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Founder Oliviero Colmignoli celebrates the holiday by offering to ship his slow-cured Olli salami to any salami fan in the U.S. named Oliver or Olivia Oceanside, Calif., company will also provide free tastes to San Diegans at Sept. 7 Little Italy Mercato Farmer's Market
OCEANSIDE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olli Salumeria, the only brand that makes authentic Italian-style salami in the U.S. according to the multigeneration traditions of one of Italy's foremost salami families, is going big for National Salami Day on Sept. 7.
Starting today, Olli Founder and President Oliviero Colmignoli, whose nickname formed the basis for the company, is personally offering to send free samples of his popular slow-cured salami to any other salami lover in the U.S. named Oliver (or Olivia) who completes a simple request on Olli's Instagram or Facebook page through Sept. 7.
As a courtesy to San Diegans, the Oceanside, Calif.-based company is also passing out free Olli salami products to visitors to the Olli Salumeria booth at the Sept. 7 edition of the Little Italy Mercato Farmers Market in downtown San Diego.
National Salami Day is an annual holiday established in 2006 by the Salami Appreciation Society, a group of amateur salami admirers determined to raise salami's profile in the world of deli meat.
The two special giveaways are part of Olli Salumeria's week-long National Salami Day celebration, which also includes a product donation to the San Diego Food Bank, and holiday-themed social posts and other activations. Both giveaways are on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
"At Olli Salumeria, we're always looking for fun new reasons to introduce Americans to the sweeter, less-acidic taste of our slow-cured Italian salami – so what better opportunity than National Salami Day?" said Colmignoli. "Beyond our national fans, we wanted to offer something special to our salami-loving neighbors right here in San Diego County."
All salami fans named Oliver, Olivia or a similar name can enter between Sept 1-7 to receive multiple varieties of Olli salami while supplies last, and one lucky recipient will be chosen at random to receive a year's supply of Olli salami including pre-sliced, chubs, antipasto trays and snack packs.
To qualify for the free salami, participants must click the link in bio on the Olli Instagram page, or a similar button on the OLLI Salumeria Facebook page, to complete a simple Google entry form and upload a photo or video explaining how they will enjoy their Olli Salumeria salami. There is no cost to enter, and all entries must be received by 12am EDT on Sept. 7, 2022. For full giveaway rules and regulations, visit here.
The Little Italy Mercato is open Sept. 7 (and every Wednesday) from 9:30am to 1:30pm on West Date Street between India Street and State Street in the Little Italy neighborhood of San Diego. Admission is free, and all attendees are welcome to visit Olli's both to receive free OLLI® salami products.
Led by Colmignoli, the grandson of cured-meat legend Ferruccio Fiorucci, Olli Salumeria is driven to introducing Americans to salami slow-cured in the Italian method. From state-of-the-art processing facilities in Oceanside, Calif., which Oliviero and his team selected for its Mediterranean climate, Olli combines vegetarian-fed, 100% antibiotic- and nitrate-free pork, genuine Italian recipes, curing techniques, never heat treated and quality with a commitment to becoming the first 100% preservative-free Italian salami producer in America.
Olli can be found nationally at Walmart and on Amazon, and at an increasing number of regional supermarkets and specialty retailers across the country.
For more information on the Olli story, curing technique and products, visit www.olli.com or follow Olli Salumeria Americana on Facebook and Instagram.
About Olli Salumeria
Olli Salumeria is a U.S.-based salumeria (Italian for "delicatessen") that faithfully carries on fourth
generations of the salami-making traditions of one of Italy's most famous salami families. Named after Oliviero Colmignoli, the grandson of cured-meat legend Ferruccio Fiorucci. who produced his first salami in 1850, Olli is driven to introducing Americans to the sweeter, less acidic taste of salami slow-cured in the Italian method. The company offers a growing line of snack packs, antipasto, pre-sliced trays, individual sticks and bulk, charcuterie-worthy salami chubs to preferred retailers, discriminating foodies, natural snack lovers and those simply wanting an authentic taste of Italy.
From state-of-the-art processing facilities in Oceanside, Calif., which Oliviero and his team selected for its Mediterranean climate, Olli combines genuine Italian recipes, curing techniques and quality with a commitment to becoming the first 100% preservative free Italian salami producer in America.
Olli can be found nationally at Walmart and on Amazon, at select Whole Foods locations, Albertsons and at regional supermarkets and specialty retailers across the country. To find an Olli retailer near you, go to www.olli.com/locate-products.
For more information on the Olli story, curing technique and products, visit www.olli.com or follow Olli Salumeria Americana on Facebook and Instagram.
Media Contacts:
Collin Whitley or Bob Ochsner
Rocket Launch PR for Olli Salumeria
(949) 233-0984
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Keep Florida Beautiful Partnership Aligns with Company's Commitment
to Creating Sustainable Impact Across the State
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seagram's Escapes, the fourth largest traditional, flavored, malt beverage brand in the U.S., has invested $25,000 to support beach and waterway cleanup efforts in Florida. The company partnered with three Keep Florida Beautiful (KFB) affiliates: Keep Pinellas Beautiful, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful and Keep Lee County Beautiful – to create impactful cleanup opportunities in and around popular waterways and beaches across the state.
"Keeping Florida beaches beautiful means more sunshine, relaxation and fun for people who live, work and visit the area," said Chuck Buckingham, Seagram's Escapes Brand Director. "By supporting these coastal cleanup efforts, our Seagram's Escapes team hopes to improve the quality of area beaches and essential waterways for our customers to enjoy across the state."
"When companies like Seagram's Escapes join forces with us, it greatly increases our capacity to make positive and sustainable impact resulting in Florida communities that are environmentally healthy, socially connected and economically sound," according to Savanna Christy, executive director, Keep Florida Beautiful. "Along with our local affiliates, KFB works to engage individuals and community partners in the eco-improvement of Florida, as we believe it is our shared responsibility to not just maintain but improve the quality of our surrounding environment."
Seagram's Escapes Presents Keep Pinellas Beautiful Bebot Beach Cleanup and Demonstration Series More than 400 volunteers will participate in 13+ cleanups with the Bebot cleaning robot throughout the month of July across Pinellas County. Volunteers can register for cleanups at https://www.kpbcares.org/upcoming-events.
Seagram's Escapes Volunteers Take Part in Coastal Planting Effort Seagram's Escapes team members will be among the 200+ Keep Lee County Beautiful volunteers expected to plant more than 400 gallon-sized plants during a shoreline stabilization planting on July 19 at Allison Hagerup Park in Captiva.
Seagram's Escapes Keeps Beaches Beautiful by Supporting Hillsborough Trash Free Waters Program Seagram's Escapes has partnered with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful and the Hillsborough Trash Free Waters boat to conduct waterway cleanups in and around Tampa Bay through July.
FIFCO USA, parent company of Seagram's Escapes, is a triple bottom line company committed to impacting the community and environment. In partnership with its stakeholders, FIFCO USA seeks opportunities to create sustainable impact in the areas where we operate. The company focuses on promoting smart consumption; building strong communities; improving waterways, trails and parks, and workforce development. Additionally, FIFCO USA partners with grassroots, charitable organizations that create sustainable impact. Visit https://www.fifcousa.com/smart-consumption/ to learn more or to submit a program or project for consideration.
About Seagram's Escapes: Seagram's Escapes is a fruit-forward, malt-based beverage brand based out of Rochester, New York. Seagram's Escapes is currently the #4 traditional flavored malt beverage brand in the United States. Seagram's Escapes has since expanded its line to include Seagram's Escapes Spiked, a higher 8% ABV option with a variety of sweet, tropical flavors. Their newest line is Seagram's Escapes Cocktails, a standard 5% ABV option with authentic cocktail flavors at only 100 calories. For more information, visit www.seagramsescapes.com. Stay connected with Seagram's Escapes on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SeagramsEscapes. Always enjoy responsibly.
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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Floyd's 99 Barbershop, a unique, full-service haircare franchise specializing in expert cuts in an amplified environment, announced today a partnership with Fishman Public Relations (Fishman PR), the franchise industry's leading public relations and content marketing agency, to assist with the brand's continued growth across the country. This partnership comes as Floyd's 99 Barbershop looks to expand upon its 127 locations nationwide, more than a third of which are franchise-owned and operated. Fishman PR's efforts will look to amplify Floyd's 99 Barbershop's targeted development in key markets, as well as grow the brand's recognition and presence within the franchising community.
"Fishman PR's proven track record of aiding in the growth of some of the most successful franchise brands through strategic public relations and content marketing efforts is the exact touch Floyd's needs to take our brand to the next level," said Joe Zemla, Floyd's 99 Barbershop Senior Director of Franchising. "Much like Fishman PR, Floyd's 99 Barbershop prides itself on the ability to expand while maintaining that special, family-owned atmosphere of a close-knit community amongst our employees and franchisees."
Floyd's 99 Barbershop's company values align with those of Fishman PR's in that they're always looking for ways to improve upon their business, whether it's expanding the brand's inclusivity for clientele to offer services to everyone, including women and children, or continuing to grow their technical education department. As part of Floyd's 99 Barbershop's people-first philosophy, the brand strategically focuses on ways to provide an excellent experience, not only for clients, but also for staff by adding an employee-focused app, innovative contests and incentives, and providing a career path and development for every employee.
"Floyd's 99 Barbershop is a proven brand with a rich history of superior client service, which aligns perfectly with our values at Fishman PR," said Brad Fishman, Co-CEO of Fishman PR. "Through our partnership, our team of PR experts are ready to help them further expand their franchise system by increasing brand recognition and attracting the right prospects to the brand."
Floyd's carries a $1.198 million average unit volume (AUV) across its 127 locations. Each shop has its own vibe showcased by their exclusive hand-curated poster wall highlighting musical greats throughout the decades with special emphasis on local artists. Their shops feature retro industrial funk finishes, stainless steel countertops, black subway tile and Edison bulbs. Floyd's offers a full range of services including haircuts, shaving, color, waxing, deep conditioning treatments and styling as well as its own retail line of grooming products. In addition to traditional hair services, Floyd's is known for its iconic barbershop straight-razor neck shave with hot lather and steamed towels and a complimentary shoulder massage after each service. With the help of Fishman PR, Floyd's 99 Barbershop plans to have over 150 locations open by the end of 2023. To learn more Floyd's 99 Barbershop, please visit: floydsbarbershop.com.
Floyd's 99 Barbershop is a family-owned company, established in 1999 by brothers Paul, Rob, and Bill O'Brien on the principle that success is driven by providing superior client service and that satisfied employees result in satisfied clients. From the diverse styles and personalities of the stylists and barbers, to the signature rock-and-roll poster wall plastered with a time machine of music memorabilia, Floyd's 99 is creating a welcoming, all-inclusive environment while offering custom haircuts, colors, waxing, and shaves to everyone, including men, women, and children. Floyd's 99 Barbershop operates more than 127 locations in 14 states. For more information on franchising opportunities, please visit franchise.floydsbarbershop.com.
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LINKÖPING, Sweden, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) posted its highest sales to date, growth in recurring revenue and increased profit compared with the comparative year. This financial performance was a result of the company's efforts to assist customers in providing the best possible care and increasing cybersecurity in areas where society's critical functions are the most vulnerable. Customers' need for Sectra's offerings was confirmed by the fact that order bookings surpassed SEK 1 billion during the quarter. In light of the above, the Board of Directors and President have proposed that the Annual General Meeting resolve that SEK 1.00 per share be distributed to the shareholders through a share redemption program.
2021/2022 fiscal year
- Order bookings amounted to SEK 2,320.2 million (2,651.6), down 12.5% from the comparative year.
- Net sales rose 19.4% to SEK 1,949.1 million (1,632.4). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 16.9%.
- Recurring revenue accounted for SEK 1,081.4 million (967.8) of sales, up 11.7%. Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 9.6%.
- Operating profit rose 9.5% to SEK 383.4 million (350.1), corresponding to an operating margin of 19.7% (21.4). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, operating profit increased 4.8%.
- Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 394.5 million (348.2).
- Cash flow from operations amounted to SEK 616.9 million (372.2).
- The Board of Directors and President have proposed that the 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) resolve to distribute SEK 1.00 (0.90) per share to the shareholders through a share redemption program.
Fourth quarter: February–April 2022
- Order bookings amounted to SEK 1,017.4 million (689.2), up 48% from the comparative quarter. Of the order bookings, 15% were recognized during the quarter and a further estimated 26–36% pertains to revenue within 12 months after the end of the quarter.
- Net sales increased 23.3% to SEK 649.0 million (526.2). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 17.6%.
- Recurring revenue accounted for SEK 280.8 million (252.4) of sales, up 11.3%. Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 6.3%.
- Operating profit declined 13.9% to SEK 141.1 million (163.9), corresponding to an operating margin of 21.7% (31.1). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, operating profit decreased 21.3%.
- Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 141.4 million (166.5).
- Cash flow from operations amounted to SEK 414.4 million (113.7) and was mainly attributable to an increase in advances from customers.
Comments from Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB
"Our growth potential is favorable in all operating areas. The need for higher productivity, scalability and access to new technology is growing in all product areas. Our recipe for success is customer satisfaction, which in turn requires happy employees, in that order. Add to this a clear focus on growing markets, reasonable cost control, a clear vision of where we are headed and the perseverance to stay the course. Sectra's development over the years is a testament to what a strong combination this is.
"All of the Group's financial goals have been achieved. Both Imaging IT Solutions and Business Innovation reported growth in revenue and operating profit. Secure Communications, which was hit hard by the pandemic, improved its outcome over the past quarter. We are also working on initiatives and innovation projects that will create additional customer value and growth going forward.
"We currently find ourselves in the middle of a shift to delivering our products as services. This is one of the largest transitions Sectra has ever faced and is expected to continue for many years. Another change currently under way is the transition to cloud deliveries. Instead of installing our solutions on the customer's hardware, deliveries are made from central server systems where many customers share the same resources in the cloud. The transition will entail changes to our organization, product development and processes as well as how we package and sell our offerings. To increase transparency regarding the transition, we have decided to supplement our financial reporting with a performance measure for recurring revenue from cloud-based services, Cloud Recurring Revenue."
Read the attached year-end report for further CEO comments and information.
Presentation of the interim report
Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB, and Jessica Holmquist, CFO of Sectra AB, will present the financial report and answer questions. Fredrik Gustavsson, CTO of Sectra's Imaging IT Solutions operations, will also participate to provide more information about the transition to selling software as cloud-based services and the future changes in Sectra's financial statements. The presentation will be held in English.
Time: June 3, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. CEST
Follow live or listen to the recording afterward: https://investor.sectra.com/q4report2122
This information constitutes information that Sectra AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and/or the Swedish Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 8:15 a.m CEST on June 3, 2022.
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In this study, AXS-05 (dextromethorphan-bupropion) demonstrated rapid, substantial, and statistically significant antidepressant efficacy compared with the active comparator bupropion
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM), a biopharmaceutical company developing and delivering novel therapies for the management of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced the publication of the results from the pivotal ASCEND Phase 2 clinical trial of AXS-05 (dextromethorphan-bupropion) in major depressive disorder (MDD). AXS-05 is a novel, oral, investigational N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist with multimodal activity. The article, "Effect of AXS-05 (Dextromethorphan-Bupropion) in Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial," was published today in The American Journal of Psychiatry and is available in full here.
"Major depressive disorder is highly prevalent, debilitating and potentially life-threatening. There is an urgent need for mechanistically new treatments that are effective and well tolerated," said Dan Iosifescu, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine, Director of the Clinical Research Division at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, and co-author of the publication. "Due to its novel mechanism of action targeting glutamate and sigma-1 receptors, and to its robust antidepressant efficacy demonstrated in this study, AXS-05 has the potential to become an important and very useful new treatment for patients with major depressive disorder."
"We are very pleased with the publication of the ASCEND trial results in The American Journal of Psychiatry, the most widely read psychiatric journal in the world1," said Herriot Tabuteau, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Axsome. "ASCEND is one of the pivotal efficacy trials that forms the basis of our NDA for AXS-05 in depression, which is currently under review by the FDA. Axsome is positioned to move expeditiously to make this product available to patients as quickly as possible, should it be approved."
The ASCEND trial assessed the efficacy and safety of AXS-05 versus the active comparator bupropion in patients with MDD. A total of 80 patients with a diagnosis of moderate to severe MDD, confirmed by an independent clinical assessor, were randomized to receive AXS-05 (45 mg dextromethorphan/105 mg bupropion tablet) (n=43), or bupropion (105 mg tablet) (n=37), once daily for the first 3 days and twice daily thereafter, for a total of 6 weeks. The primary endpoint was overall treatment effect on the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score (average of the change from baseline for weeks 1–6).
In the trial, AXS-05 demonstrated rapid, substantial, and statistically significant improvement in depressive symptoms and induction of remission compared with bupropion. The mean change from baseline in MADRS score over weeks 1–6 was significantly greater with AXS-05 than with bupropion (-13.7 points vs. -8.8 points; least-squares mean difference=-4.9; p<0.001). The MADRS score change with AXS-05 was significantly greater than with bupropion at week 2 and every time point thereafter (week 6: -17.3 vs. -12.1 points; least-squares mean difference=-5.2; p=0.013). Remission rates were significantly greater with AXS-05 at week 2 and every time point thereafter (week 6: 46.5% vs. 16.2%; least-squares mean difference=30.3%; p=0.004). Most secondary outcomes favored AXS-05.
AXS-05 was generally well tolerated in the trial. The most common adverse events with AXS-05 were dizziness, nausea, dry mouth, decreased appetite, and anxiety. AXS-05 was not associated with psychotomimetic effects, weight gain, or sexual dysfunction.
The article was published today online in The American Journal of Psychiatry in advance of the corresponding upcoming print issue.
About AXS-05
AXS-05 (dextromethorphan-bupropion) is a novel, oral, patent protected, investigational NMDA receptor antagonist with multimodal activity under development for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders. AXS-05 utilizes a proprietary formulation and dose of dextromethorphan and bupropion, and Axsome's metabolic inhibition technology, to modulate the delivery of the components. The dextromethorphan component of AXS-05 is an uncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, also known as a glutamate receptor modulator, which is a novel mechanism of action, meaning it works differently than currently approved oral therapies for major depressive disorder. The dextromethorphan component of AXS-05 is also a sigma-1 receptor agonist. The bupropion component of AXS-05 serves to increase the bioavailability of dextromethorphan, and is a norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitor. AXS-05 is currently covered by more than 100 issued U.S. and international patents, with expiration dates out to 2040. AXS-05 has been granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy designations for the treatment of MDD and for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease agitation. A new drug application (NDA) for AXS-05 for the treatment of major depressive disorder is under review by the FDA. AXS-05 is not approved by the FDA.
About Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing and delivering novel therapies for CNS conditions that have limited treatment options. Through development of therapeutic options with novel mechanisms of action, we are transforming the approach to treating CNS conditions. At Axsome, we are committed to developing products that meaningfully improve the lives of patients and provide new therapeutic options for physicians. For more information, please visit the Company's website at axsome.com. The Company may occasionally disseminate material, nonpublic information on the company website.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements". We may, in some cases, use terms such as "predicts," "believes," "potential," "continue," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "might," "will," "should" or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. In particular, the Company's statements regarding trends and potential future results are examples of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the continued commercial success of our newly acquired Sunosi product; the success, timing and cost of our ongoing clinical trials and anticipated clinical trials for our current product candidates, including statements regarding the timing of initiation, pace of enrollment and completion of the trials (including our ability to fully fund our disclosed clinical trials, which assumes no material changes to our currently projected expenses), futility analyses and receipt of interim results, which are not necessarily indicative of the final results of our ongoing clinical trials, and the number or type of studies or nature of results necessary to support the filing of an NDA for any of our current product candidates; our ability to fund additional clinical trials to continue the advancement of our product candidates; the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain FDA or other regulatory authority approval of, or other action with respect to, our product candidates (including, but not limited to, whether potential filing issues or issues identified by FDA during the substantive review may impact the potential approvability of the Company's NDA submission for AXS-05 in MDD or the timing of such approval; whether issues identified by FDA in the complete response letter may impact the potential approvability of the Company's NDA for AXS-07 for the acute treatment of migraine in adults with or without aura, pursuant to our special protocol assessment for the MOMENTUM clinical trial; the potential for the ASCEND clinical trial, combined with the GEMINI clinical trial results, to provide a basis for approval of AXS-05 for the treatment of major depressive disorder and accelerate its development timeline and commercial path to patients; the Company's ability to successfully defend its intellectual property or obtain the necessary licenses at a cost acceptable to the Company, if at all; the successful implementation of the Company's research and development programs and collaborations; the success of the Company's license agreements; the acceptance by the market of the Company's product candidates, if approved; the Company's anticipated capital requirements, including the amount of capital required for the continued commercialization of Sunosi and for the Company's commercial launch of its product candidates, and the potential impact on the Company's anticipated cash runway; unforeseen circumstances or other disruptions to normal business operations arising from or related to COVID-19; and other factors, including general economic conditions and regulatory developments, not within the Company's control. The factors discussed herein could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstance.
Axsome Contact:
Mark Jacobson
Chief Operating Officer
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
22 Cortlandt Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Tel: 212-332-3243
Email: mjacobson@axsome.com
www.axsome.com
References
1. American Psychiatric Association. About The American Journal of Psychiatry. Psychiatry Online. 2022. https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/about
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SAN DIEGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) ("Halozyme") today announced it will release its second quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, following the close of trading.
Halozyme will host a conference call on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss the results. The dial-in numbers are (888) 330-2408 for domestic callers and (240) 789-2703 for international callers. The conference ID number is 89853. A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available online on the investor relations section of the Halozyme Therapeutics corporate website at www.halozyme.com.
Halozyme is a biopharmaceutical company bringing disruptive solutions to significantly improve patient experiences and outcomes for emerging and established therapies. As the innovators of the ENHANZE® technology with the proprietary enzyme rHuPH20, Halozyme's commercially-validated solution is used to facilitate the delivery of injected drugs and fluids in order to reduce the treatment burden to patients. Having touched more than 600,000 patient lives in post-marketing use in five commercialized products across more than 100 global markets, Halozyme has licensed its ENHANZE® technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Roche, Baxalta, Pfizer, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Alexion, argenx, Horizon Therapeutics, ViiV Healthcare and Chugai Pharmaceutical.
Halozyme also develops, manufactures and commercializes, for itself or with partners, drug-device combination products using its advanced auto-injector technology that are designed to provide commercial or functional advantages such as improved convenience and tolerability, and enhanced patient comfort and adherence. The Company has a commercial portfolio of proprietary products including XYOSTED®, TLANDO™ and NOCDURNA® and partnered commercial products and ongoing product development programs with industry leading pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical, Covis Pharma, Pfizer and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals.
Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA and has offices in Ewing, NJ and Minnetonka, MN. Minnetonka is also the site of its operations facility.
For more information visit www.halozyme.com and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Contacts:
Tram Bui
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
609-359-3016
tbui@antarespharma.com
Dawn Schottlandt / Claudia Styslinger
Argot Partners
212-600-1902
Halozyme@argotpartners.com
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ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for April 2022
Published: May. 5, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Compared to April 2019, passenger traffic increased by 48.9% in Colombia, 17.9% in Puerto Rico and 12.7% in Mexico
MEXICO CITY, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR), ASUR, a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that passenger traffic for April 2022 reached a total of 5.6 million passengers, 20.5% above the levels reported in April 2019, reflecting a continued gradual recovery in travel demand.
Compared to April 2019, passenger traffic increased by 48.9% in Colombia, Puerto Rico 17.9% and 12.7% in Mexico. Passenger traffic growth in Mexico and Colombia was driven by a recovery in both domestic and international traffic, while international traffic in Puerto Rico remained weak.
This announcement reflects comparisons between the periods April 1 through April 30, 2022, April 1 through April 30, 2021 and April 1 through April 30, 2019. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded from traffic measures in Mexico and Colombia. It must be taken into account that Holy Week in 2021 took place from March 28 to April 4, while in 2022 it was from April 10 through April 17.
About ASUR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a leading international airport operator with a portfolio of concessions to operate, maintain and develop 16 airports in the Americas. This comprises nine airports in southeast Mexico, including Cancun Airport, the most important tourist destination in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and six airports in northern Colombia, including Medellin international airport (Rio Negro), the second busiest in Colombia. ASUR is also a 60% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport serving the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan. San Juan's Airport is the island's primary gateway for international and mainland-US destinations and was the first, and currently the only major airport in the US to have successfully completed a public–private partnership under the FAA Pilot Program. Headquartered in Mexico, ASUR is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares. For more information, visit www.asur.com.mx.
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western" or the "Company") announces the following voting results in respect of the election of directors at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") held today:
The total number of shares represented by shareholders in person and by proxy at the Meeting was 221,825,515, representing 68.15% of the Company's outstanding shares. The Company has filed a report of voting results on all resolutions voted on at the Meeting on www.sedar.com.
As part of best governance practices, the Company's Board of Directors has reconstituted its Board Committees as summarized below. All of the members of the Board Committees remain 100% independent.
About Western Forest Products Inc.
Western is an integrated forest products company building a margin-focused log and lumber business to compete successfully in global softwood markets. With operations and employees located primarily on the coast of British Columbia and Washington State, Western is a premier supplier of high-value, specialty forest products to worldwide markets. Western has a lumber capacity in excess of 1.0 billion board feet from seven sawmills and four remanufacturing facilities. The Company sources timber from its private lands, long-term licenses, First Nations arrangements, and market purchases. Western supplements its production through a wholesale program providing customers with a comprehensive range of specialty products.
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SAN DIEGO, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTRA) ("Kintara" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new solid tumor cancer therapies, today announced that the Company received written notification from the Listing Qualification Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") granting the Company's request for a 180-day extension to regain compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Company now has until November 28, 2022 to meet the requirement.
Nasdaq's extension notice has no immediate effect on the continued listing status of the Company's common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market LLC under the symbol "KTRA". If at any time during the additional 180-day extension, the bid price of the Company's common stock closes at, or above, $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days, the Nasdaq staff will provide the Company with a written confirmation of compliance and the matter will be closed.
The Company was first notified by Nasdaq of its failure to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive trading days under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) on December 3, and was given until June 1, 2022 to regain compliance.
If the Company does not meet the minimum bid requirement during the additional 180-day extension, Nasdaq will provide written notification to the Company that its common stock will be subject to delisting. At such time, the Company may appeal the delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the "Panel"). The Company would remain listed pending the Panel's decision. There can be no assurance that if the Company does appeal a subsequent delisting determination, that such appeal would be successful.
Located in San Diego, California, Kintara is dedicated to the development of novel cancer therapies for patients with unmet medical needs. Kintara is developing two late-stage, Phase 3-ready therapeutics for clear unmet medical needs with reduced risk development programs. The two programs are VAL-083 for glioblastoma multiforme ("GBM") and REM-001 for Cutaneous Metastatic Breast Cancer ("CMBC").
VAL-083 is a "first-in-class", small-molecule chemotherapeutic with a novel mechanism of action that has demonstrated clinical activity against a range of cancers, including central nervous system, ovarian and other solid tumors (e.g., NSCLC, bladder cancer, head and neck) in U.S. clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute ("NCI"). Based on Kintara's internal research programs and these prior NCI-sponsored clinical studies, Kintara is currently advancing VAL-083 in the GBM AGILE study to support the development and commercialization of VAL-083 in GBM.
Kintara is also advancing its proprietary, late-stage photodynamic therapy platform that holds promise as a localized cutaneous, or visceral, tumor treatment as well as in other potential indications. REM-001 therapy has been previously studied in four Phase 2/3 clinical trials in patients with CMBC who had previously received chemotherapy and/or failed radiation therapy. With clinical efficacy to date of 80% complete responses of CMBC evaluable lesions, and with an existing robust safety database of approximately 1,100 patients across multiple indications, Kintara is advancing the REM-001 CMBC program to late-stage pivotal testing.
For more information, please visit www.kintara.com or follow us on Twitter at @Kintara_Thera, Facebook and Linkedin.
Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the status of the Company's clinical trials and the GBM AGILE study. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's operations and clinical trials; the Company's ability to develop, market and sell products based on its technology; the expected benefits and efficacy of the Company's products and technology; the availability of substantial additional funding for the Company to continue its operations and to conduct research and development, clinical studies and future product commercialization; and, the Company's business, research, product development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in the Company's filings with the SEC, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K.
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Brewers fans will experience more rich content and engagement through Facebook Messenger
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GameOn Technology, the industry-leading conversational applications platform, and the Milwaukee Brewers announced today that through Brewers Facebook Messenger, fans will have the ability to enjoy a streamlined and interactive experience through live game updates, scores, highlight videos and player specific information while using the chat application. In addition, fans will be able to access additional rich content including the team's YouTube videos, new podcast and blogs in one easy-to-access place. This new conversational platform will utilize technology in a unique way that has not yet been used by an MLB team.
"Baseball fans, self-included, love to chat before, during and after the game. Part of being a fan is sharing how you feel with your baseball community," said Alex Beckman, CEO and co-founder, GameOn Technology. "When fans want to chat with their favorite team or their fellow fans, we believe their experience should be fun, easy and fast. GameOn Technology has taken customer obsession to new heights in 2022 in delivering next-gen user experiences that are as rewarding for fans. We're excited to be working with a forward-thinking, fan-first organization to push the limits of fan engagement and offer a solid user experience utilizing technology."
GameOn develops conversational AI solutions that create robust and personalized audience engagement across the customer life cycle. Once a user engages with one of GameOn's consumer-driven partners through chat, multiple solutions and levels of content are offered to those users. This new application will offer unique and different customization options so Brewers enthusiasts will be served with contextually relevant content, creating a richer fan experience. This application is complementary to content offered elsewhere, including the team's website and MLB Ballpark app. This new content platform will be offered at no cost to the end user and can be accessed through Brewers Facebook Messenger.
"We look forward to working with GameOn to provide Brewers fans with an enhanced digital experience that is individually tailored and serves up user-friendly rich content," said Rick Schlesinger, Brewers President – Business Operations. "Our goal is always to offer the most innovative consumer experience possible, whether it's at American Family Field or through other engagement opportunities. We believe this takes the fan experience to another level."
The Milwaukee Brewers chat application for Facebook Messenger is built on ChatOS™, GameOn's proprietary end-to-end development and integration platform designed specifically for the future of messaging and voice applications. The industry-leading technology streamlines the deployment of robust, content-driven, premium conversational experiences. ChatOS connects directly to brands' Content Management Systems (CMS), data sources and API feeds, allowing them to effortlessly deploy content across a wide array of platforms and applications through highly engaging chat experiences.
About GameOn Technology
GameOn is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2014 with a shared passion for building innovative messaging products that serve the world of broadcast media. Using its proprietary bot platform, ChatOS, GameOn has designed, developed, and launched business solutions for many of the world's largest sport, lifestyle, and media companies becoming an industry leader in user retention, engagement, and monetization in the applications space. Some of the world's most notable brands like the NBA, NHL, PGA, ATP Media, Arsenal F.C., Sky Sports and TIME Inc. partner with GameOn to provide customized, rich customer experiences on the world's major chat application platforms. GameOn has been recognized for its work in the tech and sports space receiving accolades from outlets including Fast Company and the Sports Technology Awards. The company is Pre-Series B and has investors who include Quest Ventures and Mirae Asset Venture Investment. To learn more, visit www.gameontechnology.com.
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Tottenham held 0-0 by Brentford to dent top-4 chances in EPL
LONDON (AP) — Tottenham failed to put a shot on target for the second straight game in drawing with Brentford 0-0 to dent hopes of a top-four finish in the English Premier League. After Arsenal moved into fourth by beating Manchester United in the lunchtime kickoff, Spurs fluffed their lines with a sub-par performance in west London and again looked devoid of all attacking creativity. It could have been even worse with Ivan Toney denied by the woodwork twice as Brentford almost made it four wins in a row. Tottenham is fifth, two points behind Arsenal and four clear of sixth-placed Manchester United. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/23/tottenham-held-0-0-by-brentford-to-dent-top-4-chances-in-epl/ | 2022-04-23T19:34:48Z |
Allspring's Systematic Edge Investment Team to Continue Managing These Strategies Offering Continuity to Shareholders
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allspring Global Investments, a leading independent asset manager with more than US$476 billion in assets under management*, today announced that the boards of trustees of the Investment Managers Series Trust (IMST) and the Allspring Funds Trust have approved the reorganizations of the 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund and the 361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund, both of which are advised by Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C., into newly organized series of the Allspring Funds Trust. Allspring's Systematic Edge investment team, led by Portfolio Manager Harin de Silva, CFA, Ph.D., has managed each 361 fund since inception and will continue to manage the strategies following the proposed reorganizations. Allspring Funds Management, LLC is expected to serve as the primary investment manager to the reorganized funds.
Each proposed reorganization requires the approval of the respective 361 fund's shareholders. If approved by fund shareholders, the 361 Global Long/Short Equity Fund would reorganize into a new fund named Allspring Global Long/Short Equity Fund, and the 361 Domestic Long/Short Equity Fund would reorganize into a new fund named Allspring U.S. Long/Short Equity Fund.
Allspring's Systematic Edge investment team has managed the 361 funds' strategies from inception in 2009 as Analytic Investors, LLC and currently manage $26.6 billion in AUM across all strategies as of June 30, 2022. Both strategies are managed by going long securities with attractive factor exposures and shorting high beta securities with unattractive factor exposures in their respective markets. The funds' strategies normally maintain a consistent long/short ratio of 100% long, 30% short. The process is quantitative in nature and model driven.
It is expected that each of the newly organized Allspring Funds will have substantially similar investment objectives, investment strategies and risk profiles, offering similar share classes and fee structures as the current 361 funds.
"We are delighted to begin the journey to bring our long/short equity strategies to the Allspring Funds complex," said Harin de Silva, Portfolio Manager for the Systematic Edge investment team. "We have sub-advised these funds since their inception and have a high level of conviction in the underlying investment thesis. 361 has been a tremendous distribution partner and now we look forward to Allspring being the long-term home for these funds."
Josh Vail, Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, said, "Allspring's Systematic Edge investment team has been a terrific partner and an incredible steward of capital for the shareholders of the 361 Long/Short Equity Funds. We are pleased that, pending shareholder approval, the Funds will move permanently and fully to the Allspring Funds complex, and believe strongly that this is the best outcome for shareholders."
John Kenney, Head of Strategic Initiatives at Allspring, stated, "We are thankful to Hamilton Lane for their continued partnership, and the great care they have taken, since 2014, of the shareholders in these funds. If approved by 361 fund shareholders, we expect a seamless fund adoption process and are excited to transition these funds to Allspring and our growing client base."
If approved by shareholders of the current 361 funds, after the reorganizations are completed the funds will be offered as part of Allspring's growing product offerings via our industry-wide distribution platform.
To learn more about Allspring and our mission to elevate investing, please visit
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Allspring Global Investments™ is the trade name for the asset management firms of Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC, a holding company indirectly owned by certain private funds of GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, L.P. These firms include but are not limited to Allspring Global Investments, LLC, and Allspring Funds Management, LLC. Certain products managed by Allspring entities are distributed by Allspring Funds Distributor, LLC (a broker-dealer and Member FINRA/SIPC).
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Insurance program manager promotes Percival and Schmitt to support company growth
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, today officially announces the promotion of Donna Percival and Erick Schmitt to the newly created position of Regional VPs of Sales. Percival will oversee sales initiatives in the West & Midwest U.S., while Schmitt will manage the Central and Eastern territories.
"This new role will support Distinguished's continued growth and commitment to provide brokers with exemplary service," noted Kurt Meister, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales and Distribution at Distinguished Programs. "Donna and Erick's deep understanding of the Distinguished products and their natural leadership abilities make them the ideal candidates."
Percival joined Distinguished as a Regional Sales Executive in 2020. Previously, she served as a business development manager at Westchester, a Chubb Company, where she grew the company's broker relationships in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Percival graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and public relations. She is based out of Bellevue, WA.
Schmitt also joined Distinguished in 2020. Prior to this, he worked at Markel Specialty as a senior sales manager, where he worked directly with retail agents to place Workers Compensation accounts. Schmitt received his bachelor's degree at the Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University. He is based out of Dallas, TX.
Distinguished Programs is a leading national insurance Program Manager providing specialized insurance programs to brokers and agents with specific expertise in Real Estate, Community Associations, Hotels, and Restaurants. Property and liability products are distributed through a national network of agents and brokers. Serving the same core markets and partnering with the most stable and reputable carriers, Distinguished Programs' high limit umbrella programs remain the clear choice in its areas of specialty for superior coverage, competitive pricing, and attentive service. Through thoughtful innovation, stemming back to 1987, Distinguished Programs fosters growth and opportunities for its brokers, carriers, and employees. www.distinguished.com.
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Proper's technology is creating an industry-standard platform for fintechs to maintain their data integrity, improving the speed of innovation across the industry and the overall health of the financial services ecosystem.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proper Finance, the integrated reconciliation and ledger data platform that enables financial technology companies to maintain complete financial accuracy, closed a $4.3M seed round led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from BoxGroup, Mischief, Y Combinator, and more.
Some of the tech industry's fastest-growing startups belong to the accrescent fintech ecosystem. Through new financial tools and services, these companies entirely reshaped how consumers and businesses interact with their finances, moving money around the world at unprecedented levels of speed and volume. Such rapid growth makes it nearly impossible for these fintechs to scale their reconciliation processes, making them vulnerable to financial data inaccuracies that can mount into larger financial problems that are sometimes impossible to solve.
"Since Proper's inception, we've met with companies that range from household names to smaller upstarts, and what we've discovered is that being unable to maintain complete financial accuracy is a problem that is not just common, but universal to all fintechs," said Kyle Maloney, co-founder, and CEO of Proper. "We're providing a ubiquitous solution to help the ecosystem at large so that fintechs can trace and account for every payment that flows through their systems at scale. Not accounting for every single cent can snowball into scenarios where six-digit sums are unaccounted for. Our team's skill set is unparalleled and they were uniquely assembled to solve this specific problem using their hybrid fintech, banking, and accounting backgrounds."
With Proper, fintechs don't need to spend precious engineering resources on low-level data tasks, or on creating and maintaining bespoke internal systems. Knowing that Proper has its financial operations securely covered, Proper's customers can use those resources to focus on core business and innovate new tools and services that they can more swiftly bring to market.
"Oftentimes data integrity is an afterthought for new fintechs, and they have to retroactively build these processes into their workflows, creating large sums of work for the lean engineering teams of an upstart," said Helson Taveras, Chief Technology Officer of Keep. "By selecting Proper for our ledgering, we can manage complex fund flows from the start, saving developer time and resources for what we need the most: bringing new products to market. Working with the Proper team has been absolutely stellar; they are prompt, insightful, and always willing to jump on a call for help."
"The team at Proper is incredibly talented and has a deep understanding of this problem space," said Tony Ford, investor, and former CTO of Marqeta. "To properly support successful fintech products, you must have financial data integrity and efficient payment operations. With the Proper platform, fintechs will have the help they need to support their complex financial applications."
With Proper, fintechs can manage their financial data – from payments providers to banks, network files such as NACHA, or even in-house payment processing systems – within a single platform. Proper is the fintech industry's first scalable, easy-to-integrate reconciliation and ledger software for modern fintechs of all sizes. With this round of funds Proper plans to further develop its already robust suite of products: Reconciliation-as-a-Service, payments data platform, and the universal ledger. Additionally, the Proper team will introduce no-code tools for payment operations teams to track and reconcile money movement across systems, as well as additional payment method integrations.
"Proper is such an exciting investment for us because when we ask fintech operators and marketplaces we universally get a response indicating how big of a pain point payment reconciliation is. This is why we believe this is the right wedge into building a broader fintech ops platform" said Medha Agarwal, Partner at Redpoint. "The team's genuine excitement to drive improvement for their customers, their deep understanding of the context and first-hand experience from their time at Marqeta, and its technically impressive platform, positions Proper to be the first company to successfully solve such a complex, industry-wide obstacle."
About Proper: Proper's mission is to accelerate the speed of innovation in fintech and improve the health of the financial services ecosystem by ensuring that the world's most innovative fintech companies are maintaining precise financial data at scale. Proper is the first integrated reconciliation and ledger software that maintains complete financial accuracy for financial technology companies of all sizes. Proper is a 2022 Y Combinator participant backed by Redpoint Ventures.
About Redpoint Ventures: Redpoint has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones since 1999. We invest in startups across the seed, early and growth phases, and we're proud to have backed over 578 companies—including Snowflake, Looker, Kustomer, Twilio, 2U, DraftKings, Duo Security, HashiCorp, Stripe, Root Insurance, HomeAway, Heroku, Netflix, and Sonos—with 181 IPOs and M+A exits. Redpoint manages $5.8 billion across multiple funds. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/
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US teacher sentenced to 14 years for traveling to Russia with cannabis
(CNN) – A United States teacher was caught with marijuana in Russia and sentenced harshly.
The case has struck some comparisons to WNBA star Brittney Griner’s case. But, Marc Fogel’s family said he isn’t getting the same treatment from diplomats.
The last moment of freedom for Fogel was caught on surveillance video at a Russian airport. He was heading back to Moscow last August for his 10th year of teaching the children of U.S. diplomats.
Airport personnel went through Fogel’s bags just minutes before he was detained for carrying cannabis into the country.
Fogel’s sister, Anne Fogel, said no one in his family has heard his voice since. His family has only gotten letters written in Russian.
“He says what he wants in English, someone translates for him, one of his cellmates, and depending on how good their English is is how accurate of a picture we get of what is happening,” Anne Fogel said. “It’s very convoluted and it’s incredibly worrisome because we can’t really have an honest conversation. Everything goes through the censors. It’s harrowing.”
Marc Fogel was convicted of smuggling drugs into Russia and sentenced to 14 years in prison in a high-security penal colony last month.
His family and lawyers have said he was carrying cannabis for medical reasons to treat chronic back pain.
“He made a terrible mistake by taking medical marijuana into Russia,” Anne Fogel said. “But 14 years in a hard labor camp is essentially a death sentence for him. He’s 61 years old and he has a very long history of spinal injury.”
The circumstances of his detention have some similarities to the arrest of Brittney Griner. However, Griner was declared wrongfully detained by the state department less than three months after her arrest.
Marc Fogel’s family is still waiting for action to be taken.
“He is wrongfully detained. There’s no question about it,” Anne Fogel said. “This is an outrageous, outrageous sentence.”
State Department spokesman Ned Price said they are continuing to learn more about the circumstances of Marc Fogel’s detention.
“We are always weighing those developments against the criteria to determine whether an American is wrongfully held or not,” he said.
While Marc Fogel was carrying about 20 grams of cannabis, which is much more than Griner had, his American lawyer said that his sentence can’t be explained without there being a political motive.
“This is a person who has served the American diplomatic community in schools all over the world for well over the majority of his career,” Anne Fogel said. “I need my president and first lady to stand up for him. He needs to come home.”
Marc Fogel’s family continues to push the department to deem him wrongfully detained. Doing so would launch the Biden administration to engage in negotiations to bring him home.
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- Simulated Reality allows users to view and engage with 3D objects in a fully virtual environment – without the need for bulky wearables
- Visitors to Dimenco's booth will see how Simulated Reality 3D display technology will usher in video calling in the Metaverse
- Dimenco is partnering with Nvidia at Siggraph to drive immersive Simulated Reality from anywhere with CloudXR, a groundbreaking technology built on the NVIDIA RTXTM platform
- Join us between the 9th and 11th August at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Booth #433
VANCOUVER, BC and VELDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Four years ago, Dimenco introduced the world to Simulated Reality (SR) technology. Now, the market leader in light field 3D display technology is bringing its award-winning spatial SR Pro display to Siggraph 2022, to demonstrate how Simulated Reality will revolutionize video calling.
With Built on SR™, the highly advanced 3D spatial display technology, the Dimenco SR Pro Display allows users to view and engage with virtual 3D objects, as well as providing the immersive presence of the person they are talking to. Visitors to Dimenco's Simulated Reality Connectivity demo will be able to experience the immersion of a 'real-world' conversation – all in a fully virtual environment and without the need for a bulky HMD (head-mounted display) or other wearables.
The new SR Pro Display was recently granted a CES 2022 Innovation Award in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Category - and for the first time, those at Siggraph will have the chance to experience the digital world brought to life between the 9th and 11th August at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Booth #433.
"The Dimenco Simulated Reality technology is a significant step in enabling true data immersion for a myriad of users. We at NVIDIA are very excited to be working with Dimenco in using NVIDIA CloudXR to stream immersive content to the Simulated Reality solution and to help change the human-data interaction dynamic."
Greg Jones – Director, Global Business Development/Product Management, XR at NVIDIA
Dimenco has partnered with Nvidia at Siggraph, making it possible to drive immersive SR experiences from anywhere with CloudXR.
The combination of CloudXR with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS) software makes it possible to scale XR capabilities throughout enterprises, providing seamless augmented, virtual and Simulated Reality experiences - comparable to the most robust tethered configurations.
Celebrated Parisian 3D Artist Dedouze will be joining the Dimenco team at their Siggraph booth, demonstrating his spatial art skills using the powerful GreasePensil tool in Blender.
His instantly recognizable pastel color palette and enlightening demonstration videos have garnered an impressive following across various social channels. Make sure to stop by at Dimenco booth #433 for a unique giveaway (while supplies last).
Demonstration: Wild Capture Digital Human Solutions for Houdini Users Wild Capture will showcase the compatibility of its Cohort, volumetric video virtual crowd building and digital fashion technology with Houdini. Wild Capture has used Houdini to optimize and simulate their world-class digital humans. Dimenco will provide its SR Pro Display technology to demonstrate how Wild Capture's volumetric content can be used with various Houdini assets for impressive results. Where: Houdini HIVE Lounge, Room 208, West Hall - Level 2 Date/Time: Tuesday, August 9 and Wednesday, August 10, 2022 (during Expo Hall hours)
Dimenco's proprietary spatial technology empowers monitor, laptop, tablet, smartphone, and other device manufacturers with the ability to incorporate SR visualization functionality into their product lines. One of the first globally available examples is Spatial Labs, implemented in the latest concept D laptop by Acer. Utilizing the Built-on SR™ display technology, at the Dimenco booth visitors can experience first-hand the 'Simulated Reality' laptop commercially released to consumers.
Dimenco unites hardware, software, and technology to deliver fast, rich, and natural three-dimensional experiences – with no wearables required. We've developed and produced a range of innovative own brand products with our Built-on SR technology, in addition to helping OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) take the leap from ordinary to extraordinary technology production.
Our mission is to push boundaries and achieve the dream of simulated reality – one of the world's biggest developments in 3D. Our open approach to the possibilities of spatial computing will result in totally new ways of interacting and experiencing your display, exceeding all expectations and delivering a real-world presence to virtual objects. Surpassing industry standards, Dimenco is truly redefining the future of display technology and has already welcomed the first consumer products Built on SR technology to the market.
Dimenco has led the spatial visualization market since 2010 and has its origins in Royal Philips Electronics. Headquartered in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, Dimenco is a privately held company. Learn more at https://www.dimenco.eu.
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Proceeds from Noodles' Pride Crispy Will Benefit Out & Equal in June
BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Noodles & Company, (NASDAQ: NDLS) the national fast-casual chain known for spreading Uncommon Goodness with its globally inspired noodle bowls, best-in-class service, and values-centric culture, is giving back this Pride Month with the return of the brand's signature Pride Crispy. Throughout the month of June, Noodles is pledging the donation of proceeds, up to $25,000, from Noodles' Pride Crispy sales at participating locations directly to Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, the premier organization advocating exclusively for LGBTQIA+ workplace equality.
Noodles' Pride Crispy – an idea conceptualized by a Noodles team member – is a delectable rainbow rice crispy treat made in-house with melted butter, marshmallows, and crispy rice cereal with added rainbow cereal in honor of Pride. The limited-edition treat will be available for purchase at Noodles & Company restaurants nationwide and available for order online or through the Noodles app from June 1 - June 30, 2022.
Noodles Ongoing Support
Noodles & Company stands in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community and is continuing its support by celebrating the month of June with an initiative that directly advocates for inclusion and equality in the workplace. Noodles is dedicated to inclusion and diversity in every aspect of its business and celebrates its team members and community members for their differences year-round. For more than 25 years, Noodles has remained committed to nourishing and inspiring every team member, guest, and community it serves by cultivating a workplace environment where team members can be their most authentic selves.
"For us, Pride Month means striving to make the world – starting with our restaurants – a better place by creating a culture where all feel welcomed and cared for. As a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I am thrilled for Noodles to once again support an initiative this Pride Month that directly impacts millions of LGBTQIA+ community members nationwide," said Carl Lukach, chief financial officer at Noodles & Company. "We are dedicated to caring about our team members and communities, a value that is at the center of everything we do at Noodles. Through our Pride Month give back, our partnership with Out & Equal will further its premise of ensuring workplace equality is a reality for all."
Noodles Leads with Inclusion + Diversity
In recent years, Noodles introduced its first-ever inclusion and diversity advisory council strengthening its commitment to an inclusive culture. As a result of its ongoing commitment, Noodles has been named one of America's Best Employers for Diversity by Forbes two years in a row, ranking highest in the restaurant category in 2022. Noodles has also joined the CEO Action Pledge to commit to building more inclusive and supportive companies.
As Noodles is committed to putting its people first, the Company also introduced two new Affinity Groups, or Noodles Resource Groups (NRGs) to its lineup of industry-leading inclusive team member benefits. Tied to the launch of the new brand positioning Uncommon Goodness, Noodles unveiled PROUD and THRIVE, resource groups available for general managers and above. PROUD is focused on elevating LGBTQIA+ community members and THRIVE is centered on elevating its BIPOC team members. Noodles Resource Groups are a safe space for team members to come together to share ideas, elevate their voice, create career growth opportunities and engage with the community and resources.
Other industry-leading benefits that support Noodles' LGBTQIA+ team members include paid maternity and paternity leave; surrogacy and adoption assistance of up to $10K; free mental health counseling; and gender-neutral bathrooms in Noodles restaurants across the country, so all team members and guests feel welcome and safe.
Add Flavor to Fundraising
In addition to Noodles' Pride Crispy initiative, Noodles gives back year-round through its Noodles Fundraiser Night program. Qualifying organizations can host a fundraising night at Noodle & Company with 25% of all qualifying sales going directly back to their non-profit of choice. With a Noodles Fundraiser Night, it is easier and tastier to raise funds for your organization.
About Noodles & Company
Since 1995, Noodles & Company has been serving guests Uncommon Goodness and noodles your way, with noodles and flavors that you know and love as well as new ones you're about to discover. From indulgent Wisconsin Mac & Cheese to better-for-you Zoodles and Other Noodles, the company serves a world of flavor in every bowl. Made up of more than 450 restaurants and thousands of passionate team members and named one of America's Favorite Restaurants by Newsweek, Noodles is well-known for its delicious noodles and industry-leading team member benefits. Noodles has been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Employers for Diversity in 2021 and 2022 and one of America's Best Employers for Women in 2021. Additionally, Denver Business Journal has called Noodles one of the Best Places to Work for its unique culture focused on Uncommon Goodness and built on the value of "Loving Life" which begins by nourishing and inspiring its communities and every team member and guest who walks through the door. The company has also earned the Women in the Lead Certification for its investment in women-empowering initiatives for its female team members and has proudly partnered with the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance to build cultural intelligence within its teams. To learn more and to find the location nearest you, visit www.noodles.com
Contact: Danielle Moore, Press@Noodles.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unit, the banking-as-a-service platform that empowers companies to embed financial services into their products, today announced a strategic partnership with Thread Bank, a leading digital-first bank based in Rogersville, Tennessee. Companies will now be able to easily embed a complete set of banking services into their products—including accounts, cards, payments, and lending—using a single platform, in a matter of weeks.
"In collaboration with Thread, Unit will be able to empower more companies to offer unique banking solutions based on industry-leading technology and partners," said Unit CEO and co-founder Itai Damti.
Chris Black, Thread CEO and President, said, "We believe the future of banking is digital, connected, contextual, and customer-first. Through meticulously-selected partnerships and technology, our unique and differentiated banking strategy will vastly improve the way individuals and small business customers manage everyday banking tasks. Unit's technology platform is not only proven and secure—it's also a nimble, evolving solution that continues to provide customers better products and services over time. We're thrilled to have Unit as a partner in our journey for engaging more customers in very new and exciting ways."
Together Unit and Thread Bank are well-positioned to offer customers seamless banking experiences by combining best-in-class finance and technology capabilities. The partnership has already been successful with several companies poised to launch banking and credit products in the coming weeks.
Thread Bank is one of four bank partners powering Unit's Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. While most BaaS providers rely on a single bank partner, Unit maintains multiple bank relationships to support the widest range of financial products and expand capacity for clients.
Unit has become a market leader in embedded finance by serving customers including AngelList, HoneyBook, Homebase, Veryable, Roofstock, Hearth, and Benepass.
Unit is a banking-as-a-service platform that empowers companies to embed financial services into their product. Unit's platform accelerates time to market and enables companies to build and launch next-gen bank accounts, cards, payments, and lending products. Unit is headquartered in Tel Aviv and New York City and is backed by Insight Partners, Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Aleph, Flourish Ventures, TLV Partners, and more.
Thread combines best-in-class technology with a streamlined experience to reduce the time, effort, and mental energy of business and personal banking. Formerly Civis Bank and Volunteer Bancorp, Inc., Thread was recapitalized by investors with a shared vision in helping business visionaries and dreamers succeed with a financial ecosystem that is connected, contextual, and customer-first. In addition to helping to shape the future of banking through the deployment of new technologies and new methods to deliver banking products and services, Thread operates two full-service branches in East Tennessee, as well as an LPO/DPO and executive office in Brentwood, Tennessee where the holding company is headquartered.
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TSX:MPVD and OTC: MPVDF
TORONTO and NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. ("Mountain Province", the "Company") (TSX: MPVD) (OTC: MPVDF) today its financial and operating results for the second quarter ("Q2 2022") and first half 2021 ("H1 2022") ended June 30, 2022. All figures are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
Second Quarter 2022 Key Takeaways
- Record Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of C$55.1M
- Revenue of $97.8M representing the second highest quarterly revenue in the Company's history and a 16% increase relative to that achieved in Q1 2022
- Strong average value per carat of US$130 follows closely to the unprecedented price growth during the Q1/22. The rough diamond market continues to experience strong demand supported by solid US retail results. Further support to the market is anticipated from jewellery retail in China as Covid restrictions ease in that country.
- Repurchase for cancellation of approximately US$26.4 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.000% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes following the close of the fiscal quarter
- A successful winter exploration program included further drilling of the Hearne Northwest Extension at the Gahcho Kué mine. Results included Kimberlite intersected in 60% of drill holes with mineralization ranging between 24.3 to 114.5 meters (see press release, July 18, 2022).
Mark Wall, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"The Company continues its' strong financial performance through the first half and into Q3 of 2022. We are pleased with these financial results. At the same time there remains work to do on the operations side. There are plans in place to correct the dilution issues seen early in the year, and these are working. Significant work has recently been completed on the primary crusher and I expect these upgrades to have a positive impact. There remain other areas of the operational performance that do not meet our expectations and we continue to actively engage with De Beers as the operator around the plan to deliver these improvements.
Together with our increased revenues, our recent repurchasing of Senior Secured Second Lien Notes has strengthened our balance sheet as we move closer to achieving our strategic and financial goals planned for the second half of this year."
Operational Highlights for Second Quarter 2022 ("Q2 2022")
- 749,000 ore tonnes treated, a 6% increase relative to Q1 2022, and an 8% decrease relative to Q2 2021 (Q1 2022, 707,553 ore tonnes treated; Q2 2021: 811,171 ore tonnes treated).
- 1,043,000 ore tonnes mined, a 2% increase relative to 1,019,000 tonnes mined in Q1 2022 and a 5% increase relative to the 993,000 tonnes mined in Q2 2021
- 1,261,000 carats recovered at an average grade of 1.68 carats per tonne, a 6% increase relative to Q1 2022 and a 29% decrease compared to the 1,764,000 carats recovered at 2.18 carats per tonne in Q2 2021 (Q2 2021: 1,763,556 carats recovered, Q1 2022: 1,185,156 carats recovered).
- 7,881,000 total tonnes mined, a 6% increase relative to Q1 2022 and a 10% decrease from 8,749,000 total tonnes mined in Q2 2021.
Financial Highlights for Second Quarter 2022 ("Q2 2022")
- Revenue from 587,000 carats sold at $97.8 million (US$76.0 million) at an average realised value of $167 per carat (US$130) compared to $64.7 million from 719,000 carats sold in Q2 2021 (US$52.6 million) at an average realized value of $90 per carat (US$73).
- Adjusted EBITDA1 of a record $55.1 million compared to $37.9 million in Q2 2021.
- Earnings from mine operations $51.4 million compared to $32.8 million in Q2 2021.
- Cash costs of production, including capitalized stripping costs1 of $126 per tonne treated (2021: $97 per tonne) and $75 per carat recovered (2021: $45 per carat).
- Net income at June 30, 2022 was $22.6 million or $0.11 earnings per share (2021: $22.5 million or $0.11 earnings per share). Included in the determination of the net income at June 30, 2022 are unrealized foreign exchange losses of $11.7 million, on the translation of the Company's USD-denominated long-term debt. The unrealized foreign exchange losses are a result of the weakening of the Canadian dollar versus US dollar.
Operational Highlights for H1 2022
- 16.0 million total tonnes mined in H1 2022, a 12% increase from the 14.3 million total tonnes mined in H1 2021.
- 1,457,000 tonnes of ore treated in H1 2022; a 1% increase compared to the 1,437,000 tonnes treated in H1 2021.
- 2,446,000 carats recovered at an average grade of 1.68 carats per tonne, 22% lower than the 3,156,000 carats, 2.20 carats per tonne, recovered in H1 2021.
Financial Highlights for H1 2022
- Total sales revenue of $182.4 million (US$142.7 million) at an average realised value of $167 per carat (US$130) compared to $119 million in 2021 (US$95.3 million) at an average realized value of $90 per carat (US$72).
- Half year Adjusted EBITDA2 of $99.7 million compared to $57.1 million in H1 2021.
- Earnings from mine operations of $94.2 million (2021: $46.5 million).
- Cash costs of production, including capitalized stripping costs2, of $136 per tonne treated (2021: $115 per tonne) and $81 per carat recovered (2021: $53 per carat).
- Net income for half year 2022 at June 30, 2022 was $47 million or $0.22 earnings per share (2021: net income $29.8 million or $0.14 earnings per share). Included in the determination of the net income for the half year at June 30, 2022 are unrealized foreign exchange losses of $7.4 million, on the translation of the Company's USD-denominated long-term debt. The unrealized foreign exchange losses are a result of the weakening of the Canadian dollar versus US dollar.
- Capital expenditures in H1 2022 were $24.2 million, $18.5 million of which were deferred stripping costs, with the remaining $5.7 million accounting for sustaining capital expenditures related to mine operations.
Market Highlights for Q2 & H1 2022
In Q2 2022, 587,000 carats were sold at an average value of $167 per carat (US$130 per carat) for total proceeds of $97.8 million (US$76.0 million) in comparison to 719,00 carats sold at an average value of $90 per carat (US$73 per carat) for total proceeds of $64.7 million (US$52.6 million) in Q2 2021.
During H1 2022, 1,094,000 carats were sold at an average value of $167 per carat (US$130 per carat) for total proceeds of $182.4 million (US$142.7 million) in comparison to 1,322,000 carats sold at an average value of $90 per carat (US$72 per carat) for total proceeds of $119.0 million (US$74.2 million) in H1 2021.
Gahcho Kué Mine Operations
The following table summarizes key operating statistics for the Gahcho Kué Mine in the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Financial Performance
Conference Call
The Company will host its quarterly conference call on Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 at 11:00am ET.
Title: Mountain Province Diamonds Inc Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call
Conference ID: 56265156
Date of call: August 10, 2022
Time of call: 11:00 Eastern Time
Expected Duration: 60 minutes
Webcast Link:
https://app.webinar.net/EjQrB08Bd0K
Participant Toll-Free Dial-In Number: (+1) 888-390-0546
Participant International Dial-In Number: (+1) 416-764-8688
A replay of the webcast and audio call will be available on the Company's website.
About the Company
Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine located in Canada's Northwest Territories. The Gahcho Kué Joint Venture property consists of several kimberlites that are actively being mined, developed, and explored for future development. The Company also controls 106,202 hectares of highly prospective mineral claims and leases that surround the Gahcho Kué Joint Venture property that include an indicated mineral resource for the Kelvin kimberlite and inferred mineral resources for the Faraday kimberlites.
For further information on Mountain Province Diamonds and to receive news releases by email, visit the Company's website at www.mountainprovince.com.
Qualified Person
The disclosure in this news release of scientific and technical information regarding Mountain Province's mineral properties has been reviewed and approved by Matthew MacPhail, P.Eng., MBA, and Tom E. McCandless, Ph.D., P.Geo., both employees of Mountain Province Diamonds and Qualified Persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Caution Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian and United States securities laws concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to operational hazards, including possible disruption due to pandemic such as COVID-19, its impact on travel, self-isolation protocols and business and operations, estimated production and mine life of the project of Mountain Province; the realization of mineral reserve estimates; the timing and amount of estimated future production; costs of production; the future price of diamonds; the estimation of mineral reserves and resources; the ability to manage debt; capital expenditures; the ability to obtain permits for operations; liquidity; tax rates; and currency exchange rate fluctuations. Except for statements of historical fact relating to Mountain Province, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "anticipates," "may," "can," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "targets," "intends," "likely," "will," "should," "to be", "potential" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may", "should" or "will" occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made, and are based on a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Many of these assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Mountain Province and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct.
Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from results anticipated by such forward-looking statements include the development of operation hazards which could arise in relation to COVID-19, including, but not limited to protocols which may be adopted to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and any impact of such protocols on Mountain Province's business and operations, variations in ore grade or recovery rates, changes in market conditions, changes in project parameters, mine sequencing; production rates; cash flow; risks relating to the availability and timeliness of permitting and governmental approvals; supply of, and demand for, diamonds; fluctuating commodity prices and currency exchange rates, the possibility of project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry, failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated.
These factors are discussed in greater detail in Mountain Province's most recent Annual Information Form and in the most recent MD&A filed on SEDAR, which also provide additional general assumptions in connection with these statements. Mountain Province cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. Investors and others who base themselves on forward-looking statements should carefully consider the above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent and the risk they entail. Mountain Province believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this news release.
Although Mountain Province has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Mountain Province undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Statements concerning mineral reserve and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements to the extent they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered as the property is developed.
Further, Mountain Province may make changes to its business plans that could affect its results. The principal assets of Mountain Province are administered pursuant to a joint venture under which Mountain Province is not the operator. Mountain Province is exposed to actions taken or omissions made by the operator within its prerogative and/or determinations made by the joint venture under its terms. Such actions or omissions may impact the future performance of Mountain Province. Under its current note and revolving credit facilities Mountain Province is subject to certain limitations on its ability to pay dividends on common stock. The declaration of dividends is at the discretion of Mountain Province's Board of Directors, subject to the limitations under the Company's debt facilities, and will depend on Mountain Province's financial results, cash requirements, future prospects, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board
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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (the "Company" or "Petco") (Nasdaq: WOOF) today announced that the Company will present at the Goldman Sachs 29th Annual Global Retailing Conference on Wednesday September 7, 2022 at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The live audio webcast will be available via the Company's investor relations page at ir.petco.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company's website through September 21, 2022.
Founded in 1965, Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and our own Petco partners. We've consistently set new standards in pet care while delivering comprehensive pet wellness products, services and solutions, and creating communities that deepen the pet-pet parent bond. We operate more than 1,500 pet care centers across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, which offer merchandise, companion animals, grooming, training and a growing network of on-site veterinary hospitals and mobile veterinary clinics. Our complete pet health and wellness ecosystem is accessible through our pet care centers and digitally at petco.com and on the Petco app. In tandem with Petco Love (formerly the Petco Foundation), an independent nonprofit organization, we work with and support thousands of local animal welfare groups across the country and, through in-store adoption events, we've helped find homes for more than 6.6 million animals.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, concerning expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical fact. Although Petco believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in these statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that these expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors that Petco identifies in its Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in such forward-looking statements. Petco undertakes no duty to update publicly any forward-looking statement that it may make, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law, regulation or other competent legal authority.
Investor Relations, investorrelations@petco.com; Media Relations, Benjamin Thiele-Long, benjamin.thiele-long@petco.com
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PITTSBURGH, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a pillow to help you maintain a better posture while sleeping on your stomach," said an inventor, from Pensacola, Fla., "so I invented the STOMACH SLEEPER. My design could help to relieve tension and stiff muscles in the neck."
The invention provides an improved way to sleep on the stomach. In doing so, it prevents soreness and stiff muscles in the neck area. It also increases comfort and support and it could contribute to a better night's sleep. The invention features an adjustable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals who sleep on their stomachs. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-MTK-153, 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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Iowa lawmakers OK bill mandating sale of E15 at gas stations
By DAVID PITT
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will become the first U.S. state to require that gas stations have pumps selling fuel with at least 15% ethanol. Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed the bill that received final legislative approval Tuesday, and when she signs it into law, the measure will boost corn growers and the ethanol industry. Ethanol production consumes roughly half the state’s corn crop, and Iowa leads the nation in corn and ethanol production. Most gas sold in nationwide is blended with 10% ethanol. The bill includes exemptions for gas stations selling less than 300,000 gallons of fuel a year, and stations with old storage tanks can get waivers. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/26/iowa-lawmakers-ok-bill-mandating-sale-of-e15-at-gas-stations/ | 2022-04-27T00:46:15Z |
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Landsea Homes Corporation (NASDAQ: LSEA) ("Landsea Homes" or the "Company"), a publicly traded residential homebuilder, announced today that longtime and seasoned real estate executive Jeff Wochner has been named the new Central Florida Division President for the company. In his role, Wochner will oversee all homebuilding operations in Florida.
"Jeff is well-equipped to lead Landsea Homes' Florida division into the future. His deep knowledge of the Florida housing market, strong relationships in the region, and passion for excellence will serve the company and our homebuyers well," said Mike Forsum, President and Chief Operating Officer, Landsea Homes. "He offers insightful perspective that will make him an integral part of our expansion and success in one of the strongest housing markets in the country. We look forward to having him on board."
A veteran real estate executive with seventeen years of industry experience, Wochner most recently served as the Florida Division President for Beazer Homes, another national homebuilder, before joining Landsea Homes. Prior to that, he served as Regional Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Beazer Homes. Wochner began his career at Shea Homes as a Senior Financial Analyst for the Arizona division.
"It is an honor to join the Landsea Homes team as the new Central Florida Division President," said Wochner. "The company has made their strong and growing presence in the Florida market well known over the last year, and I look forward to helping the team continue on that path of great success."
Landsea Homes recently closed on 103 new homesites in Kissimmee, Florida in the Storey Creek master planned community. The company entered the Florida market in 2021 and has steadily grown its market share over the last year. Landsea Homes accelerated its Florida homebuilding operations further by acquiring Hanover Family Builders earlier this year, positioning Landsea Homes as the seventh-largest homebuilder in Central Florida.
Landsea Homes was recently named the 2022 winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award, presented by BUILDER magazine. Through consecutive strategic moves, the Newport Beach-based home builder saw a historical year of transformation, which landed Landsea Homes the 47th spot on the coveted Builder 100 list, along with the Builder of the Year honors.
For more information about Landsea Homes, please visit: http://www.landseahomes.com.
Landsea Homes Corporation (NASDAQ: LSEA) is a publicly traded residential homebuilder based in Newport Beach, CA., that designs and builds best-in-class homes and sustainable master-planned communities in some of the nation's most desirable markets. The company has developed homes and communities in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Arizona, Florida, Texas and throughout California in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, and Orange County. Landsea Homes was named the 2022 winner of the prestigious Builder of the Year award, presented by BUILDER magazine, in recognition of a historical year of transformation.
An award-winning homebuilder that builds suburban, single-family detached and attached homes, mid-and high-rise properties, and master-planned communities, Landsea Homes is known for creating inspired places that reflect modern living and provide homebuyers the opportunity to "Live in Your Element." Our homes allow people to live where they want to live, how they want to live – in a home created especially for them.
Driven by a pioneering commitment to sustainability, Landsea Homes' High Performance Homes are responsibly designed to take advantage of the latest innovations with home automation technology supported by Apple®. Homes include features that make life easier and provide energy savings that allow for more comfortable living at a lower cost through sustainability features that contribute to healthier living for both homeowners and the planet.
Led by a veteran team of industry professionals who boast years of worldwide experience and deep local expertise, Landsea Homes is committed to positively enhancing the lives of our homebuyers, employees and stakeholders by creating an unparalleled lifestyle experience that is unmatched.
For more information on Landsea Homes, visit: www.landseahomes.com.
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Sarasota sheriff says deputies will not hesitate in an active shooter situation
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - In light of revelations that police in Uvalde, Texas, hesitated before confronting a shooter who murdered 19 children in an elementary school, Sarasota Sheriff Kurt Hoffman has released a video assuring the public that his deputies are prepared to respond quickly to a similar situation on the Suncoast.
“We are learning that (Texas) law enforcement apparently waited to engage the shooter, believing that they had a barricaded subject, which possibly led to additional lives being lost,” Sheriff Kurt Hoffman says in the video released Friday.
“Our agency is understandably getting many calls and questions about how we would handle this situation. I’m taking this opportunity to make it clear that we routinely train for active shooter situations just like this,” he said.
He says the first deputies on the scene of an active shooter situation will act immediately. “The first deputy on scene is mandated by our policy to immediately assume the duty and responsibility to locate the suspect, follow the sound of gunfire and meet deadly force with deadly force. Period. End of story.” he said.
“Make no mistake, the situation in Texas is nothing short of a horrific tragedy. Nothing we can do will bring back those precious lives.
“What we can do here locally as leaders is assure our community that we train for this and we are prepared to lay down our lives to save yours,” he said.
We are sharing this important message on behalf of Sheriff Hoffman in response to concerns raised by our citizens as we all learn new details in the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.https://t.co/FILs50Cqnm
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High school teacher under fire for letter refuting students’ gender identities
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KSFY/Gray News) - A South Dakota high school teacher is under scrutiny after dispersing a letter to students refuting their gender identities Monday.
“We did have a faculty member at the high school hand out a letter to four different students. That letter did discuss the students’ gender identity,” said Watertown School District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Danielson.
The superintendent says the school district does not support the actions taken by the Watertown High School teacher.
“Our response up until this point has been that the school district does not support those actions by the faculty member,” Danielson said. “We do not support discrimination of any kind for our students. We want to make sure that we create a safe learning environment for every child that comes through our doors.”
Amy Rambow is a parent of a student at the high school and the president and founder of LGBTQ+ group Watertown Love. She was able to share a copy of the letter one of the students had received with Dakota News Now.
“So the letter talks a lot about religion and their identities and their feelings, on how they can’t count on how they’re feeling. Very much transphobic,” Rambow said.
The letter also mentions a DVD that claims to explain things with “spiritual as well as the scientific facts.”
Danielson says the school district is investigating the matter and a text was sent out to parents informing them of the situation.
“As of this morning, we have been investigating the situation, trying to get a full picture of what happened yesterday, and some of the actions that were done on the part of the staff member,” Danielson said.
Rambow says she wants the situation addressed promptly.
“We’re just hoping that this is handled appropriately and swiftly and not swept under the rug,” Rambow said.
When asked if the teacher in question was still being allowed to teach Tuesday, Danielson said no action had been taken at that time.
“No actions are being taken until the investigation runs its course, which we hope to wrap that up very soon,” Danielson said Tuesday.
The superintendent said he expected the investigation to conclude by the end of the day Tuesday.
The results of the investigation are not yet known.
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- Shares of CRTD or CRTD warrants must be acquired by 4:00 PM ET on the Ownership Day, July 27, 2022, in order to receive the dividend of subscription rights
- Creatd management, officers, directors, and employees will have the right but not the obligation to participate in this Rights Offering on the same terms as the other equity holders
NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creatd, Inc. (Nasdaq CM: CRTD) (Nasdaq CM: CRTDW) ("Creatd" or the "Company") today announced the Record Date of July 29, 2022, for its $40 Million Rights Offering ("Record Date"), and confirmed the below calendar of dates associated with the Rights Offering:
As part of the above calendar of events, the Company has announced that it will hold an Investor Day on July 21st, 2022. The Investor Day presentation will include a tour of the Vocal mobile app, which remains on schedule to launch imminently, as well as previews of a number of additional product updates across Creatd's portfolio of brands.
Creatd's management, officers, directors, and employees (the "Insiders") will have the right but not the obligation to participate in this Rights Offering on the same terms as the other equity holders, including those related to over-subscription privileges.
If the Rights Offering is fully subscribed, the Company expects to receive proceeds of up to $40 million, before expenses, with proceeds to be allocated toward funding its expansion plan. If all of the warrants underlying the Units were to be exercised in the future, the Company would receive an additional $180 million. There is no obligation of the holders of subscription rights to exercise their rights and there will be no obligation of the holders of Units to exercise the warrants forming part of the Units.
Under the terms of the proposed Rights Offering, Creatd will be issuing subscription rights to its shareholders and warrant holders of record ("Record Date Shareholders"). Record Date Shareholders will receive two subscription rights for each share of Creatd common stock or share which may be acquired via conversion or exercise of preferred stock, warrants, or options. Each subscription right will entitle the eligible holder to purchase one Unit at a premium-to-market subscription price of $2.00 per Unit. Each Unit will consist of: (i) one share of common stock, (ii) one redeemable 5-year warrant exercisable for $3 per share, and (iii) one redeemable 5-year warrant exercisable for $6 per share, with both aforementioned warrants to be publicly tradable.
In order to ensure that all trades are settled by the established Record Date, eligible shareholders must own their securities by market close on July 27, 2022, two days prior to the Record Date.
The proposed Rights Offering will include an over-subscription privilege, which will entitle each rights holder that exercises in full its basic subscription privilege the right to purchase additional Units that remain unsubscribed. The availability of basic subscription and over-subscription privilege will be subject to certain terms and conditions, including pro-rata adjustments (if any), to be set forth in the offering documents.
The Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the Rights Offering. The Rights Offering, which will commence following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, will only be made by means of a prospectus. The Company expects to effectuate its S-1 shortly.
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which any such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.
About Creatd
Creatd, Inc. (Nasdaq CM: CRTD) is a company with a mission to provide economic opportunities to creators and brands by multiplying the impact of platforms, people, and technology. The Company has four main business segments, or 'pillars': Creatd Labs, Creatd Partners, Creatd Ventures, and Creatd Studios. Each pillar is characterized by a distinct revenue model, while operating on a shared-services structure and audience insights collected through our technology platforms. Creatd's pillars work together to create a flywheel effect, supporting our core vision of creating a viable and safe ecosystem for all stakeholders in the creator economy.
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Industry pioneer announces continued partnership with Honey Saves Hives campaign and releases their 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Justin's, a category leader known for crafting real food products that contribute to the world in a positive and meaningful way, today announced its continued support of Honey Saves Hives - a campaign from the National Honey Board to educate consumers on the important role honey, honey bees and beekeepers play in our day-to-day lives. Honey Saves Hives is the latest collaboration among Justin's ongoing corporate social responsibility efforts, which, in addition to pollinator conservation, include sustainable packaging and ingredients and hunger relief. Together, the goal of these initiatives is to make the world a more resilient, well-fed place. In an effort towards ongoing transparency, Justin's also announced the release of its annual 2021 Justin's Corporate Social Responsibility Report, which outlines progress in each of Justin's CSR areas.
"Honey bees are responsible for more than 35% of the foods we eat, and our team recognizes how connected and critical these pollinators are to our food system,1" said Penny Andino, vice president of marketing at Justin's. "We are honored to continue our partnership with the National Honey Board's Honey Saves Hives campaign for the third year in a row, as we both share a common mission of protecting honey bees and our food supply. We're nuts for bees and collectively, we can all help save the pollinators."
Honey bees are important to our ecosystem as they pollinate a wide range of plants, including crops like almonds, apples and pumpkins.2 For almonds, the primary ingredient in the brand's line of almond butters, protecting these buzzing bees is paramount as they are dying off at a 44% rate per year.3 That's why Justin's continues to join forces with national, state and local organizations that work to protect pollinators through habitat conservation and expansion, sustainable agriculture, research and education.
The National Honey Board's Honey Saves Hives campaign educates consumers on the various ways they can help protect and preserve pollinator populations, including by purchasing select made-with-honey products, like JUSTIN'S® Honey Almond Butter and JUSTIN'S® Honey Peanut Butter, during National Honey Month this September and beyond. In addition, throughout September, Justin's plans to encourage fans to show support for pollinators by entering a Bee Good giveaway on Instagram.
"We hope that our collective actions during National Honey Month will help elevate consumer awareness on the importance of honey bees, and share how a simple action, like purchasing products made with honey, can make a meaningful difference," said Margaret Lombard, chief executive officer, National Honey Board.
Justin's is not only dedicated to providing superior products with mindfully-sourced ingredients like organic honey, but also actively engages in corporate social responsibility efforts captured in their newly-released 2021 Justin's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.
"Why Not?! is our rallying cry for staying curious and challenging ourselves to be better," said Randy Simonson, president of Justin's. "It drives us as we push forward to make progress on CSR and related innovation initiatives."
Key impacts highlighted in the annual CSR report include:
- Pollinator Conservation - Justin's donated $61,000 to support pollinator conservation projects during 2021 through Xerces, National Honey Board and Project Apis m. partnerships.
- Packaging - Set a goal to reduce the amount of plastic used in nut butter jars by 30% by 2022, and continued to match 100% of the electricity used to produce all product caddies with renewable energy certificates.
- Food System Education - Justin's donated more than $40,000 to organizations that help people learn more about where their food comes from and how to source it more sustainably, including Whole Planet Foundation, Naturally Boulder, Thorne Nature Experience, and Growing Gardens.
- Hunger Relief - Justin's donated more than $15,000 and more than 4,100 meals to organizations that feed hungry kids and families in the U.S. through partnerships with Conscious Alliance and Frontline Impact Project.
- Ingredients - Always on the hunt for high-quality, sustainable ingredients, Justin's launched two new Non-GMO Project Verified products during 2021- Super Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups and Super Dark Chocolate Espresso Almond Butter Cups. Justin's also continues to verify all new products through the Non-GMO Project and sources Organic Rainforest Alliance Certified™ Cocoa.
Established in 2004 in the home kitchen of health enthusiast Justin Gold, Justin's supports an on-the-go lifestyle with an extensive line of naturally delicious, high-quality nut butter, USDA-certified organic nut butter cups, and plant-based snacks. Justin's is known for delivering delicious taste, a 'one-of-a-kind' grind texture and convenient nutrition. For more information about how Justin's is building a collective that's nuts about making the world a more resilient, well-fed place, visit Justins.com, Facebook.com/JustinsNutButter, Instagram.com/Justins, TikTok.com/justinsbrand, and Pinterest.com/Justins
The National Honey Board (NHB) is an industry-funded agriculture promotion group that works to educate consumers about the benefits and uses for honey and honey products through research, marketing and promotional programs. The Board's work, funded by an assessment on domestic and imported honey, is designed to increase the awareness and usage of honey by consumers, the foodservice industry and food manufacturers. The ten-member-Board, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, represents producers (beekeepers), packers, importers and a marketing cooperative. For more information, visit www.honey.com.
1 Source: Honey Saves Hives, National Honey Board
2 Source: FDA.gov-Helping Agriculture's Helpful Honey Bees
3 Source: https://www.pollinator.org/
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California avoids outages after day of grid-straining heat
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California avoided rolling outages during extreme heat, as operators of the state’s electricity grid continued to warn that unprecedented demand on energy supplies could force them to periodically cut power to some customers.
The California Independent System Operator on Wednesday thanked residents and businesses for heeding another “flex alert,” a request to reduce electricity consumption during peak evening hours.
“With your help, we made it through another day without rotating #poweroutages,” Cal-ISO said on Twitter. Another flex alert was issued for Thursday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. as temperatures were expected to spike again.
Targeted blackouts were avoided a day after miscommunication led utilities to mistakenly cut power to customers in several California cities.
The confusion occurred Tuesday afternoon between a dispatcher at the Northern California Power Agency, which owns and operates power generating facilities for 16 members including a dozen cities, and the California Independent System Operator as the grid it manages was perilously close to running out of energy amid record-breaking temperatures.
“That is certainly concerning to me,” Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of Cal-ISO, said Wednesday. “There was a lot happening on the grid for everybody last night. And so we’ll double down on the communication to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”
With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its record energy use around 5 p.m. Tuesday with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006.
As residents and businesses cranked air-conditioning to escape withering heat across the West and solar power supplies began to wane, Cal-ISO issued a stage 3 energy emergency alert to prepare utilities to initiate outages if demand didn’t decrease. The state’s legal marijuana regulatory agency also urged businesses to turn off lights and reduce power or use backup generators.
The Northern California Power Agency said its dispatcher misinterpreted Cal-ISO’s order to prepare to cut power and immediately undertook the process to cut 46 megawatts — enough to serve about 35,000 customers — in the cities of Alameda, Lodi, Santa Clara, Palo Alto, Healdsburg, and Ukiah.
It wasn’t clear how many customers lost power, though the agency said no outage lasted more than an hour.
“Once the outages had been initiated, our dispatcher contacted (Cal-ISO) to inform them that the curtailment action had been undertaken, and was then notified there had been a misunderstanding of the initial order,” NCPA said.
With the state on the brink of outages, Gov. Gavin Newsom for the first time triggered a wireless emergency alert system at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday that sent messages to 27 million cellphones urging them to turn off or reduce non-essential power.
Within moments, there was a reduction of more than 2,000 megawatts, bringing the state “back from the edge,” Mainzer said.
“It took a very loud signal,” Mainzer said. “I think they now recognize that we’re not messing around. This is a real issue. And we need real response.”
Newsom, speaking Wednesday in Beverly Hills, said he had debated pushing that button for the past four to five days. He ultimately decided to test it and concluded it was a game- changer, though he’s reluctant to use it too often because he fears weakening its effectiveness. The emergency alert was not repeated Wednesday.
Western states are struggling through one of the hottest and longest September heat waves on record. Temperatures began soaring last week, and the National Weather Service warned that dangerous heat could continue through Friday, despite some slight moderation.
Nearly 54 million people were under heat warnings and advisories across the West as temperature records were shattered in many areas.
California’s state capital of Sacramento hit an all-time high Tuesday of 116 degrees (46.7 C), breaking a 97-year-old record. Salt Lake City tied its all-time high temperature Wednesday at 107 degrees (41.6 C). The heat wave was expected to last until Saturday.
Reno, which sits just across the Nevada line along the Sierra’s eastern front at an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,372 meters), topped the century mark for the ninth day in a row on Wednesday with its seventh consecutive daily record-high — reaching 104 degrees (40 C) after recording its hottest September day ever on Tuesday at 106 degrees (41.1 C), according to weather service records dating to 1893.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in state history.
On the Northern Plains, the unusually late heat wave peaked Wednesday following a prolonged string of scorching days.
Along a main thoroughfare in downtown Billings, where the temperature set a daily record at 102 degrees (39 C), Gale Spotted Bear, native of the Blackfeet Reservation, sought shelter from the punishing heat in the shade of a vacant building.
“This year has been hotter than hell,” said Spotted Bear, adding that homeless people can be hit the hardest if they have nowhere to go. “It’s hard out here.”
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Associated Press writers Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; Michael R. Blood in Beverly Hills; Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada; and Matthew Brown in Billings, Montana, contributed to this report.
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CHICAGO, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enova International (NYSE: ENVA), a leading financial technology company powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence, today announced the company's second quarter 2022 financial results will be released after the market close on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
Enova will host a conference call to discuss its results at 4 p.m. Central Time / 5 p.m. Eastern Time the same day. The live webcast of the call can be accessed at the Enova International Investor Relations website at http://ir.enova.com, along with the company's earnings press release and supplemental financial information.
The U.S. dial-in for the call is 1-855-560-2575 (1-412-542-4161 for non-U.S. callers). Please ask to join the Enova International call. A replay of the conference call will be available until August 4, 2022, at 10:59 p.m. Central Time / 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, while an archived version of the webcast will be available on the Enova International Investor Relations website for 90 days. The U.S. dial-in for the conference call replay is 1-877-344-7529 (1-855-669-9658). The replay access code is 3569902.
About Enova
Enova International (NYSE: ENVA) is a leading financial technology company providing online financial services through its artificial intelligence and machine learning powered lending platform. Enova serves the needs of non-prime consumers and small businesses, who are frequently underserved by traditional banks. Enova has provided more than 7 million customers with over $40 billion in loans and financing with market leading products that provide a path for them to improve their financial health. You can learn more about the company and its brands at www.enova.com.
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Subway offers superfans the ultimate chance to get subs for a month, a year or even a lifetime if they get a Subway Series tattoo at the one-day-only event in Las Vegas
MILFORD, Conn., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After debuting the Subway Series – the 12 best and most craveable sandwiches in company history – Subway is offering nine of its biggest fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make this all-star line-up a permanent part of their history, in more ways than one.
On July 27, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. PT, Subway is hosting a block party in Las Vegas at Bad Apple Tattoo (5640 W Charleston Blvd. B, Las Vegas, NV 89146), where nine superfans can get a real tattoo of the Subway Series logo from two-time Ink Master Champion DJ Tambe or a member of his team. Depending on the size and location of the tattoo, fans can earn:
- Subs for a month: 2" x 2" tattoo on wrist, bicep or foot
- Subs for a year: 3" x 3" tattoo on shoulder blade, forearm or calf
- Subs for life: "The Footlong," a 12" x 12" tattoo on sternum or back
"Tattoos hold a special meaning for my customers, they come to me to celebrate the things they love the most or to commemorate a major moment in their lives," said DJ Tambe, tattoo artist. "Whether that's the first time trying the Subway Series, or simply eternal love for Subway, I'm here to make that a permanent part of their lives and something to showcase."
Subway will offer nine tattoos during the six-hour event, while supplies last. They include one 12 x 12 tattoo and a combined maximum of eight 3" x 3" or 2" x 2" tattoos to eligible adults who are 21+ on a first-come, first-serve and walk-in only basis. Subway superfans can line up to get tattoos starting on Wednesday, July 27, at 8 a.m. PT, with last call for the 12" x 12" tattoo at 1 p.m. PT, and 3 p.m. PT for the 3" x 3" and 2" x 2" tattoos. Full terms can be found at Subway.com/en-us/SubwaySeriesForLife.
For those not getting tattoos, Subway's block party has plenty of fun in the shade, including free 6-inch sandwiches from the all-new Subway Series menu, a DJ and dance floor, a graffiti artist creating a mural throughout the day and more. Fans who wish to show their love for Subway in a less permanent way can get an airbrush tattoo as well.
The Subway Series was unveiled on July 5, and is available nationwide. The new sandwiches are ordered by name or number to let guests stand back and relax as Subway's Sandwich Artists take care of the rest. The Subway Series release marks the biggest change to Subway's menu and ordering experience in its nearly 60-year history – continuing the brand's Eat Fresh® Refresh transformation journey, which began last summer with more than 20 new and refreshed ingredients.
About Subway® Restaurants
As one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, Subway serves freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across more than 100 countries in more than 37,000 restaurants every day. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway® franchisees – a network that includes more than 20,000 dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners – who are committed to delivering the best guest experience possible in their local communities.
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Offer is available to individuals who are legal permanent residents of the fifty (50) U.S. (and DC) who are 21 years of age & older. Offer begins at 11:00 AM PT and ends at 5:00 PM PT on 7/27/22, or while supplies last, whichever comes first. Due to the nature of this Program (and the time required to create a tattoo) a maximum of one (1) 12"x12" tattoo will be offered and a combined maximum of eight (8) 3"x3" and 2"x2" tattoos will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Participants must sign a release, and agree to Bad Apple Tattoo's Shop Policy, prior to being tattooed. Subs for a month to be awarded as a $372 gift card. Subs for a year to be awarded as $4,380 worth of Subway gift cards. Subs for life awarded as $50,000 worth of Subway gift cards. Limit one (1) Gift per Participant. Sponsor does not guarantee the availability of any tattoo artist. Subject to the full terms available at Subway.com/en-us/SubwaySeriesForLife.
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Inflation eases as consumer prices rise 6.3% in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, raising hopes that a surge in prices increases may have peaked.
According to a Commerce Department report Friday that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, consumer prices rose 6.3% in July from a year earlier after posting an annual increase of 6.8% in June, biggest jump since 1982. Energy prices made the difference in July: They dropped last month after surging in June.
So-called core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 4.6% last month from a year earlier after rising 4.8% in June. The drop — along with a reduction in the Labor Department’s consumer price index last month — suggests that inflationary pressures may be starting to ease.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices actually fell 0.1% from June to July; core inflation blipped up 0.1%, the Commerce Department reported.
Inflation started rising sharply in the spring of 2021 as the economy rebounded with surprising speed from the short but devastating coronavirus recession a year earlier. Surging customer orders overwhelmed factories, ports and freightyards, leading to delays, shortages and higher prices. Inflation is a worldwide problem, especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine drove up global food and energy prices.
In the United States, the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index is less well known than the Labor Department’s consumer price index (CPI).
But the Fed prefers the PCE index as a gauge of inflationary pressures, partly because the Commerce index attempts to measure how consumers adjust to rising prices by, for example, substituting cheaper store brands for pricier name brands.
CPI has been showing higher inflation than PCE; Last month, for instance, CPI was running at an 8.5% annual pace after hitting a four-decade high 9.1% in June. One reason: The Labor Department’s index gives more weight to rents, which have soared this year.
The Commerce Department also reported Friday that Americans’ after-tax personal income rose 0.3% from June to July after adjusting for inflation; it has fallen in June. Consumer spending rose 0.2% last month after accounting for higher prices.
The Fed was slow to respond to rising inflation, thinking it the temporary result of supply chain bottlenecks. But as prices continued to climb, the U.S. central bank moved aggressively, hiking its benchmark interest rate four times since March.
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Teenage pilot lands in Kenya amid record-setting flight attempt
By Reuters
A 16-year-old schoolboy who is on a quest to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo, landed his small plane in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Wednesday.
Mack Rutherford, who has British and Belgian nationality, started his journey near the Bulgarian capital Sofia in March and is looking to clinch a Guinness World record currently held by compatriot Travis Ludlow, who was 18 when he completed a circumnavigation last year.
“I’m hoping, with this journey, to inspire young people to follow their dreams,” Rutherford said after clambering out of his two-seater single prop ultralight aircraft, at Wilson Airport.
The plane’s manufacturer, Shark Aero, deemed the journey too risky and declined to partner with Rutherford’s project.
“Mack is no doubt a skilled pilot. However, we do not feel comfortable pushing the age limit to the lowest possible point for journeys where a certain level of risk cannot be avoided,” the company said on its website.
Rutherford’s journey will see him visit four more African and Indian Ocean countries, before heading to the Middle East, Asia and North America and finally returning to Europe.
Coming from a family of pilots, Rutherford first took the controls of an aircraft at the age of seven, sitting alongside his father.
At 15 he became the youngest pilot in the world and is now following in the footsteps of his older sister Zara, the youngest woman to fly around the world at age 19.
Visibility was a challenge while flying across the Sahara desert, he said, but the scenery more than made up for it.
“It hasn’t let me down, I’ve absolutely loved the views both around the Sahara desert and in Kenya,” he said.
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Should you buy a gaming chair?
Avid gamers often experience back, neck and shoulder pain after long gaming sessions. This doesn’t mean you should give up on your next campaign or switch your console off for good, just consider buying a gaming chair to provide the right type of support.
If you’re not yet sold on the idea, you may be wondering what the benefits of gaming chairs are and whether they have any drawbacks. They might not be perfect, but the pros outweigh the cons for most gamers.
Benefits of gaming chairs
Is it worth having a dedicated chair for gaming or will any other seat in your home do? If you’re not sure whether buying a gaming chair is the right call, learning some of the benefits may sway your decision.
Comfort
One of the main benefits of this type of chair is its comfort. If you’re sick of getting a dead leg, sore back or crick in your neck while you’re gaming, a comfy chair might be just what the doctor ordered. Most are well-padded in both the seat and the back, plus armrests and headrests increase your overall comfort even further.
Support
Not only are they comfortable but they offer support. Quality chairs for gaming will have good lumbar support to help prevent pain in the lower back. Many also offer support all the way up the back through to the head and neck, helping avoid pain in the neck and shoulders. Armrests offer support for the arms and help keep your wrists and hands in a more ergonomic position, which could reduce the risk of repetitive strain injuries.
Adjustability
While not all gaming chairs are adjustable, many are. The more points of adjustability there are, such as the back, seat height, and armrests, the easier it is to tailor the chair to meet your needs. The more you can adjust your chair, the more likely it is to provide the support you need for long gaming sessions.
Better gaming experience
Some chairs have built-in speakers and some even have vibration options that rumble at the same times as your console controller vibrates. These functions can enhance your gaming experience, making it more immersive. If you opt for a chair with these types of features, make sure it’s compatible with your game console or gaming setup. Some connect with other chairs at the same time, which is great if you often play with others in your household.
Improved concentration
Because you’re comfortable and supported in your chair, you may find this improves your concentration and reaction time. Nobody can promise the next time you turn on your Switch, you’ll race to the top of the Mario Kart leader board, but it might just help you beat that boss you’ve been having trouble with.
Multifunctional
If you’re worried that you won’t use your gaming chair often enough to make it worth your while, consider that most work well for a range of functions. Upright PC gaming chairs double up and comfortable and supportive office chairs. You can use them while you work or study or whenever you spend time at a desk. Rocker chairs make for great reading chairs and are great for watching TV in.
Drawbacks of gaming chairs
Of course, gaming chairs aren’t without their flaws, so it’s important to consider their drawbacks before buying. You might realize the office chair you already have is perfectly good for PC gaming or you’re happy to play console games from the couch.
Price
Quality gaming chairs aren’t cheap. While you can find rocker chairs for less than $100, the best cost $100-$200. Larger chairs for desktop gaming are even pricier, with high-end versions costing as much as $300-$500. For some buyers, this is just too much of an outlay. Of course, you can find budget options, but some would rather make do with the chair they’ve already got than buy one that isn’t up to scratch.
Size
You may be put off by the fact they’re fairly bulky. Upright chairs for gaming are significantly bigger than standard desk chairs, so in a bedroom or small office, they may take up too much space. Rockers are somewhat smaller and often fold so you can store them when they aren’t being used, but they can still take up too much floor space in a small living room.
Appearance
Not always the most attractive or refined pieces of furniture, if you’re hot on interior design, you may not want to let a chair of this type into your home. Of course, you can find some more stylish alternatives, but they’re likely to cost more than average chairs, and you may sacrifice some function in favor of form.
May encourage excessive use
It’s important to be comfortable and have proper support while gaming, but it isn’t good for anyone to sit all day. Nobody’s saying you shouldn’t have the occasional mammoth gaming session, but regularly gaming eight hours a day could be detrimental to your health. If you think you’d rarely get up from your gaming seat, it might be better to stick with a less comfortable one.
Best gaming chairs
Razer Iskur Fabric Gaming Chair
Soft yet supportive with a total lumbar support system, this chair will keep you comfortable through long gaming sessions.
Sold by Amazon
Made from breathable fabric, you can play for hours without overheating, which can be a problem in leather and faux leather chairs.
Sold by Amazon
X Rocker Surge Wireless Gaming Chair
With built-in speakers, this chair takes your gaming experience to another level. The rocker design is perfect for console gaming.
Sold by Amazon
Best Choice Products Swivel Gaming Chair
This low to the ground swivel chair is ideal for all kinds of console gaming. It even folds so it takes up less room when you aren’t using it.
Sold by Amazon
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The Heart of Stark: Canton City Public Health launches educational video series
In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, Stark Community Foundation is highlighting positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays!
As part of National Minority Health Month, Canton City Public Health recently announced new positions and outreach efforts aimed at improving health equity in our community, including the launch of a new educational video series as part of its THRIVE program.
THRIVE (Toward Health Resiliency and Infant Vitality and Equity) is a community collaborative through Canton City Public Health that began in 2013 when Ohio’s disparity in infant mortality between black infants and white infants was among the worst in the nation. THRIVE is responsible for identifying factors in our community that lead to infant mortality and reducing the overall infant mortality rate and disparity in birth outcomes relative to black and white infants.
The video series, which is held monthly on Stark County THRIVE's Facebook page, spotlights community members working toward equity in Stark County.
“We are excited to announce this monthly series of interviews,” said Health Commissioner Jim Adams. “These interviews with people who live and work in our community will provide insight and vision on how we can work toward change and improvement.”
The first video features Jasmine Wagster, founder of Labor in Love Midwifery and one of the few black midwives in Stark County. This video and future interviews can be viewed on Stark County THRIVE’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/StarkCoTHRIVE.
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BETHESDA, Md., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE American: LEU) will broadcast its quarterly conference call with shareholders and the financial community over the Internet on Friday, August 5, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The Company will release its second quarter earnings report for 2022, which ended June 30, 2022, after the close of markets on Thursday, August 4.
The conference call will be open to listeners who log in through the Company's website, www.centrusenergy.com. A link to the call will be located in the Investor Relations section of the website, and a webcast replay will be available through August 15, 2022.
Centrus Energy is a trusted supplier of nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry. Centrus provides value to its utility customers through the reliability and diversity of its supply sources – helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon-free electricity. Since 1998, the Company has provided its utility customers with more than 1,750 reactor years of fuel, which is equivalent to 7 billion tons of coal. With world-class technical and engineering capabilities, Centrus is also advancing the next generation of centrifuge technologies so that America can restore its domestic uranium enrichment capability in the future. Find out more at www.centrusenergy.com.
Contact:
Lindsey Geisler (301) 564-3392 or GeislerLR@centrusenergy.com
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Giuliani associate Lev Parnas sentenced to 20 months in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and eight months in prison for fraud and campaign finance crimes.
Parnas, 50, had sought leniency on the grounds that he’d cooperated with the Congressional probe of Trump and his efforts to get the leaders of Ukraine to investigate President Joe Biden’s son.
U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken didn’t give Parnas credit for that assistance, which came only after the Soviet-born businessman was facing criminal charges. But the judge still imposed a sentence lighter than the six years sought by prosecutors.
The judge also ordered Parnas pay $2.3 million in restitution.
Addressing the court before the sentence was announced, Parnas sobbed and apologized to people who had lost money investing in his business ventures.
“A lot that you heard is true your honor. I have not been a good person my whole life. I’ve made mistakes. And I admit it,” Parnas said. “I want to apologize to all the victims that I hurt. These are all people who are my friends, all people who trusted me and I lied to them to further my personal agenda,” Parnas said.
The criminal case against Parnas was not directly related to his work acting as a fixer for Giuliani as the former New York City mayor connected with Ukrainian officials and lobbied them to launch an investigation of Biden’s son, Hunter.
Instead, it zeroed in on donations Parnas had illegally made to a number of U.S. politicians using the riches of a wealthy Russian as part of an effort to jump-start a legal recreational-marijuana business.
In March, Parnas also pleaded guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy, admitting that he and a partner had given investors false information about a Florida-based business, Fraud Guarantee, that promised it could protect people against fraud.
That new company hired Giuliani as a consultant at a time when some Ukrainian figures were trying to curry favor with the Trump administration, agreeing to pay him $500,000.
Charles Gucciardo, a Long Island attorney who put up the cash to pay Giuliani, told the judge during the sentencing hearing that he hoped the former mayor would return the money, since Fraud Guarantee turned out to be a fraud.
“My bet is he’s going to give me that money back,” he said, adding that he didn’t blame Giuliani, who has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the scheme.
Giuliani, who was working at the time as a personal lawyer for then-President Donald Trump, has said he knew nothing about the crimes of Parnas and others.
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Giuliani’s interactions with Ukrainian figures violated a federal law that governs lobbying on behalf of foreign countries or entities.
Parnas and a business associate, Igor Fruman, attracted attention from reporters after arranging big donations to Republican politicians, including a $325,000 donation to a political action committee supporting Trump.
An October conviction also supported a finding that he made illegal donations in 2018 to promote a new energy company.
During Parnas’ sentencing hearing, the judge also heard from other people who had lost money with him in failed business deals.
Dianne Pues said the businessman “destroyed my life” when he failed to repay money she and her husband had loaned him to produce a movie called “Anatomy of an Assassin.”
Parnas promised he would become a new person.
He made a special apology to Gucciardo, turning to face him as he spoke.
“I’d like to apologize to Mr. Gucciardo. Even though I never spent a dollar of his money. I lied to him and used our friendship. Charles, I am sorry,” he said.
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WASHINGTON , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) has declared a second quarter dividend of $0.95 per share for each of Farmer Mac's three classes of common stock – Class A Voting Common Stock (NYSE: AGM.A), Class B Voting Common Stock (not listed on any exchange), and Class C Non-Voting Common Stock (NYSE: AGM). The quarterly dividend will be payable on June 30, 2022 to holders of record of common stock as of June 15, 2022.
Farmer Mac's board of directors has also declared a dividend on each of Farmer Mac's five classes of preferred stock. The quarterly dividend of $0.375 per share of 6.000% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C (NYSE: AGM.PR.C), $0.35625 per share of 5.700% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D (NYSE: AGM.PR.D), $0.359375 per share of 5.750% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock Series E (NYSE: AGM.PR.E), $0.328125 per share of 5.250% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock Series F (NYSE: AGM.PR.F), and $0.3046875 per share of 4.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G (AGM.PR.G), is for the period from but not including April 17, 2022 to and including July 17, 2022. These preferred stock dividends will be payable on July 17, 2022 to holders of record of those classes of preferred stock as of July 1, 2022.
About Farmer Mac
Farmer Mac is a vital part of the agricultural credit markets and was created to increase access to and reduce the cost of capital for the benefit of American agricultural and rural communities. As the nation's secondary market for agricultural credit, we provide financial solutions to a broad spectrum of the agricultural community, including agricultural lenders, agribusinesses, and other institutions that can benefit from access to flexible, low-cost financing and risk management tools. Farmer Mac's customers benefit from its low cost of funds, low overhead costs, and high operational efficiency. Additional information about Farmer Mac is available on Farmer Mac's website at www.farmermac.com.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC) ("the Company") today announced that its board of directors increased its prior authorization to repurchase common stock of the Company by $500 million.
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased more than 1.4 million shares of its common stock for $193 million at an average price per share of $135.77. Subsequent to the end of the second quarter, the Company repurchased approximately 1.1 million additional shares of its common stock for $131 million at an average price per share of $124 through the end of July.
As of July 29, 2022, the Company had approximately $28 million of capacity remaining under its prior authorization, and the increase in authorization provides a total remaining capacity of approximately $528 million.
About Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation is a leading global vacation company that offers vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management, along with related businesses, products and services. The Company has over 120 vacation ownership resorts and approximately 700,000 owner families in a diverse portfolio that includes some of the most iconic vacation ownership brands. The Company also operates exchange networks and membership programs comprised of nearly 3,200 affiliated resorts in over 90 countries and territories, as well as provides management services to other resorts and lodging properties. As a leader and innovator in the vacation industry, the Company upholds the highest standards of excellence in serving its customers, investors and associates while maintaining exclusive, long-term relationships with Marriott International, Inc. and Hyatt Hotels Corporation for the development, sales and marketing of vacation ownership products and services. For more information, please visit www.marriottvacationsworldwide.com.
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Florida man sets world record after watching ‘Spider-man: No Way Home’ 292 times
Published: Apr. 18, 2022 at 11:40 AM EDT
(CNN) - More people are heading back to the movie theaters, but probably not as much as a man in Florida who spend nearly $3,500 on tickets to see “Spider-man: No Way Home” nearly 300 times.
In the process, Ramiro Alanis broke the world record for most cinema productions attended of the same film.
Alanis ended up spending 720 hours, the equivalent of 30 days, watching the film 292 times in theaters from mid-December to mid-March.
Some days, he watched the movie five times in a row.
To break the record, he was not allowed to nap, use his phone or even go the bathroom.
In 2019, the broke the same record by watching “Avengers: Endgame” 191 times.
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Daycare worker charged with felony after 3-year-old boy left on hot bus, police say
PICAYUNE, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) - A daycare worker in Mississippi is facing a felony charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old child on a hot company bus.
WLOX reports that 3-year-old Kaysen Breaux was hospitalized after being left inside a daycare bus at First Step Learning Lab on Monday.
The boy’s mother, Stephanie Breaux, said she believes her son was left on the bus for up to two hours.
She said he suffered exhaustion and hypothermia that day, along with an extremely low body temperature that dropped after he got home.
According to Stephanie Breaux, if her son had been inside any longer, he might not have made it out alive.
“I just feared that something like this could happen. You read about it, you see it on the news, that babies die in hot cars. And to know my baby was left, it’s careless,” Stephanie Breaux said.
The Picayune Police Department said the bus driver, 40-year-old Treshay Mashette Quinn, has been charged with child deprivation and booked into the Lenoir Rowell Criminal Justice Center.
“I can’t believe the daycare is still up and running. I’m thankful that she [the bus driver] has been incarcerated for this,” Stephanie Breaux said.
Picayune police also reported that the owner of the daycare, Wanda Worley, was running the business in an unauthorized residential area. They said Worley had not updated her occupancy permit and was issued citations for violating city ordinances.
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New approach revolutionizes how brands use insights from conversations across voice and messaging to optimize customer experience
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN), a global leader in customer engagement solutions, today announced the launch of Contact Center Conversation Mining, a revolutionary solution for tracking, measuring, and optimizing customer experiences, powered by the Celonis Execution Management System.
Contact Center Conversation Mining is a new approach to customer journey mapping that helps brands transform conversational analytics into intelligent action. With customer journeys typically spanning multiple departments and systems — and measurement tools like surveys only offering insights after a journey has come to an end — traditional approaches to journey mapping are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and rarely empower brands to take proactive actions based on learnings. Relying on them can lead to hyper-targeted point solutions, created reactively, that do not transform the full customer experience and end up prioritizing cost savings over growth-focused initiatives.
Contact Center Conversation Mining combines process and conversational data from voice and digital interactions to optimize every customer interaction, generate new revenue streams, and increase customer lifetime value. With Contact Center Conversation Mining, brands can:
- Systematically map customer journeys across systems and interactions
- Identify patterns in customer behavior to understand what drives and impacts their experiences and outcomes
- Break conversations down into segment-level data for visibility into journeys that deliver optimal outcomes and those that lead to challenges or poor experiences
- Unlock insights from conversational data, including sentiment and intent
- Convert those insights into intelligent action through automation and workflow that delivers effortless, personalized experiences
LivePerson's customer engagement solutions, spanning across voice and messaging channels, are used by the world's top brands to have conversations with millions of consumers as personally as they would with one. With LivePerson, these brands have reduced customer care costs up to 50% and increased annual sales by hundreds of millions of dollars. Celonis' leading Execution Management System reveals and fixes hidden process inefficiencies at speed and scale.
"In partnering with Celonis, we're taking another step toward creating AI-powered customer engagements that feel Curiously Human, delivered on any consumer channel," said Rob LoCascio, founder and CEO of LivePerson. "This new and better way to surface and take advantage of conversational data can help brands improve their performance across both customer care and commerce, meaning they can both cut costs and drive revenue."
Putting Contact Center Conversation Mining into practice provides brands and the customers they serve with benefits, including:
- Optimized service channels: for example, better leveraging chatbots and support portals to free up agents for more complex tasks
- Improved customer experience: for example, addressing the root causes of dropped conversations and improving overall handling times
- Improved agent utilization: for example, following up on and reducing escalations and agent misconduct
- Increased productivity: for example, reducing manual intervention and increasing process automation for ticket assignments
"Celonis and LivePerson are uniquely positioned to solve challenges that have caused inconsistent, high-friction experiences between brands and consumers for far too long," said Rama Vadakattu, SVP of Ecosystem Solutions & Success at Celonis. "Through Contact Center Conversation Mining, LivePerson is providing critical insights into customer experience KPIs like NPS and Agent Effectiveness — and together, we're helping brands combine conversational insights, process insights, and automation to improve customer experiences."
For more information, watch LivePerson and Celonis's webinar, and to get started using Contact Center Conversation Mining, go to the Celonis Marketplace.
About LivePerson, Inc.
LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is a global leader in customer engagement solutions. We create AI-powered digital experiences that feel Curiously Human. Our customers — including leading brands like HSBC, Orange, and GM Financial — have conversations with millions of consumers as personally as they would with one. Our Conversational Cloud platform powers nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set to build connections that reduce costs, increase revenue, and are anything but artificial. Fast Company named us the #1 Most Innovative AI Company in the world. To talk with us or our Conversational AI, please visit liveperson.com.
Contact: Mike Tague, mtague@liveperson.com
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Best recent home trends and DIY home improvement tips
For better or worse, the pandemic sentenced huge numbers of people to home confinement for many months. Many got a chance to work, play and enjoy time with family in a comfortable and familiar space. With so much time spent in the house, a lot of people decided it was time for some home improvement.
To get a handle on which COVID-19 home improvement projects are worth looking into, we consulted BestReviews’ talented DIY expert, Beth Allen. She’s a licensed contractor with over a decade of experience teaching DIY techniques. Allen was happy to point out some of the most popular and cost-effective home improvement projects that developed during COVID-19 lockdowns and remain great DIY ideas.
Efficient management of space
Before COVID-19, working at home was relatively rare. Communicating with co-workers on video calls was practically unheard of. Making a home office not only usable but also presentable was one major shift during the pandemic.
The new work-from-home status quo, as Allen explained, “gave people the opportunity to have privacy during phone calls.” She continued, “People got crafty when creating those spaces, using shoji screens and similar room dividers to hide clutter behind.”
That is, of course, nothing to be ashamed of. Everybody needs a professional backdrop, but few of us have the time, energy and dedication to keep a house pristine for 100% of the day. “People also figured out creative ways to mount green screen fabrics and panels in their houses,” Allen said. Allen mentioned one student who installed a retractable projection screen that was a green screen.
People also got to spend a lot more time with their pets. While that’s always welcome, cats and dogs need time and space to themselves, too. To that end, Allen mentioned, “people started building dog houses in small, unused spaces, like putting the dog bed under the stairs.”
Major home improvement projects
Sitting in the house all day led a lot of homeowners to figure out big changes they could make. “People looked at their HVAC systems and wondered what kinds of upgrades would lead to better indoor air quality,” Allen explained, “and when viruses hit, people asked themselves how they could keep the whole house cleaner.”
Allen shared with us one particularly good example of a novel germicidal solution that gained popularity during COVID-19 home makeovers. “There’s a UV light system that goes in your central air system or ductwork,” Allen said, “that kills pathogens like bacteria and mold.” While there’s a decent selection of specially designed drop-in UV-C sterilization systems, a lot of people decided to use DIY solutions and saved considerable money doing so.
Another method homeowners used for general cleanliness involved reducing the microbiome throughout the house. Keep in mind that every time we touch something, bacteria spreads. Most bacteria and other particles aren’t harmful, but we know now more than ever that some are.
“Fewer things to come in contact with means fewer risks of passing any bacteria or virus, whether it’s COVID-19 or a stomach bug,” Allen acknowledged. Touchless faucets, occupancy sensors and smart light switches are some of the best examples of automated hardware that reduces a home’s microbiome.
It’s important to note that home improvement projects like these aren’t necessarily suitable for beginners. Working with home wiring requires considerable care, and it helps to have experience. If you’re not comfortable accessing electrical wiring, don’t hesitate to call a licensed professional.
On the other hand, Allen reassured us, “If you can do basic electrical work, you can install an occupancy switch.” Similarly, things like touchless faucets require some plumbing skills. Trying to do any of these permanent projects without the necessary know-how will probably end up in failure. You’ll likely need to call a professional anyway to fix it.
Storage and organization
The birth of the COVID-19 home office led to the disappearance of countless spare bedrooms worldwide. What’s more, those spare bedrooms also commonly served as year-round overflow storage. That inevitably requires extra places to put stuff out of sight. Homeowners have since hung cupboards in garages, built backyard sheds and, not unlike the hidden dog bed ideas, filled underutilized nooks and crannies like staircases and crawl spaces with extra boxes.
After emptying the former spare bedrooms, they commonly see fresh coats of paint, and in some cases upgrades such as smart power outlets. There’s also an increasing trend of floating shelves, and that extends beyond just spare bedrooms and home offices.
General design trends
Floating shelves, for example, weren’t necessarily spurred on by COVID-19’s stay-at-home measures. They’ve seen increasing popularity for years, and for good reason — floating shelving maximizes space and minimizes the number of busy fixtures on the wall.
We’re also seeing a trend toward lighter-colored flooring, as Allen noted. “There was a period where everyone went to dark floors. I wouldn’t necessarily follow those trends blindly,” Allen said, “because it really depends on lifestyle.” It’s also important to consider how light and dark flooring, walls and ceilings directly affect how deep, wide and tall a room looks.
As Allen shared, “I try to focus less on specific trends and more on lifestyle. Just because it’s popular doesn’t mean you should run out and spend money on it, especially if it doesn’t suit you and your family’s everyday existence.” After all, your home is yours, and you get to decide how to decorate it.
Enriching backyard improvements
One big benefit of spending more time at your house is the ability to spend more time outside of your house. A huge number of people took up gardening as a means of connecting with the outdoors without leaving home. “People used raised and potted gardens to make use of small spaces to provide fresh, homegrown food,” Allen explained. “During COVID-19, people started to appreciate good-quality ingredients more because they weren’t able to get out of the house to their favorite restaurants.”
To that end, Allen agreed that you don’t have to go out of your way to purchase a lot of the hardware to make backyard garden beds. “I love repurposing and reusing,” she said, “I used found pallets to make an herb garden and it was pretty simple. It took me an hour to build a raised box and paint it. Now I have a cute little herb garden that we use all the time — we have enough for my neighbor to help herself all the time.”
Possibly even more satisfying than growing food to eat, Allen pointed out, is growing herbs to garnish adult beverages. “People quickly started growing dedicated cocktail gardens full of mint, basil and other herbs,” which go perfectly with alcoholic drinks.
Best products for COVID-19-inspired home improvement projects
Oriental Furniture Shoji Screens
With anywhere from three to eight panels, these Japanese room dividers are classy and effective for houses and apartments.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
It’s considerably more substantial than a Japanese-inspired paper divider and even has shelves for placing decorations.
Sold by Amazon
Elgato makes a wide variety of products meant for podcasting, which translates perfectly to immersive, professional home office setups. This retractable green screen lets you customize your video call background with ease.
Sold by Amazon
This versatile smart thermostat comes at a midrange price and can help you save on energy costs while keeping you and your family comfortable.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
It’s meant for installation inside your HVAC system and uses UV-C light to kill bacteria, destroy viruses and minimize mold and mildew in the air. Keep in mind that UV-C rays are dangerous to living things, so don’t use anything like this in the open air inside your home.
Sold by Amazon
Moen Arbor Motionsense Kitchen Faucet
This touchless kitchen faucet sports a dependable motion sensor and versatile pull-down sprayer.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Yodel Touchless Bathroom Faucet
When you don’t need to touch your bathroom faucet before or after using it, your hands remain considerably cleaner.
Sold by Amazon
TP-Link Kasa KP200 Smart Outlet
This in-wall outlet adds smart features to nearly any appliance you plug into it. Note that you either need a professional or the electrical know-how to safely install one of these.
Sold by Amazon
This infrared motion sensor detects when someone enters a room and turns on the electrical devices it’s connected to.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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WASHINGTON -- When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before a U.S. House committee Wednesday about gun violence, he told lawmakers about the horror of seeing the bodies of two of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary massacre. They were so pulverized, he said, that they could be identified only by their clothing.
In recent years, the medical profession has developed techniques to help save more gunshot victims, such as evacuating patients rapidly. But trauma surgeons interviewed by KHN say that even those improvements can save only a fraction of patients when military-style rifles inflict the injury. Suffering gaping wounds, many victims die at the shooting scene and never make it to a hospital, they said. Those victims who do arrive at trauma centers appear to have more wounds than in years past, according to the surgeons.
But, the doctors added, the weapons used aren’t new. Instead, they said, the issue is that more of these especially deadly guns exist, and these weapons are being used more frequently in mass shootings and the day-to-day violence that plagues communities across the nation.
The doctors, frustrated by the carnage, are clamoring for broad measures to curb the rise in gun violence.
Weeks after the Uvalde school shooting, what steps the country will take to prevent another attack of this magnitude remain unclear. The House on Wednesday and Thursday passed measures aimed at reducing gun violence, but approval in the Senate seems uncertain at best.
Many physicians agree something substantial must be done.
“One solution won’t solve this crisis,” said Dr. Ashley Hink of Charleston, S.C., who was working as a trauma surgery resident at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2015 when a white supremacist killed nine black members of the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. “If anyone wants to hang their hat on one solution, they’re clearly not informed enough about this problem.”
The weapons being fired in mass shootings — often defined as incidents in which at least four people are shot — aren’t just military-style rifles, such as the AR-15-style weapon used in Uvalde. Trauma surgeons said they are seeing a rise in the use of semiautomatic handguns, such as the one used during the Charleston church shooting. They can contain more ammunition than revolvers and fire more rapidly.
Overall gun violence has increased in recent years. In 2020, firearm injuries became the leading cause of death among children and adolescents. Gun-related homicides rose almost 35% in 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in May. Most of those deaths are attributed to handguns.
Still, trauma surgeons such as Dr. Rob Todd at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital blamed military-style rifles and the end of the national assault weapons ban in 2004 for higher levels of deadly gun violence.
A study recently published by JAMA Network Open found that for every mass shooting death, about six other people were injured. Trauma surgeons interviewed by KHN said the number of wounds per patient appears to have increased.
“I feel we are seeing an increase in the intensity of violence over the past decade,” Dr. Joseph Sakran, a trauma surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, said. He cited the number of times a person is shot and said more gun victims are being shot at close range.
Survival rates in mass shootings depend on multiple factors, including the type of firearm used, the proximity of the shooter, and the number and location of the wounds, Dr. Christopher Kang of Tacoma, Wash., who is president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians, said.
Several recent shootings have left few survivors.
The perpetrator of the Charleston massacre shot each of the nine people who were killed multiple times. Only one of those people was transported to the hospital, and, upon arrival, he had no pulse.
Last year, shootings at three Atlanta-area spas left eight dead — only one person who was shot survived.
The chaos at a mass shooting scene — and the presence of an “active” shooter — can add crucial delays to getting victims to a hospital, Dr. John Armstrong, a professor of surgery at the University of South Florida, said.
“With higher-energy weapons, one sees greater injury, greater tissue destruction, greater bleeding,” he added.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon who is chief medical correspondent for CNN, wrote about the energy and force of gunshots from an AR-15-style rifle, the type also used in the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. That energy is equal to dropping a watermelon onto cement, Gupta said, quoting Dr. Ernest Moore, director of surgical research at the Denver Health Medical Center.
Medical advances over the years, including lessons learned from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, have helped save the lives of shooting victims, said Armstrong, who trained U.S. Army surgical teams.
Those techniques, he said, include appropriate use of tourniquets, rapid evacuations of the wounded, and the use of “whole blood” to treat patients who need large amounts of all the components of blood, such as those who have lost a significant amount of blood. It’s used instead of blood that has been separated into plasma, platelets and red blood cells.
Another effective strategy is to train bystanders to help shooting victims. A protocol called “Stop the Bleed” teaches people how to apply pressure to a wound, pack a wound to control bleeding, and apply a tourniquet. Stop the Bleed arose after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed.
The CDC, which in the past two years has been able to conduct gun research after years of congressional prohibitions, has funded more than a dozen projects to address the problem of gun violence from a public health perspective. Those projects include studies on firearm injuries and the collection of data on those wounds from emergency rooms across the country.
For some doctors, gun violence has fueled political action. Dr. Annie Andrews, a pediatrician at the Medical University of South Carolina, is running as a Democrat for a seat in the U.S. House on a platform to prevent gun violence. After the school shooting in Uvalde, Andrews said, many women in her neighborhood reached out to ask, “What can be done about this? I’m worried about my kids.”
Dr. Ronald Stewart, chair of surgery at San Antonio-based University Health, told KHN that the people shot in Uvalde had wounds from “high-energy, high-velocity” rounds. Four of them — including three children — were taken to University Hospital, which offers high-level trauma care.
The hospital and Stewart had seen such carnage before. In 2017, the San Antonio hospital treated victims from the Sutherland Springs Church shooting that left more than two dozen dead.
Two of the four Uvalde shooting victims have been discharged, University Health spokesperson Elizabeth Allen said, and the other two remained hospitalized as of Thursday.
It will take a bipartisan effort that doesn’t threaten Second Amendment rights to make meaningful change on what Stewart, a gun owner, called a “significant epidemic.” Stewart noted that public safety measures have curbed unintentional injuries in car crashes. For intentional violence, he said, progress hasn’t been made. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/trauma-surgeons-detail-horror-of-mass-shootings-in-wake-of-uvalde-call-for-reforms/article_44929526-eb2f-11ec-b9c8-075487cc2a82.html | 2022-06-13T18:12:20Z |
The city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of Daunte Wright, a Black man who was killed by police during a traffic stop last year, attorneys for his family said.
The sum is part of a settlement deal the family struck with the city, which also agreed to make changes in its policing policies and training, the Wright family legal team said in a news release.
"This settlement will not be finalized until agreement is also reached on substantial and meaningful non-monetary relief," the attorneys wrote in the news release.
Changes are expected to include training on police intervention, implicit bias, weapons confusion, de-escalation as well as how to handle situations arising during mental health crises, the attorneys explained.
CNN has reached out to the city for comment on the settlement.
Wright, 20, was pulled over April 11, 2021, by former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter for an expired tag and illegal air freshener, authorities have said. During the stop, police learned Wright had an outstanding warrant; when Potter and a trainee officer attempted to arrest him, Wright tried to drive off. Potter shot and killed Wright, saying she had mistaken her gun for a Taser.
Potter, a 26-year police veteran, was sentenced in to two years in prison in February after she was tried and convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter.
Wright's shooting happened amid the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd.
Following Wright's killing, dayslong protests erupted in Brooklyn Center, which is just 10 miles from Minneapolis -- reigniting the scrutiny over the use of force by police against Black Americans
The settlement in Wright's case also calls for training related to traffic stops for equipment violations that do not interfere with the safety of the driver, passenger or members of the community, according to family's attorneys.
"There is no true justice for the Wrights because Daunte is never coming home," co-counsel Jeff Storms said in the statement. "A guiding principle of our efforts was to strike a balance between holding Brooklyn Center accountable, while not undermining the financial stability of the city or limiting the services it provides."
Also under the settlement, a permanent memorial for Wright will be built at the existing Daunte Wright Memorial, according to the legal team.
Officer said she mistook gun for Taser
Shortly after Wright's death, the Brooklyn Center Police Department released video of how the traffic stop unfolded.
Potter can be heard repeatedly yelling, "Taser" before she shot Wright with her handgun.
"Holy sh*t! I just shot him," she said in the video, adding, "I grabbed the wrong f**king gun, and I shot him."
Potter resigned from the police department days after the shooting.
During trial, Potter said, "I didn't want to hurt anybody."
"I was very distraught. I just shot somebody. I'm sorry it happened," she said after a prosecutor asked about her behavior following the shooting. "I'm so sorry."
Prosecutors argued "accidents" can be crimes if they happen due to "recklessness or culpable negligence."
Following the conviction, Wright's mother, Katie Bryant, told CNN, "Justice would be Daunte being home. Justice would be no more names being yelled in our streets. ... But right now, we're going to accept accountability, and we're thankful for that."
Potter is required to serve two-thirds of her two-year sentence in prison, or 16 months, according to state law. With good behavior, she could be eligible for supervised release for the remaining third.
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Appeals arguments set on immigrants brought to US as kids
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Immigrant advocates head to a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday in hopes of saving an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children.
A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program illegal — although he agreed to leave the program intact for those already benefitting from it while his order is appealed.
DACA proponents planned an early morning vigil ahead of arguments at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The U.S. Justice Department is defending the program, allied with the state of New Jersey, advocacy organizations such as the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund and a coalition of dozens of powerful corporations — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft — which argue that DACA recipients are “employees, consumers and job creators.”
Texas, the lead plaintiff with eight other Republican-leaning states, argues that DACA was enacted without going through proper legal and administrative procedures, including public notice and comment periods. Additionally, the states argue that they are harmed financially by allowing immigrants to remain in the country illegally.
“DACA imposes classic pocketbook injuries on the States through social services, healthcare, and education costs,” Texas attorneys argued in a brief, estimating that the state spends tens of millions of dollars on Medicaid services on those in the country illegally.
DACA proponents argue the state hasn’t proven that ending the program would decrease its costs. They argue that DACA is a policy that falls within federal authorities’ power to decide how best to spend finite enforcement resources and that Texas diminished its claims of financial injury by waiting six years to challenge the program. They also argue the state ignores evidence that DACA recipients decrease Texas’ costs because many of them hold jobs with health insurance benefits and many own homes and pay property taxes that support schools.
“Texas and the other states cannot point to an injury that is traceable to DACA,” MALDEF attorney Nina Perales said in a news conference last week. “Without injury, there’s no jurisdiction for the federal courts to hear this case.”
The damage to DACA recipients would be grave, immigrant advocates argued in one brief, exposing them to removal from the only country many of them have known and disrupting the lives of established families.
“Collectively, they are parents of over a quarter-million U.S. citizens, and 70% of DACA recipients have an immediate family member who is a U.S. citizen,” advocates stated in one brief.
DACA has faced numerous court challenges since then-President Barack Obama created it by executive order in 2012. Former President Donald Trump moved to end the program. But a U.S. Supreme Court decision determined that he had not done it properly, bringing it back to life and allowing for new applications. That was followed by the Texas-led lawsuit.
Assigned to hear arguments at the 5th Circuit were Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, an appointee of President George W. Bush; and two Trump appointees, judges James Ho and Kurt Engelhardt.
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ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) — The last suspect in a horrific stabbing rampage that killed 10 and wounded 18 in western Canada is dead following his capture, but how he died after being taken into custody has prompted fresh investigations.
One official said Myles Sanderson, 32, died from self-inflicted injuries Wednesday after police forced the stolen car he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan. Other officials declined to discuss how he died .
“I can’t speak to the specific manner of death. That’s going to be part of the autopsy that will be conducted,” Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said at a news conference Wednesday night.
The other suspect, Sanderson’s 30-year-old brother, Damien Sanderson, was found dead Monday near the scene of the bloody knife attacks inside and around the James Smith Cree First Nation reserve early Sunday. Both men were residents of the Indigenous reserve.
Blackmore said Myles Sanderson was cornered as police units responded to a report of a stolen vehicle driven by a man armed with a knife. She said officers forced Sanderson’s vehicle off the road and into a ditch. He was detained and a knife was found inside the vehicle, she said.
Sanderson went into medical distress while in custody, Blackmore said. She said CPR was attempted on him before an ambulance arrived and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“All life-saving measures that we are capable of were taken at that time,” she said.
Blackmore gave no details on the cause of death. But an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, earlier said Sanderson died of self-inflicted injuries, without elaborating.
Video and photos from the scene showed a white SUV alongside the road with police cars all around. Air bags had deployed in the SUV. Some photos and video taken from a distance appeared to show Sanderson being frisked.
Members of Saskatchewan’s Serious Incident Response Team went to the arrest site and will review Sanderson’s death and police conduct.
The federal public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, also stressed that the events will be investigated.
“You have questions. We have questions,” he told reporters during a Cabinet retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, adding: “There will be two levels of police who will be investigating the circumstances of Myles Sanderson’s death.”
Mark Mendelson, a former Toronto police detective, said the police are bound by police service laws that govern the work of internal affairs when there is a death in police custody. Mendelson said police can’t comment yet on how the interaction took place or on what the officers saw or what he said to them.
“They have to at least wait until the forensic autopsy is concluded and hopefully the pathologist will come up with a cause of death. If it’s drugs, then toxicology is going to take sometime,” he said. “If it’s a stab wound that didn’t leak through his clothes then we should hear that. Everybody wants answers.”
His death came two days after the body of Damien Sanderson was found in a field near the scene of the knife rampage. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother.
Blackmore said that with both men dead, “we may never have an understanding of that motivation.”
But she said she hoped the families of the stabbing victims will find some comfort “knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.”
Some relatives of the victims arrived at the scene Wednesday, including Brian Burns, whose wife and son were killed.
“Now we can start to heal. The healing begins today, now,” he said.
The stabbings raised questions of why Myles Sanderson — an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence — was out on the streets in the first place.
He was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges that included assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, though the details were not immediately clear.
His long and lurid rap sheet also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in Sunday’s stabbings, according to court records.
Mendicino, the public safety minister, has said there will be an investigation into the parole board’s assessment of Sanderson.
“I want to know the reasons behind the decision” to release him, Mendicino said. “I’m extremely concerned with what occurred here. A community has been left reeling.”
The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of those killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Gregory Burns, 28; Lydia Gloria Burns, 61; Bonnie Burns, 48; Earl Burns, 66; Lana Head, 49; Christian Head, 54; and Robert Sanderson, 49. The other victim was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.
Authorities would not say if the victims might be related.
Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
“Her son was lying there already deceased. My sister went out and tried to help her son, and she was stabbed two times, and she died right beside him,” he said. “Right outside of her home she was killed by senseless acts. She was protecting her son. She was protecting three little boys. This is why she is a hero.”
Arcand rushed to the reserve the morning of the rampage. After that, he said, “I woke up in the middle of the night just screaming and yelling. What I saw that day I can’t get out of my head.”
As for what set off the violence, Arcand said: “We’re all looking for those same answers. We don’t know what happened. Maybe we’ll never know. That’s the hardest part of this.”
Court documents said Sanderson attacked his in-laws Earl Burns and Joyce Burns in 2015, knifing Earl Burns repeatedly and wounding Joyce Burns. He later pleaded guilty to assault and threatening Earl Burns’ life.
Many of Sanderson’s crimes were committed when he was intoxicated, according to court records. He told parole officials at one point that substance use made him out of his mind. Records showed he repeatedly violated court orders barring him from drinking or using drugs.
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STOCKHOLM, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Devyser reported another quarter of strong organic growth, which again saw record-breaking sales. The gross margin remained high. Both sales and margins have the potential for further improvement as we move forward with the transition from distributor sales to direct sales.
Sales for the quarter amounted to SEK 31 million, equal to 42 percent organic growth compared with the same quarter of last year."
Fredrik Alpsten, CEO, Devyser
Quarter April-June 2022
- Net sales amounted to SEK 30.9 million (21.8), corresponding to a 41.5% increase. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations, net sales increased by 36.2%.
- Gross profit totaled SEK 24.7 million (16.2), corresponding to a gross margin of 79.9% (74.0).
- Operating profit (EBIT) amounted to SEK -12.6 million (-5.5).
- Profit after tax totaled SEK -14.3 million (-6.2).
- Earnings per share before and after dilution amounted to SEK -0.90 (-0.55).
- Cash flow from operating activities stood at SEK -7.9 million (-12.4).
The period from January to June 2022
- Net sales amounted to SEK 61.3 million (44.6), corresponding to a 37.2% increase. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations, net sales increased by 32.4%.
- Gross profit totaled SEK 49.9 million (34.3), corresponding to a gross margin of 81.4% (77.0).
- Operating profit (EBIT) amounted to SEK -17.9 million (-4.8).
- Profit after tax totaled SEK -20.4 million (-6.5).
- Earnings per share before and after dilution amounted to SEK -1.29 (-0.61).
- Cash flow from operating activities stood at SEK -15.3 million (-7.4).
Important events during the quarter
Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting in May, Mia Arnhult, Lars Höckenström, Fredrik Dahl and Pia Gideon were re-elected as Board members. Fredrik Mattsson was elected as a new Board member. Mia Arnhult was re-elected as Chair of the Board.
Breakthrough contract in Canada for non-invasive RHD testing
In June, Devyser won a contract with Héma-Québec, in Québec, Canada, for the non-invasive RHD testing of fetuses. The contract will initially run for three years, starting in 2023, and may potentially be extended for a further two years. The total order value amounts to just over SEK 16 million.
Strengthening of the management team
In June, Theis Kipling was hired as Chief Commercial Officer with global responsibility for sales, marketing, product management and tech support. Theis Kipling has a comprehensive commercial background in the global life sciences sector, and experience working specifically for diagnostics companies.
New share issues
In April, a new share issue totaling 62,400 shares was carried out in connection with the exercising of warrants. This raised SEK 1.2 million for the company.
Important events after the end of the quarter
In September, Camilla Wiberg takes up the position of CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). Following Camilla Wiberg's appointment, Devyser's senior management consists of CEO Fredrik Alpsten, CFO Sabina Berlin, CCO Theis Kipling, COO Göran Rydin, CHRO Camilla Wiberg and Deputy CEO Ulf Klangby.
After the balance sheet date, two new share issues were completed in connection with the exercising of warrants, and at the time of submission of this report the number of shares was 16,006,369.
The report is available on the company's webpage:
https://investors.devyser.com/en/reports-presentations
This information is information that Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons below, on August 24 11, 2022 at 08:00 CET.
For more information, please contact:
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E-mail: fredrik.alpsten@devyser.com
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E-mail: sabina.berlin@devyser.com
Tel: +46 739 519 502
About Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ)
Devyser develops, produces, and commercializes genetic test kits for laboratories in more than 45 countries. The products are used for advanced DNA testing within hereditary diseases, oncology, and transplantation to guide targeted cancer therapies, diagnose a wide array of genetic diseases, and to assist in post-transplant follow-up. Devyser's products simplify complex genetic testing processes, minimize hands-on time and deliver rapid, accurate, and trusted results. Devyser was founded in 2004 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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School district reinstates corporal punishment as discipline option for students
CASSVILLE, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A controversial school discipline method is returning to some schools in Missouri.
Cassville R-IV School District Superintendent Dr. Merlyn Johnson said the policy change is a result of a survey that was sent to staff, students and parents in May.
“One of the suggestions that came out was concerns about student discipline,” Johnson said. “So, we reacted by implementing several different strategies, corporal punishment being one of them.”
Johnson said the change would give principals one more disciplinary option before students receive more serious punishments such as suspensions.
According to school administrators, the option would be the last resort for parents and faculty members if other means of discipline do not work.
“It’s something we don’t anticipate using frequently,” Johnson said. “This is an opt-in-only option for parents. So, anyone who disagrees with corporal punishment can do nothing by not opting in.”
Johnson said he understands there will be different views on the decision, and the district respects the opinions of parents who choose not to opt-in.
“A school suspension would be fine with me,” said parent Kimberly Richardson. “Or even out-of-school suspensions. Those are just way better than corporal punishment.”
Another parent, Dylan Burns, said he didn’t see a problem with corporal punishment.
“Everyone at Cassville is not going to do anything you don’t want to be done to your child,” Burns said. “I think you must sit down with your kids and choose what’s best for you and your family.”
According to state officials, Missouri law authorizes corporal punishment as an option for local schools to consider if parents opt in.
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On the heels of the historic climate legislation, wellness and sustainability pioneer strengthens commitment to people, planet and purpose through its 'Million Trees, Million Dreams' program
PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaklee, a leading wellness company, today celebrates planting 2 million trees in North America. The effort is part of its Million Trees, Million Dream program in cooperation with American Forests, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States.
"Shaklee exists to bring true wellness to the world, and to the health of the planet," said Roger Barnett, Chairman and CEO, Shaklee Corporation. "We hope that this program's success will inspire more companies to increase their environmental efforts."
In 2004, inspired by the visionary works Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai and her Green Belt Movement, Barnett initiated Shaklee's tree-planting campaign across North America and Asia. And in 2.5 years, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maathai, and Barnett planted the 1 millionth tree at the Shaklee Global headquarters in Pleasanton, California. Last year, Shaklee increased its commitment to the planet with a pledge to plant 10 million trees in 10 years.
According to The Global Tree Restoration Potential study (Science, 2019), "The restoration of trees remains among the most effective strategies for climate change mitigation." For 2 million trees planted, approximately 96 million pounds of carbon dioxide will be eliminated from the atmosphere each year.1
For more than 65 years, Shaklee has led the way in environmental stewardship. It is the first company in the world to be certified Climate Neutral and totally offset its carbon emissions, resulting in a net zero impact on the environment.
Since its inception, Shaklee has quietly led the way in support of social causes including climate change. To learn more about Shaklee and its sustainability initiatives, visit: https://us.shaklee.com/shakleecares.
About Shaklee
Shaklee is a leading wellness company founded by Dr. Shaklee, who invented the first multivitamin in the U.S. more than 100 years ago. As a pioneer in sustainability, Shaklee was the first company in the world to fully offset its carbon emissions and have a net zero impact on our planet. Shaklee products are backed by over 110 published clinical studies proving safety and efficacy and are marketed through more than 2 million micro-influencers in North America and Asia. With a complete wellness portfolio, Shaklee is committed to providing consumers with the products and support they need to live their healthiest lives. For more information, visit us.shaklee.com, follow @shakleehq on Instagram, or like us on Facebook.
About Roger Barnett
Roger Barnett is the Chairman and CEO of Shaklee Corporation, the first company in the world to become certified carbon neutral. A graduate of Yale College, Yale Law School, and Harvard Business School, Roger has spent the majority of his career as an impact investor. In 2004, he acquired control of Shaklee, the pioneer of nutritional supplements, and has since transformed this once analog business into a digital powerhouse with a network of 2 million ambassadors across the globe. He has been selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, and is a member of the Harvard and Yale Schools of Public Health Leadership Councils, the University Council of Yale University, and the Yale University President's Council on International Activities.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is holding the nation’s first test of voter feelings about the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, with people statewide deciding Tuesday whether to allow their conservative Legislature to further restrict or ban abortion.
The referendum on the proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution is being closely watched as a barometer of liberal and moderate voters’ anger over the June ruling overturning the nationwide right to abortion. But the outcome might not reflect broader sentiments in the country as a whole, given how conservative Kansas is and how twice as many Republicans as Democrats have voted in its August primaries over the past decade.
Supporters of the measure wouldn’t say before the vote whether they intend to pursue a ban if it passes, but they’ve spent decades pushing for new restrictions on a nearly annual basis and many other states in the Midwest and South have banned abortion in recent weeks. By not stating their position, they were seeking to win over voters who favored some restrictions but not an outright ban.
Abortion rights advocates expect the Legislature to ban abortion if the ballot measure passes, and in a surge of early voting the electorate was more Democratic than usual.
Chandler Alton, a 28-year-old physical therapist from Overland Park, voted Tuesday against the abortion measure.
“Abortion is health care and the government shouldn’t have a say on whether women receive what could be life-saving care,” Alton said, adding that she would in the future vote for candidates who wouldn’t “let this kind of thing happen.”
Voter turnout throughout the state seemed higher than expected by midafternoon, said Whitney Tempel, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Scott Schwab.
Typically, primary elections in Kansas are limited to the two major parties, but unaffiliated voters can cast a vote in this election for the constitutional amendment.
“I’m actually pretty satisfied everything is going as smooth as it is for as busy as it is,” Wyandotte County Election Commissioner Michael Abbott said.
Stephanie Kostreva, a 40-year-old school nurse from Olathe and a Democrat, said she voted yes on the measure because she is a Christian and believes life begins at conception.
“I’m not full scale that there should never be an abortion,” she said. “I know there are medical emergencies and when the mother’s life is in danger there is no reason for two people to die.”
An anonymous group that sent a misleading text to Kansas voters telling them to “vote yes” in order to protect choice was suspended late Monday from the Twilio messaging platform, disabling its ability to send new messages, Twilio spokesman Cris Paden said in an email. Twilio, without publicly identifying the sender, said it determined the account violated its acceptable use policy that prohibits the spread of disinformation.
The Kansas City Star reported that the text went to voters across the state, including former Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, the main “vote no” campaign, called the text an example of “desperate and deceitful tactics.”
The Kansas secretary of state’s office said it has received phone calls about the texts from the general public and “acknowledges their concerns. However, state law does not authorize the … office to regulate campaign ads or messaging.” The Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission also posted on Twitter that, under current law, text message advocacy about constitutional ballot initiatives does not require attribution.
The Kansas measure would add language to the state constitution saying that it doesn’t grant a right to abortion, which would allow lawmakers to regulate it as they see fit. Kentucky will vote in November on adding similar language to its constitution.
Meanwhile, Vermont will decide in November whether to add an abortion rights provision to its constitution. A similar question is likely headed to the November ballot in Michigan.
The Kansas measure is a response to a state Supreme Court decision in 2019 declaring that access to abortion is a matter of bodily autonomy and a “fundamental” right under the state’s Bill of Rights.
Both sides together have spent more than $14 million on their campaigns. Abortion providers and abortion rights groups were key donors for the “no” side, while Catholic dioceses heavily funded the “yes” campaign.
Even though some early voters favor banning nearly all abortions, the vote yes campaign pitched its measure as a way to restore lawmakers’ power to set “reasonable” abortion limits and preserve existing restrictions.
Kansas doesn’t ban most abortions until the 22nd week of pregnancy. But a law that would prohibit the most common second-trimester procedure and another that would set special health regulations for abortion providers remain on hold because of legal challenges.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre weighed in on the Kansas vote Monday, saying: “If it passes, tomorrow’s vote in Kansas could lead to another state eliminating the right to choose and eviscerating access to health care.”
The Republican-controlled Legislature has had anti-abortion majorities since the early 1990s. Kansas hasn’t gone further in restricting abortion because abortion opponents have felt constrained either by past federal court decisions or because the governor was a Democrat, like Gov. Laura Kelly, who was elected in 2018.
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Stafford reported from Overland Park and Olathe.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Communications Data Group, Inc. (CDG) is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Kim Belanger to Vice President of Finance and Human Resources. As Vice President of Finance and Human Resources, Ms. Belanger will be responsible for overseeing the accounting operations of the company, producing financial reports, maintaining accounting records, interviewing and hiring staff, enforcing company policies and practices, and administering pay, benefits, and leave. In making this announcement, Dewaine Wilson, CDG's CFO, stated that, "Kim has been instrumental to CDG's success in her position as Assistant CFO, and we believe that as Vice President of Finance and Human Resources she will continue to help us develop our HR support tools and services and increase our financial health and preparedness."
Kim Belanger initially served as Controller at CDG from 2008-2010 and rejoined CDG in 2017 as Assistant CFO. Kim has extensive experience in financial accounting and auditing, budgeting, forecasting, and development of best financial practices.
About CDG: CDG has been providing scalable, accurate (B/OSS) billing and operational support solutions for voice, video, and data for retail and wholesale telecommunications carriers and service providers since 1970. Options include: BDS, Interconnect, CABS, Mediation, MBS Customer Care, Network / Plant, Trouble, Service Provisioning, E-Care, Task Management, CRM / Prospects, and third-party financial, accounting, mapping, and facilities management products. Service bureau, hosted, and licensed options are available. Visit our website at www.cdg.ws to learn more.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invenio Imaging, the leader in intraoperative fresh tissue imaging, announced today the CE Mark for the NIO Glioma Reveal image analysis module. NIO Glioma Reveal is based on deep learning and allows neurosurgeons to identify areas of cancer infiltration in patients undergoing primary treatment of a diffuse glioma. With the CE mark, neurosurgeons in the European Union can now use NIO Glioma Reveal to inform intraoperative decisions*.
"By streamlining intraoperative tissue imaging, the NIO Laser Imaging System allows the imaging of multiple samples from the resection cavity. The NIO Glioma Reveal image analysis module now adds immediate decision support", says Chris Freudiger, PhD, co-founder and CTO of Invenio Imaging.
"Glioma Reveal provides cancer detection where we really need it, dramatically improving brain tumor surgery", says Prof. Dr. Jürgen Beck, Chair of Neurosurgery at the University of Freiburg.
"Applying reliable artificial intelligence to digital pathology appears to me, as a surgeon, to be the missing piece in the puzzle of rapid intraoperative histology-based decision-making", says Asst. Prof. Dr. Volker Neuschmelting, Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery at the University of Cologne.
"The NIO Laser Imaging System can also be combined with other important imaging techniques such as 5-ALA fluorescence to further improve brain tumor detection during surgery", says Prof. Dr. Georg Widhalm, neurosurgeon at the University of Vienna.
Invenio will launch NIO Glioma Reveal at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery (DGNC) in Cologne from 29 May - 01 June 2022.
*NIO Glioma Reveal is available "For Research Use Only" in the United States, not for use in diagnostic procedures.
About Invenio Imaging Inc.
Invenio Imaging is a medical device start-up based in Santa Clara, CA dedicated to advancing the care of cancer patients by combining intraoperative fresh tissue imaging with artificial intelligence. Our technology, the NIO Laser Imaging System, has been used in over 2500 procedures at major cancer centers in the US and in Europe. In 2021 Invenio received a Medical Design Excellence Award, was selected to be a Rosenman Innovator, and received CE Mark to commercialize in Europe. www.nioimaging.com.
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Available Now! Coinbound's New Guide to NFT Marketing
LOS ANGELES, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the highly anticipated NFT conference in New York City, Ty Smith, CEO and Founder of Coinbound, will be sharing his latest insights for succeeding in NFT Marketing. Coinbound is the leading Web3 marketing agency and has successfully supported a wide variety of NFT projects, such as helping one grow their Discord by over 9k members in one month, cross 2600+ ETH(in volume) in the first 24 hours of sale and sell-out their first 3,000 NFTs!
After navigating various campaigns and multiple bear markets, he has gained key insights into NFT Marketing and the future of Web3. As one of the invited speakers, Ty will be diving deep into the top trends and strategies for NFT Marketing.
Ty stated recently, "The biggest reason why clients come to us is to break through the noise in the NFT space. With today's level of mainstream notoriety, there's more pressure than ever to utilize refined marketing techniques to get an NFT project to grow in popularity and authority. That's where our team shines."
As the leading Web3 Marketing Agency, we have vast hands-on experience in developing cohesive, personalized NFT marketing campaigns for each Coinbound client. Our team focuses exclusively on Web3 and isn't just a haphazard branch of a larger entity. With this expertise, the team curated the Advanced Guide To NFT Marketing – 2022 Checklist.
Ty will be expanding on this comprehensive guide at the upcoming event. He will be available for interviews and comments throughout the conference. Whether you are an NFT creator, investor or journalist, this will be an amazing opportunity to connect with Ty and get his unique perspective on the ever-changing world of Web3.
Ty Daniel Smith is the Founder and CEO of Coinbound, the leading web3 marketing agency. He has been passionate about and investing in the Web3 space for a number of years. With his determination and strong belief in the power of Web3, he's achieved significant accolades in this nascent industry. Ty not only bootstrapped Coinbound to become a 7-figure agency, but he is also the host of The Crypto Marketing Show with 50k+ monthly listeners and has 20k+ followers on Twitter.
Since 2019, Coinbound has been supporting cryptocurrency and web3 projects in getting the public attention they deserve. Coinbound is the current leading web3 marketing agency with the most diverse inventory of web3 marketing services. Coinbound's team has successfully supported some of the biggest projects in the space including MetaMask, eToro, Nexo, Voyager, Cosmos, ShapeShift, and OKCoin.
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Study reveals how Covid-19 infections can set off massive inflammation in the body
By Brenda Goodman, CNN
From the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed that in severe cases of Covid-19 — the ones that landed people in the hospital on ventilators with shredded lungs — most of the internal wreckage wasn’t being directly inflicted by the virus itself but by a blizzard of immune reactions triggered by the body to fight the infection.
Researchers knew that these so-called cytokine storms were damaging, but they didn’t know why the SARS-CoV-2 virus seemed to be so good at setting them off.
A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature is helping to explain how these immune overreactions happen to Covid-19 patients.
The study revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect certain kinds of immune cells called monocytes and macrophages.
Front-line immune cells are infected
Monocytes and macrophages are white blood cells, and they are frontline workers of the immune system. Their job is to circulate in the blood and tissues, to find and destroy pathogens. They do this by eating — or really, surrounding and absorbing — threats like viruses to keep them from being able to infect other cells.
Once a bad actor is absorbed, these cells have what can best be described as a cellular garbage disposal, called an endosome, that normally shuts the infectious agent down.
In the case of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, however, that doesn’t happen. The virus gets out of the endosome and escapes into the body of the cell, where it starts making copies of itself.
“The viruses not only get taken up, but once they get taken up, the virus starts replicating, so that was surprising,” said Dr. Judith Lieberman, a pediatric immunologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, who led the research.
A virus starting to make copies of itself in the body is never a good thing, but when this happens to these protector cells, it sets off a next-level set of alarms.
A fiery death
These alarms, in turn, summon agents called inflammasomes that, in essence, respond by burning it all down. They help the infected cell die by pyroptosis, or “fiery death.”
Pyroptosis is a newly recognized phenomenon. It happens in other diseases, too, like sepsis.
“When cells die by pyroptosis, they release all kinds of inflammatory proteins that cause fever and summon more immune cells to the site,” Lieberman said. It sets off a cascade of crisis signals that’s very difficult to stop.
“We don’t have any way of treating that once it gets started. It’s just sort of it’s like a little fire. It spreads and explodes and no fire extinguisher is capable of putting it out,” she said.
“I think it’s really elegant,” said Donna Farber, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University, describing the study. “They actually put some pieces together that hadn’t been put together before.” She was not involved in the research.
In comparing the blood cells of healthy people to those of both people who came hospital with Covid-19 and the blood of people who had pneumonia from other causes, researchers found this process seems to happen more often with Covid-19.
“All the patients we studied had signs of respiratory distress and pneumonia. The ones who had [SARS-CoV-2] had many more of these inflammasomes and dying cells,” Lieberman said. “So it’s likely that [SARS-CoV-2] is particularly good at inducing it, but we don’t know why.”
Lieberman said that the study also helps to explain why people who are older or have underlying health problems like obesity or diabetes have higher risks for severe outcomes with Covid-19. Those conditions are already associated with some level of inflammation in the body.
“They’re much, much more likely to start these inflammatory fires,” she said. “They have sort of a low slow burn going on anyway. And once it gets started it’s really hard to put out the fire.”
The role of antibodies
There’s another piece of the process, though, that suggests a way it might be stopped, and that’s how the virus gets into these white blood cells.
Monocytes and macrophages lack ACE-2 receptors, the doors that the virus uses to dock onto and infect other kinds of cells. Instead, the virus enters these cells because of another immune system helper — the Y-shaped antibodies that grab onto the virus in an attempt to block it from docking onto our cells.
When antibodies grab viruses, the tail of the antibody — called the FC portion — sticks out. That stalk acts a flag to wave down monocytes and macrophages to let them know there’s a bad guy to pick up.
Not all monocytes recognize the same antibodies. The study found people with Covid-19 tended to have more of an unusual type of monocyte that had CD16 receptors. These receptors recognize the stalks of antibodies that the body makes to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Those antibodies connect to monocytes with CD16 receptors, triggering the cell to absorb the virus. Once inside, the virus starts trying to copy itself, setting off the damaging inflammatory reaction.
John Wherry, director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, said that’s something we’ve been wondering about with Covid-19 infections, whether there might be some kind of antibody enhancement of disease. Wherry was not involved in the study.
He said this can happen with other infections, too, like dengue fever. The more times a person gets infected with the dengue virus, the sicker they get with each subsequent bout. That’s the opposite of what’s supposed to happen. A person who recovers from an infection usually has better protection against future ones.
Druggable targets
Wherry said there’s no evidence that the antibodies facilitating these severe inflammatory reactions come from prior infections or from other kinds of coronaviruses. He said antibodies are made quickly in infections and that the ones at work here were probably made in response to the person’s current illness. In that way, it’s different than what happens with dengue.
However, the antibodies generated by vaccines don’t seem to facilitate monocyte infections and the inflammatory cascades that follow. They tested that in the study.
“I think what was interesting about this is it could provide a clue and perhaps even some druggable targets for why some of the inflammation that we see in severe Covid patients might get kick started the wrong way or proceed out of control,” Wherry said. “So that’s where I think this is quite interesting.”
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The NASA Artemis I mega moon rocket may face another attempt at its crucial prelaunch ground test as early as next week, according to NASA officials.
Engineers are putting the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, through its final paces on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They encountered a hydrogen leak issue on Thursday.
The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving the launchpad. This process includes loading propellant, going through a full countdown simulating launch, resetting the countdown clock and draining the rocket tanks.
The team was able to load supercold propellant into the SLS rocket's core stage tanks but "encountered a liquid hydrogen leak on the tail service mast umbilical that prevented the team from completing the test," according to the agency.
"After troubleshooting it, the team decided to knock it off for the day because when you have hydrogen leaks, and you have ambient oxygen out there, you only need an ignition source to close the fire triangle. So it was a flammability risk," Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager at NASA headquarters, said during a Friday news conference.
Technicians collected data, drained the tanks and ensured that the rocket remained safe and stable. Despite the leak, the team was able to work through a number of critical test items during the third attempt.
"The mega moon rocket is fine," Sarafin said. "All the issues that we're encountering are procedural and lessons learned."
Now, the test team continues to assess how to address the leak. Troubleshooting began Friday morning.
The team "will look at these particular areas that we think could be the issue, how we get access to them" and determine a pathway forward, said Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems program, during a Friday news conference.
In the meantime, the team is getting ready for the next potential opportunity at another wet dress rehearsal attempt on April 21, the earliest time the team is comfortable with, Sarafin said. The Artemis team is working closely with SpaceX because the Crew-4 launch is expected to take place at a nearby launchpad on April 23.
Sarafin did not disclose the exact plan for keeping the run-through on track, given that only 24 hours have passed since the leak, but he said the team is looking into options that are "readily accessible."
"We hope that here's something that is fairly straightforward and needs to be adjusted or is easily resolved, and we can do that at the pad and do it in fairly short order," Sarafin said. "And then there are a couple of more invasive options, and we've got to weigh those against a whole host of considerations that include putting additional stress on the vehicle."
The longer the rocket remains on the launchpad, the more it's subjected to wind and other stressors while exposed to the elements -- not to mention the strain induced by repeated tests. That could determine when the stack will be rolled back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the space center.
Testing ambitious missions
When asked if it's possible for Artemis I to launch without completing certain aspects of a full test, the team said it would have to reach an acceptable level of risk. But the ground and flight test programs are not complete, so the team hasn't reached that consideration yet, Sarafin said.
The point of the wet dress rehearsal is to learn about issues that can be corrected before being forced to abort a launch attempt, and it's something that the Apollo and shuttle programs faced as well, Blackwell-Thompson said.
There were about five or six fuelings, or wet dress rehearsals, of the first shuttle before launch, she said. And the shuttle only had a single stage, whereas the SLS rocket has a core and an upper stage that must be fueled with supercold propellant, which makes the process even more complex.
Sarafin said the team occasionally speaks with personnel who worked on the previous programs, comparing the challenges of physics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, supercold temperatures, structural stresses and flammability hazards.
"History has shown it's been a challenge for pretty much anybody that's done anything of this magnitude," Sarafin said.
The results of the wet dress rehearsal will determine when the uncrewed Artemis I will launch on a mission that goes beyond the moon and returns to Earth. This mission will kick off NASA's Artemis program, which is expected to return humans to the moon and land the first woman and the first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.
"But there's no doubt in my mind that we'll finish the test campaign and we will be ready to go fly," Blackwell-Thompson added.
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(NewsNation) — A new analysis shows that children’s risk of suicide increases by as much as 43% during school months. Emergency room workers brace themselves for the “September wave,” when there’s a spike in children admitted for harming themselves.
“We kind of just have this casual acceptance that when the school year starts up again, our ER will be more busy for mental health cases,” said Dr. Tyler Black, an emergency pediatric psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. “Everybody says it; nobody really considers what it means.”
Black said suicides for children aged 8 to 17 also occur more often on school days, based on two decades of data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
It’s important to note only half of the children who die by suicide also had mental health issues. Oftentimes, suicide is an impulsive act. Yet depression, anxiety, bullying and stress can increase risk, and educators, therapists and doctors say children are facing a crisis that has been building for years.
Let kids take a mental health day
One in three parents say their child has shown signs of emotional distress at least once a week, according to a survey of 1,000 parents, and half identified school as a significant source of stress.
“Just the same way we would allow our child to take a day off from school if they have a cold, we should encourage them to take care of their emotional well-being if they’re struggling,” said Parents Editor in Chief Grace Bastidas on “Morning in America.”
“We know from our research that 86% of parents who’ve allowed their children to take that downtime say it makes a big difference,” she said.
These days off are best used when a kid needs time to recover from a big event — like an important test — the Child Mind Institute recommends. It shouldn’t be used to avoid a tough assignment or a conflict at school, because that can make kids angrier. If your kid asks for a day off, the institute recommends having a conversation about why.
Stigma over mental health issues can keep parents from admitting their kid needs a break, Bastidas said, and only 12 states allow mental health days as an excused absence. Also hindering its use: many parents can’t afford to take the time off work.
Dial back the pressure
Schools can put burdens on kids that we wouldn’t expect for working adults, Black said, like pressure for perfect attendance, hours of homework after a 7 to 8-hour school day peppered with short lunches and recess periods.
“My prescription for them is: take half days; let me talk to your school; let’s relieve your homework,” Black said of his ER patients.
The structure of school should fundamentally change, Black said. Among other areas, he said limiting homework is one place to start.
A 2015 study of middle schoolers found when students were assigned 90 to 100 minutes of daily homework, their math and science scores began to decline.
Short-term interventions can make a big difference too. Black has worked with teachers to offer his patients a break from grading while the student is in crisis. Schools can also offer an extra study period or more frequent breaks, he said.
“I encourage parents to really find out if they’re any people who can help them (with the school), whether it’s a doctor or a teacher or community organizer,” Black said. “Ultimately, you’ll have to be a squeaky wheel.”
Don’t just focus on punishing bullies
While it could be tempting to hope the bully gets his or her comeuppance, “if we care about bullying, we need to care about bullies,” Black said.
That’s because both bullies and those bullied are often on the two extremes of a spectrum. While bullies show their distress through aggression, victims are often targeted because they retreat within themselves.
Black said, “An elementary or middle school child raised in the chaotic environment of abuse is not an evil person.”
In fact, studies have found that interventions that work with bullies as well as victims are more effective, although results depend on a lot of factors not easily measured.
As kids experiment with their identity, it’s important that adults are respectful, especially for LGBTQ+ kids who are among the most likely to die by suicide at a young age.
Research also shows kids are more likely to be bullied in schools and classrooms where teachers are seen as intimidating and aggressive, Black said.
Ultimately, it’s important that parents are an open, non-judgmental space for kids to share with them, no matter what problem they’re facing.
“This really all starts by having these honest, open conversations with your child, and letting them know that all feelings are valid,” Bastidas said. “At least having these conversations is a really big step forward to helping your kid manage those tough emotions, those tough feelings.”
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US home prices are rising so fast, property taxes can’t keep up
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business
With home prices skyrocketing by double-digit percentages over the last year, it would be no surprise if property taxes jumped too.
But surprisingly, the average property tax on a single-family home rose by just 1.8% last year to $3,785, increasing at the smallest pace in the past five years, according to a report from ATTOM, a real estate data company. That has resulted in an effective tax rate of 0.9%, down from 1.1% in 2020, the report found.
But this small silver lining in the housing market may not last long. Home prices may have risen so fast that taxes are still catching up, said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM.
“It’s hardly a surprise that property taxes increased in 2021, a year when home prices across the country rose by 16%,” Sharga said. “In fact, the real surprise is that the tax increases weren’t higher, which suggests that tax assessments are lagging behind rising property values, and will likely continue to go up in 2022.”
That means bigger jumps in property taxes could be coming in years ahead.
In 2021, effective tax rates — a measure of taxes relative to a home’s value — declined, even as total taxes rose because home values went up much more quickly than taxes did, the report found.
Home values spiked by more than 10% in many markets across the country. Property taxes that are still lagging behind these spikes in prices should be something for new buyers to keep in mind.
“Prospective homeowners often fail to include property taxes when considering the cost of homeownership,” Sharga said. “But, especially in some of the higher-priced markets across the country, property taxes can add thousands of dollars to annual ownership costs, and possibly be the difference between someone being able to afford a home or not.”
Who pays the highest property taxes
New Jersey’s average tax of $9,476 on a single-family-home was the highest in the country last year. It was about 10 times more than the average of $901 in West Virginia, which had the nation’s smallest average tax.
Other states with the biggest average tax bills were Connecticut at $7,464, Massachusetts at $6,777, New Hampshire at $6,698 and New York at $6,617.
Rounding out the bottom five were Alabama at $905, Arkansas at $1,195, Mississippi at $1,243 and Louisiana at $1,248.
Last year, the states with the highest effective tax rate — the average annual property tax as a percentage of the average estimated market value of homes in each area — were Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
At the city level, most of the highest taxes were paid by residents of Northeastern and Midwestern metro areas.
Looking at cities with more than 1 million people, Rochester, New York, had the highest effective tax rate of 2.22%, followed by Hartford, Connecticut; Chicago; Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Among places with the lowest effective rates were Honolulu; Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Prescott, Arizona.
The report analyzed property tax data collected from county tax assessor offices nationwide, along with estimated market values of single-family homes determined using an automated valuation model.
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Commitment to employee engagement and satisfaction places Allego as a top-scoring company in Greater Boston area
WALTHAM, Mass., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allego, the leading sales enablement platform provider, today announced it has been named as a 2022 Boston Business Journal Best Places to Work honoree for the fifth consecutive year. The winners were honored Thursday night at a casino-themed event at the Boston Park Plaza hotel. The BBJ's Best Places to Work program is an exclusive ranking of the Massachusetts companies that have built outstanding work environments for their people. Winners are selected based on high scores from employee attitude and satisfaction survey results.
The 80 companies honored in 2022 range in size and industry, with winners from the technology sector, retail industry, health care space, commercial real estate and more.
"Allego continues to adapt our work environment to the way employees prefer to work in a hybrid world," said Amy Cohn, Chief People Officer at Allego. "Being recognized as a BBJ Best Place to Work for the fifth year is truly gratifying and a testament to the culture we've created that fosters true happiness and success at work."
The 181 businesses that met criteria for office location and size participated in employee-engagement surveys distributed by Business Journal partner Quantum Workplace. Employees were asked to rate their work environment, work-life balance, job satisfaction, advancement opportunities, management, compensation, and benefits.
"We are so glad to be able to celebrate this year's Best Places to Work in person. These companies signify teamwork, retention, engagement, trust with co-workers and senior leaders. Together they create a dynamic, innovative place where people want to work and grow," said Carolyn Jones, Market President and Publisher of the Boston Business Journal.
This recognition from the Boston Business Journal is yet another accolade confirming Allego's ongoing commitment to its employees. Recently, Allego was named a Top Place to Work in MA by The Boston Globe for the second year and one of Selling Power's 50 Best Companies to Sell For for the second time.
For the full list of 2022 BBJ Best Places to Work honorees, visit: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/best-places-to-work
To learn more about career opportunities at Allego, and get additional information on our mission and core values, please visit: https://www.allego.com/about/careers/
Allego provides a complete sales enablement platform with patented technology that ensures sellers have the skills, knowledge, and content they need to engage buyers in a hybrid world. In place of traditional training and content enablement tactics, which are rapidly outdated and often ineffective, Allego empowers reps with the activated content they need to close deals faster, and the personalized coaching and learning they require for continuous improvement – all in the flow of their daily work. More than 750,000 professionals use Allego every day to revolutionize the way they manage seller and buyer content, train and upskill teams, and collaborate with buyers digitally. To learn more about Allego and how it can help you win with your sellers and buyers, please visit Allego.com.
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GRAPHIC: ‘Winnie the Pooh’ horror film releases first trailer
(CNN) - A beloved children’s tale is being reimagined into a disturbing horror film.
WARNING: The trailer contains graphic film footage and is not for kids.
The new trailer for “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” is out now.
A demonic-looking Pooh and Piglet have turned against their childhood friend Christopher Robin after apparently being abandoned by him when he went off to college.
According to director Rhys Waterfield, Christopher Robin’s absence made Pooh and Piglet’s lives quite difficult, and they’ve essentially become feral.
Waterfield told Variety the response to the trailer has been” absolutely crazy.”
The film was shot in 10 days in England.
Waterfield said they’re expediting the edit to get it through post-production as fast as possible. A release date has not yet been announced.
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Woman gets 15 months in prison for punching flight attendant
By JULIE WATSON
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California woman who punched a flight attendant in the face during a flight and broke her teeth has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Vyvianna Quinonez on Tuesday was also ordered by the federal judge in San Diego to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution and a $7,500 fine for the assault on a May 2021 Southwest flight between Sacramento and San Diego. Quinonez is prohibited from flying for three years while she is on supervised release and must participate in anger management classes or counseling. Quinonez last year pleaded guilty to one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/27/woman-gets-15-months-in-prison-for-punching-flight-attendant-2/ | 2022-05-27T22:56:06Z |
INCLUDES TWO NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD DEMOS - "LOVE OF MINE" & "BUBBLE"
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LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Commemorating a major milestone, GRAMMY®-winning, multi-Platinum band Imagine Dragons will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut LP with Night Visions (Expanded Edition) (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope/UMe) on September 9, 2022. It notably boasts nine additional studio tracks and two previously unreleased songs recorded contemporaneously entitled "Love of Mine" and "Bubble." The Expanded Edition will be available at all DSPs and in physical formats— 2-LP (which boasts the original cover art plus a 10th-anniversary cover art lithograph), 2-CD, or 2-Cassette. An exclusive limited-edition, canary-yellow 2-LP vinyl of the Expanded Edition will also be available.
The Super Deluxe Edition consists of 4 CDs + 1 DVD (Original Album, Bonus Tracks, Night Visions Live, Remixes, and The Making of Night Visions on DVD) and much more.
Pre-order the Expanded Edition—HERE. Pre-order the Super Deluxe Edition—HERE.
The seven-times platinum Night Visions first arrived on September 4, 2012, paving the way for a bold new future for rock music. It bowed at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and yielded some of the most impactful, inimitable, and inescapable anthems of the last decade. It has impressively eclipsed over 20 million in global consumption, while the diamond-certified Hot 100 Top 3 smash "Radioactive" (14x-platinum) garnered a GRAMMY® Award nod in the category of "Best Rock Performance" out of two nominations, including "Record of the Year." The record also occupied a spot on the Billboard Top 200 for 408 weeks.
Certified platinum or multiplatinum in 15 countries, Night Visions comprises the aforementioned "Radioactive," diamond-certified "Demons" (10x-platinum), "It's Time" (6x-platinum), "On Top Of The World" (4x-platinum), "Bleeding Out" (platinum), "Amsterdam" (platinum), and "Hear Me" (gold).
Experience the ultimate configuration of Night Visions this fall.
Check out the full tracklisting for Night Visions (Expanded Edition) below.
TRACKLISTING:
CD1
- Radioactive
- Tiptoe
- It's Time
- Demons
- On Top Of The World
- Amsterdam
- Hear Me
- Every Night
- Bleeding Out
- Underdog
- Nothing Left To Say / Rocks
CD2
- Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)
- Working Man
- My Fault
- Round And Round
- The River
- America
- Selene
- Fallen
- Cover Up
- Love of Mine (Demo)
- Bubble (Demo)
Imagine Dragons recently made history again. "Thunder" achieved a diamond certification, enshrining the quartet as "The First Band/Group in Music History to Achieve FOUR Diamond Singles." Meanwhile, their new double-disc opus Mercury — Acts 1 & 2 (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope) bowed at #12 on the Billboard Top 200 and earned some of the best reviews of the band's career to date. Rolling Stone attested, "Imagine Dragons still know how to efficiently stomp stadiums into rubble," and American Songwriter hailed it as "a celebration of life." Consequence of Sound applauded, "Act II is an even more intimate gesture that further explores themes of loss and recovery," and The Associated Press summed it up best as "the sound of a band getting its arena groove back."
The 32-track epic album debuted on Friday, July 1st, and marks the boldest artistic statement of the band's career thus far. Executive produced by Rick Rubin, the double album includes hit singles "Enemy," "Bones," and "Sharks" and expands on 2021's Mercury — Act 1. While Act 1 explores themes such as love, faith, pain, passion, and loss, Act 2 focuses on sorting through personal loss and the biggest existential questions of their career.
Listen to Mercury — Acts 1 & 2 HERE. Target is also offering an exclusive CD featuring an alternative cover and extra track, available HERE.
To bring both halves of the record to life on stage, Imagine Dragons will take to the road and kick off a massive US stadium tour that will begin in August, making stops in Boston, Toronto, and their hometown of Las Vegas before wrapping up in Los Angeles, CA in September. The summer tour marks the band's biggest North American shows of their career. Check out the full itinerary HERE.
About Imagine Dragons
With over 66 million album equivalents and 55 million digital songs sold, not to mention over 110 billion combined streams, Imagine Dragons are one of rock's biggest bands of the past decade, and they've fully reinvented the genre in that time. In short, they own Billboard's Top 3 rock songs of the 2010s — "Believer," "Thunder," and "Radioactive." Formed in 2009, Imagine Dragons developed a grassroots following with a series of independent EPs before making their major-label debut on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope with 2012's Continued Silence EP. That same year, their LP debut NIGHT VISIONS entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2, while lead track "Radioactive" topped Billboard's Hot Rock Songs, won a GRAMMY® for Best Rock Performance, and achieved RIAA Diamond status. After achieving their first #1 at Alt Radio with "Radioactive," the band immediately repeated this feat with "Demons," marking the first back-to-back #1's for the band, with both songs in the Top 5 simultaneously. NIGHT VISIONS is now 7x platinum in the US alone. 2015's platinum-selling Smoke + Mirrors debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The 3x platinum-selling album EVOLVE followed in 2017, earning a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album and unleashing three No. 1 Alternative radio hits: "Believer," GRAMMY®-nominated "Thunder," and "Whatever It Takes." All three songs were also top 5 hits at Alternative radio. "Believer" was the quickest song to reach #1 for Imagine Dragons, taking only 8 weeks to reach the top of the charts, with "Thunder" following closely in its rise to the #1 spot. With these singles, it marked the second time Imagine Dragons had back-to-back #1s, making Imagine Dragons one of only four bands to ever achieve simultaneous Top 5 singles and the only band to repeat this feat. The band's fourth album and platinum-selling, ORIGINS, debuted atop Billboard's Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, while its lead single "Natural" spent nine weeks at No. 1 at alternative radio.
For their fifth studio album—Imagine Dragons' first new music since 2018—the band teamed up with esteemed producer Rick Rubin. 2021's Mercury — Act 1 debuted in the Billboard 200 top 10 and at No. 2 on Billboard's Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts. It also launched the singles "Wrecked," "Cutthroat," and "Follow You," with the latter reaching No. 1 on both Mediabase's Alternative Radio and Billboard's Alternative Airplay charts. "Follow You" marked the band's quickest ascent to the top of that Billboard chart, surpassing the respective seven- and eight-week climbs for "Natural" (2018) and "Believer" (2017). Then came "Enemy." Originally released as the theme to Netflix's Arcane, the hit racked up more than 4.6 billion combined global streams across two versions (including a collaboration with GRAMMY®-nominated, Atlanta-based rapper J.I.D), helping make Imagine Dragons the highest streaming American band in the US in 2021. In 2022, they expanded the world of Mercury with a double album, Mercury – Acts 1 & 2, including the single "Bones," which has gathered over 380 million streams to date, and the accompanying music video has scored 38 million-plus YouTube views. Sorting through personal loss and the biggest existential questions of their career, singer/songwriter Dan Reynolds says the two-part release is about learning to "accept the unknown" and "let go," healing feelings Imagine Dragons are hoping to share with fans as they embark on some of their biggest shows ever this summer.
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Three parties to sign MOU on September 20 to launch scholarship and 1st The Sandbox Academy in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aventis Graduate School, an award-winning graduate school and corporate training provider headquartered in Singapore announces a US$1M ASEAN scholarship in support of Smobler Studio's Metaverse for Good initiative on The Sandbox. Smobler Studios is a leading metaverse architecture firm that builds in The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming world and open metaverse.
This initiative is the brainchild of Smobler Studios' founders Dr Loretta Chen and Ruel Sarmiento in line with their studio's IDEALS – inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, leadership and sustainability. All NGOs, social enterprise and brands can participate in the Metaverse for Good if they pledge to support a worthy cause or charity. The digital real estate or LAND will be provided rent free for up to a year. The LAND is sponsored by the Octava Foundation, a private grant maker based in Singapore whose vision is to empower children and youth with equitable opportunities to contribute to a better world. The Foundation has a 12 X 12 LAND – a unit of virtual real estate in The Sandbox metaverse – that will be developed by Smobler Studios.
Likewise, Aventis' scholarship aims to empower working professionals across ASEAN. The bond-free scholarship will be awarded to qualified adult learners who are citizens of ASEAN excluding Singapore. The candidates will be selected based on the strength of their application, academic and professional background, overall potential and financial need. Priority will be given to needy students from developing ASEAN countries to provide relief and an added boost for those at a financial disadvantage to achieve success in life.
Samuel Teo, Chairman of Academic and Examination Board of Aventis Graduate School says, "Since our founding in 2007, education and continuous learning is always close to our hearts as it is the foundation for our learners to provide a better future for not just themselves but their family. We are dedicated to providing quality executive education to working professionals across the ASEAN region and want to use this scholarship to build deeper connections and engagement with our learners across ASEAN."
Additionally, Aventis will also enter into a tripartite partnership with Smobler Studios and The Sandbox to establish the first The Sandbox Academy in Singapore. The academy will focus on developing talent and creators for the open metaverse. For starters, the academy will provide technical courses such as Voxel Art and Game Maker Certification and will later expand into more offerings to cater to jobs that will be created in the open metaverse.
Says Chen, who is Co-Founder of Smobler Studios and a professor, "Even as we push the frontiers of technology, we must deepen our connection to society by widening access to education which are the pillars of knowledge and human capital. I am extremely heartened by Aventis' scholarship pledge to our metaverse for Good initiative and The Sandbox's support of the Singapore academy that will lead to the development of a viable career ecosystem. All of us believe in co-creating a bigger, brighter, better future for all in this open metaverse."
Sebastien Borget, who is Co-Founder and COO of The Sandbox says, "The metaverse promises a major disruption in how we will interact, communicate, play, learn, and earn. Yet, the metaverse cannot succeed without both great content and people, who are the center of this innovation. That is why we are deploying great effort to empower users, players, and creators through education to Web3 and the possibilities of The Sandbox, enabling the creation of a multitude of new jobs. This is why we are thrilled to see Aventis step in with this generous scholarship support, positioning ASEAN at the forefront of innovation."
The launch of the Aventis Metaverse for Good ASEAN scholarship and The Sandbox Academy will take place on September 20 at the Aventis campus in Orchard Road.
"This is an exciting new chapter for us and we are extremely grateful for the trust from our partners, Smobler Studios and The Sandbox. Through our tripartite partnership, we will be able to provide for ASEAN learners as well as train and place graduates to kickstart a career in the metaverse. We are actively seeking partners, educators, collaborators, and learners to join us in this exciting journey," said Teo.
The metaverse has been the talk of the town since Facebook changed its name to Meta in October 2021 and pledged to invest $10 billion in its Reality Labs operation in 2022. Bloomberg Intelligence envisions the metaverse opportunity reaching $400 billion by 2024. Metaverse mania has reached Singapore with the announcement of DBS as the first Singapore company and bank to seal a partnership with The Sandbox to make a foray into the metaverse.
Founded in 2007, Aventis is a graduate school headquartered in Singapore that champions human capital development. Aventis strives to make graduate and executive education affordable and accessible across Southeast Asia. With more than 60,000 learners, five esteemed university partners across USA and the UK and over 3,000 successful graduates, Aventis aims to be the leading graduate school for professionals in Asia. To Learn more, visit: www.aventis.edu.sg
Smobler Studios is a metaverse architecture and creative design agency headquartered in Singapore. It specializes in creative ideation, design thinking, brand marketing and metaverse development for The Sandbox Game. Its recent clients include Mighty Jaxx, One Group, The Food Bank Singapore and Tools of Rock NFT amongst others. It is backed by The Sandbox, Brinc and Enjinstarter. To learn more, visit: www.smoblerstudios.com.
The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is one of the decentralized virtual worlds that has been fueling the recent growth of virtual real estate demand, having partnered with major IPs and brands including Warner Music Group, Ubisoft, The Rabbids, Gucci Vault, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Deadmau5, Steve Aoki, Richie Hawtin, The Smurfs, Care Bears, Atari, ZEPETO, CryptoKitties, and more. Building on existing The Sandbox IP that has more than 40 million global installs on mobile, The Sandbox metaverse offers players and creators a decentralized and intuitive platform to create immersive 3D worlds and game experiences and to safely store, trade, and monetize their creations. For more information, please visit www.sandbox.game and follow the regular updates on Twitter, Medium, and Discord.
Octava Foundation is a private grant maker based in Singapore. Its vision is to empower children and youth, so they have equitable opportunities to excel as citizens and contribute to a better world, irrespective of their socio-economic background. The Foundation specifically supports organizations and programmes that enable learning attainment, skills development and or employability for underserved children and youth. It also funds projects that have promise of impact and scale and strengthen the pillars of home, learning, and society. The Foundation also provides bursaries in the form of study awards to motivated youth from underserved communities to access tertiary education.
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Aventis Graduate School
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An additional 37 organizations have joined the Foundation this quarter to make cloud native computing ubiquitous and accessible to all
VALENCIA, Spain, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced today the addition of 37 organizations, dedicated to working together with over 800 other members to drive innovation through the development and standardization of cloud native technology.
"We are thrilled to welcome so many Europe-based organizations this quarter as our global community convenes in Spain for the first in-person KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in three years," said Priyanka Sharma, executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. "We are humbled to see the continued momentum in our diverse ecosystem of doers and look forward to working together to foster and sustain our growing number of projects."
About the newest Silver Members:
- Ambient IT is a French training organization specializing in IT and digital professions.
- Andes Digital is a consulting company focused on Open Source solutions, especially in the multi-cloud - hybrid-cloud space offering services such as enterprise integration, Kubernetes managed services, cloud migration and others.
- Aokumo is a cloud infrastructure company that helps organizations modernize, innovate, and accelerate their digital transformation on AWS and Azure with Cloud-Native Solutions, Kubernetes, DevOps, CI/CD, and Data Analytics.
- Appaegis Access Fabric secures cloud infrastructure access with advanced Zero Trust strategies to secure application and data access and mitigate permission abuse by federating control plane sources of IAM, Key vault and credential management and monitoring data plane transactions.
- Appstellar is a Cloud and DevOps company delivering cloud software development and DevOps solutions (including Kubernetes Enablement and AWS Cloud Consulting) to businesses that want to reach new heights
- Aserto is reinventing Auth: instead of focusing on user login and authentication, our modern authorization platform makes it easy for software developers to define, enforce, and evolve what users are permitted to do inside their applications.
- Atos is the global leader in secure and decarbonized digital with a range of market-leading digital solutions along with consultancy services, digital security and decarbonization offerings; an end-to-end partnership approach.
- Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud and advisory services, industry solutions and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem.
- B1 Systems provides consulting, training, managed service & support for Linux / Open Source - cloud & container technologies, virtualization & high availability as well as monitoring, system & configuration management.
- Clockwork empowers next generation time-sensitive applications by enabling "congestion-free, zero-drop networks" using its scalable and accurate time synchronization technology.
- Cloudshape is a multi and hybrid cloud solution provider offering services and solutions around Application Modernization, Dev(Sec)Ops and Kubernetes
- Cloudside is your trusted team of cloud-native and data problem solvers, helping you drive the best business outcomes with cloud as a catalyst
- Cycode is a complete software supply chain security solution that provides visibility, security, and integrity across all phases of the SDLC.
- Doppler is the multi-cloud SecretOps Platform developers and security teams trust to provide secrets management at enterprise scale.
- Edgeless Systems is building Constellation, the Kubernetes distribution for confidential computing.
- Entando is the leading open-source application composition platform for Kubernetes.
- Exein is a leading company in embedded security; the first security ecosystem for the IoT devices development and management cycle.
- groundcover is the first eBPF-based production monitoring tool that makes complete K8s observability easy. groundcover provides a full picture of your production and covers every application instantly with no code changes.
- Mayfield is a global venture capital firm with a people-first philosophy and a 50+ year track record of inception and early-stage investing, partnering with founders to build iconic enterprise, consumer and engineering biology companies.
- Miraxia is a software consulting company providing middleware design and optimization services for edge devices with the aid of a lot of experience in the consumer electronics industry for 20+ years.
- MoreSec Tech was founded in April 2016 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China. In the vanguard of cloud-native security, MoreSec provides a full-stack and full life cycle cloud-native application protection platform, which starts in development and extends to runtime protection of infrastructure, microservice networks, workloads, applications and data
- OpsVerse provides open source-based, fully managed DevOps tools that customers can deploy anywhere within minutes to improve their MTTR, MTTD, and developer productivity.
- Skyloud is a company specializing in new Cloud technologies. We support Startups and Companies in setting up, optimizing and managing Cloud Native infrastructure.
- Spacelift empowers collaborative infrastructure for modern software teams to manage any cloud, infrastructure, or service.
- Speedscale is a Kubernetes traffic replay framework that reproduces production-like conditions in non-prod environments so teams can identify performance and scale issues before their customers do.
- SphereEx builds distributed data infrastructures and delivers a SaaS experience through the cloud, and was founded by the core team of Apache ShardingSphere - an open source ecosystem to transform any database into a distributed database system and enhance it with data sharding, elastic scaling, encryption features & more.
- Superblocks is a programmable internal tooling platform for developers to build custom internal apps, workflows and scheduled jobs fast. Try it for free today!
- Tenable® is the Cyber Exposure company, helping approximately 40,000 organizations around the globe understand and reduce cyber risk by giving them visibility into their attack surface. Tenable delivered the world's first platform to see and secure any digital asset on any computing platform.
- TL Consulting helps accelerate your Cloud native journey through the delivery of high-end transformational services and enterprise-grade solutions by harnessing the power of Kubernetes, microservices and multi-cloud environment automation to effectively modernise your application landscape and future proof your business.
- Uniserver is a Netherlands-based cloud distributor, we give you the freedom and security to focus on your own strenght without worrying about your IT infrastructure.
- Zelarsoft, the creators of Klusternetes: Kubernetes virtual clusters in less than a minute, on the infrastructure of your choice, either cloud or on-premise, enabling self-service k8s without adding operational complexity.
About the newest Academic Member:
- ICPSR advances and expands social and behavioral research, acting as a global leader in data stewardship and providing rich data resources and responsive educational opportunities for present and future generations.
About the newest End User Members:
- Prodigy Education is a global leader in game-based learning. Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning, motivating millions worldwide via fun, secure and accessible curriculum-aligned gameplay experiences.
- Wayfair is one of the world's largest destinations for the home, an e-commerce leader serving 27 million customers with suppliers and operations throughout North America and Europe, employing more than 16,000 people.
About the newest End User Supporters:
- Juni aims to be the financial companion for ecommerce. Listed as the fastest-growing fintech startup in 2021, Juni's all-in-one financial platform empowers ecommerce businesses to make better decisions, scale up and unlock the full potential of ecommerce.
- SNCF is a world leader in public transportation.
- Volvo Cars is one of the world's leading car companies known for safety and environmental consciousness. They are using cloud services to further improve their safety, environmental footprint, user experience, and production.
With the addition of these new members, there are now over 145 organizations in the CNCF End User Community. This group regularly meets to share adoption best practices and feedback on project roadmaps and future projects for CNCF technical leaders to consider.
Additional Resources
- CNCF Newsletter
- CNCF Twitter
- CNCF Blog
- Learn About CNCF Membership
- Learn About CNCF End User Supporters
- Join the CNCF conversation on Slack
About Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry's top developers, end users, and vendors, and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by more than 500 members, including the world's largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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The Linux Foundation
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Alex Jones faces second trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut jury began hearing arguments Tuesday in a trial to decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for spreading a lie that the massacre was a hoax.
The trial is being held in Waterbury, less than 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Newtown, where 26 children and teachers were shot to death in 2012.
More than a dozen family members, including parents of some victims, filed into the courtroom to listen to the opening statements and first day of evidence.
It’s the second such trial for Jones, who was ordered by a Texas jury last month to pay nearly $50 million to the parents of one of the slain children.
A jury of three men and three women along with several alternates will decide how much the conspiracy theorist should pay relatives of eight victims and an FBI agent who responded to the school. Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones liable without a trial last year after he failed to turn over documents to the families’ lawyers.
On Tuesday, she sanctioned Jones for failing to turn over analytic data related to his website and the popularity of his show. She told his lawyers that because of that failure, they will not be allowed to argue he didn’t profit from his Sandy Hook remarks.
Jones did not attend the opening of the trial Tuesday. He said on his show Monday that he would be traveling to Connecticut next week.
The trial is expected to last about a month and feature testimony from both Jones and the families.
Bellis instructed the jury that Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, have already been found liable for damages to the plaintiffs for calling the shooting a hoax on multiple media platforms and saying that no one died.
The Sandy Hook families and former FBI agent William Aldenberg say they have been confronted and harassed for years by people who believed Jones’ false claim that the shooting was staged by crisis actors as part of a plot to take away people’s guns.
Some say strangers have videotaped them and their surviving children. They’ve also endured death threats and been subjected to abusive comments on social media. And some families have moved out of Newtown to avoid harassment. They accuse Jones of causing them emotional and psychological harm.
Jones, whose web show and Infowars brand are based in Austin, Texas, has been banned from YouTube, Facebook and Spotify for violating hate-speech policies.
Jones now says he believes the shooting was real. At the Texas trial, he testified that he realizes what he said was irresponsible, did hurt people’s feelings and he apologized.
He continues, however, to insist that his comments were protected free speech. He views the lawsuits as efforts to silence him and put him out of business.
Jones’ lawyers say he intends to appeal the judgment against him in Texas. Jones also will face a third trial back in Texas involving the parents of another slain child.
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TORONTO, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Electra Battery Materials Corporation (NASDAQ: ELBM) (TSXV: ELBM) ("Electra") will release its second quarter 2022 financial results after market close on August 11, 2022. Senior management will host a conference call and webcast on August 12, 2022 at 10:00 am ET to review Electra's second quarter performance and discuss near-term outlook.
Dial-in and Webcast Details:
- North American dial-in number: 1-800-319-4610
- International dial-in number: 1-604-638-5340
- Webcast and slide presentation: https://ElectraBMC.com/category/events/
Electra is a processor of low-carbon, ethically-sourced battery materials. Currently commissioning North America's only cobalt sulfate refinery, Electra is executing a multipronged strategy focused on onshoring the electric vehicle supply chain. Keys to its strategy are integrating black mass recycling and nickel sulfate production at Electra's refinery located north of Toronto, advancing Iron Creek, its cobalt-copper exploration-stage project in the Idaho Cobalt Belt, and expanding cobalt sulfate processing into Bécancour, Quebec. For more information visit www.electrabmc.com.
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NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report has revealed a positive ROI for ShardSecure's innovative Microshard™ technology that mitigates data security and privacy risks in the cloud.
Produced by the global cybersecurity analyst firm TAG Cyber, the report notes that the high preventive benefit of microsharding warrants adoption by organizations in industries including finance, healthcare, and government.
"Under reasonable assumptions, enterprise teams employing microsharding for cloud-hosted data will see a reduced likelihood of data compromise incidents in public cloud service infrastructure," the analysis notes. "The associated reduction in response costs is shown to be sufficient to justify purchasing a commercial platform license. This implies that enterprise teams storing critical data in the cloud would be wise to invest in a microsharding solution."
The TAG Cyber analysts performed a detailed comparison of the costs of an enterprise hoping to improve security for their public cloud data both with and without microsharding. They concluded that, given the high detection and response costs for public cloud incidents, microsharding offers a significant positive ROI. In its sample case, the analysis also revealed that a hypothetical enterprise hosting data in a public cloud could reduce two full-time equivalent staff members on its incident response team due to a significant reduction in assumed data compromise costs.
"ShardSecure's benefits for data security extend across multiple industries and cover a wide array of privacy risks," said Ed Amoroso, CEO and Founder of TAG Cyber. "With the current threat landscape, we believe that Microshard technology's advanced cloud data protection will benefit organizations while still allowing them to maintain control of their data in the cloud."
Microshard technology desensitizes sensitive data by digitally shredding it into microshards that are too small to contain sensitive data. Those microshards are then mixed with poison data and distributed to multiple customer-owned storage locations of the customer's choosing.
Microsharding renders sensitive data unintelligible and of no value in the wrong hands, enabling that data for multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments to help ensure stronger security and privacy. The three-step Microshard process drastically mitigates the impact of data compromise and supports business continuity even during an outage. Additionally, its self-healing data and RAID-5-like ability to reconstruct affected data reverses unauthorized deletion and tampering, including ransomware.
"We're pleased to see that TAG Cyber's report confirms the value of Microshard technology for companies seeking to protect their data in the cloud," said Bob Lam, CEO and Co-Founder of ShardSecure. "We believe that our innovative solution will support companies in achieving greater data security, helping them reduce incident response costs in the face of growing cyberthreats."
TAG Cyber serves the global cybersecurity industry with professional research and advisory services. Its expert data security analysts — mostly former CISOs — offer tailored assessments and program effectiveness reviews for enterprise security teams, IT managers, and corporate boards. TAG Cyber works to democratize vendor support through its professional assessments of cybersecurity products and service teams.
ShardSecure is changing the nature of data security. It believes that all organizations can easily and securely enjoy the benefits of cloud adoption without surrendering control of their data. Inventors of the patented Microshard technology, ShardSecure cloud-enables sensitive data by desensitizing it in multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Welcome one, welcome all to the start of Labor Day Weekend! NWS Fort Worth says you can expect a very humid feel on Friday with continued rain and thunder chances throughout North Texas.
Temps will range from the mid-80s to 90 degrees throughout the region with rain chances all across the North Texas area. The best chances for rain will be along and south of the I-20 corridor.
The center says, “Today will be mostly cloudy and very humid once again. The recurring theme will be more scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms by afternoon. Highest chances for rain, some locally heavy with brief minor flooding possible will be along and south of I- 20. Remember to never drive through flooded roads or around barricades. Turn around, don’t drown! Slow down when driving through heavy rain as visibility will diminish.”
Here’s a quick look at your Labor Day Weekend weather:
The center said, “Labor Day weekend will feature cool temperatures and continued chances for showers and storms. Best chances will be during the afternoon hours, with the highest chance for rain located south of I- 20 for Saturday, and then across Central Texas and our southern East Texas on Sunday and Monday. Locally heavy rainfall could produce localized flooding. Make sure to be weather aware this holiday weekend!” | https://cw33.com/news/local/friday-starts-off-labor-day-weekend-with-very-humid-rainy-weather-in-north-texas/ | 2022-09-02T17:55:45Z |
BEIJING, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past 25 years, since its return to the motherland, Hong Kong, as a special administrative region of China, has remained one of the most dynamic cities in the world. Meanwhile, China's decades-long drive for reform and opening up has stridden forward into the new era.
As the country opens its door wider, Hong Kong will see its position and role grow stronger rather than diminish, said Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2018.
Xi said, in particular, Hong Kong should leverage its extensive international connections and sophisticated professional services on the one hand, and rely on the mainland's huge market, complete industrial system and technological competitiveness on the other, calling on the city to become the beachhead in China's two-way opening-up.
Hong Kong's strengths
On July 1, 1997, China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established. Since then, it has been running under the principle of "One Country, Two Systems," which stipulates that the main body of China adheres to the socialist system while capitalist system is retained in the SAR.
Addressing a meeting marking Hong Kong's 20th return anniversary in 2017, Xi said, "'One Country' is like the roots of a tree. For a tree to grow tall and luxuriant, its roots must run deep and strong."
On the basis of "One Country," "Two Systems" should and have every reason to stay in harmony and reinforce each other, he said, adding, "We must both adhere to the 'One Country' principle and respect the differences of the 'Two Systems.'"
Then a year later in 2018, in a speech to celebrate the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up – "a crucial move in making China what it is today," Xi said that the "One Country, Two Systems" principle is the "biggest strength" of Hong Kong, and that the nation's reform and opening up set the broadest stage for the development of Hong Kong.
For one thing, the mainland has always been backing Hong Kong, especially in times of external crisis. For another, the Basic Law of the HKSAR protects private property and foreign investment, provides that Hong Kong shall not be subject to foreign exchange control, maintains its status as a free port, and guarantees the free movement of goods, property and capital in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has been the world's freest economy, according to the Fraser Institute. And the city has maintained the honor since 1997. In the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World 2021 Annual Report, Hong Kong continues to be ranked first in "Freedom to Trade Internationally" and "Regulation" among five areas of assessment.
Hong Kong's role in RMB internationalization, BRI
In July 2019, China announced 11 measures in the financial sector to further advance opening up in the principle of taking actions "faster rather than slower and sooner rather than later."
As an international financial hub and a bridge for the nation's two-way opening up – bringing in foreign investment and going global, Hong Kong's role of being a testing ground for the nation's financial opening up has become increasingly prominent, according to financial professionals in Hong Kong.
In a research report released in March 2021, the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited said that over the years, Hong Kong has been continuously enhancing its financial infrastructure, such as by introducing new systems to facilitate banks from all over the world to make renminbi (RMB) payments through the Hong Kong platform.
Hong Kong is the world's largest offshore RMB business center. According to the latest data from Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the RMB deposit balance in Hong Kong was 841.9 billion yuan (about $125.85 billion) at the end of April 2022, up by nearly 133 times from May 2004. Over 70 percent of the world's offshore RMB payments are handled in Hong Kong.
Furthermore, in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) outline, China states that it will support the HKSAR to strengthen its status as a global offshore RMB business hub and back its joining into the building of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a key part in the new pattern of China's all-round opening up.
Yi Gang, governor of China's central bank, said in December 2021 that Hong Kong can provide greater support to the financial connectivity under the BRI.
"As the gateway for mainland companies to go global, Hong Kong can improve financial services to better assist these companies' engagement in the BRI," he said. "As the global asset management hub, Hong Kong can also attract more international investors in the joint development of the BRI."
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NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDOC) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Teladoc investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
TDOC investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Teladoc during the relevant time frame, you have until August 5, 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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OAK BROOK, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiftMaster®, the leading brand of professionally installed access control solutions and Vector, a leading provider of collaborative technology for carriers and warehouse facilities, announced that Vector is integrated with myQ® Facility Enterprise software to provide the first full gate-to-dock workflow solution that digitally connects shippers, carriers and receivers to physical assets, providing true automation, yard visibility and efficiency for customers.
"Vector continues to solidify its position as one of the most sophisticated systems for logistics management and communication," said Jenny Lytle, General Manager of Commercial Emerging Business, LiftMaster. "Integrating our myQ Facility software for smart facility access control with Vector's platform provides a powerful solution that ensures that everyone that touches a shipment is seamlessly connected from gate-to-dock, making pick-up and deliveries faster, safer, CTPAT compliant and more efficient."
LiftMaster's powerful suite of myQ® Facility software delivers real-time data and analytics to commercial warehouses providing facility and operations managers with full insight and control over doors and loading docks that are powered by myQ Connected LiftMaster Commercial Door Operators, Gate Operators, Docks and Access Controls. Vector enables digital communication between shippers, carriers and receivers during a shipment's lifecycle and digitally captures all workflows to facilitate paperless pickups and deliveries. Through this integration myQ Facility and Vector provide seamless gate-to-dock workflow which they are currently piloting at LiftMaster's Tucson, Arizona facility.
"By using Vector with our myQ Facility Access software, we've been able to automate the yard workflow at our Tucson facility and implement Electronic Bill of Lading capabilities, providing better documentation," said Lytle. "Eliminating the manual check-in process for shipments and providing drivers with paperless check-ins puts less stress on our security staff and creates a faster entry and exit process."
"A shipment's journey doesn't end at the front door of a facility warehouse. It has to safely make it to the loading dock and be accounted for. Being able to connect to the physical world through smart connected access points can enable automating those physical assets, such as gates," said Will Chu, CEO of Vector. "myQ Facility Enterprise's innovative leadership in smart warehouse access solutions makes them an ideal partner for Vector. Integrating with myQ Facility Access software allows us to further remove manual processes and paperwork associated with shipments and provide customers with an even more seamless and efficient workflow process."
For more information about the Vector visit: https://withvector.com For more information on myQ Facility Enterprise, go to https://www.myq.com/facility/smart-facility-access
About LiftMaster
LiftMaster is the number one brand of professionally installed residential garage door openers, as well as a leading manufacturer of commercial door operators, residential and commercial gate operators, smart video intercoms and related access control products. Driven by the access and security needs of the marketplace, LiftMaster's expansive line of state-of-the-art residential and commercial products are designed to fit any lifestyle or application, providing the latest technology and innovations in safety, security and convenience. More information at LiftMaster.com.
About myQ Facility Enterprise
myQ technology enables products to seamlessly work together to provide reliable, secure access management solutions that solve for access needs across common entry points to homes, communities, businesses and beyond. It's a powerful platform that empowers people, businesses and partners with the knowledge to do more and the control to make it happen, anytime from anywhere. Follow myQ on Facebook and Instagram.
About Vector
Vector, the collaborative platform between shippers and carriers, is the leader in digital pickup and delivery at warehouses, distribution centers, and plants. Vector increases the efficiency and visibility within the yards at these facilities by digitizing the processes between truck drivers and shipping staff. More information with https://withvector.com
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Best products for hybrid workers
Hybrid working is becoming the default for many workplaces. However, this can lead to problems when you realize what you need is at home when you’re in the office or vice versa. By kitting yourself out with office-on-the-go essentials, you can more easily transition between working from home and working in the office.
If you’re sick of realizing the file you need is still in the office or working less comfortably because you don’t have the right setup, it pays to be prepared. With portable office essentials, you can up your hybrid work vibe.
What is hybrid working?
Hybrid working doesn’t have a single clear definition and can be applied to various modes of working. However, in this article, hybrid working is defined as an individual working some days from home and some days from their in-person office.
Many employers are now offering a hybrid work environment. As employees proved they could work effectively from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many don’t want to return to the office full time. Hybrid working allows employees to enjoy the convenience of working from home some of the time while also being present for tasks that are easier in person.
There’s no set pattern for hybrid working. Some people have set days each week that they come into the office, while others have the flexibility to choose which days they come in or only turn up when necessary.
What are the benefits of hybrid working?
Although hybrid working isn’t a perfect system, it has a range of benefits for employees.
- Less commute time: Commuting is among the worst aspects of in-person work, especially when you live a long way from your place of work or live somewhere with bad rush hour traffic. Since you aren’t working from the office every day, this significantly reduces your commute time over a week.
- Work-life balance: Most people report a better work-life balance from a hybrid working schedule compared to going into the office every day. Not only does the lack of commute help, but many people find they can do household chores on lunch breaks, freeing up the evening for recreation.
- Money saved: Not only will you spend less on gas or public transit, but you may also find you save money by not spending so much on takeout lunches and coffee.
- Reduced isolation: If you feel isolated working from home 100% of the time, hybrid working patterns give you some time in the office to enjoy the social aspect of work. Some people find this works better for them than full-time remote work.
What challenges does hybrid working pose?
Although hybrid working is an excellent solution for many, it still has some flaws. You may find these challenges affect you when spending some time working from home and some time in the office.
- Transporting your stuff: Having two workplaces means you have to cart essential gear from home to the office and back again unless you get two of everything, which isn’t practical.
- Home office setup: If you’ll have a hybrid working pattern for the foreseeable future, you’ll need a decent home office setup. Even if you don’t have a dedicated room you can use as an office, you should have somewhere you can put a desk and a supportive office chair.
- Scheduling issues: It can be hard to keep track of when your colleagues will be in the office and when they won’t, which can lead to scheduling issues.
- Collective creativity: You can often find the best creative ideas and solutions to problems when working collaboratively. This type of collective creativity often flows better in person than on Zoom or other digital platforms.
What makes hybrid working easier?
If you’re struggling with some of the challenges of hybrid working, you’ll be pleased to know about ways to make it easier.
- Portable office gear: A hybrid work schedule is much less stressful when you can simply pack up all your office gear to take it home or to the office. Choose lightweight gear that can be easily packed into a bag for your journey. Don’t overlook basics, such as stationery and file folders.
- Distraction-free home office: For some people, working at home can be a challenge. You need a dedicated spot to work in, whether that’s a full-on home office or a corner of your living room or bedroom. Either way, it should be stocked with everything you need and be as distraction-free as possible.
- Flexibility: Ideally, there should be some flexibility over which days you and your colleagues come into the office and which you spend at home. This makes it easier to get together to work on projects or to stay home when you’d work more effectively there.
Best office-on-the-go essentials
With a speedy processor and a choice of RAM up to 32 gigabytes, this laptop is more than powerful enough for work use, even in creative industries. You can customize the specs to get it just how you want it.
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Besign LS10 Aluminum Laptop Stand
A laptop stand can help you work more comfortably, whether at home or in the office. This one folds nearly flat to make it more conveniently portable between workspaces.
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Logitech MK545 Advanced Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo
Using a wireless keyboard and mouse with a laptop lets you work in a more ergonomic position, reducing the chance of repetitive strain injuries. You can easily pack them up to take to and from the office.
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Inateck 60 Protective Laptop Sleeve
Since you’ll be transporting your laptop to and from the office, you’ll need a protective case. This one fits laptops from 13 to 13.5 inches and is well-padded to keep it safe.
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Carhartt Legacy Standard Work Backpack with Padded Laptop Sleeve
Thanks to its dedicated laptop sleeve and spacious main compartment, you can use this bag to carry everything you need for the office. It is durable and has several pockets to keep your belongings organized.
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This six-pack of college rule notebooks is perfect for all your note-taking needs. Measuring roughly 8 inches by 10 inches, they’re neither too small nor too large to be easily portable.
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Zebra Pen Z-Grip Retractable Ballpoint Pen
You’ll never regret having a healthy supply of pens at your disposal. These simple retractable ballpoints write smoothly and reliably.
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Your pens, pencils and other similar supplies are easier to pack up and take to the office when you have a pencil case. This one is simple, sturdy and available in a range of colors, including black, navy and red.
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Five Star Six-pocket Expanding File Organizer
If you still work with physical documents, you’ll need a way to organize them to take them from home to the office and back again. This six-pocket file folder is up to the task.
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TROY, Mich., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) today announced that it has published its 2021 Sustainability Report which is now available on the company's website at meritor.com.
Highlights from this year's report include the following:
- Review of all-electric, zero-emission ePowertrain lineup
- Workforce diversity and employee engagement strategy
- Expanded disclosures, including under both the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to enhance ESG disclosure
- Established greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) base year and summarized first GHG reduction targets
- Third party limited assurance of its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions base year data.
Meritor is committed to transparency and will report progress toward these goals annually.
"We made significant progress in the past year on multiple sustainability efforts," said Chris Villavarayan, Meritor's chief executive officer and president. "As a global manufacturing company, we understand the impact of our actions and will operate with a focus on resource efficiency and circularity in all our facilities."
Meritor's continued focus on sustainability initiatives are overseen by its Board of Directors and are also integrated into the company's upcoming M2025 strategic business plan.
Meritor, Inc. is a leading global supplier of drivetrain, mobility, braking, aftermarket and electric powertrain solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets. With more than a 110-year legacy of providing innovative products that offer superior performance, efficiency and reliability, the company serves commercial truck, trailer, off-highway, defense, specialty and aftermarket customers around the world. Meritor is based in Troy, Michigan, United States, and is made up of more than 9,600 diverse employees who apply their knowledge and skills in manufacturing facilities, engineering centers, joint ventures, distribution centers and global offices in 19 countries. Meritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTOR. For important information, visit the company's website at www.meritor.com.
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BEIJING, June 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a virtual speech delivered at the 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday lauded the BRICS mechanism as having shown resilience and vitality in the current global crisis, and called on the mechanism to stay open and inclusive to welcome like-minded partners to join the big BRICS family.
Xi noted that over the past year, the world has faced the continued spread of COVID-19, a tortuous world economic recovery and increasingly salient peace and security issues. Facing these formidable and complex circumstances, BRICS countries have embraced the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, enhanced solidarity and coordination and jointly tackled the challenges. The BRICS mechanism has demonstrated resilience and vitality. BRICS cooperation has achieved sound progress and results.
Xi stressed that this Summit is being held at a critical juncture in the shaping of the future course of humanity. BRICS countries, as important emerging markets and major developing countries, need to act with a sense of responsibility to bring positive, stabilizing and constructive strength to the world.
Xi pointed out that our world today is living through accelerating changes unseen in a century and continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. They confront humanity with unprecedented challenges.
Over the past 16 years, the giant ship of BRICS has sailed forward tenaciously against raging torrents and storms. Riding the wind and cleaving the waves, it has embarked on a righteous course of mutual support and win-win cooperation. Standing at the crossroads of history, we should both look back at the journey we have traveled and keep in mind why we established BRICS in the first place, and look forward to a shared future of a more comprehensive, close, practical and inclusive high-quality partnership so as to jointly embark on a new journey of BRICS cooperation, Xi said.
The leaders attending the summit thanked China for hosting this event and the efforts it made for promoting BRICS cooperation. They believed that facing international uncertainties, BRICS countries should strengthen solidarity, carry forward the BRICS spirit, consolidate strategic partnership and jointly respond to various challenges so that BRICS cooperation can reach a new level and play a bigger role in international affairs, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Chinese analysts said that BRICS is not just an organization formed by newly emerging economies, but is now playing a key role in the international order. Currently, BRICS countries represent 40 percent of the world population, account for 25 percent of the global economy and 18 percent of world trade, and contribute 50 percent to the world's economic growth.
Trade connectivity among BRICS countries is becoming closer and tighter, especially under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Chinese government data, in the first five months of 2022, China's total imports and exports with other BRICS countries increased 12.1 percent year-on-year, with a 20 percent increase with Russia and 10 percent increase with India.
Under the theme of "Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development", leaders of the five countries held in-depth exchange of views on BRICS cooperation in various sectors and major issues of common concern and reached important consensus. They agreed on the need to stay committed to multilateralism, work for greater democracy in global governance, safeguard fairness and justice, and inject stability and positive energy into the turbulent international landscape.
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-New platform alleviates security challenges of cloud infrastructures by automatically calculating unintentionally exposure of critical resources to the Internet
-RedSeal reduces risk by offering security teams a single, comprehensive view of their cloud and continuously meet internal and external compliance mandates
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA RedSeal today announced the launch of RedSeal Stratus, a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) solution. The new solution gives security professionals a 'blueprint map' of their enterprise cloud to allow them to accurately identify where and how their business-critical resources are exposed to the Internet.
Stratus provides a singular view of an organizations cloud infrastructure, either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure or both, by creating a comprehensive visualization of connectivity within and between clouds using an agent-less API driven approach.
Fast analysis allows quick action
Stratus evaluates policies in cloud gateways, 3rd party firewalls, subnets (NACL policies) and instances (security group policies) with full attack path analysis to calculate unintended exposure and quickly begin remediation steps to prevent ransomware attacks and data breaches.
RedSeal's patented discovery algorithm creates a dynamic visualization of the connectivity and hierarchical relationship between cloud resources and provides:
- Exposure trend analysis for AWS and/or Azure in a single view
- Exposure information organized by AWS accounts, Azure subscriptions, tags, and security groups
- A detailed visualization of precisely how critical resources are exposed to the Internet
- The drill-down details of each control and policy at all security checkpoints
- Bryan Barney, Chief Executive Officer at RedSeal, commented: "Public cloud models do no
He continued: "Cloud infrastructures can contain thousands of different resources and organizations can quickly lose track of where their critical assets are located and how they are connected and secured. Stratus is designed to help our customers see and secure their entire multi cloud environment. It gives security teams a centrally and continuously monitored and updated view of their cloud resources, making it easy to spot compliance gaps or respond quickly to breaches or unintended exposure to the internet."
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RedSeal – a security solutions and professional services company – helps government agencies and Global 2000 companies see and secure their on-premise networks and cloud environments. RedSeal Stratus, the company's SaaS CSPM solution, gives an integrated view of cloud security posture through visualization of cloud-native and Kubernetes controls, and shows which resources are unintentionally exposed to the Internet. RedSeal's Classic product brings in all network environments – public and private clouds as well as on-premises. This award-winning security solution verifies that networks align with security best practices, validates network segmentation policies, and continuously monitors compliance with policies and regulations. It also prioritizes mitigation based on each vulnerability's associated risk.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Dover (NYSE: DOV) today increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.505 (fifty and one-half cents) per share, from the previous $0.50 (fifty cents) per share, an increase of $0.005 (one-half cent). This is the 67th consecutive year in which the Company has increased its annual cash dividend, demonstrating Dover's longstanding commitment to returning capital to shareholders.
This increased dividend will be paid on September 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2022.
About Dover:
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 65 years, our team of over 25,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under "DOV." Additional information is available at dovercorporation.com.
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You can get Peeps-flavored ice cream delivered for free on Easter
By Zoe Sottile, CNN
Peep, peep: Springtime’s favorite candy is back, now in the form of Peeps-flavored ice cream.
Cold Stone Creamery is selling a chilly twist on the classic chick-shaped marshmallows with Peeps sundaes, which you can have delivered to your home for free on Easter.
The treat consists of Peeps-flavored ice cream with whipped topping, blue sugar crystals, and a yellow Peeps marshmallow candy in the shape of a chick, Cold Stone says on its website.
They’re also offering a Peeps-flavored milkshake, and fans can add a Peep topping to any ice cream flavor.
Easter season accounts for about 75% of Peeps sales each year, and the company often debuts unexpected collaborations during the early spring.
This year, in addition to the ice cream, fans of the sugary little birds can also buy Peeps nail polish from Sally Hansen; try out pastel Peeps makeup from ColourPop; and pick out stuffed Peeps bunnies at Build-A-Bear Workshop, according to Just Born Quality Confections, which manufactures Peeps.
Weird? Maybe. But last year, Pepsi launched a limited-edition Peeps soda, and 7-Eleven served a Peeps latte.
While those options are no longer available, fans interested in trying the ice cream can have it delivered to their homes free of charge. Cold Stone is offering free delivery on all orders placed during weekends throughout April.
The ice cream flavor will be available at Cold Stone Creamery until May 1.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From September 15th, Geeetech's new 3D printer THUNDER with up to 300mm/s printing speed is ready for pre-order on Kickstarter. Super early birds will get a bottom price.
High Speed 3D Printing Up to 300mm/s
Most traditional FDM 3D printers limit the printing speed to 100mm/s, but Geeetech THUNDER allows users to print at the speed of 50-300mm/s with acceleration of 5000mm/s² for X-axis and 4000mm/s² for Y-axis. It saves 30%-70% printing time according to the model complexity. It pre-set 4 modes: Slow mode/Normal mode/Fast mode/Crazy mode. THUNDER also enables a User Mode which allows users to set and share their customized parameters.
Innovative Technologies for Achieving Fast Speed Printing
The excellent speed of Geeetech THUNDER is achieved by all-metal construction, X/Y-axis closed-loop control, advanced firmware algorithm, Y-axis damping mechanism, 5 cooling fans, dual CPU control and efficient extrusion system.
The all-metal design increases the weight and reduces the center of gravity of the machine, allowing fast speed and extreme acceleration. THUNDER adopted closed-loop driver. Compared with open-loop driver, closed-loop driver produces greater torque, monitor the printing process intelligently and response in real time,the print is not easy to dislocate. Combined with the dual CPU control, THUNDER is enabled to manage tasks effectively.
Geeetech THUNDER designed a Y-axis damping structure, which intelligently manages the speed changing and largely reduces the vibration rate of the printer, allowing smoother movement for hotbed.
To cope with high speed printing, THUNDER adopted dual-drive gear extruder, large volume nozzle and up to 70W heating rod. For strong cooling, THUNDER designed two high-volume cooling fans besides hotend fan and added two auxiliary part cooling fans to achieve single-layer high-speed printing. These 4 fans can be turned on at the same time to offer strongest cooling.
Price and Availability
The retail price of Geeetech THUNDER is $699. THUNDER has gone through thousands of tests and is currently in mass production. Users can find full specs of THUNDER here. After THUNDER Kickstarter campaign ends, Geeetech will start shipment by early November.
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Mr. Bertoldo brings world-class operations and integration experience to Array.
TORONTO, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Array Marketing ("Array"), the market leader in end-to-end in-store merchandising solutions, today announced that it has appointed Alex Bertoldo as Chief Operating Officer, effective May 9, 2022.
Alex most recently held the position of Vice President of Operations for SPX Corporation, a $1B+ global supplier of highly engineered products and technologies. In that global role, Alex had oversight of 10 manufacturing facilities and worked across teams to drive operational efficiencies, while also engaging with client teams to enable customer satisfaction and growth.
Prior to that, Alex was with IDEX Corporation, a manufacturer of fluidics systems and specialty engineered products, where he held multiple global positions and was instrumental in transformations, integrations and in re-positioning a business unit's go-to-market strategy.
At Danaher Corporation, Alex held a variety of senior leadership global roles over his 11-year career in both operations and product innovation.
"I'm ecstatic to join the team at Array, as we continue to build on our innovative product solutions and services for our customers", states Alex. "I'm really looking forward to partnering with our teams in fulfilling our vision of increasing the value we deliver for our customers, as we execute our exciting growth strategy".
"I'm thrilled to be welcoming Alex to Array", said Steve Kremser, CEO of Array. "Alex brings to Array a wealth of global leadership experience across all facets of operations and supply chain, while also having a strong customer and commercial mindset. Alex has extensive experience leading multi-site plants and delivering operational efficiencies and higher customer satisfaction. Alex's successful track record of transformation, integration and execution excellence will benefit Array and our customers greatly. I'm looking forward to his partnership in his global mandate."
Array is the global leader in in-store merchandising services, solutions and experiences for many of the world's most iconic retailers and brands. For over 40 years, clients of Array have enjoyed an unparalleled experience with Array's creative solutions, global reach, sustainability leadership and exceptional client services. In short, Array creates amazing retail experiences. Array is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and employs more than 1,800 employees with operations in Canada, USA, Mexico, China, Singapore, Poland, UK, France and Germany.
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Rises to No. 3 Nationally in Rheumatology, Highest in Northeast
NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has been named the No. 1 hospital in the nation for orthopedics and the No. 3 hospital in the nation for rheumatology in the U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 Best Hospitals: Specialty Rankings©* report.
This is the 13th consecutive year in a row that HSS has attained the top position nationally in orthopedics. Its No. 3 spot in rheumatology nationwide is the highest ranking for the specialty in the Northeast. This follows the U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals© rankings announced last month, in which HSS surged into the Top 10 nationally and was highest ranked in NY, NJ and CT for Pediatric Orthopedics.
"When faced with musculoskeletal conditions or complex surgery, choosing a hospital is one of the most important decisions one will ever make," said Louis A. Shapiro, president and CEO of HSS. "Our rankings in orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News are not only a great honor but a testament to each staff member's commitment to do their best — and to improve on their best every day. The result is the highest-quality care for every patient who places their trust in HSS."
For the 2022-2023 rankings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals in 15 specialties using a variety of measures, ranging from outcomes, level of nursing care, and patient experience to the availability of technology such as computer-assisted orthopedic surgery. The methodology also factored in data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, American Hospital Association, professional organizations, and medical specialists.
According to the survey, HSS outperformed in back surgery and spinal fusion, hip fracture, hip replacement and knee replacement.
"Our extraordinary focus on musculoskeletal conditions enables us to provide highly specialized, patient-centered care to help people get back to what they need and love to do," said Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, surgeon-in-chief and medical director at HSS. "A combination of factors has enabled HSS to achieve outstanding outcomes: the highest standards in patient care and safety; our dedication to evidence-based medicine, including advances in technology; our seminal research in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions; and our commitment to training the physicians, surgeons and investigators who will help shape the future of musculoskeletal care."
"We are proud to be recognized by U.S. News for outstanding care," said S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD, physician-in-chief and chief of the Division of Rheumatology at HSS, noting the significant growth of rheumatology at HSS to meet the increasing demand for its services. "We will continue to respond to changes and challenges in health care by embracing an integrative care approach that addresses the needs of the whole person. Our goal is to improve our patients' lives with innovative, evidence-based treatments and dedicated research to advance the field."
In 2021, HSS surgical teams performed 36,870 orthopedic procedures; HSS clinicians provided nearly 446,000 nonsurgical consultations for conditions including joint pain, trauma and sports injuries, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, spinal disorders, and conditions of the hand, upper extremities, foot and ankle.
HSS provides care to the highest-performing professional, collegiate and amateur athletes and organizations around the world, including USA Basketball, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), UFC, the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Giants, the New York Knicks, the New York Mets and the New York Red Bulls, among others.
* Copyright © 2022 U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Data reprinted with permission from U.S. News.
About HSS
HSS is the world's leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 13th consecutive year), No. 3 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2022-2023), and the best pediatric orthopedic hospital in NY, NJ and CT by U.S. News & World Report "Best Children's Hospitals" list (2022-2023). In a survey of medical professionals in more than 20 countries by Newsweek, HSS is ranked world #1 in orthopedics for a second consecutive year (2022). Founded in 1863, the Hospital has the lowest complication and readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection rates. HSS was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center five consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State, as well as in Florida. In addition to patient care, HSS leads the field in research, innovation, and education. The HSS Research Institute comprises 20 laboratories and 300 staff members focused on leading the advancement of musculoskeletal health through prevention of degeneration, tissue repair and tissue regeneration. The HSS Innovation Institute works to realize the potential of new drugs, therapeutics and devices. The HSS Education Institute is a trusted leader in advancing musculoskeletal knowledge and research for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, academic trainees, and consumers in more than 145 countries. The institution is collaborating with medical centers and other organizations to advance the quality and value of musculoskeletal care and to make world-class HSS care more widely accessible nationally and internationally. www.hss.edu.
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DENVER, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), announced today that it will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss second quarter results on Monday, August 1, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The company plans to release its results after market close the same day.
This call is also being webcast and can be accessed at the DaVita IR web page. You can join this call as follows:
Monday, August 1, 2022
Starting at 5:00 p.m. ET
Dial in number: 877-918-6630
International dial in: 517-308-9042
Webcast: investors.davita.com
When calling in, please provide the operator the password "Earnings" and provide your name and company affiliation. Investors unable to listen to the conference call will be able to access a replay via our website at investors.davita.com. There will be no telephone replay.
About DaVita Inc.
DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is a health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients globally. The company is one of the largest providers of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for more than 20 years. DaVita cares for patients at every stage and setting along their kidney health journey—from slowing the progression of kidney disease to helping to support transplantation, from acute hospital care to dialysis at home. As of March 31, 2022, DaVita served 200,800 patients at 2,809 outpatient dialysis centers in the United States. The company also operated 346 outpatient dialysis centers in 11 other countries worldwide. DaVita has reduced hospitalizations, improved mortality, and worked collaboratively to propel the kidney care industry to adopt an equitable and high-quality standard of care for all patients, everywhere. To learn more, visit DaVita.com/About.
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Benfica’s defense tries to repeat success against Liverpool
By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
Benfica will take on the free-flowing attack of Liverpool in the Champions League likely betting on the same defensive formula that worked well against Ajax. Benfica hosts Liverpool in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Tuesday in Lisbon with the English club bringing another attacking-minded squad similar to Ajax’s. Liverpool has the competition’s fourth-best offense. But Benfica’s low defensive block and quick transitions worked well for a 3-2 aggregate win against Ajax to put the team back in the quarterfinals for the first time since 2016. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/04/benficas-defense-tries-to-repeat-success-against-liverpool/ | 2022-04-04T14:29:48Z |
Congress seeks compromise to boost computer chip industry
WASHINGTON (AP) — A global computer chip shortage has made it harder for consumers to get their hands on cars, computers and other modern-day necessities, so Congress is looking to boost chip manufacturing and research in the United States with billions of dollars from the federal government.
Both the House and the Senate have passed major legislation on the matter, and the effort is one of lawmakers’ final opportunities before the November elections to show voters they are addressing the nation’s strained supply chains.
Now they have to work out considerable differences in the two bills. And Senate Republicans are already digging in before the negotiations formally begin.
President Joe Biden has made the semiconductor legislation a top priority, but he’ll need the support of 10 Senate Republicans, and perhaps more, to get a bill to his desk. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell emphasized that point when congressional leaders recently announced which lawmakers will serve on the committee that works to reconcile the two bills.
“Without major concessions and changes from House Democrats, this legislation has no chance of becoming law,” McConnell said.
House Democrats say their voices need to be heard during negotiations.
“We need to make sure that everyone has input,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., chair of the New Democratic Coalition, a group that has 19 members participating in negotiations. “We have a strong bill in the House, and I think there’s important components there that the Senate should also consider.”
WHERE THINGS STAND
House and Senate leaders have selected lawmakers to join a committee tasked with merging the two bills into one.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose 49 Democrats and one Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the only GOP member to vote for the House bill. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy selected 31 Republicans for the committee.
McConnell and Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer each picked 13 senators.
The House has approved its participants, while the Senate still has some procedural work to do before it can do that.
The Senate bill is projected to increase spending by about $250 billion over 10 years. The House bill would boost spending by more than $400 billion over the period.
WHERE THERE IS MUCH AGREEMENT
The Senate and House bills allot more than $52 billion for semiconductor production and research. Grants and loans from the federal government would subsidize some of the cost of building or renovating semiconductor plants.
“The chips funding is absolutely the foundation of this bill — it’s a bipartisan foundation,” said Josh Teitelbaum, senior counsel at Akin Gump, a law and lobbying firm. “I think it is what is driving this toward the finish line.”
SOME OVERLAP, BUT KEY DIFFERENCES
Both bills authorize a big boost in spending for the National Science Foundation, but they have different priorities for the research receiving funding.
The Senate bill provides $29 billion over five years to a new directorate focused on strengthening U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics and other cutting-edge technologies.
The House bill provides $13.3 billion over five years to a new directorate for science and engineering solutions. It lists climate change, environmental sustainability and social and economic inequality as part of the directorate’s focus.
The two sides will have to hammer out their competing visions for the National Science Foundation and the new tech directorate.
The two bills also establish regional technology hubs — with the Senate dedicating $10 billion to the program and the House dedicating $7 billion. The Senate bill calls for 20 such hubs, while the House bill authorizes at least 10.
The seed money would go to regional organizations seeking to advance a variety of economic and national security priorities.
The approach has bipartisan support from lawmakers with big rural and minority constituencies who want to ensure the money is not concentrated in universities or communities where a lot of tech research is already done.
WHERE THERE ARE MAJOR DIFFERENCES
The bills diverge on supply chain issues, trade, immigration and climate change, to name a few areas of disagreement.
One of the big-ticket items is a $45 billion program in the House bill to enhance supply chains in the U.S. There was no such provision in the Senate bill. The money would provide grants, loans or loan guarantees to companies, local governments and tribes trying to build or relocate manufacturing plants producing critical goods.
“This is a real area of focus for companies and for communities who want to try to bring back manufacturing,” Teitelbaum said. “There’s a lot of interest in including this funding in the final package.”
Another stark difference is on trade. The House reauthorizes a program that provides training and financial assistance for those who lose their jobs or have their hours cut because of increased imports. The Senate has no such provision.
“It’s not going to move without trade adjustment assistance,” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said of the bill.
Meanwhile, the Senate bill includes a trade provision that would exclude more products from tariffs the Trump administration put in place on goods imported from China. Those exclusions have almost all expired. The Senate bill reinstates them, a priority of business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The House bill addresses immigration, while the Senate bill does not. It would create a new visa category for entrepreneurs and would allow those with an ownership interest in successful ventures to apply to become lawful permanent residents.
The House bill, unlike the Senate bill, also touches on climate change. It dedicates $8 billion to a fund that helps developing countries adjust to climate change. That could be a nonstarter for Republicans, who object to using U.S. taxpayer money for that purpose.
No one expects the negotiations to be easy.
“I have a hard time explaining to my friends and constituents,” said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, “that when the White House is in favor of something, when Democrats are in favor of something, Republicans are in favor of something, the House is in favor of it, and the Senate is in favor of it, we still can’t seem to get it done. But I hope that we will take advantage of this opportunity.”
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MIAMI, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eCombustible Energy LLC, ("eCombustible"), a next generation innovator and provider of hydrogen-based fuel for thermal industrial applications, today announced Steven Eisenberg has joined as general counsel. In this role, Eisenberg will be responsible for leading global legal operations and corporate affairs.
"As our outside counsel for nearly a year, Steven has been a key contributor to eCombustible's exciting growth trajectory," said Founder & CEO Jorge Arevalo. "As we accelerate our go-to-market strategy and expand access to our game changing carbon free fuel technology, Steven's corporate, construction and intellectual property law expertise adds great value to our executive team."
Eisenberg left his position as Partner at Eisenberg Lehman, PLLC to join eCombustible. His practice areas include complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, construction, and business transactions and he has handled diverse matters including trademark and copyright transactions and infringement, shareholder transactions and disputes, trade secret and non-compete matters, construction matters, commercial transactions and business torts.
"I am excited about the opportunity to work with a company that provides an important solution to the need for clean energy." noted Eisenberg. "I look forward to assisting in the Company's progress and guiding its diverse legal needs."
Eisenberg has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, as a Top Lawyer by the South Florida Legal Guide, as a Florida Super Lawyer and is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, Eisenberg is an American Arbitration Association arbitrator and a certified Florida circuit civil mediator.
Throughout his career, Eisenberg has been active in the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar and the Miami-Dade County Bar Association. He has also been an active participant in the South Florida community having served as outside pro bono general counsel and chair of the Board of Directors to New Theatre, on the board of the Miami Center for Architecture and Design, on the board of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and as the Chair of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami program. He currently serves as vice president of the board of the Coral Gables Art Cinema.
Eisenberg received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami where he served on the Law Review and began his legal career as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Lenore C. Nesbitt. Eisenberg is admitted to the Florida Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and all of Florida's United States District Courts.
About eCombustible
eCombustible Energy offers a long-term fuel supply solution that is designed to provide the world's most fossil-fuel dependent industries with a fuel that is carbon-free, cost-competitive, and requires little to no modification to existing customer equipment. The efficacy of its hydrogen-based fuel, eCombustible, has been validated through testing and independent assessments by third-party engineering firms. For more information visit www.ecombustible.com.
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The legend has returned with new info to share
SEOUL, South Korea, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PSY, one of the most iconic singers of all times who took the world by the storm with his famous 'Gangnam Style', reappears to the public as the ambassador for Gravity's hit mobile game Ragnarok Origin.
PSY has starred in several commercials and interviews for Ragnarok Origin. In the commercial, PSY is seen alone and tired in his studio.
The silence is broken when he receives a text message and gets sucked into the world of Ragnarok to enjoy many of the fun experiences present in Ragnarok Origin.
In the short FaceTime Video, PSY has revealed that he will be releasing a new song this year. This will be the first in 5 years that PSY will be releasing since his last album [4X2=8] in 2017.
In addition to PSY's interview, there will be community events featuring lots of prizes and rewards to celebrate PSY's onboarding as the second ambassador for Ragnarok Origin. Gravity has claimed that they are preparing many more different collaboration events and activities with PSY to deliver a fun and exciting experience for the players.
Apart from PSY and Ragnarok Origin's collaboration, Ragnarok Origin has recently released a massive update featuring a new class, increased level cap to lvl90, new stories, dungeons, and various events.
Here's a quick summary of the update.
- New Job: Crusader
- New Lvl 90 storyline
- New Map: Ancient City
- Sky Set system
- New Dungeon: Attacking Prontera at Night
- War of Emperium Siege Fight
For details on the major update, check out the update notice here.
Users can play Ragnarok Origin now by downloading the game on iOS or Android in the USA and Canada. To learn more about Ragnarok Origin visit the official site or follow the game on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Gravity co., Ltd.:
Founded in April 2000, Gravity is a global game company and the only Korean game company listed on NASDAQ directly. As of June 30, 2021, Gravity's signature IP, Ragnarok IP, has exceeded 120 million in global cumulative accounts. In addition, it was selected as the 2nd most loved Korean game overseas for 3 consecutive years (Global Hallyu Trend 2021).
Currently, Gravity has subsidiaries consisting of Gravity NEO CYON (Korea), Gravity Communications (Taiwan Region), Gravity Game Link (Indonesia), Gravity Interactive (USA), Gravity Game Arise (Japan), Gravity Game Tech (Thailand), Gravity Game Hub(Singapore), leading to a strong global network. Together with its branches, Gravity is expanding its recognition and influence worldwide by expanding its service with Ragnarok Online IP-related games as well as other games of various genres and platforms. In addition to various Ragnarok goods, it is accelerating Ragnarok content businesses, such as advancing into animation, IPTV, and webtoon fields, as well as conducting various brand collaborations.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to authorize bivalent formulations of the vaccines for use as a single booster dose at least two months following primary or booster vaccination. The bivalent vaccines, which we will also refer to as "updated boosters," contain two messenger RNA (mRNA) components of SARS-CoV-2 virus, one of the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and the other one in common between the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.
The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent, is authorized for use as a single booster dose in individuals 18 years of age and older. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent, is authorized for use as a single booster dose in individuals 12 years of age and older.
The monovalent COVID-19 vaccines that are authorized or approved by the FDA and have been administered to millions of people in the United States since December 2020 contain a component from the original strain of SARS-CoV-2.
What you need to know:
- The authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccines, or updated boosters, include an mRNA component of the original strain to provide an immune response that is broadly protective against COVID-19 and an mRNA component in common between the omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5 lineages to provide better protection against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant.
- The BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of the omicron variant are currently causing most cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. and are predicted to circulate this fall and winter. In June, the agency's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted overwhelmingly to include an omicron component in COVID-19 booster vaccines.
- For each bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, the FDA based its decision on the totality of available evidence, including extensive safety and effectiveness data for each of the monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, safety and immunogenicity data obtained from a clinical study of a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine that contained mRNA from omicron variant BA.1 lineage that is similar to each of the vaccines being authorized, and nonclinical data obtained using a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine that contained mRNA of the original strain and mRNA in common between the BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of the omicron variant.
- Based on the data supporting each of these authorizations, the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines are expected to provide increased protection against the currently circulating omicron variant. Individuals who receive a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine may experience side effects commonly reported by individuals who receive authorized or approved monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
- With today's authorization, the monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are not authorized as booster doses for individuals 12 years of age and older.
- The agency will work quickly to evaluate future data and submissions to support authorization of bivalent COVID-19 boosters for additional age groups as we receive them.
Who is eligible to receive a single booster dose and when:
- Individuals 18 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary vaccination or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine.
- Individuals 12 years of age and older are eligible for a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent if it has been at least two months since they have completed primary vaccination or have received the most recent booster dose with any authorized or approved monovalent COVID-19 vaccine.
"The COVID-19 vaccines, including boosters, continue to save countless lives and prevent the most serious outcomes (hospitalization and death) of COVID-19," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "As we head into fall and begin to spend more time indoors, we strongly encourage anyone who is eligible to consider receiving a booster dose with a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants."
The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent contain mRNA from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The mRNA in these vaccines is a specific piece of genetic material that instructs cells in the body to make the distinctive "spike" protein of the original virus strain and the omicron variant lineages BA.4 and BA.5. The spike proteins of BA.4 and BA.5 are identical.
"The FDA has been planning for the possibility that the composition of the COVID-19 vaccines would need to be modified to address circulating variants. We sought input from our outside experts on the inclusion of an omicron component in COVID-19 boosters to provide better protection against COVID-19. We have worked closely with the vaccine manufacturers to ensure the development of these updated boosters was done safely and efficiently. The FDA has extensive experience with strain changes for annual influenza vaccines. We are confident in the evidence supporting these authorizations," said Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. "The public can be assured that a great deal of care has been taken by the FDA to ensure that these bivalent COVID-19 vaccines meet our rigorous safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality standards for emergency use authorization."
For each of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines authorized today, the FDA evaluated immunogenicity and safety data from a clinical study of a booster dose of a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine that contained a component of the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and a component of omicron lineage BA.1. The FDA considers such data as relevant and supportive of vaccines containing a component of the omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5 lineages. Furthermore, data pertaining to the safety and effectiveness of the current mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which have been administered to millions of people, including during the omicron waves of COVID-19, contributed to the agency's evaluation.
Data Supporting the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent Authorization
To evaluate the effectiveness of a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent for individuals 18 years of age and older, the FDA analyzed immune response data among approximately 600 individuals 18 years of age and older who had previously received a two-dose primary series and one booster dose of monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine. These participants received a second booster dose of either the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine or Moderna's investigational bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (original and omicron BA.1) at least 3 months after the first booster dose. After 28 days, the immune response against BA.1 of the participants who received the bivalent vaccine was better than the immune response of those who had received the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.
The safety of a single booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent for individuals 18 years of age and older is supported by safety data from a clinical study which evaluated a booster dose of Moderna's investigational bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (original and omicron BA.1), safety data from clinical trials which evaluated primary and booster vaccination with the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, and postmarketing safety data with the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.
The safety data accrued with the bivalent vaccine (original and omicron BA.1) and with the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine are relevant to the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent because these vaccines are manufactured using the same process.
The clinical study that evaluated the safety of a booster dose of the bivalent vaccine (original and omicron BA.1) included approximately 800 participants 18 years of age and older who had previously received a two dose primary series and one booster dose of the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, and then at least 3 months later, received a second booster dose with either the monovalent Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine or Moderna's investigational bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (original and omicron BA.1).
Among the study participants who received the bivalent vaccine, the most commonly reported side effects included pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, chills, swelling of the lymph nodes in the same arm of the injection, nausea/vomiting and fever.
Data Supporting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent Authorization
To evaluate the effectiveness of a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent for individuals 12 years of age and older, the FDA analyzed immune response data among approximately 600 adults greater than 55 years of age who had previously received a 2-dose primary series and one booster dose with the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. These participants received a second booster dose of either the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Pfizer-BioNTech's investigational bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (original and omicron BA.1) 4.7 to 13.1 months after the first booster dose. After one month, the immune response against BA.1 of the participants who received the bivalent vaccine was better than the immune response of those who had received the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.
The safety of a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent for individuals 12 years of age and older is based on safety data from a clinical study which evaluated a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's investigational bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (original and omicron BA.1), safety data from clinical trials which evaluated primary and booster vaccination with the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and postmarketing safety data with the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.
The safety data accrued with the bivalent vaccine (original and omicron BA.1) and with the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine are relevant to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID 19 Vaccine, Bivalent because these vaccines are manufactured using the same process.
The clinical study that evaluated the safety of a booster dose of the bivalent vaccine (original and omicron BA.1) included approximately 600 participants greater than 55 years of age who had previously received a 2-dose primary series, one booster dose of the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and then 4.7 to 13.1 months later, received a second booster dose of either the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine or Pfizer-BioNTech's investigational bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (original and omicron BA.1). Among the study participants who received the bivalent vaccine, the most commonly reported side effects included pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, chills, joint pain, and fever.
The fact sheets for both bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for recipients and caregivers and for healthcare providers include information about the potential side effects, as well as the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis.
With today's authorization, the FDA has also revised the EUA of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to remove the use of the monovalent Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for booster administration for individuals 18 years of age and older and 12 years of age and older, respectively. These monovalent vaccines continue to be authorized for use for administration of a primary series for individuals 6 months of age and older as described in the letters of authorization. At this time, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine remains authorized for administration of a single booster dose for individuals 5 through 11 years of age at least five months after completing a primary series of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine.
The amendments to the EUAs were issued to Moderna TX Inc. and Pfizer Inc.
Additional Resources:
- Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
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NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh infielder Rayber Romero, Colorado pitcher Stalyn Sanchez and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Geremias Valencia were suspended for 60 games each Friday following positive tests under baseball’s minor league drug program.
Romero, on a Florida Complex League roster, and Sanchez, in the Dominican Summer League, tested positive for the performance-enhancing drug Stanozolol, the commissioner’s office said Friday.
Valencia, in the Dominican Summer League, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Clostebol.
Twenty-six players have been suspended this year under the minor league drug program.
Six players have been suspended this year under the major league drug program: Milwaukee pitcher J.C. Mejía and Brewers catcher Pedro Severino for 80 games each; Baltimore pitcher Matt Harvey for 60 games; and free agent outfielder/first baseman Danny Santana, pitcher Richard Rodríguez and infielder José Rondón for 80 games apiece.
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Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol even after an inspector general requested them as part of an investigation into the insurrection, the government watchdog has found.
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press, said the messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, were erased “as part of a device-replacement program.” The erasure came after the watchdog office requested records of electronic communications between the agents as part of its probe into events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack.
Additionally, Homeland Security personnel were told they couldn’t provide records to the inspector general and any such records would first have to be reviewed by DHS attorneys.
“This review led to a weeks-long delays in OIG obtaining records and created confusion over whether all records had been produced,” states the letter, which was dated Wednesday and sent to leaders of the House and Senate Homeland Security committees.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the AP, “We take strong issue with these categorically false claims and I will be responding in detail shortly.”
The erasure of the messages is sure to raise new questions for the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack, which has taken a renewed interest in the Secret Service following the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson about former President Donald Trump’s actions the day of the insurrection.
Hutchinson recalled being told about a confrontation between Trump and his Secret Service detail as he angrily demanded to be driven to the Capitol, where his supporters would later breach the building. She also recalled overhearing Trump telling security officials to remove magnetometers for his rally on the Ellipse even though some of his supporters were armed.
That account, however, was quickly disputed by those agents. Robert Engel, the agent who was driving the presidential SUV, and Trump security official Tony Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter told the AP. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The erasure of the text messages was first reported by The Intercept.
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Company poised for global growth to expand its process and automation expertise
BELLEVUE, Wash., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintex, the global standard for process intelligence and automation, today announced the appointment of Stephen Elop as Board Chair, effective July 18th.
With more than 20 years of experience leading and growing enterprise software organizations, Elop brings the right combination of leadership and industry insight to help Nintex take its business to the next level. Elop is currently CEO of Digital.ai, the enterprise platform for AI-driven software development, and has held executive roles at companies including Microsoft, Nokia, Juniper Networks, and Adobe Systems.
"Stephen's industry experience and expertise scaling large, global businesses make him the perfect choice to lead the Nintex board, said Eric Johnson, Nintex CEO. "We have an incredible opportunity in front of us, and the leadership team and I are excited to work with Stephen to accelerate our growth and help organizations solve their high-value automation challenges."
"The process automation market will change significantly over the next five years, and I believe Nintex is best placed to take advantage of this shift," said Stephen Elop. "As the process and automation experts, Eric and his team have built a company that has rapidly grown into a profitable and scalable global business. I'm excited about the opportunity to help shape the team's next wave of growth."
"Stephen is a true veteran of our industry who has an unmatched understanding of how to build a software business at both the product and organizational level," said Nehal Raj, Co-Managing Partner at TPG Capital. "I've worked with Stephen many times over the years and know he's the right leader to help guide Nintex through its exciting next stage of growth."
To learn how more organizations across every industry are going digital faster and transforming the way people work with the Nintex Process Platform, visit https://www.nintex.com/why-nintex/case-studies/.
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Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike not running in Preakness
(AP) - Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness after his major upset to win the Kentucky Derby, keeping horse racing from having a Triple Crown winner for a fourth consecutive year.
Owner Rich Dawson made the stunning announcement Thursday, 10 days before the race in Maryland.
Dawson said he and trainer Eric Reed agreed to stick with the initial plan for Rich Strike and rest him for five weeks. Rich Strike, at 80-1, was the biggest long shot to win the Derby in more than a century. Only Donerail in 1913 paid more to win.
The plan now is to have Rich Strike ready to run in the Belmont Stakes on June 11. Dawson said it was wise for the colt to get extra rest and not face a short, two-week turnaround at Pimlico.
“It’s very, very tempting to alter our course and run in the Preakness at Pimlico, which would be a great honor for all our group,” Dawson said in a news release. “However, after much discussion and consideration … we are going to stay with our plan of what’s best for Ritchie.
“We thank the wonderful Preakness and Pimlico folks that have reached out and very much appreciate the invite.”
Reed did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment
Rich Strike was not expected to be the morning line favorite for the Preakness, with Derby runner-up Epicenter and Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath set to be part of the field. He could have been the first Derby winner not to go off as the Preakness post time favorite since 2012 when I’ll Have Another won the first two legs of the Triple Crown.
With Rich Strike’s surprise withdrawal, the Preakness will go on without the official Derby champion for the second time in four years. Country House and disqualified winner Maximum Security skipped the race in 2019.
Bob Baffert-trained Medina Spirit finished third in the 2021 Preakness after testing positive for a substance not allowed on race day in post-Derby testing. Mandaloun, who was elevated to the 2021 Derby win long after Medina Spirit tested positive, did not run in the Preakness last year.
Rich Strike’s incredible charge past the leaders down the stretch at Churchill Downs after not being in the Derby field became one of the biggest upsets in sports. The owners, Reed and jockey Sonny Leon had all never won the race.
Adding to the impressive tale, Rich Strike had only one once before and had been claimed for $30,000 — pennies in racing and unlikely for Derby-caliber horses.
Neither Reed nor the Maryland Jockey Club immediately responded to a messages seeking comment.
With Rich Strike pointing to the Belmont, the Preakness appears to be a wide-open race with horses back from the Derby, potentially including Zandon and fourth-place finisher Simplification. Trainer Chad Brown, who saddles Zandon, is also expected to enter Early Voting.
Horse racing has had two recent Triple Crown winners: American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018. Each was trained by Baffert, who is currently serving a suspension in Kentucky for medication violations that is being observed in Maryland and elsewhere. Baffert transferred Derby horses Taiba and Messier to former assistant Tim Yakteen.
Neither is expected to run in the Preakness.
Longtime Baffert friend D. Wayne Lukas confirmed Wednesday filly Secret Oath would run in the Preakness and decided to pick a different race next Saturday for Ethereal Road — the horse who was scratched to make room in the Derby for Rich Strike.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (NASDAQ: SDIG) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Stronghold Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's October 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 13, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) contracted suppliers, including MinerVa Semiconductor Corp., were reasonably likely to miss anticipated delivery quantities and deadlines; (2) due to strong demand and pre-sold supply of mining equipment in the industry, Stronghold would experience difficulties obtaining miners outside of confirmed purchase orders; (3) as a result of the foregoing, there was a significant risk that Stronghold could not expand its mining capacity as expected; (4) as a result, Stronghold would likely experience significant losses; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. you have until June 13, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the SDIG lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/stronghold-digital-mining-inc-loss-submission-form?id=27804&from=4.
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Memorial Day storms in the afternoon and evening!
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - As we start Memorial Day, the morning and early afternoon still look quiet. Then thunderstorms start to flare up in the heat of the afternoon, moving toward the beaches into the evening hours. Whatever your Memorial Day plans, it’s a good idea to have an indoor Plan B, especially later in the day. Tuesday could also see some afternoon storms, then our rain chances drop to end the week.
Hurricane Agatha continues to move slowly toward the west coast of Mexico with heavy rain and flooding Monday. The remnants of Agatha will cross Mexico during the week, and weaken quickly. The remnants of the storm could move into the southern Gulf of Mexico. The storm has a 30% chance of developing into a tropical storm in early June. June 1st is the official start of hurricane season for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
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Locus's collaborative AMR lauded for its high degree of innovation and high market relevance to meet the demand for high-productivity, cost-effective robotics automation solutions.
WILMINGTON, Mass., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Locus Robotics, the leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, has won the 2022 IFOY Award for its Autonomous Mobile Robot Solution in the Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV/AMR) category following a comprehensive, three-stage audit held over a 5-day period.
"Locus Robotics is honored to be chosen as a 2022 IFOY Award winner," said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. "The rigorous IFOY testing and evaluation process and the prestige of the award itself, validates the innovation and completeness of the Locus solution to deliver proven and cost-effective automation solutions for our customers around the world."
Now in its tenth year, the IFOY awards are considered the industry's premier award recognizing the year's best intralogistics products and solutions for their outstanding technical and strategic achievements. A total of 14 products from 12 companies were tested and evaluated during grueling IFOY Test Days, held in March at the Messe Dortmund exhibition center.
"The 10 years of the IFOY Award stand for 10 years of outstanding innovations," emphasized jury chair Anita Würmser. "In 2022, the finalists have once again presented top products in the competition that will shape the future of intralogistics in the long term."
"The IFOY Award represents the best of the world's most innovative logistics technologies," said Denis Niezgoda, Vice President, EMEA & APAC of Locus Robotics. "We're proud to have been selected for this prestigious award and to have competed alongside such an innovative group of nominees."
All finalists competed in a standardized, in-depth, three–stage audit that began on March 18th in Dortmund, Germany. The IFOY jury was comprised of 26 internationally recognized trade journalists and leading logistics media representing over 21 countries. Judges assessed each finalist across a range of key categories, including innovation value, technology, ergonomics and handling, safety, marketability, design, customer benefits, cost–effectiveness, and sustainability. In addition, for the third year in a row, numerous potential buyers were also on site during the Test Camp Intralogistics.
Locus Robotics' revolutionary, multi–bot solution incorporates powerful and intelligent autonomous mobile robots that operate collaboratively with human workers to dramatically improve piece–handling productivity 2–3x, with less labor compared to traditional piece handling systems. Locus helps retailers, 3PLs and specialty warehouses efficiently meet – and exceed – the increasingly complex and demanding requirements of fulfillment environments. Easily integrating into existing warehouse infrastructures without disrupting workflows, Locus transforms productivity without transforming the warehouse.
Locus's European presence is centrally located in Amsterdam to better serve the European region. In 2021 Locus Robotics joined the Inc. 500, ranking number 428. For more information, visit www.locusrobotics.com.
The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY AWARD) recognizes the year's best intralogistics products and system solutions. The aim of the organization is to document the performance capability and innovative drive of intralogistics, helping to boost competitiveness and raise the profile of the entire sector in the public arena. The winners of the IFOY AWARD are selected once a year by an independent jury of international trade journalists. The sponsor of the IFOY AWARD is the VDMA Materials Handling and Intralogistics Sector Association. IFOY partners are Messe Dortmund and the world´s leading forklift attachment manufacturer Cascade. The IFOY pallet partner is CHEP, the global market leader in pallet pooling. Logistics real estate partner is GARBE. The headquarters of the IFOY organization is in Ismaning, near Munich. The IFOY AWARD is under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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1Q22 results to be disclosed soon
SÃO PAULO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (B3: ITUB3, ITUB4; NYSE: ITUB) (the "Company") informs that the results of this quarter will be published in the Investor Relations website on May 9th, before trading hours in Brazil and in the United States.
We are going to present our results from the first quarter of 2022, in an interactive meeting, with a Q&A session at the end, starting at 09h a.m. (EDT). Check out the speakers:
- Milton Maluhy Filho, CEO;
- Alexsandro Broedel, CFO; and
- Renato Lulia Jacob, Group Head of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence
Register now on the Company's Investor Relations website (https://www.itau.com.br/relacoes-com-investidores/).
RENATO LULIA JACOB
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Celebrity Chef at leading fast-casual Asian restaurant brings back Nachos for Cinco de Mayo
DALLAS, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Mongolian Chicken Nachos are back by popular demand at Pei Wei Asian Kitchen! This Celebrity Chef Jet Tila creation combines the delectable flavors of Pei Wei's Mongolian sauce with crispy wonton chips, house-ground chicken, Sriracha mayo, cilantro and scallions. Order this limited-time offer for only $6.95 through May 8th.
Mongolian Chicken Nachos are bringing back the party for Cinco de Mayo this year! Pei Wei fans will get another taste of the flavorful fusion of mouthwatering Asian flavors and distinctive Mexican flare that were so popular last year, they sold out in select locations. Whether it's for snacking or partying, Mongolian Chicken Nachos are sure to deliver the craveable flavors fans remember from when they were last on the menu in May of 2021!
"I wanted to combine all the fun and coolness of nachos with the savory and unmatched flavors at Pei Wei," said Tila. "The Mongolian sauce has such a rich and savory flavor, works really well with the crispy wonton chips and the flavors of the Sriracha mayo."
Guests can order Pei Wei's Mongolian Chicken Nachos in stores, online, or on the Pei Wei App. Order soon, these nachos will be saying "adios" on May 8th.
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Pei Wei Asian Kitchen is the second largest Chinese fast-casual restaurant chain in the US. Their delicious and innovative wok'd to order recipes are prepared with fresh ingredients and bold sauces. Pei Wei currently operates 118 locations in 16 states in the US and licenses nontraditional units in airports, food trucks and college campuses.
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Top-ranked logistics provider hiring aggressively; moving into new Dallas headquarters in 2022
DALLAS, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1992, Worldwide Express began as a franchisor with the goal of providing unmatched shipping logistics services to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) community. In the three decades since, Worldwide Express, combined with its sister brands GlobalTranz and Unishippers, has become a top-ranked, full-service logistics provider and the second-largest privately held freight brokerage in North America, with customers spanning from SMBs to the Fortune 100.
This month, Worldwide Express marks 30 years in business and makes its debut as a primary sponsor in the NASCAR Cup Series. As part of a multi-year partnership with Trackhouse Racing, this week's NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway will be the inaugural race for the WWEX Racing paint scheme on Ross Chastain's No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro. The scheme will make its debut on Daniel Suarez's No. 99 Chevrolet Camaro later this season in Michigan. For more information on the full WWEX Racing program, please visit www.wwexracing.com.
"From our beginnings as a startup operated from our co-founder David Kiger's spare bedroom, Worldwide Express has grown over the past 30 years into a leading, full-service logistics provider with an unrivaled growth engine, unmatched logistics solutions across direct and indirect channels, and world-class technology," said Tom Madine, Worldwide Express CEO. "Our foundation was built with a mindset that prioritized growth and delivering value to our customers, while maintaining market-leading relationships with our carrier partners. As we exceed $5 billion in revenue in 2022, we're deeply appreciative of our team and partners who have fueled the growth of the business and positioned us for the next 30 years, and beyond."
Rob Rose, Worldwide Express President, added: "Following our merger last year with GlobalTranz, we now provide an unparalleled offering of market-leading, multi-modal logistics solutions to customers ranging from SMBs up to some of the largest enterprises in the world. As our business has expanded, we have looked to establish value-added partnerships with carriers and other partners in and outside of the industry. Our NASCAR relationships with Trackhouse Racing and Niece Motorsports are great examples of collaborations that have delivered commercial benefits and increased national visibility for the three WWEX brands. Whether it's a celebration in Victory Lane or helping delivering goods from the shop to Main Street, our teams share a relentless drive to win, and we're excited to see where our NASCAR initiatives lead to next."
The combined Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz and Unishippers family of brands together form one of the top logistics providers in the country, offering market-leading solutions for parcel, less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload shipping and managed transportation services delivered through proprietary technology. With the company's unique data assets and business intelligence capabilities, more than 115,000 shippers benefit from enhanced visibility and efficiency for their supply chains. The company will manage more than 35 million shipments in 2022 through its network of carrier partners, including over 65 leading LTL carriers and more than 85,000 truckload carriers.
Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz and Unishippers together employ more than 2,500 team members across 75 offices in the U.S., including 370 people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The companies have been consistently recognized across the country in various "Best Places to Work" surveys. Capping off its 30th anniversary year, Worldwide Express will be relocating its corporate headquarters to a new office location in Deep Ellum in Dallas at the end of 2022 and will be planning celebratory events throughout the year at many of its national locations. The company is hiring aggressively and looking for new, talented team members. To learn more about joining Worldwide Express, visit the company's Careers page at www.wwex.com/careers.
Worldwide Express, LLC is a full-service, non-asset-based logistics provider offering more than 115,000 customers access to industry-leading small package, truckload and less-than-truckload shipping solutions. With an annual systemwide revenue approaching $5 billion through a network of company-owned, franchise and agent locations, Worldwide Express, combined with its sister brands GlobalTranz and Unishippers, is the second-largest privately held freight brokerage in the country. As the largest non-retail UPS® Authorized Reseller in the US, the company is a local partner for the global supply chains for shippers of all sizes, from small- to medium-sized businesses to enterprise organizations. This, coupled with a selective portfolio of more than 65 LTL and tens of thousands of truckload carriers, provides clients with an unmatched range of options and flexibility to meet their shipping needs. To learn more, visit www.wwex.com.
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Friend Pays It Forward to Arizona man who uses furniture stores to help teachers
By Paul Horton
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — We Paid It Forward at a furniture store in Scottsdale to David Shillinglaw, who does all he can to help teachers and students. Suzanne Hooper, who nominated him, said, “He takes time out of his day and takes old fabric samples and carpet samples from other stores and donates them to teachers at a 501(c)(3) foundation.”
Instead of filling dumpsters with carpet and fabric samples, Shillinglaw gathers items from all three Bassett stores and fills his truck up and donates them. The students use them for art projects and the carpet for sleeping pads.
Because of his hard work, Hooper wanted to Pay It Forward to him. “We’ve got something for you buddy,” said Hooper. “We have $500 for you to Pay It Forward.” “No way, thank you,” replied Shillinglaw. “We shared your story about recycled fabric and Paul loved your story and that’s why we wanted to reward David for all his service,” said Hooper.
Shillinglaw has been doing this for nine years and hopes to get other furniture stores to start donating. Putting smiles on local students’ faces makes it all worth it. “We now have all of our other Bassett Stores doing it, hoping to get the same thing going with our neighbors,” said Shillinglaw. If you would like to nominate someone for our Pay It forward award, just fill out a nomination form on our community page.
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Select taxpayer information accidentally exposed online, IRS says
Published: Sep. 2, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
(CNN) - The Internal Revenue Service acknowledges an error that inadvertently exposed taxpayer information on the web.
The admission Friday involves as many as 120,000 individuals who filed a 990-T form that nonprofit organizations often use.
The IRS form is to report unrelated business income.
Agency officials said they have removed the files from public view on its website and will be contacting those affected directly.
The Wall Street Journal reports the Treasury Department planned to notify Congress about the accidental disclosure.
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spire Capital Partners ("Spire Capital" or "Spire"), a leading private equity firm with an investment focus in companies within the technology-enabled business services, media, communications, and education sectors, announced that it has closed on the sale of the majority of Advocate Networks, LLC ("Advocate" or the "Company"), a leading Technology Business Management ("TBM") and advisory services business, to Accenture. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Advocate provides technology-enabled managed services, IT expense management and advisory services to enterprise clients. During Spire's partnership, Advocate exhibited strong organic growth by expanding its customer base rapidly, developing exceptional solutions and providing outstanding services to its clients.
"Tim Wise, Scott Fogle and their team led Advocate to achieve extraordinary growth and operational excellence that has positioned the Company as an industry leader in TBM services," said David Schaible, Partner of Spire Capital. "The entire Advocate team has contributed to its success; we are proud of their accomplishments and look forward to seeing Advocate accelerate its market position within Accenture. It has been an amazing partnership and they are leading adoption of TBM services in the broader technology market. We wish them continued success as they continue to serve the rapidly changing needs of the technology ecosystem."
"We are tremendously proud of the Company's results during our partnership with Spire," commented Tim Wise and Scott Fogle, Advocate's Co-Founders and Co-CEO's. "The Spire team believed in our vision and was instrumental in their strategic support to help us achieve our goals. We appreciate all of our clients, partners, team members and Spire's efforts and contributions to enable our Company's success. The Spire team were great partners in all aspects and their partnership enabled us to achieve this next stage for the Company." Tim Wise and Scott Fogle will join Accenture alongside their team members to continue TBM adoption globally.
Eisner served as legal counsel to Spire Capital and Advocate.
Spire Capital Partners (https://spirecapital.com/) is an active and experienced private equity firm with an investment focus in small market companies within the technology-enabled business services, media, communications, and education sectors. Spire Capital Partners was founded on the principle of partnering with management teams and founders to help effectuate the next stage of growth for their companies. Spire Capital Partners professionals have a broad array of past operating, investing and advisory experiences they leverage to help portfolio companies accelerate growth, guide strategic direction and execute their business plan. Spire Capital Partners is a New York-based investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Founded in 2001, Advocate (https://advocateinsiders.com/), the Premier TBM Services Company, provides technology business management ("TBM") services to enterprise organizations looking to optimize their technology strategy and infrastructure. Advocate is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Follow Advocate on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/advocate/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/advocateinsider), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/AdvocateInsiders/).
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SYRACUSE, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (the "Company"), an indirect subsidiary of National Grid USA ("National Grid"), announced that its Board of Directors has declared dividends for the period July 1, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2022 at the following rates for all outstanding series of its preferred stock:
- .85% on the $100 par value, 3.40% Series;
- .90% on the $100 par value, 3.60% Series;
- .975% on the $100 par value, 3.90% Series.
The preferred stock dividends are payable on Sept. 30, 2022, to holders of record on Sept. 16, 2022.
The Company, doing business as National Grid, provides electricity service to approximately 1.6 million customers and natural gas service to approximately 565,000 customers in upstate New York. The Company is based in Syracuse, N.Y.
National Grid is an indirect subsidiary of National Grid plc (LSE: NG; NYSE:NGG). National Grid delivers electricity to approximately 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. It is the largest distributor of natural gas in the northeastern U.S., serving approximately 3.4 million customers in New York and New England.
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KINGSEY FALLS, QC, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades (TSX: CAS), a leader in eco-responsible recycling, packaging and hygiene solutions, once again demonstrates its leadership in responsible business practices by ranking 8th on the list of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada unveiled this morning by the media, research and financial information products company, Corporate Knights.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of this prestigious ranking which Cascades entered 15 years ago. Through the years, a team of analysts has developed and refined a methodology for assessing a wide range of performance indicators. This year, 332 Canadian companies with revues superior to one billion dollars were among the organizations evaluated. Not only is Cascades ranked in 8th place, but it also stands out as a leader among its peers in the Packaging category (out of 35 companies evaluated) and is 1st place among its peers in the Containers & Packaging category of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) (out of 54 companies evaluated).
Among the indicators in which Cascades stands out, we find the percentage of sales tied to eco-friendly products, the representation of women on its board of directors, and the health and safety performance of its employees.
"Year after year, Cascades remains delighted by this recognition. It is a testament to our desire to push the limits of our business practices and to pursue our primary mission: to contribute to the well-being of people, communities and the planet. On their wish list for ranking companies, Corporate Knights team said that all 50 organizations should be committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions following the recommendations of the Science Based Targets initiative. It is a check-off on our list, as our targets were approved in 2021," declared Mario Plourde, President and Chief Executive Officer at Cascades.
Founded in 1964, Cascades offers sustainable, innovative and value-added packaging, hygiene and recovery solutions. The company employs approximately 10,000 women and men across a network close to 80 facilities in North America. Driven by its participative management, half a century of experience in recycling, and continuous research and development efforts, Cascades continues to provide innovative products that customers have come to rely on, while contributing to the well-being of people, communities and the entire planet. Cascades' shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS.
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