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DALLAS FORT WORTH, Texas, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Royal House Partners ("RHP") a leading provider of residential and commercial HVAC, plumbing and electrical services in Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma welcomes the addition of Schuler Plumbing based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to their family of businesses.
RHP was founded in 2021 by CPS Capital, a Toronto-based investment firm, and 1801 Holdings, a Dallas-based group of seasoned home services professionals, who have spent a considerable amount of time developing a residential and light commercial HVAC, plumbing and electrical roll-up strategy.
As a leadership team, we have been busy the last several months acquiring businesses in the HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical & Home Services space. The addition of Schuler allows Royal House Partners to further expand its footprint which marks our fifth acquisition in Oklahoma in the last ten months.
Schuler's service team consists of twelve experienced, licensed journeymen plumbers and licensed apprentice plumbers. In addition to caring for Schuler's loyal residential customers, the company also routinely serves some 50+ area restaurants that rely on Schuler for immediate plumbing service attention. Schuler also meets the needs of many multi-family residences, condominiums, retirement centers, and hotels throughout Oklahoma City.
Paul Adams, Chief Growth Officer & Founder of RHP, notes, "We are super excited to welcome the Schuler team. Russell and Vicki Thorp have carried on the Schuler legacy and further built it to one of the most reputable plumbing operations in Oklahoma."
Russell Thorp, Owner, notes, "Since 1978, our slogan 'Trusted name. Proven reputation.' has been recognized as Schuler's hallmark throughout Oklahoma City and the surrounding cities. As we have advanced the legacy passed to us by the company founder, the business has experienced ongoing exponential growth for the past twelve years. Our desire in partnering with RHP is that Schuler will continue to be a leading service provider in the greater metropolitan area."
Terry Sorrells, Regional Vice President Oklahoma, notes, "We are excited to add Schuler Plumbing to our home services family. This addition will strengthen our plumbing division and give us a stronger reach in Oklahoma City Metro area."
HVAC businesses interested in joining the RHP team should contact Paul Adams paul@royalhousepartners.com. For more information about RHP, visit https://www.royalhousepartners.com/home
CPS Capital is a lower middle market private equity firm, based in Toronto, founded by owner-operators who look to partner with business owners to realize their growth and transition goals. CPS Capital is focused on North American opportunities to invest in exceptional businesses in growing industries with attractive characteristics. We look to become value-added partners with every business we work with. We bring significant capability, expertise, and capital to provide business owners with an attractive option compared to traditional financial or strategic buyers.
For more information, please visit us at https://cpscapital.com/
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Baby delivered after pregnant woman, man shot and killed
BALTIMORE (Gray News) – A newborn is in critical condition after being born to a mother who was shot and killed.
According to the Baltimore Police Department, officers were called to respond to a shooting around 8:15 Thursday night.
An unidentified man and a 38-year-old pregnant woman were found shot inside a vehicle.
Police say both people were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where the man was immediately pronounced dead.
The woman gave birth to her child and was pronounced dead shortly after.
According to police, the newborn is in critical condition.
“I could sit here tonight and tell you a whole bunch of things, but we really need to focus on the fact that something caused this to happen,” said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott during a news conference. “To be quite honest and frank, I don’t really give a (expletive) what the conflict was; we cannot have folks shooting pregnant women in our city.”
Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting.
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- If approved, ABBV-951 will offer patients the first continuous subcutaneous delivery of carbidopa/levodopa prodrugs
- Submission is supported by Phase 3 study that demonstrated patients had significant increases in hours of "On" time without troublesome dyskinesia, compared to oral immediate-release carbidopa/levodopa
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ABBV-951 (foscarbidopa/foslevodopa) for the treatment of motor fluctuations in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD).
The submission is based on results from a Phase 3, head-to-head, randomized and controlled clinical trial demonstrating statistically significant improvement in "On" time without troublesome dyskinesia compared to oral immediate-release carbidopa/levodopa (CD/LD).
ABBV-951 is designed to provide a first-of-its-kind, 24-hour, continuous subcutaneous delivery of CD/LD. Compared to oral CD/LD, it offers the potential for improvement in motor fluctuations in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease, a progressive and chronic neurological disorder resulting from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells,1 which primarily manifests with tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with balance. In PD, patients and their healthcare providers share the same goal: to extend the amount of "On" time, referring to the period when symptoms are well controlled without dyskinesia or involuntary movements.
"Advanced Parkinson's disease causes unrelenting challenges and uncertainty for patients and caregivers worldwide," said Thomas Hudson, M.D., senior vice president, research and development, chief scientific officer, AbbVie. "We are committed to addressing the unmet needs of those affected by the disease and recognize the urgency for a new treatment that can enable better symptom control through the continuous 24-hour administration of medication."
The NDA is based primarily on data from the M15-736 study, a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled study, which demonstrated statistically superior efficacy of ABBV-951 compared to oral immediate-release CD/LD in controlling motor fluctuations in advanced PD patients.2 Approximately 130 adult participants with PD, whose motor symptoms were no longer adequately controlled by their current medications, were enrolled in the study across 80 sites in the U.S. and Australia.
The majority of adverse events (AEs) were non-serious and mild or moderate in severity in the ABBV-951 group. There was one patient with a treatment-emergent AE leading to death in the oral CD/LD group and none in the ABBV-951 group. The most common AEs reported in ≥ 10% patients in the ABBV-951 group were infusion site AEs (erythema, pain, cellulitis and edema) and dyskinesia. The submission is also supported by results from an ongoing multi-center, Phase 3, 52-week, single arm, open-label study (M15-741), which is assessing the long-term safety and efficacy of ABBV-951.
AbbVie will continue to pursue regulatory submissions for ABBV-951 across international markets throughout the year.
About ABBV-951
ABBV-951 (foscarbidopa/foslevodopa) is a solution of carbidopa and levodopa prodrugs for continuous subcutaneous delivery that is being investigated for the treatment of motor fluctuations in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease.
About the Phase 3 M15-736 Study3
The Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled study compared the efficacy, safety and tolerability of ABBV-951 (foscarbidopa/foslevodopa) to oral immediate-release CD/LD in patients with advanced PD. Participants were provided with a home diary (the PD Diary) to assess their motor state during the day. The primary endpoint of good "On" time (defined as "On" time without dyskinesia plus "On" time with non-troublesome dyskinesia), was collected and averaged over three consecutive days and normalized to a typical 16-hour waking period. Baseline values are defined as the average of normalized good "On" time collected over the three PD Diary days before randomization. Approximately 130 adult participants with advanced PD were enrolled in the study across 80 sites in the U.S. and Australia. Participants were randomized 1:1 to receive either the ABBV-951 solution as a continuous delivery under the skin (subcutaneous) plus oral placebo capsules for carbidopa/levodopa or oral capsules containing immediate-release carbidopa/levodopa plus continuous subcutaneous delivery of placebo solution for ABBV-951. The treatment duration was 12 weeks. More information on the study can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04380142).
About Parkinson's Disease
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease (PD)4, a progressive and chronic neurological disorder characterized by tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement, and difficulty with balance.1 The motor symptoms of PD result from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells and begin when approximately 60-80 percent of these cells are lost.5 Symptoms continue to worsen slowly over the course of time.6 While there is no known cure for the disease, there are treatments available to help reduce symptoms.7
As PD progresses, patients experience motor complications, including motor and non-motor fluctuations and dyskinesia. Patients report switching from an "On" state (when symptoms are generally well controlled) to an "Off" state, during which symptoms such as tremor and stiffness may reappear and patients have more difficulty in moving.8 Patients with advanced PD may also experience dyskinesia (involuntary movements) which can significantly hinder daily activities.8 Neuronal degeneration and fluctuating plasma levodopa levels are responsible for the onset of these motor complications, with 50 percent of patients reporting them two to five years after diagnosis and approximately 80-100 percent of patients presenting with them after 10 years.9
About AbbVie in Neuroscience
At AbbVie, our commitment to preserve the personhood of those living with neurological and psychiatric disorders is unwavering. Every challenge in this uncharted territory makes us more determined and drives us harder to discover and deliver solutions for patients, care partners and clinicians. AbbVie's Neuroscience portfolio consists of approved therapies in neurological and psychiatric disorders, including bipolar I disorder, major depressive disorder, migraine, Parkinson's disease, post-stroke spasticity, schizophrenia, and others along with a robust pipeline.
We have a strong investment in neuroscience research, with our Foundational Neuroscience Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and our Neuroscience Discovery site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where our research and resilience in these challenging therapeutic areas is yielding a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders, and identifying targets for potential disease-modifying therapeutics aimed at making a difference in people's lives.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @AbbVie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn
Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release are, or may be considered, forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, failure to realize the expected benefits from AbbVie's acquisition of Allergan plc ("Allergan"), failure to promptly and effectively integrate Allergan's businesses, competition from other products, challenges to intellectual property, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry and the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19. Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of AbbVie's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. AbbVie undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
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2 AbbVie. Data on file.
3 Study Comparing Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion Of ABBV-951 With Oral Carbidopa/Levodopa Tablets For Treatment Of Motor Fluctuations in Adult Participants With Advanced Parkinson's Disease. ClinicalTrials.gov. 2021. Available at: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04380142?term=NCT04380142&draw=2&rank=1. Accessed March 1, 2022.
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9 Freitas ME, Hess CW, Fox SH. Motor Complications of Dopaminergic Medications in Parkinson's Disease. Semin Neurol. 2017;37(2):147-157. doi:10.1055/s-0037-1602423).
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now.
Class Period: May 12, 2022 – Aug. 11, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Oct. 17, 2022
Visit: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/CODX
Contact An Attorney Now: CODX@hbsslaw.com
844-916-0895
Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX) Securities Fraud Class Action:
Throughout the Class Period, Defendants repeatedly touted Co-Diagnostics' Logix Smart COVID-19 Test and, as recently as May 12, 2022, reassured investors about the demand for that product.
The complaint alleges that Defendants failed to disclose that demand for the Test had plummeted throughout the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. As a result, Defendants' positive statements about the demand for the Logix Smart COVID-19 Test lacked a reasonable basis.
Investors began to learn the truth, according to the complaint, on Aug. 11, 2022, when Co-Diagnostics announced disastrous financial results for Q2 2022. The company's quarterly revenue plummeted almost 82% from the prior year period to just $5 million. Management primarily blamed the results on lower demand for the Logix Smart COVID-19 Test and admitted they saw weak demand as Q2 2022 progressed.
This news sent the price of Co-Diagnostics shares crashing 30% lower on Aug. 12, 2022, wiping out over $66 million of shareholder value.
"We're focused on investors' losses and proving Defendants misled investors about the real demand for Co-Diagnostics' test," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
If you invested in Co-Diagnostics and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Co-Diagnostics should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email CODX@hbsslaw.com.
About Hagens Berman
Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation law firm focusing on corporate accountability through class-action law. The firm is home to a robust securities litigation practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Val Kleyman, Esq., a NYC divorce lawyer with The Kleyman Law Firm, advises what are some of the bad ideas to try to save your marriage and why you should avoid them.
There is a whole lot of information out there on how you can save your marriage. "Before talking about how you can save your marriage, it is essential to dispel those ideas that are going to only make your marriage worse, creating a situation where you will end up in my office," said Val Kleyman, an experienced NYC divorce lawyer.
1. Let's Have a Baby!
This is a common choice that people make to save a marriage and to try to ensure that the spouse, who may have doubts about the longevity of the relationship, will stay around.
"Couples often want to have a baby because they believe they will be loved by the child and appreciated more by the other spouse. This could not be further from the truth. Children are allot of work and will only put more pressure on an already volatile marriage," said Kleyman.
2. Talk Your Problems Out with Your Friends and Family.
Many couples opt to start talking their issues out with family and friends looking for advice.
"What needs to be understood is that your friends and family are always going to take your side. No matter how wrong you may be, they are likely going to empathize with you more. Not being able to see the problem from both sides will only hurt your chances of fixing it and will cause more conflict", according to NYC divorce lawyer.
3. Force Yourself to Stay Together for The Children
There is no doubt that divorce is tough on children. However, troubled, even volatile marriages can be far worse.
"While you may not want to get a divorce, forcing yourselves to stay together when you literally cannot stand your spouse is a terrible idea. The children learn terrible behaviors and find themselves choosing sides as to who is at fault for the problems in the marriage," said Kleyman.
About:
Val Kleyman is a NYC divorce lawyer and the founder of The Kleyman Law Firm. The Kleyman Law Firm is located at One Rockefeller Plaza, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10020. For more info go to www.NYC-DivorceLawyer.com, email: vkleyman@kleymanfirm.com or call 212-401-1977.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Waste Management, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of WM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/waste-management-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29979&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of certain Waste Management redeemable senior notes between February 13, 2020 and June 23, 2020.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the U.S. Department of Justice had indicated to Waste Management that it would require Waste Management to divest significantly more assets than the $200 million indicated in the merger agreement between the Company and Advanced Disposal Services; (ii) as a result, the merger would not be completed by July 14, 2020, the end date under the merger agreement; and (iii) the Waste Management redeemable senior notes would be subject to mandatory redemption at 101% of par.
DEADLINE: August 8, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/waste-management-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29979&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of WM during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 8, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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AG Garland, Commerce Sec. Raimondo test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus using an at-home antigen test.
The two officials are among more than a dozen attendees of the Gridiron Club dinner to test positive for the virus in the past few days. Saturday night’s white-tie society affair was attended by some of the nation’s most prominent political leaders, journalists and media executives. Guests had been asked to show proof of vaccination but were required to be tested for the virus and many mingled around without masks during the event.
Tom DeFrank, the president of the Gridiron Club, said the group knew of 14 guests who had attended and then tested positive. Many of the cases involve guests who were seated at three tables, he said.
“There is no way of being certain about when they first contracted COVID,” DeFrank said. “But they did interact with other guests during the night, and we have to be realistic and expect some more cases.”
The announcement from the Justice Department comes hours after Garland held a news conference in Washington, standing side-by-side with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials.
The Justice Department says Garland asked to be tested “after learning that he may have been exposed to the virus.” Officials say he is not experiencing symptoms, is fully vaccinated and has received a booster.
The Justice Department said Garland would isolate at his home for at least five days and work remotely. The department said it would also conduct contact tracing in line with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Raimondo’s office said she was experiencing “mild symptoms” and was sharing the news “out of an abundance of transparency.”
The nation’s capital appears to be experiencing an outbreak, hitting not only Cabinet officials but also members of Congress, staffers in the White House and members of the media.
Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Joaquin Castro, D-Tex., have also announced they tested positive for the virus. Both had attended the Gridiron dinner.
Other members of Congress including Reps. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and Scott Peters of California, both Democrats, have also said they tested positive.
The White House on Wednesday also said Jamal Simmons, the communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, had also tested positive and that Simmons was in close contact with Harris. Harris’ office said she would follow CDC guidelines and consult with her doctor but planned to continue with her schedule.
The CDC says people vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 are much less likely to suffer adverse outcomes, including serious illness and death, from the virus compared to those who are unvaccinated.
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Associated Press writer Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
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Alaska Airlines: Masks now optional on flights
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines says masks will be immediately optional on their flights — after a federal judge voided the national COVID-19-related mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation. Alaska Airlines said in a statement on their website Monday afternoon that because of the judicial decision that guests and employees would have the option to wear a mask while traveling in the U.S. and at work. The decision by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa found that U.S. health officials had exceeded their authority in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Seattle-based airline also urged people to be kind while transitioning to the optional policy. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-idaho/2022/04/18/alaska-airlines-masks-now-optional-on-flights/ | 2022-04-19T00:17:46Z |
Account-based marketing leader uses data science to reveal when accounts are spiking in engagement; helps B2B marketing and sales teams drive and prioritize opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Account-based marketing platform RollWorks, a division of NextRoll, today furthered its commitment to adding more utility for HubSpot users. Sales Insights for HubSpot is a new ABM tool that uses data science to uncover account engagement signals that help B2B marketers and sales teams drive and prioritize opportunities.
B2B sales and marketing teams want to know who is researching and engaging with their brand; by not having this information, aligning marketing programs with sales action is a huge challenge. 58% of B2B teams say they are not at all or only somewhat confident in their organization's ability to accurately deliver an inbound lead from a marketing program to the right salesperson. And 43% of marketers say one of their biggest database issues is that data is siloed, with another 40% claiming not enough data on current customers.
RollWorks Sales Insights for HubSpot solves these issues by using data science to provide a 360-degree view of accounts throughout the buying journey, helping teams eliminate the guesswork and create more timely and efficient sales outreach.
"There's a difference between 'pipeline' and 'pipedream.' I prefer the former," said Shawn Cook, VP of Sales at RollWorks. "When my sales teams know who and what content a prospect is engaging with, they can take on the role of trusted advisor and advance the conversations with the accounts that are likely to buy from us. Sales needs to not only know what the content is but also why that piece of content was created. This is where the alignment is magnified."
Sales Insights for HubSpot: Account Spike + More
One unique feature of Sales Insights for HubSpot is Account Spike, which uses a data science model to flag accounts spiking in engagement compared to that account's engagement baseline. Sales Insights then visualizes these spiking accounts and contacts insights within HubSpot. By uncovering signals of an account's engagement with a company's website and ads, Account Spike can help sales teams prioritize accounts for outreach and trigger marketing programs.
Additional features and benefits of Sales Insights for HubSpot:
- De-anonymize existing HubSpot CRM contacts and surface engagement spike details that allow sales reps to personalize outreach.
- Automate email alerts to sales teams when accounts are spiking in engagement.
- Identify accounts that are spiking in engagement but not assigned to allow sales managers to route accounts to sales reps for follow up.
- Provide engagement spike data so marketers can analyze what actions are leading to engagement surges to optimize their ABM strategy.
- Build workflows to nurture engaged accounts off of engagement spike data.
"RollWorks' Sales Insights for HubSpot solution is a game changer for our business. Our website attracts thousands of visitors daily, and not all of them sign up to try the app, which is why the daily spiking activities feature is incredibly valuable," said Vinh Pham, Senior Demand Generation Manager for When I Work. "Not only does it enable us to see who is checking out our site, but also lets the seller know when the prospect has enough activities to trigger a spike signal and notify sellers the next day so they can start their outbound sequences."
"I'm incredibly excited about today's news as RollWorks continues to invest in our solutions as a HubSpot App partner for mutual customers looking to bring ABM excellence to their inbound strategies. We've proven the power of HubSpot's foundational inbound marketing with RollWorks' highly-targeted ABM capabilities," said Mike Stocker, VP of Partnerships at RollWorks. "Now, with Sales Insights for HubSpot, marketing and sales can be in lock step as they prioritize and personalize their programs and outreach to optimize their ABM strategy."
The launch of Sales Insights for HubSpot further strengthens the partnership between RollWorks and the CRM platform for scaling companies. In April, RollWorks surpassed 500 installs of its HubSpot integration in the HubSpot App Marketplace, marking 150% more than the nearest ABM competitor. This September, look for RollWorks at HubSpot INBOUND® 22 in Boston.
Visit www.rollworks.com to learn more about how Sales Insights for HubSpot can drive more value for your ABM programs.
About RollWorks
RollWorks, a division of NextRoll, offers ambitious B2B companies an account-based platform to align their marketing and sales teams and confidently grow revenue. Powered by proprietary data and machine learning, RollWorks' solutions address the needs of organizations large and small — from those with best-in-class ABM programs to those just beginning their exploration. By empowering teams to identify their target accounts and key buyers, reach those accounts across multiple channels, and measure program effectiveness in their system-of-record, RollWorks is an indispensable platform for marketers and sellers who believe that an account-based approach is just good business. To learn more visit www.rollworks.com.
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READING, Pa., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has hired 16 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), the company's award-winning, two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric utility companies.
The new employees include 10 lineworkers who are recent graduates of the PSI training partnership with Edinboro University's Porecco College in Erie, Pennsylvania. In addition, six new substation electricians graduated from the PSI program at Penn Highlands Community College in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
"Our Power Systems Institute develops top-quality, well-educated men and women for the electric utility industry," said Scott Wyman, president of Pennsylvania Operations. "We look forward to these graduates joining our workforce to help continue providing safe and reliable electric service for our customers."
The new line employees with their work location and hometowns are:
- Altoona Service Center – Thomas Beyer Jr, Nanty Glo; Jonathan Lee, Knox; Camden Mattocks, Titusville; Benjamin Nutt, Clarendon
- Indiana Service Center – Cody Bailey, Corry; Dakota Chase, Sugar Grove
- Johnstown Service Center – Ryan Bumbarger, Somerset; Marc Reddy, Erie
- Montrose Service Center – Ryan Bartholomew, Towanda; Zane Neubert, Towanda
The new substation employees with their work location and hometowns are:
- Clearfield Cervice Center – Justin Bezek, Johnstown; Alex Capitos, Houtzdale; Zachary Whitcomb, Johnstown
- Lewistown Service Center – Connor Faltz, McVeytown
- Oil City Service Center – Aaron Fenchak, Mineral Point; Jacob Kriebel, St. Petersburg
The PSI curriculum for line employees requires two and a half days each week spent at Porecco College completing academic course work, with the remainder of the week spent at a Penelec training facility in Erie. The PSI curriculum for substation employees requires a half week spent at Penn Highlands Community College completing academic course work, with the rest of the week spent at a FirstEnergy facility in Pennsylvania. All students focus on safe work practices and procedures in the electrical environment. The graduates earned an associate of applied science degree in Electric Utility Technology.
Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than 2,400 line workers and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
For information about how to enroll in the PSI program, call 1-800-829-6801, or visit www.firstenergycorp.com/psi.
Penelec serves approximately 585,000 customers within 17,600 square miles of northern and central Pennsylvania. Follow Penelec on Twitter @Penelec and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PenelecElectric.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com and on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.
Editor's Note: Photos of FirstEnergy's Power Systems Institute training program are available for download on Flickr.
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- GIACT (a Refinitiv company) commissions identity theft report for the second year, highlights findings
- Record-high rates of identity theft perpetrated against U.S. consumers persisted in 2021
- Incidents targeting consumers 55 and older nearly doubled year-over-year
- Peer-to-peer and buy now, pay later platforms emerged as preferred attack vectors for fraud operators seeking to exploit new vulnerabilities
BOSTON, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aite-Novarica, a research and advisory firm, today announced a new Impact Report commissioned by GIACT, a Refinitiv company, that details excessively high rates of identity theft – including application fraud and account takeover – and its impact on U.S. consumers along with virtually every type of financial product, commercial platform and government subsidy program. GIACT commissioned the report to highlight the persistent and widespread nature of identity theft and its impact on consumers and businesses alike.
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The report, U.S. Identity Theft in 2021: Adapting and Evolving, tracks the evolution and movement of identity theft throughout different age groups, account types and payments methods. The report also follows customer sentiment around identity theft and remediation.
Report highlights include:
- Identity theft shifts attention back to consumer financial products. After chasing government stimulus payments in 2020 and early 2021, identity theft again turned its attention back to consumer financial products. Twenty-five percent of U.S. consumers were impacted by identity theft in 2021 – slightly down from a record high 27% in 2020, primarily due to an ending of government subsidy programs and disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Identity theft against those aged 55 and above increases. According to the report, 25% of U.S. consumers 55 or older were impacted by identity theft in 2021 – a sharp rise from 12% in 2020 as this group created new digital accounts and may have been more unprepared to protect their data against identity theft scams.
- Identity theft finds a new target in buy now, pay later. While checking accounts, credit cards and mobile phone accounts represent the most common targets of application fraud, a new target emerged: buy now, pay later (BNPL). The report found that 23% of those impacted by application fraud schemes were targeted through BNPL payments.
- Identity theft continues to hammer peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. Twenty-five percent of those impacted by account takeover experienced a fraudulent P2P transfer – the second most common account takeover response. And unlike credit cards, significantly less consumers were satisfied with P2P recovery process (82% were satisfied with credit card recovery; 63% were satisfied with P2P recovery).
- Consumers become less tolerant of fraud. Identity theft is creating more reputational risk as consumers have become less tolerant of financial institutions that allow fraud to take place. For example, 41% of consumer loan application fraud victims said that that they were unlikely or extremely unlikely to do business with the financial institution that allowed the fraud to take place – up from 20% in 2020. Meanwhile, 31% of account takeover victims claimed that they moved their account to another financial institution as a result of account takeover.
"The methods fraudsters use to commit identity theft continue to evolve and grow more sophisticated," said Shirley Inscoe, Strategic Advisor at Aite-Novarica Group and author of the new report. "Firms should review and enhance current application controls and Know Your Customer processes to protect customers against identity theft. This will help reduce fraud losses and improve regulatory compliance as well."
"The findings in the 2021 report send further alarming signals about the evolution of identity theft where one-quarter of the U.S. population has likely been impacted by fraud in just the past year," said James Mirfin, Global Head of Digital Identity & Fraud Solutions at Refinitiv. "Financial institutions, businesses and government entities must act now to manage identity risk, with sophisticated tools and data that can stay ahead of fraud's unrelenting advancements. This continues to be an arms race and the customers are losing out. We thank Aite-Novarica for developing this important report and look forward to meeting the challenge of identity theft head-on."
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Aite-Novarica Group is an advisory firm providing mission-critical insights on technology, regulations, markets, and operations to hundreds of banks, insurers, payments providers, and investment firms—as well as the technology and service providers that support them. Comprising former senior technology, strategy, and operations executives as well as experienced researchers and consultants, our experts provide actionable advice to our client base, leveraging deep insights developed via our extensive network of clients and other industry contacts. Visit us on the web and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
GIACT®, a Refinitiv and LSEG company, is a leader in helping companies positively identify and authenticate customers. Since 2004, GIACT has been empowering businesses across all industries with data-driven insights to prevent identity and payments fraud and improve compliance procedures, all through a single platform — the EPIC Platform®. For more information, visit www.giact.com or call 1-866-918-2409. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Cyclists of all ages and abilities can register now at GreatCycleChallenge.com to help raise millions for childhood cancer research during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
MINNEAPOLIS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With a goal of raising $10 million dollars to fight childhood cancer, Children's Cancer Research Fund launches its eighth straight Great Cycle Challenge USA this September. Registration is officially open and cyclists of all ages and abilities, on one wheel or more, outdoors or in, can register online now at GreatCycleChallenge.com.
Every year, more than 15,000 American children are diagnosed with the disease and it's the leading cause of death by illness in children. In seven years, the Great Cycle Challenge USA community of 440,000 riders from all 50 states have pedaled more than 29.7 million miles while raising more than $52 million in support of research to develop better treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer. Among the leading pediatric cancer centers benefitting from these funds are the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Texas Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and more.
"The community of Great Cycle Challenge USA riders has been growing for eight years – we have riders in every state in the country," said Daniel Gumnit, CEO, Children's Cancer Research Fund. "We're so grateful for these riders for raising awareness and funds for better, safer cancer treatments for kids. Without them, researchers wouldn't be able to move lifesaving work forward."
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. During the month, participants set personal mileage and fundraising goals and ask their friends, family and colleagues to sponsor them. They can ride as part of a team or individually. They accumulate miles where and when it is convenient for them, as well as create or join group rides in their communities. If you are an indoor cyclist, those miles count just as much as those captured outdoors on a bike.
Mileage and fundraising are made simple with the Great Cycle Challenge app, or miles can be recorded with MapMyRide or Strava. And riders who register now for the Challenge through July 28 at GreatCycleChallenge.com will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a Trek® bike valued at $4,429.
This year, 450 cyclists have been selected as great Cycle Challenge Champions, serving as ambassadors for the event. GCC Champions will help raise awareness for fundraiser as well as host group rides in their area, helping to bring riders together in their communities.
Great Cycle Challenge USA encourages cyclists across the United States to challenge themselves and set their own personal riding goals in September to fight kids' cancer. Riders fundraise to save lives and give kids the brighter future they deserve. For more information, visit GreatCycleChallenge.com.
Children's Cancer Research Fund invests in groundbreaking research that is leading to better treatments and cures for children with cancer. Since 1981, CCRF supporters have funded research that has revolutionized the way childhood cancer is treated worldwide. Visit ChildrensCancer.org or call 888-422-7348 to learn more.
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CHONGQING, China, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Smart China Expo will be held in Liangjiang New Area of southwest China's Chongqing from August 22 to 24, with the theme of "Smart Technology: Empowering Economy, Enriching Life".
As the most influential event in China's intelligent industry, the Smart China Expo has been held for five years. Driven and guided by the expo, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area has promoted the development of a high-quality development leading area and a high-quality life demonstration area over the past five years, according to the Publicity Department of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area.
As a smart city in Chongqing, Liangjiang New Area has in recent years continuously injected smart factors such as digitalization, green growth and low carbon into industrial fields, including automobiles, electronic information, biomedicine and equipment manufacturing. Intelligent manufacturing has become the foundation of industrial development in Liangjiang New Area.
In Liangjiang, it takes 17 minutes to produce an excavator and 18 hours to produce a car. Intelligent innovation of big data not only brings about the optimization of production quality, efficiency and cost, but also drives the whole industrial chains and industrial clusters to upgrade simultaneously.
At present, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area has 79 digital workshops, 22 intelligent factories and 337 intelligent transformation projects, and the output value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 21.8 percent last year. Data showed that in the first half of this year, the output of new energy vehicles in Liangjiang New Area reached 69,000 units, the penetration rate of intelligent network connection reached 35 percent, and the output of electronic information industry totaled 109.75 billion yuan.
In addition, with the help of the resource agglomeration and window effect of the expo, the online business forms, online services and online management of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area have ushered in mushrooming development, driving the digital economy onto a fast lane.
At present, the three digital economy development strategy platforms of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area have gathered 8,000 active market players of digital economy, 608 high-tech enterprises, 261 specialized and sophisticated enterprises that produce new and unique products, 49 first-class domestic and foreign universities and institutes, and the added value of digital economy has exceeded one third of Chongqing's total. These achievements are vivid footnotes to the development of a smart city in Liangjiang.
At the same time, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area has invested much in promoting smart governance, smart education, smart medical care, smart transportation and other fields, turning the city into a smart life body that can feel and think.
Smart life can be felt almost everywhere in Liangjiang. With face recognition, it takes just 3 seconds for one to enter the community. Walking in the public leisure area, one can connect to the community Bluetooth stereo to play beautiful music. Through a smart app, one can quickly contact property management personnel to address daily issues.
In Liangjiang's Lijia Street, 115 smart technology application scenarios have been established, such as smart book houses, smart medicine cabinets, smart schools, and 24-hour smart and convenient service centers. The wide applications of intelligent big data have brought the strong presence of high-quality and beautiful life in Chongqing Liangjiang New Area.
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PFL Europe to become home to top MMA fighters from Europe competing in the proven PFL Season format with all events staged live in European countries
2022 PFL Playoff events in Cardiff at Motorpoint Arena and London at Copperbox Arena will host PFL Europe qualifier fights, with winners receiving PFL Europe contracts
UK star Dakota Ditcheva and Ireland's Will Fleury headline new talent set to compete at PFL Playoff qualifier events
NEW YORK, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league in the world, announced today the launch of PFL Europe, a new international league debuting in 2023. PFL Europe events will all be staged in European countries, broadcast and streamed primetime in Europe, and feature the top emerging European MMA fighters. PFL Europe will provide a direct avenue for the best European fighters to make it to the PFL global talent roster. PFL Europe leverages the proven sports-season format, world-class team, expert infrastructure, and trusted brand of PFL.
"I am pleased to announce the PFL will launch PFL Europe in 2023 to further advance the sport of MMA and fuel PFL's next phase of global expansion starting in Europe, the number one international MMA growth region," said PFL CEO Peter Murray. "Europe is rich with top fighters who are ready to compete in the PFL's season format on a major stage and passionate MMA fans throughout the region will now have access to premium events staged in Europe."
Top fighters from Europe will compete on both the August 13 Cardiff and August 20 London cards, in hopes of earning a contract in PFL Europe. British star Dakota Ditcheva, Ireland's Will Fleury, Italy's Francesco Nuzzi and Scotland's Louie Sutherland, will all be competing to join the new League.
Ditcheva is a Muay Thai specialist who, at just 23-years of age, has already captured three world championships and been named the Daily Mirror's Young Sportsperson of the Year. She has a perfect professional record of 5-0 with four of those wins coming by knockout. She will look to continue her ascent to the top of the women's flyweight division when she takes on Morocco's Hassna Jaber in London on August 20.
PFL Europe is the first of multiple international leagues which will be launched to provide the best fighter talent in the world the opportunity to compete and prove themselves on a global stage.
Ireland's Will Fleury is the UAE Warriors middleweight champion, and he will make the move up to light heavyweight for his PFL debut on August 13 in Cardiff. The John Kavanagh disciple trains out of SBG Ireland, the home of Conor McGregor, and he enters the bout on a three-fight winning streak. He'll face top Norwegian light heavyweight Kenneth Bergh who brings an impressive 9-1 record, including eight stoppage wins, into his PFL debut.
Francesco Nuzzi has earned his position as a top bantamweight prospect on the strength of eight consecutive wins, which has run his record to an impressive 9-1. He will look to make make the jump to PFL Europe when he takes on veteran French fighter Mokhtar Benkaci (20-7) on August 13. Benkaci enters on a six-fight winning streak of his own and will look to keep his PFL Europe dreams alive with a win over Nuzzi.
The "Vanilla Gorilla" Louie Sutherland has had the kind of start to his career that all fighters dream of. Four wins, all by first round knockout, have the London-based Scot primed for big things in the sport. He'll have a stiff test in London-born, Manchester-based Abraham Bably (1-0) who will be making his second professional start after a stellar amateur career that saw him go 4-0 with four knockouts. With a TKO win in his pro debut last December, Bably, like Sutherland, has never been to the scorecards in his career.
"It has been an extremely rewarding experience putting together PFL Europe qualifier fights alongside our partners at Live Nation," said Ray Sefo, PFL President of Fighter Operations. "PFL is about opportunity, and we are proud of the opportunity we are providing fighters across Europe. I can't wait to get to work on the first season of PFL Europe."
PFL Europe Qualifier Fights - Cardiff (August 13)
Will Fleury (Ireland) vs. Kenneth Bergh (Norway)
Nathan Kelly (Ireland) vs. TBA
Vojto Barborik (Slovakia) vs. Radu Maxim (Italy)
Mokhtar Benkaci (France) vs. Francesco Nuzzi (Italy)
PFL Europe Qualifier Fights - London (August 20)
Dakota Ditcheva (UK) vs. Hassna Jaber (Morocco)
Louie Sutherland (UK) vs. Abraham Bably (UK)
Tayo Odunjo (UK) vs. Magnus Iversen (Norway)
Ali Taleb (Sweden) vs. Kenji Bortoluzzi (Switzerland)
PFL is the first and only MMA league with a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points in the Regular Season advancing to the win-or-go-home Playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize.
Professional Fighters League is the No. 2 MMA company globally and features an elite talent roster. PFL has live event coverage in 160 countries on leading distribution platforms and delivers a unique, innovative product to MMA fans around the world.
About Professional Fighters League
Professional Fighters League (PFL) is the fastest growing and most innovative sports league. PFL is the #2 MMA company worldwide and the only with the sports-season format where individual fighters compete in Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship.
PFL is primetime in the U.S on ESPN and ESPN+ and broadcast and streamed worldwide to 160 countries, with partners including Channel 4, DirecTV, RMC Sport, Eurosport, Sky Sports, and more. The PFL roster is world-class, with 25% of PFL fighters independently ranked in the top 25 in the world. The PFL proprietary SmartCage data and analytics platform powers real-time betting and provides next-gen viewing experience.
PFL has over two-dozen blue-chip brand sponsors such as Anheuser-Busch, IBM, GEICO, DraftKings, Bose, Socios.com, Air Force Reserve, US Marine Corps, and more. PFL is backed by major investors including Ares Capital, Luxor Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Swan Ventures, Knighthead, Legends, and several NBA, MLB, and NHL team owners.
MMA is the growth sport of this decade, with 600 million fans worldwide, the youngest audience demo of any sport, and true global revenue streams.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mounting opposition to the proposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ban on menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars and vapes has broad support, and Menthol Is Not a Crime is highlighting discrimination and other reasons why leaders have voiced their concern prior to the end of the FDA comment period on August 2.
Since 85% of menthol smokers are Black, many in the community oppose the ban– not because they encourage smoking, but because of the unintended consequences of making anything illegal that a preponderance of a historically discriminated against group uses without criminal justice reform.
"When you ban a product sold mostly in black communities… but do not have the same ban in other communities, you must consider… the reality of what will happen to that very same overrepresented community in the criminal justice system," wrote the family members of police brutality victims and The Mothers of the Movement Members, Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner), Sybrina Fulton (mother of Trayvon Martin) and Philonise Floyd (brother of George Floyd).
Others, like Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) believe that the ban will likely, "...exacerbate existing, simmering issues around Stop and Frisk, racial profiling, discrimination, and policing."
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "... any prohibition on menthol and flavored tobacco products promises continued over-criminalization and mass incarceration of people of color. A ban on menthol and flavored tobacco products could reintroduce many of the harms imposed by the failed war on drugs as lawmakers work to legalize cannabis and take a public health approach to opioids."
The economic implications of such a ban will also disproportionately hurt Black farmers and jobs.
John Boyd, President of the National Black Farmers Association said, "This menthol ban will most certainly ensure there will not be a seventh generation of Black farmers in their families. Even worse, the Biden menthol ban will make my family's longest enduring tradition a gateway for our future incarceration. The Biden menthol ban will kill Black farming in America."
Thomas Briant, Executive Director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets points out the ban will lead to, "significant revenue declines and lost jobs."
We must tell the FDA to continue with education, treatment and counseling to stop smoking, not criminalization. Visit www.mentholisnotacrime.com to comment on the FDA website by August 2.
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Redstone facility in Northern Cape will use molten salt to store energy from the sun, deliver electricity to 200,000 homes during peak demand
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global industrial leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products, has been selected as the exclusive provider of advanced precision drives for the Redstone Solar Thermal Power project in Northern Cape, South Africa. BrightSource Energy chose Timken's solar-tracking technology, developed by its Cone Drive business, to properly position Redstone's heliostat mirrors to reflect the sun's rays. The facility will store the thermal energy it collects in molten salt and convert it to electricity for delivery to South African consumers day and night.
"Our expertise in application engineering is a differentiating factor that customers look for in a partner," said Kurt Gamelin, president, Cone Drive. "We work side-by-side with world-leading solar power providers and developers like BrightSource, offering innovative technology and solutions that help advance their products. These close partnerships lead to enhanced performance, extended product life and reliable operations for the customers we serve. It's rewarding to know that our engineering expertise is helping to create a more efficient and resilient world."
Expected to begin commercial operations by the end of 2023, Redstone is capable of generating up to 100 MW, South Africa's largest renewable energy project to date. The facility is entirely emissions-free, with no requirement for natural gas or oil back up. Furthermore, Redstone significantly reduces water consumption for cooling by using an efficient, low-water dry cooling system.
Timken's contributions to Redstone demonstrate its commitment to advancing environmental sustainability through product innovation, operational excellence and technology. The company has invested heavily in research and development for the solar energy market sector, building strong manufacturing, engineering and testing capabilities in both the United States and China.
Renewable energy, which consists of both solar and wind, is Timken's single-largest end-market sector, representing approximately 12 percent of total company sales in 2021.
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) designs a growing portfolio of engineered bearings and power transmission products. With more than a century of knowledge and innovation, we continuously improve the reliability and efficiency of global machinery and equipment to move the world forward. Timken posted $4.1 billion in sales in 2021 and employs more than 18,000 people globally, operating from 42 countries. Timken has been recognized among America's Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek, the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, and America's Best Employers, Best Employers for New Graduates and Best Employers for Women by Forbes.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now. The firm is investigating possible securities law violations.
Visit: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/SQ
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) Investigation:
The investigation focuses on Block's statements about its subsidiary's (Cash App Investing) customer privacy policies and controls.
More specifically, Block has in the past assured Cash App Investing customers that "[t]o protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law," "[t]hese measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings," and "[t]he Company takes the security of information belonging to its customers very seriously."
The accuracy of these statements came into question on Apr. 4, 2022, when Block announced that a former employee, after termination, improperly downloaded certain reports of Cash App Investing on Dec. 10, 2021. The information in the reports included full customer names and brokerage account numbers. For some customers, the stolen reports also included brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity for one trading day. As many as 8.2 million current and former Cash App Investing customers may have been affected by the privacy breach.
This news sent the price of Block shares sharply lower on Apr. 5, 2022.
The New York Times later reported on the incident, quoting a security expert at KnowBe4, a cybersecurity training company: "Taking customers' data and security seriously would require securing external access to employees' accounts and disabling that access upon termination, preferably before the employee leaves."
"We're focused on investors' losses and whether Block misled investors about its operational risks," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
If you invested in Block and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Block should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email SQ@hbsslaw.com.
Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation law firm focusing on corporate accountability through class-action law. The firm is home to a robust securities litigation practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw.
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The International Organization for Migration says up to 600 people attempting to reach Europe by sea from Tunisia and Libya have gone missing during the first three months of 2022, the highest figure since 2014.
In the latest tragedy, according to Tunisian authorities, a wooden boat carrying over 100 people capsized early Tuesday near the island of Kerkennah in southeastern Tunisia due to bad weather. The IOM said Wednesday that 30 people from that boat were rescued but 75 are still missing.
Tunisian navy and coast guard units continued to comb the area on Thursday where the tragedy occurred.
On Wednesday, dozens of migrants fell into the water as they struggled to cling to an upturned boat off the coast of Tunisia. Some 110 people were rescued by the non-governmental organization Open Arms.
Alice Sironi, head of migrant protection at the IOM, told The Associated Press that the central Mediterranean migration route, which runs between Libya and Tunisia across the sea, remains particularly deadly.
“In addition to our humanitarian role to take care of the survivors in terms of accommodation and food, we are committed to strengthening the capacities of the Tunisian authorities to come to the aid of boats in distress,” said Sironi.
According to Mourad Torki, a spokesperson for the courts of Sfax, the capital of the region, only one body has been recovered so far from Tuesday’s capsize, suggesting there is little hope of finding survivors.
“Generally, it takes several days for the corpses to be washed up by the sea,” Torki told the AP.
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HEAT WAVE Kicks-Off June 7 with DAYA and includes Rock, Pop, R&B, Country and Metal Musical Acts
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the summer season, Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) has a hot lineup of talented musical entertainment for U.S. military personnel serving overseas as part of their global music concert series, Heat Wave that kicks off June 7 – July 5, 2022.
Pop superstar DAYA (born Grace Martine Tandon), known for her magnetic vocals, released her first song, "Hide Away," in 2015 at the age of 16 to strong online support. When she debuted the song on Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda just a few months later, her fate as a full-blown pop star was set in motion. "Hide Away" shot to number 40 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart, peaking at 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2017, Daya received a Grammy for her featured performance on The Chainsmokers' song "Don't Let Me Down." She brings her enchanting energy and driving beats to Europe: June 7 - RAF Lakenheath, UK; June 8 - RAF Alconbury, UK; June 10 - USAG Benelux-Chièvres, Germany and June 11 - USAG Wiesbaden, Germany.
Next up is Sweet Siren, a popular show band that covers the hottest Top 40 hits, classic rock and country favorites, with the added flare of custom arrangements. Band members Carolyn Burgoyne (lead & harmony vocals), Jeff Schreiner (guitar, lead harmony vocals), Jethro Arola (bass guitar, vocals) and drummer Kent Christen dominate the stage with energy and top-notch performances. They will be performing June 25 - RAF Croughton, UK; June 26 - RAF Lakenheath, UK; June 28 - Volkel AB, Germany; June 30 - Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium; July 1 USAG RP – Kaiserslautern, Germany; July 2 - 3 USAG Wiesbaden, Germany and July 4 - USAG Grafenwoehr, Germany.
Heat Wave RIMPAC will present four back-to-back live acts in Hawaii for an awesome concert experience. Country star Chase Rice, known for his "Eyes on You" single that spent two weeks at #1 on Country Radio, will headline. Pop artist MAX, known for "Blueberry Eyes," a collaboration with SUGA, which has already received 250 million+ streams and 40 million YouTube views since its release, will warm up the crowd. Rock band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, widely known for their song "Face Down" released on Virgin records in 2006, took another direction in 2011, and independently hit #1 seven times on Billboard's Christian Rock Radio charts. Marc E. Bassy, whose work includes the double-platinum certified song "You and Me" featuring G-Eazy, gold-certified song "Morning," Charlie Puth's platinum album "Nine Track Mind," and G-Eazy's double-platinum song "Some Kind of Drug," will enchant the crowd with his creative pop/R&B sounds. Together, these amazing artists create an all-day, festival-inspired live show event that will travel to three bases in Hawaii June 30 – July 4. First stop for RIMPAC is June 30 - Marine Corps Base, HI; July 2 - Schofield Barracks, HI and July 4 - Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI.
Singer-songwriter Jerrod Niemann is heading to Europe in July, bringing smart lyrics, human insights and a love of history to his pure Country music. He has released six albums since his Long Hard Road debuted in 1999, and in 2001, he began to collaborate on songs for Garth Brooks. His own five chart topping songs are "Drink to That All Night," "Lover, Lover," "What Do You Want," "Shinin' on Me," and "One More Drinkin' Song." This Platinum-certified star will be performing July 1 - USAG Benelux-Brunssum, Netherlands; July 2 - Spangdahlem AB, Germany; July 3 - Ramstein AB, Germany and July 4 - USAG Stuttgart, Germany.
Kat Perkins is a singer/songwriter who delivers strong vocals with fearless conviction. Perkins entered the public eye after a three-chair turn on The Voice. During the show, her first single, "Fearless," placed in the top five on the iTunes rock chart in 2014, and qualified for the first round of Grammy Awards for "Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance." Today Perkins continues to tour, especially to overseas military venues, and remains a popular opening act for major rock bands. She will be in Southwest Asia from July 1-5.
Metal returns to AFE stages in Southwest Asia when Drowning Pool amps up the night with their heavy-duty original tunes. This four-member hardcore headbanger band from Dallas is an AFE audience favorite, and just one of the must-see 2022 Heat Wave shows. On this tour, Drowning Pool is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their best-selling platinum debut album, Sinner. They will be performing July 2 – July 4.
SuperUnknown is quickly becoming the premier tribute band for the music of Chris Cornell, an alternative rock and grunge standout who rose in stature from the late 1980s to the 2000s in the bands Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. SuperUnknown covers all eras of Cornell's music, which earned top honors from Rolling Stone Magazine, reaching #9 for "Best Lead Singers of All Time." Unfortunately, Cornell took his own life in 2017, but his music lives on through SuperUnknown. Begun in 2018 as a solo act by vocalist/guitarist Jason Reed (who uncannily recreates the howling vocals of Cornell), SuperUnknown now consists of a full band also featuring Louis Graff (guitar), Tom Laskas (bass), Ron DiSilvestro (drums) and Pete Hefley (guitar). The group will be performing at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay July 2 and July 4.
Echosmith, an indie pop band of four siblings, brings its vintage sounds with the only female member, Sydney Sierota, heading up vocals. When the band released their trendy song "Cool Kids," it reached number 13 on Billboard Hot 100, and was certified double platinum in the U.S. and Australia. They are bringing their upbeat music to Europe, performing Jun 29 - Lajes AB, Portugal; July 2, Incirlik AB, Turkey and July 4 at Aviano AB, Italy.
Another sibling act, Aly & AJ, is two sisters in an energetic pop duo. Into the Rush, their debut album, was certified gold in 2005. From that album, the song "No One" was featured in the soundtrack of Walt Disney's Ice Princess. Both talented guitarists and vocalists, they bring encouraging messages and positive energy to the stage and will perform June 30 - USAG Vicenza, Italy; July 2, NSA Naples, Italy and July 4 at NS Rota, Spain.
"The full music spectrum is represented in this summer's Heat Wave lineup of talent," said AFE Marketing & Business Analyst Brian Burke. "And the musical performers are super excited to be out on the road touring at live events for our service members. AFE is grateful to them for bringing their high spirits and energetic sounds to service members serving far away," he said.
About Armed Forces Entertainment: Armed Forces Entertainment (AFE) is the official agency of the Department of Defense providing quality entertainment to U.S. military personnel serving overseas, primarily at contingency operations and in remote and isolated locations. Now in its 71st year, AFE brings a touch of home through music, sports and comedy entertainment to nearly 400,000 troops annually, providing our dedicated military members much-needed downtime.
For more information, schedules, and downloadable images, visit: www.armedforcesentertainment.com, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube
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TSXV:OIII | OTCQX:OIIIF - O3 Mining
TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - O3 Mining Inc. (TSX.V: OIII) (OTCQX: OIIIF) ("O3 Mining" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Elijah Tyshynski as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Corporation, effective today, replacing Mr. Blair Zaritsky, who will remain as an Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and continue in his primary role as the CFO of Osisko Mining Inc. ("Osisko"). Mr. Tyshynski will be stepping down from the Board of Directors of O3 Mining effective today.
Jose Vizquerra, President, Director and CEO, commented: "We are very pleased to welcome Elijah Tyshynski as the full time CFO of O3 Mining. Mr. Tyshynski brings considerable experience in international capital markets and project financing, and will be an asset in helping advance the Corporation's goals. We thank Mr. Zaritsky for his invaluable contributions to O3 Mining."
Mr. Tyshynski brings two decades of experience working in international capital markets, including work specializing in emerging market currencies and debt. Formerly, he served as Director of Strategic Development for Osisko. Elijah also currently serves as the Lead Director for NewOrigin Gold Corp.
Prior to working at Osisko, Mr. Tyshynski served as a Portfolio Manager for the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, and Director, Head of Trading, for the Standard Bank of South Africa, in Johannesburg, where he gained considerable exposure to infrastructure and commodity financing on the African continent. He was formerly a Vice President at Morgan Stanley & The Royal Bank of Canada in London, England. Mr. Tyshynski graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
The Board of Directors of O3 Mining wishes to thank Mr. Blair Zaritsky for his contributions to O3 Mining and look forward to continuing to work with Mr. Zaritsky his new role as an Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
O3 Mining Inc., an Osisko Group company, is a gold explorer and mine developer on the road to produce from its highly prospective gold camps in Québec, Canada. O3 Mining benefits from the support, previous mine-building success, and expertise of the Osisko team as it grows towards being a gold producer with several multi-million-ounce deposits in Québec.
O3 Mining is well-capitalized and owns a 100% interest in all its properties (66,000 hectares) in Québec. O3 Mining trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: OIII) and OTC Markets (OTCQX: OIIIF). The Corporation is focused on delivering superior returns to its shareholders and long-term benefits to its stakeholders. Further information can be found on our website at https://o3mining.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.
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Wink, Blink and Dance with Your Eyes for a Chance to Win a Makeover with Vincent Oquendo, Celebrity Makeup Artist and LUMIFY® Redness Reliever Eye Drops Brand Ambassador, and Participate in LUMIFY® National Sampling Tour
VAUGHAN, ON, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) ("Bausch + Lomb"), a leading global eye health company dedicated to helping people see better to live better, today announced the U.S. launch of the #LUMIFYEyeDance Challenge on TikTok.
The #LUMIFYEyeDance will challenge consumers to dance with their eyes to the beat of the LUMIFY® audio track for a chance to win an A-List makeover with celebrity makeup artist and LUMIFY® eye drops brand ambassador, Vincent Oquendo. The $10,500 prize package will include travel and accommodations for two to New York, a $500 AMEX gift card, a "dream kit" featuring products used during the makeover session, and professionally shot photographs to commemorate the event.
"The enthusiasm for LUMIFY is evident on TikTok, where the LUMIFY® hashtag has organically amassed nearly 14 million views to date. We believe the LUMIFY® Eye Dance Challenge will help build upon the existing excitement on TikTok and inspire consumers to celebrate what makes them and their eyes unique," said Joe Gordon, president, Global Consumer, Surgical and Vision Care, Bausch + Lomb. "Since we first launched LUMIFY® in May 2018, the product has cultivated a loyal fanbase who praise these eye drops for their ability to significantly reduce redness to help eyes look whiter and brighter in just one minute and last up to eight hours. We look forward to extending this fanbase even further through this exciting new TikTok challenge."
To enter the challenge sweepstakes, which begins on July 25, 2022 and ends on August 31, 2022, consumers must post a video of their eye dance on TikTok set to the LUMIFY® song (found in the TikTok audio library) using the two official hashtags, #LUMIFYEyeDance and #WinIt.1 Prominent TikTok creators will help kick off the challenge by posting their own eye dance and encouraging others to participate.
In addition to the #LUMIFYEyeDance challenge, Bausch + Lomb is also launching a national product sampling tour that will run through four major U.S. metropolitan cities during the month of August. Two day-long pop-up events will occur at each tour location and feature a LUMIFY® branded tiny home. The tiny home will offer visitors a refreshment bar with beverages and treats supplied by popular local chains and interactive experiences, such as mini masterclass sessions taught by prominent local makeup artists. Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet local social media influencers and record their TikTok eye dance videos at a selfie station.
The LUMIFY® sampling tour schedule is as follows:
- Aug. 5-7, 2022: Chicago, IL
- Aug. 13-14, 2022: Dallas, TX
- Aug. 20-21, 2022: Los Angeles, CA
- Aug. 27-28, 2022: New York, NY
For more information on the LUMIFY Challenge, search #LUMIFYEyeDance on TikTok. To learn about the LUMIFY® national sampling tour, visit www.lumifydrops.com/samplingtour.
LUMIFY® is the first and only over-the-counter eye drop formulated with low-dose brimonidine tartrate 0.025% for the treatment of ocular redness. Unlike other redness relievers, LUMIFY® contains a unique formulation that selectively targets redness. In clinical trials, LUMIFY® was shown to have a reduced incidence of side effects common to other redness relievers, like rebound redness and loss of efficacy over time, when used as directed. LUMIFY® is also the No. 1 eye doctor recommended redness reliever eye drop brand with approximately 87% of doctor recommendations.2
Bausch + Lomb is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the gift of sight for millions of people around the world – from the moment of birth through every phase of life. Its comprehensive portfolio of more than 400 products includes contact lenses, lens care products, eye care products, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products and ophthalmic surgical devices and instruments. Founded in 1853, Bausch + Lomb has a significant global research and development, manufacturing and commercial footprint with more than 12,000 employees and a presence in nearly 100 countries. Bausch + Lomb is headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario with corporate offices in Bridgewater, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.bausch.com and connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements, which may generally be identified by the use of the words "anticipates," "hopes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "should," "could," "would," "may," "believes," "estimates," "potential," "target," or "continue" and variations or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of management and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed in Bausch + Lomb's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators, which factors are incorporated herein by reference. They also include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties caused by or relating to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, and the fear of that pandemic and its potential effects, the severity, duration and future impact of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, and which may have a material adverse impact on Bausch + Lomb, including but not limited to its project development timelines, launches and costs (which may increase). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Bausch + Lomb undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release or to reflect actual outcomes, unless required by law.
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- IQVIA, Average Share of Weekly Doctor Recommendations, Q1 2022.
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Rishi Grover has been named executive vice president (EVP) and chief integrated supply chain officer for BD, effective July 7, 2022.
In this role, Grover will have global responsibility for the leadership of the Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Sustainability, and Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) teams across the company and will become a member of the BD Executive Leadership Team.
Grover has more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain roles, most recently serving as senior vice president of Operations for Carrier, a $20 billion company that is the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions, with 47 manufacturing facilities around the world. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of global operations, including lean manufacturing excellence, supply chain efficiency, operational transformation and EHS. He also led the modernization and digitization of Carrier's operations and processes across the company. Before Carrier's spinoff from United Technologies Corporation (UTC), Rishi served as vice president of Global Operations and Systems for Collins Aerospace and held roles of increasing responsibility at UTC Power, Hamilton Sundstrand and UTC Aerospace Systems.
"Rishi has deep expertise in lean manufacturing and supply chain operations that will continue to ensure BD is at the forefront of our industry in navigating the current environment of unprecedented supply chain challenges while we build for the future," said Tom Polen, chairman, CEO and president of BD. "His career has been focused in industries known for their focus on quality, the use of advanced technologies in their supply chains and excellence in managing through complexities in materials and manufacturing. This experience will serve BD well as we advance our BD 2025 strategy and improve the speed and efficiency of our global supply chains."
Grover earned his master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford, a master's degree in Systems Engineering and Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from University of Chicago. He earned his bachelor's degree in Electronics from the National Institute of Technology in Surat, India.
Grover replaces Alexandre Conroy who will retire from BD at the end of the year. Conroy's 31-year career at BD has included multiple leadership roles that spanned numerous businesses and regions.
"I would like to thank Alex for his decades of leadership and dedication to BD, our customers and our teams," Polen continued. "He is a great example of how to build a successful career at BD, and we wish him all the best in his well deserved retirement."
About BD
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD and its 75,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help enhance the safety and efficiency of clinicians' care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advance researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. By working in close collaboration with customers, BD can help enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care. For more information on BD, please visit bd.com or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/bd1/ and Twitter @BDandCo.
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Media:
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858.617.2361
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the weekend, the Asian-American music group with over 45 million combined followers across social media platforms, North Star Boys, stopped traffic in Times Square to promote their upcoming single release.
What was meant to be a casual meet and greet, turned into a swarm of excited fans once news broke that the popular creators were engaging with their supporters in Times Square. The highlight of the night was when NSB stood on top of their SUVs throwing unreleased merch to lucky fans, as seen on the group's most recent TikTok.
"you are my star" is NSB's debut single release since they formed as a group. Partnering with HITCO Entertainment, founded by LA Reid and Charles Goldstuck for distribution, the song will be available to fans this spring.
To pre-save "you are my star", visit https://hitco.lnk.to/youaremystarpre.
You can follow NSB on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.
About North Star Boys
North Star Boys is the first Asian-American content group, founded in August 2021. Within their first six months as a group, they surpassed expectations gaining millions of followers across all platforms, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. The 7-member group of best friends is composed of founders and brothers, Oliver and Sebastian Moy along with Regie Macalino, Ryan Nguyen, Justin Phan, Darren Liang, and Kane Ratan managed by long-time friend, Tyler Bray. Coming together with a mutual goal in mind: to bring together and cultivate the most influential, creative, and impactful Asian American creators to reach a shared destination, the North Star, the young creators yearn to be the representation in media that they did not see growing up. NSB collectively aim to inspire others and hope to continue to do so as they transition into the music industry, launching their first single "you are my star" in Spring 2022.
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Juliana Martins
Eleven11 Media Relations
juliana@eleven11mediarelations.com
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marpai, Inc. ("Marpai" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: MRAI), an AI-technology company transforming the $22B Third-Party Administrator (TPA) market supporting self-funded employer health plans, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
The Company's consolidated results of operations include the results of operations of Marpai and its wholly owned subsidiary, Marpai Health, Inc., for all periods presented, and the results of Continental Benefits, LLC ("Continental Benefit") since its acquisition on April 1, 2021.
Financial Highlights
- Net revenue of approximately $6.2 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to net revenue of approximately $5.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, representing a sequential increase of approximately $300,000, or 5.5%.
- The number of our customers' employees covered under the Company's administered health plans was 21,139, 25,195 and 25,136 on March 31, 2022, December 31, 2021, and September 30 ,2021, respectively.
- Operating expenses (including cost of revenues) were approximately $11.8 million for the first quarter of 2022, as compared to approximately $11.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and approximately $1.4 million for the first quarter of 2021, reflecting the acquisition of Continental Benefit, which increased the overall level of activity of the Company.
- Net loss was approximately $5.5 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to net loss of approximately $5.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, and a net loss of approximately $1.6 million for the first quarter of 2021.
- Adjusted negative EBITDA of approximately $4.0 million for the first quarter of 2022 compared to negative EBITDA of approximately $4.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and negative EBITDA of approximately $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2021. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."
"We continue to expand our partnerships with top healthcare brokers focusing on the upcoming selling season," said Edmundo Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of Marpai. "Our investments over the past quarters are aimed at making meaningful progress in terms of new business wins, with key dates for us to implement new business being October 1st, 2022, and January 1st, 2023.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Guidance
The Company expects the second quarter 2022 revenue to be in a range of $5.2 million to $5.5 million.
The foregoing forward-looking statements reflect our expectations as of today's date. Given the number of risk factors, uncertainties and assumptions discussed below, actual results may differ materially. We do not intend to update our financial outlook until our next quarterly results announcement.
Webcast and Conference Call Information
Marpai will host a conference call and webcast tomorrow, on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET to answer questions about the Company's operational and financial highlights for its first quarter of 2022.
Investors interested in listening to the conference call may do so by dialing (866)-652-5200 for domestic callers or +1-412-902-4216 for international callers, or by dialing 1-855-669-9657 for Canadian callers ,or via webcast: https://app.webinar.net/weABj0MVL1g
For interested individuals unable to join the conference call, a recording of the webcast will also be available on the Marpai, Inc. investor relations site https://ir.marpaihealth.com.
About Marpai, Inc.
Marpai, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRAI) is a technology company bringing AI-powered health plan services to employers providing health benefits to employees. Primarily competing within the $22B TPA (Third Party Administrator) sector serving self-funded health plans and representing over $1T in annual health care claims, Marpai's SMART services focus on reducing claims costs, lowering reinsurance premiums, and elevating care quality for plan members. Marpai's proprietary deep learning algorithms predict potential near-term health events for members to prevent costly claims and improve health outcomes. Operating nationwide, Marpai offers access to provider networks including Aetna and Cigna, and partners with brokers and consultants. For more information, visit www.marpaihealth.com.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve significant risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding anticipated second quarter 2022 results. Forward-looking statements can be identified through the use of words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "guidance," "may," "can," "could", "will", "potential", "should," "goal" and variations of these words or similar expressions. For example, the Company is using forward looking statements when it discusses the expected timing of new business wins and its second quarter revenue guidance. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect Marpai's current expectations and speak only as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from Marpai's current expectations depending upon a number of factors. These factors include, among others, adverse changes in general economic and market conditions, competitive factors including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions, uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and market changes, risks associated with managing the growth of the business. Except as required by law, Marpai does not undertake any responsibility to revise or update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
More detailed information about Marpai and the risk factors that may affect the realization of forward-looking statements is set forth in Marpai's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors and security holders are urged to read these documents free of charge on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Their Limitations
In addition to our results and measures of performance determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP presented in this press release, we believe that certain non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating and comparing our financial and operational performance over multiple periods, identifying trends affecting our business, formulating business plans and making strategic decisions.
Adjusted EBITDA is a key performance measure that our management uses to assess our financial performance and is also used for internal planning and forecasting purposes.
We believe that Adjusted EBITDA, together with a reconciliation to net loss, helps identify underlying trends in our business and helps investors make comparisons between our company and other companies that may have different capital structures, tax rates, or different forms of employee compensation. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results, enhancing the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and allowing for greater transparency with respect to a key financial metric used by our management in its financial and operational decision-making. Our use of Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider these measures in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our financial results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these potential limitations include:
- other companies, including companies in our industry which have similar business arrangements, may report Adjusted EBITDA, or similarly titled measures but calculate them differently, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures;
- although depreciation and amortization expenses are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditures for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;
- Adjusted EBITDA also does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs or the potentially dilutive impact of stock-based compensation; and
- Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt that we may incur.
Because of these and other limitations, you should consider our non-GAAP measures only as supplemental to other GAAP-based financial measures.
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The digital channel wins 12 awards across many categories.
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship, the nonprofit organization who uses the power of entertainment to engage and entertain viewers with original and curated content through its Million Stories Media channel (www.millionstories.com), announces today that it has won a total of 12 Telly Awards in a number of different categories. The foundation was founded to create a sea change in the way people look at their personal finances with content that helps break the taboo of talking about money.
The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multi-screen industry The Telly Awards celebrates.
The awards won by Million Stories come from two of the original series, WAGS TO RICHES, (production company Pollution TV) and YOUR BRAIN ON MONEY (production company Freethink.)
Gold Winners:
Branded Content: Not-For-Profit / Wags to Riches: A Life-Changing Horseback Ride episode
Branded Content Campaign: Social / Your Brain on Money series
Silver Winners:
Branded Content Campaign Not-For-Profit / Wags to Riches series
Branded Content General Not-For-Profit / Wags to Riches: Inside the Life of a Father and Daughter Sheep Shearing Business
Online Craft Directing / Wags to Riches: Designing Dream Homes One Dog House at a Time
Online Web Series Non-Scripted / Wags to Riches series
Online General-Social Impact / Wags to Riches: A Life-Changing Horseback Ride
Online General-Social Impact / Wags to Riches: The Bachelor: Guinea Pig Edition, Meet LA Guinea Pig Rescue
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Phishing attacks hit record high
Financial sector top target for hackers
InvestigateTV - One million attacks in just the first three months of 2022, that’s a new record for the number of phishing attempts by cybercriminals, according to a new industry survey by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an organization that analyzes cybercrime.
Nathanael McCormick was one of those victimized by phishing attacks.
McCormick said one morning he woke to a hacked Facebook account. He later learned scammers were using his account to target his friends.
”All of my friends got weird messages,” McComick said.
Those messages sent to his friends said “look who died” with a bunch of sad emoji faces and a link designed to get them to click. Anyone who clicked that link could have jeopardized their critical, personal information.
The AWPG’s report show McCormick and his friends were not alone. Its latest data showed phishing reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2022.
“We’ve had and filed reports that have been verified through our system of well over a million records,” Peter Cassidy, the group’s Secretary General said.
Data from APWG identified the industries targeted most often by phishing attacks. The top four are:
- finance 23.6%
- email/web-based software 20.5%
- ecommerce 14.6%
- social media 12.5%
To help protect yourself, slow down and make sure the messages you receive make sense, Cassidy said. Also, keep your internet security software up to date, and if you need to pay to update your computers make sure you find qualified people to help you.
Nathanael McCormick was able to change his passwords and secure his account. He hopes his story will help protect others from being hacked or scammed.
If you are a victim of a phishing scam or any other type of fraud, file a complaint at Fraud.org or with the Federal Trade Commission by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP.
To read the full APWG Phishing trends report click here.
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Mom concerned with ‘Monkey Award’ given to her pre-K son
BATESVILLE, Miss. (WMC/Gray News) – An award given to a pre-K student in Mississippi left his mother asking questions.
Shemekia Ellis voiced concerns when her son brought home the “Monkey Award … for entertaining others.”
Her son received other awards, too, but the one comparing him to a monkey is something Ellis did not expect.
“He was excited about the award, but he had no idea what he was holding,” Ellis told WMC. “It’s unacceptable for me.”
Ellis met with school district officials who told her what happened was unacceptable. They said her child’s teacher didn’t know the history behind Blacks being compared to monkeys.
“She said the teacher stated that she gave him the award for his energy,” Ellis said. “But the award doesn’t say anything about energy. It says entertainment.”
Ellis said the principal told her school leaders had a meeting before the ceremony cautioning them to be sensitive about the awards given to students.
“I’m still not happy about it. I’m angry because I don’t understand why my son got the monkey award when he had received an award that he completed pre-K,” Ellis said.
Ellis said she was told award ceremonies like this one will not happen anymore. Now she just wants an apology from the district.
“These teachers have messed up,” Ellis said. “They were wrong. The superintendent knew they were wrong. The principal knew they were wrong. They need to be held accountable for what they have done.”
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Police: 3 arrested after brawl at Chuck E. Cheese during children’s birthday party
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - Police in South Carolina are investigating a violent incident that happened over the weekend at a popular children’s restaurant.
The North Charleston Police Department reports officers responded to a large fight that broke out at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant on Aug. 20, where three people were arrested.
According to WCSC, Lizeller Dixon, Dashawn Malik Grant and Jasmine Ciera Judge were each charged with one count of breach of peace.
A mother at the party said the incident started when two 12-year-olds began to fight, which led to parents getting involved before the police were called.
“Chuck E. Cheese is not the brawl spot. You can’t just come into a Chuck E. Cheese, have a brawl, go home and make a Facebook post about it. You have to stand accountable for what you did,” Elvin Speights, a community activist, said.
Police said a large crowd was inside the restaurant, arguing and attacking one another when they arrived.
According to authorities, a fourth person was briefly detained for allegedly hitting a security guard but released after not being positively identified.
Police cleared out the business and asked everyone to leave, but the groups involved continued to threaten and attack one another.
Police said multiple witnesses did not work with them in providing further information about what happened.
“This isn’t Chuck E. Cheese’s fault, or the North Charleston Police Department’s fault or the security guard’s fault,” Speights said. “We, as adults, must learn how to behave in an establishment. Chuck E. Cheese is a place for kids.”
Police said they were called to the restaurant previously for reports of a shooting and a burglary in 2016.
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SHENZHEN, China, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Win-Win·Huawei Innovation Week, David Wang, Executive Director of the Board and Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board of Huawei, delivered a keynote speech titled "Innovation, Lighting up the 5.5G Era". In his speech, Wang spoke about the next evolution of 5G technology, which the company has termed, 5.5G, and the industry's innovation roadmap for the next five to ten years.
David Wang, Executive Director of the Board and Chairman of the ICT Infrastructure Managing Board of Huawei, delivering a keynote speech
"Looking ahead to 2025, the sheer diversity and magnitude of network service requirements will create huge new market potential," said Wang. "We're here to discuss these opportunities with operators and industry partners, and explore the innovations we need to help pave the way for 5.5G."
Huawei proposed 5.5G for the first time at the 11th Global Mobile Broadband Forum in 2020, and F5.5G (or fixed 5.5G) at the Global Analyst Summit this April. Since then, the industry has been simmering with new ideas and best practices.
A wealth of new requirements will raise the bar for next-generation ICT infrastructure
According to Wang, new developments in digital technology need to support a truly real-time, engaging, and more immersive experience in the digital world, and gradually make a 10 Gbps network experience available everywhere on the planet.
On the industrial front, digitalization has already entered the fast lane. AI will be fully integrated into enterprise production processes, and the size of the 5.5G IoT market will grow rapidly. Collaboration between robots and people in complex scenarios will impose greater requirements on next-generation industrial field networks.
Currently, bottlenecks in computing, such as memory walls, unbalanced utilization of data center resources, and low energy efficiency, are hindering the rise of new computing demand. To address these challenges, the industry needs to innovate at the architecture and system levels to boost computing supply.
Six features of 5.5G – New value for digital life and development
The first is a 10 Gbps user experience. 5.5G will deliver a 10 Gbps experience through MIMO technology that boasts larger bandwidth, higher spectrum efficiency, and higher-order modulation. With next-generation technologies like FTTR, Wi-Fi 7, 50G PON, and 800G, F5.5G will bring a 10 Gbps experience everywhere.
At the event, Wang proposed Net5.5G for the first time, defining the evolution of IP networks to meet the rising demand for computing power by intelligent applications. "As digitalization takes hold, intelligent applications will see large-scale commercialization and computing resources will be located across multiple clouds," said Wang. "Enterprises need to make use of computing power from multiple clouds at lower costs, with greater agility and flexibility. To this end, we need to keep innovating based on IPv6 to help the industry thrive. This is why we proposed Net5.5G."
Second, the business scope will go beyond connectivity. 5.5G will go beyond connectivity to include sensing, which will result in a wealth of new scenarios and applications. Wireless sensing and fiber sensing technologies will be used in vehicle-road collaboration and environment monitoring. Passive IoT will integrate cellular and passive tag technologies to create 100 billion potential connections. 5.5G core networks will redefine architectures and foundational technologies to enable new service scenarios, such as industry private networks, industrial field networks, and new calling.
Third, diversified computing will enable diversified applications. In the 5.5G era, computing architectures will be redefined to increase computing efficiency by 10-fold through chip engineering and full peer-to-peer interconnection architectures.
Fourth, data-centric storage will break through existing limits in storage architecture. Future storage will improve storage performance by 10-fold through data-centric hardware and software architecture and diversified data application acceleration engines.
Fifth, full-stack AI native will make L4 highly autonomous driving networks (ADNs) a reality. ADNs have become a common goal of the industry. Full-stack AI native, from network elements to networks and services, will accelerate breakthroughs in ADN technology. The results of new innovation, such as compression algorithms for hundreds of network indicators and unknown fault identification by AI foundation models, will be widely applied in the 5.5G era.
Lastly, developments in green technology and system-level innovation will increase energy efficiency. The ITU-T has adopted Network Carbon data/energy intensity (NCIe) as the unified energy efficiency metric to guide the industry's green development roadmap. Huawei has developed innovative solutions for green sites, green networks, and green operations to increase network capacity and cut energy consumption per bit. These solutions will empower operators in the 5.5G era.
"As we move towards the 5.5G era, all industry players need to work together to bring standards to maturity and cultivate a thriving industry," said Wang. He proposed three recommendations to conclude his speech.
- The industry needs to work closely together to define the vision and roadmap for 5.5G.
- The industry should define technology standards within the standards frameworks set by 3GPP, ETSI, and ITU.
- All industry players should work together to promote a thriving industry ecosystem by incubating more use cases and accelerating digital, intelligent transformation.
The Win-Win·Huawei Innovation Week is held from July 18 to July 21 in Shenzhen, China. Together with global operators, industry professionals, and opinion leaders, we dive into topics such as 5.5G, green development, and digital transformation to envision shared success in the digital economy. For more information, please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/winwin-innovation-week.
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Abelacimab is a dual-acting fully human monoclonal antibody targeting both Factor XI and Factor XIa with high affinity and selectivity
Earlier this year abelacimab became the first-ever Factor XI inhibitor to begin enrolling patients in a Phase 3 trial (The ASTER Study)
The AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) also remains ongoing after having completed enrollment with 1,287 patients
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthos Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapies for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to its investigational Factor XI inhibitor, abelacimab, for the treatment of thrombosis associated with cancer. The company will also be announcing this important milestone today at a session of the ongoing 2022 Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Congress in London, UK.
The Fast Track Designation process is designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of treatments for serious medical conditions, thereby, addressing unmet medical needs. Drugs that are included in this program may be eligible for more frequent interactions with the FDA to discuss the development path, and if the program criteria are met, eligibility for a potential Rolling Review, Accelerated Approval, and Priority Review.
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), including both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is the second most prevalent cause of death in patients with cancer, second only to the disease itself.1 However, treatment of Cancer Associated Thrombosis (CAT) can be challenging because the currently available anticoagulants used to treat VTE can have an increased risk of bleeding.2,3
"We believe that abelacimab has the potential to provide patients with cancer associated thrombosis an enhanced safety profile and overall low risk of bleeding, without sacrificing any efficacy of currently available agents. This unmet need is particularly true in patients with gastrointestinal / genitourinary (GI/GU) cancers who are at an even higher risk of bleeding and can be further burdened by the inconvenience of daily injections," said Dan Bloomfield, Chief Medical Officer at Anthos Therapeutics. "Fast track designation by the FDA is a significant milestone for abelacimab and Anthos Therapeutics, but more importantly represents another hopeful step forward for patients. We look forward to working closely with the FDA on our clinical trial program to bring once-monthly abelacimab to patients in need."
"Caring for cancer patients is a delicate and complex process, requiring a fine balance between the risks and benefits of their anticoagulant treatments. Managing thrombosis episodes is of the utmost importance for physicians, patients, and their caregivers, as untreated blood clots or bleeding episodes associated with currently available anticoagulants, can have dire consequences," said Jean Marie Connors, M.D., Associate Professor of Hematology at Harvard Medical School. "The hemostasis sparing potential of FXI inhibitors, such as abelacimab, may represent an important treatment advance in how we manage patients moving forward."
About the Abelacimab Phase 3 Program in Cancer Associated Thrombosis (CAT)
The abelacimab phase 3 CAT program comprises two complementary studies targeting to enroll approximately 2700 patients across 220 sites in more than 20 countries -- the largest program of any anticoagulant performed in Cancer-Associated Thrombosis.
ASTER is an international multicenter, randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint evaluation, phase 3 study comparing the effect of abelacimab relative to apixaban on venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence and bleeding in patients with cancer associated VTE in whom DOAC treatment is recommended. Abelacimab 150 mg will be administered intravenously (IV) on Day 1 and subcutaneously (SC) monthly thereafter for up to 6 months; Apixaban 10 mg will be administered orally, twice daily (bid) for the first 7 days, followed by 5 mg bid up to 6 months. Enrollment in this trial began in May 2022.
MAGNOLIA is an international multicenter, randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint evaluation, phase 3 study in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) / genitourinary (GU) cancer in whom DOAC treatment is not recommended. The study will compare the effect of abelacimab relative to dalteparin on VTE recurrence and bleeding in patients with cancer associated VTE who are at a high bleeding risk with non-resectable, locally or regionally invasive GI / GU tumors. Abelacimab 150 mg will be administered intravenously (IV) on Day 1 and subcutaneously (SC) monthly thereafter for up to 6 months; dalteparin administered subcutaneously will be given daily, 200 IU/kg/day for the first month, and then 150 IU/kg/day up to 6 months.
About the AZALEA-TIMI 71 Phase 2 Trial
The AZALEA-TIMI 71 trial is an event-driven, randomized, active-controlled, blinded endpoint, parallel-group study to evaluate the effect of two blinded doses of abelacimab relative to open label rivaroxaban on the rate of major or clinically relevant non-major (CRNM) bleeding events in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are at moderate-to-high risk of stroke. The trial completed enrollment in December 2021, with 1287 patients across 95 global study sites including the U.S., Canada, as well as from parts of Europe, and Asia.
About Abelacimab
Abelacimab is a novel, highly selective, fully human monoclonal antibody designed to induce effective hemostasis-sparing anticoagulation through Factor XI inhibition. Abelacimab targets the active domain of Factor XI, demonstrating dual inhibitory activity against both Factor XI and its activated form, Factor XIa. Abelacimab can be administered intravenously (IV) to achieve rapid inhibition of Factor XI activity and then used subcutaneously (SC) monthly to maintain nearly complete inhibition in a chronic setting. In a PK/PD study, abelacimab administered IV provided profound suppression of Factor XI within one hour after the start of therapy and maintained near maximal inhibition for up to 30 days. 4,5 In a Phase 2 study whose results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2021, a single intravenous dose of abelacimab after knee surgery reduced the rate of venous thromboembolism by 80%, measured 10 days after surgery, compared to enoxaparin.4 Factor XI inhibition offers the promise of hemostasis-sparing anticoagulation for the prevention and treatment of arterial and venous thromboembolic events.6 Abelacimab is an investigational agent and has not been approved for any indication.
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About Anthos Therapeutics
Anthos Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of genetically and pharmacologically validated innovative therapies to advance care for people living with cardiovascular and metabolic (CVM) diseases. Anthos Therapeutics aims to combine the agility of a biotech with the rigor of a large pharmaceutical company.
Anthos Therapeutics was launched by Blackstone Life Sciences in 2019.
For more information visit the website at https://www.anthostherapeutics.com/, Twitter at https://twitter.com/Anthos_Tx, and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/anthos-therapeutics/.
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Annual Tall Corn Fest is back in Rossville
Published: Aug. 13, 2022 at 1:57 PM CDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -This weekend, Rossville hosted its annual Tall Corn Festival. This event has food trucks, vendors, and games.
RCDC President, Morgan Hansen says the planning takes months, and this year there are several new addition that were a hit.
She says this event is to celebrate the beginning of harvest and gives kids the chance to see friends and meet new faces.
Including a new petting zoo, a rock climbing wall and the continuation of a recently new car show.
Kids at the fest had multiple activities to help them cool off, like water slides.
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LOGAN, Utah, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Micronutrient deficiencies disproportionately affect women and children in low- and middle-income countries. Such deficiencies can lead to systemic and enduring morbidities in individuals and their children, and if left untreated can contribute to death. The World Health Organization estimates approximately half of deaths in young children are attributable to undernutrition.
Public health surveillance programs are needed to identify vulnerable populations at risk and to determine the most appropriate interventions to implement. The viability of such programs, however, depends on cost and accessibility.
Originally introduced in 2014, the Q-Plex™ Human Micronutrient assay was developed in collaboration between PATH (Seattle, WA) and Quansys Biosciences (Logan, UT). The assay was designed to accurately measure 7 analytes including nutritional and inflammatory biomarkers and biomarkers of malarial infection that are used together to assess micronutrient status. However, deployment was hampered by a lack of clear reference materials and methods for harmonizing values across the micronutrient community. In response to feedback from experts in micronutrient assessment, Quansys Biosciences engaged in new collaborations with PATH and key stakeholders focusing on addressing global micronutrient deficiency concerns.
The new Q-Plex™ Human Micronutrient v2 (7-Plex) https://www.quansysbio.com/human-micronutrient-v2-7-plex/ features adjusted working ranges for better precision across the physiological range and enhanced sensitivity. Furthermore, Quansys has enrolled in continuous engagement with the Center for Disease Control's VITAL-EQA and Serum Micronutrient Performance Verification programs to maintain accuracy and reduce bias in testing. Finally, protocol optimization decreased the volume of sample required and removed the requirement for a plate shaker, thus improving accessibility for global use by adding flexibility in specimen collection techniques and reducing equipment needs.
Quansys and PATH are proud to be able to offer the global nutrition community an improved tool at a very competitive price to support their ongoing health and nutrition (fortification) interventions.
PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to ending health inequity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships, and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world's most pressing public health challenges. Learn more at www.path.org.
Quansys Biosciences is a leader in the development and manufacture of multiplexed assays for protein quantification. Quansys Biosciences Q-Plex™ Array Technology aids researchers in better understanding of disease. The Q-Plex Technology includes multiplex and singleplex assays built to maximize the quantity and quality of data from biological samples. To support its multiplex assays, Quansys also provides the Q-View™ Imaging system, consisting of Q-View™ Software, a user-friendly software package that enables the acquisition and analysis of large amounts of multiplex data, and the Q-View™ Imager, a high-resolution imaging device used to capture chemiluminescent assays. Quansys Biosciences was founded in 2005. Learn more at www.quansysbio.com.
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Guests Continue to Sign-Up to Sailing Waitlist for Longest Cruise in the Line's History at 150-Nights
MIAMI, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the fourth year running, Regent Seven Seas Cruises® has sold out its world cruise in record time, with the sailing being completely reserved prior to officially opening for bookings on June 15, 2022. The sailing, which at 150 nights is the longest in the cruise line's history, had fares starting at $86,999 per guest for a Deluxe Veranda Suite, and $249,999 per guest for a Master Suite.
Regent's 2025 World Cruise has been reserved by loyal past guests as well as over a third of guests who will be new to Regent's unrivaled experience. While demand was strong across all suite categories, the ship's Distinctive Suites were the first to sell out with guests desiring higher accommodations.
"We have received unprecedented interest in this sailing and this phenomenal booking record shows once again that people, just like the world itself, are now open to travel and are not going to wait around and let opportunities pass them by," said Jason Montague, President and Chief Executive Officer, Regent Seven Seas Cruises. "It is remarkable that luxury travelers continue to sign up, or want to remain on the waitlist, in case some guests cancel their reservation between now and the sailing in two and a half years' time – people simply want to explore as much as possible."
Regent's 2025 World Cruise - Away in Wonder - embarks on January 7, 2025, from Miami, Florida to San Francisco, California and discovers incredible destinations in South America, the South Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Asia and Alaska. Guests will sail three oceans, visiting 97 ports of call in 25 countries on five continents and will cover 36,295 nautical miles over more than five months.
Regent has curated incredible experiences on land for luxury travelers to enjoy from 395 FREE shore excursions to 16 in-port overnight stays allowing for extended exploration of fascinating locales including Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bora Bora, French Polynesia; and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The itinerary provides access to 48 UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Rapa Nui National Park from Hanga Roa on Easter Island and the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.
Guests can also add an additional 18-night sailing to the 2025 World Cruise, with approximately 25% of guests taking this option. The additional voyage sails the Mexican Riviera from San Francisco to Miami, visiting ports in Costa Rica, Colombia and more, along with a full transit of the Panama Canal.
Montague continued, "We have great news for those guests who unfortunately did not have their 2025 World Cruise booking confirmed due to strong demand, as we will open early reservation requests on July 6, 2022, for our 2024-2025 Legendary Journeys Collection. These Grand Voyages will offer longer sailings of up to 83 nights spanning the Arctic, Asia, Australia and the Mediterranean, and will officially be on sale July 20."
Regent previously broke its world cruise opening day record in July 2021 when the cruise line's 2024 World Cruise went on sale.
For more information, please visit RSSC.com, call 1-844-4REGENT (1-844-873-2381) or contact a professional travel advisor.
About Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the leading luxury cruise line, delivering An Unrivaled Experience™ for 30 years. Carrying no more than 732 guests, the line's spacious and stylish ships - Seven Seas Explorer®, Seven Seas Mariner®, Seven Seas Navigator®, Seven Seas Splendor®, Seven Seas Voyager® and from 2023 Seven Seas Grandeur™ - form The World's Most Luxurious Fleet™ and explore more than 450 immersive destinations globally. Offering Unrivalled Space at Sea™, guests enjoy sumptuous all-suite accommodations, nearly all with private balconies, which are among the largest at sea, as well as highly personalized service throughout lavish public areas and expansive outdoor spaces. Unique to Regent Seven Seas Cruises, unlimited complimentary shore excursions are available in every port, making it the only truly all-inclusive cruise line. Voyage fares also include round-trip business-class air on intercontinental flights from the U.S. and Canada, gourmet cuisine in a range of specialty restaurants and al-fresco dining venues, fine wines and spirits, entertainment, unlimited internet access, free valet laundry, gratuities, ground transfers and one-night, pre-cruise hotel packages for guests staying in Concierge-level suites and higher. For more information, please visit RSSC.com, call 1.844.873.2381 or contact a professional travel advisor
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ORANGE, Va. (AP) — Several staffers who were previously fired or suspended during recent turmoil at former President James Madison’s Montpelier estate in Virginia have been reinstated to their jobs.
Montpelier’s recently appointed Interim President and CEO Elizabeth Chew opted to bring back four staff members who were let go in April by previous leadership, the Culpeper Star-Exponent reported. Chew also expressed optimism in an email to supporters that the estate will recover from the recent controversy over how it would, or would not, share governance with the descendants of people once enslaved there.
Earlier this year, the board that manages the estate was criticized for moving to reverse a 2021 commitment to share authority equally with the descendants.
More than 11,000 people, including Montpelier visitors and donors, signed a petition protesting the decision and the firing or suspension of pro-parity staff members with decades of professional experience.
Dozens of organizations also expressed outrage about the board’s retreat. The groups ranged from an organization of descendants of Japanese American citizens interned during World War II to an international association of “sites of conscience” that includes Holocaust museums.
In May, in another reversal, the board elected 11 new members representing descendants of people once enslaved there. The vote created full parity for the descendants in the foundation’s leadership, The Washington Post reported.
Chew herself had previously been terminated from a role as the plantation’s executive vice president and chief curator, but the estate’s board appointed her to the new leadership position in late May. She then reinstated the four staffers who were removed or terminated in April.
“The entire staff has been through so much these past few months, and their return has done much to boost morale and generate hope that as an organization, Montpelier will continue in the right direction,” Chew wrote. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/madison-estate-rehires-staff-let-go-during-recent-turmoil/ | 2022-06-06T08:46:58Z |
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho shared the lead Thursday in The Chevron Championship in her second — and last — start at Mission Hills, the tree-lined layout she has quickly fallen in love with.
“Honestly, I think it’s just being comfortable on this golf course,” Kupcho said. “I get here and I just, I feel comfortable. I love this place.”
Kupcho shot a 6-under 66 in sunny and calm morning conditions to join fellow early starter Minjee Lee atop the leaderboard after the first round of the final edition of the major championship at Mission Hills.
“I really like the layout of this golf course, the beautiful shape that it’s in every year,” Kupcho said. “It always is so fun to be here, so just taking advantage of how much I like the course and the atmosphere.”
Unable to find a sponsor willing to remain at Mission Hills, the tournament that started in 1972 as the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle and became a major in 1983 is shifting to Houston next year under a deal with Chevron.
“Definitely sad,” Carolina Masson said after a 68. “I understand why we’re doing it, but I’m just trying to soak in every second being out here. The golf course is playing as good as ever.”
Defending champion Patty Tavatanakit was a stroke back, finishing late in the afternoon in gusting wind.
“Really proud,” Tavatanakit said. “I feel like I really got my momentum going, was really present today.”
Kupcho birdied Nos. 11-14 to get to 8 under, then bogeyed the next two holes. She birdied four of the first five and finished with nine birdies and three bogeys.
“You really need to hit fairways on a major golf course, so that was like my biggest thing today, to hit a bunch of fairways,” Kupcho said. “That really set me up for all my birdies.”
Winless on the LPGA Tour, Kupcho won the 2018 NCAA individual title for Wake Forest and took the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur the following year after passing up a spot that week at Mission Hills.
The 24-year-old from Colorado arrived early in the desert after missing the cut Friday in Carlsbad. “I just used the two days that I did have on the weekend to come here and practice,” she said.
Lee birdied all four par 5s in a bogey-free round on the mountain-framed course.
“It was perfect,” Lee said. “Not like a breath of wind when we played. Maybe just a tiny bit. But conditions are great. Putting greens are rolling real nice. I don’t think you can get better than that.”
The 25-year-old Australian, ranked fourth in the world, won the Evian Championship last summer for her first major title and sixth LPGA Tour victory.
“I know I have one under my belt, but I do want a little bit more,” Lee said. “I just think I have a little bit more belief in myself and my game, so I can be a little bit more comfortable just hitting the shots.”
Third-ranked Lydia Ko, the 2015 champion, was at 68 with Masson, Anna Nordqvist, Georgia Hall, Gabriela Ruffels and Pajaree Anannarukarn. Lexi Thompson, the 2014 winner, was another stroke back with Sarah Schmelzel, Annie Park, Lauren Stephenson, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard and Hinako Shibuno.
Thompson marveled at course she first played as a 14-year-old amateur.
“I’ve never seen it this good,” Thompson said. “It always surprises me every year. It’s always better. The greens are amazing. I’m one to putt and usually aim at things along the way, and there is just not an imperfection on greens to aim at. It’s a good problem.”
Schmelzel is making her fourth appearance.
“This place is really special,” Schmelzel said. “I feel like growing up watching the LPGA Tour, these are holes that I remember. These are holes that I wanted to be on one day.”
Park played as a single in the first group in the afternoon off the first tee.
“It was kind of weird the first couple holes just playing by myself,” Park said. “It was really peaceful.”
Top-ranked Jin Young Ko, the 2019 winner, shot a 74 to end her under-par streak at 34 rounds. Her run of at least one birdie ended at 53 rounds.
“I was hitting lots of great shots, but my putting wasn’t good,” she said. “I couldn’t see the break as much or speed. Everything was wrong.”
Ally Ewing and Moriya Jutanugarn had an eventful finish on the par-5 18th when the sprinklers on the green turned on at about 6 p.m. as Ewing was preparing for a 4-foot birdie putt. After a short delay, she holed out for a 70.
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Cipia's board of directors selects Yehuda Holtzman to lead Cipia's expansion amid the major surge in demand for in-cabin sensing solutions
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cipia (TASE: CPIA), a computer vision AI in-cabin automotive solutions provider, today announced Yehuda Holtzman as its new CEO. The Board of Directors selected a seasoned entrepreneur and CEO with rich experience in both private and public tech companies, to replace retiring, outgoing CEO David Tolub, who led Cipia through its shift to the automotive market as well as the company's recent IPO.
Holtzman brings over 25 years of business, technological and managerial experience as a CEO of technology and communications companies to lead Cipia. In his most recent role, Holtzman served as CEO of On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI), a global provider of near field communication (NFC) and cashless payment solutions. In prior years he served as CEO of Mobilogy, overseeing its sale to the American ESW Capital fund.
An experienced entrepreneur Holtzman was also a co-founder of the software company ExploreGate, where he served as CEO from 2012 to 2016, as well as co-founder of MobileAccess, where he served as President of the company through its acquisition by Corning Incorporated In 2011.
Holtzman has a master's degree in management from Ben-Gurion University and a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from the University of Brighton in England. He will take over for David Tolub, who has served as CEO of the company over the past three years, and announced his retirement last month. Tolub successfully navigated Cipia through major company milestones, including the shift to the in-cabin automotive industry, rapidly becoming one of the leading suppliers in the field globally, as well as its IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange last November.
"On behalf of the board of directors and the entire Cipia family, I would like to thank David for his wonderful leadership over the past three years, and I congratulate Yehuda on joining the company as its new CEO," said Professor Eli Talmor, Executive Director of the Cipia's Board. "Yehuda brings with him proven experience and successful leadership of companies in the fields of wireless technology and automotive fleets. I believe that the combination of his business, financial and technological experience, will greatly contribute to the realization of Cipia's vision and strategy, and continue to position and grow the company as a leading global player in the auto-tech market in the coming years."
"I am excited to join Cipia as the company enters such a crucial time in the driver monitoring industry," said Yehuda Holtzman, CEO of Cipia. "It's a great privilege for me to be a partner in fulfilling Cipia's vision to combat the dangers of our driving experience and ultimately save lives. I believe that the Cipia team and technologies are world class and have the potential to become the global leaders for DMS in the automotive market. I look forward to contributing my experience to its continued success, in fruitful collaboration with the company's board, management and staff."
"It has been a privilege to lead Cipia over the past number of years," said David Tolub, outgoing CEO of Cipia. "I'm very proud of all of our accomplishments and how in three short years we have grown the company into a leader in the in-cabin sensing market, on par with long-standing global companies. I congratulate Yehuda Holtzman on his appointment, and believe that he is a first-rate selection with the experience to lead Cipia as it expands its operations into important global markets."
About Cipia:
Cipia is a leading provider of intelligent sensing solutions that use edge-based computer vision and AI for safer and better mobility experiences. The company focuses on the automotive in-cabin environment, offering Driver Sense - driver monitoring system, Cabin Sense - occupancy monitoring systems and Cipia-FS10 - a driver monitoring and video telematics device for fleets. Over a decade of research and development stands behind the company's proprietary market-leading computer vision technology. Cipia is constantly pushing the boundaries of what intelligent sensing solutions can see and accomplish, for better and safer mobility, and its solutions are already on the road in commercial and private vehicles models today.
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Linn Co. firefighter succumbs to injuries sustained battling Monday night blaze
LINN CO., Kan. (WIBW) - A Linn County firefighter has passed away due to the extent of the injuries he sustained while battling a blaze on Monday night.
The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms says Linn Co. volunteer firefighter Joshua Haynes passed away on Wednesday afternoon, June 22, after he was injured battling a blaze at Carpenter Chiropractic Clinic, 714 Main St. late Monday night.
Haynes was a volunteer firefighter with Linn Co. Rural District 1 and was life-flighted on Monday night to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he later succumbed to his injuries. ATF said he leaves behind three children and the family has asked for privacy as they go through a difficult time.
ATF noted that fellow firefighters rescued Haynes and attempted to provide aid until he could be life-flighted.
Linn Co. News reported that Haynes started his career as a volunteer firefighter at 18 years old and served Pleasonton and the surrounding areas for more than 17 years.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Kansas Fire Marshal’s Office continue to investigate the cause of the fire.
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Building on its leadership in Scandinavia, the company's U.S. EV journey underway at Circle K store in South Carolina
LAVAL, QC, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD) ("Couche‑Tard or the company") has begun deployment of Circle K electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers in the U.S., building on its leadership in bringing electric mobility solutions to customers in Europe. A world leader in convenience and mobility, the company plans to bring EV charging units to 200 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores across North America over the next two years.
Today, Couche-Tard activated its first U.S. site with high power DC fast charging under the Circle K banner at a new prototype Circle K store in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Along with future deployments across its North American network, the company will use the Rock Hill site to better understand U.S. customer needs, closely tracking driver usage and the resulting impacts on in-store foot traffic. The store is the launching point for the company's U.S. EV charging station rollout because of its convenient location along a fast-growing commuter and travel corridor in a major metropolitan area where EV traffic is anticipated to grow.
As it expands EV charger availability in the U.S. and Canada, Couche-Tard will be taking a strategic approach, building a network for the future, looking at areas with strong EV adoption rates and electric delivery infrastructure to enable it to provide convenient charging options for customers, whether in-town or on the highway. Following its successful rollout in Europe, the company plans to deploy its own charging assets to serve this growing EV customer base and continue to partner with other participants in the emerging e-mobility economy.
"We are committed to playing a key role in meeting our customers' evolving mobility needs as demand for sustainable energy choices continues to grow in all of our markets," said Louise Warner, Couche-Tard's Senior Vice President, Global Fuels. "Adding EV charging expands the mobility solutions available to our drivers, giving them a great new reason to visit us and enjoy all we have to offer both in our stores and on our forecourts. Having established Circle K as a leading destination for EV charging in Norway, we are excited to build off our ongoing expansion in Europe to now bring this capability to our North American Circle K and Couche-Tard customers."
The company began introducing EV charging stations four years ago in Norway, the world's most mature EV market, in what is known as its "Norway lab" focusing on innovative EV charging solutions that anticipate and effectively meet the demands of EV customers across the spectrum of driving occasions and needs. The company is a leader in European fast charging with a network of more than 1,000 chargers covering more than 230 Circle K stores in Norway, Sweden and Denmark and recently started deployment in other European locations.
"EVs represent 90% of all new passenger cars sold today in Norway. While development in North America is in relatively early stages by comparison, EV acceptance is growing here as manufacturers introduce innovative offerings that meet the unique needs of American and Canadian drivers and infrastructure improves," said Snorre Skeie, Couche-Tard's Director of eMobility-North America. "With our broad footprint of more than 9,000 stores across the continent, we are well-positioned to deliver energy for our customers on-the-go, where, when and how they need it."
Couche-Tard is a global leader in convenience and fuel retail, operating in 26 countries and territories, with more than 14,100 stores, of which approximately 10,800 offer road transportation fuel. With its well-known Couche-Tard and Circle K banners, it is one of the largest independent convenience store operators in the United States, and it is a leader in the convenience store industry and road transportation fuel retail in Canada, Scandinavia, the Baltics, as well as in Ireland. It also has an important presence in Poland and Hong Kong SAR. Approximately 124,000 people are employed throughout its network.
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Attorneys in Florida condo collapse seek about $100M in fees
MIAMI (AP) - Attorneys who worked to secure settlements topping $1 billion in the collapse of a beachfront Florida condominium building in which 98 people died are requesting about $100 million in fees and costs, according to a new court filing.
The total represents a discount of as much as $200 million compared with the amounts typically charged by lawyers in major class-action lawsuits, Miami attorney Philip Freidin said in the document. The settlements also avoid court battles that could have taken years and cost even more.
Freidin was asked to recommend fees for 132 attorneys who worked more than 34,000 hours on the lawsuits that followed the June 24, 2021, collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida. The settlements for wrongful death and property loss were announced less than a year after the tragedy.
The total of about $100 million is reasonable “given that this litigation is among the most difficult, complex, and high-profile class actions I have witnessed in 53 years of practicing law,” Freidin said in the filing. “But no one expected this kind of result, ever. It’s unprecedented. And without this team, it would not have happened.”
The final amount of fees and costs will be determined by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman, who has already given preliminary approval to the victim settlements negotiated by the lawyers. The money would come from those settlements, which total more than $1.02 billion, court documents show.
A fairness hearing to allow people to comment on the settlements is set for June 23 — a day before the first anniversary of the 12-story building’s collapse.
“The court will determine what an appropriate fee is, likely after holding a hearing and after the individual victims receive their individual awards,” attorneys Harley Tropin and Rachel Furst said in an email. They co-chaired the plaintiff committee in the case, which ultimately involved 30 settling parties.
And the legal work is not yet done. Each person who files a claim for a share of the settlements is entitled to an individual hearing on their amount, if they choose, which could last into August. It’s not immediately clear if additional fees would be charged out of the settlements for lawyers in those hearings.
The goal is to begin distributing money to victims by September.
The money comes from several sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium that had recently been built next door. None of the parties admitted wrongdoing. A billionaire developer from Dubai is purchasing the 1.8-acre (1-hectare) beachside site for $120 million, contributing to the settlement.
Only three survivors were found despite around-the-clock efforts by rescuers who dug through a 40-foot-high (12-meter-high) pile of rubble for two weeks. Another three dozen people were able to escape from the portion of the building that remained standing. All 136 units were ultimately demolished.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investigating the cause of the collapse, a process expected to take years. Champlain South had a long history of maintenance problems and questions have been raised about the quality of its original construction and inspections in the early 1980s.
Florida will require statewide recertification of condominiums more than three stories tall under new legislation Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law last month in response to the disaster.
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Mother Neff State Park in Coryell County will receive a state grant to help protect the site’s blackland prairie.
The grant was awarded as part of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Great Texas Birding Classic, which raised $45,000 for projects to benefit birds and other wildlife. More than 1,000 Texans participated in the all-ages competition in April and May to watch and listen for as many species of birds as possible.
“The Great Texas Birding Classic takes place during the spectacular spring migration and this year did not disappoint,” Shelly Plante, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department nature tourism manager, said in a news release. “Participants spotted a record 425 species of birds. The tournament gives people a fun way to spend time outside while raising money for a good cause.”
Winning teams get to select which projects are funded.
Mother Neff’s grant for $5,000 was selected by Armadillo by Morning birding group as one of three projects selected for Central Texas. The project was proposed by the Mother Neff State Park Association.
A $5,000 conservation for the Kerrville Bird Observatory Network in Kerr County was also chosen as well as a $1,000 grant for enhancing preservation of grassland and wetland habitats in Austin and Travis County, according to the news release.
The tournament, in its 26th year, has raised $1.1 million for on-the-ground conservation work to acquire, restore and enhance wildlife habitat, Texas Parks and Wildlife said.
Other projects were selected across the state, including those in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, East Texas, the Gulf Coast and West Texas.
The event is made possible by team sponsorships and registration fees, donations from event sponsors Toyota and Texas Ornithological Society, and awards ceremony sponsor, Audubon Texas. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_c61067fe-047f-11ed-97dd-dfc960fafc17.html | 2022-07-15T22:01:51Z |
At least 20 horses killed in Kentucky barn fire
Published: May. 2, 2022 at 1:55 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) – At least 20 horses were killed in a Kentucky barn fire over the weekend.
Firefighters confirmed that a barn at Brannon Stables in Scott County – just north of Lexington – caught fire early Sunday morning.
Crews said the barn was completely burned to the ground by the time they arrived. All the horses inside the barn died.
Officials said they are still investigating what caused the fire.
As friends and riders from the farm pour in their support, a GoFundMe has already raised more than $61,000 as of Monday afternoon, with all donations set to help Brannon Stables in their rebuilding efforts.
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RALEIGH, N.C., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress Solar Solutions® www.progresssolarsolutions.com announces partnership with Walsh-Jeter and Associates to be manufacturer's representative for the South-Central U.S., which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. As Progress Solar continues to grow, adding this experienced sales team further solidifies Progress Solar's ability to reach customers at a local level in mobile solar light tower market.
Walsh-Jeter www.walshjeter.com brings over 32 years of industry experience and a large network of customers in the rental and oil field services market. From their beginning Walsh-Jeter continues to effectively grow their manufacturers market share with excellent local in-person sales reach.
Dan McKenzie, President of Progress Solar, said, "We are working very hard to better place our products into the hands of customers and educate them on their true value to their organization and the payback that goes along with their purchase. We believe adding Walsh-Jeter & Associates provides an incredible opportunity to reach customers at a local level and expand our reach in the South Central US market. We are excited to add the talent and experience of the Walsh-Jeter team to our organization."
With the November 2021 launch of the new re-designed SLT™ line, we have reduced the cost of the new SLT 700™ significantly for our customers in a time when all prices are climbing. Combined with the Solar/Wind™ and Solar/Hybrid™ light tower lines this gives Progress Solar® the most diverse portfolio of mobile solar light towers in the industry. These changes position Progress Solar very well for 2022 and beyond.
Brad Jeter, President of Walsh-Jeter and Associates, commented, "We are very proud of the opportunity to represent Progress Solar to our customers. We believe in strong relationships with both our customers and the manufacturers we represent. This partnership provides the foundation we stand on."
About Walsh-Jeter and Associates
Headquartered in Spring, Texas and operating across the Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.Walsh-Jeter & Associates is proud to represent the strongest manufacturers in the construction industry. With over 32 years representing manufacturers based all over the world, we provide you with the ability to access products that make your business successful. www.walshjeter.com.
About Progress Solar Solutions®
Progress Solar Solutions® www.progresssolarsolutions.com of Raleigh, North Carolina was the first to introduce a commercial quality mobile solar light tower durable enough and powerful enough to address the rental equipment and military markets. Progress Solar® continues to offer the broadest product line of portable solar light towers, Solar/Wind, and Solar/Hybrid light towers to industries interested in providing portable, clean and quiet outdoor lighting applications. The Progress Solar® Light Tower resembles a traditional portable diesel light tower but is powered by solar energy giving it a much lower total cost of ownership.
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Salt Labs identified an authentication flaw that could have enabled large-scale account takeover (ATO)
PALO ALTO, Calif., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt Security, the leading API security company, today released new API threat research from Salt Labs that highlights an API security vulnerability discovered on a large online cryptocurrency wallet platform. Serving two million users worldwide, the platform provides a wide range of services enabling customers to buy and exchange cryptocurrencies online. The API security flaw discovered by Salt Labs, tied to external authentication logins, could allow for large-scale account takeover (ATO) attacks on any customer's account. The vulnerability could have allowed for hundreds of millions to be stolen from crypto currency wallets.
Salt Labs' researchers discovered the vulnerability in the "User Login" functionality of the platform specifically when using the Google authentication feature. Like many external authentication methods, Google utilizes a standard OpenID Connect (OIDC), which is an extension to another common authorization standard, OAuth 2.0. The cryptocurrency platform failed to implement OIDC correctly, allowing the user authentication ID request to be sent to the application server and not the OIDC service exclusively.
The vulnerability identified could have allowed bad actors to:
- Transfer account balances to a user's cryptocurrency wallet or private bank account
- Take over a large portion of a user's account in the system
- Gain complete access to a user's account and transfer funds to any location of their choice, as well as perform any other financial action on behalf of that user
"Cryptocurrency platforms rely on APIs for the data connectivity that powers their online services," said Yaniv Balmas, VP of Research, Salt Security. "The Salt Labs research demonstrates the dangers that an API misconfiguration can cause and highlights the need for stronger visibility into these vast API ecosystems in order to protect critical services and customers' valuable data. Even a minor security flaw holds the potential to devastate a business."
Cryptocurrency platforms represent a huge target for attackers, evidenced again by last week's theft of $100 million in cryptocurrency from Horizon, a blockchain bridge developed by crypto start-up Harmony.
According to the Salt Security State of API Security Report, Q1 2022, 95% of organizations experienced an API security incident in the past 12 months. The API ecosystems of cryptocurrency platforms are vast, providing customers access to their crypto wallets and enabling them to purchase, exchange, borrow and earn additional cryptocurrencies easily. The cryptocurrency platform evaluated by Salt Labs was susceptible to two common API issues:
- Security misconfiguration (API-7)
- Lack of resource and rate limiting (API-4)
Upon discovering the vulnerability, Salt Labs' researchers followed coordinated disclosure practices, and all issues have been remediated.
The Salt Security API Protection Platform addresses the types of vulnerabilities identified in this cryptocurrency platform and other potential attacks in the OWASP API Top 10 list. As the only API security solution to utilize cloud-scale big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the Salt Security platform baselines the activity of millions of users and API calls across 100s of attributes in near real time. As a result, it can detect the reconnaissance activity of bad actors and block them before they can reach their objective. Through its unique API Context Engine (ACE) architecture, the Salt API Protection Platform protects APIs across build, deploy and runtime phases – it discovers all APIs and the sensitive data that they expose, pinpoints and stops API attackers, and provides remediation insights learned during runtime that developers can use to harden APIs.
The full report, including how Salt Labs conducted this research and steps for mitigation, is available here.
To learn more about Salt Security, its platform, or to request a demo, please visit https://content.salt.security/demo.html.
Salt Security protects the APIs that form the core of every modern application. Its API Protection Platform is the industry's first patented solution to prevent the next generation of API attacks, using machine learning and AI to automatically and continuously identify and protect APIs. Only Salt Security has the ability to correlate activities across millions of APIs and users over time and provide real-time analysis of all that data. Deployed in minutes, the Salt Security platform learns the granular behavior of a company's APIs and requires no configuration or customization to pinpoint and block API attackers. For more information, please visit: https://salt.security
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Energy Transfer LP (""Energy Transfer or the "Company") (NYSE: ET). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Energy Transfer and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On August 8, 2019, Energy Transfer filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, reporting the Partnership's financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019 (the "2Q19 10-Q"). The 2Q19 10-Q disclosed that two years earlier, in mid-2017 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") Enforcement Staff began a non-public formal investigation "regarding allegations that diesel fuel may have been included in the drilling mud at the Tuscarawas River HDD." On this news, Energy Transfer's stock price fell $0.65 per share, or 4.6%, over the following two trading days, to close at $13.38 per share on August 12, 2019. Then, on December 16, 2021, FERC publicly issued to Energy Transfer an Order To Show Cause And Notice of Proposed Penalty, which proposed a $40 million fine for the inadvertent release incident.
On this news, the price of Energy Transfer shares declined $0.24, or 2.8% over the course of two trading days, to close at $8.25 per share on December 20, 2021.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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ZURICH, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the life and non-life insurance companies that house the personal accident, supplemental health and life insurance business of Cigna (NYSE: CI) in six Asia-Pacific markets. Chubb paid $5.36 billion for the operations, which include Cigna's accident and health (A&H) and life business in Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong and Indonesia. The reduction in the final purchase price from the original announcement reflects the impacts of rising interest rates and foreign exchange rates on acquired book value and other minor adjustments.
This complementary strategic acquisition advances Chubb by expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, a long-term growth area for the company. With the addition of Cigna's business, Asia-Pacific's share of Chubb's global portfolio will grow to approximately $7 billion in premium from $4 billion, representing about 18% of the total company premiums, with approximately 95% of the acquired business contributing to Chubb's Life Insurance segment and the remainder to its Overseas General Insurance segment. The company's global A&H writings will increase in size to approximately $6 billion in premium, up from $3.7 billion, while the company's life insurance segment becomes a $5.4 billion business.
"Cigna's business, which is approximately 80% A&H, adds significantly to our business in Asia," said Evan G. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Chubb. "The Asia-Pacific region offers great potential for long-term growth and wealth creation. The Cigna businesses have favorable underwriting margins, produce high-quality earnings, and are not exposed to the P&C cycle. Chubb is so well positioned to capitalize on market and product opportunities, including the cross-selling of Chubb's non-life products to life customers, with a strong brand, technology, and complementary direct marketing skills and partnerships.
"At the same time, I am also pleased to welcome nearly 3,000 new colleagues to Chubb. Together, the leadership and talented professionals of Chubb and Cigna will enable us to provide greater value to our customers, distribution partners, and shareholders."
Key financial aspects of the transaction are positive: earnings and earnings per share accretion, return on equity accretion and other deal returns are all expected to be consistent with or better than what was originally announced. The underlying business remains strong, with premiums on a constant-dollar basis ahead of plan and continued positive outlook for premium growth. The efficiencies created by the transaction are expected to provide greater flexibility for the company to invest in people, technology, products and distribution in the region. Expense synergies are now projected to be at a run-rate of $100 million pre-tax, or 28% higher than previously estimated, resulting in one-time net integration costs of $140 million pre-tax, which are higher than originally estimated, reflecting the higher expected ongoing expense synergies.
Integration planning has been actively underway since the transaction was announced last October. In Korea, the business will continue to operate under the LINA name, but with a fresh look that aligns with the Chubb brand. In other markets, the businesses will be rebranded as Chubb as the integration progresses and operating entities are combined.
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Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 34,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com
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Forward-looking statements made in this press release, such as those related to the acquisition of the businesses noted above, potential post-acquisition performance, growth opportunities, integration, and our expectations and intentions that are not historical facts, reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial performance and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements, including without limitation, statements about the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, including future financial results; the receipt of any required regulatory approvals and completion of other closing conditions; our ability to integrate the acquired businesses, operations and employees; general competitive, economic, political, insurance and reinsurance business market conditions; and judicial, legislative, regulatory and other governmental developments, as well as management's responses to these factors, and other factors identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Lake Center Christian's Ethan Bower heading to Kent State-Tuscarawas to play basketball
Lake Center Christian guard Ethan Bower has signed a letter of intent to continue his basketball career at Kent State-Tuscarawas.
A four-year letterwinner for the Tigers, Bower earned first team All-Portage Trail Conference and first team all-district honors his junior and senior seasons. He averaged over 17 points a game and became Lake Center's sixth 1,000-point career scorer.
"I am very excited to have Ethan commit to us," Kent State-Tuscarawas head coach Richard Tharp said in a release. “He is really going to give our outside shooting a boost and has a reputation of being one of the hardest workers on his team. It will be a joy to help Ethan continue to develop his skills at the collegiate level and also deepen his commitment to our campus and community."
Bower maintained a 3.93 weighted GPA throughout high school. He plans to major in business administration.
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The Futureverse Foundation invests in underrepresented artists, creatives, and communities in order to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces—in both the metaverse and real world.
NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Non-Fungible Labs, a New Zealand-based NFT and blockchain-based technology company and home to FLUF World, a collection of metaverse-ready unique 3D avatars, land, music and games, today announced a meaningful new chapter for their community and creatives globally, the launch of The Futureverse Foundation, a charitable foundation with advisors artist Alexandra Grant and actor Keanu Reeves.
Through their shared value of advancing socio-economic equity and support of artists globally, The Futureverse Foundation is designed to support underrepresented artists and exhibit their work on digital and physical platforms. The Futureverse Foundation will make grants to support diverse and underrepresented artists and nurture their unique artistry on global platforms. The Futureverse Foundation also seeks to help keep the metaverse widely accessible, healthy, and evolving.
In anticipation of the launch of the Futureverse Foundation, Non-Fungible Labs has provided a donation to Nana Oforiatta Ayim, to support her work curating the Ghanaian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022. Oforiatta Ayim was given 100,000 euros in support of her curatorial concept based on a mobile museum, showcasing the work of Na Chainkua Reindorf, Afroscope and Diego Araúja, in an exhibition designed by architect DK Osseo Asare.
Grantees will be selected via a nomination process, with consideration going to underrepresented artists and creatives. The cooperative mission will also be looking to the FLUF World community to bring causes and organizations for consideration that they're passionate about.
The Futureverse Foundation is set up to give back to the arts community indefinitely, cementing its founders' commitment to creating a better world for artists. Non-Fungible Labs' commitment with The Futureverse Foundation has made the capability for global impact even stronger. For example, since the inception of Non-Fungible Labs' FLUF World in 2021, over two million dollars has been raised for causes such as homelessness and support for Ukraine.
"Funding for the arts is a challenge for every artist and arts non-profit. Dreaming up a new model for arts philanthropy with the Non-Fungible Labs team that can have a lasting impact in both the digital and real realms has been one of the most exciting projects I've worked on, that has already had real impact," says Alexandra Grant. "Our creative future is going to be lived between the real and the digital, and it's our responsibility to include more people in that creative space."
"I am honored to be joining Non-Fungible Labs' efforts in cooperation with Alexandra Grant for the extraordinary program and opportunity of the Futureverse Foundation, in support of artists and creators globally," says Keanu Reeves.
"We feel that AI artists giving back to artists in the physical world is the embodiment of what the metaverse is and where it's going," says Brooke Howard-Smith, co-founder of FLUF World. "It's important to us that we do our charitable part and use our influence to inspire the collective to be generous and kind. Partnering with a renowned philanthropist like Alexandra Grant is the first of many incredible initiatives we hope to embark on to create a better future for artists everywhere."
FLUF World's digital ecosystem, built on the Ethereum blockchain, is beloved by a growing community of collectors and creators. With a mission to create the most open, inclusive creative & sustainable community possible, FLUF World fosters connections with artists, collaborators and FLUF Owners – FLUFs are their genesis collection of 10,000 metaverse ready avatars. Recognized for its rapid growth and innovation, owners also have full derivative rights to their FLUF assets, unlocking a world of creativity, expression and monetization. WIth FLUFs being dynamic NFTs, customisable in the underground, Nonfungible labs has turned NFTs into content distribution channels.
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Non-Fungible Labs is a Web3 dream factory based in Auckland, New Zealand. With an existing ecosystem of successful projects, including FLUF World, Non-fungible Labs are working closely with a range of partners to co-create fun and immersive decentralized content on their mission to empower everyday creatives in the development of an open metaverse.
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Having spent significant portions of her childhood and adolescence living in Mexico, France, and Spain, some of the basic questions that fuel her practice are: How do the languages we speak and the images we see form how we think and exchange ideas? How can artists and writers work to create and influence culture in an increasingly technology-driven world?
Grant is a Los Angeles–based visual artist who examines language and written texts through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and other media. Her work has been exhibited at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), the Pasadena Museum of California Art, among others, and in a solo exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art, Telepathy Is One Step Further Than Empathy, curated by Cassandra Coblentz. Awards include the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Alexandra is the creator of the grantLOVE project, which has donated artwork to raise funds for arts-based non-profits, including Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA); Project Angel Food; Art of Elysium; 18th Street Arts Center, and LAXART. In 2017, Grant co-founded with Reeves, X Artists' Books, a publishing house for artist-centered books.
Keanu Reeves is an iconic actor, producer, writer and director who has entertained audiences worldwide for more than three decades. Reeves has developed an eclectic film roster that includes blockbuster franchises such as The Matrix and John Wick, has starred in indie films like My Own Private Idaho and made his directorial debut in 2013 with Man of Tai Chi. Reeves is also the co-founder of ARCH Motorcycle and creator of BRZRKR, his first comic book and graphic novel series that launched in March 2021.
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BOULDER, Colo., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Generous federal stimulus funding protected state revenues and directly supported higher education, reducing states' need to cut funding during the pandemic and short economic recession. However, sharp declines in student enrollment and net tuition and fee revenue signal continued upheaval for public higher education revenues. Amid this uncertainty, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association's State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report provides a comprehensive look at trends in higher education revenues in fiscal year 2021.
In fiscal year 2021, a 4.5% increase in per-student state and local education appropriations for public institutions marked the reversal of decades-long trends in higher education revenues. In the past, enrollment increased rapidly during and following economic downturns (such as the recession caused by COVID-19), while state funding decreased and tuition revenue rose. The latest SHEF report found that 2021 defied many post-recession trends:
- Unlike past recessions which corresponded to rising student enrollment, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 3.0% drop in student full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment from 2020 to 2021. This loss of 323,952 students marks the tenth straight year of enrollment declines and is the largest decline in net FTE enrollment since the start of the SHEF dataset in 1980.
- State funding typically fluctuates with the economic cycle. In the year after each previous recession since 1980, education appropriations per FTE enrollment declined. For the first time, in 2021, this trend did not continue: Inflation-adjusted education appropriations increased $400 per FTE student in the last year, reaching $9,327 per student.
- In response to previous state funding declines, net tuition revenue increased for many years. Net tuition and fee revenue per FTE has grown 56.6% over the last 25 years but has declined for the last three years following recent increases in state funding. After a 3.2% decline in the last year, in 2021, public institutions received $6,723 per FTE in net tuition and fee revenue. This year marks the second-largest ever decrease in inflation-adjusted net tuition revenue per FTE.
In large part, the increase in education appropriations was made possible due to federal stimulus funding that flowed to states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All but five states allocated federal stimulus to higher education. Without these funds, education appropriations per FTE would have increased just 2.0% from 2020 to 2021. Had FTE enrollment also held constant, appropriations would have declined 1.0%.
- Enrollment declines were concentrated in the two-year sector.
- Federal stimulus funding was a key aspect of the strong growth in education appropriations.
- The gap has closed between two-year and four-year public education appropriations.
- Financial aid continued to rise at a faster rate than institutional funding.
- Public institutions in more than half of states collected less tuition revenue than they did five years ago.
- Total revenue rose slightly, thanks entirely to federal stimulus funding.
- Continued increases in education appropriations and declines in net tuition revenue have reduced the proportion of total revenue financed by students.
As these findings show, fiscal year 2021 defied several long-term trends in higher education finance and showed positive growth in education appropriations. However, net tuition and fee revenue did not increase enough to keep up with inflation for the third straight year. This continued decline in tuition revenue puts greater pressure on states not to cut funding to public higher education in the coming years. When federal stimulus funds run out, states will face difficult budgetary decisions, and higher education may face cuts in some states.
Explore the SHEF website to read the full report and customize the interactive data visualizations. The SHEF website also includes individual state profiles and an additional report on state effort and capacity to fund higher education.
For the full press release, visit https://bit.ly/3twLZhK.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: February 26, 2021 to May 31, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Digital Turbine, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Digital Turbine you have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Digital Turbine 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 APPS lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/digital-turbine-inc-loss-submission-form?id=30426&from=4.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three former U.S. Transportation Secretaries and a number of influential labor unions, progressive organizations and businesses have signed a letter urging State Senate and Assembly leaders to approve $4.2 billion in bond funding for the California High-Speed Rail project included in Governor Newsom's proposed FY 2022-2023 budget.
"This letter from major national unions, public interest groups, businesses, and public servants expresses our conviction that now is the time to turbocharge work on this vital project," said former U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who signed the letter along with former DOT Secretaries Anthony Foxx and the late Norman Mineta, who died Tuesday at the age of 90, and renowned California transit advocate Rod Diridon.
LaHood, Foxx and Diridon serve as co-chairs of the U.S. High Speed Rail Coalition (USHSRC), as did Mineta before his death. USHSRC, the leading national coalition working to fund electrified high-speed rail projects, sent the letter to state Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon.
The letter argues that approving the proposed budget funding could likely mobilize even more financial support at the federal level which, taken together, will accelerate work to complete the project's initial operating segment in the Central Valley while advancing construction on critical bookends in the Los Angeles Basin and the Bay Area.
Among those also signing the letter were engineering giant AECOM, Associated General Contractors of California, the Bay Area Council, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, infrastructure design firm HNTB, the International Union of Operating Engineers, Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), National Conference of Firemen & Oilers 32BJ SEIU, Northern California Carpenters Union, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Progressive Democrats of America, Rail Passengers Association, Teamsters Rail Conference, Transportation California and the U.S. High Speed Rail Association.
Here are excerpts from the letter:
"The ongoing spike in gas prices shows that California voters were wise to vote in favor of Prop 1A in 2008. High-speed rail is a key part of how we break free from oil – as well as the enormous burdens it places on consumers, communities and the climate."
"According to a new Los Angeles Times - Berkeley poll, 56% of registered voters in California want to continue building the high-speed rail project, including 73% of registered Democrats and 54% of Independents."
"59% of L.A. County voters support continued construction of the project – including 32% who strongly favor continued construction – while only 29% oppose it. And 65% of Bay Area voters support continued construction, while 27% oppose it."
"As the Legislature reviews Governor Newsom's budget request, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is competing for billions of dollars in competitive grant opportunities in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as well as billions more in the pending budget reconciliation bill, which includes $10 billion in dedicated funding for high-speed rail projects."
"Approval of the $4.2 billion bond appropriation will signal continued support by the State of California, giving the Biden Administration an incentive to provide significant federal investments for the project."
"America's effort to decarbonize transportation depends on the completion of the California High-Speed Rail project. Once the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line is up and running, it will slash emissions by an average of 2 million metric tons annually – equivalent to saving 225 million gallons of gas and taking 432,000 cars off the road every single year.
"To achieve sustainability, we need high-speed rail. There is no cheaper or better alternative to addressing the state's transportation and oil dependency challenges."
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) (the "Company") today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the dual-branded 264-guestroom AC Hotel by Marriott & Element Miami Brickell (the "Brickell Hotels").
The Company's initial purchase option was based on a gross hotel valuation of $89.0 million, or $337,000 per key, and the Company funded its 90% equity interest totaling $38 million with the conversion of the previously funded $30 million mezzanine construction loan, which earned 9% cash interest during the loan term, and $8 million in cash. The transaction was financed with the assumption of a $47 million mortgage loan that has an interest rate of 1-Month Term SOFR + 300 basis points and maturity date of June 30, 2025. The Company projects that the Brickell Hotels will generate a combined hotel EBITDA yield between 8.0% and 9.0% for the full year 2022.
The project was developed by an affiliate of Robert Finvarb Companies, LLC, an established Miami-based developer, who will remain the Company's joint venture partner with a 10% equity interest in the Brickell Hotels. A $10 million letter of credit that supported the equity purchase option was released and the Company will retain the option to acquire the remaining 10% equity interest of the Brickell Hotels in December 2026.
About Summit Hotel Properties
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on owning premium-branded hotels with efficient operating models primarily in the Upscale segment of the lodging industry. As of June 13, 2022, the Company's portfolio consisted of 102 hotels, 61 of which are wholly owned, with a total of 15,323 guestrooms located in 24 states.
For additional information, please visit the Company's website, www.shpreit.com, and follow on Twitter at @SummitHotel_INN.
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For information about the Company's business and financial results, please refer to the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC, and its quarterly and other periodic filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no duty to update the statements in this release to conform the statements to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in Pennsylvania’s Senate Republican primary was essentially tied with a more traditional rival, while his pick for governor notched a commanding victory Tuesday as the former president worked to expand his hold on the GOP.
Doug Mastriano was already surging in the governor’s race when Trump issued an endorsement over the weekend supporting the far-right state senator. But Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed by Trump, was locked with former hedge fund manager David McCormick in a race that was too early to call Wednesday morning.
Pennsylvania law requires recounts when the margin between the top two candidates is 0.5 percentage points or less. With just a few hundred votes separating Oz and McCormick, the result may not be clear for several days.
Tuesday marked the busiest night of the nascent primary season, with contests also being waged in North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon and Idaho. Both parties are choosing candidates to enter the fall general election, when control of Congress, governor’s mansions and key elections posts are up for grabs.
In the perennial battleground of Pennsylvania, Mastriano’s victory was notable for what it signaled about the direction of the GOP. With the future of abortion rights in question at the U.S. Supreme Court, Mastriano has said he supports banning the procedure from conception, with no exceptions.
He has also promoted Trump’s lies about nonexistent, widespread voter fraud costing him the 2020 election and was outside the U.S. Capitol when a mob overran it during the deadly 2021 insurrection. He’s also been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot following his efforts to name a slate of alternate Electoral College electors in Trump’s favor.
If Mastriano were to win in the fall, he would shape how elections are conducted in Pennsylvania — where the governor appoints the secretary of state, who oversees how elections are run. He has pledged to take the extraordinary step of requiring voters to “re-register” to vote, a move that would almost certainly encounter legal hurdles.
Such positions could repel critical moderate voters in the general election. But speaking to his supporters on Tuesday, Mastriano denied he was an extremist.
“They like to call people who stand on the Constitution far right and extreme. I repudiate that. That is crap. That is absolutely not true,” Mastriano said, adding that it was Democrats who have “gone extreme.”
Such rhetoric was appealing to some Republican voters. In the town of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Stacy Steinly, a 51-year-old school bus assistant, said she chose Mastriano because “he was sticking by President Trump and saying that everything was fraudulent.”
“Everything he was talking about was making sense,” said Steinly, who wore a black T-shirt that said “Biden is not my president (or anyone else’s) based on legal votes.”
Mastriano, a retired Army colonel, will face Democratic state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who was unopposed in his primary.
Trump scored an easier victory early in the night when U.S. Rep. Ted Budd clinched the GOP nomination for Senate in North Carolina. Trump’s surprise endorsement last year lifted Budd, a little known congressman, over better-known rivals, including a former governor. He quickly pivoted to a general election message focused on breaking Democratic control of Washington.
“Under Joe Biden, America is woke and broke,” he said at a victory rally. “We need to put the brakes on this agenda for the sake of hardworking North Carolinians.”
Budd voted against certifying of the results of the 2020 election. He will face Democratic former state supreme court justice Cheri Beasley, who is aiming to become North Carolina’s first Black senator. She declared at a victory party that “this is our moment.”
“We have the power to restore our values to our government in Washington,” she said. “In this moment, we have the power to protect our rights.”
In another of the night’s closely watched races, progressive John Fetterman easily won Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary, just days after a stroke sent him to the hospital.
The 52-year-old Fetterman is known for his hulking, 6-foot-8 stature and his tattoos that helped him build a political persona as an outsider. That, combined with his support of top progressive causes such as universal, government-funded health care, was key in his easily dispatching Democratic rival U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, a moderate in the mold of President Joe Biden.
“Fetterman’s victory shows that voters are fed up and want fighters. This should be a wake up call to the entire Democratic Party establishment to fight harder against the fascists and those who obstruct a popular agenda,” Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said in a statement.
Fetterman’s win was a positive for progressives after a series of losses in top races around the country. But Biden downplayed any coming squabbles between his party’s left flank and traditional establishment, tweeting that electing Fetterman to the Senate “would be a big step forward for Pennsylvania’s working people.”
Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, Fetterman could enter the general election campaign facing questions about his health. Following his stroke, he cast an emergency ballot from the hospital and tweeted Tuesday that he’d successfully undergone surgery to install a pacemaker. He said he was “on track for a full recovery.”
And Fetterman will likely face scrutiny over a 2013 incident when, shotgun in hand, he confronted a Black man because he suspected the man was involved in gunfire nearby. The man, Christopher Miyares, was unarmed and said in a TV interview that he had been jogging when Fetterman, who is white, pulled up in his pickup and pointed the shotgun at him. Fetterman has maintained he didn’t know Miyares’ race at the time of the pursuit, denied pointing the shotgun at him and said it wasn’t loaded.
Fetterman’s opponent in the fall wasn’t yet clear. Oz, the celebrity surgeon, and McCormick, who resigned in January as the CEO of Bridgewater Associates, one of the largest hedge funds in the world, were in an exceptionally tight race. Commentator Kathy Barnette, who had appeared to be gaining late momentum in the race, was trailing.
“We’re not gonna have a result tonight,” Oz said shortly before midnight, before vowing to Trump, “I will make you proud.”
McCormick struck a similar tone, saying mail-in ballots have yet to be counted: “We’re not going to have resolution tonight.”
Barnette, meanwhile, may have had her rise blunted by criticism from Trump. In a statement going into the election, he said, “Kathy Barnette will never be able to win the general election against the radical left Democrats.’
Elsewhere, one setback for Trump came when North Carolina Republican incumbent Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who was dogged by a series of high-profile blunders, lost to state Sen. Chuck Edwards. Trump posted this week that Cawthorn “made some foolish mistakes, which I don’t believe he’ll make again” and added, “let’s give Madison a second chance!”
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, whose bid to unseat Gov. Brad Little in that state’s Republican primary was backed by Trump, also faltered.
Trump-endorsed candidates have won most Republican primaries around the U.S., but the former president’s record is not perfect. In addition to Tuesday’s defeats, last week saw Trump’s choice for Nebraska governor, Charles Herbster, lose to traditional GOP establishment choice Jim Pillen.
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Associated Press writer Michael Rubinkam contributed from Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
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Building on A Decade of Success, Microsoft Again Recognizes Contract Intelligence Leader for Excellence and Business Impact
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Icertis, the contract intelligence company that pushes the boundaries of what's possible with contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced today that it has won the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for the United States. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. The award underscores the significant value that Icertis and Microsoft are delivering to customers, grounded in a decade of collaboration focused on digitally transforming enterprise contracting with cloud and AI technology. Icertis was also named Microsoft US Partner of the Year in 2018.
Contracts define every dollar in and out of an enterprise. In recent years, the data within contracts has become a critical asset for companies as they manage through a global pandemic, historic supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical unrest. The AI-powered Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform structures and connects the critical business data found in a company's contracts, helping customers succeed in any business climate with automation and insights that ensure the intent of every contract in the enterprise is correctly memorialized and fully realized.
Icertis and Microsoft have developed a deep, 360-degree relationship, resulting in a powerful contract intelligence platform that solves real-world customer problems. Relying on Icertis and Microsoft solutions, customers such as Best Buy, Mercedes-Benz, Sanofi, and ServiceNow—as well as Microsoft, which uses Icertis across the enterprise—are better informed and able to quickly adapt to changing business conditions.
"Icertis continues to build on our long-standing relationship with Microsoft. Winning the Microsoft US Partner of the Year Award underscores the significant business value that Icertis contract management software delivers to customers across industries in the United States," said Paul Gleeson, Senior Vice President, Partners and Alliances, Icertis. "Enterprises enjoy faster revenue, reduced costs, less risk, and better compliance, as well as efficiencies fueled by ICI experiences within the Microsoft product suite."
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services, and devices during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 3,900 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. Icertis was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in the United States.
Icertis' 2022 Microsoft US Partner of the Year award continues the company's five-year streak of Microsoft Partner of the Year award recognitions including:
- 2021 — Winner AI Partner of the Year and Finalist Global Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year;
- 2020 — Finalist Alliance Global ISV Partner of the Year and Finalist Manufacturing Partner of the Year;
- 2019 — Winner Microsoft US Partner Award for Manufacturing & Resources, Finalist Microsoft US Partner Award for Automotive, and Finalist Global Partner Global ISV and Automotive;
- 2018 — Winner Microsoft US Partner of the Year, Finalist Platform Partner of the Year, and Finalist Manufacturing Partner of the Year.
"I am honored to announce the winners and finalists of the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards," said Nick Parker, Corporate Vice President of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft. "These partners were outstanding among the exceptional pool of nominees, and I'm continuously impressed by their innovative use of Microsoft Cloud technologies and impact for their customers."
Icertis has also received numerous analyst recognitions that underscore the company's CLM market leadership, including being named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM), The Forrester Wave™: Contract Lifecycle Management for All Contracts, Q1 2021, and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Contract Life-Cycle Management Software for Corporate Legal 2021 Vendor Assessment.
Icertis will be honored for its award-winning Icertis Contract Intelligence platform at Microsoft Inspire, held July 19-20, 2022, during the United States Keynote presentation.
With unmatched technology and category-defining innovation, Icertis pushes the boundaries of what's possible with contract lifecycle management (CLM). The AI-powered, analyst-validated Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) platform turns contracts from static documents into strategic advantage by structuring and connecting the critical contract information that defines how an organization runs. Today, the world's most iconic brands and disruptive innovators trust Icertis to govern the rights and commitments in their 10 million+ contracts worth more than $1 trillion in 40+ languages and 90+ countries. For more information, visit www.icertis.com.
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A tour plane carrying six French tourists and a pilot crashed into Lake Powell in Utah Saturday, killing two people and injuring five others, officials said.
Witnesses called the National Park Service Dispatch to report the crash around 5:20 p.m., the Kane County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday.
The pilot of the tour plane out of Page, Arizona, reported an engine issue before the crash, according to the sheriff's office.
The pilot and people nearby who saw the plane go down were able to get four of the passengers out of the wreckage. Three of the injured were flown to a hospital with serious injuries.
Two of the passengers died in the submerged plane, the sheriff's office said. The names of the victims have not been released.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash, the sheriff's office said.
CNN has reached out to the NTSB and FAA for more information and to the French consulates serving Arizona and Utah for comment.
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MANASSAS, Va., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- I-66 Express Mobility Partners is holding an open house job fair at 7450 Century Park Drive, Manassas, Virginia 20109. Wednesday July 27th 10am to 3pm. Bring your resumes for review and an opportunity to interview on-the-spot with hiring managers. For more information visit 66expresspartners.com to view a list of job openings.
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Biden to award Medal of Freedom to 17, including Biles, McCain, Denzel Washington
Published: Jul. 7, 2022 at 11:31 AM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Gray News) - President Joe Biden is set to award the nation’s highest civilian honor Thursday to 17 recipients, including the late Sen. John McCain, Olympians Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the recipients in a White House ceremony. A White House news release said the people being recognized “demonstrate the power of possibilities and embody the soul of the nation - hard work, perseverance and faith.”
Full list, per the White House:
- Simone Biles: The most decorated American gymnast in history, with a combined 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. She also is a prominent advocate for athletes’ mental health and safety, children in the foster care system, and victims of sexual assault.
- Sister Simone Campbell: A member of the Sisters of Social Service and former Executive Director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice organization, as well as an advocate for economic justice, immigration reform, and healthcare policy.
- Dr. Julieta García: The former president of The University of Texas at Brownsville, where she was named one of Time magazine’s best college presidents. She was the first Hispanic woman to serve as a college president.
- Gabby Giffords: The youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona State Senate, serving first in the Arizona legislature and later in the U.S. Congress. A survivor of gun violence, she co-founded Giffords, a nonprofit organization dedicated to gun violence prevention.
- Fred Gray: One of the first black members of the Alabama State legislature since Reconstruction. As an attorney, he represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King, who called him “the chief counsel for the protest movement.”
- Steve Jobs (posthumous): The co-founder, chief executive and chair of Apple, Inc. He also was CEO of Pixar and held a leading role at the Walt Disney Company. His vision, imagination and creativity led to inventions that have, and continue to, change the way the world communicates.
- Father Alexander Karloutsos: The former Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. After over 50 years as a priest, providing counsel to several U.S. presidents, he was named by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as a Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
- Khizr Khan: A Gold Star father, founder of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Center and an advocate for the rule of law and religious freedom. He served on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom under President Biden.
- Sandra Lindsay: A New York critical care nurse who served on the front lines responding of the COVID-19 pandemic. She was the first American to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials.
- John McCain (posthumous): A public servant who was awarded a Purple Heart with one gold star for his service in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam. He served Arizona for decades in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate and was the 2008 Republican nominee for president.
- Diane Nash: A founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, she organized some of the most important civil rights campaigns of the 20th century. Nash worked closely with Martin Luther King, who described her as the “driving spirit in the nonviolent assault on segregation at lunch counters.”
- Megan Rapinoe: An Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup champion with the U.S. women’s national soccer team. She also is an advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights.
- Alan Simpson: Served as a U.S. senator from Wyoming for 18 years and an advocate on issues including campaign finance reform, responsible governance and marriage equality.
- Richard Trumka (posthumous): President of the 12.5-million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade, president of the United Mine Workers, and secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. Throughout his career, he was an advocate for social and economic justice.
- Brigadier General Wilma Vaught: One of the most decorated women in the history of the U.S. military, repeatedly breaking gender barriers as she rose through the ranks. When she retired in 1985, she was one of only seven women generals in the Armed Forces.
- Denzel Washington: An actor, director and producer who has won two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and the 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also served as national spokesman for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for over 25 years.
- Raúl Yzaguirre: A civil rights advocate who served as CEO and president of National Council of La Raza for thirty years. He also served as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic under President Barack Obama.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Another day another jackpot from Mega Millions surpassing $100 million as Friday’s drawing saw no winners across the United States for its $99M jackpot.
But that didn’t happen without someone in the Lone Star State getting a smaller piece of the pie. The Texas Lottery reports a $10,000 winning ticket was sold somewhere in Texas after it matched four of the five winning numbers along with the Mega Ball.
The winning numbers were 12, 18, 24, 46, and 65 with the Mega Ball number, 3. In total there were over 45,000 winners from the state of Texas from Friday’s drawing who won at least $2 and as much as $10,000.
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My grandma was born in 1901. I remember telling her that she lived through a remarkable age. During her lifetime, the Wright Brothers made their first flight at Kitty Hawk and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
After her first great-grandchild was born, instead of Great Grandmommy, she asked to be called simply “GG.” She outlived three husbands who met untimely deaths. Her first was a self-taught engineer and ace mechanic, who owned a garage that serviced the ever-growing number of affordable automobiles that had become so popular, thanks to Henry Ford. A visionary himself, he was fascinated with the advances in flight and decided he’d learn how to fly and purchase his own plane in order to secure an airmail route with the U.S. Postal Service. Unfortunately, while taking flying lessons in a two-seater bi-plane, his trainer died making a crash landing, leaving my grandfather paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life.
After a lengthy recovery, the family — my mom included — moved to a small house on a sleepy little bayou in the Florida Panhandle, where he opened a radio repair shop in their home and became a well-known HAM operator. Since he was totally bedridden, GG took on the responsibility of raising two kids, running the household, making ends meet and keeping the books. All this during the Great Depression.
My mom was a teenager during the time of WWII, volunteering to work at Eglin Field and learning to drive a stick shift in an Army Jeep, while making great friends with the German Shepherd guard dogs on base. She loved animals, especially dogs. We always had at least one or two while growing up — and more when puppies came.
After the war, the family moved to a new home in a rural area at the north end of the county, next to the railroad tracks. During those few years, mom took ownership of a great white horse, named Robin, which she loved. Every time a train would pass, she and Robin would race alongside.
Not long after the move, my grandfather passed away. Shortly thereafter, my mom and her brother left the nest and married the loves of their lives, leaving GG widowed and alone.
GG was always outgoing and loved people, so it wasn’t long before she sold the house and moved into a small community nearby. She immediately found a job as secretary for a Methodist Church and became active with the USO in town. She loved life and always had a positive attitude. It was nearly 20 years later that she remarried. They traveled by car all over the country. However, when I was about 17, her second husband was involved in a terrible highway accident.
When I heard about it, I rushed to the emergency room where I found GG standing in the hallway all alone. Soon after, the doctor came out and said there was nothing they could do. Just at that moment, with terrible timing, they rolled his sheet-covered body out of ER. I tried to turn her back to it but was too late. I can still hear her soft cry as I held her tight.
As I mentioned earlier, GG was a positive force of nature who loved life and always stayed busy doing something. She multi-tasked too. She never missed “Days of Our Lives” and would crochet or knit an afghan as she watched.
She also loved to tease or tell corny jokes. For example, “Do you know what the three wise men’s occupation was? Firemen. The Bible says that they come from a far.” Or how about the one about the priest, the rabbi and the preacher who were fishing out on the lake together and, as good friends, decided to confess their sins to one other. The first said, “I have to admit brothers that I sometimes make myself a little toddy when no one’s watching and grab a smoke.” As they all nodded in silent agreement, another confessed that he liked to flirt with the ladies and steal a little kiss on the cheek from time to time. The first two turned and asked what the third one’s sin was. At that moment, he began reeling in his rod and closing up his tackle box and said with a big smile, “Well, boys, I’m bad to gossip and I can’t wait to get back home.”
Oh, I forgot to mention, before she married, she was a schoolmarm. With little more education than her students, she taught elementary in a one-room school house. Showing off years later, she’d proudly stand before her family, with her hands clasped behind her back, twisting from side-to-side like a little school girl and recite the alphabet — backwards.
My mom was as solid as GG. A beautiful soul who loved me so much, and I loved her. In her eyes, I could do no wrong. At the end of a visit or phone call, after I told her that I loved her and she did the same, she’d always add, “You’re a good son.” I hope so, mom, for I owe so much to the love and care you gave me.
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TIFTON — From Carole King melodies to classics from the Beatles in a bluegrass band format, the new season of dazzling arts and culture events at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is about to jet out of the starting blocks.
The ABAC Presents series includes five events beginning with the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 25, followed by the Atlanta Chamber Players on Oct. 10, the California Guitar Trio on Feb. 26, the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band on March 14, and trumpeter Scotty Barnhart performing with the ABAC Jazz Ensemble on April 20.
The ABAC at the Tift series features "Tapestry, The Carole King Songbook" on Sept. 15, and "The Highwaymen Show" on Jan. 26.
A combined season subscription to both these series is now available for $140 per person. Individual subscriptions can be purchased at a price of $80 for the ABAC Presents series, and $60 for the ABAC at the Tift series. Individual tickets for each event in both series are also available.
To purchase tickets, interested persons can visit arts.abac.edu or call the ABAC Ticket Line at (229) 391-4895.
Other ABAC ticketed events spotlight the Baldwin Players Theatre Troupe with “Gem of the Ocean” on Oct. 27-29 and “Waiting for Godot” on March 30-31 and April 1. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youths for each performance.
The annual Carter Arts and Lecture Series in Bainbridge shines the light on "3 Redneck Tenors — Broadway Bound" on Sept. 29, Mary Diallo on Nov. 3, Abdur Rahman Muhammad on Jan. 23, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass Band on March 9, and Scotty Barnhart performing with the ABAC Jazz Ensemble on April 21.
The Carter Arts and Lectures Series season subscription is $40 for adults and $15 for youths. Individual tickets are also available for each performance.
For the ABAC Tifton Arts & Culture Season, the series sponsors include Laurie and John Bolen, Checkers/Captain D’s, and Southwell. Julie Hunt is a unique event sponsor, and preferred sponsors include South Georgia Banking Company, The Floor Shoppe at Glynn Hendricks Interiors, and Dr. Bret Wagenhorst.
Community partner sponsors are Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals, Ann Herzog, Dr. Larry and Mary Newton, Prince Automotive, and Tifton Housing Authority/McDonalds. Friends of the arts are Dr. Charlotte and Norris Klesman, and Dr. Steve and Jeannie Rigdon. The exclusive hotel sponsor is Hilton Garden Inn of Tifton.
For the Carter Arts and Lecture Series, the season sponsor is The Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Foundation, and the event sponsors are First Port City Bank and Cooper’s Plumbing and Air.
Individuals or businesses interested in supporting Arts & Culture at ABAC as sponsors can contact Deidre Martin at dmartin@abac.edu or call her at (229) 391-4907.
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STAMFORD, Conn. and EDISON, N.J., August 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fi-Tek LLC a leading FinTech company with leading technology in Wealth Management, Global Family Office, and Alternative Investment, welcomes Erik Forssman who is joining the Fi-Tek senior executive team as a Senior Managing Director to drive its business strategy & growth across its Global Family Office and Alternative Business units.
"We are extremely excited to have Erik on board - he brings extensive knowledge of hedge fund administration business, and we are looking forward to his leadership to grow our Global Family Office and Alternative Investments businesses powered by our proprietary technology – Rockit Command and HedgeTek – both of these are market leading solutions," said Subir Chatterjee, CEO of Fi-Tek.
While at Morgan Stanley, Forssman served on the Executive and Operational boards of Morgan Stanley Fund Services. Forssman has been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Accountant with over 35 years of experience, and was a partner at Grant Thornton and EY.
"I am really excited to be part of an innovative FinTech team here at Fi-Tek – and looking forward to expanding our solutions in administration services to meet the challenges faced by large Global Family Offices and Hedge Fund Administrators," said Erik Forssman.
Fi-Tek has multiple technology solutions across various market segments: GWES for Trust & Wealth Management servicing over 100 trust and wealth management institutions with over $450 Bn on the platform; HedgeTek for Hedge Fund & PE Investor Accounting with over $700 Bn of assets on the platform; and through its subsidiary, Rockit Solutions – powered by the leading integrated family office technology platform Rockit Command – provides full-service administration and investment operations, and total wallet reporting to large and complex multi-generational Global Family Offices with 1000's of legal entities. Rockit Solutions was acquired from the Rockefellers by Fi-Tek in 2016 and the Rockit Command technology has been integrated with Fi-Tek's GWES product suite to make the Rockit's core functionality accessible to Fi-Tek's trust & wealth management clients and growing number of GFOs.
Fi-Tek is a leading provider of technology and technology-enabled solutions to financial institutions, including: Asset Managers, Trust and Private Banks, Family Offices, Hedge Fund Managers, Fund Administrators, and Broker/Dealers. Servicing over $1.4 trillion dollars of assets, Fi-Tek's suite of Private Wealth Technology Solutions consists of Global Wealth ES, Rockit Command, and HedgeTek technology platforms. Please contact Arpita Chatterjee (AChatterjee@Fi-Tek.com) or Kevin Fisher (KFisher@Fi-Tek.com) for any information and questions. Additional information on Fi-Tek and its solutions may be found at www.fi-tek.com.
Rockit Solutions powered by its proprietary technology Rockit Command - is a leading provider of full service multi-generational complex Global Family Office solutions supporting large family offices thru an integrated offering – supporting investment operations, accounting, data aggregation, GIPS Performance, G/L, alternative assets and extensive client reporting including total wallet & look thru reporting. Additionally, Rockit also provides partnership accounting and tax services for complex partnerships. For any questions, please contact Alan Perl (APerl@Rockitco.com)
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(The Hill) — The Mississippi Board of Education voted Thursday to repeal a policy barring guns in state public schools in order to comply with the state’s enhanced-carry law.
The Board voted to repeal a 1990 policy prohibiting “the possession of pistols, firearms, or weapons in any form by any person other than duly authorized law enforcement officials on school premises or at school functions.”
The Board ruled that the policy, which last underwent revisions in December 2015, conflicted with Mississippi’s 2011 enhanced-carry law, which authorizes individuals with the enhanced license to enter areas where those with a standard license cannot, including “any elementary or secondary school facility” and “any school, college or professional athletic event not related to firearms.”
The temporary policy requires “each local school district (to) have a policy concerning weapons on school premises.”
The Mississippi Free Press was the first to report on the Board ruling.
General Counsel Erin Meyer referred to an opinion issued in 2013 by then-Attorney General Jim Hood (D), which said that an individual with an enhanced concealed carry permit may carry a concealed weapon on a Mississippi public school campus. He noted that schools “may restrict individuals to parts of the campus generally open to the public.”
During the Board meeting Thursday, Meyer said the 1990 policy “predates any notable school shootings or the adoption of our enhanced carry permits.”
“This rule currently conflicts with Mississippi’s enhanced carry statutes, so the enhanced carry statute authorizes individuals who have the proper certification to carry weapons in certain areas that are enumerated in statutes,” she said. “That includes elementary and secondary school facilities, so our policy is currently in conflict with that. State board policies can’t prohibit something that is authorized in law.”
When asked if educators would be allowed to have weapons on campus, Meyer said the revision puts the decision on restrictions related to weapons on campus into the hands of the local districts.
Brian McGarity, Director of the Department of Education Office of Safe and Orderly Schools, also spoke at the Board meeting. McGarity said he and other school officials have also held discussions to enhance school safety in the state, and aim to hold such discussions monthly. He said the talks will ensure that those allowed to carry weapons on campus “are held accountable.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/mississippi-school-board-removes-policy-barring-people-with-guns-on-school-campuses/ | 2022-07-22T02:38:28Z |
LAS VEGAS, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucy Goods, Inc ("LUCY" or the "Company") is excited to announce its submission of Premarket Tobacco Product Applications ("PMTAs") to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") seeking marketing authorization of 42 of its modern oral nicotine products, including its innovative line of capsule pouches. LUCY's applications highlight key evidence demonstrating that the continued marketing of LUCY products is appropriate for the protection of the public health, and LUCY's timely submission of these PMTAs allows these products to remain on the market after the FDA's May 14, 2022 deadline for PMTAs of newly deemed tobacco products containing non-tobacco nicotine ("NTN").
LUCY is a developer, marketer, and distributor of next generation nicotine products that offer adult tobacco consumers alternatives to conventional tobacco. One of the key product innovations described in LUCY's recently submitted PMTAs is its use of NTN.
The NTN in LUCY products is manufactured using principles of green chemistry, but is otherwise chemically identical to tobacco-derived nicotine in other modern oral products on the market. The low-waste manufacturing process does not require arable land or pesticides used in the cultivation of tobacco for tobacco-derived nicotine. According to the WHO, "tobacco growing and curing are both direct causes of deforestation, since forests are cleared for the tobacco plantations, and wood is burned to cure the tobacco leaves."1 Deforestation is one of the largest contributors to global climate change and loss of biodiversity.
LUCY's recent filings represent the second round of FDA applications from the company and demonstrates our continued commitment to FDA compliance and public health. In 2020, LUCY submitted PMTAs for its modern oral nicotine products containing tobacco-derived nicotine, which are currently under review by the FDA. Even before the FDA was granted regulatory authority over NTN products, the company had been engaged in serious efforts to prepare PMTAs for its suite of NTN products.
"LUCY's commitment to working with the FDA is essential to its goal of delivering innovative nicotine products for switching adult smokers," noted Dr. Willie Mckinney, CEO of McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors, LLC and a regulatory advisor to LUCY. "These PMTAs for LUCY's NTN modern oral products demonstrate the company's ability to drive such innovation responsibly."
"Submitting PMTAs for our non-tobacco nicotine products is a key milestone for us as we continue to create the highest quality and most innovative products in the industry," stated David Renteln, the CEO of LUCY. "We are proud of the evidence we have provided to the FDA in these PMTAs and we look forward to working with the agency as the process moves forward."
LUCY is an independently owned and operated nicotine alternative company formed with the mission of reducing tobacco-related harm to zero. The company does not sell any combustible or inhaled products, and its products include proprietary formulations of nicotine gums and pouches. LUCY's marketing communications are designed for, and directed to, existing adult tobacco consumers who are 21 and older. The company has always supported effective, appropriate, and evidence-based regulation of nicotine products.
To learn more about LUCY and its products, please visit www.lucy.co.
1 Tobacco and its environmental impact: an overview. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017, p. 5.
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Senior loan officer ranked by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals among the top 100 Latino originators in the Southeast region
MIDDLETOWN, R.I., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Embrace Home Loans, a top-ranked national mortgage lender, announces that Lisbeth Najarro, a senior loan officer at the company's Fairfax, Virginia office, has been named one of the top 100 Latino mortgage originators in the Southeast region by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP).
The NAHREP Top 100 Latino Mortgage Originators Southeast is part of its Top 250 Latino Mortgage Originators Report, which celebrates leading originators whose exceptional hard work and dedication to homeownership led them to close billions of dollars in mortgages in 2021. The report ranks individual originators based on both number and dollar volume of transactions and represents $17.3 billion in combined mortgage sales in 2021. "NAHREP recognizes these top performing individuals for their contributions toward the association's mission of advancing sustainable Hispanic homeownership," the report stated.
Najarro closed 111 loans in 2021 totaling $39,980,889.
"Lisbeth's recognition by NAHREP is very well-deserved," said Steve Adamo, president of retail production at Embrace Home Loans. "She goes the extra mile for all of her clients, including Hispanic borrowers. We're proud to have Lisbeth on our team."
Najarro joined Embrace in 2016 as a loan officer assistant and became a loan officer in 2018. Her energy, positivity and determination also earned her a spot in the company's 2021 and 2022 President's Club for top-producing sales professionals.
"I'm delighted to be named a top Latino originator," said Najarro. "I'm always happy to help borrowers find the best mortgage program to fulfill their home financing goals."
About Embrace Home Loans
Founded in 1983, Embrace Home Loans is a prominent mortgage lender that provides borrowers and financial institutions with an exceptional mortgage experience. Licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Embrace has been recognized seven times as one of the Best Medium-sized Companies to Work for in America by Fortune and five times as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in America by Inc. The company has also been recognized more than a dozen times as one of the Best Places to Work in Rhode Island, as the Most Community Involved Company in Rhode Island, and with the Leadership Excellence Award by Providence Business News. The company is based in Middletown, Rhode Island. For more information, please visit www.embracehomeloans.com.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- NHRA's longest-running specialty race showcases Super Stock 1968 Dodge Darts and Plymouth Barracudas in head-to-head battles at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
- Dodge HEMI® Challenge Grand Marshal and renowned Direct Connection drag racer Paul Rossi campaigned one of the original Hurst-built '68 HEMI Barracuda Super Stock cars
- Winner will be awarded $15,000 and a new-look, custom-made Dodge HEMI Challenge trophy created by local artist and former NHRA fabricator Tom Patsis
- Defending winner Steve Comella and four-time winner and last year's runner-up Jim Daniels Jr., as well as inaugural winner Bucky Hess II, return to compete in this year's Dodge HEMI Challenge
The 21st edition of the longest-running, continuous, specialty race in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history, the Dodge HEMI® Challenge, will take center stage at the 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals September 1-2 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The fan-favorite event features heads-up, wheel /*-standing, side-by-side racing of vintage HEMI-powered 1968 Dodge Dart and Plymouth Barracuda "package cars" that dominated the NHRA Super Stock (SS/AH) class for more than five decades.
Paul Rossi, renowned Mopar drag racer, engine builder, development engineer, team owner and innovator, has been named grand marshal as acknowledgement of his contributions in the 1970s, '80s and '90s to the development of high-performance products in the Dodge family, which includes building and driving a 1970 Challenger R/T powered by a 440 Six Pack, backed by Direct Connection when the performance brand first launched in 1974, that dominated the Super Stock class for years. Rossi is excited to be called up to lead the parade of iconic HEMI muscle cars along Indianapolis' fabled return road for this year's event.
"I'm so honored to be called upon as grand marshal," said Rossi, who campaigned one of the original Hurst-built '68 HEMI (B029) Barracuda Super Stock cars. "I completely understand the appeal of the Dodge HEMI Challenge. There's nostalgia there and fans like to see them going fast. It's just fantastic to have a category that calls these classic muscle cars back out of the garage. I really love that.
"I had an original HEMI 'Cuda and took it to the Super Stock (SS/AA) 1975 NHRA World Finals (Ontario, California) and while I finished runner-up, I was the last standing Mopar and fastest HEMI in the country. I guess I'm now the face of the Direct Connection old guard. I'm happy to see the brand continue with this new generation of clean performance and happy to have Dodge still value their history with the HEMI Challenge and continue to build their legend at the event. My first U.S. Nationals was in 1963 aboard a brand new Plymouth Ramcharger A/FX (Factory Experimental class similar to the Factory Stock Showdown), the first Mopar to enter the class, and coming here to Indy was just the biggest thrill. As a competitor or a fan, it still has that appeal."
The racing legend, who in addition to his many successes in NHRA also won multiple IMSA championships and Pike's Peak endurance races, will join Direct Connection spokesperson Chuck Spieser for a question-and-answer session with performance enthusiasts on Saturday, Sept. 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Dodge//SRT and Mopar exhibit in the NHRA's Manufacturers' Midway.
This year's Dodge HEMI Challenge victor will be awarded $15,000 and a new-look, custom-made Dodge HEMI Challenge trophy created by Tom Patsis of Cold Hard Art, a local Brownsburg, Indiana-based artist, former NHRA welder-fabricator and winner of the 2021 Netflix competition series "Metal Shop Masters."
More than 20 entrants are expected to vie for the new trophy and bragging rights this year. Among them will be defending winner Steve Comella who had a dominant performance in his HEMI Barracuda driving from No.1 qualifier to the winner's circle as a follow up to his runner-up finish in 2020. Four-time Dodge HEMI Challenge winner Jim Daniels Jr. (2016-2019) will also be back to compete aboard his vintage HEMI-powered '68 Dodge Dart after finishing runner-up to Comella in last year's close and exciting final elimination battle.
A number of the legendary staples competing in the long-standing event include the winner of the first Dodge HEMI Challenge, Bucky Hess II (2001), aboard his '68 Plymouth Barracuda, Jim Pancake and his '68 Dodge Dart, and Joe Teuton at the wheel of his '68 'Cuda.
The Dodge HEMI Challenge will be streamed live on NHRA.TV with subscription-based video-on-demand coverage of qualifying on Thursday, Sept. 1, and elimination rounds on Friday, Sept. 2, with highlights of the parade and final eliminations expected to be part of the FS1 qualifying show on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. ET.
To read the complete release, visit the Stellantis media site.
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Black people going about their daily lives — then dying in a hail of bullets fired by a white man who targeted them because of their skin color.
Substitute a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, with a church in South Carolina,and Malcolm Graham knows the pain and grief the families of those killed Saturday are feeling. He knows their dismay that racial bigotry has torn apart the fabric of their families.
“America’s Achilles’ heel continues to be … racism,” said Graham, whose sister, Cynthia Graham-Hurd, was among nine parishioners fatally shot by avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof in 2015 during Bible study in Charleston.
“As a country, we need to acknowledge that it exists,” Graham said. “There’s a lack of acknowledgment that these problems are persistent, are embedded into systems and cost lives.”
For many Black Americans, the Buffalo shooting has stirred up the same feelings they faced after Charleston and other attacks: the fear, the vulnerability, the worry that nothing will be done politically or otherwise to prevent the next act of targeted racial violence.
Law enforcement officials said suspected gunman Payton Gendron, 18, drove 200 miles from his hometown of Conklin, New York, to Buffalo after searching out and specifically targeting a predominantly Black neighborhood.
He shot 11 Black people and two white people at the grocery store, authorities said. Ten people died.
A 180-page document, purportedly written by Gendron, gives plans for the attack and makes references to other racist shootings and to Roof. The document also outlines a racist ideology rooted in a belief that the U.S. should belong only to white people. All others, the document said, were “replacers” who should be eliminated by force or terror. The attack was intended to intimidate all non-white, non-Christian people and get them to leave the country, it said.
The idea that those killed at the Tops Friendly Market lost their lives because of the shooter’s racism is “sick,” said Steve Carlson, 29, who is Black and grew up knowing Katherine Massey, one of the victims.
“It’s not right. You don’t pick what ethnicity you’re born to,” Carlson said. “These people were just shopping, they went to go get food for their families.”
At State Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, Deacon Heyward Patterson was mourned during services Sunday. Pastor Russell Bell couldn’t wrap his mind around the attack and Patterson’s death.
“I don’t understand what that is, to hate people just because of their color, to hate people because we’re different. God made us all different. That’s what makes the world go ’round,” he said.
But as abhorrent as the shooting was, it was hardly an isolated incident. The history of the United States is filled with white supremacist violence, starting from even before its official origins.
Black people have borne and continue to bear the brunt of much of it, but other groups have also been targeted in attacks because of their race, including Latinos in the 2019 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where 22 people were killed.
Gunmen with biases against religion and sexual orientation have also carried out targeted violence: the shootings at a San Diego synagoguein 2019and a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016.
Democratic Florida state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, who is gay and of Peruvian descent, immediately had flashbacks to the Pulse nightclub shooting that left 49 victims dead. The shooter targeted gay patrons in what was a largely Latino crowd.
“It’s déjà vu all over again in Orlando,” said Smith, who represents an Orlando district. “2016 seems like a long time ago, but in 2022 there’s a lot more hatred and bigotry out there.”
Experiencing violence of any kind is obviously traumatic, but the impact of targeted violence like this has ripples on a broader level.
“To be targeted for these things that you cannot control, it’s not only extremely painful emotionally, but it also impacts the way you perceive the world going forward after that,” said Michael Edison Hayden, spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which advocates for civil rights.
Hate crime laws are on the books in recognition of that reality. The effect of events like these is “you’ve increased the vulnerability of everyone who looks like the target,” said Jeannine Bell, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. “This is a different type of crime because it impacts not just the victims, but also the community.”
While there’s always hand-wringing and dismay after incidents like these, that hasn’t translated into a commitment to address the bigotry that underlies them, said Cornell Williams Brooks, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and former president and CEO of the NAACP.
He’s weary of political leaders’ promises to do more about white supremacist threats and gun violence.
“Count the number of sympathy cards and flowers, prayers and thoughts that have been extended to the victims of mass shootings, to the victims of racialized violence,” he said. “Do we really need (politicians) showing up to our places of worship to help bury our folks and do nothing to stop the carnage?”
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Farrington reported from Tallahassee, Florida. Associated Press writer Carolyn Thompson contributed from Buffalo.
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PITTSBURGH, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a practical product to encourage learning habits in order to increase brain activity and physical development for individuals in wheelchairs or strollers," said one of two inventors, from Eloy, Ariz., "so we invented BENNY'S MOBILE. Our design could also provide hours of enjoyment and fun."
The patent-pending invention provides an activity gym for individuals in wheelchairs or strollers. In doing so, it helps to stimulate physical and mental development. It also could provide added fun. The invention features a multifunctional design that is easy to position and use so it is ideal for children, disabled individuals, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Phoenix sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PBT-177, 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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John Uribe promoted to Chief Financial Officer; Carey Smith returns as Chief Operating Officer
EAGAN, Minn., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) today announced the appointments of two executives to its senior leadership team. John Uribe, who has served as the company's vice president of business development for the past decade, has been promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer. Additionally, information technology executive Carey Smith is returning to Blue Cross as senior vice president and chief operating officer. Both positions report directly to Dana Erickson, company president and CEO.
"John and Carey are great additions to our executive leadership team," said Erickson. "Both were ideal candidates, given their respective experience in delivering measurable results and having strong familiarity in working within the Blues' systems. Their strengths are directly applicable to the priorities of our business strategy, which remains centered on delivering the best value and experiences for our members."
John Uribe, Chief Financial Officer
As senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross), Uribe will oversee a division of approximately 300 people, comprising teams across financial planning, tax, treasury, investments, corporate finance, actuarial, underwriting and health economics.
Prior to joining Blue Cross in 2012, Uribe was CFO for the Home Service division of Schwan's Company in Marshall, Minnesota. Notable achievements highlighting Uribe's career expertise in business development and financial stewardship include leading major transactions at General Electric's commercial finance division and serving as chief financial officer at RedBrick Health, a private equity backed healthcare technology company. Additionally, Uribe held multiple leadership roles at General Mills, where he helped lead the company's $10.5 billion acquisition of Pillsbury, led multiple international transactions, and oversaw the financial function of a high-profile joint venture with DuPont.
Uribe received his bachelor's degree and MBA from Indiana University.
Carey Smith, Chief Operating Officer
As senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO), Carey Smith has responsibility for all health plan operations, including customer service; claims processing; information technology; data and analytics; performance measurement; vendor management; and consumer experience. Approximately 2,800 associates work for the areas reporting up to Smith. He will join the company's leadership team on June 20.
Smith's 30-year career is rooted in the development, implementation and advancement of business technology and operations. In addition to leadership roles at The St. Paul Companies and Ameriprise, Smith was an information technology executive at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2012 to 2017. During this time, Smith developed a transformation strategy to deliver more modernized and proficient IT delivery capabilities. For the next three years, Smith was an SVP and CIO for Constellation Inc., a medical professional liability insurance carrier. In 2020, TwinCitiesCIO – a regional leadership network of chief information officers – named Carey as a CIO of the Year finalist in its annual ORBIE awards.
Smith was most recently in a senior leadership role at Orchard Insurance, a Florida-based specialty property and casualty insurer with more than 10,000 appointed agents throughout the country.
Smith holds a bachelor's degree in information technology and psychology from Montana State University Billings.
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
For nearly 90 years, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (bluecrossmn.com) has supported the health, wellbeing and peace of mind of our members by striving to ensure equitable access to high quality care at an affordable price. Our 2.7 million members can be found in every Minnesota county, all 50 states and on four continents. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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‘The heat was so intense’: Mother, daughter survive house fire together
HERNDON, Va. (WJLA) - A Virginia mother and daughter are grateful to be alive. They survived a house fire that could have claimed their lives.
Betty Werner and her daughter, Theresa Werner, said an electric blanket was the cause of last month’s fire.
“I woke up and I was real hot,” Betty Werner said.
Betty Werner’s electric blanket was ablaze.
“There were flames, but they were very small,” Theresa Werner said.
She tried to stamp out the fire with some clothing. When that didn’t work, Theresa Werner tossed a bowl of water on the blanket, which erupted in steam and flames, leaving her with second-degree burns on her face and hands.
“The hands have hurt the most,” Theresa Werner said. “The heat was so intense.”
The fire spread and damaged the family home and repairs are needed, but the mother-daughter tandem said they are glad to be alive.
“You just have to remind yourself that we walked out,” Theresa Werner said.
Betty Werner said she is thankful her daughter was there with her the night of the fire.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament on Wednesday threw its weight behind a proposed ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in 2035, seeking to step up the fight against climate change through the faster development of electric vehicles.
The European Union assembly voted in Strasbourg, France, to require automakers to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 100% by the middle of the next decade. The mandate would amount to a prohibition on the sale in the 27-nation bloc of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel.
EU lawmakers also endorsed a 55% reduction in CO2 from automobiles in 2030 compared with 2021. The move deepens an existing obligation on the car industry to lower CO2 discharges by 37.5% on average at the end of the decade compared to last year.
Environmentalists hailed the parliament’s decisions. Transport & Environment, a Brussels-based alliance, said the vote offered “a fighting chance of averting runaway climate change.”
But Germany’s auto industry lobby group VDA criticized the vote, saying it ignored the lack of charging infrastructure in Europe. The group also said the vote was “a decision against innovation and technology” a reference to demands from the industry that synthetic fuels be exempt from the ban, which European lawmakers rejected.
If approved by EU nations, the 2035 deadline will be particularly tough on German automakers, who have focused on powerful and expensive vehicles with combustion engines while falling behind foreign rivals when it comes to electric cars.
The 2030 CO2-reduction target and ban on combustion engines in 2035 were proposed last year by the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm. Cars account for around 12% of European emissions of greenhouse gases, which are blamed for increasingly frequent and intense heat waves, storms and floods tied to climate change.
The governments of EU member nations need to give their verdicts in the coming weeks or months before a final EU agreement on the tougher car emission requirements is approved.
The car law is being scrutinized as part of a package of EU draft climate legislation covering a range of other polluting industries.
The EU plans to slash greenhouse gases by 55% in 2030 compared with 1990 rather than by just a previously agreed 40% over the period.
A big portion of the cuts would come from power plants and factories. These two sectors, unlike cars, have their greenhouse gases curbed in the EU by a European emissions-trading system that every year reduces the total supply of required pollution permits.
Earlier Wednesday, the EU parliament failed to advance that part of the climate package because of a split over the pace at which the free allocation of some emission permits — as opposed to the auctioning of them — should be phased out.
The assembly asked its environment committee to reopen deliberations on the matter. As a result, the EU parliament also delayed its decisions on two related initiatives.
One is the creation of a Social Climate Fund to help vulnerable households cope with the planned clean-energy revamp — an issue that has become more politically sensitive as Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent fuel prices soaring.
The second is an unprecedented import tax known as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. The planned CBAM is a first-of-its-kind tool that would allow the EU to raise the prices of some imported goods — including steel and aluminum — that are spared climate-protection costs faced by manufacturers based in the bloc.
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LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloody Gerry, all-natural Bloody Mary & Michelada Mix, is proud to announce their retail expansion into 94 Upscale and Fresh Fare Ralphs stores in Southern California.
"We knew we had something special the moment our recipe was converting bloody mary haters into bloody mary lovers. Unlike other bloody mary mixes, Bloody Gerry is packed with the highest quality natural ingredients so it never tastes like flavorless tomato juice. I promise you, Bloody Gerry will covert people who don't even like bloody marys! It's a deeply savory and fresh taste, never tomatoey! " says Gerry Becerril, creator of Bloody Gerry mix.
"Ralphs is where we grocery shop. When we went in and talked to the staff at the Marina Del Rey Ralphs store a team member asked me to sign a bottle of Bloody Gerry she bought. I felt like I was Tito of Tito's Vodka. It was surreal," said Gerry Becerril, Co-Founder of Bloody Gerry.
"We made this happen together so there is an incredible amount of pride we're feeling. When Raph's accepted us I couldn't believe it. This is our dream coming true," said Jennifer Becerril, Co-Founder.
Bloody Gerry is a 3 x award-winning, Bloody Mary and Michelada mix that uses organic California Tomatoes, fresh California Lemon Juice, and only all-natural ingredients. Bloody Gerry boasts that it's gluten free, no preservatives, no added sugar. Bloody Gerry is a low carb and low calorie cocktail that can also be mixed with club soda or Topo Chico to create a refreshing non-alcoholic Michelada.
Visit their website or Instagram for drool worthy recipes and to find a location near you.
For more information visit www.bloodygerry.com
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Former Multi-Unit Dunkin' Donuts Owner Operators Sell Locations to Open First Sky Zone in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sky Zone, creator of the world's first indoor trampoline park and leader in the indoor active entertainment industry, is pleased to welcome Jiya and Vimal Patel to its industry-leading roster of Sky Zone franchisees.
Local entrepreneurs, the Patels, are opening their first Sky Zone after owning and operating six Dunkin' Donuts locations in the area since 2019.
"When researching our next franchise opportunity, we were introduced to Sky Zone as the most well-known brand in the active entertainment industry, that is currently seeing double digit annual growth," said Vimal and Jiya Patel, Sky Zone franchisees. "In addition to being a fantastic addition to our community, the franchise provides recurring revenue potential and a rapid financial payback. Combined with the company's growth trajectory and best-in-class franchisee support, it was an easy decision to bring Sky Zone to Louisville."
Sky Zone invented the trampoline park industry over a decade ago and has been at the cutting edge of innovation in the indoor active entertainment space ever since. With over 60 attractions, there is something at Sky Zone for every age, including the Toddler Zone which is perfect for children under the age of six. In addition to monthly memberships, Sky Zone offers birthday parties, corporate outings, fundraising events, and more.
"Even before the pandemic, families were spending more on experiences and now, the active entertainment industry is in a stage of explosive growth," said Mike Revak, SVP of Franchise and Park Operations at CircusTrix, the parent company of Sky Zone. "We welcome the Patels to the Sky Zone family during a time of unprecedented development at our organization. We look forward to our new location in Louisville and announcing many more new partners and locations in the coming months."
With aggressive expansion plans, Sky Zone is actively searching for engaged community and business leaders to add to its ever-growing roster of new franchisees. To learn more about Sky Zone and to become a franchisee, please visit: https://circustrix.com.
About Sky Zone:
Sky Zone was founded in 2004 as the world's first trampoline park and has grown to become the leader in in indoor active entertainment. The award-winning franchise believes in the power of active play to make us healthier, happier, and more creative. Offering unforgettable parties, an exclusive membership program, and gravity-defying, wall-to-wall aerial attractions, Sky Zone encourages everyone to live joyously in the moment. For more information, visit www.skyzone.com.
About CircusTrix:
CircusTrix is the largest developer, operator, and franchisor of indoor active entertainment parks in the world. Known for Sky Zone, the preeminent brand in the industry, along with the DEFY and Rockin' Jump brands, CircusTrix serves over 40 million visitors and members annually. CircusTrix's rapid growth and innovation has created facilities and exclusive attractions that provide active physical fun, facilitate shareable social media posts, and bring thrill and delight to its worldwide fan base. For more information on the company and franchising opportunities, please visit www.circustrixcom.
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Launches NFT Collection Designed by Renowned Brazilian Visual Artist Rubem Robierb
Each NFT Includes an Invitation for Two to Exclusive Naming Ceremony for New Ship, Celebrity Beyond, this November in Fort Lauderdale
MIAMI, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrity Cruises®, known for next generation ships at the intersection of architecture and design, is riding the wave of the future of art with its first foray into non-fungible tokens (NFT).
In partnership with acclaimed artist Rubem Robierb, a longstanding featured artist with the cruise line, Celebrity has launched the Peacemakers Sunset NFT collection, complementing Robierb's powerful Peacemakers sculpture featured on its brand new ship, Celebrity Beyond. Each NFT includes two money-can't-buy invitations to the ship's exclusive naming ceremony and sailing in Fort Lauderdale, November 4–6.
The new NFT collection consists of an edition of five motion art pieces, one of which is currently on display at the Cube Art Fair in Times Square from May 18 - 22. On June 1, the NFTs will then become available for purchase via the OpenSea platform. Proceeds from the sales will go to the artist.
Additionally, a variation of these NFTs titled "Peacemakers, Blue Sky" can be found on board Celebrity Beyond, making it the very first NFT at Sea.
"Innovation is a pillar of the Celebrity Cruises experience and a distinguishing characteristic of our ships, so it's only fitting to bring this heritage into the new digital revolution of NFTs and the metaverse," said Celebrity Cruises Chief Marketing Officer Michael Scheiner. "The scale and scope of what's possible in this space, and the way we can connect our guests with new immersive and accessible experiences, is really endless. It's exciting to take this first step with the talents and artistry of Rubem."
"Peacemakers represents two interlaced doves, a tribute to the peacemakers of the world, and the NFTs bring to life the idea that peace is a collaborative act that can never be taken for granted," said Rubem Robierb. "Yin and Yang, masculine and feminine, me and you. If we want to end all battles and conflicts, there is only one solution, and that solution is peace. It has been an honor to continue my collaboration with Celebrity Cruises, and to push the boundaries of our artistic work together to new frontiers, from the metaverse to displaying the first NFT at sea."
Once the NFTs go on sale, they can be resold and exchanged an unlimited number of times. At 5p.m. ET on July 1, each owner of a Peacemakers Sunset NFT will be deemed the recipient of the invitations to join the ship's naming ceremony, including domestic roundtrip airfare for two, to the Celebrity Beyond naming ceremony and sailing, November 4-6, 2022.
Originally from Brazil, Rubem Robierb lives and works in NYC and Miami. Rubem's art has been recognized worldwide as timely and influential, and has been displayed at exhibits and acclaimed art festivals across the globe. In addition to Robierb's "Peacemakers" design on board Celebrity Beyond, Celebrity Cruises also features his thought-provoking "Dream Machine" on Celebrity Edge, exploring the desire for a fair and just society; and "Empower Flower" on Celebrity Apex, celebrating women's rights and empowerment.
Onboard Celebrity Beyond, fans of Robierb's art will also enjoy the incorporation of Peacemakers into the live production show Arte, the first-time a work of art displayed onboard a Celebrity cruise ship bas been integrated into a theater-show experience; and the ability to purchase from a limited-edition Peacemakers jewelry collection, a collaboration between Robierb and Effy jewelry, featuring necklaces in a variety of precious metals and gems.
Celebrity Beyond showcases the design talents of multi-award-winning British designer Kelly Hoppen CBE; celebrated American designer Nate Berkus; and lauded Paris-based design firm Jouin Manku; the innovation of British architect Tom Wright; and the culinary gifts of renowned chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud, Celebrity's Global Culinary Ambassador. The ship also features experiences and products from modern lifestyle and wellness brand, goop. The exquisite ship offers a journey filled with what's important to today's discerning traveler: forward-thinking design, culinary excellence, unparalleled well-being and incomparable service.
Celebrity Beyond began her inaugural season on April 27, 2022 with a 10-night sailing from Southampton, England, to Barcelona, Spain, and will now spend the summer sailing nine-to-10-night itineraries in the Mediterranean. In November, Celebrity Beyond will make her way to Fort Lauderdale for the official naming ceremony and a winter season of five-to-nine-night Caribbean sailings.
For more details on Celebrity Beyond offerings and destinations, visit www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-ships/celebrity-beyond. For more information on all Celebrity Cruises offerings, call 1-800-437-3111, visit www.celebritycruises.com or speak with a travel advisor.
ABOUT CELEBRITY CRUISES
Celebrity Cruises' iconic "X" is the mark of a fleet of 15 award-winning ships redefining luxury cruise travel with cool, contemporary design and accommodation; dining, spa and entertainment experiences for modern tastes; and culturally rich and diverse destination experiences, all complemented by warm, personalized service. Celebrity has pioneered many industry firsts at sea, including: the first use of solar panels on a cruise ship; the first to eliminate use of plastic water bottles; the first American female Captain of a cruise ship; the first-ever all-female bridge and officer team sailing; the first West African woman to work on the bridge of a cruise ship; and one of the first legal same-sex weddings performed at sea. Driven by wanderlust and a passion for opening the world, Celebrity journeys to all seven continents, visiting nearly 300 destinations in more than 70 countries. Celebrity Cruises is one of five cruise brands owned by global cruise company Royal Caribbean Group. (NYSE: RCL).
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Pittsburgh woman pushing for legislation to end child hunger
By Bryant Reed
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Hundreds of thousands of children in our commonwealth go hungry every day.
There’s been legislation to help reduce that number, but the need is still great. A Pittsburgh woman has been in Washington pushing for better legislation so children don’t go hungry.
The child tax credit is something that has significantly helped families fight food insecurity, but people like Heather Taylor are fighting for more to help permanently end child hunger.
Taylor is part of a non-partisan advocacy group Bread for the World. She’s traveled from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. fighting to keep families out of poverty.
Her goal is to persuade legislators to pass bills that would increase the number of schools that could serve free lunch and a summer EBT program for groceries.
“Summer EBT, what it does is specifically puts money on a grocery card so that they can be used to specifically supplement meals over the summer when programs aren’t available,” Taylor said.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, there are more than 400,000 children in the state who fight food insecurity and almost 1 million who would qualify for EBT benefits.
“If we can ensure that a greater number of schools that are serving low-income families are able to provide help, again it’s literally ensuring that kids are able to put food in their stomachs,” Taylor said.
The number of children who are in danger of slipping below the pandemic enhanced child tax credit and into poverty is over 300,000, something Taylor says she hopes to have an impact on decreasing significantly in the coming years.
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- Results demonstrate meaningful and durable efficacy signal in a highly challenging indication
- A higher dose level of pelareorep led to 50% 24-month median overall survival (mOS) and a patient still alive at 42 months compared to 16.7% mOS at the lower dose
- Investigator-sponsored trial confirms pelareorep's favorable safety profile
SAN DIEGO and CALGARY, AB, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncolytics Biotech® Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCY) (TSX: ONC) today announced positive long-term survival data from ReoGlio, an investigator-sponsored phase 1b trial evaluating the combination of pelareorep and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) alongside standard chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant temozolomide for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The results, which are the subject of a presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, show a substantial and durable efficacy signal in newly diagnosed GBM patients and demonstrate the safety and tolerability of the studied treatment combination in this indication.
"These results provide further evidence suggesting that the long-term survival benefits pelareorep delivers to breast cancer patients may be extended to a variety of indications," said Susan Short, M.R.C.P., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Oncology and Neuro-Oncology at the University of Leeds. "I am highly encouraged by the two-year survival rate and median overall survival observed in ReoGlio and view the relative increases these metrics show in the high dose cohort as a promising sign of this therapy combination's dose-dependent activity in GBM. ReoGlio's long-term results are also consistent with the positive progression-free survival data that were previously reported and confirm pelareorep's favorable safety profile in this new indication. Collectively, these findings highlight pelareorep's potential to drive clinical benefit in GBM patients, who are historically very challenging to treat and in urgent need of novel therapies."
Key data and conclusions from the AACR poster and corresponding abstract include:
- Evaluable patients treated with pelareorep at dose level-2 (3x1010 TCID50) had a median overall survival (mOS) of 16.1 months and a 24-month survival rate of 50% (n=6)
- Evaluable patients treated with pelareorep at dose level-1 (1x1010 TCID50) had a mOS of 12.6 months and a 24-month survival rate of 16.7% (n=6)
- Across both dose levels, mOS was 13.1 months and the 24-month survival rate was 33% (n=12)
- One patient treated at dose level-2 remains alive at 42 months
- The studied treatment combination was deemed safe and well-tolerated at both dose levels by a Safety Review Committee that included two independent physicians
The long-term follow-up data from the ReoGlio study being presented at AACR are an extension of prior data that were featured in a podium presentation at the 2020 Society of Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting (link to PR). These data demonstrated an estimated median progression-free survival (mPFS) of 7.8 months across all evaluable patients in the study (n=12), with those treated at dose level-2 showing an estimated mPFS of 9.4 months (n=6) and those treated at dose level-1 showing an estimated mPFS of 6.1 months (n=6).
Matt Coffey, Ph.D., MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer of Oncolytics Biotech Inc. added, "ReoGlio's results strengthen the broad clinical dataset demonstrating pelareorep's potential to address unmet needs across a range of cancers. We believe they warrant additional clinical study, and plan to discuss them with thought leaders and potential partners to identify the best and most efficient potential path forward in GBM. This strategy will allow us to opportunistically expand pelareorep's commercial potential while staying focused on the advancement of our lead breast cancer program to a registrational study. We would like to sincerely thank the University of Leeds, Cancer Research UK, and The Brain Tumor Charity for designing and funding the ReoGlio trial, as well as all of the patients who participated."
An electronic copy of the presentation and the corresponding abstract, entitled, Combination of reovirus (pelareorep) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) alongside standard chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy (temozolomide) for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): long term follow up results of the ReoGlio phase Ib trial, is available to registered attendees of the AACR annual meeting on the meeting website. A copy of the presentation will also be posted to the Posters & Publications page of Oncolytics' website (LINK) following the conclusion of the meeting.
Details for the online presentation are shown below.
Abstract Number: CT569
Session Title: OPO.CT01.01 - Phase I Clinical Trials
About ReoGlio
The ReoGlio trial was an investigator-sponsored phase 1b, open-label trial evaluating the combination of pelareorep and GM-CSF, alongside standard chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant temozolomide, for the treatment of newly diagnosed GBM. Fifteen patients were treated in the trial, twelve of which were evaluable for efficacy analyses. The primary objective of the study was to determine the maximum tolerated dose of pelareorep and GM-CSF with standard chemoradiotherapy. Secondary objectives were to gain a preliminary assessment of the activity of the pelareorep-GM-CSF combination and to assess treatment compliance. The trial was designed and managed by the University of Leeds and funded through grants provided by Cancer Research UK and The Brain Tumor Charity.
About Oncolytics Biotech Inc.
Oncolytics is a biotechnology company developing pelareorep, an intravenously delivered immunotherapeutic agent. This compound induces anti-cancer immune responses and promotes an inflamed tumor phenotype -- turning "cold" tumors "hot" -- through innate and adaptive immune responses to treat a variety of cancers.
Pelareorep has demonstrated synergies with immune checkpoint inhibitors and may also be synergistic with other approved oncology treatments. Oncolytics is currently conducting and planning clinical trials evaluating pelareorep in combination with checkpoint inhibitors and targeted therapies in solid and hematological malignancies as it advances towards a registration study in metastatic breast cancer. For further information, please visit: www.oncolyticsbiotech.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and forward-looking information under applicable Canadian securities laws (such forward-looking statements and forward-looking information are collectively referred to herein as "forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements contained in this press release include statements regarding Oncolytics' belief as to the potential and benefits of pelareorep as a cancer therapeutic; Oncolytics' expectations as to the purpose, design, outcomes and benefits of its current or pending clinical trials involving pelareorep; the timing and results of the presentation to be made at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting; our plans to discuss the results of the ReoGlio study with thought leaders and potential partners to identify the best and most efficient potential path forward in GBM and the anticipated results of this strategy; our plans to advance towards a registration study in metastatic breast cancer; and other statements related to anticipated developments in Oncolytics' business and technologies. In any forward-looking statement in which Oncolytics expresses an expectation or belief as to future results, such expectations or beliefs are expressed in good faith and are believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the statement or expectation or belief will be achieved. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause Oncolytics' actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the availability of funds and resources to pursue research and development projects, the efficacy of pelareorep as a cancer treatment, the success and timely completion of clinical studies and trials, Oncolytics' ability to successfully commercialize pelareorep, uncertainties related to the research and development of pharmaceuticals, uncertainties related to the regulatory process and general changes to the economic environment. In particular, we may be impacted by business interruptions resulting from COVID-19 coronavirus, including operating, manufacturing supply chain, clinical trial and project development delays and disruptions, labour shortages, travel and shipping disruption, and shutdowns (including as a result of government regulation and prevention measures). It is unknown whether and how Oncolytics may be affected if the COVID-19 pandemic persists for an extended period of time. We may incur expenses or delays relating to such events outside of our control, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition. Investors should consult Oncolytics' quarterly and annual filings with the Canadian and U.S. securities commissions for additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to the forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable laws.
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BEIJING, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Liberal Education Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: CLEU) ("China Liberal," the "Company," or "we"), a China-based company that provides smart campus solutions and other educational services, today announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Wanwang Investment Limited ("Wanwang"), the operator of an independent three-year college and a four-year college in China with a total student enrollment of over 4,200. This acquisition represents a transformational milestone for China Liberal to directly operate colleges and further expand business scale toward its growth goals.
As previously disclosed, on February 1, 2022, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with Wanwang, Xiaoshi Huang and Thrive Shine Limited, to acquire all the equity interests of Wanwang Investment Limited from Xiaoshi Huang and Thrive Shine Limited in consideration for US$60 million, subject to certain adjustments and payable in installments (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"). The Company, Xiaoshi Huang, Thrive Shine Limited and Wanwang entered into Amendment No.1 to Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Amendment") on February 16, 2022. As of February 17, 2022, 100% of the equity interests in Wanwang has been successfully transferred from Xiaoshi Huang and Thrive Shine Limited to China Liberal, and the sole director of Wanwang and its affiliate, Wanzhong (Hong Kong) Education Investment Management Co., Ltd, has been updated to Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam, Chairperson and CEO of China Liberal. The Company's auditor AUDIT ALLIANCE LLP® completed the audit of Wanwang's financial results for the fiscal years 2021 and 2020 on August 30, 2022, and the closing consideration deposited in the joint account held by Xiaoshi Huang and Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam pursuant to the terms of the Amendment was subsequently released to Xiaoshi Huang.
Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam, Chairperson and CEO of China Liberal, commented, "We are excited to bring Wanwang's extensive operational experience and infrastructure to China Liberal as we continue to execute on our strategic objectives. The acquisition demonstrates our strategic initiatives to increase our student base, diversify our business to the operation of colleges and improve our brand awareness. We will aim to leverage our strengths and deep expertise to continue to deliver superior services and products to students and create further value for our shareholders."
About Wanwang Investment Limited
Wanwang Investment Limited operates an independent three-year college and a four-year college through its subsidiaries, which were formed by a public school but operated as private schools. These two colleges cover an area of about 200 mu (approximately 81 hectares) and a gross floor area of 33,000 square meters (approximately 355,209 square feet), and with more than 4,200 students currently enrolled.
About China Liberal Education Holdings Limited
China Liberal, headquartered in Beijing, is an educational service provider in China. It provides a wide range of services, including those under sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs; overseas study consulting services; technological consulting services for Chinese universities to improve their campus information and data management system and to optimize their teaching, operating and management environment, creating a "smart campus"; and tailored job readiness training to graduating students. For more information, please visit the Company's website at ir.chinaliberal.com.
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This document contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company's expectations and projections about future events, which the Company derives from the information currently available to the Company. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our ability to successfully integrate the newly acquired business; our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as "may," "should," "expects," "anticipates," "contemplates," "estimates," "believes," "plans," "projected," "predicts," "potential," or "hopes" or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this press release and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review risk factors that may affect its future results in the Company's registration statement and in its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Man accused of stealing Amazon delivery truck
By WBZ Staff
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MALDEN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Surveillance video captured the moment a good Samaritan tried to stop a man police say had stolen an Amazon truck in Malden. Police say 42-year-old Michael Cunha of Somerville jumped into an open Amazon truck in the area of Bickford Road and Main Street Thursday afternoon.
“The victim, the delivery driver, was actually doing his job,” Malden Police Lt. Mike Powell said. “He was making a delivery and in a matter of seconds, obviously you can see what can go wrong.”
Police say Cunha drove several blocks, got out of the truck and ran.
That’s where he encountered Yosef Tesfaye, who was working at Habesha, his family’s restaurant. He says the suspect came up to his door. “And I asked him why he do that, and he said he was looking out for a cop and the cop was standing here,” Tesfaye said. “Then I seen the Amazon man running down saying ‘oh that’s the thief, that’s the thief.’”
Tesfaye ran after him, getting the man down to the ground.
“I was scared to be frank. Because I don’t know what he has, I was trying to protect the other guy,” Tesfaye said.
The suspect got away, but thanks to the work of K9 Mattis with Malden Police, he was arrested about 40 minutes later.
“Part of our success today was because of K9 Mattis,” Lt. Powell said.
Cunha was held overnight and will be arraigned Friday.
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America's Second-Largest Federal Credit Union Funds a Record $10.7 Billion in Mortgages and Consumer Loans during First-Quarter 2022
TYSONS, Va., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PenFed Credit Union, the nation's second largest federal credit union, today released financials highlighting a robust start to 2022. In first-quarter 2022, PenFed originated a record $6 billion in mortgage loans and $4.3 billion in consumer loans. Consumer loans include auto loans, credit cards, personal loans and refinanced student loans.
"Helping our 2.7 million members do better financially is how we measure success," said PenFed President and CEO James Schenck. "Adding an average of 52,000 new members per month is the result of PenFed's value proposition of great rates for everyone and the dedication to member service of over 3,900 financial professionals who power PenFed forward."
Among PenFed's highlights in first-quarter 2022:
- Membership grew to over 2.7 million, adding 156,000 net new members.
- PenFed continues to see robust asset growth, surpassing $35 billion in assets during the first quarter.
- PenFed's overall loan portfolio grew by $9.6 billion, which represents 47% growth year-over-year.
- The mortgage division originated $6 billion, a PenFed quarterly record. This represents growth of 114% over the prior year, and includes home equity origination volume of $450 million.
- The consumer lending division originated $4.3 billion, a PenFed quarterly record. This represents 75% growth over year-over-year.
- PenFed credit cards, as part of consumer lending, continued strong performance with $1.3 billion of originations in the first quarter.
- PenFed ended the first quarter with over $739 million of capital in excess of regulatory capital requirements while generating $77 million of net income.
"Our business priorities for the remainder of 2022 are continuing to build capital and liquidity while maintaining credit quality and delivering world-class service to members," Schenck concluded. "In addition to accomplishing these key business milestones, PenFed is proud to have donated nearly $1.2 million to charitable organizations during our first quarter of 2022. True to the credit union philosophy of 'People Helping People,' we will continue to give back to the communities where our members and employees live and serve."
About PenFed Credit Union
Established in 1935, Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) is America's second-largest federal credit union, serving 2.7 million members worldwide with $35 billion in assets. PenFed Credit Union offers market-leading certificates, checking, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, auto loans, student loans, and a wide range of other financial services. Our mission is to empower members of our community to achieve their financial well-being. PenFed Credit Union is federally insured by the NCUA and is an Equal Housing Lender. To learn more about PenFed Credit Union, visit PenFed.org, like us on Facebook and follow us @PenFed on Twitter. Interested in working for PenFed? Check us out on LinkedIn. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in the moving service industry and I thought there could be a better way for people to indicate which room boxes should go," said an inventor, from Carrollton, Texas, "so we invented the COLOR MATCH MOVE. Our design offers an improved alternative to handwritten labels and opening the boxes to determine where they belong."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to organize and label moving and packing boxes. In doing so, it eliminates the need for packaging tape and traditional labels. As a result, it increases convenience and it eliminates confusion as to where the boxes should go. The invention features a practical design that is easy to assemble and use so it is ideal for households and businesses. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-191, 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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Dr. Diedra Wuenschel, a doctor of osteopathic medicine at Coryell Health in Gatesville, has a passion for serving residents in rural Texas.
“I started in Gatesville 10 years ago because I wanted to practice family medicine full spectrum,” she said. “I see patients from birth to death, in the clinic, in the nursing home and in the hospital. It’s been a great opportunity seeing people live their lives.”
That impact is exactly why Wuenschel entered the world of medicine.
“I wanted to go there and make a difference and show people how we can help them in multiple ways,” she said.
However, Wuenschel, who also serves rural residents in Mills County, detailed how COVID-19 challenged that mission during a “conversation event” hosted by The Texas Tribune on Wednesday in the Temple College Academic Center — an event that also featured Dr. Grady “Sam” Hogue, the interim department head of primary care and population health with the Texas A&M College of Medicine, and Lorenzo Serrano, the chief executive officer of Winkler County Memorial Hospital.
Each of the trio offered anecdotal stories about their experiences from the past two years.
“It’s always been tough to challenge the staff of a hospital. On top of COVID, you had an increase in patients and you had fear from the medical staff meant to treat COVID patients,” Serrano, whose hospital has fewer than 100 employees, said. “We had to be very creative, very innovative on how we can keep our staff safe.”
That goal, Serrano stressed, required his staff and other health care providers in rural Texas to completely redesign how they operate.
“There was not one part of the organization that wasn’t impacted,” he said.
Although medical facilities all throughout the United States in the world were impacted by COVID-19, Serrano noted how many rural health care providers often faced greater or different burdens.
“The standard of care in rural hospitals is the same as your urban markets. It has to be the same,” he said. “We just have to figure out how to do that with less staff, less resources and less financial resources.”
One of those resources was internet access.
“We tried to do telehealth in a traditional way. Unfortunately, we quickly learned that it just wasn’t going to work,” Serrano said. “So we switched over just to phone visits ... old school.”
Another challenge was overcoming a lack of trust.
“I get it. The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) was changing their own recommendations and backing up,” Hogue said. “People that were very highly motivated got the vaccine, but when you look at the underserved communities … they did not want to go to those public health vaccines. There was a lack of trust. So we had to be innovative and go talk with stakeholders.”
That mindset for some began to change when a loved one died after contracting COVID-19.
“I remember when I went out to one of the Baptist churches, an African-American church,” Hogue said. “The large majority were getting the (COVID-19) vaccine because their loved ones died. I can’t tell you how distressing it was.”
Serrano — the vice chair on the board of directors for the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals and chair of the Texas Hospital Association’s rural hospital council — highlighted how a sense of normalcy has only recently returned to his facility.
“We weren’t in crisis mode but now we have to do all of the projects that we delayed for two years,” he said.
Wuenschel had similar experiences but noted the support from her community.
“The majority of our population were bringing us gloves. They were bringing us snacks. They were saying thank you for doing everything,” she said. “I mean, they wanted us to be safe because we’re their family and their friends.”
Serrano, like his peers, was thankful for the opportunity as rural hospital leaders to have a platform to tell their stories.
“I think rural hospitals have made some big impact on the community and what we can do,” he told the Telegram. “I think we saw the community appreciate local hospitals much more throughout the pandemic … and I think that is certainly going to be the case moving forward.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_71563c58-d70b-11ec-81b7-73a8067f7129.html | 2022-05-19T07:53:35Z |
HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- University of St. Thomas-Houston celebrates its official membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) DIII effective Sept. 1, 2022.
It is Official!
UST President Dr. Richard Ludwick and Athletic Director Todd Smith announced the news to the UST community at its fall 2022 semester Opening Day festivities to thunderous cheers.
"The successful renewed emphasis on growing UST's athletics has energized our community," President Ludwick said. "Our striking emergence within the NCAA is a significant indicator of the more remarkable things that UST is set to accomplish."
"We are excited to receive word from the NCAA graduating us to official DIII membership," Smith said. "It has been a very long, educational and fun process. We have launched talented new teams, welcomed many more student athletes, and grown as a department to prepare for this next step in our trajectory.
"This year, we have more than 300 student athletes at UST, and we are excited to be eligible for postseason competition at last," Smith said. "A special thanks to Dr. Ludwick, our University Board, our very committed and patient student athletes and everyone who helped throughout the process!"
From NAIA to NCAA DIII
From 2006-2018, UST Athletics competed in NAIA and the Red River Athletic Conference. In 2018, an invitation was extended for UST to begin an exploratory year of transition to NCAA DIII followed by three provisional membership years before full membership in 2022. During this time, St. Thomas competed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) with Trinity, Colorado College, Southwestern, Texas Lutheran, Schreiner, University of Dallas, Centenary and Austin College.
Women's volleyball is the first sport to play under the NCAA official membership status on Sept. 1 against East Texas Baptist University. Women's Volleyball athlete, Alyssa Ajlouny, was also happy with the transition into the NCAA.
"It has been amazing to watch the growth of this program over the last five years," she said. "From NAIA in my freshman year to NCAA in my fifth and final season; my teammates and I are eager to work hard and win."
With full membership in NCAA DIII, UST teams are eligible to compete postseason, unlike the past four years, when they won a conference championship but could not move on to national tournaments.
UST alumnus and Men's Head Basketball Coach Anthony Medina '12, MBA '21, led basketball teams to four Men's Basketball SCAC Conference Championships in three years: 2020, 2021 and 2022, He was also named 2020 SCAC Coach of the Year.
"Completing the transition to NCAA marks the beginning of a new chapter for UST Athletics," Medina said. "We are excited to continue writing the story of UST Athletics in the NCAA as an institution that values education, competition, and integrity."
DIII Student Athletes Prioritize Academics
Colleges and universities in DIII place the highest priority on the overall quality of the educational experience and on the successful completion of all student academic programs. During this experience, student athletes are in an environment that values cultural diversity and gender equity.
19 Different NCAA DIII Sports Plus Intercollegiate Spirit and Esports
In 2022-2023, UST tallied 300 student-athletes and added cheer and dance teams. Notably, 120 new student-athletes became part of our athletics family in 2022-2023. In addition, UST hired a swim coach for its new competitive swim program. Swimming begins in the 2023 season bringing the UST student athlete total to 350 with 25 staff members. Currently, UST has 19 different sports and non-NCAA Spirit and Esports.
Growth Timeline:
- 2006, Women's Volleyball
- 2007 Men's Soccer
- 2009 Men's Basketball
- 2011 Women's Basketball and Men's and Women's Golf
- 2014 Women's Soccer
- 2018 Cross Country
- 2019 Baseball and Men's and Women's Tennis
- 2020 Softball and Men's and Women's Track and Field
- 2021, Men's and Women's Indoor Track
- 2024 Men's and Women's Swimming
About University of St. Thomas
University of St. Thomas is a comprehensive university, grounded in the liberal arts. Committed to the unity of all knowledge, UST offers programs in the traditional liberal arts, professional, and skilled-based disciplines. Graduates of the University of St. Thomas think critically, communicate effectively, succeed professionally, and lead ethically.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Longtime Michigan Republican Rep. Fred Upton, who voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the Jan. 6Capitol insurrection, announced Tuesday he will not run for a 19th term in Congress.
Upton, 68, is the fourth of 10 Republicans who backed impeachment to not seek reelection, joining Reps. John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio.
“Even the best stories has a last chapter. This is it for me,” Upton said during a speech on the House floor. “I’ve done the zillions of airline miles back and forth. I’ve signed Fred to over a million letters, cast more votes than anyone in this chamber while here and by most accounts have succeeded in making a difference, accomplishing what I’ve set out to do with more unfinished work still yet to come.”
The recent once-a-decade redistricting process put the moderate Upton, of St. Joseph, and sixth-term Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland Township in the same GOP-leaning seat in the state’s southwestern corner. In February, Upton’s campaign aired an ad that signaled he was more likely to run, but he stopped short of announcing a bid.
Trump has worked to exact revenge on those who crossed him — recruiting, endorsing and campaigning for challengers running against them. That includes Upton, whom Trump has slammed as a “RINO,” a Republican in name only. “He doesn’t deserve to keep his seat,” Trump said in September.
Trump last month endorsed Huizenga after earlier supporting another Republican primary challenger before the new district was drawn. On Tuesday, Trump issued a statement reacting to Upton’s decision, saying: “UPTON QUITS! 4 down and 6 to go.”
Upton, who was first elected in 1986 and chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee from 2011 through 2016, became emotional as he ended his remarks in which he thanked his “salt-of-the-earth” constituents. He noted his parents were watching on C-SPAN.
“Someone asked my wife Amey what would be the next chapter. She said, ‘And they lived happily ever after.′ Indeed, we will.”
Legislative highlights, Upton said, include a law to accelerate medical product development and what he said was his “driving mission” — a focus on jobs and the economy. He mentioned work to rev up American energy production, deal with climate change, reduce corporate taxes, rescue the domestic auto industry and protect the Great Lakes.
He also said he has been hitting the road with Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell “in a push for civility. Hopefully, civility and bipartisanship versus discord can rule not rue the day.”
Dingell spoke after Upton, who stayed to watch. She also was emotional.
“It is his civility that I and Congress will miss the most,” she said. “Fred really believed that he was an American first, that reaching across the aisle was important, that working together is how we get things done for the American people.”
Upton is the 16th House Republican to say he or she is not running for reelection, compared with 30 Democrats. The total had been 31 Democrats, but Filemon Vela, who said he was not seeking reelection, ended up resigning for another job last month.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the first name of Fred Upton’s wife Amey.
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Freking contributed from Washington. Associated Press reporter Jill Colvin contributed from New York. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/upton-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-wont-seek-reeelection/ | 2022-04-05T18:52:03Z |
David Clarke brings over 30 years of Data Strategy experience from Dun & Bradstreet, Avention and clients like Mastercard, John Wiley and TiVo
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David Clarke, a seasoned executive with an international track record of building data organizations, has joined Markaaz as Chief Data Officer in Residence. This most recent addition to the team underpins the company's accelerated growth plans and the increasing demand for its data-driven solution in the US, Asia and beyond.
Markaaz, a fast-growing Fintech, applies data triangulation as it builds the definitive environment for small and big businesses to connect. Its two-sided Dashboard provides small business owners with a digital interface to better manage their data and business insights, while enabling consent-based data sharing with enterprise partners that accelerates their onboarding, approving, and monitoring for better servicing, lower acquisition costs, increased sales, and higher retention.
With its pre-populated and pre-verified directory of over 115 million businesses (and soon growing to 300 million), Markaaz is uniquely positioned to engage business owners to 'claim their data' and ensure its quality. This approach has been validated in market, in 2018, when Hany Fam, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Markaaz, built the world's first trading platform connecting 286 million buyers and sellers, called Mastercard Track™.
Clarke, who was part of the Mastercard Track team, is joining the cloud-based platform to drive its Data Strategy and Sourcing, alongside the experienced team members including Tom Reed, Markaaz's Senior Vice President of Data, who is also a Track veteran.
"With David, we have the crew back together. His depth of experiences in large-scale data organizations and networks is a great addition to the team," said Fam. "We're excited to be on this journey together."
Prior to joining Markaaz, Clarke spent 30 years at Dun & Bradstreet in various executive positions including President, Sales & Marketing Solutions, US CIO, and Chief Data Officer. He was also the Chief Data Officer of Avention, that was subsequently acquired by Dun & Bradstreet. Since then, he has been an Advisor/Consultant, specializing in Data Strategy and the business information industry, advising clients including Mastercard, John Wiley and TiVo.
"I am excited to be working together with the Markaaz team. What brought me here is the strength of the team, and people who have built businesses at scale. We are doing it again'' said Clarke.
Markaaz has previously announced OpenLending-Founder Sandy Watkins as investor and board member, and its partnerships with Mastercard and Equifax.
Visit markaaz.com to learn more.
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SEATTLE, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines' board of directors has elected Celley Buchanan vice president of airport operations and customer service. In this role she is responsible for all aspects of the airline's airport operations across its broad network, excluding Seattle.
Buchanan is a 23-year veteran of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. She started her career as a customer service agent in Los Angeles (LAX) and served there for 13 years, progressing into leadership of all aspects of Alaska's operation, including serving as LAX general manager.
She then moved to Horizon Air as director of ground operations for two years, before moving back to Alaska as director of operations support services. She has been in her current role, managing director of airport operations support for Alaska since 2020, where she set the long term strategy for ground support equipment, business partner performance, cabin cleaning, deicing and divisional safety, among other programs.
Buchanan's leadership helped to establish the airline's Next-Level Care program at the start of the pandemic, which introduced more than 100 safety policies and procedures designed to ensure the safety of our guests and employees.
"Celley is a people leader with a deep understanding of our operation and what makes us tick," said Wayne Newton, senior vice president of airport operations and customer service at Alaska Airlines and chairman of McGee Air Services board of directors. "Her tenacity and skill working across the organization will raise our airports teams to even higher levels of performance, safety and empowerment."
Buchanan is a graduate of the University of Washington's Foster School of Business Executive MBA program. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
About Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines and our regional partners serve more than 120 destinations across the United States, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico. We emphasize Next-Level Care for our guests, along with providing low fares, award-winning customer service and sustainability efforts. Alaska is a member of the oneworld global alliance. With the alliance and our additional airline partners, guests can travel to more than 1,000 destinations on more than 20 airlines while earning and redeeming miles on flights to locations around the world. Learn more about Alaska at news.alaskair.com. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK).
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After nearly 36 years, Bell County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, Place 2 will now change hands.
The Bell County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Monday to accept the resignation of outgoing JP GW Ivey and appoint his replacement. Ivey’s last day will be on June 24.
Ivey resigned after almost 36 years, or nine consecutive terms, in the office after not running for reelection in March.
While Ivey will no longer be a JP, he said he would continue as the city judge for the cities of Rogers and Troy.
“We just feel like it is time for us to do something different,” Ivey said. “We are not going to go get another job, we are done.”
Larry Wilkey, a Temple Police Department sergeant, will take over for Ivey after he resigns from his current job on June 23.
Wilkey will serve out the rest of Ivey’s unexpired term as justice of the peace, which ends Jan. 1, 2023. He will then start his first full term in the position, after he won the Republican nomination in the March 1 primary. He is unopposed in the November general election.
Ivey is expected to be the one to swear in Wilkey, a 28-year police veteran, to his new position.
“One word you can’t use is replace, after nine terms he will never be replaced,” Wilkey said. “I will do the best I can and be a strong advocate for Bell County and do what I can for everybody.”
A benefit that will come with the new position is a peace of mind for Wilkey’s wife Andi, who was present at Monday’s meeting.
As a police officer, Wilkey said, there were many times he would have to leave in the middle of the night with a bulletproof vest on. His wife told him that she was never awakened when he came home because she would stay up waiting.
Wilkey’s new JP job will prompt him to leave in the middle of the night for death pronunciations, but he said there would not be the same need for concern.
Wilkey admitted that the new job would be a big change from his current role as a police supervisor but he was confident in the training he would receive.
Ivey and other justices of the peace have offered to help Wilkey learn the ropes of his new position once he is sworn in June 24.
“The training that you get, that won’t be new to me,” Wilkey said. “You get trained to be a police officer, you get trained to investigate crimes against children. Whatever the case may be, you go through that training and you become relatively good at it.”
Bell County Judge David Blackburn, along with the other Commissioners, thanked Ivey for his more than three decades of services.
“I don’t think that people fully realize … what justices of the peace do in our community and across the state,” Blackburn said. “But the number of hours you have to put in at all times of the day and night … I don’t know if that is fully appreciated.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_8c2b72ba-eb6e-11ec-a7c1-f323ff015144.html | 2022-06-14T01:29:16Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — Some vendors on Etsy say they are halting sales of their items on the site for a week to protest a hike in the fees the crafts e-commerce marketplace charges them.
Starting Monday, Etsy sellers must pay a 6.5% commission on each transaction, up from the 5% in place since 2018.
A protest organizer, Kristi Cassidy, said thousands of Etsy sellers — a fraction of the 5.3 million vendors on the site — have temporarily halted selling their items. Cassidy, who has been selling gothic and punk costumes on Etsy since 2007, also launched a petition that so far has garnered more than 50,000 signatures from buyers and sellers. Roughly 20,000 are sellers. Cassidy said it’s hard to estimate the exact number of sellers that have actually stopped selling on the site.
Cassidy and others are also taking issue with Etsy’s advertising policy implemented early in 2020. It requires sellers making at least $10,000 a year on Etsy and who have have their products advertised on Etsy’s offsite social media and search-engine partners, to pay a 12% advertising fee on sales made through the ads.
Cassidy also said that Etsy needs to crack down on resellers, people selling mass-produced goods that they have not designed themselves.
Raina Moskowitz, chief operating officer at New York-based Etsy, said that the new fee structure will enable the company to increase spending on marketing, customer support and removing listings that don’t meet its policies.
“Our sellers’ success is a top priority for Etsy,” she said in a statement.
Etsy, best known for selling handmade soap and jewelry, was one of the few beneficiaries in the pandemic as more people stayed at home and either made items or sought homemade items online.
But it’s now under pressure to ramp up its offerings to compete better with Amazon. As part of its growth strategy, it made two acquisitions last year. It bought Depop,an app that’s popular among young people looking to buy and sell used clothing and vintage fashions from the early 2000s. It also acquired Elo7 — known as the “Etsy of Brazil” for its popular marketplace for crafty creators.
Cassidy said the protest over fees is just the beginning. She told The Associated Press she wants to actually “build an equivalent of a union” for Etsy sellers and said she’s been inspired by the union organizing activity heating up at such companies as Amazon and Starbucks.
“As individual crafters, makers and small businesspeople, we may be easy for a giant corporation like Etsy to take advantage of,” Cassidy wrote on the online petition. “But as an organized front of people, determined to use our diverse skills and boundless creativity to win ourselves a fairer deal, Etsy won’t have such an easy time shoving us around.”
The Rhode Island-based mother of two young children said she has seen her income drop last year to one third of what it was in 2019, blaming in part to some of the moves Etsy has made. | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/etsy-sellers-protest-fees-by-halting-their-sales-for-a-week/ | 2022-04-12T00:22:34Z |
Man gets life in prison for traveling to Vietnam to sexually abuse children, DOJ says
(Gray News) – A Florida man was sentenced to life in prison for traveling from Florida to Vietnam to engage in sex acts with a number of Vietnamese minors he had met and talked to over the internet, according to the Department of Justice.
The DOJ says 52-year-old Christopher Edwin Day pleaded guilty to two counts of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor into illegal sexual activity in February 2020.
Day traveled from Florida to Vietnam on two separate occasions in 2015 and 2016 to engage in sex acts with minor Vietnamese boys, according to court documents and statements made related to Day’s plea and sentencing.
Day flew back and forth to Vietnam under the guise of being an English teacher, the documents say. Some boys were introduced to Day as their English teacher while others were allegedly promised money and gifts.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations agents in Tampa and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, which is a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The initiative was launched in 2006 by the DOJ.
Anyone with information on suspected child sexual exploitation can contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678 or at its website.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MidCentral Energy Partners, LLC, an asset performance management company serving the energy sector, is expanding their footprint with a 50,000 square foot lease in Fort Worth. The expansion will bring MidCentral's operating infrastructure to over 140,000 square feet and will support the company's manufacturing/remanufacturing and site services product lines
Oklahoma City-based MidCentral, has been expanding its client base and operational presence. MidCentral now services oil and gas producers and service companies nationwide through its locations in Midland, Texas (Permian Basin), San Antonio, Texas (Eagle Ford & Haynesville Shale), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Midcontinent Region), Pennsylvania (Marcellus & Utica Shales) and Denver, Colorado (Bakken and Niobrara Shales).
"Our client base and overall business continues to grow rapidly around the US.This new location allows us to increase the scope of how we serve the industry, as we continue to expand our position," said Kristian Kos, CEO. "We are modernizing the industry through our asset performance management and that is helping us attract additional clients who understand the value we can provide through supporting their operations."
The new facility is located at 3201 N. Sylvania Avenue, south of the intersection of interstates 35 and 820. In addition to the 50,000 square foot building, the facility bolsters an additional 40,000 square feet of storage space for inventory management. Multiple high-capacity cranes allow for the quick repair and service of equipment that oil and gas producers and service companies rely on to operate efficiently.
"We are making a long-term commitment to the growth and sustainability of our business," said Justin Loven, SVP, Operations. "This new facility will further enhance our asset performance management business model", added Mr Loven.
The operations of this additional facility will be led by MidCentral's Jon Teffeteller. Mr. Teffeteller says the company is hiring 30 additional people to support the expansion. "MidCentral is an innovative company, and we need forward-thinking people to work with us. It's a great culture and a place where hard-working people are rewarded." The move into the new building is underway and will be fully operational by October 1, 2022.
MidCentral is an added-value services company committed to driving efficiency in the energy industry. Through asset performance management, supported by on-the-spot customer service, MidCentral optimizes asset uptime to drive its customers return on investment. For over a decade, MidCentral's emphasis on technology and innovation has allowed their customers to safely optimize resources. MidCentral's scalable asset performance management solutions reduce costs and shorten production timelines. MidCentral has been headquartered in Oklahoma since 2010 and has field offices in Colorado, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Learn more about how MidCentral is revolutionizing the energy industry at MidCentralEnergy.com.
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Indianapolis' leading HVAC and plumbing company enters new market in northern Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peterman Brothers, a leading HVAC and plumbing company serving the Greater Indianapolis area, is expanding its services after launching its new location in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The new location will provide a full line of HVAC and plumbing services.
"Our ability to grow and enter new markets is a testament to the quality of service our team provides," said Chad Peterman, president of Peterman Brothers. "Our team treats our customers like they are part of our family. That's what we take pride in at Peterman Brothers. Whether it's installing a gas line or completing emergency HVAC repairs, we treat each customer with the same respect that we would treat our loved ones. With the new location in Fort Wayne, we will be able to deliver the same type of services to homeowners in that community."
The Fort Wayne location offers a variety of HVAC, indoor air quality and plumbing services including furnace maintenance and repairs, heat pump installation, smart thermostat services, A/C installation and repairs, IAQ assessments, plumbing maintenance, gas line installation, water heater maintenance and more.
In addition to providing home service solutions, Peterman Brothers has received several accolades in the past year. In 2021, they received the Dealer of the Year award from Bryant Heating & Cooling. They were also named to the Inc. 5000 list for the third year in a row in 2021.
"We are excited to have the opportunity to serve Fort Wayne and provide top-level home service solutions to its residents," Peterman said. "Awards are a byproduct of the hard work our team brings to the office and in the homes of our customers daily. The true reward is seeing the smiling face of a customer once a job is completed."
Peterman Brothers is available to help with any plumbing or cooling needs. For more information, call (260) 201-3070 or visit https://www.petermanhvac.com/.
About Peterman Brothers
Founded in 1986, Peterman Brothers provides residential heating, cooling, and plumbing services in the Greater Indianapolis area. A second-generation family business, the company offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee with any new installation of HVAC equipment. All technicians are certified through the North American Technical Excellence (NATE) program and fully bonded and insured. Peterman Brothers provides 24/7 emergency service to its customers and offers several financing options with approved credit. To find out more, call (260) 201-3070 or visit https://www.petermanhvac.com.
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Archicad users can increase the return on their software investment through automatic upgrades, exclusive tools, role-specific training, and personalized technical support.
BUDAPEST, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphisoft, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions provider for architecture, today unveiled significant updates to its key service offerings — enabling Archicad users to achieve returns on their software investment through automatic upgrades, exclusive tools, personalized technical support, and role-specific training programs. The latest announcement supports Graphisoft's strategy of combining innovative architectural software solutions with supportive services and access to a global community of fellow users.
Graphisoft Forward
Graphisoft Forward is a robust service and benefits package — Graphisoft's global response to the real-world demands of running a building design practice today. Subscribers can maximize value and productivity while lowering the overall cost of ownership through exclusive tools, support, and services. Product updates are included and guarantee that Archicad users benefit from the latest innovations and capabilities instantly.
"We recognize that our customers can benefit from an ecosystem that complements their investment in software. Graphisoft Forward is a response to the needs of our customers to ensure that they can focus on their business," said Márton Kiss, Director, Global Customer Engagement at Graphisoft.
What's new in Graphisoft Forward
With the release of Archicad 26, Graphisoft Forward subscribers get access to powerful productivity tools, including:
- Library Part Maker — architects can develop their own parametric object library, such as doors, windows, etc. without scripting.
- Additional Surface Catalogue — Engaging, modern visualizations make client approvals fast and easy thanks to the fresh content added to the Additional Surface Catalog.
- One-year Enscape subscription free with a two-year commitment — combine real-time rendering and virtual reality that brings visual exploration directly into the modeling tools, so architects can focus on creating and building great architecture. Visit enscape.graphisoft.com for details.
Visit graphisoft.com/forward to learn more and to subscribe to Graphisoft Forward.
Graphisoft Learn
Graphisoft Learn is an innovative, modern, and flexible learning program that helps users get the most out of Graphisoft's solutions and services through individual courses, learning paths, and learning bundles specific to industry roles and responsibilities. Graduates of the online self-paced, hybrid, and live Learn programs receive globally recognized certification, further strengthening their competitive edge in the AEC industry.
"I was very impressed by the versatility of the Learn Portal — it offered more than I expected, and it really felt tailor-made," said Ruben Groot, BIM Manager and Architect at Groot Architecture. In busy times, the Learn Portal offers me an opportunity to delve further into BIM in the areas that are important to me at times that suit me. It enabled me, both as an architect and an external BIM manager, to get the most out of Archicad and to help other architectural firms with the aim of making better buildings through better BIM."
What's new in Graphisoft Learn
With today's release of Archicad 26, the first of three bundles is now available for purchase at learn.graphisoft.com. The Model Authoring Bundle includes 20 self-paced video courses and 14 trainer-led online courses, organized in several learning paths around modeling, documentation, design options, and BIM workflows. Upon successful completion of the courses, users are awarded the Archicad BIM Author Certificate.
Additional training bundles will be available for purchase later this year. These include:
- Model Management Bundle: equips users with the knowledge required to coordinate a model and manage project delivery.
- Office Management Bundle: includes materials related to BIM standards, office-level BIM practices, and people and management processes, all required to run a BIM-enabled practice.
Learn more at learn.graphisoft.com.
Graphisoft Community
Graphisoft Community makes it fast and easy for Archicad, BIMcloud, BIMx, and DDScad users to share solutions and get expert help through a state-of-the-art, user-friendly experience that combines Archicad Talk and Help Center into one, easy-to-search resource. The platform offers fast, efficient support and search functions, and ensures quick feedback from peer users and Graphisoft experts.
What's new in Graphisoft Community
- Archicad 26 New Features articles — users can acquaint themselves with all the latest capabilities and improvements in the latest release thanks to the practical examples provided in each article. Read the articles.
- Graphisoft Insights — a one-stop hub for news on solutions and services, events, competitions, training, customer success stories, and more. Topics are organized into categories for easier searching. Visit Graphisoft Insights.
"We are truly inspired by our users' knowledge, creativity, and willingness to share," said Gordana Radonic, Global Community Manager. "Graphisoft Community is an essential resource for everyone who is looking for guidance, wants to share ideas, or involve others in shared thinking. This allows everyone to focus their time on doing what they do best — creating great buildings, with an extra layer of inspiration coming from fellow users," she added. Learn more at community.graphisoft.com.
About Graphisoft
Graphisoft® empowers teams to design great buildings, through award-winning software solutions, learning programs, and professional services for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industries. Our award-winning products and solutions support OPEN BIM for workflow transparency, longevity, and data accessibility for built assets. Archicad®, the architects' BIM software of choice, offers a complete end-to-end design and documentation workflow for architectural and integrated architectural and engineering practices of any size. BIMx®, the most popular mobile and web BIM app, extends the BIM experience to include all stakeholders in the building design, delivery, and operations lifecycle. BIMcloud®, the AEC industry's first and most advanced cloud-based team collaboration solution, makes real-time collaboration possible across the globe regardless of the size of the project and the speed or quality of the team members' network connection. DDScad solutions support users with intelligent Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) design tools, integrated calculations, and comprehensive documentation of all building system disciplines. DDScad Architect & Construction is developed for architects, building contractors, and manufacturers of industrialized timber frame housing in Scandinavian markets. Graphisoft is part of the Nemetschek Group. To learn more, visit graphisoft.com.
About Graphisoft Forward
Graphisoft Forward is a robust Software Services Agreement — our global response to the real-world demands of running a building design practice today. Maximize value and productivity while lowering the overall cost of software through exclusive tools, learning, support, and services. Product updates are included and guarantee that you'll benefit from the latest innovations and capabilities instantly.
About Graphisoft Learn
Graphisoft Learn is an innovative, modern, and flexible learning program that helps users get the most out of our products and services through individual courses, learning paths, and learning bundles specific to industry roles and responsibilities. Graduates of our online self-paced, hybrid, and live Learn programs receive globally recognized certification, further strengthening their competitive edge in the AEC industry.
About Graphisoft Community
Graphisoft Community makes it fast and easy for Archicad, BIMcloud, BIMx, and DDScad users to share solutions and get expert help through a state-of-the-art, user-friendly experience that combines Archicad Talk and Help Center into one, easy-to-search resource. The platform offers fast, efficient support and search functions, and ensures quick feedback from peer users and Graphisoft experts.
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“Baby, I sure wish I could lend you a hand, But plumbing’s one thing I don’t understand.”
— Weird Al Yankovich
During his timely and well-received New Georgia Economy seminar at Albany State University Thursday, Georgia Chamber President/CEO Chris Clark asked a question that hit home with me.
“Where,” Clark asked, “are our next generation of plumbers, electricians and carpenters going to come from?”
I might alter his somewhat rhetorical question somewhat: Where the hell are today’s plumbers, electricians and carpenters?
I know, I know. We all have our crosses to bear, and where several of you have the best tradesmen on speed dial, ready to respond to your calls at a moment’s notice, others of us have not been so lucky. I’m one such individual.
My issues started with small leaks in the bathroom sink and tub. Fortunately, I’d met a fantastic plumber through a friend, someone who’d done work for me before and had proven to be reliable.
Unfortunately, that plumber had run into some ... let’s just call them “personal issues” since we’d last talked. He showed up, as promised, asked for $50 to “buy parts I need,” and then disappeared. He called a couple of times to assure me he was going to be by soon, then just quit calling altogether.
Well, those leaks got so bad, so we started looking for someone else to do the job. Our friend, though, said the original plumber had gotten his act together, and she — knowing our plight — had encouraged him to reach back out to us. He did.
Very apologetically, he vaguely explained his issues, then said he’d get to work on those leaks. (By now, though, there was a clog problem added to the list.) He futzed around for a couple of hours, needed $40 for parts, left with one leak twice as bad as before and the other so bad the cold water line had to be cut off completely, and disappeared into wherever it is plumbers with personal issues go.
Having kissed that $90 goodbye and still with increasingly leaking faucets (the clog was cleared), a series of recommended plumbers was contacted. The first said he’d be there within a period of three or four days (that was two weeks ago), and another who said it wouldn’t take him long to fix the issues hasn’t even bothered to call back.
And I’m sitting here going, “Look, I obviously am dumb enough to pay you before you even do the work if you’ll at least show up,” but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
Same thing with electricians. I had an electrical issue that has left a part of the house dark for the last eight or nine months, and the person who was going to “take care of that little problem” has been “going to be there in the next couple of days” is another monthslong no-show.
One thing that the pandemic has shone a light on is the lack of qualified — and, especially, available — skilled and specialized tradesmen. Maybe there’s a secret code or a process you have to go through to get someone around here to come and at least look at your issues, but I haven’t been able to crack that code. Others have told me “their” plumber or electrician would take care of the issues for me, but, again, I haven’t heard from any of them.
So, Chris Clark, while you fret over the plumbers, electricians and carpenters of tomorrow, I’m sitting here with leaking pipes and dark portions of my abode today. If there is anyone out there who knows the secret to getting a reliable plumber and/or electrician who will actually show up, please let me know who that is and how to get in touch with them.
They’ll know my house ... it’s the one with all the leaks that’s apparently been doused with plumber repellant. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-coping-with-tomorrows-economic-issues-today/article_7204b38e-d3b2-11ec-91cb-b3b740a0b490.html | 2022-05-14T23:33:23Z |
The partnership leverages both companies' extensive expertise in data-driven digital transformation
WARREN, N.J., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, and Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) and (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance, banking and financial services industries, today announced a partnership to help insurance companies drive digital transformation.
The combination of Sapiens' industry-leading, cloud-native, core suite of banking and insurance applications, and Mindtree's deep domain knowledge and expansive delivery capabilities will enable insurance companies to increase scale, speed-to-market, and customer satisfaction as they embrace digital. Initially designed to support insurance system implementations, the partnership will first focus on North America and subsequently grow into Europe and Asia.
"We are delighted to partner with Mindtree in the Property & Casualty and Life & Annuity insurance markets. Our collective insurance industry and digital transformation experience will further strengthen our delivery capabilities and scale, which will drive continued growth and customer satisfaction," said Jamie Yoder, North America President and General Manager at Sapiens. "Together, we will power insurers with the competitive edge to meet market demands and succeed in the digital age of insurance."
"Our partnership with Sapiens emphasizes our longstanding commitment to innovation," said Mukund Rao, Chief Business Officer for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance at Mindtree. "Digital technologies have unlocked a significant opportunity for banking, financial services, and insurance companies to not just streamline processes, but also drive new business and operating models centered on engaging and disruptive experiences. The combined strengths of Mindtree and Sapiens will enable these companies to maximize digital transformation and business outcomes."
Sapiens' full set of offerings for P&C, L&A and banking empowers customers to improve operational efficiency, expand revenue streams, and increase customer engagement and satisfaction using digital and omni-channel experiences. Sapiens CoreSuite enables P&C insurers to rapidly deploy core systems on the cloud, including business intelligence, reinsurance and portal solutions for all lines of business.
By combining Sapiens' knowledge acquired through years of customer engagements around the world with Mindtree's industry-leading, digital-first implementation processes and global scale, the two companies will help customers lower risk and speed up implementations and integrations.
About Sapiens
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) and (TASE: SPNS) empowers the financial sector, with a focus on insurance, to transform and become digital, innovative, and agile. Backed by more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens offers a complete insurance platform, with pre-integrated, low-code solutions and a cloud-first approach that accelerates customers' digital transformation. Serving over 600 customers in 30 countries, Sapiens offers insurers across property and casualty, workers compensation and life markets the most comprehensive set of solutions, from core to complementary, including Reinsurance, Financial & Compliance, Data & Analytics, Digital, and Decision Management. For more information visit www.sapiens.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About Mindtree
Mindtree (NSE: MINDTREE) is a global technology consulting and services company that enables enterprises across industries to drive superior competitive advantage, customer experiences and business outcomes by harnessing digital and cloud technologies. A digital transformation partner to more than 275 of the world's most pioneering enterprises, Mindtree brings extensive domain, technology and consulting expertise to help reimagine business models, accelerate innovation and maximize growth. As a socially and environmentally responsible business, Mindtree is focused on growth as well as sustainability in building long-term stakeholder value. Powered by more than 35,000 talented and entrepreneurial professionals across 24 countries, Mindtree — a Larsen & Toubro Group company — is consistently recognized among the best places to work. For more, please visit www.mindtree.com or @Mindtree_Ltd.
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Junior Achievement and Fannie Mae Youth Homeownership Survey Shows Teens Interested in Programs That Teach How Mortgages and Homeownership Work
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey by Junior Achievement USA and Fannie Mae shows most teens (88%) would like to own a home someday. The survey reflects that most teens (85%) believe "owning a home" is part of "the good life," compared to nearly as many adults (87%) based on Fannie Mae's Q4 2020 National Housing Survey®. However, fewer than half (45%) of surveyed teens could correctly identify the definition of a home mortgage and 76% said they lacked clear understanding of credit scores. The survey of 1,000 nationally representative U.S. teens between the ages of 13 and 17 was conducted from May 25 through May 31, 2022, by Wakefield Research.
While nearly all teens (96%) believe credit scores plays an important role in the ability to purchase a home, approximately three in four (76%) said they understood credit scores only "somewhat," "a little," or "not at all." Nearly all teens (97%) thought it would be helpful if schools offered lessons that explained homeownership, including mortgages.
"There's been this theme that younger Americans aren't interested in homeownership, but the results of this survey contradict that assumption," said Jack E. Kosakowski, President and CEO of Junior Achievement USA. "Teens appear very interested in owning a home someday but seem to realize they need more information on how to do it."
"Young people today are the homebuyers of tomorrow. By providing them access to quality, foundational education now, Fannie Mae and Junior Achievement are helping these future homeowners to prepare for the mortgage and homebuying process when they're ready to take that step," said Jeffery Hayward, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Fannie Mae. "Fannie Mae is committed to supporting sustainable homeownership, and the results of this survey reinforce how homeownership and financial education can enable aspiring homeowners to be successful in their housing journey, both in buying a home and sustaining it over the long term."
In response to young people's interest in learning more about the financial aspects of buying a home, Fannie Mae is supporting the development and deployment of Junior Achievement learning experiences for thousands of students annually in various age groups. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, relevant content from Fannie Mae's HomeView™ homeownership course materials and resources, designed with first-time homebuyers in mind, are integrated in an age-appropriate manner into Junior Achievement programs and made available to students in both digital and print formats.
Other key survey findings include:
- In addition to owning a home, most teens also believe that "living in a location I like" (90%), "being in good health" (96%), "having an interesting job" (87%), and "having a good work-life balance" (96%) are an important part of "the good life." Only a slight majority of teens (51%) said "having children" is an important part of having "the good life," compared to more than three in four adults (77%) from the 2020 National Housing Survey.
- Most teens (61%) say their parents own their home. Less than half of Black teens (44%) responded that way, with nearly as many saying they rent (42%). A little over half of Hispanic/Latino teens (52%) say their parents own their home, compared to one-third (33%) who say they rent.
- A slight majority of White teens (52%) correctly identified the definition of a mortgage, compared to around a quarter (26%) of Black teens and fewer than half (41%) of Hispanic/Latino teens.
- A majority of White teens (72%) identified their family as being the biggest influence on their opinions about homeownership. This sentiment was shared by more than half of Black teens (59%) and Hispanic/Latino teens (66%).
An executive summary of the survey can be found here.
Methodology
The Junior Achievement/Fannie Mae Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research (www.wakefieldresearch.com) among 1,000 nationally representative U.S. Teens ages 13-17, between May 25th and May 31st, 2022, using an email invitation and an online survey. Respondents were not affiliated with or enrolled in Junior Achievement programs. Data was weighted to ensure a reliable and accurate representation of U.S. teens ages 13-17.
Demographic notes:
- Black, non-Hispanic – Any teen (13-17) who reports their race as "black" or "African American" and are not of Hispanic or Latino heritage.
- Hispanic – Any teen (13-17) who reports being of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
- White, non-Hispanic – Any teen (13-17) who reports their race as "white" and are not of Hispanic or Latino heritage.
- Other – Any teen (13-17) who reports their race as something other than the above (include Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American as asked in this survey) and are not of Hispanic or Latino heritage.
Wakefield is following the approach the U.S. Census and surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau use when asking for ethnicity and race. The definitions used in the table are commonly used to present data for ethnicity and race.
For fielding this survey, Wakefield used benchmarks from the Current Population Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Results of any sample are subject to sampling variation. The magnitude of the variation is measurable and is affected by the number of interviews and the level of the percentages expressing the results. For the interviews conducted in this particular study, the chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or minus, by more than 3.1 percentage points from the result that would be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons in the universe represented by the sample.
About Junior Achievement USA® (JA)
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers, and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches more than 2.5 million students per year in 103 markets across the United States, as part of 10 million students served by operations in 100 other countries worldwide. Junior Achievement USA is a member of JA Worldwide. Visit www.ja.org for more information.
About Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae advances equitable and sustainable access to homeownership and quality, affordable rental housing for millions of people across America. Fannie Mae enables the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and drives responsible innovation to make homebuying and renting easier, fairer, and more accessible. Visit fanniemae.com for more information.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped to a reading of 113 in March, down 12 points from February and 36% lower than March 2021, marking the weakest farmer sentiment reading since May 2020, the early days of the pandemic. The decline was driven by producers' weaker perceptions of both current conditions in the agricultural economy and expectations for the future. The Index of Current Conditions declined 19 points to 113, down 44% from March 2021, and the Index of Future Expectations declined 9 points to 113, down 31% from the same time last year. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each month from 400 U.S. agricultural producers' responses to a telephone survey. This month's survey was conducted between March 14-18, 2022.
"Concern about the war's impact on input prices and input availability on their farming operations was paramount in the minds of producers responding to the March survey and was a major factor in this month's decline in sentiment," said James Mintert, the barometer's principal investigator and director of Purdue University's Center for Commercial Agriculture.
The March survey provided the first opportunity to ask producers how they expect the war in Ukraine to affect U.S. agriculture. Producers overwhelmingly said they expect input prices to be most affected (63% of respondents), followed by crop prices (33% of respondents), and livestock prices (3% of respondents). Responding to a related question, 19% of respondents chose "availability of inputs" as their biggest concern in their farming operation this year, which was equal to the percentage of producers who chose "lower crop and/or livestock prices" as their biggest concern.
Diving deeper into producers' expectations for farm input prices in the upcoming year, 57% expect farm input prices to rise by 20% or more and 36% think input prices will rise by 30% or more. And, just over one-fourth (27% of producers) say they've had difficulty purchasing crop inputs for the 2022 crop season. Producers report that supply chain problems persist across a wide-range of inputs with herbicides, fertilizer, and farm machinery parts posing the most problems.
Producers continue to say that they expect their farm's financial performance to decline in 2022 compared to 2021. The March Farm Financial Performance Index, which asks producers whether they expect their farm's financial performance in 2022 to be better than, worse than or about the same as in 2021, was up slightly (4 points) at a reading of 87, but remains 30% lower than a year earlier.
"When producers think about how their farm will fare financially in 2022, it's clear they do not expect commodity price strength to offset the dramatic rise in farm production costs they are experiencing," said Mintert.
Producers do not view this as a good time to make large investments in their farming operations as the Farm Capital Investment Index fell again in March. The index was 6 points lower than a month earlier and 59% lower than in March 2021 when it was near its all-time peak. In a pair of follow-up questions, 62% of respondents said their plans for farm machinery purchases in the upcoming year are lower than a year earlier, which is the most negative response to that question since May 2020. When asked a similar question about their plans for farm building and grain bin construction, 68% of respondents chose "lower" which was the most negative response received to that question since its first inclusion in a barometer survey in May 2021.
Supply chain problems continue to haunt both the farm machinery and construction sectors and are one of the reasons producers don't view this as a good time for large investments. For example, 42% of producers this month said their machinery purchase plans were impacted by low farm machinery inventories, consistent with industry reports that major machinery manufacturers are experiencing order backlogs.
Read the full Ag Economy Barometer report at https://purdue.ag/agbarometer. The site also offers additional resources – such as past reports, charts and survey methodology – and a form to sign up for monthly barometer email updates and webinars.
Each month, the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture provides a short video analysis of the barometer results, available at https://purdue.ag/barometervideo. For even more information, check out the Purdue Commercial AgCast podcast. It includes a detailed breakdown of each month's barometer, in addition to a discussion of recent agricultural news that affects farmers. Available now at https://purdue.ag/agcast.
The Ag Economy Barometer, Index of Current Conditions and Index of Future Expectations are available on the Bloomberg Terminal under the following ticker symbols: AGECBARO, AGECCURC and AGECFTEX.
About the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture
The Center for Commercial Agriculture was founded in 2011 to provide professional development and educational programs for farmers. Housed within Purdue University's Department of Agricultural Economics, the center's faculty and staff develop and execute research and educational programs that address the different needs of managing in today's business environment.
About CME Group
As the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and, E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec and EBS are trademarks of BrokerTec Europe LTD and EBS Group LTD, respectively. Dow Jones, Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and S&P are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and S&P/Dow Jones Indices LLC, as the case may be, and have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Writer: Kami Goodwin, 765-494-6999, kami@purdue.edu
Source: James Mintert, 765-494-7004, jmintert@purdue.edu
Related websites:
Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture: http://purdue.edu/commercialag
CME Group: http://www.cmegroup.com/
Photo Caption: Ag Economy Barometer slides lower, producers concerned about war's impact on input prices. (Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer/James Mintert). https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2022/ag-barometer322LO.jpg
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UN drops forecast for global economic growth in 2022 to 3.1%
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is significantly lowering its forecast for global economic growth this year from 4% to 3.1%. In a new report Wednesday, it says the war in Ukraine has triggered increasing global food and commodity prices and exacerbated inflationary pressures, upending the fragile recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mid-2022 forecast says the downgrade in growth prospects is broad-based, including the world’s largest economies — the United States, China and most significantly the European Union. It also affects the majority of other developed and developing countries. And it warned that the 3.1% forecast “faces significant downside risks.” | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/18/un-drops-forecast-for-global-economic-growth-in-2022-to-3-1/ | 2022-05-18T17:01:35Z |
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) today announced the following monthly distributions:
Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid in part, or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Fund's aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Fund's assets and will constitute a return of the shareholder's capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with 'yield' or 'income'.
The Fund provided this estimate of the sources of the distributions:
Information regarding the Fund's performance and distribution rates is set forth below. Please note that all performance figures are based on the Fund's NAV and not the market price of the Fund's shares. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
About the Fund
Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. is a diversified closed-end fund whose investment objective is capital appreciation, with income as a secondary objective. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser, and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and Newfleet Asset Management are the subadvisers, to the Fund.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
Fund Risks
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about the Fund's investment objective and risks, please see the Fund's annual report. A copy of the Fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the bottom of this press release.
About Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. pursues investment strategies with exceptional depth of resources and expertise. With more than 35 years of experience managing investment portfolios, Duff & Phelps has earned a reputation as a leader in investing in global listed infrastructure, global listed real estate, clean energy, and diversified real assets in institutional separate accounts and open- and closed-end funds. For more information, visit dpimc.com.
About Newfleet Asset Management
Newfleet Asset Management provides comprehensive fixed income portfolio management in multiple strategies. The Newfleet Multi-Sector Strategies team that manages Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. employs active sector rotation and disciplined risk management in portfolio construction, avoiding interest rate bets, and remaining duration neutral to each strategy's stated benchmark. Newfleet Asset Management is a division of Virtus Fixed Income Advisers, LLC, which is a registered investment adviser affiliated with Virtus Investment Partners. For more information, visit newfleet.com.
About Virtus Investment Partners
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
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BOSTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) will release its fiscal 2022 second quarter results on Wednesday, April 27th after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Wednesday, April 27th at 5pm Eastern Time. The earnings press release, accompanying earnings presentation, and financial data tables will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at PTC Investor Relations.
What: PTC Fiscal Q2'22 Conference Call and Webcast
When: Wednesday, April 27th, 2022, at 5:00pm (ET)
Webcast: Register Here
Replay: To access the replay via webcast, please visit this page.
Please note that statements made on the conference call and webcast are as of the date of the conference call and webcast and PTC does not assume any obligation to update any statements made live or the archived call. Matters discussed may include forward-looking statements about PTC's anticipated financial results and growth, as well as about the development of products and markets, which are based on current plans and assumptions. Actual results in future periods may differ materially from current expectations due to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those described from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
About PTC
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) PTC enables global manufacturers to realize double-digit impact with software solutions that enable them to accelerate product and service innovation, improve operational efficiency, and increase workforce productivity. In combination with an extensive partner network, PTC provides customers flexibility in how its technology can be deployed to drive digital transformation – on premises, in the cloud, or via its pure SaaS platform. At PTC, we don't just imagine a better world, we enable it.
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Canton police deploy Spidr Tech, new technology to connect with crime victims
CANTON – Dial 911 and you've done your duty.
You've reported a crime, accident or some other incident that requires the attention of authorities.
Then you're left to wonder what happened next, maybe even scouring online news sites and social media pages in search of a clue.
You can stop pondering in Canton.
Police on Thursday began using a technology designed to improve transparency and build the public's trust: Spidr Tech. The Arizona-based Spidr Tech offers software allowing police to send automated text messages and emails to update residents on the incidents they report.
The messages include online links to the report filed and provide updates as the investigation progresses. The system — designed to keep crime victims informed — also sends a survey seeking feedback on how police did their jobs.
"We want to know how we're doing and what we can be doing better," said police Capt. John Gabbard, who will become chief with Chief Jack Angelo retires April 15.
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Who else is using Spidr Tech?
Spidr Tech, which began operating in 2016, created the software now used by 75 departments nationwide, said Mandy Smith, company vice president of revenue.
Canton is the only department in Ohio to use it so far. The Spidr Tech program in Canton was paid for by a $40,000 federal grant.
Police Capt. Lisa Broucker said the grant covers one year of service.
"One of the Canton Police Department’s guiding principles is to be a progressive, proactive organization, dedicated to serving the needs of the community. We are proud to work with Canton PD, our first partner in Ohio, to help them do exactly that," said Rahul Sidhu, Spidr Tech president.
Police in Largo, Florida, launched the Spidr Tech program a year ago.
"The police department is satisfied with it," said Megan Santo, public information coordinator for the Largo Police Department. "The public does respond to the surveys, which is helpful for the department. It's something that we get in real time."
How does Spidr Tech work?
When someone reports a crime via cellphone or has a cellphone number to which police may respond, that person receives automated updates by text. Those messages include links to reports and other pertinent information.
Spidr Tech also can send a text apologizing if there's a delay in police responding to the scene.
The technology also provides updates for victims on criminal investigations through text or email.
Some crimes, though, such as homicides and sexual assaults, involve information that is too sensitive to be addressed by text message.
The technology is expected to be used often in Canton. Authorities estimate that 80% of all local 911 calls come from a cellphone.
Callers dialed 911 dispatchers 76,259 times last year, 23% more calls than the year before, according to police records. Officers also responded to 15,064 incidents, an increase of nearly 9% over the previous year.
Residents can choose not to receive the updates and the surveys.
But police are hoping citizens won't opt out.
"The surveys are just one way we can reach out to the community to find out how well we are performing in our job," Gabbard said. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/01/canton-police-using-spidr-tech-connect-crime-victims/7209424001/ | 2022-04-01T16:09:10Z |
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