience for the foreseeable future."
Iced coffee season is upon us and now you can get your favorite Hostess® snack cake flavor to go with Twinkies® Iced Latte that combines the taste of the classic yellow sponge cake with notes of cream. Chocolate lovers can enjoy Ding Dongs™ Iced Latte with a mixture of rich chocolate flavoring and vanilla.
Founded in 1979, Trilliant Food & Nutrition is a vertically integrated, high-quality manufacturer in the coffee, powdered, ready-to-drink, and wellness beverage categories. For more information on Trilliant Food & Nutrition, LLC, visit www.trilliantfood.com.
®/™ The HOSTESS, TWINKIES, and DING DONGS trademarks are used under license from Hostess Brands, LLC.
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PASADENA, Calif., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerell Hill, Ed.D., dean of the School of Education and Human Development at Pacific Oaks College, was recently named an Impact Academy fellow through the national non-profit organization Deans for Impact. Dr. Hill joins a cohort of leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation rooted in equity.
Educator preparation programs today face complex challenges as they prepare teachers and K-12 leaders who are well-equipped to identify and address educational inequities exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. More than ever, the field needs leaders who can foster individual and organizational learning and ensure that all children have access to rigorous, content-rich instruction. Deans for Impact aims to fill this need through its yearlong Impact Academy fellowship, which empowers dean-level leaders with skills, knowledge, and strategies to pursue instructional excellence in the face of new challenges.
Dr. Hill is one of 20 leaders announced as part of this fellowship's seventh cohort. Since 2015, Deans for Impact has built the capacity of more than 100 leaders of educator preparation programs through the Impact Academy, positioning them to make pedagogy a priority within their programs and advocate for more equitable systems of teaching and learning.
"I am humbled by the opportunity to participate in this fellowship. I am honored to work with colleagues who believe schools are cultural spaces that play a significant role in creating experiences to develop equity and excellence. Preparing high-quality teachers to serve their communities is a necessary action toward educational justice," said Dr. Hill.
The 2022-23 Impact Academy fellowship combines monthly virtual sessions and two in-person gatherings with regular learning modules and ongoing leadership coaching from veteran leaders. Fellows strengthen their ability to engage faculty, staff, and K-12 school partners in a shared vision for change, grounded in a deep scientific understanding about how students learn.
"We're excited to welcome this new cohort of 20 fellows committed to grounding their educator-preparation programs in equity and improving the field of education more broadly," said Valerie Sakimura, vice president of program at Deans for Impact. "As we continue to support outstanding educator-preparation leaders to drive transformative change, Deans for Impact aims to realize our long-term vision of building a national collective of leaders who are creating and sustaining conditions for teachers to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive classrooms where all students thrive."
Deans for Impact is committed to reflecting the broad diversity of programs preparing new educators in this country, and this year's fellowship cohort reflects that commitment. Thirty percent of fellows are leaders of color, and they represent institutions in more than 15 states from New Jersey to California and from Iowa to Louisiana. These include public and private universities, 35% Minority-Serving Institutions, and non-traditional programs. Collectively, these institutions serve more than 10,000 future teachers annually, with 46% of current candidates identifying as people of color.
About Pacific Oaks College & Children's School
Founded in 1945, Pacific Oaks College & Children's School is composed of two educational entities. Pacific Oaks College is a nonprofit, regionally accredited higher education institution offering bachelor's and master's programs in human development, marriage and family therapy, education, early childhood education, teacher preparation, social work, community psychology, business administration, and organizational leadership and management. Pacific Oaks Children's School provides nonprofit early childhood education programs for children ages 6 months through 5 years and has pioneered achievements in the areas of anti-bias education, emergent curriculum, and peaceful conflict resolution.
About Deans for Impact
Deans for Impact is a national non-profit organization committed to ensuring that every child is taught by a well-prepared teacher. Deans for Impact is building a movement to make pedagogy a priority in the way teachers are prepared. It does this by connecting leaders of educator-preparation programs, helping them to transform programs and influencing policy that affects their work. Guided by principles of learning science, Deans for Impact creates collaborative spaces that address real problems of practice and provide concrete examples while recognizing the importance of local context. Deans for Impact aims to help teachers create rigorous, equitable and inclusive classrooms so that all children thrive. For more information, visit deansforimpact.org.
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Deputies find 100 migrants inside big rig on highway; dozens of occupants ran away
GANADO, Texas (AP) - Authorities say deputies found about 100 migrants in the back of a semitrailer that had broken down on a South Texas highway, but many of them fled.
Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies found the semitrailer around 7 a.m. Friday just north of Ganado, about 90 miles southwest of Houston.
The sheriff’s office says when authorities opened the back of the vehicle, many of the occupants jumped out and ran away into nearby brush and cornfields.
Deputies took 64 people, including the semitrailer’s driver, into custody.
Jackson County Sheriff Kelly Janica says those who entered the country illegally are being processed by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Authorities are still searching for about 40 migrants who fled on foot.
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PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have issued an international arrest warrant for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan in 2019 for Lebanon in a gripping escape.
Nanterre prosecutors’ office in France said Friday that the arrest warrant for the former head of Nissan and Renault is among five issued by them. The Ghosn warrant is based on an investigation opened in 2019 into money laundering and abuse of company assets reportedly over millions in alleged suspect payments made between the Renault-Nissan alliance and Suhail Bahwan Automobiles (SBA), a vehicle distributor company in Oman owned by billionaire Suhail Bahwan.
The Nanterre prosecutors’ office described this as the next step in a two-year investigation, one of two separate cases involving Ghosn in France focusing on payments made to SBA.
The former head of the Nissan-Renault alliance fled to Lebanon in late 2019, while out on bail facing financial misconduct charges in Japan. In an interview last year with The Associated Press, Ghosn was confident, energized and determined to fight to restore his reputation.
A statement sent to Associated Press Friday from his PR team called the French warrant “surprising.”
“This is not an arrest warrant issued by France but by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office in an investigation still in progress,” it said.
The statement also suggested that the warrant was ineffective as Ghosn “is subject to a judicial ban on leaving Lebanese territory,” where he currently resides.
Lebanon does not extradite its citizens. Ghosn has citizenship in Lebanon, France and Brazil. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/france-issues-arrest-warrant-for-disgraced-auto-tycoon-ghosn/ | 2022-04-22T12:06:42Z |
National Archives asks Secret Service to probe deleted texts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives on Tuesday requested that the Secret Service investigate “the potential unauthorized deletion” of agency text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The Secret Service has come under heavy scrutiny following the revelation last week that text messages sent around the time of the Capitol attack may have been erased. In response, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 investigation issued a subpoena for the messages and other related records.
The Secret Service has said all procedures were followed and pledged “full cooperation” with the Archives’ review.
“The United States Secret Service respects and supports the important role of the National Archives and Records Administration in ensuring the preservation of government records,” said agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
The deletion of the messages has raised the prospect of lost evidence that could shed further light on then-President Donald Trump’s actions during the insurrection, particularly after testimony about his confrontation with security as he tried to join supporters at the Capitol.
The National Archives, which is in charge of government record-keeping, asked the Secret Service to investigate the possible erasure of the messages and report back within 30 days.
“Through several news sources, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has become aware of the potential unauthorized deletion of United States Secret Service (Secret Service) text messages,” Laurence Brewer, the chief record keeper for the U.S., said in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security.
If it is determined any text messages were deleted, the agency must detail what records were affected, a statement on the reasoning for deletion, plan for establishing safeguards to prevent future loss as well as “details of all agency actions taken to salvage, retrieve, or reconstruct the records,” the letter read.
The potential loss of the records first came to light last week when the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press, told lawmakers that Secret Service messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, were erased “as part of a device-replacement program.”
The watchdog said the messages were deleted after they had been requested as part of an investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.
The Secret Service responded by telling AP that “the insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false.”
“In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the OIG in every respect — whether it be interviews, documents, emails, or texts,” Secret Service spokesman Guglielmi said.
He said the Secret Service had started to reset its mobile devices to factory settings in January 2021 “as part of a pre-planned, three-month system migration.” In that process, some data was lost.
The nine-member House Jan. 6 panel has taken a recent, renewed interest in the Secret Service following the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson about Trump’s actions on the day of the insurrection.
Also Tuesday, Guglielmi said the agency had sent an initial set of documents and records to congressional investigators but it remains unclear if it falls within the requirements of the committee’s subpoena.
A request for comment from the Jan. 6 committee was not immediately returned.
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Associated Press writer Mike Balsamo contributed to this report.
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Partnership to increase the number of nurses graduating from OU
OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To help meet the critical demand for nurses in Michigan, Oakland University and BHSH System announced a new partnership focused on increasing the number of nurses graduating from OU. Through this collaboration, BHSH System will provide Oakland University with financial resources totaling more than $20 million over the next five years for the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program.
This investment includes more than $10 million for student grants and more than $10 million for infrastructure investments. To accommodate the influx in students and remain in compliance with state regulations and national accreditation standards, OU will use the infrastructure funding to expand lab and classroom space, purchase instructional equipment and hire faculty to teach additional course sections. Grant recipients will be on a path to become BHSH System team members for at least two years after graduation.
"The nursing shortage in our state is a critical and complex challenge that must be solved with bold and collaborative solutions," said Tina Freese Decker, president & CEO, BHSH System (formerly Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health). "We are proud of our long-standing partnership with Oakland University and to have this amazing opportunity to invest in talented, compassionate people who want to become nurses. We are incredibly excited about the impact the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program will have in health care and for our communities."
"We deeply appreciate BHSH System's partnership and investment into the education of the next generation of health care providers," said Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz. "This magnanimous gift directly responds to the need for more highly skilled nurses and the workforce shortage that has become more critical since the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We are proud that BHSH System and OU have a shared commitment to improve the quality and delivery of patient care in Michigan."
"This visionary investment by BHSH System strengthens the health of Michigan's residents and the health of our economy, both of which are a major focus of Oakland University's mission," Pescovitz added.
BHSH Beaumont Health President Dr. Benjamin Schwartz said recruitment and retention of the next generation of nurses is one of his top priorities. "Students have so many choices and options about where they can work after graduation. I'm convinced that after these OU students spend some time working with us, they will want to spend their career serving our patients. We have an incredible team," he said.
OU's nursing school educates BSN Pre-Licensure students via two tracks: a Traditional BSN track and an Accelerated Second-Degree track. The university currently admits 96 students into the Traditional BSN program two times per year and 64 students into the Accelerated Second Degree (ASD) BSN program three times per year.
"OU also will add a recruitment specialist to attract diverse students and ensure the success of candidates and graduates. OU Career Services will work in collaboration with the School of Nursing to design a marketing strategy specifically geared toward the recruitment of second-degree students working across industries," added School of Nursing Dean Judy Didion.
OU's School of Nursing has approximately 770 BSN Pre-Licensure students at any time, graduating approximately 350 BSN nurses every year. The graduation rate is approximately 95% and the average NCLEX first-time pass rate during the pandemic is approximately 86%, which is above the Michigan average of 79% and on par with the national average of 87%. Prior to COVID, the OU pass rate was 91%, while the Michigan average was 89%. Overall, 94% of OU's Traditional BSN graduates report being employed in Michigan, while 88% of ASD graduates report they are employed in Michigan.
About Oakland University
Oakland University is a doctoral, Carnegie Classification R2 "High Research Activity" university located in Oakland and Macomb counties, Michigan. The main campus is located on 1,443 acres of scenic land in Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills. Oakland University offers bachelor's degrees, graduate degrees and certificate programs. Oakland University is organized into the College of Arts and Sciences (which includes a School of Music, Theatre and Dance), the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and the Schools of Business Administration, Education and Human Services, Engineering and Computer Science, Health Sciences, Nursing, and The Honors College. This rich campus atmosphere is complete with residence halls, Greek life, Division I athletics and more than 250 student groups that lend to the total college experience. Learn more at www.oakland.edu
About BHSH System
Formed from two leading health systems in Michigan (Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health), BHSH System is a not-for-profit health system that provides care and coverage with an exceptional team of 64,000+ dedicated people—including more than 11,500 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,000 nurses offering services in 22 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving over 1.2 million members across the state of Michigan. Through experience, innovation and collaboration, we are building a system designed to meet the needs of the people we serve through care and coverage that is simple, affordable, equitable and exceptional.
About Beaumont Health
Beaumont Health is a division of BHSH System. Our mission is to improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. With eight hospitals, more than 150 outpatient locations, nearly 5,000 physicians and 33,000 employees, Beaumont's commitment to patient and family-centered care contributes to the health and well-being of residents throughout the communities we serve and beyond.
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Couple who lived quietly in Hawaii for years were actually Russian spies, US alleges
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - A couple living quietly in Hawaii for years were actually Russian spies, federal agents with the state Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service allege.
Walter Glenn Primose, also known as Bobby Edward Fort, and Gwynn Darle Morrison, aka Julie Lyn Montague, were arrested in a raid Friday morning, HawaiiNewsNow reported.
Government records said the couple assumed the identities of dead babies from Texas in the 1980s, then used those identities to obtain Social Security cards, passports and driver’s licenses. Both are charged with identity theft, lying on their passport applications and conspiracy to commit crimes against the United States.
Retired FBI agent Tom Simon, who owns an investigative firm called Simon Worldwide Investigations, believes these are preliminary charges designed to “get these people off the streets and begin negotiating with them and seeing what they know and their willingness to cooperate with the U.S.”
Pictures included in the court records show Primrose and Morrison in uniforms that the government said belonged to the KGB, the former Soviet Union spy agency.
The criminal complaint said Primrose fraudulently enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994.
“The Coast Guard has one foot firmly planted in the world of law enforcement and the second foot in the U.S. military and the intel community,” Simon said.
Attorney Kevin O’Grady, a former military prosecutor, said Primrose’s security clearance could have provided the Russians with valuable information.
“They engage in counter terrorism and counter drug operations and things like that,” he said.
Primrose worked as an avionic electrical technician, serving 22 years before retiring.
“Enough information disclosed publicly can enable the enemy to put pieces together and that can tell the enemy a lot about us,” O’Grady said.
After retiring from the Coast Guard in 2016, Primrose was working as a U.S. Department of Defense contractor until his arrest Friday.
“It’s absolutely staggering to me the amount of time and effort the Russians put into this particular project,” Simon said, referring to the criminal allegations. “This was not a quick hit to steal some records to get back. This was decades in the making.”
Neighbors said the couple lived in the Kapolei community in Honolulu for many years, keeping a low profile.
Neighbor Joshua Guieb-Pangan said they were friendly.
“When we would drive by, they’d always give us a wave,” Pangan said.
He was shocked when agents raided the home last week.
“There was a lot of FBI members around the house and in the house,” Pangan said.
The government is asking that the couple be held without bond, calling them a flight risk.
A judge will decide on that request on Thursday.
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Boat crash at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Published: Aug. 22, 2022 at 10:37 AM CDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri Saturday night left one man dead and three others injured.
According to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, officers investigated a crash at the 69-mile mark of the main channel of the Lake of the Ozarks at 9:10 p.m.
Officials said the crash happened when the driver failed to keep a proper lookout, resulting in a collision with a rock bluff and the death of passenger Thomas Mckown, 58.
Mckown was pronounced dead by a coroner a few hours after the accident.
The driver and two others were moderately injured and taken to a hospital for treatment.
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NLY, IDRA, REE, AUVI, and AGRI.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo" or the "Company") (NYSE: WFC) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Wells Fargo investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
WFC investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Wells Fargo during the relevant time frame, you have until August 29, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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World War II veteran honored with medals in Olathe
By Carolina Cruz, Nick Sloan
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OLATHE, Kansas (KCTV) — A World War 2 veteran received some deserved and overdue recognition on Saturday afternoon in Olathe.
U.S. Navy Veteran William Bledsoe was part of the Merchant Marines during the Second World War.
“The Merchant Marines had a higher fatality rate, than any other service in World War 2,” said Commander John Courtright.
After risking his life every day during the war, Bledsoe went on to marry Ina, his wife of 75 years.
He received medals for serving in the American theater of operations, for serving in Asiatic Pacific theater of operations and the the World War Two victory medal.
“It means a lot because when they go in and serve, they never know what’s going to happen,” Ina Bledsoe said.
The Bledsoe’s will display the medals in their living room.
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Sign outside Las Vegas club: ‘Now auditioning Ukrainian strippers’
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – A sign outside of a Las Vegas strip club is turning heads, but the club’s manager is standing behind it.
For at least two weeks, hundreds of thousands of drivers have passed by Little Darling’s sign that reads, “Now auditioning Ukrainian strippers” with the Ukrainian flag in the background. In smaller letters, the sign reads, “We stand with Ukraine.”
One of Little Darling’s managers, Pete Dottore, said the club hasn’t received much pushback from the sign – if anything, he said, the sign has caught the attention of three Ukrainian dancers. He even hired one of them.
“We’re standing by them, it’s not anything derogatory towards them, so we feel like if we can help out in any way, the best way we can do it is maybe help put someone to work,” Dottore said.
Mary Grace Yniguez, a Las Vegas business owner, said she understands what Little Darlings is doing but doesn’t agree with the execution.
“As a woman of color, like someone who’s Asian and as a woman – I think it hits me like, well why aren’t there other alternatives?” Yniguez said. “Why couldn’t we offer an executive position within Little Darlings, why couldn’t we offer her a management position?”
Yniguez owns Social Register Network, a business development service that aims to empower men and women in business. On the side, Yniguez and her best friend launched Powertribe Women, a group that meets once a month that creates a space of support.
“There are so many other alternatives to make money, to pay for your life and (dancing) isn’t the only alternative. And I think instilling confidence and empowering women that you can do more than that is of importance,” Yniguez said.
As for the sign, Dottore said he’s not sure how long it will stay up. He does not think it exploits Ukrainian refugee women.
“It’s a job – we don’t exploit women. If anything, we exploit men,” Dottore said.
This is not the first time Little Darlings posted a controversial sign outside the club. In 2015, the strip club turned heads for posting a sign that read, “Now auditioning the class of 2015.”
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TEL-AVIV, Israel and BOSTON, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CardinalOps, the AI-powered detection engineering company, is sponsoring a live SANS webinar with the goal of helping security operations professionals decipher the alphabet soup around SIEM, EDR, XDR, and MDR.
Large and mature security organizations have invested years of time and effort into their SIEM deployments – often described as the "operating system of the Security Operations Center (SOC)" – as well as their EDR deployments. Many are now faced with questions about the benefits and risks of adopting new approaches versus optimizing the effectiveness of their existing security stacks.
To hear what the experts are saying, join Dr. Anton Chuvakin, Security Advisor at the Office of the CISO, Google Cloud, and Randy Watkins, CTO at Critical Start, as they discuss (and debate) questions such as:
- If I have a SIEM and EDR, do I need XDR?
- Is XDR a better EDR or a new SIEM?
- Does XDR include response? Where does SOAR fit in?
- Is XDR a hunting platform or a detection platform?
- Is MDR about managed services related to EDR? What about Managed XDR?
- Does XDR take less headcount to manage and operate than standalone EDR and SIEM?
- Should I map my MITRE ATT&CK coverage across SIEM, EDR, XDR? How?
WHAT: SANS webinar featuring Anton Chuvakin and Randy Watkins
WHEN: Tuesday, July 19 at 3:30pm ET
REGISTER: SANS website (you must create a free account to register – register even if you can't attend and SANS will send you a link to the recording after the event)
About Dr. Anton Chuvakin
Dr. Anton Chuvakin is Security Advisor at the Office of the CISO, Google Cloud,, where he arrived via the Chronicle Security (an Alphabet company) acquisition in July 2019. Until June 2019, Dr. Anton Chuvakin was a Research VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) Security and Risk Management Strategies (SRMS) team. At Gartner he covered a broad range of security operations and detection and response topics and is credited with inventing the term "EDR." He also worked for some of the earliest log management companies in the early 2000s.
About Randy Watkins
Randy Watkins is the CTO for CRITICALSTART, where he's responsible for designing and executing the company's strategic technology initiatives, which includes defining the strategy and direction of CRITICALSTART's MDR services delivered by the Zero-Trust Analytics Platform (ZTAP). Previously, Randy served as CRITICALSTART's Director of Security Architecture, where he set the strategy for emerging vendor technologies, created the Defendable Network reference architecture, and set product direction for the company's internally-developed Security Orchestration Automation and Response platform. Watkins was employee number five when he joined CRITICALSTART in 2012.
About CardinalOps
Most security vendors pitch you on replacing your stack or adding new monitoring tools to it. But CardinalOps has a more practical and pragmatic approach. Our SaaS platform delivers AI-powered recommendations to continuously eliminate MITRE ATT&CK coverage gaps in your existing stack (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, CrowdStrike, CarbonBlack, etc.). It continuously audits your instance to identify and remediate broken, noisy, or missing detections while delivering new high-fidelity detections for the adversary techniques most relevant to your business priorities and infrastructure. Learn more at cardinalops.com.
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Twitter tests ‘Edit Tweet’ feature
(Gray News) – Social media giant Twitter announced Thursday it is testing an edit feature for tweets.
“If you see an edited tweet it’s because we’re testing the edit button,” the company tweeted on its official account. “This is happening and you’ll be okay.”
In a blog post, Twitter stated the feature would allow users to edit a sent tweet “a few times” with a 30-minute window following its publication.
The edited version will be marked to let readers know that it has been changed from the original, and people will be able to click on the label and see the edit history.
Twitter said “Edit Tweet” is being tested internally first then it is expanding access later in the month to users of Twitter Blue – its paid subscription service that offers additional features.
Users have been calling for an edit button for years on Twitter. There has not been a way to make changes to remove typos or errors once a tweet is sent since the company’s start in 2006.
Twitter said in its blog post that it hopes the edit feature will help make tweeting “more approachable and less stressful.”
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of BBQ Holdings, Inc. ("BBQ Holdings" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BBQ), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by MTY Food Group Inc. (TSX: MTY) via tender offer. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $17.25 in cash for each share of BBQ Holdings common stock owned. The transaction is valued at approximately $200 million.
If you own BBQ Holdings shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) BBQ Holdings' board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $17.25 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates BBQ Holdings' shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Notably, the merger consideration is below the $26 median price target set by analysts, and at least one analyst set a price target for the Company of $27 per share, $9.75 above the per-share merger consideration.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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$1.25 million of Purchase Price Switched from Cash to Common Stock
LAS VEGAS and VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Body and Mind Inc. (CSE: BAMM) (OTCQB: BMMJ) (the "Company" or "BaM"), a multi-state US cannabis operator, is pleased to provide an update on the first amendment to the Seaside dispensary purchase agreement.
The Company, though its wholly owned subsidiary, DEP Nevada, Inc. ("DEP"), executed definitive agreements to purchase the Reef dispensary in Seaside California on November 30, 2021 and has been operating the dispensary since December 1st, 2021. DEP has executed a first amendment to such definitive agreements (the "First Amendment") to reduce the cash purchase price of the transaction and to issue shares of common stock having the same value as the cash reduction. The details of the definitive agreements executed on November 30, 2021 are outlined in the Company's press release on December 1, 2021 and the transaction has been amended to reduce the cash purchase price from US$2.5 million to US$1.25 million. The Company will issue US$1.25 million worth of shares of the Company's common stock based on the 10-day VWAP on the ten (10) consecutive trading days prior to June 17, 2022 being the "Effective Date" of the First Amendment and subject to compliance with the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE"). The Company also agreed to issue additional shares of common stock equal to the difference between the amount of the shares of common stock of the Company that were issued on December 3, 2021 (the "MIPA #2 Shares") and the amount of shares of common stock that would have been issued had the 10-day VWAP for the MIPA #2 shares been calculated as of the Effective Date of the First Amendment (the "Additional MIPA #2 Shares"). Additionally, on the date that is eighteen (18) months (548 days) following the Effective Date of the First Amendment (the "Additional Share Issuance Date"), the Company will issue US$100,000 worth of shares to the sellers based on the 10-Day VWAP and subject to compliance with the policies of the CSE, calculated as of the Additional Share Issuance Date. Furthermore, the Company has agreed to issue US$300,000 worth of shares of common stock (the "Additional True-up Shares") in advance of the working capital true-up payment outlined in the original agreement. If the actual working capital is less than $nil, then then purchase price will be reduced by such amount and the Additional True-up Shares will be forfeited and cancelled. If the actual working capital is greater than $nil and the Additional True-up Shares are sufficient to cover the difference, then all or a portion of the Additional True-up Shares will be delivered to the sellers. If the Additional True-up Shares are insufficient to cover the difference owing by DEP to the sellers, then the Additional True-up Shares will be delivered to the sellers and the Company will issue additional shares of common stock to cover any shortfall.
"The combination of our recent debt extension, pausing our Michigan cultivation and reduced cash payment for the Seaside dispensary are designed to strengthen the Body and Mind balance sheet for future development," stated Michael Mills, CEO of Body and Mind. "We continue to focus on our cultivation, manufacturing and retail operations as we expand our brand and wholesale business and develop new strains and innovative products."
Q3 Periodic Report and Earnings Update
The Company anticipates filing its Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2022 after market on June 21, 2022 with a Q3 earnings call scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Eastern on June 21, 2022.
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About Body and Mind Inc.
BaM is an operations focused US multi-state cannabis operator investing in high quality medical and recreational cannabis cultivation, production and retail.
BaM continues to expand operations in Nevada, California, Arkansas, Ohio and Michigan and is dedicated to increasing shareholder value by focusing time and resources on improving operational efficiencies, facility expansions, state licensing opportunities as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Our wholly owned Nevada subsidiary was awarded one of the first medical marijuana cultivation licenses and holds cultivation and production licenses. BaM products include dried flower, edibles, oils and extracts as well as GPEN Gio cartridges. BaM cannabis strains have won numerous awards including the 2019 Las Vegas Weekly Bud Bracket, Las Vegas Hempfest Cup 2016, High Times Top Ten, the NorCal Secret Cup and the Emerald Cup.
Please visit www.bodyandmind.com for more information.
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Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented in this news release constitutes "forward-looking statements" as such term is used in applicable United States and Canadian laws. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. Any other statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans, "estimates" or "intends", or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and should be viewed as "forward-looking statements". Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include, among others, the actual results of activities, variations in the underlying assumptions associated with the estimation of activities, the availability of capital to fund programs and the resulting dilution caused by the raising of capital through the sale of shares, accidents, labor disputes and other risks. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this news release and in any document referred to in this news release.
Certain matters discussed in this news release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may constitute forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Many of these factors are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and that could impact the Company and the statements contained in this news release can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berger Montague is investigating securities fraud allegations on behalf of investors who purchased the securities TuSimple Holdings, Inc. ("TuSimple" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TSP) from April 12, 2021 and August 1, 2022 (the "Class Period").
If you purchased the securities of TuSimple during the Class Period, would like to discuss Berger Montague's investigation, or have questions concerning your rights or interests, please contact attorneys Andrew Abramowitz at aabramowitz@bm.net or (215) 875-3015, or Michael Dell'Angelo at mdellangelo@bm.net or (215) 875-3080 or visit: https://investigations.bergermontague.com/tusimple/
Whistleblowers: Anyone with non-public information regarding TuSimple is encouraged to confidentially assist Berger Montague's investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under this program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to thirty percent (30%) of recoveries obtained by the SEC. For more information, contact us.
TuSimple, headquartered in San Diego, purports to develop autonomous technology specifically designed for semi-trucks in the United States and internationally. It is developing a line of purpose-built Level 4 ("L4") autonomous semi-trucks for the North American market.
On August 1, 2022, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled "Self-Driving Truck Accident Draws Attention to Safety at TuSimple," which brought to light a number of previously undisclosed concerns that undermined Defendants' representations and omissions concerning the Company's safety. The article referenced an April 6, 2022 accident involving a truck fitted with TuSimple's autonomous driving technology, and reported that, among other things, "[t]he accident… underscores concerns that the autonomous-trucking company is risking safety on public roads in a rush to deliver driverless trucks to market, according to independent analysts and more than a dozen of the company's former employees."
On this news, TuSimple's shares fell $0.97 per share, or nearly 10%, from a closing price of $9.96 per share on July 29, 2022 to a closing price of $8.99 per share on August 1, 2022.
Berger Montague, with offices in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and San Diego, has been a pioneer in securities class action litigation since its founding in 1970. Berger Montague has represented individual and institutional investors for over five decades and serves as lead counsel in courts throughout the United States.
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GAHANNA, Ohio (WCMH) – A chaotic scene unfolded on Interstate 270 in Ohio on Saturday, after two men got into a fight in the middle of active lanes of traffic.
“After eight years of being a truck driver I thought I seen it all, but just when you think that, something else happens,” said Jon Castiaux, who filmed the incident on I-270 South as he waited in halted traffic.
Castiaux told Nexstar’s WCMH that he was driving through Gahanna when he saw people running around on the highway. He then saw two men on the ground, and was under the impression — at first — that someone was administering CPR to the other.
“I immediately thought it was a bad accident with an ejection,” Castiaux said. “As I got closer I noticed punches and kicks started flying so I just pulled my phone out to record it just to honestly prove that it happened.”
The video shows the two men — one wearing a black hoodie and another in a blue button-up — struggle with each other on the ground briefly, while other people get out of their cars and stand nearby. Another man runs across the highway and appears to gesture at the cars before running off. The two men then get up, losing their shoes in the process. The man in the black hoodie proceeds to kick and fling his hands at the other, knocking him down again.
Later in the video, the man in the blue shirt charges at the man in the black hoodie, throwing a punch. More drivers in the traffic jam get out of their cars and watch, but another driver, fed up with waiting, weaves around on the curb and keeps going.
The two men continue to fight and chase each other across the highway, before running further up the road toward a car stopped in the median.
“I’ve been trying to figure out why it even happened,” Castiaux said.
The police in Gahanna said officers arrived at the scene after the fight was over. None of the people involved wanted to cooperate, and others had already left.
No one was arrested in connection with the fight, the Gahanna police told WCMH. | https://cw33.com/news/video-men-dodge-cars-lose-shoes-during-fight-on-highway/ | 2022-06-08T17:10:54Z |
Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that has killed one person, injured at least 15 firefighters and destroyed at least six homes.
A break in the weather in parts of the Midwest and West allowed crews to make progress Monday on some of the nearly dozen new large fires that were reported in recent days across the nation — four in New Mexico, three in Colorado and one each in Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota and Texas.
With more than 1,350 square miles (3,496 square kilometers) burned so far this year, officials at the National Interagency Fire Center said the amount of land singed to date is outpacing the 10-year average by about 30%.
Hotter, drier weather has combined with a persistent drought to worsen fire danger across many parts of the West, where decades of fire suppression have resulted in overgrown and unhealthy forests and increasing development have put more communities at risk.
In northern New Mexico, evacuations remained in place for several communities Monday and conditions were still too volatile for authorities to assess the damage caused Friday and Saturday. The blaze has has grown into the largest wildfire burning in the U.S., charring more than 88 square miles (228 square kilometers).
Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation joined Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on a call Monday with officials from the White House and federal agencies to appeal for more federal ground resources ahead of another blast of strong fire-fueling winds expected later in the week.
Thanks to lighter winds in the Midwest on Monday, firefighters made significant progress on the fire that’s burned about 70 square miles (181 square km) of mostly grasslands and farmland near the Nebraska-Kansas state line. It’s now estimated to be about 47% contained.
They made the most of the opportunity Monday to dump water in dry creeks and draws filled with cottonwoods where dense fuels and brush has built up ahead of the return of more dangerous conditions expected on Tuesday, said Jonathan Ashford, spokesman for the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team.
“It’s supposed to be about 20 degrees warmer tomorrow, lower humidity and increased wind,” he said Monday night.
In Arizona, firefighters also took advantage of lighter winds to boost containment of a more than 33-square-mile (85 square-kilometer) blaze that has been burning outside of Flagstaff for more than a week. Strong winds that had fueled the fire are expected to return later this week. Meanwhile, hundreds of evacuated residents were given the go-ahead on Sunday to return home.
About 160 firefighters, emergency management personnel and others — twice as many as the day before — were helping fight the fire in Nebraska by Monday evening.
Known as the Road 702 Fire, it has destroyed at least six homes and threatened 660 others, along with 50 commercial or farm buildings, Ashford said.
A retired Cambridge, Nebraska, fire chief who was helping as a fire spotter in Red Willow County died Friday night after his truck went off the road in a blinding haze of smoke and dust. The body of John Trumble, 66, of Arapahoe, was recovered around early Saturday.
Trumble was the second person in a month to die while fighting a wildfire in southwest Nebraska. Elwood Volunteer Fire Chief Darren Krull, 54, was killed in a collision with a water tanker on April 7 in Furnas County as smoke cut visibility to zero.
Nebraska remains critically dry, said Ashford, who urged residents to use caution when doing anything that could spark a fire.
“The last thing we need is to have another fire started that we have to then fight,” he said.
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Susan Montoya Bryan reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Associated Press writer Scott Sonner contributed to this report from Reno, Nevada.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxii.com/2022/04/25/ex-fire-chief-killed-15-firefighters-hurt-nebraska-wildfires/ | 2022-04-27T12:05:27Z |
NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Digital Turbine between August 9, 2021 and May 17, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Digital Turbine, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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NEW YORK, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Playstudios, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYPS).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants who: (a) purchased, or otherwise acquired securities of Playstudios between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired Playstudios securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (b) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for shares of Playstudios stock pursuant to the merger of Acies and Old Playstudios; and/or (c) purchased or otherwise acquired Playstudios common stock pursuant to or traceable to Acies' documents issued in connection with the June 2021 merger.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until June 6, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Playstudios, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Playstudios was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (ii) Playstudios would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; and (iii) Playstudios had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss. As a result of defendants' wrongful conduct, Class members paid artificially inflated prices for their Playstudios securities and suffered substantial losses and damages.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A music writer who spent decades raising awareness about sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly is fighting a bid to force him to testify at the R&B singer’s federal trial on child pornography and trial-fixing charges, according to a Tuesday court filing.
Lawyers for Jim DeRogatis, who in 2019 released his book “Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly,” invoked constitutional and other protections for the press in asking Judge Harry Leinenweber to rule that DeRogatis need not testify.
DeRogatis was a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times in the early 2000s when he anonymously received a video that he gave to police that helped lead to Kelly’s child pornography trial in 2008 in state court. Video evidence entered at that 2008 trial is also part of the current trial.
Lawyers for Kelly’s former business manager, Derrel McDavid, who with Kelly is charged with a conspiracy to rig that 2008 child pornography trial, subpoenaed DeRogatis to testify. Kelly’s lawyers also would be able to question DeRogatis if he takes the stand.
Kelly, who was acquitted in the 2008 state trial, also faces charges of enticing minors for sex at the federal trial in the Grammy Award winner’s hometown. Both McDavid and Kelly also face pornography charges.
The trial was scheduled to resume Wednesday — after the Labor Day holiday and after the unexpected closure of the courthouse Tuesday due to “operational issues.” Leinenweber is expected to decide Wednesday morning about whether DeRogatis, who co-hosts the public radio show “Sound Opinions,” will have to testify.
Prosecutors rested last week and the defense could wrap up by the end of this week. The trial follows a separate federal trial in New York, where Kelly, 55, was sentenced to 30 years in June.
It’s not clear what defense lawyers at Kelly’s current trial would ask DeRogatis. But in filings and public statements they raised chain-of-custody questions about how video evidence got into police hands. They also say there were indications DeRogatis shared a draft of his book about Kelly with prosecutors.
Tuesday’s filing, also submitted on behalf of The New Yorker magazine, for whom DeRogatis writes, points to rulings by a Chicago-based U.S. appellate court that forcing reporters to testify in cases they’ve covered should be done rarely and only when there are no alternatives to introducing the same information.
The filing says a Chicago police detective already testified for the prosecution to explain the chain of custody of video evidence. It says another key government witness, using the pseudonym “Jane” also testified that she and Kelly were the people in several video excerpts.
Calling the outspoken Kelly critic to testify could amount to “harassment or intimidation,” given that there are other ways to work the same facts into evidence, the filing argues. It also cites reports that a window at the DeRogatis family home was shot out after the Sun-Times reported on Kelly.
Four years ago, Kelly released a song called “I Admit,” in which he sought to call out the writer, singing: “To Jim DeRogatis, whatever your name is/You been tryna destroy me for 25 whole years.” Kelly described himself as “so falsely accused” but added, “I admit I have made some mistakes/And I have some imperfect ways.”
DeRogatis took the stand at Kelly’s 2008 trial, but refused to answer questions, citing an Illinois law that shields reporters’ rights, as well the U.S. Constitution’s free press rights and right against self-incrimination.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the offering documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (ii) between June 16, 2021 and April 26, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 12, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Molecular Partners securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Molecular Partners class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7548 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 12, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, the complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, the IPO documents and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) ensovibep was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; (2) accordingly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (3) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (4) as a product candidate, MP0310 (AMG 506), in development for the treatment of certain types of cancer, was less attractive to Amgen Inc. ("Amgen") than defendants had led investors to believe; (5) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (6) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (7) as a result, the IPO documents and defendants' public statements throughout the Class Period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Molecular Partners class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7548 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A court in Amsterdam delayed verdicts in the trial of two men accused of murder in the fatal shooting of renowned Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries after prosecutors told judges Monday that they have new evidence in the year-old investigation.
Judges at Amsterdam District Court had been scheduled to pass judgment Thursday on the alleged shooter and getaway driver who were both arrested shortly after De Vries was shot in an Amsterdam street on July 6 last year. He died nine days later at age 64.
Prosecutors did not give details of the new evidence, which they say comes from a witness, whose identity is being shielded from the public. They urged the court not to delay verdicts that were due Thursday, saying the new evidence did not change the case against the alleged gunman and driver.
In recent days, three more suspects have been arrested in the investigation into who ordered the killing of De Vries.
The court scheduled a new hearing in the trial after the summer. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/verdicts-delayed-for-suspects-in-dutch-reporters-slaying/ | 2022-07-11T14:21:16Z |
(NEXSTAR) – The National 9/11 Museum & Memorial has a special place for “sky blue.”
In recent years, the 9/11 Museum & Memorial has encouraged buildings across New York City to light up their rooftops or facades in remembrance of those who were killed during the attacks on September 11. Specifically, the city’s iconic buildings will be illuminated in a striking sky blue — a color that holds special significance for the organization, and the city as a whole.
Sky blue, or “Memorial Blue” as the color is also referred to, symbolizes the city’s (and the world’s) general perception of the sky in the morning just prior to the attacks. In fact, the cloudless skies above NYC on 9/11 had been described as what pilots and meteorologists call “severe clear,” meaning visibility conditions were seemingly infinite, according to the National 9/11 Museum & Memorial.
This year, dozens of iconic buildings, landmarks and institutions will again be partaking in the “Tributes in Light” event, itself an extension of the longstanding (and perhaps more recognizable) “Tribute in Light” art installation in Lower Manhattan, which form two columns of white light shining up the heavens.
Sky blue, too, is also a prominent feature of one of the museum’s most visually arresting installations, titled “Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That September Morning.” Found inside museum’s Memorial Hall, the piece is comprised of 2,983 watercolor squares — representing each of the lives lost on Sept. 11 and the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center — showcasing different hues of blue to symbolize our memories of the sky on the morning of September 11, 2001.
“Our own perception of the color blue might not be the same as that of another person,” the museum explains of the different hues in the piece, created by artist Spencer Finch. “However, just like our perception of color, our memories share a common point of reference.”
The Museum is also encouraging folks to “Remember the Sky” by sharing photos of the sky to social media on Sept. 11, to help ensure that younger generations never forget the significance of the date.
“Through creating a shared moment of active remembrance together, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum aims to help spur conversation on social media platforms and elsewhere that can serve as a bridge between memory and history for the tens of millions of young people who did not live through that day that changed our world forever,” the museum has written of the campaign.
Those wishing to learn more about the commemorations taking place on 9/11 can visit 911memorial.org for additional information. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/why-nyc-buildings-use-sky-blue-in-their-9-11-tributes/ | 2022-09-10T18:38:33Z |
Coast Guard: Boats collide in Florida; 2 dead, 10 rescued
Published: Jun. 18, 2022 at 7:11 PM EDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) — Officials say two people were killed and 10 others had to be rescued after a nighttime boat collision near Key Biscayne, Florida.
The Coast Guard said in a statement that it was notified of the collision around 10:30 p.m. Friday by a person involved.
The Coast Guard Station Miami Beach and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue recovered two bodies, according to authorities.
They say the 10 people rescued were sent to two different hospitals and at least two of them were critically injured.
Authorities did not release any specifics on what led up to the collision.
The crash is under investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, today announced that it will release results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022, after the market close on August 4, 2022. Natera will host a conference call and webcast at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss its financial results, business activities and financial outlook.
To access the call, please register using the link below. You will then receive dial-in details and a unique PIN needed to join the call.
A webcast replay will be available at investor.natera.com.
About Natera
Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing, dedicated to oncology, women's health, and organ health. We aim to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier, more targeted interventions that help lead to longer, healthier lives. Natera's tests are validated by more than 100 peer-reviewed publications that demonstrate high accuracy. Natera operates ISO 13485-certified and CAP-accredited laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) in Austin, Texas and San Carlos, California. For more information, visit www.natera.com.
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Investor Relations: Mike Brophy, CFO, Natera, Inc., 510-826-2350
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Dotdash Meredith's Verywell Mind and Parents released findings from Mental Health Days & Kids: A Verywell Mind & Parents Study. The study examines the benefits and barriers of mental health days for children and how economic divides prevent access and availability to mental health days.
The Mental Health Days & Kids survey indicates favorable perception and support of mental health days for kids but concerns around legitimacy and reception from others hold steadfast. Results showed more than half of parents (55%) have let their child take a mental health day from school or other obligations, and an additional 32% say they would consider it. And while 3 in 4 parents believe mental health days are effective tools, 46% would not tell friends or family that their child had taken a mental health day.
"The pandemic, canceled activities, and remote learning contributed to an increasing kids' mental health crisis, prompting many states to permit kids to take mental health days from school so they could focus on managing their symptoms," said Amy Morin, LCSW, editor-in-chief, Verywell Mind. "While challenges like socioeconomic status and lingering stigmas still prevent widespread use, our survey results show the beginning of parents' acceptance of mental health days, which gives us hope that more parents and schools will follow suit."
Grace Bastidas, editor-in-chief of Parents, said, "Presently, over half the country does not have legislation for mental health days in schools, and even where it is mandated, 1 in 5 parents can't afford to let their kids take one. They simply can't miss work or pay for unexpected childcare, so taking a day to reset and recharge becomes a question of privilege for many families."
Findings and analysis of the survey can be found in separate stories on Verywell Mind and Parents, detailing the use and impact of mental health days as a growing number of U.S. states allow them as an excused absence from school. Some of the most significant survey results include:
Parents welcome mental health days.
- The majority (68%) of American parents are aware of mental health days and 54% know other parents (parents with children in the same age range) who allow their children to take mental health days.
- 3 in 4 parents (75%) feel mental health days can be an effective tool in managing a child's mental health, and another 74% feel that schools should offer mental health days to children. Overall, 62% feel that children should be able to take more mental health days.
- Among those who let their child take mental health days, 86% feel that mental health days have been impactful on their child's mental health with (77%) saying the impact was positive.
But a quarter cite stigma as a barrier.
- While 42% of parents have no concerns about their child taking a mental health day, 1 in 4 (26%) are concerned about stigma for either themselves or their child for taking/allowing their child to take a mental health day.
- 1 in 3 parents surveyed are concerned that mental health days are less legitimate than sick days (34%) and another 1 in 3 (31%) feel that mental health days are an excuse for children to skip school.
- 1 in 3 (31%) parents also feel their child is too young to have mental health issues.
Schools in wealthy neighborhoods are more likely to offer mental health days.
- 55% of parents in households making $100k or more say their children's school offers mental health days, compared with 20% of those in households earning less than $100k annually.
- 91% of parents allow their child to take a mental health day if their household income is at least $100k annually and their school permits them, compared with just 45% of parents in the same income bracket but with children in schools that do not offer mental health days.
Parents let their children take mental health days where schools permit.
- 81% of parents whose children's schools offer mental health days make use of them, compared to just 45% of those whose children's schools do not offer mental health days.
- However, 84% of those who did not let their child take a mental health day would consider letting their child take a mental health day from school or other obligations if their school allowed.
Kids and schools are speaking up.
- 58% of parents say they know if their child needs a mental health day when their child asks for one while 31% feel the need when the child's school suggests it.
- When deciding whether their child needs a mental health day, 37% of parents consult either a co-parent/guardian or school counselor (35%).
- 37% of parents said their child has seen a school counselor for emotional or mental struggles.
For more information on the Mental Health Days & Kids: A Verywell Mind & Parents Study, and insights into the current state of mental health, visit Verywell Mind and Parents.
Methodology
Verywell Mind and Parents surveyed over 1,000 American parents across a wide range of demographics including age, race, income, geographic location, and sexual orientation. Respondents are all parents or guardians of a child between the ages of 8-12 (tweens) or 13-17 (teens).
About Verywell
Verywell Mind is one of the largest mental health sites in the world, serving 6 million people a year during their moments of need. The award-winning publication is committed to providing inclusive mental health information through thousands of expert-written, medically-reviewed articles across hundreds of topics and empowers readers to get the mental health treatment they deserve. Verywell Mind is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
About Parents
For nearly 100 years, Parents has provided its audience of 9 million monthly caregivers with trustworthy advice and a supportive community as they raise the next generation of confident and compassionate kids. Parents' team of editors, writers, and experts are by your side as a current and practical source of information for the big life decisions and memory making moments in the constantly evolving scope of parenthood. Parents is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DarwinHealth, Inc., (www.DarwinHealth.com) a New York-based biotechnology and cancer drug discovery company announces the September 9, 2022 online publication in Current Protocols (Wiley Science) of their proprietary cancer drug discovery and validation pipeline, "A Patient-to-Model-to-Patient (PMP) cancer drug and biomarker discovery protocol for identifying and validating therapeutic agents targeting tumor regulatory architecture."
Link to the article provided herein: https://currentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cpz1.544
As the scientists note in their publication, the Patient-to-Model-to-Patient (PMP) protocol, which represents DarwinHealth's foundational drug, biomarker, and novel cancer target discovery pipeline/technology, addresses directly the current Achilles heel of cancer drug development, i.e., the inability to forge precise and predictive connections among three critical elements required for successful drug discovery and validation in human trials, including: (a) identifying the mechanistic -biological drivers and determinants of the cancer cell state; (b) characterizing and targeting therapeutically significant molecular targets governing the transcriptional state of cancer cells; and (c) generating validated biomarkers that are accurate predictors of clinical response in trial settings.
These barriers to precision-based cancer treatment and drug discovery are made even more complex by the heterogeneous nature of cancer, a challenge that the DarwinHealth group addresses by employing single cell analysis in combination with proprietary algorithmic tools, thereby making it possible to taxonomize tumor subtypes based on their transcriptional identity state.
Leveraging an oncotecture-based framework for cancer biology, the PMP approach reported by DarwinHealth employs computational algorithms and experimental methodologies to reconstruct and interrogate the regulatory logic of human cancer cells for identifying and therapeutically targeting a "tumor checkpoint" with novel, as well as existing pharmacological agents. Importantly, the PMP protocol systematically identifies, from specific patient tumor samples, the Master Regulator (MR) proteins that comprise the tumor checkpoint. Then, using gene expression profiles (RNA sequencing), it identifies in vitro and in vivo models that, by recapitulating the patient's tumor checkpoint, constitute appropriate cell line and animal models to further elucidate tissue context-specific drug mechanism of action.
Use of these matched models permits precise, biomarker-based pre-clinical validations of drug efficacy, the results of which can then be translated for use in more advanced PDX validations and human trials, which are currently in progress using this technology. Specifically, the combination of drug context-specific mechanism of action and the precise identification of patients' tumor checkpoints provides a personalized, mechanism-based biomarker for enrichment of prospective clinical trials with patients most likely to respond to the pharmacologic therapy under investigation.
Explaining the scientific and commercial implications of DarwinHealth's PMP drug and biomarker discovery platform, science journalist Forest Ray, PhD, reports on the paper and its technology in an article published online for genomeweb. Link is provided herein:
"PMP is a patient-centered, systems biology-driven, protocol that integrates highly sophisticated computational methods and experimental approaches—incorporating the precision of single-cell analysis—to optimize and accelerate drug discovery," noted lead author, Dr. Pasquale Laise, Senior Director of Computational Biology at DarwinHealth. "While the protocol is fully generalizable and can be applied to any cancer type or subtype, each step of the PMP discovery pipeline is tailored to the molecular profiles of tumors from individual patient samples and, therefore, is also able to identify large cohorts of patients representing distinct pharmacotypes linked to mechanistic biomarkers, an alignment that maximizes the chances of success in biomarker-directed clinical trials."
The identification and drug-based targeting of tumor checkpoints is a hallmark of DarwinHealth's proprietary methodology focused on cancer drug development. "The PMP protocol constitutes a systematic approach for identifying and targeting the core set of regulatory proteins (or master regulators) controlling the transcriptional identity [phenotypic state] of cancer cells, which distinguishes this Compound-2-Clinic (C2C) developmental roadmap from all other available strategies," explained DarwinHealth CSO, Dr. Mariano Alvarez. "Importantly, it expands the concept of oncogene addiction to the transcriptional regulators of the cancer cell state, which are universally present and, therefore, can be dissected for every tumor. The protocol closes the circle by dissecting such Master Regulators directly from the patient's tumor tissue, and then by using a drug's context-specific mechanism of action—empirically elucidated in cognate in vitro models—the pipeline predicts the therapeutic response of drugs under evaluation in the setting that matters most: clinical trials."
The PMP protocol is designed to address shortfalls and limitations in current approaches to cancer therapy and biomarker development. "Much like a building stands on multiple pillars—with the caveat that compromising any single pillar would not cause the entire structure to collapse—optimal, enduring approaches to cancer therapy require targeting multiple tumor dependencies simultaneously," explains Dr. Andrea Califano, Professor and Chair, Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University (https://news.columbia.edu/news/deciphering-cancer-messy-and-complex-were-here-it), and Co-Founder of DarwinHealth. "The technology and approach to cancer drug discovery highlighted in this manuscript provides significant complementarity to oncogene therapy by targeting an entire repertoire of tumor vulnerabilities, as represented by Master Regulator proteins that are responsible for maintaining the aberrant state and regulatory programs of the tumor cell."
DarwinHealth's PMP platform and drug discovery pipeline undergird the foundational technology the company has deployed for many scientific collaborations and partnerships focused on identification of novel cancer targets, generation of novel biomarkers, and drug development. "The Patient-to-Model-to-Patient protocol (PMP) we report is a patient tumor sample-centered, systems biology-based pipeline for cancer drug discovery with broad applications in the precision oncology and immuno-oncology space," explained Dr. Gideon Bosker, DarwinHealth Co-Founder and CEO. "Each step of the compound-to-clinic drug development and validation pipeline reported in Current Protocols is leveraged by the integration of computational algorithms and experimental data to ensure the targeted regulatory architecture—the 'tumor checkpoint'—and the mechanism-of action (MOA) of drugs being evaluated are consistently and actionably linked as the protocol progresses from cell lines to animal models and finally, into patients for clinical translation. Its universality in the context of cancer biology permits the PMP model to be applied across a broad spectrum of hematological and solid tumors, where numerous clinical trials based on this drug discovery technology are currently in progress. Moreover, the application of PMP technology to optimize immune response and diminish immunosuppressive effects among cell subtypes—including Tregs, fibroblasts, and macrophages—in the tumor microenvironment represents one of the most promising trajectories for developing drugs that can rescue response of immune checkpoint inhibitors by reprogramming phenotypic states of immunosuppressing cells."
When deployed in a systematic fashion, as it is at DarwinHealth where the commercial applications of the PMP protocol are under continual refinement and expansion, the PMP-based cancer target, biomarker, and drug discovery pipeline provides a roadmap for precision- and MOA-based identification of investigational, proprietary, and FDA-approved therapeutic agents targeting both tumor regulatory architecture, as well as the regulatory architecture of immune-centric cells.
About DarwinHealth
DarwinHealth: Precision Therapeutics for Cancer Medicine is a "frontiers of cancer," biotechnology-focused company, co-founded by CEO Gideon Bosker, MD, and Professor Andrea Califano, Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical Systems Biology and Chair, Department of Systems Biology at Columbia University. The company's technology was developed by the Califano lab over the past 15 years and is exclusively licensed from Columbia University.
DarwinHealth utilizes proprietary, systems biology algorithms to match virtually every cancer patient with the drugs and drug combinations that are most likely to produce a successful treatment outcome. "Conversely, these same algorithms also can prioritize investigational drugs and compound combinations of unknown potential against a full spectrum of human malignancies, as well as novel cancer targets," explained Dr. Bosker, "which make them invaluable for pharmaceutical companies seeking to both optimize their compound pipelines and discover mechanistically actionable, novel cancer targets and compound-tumor alignments."
DarwinHealth's mission statement is to deploy novel technologies rooted in systems biology to improve clinical outcomes of cancer treatment. Its core technology, the VIPER algorithm, can identify tightly knit modules of master regulator proteins that represent a new class of actionable therapeutic targets in cancer. The methodology is applied along two complementary axes: First, DarwinHealth's technologies support the systematic identification and validation of druggable targets at a more foundational, deep state of the cancer cell's regulatory logic so we and our scientific partners can exploit next generation actionability based on fundamental and more universal tumor dependencies and mechanisms. Second, from a drug development and discovery perspective, the same technologies are capable of identifying potentially druggable novel targets based on master regulators, and upstream modulators of those targets. This is where the DarwinHealth oncotecture-based approach, with its emphasis on elucidating and targeting tumor checkpoints, provides its most important solutions and repositioning roadmaps for advancing precision-focused cancer drug discovery and therapeutics.
The proprietary, precision medicine-based methods employed by DarwinHealth are supported by a deep body of scientific literature authored by its scientific leadership, including DarwinHealth CSO, Mariano Alvarez, PhD, who co-developed the company's critical computational infrastructure. These proprietary strategies leverage the ability to reverse-engineer and analyze the genome-wide regulatory and signaling logic of the cancer cell, by integrating data from in silico, in vitro, and in vivo assays. This provides a fully integrated drug characterization and discovery platform designed to elucidate, accelerate, and validate precise developmental trajectories for pharmaceutical assets, so their full clinical and commercial potential can be realized. For more information, please visit: www.DarwinHealth.com.
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Caterpillar’s first-quarter sales climbed with demand for construction equipment surging in the face of supply chain challenges that continue to plague businesses from car and phone makers to grocery stores.
Sales rose 14% to $13.59 billion, topping the $13.5 billion that analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were looking for. Higher prices also fueled revenue numbers.
Construction industry sales increased 12%, propelled by increased prices, changes in dealer inventories and higher end-user demand for aftermarket parts.
Sales in the resource industries division jumped 30% on higher sales volume and higher prices. The sales volume was impacted by better demand for equipment and aftermarket parts and changes in dealer inventories.
Housing demand has been on fire during the pandemic as millions of people relocated or buy a first home, but rising mortgage rates may start to dampen that. Arun-up in rates is setting the stage for a slowdown in home sales this year as increased borrowing costs reduce would-be buyers’ purchasing power.
Caterpillar Inc. earned $1.54 billion, or $2.86 per share, for the three months ended March 31.
Stripping out certain items, earnings were $2.88 per share. Wall Street expected $2.66 per share.
Shares of the Deerfield, Illinois, company rose slightly before the market opened on Thursday. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/caterpillar-sales-rise-in-1q-on-continued-equipment-demand/ | 2022-04-29T07:01:19Z |
NEW ORLEANS, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until May 6, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in securities class action lawsuits against Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NasdaqGS: RIVN), if they purchased or otherwise acquired the Company's shares between November 10, 2021 and March 10, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or pursuant or traceable to its November 2021 initial public stock offering (the "IPO"). These actions are pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Rivian and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period and/or in the Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in conjunction with the initial public offering, violating federal securities laws.
The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that the Company's R1T electric pickup truck and R1S electric SUV products were underpriced to such a degree that the Company would have to raise prices shortly after the IPO, which could tarnish its reputation as a trustworthy and transparent company and potentially jeopardize sales for the existing backlog of 55,400 preorders as well as future preorders. As a result, the price of the Company's shares was artificially and materially inflated at the time of the Offering and declined when the truth was subsequently revealed.
The first-filed case is Crews, Jr. v. Rivian Automotive Inc., et al., No. 22-cv- 1524.
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Caprice Capital Partners, LLC Provides Financing and an Equity Co-Investment for the Acquisition of a Plumbing and HVAC Services Company
Alliance Plumbing Service & Repair, Inc.
1st Lien Term Loan & Equity Co-Investment Acquisition Financing
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Caprice Capital Partners, LLC recently underwrote, agented, and served as a sole lender on a 1st lien term loan and provided an equity co-investment in partnership with Shadow Lake Partners to acquire Alliance Plumbing ("Alliance" or the "Company").
Devaunt LeClaire, Shadow Lake Partners' Managing Partner commented: "The Caprice team has been a value-added partner through the diligence process and their extensive experience partnering with lower middle market companies allowed us to execute with speed and certainty. Add-ons will play a large role in our value-creation strategy, and Caprice's ability to move quickly with incremental investments of up to $75 million gives us and management the conviction we need to execute."
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Alliance is a leading provider of plumbing, HVAC, and mechanical and repair services as well as plumbing construction services in the greater Phoenix Scottsdale, AZ MSA.
Jon Finch, Partner at Caprice commented: "We are excited to partner with Shadow Lake Partners and Alliance's existing management team as they execute on both organic and inorganic growth initiatives."
Robert Choi, Vice President at Caprice, added "Caprice's one-stop capital solution and partnership approach demonstrates Caprice's ability to effectively support independent sponsors."
Caprice Capital Partners, LLC is a Los Angeles based, relationship-driven private investment firm focused on providing tailored debt and non-control equity solutions to entrepreneurial, non-sponsor backed companies in the lower middle market.
Caprice partners with founder-owners as well as independent sponsors and search funds to support buyout, growth, and recapitalization initiatives. Caprice is most effective with shareholders and management teams that are seeking true partnership and better alignment from their non-control capital partners, particularly given the strategic nature and often complex and time-constrained circumstances of the transaction.
Caprice is industry-agnostic and situation-specific, often providing solutions to companies at or near an inflection point. Caprice tends to be the sole lender providing a capital solution between $5-$75 million to companies with at least $2 million of EBITDA.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP served as Caprice's legal counsel on the transaction.
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ATLANTA, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sylvan Realty brokered the sale of a $45+ million, 200+ home single-family rental portfolio in metro Atlanta. The sale was between two premier institutional firms attracted to high-performing portfolios.
PORTFOLIO DETAILS:
- Value add, 3/2, 1400+ sq ft homes in growth submarkets in commuter-friendly, highly desirable neighborhoods
- Mid-tier priced homes offer high market demand and solid rent growth
- Superior finishes and institutional quality renovations and property management
- The Atlanta market is ranked #2 for total renter-occupied single-family homes
- $225,000+ price per door
"This transaction provided a terrific opportunity to acquire a high performing portfolio in a very desirable submarket. We believe this portfolio is well positioned for continued growth," said John Bielefeldt, of Sylvan Realty.
Sylvan Realty provides world-class acquisition and disposition brokerage services for select institutional portfolios. We are a fully licensed real estate brokerage firm. Sylvan Realty is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sylvan Road.
Sylvan Road is an investment firm focused exclusively on single family real estate. We are a technology-enabled, data centric, idea-driven firm that utilizes, proprietary analytics on our platform. We were one of the earliest pioneers in the sector, and currently have over $3.5 billion1 in assets under management.
Sylvan Road controls the end-to-end investment process through its subsidiaries in investment and asset management, general contracting and construction management, field services and property management. Sylvan Road manages capital for blue chip institutions, insurance companies, credit and real estate funds, asset managers and family offices.
To learn more about available portfolios and services, please visit SylvanRE.com or call Becca Stapp at (404) 522-4008 x 1324.
1 As of April 1, 2022
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The combination of SEO and Data Science technology creates a new level of industry-specific insights across retail, banking, insurance, and real estate industries
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BrightEdge and Oncrawl are combining best-in-class technologies to create a new intelligent system for search marketers. Research unveiled at Share22 reveals a new layer of insights is achievable, powered by the combination of SEO and Data Science. By connecting different data sets, marketers can now gain a new understanding that helps drive value faster and guides the development of future search marketing technology development.
Today's data revolution is happening so fast that a lockstep change in technology is needed for marketers to make sense and extract value from all the information at their disposal. As McKinsey research clearly acknowledges, companies that use data effectively are 23 times more likely to outperform their competitors.
To help marketers stay ahead in their industries, BrightEdge constantly innovates ahead of the market so they can evolve in line with major shifts. From the creation of the Data Cube in 2014 and the pioneering launch of real-time SEO with BrightEdge Instant in 2019, innovation and customer success are always BrightEdge's number one priority.
Fast forward to 2022, and following on from the acquisition of OnCrawl earlier this year, the creation of a new intelligent system is unlocking a new level of insights never seen in our industry before. By bringing together best-of-breed technologies – BrightEdge SearchIQ and OnCrawl Data Science – both companies are revealing a new layer of insights that represent the future of SEO via new intelligent systems.
As a result, the types of findings can be highly insightful and help marketers make decisions and take action based on hard and specific industry data points - rather than generic one-size-fits best practices.
For example, new insights show how web experiences vary by industry.
- In the retail industry, manufacturer product descriptions create too many duplicate content experiences.
- Short and concise content wins in the banking industry.
- It is vital to create unique experiences with fast page speed in the insurance industry.
- Focusing on unique scannable content (5-10 min read time) matters most in real estate.
"The most critical challenge that marketers face today and in the future is making sense of all the data at their disposal," said BrightEdge CEO Jim Yu. "Data needs to be structured, and new patterns discovered to drive meaningful value. There are distinct differences between what matters in some markets compared to others. As a result, a new type of technology based on connected data sets is required to deliver unique and specific layers of intelligence that help marketers drive value even faster, and with less manual action."
The new intelligent system combines data from BrightEdge Search IQ technology and Oncrawl's Data Science modules. The convergence of SEO and Data Science and the birth of new intelligent systems represents a new future for the SEO and digital marketing community.
BrightEdge, the global leader in enterprise organic search and content performance, empowers marketers to transform online content into business results, such as traffic, conversions, and revenue. It is powered by a sophisticated deep learning engine, the BrightEdge platform. It is the only company capable of web-wide, real-time measurement of content engagement across all digital channels, including search, social, and mobile. BrightEdge's thousands of enterprise customers include global brands, such as Microsoft and Adobe, and 64 of the Fortune 100 and 9 of 10 leading international digital agencies. The company has offices worldwide and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
Oncrawl is a technical SEO platform that pioneered big data infrastructure in crawl technology and semantic analysis of organic search data. Their solutions help more than a thousand clients in 66 countries to improve their organic traffic, rankings, and revenues by opening Google's black box. Clients include Vistaprint, Canon, Lastminute.com, Forbes, and other leading companies. In 2021, Oncrawl became the most awarded SEO platform with multiple awards at the US, UK, Canadian, Global, European, APAC, and Mena Search Awards as Best SEO Software.
Contact: Kate Johnson, brightedge@blastmedia.com
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo") (NYSE: WFC) 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 Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Wells Fargo, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
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ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Wells Fargo includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 29, 2022
Aggrieved Wells Fargo investors only have until August 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.
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The global real estate advisory firm appoints Bo McNally and Nick Teseros to oversee the first Utah location
SALT LAKE CITY, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Savills is continuing its North American expansion with the opening of its first Utah outpost in Salt Lake City. The firm has tapped Bo McNally, who has deep roots in the city and was recently elevated to executive managing director, to serve as office lead with Nick Teseros, a senior managing director who joins the firm from Newmark. The team will specialize in leasing and commercial sales for office and industrial clients.
The Salt Lake City team will leverage Savills unified platform of resources to generate new clients and partnerships. They will support clients across sectors, including industrial, life sciences, healthcare, and professional services users, focusing on Silicon Slopes, a bourgeoning tech-centric community within Salt Lake Valley.
"Salt Lake City is a logical next step for the firm's expansion goals, especially as Utah continues to be one of the fastest-growing markets in the nation," said Richard Schuham, vice chairman and director of Savills Northwest Mountain region. "We are looking forward to bringing our best-in-class services and solutions while harnessing our local approach and global insights to address the needs of tenants and space occupiers in the region."
McNally joined Savills in 2021 following the company's acquisition of T3 Advisors, the leading real estate workplace solutions advisor to life sciences and technology companies, where he was a partner. He has a track record of representing high-growth technology companies and is an expert in developing effective real estate strategies for clients across the country.
Teseros joins the firm from Newmark, where he was vice president of office leasing and sales and specializes in investment sales and tenant representation. Over his 15 years of industry experience, he has overseen some of the largest build-to-suit and headquarters relocations in Salt Lake Valley for major clients, including Alliance Data Systems, Barrick Gold, Clearlink, and Esurance.
Joining McNally and Teseros is industry veteran Kate North, who began at Savills in January. In her newly appointed role as executive vice president of client experience, North will oversee the firm's Portfolio Solutions Hub and serve as a single point of contact for brokers and consultants who have multimarket and multiservice pursuit opportunities.
"It's no secret that Salt Lake City has become a popular destination for companies to plant their respective flags," said McNally. "Utah boasts an incredibly strong labor market, and it had the second-largest population growth in the United States in 2021. The market offers substantial, cost-effective space options. There are more than 2 million square feet of new development and construction, providing tenants with an unparalleled opportunity to grow their presence in this region."
"Utah's business-friendly climate and access to outdoor recreation has provided a lifestyle that has accelerated the state's growth not only organically, but from other parts of the country and world," said Teseros.
In recent months, Savills has continued to position itself as a 360-degree real estate advisor. In addition to acquiring T3 Advisors in June of 2021, the firm recently announced a strategic partnership with SRS Real Estate Partners, supplementing its existing North American retail capabilities and enhancing its tenant advisory services. In addition to recruiting and retaining top talent, the firm has also significantly expanded its capabilities in industrial services, workplace strategy, workforce strategy, site selection, business incentives, project management, and digital services. With its Utah outpost, the firm currently has over 40 offices with more than 900 professionals across North America.
About Savills Inc.
Savills helps organizations find the right solutions that ensure employee success. Sharply skilled and fiercely dedicated, the firm's integrated teams of consultants and brokers are experts in better real estate. With services in tenant representation, workforce and incentives strategy, workplace strategy and occupant experience, project management, and capital markets, Savills has elevated the potential of workplaces around the corner, and around the world, for 160 years and counting.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — After his headline performance at Hungary’s Sziget Festival last month, pop star Justin Bieber held a grandiose party for his staff in a luxurious countryside setting — a 19th century castle owned by the son-in-law of the country’s prime minister.
The castle, to the critics of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is emblematic of the corruption, nepotism and largesse of which the populist leader and his government have been accused for years — the kinds of behavior which now threaten to cost Hungary billions in European Union funding.
Standing beside the iron gates of Schossberger Castle this week, an independent Hungarian lawmaker who has made a name for himself as an anti-corruption crusader snapped pictures of the structure and its expansive manicured grounds.
A former member of Orban’s ruling Fidesz party, Akos Hadhazy left the nationalist-populist party in 2013 after becoming aware of what he describes as a clientelistic system of unchecked corruption taking shape in the Central European nation.
“When Fidesz came to power, I saw more and more that a very serious organization was beginning to develop throughout the country, whose main task was to steal as much of the European Union’s money as possible,” Hadhazy told The Associated Press.
Now, Orban is facing a reckoning with the EU, which appears set to impose financial penalties on his government over corruption concerns and alleged rule-of-law violations that could cost Budapest billions and cripple its already ailing economy.
The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, has for nearly a decade accused Orban of dismantling democratic institutions, taking control of the media and infringing on minority rights. Orban, who has been in office since 2010, denies the accusations.
The longstanding conflict could culminate Sunday when the commission is expected to announce a funding cut for Hungary, one of the 27-nation EU’s largest net beneficiaries, if the country does not change course.
Peter Kreko, director of the Budapest-based think tank Political Capital, said the EU appeared to be hardening its stance against Orban after previous disciplinary measures failed to bring Europe’s longest-serving leader into compliance with its values.
“EU institutions learn slowly, but they learn. More and more people in the Commission and in the European Union know about the negotiation deception tactics of Hungary, as well as about the nature of the Hungarian political regime,” Kreko said.
While it is not clear how much money Hungary stands to lose, funds cut from its 22 billion-euro (dollar) share of the EU’s 2021-27 budget could affect around 70% of funding from some programs, according to an internal July document by Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
Many of the potential cuts are related to public procurements — purchases by the state of goods and services or for the execution of projects using EU funds.
According to Hadhazy, improper processes for awarding of such contracts have allowed Orban’s government to channel large sums of EU money into the businesses of politically connected insiders.
“Huge fortunes were made from such things, and they are essentially the source of this astonishing luxury mansion behind us,” Hadhazy said of the castle in the town of Tura. “The system is about having its tentacles … in the highest levels of government.”
EU commissioner Hahn’s memo also pointed to irregularities in public procurements in Hungary and to “an increase of the odds of winning of politically connected companies.”
Hadhazy, who has investigated and documented hundreds of cases of alleged corruption, borrowed a car from his mother to visit several places this week where he suspects EU funds were misused.
One was the site of a planned server farm near Budapest where the government said it would store the state’s most important data. Receiving more than $50 million in EU funding, construction of the facility — awarded to a company owned by a childhood friend of Orban who is Hungary’s richest man — began in 2016, and completion was set for the following year.
But when Hadhazy visited the site on Wednesday, only a concrete skeleton stood where the server park was planned — a sign, he said, that the funds may have been misused.
“The whole process is a charade,” Hadhazy said of Hungary’s public procurement process, which ordinarily should involve competition between several bidding companies. “It’s decided at the very beginning who can win, and it’s decided who will do the work at the end.”
He pointed to a case involving Istvan Tiborcz, the owner of the castle in Tura who is married to Orban’s daughter. The European Anti-Fraud Office found serious irregularities in the awarding of funds to a company he owned.
As a result of the office’s investigation, the EU demanded the return of more than 40 million euros (dollars). The sum was ultimately footed by Hungarian taxpayers, not Tiborcz’s company, and an investigation into the case by Hungarian authorities was dropped for lack of evidence of a crime.
Tiborcz was Hungary’s 36th wealthiest person this year, according to an analysis by Forbes Hungary.
Orban’s government recently made conciliatory efforts to unlock nearly 6 billion euros (dollars) in pandemic recovery funds that the EU withheld over corruption concerns, and to head off further cuts to Hungary’s portion of the EU budget.
Earlier this month, the Hungarian government pledged to set up its own anti-corruption agency. It has reportedly prepared additional legislation aimed at increasing transparency in public procurements.
But the European Commission faces pressure from EU lawmakers to fully enforce rules on corruption and rule of law requirements. In a resolution passed Thursday with an overwhelming majority, the European Parliament said the Hungarian government had become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” that could no longer be considered a democracy.
Hungary’s Ministry of Justice did not respond to a request for comment. Speaking in Serbia on Friday, Orban dismissed the resolution as a “joke” and maintained that his government’s conservative credentials were the reason for the EU’s tough stance.
Kreko, the analyst, said it was doubtful Orban’s government was serious about changing its ways.
“I would say that the engine of the Orban regime is nepotistic corruption,” he said. “So I think we can be rather skeptical about that how much the government really wants to step up against corruption, which is part of the nature of the regime.”
In 2021, Hungary’s government opted out of joining the European Public Prosecutors Office — an independent EU body tasked with combating crimes affecting the financial interests of the bloc. It argued that joining would amount to a loss of national sovereignty.
But Hadhazy said that unless Orban’s government agrees to join the office, there will be no real guarantee that graft reforms will be able to achieve any meaningful results.
“I say that if the EU gives Hungary one eurocent without us having joined the EU prosecutor’s office, then the EU really is as stupid as Orban says it is,” he said. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-hungary-faces-reckoning-with-eu-that-could-cost-it-billions/ | 2022-09-17T14:45:27Z |
- Released consolidated financial position of the company based on its full acquisition of Samsung Bioepis completed on April 20, 2022
- Achieved record-high semi-annual revenue exceeding KRW 1 trillion
- Recorded Q2'22 revenue of KRW 503.7 billion for the company's CDMO business
- Recorded Q2'22 revenue of KRW 232.8 billion for Samsung Bioepis's biosimilars business
- Business operations remain stable with expanded base for future growth
INCHEON, South Korea, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung Biologics (KRX: 207940.KS), the world's leading contract development and manufacturing organization, today announced strong financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022.
John Rim, CEO of Samsung Biologics, stated, "Samsung Biologics delivered another strong quarterly performance ahead of our guidance with our revenue exceeding KRW 1 trillion for the first half of the year. Operations are seamless across all our plants, and the partial completion of Plant 4 is just around the corner, scheduled to commence operations in October this year. We completed a deal to fully acquire Samsung Bioepis, expanding and diversifying our revenue base and business portfolio. More recently, we have officially signed an agreement to purchase land for Bio campus II. All these factors signal that we have a strong momentum going, and that we are well on track in our expansion plans to serve the increasing market demands."
SECOND QUARTER 2022 RESULTS
Samsung Biologics demonstrated strong operational excellence and business agility in the second quarter with earnings exceeding initial projections.
Reporting under the consolidated approach for the first time since the acquisition in April, Samsung Biologics and Samsung Bioepis in the second fiscal quarter recorded a revenue of KRW 651.4 billion, operating profit of KRW 169.7 billion, and net profit of KRW 152 billion with EBITDA margin of 39.7%.
On a standalone basis, the second quarter 2022 revenue for Samsung Biologics was KRW 503.7 billion, an increase of 22.2% from KRW 412.2 billion reported for the second quarter in the previous year, due to efficiency in operations despite a scheduled slow-down of Plant 2, and attributable to the expansion of product sales.
Samsung Biologics also reported an operating profit of KRW 171.9 billion, 3.18% higher than the prior-year period, and a net profit of KRW 101.8 billion with an operating profit margin of 34.1% for the same quarter.
On a standalone basis, Samsung Bioepis earned KRW 232.8 billion in revenue, 24.2% higher than the prior-year period attributable to the increase in sales of its biosimilar products in global markets including the US and Europe. Samsung Bioepis's operating profit increased significantly by 95.7% compared to the prior-year period, at KRW 58.5 billion.
FISCAL YEAR 2022 OUTLOOK
The construction of Samsung Biologics Plant 4 is on schedule with 6 X 10KL production capacity expected to commence operations in October. The company has secured a number of large scale manufacturing contracts with active presales activities for Plant 4, and at the close of Q2, in the first half of 2022 alone, the company had secured over USD 7.9 billion in sales backlog including deals with Janssen, Merck, GSK, Lilly, and Novartis to name a few.
Earlier this month, Samsung Biologics secured additional land sized at 357,366 ㎡ and approximately 30% larger than its current site, to support the build out of its second campus. At the newly acquired site, the company will host additional large-scale manufacturing facilities as well as an open innovation facility.
Samsung Biologics also published its second annual ESG Report this month, reflecting the company's latest sustainability efforts to address a wide range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activities related to its business. The company aims to build an eco-friendly business environment and achieve net zero GHG emissions in its operations, and continue to enhance its social contribution activities that strive to support the health of its local communities.
Samsung Bioepis has a total of six biosimilar products approved and commercially available in different markets[1], and its revenue has steadily grown driven by increases in global product sales and milestone payments.
Of the six products, SB4, a biosimilar to Enbrel (etanercept), which was launched in Europe in 2016, has surpassed its originator's sales in Europe by overtaking the majority of the market share, and the company recently launched SB11, a biosimilar to Lucentis (ranibizumab), in June 2022 in the US. With four additional biosimilar candidates in late stage development, Samsung Bioepis is solidifying its position as a leading company in the biosimilars industry.
For more details on performance and financials, please refer to the Earnings Release.
About Samsung Biologics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Biologics (KRX: 207940.KS) is a fully integrated CDMO offering state-of-the-art contract development and manufacturing services. With proven regulatory approvals, the largest capacity, and the fastest throughput, Samsung Biologics is an award-winning partner of choice and is uniquely able to support the development and manufacturing of biologics products at every stage of the process while meeting the evolving needs of biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. For more information, visit samsungbiologics.com.
[1] The number of launched products varies by countries.
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ROCKDALE — Services for Ervin J. “Griff” Griffith, 87, of Lexington will be 10 a.m. Monday at Knobbs Springs Baptist Church in McDade with the Rev. David Atwood, Rev. Jonathan Meyers and Rev. Victor Gonzales officiating.
Burial will be in Adina Cemetery in Lee County.
Mr. Griffith died Monday, June 13, 2022.
He was born Oct. 1, 1934, in Lexington to Monas and Kattie Lee Moses Griffith. He married Jean Smith in 1957. He was a crane operator for Alcoa. He attended Knobbs Springs Church.
Survivors include his wife of Lexington; two sons, Kenneth Griffith and Jerry Griffith, both of Lexington; a daughter, Vickie Griffith Iselt of Giddings; a brother, Alfred Griffith of Abilene; two sisters, Linda Stagner and Glenda Collier, both of Abilene; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_3df513b4-ee91-11ec-8c60-3738718028c3.html | 2022-06-18T08:20:14Z |
10-Point Open Source and Software Supply Chain Security Mobilization Plan Released with Initial Pledges Surpassing $30M
WASHINGTON , May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation and the Open Source Software Security Foundation (OpenSSF) brought together over 90 executives from 37 companies and government leaders from the NSC, ONCD, CISA, NIST, DOE, and OMB to to reach a consensus on key actions to take to improve the resiliency and security of open source software.
Open Source Software Security Summit II, is a follow-up to the first Summit held January 13, 2022 that was led by the White House's National Security Council. Today's meeting was convened by the Linux Foundation and OpenSSF on the one year after the anniversary of President Biden's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.
The Linux Foundation and OpenSSF, with input provided from all sectors, delivered a first-of-its-kind plan to broadly address open source and software supply chain security. The Summit II plan outlines approximately $150M of funding over two years to rapidly advance well-vetted solutions to the ten major problems the plan identifies. The 10 streams of investment include concrete action steps for both more immediate improvements and building strong foundations for a more secure future.
A subset of participating organizations have come together to collectively pledge an initial tranche of funding towards implementation of the plan. Those companies are Amazon, Ericsson, Google, Intel;, Microsoft, and VMWare, pledging over $30M. As the plan evolves further more funding will be identified, and work will begin as individual streams are agreed upon.
This builds on the existing investments that the OpenSSF community members make into open source software. An informal poll of our stakeholders indicates they spend over $110M and employ nearly a hundred full-time equivalent employees focused on nothing but securing the open source software landscape. This plan adds to those investments.
KEY QUOTES
Jim Zemlin - Executive Director, Linux Foundation: "On the one year anniversary of President Biden's executive order, today we are here to respond with a plan that is actionable, because open source is a critical component of our national security and it is fundamental to billions of dollars being invested in software innovation today. We have a shared obligation to upgrade our collective cybersecurity resilience and improve trust in software itself. This plan represents our unified voice and our common call to action. The most important task ahead of us is leadership."
Brian Behlendorf - Executive Director, Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF): "What we are doing here together is converging a set of ideas and principles of what is broken out there and what we can do to fix it. The plan we have put together represents the 10 flags in the ground as the base for getting started. We are eager to get further input and commitments that move us from plan to action."
Atlassian
Adrian Ludwig, Chief Trust Officer
"Open source software is critical to so many of the tools and applications that are used by thousands of development teams worldwide. Consequently, the security of software supply chains has been elevated to the top of most organizations' priorities in the wake of recent high-profile vulnerabilities in open source software. Only through concerted efforts by industry, government and other stakeholders can we ensure that open source innovation continues to flourish in a secure environment. This is why we are happy to be participating in OpenSSF, where we can collaborate on key initiatives that raise awareness and drive action around the crucial issues facing software supply chain security today. We're excited to be a key contributor to driving meaningful change and we are optimistic about what we can achieve through our partnership with OpenSSF and like-minded organizations within its membership."
Cisco
Eric Wenger, Senior Director, Technology Policy, Cisco Systems
"Open source software (OSS) is a foundational part of our modern computing infrastructure. As one of the largest users of and contributors to OSS, Cisco makes significant investments in time and resources to improve the security of widely-used OSS projects. Today's effort shows the stakeholder community's shared commitment to making open-source development more secure in ways that are measurable and repeatable."
Dell
John Roese, Dell Technologies CTO
"Never before has software security been a more critical part of the global supply chain. Today, in a meeting led by Anne Neuberger [linkedin.com], Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, Dell and my Open Source Security Foundation colleagues committed our software security expertise to execute the Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan. Dell's best and brightest engineers will engage with peers to develop risk-based metrics and scoring dashboards, digital signature methodologies for code signing, and Software Bill of Materials (SBoM) tools – all to address the grand challenge of open-source software security. This is an excellent example of the leadership Dell provides to proactively impact software security and open-source security solutions, and reinforces our commitment to the open-source software community, to our supply chain and to our national security."
Ericsson
"Ericsson is one of the leading promoters and supporters of the open source ecosystem, accelerating the adoption and industry alignment in a number of key technology areas. The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is an industry-wide initiative with the backing of the Linux Foundation with the objective of improving supply chain security in the open source ecosystem.
"As a board member of OpenSSF, we are committed to open source security and we are fully supportive of the mobilization plan with the objective of improving supply chain security in the open source ecosystem. Being an advocate and adopter of global standards, the initiatives aim to strengthen open source security from a global perspective."
GitHub
Mike Hanley, Chief Security Officer
"Securing the open source ecosystem starts with empowering developers and open source maintainers with tools and best practices that are instrumental to securing the software supply chain. As home to 83M developers around the world, GitHub is uniquely positioned and committed to advance these efforts, and we've continued our investments to help developers and maintainers realize improved security outcomes through initiatives including 2FA enforcement on GitHub.com and npm, open sourcing the GitHub Advisory Database, financial enablement for developers through GitHub Sponsors, and free security training through the GitHub Security Lab.
"The security of open source is critical to the security of all software. Summit II has been an important next step in bringing the private and public sector together again and we look forward to continuing our partnerships to make a significant impact on the future of software security."
Google
Eric Brewer, VP of Infrastructure at Google Cloud & Google Fellow
"We're thankful to the Linux Foundation and OpenSSF for convening the community today to discuss the open source software security challenges we're facing and how we can work together across the public and private sectors to address them. Google is committed to supporting many of the efforts we discussed today, including the creation of our new Open Source Maintenance Crew, a team of Google engineers who will work closely with upstream maintainers on improving the security of critical open source projects, and by providing support to the community through updates on key projects like SLSA, Scorecards; and Sigstore, which is now being used by the Kubernetes project. Security risks will continue to span all software companies and open source projects and only an industry-wide commitment involving a global community of developers, governments and businesses can make real progress. Google will continue to play our part to make an impact."
IBM
Jamie Thomas, Enterprise Security Executive
"Today, we had the opportunity to share our IBM Policy Lab's recommendations on how understanding the software supply chain is key to improving security. We believe that providing greater visibility in the software supply chain through SBoMs ( Software Bill of Materials) and using the Open Source Software community as a valuable resource to encourage passionate developers to create, hone their skills, and contribute to the public good can help strengthen our resiliency. It's great to see the strong commitment from the community to work together to secure open source software. Security can always be strengthened and I would like to thank Anne Neuberger today for her deep commitment and open, constructive, technical dialogue that will help us pave the way to enhancing OSS security. "
Intel
Greg Lavender, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of the Software and Advanced Technology Group
"Intel has long played a key role in contributing to open source. I'm excited about our role in the future building towards Pat's Open Ecosystem vision. As we endeavor to live into our core developer tenants of openness, choice and trust – software security is at the heart of creating the innovation platforms of tomorrow."
Melissa Evers, Vice President, Software and Advanced Technology, General Manager of Strategy to Execution
"Intel commends the Linux Foundation in their work advancing open source security. Intel has a history of leadership and investment in open source software and secure computing: over the last five years, Intel has invested over $250M in advancing open-source software security. As we approach the next phase of Open Ecosystem initiatives, we intend to maintain and grow this commitment by double digit percentages continuing to invest in software security technologies, as well as advance improved security and remediation practices within the community and among those who consume software from the community."
JFrog
Stephen Chin, Vice President of Developer Relations
"While open source has always been seen as a seed for modernization, the recent rise of software supply chain attacks has demonstrated we need a more hardened process for validating open-source repositories. As we say at JFrog, 'with great software comes great responsibility', and we take that job seriously. As a designated CNA, the JFrog Security Research team constantly monitors open-source software repositories for malicious packages that may lead to widespread software supply chain attacks and alerts the community accordingly. Building on that, JFrog is proud to collaborate with the Linux Foundation and other OpenSSF members on designing a set of technologies, processes, accreditations, and policies to help protect our nation's critical infrastructure while nurturing one of the core principles of open source – innovation."
JPMorgan Chase
Pat Opet, Chief Information Security Officer
"We are proud to have worked with Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and its members to create the new Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan, This plan will help to address security issues in the software supply chain which is critical to making the world's software safer and more secure for everyone."
Microsoft
Mark Russinovich, CTO, Microsoft Azure
"Open source software is core to nearly every company's technology strategy. Collaboration and investment across the open source ecosystem will strengthen and sustain security for everyone. Microsoft's commitment to $5M in funding for OpenSSF supports critical cross-industry collaboration. We're encouraged by the community, industry, and public sector collaboration at today's summit and the benefit this will have to strengthen supply chain security."
OWASP Foundation
Andrew van der Stock, Executive Director
"OWASP's mission is to improve the state of software security around the world. We are contributing to the Developer Education and Certification, as well addressing the Executive Order for improving the state and adoption of SBOMs. In particular, we would like to see a single, consumable standard across the board."
Mark Curphey (founder of OWASP) and John Viega (author of the first book on software security), Stream Coordinators
"We're excited to see the industry's willingness to come together on a single 'bill of materials' format. It has the potential to help the entire industry solve many important problems, including drastically improving response speed for when major new issues in open source software emerge."
SAP
Tim McKnight, SAP Executive Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
"SAP is proud to be a part of the Open Source Software Security Summit II and contribute to the important dialogue on the topic of Open Source software security.
"SAP is firmly committed to supporting the execution of the Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with our government, industry, and academic partners."
Sonatype
Brian Fox, CTO of Sonatype and stewards of Maven Central.
"It's rare to see vendors, competitors, government, and diverse open source ecosystems all come together like they have today. It shows how massive a problem we have to solve in securing open source, and highlights that no one entity can solve it alone. The Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan is a great step toward bringing our community together with a number of key tactics, starting with securing OSS production, which will make the entire open source ecosystem stronger and safer."
Wipro
Andrew Aitken, Global Head of Open Source
"Wipro is committed to helping ensure the safety of the software supply chain through its engagement with OpenSSF and other industry initiatives and is ideally suited to enhance efforts to provide innovative tooling, secure coding best practices and industry and government advocacy to improve vulnerability remediation.
"As the only global systems integrator in the OpenSSF ecosystem and in line with its support of OpenSSF objectives, Wipro will commit to training 100 of its cybersecurity experts to the level of trainer status in LF and OpenSSF secure coding best practices and to host training workshops with its premier global clients and their developer and cybersecurity teams.
"Further, Wipro will increase its public contributions to Sigstore and the SLSA framework by integrating them into its own solutions and building a community of 50+ contributors to these critical projects."
KEY BACKGROUND
Three Goals of the 10-Point Plan
- Securing Open Source Security Production
- Improving Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation
- Shorten ecosystem Patching Response Time
The 10-Point Plan Summarized (available in full here)
- Security Education Deliver baseline secure software development education and certification to all.
- Risk Assessment Establish a public, vendor-neutral, objective-metrics-based risk assessment dashboard for the top 10,000 (or more) OSS components.
- Digital Signatures Accelerate the adoption of digital signatures on software releases.
- Memory Safety Eliminate root causes of many vulnerabilities through replacement of non-memory-safe languages.
- Incident Response Establish the OpenSSF Open Source Security Incident Response Team, security experts who can step in to assist open source projects during critical times when responding to a vulnerability.
- Better Scanning Accelerate discovery of new vulnerabilities by maintainers and experts through advanced security tools and expert guidance.
- Code Audits Conduct third-party code reviews (and any necessary remediation work) of up to 200 of the most-critical OSS components once per year.
- Data Sharing Coordinate industry-wide data sharing to improve the research that helps determine the most critical OSS components.
- SBOMs Everywhere Improve SBOM tooling and training to drive adoption.
- Improved Supply Chains Enhance the 10 most critical OSS build systems, package managers, and distribution systems with better supply chain security tools and best practices.
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Chiefs’ Skyy Moore stirs up social media with rookie dinner tweet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Rookie dinners are notorious for being an overpriced welcome from athlete’s teammates. So when Kansas City Chiefs rookie wide receiver Skyy Moore tweeted his bill from a Saturday night trip to 801 Chophouse, social media went up in a stir.
“When the waitress hands you the bill for rookie dinner...,” the Chiefs second-round pick from Western Michigan tweeted alongside of a fake bill that totaled more than $22,000.
After hundreds of concerned, outraged and confused responses to his tweet, Moore clarified that it was a joke and that he’d been given a fake bill.
“It was a joke tho,” Moore tweeted with two praying hands emojis.
According to a video on Instagram, Moore said that newly-acquired free agent wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling took care of the check.
READ MORE: Chiefs trim roster ahead of Tuesday deadline
Moore will make his NFL debut when the Chiefs kick off the regular season Sunday, Sept. 11 against the Arizona Cardinals. That game can be watched on KCTV5.
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Dedicated team brings together origination, underwriting, portfolio management, borrower relationship management, and syndication to provide financing for middle-market sponsor transactions
NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) announced today the formation of a Direct Lending group that will focus on providing loans to the bank's private equity sponsor clients to support their portfolio company LBO and recapitalization transactions.
The team will be led by Matt Maley, who joined MUFG in 2018 to run sponsor coverage. In his new role as Head of Direct Lending, Maley will report to Jon Lindenberg, Head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB) in the Americas.
"We started a direct lending initiative in 2019 when our sponsor clients approached us to finance their middle market LBOs outside of the broadly syndicated institutional market," said Maley. "Having completed more than 50 direct loan transactions to date, this offering has become an important tool in our toolbox, helping us grow our U.S. sponsor business to $300 million in revenue."
"Setting up a dedicated group to target the direct lending market with an end-to-end solution will enable us to meet the needs of our clients and take advantage of MUFG's $3 trillion balance sheet, one of the largest in the world," Lindenberg said.
MUFG approaches the direct lending market as a solutions provider to private equity sponsor clients and their portfolio companies, tapping into the broad MUFG platform and set of capabilities. Recent examples include:
- MUFG provided a 100% underwritten direct loan commitment to support Brightstar's acquisition of WindsorOne, the industry leader in wood trim boards.
- MUFG provided a direct loan to Authority Brands, an Apax portfolio company, and within 18 months helped to refinance that loan with a whole business securitization.
- MUFG provided a direct loan to support One Equity Partner's acquisition of Pittsburgh Glass Works, the leading distributor of automotive glass to the North American aftermarket.
- MUFG was part of a direct lending syndicate which helped Warburg Pincus acquire Sweeping Corporation of America, and subsequently advised on the sale of CleanStreet to Sweeping Corporation of America through the bank's M&A division, Intrepid.
- MUFG provided a direct loan to Offen Petroleum, a Court Square portfolio company, and within 12 months significantly increased its commitment to support organic growth.
The new unit will be responsible for all aspects of direct lending, including sponsor coverage and origination, underwriting and portfolio management, borrower relationship management, and loan syndication.
Press contact:
Oksana Poltavets
(646) 767-1326
opoltavets@us.mufg.jp
The U.S. operations of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups, has total assets of $332.4 billion at March 31, 2022. As part of that total, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation (MUAH), a financial holding company, bank holding company, and intermediate holding company, has total assets of $159.2 billion at March 31, 2022. MUAH's main subsidiaries are MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. provides a wide range of financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. As of March 31, 2022, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. operated 297 branches, consisting primarily of retail banking branches in the West Coast states. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. is a registered securities broker-dealer which engages in capital markets origination transactions, domestic and foreign debt and equities securities transactions, private placements, collateralized financings, and securities borrowing and lending transactions. MUAH is owned by MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. MUFG Bank, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, and Canada. Visit www.unionbank.com or www.mufgamericas.com for more information.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with approximately 2,500 locations in more than 50 countries. The Group has about 170,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to "be the world's most trusted financial group" through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. For more information, visit https://www.mufg.jp/english.
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Voluntary recall issued for child allergy medication
(Gray News) – A voluntary recall has been issued for Allergy Bee Gone for Kids Nasal Swab Remedy due to potential microbial contamination.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, testing found some of the product had elevated levels of yeast and mold and could contain bacteria.
So far, the company has not received any complaints related to microbial concerns or complications.
Allergy Bee Gone is used to lessen seasonal allergy symptoms and is packaged in individual tubes for application.
Lot 2006491 with an expiration date of 8/2024 and UPC code 860002022116 is the only product affected in the recall.
It was distributed nationwide to wholesale distributors, retail stores and online.
Anyone with Allergy Bee Gone for Kids Nasal Swab Remedy, lot 2006491, should stop using it, discard any remaining product and contact the company at recall@buzzagogo.com for a full refund.
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BESSEMER, Ala., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Prime Therapeutics' proposed acquisition of rival PBM Magellan Rx Management "raises serious anti-competitive concerns" and should be blocked, according to a letter sent today from American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI) to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission.
In its letter to the agencies, APCI not only opposed the proposed acquisition but also called for a review of Magellan's acquisition by Medicaid Managed Care organization Centene in 2021 and its decision to unload the PBM in such a short time frame.
In the 13-page letter, APCI Director of Healthcare Policy and General Counsel Greg Reybold wrote:
Simply put, Prime's acquisition is likely to create more conflicts of interest, reduce competition, and lead to greater inefficiencies in an already inefficient and flawed system. Rather than allowing this merger to proceed, the Agencies would do well to utilize their authority to not only stop this proposed acquisition but also investigate the premise for Centene's acquisition of Magellan Health and determine whether it is appropriate to unwind that merger in light of Centene's past behavior on the PBM space combined with the proposed divestiture seemingly standing in contrast to the claimed reasons for its acquisition in the first place.
"We have seen time and time again how these PBM acquisitions and mergers have turned out to be detrimental for patients, taxpayers, and small businesses," said Tim Hamrick, APCI Chief Executive Officer. "We urge the FTC and the Department of Justice to take a long, hard look at this proposed merger and do what is right not only for patients and our member pharmacies but for all Americans."
"The largest PBMs in the U.S. have created a prescription drug pricing and access problem," Reybold said. "Six PBMs handle more than 95 percent of the market for prescription claims, and we continue to see increasing prescription prices and reduced access to lifesaving medications for patients. While these middlemen claim to bring market efficiencies to the prescription drug chain, the reality is integration in the PBM market has increased prices and had anti-competitive effects."
APCI is a member-owned cooperative of more than 1,600 member pharmacies in 30 states. Established in 1984 and headquartered in Bessemer, Ala., APCI is proud to lead the fight for prescription drug pricing transparency and reform.
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Ball scores 24, Hornets bury Bulls early in 133-117 win
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — LaMelo Ball scored 24 points and the Charlotte Hornets buried the Chicago Bulls early in a 133-117 win. The Hornets — 10th in the Eastern Conference and a game behind Brooklyn and Atlanta coming in — barely broke a sweat in this one. They led 79-51 through the first two quarters, the most points allowed in a half this season by Chicago, and handed the listless Bulls their fourth straight loss. Charlotte shot 60.5% and made 19 of 40 3-pointers, with Ball setting the tone. The All-Star point guard did all his scoring in the first half. He made 8 of 16 shots in the game, including 5 of 9 3-pointers, and finished with nine assists in 29 minutes. Zach LaVine led the Bulls with 23 points. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/08/ball-scores-24-hornets-bury-bulls-early-in-133-117-win/ | 2022-04-09T03:32:02Z |
Press secretary Jen Psaki plans to depart White House for MSNBC in coming weeks
By Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter, CNN
White House press secretary Jen Psaki plans on departing the Biden administration in the coming weeks and heading to MSNBC, two people familiar with the matter told CNN on Friday.
Psaki has not officially signed a contract with the progressive cable news network, but the talks are in the advanced stages, the people said.
Axios, which first broke the news, reported that Psaki will host a show for NBC’s streaming platform Peacock. She will also appear on MSNBC’s shows.
MSNBC declined to comment.
A White House official declined to confirm Psaki’s future plans. But the official said, “Jen is here and working hard every day on behalf of the President to get you the answers to the questions that you have, and that’s where her focus is.”
It’s not clear who will replace Psaki when she does step down. The White House declined to comment on the matter, but deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will almost certainly be under consideration. White House communications director Kate Bedingfield, who made her debut briefing the press this week, is also a likely contender.
Multiple television networks expressed interest in hiring Psaki, according to one of the people who spoke to CNN.
Psaki, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, is expected to remain in the press secretary role through the White House Correspondents Association’s annual dinner, its first in three years, which is on April 30.
When she makes the move, Psaki will become the second senior White House communications official to depart for MSNBC. Symone Sanders, who was the senior spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, left the White House earlier this year and will begin hosting an MSNBC show on weekends in May.
Psaki has served as press secretary since President Joe Biden first took office in January 2021. In the years prior, she was a CNN political commentator. And before that she worked in the Obama administration as a White House communications director and State Department spokesperson.
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Shareholders with $100,000 losses or more are encouraged to contact the firm.
LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMZN).
Class Period: February 1, 2019 – April 5, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) 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; (2) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (3) Amazon's revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and thus unsustainable; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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Next-generation consultancy celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with a commitment to hiring and advancing Hispanic employees
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Guidehouse, a leading global provider of consulting services to public sector and commercial clients, has signed on to, and will adopt, The Hispanic Promise – a commitment to hire, promote, retain and empower Hispanic employees.
Launched at the World Economic Forum in 2019, the Hispanic Promise is a call to action for companies and organizations across the U.S. to create more inclusive environments for Hispanics. Since its launch, the Hispanic Promise has reached more than 280 signatories and is backed by more than 25 Hispanic organizations.
A Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, Guidehouse's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) program is a foundational component of the company's people-first culture. Our inclusion networks, including the Latinx Inclusion Network, strive to create awareness, foster a welcoming and inclusive culture through programming events and support the personal and professional development of our diverse colleagues. Through dedicated efforts across the firm that hone-in on opportunities to further drive diverse recruitment, retention, and engagement, Guidehouse continues to drive favorable diversity outcomes as a foundational component of the company values and culture.
"We are proud to sign on to the Hispanic Promise, which reinforces our commitment to hire, advance, and elevate members of the Hispanic and Latinx communities," said Jamila Taylor, Chief Human Resources Officer of Guidehouse. "Advancing inclusion and diversity is an integral part of our mission and a critical core value of our business. The Hispanic Promise is another important step forward that Guidehouse is taking to strengthen workforce diversity and provide opportunities for all employee voices to be heard."
Guidehouse is frequently recognized by institutions focused on promoting diversity and inclusion, including being named a DiversityInc's Noteworthy Company two years in a row, a Military Friendly® Employer for more than 2 years, and a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality with a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index for 13 consecutive years. The firm is also on Washington Business Journal's list of the most diverse employers in the Washington metropolitan area.
"Signing the Hispanic Promise illustrates our unwavering commitment to creating a workplace that is genuinely inclusive, driving greater diverse representation and fostering a collaborative environment where everyone is empowered to thrive," added Taylor. "It, coupled with the ongoing efforts through the firm's LatinX Inclusion Network, truly exemplifies how Guidehouse supports a diverse organization, elevating Hispanic and LatinX voices and supporting careers."
The Guidehouse DE&I program aims to create awareness, provide ongoing learning and engagement opportunities, and leverages our core values and collaborative culture to deliver meaningful outcomes. For more information, please view our Environment, Social and Governance report.
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.
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Guidehouse
Cecile Fradkin
cfradkin@scprgroup.com
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LOS ANGELES , June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. ("Stronghold" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SDIG).
Class Period: October 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 13, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Stronghold lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/stronghold-digital-mining-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that the Registration Statement was materially false and misleading and omitted to state: (1) that contracted suppliers, including MinerVa, were reasonably likely to miss anticipated delivery quantities and deadlines; (2) that, due to strong demand and pre-sold supply of mining equipment in the industry, Stronghold would experience difficulties obtaining miners outside of confirmed purchase orders; (3) that, as a result of the foregoing, there was a significant risk that Stronghold could not expand its mining capacity as expected; (4) that, as a result, Stronghold would likely experience significant losses; and (5) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Contacts
Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Los Angeles
Charles Linehan, 310-201-9150 or 888-773-9224
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. ("Cogent") (NASDAQ: CCOI), one of the largest Internet service providers in the world, today announced that Dave Schaeffer, Cogent's Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the following conferences:
The Goldman Sachs 2022 Communacopia + Technology Conference is being held at the Palace San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. Dave Schaeffer will be presenting on Monday, September 12th at 10:45 a.m. PT.
The Deutsche Bank 30th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference is being held at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, AZ. Dave Schaeffer will be presenting on Tuesday, September 20th at 4:15 p.m. PT.
Investors and other interested parties may access live audio webcasts of the conference presentations by going to the "Events" section of Cogent's website at www.cogentco.com/events. Replays of the webcasts will be available for 90 days following the presentations.
About Cogent
Cogent (NASDAQ: CCOI) is a facilities-based provider of low cost, high speed Internet access and private network services to bandwidth intensive businesses. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network provides services in over 218 markets across 51 countries.
Cogent is headquartered at 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, visit www.cogentco.com. Cogent can be reached in the United States at (202) 295-4200 or via email at info@cogentco.com.
Information in this release may involve expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences. Some of the factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in Cogent's registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its other reports filed from time to time with the SEC.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- The Jeep® brand retains the No. 1 spot as America's most patriotic brand for second consecutive decade in annual Brand Keys survey
- "Since 1941" is a badge of honor proudly displayed on all Jeep brand vehicles, recognizing the Jeep brand's long-standing military heritage and legendary 4x4 capability leadership for more than 80 years
- American flags are prominently positioned on doors of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and Gladiator Freedom special editions as a tribute to the Americans who design, engineer, build and drive the vehicles
- Jeep brand delivers an open invitation to live life to the fullest by offering a broad portfolio of vehicles, including Jeep Cherokee, Compass, Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, new three-row Grand Cherokee L, Grand Cherokee 4xe, Renegade, Wrangler and Wrangler 4xe, as well as the premium extension of the Jeep brand with the all-new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer
- The legendary Jeep brand's off-road capability is enhanced by a global electrification initiative that is transforming 4xe into new 4x4 in pursuit of the brand's vision of accomplishing Zero Emission Freedom. All Jeep brand SUVs will offer an electrified variant by 2025
- Jeep Wave, a premium owner loyalty and customer care program that is available to the entire Jeep 4x4 lineup, is filled with benefits and exclusive perks to deliver Jeep vehicle owners the utmost care and dedicated 24/7 support
The Jeep® brand, celebrating more than eight decades of freedom, adventure, passion and authenticity, is ringing in another year as America's most patriotic brand. For the 20th year in a row, the Jeep brand is America's most patriotic*, according to Brand Keys Most Patriotic Brands survey. Consumers surveyed based results on brands that best embody the value of patriotism in 2022.
"The Jeep brand is a classic. Its ability to literally own the value of patriotism seems timeless. For the 20 years Brand Keys has conducted the Most Patriotic Brands survey, Jeep has been rated No. 1 by consumers," said Robert Passikoff, president and founder of Brand Keys. "That value, 'patriotism,' is the emotional part of decision-making that accounts for an enormous portion of why consumers have emotionally engaged with the brand. Jeep resonates a degree of allegiance consumers recognize, appreciate and, most importantly, act upon when making a purchase decision. Consumers know there's a difference between wrapping yourself in the flag and being a brand people believe has actually earned that right. Jeep earned it, owns it, and we congratulate them again this year."
To determine the 2022 rankings, Brand Keys surveyed more than 5,800 consumers, 16 to 65 years of age, balanced for gender and political affiliation, assessed 1,172 brands in 131 B2C and B2B categories, using Brand Keys emotional engagement measures. The assessments evaluate brand resonance for the single value of patriotism, and the Jeep brand was identified as the best for meeting today's patriotism challenges.
"The Jeep brand is incredibly proud of its military heritage with origins that date back to 1941 – the birth of an iconic 4x4-capable vehicle the U.S. Army specifically requested," said Jim Morrison, senior vice president and head of Jeep brand North America. "The Jeep brand has become synonymous around the world for outdoor adventure and freedom, and being recognized as America's most patriotic brand for two decades running is a testament to our passionate Jeep community and to all those who protect our independence."
As a tribute to U.S. military members, the Jeep brand is offering a military-themed, special limited-edition Freedom package for the 2023 Gladiator and Wrangler, featuring military-themed exterior and interior design cues. The Jeep brand will make a $250 donation to military charities with every Freedom edition sold.
Fans can visit the Jeep Store by Amazon for patriotic Jeep merchandise.
*Based on Brand Keys 2003-2022 Most Patriotic Brands Survey
Built on 80 years of legendary heritage, Jeep is the authentic SUV brand that brings capability, craftsmanship and versatility to people who seek extraordinary journeys. The Jeep brand delivers an open invitation to live life to the fullest by offering a broad portfolio of vehicles that continues to provide owners with a sense of safety and security to handle any journey with confidence. The Jeep vehicle range consists of the Cherokee, Compass, Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, new three-row Grand Cherokee L, Grand Cherokee 4xe, Renegade and Wrangler and Wrangler 4xe. Jeep Wave, a premium owner loyalty and customer care program that is available to the entire Jeep 4x4 lineup, is filled with benefits and exclusive perks to deliver Jeep brand owners the utmost care and dedicated 24/7 support. The legendary Jeep brand's off-road capability is enhanced by a global electrification initiative that is transforming 4xe into new 4x4 in pursuit of the brand's vision of accomplishing Zero Emission Freedom. All Jeep brand SUVs will offer an electrified variant by 2025.
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Creek runs red after food dye mishap
Published: Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:10 AM CDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (WPVI) - It was a bizarre sight in New Jersey where a creek ran red due to a food dye mishap.
Just outside of Philadelphia, a portion of the Pennsauken Creek turned bright red.
It turns out that a beverage facility was to blame.
Officials said it happened after the TopPop Packaging Company improperly discharged red dye into the wastewater treatment system.
While the substance was not hazardous, the beverage manufacturer did receive a violation.
Officials said the red dye should clear in 24 to 48 hours.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinkberry® (www.Pinkberry.com) introduces the new Lava Swirl frozen yogurt and smoothie, now available in participating stores nationwide for a limited time until August 18, 2022.
Just in time for summertime temperatures, the new Lava Swirl frozen yogurt and smoothie bring instant refreshment and flavors reminiscent of a beachside vacation. Combining the flavors of fresh strawberries, juicy pineapple and tropical coconut, the new Lava Swirl evokes feelings of sipping on a smooth, cool strawberry piña colada. Featured toppings for this eye-catching frozen yogurt swirl include pineapple, coconut shavings, strawberry puree and whipped cream.
"We are excited to bring the new Lava Swirl flavor to our menu this summer," said Melissa Hubbell, senior director of marketing for Kahala Brands™, parent company of Pinkberry. "Guests can enjoy this tropical flavored treat in a frozen yogurt or a smoothie - it's the perfect way to stay cool on a warm day!"
At Pinkberry, guests can customize their swirl with a variety of toppings that include fresh, never frozen, fruit that is hand-cut in stores daily, along with premium granolas and nuts, specialty chocolates, and much more. Pinkberry is swirling with possibilities!
Promotional Flavor:
- Lava Swirl
Promotional Combination:
- Lava Swirl frozen yogurt topped with pineapple, coconut shavings, strawberry puree, and whipped cream
About Pinkberry
Pinkberry® launched in Los Angeles, CA in 2005 as the original brand that reinvented frozen yogurt. Today, over a decade later, Pinkberry continues to create great tasting treats with fresh ingredients in an experience comprised of distinctive product, outstanding service and inspirational design. At Pinkberry you can taste the difference of an uncompromising commitment to quality and freshness. Most recently, Pinkberry was acquired by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Kahala Brands™, one of the fastest growing franchising companies in the world with a portfolio of 22 quick-service restaurant brands and approximately 2900 locations in 28 countries.
For more information, please visit www.Pinkberry.com.
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Powered by Purlin, a New Valley Ventures PropTech Investment, AdPro Enhances Agents' Ability to Promote Listings, Target Buyers, Grow Reach and Boost Lead Gen
NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Douglas Elliman Realty, one of the largest independent residential real estate brokerages in the United States, announced today the launch of AdPro, a new custom-built digital ad publishing solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help agents more effectively promote properties, target potential buyers, expand their reach and generate more leads. AdPro is powered by Purlin, one of the first companies to receive funding from New Valley Ventures, the PropTech investment arm of Douglas Elliman Inc.
"As a business built on empowering agents to grow their businesses, we are continuously looking for new tools and technologies to give them an edge," said Scott Durkin, Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Elliman Realty. "We can't wait to see what opportunities and possibilities AdPro will unlock for them."
Featuring a simple and intuitive interface, AdPro enables agents to quickly and easily produce and publish ads on-the-go for Facebook, Instagram and Google.
"So much of sales and marketing is about telling powerful stories, and our agents are some of the best storytellers around," said Stephanie Garbarini, Chief Marketing Officer, Douglas Elliman Realty. "AdPro will help them to share their stories more efficiently and ensure they are seen by the right people."
AdPro's propriety AI models track lookalike high-intent audiences, as well as engagement with similar listings and related interests, in order to target likely buyers in the market for real estate. Agents can select from a menu of packages preset with finely tuned targeting and optimal duration to maximize the impact of a promoted listing.
"AI is profoundly transforming the way we do business and with AI enhanced AdPro, we are delivering our agents a more qualified and intentional pool of buyers for of their exclusive listings," said Connie Mui-Reilly, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Douglas Elliman Realty.
"Our commitment to developing and investing in AI-powered PropTech like AdPro will ensure we stay at the leading edge of innovation," added Dan Sachar, Managing Director of New Valley Ventures LLC and Vice President of Enterprise Innovation at Douglas Elliman Inc. "We are excited to see our investment in Purlin come to life via this exciting platform."
AdPro also fosters greater collaboration and transparency with sellers by sharing real-time performance and traffic reports for the ads promoting their properties.
Douglas Elliman will begin rolling out AdPro to agents on a regional basis in the coming weeks.
Douglas Elliman Inc. (NYSE: DOUG, "Douglas Elliman") owns Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC, which is one of the largest residential brokerage companies in the New York metropolitan area, which includes New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Connecticut, New Jersey and the Hamptons, and the sixth largest in the U.S., with operations in California, Colorado, Texas, Nevada, Florida and Massachusetts. In addition, Douglas Elliman sources, uses and invests in early-stage, disruptive property technology ("PropTech") solutions and companies and provides other real estate services, including development marketing, property management and settlement and escrow services in select markets. Additional information concerning Douglas Elliman is available on its website, www.elliman.com.
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Company to Host Conference Call at 5:00pm ET Today
PORTLAND, Ore., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) ("Eastside" or the "Company"), a consumer-focused beverage company that builds craft inspired experiential brands and high-quality artisan products around premium spirits and ready-to-drink "RTD" craft cocktails, reported first quarter 2022 financial results for the period ended March 31, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Highlights:
- Raised $2.0 million in incremental working capital financing during the quarter and $1.2 million subsequent to quarter-end; the proceeds will primarily be used to fund the 3-year strategic growth initiatives
- Improved spirits gross profit over $0.8 million for the quarter, partially offset by weak first quarter sales of Azuñia
- Continued reduction in operating costs of $0.3 million from prior year first quarter
- Paid down $0.9 million under the Live Oak Debt Facility
"We made tangible progress on multiple fronts in Q1 with key investments in both Craft C+B and our spirits business," said Geoffrey Gwin, Eastside's CEO. "We expect to build on these results as we progress through the year."
Financial Results
Gross sales for the three months ending March 31, 2022 increased to $3.8 million from $3.2 million for the three months ending March 31, 2021 with record realized prices from bulk wholesale activities, offset by Craft C+B sales. Sales of spirits during the quarter benefitted from the bulk sale of 798 barrels of 95% rye whiskey ranging in age from three-year-old to eight-year-old for gross proceeds of $1.5 million. This was partially offset by lower Azuñia volume resulting from cycling deep discounting to chains in the prior year. Portland Potato Vodka was soft as velocity per store declined, however, the impact to revenue almost entirely offset by a Q4 2021 price increase. A number of trends affected sales at Craft C+B including the relocation of the business, insourcing by customers and increased competition.
Gross profit for the three months ending March 31, 2022 increased to $0.9 million from $0.5 million for the three months ending March 31, 2021. Gross margin increased to 25% for the three months ending March 31, 2022 from 17% for the three months ending March 31, 2021 primarily due to an improvement in Spirits margins, offset by lower margins for Craft C+B. Spirits margins increased due to high realized prices of wholesale whiskey and carryforward from Q4 2021 price increases. Craft C+B margins were lower due to reduced sales and higher expenses as the Company transitioned to its new printing operation and higher supply chain costs.
The Company continued to make improvements in lowering operating expenses, which declined for the three months ending March 31, 2022 to $2.6 million from $2.8 million for the three months ending March 31, 2021. This reduction was due to lower compensation and marketing spend.
Net loss for the three months ending March 31, 2022 was $(2.0) million and for the three months ending March 31, 2021 net income including discontinued operations was $3.7 million. The Company accounted for the Redneck Riviera License Termination and closing of its retail tasting room as part of discontinued operations in its 2021 Form 10-Q filing. The Company reported adjusted EBITDA of $(1.0) million for the three months ending March 31, 2022 and $(1.4) million for the three months ending March 31, 2021. (See description of adjusted EBIDTA in "Use of Non-GAAP Measures" below.)
During the first quarter, the Company delivered 7,527 cases of spirits. Of that total, Portland Potato Vodka represented over 4,300 cases as the brand did not grow distribution outside of Oregon. The Company shipped 2,059 and 1,005 cases of Azuñia and Burnside, respectively. The following table details cases delivered during the three months ending March 31, 2022 and 2021:
The Company ended the quarter with $3.0 million in borrowings under its Live Oak and FIB credit facilities and reported cash of $2.6 million. During the quarter, the Company paid down $0.9 million of debt on both facilities. During the first quarter of 2022, the Company entered into a loan of $2.0 million plus an additional, conditional $1.0 million to expand the availability of capital for continued growth investments in working capital and to further its three-year strategic plan.
Subsequent to quarter-end, the Company drew the remaining $1.0 million available on the aforementioned loan to fund working capital.
The Company will give further updates on its earnings conference call.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Eastside Distilling's management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various financial metrics. In addition to the Company's GAAP results, management also considers the non-GAAP measure of adjusted EBITDA as a supplement to GAAP results. Management believes this non-GAAP measure provides useful information about the Company's operating results and assists investors in comparing the Company's performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that it does not believe are indicative of its core operating performance.
The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, and other one-time items. The table below provides a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.
First Quarter 2022 Conference Call Details
Date and Time: Monday, May 16, 2022 at 5:00pm ET
Call-in Information: Interested parties can access the conference call by dialing (844) 889-4332 or (412) 717-9595.
Live Webcast Information: Interested parties can access the conference call via a live Internet webcast, which is available in the Conference Calls section of the Company's website at https://www.eastsidedistilling.com/conference-calls.
Replay: A teleconference replay of the call will be available for three days at (877) 344-7529 or (412) 317-0088, confirmation #1678739. A webcast replay will be available in the Conference Calls section of the Company's website at https://www.eastsidedistilling.com/conference-calls for 90 days.
About Eastside Distilling
Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) has been producing high-quality, award-winning craft spirits in Portland, Oregon, since 2008. The Company is distinguished by its highly decorated product lineup that includes Azuñia Tequilas®, Burnside Whiskeys®, Hue-Hue Coffee Rum®, and Portland Potato Vodka®. All Eastside spirits are crafted from natural ingredients for quality and taste. Eastside's Craft Canning + Bottling subsidiary is one of the Northwest's leading independent digital can printer and ready-to-drink canners.
Important Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements that reflect our expectations or anticipations rather than historical fact. Such matters involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: changes in economic conditions, general competitive factors, the impact of COVID-19 and related business disruption, the Company's ongoing financing requirements and ability to achieve financing, acceptance of the Company's products in the market, the Company's success in obtaining new customers, the Company's ability to execute its business model and strategic plans, and other risks and related information described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). A detailed discussion of the most significant risks can be found in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update the cautionary information in this press release.
Financial Summary Tables
The following financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and accompanying notes filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022, which can be viewed at www.sec.gov and in the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.eastsidedistilling.com/investors.
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Once for Father’s Day, Cindy surprised me by taking me to brunch at an intimate café in idyllic Serenbe (French for ‘’packed like sardines’). It was perfect, if your definition of perfect is sitting in a diner (calling it a café would be a stretch) and paying way too much money for a meal that couldn’t possibly satisfy a mouse — in a town best described as claustrophobic.
Residents of Serenbe’s sister city, Peachtree City, are said to “live under the bubble” because of the proximity of having everything needed to survive no more than a 10-minute golf cart ride away. Serenbe can do Peachtree City one better: There, it’s like living under a golf umbrella. A famous actor on the hit television show “The Walking Dead” once lived in Serenbe for a short time before deciding to move. He lamented that he couldn’t find any privacy. What did he expect living in a place where everyone is practically stacked on top of one another? That pretty much explains why he is an actor and not a rocket scientist.
So the following year, Cindy surprised me again, this time with reservations for brunch at an intimate café in Pine Mountain. She said she had eaten there recently and felt certain I would like it.
Although I took her word for it, I still looked at the café online. I found their brunch menu for Easter Sunday earlier that year. I didn’t see a menu for Father’s Day which, in hindsight, must have been some sort of omen. The Easter menu offered steak, salmon, French toast and scrambled eggs. It looked really good, and I assumed the Father’s Day menu would be similar. So I stopped eating one day early to build up an appetite.
Now you’re about to find out why actors aren’t the only ones not cut out to be rocket scientists.
For starters, the café was the exact same one that Cindy and I ate at on Mother’s Day a couple of years before. I told her way back then it was too frou-frou for my taste, and that was before we even went inside. And I was right. Overpriced meals with undersized portions of food. Ten-ounce craft soft drinks for $3.50 (no refills). A choice of two desserts, both about the size of an egg yolk.
“But,” Cindy said, “it has ambiance.” Since it was Mother’s Day, I bit my tongue. Also, because that was her way of admitting I was right in the first place.
Yet, here I was again. Only on Father’s Day this time. It wouldn’t be so bad had I not specifically asked if it was the same diner we had been to before. At that time she told me no, but now that we were there, she changed her tune.
“But the café has a new name and owner,” she said.
I bit my tongue. Again.
But not for long.
The hostess said we were in for a treat because everything on the menu was delicious. Yeah, and the Titanic was unsinkable.
I looked over the menu, and all I saw were lunch entrees. Since it was still well before noon, I was hungrier for the “br” part of brunch than the “unch” part. The only breakfast item on the menu was a 10-and-under serving of French toast, scrambled eggs and fruit. A young girl at the table next to us ordered it, and when she got her meal I could see it had more than enough food for me.
Cindy thought they might offer it in an adult serving; or at the very least, let me order from the children’s menu. Cindy, I might add, is not a rocket scientist.
I asked the waiter if the adult serving of French toast was an option, and he looked at me like I’d asked him to hand over the keys to his car. So then I asked for the 10-and-under portion. “We don’t have enough for the adults, only the children,” he growled. I asked if there was a shortage of bread and eggs in Pine Mountain. He didn’t crack a smile. If I wasn’t so mad, that would have certainly cracked me up. I do that to myself sometimes.
So under extreme pressure from my wife to enjoy this special Father’s Day brunch, I ordered chicken and pasta.
After a rather lengthy wait, the waiter (now I know why they’re called that: WAIT-ers) set a plate in front of me with a piece of chicken covered in a sauce made of cranberry relish and olives — neither of which I can stand. Fortunately, the sauce was so thick that I was able to slide it off the chicken with a single swipe of my fork.
As for the lone piece of chicken, it was so tiny the bone in the drumstick could have been used as a toothpick. And the pasta was closer to cold than it was hot. There was, however, an ample serving of it — although it reminded me more of spackle than actual food.
Incidentally, while we were waiting for our meal, the waiter stepped out of character and brought us complementary scones for an appetizer — an obvious ploy to distract us from noticing how long we waited for our meal. (Obviously, that didn’t work — or I wouldn’t have mentioned it.) I don’t usually eat scones (I tend to avoid all foods frou-frou), but in this case I made an exception because I was starving. And I’m happy to report that none of my teeth were damaged by eating one of them.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cataldo Ambulance Service is expanding its services offered in Western Massachusetts by adding a 911 contract with the city of Holyoke. The company has already been operating in the region since last fall with Covid-19 testing and vaccination operations; Smart Care, mobile integrated health services through multiple area hospitals; and wheelchair van services. "This partnership with Holyoke and the Holyoke Medical Center was a natural expansion of our footprint in Western Massachusetts," says Kevin Turner, COO of Cataldo. "The core of our business has always been our ambulance and emergency medical services. We are looking forward to being able to offer the entire breadth of our services to the residents of Holyoke."
With the addition of Holyoke, the State's largest emergency 911 ambulance provider, Cataldo Ambulance Service will now have 911 services in 19 communities including: Chelsea, Danvers, Everett, Lynn, Malden, Marblehead, Newburyport, Peabody, Revere, Salem, Salisbury, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Wellesley, and West Newbury.
"With every new contract, we ensure exceptional patient care remains our top priority," says Denise Cataldo, President & CEO of Cataldo Ambulance Service. "The city of Holyoke may be our first 911 contract in Western Massachusetts, but residents should expect nothing but the best from us as a 911 provider and as an employer."
Cataldo will be hosting two hiring open house events from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Wednesday, August 31st and Wednesday, September 7th at STCC Technology Park, 1 Federal Street, Building 103, Springfield. New employee orientation is planned to begin on Monday, September 19th.
Since 1977 Cataldo Ambulance Service continues to distinguish itself as a leader in EMS, providing routine and emergency medical transportation services, offering clinical education, and introducing the first mobile integrated health service line in Massachusetts. As the needs of the community and patients change, Cataldo continues to develop innovative programs designed to ensure the highest level of care is available throughout its service areas. Cataldo is a key partner with the state in providing COVID testing and vaccination resources.
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Combined company will accelerate Alphawave's leadership, product offerings and customer base while driving greater scale and revenue growth from an expanded total addressable market
LONDON and TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Alphawave IP Group plc ("Alphawave" or "Company") (LN:AWE), a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world's technology infrastructure is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of OpenFive.
Tony Pialis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alphawave said: "Today represents an important milestone for Alphawave. This acquisition accelerates our ambition to become a leading pure-play provider of connectivity technology, covering silicon IP and custom silicon solutions like chiplets. We are delighted to welcome the talented team from OpenFive, as well as their customers and partners. The combination adds scale and expands our expertise into custom silicon. The combined company is well positioned to capitalise on the growth opportunities we see in the digital infrastructure markets, and we are really excited about the long term prospects for growth."
John Lofton Holt, Executive Chairman of Alphawave said: "We are delighted to welcome the OpenFive team to Alphawave and I would like to thank both teams for their efforts in getting us to the successful completion of the transaction having now received all regulatory approvals, including CIFIUS. We are looking forward to working together to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities ahead."
Key highlights
Alphawave has completed the acquisition of OpenFive bringing OpenFive's high-speed connectivity system-on-chip (SoC) IP portfolio and a proven team based in India and Silicon Valley, and other global locations, that has been delivering custom silicon solutions for over 15 years. The acquisition significantly increases Alphawave's customer base globally from 281 currently to over 80, especially in North America, including a top two semiconductor memory supplier, a top three high performance computing (HPC) server manufacturer, a leading automated tester equipment manufacturer, and mission critical high-speed communications and industrial equipment manufacturers.
- This acquisition nearly doubles the number of connectivity-focused IPs available to Alphawave customers from 80 to over 155 and will provide customers with a one-stop-shop for their bundled connectivity needs in the most advanced technologies at 5nm, 4nm, 3nm and beyond. This will include an expanded die-to-die connectivity portfolio that will accelerate chiplet delivery capabilities to existing and new customers.
- OpenFive's proven silicon development team enables Alphawave to offer leading edge data centre and networking custom silicon solutions as well as enhancing its chiplet design capabilities. This accelerates Alphawave's strategic goal to scale revenues by monetising its leading connectivity IP not only through IP licensing but advanced custom silicon design and delivery.
- The combination of Alphawave's leading high-speed connectivity with OpenFive's IP portfolio is expected to generate material revenue synergies through bundling of IP and integrated IP sub-systems as well as leveraging the two companies' respective strengths to win complex custom silicon design wins at leading edge process nodes.
- As previously communicated, the transaction will be immediately EPS accretive to Alphawave. Forecast FY 2023 revenue for the combined group is anticipated to reach between US$325m to US$360m with a path to a yearly revenue run rate of over US$500m in 2024. 2023 adjusted EBITDA margins for the group are expected to be between 32-36% with 2025 adjusted EBITDA margins between 40-45% as revenues exceed US$500m.
Closing Details – Cash Consideration Only with a Strong Balance Sheet Post-Closing
The total consideration paid by Alphawave for completion was US$210m in cash plus customary working capital adjustments. As was previously reported, no debt was raised to finance the transaction.
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Faced with the exponential growth of data, Alphawave IP's technology services a critical need: enabling data to travel faster, more reliably and with higher performance at lower power. Alphawave IP is a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world's technology infrastructure. Our IP solutions therefore meet the needs of global tier-one customers in data centers, compute, networking, AI, 5G, autonomous vehicles, and storage. Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2017, by an expert technical team with a proven track record in licensing semiconductor IP, our mission is to focus on the hardest-to-solve connectivity challenges. To find out more about Alphawave IP, visit: awaveip.com
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The 22-year-old man accused of shooting three Dutch soldiers outside an Indianapolis hotel on Saturday has been charged in the death of one of the victims and the injury of the two others, according to prosecutors.
Duncan is charged with the murder of Simmie Poetsema, the Royal Netherlands Army soldier who died in a hospital Sunday, according to a charging document filed Thursday in Marion County Superior Court.
He is also charged with two counts of attempted murder and a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge, the document shows.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges, his lawyer Kiki Gaither told CNN in a statement.
"Right now, it is too early to delineate any potential defenses to the charges," Gaither said in the statement. "More specifically, the Parties must go through the discovery process whereby potential information concerning witnesses and any potential relevant evidence will be exchanged."
The soldiers were in Indiana as part of a training exercise, the Dutch Ministry of Defense said in a news release. On the night of the shooting, they had gone out to a bar with a group of friends and were heading back to their hotel, the two surviving victims told police, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The two soldiers told police that as they were on their way back, a fight broke out between some members of their group and three other men, the affidavit says. As they arrived at the hotel, they said, shots were fired, the document says.
Poetsema died from a single gunshot wound to the head, according to the affidavit, citing an autopsy.
Several witnesses told police that a fight broke out between the two groups, including a man identified in court papers as R., who says he was with Duncan when the altercation began, the affidavit says.
Witness accounts and video evidence placed R.'s pickup truck at the scene, which it left shortly after the shots were fired, according to the affidavit.
R. told police that he was driving while Duncan was "shooting out of the back of the truck," and that Duncan said, "'I just spazzed,'" when R. yelled at him for shooting, the affidavit says.
In a statement to police, his girlfriend said that Duncan told her that he thought he saw someone with a gun during the fight, so he went to the truck to get his own gun, the affidavit says.
"He said he saw one of the guys reaching towards his waist, so he defended himself," the affidavit reads. "The girlfriend asked Shamar if he was the one that shot, and he wouldn't say anything."
Duncan is set to appear in court for a jury trial on November 14, the court docket shows.
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LONDON (AP) — Officials at Britain’s Foreign Office warned against the U.K.’s plans to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda, citing the East African country’s human rights record, according to documents cited in a lawsuit brought against the British government.
In written submissions filed Tuesday, lawyer Raza Husain said Foreign Office officials told then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in March that if Rwanda were selected for the policy, “we would need to be prepared to constrain U.K. positions on Rwanda’s human rights record, and to absorb resulting criticism from U.K. Parliament and NGOs.”
The government initially excluded Rwanda from the shortlist of potential destination countries for deported migrants “on human rights grounds,” according to Husain, who is representing a group of asylum-seekers, charities and public employee unions.
The group brought legal action against Britain’s government over the deportation agreement reached with Rwanda in April.
Under the plan, Britain would deport people who enter the U.K. illegally and in exchange for accepting them, Rwanda would receive millions in development aid. The deportees would be allowed to apply for asylum in Rwanda, not Britain.
Authorities have defended the plan, arguing it would deter asylum-seekers from making dangerous and “unnecessary” trips on small boats across the English Channel. But it has drawn outrage from human rights activists, the United Nations and many others who say it is illegal and inhumane to send people thousands of miles away to a country they don’t want to live in.
Some have denounced the policy as an attack on the rights of refugees that most countries have recognized since the end of World War II.
Citing internal memos and other government documents, Husain said a Foreign Office note from April said the human rights concerns about Rwanda included the potential for “torture or degrading treatment” of the deportees.
Husain also said the U.K.’s high commissioner to Rwanda indicated last year that the country should not be used be considered for several reasons — including that it “has been accused of recruiting refugees to conduct armed operations in neighboring countries.”
Britain was forced to cancel the first deportation flight at the last minute last month after the European Court of Human Rights ruled the plan carried “a real risk of irreversible harm.”
Home Secretary Priti Patel has vowed that her government would not be put off by such legal challenges.
Britain’s government has argued that while Rwanda was the site of a genocide that killed hundreds of thousands of people in 1994, the country has built a reputation for stability and economic progress since then. Critics say that stability comes at the cost of political repression.
Yvette Cooper, a lawmaker from the opposition Labour Party, said the documents were evidence that the Rwanda deportation plan was “unworkable and unethical.”
“Today’s revelations show that ministers knew the policy was unenforceable, would be at very high fraud risk and would undermine U.K. foreign policy and our ability to raise the issue of Rwanda’s human rights record,” Cooper said.
Two judges are expected to give their decision Wednesday on when a full hearing over the case will take place.
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Artemis I will carry an unconventional crew when it's expected to lift off Monday on a journey around the moon.
Rather than astronauts, a mannequin named Commander Moonikin Campos will helm the Orion spacecraft, with two mannequin torsos called Helga and Zohar along for the ride.
The Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon and eventually deliver astronauts to Mars.
The inaugural mission will test out the new Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and multiple components designed to make deep space travel safer for humans.
Mannequins in a spacecraft with enviable views of the moon may sound like some sort of joke, but these three passengers will serve as canaries in the coal mine of space.
Orion will travel 40,000 miles (64,373 kilometers) beyond the moon, breaking the record set by Apollo 13, to go farther than any spacecraft intended to carry humans.
This is far from low-Earth orbit, where the International Space Station circles the Earth. Orion's future crews will be exposed to deep space radiation -- especially once they venture for longer stays on the moon and set off for Mars.
Moonikin's mission
Commander Moonikin Campos' name, picked via a public contest, is a nod to Arturo Campos, a NASA electrical power subsystem manager who aided in the troubled Apollo 13's safe return to Earth. The mannequin, sporting the Orion Crew Survival System suit, can collect data on what future human crews might experience.
The suit has been designed for Artemis astronauts to wear during launch and reentry, and it is outfitted with two radiation sensors.
It can sustain a crew member for up to six days in the event of an in-space emergency, something that has never been attempted before, said Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival Systems project manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
"You can almost think of it as a personalized spacecraft -- a secondary but much more personalized spacecraft that protects the crew member, provides them pressure, oxygen, cooling and any other life-sustaining functions that are needed," Gohmert said.
With new safety features, Commander Moonikin Campos' seat resembles that of a race car's, with a cocoon forming around its occupant, he said. The seat has shock absorbers in case of landing in rough seas or other scenarios.
Phantom twins
Twin mannequins Helga and Zohar have a separate mission. The two torsos are based on phantoms, used for radiation treatment planning in hospitals, said Thomas Berger, Helga and Zohar principal investigator at the German Aerospace Center.
Both phantoms are made of materials that mimic the soft tissue, organs and bones of a woman. Their epoxy resin forms even resemble human lung and brain tissue to test how radiation passes through the human body.
The torsos have more than 5,600 sensors and 34 radiation detectors to measure how much radiation exposure occurs within different organs during the mission.
The mannequins are part of the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment, or MARE, a collaboration between the German Aerospace Center, the Israel Space Agency, NASA and institutions across multiple countries.
Zohar will wear AstroRad, a radiation protection vest, to test how effective it could be if future crews encounter a solar storm, while Helga will be unprotected.
Solar storms unleashed by the sun can last for days or weeks. The developers of AstroRad hope that the vest would allow future Artemis crews to continue performing daily activities despite space weather. The vest is made of thousands of shielding cores that can protect vital human organs against solar energy particles.
Combating space radiation
Different organs have different susceptibilities to space radiation, said Ramona Gaza, the MARE science team lead at Johnson Space Center.
The MARE project aims to measure the differences between how specific organs, such as the brain, respond to radiation.
Previously, different limits of radiation exposure have been set for astronauts on the space station.
A June 2021 report by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine suggested a new standard limit for all astronauts regardless of age or gender: 600 millisieverts of radiation over the course of a career, Gaza said.
"Millisieverts measure the health effect of low doses of ionizing radiation on the human body," according to the report.
Not all scientists have accepted previous studies showing discrepancies in the different responses between men and women to radiation, Gaza said.
Data returned by the Artemis I mission could have an impact on the standard limit for male and female astronauts.
"The United States of America is half men, half women. Well, space should be at least that," said Reid Wiseman, chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center. "So if we cannot make these spacecraft equitable, and we can't fly any type of person on them, then we need to look at our systems and reevaluate."
Meanwhile, NASA's astronauts are doing everything they can to prepare for the Artemis missions by training in virtual reality situations and in environments that simulate lunar conditions, he said.
The agency hopes to announce the Artemis II crew, slated to take astronauts on a similar journey around the moon, later this year, according to Wiseman. Artemis II is expected to launch in 2024.
"To me, it's just the most awe-inspiring moment that we've had here at NASA," Wiseman said.
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TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – Three women and one man were arrested in Tulsa for stealing $14,000 worth of Chanel perfume, according to police.
The Tulsa Police Department said officers were called to an Ulta Beauty store Sunday afternoon where they learned the three women reportedly stole more than 270 items, totaling $14,000 in products.
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CAMERON — Services for Dolores Mode, 85, of Cameron will be 10 a.m. today at Marek-Burns-Laywell Funeral Home in Cameron.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cameron.
Mrs. Mode died Thursday, July 14, at a Temple hospital.
She was born July 11, 1937, in Rosebud to Ben George and Rubye Esther Wieting Winkleman. She grew up in the Wilson community and graduated from Rosebud High School in 1955. She later attended and graduated from Temple College. She married Troy Mode on Aug. 26, 1958. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Cameron where she taught Junior High Sunday School and volunteered with Vacation Bible School for many years. She was a member of the Milam County Historical Commission, the Friends of the Cameron Public Library and the Tourism Board. She also belonged to the History Club.
Survivors include her husband of Cameron; a daughter, Karen Mode of Waco; a son, Michael Mode of Midlothian; a sister, Ellicia Winkleman of Richardson; and a grandchild.
Visitation will be 9 a.m. today at the funeral home. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_0332e5b6-04a9-11ed-9397-cfb5f6af4ee6.html | 2022-07-16T03:25:32Z |
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BERKELEY, Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, New Age Meats, a leading hybrid plant-based and cultivated meat food-tech company with a focus on pork, becomes New Age Eats. The change supports the company's evolution from product-technology to consumer food company that aims to futureproof the joy of food, starting with the joy of pig.
Leading that evolution is Chief Marketing Officer, Kati Karottki, who joined the company after it raised its Series A last year and brings 15 years of experience including time at Kraft Heinz, Ocean Spray and food-tech start-ups Meati and Tovala.
"Kati's background in marketing and innovation with category leading brands combined with experience helping food-tech start-ups navigate early stages is why she is here: to help us evolve as efficiently as possible from deep tech to deep consumer. This critically accelerates our ability to scale in market when ready and achieve our ultimate mission of futureproofing the joy of food," said Spears.
"When it comes to brands and innovation, it's either working with something familiar and conveying what's new and better, or, working with something new and better and conveying what's familiar. With New Age Eats it's the latter," said Kati. "The consumer is the demand driver so it's important to bring a strong underlying consumer-led insight into the fold that can work hard for the business on a category level, not just on the first go-to-market product level. In the case of New Age Eats, it's the joy that pork brings to our favorite dishes and mealtimes with family and friends as well as celebrating the joy pigs might feel for their newfound role in the New Age of pork production." Chicago-based Scott&Victor served as the brand agency behind the creative strategy.
While build-out continues on the 23,000 SF pilot plant facility in Alameda, Calif. and the team works closely with agencies to gain regulatory approval, New Age Eats will build its brand in a way that can resonate with everyday meat eaters. In addition, its product development continues, grounded in deep sensory insights via its Sensomics Platform, the company's proprietary "CPU" led by New Age Eats' Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Alex Rajangam.
Along with the company's brand refresh and continued progress on product development and facility build-out, industry leader, Greg Belt, Founder and CEO of Evergrain and long-time Supply Chain, Innovation and Sustainability executive with AB InBev, joins the company as an Advisory Board Member.
"Greg's unique background operating and executing at global scale, combined with experience in alternative proteins as he builds and scales Evergrain, lends to strong counsel and advisory as we move forward to the next phase of New Age Eats," said Spears. "We're thrilled to have him join us on this journey."
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Oklahoma City plumber emphasizes the importance of fresh, clean water
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Champion Plumbing, a leading provider of plumbing services to the Oklahoma City area, understands the importance of having fresh clean water. In recognition of National Water Quality Month, Champion is providing tips to Oklahoma City homeowners for keeping the city's water supply clean.
"It's easy for us to go inside and grab a glass of water or take a hot shower without issues, but that wouldn't be possible without clean water," said Brent Harpole, owner of Champion Plumbing. "While this is a privilege for us, there are many other places around the world that don't get that luxury. By joining others in recognizing August as National Water Quality Month, we can take time to emphasize how vital it is to protect our freshwater supply and minimize waste."
There are a couple of things that homeowners can do to minimize negative effects on clean water. Reducing the number of chemicals used daily is one option for residents. While drains may get clogged from time to time, harmful chemicals often used to clear drains can make their way into lakes and rivers. Opting for natural solutions can be an environmentally friendly alternative for solving the problem.
Using a car wash as opposed to an at-home alternative is another simple step for protecting water quality. Chemicals used to clean cars can be flushed into nearby storm drains, which lead to fresh bodies of water. In addition to limiting chemicals, using a car wash can help reduce water waste inside a home.
"Water is not a limitless resource," Harpole said. "It is important to protect the water that we have available to us. That's why National Water Quality Month is important. Increasing awareness and taking simple steps to reduce pollution can have long-term positive effects on our water quality by keeping it safer for the next generation."
For more information about Champion Plumbing, visit https://callthechamps.com/.
Started in 2015, Champion Plumbing is led by the husband-and-wife duo of Leslie and Brent Harpole. Champion provides plumbing and water quality services to the residents of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and surrounding areas. The team specializes in water heater services, drain cleaning, garbage disposals, water filtration systems, pipe lining and whole house repipes. The company is dedicated to giving back to the local community in addition to helping them with their plumbing needs.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (WPIX) – New Jersey resident Jeanette Carpenter is very much alive. But according to the Internal Revenue Service, she is dead.
“My Social Security number belongs to a deceased person,” Carpenter said.
When Carpenter filed her 2020 taxes, her accountant received an unusual notice in return. Carpenter’s Social Security number belonged to someone who is dead.
“I asked them if they were getting me confused with my husband who passed away in 2009 and they said no,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter’s accountant refiled twice more and got the same response. “What baffles me is I work for the government,” Carpenter said.
So Carpenter went to her local IRS office and refiled again in person, on paper. She said she was told everything looked good, and she would have her return in six to 12 weeks. However, she’s still waiting.
In April, Carpenter tried her luck with the Social Security Administration and received an official letter confirming her status as alive. But weeks later, she received a letter from the IRS saying her taxes couldn’t be processed because she was dead.
Carpenter said an IRS employee told her over the phone that her Social Security number was marked in 2010 as belonging to a deceased person and that the system was just catching up. She said it’s never been an issue when she’s the one who has owed money.
“I owed $1,300 in 2018. I put it in my account, woke up two days later and the IRS took the $1,300 that was owed to them,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter needs the money from her refund to catch up on medical bills from major surgery that left her out of work for four months in 2020.
Three weeks ago, she refiled her return again in person. She said an employee promised to overnight it to the government. That was the last she heard.
“There’s nothing. I can’t get through to them. I’m on a long hold and then they hang up. I haven’t gotten any of my stimulus checks. I can’t file my 2021 [taxes] until I see what they are going to do with the 2020 [taxes]. But I’m alive, in living color,” Carpenter said.
WPIX reached out to the Social Security Administration about Carpenter’s situation, but did not receive a response. The IRS said that federal employees cannot disclose tax return information. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/woman-cant-get-tax-refund-because-irs-says-shes-dead/ | 2022-07-01T15:09:09Z |
17-year-old beaten to death outside of school founded by LeBron James
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A 17-year-old Ohio boy was killed late Thursday after a fight in the parking lot of a school founded by LeBron James, according to police.
According to the Summit County Medical Examiner, the death of Ethan Liming is being investigated as a homicide.
Liming was found around 10:45 p.m. in the I Promise School parking lot in Akron, according to police.
Akron police said officers discovered Liming with severe injuries when they arrived to investigate a fight.
According to police, the teenager was “knocked unconscious and brutally assaulted” during an altercation with at least three males.
The suspects were playing basketball when Liming arrived at the parking lot with some friends, police said.
The two groups were involved in a fight, WOIO reports. Akron police did not say what triggered it.
Liming’s friends called 911 for help, and police said officers rushed to the scene, where the 17-year-old was pronounced dead.
LeBron James’ I Promise School is a part of the Akron Public School District, serving students in third through seventh grades.
The LeBron James Family Foundation shared the following statement on social media expressing condolences:
“Our community is everything to us. We were devastated to learn of the overnight incident that saw a life lost near our school. We are grieving with our community over another senseless act of violence. Our campus is safe and secure as we continue to do everything we can to support our students, families, and the entire Akron community.”
Below is the letter sent by Akron Public Schools Superintendent Christine Fowler Mack to faculty and staff:
“Our Akron Public Schools family expresses its deepest condolences and offers its prayers to the family and friends of a student who lost his life last night. We mourn as one for Ethan Liming, a 17 year old rising senior at Firestone Community Learning Center. Ethan was a student leader at his school and was in the Academy of Design there.
The death of a student affects all of Akron Public Schools. Ethan’s passing is, sadly, one of many we have experienced during this school year. May we all pause a moment from our daily pressures to give thanks for the lives of these children. May we forever find ways to keep our memories of them alive. Each of these losses reminds us about how precious, and sometimes fleeting, life can be.
Our crisis team is assisting staff at Firestone CLC and, as always, will make themselves available to students.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2490 or 330-375-2Tip.
You can also call Summit County CrimeStoppers at 330-434-COPS.
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-- Siguler Guff makes significant donation to the EPAM Ukraine Assistance Fund to provide critical resources and medical care to Ukrainians --
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Siguler Guff & Company, LP, a leading global multi-strategy private markets investment firm with approximately $17 billion of assets under management, today announced that it has teamed up with EPAM Systems, Inc., a leading digital transformation services and product engineering company, and has made a significant donation to Ukraine through the EPAM Ukraine Assistance Fund. The funds will provide critical resources and medical care to Ukrainians affected by the tragic war and ongoing crisis in that nation. In addition to the Firm's contribution, Siguler Guff has also committed to matching any donations to the EPAM Ukraine Assistance Fund made by the Firm's employees and limited partners.
Established by EPAM Systems, Inc., the EPAM Ukraine Assistance Fund supports organizations that provide critical medical supplies, safe shelter, hot meals, hygiene supplies, transport to safe areas, counseling and other humanitarian assistance to those affected by the war.
Separately, Siguler Guff announced that it has made a meaningful donation to Into-Sana Hospital, located in Odesa, an 80-bed facility that treats local citizens on a private basis. More recently, the hospital has been treating displaced persons from war-affected regions of Ukraine and has given up one-third of its ambulance capacity to the Ukraine Defense force. All donated funds will go directly towards necessary expenses and humanitarian purposes: medical supplies, emergency procedures for those who cannot afford them and salaries for doctors and staff who have been working there without pay since the beginning of the war.
Siguler Guff has been an investor in the Ukraine region for years, specifically through EPAM Systems, Inc., GlobalLogic Inc. and other IT sector investments, and has helped to create tens of thousands of Ukrainian jobs. The Firm said it will continue to provide meaningful support for Ukrainian humanitarian causes and organizations.
"We appreciate the support of the Siguler Guff team and their generous contribution to the EPAM Ukraine Assistance Fund," said Elaina Shekhter, SVP, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at EPAM. "Our hearts continue to be with Ukraine, our Ukrainian colleagues and their families, and the Ukrainian people."
Drew Guff, Managing Director and Founding Partner of Siguler Guff, said, "As a long-time partner of EPAM, we have a deep personal connection to the people of Ukraine and remain committed to supporting our colleagues and friends on the ground with critical resources. From the onset, EPAM has been taking every action possible to help employees and their families in Ukraine. Through the EPAM Ukrainian Assistance Fund, we're proud to further this commitment by helping those most vulnerable."
To learn more about the EPAM Ukraine Assistance Fund and how to donate, click here: www.epam.com/support-ukraine-donation.
About Siguler Guff:
Siguler Guff is a leading global multi-strategy private markets investment firm, which together with its affiliates, has approximately $17 billion of assets under management, as of June 30, 2022, and over 25 years of investment experience. Siguler Guff seeks to generate strong, risk adjusted returns by focusing opportunistically on market niches. Siguler Guff's core investment strategies include opportunistic and private credit, small business private equity, distressed real estate and emerging markets. Siguler Guff's investment products include direct investment funds, multi-manager funds and customized separate accounts. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in New York, Siguler Guff maintains offices in Boston, London, Moscow, Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Houston, TX. To learn more about Siguler Guff, please visit www.sigulerguff.com.
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jeffrey.taufield@kekstcnc.com / daniel.yunger@kekstcnc.com
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Company Extends Support for Current and Former Military Professionals with
Home for a Hero Sweepstakes and CCM Cares Initiatives
CLEVELAND, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In observance of National Military Appreciation Month, CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM), one of the nation's largest and fastest growing retail mortgage lenders, is launching a variety of initiatives to honor current and former members of the U.S. military.
"The American dream of homeownership would not be possible without the selfless individuals who help protect our rights and our country," said Laura Soave, chief brand officer, CCM. "We are very proud to celebrate National Military Appreciation Month through several new initiatives, but our dedication to the U.S. Armed Forces is something we are committed to year-round."
In addition to employing nearly 250 veterans and active-duty service members, as well as offering VA loans as part of its lending portfolio, CCM's support of the military includes:
- Home for a Hero
Later this month, CCM will award one lucky Northeast Ohio-based active-duty military member or veteran $10,000 to be used toward their mortgage as part of its Home for a Hero Sweepstakes with FOX 8. Eight additional military members will receive $500. - Reuniting a Military Family
As the official mortgage partner of the Cleveland Browns, CCM and the Cleveland Browns recently partnered to reunite a military mom and her Ohio family with a surprise unveil at the Browns' CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea. - Creating Memorable Experiences
Over the past year, CCM has donated more than 250 game tickets, including tickets to professional football and hockey games, to enable members of the military to enjoy a day with their loved ones. The company also donated 500 tickets to the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl in December for use by military members and their families in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The company has plans for similar ticket donations during the fall sports season. - Honoring Fallen Heroes
Last fall, CCM made a $100,000 donation to the high school alma mater of fallen hero Maxton W. Soviak, who lost his life serving in Afghanistan. The gift was presented during the Cleveland Browns "Salute to Service" game.
The company looks forward to continuing its commitment to military-minded causes throughout the year.
About CrossCountry Mortgage
CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) is one of the nation's largest retail mortgage lenders, with 7,600 employees operating nearly 600 branches across all 50 states. Our company has been recognized eight times on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing private businesses and has received many awards for our standout culture. We offer more than 100 mortgage, refinance and home equity solutions – ranging from conventional and jumbo mortgages to government-insured programs for Veterans and rural homebuyers – and we are a direct lender and approved seller and servicer by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae. Through our dedication to getting it done, we make every mortgage feel like a win. Visit www.crosscountrymortgage.com.
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Geenee First to Use Flowcode's Best-in-Class QR API Platform for Instant AR & NFT Experiences, Including Global Art Sensation Brendan Murphy's Boonji Project
NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flowcode, the offline to online company building direct connections for brands and consumers through next generation QR technology, announces an integration with augmented reality (AR) technology firm Geenee to connect Web3 experiences from the offline world. The unique partnership embeds Flowcode's industry leading QR solutions into Geenee's no-code platform, allowing creators of all technical abilities to build, publish and distribute webAR experiences and enhance the post scan experience.
The global AR market is estimated to reach $340.16B by 2028 and NFTs ballooned to a $41 billion market just last year. "Being at the forefront of connecting and distributing Web3 experiences at scale with a partner like Geenee aligns with our mission to connect the real world to the digital world instantly and magically. We're excited to work with such an innovative company in this high growth sector," said Jim Norton, Chief Revenue Officer at Flowcode.
As the digital doorway and access point for metaverse experiences, powering millions of direct connections, Flowcode features best-in-class code design, data analytics and privacy compliance. Geenee Flowcodes created in the Web3 builder allow creators to share their Metaverse-ready Web3D from the offline world.
Geenee's CEO, Cory Grenier, states, "We believe every NFT should be connected to a Flowcode - the most scalable entry point for augmented reality based metaverse experiences launched in real life environments. From IRL to URL, this unprecedented partnership levels the playing field for businesses seeking to instantly and securely serve consumers with interactive branded Web3 commerce experiences. Flowcode's artist-designed QR codes, with Geenee's cutting edge on-chain WebAR content, allows anyone to easily access branded NFTs, digital games, interactive coupons and immersive 3D content. This partnership will redefine how businesses connect first party data and analytics across the 3D spatial web."
In addition to the embedded QR solution, Flowcode powers unique code experiences for NFTs generated through Geenee including Brendan Murphy's Boonji Project, a collection of 11,111 unique digital NFTs launched on the Ethereum blockchain. Each Boonji Spaceman Avatar is unique and programmatically generated from a multitude of possible traits, including the Boonji Spaceman Bust, unique formulas, backgrounds, visors and more. Each Boonji Spaceman features a custom Boonji Flowcode, giving NFT holders direct access across omnichannel experiences.
"For a collaboration as innovative as the Boonji Project x Geenee wearable Augmented Reality NFTs, we wanted to make the QR code out of this world! That's why we partnered with Flowcode. Flowcode QRs designed to mimic the Spaceman's shape and unique skin of the Boonji Project artwork. Upon mint of the Augmented Reality token, each Boonji Project NFT will be accompanied by a Flowcode that launches the user into the immersive virtual world of Boonji Project's Galaxy Joa, and lets them wear their Boonji Project spacesuit in augmented reality in real-time!" Says Nicole McGraw, CEO of The Jupiter Group, Boonji's parent company.
The Flowcode and Geenee partnership is at the forefront of accelerating the distribution of Web3 experiences as these markets exponentially grow in size. To learn more about the partnership and how it works visit flowpage.com/geeneeflowcode.
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For business inquiries, please contact: partner@flowcode.com
About Flowcode
Flowcode is the offline to online company, building direct connections for brands and consumers. By unifying data-driven design with the latest in QR technology, Flowcode enables contactless connection with speed, security and ease. Privacy compliant, ultra-fast scanning, and designed with intention, Flowcode is the number one trusted QR provider. Our companion product, Flowpage, organizes your digital footprint in one mobile-first landing page, creating a seamless experience to more deeply connect with audiences while tracking real-time analytics. Paired together, our tech allows consumers and creators to instantly connect the real world to the digital world instantly and magically.
To learn more, visit Flowcode.com or explore our social channels on our Flowpage.
About Geenee
With Geenee's web-based technology, users don't need to download an app to experience immersive content through patented Augmented Reality tech and industry-leading Image Recognition. Geenee is accelerating the shift to make the physical world clickable, shoppable and informational. Geenee's spatial web products can enhance every aspect of our lives, from retail and advertising, to work, education, entertainment and social communication. Edge computing, 5G, wearables and telecommuting, tele-education, and in-home marketing have accelerated the Spatial Web's exponential growth, making Augmented Reality the user interface for the 2022 generation.
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Commentary: Memorable quotes from the past week
"Every day, there are gunshots. Nobody does anything. By the time (police) respond, it's hours later and then who's around?"
Neasha Lott-Newell, after two of her neighbors were shot and killed in their Ellisdale townhouse complex in Canton.
"I'm not walking anything back. I was expressing moral outrage, and I make no apologies."
President Joe Biden, after being criticized for saying that Russia President Vladimir Putin needs to leave office.
"I've seen a lot of things (overseas). This is still the best country on earth."
Vietnam veteran Ulysses Kendall, speaking at a "welcome home" program for Vietnam veterans last week in Massillon.
"Canton lost one of its biggest cheerleaders. He was always a generous man. He loved our kids and he loved our district."
Canton City Board of Education member J.R. Rinaldi, lauding the late Rod Meadows, an architect and civic advocate.
"When people struggle in baseball, it’s just baseball. You go 0-for-4 and it’s a game. I'm not sleeping in my car. If I got through that, I can get through this."
Philadelphia Phillies prospect Donny Sands, who was once homeless.
"This little artifact helps us understand better the history, story, and impact of the Bible — all within one square inch.”
Museum of the Bible CEO Harry Hargrave, on the discovery of a one-inch artifact in Israel which bears the earliest known example of the word "Yahweh" which is Hebrew for "God."
"If they can stop fighting for a week or 10 days, maybe they can stop fighting for two weeks. If they stop for two weeks, maybe they can stop for a month. If they stop for a month, maybe they can stop for good. You've got to start somewhere."
Rev. Franklin Graham calling for a cease-fire in Ukraine during Holy Week.
"They've never had a crowd this big in this big area of big crowds."
Former President Donald Trump disputing reports that his recent rally in Georgia drew a sparse crowd.
"I've known them a good many years. We've been through joys and sorrow together. I hope they get a new location."
Jean Brown, a longtime customer of Lindsey's Restaurant in Canton, which is seeking a new location.
"Will Smith just smacked the **** out of me."
Comedian Chris Rock, after being attacked by the actor during the Academy Awards, when Rock made joke about Smith's wife, Jada.
"If I see a Black person on TV, it's usually about a crime that they have committed. They were actually making me scared of my own people. There was a fear being instilled in me very young when watching the news."
Sajda Blackwell of Philadelphia, on how local TV news skewed its coverage the Black community.
"I reached out to Joe Biden several times — crickets, nothing. He still hasn't replied. So it just shows how much of a man he is to not sit down and talk."
Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted last year of all charges in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured a third during a protest in Wisconsin.
"God just came and said, 'I called you to this and you didn't engage full-throttle.' He gave me the passion and the training to step into it. I said, 'Go send me, Father. I will follow you anywhere.' I followed him to Massillon, Ohio."
The Rev. Sarah Koons, the new pastor of First Christian Church in Massillon
"You can't invite people from Philly or Baltimore nowhere."
Actress Jada Pinkett Smith, following a controversy involving her husband, Will, at last week's Academy Awards.
"I don't eat sandwiches. I can't."
St. Peter's University basketball star Doug Edert, who describes himself as an extremely picky eater who has never eaten a sandwich.
Charita M. Goshay is a Canton Repository staff writer and a member of the editorial board. Reach her at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @cgoshayREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/2022/04/04/commentary-memorable-quotes-past-week/7172235001/ | 2022-04-04T11:58:31Z |
Pinellas Park officer shot while responding to domestic incident
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) — A police officer was shot in the arm while responding to a domestic dispute outside a gas station in Pinellas Park, officials said.
The man’s girlfriend called 911 from the restroom at a Circle K station Tuesday night, saying he had threatened her.
Pinellas Park police officer Jacob Derr, 30, arrived at the gas station to talk to the man. But he was shot in the right bicep, shattering the bone and making it impossible to reach his gun, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a news conference early Wednesday.
The sheriff said officer KC Gavin arrived and exchanged gunfire with the man in the parking lot. No one was injured in that shooting.
The man carjacked someone at the gas station and drove toward Gavin, but did not hit her, the sheriff said.
The man led sheriff’s deputies on a chase and he was arrested some 13 miles from the gas station. He is facing two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and charges of carjacking and fleeing from law enforcement officers, the sheriff said.
Derr was taken to the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, Gualtieri said.
Because Gavin fired a weapon, the incident will be investigated by the Pinellas County Use of Deadly Force Investigative Taskforce, which was formed after the criminal justice protests of 2020. The agencies do not investigate their own use of force cases.
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DUBLIN, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AerCap Holdings N.V. ("AerCap" or the "Company") (NYSE: AER) today announced it has filed an interim financial report including its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). AerCap's Form 6-K can be accessed on the "Investors" section of the Company's website at www.aercap.com, as well as on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
About AerCap
AerCap is the global leader in aviation leasing with one of the most attractive order books in the industry. AerCap serves approximately 300 customers around the world with comprehensive fleet solutions. AerCap is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (AER) and is based in Dublin with offices in Shannon, Miami, Singapore, Amsterdam, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Seattle, Toulouse and other locations around the world.
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YipitData releases 2Q22 Home Goods Market Share Index: Pure Players
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YipitData, the trusted source of market research and insights, today released the second edition of its Home Goods Market Share Index: Pure Players, a ranked list of the top 30 home goods pure players in the United States. The quarterly index, compiled by YipitData's retail and ecommerce analysts, tracks trends and estimated sales using the company's alternative data solutions. It measures year-over-year growth and quarterly market share changes based on combined sales across digital and brick-and-mortar.
"As concerns around consumer spending and inflation heighten and growth of the home goods industry slows, it's becoming more important for retailers to understand their performance relative to the larger market context," says Dan Pellegrinelli, YipitData's VP of Research. "Our Home Goods Market Share Index can help contextualize growth and understand consumer behavior trends like total spend and average order values. This could be a game changer when it comes to staying competitive in the current market."
YipitData's research shows that even with the post-pandemic return-to-store movement, monthly GMV for the top 10 home retailers overall has shrunk compared to last year, indicating a noticeable decline in consumer spending on home goods. While overall sales are well above where they were in early-2020, the data suggests we are seeing a return to pre-pandemic levels.
- Bed Bath & Beyond (-1.77pp), Ashley Furniture (-1.07pp), Wayfair (-1.04pp) and Overstock (-1.02pp) have seen the largest decreases in market share YoY. While Overstock and Wayfair experienced a huge boom in sales at the beginning of the pandemic, they have not been able to keep up as consumers increasingly return to in-store shopping.
- Wayfair continues to have the largest market share (14.41%) but is losing share (-1.04ppt) as omnichannel retailers grow.
- Of the top 5 retailers who gained market share in Q2, the majority are considered high price point brands with average order value over $1,000.
1. La-Z-Boy (+1.21pp)
2. Pottery Barn (+1.03pp)
3. Restoration Hardware (+0.80pp)
4. Arhaus (+0.38pp)
5. Crate and Barrel/CB2 (+0.30 pp)
1. Wayfair
2. HomeGoods
3. Big Lots
4. IKEA
5. Bed Bath & Beyond
6. Restoration Hardware
7. Ashley Furniture
8. Pottery Barn
9. La-Z-Boy
10. At Home
11. West Elm
12. Crate & Barrel*
13. Overstock
14. Living Spaces
15. Rooms To Go
16. Raymour & Flanigan
17. Nebraska Furniture Mart
18. Bob's Discount Furniture
19. Williams Sonoma
20. The Container Store
21. Pottery Barn Kids & Teens
22. Arhaus
23. Havertys
24. Badcock Home Furniture
25. Frontgate
26. Ethan Allen
27. Room & Board
28. Furniture Row
29. Rejuvenation
30. Serena & Lily
* Crate & Barrel includes CB2 sales
Source: Transaction data
To find out what's driving these changes, contact press@yipitdata.com.
The index will be updated quarterly and is available at yipitdata.com/homegoodsindex.
YipitData is a trusted data partner for over 480 of the world's largest investment funds and companies. We answer key questions and enable better business decisions through our data and insights.
Since the release of our first Q1 2022 report, the Home Goods Market Share Index methodology has been improved with refined coverage of brick-and-mortar transactions for all merchants.
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Bradenton woman’s emotional support dog remains missing
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The desperate search is on for an emotional support dog. Juliet is a long haired dachshund that is about nine-years-old. She’s been with Elizabeth Blaine for many years now.
“I can’t sleep at night, I’m on a lot of different medications for my illnesses and it just doesn’t work because I miss my dog,” said Blaine. I need her right beside me right now.”
Juliet went missing Saturday afternoon around 12:30 when she jumped out of a truck when the door was opened. It was in the Cortez Shopping Plaza in Bradenton near the gym area. Blaine and her friend didn’t even realize she disappeared until it was too late.
“Worst thing I could think of, it’s a real kick in the gut,” said Robert Trebisovsky, a friend of Elizabeth Blaine.
Juliet helps Blaine deal with many issues including epilepsy, PTSD, anxiety and stress. She is also bipolar.
“Juliet is everything to me in my life, she knows when I’m going to have a seizure, she pulls me into the house and puts me into bed,” said Blaine.
Experts from the Humane Society of Sarasota County say emotional support animals play such a vital role in someone’s life. They even train pet therapy dogs at their facility.
“When you’re petting an animal, it literally shows that the blood pressure goes down, our heart rate goes down,” said Ginny Armington, Director of Community Outreach for the Humane Society of Sarasota County. “When you’re petting an animal, it could be a dog, a cat, any pet. It relieves anxiety, it relieves stress.”
Blaine and her friend have plastered flyers all around the area including the shopping plaza where she went missing in hopes of finding her soon. She was wearing a flowered collar with a flowered leash.
“I need my dog and if anyone is kind enough to give her back to me, I would greatly appreciate it,” said Blaine. “Because I love my dog more than anything.”
Juliet is not wearing a name tag and does not have a chip. If you have any information on her whereabouts you can call 941-224-9169.
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NEW YORK, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Teladoc Health, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TDOC during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/teladoc-health-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=30243&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: October 28, 2021 to April 27, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: August 5, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/teladoc-health-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=30243&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of TDOC during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 5, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) — The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island Facebook Page is getting noticed after acknowledging Pride Month in a recent post.
The post, added on June 1, read, “During the month of June, the Marine Corps takes #Pride in recognizing and honoring the contributions of our LGBTQ service members. We remain committed to fostering an environment free from discrimination, and defend the values of treating all equally, with dignity and respect.” It also featured a helmet with rainbow-colored bullets.
Since then, it has received nearly 2,000 comments. While many of the comments supported the efforts, it was officer responses to hateful comments that are getting the most attention.
“My Marine Corps has gone woke. God help us,” one person wrote, to which Master Sgt. Rick Mistic responded, “If by “woke” you mean showing appreciation to a group who has made major contributions to the U.S. Military….then yes. Have a meritorious day!”
“This is a sad day! If I could I would return my title, US Marine! What happened to United we stand, divided we fall? This political correctness will be our downfall! Who ever (sic) is behind this is a disgrace and should be court martialed (sic)!” another person said.
Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough questioned court-martialing “people who respect the service of all our service members.”
“The freedoms you enjoy are currently protected by those serving in the ranks, which includes LGBTQ. You are welcome for their service,” Yarbrough wrote.
Yarbrough also “respectfully clapped back at another commenter claiming the post was “singling out” one specific group “while claiming all-inclusiveness.”
“In the Marine Corps, we treat everyone equally. Field days, working parties, and weekend duties have no room for discrimination,” Yarbrough responded.
Yarbrough and the team have defended Pride via social media since at least 2020 when the page made reference to the 10-year anniversary of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
“It’s my favorite time of year watching CWO Yarborough (sic) respectfully destroy bigots in the comments,” one comment read.
A few others came to the comments just to ask Yarbrough to tell them to “have a meritorious day,” and, of course, he obliged. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/have-a-meritorious-day-south-carolina-marines-respond-to-hate-on-pride-post/ | 2022-06-08T23:38:40Z |
Boy, 8, hospitalized after touching downed power line
WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) - An 8-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after police say he and a sibling touched a downed power line near a Michigan elementary school.
The incident happened just after 9 a.m. Tuesday as several children walked through a blocked-off area with damaged power lines outside McKinley Elementary School in Warren. Police say one damaged line hung several feet from the ground.
A witness described the scene as terrifying, saying the 8-year-old victim lifted the live power line, so his brother could walk through.
“His hands caught on fire,” the witness said.
Police already in the area for an unrelated call saw the boy clinging to a live wire.
“There was severe burns,” said Warren Police Department Commissioner Bill Dwyer.
Dwyer says officers pulled the boy and his 10-year-old brother, who was trying to help, off the wire and immediately rushed them to the hospital.
“They didn’t stop there. They didn’t wait for EMS. They didn’t wait for anybody. They immediately put that 8-year-old in their car and immediately, with lights and sirens going, took that 8-year-old along with a 10-year-old brother to Detroit Moross,” Dwyer said.
The 8-year-old was hospitalized in critical condition. His older brother was not seriously hurt but is still being evaluated. Two police officer were also checked out after they, too, came in contact with the power line.
Police say the two boys were mistakenly dropped off by a grandmother, who was unaware the school was closed due to a power outage.
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MILAN, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olon, Leading API supplier, announces the creation of an R&D hub at its center in Milan, home to the Group's headquarters, paving the way for further major expansion and diversification of its expertise applied to the development of APIs for the CDMO and Generics market. With a €10-million investment, the Italian Group has announced the creation of a huge area dedicated entirely to research laboratories to be used to develop API (active pharmaceutical ingredients), manufacturing processes, forming a central research hub and which, integrating with the 7 existing Olon research centers will give rise to an innovative global R&D networking model where the high-level expertise and know-how involved in specific processes, consolidated in the 11 Olon plants worldwide, will be connected, and extensively applied across the Group's entire manufacturing network. The major investment involves the construction of a vast area of laboratories, some of which will focus on furthering the development of new, highly sustainable technologies, including biocatalysis and photochemistry. It will also support significant growth in the R&D team, with up to 50 new researchers hired, bringing the total number of people assigned to research activities to around 350.
The international research and development hub, which will cover a huge area within its site in Milan, one of the largest in the Group's network and already highly strategic in terms of expertise in advanced manufacturing processes, as high containment technologies.
The new hub represents growth in terms of people, expertise and skills, with the strategic objective of boosting internal know-how. Based on integrated data systems, this know-how will enable the company to scale up products faster and to achieve highly flexible and reliable tech transfer from one site to another. It will also facilitate the development of new molecules and innovative synthesis methods and, lastly, help the company attain more competitive process safety standards, thus increasing the safety of plants, constant product quality and ensuring business continuity.
The centre will house different areas, each one dedicated to a specific field of application. The hub will include a laboratory for process safety and research into scale-up and transfer processes. It will also have an analytical R&D area, which will broaden expertise for the development of new synthesis methods and new APIs, from the early phase.
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Beginning today, the limited-edition Jack Harlow x KFC merchandise will be available exclusively at www.JackHarlow.us/KFC while supplies last
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the introduction of the much-talked-about KFC Jack Harlow Meal, the partnership between the two Kentucky icons keeps getting bigger and better – now with the release of first-class branded merch. The Jack Harlow x KFC merch is now available via www.JackHarlow.us/KFC for a limited time only, while supplies last.
Fans can get their hands on apparel exclusively designed for the Jack Harlow x KFC partnership, including sweatshirts and t-shirts featuring art from the Jack Harlow Meal packaging and the iconic KFC throwback slogan, "We do chicken right." Prices start at $35 (tax extra).
The Jack Harlow Meal is available at KFC now through July 17. It includes Jack's favorite menu items: the KFC Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Mac & Cheese, Secret Recipe Fries, a side of ranch, and a nice cold lemonade, all served in custom Jack Harlow x KFC packaging.
To celebrate the launch of the Jack Harlow Meal, KFC transformed an Atlanta KFC (2637 Cobb Pkwy SE, Smyrna, Ga.) into an Insta-worthy Jack's Meal HQ where fans were given an exclusive first taste of Jack's meal and the chance to meet Jack Harlow on June 4. Harlow even spent time surprising fans in the drive-thru.
Fans can visit the Jack's Meal HQ Atlanta KFC and order the Jack Harlow Meal at participating restaurants, on KFC.com or the KFC App until July 17. Download the KFC App for other exclusive Jack Harlow content.
True to the Jack and KFC partnership, the merch was designed and produced by Kentucky-based creative agency NIMBUS with personal input from Jack Harlow.
KFC Corporation, based in Louisville, Ky., has been serving up Finger Lickin' Good Original Recipe® fried chicken since 1952. Beyond the top secret 11 herbs & spices, KFC specialties include the KFC Chicken Sandwich, Extra Crispy™ chicken and Extra Crispy™ Tenders, KFC Famous Bowls®, Pot Pies, Secret Recipe Fries, biscuits and homestyle sides. There are more than 26,000 KFC restaurants in over 145 countries and territories around the world. KFC Corporation is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., Louisville, Ky. (NYSE: YUM). For more information, visit www.kfc.com. Follow KFC on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
Hailed as the "hitmaker of tomorrow" by Variety, Jack Harlow is one of music's greatest new stars. The Louisville, KY native boasts three GRAMMY Award nominations, two #1 singles, 12 RIAA platinum certifications, and over 5 billion career streams to date. Harlow released his critically acclaimed, RIAA platinum certified debut album, THATS WHAT THEY ALL SAY in December 2020, which featured the 7x Platinum worldwide hit, "WHATS POPPIN," which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned the 24-year-old his first GRAMMY nomination for "Best Rap Performance," along with a wide array of other award nominations.
The Generation Now/Atlantic Records star has graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Forbes, Variety, Complex, SPIN, Footwear News and XXL's coveted Freshman Class Issue, and brought his captivating live show to TV with performances on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, and the 2022 Kids Choice Awards, to name a few.
Harlow is now poised to reach even greater heights with his hugely anticipated second album, COME HOME THE KIDS MISS YOU, highlighted by the bombastic lead single "Nail Tech" and the infectious follow-up, "First Class," which made a spectacular debut at atop the Billboard "Hot 100," marking his first solo #1 single, while earning the biggest streaming week of 2022, thus far.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Raphael G. Warnock will have a children’s book out this fall, a picture story based on his being one of 12 siblings.
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, announced Thursday that Warnock’s “Put On Your Shoes and Get Ready!” will be published Nov. 15.
“Growing up, my father told me and my siblings, every day, that we had to put on our shoes and get ready for what was in store,” Warnock, a Georgia Democrat who is running for re-election, said in a statement. Whether it was church shoes on Sundays or basketball shoes for my brother, cheerleading shoes for my sister, or marching band shoes for me, no matter what else was going on, we put on our shoes and went out into the world and made things happen.”
TeMika Grooms will provide illustrations for the book.
Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, is Georgia’s first Black senator. His memoir “A Way Out of No Way” will be released next week. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/picture-book-by-sen-raphael-warnock-coming-in-november/ | 2022-06-09T14:20:16Z |
Strengthens Brother's existing commitments and programs dedicated to sustainability
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in advance of Earth Day, Brother International Corporation (Brother) is announcing this new partnership along with a series of Corporate Social Responsibility activities and Environmental Action across the organization – thus strengthening local and global efforts to fight climate change.
Brother is announcing a new partnership with Clean Ocean Action, a leading national and regional voice working to protect waterways using science, as a sponsor of the 37th Annual Beach Sweeps Event. This includes sponsorship of two Covid-compliant beach sweeps events open to the public of New Jersey and a Virtual Lunch and Learn hosted by a Clean Ocean Action representative on Earth Day available to all Brother employees to learn more about protecting our oceans.
In addition, on Earth Day, Brother employees will be making their annual 'Brother Earth Promise,' an individual commitment to help protect the environment, such as addressing pollution by recycling and cutting their use of single-use plastics, amongst other efforts.
"I am proud to see Brother employees rally around our environmental activities and Brother Earth Promise, and I am thrilled to see a collective effort to address the urgent global climate change crisis across our organization," said Don Cummins, President, Brother International Corporation. "While we think globally, we must also act locally, and our sponsorship of Clean Ocean Action activities in New Jersey will help ensure that our own shores are free from ocean plastics and pollution."
Brother's partnership with Clean Ocean Action builds on Brother's existing flagship environmental programs such as their Recycling Program for printers and ink cartridges, employee volunteer activities supporting the Friends of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey for the past ten years, a long-standing sponsorship of the Wolf River Conservancy Restoration Series that includes lectures and volunteer events to restore the Wolf River in West Tennessee, and an annual $25,000 donation to the Arbor Day Foundation in support of their mission to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees.
These activities complement Brother's ongoing sustainability commitments, which include A Commitment to Meeting EPEAT Requirements, Brother Product Recycling Program, Brother Toner & Ink Cartridge Recycling Program, Brother's Environmental Management System, ENERGY STAR®-Compliant Products.
Brother considers the environment at all stages of a product's life cycle, from development, design, and manufacturing to use, disposal, and reuse, as the social responsibility of a manufacturing company. In fact, over the past 5 years (2016-2020), carbon emissions across Brother Americas have been reduced by 9.7% and over 30% since 2012. Brother has remanufactured more than 5.5 million toner cartridges (2017-2021) and recycles more than 99% of its waste, with less than 1% of waste going to landfills. Brother has also supported biodiversity conservation and restoration activities across the Americas with $650,000 donated, 159,369 trees planted (US/CAN), and 26,843,750 sq. ft. of rainforest protected in Guatemala through a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.
"Brother strives to positively and continuously act to decrease the environmental impact and increase the sustainability of our business operations in alignment with the Brother Group globally," says Vickie Berry, Manager of Environmental, Health and Safety. "The Brother Group aims to achieve carbon neutrality in all business operations and minimize CO2 emissions from the entire value chain by 2050 so as to contribute toward creating a carbon-free society."
About Brother International Corporation
Brother International Corporation has earned its reputation as a premier provider of home office and business products, products for the sewing and crafting enthusiast as well as industrial solutions that revolutionize the way we live and work. Brother International Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brother Industries Ltd. With worldwide sales exceeding $6 billion, this global manufacturer was started more than 100 years ago. Bridgewater, New Jersey is the corporate headquarters for Brother in the Americas. It has fully integrated sales, marketing services, manufacturing, research and development capabilities located in the U.S. In addition to its headquarters, Brother has facilities in California, Illinois and Tennessee, as well as subsidiaries in Canada, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Mexico. For more information, visit www.brother.com.
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Brother International Corporation USA
Loren Waldron
loren.waldron@brother.com
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A former Trump White House lawyer says he thinks there is a “very high” chance that former President Trump will face an indictment.
Ty Cobb, who represented the White House during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russia, told CBS News’s “The Takeout” podcast that he believes the former president is likely to face legal consequences for actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
“I think the president is in serious legal water,” Cobb said in the podcast, released on Friday. “Not so much because of the [Mar-a-Lago] search, but because of the obstructive activity he took in connection with the Jan. 6 proceeding and the attempts to interfere in the election count in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and perhaps Michigan.”
Cobb also told CBS News that he suspects the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago last month — during which the agency says it recovered numerous classified documents — is related to the Justice Department’s larger investigation into Trump’s actions related to the Jan. 6 attack.
“It is about the bigger picture, the Jan. 6 issues, the fake electors, the whole scam with regard to the ‘big lie’ and the attempts to … cling to the presidency in a desperate fashion,” Cobb said.
The former White House lawyer noted that the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago seemed “unusually large and broad” and was “very comprehensive in terms of the types of documents that the government could take.”
The Justice Department and Trump are currently locked in a legal battle over the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago, with a judge earlier this week granting Trump’s request for a special master to review the materials recovered during the search. The Justice Department has since appealed that ruling.
A Friday filing also revealed disagreements between the two parties over how a special master should function in the case, including over which documents should be reviewed and whether executive privilege claims should be considered.
That investigation comes as both the Justice Department and a House select committee are investigating the events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack and a Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury is probing Trump’s alleged interference into the 2020 election. The former president is also facing separate investigations involving his businesses and tax returns. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-says-chance-of-him-being-indicted-very-high/ | 2022-09-12T22:09:27Z |
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A nonprofit group plans to restore a Savannah home used by a Black artist to establish her own museum during segregation.
The Historic Savannah Foundation bought the former home of Virginia Jackson Kiah to save it from demolition. Neighbors in the surrounding Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood applauded the move, saying it’s important to keep Kiah’s legacy alive.
“I’ve been saying someone needs to get that building and bring it back alive,” neighbor Ronald Bolden told WTOC-TV.
Kiah used the home to start her own museum in 1959 because, as a Black woman during segregation, she wasn’t allowed to enter other museums as a visitor, much less to exhibit her artwork. She became known as a civil rights activist in Savannah, where the Savannah College of Art and Design now has an art museum named for her.
The house deteriorated following Kiah’s death in 2001 and faced a risk of being torn down. The Historic Savannah Foundation was able to close on the property recently following a two-year legal battle in probate court.
“It’s a way to preserve Kiah’s legacy,” said Ryan Arvay, the foundation’s director of preservation and historic properties.
The foundation hopes to restore the building to its 1950s appearance, and plans to get feedback from the community before making any final decisions. Meanwhile, supporters of the project plan to install a historic marker at the home on May 9. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/savannah-foundation-saves-home-black-artist-used-as-museum/ | 2022-05-01T14:59:31Z |
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