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Strong results highlighted by record first quarter revenue of $22.7 million and diluted EPS of $0.34
SALT LAKE CITY, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, announced today financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First-Quarter 2022 Financial Results:
- Revenue of $22.7 million, primarily due to sales of the Logix Smart™ COVID-19 Test
- Gross profit increased to $19.4 million, representing 85.5% of consolidated revenue
- Operating income of $9.8 million compared to $10.3 million a year ago, due to an increase in research and development expense
- Income before taxes of $13.1 million
- Net income of $11.7 million, compared to a net income of $7.9 million in the prior-year first quarter, representing $0.34 per fully diluted share
- Adjusted EBITDA of $11.4 million
- Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $97.4 million as of March 31, 2022, an increase of $7.5 million from December 31, 2021
"We are incredibly proud to deliver another solid quarter of growth following our record results in 2021," said Dwight Egan, Co-Diagnostics' Chief Executive Officer. "We've made substantial progress in the development of our new Co-Dx™ PCR home diagnostic testing platform and look forward to submitting for FDA approval later this year.
"Looking forward, we are focused on completing development and FDA submission of the new platform," continued Egan. "Our strong balance sheet and liquidity continue to position us well for additional investments in research and development that will fund our future growth initiatives. We believe we are at an important point in our growth trajectory that will enable us to expand into new verticals, new markets, and innovative molecular diagnostic solutions.
"While we remain very confident about the long-term potential of our business, our ability to accurately forecast Logix Smart™ COVID-19 Test sales through the balance of the year has diminished due to decreased mask mandates in the United States, continued emergence and spread of new variants, and persistently low vaccination rates in many parts of the world. As a result, it has become difficult to predict with any level of precision the cumulative impact of these and other factors on our future financial results. For these reasons, we are not providing quarterly guidance at this time and will reassess this position in the future," concluded Egan.
First Quarter 2022 Business Highlights:
- Continued optimization of performance and capabilities of Co-Dx PCR home testing platform in preparation for clinical trials and FDA submission
- CoSara JV received clearance from Indian regulators for hepatitis B viral load and high-risk HPV multiplex tests; CoSara JV approved test count currently stands at 14
- Announced strategic additions to the Scientific Advisory board with the appointments of Carl Wittwer, M.D., Ph.D. as Chairman, and Karen C. Carroll, M.D, Noriko Kusukawa, Ph.D., and Anne Wyllie, Ph.D. who join Company co-founder Brent Satterfield, Ph.D.
Conference Call and Webcast
Co-Diagnostics will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. EDT today to discuss its financial results with analysts and institutional investors. The conference call and webcast will be available via:
Webcast: ir.codiagnostics.com on the Events & Webcasts page
Conference Call: 877-317-6789 (domestic) or 412-317-6789 (international)
The call will be recorded and later made available on the Company's website: https://codiagnostics.com.
About Co-Diagnostics, Inc.:
Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a Utah corporation, is a molecular diagnostics company that develops, manufactures and markets new, state-of-the-art diagnostics technologies. The Company's technology is utilized for tests that are designed using the detection and/or analysis of nucleic acid molecules (DNA or RNA). The Company also uses its proprietary technology to design specific tests to locate genetic markers for use in industries other than infectious disease and license the use of those tests to specific customers.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
This press release contains adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure defined as net income excluding depreciation, amortization, income tax (benefit) expense, net interest (income) expense, stock-based compensation, and one-time transaction related costs. The Company believes that adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to management and investors relating to its results of operations. The Company's management uses this non-GAAP measure to compare the Company's performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, and for budgeting and planning purposes. The Company believes that the use of adjusted EBITDA provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing the Company's financial measures with other companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors, and that it allows for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making.
Management does not consider the non-GAAP measure in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of the non-GAAP financial measure is that it excludes significant expenses that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company's financial statements. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents the non-GAAP financial measure together with GAAP results. Non-GAAP 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. A reconciliation tables of the net income, the most comparable GAAP financial measure to adjusted EBITDA, is included at the end of this release. The Company urges investors to review the reconciliation and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the company's business.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "estimates," "intends," "may," "plans," "will" and similar expressions, or the negative of these words. Such forward-looking statements are based on facts and conditions as they exist at the time such statements are made and predictions as to future facts and conditions. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding (i) completion of development and FDA submission for approval of the new Co-Dx at-home/point-of-care PCR testing device, (ii) forecast of strong demand for our broad product portfolio across all end markets, and (iii) our strong balance sheet and liquidity will continue to position us well for additional investments in research and development that will fund our future growth initiatives. Forward-looking statements are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Readers of this press release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that any of the anticipated results will occur on a timely basis or at all due to certain risks and uncertainties, a discussion of which can be found in our Risk Factors disclosure in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 24, 2022, and in our other filings with the SEC. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement relating to matters discussed in this press release, except as may be required by applicable securities laws.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The United States Census Bureau is confirming a fact North Texans saw first-hand: a lot of people moved here in 2021.
Census officials released its official report tracking the population growth, and in some cases decrease, in cities across the nation.
Let’s just start with the obvious, a lot of people moved to North Texas. You probably are seeing the rippling effects of that with more traffic, fewer rental opportunities and more unfamiliar faces in your grocery store trips.
So many people moved to North Texas, that some cities saw some of the biggest population growth in the entire nation. Here are those cities.
- Fort Worth
- Frisco
- Denton
- McKinney
Though much of North Texas saw new faces last year, did you know the city of Dallas specifically actually saw a decrease in its population in 2021? According to the report from 2020 to 2021, 14,777 people left Dallas.
Which makes sense. With remote work becoming more popular because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people no longer need to live where their jobs are. So why not upgrade to more acreage for less money?
Outside of the DFW metroplex, other cities in the Lone Star State also saw massive population increases. According to the report, Georgetown had the largest population growth by percentage in the nation. From July 2020 to July 2021, its population increased by a growth of 10.5%. | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-north-texas-cities-saw-some-of-the-largest-population-growths-in-the-country-in-2021/ | 2022-05-27T16:44:24Z |
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Q2 revenue up 0.7% from a year ago; 2.7% in constant currency
Q2 operating earnings of $8.2 million and earnings per share of $0.06 down from a year ago primarily due to a non-cash impairment charge related to our operations in Russia
Adjusted operating earnings of $22.3 million; up 63% from a year ago
Completed the acquisition of Pediatric Therapeutic Services in May to extend our leading position in K-12 education
TROY, Mich., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelly (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB), a leading specialty talent solutions provider, today announced results for the second quarter of 2022.
Peter Quigley, president and chief executive officer, announced revenue for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $1.3 billion, a 0.7% increase, or 2.7% in constant currency, compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021. Revenue improved year-over-year in the quarter reflecting increased customer demand compared to the COVID-19-impacted prior year period, as well as the impact of the recent acquisitions of RocketPower, a recruitment process outsourcing firm, and Pediatric Therapeutic Services, a specialty firm providing in-school therapy services.
Earnings from operations in the second quarter of 2022 totaled $8.2 million, compared to $13.7 million reported in the second quarter of 2021. Earnings in the second quarter of 2022 include an asset impairment charge related to our decision to transition our business in Russia and a gain on sale of assets related to the disposition of under-utilized real property located in the United States. Excluding those items, adjusted earnings from operations were $22.3 million compared to $13.7 million in the second quarter of 2021. Earnings improved as a result of revenue growth combined with structural improvement in gross profit rate and expense leverage.
Earnings per share in the second quarter of 2022 were $0.06 compared to earnings per share of $0.60 in the second quarter of 2021. Included in the earnings per share in the second quarter of 2022 is a $0.48 per share asset impairment charge, net of tax, related to our decision to transition our business in Russia and an $0.08 per share gain on sale of assets, net of tax, related to the disposition of under-utilized real property located in the United States. Included in the second quarter of 2021 is earnings per share of $0.11 gain, net of tax, related to non-cash gains, net of tax, on Persol Holding common shares. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share were $0.45 in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $0.49 in the corresponding quarter of 2021. Adjusted earnings per share in the second quarter of 2022 declined as a result of higher 2022 tax expense compared to the same period in 2021.
"We saw solid demand for Kelly's specialties in the second quarter and, importantly, we are successfully translating revenue into strong gross profit growth. We drove significant improvement in our gross profit rate year over year, due to our continued positive shift in business mix toward higher-margin products and specialties boosted by our specialty acquisitions," said Quigley. "We have significant capital available to enable growth, and we are putting that capital to work to drive shareholder value. While there is some economic uncertainty in the second half of the year, we are confident that our focused and well-capitalized specialization strategy will continue to deliver value in 2022 and beyond."
Kelly also reported that on August 10, its board of directors declared a dividend of $0.075 per share. The dividend is payable on September 7, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 24, 2022.
In conjunction with its second-quarter earnings release, Kelly has published a financial presentation on the Investor Relations page of its public website and will host a conference call at 9 a.m. ET on August 11 to review the results and answer questions. The call may be accessed in one of the following ways:
Via the Telephone (877) 692-8955 (toll free) or (234) 720-6979 (caller paid) Enter access code 5728672 After the prompt, please enter "#"
A recording of the conference call will be available after 2:30 p.m. ET on August 11, 2022, at (866) 207-1041 (toll-free) and (402) 970-0847 (caller-paid). The access code is 8237932#. The recording will also be available at kellyservices.com during this period.
This release contains statements that are forward looking in nature and, accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to, changing market and economic conditions, the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, competitive market pressures including pricing and technology introductions and disruptions, disruption in the labor market and weakened demand for human capital resulting from technological advances, competition law risks, the impact of changes in laws and regulations (including federal, state and international tax laws), unexpected changes in claim trends on workers' compensation, unemployment, disability and medical benefit plans, or the risk of additional tax liabilities in excess of our estimates, our ability to achieve our business strategy, our ability to successfully develop new service offerings, material changes in demand from or loss of large corporate customers as well as changes in their buying practices, risks particular to doing business with government or government contractors, the risk of damage to our brand, our exposure to risks associated with services outside traditional staffing, including business process outsourcing, services of licensed professionals and services connecting talent to independent work, our increasing dependency on third parties for the execution of critical functions, our ability to effectively implement and manage our information technology strategy, the risks associated with past and future acquisitions, including risk of related impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, risks associated with conducting business in foreign countries, including foreign currency fluctuations, risks associated with violations of anti-corruption, trade protection and other laws and regulations, availability of qualified full-time employees, availability of temporary workers with appropriate skills required by customers, liabilities for employment-related claims and losses, including class action lawsuits and collective actions, our ability to sustain critical business applications through our key data centers, risks arising from failure to preserve the privacy of information entrusted to us or to meet our obligations under global privacy laws, the risk of cyberattacks or other breaches of network or information technology security, our ability to realize value from our tax credit and net operating loss carryforwards, our ability to maintain specified financial covenants in our bank facilities to continue to access credit markets, and other risks, uncertainties and factors discussed in this release and in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from any forward-looking statements contained herein, and we undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations.
About Kelly®
Kelly Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB) connects talented people to companies in need of their skills in areas including Science, Engineering, Education, Office, Contact Center, Light Industrial, and more. We're always thinking about what's next in the evolving world of work, and we help people ditch the script on old ways of thinking and embrace the value of all workstyles in the workplace. We directly employ more than 350,000 people around the world, and we connect thousands more with work through our global network of talent suppliers and partners in our outsourcing and consulting practice. Revenue in 2021 was $4.9 billion. Visit kellyservices.com and let us help with what's next for you.
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KELLY SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES (UNAUDITED)
Management believes that the non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) information excluding the 2022 sale of the Persol Holdings investment, the 2022 and 2021 gains and losses on the fair value changes of the investment in Persol Holdings, the 2022 losses on foreign currency matters, the 2022 gains on sale of assets and the impairment of assets held for sale, are useful to understand the Company's fiscal 2022 financial performance and increases comparability. Specifically, Management believes that removing the impact of these items allows for a meaningful comparison of current period operating performance with the operating results of prior periods. Management also believes that such measures are used by those analyzing performance of companies in the staffing industry to compare current performance to prior periods and to assess future performance.
Management uses Adjusted EBITDA (adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) and Adjusted EBITDA Margin (percent of total GAAP revenue) which Management believes is useful to compare operating performance compared to prior periods and uses it in conjunction with GAAP measures to assess performance. Our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be consistent with similarly titled measures of other companies and should be used in conjunction with GAAP measurements.
These non-GAAP measures may have limitations as analytical tools because they exclude items which can have a material impact on cash flow and earnings per share. As a result, Management considers these measures, along with reported results, when it reviews and evaluates the Company's financial performance. Management believes that these measures provide greater transparency to investors and provide insight into how Management is evaluating the Company's financial performance. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(1) In 2022, the loss on the investment in Persol Holdings represents the change in fair value up until the date of the sale of the investment on February 15, 2022 as well as the loss on the sale of the investment during the period presented and the related tax benefit. In 2021, the gain on the investment in Persol Holdings represents the change in fair value of the investment during the period presented and the related tax expense.
(2) In 2022, the loss on foreign currency matters includes a $20.4 million loss on currency translation resulting from the substantially complete liquidation of the Company's Japan entity, partially offset by a $5.5 million foreign exchange gain on the Japan entity's USD-denominated cash balance. The foreign exchange gain is included in other (income) expense, net in the EBITDA calculation.
(3) Gain on sale of assets in 2022 is related to the sale of under-utilized real property in the second quarter of 2022 and other real property sold in the first quarter of 2022.
(4) Impairment of assets held for sale represents the write-down of the net assets of the Russian operations that are classified as held for sale as of the second quarter of 2022.
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SHANGHAI, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JAKA Robotics, one of the leading collaborative robot companies, recently announced that it has successfully completed around $150 million Series D financing in the first half of 2022.
The Series D financing was led by Temasek, TrueLight Capital, Softbank Vision Fund 2 and Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures with participation from one strategic investor. Funding will further support the globalization of JAKA Robotics and the research and development of new generations of collaborative robots with more flexibility and intelligence. The Series D financing marks an industry record again set by JAKA Robotics, as the Series C and C+ financing rounds in 2021 also set an industry record at $50 million.
"As a leader in the new generation of cobots, JAKA Robotics has formed 9 core technologies and 6 core algorithms, creating highly flexible intelligent solutions for industrial manufacturing that can be used in a wide range of scenarios," said Mr. Li Mingyang, CEO of JAKA Robotics. "Our cobots have extensive communication interfaces and are equipped with vision systems, force sensors and other external devices. The perception equipment and robot design can be deeply integrated. It enables robots to independently carry out task planning in a complicated, unstructured environment, realizing the progress from human-machine cooperation to human-machine integration, covering more production areas."
Based on the self-developed 9 core technologies and 6 core algorithms, JAKA Robotics forms a complete product matrix with payload from 1-18 kg. Through strong operational capability, strong scenario-based capability and strong intelligent capability, JAKA is tapping customers' profound needs, expanding application scenarios and creating highly flexible intelligent solutions for the whole industry.
"We are excited to continue our partnership with JAKA Robotics, a leading robotics developer. Robotics has tremendous growth potential as a future megatrend, especially as human-machine interaction plays a critical role in the age of Industry 4.0. Prosperity7 will leverage its Aramco-funded connections to help JAKA Robotics scale and globalise. We are always looking to partner with pioneers in their respective industries to enable continued growth and transformation and have a positive impact on people's lives." Mr. Aysar Tayeb, executive director of Prosperity7 Ventures, said in the statement.
JAKA Robotics, with the genes of innovative technology developing since 1979, was founded in 2014 as a high-tech company with the aim of innovation along with research and development of a new generation of collaborative robots to strengthen Industry 4.0 and industrial automation.
Dennis Chang, Managing Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, said: "We believe Jaka Robotics is one of the leading collaborative robot companies in China who is helping manufacturers boost productivity. With its strong in-house R&D capabilities, Jaka's robots are high-performance and strongly suited for multiple industrial use cases, which is recognized by its global partners. We are pleased to partner with the company and support their vision of ushering in the era of flexible intelligent robots."
JAKA Robotics has more than 10,000 collaborative robots in operation worldwide, which are used in the production lines of well-known brands in the automotive, electronics, semiconductor and other industries. Up to today, the company has established technology centres in Japan and Germany and is working with more than 300 automation companies to provide localized services worldwide.
In 2022 the company launched the new JAKA Pro Series to support businesses around the world that operate in harsh environments. JAKA Pro collaborative robots are IP68 rated and can operate for nearly 6 years without interruption. The JAKA Pro Series completes the current, already extensive, cobots series portfolio.
To date, JAKA Robotics has accumulated a large number of practical applications in the fields of handling, palletizing, machining, testing, bonding, screw locking, polishing, welding and in many other. With the development of several technologies and the expansion of innovative solutions. As stated on company's website JAKA collaborative robots have increased production capacity and production efficiency, reduced heavy physical labour for workers, increased worker safety, and solved high staff turnovers.
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Shreveport woman wants eviction ruling reversed
By Troy Washington
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SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport woman wants an eviction removed from her record because she says it is hurting her.
Latasha Sherman is certainly not alone in Caddo Parish even if an eviction is taken care of meaning owed fees are paid according to Shreveport city court the eviction will stay on that person’s record.
Sherman says she was improperly evicted but she can’t get anyone to reverse the ruling. She says she was never served an eviction notice as evidence suggests.
“I never got a notice at all, it went to a different zip code, now I have an eviction under my name,” said Sherman.
Sherman says she was getting help through the Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport until her former landlord decided she should pay full rent. She says judges are overlooking how things played out.
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is heading to Asia for a tour of the region after landing in Hawaii, where she visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the USS Arizona.
Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific and plans to visit places including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, according to a statement released by her office on Sunday.
The statement made no mention of Taiwan, despite speculation in recent days that Pelosi might be planning to visit the self-governing democracy of 24 million people.
China's Communist Party, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory -- despite never having controlled it -- has warned against Pelosi visiting the island, and US President Joe Biden recently let slip that the US military thinks such a trip would be "not a good idea right now". However, US lawmakers on both sides of Washington's political divide have urged her to go.
"Today, our Congressional delegation travels to the Indo-Pacific to reaffirm America's strong and unshakeable commitment to our allies and friends in the region," Pelosi said in the statement released by her office.
She said high level meetings will be held in each country to "further advance our shared interests and values, including peace and security, economic growth and trade, the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, human rights and democratic governance."
Pelosi said the delegation had received a briefing from United States Indo-Pacific Command leadership after a fuel stop in Hawaii, where they visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the USS Arizona.
Traveling alongside Pelosi as part of the Congressional delegation are Chairman Gregory Meeks (Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee), Chairman Mark Takano (Chair of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs), Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Congressman Andy Kim.
"Under the strong leadership of President Biden, America is firmly committed to smart, strategic engagement in the region, understanding that a free and flourishing Indo-Pacific is crucial to prosperity in our nation and around the globe," Pelosi said.
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President Joe Biden on Monday announced new steps aimed at regulating so-called "ghost guns," as use of the untraceable, homemade weapons in violent crimes rises.
Ghost guns are one of many issues facing regulators and policymakers looking to address a spike in gun violence that began in early summer 2020. Gun homicides drove the uptick.
Here's what you should know about ghost guns:
What ghost guns are
Ghost guns are untraceable, self-assembled firearms, often put together with parts sold online, sometimes in as little as 30 minutes.
The weapons, sometimes referred to by officials as "privately made firearms," or PMFs, do not have serial numbers, making them all the more difficult to track and regulate.
Purchasing kits to build ghost guns online does not require a background check, so buyers can sidestep the typical requirements that might come with buying a firearm.
This means anyone -- no matter their age or criminal record -- can buy the kits and assemble a weapon.
How prevalent they are
Calls for something to be done about ghost guns have grown as their use in shootings across the US has proliferated, with the weapons recovered at crime scenes in some big cities more frequently.
While ghost guns make up a relatively small percentage of the total number of guns recovered by law enforcement, officials in several cities have reported sharp increases in those tallies, a CNN analysis of 2021 data found.
In San Francisco, for example, about 20% of the nearly 1,100 guns it seized in 2021 were ghost guns, police there told CNN.
And New York is on pace to again shatter the previous year's total, according to data shared with CNN. Since the start of this year, the NYPD has recovered 163 ghost guns, compared to 29 over the same period in 2021, mayor Eric Adams said Monday.
In 2021, New York authorities seized 4,497 firearms -- 375, or 8.33%, were ghost guns.
Of the 12,088 guns recovered in Chicago last year, 455, or 3.76%, were ghost guns, according to data from the city, up from 130 ghost guns recovered in 2020, when ghost guns made up 1.15% of the 11,343 guns recovered.
Between 2016 and 2021, the ATF received 45,000 reports of privately made firearms recovered by law enforcement in criminal investigations, including 20,000 reported last year alone. The agency was able to trace only 1% of the 45,000, officials said, because the firearms lack serial numbers.
The number of guns the ATF traced rose from about 217,000 in 2015 to just over 393,000 in 2020.
Just this past week, a ghost gun was recovered outside the home of a suspect arrested for the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl in the South Bronx, a police source told CNN.
What Biden announced
The regulation the Biden administration announced Monday addresses a gap in the government's ability to track ghost guns, requiring background checks before kit purchases and inclusion of serial numbers on some pieces used to assemble weapons.
"The Biden administration is making sure these kits are treated as the deadly firearms they are," a senior administration official said ahead of the announcement.
The new rules require anyone purchasing a kit to undergo a background check, which is required for other kinds of firearm purchases. Those selling kits will also be required to include a serial number on the components that make up the weapon, so the eventual firearm can be traced.
Additionally, the new rules mandate firearm dealers add a serial number to already-assembled ghost guns they come across.
"It's no longer a ghost," Biden said in the Rose Garden on Monday. "It has a return address. And it's going to help save lives, reduce crime and get more criminals off the streets."
What steps states have taken
At least 10 states and Washington, DC, have already taken steps to restrict or ban the purchase or use of ghost guns, according to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Maryland was the latest to join last week, when the governor allowed legislation to pass that altered the definition of "firearm" to include an unfinished frame or receiver and prohibiting the sale of such components, among other steps.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan thanked the legislature for addressing untraceable firearms in a letter. But he said the legislation did not go far enough to hold accountable those who actually commit shootings.
Last October, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed legislation last October aimed at tackling the epidemic of gun violence, including prohibiting "the sale of ghost guns and requiring gunsmiths and dealers in firearms to register firearms in their possession," according to the governor's office.
Federal cases have targeted alleged traffickers
In the meantime, federal authorities have been cracking down on those who are either in possession of ghost guns or looking to traffic them.
Four men were charged in Baltimore last month with conspiracy and dealing firearms -- including ghost guns -- without a license, per the US Attorney's Office in Maryland.
In January, a Rhode Island man was charged by the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York for allegedly selling or attempting to sell more than 100 guns he made at his home.
According to the Justice Department, the 34-year-old allegedly purchased the parts, made them at his home in Providence, Rhode Island, and then sold the completed weapons.
He was charged with one count of conspiracy to traffic firearms and one count of making false statements, the DOJ said in a news release.
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Baltimore-based healthcare firm selected to provide PR and Media Relations services to
tech-enabled women's healthcare company dedicated to Maternity and NICU Care Management
BALTIMORE, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Growth Partners (SGP), a Baltimore-based healthcare marketing, strategy and research firm, is proud to announce that they have once again been chosen to provide PR and media relations services for ProgenyHealth, a national, tech-enabled women's healthcare company dedicated to Maternity and NICU Care Management.
ProgenyHealth serves women, infants, caregivers, and families through the milestones of maternal health — from conception and pregnancy to postpartum and parenting, with special expertise in managing premature and complex births and resulting NICU admissions.
As part of the renewed partnership, SGP will provide a full range of public relations expertise that includes proactive media relations, the development of thought-leadership content, and securing national media placements and byline articles.
Founded by Ellen Stang, MD, in 2003, ProgenyHealth was created to address the need for improved care management and health outcomes for premature and medically complex newborns. Today, ProgenyHealth partners with some of the country's most prestigious health plans in collaboration with more than 1,400 facilities and 6,000 physicians to optimize care and lower overall care costs.
"Our mission is to manage maternal health milestones from conception and pregnancy through birth and beyond. We serve women, infants, caregivers and families by improving health outcomes and enhancing the maternal experience," said Dr. Ellen Stang, CEO and founder, ProgenyHealth. "Our expertise in this space is unparalleled and we need a well-connected PR partner that is equally experienced to assist us in further growing our reputation across the industry. The team at Sage Growth Partners has continually collaborated with our leadership to develop and implement highly-effective media and public relations efforts on a national level."
As health equity and maternal health continue to remain a front-page story throughout the country, it is now more important than ever for our health systems to protect mothers and invest in culturally relevant, community-based continuums of care. ProgenyHealth has taken a lead in efforts to further unite policymakers, physicians, payers and community organizations in this regard.
"In earned media, there is no substitute for newsworthy insights," said Boh Hatter, Chief Marketing Officer, SGP. "Progeny's advocacy for maternal health equity has demonstrated commitment and leadership, allowing them to earn media attention in the healthcare trade and mainstream press. We are proud to be their partner and help them assert their thoughtful voice."
About Sage Growth Partners Sage Growth Partners accelerates commercial success for B2B, B2B2C, and B2C healthcare organizations through a singular focus on growth. The company helps its clients thrive amid the complexities of a rapidly changing marketplace with deep domain expertise and an integrated application of research, strategy, and marketing. Founded in 2005, Sage Growth Partners is located in Baltimore, MD, and serves clients such as GE Healthcare, ProgenyHealth, the National Minority Health Association, Philips Healthcare, U.S. Renal Care, Quest Diagnostics, Livongo, Olive, Syft, and iN2L. For more information, visit sage-growth.com
About ProgenyHealth
ProgenyHealth is the only national, tech-enabled women's healthcare company dedicated to Maternity and NICU Care Management. We serve women, infants, caregivers, and families through the milestones of maternal health — from conception and pregnancy to postpartum and parenting, with special expertise in managing premature and complex births and resulting NICU admissions. Our industry-leading intelligent platform, Baby Trax®, integrates utilization management and case management, while also driving payment validation & assurance activities based on clinical data. With nearly 20 years of experience, our board-certified physicians, nurses, social workers and others, collaborate with providers to improve health outcomes, enhance the member and provider experience, and reduce costs for commercial health plans, Medicaid payers, and self-insured employer groups. For more information, visit www.progenyhealth.com
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The South and Southeastern regions of the US will be the hardest hit with mosquito activity.
BEDFORD, Mass., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Fourth of July weekend, hot, humid conditions are expected in the South and Southeastern regions of the United States, which means increased mosquito activity across those areas. As the Summer temperatures rise across the nation and humidity levels increase, a mosquito population boom is expected across the U.S.
"The second half of summer will likely be hotter than average for much of the central United States," said Dr. Benjamin McMillan, Senior Biologist at Thermacell Repellents, Inc., the leading manufacturer of area mosquito repellents.
For the Pacific regions, drier conditions will start to develop in conjunction with warmer temperatures. In the Northwest, warmer weather may take longer to really settle in, but the heat of the summer should follow the high rainfall in the region that has been occurring since spring. On the Atlantic side of the country, warm air from the central United States will push into cool air closer to the coast, resulting in increased humidity and rainfall.
"These large-scale shifts in regional weather will support larger mosquito populations in areas where rain follows hot weather," commented Dr. McMillan. "Mosquitoes will come out of hiding when the humidity increases. Watch for mosquito populations to explode once rain brings relief to areas in need of a good soak!"
Working with meteorologists, entomologists, and forecasting data from AccuWeather.com, Thermacell uses a mosquito pressure index that predicts mosquito activity at a local level. The index ranks mosquito pressure on a 1-to-10 scale, with one indicating moderate pressure and 10 indicating extremely high pressure.
Thermacell is predicting extreme levels of mosquito activity for these 10 metropolitan areas for the holiday weekend:
- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- JACKSON, Miss. - Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- NEW ORLEANS – Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- COLUMBUS, Ohio – Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- WICHITA, Kan. - Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- PHILADELPHIA - Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
- NEW YORK - Level 10: Weather is favorable for an extreme level of mosquito activity.
Key environmental factors for forecasting mosquito activity are precipitation and temperature. Rainfall and flooding stimulate the development of the eggs of many mosquito species. At the same time, warmer temperatures speed up the time it takes mosquitoes to become adults.
To keep mosquitoes from joining your summer parties, Dr. McMillan recommends using an area repellent to keep mosquitoes away. Thermacell technology uses heat to diffuse highly effective repellent into the air creating a zone of mosquito protection. This zone creates an invisible, scent-free barrier to keep mosquitoes away up to 20-feet from the repeller so you can enjoy the first weekend of summer without mosquitoes.
Thermacell Repellents, Inc., headquartered in Bedford, MA, designs, manufactures, and markets area mosquito repellent and insect control solutions. Thermacell can be found at most outdoor, sporting goods, home improvement, and mass merchant retailers. Thermacell products are also available internationally in more than 30 countries. For more information on Thermacell and its complete line of repellent products, consumer reviews, and store locations, visit www.thermacell.com.
AccuWeather® is recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world and serves more than 1.5 billion people globally to help them plan their lives and get more from their day through our award-winning and popular AccuWeather app, accuweather.com and other digital and media platforms.
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The West saw an aspect of the climate crisis play out this week that scientists have warned of for years.
In the middle of a prolonged, water shortage-inducing megadrought, one area, Yellowstone, was overwhelmed by drenching rainfall and rapid snowmelt that -- instead of replenishing the ground over a matter of weeks or months -- created a torrent of flash flooding that ripped out roads and bridges and caused severe damage to one of the country's most cherished national parks.
In the meantime, drought conditions persisted in the Southwest, where water is desperately needed to replenish the country's largest reservoirs, and provide relief to regions tormented by record-setting wildfires.
The latest update in the US Drought Monitor on Thursday showed the major contrast between the wet Northwest and the hot and dry Southwest. This feast-or-famine contrast is a pattern the climate crisis tends to amplify: extremes on both ends of the spectrum, with the pendulum sometimes swinging suddenly from one side to the other.
Across the Pacific Northwest, drought conditions improved significantly over the past several weeks, with the areas in severe drought falling from a high of 55% in April to 25% this week.
"Much of the Northern Tier states experienced beneficial rainfall and near to below-normal temperatures, predominantly leading to drought improvements from the Pacific Northwest to the Northern Plains," the Drought Monitor noted.
But this persistent and active storm track, which continues to bring rain and snow to the Northwest, has largely missed California and the Southwest.
The US Bureau of Reclamation projected this week that Arizona, Nevada and California would see even more significant cuts to their Colorado River water allotments starting next year.
Federal officials make those determinations on a year-by-year basis every August. Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir which serves millions of people in the Southwest, is already running well below what last year's projections suggested, even in its worst-case scenario. Last August, the bureau predicted the reservoir would most likely be at 1,059 feet above sea level at the end of this month, and 1,057 feet at worst. But it's now around 1,045 feet.
In New Mexico, where two of the largest fires in state history are still burning, the drought summary noted that temperatures were running around 5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit above average, which are worsening drought conditions in parts of western and southern New Mexico.
More than 50% of the state is in exceptional drought, the highest classification in the drought monitor, up from zero in January. This extreme dryness is playing a major role in fueling a fire year that is pacing to be the worst on record.
A recent study from the federal government's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico found that parts of the Upper Colorado River Basin, including the states of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, will see earlier peak streamflow because of earlier rapid snowmelt, and up to 60% reduction in snow in the coming decades.
"We're definitely looking at a hotter future," Katrina Bennett, hydrologist with the lab and lead author of the study, told CNN. "There will be more of that wet to dry sort of scenarios we're seeing, but regardless, we're going to see more minimum streamflow, increase in drier soils and lower snowpacks, which all together will lead to likelihood of drought increasing across the board especially in the upper areas where we really haven't seen that intense drought stress yet."
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Game of Thrones and Fast & Furious star Nathalie Emmanuel featured in Diversion's upcoming podcast "War Queens"
Diversion to Launch "The Shows We Watched," "War Queens," "The Ali Rogin Show," and "The Royals of Malibu"
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Diversion Audio, a premium podcast network in partnership with Gemini XIII, announced today four new podcasts from its upcoming release slate, marking the network's entrance into the Talk and Fiction formats.
Coming September 13th is "The Shows We Watched," hosted by TV/film critic and author James King and lifestyle influencer Emily Johnston, who take listeners back to hang out with their favorite TV shows and share surprising details and backstories. "The Shows We Watched" covers a different beloved TV show every episode and includes dives into Friends, Sex & the City, My So-Called Life, Gossip Girl, Married with Children, and many more.
The second new podcast from Diversion Audio set for Fall 2022 is "War Queens," featuring Nathalie Emmanuel, best known for her role in HBO's Game of Thrones and the Fast & Furious movies. Each week, with Nathalie at the helm, father-daughter duo Jonathan W. Jordan, a military historian and award-winning author, and Emily Anne Jordan examine the incredible true stories of history's most powerful female battle leaders and the brilliant methods and maneuvers history's "killer queens" used to defend their people.
Also coming from Diversion Audio is an inspiring new podcast hosted by award-winning correspondent with the PBS NewsHour and author of the book Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss, Ali Rogin. "The Ali Rogin Show" will feature influential women leaders, celebrities, politicians, and survivors as they reveal how they overcame crises in health, work, family and relationships, and more.
For Valentine's Day 2023, Diversion Audio will debut the romantic fiction podcast, "The Royals of Malibu" based on the popular romance book series, The Royals by Erin Watt, the pseudonym for New York Times bestselling authors Jen Frederick and Elle Kennedy. "The Royals of Malibu" is Cinderella meets Cruel Intentions meets Euphoria.
Scott Waxman, CEO, Diversion Audio, said: "We couldn't be more excited about this first slate from the newly-branded Diversion Audio. Building on the early success of our nonfiction limited series, this new slate plants our flag firmly in the 'always on' podcast landscape and also features an irresistible offering for an audience we love: romance fiction fans. Our goal is always to reach new listeners who are seeking an engrossing experience in podcasts."
Diversion Audio leverages sister company Diversion Books' vast publishing assets and author relationships to offer a focused content model unique to podcasting: expanding IP from books, authors, and personalities as original podcasts across both high-frequency episodic shows and engrossing narrative limited series. Diversion Audio's podcasts drive new audience communities and tell expert-driven stories.
Diversion's podcast "I Am Kobe" was recently honored with two Webby Awards. In October Diversion launches Season 2 of the multi-million listener hit series "Good Assassins," one of the top 20 biggest new podcasts of 2021. In addition, Diversion's hits include the #1 biggest new sports podcast of 2020, "The Dream Team Tapes." Each of these are released in conjunction with iHeartPodcasts.
Diversion Audio creates immersive stories that engage and amaze listeners. Diversion productions take you deep into worlds and introduce you to characters you'll never forget. From romance to espionage, from true crime to true adventure, across history, health, and pop culture, Diversion brings real stories to life. Learn more at diversionaudio.com
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Dollinger Strategic Communication for Diversion Audio
512.633.4084
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- First oral IGF-1R inhibitor to enter late-stage clinical trials for thyroid eye disease –
- Global study being conducted in the U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe -
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sling Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on late-stage development of an oral small molecule for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED), today announced the initiation of enrollment in the global Phase 2b LIDS clinical trial evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of linsitinib, a small molecule insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-1R) inhibitor, in the treatment of active, moderate to severe TED.
"This is a significant milestone for patients and families who are impacted by TED because we believe linsitinib offers the potential to significantly reduce the treatment burden," said Ryan Zeidan, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Sling Therapeutics. "The rapid initiation of our late-stage clinical trial in TED was made possible by the extensive preclinical and clinical development data in hand for linsitinib, including pre-clinical studies, toxicology studies, and pharmacokinetic and safety data collected from the over 800 oncology patients who have received linsitinib."
TED is a debilitating autoimmune disease that affects about 20,000 people in the U.S. per year and has a similar prevalence in Europe. Dysfunction in the IGF-1R signaling pathway leads to a prevalence of thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor autoantibodies (TSHR-Abs) that drive excess fibrous tissue growth behind the eyes. The inflammation can push the eyes forward or cause the eyes and eyelids to become red and swollen. As the disease progresses it can lead to pain, eye bulging, and double vision. TED predominantly affects women, and most frequently affects people with hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease.
"When the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the muscle and fat tissue behind the eyes, it can cause inflammation and scar tissue formation that has a profound impact on the quality of life for people suffering from TED," said Raymond Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., board-certified aesthetic and reconstructive oculoplastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California. "As one of the lead scientists in the development of the only currently approved treatment for TED, I am excited to see this study advance with the hope of providing additional options for patients."
"Dysfunction in the IGF-1R signaling pathway that drives excess fibrous tissue growth is well known and understood," said George J. Kahaly, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and endocrinology/metabolism at the Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center in Mainz, Germany. "I have experienced many of the challenges with current treatment options that place a burden on patients, caregivers, and physicians while serving as chair of the ORPHAN referral expert center for TED. There is a need for a more convenient drug therapy."
The randomized, double-mask, placebo-controlled Phase 2b LIDS clinical trial is designed to enroll 75 adult participants in the U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe with a clinical diagnosis of Graves' disease or autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with active, moderate to severe TED. Linsitinib will be administered orally twice daily for 24 weeks. The primary endpoint is the percentage of participants who are proptosis responders. Researchers will also evaluate the change from baseline in proptosis and in the Graves' Ophthalmopathy Quality of Life (GO-QoL) questionnaire overall score. Additional secondary endpoints include the percentage of participants who are diplopia responders, CAS categorical responders, and overall responders.
For more information about the Phase 2b LIDS clinical trial visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05276063.
About Sling Therapeutics
Sling Therapeutics, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on late-stage development of an oral small molecule for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED). The company is advancing the evaluation of its lead product candidate, linsitinib, in a Phase 2b clinical trial based on extensive preclinical and clinical data. Linsitinib offers the potential of a convenient oral small molecule that could significantly reduce the treatment burden for people living with TED. For more information visit https://slingtx.com/.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. intelligence agencies ramp up their efforts against China, top officials acknowledge they may also end up collecting more phone calls and emails from Chinese Americans, raising new concerns about spying affecting civil liberties.
A new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence makes several recommendations, including expanding unconscious bias training and reiterating internally that federal law bans targeting someone solely due to their ethnicity.
U.S. intelligence agencies are under constant pressure to better understand China’s decision-making on issues including nuclear weapons,geopolitics and the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic — and have responded with new centers and programs focusing on Beijing. While there’s bipartisan support for a tougher U.S. approach to China, civil rights groups and advocates are concerned about the disparate effect of enhanced surveillance on people of Chinese descent.
As one example, people who speak to relatives or contacts in China could be more likely to have their communications swept up, though intelligence agencies can’t quantify how often due in part to civil liberties concerns.
There’s a long history of U.S. government discrimination against groups of citizens in the name of national security. Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps during World War II, Black leaders were spied upon during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and mosques were surveilled after the Sept. 11 attacks. Chinese Americans have faced discrimination going back to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first law to explicitly ban immigration from a specific ethnic community.
Aryani Ong, co-founder of the advocacy group Asian American Federal Employees for Non-Discrimination, noted that people of Asian descent are sometimes “not fully trusted as loyal Americans.” She said the report, published May 31, would be useful to conversations about what she described as the conflation of civil rights and national defense.
Ong and other advocates pointed to the Justice Department’s “China Initiative,” created to target economic espionage and hacking operations by Beijing. The department dropped the name of the program after it had come to be associated with faltering prosecutions of Asian American professors at U.S. college campuses.
“Often we hear responses that we cannot weaken our national security, as if protecting constitutional rights of Asian Americans (is) contrary to our defense,” said Ong, who is Indonesian and Chinese American.
But in trying to produce demographic data on the impact of surveillance, the intelligence agencies say there’s a paradox: Examining the backgrounds of U.S. citizens whose data is collected requires more intrusion into those people’s lives.
“To try to find out that type of information would require additional collection that would absolutely not be authorized because it isn’t for the foreign intelligence purpose for which the intelligence community gets its authorities,” Ben Huebner, the chief civil liberties officer for Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, said in an interview.
But, Huebner added, “I think the fact that we can’t analytically get to those types of metrics doesn’t mean that we get to sort of drop the ball on this.”
One potential disparity highlighted by the report is what’s known as “incidental collection.”
In surveilling a foreign target, intelligence agencies can obtain the target’s communications with a U.S. citizen who isn’t under investigation. The agencies also collect phone calls or emails of U.S. citizens as they sweep for foreign communications.
The National Security Agency has vast powers to surveil domestic and foreign communications, as revealed in part by documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Under NSA rules, two people have to sign off on putting any new foreign target under surveillance. The NSA masks the identities of U.S. citizens under federal law and intelligence guidelines and turns over potential domestic leads to the FBI.
The FBI can access some of the NSA’s collection without a warrant. Civil rights advocates have long argued that searches under what’s known as Section 702 disproportionately target minority communities.
The ODNI report notes that Chinese Americans “may be an increased risk of such incidental collection,” as are Americans not of Chinese ancestry who have business or personal ties to China. The report recommends a review of artificial intelligence programs to ensure they “avoid perpetuating historical biases and discrimination.” It also suggests agencies across the intelligence community expand unconscious bias training for people who handle information from incidental collection.
ODNI is also studying delays in granting security clearances and whether people of Chinese or Asian descent face longer or more invasive background investigations. While there is no publicly available data on clearances, some applicants from minority communities have questioned whether they undergo extra scrutiny due to their race or ethnicity. According to the report, U.S. intelligence assesses that “neither race nor ethnicity is the primary criterion utilized by the PRC’s intelligence services in their recruitment of intelligence assets.”
Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that he welcomed the recommendations “to increase awareness of existing non-discrimination prohibitions and improve transparency around the security clearance process.”
But Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is the committee’s vice chairman, said requiring new training on unconscious bias and cultural competency was a distraction.
“The Chinese Communist Party likes nothing more than when we are distracted by divisive, internal politics,” Rubio said in a statement.
The ODNI report highlights FBI training on race and ethnicity as a “best practice” in the intelligence community. In a statement, the FBI said that there was “no place for bias and prejudice in our communities” and that law enforcement “must work to eliminate these flawed beliefs in our agencies to best serve those we are sworn to protect. The FBI said its agents are trained in “obedience to the Constitution” and in “treating everyone with dignity, empathy and respect.”
A senior NSA official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters, said the agency currently requires unconscious bias training for managers and hiring officials, but not all employees. The NSA does train intelligence analysts on rules that prohibit the collection of intelligence for suppressing dissent or disadvantaging people based on their race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, and is reviewing ODNI’s recommendations.
The CIA late last year issued new instructions to officers discouraging the use of the word “Chinese” to describe China’s government. The guidance suggests referring to the leadership as “China,” “the People’s Republic of China” or “PRC,” or “Beijing,” while using “Chinese” to refer to the people, language or culture.
“It’s important to be clear that our concern is about the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China, the PRC — not about the people of China, let alone fellow Americans of Chinese or Asian descent,” CIA Director William Burns said in a recent speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “It is a profound mistake to conflate the two.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/spy-agencies-focus-on-china-could-snare-chinese-americans/ | 2022-06-16T01:08:14Z |
LONDON, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exabel, the data and analytics platform for investment teams, has today announced its partnership with Datayes to deliver a powerful new insights capability for Datayes investment research clients. The Datayes Insights Platform will provide hedge funds and asset managers with curated insights based on Datayes' rich China data, for example, China employee recruitment data. This offering will provide users with easy to navigate dashboards, visualizations and KPI monitoring capabilities, and aid in the idea generation process by flagging trend shifts in Datayes' datasets. Joining forces with Exabel provides alternative data vendors with a value-added presentation and monitoring layer and is powered by Exabel's market leading Al analytics, financial modeling and data science platform.
The Datayes Insights Platform is part of Exabel's growing partnership program, in which data vendors can use the platform to discover valuable insights in their datasets, demonstrate that value to prospective customers, and deliver a new Insights product that is attractive to a broad audience of financial buyers. In partnering with Exabel, Datayes' clients are now able to more easily connect the dots in a less expensive and time-consuming manner between data and investable insights.
Datayes is an alternative data company which offers wide coverage, high quality and low latency financial data covering the Chinese market for institutional customers. Datayes offers many different categories of alternative data that cover traditional retail sales, e-commerce, recruitment, patents, etc. It serves not only as the cornerstone of quantitative investment and fundamental research, but also as the treasury of machine learning and AI investment research.
Commenting on the partnership, Neil Chapman, Exabel CEO said: "Partnering with Datayes represents another important milestone in Exabel's ambition to extend the geographical reach of its insights platforms around the world. Datayes is one of the pre-eminent data providers in the exciting China market, and Exabel is delighted to be associated with the company.
"The use of data, including alternative data, in financial markets is vital. Modeling data in-house has become a prohibitive burden in time and cost, and we are on a mission to change that. Exabel's SaaS delivered platform enables discretionary managers to complement their fundamental strategies with more data-driven techniques. It is the missing piece that allows asset managers to benefit from alternative data immediately.
"We are looking forward to working with Datayes to create actionable insights on its recruitment data. Dashboards, intelligent screening and company drill down tools are just some of the features the platform can generate – all via an easy-to-use cloud interface."
Li Li, Global Head of Alternative Data at Datayes commented: "We are happy to enter into partnership with Exabel to promote and facilitate the wider and deeper use of data, especially alternative data in finance. China recruitment data can be used for macro, industry studies and company analysis. The jointly developed Datayes Insight platform makes it easier for users to gain insight from this alternative data, allowing investors to learn market signals earlier and make better investment decisions."
About Exabel
Exabel is an analytics platform for any investment professional who wants to benefit from alternative data and modern data science tools in their investment process. It fulfills a growing need in financial markets: while use of data - including fundamental, market, proprietary and alternative data - is critical for asset managers, modeling such data in house has become an excessive use of time and resources for all but the very largest investment firms. Exabel's SaaS-delivered platform enables discretionary managers to complement their fundamental strategies with more data-driven techniques. It is the missing piece that allows investment teams to benefit from alternative data immediately. Exabel is currently growing rapidly having raised $22.7m and increased the team to 40 employees with more hiring underway.
About Datayes
Datayes is a global FinTech company headquartered in Shanghai that empowers investors to invest smarter and more proficiently through products and services that integrate human knowledge and machine intelligence. The company is committed to leading the industry into a new paradigm using the most advanced technology that supports the intelligent investment of financial institutions and smart tools for individual investors. Datayes provides a comprehensive suite of services from investment analysis to portfolio management in the form of SaaS, financial big data including alternative data, and customized product solutions to finance professionals globally, covering over 2,000 financial institutions, 200,000 professional investors and more than 10,000,000 retail investors.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mobilum Technologies Inc. (the "Company") (CSE: MBLM) (OTC: MBLMF) (FRA: C0B), announces that audit work on its financial statements for the year-ended February 28, 2022 has now been completed, and the statements, along with the accompanying managements' discussion and analysis and officer certifications have been filed. Readers are encouraged to review these materials under the profile for the Company on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).
As a result of the delay in completing audit work and availability of accounting staff, the Company does now anticipate that it will be delayed in the filing of its interim financial statements for the three-month period ended May 31, 2022 and the accompanying managements' discussion and analysis (collectively, the "Required Filings") which are required to be filed on or before August 2, 2022. The Company anticipates that the Required Filings will be completed and filed on or before August 12, 2022.
As a result of the expected delay, the Company intends to apply to the British Columbia Securities Commission for a further management cease trade order ("MCTO"). If granted, while the MCTO is in place, it will restrict all trading by the Company's CEO and CFO in securities of the Company, whether direct or indirect. The issuance of the MCTO will not affect the ability of persons who are not directors, officers or insiders of the Company to trade the Company's securities. The MCTO would remain in effect until the Required Filings are completed or until the order is revoked or varied.
The Company reaffirms that it will continue to satisfy the provisions of the alternative information guidelines described in sections 9 and 10 of National Policy 12-203 – Management Cease Trade Orders ("NP 12-203") for so long as it remains in default of the requirement to file the Required Filings. There has not been any other specified default by the Company under NP 12-203. The Company has not taken any steps towards any insolvency proceeding and the Company has no other material information to release to the public. The Company has made the foregoing representations in accordance with the requirements of applicable securities laws.
Mobilum Technologies Inc. (CSE: MBLM) (OTC: MBLMF) (FRA: C0B) is a technology-driven Digital Service Provider (DSP) with a mission to make digital assets and cryptocurrencies accessible through traditional finance and payment infrastructure and digital asset management technologies, providing solutions for Exchanges, Wallets and Cryptocurrency Businesses, NFTs marketplaces, Protocols, Decentralized Applications and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, Metaverse and Play-to-Earn games, and Traditional Finance Institutions (Banks, Hedge Funds, Insurance and Fintech companies) opening its doors to digital assets space. Our goal is to allow consumers around the world to convert fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat with Mobilum's on-ramp and off-ramp solutions. Mobilum has offices in Canada, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, and the United States. For further information go to www.mobilum.com.
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JERUSALEM, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: BVXV), a biopharmaceuticals company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and other illnesses, today published its first quarter financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provided a business update.
Business Update
- Development of the NanoAb program is proceeding according to plan:
o Demonstrated successful technology transfer from the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPG) to BiondVax's manufacturing facility in Jerusalem. Testing showed that BiondVax was able to successfully manufacture its first exclusively licensed NanoAb for the treatment of COVID–19 and demonstrated strong neutralization of live COVID–19 virus in–vitro at levels similar to those demonstrated by NanoAbs originally produced at MPG.
o The NanoAbs produced at BiondVax's facility demonstrated similarly strong COVID–19 in–vitro neutralization capacity after being sprayed through a medical device inhaler that is expected to be used in the first in-human clinical trials planned for 2023.
o A new NanoAb targeting Omicron that was generated at MPG was recently shown to successfully neutralize the Omicron variant of COVID–19 in–vitro. This NanoAb is expected to be manufactured and used in BiondVax's first in–human clinical trials. - Our team of 26 full–time employees includes 12 new employees who joined BiondVax in 2022 to support all aspects of BiondVax's NanoAb program, including quality assurance, quality control, R&D, manufacturing, preclinical and clinical trials.
- In April and May, BiondVax hosted two investor webinars and presented in person at the Biomed Israel and HC Wainwright Global Investment conferences.
First Quarter 2022 Financial Summary
Results are in New Israel Shekels (NIS) and convenience translation to $US is provided using the exchange rate of 3.176 (NIS/$US), the rate as of the close of business on March 31, 2022.
- Total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were NIS 8.3 million ($2.6 million) compared to NIS 6.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
- R&D expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were NIS 3.65 million ($1.1 million) compared to NIS 2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. This increase was primarily due to activity related to the new NanoAb program.
- Marketing, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were NIS 4.6 million ($1.5 million) compared to NIS 4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, BiondVax had cash and cash equivalents of NIS 48.9 million ($15.4 million) as compared to NIS 54.0 million as of December 31, 2021.
Unaudited first quarter financial results will be submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. A summary is included in the tables below.
About BiondVax
BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: BVXV) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing innovative products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and other illnesses. Since its inception, the company has executed eight clinical trials including a seven country, 12,400 participant Phase 3 trial of its vaccine candidate and has built a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for biopharmaceutical products. With highly experienced pharmaceutical industry leadership, BiondVax is aiming to develop a pipeline of diversified and commercially viable products and platforms beginning with an innovative nanosized antibody (NanoAb) pipeline. For more information, please visit www.biondvax.com.
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The notes in the Company's quarterly report are an integral part of the financial statements. The complete financial results are available in the Form 6-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Vancouver, BC, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE: EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company") will announce its unaudited first quarter financial and operating results on May 3, 2022, after market close, and will host a series of meetings on May 4, 2022, as described below.
The Company will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, commencing at 7:30 am PT to discuss its first quarter results and answer questions from participants.
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The Company's annual and special meeting of shareholders ("Meeting") will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 commencing at 1:30 pm PT via webcast. Equinox Gold's Chairman, Ross Beaty, will host a corporate update immediately after the Meeting, commencing at approximately 1:40 pm PT, to discuss the Company's business strategy and objectives. Shareholders can submit questions in advance about Equinox Gold, the Meeting or the voting process using the Submit a Question form on our website at www.EquinoxGold.com/investors/shareholder-meetings. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the Meeting and the Chairman's Update.
All interested parties are invited to participate using the login below.
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Unless you intend to vote during the Meeting, registered shareholder proxy forms must be received by 1:30 pm PT on May 2, 2022. The deadline for non-registered shareholders may be earlier. Meeting materials and information regarding how to participate in the meeting have been distributed to shareholders and are also available for download at www.EquinoxGold.com/investors/shareholder-meetings and from Equinox Gold's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.
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The Florida Department of Health now says a vital kind of medical care known as gender-affirming care should not be an option for children and teens, even though every major medical association recommends such care and says it can save lives.
The department's new guidelines suggest that children should be provided social support from peers and family and should seek counseling. But it says they should be denied treatments that can be a part of this care, including calling the child or teen by the name and pronoun they prefer and allowing them to wear clothing or hairstyles that match their gender identity.
Gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based care that uses a multidisciplinary approach to help a person transition from their assigned gender -- the one the person was designated at birth -- to their affirmed gender -- the gender by which one wants to be known.
By one estimate, more than 58,000 transgender youth 13 and older across the US are facing restricted access or proposals, and could soon lose access to gender-affirming care.
Those 58,000 live in 15 states that have enacted or are considering laws to restrict access by, in some cases, even penalizing health care providers and families who try to get such care, according to UCLA's Williams Institute, which conducts independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. These states are home to nearly a third of the nation's transgender youth.
In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate any instances of certain procedures used in such care, on the grounds that it is now considered child abuse according to an opinion issued by state Attorney General Ken Paxton. A Texas judge granted the ACLU's request for a temporary restraining order, preventing the state from enforcing the order for now.
Despite the legislative push to end this kind of treatment, gender-affirming care is a recommended practice for people who identify as transgender, meaning they identify with a gender that is different than the one assigned at birth, or gender-diverse, with a gender expression that doesn't strictly match society's traditional ideas about gender.
The gold standard of care
Major medical associations -- including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry -- agree that gender-affirming care is clinically appropriate for children and adults.
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health's guidelines, which are considered the gold standard and guide gender-affirming care around the world, say it should be a way for people to create "effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with their gendered selves, in order to maximize their overall health, psychological well-being and self-fulfillment."
People who identify as transgender or gender-diverse often face significant health disparities, as well as serious marginalization and discrimination in health care settings. In 2015, 1 in 4 adults who identified as transgender avoided a needed doctor's visit because they feared being mistreated, according to the US Transgender Survey from the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Research shows that gender-affirming care can address some of these issues and greatly improve a person's mental health and well-being.
Social care for children
For children, gender-affirming care is defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics as developmentally appropriate, nonjudgmental treatment that's provided in a safe clinical space. The care is individualized and based on peer-reviewed scientific studies that show its effectiveness.
This kind of care takes a multidisciplinary approach. Providers work with counselors and the person's family, as well as the person themselves. They may also work with the child's school and community.
When someone needs this care really depends on the person. Some children have a sense about their true gender as early as 3 years old, experts say, others as they move into puberty and still others much later.
A growing number of clinics across the country have been created to specifically provide gender-affirming care, including for children. Many use a similar approach that involves a multidisciplinary team of experts who can tailor make the program to the patient and their needs.
At the Gender Identity Program at Columbia University Medical Center, Director Melina Wald says, the process usually starts with a phone call. The family speaks with an intake coordinator and completes a brief screening to give an initial assessment of where the child is in their development. Depending on the age of the child, they may also participate.
Next, the clinic schedules the family for a couple of visits with the team's mental health care professionals. At the first appointment, the team gauges the family's and child's needs.
"It's to really get a better sense of what's bringing them into the clinic," Wald said. "We are also looking to understand the child's understanding of their own gender, gender expression, and a history related to that."
The team also determines whether there are any additional mental health needs. A 2018 study on transgender youth found that the prevalence of mental health problems was sevenfold higher than among their cisgender peers. A 2019 study of transgender adults found that they had higher levels of anxiety and depression. And a 2019 survey found that 54% of transgender and nonbinary youth in the US reported considering suicide that year, and 29% made an attempt.
The mental health problems don't stem from their identity itself but often happen because of social discrimination and what's known as minority stress, a growing number of studies show. Stigma, marginalization, discrimination, bullying, harassment and even violence can lead to feelings of isolation and rejection.
At Wald's clinic, after the initial screening and appointments, staffers offer feedback and their clinical impressions to the child and family. They then offer a specific treatment plan tailored for that child, based on who they are, how they identify and where they are developmentally.
"That treatment plan can include individual therapy. It can include parent support. We have an adolescent group for trans and nonbinary teens, and we also have a parent support group run by one of the psychologists on our team," Wald said.
This part of the care will help with the social transition, said Dr. Madeline Deutsch, medical director of the UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program.
At this point, the child could start using a chosen name and pronoun. They may wear different clothing. This practice helps the young person have the confidence to present in the way that feels more genuine to them, Deutsch said.
"It's very individualized and usually involves a mix of decision-making by parents and guardians and then maybe other stakeholders, like if the parents are accessing mental health care or if the school becomes involved to kind of help talk things through," Deutsch said. "Usually, it's like a no-harm-done thing. So some of it depends on the parent's level of comfort and the community that they're living in."
The physical aspect of care
Deutsch said that when children get to a certain stage of puberty -- diagnosed by a medical provider -- and still have a persistent, well-documented sense of that their gender does not align with the one assigned at birth, depending on the child's age, they may move forward with reversible pubertal suppression, commonly called puberty blockers.
Originally, these gonadotrophin-releasing hormones were used to delay puberty for people with what's known as precocious puberty, which is when a child's body changes into that of an adult too soon.
"That just basically puts everything on pause, and children can be on that for a couple of years without any ill effects, and it's totally reversible," Deutsch said. "If it's stopped, then everything just continues where you left off."
Puberty blockers can reduce the distress that may happen when a child develops secondary sexual characteristics such as breast growth, protrusion of the Adam's apple or voice change. Studies show that transgender adolescents who used puberty blockers were less likely to have suicidal thoughts than those who wanted the treatment but did not get it.
This part of the process may also include hormone therapy that can lead to gender-affirming physical change, but again, the care plan is flexible, Deutsch said.
"I think one of the big myths out there is that there's a sense that kids are rushed into decisions related to medical care, like hormone therapy or surgery. That's just not the case," Wald said.
Deutsch agreed: "Kids don't make stuff up about this, wanting to become trans because it's trendy or something," she said. "Trans youth and trans people in general do not have access to a hormone vending machine."
With gender-affirming care, the team of experts will work with the young person and the family throughout the process to decide what treatment is appropriate.
The process can take several years, or it can move faster if a child is in the "throes of puberty" and has been struggling for a long time, Deutsch said. There is still an assessment of what's needed.
Other options include voice and communication therapy. There are also gynecological and reproductive options, but most people get these treatments when they are older, if they opt to have surgery at all. Gender-affirming surgery could include facial feminization or what's known as facial gender surgery.
Some may choose what's commonly called top surgery, which for transgender men and nonbinary people removes breast or chest tissue, or genital reconstructive procedures, also known as bottom surgery. Generally, these are not procedures adolescents would need, Wald said.
Legal part of care
Legal interventions can include a change in name or gender on a person's legal documents.
How easy this is, or if it's even possible, depends on where the person lives. The rules vary by state.
Changes to documents can include a person's birth certificate, Social Security card, passport or driver's license.
Why care is necessary
"For transgender and nonbinary children and adolescents, early gender-affirming care is crucial to overall health and well-being," the US Health and Human Services Department Office of Population Affairs says. Delaying care can exacerbate stressors and health problems for kids.
Some critics of the process suggest that children should wait until adulthood to transition, but the American Academy of Pediatrics says this is an outdated approach. It assumes that gender identity is fixed at a certain age, but research shows that it's healthier to value a child for who they are rather than for what they will become.
The association says this approach helps children feel safe "in a society that too often marginalizes or stigmatizes those seen as different" and strengthens family resiliency.
Wald says that waiting to transition can create additional psychological distress for a child and can raise a child's risk of depression, suicidality, self-harm or substance misuse.
"Withholding intervention means that the child is going to go through a puberty that is discordant with their gender identity and would ultimately mean that later, at the age of 18, there would be changes to their body that they would make it even more difficult," Wald said.
Gender-affirming treatment builds self-esteem and improves overall quality of life, according to the US Office of Population Affairs, and studies show that the care improves general well-being.
And although they're at higher risk of mental health issues, not all transgender or nonbinary youth have them. If they do, they don't have to struggle with these issues for life if they can get the right kind of care and have supportive adults around them.
"These children and teens can be incredibly resilient," Wald said. "With support and access to care, they will thrive and can be just as successful as any kid."
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The Agreement Expands Options for Customers Seeking Cost-Effective, High-Throughput Whole Genome Sequencing
NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gencove, pioneer of low-pass whole genome sequencing and analysis software, and Element Biosciences Inc., developer of the Element AVITI™ System, a new and disruptive DNA sequencing platform, today announced a joint marketing agreement to further reduce the cost and complexity of obtaining genomic information.
Whole genome sequencing provides a new foundation to advance healthcare, understand pathogens and feed our growing population. Combining the unrivaled performance and flexibility of the AVITI System with Gencove's software platform democratizes access to genomic information.
Gencove's low-pass sequencing and analysis software reduce costs in two ways. First by miniaturizing the way the DNA samples are processed and second by allowing customers to sequence at lower coverages and then upload the data into the Gencove platform for imputation against species-specific haplotype reference genomes. In this way, higher throughput at a lower cost per sample can be achieved.
"Gencove and Element share a vision to make cost-effective, high-throughput genome-wide information universally available", said Joseph Pickrell, Ph.D., co-founder, and CEO of Gencove. "This agreement moves the industry closer to ubiquitous sequencing to help solve our civilization's most pressing biological challenges."
Element's proprietary Avidity Sequencing™ chemistries enable exceptional accuracy and cost efficiency, unmatched by other benchtop systems. AVITI offers both short and long-read capabilities on a single platform bringing ultimate freedom and flexibility to users. Gencove and Element validated that the AVITI System data could be processed by the Gencove software platform and generate high-quality germline and somatic variant calling for human health applications.
"With the launch of our AVITI™ System and the ability to choose low-pass sequencing and imputation, customers do not have to sacrifice accuracy, throughput and cost", said Shawn Levy, Ph.D., SVP of Applications and Scientific Affairs, Element Biosciences. "Together Element and Gencove can put more genomic data into the hands of scientists and companies worldwide to accelerate life-saving discovery."
Results of the validation study and a real-world case study will be presented at this year's Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) General Meeting on June 6-9, 2022. Additionally, Dr. Pickrell will present in the AGBT Element Biosciences lounge at 8:25 am Thursday, June 9th.
About Gencove
With additional opportunities to improve human health and the challenge of feeding the world's growing population, demand for large-scale genomic information is significantly increasing. To meet the need, Gencove combines low-pass whole genome sequencing with a proprietary software-as-a-service computation layer. The result is a hardware-agnostic, high-volume, and cost-effective sequencing and analysis solution. As evidence of the platform's value, the company has hundreds of customers and the largest genomics service providers in the world partner with Gencove. For more information visit: www.gencove.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Element Biosciences, Inc.
Element Biosciences is a multi-disciplinary life science company currently focused on developing disruptive DNA sequencing technology for research and diagnostic markets. Through innovating every fundamental element of a sequencing system, Element will empower customers with affordable, high-quality data and an improved user experience, which in turn will accelerate scientific discoveries and broaden the use of genomic medicine. Learn more about Element Biosciences at www.elementbiosciences.com.
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At-home drug disposal pouches will soon be available to patients at more than 60 Sentara Medical Group offices in Virginia and North Carolina
MINNETONKA, Minn. and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Optima Health, a health plan service of Sentara Healthcare, and Verde Environmental Technologies Inc., maker of the Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System, announced a new partnership to pilot the distribution of at-home drug deactivation and disposal pouches.
"This is the first such partnership in the country between a health plan and Verde Environmental Technologies to distribute the Deterra Pouches on such a large scale," said Alicia Gerald, Vice President of Government Programs–Medicare, Optima Health. "Optima Health is proud to provide this service to communities throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and in North Carolina."
As of July 2022, Deterra at-home drug deactivation and disposal pouches are available to patients at more than 60 Sentara Family & Internal Medicine Physicians offices and Sentara surgical locations in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Surgical providers will also dispense pouches to patients during their first post-op surgery visit, and Optima Health will hand out pouches at various community events.
Deterra Pouches use proprietary activated carbon technology and tap water to deactivate prescription and over-the-counter medications, including opioids and fentanyl. The plant-based pouch is then safe to throw away in household trash, preventing medications from being misused or contaminating landfills and waterways.
"We see safe drug disposal as part of the organization's broader commitment to the mental health and wellbeing of Virginia and North Carolina residents," said Dennis Matheis, President of Sentara Health Plans and incoming President and CEO of Sentara Healthcare. "With a nearly 54 percent increase in fatal overdoses in the U.S. from 2019 to 2021 and a similar rise in non-fatal overdoses, Deterra Pouches will be an important tool to help educate our community on safe medication disposal and to prevent drug misuse."
"We're thrilled to work with Optima Health, the first health plan to distribute Deterra Pouches throughout Virginia and North Carolina," said Jason Sundby, Chairman and CEO of Verde Environmental Technologies, Inc. "With opioid misuse and overdoses spiking in recent years, we look forward to working with Optima Health and Sentara Healthcare to help tackle this epidemic head-on and get prevention tools into more hands."
Optima Health, based in Virginia, provides health insurance coverage to more than 560,000 members. With more than 35 years of experience, Optima Health offers a suite of commercial products including consumer‐directed, employee‐owned, and employer‐sponsored plans, individual health plans, employee assistance programs and plans serving Medicare and Medicaid enrollees. Its provider network features approximately 35,000 providers including specialists, primary care physicians and hospitals across Virginia. Optima Health also offers programs to support members with chronic illnesses, customized wellness programs and integrated clinical and behavioral health services, as well as pharmacy management—all to help members improve their health every day. The company's goals are to provide better health, be easy to use and offer services that are a great value. Optima Health is a service of Sentara Healthcare. To learn more about Optima Health, visit optimahealth.com.
Minneapolis-based Verde Environmental Technologies Inc. is a privately owned company committed to developing research-based, scientifically proven solutions to reduce drug abuse, misuse and negative environmental impact. The patented Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System is powered by proprietary activated carbon, which permanently deactivates drugs. Deterra is highly effective in adsorbing and firmly binding drugs, rendering them inert, unavailable for misuse and safe for the environment. For more information about Deterra System, visit DeterraSystem.com.
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NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE:OWL) today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Doug Ostrover, CEO of Blue Owl said, "Blue Owl demonstrated another quarter of robust growth, backed by the stability of our permanent capital and the strong demand we are seeing for our income-oriented strategies. Assets under management grew year over year 76% to $102 billion and we continued to see strong growth in our retail fundraise, experiencing year over year growth of 172% to $2.2 billion. FRE Management fees increased 51% year over year, standing in contrast to the ongoing volatility and dislocation we see in public equity and debt markets. Our strong track record has resonated with investors, and our strategies are well-positioned in the face of a rising interest rate environment. We are poised to meaningfully scale our business across Direct Lending, GP Capital Solutions, and Real Estate, investing in origination and distribution capabilities to drive Blue Owl to the next level in our evolution as a firm. "
Blue Owl issued its full detailed presentation of its first quarter ended March 31, 2022 results, which can be viewed through the Investor Resources section of Blue Owl's website at https://ir.blueowl.com/events-and-presentations.
Blue Owl declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per Class A Share, payable on May 27, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 20, 2022.
Blue Owl will host its first quarter 2022 investor call via public webcast on May 5, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET. To register, please visit the Investor Resources section of Blue Owl's website at https://ir.blueowl.com/events-and-presentations. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (888) 330-2454 (U.S. callers) or +1 (240) 789-2714 (non-U.S. callers); conference ID 4153114. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, there will be a webcast replay available on the Investor Resources section of Blue Owl's website.
Blue Owl is a global alternative asset manager with $102.0 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2022. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, the firm deploys private capital across Direct Lending, GP Capital Solutions and Real Estate strategies on behalf of Institutional and Private Wealth clients. Blue Owl's flexible, consultative approach helps position the firm as a partner of choice for businesses seeking capital solutions to support their sustained growth. The firm's management team is comprised of seasoned investment professionals with more than 25 years of experience building alternative investment businesses. Blue Owl employs over 400 people across 10 offices globally.
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Which skateboard deck is best?
A skateboard deck is where you can put your personality into your board, choosing a style or graphic that speaks to you. If you’re building your first skateboard or you haven’t bought a fresh deck in a while, the wide range of choices can seem overwhelming.
Start by getting the specs — such as size and concave — right, then choose a graphic you love. If you want a deck from a big-name skateboard brand with plenty of size and graphic choices, Enjoi Skateboard Decks are the way to go.
What to know before you buy a skateboard deck
Size
Standard skateboards are all roughly the same length. It’s the width that makes the most difference and is the measurement listed when you look at skateboard deck sizes. Most decks measure between 7.5-8.5 inches across. Smaller decks are lighter and easier to flip, while wider decks feel more stable. A wide, stable base is great for riding transitions, like bowls, ramps and pipes, so most transition skaters will want a board between 8.38-8.5 inches. Most street skaters want smaller, lighter boards that are easier to flip, generally between 7.5-8 inches. New skaters will appreciate a stable board and aren’t likely to be landing kickflips any time soon, so something around 8-8.5 inches is ideal.
Shape
Most people opt for a standard shape skateboard deck, as these are a versatile choice whether you want to carve a bowl, ride vert, or perform flip tricks, grinds, slides and other street skating moves. However, you can also buy retro-style cruiser style boards that are extra-wide with short, tapered noses and wide tails. These aren’t great for flip tricks and are only passable for transitions, but they’re great for getting from Place A to Place B, especially when paired with large, soft wheels.
What to look for in a quality skateboard deck
Concave
The concave of a skateboard deck is its width-wise curve edge to edge. Decks with a mellow concave have a more stable and comfortable feeling that’s great for cruising, while steep concave decks give skaters more control and can make it easier to land flip tricks. If you’re unsure what you like, opt for a medium concave deck.
Kick
The kick refers to the angle of the nose and tail. A deck with sharp kick takes more effort to pop but gives you more pop when you get there, whereas a deck with shallow kick takes less effort to pop but gives you less pop.
Graphic
The graphic on the underside of the deck is what lets you personalize your board. It won’t help you land your first ollie or perfect your feeble grind, but it’s okay to like a skateboard deck just because it looks cool. Skate companies often release decks with limited edition graphics in addition to their core offerings, so you’ll need to snap them up quickly.
How much you can expect to spend on a skateboard deck
The majority of skateboard decks cost between $50-$80, though you’ll pay less for blank decks and more for sought-after decks with limited edition graphics.
Skateboard deck FAQ
Is it hard to build your own skateboard?
A. When you buy a skateboard deck, you’re buying just that—the deck, not the complete board. You’ll need to buy the trucks, wheels, bearings and grip tape separately and assemble your board. Luckily, it’s fairly easy to build a skateboard yourself with just a skate tool and a sharp knife or scalpel to trim the grip tape. You can find plenty of tutorials online with step-by-step instructions on how to build your board.
What’s the best deck for a skateboard?
A. The best deck for a skateboard is one you feel comfortable riding, as it won’t make a huge difference to the performance of the board. Your trucks, wheels and bearings are arguably more important. Most skaters opt for a deck made by a reputable skate brand. Popular choices include Santa Cruz, Element, Enjoi, Girl, Blind, Zero, Almost, Powell Peralta and Chocolate. However, people who regularly skate and tend to wear out their boards may choose to buy cheap blank decks.
What ARE the best skateboard deckS to buy?
Top skateboard deck
What you need to know: These solid decks come from a well-known skate brand with a range of graphic choices available.
What you’ll love: This deck is available in sizes from 7.75 inches to a whopping 9 inches, though not all designs come in all sizes. Their relatively mellow kick and concave make them comfortable for beginners to rise, though experienced skaters, including some pros, also use Enjoi decks.
What you should consider: Some experienced skaters would prefer a sharper kick and steeper concave.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top skateboard deck for the money
What you need to know: A blank skateboard deck that’s an affordable choice for anyone who wants to decorate their own deck or doesn’t care about graphics.
What you’ll love: This deck is made from durable 7-ply Canadian maple. You can choose from a range of sizes between 7.25-8.5 inches. The sharp kick gives you a decent amount of pop for ollies and flip tricks.
What you should consider: It isn’t durable enough to stand up to heavy use over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This range of Blind decks has various graphics to choose from, most of which feature the iconic reaper character.
What you’ll love: You can select from a range of board sizes from 7.0-8.375 inches. Most options have a mellow concave that makes them feel comfortable to ride on, but you can find medium and full concave options to more easily perform ollies and flips.
What you should consider: The graphics aren’t to everybody’s taste, and its steep kick isn’t ideal for beginners.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Drive-Thru Capable Design Preview at Connecticut Pop-Up Event in Autumn of 2022.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sally's Apizza, The New Haven Original since 1938, will be holding a special pop-up preview of its new omnichannel locations, with a drive-thru capable design that could potentially scale to 2,000 units and grow to serve one-million people a day. This would represent serving just 1-million out of the 40-million people who are eating pizza across the United States each day. With visiting pizza fans from around the country saying for years that Sally's would be their go-to if they had one back home, the market potential exists for 2,000 flexible omnichannel locations.
It's Sally's mission to make great pizza available to everyone. Including people on-the-move. Maintaining quality while delivering quick service, means an authentic Sally's personal-pizza becomes the perfect option for people on-the-go. Who wouldn't love an oven fresh personal Sally's pizza on the road or at a ballpark? Now imagine a hot Italian sandwich made with the same legendary ingredients. A chicken parm sandwich topped with Sally's tomato sauce and mozz. Our famous sausage and peppers served Italian festival style. Hand-spun Italian pastry flavored ice cream shakes. As Sally's fans, sign us up.
Quick service restaurants need a reimagining. They need to be beautiful. They need to be inspiring. They need to be something people love. And most importantly, the food needs to be better. Way better. Picture the design and vibe of our flagship Stamford location in a flexible, compact footprint. Yes, you can start thinking about rolling up to a Sally's drive-thru. And yes, it's going to be the real deal.
This pop-up will be our drive-thru menu tasting and preview. The event is by reservation only and is being held for developers, institutions and influencers who would love to be part of bringing the unique Sally's brand of passion, excitement, and wow-factor pizza to millions of people across the country.
Each reservation will have their own exclusive booking time and capacity is limited. The event will be held in Autumn of 2022, date to be determined. For an event reservation, you may visit sallysapizza.com and click on Strategic Inquiries with a description of your interest, including your contact information.
About Sally's Apizza
Founded by Salvatore "Sally" Consiglio in 1938, Sally's Apizza hand-crafts authentic New Haven pizza using Sally's original recipes and techniques. Known for its signature tomato sauce and chewy, crispy crust with an iconic char, Sally's is loved by pizza fans from around the world. Sally's Apizza is growing from its original location in New Haven, Connecticut to communities across the Northeast and beyond. Sally's brings more passion into people's lives. More excitement. More fun. More love.
For more information, visit www.sallysapizza.com or follow Sally's Apizza on Instagram or Facebook.
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Synagogue burns in Florida; ATF investigating
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) - Flames transformed a synagogue, Chabad FSU, into ashes Sunday morning, stunning the Tallahassee Jewish community and sparking an effort to move forward.
Investigators from both the State Fire Marshal’s office and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives were on the scene Monday, combing through the rubble.
Rabbi Schneur Oirechman was out of town when the fire erupted. He received an urgent phone call from his son, who was still at the family’s property next to the Chabad House. He had heard what sounded like explosions. Now, their house of worship was burning to the ground.
“My first reaction was crying,” Rabbi Oirechman said.
Monday afternoon, workers were able to retrieve two sacred Torah scrolls from the synagogue’s rubble. They were badly damaged by both water and smoke.
“Seeing the burnt Torah scrolls, that’s difficult,” he said.
Max James is a Florida State University student who says he rediscovered his faith at Chabad FSU.
“It’s a loss of a home, really,” he said. “I didn’t even process it, really. This was the last thing we could expect.”
Misha Leah Bertch is a family friend of Rabbi Oirechman. She realized his family isn’t used to needing help. More often, they offer solace to others in need.
“I expect him to take care of everyone else because that’s how they are. We’re trying to be here for them,” she said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
An ATF spokesperson told WCTV the agency was asked to assist the investigation by the state. The State Fire Marshal’s Office had not yet returned a request for comment.
Meanwhile, the group is already forming plans to rebuild. A new fundraising campaign is underway. The rabbi said he plans to open a temporary structure in time for the fall semester.
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We're searching for an ALDI-loving couple to say "I do" in our aisles and live Happily Ever ALDI
BATAVIA, Ill., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating some of life's most important milestones with ALDI has become an ALDI thing among our biggest fans. In fact, they've shown their #ALDILove with ALDI-themed marriage proposals, engagement photos, birthdays and even baby showers. Now, one lucky couple will have the chance to get married in our aisles with the ALDI-themed wedding of their dreams. But before we start popping bottles of Belletti Prosecco in their honor, we need to find the perfect pair.
"Every time our shoppers include us in one of their big moments, we feel the #ALDILove," said Kate Kirkpatrick, Director of Communications at ALDI USA. "We're showing our #ALDILove in return by giving one crazy-in-love-with-ALDI couple an opportunity to celebrate the ultimate life milestone with us."
Save the date for a chance to say "I do"
For a chance to say "I do" in our store, couples can visit us at Happily Ever ALDI** from Aug. 3 through Aug. 17 to tell us what makes their love story special and why they deserve to be the first couple ever to be married at ALDI. By entering, they'll be one step closer to tying the knot on a special ALDI Finds Wednesday surrounded by up to 50 friends and family.
An ALDI-insider wedding location fit for a superfan
The wedding party will get a behind the scenes look at the ALDI Insights Center, our model store at ALDI US HQ in Batavia, Illinois. We're transforming the whole space to be wedding-ready for the event, which will be officiated by an ALDI employee. There will even be a romantic photoshoot in front of a store to kickstart a lifetime of memories.
Happily Ever ALDI
After our winning couple says, "I do," we'll keep the party going with even more unique touches. We'll host a reception for the newlyweds flowing with ALDI food and beverages, including a branded tiered wedding cake baked with Baker's Corner ingredients and appetizers such as our famous mini Red Bag Chicken sliders. And we'll wrap up the event with custom wedding favors. The final gift from ALDI? Groceries for a year*** to remind the newlyweds that they're never far from our hearts.
Best wishes
We're so thankful that couples across the country choose ALDI to be part of their every day, and we'd be honored to be part of their big day, too. Find out more about the Happily Ever ALDI contest at aldi.us/happilyeveraldi.
About ALDI U.S.
ALDI is one of America's fastest-growing retailers, serving millions of customers across the country each month. With 2,200 stores across 38 states, ALDI is on track to become the third-largest grocery retailer by store count by the end of 2022. When it comes to value, ALDI won't be beat on price. ALDI has also been No. 1 for price according to the Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index Report for five years running. Since 1976, ALDI has offered a unique shopping experience where customers never have to compromise on quality, selection or value. In fact, 1 in 3 ALDI-brand products are award-winning.* Customers can save time and money by conveniently shopping in-store or online at shop.aldi.us. ALDI also proudly serves as a Feeding America Leadership Partner, donating 30 million pounds of food each year in an effort to end hunger in America. For more information about ALDI, visit aldi.us.
*As of February 2022, based on a survey of everyday, nationally distributed ALDI-exclusive branded products (excluding produce).
**NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest is open to individuals who are age 21 or older and are legal residents of the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI and WV. Void outside these geographic areas and where prohibited. Entrants must be engaged to be married at least one (1) month prior to entry and must be willing to be married on 11/9/22. Each Entrant and their partner must be eligible to be legally married in Kane County, IL. Contest starts at 12:00:01 AM ET on 8/3/22; ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on 8/17/22 or when 500 entries are received, whichever occurs first. For full Official Rules, visit aldi.us/happilyeveraldi. Sponsor: ALDI, Inc., 1200 N. Kirk Road, Batavia, IL 60510.
***Groceries for a year prize to be awarded as $5,000 in ALDI gift cards.
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Through partnerships with leading providers including Nationwide and Allstate, Ando will plant 100 trees for every policy it generates and lay the groundwork for 100% fossil-fuel free insurance
SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ando, the sustainable digital banking service, is now offering a sustainable insurance program in which it will plant 100 carbon-reducing trees for every customer policy it opens through its insurance partners, including Nationwide and Allstate. Ando customers are currently able to purchase new auto, homeowners, renters, pet and umbrella policies or transfer their existing policies to Ando to serve as their agent. Ando is opening the program to the public in July.
Ando's goal is to offer the first-ever insurance policies in which none of the customers' premiums will be used to invest in fossil fuels. The company launched in 2021 to provide a banking alternative for the millions of Americans who strive to lower their climate footprint but were unaware of how their deposits at traditional banks were used to invest in fossil fuels. By offering the same alternative in insurance, Ando will expand the scope of financial independence from fossil fuels available to sustainability-conscious consumers.
Ando's overall goal is for customer premiums to be invested in green loans that directly fight climate change.
"Ando was founded on the understanding that the best way to fight climate change is by making sure our money isn't going to the fossil fuel industry," said JP McNeill, president and CEO of Ando. "We've tackled this issue with our banking services and now we are breaking entirely new ground by opening the door to clean insurance. With this program, our customers have the opportunity to be active participants in pushing for historic change in how the insurance industry does business."
According to a report by S&P global, U.S. insurance companies have used customers' premiums to invest $582 billion in fossil fuels. These investments allow gas, oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies to continue building new extraction infrastructure that forestalls the adoption of renewable energy.
Ando is the Sustainable Banking platform revolutionizing the financial industry by exclusively and transparently investing 100% of customer deposits into projects and companies committed to fighting climate change (solar energy systems, reforestation, green "building," etc.). Ando, a Certified B Corporation, offers premium banking features, including a 1.5% unlimited cash back Visa Debit card (made from post-consumer recycled PVC), early access to paychecks, and up to $200 of overdraft protection. Also, Ando enables its customers to personally "divest" by guaranteeing customer deposits will never be invested in any facet of the fossil fuel industry. www.andomoney.com
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Partnership includes introduction of Lexus Deck and Callaway Club presented by Lexus
ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Tech Athletics and Lexus announced a multi-year partnership on Tuesday that makes Lexus the Official Luxury Vehicle of Georgia Tech Athletics.
"We are proud and honored to welcome Lexus as the Official Luxury Vehicle of Georgia Tech Athletics," Georgia Tech director of athletics Todd Stansbury said. "Lexus' values include relentless innovation, uninhibited performance and exceptional customer experiences – which is at the heart of our principles too. Therefore, our partnership is a natural fit. I'm looking forward to working together with Lexus to provide exclusive first-class benefits and opportunities to Tech students, alumni and fans, as well as unparalleled support to our student-athletes and coaches."
"Lexus is proud to partner with such a well-known and respected athletics program," said Sam Wintermyer, general manager, Lexus Southern Area. "Georgia Tech fans bring a passion to the stadium like no other, and that same passion is what drives us at Lexus to design and create unforgettable experiences for our customers."
As the Official Luxury Vehicle of Georgia Tech Athletics, Lexus will have a substantial presence at Tech home events and venues. Highlighting Lexus' presence on The Flats, the premium seating area in the south end zone at Bobby Dodd Stadium, previously known as Tech Terrace, will be renamed the Lexus Deck. The new Lexus Deck will feature an elevated Lexus vehicle display visible to fans throughout Bobby Dodd Stadium. Additionally, the Callaway Club at McCamish Pavilion will become the Callaway Club presented by Lexus.
Other features of the partnership will include multiple gameday vehicle displays outside of Bobby Stadium and McCamish Pavilion, as well as additional exclusive benefits for Lexus owners.
"Georgia Tech's partnership with Lexus further demonstrates how inspired ideas, relentless innovation and passion are at the core of the success of both brands, which results in a partnership of unlimited success," said Jean-Paul Dardenne, Legends senior vice president.
Legends, which has managed corporate partnerships and multimedia rights for Georgia Tech athletics since 2021, facilitated the partnership with Lexus.
About Lexus
Lexus' passion for brave design, imaginative technology, and exhilarating performance enables the luxury lifestyle brand to create amazing experiences for its customers. Lexus began its journey in 1989 with two luxury sedans and a commitment to pursue perfection. Since then, Lexus has developed its lineup to meet the needs of global luxury customers in more than 90 countries. In the United States, Lexus vehicles are sold through 244 dealers offering a full lineup of luxury vehicles. With six models incorporating Lexus Hybrid Drive, Lexus is the luxury hybrid leader. Lexus also offers eight F SPORT models, one F performance model and one F model. Lexus is committed to being a visionary brand that anticipates the future for luxury customers.
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About Georgia Tech Athletics
With 400-plus student-athletes across 17 varsity sports, Georgia Tech competes at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics as a member of NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), while also developing young people who will change the world. Georgia Tech has long been a leader in innovation in college athletics with the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program (known as the Total Person Program at GT), commitments to athletics scholarships until student-athletes graduate, and the use of virtual reality in recruiting among the many concepts that originated on The Flats. The Yellow Jackets have won five national championships during their illustrious history (four in football – 1917, 1928, 1952, and 1990; one in women's tennis – 2007), appeared in two Final Fours in men's basketball (1990 and 2004) and three College World Series in baseball (1994, 2002 and 2006). Combining world-class education with top-notch athletics, Georgia Tech has produced 86 Academic All-Americans. For more on Georgia Tech athletics, visit www.ramblinwreck.com.
About Legends
Founded in 2008, Legends is a premium experiences company with six divisions operating worldwide—Global Planning, Global Sales, Hospitality, Global Partnerships, Global Merchandise, and Global Technology Solutions—offering clients and partners a 360-degree data-and analytics-fueled service solution platform to elevate their brand and execute their vision. Currently, Legends works with marquee clients across business verticals including professional sports, collegiate, attractions, entertainment, conventions, and leisure. They are the industry leaders in designing, planning, and realizing exceptional experiences in sports and entertainment. For more information, visit www.Legends.net and follow Legends on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @TheLegendsWay.
Alexander-Tharpe Fund
The Alexander-Tharpe Fund is the fundraising arm of Georgia Tech athletics, providing scholarship, operations and facilities support for Georgia Tech's 400-plus student-athletes. Be a part of developing Georgia Tech's Everyday Champions and helping the Yellow Jackets compete for championships at the highest levels of college athletics by supporting the Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund, which directly provides scholarships for Georgia Tech student-athletes. To learn more about supporting the Yellow Jackets, visit atfund.org.
For the latest information on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, follow us on Twitter (@GTAthletics), Facebook, Instagram or visit us at www.ramblinwreck.com.
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The innovative crypto exchange is scheduled to launch a unique NFT exchange platform, through which participants of the Scienjoy NFT Experience X program will list and also sell their nonfungible artworks to collectors, using major virtual coins
BEIJING, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scienjoy Holding Corporation ("Scienjoy", the "Company", or "We") (Nasdaq: SJ), a leading live entertainment mobile streaming platform in China, today announced that Scienjoy has formed a strategic alliance with MetaU, a company offering crypto exchange platform, to assist the Company to fulfill its mission of providing funding to artists interested in transforming their traditional arts to NFTs. MetaU expects to create an enabling environment and also provide the tools for both artists and collectors to list and purchase NFTs with virtual coins through its new NFT exchange platform scheduled to be launched in the third or fourth quarter of 2022.
As disclosed early this year, Scienjoy plans to launch NFT Experience X (the "Program"), a new program designed to offer assistance to selected artists, enabling them with the tools to turn their creations into nonfungible tokens. The Program is expected to provide technical support to artists, musicians, and other performers, as they create NFT works across selected locations, through traditional art, exhibitions, murals, and other unique art projects.
Mr. Dan Clayton, Chief Executive Officer of MetaU, commented, "I am thrilled with the strategic alliance with Scienjoy based on their interest in the NFT sector. MetaU will be working with Scienjoy for the preparation of the anticipated launch of our MetaU NFT exchange platform in the third or fourth quarter of 2022."
Mr. Victor He, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scienjoy, commented, "We are excited about the strategic alliance with MetaU and the expected launch of its NFT exchange platform. As the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected nearly all aspects of trade and commerce globally, the art sector took a particularly hefty blow with the shut down of vibrant art galleries and well-known exhibition scenes worldwide. Although much of that is beginning to change with the gradual recovery from the pandemic, many artists are still struggling with the impacts of cancellation of art events and substantial budget reductions from sponsors due to the uncertainty still hovering over the sector. NFT Experience X is expected to create hundreds of opportunities for artists across the world as we aim to highlight the creative minds in the Metaverse. With the new NFT exchange platform, we hope to provide independent artists a platform to transform and show their unique art works."
About MetaU Corporation
MetaU Corp. is a privately held company incorporated and headquartered in Nevada, United States, with plans to set up office operations in Los Angeles, New York, Dubai, South Korea, Singapore, and India in late 2022. The company was established to create a multi-device platform, offering cryptocurrency exchange services with the highest security across the globe, to allow for rapid market growth and global transactions.
About Scienjoy Holding Corporation
Founded in 2011, Scienjoy is a leading mobile livestreaming platform in China, and its core mission is to build a livestreaming service ecosystem to delight and entertain users. With approximately 267 million registered users, Scienjoy currently operates five livestreaming platform brands, including Showself, Lehai, Haixiu, and BeeLive, which features both the Mifeng Chinese version and BeeLive International version, and Hongle.tv. Scienjoy uniquely combines a gamified business approach to livestreaming, in-depth knowledge of the livestreaming industry, and cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and big data, to create a unique user experience. Scienjoy is devoted to building a livestreaming Metaverse to provide users with the ultimate immersive experience, a social media network that transcends time and space, a digital community that spans virtual and physical reality, and a content-rich ecosystem. For more information, please visit http://ir.scienjoy.com/.
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WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. The move could result in the U.N. health agency distributing scarce vaccine doses to rich countries that can otherwise afford them.
To some health experts, the initiative potentially misses the opportunity to control monkeypox virus in the African countries where it’s infected people for decades, serving as another example of the inequity in vaccine distribution seen during the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency is developing an initiative for “fair access” to vaccines and treatments that it hopes will be ready within weeks. The mechanism was proposed shortly after Britain, Canada, France, Germany, the U.S. and other countries reported hundreds of monkeypox cases last month.
WHO has described the outbreak as “unusual” and said the virus’ continuing spread was worrying enough to convene its expert committee next week to decide if monkeypox should be declared a global emergency.
Vaccines for smallpox, a related disease, are thought to be about 85% effective against monkeypox. WHO’s Europe director, Dr. Hans Kluge, said Wednesday he was concerned by the scramble by some rich countries to buy more vaccines without talk of buying supplies for Africa.
Kluge urged governments “to approach monkeypox without repeating the mistakes of the pandemic.” Still, he did not discount the possibility that countries like Britain, which currently has the biggest outbreak beyond Africa, might receive vaccines through WHO.
He said the program was being created for all countries and that vaccines would largely be dispensed based on their epidemiological needs.
“Europe remains the epicenter of this escalating outbreak, with 25 countries reporting more than 1,500 cases, or 85% of the global total,” Kluge noted.
Some African experts questioned why the U.N. health agency has never proposed using vaccines in central and West Africa, where the disease is endemic.
“The place to start any vaccination should be Africa and not elsewhere,” Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said.
He said the lack of any vaccines to counter monkeypox on the continent, where more than 1,500 suspected cases and 72 deaths have been reported this year, was a more critical concern than the clusters of mostly mild disease being reported in rich countries.
“This is an extension of the inequity that we saw during COVID,” said Ifeanyi Nsofor, a Nigerian infectious diseases physician and consultant at the communications agency Upswell. “We have had hundreds of monkeypox cases in Nigeria from 2017 until now and we’re just dealing with it on our own,” he said. “Nobody has discussed when there might be vaccines available for Africa.”
After the coronavirus pandemic exploded in 2020, global health agencies rushed to set up COVAX, a U.N.-backed effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. But rich countries bought up most of the world’s supply, and the COVAX program missed multiple targets to share doses with the world’s poor.
To date, only about 17% of people in poorer countries have received a single dose of coronavirus vaccine. Some experts fear the same thing could happen with monkeypox.
“Just like with COVID, there is no clear path for how poorer countries will be able to get vaccines,” Brook Baker, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in access to medicines, said.
He warned that as WHO attempts to determine how many vaccine doses are available, rich countries that previously promised doses might not cooperate.
“Rich countries will protect themselves while people in the global south die,” Baker predicted.
On Monday, advocacy group Public Citizen sent a letter to the White House, asking if the Biden administration would release the 20 million smallpox vaccines the U.S. pledged in 2004 for WHO’s use in the event of an emergency, like a biological attack.
Asked about the commitment, a senior U.S. official said the government was “exploring all options” to further their efforts to stop monkeypox within the U.S. and globally.
The official said the U.S. had returned more than 200,000 doses of a smallpox vaccine to the manufacturer so they would be available to others. The official declined to say if the U.S. considers the current monkeypox outbreak an emergency that warrants the release of the 20 million pledged vaccines.
According to the health data and analytics firm Airfinity, the U.S. has at least 1.4 million doses of vaccine and has ordered another 13 million. To date, the U.S. has reported 72 monkeypox cases.
Francois Balloux, an infectious diseases expert at University College London, said vaccination efforts in rich countries should prompt an overhaul of future monkeypox response strategies in Africa.
“It really should be a priority to vaccinate people in Africa, where there is a nastier strain that has actually killed people,” he said, adding that more monkeypox spillovers were likely in the future.
“Whatever vaccination happens in Europe, that is not going to solve the problem,” Balloux said.
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Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report.
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TORONTO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the beginning of April 2022, the Ontario gambling market has been changed completely, following the appearance of the newly required gambling license issued by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.
CasinoBonusCA is the first online casino database that gathered figures for a preliminary report on the effects of these changes. Here's what they found out.
40% of gamblers don't register and deposit as frequently
Even though it has been less than two months since these implementations, CasinoBonusCA has crunched the numbers and discovered that as compared with the same timeframe in 2021, 40% fewer online gamblers signed up to casinos.
Continuing as a domino effect, if they don't sign up with a new account on online casino sites, that means that they don't get to make their first real-money deposit. Of course, these are just the first steps in a new era. These percentages are subject to change and will likely be altered in the future as more and more operators apply and receive the specific Ontario seal of approval.
Gamblers who deposit, however, are 1.5 times more likely to do so
From the decreased pool of customers that are actively making payments, their predilections changed.
By mid-May 2022, active users are 1.5 times more likely to make a deposit to fund their player account. That will mean that the spending average will slightly rise compared to last year.
The framework has not been severely changed. A user needs to have accurate data linked to their account, use their own payment methods, and complete KYC (basic or detailed, operator-based rules apply) when they withdraw.
Comparison & review services will see steep a conversion decrease
Review sites have impacted the Ontario gambling market in the previous years.
Ontario's AGCO licensing provisions now disallow them to promote online offers, which has always been a major pushing force for their services. This will result in a decline in their conversion rates.
CasinoBonusCA's algorithm projections say that the decrease will go to 40%, even slightly higher than that, compared with May 2021. Further insights on their research can be accessed at: https://casinobonusca.com/.
CasinoBonusCA's further predictions
So far, we've gone over the stable data collected in a short time. However, these effects will stretch long-term.
Following the current triggered patterns, we can expect the following:
- Net revenues for AGCO licensed operators will rise to $1.8 billion in total, considering the higher deposit average.
- Strictly derived from the local statistics, the Ontario market will reach around $750 million in total.
- The new customers that will register from now on will have a higher retention rate, double as compared to the same numbers from the past.
- Review sites will conform to the provisions and change their standards of operation.
We're still at the beginning of the Ontario gaming metamorphosis. New statistics and practical adjustments will emerge in the future, and the percentages here are subject to change.
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New Prescribing Authority Could Improve Access for Some Patients at High Risk for Severe COVID-19
SILVER SPRING, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revised the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir), to authorize state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid to eligible patients, with certain limitations to ensure appropriate patient assessment and prescribing of Paxlovid.
"The FDA recognizes the important role pharmacists have played and continue to play in combatting this pandemic," said Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., director for the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Since Paxlovid must be taken within five days after symptoms begin, authorizing state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid could expand access to timely treatment for some patients who are eligible to receive this drug for the treatment of COVID-19."
When testing positive for COVID-19, patients should first consider seeking care from their regular health care provider or locating a Test-to-Treat site in their area. While this action allows state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid with certain limitations as described below, community pharmacies not already participating as a Test-to-Treat site can decide if or how they will offer this service to patients.
Patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are seeking to determine their eligibility for receiving Paxlovid at locations where prescribing by state-licensed pharmacists is available should bring the following information to ensure that the state-licensed pharmacist has sufficient information to determine their eligibility to receive Paxlovid:
- Electronic or printed health records less than 12 months old, including the most recent reports of laboratory blood work for the state-licensed pharmacist to review for kidney or liver problems. State-licensed pharmacists could also receive this information through a consult with the patient's health care provider.
- A list of all medications they are taking, including over-the-counter medications so the state-licensed pharmacist can screen for drugs with potentially serious interactions with Paxlovid.
Under the limitations outlined in the authorization, the state-licensed pharmacist should refer patients for clinical evaluation with a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant licensed or authorized under state law to prescribe drugs, if any of the following apply:
- Sufficient information is not available to assess renal and hepatic function.
- Sufficient information is not available to assess for a potential drug interaction.
- Modification of other medications is needed due to a potential drug interaction.
- Paxlovid is not an appropriate therapeutic option based on the current Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers or due to potential drug interactions for which recommended monitoring would not be feasible.
Paxlovid is authorized for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. Patients in the authorized population who report a positive home test result from a rapid antigen diagnostic test, or a positive PCR test, to their provider are eligible for Paxlovid under the EUA. Confirmation of a positive home rapid antigen diagnostic test with additional direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, such as a PCR, is not required. Antibody tests are not considered to be direct SARS-CoV-2 viral tests.
Additional Resources:
- Paxlovid EUA Letter of Authorization
- Frequently Asked Questions on the Emergency Use Authorization for Paxlovid
- FDA Updates on Paxlovid for Health Care Providers
- Emergency Use Authorization: Drugs and Non-Vaccine Biological Products
- Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program (CTAP)
- Test to Treat Locator
- COVID-19 Therapeutics Locator
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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Digital Turbine, Inc. ("Digital Turbine" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APPS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Digital Turbine and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 17, 2022, Digital Turbine issued a press release "announc[ing] . . . that it will restate its financial statements for the interim periods ended June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, following a review of the presentation of revenue net of license fees and revenue share for the Company's recently acquired businesses." Digital Turbine specified that "[t]he revenue for certain product lines of the recently acquired businesses, which are separate reportable segments, will now be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis, as had been previously reported. The changes have the offsetting effect of decreasing both revenue and license fees and revenue share in a like amount, while simultaneously increasing reported gross profit margin and Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA margin, in the interim financial statements for each relevant period. There is no change to the previously reported GAAP income from operations, GAAP net income/loss, Non-GAAP gross profit, Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP free cash flow results. Restated interim consolidated financial statements for each of the affected quarters will be filed as amendments to the respective Company's Form 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before May 31, 2022."
On this news, Digital Turbine's stock price fell $1.93 per share, or 7.09%, to close at $25.28 per share on May 18, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Which sun shade sail is best?
Any outdoor space equipped with a sun shade sail offers relief from the heat, mild protection from rain and an improved aesthetic. Many sails may prevent harmful UV rays from penetrating, while others may be more decorative.
Finding the best sun shade sail for you means accurately assessing the needs of your space. Quality sun shade sails, like the durable and breathable ColourTree Rectangular Sun Shade Sail Canopy, are relatively easy to set up and last a long time.
What to know before you buy a sun shade sail
Set up
A sun shade sail is affixed to vertical surfaces high off the ground, such as trees, posts or the side of a house. Each sail corner has a D-ring and uses some combination of hooks, ropes or clips to anchor to the surface. The sail is pulled taut to cover as much area as possible.
Since the sail is tightly stretched, it’s recommended to tie it to a sturdy structure; if you must set up posts, you’ll need to dig deep into the ground, at least one-third the length of your post. The sail should slope slightly downward so that rain doesn’t pool.
Shape
Most sails come in one of three shapes: rectangle, square or triangle. A rectangle will offer the most coverage, but triangles tend to be easier to set up. Consider the shape of the space you want to cover, as well as where you can set it up.
Size
Sails may be as small as a few square feet or feature sides that are up to 20 feet each. Remember that larger sails will require stronger support and take more effort to erect since they need to be kept tight.
Note that since the corners hold all the tension, the sail won’t be a perfect shape upon setup: the edges will curve slightly inward.
Material
Most sails are made of high-density polyethylene, which allows the sail to stretch while still maintaining its structure and preventing sunlight from coming through. Heavy-duty nylon and polyester are also available for those seeking more durability.
What to look for in a quality sun shade sail
Waterproofing
Some sails offer an element of protection from the rain. While fully waterproof ones are rare, plenty are water-resistant, which means most rain will roll off if angled properly.
Color
Lots of colors exist, from white and tan to deep blue and green. You may be able to find some with patterns as well. Lighter colors are preferred since they won’t absorb as much heat from the sun as darker shades. The right tone can also enhance the attractiveness of your outdoor space, whether you want a pop of color or to complement existing decor.
UV protection
Most sun shade sails block out at least 90% of UV rays, with the highest-quality ones blocking out up to 98%.
Fixtures
Some sails include hardware to help facilitate setup, including a sturdy D-ring, reinforced rope, or a carabiner. There are various ways to install your sail shade depending on where it’s attached to, so it’s worth investing in what you need and whether you will need to buy it separately.
Cleaning
Seek sails that are machine washable, and be sure to clean them at least once a season. While the sails will block out the weather, they can accumulate leaves, twigs, dirt and bird droppings over time.
How much you can expect to spend on a sun shade sail
Most sails cost $30-$60, with the price increasing along with the size and the quality of the material.
Sun shade sail FAQ
Can I leave my sail out year-round?
A. It’s worth taking down sails during storms and winter weather. Heavy wind can catch a sail and potentially pull it off the fixture or tear it; too much rain or snow accumulation can also pull it down and rip it. You may not need to take it down entirely, though. Unclipping one or two sides will protect the sail; just be sure to tie it up, so it doesn’t whip around in the wind.
How difficult is it to set up?
A. While one person can set up the sail fairly easily, placing it correctly requires some planning. Take into consideration the sun’s angle throughout not just the day but the seasons to make sure you’ll be covered as desired; you may want a significant angle to the sail depending on your location. If you need to install anchors high up on a post or side of a house, ask for assistance.
What’s the best sun shade sail to buy?
Top sun shade sail
ColourTree Rectangular Sun Shade Sail
What you need to know: This high-quality sail is offered in a range of custom sizes to get the exact, reliable coverage you want.
What you’ll love: You’ve a choice of a square or rectangular sail providing coverage from 36 square feet up to 576 square feet. It offers 95% UV protection and is made in 10 colors. Each corner features heavy-duty stitching and includes a stainless steel D-ring.
What you should consider: It’s fairly pricey for the size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top sun shade sail for the money
What you need to know: This light, inexpensive sail shade is easy to set up and offers airy outdoor coverage.
What you’ll love: Made of HDPE, this blocks 90% of UV rays while allowing hot air to escape up and out. It includes pre-attached nylon ropes to make setting it up quick and simple. It also comes at a low price.
What you should consider: The material will let some rainwater through and cannot be machine washed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Worth checking out
Shade & Beyond Right Angle Canopy
What you need to know: This heavy-duty shade features double-stitched seams and stainless steel D-rings for reliable and long-term use.
What you’ll love: For a midrange price, this sail offers cool shade while protecting against 95% of UV rays. Made of HDPE, it’s light, airy and comes with a five-year warranty.
What you should consider: The curved edges mean it won’t provide perfect triangular coverage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities have dismantled two major drug trafficking networks that used corrupt police officers as part of operations to ship tons of cocaine and hashish into Western Europe, the European Union’s law enforcement agency said Wednesday.
Europol said in a statement that 61 people were arrested, including five Spanish Civil Guard officers, one National Police officer and a customs employee.
The operation busted two Spanish gangs — the Tangier Clan and the Sur Clan — believed responsible for smuggling more than 16 long tons (18 short tons) of cocaine and 150 long tons (168 short tons) of hashish across the Strait of Gibraltar into Spain for distribution in Europe.
The drugs were hidden in shipments of tomatoes, watermelons and melons. The agency said the gangs paid off the police and customs officers arrested so the drugs weren’t intercepted on entering Spain.
The operation was the result of 18 months of investigations by the Spanish forces in collaboration with Europol’s financial and economic crime group, which sent two teams to Spain on May 11.
Detail on when the arrests took place, or the identity of the detainees, weren’t provided.
In more than 34 raids, the agency said police seized properties, vehicles, cash and 83 long tons (nearly 93 short tons) of hashish and nine long tons (10 shorts tons) of cocaine.
The agency estimates that more than 60% of criminal groups in the European Union rely on corrupt officials to facilitate their activities. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/police-arrested-in-crackdown-on-major-spanish-drug-gangs/ | 2022-06-08T23:33:07Z |
ROME (AP) — A judge in Genoa on Thursday ordered all 59 defendants to stand trial for the deadly 2018 collapse of a heavily used highway bridge in that Italian port city which sent cars and trucks plunging into the dry riverbed below.
Forty-three people were killed when a large section of the Morandi Bridge broke off during a violent rainstorm on Aug. 14, 2018, on the eve of Italy’s big summer holiday. Charges against the defendants include multiple manslaughter and making false statements.
Italy’s Rai state TV, reporting from the Genoa courthouse, said trial will begin July 7. It took Judge Paola Faggioni two hours to read aloud all the reasons why she was denying various objections raised by defendants’ lawyers before she ordered the trial.
Among those facing charges is Giovanni Castellucci, former CEO of the company that manages many of Italy’s highways and bridges, Rai said. Lawyers for Castellucci expressed confidence that a “fair trial” would find him innocent, the Italian news agency LaPresse reported.
Also standing trial are several people who worked for Italy’s transport and infrastructure ministry, the Genoa daily Il Secolo XIX reported.
The Genoa newspaper also reported that Faggioni approved plea bargain requests by both the highway company, Autostrade per Italia, and the Spea Engineering company, to pay 29 million euros ($33 million) to the Italian government in exchange for avoiding a trial.
Prosecutors argued in their indictment that some defendants were aware that the bridge, which was built in the 1960s, was at risk for collapse. They alleged that corners were cut on maintenance to save money.
The bridge’s designer had recommended regular upkeep to remove rust, especially due to the corrosive effect of moist air from the nearby Ligurian Sea, and maintenance to counter pollution’s effect on concrete.
A replacement bridge, designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, a Genoa native, features 43 lamps in memory of those who perished. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/trial-is-ordered-for-59-in-deadly-collapse-of-genoa-bridge/ | 2022-04-07T23:50:02Z |
Anti-Semitic death threat and scorch marks found at Jewish synagogue
By Bridget Chavez
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PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — An anti-Semitic death threat written in yellow paint and scorch marks were found outside of Congregation Beth Israel in Northwest Portland the morning of May 2, 2022.
“It wrote, “Die Juden” which is essentially a Nazi slogan, death to Jews,” Rabbi Michael Cahana said.
He said that while this certainly has shaken up the congregation, they will not be intimidated by this act of hate.
“We are not afraid, this is not going to keep us from coming into our sanctuary, we have a right to be in our sacred space and we will be in our sacred space,” he said.
Cahana said acts of hatefulness need to be exposed to help stop it from happening in the future.
“Hate speech is something that is real, it’s happening in front of us and sometimes it’s incredibly obvious like a horrific Nazi slogan spray-painted on the side of a synagogue and sometimes it’s in quiet and personal conversation,” he said. “Hate speech is hate speech, it is harmful and it is important to call it out and to not allow it to stand.”
Cahana said he’s heartened by the outpouring of support the congregation is getting from the community.
Senator Ron Wyden is a member of the synagogue and said in a tweet, “Hate speech and vandalism must never be allowed to terrorize Portland or any community. I stand with Rabbi Cahana and our entire synagogue by adding my voice to his when he says we all must be vigilant against these attacks.”
Commissioner Mingus Mapps also released a statement saying in part, “The anti-Semitic vandalism at Congregation Beth Israel is deeply disturbing and unacceptable. I stand united with Portland’s Jewish community in denouncing these acts. No one should live in fear because of their faith or personal beliefs.”
Cahana said he filed a report with PPB and has also been in touch with the FBI.
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NEW YORK and PORTLAND, Ore., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, announced expanded leadership within the Constellation network to further support its transformative client work. Instrument Co-founder and current CEO Justin Lewis will become Chair of Constellation; current Constellation Chair John Boiler will shift roles and become Creative Chair; and current Instrument President Kara Place will become CEO of Instrument.
Constellation, which includes 72andSunny, Brand Citizens, Crispin Porter Bogusky, The Harris Poll, Hecho Studios, Instrument, Redscout and Team Enterprises, operates as one of the key networks within Stagwell. Lewis will focus on evolving the group's integrated offerings and spearheading new business growth. Boiler will become Creative Chair with a focus on client services and continuing to shepherd the group's creative excellence.
"Justin is a digital native and this is an exciting investment in the next phase of Constellation's growth. Justin knows how to help brands achieve digitally led, creatively compelling work and we're excited for him to bring that expertise to the network," said Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn. "Working in partnership with John as Creative Chair, the future of Constellation is bright. And, as she's helped Instrument grow into one of the most innovative digital agencies in our industry, Kara is a great leader as the agency enters its next chapter."
"Constellation offers vertically integrated services with true strategic continuity, enabling us to solve tremendously complex business problems," said Justin Lewis, Chair of Constellation and outgoing CEO of Instrument. "Our clients – like Nike, Google, and Levi's – handle very complex digital ecosystems and my goal is to take Instrument's innovative and collaborative approach in solving for that complexity to Constellation, where we can create even more scale and impact for clients."
"I'm excited to work with Justin in the Chair seat as I lean into the core of the passion that started it all: creativity," said John Boiler, Creative Chair of Constellation. "It takes creativity to assemble a bespoke constellation of specialists across data, insights, big brand thinking and next-gen digital activations to make transformational things happen for our clients."
"In my 10 years at Instrument, we've grown from a small agency to a force in the digital transformation space. The Instrument model produces innovative work, exceptional relationships and an internal culture that respects each individual as an integral part of our team," said Kara Place, incoming CEO of Instrument. "We mix design, strategy, technology and storytelling to deliver groundbreaking work for clients. After working closely with Justin all of these years and growing multiple functions of our business as President, I look forward to assuming full responsibility for our amazing teammates and trusted client partners."
About Stagwell Inc.
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 10,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
About Constellation
Constellation is a formation of best-in-class agencies within Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) across marketing services from data, insights, creativity, technology, and experiential that deploys itself to seize clients' biggest opportunities and solve their toughest business problems at scale. The collective includes: 72andSunny, Brand Citizens, Crispin Porter Bogusky, The Harris Poll, Hecho Studios, Instrument, Redscout and Team Enterprises.
About Instrument
Instrument is a digital agency with offices in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York. We are a dynamic group of creative technologists and storytellers that use the power of design and technology to co-create groundbreaking work with our clients. We connect brands like never before—helping organizations reimagine the most valuable pieces of their digital ecosystem. With deep talent in the areas of Strategy, Design, Development and Content Creation, we build modern experiences for ambitious brands.
Contact: Beth Sidhu
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Furthering a Shared Vision of Supporting a Diverse, Alternative Payments Ecosystem
DURHAM, N.C. and LONDON, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spreedly, the provider of the leading Payment Orchestration platform, and PPRO, the leading provider of digital payments infrastructure, announced today a partnership to offer a diverse portfolio of alternative / local payment methods (APM / LPMs) through the Spreedly platform.
Spreedly and PPRO have partnered to offer joint customers the ability to easily access a catalog of LPM offerings via one connection to Spreedly's Payments Orchestration platform. This includes LPMs such as Bancontact, BLIK, Boleto, Giropay, iDeal, Multibanco, OXXO, SEPA, Sofort, and BNPL offered through Klarna, with more payment method additions planned. This allows digital businesses to quickly offer the array of payment options that their end-customers demand instead of building and maintaining individual connections.
"It's no surprise more merchants are seeking ways to quickly and efficiently offer their customers their choice of alternative payment methods," commented Jordan McKee, with 451 Research, S&P Global Market Intelligence. In a recent report, Voice of the Enterprise: Customer Experience & Commerce, Merchant Study 2022, McKee found that, "the top two payments initiatives that commerce technology decision-makers are pursuing this year are expanding alternative payment method (APM) acceptance and improving their omnichannel payments strategy. As merchants pursue these goals and others, they often find that a single payment service cannot handle every requirement of their business. Therefore, it has become common practice to enlist multiple payment services to address specific business needs."
Digital businesses need to enter new geographies faster, better support the needs of their customers and partners, and improve authorization rates for transactions. So, integrating with the right mix of payment services and the preferred local payment method has always been a challenge for merchants. Just as no single gateway is perfect for all payments needs, offering the right mix of local payment methods is important, and now merchants have a single provider option in Spreedly for local payment methods.
"Spreedly has historically grown through a focus on building integrations with a wide variety of gateways and payment service providers (PSPs). PPRO has long been fostering the payments ecosystem by offering one access point to multiple payment methods. We're excited to be able to blend these shared visions and offer the most comprehensive portfolio of payment methods and services available via one integration," commented Randy Guard, chief product and marketing officer, with Spreedly.
"A core focus for PPRO as a digital payments infrastructure provider is to offer the market the most extensive range of digital payment methods available in the payments ecosystem. Digital payments methods are as diverse as the people that use them and so giving consumers access to the right payment method choice at the checkout is essential to a merchant's sustainable growth. Our partnership with Spreedly means that more merchants will be able to provide more consumers with more choice to make purchases using their preferred way to pay around the globe," said Adrian Burgess, head of strategic growth at PPRO.
More information can be found at https://www.spreedly.com/solutions/accept-local-and-alternative-payment-methods
We orchestrate payments for the world's most innovative businesses. Global enterprises and hyper-growth companies grow their digital business faster by relying on our payments platform. Hundreds of customers worldwide secure card data in our PCI-compliant vault and use tokenized card data to enable and optimize nearly $40 billion of annual transaction volumes with any payment service. Spreedly is headquartered in downtown Durham, NC.
PPRO is a fintech company that globalizes payment platforms for businesses, allowing them to offer more choice at the checkout and boost cross-border sales. Payment service providers, enterprises, and banks that run on PPRO's infrastructure are able to launch payment methods faster, optimize checkout conversions, and reduce the complexities of managing multiple fund flows. Citi, PayPal, and Stripe are just some of the names that depend on PPRO to expand their platforms beyond borders. And with a growing global team of over 500 people, it's no wonder why they're considered the go-to local payments experts.
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Should I be offended by the fact I never got kicked off Old Twitter? Its wokesters-in-charge must have missed some of the mean things I tweeted about Dr. Fauci, Joe Biden and MSNBC’s insufferable and barely watched Joy Reid.
Old Twitter never gave me a blue check mark to prove I’m really me, either.
But maybe Elon Musk will give me one when he officially takes over and retools Twitter into the free, open and politically diverse Internet forum for debate, commentary and verbal egg-throwing that it should be.
Free speech is the last thing the liberal-left mob wants, of course, which is why they are in full meltdown mode this week over Musk’s purchase of Big Tech’s most influential bullhorn of information and opinion.
“O my God, someone who truly believes in free speech has bought Twitter! What if he lets just anyone tweet whatever disinformation they want about the ineffectiveness of COVID vaccines or Hunter Biden’s laptop!”
The left didn’t have a problem with Old Twitter being owned by a billionaire plutocrat as long as it was one of their billionaire plutocrats. Democrats weren’t worried about Old Twitter’s harmful influence on political discourse as long as its in-house thought police threw the right people like President Trump and Tucker Carlson off the platform.
And I guess everything was equally peachy as long as Old Twitter’s computer engineers rigged the algorithms to make sure the “wrong” political ideas, government criticisms or even jokes were shadow banned or deep-sixed entirely. But now when a zillionaire who believes in absolute free speech for all buys Twitter and breaks up the left’s monopoly on Big Tech, the future of democracy in America is at risk?
Really?
From Left Coast to Left Coast, Democrats like Sen. Elizabeth Warren are whining that under Musk an un-moderated and non-partisan New Twitter will be able to affect election results and spread disinformation.
But come on, man.
Is there anyone who hasn’t noticed that for the last decade the left has been using Twitter, Facebook, Google and social media to influence elections, censor their political enemies and push their poisonous political and cultural ideas on the rest of us? With their hysterical reactions to Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the left has shown the whole country what rotten hypocrites they really are.
They don’t believe in free speech — not for you, anyway. They never did. They believed only in free speech for themselves. Old Twitter being purchased by a non-leftist who actually believes in free speech for everyone is not a threat to democracy, it’s a threat to the authoritarian left.
The left is all about being in control — government control of everything from education to health care and information — and limiting individual choice wherever possible.
In reaction to Musk’s promise to turn Old Twitter into a non-partisan, transparent, open market of information and free expression, the control freaks running the Biden administration have just decided to set themselves up as arbiters of disinformation. This week they announced the formation of a “Disinformation Governance Board,” which sounds like something George Orwell wished he had thought of for his great book “1984.”
The board’s Orwellian and dangerously open-ended job is “to coordinate countering misinformation related to homeland security and will reportedly focus ‘specifically’ on irregular migration and Russia.”
While we wait to see if publicizing the information contained in Hunter Biden’s laptop meets the board’s definition of disinformation, it’s not hard to predict that Musk and New Twitter are going to be harassed or punished by at least a few federal regulatory agencies. The control freaks of the left will try to do anything they can to hurt Musk for being a free speech absolutist because they only agree with their own speech.
So beware, Elon. | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/michael-reagan-moving-to-an-age-of-absolute-free-speech-on-twitter/article_02f1c390-c969-11ec-84b6-6340110b84e6.html | 2022-05-01T22:35:04Z |
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. (OTC: LCTC), a global leader in the development and manufacturing of breath alcohol and drug testing devices, has announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
First Quarter Financial Highlights
Lifeloc posted quarterly net revenue of $2.180 million in the second quarter of 2022, resulting in a quarterly net loss of $(202) thousand, or $(0.08) per diluted share. These results compare to net revenue of $1.730 million and quarterly net loss of $(110) thousand, or $(0.04) per diluted share in the second quarter of 2021. Revenue for the quarter increased 26% versus the second quarter last year, as demand continued to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the government ordered shutdowns. Six-month net revenue of $4.341 million and a net loss of $(346) thousand, or $(0.14) per diluted share, compare to net revenue of $3.539 million and a net profit of $294 thousand, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the same six months of 2021. The income for the first six months of 2021 includes the benefit from the forgiveness of the first round SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of $465 thousand.
Increasing research and development investment as well as supply chain disruption contributed to the net loss in this quarter despite increased revenue. Supply chain delays have added some costs, and component inflation has added more. The company implemented a broad price increase during the quarter in response to rising costs.
New platform LX9 and LT7 devices are producing strong sales growth. The L-series devices feature a high-resolution color display with a highly customizable user interface. Their features and performance have driven penetration by meeting previously unaddressable market needs, such as wider temperature ranges and fast customization that incorporates local languages. We expect that most L-series sales will be incremental to FC-series devices rather than displacing FC sales. The L-series devices are meeting the requirements of the most modern registration standards, such as SAI's (Standards Australia International) latest AS 3547:2019 standards for Breath Alcohol Detectors.
We believe our most important goal and best opportunity remains the convergence of the global need for rapid detection of drugs of abuse with Lifeloc's proven capability to build easy-to-use portable testing equipment. We are focusing our research and development efforts on leveraging the SpinDx™ technology platform, sometimes referred to as "Lab on a Disk," to develop a series of devices and tests that can be used at roadside, emergency rooms and in workplace testing to get a rapid and quantitative measure for a panel of drugs of abuse, beginning with a device that allows for detection of delta-9-THC (the major intoxicating component of the cannabis plant) from a test subject's saliva. We are also developing a device based on our recently updated LX9 breathalyzer that, when coupled with the SpinDx technology, will be our first marijuana breathalyzer system. In anticipation of possible SpinDx supply chain delays, we've already begun purchasing small quantities of components ahead of the initial production builds.
Our R.A.D.A.R.® 200 device has been introduced to the market, and the market feedback is that the device needs a few additional specific upgrades to gain widespread acceptance. The R.A.D.A.R. device promises to address a critical and valuable market need for self-administered alcohol monitoring. However, in late 2021, we determined that Lifeloc's full research and development resources must remain focused on completing the SpinDx development and bringing it to market. To maximize shareholder value, Lifeloc has created a new wholly owned subsidiary, Probation Tracker Inc. (PTI), to focus exclusively on development of R.A.D.A.R.® 300. We intend to distribute the shares of PTI to our shareholders as a stock dividend once we've received the required regulatory approvals and expect PTI to work independently to develop R.A.D.A.R.® 300 and raise additional funds as needed to commercialize it. More details are available in our 10-Q for the second quarter of 2022 and will be forthcoming in subsequent filings.
"Our sales continue to recover well in 2022," commented Dr. Wayne Willkomm, President and CEO. "The new L-series devices have grown from a small base to become a significant contributor to revenue and profit margin. Revenue from these is expected to provide the continued funding to push the SpinDx product platform across the finish line to commercialization. We expect research and development expenses to remain high in this push to complete the first of many products built on the SpinDx platform, prioritizing substantial value creation over short-term profitability. We are working toward the goal of initial SpinDx sales this year."
About Lifeloc Technologies
Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. (OTC: LCTC) is a trusted U.S. manufacturer of evidential breath alcohol testers and related training and supplies for Workplace, Law Enforcement, Corrections and International customers. Lifeloc stock trades over-the-counter under the symbol LCTC. We are a fully reporting Company with our SEC filings available on our web site, www.lifeloc.com/investor.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve substantial risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements expressed or implied in this press release, including statements about our strategies, performance, expectations about new and existing products, market demand, economic conditions, acceptance of new and existing products, technologies and opportunities, market size and growth, and return on investments in products and market, are based on information available to us on the date of this document, and we assume no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Investors are strongly encouraged to review the section titled "Risk Factors" in our SEC filings.
R.A.D.A.R.® is a registered trademark of Lifeloc Technologies, Inc.
SpinDx™ is a trademark of Sandia Corporation.
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Published: Apr. 29, 2022 at 6:30 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Severe weather is expected to sweep through Northeast Kansas on Friday night, here’s what you need to know.
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(The Hill) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday voiced support for imposing the death penalty as punishment for convicted drug dealers as part of a speech in which he laid out a series of drastic measures to curb crime.
“The penalties should be very, very severe. If you look at countries throughout the world, the ones that don’t have a drug problem are ones that institute a very quick trial death penalty sentence for drug dealers,” Trump said at the America First Policy Institute.
“It sounds horrible, doesn’t it? But you know what? That’s the ones that don’t have any problem. It doesn’t take 15 years in court. It goes quickly, and you absolutely — you execute a drug dealer, and you’ll save 500 lives,” Trump continued.
“It’s terrible to say, but you take a look at every country in this world that doesn’t have a problem with drugs, they have a very strong death penalty for people that sell drugs,” he said.
Trump’s comments calling for a crackdown on drug dealers, which included praise for quick trials in other countries, came as part of a broader vision for harshly cracking down on crime.
The former president painted a picture of a bleak and dystopian country, highlighting instances of civilians being attacked in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.
He called for police squad cars to be parked on every corner.
Trump suggested moving encampments of homeless people out of major cities and to “large parcels of inexpensive land at the outer reaches of the city” and creating tents with medical professionals.
Trump called for passing laws to give police more authority and strengthen qualified immunity so law enforcement does not fear repercussions.
He called for a “no-holds-barred national campaign to dismantle gangs and organized street crime in America.”
The former president called for efforts to defeat violence “and be tough and be nasty and be mean if we have to.”
“We’re living in such a different country for one primary reason: There is no longer respect for the law, and there certainly is no order. Our country is now a cesspool of crime,” Trump said.
Trump’s speech came less than a week after the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol held a hearing focused specifically on Trump’s inaction as his supporters stormed the complex, beating and overwhelming law enforcement in the process.
The hearing highlighted a text exchange between two former Trump campaign aides who expressed frustration that Trump did not recognize Brian Sicknick, a Capitol police officer who died during the melee.
“Also shitty not to have even acknowledged the death of the Capitol Police officer,” former communications director Tim Murtaugh said in the Jan. 9 exchange.
“That is enraging to me. Everything he said about supporting law enforcement is a lie,” former rapid response director Matt Wolking responded. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/trump-in-dc-speech-calls-for-death-penalty-for-convicted-drug-dealers/ | 2022-07-27T15:23:46Z |
LAKE FOREST, Calif., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the global leader in dental lasers, announced today that it will be presenting at the 2022 LD Micro Invitational, a prominent three-day investor conference, at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village on Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 3:30 PM PST / 6:30 PM EST. President and Chief Executive Officer, John Beaver, will be presenting to a live and virtual audience.
Register to watch the event here: https://ldinv12.mysequire.com/
The LD Micro Invitational will take place June 7-9, 2022 and will be available virtually on the Sequire Virtual Events platform.
View BIOLASE's profile here: http://www.ldmicro.com/profile/BIOL
BIOLASE is a medical device company that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells laser systems in dentistry and medicine. BIOLASE's products advance the practice of dentistry and medicine for patients and healthcare professionals. BIOLASE's proprietary laser products incorporate approximately 301 patented and 32 patent-pending technologies designed to provide biologically and clinically superior performance with less pain and faster recovery times. BIOLASE's innovative products provide cutting-edge technology at competitive prices to deliver superior results for dentists and patients. BIOLASE's principal products are revolutionary dental laser systems that perform a broad range of dental procedures, including cosmetic and complex surgical applications. BIOLASE has sold over 43,300 laser systems to date in over 80 countries around the world. Laser products under development address BIOLASE's core dental market and other adjacent medical and consumer applications.
For updates and information on Waterlase iPlus®, Waterlase Express™, and laser dentistry, find BIOLASE online at www.biolase.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com/biolase, Twitter at www.twitter.com/biolaseinc, Instagram at www.instagram.com/waterlase_laserdentistry, and LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/biolase.
BIOLASE®, Waterlase® and Waterlase iPlus® are registered trademarks of BIOLASE, Inc.
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Church not using ‘white music’ in worship services during Lent
OAK PARK, Ill. (Gray News) - A church in Illinois is ‘Fasting from Whiteness’ during the season of Lent.
Lead Pastor John Edgerton at the First United Church of Oak Park wrote in a March newsletter that the church’s worship services during Lent would not use any music or liturgy written or composed by white people. And that First United would be doing a mix of giving something up and taking something on.
According to Edgerton, the music during Lent will be drawn from the African American spirituals tradition, South African freedom songs, Native American traditions and others.
Edgerton also noted that the church would be offering a weekly program entitled “Tell Me the Truth About Racism,” a six-week series with Sunday meetings.
On Wednesday, the church updated its online content, releasing a statement about how some are questioning its message:
“Our Lenten theme has spurred considerable discussion, with some people questioning the message. In practice with the Lenten spiritual discipline of fasting, our intent was to lay aside our usual frames of reference and open ourselves to hearing the Gospel message through the voices of Black People, Indigenous People, and People of Color. Our worship services in Lent have been diverse and beautiful. We pray that God oils the hinges of our hearts’ doors that they might swing open gently to receive the good news of Christ’s resurrection, which we all await at the culmination of Lent.”
According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Lent is a 40-day Christian season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/04/07/church-not-using-white-music-worship-services-during-lent/ | 2022-04-07T02:16:02Z |
PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and easy way to know where your pet is at all times," said an inventor, from Turkey Creek, La., "so I invented the ANIMAL CAM. My design helps to visually monitor a pet's location and activity and it can help to prevent lost pets."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective loss prevention device for pets. In doing so, it enables a pet owner to visually monitor a pet's location and activity. As a result, it enhances safety and convenience and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a unique design that is easy to use so it is ideal for pet owners, police, military, search and rescue, owners of other animals that wear collars, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the New Orleans sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TNO-118, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Leading healthcare HR software expands its reach with myCNAjobs caregiver & CNA network
NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Apploi, the leading hiring platform for healthcare employers, announced a new partnership with myCNAjobs, one of the largest direct care worker career networks in the nation, representing 70%+ of the direct care workforce.
Apploi works with healthcare employers nationwide to source, screen, hire, and onboard new workers. Through its partnership with myCNAjobs, Apploi is expected to expand its reach among direct care workers such as certified nursing assistants and caregivers—two of the most highly demanded and fastest-growing clinical roles in healthcare.
This new integration allows Apploi users to automatically distribute job posts to myCNAjobs. Once jobs are published, applicants are auto-synced with Apploi, streamlining the process. Additionally, Apploi users can access the myCNAjobs resume marketplace and promote hiring events with automatic candidate syncing, as well as send automated texts and emails, without switching platforms.
"These direct care roles are exactly where our customers are hurting," said Apploi founder and CEO Adam Lewis. "It's our job to help healthcare businesses find qualified workers and protect their communities. To do that, we have to start with a hiring process that is simple and engaging, both for those seeking jobs and those doing the recruiting. It's a privilege to partner with an organization already so closely aligned with Apploi's mission to bring healthcare to the most vulnerable."
"In such a competitive labor market, it's critical to streamline the hiring process to recruit the best talent," says Brandi Kurtyka, CEO of myCNAjobs. "Through this integration, employers are able to automate processes and also gain more visibility into return-on-investment and channel performance."
Apploi has become a prominent force in the healthcare hiring space, and was recently honored on the Inc. 5000 list for the third year in a row (distinguishing the business as one of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in America). Just this year, Apploi has raised $25 million in a Series B fundraising round, earned SOC 2 certification, and was named a multi-category leader by GetApp, a Gartner company.
Apploi is the leading human capital management platform specializing in high-volume hiring for healthcare. Apploi streamlines the hiring process from candidate acquisition to hired. Working with 7,000+ healthcare organizations across the US today, Apploi simplifies the hiring process to reduce days-to-hire and get more healthcare workers into roles faster. To learn more about Apploi, visit: www.apploi.com.
myCNAjobs is the nation's largest career network for caregivers, certified nursing assistants, and home health aides, representing 70% of America's direct care workforce. For companies, myCNAjobs offers a suite of recruitment tools to more efficiently hire and onboard. To learn more, visit: www.mycnajobs.com/hire/.
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Blast at Russia embassy in Kabul; 2 embassy staff among dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A blast went off outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, killing two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian, a Russian state news agency and a local police official said.
A higher death toll was expected, with conflicting reports saying between eight and 10 people had been killed.
The RIA Novosti news agency said explosion went off when a Russian diplomat came out to people waiting outside to call out the names of candidates for visas. Citing Moscow’s Foreign Ministry, the agency later reported that two members of the embassy staff were killed.
Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said at least one civilian was killed and that 10 others were wounded. He said a suicide attacker tried to detonate a bomb in the crowd, but was identified by security forces who shot him. It was not immediately clear if he was able to detonate the explosives.
Zadran said an investigation was under way, and that the area was blocked off by police.
According to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the explosion occurred “in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular section of the Russian Embassy” in the Afghan capital.
“An unknown militant set off an explosive device,” the ministry said. “As a result of the attack, two members of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also victims among Afghan citizens.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power. The Islamic State group’s local affiliate has stepped up attacks against the Taliban and civilians since the former insurgents took over the country last year as U.S. and NATO troops were in the final stages of their withdrawal.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxii.com/2022/09/05/blast-outside-russian-embassy-kabul-casualties-reported/ | 2022-09-05T09:29:50Z |
Wild shootout at 7-Eleven store caught on video; police now searching for 2 suspects
By Eric Resendiz
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MONTEBELLO, California (KABC) — A wild shootout inside a 7-Eleven store in Montebello was captured on surveillance video, prompting a search for two suspects.
It happened on Saturday, April 30, just before 10 p.m. at the store located on the corner of Beach Street and Greenwood Avenue.
Video posted to the Montebello Police Department’s Facebook page shows the shootout unfold in front of several customers.
The footage shows a man wearing a light-colored long-sleeved shirt and a white baseball cap walking toward the exit when he encounters another man.
The two exchange words and in seconds, a shootout begins.
Customers who were checking out are seen immediately ducking for cover as multiple shots were fired. The clerk is seen hiding underneath the cash register.
Montebello public information officer Michael Chee said it’s unknown what sparked the shootout. It’s also unclear if the two men knew each other.
“We are happy to report that no one was hurt or injured,” Chee said. “Miraculously no one was injured by the bullets or the gunfire. But the suspects do remain at large.”
The gun battle has left workers at the store on edge.
“I could have been back here,” said store cashier Javier Romero. “It’s a really scary thing. You just hit the floor, pray that you don’t get hit.”
Romero says he wasn’t working when the shooting happened, but he saw police surrounding the area.
“I couldn’t come in because the cops were around everywhere, but from what I heard, there were two people having an argument and they started shooting at each other,” he said.
Montebello police are asking anyone with information to contact Det. Fivecoat at 323-887-1247.
You can also submit an anonymous tip by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Enservco Corporation (NYSE American: ENSV) between May 13, 2021 and April 18, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Enservco securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Enservco class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6371 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 19, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Enservco had defective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting; (2) as a result, there were errors in Enservco's financial statements relating to, inter alia, its transactions with Cross River Partners and accounting for Employee Retention Credits ("ERCs"); (3) accordingly, Enservco would need to restate certain of its financial statements and delay the filing of its 2021 annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"); (4) Enservco downplayed the true scope and severity of its financial reporting issues; (5) accordingly, Enservco could not file its delayed 2021 annual report with the SEC within its initially represented timeline; and (6) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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VALCOURT, QC, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BRP Inc. (TSX: DOO) (NASDAQ: DOOO) (the "Company") announces that its annual general meeting of shareholders (the "Meeting") will be held on Friday, June 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and will be conducted by live webcast.
The Company is holding the Meeting as a completely virtual meeting, where shareholders regardless of geographic location and equity ownership will have an equal opportunity to attend. Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders are strongly encouraged to vote their shares in advance of the Meeting as described in the Company's Management Information Circular posted concurrently herewith on BRP.com, on SEDAR and on EDGAR, or to vote virtually at the Meeting online. Voting results for each of the resolutions will be announced after the Meeting and reported on SEDAR.
Shareholders who wish to participate online can go to https://web.lumiagm.com/487733544 and click "I have a login" and then enter the 15-digit control number located on their form of proxy and the password "brp2022". Anyone can join the Meeting as a guest by clicking on "Guest" and completing the online form. Guests will be able to listen to the Meeting but will not be able to vote or ask questions.
Following the Meeting, the webcast of the Meeting will be accessible on the Company's website at BRP.com until next year's annual meeting of shareholders.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxy holders will also be entitled to submit questions to the Company in advance of the Meeting by email at BRPAGA2022@brp.com, and during the Meeting through the platform available at https://web.lumiagm.com/487733544, which questions will, subject to certain verifications by the Company, be addressed at the Meeting. Questions sent in advance by e-mail must be provided by no later than 11:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on June 1, 2022, or if the Meeting is postponed or adjourned, by no later than 48 hours prior to the time of such postponed or adjourned meeting (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
About BRP
We are a global leader in the world of powersports vehicles, propulsion systems and boats built on 80 years of ingenuity and intensive consumer focus. Our portfolio of industry-leading and distinctive products includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft, Can-Am on and off-road vehicles, Alumacraft, Manitou, Quintrex boats and Rotax marine propulsion systems as well as Rotax engines for karts and recreational aircraft. We complete our lines of products with a dedicated parts, accessories and apparel business to fully enhance the riding experience. With annual sales of CA$7.6 billion from over 120 countries, our global workforce is made up of almost 20,000 driven, resourceful people.
Ski-Doo, Lynx, Sea-Doo, Can-Am, Rotax, Alumacraft, Manitou, Quintrex, Stacer, Savage, and the BRP logo are trademarks of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Arvind Chaudhry is joining Vial's Oncology Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). As a member of the Vial SAB, Dr. Chaudhry will lend his expertise to the Vial team as they launch and optimize their Oncology CRO.
Vial is a next-generation CRO on a mission to disrupt the clinical trials industry with best-in-class trial management and CRO services. The new Oncology CRO will distinguish itself by leveraging their tech-enabled trial management system that integrates eSource, ePRO, EDC and CTMS systems into a seamless operating system. In addition, their streamlined study startup processes, centralized pre-screening call center, and unparalleled approach to patient recruitment deliver a superior CRO experience for Oncology sponsors.
"At Summit Cancer Centers, I have worked tirelessly to ensure that clinical trials are a top priority. I do this work for a simple reason: trials advance our understanding of the field and bring new treatment options to patients. As a member of the Vial Oncology CRO SAB, I am excited to bring my expertise in running trials to bear in reimagining clinical trials infrastructure. I support Vial's efforts to deploy modern technology and take a new approach to running Oncology trials." said Dr. Chaudhry on joining the board.
Arvind Chaudhry, M.D. is the Director of Summit Cancer Centers and is a leading Principal Investigator in early-stage Oncology clinical trials. Having received his Oncology training at the National Cancer Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, Dr. Chaudhry has conducted hundreds of clinical trials including on several novel agents that have been approved by the FDA.
See the full release here.
About Vial: Vial's mission is to empower scientists to cure all human diseases. Vial has executed that vision by launching a next-generation CRO (with slated launches in Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, and a Neurology CRO), a site network (Dermatology Clinical Trials, Ophthalmology Clinical Trials, Gastroenterology Clinical Trials, Women's Health Clinical Trials, Neurology Clinical Trials), and technology platform (VialConnect CTMS) to accelerate research. Vial has over 125 employees and is based in San Francisco, California, and has contributed to over 750 trials from Phase I through Phase IV.
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Caron continues its growth in the Life Science market
MARIETTA, Ohio, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Caron Products and Services, Inc. ("Caron"), a leading provider of laboratory equipment used in small and large molecule drug development and manufacturing, cell and gene therapy research, and academic research, today announced Luke Denly has joined the company as Global Director of Marketing. Based in Northern California, and reporting directly to the CEO, he will lead the expansion of Caron's marketing efforts across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Luke brings to Caron nearly 20 years of industry experience combining both research and business backgrounds. The first decade of his career was spent at the University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute. Over the past ten plus years Luke was a Director at Avantor Sciences where he used his data-driven insights to provide solutions that enhanced the customer experience.
"We are excited to have Luke join the Caron organization. His extensive background in data driven marketing and overall experience in the life science space will play a key role in our growth strategy moving forward," said Jay Hexamer, Caron President and CEO. "His research and business experience brings a unique perspective that enhances our ability to advance further into therapeutics and toward more advanced cell and gene therapy workflows and vaccine development."
Luke received his Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of California, San Diego. He served as primary researcher for numerous model designs now widely used in the UCSD laboratory. During his tenure at Avantor, Luke was awarded the President's Club Member recognizing the top 2% of associates. He also served on a team implementing strategic, sustainability driven projects resulting in the UCSD Outstanding Campus Vendor in Sustainability Award.
Founded in 1985, Caron Products is a leading provider of laboratory equipment, environmental chambers and incubators, biosafety cabinets and Lab Automation Enclosures in the life science industry. Our customers are in the Biopharma, Biotech, Education, Healthcare and Industrial markets who discover life changing therapies and consumable products to cure illnesses and to enable a healthier world.
All team members at Caron Products are an important part of our ecosystem and our work has meaningful impact in achieving our main goal of "opening doors for scientists". For more information, visit www.caronproducts.com.
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ARLINGTON, Va., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Aurora Institute - a national education nonprofit focused on education systems change - has released its annual report outlining key federal policy issues aimed at transforming our K-12 education system so it is fit for purpose, strengthening our democracy and shaping our next generation of engaged citizens.
Informed by the expertise and wisdom of thousands in its community, the Aurora Institute's federal policy priorities are a set of nine recommendations designed to ensure education systems move from the current state to future-focused systems capable of preparing all learners with building the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve lifelong success. The priorities include:
o Advance education innovations
o Transform systems of assessments
o Rethink next generation accountability
o Create learning ecosystems and competency-based pathways aligned across K-12, higher education, career and technical education, and the workforce
o Modernize the educator workforce
o Diversify the educator workforce
o Advance educational equity
o Bridge the digital divide
o Support COVID-19 learning recovery
"This set of innovative, future-focused federal policy recommendations are geared at challenging the status quo and current federal policy frames that perpetuate tinkering with the existing system, rather than reimagining it," said Susan Patrick, the organization's president and chief executive officer. "It's past time that federal policymakers shift their mindsets and embark on fundamental changes that support innovation from the bottom-up in order to begin to advance future focused education systems for a greater good."
The Aurora Institute Center for Policy conducts policy analysis and provides recommendations to federal and state policymakers, education agencies, state boards, education leaders, and other local policymakers to work together with their communities to transform education systems; advance competency-based education systems and align pathways; build capacity by investing in people, rethink accountability and assessment, and advance educational equity.
Download our 2022 federal policy recommendations for a full analysis of these issues. Policy makers at all levels are encouraged to contact the Aurora Institute Center for Policy for more information or assistance.
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BRUNSWICK – Georgia’s nesting season for loggerhead sea turtles has started in two places.
The annual cycle of these massive turtles returning to beaches in the Southeast to lay their eggs began early last week with a nest on Sea Island and four on Cumberland Island. All were found by members of the Georgia Sea Turtle Cooperative, a DNR-coordinated network of about 200 volunteers, researchers and agency employees that patrols beaches daily during nesting season.
The rush for first nest of the year may have been unusual but not the timing. Georgia Sea Turtle Program Coordinator Mark Dodd said first nests “come like clockwork … around the first of May.”
While predicting how the season will go is anyone’s guess, computer modeling of loggerhead nesting in the region points to an average year, according to Dodd, a senior wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. “Somewhere around 3,000 to 4,000 nests,” he said.
The Georgia record since comprehensive nesting surveys began on the state’s barrier island beaches in 1989 is 3,950 nests, set in 2019. The count in 2020 dipped to 2,786 nests and last year to 2,493 (plus another seven nests mostly from species other than loggerheads).
The loggerhead population has been increasing at approximately 4% annually since the early 1990s. However, a new population model developed by UGA and the U.S. Geological Survey using nesting and genetics data indicates the population will plateau at current levels for about the next 20 years, its progress hindered by low recruitment during the early 2000s, Dodd said. If current protections remain in place at least through that period, the model suggests loggerhead numbers would then start to increase again, possibly reaching levels not seen since the late 1950s.
Supporting that rebound is the goal of Georgia’s Sea Turtle Cooperative. Working under a federal permit, members mark, monitor and protect all loggerhead nests, plus those of other species that seldom nest in Georgia, such as green and Kemp’s ridley.
The effort not only eases predation and increases the number of young that hatch, the data collected are used to assess loggerhead populations, assess threats and inform management. Cooperators also help with beach management. The program has been in play on Georgia beaches for more than 30 years.
“The cooperative has done a tremendous amount of work,” and with a measurable impact, Dodd said. “We started out averaging about 800 nests a year, and we’re now up to about 3,500.”
Like other marine turtles, loggerheads – named for their large heads – crawl ashore on barrier island beaches, dig a hole at the base of the dunes and lay their eggs, usually at night.
To prep for the season, Dodd and staff have been training interns, working with volunteers, partner agencies and organizations, and teaming with DNR’s Law Enforcement Division, all while navigating social distancing and other requirements involving the coronavirus pandemic. Game wardens enforce regulations including the use of turtle excluder devices, or TEDs, in commercial shrimping.
An egg from each nest – less than 1 percent of the average clutch size on the island – was collected for UGA genetic analysis documenting the number and relatedness of loggerheads nesting in Georgia. The nest was then covered with a screen to protect the eggs from predators.
DNR’s Wildlife Conservation Section works to conserve sea turtles and other wildlife not legally fished for or hunted, as well as rare plants and natural habitats. The agency does this largely through public support from fundraisers, grants and contributions.
Key fundraisers include sales of the monarch butterfly license plates and sales and renewals of bald eagle plate and older designs, such as the ruby-throated hummingbird. These tags cost only $25 more than a standard plate to buy or renew. Up to $20 of that fee goes to help wildlife.
What You Can Do -- All marine turtles in Georgia are protected by state and federal law. To help conserve these species:
-- Minimize beachfront lighting during sea turtle nesting season. Turn off, shield or redirect lights.
-- When walking the beach at night, don’t use flashlights and flash photography. They can deter turtles from coming ashore to nest or cause them to abort nesting.
-- If you encounter a sea turtle on the beach, remain quiet, still and at a distance.
-- Leave turtle tracks undisturbed. Researchers use them to identify the species and mark nests for protection.
-- Properly dispose of your garbage. Turtles may mistake plastic bags, Styrofoam and trash floating in the water as food. After ingesting trash, it can kill them by clogging their intestines.
-- Protect beach vegetation: It stabilizes sand and the natural coastline.
-- When boating, stay alert and avoid turtles. Of the 84 sea turtles found dead or hurt in Georgia last year, 45 percent that could be assessed had suffered injuries consistent with being hit by a boat. Boaters who hit a sea turtle are urged to stand by and immediately call DNR at 800-2-SAVE-ME (800-272-8363).
-- Also report any dead or injured sea turtles seen at 800-272-8363. (If the turtle is tagged, include the tag color and number in the report if possible.)
Sources: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Georgia DNR
Loggerheads at a glance:
-- Caretta caretta: Most common sea turtle on Georgia’s coast; found off coast year-round. Also one of the world’s largest turtles, topping 350 pounds and sporting a carapace up to 44 inches long. How long loggerheads live is not known.
-- Range: The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Nests in the U.S. from Virginia to Texas.
-- Nesting: Females reach sexual maturity at 30-35 years. From about May through September, they crawl ashore at night, dig a hole in the face of dunes along barrier island beaches, and deposit and cover eggs.
-- Pilgrimage: Eggs hatch in 55-65 days. The young scramble for the water, beginning a journey that can take them from sargassum weed off Georgia’s shores to a current-powered loop that circles to the Azores and the eastern Atlantic Ocean, south to west Africa and back to the western Atlantic.
-- Eats: Fish eggs and small invertebrates when small. As adults, they eat mainly crabs and mollusks, but also forage items like jellyfish and dead fish.
-- Status: Federally listed as threatened since 1978. Georgia DNR reclassified loggerheads in the state from threatened to endangered in 2006.
-- Threats: Primarily mortality associated with commercial fishing activities, but also nest predation by raccoons and feral hogs, poaching, loss of habitat, boat strikes, and even ingestion of plastic litter mistaken as food. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/loggerhead-sea-turtle-nesting-season-off-the-georgia-coast-has-begun/article_71122e0a-cfa9-11ec-be75-2b1d52b39328.html | 2022-05-09T19:00:36Z |
DALLAS (KDAF) — “More Heart, Fewer Strings. Beginning today, Flight credits don’t expire, securing Customers’ investments in Southwest flight credits valid today, and going forward,” the airlines said in a press release.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has announced a new policy that will be eliminating expiration dates on all of its flight credits “unexpired on or created on or after July 28, 2022.”
The press release says, “This additional flexibility applies to all currently valid, existing flight credits, with no action required by Customers with flight credit in the bank, and will apply to any new flight credit issued. The ability to retain invested flight credits without expiration is another enhancement in a series of transformative upgrades underway in the experience Customers have in their relationship with Southwest, including enhanced WiFi, new in-seat power, larger overhead bins, and new self-service capabilities overviewed at Southwest.com/experience.“
The airlines say that on July 28 customers will be seeing a placeholder expiration date for Dec. 31, 2040, for valid flight credits until more work will update its technology to remove expiration dates on flight credits.
“We repeatedly leaned in during the pandemic to give our Customers more time to use their flight credits beyond a full year, which was our previous policy,” said Tony Roach, Vice President of Customer Experience & Engagement, Southwest Airlines. “Introducing this change in our policy is part of a massive effort to improve the things that are most important to our Customers.”
For more information on this announcement, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/flight-credits-with-southwest-airlines-set-to-no-longer-expire/ | 2022-07-28T17:31:14Z |
NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NKLA, MRO, EBAY, RDBX, and EVFM.
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Special Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on August 5, 2022
NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chardan NexTech (Nasdaq: CNTQ) ("CNTQ" or the "Company") announced today that the special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the "Special Meeting") to vote on the approval to amend its charter will be held on August 5, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on July 11, 2022 are entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.
As previously announced on May 16, 2022, CNTQ has entered into a merger agreement, as amended on July 12, 2022, for a business combination transaction with Dragonfly Energy Corp. ("Dragonfly"). Dragonfly is a leader in energy storage and producer of deep cycle lithium-ion storage batteries. The transaction is currently expected to close in the second half of 2022.
Stockholders of CNTQ are encouraged to submit their vote as soon as possible to ensure they are represented at the Special Meeting. CNTQ has engaged Morrow Sodali LLC ("Morrow Sodali") as its proxy solicitor in connection with the Special Meeting. Stockholders needing assistance in voting can contact Morrow Sodali by calling 800-662-5200, or banks and brokers can call collect at 203-658-9400, or by emailing CNTQ.info@investor.morrowsodali.com.
Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. (Nasdaq: CNTQ) is a blank check company led by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kerry Propper, its Chief Executive Officer and Director, Jonas Grossman, and its Chief Financial Officer and Director, Alex Weil. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company has focused its search for a target business operating in disruptive technologies. To learn more, visit https://www.cnaq.com/.
Dragonfly Energy Corp., headquartered in Reno, Nevada, is a leading manufacturer of deep cycle lithium-ion batteries, which are sold direct-to-consumers under the Battle Born Batteries™ brand and to original equipment manufacturers, such as Keystone RV. Dragonfly's battery products are designed and assembled in the USA, and the Company's research and development initiatives are revolutionizing the energy storage industry through innovative technologies and manufacturing processes. Today, Dragonfly's non-toxic deep cycle lithium-ion batteries are displacing lead-acid batteries across a wide range of end-markets, including RVs, marine vessels, off-grid installations, and other storage applications. Dragonfly is also focused on delivering an energy storage solution to enable a more sustainable and reliable smart grid through the future deployment of the Company's proprietary and patented solid-state cell technology. To learn more, visit www.dragonflyenergy.com/investors.
Dragonfly previously announced an agreement for a business combination with Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. ("CNTQ") (Nasdaq: CNTQ), which is expected to result in Dragonfly becoming a public company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol "DFLI" in the second half of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including certain financial forecasts and projections. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including statements as to the transactions contemplated by the business combination and related agreements, future results of operations and financial position, revenue and other metrics, planned products and services, business strategy and plans, objectives of management for future operations of Dragonfly, market size and growth opportunities, competitive position and technological and market trends, are forward-looking statements. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including "may," "should," "expect," "intend," "will," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," "plan," "targets," "projects," "could," "would," "continue," "forecast" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors (some of which are beyond the control of Dragonfly or CNTQ) which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon estimates, forecasts and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by CNTQ and its management, and Dragonfly and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain and many factors may cause the actual results to differ materially from current expectations which include, but are not limited to: 1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the definitive merger agreement with respect to the business combination; 2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Dragonfly, CNTQ, the combined company or others following the announcement of the business combination and the transactions contemplated thereby; 3) the inability to complete the business combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of CNTQ, or to satisfy other conditions to closing the business combination; 4) changes to the proposed structure of the business combination that may be required or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the business combination; 5) the ability to meet Nasdaq's listing standards following the consummation of the business combination; 6) the risk that the business combination disrupts current plans and operations of Dragonfly as a result of the announcement and consummation of the business combination; 7) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; 8) ability of Dragonfly to successfully increase market penetration into its target markets; 9) the addressable markets that Dragonfly intends to target do not grow as expected; 10) the loss of any key executives; 11) the loss of any relationships with key suppliers including suppliers in China; 12) the loss of any relationships with key customers; 13) the inability to protect Dragonfly's patents and other intellectual property; 14) the failure to successfully optimize solid state cells or to produce commercially viable solid state cells in a timely manner or at all, or to scale to mass production; 15) costs related to the business combination; 16) changes in applicable laws or regulations; 17) the possibility that Dragonfly or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors; 18) Dragonfly's estimates of its growth and projected financial results for 2022 and 2023 and meeting or satisfying the underlying assumptions with respect thereto; 19) the risk that the business combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of CNTQ's securities; 20) the risk that the transaction may not be completed by CNTQ's business combination deadline (as may be extended pursuant to CNTQ's governing documents); 21) the impact of the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, including any mutations or variants thereof and the Russian/Ukrainian conflict, and any resulting effect on business and financial conditions; 22) inability to complete the PIPE investment, the term loan and equity line (ChEF) in connection with the business combination; 23) the potential for events or circumstances that result in Dragonfly's failure to timely achieve the anticipated benefits of Dragonfly's customer arrangements with Thor; and 24) other risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in CNTQ's Form S-1 (File Nos. 333-252449 and 333-253016), Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-266273) filed with the SEC on July 22, 2022, which is subject to change and will include a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of CNTQ, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed by CNTQ from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Neither CNTQ nor Dragonfly gives any assurance that either CNTQ or Dragonfly or the combined company will achieve its expected results. Neither CNTQ nor Dragonfly undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required by law. For additional information, see "Risk Considerations" in the investor presentation, filed on a Current Report on Form 8-K by CNTQ with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov.
This press release relates to the definitive proxy statement filed by CNTQ with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 22, 2022 (the "Definitive Proxy Statement"). The Definitive Proxy Statement was mailed to all CNTQ stockholders on or around July 22, 2022. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of CNTQ are urged to read the Definitive Proxy Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC because they contain important information. a proposed transaction between CNTQ and Dragonfly. CNTQ filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-266273) with the SEC on July 22, 2022, which is subject to change and includes a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy statement of CNTQ, referred to as a proxy statement/prospectus. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to all CNTQ stockholders. CNTQ has also filed other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting decision, investors and security holders of CNTQ are urged to read the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction because they contain important information about the proposed transaction.
Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the registration statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by CNTQ through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
The documents filed by CNTQ with the SEC also may be obtained by contacting Chardan NexTech Acquisition 2 Corp. at 17 State Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10004, or by calling (646) 465-9001.
NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS PRESS RELEASE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Dragonfly, CNTQ and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from CNTQ's stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. A list of the names of such persons and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination are contained in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus. You may obtain free copies of these documents free of charge by directing a written request to CNTQ or Dragonfly. The definitive proxy statement will be mailed to CNTQ's stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination when it becomes available.
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HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACRX), ("AcelRx"), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for use in medically supervised settings, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Vince Angotti will present in-person and be available for one-on-one meetings throughout the H.C. Wainwright Annual Investment Conference, to be held in person and virtually September 12-14, 2022 in New York, NY.
H.C. Wainwright Annual Investment Conference
Format: Live presentation and 1x1 Meetings
Date: Monday, September 12th, 2022
Time: 12:00 PM EDT
Webcast Link: [CLICK HERE]
The recorded presentation will also be available for 90 days on AcelRx's website within the Investors/News/Events section.
This release is intended for investors only. For more information, including important safety information and black box warning for DSUVIA, please visit www.DSUVIA.com.
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for use in medically supervised settings. AcelRx's proprietary, non-invasive sublingual formulation technology delivers sufentanil with consistent pharmacokinetic profiles. The Company has one approved product in the U.S., DSUVIA® (sufentanil sublingual tablet, 30 mcg), approved as DZUVEO® in Europe, indicated for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic for adult patients in certified medically supervised healthcare settings, and several product candidates. The Company's product candidates include: two developmental pre-filled, ready-to-use syringes of ephedrine and phenylephrine licensed for the U.S. from Aguettant; Niyad™, a developmental device for use as a regional anticoagulant for the extracorporeal circuit; LTX-608, for the potential treatment of COVID-19, disseminated intravascular coagulation, acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute pancreatitis; and Zalviso® (sufentanil sublingual tablet system, SST system, 15 mcg), an investigational product in the U.S. being developed as an innovatively designed patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system for reduction of moderate-to-severe acute pain in medically supervised settings.
This release is intended for investors only. For additional information about AcelRx, please visit www.acelrx.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Middesk, the leading identity platform automating business verification and underwriting decisions, announced today that it has raised $57 million in a Series B round. The round was co-led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Canapi Ventures, with additional investments from existing investors Sequoia and Accel, as well as Gaingels. Middesk will use the capital to invest in new and existing products, scale the team, and educate the market about business identity.
Middesk was founded in 2019 to address the downstream effects and resulting challenges of onboarding new business customers. Middesk's infrastructure solution provides the tools, data, and documents needed by banks, insurers, credit card companies, lenders, payment firms, payroll companies, and other service providers to automate onboarding in regulated industries. Its platform provides complete up-to-date data on businesses in the United States and automatically notifies service providers of changes to its customer base, enabling them to make informed decisions during and after onboarding. This allows service providers to quickly and seamlessly form an accurate picture of their customers and offer the critical products their customers need to establish, operate and maintain their businesses.
"We believe that more companies working together is good for the economy," said Kyle Mack, CEO and Co-founder at Middesk. "By accelerating trust between businesses, we can enable more businesses to access the products and services they need to grow and thrive. More successful companies mean more businesses are working together and more jobs are being created."
"As more transactions and business-onboarding move online, financial institutions are facing increasing risk of fraud. Simultaneously, business customers are demanding a frictionless onboarding experience in order to access financial products. Middesk provides financial institutions the breadth and depth of identity data they need to verify their business customers and mitigate fraud without sacrificing the customer experience," said Jeff Horing, co-founder and Managing Director at Insight Partners. "Middesk is building infrastructure to support all identity-questions for all industries. We look forward to partnering with the Middesk team as they continue to grow."
Walker Forehand, Partner at Canapi Ventures, added, "Middesk is the new standard for small business digital identity and trust. The identity product is orders of magnitude better than legacy competitors – stronger data integrity, significantly higher attach and approval rates, and better outcomes for customers. We couldn't be more excited to partner with Kyle, Kurt, and the Middesk team in bringing forward the next generation of trust solutions for small businesses."
In the last 4 months, Middesk doubled its headcount, and it intends to double it again by the end of the year. The company recently launched a comprehensive solution for underwriters providing the ability to search and file liens, and has taken a big step towards becoming a full business identity platform. Middesk currently helps power onboarding for Plaid, Affirm, Bluevine, Pipe, and Novo, as well as several large banks and lenders.
When asked why they decided to use Middesk, Chris Campano, Risk Lead at Plaid, said "When a customer signups for Plaid, they want to start building on our APIs right away. Middesk has been a critical partner enabling us to quickly and seamlessly onboard new customers."
For more information, visit the Middesk website or request a demo.
Middesk is the leading business identity platform. With Middesk's identity-as-a-service APIs, businesses can verify, underwrite, and enable their customers to grow their businesses. Middesk's current customers include Plaid, Affirm, Bluevine, and Novo, as well as several large banks and lenders. For more information, visit middesk.com.
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of February 24, 2022, the closing of the firm's recent fundraise, Fund XII, brings Insight Partners regulatory assets under management to over $90B. Insight Partners has invested in more than 600 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on software expertise to foster long-term success. Insight Partners meets great software leaders where they are in their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.
Canapi Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in early to growth-stage fintech companies. Our partners have been at the forefront of financial services innovation as operators, investors, bankers, advisors, and regulators. Our venture capital model connects high-quality fintech companies to our extensive network of banks and strategic partners. Canapi Ventures is advised by CenterHarbor Advisors and Canapi Advisors, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOB). For more information, visit www.canapi.com.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Switch, Inc. (NYSE: SWCH) to DigitalBridge Investment Management. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Switch will receive only $34.25 in cash for each share of Switch that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-swch/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
1100 Poydras St., Suite 3200
New Orleans, LA 70163
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Missing Louisiana woman’s vehicle found in Missouri
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC/Gray News) - Ella Quiana Goodie’s vehicle has been found in Missouri, according to Louisiana State Police.
The search continues for Goodie though, State Trooper Derek Senegal said.
Goodie’s 2012 Audi Q5 was found in St. Joseph, Missouri, Senegal said.
Goodie, 32, a Lyft driver from Scott, has been missing since March 9.
Goodie was seen driving to Texas and back on Interstate 10, Scott Police Chief Chad Leger said. On Thursday, March 10, the vehicle was spotted north of Dallas, according to Leger.
Brandon Jermaine Francisco is believed to be the last person in contact with Goodie, Leger said. Francisco was picked up in Missouri on an active warrant out of Rapides Parish for failure to appear in court the same day Goodie was last seen.
Senegal asked anyone with information about Goodie’s whereabouts to contact the Louisiana State Police at 318-484-2194 or Scott Police Department at 337-233-3715.
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Autonomous and Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring in Skilled Nursing Facility Illuminates Resting Heart Rate as Early Predictor of Patient Deterioration
TORONTO, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xandar Kardian, a rapidly-growing, Toronto-based company that develops contactless health monitoring solutions powered by digital ultra wide-band radar signal processing, today officially announced a strategic partnership with TapestryHealth, a multi-specialty healthcare practice that utilizes advanced technology to provide face-to-face evaluation and treatment at the patient's bedside in skilled nursing facilities and other post-acute environments. The partnership between Xandar Kardian and TapestryHealth focuses on leveraging Xandar Kardian's revolutionary radar-centric technology to support specialized remote patient monitoring for skilled nursing facilities, using autonomous and continuous vital sign management. Recently, results from a pilot program deploying Xandar Kardian's UWB radar devices at a skilled nursing facility showcased a groundbreaking discovery for patient monitoring and prediction of early deterioration. Working with TapestryHealth on a pilot basis, Xandar Kardian began deploying its sensors at a New York state skilled nursing facility in November 2021. Data provided from autonomous, continuous, and contact-free monitoring of patient vital signs through UWB radar showed that, even when respiratory rate is stable, a patient's elevated resting heart rate can be used as a predictor of an upcoming medical crisis up to seven days in advance. This ability to monitor resting heart rate continuously and accurately with Xandar Kardian devices, particularly while a patient is sleeping, has provided a window of time to proactively intervene before severe medical emergencies strike - drastically reducing the readmission rates and ER visits of TapestryHealth patients while simultaneously minimizing staff workload.
"One of the most unique aspects of Xandar Kardian's technology that sets it apart from other patient monitoring devices is that it can identify when an occupant is resting, making it especially beneficial when looking for meaningful changes in their baseline vital signs to provide early deterioration detection," said Sam Yang, co-founder and Managing Director of Xandar Kardian. "If a patient's heart rate or respiratory rate spikes while they are at rest, this is a strong indication of patient deterioration and can point to an oncoming occurrence of a serious medical event such as cardiac arrest. Also, only sustained deterioration, including elevation, of 110 BPM or higher for 2 hours or longer was flagged as a cause for concern in this pilot program, so we are able to avoid alert fatigue and inaccurate flagging. Ultimately, this technology saves time, money, and most importantly, patient lives."
In one key example, a Xandar Kardian XK300 device installed in a patient's room registered multiple sustained elevations of resting heart rate that occurred throughout the week prior to her cardiac arrest. This discovery illustrates that resting heart rate shows warning signals far earlier than respiratory rate, even when the patient is at rest. Because the XK300 records these data points over 6,000 times over each 24-hour period, the information is highly accurate and provides medical staff with real-time data to monitor these potential early signals. Then, "time to act" was signaled when patient respiratory rate levels were in a sustained elevation of over 20 breaths per minute for more than six hours. Therefore, the combined data provided by the XK300's reporting of patient resting heart rate and respiratory rate could have allowed intervention to occur in the first six hours of respiratory rate deterioration, rather than allowing the deterioration to continue for over 50 hours, which resulted in the resident being rushed to the ER after peaking at 30 breaths per minute.
Furthermore, because UWB radar requires no patient reporting, wearables, or staff intervention, this information is provided to nurses without requiring them to make rounds or disturb the patient. Dr. Ashwin Gopalan, a pulmonologist at Virginia Mason Seattle, points out how utilizing this resting heart rate data provided by the XK300 can transform early detection and curbing medical crises in care centers where patient reporting and wearables can be hinderances to collecting accurate data. "When dealing with patients with the type of acute and chronic conditions common in skilled nursing facilities such as COPD, Pneumonia, and CHF, a change in resting heart rate or respiratory rate is the clearest indicator of illness exacerbation. What the Xandar Kardian and TapestryHealth pilot has revealed, however, is that we can rely on resting heart rate data much earlier than previously practiced. Being able to receive these measurements continuously and to a more precise degree than ever before is game-changing in preventing emergency room visits and hospital re-admissions, especially for facilities monitoring dozens of patients at once."
Xandar Kardian's XK300 devices are the only commercially available FDA 510(k) class II medical devices cleared for resting heart rate, respiratory rate, motion, and presence monitoring. The device uses ultra-wideband radar, a type of radar that transmits signals with shorter pulses across a larger spectrum for extremely precise data accuracy and rapid transmission speeds, to detect the micromovements of a person's heart beating or lungs pumping within a room down to 0.1 mm changes per nano-second. The gathered data is immediately processed through Xandar Kardian's proprietary DSP algorithms for consistent, contactless, autonomous, and immediate delivery of patient vital sign data at a rate of thousands of measurements per day. Furthermore, Xandar Kardian's devices do not use AI logic to gather vital sign information, as this often leads to inconsistencies with results.
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of TapestryHealth Mordy Eisenberg iterates that Xandar Kardian's technology has become an essential supplement to clinicians that are now operating within a staff shortage. "The state of healthcare today is that we're in a fragmented care system – people are sicker than before and there is a widespread shortage of healthcare workers," he said. "The combination of sicker patients and fewer staff has made it so that clinicians are missing critical warning signs of medical crises. This is where the XK300 comes in. Xandar Kardian's technology is enabling care by allowing our clinicians to get ahead of crises, equipping our staff to do more with less so they can provide consistent, top-of-line care and stop medical emergencies before they happen, despite having fewer staff available. Ultimately, the XK300 is a key tool that is augmenting the smaller workforce that has become the new normal."
The partnership between Xandar Kardian and TapestryHealth allows Skilled Nursing and Assisted living facilities to easily add additional remote clinical support for their residents with minimal cost or staff disruption. For appropriate patients, using CPT code 99454, the XK300 system is eligible for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement as an FDA-approved medical device.
To learn more information about Xandar Kardian and the XK300 Autonomous Health Monitoring Solution, visit the Xandar Kardian website at www.xkcorp.com.
About Xandar Kardian:
Xandar Kardian is a US Delaware C-Corp with international operations spanning South Korea, Canada, and Singapore, focused on deploying reliable and high accuracy security and healthcare solutions worldwide. Xandar Kardian elevates motion sensor technology to the next level, incorporating radar sensors that monitor vital signs via resting heart rate (RHR) and respiratory rate (RR), providing essential insights into occupant motion, location, and vital sign reading. Founded in 2017, the team behind Xandar Kardian is focused on digital radar signal processing from start-to-finish, having received FDA 510(k) Clearance for its XK300 in April 2021.
About TapestryHealth:
TapestryHealth is a multi-specialty healthcare practice that utilizes advanced technology to provide face-to-face evaluation and treatment at the patient's bedside in skilled nursing facilities and other post-acute environments. Tapestry's team of doctors, PAs, NPs, and multiple medical specialists see patients at their bedsides, 24/7, making daily rounds, building relationships with patients and families based on familiarity and trust, and ensuring appropriate, effective and efficient delivery of care regardless of the patient's location, or day and time of need. They are one of the country's leading innovators in using technology to deliver advanced care both on-site and remotely. Tapestry's artificial intelligence and machine learning protocols provide in-depth analysis at the patient, facility and national levels which allows them to identify potentially at-risk patients before the onset of symptoms. They are currently testing robotics and other advances for independent data collection, freeing nurses to spend more time with their patients. Learn more at tapestryhealth.com.
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North Korea says it tested new tactical guided weapon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday it has successfully test-fired a newly developed tactical guided weapon, the latest in a spate of launches that came just after the country passed its biggest state anniversary without an expected military parade, which it typically uses to unveil provocative weapons systems.
The latest testing activity came amid concerns that North Korea may soon conduct a larger provocation like a nuclear explosive test in an effort to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal and increase pressure on its rivals amid stalled diplomacy.
The official Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, which it said would bolster the effective operation of the country’s tactical nuclear forces and firepower of its long-range artillery corps.
The dispatch suggested the weapon tested is likely capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, but KCNA didn’t elaborate. It also didn’t say when and where the launch occurred.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement Sunday that it had detected two projectile launches from the North’s eastern coastal town of Hamhung early Saturday evening.
It said the projectiles flew about 110 kilometers (68 miles) at an apogee of 25 kilometers (16 miles) and at a maximum speed of Mach 4. The statement said South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are analyzing additional details of the launches. It said South Korean officials separately held an emergency meeting to discuss the launches.
North Korea has started this year with a slew of weapons tests, including its first flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017. South Korean and U.S. officials said Pyongyang could soon launch additional provocations like another ICBM test, a rocket launch to put a spy satellite into orbit or even a nuclear test explosion that would be the seventh of its kind. South Korea’s military said it has detected signs that North Korea is rebuilding tunnels at a nuclear testing ground it partially dismantled weeks before it entered now-dormant nuclear talks with the United States in 2018.
Sunday’s KCNA dispatch quoted Kim as presenting unspecified tasks to boost North Korea’s nuclear fighting and military capability after praising what he called successive progress in its efforts to reinforce the country’s war deterrence power.
On Friday, Kim attended a massive civilian parade in Pyongyang that marked the milestone 110th birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather, Kim Il Sung. It appeared the country passed its biggest holiday without an expected military parade to showcase its new weapons systems.
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Q2 2022 revenues of $24.1 million, up 0.03% year-over-year
Delivers positive adjusted EBITDA of $0.6 million
Pro customer revenue increases to 82.6% of second quarter revenues,
up 6% quarter-over-quarter and up 21.9% year-over-year
BuildDirect reports in US dollars and in accordance with IFRS
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BILD) ("BuildDirect" or the "Company") a growing omnichannel building material retailer, today announced its financial results for the Second Quarter 2022 ("Q2 2022").
"I am pleased to report that BuildDirect continues to grow its Pro Customer base, increasing Pro revenue 6% quarter over quarter, and improving its overall profitability" said David Lazar, interim CEO of BuildDirect. "Our strategic execution is delivering value with revenues reaching $24.1 million, of which 82.6% are Pro-based. We also achieved positive adjusted EBITDA, largely due to our push to reallocate resources to Pro and drive acquisition synergies. Further, at the end of Q2 2022 and subsequent to quarter end, the Company made further cost reductions that will allow the Company to recognize approximately US $2 million in annualized operating expense savings. The cost reductions were primarily focused within the BuildDirect ecommerce business as the Company continues to shift its focus to the Pro market segment. Looking forward to the third quarter, we will continue to invest in the Pro market, extract financial and operational synergies from our acquisitions, and leverage our heavyweight omnichannel business model."
- Q2 2022 revenues reaching $24.1 million, decreasing 1.4% quarter-over-quarter and increasing slightly year-over-year. The decrease QoQ is as a result in a change in strategy as part of which the Company is spending less on digital marketing and focusing more on the Pro business.
- Q2 2022 Pro revenue reached $19.9 million, representing 82.6% of total revenue at the quarter end. Pro revenues grew 6% quarter-over-quarter and 21.9% year-over-year due to increased strategic focus on driving Pro market share.
- Gross profit at $8.4 million in Q2 2022, a decrease of 3.4% over the previous quarter, and 3.8% year-over-year
- Gross margin in Q2 2022 decreased slightly by 80bps to 35% compared to Q1 2022.
- Adjusted EBITDA in Q2 2022 reached $0.6 million. BuildDirect achieved improvements in the adjusted EBITDA primarily by reallocating resources to the Pro market.
- In June 2022, the Company closed a secured debt financing pursuant to which it issued, via its wholly owned subsidiary BuildDirect Operations Limited, secured notes to Pelecanus Investments Ltd., Lyra Growth Partners Inc., and Beedie Investments Ltd. in an aggregated amount of US $1.5 million.
Actual results may differ materially from BuildDirect's financial outlook as a result of, among other things, the factors described under "Forward-Looking Statements" below.
BuildDirect's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes, and the Management's Discussion and Analysis, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 are available on the Company's website at www.BuildDirect.com. and on the Company's SEDAR profile available at www.sedar.com.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
BuildDirect will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's financial results at 5:30 pm EDT on Monday, August 29, 2022. To access the telephonic version of the conference call, participants can dial (888) 664-6392 (North America Toll-Free) or (416) 764-8659. Upon entering the confirmation ID: 01990687, participants will be entered directly into the conference.
Alternatively, the webcast will be available live on the Investor Relations section of BuildDirect's website at https://ir.builddirect.com/events-and-presentation
Among other things, BuildDirect will discuss long-term financial outlook on the conference call and webcast, and related materials will be made available on the Company's website at https://ir.builddirect.com/events-and-presentation. Investors should carefully review the factors, assumptions, risks and uncertainties included in such related materials concerning such long-term financial outlook.
An audio replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the live call until 8:59 pm EDT on September 5, 2022. The audio replay will be accessed by dialing (888) 390-0541 (North America Toll-Free) or (416) 764-8677 (Toronto) with entry code: 990687#. In addition, an archived webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://ir.builddirect.com/events-and-presentation.
BuildDirect (TSXV: BILD) is a growing omnichannel building material retailer. BuildDirect connects North American home improvement B2B and B2C organizations, and homeowners with quality building materials and services through its robust global supply chain network. BuildDirect's growth trajectory, strong product offering, and proprietary heavyweight delivery network are delivering value today, solidifying its position as an innovative player in the home improvement industry. For more information, visit www.BuildDirect.com.
This press release contains statements which constitute "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"), including statements regarding the plans, intentions, beliefs and current expectations of the Company with respect to future business activities and operating performance. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the words "may", "would", "could", "should", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" or similar expressions. These statements reflect management's current beliefs and expectations and are based on information currently available to management as at the date hereof.
Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, without limitation, statements relating to the impact of resource reallocation, growth in BuildDirect's Pro customer base and continued investment in and strategic focus on the Pro customer market, annualized operating expense savings and the impact of cost reductions, financial and operational synergies from BuildDirect's acquisitions, overall profitability and improvement thereof, BuildDirect's heavyweight omnichannel business model and the maintenance of positive adjusted EBITDA.
Forward-looking statements involve significant risk, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Among those factors are changes in consumer spending, inflation, availability of mortgage financing and consumer credit, changes in the housing market, changes in trade policies, tariffs or other applicable laws and regulations both locally and in foreign jurisdictions, availability and cost of goods from suppliers, fuel prices and other energy costs, interest rate and currency fluctuations, retention of key personnel and changes in general economic, business and political conditions and other factors referenced under the "Risks and Uncertainties" section of our MD&A. These forward-looking statements may be affected by risks and uncertainties in the business of the Company and general market conditions, including COVID-19.
These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect the Company's expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made, the Company cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and BuildDirect assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Reference is made in this press release to the following non-GAAP measures: Adjusted EBITDA. These non-GAAP measures are commonly used by investors and other interested parties to evaluate our financial performance and are employed by the Company to measure its operating and economic performance and to assist in business decision-making. These non-GAAP measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. These measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of the financial information reported under IFRS. Refer also to appendix tables, "Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights" and "Q2 2022 Highlights" of this press release as well as our Management's Discussion and Analysis for definitions and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures to the nearest IFRS measures.
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We define EBITDA as net income or loss before interest, income taxes and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA removes fair value adjustment of convertible debt and warrants, fair value adjustment of inventory, restructuring expenses, non-recurring bad debt expense, foreign exchange gains and losses, and share-based compensation items from EBITDA. We are presenting these measures because we believe that our current and potential investors, and many analysts, use them to assess our current and future operating results and to make investment decisions. Management uses these measures in managing the business and making decisions. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are not intended as substitutes for IFRS measures.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for, it looks like there’s a chance Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic could return for Game 3 which is slated for Thursday, 8 p.m. CT. in Utah.
This comes from NBA Insider Shams Charania, who reported, “Sources: There’s optimism Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will return for Game 3 (Thursday) or Game 4 (Saturday) vs. Jazz. The calf strain that Doncic suffered on April 10 is improving and workouts over next two days could determine comeback timing.”
During the regular season, Doncic led the Mavericks in four of five major statistical categories: 28.4 points, 9.1 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.2 steals. The blocks leader for the team is Maxi Kleber. | https://cw33.com/sports/report-mavs-are-optimistic-luka-doncic-could-return-for-game-3/ | 2022-04-20T02:46:30Z |
Ultimate Fitness Challenge goes global for the first time, allowing members from around the world to compete to be named fittest male, female and team members
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UFC GYM®, the first major brand extension of UFC®, and UFC FIT® have announced that its annual "Ultimate Fitness Challenge," will test strength, power and endurance from members across the globe. The challenge will name the most fit male, female and team members of UFC GYM and UFC FIT locations through a series of workouts at regional and national championships, running Saturday, Sept. 17 through Saturday, Nov. 5.
"This is the first year that we've taken the Ultimate Fitness Challenge globally, giving members from around the world the chance to take their fitness to new heights through this series of tests," said UFC GYM Chief Executive Officer Adam Sedlack. "The Ultimate Fitness Challenge provides members and the fitness community with an incentive and accountability in staying committed to one's individual goals."
UFC GYM's team of fitness experts has devised a program that utilizes strategic rounds of exercises to measure four categories: strength, stamina, power and endurance. For the first time ever, participants will compete against other club members to determine the fittest female and male club member globally. Included in the $199 registration fee, members will receive access to special Daily Ultimate Training HIIT classes to help prepare for the competitions, three personal training sessions, exclusive discounts, a customized nutrition plan and in-club prizes. Registration is open now and members may sign up at their local club. Details may vary at franchise locations.
During the regional competition, the winners crowned the fittest male and female members will advance to the national championship, where they'll compete against other regional winners. The top male and female athletes in this final competition will be crowned the Ultimate Fitness Challenge winners and take home the grand prize of $1,000.
In addition to the in-person competitions, participants will have the opportunity to virtually compete against UFC athletes and have the chance to win an additional $1,000 prize and a pair of tickets to an upcoming UFC event. Participating UFC athletes include UFC Hall of Famers Chuck Liddell, BJ Penn, Michael "The Count" Bisping and Cub "Killer" Swanson; former UFC lightweight champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar; UFC featherweight Ricardo Lamas; and UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad. Participants will use the revolutionary MyZone belt to track their workouts and accrue as many workout points (MEPs) as they can while competing in a MyZone MEP Challenge throughout training.
The complete schedule for the Ultimate Fitness Challenge includes:
- Kickoff and Challenge HIIT Class on Saturday, Sept. 17
- Challenge HIIT Class on Saturday, Sept. 24
- Challenge HIIT Class on Saturday, Oct. 1
- Challenge HIIT Class on Saturday, Oct. 8
- Challenge HIIT Class on Saturday, Oct. 15
- Local Member Championships on Saturday, Oct. 22
- Global Championship on Saturday, Nov. 5
UFC GYM® was the first to unite the benefits of MMA with fitness. The brand's TRAIN DIFFERENT® approach provides members with the ultimate fitness experience and programming that secures results for all ages and training levels. With 160 locations opened and 500 additional locations currently in development globally, UFC GYM® has revolutionized the fitness industry and positively impacted countless lives worldwide. For more information, please visit www.ufcgym.com or www.ufcfit.com.
UFC GYM® is the first major brand extension of UFC®, the world's premier MMA organization, created in alliance with New Evolution Ventures™ (NeV), developers of many of the world's most successful fitness brands. As the first to unite the benefits of MMA with fitness, the brand is not what you expect, and more than you can imagine. UFC GYM's TRAIN DIFFERENT® approach provides members with the ultimate fitness experience and programming that secures results for all ages and training levels. With 160 locations opened and 1,000 additional locations currently in development globally, UFC GYM has revolutionized the fitness industry and positively impacted countless lives worldwide. In addition to its corporate-owned clubs, UFC GYM offers the opportunity to own and operate a franchise domestically and internationally through the UFC GYM® or UFC FIT® model. For franchise information, contact franchiseinfo@ufcgym.com or visit UFCGYMfranchise.com. For more information, please visit UFCGYM.com or UFCFIT.com. Follow UFC GYM on Instagram and Twitter @UFCGYM, Facebook.com/UFCGYM, and youtube.com/UFCGYM.
UFC® is the world's premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 688 million fans and 207 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world, while broadcasting to nearly 900 million TV households across more than 170 countries. UFC's athlete roster features the world's best MMA athletes representing more than 75 countries. The organization's digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world's leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is owned by global entertainment, sports and content company Endeavor, and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok: @UFC.
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Company Provides Updates
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Matterworks, Inc., developers of the world's most powerful metabolomics platform, which accelerates the discovery, development, and manufacturing of biologics and gene therapies, today announces updates to its Board of Directors.
"Expansion of our Board of Directors is particularly timely as we approach the beta release in early 2023 and commercial launch in the summer of 2023 of Pyxis™, our next-generation machine learning software platform,'' said Mimoun Cadosch Delmar, Founder & CEO of Matterworks.
Lena Wu, Ph.D., an Independent Director since October of 2021, will serve in an expanded role as Executive Chairman of the Board, utilizing her extensive experience in business and corporate development and her network in biomanufacturing across the pharmaceutical industry to facilitate and accelerate strategic partnerships in support of streamlining metabolomics in bioprocessing with Pyxis.
Having seen rapid technology development translate into a successful alpha product, Dr. Wu shared her enthusiasm for her growing role with Matterworks, noting, "The success of our early technical access program has exceeded customers' expectations, and showed that Pyxis is the holy grail of metabolomics they have been searching for."
Jack Geremia, Ph.D., Co-Founder and currently Advising CTO, brings extensive experience building early-stage companies, driving innovation strategy, and leading new technologies from concept through commercialization to his role as Board Director. Dr. Geremia is currently the Global Head of Microbiome Discovery at DSM Nutritional Products, following DSM's acquisition of Midori Animal Health, where he was Founder and CSO. He has authored more than 100 patents, patent applications, and scientific publications.
"With customers already eager to use Pyxis to gain metabolomic insights into their bioprocessing workflows, the next 12 months will be monumental as our platform progresses to beta and commercialization. I look forward to providing guidance to the team in my role as Board Director," said Dr. Geremia.
At home in the Boston-area biotech hub, Matterworks, Inc. is a venture-backed startup enabling real-time quantitative metabolomics through novel machine learning-powered technologies.
The field of metabolomics sits today where genomics was positioned in the early 2000's: ripe for a breakthrough that drives explosive adoption of metabolomics as an essential tool for the life sciences. To realize this opportunity, our platform combines mass spectrometry with advanced AI to systematize, scale, and accelerate metabolomics workflows.
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New report from Actium Health reveals the gap between Americans' desire to be proactive about their health and putting that into practice
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Actium Health, healthcare's leading CRM Intelligence company, today released the results of a study that reveals the gap between Americans' desire to be – and take steps towards being – healthy and the challenging reality of managing their healthcare.
Key findings:
- 35% of Americans are reactive about their health, only making appointments when they have a health-related issue;
- One third (30%) believe it's their doctor's responsibility to keep them on top of their preventive appointments and screenings;
- 50% of Americans feel less healthy in 2022, compared to 2019.
"For so long, the burden of navigating the complicated U.S. healthcare system fell to the patient, which often left many on the sidelines and led to poor outcomes," said Michael Linnert, founder and CEO of Actium Health. "Our research shows that we are closing the gap between people's desire to be proactive about their health and reality, but still have a way to go to get providers and patients on the same path towards an engaged, activated and seamless healthcare experience."
Preventive care can save lives, but isn't always easy
Nearly all – 92% – respondents believe preventive healthcare, such as screenings, is important to their overall health and wellness. And yet, 35% report being reactive about their health, only making an appointment when a health-related issue arises.
When people have followed recommendations for preventive screenings, 24% report having been diagnosed with something following the appointment. Of those, 42% began and finished treatment; 27% began and continue treatment; and for 19%, the diagnosis was chronic.
For people who do not follow standard recommendations for preventive care appointments, the reasons include (in order):
- "I don't go to the doctor unless I have a problem"
- "It's too costly"
- "Making appointments is too much of a hassle"
- "I simply forget to make them"
Healthcare management is hard and requires a provider-patient partnership
One out of five Americans say that doing their taxes is less painful than managing their healthcare. Other activities respondents report being less painful include: house chores (52%); finances (26%); childcare (20%).
When asked who they believe is responsible for keeping them on top of their healthcare, such as making and attending preventive appointments, 30% responded that it's their doctor's responsibility; 1 out of 10 said their partner/spouse is responsible.
The findings highlight a great opportunity for doctors to build a solid partnership with their patients: a willingness and desire among Americans to have a more engaged relationship with their healthcare providers. Specifically, 61% report that they would like to hear more from their doctors in 2022. And, when it comes to improving their health, Americans report that they would have a better chance of doing so if their doctor is engaged; on a scale from 1-10 (10 being the best chance), the average response was 6.5.
However, there are some obstacles in the way and extra work providers will need to put in to achieve a productive partnership. Nearly one quarter (24%) do not believe their doctor understands them, their health risks and priorities.
- "I don't see my doctor enough" (44%)
- "I don't feel like my doctor listens to my concerns" (38%)
- "I never get enough time with my doctor to really talk about my health concerns" (35%)
- "I don't have one doctor that I see regularly" (30%)
Room for improvement: a snapshot of Americans' health post-COVID
When asked to score their overall health today, half (50%) reported feeling less healthy than in 2019, pre-COVID. The following went into that decline:
- "I do not get enough physical activity/exercise" (70%)
- "I have gained too much weight" (50%)
- I am eating too poorly" (42%)
- "My mental health has declined" (39%)
- "I have avoided my dental/oral health" (27%)
More than 8 out of 10 (83%) said they are likely/extremely likely to take steps to improve their health in 2022, with 37% saying they'd like to be more proactive about their healthcare.
Linnert continued: "The fact that Americans find it less painful to do their taxes and manage their finances than their healthcare should be a wake-up call for our industry. The good news is that we have the data and technology today to make it easier – and even automated – for health systems to connect with patients in a way that not only engages, but activates, them. If we can close the gap between people who want to be proactive about their healthcare and those who are, we can drive better outcomes, lower costs and improve the overall experience with the system."
Access the full survey report: Tracking American Sentiment: Managing Healthcare is Hard.
Actium Health conducted an online survey in February 2022 to determine how the pandemic impacted patients' engagement preferences. The survey captured responses from a broad distribution of 1,230 Adults (18+) in the U.S.
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The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin encourages patients to speak to an attorney before agreeing to anything from Exactech or its settlement company.
DURHAM, N.C., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is encouraging those affected by the recall of certain Exactech replacement joints to consider their legal options. Patients may have already been contacted by Exactech or its representatives but should be cautious.
Exactech has hired a settlement company to help, but patients should know that the company does not represent patients or their best interests. It is highly recommended to speak to a defective products lawyer to determine your options.
Exactech recently recalled nearly 150,000 of its OPTETRAK®, OPTETRAK Logic®, TRULIANT®, and VANTAGE® implants for knees and ankles due to a packaging defect that may have allowed the delicate polyethylene liners to oxidize, potentially leading to premature wear, degradation, and failure.
The company's recall is considered a Class II recall by the FDA, meaning the devices' failures may cause "temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote." However, the consequences for patients can be quite serious.
Failing devices can cause many medical problems, and revision surgery could be risky, involve serious expense, and require lengthy recovery and rehabilitation times. Patients should be aware of the real possible costs of the recall and consequences to them before agreeing to anything.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is prepared to assist patients affected by this recall. If you or anyone you know has a recalled Exactech device, you are encouraged to seek counsel from an experienced product liability attorney. Contact the firm for a free case evaluation at farrin.com/contact or call 1-866-900-7078.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin consults with a national network of attorneys on defective products cases in an attempt to provide the best representation for clients. Depending on the details of the case, the firm will likely refer the matter to another law firm with which they associate. They will only do this if they believe it is in the client's interests and if the client agrees.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is one of the largest personal injury firms in North Carolina, and has helped more than 55,000 injured people since 1997. Many of the firm's more than 60 accomplished attorneys have won awards and are recognized professionals in their fields. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National PTA is pleased to announce that Yum-o!, one of Rachael Ray's non-profit organizations, has become the association's newest Proud National Sponsor. With support from Yum-o!, National PTA will work with district/council/region PTAs to explore and identify community needs and provide nutrition education in their communities. The goal of the program is to help families develop healthier relationships with food and cooking, which is a vital strategy to improving physical health.
"Healthy children learn better and are more productive—both in and out of the classroom. Providing our nation's youth and their families with healthy food options and nutrition education is key to their long-term health and success," said Anna King, president of National PTA. "PTA and Yum-o! share a commitment to empowering children and families with information and resources, and we are excited to team up with Yum-o! to make cooking and healthy food choices easy and fun for families."
As part of the nutrition education project, eight district/council/region PTAs have been selected to each receive a $5,000 grant. With the funding, these PTAs will assess their community's existing health and nutrition needs, develop a plan for activating nutrition and healthy eating education efforts to address those needs, and partner with local PTAs and other local organizations to implement their plans. Their efforts may include nutrition and healthy eating education and advocacy or hosting National PTA's health and nutrition programming, such as family tasting nights or Healthy Hydration programs.
"Eating habits are formed at a young age and if kids and families are given opportunities and knowledge, they will make better food choices," said Rachael Ray. "Through Yum-o!'s three core work areas of Cook, Feed and Fund, Yum-o! educates kids and their families about food and cooking, and we are psyched to team up with PTA in this work."
The nutrition education program is part of National PTA's Healthy Lifestyles initiative, which includes the three pillars of healthy bodies, healthy minds and healthy earth. The initiative offers educational resources and engagement opportunities that empower students and families to make better-informed health decisions.
"Through our Healthy Lifestyles initiative, National PTA is focused on helping families be physically healthy by following a healthy diet and doing regular physical activity; strengthen their mental health and social and emotional well-being by making it an everyday priority; and support our planet and local communities to build the best future," said Nathan R. Monell, CAE, National PTA executive director. "National PTA remains committed to improving the overall health and well-being of families across the country because we know living a healthy lifestyle is a key component to our students' ability to thrive."
About National PTA
National PTA® comprises millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who wants to be involved and make a difference for the education, health and welfare of children and youth. For more information, visit PTA.org.
About Yum-o!
Yum-o! is Rachael Ray's nonprofit organization that empowers kids and their families to develop healthy relationships with food and cooking. By providing the tools to create easy, affordable and delicious meals, Yum-o! is changing the way America eats. Yum-o!'s three work areas include educating kids and their families about cooking, feeding hungry American kids and funding cooking education and scholarships. For more information about the Yum-o! organization, please visit Yum-o.org.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Unilever PLC ("Unilever" or the "Company") (NYSE: UL) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Unilever investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depositary Receipts between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
UL 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: a) in July 2020, the board of Ben & Jerry's, one of Unilever's marquee brands, passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" ; and b) this boycott decision risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Unilever during the relevant time frame, you have until August 15, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA's Artemis program, including astronaut missions.
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, mission launched at 5:55 a.m. EDT (09:55 UTC) on Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand Tuesday.
"CAPSTONE is an example of how working with commercial partners is key for NASA's ambitious plans to explore the Moon and beyond," said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate. "We're thrilled with a successful start to the mission and looking forward to what CAPSTONE will do once it arrives at the Moon."
CAPSTONE is currently in low-Earth orbit, and it will take the spacecraft about four months to reach its targeted lunar orbit. NASA invites the public to follow the spacecraft's journey live using NASA's Eyes on the Solar System interactive real-time 3D data visualization. Starting about one week after launch, virtually ride along with the CubeSat with a simulated view of our solar system. NASA will post updates about when to see CAPSTONE in the visualization on NASA's Ames Research Center's home page as well as Twitter and Facebook.
CAPSTONE is attached to Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon, an interplanetary third stage that will send CAPSTONE on its way to deep space. Shortly after launch, Lunar Photon separated from Electron's second stage. Over the next six days, Photon's engine will periodically ignite to accelerate it beyond low-Earth orbit, where Photon will release the CubeSat on a ballistic lunar transfer trajectory to the Moon. CAPSTONE will then use its own propulsion and the Sun's gravity to navigate the rest of the way to the Moon. The gravity-driven track will dramatically reduce the amount of fuel the CubeSat needs to get to the Moon.
"Delivering the spacecraft for launch was an accomplishment for the entire mission team, including NASA and our industry partners. Our team is now preparing for separation and initial acquisition for the spacecraft in six days," said Bradley Cheetham, principal investigator for CAPSTONE and chief executive officer of Advanced Space, which owns and operates CAPSTONE on behalf of NASA. "We have already learned a tremendous amount getting to this point, and we are passionate about the importance of returning humans to the Moon, this time to stay!"
At the Moon, CAPSTONE will enter an elongated orbit called a near rectilinear halo orbit, or NRHO. Once in the NRHO, CAPSTONE will fly within 1,000 miles of the Moon's North Pole on its near pass and 43,500 miles from the South Pole at its farthest. It will repeat the cycle every six and a half days and maintain this orbit for at least six months to study dynamics.
"CAPSTONE is a pathfinder in many ways, and it will demonstrate several technology capabilities during its mission timeframe while navigating a never-before-flown orbit around the Moon," said Elwood Agasid, project manager for CAPSTONE at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. "CAPSTONE is laying a foundation for Artemis, Gateway, and commercial support for future lunar operations."
During its mission, CAPSTONE will provide data about operating in an NRHO and showcase key technologies. The mission's Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System, developed by Advanced Space with support from NASA's Small Business Innovation Research program, is a spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation and communications system that will work with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine the distance between the two lunar orbiting spacecraft. This technology could allow future spacecraft to determine their position in space without relying exclusively on tracking from Earth. CAPSTONE also carries a new precision one-way ranging capability built into its radio that could reduce the amount of ground network time needed for in-space operations.
In addition to New Zealand hosting CAPSTONE's launch, New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and a University of Canterbury-led team are collaborating with NASA on a research effort to track Moon-orbiting spacecraft. New Zealand helped develop the Artemis Accords – which establish a practical set of principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations participating in NASA's 21st century lunar exploration plans. In May 2021, New Zealand was the 11th country to sign the Artemis Accords.
The microwave-oven sized CubeSat was designed and built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, a Terran Orbital Corporation. CAPSTONE includes contributions from Stellar Exploration, Inc., Space Dynamics Lab, Tethers Unlimited, Inc., and Orion Space Systems. NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology program within the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) funds the demonstration mission. The program is based at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. The development of CAPSTONE's navigation technology is supported by NASA's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program, also within STMD. The Artemis Campaign Development Division within NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate funds the launch and supports mission operations. The Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida manages the launch service. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory supports the communication, tracking, and telemetry downlink via NASA's Deep Space Network, Iris radio design, and groundbreaking 1-way navigation algorithms.
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PITTSBURGH, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to provide travelers with an affordable and non-polluting means of flying without airports, traffic, etc.," said an inventor, from Freedom, Calif., "so I invented the ELECTRIC HELIPLANE. My design could also eliminate bumper to bumper traffic on the freeway."
The patent-granted invention provides a modernized design for an aircraft. In doing so, it offers a more maneuverable and efficient alternative to traditional airplanes. It also helps to reduce pollution and noise and it saves time by enabling you to leave from home instead of from the airport. The invention features a safe, quiet and cost-effective design that is easy to operate so it is ideal for the flight industry.
The original design was submitted to the San Francisco sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SNF-148, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) recognizes Milliman with two 2022 Gold Quill Awards
SEATTLE, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., one of the premier global consulting, actuarial and administration firms, announced today that it has won two 2022 Gold Quill Awards in Human Resources and Benefits Communication from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Gold Quill Award winners will be recognized at the Gold Quill Awards Excellence Gala in New York City on June 28.
Milliman received a Gold Quill Award of Excellence for the "Benefits from the heart: 2022 Parkland Benefits Information Website," developed for client Parkland Health, and a Gold Quill Award of Merit for the benefits open enrollment campaign, "A Sip Above: 2022 Top Shelf Benefits," developed for client Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits.
"Gold Quill award-winning work is innovative, strategic, and delivers significant results," said Julie Bentz, a Milliman principal and employee benefits administration communication director. "When we enter the 2022 Gold Quill Awards program, we validate our best work against a global standard, which makes this award especially meaningful. More importantly, we are thrilled to have supported the Parkland and Southern Glazer's benefits teams to help them achieve their objectives."
The Gold Quill judges noted that Parkland's new website had "excellent organization and execution in design, accessibility and copywriting" and was "mindful of the demographics and psychographics of the employees and their dependents by representing diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout." They also said Milliman's campaign for Southern Glazer's demonstrated "creative thinking, imagination, and a clear approach that engages the audience emotionally and factually."
"Just as we are committed to bringing health services to the greatly diverse community that we serve, our new benefits website brings news about our valuable benefit programs to our equally diverse workforce," said Felicia Miller, executive vice president and chief talent officer, Parkland Health. "We appreciate the communication partnership with Milliman to help us reach our goal of creating a 'one stop' place where all employees and their dependents can go to get a clear and consistent message about our competitive benefit programs."
"The Gold Quill award is very gratifying because it recognizes our efforts to ensure employees and their families understood their benefits offerings, felt supported by the company, and took appropriate action," said Michelle Toney, vice president employee benefits, Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits. "The 'A Sip Above' theme honors the ability of our employees to rise above with incredible resilience during a challenging year. Just as SGWS employees stand above the rest, so does our Top Shelf Benefits package. Thank you to the Milliman team for supporting us on this very successful campaign."
Milliman is a leading provider of consulting services, benefit administration and employee communication. The firm has practices in healthcare, property and casualty insurance, life insurance and financial services, and employee benefits. Founded in 1947, Milliman is an independent firm with offices in major cities around the globe. For further information, visit milliman.com.
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SkillGigs and Drop-In Gaming Partner to Connect Tech Talent to Opportunity
HOUSTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SkillGigs Inc., a leading talent marketplace for skilled professionals, announces an esports and video gaming tournament partnership with Drop-In Gaming, a competitive and social tournament gaming platform that brings gamers of all abilities together to compete and win cash prizes. The partnership tournament series known as SkillBash, is set to launch on July 18th. It will kick off with a 5-day tournament series with daily competitive cash prizes available across a variety of games.
"We are excited to increase SkillGigs' visibility and presence in the esports community with SkillGigs' SkillBash," said SkillGigs President of Digital Brad Hill. "This partnership with Drop-In Gaming allows our organization to support the growing connection between top tech talent and esports while showcasing the skill and competitive passion of gamers that are out there today."
SkillBash tournament series will take place over the course of 10 weeks, and players can sign up and register for free on Drop-In Gaming's platform. Users in this tournament series can play in elimination brackets, customized matches, or daily and weekly tournaments for cash. The SkillGigs sponsored scheduled tournaments welcomes members of the tech community to game like the pros and test their skills for cash prizes.
Drop-In Gaming's platform brings together esport gamers, streamers, fans, and sponsors who all share a passion for competition and gaming across the most games in the industry. Whether it's a major franchise title or a niche fan favorite, the platform creates a place where gamers of all skill level can compete to win cash prizes that are paid out instantly. Players can connect with other gamers by adding them to their social network and challenging them to a competition, creating a fun, friendly and competitive environment on any gaming system of their choice.
"Here at Drop-In Gaming, we believe that this partnership is going to level up the excitement and competition of our tournaments," said Chief Marketing Officer Tanner Bogart at Drop-In Gaming. "This series with SkillGigs allows Drop-In Gaming to showcase how easy our platform is to host esport tournament events for major brands, like SkillGigs, who want to invest and connect with the rapidly growing esports community."
The SkillBash Tournament Series will feature some of the most popular games being played today such as Apex, Call of Duty Black Ops, FIFA, Fortnite, Madden, The Show, NBA 2k, NHL, Super Smash Bros and some fan favorites like Magic, the gathering, Dragon Ball Legends and Injustice 2.
Tournaments will be highlighted on https://www.dropingaming.com/tournament-category/partnerships/skillgigs/15/. For more information, go to SkillGigs.com.
SkillGigs, Inc. is an AI sourcing marketplace platform that connects skilled healthcare and technology job seekers with opportunities. Founded in 2017, on the belief that companies and talent want to interact in innovative ways, SkillGigs aims to remove traditional workforce barriers. The company implements patented software focused on matching skills to enable strong candidates for each position. SkillGigs is dedicated to empowering users.
Media contact: Amanda Betts, press@skillgigs.com
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fernway, the top-selling recreational cannabis vape brand in Massachusetts, has announced the Fernway Recycling Program, a first-of-its-kind green initiative to accompany the launch of Fernway's new Traveler vape.
The Fernway Recycling Program is the first cannabis vape hardware recycling program offered in Massachusetts, positioning Fernway as both a market and an environmental leader. It creates a simple and compliant pathway for cannabis vape consumers to minimize waste and prioritize sustainability. Customers who purchase a Fernway Traveler at a licensed dispensary can bring their finished Traveler back to the dispensary and deposit it in a secure Fernway Dropbox. Fernway will then coordinate the retrieval and recycling of empty Travelers through its partnership with GAIACA, a leader in providing compliant solutions for cannabis waste.
"We always put the customer first when we develop new products, so we're thrilled to make it easy for our customers to easily recycle their Travelers and join the conversation around sustainability in the cannabis industry," says Fernway CEO and co-founder Kit Gallant. "When vapes are marketed as 'disposables', that's a problem. It encourages people to throw them in the trash, which creates environmental waste. The vast majority of our customers say that wastefulness is the single biggest hesitation they have about vaping, and it doesn't have to be that way. The customer no longer has to choose between having a great cannabis experience and being environmentally conscious. So as part of our launch of the Fernway Traveler, we created the Fernway Recycling Program, and that's why we say that Traveler is not a 'disposable' - it's a 'recyclable.'"
Marketed as an ultra-discreet product for the casual and on-the-go consumer, the Traveler is a "pocket vape" - a single-use vaporizer with an integrated battery. "We designed the Fernway Traveler to offer customers an undeniably superior product," says Gallant. "It has multiple unique features - like a recharging port, a smart power gauge, and a precision-crafted tank to make your oil last longer and go further. But to really ensure the best-in-class experience people expect from Fernway, we're embracing and investing in sustainability. That's why we created the Fernway Recycling Program, and it's how we keep the promise we make to our customers - that the Fernway brand means quality, and that we will always go the extra mile."
The Fernway Traveler and the Fernway Recycling Program will be rolled out to dispensaries statewide starting in July 2022. After launching in February 2021, Fernway quickly became Massachusetts' fastest-selling cannabis vape brand as well as the market leader in the vape cartridge category. Fernway products - which all feature top-shelf terpenes, custom hardware and widely acclaimed packaging - are currently carried by over 160 dispensaries. BDSA, the cannabis industry analytics leader, recently named Fernway as one of the top 5 cannabis brands in the nation to watch in 2022.
Please direct media requests to Liam O'Brien at press@fernway.com.
Fernway is a recreational cannabis vape brand based in Northampton, Mass. We create cannabis vapes for people who celebrate the good life: good food, good music, good scenery and good company. By combining premium custom hardware, exceptional terpenes and ultra pure cannabis oil, we bring you the best-in-class vape cartridge you deserve.
As passionate cannabis consumers, we know how an exceptional cannabis vape can elevate good experiences into great ones- and we want to share that with you. Our vapes deliver undeniable style and outstanding flavor. Each one meets our uncompromising quality standards so you can choose Fernway with confidence and focus on savoring every moment.
To learn more, visit fernway.com and follow on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Chinese censors scrambled to delete what appears to be a misleading quote by a senior Communist Party official published in state media Monday, which claimed the "zero-Covid" policy would remain in place in Beijing "for the next five years," in an effort to tame an online backlash.
Beijing Daily, the official Communist Party newspaper for the Chinese capital, earlier reported that the city's party chief, Cai Qi, said Monday that "for the next five years, Beijing will resolutely implement Covid-19 pandemic control measures and uphold the 'zero-Covid' policy to prevent imported cases from coming in and domestic cases from rebounding."
The reported reference by Cai, who is a close ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping, to "the next five years" sparked a huge backlash on Chinese social media. In response, Beijing Daily removed the line, describing it as an "editing error" while leaving his other remarks about pandemic controls intact.
CNN reviewed the entire speech and while the published quote from Beijing Daily was misleading, Cai did discuss at length the possibility of keeping zero-Covid policies in place in the capital over the next five-year period.
The pandemic controls that would stay in place include routine PCR tests, strict entry rules, regular health checks in residential neighborhoods and public venues, as well as rigorous monitoring and testing for people entering and leaving Beijing, state media quoted Cai as saying.
"I have to rethink whether I should continue to stay in Beijing in the long term," one user wrote on Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform.
"For the next five years...what is the point of being alive even," another user said.
Weibo has since banned the hashtag "for the next five years" from its platform.
In early May, Xi doubled down on the zero-Covid policy in a meeting of the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee, the country's top decision-making body, ordering officials and all sectors of society to adhere to the "decisions and plans" of the leadership.
US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said in an online Brookings Institution event on June 16 that he expected China to keep its zero-Covid policy in place until "the beginning months of 2023," based on signals from the Chinese government.
For months, cities across China -- including Beijing and Shanghai -- have been placed under full or partial lockdown because of the strict zero-Covid policy, wreaking havoc on economic activity and hurting the job market. In May, the unemployment rate for people aged 16-24 hit a record high 18.4%.
China continues to shut down entire communities and cities over just a handful of Covid cases. All positive cases and close contacts are sent to government quarantine.
China reported 23 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases nationwide on Sunday, with Beijing and Shanghai each recording four cases, according to the country's National Health Commission.
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Caramel apple flavor is in-store and online for a limited time in ready-to-drink energy beverage and pre-workout formats
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As fall starts to haunt consumers' minds, GNC is embracing the new season with the return of limited-batch Alani Nu Witch's Brew. Available in the iconic Caramel Apple flavor, consumers can sip on a spooky season favorite while also getting a balanced boost of energy. Available for a limited time in both GNC stores and online at GNC.com, get it before it flies off the shelves!
"The return of Witch's Brew always marks the change in season for our consumers. And this year, we're leaning into fall favorites across a variety of formats in flavors like apple and pumpkin," said Kevin Maloberti, VP, Merchandising, GNC. "We want to help people Live Well and enjoy the process through great-tasting, efficacious products that reinvigorate their love of fall."
Alani Nu Witch's Brew is available at GNC in ready-to-drink (RTD) energy cans and pre-workout (PWO) powder. The sugar-free, RTD energy beverage is renowned for offering consumers feel good energy while the PWO has earned the reputation of helping individuals reach their goals inside and outside of the gym.
"We're excited for the return of one of our consumer-favorites, Witch's Brew, at GNC," said Alani Nu Founder, Katy Hearn. "It's incredible to see the anticipation surrounding this seasonal flavor, and we can't wait to see it in stores."
Alani Nu Witches Brew is available to purchase on GNC.com and at GNC stores nationwide with the RTD energy beverage retailing for $29.99 and the PWO retailing for $39.99.
To learn more about GNC, visit www.gnc.com.
About GNC
GNC is a leading global health and wellness brand that provides high-quality, science-based products and solutions consumers need to live mighty, live fit and live well.
The brand touches consumers worldwide by providing its products and services through company-owned retail locations, domestic and international franchise locations, digital commerce and strong wholesale and retail partnerships across the globe. GNC's diversified, multi-channel business model has worldwide reach and a well-recognized, trusted brand. By combining exceptional innovation, product development capabilities and an extensive global distribution network, GNC manages a best-in-class product portfolio. www.gnc.com.
About Alani Nu
Founded in 2018 by entrepreneur and influencer, Katy Hearn, Alani Nu® is a better-for-you health and wellness brand focused on providing low-calorie products with unique flavors. Alani Nu offers a range of products including energy drinks, daily essentials, healthy snacks and more, and can be found at retailers nationwide.
Please visit www.alaninu.com for additional information and follow Alani Nu on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok and Twitter.
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AP source: USC, UCLA in process of joining Big Ten
(AP) - UCLA and Southern California are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference in a seismic change that could lead to another major realignment of college sports.
A person who has been briefed on the discussions between USC, UCLA and the Big Ten said the schools have taken steps to request an invitation to join the conference. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the schools’ talks with the Big Ten have not been made public.
The move would come as soon as 2024, after the Pac-12′s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire, and increase the size of the Big Ten to 16 schools.
The decision by the Los Angeles schools — two of the NCAA’s most decorated athletic programs — comes almost a year after Oklahoma and Texas formally accepted invitations to join the Southeastern Conference in July 2025.
The Big Ten would become the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific and would build on previous expansion into the nation’s largest media markets.
Big Ten leadership, including the council of presidents and chancellors, would still have to sign off on extending an invitation to the two schools.
The Big Ten has expanded twice in recent years, with Nebraska joining in 2011 and Maryland and Rutgers in 2014.
USC and UCLA fit the Big Ten’s academic profile. Both schools are among the 65 members of the Association of American Universities, which is made up of top research universities. All Big Ten schools except Nebraska are members.
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Sri Lankan PM says president’s powers will be reduced
By KRISHAN FRANCIS
Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the constitution will be changed to clip presidential powers and empower Parliament as protesters call on the president to quit over an economic crisis. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament the power transfer will be one of the quick steps that can be taken to politically stabilize the country and help talks with the International Monetary Fund for an economic recovery plan. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is the prime minister’s brother, concentrated more powers in the presidency on being elected in 2019. Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy, and people have endured months of shortages. The government has suspended loan repayments pending talks with the IMF. It’s meeting in Washington this week. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/19/sri-lankan-pm-says-presidents-powers-will-be-reduced/ | 2022-04-19T12:04:44Z |
ATLANTA, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will announce its first-quarter financial results during a live conference call and internet webcast at 8:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Quarterly earnings results will be released in advance of the call and a press release will be posted on the Investors page of the company's website.
For electronic notification of earnings events, subscribe to NSInvest, Norfolk Southern's email distribution list for news releases on earnings and issues pertaining to the financial performance of Norfolk Southern.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation's premier transportation companies, moving the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Norfolk Southern connects customers to markets and communities to economic opportunity, with safe, reliable, and sustainable shipping solutions. The company's service area includes 22 states and the District of Columbia, every major container port in the eastern United States, and a majority of the U.S. population and manufacturing base.
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TORONTO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, has announced a new three-year strategic acceleration with Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform. This will enable Equitable to continue delivering award-winning cloud-based banking services to over 340,000 customers across the country.
"We will be Canada's first, cloud-only bank by 2026, as we continue to explore the best way to integrate forward-looking technology with leading business operating models that support our vision to enrich the lives of our customers," said Dan Broten, Equitable's Chief Technology Officer. "With Microsoft as a trusted partner, we will bring about even better banking solutions for our customers. In late 2019 we launched the first, front-to-back Canadian digital banking platform on the Public Cloud. The timing proved to be critical, as it drove over 100% customer growth and over 400% transaction growth. We wouldn't have been able to scale that fast and that effectively had we not been on the Cloud."
In moving its digital banking systems onto Azure, EQ Bank became the first bank in Canada fully hosted in cloud architecture. Azure powers a majority of Equitable's core business functions and empowers the creation of innovative and secure solutions across all bank functions. Since adopting Azure, EQ Bank has reduced overhead costs which allow savings to be passed on to customers and enjoys the flexibility of a more agile system with "always-on" platform security from Microsoft.
"Equitable Bank and Microsoft have a longstanding relationship, and we are pleased to build on that foundation and accelerate their data modernization journey to help them unlock new insights and opportunities for customers across Canada," said Jason Hermitage, Vice President Enterprise Sales, Microsoft Canada. "Microsoft Azure is empowering financial services institutions with its hyperscale, seamless and modern cloud platform that future-proofs businesses as they continue to manage unprecedented risks and grow rapidly with innovative business models. By trusting Azure as it most strategic and primary cloud platform across all lines of business, Equitable Bank will advance its key business and technology transformation priorities and will continue to pave the way for cloud-based banking in Canada."
About Equitable Bank
EQB Inc. trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: EQB, EQB.PR.C and EQB.R) and serves more than 340,000 Canadians through its wholly owned subsidiary Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™. Equitable Bank has a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Founded over 50 years ago, Equitable Bank provides diversified personal and commercial banking and through its EQ Bank platform (eqbank.ca) has been named the top Schedule I Bank in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks 2022 and 2021 lists. Please visit equitablebank.ca for details.
* EQ Bank was the recipient of the Celent 2020 Model Bank Award for Banking in the Cloud
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NRG'S FORTE study will leverage Pieces' AI and Natural Language Processing technologies to modernize the clinical trial process by automating the search for eligible patients
DALLAS, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pieces, a healthcare AI company, has been chosen as the technology partner for NRG Oncology's FORTE study to accelerate the identification of participants eligible for a major clinical trial. Pieces will employ Pieces Predict, an analytics engine utilizing Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to extract approved data from clinical notes and records to help identify participants who might qualify for the study. This AI-driven strategy is more efficient than traditional patient identification methods which are often manual, time-consuming, and costly for clinical trial sites.
The primary objective of the study is to determine when people who had 1 or 2 small benign polyps removed during colonoscopy should have their repeat colonoscopy exam. The study is expected to enroll 9,500 participants, which requires finding and engaging a sufficient number of eligible participants from sites across the country. Pieces' technology enables FORTE study sites to quickly identify participants with specific clinical and non-clinical inclusion and exclusion characteristics, through different electronic file formats at scale.
"We believe that NLP can save hundreds – potentially thousands – of hours per study site." says Robert E. Schoen, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Principal Investigator for FORTE. "This time saved allows FORTE sites to increase recruitment efforts and continue to build their FORTE referral networks, and also make the overall study more likely to hit its participant recruitment goals."
Participant recruitment is a key determinant in clinical trial success. However, as many as 86% of clinical trials do not meet recruitment goals within their proposed time periods. Pieces Predict will expedite this process by "reading'' through hundreds of thousands of colonoscopy notes in a secure manner at selected study sites in order to identify participants who have a high probability of meeting the study eligibility criteria.
"Pieces is providing a turn-key solution for the national study, including handling all administrative, operational, and technical aspects of partnering with select study sites on behalf of NRG Oncology for the NLP component of this work," said Ruben Amarasingham, MD, Founder and CEO, Pieces. "As a mission-driven healthcare AI firm, we are incredibly excited to work with NRG Oncology and the select study sites to help advance colorectal cancer research and science that may help save lives."
The NCI Division of Cancer Prevention leads the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP). NCORP is a national network of investigators and cancer care providers that conduct multisite cancer clinical trials in prevention, screening, symptom management, and cancer care delivery. FORTE is being conducted through NCORP, in conjunction with members of the National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). The trial is being led by NRG Oncology with the participation of other network organizations: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, and SWOG.
About Pieces
Pieces, Inc. is a healthcare artificial intelligence and technology company that connects health systems and the community to address clinical and social determinants of health through intelligent software and services. Using cloud-based artificial intelligence with clinically-based natural language processing (NLP) and physician-supervised machine learning, our tools help streamline clinician workflows and improve patient outcomes. For more information on our work with Clinical Trials visit https://piecestech.com/clinicaltrials/.
About NRG Oncology and NRG NCORP
NRG Oncology seeks to improve the lives of those at risk for or impacted by cancer. NRG Oncology conducts clinical research through its multi-national member network with a goal to conduct impactful research within its areas of expertise, including gender-specific cancers such as gynecologic, breast, and prostate cancers as well as localized or locally advanced cancers of all types. The NRG NCORP focuses on cancer prevention and control, cancer care delivery, health disparities and patient reported outcomes.
NRG Oncology is primarily funded by grants from the National Cancer Institute, and its results are regularly published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at professional society meetings, many results having a direct and meaningful impact through improving the recommended care for those at risk or being treated for cancer. NRG Oncology Foundation, Inc., was founded in 2012 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a joint venture of the NSABP Foundation, RTOG Foundation, and GOG Foundation. As one of five research networks funded by the NCI National Clinical Trials Network and seven Research Bases funded by the NCI Community Oncology Program, their network includes over 1,800 sites across the United States, Canada and across the world. For more information visit www.nrgoncology.org.
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Teen gets house arrest after shooting stepdad in face with crossbow, attorneys say
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) – An Ohio teenager charged with intentionally shooting his stepfather in the face with a crossbow is out of jail just one day later, placed on house arrest.
The stepfather suffered injuries but is alive.
The 17-year-old’s mother and stepfather supported the request from his public defender during his arraignment Monday morning.
Attorney Luis Godines stressed that the teen, who is a high school junior, has never been in trouble with the law aside from a traffic issue until Springfield Township police responded to the family home Sunday night.
According to a recording of the 911 call released to WXIX, the teen’s mother asked dispatchers for an ambulance and said, “My son shot my husband with a crossbow.”
When the dispatcher asked if the shooting was intentional or accidental, the teen’s mother said, “It was intentional.”
She began to cry, telling her husband to sit back, repeating her request for first responders to “hurry.”
The arrow, she told the 911 operator, “went through his mouth and it’s coming out the back.”
She told her 55-year-old husband, who was unable to speak, not to pull out the arrow.
“Where is your son now?” the dispatcher asked her.
“He’s sitting out in the street,” she said.
“Does he still have the crossbow in his hand?” the dispatcher asked her.
“Yes, he still has it,” she said.
“And do you know why he did this?” the dispatcher asked her.
“Anger,” she responded.
Then the teen fled the scene in a vehicle, according to a recording of the call. Police went out with stop sticks used to deflate tires and stop fleeing drivers.
Her son was in custody shortly after and, in an interview with police, admitted to shooting his stepfather in anger during a physical and verbal dispute, his arrest report shows.
The assistant prosecutor requested the teen be held at the juvenile detention center because of the nature of the crime. The prosecutor also expressed concern that the teen had access to weapons.
Hamilton County Juvenile Court Magistrate Liz Igoe, however, agreed with his public defender.
“Do you have any concerns about him returning home for your safety?” she asked his stepfather, who was released from the hospital in time to attend the hearing remotely.
“Nope,” the man responded, sitting up to answer and visible on camera with a large white bandage on his head.
“Do you have any concerns that if he were released to you, he would not follow the rules and reappear in court?” Igoe asked.
“I mean, that’s something you will have to talk to him about because he’s got a problem, you see what I’m saying?” his stepfather told the magistrate.
“Mmhmm,” she responded.
“I don’t have no problem with it, but that’s something that you’ll have to drill to his head, to do what he need to do,” the man said.
The house arrest comes with conditions that the teen is only allowed outside of the home to go to school or must be with his parents at all times close enough to touch, Igoe ordered.
She also said he must undergo mental health counseling and is being given a guardian ad litem – a guardian that a court appoints to watch after someone during a case.
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WATERTOWN, Mass., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYRA), a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained and local delivery of medications to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) passages and other diseased tissues, today announced that the company will present additional Phase 2 results from the LANTERN study for LYR‑210, the company's lead product candidate for chronic rhinosinusitis, at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Rhinologic Society (ARS), taking place September 9-10, 2022 in Philadelphia.
Two oral presentations on LYR-210 will be featured in sessions at the ARS Annual Meeting.
Oral Presentation Details:
Presentation 1
Title: Long-acting corticosteroid matrices improve CRS cardinal symptoms
Presenting Author: Brent A. Senior, MD, FACS, FARS, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Date and Time: Saturday, September 10th at 8:14am ET
Session: Chronic Rhinosinusitis Histology and Treatment
Presentation 2
Title: Correlation between SNOT-22 and cardinal symptom composite scores in CRS
Presenting Author: Brent A. Senior, MD, FACS, FARS, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Date and Time: Saturday, September 10th at 2:14 pm ET
Session: Health Disparities, Disease Burden, and Patient Outcomes
Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a highly prevalent inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses which leads to debilitating symptoms and significant morbidities and is the fifth most common condition in people under 65. It is estimated the direct costs of CRS worldwide are approximately 60 billion dollars. Cardinal symptoms include nasal obstruction and congestion, facial pain and pressure, nasal discharge, and olfactory loss. The prevalence of CRS in the U.S. is estimated to be 14M, with 8M treated annually using medical management including topical steroid sprays and oral steroids. Roughly half of those treated fail and seek alternative medical intervention. While ENT (Ear, nose, and throat) physicians perform approximately 400,000 surgeries annually for CRS, 65% of patients have recurrent symptoms and 100% require ongoing medical management. Additionally, many patients are surgery unwilling as the current procedures are invasive, not curative, and often require long recovery times.
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained, local delivery of medications to diseased tissues not accessible with conventional therapeutic approaches. Lyra's XTreo™ platform is comprised of a biocompatible mesh scaffold, an engineered elastomeric matrix and a versatile polymer-drug complex. The company's current pipeline of therapeutics target tissues deep in the ear, nose and throat passages and are designed to deliver continuous drug therapy for up to six months following a single non-invasive, in-office administration. Lyra has two product candidates in late-stage development for CRS, a highly prevalent inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses which leads to debilitating symptoms and significant morbidities: LYR-210, for surgically naïve patients, is being evaluated in the ENLIGHTEN Phase 3 clinical program, and LYR-220, for patients who have recurrent symptoms despite surgery, is being evaluated in the BEACON Phase 2 clinical trial. These two product candidates are designed to treat the estimated four million CRS patients in the U.S. that fail medical management each year. For more information, please visit lyratherapeutics.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Prestigious Award Program Recognizes HMH Solution as Best English Language Arts Solution for Grades 9-12
BOSTON, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning technology company HMH today announced that Writable with HMH Into Literature was named 2022 Best Reading / Writing / Literature Instructional Solution for Grades 9-12, as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. This is the second time Writable with HMH Into Literature won in this CODiE category, showing the solution's continuous and outstanding innovation in seamlessly meeting students' literacy needs and preparing them for success.
"At HMH, we are committed to improving student outcomes and supporting teachers through purposeful use of connected solutions," says Jack Lynch, President and CEO at HMH. "As we focus on the future of education, joint solutions like Writable with HMH Into Literature that intuitively combine core instruction, adaptive assessment and writing practice, are crucial to setting students up for success, in the classroom and beyond. This award recognizes our mission of creating innovative technology that empowers educators and students."
HMH Into Literature, HMH's core ELA solution for 6-12 learners, provides research-based reading and writing instruction aligned with relevant, authentic literature to ensure students are growing and deepening foundational critical thinking skills. Writable is a guided writing practice solution for grades 3-12 that builds more independent, reflective writers – writers with purpose. With over one thousand pre-built writing assignments and AI-tools, Writable helps deliver timely yet structured teacher and peer feedback, accelerate grading, and monitor growth across the curriculum and district.
Together, Writable and HMH Into Literature work to provide core reading and writing instruction with relevant, personalized practice opportunities to grow all learners. AI-functionality guides students earlier in the writing process for more purposeful revisions. Writable with HMH Into Literature delivers leveled questions to support close reading and analysis of text, with the scaffolding that students need.
"The 2022 EdTech CODiE Award winners exemplify the outstanding products, services and overall innovation that enables learners of all types to connect with educators and educational materials," said SIIA President Jeff Joseph. "We are so proud to recognize this year's honorees – the best of the best – that provide solutions to many of the critical challenges facing learners today – from access and equity, to personalized and tailored learning and beyond. Congratulations to all of this year's CODiE Award winners!"
Presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the CODiE Awards honor excellence in leading technology products and services, with awards given to products demonstrating innovation, vision and overall industry impact. Among thousands of submissions for this year's CODiE Awards, finalists also included HMH connected solutions Waggle and Amira. The CODiE Awards have built a strong reputation as the leading peer-recognized program in the business and edtech industries.
The complete list of winners is available here.
Writable guides teachers through the journey of writing instruction while motivating students to become purposeful, proficient writers. Over 10,000 schools and districts use Writable to reach their unique goals using customizable assignments, assessments, and rubrics. Writable provides authentic data that helps to monitor writing growth and differentiate instruction to meet every student's needs. Founded in 2016, Writable is venture funded by Omidyar Technology Ventures and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. For more information, visit www.writable.com.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ: HMHC) is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students' potential and extend teachers' capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com
The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology's finest products and services. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for achieving excellence. For more information, visit siia.net/CODiE.
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Farmers who implement an integrated control program can stay ahead of Colorado potato beetle and other insects that challenge their high yield goals.
GREENSBORO, N.C., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An insect with a penchant for potato plants continues to be a challenge as it exhibits tolerance or resistance to multiple modes of action.
"If you want to categorize insects in terms of importance for potato growers, Colorado potato beetle is at the top of the list," says Kiran Shetty, Ph.D., a technical development lead for potatoes at Syngenta. "The insect can be devastating – destroying a crop in as little as a few days if the outbreak is severe. Colorado potato beetle overwinters in the previous year's crops and particular weeds of its fancy and can be very dynamic, with two and even three generations possible in a given season."
To add to the beetle's historic reputation for causing an economic impact in potato fields, Colorado potato beetle (CPB) has shown levels of resistance to multiple modes of action. Colorado potato beetle also is increasingly difficult to control, showing overlapping generations in recent years rather than the distinct first and second generations growers saw in past years. Shetty says this shift in behavior can impact insecticide efficacy on beetle populations, increasing the risk for negative impacts on potato plant health and overall yield potential.
Using cultural practices and scouting methods, along with a robust pest management program, can help keep Colorado potato beetle populations down. Shetty recommends growers pay close attention to the generational cycles of CPB in their given geography and prioritize thorough, early scouting to help ensure early-season populations are as low as possible to establish healthy plants.
Shetty recommends a three-step, integrated approach with a focus on products that are most effective against Colorado potato beetle:
- At plant: "To establish a high-quality, high-yielding potato crop, growers should start with a neonicotinoid like CruiserMaxx Vibrance seed treatment," Shetty says.
- Early season: "After planting, follow up with an application such as Minecto Pro insecticide, which complements a foundational neonic program," Shetty says. "Minecto Pro can knock the population down low enough to offer an advantage for the rest of the season. Remember, you're targeting CPB, but an integrated approach with broad-spectrum control is key to managing an array of insects."
- Mid-season: "For good resistance management, finish up the season with different modes of action not already applied to the field. Adopting an integrated pest management program that includes scouting, using historical information on a field relating to pesticide use, rotating crops and record-keeping is crucial," Shetty says.
Ultimately, Shetty says, "A strong integrated pest management program helps achieve a stronger crop stand, higher quality potatoes and, ultimately, better yield."
For more information on managing Colorado potato beetle, visit Syngenta-us.com/Spud-Doctor. Join the conversation online – connect with Syngenta at Syngenta-us.com/social.
Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds are part of Syngenta Group, one of the world's leading agriculture companies. Our ambition is to help safely feed the world while taking care of the planet. We aim to improve the sustainability, quality and safety of agriculture with world class science and innovative crop solutions. Our technologies enable millions of farmers around the world to make better use of limited agricultural resources.
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The leadership transitions will enhance the company's products, sales and data operations
NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- automotiveMastermind (aM), part of S&P Global Mobility and a provider of predictive analytics and marketing automation solutions for dealerships, has announced a new, broader role for a senior data executive, as well as two other senior-level promotions.
Charity Taylor is moving into a new role overseeing the creation of the Enterprise Business Analytics Team within the S&P Global Mobility division. In this capacity, she will be tasked with developing analytical solutions to key industry challenges and reducing time-to-value for newly acquired sources by combining deep automotive expertise with world-class data assets from across the S&P Global Mobility organization. Taylor spent over 12 years at JD Power (PIN) prior to joining aM in April 2020, most recently serving as managing director responsible for new product development and ongoing data operations. She also has nearly a decade of additional automotive experience in a variety of financial roles spanning manufacturing, product development, sales and marketing and supply chain for General Motors. Taylor has long supported improved business outcomes for a broad array of automotive clients through the development of unique analytical solutions in the realm of real-time market performance, pricing and incentive optimization, along with her ability to derive from them valuable insights to guide high-impact decisions.
Aaron Baldwin has been promoted to chief product officer. In this role, he will oversee the product roadmap and strategy, supporting a team of directors specializing in product, product marketing, integrations and analytics. Before joining aM, Baldwin served as senior vice president of product and business development at CarNow. He was a member of the founding management team and oversaw development of OEM, large client and partner relationships, as well as product development and product lifecycle management. Baldwin also previously served as director of digital marketing at eLEAD and worked in various positions at Asbury Automotive Group, including director of dealership marketing, giving him insight into dealership operations that currently help him support aM's dealer partners.
Michael Eager has been promoted to the newly created role of chief revenue officer. In this role, Eager will oversee aM's go-to-market teams and strategy. Prior to joining the aM team, Eager worked at CARFAX (also part of S&P Global Mobility) as the director of field sales and was instrumental in the launch of many products and growth of the sales business. In his 17 years of experience at CARFAX, he led the growth of the national field sales teams through both management and strategic sales leadership positions. Eager also previously held sales positions at tech start-ups and consulting companies, giving him a passion and expertise in launching new businesses and leading high-performing automotive sales teams.
"As we look ahead to continue growing and scaling automotiveMastermind, I'm confident these new roles for Charity, Aaron and Michael will significantly strengthen our data leadership position, drive even greater levels of product innovation and continue to enhance product and service offerings for our dealer partners," said automotiveMastermind Chief Executive Officer Matt Leone. "I could not have asked for more qualified and seasoned industry executives to fill these roles, and I look forward to ongoing success from these dedicated professionals and their teams."
Founded in 2012, automotiveMastermind®, part of S&P Global Mobility, empowers dealers to close more deals by predicting future buyers and consistently marketing to them. Its proprietary automated sales and marketing platform, Mastermind, helps dealerships generate success in loyalty, service and conquest portfolios through a combination of turnkey predictive analytics, proactive marketing and dedicated consultative services.
automotiveMastermind is headquartered in New York City.
For more information, visit automotiveMastermind.com.
S&P Global Mobility is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.
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- NRF Protect 2022 will be taking place in Cleveland, OH from June 21-23, 2022
SURREY, BC, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV: INEO) (OTCQB: INEOF) (the "Company" or "INEO"), the innovative developer and operator of the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers, is pleased to announce the Company's representatives will be participating in the following upcoming retail industry conference:
NRF Protect 2022
Date: June 21-23, 2022
Location: Cleveland, OH
Booth: Huntington Convention Center – Booth 7009 (Prosegur Security)
Link: https://nrfprotect.nrf.com/
Kyle Hall, CEO of INEO, will be attending the conference and INEO will be showcased at the Prosegur Security booth where a demo of the Welcoming System will be on display. INEO is quickly becoming recognized as a leading innovator in the retail technology sector.
Hosted by the National Retail Federation (NRF), the NRF Protect 2022 Conference is where seasoned and fresh faces come together to discover essential insights and tools to tackle any security threat. United by a shared mission, loss prevention, digital fraud and cyber risk professionals attend to build community and advance as an industry at the most important retail security event of the year.
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Kyle Hall, Chief Executive Officer and Director
About INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV; INEO); (OTCQB: INEOF)
INEO Tech Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, INEO Solutions Inc., operates the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers. INEO's patented technology integrates and monetizes digital screens with theft detection sensor gates at the entrance of retail stores. The Company's cloud-based platform uses IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to deliver customized digital advertising to each retail location based on the demographic mix, such as age and gender, of customer traffic at each location. The Company also deploys the INEO Welcoming Network technology through a SaaS-based solution to larger retail chains. INEO is headquartered in Surrey, Canada and publicly traded on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol "INEO" and on the OTCQB-Venture Market under the symbol "INEOF".
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"Power of One" Charity Auction Lunch with American legend Warren Buffett
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GLIDE and eBay are pleased to present the grand finale of the Power of One Charity Auction Lunch with Warren Buffett. Bidding will open on Sunday, June 12 at 7:30pm PST. After a two-year pandemic hiatus, this one-of-a-kind event is back in 2022, with the winning bidder having an opportunity to not only make history, but to spend an unforgettable afternoon with American legend Warren Buffett and build on GLIDE's enduring legacy of impact.
Conceived by the late Susie Buffett, the Power of One Charity Auction Lunch was launched in 2000 and initially raised $25,000. In 2003 and at Warren Buffet's suggestion, the auction moved to eBay and since then has raised more than $34 million to support GLIDE. All proceeds from Power of One Charity Auction Lunch go toward GLIDE's transformative programs and services that lift people out of poverty, hunger, and homelessness, and advance equity through systems change.
"GLIDE is recognized nationally as a leading center for equity and impact, dedicated to transforming lives. Warren Buffett's friendship and generosity over the past 22 years have been invaluable in deepening GLIDE's impact on the systems that drive poverty and inequity," said GLIDE President and CEO Karen Hanrahan. "We are honored and deeply grateful for his unwavering support of GLIDE's mission over the past two decades and his legacy will have a lasting positive impact on GLIDE and the clients we serve."
Since 2008, winning bids have exceeded $1M, and have helped GLIDE extend its reach and deepen its impact. A cornerstone organization in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, GLIDE's services have expanded to meet the challenges of the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased opioid overdoses and widening income disparity.
GLIDE continues to move forward and is implementing a large-scale plan with evidence-based solutions that help more people in need exit crises into stability and onto pathways out of poverty. These innovative initiatives include expanded integrated mobile services to extend GLIDE's reach into underserved communities and ensure more women and families of color get the support to make sustainable changes in their lives. Focused on impact and combating systems that foster inequity, GLIDE is influencing institutions of power, advancing policies and investments that break cycles of intergenerational poverty and homelessness, and enabling people to thrive for good.
The Power of One Charity Auction Lunch launched on eBay in 2003, at the urging of Mr. Buffett who knew the marketplace had the power to attract bidders from all over the world. Since then, eBay has helped raise more than $34 million over the course of 20 lunches. eBay for Charity is one of the world's largest charitable platforms, enabling eBay's global community of 147 millions buyers to support the causes that matter most to them.
"Every day, eBay connects people and builds communities in order to create economic opportunity for all," said eBay's CEO, Jamie Iannone. "eBay for Charity was created to pioneer a bold new model of charitable giving on one of the world's largest marketplaces. Since its inception, through the generosity of our community, we've helped thousands of organizations around the world raise more than $1.1 billion on our platform. With Warren Buffett's final Power Lunch we anticipate another record-setting auction with all proceeds supporting GLIDE – an organization that aligns with our mission and values by empowering people, promoting equality and creating economic opportunity."
Bidding for this year's Power of One Charity Auction Lunch begins at 7:30 pm PDT on June 12, 2022 and ends at 7:30 pm PDT on June 17, 2022. Bidding starts at $25,000 and all bidders must be pre-qualified prior to the start of the event. To pre-qualify, visit: eBay.com/GLIDE. Two billboards to announce the grand finale event went up today in Omaha in advance of the Berkshire & Hathaway annual shareholder's meeting on April 30th.
Winning bidders and up to seven of their guests dine at one of Mr. Buffett's favorite restaurants – Smith & Wollensky in NYC. As host of the annual Power of One Charity Auction Lunch, Alan Stillman, founder of Smith & Wollensky, has generously donated tens of thousands of dollars to the event. The restaurant has been called "the quintessential New York steakhouse" by Gourmet Magazine and "the steakhouse to end all arguments" by The New York Times.
For more information about the grand finale of the Power of One Charity Auction Lunch with Warren Buffett, please contact GLIDE at (415) 674-6060, Buffett@GLIDE.org, or visit eBay.com/GLIDE. For more information about GLIDE please visit GLIDE.org.
About GLIDE:
For nearly six decades spanning political, economic and cultural changes, GLIDE has served as a social justice movement, social service provider and spiritual community dedicated to strengthening communities and transforming lives. GLIDE is a nationally-recognized center for equity, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through our integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, we empower individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society's most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice.
About eBay for Charity
eBay for Charity enables members of the eBay community to connect with and support their favorite charities when they buy or sell in the U.S. and abroad. Sellers can donate up to 100 percent of the proceeds to a charity of their choice, while buyers can add a donation to their purchase during checkout. To date, more than $1.1 billion dollars has been raised for charity by the eBay community, and the program is on-track to raise an additional $600 million by 2025. Visit www.eBayforCharity.org for more information.
About eBay
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) is a global commerce leader that connects people and builds communities to create economic opportunity for all. Our technology empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world, providing everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, California, eBay is one of the world's largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. In 2021, eBay enabled over $87 billion of gross merchandise volume. For more information about the company and its global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.
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All-Fiber, Gig-Speed Network to Reach up to 14,000 Potential Customers by End of 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightspeed today announced that it will deliver, by the end of 2023, up to 14,000 new fiber passings in Beaufort County during the first phase of its fiber optics network build in the state of South Carolina. Brightspeed plans to add 36,000 fiber passings in the state in subsequent years of its build plan, for a total of up to 50,000 fiber-enabled locations across its South Carolina footprint.
"Expanding access to faster, more reliable, and user-friendly internet is our number one priority," said Sherry Hessenthaler, operations strategy lead for Brightspeed. "High-quality broadband has never been more important, whether for work, education, telemedicine, entertainment, or simply staying connected. We are ready to hit the ground running with our deployment in Beaufort County and are looking forward to introducing customers to our state-of-the-art Brightspeed products and services."
The South Carolina build is part of Brightspeed's comprehensive plan to invest at least $2 billion in its fiber optics transformation, which is expected to reach up to 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many locations where fiber and advanced technology have not historically been implemented.
"In addition to our own network investment in South Carolina, we are thrilled for the opportunity to further expand fiber-based internet access through participation in state and federal broadband infrastructure grant programs as they arise," added Hessenthaler.
"Ensuring that South Carolinians have access to quality broadband has never been more important, but it requires communication, collaboration, and cooperation with partners in the private sector, like Brightspeed," said Governor Henry McMaster. "We're grateful for Brightspeed's investment in Beaufort County and look forward to continuing our work together in this increasingly important endeavor."
South Carolina is among the 20 states that make up Brightspeed's service territory, mainly in rural and suburban regions of the country. Brightspeed will initially be comprised of incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) assets and associated operations of Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), which are the subject of a pending acquisition by Apollo-managed funds (NYSE: APO).
Brightspeed's next-generation FTTP architecture is being engineered to accelerate deployment and market availability. The company is utilizing innovative technologies including XGS-PON, capable of symmetrical internet speeds exceeding 1Gbps, and Wi-Fi 6 for optimal performance and coverage to support the increasing array of connected devices within homes and businesses.
Brightspeed plans to announce other state-specific network build plans in the coming weeks.
For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than 6 million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
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HANGZHOU, China, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yunji Inc. ("Yunji" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: YJ), a leading membership-based social e-commerce platform, is celebrating its seventh anniversary this month. During its seventh year in business, Yunji further updated the product curation strategy it has adhered to since its establishment. Under the upgraded strategy, products receive the "Yunji Selected" quality label only if they successfully pass a rigorous and comprehensive selection process.
As part of the new selection process, product quality is evaluated by both Yunji and its customers. Product selection is based on authentic feedback from the Company's massive platform userbase. Users assess products based on a comprehensive set of criteria, generating a range of value-for-money products that provide customers with a superior user experience.
Yunji applies extremely strict and thorough screening mechanisms to curate Yunji quality products on a weekly basis. The comprehensive process leverages data such as sales volumes, category experts' recommendations, service managers' and users' product recommendations, repurchase rate, and product source inspection to ensure customer satisfaction by providing an objectively selected range of top-quality products. Following many rounds of selection, Yunji's CEO personally conducts a final evaluation, with only one product per week receiving the accolade of being "Yunji Selected". These foods are then sold as flagship products every Wednesday on Yunji's Food Festival. Among the products to have won "Yunji Selected" status over the past few weeks are our private label product Tuomuchun raw camel milk powder and an edible raw egg product developed by one of Yunji's long-term third-party partners.
Mr. Shanglue Xiao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yunji, commented, "The positioning of Yunji quality products is based on authentic feedback from a large number of users on our platform. We always put quality first and only guarantee products that reach the highest of standards. We are dedicated to developing our user mindset of quality products gather at Yunji and making our platform the go-to place for reliable and high-quality food."
About Yunji Inc.
Yunji Inc. is a leading social e-commerce platform in China that has pioneered a unique, membership-based model to leverage the power of social interactions. The Company's e-commerce platform offers high-quality products at attractive prices across a wide variety of categories catering to the day-to-day needs of Chinese consumers. In addition, the Company uses advanced technologies including big data and artificial intelligence to optimize user experience and incentivize members to promote the platform as well as share products with their social contacts. Through deliberate product curation, centralized merchandise sourcing, and efficient supply chain management, Yunji has established itself as a trustworthy e-commerce platform with high-quality products and exclusive membership benefits, including discounted prices.
For more information, please visit https://investor.yunjiglobal.com/.
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Biden heads to Uvalde to meet families of victims from devastating school shooting
By Kevin Liptak, CNN
President Joe Biden on Sunday will undertake the grimly familiar task of comforting families after another mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Texas, as a weary nation grapples with an endless spate of gun violence.
Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to visit Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers last week. The White House said they would meet community and religious leaders along with family members of the young victims.
It’s a solemn task made more grueling by the serious failings of law enforcement who responded to Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School. And it comes without promise of major legislative action to prevent further carnage, though a bipartisan group of lawmakers have begun talks to identify areas of potential action.
“I’ll be heading to Uvalde, Texas, to speak to those families. As I speak, those parents are literally preparing to bury their children, in the United States of America, bury their children. There is too much violence, too much fear, too much grief,” Biden told graduates Saturday at the University of Delaware commencement ceremony.
For Biden, the trip represents a somber duty to join grieving families in their darkest moments. He often draws upon his own experience of losing two children — a young daughter to a car crash and his adult son to brain cancer — to console fellow parents.
“To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away. There’s a hollowness in your chest, and you feel like you’re being sucked into it and never going to be able to get out. It’s suffocating. And it’s never quite the same,” Biden said the night of the shooting, speaking from the Roosevelt Room shortly after returning from a two-country visit to Asia.
The Bidens’ visit to Texas comes 12 days after the couple traveled to Buffalo, New York, to visit the site of a racist massacre at a grocery store. That shooting left 10 people dead. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to the city on Saturday to attend the funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, the oldest victim of the attack.
“This is a moment that requires all good people who are loving people to just say we will not stand for this. Enough is enough,” Harris said before laying a bouquet at a memorial outside the Tops Friendly Markets store where the shooting occurred May 14.
The dual visits by the President and vice president to communities afflicted by mass murder were a striking reminder of the scourge of gun violence consuming the nation. Biden, who has spent much of his career working to enact stricter gun laws, again called for action this week.
But he stopped short of demanding Congress pass any specific bill; the White House says it is up to Democratic leaders in the Senate to determine how to proceed on potential legislation. And he hasn’t named a gun violence task force beyond officials already inside the administration.
Biden and his aides also concede there is little more he can achieve through executive action that could prevent the types of massacres that now occur with gruesome frequency.
In Texas, Biden will also confront harrowing accounts of the shooting that even Texas law enforcement officials said amounted to a failing by police. The decision by responding officers not to enter the classroom where the shooting occurred — despite 911 calls from students pleading for help — leaves open the question of whether some lives could have been saved.
The White House has said it will not prejudge an investigation into the actions of police. But the timeline disclosures, made Friday during a harrowing news conference, only add to the sense of anguish Biden will confront during his visit.
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Ellen Kullman to transition into the role of Chair on the company's Board of Directors
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbon, a leading 3D printing technology company, today announced the newly created Office of the CEO with the appointment of Phil DeSimone and Craig Carlson. Ellen Kullman, Carbon's current President and CEO, will be named Chair of the company's Board of Directors, effective June 1, 2022.
"As I take a step aside and into the position as Chair of the Board, I am prepared to provide guidance on the company's growth strategy alongside the current Board members," stated Kullman. "I have full confidence that Phil and Craig are the right leaders to drive innovation, ensure customer success, and reinforce our company culture. They've collaborated for years on building the business and bring complementary strengths to lead the company through continued growth."
As members of the Office of the CEO, DeSimone and Carlson will have shared corporate responsibilities. DeSimone, Carbon's co-founder and Chief Product and Business Development Officer, is an established leader that has built the company's most strategic partnerships and customer relationships. Carlson, Carbon's Chief Technology Officer, has scaled the company's engineering and spearheaded innovation since joining the company in 2014.
"Driving innovation in product development and manufacturing industries continues to be at the core of our long-term goals and day-to-day efforts. Our customers are successfully manufacturing, from prototyping to production, at scale on our platform," said Carlson. "Our joint leadership will allow Carbon to continue building our platform and organization efficiently."
"I'm genuinely looking forward to continued leadership with Craig," said DeSimone. "Over the years of working together, we've demonstrated additive manufacturing can be used to create critical medical supplies during times of despair like our recent pandemic, address our most recent supply chain challenges, and create innovative consumer goods that elevate the consumer experience. We take pride in the work we do, the people at Carbon, our community, and are excited about the future of digital manufacturing."
"All of us at Carbon want to thank Ellen for her amazing service and leadership of Carbon over the last 2 1/2 years," stated Joseph M. DeSimone, PhD, Carbon's co-founder and current Chairman of the Board. "She continued the building of one of the most important breakthrough digital manufacturing companies of our time." Joseph DeSimone will remain on the company's Board of Directors as Ellen takes over the role of Chair.
About Carbon
Carbon is a 3D printing technology company helping businesses to develop better products and bring them to market in less time. The Carbon DLS™ process combines versatile printers, advanced software, and best-in-class materials to deliver functional parts with end-use performance and aesthetics, helping engineers and designers to create products that outperform expectations. From prototyping and low-volume production to production-at-scale, global organizations use the Carbon process to create a wide range of functional end-use parts and print them reliably wherever and whenever they need them through Carbon's production network partners. Carbon is a venture-backed company headquartered in Redwood City, CA. To learn more, follow Carbon on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Woman dies after impaled by beach umbrella
Published: Aug. 11, 2022 at 10:10 AM CDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
GARDEN CITY, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) - A woman was impaled Wednesday in Garden City by a beach umbrella in what appeared to be a freak accident.
According to the Horry County Coroner, Tammy Perreault, 63, of Horry County, was struck and impaled by a beach umbrella that was carried by the wind around 12:40 p.m.
Suffering from chest trauma, she was taken to Waccamaw ER where she succumbed to her injuries at 1:33 p.m., WMBF reported.
It’s not unheard of for beach umbrellas to cause serious injuries or death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that there were roughly 2,800 unconfirmed beach umbrella-related injuries between 2010 and 2018.
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ESPOO, Finland, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A consortium comprising Accel-KKR, Long Path Partners and Briarwood Capital Partners today announced the successful completion of the voluntary public tender offer for all the shares in Basware. According to the final results of the tender offer, the shares tendered into the tender offer represent approximately 96.2 percent of all the shares and voting rights carried by the shares in Basware.
On behalf of the consortium members, Dean Jacobson, Managing Director of Accel-KKR, states, "This moment marks a milestone for Basware and the consortium members. The highly successful tender offer enables us to embark on a journey together to advance the field of e-invoicing, Accounts Payable (AP) and procurement automation for valued customers around the world. As Basware's long-term partners, we are committed to bringing our insights and capital in support of Basware's mission to help customers simplify operations and spend smarter. Together with the Basware team, we will work over the coming months to finish the privatization process and map out the future growth trajectory for the company – one that is built on the strength of Basware's brand, history and market-leading capabilities to innovate quickly and continually deliver value to our customers. On behalf of the consortium, I want to give a warm welcome to all Basware customers and employees who are now part of our extended family."
Klaus Andersen, Chief Executive Officer of Basware, adds, "The consortium members have been following Basware for years and they value all aspects of our business -- from the market-leading SaaS products and services to our large global customer base as well as the strength of our highly skilled and motivated employees. The next phase of our company's journey is a fantastic opportunity to strengthen our market position and build new capabilities. We will be able to focus our attention and resources on the things that add value to our customers, such as product innovation and superior customer experience. This moment is nothing short of transformative for our company, and I for one could not be more excited about the future of Basware."
Basware is recognized as a Visionary in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Procure-to-Pay Suites1.
About Basware:
Basware is a leading provider of Networked Procure-to-Pay solutions with the largest open e-invoicing network in over 180 countries. Our cloud-based technology enables enterprises to fully manage their spend, mitigate financial risk, and reduce operating costs through automation of finance, procurement, accounts payable and accounts receivable processes. Our open technology ecosystem and extensive partner network have helped over 6,500 businesses in 60 countries move towards 100% spend visibility which enables better business decisions – a concept we call Visible Commerce. Basware's solutions support the transition to a lower-carbon economy by digitization and automation. Basware is traded on the Helsinki exchange (BAS1V:HE). Find out more at https://investors.basware.com/en.
About Accel-KKR:
Accel-KKR is a technology-focused investment firm with $14 billion in capital commitments. The firm focuses on software and tech-enabled businesses, well-positioned for topline and bottom-line growth. At the core of Accel-KKR's investment strategy is a commitment to developing strong partnerships with the management teams of its portfolio companies and a focus on building value alongside management by leveraging the significant resources available through the Accel-KKR network. Accel-KKR focuses on middle-market companies and provides a broad range of capital solutions, including buyout capital, minority-growth investments, and credit alternatives. Accel-KKR also invests across various transaction types, including private company recapitalizations, divisional carve-outs and going-private transactions. Accel-KKR's headquarters is in Menlo Park, with offices in Atlanta, London and Mexico City. Visit accel-kkr.com to learn more.
About Long Path Partners:
Long Path is a registered investment adviser under the regulatory oversight of the SEC. Long Path was founded in 2018 and it has approximately USD 700 million assets under management (AUM). The company invests in a limited number of high quality, predictable businesses operating primarily in the enterprise software and business & information service markets. Long Path's patient and flexible capital base allows for partnering with management teams to execute long-duration investments in both the public and private markets on a global basis. The client base of the company includes endowments and foundations, single- and multi-family offices, Outsourced Chief Investment Officers (OCIO's) and high net worth individuals. For more information, visit www.longpathpartners.com.
About Briarwood Partners:
Briarwood is a registered investment adviser based in New York, United States and under the regulatory oversight of the SEC. The company employs a research-driven, value-oriented investment style focused on international equities. Briarwood is a long-term oriented owner, which seeks to form partnerships with management teams for an extended duration and to work collaboratively on areas where Briarwood can bring expertise such as capital markets. Briarwood's client base mirrors the firm's long-term investment style and consists of capital from global family offices, endowments, and foundations. For more information, visit www.briarwoodcap.com.
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This release may not be released or otherwise distributed, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa or in any other jurisdiction in which the tender offer would be prohibited by applicable law.
This release is not a tender offer document and as such does not constitute an offer or invitation to make a sales offer. In particular, this release is not an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described herein, and is not an extension of the tender offer, in, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa. Investors shall accept the tender offer for the shares only on the basis of the information provided in a tender offer document. The tender offer is not being made, and the shares will not be accepted for purchase from or on behalf of persons, directly or indirectly in any jurisdiction where either an offer or acceptance thereof is prohibited by applicable law or where any tender offer document or registration or other requirements would apply in addition to those undertaken in Finland.
The tender offer is not being made directly or indirectly in any jurisdiction where prohibited by applicable law and, when published, the tender offer document and related acceptance forms will not and may not be distributed, forwarded or transmitted into or from any jurisdiction where prohibited by applicable laws or regulations. In particular, the tender offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, by use of the postal service of, or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, e-mail, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or electronic transmission by way of the internet or otherwise) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or through any facilities of a national securities exchange of, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa. The tender offer cannot be accepted, directly or indirectly, by any such use, means or instrumentality or from within, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand or South Africa and any purported acceptance of the tender offer resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be invalid.
Information for shareholders of Basware in the United States
Shareholders of Basware in the United States are advised that the shares are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange and that Basware is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and is not required to, and does not, file any reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder.
The tender offer will be made for the issued and outstanding shares of Basware, which is domiciled in Finland, and is subject to Finnish disclosure and procedural requirements. The tender offer is made in the United States pursuant to Section 14(e) and Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act, subject to exemptions provided by Rule 14d-1(d) under the Exchange Act for a "Tier II" tender offer, and otherwise in accordance with the disclosure and procedural requirements of Finnish law, including with respect to the tender offer timetable, settlement procedures, withdrawal, waiver of conditions and timing of payments, which are different from those of the United States. In particular, the financial information included in this announcement has been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards in Finland, which may not be comparable to the financial statements or financial information of U.S. companies. The tender offer is made to Basware's shareholders resident in the United States on the same terms and conditions as those made to all other shareholders of Basware to whom an offer is made.
To the extent permissible under applicable law or regulations, the offeror, Sapphire BidCo Ltd, and its affiliates or its brokers and its brokers' affiliates (acting as agents for Sapphire BidCo Ltd or its affiliates, as applicable) may from time to time after the date of this stock exchange release and during the pendency of the tender offer, and other than pursuant to the tender offer, directly or indirectly, purchase or arrange to purchase the shares or any securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for the shares. These purchases may occur either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. To the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made public in Finland, such information will be disclosed by means of a press release or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S. shareholders of such information. No purchases will be made outside the tender offer in the United States by or on behalf of Sapphire BidCo Ltd. In addition, the financial advisers to Sapphire BidCo Ltd may also engage in ordinary course trading activities in securities of Basware, which may include purchases or arrangements to purchase such securities. To the extent required in Finland, any information about such purchases will be made public in Finland in the manner required by Finnish law.
Neither the SEC nor any U.S. state securities commission has approved or disapproved the tender offer, passed upon the merits or fairness of the tender offer, or passed any comment upon the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the disclosure in this stock exchange release. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.
The receipt of cash pursuant to the tender offer by a U.S. holder of shares may be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes and under applicable U.S. state and local, as well as foreign and other, tax laws. Each holder of shares is urged to consult its independent professional adviser immediately regarding the tax consequences of accepting the tender offer.
It may be difficult for Basware's shareholders to enforce their rights and any claims they may have arising under the U.S. federal securities laws, since Basware is located in a non-U.S. jurisdiction, and some or all of its officers and directors may be residents of non-U.S. jurisdictions. Basware's shareholders may not be able to sue Basware or its officers or directors in a non-U.S. court for violations of the U.S. federal securities laws. It may be difficult to compel Basware and its affiliates to subject themselves to a U.S. court's judgment.
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Lazard & Co., Limited ("Lazard"), which is authorized and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively as financial advisor to Sapphire BidCo Ltd and no one else in relation to the tender offer or the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Sapphire BidCo Ltd for providing the protections afforded to clients of Lazard nor for providing advice in relation to the tender offer or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Neither Lazard nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Lazard in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
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SAN ANTONIO and BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LumaBridge, (formerly known as Cancer Insight), an oncology-focused clinical research organization (CRO), today announced a majority growth investment from global investor Summit Partners. The funding will help LumaBridge continue to build on its work offering best-in-class clinical trial solutions to support emerging biopharma companies that are working to develop life-changing immuno-oncology treatments.
LumaBridge was founded in 2014 by veterans Dr. George Peoples and Dan Hargrove to help advance the development of novel immunotherapies in the fight against cancer. Building on the founders' 3 decades of combined experience in academic and military research, LumaBridge serves as a strategic partner to emerging biopharma and biotech companies, offering full outsourced clinical trial support across the entire timeline of clinical development.
"Innovative therapies often come from unexpected places, but navigating complex clinical and regulatory pathways can be challenging," said Dr. George Peoples, founder and chief medical officer of LumaBridge. "We built LumaBridge to provide expert support for the execution of clinical trials and ultimately advance novel immunotherapies that benefit patients."
LumaBridge offers comprehensive CRO services, including consultation on clinical development strategy, as well as special capabilities in military research. Over the 8 years since its founding, LumaBridge has made a significant impact in the advancement of immuno-oncology therapies, supporting a substantial number of trials and projects for over 30 clients.
"Summit Partners has a long history of partnering with leading companies in healthcare and life sciences, helping to accelerate their growth and development," added Dave Boyle, chief executive officer of LumaBridge. "We are excited to leverage Summit's experience and extensive resources as LumaBridge embarks on a new phase of growth and we expand our ability to support a greater number of trials and bring more therapies to market."
"The pipeline for clinical-stage immuno-oncology therapies is growing, as is the complexity, duration, and cost of these trials, fueling a need for outsourced services. In our experience, this is particularly true among emerging biotech companies, which often lack the internal resources to run trials in-house," said Mark deLaar, a managing director at Summit Partners who has joined the LumaBridge board of directors. "With a deeply experienced and highly regarded team, an extensive research site network, and robust clinical operations capabilities, we believe LumaBridge is strongly positioned to serve this important and growing need. We're proud to partner with the LumaBridge team to support the company's continued impact."
LumaBridge is a specialty clinical research organization (CRO) focused on creating innovative clinical trial solutions for biopharma companies. Founded in 2014 as Cancer Insight, the company offers customized clinical trial guidance, strategic partnership, and personalized attention to each sponsor, accelerating the development of potential therapies.
LumaBridge builds on the success and experience of a seasoned team, led by Dr. George Peoples, to support drug development, accelerating therapies to patients and guiding biopharma companies through clinical and regulatory pathways. As part of their comprehensive CRO services, LumaBridge offers consultation on trial design and clinical development strategy.
For more information, visit lumabridge.com.
Founded in 1984, Summit Partners is a global alternative investment firm that is currently managing more than $35 billion in capital dedicated to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities. Summit invests across growth sectors of the economy and has invested in more than 550 companies in healthcare, technology, and other growth industries. Notable healthcare and life sciences companies backed by Summit include Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Clontech, Diagnostic Hybrids, Fortis Life Sciences, Integrated DNA Technologies, LakePharma, and Viroclinics Biosciences. Summit maintains offices in North America and Europe and invests in companies around the world.
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MELBOURNE, Australia, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed-Ghouse, Ph.D., a global geospatial leader, has joined the leadership team at AAM, a Woolpert Company. Mohamed-Ghouse will serve as a senior advisor for strategy and innovation within Woolpert's geospatial leadership team, further strengthening the global geospatial company's services and capabilities.
Mohamed-Ghouse brings more than 25 years of experience with international engineering consultancies, working across government, academic, research and corporate sectors. He has held senior leadership roles at multilateral geospatial organisations, including United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management-Networks and World Geospatial Industry Council, and has led multimillion-dollar projects for state and federal government clients in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. A professor at universities in India and Australia, Mohamed-Ghouse outlines how spatial sciences improve the built environment.
Woolpert's Asia Pacific Vice President and AAM Managing Director Brian Nicholls said that Mohamed-Ghouse's extensive geospatial consulting expertise will provide Woolpert clients with tailored, impactful solutions.
"Zaffar has demonstrated his ability to deliver positive change throughout the industry, and we look forward to working with him, learning from him and building on his expertise and experience," Nicholls said.
AAM was acquired by Woolpert in 2021. Woolpert Senior Vice President Joseph Seppi said the addition of Mohamed-Ghouse provides a strategic advantage for the company and greatly benefits its clients around the world.
Mohamed-Ghouse spoke of the opportunities he sees in joining Woolpert.
"This is an amazing, diverse, multicultural team with varied technical skills and expertise," Mohamed-Ghouse said. "I look forward to working with this group and expanding our broad service portfolio to advance the geospatial industry."
About AAM, a Woolpert Company
AAM, a Woolpert Company, is a geospatial technology company, specialising in collection, analysis and integration of geospatial information. AAM believes that digital maps and measurement make our world a better place. By capturing, measuring and presenting geospatial data, AAM helps clients make more informed decisions in an increasingly complex world. Woolpert is the premier architecture, engineering, geospatial (AEG) and strategic consulting firm, with a vision to become one of the best companies in the world. Founded in 1911, Woolpert has been America's fastest-growing AEG firm since 2015. The firm has 1,900 employees and 60 offices on four continents. Visit aamgroup.com and woolpert.com.
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