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Zac Brown Band member reveals ALS diagnosis
(CNN) - A member of the Zac Brown Band has revealed his diagnosis with ALS.
John Driskell Hopkins is a founding member, bassist and songwriter for the band.
In a video message to fans, surrounded by band members and his siblings, he announced he has the nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
“Over the past several years, I’ve noticed some balance issues and some stiffness in my hands. After careful analysis by some of the country’s top neurologists, I have been diagnosed with ALS,” Hopkins said. “Because my symptoms have been slow-progressing from the start, we believe they will continue to be slow-progressing, going forward. God willing, I plan to be rocking with these amazing people for many years to come.”
Hopkins, who goes by “Hop,” is 51 years old.
He is currently on tour with the band, which is set to wind down in November.
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Persona Sees Momentum in 2022 through Growth, Retail and Innovation
SEATTLE, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global personalized nutrition market is projected to grow to $16.4B by 2025, with the supplement segment projected to account for the largest share during this forecast period. Specifically impacted is the direct-to-consumer segment because consumers are becoming increasingly aware of nutrition-rich products to enhance their health, which is a key factor in the projected demand for supplements.
Capitalizing on the momentum from this market projection is Persona Nutrition, the leading, global personalized vitamin program. Persona makes nutrition and supplements easy with a convenient online platform where customers complete an assessment and are provided with a personalized vitamin pack that can autoship each month. Nutritionists and pharmacists are available on demand for questions, even if no order has been placed. The company is seeing increasing momentum in growth, retail and innovation; here is how:
- Exponential Growth: Starting with 2 nutritionists in 2017, Persona is now at 10x that number with 22 nutritionists and 2 pharmacists on staff. Persona has shipped over 1.4 million orders to customers in the last 5 years. To put that in context, The Nutritional Business Journal reports that, while the overall supplement industry was expected to grow by 6.3% by the end of 2020, brands in the personalized nutrition space were expecting sales growth of over 70%. Persona is particularly well positioned to take advantage of this growth as personalized nutrition is the foundation of their business.
- From E-Commerce to Brick & Mortar: With a recent release in selected Target stores across the USA, Persona is entering the retail market with gummy vitamin packs to serve the entire family: Kids' Daily Multivitamin, Adult Glo Getter, Adult Immunity, and Teen Focus. Although this is a detour from their on-demand, delivered-to-your-home flagship offering, retail is the next step in Persona's growth. "The formulations and demographics we chose for these four gummy vitamin packs are perfect for Target shoppers," remarks Shawn Bushouse, CEO of Persona. "Based on the same scientific knowledge that makes Persona personalized vitamins so successful, these gummies make it even easier for consumers to enter the vitamin/supplement marketplace."
- A Nutritionist in Your Pocket: Persona continues to be at the forefront of innovation within the nutritional supplement industry. The distribution of on-demand, personalized nutrition is the future of the industry. Persona is on the cutting edge with a new mobile app coming out that will put on-demand nutrition in customer's pockets. Need a nutritionist? There's an app for that.
Additional contributions include the format of supplement delivery; Persona has offerings in pill, gummy, and powder formats. Changing the way business is done, they now crosscheck over 3,800 drug-nutrient interactions (DNI) through their online assessment; up from 800 when the DNI program was first launched in 2019.
On-demand nutritionists continue to be an increasingly popular offering; the biggest ask from customers is to further customize their program. Ron Pitts, a Persona customer, remarks: "My nutritionist was truly helpful in first, listening, and then helping me with a plan that addressed both my health concerns as well as financial. It was such a pleasure dealing with someone who had my best interests in mind. I will not hesitate to recommend Persona."
"Especially with the pandemic and accompanying stress, many people are not eating as well as they would like, or exercising as much as they want to be," remarks Ruby Deubry, a pharmacist with the Persona Nutrition team. "People are not as mobile, not sleeping as well. With a healthy diet, and in collaboration with your healthcare team, supplements can be a part of your path toward a healthy lifestyle. Supplementing with nutrients you might not easily be getting from food may provide a little extra health people need right now."
Continue to check out Persona's website for up and coming new products, information and the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a nutritionist.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
About Persona Nutrition
Persona Nutrition, a Nestlé Health Science (NHSc) company, creates deeply personalized vitamin programs based in cutting-edge science. Persona's doctor-designed nutrition assessment analyzes each customer's diet, lifestyle, health goals—even their medications—and tailors a daily supplement pack to their unique needs. Built from premium, bioavailable ingredients and bio-sourced packaging, Persona's convenient grab-and-go packs are delivered monthly to customers' doorsteps.
Since its founding in 2016, Persona has grown rapidly into an international brand with a dedicated customer base. It has done this by delivering on a singular promise: personalized, science-based nutrition, unrivaled quality and one-on-one support. Persona's launch at Target marks a new step in its evolution into a global lifestyle brand. To learn more, visit www.personanutrition.com or www.nestlehealthscience.com.
About Nestlé Health Science (NHSc)
Nestlé Health Science (NHSc), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nestlé, is a globally recognized leader in the field of nutritional science. NHSc is committed to empowering healthier lives through nutrition for consumers, patients and their healthcare partners. The company offers an extensive consumer health portfolio of industry-leading medical nutrition, consumer and VMS brands that are science-based solutions covering all facets of health from prevention, to maintenance, all the way through to treatment. NHSc is redefining the approach to their management of health in several key areas such as pediatric health, allergy, acute care, oncology, metabolic health, healthy aging, gastrointestinal health, and inborn errors of metabolism. Headquartered in Switzerland, NHSc employs over 5,000 people around the world, who are committed to making a difference in people's lives, for a healthier today and tomorrow. For more information, visit https://www.nestlehealthscience.com.
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Top Corsair headsets
It might be easy to mistake American hardware maker Corsair’s logo for three stylized figures walking in line, but there is no mistaking the excellent audio quality of its headsets.
The company has been making accessories and peripherals since 1994, and its distinct logo is a nod to the origin of its name. A corsair was a privateer and essentially a pirate, and the logo is three ship sails behind each other.
But it hasn’t had to plunder or raid other manufacturers to become one of the best in the gaming industry. That is done through high-quality components, excellent manufacturing and affordable gadgets.
Wired vs. wireless
There are two types of headsets from Corsair, and generally from all headset makers:
- Wired: These headsets connect to your gaming platform or computer through a 3.5-millimeter connection. For Xbox and PlayStation, the headset plugs into the controller, while it connects directly to the computer. Wired headsets don’t need recharging but somewhat limit your movement.
- Wireless: These headsets connect to your platform of choice through Bluetooth or a 2.4-gigahertz wireless connection. It is also common to find that certain wireless headsets can function as wired, too.
A thing to note, though, is that Microsoft uses a proprietary wireless system. So even though a headset says it’s wireless, that doesn’t mean it will work on the Xbox as well as it does on the PlayStation. To function with Microsoft’s console, it must be certified for Xbox One use.
But there are ways around that. Most headset makers throw in a wireless adapter with their audio device, which connects to the Xbox through a USB port. The wireless headset then connects to the adapter to provide you with sound.
Audio quality
For many gamers, the audio quality of the headset is the most important feature. The overwhelming majority of Corsair headsets feature large 50-millimeter speakers that help with sound quality.
Larger speakers can produce a wider range of audio frequencies, making 7.1 surround sound not only possible but also impressive. The technology lets you hear the faintest of sounds, so you can determine the exact origin and direction.
Affordable headsets tend to only have stereo sound, which isn’t nearly as good as surround. Stereo lets you hear audio on both channels, but you won’t be able to tell exactly where the sound comes from — you’ll only know if it’s to the left or right of you.
Comfort
A headset must be comfortable to wear for prolonged periods. Crucial elements are the padding on the headband and the softness of the ear cups. If neither can support long use, you could experience pressure or tension.
Especially on the cups, check that they are covered in a breathable fabric to keep moisture from accumulating. In rare cases, excess moisture can cause pain or ear infection.
While the padding on the headband is vital, a good-quality headset has an adjustable headband so it can fit snugly. The ear cups should reach the ears comfortably, without putting pressure on your skull.
But when you take them off, they should also be comfortable. You don’t want large ear cups on your collarbone to restrict your head movement when taking a break. If that’s a concern for you, look for a headset with rotating or swivel ear cups. This lets you rest the headset flat against your upper chest.
Best Corsair headsets
Corsair Void RGB Elite Wireless Premium Gaming Headset
This headset is essential if you want to hear the faintest of sounds in your game. It has large 50-millimeter speakers covered with breathable microfiber mesh and thick padding. It has an omnidirectional microphone and is compatible with PCs and Sony’s PS5 console through a 2.4-gigahertz connection.
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Corsair HS60 PRO – 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound Gaming Headset
With 7.1 surround sound on a PC, there’s nothing that you can’t hear with this headset. It has custom-tuned 50-millimeter speakers, a detachable unidirectional microphone and a gold-plated 3.5-millimeter connector. The headband is solid and has padding all around.
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Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless SE Gaming Headset
It has a solid headband with ample padding to reduce wearing pressure from long gaming sessions. The 50-millimeter audio drivers have thick memory foam covered in synthetic leather. The omnidirectional microphone is broadcast-quality and detachable.
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Corsair HS50 Pro – Stereo Gaming Headset
Certified for use with the Discord chatting app, this headset is great value. Even though it is only capable of stereo sound, it has large 50-millimeter audio drivers that provide excellent sound quality. It has a detachable microphone and is compatible with all platforms that use a 3.5-millimeter connection.
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Corsair HS75 XB Wireless Gaming Headset
This wireless headset has a battery life of around 20 hours and is easily recharged through a USB cable. It’s officially licensed for use with Microsoft’s Xbox One, meaning you don’t have to use a wireless adapter. It has custom-tuned 50-millimeter speakers, a detachable microphone and adjustable ear cups covered in memory foam.
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Corsair HS60 Haptic Stereo Gaming Headset with Haptic Bass
This wired headset has 50-millimeter speakers with haptic bass that lets you feel the slightest rumble. The cross-stitch headband is padded with the same memory foam as the ear cups, which sit comfortably. It has a detachable microphone and is compatible with devices that accept a USB audio connection.
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Corsair HS35 Stereo Gaming Headset
This affordable option is great if you need headphones that don’t have fancy features. It’s compatible with 3.5-millimeter devices, has 50-millimeter audio drivers and a unidirectional detachable microphone.
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- Acura Precision EV Concept makes global debut at Monterey Car Week, one of the world's top gatherings of automotive and motorsports enthusiasts
- Concept expresses Acura's intense focus on performance through design, with inspiration drawn from luxury Italian power boats
- Pushing the boundaries of Acura design and technology, the concept showcases a future vision of electrified vehicles with distinct manual and full driving automation experiences
- Acura's new design language will be first seen on a dynamically styled all-electric SUV arriving in 2024
MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acura today debuted the Acura Precision EV Concept previewing the performance brand's future design language as it prepares to enter the electrified era starting in 2024 with a dynamically styled all-electric SUV. Once again showcasing the performance brand's design direction during Monterey Car Week, one of the world's top gatherings of automotive and motorsports enthusiasts, the concept model was created by the Acura Design Studio in Los Angeles to push the boundaries of Acura design and technology, showcasing Acura's future vision of electrified vehicles with distinct manual and full driving automation experiences.
"The Acura Precision EV Concept is a design study that will shape the direction of future Acura products in the electrified era including our first all-electric SUV in 2024," said Emile Korkor, assistant vice president of Acura National Sales. "We are committed to delivering Precision Crafted Performance in every facet of the Acura client experience which includes a powerful and very exciting direction for the next generation of electrified Acura models."
Inspired by the elegance, artistry and harmony of form and function unique to luxury Italian power boats, the Acura Precision EV Concept expresses Acura's intense focus on performance with a wide, athletic stance, expressive silhouette and sharp character lines dressed in eye-catching Double Apex Blue with a matte finish.
"The Acura Precision EV Concept is a look into our future direction and continues Acura's Precision Crafted Performance design language with a modern expression of performance" said Dave Marek, Acura executive creative director. "The Acura Precision EV Concept will be our North Star as we move into an exciting electrified future, and you will see these design cues translate over to future production models."
The Acura Precision EV Concept features a theatrical lighting approach that previews an electrified powertrain through a dramatic illuminated evolution of Acura's Diamond Pentagon grille, Chicane DRL signature and new "Particle Glitch" lighting on the front and rear facias. The emotional "Particle Glitch" design theme is repeated on the spokes of the Concept's striking 23-inch wheels.
"The Acura Precision EV Concept continues to build on Precision Crafted Performance 'Seamless and Dynamic' exterior design language with a pronounced front fascia to emphasize the next-generation Seamless Illuminated Fascia for an EV," said Andy Foster, exterior chief designer. "The 'Particle Glitch' lower detailing explores what EV performance could look like as Acura shifts toward its electrified future."
Stimulating, visceral and premium, the performance-focused interior design of the Acura Precision EV Concept reveals Acura's vision of an immersive experience that engages the driver's senses. Inspired by the cockpit of a Formula 1 race car with a low-slung driving position, high-performance driver sightlines and a two-grip yoke-style steering wheel, the hyper-modern EV interior space features dual experiences – an exhilarating Instinctive Drive mode that heightens the performance experience and a calming Spiritual Lounge mode during autonomous operation.
- Instinctive Drive mode maximizes the joy of performance driving by elevating the dynamic connection with the machine with racing-style digital instrumentation and invigorating red ambient and pipe lighting.
- Spiritual Lounge mode retracts the steering wheel as it transforms the cabin into a warm, calming experience with soothing scents and restful "under water" animated projection so the driver can relax and recharge.
A sanctuary of speed and spirit, the cabin is beautifully crafted with sustainable, environmentally-responsible materials creating premium, unique finishes including marbled recycled plastic trim and 100% biomass leather. All the aluminum used, as well as the dimensional green cast acrylic that forms the steering wheel secondary controls, were made from recycled materials. Milled FSC certified wood, harvested from responsibly managed forests that provide environmental, social and economic benefits, adds warmth and a connection to nature.
"As the definition of premium and performance evolves to include the application of sustainable materials, we are looking at new and innovative material technologies to inspire our customers while both reducing our carbon footprint and enabling the Acura brand to reshape the perception of quality," said Gypsy Modina, principal designer: color, materials and finish.
Acura's third design concept since 2016, the Acura Precision EV Concept also previews the next generation of Acura HMI with an intuitive and easy to use hyper-wide, curved transparent display and haptic touch response. "Particle Glitch" boot up graphics mirror the Concept's signature exterior detail, visually harmonizing the experience. Life advancing new technologies create an emotional union with the user, automatically identifying and matching the driver's state with the optimal driving dynamics settings.
"The Acura Precision EV Concept gives a sneak peek of our future Dual Experience interior design philosophy," said Simon Yu, senior interior designer. "We want to provide exhilarating performance driving control with a sophisticated and invigorating lounge environment that immerses the driver's senses."
Following its world premiere at a private Acura reception Thursday, Aug. 18, the Acura Precision EV Concept will publicly debut on Friday, Aug. 19 at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering. It will then be showcased at the historic Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Concept Lawn on Sunday, Aug. 21.
Acura is a leading automotive nameplate that delivers Precision Crafted Performance – a commitment to expressive styling, high-performance and innovative engineering, all built on a foundation of quality and reliability. The Acura lineup currently features five distinctive models – the next-gen Integra sport compact, TLX sport sedan, the RDX and MDX sport-utility vehicles, and the electrified NSX supercar, along with high-performance Type S variants. All Acura vehicles sold in America are made in the U.S., using domestic and globally sourced parts.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brotherhood Sister Sol, a prominent youth development organization based in upper Manhattan, has unveiled a dramatic new headquarters featuring channel glass by Bendheim. The building's striking façade expresses its mission to serve as a beacon for the community.
The Brotherhood Sister Sol (also known as BroSis) has been serving the personal and academic needs of Black and Latinx youth from economically distressed communities since 1995. When the organization outgrew its longtime base of operations in a century-old Harlem brownstone, BroSis chose the firm of Urban Architectural Initiatives, a participant in New York State's MWBE (Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise program), to design a new headquarters at the same location.
And no ordinary building would do. As noted by BroSis Executive Director and Co-Founder Khary Lazarre-White, "From the very beginning of working with our architects, we challenged them to design a building that was about the enlightenment of children. Architecture speaks volumes about what happens within an institution."
The new BroSis center creates a sense of life and motion through its remarkable flaring design. Each elevation appears to fan outward, cantilevering over the elevations below. The selection of Bendheim's channel glass helped make this striking result a reality.
Channel glass is a U-shaped, translucent, machine-rolled architectural glass. Its unique geometry allows it to withstand imposed forces in ways conventional flat glass cannot. Channel glass can create sweeping, virtually seamless glass walls uninterrupted by metal frames, including serpentine curves.
In the case of the BroSis building, the design incorporated approximately 875 square feet of Bendheim's 504 Rough Cast channel glass with low-e coating for thermal performance enhancement. The frame is Bendheim's SF60 System for exterior double glazed façade applications in a custom Mineral Brown Metallic finish. The use of these products permitted the architects to design obtuse angled corners of continuous glass. The lightweight channel glass (weighing only 12 pounds per square foot) was also advantageous for the building's iconic overhang design.
The Bendheim channel glass also allows natural light to pervade the interior without glare. In the building's aptly named Light Room, floor-to-ceiling walls of the channel glass help create a calm and uplifting atmosphere.
Bendheim co-owner Donald Jayson noted, "We are excited to contribute to that rarity for New York City, a building that will be entirely devoted to community educational use. We hope the beauty of the glass façade will draw attention to the life-changing work taking place within".
Other members of the BroSis project team included LMW Engineering Group, EMTG Engineers, Krypton Engineering, Liz Farrell Landscape Architecture, Raymond/Raymond Associates, Noel Building Consultants, MaGrann Associates and Gilbane, Inc.
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Bendheim is one of the world's foremost resources for specialty architectural glass. Founded in New York City in 1927, the fourth-generation, family-owned company offers a virtually unlimited range of customizable glass solutions for interior and exterior building applications. Bendheim develops, fabricates, and distributes its products worldwide. The company maintains production facilities in New Jersey and a design lab in New York City. For additional information, please visit Bendheim.com.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported net income of $9.7 million or $0.46 per diluted share for the first quarter ended April 30, 2022, compared to net income of $20.7 million or $0.92 per diluted share for the first quarter ended May 1, 2021.
Sales for the first quarter ended April 30, 2022 were $204.9 million, or a decrease of 3% from sales of $211.2 million for the first quarter ended May 1, 2021. The Company's same-store sales for the quarter decreased 2% compared to 2021.
"Our first quarter sales were negatively impacted by cooler weather," said John Cato, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "As anticipated, we continued to experience late merchandise shipments, a result of the supply chain disruption and overseas COVID restrictions, coupled with the pressure of inflation on consumers' discretionary income and intermittent store closings due to the effects of the tight labor market."
First-quarter gross margin decreased from 41.5% to 35.5% of sales in 2022 due to lower merchandise margins. Selling, General and Administrative expenses as a percent of sales decreased from 29.9% to 29.5% of sales during the quarter primarily due to decreased incentive compensation expense, partially offset by increased payroll, reflecting more normalized operations, compared to the prior year. Income tax expense for the quarter was $1.9 million compared to $3.1 million last year.
"The effects of continued late merchandise shipments, inflation-related increases to our costs and increased pressure on our customers' discretionary income are expected to remain challenging throughout the year," stated Mr. Cato. "As we move forward, following two years of unpredictable business cycles, we are cautious about the remainder of the year in the face of these ongoing uncertainties."
During the first quarter ended April 30, 2022, the Company opened 4 stores and relocated 1 store. As of April 30, 2022, the Company operated 1,315 stores in 32 states, compared to 1,325 stores in 32 states as of May 1, 2021.
The Cato Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of value-priced fashion apparel and accessories operating three concepts, "Cato," "Versona" and "It's Fashion." The Company's Cato stores offer exclusive merchandise with fashion and quality comparable to mall specialty stores at low prices every day. The Company also offers exclusive merchandise found in its Cato stores at www.catofashions.com. Versona is a unique fashion destination offering apparel and accessories including jewelry, handbags and shoes at exceptional prices every day. Select Versona merchandise can also be found at www.shopversona.com. It's Fashion offers fashion with a focus on the latest trendy styles for the entire family at low prices every day.
Statements in this press release that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not a historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's expected or estimated operational financial results, activities or opportunities, and potential impacts and effects of the coronavirus are considered "forward-looking" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, any actual or perceived deterioration in the conditions that drive consumer confidence and spending, including, but not limited to, prevailing social, economic, political and public health conditions and uncertainties, levels of unemployment, fuel, energy and food costs, wage rates, tax rates, interest rates, home values, consumer net worth and the availability of credit; changes in laws or regulations affecting our business including but not limited to tariffs; uncertainties regarding the impact of any governmental action regarding, or responses to, the foregoing conditions; competitive factors and pricing pressures; our ability to predict and respond to rapidly changing fashion trends and consumer demands; our ability to successfully implement our new store development strategy to increase new store openings and the ability of any such new stores to grow and perform as expected; adverse weather, public health threats (including the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak) or similar conditions that may affect our sales or operations; inventory risks due to shifts in market demand, including the ability to liquidate excess inventory at anticipated margins; and other factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of the Company's most recently filed annual report on Form 10-K and in other reports the Company files with or furnishes to the SEC from time to time. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes make it clear that the projected results expressed or implied therein will not be realized. The Company is not responsible for any changes made to this press release by wire or Internet services
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About half say Trump should be charged for 1/6: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — About half of Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, a new poll shows.
The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 48% of U.S. adults say the Republican former president should be charged with a crime for his role, while 31% say he should not be charged. An additional 20% say they don’t know enough to have an opinion. Fifty-eight percent say Trump bears a great deal or quite a bit of responsibility for what happened that day.
The poll was conducted after five public hearings by the House committee investigating Jan. 6, which has sought to paint Trump’s potential criminal culpability in the events that led to deadly insurrection. But it was taken before Tuesday’s surprise hearing featuring former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Her explosive testimony provided the most compelling evidence yet that the former president could be linked to a federal crime, experts say.
Views on Trump’s criminal liability break down predictably along party lines, with 86% of Democrats but only 10% of Republicans saying Trump should be charged with a crime. Among Republicans, 68% say he should not be charged and 21% say they don’t know. Still, the fact that nearly half the country believes he should be prosecuted is a remarkable position for the former president, pointing to the difficulties he could face if he makes another run at the White House in 2024.
For Ella Metze, a South Carolina Democrat, Trump’s culpability has been clear from the beginning, when he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6 and “fight like hell.”
“It was meant to provoke violence because he kept encouraging them,” the 86-year-old told The Associated Press. “As it happened, I watched it all and I just thought why doesn’t somebody stop this? Why doesn’t he stop this?”
Chris Schloemer, a Texas independent, agreed Trump holds responsibility for egging on the crowd with his baseless claims of election fraud. But, the 61-year-old doesn’t lay the blame solely on Trump.
Schloemer feels Republicans in Congress have a hand in what happened that day, too: “I feel like people were afraid of Donald Trump, especially Republican politicians, and so they wouldn’t rein him in, and I think that just emboldened him.”
And he’s not alone. While views of Trump’s role have not changed since December, Americans are somewhat more likely now than they were then to say Republicans in Congress were significantly responsible for the events of Jan. 6.
Forty-six percent say that now, up slightly from 41% in December. An additional 21% say GOP lawmakers had some responsibility and 30% say they were not responsible. The change in the share saying Republicans in Congress have a large amount of responsibility was driven mostly by Democrats and independents.
Ulysses Bryant, a Democrat from Florida, said while he always believed Trump and the rioters should be charged with a crime, he hadn’t known of the involvement of congressional Republicans until he began to follow the hearings.
Close to 6 in 10 Americans — 56% — say they followed news about the congressional hearings. A smaller but still sizeable share -- 42% -- say they watched or listened.
The nine-member panel, comprising seven Democrats and two Republicans, has worked around the clock for the past year to investigate the connection between Trump and his allies and the violence and chaos that ensued on the Capitol. The public hearing phase of their investigation is meant to put all of that investigative work on display to the American public in an effort to create a historical record of what occurred.
Seventy-five percent of Democrats and 42% of Republicans say they followed news about the hearings. More Democrats than Republicans also say they tuned in, 58% to 27%. The first of the public hearings, which began in early June, received high ratings for TV viewership, though subsequent hearings have received more modest ratings.
Kathlyn Keller, a retired investment banker from San Francisco, is one of the GOP voters who has tuned into the hearings and still believes Trump holds no responsibility for the events of that day.
The 83-year-old thinks the only people who should be charged are those who brought weapons to the Capitol, or anyone who got into the building and caused damage inside. Trump “absolutely shouldn’t be charged with anything,” she told the AP.
Nonetheless, the committee plans to continue its congressional probe and present new evidence in the coming weeks to its many viewers, including the most important one: Attorney General Merrick Garland. Regardless of public opinion about Trump’s likely criminal involvement, lawmakers continue to face a stark reality: While they can investigate Jan. 6 and issue subpoenas to gather information, only the Justice Department can bring criminal charges.
But there are clear signs in recent weeks that the Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe of pro-Trump efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Federal agents on Wednesday seized the cellphone of Trump lawyer John Eastman, who was the architect behind a plan to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence into rejecting the electoral college results.
Last week, authorities searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who was known at the Justice Department to champion Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Agents also served subpoenas to the Republican Party chairmen of Arizona, Nevada and Georgia, three states that went for Democrat Joe Biden and where Trump allies created slates of “alternate electors” intended to subvert the vote. And Republicans in two other states — Michigan and Pennsylvania — disclosed they had been interviewed by the FBI.
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The poll of 1,053 adults was conducted June 23-27 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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AP writer Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this report.
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TRUCKEE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest Gas or Company), as part of our commitment to meet our customers' goals for sustainable energy and achieve economy-wide carbon reduction targets, is translating purpose into action with its proposed hydrogen-blending demonstration project (Project) filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on September 8, 2022. The Project was submitted as part of a Joint Application with Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas and Electric Company, that also filed proposed hydrogen projects within their respective service territories. Southwest Gas' Project proposal, if approved, will produce vital information toward implementing meaningful, practical and sustainable energy solutions with measurable impact toward the Truckee Town Council's goal of an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040 and further contributes to Southwest Gas' larger efforts and integral role in supporting economy-wide climate and environmental goals.
The Company's Project aims to establish critical knowledge complementary to the other joint utility Applicants' demonstration projects while uniquely targeting hydrogen-blending scenarios in extreme cold weather and high-elevation conditions, such as those experienced in the Truckee area. Hydrogen, an efficient energy carrier like natural gas, can be blended with traditional natural gas or renewable natural gas (RNG). Yet knowledge gaps exist surrounding the optimal percentages of hydrogen blends in extreme climates – Southwest Gas' Project will help to close these knowledge gaps to ensure safety, system integrity and reliability. Moreover, the Company has committed to employing new sustainable technologies to assist the Town of Truckee in achieving their environmental sustainability priorities.
Given the extreme weather spectrum across California, the Town of Truckee presents a unique opportunity to determine optimal hydrogen-blend percentages in extremely cold areas. The mountain community in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range sits at an elevation of 5,817 feet and experiences average low temperatures below freezing eight months out of the year. These climates necessitate higher heating demands and make use of different end-use appliances such as generators, radiant heaters, furnaces and boilers.
Over an 18-month period, the Project will test a blend of 5% to 20% hydrogen with natural gas, flowing through plastic and steel pipelines. The hydrogen used in this test is created through the process called electrolysis which separates hydrogen from oxygen in water – a low- to no-carbon generating process that releases oxygen beneficially into our atmosphere and stores hydrogen for use, further reducing GHG emissions. This Project aims to provide critical data that will help the creation of the nation's first hydrogen-injection standard for natural gas operators.
"Southwest Gas is committed to offering sustainable solutions for our customers to meet or exceed their expectations. This project is an example of this commitment to partner with our communities on projects that enhance the quality of life in our service territories and provide sustainable energy solutions. Integral to the success of meeting economy-wide net-zero goals are revolutionary technologies and services that will unleash innovation and enhance global energy reliability. Hydrogen and RNG are powerful solutions for our energy future that are helping to transform how we fuel our lives, homes and businesses while honoring our commitment to environmental stewardship and emissions reductions for long-term change," said Dr. Laura S. Nelson, vice president of sustainability and public policy.
This Project proposal is just one of several of the Company's hydrogen pilot programs supporting environmental efforts as part of larger sustainability initiatives, which include hydrogen blending and/or electrolysis projects with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); Arizona State University (ASU); and Gas Technology Institute (GTI). These initiatives are embracing innovation and supporting sustainability and climate and environmental goals throughout our service territories and communities.
Southwest Gas Corporation is a dynamic energy company proudly delivering safe, reliable and affordable natural gas to over two million customers throughout Arizona, California and Nevada and is committed to exceeding our customers' expectations while innovating sustainable energy solutions for tomorrow. For more information about how Southwest Gas is supporting a sustainable energy future, please visit www.swgas.com/sustainability.
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ATLANTA, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An all-star lineup of gospel music's biggest names will be in concert on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the State Farm Arena. The list of artists set to perform include Yolanda Adams, Erica Campbell, Jekalyn Carr, Marvin Sapp, Keke Wyatt, Fred Hammond, Tye Tribbett, Travis Greene, Le'Andria Johnson, Keyondra Lockett, Bishop Cortez Vaughn and more! There will also be a special appearance by Pastor Jamal Bryant. The show will be hosted by social media influencers Lexi Allen and Anna C. Douglas. The show will be filled with laughs, worship, and many of the industry's top hits that will be sure to have the stadium dancing in their seats!
This year has been an exciting year for many of these artists! Yolanda Adams has a starring role in the BET hit series, "Kingdom Business", and both Marvin Sapp and Fred Hammond were nominees at the year's 2022 BET Awards. Both Erica Campbell and Jekalyn Carr have successful radio shows with our media partners, Radio One. Le'Andria Johnson recently graced the stage of the 'Martin: The Reunion' and Tye Tribbett has recently released a new album entitled, "All Things New".
The executive team of the Super Friends Praise Fest say, "We are excited to bring gospel music to the State Farm Arena! The last few years have been rough for so many, but we are excited to bring people back together with one of the best lineups we've seen in years! We want people to bring their families and friends out for a night of great gospel music that they'll continue to talk about months later."
Tickets are now available at superfriendspraisefest.com and is sure to sell out quickly!
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(The Hill) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday will sign an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider using Medicaid to pay for expenses for those who cross state lines to seek abortions.
The executive order will direct HHS “to consider action to advance access to reproductive healthcare services, including through Medicaid for patients who travel out of state for reproductive healthcare services,” according to a White House fact sheet released on Wednesday.
The executive order will be the second that Biden has signed since the conservative Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion ruling, in June. Biden has been under pressure to take more aggressive actions to support abortion access as various states move to restrict the procedure following the ruling.
A senior Biden administration official told reporters that the action would require states where abortion is legal to apply for Section 1115 Medicaid waivers to provide services for women crossing state lines for abortions.
The White House did not specify what costs Medicaid could potentially cover. Another senior administration official told The Hill that HHS would soon provide more information on what a waiver could look like, saying it would help “cover certain costs” and largely target low-income women who receive Medicaid.
Medicaid funds could not be used to pay for abortions themselves because the Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for most abortions.
Biden will sign the new order Wednesday afternoon at the first meeting of a reproductive healthcare access interagency task force set up by his previous executive order. Vice President Harris, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Attorney General Merrick Garland and other administration officials are scheduled to attend.
Biden is supposed to tune into the meeting virtually, as he is still isolating following a rebound infection of COVID-19.
The latest order will also instruct HHS to consider providing technical assistance and other actions to make sure healthcare providers comply with non-discrimination laws in the wake of the ruling striking down Roe, according to the White House fact sheet.
Additionally, the order directs HHS to improve federal research and data collection in order to evaluate the impact that the striking down of Roe is having on maternal health, the fact sheet said.
The executive order is likely to be well-received by those asking the administration to take more forceful action on abortion access.
However, the Biden administration has thus far resisted calls from some Democrats to declare a public health emergency exists with respect to abortion access.
The first senior administration official said that the White House continues to review options to protect access to abortion services, but suggested that such a declaration would not yield much in the way of additional resources or legal authority.
A number of states have moved to enact restrictions on abortion following the ruling striking down Roe. On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s six-week abortion ban in its first legal action since the Supreme Court’s ruling. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/biden-will-order-hhs-to-consider-using-medicaid-to-support-women-seeking-abortions-across-state-lines/ | 2022-08-03T12:42:19Z |
(The Hill) – Texas is suing the Biden administration over its recent guidance reminding hospitals and physicians that federal law requires them to provide abortions if there is a medical emergency and the health or life of the patient is at risk.
According to the suit, filed in the Northern District of Texas, the Biden administration “seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic,” and is “flouting the Supreme Court’s ruling before the ink is dry.”
Texas alleged the guidance goes much further than simply reminding hospitals of their obligations under current law, saying in the suit, “it includes a number of new requirements related to the provision of abortions that do not exist under federal law.”
The state is asking the court to issue a permanent injunction prohibiting the administration from enforcing the guidance.
“I will ensure that President Biden will be forced to comply with the Supreme Court’s important decision concerning abortion and I will not allow him to undermine and distort existing laws to fit his administration’s unlawful agenda,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in a statement.
The lawsuit was filed just days after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance reaffirming that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) protects providers when offering legally mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations.
Under the EMTALA law, if an emergency medical condition is found to exist, the hospital must provide available stabilizing treatment or an appropriate transfer to another hospital that has the capabilities to provide stabilizing treatment. HHS said abortion care qualifies as stabilizing care.
The law leaves it up to a physician to determine what qualifies as an emergency medical condition for a pregnant patient, but administration officials said examples such as ectopic pregnancy, complications of miscarriage or severe preeclampsia would apply.
But according to Texas, “EMTALA does not mandate, direct, approve, or even suggest the provision of any specific treatment. It says nothing about abortion.”
The HHS guidance followed President Biden’s executive order on reproductive health issued last week, and comes as the White House fends off criticism for its seemingly sluggish response to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/texas-sues-biden-administration-over-hospital-abortion-guidance/ | 2022-07-14T20:16:50Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: By the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader.
To fulfill that pledge in as little as 2 1/2 years, she faces some long odds against immense economic forces that are working against auto sales. Inflation has spiked, interest rates are rising, material costs have soared and a global shortage of computer chips is still braking assembly lines at GM and other companies.
But in an interview with The Associated Press, Barra said she’s confident GM can unseat Tesla with higher-priced specialty vehicles, and it will beat Elon Musk to high-range EVs at prices that people can afford.
Last year GM sold just 25,000 electric vehicles in the U.S., less than one-tenth of the estimated 352,000 sold by Tesla. Although EV sales are rising dramatically, they’re still only about 5% of the U.S. new vehicle market, with many Americans still reluctant to change.
“To really get to 30, 40, 50% EVs being sold, you have to appeal to people that are in that $30,000 to $35,000 price range,” Barra said.
Already the company has pledged to cut the starting price of the Chevrolet Bolt small SUV to around $26,000 later this year. GM is planning to roll out a Chevy Equinox small SUV with 300 miles of range for around $30,000 in fall 2023. And on Monday night in California, it will unveil a larger (and more expensive) Chevy Blazer SUV that goes on sale next summer.
They’ll join a couple of gargantuan Hummer EVs, an upcoming electric Silverado pickup and a Cadillac luxury SUV in taking on Tesla. And Barra said there’s more to come on the way to offering 30 battery-powered vehicles globally by 2025. “What we have coming, it’s in the heart of the market,” she said, without giving details.
The mainstream vehicle is something Tesla has yet to master. A rear-wheel-drive version of the Model 3 sedan, its lowest-priced vehicle, starts around $48,000 with shipping.
Barra is hoping to keep prices relatively low, banking on chemistry breakthroughs to cut battery costs, offsetting huge price increases for Lithium and other key elements that make batteries work.
Part of the strategy is convincing buyers that an electric vehicle can meet all their transportation needs. Many EV owners, she said, also have a gas-powered auto for longer trips.
That’s why the company announced a partnership to place 2,000 charging stations at up to 500 Pilot Travel centers, spaced 50 miles apart along interstate travel corridors. “If the only vehicle you own is going to be an EV, you have to feel confident of charging,” Barra said.
GM has a goal of making only electric passenger vehicles by 2035.
The switch to EVs would be monumental on its own for GM, a company that has made a living largely on the internal combustion engine for more than 113 years.
But Barra also has to manage the finances, keeping the profits flowing from gasoline vehicles to pay for battery development — even though GM currently can’t run its factories flat-out due to the chip shortage. And at some point, money from gas vehicles will decline, so the EVs have to be profitable almost from the start.
Also, auto prices have risen to an average of around $45,000, boosting carmakers’ bottom lines but pushing new vehicles out of reach of the middle class. Economists are predicting the Federal Reserve could add up to a full point to interest rates, raising the cost of auto loans. And there’s talk about the U.S. heading back into recession.
“It’s pretty volatile right now,” Barra conceded. “We’re looking at many different scenarios as any prudent business leader would to make sure we’re ready for whatever, however the situation evolves.”
She said she expects parts and chip shortages will last into next year, with coronavirus outbreaks continuing to crimp the flow.
To deal with the semiconductor shortage, GM is throwing out its old model of letting parts supply companies acquire the chips with GM knowing little about them. Instead, by 2025, it will move toward three families of chips that Barra said the company will buy and control itself. They will be able to do multiple tasks, eliminating the need for dozens of chips in every vehicle.
That standardization will give GM the scale to buy in bulk and make sure supplies don’t get interrupted in the future, Barra said: “We’re also working with a select group of strategic companies to source these for the volumes. We’ll have much better control and a stable supply.”
Barra said new car prices are skewed right now because automakers are allocating scarce chips to higher-margin vehicles, and prices should come down as more chips become available.
Still, she knows affordability will be a problem. With that in mind, she said GM offers the Chevrolet Trail Blazer starting at just below $20,000. The company also is linking used vehicle buyers to dealer inventories nationwide. And GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is starting a driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco that will spread to more cities, offering another affordable transportation mode, she said.
GM exited Europe in 2017 by selling its Opel brand after years of losses, but Barra said plans are being formed to re-enter the huge market with electric vehicles. “All I can tell you is I think it’s a huge growth opportunity for the company, and we’re excited to be back,” Barra said.
She has no plans to change GM’s joint venture in China with state-owned automaker SAIC, even though Beijing has stopped requiring that foreign automakers enter such partnerships with Chinese companies. But Barra said there may be a chance for GM to bring in iconic and luxury vehicles.
GM’s transition to EVs comes amid growing calls for corporations to take stands on political and social issues such as race relations and abortion. Yet opportunities for missteps are many as companies like GM walk a fine line of doing so without alienating sectors of a customer base that spans the political spectrum.
Most electric vehicles, for instance, are sold on the coasts, where people tend to have more liberal views. But most of GM’s income comes from pickup and SUV sales in the country’s more conservative midsection.
Regarding abortion, Barra said she didn’t want to speak broadly about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, but she noted that GM does pay for employees to travel to get medical services.
“We’re going to continue with that practice, really not a lot of change in what we’re doing from what we’ve done in the past, other than we will make sure we comply with all state laws,” she said.
In 2020, after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, Barra issued a strong public statement and committed to several changes at the company, including creating an internal inclusion board and evaluating employees on inclusionary action.
Throughout her career, Barra, who was GM’s product planning chief before becoming CEO in January 2014, has had to make difficult decisions. To manage the complexities of her job, she’ll need to draw on that experience.
“I’m an engineer, so I’m a problem solver,” she said.
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This story has been corrected to show that the lowest-price Tesla starts around $48,000 including shipping. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/the-ap-interview-gms-barra-stands-by-ambitious-ev-pledge/ | 2022-07-19T01:18:45Z |
Crews working to remove barrier wall along Polk-Quincy Viaduct on I-70 in downtown Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Crews on Friday morning were removing the concrete barrier wall along the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 along the Polk-Quincy Viaduct in downtown Topeka.
Kansas Department of Transportation officials said the walls just off the right -- or outside -- lanes of westbound I-70 were being cut, then lowered by machinery to a truck that was parked beneath the viaduct at 2nd and S. Kansas Avenue.
The work was being done on westbound I-70 above S. Kansas Avenue.
The barrier wall on eastbound I-70 above S. Kansas Avenue was to be removed next week.
After the concrete walls have been taken down, “temporary” concrete barriers will be placed in the same locations.
When completed, the work will allow S. Kansas Avenue to be reopened between 1st and 3rd streets.
Getting the new barriers in place on I-70 above S. Kansas Avenue is the top priority at this time, KDOT officials said.
The next work will be to remove existing concrete walls on the right-hand side of eastbound I-70 between S. Kansas Avenue and S.E. Quincy to the east as well as S. Kansas Avenue and S.W. Jackson to the west.
Those streets have been shut down for several weeks after a 50-foot section of concrete barrier wall tumbled off the right-hand side of westbound I-70 and fell into an empty parking lot near the northwest corner of 2nd and S. Kansas Avenue.
No injuries resulted, but KDOT opted to remove all the other concrete walls in the vicinity to ensure something similar didn’t occur.
Other bridges with similar design across Kansas also are being inspected for safety concerns of their outside walls.
The Polk-Quincy Viaduct on I-70 on the north edge of downtown Topeka is slated to be replaced in a major project starting in 2025.
In the meantime, bridge deck work continues on the Polk-Quincy Viaduct.
KDOT officials say the viaduct, which is down to one lane for both west- and eastbound traffic, is safe for vehicles.
KDOT officials added there are no plans at present to divert all truck traffic onto I-470, which travels around the south side of Topeka.
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SONOMA, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The pioneering Sangiacomo family, leaders in sustainable grape growing in Sonoma County, are honored to celebrate 95 years of farming and stewardship in Sonoma.
The Sangiacomo family's roots in Sonoma County began on August 30, 1927, when founder Vittorio Sangiacomo signed the deed to the 55-acre Eden Dale ranch, at the southern end of the Sonoma Valley in what is now the Carneros appellation. The historic agricultural property, dating back to the mid-1800s, was at the time an award-winning fruit tree farm, planted to apples, pears, peaches, prunes and cherries. Though Vittorio and family first found success focusing on the cultivation of pear trees, the Sangiacomos shifted their agricultural focus when they planted their first Sonoma vineyard, Green Acres, in 1969. For the past 53 years, the family has continued their farming heritage by growing premium cool-climate wine grapes from their 1,600 acres of certified sustainable estate vineyards in Carneros, the Petaluma Gap, and Sonoma Coast. Along with launching their namesake wine brand in 2016, they are proud to continue to work with over 70 wineries, many with long-lasting relationships spanning decades.
The original Eden Dale property, now known as the Sangiacomo family "Home Ranch," is the heart and soul of the family business. It's where the second and third generations of the family learned the value of stewardship and sustainability, and where, 95 years later, they continue their long-standing tradition in farming. The 110-acre Home Ranch is also home to the Sangiacomo Family Wines tasting room, where visitors can taste small-lot Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from the family's historic vineyards, while gaining insight into the history of the family and the land they've farmed for nearly a century.
"When my brother Mike, sister Mia and I reflect on 95 years of farming, commitment, passion, and family heritage come to mind," says Steve Sangiacomo, third-generation partner. "From the progression of growing pears to wine grapes, three generations have worked side-by-side and have shared the vision to seek opportunity, take risks, and evolve our family business. We would not be where we are today without the knowledge and values we learned from our grandparents, parents, uncles, and aunt. It's an honor to continue our family's agricultural journey, planting the seeds to enable future generations to build upon this legacy."
To celebrate this near-century milestone, the Sangiacomos are releasing the remaining amounts of their Home Ranch Chardonnay from their library, including the inaugural 2016 vintage, along with many of their other exclusive estate bottlings. All are available at the Sangiacomo Home Ranch tasting room, located two miles south of the Sonoma Plaza.
As multigenerational Sonoma farmers with roots tracing back to 1927, the Sangiacomo family have continued their farming heritage by growing premium cool-climate grapes from their 1,600 acres of certified sustainable estate vineyards. Widely recognized as leading growers in California, the Sangiacomos also make estate wines for their own label, Sangiacomo Family Wines. A true family business with over 50 years of grape growing experience, they bring unparalleled knowledge and expertise, and lead with a commitment to quality and authenticity in all areas of operations. Working with acclaimed winemaker James MacPhail, the family produces limited quantities of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon wines that express the character of the land they've farmed for 95 years, and hope to call home, for generations. For more information, visit www.sangiacomowines.com.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shyan Selah Foundation in partnership with Brave New World Enterprises and Washington State Department of Commerce is proud to announce the official re-launch of The Artist Workshop September 17th!
The Artist Workshop is specifically designed to cultivate and develop aspiring entertainment artists and creative entrepreneurs. This exclusive program created from the real life experience and endeavors of Shyan Selah will produce a monthly series featuring the fundamental elements of the global entertainment industries including: music, tv/film, digital tech/social media, fashion, and professional sports industries for 14 - 21 year old participants. Every month participants will be able to listen and join in on conversations with a select panel made up of experts from each of the listed industries - the majority of which come directly from Shyan Selah's professional network. Featured guest speakers will include 7 time Grammy Award winning mix engineer Neal H Pogue (Tyler the Creator, Doja Cat, The Marias and more), Screenwriter Kirkland Morris (BMF, Powerbook IV: Force), Jay Warsinske (Founder of the IndiePower), Film and Music Director Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, 9-11, The Bronx Bull, Billy Gibbons/ZZ Top), Eddie Levert, Jr. (President of Levert Entertainment, son of Eddie Levert of the O'Jays) and and much, much more.
"The Artist Workshop is the type of vehicle that can change an entire community," says Shyan Selah. "The creative arts industries are responsible for what we call 'entertainment' but on a deeper level, it is the experience provider for what we call 'culture.' From music to fashion to film to video gaming and sports, the workshop will play a pivotal role in redefining equity all the while amplifying the importance of education with respect to these creative industries. I've been blessed to panel, lecture, and produce this type of outreach at some of the top entertainment conventions in the world: NAMM, SXSW, ASCAP, CES and The Magic Convention have given me tremendous education on how to do this type of work; and combined with our amazing network, our strategic partners, and the intricate needs of our community, I'm excited to have this program take flight in my hometown."
From September 2022 to June 2023 monthly workshops will be held in Shyan Selah's hometown of Federal Way, with plans for a large scale talent show in July of 2023. As an organization designed to empower and uplift marginalized youth, the Shyan Selah Foundation is pleased to announce that due to its partnership with the Department of Commerce, up to 250 participants will receive complimentary access to all workshops and events. Interested participants are encouraged to register at www.theartistworkshop.org for more information.
"Commerce is thrilled to partner with the Artist Workshop to give aspiring creative entrepreneurs the skills and connections they need to develop thriving careers," says Shannon Halberstadt, director of creative economy sector development at the Department of Commerce. "The Artist Workshop will help cultivate the future creative workers and leaders we need to build a strong creative economy in Washington state."
The relationship between the Shyan Selah Foundation and the Department of Commerce stems from the inclusion of the program as a proviso introduced by Washington State Representative Jesse Johnson in the 2022-2023 state budget to address the ongoing need for educational and career development among Washington's youth.
"The Artist Workshop will provide our young people with the expert knowledge, skill set, and access to resources to inspire and empower a new generation of creative artists," says Representative Johnson. "This program is being implemented with a specific equity focused approach to make the arts more inclusive to all young people, particularly from our most vulnerable and marginalized communities. The Artist Workshop has been supporting students for a while now and finally has the financial support it deserves to bring about meaningful programming to our youth in South King County at a time when our youth need us the most as a community."
For more information and for the Artist Workshop schedule, please visit www.theartistworkshop.org.
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Consumer preference shows GMOs are not wanted or needed in the innovative plant-based space
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last year plant-based food sales grew three times faster than total sales, with market value at an all-time high of $7.4 billion. One of the fastest growing product categories, plant-based foods is expected to reach $162 billion in the next decade. Eaters are drawn to plant-based foods for reasons such as health, climate, and affordability. SPINS reports about 52% of overall plant-based sales are Non-GMO Project Verified. At the same time, new research shows explosive growth of Verified products in the plant-based space – a bellwether signaling consumer demand is headed toward non-GMO plant-based options.
Many companies without the Butterfly mark rely on traditional GMOs such as soybeans and corn. Moreover, significant investment is being made in new GMOs using synthetic biology (synbio), to create a range of ingredients for plant-based products, including non-animal dairy proteins, fats, and blood-like compounds such as "heme." The new products made with GMOs are being marketed directly to natural shoppers and retailers, using unfamiliar terms such as "precision fermentation," "animal free," and "nature identical." These synthetic products are entering the market largely unregulated and unlabeled, compromising the consumer's right to know what's in their food.
"The Non-GMO Project supports appropriate innovation and technology for creating new, wholesome vegan and vegetarian options, but we are seeing synthetic ingredients infiltrating the plant-based space," cautions Megan Westgate, founder and executive director of the Non-GMO Project, North America's most relied-upon non-GMO authority. "Let's keep plant-based foods naturally non-GMO. And if they do contain GMOs, at least label them clearly, so people can choose to avoid them."
Data show that consumers are looking for the Butterfly. In a new case study of growth of sales from 2019-2021, SPINS data found that Non-GMO Project Verified frozen plant-based meat alternatives rose +71.7%, as opposed to only +10.4% for unlabeled products in the same category.
"It's hard to ignore the opportunistic nature of some of the GMO-based companies, targeting plant-seeking consumers. Most people who are looking for animal protein alternatives want real plants; this transition is often cultural and personal," says Alicia Kennedy, food writer, author and veganism expert. "The problem is that many consumers have no idea that some of these products are made from industrial GMOs and synthetic ingredients. Products are largely not labeled. Vegetarianism and veganism have been co-opted by Silicon Valley and venture capitalists, where once they were often a protest against industrial foods. Why is that?"
"We know there is a big and growing movement to embrace sustainable plant-based proteins, and we believe the leading edge of innovation is actually non-GMO and organic. It's important that shoppers have that option and many Non-GMO Project Verified brands are showing how great real food can be," said Nicole Atchison, CEO of PURIS Holdings, which was named Fast Company's Most Innovative Food Company in 2021. "We can make vegan options available and truly sustainable by using natural, non-GMO ingredients — that's what most people want, too."
On September 14 at 9 am PST, the Project will host a live industry seminar Who's Driving the Future of Plant-Based Foods? Non-GMO Innovation in the Fastest Growing Category. Industry experts and thought leaders will discuss the convergence of sustainability, demand for plant-based food, and the need for food sovereignty. What does innovation in plant-based foods look like without GMOs? Are products made with new GMOs even in demand? The seminar will explore these questions and more, plus live audience questions at the end.
The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit organization committed to preserving and building sources of non-GMO products, educating consumers and providing verified non-GMO choices. As the market leader for GMO avoidance, the Project offers North America's most rigorous and trusted third-party verification for non-GMO food and products.
Contact: Hans Eisenbeis, press@nongmoproject.org , 360-255-7704
Sasha Bernstein Skon, SashaBernstein.PR@gmail.com , 203-536-4987
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Infinity Game Table to Feature the First Digital Reimagination of Popular Titles
MIAMI, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcade1Up, the leader in at-home retro arcade game entertainment, today announced a partnership with The Op (Usaopoly), a leading publisher of best-selling board games and puzzles, to bring some of their most popular games to Arcade1Up's Infinity Game Table™, the leading hybrid tabletop gaming device. The partnership marks the first time The Op's iconic games will be available in a digital format and will expand the Infinity Game Table's fast-growing library of 78 games and activities. Games from The Op are expected to be available later this year.
"We look at the Infinity Game Table as the next generation of 'Family Game Night' with innovative new entertainment that everyone can enjoy. Working with The Op to reimagine some of their well-known titles for the digital platform, while expanding our library of games, is something we are very excited to take on," said Davin Sufer, CTO of Arcade1Up. "We look forward to continued innovation and furthering our position as the leader in the hybrid digital tabletop gaming category."
"We are thrilled to be making our best-selling games available digitally for the first time on such an innovative, digital-first platform like the Infinity Game Table," said Casey Sershon, Director of Product Development at The Op. "The Infinity Game Table will really bring our games to life, providing fun for the entire family. It's the perfect combination of digital engagement while maintaining the in-person social aspect of board games."
The Infinity Game Table has been wildly successful in its first year, selling out of its initial wave of shipments and reaching over $1 million backing on Kickstarter. Awards and accolades include being named "Best Board Game" (2021) by Esquire, CNN's "Best Games & Gadgets of E3", one of Newsweek's "25 Incredible Gifts for Gamers," and CNET's CES "2021's Coolest Gadgets."
About the Infinity Game Table by Arcade1Up
The Infinity Game Table™ by Arcade1Up is the future of "Family Game Night." A hybrid digital tabletop gaming experience, the Infinity Game Table™ couples digital and IRL experiences heightening the competitive fun of playing board games. The Infinity Game Table's™ growing library of 78 games and activities includes digital versions of marquee family game night essentials including CLUE®, HARRY POTTER™ Wizard's Chess, TICKET TO RIDE®, SCRABBLE®, MONOPOLY®, CHUTES & LADDERS® and more. Now available through most major retailers and directly from Arcade1Up.com
About The Op – Usaopoly
The Op, also known as Usaopoly, is a leading publisher and manufacturer of board games and puzzles for over 25 years. Our diverse portfolio includes award-winning and best-selling titles such as TELESTRATIONS®, BLANK SLATE™, and HARRY POTTER™ HOGWARTS BATTLE™ as well as licensed versions of MONOPOLY®, CLUE®, MUNCHKIN®, TRIVIAL PURSUIT®, CODENAMES and more. The Op continues to partner with marquee brands and licensors such as Hasbro, Disney, Marvel, Nintendo, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, FOX, and Nickelodeon. The Op is passionate about bringing family, friends, and fans together to create memorable experiences through play! Learn more at www.TheOp.games.
Contact:
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robert@tastemakersllc.com
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Reports: Twitter to provide Musk with raw daily tweet data
(AP) - Twitter plans to offer Elon Musk access to its “firehose” of raw data on hundreds of millions of daily tweets in an effort to push forward the Tesla billionaire’s agreed-to $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform, according to multiple news reports.
Lawyers involved in the deal would not confirm the data sharing agreement. Musk made no comment on Twitter, although he has previously been vocal about various aspects of the deal. Twitter declined to confirm the reports and pointed to a Monday statement in which the company said it is continuing to “cooperatively” share information with Musk.
Musk, who struck a legally binding agreement to buy Twitter in April, contends that the deal can’t proceed unless the company provides more information about the prevalence of fake accounts on its platform. He has argued, without presenting evidence, that Twitter has significantly underestimated the number of these “spam bots” -- automated accounts that typically promote scams and misinformation — on its service.
On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also announced an investigation into Twitter for allegedly failing to disclose the extent of its spam bot and fake accounts, saying his office would look into “potential false reporting” of bots on Twitter.
The Washington Post first reported Twitter’s plan to provide Musk with full access to the firehose, citing a person familiar with the matter. Other reports suggested the billionaire might only receive partial access.
Twitter’s reported offer could blunt Musk’s attempts to use the spam bot issue to cast doubt on the deal’s future. This week, lawyers for Musk accused the company of refusing to surrender information about the true number of bot accounts on Twitter. Mike Ringler, the Palo Alto, California, attorney who signed that Monday letter, told the AP he was not at liberty to speak about the matter when reached Wednesday afternoon.
Fake social media accounts have been problematic for years. Advertisers rely on the number of users provided by social media platforms to determine where they will spend money. Spam bots are also used to amplify messages and spread disinformation.
The problem of fake accounts is well-known to Twitter and its investors. The company has disclosed its bot estimates to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for years, while also cautioning that its estimate might be too low.
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has said that Twitter has consistently estimated that fewer than 5% of its accounts are spam. But Musk has disputed that figure, contending in a May tweet — without evidence — that 20% or more of Twitter’s accounts are bogus.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/06/08/reports-twitter-provide-musk-with-raw-daily-tweet-data/ | 2022-06-08T22:07:50Z |
TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gogoro® Inc. (Nasdaq: GGR), a global technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, today announced that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30th, 2022 before markets open on August 11th, 2022. Gogoro's management team will hold an earnings Webcast at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 11th, 2022 to discuss the Company's financial and business results and outlook.
What: Date of Gogoro Q2 2022 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast
When: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Time: 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 8:00 p.m. Taipei Standard Time
Webcast: https://investor.gogoro.com/news-events/events
Approximately 24 hours after the Q&A session, an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for approximately two weeks thereafter.
Founded in 2011 to rethink urban energy and inspire the world to move through cities in smarter and more sustainable ways, Gogoro leverages the power of innovation to change the way urban energy is distributed and consumed. Gogoro's battery swapping and vehicle platforms offer a smart, proven and sustainable long-term ecosystem for delivering a new approach to urban mobility. Gogoro has quickly become an innovation leader in vehicle design and electric propulsion, smart battery design, battery swapping, and advanced cloud services that utilize artificial intelligence to manage battery availability and safety. The challenge is massive, but the opportunity to disrupt the status quo, establish new standards, and achieve new levels of sustainable transportation growth in densely populated cities is even greater. For more information, visit www.gogoro.com/news and follow Gogoro on Twitter: @wearegogoro.
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Marcinkowski, Cardoso lift Earthquakes past Rapids 1-0
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nathan Cardoso scored an all-important goal while JT Marcinkowski stopped the four shots he faced as the San Jose Earthquakes earned a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rapids. The Earthquakes moved to 2-5-3 after the victory and the Rapids dropped to 3-4-3. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/07/marcinkowski-cardoso-lift-earthquakes-past-rapids-1-0/ | 2022-05-08T05:08:16Z |
The following is a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Movies
The streamers have an embarrassment of riches to offer film fans this week, starting with a few charming highlights from this year’s Sundance Film Festival: “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” debuts on Hulu on Friday, June 17, and “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” starts streaming on Apple TV+ Friday, June 17 as well. “Cha Cha” looks at post-grad malaise from the eyes of 22-year-old Andrew (played by writer-director Cooper Raiff), who strikes up a friendship with a single mom (Dakota Johnson) and her daughter (Vanessa Burghardt) while working as a bar-mitzvah party starter. “Leo Grande” focuses on a character in a different stage of life: Emma Thompson plays a 50-something widow and retired teacher who hires a handsome young sex worker (played by breakout Daryl McCormack) to break her out of her funk. It is much sweeter than it might sound.
Netflix also has some high-profile films coming this week. First up is the Jennifer Lopez documentary “Halftime,” which starts streaming Tuesday. The doc focuses on the months leading up to her halftime performance at the Super Bowl in 2020 and promises candid and vulnerable moments, including the morning she found out she did not get an Oscar nomination for “Hustlers.” Then, on Friday, June 17, the sci-fi thriller “Spiderhead” debuts. Based on a George Saunders short story, Chris Hemsworth plays an eccentric scientist who runs a state-of-the-art penitentiary and is administering experimental emotion-controlling drugs on the inmates (Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett among them). It’s directed by Joseph Kosinski who is flying high after the success of “Top Gun: Maverick.”
And over on HBO Max, there is a new “Father of the Bride” remake coming Thursday. Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan play the parents of the bride (Adria Arjona). Not only are the parents having their own marital problems, but Sophie’s fiancé, Adam (Diego Boneta), is Mexican, leading to some cultural clashes with her Cuban family. The stars have said they were excited to be part of a story that represents different Latin cultures without stereotypes.
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
Music
The members of Foals feel like dancing and who can blame them? The British indie darlings spent 2019 putting out a complex social commentary in two parts — “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost” — and now it’s time for some fun. “Life Is Yours” is a shimmering album of airy, uplifting songs, highlighted by “2001,” a brilliant slice of disco-smeared funk, and “2AM,” a propulsive ode to not going home alone. The electronic-driven “Wild Green” could have come out in 1982 and frontman Yannis Philippakis’s falsetto fuels a sunshine-drenched “Crest of the Wave.”
Alanis Morissette once famously sang “I am not the doctor” but she’s got some calming advice this summer. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter will release “The Storm Before the Calm,” an album of guided meditations co-written with Dave Harrington, on Friday, June 17. The 11-tracks have names like “Calling Generation X” and “The Other Side of Stillness.” The “Jagged Little Pill” creator said, “Making the record kept me super connected and accountable during COVID, when I felt like I was just going to disappear and float away.”
Two iconic music acts — The Beach Boys and Frank Zappa — have streaming offerings this week. “Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys,” originally released in 2003, has been updated in both number of songs and audio quality, expanding the original 30 tracks for a total of 80. And “Zappa/Erie” is a new six-disc boxed set/digital collection that contains more than seven hours of unreleased material, including a trio of live shows recorded 1974-76. Of the 71 tracks, only 10 minutes have been released before.
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
Television
Queen Elizabeth II had her Platinum Jubilee extravaganza, and now Queen Elizabeth I would appreciate your attention to her 16th-century back story. “Becoming Elizabeth,” which debuted Sunday on Starz, stars Alicia von Rittberg as the orphaned teenager who is destined for the English throne — but not without a struggle, as depicted by series creator-writer Anya Reiss. When King Henry VIII is succeeded by his 9-year-old son, Henry (Oliver Zetterström), the boy, Elizabeth and their sister Mary (Romala Garai) are caught in a struggle between English insiders and European outsiders to control the country.
Here’s whazzup: It’s been 30 years since “Martin” debuted, and BET+ is marking the anniversary with “Martin: The Reunion.” Original cast members Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold and Carly Anthony Payne II revisit the 1992-97 sitcom with music and celebrity guests including Snoop Dogg, Brian McKnight, Tracy Morgan and Marla Gibbs. Debuting Thursday, the program includes a tribute to the late Thomas Mikal Ford, who played Tommy Strawn in the Fox series. It was a network hit, but marred by Campbell’s allegations of sexual harassment.
The Robertson family of “Duck Dynasty” fame has a new venture with “Duck Family Treasure,” a 10-part series debuting Sunday, June 19, on the Fox Nation streaming service. Brothers Jase and Jep Robertson are center stage as they search for, yes, buried treasure, including artifacts and gems, with help from uncle Si Robertson and friend Murry Crowe. The brothers’ wives and other family members will be part of the show, along with “people, places and lessons” they find along the way.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber | https://www.tdtnews.com/entertainment/article_1cc5197a-eb10-11ec-b86e-4b9b53af282b.html | 2022-06-13T14:10:17Z |
Man bowls 3 perfect games in a row
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (WTHR) – Bryan Deck spends most nights at a bowling alley in Indiana. He started bowling when he was 7 years old because his dad loved to bowl.
“I grew up around it my whole life,” Deck said. “I love the competition.”
Last week, that competitive fire took over, and he bowled three perfect games in a row.
Deck said he didn’t feel very well that night and wasn’t going to bowl. But after visiting his dad’s grave, he decided to show up for his league anyway.
He had several strikes during his warmup, but he didn’t stop there.
Deck cruised through his first perfect 300 game, and then people started noticing as he went after another.
After rolling a second perfect game, he started to run out of energy and said the nerves were really taking over.
“So, I get up there and, like I said, I said, ‘C’mon, Dad, pull me through this last game.’ And I get up there and like the fifth frame ... or the sixth frame, it was like he just jumped inside my body. It was unreal,” Deck said.
He rolled 36 consecutive strikes and became just the 39th person in the world to have three consecutive perfect games.
Before this, Deck’s personal best was 813 points in one night.
Copyright 2022 WTHR via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/06/29/man-bowls-3-perfect-games-row/ | 2022-06-29T18:44:23Z |
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene" SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading innovative, commercial-stage global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematology and oncology, today announced that members of the senior management team will participate and present at the following industry conferences in the U.S. in September.
Event: Baird's 2022 Global Healthcare Conference (in-person)
Date: September 13-14, 2022
Location: New York
Format: Company Presentation (September 14 at 2:35 p.m. ET) and 1x1 Meetings
Participation: In-person
Event: Macquarie's "Looking into a Post-COVID World" Pan Asia Conference (in-person)
Date: September 28-29, 2022
Format: 1x1s and Group Meetings
Participation: In-person
About Antengene
Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK) is a leading commercial-stage R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative first-in-class/best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, in realizing its vision of "Treating Patients Beyond Borders".
Since 2017, Antengene has built a broad and expanding pipeline of 15 clinical and preclinical assets, of which 10 are global rights assets, and 5 came with rights for Asia Pacific markets including the Greater China region. To date, Antengene has obtained 24 investigational new drug (IND) approvals in the U.S. and Asia, and submitted 6 new drug applications (NDAs) in multiple Asia Pacific markets, with the NDA for XPOVIO® (selinexor) already approved in mainland China, South Korea, Singapore and Australia.
Forward-looking statements
The forward-looking statements made in this article relate only to the events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this article. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should read this article completely and with the understanding that our actual future results or performance may be materially different from what we expect. In this article, statements of, or references to, our intentions or those of any of our Directors or our Company are made as of the date of this article. Any of these intentions may alter in light of future development. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement, see the section titled "Risk Factors" in our periodic reports filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's Annual Report for year-end December 31, 2021, and subsequent filings with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
For more information, please contact:
Investor Contacts:
Donald Lung
E-mail: Donald.Lung@antengene.com
Mobile: +86 18420672158
PR Contacts:
Peter Qian
E-mail: Peter.Qian@antengene.com
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, GRAB, EVFM, CLVS, and MU.
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Bug season is springing soon
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The return of spring has bugs crawling out of hibernation to gain food to survive. Many entomologists say the planting of crops in April lets bugs return out to prey on food.
The drought will look to favor some types of bugs. Experts say it's a common misconception to assume the drought will kill off most bugs. They say some kinds of insects do thrive better in environments that are dry and warmer.
For example, one expert noted anthropods come out during hotter and drier conditions. He said they were feeding on the potato crop. It was more intriguing to note the anthropods died off because the Idaho summer was too hot and dry.
Gardeners are advised to make sure their plants get plenty of water. Experts warn the drier the plant, the more prone bugs are to feast on that plant since the plant cannot protect itself as much. | https://localnews8.com/news/idaho/2022/04/21/bug-season-is-springing-soon/ | 2022-04-21T23:31:02Z |
FRISCO (SILVER STAR NATION) — Dallas Cowboys Owner and General Manager Jerry Jones spoke to fans at The Star in Frisco Thursday night after they turned in Tulsa offensive tackle Tyler Smith’s draft card.
According to Jones, Smith was the 16th overall pick on their draft board, which would technically make him a steal at pick 24. Many analysts had Smith as a second or third round pick due to his need for development.
According to Jones, a team tried to trade up with Dallas in order to select Smith while they were on the clock. NFL insiders said teams were much higher on Smith than analysts.
The pick was not widely loved by “Dallas Cowboys twitter”, but Smith said people have underestimated him his entire playing career.
“Every time I line up across from somebody, I play with the mindset that they think they’re better than me,” Smith said in a press conference. “They’re trying to take food out of my mouth. They’re trying to take food out of my teammates mouths.”
When speaking of Smith, Jones said it’s “eerie to me the similarities” between the Cowboys’ first round pick and another offensive lineman, drafted in the first round, with the last name Smith.
Jones said at The Star after the pick was made he thinks Tyler could be the next Tyron, one of the best lineman in the NFL even a decade removed from his first-round selection in 2011.
As they say, only time will tell.
“I like to set the tone,” Smith said. “I wanna make them think twice about getting up when they go against me, for sure.”
Sources said Smith will wear the number 73, the same number as another Cowboys’ great, Larry Allen. | https://cw33.com/sports/silver-star-nation/cowboys-first-round-pick-arrives-at-the-star/ | 2022-04-30T00:47:45Z |
Families Can Enter to Win the Grand Prize of $5,000 to Plus up their Movie Watching Experience!
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eggland's Best is off to its biggest adventure yet! Known for its superior taste and nutrition, the #1 branded egg in the U.S. is on a mission to celebrate the in-home release of Disney and Pixar's Lightyear with stellar prizes and experiences.
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Eggland's Best's hens are fed a strictly controlled proprietary, high-quality all-vegetarian diet, which results in a better-tasting, more nutritious egg that stays fresher longer. EB eggs are available in large, extra-large, jumbo, cage free, organic, hard-cooked, cage free hard-cooked, organic hard-cooked, liquid egg whites, various frozen varieties and are certified Kosher. For more information, visit www.egglandsbest.com.
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Sarah Sanders undergoes surgery for thyroid cancer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who is running for governor in Arkansas, underwent surgery Friday for thyroid cancer.
Sanders announced she underwent the surgery after a biopsy earlier this month revealed that she had thyroid cancer.
“Today, I underwent a successful surgery to remove my thyroid and surrounding lymph nodes and by the grace of God I am now cancer-free,” Sanders said in a statement released by her campaign. “I want to thank the Arkansas doctors and nurses for their world-class care, as well as my family and friends for their love, prayers, and support.”
Sanders, 40, said she looked forward to returning to the campaign trail soon. Sanders’ last public event was at the Arkansas Razorbacks football game on Saturday.
Sanders, who served as former President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman until 2019, is running against Democratic nominee Chris Jones. She is the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Sanders, who has shattered fundraising records in the race, is heavily favored in the predominantly Republican state of Arkansas. The state’s current Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, is leaving office in January due to term limits.
A doctor for Sanders said in a statement that he expected her to be back on her feet within the next 24 hours. Dr. John R. Sims, a surgeon at CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock, said Sanders will need adjuvant treatment with radioactive iodine and continued long follow up care.
Sims said Sanders’ cancer was a stage 1 papillary thyroid carcinoma, the most common type of thyroid cancer and said she has an “excellent” prognosis.
“I think it’s fair to say she’s now cancer free, and I don’t anticipate any of this slowing her down,” Sims said.
During Sanders’ nearly two-year tenure at the White House, she scaled back daily televised briefings after repeatedly sparring with reporters and faced questions about her credibility. But she also earned reporters’ respect working behind the scenes to develop relationships with the media.
Sanders was well known in Arkansas politics before launching her governor’s bid, going back to when she appeared in ads for her father’s campaigns. She managed Sen. John Boozman’s 2010 election and worked as an adviser to Sen. Tom Cotton’s in 2014.
She’s run primarily on national issues in the Arkansas race, promising to use the governor’s office to fight President Joe Biden and the “radical left.”
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The memories are too fond, and the bonds formed too tight for Von Miller to say anything negative about the Los Angeles Rams even as the Buffalo Bills’ new pass rusher prepares to face his former team in the NFL’s season opener on Thursday night.
“They came and got me at a time when I really needed that. They refreshed me,” Miller said on Sunday, before listing the many friendships he made — from defensive tackle Aaron Donald to equipment director Brendan Burger — in his brief, successful stint with the Rams. “I can never hate L.A.”
What’s also true about the NFL’s active leader in sacks is how much he’s warmed to his new surroundings. Miller, after all, readily acknowledged second-guessing his decision to leave behind the bright lights of Hollywood and his second Super Bowl championship for Buffalo right up to the moment the 33-year-old signed a six-year contract in March.
“I still remember it like yesterday, coach McDermott saying, `It’s Buffalo. I know it doesn’t have the optics, but you will learn to love this place,‘” Miller said, referring to Bills coach Sean McDermott.
“When he said it, I thought it was part of the recruiting pitch,” he added. “But being here in western New York … I just feel at home. I’ve fallen in love with the place, and it just gets better and better each and every day.”
Perhaps, it’s the care packages of toilet paper that piled up at his dorm room door at training camp, and sent by Bills fans after Miller questioned the quality of the tissue players were issued. Maybe, it was the call he recently received from his new neighbor, alerting Miller that his garage door was open.
And it’s difficult for Miller to ignore Buffalo’s talent-laden roster, featuring a dynamic Josh Allen-led offense and a defense which led the NFL in numerous statistical categories last season to make him a true, ahem, Bill-iever.
“You’re watching clips of (defensive tackle) Ed Oliver and seeing the player he is. You see Josh Allen (receiver Stefon) Diggs and it definitely helps,” Miller said in April. “You know, being here for the start of OTAs, it’s definitely put me at peace. I’m excited to go. I’m ready to go win a Super Bowl for the Buffalo Bills.”
Expectations have been high in Buffalo since 2020, when the Bills won their first AFC East title in 25 years and reached the conference championship before losing to Kansas City. Miller’s addition raises the temperature further by muscling up what had been a middling pass rush.
“Von Miller, there’s only one in the league. Like there’s only one Aaron Donald in the league that can effectively change the game on a constant basis and something that we haven’t had for a long time,” Bills Hall of Fame defensive end and the NFL’s career sacks leader Bruce Smith told The Associated Press in June. “If he stays healthy, he will be the missing piece that we needed to complete this quest for a Super Bowl title.”
Miller’s presence alone could have made the difference last season when the Bills squandered a three-point lead in the final 13 seconds of an eventual 42-36 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs. Jerry Hughes, whom Miller replaces, was a half-step away from sacking Patrick Mahomes in what could have ended the Chiefs’ two-play, 44-yard drive which set up Harrison Butker’s 49-yard field goal as time expired.
Miller showed he hadn’t lost a step after being traded by Denver to the Rams in November. After getting five sacks in eight regular-season games with L.A., Miller added four more in the playoffs, including two in the Rams’ Super Bowl victory over Cincinnati.
“Von is 33, but that boy is 23. He moves better than anybody on the football field,” Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins said.
“The word I would use is an elastic band or a rubber band, because he’s just real springy and real slithery,” he added. “We’re all big and strong, so if I were to hit somebody, it would be ‘boom!′ When you hit Von, it’s more like ’voom,′ like how did that not hit like it’s supposed to hit?”
Bills center Mitch Morse said the prospect of the Bills lining up Miller and Oliver on the same side as being almost like “cheating” because of the mismatches they can create.
Miller’s impact has already extended into a leadership role with him being selected a defensive captain. He’s taken Buffalo’s young group of defensive ends under his wing, including having them attend his annual pass-rush summit in June, which brings together many of the NFL’s top threats.
For all he’s accomplished entering his 12th season, Miller is focused on the future, while acknowledging how “weird” it might be watching the Rams celebrate their — and his — Super Bowl title this week. Miller hasn’t flashed his new championship ring around Buffalo, and doesn’t plan to while keeping it locked up as he did with the ring he won with the Broncos in the 2015 season.
“Even though it is a special moment, I don’t want that to be my determining moment in my career,” Miller said. “I want to make other moments just like that.”
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Innovative Men's Grooming Brand Partners with Atlanta Barber Institute (ATLBI) to Help Fight the Cycle of Incarceration and Recidivism
ATLANTA, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker and Company, the makers of the award-winning men's grooming brand Bevel, is pleased to announce the creation and awarding of the first-ever 'Bevel 'Next Up' Scholarship' as a part of their ongoing anti-recidivism social impact initiative. The scholarship is intended to close the gap and help make dreams come true for barber school students that have been impacted by mass incarceration and recidivism.
Bevel first announced their commitment to combat mass incarceration through the Home for Good initiative in the Summer of 2021: a collection of focused efforts on fighting mass incarceration through three key pillars: Increasing continuing education, expanding access to job training for returning citizens, and joining anti-recidivism legislation. As the first year of the Home for Good initiative draws to a close, Bevel is excited to begin this next phase.
As a Black-founded and led company, Bevel prioritizes the needs of Black men, and is committed to combating the devastating effects mass incarceration and recidivism continue to have on the Black community. Bevel's 'Next Up' Scholarship will cover the cost of tuition for barber students enrolled in a formal barber education program. In addition, students will receive Bevel products, including the new Bevel Pro All-in-One Clipper & Trimmer, and additional resources (including mentoring) that they need to be their best as they enter the barber profession. The 2022 Bevel 'Next Up' Scholarships will be awarded to select students at the Atlanta Barber Institute (ATLBI).
"Bevel prioritizes the needs of Black men, from the products we use to how we move through the world," said Tristan Walker, Founder and CEO of Walker and Company Brands, the makers of Bevel. "Mass incarceration and recidivism continue to tear our community apart and restrict our ability to move freely, so I'm excited to announce Bevel's initiative to help end this cycle."
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MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order.
The new feature is the company’s latest attempt to keep people coming back to its social network amid intensifying competition with its trendier rival TikTok.
The changes announced Thursday will offer up two different perspectives. When Facebook users open the app, they will initially see the usual news feed featuring posts selected by an algorithm that the company says is designed to highlight topics and friends most likely to appeal to each individual’s tastes and interests. The main feed on the newly dubbed “Home” section will also include an option to look at short videos called Reels — Facebook’s clone of TikTok.
But many users have expressed frustration with the feeds forced upon them by Facebook, while critics of the Menlo Park, California, company have blasted the algorithm for spreading misinformation and creating polarizing echo chambers.
Facebook, owned by Meta Platforms, is trying to address those concerns with a new Feed tab located to the left of the notifications tab on the shortcut bar in both the iPhone and Android versions of its mobile app.
After clicking on the Feed tab, users will be able to toggle over to a chronological presentation of their Facebook favorites, Facebook groups they have joined or feeds consisting exclusively of posts from all their Facebook friends in the order they were shared.
The new option is designed to address complaints from users who believe they have been missing interesting posts because Facebook’s algorithm omitted them from their feeds.
“One of the most requested features for Facebook is to make sure people don’t miss friends’ posts,” Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the announcement.
Facebook is giving users more control at a time when it has been struggling to grow, partly because other social media such as TikTok have become more popular, particularly among young generations. That stagnation, in turn, is making it more difficult for corporate parent Meta to boost its profits from the digital ads that appear in users’ feeds. | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/facebook-gives-users-new-way-to-see-all-their-friends-posts/ | 2022-07-22T14:32:56Z |
LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a premier provider of graphic solutions for over 50 years, AAA Flag & Banner is rebranding as A3 Visual. The new A3 Visual will boast five distinct divisions, creating the pillars upon which the newly rebranded company will stand: Creative, Print, Immersive, Fabrication, and Activation.
"AAA Flag & Banner is moving into the future with a new name, a new look, and more attention-grabbing services than ever," says Craig Furst, President & CEO. "We wanted to honor the long-lasting institution my father Howard Furst created in 1971, but foster a new identity that encompasses all that we have to offer. We feel A3 Visual does just that."
AAA Flag & Banner's divisions of Print, Fabrication, and Activation are well-known as they have decorated some of the most momentous events of the past 50 years, including multiple Olympic Games, Super Bowls, and Presidential Inaugurations, along with countless other sporting events, movie & television productions, and world-renowned attractions and theme parks.
In addition, a more robust Creative Services division will build upon the print and creative visuals already being manufactured by AAA Flag & Banner.
Last November, AAA Flag & Banner announced the launch of a new division that specializes in technology-based immersive and experiential productions for unique environments, with recent events such as Let's Glow 2021 in Downtown San Francisco, the Matrix Resurrections World Premiere at the Castro Theatre, and the MLS AllStar Concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Immersive division was initially branded as A3 Visual. AAA Flag & Banner will now adopt the name of A3 Visual as its own. "Our new identity as A3 Visual reflects our unique technology — along with enhanced products and services — allowing for diversity and greater value for our customers," stated Furst.
The rebrand launch will be completed by end of May 2022, and the updated Creative Services division will be operational by July.
AAA Flag & Banner is a full-service large format graphic printing and installation company, bringing events and environments to life. With locations in Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and San Francisco, they print and install large format graphics for outdoor advertising, sports, retail, entertainment, and corporate events. AAA Flag & Banner are experts using full-color digital imaging on fabrics, vinyl, and almost any substrate in any size. From design and printing to installation and ongoing maintenance, they go the extra mile to make your vision a reality. Visit AAAFlag.com to view examples of their work or request a free quote.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Thursday it has blocked a $1 billion Delaware-based trust connected to sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov.
The move comes after the U.S. seized a $325 million superyacht — the 348-foot-long Amadea — tied to Kerimov earlier this month.
The size of the trust and the complexity of the investigation made this a unique case, according to the department.
“Treasury continues using the full range of our tools to expose and disrupt those who seek to evade our sanctions and hide their ill-gotten gains,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.
“Even as Russian elites hide behind proxies and complex legal arrangements, Treasury will use our broad enforcement authorities, as well as our partnerships through the REPO Task Force, to actively implement the multilaterally coordinated sanctions imposed on those who fund and benefit from Russia’s war against Ukraine,” she said.
Earlier this year, Treasury, the Justice Department and other agencies convened a task force known as REPO — short for Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs — to work with other countries to investigate and prosecute oligarchs and individuals allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
That consortium blocked and froze $30 billion in sanctioned individuals’ property and funds in its first 100 days in operation, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
Allied governments have done everything from barring individuals from trading in Russian gold in the U.S. to banning companies from providing accounting, legal and consulting services to anyone located in Russia.
Earlier this week, the Group of Seven nations agreed on a ban on Russian gold imports in the latest round of sanctions over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/treasury-blocks-1-billion-trust-owned-by-russian-oligarch/ | 2022-07-01T00:19:10Z |
Princeton University offers free tuition for some families
(CNN) - Students can go to Princeton University for free if their family earns less than $100,000.
The Ivy League school in New Jersey announced a more generous financial aid program Thursday.
Previously, students only qualified if their families made less than $65,000.
Now, most students from families earning less than $100,000 annually will get free tuition, room and board.
Princeton said about 1,500 undergraduates, which is about a quarter of the undergraduate student body, will get this aid.
Also under the new policies, which take effect next fall, more scholarship funding will go to families earning less than $150,000 a year.
Other Ivy League schools have also recently boosted financial aid for their students.
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Major advancement for resilient, clean electricity
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In an important breakthrough towards a resilient, zero-carbon electric grid, Mainspring Energy today announced that its Mainspring Linear Generator has passed key tests directly running 100% hydrogen and 100% ammonia fuels at high efficiencies. It is the first power generation technology to provide this level of fuel flexibility within a single product, significantly reducing customer investment risk in delivering resilient, clean, dispatchable, and low-cost electricity for both power grids and commercial and industrial uses.
In addition to hydrogen and ammonia, the Mainspring product runs on biogas, renewable natural gas, and other widely available gaseous fuels, and can switch between fuels automatically with software-based control. The technology has the potential to solve significant decarbonization challenges in meeting aggressive climate goals.
The scalability of the Mainspring product allows for use in behind-the-meter applications as well as in large grids, microgrids, data centers, and similar operations that require support for 24/7 clean power, clean backup generation, and clean firming capabilities. The products are in the field today powering the operations of Fortune 500 companies. Mainspring intends to deliver a model that is UL certified to directly run both hydrogen and ammonia, along with all other gaseous fuels, next year.
"Clean fuels are essential to decarbonizing the grid and supporting the rapid growth of solar and wind power. They provide all the advantages of fossil fuels - resilience, low-cost cross-seasonal storage, and ease of transport - without the carbon," said Shannon Miller, Mainspring CEO and founder. "We designed the fuel-flexible Linear Generator so that as clean fuels become increasingly available and cost-effective, organizations of all kinds can capitalize on them to run their operations, generate zero-carbon power, and meet their climate goals."
Dr. Michael Webber, the Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin, said, "Fuels like zero-carbon hydrogen and zero-carbon ammonia have the potential to reshape the national energy landscape. Any device that could efficiently convert ammonia directly and cleanly to electricity would be a game-changer for the use of ammonia on the power grid to firm renewables, since it would avoid the energy loss associated with converting ammonia back to hydrogen to use as a fuel."
Policy makers around the world are moving to accelerate the development of clean fuels as a means of growing their economies and decarbonizing many sectors. The European Commission's 2020 Hydrogen Strategy calls for a $430 billion investment in green hydrogen by 2030. The U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021 allocates $9.5 billion in clean hydrogen initiatives, and expert grid models such as the Net-Zero America Project include hydrogen as an important zero carbon fuel for generating clean, firm, power. In 2021, South Korea announced that hydrogen will become the country's largest single energy source by 2050, accounting for 33% of its total energy consumption.
Among the numerous applications for clean, firm, utility-scale power that a Mainspring Linear Generator running zero-carbon fuels can provide, an immediate high-potential application is displacing use of diesel generators for backup generation operations.
Diesel backup generators continue to be widely used at data centers, hospitals, and other operations that require backup power to operate during grid power outages. These diesel generators emit significant amounts of greenhouse gasses and harmful pollutants like soot that impact public health. A 2021 report by economic and policy consulting group M.Cubed found that California alone housed diesel backup generators with a capacity greater than 12 Gigawatts, about 15% of the state's entire electricity grid, with increasing deployments planned.
A Mainspring product running directly on 100% clean hydrogen or ammonia could replace a diesel backup generator with equal resilience at zero-carbon, while being available to also provide other benefits such as easy permitting, demand response, and wholesale market participation, since it has low emissions and can be permitted to run 24/7.
Well beyond backup power, the Mainspring product's fuel-flexibility and dispatchability - the ability to ramp up and down quickly and complement the inherent variability of solar and wind power - and easy siting and permitting (primarily driven by their ultra-low emissions and inverter-based interconnection) gives commercial, industrial, and utility customers alike unmatched adaptability in making investments and moving towards decarbonizing their operations. The products can run indefinitely when solar and wind power are in flux, low, or unavailable, making them ideal for firming renewables. In a zero-carbon power scenario, the 100% green hydrogen and ammonia fuels are produced using solar or wind power and stored in tanks until they are needed for power generation by linear generators whenever and wherever required.
Hydrogen, or H2, when produced from renewable sources, is particularly valuable from a climate change perspective due to its viability across a broad range of applications - power generation, heavy-duty transportation, heavy industry, chemicals, and other "hard-to-decarbonize" sectors. Since significant renewable penetration can mean curtailing, or "wasting" energy that's not used when generated, green hydrogen presents an important method to store and transport renewable energy for later use in other locations, including in the form of green ammonia, in effect becoming a transportable energy storage opportunity.
Ammonia, or NH3, is used widely in agriculture, with more than 150 million metric tons of ammonia produced globally each year. Though it is less well known as a fuel, it has high potential for power generation applications, such as replacing diesel backup generators, due to its higher energy density, existing global distribution network, ease of storage, and function as a hydrogen-carrier fuel. Liquid ammonia storage requires about 3x less volume than compressed hydrogen storage for the same amount of energy. It is easily piped, pumped, and stored at low pressure in inexpensive tanks. Also, ammonia has an abundant global supply chain and distribution infrastructure from its use as a fertilizer. Green ammonia is made from green hydrogen.
Both hydrogen and ammonia today are produced largely using traditional fossil fuel resources, but both also can be produced using 100% renewable resources such as solar and wind.
Driven by its vision of the low-cost, reliable, zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring is delivering a breakthrough new category of power generation — the linear generator — to leading commercial, industrial, and utility customers to increase their energy resilience, generate cost savings, and meet their sustainability and climate goals. Customers include Fortune 500 companies like Kroger and Lineage Logistics, as well as utilities like PG&E, Florida Power and Light, and others. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Mainspring is backed by top-tier investors. For more information on the company, technology, and products, please visit www.mainspringenergy.com.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin said he pays no attention to criticism or campaign donations when making decisions about what’s best for West Virginia.
Sounding somewhat exasperated when asked whether the dramatic bump in campaign contributions he’s received from oil and gas interests in recent months influenced his voting, the conservative Democrat said no.
During a roundtable discussion in Charleston on Friday, he said his office’s outsized role in drafting the sprawling economic package signed this week by U.S. President Joe Biden made him the target of the “far left,” environmental activists and the fossil fuel industry all at once.
“Nobody in their right mind would go through what I have gone through with my staff for the last eight months, taking all the crap we’ve taken from everybody in the country” if they weren’t doing what they believe is right, he said.
“I can be the hero and the villain all within a 24-hour shift,” he said. “The bottom line is, I make no excuses for what I think is right. I’ve always said this — If I can explain that, I can vote. I can take the criticism I know that goes with those votes. That’s part of the game.”
Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, offered a key vote needed to pass the Democrats’ flagship climate and health care bill in the 50-50 Senate. The House used a party-line 220-207 vote to pass the legislation, which Biden signed Tuesday.
The law, which places caps on prescription drug prices for seniors and extends subsidies meant to help Americans pay for health insurance, contains billions in incentives for clean energy. Owing largely to Manchin’s influence, it also offers renewed support for traditional fuel sources such as coal and natural gas with steps such as subsidies for technology that reduces carbon emissions.
“I wasn’t sure that they would ever agree because of my friends on the far left, the environmental community, was totally committed to dispersing and basically eliminating fossil,” Manchin said of the law.
But Manchin said there is “no way you can get rid of fossil in any short period of time.”
“You can use it cleaner as you basically transition, but it’s going to be with us, and you got to do the best you can with it,” he said. “So, I wanted to make sure they understood that.”
On the other side, he said he’s “been criticized by all my friends in the coal industry” because they think the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect their interests.
“(They) for some reason think that this is going to be harmful,” said Manchin, whose family owns Enersystems, a coal brokerage company. “I think it basically is a pathway forward so we can continue to produce industry, provide energy that our country needs.”
Under an agreement with the Democratic leadership, Manchin proposed a separate list of legislation to speed up federal permitting and make energy projects harder to block under federal acts. He also specifically asked that federal agencies “take all necessary actions” to streamline completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project long opposed by environmental activists.
The 303-mile (487-kilometer) pipeline, now mostly finished, would transport natural gas drilled from the Appalachian Basin through West Virginia and Virginia. Legal battles have delayed completion by nearly four years and doubled the pipeline’s cost, now estimated at $6.6 billion.
This election cycle, Manchin has received more campaign contributions from natural gas pipeline companies than any other member of U.S. Congress — contributions that have increased from $20,000 in 2020 to $331,910 in 2022, according to campaign finance records compiled by Open Secrets.
On Friday, he said his agenda in advocating for the pipeline was to bring down the cost for consumers by increasing the size of the market and creating jobs. He insisted the campaign money had nothing to do with it.
“I understand the cynical part of that. People look at it and they go, ‘Well, they’re just taking care of themselves,'” he said. “I’m sorry people, I have no idea who contributes. I don’t look at that, I don’t go out and advocate that at all.”
He said lawmakers need to “rise above” corporate and party pressure to deliver for their constituents.
“Politics has become a very, very nasty, destructive type of process … both sides are guilty of weaponizing the good of America for the good of the party — both sides, and it’s just not right for our country,” he said. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/manchin-dismisses-critics-embraces-hero-and-villain-role/ | 2022-08-19T22:25:39Z |
US officials: Brittney Griner considered wrongfully detained
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. Since then, U.S. officials had stopped short of classifying the Phoenix Mercury player as wrongfully detained and said instead that their focus was on ensuring that she had access in jail to American consular affairs officials.
Now, though, U.S. officials have shifted supervision of her case to a State Department section — the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs — that is focused on negotiating for the release of hostages and other Americans classified as being wrongfully detained in other countries.
“Brittney has been detained for 75 days, and our expectation is that the White House do whatever is necessary to bring her home,” said Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas.
The president of the WNBA players’ union, Nneka Ogwumike, noted in a separate statement that “it has been 75 days that our friend, teammate, sister, Brittney Griner, has been wrongfully detained in Russia.”
“It is time for her to come home,” Ogwumike added. “Having learned that the U.S. government has now determined that BG is being wrongfully detained we are hopeful that their efforts will be significant, swift and successful.”
It was unclear what prompted the shift in approach to Griner’s case, though President Joe Biden’s administration had been under pressure from members of Congress and others to make her release a priority.
The U.S. last week secured the release of Marine veteran Trevor Reed as part of a prisoner swap that also resulted in a convicted Russian drug trafficker being freed from prison in the U.S.
Besides Griner, another American regarded as unjustly detained in Russia is Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan who was arrested in December 2018 while visiting for a friend’s wedding and was later sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage-related charges his family says are bogus.
ESPN first reported the classification in Griner’s case. Two U.S. officials confirmed it on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it by name.
Meanwhile, the WNBA announced Tuesday that it would honor Griner with a floor decal and allow the Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team’s cap. The decal will feature Griner’s initials, BG, as well as her No. 42.
All 12 teams will have the decal on their home courts starting with the season opener Friday night. The Mercury open their season at home that night against the Las Vegas Aces.
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Associated Press writer Doug Feinberg in New York contributed to this report.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Allied Payment Network, Inc. ("Allied"), the industry's most innovative provider of online and mobile money movement services to banks and credit unions, announced today that it has secured a significant capital investment from RF Investment Partners ("RF"), a private investment firm that provides debt and structured equity solutions to growth-oriented companies.
Since its founding, Allied has set many milestones in the FinTech space, including being the first to pay bills through a smartphone's camera with its flagship product PicturePay®; the first to process real-time payments to a financial institution's core system; the first to push payments directly to billers in real-time; and the first bill pay company to introduce cryptocurrencies to the community banking market. The RF investment will fuel Allied's continued product innovation and growth strategies, as it empowers financial institutions to acquire and retain new account holders.
"This new investment from RF underlines our commitment to remaining the market leader in providing first-to-market, modernized solutions that meet consumer and small business payments expectations," said Ralph Marcuccilli, CEO and founder of Allied. "Together with RF, we can capitalize on additional opportunities that further our mission of harnessing the power of technology to support our financial institution clients' success."
Allied president Kelli Schultz added, "Today's banking industry demands financial institutions to provide a simplified, faster and more transparent bill management experience. Our solutions, with the RF partnership, position us to deliver."
"Allied is helping financial institutions build strategic relationships with consumers through technology solutions that support financial wellness. We're excited to partner with the Allied team to accelerate product innovation and expand brand awareness across the banking ecosystem," said Jacob Gordon, Director at RF. "We could not be more enthusiastic about working with this management team. Their depth, experience and track record in the payments market is truly impressive," added Peter Fidler, Managing Partner at RF.
Allied Payment Network is an industry-leading provider of digital money movement technologies to the financial services industries. Allied's suite of emerging online and mobile payment channels include solutions for Internet bill pay, small business payments, person-to-person, account-to-account, online loan payments and the ability to buy, sell and hold bitcoin, among others. For more information, visit www.AlliedPayment.com.
With offices in New York, Chicago and Dallas, RF is a private investment firm managing $550 million of capital (including private capital and projected SBA leverage) across various investment vehicles, including Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") funds. RF is dedicated to using flexible debt and equity financing solutions to support exceptional management teams in lower-middle-market companies. For more information, visit https://www.rf-partners.com.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASCAR driver Joey Gase, alongside McGruff the Crime Dog®, are spotlighting the harms of counterfeit products, at the WAWA 250 on August 26. With his #35 car displaying the Go For Real logo, Gase is promoting the successful anti-counterfeiting campaign, which is sponsored by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to raise awareness of the importance of buying authentic products.
"I am extremely excited to be teaming up with McGruff the Crime Dog this weekend in Daytona!" said Gase. "I remember McGruff coming and visiting my class when I was in elementary school and how cool that was. I also know my boys will be so excited to meet McGruff at the track on Friday!"
This partnership is driven by NASCAR and Gase's deep understanding of the harms that are caused by fakes. The Go For Real campaign educates fans and consumers on the dangers of dupes that permeate multiple industries, including professional sports.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has valued the counterfeit auto-part market at roughly $12 million annually, with 80% of these dupes coming from China.
"NASCAR drivers rely on the safety of real auto parts to compete in various races annually," said Paul DelPonte, Executive Director of the NCPC home of McGruff the Crime Dog. "Whether on a track, or on the street, it is vital to choose real products that are tested for safety. Through this partnership we can reach millions of Americans with one message: You're Smart. Buy Smart."
"Buying smart and buying real is key to keeping our drivers, as well as our kids and loved ones, safe," said Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and an amateur race car driver herself. "Counterfeit goods, which cross our borders into the U.S. at the rate of over $9 million in value per day, not only harm and cause death, they also take jobs away from American families. Whether it is car or video game components, make-up or prescription drugs, or purses and shoes, this pervasive criminal activity must be stopped. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and I are committed to cracking down on counterfeit goods for the benefit of every American and entrepreneur. I am thrilled that NASCAR – an iconic brand in and of itself – and driver Joey Gase are doing their part to change the narrative and shifting this import work into high gear."
You can catch the crime fighters on the USA Network at 7:30 PM ET.
To learn more about the Go For Real campaign, visit www.ncpc.org/goforreal or visit NCPC's social media channels @McgruffatNCPC. For more information related to Joey Gase, visit www.joeygaseracing.com or visit Joey's social media channels @JoeyGaseRacing.
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More flash flooding threatens the Dallas area after cars and trucks were inundated early Monday by sudden, climate crisis-fueled storms that stunned parts of Texas afflicted this summer by "flash drought."
Dallas County remains under a flash flood warning until 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET), as broader flood watches Monday cover nearly 15 million people from northeastern Texas into northern Louisiana and far southern Arkansas from the same system that unleashed heavy rain and flash floods this weekend in parts of the Southwest.
Dallas got an entire summer's worth of rain between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, with over 7 inches, according to National Weather Service observations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. That rate is only expected once in 50 years, on average.
Fast-rising water trapped vehicles around 3 a.m. CT (4 a.m. ET) on Interstate 30 in Dallas, said Cassondra Anna Mae Stewart, who took video of the dark, watery scene.
"I was able to back up on a ramp to get off the highway," she said. "I took an alternate route home ... although most streets are flooded down there as well."
Around that time, "trained weather spotters reported major flash flooding ongoing across Dallas with numerous roads and cars submerged, including Interstate 30 at Interstate 45 near downtown Dallas," according to a flash flood warning statement issued at 3:21 a.m. CT (4:21 a.m. ET).
Cities in Monday's flood watch area include Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana. The region is under a moderate -- Level 3 of 4 -- risk of excessive rainfall. Rainfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour have been observed as storms move slowly across the area, creating the potential for up to 3 to 5 inches of rainfall.
A sign of 'climate whiplash'
The Dallas-area deluge comes in concert with a "flash drought" that has developed over this extremely dry year across Texas. Exceptional drought -- the highest designation -- is present over Dallas and Tarrant counties and blankets more than a quarter of the state.
"Over the last half-year, rainfall deficits of 8 inches to locally over a foot have affected areas of central Texas near and south of Dallas/Ft. Worth to the Gulf Coast," the Drought Monitor summary said Thursday.
But those rainfall deficits will be essentially erased after Monday in Dallas, though large deficits will still remain for other areas of Texas.
Human-caused climate change has increased the potential for this sort of weather whiplash, in which dramatic swings in periods of drought and high precipitation can occur more often.
A larger share of precipitation in recent years has come during "intense single-day events," and the likelihood of sudden shifts from severe drought to heavy rain will become more common on a warming planet, scientists say. Indeed, nine of the top 10 years for extreme one-day precipitation events have occurred since 1996.
Rainfall over land has become more frequent and more intense with every degree of warming since the 1980s. It's because warmer air can hold more water, causing storms like Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in 2017, to not only produce storm surges and damaging winds but also cause more intense inland deluges.
Monday's rainfall has pushed this month to the third-wettest August on record for the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with more than 7 inches in all so far -- the most rainfall seen in the month since 1915.
Ahead of the Texas flooding, rain persisted Sunday in parts of Arizona and New Mexico following floods in prior days in parts of the Southwest.
In Utah, hikers Friday were "swept off their feet" in Zion National Park by a flash flood. Search and rescue team members were working to find a missing hiker near the Virgin River, the park said Saturday.
In New Mexico, about 160 people had to shelter in place for several hours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park Saturday because of flash flooding, the City of Carlsbad said in a Facebook post.
The park was closed Sunday, the National Park Service said. "Maintenance crews will begin to assess and clean debris from the roadway," the National Park Service added.
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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian teams on Wednesday rescued an infant and worked to save others from the rubble of a collapsed building, as officials said they had arrested three people in connection to the disaster.
State media said at least nine people were killed and others remained missing Wednesday, a day after the four-story building fell in Jordan’s capital, Amman. Authorities said 10 other people were injured. It remained unclear what caused the collapse.
Nisreen al-Hmoud said she was at home with her two sons when the building collapsed.
“The first thing I saw was the ceiling when it fell on my head. After that the floor split, and my children and I fell into it,” she said. “The sofa flew toward my son and protected him from the rubble that fell on us.”
Her 13-year-old son, Nour, speaking from a hospital room, said he remembered his mother telling him to move quickly and then the floor opening up before he lost consciousness.
Amman public prosecutor Hassan Al-Abdallat told the official Petra News Agency that three people had been charged with multiple counts of causing death and harm. He said his office would form a technical committee to determine the cause of the collapse and identify those responsible.
State media identified the suspects as one of the building’s owners, its maintenance contractor and its maintenance technician.
Rescue crews, meanwhile, continued to dig through the ruins in hope of finding survivors. The Petra agency said an infant had been rescued and evacuated.
Brig. Gen. Hatem Jaber, director of the civil defense department, said rescuers were working on the assumption that everyone trapped inside is still alive. “We work with cautious optimism,” he said.
The building was located in Jabal al-Weibdeh, an older district of the Jordanian capital that is popular among wealthier residents and expatriates but also includes some poorer areas.
Jordan is a close Western ally that has long been seen as a bastion of stability in the volatile Middle East. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-at-least-10-still-trapped-in-jordan-building-collapse/ | 2022-09-14T23:30:46Z |
CAIRO (AP) — Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya’s capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate.
At least 23 people were killed and 140 more wounded, the Health Ministry said. It added that 64 families were evacuated from areas around the fighting.
The escalation threatens to shatter the relative calm Libya has enjoyed for most of the past two years. The oil-rich nation plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Among the fatalities was Mustafa Baraka, a comedian known for his social media videos mocking militias and corruption. Baraka died after he was shot in his chest, said Malek Merset, an emergency services spokesman.
Merset said emergency services were still trying to evacuate wounded and civilians trapped in the fighting that erupted overnight and continued into Saturday evening.
The Health Ministry said in a statement hospitals and medical centers in the capital were shelled, and ambulance teams were barred from evacuating civilians, in acts that “amount to war crimes.”
The municipal council of Tripoli blamed the ruling political class for the deteriorating situation in the capital, and urged the international community to “protect civilians in Libya.”
The violence caused widespread panic among Tripoli residents. Footage circulated online showed houses, government facilities, and vehicles apparently damaged from the fighting. Other footage showed militia forces deploying and heavy fire being exchanged across the night sky.
The U.N. mission in Libya said the fighting involved “indiscriminate medium and heavy shelling in civilian-populated neighborhoods” of Tripoli.
The mission called for an immediate cease-fire, and for all parties in Libya to “refrain from using any form of hate speech and incitement to violence.”
The clashes pitted the Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigade militia, led by Haitham Tajouri, against another militia allied with Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, an infamous warlord known as “Gheniwa,” according to local media. Later on Saturday, more militias joined the fighting which spread in different areas in the capital.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s government, which is based in Tripoli, claimed the clashes broke out when one militia fired at another.
The fighting, however, is highly likely part of ongoing power struggle between Dbeibah and his rival Prime Minister Fathy Bashagha who is operating from the coast city of Sirte.
Both Dbeibah and Bashagha are backed by militias, and the latter was mobilizing in recent weeks to try to enter Tripoli to dislodge his rival.
An attempt in May by Bashagha to install his government in Tripoli triggered clashes that ended with his withdrawal from the capital.
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland urged for de-escalation “before things get worse” and for Libyan parties to agree on an early date for elections. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-deadly-clashes-shake-libyas-capital-killing-13-civilians/ | 2022-08-28T18:47:22Z |
Group aims to achieve overall targets with green investment and credit of RMB400 billion by 2025
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ESG is key to long-term stability and prosperity for customers of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group", HKEx:2318; SSE:601318), says Benjamin Deng, Chief Investment Officer. "Ping An as the wealth keeper of clients' long-term income for retirement and wealth succession, we have to consider stability, prosperity, predictability and act 100% on their benefits and interests," Mr. Deng told the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) China conference last month.
Ping An's focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in its business strategy is to enable the Group to prosper and support over 200 million retail customers and society as a whole, Mr. Deng said. The Group is driving initiatives to support a clean environment, social welfare and corporate governance. As a long-term institutional investor, Ping An is focused on investing in sustainable stocks or bonds for predictable and stable income. The Group does not want to invest in companies with rapid changes in governance and loose regulations, so governance is at the core of Ping An's research, he said.
Ping An has set a target of green investment and credit of RMB400 billion by 2025. As of 31 December 2021, the Group's green investment and financing was nearly RMB224.58 billion. In total, its overall responsible investment and financing was nearly RMB1.22 trillion, including inclusive investment and financing of nearly RMB68.5 billion, and social investment and financing of nearly RMB 926.9 billion. Ping An's green investment includes green buildings, roads with green license and clean energy projects. Alternative energy is a significant investment opportunity, Mr. Deng said, noting current pressures on the world's energy supply chain. He expects the scale of supply and demand of alternative energies will grow exponentially in the next decade.
Mr. Deng pointed out that Ping An is working both internally and externally to support net-zero greenhouse gas emissions targets. The Group aims to achieve operational carbon neutrality by 2030 and focuses on ESG investing and insurance. To support responsible investing more widely in China, Ping An also participated in drafting China's first ESG disclosure standard, the "Guidance for Enterprise ESG Disclosure", which took effect on 1 June. "We hope we can help the whole country to move into a very systematic and consistent framework that we can measure for China," Mr. Deng said.
Ping An has pursued sustainable development and related disclosure practices for many years. Driven by its sustainability strategy, Ping An integrates the core philosophies and standards of ESG into corporate management. It has built a professional sustainability management framework to guide its business practices. Ping An continues to advance its "integrated finance + healthcare" strategy and develop its industry ecosystems of "finance + eldercare" and "finance + healthcare" to create value for its shareholders, customers, employees, communities, partners and the environment, seeking to boost both business and societal value.
Ping An is a pioneer in responsible investment in China. The Group was the first Chinese asset owner to sign the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and to join Climate Action 100+, the investor-led initiative to ensure the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters take action on climate change.
About Ping An Group
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. ("Ping An") strives to become a world-leading retail financial services group. With over 223 million retail customers and nearly 657 million internet users, Ping An is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. Ping An focuses on two over-arching domains of activity, "integrated finance" and "healthcare", covering the provision of financial and health care services through its integrated financial services platform and ecosystems in financial services, healthcare, auto services and smart city services. The "finance + technology" and "finance + ecosystem" strategies aim to provide customers and internet users with innovative and simple products and services using technology. As China's first joint stock insurance company, Ping An is committed to upholding the highest standards of corporate reporting and corporate governance. The Group is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Ping An ranked 17th in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2022 and ranked 16th in the Fortune Global 500 list in 2021. Ping An also ranked 49th in the 2021 WPP Kantar Millward Brown BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list.
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Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with ‘bot’ info
(AP) - Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots’ or real people.
The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to buy the social media company, leading Twitter to sue him last month to complete the acquisition. Musk countersued, accusing Twitter of misleading his team about the true size of its user base and other problems he said amounted to fraud and breach of contract.
Both sides are headed toward an October trial in a Delaware court.
“If Twitter simply provides their method of sampling 100 accounts and how they’re confirmed to be real, the deal should proceed on original terms,” Musk tweeted early Saturday. “However, if it turns out that their SEC filings are materially false, then it should not.”
Twitter declined to comment Saturday. The company has repeatedly disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission an estimate that fewer than 5% of user accounts are fake or spam, with a disclaimer that it could be higher. Musk waived his right to further due diligence when he signed the April merger agreement.
Twitter has argued in court that Musk is deliberately trying to tank the deal because market conditions have deteriorated and the acquisition no longer serves his interests. A court filing Thursday describes his counterclaims as an imagined story “contradicted by the evidence and common sense.”
“Musk invents representations Twitter never made and then tries to wield, selectively, the extensive confidential data Twitter provided him to conjure a breach of those purported representations,” company attorneys wrote.
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Internationally recognized physician to lead clinical innovation strategy
NEWARK, Del., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ace Vision Group, Inc, (AVG) an emerging ophthalmic device company focused on bringing innovative touchless lasers to patients suffering from age related vision loss, announced today that Elizabeth Yeu, M.D., partner at Virginia Eye Consultants, has been appointed to the role of chief strategic advisor. In her new position, Yeu will manage AVG's clinical advancement strategy.
As an accomplished and well-respected surgeon, researcher, and educator, Yeu has contributed greatly to the field of ophthalmology throughout her more than 20-year career. Yeu is an avid proponent of novel technologies and disruptive therapeutics that improve the current standard of care for patients. She is recognized and sought after as an industry leader in clinical care and new product development in the ophthalmic surgical and therapeutics spaces.
"I am excited to begin working with AVG in this capacity. I have closely followed the ongoing development of the Laser Scleral Microporation® (LSM) technology which began with restoring the loss of dynamic range of focus (DRoF) related to the manifestation of presbyopia," said newly appointed Chief Strategic Advisor, Yeu. "I have been impressed by the detailed science behind the VisioLite® technology and the clinical results of the multiple LSM studies. The sustainability of the results of each, as well as the consistent reproducible clinical results seen from patient to patient are noteworthy. I am looking forward to serving in this role with AnnMarie Hipsley, DPT, Ph.D. and the AVG executive management team."
AVG is a privately held U.S. ophthalmic medical device company developing Laser Microporation Therapeutic technologies to treat diseases of the aging eye. The LSM technology is a minimally invasive rejuvenation procedure for the treatment of presbyopia, glaucoma, and other eye diseases. Currently, AVG is preparing for the commercialization of its VisioLite ophthalmic laser system, an innovative, first-in-class touchless laser technology offering.
In addition to her clinical practice at Virginia Eye Consultants, Yeu serves on the board of directors for STAAR Surgical, Avellino Lab USA, OSRX Pharmaceuticals, and the Virginia Eye Foundation. She also serves as chief medical advisor for Tarsus Pharmaceuticals and executive board member of CVP Physicians, Mid-Atlantic.
Yeu earned her bachelor's degree in science and completed her M.D. through an accelerated academic program at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the UF College of Medicine. She completed her ophthalmology residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois where she served as chief resident. Yeu then went on to Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas to complete her fellowship in cornea, anterior segment and refractive surgery where she was as assistant professor. In 2013, Yeu joined Virginia Eye Consultants and became a partner in 2014. She continues her commitment to residency training in ophthalmology as assistant professor at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. She is also the medical director at Virginia Surgery Center.
"At AVG, we are working diligently to pioneer a new area of understanding of the true biomechanical mechanisms that underly the loss of DRoF which typically starts around the age of 40 and beyond," said AnnMarie Hipsley, DPT, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Ace Vision Group. "We have developed a touchless technology that is outside of the visual axis to address the ocular rigidity caused by age-related crosslinking which manifests as the well-known symptoms of presbyopia. This contributes to progressive visual disability for one of the largest markets in the ophthalmic space. LSM is the first biomechanical solution to address the underlying cause of presbyopia pathogenesis, while also illuminating the potential ocular health benefits of accommodation recovery."
Hipsley continued, "We are extremely fortunate to have Dr. Yeu join our team at this critical time as we translate our VisioLite laser system into the commercial pathway. Her expertise and guidance will be invaluable as we make strategic decisions related to the treatment paradigm platform in order to convert AVG's new technology into clinical practice."
About Ace Vision Group
Ace Vision Group, Inc. (AVG) is a privately held Delaware corporation, established in 2006 to develop laser-based therapeutic technologies to address age-related eye dysfunction and restore the eye's natural biomechanical performance. AVG's Laser Scleral Microporation or LSM, is the only therapeutic eye laser treatment that restores visual function naturally without involving vision correction, artificial implants or devices. The goal of AVG is to provide the field of ophthalmology with innovative devices, procedures and education for the treatment and delay of onset of age-related ocular dysfunction, disability and disease. For more information about Ace Vision Group please visit www.acevisiongroup.com.
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NEW YORK , June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, today announced the appointment of Citigroup's (NYSE: C) Titi Cole to its Board of Directors. Cole is Citigroup's CEO of Legacy Franchises, overseeing the bank's consumer business in Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Mexico. She is a member of Citigroup's Executive Management Team and also serves as a Member of the Board of Grupo Financiero Citibanamex, S.A. de C.V. and Banco Nacional de México, S.A.
"Driving digital transformation has been a key focus throughout my career in order to better meet customer needs and deliver business results," said Cole. "Datadog's monitoring and security platform helps global businesses understand, manage and drive value from their digital offerings and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives. I look forward to working with the Board and Executive team to continue Datadog's success."
"I am thrilled to welcome Titi Cole to our Board of Directors," said Olivier Pomel, Chief Executive Officer at Datadog. "Titi is an accomplished leader with proven success leading and scaling global organizations. She brings deep expertise in global business and strategic planning that will be invaluable to Datadog through our next phase of growth."
Prior to her current role, Cole served as Citigroup's Head of Global Operations and Fraud Prevention and the Chief Client Officer for Personal Banking and Wealth Management (PBWM). Cole also served as the Global Diversity & Inclusion Champion for PBWM, where she led initiatives to increase representation of women and underrepresented groups across the business.
Cole has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and has held senior leadership roles at several large global banks and McKinsey & Company. She earned a bachelor of economics degree from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and a master of business administration degree from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Cole serves on the Board of Trustees for Queens University of Charlotte.
Datadog is the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers' entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.
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- Transitions ReVolve from solely being a developer of renewable energy projects to an independent power producer with recurring revenue and cashflows.
- Aligns with and underpins the Company's recent strategic move into the distributed generation market and provides a strong platform for growth moving forward.
- Adds a 2.8MW portfolio of operational distributed generation assets in Mexico and a further 3MW asset that is under construction and expected to go into operation by the end of 2022.
- Upfront cash consideration of MX$33,000,000 payable on completion of the transaction.
- Cash consideration to be funded through a combination of cash on hand and a new C$1.6m 2 year secured loan facility being provided by RE Royalties (TSXV:RE).
VANCOUVER, BC, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - ReVolve Renewable Power Corp. (TSXV: REVV) ("ReVolve" or the "Company"), has signed a definitive purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") to acquire 100% of the share capital of Centrica Business Solutions Mexico S.A. de C.V. ("CBS Mexico), a Mexican incorporated company and subsidiary of Centrica PLC (LON:CLA) for MX$33,000,000 (the "Acquisition"). CBS Mexico is involved in the distributed generation market in Mexico focused on designing, installing and operating a range of different distributed generation solutions / projects located on the premises of various industrial customers.
(Link to the Company's April 26th, 2022 Press Release, which is also available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com:https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/REVV/news/617702864972 2935/ReVolve_Renewable_Power_announces_establishment_of_new_division_to_focus_on_distributed_generation_market_in_the_US_and_Mexico)
- Revolve has agreed to pay Centrica MX$33,000,000 for the purchase of 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of CBS Mexico subject to standard working capital adjustments at completion;
- The assets of CBS Mexico being acquired include six (6) operational rooftop solar projects and one (1) operational combined heat & power project with a combined capacity of 2.85MW's (the "Operational Projects"). The energy generated by these projects is sold under a number of fixed price power purchase agreements with industrial clients located in Central Mexico with an average remaining term of approximately 8 years. The Operational Projects were commissioned during the period 2019 to 2021.
- The Operational Projects are expected to generate revenues and EBITDA in excess of equivalent US$400,000 and US$300,000 respectively per annum, refer to currency note below.
- In addition to these projects the assets of CBS Mexico also include (i) a 3MW combined heat and power project (the "Construction Project"), which has been installed at the site of an industrial user, has completed pre commissioning and is awaiting receipt of final permits prior to commercial operations commencing and (ii) cash and inventory. Once operational the energy generated by the Construction Project will also be sold under a fixed price power purchase agreement with a term of 10 years.
- The Acquisition is being completed on a debt and liability free basis and CBS Mexico is not expected to have any employees at completion.
- The Acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and the other conditions set out in the Purchase Agreement. Subject to satisfaction of such conditions, the Acquisition is expected to close within the next 45 days. Conditional approval has been received from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") as the Acquisition is considered a "reviewable acquisition" in accordance with Policy 5.3 of the TSXV. Completion of the Acquisition is subject to final approval of the TSXV.
ReVolve Renewable Power Corp. (www.revolve-renewablepower.com) is in the business of developing utility scale renewable energy generation projects in North America with a particular focus on wind, solar and battery storage technologies. The Company has also recently establish ReVolve Renewable Business Solutions, a division dedicated to the development and operation of distribution generation and sub 20MW renewable energy projects in the US and Mexico.
Although ReVolve believes, in light of the experience of its officers and directors, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors that have been considered appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because ReVolve can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. When used in this press release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. The forward-looking statements and information in this press release include information relating to the business plans of ReVolve and ReVolve's management's expectation on the growth and performance of its business in the United States and Mexico, including the planned MW capacity of its projects; its expansion into the distributed generation market; potential opportunities in the distributed generation market; the completion and timing of the development of its planned portfolio of distributed generation projects; the completion of the Transaction, including final approval of the transaction by the TSXV; potential revenues generated from CBS Mexico; and the Company's plans to develop, construct and finance rooftop solar, battery storage and energy efficiency projects of up to 5MW and enter into long term power purchase agreements for the sale of electricity from the projects with the underlying customers. Such statements and information reflect the current view of ReVolve and/or ReVolve, respectively.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, having regard to the Company's experience and its perception of historical trends, and includes, but is not limited to, expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions relating to the extent of regulations pertaining to the Company's projects and ReVolve's ability to continue as going concern. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information, including but not limited to: the effects of weather, catastrophes and public health crises, including COVID-19; labour availability; disruptions to the Company's supply chains; changes to regulatory environment, including interpretation of production tax credits; armed hostilities and geopolitical conflicts; failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals in a timely fashion, or at all; risks related to the development and potential development of the Company's projects; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; the availability of tax incentives in connection with the development of renewable energy projects and the sale of electrical energy; as well as those factors discussed in the sections relating to risk factors discussed in the Company's continuous disclosure filings on SEDAR. Such statements and information reflect the current view of ReVolve. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents the expectations of ReVolve as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. ReVolve does not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws.
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Magic take Duke’s Paolo Banchero with 1st pick in NBA draft
NEW YORK (AP) — The Orlando Magic selected Duke freshman Paolo Banchero on Thursday night with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
After leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final season, the 6-foot-10 forward was called first by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to begin the draft, beating out fellow first-year forwards Jabari Smith Jr. and Chet Holmgren.
Banchero, wearing a purple suit full of bling, received a loud ovation inside Barclays Center, where Duke lost in the ACC Tournament final.
The Magic were picking first for the fourth time and they’ve done well with their previous choices. They took Shaquille O’Neal in 1992, traded the rights to Chris Webber for Penny Hardaway the next year, and went with Dwight Howard in 2004.
All eventually reached the NBA Finals with the Magic.
Holmgren went second to the Oklahoma City Thunder after the 7-footer led the West Coast Conference in blocked shots, rebounding and shooting percentage at Gonzaga. He looked sharp in his black suit but may need it to eventually be a bigger size for success in the NBA, as he’s listed at just 195 pounds.
The Houston Rockets took Smith at third, happy to end up with a player who many thought would end up going first. The 6-10 forward from Auburn is a natural fit in the current NBA game, able to defend all three frontcourt positions and with a shooting stroke that allowed him to hit 42% behind the arc.
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OMAHA, Neb., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) will release second quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at 7:45 a.m. ET. The company's management team will host a conference call and live webcast at 8:45 a.m. ET.
Parties interested in participating via teleconference may dial 877-407-8293. International callers may dial 201-689-8349. A live webcast of the presentation and materials will be available in the investor relations section of Union Pacific's website at www.up.com/investor. A replay of the audio webcast will be available shortly thereafter.
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) delivers the goods families and businesses use every day with safe, reliable and efficient service. Operating in 23 western states, the company connects its customers and communities to the global economy. Trains are the most environmentally responsible way to move freight, helping Union Pacific protect future generations. More information about Union Pacific is available at www.up.com.
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --In concert with 2022 Earth Day, ONYX Systems, LLC introduce our suite of Clean Air Propane Engines for a wide range of industrial applications.
Since its start-up in March 2019, ONYX System, LLC (ONYX) has committed itself to producing a range of technologies and products with near zero emissions and zero emissions. ONYX propane fuel system technology replaces the gasoline carburation system on small internal combustion engines, vastly reducing carbon emissions from the same engine, with no drop in engine power, helping operators increase productivity & profitability whilst rendering their products environmentally friendly.
ONYX is a business-to-business company. ONYX sells to industrial equipment manufacturers for use in their applications. ONYX also incorporates its technology into its own brand of products. We proudly manufacture all of our engine technology in the USA from our factory in Huntersville, NC.
Propane is typically 30-35% less expensive than gasoline. In today's volatile economy, this alone can be a compelling motivation for many of our customers.
ONYX engines are all certified with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB). Dramatic emission reduction allows ONYX's original equipment manufacturers (OEM's) customers to extend the lifetime of their products powered by internal combustion engines (ICE), under ever tightening air quality regulations.
Our emission efficacy over a cross section of ONYX engines is shown below. The certified emissions performance shows 96% to 99% below the current EPA Limit for Carbon Monoxide (CO) emissions, rendering our engines safe for indoor construction and janitorial applications. Hydrocarbon plus Nitrous Oxide certified results also fall far below the EPA Limit, yielding Near Zero Emission results. Our technology is a Clean Air Power Solution.
According to Stuart Proctor (ONYX VP of Marketing), "In light of ever tightening air quality and environmental protection regulations, and OEM's looking to lower the carbon emissions from their products, gasoline powered small engine applications are coming under increased scrutiny. ONYX propane technology is a regulation-friendly cleaner air bridge technology, offering a sustainable alternative solution on the pathway to a zero-emission future."
According to Market Research Future (Feb 2021) the global small gasoline engine market size is expected to grow from $2.67B in 2019 to $3.41B by 2025. In light of ever tightening emission regulation, we see much opportunity for our propane engine technology in this market.
ONYX offers the following product categories:
- Propane engines to a range of OEM's (indoor and outdoor applications)
- Propane powered high speed floor polishing machines
- Battery powered cleaning equipment
We welcome any enquiries into our Clean Air Propane Engine Technology at sales@onyxsolutions.com.
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DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading apparel retailer Maurices is expanding its tween girls' brand, Evsie™ to an additional 100 Maurices stores. Starting early August, the Evsie collection will be available in 150 Maurices stores and online at www.maurices.com.
Evsie is a style shop, available only at Maurices, for the tween girl (sizes 8-12) to help discover unique style in a fun, playful and supportive way with a comfortable approach to inspire confidence. Evsie is fashion tailored for tweens with comfort-conscious apparel made for movement and ease.
"We are excited to continue the growth of Evsie and offer our tween collection to more customers in our stores across the U.S. and Canada," stated David Kornberg, CEO of Maurices. "I'm pleased with the traction Evsie has gained in a short amount of time. We believe there's further growth opportunities within the market space, which is why we are tripling our store count now with further plans to expand in the near future."
Versatile and affordable, the Evsie collection is anchored by denim in 9 leg shapes, 2 rises and 8 washes, bringing stretchable comfort to fashion-forward style. Evsie's StyleSuperStars are everyday essentials made with extra love and priced just right. Classic graphic tees with positive messages and specialty graphic tees offer fashionable options in both short-sleeve and sleeveless silhouettes.
The Evsie collection also offers adaptive clothing with soft, comfortable fabrics, easy on and off Velcro closures and extra wide openings to fit the needs of more girls and make getting dressed a little easier. The collection is currently available in front tie tees and wrap skirts and will expand to more categories later this year. The styles are available in multiple colors and retail from $16.90-$18.90.
"The positive feedback from customers on the fashion, quality, value, and age appropriateness has been tremendous," said Kornberg.
The brand previously launched an inaugural partnership with Kind Campaign, a non-profit organization that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl bullying through their global movement, school assemblies, documentary film, and educational curriculums. Together, Maurices and its loyal customers, recently donated nearly $20,000 to support the organization.
Visit www.maurices.com for more information on Evsie and follow on TikTok and Instagram @evsieofficial.
Evsie™ is a style shop, available only at Maurices, for the tween girl to help her discover her own unique style in a fun, playful and supportive way. Evsie makes her feel confident, stylish, and happy to be doing exactly what she loves to do freely and wholeheartedly. Evsie is fashion tailored for tweens with comfort-conscious apparel made for movement and ease.
For more information, please visit www.maurices.com/evsie. Connect with Evsie on TikTok and Instagram @evsieofficial.
Maurices is a leading women's fashion brand offering size-inclusive clothing that celebrates feel-good fashion for real life™. Offering versatile, affordable styles that take her from day to night, Maurices is a destination for denim, knit tops, loungewear, intimates, and accessories, along with dressy collections. Known for its fun and friendly service and trusted stylists, Maurices offers a warm welcoming experience in stores and is guided by its greater purpose of making a positive difference in the lives of women who are the heart of its hometowns. Maurices operates nearly 900 stores in hometowns across the U.S. and Canada and offers even more to love at maurices.com with additional categories, sizes, and colors.
For more information, please visit www.maurices.com. Connect with Maurices on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.
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"Elvis" has entered the theaters, but in a package that often recalls the excesses associated with his Vegas-residency years: Looking bloated, gaudy and at times bordering on self-parody. Those missteps, courtesy of director Baz Luhrmann and an ill-used Tom Hanks, squander Austin Butler's brilliant moments in the title role, which deserve a much better movie.
Luhrmann's most pertinent credits include the visually striking musical "Moulin Rouge!," which offers obvious stylistic parallels. Yet employing the rambunctious, surreal aspects of that 2001 romantic fantasy clashes with the demands of a biographical film, drowning the substance with fast-paced and frenetic editing that blunts the emotion of Butler's spot-on performance, which has been embraced by Presley's family and would be a showstopper if only given room to breathe.
Although Elvis Presley's life has been documented in a variety of projects, the main precedent here seems to be a 1993 TV movie, "Elvis and the Colonel," which focused on the relationship between the star and his manager/handler Col. Tom Parker, casting Beau Bridges as the latter. A colorful and shadowy figure, Parker's control prompted allegations of serious financial shenanigans that were only exposed after Presley's death in 1977.
Here, Luhrmann (who shares script credit with three others, nearly a decade after his last film "The Great Gatsby") makes the near-fatal error of primarily telling the story from Parker's point of view. That places the emphasis on a heavily made-up Hanks -- adopting an accent that can at best be described as punishing -- who serves as the narrator and directly addresses the audience.
"I am the man who gave the world Elvis Presley," Parker boasts, adding, "Me and Elvis, we was partners."
"Elvis" thus kicks off at the critical phase when Parker comes into Presley's life as he's regionally launching his singing career. But Parker's frame of reference has less to do with music -- indeed, he's largely indifferent to that -- than carnival attractions, almost salivating when he identifies the powerful effect that Elvis' gyrations have on females in the crowd.
While that still leaves room to chart Presley's spectacular rise despite the creative and professional shackles that Parker placed upon him, Luhrmann's narrative approach doesn't really develop the characters, including, to a degree, Presley himself. Scenes race by so quickly that even Elvis' wife Priscilla (Olivia DeJonge), parents (Helen Thomson and "Moulin Rouge!" alum Richard Roxburgh) and posse of Memphis pals are name-checked but barely register, despite a movie that runs more than 2 ½ hours.
Where does the time go? Much of it is devoted to meticulously replicating Presley's performances, including a detailed presentation of his acclaimed 1968 NBC special, which gives Butler's unerring mimicry an opportunity to shine. But efforts to contextualize Presley's journey with events such as the devastating assassinations of the '60s and race relations are obscured by the narrative blur, which isn't helped by glib dialogue like Parker saying, "Is it my fault the world changed?"
At a minimum, the film helps rekindle an appreciation of Presley's talent that will have many dusting off greatest-hits collections and humming those classic tunes. Yet as impressive as it is to see Butler approximate the King belting out something like "Suspicious Minds," "Elvis," the movie, ultimately winds up caught in a trap entirely of its own making.
"Elvis" premieres June 24 in US theaters, and is being released by Warner Bros., like CNN, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. It's rated PG-13.
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Hospital employee dies after patient strikes groin, coroner says
SUMTER, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - Authorities say a South Carolina hospital employee has died days after a patient altercation.
Sumter County Coroner Robert Baker Jr. told WIS that 40-year-old Kevin Robinson died after a female patient who was committed to Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital with “mental and emotional” issues struck Robinson in the groin on May 31.
Baker said Robinson collapsed, went into cardiac arrest, and was hospitalized in the ICU until he died days later. He said an autopsy was performed on June 3, but the results are still pending.
The Sumter Police Department identified the person who attacked Robinson as 27-year-old Imani Cox, and she was charged with assault and battery.
Jail workers confirmed Cox is still in custody, and court records show she has been granted a $7,500 surety bond but has not posted it.
Police said Robinson worked at the hospital as a mental health technician.
“He worked for us for 11 years and was well-loved by his team members,” the hospital said in a statement, “We extend our heartfelt condolences to our team member’s loved ones and to our Tuomey hospital family who share his loss.”
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Proggio Receives First-time Gartner Recognition for its 'Ability to Execute' and 'Completeness of Vision' in Adaptive Project Management and Reporting
SALT LAKE CITY and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proggio, a next-generation solution that brings clarity and simplicity to Project and Portfolio Management (PPM), today announced it has been named as a Challenger in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting (APMR).
Proggio received the recognition based on its 'Ability to Execute' and 'Completeness of Vision.'
"We believe this Gartner recognition validates what we've heard from customers over the last few years: Proggio brings real-time visibility, clarity and simplicity to a market that's hungry for dynamic solutions that can keep pace with modern PPM," said Proggio CEO Yaniv Shor. "I'm extremely proud of our team and grateful for our customers whose feedback has enabled us to execute on our vision for providing a truly user-centric solution for project portfolio management."
According to Gartner, "By 2024, 80% of digital businesses will integrate strategic portfolio management and adaptive project management and reporting technologies, and adopt new frameworks and standards to achieve valued business outcomes." The firm also acknowledges that, "Prospective APMR buyers, PMO leaders and project managers require far more than task management solutions. They demand the right tools for managing the complexities of today's dynamically changing business conditions."
Proggio delivers on those needs by providing a holistic approach to project portfolio management, focusing on managerial and team alignment and on connecting delivery targets with project plans and execution to help teams understand real-time project status and work with confidence. Its interactive, dynamic views allow every stakeholder to get a visual on project status and help project management teams identify and act on issues and opportunities quickly, analyze scenarios and optimize resources when timelines or objectives change, and maintain alignment across teams to boost focus and synergy.
To learn more about Proggio, visit Proggio.com or click here to read more about its Challenger position and capabilities in the Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Adaptive Project Management and Reporting, Lorri Callahan, Sarah Davies, 22 August 2022.
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West Temple residents spoke out against a proposed apartment complex Thursday when changes to its zoning went before the City Council.
More than a dozen people spoke in opposition to the 14.5-acre development located just east of the First Baptist Church of Temple. Opponents said that they were not in favor of requested changes to the proposed complex, which included the removal of an age restriction on the property.
Despite the opposition, the Council unanimously approved the first reading of the request by developers with an additional condition requiring a traffic impact study for the property.
Dylan Moore, who started a petition to oppose the rezoning, was one of the residents who lives near the proposed development and spoke out against it at the meeting.
“The landowners and builders said that they would do what they could to accommodate us and be good neighbors, but they don’t live there,” Moore said. “Although I appreciate the gesture, it doesn’t change the fact that there is going to be apartments in my neighborhood. At the end of the day, that is not what my neighbors and me want.”
Brian Chandler, director of planning and development, said removal of the restrictions would allow anyone to rent the apartments and allow for some of the buildings to be taller than two stories.
The developer behind the project, Chandler said, plans to have two-story apartments on the eastern side of the development near existing neighborhoods but plans to put three-story structures on the western side.
Officials said that the developer has worked with some of the surrounding property owners to come up with solutions to issues put forward.
The solutions included a landscaping buffer on the eastern side of the property, restriction of access along Tanglehead Drive to emergency uses and the funding of traffic calming measures along Tanglehead if approved.
The project’s developer also withdrew the request to increase the number of units to 300, with the amount reverting back to a cap of 290.
Apartments in the development, under the agreement, will be moved back to 100 feet from the property line instead of the 50 feet that was previously approved.
Space in between the apartments and the single family homes would be required to have trees and other vegetation planted so as to obscure sightlines.
Veteran and resident Fidel Castillo said he chose to live in Temple after retiring from the military but was now concerned.
Castillo said he worried that the new apartments would be able to see into his home since they are on a hill to the west. He also expressed concern about his home’s value going forward.
“I am almost paying my house off but now I am going to have this encroachment of an apartment behind my house and that is not right,” Castillo said.
Chandler said the amount of opposition to the project from surrounding properties triggered a need for at least four City Council members to vote in favor of the change.
Of the properties surrounding the entire development, including the multifamily and single family, 13.11% of surrounding residents have opposed the change. Chandler said this number would sit at 20.3% if only looking at those properties bordering the multifamily portion.
Chandler said the entire development is owned by two separate developers, with those in charge of the single family homes to the south in opposition to the change.
“The single family development to the south has already been platted and had an understanding that this would be senior housing and have expressed their opposition to this request. So when we calculate that, which is all the single family 2 (zoning), that is a 70% opposition.”
Adam Green, who is with the developer constructing the single family homes to the south of the apartments, said he was concerned about what the change would mean for his property.
While Green said he understands why the developer requested the changes, he said it did make a difference for his development.
“The problem we have is that we bought our land predicated on the notion that (the apartments) were going to be 55-plus,” Green said.
Green pointed out that the number of residents per unit in a normal apartment is different from the number of residents in an age-restricted apartment.
Apartments without age restrictions, Green said, had an average of 3.1 residents per unit while those that were restricted only saw 1.8 residents on average. He said this change would mean the apartments would go from servicing about 531 people to 930 people, a 43% change.
Keith Gilbertson, who lives just outside Temple near Lake Belton, said he was worried about what the increased number of residents along busy West Adams Avenue would mean for traffic.
“I have lived there for about 12 years and the traffic changes are monumental. This is going to have another significant negative effect. I believe that there needs to be a traffic impact study done before this thing goes forward.”
Jimbo Cotton, with the apartment’s developer McAllister & Associates, defended the project and said he wanted to work with nearby residents while also building the maximum number of approved units.
Cotton said if his company followed the previous restrictions on building height and age limitations he would have needed to put many more structures than the current 11.
“We’ve tried to design this whole project for the residents and citizens of Temple, the ones who are here currently and the ones who are coming.”
The City Council is expected to vote on the second reading of the changes at its meeting at 5 p.m. on Sept. 1 at City Hall, 2 N. Main St. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/business/article_1ea25328-201e-11ed-963c-7bfa4eb4f457.html | 2022-08-20T02:19:27Z |
17-Year Industry Veteran Replaces Retiring President Gerald Melville
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Liz Zolcak has been named the new President of Fresh Thyme Market, succeeding Gerald Melville, who has announced his retirement after a 43-year retail career.
"I am thrilled and humbled to take on this exciting new challenge and to be trusted to lead such an incredible team," Zolcak said. "Gerald and I have been able to accomplish significant wins with the team during our time working together, and I'm looking forward to even more successes ahead."
Zolcak has 17 years of retail leadership experience and joined Fresh Thyme Market in 2020 as Vice President of Operations, overseeing the company's 71 stores. She previously led in both domestic and international operations with Kroger and ALDI, including roles as Vice President of Retail Operations for Kroger, Division President of Ruler Foods, and Marketing Director for ALDI.
Melville became President of Fresh Thyme Market in 2019, joining the retailer from Meijer, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based supercenter chain.
"My tenure at Fresh Thyme Market has been challenging and exciting," Melville said. "As I move on to my next phase, I'm very confident Fresh Thyme Market is poised for continued success as I hand the baton to Liz."
Fresh Thyme Market, a local, community-focused grocer with 71 stores in 10 states throughout the Midwest, was born from a genuine desire to help people live better and healthier lives. Every day Fresh Thyme Market works to be a trusted resource in our communities, bringing people access to real food at real affordable prices. With a local focus on what the community needs, each store provides fresh, natural and organic food at affordable prices. By offering an immersive, intuitive shopping experience, Fresh Thyme Market meets people wherever they are on their journey to living a healthier lifestyle. To learn more, visit freshthyme.com or keep in touch by liking Fresh Thyme at facebook.com/freshthymemarket, and following them at twitter.com/freshthymefm and https://www.instagram.com/freshthyme/.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — They don’t call dogs ‘man’s best friend’ for no reason. Dogs are the ultimate companion. They match your energy, are very loyal and are just fun to be around.
If you love traveling and want to bring your furry little with you, a new report from Livability is looking at the most dog-friendly cities in each state.
So what about Texas? Well, according to the report, Dallas is the most dog-friendly city in Texas.
“Well, dog-friendly offerings are definitely on that list. Dallas offers Mutts Canine Cantina, which boasts a dog-friendly bar and restaurant as well as off-leash parks for small and large dogs. It’s the best of both worlds — food and fun! And a stroll of the Texas Buckeye Trail (1.6 miles) will get both your hearts racing,” the report said.
So, for our fellow dog-owners reading this article, do you agree? | https://cw33.com/news/local/report-says-this-north-texas-city-is-the-best-city-in-texas-to-visit-with-your-dog/ | 2022-06-20T22:20:54Z |
INDIANAPOLIS, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proteus, LLC announced today it has been selected by Key Private Bank for its preferred alternative asset platform for Accredited Investors. The firm will use Proteus' best-in-class technology platform and related infrastructure to seamlessly offer alternative investments to both their Accredited Investor and Qualified Purchaser clientele.
Proteus and Key Private Bank will collaborate to offer a set of alternative strategies exclusively to an array of its wealth management clients. The first strategy will launch on August 1, 2022 and will focus on private credit. These products leverage the collective industry expertise and insights of both firms along with Proteus' research partner, Callan.
Once constructed, wealth management clients who are accredited investors will benefit from Proteus' technology platform to invest in hard to access and differentiated strategies, monitor performance, and manage their alternative portfolios. The Proteus platform will also be tightly integrated with the Key Private Bank's existing reporting solutions to provide a seamless experience for their clients.
"We are thrilled to announce this relationship that highlights our unique position and capabilities in the alternative asset space," says Eric Knauss, CEO at Proteus. "There are several providers in the market that offer partial alternative solutions, but none that offer the same breadth of services and efficiency of Proteus. The Key Private Bank research team is deeply skilled and knowledgeable of alternative investment strategies and was focused on understanding the details of the solutions available on the market today."
"We are excited to be working with the team at Proteus to deliver new strategies that offer portfolio diversification and enhanced return opportunities for our clients, while maintaining our unwavering commitment to upholding our fiduciary standard." says George Mateyo, Chief Investment Officer at Key Private Bank. "We are committed to being a wealth management leader which includes our commitment to offering our clients access to industry leading alternative strategies in the most efficient manner possible."
The Proteus technology platform has been designed and developed to offer client-specific product offerings and investment vehicles. For a fully customized alternative platform, Proteus can mobilize and launch a solution for a client within days rather than months and with absolutely no custom development required.
"Their selection of Proteus not only evidences our unique capabilities, but also our ability to offer bespoke solutions quickly, efficiently and cost effectively," Knauss added.
Proteus offers a wide variety of solutions to Accredited Investor and Qualified Purchaser clients ranging from access to individual managers, managed strategies, comprehensive alternative asset management models, and fully custom strategies like the one being deployed for KeyBank's wealth management business.
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Proteus is an alternative investment platform solution for high-end wealth advisors. The platform provides sophisticated access to institutional-quality investment opportunities, including private funds, alternative investment model portfolios and sub-asset class pools which invest across the alternative investment strategy spectrum. Wealth advisors and their Accredited Investor and Qualified Purchaser clients use the platform to research alternative investment managers and investments, review due diligence materials and construct custom portfolios all on one platform, thereby eliminating significant hurdles and inefficiencies that have plagued alternative investors for decades. Proteus' fully integrated platform is an end-to-end enterprise solution which also provides sophisticated portfolio construction tools, integrated & compliant portfolio accounting and consolidated K-1 processing. To learn more about Proteus, visit www.proteuscapital.us.
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Students Cite Tuition as the Biggest Pain Point; Say Schools Should Spend More on Learning Materials, Less on Amenities
BOSTON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As college students prepare to head back to campus for another academic year, nearly two-thirds (65%) will be shouldering education expenses completely on their own – and struggling. According to a new survey of 1,200 students from edtech provider Cengage, while students are grappling with affordability, the majority still feel strongly that their education is worth what they're paying.
"Affordability continues to be a major barrier for today's college students," said Kevin Carlsten, Senior Vice President of the U.S. Higher Education Institutional Group at Cengage. "But despite struggling to keep up with tuition and other costs, students still believe in the power of a college education. In order for that faith in education to continue, more needs to be done collectively to lower cost barriers. Students shouldn't have to make painful tradeoffs when it comes to their education and a path to a better future."
Additional survey findings include:
- The majority of today's college students are solely paying for their education, with a higher percentage of two-year students paying their own way. Sixty-one percent of four-year students are solely paying their education costs, and 29 percent are splitting costs with parents or family. Meanwhile, 71 percent of two-year students are paying all costs while only 19 percent are splitting costs with parents /family.
- Students are struggling with education costs – tuition is the biggest burden. Sixty-eight percent of students say it is a struggle for them or their family members to pay for their education. Students say the biggest point is tuition (46 percent), followed by technology/laptops (21 percent) and books/course materials (17 percent).
- Students have little financial buffer - nearly half (46 percent) have $250 or less left after paying for education costs each month. Fourteen percent of students have only $100 or less left each month after paying expenses.
- Students want lower tuition; would trade amenities for better learning support. Thirty-six percent say the most impactful thing their college or university can do to lower the cost of education is lower tuition, followed by providing more affordable options for course materials (21%). Nearly all students (81%) said schools should spend more money on providing course materials and less on amenities like dorms, facilities and athletics.
- Most students (78 percent) think their education is worth what they're paying -- as long as college is a gateway to financial independence. Students say earning a salary that allows financial independence (48 percent) followed by getting a job quickly (27%) and paying off their debt in 10 years (11%) are the most important drivers of worth.
More information on student views on affordability and the value of college is available in this downloadable infographic.
To learn more about how Cengage is lowering costs for students, visit https://www.cengage.com/unlimited/instructor/.
Cengage's college affordability survey was conducted in July 2022 and polled 1,200 Americans ages 18-44 who are currently enrolled in a two-year or four-year college or institution for an undergraduate degree. Respondents were also filtered by income level with 600 responses coming from students with Household Income (HHI) under $75,000 and 600 respondents from students with HHI over $75,000.
Cengage, the U.S. Higher Education business of global education technology company Cengage Group, serves millions of instructors, learners and institutions. We deliver affordable, high-quality digital products and personalized support to power learning individually and at scale. Our customer-centered approach enables innovation, including Cengage Unlimited, the first and only all-access digital subscription for textbooks and course materials. Our textbooks, homework tools, and flagship online learning platforms, MindTap and WebAssign, help educators and students achieve their goals. Visit us at www.cengage.com or find us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After careful consideration, and at the recommendation of Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, the investment adviser to Morgan Creek - Exos SPAC Originated ETF (the "Fund"), the Board of Trustees of Listed Funds Trust approved the closing and subsequent liquidation of the Fund pursuant to the terms of a Plan of Liquidation. Accordingly, the Fund is expected to cease operations, liquidate its assets, and distribute the liquidation proceeds to shareholders of record on or about August 18, 2022 (the "Liquidation Date"). Shares of the Fund are listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc.
Beginning on or about July 21, 2022 and continuing through the Liquidation Date, the Fund will liquidate its portfolio assets. As a result, during this period, the Fund will increase its cash holdings and deviate from its investment objective, investment strategies, and investment policies as stated in the Fund's Prospectus and SAI.
The Fund will no longer accept orders for new creation units after the close of business on the business day prior to the Liquidation Date, and trading in shares of the Fund will be halted prior to market open on the Liquidation Date. Prior to the Liquidation Date, shareholders may only be able to sell their shares to certain broker-dealers, and there is no assurance that there will be a market for the Fund's shares during that time period. Customary brokerage charges may apply to such transactions.
If no action is taken by a Fund shareholder prior to the Liquidation Date, the Fund will distribute to such shareholder, on or promptly after the Liquidation Date, a liquidating cash distribution equal to the net asset value of the shareholder's Fund shares as of the close of business on the Liquidation Date. This amount will include any accrued capital gains and dividends. Shareholders remaining in the Fund on the Liquidation Date will not be charged any transaction fees by the Fund. The liquidating cash distribution to shareholders will be treated as payment in exchange for their shares. The liquidation of shares may be treated as a taxable event. Shareholders should contact their tax adviser to discuss the income tax consequences of the liquidation.
Shareholders can call 1-855-857-2677 for additional information.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey from AARP Pennsylvania reveals that voters, and especially Pennsylvanians age 50 and older, consider issues like Social Security, Medicare, the cost of prescription drugs, and long-term care for seniors top of mind going into the 2022 Mid-Term Elections.
New data from the survey shows vast majorities of voters consider Social Security (76%), Medicare (69%), the cost of prescription drugs (68%) and long-term care for seniors (61%) either "Extremely Important" or "Very Important" this election year.
The numbers are even higher among 50+ voters, who often make up a majority of Pennsylvania voters. Eighty-six percent of Pennsylvania voters 50+ believe Social Security is either "Extremely" or "Very" important this year; 78% say the same about Medicare; 73% say so about the cost of prescription drugs; and 69% say long-term care for seniors is "Extremely" or "Very" important to them.
"There's a reason why, on behalf of our 1.8 million members, AARP Pennsylvania has continually advocated for lowering the costs of prescription drugs, protecting programs like Medicare and Social Security, and expanding access to quality, affordable long-term care," says Bill Johnston-Walsh, AARP PA State Director. "They're vital programs that all Americans expect and deserve as they age. It's no surprise these issues showed up so prominently in our latest poll. Pennsylvania voters are always looking for leaders who vow to protect the benefits people have earned and paid into both now and for the long-term."
The survey found these issues are important among voters 50+ for both the Gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races in Pennsylvania.
- 91% are more likely to vote for a U.S. Senate candidate who supports protecting Social Security from cuts to workers' earned benefits;
- 92% are more likely to vote for a U.S. Senate candidate who supports protecting Medicare from cuts and ensure America's seniors get the healthcare they need;
- 90% are more likely to vote for a U.S. Senate candidate who supports allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices;
- 87% are more likely to support a candidate for governor who will provide funding to allow seniors needing daily support to receive care at home rather than having to enter a costly nursing home; and
- 69% support fixing the nursing home and home care worker shortage by increasing the minimum wage for all working Pennsylvanians.
AARP commissioned Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research to conduct this survey. The firms interviewed 1,382 likely Pennsylvania voters, which includes a statewide representative sample of 500 likely voters, with an oversample of up to 550 likely voters age 50 and older, and an oversample of up to 332 African-American/Black likely voters age 50 and older. The survey was conducted between June 12-19 via landline, cellphone, and SMS-to-web. The margin of error for the 500 statewide sample is ±4.4%; for the 855 total sample of voters 50+ it is ±3.3%. View the full survey results.
For more information on how, when and where to vote in Pennsylvania, visit aarp.org/PAvotes.
About AARP
AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age. With a nationwide presence and nearly 38 million members, AARP strengthens communities and advocates for what matters most to families: health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. AARP also produces the nation's largest circulation publications: AARP The Magazine and AARP Bulletin. To learn more, visit www.aarp.org, www.aarp.org/espanol or follow @AARP, @AARPenEspanol @AARPadvocates and @AliadosAdelante on social media.
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TJ Thiessen,
(202) 374-8033,
tthiessen@aarp.org
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RACINE, Wis., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced today that David J. Wilson has joined the Company's Board of Directors effective May 9, 2022. Mr. Wilson currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCO), a leading designer and manufacturer of motion control products, technologies, automated systems and services for material handling. Prior to joining Columbus McKinnon as CEO in June 2020, he served as the president of the Pumps Division of Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure market. Prior to that, he held various leadership roles at SPX Corporation and its spin-off, SPX FLOW, Inc. as well as with Polaroid Corporation where he began his career as an engineer.
"We are thrilled to welcome David to the Modine Board," said Marsha Williams, Chairperson, Modine Board of Directors. "David's extensive experience serving as a strategic and transformative leader will be critical as we continue to progress with Modine's own strategic journey. This includes using 80/20 tools to drive commercial and operational excellence and to make the strategic investments that will lead to sustained, profitable growth and a higher return for our shareholders."
Mr. Wilson earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He will serve on the Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees and will stand for election at Modine's 2022 annual meeting of shareholders.
About Modine
Modine, with fiscal 2021 revenues of $1.8 billion, specializes in thermal management systems and components, bringing highly engineered heating and cooling components, original equipment products, and systems to diversified global markets. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (USA), with operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit www.modine.com.
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Kathleen Powers
(262) 636-1687
kathleen.t.powers@modine.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — Target is canceling orders from suppliers, particularly for home goods and clothing, and it’s slashing prices further to clear out amassed inventory ahead of the critical fall and holiday shopping seasons. The actions come after a pronounced spending shift by Americans, from investments in their homes to money spent on travel, nights out for dinner, and dressier clothes, a change that arrived much faster than major retailers had anticipated.
The speed at which Americans pivoted away from pandemic spending was laid bare in the most recent quarterly financial filings from a number of major retailers. Target reported last month that its profit for the fiscal first quarter tumbled 52% compared with the same period last year. Sales of big TVs and small kitchen appliances that Americans loaded up on during the pandemic have faded, leaving Target with a bloated inventory that it said must be marked down to sell.
Customers may see lower prices on televisions, outdoor furniture, and kitchen appliances to clear space for better-selling items. Target declined to give a dollar amount of merchandise orders that are being canceled and the depths of the discounts.
Still, the company says prices overall may climb this summer as it wrestles with rising transportation costs. The retailer plans to address supply chain problems by adding more holding capacity near U.S. ports and working with supplies to reduce the distances that products travel.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Tuesday that the company’s inventory grew 43% from February to April. Target shares fell 9% to $145.30 in early trading Tuesday morning, and the stock of other retailers retreated with it. Walmart, Nordstrom, and Macy’s fell between 2% and 4%.
In aggressively clearing out unwanted goods, Target wants to make room for what is now in demand, including groceries and makeup products. But Target is also facing sharply higher costs for everything from labor to transportation and shipping, and it will offset price cuts where it can with higher prices for goods now in demand.
“Retail inventories are elevated,” Michael Fiddelke, Target’s chief financial officer, told the Associated Press in a phone interview Monday. ”They certainly are for us, in some of the categories that we mis-forecast. We determined that acting aggressively was the right way to continue to fuel the business.”
Target is working with suppliers to cover costs for their vendors whose orders are being canceled. In some cases, some of the raw materials that were meant for some goods will instead be used for other products in higher demand, Fiddelke said. Many of the orders for products being canceled have a long production lead time of nine months, he said. Target also announced that it will add five distribution centers over the next two fiscal years.
Target said the costs related to the moves will hurt the bottom line in the current quarter. Target now expects its second-quarter operating margin rate will be roughly 2%, down from around 5.3% it had expected last month. For the second half of the year, Target expects an operating margin rate in a roughly 6% range, a rate it said would exceed the company’s average fall season performance in the years leading up to the pandemic.
Last month, Target forecast its full-year operating income margin rate would be in the 6% range. Target didn’t give a new full-range prediction. It also said it secured additional space near U.S. ports to hold merchandise to allow for more flexibility. Target, however, continues to expect full-year revenue growth in the low- to the mid-single-digit range and expects to maintain or gain market share for the year. | https://cw33.com/news/facing-huge-inventory-target-cuts-vendor-orders-prices/ | 2022-06-07T18:53:00Z |
TeeTiny Online, a space where players from all around the world can gather to play, is coming soon
- TeeTiny Online, Smilegate Megaport's first MMORPG for a global community
- Global CBT, one global server for all, auto-translation feature, gameplay possible with players from around the world
SEONGNAM, South Korea, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smilegate Megaport (CEO Ina Jang) has announced that it will hold a global CBT (Closed Beta Test, an anonymous pilot test) for TeeTiny Online, a new multi-platform MMORPG developed by TEENY.studio (Co-CEOs SeByoung Chae and HeeIl Yang), which will last for two weeks from June 23rd (Thu) until July 7th.
TeeTiny Online is Smilegate's first MMORPG for a global community and was presented as a unique IP for the first time during the 2020 G-Star exhibition. Offering cross-platform gameplay on PCs and mobile devices, TeeTiny Online is highly accessible.
Its concept is centered around being "a space where players from all around the world can gather to play," thus TeeTiny Online uses a single global server and promotes a strong sense of community. TeeTiny Online is a story of adventure and battle revolving around a tower imbued with magical power.
In TeeTiny Online, players are not restricted to a single class; they can freely switch weapons to change their class and can strategize to figure out the best way to fight the monsters and bosses on each floor. They can also enjoy a variety of play modes from cooperating with other global players in real-time to PvP content. Moreover, AI-supported auto-translation will be added in various spaces like the garden and to support communities like factions and guilds in order to allow players to openly communicate and enjoy the game with other global users.
TeeTiny Online doubles the fun with its fantasy setting and comical elements including humorous costumes that players across diverse cultures will be able to recognize and relate to. It also supports low-spec devices as it aims to reach a wide range of casual and global players.
Smilegate Megaport's Department Head Jaydn Jeong "is very thrilled to introduce TeeTiny Online, a charming MMORPG which will allow players from all around the world to cooperate and compete in the same space." He added that "this CBT will help us lay the foundation for a globally integrated MMORPG with a community that players from around the world can enjoy together. We plan to speed up development, so please look forward to it."
During TeeTiny Online's CBT period, many rewards, including a crystal currency, will be available through login events and mission events. Information on the game, CBT, and events can be found on the official website (https://teetiny.game.onstove.com).
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Natera, Inc. ("Natera" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NTRA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Natera investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Natera common stock between February 26, 2020, and April 19, 2022, inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NTRA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's non-invasive prenatal test, Panorama, was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) the Company's screening test for kidney transplant failure, Prospera, did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Natera during the relevant time frame, you have until June 27, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Ed Korsinsky, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
jlevi@levikorsinsky.com
Tel: (212) 363-7500
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Oath Keeper from NC pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group to forcefully halt the peaceful transfer of power after President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
William Todd Wilson, 44, is the third Oath Keepers member to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Brian Ulrich, a Georgia man affiliated with the group, pleaded guilty to the same charge last Friday. Alabama resident Joshua James was the first Oath Keepers member to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, 55, of Granbury, Texas, and eight others linked to the group have pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy and other charges. A trial for some of them is scheduled to start in July.
Unlike James and Ulrich, Wilson wasn’t charged in the initial January 2022 indictment for the seditious conspiracy case.
The charge is rarely employed. Before January, the last time U.S. prosecutors brought such a seditious conspiracy case was in 2010 in an alleged Michigan plot by members of the Hutaree militia to incite an uprising against the government.
Wilson, a resident of Sampson County, North Carolina, was an Oath Keeper member since 2016 and a county leader of the group’s North Carolina chapter, according to a court filing. The filing describes him as a military and law enforcement veteran but doesn’t include any details of his service.
“Some members of the Oath Keepers, like Wilson, believe that the federal government has been coopted by a cabal of elites actively trying to strip American citizens of their rights,” the filing says.
Oath Keepers members dressed in paramilitary clothing stormed the Capitol in “stack” formations. Wilson and others amassed firearms on the outskirts of Washington, D.C, and were prepared to bring the weapons into the city on Jan. 6 if Rhodes or his associates believed the need arose, according to prosecutors. In the end, the group’s “quick reaction force” teams didn’t bring guns into Washington.
Wilson also pleaded guilty to a charge of obstructing an official proceeding, the joint session of Congress for certifying Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump.
Four other people connected with the Oath Keepers have pleaded guilty to obstruction of Congress and a lesser conspiracy charge, A conviction under the seditious conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, compared with five years on the lesser conspiracy charge.
More than 780 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot. Over 270 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. More than 160 of them have been sentenced.
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PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2022.
Quarterly Highlights
- Total sales were $331 million, increasing 7% from a year ago on a reported basis and 9% on a constant currency basis. Acquisitions contributed 5% and organic activity drove 4% of the constant currency growth.
- GAAP operating income was $42.7 million or 12.9% of sales, compared to $44.1 million or 14.3% of sales in the same period a year ago. Adjusted operating income was $53.8 million or 16.3% of sales, compared to $47.5 million or 15.4% of sales in the same period a year ago.
- GAAP earnings were $35.5 million or $0.90 per diluted share, compared to $36.5 million or $0.92 per diluted share in the same period a year ago. Adjusted earnings were $43.6 million or $1.10 per diluted share, compared to $37.5 million or $0.95 per diluted share in the same period a year ago.
- Operating cash flow was $24.5 million, compared to $45.6 million in the same period a year ago. The decrease was driven by an increased investment in working capital to respond to the strong growth environment and supply chain challenges.
Comments from Management
"The first quarter finished in line with our expectations as we continued to benefit from strong demand for our products," said Nish Vartanian, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Despite a challenging supply chain and inflationary environment, the team executed well and drove 9% constant currency sales growth and incremental margins of approximately 30%. Orders were up double digits in the first quarter, resulting in a book-to-bill ratio of 1.2x and record backlog."
"We continue to deliver on our strategy and are excited by our recently-launched innovative technologies, including our fully-connected ALTAIR io™ 4 Gas Detection Wearable device that begins shipping at the beginning of May, and our V-Gard® C1 Hard Hat with ReflectIR™ Thermal Barrier technology. Furthermore, we have made significant progress integrating Bacharach, and it contributed positively to our results in the quarter," Mr. Vartanian said.
"While the operating environment remains dynamic, we saw demand strengthen through the quarter. We are seeing the effects of supply chain challenges and inflation throughout our regions. Looking forward, I am confident in our ability to execute our long-term vision to be the global leader of safety technologies that protect workers and facility infrastructures. Our balance sheet remains strong and we will continue our balanced approach to investing in growth and returning capital to shareholders," Mr. Vartanian concluded.
*Prior period has been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in the Company's fiscal 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
*Prior period has been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in the Company's fiscal 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
*Prior period has been adjusted to reflect the change in inventory accounting method, as described in the Company's fiscal 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Adjustments were made to Americas and International.
(a) Acquisition related costs include advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees incurred during due diligence and integration. These costs are included in selling, general and administrative expense in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Acquisition related costs also include the acquisition related amortization, which is included in cost of products sold in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
(b) Excludes acquisition related amortization, which is included in acquisition related costs above.
The Americas segment is comprised of our operations in Northern North American and Latin American geographies. The International segment is comprised of our operations in all geographies outside of the Americas. Certain global expenses are allocated to each segment in a manner consistent with where the benefits from the expenses are derived.
Adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted operating margin, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and adjusted EBITDA margin are the measures used by the chief operating decision maker to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. As such, management believes that adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted operating margin, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are useful metrics for investors. Adjusted operating income (loss) is defined as operating income excluding restructuring charges, currency exchange gains / losses, product liability expense, acquisition related costs, including acquisition related amortization. Adjusted operating margin is defined as adjusted operating income (loss) divided by segment sales to external customers. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as adjusted operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization, and adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as adjusted EBITDA divided by segment sales to external customers. Adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted operating margin, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin are not recognized terms under GAAP, and therefore do not purport to be alternatives to operating income or operating margin as a measure of operating performance. The Company's definition of adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted operating margin, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. As such, management believes that it is appropriate to consider operating income determined on a GAAP basis in addition to these non-GAAP measures.
MSA Safety Incorporated
Reconciliation of As Reported Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Constant currency revenue growth (Unaudited)
Consolidated
*Fixed Gas and Flame Detection includes the impact of the Bacharach acquisition completed on July 1, 2021.
Organic constant currency sales change is a non-GAAP financial measure provided by the Company to give a better understanding of the Company's underlying business performance. Organic constant currency sales change is calculated by deducting the percentage impact from acquisitions and currency translation effects from the overall percentage change in net sales.
MSA Safety Incorporated
Reconciliation of As Reported Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Constant currency revenue growth (Unaudited)
Americas Segment
*Fixed Gas and Flame Detection includes the impact of the Bacharach acquisition completed on July 1, 2021.
Organic constant currency sales change is a non-GAAP financial measure provided by the Company to give a better understanding of the Company's underlying business performance. Organic constant currency sales change is calculated by deducting the percentage impact from acquisitions and currency translation effects from the overall percentage change in net sales.
MSA Safety Incorporated
Reconciliation of As Reported Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Constant currency revenue growth (Unaudited)
International Segment
*Fixed Gas and Flame Detection includes the impact of the Bacharach acquisition completed on July 1, 2021.
Organic constant currency sales change is a non-GAAP financial measure provided by the Company to give a better understanding of the Company's underlying business performance. Organic constant currency sales change is calculated by deducting the percentage impact from acquisitions and currency translation effects from the overall percentage change in net sales.
MSA Safety Incorporated
Supplemental Segment Information (Unaudited)
Summary of constant currency revenue growth by segment and product group
*Fixed Gas and Flame Detection includes the impact of the Bacharach acquisition completed on July 1, 2021.
MSA Safety Incorporated
Reconciliation of As Reported Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted earnings (Unaudited)
Adjusted earnings per diluted share (Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(a) Acquisition related costs include advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees incurred during due diligence and integration. These costs are included in selling, general and administrative expense in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Acquisition related costs also include the acquisition related amortization, which is included in cost of products sold in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Management believes that adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per diluted share are useful measures for investors, as management uses these measures to internally assess the company's performance and ongoing operating trends. There can be no assurances that additional special items will not occur in future periods, nor that MSA's definition of adjusted earnings is consistent with that of other companies. As such, management believes that it is appropriate to consider both net income determined on a GAAP basis as well as adjusted earnings.
About MSA:
Established in 1914, MSA Safety Incorporated is the global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products that protect people and facility infrastructures. Many MSA products integrate a combination of electronics, mechanical systems and advanced materials to protect users against hazardous or life-threatening situations. The company's comprehensive product line is used by workers around the world in a broad range of markets, including the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, the fire service, the construction industry, mining and the military. MSA's core products include self-contained breathing apparatus, fixed gas and flame detection systems, portable gas detection instruments, industrial head protection products, firefighter helmets and protective apparel, and fall protection devices. With 2021 revenues of $1.4 billion, MSA employs approximately 4,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered north of Pittsburgh in Cranberry Township, Pa., and has manufacturing operations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. With more than 40 international locations, MSA realizes approximately half of its revenue from outside North America. For more information visit MSA's web site at www.MSAsafety.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for historical information, certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include but are not limited to all projections and anticipated levels of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed herein. Any number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from projections or forward-looking statements, including without limitation global economic conditions, spending patterns of government agencies, competitive pressures, the impact of acquisitions and related integration activities, product liability claims, the success of new product introductions, currency exchange rate fluctuations and the risks of doing business in foreign countries. A full listing of these risks, uncertainties and other factors are detailed from time-to-time in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our most recent Form 10-K filed on February 18, 2022. You are strongly urged to review all such filings for a more detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties. MSA's SEC filings are readily obtainable at no charge at www.sec.gov, as well as on its own investor relations website at http://investors.MSAsafety.com. MSA undertakes no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements contained herein, except as required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
This press release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. These financial measures include organic constant currency revenue growth, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted earnings, and adjusted earnings per diluted share. The presentation of these financial measures does not comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). For an explanation of these measures, together with a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, see the Reconciliation of As Reported Financial Measures to Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the financial tables section above.
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Short Film Chronicles the Quinceañera Dream of One Woman
NEW YORK, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking International Transgender Day of Visibility, Pantene today released a documentary-style short film chronicling the Quinceañera of a transgender woman, Isa, denied one as a teenager. Longtime agency Grey New York created the campaign.
Against great odds (see stats), from job discrimination to systemic violence, transgender women have made significant progress in Latin America, holding elective office and as business leaders.
People begin understanding their gender identity as early as three years old. But many transgender people don't know or share this about their gender until later in life due to safety and issues of cultural acceptance.
"It doesn't matter when or at what age someone knows who they are, whether at 15 or 44. Whenever they feel comfortable being themselves and sharing that truth is a moment to celebrate," said Martina Brubacher, Director of Communications for Pantene for Latin America, "As a brand, we know the power of hair and how it can be a statement for expressing one's true self, so it's important for us to feature stories like Isa's, a transgender woman who celebrates her journey."
The Quinceañera is a dream come true for many Latina girls as they turn fifteen. But this rite of passage to womanhood, celebrated by family and community, has often excluded transgender women from this cultural milestone.
Pantene has partnered with Isa, a transgender woman in her forties, to give her the Quinceañera she never had. The film tells her poignant story and follows her preparations leading up to and including the day with her friends and family. (Link to the film)
"For all the times I had to hide my identity and deny my existence - today I say, I am here. I am Isa," said Isa
The integrated digitally-led campaign includes online video, social media, influencers, and public relations. The brand once again worked with GLAAD, which accelerates the acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people by sharing stories and accessing all forms of media to uplift members of the community.
"The team chose to launch this film on International Day of Trans Visibility – to inspire every young transgender person. Anything is possible; happiness and acceptance is something everyone deserves," said Javier Bonilla, Executive Creative Director at Grey.
Please see statistics on the challenges transgender people face:
- Since Statista started collecting data, 2021 is the year with the highest number of deaths of transgender and gender-diverse people, with 375 murders recorded between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021. Most of the murders took place in Brazil (125), Mexico (65), Honduras (53), and the United States (53).
- According to the data reported by Sin Violencia LGBTI, between the years 2014 and 2020, 1403 people from the LGBTI community were murdered for reasons related to prejudice against their sexual orientation or gender identity.
- 94% of the transgender population In Brazil reports suffering some form of violence motivated by discrimination due to their gender identity
- 175 transgender people were murdered in Brazil in 2020, 41% more than in 2019 (the country leads the ranking of murders of trans people in the world)
Source
1. Roa, M. M. (2021, November 18). Infografía: Los países con más asesinatos de personas trans. Statista Infografías. Retrieved March 30, 2022, from
https://es.statista.com/grafico/23552/personas-trans-y-genero-diversas-asesinadas-yhttps://es.statista.com/grafico/23552/personas-trans-y-genero-diversas-asesinadas-y-paises-con-mas-victimas/paises-con-mas-victimas/
2.3.4 Sin Violencia LGBTI. "Des-Cifrando La Violencia En Tiempos De Cuarentena." Sin Violencia LGBT, June 2021, https://sinviolencia.lgbt/des-cifrando-la-violencia-entiempos-de-cuarentena/.
About P&G
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands. For other P&G news, visit us at www.pg.com/news.
About Grey
Grey, the global communications network, is part of AKQA Group. Its parent company is WPP (NYSE: WPP). Under the banner of "Grey Famously Effective" the agency serves a blue-chip roster of many of the world's best-known companies: Procter & Gamble, Google, Volvo, Amazon, GlaxoSmithKline, Kellogg's, Netflix, the NBA, Pfizer, YouTube, Canon, Nestlé and Applebee's. In recent years, Grey has been named ADWEEK'S "Global Agency of the Year" twice; ADVERTISING AGE's "Agency of the Year" and CAMPAIGN magazine's "Global Network of the Year" in recognition of its creative and business performance (www.grey.com).
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History was made Thursday night when Harini Logan, 14, won the first-ever spell-off at the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The San Antonio, Texas, native received a trophy and a check for $50,000.
Harini went head-to-head with Vikram Raju, 12, in the spell-off, a format that tested the contestants on how many words they could correctly spell within 90 seconds.
Harini spelled 21 out of 26 words correctly, while Vikram got 15 out of 19 words right.
"I think honestly so surreal, it's my fourth time at the Bee," Harini said on stage holding the trophy. "This is such a dream, this is my fourth bee and I'm just so overwhelmed."
Of the first-ever spell-off, Harini said: "At first I was a little uneasy and I decided to take it in stride ... I just had to take a deep breath and tell myself to go out there and do my best and whatever happens, happens."
The Spelling Bee, which features elementary and middle school students spelling words that would cause most adults to stumble, has had a tumultuous few years.
Because of Covid-19, the competition was canceled in 2020 -- a significant shake-up for what is billed the nation's largest and longest-running educational program. (The National Spelling Bee was launched in 1925.)
The Bee returned last year, but with a few changes. The event featured three rounds completed virtually, rather than in-person, with 209 contestants -- down from 562 in 2019. The finals were then held in person at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida, rather than in the National Harbor in Maryland, where the event had typically been held in recent years.
Though still down from pre-pandemic numbers, this year began with 234 contestants, an increase from last year. Of those who started, only 12 participated in Thursday's final competition.
Another big change this year was the televised broadcast of the Bee. Despite almost three decades on ESPN, the the competion aired on ION and Bounce. ESPN has been the home of the Scripps National Spelling Bee since 1994, longer than any of the current contestants have been alive.
The preliminary rounds began Tuesday, while the quarterfinals and semifinals took place Wednesday.
This year's host was LeVar Burton. The Emmy and Grammy-award winner hosted the semifinal and the final round of the event.
In a statement in December, Burton called the position "an honor."
"Like a lot of folks, I look forward to the competition every year and am excited to be a part of this wonderful tradition that celebrates excellence," he said.
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(The HIll) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday predicted that Republicans have a better chance of flipping the House than the Senate, citing candidate quality, again taming expectations for the upper chamber less than three months out from the midterm elections.
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate. Senate races are just different — they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome,” McConnell said when asked about his expectations for the midterms during an event in Kentucky, according to NBC News.
“Right now, we have a 50-50 Senate and a 50-50 country, but I think when all is said and done this fall, we’re likely to have an extremely close Senate, either our side up slightly or their side up slightly,” he added.
McConnell’s comments come less than three months out from the midterm elections, which Republicans have eyed as their opportunity to take control of the House and Senate.
McConnell previously said the November midterms would be “very good” for Republicans, pointing in-part to President Biden’s poor approval. Historically speaking, the party not in power in the White House — in this case, Republicans — have gained control of Congress.
But the Senate leader has since changed his tone, taming expectations as the outlook dampens for Republicans. The shift in perspective came after a number of Trump-backed Senate candidates who believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen received the GOP nomination.
J.D. Vance in Ohio, Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania and Herschel Walker in Georgia are all trailing their opponents in FiveThirtyEight’s average of latest polls.
On Thursday, the Cook Political Report switched its rating for the Pennsylvania race from “toss up” to “lean Democrat.”
According to FiveThirtyEight, Democrats are favored to win the Senate, 64 percent to 36 percent, while Republicans hold an edge on Democrats when it comes to the House, 77 percent to 23 percent.
Earlier this month, McConnell said he thinks control of the Senate will be “very tight” after the November races.
“I think it’s going to be very tight. We have a 50-50 nation. And I think when this Senate race smoke clears, we’re likely to have a very, very close Senate still, with us up slightly or the Democrats up slightly,” he said.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Respect My Region (RMR), a Seattle-based award-winning, media, music, cannabis, and technology company, is pleased to announce strategic partnerships with 23 cannabis retailers and 30 media sites, public relations groups, and influencers across North America.
"Each year we aim to work with strategic partners who are active in their local community," said Mitch Pfeifer, Founder and CEO of Respect My Region. "This year, RMR reached out to more than 100 different entities and so far we've established partnerships with 53 various groups. They will all contribute expert local market insight to our platform and provide a true snapshot of what legal cannabis looks like across the map."
"We really try to go above and beyond when it comes to deliverables with our partners," said Joey Brabo, Chief Operations Officer and Co-Owner of Respect My Region. "They all receive a podcast episode, featured article, marketing asset inclusion, plus social media promotions about their brand, cannabis culture, and products in their area."
Retail Partnerships For The 2022 North American Weed Tour:
420 Kingdom Delivery (Bakersfield, CA)
Cape Cod Cannabis (Cape Cod, MA)
Canopy Club (Santa Barbara, CA)
Dockside Cannabis (Seattle, WA)
High West Cannabis (Denver, CO)
ILLA Canna (West Los Angeles, CA)
Jungle Boyz (DTLA, Orange County, San Diego, CA)
Kansas City Cannabis Co. (Kansas City, MO)
LB Collective (Long Beach, CA)
Litco (Downtown Los Angeles, CA)
Market Run Delivery (Santa Ana, CA)
Megan's Organic Market (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Mother Nature's Remedy (Woodland Hills, CA)
Originals (South Central Los Angeles, CA)
Tree Factory (Port Hueneme, CA)
Trippy Hippie (Bellingham, WA)
West Coast Cannabis Club (Palm Desert, CA)
The North American Weed Tour began July 10th and ends on December 15th, 2022.
For more information, visit RespectMyRegion.com/NorthAmericanWeedTour.
10Buds, 40 Tons, 420 Jurist, Adam ILL, AZ Cannabis News, Beard Bros Pharms, Betty Krocker Bakes, BudsFeed, Cannabiscapes, CannabisTalk 101, Cannabis and Movies Club, Elana Cohen Public Relations, Emerald Market, Ganjapreneur, G4 Live, Heady NJ, Honeysuckle Magazine, Illinois News Joint, Inner.Chii, Mistah Cannabis, Natura, Neon Joint, Petalfast, Pre-Packs, Pot Brothers at Law, PufCreativ, Skunk Magazine, The Bluntness, The Cannabis Library, The Cannigma, and The Weed Blog.
About Respect My Region: Since 2011, Respect My Region has provided a community-centric platform that connects real people to local culture. RMR is currently servicing music and cannabis markets in the United States and Canada. The brand offers custom content creation, marketing and management services, targeted advertising, influencer campaigns, event promotion, content distribution, and PR services.
Past Tours: respectmyregion.com/westcoastweedtour
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Stock Symbol: GROY (NYSE American)
VANCOUVER, BC, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Gold Royalty Corp. ("Gold Royalty" or the "Company") announces the filing of its operating and financial results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022 and is pleased to provide an update on recent asset advancements. The Company will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting to discuss these results on Wednesday, May 25 at 10:00 AM EDT.
David Garofalo, Chairman and CEO of Gold Royalty, commented, "Our second fiscal quarter of 2022 included several meaningful catalysts for the Company. The acquisition of royalties over the Côté Gold Project and expansion of our royalties in the Beaufor Mine further bolstered our near-term cash flow profile. At the same time, we saw several exciting exploration and development advancements from key assets including Odyssey, REN, Fenelon, Tonopah West, and Whistler."
Highlights for the Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2022:
- Record revenues of $0.6 million and $1.2 million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022, respectively.
- Strong projected revenues for Gold Royalty's first full fiscal year of business of approximately $5 million with robust and peer-leading multi-year growth in revenues expected as the underground expansion of Canadian Malartic ramps up and the Côté and Beaufor gold mines begin production.
- Inaugural quarterly dividend paid during the second quarter, yielding over 1% at current share prices.
- Available liquidity of $25.1 million, positioning the Company well for further growth.
- During the quarter, the Company continued its rapid growth with the acquisition of Abitibi Royalties, Golden Valley and royalties on IAMGOLD's Côté Gold project, expanded royalties on Monarch Mining's Beaufor and other gold project and continued creation of additional royalties from its Royalty Generator Business. Gold Royalty now has 195 royalties focused on the best mining jurisdictions in the Americas.
For further important information, please refer to the Company's unaudited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022, copies of which are available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov.
Q2 2022 Town Hall Meeting Details
Gold Royalty is pleased to announce that it will host a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May 25 at 10:00 AM EDT.
The Company will be providing an update to interested stakeholders on the Company's Q2 financial and operating results including key recent catalysts that have been announced on the assets underlying the Company's royalties. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session where participants will be able to ask any questions they may have of management.
To register for the Town Hall Meeting, please click the link below:
Portfolio Update
Canadian Malartic Partnership (Agnico Eagle & Yamana JV) – Odyssey Underground Project (3.0% NSR) – Odyssey Project Advancing on Schedule
On April 27, 2022 Yamana Gold announced its financial and operational results for the first quarter of 2022 including an update on development advancements at the Odyssey Project. Following significant advancement of the project in 2021, the Odyssey team is focusing on two key milestones:
- Initiation of shaft sinking by the fourth quarter of 2022
- First gold production from Odyssey South in the first quarter of 2023
Yamana stated that "with a significant production platform, material cash flow generation and a prominent position within Quebec's Abitibi District, Canadian Malartic will remain one of the Company's cornerstone assets and one of the more prolific and generational mines in the world, particularly as the Odyssey mine is developed and comes into production. [Yamana] is taking a disciplined approach to the development of Odyssey with a conservative outlook for initial throughput and production. While the Odyssey mine is expected to initially process 20,000 tonnes per day and produce 500,000 to 600,000 ounces per year, based on the current mine plan, the Company recognizes that there is a large inventory of ounces that is not currently in the mine plan. Odyssey ores will be processed through a plant with an original design capacity of over 55,000 tonnes per day, processing closer to 60,000 tonnes per day, which far exceeds the initial expected throughput of Odyssey. The plant was designed for the larger open pit operations that will end later this decade, and while the Company will scale the plant to the level required for the underground operations, that plant capacity will always be there. The Company's approach at its other mines has been to conduct extensive exploration which provides flexibility to maximize and increase throughput, and a similar approach will be taken with Odyssey, where delineation of extensions of underground mineralized zones and new zones of mineralization is already occurring… The Company firmly believes that in its 10-year outlook period, these efforts will lead to more mining areas that will allow the Company to take advantage of available plant capacity, resulting in ore processing that will exceed 20,000 tonnes per day, and sustainable production will then significantly exceed the initial production plan of 500,000 to 600,000 ounces per year."
For more information, refer to Yamana Gold's press release dated April 27, 2022, filed on www.sedar.com.
Nevada Gold Mines (Barrick & Newmont JV) – REN Project (1.5% NSR & 3.5% NPI) – Maiden Resource Expected to Grow in 2022
On May 4, 2022, Barrick Gold announced its results for the first quarter of 2022, which included a presentation by President and CEO, Mark Bristow who highlighted that REN, the northern underground extension of the Goldstrike Mine, was a project that is expected to grow in 2022, stating "Ren is another expanding opportunity. Last year we declared a maiden inferred resource of 1.2Moz and recent results have not only confirmed the model but have continued to expand the JB Zone resource to the south. Mineralization remains open at both JB and Corona Corridors. We have initiated various mining studies on the geotechnical, ventilation, dewatering parameters to optimally design this part of the [Goldstrike] mine."
Barrick had previously noted they are targeting to bring REN into the Goldstrike mine plan in the short term. The 1.2Moz maiden inferred resource (5.2Mt at 7.3g/t Au) is expected grow further based on recent exploration results including the following highlights:
- MRC-21016: 36.6 m at 13.95g/t
- MRC-21014: 7.6 m at 17.49g/t
- MRC-21013: 10.7 m at 9.19g/t
- MRC-21015: 12.2 m at 9.63g/t and 14.0 m at 5.25g/t
- MRC-21012: 10.7 m at 10.22g/t
For more information, refer to Barrick's press release dated May 4, 2022, filed on www.sedar.com
IAMGOLD – Côté Gold Project (0.75% NSR) – Project Remains on Schedule
On May 3, 2022 IAMGOLD reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. IAMGOLD maintained its guidance of commencing production at Côté by the end of 2023 while disclosing a likely material increase in capital costs to complete construction of the project. Gold Royalty highlights that it is insulated from cost inflation as a royalty holder.
Despite potential capital cost increases, IAMGOLD has disclosed that Côté is still positioned to be a robust, Tier I, low-cost and long-life asset with the current mine plan outlining a 36,000 tpd open pit operation with estimated average annual production of 489,000 oz Au over the first 5 years of operation, and average annual production of 367,000 oz Au at an AISC of US$802/oz over the 18-year mine life.
IAMGOLD disclosed in its May 3, 2022 news release that the Côté Project is 49% complete with detailed engineering of the project being 96.6% complete. Mining activities during the quarter focused on overburden pre-stripping and bulk rock excavation in the pit while various facilities are currently under construction at site. Key permits have already been received with some minor permits expected to be obtained before commercial production.
For more information, refer to IAMGOLD's press releases dated May 3, 2022, and IAMGOLD's Technical Report on the Côté Gold Project titled "Technical Report on the Côté Gold Project, Ontario, Canada", with an effective date of October 18, 2021, filed on www.sedar.com.
Wallbridge Mining – Fenelon Gold Project (2.0% NSR) – Multi-Million Ounce Deposit Begins Realizing its Significant Expansion Potential
Following the sizeable maiden resource estimate at Fenelon in 2021 of 2.1Moz of Indicated gold resources (36.0Mt at 1.84g/t Au) and a further 1.5Moz of Inferred gold resources (29.0Mt at 1.57g/t Au), on April 7, 2022, Wallbridge Mining announced a successful start to their 2022, 115,000 metre drill program. It disclosed that the program aims to expand the existing resource footprint laterally, in directions where the mineralization is open, while seeking to discover new satellite zones in proximity of the known deposit. On March 24, 2022 Wallbridge announce the company had completed approximately 1,800 metres of underground development over the course of 2021 and early 2022, providing access to Area 51 gold mineralization and establishing drilling platforms to be used in future resource drill programs.
On April 28, 2022, Wallbridge reported positive assay results from the ongoing drill program at Fenelon, including significant gold mineralization in the Ripley Zone, located one kilometre south of the Fenelon mineral resource footprint. The results demonstrate the potential for this zone to be included in an updated Fenelon mineral resource estimate expected in 2023. 2022 drilling has also discovered additional high-quality gold intercepts inside the 2021 mineral resource estimate and has expanded Area 51 Zone to the southwest.
On April 4, 2022, Wallbridge announced that it appointed Anthony Makuch, former CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold, as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Makuch commented ""The management team at Wallbridge has assembled a land package of outstanding scale and quality in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, anchored around its cornerstone projects at Fenelon and Martiniere. Both of these projects have significant growth potential, and there is additional prospectivity and potential for new discoveries."
For more information, refer to Wallbridge's press releases dated April 4, 2022; April 7, 2022; and April 29, 2022, filed on www.sedar.com and Wallbridge's Technical Report on the Detour-Fenelon Gold Trend Property, with an effective date of December 23, 2021, filed on www.sedar.com.
Monarch Mining – Beaufor Mine (1.0% NSR & PTR) – Continued Exploration Success at Depth as Beaufor Prepares for Production
On March 17, 2022, Monarch Mining announced drilling results targeting the western strike extension of the Q Zone at its Beaufor Mine located 20 kilometres east of Val-d'Or, Quebec. The target area returned an impressive 6.8 m at 19.05 g/t Au, including 1.4 m at 12.56 g/t Au and 2.0 m at 54.68 g/t Au. These drill results are significant and exciting as they confirm the continuity of this ore zone for at least 150 m westward along strike and 150 m down-dip. Given the positive results, additional holes are now being drilled to allow the zones in question to be converted into reserves and included in a future mine plan. Monarch Mining is continuing its exploration definition drilling, with five underground drill rigs, and expects to restart operations by June 2022.
"The results of this underground drilling program are very encouraging and continue to show the strong potential of the Beaufor Mine at depth," said Jean-Marc Lacoste, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monarch. "We are thrilled to be able to confirm the high-grade nature and significant width of the Q Zone towards the west. Additional drilling is definitely warranted to continue expanding this zone."
For more information, refer to Monarch's press release dated March 17, 2022, filed on www.sedar.com
GoldMining Inc. – Whistler (1.0% NSR) – Creation of U.S. GoldMining to Drive Forward the Whistler Project
On February 28, 2022 GoldMining Inc. announced the creation of U.S. GoldMining Inc. a new subsidiary with a dedicated board and team focused on advancing the Whistler gold-copper Project located in Alaska, USA. GoldMining Inc. subsequently announced on April 7, 2022 the appointment of Tim Smith as CEO of U.S. GoldMining.
Upon Mr. Smith's appointment, Alastair Still, Chief Executive Officer of GoldMining commented: "With a proven and successful track record of exploring for gold systems globally for more than 25 years, including as Vice President Exploration for Kaminak Gold where he led the team at the Coffee Gold Deposit in Yukon, Canada and which was acquired by Goldcorp for C$520 million in 2016, and as Regional Director Generative Exploration, North America for Newmont from June 2019 to April 2022, I am delighted to welcome Tim to the GoldMining team."
GoldMining Inc. further announced on February 28, 2022 that its board of directors has approved a strategy to have U.S. GoldMining operated as a separate public company through an initial public offering or similar transaction.
For more information, refer to GoldMining's press releases dated February 28, 2022, and April 7, 2022, filed on www.sedar.com
Blackrock Silver – Tonopah West (3.0% NSR) – High Grade Maiden Resource Estimate
On May 2, 2022 Blackrock Silver reported the results of its Maiden Resource Estimate at its Tonopah West project, located in the Walker Lane trend of Western Nevada. The Maiden Resource Estimate outlined a 42.6 Moz silver-equivalent inferred resource (2,975 kt at 208.0 g/t Ag and 2.5 g.t Au).
Andrew Pollard, the Company's President and CEO, stated, "delivery of this maiden resource represents a historic milestone, as one of the great American silver camps has been re-awakened, at a time where silver serves as much more than just currency, but also as a crucial element required for the emerging global electrified economy. By stope optimizing our initial mineral inventory we've engaged the gold standard of detail, rigor and scrutiny for a project of this stage, which further de-risks the deposit while also bolstering the credibility in the baseline credentials of the Tonopah West project. Representing just eighteen months of drilling data, this maiden mineral resource estimate establishes Tonopah West as one of the highest-grade undeveloped silver deposits of size in the world, with substantial resource expansion potential remaining."
For more information, refer to Blackrock Silver's press release dated May 2, 2022, filed on www.sedar.com
Additional Selected Highlights
- First Majestic Silver Corp. – Jerritt Canyon Mine - (1.0% NSR & PTR) First Majestic produces 7.2M Silver Eqv. Oz in the First Quarter Consisting of 2.6M Oz Silver and 58,892 Oz Gold (press release dated April 18, 2022).
- Fortitude Gold Corp. – Isabella Pearl Mine – (0.375% NSR) Fortitude Gold Reports First Quarter Net Income of $0.11 Per Share, Maintains 2022 Production Outlook (press release dated May 4, 2022).
- Coeur Mining – Lincoln Hill – (2.0% NSR) Coeur Reports First Quarter 2022 Results (press release dated May 4, 2022).
- SSR Mining – Marigold – (0.75% NSR) SSR Mining Reports First Quarter 2022 Results (press release dated May 3, 2022).
- Integra Resources – War Eagle – (1.0% NSR) Integra intersects 3.95 g/t AuEq over 77.7M in extension drilling at War Eagle (press release dated May 5, 2022).
- Sirios Resources – Cheechoo (2.5% - 4.0% NSR) Sirios Expands its Cheechoo Gold Property (press release dated April 20, 2022).
- Sirios Resources – Cheechoo (2.5% - 4.0% NSR) Sirios drills 2.97 g/t Au over 80.0M, including 29.13 g/t over 5.9M on its Cheechoo Gold Project (press release dated March 16, 2022).
- Gold Standard Ventures – Railroad-Pinion – (0.44% NSR) Gold Standard Ventures announces 2022 Exploration Program (press release dated April 18, 2022).
- GoldMining Inc. – La Mina – (2.0% NSR) GoldMining Inc. announces commencement of an expansionary exploration drilling program (press release dated April 12, 2022).
- Rex Minerals – Hog Ranch – (2.0% NSR) Soils define new targets: program over entire Hog Ranch begins (ASX and Media Release dated March 30, 2022).
- American Pacific Mining Corp – Tuscarora (3.0% NSR) American Pacific Mining Provides Update on Its Tuscarora Project in Nevada (press release dated May 9, 2022).
About Gold Royalty Corp.
Gold Royalty Corp. is a gold-focused royalty company offering creative financing solutions to the metals and mining industry. Its mission is to acquire royalties, streams and similar interests at varying stages of the mine life cycle to build a balanced portfolio offering near, medium and longer-term attractive returns for its investors. Gold Royalty's diversified portfolio currently consists primarily of royalties on gold properties located in the Americas.
Qualified Persons
Alastair Still, P.Geo., Director of Technical Services of the Company, is a "qualified person" as such term is defined under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information disclosed in this news release. Glenn Mullan, a director of the Company, is a "qualified person" as such term is defined under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information pertaining to projects located in Quebec, Canada, disclosed in this news release.
Notice to Investors
Disclosure relating to properties in which Gold Royalty holds royalty or other interests is based on information publicly disclosed by the owners or operators of such properties. The Company generally has limited or no access to the properties underlying its interests and is largely dependent on the disclosure of the operators of its interests and other publicly available information. The Company generally has limited or no ability to verify such information. Although the Company does not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate, there can be no assurance that such third-party information is complete or accurate. In addition, certain information publicly reported by operators may relate to a larger property than the area covered by the Companies interest, which often may only apply to a portion of the overall project area or applicable mineral resources or reserves. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of a measured, indicated or inferred resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. "Inferred mineral resources" have a greater amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility.
Unless otherwise indicated, the technical and scientific disclosure contained or referenced in this news release, including any references to mineral resources or mineral reserves, was prepared by the project operators in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43- 101"), which differs significantly from the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") applicable to domestic issuers. Accordingly, the scientific and technical information contained or referenced in this press release may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information:
Certain of the information contained in this news release constitutes 'forward-looking information' and 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws ("forward-looking statements"), including but not limited to statements regarding: future plans, estimates and expectations disclosed by the operators of the projects underlying the Company's interests, including the proposed advancement and expansion of such projects; the results of exploration, development and production activities of the operators of such projects; and the Company's expectation regarding future revenues. Such statements can be generally identified by the use of terms such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "believe", "plans", "anticipate" or similar terms. Forward-looking statements are based upon certain assumptions and other important factors, including assumptions of management regarding the accuracy of the disclosure of the operators of the projects underlying the Company's projects, their ability to achieve disclosed plans and targets, macroeconomic conditions, commodity prices, and the Company's ability to finance future growth and acquisitions. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements including, among others, any inability to any inability of the operators of the properties underlying the Company's royalty interests to execute proposed plans for such properties or to achieved planned development and production estimates and goals, risks related to the operators of the projects in which the Company holds interests, including the successful continuation of operations at such projects by those operators, risks related to exploration, development, permitting, infrastructure, operating or technical difficulties on any such projects, the influence of macroeconomic developments as well as the impact of, and response of relevant governments to, COVID-19 and the effectiveness of such responses and the ability of the Company to carry out its growth plans and other factors set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended September 30, 2021 and its other publicly filed documents under its profiles at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause 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. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you’re planning a trip to West Virginia anytime soon, we have some tips for you. Don’t break any mirrors, avoid black cats, and definitely don’t travel today, Friday the 13th.
Why? West Virginia was named the unluckiest state in the nation, according to a report by TopUSCasinos.com.
The casino news and review site ranked each state based on a number of factors to determine which was America’s unluckiest.
West Virginia ranked last, with an unlucky score of 75.08 out of a possible 100. New York is the nation’s luckiest state, with a score of 28.26.
Texas ranked as the country’s 11th unluckiest state.
How did the report come up with the scores? Ten factors were considered, including deaths from lightning strikes, accidental deaths, Powerball and Mega Millions winners and divorce rates among couples younger than 30.
West Virginia ranked dead last in three of the metrics: lowest happiness among residents, highest accident mortality rate and lowest life expectancy.
Several other Southern states — Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama — round out the rest of the top five unluckiest states.
Meanwhile, New York ranks as the luckiest state, thanks to its low divorce rates under 30, low accident mortality rate and high life expectancy.
Minnesota, Maryland, California and New Jersey are the other lucky states that get a spot in the top five.
Here’s a look at some of the metrics used in the report:
- Happiness of residents: West Virginia ranks lowest, while Utah ranks highest
- Lightning fatalities since 1952: Florida has the most (515), while Alaska and Hawaii have the fewest (0)
- Disaster declarations since 1953: Texas has the most (365), while Delaware has the fewest (25)
- Accidental deaths per 100,000 since 2014: West Virginia has the most (92.1), while New York has the fewest (34.0)
- Life expectancy: West Virginia has the lowest (74.8), while Hawaii has the highest (81.4)
- Divorce rate at 30 years old: Arkansas has the highest (19.5%), while New York has the lowest (5%) | https://cw33.com/news/study-shows-which-state-is-americas-unluckiest-2/ | 2022-05-13T15:49:03Z |
BETHESDA, Md, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE American: LEU) intends to hold the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2022 Annual Meeting") on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The 2022 Annual Meeting will be completely virtually and will be conducted via live webcast. More information can be found in the company's proxy statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting.
Centrus Energy is a trusted supplier of nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry. Centrus provides value to its utility customers through the reliability and diversity of its supply sources – helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon-free electricity. Since 1998, the Company has provided its utility customers with more than 1,750 reactor years of fuel, which is equivalent to 7 billion tons of coal. With world-class technical and engineering capabilities, Centrus is also advancing the next generation of centrifuge technologies so that America can restore its domestic uranium enrichment capability in the future. Find out more at www.centrusenergy.com.
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Investors: Dan Leistikow LeistikowD@centrusenergy.com
Media: Lindsey Geisler GeislerLR@centrusenergy.com
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MONTREAL, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, announced today that the company will be presenting at the following investor conferences:
UBS Global Truck, Commercial Vehicle and Powertrain Conference
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Location: Virtual
NBF 12th Annual Quebec Conference
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022
Location: Toronto (in person)
Credit Suisse 2022 Mobility Forum
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Location: Virtual
When available, a link to the webcast of the conferences will be available on the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.thelionelectric.com
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles. The company creates, designs and manufactures all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. Lion believes that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Galiano Gold Inc. ("Galiano" or "the Company") (TSX: GAU) (NYSE American: GAU) announces the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report (the "Report"), which marks its continuous progress on environmental, social and governance topics and outlines its vision for sustainability going forward.
In 2021, Galiano further expanded its sustainability efforts to include an assessment of internal governance processes and increased transparency on engagement with stakeholders on material sustainability issues over the medium and long-term.
The Report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") Core Option. It details our efforts to sustain progress by putting in place the policies, systems, and processes to move towards a more responsible and sustainable business model and highlights the achievements in 2021 in line with our business strategy.
2021 Sustainability Report Highlights:
- Zero significant environmental incidents
- Zero fatalities and no operational downtime during the pandemic
- 0.21 Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate and 0.10 Lost Time Injury Rate
- Completion of the International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC) Certification
- Completion of third-party occupational health & safety and security audits and the human rights impact assessment
- Commencement of the implementation of improvement measures following the Climate Change Vulnerability Risk Assessment
- Workforce Development Plan (recruitment & training) nearing completion
- Efficacy of malaria reduction program reviewed to identify the ways program can be further improved
- Risk Management System reviewed and updated
- Completed the construction of the Esaase Community Hospital
- Agreement with the Volta River Authority on the future provision of solar power for up to 20% of our energy needs at the mine site
- US$304.2m in-country procurement spend supporting 337 Ghanaian businesses
Todd Romaine, EVP Sustainability and Investor Relations, commented: "2021 was a transformational year for Galiano as we put in place enhanced strategies and plans that provide the foundation for our long-term success.
I am proud to report that we made significant improvements in health and safety performance and reduced both our LTIFR by 50% and TRIFR by over 20% compared to 2020.
Our climate change adaptation plan is progressing well with the identified improvement actions already under implementation. We are already implementing a number of key projects that will reduce our carbon footprint, including the signing of an agreement with the Volta River Authority on the provision of solar power for up to 20% of our energy needs at the mine site.
Our program efforts on human rights initiatives continue to align with national laws and international norms. An independent third-party audit was conducted in 2021 and subsequent to this, an action log was developed to address areas of improvement that align with evolving best practices.
With a sustainable business model grounded in stewarding the Asanko Gold Mine, we strive for operational excellence while reducing emissions, mitigating risks responsibly, and giving back to the local Ghanaian economy.
To view or download a copy of the Report and the GRI register please see the Sustainability section of the Galiano Gold website at https://www.galianogold.com/sustainability/reports-and-publications/default.aspx.
About Galiano Gold Inc.
Galiano is focused on creating a sustainable business capable of long-term value creation for its stakeholders through organic production growth, exploration, and disciplined deployment of its financial resources. The company currently operates and manages the Asanko Gold Mine, located in Ghana, West Africa which is jointly owned with Gold Fields Ltd. The Company is strongly committed to the highest standards for environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighbouring communities. For more information, please visit www.galianogold.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and information contained in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable U.S. securities laws and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws, which we refer to collectively as "forward-looking statements". Forward-looking statements are statements and information regarding possible events, conditions or results of operations that are based upon assumptions about future conditions and courses of action. All statements and information other than statements of historical fact may be forward looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "seek", "expect", "anticipate", "budget", "plan", "estimate", "continue", "forecast", "intend", "believe", "predict", "potential", "target", "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" and similar words or phrases (including negative variations) suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook.
Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to: statements relating to the Company's sustainability strategy; statements regarding the strategic priorities and goals, targets, commitments and plans and expectations regarding those goals, targets, commitments and plans; and statements regarding the Company's future plans and goals in the areas of sustainable and economic development, governance, people, health, safety, security, internal and external audits, environment and community development, including the Company's future strategic, operational and sustainability objectives, goals and performance targets, as well as the Company's ability to implement such plans and ability to generate the desired results therefrom. Such forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions, including, but not limited to: the Company and Gold Fields Ltd. will agree on the manner in which the joint venture ("JV") will operate the Asanko Gold Mine (the "AGM"), including agreement on development plans and capital expenditures; the global financial markets and general economic conditions will be stable and prosperous in the future; the ability of the JV and the Company to comply with applicable governmental regulations and standards; the mining laws, tax laws and other laws in Ghana applicable to the AGM and the JV will not change, and there will be no imposition of additional exchange controls in Ghana; the success of the JV and the Company in implementing its development strategies and achieving its business objectives; the JV will have sufficient working capital necessary to sustain its operations on an ongoing basis and the Company will continue to have sufficient working capital to fund its operations and contributions to the JV; and the key personnel of the Company and the JV will continue their employment.
The foregoing list of assumptions cannot be considered exhaustive.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. The Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained herein. Some of the risks and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements contained in this news release, include, but are not limited to: risks associated with the Company ceasing its mining operations during 2022; actual production, costs, returns and other economic and financial performance may vary from the Company's estimates in response to a variety of factors, many of which are not within the Company's control; the Company's operations are subject to continuously evolving legislation, compliance with which may be difficult, uneconomic or require significant expenditures; the Company may be unsuccessful in attracting and retaining key personnel; labour disruptions could adversely affect the Company's operations; the Company's business is subject to risks associated with operating in a foreign country; the Company's operations are subject to environmental hazards and compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations; the effects of climate change or extreme weather events may cause prolonged disruption to the delivery of essential commodities which could negatively affect production efficiency; the Company's operations and workforce are exposed to health and safety risks; unexpected costs and delays related to, or the failure of the Company to obtain, necessary permits could impede the Company's operations; the Company's properties may be subject to claims by various community stakeholders; risks related to limited access to infrastructure and water; the Company's primary asset is held through a JV, which exposes the Company to risks inherent to joint ventures, including disagreements with its JV partner and similar risks; risks related to information systems security threats; and the risk factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, you are cautioned that this list is not exhaustive and there may be other factors that the Company has not identified. Furthermore, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements included in, or incorporated by reference in, this news release if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as otherwise required by applicable law.
Neither Toronto Stock Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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GALLERY: Manatee Public Safety releases photos of storm damage from weekend storms
Published: Aug. 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM EDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Following strong storms that hit Ellenton Sunday, officials have released more photos of the damage of high winds.
The storm mostly affected the Colony Cove area. No one was injured and the damage, though it looks awful, is minor. Crews and residents are working to clear the damage.
Today, crews will continue to assess the damage. View the Gallery below.
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Fox News hires Caitlyn Jenner as contributor and commentator
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says it has hired Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, with her first appearance set for Thursday on Sean Hannity’s program.
Jenner, the former Olympic decathlete, ran an unsuccessful campaign for California governor last year. The network said she’ll offer commentary and analysis across various Fox News Media platforms.
“Caitlyn’s story is an inspiration to us all,” said Suzanne Scott, Fox News Media CEO. “She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience.”
Jenner won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in 1976. She later came out as a transgender and identifies as a female.
She said in a statement she was “humbled by this unique opportunity” to speak directly to Fox’s audience.
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HONG KONG, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) welcomes the joint announcement today (Friday) by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), on the inclusion of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) into Stock Connect (the Inclusion). HKEX is pleased to announce the detailed arrangements of the Inclusion.
HKEX Chief Executive Officer Nicolas Aguzin said: "This is the next exciting development in our Connect Programme. ETF inclusion in Stock Connect will be mutually beneficial to both Mainland China and Hong Kong's capital markets, supporting the continued sustainable growth of both, at a time that participants and customers are demanding ever more and better connectivity. We look forward to working with our Mainland partners and the market as we continue to enhance our mutual market connectivity."
ETFs are, for many, a cost-efficient investment option and a popular choice for diversification. Adding eligible ETFs into Stock Connect will support the healthy development of ETFs in both the Hong Kong and Mainland China markets by expanding their respective investor bases.
On 24 December 2021, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) announced their support on the Inclusion, reflecting the ongoing commitment by HKEX and the Mainland exchanges to continue expanding and enhancing the landmark mutual market access programme between Hong Kong and Mainland China's capital markets.
Please visit the designated page or refer to the circular issued today for details of the Inclusion including the eligibility criteria, trading arrangements, and Frequently Asked Questions. The Inclusion is subject to regulatory approval. A further announcement on the official launch date will be made in due course.
About HKEX
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is one of the world's major exchange groups, and operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets. HKEX is the world's leading IPO market and as Hong Kong's only securities and derivatives exchange and sole operator of its clearing houses, it is uniquely placed to offer regional and international investors access to Asia's most vibrant markets.
HKEX is also the global leader in metals trading, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, The London Metal Exchange (LME) and LME Clear Limited. This commodity franchise was further enhanced with the launch of Qianhai Mercantile Exchange (QME), in China, in 2018.
HKEX launched the pioneering Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme in 2014, further expanded with the launch of Shenzhen Connect in 2016, and the launch of Bond Connect in 2017.
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Man says lucky mistake led him to $1M prize
CLIVE, Iowa (Gray News) – A man in Iowa said a ticket-printing mistake was a happy accident that led to his $1 million Mega Millions win.
Josh Buster said when he asked for five easy-pick plays for Friday’s drawing, the clerk initially just printed one play from the lottery terminal, according to the Iowa Lottery.
The clerk then printed four more plays on a separate ticket.
“I feel like that changed the numbers that I would have gotten if he had put them all on one instead of making that mistake,” Buster said.
Buster, a restaurant prep chef, realized he had won big early Saturday.
“I got up to go to work early in the morning. I opened up the lottery app and scanned my tickets,” he recalled. “I always keep my tickets in the console of my car. And I scanned it in the car and freaked out and ran back inside.”
Buster said he was having trouble believing what he was seeing, so he double-checked the winning lottery numbers online.
He claimed his prize Monday at Iowa Lottery headquarters.
Buster said he plans to use some of his winnings to pay off his car and the mortgage on his mother’s house. The rest he plans to put away for retirement.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider that builds agility into the world's leading organizations, today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share, maintaining the company's current dividend program. The Q4 2022 dividend will be paid on October 17, 2022 to shareholders of record as of October 3, 2022.
Pega provides a powerful low-code platform that builds agility into the world's leading organizations so they can adapt to change. Clients use our AI-powered decisioning and workflow automation to solve their most pressing business challenges – from personalizing engagement to automating service to streamlining operations. Since 1983, we've built our scalable and flexible architecture to help enterprises meet today's customer demands while continuously transforming for tomorrow. For more information on Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA), visit www.pega.com.
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Twitter: @pega
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VP, Corporate Development & Investor Relations
PegaInvestorRelations@pega.com
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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect corrected data from Potter County.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas voters overwhelmingly supported two amendments to the state constitution on Saturday. Propositions 1 and 2 both passed with more than 80% support.
Proposition 1 freezes school property tax bills for the elderly and Texans with disabilities starting in 2023. It will also lower their school property tax bills year after year.
Proposition 2 increases the homestead exemption Texans can take on their school district property taxes from $25,000 to $40,000. That begins on Jan. 1, 2022.
Statewide, 86.91% of voters supported Prop 1, and 84.82% voted in favor of Prop 2.
Prop 1 passed in each of the state’s 254 counties with at least 64% of the vote. Outside of McMullen County, where 100% of the 32 votes were cast in favor, support for Prop 1 was strongest in Motley County, northeast of Lubbock, where the proposition passed with 95.24% of the vote.
Support for Prop 1 was above 90% in 71 of the state’s 254 counties. The proposition received at least 80% support in a further 174 counties.
Although it also overwhelmingly passed, support for Prop 2 was slightly reduced statewide compared to Prop 1. The proposition received at least 90% of the vote in 39 counties statewide, and at least 80% in a further 159 counties.
Strongest support was, again, in McMullen County, south of San Antonio. In that county, 31 of the 32 votes were cast in favor of Prop 2.
Statewide, a little more than 1.3 million Texans cast a ballot. That’s a turnout of 7.54%.
Potter County, home to Amarillo, is working to update its vote totals as reported on the Secretary of State’s website. As of now, the website shows the county voted against the two propositions.
The county’s elections administrator told KAMR that its office had accidentally entered numbers from two school district propositions in place of the numbers from the state constitutional amendment propositions. In reality, Potter County voters supported both statewide propositions, with more than 75% in support of both. | https://cw33.com/news/texas-politics/maps-where-did-texas-props-1-and-2-get-the-most-support/ | 2022-05-10T15:32:52Z |
Asurion® Repair Experts Provide Fast Fixes on Phones, Tablets, Laptops, and More
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Vancouver at 16320 SE Mill Plain Blvd. #103 in the Mill Plain Town Center Shopping Mall, right next to AT&T. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets, and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones, and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues, and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in two hours or less.
The store is owned by George Kalomiris, Steve Benson, and Donna Spasaro who also own locations in Sherwood and Portland, Oregon.
"Technology mishaps can be frustrating and incredibly inconvenient, which is why we're aiming to make a difference in the device repair industry through our work at Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions," Benson said. "We're excited for the Mill Plain location to join our growing network and believe this store will be a great addition to the value we're providing our communities."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 800 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations will rebrand as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions throughout 2022.
"We are excited to serve people in Mill Plain with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
16320 SE Mill Plain Blvd #103, Vancouver, WA 98683
(360) 295-1444
About Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, formerly known as uBreakiFix®, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion®. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances, and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers, and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues, and most other tech mishaps at more than 700 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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Overlooked on the list of top players who registered for the PGA Championship without knowing if they will be at Southern Hills was Harris English.
A two-time winner last year, English reached the top 10 in the world ranking for the first time and made his Ryder Cup debut in September. But he hasn’t played since the Sony Open in January as he recovers from surgery to repair a torn labrum.
He returned from Vail, Colorado, where he had surgery on his right hip.
“They liked where everything was at,” English said from his home in St. Simons Island, Georgia. “It feels like there’s definitely light at the end of the tunnel.”
English has been taking long walks with his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel to build up stamina and has started hitting short irons under the watch of Justin Parsons, his swing coach. The plan at this point is to return at the PGA Championship, which runs from May 19-22 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He’d rather not return at a major, but as English said: “You’ve got to start somewhere. I’ll prepare as much as I can to win.”
Surgery was inevitable.
English said he has had issues with his right hip dating to college at Georgia, which he treated with dry needle. His first year on the PGA Tour, he had it checked in Vail. He said doctors described it as a bone growth on his femur.
“I had (platelet-rich plasma) injections, a band-aid to keep the inflammation down,“ English said. “He said there was going to come a time when this stopped working. I knew the day would come when I needed surgery.”
And then he started having back trouble last year. He had to withdraw from The Players Championship after two holes of a practice round when he couldn’t hit a 3-wood much more than 100 yards.
English made it through the major championship season, finishing third at the U.S. Open, winning the Travelers Championship in a playoff and losing a late lead in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. On a scale of 1 to 10, he said his “normal” pain level was around 5. He was diligent with his trainers to prevent further back pain, which got him through the Ryder Cup.
English played both Hawaii tournaments, was off for three weeks of rest and treatment, and when he returned in Phoenix and went to test equipment at Ping headquarters, his body wouldn’t allow him to hit more than 20 golf balls.
“I was ready to nip it in the bud,” English said.
Surgery was on Valentine’s Day.
“My wife was a trouper. She played nurse for a couple weeks when I couldn’t move that well,” he said. “It sucked to miss the Masters and Match Play and tournaments I really like. But I was looking at the next eight to 10 years of having a chance to compete and win golf tournaments.”
He hopes that starts at Southern Hills, where English plans to be as long as there is no soreness. Otherwise, he’ll wait.
BROOKLINE CHANGES
The Country Club will have a slightly new look for the U.S. Open.
The Open returns to Brookline on June 16-19 for the fourth time, but the 140-year-old club outside Boston will have some changes from when Curtis Strange won in 1988.
The USGA said it will play 250 yards longer at 7,264 yards, and it will play to a par 70. It was a par 71 in 1988 and when Julius Boros won in 1963. The Country Club was a par 73 when it first hosted the U.S. Open, won by local amateur Francis Ouimet in 1913.
The course used for major tournaments, including the 1999 Ryder Cup, is a composite of the one played by members and a third nine.
This year’s championship course will add the 11th hole from the main course, a par 3 at 131 yards, and lose No. 4. The 10th hole has been shortened from a 515-yard par 5 to a 499-yard par 4. The 14th, previously 450 yards, is now 619 yards as a par 5.
“The Country Club is an old-school golf course: small greens, very tight fairways,” said Jeff Hall, the USGA’s managing director of rules and open championships. “How is this modern golfer going to adapt, or are they just going to let it rip?”
Another change: The previous three Opens at Brookline have gone to an 18-hole playoff. The USGA now has a two-hole aggregate playoff. That was instituted in 2018. The last U.S. Open playoff was Tiger Woods beating Rocco Mediate in 19 holes at Torrey Pines in 2008. It’s the major that has gone the longest since its last playoff.
CISCO AND APGA
California-based Cisco has expanded its presence in golf with a partnership announced Tuesday with the Advocates Professional Golf Association that will create endorsements for players and bigger purses at two APGA Tour events.
Kevin Hall, Aaron Beverly, Troy Taylor and Olajuwon Ajanaku will join Cisco’s stable of golfers. Cisco already has deals with Nelly and Jessica Korda and Danielle Kang on the LPGA Tour, and PGA Tour players that include Viktor Hovland, Keith Mitchell and Maverick McNealy.
Along with continuing its sponsorship of the Billy Horschel APGA Invitational, which has the largest purse on the APGA Tour at $135,000, Cisco will be the title sponsor of a new APGA event at Baltusrol in August.
“We are proud to expand our commitment to the sport of golf and work together with the APGA towards a shared vision of fostering greater inclusivity,” said Mark Patterson, senior vice president at Cisco.
The APGA began in 2010 to bring greater diversity to golf through playing and other career opportunities. It now has 17 tournaments with more than $800,000 in prize money and bonuses.
Cisco also is supporting a new APGA Junior Series of four tournaments for young men and women from diverse backgrounds.
BRYSON UPDATE
Bryson DeChambeau is listed in the field for the PGA Championship, even though he is still recovering from April 14 surgery on his left wrist.
He was seen swinging a club one-handed during a charity event in the Bahamas. Now, the former U.S. Open champion is out of a cast and starting to at least hold a club with two hands.
“Can’t hold on to it for long, but getting there,” he said in a Twitter post Friday.
A day later, he posted a video saying doctors have allowed him to at least start chipping. So he could hold onto the club a wee bit longer.
DeChambeau said after the surgery he looked forward to competing within the next two months. The PGA Championship starts May 19.
DIVOTS
The LPGA Tour has had 10 players win the opening 10 tournaments on the schedule. A year ago, it took 14 tournaments before there was a multiple winner. … This is the final week before the PGA Championship takes the top 70 from a “PGA Points” list, a money list that began at the Byron Nelson last week. The PGA of America is likely to go beyond 70th place to fill the field at Southern Hills. Among those on the bubble are Joel Dahmen and Russell Knox. … With Jon Rahm winning last week in Mexico, five of the top 10 in the world ranking have not won through the first four months of the year — Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Jon Rahm is the fifth player in the last 30 years to have won a PGA Tour event in each of his first six full seasons.
FINAL WORD
“They take it very seriously because this is their job, how they make their money. Some people don’t really see that. They’re just like, ‘Oh, they’re out here to play golf.’ No. This is how they make their living.” — Anna Davis, 16, on what she learned from her week on the LPGA Tour.
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AP Sports Writer Jimmy Golen in Boston contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards later this month will have not one emcee but three, with rap stars LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow all set to anchor the ceremony.
They’ll introduce and present the famous Moonmen trophies alongside performers including Lizzo, Anitta, BLACKPINK, J Balvin, Måneskin, Kane Brown, Marshmello with Khalid, and Panic! At The Disco on Aug. 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Having multiple hosts is nothing new to the VMAs, which were first anchored by Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd in 1984 and had Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans host in 2000. Other previous hosts include Katy Perry, Arsenio Hall, Jack Black, Russell Brand, Chris Rock and last year, Doja Cat.
LL Cool J is a three-time nominee who won in 1991 for best rap video for “Mama Said Knock You Out,” and was a recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 1997.
Minaj has been nominated and won five times at the VMAs and is nominated in the best hip-hop video category this year. She will also get the Video Vanguard Award this year, joining such previous winning music luminaries as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Missy Elliott.
Harlow, nominated in 2020 for song of the summer for “Whats Poppin,” is tied for the most nominations this year with seven, including artist of the year and video of the year. He will also make his VMA solo debut performance. At last year’s VMAs, Harlow and Lil Nas X gave the debut performance of “Industry Baby.”
Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar also have seven nominations.
Harlow, Lil Nas X, Drake, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo will compete for artist of the year.
Styles and Doja Cat received the second-most nominations with six. Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd each pulled in five.
Fans can vote for their favorite artists across 22 categories online through Friday. Nominations for group of the year and song of the summer will be announced Friday. Voting for best new artist will be active all the way to show time.
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Panic in the crypto market has Janet Yellen’s attention
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
Investors in stocks, bonds and commodities are all on edge right now. But in the market for cryptocurrencies, unease has morphed into full-on panic, catching the attention of regulators in Washington tasked with maintaining financial stability.
What’s happening: As of last Friday, the price of bitcoin had plunged almost 50% from its all-time high as traders — concerned about whether the Federal Reserve’s bid to fight inflation could tip the economy into a recession — dumped riskier investments.
But in recent days, the implosion of TerraUSD, a high-profile crypto experiment, has fueled a deeper anxiety. On Thursday, Tether — a popular “stablecoin” billed as a safe place for crypto investors to park their cash — broke its peg to the US dollar, unleashing further alarm. The price of bitcoin fell as low as $26,350.
“If we see this continue for multiple days, then we’ll start to get pretty concerned, pretty worried,” Marcus Sotiriou, a crypto analyst at digital asset broker GlobalBlock, told me. “The implications are just so large. It’s just unknown.”
Breaking it down: Making sense of the situation requires a quick primer on stablecoins and their wilder offshoot, algorithmic stablecoins.
Traditional stablecoins like Tether have become the bedrock of the crypto market, since they’re theoretically fully backed by hard assets. One digital coin can be redeemed at any point in time for $1, serving as a hedge against volatility. Given the market’s notorious swings, their use among crypto companies, exchanges and traders has shot up.
The Federal Reserve estimates that the value of stablecoins “grew rapidly over the past year,” topping $180 billion in March.
The boom helped spur the rise of algorithmic stablecoins like TerraUSD. These coins are technically worth $1, too. But they aren’t backed by hard assets, and instead use financial engineering to maintain their peg.
The entire sub-industry has worried experts, including the Fed. In a report published earlier this month, the central bank said there’s little clarity on what really backs stablecoins, and noted that a few big players dominate a market with little oversight. A loss of confidence, then, could trigger a devastating run, which could in turn tank confidence in the entire digital economy.
It’s not clear that’s what’s happening now. But as stablecoins churn, that is the risk.
TerraUSD first wavered and broke its peg to the US dollar last weekend. It fell as low as 23 cents on Wednesday before recovering some ground. It was last trading at 58 cents after its creators announced an emergency intervention.
“This is exactly the ‘death spiral’ a lot of people predicted,” Henry Elder, head of decentralized finance at Wave Financial, a digital asset manager, told me.
Tether was last below 99 cents to the dollar, dragging down bitcoin, too. The most popular cryptocurrency — which has buy-in from a growing number of traditional investors — has plummeted 10% in the past 24 hours.
Why it matters: This may seem very in the weeds. Crypto assets, after all, continue to make up a very small part of the broader financial system. But powerful people like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are paying attention, fearful that the situation could create nasty and unpredictable aftershocks for investors of all stripes.
“A stablecoin known as TerraUSD experienced a run and had declined in value,” Yellen said when she testified before the Senate earlier this week. “I think that simply illustrates that this is a rapidly growing product and that there are risks to financial stability.”
Inflation slowed, but pressure on prices isn’t going away
At first glance, the latest report on US inflation appeared to contain some good news.
The latest: Consumer prices in the year to April rose 8.3% — down slightly from March, when inflation rose at the fastest clip in four decades.
But digging into the data, it looked less reassuring. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, core inflation rose 0.6% month-over-month, indicating that costs are rising across a wide range of products.
That’s making economists and investors nervous.
“Inflation is no longer contained to the supply chain,” Jefferies chief economist Aneta Markowska said.
Businesses have been building up their inventories, which helps ease inflation for goods. But prices in the services sector are jumping as Americans resume travel and other leisure activities.
“This is the inflation story to worry about: core services inflation has increased for four straight months,” economist Jason Furman tweeted, noting that services are a much bigger input than goods when calculating the Consumer Price Index.
Investor insight: The news spooked Wall Street, sending the S&P 500 down 1.7%. The index is now 18% below its all-time high notched in January.
Investors were unnerved that the inflation reading was worse than predicted. Economists polled by Refinitiv had expected annual inflation of 8.1%. That could compel the Federal Reserve to continue its aggressive pullback of support for the economy for even longer, hurting riskier bets.
Disney avoided Netflix’s fate. But it’s not all good news
The question has dogged Disney ever since Netflix reported its first loss of subscribers in over a decade: If people are cutting back on expenses, will they start bailing on Disney+, too?
So far, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Disney said Wednesday that its flagship streaming service added nearly 8 million subscribers in its most recent quarter, avoiding Netflix’s bad fortune.
“The growth of the platform since its launch reinforces its unique nature,” CEO Bob Chapek said on a call with analysts. “Quite simply, we believe Disney+ is one of a kind.”
Hulu and ESPN+ grew last quarter, too. The company’s services now have almost 206 million users.
Chapek said Disney+ is still on track to net between 230 million to 260 million subscribers by mid-2024.
That said: Shares of Disney initially rose after the report, but are now more than 5% lower in premarket trading.
One concern? Disney is spending big to keep growing. The company’s direct-to-consumer unit lost $887 million last quarter — more than triple losses from one year ago. Disney blamed “higher programming and production, marketing and technology costs.”
Up next
Six Flags, Tapestry and Utz Brands report results before US markets open. Poshmark and Wheels Up follow after the close.
Also today: The US Producer Price Index for April posts at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Coming tomorrow: The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey for May.
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Police: Teen charged after shooting, killing twin brother while playing with gun
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (WGCL/Gray News) - A teenager in Georgia is dead after police say his twin brother shot him.
According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers were called to a home at about 3 a.m. on Monday regarding a shooting.
WGCL reports two 17-year-old brothers were playing with a gun in a bedroom inside the home when it went off and hit one of the teens in the face.
Police identified the 17-year-old who was shot as Dimitri Hayes. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Authorities said the surviving twin, Xavier Hayes, is currently at the DeKalb County Jail facing felony murder and aggravated assault charges.
DeKalb County police did not immediately say if the boys’ parents would face any charges in the incident.
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Farmers ‘soil’ underwear for better crop health
SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. (WMDT) – Men’s “tighty whities” are helping Delaware farmers keep their crops in check.
The farmers have found a new use for cotton briefs by burying them under the soil.
In the beginning of May, the Sussex Conservation District planted several pairs of 100% cotton underwear in farm fields in Bethel and Georgetown.
Just shy of 60 days later, pretty much all that’s left of the underwear is the elastic waistbands.
Jonathan Walton, with the Sussex Conservation District, said the more organic the matter, the more microbes there are.
“It typically goes hand in hand,” he said. “The better the ground and the heavier it is, the more microbes and activity you’ll have, which transpires into the underwear being consumed by them. Basically, any of the cotton that was actually buried into the soil has decomposed with the natural microbes.”
It’s a sign of healthy soil when more of the cotton in the underwear has disintegrated after being buried.
Earthworms are also an indication of good earth, as their burrowing creates tiny channels for water to flow through.
Farmer Martin O’Neal said he was glad to see he had that much microbe activity.
“I’d be happy to do it again,” he said. “Any time you can run an experiment, you stand the chance of learning something you didn’t know.”
Healthy soil also means less spending on fertilizer and wider profit margins for the farmers.
“Especially this year, there’s extensive cost in it, and they want to put down enough to get what they’re after and no extra, really,” Walton said.
The last time the Sussex Conservation District experimented with soiling their undies was in 2018. They say they’ve only seen improvements since then.
“We have seen, in general, that the soil health is definitely increasing, just through awareness and people trying different things,” Walton said. “The biggest thing is that you don’t have to do it all at once. You start small and see what you’re comfortable with.”
The Sussex Conservation District plans to try staggering where and when they plant the underwear next time and when they check on them.
That way they say they can see how the decomposition is progressing over time and in different environments.
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BEIJING, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tarena International, Inc. (NASDAQ: TEDU) ("Tarena" or the "Company"), a leading provider of adult professional education and childhood & adolescent quality education services in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Net revenues increased by 16.8% year-over-year to RMB623.5 million (US$98.4 million), from RMB533.8 million in the same period of 2021.
- Net revenue from childhood & adolescent quality education business, which represented 56.8% of the total net revenues, increased by 27.2% year-over-year to RMB353.9 million (US$55.8 million), from RMB278.3 million in the same period of 2021.
- Net revenue from adult professional education business, which represented 43.2% of the total net revenues, increased by 5.5% year-over-year to RMB269.6 million (US$42.5 million), from RMB255.5 million in the same period of 2021.
- Gross profit increased by 43.6% year-over-year to RMB358.9 million (US$56.6 million), from RMB249.9 million in the same period of 2021.
- Gross profit margin increased by 10.8% points year-over-year to 57.6%, from 46.8% in the same period of 2021.
- Operating income was RMB28.6 million (US$4.5 million), compared to operating loss of RMB129.5 million in the same period of 2021. Operating margin improved year-over-year to 4.6% from -24.3% in the same period of 2021.
- Non-GAAP operating income, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, was RMB30.0 million (US$4.7 million), compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB122.6 million in the same period of 2021.
- Income tax expense was RMB5.4 million (US$0.9 million), compared to income tax benefit of RMB7.4 million in the same period of 2021.
- Net income was RMB27.1 million (US$4.3 million), compared to net loss of RMB121.9 million in the same period of 2021.
- Non-GAAP net income, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, was RMB28.5 million (US$4.5 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss of RMB115.0 million in the same period of 2021.
- Basic income per ordinary share was RMB0.48 (US$0.08), compared to loss per ordinary share of RMB2.17 in the first quarter of 2021. Diluted income per ordinary share was RMB0.47 (US$0.07), compared to loss per ordinary share of RMB2.17 in the first quarter of 2021.
- Cash, cash equivalents and time deposits, including current and non-current, and restricted cash totaled RMB416.4 million (US$65.7 million) as of March 31, 2022, compared to RMB430.4 million as of December 31, 2021.
- Net cash outflow from operating activities in the first quarter of 2022 was RMB18.9 million (US$3.0 million). Capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2022 were RMB10.6 million (US$1.7 million).
- Deferred revenue totaled RMB1,974.2 million (US$311.4 million) as of March 31, 2022, compared to RMB2,024.9 million as of December 31, 2021, representing a decrease of 2.5%.
- Total student enrollments in childhood & adolescent quality education business, defined as the total number of students who attended at least one paid lesson during that period or have deposit balances in their accounts at the end of that period, in the first quarter of 2022 reached 173,100, increased by 27.7%, compared to the student enrollments of 135,500 in the same period of 2021.
- Total number of learning centers in childhood & adolescent quality education decreased to 232 as of March 31, 2022, from 236 as of March 31, 2021.
- Total student enrollments in adult professional education business, defined as the total number of courses enrolled by students during that period, including multiple courses enrolled by the same student, in the first quarter of 2022 decreased by 5.5% year-over-year to 29,300.
- Total number of learning centers in adult professional education increased to 99 as of March 31, 2022, from 96 as of March 31, 2021.
Key Financial Results
"In the first quarter of 2022, we ended our long streak of quarterly net losses to achieve a net income. This marked the beginning of a healthy trajectory for our business. Our net income reached RMB27.1 million, operating income reached RMB28.6 million, and operating margin reached 4.6%. Even under the impact of seasonal factors of the Chinese New Year, our cash balance remained relatively well preserved at RMB416.4 million.
Such financial performance resulted from the effective implementation and execution of our sound long-term business strategy, with revenue growth and continued cost reduction. In the first quarter of 2022, our net revenues increased by 16.8% year-over-year, with the adult professional education business enjoying renewed year-over-year growth of 5.5%; the childhood & adolescent quality education business has seen positive year-over-year growth for seven consecutive quarters since the outbreak of the pandemic, with 27.2% year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2022. On the other hand, in the first quarter of 2022, our cost of revenues and operating expenses decreased by 6.8% and 12.9% year-over-year respectively, thanks to continued effective cost management." remarked Ms. Ying Sun, the Chief Executive Officer of Tarena.
"Our core competitive advantages are backed by the constant optimization and upgrading of our business procedures and processes, which include our Online-Merge-Offline (OMO) customer acquisition model and omni-channel service delivery capability. This ability was tested in the first quarter, when we kept the business running smoothly, even when a resurgence of COVID-19 cases emerged in certain areas in China.
Looking ahead, we will continue to focus on the core advantages of 'adaptation of the Online-Merge-Offline (OMO) model to develop and deliver our comprehensive products', 'offline learning center operation capability' and 'customer acquisition capability' to continually improve operational efficiency and maintain positive and healthy development." concluded Ms. Ying Sun.
First Quarter 2022 Results
Net Revenues
Total net revenues increased by 16.8% to RMB623.5 million (US$98.4 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB533.8 million in the same period of 2021.
Net revenue from childhood & adolescent quality education business increased by 27.2% to RMB353.9 million (US$55.8 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB278.3 million in same period of 2021. The increase was primarily due to increase in student enrollments from 135,500 in the first quarter of 2021 to 173,100 in the same period of 2022.
Net revenue from adult professional education business increased by 5.5% to RMB269.6 million (US$42.5 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB255.5 million in same period of 2021. The increase was mainly attributable to the increase in certificate revenue, partially offset by a drop in student enrollments from 31,000 in the first quarter of 2021 to 29,300 in the same period of 2022.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues decreased by 6.8% to RMB264.6 million (US$41.7 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB283.8 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to decline in personnel-related cost resulting from decrease in the accrual of performance-based bonus and decrease in depreciation expenses.
Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Gross profit increased by 43.6% to RMB358.9 million (US$56.6 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB249.9 million in the same period of 2021. Gross margin, which is equal to gross profit divided by net revenues, was 57.6% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to 46.8% in the same period of 2021. The increase in gross margin was primarily attributable to the increase in net revenue and decrease in cost of revenues in both childhood & adolescent quality education and adult professional education businesses.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses decreased by 12.9% to RMB330.3 million (US$52.1 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB379.4 million in the same period of 2021. Total non-GAAP operating expenses, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, decreased by 11.8% to RMB328.9 million (US$51.9 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB372.7 million in the same period of 2021. Total share-based compensation expenses allocated to operating expenses decreased by 79.1% to RMB1.4 million (US$0.2 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB6.7 million in the same period of 2021.
Selling and marketing expenses decreased by 19.3% to RMB172.4 million (US$27.2 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB213.8 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was mainly due to decrease in personnel-related cost resulting from the drop in the number of sales staffs and decline in advertising expenses in the first quarter of 2022 as compared to the same period of 2021.
General and administrative expenses decreased slightly by 1.1% to RMB141.6 million (US$22.3 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB143.2 million in the same period of 2021.
Research and development expenses decreased by 27.3% to RMB16.3 million (US$2.6 million) in the first quarter of 2022, from RMB22.5 million in the same period of 2021. The decrease was mainly due to decrease in personnel-related expense in the first quarter of 2022.
Operating Income/(Loss)
Operating income was RMB28.6 million (US$4.5 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to operating loss of RMB129.5 million in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP operating income, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, was RMB30.0 million (US$4.7 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB122.6 million in the same period of 2021.
Interest Income
Net interest income was RMB0.3 million (US$0.05 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to net interest income of RMB0.6 million in the same period of 2021.
Other Income
Other income was RMB3.7 million (US$0.6 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to RMB0.3 million in other income in the same period of 2021. The increase was primarily attributable to the gain realized in the disposal of a long-term investment.
Foreign Exchange Loss
Foreign exchange loss was RMB0.1 million (US$0.01 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to RMB0.7 million foreign exchange loss in the same period of 2021.
Income Tax (Expense)/Benefit
The Company recorded an income tax expense of RMB5.4 million (US$0.9 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to income tax benefit of RMB7.4 million in the same period of 2021. The increase in tax expense was mainly because the Company has made profits in the first quarter of 2022.
Net Income/(Loss)
As a result of the foregoing, net income was RMB27.1 million (US$4.3 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to net loss of RMB121.9 million in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP net income, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, was RMB28.5 million (US$4.5 million) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to non-GAAP net loss of RMB115.0 million in the same period of 2021.
Basic and Diluted Income/(Loss) per ordinary share
Basic income per ordinary share was RMB0.48 (US$0.08) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to loss per ordinary share of RMB2.17 in the first quarter of 2021. Diluted income per ordinary share was RMB0.47 (US$0.07) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to loss per ordinary share of RMB2.17 in the first quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP basic income per ordinary share, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, was RMB0.50 (US$0.08) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to non-GAAP loss per ordinary share of RMB2.05 in the first quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP diluted income per ordinary share, which excluded share-based compensation expenses, was RMB0.49 (US$0.08) in the first quarter of 2022, compared to non-GAAP loss per ordinary share of RMB2.05 in the first quarter of 2021.
Cash Flow
Net cash outflow from operating activities in the first quarter of 2022 was RMB18.9 million (US$3.0 million). Capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2022 were RMB10.6 million (US$1.7 million).
Business Outlook
Based on the Company's current estimates, total net revenues for the second quarter of 2022 are expected to be in the range of RMB600 million and RMB630 million, which represent an increase of 3.1% to 8.2% as compared to the net revenues in the second quarter of 2021, after taking into consideration the seasonal fluctuation factor and the likely continued impact of the COVID-19.
This guidance is based on the current market conditions and reflects the Company's current and preliminary estimates of market and operating conditions, which are subject to change, particularly as to the potential impact of COVID-19 on the economy in China and elsewhere in the world.
Exchange Rate Information
All translations made in the financial statements or elsewhere in this press release made from RMB into United States dollars ("US$") are solely for convenience and calculated at the rate of US$1.00=RMB6.3393, representing the exchange rate as of March 31, 2022, set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted, realized or settled into US$ at that rate, or at any other rate, on March 31, 2022.
Conference Call
Company management will hold an earnings conference call and live webcast to discuss the Company's results at 8:00 AM on May 17, 2022, U.S. Eastern Time (8:00 PM on May 17, 2022, Beijing Time).
Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:
United States: +1-855-824-5644
Hong Kong, China: +852-3027-6500
Mainland China: 8009-880-563/400-821-0637
United Kingdom: 0800-026-1542
International: +1-646-722-4977
Passcode: 27103456#
Please dial in ten minutes before the call is scheduled to begin and provide the passcode to join the call.
A replay of the conference call may be accessed by phone at the following number until May 24, 2022:
United States: +1-646-982-0473
International: +61-2-8325-2405
Passcode: 520002317#
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of this call will be available on the Investor Relations section of Tarena's website at http://ir.tedu.cn.
About Tarena International, Inc.
Tarena is a leading provider of adult professional education and childhood and adolescent quality education services in China. Through its innovative education platform combining live distance instruction, classroom-based tutoring and online learning modules, Tarena offers adult professional education courses in IT and non-IT subjects. Its adult professional education courses provide students with practical skills to prepare them for jobs in industries with significant growth potential and strong hiring demand. Tarena also offers childhood and adolescent quality education programs, including computer coding and robotics programming courses, etc., targeting students aged between three and eighteen.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the business outlook, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as the Company's strategic and operational plans contain forward-looking statements. Tarena may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Any statements that are not historical facts, including any business outlook and statements about Tarena's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Many factors, risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, but not limited to the following: the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak; Tarena's goals and strategies; its future business development, financial condition and results of operations; its ability to continue to attract students to enroll in its courses; its ability to continue to recruit, train and retain qualified instructors and teaching assistants; its ability to continually tailor its curriculum to market demand and enhance its courses to adequately and promptly respond to developments in the professional job market; its ability to maintain or enhance its brand recognition, its ability to maintain high job placement rate for its students, and its ability to maintain cooperative relationships with financing service providers for student loans.
Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in Tarena's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date of the press release, and Tarena does not undertake any obligation to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Beginning in the second quarter of 2016, the Company revised its non-GAAP financial measures to exclude gain or loss on derivative instruments, goodwill impairment, impairment of intangibles via acquisitions of businesses and the related tax impact, in addition to its historical practice of excluding share-based compensation expenses for non-GAAP results.
To supplement Tarena's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), Tarena's management uses non-GAAP measures of cost of revenues, operating expenses, operating income, net income, and basic and diluted net income per ordinary share, which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude the share-based compensation expenses, gain or loss on derivative instruments, goodwill impairment, impairment of intangibles via acquisitions of businesses and the related tax impact. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. In addition, calculation of the non-GAAP financial measures may be different from the calculation used by other companies, and therefore comparability may be limited.
Tarena's management believes that excluding the share-based compensation expenses, gain or loss on derivative instruments, goodwill impairment, impairment of intangibles via acquisitions of businesses and the related tax impact provides meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain items identified as non-recurring and infrequent in nature, and non-cash charges. The amount of share-based compensation expenses, gain or loss on derivative instruments, goodwill impairment, impairment of intangibles via acquisitions of businesses and the related tax impact are not built into the Company's annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, which generally will be the basis for information Tarena provides to analysts and investors as guidance for future operating performance.
The non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance investors' overall understanding of Tarena's current financial performance and prospects for the future. A limitation of using non-GAAP cost of revenues, operating expenses, operating income (loss) and net income (loss), excluding the share-based compensation expenses, gain or loss on derivative instruments, goodwill impairment, impairment of intangibles via acquisitions of businesses and the related tax impact is that the share-based compensation charge has been and will continue to be a recurring expense in the Company's business for the foreseeable future, and gain or loss on derivative instruments, goodwill impairment, impairment of intangibles via acquisitions of businesses and the related tax impact may recur in the future. In order to mitigate these limitations, the Company has provided specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from each non-GAAP measure. The accompanying tables include details on the reconciliation between GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to the non-GAAP financial measures the Company has presented.
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Based on EndoClot AMP Technology, Submucosal Injection Solution (SIS) and Polysaccharide Hemostatic Spray (PHS) Systems Assist with Submucosal Lift and Hemostasis During GI Procedures
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a leading global medtech company providing innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, announced today it will distribute EndoClot® Polysaccharide Hemostatic Spray and EndoClot® Submucosal Injection Solution, two important products developed by EndoClot Plus, Inc. (EPI), which joined with Olympus in a U.S. distribution agreement earlier in the year.
Both products are based on the EndoClot Absorbable Modified Polymer (AMP®) technology. The starch-derived AMP technology has demonstrated an excellent safety profile.i The EndoClot AMP particles work by absorbing water from blood. The dehydration process causes a high concentration of platelets, red blood cells and coagulation proteins, which helps accelerate the body's clotting cascade.ii AMP particles are biocompatible, bioabsorbable, non-pyrogenic, starch derived and contain no animal or human components.
"Anything we can do to potentially eliminate secondary procedures with some of these more complex cases is important to our practice," said Kenneth H. Park, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. "We see great advantage in being able to identify the bleed and address it at the same time."
The EndoClot PHS System enables physicians to apply an advanced powder hemostat during a procedure using controlled, consistent air pressure through a portable air compressor. Used for hemostasis of nonvariceal gastrointestinal bleeding, excluding Forrest Ia classification of bleeding, the EndoClot PHS System:
- Is indicated for use in combination with other conventional techniques, like clipping, for large and diffuse bleeds, such as those occurring in peptic ulcers, post-biopsy, polypectomy, tumor bleeding, as well as post-EMR and ESD;
- Allows for easy irrigation with water during procedures;i
- Provides control of delivery and anti-reflux capability through the applicator design, which can prevent occlusion and treat hard-to-reach bleeds;i
- Features an Air Compressor of small, portable design and provides consistent air pressure to propel powder to the bleeding site, while helping prevent the white-out effect common with CO2 propellant; and
- Helps accelerate the body's clotting cascade: AMP particles work by absorbing water from blood, causing a high concentration of platelets, red blood cells, and coagulation proteins.
Performing hemostasis within the GI tract is a technically demanding procedure and use of EndoClot PHS and associated devices may result in patient injury including but not limited to inflammatory reaction, bowel rupture and air embolism.
The EndoClot SIS System is intended for use in gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures for submucosal lift of polyps, adenomas, early-stage cancers or other gastrointestinal mucosal lesions, prior to excision with a snare or endoscopic device. Key benefits of the EndoClot SIS solution include:i
- A long-lasting, higher lift that may create significant mucosal separation allowing for easier dissection;
- Accurate delivery to the targeted area owing to the unique spiral syringe design; and
- A lack of residual artifacts that may cause abnormalities during pathological investigations.
Use of a lifting agent during EMR/ESD/POEM and difficult polypectomy and the associated devices may result in patient injury, bleeding and/or perforation.
"Physicians are making important strides toward improved outcomes and elevating the patient experience," said Tony Sullivan, Executive Director, Core GI Solutions, Olympus Corporation of the Americas. "Our goal is to support clinicians in treating some of the most pressing challenges across the care continuum, including achieving improved levels of hemostasis. Our work with EPI is based on these objectives, and we are excited for these launches."
The EndoClot SIS and PHS Systems are commercially available today. For more information about EndoClot PHS, visit medical.olympusamerica.com/products/endoclotphs. For more information about EndoClot SIS, visit medical.olympusamerica.com/products/endoclotsis.
Olympus is passionate about creating customer-driven solutions for the medical industry. For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping to detect, prevent, and treat disease; furthering scientific research; and providing public safety.
As a leading medical technology company, Olympus uses innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing to help healthcare professionals deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall costs, and enhance the quality of life for patients and their safety. Olympus' Medical portfolio includes endoscopes, laparoscopes, and video imaging systems, as well as surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services, and a wide range of endotherapy instruments for endoscopic and therapeutic applications. For more information, visit medical.olympusamerica.com.
i Data on file with Olympus as of 16/Aug/2022
ii Bustamante-Balén M, Plumé G. Role of hemostatic powders in the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal bleeding. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. 2014 Aug 15;5(3):284-92. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v5.i3.284.
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ALM has released a new title, The Psychology of Financial Planning, developed in partnership with Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board).
The Psychology of Financial Planning is the first title to cover the six Principal Knowledge Topics within the Psychology of Financial Planning domain and assessed in the CFP® exam. Written by subject matter experts under the guidance of the CFP Editorial Advisory Board, this new title is available in eBook, digital and print format. The Psychology of Financial Planning addresses the theoretical underpinnings for each of the six topics and provides practical guidance, including "In Practice" sections with practice tips and case studies that illustrate how the concepts play out in real life situations. This pioneering resource will not only serve aspiring CFP® professionals but assist financial planners in improving their competencies in this area.
This book is structured around the six Principal Knowledge Topics that make up CFP Board's Psychology of Financial Planning domain:
- Client and planner attitudes, values, and biases
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- Crisis events with severe consequences
"We are excited to partner with such a well-respected organization as CFP Board and to be the first to cover this new Principal Knowledge Domain," says Molly Miller, ALM's Chief Content Officer. "The Psychology of Financial Planning joins our well-established series of financial planning titles that help students prepare for the CFP® exam as well as provide ongoing learning for financial planners."
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HOUSTON, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- World class sports nutrition brand JNX Sports has taken its range to the next level with the introduction of its first BCAA product, The Jinx!
Refreshing before or after a workout, The Jinx! offers an immunity boosting vitamin stack and an advanced amino matrix that packs a punch when it comes to enhanced training, faster muscle recovery and better results.
JNX Sport's International Marketing Manager Jane Macdonald says, "Our gift is your curse. With a family of supplements that allow our customers to push their bodies harder, faster and longer, JNX Sports leaves you with no excuse not to go all out, all day, every day."
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We call it powering the transformation."
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MOSCOW (AP) — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops into Ukraine may now feel a caffeine jolt of hope: A nearly identical operation is opening in the capital.
The name’s almost the same: Stars Coffee. The logo could be the separated-at-birth twin of the Starbucks mermaid, with flowing hair, a small enigmatic smile and a star atop her head — though instead of a Starbucks crown she wears a Russian headdress called a kokoshnik.
The menu, judging by the company app introduced a day before the store’s formal opening Friday, would look familiar to any Starbucks customer.
Starbucks said Thursday it had no comment on the new stores.
Seattle-based Starbucks was one of the most visible of the wave of foreign companies that pulled out of Russia or suspended their operations in response to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. Others include McDonald’s, IKEA and fast-fashion giant H&M.
The departure of these companies was a psychological blow to Russians who had become used to the comforts of Western-style consumer culture. But Russian entrepreneurs saw opportunity in suddenly unoccupied stores.
Former McDonald’s outlets are reopening and attracting sizable crowds under the name Vkusno — i Tochka. Though the name doesn’t roll off the tongue easily and is a little awkward to translate (roughly: It’s Tasty — Period), the menu is a testament to imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.
Yunus Yusupov, a popular rap artist who uses the stage name Timati, and restaurateur Anton Pinsky partnered to buy the Starbucks assets, then took the imitation strategy a step further by giving the operation an English-language name.
At a news conference Thursday, they vowed to reopen all the former Starbucks under their new identity and even expand the business. The U.S. company had built its Russian operation to about 130 stores since entering the country in 2007. The stores were owned and operated by a franchisee, Alshaya Group of Kuwait.
While the close resemblance of the new operations to their predecessors could be seen as riding someone else’s inspiration and effort, the Starbucks and McDonald’s successors also fit a national-pride concept. Since Russia was walloped by sanctions and foreign pullouts, officials frequently assert that Russia will overcome by relying on its own resources and energies.
“Now the economic situation is difficult, but this is a time of opportunity,” Oleg Eskindarov, president of the holding company that partnered in the Starbucks deal, told the state news agency Tass. “For the past four months, we have been very actively looking at exiting companies following the example of Starbucks. There are several more similar examples, but we cannot talk about them yet.” | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/stars-coffee-anyone-starbucks-successor-opening-in-russia/ | 2022-08-19T15:00:55Z |
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — China fell short Monday on a bold plan to have 10 Pacific nations endorse a sweeping new agreement covering everything from security to fisheries as some in the region expressed deep concerns.
But there have been plenty of smaller wins for China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi as he continues an island-hopping tour of the region.
Wang was in Fiji to co-host a key meeting with the foreign ministers from the 10 island nations.
At an unusual news conference afterward, Wang and Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama spoke for about 30 minutes and then abruptly left the stage as reporters tried to shout out questions. That left many details of what transpired at the meeting undisclosed.
But it was clear the nations hadn’t endorsed China’s plan.
“As always, we put consensus first among our countries throughout any discussion on new regional agreements,” Bainimarama said.
While there have been growing international concerns about Beijing’s military and financial ambitions in the region, many Fijians see a benefit in foreign investment wherever it comes from, so long as it uplifts the people.
Georgina Matilda said that working for Chinese infrastructure company China Railway meant that she could put food on the table for her children.
Another Fijian, Miliane Rokolita, said China’s increased presence had benefited people.
“They bring us bigger houses. They bring money in Fiji. They’re good people,” Rokolita said.
Documents obtained by The Associated Press indicate Wang had hoped to get the 10 nations to endorse a pre-written agreement as part of a joint communique after the meeting.
But Wang was unable to get the consensus he’d sought.
David Panuelo, president of the Federated States of Micronesia, told other Pacific leaders he wouldn’t endorse the plan, warning them in a letter that it would needlessly heighten geopolitical tensions and threaten regional stability.
Panuelo called it “the single most game-changing proposed agreement in the Pacific in any of our lifetimes” and said it “threatens to bring a new Cold War era at best, and a World War at worst.”
During the news conference Monday, Wang listed some areas where the countries had been able to find agreement and said he’d keep working on others.
“After the meeting, China will release its own position paper on our own positions, propositions, and cooperation proposals with Pacific Island countries,” Wang said through an interpreter. “And going forward, we will continue to have ongoing and in-depth discussions and consultations to shape more consensus.”
While China may have fallen short on its plans for a grand multilateral agreement, it has been signing smaller bilateral agreements with the Pacific nations every day during Wang’s tour.
For instance, on Friday Wang visited Kiribati, where a key fishing ground the size of California is at stake. Kiribati’s government said afterwards the two nations had signed 10 agreements ranging from cooperating on economic goals to building a specific bridge.
Kiribati’s government did not immediately respond to a request by the AP to provide details of the agreements.
In his news conference, Wang said “some have been questioning why China has been so active in supporting Pacific Island countries.”
He said China had long championed other developing nations both in the Pacific and around the world, something it had started doing in the 1960s when it helped African nations build railways.
“My advice for those people is: Don’t be too anxious and don’t be too nervous,” Wang said.
After the news conference, China’s ambassador to Fiji Qian Bo took a few questions from reporters, saying there had been “some concerns on specific issues” from some of the 10 nations about the proposed agreement.
“We never impose anything on other countries, let alone to our developing friends and small island countries,” Qian said.
He said China would try to release the position paper mentioned by Wang within about a week. He said parts of the agreement were simply an offer from China to provide assistance to the nations.
A draft of the proposed multilateral agreement obtained by the AP shows that China wants to train Pacific police officers, team up on “traditional and non-traditional security” and expand law enforcement cooperation.
China also wants to jointly develop a marine plan for fisheries — which would include the Pacific’s lucrative tuna catch — increase cooperation on running the region’s internet networks, and set up cultural Confucius Institutes and classrooms. China also mentions the possibility of setting up a free trade area with the Pacific nations.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a speech Thursday that China posed an even more serious long-term threat than Russia.
“China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order — and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it,” he said. “Beijing’s vision would move us away from the universal values that have sustained so much of the world’s progress over the past 75 years.”
China hit back, saying the U.S. was spreading disinformation. The aim of Blinken’s speech was to “contain and suppress China’s development and uphold U.S. hegemony,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said. “We strongly deplore and reject this.”
China says that in the Pacific, cooperation between Beijing and the island nations has been expanding in a development that’s welcomed by those countries.
In Fiji, the economy was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The vital tourism industry shut down overnight and GDP shrank by more than 15%. As the world reopens, Fiji is trying to bounce back, and many are happy to see China write the checks.
China’s involvement in the region doesn’t come completely out of the blue. There has been a long history of Chinese immigration in Fiji, with many Chinese Fijians running corner stores and other businesses.
“There’s a good side and a bad side,” said Nora Nabukete, a student at the University of the South Pacific. ”We get more money into the economy, being pumped in and stuff, but then there’s also a side where they bring in a lot of new things that are new to the Fijian culture.”
Nabukete worries about the seedier side that has been associated with Chinese investment in Fiji — a supposed influx of gambling, gangs and drugs.
She said that aligning with China could mean that Fiji creates tension with the United States and other Western nations, and for that reason, she hoped that Fiji wouldn’t endorse Wang’s agreement.
“There’s so much more to lose in the future than what we’re experiencing now if Fiji does sign,” she said.
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Perry reported from Wellington, New Zealand. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/as-china-seeks-big-pacific-deal-many-in-fiji-see-benefits/ | 2022-05-30T19:07:37Z |
KEENE, N.H., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- North European Oil Royalty Trust (NYSE-NRT) reported the net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 which appears below compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Total royalty income for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 increased from the third quarter of fiscal 2021 as detailed in the July 29, 2022 distribution press release. This increase resulted from the effect of higher gas prices under both the Mobil and OEG Royalty Agreements. Total royalty income includes any adjustments made by the operating companies based upon their corrected royalty calculations for prior periods as well as any Mobil sulfur royalties. There were no prior period adjustments in the third quarters of fiscal 2022 and 2021. Total royalty income was increased by Mobil sulfur royalties of $101,221 and $50,184 in the third quarters of fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Trust expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 increased 28.24%, or $33,189, to $150,693 in comparison to $117,504 for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. The increase in expenses reflects higher Trustee fees as specified by the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
Total royalty income received during the first nine months of fiscal 2022 increased in comparison to fiscal 2021 due to higher gas prices under both the Mobil and OEG Agreements during the first nine months of fiscal 2022. The comparison of the relevant periods is shown below.
The previously declared distribution of 46 cents per unit will be paid on August 31, 2022 to owners of record as of August 19, 2022. For further information, contact John R. Van Kirk, Managing Director, at (732) 741-4008 or via e-mail at jvankirk@neort.com. The Trust's press releases and other pertinent information are available on the Trust's website: www.neort.com. The Trust's 10-Q filing will be available through the SEC or on the Trust's website, www.neort.com, on or about August 31, 2022.
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WASHINGTON — More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places.
“Farming is inherently a risky business, but in the environment we are in right now, that risk is elevated,” Nathan Kauffman, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Omaha, Neb., testified at a recent U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing.
The current financial outlook for farmers is particularly challenging.
Farmers face rising costs for not only farmland, but also fertilizer, fuel, seeds and chemicals. These rising costs are due in part to the war in Ukraine, strains on the global supply system, inflation and severe weather.
Meanwhile, high crop prices that have buoyed farmers over the past year are expected to go down.
“Uncertainty about the outlook for the U.S. agriculture economy is high and will depend significantly on global factors, particularly the war in Ukraine and the strength of global economic activity,” said Kauffman.
Demand for farm loans is expected to rise notably, and capital expenditure is expected to decline in the coming months for the first time since 2020, according to Kauffman.
House lawmakers are looking for ways to mitigate some of these risks and support young and beginning farmers in the next farm bill, the sweeping legislation that will set programs and funding levels for farm and food support for the next five years.
“It is a national and very critical issue," House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, an Atlanta Democrat, told his colleagues at the hearing. "And we must ensure that the next generation of men and women can take the place of those who are retiring from this grand occupation called farming.
“This is very critical to me. And credit is one of those tools that we must make readily available."
Aging farmers and the price of entry in the industry pose a challenge for U.S. agriculture.
A third of America’s 3.4 million farmers are over age 65, according to the most recent agricultural census from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The census was taken in 2017 and published in 2019.
At the time, nearly a million more farmers were within a decade of the milestone retirement age of 65.
The census found that 27% of farmers qualify as “new and beginning producers,” with 10 years or less of experience in agriculture. Most of those farmers have operations that are smaller than average, both in terms of acres and value of production, according to USDA.
Members of the House Agriculture Committee said they are particularly interested in whether young, beginning or underserved farmers have access to credit, so they can get started in the high-capital world of agriculture.
“In any agriculture operation, one of the most critical relationships the farmer may have is with his or her lender," Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the committee, said. "This is especially true for young and beginning producers. Farming is capital intensive.
“The cost of entry is incredibly high and can act as a barrier to entry for these new agriculturalists trying to start or grow their farm operations.”
The Agriculture Department’s Farm Services Agency has an array of different loans available to farmers, including one targeted at young and beginning farmers. But in practice, producers say the federal loan process can be laborious, slow and hard to access.
The struggle to obtain a loan can be especially acute for black farmers, who can face racism and discrimination in applying for a loan, according to Dania Davy of the Alcorn State University Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center in the Atlanta suburb of East Point.
Black farmers have reached out to her group for help when the Farm Services Agency recommended they use their credit card instead of a federal loan, or when loan delays put a generational family farm at risk.
“As we review the farm bill and prepare for the scheduled reauthorization, we must make use of the opportunity to prevent the looming threat of loss of black farms, land and livelihoods that has been institutionalized by racially disparate credit access,” Davy told the committee.
Davy recommends a more robust civil rights process at the local level with farm loan field agencies.
Julia Asherman, who owns a small organic farm in Jeffersonville was able to finance her operation with three different Farm Service Agency loans.
But she said even her success story highlights some roadblocks in the process. It took two months for her to get approval for her loan, and there was no option for pre-approval before she identified land to purchase. In a competitive market, a landowner would likely move on to the next bidder rather than wait that long for a loan.
“Farmers easily lose out on potential properties by not being able to act fast, and I’ve known several farmers personally who have not been able to use FSA loans to purchase for this reason,” Asherman said.
Asherman has a three-acre certified organic vegetable and specialty cut flower farm with five employees, three full-time and two part-time — a business she runs with no off-farm income.
But the FSA loan process is geared toward much larger operations, and it was a struggle to prove the validity of her farm.
“Their expectation of what a farm would look like, what it would gross per acre, and what it could produce per acre was in a totally different realm from what my understanding was, because they were really talking about a different kind of farming,” Asherman said.
The hearing was one in a series as the House Agriculture Committee ramps up its oversight work for the 2023 farm bill.
Hearings are set in Washington this month to examine farm credit, crop insurance and forestry programs. Lawmakers plan to take their show on the road in August with field hearings slated in committee members’ districts across the country. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/as-farmers-retire-lawmakers-explore-how-to-boost-beginning-producers/article_33404c86-06c4-11ed-a60e-771a8045ff3b.html | 2022-07-18T20:13:47Z |
Nonprofit SaveTaBSoda Committee publishes billboards in Atlanta to persuade the beverage giant to revive beloved diet soda
- Committee of TaB drinkers raise funds to purchase billboards entreating Coca-Cola to bring back TaB
- Largest billboard faces Coca-Cola's Atlanta headquarters
ATLANTA , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- We're still here – and still missing our favorite soda!
The members of the SaveTabSoda Committee along with many loyal TaB fans want Coca-Cola to clearly hear their plea – give us a chance to purchase our beloved soda once again!
The SaveTaBSoda Committee is taking the message to the streets, literally, right in Coca-Cola's hometown.
"We're focusing our efforts right in TaB's home city of Atlanta," said Jenny Boyter, a founding member of the committee. "The billboards are a light-hearted, and we hope persuasive, way to encourage Coca-Cola to work with us to get TaB back in circulation."
Adam Burbach, another founding member of the committee, echoed those sentiments.
"We are confident there's a solution that's a win for Coca-Cola, its distribution partners and for TaB drinkers," he said. "We believe there are innovative ways to get TaB back in the hands of its legions of fans while also proving profitable to Coca-Cola. And with TaB turning 60 next year, it's the perfect time to welcome it back!"
The SaveTabSoda Committee has united TaB drinkers across the US and within a year of TaB being discontinued they have:
- Developed a website https://savetabsoda.com to unite TaB fans in the drive to get TaB back
- Created a nonprofit to raise funds for marketing and advocacy
- Held email, letter-writing and phone call blitzes to Coca-Cola, bottlers, and grocery stores
- Collected more than 5,000 signatures on a petition (https://www.change.org/savetabsoda)
- Contacted Coca-Cola executives and board members
- Delivered a Valentine gift basket – including two rare cans of TaB – to Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey,
- Developed a strong social media presence , including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Founded by a group of TaB drinkers, the organization was designed to focus on activities and events intended to convince Coca-Cola to change its mind on product discontinuation. The Committee works on behalf (and with the help) of TaB drinkers everywhere! In August 2021, the committee formally organized as a nonprofit corporation.
Media Contact: Jenny Boyter | 206.552.8218 | committee@savetabsoda.com
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Contract Includes Massive Wage and Benefit Increases
LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Drivers and fleet maintenance workers at Nabis Cannabis have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first contract with Teamsters Local 630. It is the first collective bargaining agreement at the rapidly-growing cannabis distribution company.
"I'm incredibly proud of the tenacity and courage that was demonstrated by this group of workers," said Lou Villalvazo, Local 630 Secretary-Treasurer. "What they have done at this company can serve as a model for successful organizing and bargaining throughout the California cannabis industry moving forward."
"These workers are the most critical component of the company's success and they deserve a collective bargaining agreement that reflects that," said Peter Finn, Teamsters Food Processing Division Director. "A Teamster contract ensures that cannabis workers have prosperous, long-term careers in this exciting and burgeoning industry."
The three-year contract includes a number of significant improvements. These include wage increases of at least 28 percent throughout the lifetime of the agreement, four weeks of paid vacation, paid sick days, paid holidays, guaranteed minimum of 40 hours per week and more. The agreement also provides these young workers with the opportunity to retire with dignity by being part of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust.
"I can say that I'm thankful for all my co-workers' determination and unity, and to Local 630 for all their guidance and assistance," said Driver Jordan Davis. "They gave all of us the opportunity to achieve our union and our first contract, which will change our lives. Thanks to Teamsters, I now have a career instead of a job."
Established in 1937, Teamsters Local 630 represents workers in various industries, from clerical, warehouse, professional drivers, food service, liquor, food processing, dairy and more. For more information, go to http://www.teamsters630.org/.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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SOURCE Teamsters Local 630 | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/nabis-cannabis-drivers-ratify-first-contract-with-teamsters-local-630/ | 2022-06-23T20:45:44Z |
EAGLE, Idaho and ALACHUA, Fla., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TRON Group, Inc. (OTC PINK: TGRP) ("TRON" or "the Company") and Nanopharmaceutics, Inc. ("Nano"), a privately-held clinical-stage pharmaceutical development company incorporated in Florida, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement for the merger of Nano with NANOP Acquisition Corp, Inc. ("NANOP"), a wholly-owned TRON subsidiary, in an all-stock transaction. Following consummation of the Merger, TRON will change its name to Nanopharmaceutics, Inc. and will continue to trade on the OTC Pink market.
The merger was unanimously approved by both Boards of Directors of TRON and Nano. Under the terms of the agreement, in an all-stock transaction, Nano and NANOP will merge. TRON will issue five shares of recently authorized and designated Class A Preferred stock to Nano shareholders in exchange for all the issued and outstanding shares of Nano. The Company intends to file a corporate action with FINRA in respect of the aforementioned name change.
James D. Talton, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder of both TRON and Nanopharmaceutics, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary/Treasurer and Director of TRON, effective August 8, 2022. The Board of Directors will initially be comprised of three members including current TRON directors, Quoc Tuan (Jacob) Nguyen and Stephen Michael Griffith. Jr., and Dr. Talton, who will also continue to serve as an officer and director of Nano. The combined company's headquarters will be located in Alachua, Florida.
Immediately prior to the Merger Agreement, TRON entered into an agreement to terminate its common control relationship with Impression VFX Inc., including the extinguishment of a convertible note in exchange for the return of certain assets, and the termination of a service agreement.
The new company's pipeline includes 10 clinical-stage (phase 1 through phase 3), proprietary and partnered programs including Triapine®, Ammonium Tetrathiomolybdate and Aza-TdC, targeting cancer; NanoBUP™, PRX-3140, NP-18-2, and NP-18-3, targeting CNS; and Ramoplanin™ and NanoDOX™, targeting infectious disease. The company is also advancing a large, undisclosed portfolio of preclinical development candidates.
This communication is being made in respect of the merger involving TRON Group, Inc. and Nanopharmaceutics, Inc. TRON Group will file a material event notice with the OTC Pink Market. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities in connection with the proposed merger shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
TRON Group Inc. is a holding company acquiring operating companies and assets in growing industries. The company's intent is to grow them by providing management and technical support under its public company umbrella.
Nanopharmaceutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing oral, topical, and injectable products for cancer, central nervous system (CNS) disorders, and infectious diseases. Leveraging its expertise in nanoparticle and fine-particle formulations, which can specifically be used to improve hard-to-deliver BCS category II and IV drugs, Nanopharmaceutics is focused on formulation development aimed at improving drug absorption and stability.
Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are based on current facts and analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determined, and assumptions of management. Forward looking statements are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "aims", "potential", "goal", "objective", "prospective", and similar expressions or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "can", "could" or "should" occur. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors beyond the reasonable control of the Company. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include misinterpretation of data, the Company's ability to raise financing for operations, breach by parties with whom we have contracted, and the possible inability to maintain qualified employees or consultants.
Contact:
Nanopharmaceutics, Inc.
James D. Talton, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
352-256-6266
jtalton@nanopharmaceutics.com
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SOURCE Nanopharmaceutics, Inc. | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/08/11/tron-group-inc-nanopharmaceutics-inc-announce-definitive-merger-agreement/ | 2022-08-11T20:00:37Z |
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