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Focus is now on NRX-101 for Bipolar Depression with Suicidality
RADNOR, Pa., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRXP), ("NRx Pharmaceuticals"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to issue an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for ZYESAMI® (aviptadil) for a sub-group of patients that in addition to ZYESAMI®, also received Remdesivir and continued to progress. NRx Pharmaceuticals had submitted this last EUA application using data from a post-hoc subgroup analysis.
"As previously communicated, since the futility news of the ACTIV-3b / TESICO Study with ZYESAMI®, our team has already been highly focused on the development of NRX-101 for bipolar depression in patients with Acute and Sub-Acute Suicidality. Though disappointing, this decision by the FDA is not unexpected, given that they had already recently declined Breakthrough Therapy Designation for ZYESAMI®. We will evaluate the options for ZYESAMI® in COVID-19 respiratory failure and other lung disorders once we receive the full data set from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)," said Robert Besthof, interim CEO, NRx Pharmaceuticals.
NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. draws upon decades of collective, scientific, and drug-development experience applying innovative science to known molecules to address very high unmet needs and bring improved health to patients. The Company is developing NRX-101, its proprietary fixed dose combination as a treatment for Bipolar Depression in Patients with Acute Suicidal Ideation and Behavior (ASIB). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation, a Special Protocol Agreement, and a Biomarker Letter of Support for NRX-101. NRx Pharmaceuticals is led by executives who have held leadership roles at Lilly, Pfizer, and Novartis as well as major investment banking institutions.
This announcement of NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook, product development, business prospects, and market and industry trends and conditions, as well as the Company's strategies, plans, objectives, and goals. These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs, expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections of, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company's management.
The Company assumes no obligation to revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, you should not place reliance on any forward-looking statement, and all forward-looking statements are herein qualified by reference to the cautionary statements set forth above.
CORPORATE CONTACT
Molly Cogan
Sr. Director, Global Communications
mcogan@nrxpharma.com
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Investor Relations
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit two of the Yankees’ six solo homers off rookie Matt Swarmer, and New York routed the Chicago Cubs 8-0 on Saturday night for its 10th win in 11 games.
Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, Jose Trevino and former Cub Anthony Rizzo also went deep against the 28-year-old right-hander as the Yankees hit their most homers since Sept. 17, 2020, against Toronto. Swarmer became the first Cubs pitcher in 138 years to allow six homers.
Batting leadoff for the fourth time this year, Judge hit his second career leadoff homer, sending a 1-0 fastball from Swarmer (1-1) into the left field seats. Judge added his major league-leading 24th, one of three home runs in the fifth.
“It’s fun, I don’t mind leading off,” Judge said. “It doesn’t matter if I’m leading off or hitting second.”
Judge had his 21st multihomer game and leads the majors with five this season. He joined Babe Ruth (1928) as the second Yankee to get five multihomer games within the Yankees’ first 59 games. He also joined Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle as the third Yankee to hit at least 24 homers within the first 59 games
Stanton hit a 436-foot drive off the facing of the left-field second deck in the fourth for his 360th homer — one shy of Joe DiMaggio. Stanton’s 119.8 mph drive was the hardest-hit home run in the major league this season. Of 42 homers hit 119 mph or higher since Statcast began tracking in 2015, Stanton has 31.
“It’s quite a sight,” Judge said of Stanton. “You try to soak it all in the moment because when he hits one like that you don’t see that every day.”
Stanton’s drive was the hardest hit in the majors since he had a 120.3 mph single Sept. 16 in Baltimore.
“You hit the ball on the barrel, I feel like when anyone squares the balls up, it’s a cool little euphoric feeling,” Stanton said.
New York leads the majors with 94 home runs and is 23-1 when Judge and Stanton both homer, including 7-0 this year. The Yankees are a major league-best 43-16.
Jordan Montgomery (2-1) allowed five hits in seven innings, struck out five, walked none and got 12 outs via ground balls.
“It was going to be a struggle if we didn’t get a lot of length from him,” Boone said. “That was just what the doctor ordered.
Ron Marinaccio and Lucas Luetge pitched a hitless inning each, and the Yankees tied the Mets for the big league lead with their ninth shutout — the Yankees’ most at this point of the season since 1967.
Chicago lost its fifth straight, matching its longest skid this season, and at 23-35 dropped a season-worst 12 games under .500. Schwarmer allowed six runs and seven hits in five innings in his third career start, his ERA rising from 1.50 to 4.24.
“The Yankees have some powerful swings, some big strong guys,” Cubs manager David Ross said. “They have the potential to put up some numbers with one swing.”
The six homers allowed were the most off a Cubs pitcher since Tom Lee on June 28, 1884. Schwarmer became the second big league pitcher to give up six solo homers after the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston at the New York Giants on Aug. 13, 1932.
“I was getting behind hitters sometimes and leaving the ball up in the zone,” Swarmer said.
The Cubs have gone hitless in 40 at-bats with runners in scoring position since Patrick Wisdom’s RBI double in the eighth inning Sunday against St. Louis.
Torres followed Stanton’s drive by homering for the second straight night and with 12 this season matched his total for 2020 and 21 combined. Seven of his homers have been to right field.
Trevino raised his average to .309 with three hits and tied his career best with five home runs in 102 plate appearances, a total he reached in 302 with Texas last year.
After Stanton and Torres went back-to-back, Trevino hit a drive off the left field foul pole in the sixth. Judge homered into the left-center field seats two batters later. Rizzo made it 6-0 when he homered into the right field seats and flipped his bat before completing his trot around the bases.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa had an RBI single and Judge added a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
STREAK ENDS
Morel went 0 for 4 and saw his on-base streak to start his career end at 22 games. It was the longest by a Cubs rookie and the longest by a first-year player since Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli opened his career by reaching in 24 straight for Tampa Bay in 2003.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: Placed LHP Wade Miley on the 15-day IL with a left shoulder strain. Miley was activated Friday but lasted three innings before exiting. Seiya Suzuki remained on the IL with a sprained left ring finger. He took batting practice and could be activated Sunday. … 2B Nick Madrigal (groin tightness) was held out of the starting lineup. … RHP Michael Rucker was recalled from Triple-A Iowa to replace Miley.
Yankees: LHP Aroldis Chapman (left Achilles tendinitis) threw a bullpen session that Boone said went well.
UP NEXT:
RHP Keegan Thompson (6-1, 3.17 ERA), coming off his first loss this year, starts Sunday night for the Cubs against Yankees RHP Jameson Taillon (6-1, 2.73).
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More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/judge-hits-2-of-yanks-6-hrs-in-rout-of-cubs-10th-win-in-11/ | 2022-06-12T11:29:46Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AMZN 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.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form-2/?id=30887&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of AMZN 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 September 6, 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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HANOI, Vietnam, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has announced its approvement of 34 transactions valued up to1.4 billion USD that advance development impact in developing countries. Among these projects, Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank, stock code: SSB) is the only Vietnam-based bank to be approved an up to $200 million loan in order to encourage socioeconomic development in the country through supporting women-owned, women-led corporations, SMEs, and addressing the climate crisis.
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is an independent U.S. government's development finance institution. DFC partners with the private sector to provide finance support and solutions for projects with great economic potential and new economical tools that enable it to grant loans and offer credit solutions. DFC invests across sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology; while provides financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs in order to create jobs in emerging markets; adhere to high standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.
According to DFC's annoucement in this quarter, it has approved several transactions of development priorities, focusing on food security, climate change, gender equity, and increasing financial access. These 34 approved projects total more than $1.4 billion, in which 22 transactions assist Corporations in developing regions including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Among the approved corporations in this quarter, SeABank is the first and only financial organization in Vietnam receives an up to $200 million loan to encourage socioeconomic development, particularly supporting women-owned, women-led corporations, SMEs, and addressing the climate crisis – one of the developmental strategies that SeABank prioritizes.
DFC's loan for SeABank will help enhance the bank's financial capability to carry out its planned projects, focusing on addressing the credit gap for women-owned and women-led corporations, SMEs, dealing with the difference between the addressable demand of market and the exisiting supply in the economy.
Before receving the loan from DFC, SeABank has been granted a $150 million loan package by IFC and 5 international investment funds include Banque Internationale de Commerce-BRED, BlueOrchard Microfinance Fund, KASIKORNBANK PCL, OPEC, and ResponsAbility Investments AG to provide financial assistance to SMEs, women-owned, women-led corporations and addressing climate crisis. This showcases SeABank's commitment to sustainable development strategies, affirming its credibility, great impacts of sustainable projects as well as the acknowledgement of world-class financial organizations for SeABank.
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Deadly California wildfire wipes out scenic river town
KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) — Roger Derry, 80, and his son have lived together in the tiny scenic hamlet of Klamath River in Northern California for more than 40 years.
They know most of the town’s 200 or so residents.
Now, they’re one of the few families left after California’s largest and deadliest wildfire of the year raged through the modest homes and stores of the riverside town.
“It’s very sad. It’s very disheartening,” Derry said. “Some of our oldest homes, 100-year-old homes, are gone. It’s a small community. Good people, good folks, for the most part, live here and in time will rebuild. But it’s going to take some time now.”
The McKinney Fire that erupted last Friday remained out of control, despite some progress as firefighters took advantage of thunderstorms that dumped rain that temporarily took a bit of heat out of the parched, scorched region not far from the Oregon border.
The area saw another thunderstorm Tuesday that dumped heavy rain and swelled rivers.
The fire has burned nearly 90 square miles (233 square kilometers), and is the largest of several wildfires burning in the Klamath National Forest.
The blaze grew very little Tuesday, and fire officials said crews were able to use bulldozers to carve firebreaks along a ridge to protect homes and buildings in and around the small city of Yreka.
But several thousand people remained under evacuation orders, 100 buildings ranging from homes to greenhouses have burned and at least four bodies have been found in the region.
The destruction of a small community has sadly become a real possibility as wildfires become fiercer in the Western United States.
Wildfires in Montana, Idaho and Nebraska have destroyed some homes and continue to threaten communities.
Just four years ago, a massive blaze in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California virtually razed the Butte County town of Paradise, killing 85 people.
Scientists have said climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
When it began, the McKinney Fire was only a couple hundred acres and firefighters thought they would quickly have it under control. But then, a thunderstorm cell came in with ferocious wind gusts that within hours had pushed it into an unstoppable conflagration.
Roger Derry and his son, whose name is spelled Rodger Derry, decided not to evacuate when the fire broke out and said their home, which they’d tried to safeguard by trimming away nearby bushes, survived. Firefighters also showed up and dug firebreaks around the neighborhood.
But they could see the fire as it tore its way through the places around them.
“When that fire came over that ridgeline, it had 100-foot flames for about 5 miles and the wind was blowing. It was coming down like a solid blowtorch,” Roger Derry said. “There was nothing to stop it,”
The fire destroyed most of the homes, including those in a trailer park, along with the post office, community hall and other scattered businesses.
The cause hasn’t been determined.
In northwestern Montana, a fire that started Friday near the town of Elmo on the Flathead Indian Reservation has burned some structures, but authorities said they didn’t immediately know if any were homes. The blaze measured 25 square miles (66 square kilometers) on Tuesday, with 10% containment, fire officials said. Some residents were forced to flee Monday as gusting afternoon winds drove the fire.
The Moose Fire in Idaho has burned more than 85 square miles (220 square kilometers) in the Salmon-Challis National Forest while threatening homes, mining operations and fisheries near the town of Salmon. It was 23% contained Tuesday, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center.
And a wildfire raging in northwestern Nebraska led to evacuations and destroyed or damaged several homes near the small city of Gering. The Carter Canyon Fire began Saturday as two separate fires that merged. It was more than 30% contained by Tuesday.
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Weber reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press reporters Amy Hanson in Helena, Montana; Margery Beck in Omaha, Nebraska; and Keith Ridler in Boise, Idaho, contributed to this report.
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MONTREAL, July 19, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, today announced that its customers in Canada can now receive up to $150,000 in funding under Transport Canada's newly launched Incentives for Medium and Heavy-duty Zero-Emission Vehicles ("iMHZEV") Program. Under this new program, the Canadian Federal Government is providing nearly $550 million in funding for the purchase or lease of medium and heavy-duty trucks over the next four years.
All models in Lion's current lineup of all-electric trucks are eligible to receive incentive funds under the iMHZEV Program. This includes $100,000 for the Lion5, Lion6, Lion8P straight truck, Lion8 Bucket and Lion8 Refuse ASL, along with $150,000 in funding for the Lion8T. These funding amounts apply to all available battery configurations and can be combined, or "stacked," with other available provincial, municipal, utility and other available incentives, such as Quebec's Écocamionnage program. By stacking both the federal and provincial incentives in Quebec, a Lion6 heavy-duty truck is elegible for subsidies of up to $243,750.
"As a leading Canadian manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty electric vehicles, it is both exciting and encouraging to see the Canadian Government embracing the deployment of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks and transit buses with the launch of the iMHZEV Program," said Marc Bedard, CEO – Founder of Lion Electric. "Through its LionGrants team, Lion has years of experience successfully assisting our customers to secure available incentive funding and we are fully ready to immediately start capturing funding under this new program for our customers. This will enable us to continue putting zero-emission vehicles on the road, which we have been doing for years. This will undeniably lead to improvements to the environment and public health here in Canada, as we transition to a cleaner transportation sector."
iMHZEV funds are applied at the point-of-sale for Canadian organizations and businesses. Through its LionGrants team of funding experts, Lion can apply for the iMHZEV on behalf of customers. Additionally, the LionGrants team is currently actively tracking billions of dollars in available funding across North America and can assist customers in applying to a wide variety of provincial, municipal, utility and other available funding. LionCapital Solutions can assist customers in securing the remaining financing for the purchase or leasing of their vehicles.
More information on the iMHZEV Program is available on Transport Canada's website.
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles. The company creates, designs and manufactures all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. Lion believes that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Such risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in the Canadian Prospectus Supplement, the US Prospectus Supplement and section 23.0 entitled "Risk Factors" of the Company's annual MD&A for the fiscal year 2021. Many of these risks are beyond Lion's management's ability to control or predict. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein and the risk factors included in the Canadian Prospectus Supplement, the US Prospectus Supplement, the Company's annual MD&A for the fiscal year 2021 and in other documents filed with the applicable Canadian regulatory securities authorities and the SEC.
Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required under applicable securities laws, Lion undertakes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any duty, to update, revise or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Free, one-day online event features life-sciences leaders from academia, pharma, and biotech who are leveraging the strengths of synthetic biology technologies to develop life-changing therapies
PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript USA Inc., the world's leading life-science research tools and services provider, announced its second annual GenScript Gene & Cell Engineering Virtual Summit, which will feature in-depth discussions and research presentations on the crucial gene-synthesis and cell-editing technologies that are transforming scientific and biomedical research today.
This free Summit will be held on July 28, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. EDT. Register here.
"As a leader in gene synthesis and gene editing technologies, GenScript has been fortunate to work with many of the pioneering scientists in cell and gene engineering," said Ray Chen, Ph.D, president of GenScript Life Science Group. "We are delighted to convene leaders in this sector to share their research, particularly at a time when rapid advancements in cell and gene engineering are poised to significantly improve the treatment of cancer and many other diseases."
True to its commitment to Make Humans and Nature Healthier Through Biotechnology, GenScript continues to partner with scientists globally through its numerous advanced platforms to facilitate research and expedite discoveries. This year's summit features scientists from Cleveland Clinic, Genentech, Indee Labs, Legend Biotech, Neogene, Stanford University, TScan Therapeutics, and Yale University.
The summit showcases the role of synthetic biology in revolutionizing life-science research, advancing gene and cell therapies, and enabling the efficient development of invaluable biotherapeutics for various human diseases.
This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Guowei Fang, senior vice president and global head of research and early development at Legend Biotech. During his presentation, titled "New Innovations in Cell Therapy," Dr. Fang will discuss cilta-cel as a novel B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeting autologous CAR T cell therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma and unique structural design.
The summit features additional presentations from invited speakers working on the cutting edge of gene- and cell-engineering research:
- CAR T cell therapy — the long-sought cure for cancer
- Development of a T-cell engineering platform for fully individualized neoantigen-specific TCR therapy
- Polymeric nanoparticles for non-viral gene delivery
- Discovery of novel C*07:02-restricted epitope on MAGE-A1 and pre-clinical development of an enhanced TCR T cell therapy candidate for the treatment of solid tumors
- Physicochemical and functional characterization of different engineered
- Cas9 variants and CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes
- Rapid, gentle, efficient, and scalable cell engineering with microfluidic vortex shedding and Hydropore™
- TRACeR: antigen-centric MHC recognition by a novel engineered protein platform
- One day of exceptional scientific sessions, entirely online with free registration
- Engage and network with leaders in the field — without travel hassles
- Learn about the latest discoveries, deep insights, and visions for the future from experts in the field.
- Earn continuing education credits (CEC)
- Free registration is open now
About GenScript Biotech Corporation
GenScript Biotech Corporation (Stock Code: 1548.HK) is a global biotechnology group. Based on its leading gene synthesis technology, GenScript has developed four major platforms including the global cell therapy platform, the biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) platform, the contract research organization (CRO) platform, and the industrial synthesis product platform. The company's operations span over 100 countries and regions worldwide with legal entities located in the USA, Mainland China, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, and Ireland. GenScript provides premium, convenient, and reliable products and services for over 100,000 customers. For more information, please visit genscript.com.
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WESTMINSTER, Colo., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, not-for-profit cooperative wholesale power supplier Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (the "Company") announced the early tender results for its previously announced cash tender offers (the "Tender Offers") for up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the "Aggregate Tender Cap") of its First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2014E-1, 3.70% due 2024 (the "Bonds due 2024"), First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2014E-2, 4.70% due 2044 (the "Bonds due 2044") and First Mortgage Bonds, Series 2016A, 4.25% due 2046 (the "Bonds due 2046" and, collectively, the "Securities"), in the order or priority set forth in the offer to purchase, dated July 13, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase").
As of the previously announced early tender date and time of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 26, 2022 (the "Early Tender Deadline"), according to information provided by D.F. King & Co, the tender and information agent for the Tender Offers, the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds due 2024 set forth in the table below under "Principal Amount Tendered" have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Tender Offers.
The Tender Offers consist of offers to purchase for cash, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, which sets forth the terms and conditions of the Tender Offers. Withdrawal rights for the Tender Offers expired at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on July 26, 2022, and, accordingly, Securities validly tendered in the Tender Offers may no longer be withdrawn except where additional withdrawal rights are required by law. The Tender Offers for the Securities will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on August 9, 2022, or, in each case, any other date and time to which the Company extends the applicable Tender Offer (such date and time, as it may be extended with respect to a Tender Offer, the applicable "Expiration Time"), unless earlier terminated.
Because the Tender Offers have been fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date, holders who tender Securities after the Early Tender Date will not have any of their Securities accepted for purchase, unless the Company elects to increase or eliminate Aggregate Tender Cap. Any Securities tendered after the Early Tender Date, together with any Securities tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date but not accepted for purchase by the Company, will be returned to the holders thereof as described in the Offer to Purchase, unless the Company elects to increase or eliminate the Aggregate Tender Cap.
Because the aggregate principal amount of Securities validly tendered exceeds the Aggregate Tender Cap, the Company does not expect to accept for purchase all Securities that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date, in each case as further described in the Offer to Purchase. Rather, the Company expects that it will accept for purchase Bonds due 2024 validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Offer to Purchase, subject to a proration factor of approximately 74.5%, and does not expect to accept for purchase any Bonds due 2044 or Bonds due 2046. As a result, a holder who validly tenders and does not validly withdraw Bonds due 2024 pursuant to the Tender Offers may have all or a portion of its Securities returned to it. As described in the Offer to Purchase, all Securities tendered and not accepted for purchase will be promptly returned to the tendering holder's account.
The consideration (the "Total Consideration") offered per $1,000 principal amount of Bonds due 2024 validly tendered, and not validly withdrawn, and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will be determined in accordance with the formula set forth in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the fixed spread specified in the table above plus the yield based on the bid-side price of the U.S. Treasury Reference Security specified in the table above at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 27, 2022. The Company expects to issue a press release tomorrow to announce the Repurchase Yield (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) for the Bonds due 2024 that will be used in determining the Total Consideration payable in connection with the Tender Offer for the Bonds due 2024.
Holders will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on Securities validly tendered and accepted for purchase from the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date ("Accrued Interest").
The Company expects to make payment for Bonds due 2024 that are validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline on July 28, 2022 (the "Early Settlement Date").
The Tender Offers are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions as set forth in the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offers are not subject to minimum tender conditions.
Information Relating to the Tender Offers
J.P. Morgan and US Bancorp are the dealer managers for the Tender Offers. Investors with questions regarding the Tender Offers may contact J.P. Morgan at (866) 834-4666 (toll-free) or (212) 834-3554 (collect) and US Bancorp at (800) 479-3441 (toll-free) or (646) 651-4233 (collect). D.F. King & Co., Inc. is the tender and information agent for the Tender Offers and can be contacted at (866) 828-6934 (bankers and brokers can call collect at (212) 269-5550) or by email at tristate@dfking.com.
None of the Company or its affiliates, their respective boards of directors, the dealer managers, the tender and information agent or the trustee with respect to any Securities is making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender any Securities in response to any of the Tender Offers, and neither the Company nor any such other person has authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their Securities, and, if so, the principal amount of Securities to tender.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities that may be issued pursuant to the transactions described above. Further, nothing contained herein shall constitute a notice of redemption of the Securities of any series. The full details of the Tender Offers, including complete instructions on how to tender Securities, are included in the Offer to Purchase. Holders are strongly encouraged to read carefully the Offer to Purchase, including materials incorporated by reference therein, because they will contain important information. The Offer to Purchase may be obtained from D.F. King & Co., Inc., free of charge, by calling toll-free at (866) 828-6934 (bankers and brokers can call collect at (212) 269-5550) or by email at tristate@dfking.com.
About Tri-State
Tri-State is a wholesale power supply cooperative, operating on a not-for-profit basis, with 45 members, including 42 utility electric distribution cooperative and public power district members in four states that together deliver reliable, affordable and responsible power to more than a million electricity consumers across nearly 200,000 square miles of the West.
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Combination of Gladstone's wealth management expertise and Integrity's strength in insurance will empower agents and advisors to deliver more holistic solutions for life, health and wealth
DALLAS, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrity Marketing Group, LLC ("Integrity"), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Gladstone Wealth Partners, LLC ("Gladstone"), a pioneering wealth management firm and registered independent advisor (RIA) with over $13 billion in assets under management. As part of the acquisition, Robert Hudson, Founder and Chairman of Gladstone Wealth Partners, and Richard Frick, CEO of Gladstone Wealth Partners, will become Managing Partners in Integrity. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and the transaction is scheduled to close upon regulatory approval.
In 2012, Hudson founded Gladstone Wealth Partners to fill critical gaps in service and support he had personally encountered as an independent financial advisor. Today, Gladstone is a respected hybrid wealth-management platform offering an open architecture, multi-custodial RIA platform and access to a full-service broker-dealer offering. Guided by executives with unmatched experience from wirehouses, independent enterprises and leading financial institutions, Gladstone advisors stay closely connected to senior leadership while building and growing their own firms. Advisors are empowered to develop and execute financial plans designed to build long-term wealth for clients. In turn, Gladstone helps mitigate advisor risk and simplifies the transition to independence by centralizing business functions, such as compliance, marketing and operations. Having experienced impressive and consistent growth, Gladstone advisors now oversee more than $13 billion in assets under management. Additionally, they have achieved steady and significant expansion in their assets, resulting in a remarkable 108% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the past three years.
"Successful financial planning should holistically include life, health and wealth solutions, to help clients pursue their lifelong financial goals," shared Bryan W. Adams, Co-Founder and CEO of Integrity. "The addition of Gladstone Wealth Partners to the Integrity family means that we can serve the life, health and wealth needs of Americans better than ever before as we help them plan for the good days ahead. Rob Hudson and Rick Frick are dynamic and forward-thinking leaders who recognize the power of comprehensive planning like few others. Their spirit of innovation will fit in perfectly at Integrity, and we're honored to welcome them into our expanding network of partners. Gladstone's wealth management expertise combined with Integrity's strength in marketing, technology and product distribution will give rise to far-reaching new solutions. The impact we'll make together will change our clients' lives for the better."
"Just like Integrity, we understand that advisors need specialized support as independent advocates for their clients — and we're dedicated to ensuring their success," explained Hudson. "Through this partnership, we can deliver enhanced technology and a full suite of products and services to our advisors in order to meet the spectrum of clients' needs now and well into the future. Integrity and Gladstone are building a life, health and wealth offering that is unique in the market. I believe we will fundamentally transform many core aspects of financial planning, and I can't wait to get started."
Through Integrity's insurtech platform, Gladstone will have access to robust technology optimized by deep data insights and constant product development. The Integrity platform includes proprietary resources, such as actionable lead generation systems, real-time quoting and enrollment solutions, and powerful software solutions for everyday and nuanced challenges. Gladstone advisors can leverage the scale of a larger organization by utilizing Integrity's business infrastructure to further streamline business services and administration. Centralized offerings include People & Culture, Technology & Innovation, Legal & Compliance, and access to a world-class advertising and marketing platform.
"At Gladstone, we empower advisors to grow from a practice into a firm and ultimately, to be part of an enterprise that brings the full resources of Wall Street to Main Street," explained Frick. "The true power of this partnership is in how it will enhance our ability to deliver comprehensive planning to more Americans faster than we ever could on our own. Gladstone is growing by over 100% a year, and by partnering with Integrity, we believe our growth will accelerate even faster as more advisors catch the vision of serving the full scope of client needs — from life and health insurance to protecting assets and planning for a secure retirement. Through this transaction, many of our existing Gladstone advisors will become equity owners in Integrity, which will enable them to participate in the future appreciation of our combined business. Recruiting and serving the industry's premier financial advisors has always been a core strength of ours and I have never been more excited about the future of our business, our partners, our advisors and their clients than I am today."
Gladstone's leadership team is a welcome addition to Integrity's extensive and diverse partner network. Hudson and Frick join the elite ranks of fellow industry icons who are deeply committed to innovating insurance and wealth management through data insights and experience-based collaboration. Their commitment has refined best practices and shaped strategies that streamline and improve processes for agents and advisors, and more holistically protect the life, health and wealth of consumers.
"At Integrity, our goal is to help all Americans make the most of what life brings," said Tom Dempsey, Chief Distribution Officer at Integrity. "Rob and Rick have built an incredible platform that provides their advisors with the resources and support they need to help clients make the most of their assets and fund the retirement they deserve. Bringing Gladstone into the Integrity family gives us the opportunity to serve more advisors and their clients. There is a huge need for comprehensive wealth management and financial planning in America today, and Integrity and Gladstone are well positioned to meet it together."
Through this partnership, Gladstone employees also receive the remarkable benefit of meaningful company ownership through Integrity's Employee Ownership Plan.
"Though we started in different market segments, the business models and missions of Gladstone and Integrity are very similar — providing Americans with peace of mind by supporting the agents and advisors who serve them," continued Bryan W. Adams. "This partnership will be a powerful catalyst for incredible collaboration among agents and advisors from both organizations as we work to address comprehensive life, health and wealth protection. We've arrived at a historic moment where two essential industries come together as one, and we are thrilled that Gladstone is joining Integrity to better serve all Americans with holistic planning."
Ardea Partners served as exclusive financial advisor to Gladstone.
For more information about Gladstone Wealth Partners' decision to partner with Integrity, please view a video at www.integritymarketing.com/Gladstone.
Integrity, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of innovative solutions for wealth management and retirement planning. Through its partner network, Integrity helps millions of Americans protect their life, health and wealth with a commitment to meet them wherever they are — in person, over the phone and online. Integrity's cutting-edge technology helps streamline the insurance and financial planning experience for all stakeholders. In addition, Integrity develops products with carrier partners and markets them through its nationwide distribution network. Integrity's nearly 6,000 employees work with approximately 500,000 agents and advisors who serve more than 11 million clients annually. In 2022, Integrity will help carriers place almost $20 billion in new sales and oversee more than $30 billion of assets under management and advisement through its RIA and broker-dealer platforms. For more information, visit www.integritymarketing.com.
Gladstone Wealth Partners was founded in 2012 and launched its RIA in 2015. It has expanded to now oversee more than $13 billion in assets under management, led by their leadership team consisting of Robert Hudson, Richard Frick, Keith Brothers, Kristopher Bonocore and Phil Marchetti. As one of the fastest growing hybrid RIAs in the wealth management industry, Gladstone is known for assisting advisors as they set up and establish their own independent advisory practice. This includes helping advisors better serve their clients, run their businesses more profitably, grow faster and enhance their enterprise value. For more information, visit www.gladstonewealth.com.
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Biden kicks off midterm rally in safely Democratic Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to turn months of legislative accomplishments into political energy, President Joe Biden will hold a kickoff rally Thursday to boost Democrats’ fortunes 75 days out from the midterm elections.
The event, in the safely Democratic Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland, is meant to ease Biden into what White House aides say will be an aggressive season of championing his policy victories and aiding his party’s candidates. It comes as Democrats have seen their political hopes rebound in recent months amid a legacy-defining burst of action by Biden and Congress.
From bipartisan action on gun control, infrastructure and domestic technology manufacturing to Democrats-only efforts to tackle climate change and health care costs, Biden is expected to highlight the achievements of the party’s unified but razor-thin control of Washington. And he will try to sharpen the contrast with Republicans, who once seemed poised for sizable victories in November.
Just months ago, as inflation soared, Biden’s poll numbers soured and his agenda stalled, Democrats braced for significant losses. But the intense voter reaction to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and a productive summer on issues of core concern to Democrats have the party feeling like it is finally on the offensive heading into the Nov. 8 vote, even as the president remains unpopular.
Democrats, said Biden pollster John Anzalone, are “in a better position to compete because Joe Biden put us there.”
“It doesn’t mean that the wind’s at our back,” he added. “But we have more of a breeze than what felt like a gale hurricane in our face.”
Biden’s Thursday event comes a day after the president moved to fulfill a long-delayed campaign pledge to forgive federal student loans for lower- and middle-income borrowers — a move that Democrats believe will animate younger and Black and Latino voters.
Republicans, though, saw their own political advantage in the move, casting it as an unfair giveaway to would-be Democratic voters.
“President Biden’s inflation is crushing working families, and his answer is to give away even more government money to elites with higher salaries,” said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. “Democrats are literally using working Americans’ money to try to buy themselves some enthusiasm from their political base.”
Biden aides said he would continue to paint Republicans as the “ultra-MAGA” party — a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — opposing his agenda and embracing conservative ideological proposals on abortion and Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election.
Since the June Supreme Court ruling, Democrats have seen a boost in donations, polling and performance in special elections for open congressional seats. The latest came Tuesday in a Hudson Valley swing district that, in a Republican wave year, should have been an easy GOP win. Instead, Democratic Ulster County executive Pat Ryan, who campaigned on a platform of standing up for abortion rights, defeated his Republican counterpart from Duchess County, Marc Molinaro.
Meanwhile, Democrats have benefited from Republican candidates who won primaries but are struggling in the general campaign. Trump-backed Senate candidates have complicated the GOP’s chances in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona, while several Trump-aligned candidates in House races were not always the party’s first choice.
Trump’s grip on the GOP remains strong and has perhaps even become tighter in the aftermath of the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home.
JB Poersch, the president of Senate Majority Project, an outside group that is working to elect Democrats to the Senate, said the Republican candidates are “getting caught up in the Trump tornado once again — that is exactly what voters of both parties don’t want.”
Biden’s political event, sponsored by the Democratic National Committee, comes as the president and members of his Cabinet are set to embark on what the White House has billed as the “Building a Better America Tour” to promote “the benefits of the President’s accomplishments and the Inflation Reduction Act to the American people and highlight the contrast with Congressional Republicans’ vision.”
It comes as the White House has benefited from a steady decline in gasoline prices, which while still elevated have dropped daily since mid-June.
Months ago, Democratic lawmakers facing tough reelection fights sought to make themselves scarce when Biden came to town, though White House aides said Biden was still an asset to them by elevating issues that resonate with voters and sharpening the distinction with Republicans.
Now allies see the fortunes beginning to change and the president as more of a direct asset to campaigns.
In Maryland, Biden was set to be joined by gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore and a host of other officials on the ballot. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who is up for reelection, was missing it, according to a spokesperson, because of a long-planned wedding anniversary trip with his wife, but he recorded a video welcoming Biden to his state that would play at the rally.
Cedric Richmond, the former Louisiana congressman and Biden senior adviser who now advises the Democratic National Committee, said if he were a candidate, he’d rush to have Biden at his side.
“I’d get in front of the van and become the drum major and talk about all the accomplishments that have been happened under the leadership of Biden,” Richmond said Wednesday. “You have a president who just keeps his head down and gets the work done and I think voters, as we kick off this campaign season, will see and appreciate that.”
He acknowledged some Democrats might opt against “bringing Washington to their district.”
“There are probably a few cases where that may make sense when you don’t even want to be associated with Washington,” Richmond said. “That has nothing to do with the president. That has everything to do with the typical dysfunction of Washington.”
He added, “The important point to stress is you don’t have that dysfunction right now because of President Biden.”
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro and AP writer Nicholas Riccardi contributed to this report.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will need surgery for a fractured bone in his throwing hand sustained in the season opener and will miss multiple weeks.
The quarterback got hurt in the fourth quarter of the Cowboys’ 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. Prescott’s right hand made contact with rushing linebacker Shaquil Barrett when throwing a pass.
Prescott said he initially thought he had just jammed a finger, like he has many times before, but realized on the next play that he couldn’t grip the football.
After initially being checked on the sideline, he jogged to the locker room and had X-rays. Backup Cooper Rush finished the game.
“I’ve hit my hand on helmets or bodies a lot in my career and never had anything, maybe a jammed finger and actually thought that is what it was,” Prescott said. “Told the trainers the same thing, I can’t grip (the ball), I feel like if you yank it, I’ll be OK. Came in and got X-rays, and things are different.”
Prescott said he will see a doctor Monday and have surgery after that. He said he was told after the X-rays that the injury “was much cleaner than it could have been.”
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the injury is above his thumb, and behind the joint, and he pointed to an area between his own thumb and wrist.
Prescott’s 2020 season ended in the fifth week because of a gruesome ankle injury. He returned last season to throw for 4,449 yards and 37 touchdowns as the Cowboys won the NFC East before losing their first-round playoff game to San Francisco at home.
The 29-year-old Prescott said he got into the best shape of his life going into this season, his seventh in the NFL.
When there appeared to be a setback in practice last week, Prescott blamed a change in cleats for soreness in his surgically repaired ankle.
Prescott and the Cowboys are dealing with a bigger issue now, after losing the season opener without scoring a touchdown.
“To be very candid with you, all of that takes a backseat to the fact that as we go forward here for the next few weeks, we’ll be going forward without Dak,” Jones said. “That’s foremost on my mind.”
Jones reiterated that while Prescott will be out “several games,” he would not be out for the season.
Asked to characterize his emotions, Prescott said while disappointing and unfortunate, injuries are not necessarily anything he can control.
“Obviously going to miss some time and not be there for my team, and that’s what hurts more than more than anything especially after the start that we just put out there,” Prescott said. “Wanted to be able to respond and not necessarily having that opportunity for several weeks, yeah, it’s unfortunate. But I’ll do what I’ve always done any time adversity comes, take it on headfirst and I’ll give my best and I’m sure I’ll come out of this thing better.”
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Kathy Boudin, a former Weather Underground radical who served more than two decades behind bars for her role in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery and spent the latter part of her life helping people who had been imprisoned, has died at age 78, according to her family.
Boudin, who lived in New York City, died of cancer Sunday surrounded by family, including her life partner David Gilbert, who wasreleased from prison last year for his own role in the infamous Brink’s armored truck robbery.
Boudin had expressed remorse for the robbery, in which a guard and two police officers were killed north of New York City. Behind bars, the former ‘60s radical was described as a model prisoner. She was released on parole in 2003, a move that infuriated some relatives and friends of the three men slain in the botched Brink’s robbery. Boudin kept a low profile after her release and continued to work on behalf of inmates and former inmates.
Her son with Gilbert, Chesa Boudin, said his mother devoted herself to others well after her cancer diagnosis in 2015.
“She, as a mother, offered not only unconditional love and pride, but also a model of how to live redemption and own responsibility for horrific mistakes without allowing them to entirely define her life,” Chesa Boudin, the district attorney of San Francisco,told The Associated Press on Monday.
Kathy Boudin was the daughter of civil rights attorney Leonard Boudin and became a radical activist in the 1960s, joining the Weather Underground. The group helped define the radical anti-Vietnam War movement with its violent protests and bombings. Boudin was once seen fleeing naked from a 1970 explosion of a Greenwich Village townhouse police said was used by radicals as a bomb factory.
She and Gilbert joined members of the Black Liberation Army in the Oct. 20, 1981, robbery, stealing $1.6 million in cash from an armored car outside the Nanuet Mall near the Hudson River community of Nyack.
Brink’s guard Peter Paige was killed in the robbery and two police officers, Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly Brown, were killed when a getaway truck was stopped at a roadblock and gunmen burst from the back with weapons firing.
Boudin, who had been in the truck’s passenger seat, was apprehended as she fled. She pleaded guilty in 1984 to murder and robbery, while maintaining that her role in the crimes was limited and that she was unarmed.
“I feel terrible about the lives that were lost as a result of this incident,” Boudin said in court, standing next to her father. “I have led a life committed to political principles. I believe I can be true to these principles in various ways without engaging in violent acts.”
She was sentenced to 20 years to life. In prison, she developed a program on parenting behind bars and helped write a handbook for inmates whose children are in foster care. She earned a master’s degree and worked to help inmates with AIDS.
After her release, she founded a program that provides health care for people returning from incarceration and co-founded the Center for Justice at Columbia University, which seeks alternatives to mass incarceration. She earned a doctorate from Columbia University Teachers College and taught at the Columbia School of Social Work, according to the Center for Justice.
Gilbert, who did not plead guilty, was sentenced to 75 years to life. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted clemency to Gilbert just before the Democrat resigned last summer.
Boudin and Gilbert were married after their arrests and later divorced in prison, but remained close and had been spending their days together since Gilbert’s release, Chesa Boudin said.
The prosecutor, who ran on a progressive platform, was 14 months old when his parents were imprisoned. He was raised by Kathy Boudin and Gilbert’s Weather Underground compatriots, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, but kept in close contact with his biological parents.
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Infantino on Qatar: Migrant workers get pride from hard work
By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says migrant workers gain pride from hard work while he was being questioned about workers suffering in Qatar while building World Cup infrastructure. Infantino was asked about worker abuses in the Gulf nation while he was on stage at the global conference of the Milken Institute in California. Infantino says “when you give work to somebody, even in hard conditions, you give him dignity and pride. It’s not charity.” The World Cup opens in November. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/02/infantino-on-qatar-migrant-workers-get-pride-from-hard-work/ | 2022-05-02T20:49:55Z |
NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golub Capital BDC, Inc., a business development company (NASDAQ: GBDC, www.golubcapitalbdc.com), announced today that it will report its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 after the close of the financial markets.
Golub Capital BDC, Inc. will host an earnings conference call at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 to discuss its quarterly financial results.
All interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing (888) 330-3529 approximately 10-15 minutes prior to the call; international callers should dial (646) 960-0656. Participants should reference Golub Capital BDC, Inc. when prompted. An archived replay of the call will be available shortly after the call until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 25, 2022. To hear the replay, please dial (800) 770-2030. International dialers, please dial (647) 362-9199. For all replays, please reference program ID number 5111111.
Golub Capital BDC, Inc. ("GBDC") is an externally-managed, non-diversified closed-end management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. GBDC invests primarily in one stop and other senior secured loans to middle market companies that are often sponsored by private equity investors. GBDC's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, GC Advisors LLC, an affiliate of the Golub Capital LLC group of companies ("Golub Capital").
Golub Capital is a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and credit asset manager, with over $45 billion of capital under management. Golub Capital specializes in delivering reliable, creative and compelling financing solutions to companies backed by private equity sponsors. The firm's sponsor finance expertise also forms the foundation of its Late Stage Lending, Broadly Syndicated Loan and Credit Opportunities investment programs. Across its activities, Golub Capital nurtures long-term, win-win partnerships that inspire repeat business from private equity sponsors and investors. Founded over 25 years ago, Golub Capital today has over 600 employees and lending offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and London. For more information, please visit golubcapital.com.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Golub Capital BDC, Inc. undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Online pet retailer Chewy Inc. on Tuesday reported a sales shortfall for its fiscal second quarter, a sign that even spending on dog treats and other pet accessories has fallen victim to inflation.
The company based in Dania Beach, Florida, also issued sales forecasts for its current quarter and fiscal year that fell below what Wall Street had been looking for. Chewy’s stock tumbled more than 9% in after-market trading.
Chewy’s disappointing sales results underscore how shoppers are cutting back on discretionary items — even pet products that were once considered recession-proof. The shortfall comes after pet-supply retailers enjoyed strong sales during the height of the pandemic, partly driven by people who acquired pets to keep them company during lockdowns.
But apparently, pet owners are also getting sticker shock from rising prices.
“Across the pet category, pricing escalated throughout the second quarter,” Chewy CEO Sumit Singh told industry analysts Tuesday. ”Consumers in the pet category responded to growing economic uncertainty by curtailing some of their purchase activity, leading to industrywide declines in unit volume.”
Singh said that even as consumers pull back in some areas, Chewy outperformed broader industry trends in essentials like food and healthcare.
Chewy reported second-quarter net income of $22.3 million, or 5 cents a share, in the quarter that ended July 31 after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 12 cents per share.
The online pet store posted revenue of $2.43 billion, a 13% increase from the year-ago period. However, the results came in below Wall Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.45 billion.
For the current quarter ending in October, Chewy said it expects revenue in the range of $2.44 billion to $2.46 billion. Analysts were expecting $2.57 billion, according to FactSet.
The company said it expects full-year revenue in the range of $9.9 billion to $10 billion. That’s also below estimates for $10.25 billion, according to FactSet.
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– Discovered in-house by the internal R&D Team at Antengene, ATG-018 is an orally-bioavailable, small molecule ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-associated (ATR) kinase inhibitor that targets the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway.
– This Phase I study will evaluate the safety, pharmacology and preliminary efficacy of ATG-018 in patients with advanced solid tumors and hematologic malignancies.
– ATG-018 has the potential as the first orally-available, small molecule ATR kinase inhibitor entering clinical development in Australia.
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene" SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading commercial-stage global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class therapeutics in hematology and oncology, today announced that Antengene has received approval by the Bellberry Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) in Australia to initiate the Phase I Trial of ATG-018 in patients with advanced solid tumors and hematologic malignancies (ATRIUM Trial).
ATG-018 is an orally-available, potent, selective small molecule ATR inhibitor. ATG-018 inhibits the ATR kinase, thus limiting cancer cells' ability to repair damaged DNA, in a mechanism also known as synthetic lethality or the DDR.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ATG-018 as a monotherapy, to determine the appropriate dose for Phase II studies and assess preliminary efficacy, if available; the secondary objective is to characterize the pharmacology of ATG-018. The study will be conducted in two parts (dose-escalation and dose-expansion). Icon Brisbane in Australia is the lead site for the study, which will be conducted at five sites across Australia.
"DNA is constantly exposed to damage by sources such as ultraviolet light, toxins, certain chemicals, and natural biochemical processes inside our cells. The DNA damage response (DDR) is able to identify DNA damage and to induce various biological processes that correct these changes." Said Dr Jim Coward, Chair of Icon's Medical Oncology Research Committee and Associate Professor at University of Queensland School of Medicine. "The therapeutic landscape of antitumor agents targeting DDR pathways has rapidly expanded to include inhibitors of other key mediators of DNA repair and replication, such as ATR, ATM and DNA-PK[1]. Positive findings from the trials evaluating ATR inhibitors such as ATG-018 may help provide oncologists with a new tool for improving patient outcomes in challenging cases and give them new hope when other therapies have failed."
Dr. Bo Shan, Antengene's Chief Scientific Officer commented, "ATG-018 has a solid preclinical data package including efficacy as a monotherapy in solid tumor models, oral bio-availability and potential predictive biomarkers for response. It is also one of Antengene's first in-house programs to reach the clinic. The differentiated profile of ATG-018 may enable it to be used as monotherapy and open the door for novel collaborations and combination regimens that could benefit cancer patients around the world. We are very pleased to receive HREC approval for the Phase I ATRIUM trial for ATG-018 and we look forward to collaborating with Dr. Coward and the team at Icon Brisbane on this exciting trial."
About the ATRIUM Trial
The ATRIUM trial is a Phase I multi-center, open-label, dose finding study of ATG-018 monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors or hematologic malignancies. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ATG-018 and to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and/or recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) and/or biologically effective dose of ATG-018 monotherapy and preliminary efficacy, if available. The secondary objective is to characterize the pharmacology of ATG-018. As a Phase I study, there will be intensive safety monitoring throughout the trial.
About ATG-018
Discovered by the internal R&D Team at Antengene, ATG-018 is an oral, potent, selective small molecule inhibitor targeting ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-associated (ATR) kinase. ATR kinase belongs to the phosphoinositide 3 kinase-related family. Inhibiting ATR kinase leads to increased accumulation of single-strand DNA breaks, particularly meaningful for tumor cells which rely on DNA damage repair (DDR). Preclinical studies have demonstrated that ATR inhibitor monotherapy or combination with other drugs (including DDR agents) could be promising therapeutic strategies for solid tumors (including gastric, esophageal, squamous cell carcinoma) and hematologic malignancies (chronic lymphocytic leukemia [CLL], diffuse large B-cell lymphoma [DLBCL] and multiple myeloma [MM]).
According to a preclinical poster presented at 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR 2022) Annual Meeting, ATG-018 has demonstrated potent in vitro and in vivo monotherapy efficacy in solid tumor/hematologic cancer models with certain homologous recombination deficiencies. These data were supported by a series of genetic alterations that correlated with ATG-018 sensitivity and could be potential predictive biomarkers. Taken together, these data suggest that ATG-018 could be a promising therapeutic agent for patients with such homologous recombination deficiencies/genetic alterations.
About Antengene
Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK) is a leading commercial-stage R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative first-in-class/best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, in realizing its vision of "Treating Patients Beyond Borders".
Since 2017, Antengene has a built broad and expanding pipeline of 15 clinical and preclinical assets, of which 10 are global rights assets, and 5 came with rights for Asia Pacific markets including the Greater China region. To date, Antengene has obtained 24 investigational new drug (IND) approvals in the U.S. and Asia, and submitted 6 new drug applications (NDAs) in multiple Asia Pacific markets, with the NDA for XPOVIO® (selinexor) already approved in mainland China, South Korea, Singapore and Australia.
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JERICHO, N.Y., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J.S. Held, a specialised, global consulting firm, announced today that it has acquired GPW Group, a leader in complex global disputes and investigations, asset tracing, sovereign debt advisory, business intelligence, and political risk. Headquartered in London, with offices in Dubai and Singapore, this acquisition furthers the strategic growth of J.S. Held's Global Investigations Practice.
Established in 2004, GPW is led by intelligence and disputes professionals with extensive industry experience advising multinationals, financial institutions, law firms, investors, and sovereign and governmental organizations. Leveraging the strength of their experienced and diverse professional roster, including some of the foremost women experts in the investigations and risk sector on its executive and partner teams, GPW has addressed some of the world's most complex and high-profile global mandates.
"GPW is a market leader in providing intelligence to drive sound business decisions and help resolve commercial disputes," said Max Flynn, Co-Leader of J.S. Held's Financial Investigations Division. "The addition of the GPW team brings over 20 of the industry's leading intelligence and disputes experts into our Global Investigations Practice and bolsters our presence in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East."
GPW advises clients on a wide spectrum of issues – ranging from political risk and government relations, transaction and deal due diligence, litigation support, dispute resolution and asset tracing. Its senior staff have acted as expert witnesses and provided affidavits in disputes worldwide.
The firm's experts are regularly featured in the media including The Financial Times, BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, and Reuters – from topics as diverse as Russia sanctions, asset tracing, and the United States elections.
"Since inception, GPW has delivered market-leading intelligence and investigations services to our clients. By joining forces with J.S. Held's team of more than 1,500 professionals and 100 offices worldwide, we gain access to new resources and experts that complement our team and core services" said Peter Pender-Cudlip, Partner and Co-Founder of GPW. "The combination strengthens our ability to provide clients with the specialised expertise they require across the globe."
GPW clients will now have access to J.S. Held's specialised services, including forensic accounting; global investigations; economic damages and valuation services; restructuring, turnaround, and receivership; forensic architecture and engineering; property and infrastructure damage consulting; construction advisory services; surety services; equipment consulting; intellectual property strategy, valuation, and dispute services; and environmental, health, and safety services.
"We live in an uncertain world - geopolitical and economic headwinds mean our clients need actionable strategic and risk advice more than ever. J.S Held is acquiring a market-leading risk company at a pivotal time in the global economy. The two firms will provide an unrivalled offering to clients seeking to drive opportunities and minimise risk," said Philip Worman, Managing Partner of GPW.
GPW was advised by Polestar Communications and Charles Russell Speechlys. J.S Held was advised by Morgan Lewis, PwC and Goodwins.
About J.S. Held
J.S. Held is a global consulting firm providing technical, scientific, and financial expertise across all assets and value at risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high-stakes events demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.
J.S. Held and its affiliates and subsidiaries are not a certified public accounting firm and do not provide audit, attest, or any other public accounting services. J.S. Held is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. All rights reserved.
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Intel’s investment in Ohio a big win for jobs for middle America
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Ohio Friday for the groundbreaking of the Intel plant just outside of Columbus.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Semiconductor chips made in America are set to take on a new meaning for our nation’s manufacturing sector when President Joe Biden visits Ohio Friday to promote the CHIPS and Science Act.
President Biden says the legislation will help boost America’s semiconductor chip production by supporting the manufacturing of chips that can be used in a wide range of products including smartphones, appliances, and vehicles.
Biden plans on highlighting the legislation while attending the groundbreaking of the new intel semiconductor facility outside Columbus, Ohio.
“I love seeing jobs come to the Midwest,” said Jay Timmons, President and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Timmons says the coronavirus pandemic not only amplified the need for semiconductor chips to be made in America, but it hurt our nation’s manufacturing workforce which was already struggling in Ohio.
“When something of this magnitude comes to an area that you have this tremendous amount of people who want to work, who are willing to work, and who have a lot of talents to give to this country. It’s pretty rewarding,” said Timmons.
The president’s visit to Ohio comes one month after he signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law.
After the signing on August 9, Gray’s Washington News Bureau spoke with Ohio Minority Leader Allison Russo.
“Obviously with the Intel plant coming to central Ohio, we’re talking thousands of construction jobs, thousands of on-site jobs, plus all the jobs that are going to happen in the surrounding communities and really throughout the state,” said Russo.
While in Ohio, the president is also expected to discuss the impact of the bipartisan infrastructure law.
Friday’s visit will be the president’s third trip to Ohio this year to promote either infrastructure of manufacturing jobs following his visits in May and February earlier this year.
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SANTA FE, N.M., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thornburg Income Builder Opportunities Trust (the "Trust") (NASDAQ: TBLD) today announced a monthly distribution of $0.10417 per share on the Trust's common shares, payable on September 20, 2022 to common shareholders of record as of September 12, 2022.
The Trust's monthly distributions are shown below:
Distribution rates are not performance and are calculated by summing the Trust's monthly distribution per share over four quarters and dividing by the net asset value or market price per share, as applicable, as of the distribution announcement date. Distributions on common shares are generally paid from net investment income (regular interest and dividends) and may also include capital gains and/or a return of capital. The Trust's distribution payable on September 20, 2022, does not include a return of capital but includes short-term capital gains in the amount of $0.02754 and long-term capital gains in the amount of $0.01642. The specific tax characteristics of the distributions will be reported to the Trust's common shareholders on Form 1099 after the end of the 2022 calendar year. The final determination for all distributions paid in 2022 will be made in early 2023 and reported to you on Form 1099-DIV. You should not use this notice as a substitute for your 1099-DIV.
Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Trust is net income or profit. A distribution comprised in whole or in part by a return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Trust's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income." Future distributions may consist of a return of capital. For further information regarding the Trust's distributions, please visit www.thornburg.com/tbld-distributions.
The Trust's investment objective is to provide current income and additional total return. The Trust seeks to achieve its objective by investing, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of its managed assets in a broad range of income-producing securities. The Trust invests in both equity and debt securities of companies located in the United States and around the globe. The Trust may invest in non-U.S. domiciled companies, including up to 20% of its managed assets at the time of investment in equity and debt securities of emerging market companies.
As a registered investment company, the Trust is subject to a 4% excise tax that is imposed if the Trust does not distribute to common shareholders by the end of any calendar year at least the sum of (i) 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account any capital gain or loss) for the calendar year and (ii) 98.2% of its capital gain in excess of its capital loss (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for a one-year period generally ending on October 31 of the calendar year (unless an election is made to use the Trust's fiscal year). In certain circumstances, the Trust may elect to retain income or capital gain to the extent that the Board of Trustees, in consultation with Trust management, determines it to be in the interest of shareholders to do so.
The common share distributions paid by the Trust for any particular period may be more than the amount of net investment income from that period. As a result, all or a portion of a distribution may be a return of capital, which is in effect a partial return of the amount a common shareholder invested in the Trust, up to the amount of the common shareholder's tax basis in their common shares, which would reduce such tax basis. Although a return of capital may not be taxable, it will generally increase the common shareholder's potential gain, or reduce the common shareholder's potential loss, on any subsequent sale or other disposition of common shares.
About Thornburg
Thornburg is a global investment firm delivering on strategy for institutions, financial professionals and investors worldwide. The privately held firm, founded in 1982, is an active, high-conviction manager of fixed income, equities, multi-asset solutions and sustainable investments. With $42 billion[1] in client assets as of July 29, 2022, the firm offers mutual funds, closed-end funds, institutional accounts, separate accounts and UCITS funds for non-U.S. investors.
As an independent firm, Thornburg can take on a wide range of opportunities, explore ideas thoroughly and work across strategies to deliver consistent risk-adjusted outperformance over the long term. The firm attracts free-thinking professionals who are eager to pursue investment outcomes beyond the confines of popular wisdom. From nimble operational capabilities to principles and actions fitting of a global citizen, Thornburg's world-class investment platform and team are aligned on strategy to serve investors.
Thornburg's U.S. headquarters is in Santa Fe, New Mexico with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. For more information, visit www.thornburg.com or call 877 215 1330.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the laws of such state or jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Before investing, carefully consider the Trust's investment goals, risks, charges, and expenses. For a prospectus or summary prospectus containing this and other information, contact your financial advisor, visit www.thornburg.com/tbld, or call 877 215 1330. Read them carefully before investing.
Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Trust, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. As a result, no assurance can be given as to future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and neither the Trust nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of such statements in the future.
Risk is inherent in all investing. There can be no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose some or all of your investment.
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(KTLA) – John Leguizamo is taking to social media to slam Hollywood executives for casting James Franco as the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
“How is this still going on? How is Hollywood excluding us, but stealing our narratives as well?” Leguizamo asked on Instagram. “No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott! This F’d up!”
Leguizamo’s post came in response to a Deadline article which reported on the announcement that Franco, who is Caucasian, would star opposite Mía Maestro in the upcoming independent film “Alina of Cuba.” Maestro will play Natalia “Naty” Revuelta, a Cuban-born socialite who had an affair with Castro. The film will reportedly follow the life of Castro and Revuelta’s daughter, Alina Fernandez, a “Cuban exile turned social advocate.”
Leguizamo, who is a staunch advocate for Latino representation in television and film, explained why he believes the casting decision wasn’t a good call.
“Plus seriously difficult story to tell without aggrandizement,” Leguizamo continued. He added that he doesn’t have a problem with James Franco as an actor, “but he ain’t Latino!”
John Martinez O’Felan, the film’s lead producer, had told Deadline the production chose Franco after searching through “the entire ranks of actors with Latin roots in Hollywood to find someone who has a similar facial structure” to Castro, who had “Galician heraldry,” or roots in northwest Spain, O’Felan noted.
“In executing a close search into our hopefuls through the eye of Spanish and Portuguese genealogy which the Galicians held, we found that James, by far, had the closest facial likeness of our Industry’s leading actors,” added O’Felan, perhaps in reference to Franco being of partial Portuguese descent on his father’s side.
Leguizamo, meanwhile, was recently touted by the L.A. Times for merging his own New York-based digital media company, NGL Collective, “with GoDigital Media Group’s mitú, an LA-based digital media company that creates stories and videos targeting Latino audiences.”
The Times reported that the acquisition is “valued at more than $60 million and will create what the companies describe as the ‘largest digital first Latinx media powerhouse’ in the U.S..’ The combined company of mitú and NGL will have more than 90 employees, 92% of which are Latinx.”
As of Saturday, Franco had yet to respond to the response to his casting.
“Alina of Cuba” is set to begin filming on Aug. 15 in Havana, Cuba, according to reports. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/he-aint-latino-john-leguizamo-slams-casting-of-james-franco-in-castro-film/ | 2022-08-06T16:34:55Z |
It's a great day at Techy!
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Techy is looking to grow its business partnerships by acquiring Simply Mac. The Apple reseller, Simply Mac, is shutting down after being in business for almost 16 years. In 2019, Simply Mac had plans to grow its company and become the biggest Apple Partner in North America. Its acquisition from GameStop was going to help skyrocket that growth. However, the start of the pandemic in March 2020 created a domino effect on the U.S. workforce, leaving Simply Mac as one of many retail stores that had to lay off several employees and close stores.
Simply Mac had 53 retail stores across the United States as of January 2022. Techy plans to take over Simply Mac operations once its bankruptcy filing is complete. With Techy success over the years, CEO Bill Daragan and COO Tim Phelps have what it takes to acquire a company. Currently, Techy supports over 230 retail stores in the United States and Internationally. Throughout the years, Techy has been growing its locations to offer customers services like electronic repair services, selling certified pre-owned devices, and installing smart home devices. This year Techy expanded by opening up five cafe locations so that customers can have a whole coffee shop experience when they visit the franchise stores.
Many of Techy services consist of a wide range of Apple products such as Mac computers, iPads, iPhones, etc., this new acquisition of Simply Mac will help Techy sell and service different models of Apple products.
Techy has already acquired Experimax, which allows them to cater to customers looking to repair their Apple devices and purchase premium pre-owned Apple products. Now that Techy powers Experimax, they work together to provide their customers with affordable Apple products and services.
Techy proves that its innovation for business strategy success is not slowing down. This acquisition will help consumers have convenient Apple products and services. Additionally, it will provide a space for employees to continue to work in the technology industry.
Apple is one of the largest electronic companies. The company has been an electronic industry leader throughout the year and has generated billions of dollars in revenue. Its impact on the industry creates an opportunity for other repair companies looking to distribute Apple electronics and accessories.
CEO Bill Daragan and COO Tim Phelps opened the first cell phone accessory store in 2006. After noticing a need for repairing phones, they decided to name their business Drphonefix. In 2011, they changed the name to Techy to accurately represent its company's evolution. Techy has expanded to offer technology solution services. Now Techy offers smart home installation and repair devices as well.
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Jennifer Aniston’s insomnia is just her latest sleep issue
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
Jennifer Aniston says she has long suffered from sleep problems.
The 53-year-old star told People magazine that it’s been an issue for her for decades.
“I think it started somewhere in my 30s or even earlier, but you just don’t start to notice the effects of a lack of sleep when we’re younger because we’re so invincible,” she said.
It has manifested as sleep anxiety, sleep walking and most recently insomnia that has had her counting the minutes she’s not been able to drift off.
“And the more I worry about it, the harder it is to fall asleep,” she said.
That is on display in her commercial for the Seize The Night and Day campaign.
According to the site “Fierce Pharma,” the spot titled “Time is a Construct” was directed by Academy Award-winning director, writer and actor Taika Waititi and is tied to a new prescription sleep aid from Johnson & Johnson.
Aniston told People she eventually sought medical advice for her insomnia and now uses tricks like stretching and yoga before bed to relax, as well as attempting to “make bedtime the same every night, which is challenging for us actors, because if we’re on a movie, the schedule is all over the place.”
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Glenn Rudin shares branding and messaging advice in entertaining rhymes
For small business owners, students and others in these challenging times.
EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glenn Rudin has had a long career in marketing, sales and product development and enjoys expressing his creativity. He is also a branding expert who helps people find their authentic message. Rudin wanted his first book to be much more creative than simply offering branding and messaging tips, so he decided to create a fully illustrated, colorful rhyming business book for adults.
His debut book, A Brand In Your Hand: A Simple Guide to Defining You or Your Business to the World, was just released and is launching on May 24, 2022.
"Did you ever think about creating a brand?
Well, maybe you've got it right there in your hand.
If the answer is yes, then please read this book.
I think you'll be happy you gave it a look."
A Brand in Your Hand is filled with clever rhymes and information on personal branding, messaging, audience development, elevator pitches and more. The wildly creative, full color illustrations inside the book are memorable and inspirational. This book includes 5 interactive charts and a 28-page journal for keeping notes on business ideas and inspirations as readers go on their own branding journey.
"Glenn's 'the guy' who knows a thing or two about branding. Check out his fun and practical insights in A Brand In Your Hand."
— Ramon Ray, Brand Ambassador, Founder of Smart Hustle.com
Glenn Rudin consults with and speaks to business owners, entrepreneurs, universities and students to help them better understand how to create and deliver their messages to potential customers or employers.
For more information, please visit www.ABrandInYourHand.com.
Book Details:
- 102 Pages Suggested retail:
- 5 Interactive Charts * $24.99 Hardcover
- 21 Full Color Drawings * ISBN - 978-1-7369964-0-9
- 28-Page Journal * $9.99 eBook
- Available as a Hardcover and eBook * ISBN - 978-1-7369964-1-6
Available now on Amazon; coming soon to BN.com and bookstores
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JUNO BEACH, Fla., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Water Pennsylvania, LLC ("NextEra Water"), an indirect subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the wastewater system owned by Towamencin Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The Towamencin wastewater system consists of a treatment plant and collection system and serves approximately 7,500 customer accounts.
"We are pleased to have been awarded the bid through a competitive process to purchase the Towamencin wastewater system. NextEra Water is committed to meeting high standards for the wastewater system and providing high-quality service to community residents and businesses," said Bruce Hauk, president of NextEra Water. "The acquisition of the Towamencin wastewater system furthers our goal of creating a national water utility and is consistent with our strategy of adding high-quality regulated assets to our portfolio."
The sale requires regulatory approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Assuming timely regulatory approval, the sale is targeted to close in the second half of 2023.
The Towamencin wastewater system acquisition is NextEra Water's second acquisition. NextEra Water expects to complete the purchase of several water and wastewater systems from Quadvest, L.P. in Texas in the third quarter of this year.
NextEra Water and its affiliate, NextEra Water Texas, LLC, are regulated water and wastewater utilities that pursue opportunities to acquire, develop, build and operate potable water, wastewater and reclaimed water utilities projects. To learn more, visit www.NextEraWater.com
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Former American Bankers Association Executive to Focus on Membership, Growth, Regulations
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The USDF Consortium, founded to build a network of banks to further the adoption and interoperability of a bank-minted tokenized deposit (USDF™), announced that Rob Morgan has joined as chief executive officer.
The Consortium launched in January and is currently developing its first phase, where it will operate as a payment rail or an interbank messaging mechanism. Over time, USDF will expand into a platform that will allow banks to bring an expansive set of traditional financial services onto modern blockchain infrastructure.
Morgan, who had been the senior vice president of innovation and strategy at the American Bankers Association, the 147-year-old organization that represents the $24 trillion banking industry, said USDF will be well-positioned in the future as its member banks are experienced with navigating regulations at a time when lawmakers and regulators are focused on stablecoins.
"Banks have a strong history of bringing responsible innovations to market," said Morgan. "I believe USDF is the single most important opportunity for banks to build on this success, providing their customers with the latest digital asset innovations from a well-regulated partner that they already trust. This is the perfect time to be part of USDF, which is on the cutting edge of where banking is headed."
Recent volatility among digital assets has brought new focus to the industry, highlighting how USDF is prepared to provide a highly regulated alternative to existing stablecoins. Morgan said he looks forward to working with regulators as USDF grows.
"For those who want to unlock the potential of stablecoins but think there are risks, USDF is ideally-situated to navigate customer, bank, and regulator needs," he added.
Morgan was with the American Bankers Association for more than 11 years, where he built and led the Office of Innovation, designed to help banks define their innovation strategy, identify promising startups, as well as work with policymakers to help regulation adapt to new technology and business models.
As a bank-minted alternative to existing stablecoins, USDF digital markers represent deposits of an individual depositor at U.S.-insured depository institutions and are redeemable on a 1:1 basis from a Consortium member bank. USDF addresses the consumer protection and regulatory concerns of non-bank-issued stablecoins and offers a more secure option for transacting on blockchain.
Since its launch, USDF has been in lockstep with the recommendations of the President's Working Group Report on Stablecoins as well as President Biden's executive order focused on digital assets.
"The USDF Consortium's members are at the leading edge of creating a highly-regulated, bank-centric alternative to existing stablecoins, and we are thrilled to have Rob Morgan lead the next phase of the Consortium's growth," said Ashley Harris, the chair of the board of directors for the USDF Consortium. "Rob brings extensive regulatory, government and banking expertise to the Consortium."
The USDF Consortium™ is a membership-based association and is not an FDIC-insured bank. We are working to coordinate the efforts of banks in minting USDF in a regulatory compliant manner; build out the bank network; and ensure interoperability of USDF to realize the full potential of blockchain technology to better serve consumers. The USDF Consortium is making the market safer, cheaper, and more reliable for consumers who want to transact on blockchain by ensuring banks continue to play an important role in the financial ecosystem as blockchain adoption proliferates. We are committed to building the foundation and advancing responsible innovation that will allow banks to harness this technology. To learn more, and for a full list of the founding member companies, please visit the Consortium's website at www.usdfconsortium.com.
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15 dead in Appalachian flooding, toll expected to rise
JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America. Kentucky’s governor said 15 people have died, a toll he expected to grow as the rain keeps falling.
“We’ve still got a lot of searching to do,” said Jerry Stacy, the emergency management director in Kentucky’s hard-hit Perry County. “We still have missing people.”
Powerful floodwaters swallowed towns that hug creeks and streams in Appalachian valleys and hollows, leaving vehicles in useless piles, crunching runaway equipment and piles of debris against bridges and swamping homes and businesses. Mudslides on steep slopes left many people marooned and without power and made rescues more difficult.
Gov. Andy Beshear told the AP before touring the disaster area that the 15 dead in Kentucky includes children, “but I expect that number to more than double, probably even throughout today.”
Determining the number of people unaccounted for is “tough,” he said, with cell service and electricity out across the disaster area. More than 200 people have sought shelter, Beshear said. He deployed National Guard soldiers to the hardest-hit areas. Three parks set up shelters, and with property damage so extensive, the governor opened an online portal for donations to the victims.
“I do believe it will end up being one of the most significant, deadly floods that we have had in Kentucky in at least a very long time,” Beshear said Thursday.
While floodwaters receded in places after peaking Thursday, the National Weather Service said flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall remained possible through Friday evening across the mountains of eastern Kentucky, western Virginia and southern West Virginia, where thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain over the past few days. As much as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain had fallen in some spots by Thursday, and 1 to 3 more inches (2.5 to 7.5 centimeters) could fall, the weather service said.
“Places where there were mobile homes and houses, there’s nothing there now ... It’s unbelievable to see,” Stacy said. “You get 8 inches of rain in three hours, it’s just not anything that we have ever seen -- ever, here.”
Krystal Holbrook’s family raced to move vehicles, campers, trailers and equipment before dawn Thursday as rapidly rising floodwaters menaced her southeastern Kentucky town of Jackson. “Higher ground is getting a little bit difficult” to find, she said.
More rain Friday tormented the region after days of torrential rainfall. The storm sent water gushing from hillsides and surging out of streambeds, inundating roads and forcing rescue crews to use helicopters and boats to reach trapped people. Parts of western Virginia and southern West Virginia were also hit by flooding.
In Whitesburg, Kentucky, floodwaters seeped into Appalshop, an arts and education center renowned for promoting and preserving the region’s history and culture.
“We’re not sure exactly the full damage because we haven’t been able to safely go into the building or really get too close to it,” said Meredith Scalos, its communications director. “We do know that some of our archival materials have flooded out of the building into Whitesburg streets.”
Poweroutage.us reported more than 33,000 customers remained without electricity Friday in eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia, with the bulk of the outages in Kentucky.
Rescue crews worked feverishly to try to reach people in places where roads weren’t passable.
In West Virginia’s Greenbrier County, firefighters pulled people from flooded homes, and five campers who got stranded by high water in Nicholas County were rescued, WCHS-TV reported.
Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia after severe thunderstorms this week caused significant local flooding, downed trees, power outages and blocked roads.
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Associated Press Writers Rebecca Reynolds and Dylan Lovan in Louisville, Ky., and Sarah Brumfield in Silver Spring, Md., contributed to this report.
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WESTBURY, N.Y., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE: KCAC.U) (the "Company") announced that, commencing April 22, 2022, holders of the units sold in the Company's initial public offering of 23,000,000 units, completed on March 4, 2022, may elect to separately trade the Class 1 redeemable warrants included in the units. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "KCAC.U," and the Class 1 redeemable warrants that are separated and the resulting new units consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one Class 2 redeemable warrant will trade on the NYSE under the symbols "KCAC.W" and "KCA.U," respectively. Holders of units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company's transfer agent, in order to separate the units into Class 1 redeemable warrants and new units.
The units were initially offered by the Company in an underwritten offering. UBS Securities LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as joint book running managers for the offering, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated acted as lead manager and Drexel Hamilton, LLC acted as co-manager. The registration statement relating to the units and the underlying securities became effective on March 1, 2022.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting UBS Securities LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, telephone: (888) 827-7275 or email: ol-prospectusrequest@ubs.com; and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attn: Syndicate Department, One South Street, 15th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, or by email: SyndProspectus@Stifel.com or by telephone: (855) 300-7136.
About Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. IV
The Company is a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
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GLENDORA, Calif., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CalPortland is pleased to announce that the purchase of the Redding cement plant and other assets from Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. was successfully completed on June 30, 2022. In addition to the Redding cement plant in Northern California, the assets include related cement distribution terminals and 14 ready mixed concrete plants located in California.
"We are pleased to welcome the new employees and related facilities to the CalPortland family," said Allen Hamblen, President/CEO, CalPortland Company. "These assets will serve an important role in continuing CalPortland's long-standing reputation of providing superior quality and environmentally friendly cement and concrete products to the western United States."
CalPortland Company is a major producer of cement, ready mixed concrete, aggregates, concrete products and asphalt in the western United States and Canada. Founded in 1891, CalPortland remains a leader in the industry through its commitment to quality, safety, customer service, technical excellence and environmental leadership. The company maintains its headquarters in Glendora, California. For more information about CalPortland Company, visit www.calportland.com .
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LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental and land use law firm The Sohagi Law Group announced that its Managing Partner Margaret Sohagi and Partner Nicole Hoeksma Gordon have been selected as nominees for the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Women's Leadership Awards," which honors the accomplishments of women business leaders.
Sohagi has been selected as a nominee in the "CEO of the Year" category, recognizing her efforts in successfully leading the firm and its team of professionals. In her 30+ year law practice, Sohagi represents cities, counties and other public agencies in navigating the legal complexities of land use, climate change, housing and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Sohagi provides constructive, practical legal advice, working directly with lead agency counsel, staff, appointed elected officials. When necessary, she zealously defends lead agencies' land use approvals and environmental determinations in judicial proceedings, and frequently heads mediation teams in settlement discussions.
Gordon has been selected as a nominee in the "Women to Watch" category, recognizing emerging leaders who have made noteworthy contributions within their firms and throughout the business community. She focuses her practice on complex issues and projects under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the federal and California Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Planning and Zoning Laws.
The Sohagi Law Group handles complex transactional and litigation matters for public agencies, including cities, counties, state agencies, special districts, commissions and authorities. Its attorneys draw upon their extensive expertise in all areas of environmental and land use law to advise clientson existing laws and regulations and keep them up to date on emerging issues such as climate change and housing.
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With the ability to manage & create marketing materials in one place, to be distributed on all social platforms.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zentap, a SaaS company that empowers real estate professionals with a true all-in-one marketing solution has launched a mobile app making it even easier for real estate agents to build their brand and generate new prospects.
Through this app, real estate professionals will have access to a powerful dashboard where they can create, post, and download different digital marketing assets in minutes and share seamlessly on multiple platforms allowing them to stand out from the competition and remain top of mind. Users will also have access to unlimited branded content including Local Market Updates, Single Data Snapshots, Comparative Market Analysis, Listing Videos & Flyers, Open House Videos, Testimonial Videos, Infomercials, and more. From professional websites and social posting to exclusive email campaigns and lead generation, Zentap helps agents scale their business and reinforce their brand through innovative marketing solutions and expertise.
In addition to products and services, Zentap also provides useful resources to help educate clients about current digital marketing trends and best practices using social media through their free educational webinar series and exclusive Facebook group for clients.
"With the market slowing down and things being even more competitive for real estate professionals, the launch of this app will make it even easier for real estate agents who are always on the go, to create and distribute branded marketing content for themselves and/or their listings by saving time and money and helping them build their brand," says Betty Gabbaie, Zentap's Chief Executive Officer.
Zentap also offers a full team dedicated to customer success and support for clients to ensure ease of use and optimal results. If you are a real estate professional that needs help with your real estate marketing, contact us today to see how we can help you elevate your real estate marketing.
Zentap's app can be downloaded from the App Store directly on your Apple or Android device.
Zentap provides the most effective automated marketing tools to ensure real estate agents stand out in today's competitive landscape.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is proud to announce the launch of its newest online program, Business in the Metaverse Economy. Developed in collaboration with Prysm Group, a leading economic consulting firm specializing in emerging technologies, this six-week Wharton certificate program is designed for business and technology professionals seeking to learn about the associated technologies, the economic and technological elements that will drive its development, and how firms and creators can gain value through the metaverse in the years to come. Through immersion activities, program participants will also benefit from firsthand use of metaverse technology for an interactive learning experience. With the launch of this course, Wharton becomes the first Ivy League business school to launch a program on the topic of metaverse technology.
Powered by a range of emerging technologies including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), research analysts estimate the metaverse economy to be a momentous opportunity on the horizon, poised to become a $13 trillion market by 2030. In a survey conducted by McKinsey & Company, senior executives cite their top three concerns related to incorporating the metaverse into their company's operations as uncertain return on investment, inability to design a suitable business model, and the lack of managerial capability to implement a related strategy into their business. In response to such challenges, Wharton Executive Education has designed this program to provide business leaders with the needed frameworks to develop models and strategies required to capture the trillions of value that will be generated in this emerging market.
With program highlights including six industry case studies and more than 50 program lecture videos featuring six Wharton faculty and a dozen industry experts, this course aims to allow students to align theory with practice and give them the tools necessary to engage deeply in a business context with the emerging technologies empowering the metaverse.
"We designed this program for business professionals and executives from a range of backgrounds, including finance, management, and tech," says the program's academic director, Professor Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School. When asked about the goals of the program, Professor Werbach says, "The metaverse is a significant and broad phenomenon that is still poorly understood. We hope to equip business leaders, consultants, and entrepreneurs with an understanding of the impending opportunities the metaverse brings, as well as the practical knowledge to build solutions of value."
With industry case-study topics ranging from how large, legacy enterprises can use metaverse technologies in both B2C and B2B settings to which tactics companies can employ to ensure customers engage with digital worlds safely and appropriately, Wharton's Business in the Metaverse Economy program takes an in-depth look at challenges that business leaders have gone through, discusses how they made their decisions, and explores essential lessons learned.
The goal of this asynchronous, online program is to educate business leaders at their own pace on how this general-purpose technology can be applied to their businesses and unlock value for the global economy.
According to Guido Molinari, managing partner at Prysm Group, "Having spent the last five years providing economic consulting services to a broad range of Fortune 500 companies engaged in cutting-edge projects seeking to apply emerging technologies to their existing businesses, it is a pleasure to be a part of this program and to be able to share many of the frameworks and models that have contributed to the early successes of our clients." He continues, "From folks interested in learning how the metaverse is going to be the new evolution of the mobile internet to those looking to develop their own solutions leveraging the unique opportunities the metaverse brings to engage with customers in novel ways, this program focuses on the business value this mix of emerging technologies is going to deliver to companies globally."
With the support of Prysm Group and guest speakers from Adobe, Animoca Brands, Hellenic Parliament, Magic Leap, R/GA, RLY Network, Second Life, Snap, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Unity, Wharton Executive Education's Business in the Metaverse Economy program leverages years of development and deployment and delivers world-class learning solutions through practical case studies and industry best practices to educate the global business community.
The Business in the Metaverse Economy program is now open for limited enrollment for its first cohort, which begins on September 12, 2022. To register or receive more information on the program, visit https://www.web3.wharton.upenn.edu/metaverse.
Founded in 1881 as the world's first collegiate business school, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is shaping the future of business by incubating ideas, driving insights, and creating leaders who change the world. With a faculty of more than 235 renowned professors, Wharton has 5,000 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students. Each year 13,000 professionals from around the world advance their careers through Wharton Executive Education's individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 104,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful global network of leaders who transform business every day. For more information, visit www.wharton.upenn.edu.
Prysm Group is an economic consulting and executive education firm led by Harvard-trained PhD economists specializing in emerging technologies. Utilizing the tools of game theory, contract theory, market design, social choice, and monetary economics, Prysm Group advises blockchain, digital assets, and metaverse projects from startups to Fortune 500s on incentive design, token economics, monetization, and governance topics. Prysm Group has worked with leading business schools including Columbia Business School, MIT Sloan, and the Wharton School to develop executive education programs on emerging technologies. To learn more about Prysm Group, visit www.prysmgroup.io.
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(The Hill) — Former President Clinton is slamming the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying it contributes to putting “democracy at risk” and calling the high court “radical” and “activist.”
“This decision puts partisanship ahead of precedent, ideology ahead of evidence, and the power of a small minority ahead of the clear will of the people,” Clinton said in a statement on Friday.
“This jarring removal of rights that had long been guaranteed, along with decisions gutting the Voting Rights Act and abolishing any judicial remedy for admittedly unconstitutional gerrymandering by state legislatures and abuses of power by federal authorities, has put our democracy at risk in the hands of a radical, activist Court,” he added.
He said said voters should be electing people “who will defend, not deny, our cherished rights and liberties” in addition to confirming judges who put the importance of the Constitution over partisanship.
His wife, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, called the decision “a step backward for women’s rights and human rights.”
The development comes as the high court ruled on Friday to eliminate federal-level abortion protections, which many anticipated after a leaked draft ruling last month.
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Film producers defend safety in Alec Baldwin shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October, according to filings posted Wednesday by state regulators.
Rust Movie Productions is challenging the basis of a $137,000 fine against the company by state occupational safety regulators who say production managers on the set of the Western film failed to follow standard industry protocols for firearms safety.
At a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins inside a small church during setup for the filming of a scene when it went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza.
Baldwin said in a December interview with ABC News that he was pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction when it went off without his finger pulling the trigger.
“The law properly permits producers to delegate such critical functions as firearm safety to experts in that field and does not place such responsibility on producers whose expertise is in arranging financing and contracting for the logistics of filming,” Rust Movie Productions said in its filing. The company “did not ‘willfully’ violate any safety protocol, and in fact enforced all applicable safety protocols.”
In April, New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau imposed the maximum fine against Rust Movie Productions and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires of blank ammunition on set prior to the fatal shooting.
The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training.
Rust Movie Productions responded in its filing by saying that misfires prior to the fatal shooting of Hutchins did not violate safety protocols and that “appropriate corrective actions were taken, including briefings of cast and crew.”
“In fact, a safety meeting was held the morning of the incident,” the company said, apparently referring to the shooting of Hutchins. The filing does not elaborate further.
Rust Movie Productions also is challenging allegations that film set armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was overburdened, asserting that she had sufficient time to properly inspect and safeguard all firearms and ammunition on set. The production company cites comments by a costume designer who said Reed had “plenty of time” to do her job properly.
State investigators say that Gutierrez Reed was limited to eight paid days as an armorer to oversee weapons and training, and was assigned otherwise to lighter duties as a props assistant. As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed.
The sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting has described disorganization and neglected safety measures in the making of the low-budget movie. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has said he is waiting on a forensic analysis of the weapon, projectile, fingerprints and more from the FBI and state medical examiners before turning the case over to prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges will be filed.
State findings and sanctions against Rust Movie Productions hold implications for at least five lawsuits that have been filed over the shooting, including a wrongful death suit brought by Hutchins’ family against Baldwin and the movie’s other producers.
The lawsuit on behalf of widower Matt Hutchins and his 9-year-old son alleges a “callous” disregard in the face of safety complaints on the set.
The state fines would apply to a film with a budget of about $7 million. Baldwin was assigned a salary of $250,000 as an actor and producer and may have put some of that money back into the production.
Rust Movie Productions says in its filing that all personnel on set were instructed that they had authority to cease activities at any time until safety concerns were resolved, with film union stewards on site to ensure compliance with labor-union safety protocols.
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HARTFORD, Conn., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO) previously announced the following monthly distribution on March 7, 2022:
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 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 AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. A multi-asset approach based on fundamental research is employed, dynamically allocating to attractive segments of a company's debt and equity in order to offer an attractive risk/reward profile. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Allianz Global Investors is its subadviser. As previously announced, effective June 22, 2022, the Fund's name will change to Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities 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 end of this press release.
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The technology-driven plasma collection company introduces its modern approach to a new market.
BAY CITY, Texas, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parachute opened a new plasma donation center today in Bay City, bringing its modern and consumer-driven donation experience to residents of Matagorda and neighboring counties. The donation center offers donors an opportunity to earn extra money by donating life-saving plasma.
"The U.S. is facing a critical health care crisis and blood plasma shortage, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is impacting patients' access to essential treatments for chronic illnesses including primary immunodeficiencies, bleeding disorders, and cancer," said Wayne Sharp, Parachute's VP of Operations. "At its core, Parachute is focused on two things: improving the donation experience for our members and increasing access to plasma for patients who rely on it. We look forward to serving the Bay City community and are confident that donors will appreciate the convenience of our seamless booking and payment experiences."
Parachute's mission is to increase national access to plasma by introducing thoughtfully designed plasma donation centers to new communities. Parachute combines technology and hospitality with donor experience, allowing members to schedule donations, receive customer support, and manage payments through a mobile application.
The new plasma donation center is located 3521 7th Street in Bay City, Texas. To schedule a donation download the Parachute app.
Delivering the best experience possible to as many plasma donors as possible. Parachute's mission is to increase national access to life-saving plasma by reimagining the plasma donation experience into one that is modern and convenient. To learn more about Parachute, visit www.joinparachute.com
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Mr. Caravella has more than 20 years of healthcare finance experience, including at Tango Therapeutics and Johnson & Johnson
SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotheryx, Inc., a clinical stage company discovering and developing a portfolio of innovative small molecule targeted protein degraders (TPDs) in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced the appointment of Jeff Caravella as Chief Financial Officer.
"Throughout Jeff's healthcare industry tenure, he has led finance organizations impacting corporate, business development, commercial and operational strategies that supported these companies' greater missions to create innovative healthcare solutions and medicines for patients," said Philippe Drouet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Biotheryx. "We are glad to welcome Jeff to our leadership team as we advance the clinical development of our lead protein degrader product candidate BTX-1188 and the rest of our product candidate pipeline to create better medicines for patients."
"I'm honored to join Biotheryx at an important time for the Company and the protein degradation field. I look forward to playing a key role in Biotheryx's future in leveraging PRODEGY, the Company's proprietary platform for the discovery and development of potentially first-in-class TPDs," said Mr. Caravella. "I look forward to partnering with this team to execute on its strategy and help realize the potential of their platform, innovative product candidate pipeline and commitment to finding solutions for patients."
Mr. Caravella previously served as Vice President of Finance at Tango Therapeutics, a public biotechnology company where he built and led the finance and accounting organization. Prior, he held finance roles across commercial, business development and operations functions at other publicly-held companies, including Editas Medicine, Charles River Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson. During his 10-year tenure at Johnson & Johnson, he spent two years as the Head of Finance for the Johnson & Johnson Boston Innovation Center, where he led the assessment and strategy for multiple business development and licensing deals. Mr. Caravella earned his M.B.A. and B.S. from Syracuse University.
About Biotheryx, Inc.
Biotheryx is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a portfolio of innovative small molecule targeted protein degraders (TPDs) in areas of high unmet medical need, with an initial focus on cancer. Members of our founding and scientific teams previously developed the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved modulators of Cereblon, the most widely validated E3 ligase involved in protein degradation, and have applied their expertise in Cereblon binding to build our proprietary PRODEGY platform. Our lead product candidate, BTX-1188, is a rationally designed dual-targeting molecular glue degrader of GSPT1 and IKZF1/3, which we are currently developing in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in acute myeloid leukemia and solid tumor patients. Our broad and growing pipeline includes degraders of SOS1 for KRAS mutant cancers and CDK2/4/6 for solid tumors, with a goal of submitting three additional investigational new drug (IND) applications to the FDA over the next three years. For more information, please visit www.biotheryx.com and engage with us on LinkedIn.
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Investments to Provide Customers With Better Reliability
Improvements Will Help Meet Changing Customer Needs and Expedite Transition to EVs
Program Will Help Achieve N.J. Energy Master Plan Goals
NEWARK, N.J., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities today approved a settlement that will enable PSE&G to make investments that will provide the enhanced reliability customers now need and help New Jersey achieve its clean energy goals. With the approval of PSE&G's Infrastructure Advancement Program, the state's largest utility is expected to invest $511 million over four years, creating hundreds of well-paying jobs and helping stimulate the New Jersey economy.
The investments will modernize PSE&G's distribution systems to provide customers with improved reliability, including during extreme weather. The IAP also includes "Last Mile" investments that will begin preparing the grid for the rapid transition to EVs and enable a greater blend of renewable energy resources by increasing the reliability of the state's electric grid down to the street and neighborhood level.
"The Infrastructure Advancement Program is the next step forward in our efforts to meet our customers' changing needs," PSE&G President Kim Hanemann said. "Homes now are more important than ever to people's daily lives, playing the added roles of offices, entertainment centers, classrooms, and even fueling stations for electric vehicles. Meanwhile, businesses increasingly rely on e-commerce and electronic devices, and many are considering providing charging stations for their EV-driving customers and employees."
"The program is another step toward realizing PSEG's Powering Progress vision in which our customers use less energy, and the energy used is cleaner and delivered more reliably than ever."
The program includes:
- modernizing electric circuits,
- upgrading five aging electric substations and four aging natural gas metering and regulating stations, and
- $234 million of last mile improvements to provide residential areas with greater reliability.
The IAP continues PSE&G's work to update its distribution systems to make them more reliable, and resilient to increasingly severe storms. PSE&G's initiatives to protect New Jersey communities and customers from extreme weather conditions were recognized last week by the Edison Electric Institute, which awarded the utility the 2022 Edison Award, the electric utility industry's highest honor.
For a typical residential electric and gas customer, the proposal's bill impact would be about $1.50 per month, or approximately 0.75%, in 2026. It's worth noting that a typical residential electric and gas customer's current bill is now 21% lower than a decade ago, or about 36% lower when taking inflation into account.
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. is New Jersey's oldest and largest gas and electric delivery public utility, serving three-quarters of the state's population, as well as one of the nation's largest utilities. PSE&G has won the ReliabilityOne Award for superior electric system reliability in the Mid-Atlantic region for 20 consecutive years. PSE&G received the 2022 ENERGY STAR® "Partner of the Year" award in the Energy Efficiency Program Delivery category, and is a 2021 Customer Champion and Most Trusted Brand as named by Escalent. PSE&G is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a predominantly regulated infrastructure company focused on a clean energy future and has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America for 14 consecutive years (www.pseg.com).
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CLIFTON, N.J., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. magazine revealed on August 9 their list of America's top 5,000 fastest growing private companies. Spruce Technology [Spruce], is ranked 131 in New Jersey, 378 in New York, and 368 in the IT services category on this esteemed list.
"The past couple of years have been challenging for businesses of all shapes and sizes. Successful companies have had to adapt to a new world of doing business and the changing needs of their clients. I am so proud of the wonderful work, and growth, Spruce has achieved during these times. This is a special honor that speaks volumes about our agility, company, culture, leadership, evolving services, and the people who make this all a reality: our employees. Their hard work, passion, and dedication is remarkable," said Srini Penumella, CEO of Spruce.
First introduced in 1982, the Inc. 5000 list today represents the top .07% of all privately owned companies in the United States and ranked by revenue percentage growth from 2018 to 2021. But what makes inclusion in this year's list most impressive are the rapid changes caused by the pandemic, unprecedented changing client needs, and challenging economic landscape.
"The key to our success is transparent leadership; truly understanding our client's IT challenges; hiring the best talent; and providing a culture and career growth to retain them. This recognition also would not be realized without the trust our clients place in us every day and the close relationships we have with our strategic partners. Spruce is excited about this honor and the future of our company," said Srini.
About Spruce Technology
Spruce Technology is a full-service information technology consulting firm providing cutting-edge solutions for our clients across the public and commercial sectors. Since 2006, Spruce has been solving problems by building scalable systems and fortifying security for clients around the world, combining intellect and ingenuity to drive progress. As a leader in delivering results through our multifaceted approach to IT consulting, Spruce specializes in areas such as cybersecurity, digital experiences, and data services. Visit us at SpruceTech.com
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Richard Seymour first Bill Belichick draft pick elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
Ten notable items about Class of 2022 Hall of Famer Richard Seymour.
- Seymour had a chance to stay in the NFL after his playing career with the Raiders, for whom he played four seasons after spending eight years in New England.
Seymour shared this with The Canton Repository:
"In Oakland, I was a liaison between players and coaches and management, to the point the late, great Al Davis said, 'Hey, Richard, once you're done, we want you to be the GM of the team one day.'
"I was ready to transition out. It just wasn't the right time."
- Al Davis died on Oct. 11, 2011, when Seymour was in his third season with the Raiders. Seymour, who maintains a relationship with Davis' son, Mark, endorsed the choice of Josh McDaniels as the Raiders' new head coach.
"I told Mark I think it's a great hire," Seymour said. "I told him I think Josh will be coach of the year here soon."
- Since the Browns came back in 1999, they have had four No. 1 overall draft picks, a No. 2 they wound up trading, and four No. 3s and a No. 4.
At. No. 6 overall (2001), Richard Seymour was the highest pick the Patriots have had since 1999. Otherwise, their highest picks in the last 24 drafts were linebacker Jerod Mayo (No. 10, 2008), defensive tackle Ty Warren (No. 13, 2003), and quarterback Mack Jones (No. 15 , 2021).
The Patriots' last crack at drafting first overall came in 1993, when they took quarterback Drew Bledsoe. Tom Brady, a No. 199 overall pick in 2000, replaced an injured Bledsoe in the third game of Seymour's rookie season of 2001 and started the next 112 regular-season games before getting hurt in the 2008 opener.
Seymour played 111 of his 164 regular-season games for New England. All 15 of his postseason games (12-3 record) were with the Patriots. Brady started all 15 of those postseason battles but left the 2001 AFC championship game at Pittsburgh with an injury and was relieved by Bledsoe.
- Seymour made the Hall of Fame in his fifth year of eligibility. Only six defensive front-seven players were enshrined in the four years he had to wait.
Robert Brazile, Ray Lewis, Brian Urlacher — all linebackers — made it in 2018. None got the nod in 2019. In the expanded, 100th-anniversary class of 2020, Alex Karras, Duke Slater and Ed Sprinkle went in. Again in 2021, no defensive front seven player got tapped.
There was a run on defensive backs in the Hall's Classes of 2018-21. Cornerbacks and safeties who went in during those four years were Brian Dawkins, Champ Bailey, Ty Law, Ed Reed, Bobby Dillon, Steve Atwater, Cliff Harris, Troy Polamalu, Donnie Shell, John Lynch and Charles Woodson.
- Pittsburgh's "Mean Joe" Greene set the bar for defensive lineman winning Super Bowls, getting four rings in a span of six seasons in the 1970s ('74, '75, '78, '79).
Seymour collected three Super Bowl rings (2001, '03, '04) in his first four seasons and had a good chance at a fourth ring in his sixth season.
The Patriots had a 21-6 halftime lead in the AFC championship game in Indianapolis on Jan. 21, 2007. New England nursed a late lead until Peyton Manning drove the Colts 80 yards to a touchdown with a minute left, handing the Patriots a 38-34 defeat.
- Seymour is the sixth Patriots draft pick to reach the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the first selected by Bill Belichick. The list:
John Hannah, No. 4 overall, 1973; Mike Haynes, No. 5 overall, 1976; Andre Tippett, No. 41 overall, 1982; Ty Law, No. 23 overall, 1995; Curtis Martin, No. 74 overall, 1995; Seymour, No. 6 overall, 2011.
- Seymour played for one head coach (Bill Belichick) in eight seasons with the Patriots. He had three head coaches (Tom Cable, Hue Jackson, Dennis Allen) in his four seasons with the Raiders.
Belichick appreciated Seymour's knack for filling assorted roles, including on special teams. Typical of Belichick, he recalled a long-ago Seymour role on a punt return.
"On Troy Brown's punt return at Cleveland, Richard had a huge block," Belichick said.
The game was tied 10-all late in the first half when Brown brought one back 85 yards. The Browns could have improved to 7-5 had they won that game. Instead, it became part of a nine-game Patriots win streak that got them into Belichick's first postseason with New England.
- Seymour played on a loaded front seven line at Georgia. Marcus Stroud was drafted 13th overall in the 2001 draft. Charles Grant got picked 25th overall in 2002. Johnathan Sullivan was a No. 6 overall pick in 2003, as Seymour had been in 2001.
Stroud made three Pro Bowls with the Jaguars. Grant had two 10-sack seasons with the Saints. Sullivan lasted only three NFL seasons, all in New Orleans.
Linebacker Kendrell Bell, who like Seymour played his last season at Georgia in 2000, was NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2001, with the Steelers.
- Georgia's offense was not of the same caliber as the defense during Seymour's time as a Bulldog. That left the Bulldogs as a good, but not great team in his three years as a starter, as they went 16-7 in SEC play from 1998-2000. A loss to Georgia Tech in Seymour's final home game left the Bulldogs at 7-4 overall and cost fifth-year head coach Jim Donnan his job.
- Georgia finished 8-4 in Seymour's last two college seasons. Since Donnan, the Bulldogs have had only two head coaches (Mark Richt, Kirby Smart).
Smart led the Bulldogs to a national championship in 2021, after which defensive end Travon Walker became the No. 1 pick of the draft.
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Industry leader with substantial U.S. and global experience in drug development and medical affairs joins Lyra as the Company's late-stage product candidates advance in the clinic
WATERTOWN, Mass., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYRA), a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained and local delivery of medications to the ear, nose and throat (ENT) passages and other diseased tissues, today announced that Richard Nieman, MD, has been appointed Chief Medical Officer, effective July 11, 2022. Dr. Nieman brings more than 25 years of experience in drug development and medical affairs, with a proven track record in developing medicines through commercialization and beyond.
"We're pleased to welcome Dr. Nieman as our Chief Medical Officer," said Maria Palasis, PhD, CEO of Lyra Therapeutics. "Dr. Nieman joins the Lyra team at a critical time with our lead candidate LYR-210 in pivotal Phase 3 trials. Having successfully developed and launched numerous innovative medicines for patients and their families during the course of his career, his experience building and leading medical organizations will be invaluable as we work to bring new treatments to patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS)."
"I'm thrilled to be taking on this role during such an exciting time in Lyra's growth and evolution with late-stage clinical programs," said Dr. Nieman. "There is a significant need for effective treatments for patients suffering with CRS, and I look forward to working with the Lyra team to build on the compelling data to date and contributing my abilities and experience as the company drives towards commercialization."
Dr. Nieman, a respiratory physician (pulmonologist) with deep pharmaceutical medicine experience, has had prior leadership roles as SVP & Worldwide Medical Head of Immunology at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Head of R&D China at BMS, Global Medical Officer & Head of Medical at Teva, and Head of Asia Pacific Medical at Bayer. At Teva, he led the company's medical and heath economic and outcome research (HEOR) function of 550 professionals and was a member of the Specialty Executive Team. In addition to his U.S. experience and credentials, Richard has also spent significant time working in China, throughout Asia and in Europe. He has been involved in bringing numerous important medicines to the market in the U.S. and Europe, including Cinquair in asthma, Copaxone 40 mg 3x/week in multiple sclerosis, Austedo in movement disorders, Ajovy in migraine and Xarelto in thrombosis and stroke prevention. Richard is a Fellow of the UK Royal College of Physicians, a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kings College, London, and was a Visiting Professor at Fudan University School of Public Health in Shanghai, China. He has published extensively and trained and practiced medicine in the UK. Dr. Nieman assumes the role of Chief Medical Officer previously held by Dr. Robert Kern, who will continue to work closely with the Company in the role of Chief Clinical Advisor.
Lyra has approved the issuance of an equity-based award pursuant to its 2022 Inducement Award Plan to Dr. Nieman upon the commencement of his employment. The inducement grant was approved by a majority of the Company's independent directors and was made as a material inducement to Dr. Nieman's acceptance of employment with Lyra in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) as a component of his employment compensation. The inducement grant consists of a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate of 230,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The inducement grant is subject to the terms and conditions of the award agreement covering the performance stock option grant and the Company's 2022 Inducement Award Plan.
About Lyra Therapeutics
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage therapeutics company leveraging its proprietary XTreo™ platform to enable precise, sustained, local delivery of medications to diseased tissues not accessible with conventional therapeutic approaches. Lyra's XTreo™ platform is comprised of a biocompatible mesh scaffold, an engineered elastomeric matrix and a versatile polymer-drug complex. The company's current pipeline of therapeutics target tissues deep in the ear, nose and throat passages and are designed to deliver continuous drug therapy for up to six months following a single non-invasive, in-office administration. Lyra has two product candidates in late-stage development for CRS, a highly prevalent inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses which leads to debilitating symptoms and significant morbidities: LYR-210, for surgically naïve patients, is being evaluated in the ENLIGHTEN Phase 3 clinical program, and LYR-220, for patients who have recurrent symptoms despite surgery, is being evaluated in the BEACON Phase 2 clinical trial. These two product candidates are designed to treat the estimated four million CRS patients in the U.S. that fail medical management each year. For more information, please visit lyratherapeutics.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements our pipeline and development of product candidates, including LYR-210 and LYR-220, the progress and timing of clinical trials, and the anticipated success of leveraging the XTreo™ platform. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the fact that the company has incurred significant losses since inception and expects to incur losses for the foreseeable future; the company's need for additional funding, which may not be available; the company's limited operating history; the fact that the company has no approved products; the fact that the company's product candidates are in various stages of development; or the fact that the company may not be successful in its efforts to identify and successfully commercialize its product candidates; the fact that clinical trials required for the company's product candidates are expensive and time-consuming, and their outcome is uncertain; the fact that the FDA may not conclude that certain of the company's product candidates satisfy the requirements for the Section 505(b)(2) regulatory approval pathway; the company's inability to obtain required regulatory approvals; effects of recently enacted and future legislation; the possibility of system failures or security breaches; effects of significant competition; the fact that the successful commercialization of the company's product candidates will depend in part on the extent to which governmental authorities and health insurers establish coverage, adequate reimbursement levels and pricing policies; failure to achieve market acceptance; product liability lawsuits; the fact that the company relies on third parties for the manufacture of materials for its research programs, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials; the company's reliance on third parties to conduct its preclinical studies and clinical trials; the company's inability to succeed in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships; the company's reliance on certain suppliers critical to its production; failure to obtain and maintain or adequately protect the company's intellectual property rights; failure to retain key personnel or to recruit qualified personnel; difficulties in managing the company's growth; effects of natural disasters, terrorism and wars (including the developing conflict between Ukraine and Russia); the fact that the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 could adversely impact the company's business and operations, including the company's clinical trials; the fact that the price of the company's common stock may be volatile and fluctuate substantially; significant costs and required management time as a result of operating as a public company and any securities class action litigation. These and other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 10, 2022 and its other filings with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While the company may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it disclaims any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause its views to change.
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.87 per common share, payable on September 30, 2022 to holders of record on September 9, 2022. The indicated annual dividend rate is $3.48 per share.
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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Average buyout rate across all MPBI insurers hits low of 101.5%
SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI). As the Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) market continues to grow, it has become increasingly important to monitor the annuity market for plan sponsors that are considering transferring retiree pension obligations to an insurer.
During July, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process decreased from 98.3% of a plan's total liabilities to 98.0% of those liabilities. For these plan sponsors, the estimated retiree PRT cost is now 98.0% of those plans' retiree accumulated benefit obligation (ABO). During the same time period, the average annuity purchase cost across all insurers in our index also decreased, from 103.0% to 101.5% - a record low for the MPBI. Despite that, the competitive bidding process is still estimated to save plan sponsors roughly 3.4% of PRT costs as of July 31.
"Another MPBI record-low for retiree buyout costs suggests the pension risk transfer market hasn't lost momentum," says Mary Leong, a consulting actuary with Milliman and co-author of the MPBI. "Historically, 65-75% of single premium sales (buy-ins and buyouts) occur in the second half of the year, so it will be interesting to see how sales look as 2022 rolls on."
The MPBI uses the FTSE Above Median AA Curve, along with annuity purchase composite interest rates from eight insurers, to estimate the competitive and average costs of a PRT annuity de-risking strategy. Individual plan annuity buyouts can vary based on plan size, complexity, and competitive landscape.
To view the complete Milliman Pension Buyout Index, go to https://www.milliman.com/mpbi. To receive regular updates with Milliman's pension buyout analysis, contact us at pensionbuyout@milliman.com.
About Milliman
Milliman is among the world's largest providers of actuarial and related products and services. The firm has consulting practices in healthcare, property & casualty insurance, life insurance and financial services, and employee benefits. Founded in 1947, Milliman is an independent firm with offices in major cities around the globe. For further information, visit milliman.com.
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Experienced Human Resources Executive with Financial Services Background Joins Fannie Mae to Drive Enterprise Human Resources and Talent Strategy
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) announced today it has appointed Katie Jones as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective August 1, 2022. In this role, Jones will be a member of Fannie Mae's Management Committee and oversee the company's Human Resources function responsible for designing and delivering a comprehensive enterprise-wide strategy to attract, retain, engage, and develop talent and support business and strategic priorities.
"We are pleased to welcome such an accomplished executive to the Fannie Mae leadership team. With more than 30 years of Human Resources experience in the financial services sector, Katie is exceptionally well positioned to cultivate Fannie Mae as a destination for top talent and a great place to work. Katie will play a critical role in ensuring we continue to attract, develop, and support our people and positively impact renters and homeowners," said David C. Benson, President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Fannie Mae.
Jones will provide leadership on all aspects of Fannie Mae's human resources strategy. She will also partner with others across the enterprise, including Fannie Mae's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), to ensure the company's comprehensive HR strategy continues to promote a diverse and inclusive workplace.
"Fannie Mae is a top-class organization with exceptional values and a people-first culture. It's a privilege to join the team during this exciting time for the company," said Katie Jones. "I look forward to being part of Fannie Mae's mission to meet the evolving needs of the country's renters and homebuyers while the organization continues to grow as an employer of choice, particularly as we focus on a new way of working."
Jones most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at PRA Group, a global financial services firm with approximately 5,000 employees and clients and customers across 18 countries. Prior to PRA Group, Jones held Senior Vice President positions at SunTrust Bank, AIG, and Crestar Bank. In these roles, she led national and global Human Resources functions, including talent acquisition, talent management, learning and development, succession planning, HR systems, total rewards, diversity and inclusion, and organizational design.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. , June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Expert builders, including kinetic artists featured on FOX's Domino Masters, will attempt a world record-breaking domino run at The Tech Interactive this weekend. Alex Huang, known as Flash Domino and a group of 11 builders plan to use roughly 30,000 dominoes in all to break the record for world's largest structure chain. Visitors can watch them work all weekend before the topple Monday, July 4 at noon.
"You never really know what's going to happen in those final moments. We're spending nearly a week building and rebuilding our reactions and even with decades of combined experience, we're holding our breath that everything falls into place," said Huang, who has nearly 6,000 subscribers on YouTube.
In its 7th year, Reactica is the largest kinetic art build in California. The master builders are setting up 36 structures of roughly 6,572 dominoes. The current world record is 30 structures of 3,500 dominoes. The team will also share tips on making fun and dynamic creations during a member workshop and daily domino challenges where visitors get to put their steady hands and innovation to the test.
"Chain reactions are such a breathtaking and fascinating way to engage in fast-thinking STEAM problem-solving. We love inspiring young people with hands-on fun and creativity," says President and CEO of The Tech Interactive Katrina Stevens.
Topple Time
Monday, July 4, noon
The Tech Interactive
201 S. Market St.
San Jose, CA 95125
You can find the schedule here.
Builders include Domino Masters Producer Alex Huang, Domino Masters judge Steve Price; Domino Masters contestants Lyle Broughton, Evan Voeltner, John Wickham, Brian Kazian and Kristine Kazian; Former domino world record holder Erez Klein; and expert builders Zane C., Joel Yantha, Chase Blanchette, and Brady Dolan.
About The Tech Interactive
The Tech Interactive is a family-friendly science and technology center in the heart of downtown San Jose. Our hands-on activities, experimental labs and design challenge experiences empower people to innovate with creativity, curiosity and compassion. The Tech is a world leader in the creation of immersive STEAM education resources to develop the next generation of problem-solvers locally, nationally and globally. We believe that everyone is born an innovator who can change the world for the better.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to her for the abuse she endured.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday said that it will host Littlefeather, now 75, for an evening of “conversation, healing and celebration” on Sept. 17.
When Brando won best actor for “The Godfather,” Littlefeather, wearing buckskin dress and moccasins, took the stage, becoming the first Native American woman ever to do so at the Academy Awards. In a 60-second speech, she explained that Brando could not accept the award due to “the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.”
Some in the audience booed her. John Wayne, who was backstage at the time, was reportedly furious. The 1973 Oscars were held during t he American Indian Movement’s two-month occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota. In the years since, Littlefeather has said she’s been mocked, discriminated against and personally attacked for her brief Academy Awards appearance.
In making the announcement, the Academy Museum shared a letter sent June 18 to Littlefeather by David Rubin, academy president, about the iconic Oscar moment. Rubin called Littlefeather’s speech “a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity.”
“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” wrote Rubin. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.”
Littlefeather, in a statement, said it is “profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since I did not accept the Academy Award 50 years ago.”
“Regarding the Academy’s apology to me, we Indians are very patient people — it’s only been 50 years!” said Littlefeather. “We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times. It’s our method of survival.”
At the Academy Museum event in Los Angeles, Littlefeather will sit for a conversation with producer Bird Runningwater, co-chair of the academy’s Indigenous Alliance.
In a podcast earlier this year with Jacqueline Stewart, a film scholar and director of the Academy Museum, Littlefeather reflected on what compelled her to speak out in 1973.
“I felt that there should be Native people, Black people, Asian people, Chicano people — I felt there should be an inclusion of everyone,” said Littlefeather. “A rainbow of people that should be involved in creating their own image.” | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/film-academy-apologizes-to-littlefeather-for-1973-oscars/ | 2022-08-16T00:44:30Z |
HOUSTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Original Digital Corporation, Inc. announced Wednesday it has completed integration of a cash-out feature for the OGPay® Mobile Wallet. This new feature allows for ATM cash-out directly from the OGPay Mobile Wallet at more than 20,000 ATMs across the United States.
The OGPay Mobile Wallet now includes an "ATM Transactions" clickable icon. This new feature allows OGPay account holders to enjoy secure cash-out transactions from the OGPay Mobile Wallet with no need for a physical bank card.
OGPay account holders simply request cash from their Mobile Wallet and receive their cash.
OGPay offers a single service digital money management solution. The OGPay Mobile Wallet and OGPay Visa® Debit Cards are FDIC insured and the system offers the most immediate and cost-efficient way for users to manage their money, globally or locally. OGPay account holders can pay bills; pay for goods and services; send and receive money around the world, online or offline; buy and sell crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and more, all while enjoying secure and insured custody of all cash and digital assets within the OGPay Mobile Wallet and Digital Assets Vault.
With OGPay, easily, quickly and securely manage money and assets, all day and every day, in one easy-to-use, multilingual, multi-currency mobile app.
OGPay is an innovative beacon of technology progress that transforms how people think about how they use their money.
OGPay transforms how people think about using their money. Account holders enjoy world class personal financial services from a best in class online W3 browser experience along with the best Mobile App Wallet offering anywhere.
The OGPay Mobile Wallet is a multi currency, multi lingual wallet providing account holders with a powerful tool to more effectively manage their money at home or around the world. Funds in the OGPay Mobile Wallet are FDIC insured and globally denominated in USD with a real time cost free foreign exchange presentment and origination feature.
OGPay is equipped with an impressive stable of beneficial features like a virtual debit card and available physical debit card, payroll direct deposit, bill pay and a digital assets wallet so the account holder can buy, sell, send and receive crypto currencies and precious metals.
Account holders can also send and receive money around the world for free while benefiting from OGPay's instant money on, cash out and global money transfer features.
OGPay is brought to the world by Original Digital Corporation, a global financial technology company that continues to set trends and break records.
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SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIRX), a precision oncology company targeting virus-associated malignancies, today announced that the Compensation Committee of Viracta's Board of Directors approved the grant of non-qualified stock options to a new non-executive employee to purchase an aggregate of 110,000 shares of common stock. The options vest over four years, with 25% vesting on the one-year anniversary of the employment commencement date and the remaining 75% vesting in equal monthly increments over the succeeding 36 months, subject to the individual's continuous employment through each vesting date. The options each have an exercise price of $1.91 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Viracta's common stock on May 12, 2022.
The inducement awards were made outside of Viracta's current equity plan, under Viracta's 2021 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan and related stock option agreement but will have terms and conditions generally consistent with those of Viracta's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. The Inducement Plan is used exclusively to grant equity awards to individuals who were not previously an employee or non-employee director of Viracta as an inducement material to such individual's entering into employment with Viracta in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
About Viracta Therapeutics, Inc.
Viracta is a precision oncology company targeting virus-associated malignancies. Viracta's lead product candidate is an all-oral combination therapy of its proprietary investigational drug, nanatinostat, and the antiviral agent valganciclovir (collectively referred to as Nana-val). Nana-val is currently being evaluated in multiple ongoing clinical trials, including a pivotal, global, multicenter, open-label Phase 2 basket trial for the treatment of multiple subtypes of relapsed/refractory Epstein-Barr virus-positive (EBV+) lymphoma (NAVAL-1), as well as a multinational, open-label Phase 1b/2 trial for the treatment of EBV+ recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other EBV+ solid tumors. Viracta is also pursuing the application of its inducible synthetic lethality approach in other virus-related cancers.
For additional information please visit www.viracta.com.
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A digital solution will tackle a significant decarbonization challenge – decarbonizing a global fleet of 2,400 coal plants to run on clean energy
LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TerraPraxis, a non-profit focused on actionable solutions for climate and prosperity, is collaborating with Microsoft to deliver a digital solution to tackle a significant decarbonization challenge – repurposing over 2,400 coal-fired power plants worldwide to run on carbon-free energy.
TerraPraxis is looking to combine its deep expertise in energy with Microsoft to build and deploy a set of tools to automate the design and regulatory approval needed to decarbonize coal facilities with nuclear power, helping transition one of the world's largest sources of carbon to zero emissions.
TerraPraxis intends to develop a software application with Microsoft designed to analyze the existing coal fleet to determine the best avenue to retrofit the plants, saving coal plant owners time and money while giving their assets and the communities around them a new lease on life for decades to come.
"We are thrilled to see Microsoft enable the Repowering Coal Initiative and help deliver a fast, low-cost, and repeatable strategy to repower hundreds of coal plants that would otherwise continue to produce large quantities of emissions," remarked Kirsty Gogan, Director at TerraPraxis.
Eric Ingersoll, another TerraPraxis Director, said, "Our work with Microsoft will accelerate the clean energy benefits that Repowering Coal will bring to each community while simultaneously initiating hundreds of projects by leveraging Microsoft's unparalleled digital capability and global market scale."
The relationship began during last year's Microsoft Global Hackathon, where the team working with TerraPraxis won the Hack for Sustainability challenge sponsored by Microsoft President Brad Smith.
"The global energy transition requires partnerships and technology innovation like this one led by TerraPraxis to repurpose coal-based power plants with carbon-free energy generation," said Darryl Willis, corporate vice president of Energy & Resources, Microsoft. "We look forward to our role in enabling TerraPraxis to accelerate this transformational solution economically, securely and at scale."
The burning of coal causes more than 40% of global carbon emissions and more than 75% of emissions from electricity generation. As global carbon emissions rebounded in 2021 to their highest level in history, increased use of coal was the main driving factor, reaching an all-time high of 15.3 billion tonnes. According to the International Energy Agency, the world's consumption of coal is set to rise yet again in 2022.
Powered 100% by philanthropy, TerraPraxis is a non-profit organization that innovates and incubates scalable solutions for a livable planet and human prosperity. https://www.terrapraxis.org/
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SYRACUSE, N.Y., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Dairy Association North East (ADANE), representing 9,000 northeast dairy farmers, is pleased to announce John Chrisman is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organization. As CEO, Chrisman will lead the organization to fulfill its mission to promote dairy and serve as the Association's key liaison with industry and government leaders.
Prior to being named CEO, Chrisman held senior leadership positions in Retail Marketing, Producer Relations, School Marketing, Processor Relations, and Hunger Relief. His passion for the dairy industry extends beyond the job. He believes the relationships he developed within agriculture and associated industries over the past 21 years shaped him into the person he is today.
"Over the years, I have performed a wide range of functions, which allowed me to work one-on-one with dairy farmers as well as consumers. I believe my experience and insight will be key to elevating our programs in retail, schools, broadcast media, and digital marketing to meet demand of consumers," says Chrisman.
"With more than two decades of experience leading multiple departments in dairy promotion, John is perfectly suited for this new challenge," says ADANE Board President Audrey Donahoe. "We are thrilled to have someone with such knowledge and commitment to dairy farmers lead the organization into the future."
On representing the 9,000 dairy farms in ADANE's region, Chrisman says he is humbled. "There are no better or harder working people than the dairy farmers who I will represent. I am both honored and privileged to have been chosen and trusted to lead the organization on their behalf."
Chrisman joined dairy promotion in 2001 with American Dairy Association Mideast in Ohio and continued his career with Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program based in Philadelphia. These two groups merged with American Dairy Association & Dairy Council in Syracuse, New York, in 2016 to become American Dairy Association North East.
Chrisman holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pa. He will start in his new position as Chief Executive Officer of ADANE on June 2, 2022. Chrisman succeeds Rick Naczi who is retiring after 32 years of leading the regional dairy checkoff promotion group.
About American Dairy Association North East
American Dairy Association North East (ADANE) is the local affiliate of the National Dairy Council® and the regional consolidation of three promotion organizations including the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. Committed to nutrition education and research-based communications, ADANE provides science-based nutrition information to, and in collaboration with, a variety of stakeholders committed to fostering a healthier nation, including health professionals, educators, school nutrition directors, academia, industry, consumers, and media. Funded by dairy checkoff dollars from 9,000 dairy farm families in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and northern Virginia, ADANE works closely with Dairy Management Inc.™ to bring a fully integrated promotion program to the North East region. For more information, visit www.AmericanDairy.com.
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The non-invasive delivery device will be for use in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity
LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lundquist Institute's investigator Frans Walther, MD, PhD, has received a two-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the amount of $471,858.00 to support the development of a synthetic aerosolized lung surfactant and a non-invasive delivery device for use in infant respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a significant cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Newborns experiencing RDS must dramatically increase the effort to take each breath, due to lack of adequate, naturally occurring surfactant production in their lungs. This deficiency of lung surfactant leads to fatigue, episodes of apnea, hypoxia, wasting, and potentially death if untreated.
The target completion date for the funded research leading to the development of an aerosolized lung surfactant is March of 2024. This research is part of a multi-dimensional research project under the direction of Dr. Walther and aimed at developing a synthetic lung surfactant to treat breathing problems in preterm infants with surfactant-deficiency and lung immaturity (RDS) and in (near)term infants with surfactant inactivation due to meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS).
"I am very pleased to have received this generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," said Dr. Walther, Principal Investigator at The Lundquist Institute and Professor of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "This grant will allow us to test the efficacy of both liquid and dry powder surfactant formulations along with developed delivery devices in vitro and in vivo, and to determine the best formulation of peptide, phospholipid, and excipient for lead candidate selection along with a device and subsequent IND-enabling studies. Our goal is to design, synthesize, and bring effective lung surfactant peptides, modeled after the sequence of human surfactant proteins B and C to clinical care. This grant will help us achieve these research goals."
"The Institute is grateful to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their support," said Dr. David Meyer, PhD, President and CEO of The Lundquist Institute. "This is the type of trailblazing and state-of-the-art research that we are known for, especially given that we have been in the forefront of innovation in the field of lung surfactants since the 1980s."
CONTACT: Max Benavidez, (310) 200-2682, max.benavidez@lundquist.org
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LONDON and HACKENSACK, N.J., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Runecast, a leading provider of patented, predictive analytics for on-premises, hybrid and multi cloud environments, today announced a strategic partnership with SVA Software, Inc., a leading IT infrastructure services provider.
The existing relationship between parent-company SVA GmbH, of Germany, and Runecast is now expanded to include SVA Software, Inc. and further the reach of both companies across North America. The SVA Software portfolio includes mainframe optimization solutions, VMware license assessments, infrastructure analytics, data archival and a disaster recovery runbook. SVA models its business on its software and service solutions scaling to meet the needs of its customers' stages of growth and to assist customers in making sense of the data that their systems produce. Customers therefore gain in-depth insights across their systems, enabling them more control in negotiating the next ELA with a vendor.
"The strength of our partnership with SVA GmbH in Germany made it an easy choice to extend that partnership also to SVA Software, Inc. in North America," said Ched Smokovic, Chief Revenue Officer at Runecast. "Having a channel-first approach to market means that we rely on finding the best local partners to enable Runecast growth."
Runecast has evolved to be the go-to solution for stabilizing and securing mission-critical IT operations ranging from online shopping and banking to emergency call services and air-traffic control. Runecast is an enterprise platform which brings a proactive approach to various areas of hybrid and multi cloud management and protection. Runecast provides automated best practices, actionable insights and proactive monitoring for VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes, as well as OS-level support for Windows and Linux. Coverage for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is planned for its July release.
Recently, G2 reviews ranked Runecast a 'High Performer' in the Spring and Summer 2022 G2 Grid® Reports for the categories Security Risk Analysis, Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP), Vulnerability Scanner, Cloud Compliance and Cloud Security.
"We are happy to add Runecast's unique solution and strength in the VMware space to our portfolio," said Lisa Schwab, VP of Sales and Marketing. "The partnership confirms the commitment in extending an award-winning platform like Runecast to the North American market. Runecast is a perfect complement to SVA's BVQ data analytics platform providing customers with a robust set of solutions to maximize and optimize their IT infrastructures."
The Runecast vision for the future is to stay ahead of the challenges that organizations face in a fast-paced and rapidly changing IT environment, to provide the best possible proactive means of mitigating vulnerabilities and maintaining security compliance and uptime – which aligns well with the SVA approach to business.
Runecast Solutions Ltd. is a leading global provider of a patented solution for IT Security and Operations teams. Forward-focused enterprises like Avast, DocuSign, and Merck rely on Runecast for proactive risk mitigation, security compliance, operational efficiency, and mission-critical stability. Headquartered in London, U.K., Runecast is a Gartner Cool Vendor and has won Computing awards for Cloud Security Product of the Year and Best Place to Work in Digital. For more information, visit www.runecast.com.
SVA Software, Inc. is a 100% subsidiary of SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH, a German company. SVA Software, Inc. was founded in 2016 selling SVA GmbH developed solutions combined with value added services. SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH is the largest privately owned system integrator in Germany in the fields of Datacenter Infrastructure and is the largest global IBM Systems Integrator. The company was founded in 1997 in Wiesbaden, Germany. SVA GmbH now employs more than 2,200 employees at 25 branch offices throughout Germany with a revenue of more than $1.3 Billion (2021) servicing over 3,000 customers worldwide. www.svasoftware.com
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Celtics’ Robert Williams won’t play Game 4 against Bucks
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Boston Celtics big man Robert Williams won’t play in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal against Milwaukee on Tuesday because of soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. Williams had surgery to repair torn cartilage in his knee on March 30. The 6-foot-9 Williams returned for Game 3 of the Celtics’ first-round series with the Brooklyn Nets. Williams started each of the first three games against the Bucks. Udoka said Grant Williams will replace Robert Williams in the Celtics’ lineup Tuesday. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/09/celtics-robert-williams-wont-play-game-4-against-bucks/ | 2022-05-09T23:29:25Z |
NEW YORK (AP) — With the broadcast television season winding down and most scripted series about to go into hibernation for the summer, it’s instructive to look at the power of network franchises.
Of the Nielsen company’s 20 most popular scripted series on the air last week, 12 were parts of franchises — the three “Chicago” dramas on NBC, the three “FBI” shows on CBS, for example. That’s without counting the CBS comedy “Young Sheldon,” even though it began life as a spinoff to “The Big Bang Theory.”
At a time viewers are inundated with choices, particularly on the streaming services, broadcast networks have taken the power of these ideas to heart, knowing that their viewers will be attracted to familiar concepts and storylines.
That’s primed to continue, since ABC announced on Tuesday they will be trying to create a new franchise out of their drama “The Rookie,” with a spinoff due in the fall.
CBS won the week in prime time television, averaging 4.2 million viewers. NBC had 3.2 million viewers, ABC had 2.8 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Ion Television had 950,000 and Telemundo had 830,000.
Behind NBA playoff games, TNT led the cable networks with a 3.36 million viewer average. Fox News Channel had 2.2 million, ESPN had 2.06 million, MSNBC had 956,000 and HGTV had 927,000.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 7.5 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” averaged 6.2 million viewers and the “CBS Evening News” had 4.5 million.
For the week of May 9-15, the top 20 prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.44 million.
2. “FBI,” CBS, 7.16 million.
3. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 6.93 million.
4. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 6.84 million.
5. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.61 million.
6. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 6.31 million.
7. NBA Playoffs: Dallas at Phoenix (Sunday), Turner, 6.29 million.
8. NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Golden State (Friday), ESPN, 6.28 million.
9. “FBI: International,” CBS, 5.82 million.
10. “American Idol,” ABC, 5.57 million.
11. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 5.534 million.
12. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Milwaukee (Friday), ESPN, 5.529 million.
13. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.48 million.
14. “Survivor,” CBS, 5.35 million.
15. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 5.33 million.
16. “911,” Fox, 5.3 million.
17. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 5.28 million.
18. NBA Playoffs: Memphis at Golden State (Monday), Turner, 5.28 million.
19. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 5.14 million.
20. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Milwaukee (Monday), Turner, 5.03 million. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/nielsen-list-illustrates-power-of-franchises-for-networks/ | 2022-05-18T20:13:53Z |
Fast-Growing Infrared Sauna Franchise Seeks Single and Multi-Unit Studio Owners amid Demand for Brand's Specific Wellness Services
NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perspire Sauna Studio, the rapidly-growing infrared and red light therapy (RLT) sauna franchise, has just announced plans to develop in the New York City and New Jersey area. News of the planned expansion was made public at the ongoing 2022 IFE Conference in New York City, where the brand's executive team is currently promoting their franchise opportunity alongside other franchise concepts from around the world. After a year of rapid growth, Perspire Sauna Studio continues to grow, amid a lingering pandemic and a renewed focus on individual self-care and wellness options. In 2022 alone, the brand has already signed agreements for 39 new studios.
"With a rapidly-growing demand for infrared therapy, Perspire Sauna Studio is ready to further expand in the Northeast," says Lee Braun, Founder, and CEO of Perspire Sauna Studio. "In areas like New York City and New Jersey, residents already have a thirst for wellness and a commitment to their personal health goals. Our mission is to offer the best technology, resources and expertise for any new franchisee that comes on board. Our brand continues to grow and thrive due to our wonderful team of like-minded, health-conscious studio owners."
According to the Global Health & Fitness Association, roughly 4 million New York residents visit health facilities on a regular basis. As that number continues to trend upward, Perspire Sauna Studio will be well-poised for success and continued development in the New York and New Jersey markets. Already, the company has demonstrated that densely populated areas tend to demand their particular services, as has been witnessed in markets like Santa Monica, Chicago, Charlotte and Atlanta. Over the past few years – and amid a lingering pandemic – individuals have become curious as to how else they can stay healthy, looking for alternatives and/or additions to their physical and mental wellness routines.
Perspire Sauna Studio is currently seeking single-unit and multi-unit franchisees interested in new career opportunities or those looking to diversify their current portfolios. Combined with the 39 franchises awarded year to date, Perspire has signed 93 franchise agreements with 23 studios currently open; the brand's 24th location will open its doors this weekend in Santa Monica.
Founded in 2010 in Southern California, Perspire Sauna Studio is committed to elevating the mind and body wellness of its guests, offering an experience that is personalized to each individual. The brand's advanced full spectrum infrared sauna technology, along with its medical-grade and high-intensity red light therapy (RLT) bar, are what set it apart in the industry. The experience has demonstrated the ability to improve sleep, boost immunity, burn calories, reduce inflammation, and simply offer a space for people to allow their minds and bodies to feel better. Across the 23 open studios, more than 1 million sauna sessions have been hosted since the company's founding.
To learn more about Perspire Sauna Studio and franchising opportunities, please visit https://www.perspiresaunastudio.com/franchise.
Perspire Sauna Studio is the fastest-growing infrared sauna and red light therapy franchise in the U.S. The science-based, technology-driven, and wellness-seeking company provides guests a modern-day experience to a centuries-old practice, allowing their body and mind to feel refreshed after each session. Founded and led by CEO Lee Braun, Perspire's goal is to expand to major markets throughout the U.S. to further instill its vision of making infrared wellness accessible to all.
Founded in 2010 and based in Southern California, Perspire Sauna Studio currently offers franchise opportunities to qualifying entrepreneurs. For more information, please visit www.perspiresaunastudio.com, and follow the brand on social media @perspiresaunastudio. For franchising information, please contact Cory Lyons, cory@perspiresaunastudios.com.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY:Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Celsius Financial Products, including CEL Tokens, Earn Rewards high-interest accounts, and/or Celsius Loan products, between February 9, 2018, and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), against Celsius Network LLC ("Celsius"), Celsius Lending LLC, Celsius KeyFi LLC (collectively, the "Celsius Entities") and its executives Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi "Daniel" Leon, David Barse, and Alan Jeffrey Carr (together, "Defendants"), of the important September 13, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Celsius Financial Products, including CEL Tokens, Earn Rewards high-interest accounts, and/or Celsius Loan products you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7586 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 13, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by selling non-exempt securities without registering it. The complaint alleges that Celsius and Individual Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act by also participating in Celsius' failure to register the Celsius Financial Products. The complaint alleges that the Defendants violated provisions of the New Jersey Common Law by possessing the monetary value of Celsius Financial Products of inflated value which rightfully belongs to the Plaintiff and members of the Class.
Also according to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Exchange Act by carrying out a plan, scheme, and course of conduct that Celsius intended to and did deceive retail investors and thereby caused them to purchase Celsius Financial Products at artificially inflated prices; endorsed false statements they knew or recklessly should have known were material misleading, and they made untrue statements of material fact and omitted to state material facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading.
To join the Celsius class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7586 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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HANGZHOU, China, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: JZXN; the "Company"), a leading new energy vehicle (NEV) dealership group under the brand name "Jiuzi" in China, today announced that its operating entity, Hangzhou Zhitongche Technology Limited ("Zhitongche"), has entered into a regional exclusive agency agreement (the "Agreement") with Shanghai Aiways Yiwei Automobiles Sales Co., Ltd. ("Aiways Yiwei"), the subsidiary of Aiways Automobiles Company Ltd. ("Aiways Auto").
Pursuant to the Agreement, both parties will collaborate to co-develop their retail distribution channels in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ("Guangxi"), China. In the first two months of the one-year term starting on July 1st, 2022, Zhitongche will adopt its unique franchise model to complete the establishment of one Aiways flagship store in Nanning, the provincial capital of Guangxi, and 11 Aiways experience centers in other major cities in Guangxi.
"Following WM Motor and Baoneng Motor, this is another prestige brand with which we have achieved collaboration since the supplier expansion plan launched in early June 2022. It helps expand our nationwide footprint and establish influential presence in Guangxi", said Mr. Shuibo Zhang, CEO of Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. "Our nationwide retail network consists of 51 franchised stores and one company-owned store, as well as about 100 contracted agents. These 150 retail terminals are spread over 100 cities in 18 Chinese provinces, most of which are in eastern and southern coastal areas with rapid economic growth. Guangxi is currently one of our top performance provinces with 13 franchised stores and 9 contracted agents. We expect to establish beyond the 12 initial stores, which will contribute to our revenue growth in the foreseeable future, and continue to increase our presence in China. Following the path of being a sole regional distributor for different brands, we expect to enter into a similar agreement with Baoneng Auto in September and become Baoneng Auto's regional sole distributor in Zhejiang Province. Furthermore, I also see the potential to expand this "regional sole distributor" model to other Chinese provinces if the initial cooperation is proven to be fruitful."
"We look forward to working with Jiuzi to explore our domestic market," said Mr. Chao Guo, General Manager Aiways Auto. "As a Chinese smart EV start-up, Aiways has attained great success in the overseas market. Aiways' electric cars have entered 15 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Israel, Iceland, among others. Jiuzi will be one of our essential distribution partners to expand our domestic sales in China. We are impressed by Jiuzi's brand recognition in Guangxi and its competitive advantages in sales management and supply chain management."
About Aiways Automobiles Company Ltd.
Aiways Automobiles Company Ltd., headquartered in Shanghai, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer of electric cars founded in 2017 by the Chinese entrepreneurs Samuel Fu and Gary Gu. The global Aiways network comprises of a highly innovative, digitalized plant in Shangrao (China) with an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles, an R&D center and a design center in Shanghai (China), and a battery factory in Changshu (China) and the European Sales Centre in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit the Company's website at https://www.ai-ways.com.
About Jiuzi Holdings, Inc.
Jiuzi Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Hangzhou, China, and established in 2017, franchises and operates retail stores under the brand name "Jiuzi" to sell New Energy Vehicles ("NEVs") in third and fourth-tier cities in China. The Company mainly sells battery-operated electric vehicles and sources NEVs through more than twenty NEV manufacturers. It has 51 operating franchise stores and one company-owned store. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.zjjzxny.cn/.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. They are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs, including the expectation that the Offering will be completed. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events, 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. The Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's registration statement and its other filings with the SEC.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Garden® has teamed with Canobi AgTech of Maxville Ontario to bring revolutionary monitoring, automation, and optimization technology to indoor cannabis farmers and food agriculturalists across the United States. Designed to manage an entire Indoor Farming Operation, Canobi AgTech's SaaS-based Indoor Farm Management platform is the next step in agricultural intelligence.
As climate change, rising population, and new legislation continue to fuel the upward trend of indoor agriculture, the need for streamlining farming operations has never been more critical. The Canobi framework integrates with existing sensors, devices, and systems to provide real-time monitoring, alerting, data visualization, automation, and optimization of farm and business processes for both small and large scale cultivators.
Canobi AgTech was built with a cultivation-first mindset, focusing priority on the needs of the plant rather than imposing the technology onto the plant. Canobi connects with and monitors sensors and systems 24/7, to pinpoint humidity, temperature, CO2 pockets, and much more. High-resolution monitoring allows for the collection of thousands of data points vertically and horizontally throughout the grow room. Combined with access to historical data for complex analysis, Canobi's management platform enables farmers to dial-in rooms and build optimized SOPs, recipes, and playbooks that will drive farm automation to ensure consistently high-yields with exceptional quality.
Canobi AgTech is the brainchild of ERP veteran and indoor farming visionary Robin Vincent. After six years of consulting in Indoor Farm Management, Mr. Vincent saw a future where data-driven farming would actualize the dream of indoor agriculture at scale. Food security, mitigating the impacts of climate change, and commercial agriculture sustainability are at the core of Canobi's vision of empowering local indoor farming to feed the world sustainably.
"Global Garden® has always maintained a position of supporting only products that bring high value and ROI to our customers," says Global Garden® Managing Partner, Jonathan Bayle. "Canobi AgTech products align perfectly with that mission; not only in product excellence, but service and support as well."
Global Garden® was founded in 2014 by co-owners Jonathan Bayle and Chuck Lee. Headquartered in Torrance, CA, Global Garden® prides itself on curating only high quality, best-in-class products that offer efficient solutions to growers.
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Services for Rosie F. Padilla, 91, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Friday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple with Mary Lou Adame officiating.
Burial will be in Temple Garden of Memories.
Mrs. Padilla died Thursday, April 14, at her residence.
She was born May 12, 1930, in Bastrop to Jose Flores Jr. and Magdalena Suniga-Luna. She graduated from Temple High School. She worked at a Baylor Scott & White hospital. She married Rudolph Padilla in 1950. She was a homemaker. She attended El Divino Salvador United Methodist Church. She taught at Bethune and Wheatley elementary schools.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Survivors include four sons, Rudolph Joe Padilla of Albuquerque, N.M., Fred Padilla and Samuel Padilla, both of Temple, and John Padilla of Waco; a daughter, Athena Wiseman of Temple; two sisters, Norma Tinnen and Ruby Henao; a brother, Daniel Flores; 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to True Heart Hospice or Visiting Angels. | https://www.tdtnews.com/article_10a4b5fc-c03a-11ec-bb76-0bd3639c4a5b.html | 2022-04-20T09:30:35Z |
Airbnb offering stays in the Mystery Machine to celebrate ‘Scooby Doo’ film’s 20th anniversary
(CNN) - Fans of the “Scooby Doo” series have a chance to embrace their inner Shaggy or Velma.
Airbnb has three overnight stays along the coast of southern California in a recreation of the iconic Mystery Machine, the van used by the characters as they foiled mysteries.
This special offer is a tie-in with the 20th anniversary of the live-action “Scooby Doo” film.
Matthew Lillard, who played Shaggy in the movie, is hosting the stays, which are scheduled for June 24, 25 and 26.
Those who book a one-night stay will get lots of perks, including a late-night viewing of the film complete with all-you-can-eat snacks and other throwbacks to 2002, including the latest Sugar Ray album.
Booking information is available on Airbnb’s website here.
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Man accused of being involved in the shooting death of TikTok star’s son, authorities say
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) – Authorities in Alabama have charged a 20-year-old in connection to the death of a TikTok star’s son, according to the district attorney’s office.
Reuban Gulley is accused of being involved in the shooting death of Randon Lee, 18, at a gas station in June, just days before his 19th birthday, WALA reports.
Investigators said Lee, the son of TikTok star Ophelia Nichols, was shot after he met up with two people to sell them marijuana.
Nichols turned to social media after her son’s death to plead for answers.
“I have never asked y’all for anything -- but I need your help with this, there’s almost 7-million people that follow me -- somebody’s got to know something,” said a tearful Ophelia Nichols, known as Mama Tot on TikTok (account: ‘shoelover99′). “He was just 18 years old -- that’s the best part of somebody’s life. And I know they’re out there in my town -- they’re out there.”
While Gulley was charged with murder, it’s unclear if investigators believe he was the shooter or getaway driver.
Copyright 2022 WALA via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/08/19/man-accused-being-involved-shooting-death-tiktok-stars-son-authorities-say/ | 2022-08-19T15:50:28Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Steve Bannon, a one-time top adviser to former President Donald Trump. He is facing criminal contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Bannon is charged in Washington’s federal court with defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee that sought his records and testimony. He was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received a congressional referral. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
By early afternoon, eight jurors had been seated in a slow-moving process known as voir dire. Much of the questioning of potential jurors by Bannon’s lawyer, Evan Corcoran, centered on how much of the Jan. 6 hearings they’ve watched and whether they have opinions about the committee and its work.
In one case, a prospective juror flatly told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols that remaining impartial would be “a challenge” for him since, “I do believe (Bannon) is guilty.”
That admission, in addition to disqualifying the potential juror, prompted questioning of others who had sat next to the man to determine how widely he had shared his opinion.
The trial follows a flurry of activity in the case since July 9. Over a week ago, the former White House strategist notified the committee that he is now willing to testify. His former lawyer, Robert Costello, said the change was because Trump had waived his executive privilege claim from preventing the testimony.
Bannon, 68, had been one of the most prominent of the Trump-allied holdouts in refusing to testify before the committee. He had argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the executive branch.
Trump has repeatedly asserted executive privilege — even though he’s a former, not current president — to try to block witness testimony and the release of White House documents. The Supreme Court in January ruled against Trump’s efforts to stop the National Archives from cooperating with the committee after a lower court judge — Ketanji Brown Jackson, now on the Supreme Court — noted, in part, “Presidents are not kings.”
The committee has also noted that Trump fired Bannon from the White House in 2017 and Bannon was thus a private citizen when he was consulting with the president in the run-up to the riot.
Judge Nichols declined motions to delay the contempt trial in separate hearings last week, including Thursday when Bannon’s lawyers raised concerns about a CNN report that has since aired about their client and what they said were prejudicial comments made during a hearing last week held by the House committee.
“I am cognizant of current concerns about publicity and bias and whether we can seat a jury that is going to be appropriate and fair, but as I said before, I believe the appropriate course is to go through the voir dire process,” Nichols said Thursday. The judge said he intended to get a jury that “is going to be appropriate, fair and unbiased.”
While the judge allowed the trial to move forward, Nichols left open the possibility that the letters about Trump waiving his privilege and Bannon’s offer to cooperate with the committee could be referenced at trial, saying the information was “at least potentially relevant” to Bannon’s defense.
Roscoe Howard Jr., the former U.S. attorney in Washington, said the best case for Bannon is if the information on his cooperation offer gets to the jury. Even if it does, however, a claim that executive privilege stopped him from cooperating earlier will be a hard argument to make because Bannon refused to answer the subpoena, Howard said.
“You have to show up to invoke the privilege claim. You can’t phone it in,” he said. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/trial-expected-to-begin-for-ex-trump-adviser-steve-bannon/ | 2022-07-18T18:21:46Z |
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas contacted at least two Wisconsin state lawmakers, including the chair of the Senate elections committee, urging them to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in the tightly contested state, emails obtained Thursday by The Associated Press show.
Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, a conservative activist, also had sent messages to more than two dozen lawmakers in Arizona.
In her communications with lawmakers in both states, Thomas urged Republicans to choose their own slate of electors after the election, arguing that results giving Biden a victory in the states were marred by fraud. Despite numerous reviews, lawsuits and recounts , no widespread fraud calling into question the results has been discovered in either state.
The emails received at the exact same time on Nov. 9, 2020, by Wisconsin state Sen. Kathy Bernier and state Rep. Gary Tauchen were first reported Thursday by The Washington Post. The AP obtained the email from Bernier, and the watchdog group Documented posted the email Tauchen received.
The emails were sent at almost the exact same time as the ones Thomas sent to lawmakers in Arizona.
Thomas did not immediately respond to a request for comment, made to the court Thursday.
Bernier, in a telephone interview with the AP, said she did not recall receiving the email from Thomas, which was one of thousands her office and other Wisconsin lawmakers received around that time. The message was sent over the FreeRoots platform that allows for mass mailing of prewritten emails. Bernier said she had no contact with Thomas aside from receiving the email.
“Please stand strong in the face of political and media pressure,” Thomas wrote in the emails received by the Wisconsin lawmakers. “Please reflect on the awesome authority granted to you by our Constitution. And then please take action to ensure that a clean slate of Electors is chosen for our state.”
Thomas also asks the Wisconsin lawmakers to meet with her, either virtually or in person, “so I can learn more about what you are doing to ensure our state’s vote count is audited and our certification is clean.”
Bernier said Thursday that she didn’t fault Thomas for sending the message, which she doesn’t recall reading at the time.
“Ginni is not a constituent, so therefore not top priority to respond to,” Bernier said. “And so I am sure we did not respond to her.”
Bernier, who has been outspoken in saying there was no widespread voter fraud in Wisconsin’s election that Biden fairly won, said she had no issue with Thomas contacting her about the election.
“I don’t believe this is hair raising crazy stuff that everybody’s making it out to be,” she said of the Thomas email. “There were a lot of Republicans at the time that thought there was massive voter fraud. … I’m sure she would have preferred taking it back, especially after all of the evidence.”
Tauchen declined comment through a spokesperson.
Clarence Thomas was the only member of the Supreme Court who voted against the court’s order allowing the U.S. House committee investigating the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to obtain Trump records that were held by the National Archives and Records Administration. The court voted in January to allow the committee to get the documents.
Ginni Thomas’s role in the plot to overturn the 2020 election won by Biden is being looked at by members of the House committee investigating the riot. The committee asked her in June to sit for an interview.
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Associated Press writer Mark Sherman in Washington contributed to this report.
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For full coverage of the Jan. 6 hearings, go to https://www.apnews.com/capitol-siege | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-ginni-thomas-emails-urged-new-2020-electors-in-wisconsin/ | 2022-09-01T19:17:46Z |
Inspired by two childhood-favorite flavors, the new Brookie treats lineup is available just in time to CARVELebrate National Ice Cream Day on July 17 with a sweet BOGO offer
ATLANTA, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer is a time to CARVELebrate all the special moments that go with the season while creating memories and traditions with the ones you love. That's why for the first-time ever, Carvel is twisting two classic flavors to offer fans a brand new way to stay cool and enjoy the ice cream they love with Brookie – a flavor sure to transport taste buds back to the moments just before both childhood staples were popped into the oven, with the sweet taste of brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough.
Available starting today for a limited time, Brookie swirls together the flavors of rich, fudgy brownie batter and delicious chocolate chip cookie dough to create the ultimate sweet combo. Fans can enjoy each flavor on its own or twisted together for everything they're craving in one delicious treat.
To keep the CARVELebration going, on National Ice Cream Day (July 17), Carvel fans can enjoy a special offer: anyone who visits a Carvel shoppe can take advantage of a sweet buy one, get one free offer on a small cup or cone of Brookie soft serve or any other Carvel soft serve flavor.*
"Summer is a time for making fond memories, and the sweet taste of ice cream is often part of those memorable moments," said Jessica Osborne, Vice President of Marketing, Carvel. "With literal new twists on flavors that remind them of childhood, our fans can reminisce on those moments while creating new summer traditions and CARVELebrating special occasions."
Fans can get their Brookie fix or enjoy the iconic flavors of Brownie Batter and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough on their own in a variety of treats at participating Carvel shoppes or delivered straight to their door through food delivery platforms for a limited time, including:
- Soft Serve Ice Cream:
- Scooped Ice Cream:
- Shakes:
- Sundae Dashers:
- Flying Saucers:
Brookie builds upon Carvel's "Make it a CARVELebration" summer campaign, which encourages fans to celebrate all of life's special moments and sweeten any occasion with Carvel.
To find a Carvel shoppe and delivery availability near you, visit Carvel.com
*Offer available only on 7/17/2022 in participating stores on small soft serve cup/cone. Not valid with any other offer. Taxes and fees may apply. Limit one offer per person.
The United States' first retail ice cream franchise, Carvel® Ice Cream has become one of the best-loved and most recognized names in its industry. The company is a leading provider of premium soft ice cream and hand dipped ice cream products, as well as uniquely shaped ice cream cakes, including its signature Fudgie the Whale® and Cookie Puss® cakes. Atlanta-based Carvel currently has more than 400 franchised and food service locations. Visit www.carvel.com for more information, follow us on Twitter @CarvelIceCream and Instagram or become a fan on Facebook.
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Angel Oak Capital Advisors securitization is first to use the Brightvine Portal to bring new efficiencies to institutional credit market
SAN FRANCISCO and ATLANTA, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightvine, a blockchain-powered fixed income platform that connects issuers of high-quality, real-world assets with digital investors, and Angel Oak Capital Advisors, a leader in structured credit investment solutions, today announced the successful issuance of the first-ever bank subordinated debt issuance leveraging blockchain technology with BFNS 2022-1.
BFNS 2022-1, a $147.55 million securitization of subordinated debt from community banks across the United States issued by Angel Oak, leverages Brightvine Portal, a secure management platform for conducting primary offerings of digital assets via blockchain, to easily coordinate documentation and loan information among parties and greatly increase efficiencies within the securitization and diligence processes. The issuance represents the first result of the collaboration between Brightvine and Angel Oak Ventures announced in Q2 2022.
"Our partnership with Angel Oak is based on our shared goal of fully realizing the potential of distributed ledger technology to increase efficiency and transparency throughout the securitization process, and we're excited to be involved in bringing this new blockchain-powered debt securitization product to market" said Joe Vellanikaran, Chief Executive Officer of Brightvine. "Angel Oak is known for continuously advancing their technologies and bringing new, innovative products to a demanding market, and we are proud to have the Brightvine Portal be a key element in this innovation."
As the first transaction of its kind to employ distributed ledger technology, BFNS 2022-1 demonstrates the flexibility of Brightvine's technology beyond mortgages – an area they remain focused on– while also showing a broader applicability across the fixed-income space.
"The Brightvine Portal gives us quick access to all of the latest blockchain-validated information associated with each note all in one place, we see it as a huge driver of efficiency for our team, our investors and our securitization process going forward," said Johannes Palsson, Senior Portfolio Manager of Angel Oak Capital Advisors.
BFNS 2022-1 is Angel Oak's third community bank sub-debt securitization since 2018 and the senior tranche received a Aa3 rating from Moody's. The securitization consists of 31 issuers across 20 states, all with under $10 billion in assets. Angel Oak has extensive experience analyzing community bank debt, utilizing its proprietary BankSURFTM model to assess credit quality of U.S. banks through its own database.
"We are encouraged by the success of this deal and the industry's receptivity to a new era in capital raising," said Sreeni Prabhu, Co-CEO and Managing Partner at Angel Oak. "We will continue to explore ways to leverage the efficiencies of blockchain and drive value for our investors."
Angel Oak and Brightvine will continue to collaborate on ways to use the blockchain to introduce immediate benefits to fixed income securitizations. The goal is to leverage blockchain technology to provide easier auditing, validated real-time data across parties, faster diligence, privacy and security controls, and better transparency for all parties involved.
About Brightvine
Brightvine, a blockchain-powered platform building a new financial infrastructure, is on a mission to extend access and expand wealth by enabling vetted issuers of high-quality real-world assets to create new connections with today's forward thinking digital investors. By harnessing the latest Web3 technologies, Brightvine is opening new access to capital markets and increasing liquidity for mortgages and fixed income products. Brightvine is backed by strategic investors from the financial services industry and headquartered in San Francisco with employees located across the U.S.
Learn more at www.brightvine.com; to set up a press interview with Brightvine CEO Joe Vellanikaran, please contact brightvine@finnpartners.com.
About Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC
Angel Oak Capital Advisors is an investment management firm focused on providing compelling fixed-income investment solutions for its clients. Backed by a value-driven approach, Angel Oak Capital Advisors seeks to deliver attractive, risk-adjusted returns through a combination of stable current income and price appreciation. Its experienced investment team seeks the best opportunities in fixed income, with a specialization in mortgage-backed securities and other areas of structured credit.
For more information, please visit www.angeloakcapital.com or contact trevor@gregoryfca.com.
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Brightvine is not a FINRA member broker-dealer. For any activities indicated that may require FINRA membership, Brightvine is not conducting such activities until it has obtained FINRA's approval as a broker-dealer, in general, and for such activities, in particular.
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The science behind why smoke seems to follow you around a campfire
Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — With the long weekend upon us, many will likely spend the next few days out at the lake or in their backyards, gathered around a campfire.
This familiar sight also comes with a familiar question: Why does campfire smoke seem to follow you around wherever you go?
As it turns out, the answer boils down to physics.
“What ends up happening is the fire is heating the air and that creates buoyancy, which is the scientific term for hot air rises,” research scientist Kerry Anderson told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview on Saturday.
Based in British Columbia, Anderson spent more than 30 years with the Canadian Forest Service and currently works for Environment Canada modeling smoke from forest fires for the prediction system FireWork.
He said because hot air is less dense, it lifts and creates a low-pressure zone that draws surrounding air into the fire in order to fill that area.
When someone stands next to a fire, they essentially create a barrier, or shadow, that blocks the surrounding air from being drawn in, creating another low-pressure zone, Anderson explained.
“And what ends up happening is the hot air that’s rising ends up being brought into this vacuum, so it gets pulled toward you,” he said. “And with the head at the top of your body, the smoke is drawn into your eyes.”
How tall a person is, their distance from the fire, whether they’re standing or crouched down, wearing a big jacket or blanket, or sitting in a chair will affect the size of this barrier and how strongly the smoke will be pulled into their face.
For those looking to enjoy a campfire this weekend, Anderson said one way to minimize this phenomenon is to have people position themselves evenly around a fire so the smoke isn’t drawn to any one individual. | https://localnews8.com/life/2022/05/23/the-science-behind-why-smoke-seems-to-follow-you-around-a-campfire-2/ | 2022-05-23T18:23:24Z |
DALLAS, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halloween decorators can create their own Halloween Town with the exclusive Lowe's Master of Fright collection by Gemmy Industries, featuring amazing new Airblown® Inflatables, animated decor, and more.
Inspired by Tim Burton's Disney The Nightmare Before Christmas, new Airblown® Inflatables for 2022 include fan-favorite characters like Jack Skellington, Sally, Dr. Finkelstein, and the Clown with the Tear-Away Face.
Let a giant animated Jack Skellington Airblown® Inflatable take center stage on the front lawn! Standing 9-feet tall, Jack wears his iconic pinstripe suit and reaches forward for an eye-catching display. Accented with a jack-o'-lantern, this impressive Jack Skellington inflatable sets up in a flash for the easiest decorating ever.
Two iconic inflatable scenes are available in the collection, including Sally with Dr. Finkelstein and a full moon mountain scene with Jack and Sally.
To round out the collection of new inflatables, The Clown with the Tear-Away Face joins the cast of characters for Halloween 2022. Wearing a bright yellow suit, pops of color, and a propeller hat, the Clown stands 6-ft tall with a jack-o'-lantern at his feet.
Decorate the porch or balcony with a Jack Skellington lamppost. Complete with LightShow® Projection™ Fire & Ice™ technology, Jack's head serves as the light and glows with realistic, flickering flames in green, pink, indigo and orange. The lamppost includes a black base and pole, bat bow tie, and a 'Happy Haunting' sign. Standing 5-ft tall, this unique and decorative lamppost collapses for easy storage.
Set a spooky mood with a Jack Skellington musical LED tree! With 50 purple lights and five Jack Skellington heads with different facial expressions, this whimsical 30-in tree looks spectacular on a table, mantel, or any indoor location. Flashing purple lights create a creepy glow effect as an instrumental version of "This Is Halloween" plays.
The Master of Fright collection by Gemmy ($12.98 – $169.00) is available now exclusively at select Lowe's stores and on Lowes.com beginning on 8/29.
Gemmy Industries is a leading seasonal lighting and decor innovator that has changed the way America decorates for the holidays. As the originator of Airblown® Inflatables and LightShow® lighting, Gemmy is a trendsetter in making homes festive for every special occasion. For more information on product lines and retailers, go to www.gemmy.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Brands Group, Inc. ("DBG") (NASDAQ: DBGI), a curated collection of luxury lifestyle, digital-first brands, will report financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 on Monday, August 15, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. ET.
Management will host a conference call on Monday, August 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the results. The live conference call can be accessed by dialing (866) 605-1828 from the U.S. or internationally. The conference I.D. code is 13732332.
We offer a wide variety of apparel through numerous brands on a both direct-to-consumer and wholesale basis. We have created a business model derived from our founding as a digitally native-first vertical brand. We focus on owning the customer's "closet share" by leveraging their data and purchase history to create personalized targeted content and looks for that specific customer cohort.
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Tiger Woods says he’s planning to play the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he’s planning to play this week in the Masters, a little more than a year after he nearly lost a leg in a car crash. The five-time champion at Augusta National made the announcement Tuesday morning. He will play nine more practice holes on Wednesday before making a final decision, but will be doing so with the intention of playing Thursday. Woods was asked if he believes he can win the tournament. He said he does. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/05/tiger-woods-says-hes-planning-to-play-the-masters/ | 2022-04-05T17:29:39Z |
Grand jury indicts Buffalo shooting suspect on terrorism charge
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A grand jury on Wednesday charged the white 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder.
Payton Gendron, who has been in custody since the May 14 shooting, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Erie County Court.
The 25-count indictment also contains charges of murder and attempted murder as a hate crime and weapons possession.
Gendron had previously been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting, which also injured three people. He has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors told a judge May 20 the grand jury had voted to indict Gendron but was continuing its investigation.
Federal authorities also are investigating the possibility of hate crime charges against Gendron, who apparently detailed his plans and his racist motivation in hundreds of pages of writings he posted online shortly before the shooting. The attack was livestreamed from a helmet-mounted camera.
Gendron drove about three hours from his home in Conklin, New York, intending to kill as many Black people as possible, investigators have said.
His attorney, Brian Parker, said he had not seen the indictment and could not comment, adding that prosecution and defense attorneys have been barred by a judge from discussing the case publicly.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution on Tuesday while a state appeals court considers his claim of innocence.
Stitt signed an executive order delaying Glossip’s execution for the 1997 killing of Glossip’s boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, that was scheduled for Sept. 22.
“This stay is granted to allow time for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to address a pending legal proceeding,” the order states.
A Stitt spokeswoman declined to comment on the governor’s decision, which also means that a clemency hearing before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board that was scheduled for next week will be delayed.
Glossip asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals for a new evidentiary hearing following the release of an independent investigation by Houston law firm Reed Smith that raised new questions about his guilt. The firm’s report did not find any definitive proof of Glossip’s innocence, but raised concerns about lost or destroyed evidence and a detective asking leading questions to Glossip’s co-defendant, Justin Sneed, to implicate Glossip in the slaying.
Sneed admitted killing Van Treese but said he did so at Glossip’s direction. Sneed was sentenced to life in prison and was a key witness against Glossip.
“We are extremely grateful for Governor Stitt’s thoughtful and compassionate decision to grant a 60-day reprieve for Rich’s execution date, and to do so sufficiently in advance of the August 23 clemency hearing to spare everyone the trauma that such a hearing entails,” Glossip’s attorney Don Knight said in a statement. “This will also spare Mr. Glossip from beginning the cruel execution protocol for a fourth time. We note that new evidence of innocence continues to be uncovered on an almost daily basis, including compelling evidence of admitted killer Justin Sneed’s desire to recant his testimony accusing Mr. Glossip of orchestrating the murder of Barry Van Treese.”
Glossip, now 59, has long maintained his innocence. He has been scheduled to be executed three separate times, only to be spared shortly before the sentence was set to be carried out. He was just hours from being executed in September 2015 when prison officials realized they had received the wrong lethal drug, a mix-up that helped prompt a nearly seven-year moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma.
Messages left Tuesday with Attorney General John O’Connor and Van Treese’s family were not immediately returned. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/oklahoma-governor-grants-60-day-reprieve-to-richard-glossip/ | 2022-08-17T16:11:40Z |
PLATTSBURGH, NY, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group and a leading North American transit bus manufacturer, is pleased to announce it has been awarded a contract for up to 35 Nova Bus Artic, the 60' clean air diesel bus model of Nova Bus, by the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii. The buses will be delivered over a three-year period.
With this order, Nova Bus will be adding up to 35 articulated buses to the 24 Nova Bus 40' buses already part of the City and County of Honolulu's fleet. The City's transit system includes over 107 bus lines, serving over 600,000 passengers on a weekly basis. The new articulated buses will support the modernizing of the City's fleet by delivering a fuel-efficient and EPA-approved clean air diesel propulsion system, as well as the capacity to support growing demand for public transit in the region.
"We are looking forward to delivering our first 60' articulated buses to Honolulu," said Martin Larose, President of Nova Bus. "We're excited to partner once again with the City and County of Honolulu to provide reliable, energy-efficient and safe buses to public transit users in the region."
Nova Bus, member of the Volvo Group, is a leading provider of sustainable transportation solutions in North America. Its portfolio includes electric, hybrid, CNG and clean diesel buses, high-capacity vehicles, as well as integrated intelligent transport systems. Nova Bus accompanies transit authorities and bus fleet operators in their transition to electromobility with its flagship LFSe+ long-range electric bus, combining the proven Nova Bus structure with the latest innovations in electric drive. Nova Bus is committed to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions and positively contributing to a greener economy. For more information regarding Nova Bus products and services, please visit www.novabus.com.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or "the Company") (XOAS:SDRL), a leader in offshore drilling, provides financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Q1 2022 Highlights
- Strong operational performance in Q1 2022, resulting in 99% technical utilization.
- Successful restructuring of the company's balance sheet with a streamlined and simplified capital structure.
- Operating Revenues of $293 million and adjusted EBITDA of $78 million, representing 26.6% EBITDA margin.
- Cash and cash equivalents of $553 million as at March 31, 2022 of which $393 million was unrestricted cash.
- Order Backlog of $2.4 billion as at March 31, 2022, with several options exercised during the period, and multiple new contracts signed post-period, increasing Order Backlog to $2.8 billion as at May 25, 2022.
* Combined non-GAAP results for successor and predecessor period through January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022. Refer to financial highlight section "Fresh Start accounting" for more details.
Simon Johnson, CEO, commented:
"Seadrill has made a strong start to 2022, evidenced by an industry-leading backlog position and our continued operational excellence. Seadrill works with the best customers in the sector and operates in the world's leading basins. Our continued success in the first quarter of 2022 and beyond is testament to the tremendous efforts of the staff across the whole business, whose commitment and professionalism makes Seadrill what it is today.
"Our newly streamlined and simplified capital structure puts Seadrill in prime position to set the standard in offshore drilling as a leader in the market. Seadrill has one of the youngest fleets of scale in the sector and we have taken a disciplined approach to the reactivation of rigs as the market continues its recovery. Combined with our excellent operational and safety record, we are in a strong position to deliver significant returns for our stakeholders and to participate in the necessary industry realignment. Our recent contract wins in the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico demonstrate the confidence our customers have in our technical performance and the best-in-class quality of our operations, and underline the strong market fundamentals that will continue to underpin Seadrill's growth."
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements. Such statements are generally not historical in nature, and specifically include statements about the Company's plans, strategies, business prospects, changes and trends in its business and the markets in which it operates. These statements are based on management's current plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to offshore drilling market conditions including supply and demand, day rates, customer drilling programs and effects of new rigs on the market, contract awards and rig mobilizations, contract backlog, dry-docking and other costs of maintenance of the drilling rigs in the Company's fleet, the cost and timing of shipyard and other capital projects, the performance of the drilling rigs in the Company's fleet, delay in payment or disputes with customers, Seadrill's ability to successfully employ its drilling units, procure or have access to financing, ability to comply with loan covenants, liquidity and adequacy of cash flow from operations, fluctuations in the international price of oil, international financial market conditions, changes in governmental regulations that affect the Company or the operations of the Company's fleet, increased competition in the offshore drilling industry, the impact of global economic conditions and global health threats, our ability to maintain relationships with suppliers, customers, employees and other third parties and our ability to maintain adequate financing to support our business plans following emergence from the Chapter 11 proceedings, factors related to the offshore drilling market, the impact of global economic conditions, our liquidity and the adequacy of cash flows for our obligations, political and other uncertainties, the concentration of our revenues in certain geographical jurisdictions, limitations on insurance coverage, our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel on commercially reasonable terms, the level of expected capital expenditures, our expected financing of such capital expenditures, and the timing and cost of completion of capital projects, fluctuations in interest rates or exchange rates and currency devaluations relating to foreign or U.S. monetary policy, tax matters, changes in tax laws, treaties and regulations, tax assessments and liabilities for tax issues, legal and regulatory matters, customs and environmental matters, the potential impacts on our business resulting from climate-change or greenhouse gas legislation or regulations, the impact on our business from climate-change related physical changes or changes in weather pattern, and the occurrence of cybersecurity incidents, attacks or other breaches to our information technology systems, including our rig operating systems. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should also keep in mind the risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2022 (File No. 001-39327).
The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of each such factors on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
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Strong Business Partnership Emerges Three Months After Independent Subsidiary Formed
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- SK hynix and Solidigm unveil their first technology and product collaboration, which combines SK hynix's 128-layer NAND Flash with Solidigm's SSD controller and firmware expertise.
- Together, SK hynix and Solidigm will continue to optimize both companies' operations to create synergies and partnership.
- Additionally, the collaboration between SK hynix and Solidigm reflects their commitments to strengthening their investments in US R&D, as part of SK hynix's "Inside America Strategy."
SAN JOSE, Calif. and SEOUL, South Korea, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today SK hynix and Solidigm jointly introduced their first collaborative product, a new enterprise solid-state drive (eSSD), P5530. This limited release product highlights the emerging partnership between SK hynix and Solidigm, which formed three months ago when SK hynix acquired Intel's NAND and SSD business.
The P5530 combines SK hynix's 128-layer 4D NAND flash with Solidigm's SSD controller* and firmware supporting a PCIe* Gen 4 interface. The product is offered in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacity options. SK hynix and Solidigm worked together to optimize performance with specific data center use cases and targeted deployments in mind.
Since the launch of Solidigm, the companies have partnered to forge a forward-moving strategy and co-develop products while reinforcing common values across the companies. Through the ongoing partnership and collaboration with Solidigm, SK hynix expects to enhance its NAND flash business competitiveness to the same extent as its DRAM business.
"With in-time demonstration of the collaborative product based on the combined competence of SK hynix and Solidigm, we aim to not only enhance our NAND flash business competitiveness but also speed up our 'Inside America' strategy," said Kevin (Jongwon) Noh, President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at SK hynix. "SK hynix and Solidigm will continue to partner in order to optimize both companies' operations to create greater synergies."
"In our early days of Solidigm, we're pleased to be forming a strong collaboration with SK hynix. Together, we're united in optimizing our products to provide unparalleled solutions for our customers. The P5530 is just the first example of what will come from our industry-defining partnership as we solidify our leadership across the NAND industry and create a new paradigm for solid state storage," said Rob Crooke, Chief Executive Officer at Solidigm.
* Controller: A chip that assists the mainboard and the operating system of a computing system to recognize and utilize NAND flash memory as a storage device
* PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect express): a high-speed input/output series interface used in the mainboard of digital devices; such interface, which is a technology to connect storage devices, can support more than 8GB of data transfer per second
About SK hynix Inc.
SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top-tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM"), Flash memory chips ("NAND Flash"), and CMOS Image Sensors ("CIS") for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company's shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com.
About Solidigm
Solidigm is a leading global provider of innovative NAND flash memory solutions. Solidigm technology unlocks data's unlimited potential for customers, enabling them to fuel human advancement. Our origins reflect Intel's longstanding innovation in memory products and SK hynix's international leadership and scale in the semiconductor industry. Solidigm became a standalone U.S. subsidiary under SK hynix in December 2021. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Solidigm is powered by the inventiveness of more than 2,000 employees in 20 locations worldwide. For more information about Solidigm, please visit https://www.solidigm.com and follow us on Twitter at @Solidigm and on LinkedIn.
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US basketball star Brittney Griner testified in a Russian courtroom Wednesday as part of her ongoing trial on drug charges, telling the court she had no intention of smuggling drugs into the country.
"I still don't understand to this day how they ended up in my bags," said Griner, who has been detained in Russia since February, when authorities said they found cannabis oil in her luggage at a Moscow airport and accused her of smuggling significant amounts of a narcotic substance. She faces up to 10 years in prison.
Griner -- who plays in Russia during the WNBA's offseason -- pleaded guilty earlier this month, a decision the defense hopes will be taken into account by the court and perhaps lead to a less severe sentence. But the US State Department has classified Griner as wrongfully detained, and her supporters have called for her release, fearing she might be used as a political pawn amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Griner, who arrived at the Khimki regional court near Moscow on Wednesday in handcuffs, testified that when she was stopped at the Sheremetyevo airport on February 17, she was made to sign different documents without fully understanding what they included.
Initially, Griner said, she signed some documents but was using Google translate on her phone and barely knew what was in them. She was later taken to another room, she said, where her phone was taken away and she was made to sign more documents without an explanation.
Griner was not read her rights at the time, she testified, and no attorney was present.
Griner's detention, search and arrest were "improper," her attorney, Alexander Boykov, told journalists Wednesday, adding he would elaborate during the trial's closing arguments, which are expected in "a couple of weeks."
In her testimony, Griner "explained to the court that she knows and respects Russian laws and never intended to break them," Griner's other lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, said after Wednesday's hearing.
"She emphasized that she never planned to bring it to Russia and use it. She also told the court that Ekaterinburg became her second home, and she has always enjoyed her time in Russia," Blagovolina added, referring to the Russian city where Griner played.
Wednesday's hearing -- the trial's sixth -- was, like earlier ones, attended by US Embassy chargé d'affaires Elizabeth Rood.
The trial is expected to end early next month, Griner's lawyers have said.
Griner testifies she used medical marijuana to treat knee injury
The decision to plead guilty was Griner's alone, a source close to her said. For weeks, Griner, her family, lawyers and experts had discussed the decision extensively, and given the 99% reported conviction rate in Russian criminal cases, Griner was urged to weigh all the factors, including a plea which could ultimately result in a shorter sentence.
At the start of her trial, a prosecutor accused Griner of intentionally smuggling drugs into Russia, but Griner later told the court she had not meant to commit a crime, according to state media agency RIA Novosti. The cannabis oil was in her luggage, she said, as a result of her packing in a hurry.
Griner reiterated that statement in her testimony Wednesday, telling the court she was aware of Russia's drug laws and had not meant to break them, adding that she was in a rush and "stress packing."
Griner's attorneys have told Russian judges their client was prescribed medical cannabis for "severe chronic pain." And when asked Wednesday how she received cartridges with cannabis oil in the United States, Griner said she used a medical permit document issued in Arizona to buy marijuana from a pharmacy for medical purposes.
Griner had a bad knee injury, she said, that put her in a wheelchair for four months, and she used medical marijuana when her knee and ankle joint were inflamed. But she never used it prior to tournaments, she testified, because of the risk it would lead to disqualification.
"No, I would never risk that," she said. "I never wanted to hurt my team."
In a hearing Tuesday, Griner's attorneys called a narcologist as an expert witness, who testified "medical cannabis is a popular treatment specifically among athletes" outside of Russia, according to Blagovolina.
Boykov stressed the defense's position is not that Griner was "allowed to import" banned substances into Russia, but they hoped to show the court "even in the United States, where it is allowed, she used these substances occasionally as prescribed by a doctor, strictly for medical purposes to relieve pain."
"We continue to insist that, by indiscretion, in a hurry, she packed her suitcase and did not pay attention to the fact that substances allowed for use in the United States ended up in this suitcase and arrived in the Russian Federation," Boykov said.
Some have speculated Griner could be released in a prisoner swap similar to Trevor Reed, an American veteran who was detained in Russia for three years before his release in April.
But before any potential prisoner swap, it was expected Griner would have to be convicted and also admit fault, a senior US official previously told CNN.
'She's one of us'
Griner's detention has become a focal point for high-profile American athletes, including USWNT soccer star Megan Rapinoe and four-time NBA champion Steph Curry who called on those listening to stay focused on achieving her release at last week's ESPY Awards.
"As we hope for the best, we urge the entire global sports community to continue to stay energized on her behalf," Curry said, when joined by WNBA stars Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith to address the issue.
"She's one of us, the team of athletes in this room tonight and all over the world. A team that has nothing to do with politics or global conflict."
Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, spoke with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month after publicly criticizing the administration's response to her wife's detention.
Cherelle Griner said she was "grateful" for the call, but added she would "remain concerned and outspoken" until her wife was home.
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Neighborhood bank supports Chicagoland high school students through annual program
ORLAND PARK, Ill., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marquette Bank, a locally-owned neighborhood bank, continued its half-century tradition of awarding scholarships to local graduating seniors. This year, the Marquette Bank Education Foundation awarded individual scholarships of $2,500 to 60 graduating seniors from Chicagoland schools.
"Marquette Bank is proud to support these student leaders as they take the next step in their education. They have shown their commitment to service and to making a difference in their community," George Moncada, President and CEO of Marquette Bank, said. "Service to the community and making a difference are part of who we are at Marquette Bank."
The scholarship program is funded by the Marquette Bank Education Foundation (MBEF) and scholarships were awarded to students chosen by their school's guidance counselors and principals.
Since 1968, more than $3.7 million has been awarded to almost 1,900 high school seniors from Chicagoland neighborhoods. Students were selected based on financial need, scholastic achievement and a record of volunteer service in their communities. The scholarship can be used for any post-secondary education program, including: four-year universities, community colleges and vocational training schools.
Listed below are the 2022 Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship recipients (note: information is listed by Student's hometown/location and includes student's name, High School and the institution he or she is planning to attend):
- Britney Martinez of Blue Island; Eisenhower High School; University of Illinois - Chicago
- Ana Paniagua Calderon of Bolingbrook; Bolingbrook High School; The Nail Inn & School of Cosmetology
- Ava Divizio of Burbank; Reavis High School; Northern Illinois University
- Carlos Marron of Chicago; Acero – Major Hector P Garcia MD High School; Bradley University
- Ashton Williams of Chicago; Air Force Academy High School; Northern Illinois University
- Juritmi Rubio of Chicago; Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School; Dominican University
- Veronica Martinez of Chicago; Benito Juarez Community Academy; Oberlin College
- Walter Edwards Jr. of Chicago; Bogan College Prep High School; Northern Illinois University
- Nicholas Diaz of Chicago; Brother Rice High School; St. Xavier University
- Illiana Moreno of Chicago; Catalyst Maria High School; Adrian College
- Ava Gorman of Chicago; Chicago Christian High School; Olivet Nazarene University
- Micah Payton of Chicago; Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences; Southern University of Baton Rouge
- Giselle Henry of Chicago; Chicago Hope Academy; University of Notre Dame
- Kayla Gaultney of Chicago; Christ the King Jesuit College Prep; University of San Francisco
- Heriberto Cancinos of Chicago; Cristo Rey Jesuit High School; St. Xavier University
- Eduardo Mora of Chicago; Curie Metropolitan High School; Northern Illinois University
- Niya Keller of Chicago; De La Salle Institute; Jackson State University
- Jessica Bryant of Chicago; Farragut Career Academy; Columbia College Chicago
- Brayan Figueroa of Chicago; Gage Park High School; Richard J. Daley College
- Fabian Flores of Chicago; Goode Stem Academy High School; Richard J. Daley College
- Roberto Ramirez of Chicago; Hancock High School; Columbia College Chicago
- Rogelio Vasquez of Chicago; Hubbard High School; Bradley University
- Ashley Zamudio of Chicago; Infinity Math, Science and Technology High School; University of Illinois Chicago
- Shayla Burrows of Chicago; Johnson College Prep; Morgan State University
- Dilan Sanchez of Chicago; Kelly High School; University of Illinois Chicago
- Annie Rybarova of Chicago; Kennedy High School; Illinois State University
- Oliver Brown of Chicago; Leo Catholic High School; Southern University
- Andrea Martinez of Chicago; Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School; University of Wisconsin Madison
- Belen Arcos of Chicago; Mansueto High School; DePaul University
- Khalilah Huddleston of Chicago; Morgan Park High School; Columbia College Chicago
- Elena Fernandez of Chicago; Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School; University of Michigan Ann Arbor
- Autumn Wilson of Chicago; Our Lady of Tepeyac High School; Western Illinois University
- Rasheanda Lewis of Chicago; Percy L. Julian High School; Central State University
- Maura Sobczyk of Chicago; St. Ignatius College Prep; The New School
- Domoeque McClure of Chicago; Simeon Career Academy; Chicago State University
- Osvaldo Sanchez Mercado of Chicago; Solorio Academy High School; DePaul University
- Alicia Jara of Chicago; St. Laurence High School; St. Mary's College
- Miguel Sanchez of Chicago; St. Rita of Cascia High School; Illinois Institute of Technology
- Yesenia Gomez-Hernandez of Chicago; Tilden Career Community Academy High School; Dominican University
- Zethiana Vargas of Chicago; Trinity High School; University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- Brian Peters of Chicago; Urban Prep. Academies – Englewood Campus; Northern Illinois University
- Pablo Rodriguez of Chicago Ridge; Richards High School; University of Illinois Chicago
- Abdul Kareem Zatar of Crestwood; Shepard High School; University of Illinois Chicago
- Myah Johnson of Evergreen Park; Evergreen Park High School; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Rebecca Maloney of Hickory Hills; Stagg High School; Vanderbilt University
- Shurya Islam of Hickory Hills; Universal School; University of Illinois Chicago
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- Veronica Ogorek of Justice; Argo Community High School; University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
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- Abigail Chaidez of Lemont; Lemont High School; Wheaton College
- Guadalupe Gomez of Markham; Bremen High School; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Amber Jaskula of New Lenox; Lincoln-Way Central High School; Joliet Junior College
- Emily Gattone of Oak Forest; Tinley Park High School; Palm Beach Atlantic University
- Nolan Fletes of Mokena; Mount Carmel High School; University of Notre Dame
- Ella Coyle of Orland Park; Providence Catholic High School; University of Iowa
- Tomam Motan of Orland Park; Sandburg High School; Moraine Valley Community College
- Kathryn Pawlecki of Oak Lawn; Marist High School; Illinois State University
- Amal Perumbully of Oak Lawn; Oak Lawn Community High School; Loyola University Chicago
- Samantha Hernandez of Romeoville; Romeoville High School; Joliet Junior College
- Tereza Progri of Oak Forest; Oak Forest High School; University of Illinois Chicago
- Rinsa Reji of Orland Hills; Andrew High School; Governors State University
- Nisma Sulieman of Tinley Park; Lincoln-Way East High School; St. Xavier University
The Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program is part of the Marquette Neighborhood Commitment, which is an initiative that performs service projects in the areas of shelter, hunger, education and health/wellness. For more information on the Marquette Neighborhood Commitment or scholarship program, call 1-888-254-9500 or visit www.emarquettebank.com/neighborhood.
About Marquette Bank:
Marquette Bank is one of the largest neighborhood banks in Chicagoland and has been helping neighbors, families and businesses achieve their financial goals since 1945. Independent and locally-owned, Marquette Bank offers a full range of banking services, financial solutions, trust, estate, insurance and retirement planning, wealth management, home financing, and lending services to both consumers and local businesses. The Bank offers mobile, online and telephone banking options and free access to over 55,000 Allpoint ATMs worldwide.
In 2021, Marquette Bank was honored for their Community Pandemic Response with the ABA Foundation Community Commitment Award for Volunteerism and the Excellence and Innovation BKD Award Presented by the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI). Marquette Bank currently has ten consecutive Community Reinvestment Act 'Outstanding' ratings representing over 20 years of CRA excellence.
Marquette Bank has 21 banking centers, 2 lending services offices and a corporate administrative center with locations in Chicago, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Evergreen Park, Hickory Hills, Lemont, New Lenox, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Orland Park, Romeoville and Summit, Tinley Park, Illinois. Marquette Bank is a subsidiary of Marquette National Corporation (OTCQX: MNAT), a diversified financial holding company, and has $2 billion in assets along with a local lending portfolio of almost $1 billion. Marquette Bank is an Equal Opportunity Lender, Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Connect with Marquette Bank on social media on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. For more information, visit: http://www.emarquettebank.com or call 1-888-254-9500.
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Jeff MacDonald
708-873-3560
jmacdonald@emarquettebank.com
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhino, the leading real estate technology company and pioneer of security deposit insurance, today announced that their innovative solution is now offered in more than two million homes nationwide. In the process of reaching two million homes, Rhino saved American renters more than $700 million and increased their partner network to 6 million homes.
America's leading housing providers, including Highmark Residential, UDR, Invesco, Peak Living, Towne Properties, Monarch, and Brookfield, have partnered exclusively with Rhino, motivated by a seamless customer experience that integrates effortlessly with their property management systems. The recent addition of two multifamily housing operators, Tide Equities and HomeRiver Group, to Rhino's partner network of over 2,500 local, regional, and national property owners made the 2 million home milestone possible.
"We're excited to offer Rhino's security deposit insurance to our residents in certain markets because it increases the affordability of renting while also helping to secure our portfolio, offering more protection and reduced administrative burden compared to traditional cash deposits," said Andrew Napurano, Chief Operating Officer of HomeRiver Group.
Last year, Rhino announced a $95 million investment round enhancing their reach to more property owners and renters and seeing 100% year-over-year growth in units. As housing costs increase nationwide, Rhino is bringing renting into the future with their security deposit insurance, renters insurance, and other innovative solutions in their product suite.
"At a time when housing costs are increasing to unprecedented heights, the cash security deposit is simply too burdensome for many renters and becoming more outdated by the day. Rhino is committed to modernizing the rental experience, making it easier for both property owners and renters," said Paraag Sarva, Rhino co-founder and CEO. "Thanks to our growing partnerships with property owners throughout the nation, millions of renters now have the choice to use Rhino's security deposit insurance, helping them access new homes at a lower cost."
About Rhino
Rhino was founded to give renters everywhere greater financial freedom to plan and enjoy their lives. We eliminate the need for traditional security deposits by replacing them with smart, affordable insurance so renters can maintain control of their cash. Instead of a large upfront cash security deposit, renters pay Rhino a small monthly fee, and Rhino insures the property owner for damages that might occur and lost rent. To date, we are offered in over 2 million homes with a 6 million home partner network, and we have saved renters over $700 million in cash.
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Fischer, Stanford beat USC 10-7 for women’s water polo title
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Makenzie Fischer scored four goals and Ryann Neushul added three more and Stanford pulled away over the final 3 minutes to beat Southern California 10-7 to win the Cardinal’s eighth NCAA women’s water polo championship in program history. Stanford (25-2) won 11 straight to close the season and its only losses this season came at the hands of USC (20-4). Jewel Roemer scored to give Stanford the lead for good and make it 8-7 with nearly 3 minutes remaining. USC’s Mireia Guiral opened the scoring just 41 seconds into the game and, after Fischer converted from the penalty spot to make it 1-1 less than a minute later, she and Alejandra Aznar scored power-play goals to give the Trojans a 3-1 lead heading into the second quarter. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/08/fischer-stanford-beat-usc-10-7-for-womens-water-polo-title/ | 2022-05-09T02:12:58Z |
Pantera Capital leads Unstoppable Domains' Series A funding round
LAS VEGAS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unstoppable Domains, the leading platform for Web3 digital identity with more than 2.5 million registered NFT domains, today announced it has closed $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by new investor Pantera Capital with participation from Mayfield, Gaingels, Alchemy Ventures, Redbeard Ventures, Spartan Group, OKG Investments, Polygon, CoinDCX, CoinGecko, We3 syndicate, Rainfall Capital, Broadhaven, EI Ventures, Hardyaka, and Alt Tab Capital, along with previous investors Boost VC and Draper Associates. Unstoppable Domains will use the funding to fuel product innovation and grow our partnerships in the web3 space as we continue to build a platform for user-owned and portable digital identity.
"Unstoppable Domains is rapidly defining a new category of decentralized identity that will change the internet as we know it," said Paul Veradittakit, Partner at Pantera Capital. "We're proud to back Matt and the rest of the team who are making this vision a reality."
Founded in 2018, Unstoppable Domains offers NFT domains that give people full ownership and control of their digital identity. The company has registered 2.5 million domains, which people can use to log into more than 150 Web3 applications, replace lengthy crypto wallet addresses on more than 80 wallets and exchanges, create decentralized websites, and build their web3 identity. Unstoppable Domains has built more than 300 partnerships with leading web3 companies like Polygon, Blockchain.com, MoonPay and more. Unstoppable Domains has generated more than $80 million in sales since launching in 2019.
"For too long, companies have controlled people's digital identities, and Unstoppable Domains is putting that power back into the hands of people," said Matthew Gould, Founder and CEO of Unstoppable Domains. "As the digital economy becomes a larger part of our lives, it's time for people to own their identity on the internet. We're thrilled to partner with Pantera and other investors who share our vision of onboarding billions of people onto Web3 through NFT domains that unlock user-owned, private, and portable identities."
Unstoppable Domains is a fully remote company and was recently named one of America's Best Startup Employers by Forbes.
Founded in 2018, Unstoppable Domains is an NFT domain name provider and digital identity platform working to onboard the world onto Web3. Unstoppable Domains offers NFT domains minted on the blockchain that give people full ownership and control of their digital identity, with no renewal fees. With Unstoppable Domains, people can replace lengthy alphanumeric crypto wallet addresses with a human-readable name and log into and transact with apps, wallets, exchanges and marketplaces. The company was named by Forbes as one of America's Best Startup Employers in 2022.
MEDIA CONTACT: press@unstoppabledomains.com
Pantera Capital is the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the blockchain tech ecosystem. Pantera launched the first cryptocurrency fund in the United States when bitcoin was at $65/BTC in 2013. The firm subsequently launched the first exclusively-blockchain venture fund. In 2017, Pantera was the first firm to offer an early-stage token fund. Pantera Bitcoin Fund has returned over 32,000% in nine years and has returned billions to its investors. Pantera manages $4.7bn across three strategies – passive, hedge, and venture.
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-- Abraham Ancer, Will Zalatoris, and Harold Varner III Join FanDuel Partner Jordan Spieth in new FanDuel golf commercial --
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FanDuel Group, the premier sports gaming destination in the United States, announced today a new television commercial, featuring golfers Abraham Ancer, Will Zalatoris, Harold Varner III, and current FanDuel PGA TOUR partner, Jordan Spieth. The spot will launch during this week's U.S Open and air through February 2023.
The spot highlights FanDuel's continued growth with the PGA TOUR relationship, leaning into FanDuel's commitment to talent. In addition to appearing in FanDuel's new commercial, Spieth, Ancer, Zalatoris and Varner III will partner with FanDuel on social media support, which will include odds boosts and content surrounding FanDuel Free-to-Play initiatives. As part of the partnership, FanDuel will also have access to the players' names and likenesses.
"Golf continues to be one of the fastest-growing sports on our platform and, as we greatly value our partnership with the PGA TOUR, we are excited to grow our PGA TOUR program," said Mike Raffensperger, CMO of FanDuel Group. "Jordan has already been a fantastic partner and we look forward to expanding our golf ambassador roster with the addition of Abe Ancer, Will Zalatoris, and Harold Varner III."
To celebrate the U.S. Open this week, new sportsbook customers can bet $5 and receive $200 in free bets. The offer ends June 21 and is available in all legal sports betting states where FanDuel Sportsbook operates. *
In December 2021, FanDuel and The PGA TOUR announced a three-year extension through 2024 to their content and marketing relationship designating FanDuel as an Official Betting Operator of the PGA TOUR. In August 2021, FanDuel announced an exclusive, multi-year partnership with Jordan Spieth making FanDuel the exclusive sports betting and daily fantasy provider of Spieth. Lastly, in January 2021, FanDuel announced it will begin providing real-time highlights of PGA TOUR golf events to FanDuel Sportsbook app users.
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About FanDuel Group
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. FanDuel Group has 17 million customers and has a presence across all 50 states and the Canadian province of Ontario. The company is based in New York with offices in California, New Jersey, Florida, Oregon, Georgia, Canada and Scotland. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and a constituent of the FTSE 100 index of the London Stock Exchange.
Contact: Kevin Hennessy / FanDuel Group / press@fanduel.com
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Snow and rain showers
Snow showers this morning with overcast conditions and light winds with slick roads and some fog possible. Allow extra time for travel and low beam head lights for the ride today. Highs will be more mild, into the mid 40's with SSW winds 10-20+ mph. A transition to rain in the lower valley later as the front passes through the area. Lows tonight will still be cold in the 20's and teens for mountain communities.
Here's the good news: Good Friday will be somewhat dry, still overcast but better for travel and warmer. Highs in the 50's. Winds will be variable 5-10mph.
Saturday morning starts will early pre-sunrise showers and a break for Easter egg hunting about 9am with overcast conditions, until more rain and snow move over the region with another frontal boundary. Highs in the 40's and 50's.
Timing of the aforementioned front, allows, at this point, for Easter to be cloudy and dry and in the 50's. Monday brings more warmth and some sun with highs above normal and into the 60's. Yay!
Jeff Roper, First Alert Weather
208-534-9957 | https://localnews8.com/weather/local-forecast/2022/04/14/snow-and-rain-showers/ | 2022-04-14T15:28:00Z |
NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Timescale is proud to announce the results of its 2022 State of PostgreSQL survey. Timescale is the maker of TimescaleDB, the open-source relational database for time-series and one of the most popular PostgreSQL extensions. This year, nearly 1000 respondents participated in the 4-week survey providing developers unique insight into the PostgreSQL market.
The State of PostgreSQL survey provides more significant insights into PostgreSQL features and the broader PostgreSQL community. In 2019, the first edition of the report was released with feedback collated from over 500 developers. In 2021, the second edition of the report sampling close to 500 participants was released. In both years, respondents were mainly software developers/engineers, software architects, and database administrators from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region accounting for 65% participation, North America 25.9%, and South America 7%.
"By organizing and delivering the State of PostgreSQL report, we help developers and developer-centric companies and communities better understand what is happening with Postgres today: the different types of Postgres users, the kinds of use cases they are tackling, the places they go to share and learn, how that is all changing, and the opportunities for improvement in the Postgres community overall," said Ajay Kulkarni, Chief Executive Officer. "This also gives us an opportunity to give back to the broader PostgreSQL community, a community we are proud to be a part of and that has been very helpful to us."
This year, as participation in the survey increased, so did the popularity of PostgreSQL. Key findings from this year's report include why respondents use PostgreSQL, how they contribute to the community, adoption across organizations, and favorite tools and extensions.
Other highlights include:
Over three-quarters of respondents report using PostgreSQL for personal projects. 95% of all respondents use PostgreSQL at work, and 73.5% use Postgres for both personal and professional projects.
Open source ranked as the #1 reason people choose PostgreSQL (19.3%), followed by reliability (16.5%) and extensions (9.9%). This shows that Open source continues to be a high value proposition for most users.
44% of PostgreSQL users with 15+ years of experience have contributed to PostgreSQL at least once. Among those with less than 15 years of experience, only 12% have contributed to PostgreSQL. This percentage represents a great opportunity for the PostgreSQL community to welcome new people and ideas into the fold. (For more information, read our guide to contributing to PostgreSQL)
The majority of respondents (76.2%) identified technical documentation as their preferred way of learning about PostgreSQL, followed by long-form blog posts (51.5%) and short-form blog posts (43.3%). Respondents with less than five years of PostgreSQL experience prefer video over long-form and short-form blog posts.
One of the most powerful aspects of PostgreSQL is its rich extensibility model. Developers mix and match several purpose-built extensions to help them build more compelling applications. This year's list of most favored extensions is stable compared to last year:
For more information see our blog post about the top PostgreSQL extensions.
Of the respondents who use tools to connect PostgreSQL for queries and administration tasks, psql (69.4%), pgAdmin (35.3%), and DBeaver (26.2%) were the top three choices. For more information, see our blog post on PostgreSQL tools, in addition to psql.
Compared to 2019 and 2021, fewer respondents reported self-managing their PostgreSQL database. It appears that PostgreSQL users are increasingly using DBaaS providers for deploying PostgreSQL. Of those who deploy PostgreSQL as a Kubernetes container, 44% use Helm, 16% use Crunchy Operator, and 7% use Zalando Operator.
For more information and to view the full report, visit here.
Timescale is the creator of TimescaleDB; the industry-leading database for time-series. Tens of thousands of organizations trust TimescaleDB today with their mission-critical time-series applications. The company is dedicated to serving software developers and businesses worldwide, enabling them to build the next wave of computing. Timescale is a remote-first company with a global workforce and is backed by Tiger Global, Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, Icon Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, and other leading investors. For more information, visit www.timescale.com or follow @TimescaleDB.
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Olympus Corporation of the Americas announces first rating on workplace disability index
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a leading medical technology company, scored 90 out of 100 in its inaugural inclusion on Disability:IN's 2022 Disability Equality Index, a comprehensive tool that helps companies work toward disability inclusion.
"I'm proud of the work my colleagues have done to continue to make Olympus a company that's inclusive of everyone in our communities," said Julien Sauvagnargues, President of Olympus Corporation of the Americas. "Participation in initiatives like this are important as they allow us to see where we can make improvements, open a dialogue among co-workers and change the narrative around disabilities."
A partnership between Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Equality Index (DEI) helps companies develop a plan and provides benchmarks for achieving inclusion and equality. It is modeled on the Corporate Equality Index that measures LGBTQ+-inclusive workplace policies.
Inclusion on the 2022 DEI is part of ongoing efforts at Olympus to develop an accessible and inclusive workplace through education, mentoring and volunteerism. One such initiative is a peer support group recently launched by the InterAbilities Colleague Affinity Network that allows employees to work collaboratively to address challenges and establish best practices for connecting Olympus employees with the support they need.
"Disability inclusion is a rapidly expanding aspect of corporate culture, and it's gratifying to partner with these 415 companies now on the 2022 Disability Equality Index," said Jill Houghton, President and CEO of Disability:IN. "These top-scoring companies not only excel in disability inclusion, but many are also adopting emerging trends and pioneering measures that can move the disability agenda from accommodation to inclusion and ultimately, genuine belonging."
The DEI rates companies in six categories:
- culture and leadership;
- enterprise-wide access;
- employment practices (benefits, recruitment, employment, education, accommodations and retention, and advancement;
- community engagement;
- supplier diversity;
- and non-U.S. operations, a non-weighted category.
In 2022, 415 corporations, including 69 Fortune 100, 188 Fortune 500, and 227 Fortune 1000 utilized the DEI to benchmark their disability inclusion efforts.
To learn more about the DEI visit disabilityequalityindex.org.
About Olympus
Olympus is passionate about creating customer-driven solutions for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment industries. For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping to detect, prevent, and treat disease; furthering scientific research; and ensuring public safety. Olympus is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with more than 35,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,500 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
About Disability:IN®
Disability:IN is a global organization driving disability inclusion and equality in business. More than 400 corporations partner with Disability:IN to create long-term business and social impact through the world's most comprehensive disability inclusion benchmarking and reporting tool, the Disability Equality Index (DEI); best-in-class conferences and programs; expert counsel and engagement; and public policy leadership. To learn more visit disabilityin.org.
About American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
AAPD is a convener, connector, and catalyst for change, increasing the political and economic power for people with disabilities. As a national cross-disability rights organization AAPD advocates for full civil rights for the 60+ million Americans with disabilities. To learn more visit aapd.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House 1/6 committee heard chilling, tearful testimony Tuesday that Donald Trump’s relentless pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election provoked widespread threats to the “backbone of our democracy”— election workers and local officials who fended off the defeated president’s demands despite personal risks.
The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol focused on Trump’s efforts to undo Joe Biden’s victory in a most local way — by leaning on officials in key battleground states to reject ballots outright or to submit alternative electors for the final tally in Congress.
The pressure, described as potentially illegal, was fueled by the president’s false claims of voter fraud which, the panel says, led directly to the deadly insurrection at the Capitol.
“A handful of election officials in several key states stood between Donald Trump and the upending of American democracy,” Chairman Bennie Thompson said, praising them as heroes and the “backbone of our democracy.”
The hearing was punctuated throughout with accounts of the personal attacks faced by state and local officials.
Arizona Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers said he was subjected to a public smear campaign, including relentless bull-horn protests at his home and a pistol-wielding man taunting his family and neighbors.
Officials in Michigan, Pennsylvania and other states told similar stories of having their cellphone numbers and home addresses spread publicly after they refused Trump’s demands.
At one gripping moment, two Georgia election workers, a mother and daughter, testified that they lived in fear of saying their names aloud after Trump wrongly accused them of voter fraud.
“There were a lot of threats wishing death upon me,” said Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss, a former state election worker.
The public hearing, the fourth by the panel this month, stemmed from its yearlong investigation into Trump’s unprecedented attempt to remain in power, a sprawling scheme that the chairman of the Jan. 6 committee has likened to an “attempted coup.” The panel insisted that Trump’s lies over the election threaten democracy to this day, as local officials face ongoing threats and challengers try to take over their jobs.
The committee’s vice chair, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, implored Americans to pay attention to the evidence being presented, declaring, “Donald Trump didn’t care about the threats of violence. He did not condemn them, he made no effort to stop them.”
“We cannot let America become a nation of conspiracy theories and thug violence,” she said.
Other key witnesses included Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who testified about Trump’s phone call asking him to “find 11,780” votes that could flip his state to prevent Biden’s election victory, and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who became a notable figure during Georgia’s long recount in 2020 when he urged Trump to tone down the rhetoric.
While the committee cannot charge Trump with any crimes, the Justice Department is watching the panel’s work closely.
Trump defended himself on social media, describing his phone call to Raffensperger as “perfect,” similar to the way he described his 2020 call with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy that resulted in his first impeachment.
The public testimony from Raffensperger came weeks after he appeared before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to intervene in the state’s 2020 election, and after Raffensperger beat a Trump-backed challenger in last month’s primary election.
He and Sterling, his chief operations officer, detailed their painstaking efforts to count the Georgia vote, investigating one false claim after another of fraud. After a hand recount of 5 million ballots, Biden’s victory was unchanged.
“The numbers don’t lie,” said Raffensperger, who said that some 28,000 Georgia voters simply bypassed the presidential race but voted down ballot for others. “At the end of the day, President Trump came up short.”
Bowers, the Arizona House speaker, walked through what started with a Trump phone call on a Sunday after he returned from church. The defeated president laid out his proposal to have the state replace its electors for Biden with others favoring Trump.
“I said, ‘Look, you’re asking me to do something that is counter to my oath,’” Bowers testified.
Bowers insisted on seeing Trump’s evidence of voter fraud, which he said Trump’s team never produced beyond vague allegations. He recalled Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at one point told him, “‘We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence.’”
Trump wanted Bowers to hold a hearing at the state Capitol, but the Republican leader said there was already a “circus” atmosphere over the election. The panel showed video footage of protesters at the Arizona statehouse including a key figure, the horned hat-wearing Jacob Chansley, who was later arrested at the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Trump nevertheless pressed the Arizona official, including in a follow-up call, suggesting he expected a better response from a fellow Republican.
But Bowers said that because of his faith, including a belief the U.S. Constitution is divinely inspired, what the president was asking him to do was “foreign to my very being.”
Bowers called Trump’s effort a “tragic parody.”
In in-person testimony, Moss, who had worked for Atlanta’s Fulton County elections department since 2012, and her mother, Ruby Freeman, a temporary election worker who spoke earlier to the panel, gripped the audience with their accounts of the fallout from the smear campaign by Trump and Giuliani.
“There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere,” Freeman testified. “Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you? The president of the United States is supposed to represent every American, not to target one. But he targeted me.”
The select committee worked to untangle the elaborate “fake electors” scheme that sought to have representatives in as many as seven battlegrounds — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico — sign certificates stating that Trump, not Biden, had won their states.
The committee showed a text message sent from an aide to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to an aide for Vice President Mike Pence the morning of Jan. 6 saying Johnson wanted to give Pence an “alternate slate of electors for MI and WI.”
“Do not give that to him,” Pence aide Chris Hodgson replied. And Johnson didn’t, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Conservative law professor John Eastman, a lawyer for Trump, pushed the fake electors in the weeks after the election. Trump and Eastman convened hundreds of electors on a call on Jan. 2, 2021, encouraging them to send alternative slates from their states where Trump’s team was claiming fraud.
The fake electors idea was designed to set up a challenge on Jan. 6, 2021, when Congress met in joint session, with Vice President Pence presiding in what is typically a ceremonial role to accept the states’ vote tallies. But the effort collapsed, as Pence refused Trump’s repeated demands that he simply halt the certification of Biden’s win — a power he believed he did not possess in his role.
That’s the certification the Capitol mob tried to stop.
At least 20 people in connection with the fake electors scheme were subpoenaed by the House panel. The committee says it will show that it has gathered enough evidence through its more than 1,000 interviews and tens of thousands of documents to connect the varying efforts to overturn the election directly to Trump.
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Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington and Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/1-6-panel-to-hear-from-raffensperger-others-trump-pushed/ | 2022-06-22T02:55:45Z |
AUSTIN, Texas, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of human enzyme therapeutics to benefit people with rare metabolic diseases, today shared additional data from the PEACE Phase 3 study during a poster presentation at the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) Annual Meeting being held in Orlando, FL from April 10-13. The poster, titled Pegzilarginase in Arginase 1 Deficiency: Results of the PEACE Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial (Abstract #30), will also be available on the publications section of Aeglea's website and includes new data on patient-level outcomes, additional secondary endpoints and previously announced topline results.
Pegzilarginase is a novel, recombinant human arginase 1 enzyme that has been shown in clinical trials to normalize the elevated levels of the amino acid arginine in patients with Arginase 1 Deficiency (ARG1-D), a rare, progressive disease characterized by high levels of arginine. People living with ARG1-D experience severe spasticity-related mobility limitations, seizures, developmental delay, intellectual disability and early mortality.
"Our clinical development program for pegzilarginase has provided the first quantitative insights into the disease burden of ARG1-D and sheds new light on both the severity of the disease and the devastating effect of uncontrolled arginine levels in these patients," said Anthony G. Quinn, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Aeglea. "The data from PEACE show the ability of pegzilarginase to markedly improve arginine control and its impact on a broad range of disease-related abnormalities. We are pleased with these results and believe pegzilarginase has the potential to change the lives of the patients and families living with ARG1-D."
Results from the PEACE Phase 3 Study
PEACE is a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled 32 patients with ARG1-D aged two years and older. The study was designed to assess the effects of treatment with pegzilarginase (n=21) versus placebo (n=11) from baseline through a prespecified 24-week treatment period.
Previously Announced Topline Results
- Achieved the primary endpoint with a highly statistically significant 76.7% reduction in mean plasma arginine in pegzilarginase treated patients (p<0.0001) compared to placebo.
- Normal plasma arginine levels (40-115µM) achieved in 90.5% of pegzilarginase treated patients compared to no patients in the placebo arm.
- Accompanying improvements in the key secondary mobility assessments in pegzilarginase treated patients compared to patients in the placebo arm.
- Pegzilarginase was well-tolerated and safety data were consistent with results from previous clinical trials. Adverse events were generally mild to moderate in severity. There were no study discontinuations due to adverse events.
Patient-Level Outcomes Analysis
- In an analysis of individual patients that were Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) Level I-III with predefined clinical response criteria there were clinically important differences between the pegzilarginase treated patients (n=17) and placebo (n=9).
- Six of the patients meeting or exceeding the clinical response threshold for at least two mobility outcomes also showed no worsening on any other mobility endpoint. Additional analysis was conducted on these six patients to compare improvement to age- and sex-matched norms. (Table 1 below)
Additional Secondary Efficacy Endpoints
- In a post hoc analysis correcting for a missed assessment that was improperly scored as 0 rather than "not assessed," the least squares mean GMFM-D score of patients treated with pegzilarginase improved from baseline by 2.25 units compared to placebo (p=0.0896).
- Pegzilarginase treated patients also showed statistically significant biochemical improvements in measures of ornithine and guanidino compounds compared to placebo, consistent with pegzilarginase mechanism of action. (Table 2 below)
"It is great to see these additional results and the consistency of the effects as we conduct further analysis of the data from the PEACE Phase 3 study. The lowering of guanidino compounds, downstream metabolites of arginine, supports the mechanism of action of pegzilarginase in lowering arginine levels, the key driver of disease," said Eric Bradford, M.D., M.B.A., chief development officer at Aeglea. "In rare diseases, and in particular trials conducted in small patient populations, much of the story unfolds in looking at the individual patient responses. We are excited about the results that we see from PEACE with nearly half of the evaluable pegzilarginase treated patients demonstrating clinically meaningful improvement in two or more mobility assessments. This is a remarkable result given that ARG1-D is a progressive disease with a devastating impact on mobility."
Table 1: Patient-Level Outcomes Analysis
Table 2: Additional Secondary Efficacy Endpoints – Biochemical Analysis
About Pegzilarginase in Arginase 1 Deficiency
Pegzilarginase is a novel recombinant human enzyme engineered to degrade the amino acid arginine and has been shown to rapidly and sustainably lower levels of the amino acid arginine in plasma. Aeglea is developing pegzilarginase for the treatment of people with Arginase 1 Deficiency (ARG1-D), a rare debilitating and progressive disease characterized by the accumulation of arginine. ARG1-D presents in early childhood and patients experience spasticity, seizures, developmental delay, intellectual disability and early mortality. Pegzilarginase has received multiple regulatory designations, including Rare Pediatric Disease, Breakthrough Therapy, Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as well as Orphan Drug Designation from the European Medicines Agency.
About Aeglea BioTherapeutics
Aeglea BioTherapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company redefining the potential of human enzyme therapeutics to benefit people with rare metabolic diseases with limited treatment options. In December 2021, Aeglea announced positive topline data from its PEACE Phase 3 clinical trial for its lead product candidate, pegzilarginase, in patients with Arginase 1 Deficiency. Pegzilarginase has received both Rare Pediatric Disease and Breakthrough Therapy Designations. Aeglea also has an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of AGLE-177 for the treatment of Homocystinuria. AGLE-177 has been granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation. Aeglea has an active discovery platform focused on engineering small changes in human enzymes to have a big impact on the lives of patients and their families. For more information, please visit http://aeglea.com.
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SEATTLE, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
United States District Court
SOUTHERN District of CALIFORNIA
SUMMARY NOTICE OF (I) PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT; (II) SETTLEMENT HEARING; AND (III) MOTION FOR AN AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES, REIMBURSEMENT OF LITIGATION EXPENSES, AND LEAD PLAINTIFF'S SERVICE AWARD
This notice is for all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of the publicly traded common stock of BofI Holding, Inc. (now known as Axos Financial, Inc.), as well as purchasers of BofI call options and sellers of BofI put options, between September 4, 2013 through and including October 13, 2015. Certain persons and entities are excluded from the Class as set forth in detail in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated April 13, 2022 ("Stipulation") and the Notice described below.
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY; YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING IN THIS COURT.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ("Court"), that the parties to the above-captioned action ("Action") have reached a proposed settlement for $14,100,000 in cash ("Settlement") that, if approved, will resolve all claims in the Action.
A hearing will be held on October 7, 2022, at 1:30 p.m., before the Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel at the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse, Courtroom 2D, 221 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101, to determine: (i) whether the proposed Settlement should be approved as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) whether the Action should be dismissed with prejudice against Defendants, and the releases specified and described in the Stipulation (and in the Notice described below) should be entered; (iii) whether the proposed Plan of Allocation should be approved as fair and reasonable; and (iv) whether Class Counsel's application for an award of attorneys' fees and reimbursement of expenses, and Lead Plaintiff's application for a service award, should be approved.
If you are a member of the Class, your rights will be affected by the pending Action and the Settlement, and you may be entitled to share in the Settlement Fund. This notice provides only a summary of the information contained in the detailed Notice of (I) Proposed Class Action Settlement; (II) Settlement Hearing; and (III) Motion for an Award of Attorneys' Fees and Reimbursement of Litigation Expenses and Lead Plaintiff's Service Award ("Notice"). You may obtain a copy of the Notice, along with the Claim Form, on the website for the Settlement, www.BofISecuritiesLitigation.com. .You may also obtain copies of the Notice and Claim Form by contacting the Claims Administrator at In re BofI Holding, Inc. Securities Litigation Settlement, c/o JND Legal Administration, P.O. Box 91425, Seattle, WA 98111; 1-888-921-1538; info@BofISecuritiesLitigation.com.
If you are a member of the Class, in order to be eligible to receive a payment under the proposed Settlement, you must submit a Claim Form postmarked no later than November 7, 2022, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Claim Form. If you are a Class Member and do not submit a proper Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the net proceeds of the Settlement but you will nevertheless be bound by any releases, judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action.
If you are a member of the Class and wish to exclude yourself from the Class, you must submit a request for exclusion such that it is postmarked no later than August 8, 2022, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice. If you properly exclude yourself from the Class, you will not be bound by any releases, judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action and you will not be eligible to share in the net proceeds of the Settlement. Excluding yourself is the only option that may allow you to be part of any other current or future lawsuit against Defendants or any of the other released parties concerning the claims being resolved by the Settlement. Please note, however, if you decide to exclude yourself from the Class, you may be time-barred from asserting the claims covered by the Action by a statute of repose.
If you are a member of the Class and previously requested exclusion, you now have the opportunity to opt-back into the Class and participate in the Settlement. If you elect to opt-back into the Class, you will be able to submit a Claim Form and be eligible to share in the distribution of the net proceeds of the Settlement. If you elect to opt-back into the Class, you will be bound by any releases, judgments or orders entered by the Court in the Action, regardless of whether or not you submit a Claim Form.
Class Counsel will apply to the Court to be paid from the Settlement Fund, and any payment will be made only in the amount that is approved by the Court. Class Counsel will ask the Court for an award of attorneys' fees of no more than 25% of the Settlement Fund (i.e., no more than $3,525,000). In addition, Class Counsel will ask the Court to reimburse them out of the Settlement Fund for the expenses they reasonably incurred and will incur in litigating this case on behalf of Class Members, in an amount not to exceed $1,400,000. Class Counsel will also ask the Court to approve a Service Award of up to $15,000 for the Class Representative as an award for its service to the Class as Plaintiff and Class Representative out of the Settlement Fund. Class Counsel will also request authorization to pay the Claims Administrator, directly from the Settlement Fund, all Notice and Administration Costs actually incurred and paid or payable up to $350,000, which Class Counsel and the Claims Administrator estimate to be the maximum amount likely to be required. Any amount in excess of that would be payable from the Settlement Fund only upon further approval of the Court. The amount of the Settlement Fund that remains after the payment of all Court-approved attorneys' fees, reimbursement of expenses, Service Award, and Notice and Administration Costs will be distributed to Class Members who have submitted valid claims for compensation and have not timely excluded themselves from the Settlement in a manner approved by the Court.
Any objections to the proposed Settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, and/or Class Counsel's motion for attorneys' fees and reimbursement of expenses and Lead Plaintiff's requested Service Award, must be filed with the Court and delivered to Class Counsel and Defendants' Counsel such that they are received no later than August 8, 2022, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice.
The issuance of this Notice is not an expression of any opinion by the Court concerning the merits of any claim in the Action, and the Court still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. The Defendants deny the allegations of wrongdoing asserted in this Action, and deny any liability whatsoever to any member of the Class.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, DEFENDANTS, OR THEIR COUNSEL REGARDING THIS NOTICE. All questions about this notice, the Settlement, or your eligibility to participate in the Settlement should be directed to Class Counsel or the Claims Administrator.
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SONDERBORG, Denmark (AP) — Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen overtook Wout van Aert and Peter Sagan at the line to win the third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish while Van Aert extended his overall lead on Sunday.
Groenewegen got behind record seven-time Tour sprint champion Sagan’s wheel when he was battling with Van Aert, and found a gap to squeeze through and nudge his wheel over the line to win for the BikeExchange–Jayco team.
“I took a lot of wind and my legs were tired but I still had enough to sprint to the line,” Groenewegen said. “Wout van Aert always jokes, saying that if you are not sure of having won, you still claim the victory and you celebrate. That’s what I did (and) I understood I won from the sport directors screaming in the car.”
Groenewegen’s fifth Tour stage win came a day after Fabio Jakobsen’s first. Two years ago, Groenewegen was blamed for a heavy crash at the Tour of Poland that sent Jakobsen flying through roadside crash barriers. Jakobsen was put in an induced coma and needed five hours of surgery on his skull and face.
Although Groenewegen was remorseful over the incident, he was banned from cycling for nine months by cycling’s governing body UCI.
“My family supported me greatly after what happened,” he said. “My new team has put a lot of faith in me and a great train to lead me out. Every victory at the Tour de France is special.”
Three years after his last Tour stage win, the 29-year-old Groenewegen was open-mouthed and emotional as he put his hands over his head. The win was even more special since he crashed nine kilometers out and had to catch the peloton up.
Sagan was cross with Van Aert, meanwhile, muttering angrily and wagging his finger at him after they crossed the line because he found himself boxed to the right and close to the barriers. But there was no contact and Sagan even appeared to lean on Van Aert.
Van Aert picked up a six-second bonus and is now seven seconds ahead of Yves Lampaert and 14 ahead of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar in the standings. Pogacar’s rival Primoz Roglic, the 2020 Tour runner-up, is seventh overall and stayed nine seconds behind Pogacar.
The stage started in Vejle on the Jutland Peninsula and ended in Sonderborg in southern Denmark after 182 kilometers (113 miles) of flat racing. Groenewegen’s winning time was 4 hours, 11 minutes, 33 seconds. Pogacar and Roglic were nestled in the main pack with finishing positions irrelevant since they all got the same time.
“It’s been quiet for me today, even though flat stages are always nervous and can be dangerous,” Pogacar said. “I wasn’t affected by the crash in the finale. The first three days have gone well.”
Van Aert wore the leader’s yellow jersey for the Jumbo–Visma team after taking it for the first time on Saturday. He also extended his lead in the green jersey contest for best sprinter.
Huge crowds packed the roadsides in sparkling sunshine as the Danish supporters wearing red and white turned out in force. Proudly wearing the best climber’s polka-dot jersey he claimed on Saturday, Danish rider Magnus Cort, who was in the early breakway group on Saturday, pulled away to take a solo lead for 130 kilometers before being caught with about 50 kilometers left.
“I was a little bit surprised to find myself alone in the lead, but it was nice anyway,” Cort said. “I got a big lead as soon as I broke away, but it was hard to keep the peloton at bay.”
Cort wasn’t upset about being caught, after a weekend he’ll never forget.
“I spent an amazing day out there, enjoying the crowds. I knew what to expect after what we experienced yesterday, but it turned out to be even better because I was in the polka dot jersey,” he said. “It was a perfect day. Life-changing? For sure. The Tour de France is such a big race that it goes well beyond the cycling scene. Everything that happens here transcends the general public.”
Cort picked up more points over the three minor climbs — including the Hejlsminde Strand, the lowest of these at 40 meters above sea level — to keep the jersey until Tuesday. He held up three fingers to celebrate with his home fans and then waved to them after the pack swallowed him up.
“These days have been a dream for me,” Cort said. “Huge, unbelievable. I never imagined them this way.”
Several riders fell on a cobblestone section with about 10 kilometers left but got back up to continue.
After a travel day, the riders will tackle five small climbs in the fourth stage on the route from the coastal city of Dunkerque to Calais.
The race ends on July 24 in Paris.
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Compliance certification strengthens Cribl’s role in cybersecurity use cases and expands its footprint in the enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cribl, the leader in enabling open observability, today announced the completion of its Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2) Type II security compliance attestation. SOC 2 ensures compliance with worldwide industry standards for data security and enables enterprises to be confident in using Cribl in their observability and cybersecurity environments. This announcement builds on Cribl's momentum, following its recent $150 million Series D funding round and announcement of its newest product, Cribl Search.
Today's cybersecurity landscape is increasingly complex and the range of tools in use generate an unprecedented amount of data. Cribl's approach to open observability allows cybersecurity teams to easily ingest, enrich, and redact data from across their security toolsets, ensuring teams never miss critical signals in a sea of noisy, high volume data.
SOC 2 standards are established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and address security controls such as organization and management, monitoring of controls, communications, risk management, and more. The Type II evaluation means brand manufacturers using Cribl Suite to collect, enrich, distribute, and search their observability and cybersecurity data can feel confident in the secure design and operating effectiveness of the Cribl Suite, having gone through a rigorous security verification process.
"From advanced, persistent threats to remote work and ransomware, the stakes for cybersecurity leaders have never been greater," said Clint Sharp, CEO and Co-Founder of Cribl. "Our users are finding that converging observability and cybersecurity practices and tools give them improved detection capabilities, more control over their security data, and better operational efficiencies."
Cybersecurity teams are already relying on observability practices and tooling to gain new insights. According to ESG's "Observability from Code to Cloud" survey, 41 percent of respondents are using observability tooling to improve their security posture and help with vulnerability detection and impact analysis. Fifty-two percent of respondents found observability solutions improved their ability to detect security-related signals in observability data.
Many of the industry's leading cybersecurity providers are also realizing how cybersecurity and observability can combine to enable greater protection across enterprise systems. The integration of an observability layer into an organization's security practice provides a full grasp of potential business risk, and allows teams to interrogate security data wherever it lives, which is critical to effectively combating threats in an ever-changing security landscape.
"Time is mission-critical in securing an organization's most valuable asset – its data," said Daniel Bernard, Chief Marketing Officer at SentinelOne. "With Singularity XDR, we've converged EPP and EDR, taking our platform beyond the traditional endpoint. Observability is the next link in the chain to transforming cybersecurity in the era of XDR, minimizing the time between detection and response."
To learn more about Cribl's leading observability architecture, visit booth 5469 at the 2022 RSA Conference in San Francisco. After the show on Tuesday, join Cribl and SentinelOne for a special concert at Metreon City View. Cribl will also be at Gartner's Security and Risk Summit in National Harbor at booth 1158.
Cribl makes open observability a reality for today's tech professionals. The Cribl product suite defies data gravity with radical levels of choice and control. Wherever the data comes from, wherever it needs to go, Cribl delivers the freedom and flexibility to make choices, not compromises. It's enterprise software that doesn't suck, enables tech professionals to do what they need to do, and gives them the ability to say "Yes." With Cribl, companies have the power to control their data, get more out of existing investments, and shape the observability future. Founded in 2017, Cribl is a remote-first company with an office in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit www.cribl.io or our LinkedIn, Twitter, or Slack community.
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LINKÖPING, Sweden, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra's (STO: SECT B) contracted order bookings amounted to SEK 2.2 billion during the quarter, which is the highest ever level for a single quarter. The result includes two major multiyear customer contracts for subscriptions for enterprise imaging. A growing customer base and recurring revenue contributed to consolidated sales growth during the quarter. To increase transparency regarding the strategic transition to service sales and cloud deliveries, Sectra's financial reporting has been complemented with a performance measure for recurring revenue from cloud-based services.
May–July 2022 period in figures
- Contracted order bookings rose 468.5% to SEK 2,235.4 million (393.2), of which SEK 705.3 million (393.2) pertained to guaranteed order bookings. Of the guaranteed order bookings, 12% were recognized during the quarter and a further estimated 36–46% pertains to revenue within 12 months after the end of the quarter.
- Net sales increased 19.3% to SEK 484.1 million (405.7). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 10.7%.
- Recurring revenue accounted for SEK 310.4 million (253.0) of net sales, up 22.7%. Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 15.1%. Cloud recurring revenue (CRR) increased 19.3% to SEK 50.0 million (41.9).
- Operating profit declined 28.5% to SEK 64.4 million (90.1), corresponding to an operating margin of 13.3% (22.2). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, operating profit decreased 41.9%. The change in the outcome compared with the comparative quarter was primarily attributable to strengthened delivery capacity, the transition to cloud deliveries and an accumulated need for sales and marketing activities.
- Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 68.2 million (92.1).
- Cash flow from operations amounted to a negative SEK 64.1 million (pos: 9.8) and was mainly attributable to a settlement of current liabilities.
Comments from Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB:
"Sectra offers critical components for modern healthcare, medical education and increased cybersecurity in society. Our success is the result of longstanding relationships with satisfied customers who expand their use of our solutions and recommend Sectra to others. Customer confidence is the foundation of our strong order bookings.
"Sales are growing in all operating areas, and we delivered favorable profit for a first quarter, despite an exceptional comparative quarter. This was mainly attributable to an improved gross margin as well as positive currency effects from the USD. The trend for recurring revenue and cloud deliveries is positive, which shows that the transition to supplying products and software as a service is progressing.
"Sectra allows customer needs, combined with our knowledge of trends and technology, to govern the renewal of our customer offerings. We have therefore chosen to expand our offering in diagnostics to include IT support for genomics, an area that is undergoing rapid growth in cancer care. We are doing so in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is an existing customer and one of the most prominent US hospitals in cancer care. We will work together to drive innovation and product development of IT support that will help to manage the dramatic increase in volumes of genetic analyses. Sectra is carrying out this initiative in a new business unit in the incubator Business Innovation."
Read the attached interim report for further CEO comments and information.
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Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB, and Jessica Holmquist, CFO of Sectra AB, will present the financial report and answer questions. The presentation will be held in English.
Time: September 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CEST
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Florida man had live gator, guns and drugs in his truck, sheriff’s office says
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (CNN) - Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who they said had an interesting assortment of illegal items in his truck - guns, drugs and a live alligator.
According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, deputies recognized the driver, Michael Marolla, from “previous encounters” as having a suspended license.
Deputies said when they pulled Marolla over Friday, they found drugs and two firearms inside the truck. Then, in the bed of the pickup, they found an open plastic tub with a baby alligator in it.
The sheriff’s office notified Florida’s Fish and wildlife Conservation Commission about the gator.
Marolla was charged with drug possession and carrying concealed firearms. He was released on bond Saturday and is set to appear in court on May 2.
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BOSTON, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based entrepreneur Kassia Davis is excited to introduce John Schweitzer as the newly appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) across her two brands, KADA - a new clothing brand featuring elevated essentials for the modern woman, and PF Flyers - the classic American sneaker brand.
"This is a huge win for PF Flyers and KADA. John is exactly the type of CFO and team member that we need to help us scale and drive growth across both brands. He's collaborative, experienced, and has an incredible wealth of knowledge, and I'm really looking forward to partnering with and learning from him." said Kassia Davis, Founder and CEO of Kada and Executive Chairwoman and Owner of PF Flyers.
Schweitzer will act as CFO for both brands effective today. He brings over 30 years of experience to the role, with expertise at the convergence of financial strategy, operations discipline, commercial execution, and team leadership. He spent nearly two decades at NIKE, Inc. where he held numerous domestic and international roles such as CFO/COO and CEO at Hurley International, as well as VP/GM EMEA and CFO at Converse. With his experience across multiple brands, functions and geographies, John is well-positioned to help drive and lead the continued future growth of KADA and PF Flyers.
"I'm excited to be joining Kassia and team as we build out and execute the next chapter of growth. It is a tremendous opportunity to take on this new leadership role across both businesses. I look forward to leveraging my financial, operational and commercial experience, along with my abilities in building organizations to help drive sustainable, profitable growth for both brands," said John Schweitzer, Chief Financial Officer at PF Flyers and KADA.
Prior to joining Nike, Inc., John was a practicing Certified Public Accountant in Portland, Oregon for more than 8 years. He holds a BS from the University of Oregon. John currently lives in the Boston area with his wife and two children.
ABOUT PF FLYERS:
Acquired by Kassia Davis in 2021, PF Flyers is an American brand of lifestyle shoes, previously owned and manufactured by New Balance. The brand draws on 85 years of tradition to create fashion-forward, everyday footwear that leads the way in comfort technology. Founded in 1937 by B.F. Goodrich, PF Flyers has been declared one of the original American sneaker brands. To learn more about the brand, visit pfflyers.com.
ABOUT KADA:
KADA is a Boston-based clothing brand founded by entrepreneur Kassia Davis. With 10 years of experience working in athletic wear at New Balance, Kassia has carefully curated each piece, creating elevated essentials that empower the ever-evolving modern woman. As a sustainable and female-led company, KADA creates a brand experience that is bigger than the clothing itself: bold, defiant, purposeful, and feminine. To learn more about the brand, visit www.wearkada.com and follow @wearkada on Instagram.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health analytics pioneer, Prospection has announced a unique global data access agreement with leading Japanese medical data company Medical Data Vision Co., Ltd. (MDV) to accelerate healthcare analytics globally.
The agreement, covering the world's second largest pharmaceutical market, will provide global pharmaceutical companies and researchers access to comprehensive and longitudinal data covering more than 40 million people in Japan at more than 470 hospitals.
Combining predictive analytics and machine learning with real-world healthcare data, Prospection's agreement with MDV will provide pharmaceutical companies across the world with unique access to patient diagnostic and medication data from hospitals across Japan, unlocking potential to assess an unlimited number of treatment programs in the region.
The agreement also enables access to patient history and prefecture level data, allowing analysis of disease progression, disease outcomes and the mapping of disease courses to provide evidence on areas where development can address unmet needs. When distilled further, this creates an opportunity to assess patient data on a regional level to find geographical areas where patients or health centres require additional support for specific disease and conditions.
Prospection's access to Japan's most comprehensive medical data sets is a significant milestone for the company. Prospection currently provides real-time access to longitudinal patient data across 15 regions globally including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, USA and the UK. The company's latest announcement with Medical Data Vision will build on this work, providing Prospection with access to one of Japan's largest healthcare databases.
Global Healthcare Benefits
According to academic research,* only 60% of healthcare is in line with evidence-based guidelines, with the remaining 40% being classed as wasteful, low value or in some cases harmful. Through the analysis of the longitudinal history of hundreds of millions of patients, Prospection's database can help the healthcare industry to assess the use, value and outcomes of treatments to find that 40% and identify how it can be optimised.
By enabling pharmaceutical companies and health researchers across the globe to better understand the full cycle of health conditions and disease journeys, this data will allow global life science companies to:
1. Collect patient and market insights
Through the analysis of specific health conditions and patient journeys, pharmaceutical companies can determine where, when and how to invest their resources and how to position their brand within the Japanese pharmaceutical market while forecasting supply chain, and developing models for market access.
2. Find patients and develop tactical plans
Life science companies can utilise the data to identify where patients with the highest disease burden for their treatment offerings are being treated geographically. Companies can then deploy their regional in-field teams with the right messages to support clinicians to help these patients requiring treatment.
3. Publish data
Access to one of the most comprehensive Japanese medical data sets also creates an opportunity to add to the clinical body of evidence for health conditions to help inform a better understanding of specific diseases.
4. Receive decision support
Provide healthcare providers with trigger events to assist with targeted education when it is needed most, supporting clinician at point of care with the patient.
Kaoru Sato, Country Manager, Prospection, Japan, said:
"We are delighted to announce our latest agreement with Medical Data Vision. This partnership demonstrates a shared commitment to improving patient outcomes and marks a significant milestone in Prospection's mission to deliver real community benefits to patients across the globe.
"As one of the largest pharmaceutical markets in the world, Japan has incredibly rich datasets. Working with Medical Data Vision gives us the opportunity to access a dataset of approximately 40 million patients, creating a unique opportunity to use advanced analytic tools to accelerate precision medicine to enable the right patient to receive the right treatment at the right time in their journey.
"The outcomes of this partnership will play a key role in understanding the full cycle of patient health conditions and disease journeys in areas including immuno-oncology, immune disorders, cardiovascular and metabolic conditions allowing researchers and pharmaceutical companies globally to better understand the different patient characteristics, treatments and respective outcomes."
Eric Chung, CEO and Co-founder, Prospection said:
"We are very excited to be working with MDV in our latest data access agreement. Combining MDV's large and comprehensive dataset with Prospections global reach and extensive expertise working with datasets across the world will not only allow MNC pharmaceutical companies to work with patient data from Japan, but will also open a broader understanding of different health conditions across the world. This agreement brings us one step closer to enhancing precision medicine to find the 40% of patients that can be optimised."
Sources
* BMC Medicine : The three numbers you need to know about healthcare: the 60-30-10 Challenge
About Prospection
Prospection is a pioneer in health data analytics technology. We are on a mission to make advancements to precision medicine through real world evidence, with an aim to put the right patient on the right treatment at the right time. Applying advanced ML algorithms to real-world data we unearth health journey and treatment insights by analysing longitudinal data for hundreds of millions of patients to see how drug treatments are used after the clinical trial. Delivering actionable real-world evidence that enables better outcomes for patients, across the world.
Prospection is guided by credentialled experts and innovative leaders within their respective fields. Globally, we work with over 15 large health data sets (Claims, EMR, Registry & Commercial), applying our expertise to examine health patterns. Working with government and researchers through to our core client base in the pharma/biopharmaceutical industry, we have delivered insights across more than 90 therapeutic indications. Including rare and complex diseases such as oncology, immuno-oncology, virology, metabolic conditions, respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Prospection is backed by investors including Ellerston, Horizons Ventures and Main Sequence, and commercially with CRO Novotech.
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About Medical Data Vision (MDV)
MDV is an accumulation of anonymously processed data with secondary usage permission from medical institutions. The actual number of patients in the "hospital data" centered on the acute phase is 40.42 million (counted at the end of July 2022). In addition, by holding data from the health insurance association, data on the recovery period and chronic period has been enhanced, and in addition to information by hospital/clinic, it has become possible to track information on transfer destinations. "Health insurance data" was 7.84 million people (same).
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Denison Fire Rescue locate drowning victim
Published: Jun. 13, 2022 at 10:50 AM CDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
DENISON, Texas (KXII) - Denison Fire Rescue have located a man who fell into the Red River Sunday night.
DFR said they were called out to the Carpenter’s Bluff Bridge over the Red River for a drowning at around 9:30 p.m.
DFR said their dive team determined a male in his 30′s, jumped into the water to rescue a child who had fallen into the river. Adding that the child suffered non-life-threatening injuries but the man did not resurface.
The victim’s body was recovered in Oklahoma early Monday morning.
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Patient education powerhouse earns more honors than any organization for 11th straight year
CINCINNATI , Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 11th year in a row PatientPoint® dominated the National Health Information Awards (NHIAs), bringing home more content awards than any other organization. With 93 total NHIA honors for 2022 including 24 Gold awards, PatientPoint's total content award count from NHIA and other renowned content and creative competitions now surpasses 1,000 accolades, reinforcing PatientPoint as the most-awarded patient education provider at the point of care.
The NHIAs are the most comprehensive consumer health publishing competition of its kind and have remained the gold standard in consumer health information for nearly 30 years. As an NHIA honoree, PatientPoint joins nationally ranked hospitals, leading consumer health publishers, esteemed medical societies and trusted patient support and advocacy organizations being recognized for exemplary health information programs.
PatientPoint health content earning 2022 NHIA Gold awards ranged from video vignettes on topics including diabetes, sleep and pregnancy to in-depth brochures and pamphlets on topics such as arthritis, adult vaccines, cancer and cold & cough. PatientPoint's live-action video production wing PatientPoint Studios was also recognized with three NHIA Gold awards for two patient journey pieces on non-small cell lung cancer and weight loss as well as a vignette on the importance of simple language in patient-provider communication.
"The PatientPoint mantra of making every doctor-patient engagement better means creating powerful content that educates and inspires patients at every point of care, and we are grateful to be recognized by the National Health Information Awards for doing just that," said PatientPoint EVP of Content & Creative Kate Merz. "In addition, we are so proud that this recognition takes our overall content accolades to more than 1,000 awards—an incredible testament to the talent of our world-class creative team."
PatientPoint® is the patient engagement platform for every point of care. Our innovative, tech-enabled solutions create more effective doctor-patient interactions and deliver high value for patients, providers and healthcare sponsors. Through our nearly 140k unique healthcare provider relationships, PatientPoint's solutions impact roughly 750 million patient visits each year, further advancing our mission of making every doctor-patient engagement better®. Learn more at patientpoint.com.
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Americus woman charged with producing, possessing, distributing child porn
WICHITA, Kan. (WIBW) - An Americus woman has been federally charged with producing, possessing and distributing child pornography.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas says on Wednesday, Aug. 31, a federal grand jury in Wichita indicted Brandi Snyder, 34, of Americus, on two counts of sexual exploitation of a child - production of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
Court records indicate that Snyder is accused of persuading and coercing a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce a photo and she is accused of allegedly possessing and distributing child porn.
The office noted that Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case as Assistant U.S. attorney Molly Gordon prosecutes.
Records also show that Snyder has been arrested in Lyon, Shawnee, Butler, Jackson and Chase counties for separate crimes.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation offender registry also lists Snyder as a drug offender.
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- Partnership to develop gas solutions with a low global warming potential (GWP) used in the production of semiconductors
- Alternative etchant gas from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in practical testing at Micron
DARMSTADT, Germany, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, and Micron Technology, Inc., an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, join forces to develop gas solutions with a low global warming potential (GWP). After a year of iterative collaboration, Micron is now testing an alternative low-GWP Etch gas from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's Research & Development unit to validate its process performance to replace a traditional, high-GWP material. The goal: new, more sustainable gas solutions are to be introduced permanently into production in the future.
"Sustainability needs collaboration. We must not think in silos or limit ourselves merely to our corporate boundaries. The entire value chain is called upon to explore new, joint paths in order to achieve even more together", said Kai Beckmann, Member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and CEO Electronics, adding that "Micron has set itself ambitious sustainability goals, as we have done. We are pleased to be able to contribute to their success."
"Our new target aims at 42% emissions reduction across Micron's global operations from 2020 levels by 2030. We take a multifaceted approach toward meeting our net-zero operational commitments. This includes investing in advanced abatement systems, prioritizing use of gases with lower global warming potential, sourcing energy-efficient equipment, and purchasing renewable instead of fossil fuel-generated energy", said Sanjay Mehrotra, President and Chief Executive Officer of Micron. "We are glad to have a reliable partner in Merck to help us achieve these goals", he added.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Micron look back on a long-standing, trusted business relationship. The test of a new gas with low global warming potential is to be just the beginning of the cooperation in the area of sustainability. Both companies are working to find new materials to replace various etching gases with high global warming potential that are used in dry etch and chamber cleaning applications. This can contribute to achieving the sustainability goals of both companies.
In May 2022, the independent Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has confirmed that Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's climate targets corresponded to the current status of climate science. Consequently, the company is helping to limit global warming to 1.5°C, thus meeting the requirements of the Paris Agreement. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has committed to lowering its absolute direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. The majority of these greenhouse gas emissions is stemming from process-related emissions during the production of specialty chemicals for the electronics industry. With improved processes, the company can significantly reduce those emissions in the future. At the same time Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany aims to reduce its indirect emissions along the entire value chain (Scope 3) by 52% per euro value added by 2030. The baseline year is 2020. The company's progress is documented in the sustainability report 2021.
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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, operates across healthcare, life science and electronics. Around 60,000 employees work to make a positive difference to millions of people's lives every day by creating more joyful and sustainable ways to live. From advancing gene editing technologies and discovering unique ways to treat the most challenging diseases to enabling the intelligence of devices – the company is everywhere. In 2021, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, generated sales of € 19.7 billion in 66 countries.
The company holds the global rights to the name and trademark "Merck" internationally. The only exceptions are the United States and Canada, where the business sectors of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operate as EMD Serono in healthcare, MilliporeSigma in life science, and EMD Electronics. Since its founding in 1668, scientific exploration and responsible entrepreneurship have been key to the company's technological and scientific advances. To this day, the founding family remains the majority owner of the publicly listed company.
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Pastor shoots, kills man he says his wife was having an affair with, police say
OZARK, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) – A Missouri husband has been charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting the man he says his wife was having an affair with, according to police.
Matthew Dedmon, 47, is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Joe Newburn, 57.
Dedmon told investigators he is a pastor at Heritage Baptist Church in Rogersville.
Investigators said Dedmon drove to a restaurant Saturday afternoon to contact his wife. When he arrived, he found his wife eating lunch with Newburn. Dedmon confronted Newburn, saying he and the woman were having an affair, authorities said. Police said Dedmon then shot Newburn three times.
Newburn was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Police said Dedmon was arrested shortly after the deadly shooting. Investigators seized the gun he used.
He is being held without bond.
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Biden calls Afghan war vets ahead of withdrawal anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called the leaders of two U.S. veterans groups assisting Afghans who have fled from the country on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden spoke to the leaders of the veterans-led #AfghanEvac and Honor the Promise groups to express his appreciation for their work resettling Afghan allies in the United States since the U.S. ended the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
“They discussed the substantial efforts that have been undertaken by the U.S. government, veterans, and by so many Americans of all stripes to welcome nearly 90,000 Afghans to our country over the past year and the U.S. government’s ongoing efforts to build a sustainable model to support relocation efforts and honor our commitments,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.
Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of Biden declaring an end to the war. The final weeks of America’s longest war were chaotic as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed, a grisly bombing killed 13 U.S. troops and 170 others, and thousands of desperate Afghans descended on Kabul’s airport in search of a way out before the final U.S. cargo planes departed.
Biden continues to face criticism from immigrant refugee advocates that the administration has fallen short in resettling Afghans who assisted the U.S. war effort.
As of last month, more than 74,000 Afghan applicants remained in the pipeline for special immigrant visas that help military interpreters and others who worked on government-funded contracts move to the United States and pave the way for them to receive a green card. That total counts only the principal applicant and does not include spouses and children. More than 17,000 of that pool of applicants had received a critical chief of mission approval, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Monday.
John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, said the administration is continuing efforts to approve the visa process.
“We understand the frustration by many,” Kirby said. “Quite frankly, we share that frustration and we try as hard as we can to to streamline the process.”
Shawn VanDiver, a Navy veteran and founder of #AfghanEvac,” said on Twitter after his call with Biden that he was “glad to hear him say that this issue matters to him and that he recognizes the impact this has had on #Afghans, our volunteers, and the world.”
Days after the unexpected fall of Kabul last year, national security adviser Jake Sullivan promised the White House would “conduct an extensive hot wash” and “look at every aspect” of the withdrawal from top to bottom.” The administration has not said when the review might be released to the public.
Biden last week issued a statement honoring 13 U.S. troops who were killed in the final days of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan at Kabul International Airport as they assisted with the evacuation of Afghans who assisted the American war effort.
Jean-Pierre said she did not have any details on how Biden would mark Tuesday’s anniversary. The president is scheduled to travel to Wilkes Barre, Pa., on Tuesday to deliver a speech on his efforts to reduce gun crime in the U.S.
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Associated Press White House correspondent Zeke Miller contributed reporting.
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5 unusual airlines that really existed
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN
In the late 1970s, the US government deregulated the airline industry, removing federal control over fares, routes and the entry of new airlines into the market.
As a result, a flurry of new airlines appeared from the 1980s onward, and some of them were particularly unusual. Let’s take a look.
Pet Airways
Founded in 2009 in Delray Beach, Florida, Pet Airways was an airline exclusively dedicated to pets such as cats and dogs — or pawsengers, as they called them.
They flew, without their owners, in the main cabin of specially adapted aircraft in which the seats had been replaced with carriers.
Each aircraft could carry about 50 pets, with “Pet Attendants” checking on them every 15 minutes. Before taking off, the animals were given a pre-flight walk and a bathroom break in specially designed airport lounges.
The idea was that concerned pet owners would rather go to the length of flying their pets through a dedicated airline rather than having them on board their own flight in the cargo hold, a practice the Pet Airways website described as “dangerous,” citing extreme temperature variations and lack of proper lighting.
The airline operated for about two years, serving a dozen US cities including New York, LA, Denver, Chicago and Atlanta. Fares started at $150 and could go as high as $1,200 depending on the size of the animal.
In 2012, the airline ran into financial trouble and started canceling flights, before ceasing operations completely the following year, after having ferried about 9,000 pets.
However, its website is still active, and a message states “Flights to Commence, Post Covid, Hopefully Mid-2022,” suggesting there might be a second life on the horizon for the pet airline.
Hooters Air
In 2002, Robert Brooks, chairman of the restaurant chain Hooters, acquired Pace Airlines, a charter carrier with a fleet of eight aircraft, mostly Boeing 737s. The next year he turned it into Hooters Air, an airline designed after the restaurant chain.
Its distinction was, other than the bright orange livery design featuring a googly-eyed owl, that two so-called “Hooters girls” were on board, mingling with passengers and hosting trivia games with gadget prizes — wearing the same tank-top-and-orange-shorts “uniform” popularized by the restaurants.
They did not serve food or handle on board duties, however, as these were carried out by three FAA certified flight attendants.
The airline was based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a vacation hotspot known for its golf courses and seaside resorts, which had lost direct airline traffic in the general restructuring of commercial aviation following 9/11.
Due to its budget pricing and direct connections to cities such as Atlanta, Newark and Baltimore, Hooters Air attracted passengers of all kinds — mostly golfers and tourists, but families as well.
However, it was never successful enough to make money, and ceased operations in early 2006, due to the rise in fuel prices following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The Lord’s Airline
Strictly no alcohol on board, Bibles and Torahs instead of in-flight magazines, only religious movies on show, and a quarter of the fares devoted to finance missionary work: these were the unique features of The Lord’s Airline, founded by New Jersey businessman Ari Marshall in 1985, when he purchased an old DC-8 that was meant to be the airline’s lone aircraft.
The plan was to have three weekly flights from Miami to Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, offering a direct route to Jerusalem, about 30 miles away.
At the time, religious pilgrims looking to reach the Holy Land had to catch a connecting flight to New York. “The Russians have their airline. The British have one. So does Playboy. So why shouldn’t the Lord have an airline all his own?” Marshall said in 1986, according to The Associated Press.
By 1987, however, the airline had failed to qualify for an FAA license because of unfinished modifications and maintenance works on the aircraft. Investors became nervous and removed Marshall, installing a new board of directors to move things along.
The new chairman, Theodore Lyszczasz, did not see eye to eye with Marshall and the two started bickering in the press.
Eventually, Lyszczasz and his brother showed up at Marshall’s house demanding corporate records, which resulted, according to newspaper reports, in a scuffle and Marshall suing them for trespassing. They were acquitted, but the Lord’s Airline eventually perished and the aircraft ended up being scrapped.
Smokers Express & SmintAir
The FAA banned smoking on all domestic flights in the US in 1990, but William Walts and George Richardson, two entrepreneurs from Florida’s Brevard County, weren’t happy about it. In early 1993 they decided to circumvent the rule by establishing an airline based on a private club. It required a $25 membership fee and was only open to people over 21.
The airline was meant to be based at the Space Coast Regional airport in Titusville, Florida, and the plan was to offer steaks and burgers on board with a side of free cigarettes.
Almost a year after it was announced, however, the airline still had no license nor a plane, and although the founders reportedly claimed to have raked in over 5,000 memberships, regulators denied Smokers Express a license to operate, making it disappear in a puff of smoke without ever taking off.
In 2006, the idea was revamped by German entrepreneur Alexander Schoppmann, who declared the intention to start Smoker’s International Airways, or SmintAir for short.
Schoppmann, who smoked 30 cigarettes a day, wanted to launch a daily service between Tokyo and Dusseldorf, his hometown, home to a large number of Japanese expats and the European offices of hundreds of Japanese companies.
Both countries still had significant numbers of smokers at the time. However, SmintAir suffered the same fate as Smokers Express: it failed to raise the capital required to start operations and never took to the air.
MGM Grand Air
Inaugurated in 1987, MGM Grand Air was a first-class only, superluxury airline that initially covered a single route — LAX to JFK — using Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-8 aircraft in lavish configurations: the rule was to no flight could have more than 33 passengers, although the planes could carry 100 or more in standard setups.
The airline promised no queues, no check-ins and no waiting for luggage — porters whisked bags onto the plane and returned them at the destination — and even offered an optional door-to-door limousine service. Special lounges at both airports offered luxury amenities and a concierge service.
On board, there were five flight attendants and a stand up bar, as well as private compartments for meetings. A full meal service with fine wine and champagne was always available and the restroom had golden faucets and monogrammed soap. All of this was offered at just more than the cost as a first class ticket on other airlines.
Initially popular with celebrities and the very wealthy, MGM Grand Air eventually opened more routes, but was struggling to fill up all of the 33 seats on its planes.
Operations slowed down in the 1990s, as private jets became more widespread, and in 1995 the airline was sold and changed its name to Champion Air, offering chartered flights to sports teams and government agencies. It eventually shut down completely in 2008.
Top image: A Hooters plane arrives ft Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, April 3, 2003. Credit: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images
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