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Pioneering satellite company lauded for achievements in space and on the ground; also receives Universal Connectivity Award from Euroconsult for effort to close the digital divide
GERMANTOWN, Md., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 14 at World Satellite Business Week, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks, was awarded the Quarter Century of Excellence Award by GVF, the global non-profit association that represents the satellite industry ecosystem. The first-of-its-kind accolade acknowledges Hughes as the company whose advances have had the greatest beneficial impact on society, the telecommunications industry and the company's own profitability. Also, during World Satellite Business Week, Euroconsult, which hosts the annual industry event, recognized Hughes and its partners with an Excellence in Universal Connectivity Award for helping to bridge the digital divide in Mexico.
"All of us at Hughes are honored by these recognitions that celebrate our long history of innovation, acknowledge our commitment to connecting the unconnected, and reflect the incredible talent and ingenuity of our employees," said Pradman Kaul, president and CEO, Hughes.
"Hughes has been a driving force in the evolution of satellite and telecommunications since before GVF's inception 25 years ago and continues to develop innovative technologies, services and partnerships that advance the industry," said David Meltzer, Secretary General, GVF. "On behalf of our membership, GVF is honored to present Hughes with the Quarter Century of Excellence Award."
The Excellence in Universal Connectivity Award was presented to Hughes, Stargroup, APCO Networks (Aitelecom), Eutelsat, Axess Networks and Globalsat for their combined effort to connect 7,200 Community Wi-Fi and internet access sites across Mexico as part of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos initiative. Each partner selected the Hughes JUPITER™ System platform to enable the satellite-powered internet services.
"The work of organizations like Hughes, APCO Networks, Stargroup, Eutelsat, Axess Networks, Globalsat and CFE to bring connectivity everywhere is essential to helping bridge the digital divide," said Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Euroconsult. "This project in Mexico exemplifies the multiplier effect of ecosystem collaboration in the spirit of global connectivity – a mission that inspires so many in our industry and beyond."
Hughes has been a pioneer in the satellite industry for more than 50 years. The company's seminal contributions include the commercialization of the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) that makes satellite broadband possible; the launch of HughesNet®, the leading satellite internet service; and the development of the JUPITER System ground platform, the de facto standard for satellite broadband implementations worldwide. Today, Hughes continues to pioneer satellite innovation with low Earth orbit (LEO) ground system engineering for OneWeb; 5G network backhaul and integration; and the upcoming JUPITER 3 ultra-high density satellite, slated to launch in 2023.
"We extend our thanks to GVF and Euroconsult and to all the nominees to our thriving industry – many of whom are also our customers and partners," added Mr. Kaul. "We are even more excited looking ahead to the next quarter of a century, as we continue to innovate vital technologies and services that will power the networks that connect people everywhere, well into the future."
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, provides broadband equipment and services; managed services featuring smart, software-defined networking; and end-to-end network operation for millions of consumers, businesses, governments and communities worldwide. The Hughes flagship internet service, HughesNet®, connects millions of people across the Americas, and the Hughes JUPITER™ System powers internet access for tens of millions more worldwide. Hughes supplies more than half the global satellite terminal market to leading satellite operators, in-flight service providers, mobile network operators and military customers. A managed network services provider, Hughes supports nearly 500,000 enterprise sites with its HughesON™ portfolio of wired and wireless solutions. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes is owned by EchoStar. To learn more, visit www.hughes.com or follow HughesConnects on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About EchoStar
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in secure communications technologies through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more information, visit echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
About Euroconsult Group
The Euroconsult Group is the leading global strategy consulting and market intelligence firm specialized in the space sector and satellite enabled verticals. Privately owned and fully independent, we have over thirty years of experience providing first-class strategic consulting, developing comprehensive market intelligence programs, organizing executive-level annual summits and training programs for the satellite industry. We accompany private companies and government entities in strategic decision making, providing end-to-end consulting services, from project strategy definition to implementation, bringing data-led perspectives on the most critical issues. We help our clients understand their business environment and provide them with the tools they need to make informed decisions and develop their business. The Euroconsult Group is trusted by 600 clients in over 50 countries and is headquartered in France, with offices in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. For more details, visit euroconsult-ec.com.
About GVF
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2022 as the sole global non-profit association of the satellite industry with members from the entire ecosystem, GVF has throughout its history brought together organizations from around the world representing operators, manufacturers, service providers, innovators and other parts of the satellite ecosystem that are engaged in the development and delivery of satellite technologies and services for consumers, commercial and government organizations worldwide. GVF facilitates expanded access to satellite-based connectivity solutions, through regulatory, policy and spectrum advocacy; training and certification; product quality assurance; and collaboration with user groups and other satellite stakeholders.
©2022 Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company. Hughes and HughesNet are registered trademarks and JUPITER is a trademark of Hughes Network Systems, LLC.
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SKF and Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR), the global leader in industrial process fluids, have entered into a new collaboration to offer industrial customers a fully circular use of industrial oil.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SKF has entered into a collaboration that will combine Quaker Houghton's industrial oils and application expertise with SKF RecondOil's Double Separation Technology (DST) to enable the industry to more efficiently utilize its resources by reducing the unsustainable linear of use of oil. The circular use of oil will also help reduce the industry's environmental footprint through a reduction in CO2 emissions, lessen the amount of neat cutting oil purchased, and reduce handling and disposal costs whilst providing significant performance improvements.
The tailored solutions will be offered under fee- or performance-based contracts, helping provide Quaker Houghton and SKF customers with future-oriented offers and facilitate their transition into a circular economy.
Thomas Fröst, President, Independent and Emerging Businesses, says: "Optimized service structures and new business models in factories - seen as eco-systems - will play a central role for all companies. Our collaboration will make reduction of CO2 a reality for the industry, with improved smart factory services, improved process stability, reduced throughput and cycle time resulting in a significant cost reduction."
Joe Berquist, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Director - Global Specialty Businesses for Quaker Houghton, says: "SKF is a valued partner for Quaker Houghton and shares a common motivation for providing differentiated solutions and services to enable our customers to improve their businesses. This collaboration builds on our combined global expertise, shared goal to improve the customer experience, and intent to bring data-based Industry 4.0 offerings and more sustainable solutions to market."
The offerings will be introduced gradually throughout Europe, with a long-term aim to offer circular use of oil worldwide.
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M: +44 (0) 7545903710 sian.how@skf.com
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COLCHESTER, Vt., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bia Diagnostics, an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory and global leader in food and nutraceutical analysis since 2007, has become the first analytical lab in the state of Vermont to be licensed for adult use cannabis, and is currently accepting samples at their 480 Hercules Drive, Colchester, Vermont location.
As the premier independent testing lab for the Vermont Agency of Agriculture's Hemp Program for the past three years, Bia Diagnostics was the first laboratory to be certified by the Vermont Hemp Program and Cannabis Quality Control Program to conduct compliance testing on hemp, hemp products and hemp infused products. They were also the first laboratory in the state of Vermont to be ISO/IEC 17025 accredited for cannabis testing. In addition, Bia Diagnostics is accredited to the Americans for Safe Access Cannabis standard, and participates in the AOAC Cannabis Analytical Sciences Program, ensuring the most up to date testing methodologies are used. Through these efforts, Bia Diagnostics has the scientific expertise and regulatory experience necessary to assist adult use cannabis industry stakeholders in providing safe, compliant products, with fast turnaround times and accurate results.
CEO and Co-Founder, Thomas Grace has been in the food and clinical diagnostics field for over 40 years and started Bia Diagnostics to meet the consumer safety needs of an ever-changing industry. Thomas Grace is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Vermont Medical School. Thomas stated, "We started Bia to provide fast and accurate third-party testing, which fulfilled compliance requirements for food manufacturers in an emerging food allergen landscape. Subsequently, we helped ensure consumer confidence with label claims people can trust. Bia has expanded over the years to fill additional rolls in the food and nutraceutical industry and that's precisely what we are doing with hemp and cannabis now as well. Our goal is to help make the VT brand the gold standard for quality and purity in this emerging market."
Laboratory Director, Luke Emerson-Mason received his MS in Food Science from the University of Vermont and has over twelve years of experience in analytical testing, specializing in matrix validations and method development as well as regulatory compliance. Luke added, "I've spent my career working with new and unique matrices, ensuring testing method compatibility and analyte specific recovery. It's been exciting to be at the forefront of the hemp and cannabis market here in Vermont and I look forward to our continued growth."
As Laboratory Manager, Dr. Carly Farmer directly oversees cannabis testing. She received her Ph.D. in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from the University of Rhode Island where her research was focused on the use of phytochemicals to combat parasitic diseases. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship with the United States Department of Agriculture, where she continued this research investigating terpenes. Dr. Farmer continued, "Having worked at the USDA studying terpenes, it felt like a natural transition to join Bia Diagnostics in their mission. We offer full panel testing including terpenes, cannabinoids, heavy metals, residual solvents, pesticides, mycotoxins and microbiological analysis."
Bia Diagnostics strives to be both employee-centered and a benefit to their local and global communities. You can find Bia Diagnostics participating in a variety of industry events and scientific conferences, including the upcoming Vermont Hemp and Cannabis Convention this month, where Dr. Farmer will be a featured speaker.
Bia Diagnostics
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Phone: (802) 540-148
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Retirees take note: Social security payments poised for a bump next year
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:58 PM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - We are starting to hear some amazing claims about the social security cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2023.
Financial expert Carl Carlson, Founder & CEO of Carlson Financial, visited Eye on Northeast Kansas to discuss the expectations.
He said early estimates are the COLA will be in the 8 to 10 percent range. A final determination is expected by mid-October. Carlson says, if the predictions hold up, people could see an average $300 a month more in their checks.
Watch the video to learn how the determination is made, and what it could mean for future retirees.
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OAKLAND, Calif. , July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- All 39 Kaiser Permanente hospitals are named among the nation's best in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Hospitals rankings.
The annual rankings analyze how well hospitals perform when it comes to 35 specialty care areas, common procedures and common patient conditions. U.S. News evaluates more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide.
According to this year's report:
- All 39 of our hospitals are "high performing" for one or more measures. High performers are among the top 10% to 20% of all hospitals rated. Here's how many of our hospitals were rated "high performing" in these categories:
- Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center is 20th in California for overall care (up from 30th in the 2021-22 rankings) and 34th nationwide for neurology and neurosurgery.
- Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center is ranked 25th nationwide for rehabilitation services and treatment (up from 29th in the 2021-22 rankings).
- At least one Kaiser Permanente hospital is nationally ranked or rated as "high performing" in these 6 specialty care areas: rehabilitation; neurology and neurosurgery; pulmonology and lung surgery; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; orthopedics; and geriatrics.
"These accolades underscore our world-class physicians and care teams who work with the support of our integrated care delivery system to address our patients' care needs — from the routine to the most specialized," said Andrew Bindman, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Kaiser Permanente. "As we emerge from one of the most challenging periods in our more than 75-year history, we're proud that U.S. News & World Report once again places us within the top tier of hospitals nationwide for quality of care and service."
Fifteen of our hospitals in California ranked among the best in the state for overall care out of hundreds reviewed: Anaheim, Downey, Fontana, Irvine, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario, Richmond, Roseville, San Diego, San Diego Zion, San Francisco, San Leandro, Santa Clara, and South Sacramento. Additionally, our Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu is ranked number 2 in Hawaii, and our Sunnyside Medical Center in Oregon is number 4 in the state.
"The ongoing quality care in our hospitals provided by our care teams, nurses, and physicians allow us to have this excellent performance year after year," said Nancy Gin, MD, executive vice president and chief quality officer for The Permanente Federation, the national umbrella organization for the Permanente Medical Groups. "The demonstrated improvement by several of our facilities showcases our commitment to innovate and advance care, and the recognition from peers of our medical expertise."
In its hospital analysis, U.S. News & World Report uses publicly available data, such as patient volume, mortality rates, infection rates, staffing levels, and patient satisfaction rates. For more information and complete rankings, visit U.S. News & World Report.
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America's leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has a mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve 12.6 million members in 8 states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal Permanente Medical Group physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education, and the support of community health. For more information, go to about.lp.org
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The trusted primer and paint brands partner with MotorTrend® Group to give away a combined value of $115,000 in professional materials to one lucky winner of the KILZ® Ultimate Pro Van Contest
SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KILZ® & BEHR PRO® are teaming up to bring back their KILZ® Ultimate Pro Van Contest in partnership with MotorTrend® Group. For the second year in a row, KILZ and BEHR PRO will be giving away a brand new, fully equipped van with a professional painters' package, including all of the tools a professional needs and more, valued at more than $115,000.
The KILZ Pro Van Contest was born from the brand's commitment to the professional painter community and continues to provide the industry with an opportunity to win a quality setup made for success. In addition to being outfitted with KILZ and BEHR PRO products, the van will feature items from 3M®, Werner® and Graco® Inc. to bring the prize to the next level.
"It's important to us to set up professionals for success, and we want to continue to provide access to dependable products they can rely on for their jobs," says Jodi Allen, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Behr Paint Company. "The KILZ Ultimate Pro Van Contest is a great way to celebrate and give this community a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to truly drive their business forward."
The prize, valued at $115,000, includes:
- A Customized 2021 Cargo Van featuring vinyl flooring, mechanical ladder system, custom galley and sink with water system, rack system, infotainment system (including speakers), cameras, exterior lighting, refrigerator, sound system
- KILZ Brand – Five Primer varieties (KILZ® Original, KILZ 2® All-Purpose, KILZ 3® Premium, KILZ® Restoration and KILZ® Mold + Mildew primers)
- BEHR PREMIUM PLUS® and BEHR PRO® Interior and Exterior Paints
- 3M – Painters' Tape and supplies
- Werner – Werner® Ladders, Weather Guard® bins, mats, and hook holders
- Graco – Airless sprayers and accessories
"We are so pumped to bring this contest back for pros on the road! We are bringing version 2.0 of the ultimate workspace for paint professionals, customized specifically for them. Full of thoughtful touches and functional features, this van will not only be chockful of supplies to get the job done, it will have all of the extras that will make the job enjoyable while bringing in a sense of pride," said Sean P. Holman, Content Director for MotorTrend Group.
To enter the contest, pros can share a video of their professional skills or a project photo showcasing the quality of their work. Visit http://www.kilz.com/provan to learn more. Entries will be accepted starting on September 12, 2022 at 9 a.m. PT, through November 12, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. ET, and the winner will be announced in the weeks following the end of the submission period. No purchase necessary.
About KILZ® Products
Since 1974, the KILZ® brand has served professional painters and do-it-yourselfers with a trusted line of professional grade, hardworking coatings products, including the #1 selling primer in the industry. With a durable, long-lasting finish, the quality of KILZ products has been trusted for generations, creating a legacy of quality and performance. Also included in this award-winning product lineup is the Magnolia Home by Joanna Gaines® Paint collection. For more information, and to find a nearby KILZ brand retailer in the United States or Canada, visit KILZ.com. The KILZ brand is owned by Santa Ana, Calif.-based Behr Paint Company, a subsidiary of Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS).
About Behr Paint Company
Founded in 1947, Behr Paint Company is one of the largest manufacturers of paints, primers, decorative finishes, stains, surface preparation and application products for do-it-yourselfers and professionals in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Santa Ana, Calif.-based company and maker of the BEHR®, KILZ®, WHIZZ® and E&J® brands is dedicated to meeting the project needs of DIYers, professionals, architects and designers with an unwavering commitment to quality, innovation and value. For more information, visit Behr.com. Professional contractors can visit BEHRPRO.com to learn about BEHR products and BEHR PRO® services. Behr Paint Company is a subsidiary of Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS).
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Lawyer who advised Trump says federal agents seized phone
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results said in a federal court filing Monday that federal agents seized his cell phone last week.
John Eastman said the agents took his phone as he left a restaurant last Wednesday evening, the same day federal law enforcement officials conducted similar activity around the country as part of broadening investigations into efforts by Trump allies to overturn the election results. Eastman said the agents who approached him appeared to be serving a warrant from the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General.
The action was disclosed in a filing in federal court in New Mexico in which Eastman challenges the legitimacy of the warrant, calling it overly broad, and asks that a court force the federal government to return his phone. The filing does not specify where exactly agents seized his phone, and a lawyer for Eastman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
Federal agents last week served a raft of subpoenas related to a scheme by Trump allies to put forward alternate, or fake, slates of electors in hopes of invalidating the election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
Also Wednesday, agents searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, a Trump Justice Department official who encouraged Trump’s challenges of the election results.
A spokeswoman for the inspector general declined to comment.
Eastman has been a central figure in the ongoing hearings by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, though he has not been among the witnesses to testify.
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Long-time SK executive J.J. Yu to take on new position as U.S. investments ramp up
Yu continues to lead SK E&S, which has made major investments in U.S. energy firms
NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SK Group, South Korea's second-largest conglomerate, has named J.J. (Jeong Joon) Yu its first Head of U.S. Corporate and Government Affairs as SK companies prepare for significant investments and expansions in their American businesses.
In his new role, Yu will serve as a liaison across SK companies with the U.S. business community and government officials. He will continue to serve as an SK Group Vice Chairman and CEO of SK E&S, a major SK energy company with significant investments in the U.S.
The appointment comes as SK companies increase their presence around the world and in the U.S., driven by a mission to build businesses that have a positive impact on the environment and society. SK companies have more than $13 billion in U.S. assets with plans to invest an additional $30 billion by the end of 2025. Over that same period, SK companies are expected to grow from a combined 4,000 U.S. employees today to 20,000 employees.
The U.S. expansion and investments will largely be focused on clean energy and technology, including batteries for electric vehicles, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, hydrogen energy and energy storage solutions. Semiconductors and life sciences also will be areas of emphasis.
"The challenges facing society today will require even stronger collaborations across businesses and governments around the world," Yu said. "SK's increased U.S. investments and partnerships are intended to create new jobs and economic opportunities in local communities as well as new solutions that help address global issues from climate change to health crises."
SK, which has operated in the U.S. for more than three decades, has a strong base in the U.S. with sites in more than a dozen states and the District of Columbia. SK On, one of the world's top five makers of batteries for electric vehicles, started production of EV batteries earlier this year at its Georgia site with plans for new manufacturing sites in Kentucky and Tennessee as part of a joint venture with Ford Motor Co.
SK hynix, the world's top-tier supplier of memory chips, has a U.S. headquarters in San Jose and created late last year a new stand-alone U.S. subsidiary, Solidigm, following the completion of the first stage of an acquisition of Intel's NAND and SSD business.
SK Pharmteco, a contract developer and manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients, has its global headquarters in the Sacramento, Calif., area and production facilities in California, Texas and Virginia through one of its companies, AMPAC Fine Chemicals.
For over 25 years, Yu has demonstrated global industry leadership and expertise in both traditional and new energy. His experience ranges from exploration and production of traditional energy sources, such as oil and gas, to development of new energy sources, including solar, wind, hydrogen and energy storage.
As the world transitions to a net-zero future, he also has focused on emerging technologies, such as applying artificial intelligence to help power grids better support the shift to electric vehicles and distributed energy resources that enable greater use of renewables.
In his role at SK E&S, Yu has led significant investments in U.S. energy companies, shifting its focus from fossil fuels to renewable energy as SK E&S seeks to transition its business to a new era of sustainable energy.
Among its U.S investments, SK E&S and SK Inc. participated last year in a $1.6 billion investment in Plug Power, a Latham, N.Y.-based leader in hydrogen energy. Last year, SK E&S took a majority stake in Key Capture Energy, an Albany, N.Y., energy storage solutions firm, and earlier this year, it acquired EverCharge, a California-based EV charging company. SK E&S also has investments and partnerships in gas exploration and production in Oklahoma and Texas.
Yu will be based in New York where several SK companies have U.S. business development and investments teams, including SK E&S through its PassKey subsidiary and SK Inc. through its SK USA and Plutus Capital subsidiaries.
The role as Head of U.S. Corporate and Government Affairs brings Yu full circle in his career. He began his career as a senior accountant at the New York office of Deloitte & Touche in 1987, and later joined McKinsey & Co. to establish its Seoul office in 1991. Yu joined SK in 1998 and has held several leadership positions at SK companies.
"I'm honored and excited to be taking on this new position as SK starts a new chapter in the U.S.," Yu said. "I look forward to supporting SK companies as they seek to expand their presence and strengthen partnerships that benefit both the U.S. and Korea markets."
SK Group is a collection of global industry-leading companies driving innovations in semiconductors, sustainable energy, telecommunications and life sciences. Based in Seoul, South Korea, SK invests in building sustainable businesses around the world with a shared commitment to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy.
SK companies combined have more than $106 billion in global annual revenue and employ more than 100,000 people worldwide. SK companies are investing billions of dollars in expanding their U.S. presence with business operations or partnerships in hydrogen energy and fuel cells, EV battery manufacturing and technology, energy storage solutions, pharmaceutical manufacturing and development, semiconductors, and advanced materials. For more information, visit sk.com.
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CHICAGO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW) announced today that its board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $1.72 per share payable on September 1, 2022, to shareholders of record on August 8, 2022.
W.W. Grainger, Inc., with 2021 sales of $13.0 billion, is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. Grainger achieves its purpose, We Keep the World Working®, by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with a wide range of product categories that keep customer operations running and their people safe. The Company also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to provide tangible value and save customers time and money. Grainger offers more than 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products in its High-Touch Solutions assortment and more than 30 million products through its expanding Endless Assortment offering. For more information, visit invest.grainger.com.
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Institutions and Academics Honored for Contributions to Online Education
BOSTON, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators, announces the 2022 OLC Innovate award recipients, honoring accomplished institutions and educators working in the field of online learning.
"We are pleased to honor these outstanding institutions and educators for their innovative efforts in the areas of online, blended, and digital learning," said Dr. Jennifer Mathes, Chief Executive Officer, Online Learning Consortium. "Their efforts with their colleagues and other institutions showcase leading programs in the education field."
OLC Innovate Award Recipients
NOVA Online, Northern Virginia Community College, "Jumpstarting Students' Online College Experience." Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) partnered with local public high schools to schedule cohorts of tuition-free online classes available to approximately 70,000 qualified Northern Virginia high school students. This opportunity (named Early Online College) targets high school juniors and seniors to jumpstart their higher education experience and earn college credit by attending up to two online courses per semester in addition to their high school courses.
Oregon State University Ecampus and Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University Ecampus, "OSU Virtual Chemistry Lab Platform." OSU Ecampus multimedia team and the Chemistry Department developed an in-house virtual chemistry interactive lab platform and 28 labs. In just the last year, 1,416 students (unduplicated headcount) have taken 10,481 credit hours in chemistry courses using this lab platform. These students are mostly degree-seeking undergraduates in fully online programs, but a significant number are non-degree-seeking students who transfer these credits to other institutions that do not offer chemistry online or are post-baccalaureate students.
Dr. Carolyn Stevenson and Dr. Michele Riley, Purdue University Global, "The Alternative Credit Center at Purdue Global: Open Degree Programs, Portfolios, and Assessment." The Purdue Global Alternative Credit Center provides opportunities for both degree-seeking and nondegree-seeking students. It accepts eligible credits through portfolio development, open learning courses, course assessments, and work/life experience. Purdue University Global offers free online services and personalized mentoring to help learners identify and organize prior work and life experience and skills that could count toward a degree or career growth.
E-Learning Deanship, King Khiled University, "Electronic Laboratory Platform E-Lab." The Deanship of E-Learning at KKU developed E-Lab, which is an open platform, with the primary goal of explaining scientific concepts in a simplified, enjoyable form. The platform provided students access to equal learning opportunities by delivering learning resources electronically to access at anytime from anywhere. The platform helped KKU deal with urgent circumstances potentially preventing students from reaching the physical laboratories (such as the COVID-19 crisis).
OLC Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Scholarship Recipient
Dr. Kim Grewe is an instructional designer, professor, and OER lead at Northern Virginia Community College's distance learning center, NOVA Online; a curriculum developer and online course facilitator for the Online Learning Consortium; a program developer for the Regional Leaders of Open Education (RLOE) network; and a curriculum developer and online course facilitator for Open for Antiracism [a project led by the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) and College of the Canyons]. Regarding her most recent work in authentic assessment, one nominator shares, ". . . [Dr. Grewe] has worked to expand access and equity across the Commonwealth by looking for opportunities to evaluate learning by challenging historically acceptable approaches to assessment. Dr. Grewe has collaborated to create a robust campaign to engage thought leaders across Virginia in designing bias-free, culturally responsive, authentic assessments."
About OLC Innovate 2022
OLC Innovate 2022, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, provides a path for innovators of all experience levels and backgrounds to share best practices, test new ideas, and collaborate on driving forward online, digital, and blended learning.
This year's conference will take place both virtually (March 28 – April 1, 2022) and onsite (April 11 – 14, 2022) at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas.
Join us as we challenge our teaching and learning paradigms, reimagine the learning experience, and ideate on how disruptions in education today will shape the innovative classroom of tomorrow.
About the Online Learning Consortium
The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is a collaborative community of education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner – anyone, anywhere, anytime. The growing OLC community includes faculty members, administrators, trainers, instructional designers, and other learning professionals, as well as educational institutions, professional societies and corporate enterprises. Visit onlinelearningconsortium.org for more information.
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Authorities solve 13-year-old cold case using new DNA technology, sparking privacy concerns
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - New technology has helped police in Wisconsin solve a 13-year-old mystery involving an infant that was found lifeless in a bag on farmland. However, these new methods of locating suspects via genetic testing are raising concerns over privacy.
Dale Schmidt has helped solve countless crimes during his 21 years in law enforcement, seven of them serving as the Dodge County sheriff. But earlier this year, he had a career first and a first for the department.
An infant, known only as Baby Theresa, after the village she was found in, was discovered and laid to rest 13 years ago. The lifeless body was found abandoned on farmland.
“For a long time, we didn’t have any real substantial leads,” Schmidt said.
The old case would need new crime-solving techniques to crack. The Dodge County Medical Examiner’s Office brought an idea to the sheriff’s desk 10 years after the baby was found.
“They said ‘Hey, we want to go into this DNA analysis and see what we can come up with.’ There have been significant advances to see if we can find some next of kin,” Schmidt said. “The medical examiner’s office had some funds to do that. And I said ‘Yes, whatever we need to do, let’s get that done.’ And they’ve been working hard ever since going through the genealogy of the DNA to find out who the family members were.”
Investigators used DNA collected at the crime scene and sent it to Family Tree DNA, a DNA testing site allowing people to learn more about their family history and heritage.
“It was an intense process working with the company that helped us out with this, working through the different DNA,” Schmidt said.
The website then matched Dodge County investigators with dozens of names of potential family members of Baby Theresa.
“We identified people across the country who were potential close matches,” Schmidt said. “And we were able to identify the mother being really next door in Milwaukee.”
The last name Luttinen appeared on the site, according to the criminal complaint, and police found a Karin Luttinen in Milwaukee, who willingly gave investigators a new DNA swab. It was a match.
After further interviews, Luttinen was named the sole suspect even though she never entered her DNA into the genealogy website.
A top researcher in the country on genealogy kits said she has concerns. Natalie Ram, a Maryland law professor and bioethics scholar, said finding suspects using this technology is common in criminal cases.
“Nearly all of the individuals who have been arrested in these criminal law enforcement cases are not individuals who have used one of these kits themselves. They were identified by their genetic relatives,” Ram said.
Ram is one of the leading researchers in the country in DNA use through genealogy companies like Family Tree DNA. Ram said it’s not always clear what some companies do with your information.
“That can include licensing deals for access by pharmaceutical companies to develop new therapeutics,” Ram said. “It can include law enforcement access to the data to use in trying to find criminal perpetrators.”
Ram said third-party use depends on where you buy your genealogy kit. She said Ancestry and 23 and Me do not share information with law enforcement. But with Family Tree DNA, Ram said they openly cooperate.
“There are ways in which their site can lead an unsuspecting or new user not to fully grasp how their data might be used,” Ram said.
If a user scrolls down on Family Tree DNA’s homepage, there is a disclaimer saying “We won’t share your DNA. We will never sell your DNA to third parties.”
“Their homepage does not say they do not cooperate with law enforcement. They do say they won’t sell your data or send it out of the company,” Ram said.
Ram said users need to read the fine print. In Family Tree DNA’s privacy policy, it says they can use your genetic information to help law enforcement “identify the remains of a deceased individual or to identify the perpetrator of a homicide or sexual assault.” There are ways to opt out of these third-party uses, but it takes a bit more searching.
“All United States-based users of that site are opted in by default to having their data available for law enforcement use. By default you’re a part of those searches,” Ram said.
Consumers should also know when submitting DNA online, Ram said your own information can identify up to 300 relatives who haven’t used the site, like in the Baby Theresa case.
“There’s a zone of privacy that people hope to keep vis-à-vis the government; that we want to have a private space that the government doesn’t peer into or intrude into,” Ram said. “And our highly sensitive genetic information is one of those zones of data that we tend to think of as private.
“And so I think the lack of transparency of the reach of the technique that it effectively scoops all of us in being findable, this you know, the ability to identify many, many people who haven’t used one of these services that that’s an intrusion on privacy for all of us whether or not we’ve made an affirmative decision to participate in one of these services.”
Sheriff Schmidt said he’s proud of how the Baby Theresa cold case was solved.
“There are a lot of different, various ways of obtaining information on individuals from technology,” Schmidt said. “I don’t want people to be afraid. I want criminals to be afraid.”
He said there is a balance between privacy and public safety.
“We don’t use these types of technology and tools to violate their constitutional rights, but they are available when we have probable cause that we believe someone has committed a crime, and we are going to use them to hold people accountable,” Schmidt said.
When it comes to nationwide regulations for genealogy websites, this year, Ram led a push to enact a state law in Maryland that regulates consumer genetic data by law enforcement. The new law permits this technique to be used in certain crimes like homicides and sexual assaults if users of these sites give their consent to have their information used.
In Montana, there’s a statute that requires a warrant for consumer genetic data to be used by law enforcement. And Utah is working to enact genetic disclosure laws so consumers know more about what’s being done with their DNA.
As for Karin Luttinen, Baby Theresa’s mother, she pleaded guilty to concealing the death of a child and she faces up to three years in prison. She is not charged with killing the child. The medical examiner’s office said it’s likely the baby was not born alive.
Luttinen’s lawyer said she does not wish to make a statement at this time. Her sentencing hearing is in Aug. 2022.
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Funding will be Used to Continue the Petfolk Team's Already Impressive Trajectory, with over 40,000 Pets Set to Receive Care in 2022, Representing 5,000% YoY Growth
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Petfolk, the new breed of veterinary care that offers a better connected community for today's vets, pets and the humans who love them, announced today the closing of a $40 million Series A fundraise. The round was led by White Star Capital and Michael Wystrach, founder of Freshly, with participation from Triple Point Capital, and celebrity animal lovers Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Midland's Mark Wystrach and Cameron Duddy, Jimmie Johnson, Erik Jones, and Danica Patrick.
Petfolk is a modern vet practice built by vets who love pets. Petfolk is at the forefront of transforming the fragmented, understaffed veterinary industry by providing modern, accessible, professional pet care facilities accompanied by a proprietary technology and data platform for consumers. Family-founded by Co-CEOs Dr. Audrey Wystrach and her brother, second-time founder Michael Wystrach, Petfolk was created by a group of proven leaders that have built and scaled billion dollar businesses. Petfolk launched in 2020 and is currently operating in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and will see over 40,000 pets this year representing a 5,000% year over year growth.
"I couldn't be more excited to have the support of this amazing group of investors and pet lovers as we set out to reshape the industry," said Dr. Audrey Wystrach, Petfolk Co-CEO and Founder who has been practicing veterinary medicine for 25+ years. "This capital will allow us to rapidly expand our #1 ranked veterinary practices to more communities, pets, and vets. Our aim is to make ownership and care significantly more enjoyable for pet parents and the amazing vets who provide their services."
Co-CEO and Founder Michael Wystrach continued, "Our aim is to be the most loved, fastest growing and eventually largest vet service provider in the country. We are very unique in the space because we are long-term builders who believe there is opportunity to drastically improve the veterinary service industry for both the vet staff and pet parents."
Dr. Wystrach has 25+ years of clinical, managerial, and ownership experience in the veterinary industry and is the Co-founder and former COO of Zippivet Pet Hospitals in Austin, Texas. She is also a founding board member of the Veterinary Virtual Care Association. Michael Wystrach was most recently the CEO and Founder of the leading prepared meal delivery subscription service, Freshly, which he sold for $1.5 Billion to Nestle in 2020. Joining forces with his sister, Mike brings a myriad of expertise to Petfolk including finance, real estate, entrepreneurship, and technology.
Petfolk's world-class service and tech-enabled industry advances, from scheduled on-site appointments in a serene, stress-free designed space, to telehealth and mobile pet care access make it easier for pet parents and veterinarians to be seen and heard. The company will also soon be launching its new 24/7 virtual care service, a revolutionary offering that will allow pet parents access to expert advice and veterinarians; anytime, from anywhere. Petfolk sees itself intrinsic to the greater community of people with pets, and recognizes its differentiators are as much for pet parents as they are for their animals. The brand champions that with the right technology, tools and knowledge, pet parents will be empowered to make the best decisions for their dogs and cats.
"At White Star Capital, we only invest in truly disruptive businesses that have the potential to change an industry for the better. Petfolk fits this description perfectly. Dr. Audrey Wystrach, Michael Wystrach and the team at Petfolk are combining decades of experience with veterinary medicine and innovative consumer technology to fundamentally transform the veterinary industry as we know it," comments Eric Martineau-Fortin, Founder & Managing Partner at White Star Capital. "Our team is very excited to be working with Michael again (having been early investors in Freshly), and Dr Wystrach, to ensure the 70% of Americans who currently own a pet have access to the best possible care and support for their animals."
Also joining their journey as investors are founders and industry leaders of other successful consumer brands including Ty Haney (Founder of Outdoor Voices and TYB.XYZ), Trina Spear and Heather Hassan (founders of FIGS Scrubs), Carter Comstock and Alberto Lopez Toledo (Founders of Freshly), Matt Lombardi and Kevin Moran (Founders of Beam), David Nolan and Kevin Glynn (Founders of Butternut Box), Mayur Gupta (CMO of Krayken), Bob Davis (Founder of Lycos), Jason Finger and Billy Libby (Founders of Upper90), Mark Cushing (Founder of Animal Policy Group), Chris Kelly (Founder of Antelligence), Arthur Rubinfeld (Founder of Airvision) and Seth Waugh (CEO of PGA of America).
To learn more about Petfolk and its upcoming announcements, please visit www.petfolk.com and follow along on Instagram @mypetfolk.
Founded by vets who love pets, Petfolk is a new breed in pet care that provides a community of knowledge and accessible solutions right at pet parents' fingertips. Petfolk is beyond what your typical veterinary office experience would entail, as the brand embodies a community of care that makes it easier for pet parents and veterinarians to be seen and heard with advances such as 24/7 virtual and instant care, mobile pet care centers, technology for personal and transparent care plans, a vet-minded employment model, and stress-free designed spaces.
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Celebrating CBD in a very big way, FAB CBD offers 35% off site wide, for two days only.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It is National CBD Day, and the folks at FAB CBD are ready for it. Included in the celebration is a deep discount of 35% on all products, including two new items on their top-quality roster. But first, a little bit about the day that's being observed.
The federal government defined hemp in 2018 as a legal plant that is distinct from marijuana, due to the incredibly low levels of THC in it (less than .03%). Therefore, hemp-based products like CBD oil no longer fell under national anti-drug laws. Since that time, CBD has developed into a highly popular and well-known ingredient in oils, creams, gummies, capsules, and more. FAB CBD is a major player in the industry and loves to have a big event in celebration of the hemp compound that they built their company around.
Shop the CBD Day Sale– 35% Off Storewide.
The new Complete Cannabinoid™ Softgel is a great reason to shop this sale. A few things set this full spectrum capsule apart from what other brands are doing. First, it contains equal parts CBD, CBG, CBN, and CBC, which is almost unheard of in the current CBD market. Second, it is made with cassava root rather than gelatin, making the softgel accessible to vegetarians and vegans in addition to the rest of the population. Customers are raving about how easy the softgels are to swallow or to carry with them on the go, and they love having a taste-free option in their CBD regimen.
Try New Complete Cannabinoid™ Softgels for 35% off
Another new product in the FAB CBD store is an unflavored CBD+CBG Oil. This popular and potent 2400mg oil was previously only available in mint and citrus but can now be experienced with the natural flavor of hemp. An expertly balanced 1:1 ratio of CBD and CBG shines in this robust full spectrum blend, establishing a gold standard for tinctures in the CBD industry.
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Effective today, customers can shop all products for up to 35% off storewide. The sale lasts until August 10th, using the code: CBDDAY.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DomainDAO, a new community-driven DAO that aims to bid on the .dao top-level domain, just closed its phase I crowdfunding on Juicebox Protocol with over 200 ETH contributions within one month in the roughest crypto winter yet. Key participants include individual DAO enthusiasts and renowned crypto venture capitals.
The monopoly DomainDAO aims to disrupt
The crypto space never ceases to innovate, with the latest spotlight on neither the NFT craze nor the GameFi Play-to-Earn fever, but on a new movement revolting against a traditionally monopolized yet overlooked sector: the domain space. Many modern-day prominent domains such as .io and .finance are dominated by private companies or government-backed agencies, and DomainDAO wants to disrupt that with decentralization.
Founded by web3 professionals and enthusiasts, DomainDAO wants to decentralize the governance of top-level domains (TLD), starting by proposing and bidding on a new top-level domain - .dao under ICANN's regulatory framework. More DAOs are being created than ever before and might soon become the mainstream structure for organization governance.
DomainDAO wants to think ahead on how DAOs will identify themselves in the digital space with the traditional TLD setup, hence its mission of owning .dao for DAOs, by a DAO. DAOs would be able to show off their DAO entities with their domains upon successful application. Makerdao.com would conveniently become maker.dao, and that applies to all other DAOs.
The roadmap ahead: DomainDAO's now and future
True to its DAO identity, DomainDAO referenced ConstitutionDAO and took its phase I funding to Juicebox to gather community support for decentralized domain ownership. Phase II funding had immediately kick-started afterward for early supporters of DomainDAO. With the angel round funding, the team focuses on preparing the ICANN application from all perspectives, including operation, legal, marketing, partnerships, etc.
DomainDAO has recruited more than twenty DAOs to form a tight-knit community, including popular ones like Cult DAO, City DAO, PleasrDAO, etc. All founding partners will receive exclusive DomainDAO NFTs as proof to reserve their preferred .dao secondary domains with $DOMAIN before DomainDAO successfully bid the TLD. The partnerships have proven a strong demand for the .dao TLD, and DomainDAO wants to ultimately build a DAO ecosystem that encourages, supports, and fosters the development of DAOs.
Ways to contribute to DomainDAO
There are multiple ways one can contribute and steer this revolution.
- Be an Angel investor: participate in DomainDAO's phase II funding on Juicebox and contribute $ETH for $DOMAIN.
- Be an active community member: Propose, connect, and share ideas on Discord and Twitter. DomainDAO is a DAO after all, and some of its key decisions will be voted on and decided by its community.
- DAOs should not hesitate to reach out for any collaboration and partnership. DomainDAO is always looking to expand its community, and anyone can reserve a .dao TLD for future usage.
About DomainDAO
Website: https://thedomaindao.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theDomainDao
Discord: discord.gg/DuAP2yKx66
Juicebox: juicebox.money/#/p/domaindao
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GPS Insight, a leading fleet and field service management software provider in the United States and Canada, today announced the release of Field Service Management For Dummies®, a free ebook written with Wiley publishing - the definitive source for the extensive For Dummies series - to help guide operations executives, business owners, and service managers to the right field service management solution for their business without an overload of technical jargon. The project represents the first of its kind across the field service management industry, aiming to simplify the shift towards digitization of field services and ensure every organization, regardless of size and digital dexterity, can understand how and why they should leverage field service management software.
GPS Insight holds long-standing expertise in developing field service management software, and its recent acquisition of FieldAware, the leader in made-for-mobile, cloud-based field service solutions, allows for better service to midmarket and enterprise field service organizations across every industry. Companies of all sizes with fleet and field operations struggle with high operating costs, safety risks, and antiquated strategies that waste valuable time and money. While digital transformation may seem like a daunting project to add to the docket, it is a sure-fire way to futureproof your operations to yield exceptional cost, productivity, and customer service benefits. Field Service Management For Dummies® combines subject matter expertise from GPS Insight with Wiley's editorial mission to make everything easier.
"The 'For Dummies' initiative gives us a great way to share field service management best practices simply and clearly, and I cannot wait to get this guide in front of field service leaders across the world," said Shawna Stephenson, CMO at GPS Insight. "Companies who specialize in field service are facing unprecedented times, as the rapid need to digitize is met with information overload and analysis paralysis. After reading Field Service Management For Dummies®, field service executives will understand how to choose the right tools to streamline the business, scale, and grow."
Since 1991, For Dummies, a Wiley brand, has provided people with actionable, approachable insight on a wide variety of topics. Through expert editorial presented in a digestible style, learners at every level can confidently use their knowledge to fuel their pursuit of professional advancement and personal betterment. With a commitment to maintaining the highest editorial standards and a promise to continue developing new, innovative digital experiences, Dummies makes learning anything even easier.
Field Service Management For Dummies® is now free for download at www.gpsinsight.com/field-service-management-for-dummies-ebook. To read more about our joint efforts in creating this guide, visit our blog at www.gpsinsight.com/blog.
Wiley is a global leader in research and education, unlocking human potential by enabling discovery, powering education, and shaping workforces. For over 200 years, Wiley has fueled the world's knowledge ecosystem. Today, our high-impact content, platforms, and services help researchers, learners, institutions, and corporations achieve their goals in an ever-changing world. Visit us at Wiley.com, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
GPS Insight helps fleet and field service businesses by delivering innovative solutions and actionable insights. Organizations across North America turn to GPS Insight when they have high fleet operating costs, are worried about safety on the roads, and struggle with inefficiencies that waste valuable time and money. GPS Insight offers best-of-breed technology for organizations with drivers and technicians in the field, fleets of vehicles, trailers, and other mobile assets. GPS Insight provides many fleet solutions that include vehicle and asset tracking, in-cab smart cameras, field service management, and compliance solutions.
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The Notes have an Effective All-In Rate of 3.76% Inclusive of Prior Hedging Activity
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) (the "Company") today announced that its operating partnership, Agree Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), priced a public offering of $300 million of 4.800% senior unsecured notes due 2032 (the "Notes"). The public offering price for the Notes was 99.171% of the principal amount for an effective yield to maturity of 4.904%. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Operating Partnership, guaranteed by the Company and certain of their subsidiaries. This offering is expected to close on August 22, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including to reduce amounts outstanding under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility and to fund property acquisitions and development activity.
"This offering further demonstrates our ability to efficiently access the public bond market while increasing our liquidity, fortifying our balance sheet and positioning the Company for continued growth," said Peter Coughenour, Chief Financial Officer. "Taking into account the termination of our forward starting swaps, the Notes have an effective all-in interest rate of approximately 3.76% and extend our weighted-average debt maturity to approximately 8 years, excluding the unsecured revolving credit facility."
Citigroup, Wells Fargo Securities and PNC Capital Markets LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, Stifel, Capital One Securities, Citizens Capital Markets, Mizuho Securities, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, Regions Securities LLC and US Bancorp served as co-managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to the securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and became automatically effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, upon filing with the SEC. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov, or by contacting: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, at 800-831-9146 or email: prospectus@citi.com; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: WFS Customer Service, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, at 800-645-3751 or email: wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com; or PNC Capital Markets LLC, Attention Debt Capital Markets, Fixed Income Transaction Execution, 300 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at 855-881-0697.
The offering of the securities was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, which are on file with the SEC. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities 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 jurisdiction.
Agree Realty Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that is RETHINKING RETAIL through the acquisition and development of properties net leased to industry-leading, omni-channel retail tenants. As of June 30, 2022, the Company owned and operated a portfolio of 1,607 properties, located in all 48 continental states and containing approximately 33.8 million square feet of gross leasable area. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ADC".
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements about the terms and size of the offering and the intended use of proceeds from the offering that represent the Company's expectations and projections for the future. No assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Although these forward-looking statements are based on good faith beliefs, reasonable assumptions and the Company's best judgment reflecting current information, you should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect the Company's results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance or future achievements or events. Currently, one of the most significant factors, however, is the potential adverse effect of the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, on the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance of the Company and its tenants, the real estate market and the global economy and financial markets. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company and its tenants will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified in the risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other SEC filings, as well as the risks set forth below, as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of COVID-19. Additional important factors, among others, that may cause the Company's actual results to vary include the general deterioration in national economic conditions, weakening of real estate markets, decreases in the availability of credit, increases in interest rates, adverse changes in the retail industry, the Company's continuing ability to qualify as a REIT and other factors discussed in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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State and local agencies will investigate the death of a man in Tempe, Arizona, last month who drowned after police officers responding to a disturbance call did not enter the water to reach the man, city and state officials announced Monday.
In the early morning hours of May 28, Tempe Police officers found Sean Bickings, 34, and a woman at a reservoir near the city's Elmore Pedestrian Bridge, according to a statement from the city of Tempe.
The officers were responding to a call about "an alleged fight" between Bickings, who the city described as "unsheltered," and his companion. The statement said both Bickings and his partner denied any physical violence had occurred, and neither of them were under arrest.
Officers were questioning Bickings and running his name through a database to determine if he had any outstanding warrants, the city said in a statement.
"That check had not yet been completed when Bickings decided to slowly climb over a 4-foot metal fence and enter the water," the statement said.
"He swam about 30-40 yards before repeatedly indicating he was in distress. He soon went under and did not resurface," the statement continued.
The Tempe Officers Association, the union that represents Tempe Police Department officers, said in a statement emailed to CNN that officers do not receive training in water rescues and do not have the equipment to help people at risk of drowning.
"Attempting such a high-risk rescue could easily result in the death of the person in the water and the officer, who could be pulled down by a struggling adult. Officers are trained to call the Fire Department and or get the Tempe Police boat. That is what officers did here," the statement said.
The Tempe Police Department is conducting an investigation into Bickings' death, the city said, adding that it may take several weeks, in part because investigators are waiting for results of a medical examiner's report. After that investigation is finished, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) will review the findings, the city said.
When asked for comment, DPS confirmed it agreed to review the investigation but declined to comment further because the investigation is open and ongoing.
The three officers who initially responded to the call have been placed on non-disciplinary paid administrative leave pending the investigation, according to the city.
Separately, the city said it has asked the nearby Scottsdale Police Department to conduct an administrative review of the "critical incident response" in an effort to maintain "public trust and transparency." That investigation is also expected to take several weeks. Scottsdale Police said its Internal Affairs investigators will review the responding officers' actions in relation to Tempe Police policies and training.
Tempe City Manager Andrew Ching and Police Chief Jeff Glover "believe Bickings' death is a tragedy," the city said, adding that Glover has met with Bickings' mother.
CNN has attempted to reach out to Bickings' family for comment.
What police body camera footage shows
The city released partial body camera footage of the incident from one officer, as well as what it says is a transcript of all conversations from the footage that was not released. The remaining footage from the body cameras of all three officers will be released later this week, the city said, adding it "will be edited due to its graphic, sensitive nature."
In the body camera footage, Bickings can be seen sitting on a bench and speaking to police as they stand behind him. Bickings later climbs over the metal fence and enters the reservoir.
At that point, police can be heard telling Bickings, "You're not allowed to swim in the lake," however Bickings continues to get into the water.
The nearly 12-minute video, which also shows what happened between the couple and Tempe police officers, ends before he starts calling for help.
In the city's transcript of the remaining video, Bickings says, "I'm going to drown. I'm going to drown."
Officers repeatedly tell Bickings to swim to the pylon and one says, "Okay, I'm not jumping in after you," according to the transcript. Officers asked a water rescue team to be dispatched and requested help from the fire department, according to the transcript.
In its statement, the police union said the exchange was "largely cordial prior to Mr. Bickings entering the lake."
"He was free to go at any time," the union statement said. "To watch the 11-minute video leading up to Mr. Bickings' entering Tempe Town Lake and to understand how this 911 call ended is to see an awful loss of life. Our grief mirrors our community's grief. No one wanted this incident to end as it did."
The city said it is reviewing water response protocols with Tempe Police and assessing equipment needs for officers and the need for placement of rescue equipment around bodies of water.
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Anonymous Twitter users are exposing the extreme nationalism and pro-Russian sentiment circulating online in China -- and Beijing is not happy about it.
Scores of screen-grabbed posts from China's most popular social media platforms have been translated and shared on Twitter in recent weeks, offering Western audiences a rare glimpse into the Chinese internet.
Among those posts: a prominent military blog falsely claiming a Russian attack on a train station in Kramatorsk was actually carried out by Ukraine, a well known media commentator dismissing the atrocities in Bucha, and a vlogger with hundreds of thousands of followers using a misogynistic term for Ukraine.
The posts appear courtesy of anonymous Twitter users who say their aim is to expose Western audiences to the true extent of pro-Russian or nationalistic content on China's heavily censored platforms.
They often come under the hashtag of "The Great Translation Movement," or shared by account with the same name run by a decentralized, anonymous team that crowdsources the collection and translation of popular posts on Ukraine and other hot topics, according to an administrator interviewed by CNN. Many, but not all, appear to have been widely liked or shared within China -- selection criteria cited by the administrator.
Since the account's launch in early March it has already made plenty of friends and enemies -- attracting both 116,000 followers (and counting) and a slew of criticism from China's state-run media.
The movement was formed in response to China's alleged hypocrisy in portraying itself as neutral on Ukraine, even while its state and social media circulated pro-Russian narratives, the administrator told CNN.
"We want the outside world to at least know what is going on inside, because we don't think there could be any change made from inside," said the administrator, who requested anonymity due to security concerns.
In bad faith?
China's state media has lashed out against what it decries as "cherry picked content." The overseas arm of the People's Daily -- the mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party -- has claimed the translators behind the movement are guilty of attributing the "extreme remarks" of some netizens to the "whole country."
The nationalistic Global Times newspaper has accused the group of being "Chinese-speaking bad faith actors" and one of its opinion writers claimed the group included "foreign hostile forces" perpetuating "psychological warfare against China."
Outside China, media experts caution the posts do not show a holistic view of public opinion in China and appear to at least partially be selected for shock value, but could still be useful in bringing these elements of China's media sphere to light. Critics also say the group's tweets show evidence of its own bias -- such as in posts that use a term comparing China to Nazi Germany.
Posts which gain traction on China's social media must be seen in light of its highly censored environment, where nationalistic voices thrive and liberal ones have largely retreated or been censored, experts say.
But the administrator who spoke to CNN said the point was to highlight the visibility of such posts -- some coming from popular influencers, comments receiving thousands of likes or from prominent commenstators, and even government-backed news outlets.
"Our goal is to raise awareness about the state of public opinion in China, whether it is purely the result of spontaneous interactions (or) the result of government censorship," the administrator said.
"We want to counter the effort of the Chinese state-affiliated media by showing the West some content they do not want to show."
Dual messaging
The resistance against the group from China's state media highlights the sensitivities around how China wants to present itself on the world stage, especially at a time when it has been attempting to walk a diplomatic tightrope between Russia and the West over Ukraine.
China has often sought to present two different narratives -- one for domestic audiences and another for those overseas. This is made possible through both a language barrier and an online ecosystem that bans apps like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The Great Translation Movement breaks down both of these barriers.
"Even before the social media era, the way China talks internally through its state media is something it doesn't appreciate being parsed and translated for the world," said David Bandurski, director of the China Media Project, a research program in partnership with the Journalism & Media Studies Center at the University of Hong Kong.
And when it comes to Ukraine, China has sought to portray itself -- at least to overseas audiences -- as unaligned and invested in calling for peace. But its media coverage back home tells a different story, Bandurski said.
"If you just look at (state) media coverage, it's really hard to talk about neutrality ... Everything they have said is amplifying disinformation and aligning with Russia in terms of narratives."
While the tone of state-backed media is clear, experts say it is difficult to gauge public opinion in China simply by looking at social media, even when it comes to popular influencers or viral posts.
Like anywhere in the world, views on social media can be extreme. In China, heavy manipulation and censorship often amplifies select voices.
"The authorities certainly have an interest in promoting their preferred narrative online, and they have the technical and political means to unapologetically 'guide public opinion,'" said Florian Schneider, director of the Leiden Asia Center in The Netherlands.
"We should also not underestimate the power of social media algorithms: as pro-Russia statements become mainstream, they receive ever more likes and shares, which makes them more visible," he said.
Suppressed voices, echo chambers
The situation is complicated: Beijing too has reason to be wary of ultra-nationalist voices, which platforms sometimes censor. And while nationalist rhetoric has become more dominant online in recent years, the loudest voices may not show a majority.
Bandurski said that an analogy would be looking at ultra-conservative voices in the US media environment, and assuming that was representative of the American perspective.
"So the danger is this kind of echo chamber of content, which we might assume is representative of China and its perspective, and it's really a lot more complicated than that," he said.
Maria Repnikova, director of the Center for Global Information Studies at Georgia State University, said when it comes to Ukraine there have been "alternative voices talking about the war...but they're not as dominant or as loud or as visible." Their posts may either be censored or hard to detect as social media users may express dissenting views through code and allusion.
She also asks if things would be different if images of bombarded cities of Ukraine or the atrocities in Bucha were not restricted in China.
"If people could see all of those images and scenes, would that be a different story? Would different voices pick up?"
The Great Translation Movement administrator said they hoped that the movement could help push Beijing to tone down the rhetoric on these platforms so that there would be room for more voices.
"In today's Chinese mainstream discourse there is a very limited space for people who have a rational mind to speak," the administrator said.
"Even if you speak out and if it doesn't get deleted, you are still going to be spammed...and people are going to say you are a spy... the dignity of people themselves is destroyed."
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Popular gospel singers Jeff and Sheri Easter will return to Central Texas for a concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 24, at Taylor’s Valley Baptist Church, 2497 FM 93 in Temple.
Crimson River Ministries Director Tony Watson stated that Jeff and Sheri are making their third appearance with Crimson River Ministries.
“We’ve been excited to bring Jeff and Sheri back to Temple,” said Tony Watson, director Crimson River Ministries, which sponsors the show.
“They are one of the few groups that feature several live instruments. Their unique style of combining testimony with Jeff’s humor, as well as their country-flavored gospel music, make them a favorite wherever they go,” Watson said.
For Jeff and Sheri, gospel music is genetically programmed into their DNA. As members of acclaimed musical families — Jeff’s father is one of the Easter Brothers and Sheri’s mother is a member of The Lewis Family — they grew up surrounded by the sound of people praising God through their musical gifts.
Jeff and Sheri Easter have been nominated for numerous Dove Awards and have won six. They’ve also received two career Grammy nominations.
“When we perform, we want people to leave a little different than when they came in,” Sheri Easter said. “We want them to have a great time smiling, laughing, crying and healing. We want them to know God loves them and that He is in control.”
Tickets are $25 for Artist Circle seating and $22 for General Admission seating and are available exclusively from Crimson River Ministries at their website – crimsonriverministries.com. For concert information, contact Tony Watson at tony@crimsonriverministries.com or 214-862-1069. | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/faith/article_878f146e-ddcc-11ec-8f3a-cbcdacdf131b.html | 2022-05-28T09:05:57Z |
K-State’s Phillips headed to “The Show”
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A dream is coming true for K-State’s Dylan Phillips.
The outfielder and southpaw was selected in the 8th round by the Angels. Phillips is a two time All-Big 12 second team selection and posted a .283 average, with 13 homeruns and 44 RBI.
He led the team in homeruns for four straight years and set the program record with 44 long balls. He started all 58 games for the Wildcats while making 16 appearances, including one start on the bump.
Phillip’s had a 0-1 record with a solid 2.66 ERA with 26 strikeouts in 20 and one third innings of work.
This is the second straight draft the Angles have taken a Wildcat, as LHP Eric Torres was a 14th round pick last season. Phillips is now the third player in program history selected by the Angels.
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ISELIN, N.J., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Information Services Group (ISG), a reputed technology research and advisory firm, has recognized Hexaware, a next-generation IT services and consulting company, as a Leader in ServiceNow Implementation and Integration Services in their ISG Provider Lens™ ServiceNow Ecosystem Partners US 2022 Quadrant Report. The same report also named Hexaware a Rising Star in the categories of ServiceNow Consulting Services and ServiceNow Managed Service Providers.
Rapid migration to digital and cloud technologies at organization and industry levels has increased the adoption of service management systems. Leading service management vendors like ServiceNow are developing additional functionalities to support customers' need for integrated platforms to streamline critical workflows. With a robust suite of solutions, ServiceNow has emerged as the most preferred workflow management platform. To cater to diverse industry, persona and portfolio requirements, it is focusing on strengthening its partner network.
The ISG Provider Lens™ ServiceNow Ecosystem Partners US 2022 Quadrant Report evaluates the strengths, challenges and competitive differentiators of ServiceNow's partner providers and assesses their capabilities in consulting, implementation and integration and managed services. With its established reputation and dependable expertise, Hexaware emerges as a capable partner provider for ServiceNow solutions.
Analyzing Hexaware's ServiceNow Implementation and integration Services, the report applauds the potential of Hexaware's proprietary framework and states, "Hexaware's best practice framework, H2O, offers industry-leading ServiceNow implementations for clients."
About Hexaware's ServiceNow Consulting Services, the report mentions, "Hexaware is an award-winning strategic ServiceNow consulting partner ensuring high customer satisfaction."
For Hexaware's ServiceNow Managed Services, the report states, "Hexaware offers knowledge-driven ServiceNow managed services by leveraging long-term partnerships."
Expressing delight on this recognition, Hemant Vijh, Executive Vice President – Digital IT Ops, said, "This recognition is a testament to the passion that we exhibit in delivering ServiceNow solutions. We are glad to leverage our expertise and domain knowledge to create smiles and we will continue to invest in strengthening our ServiceNow capabilities while delivering value for our customers."
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Hexaware is a global IT, BPS and consulting services company empowering businesses worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed.
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SCHAUMBURG, Ill., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Leasing, Inc., the premier mid-market fleet management company and a subsidiary of Sasser Family Companies, announced that Tim Cengel has been named Senior Manager Purchasing & Electrification.
Tim brings with him over 19 years of fleet experience in a variety of leadership positions across vehicle procurement, OEM relationships, and electrification. Most recently he served as Sr. Procurement Manager at Wheels, Inc., where he was responsible for managing strategic relationships with manufacturers and dealers. He previously held a number of positions in the fleet management industry which included oversight of Dealer Relations, vehicle status and manufacturer incentive controls.
"Union Leasing has a proven reputation for understanding our customer's needs by fostering a culture where team members can contribute their best. Our purchasing team brings a breadth of experience from across the industry and leverage their expertise to deliver for our customers. I am fortunate and excited to join this team and for the opportunity to help Union continue to build on their electrification strategy. As we plan for the road ahead, Union Leasing is well positioned to continue enhancing our products with the latest technology that add value for our customers and drive efficiency in our processes," said Cengel.
Tim will be responsible for Electrification and Purchasing strategies, products, and processes across Union Leasing including vendor relationships, product management, and processes with a focus on customer service. He will also be responsible for continued evolution of Union's electrification products and network.
"Tim's experience in the industry will help us take our processes, offerings, and relationships to the next level. In addition to his experience, Tim's approach to critical thinking simplifies solutions. This combination of skills exemplifies one of our core values, relentless improvement. We are excited to have Tim on our team and look forward to where he is going to take our Purchasing and Electrification functions," said David Huizinga, VP Operations & Business Transformation.
Union Leasing Inc. provides flexible, vehicle lease financing and highly customized fleet management services to corporate and rental customers nationwide. Union Leasing was established in 1955 and is a subsidiary of Sasser Family Companies, Inc. Sasser Family Companies is a fourth generation, family-held transportation asset services and management company with roots dating to 1928. For more information, visit Union Leasing, Inc. at www.unionleasing.com or Sasser Family Holdings, Inc. at www.sfhsinc.com.
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PASADENA, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT and the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, today announced that it has received the 2022 Nareit Investor CARE Silver Award in the Large Cap Equity REIT category for superior shareholder communications and reporting. This prestigious honor — Alexandria's fifth consecutive Investor CARE Award and seventh total since 2015 — demonstrates the company's best-in-class transparency, quality and efficiency in its communications and reporting to the investment community. In addition to this latest recognition from Nareit, Alexandria has earned the most Investor CARE Gold Awards of any equity REIT.
Through its annual awards program, Nareit, the worldwide representative voice for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies, recognizes exceptional companies that interact most effectively with their investors online, in writing and through verbal communications, and that provide those investors with the most comprehensive, clearly articulated and useful information in the most efficient manner. Alexandria was chosen by an independent panel of judges including REIT analysts, portfolio managers and academics.
"We aim to uphold the highest levels of transparency, integrity and accountability to the investment community, and we take great pride in being recognized by Nareit again this year," said Dean A. Shigenaga, president and chief financial officer of Alexandria. "This year's seventh award reflects our team's continued excellence in operational transparency, reporting and disclosure practices."
Companies were evaluated on the strength of their online presence, including ease of website navigability and availability of information; disclosures and transparency with regard to SEC filings, as focused primarily on supplemental filings; and investor relations practices, including the quality of earnings calls and accessibility of management.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500® urban office REIT, is the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, with a total market capitalization of $42.8 billion and an asset base in North America of 74.2 million SF as of March 31, 2022. The asset base in North America includes 41.9 million RSF of operating properties and 5.4 million RSF of Class A properties undergoing construction, 10.4 million RSF of near-term and intermediate-term development and redevelopment projects and 16.5 million SF of future development projects. Founded in 1994, Alexandria pioneered this niche and has since established a significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland and Research Triangle. Alexandria has a longstanding and proven track record of developing Class A properties clustered in urban life science, agtech and technology campuses that provide our innovative tenants with highly dynamic and collaborative environments that enhance their ability to successfully recruit and retain world-class talent and inspire productivity, efficiency, creativity and success. Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative life science, agtech and technology companies through our venture capital platform. We believe our unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the impact of the company's communications and reporting practices on its performance. These forward-looking statements are based on the company's present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by the company's forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties detailed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the company assumes no obligation to update this information. For more discussion relating to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the company's forward-looking statements, and risks and uncertainties to the company's business in general, please refer to the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
CONTACT: Sara Kabakoff, Vice President – Communications, (626) 788‑5578, skabakoff@are.com
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OM). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Outset and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On June 13, 2022, Outset issued a press release announcing, among other things, guidance for the second quarter of 2022. In the press release, Outset also announced that it "implemented a shipment hold on the distribution of its Tablo Hemodialysis System for home use pending the Food and Drug Administration's ('FDA') review and clearance of a 510(k) the Company submitted for changes made since the device's original March 2020 clearance."
On this news, Outset's stock price fell $6.95 per share, or 34.05%, to close at $13.46 per share on June 14, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Police: 1 killed, 2 wounded in Illinois warehouse shooting
Published: Jun. 25, 2022 at 11:55 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — One person has been killed and two others wounded in a shooting Saturday at an automotive interior products warehouse in suburban Chicago.
Bolingbrook police responded about 6:25 a.m. to reports of the shooting at the WeatherTech facility, Capt. Anthony Columbus told WLS-TV.
The suspected shooter fled the building, but was found about 9:25 a.m. and taken into custody, police said.
The victims were taken to hospitals where one later died, police said. Another was in critical condition and the third was treated and released.
Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.
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Chief Streicher led one of America's leading police department transformations to address community concerns
BELLEVUE, Wash., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lassen Peak announces the appointment of Thomas Streicher to its advisory committee. Mr. Streicher serves as the President of Greenwood-Streicher, a leading law enforcement consulting firm in Tempe, and formerly served as the Chief of Police with the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD), a position that capped a law enforcement career spanning over 40 years.
Greenwood & Streicher, LLC was founded by Chief Streicher and constitutional rights attorney, Scott Greenwood, in 2012 in the spirit of the collaboration they showed while working together to transform policing and police/community relations in Cincinnati. As Police Chief of Cincinnati, Chief Streicher worked with Greenwood in his capacity as General Counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and brought together the African-American community, the ACLU, the Black United Front, the City of Cincinnati Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to forge what has been widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive and successful police reform process in America.
With Streicher at the helm, the Cincinnati Police Department was awarded a number of distinctions, such as the ACLU Leadership Award (2000), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Weber Seavey Award (2008) and the IACP West Award for Investigative Excellence (2009). Chief Streicher is a 25-year member of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) and a 24-year member of the Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA).
Lassen Peak's advisory committee consists of nationally-recognized experts to address critically important issues such as civil rights, law enforcement policy and procedure, and key community perspectives as it relates to the introduction of Lassen Peak's upcoming products. The committee will provide insight and guidance into the methods and application of Lassen Peak's ground-breaking concealed weapon detection technology throughout its development, currently targeted for introduction to law enforcement departments and agencies in 2023.
Chief Streicher states, "Lassen Peak technology will replace the negative connotation of 'reform' in law enforcement with a more positive action of procedural 'advancement' through technology. By providing a hands-off alternative to the manual pat-down that officers use to detect concealed weapons, their products will help remove procedures that both society and police find contentious, all while safe-guarding civil rights through procedural accountability."
Lassen Peak Chairman of the Board and CEO, Hatch Graham, states "Tom is recognized as one of the top public safety change-agents in America. His expertise in delivering solutions that are embraced by stakeholders of different perspectives is precisely aligned with Lassen Peak's objectives."
About Lassen Peak
Lassen Peak is a Seattle-area startup founded in 2019, which comprises a unique blend of industry technology leaders in ultra-highspeed wireless, imaging radar, geo-positioning and other technologies, public safety veterans in law enforcement, military, and high fan-volume entertainment industries, and civil rights and social justice leaders. The company is developing handheld technology that will allow highly accurate weapon detection to be conducted anywhere in the field, at a reasonably safe distance, and without physical contact – all while providing safeguards that protect civil rights and privacy, and while offering a path to a greater level of accountability than today's manual concealed weapons searches.
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WATCH: Home swept away amid Alaska river flooding
GLENNALLEN, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A video captured the moment an entire home in Alaska was swept away as a result of river flooding on Monday.
The video obtained by Alaska’s News Source showed the house being taken downstream on the Copper River in Glennallen, which is about 180 miles northeast of Anchorage.
People who live along the river like Daniel Chappell, have been dealing with erosion for more than a week. Chappell believes six other homes are in jeopardy of being taken by the river.
He was able to move his own home back a few feet, but the banks are eroding by several feet per day, which means he is still at risk.
“It doesn’t look like the river is going to make any changes to our advantage, so we don’t know exactly what to do at this point,” Chappell said.
Ron Nordquist, who has owned a cabin since 1992, had to move everything out over the weekend as he prepares for the worst.
“It’s very sentimental,” Nordquist said. “We’ve been going up there. We’ve got a fish wheel and fishing on the river. We spend a great deal of our time up there in the summertime.”
Other parts of the Copper River Basin region are under a flood advisory, mainly from high-volume snowmelt.
“Thirty-some years I’ve been living here, and nothing like this has ever occurred, so it’s just taking a little to get my mind wrapped around,” Chappell said.
Chappell says the community is running without electricity, sewage services, water or sleep, as over the last week, many have been working around the clock to try and keep people safe and at the same time save their homes.
“I need a little mental health at this point just to see if I’m thinking clearly or not, but I am having trouble helping everybody else and helping myself,” Chappell said. “I mean, we don’t have time to sit around, think about things and make a lot of decisions.”
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PITTSBURGH, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP), an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds, today announced that it plans to release its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 before the market opens on Friday, May 6, 2022, and discuss its outlook on a conference call later that day at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Presentation materials will be available at least 15 minutes before the call on www.koppers.com in the Investor Relations section of the company's website.
Interested parties may access the live audio broadcast toll free by dialing 1-833-366-1128 in the United States and Canada, or 1-412-902-6774 for international, Conference ID number 10166495. Participants are requested to access the call at least five minutes before the scheduled start time to complete a brief registration. The conference call will be broadcast live on www.koppers.com and can also be accessed here.
An audio replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call at 1-877-344-7529 for U.S. toll free, 855-669-9658 for Canada toll free, or 1-412-317-0088 for international, using replay access code 2412339. The recording will be available for replay through August 6, 2022.
About Koppers
Koppers, with corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end markets, including the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries. We serve our customers through a comprehensive global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities located in North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe. The stock of Koppers Holdings Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KOP."
For more information, visit: www.koppers.com. Inquiries from the media should be directed to Ms. Jessica Franklin at FranklinJM@koppers.com or 412-227-2025. Inquiries from the investment community should be directed to Ms. Quynh McGuire at McGuireQT@koppers.com or 412-227-2049.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) announced today that the company's second quarter 2022 financial results will be released after market close on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
Meta will host a conference call to discuss its results at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET the same day. The live webcast of the call can be accessed at the Meta Investor Relations website at investor.fb.com, along with the company's earnings press release, financial tables, and slide presentation.
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NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) recently celebrated its first Law Day in two years. Mike Rose, a founding partner at Hach & Rose, LLP, gave a speech entitled "The Partners in Justice" and presented an award to New York Governor Kathy Hochul at the celebration.
The in-person event had been postponed due to COVID-19, and while members were unable to convene in person during the pandemic, they continued working virtually to promote legislation for the benefit of their clients. As Mike Rose noted in his speech, one of the biggest victories the NYSTLA achieved during the pandemic was the repeal of the COVID immunity executive order, which was issued by then Governor Andrew Cuomo. By successfully blocking the legislation, the NYSTLA helped to protect New Yorkers from hazardous conditions in healthcare facilities.
Mike Rose also praised the integral role the NYSTLA played in the codification of two new laws: the "Speaking Agents" law, which overrules the former limitations on employees' out-of-court statements, and the Insurance Disclosure Act, which requires defendants in civil cases to divulge information about insurance coverage that could be used to settle a judgment. Defendants have 90 days from the date they answer a complaint to disclose this information.
"Without NYSTLA's vigilance and hard work, our clients' voices would never be heard in Albany," Mike Rose said of the organization.
The NYSTLA's roots can be traced back to more than 60 years ago. Initially founded by a group of 20 trial lawyers who desired a forum for plaintiff's attorneys, the association grew over the decades to approximately 3,500 members.
The association's mission is "to promote a safer and healthier society, to assure access to the civil justice system by those who are wrongfully injured and to advance representation of the public by ethical, well-trained lawyers." The NYSTLA is dedicated to ensuring that victims of personal injury are able to freely exercise their constitutional rights in the civil justice system.
Today, Hach & Rose attorney Halina Radchenko is the president of the NYSTLA. During Halina's tenure as president, three new laws have been passed, including the Insurance Disclosure Act and the Adult Survivors Act (ASA). The NYSTLA is currently advocating for the passage of two other laws that would benefit plaintiffs, the Grieving Families Act, which would allow families to recover emotional, non-financial damages if their loved one was killed due to wrongful death, and the Consumer Good Faith Act. The Grieving Families Act was recently passed by both the New York Senate and State Assembly, and is expected to be signed into law by Governor Hochul.
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At Hach & Rose, LLP, our New York sexual abuse lawyers are committed to protecting victims of sexual abuse. We will be ready to investigate your case and work to uncover whether the perpetrator or negligent third-party could be held accountable through criminal charges, a civil lawsuit, or both. If you or a loved one suffered any form of sexual abuse, don't wait until it is too late to get justice. Call us at (646) 969-3383 or reach out to us online for a 100% free and confidential consultation.
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Older adults are disproportionally impacted by oppressive heat
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As temperatures rise across the country, Cigna will provide its Medicare Advantage customers rides to community cooling centers to safely find relief from the heat. Any Medicare Advantage customer with a transportation benefit can now use this service throughout the summer at no extra cost.
"Older adults tend to be more susceptible to heat-related conditions, often because they have pre-existing medical conditions or take prescription or over-the-counter drugs that limit the body's ability to control its temperature," said Joseph B. "J.B." Sobel, M.D., chief medical officer, Cigna Medicare. "Cigna is committed to helping older adults stay safe and healthy, and free rides to cooling centers is one important way to avoid preventable heat-related illnesses this summer."
More than 650 people in the United States die each year from heat-related illnesses, with the majority being people who are aged 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some additional risk factors include living alone and being without access to air conditioning.
Cigna Medicare Advantage customers can now use their same-day transportation benefits for rides to a community cooling center or other public locations with air conditioning, such as a library or senior center, in addition to doctor's appointments, the pharmacy, or to receive COVID-19 vaccines or boosters. To schedule a ride, customers or caregivers should call the number on the back of their customer ID card.
During heat emergencies and summer power outages, Cigna advises family members to check on their older loved ones, neighbors, and seniors in their community. To learn more about weather-related resources available in your area, such as utility assistance, visit https://cignacommunity.findhelp.com/ and enter your ZIP code. For tips on how older adults can cope with summer's heat, go to https://newsroom.cigna.com/tips-for-protecting-older-adults-during-summer-heat.
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Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health services company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. Cigna delivers choice, predictability, affordability and access to quality care through integrated capabilities and connected, personalized solutions that advance whole person health. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Evernorth companies or their affiliates, and Express Scripts companies or their affiliates. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XLCS Partners, Inc., a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce it served as exclusive advisor to Tower Fasteners (Tower) in its sale to All Integrated Solutions (AIS), a subsidiary of MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE:MSM).
Tower is a second-generation value-added distributor of OEM fasteners and other components to a diverse set of industrial, medical equipment, aerospace, military, electronics, and security/fire & safety sectors. Founded in 1967, the company operates eight distribution centers along the East Coast and in the Southwestern regions of the United States, Mexico, and Europe. In 2018, Tower opened its first European distribution center in Dublin, Ireland. Tower will continue to operate under its current name after becoming an MSC company. Mark Shannon, President of Tower, will continue to lead the business, which has approximately 100 associates.
MSC's acquisition of Tower, made through its AIS subsidiary, expands the company's presence in the OEM fastener market, which it entered in 2018 with the acquisition of AIS, a leading value-added distributor of industrial fasteners and components, MRO supplies and assembly tools based in Wisconsin. Similarly, MSC will extend Tower's production fastener solutions to its manufacturing customers. Founded in 1941, MSC is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. As a $3.2 billion company with more than 6,500 associates and 3,000-plus suppliers, MSC helps its customers drive greater productivity, profitability and growth with approximately 2 million products, inventory management and other supply chain solutions.
"We could not have been more pleased with the job XLCS Partners did advising us during the sale of our business," said Bryan Shannon, Tower CEO. "From the introductory call with Anthony Contaldo to the final closing call, every person who worked with us was professional, thorough, and pleasant. This was our first experience in the M&A world and Anthony and his team guided us every step of the way. XLCS was the perfect advisory firm for the Shannon family."
XLCS acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Tower and the transaction was led by Anthony Contaldo, Managing Partner and Jay Cremer, Vice President. The transaction was completed August 1, 2022.
XLCS Partners is an investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services to select clients globally. More information is available at www.xlcspartners.com.
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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – A massive fight broke out at the end of the West Texas Warbirds’ season finale against the Dallas Prime prompting an investigation from law enforcement.
With about nine minutes left on the game clock, Dallas and West Texas players spilled into a fight off the field that included coaches and fans.
Players swung helmets and threw punches as fans in attendance were asked by the public address announcer to stay back from the fight.
While it isn’t clear on what specifically started the fight, players from both teams had been arguing with each other, the referees, and coaches for much of the game.
“What happened at the conclusion of last night’s game was embarrassing, regrettable, and inexcusable,” said Warbirds President Leif Kertis.
One fan in attendance appeared to hit a Dallas player on the head with a chair prompting players to go into the stands.
“In no way shape or form is that person associated with the Warbirds. They are not staff, they are not a coach, they are not a player,” said Kertis.
Coaches from both teams tried to steer their players to their locker rooms to break up the fight which attendees say lasted about ten minutes.
In a statement, the Ector County Coliseum said they will be meeting with Warbirds staff and the Ector County Sheriff’s Office to discuss football operations and security procedures.
At this point, no charges have been filed and no arrests have been made.
Warbirds management held a press conference on Sunday with the team to address the situation.
“We’ve been out in the community, we’ve been here to help. These guys have great character. This is not indicative of this organization whatsoever,” said Kertis.
The Warbirds won their second straight championship in their second season with a 50-6 win over Dallas maintaining their all-time undefeated record.
Although the game was decided early, the first half included abundant trash talking between both teams during and after plays.
Those in attendance described the atmosphere as tense and scary.
This article will continue to be updated as new information becomes available. | https://cw33.com/sports/watch-brawl-after-warbirds-game-involved-players-and-fans/ | 2022-07-20T00:07:14Z |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Mike Gibbons, an Ohio investment banker, leads the pack of self-funders in both states after lending his campaign almost $17 million. Three other wealthy candidates in the Ohio race — state Sen. Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team; former Ohio Republican chair Jane Timken, whose husband’s family founded the steel giant Timken Co.; and “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance — have lent or contributed a combined $14 million to their campaigns.
In Pennsylvania, heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Mehmet Oz, former hedge fund CEO David McCormick and former real estate investment firm CEO Carla Sands report that they have lent their campaigns more than $20 million combined.
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, has poured money into a super PAC backing Vance, while hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin has contributed millions to a super PAC supporting McCormick.
The influx of money into the Ohio and Pennsylvania primaries illustrates the importance of the two Senate seats, which could help determine party control of the chamber in November. The highly competitive races for the seats being vacated by Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey are expected to be among the most expensive contests in this year’s midterm elections.
While the money alone may not determine who wins, it can definitely help.
Sheila Krumholz, executive director of OpenSecrets, a research group that tracks campaign spending, said self-funding has become an increasingly appealing option for wealthy candidates because the lack of limits on personal giving allows them to “fight fire with fire” against deep-pocketed super PACs and dark money groups.
“The massive spending by super PACs and outside groups with anonymous sources means that candidates really can never stop fundraising,” Krumholz said. “They can never have enough money, so self-funded candidates have that built-in advantage. You’re not only raising money to fight an opponent or opponents, you need money to fend off attacks that could come from anywhere, at any moment, in any amount of money.”
Some of the less well-known candidates, such as Gibbons and McCormick, have spent some of their fortunes on TV advertising to introduce themselves to voters. More high-profile contenders, like Oz and Vance, have funneled money into ads to remind voters they have the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who remains popular with the Republican base.
In Ohio, Josh Mandel, the state’s former treasurer, is the only Republican Senate candidate in the seven-person race who hasn’t given himself a personal loan. But he is backed by Club for Growth Action, the super PAC of the conservative Club for Growth, which has spent more than $4.6 million pillorying his rivals, particularly Vance, ahead of the state’s May 3 primary.
For his part, Vance has the support of Protect Ohio Values, a super PAC into which Thiel has invested $13.5 million.
In Pennsylvania, the state’s seven-way Republican Senate primary election on May 17 has been transformed by three wealthy and well-connected candidates who moved from out of state — blue states, no less — to spend their riches on a campaign in the presidential battleground.
In their financial disclosures, Sands, Oz and McCormick report being worth tens of millions — if not hundreds of millions — and owning properties across the country.
McCormick, who resigned from his $22 million-a-year job as CEO of a hedge fund in Connecticut to run for the Senate, grew up the son of a college professor, administrator and president who became the chancellor of the state’s university system. McCormick often talks about working on a Christmas tree farm owned by his family.
But asked last week if someone as wealthy as he is can understand average Pennsylvanians, McCormick told KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh that “I didn’t have anything” growing up.
His campaign later said McCormick had a “humble upbringing” and had been trying to explain that he worked for the wealth he has now.
A rival Republican candidate, Kathy Barnette — who has talked of being the product of rape when her mother was 11 and growing up on a pig farm in a house with no running water or insulation — took aim at what she called the GOP’s habit of electing “the richest person.”
“How has that served us? Picking the richest person, just because they are the richest person,” Barnette said at a forum in late March while sitting just feet away from Oz and McCormick.
Addressing voters, she said: “How many times have you called your elected official who just so happened to be the richest person in the room and asked them to stand up for you? And how many of them over the past two years have stood up for you?”
McCormick and Oz are being boosted by super PACs and the airwaves are blanketed with their TV ads, helping put the men atop polls in the Republican primary. A super PAC supporting McCormick — and attacking Oz — has reported spending more than $13 million so far, powered by $7.5 million from Griffin, the hedge fund billionaire.
All the cash can concern voters, said Terry Casey, a Republican strategist in Ohio.
“The voters, with reason, are legitimately skeptical of candidates spending millions and millions, because who’s giving it to them and why?” he said. “So there’s an argument that if you’re self-funding, maybe you’re less tainted, but then it raises the question of, ‘Is this an ego or vanity campaign?’”
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Levy reported from Harrisburg, Pa. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/millionaire-candidates-pour-cash-into-ohio-pa-senate-races/ | 2022-04-28T18:59:16Z |
YORK, Pa., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7687 announced today that they reached a tentative agreement on a 5-year deal with BAE Systems covering roughly 800 workers in the company's York, Pa., facility.
USW District 10 Director Bernie Hall credited the workers' commitment and solidarity for reaching the agreement and averting an unfair labor practice strike.
"After working through the pandemic making armament for the military without disruption, USW members at BAE understood what was at stake in these negotiations," Hall said. "They earned a contract that reflects their vital role in helping safeguard our national security and in contributing to the company's success."
"It's unfortunate that management forced its dedicated workers to the brink of a work stoppage before achieving this deal," said USW Local 7687 President Brad Frey, "but USW members proved that by working together, we can overcome any challenge."
In the coming days, USW members will review the details of the proposed new contract with their negotiating committee before a ratification vote, which will be scheduled as soon as possible.
Broadly, the proposed agreement increases wages, strengthens retirement security and improves access to paid vacation time.
USW Local 7687 also withdrew its notice of its intent to hold an unfair labor practice strike, which was set to begin today at 11 a.m.
The USW represents about 850,000 North American workers in a variety of industries such as steel, aluminum and other metals; pulp and paper; tires and rubber; chemicals; energy producing; oil refining; healthcare; the service and public sectors; and a growing number in professional, tech and academic fields.
Contact: Jess Kamm Broomell, 412-562-2444, jkamm@usw.org
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BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new vlog series of China Factory Story, Fenjiu, Soul of Chinese Liquor, has recently been released. This is the second piece of this 10-episode vlog series, which is jointly produced by the National Brand Project Office of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service and Fenjiu Group.
The 10 episodes tell Fenjiu's liquor-making stories, from raw grain in green production base, a bottle of fragrant Fenjiu on the table, clear karstic water sources 800 meters underground, to modern workshops adopting time-honored techniques, which all speak of Fenjiu's craftsmanship, pursuit for excellence with a pragmatic approach, and spirits of staying true to tradition and innovation in brewing mild aromatic Baijiu.
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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 70 American workers employed in the U.S. forest products industry descended on Washington, D.C., this week and made approximately 365 visits with Members of Congress. Their goal: to educate elected officials on the impacts of legislative and regulatory decisions on the environment, as well as the families and communities that depend on forest products manufacturing for their livelihood.
The group of workers from the Pulp & Paperworkers' Resource Council (PPRC), a grassroots organization of hourly employees in the forest products industry, are passionate about educating Members of Congress and administrative officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Office of Management and Budget, and other government agencies on issues affecting American manufacturing jobs in their industry. They represented 50 mills across 21 states.
"Our 30th Anniversary Fly-in provides the PPRC with a wonderful opportunity to visit with Congressional and Administration leaders on environmental issues impacting our industry -- especially on topics like carbon neutrality of biomass, paper recycling, and forest management," said PPRC Chairman David Wise. "The importance of clear, common-sense legislation and regulatory policy cannot be understated, as that foundation is vital to supporting continued growth of manufacturing jobs in rural and urban communities and ensuring a competitive playing field for the American forest products industry in the global market."
The PPRC specifically discussed several issues with members of Congress, including:
- Improving the Health of Federal Forests – The PPRC supports measures to better manage our forests to increase resilience and growth in the wake of fires, hurricanes, disease, insects and natural disasters. PPRC would support legislation to help fund fire suppression, forest inventory and sustainable forest management.
- Reforming the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – Protecting truly endangered species is in the best interests of the public. The impact on people, property and jobs should be evaluated when making the regulations. The ESA should be modernized and updated with Congressional oversight on the social and economic costs of an ESA listing. Any listing should be based on objective and verifiable science with flexibility giving states and local governments a greater role in ESA decisions.
- Paper Recycling is an Environmental Success Story – Highly recycled paper products should not be included in Federal Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation. The U.S. paper recycling rate was 68 percent in 2021. The recycling rate for old corrugated containers (OCC) was 91.4 percent. According to the EPA, by weight, more paper is recovered for recycling from municipal solid waste streams than metals, plastics and glass combined.
- Improving U.S.-based Sustainable Manufacturing and Addressing the Regulatory Burden – The PPRC recommends EPA consider the cumulative impact of upcoming regulations with the goal of achieving sustainable regulation that meets economic and environmental needs and social expectations. This will allow the U.S. forest products industry to continue to be an American success story. Upcoming regulations cover air emissions, beneficial use of mill residuals, water effluent, carbon, and greenhouse gas regulations, among others.
The PPRC members also thanked the Members of Congress who have joined the Paper and Packaging Caucus, and those Members who attended the Caucus Congressional Reception on June 21.
The PPRC is a grassroots labor organization led by hourly employees advocating for the U.S. forest products industry. We support policies that encourage economic growth, an abundant and sustainable fiber supply, and sensible science-based environmental policies. The U.S. forest products industry is vitally important to our nation's economy, employing approximately 950,000 people. We rank among the top 10 manufacturers in 45 states and represent 4% of total U.S. manufacturing GDP. We are people dedicated to conserving the environment while taking into account the economic stability of the workforce and surrounding community.
PULP & PAPERWORKERS' RESOURCE COUNCIL
Representing members of: USW, IAM, IBEW, IBT, UBC, Firemen & Oilers and Forest Product Industry Workers. For more information and to see the PPRC Position Summary papers from 2022, please visit www.thepprc.org.
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Manhunt underway for suspect in assault on Iowa deputy
MORAVIA, Iowa (KCCI) - Authorities in Iowa are searching for a suspect alleged to have attacked a sheriff’s deputy, resulting in head trauma.
Investigators are looking for David Boley, who is alleged to have hit a sheriff’s deputy in the head. The deputy suffered several fractures to his face and was taken to the hospital.
Arthur Knowles says he and his family were in their backyard Saturday when Boley arrived at the house along Highway J-18 in Iconium, Iowa. They say Boley was pleading with them to hide a stolen tractor in the yard.
“He looked like he was all high and tripped out on something. He had a gun in his pocket,” Knowles said.
Knowles says he tried to calm Boley down while another family member called 911.
When an Appanoose County Sheriff’s deputy arrived, Boley allegedly hit him in the face.
“He attacked that officer. He hit that officer hard. It was terrible. There was blood all over the place on the ground,” Knowles said.
The Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office says they’re exhausting all possible leads to find Boley, who remains on the loose days after the attack.
“I hope they catch him quickly because he is dangerous,” Knowles said.
Boley already had warrants out for his arrest for sexual abuse, drug distribution to a person under 18 and child endangerment. He is expected to face more felony charges following his alleged attack on the deputy, according to the sheriff.
The sheriff’s office says Boley could be with family in the Rathbun Lake area, Des Moines or in Missouri.
Officials say he is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who sees him should not approach but instead call 911.
Investigators have not provided an update on the deputy’s condition.
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WINNEMUCCA, Nev., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) ("Hycroft" or the "Company"), a gold and silver development company which owns the Hycroft Mine in the prolific mining region of Northern Nevada, is pleased to announce its 2022-2023 exploration program.
As the Company continues the engineering and design work for the next phase of operations, it will be conducting the largest exploration program at the Hycroft Mine in nearly a decade. There has been no exploration drilling at Hycroft since 2014 and, prior to that, drilling was focused on step-out drilling from the known pits for heap leach operations. Today, the Company is focusing on the higher-grade opportunities identified in the 2021 program and for the first time at Hycroft, a systematic approach to understanding the genesis of this world class scale deposit, including potential feeder systems. Hycroft is a low-sulfidation, epithermal system with numerous banded quartz veins similar to Midas-style mineralization yet there has been no prior focus on understanding these veins and what they may mean to potential feeder systems.
The 2022 – 2023 exploration program at the Hycroft Mine will comprise approximately 125,000 feet of reverse circulation ("RC") drilling and approximately 20,000 feet of core drilling. The RC drill rig is on site and the core drill rig is expected to arrive on site later in July. The RC drilling is being conducted by National EWP Inc. of Elko, NV and the core drilling will be conducted by First Drilling LLC of Montrose, CO.
The focus of the 2022-2023 exploration activities are:
- Drilling to expand and extend the high-grade Vortex Zone
- Following up higher-grade intercepts from the 2021 drill program
- Drilling three zones at depth that were identified in prior geophysics work indicating high potential for feeder zones; and
- Targeted drilling outside the known resource area to assess district potential. More than 60,000 acres of the Company's land position has not been explored.
The Company will also conduct targeted infill drilling within the existing deposits where there is limited drilling. Based on the geology and surrounding drill results, the Company is optimistic that the additional limited drilling could convert material currently modeled as waste to an ore classification in the resource model. This would reduce the strip ratio, haulage costs, equipment costs, and increase revenue in the ongoing engineering and design work. Additionally, based upon the results of such additional infill drilling, Inferred Mineral Resources could be upgraded to higher resource classifications inside and adjacent to the current pit limits.
Diane R. Garrett, President & CEO commented "We are grateful to our shareholders and all who contributed to our solid financial position that affords us the ability to advance our corporate strategy of focusing on higher grade opportunities at Hycroft as we work to complete the technical studies for the sulfide mill operation. Hycroft is one of the largest gold and silver deposits in the world located in the Tier 1 mining jurisdiction of Nevada, USA. "
Alex Davidson, Vice President, Exploration commented, "From the 2021 metallurgical drill program, we observed that high-grade mineralization occurs at the intersection of the steeply dipping north-south trending faults1 and the east-west faults2. These geologic controls of the higher-grade mineralization that are known at Hycroft are similar to structures seen at the historic high-grade past-producing, Rosebud gold mine, which is surrounded by our land position. We believe that there remains untapped potential at Hycroft and many of our findings during 2021 support this opportunity. With the largest exploration program in nearly a decade, we will continue to build on the work to date and investigate the opportunities identified. Findings of higher grade will be critical to the overall design of the processing plant, the mill throughput rate and mine plan sequencing."
The results of this exploration program, together with the 2021 metallurgical drill program results will be used for the geologic modelling, updated resource models and mine planning activities associated with the technical studies underway for the sulfide mill operation. The 2022-2023 exploration program expenditures are anticipated to be approximately US$ 15-20 million. Exploration activities, targets and expenditures will evolve based on information and results obtained.
1 North-south trending faults include: Range, West Splay, Central, Albert, Break, Ice, Fire and East.
2 East-west faults include: Camel, South Brimstone, Prill and Ramp.
Hycroft is a US-based, gold and silver company developing the Hycroft Mine located in the world-class mining region of Northern Nevada.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact info@hycroftmining.com or visit our website at www.hycroftmining.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention TG Therapeutics, Inc. ("TG Therapeutics") (NASDAQ: TGTX) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between January 15, 2020 and May 31, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in TG Therapeutics, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against TG Therapeutics includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) clinical trials revealed significant concerns related to the benefit-risk ratio and overall survival data of the Company's therapeutic product candidates, Ublituximab and Umbralisib; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Umbralisib marginal zone lymphoma and follicular lymphoma New Drug Application, the Biologics License Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, the supplemental New Drug Application for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib, or the Ublituximab relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis Biologics License Application in their current forms; (iii) as a result, the Company had significantly overstated Ublituximab and Umbralisib's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (iv) therefore, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Aggrieved TG Therapeutics investors only have until September 16, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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West Lafayette, West Main streets to close starting July 22 for city project
Traffic flow through downtown Jackson is about to change in an effort to increase walkability and accessibility throughout the summer event season.
The intersection of West Lafayette Street and West Main Street, in front of the Jackson Sun building and Triangle Park, will be blocked off starting July 22nd as one of the first steps of the city’s new ‘tactical urbanism’ project, which looks to increase walkability in downtown Jackson in small, manageable steps.
The project stems from December’s announcement of the Tennessee Department of Transportation $1.5 million grant for pedestrian improvements along Airways, which will involve changing the road from a four-lane road to a two-lane road, plus a turn lane, bike lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks and landscaping, as well as ADA-accessible ramps.
Mayor Scott Conger, City Engineer Tom Wolf and City Planning Director Stan Pilant, however, wanted to take it a step further.
“We're really excited about this opportunity in this project,” Conger said, in a press conference in city hall Thursday afternoon. “We launched the idea of tactical urbanism several months ago. And we wanted to kind of take this as one of our first big public projects.”
Conger said the idea to close of the road off was due to the increased walking traffic in the area during the summer event season.
“As you know, we have the public grant through TDOT to redesign Airways and Main Street for that section Lafayette runs into them,” he said. “And so, in talking with our engineer consultants and looking at the possibility of making it more walkable for pedestrian friendly with all the developments and events going on—the AMP, the farmer’s market, Jackson Walk and the businesses that are popping up around the area, we thought what better time to try a tactical urbanism project than now?”
The change will allow the city to open up more parking—29 new spaces along Lafayette, and 15 in an additionally city lot—providing needed relief to the city’s occasionally overwhelmed parking options.
“This will bring more walkability and more downtown parking spaces,” Conger said regarding the immediate benefits of the change. “I think if you drive downtown, especially in that area on Saturday mornings, people are just kind of parking wherever during the farmer’s market—especially close to that section of Triangle Park. There's really no rhyme or reason on how they're parking. And, after the closure, we can fit more cars in park, bring more people downtown, and then add a feeling of safety for people going to the farmers market, the AMP, and more.”
More:City discusses possible improvements for Airways Boulevard with $24 million grant
The barricades will be temporary at first—and framed with heavy planters to make it less industrial-looking—as city engineers measure the traffic impact and pedestrian benefit throughout the summer and possibly early fall.
If there is a negative impact to traffic that outweighs the pedestrian benefits, Conger says the team will look at a new option to better walkability in the area.
“If it doesn’t work, we’ll have to adjust and redesign this area from a wide turn to a T turn, which is already in the original plan for the redesign for Airways anyway,” he said. “And then we’ll look at other options to make the area more walkable—maybe more highlighted crosswalks.”
Conger is excited to debut the first step of the tactical urbanism plan, which was originally presented to the city council at the May meeting.
“(Tactical urbanism) is a short-term, low-cost plan,” he said. “So we're doing things like this to show what it looks like—the idea of also tactical urbanism is that residents can do it. On our website, you can go to the tactical urbanism tab, submit a plan to the engineering office who will partner with you for a low-cost design, low-cost plan, and see if it works. Then we can get into a more permanent plan.
Things like painting sidewalks, changing traffic patterns, adding more speed bumps, etc. are all focuses of the project.
“We encourage citizens to try this. We want to try new things in Jackson,” Conger said. “We don't have all the answers, and we don't want to produce all the answers—we want to have people involved and try things, and we want to come alongside people to do that.”
Digital signs are beginning to be placed around the area to alert drivers to the change. Lafayette will still be fully accessible from Shannon Street, New Market Street and Highland Avenue.
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Dodge Charger reported stolen in Manhattan found 280 miles away in Missouri
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - A car reported stolen this week from a Manhattan business has been located in Missouri, authorities said.
The theft of a gray 2022 Dodge Charger was reported around 7:58 a.m. Tuesday by the Hertz Rental and Lewis Automotive Group in the 1800 block of Tuttle Creek Boulevard in Manhattan. A 32-year-old man also was listed as a victim in the theft.
According to the Riley County Police Department, an unknown person broke into a lockbox at the business and stole nine sets of keys before making off with the Charger.
Riley County police said the car later was found unoccupied by Springfield, Mo., police. The car was located in the 1700 block of W. Battlefield Road in Springfield. The location was around 280 miles from Manhattan.
The estimated total loss in this case is approximately $46,750.
Anyone with information may call Manhattan Riley County Crime Stoppers at 785-539-7777.
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Ironnet, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of IRNT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/ironnet-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28532&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: September 15, 2021 to December 15, 2021
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had materially overstated its business and financial prospects; (ii) the Company was unable to predict the timing of significant customer opportunities which constituted a substantial portion of its publicly- issued FY 2022 financial guidance; (iii) the Company had not established effective disclosure controls and procedures to reasonably ensure its public disclosures were timely, accurate, complete, and not otherwise misleading; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false, misleading, and/or lacked any reasonable basis in fact at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 21, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/ironnet-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28532&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IRNT 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 June 21, 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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Study.com CEO and Co-Founder received award at the ASU+GSV Summit
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adrián Ridner, CEO of one of the most transformational companies in EdTech, received the 2022 Innovator of Color award at this year's ASU+GSV Summit. This award honors leading global innovators who truly impact the learning world. As co-founder of Study.com, Ridner has dedicated the last two decades to making education accessible for millions of learners.
"I am very honored and humbled to receive this award, and I am proud to share this with mi papá y mi mamá, who deserve the credit. They left everything in Argentina behind, moved across four countries and three languages in less than ten years, to give my brother Pablo and me an education and a chance for a better future," said Ridner. "I am thankful that I've been fortunate enough to dedicate myself to a mission that can help pay it forward and unlock better futures for many other under-supported and under-represented students."
Ridner's dedication to equitable learning includes Study.com's $24 million donation to social impact programs and commitment to increasing access and equity in education for underserved learners.
- These programs include the Working Scholars initiative, an accelerated pathway for working adults to earn their bachelor's degree at no cost. Over three-quarters of Working Scholars are students of color, and 74 percent are the first in their family to graduate from college.
- And most recently, the Keys to the Classroom program addresses the teacher shortage and lack of diversity in the teacher pipeline by helping aspiring educators earn their teacher certification.
"As a Latino founder and CEO of a bootstrapped, high impact EdTech unicorn, Adrián Ridner is emblematic of the values of the ASU+GSV Innovator of Color Award," said Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner at GSV Ventures. "Study.com drives a high return on education by increasing access and lowering costs to improve learning outcomes for K12 and higher ed students and enabling teachers in and out of the classroom."
Ridner joins an esteemed list of honorees across education and technology, including President of The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Freeman A. Hrabowski, III.
Ridner's trailblazing efforts have resulted in several accolades and achievements, including Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 Under 40 honoree in 2019 and Silicon Valley Latino's Latino Trailblazer Award. Ridner serves on the board of the Riecken Foundation, an organization promoting literacy and access to knowledge in Central America, and on the advisory council for Cal Poly State University's Engineering & Computer Science department.
In addition to receiving the Innovator of Color award, Ridner spoke on Building A Mission Driven Brand to discuss how EdTech companies can bring a mission to reality. The annual ASU+GSV Summit connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. More about the 2022 global innovators of color recipients can be found online here.
About Study.com
Study.com is a leading online education platform providing academic support for learners and educators. Recognized on the GSV EdTech 150 as a leading EdTech company, Study.com simplifies learning for over 30 million learners and educators a month. Study has donated $24 million in-kind value across social impact programs committed to Making Education Accessible through our Pledge 1% partnerships and programs focused on increasing access and equity in education for underserved learners.
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NEW YORK, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: LILM).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. between March 30, 2021 and March 14, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until June 17, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Lilium materially overstates the design and capabilities of the Lilium Jet, an electric vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft for use in a new type of high-speed air transport system for people and goods; (2) Lilium materially overstates the likelihood for the Lilium Jet's timely certification; (3) Lilium misrepresents its ability to obtain or create the necessary batteries for the Lilium Jet; (4) the special purpose acquisition company merger would not and did not generate enough cash to commercially launch the Lilium Jet; (5) Qell Acquisition Corp. did not engage in proper due diligence regarding its merger with Lilium GmbH; and (6) as a result, Defendants' public statements and statements to journalists were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
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More Than 200 Boise Locals Attended Weekend's Events, Featuring Famous Designers, Models, and Production Talent.
BOISE, Idaho, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 18th, members of the Los Angeles and New York fashion industry descended on Boise for the first annual Idaho Fashion Week. Hosted at the Jackson Jet Center, IDFW featured designers from around the country, including Project Runway winner Kentaro Kameyama, Mister Triple X, Jose Gonzalez, and Boise local Rooney Mae Couture. The show was sponsored by many local businesses, as well as national powerhouses such as Macy's and Avelo Airlines. More than 200 people attended the shows, with front row seats filled by Boise influencers, business owners, and industry insiders.
When asked "Why bring an event like this to Boise", Idaho Fashion Week Executive Producer Amanda Rouse said, "My goal was to connect people. When I started modeling in Idaho nine years ago, I didn't have many opportunities to collaborate with industry leaders outside of Boise, let alone the state. She continued, "My goal in creating IDFWU was to provide a space for local Idaho artists to have a real platform to showcase their work, and ultimately for artists and creatives of all kinds to make connections and learn from industry experts from around the world". In addition to a runway show, Idaho Fashion Week also included a day of master classes and expert panels at the Grove Hotel. Attendees could receive hands-on training from renowned makeup artist Carlos Gonzalez, ask questions of published models such as Will Moncada (also known for his appearance on the series Love Island), and hear details of the design process from Kentaro Kameyama.
Another crucial aspect of Rouse's vision for connecting Boise to the greater fashion community was philanthropy. A portion of the weekend's ticket sales and revenue went to the local Boise chapter of Dress For Success, a nonprofit organization which provides clothing, training and career counseling for underserved women throughout the world. It was imperative to the IDFW production team that the event leave behind a positive footprint on the community, both in terms of an opportunity to experience beautiful fashion, but also as a means to give back to those in need.
Can we expect Idaho Fashion Week to be an annual Boise tradition? To this, Rouse said, "We are already moving forward with plans for next season, and I can't wait to highlight more of what Idaho has to offer to the fashion industry!"
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Arun Nevader for Idaho Fashion Week
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NEW YORK, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Ad Science Holding Corp (Nasdaq: IAS), a global leader in digital media quality, today announced that it will report second quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's financial results that day at 5:00 p.m. ET.
About Integral Ad Science
Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a global leader in digital media quality. IAS makes every impression count, ensuring that ads are viewable by real people, in safe and suitable environments, activating contextual targeting, and driving supply path optimization. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality for the world's leading brands, publishers, and platforms. We do this through data-driven technologies with actionable real-time signals and insight. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, IAS works with thousands of top advertisers and premium publishers worldwide. For more information, visit integralads.com.
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(NerdWallet) – Search the internet for “student debt stories,” and you’ll easily find dozens of anxiety-ridden tales of student loan borrowers struggling to keep up with enormous debt balances that have swelled out of control due to compounding interest.
Very few of those stories, however, end in total debt forgiveness. But that’s exactly what happened with Kristin Eliason, legal director at Network for Victim Recovery of D.C., or NVRDC, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit; she saw her $413,000 in student loan debt disappear overnight.
Eliason had her debt discharged through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, or PSLF. The federal program has a waiver in effect that counts previously ineligible past payments.
The original amount she borrowed for public undergraduate school and private law school was around $180,000, and the interest grew too quickly to pay down any of her principal over the years, she says.
Eliason describes watching her debt balloon without any certainty it would ever be forgiven as a “mental burden.” That weight was lifted when her application was approved under the waiver.
“Once the shock wore off of not believing this was real, it was such a huge relief that I truly never thought it was going to happen,” she says.
A forgiveness program that rarely pays off
The waiver worked out for Eliason, but as for the program itself, she describes it as “a benefit on paper — not a benefit in practice.”
Most borrowers who apply to Public Service Loan Forgiveness are rejected. The approval rate since the program’s inception in 2007 hovered around 2.4%, according to an analysis of federal data.
Getting full debt discharge requires 120 qualifying payments made while working full time for an eligible employer, such as a public school, public hospital, eligible nonprofit or the government.
Borrowers have been left to their own devices to fight, sometimes for years, for payments to count toward the 120 total needed for forgiveness of their remaining debt.
As a result of public criticism, the Biden administration sought to make temporary improvements in an effort to rectify some of the flaws in the execution of the original program. Hence, the PSLF waiver: It offers borrowers the opportunity to receive credit for past payments that didn’t meet the program’s stringent rules. Since the waiver was put in place in October 2021, federal data show approvals through June 2022 have climbed to 10%.
What’s a couple extra thousand when you’re in a six-figure hole?
Eliason took out less than $15,000 in federal student loans to attend as an undergrad at the University of Virginia. She went on to study law at the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, where she says taking out large loans was common practice.
She finished law school in 2009 with $180,000 in debt. She then took out an additional private loan to help pay for her expenses while she studied for the bar exam.
Eliason made most of her payments on an income-driven repayment plan — it’s the only plan that usually qualifies for PSLF. The repayment plan kept her payments lower than they would have been on a standard 10-year repayment plan, but those lower payments allowed interest to keep accumulating.
After passing the bar, she participated in a postgraduate fellowship, a clerkship, and then experienced six months of unemployment.
“There were a few periods of forbearance where I wasn’t making monthly payments because I couldn’t afford to make monthly payments and eat,” says Eliason.
In September 2012, she began working as a legal services attorney earning $43,000 each year. Her payments were $600 per month. “It was unmanageable in the D.C. area,” she says.
When she started working at NVRDC in 2013, Eliason was able to qualify for D.C.’s loan repayment assistance program, which helps pay for the student loans of lawyers at 37 nonprofit employers. But in order to receive the tax-free benefit, her income had to stay at or below $90,000. In D.C., the current median household income as of 2020 was $90,842, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Eliason says as she inched closer to PSLF discharge, she started submitting employment certification. But her servicer miscalculated the number of payments that she believes should have counted. “They said I only made 90 payments, but I had been working at nonprofit organizations for eight years,” she says. “I knew that didn’t translate.”
She continued submitting her employment certification, and by March 2022, Eliason was notified she had reached 119 payments, but she had to submit additional forms to certify employment. In April, she was told she had made 124 qualifying payments — four more than needed — and she was now owed money. Soon thereafter, her servicer account showed a $0 balance, and she received a letter notifying her of the full discharge.
Eliason says loan forgiveness will make a big difference in her life. She won’t need the loan repayment assistance program anymore, which means no more income cap.
“It means I can get a pay raise at my job. It means if I want to do extra contract work I can do that to supplement my income. It means if work gave me a bonus it wouldn’t impact my ability to get repayment assistance,” says Eliason.
How to get the PSLF waiver
More than 128,000 borrowers have seen a collective $8 billion in loan debt forgiven through the temporary waiver. If you think you may qualify for PSLF through the waiver, there’s no downside to applying.
The PSLF waiver counts past payments that previously didn’t qualify, including:
- Late payments.
- Payments equaling less than the full amount due.
- Payments made on an incorrect repayment plan.
- Payments made on loans that previously did not qualify, such as Federal Family Education Loans, or FFEL, and Perkins loans.
- Payments not made during forbearance periods of 12 consecutive months or greater.
- Months spent in deferment, other than in-school deferment, before 2013.
Use the PSLF Help Tool to search for a qualifying employer and generate a form. It has been updated to align with the waiver.
To qualify, borrowers must already have direct loans or must consolidate their federal debt into a new direct loan. The consolidation step is critical: Borrowers can submit a combined PSLF/Employer Certification form before consolidating, but they must consolidate to be eligible for forgiveness. To find out if you qualify for additional payments and learn more about the waiver, log in to the federal student aid website.
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The PFL partnership with MILLIONS.co begins with the 2022 PFL Regular Season
PFL MMA Regular Season kicks off on April 20
NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, and MILLIONS.co have agreed to a multi-year partnership that will see MILLIONS become the official watch party platform partner of the PFL starting with the 2022 Regular Season.
MILLIONS is the largest social commerce and video platform connecting the world of sport, and will enable PFL athletes to host watch parties, launch athlete-specific merchandise, and provide "ask me anything" personalized videos to fans.
"The Professional Fighters League is pleased to announce MILLIONS as our official watch party partner," says PFL CEO Peter Murray. "The PFL prides itself on disrupting MMA. The opportunity for major influencers and PFL athletes, the best in the sport, to interact with our fans while watching the 2022 PFL Season unfold on ESPN and ESPN+ is a great way to create unforgettable experiences."
"We're thrilled to be partnering with PFL. This is a world first where fans can now watch PFL events with their favorite athletes with full access," said MILLIONS CEO Matt Whitteker. "Fans will be able to watch PFL not just with MMA superstars, but NFL alumni, MLB alumni and a wide range of sports celebrities that are also PFL fans."
PFL is the first and only MMA league with a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points in the Regular Season advance to the win-or-go-home Playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize.
Professional Fighters League is the No. 2 MMA company globally and features an elite talent roster with 25 percent of its fighters independently ranked in the top-25 of the world, including 2021 PFL champions Kayla Harrison and Ray Cooper III. PFL has live event coverage in 160 countries on leading distribution platforms and delivers a unique, innovative product to the more than 600 million MMA fans globally.
About Professional Fighters League
Professional Fighters League (PFL) is the fastest growing and most innovative sports league. It is the #2 MMA company worldwide and the only one with a sports-season format featuring elite fighters from around the world competing in a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points in the Regular Season advance to the win-or-go-home Playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize.
PFL is primetime in the U.S on ESPN and ESPN+ and was broadcast and streamed live worldwide last year to 160 countries with partners including RMC Sport, FPT, Sky Sport, and more. It delivers a unique, innovative product to the more than 600 million MMA fans globally. The PFL roster is world-class, with 25% of PFL fighters independently ranked in the top 25 in the world. The PFL proprietary SmartCage data and analytics platform powers real-time betting and provides next-gen viewing experience.
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About MILLIONS.co
MILLIONS is a platform that allows athletes and their audience to connect like never before. MILLIONS supports athletes in building their brand, merchandise line and acts as their turnkey e-commerce partner. MILLIONS also allows athletes to host Watchparties and Live-Streams free, sponsored or PPV. For fans MILLIONS gives direct access to the athletes they love through the platform. MILLIONS also connects brands to athletes through Sponsored Watchparties and Personalized Videos giving brands access to over 100 MILLION sports fans globally growing to 500 MILLION by 2023.
MILLIONS is backed by Boston based Volition Capital and co-founded by legendary MMA announcer Bruce Buffer.
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Thirteen people were shot -- 10 fatally -- at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket Saturday in a massacre authorities believe was racially motivated.
Eleven of the victims were Black and two were White, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Saturday.
The victims range in age from 20 to 86, police said. Among them were a former police officer who tried to stop the gunman, the octogenarian mother of the city's former fire commissioner and a long-term substitute teacher.
Buffalo police identified all of the victims late Sunday:
- Roberta A. Drury, 32, of Buffalo
- Margus D. Morrison, 52, of Buffalo
- Andre Mackneil, 53, of Auburn, New York
- Aaron Salter, 55, of Lockport, New York
- Geraldine Talley, 62, of Buffalo
- Celestine Chaney, 65, of Buffalo
- Heyward Patterson, 67, of Buffalo
- Katherine Massey, 72, of Buffalo
- Pearl Young, 77, of Buffalo
- Ruth Whitfield, 86, of Buffalo
- Zaire Goodman, 20, of Buffalo, was treated and released from hospital
- Jennifer Warrington, 50, of Tonawanda, New York, was treated and released from hospital
- Christopher Braden, 55, of Lackawanna, New York, had non-life threatening injuries
According to Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, the suspected shooter -- an 18-year-old White man -- traveled hours to target the Tops Supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
Investigators are also reviewing a purported manifesto posted online Saturday in connection with the shooting probe, two federal law enforcement officials told CNN. The manifesto's author describes himself as a fascist, a White supremacist and an anti-Semite.
While authorities identified the victims, details about who they were and the lives they lived have just started to emerge.
Here's what we know about them.
Aaron Salter
The mayor identified the "hero" security guard who engaged the suspect but was fatally shot as Aaron Salter, a former Buffalo police lieutenant.
Salter was well-respected throughout the police department, Brown told CNN's "New Day Weekend," and had worked at the supermarket for several years after retiring.
Salter "is a hero who tried to protect people in the store, tried to save lives and in the process, lost his own life," Brown said.
The supermarket's security guard "fired multiple shots at the suspect" when he entered the store, Gramaglia previously said, but the suspect was wearing tactical gear that protected him from the guard's gunfire.
Ruth Whitfield
Brown identified one of the victims to CNN as 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, the mother of former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield.
Brown saw the former commissioner soon after the shooting walking on Jefferson Avenue, the road outside the supermarket, he told worshipers at the True Bethel Baptist Church on Sunday. The mayor assumed Whitfield was there to lend a hand and asked if he was there to help.
"He said, 'Yes, mayor. But I'm here because I'm looking for my mother,'" Brown said.
Ruth Whitfield was visiting the former commissioner's father in the nursing home, as she did each day, he told the mayor, and she stopped at the supermarket to buy some groceries.
"We've been calling her and she's not answering the cellphone. And her car is still in the parking lot. And I'm afraid that she's one of the victims of this shooting," Brown recalled Garnell Whitfield saying.
His fears were later confirmed, Brown said.
Speaking at the same event, Gov. Kathy Hochul said, "We must do something about this."
"I thought I was strong," she said, "but hearing the mayor tell the story of our commissioner who's dedicated his life to saving lives and loses his mother over an act of racism and White supremacy in this community -- now I'm angry, my friends."
Pearl Young
Pearl Young, 77, was a substitute teacher and a "true pillar in the community," her family said in a statement.
"Pearl was a long-term substitute teacher with the Buffalo Public School District and recently worked at Emerson School of Hospitality," according to the statement obtained by CNN.
"If there is one consolation that we can take from this tragedy is that we know that mom is up in heaven with our dad (her Ollie) and dancing and shouting with our heavenly father," the statement read.
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Which Bullseye Toy Story toy is best?
Since the first movie was released in 1995, Toy Story has become a classic that is loved by children and adults alike. This has sparked the release of dozens of Toy Story toys in the likeness of lovable characters like Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep and Forky.
If you’re looking to help a child expand their collection to be as big as Andy’s, one character you don’t want to miss is Woody’s trusted steed and companion Bullseye. Here you’ll be able to find the best Bullseye Toy Story toy for any child, like the Disney Pixar Toy Story Bullseye Plush.
What to know before you buy a Bullseye Toy Story toy
Age-Appropriate
While toys are meant for having fun, they should also be age-appropriate and safe. An age recommendation on a toy indicates the minimum age at which a child can enjoy the toy and possess the ability to use the toy safely. Young children using toys for older kids have a greater potential to get hurt.
Most product descriptions detail the age recommendation, so be sure to check and make sure it fits the child you’re buying it for.
Temperament
A toy that works wonders on one child may have the opposite effect on another child. This is because a child’s temperament, habits, attitudes and behaviors can greatly influence what type of toy is best for them. Before deciding on a toy, be sure it’s the right fit for your child’s style of play.
Safety Hazards
For young children, one of the biggest safety hazards in a toy is small parts that could accidentally be swallowed or choked on. Small parts can also be lost easily, getting into hard-to-reach spots or even accidentally being sucked up by a vacuum.
Be sure to make note of any potential safety hazards of a toy and always supervise young children while they’re playing.
What to look for in a quality Bullseye Toy Story toy
Materials
Plastic is one of the most popular and convenient choices of material for children’s toys because it is so durable, but certain plastics can be harmful to children. Look for plastic toys that are non-toxic. For toys made of cloth, wood or other materials, making sure they are non-flammable is important as well.
Durability
Some children, especially young ones, often enjoy testing the limits of their toys. This makes the durability of a toy particularly important. Certain plastic and wooden toys tend to be the most durable. Well-crafted, quality toys will withstand even the roughest play.
Child involvement
A Bullseye Toy Story toy, like any great toy, ought to encourage imagination and the full involvement of the child playing with it. Imagination-based toys invite the child to create their own world that broadens the scope of their playing environment.
How much you can expect to spend on a Bullseye Toy Story toy
The price of a Bullseye Toy Story toy depends on the size, material, and whether or not other characters are included. The most inexpensive models start at $15 and the most expensive ones can run up to $50.
Bullseye Toy Story toy FAQ
How can I ensure a toy is safe for my child to play with?
A: There are some simple ways you can make sure a toy is safe, such as checking it for sharp edges and keeping an eye out for small parts that could be choked on. If a product’s packaging has ASTM somewhere on it, that means it meets the national standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials.
What are the benefits of imagination-based toys?
A: Encouraging the use of imagination in children has many long-term benefits, including social-skills development, problem-solving and language skills and a boost in self-confidence. Your child can get these benefits even when playing by themselves.
What can I do when my child is no longer interested in their Bullseye toy?
A: If your child has lost interest or outgrown a toy, there is almost certainly another child who would want it. Consider regifting your toy to a friend or family member or donating it to a greater cause.
What’s the best Bullseye Toy Story toy to buy?
Top Bullseye Toy Story toy
Disney Pixar Toy Story Bullseye Plush
What you need to know: Complete with a saddle and stirrups, this Bullseye plush is ready to ride for younger or older children, making him the perfect addition to any child’s Toy Story toy collection.
What you’ll love: Detailing makes this plush look true to its movie counterpart, down to the embroidered “A-N-D-Y” on the bottom of his hooves. It sits at an impressive 17 inches tall and has no plastic elements, making it 100% soft.
What you should consider: The plush material does not allow it to stand upright on its own.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Bullseye Toy Story toy for the money
Disney Pixar Toy Story Jesse and Bullseye 2-Pack Figures
What you need to know: This two-pack includes cowgirl Jesse and her trusty steed Bullseye made to look nearly identical to their movie characters.
What you’ll love: Using a movie-inspired scale for size, both figures stand at roughly 8 inches tall. Both characters have movable limbs and are able to stand either on their own or posed together. It is perfect for any Toy Story fan with a big imagination.
What you should consider: Some complaints of Jesse not properly fitting into Bullseye’s saddle.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Disney Pixar Toy Story Woody and Bullseye 2-Pack Figures
What you need to know: These sturdy, plastic action-figure style toys are made to last and make for great play with toddlers, preschoolers and older children.
What you’ll love: Both characters have movable limbs, making them extremely posable. Their size and careful detail make them near replicas of their movie characters. They can be played with separately or Woody can mount Bullseye’s saddle and they can ride together.
What you should consider: One of the most expensive options available.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Wild species relied on by billions at risk, report warns
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction.
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - or IPBES - report said Friday that unless humankind improves the sustainable use of nature, the Earth is on its way to losing 12% of its wild tree species, over a thousand wild mammal species and almost 450 species of sharks and rays, among other irreparable harm.
Humans use about 50,000 wild species routinely and 1 out of 5 people of the world’s 7.9 billion population depend on those species for food and income, the report said. 1 in 3 people rely on fuel wood for cooking, the number even higher in Africa.
“It’s essential that those uses be sustainable because you need them to be there for your children and grandchildren. So when uses of wild species become unsustainable, it’s bad for the species, it’s bad for the ecosystem and it’s bad for the people,” report co-chair Marla R. Emery of the United States told The Associated Press.
Beyond the gloomy picture, the report also provides recommendations for policymakers and examples for the sustainable use of wild fauna and flora. A central point should be to secure tenure rights for Indigenous and local peoples, who have historically made sustainable use of wild species, the report said.
According to the study, Indigenous peoples occupy around 38,000,000 square kilometers (14,600,000 square miles) of land in 87 countries, equivalent to about 40% of terrestrial conserved areas.
“Their lands tend to be doing better in sustainability than other lands. And the common thread is the ability to continue to engage in customary practices,” said Emery, who is also a researcher with the U.S. Forest Service.
Emery argued it is essential to secure national and international systems, such as education, that promote the preservation of Indigenous languages, as it maintains the ability for older members to transfer traditional knowledge about sustainable practices to new generations.
An example of good practice is fishing arapaima, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, in Brazil’s Amazon, co-chair of the report Jean-Marc Fromentin of France told the AP.
“It was a move from an unsustainable to a sustainable situation,” Fromentin said. “Some communities in Brazil created community-based management and then called some scientists to learn more about the fish’s biology and to put in place an efficient monitoring system. It worked so well that the model went to other communities and countries like Peru.”
Gregorio Mirabal, the head of Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, who did not take part in the report, told the AP there had been already several U.N. studies stressing the importance of biodiversity and the threats posed by climate change, but they don’t bring about solutions.
The Indigenous leader mentioned growing problems in the region such as water contamination from mercury used in illegal mining and oil spillages. Moreover, those who oppose these practices face violence, such as the recent murder of an Indigenous warrior in a mining area, in Venezuela.
“There is irrational exploitation of natural resources in the Amazon, but there is no social investment to improve the health, educational, cultural and food situation of the Indigenous peoples,” Mirabal said.
The report was approved by representatives of the 139 member countries gathered this week in Bonn, Germany. It involved dozens of experts, from scientists to holders of Indigenous knowledge. IPBES is an independent intergovernmental body and is not part of the U.N. system, but it has the support of the United Nations Environment Programme and other bodies.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haus Labs by Lady Gaga, known for its innovative lineup of supercharged clean artistry makeup, unveils three new ground-breaking, skin-optimizing complexion products rolling out to 480 Sephora stores in US and CAN (including on sephora.com as well as on hauslabs.com (which ships globally). Products include: A clean, cutting-edge, weightless, buildable medium coverage, longwear foundation with patent-pending fermented arnica, in 51 shades, made in Korea (Triclone Skin Tech Foundation), Talc-Free Loose Setting Powders (Bio-Blurring Loose Powders) in 5 shades and a luxurious foundation brush-all products are clean, vegan and cruelty free.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9083751-haus-labs-by-lady-gaga-longwear-foundation/
Finally, an innovative clean foundation for makeup lovers without compromising long-wear or makeup performance (no caking, no slipping), suitable for all skin types, including sensitive and acne-prone. Recently named as "the foundation drop of the year" by TikTok beauty superstar Mikayla, the Triclone Skin Tech Foundation was developed with an extensive range of 51 meticulously formulated shades based on color theory, validated by several high-profile industry experts, and swatched on more than 400 shade models - to ensure that everyone will find their match.
"My secret is finally out! Haus Labs is trying to revolutionize the way you think about clean, supercharged artistry in an everyday foundation and powder. I am so excited about the Triclone Skin Tech Foundation that is in 51 shades across 6 color families based on skin's depth and undertones. It feels like skincare but performs like makeup. Wait till you try it! It's a dream product." – Lady Gaga, Founder of Haus Labs
"After two years in the making, our Triclone Skin Tech Foundation and Bio-Blurring Loose Setting Powder are finally ready for launch. My team and I worked alongside Gaga, Sarah Tanno, Haus Labs Global Artistry Director, a powerhouse of industry experts and over 400 models to create a true breakthrough in clean artistry makeup rooted in product innovation and performance. We worked tirelessly with our Research and Development labs in Korea to push the boundaries of what was possible in clean foundation formulas. As part of our development process, we tapped celebrity makeup artist Rokael Lizama, Haus Labs Complexion Consultant and Nick Gavrelis, former VP Global Product Development for MAC Cosmetics to evaluate the shade strategy and optimize the final foundation range of 51 shades." – Gloria Ryu, Senior Vice President Product & Innovation, Haus Labs
The launch coincides with the Sephora Animation featuring Lady Gaga in the Window, Front of Store Tables, and major rollout of the Haus Labs retail fixture across 480 Sephora US and CAN (45 states and 8 provinces) - hitting 500 stores by year end, as part of the brand's strategic growth plan, with eyes on international.
"We are excited to expand the Haus Labs by Lady Gaga brand and continue bringing our clients the very best in INNOVATIVE product offerings. The Triclone Skin Tech Foundation is packed with over 20 skincare ingredients and infused with fermented arnica. This natural, serum-like formula delivers medium coverage while helping to soothe and calm the skin. We look forward to introducing our clients to more launches from Haus Labs, and know they will enjoy adding this foundation to their everyday beauty routine." - Alison Hahn, SVP, Merchandising, Makeup & Fragrance, Sephora
PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:
Triclone™ Skin Tech Medium Coverage Foundation // $45 USD // 51 shades
A clean, weightless, buildable medium coverage foundation with (proprietary, patent-pending) fermented arnica is an advanced, skincare-infused (20+ skincare ingredients), longwear foundation that delivers a natural, second skin, luminous finish.
Haus Labs meticulously curated a shade range that was inclusive and suitable for all skin types, including sensitive and acne-prone skin. Using the science of color theory, Haus Labs by Lady Gaga purposefully formulated a spectrum of 51 shades across 6 families, based on skin's depth and undertones. The numerical system (590-000) is based on the pigment load by shade – the higher the number, the higher the pigment load and the deeper the shade.
The heavy, frosted, high-fashion glass bottle can be recycled, or upcycled into a bud vase after use.
PRO TIP: "For a no-makeup-makeup application, use 1-2 pumps and massage with fingertips onto skin, starting from the inside to outer perimeter of the face. For a makeup application, this foundation blends so seamlessly without ever caking or settling - it is truly a game changer and lasts all day!" - Sarah Tanno, Global Artistry Director, Haus Labs
Foundation Brush // $39 USD / 1 SKU
Complimenting the Haus Labs complexion arsenal is the Haus Labs Foundation Brush. Designed to optimize foundation performance, the ultra-soft, dense synthetic vegan, cruelty-free brush fibers hug the face and seamlessly apply and blur product for a natural looking, airbrushed finish. The short, ergonomic, aluminum handle offers a luxe look, as well as control of pressure and application - for optimized performance.
Bio-Blurring Talc-Free Loose Setting Powder // $38 USD // 5 shades, including one universal
To complement this next-level foundation, the Bio-Blurring Loose Setting Powder is a clean, skincare-infused loose powder that blurs imperfections, smoothes skin and optimizes makeup performance in 5 talc-free, soft-focus shades. This multitasking powder combines talc-free, gel-powder technology and finely milled pigments to deliver a weightless veil of translucent color with a comfortable, flawless finish. Similar to the foundation, the loose powder with fermented arnica visibly reduces redness and irritation. Other HausTech Powered™ ingredients include plant squalane to nourish and soften skin, as well as tourmaline to leave skin energized.
"We believe it is the foundation of the future. Our product name reflects that: 'Tri' stands for the trifecta of this cutting-edge foundation: 1. Cleanly formulated 2. Skincare Powered and 3. Longwear, buildable medium coverage. And 'Clone' - standing for the natural, second skin-like finish. We are extraordinarily proud to have our clean foundation and compelling campaign in EVERY SEPHORA store in the US and Canada for 8 weeks. Furthermore, like our soon-to-be-legendary foundation, our key campaign images were shot by legends. These iconic images, along with the creation of 600+ assets, will showcase how our foundation looks, works, and feels across every age, gender, face shape, color, skin-type, and texture." - Kelly Coller, Chief Marketing Officer, Haus Labs
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HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGA™ is a new CLEAN makeup brand powered by innovation – delivering high-tech, high- pigment, high-performance products that are proprietary, first-to-market or patent-pending, infused with skin-loving ingredients, in chic, sustainable packaging. HAUS LABS celebrates all ages, shapes, sizes, colors, genders, identities, and skill sets. Created with kindness: clean, cruelty-free and vegan. ONLY at Sephora U.S. / Canada and hauslabs.com, where $1 from every purchase goes to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, supporting mental health.
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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB:FNMA) today announced that it has commenced fixed-price cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and, collectively, the "Offers") for the purchase of any and all of the Connecticut Avenue Securities® (CAS) Debt Notes listed below (the "Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, each dated as of June 24, 2022 (collectively, the "Offer Documents"). The Offers will expire at 5:00 PM New York City time on Thursday, June 30, 2022 (the "Expiration Time") unless extended or earlier terminated. Notes tendered may be withdrawn at any time at or before the Expiration Time by following the procedures described in the Offer Documents.
Fannie Mae has engaged BofA Securities as the designated lead dealer manager and Barclays as the designated dealer manager for the Offers. Fannie Mae has engaged Academy Securities, Inc. and Blaylock Van, LLC as Advisors on the transaction. Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been engaged as the tender agent and information agent for the Offers. Fannie Mae is offering to purchase, subject to the conditions of the tender offer, any and all of the Notes listed in the table below during the tender offer period.
The following table summarizes the material pricing terms of the Offers.
Holders must validly tender their Notes at or before the Expiration Time in order to be eligible to receive the Tender Offer Consideration, which will incorporate the monthly Certificate Percentages for the Notes available on June 27, 2022. In addition, holders whose Notes are purchased in the Offer will receive accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Settlement Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) for the Notes. Fannie Mae expects the Settlement Date to occur on July 5, 2022. Any Notes tendered using the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and accepted for purchase are expected to be purchased on July 6, 2022, but payment of accrued interest on such Notes will only be made to, but not including, the Settlement Date.
Information on tendering the Notes is set forth in the Offer Documents. Holders of the Notes who would like copies of the Offer Documents may contact the tender agent for the Offers, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, at (855) 654-2015 (toll free) or (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers) or contact@gbsc-usa.com. Copies of the Offer Documents are available at the following website: https://www.gbsc-usa.com/FannieMae/. Any questions regarding the terms of the Offers should be directed to BofA Securities, Inc. at (888) 292-0070 (toll free) or (980) 387-3907 (collect) or Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll free) or (212) 412-5780 (collect).
This release includes forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the timing and expected settlement and closing of the purchase of the Notes in a tender offer. These forward-looking statements are based on Fannie Mae's present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may turn out to be different from these statements. Factors that may lead to different results are discussed in "Risk Factors," "Forward-Looking Statements," and elsewhere in the Offer Documents and the documents incorporated by reference therein. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Fannie Mae assumes no obligation to update this information.
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Stocks were mixed (but mostly lower) on the first day of September and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are now on track for a five-day losing streak that started with the market's swoon in late August. Investors are worried about the upcoming jobs report, inflation and interest rates, earnings and new economic tension between the United States and China.
The Dow was up by about 50 points, or 0.2%, in late afternoon trading Thursday. If the Dow finishes higher, it would be the first gain in five days. Last Friday, the Dow plunged more than 1,000 points after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggested the central bank was still not done with aggressive rate hikes as it seeks to get inflation under control...even if that causes "some pain."
Investors will be keeping a close eye on Friday's August jobs report for further clues about interest rates. Economists are predicting that 300,000 jobs were added last month.
If the jobs numbers are higher than expected, that could lead to further worries about another big rate hike later this month. The government reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending August 27 fell from a week earlier and were below forecasts, a sign of strength in the labor market that could add to inflation concerns.
It's not just inflation, job market and rate hike fears spooking investors, though. The S&P 500 was off nearly 0.2% Thursday and the Nasdaq was down about 1%. Tech stocks in particular were hit hard after semiconductor giants Nvidia and AMD said the United States government ordered them to stop selling artificial intelligence chips to China.
The news could lead to lower revenue for both companies and threatens to undo some of the recent progress made by the US and China on their economic relations. Last week, the two countries agreed to a deal that would let allow US regulators audit Chinese companies that have stocks that trade on Wall Street.
Recent earnings reports have been soft, too. Food giants Hormel and Campbell Soup were both lower Thursday after they each issued mixed results and weaker than expected outlooks.
With the Labor Day weekend at hand the countdown to fall starts in southwest Georgia. The weather is still great to find something to do outside of the hosue. Click for more.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Safety is top of mind when it comes to where you live, work, hang out and do anything in life. Recently a study was put together by GoodHire to reveal the safest cities in America and North Texas is heavily represented in the top 10.
“Certain cities are home to more crime than others and some by a wide margin. A criminal records check for applicants in these areas might have a higher likelihood of revealing violent crime records, property crime records, sex offender registries, and much more,” GoodHire wrote in its report.
They wanted to make sure businesses and those employed by these businesses understand how important safety is and reveal where criminal background checks might be of more use in its analysis of the safest and least safe cities in the U.S.
The Lone Star State is beaming with safety it seams with four cities among the top 10 safest in America, two of those in the North Texas region. McKinney (2) and Frisco (4) were in the top five while El Paso (9) and Laredo (10) rounded out the top 10 to represent Texas.
GoodHire said, “Overall, Texas proudly boasts eight of the top 20 safest cities overall, while the Midwest region showcases four in the top 20.”
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ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The bachelor's and master's social work programs at Clark Atlanta University's Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work have been reaffirmed accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Commission on Accreditation for another eight years, ending in June 2030. The Commission voted to reaffirm the programs' accreditation at its June 2022 meeting.
According to Dr. Jenny L. Jones, dean and professor, the school's eight-year accreditation recognizes that the programs maintain high performance, integrity, and quality.
"It is a vote of confidence in the caliber of the programs for our graduates and the public they serve," she said. "It ensures excellence and is evident that our programs meet the highest level of practice in the field—which allows us to be competitive with other social work programs across the nation."
The Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work is the first accredited school of social work in Georgia and at a historically black college or university. In 2020, the School, which also offers a doctoral program, celebrated its centennial anniversary. The school is currently ranked #51 by the US News and World Report.
Guided by the Afrocentric perspective, the school prepares students to address specific psychological, social, spiritual, and economic problems experienced by people of African descent while encompassing the intersectionality of race and other societal factors such as gender, ethnicity, social class, ability status, and sexual orientation.
"Racial, ethnic, and gender inequalities continue to be front and center in our society," said Jones. "Families are being impacted in every possible way. Gun violence in our schools and communities, racial violence, and income inequality threaten our security. The continued development and enforcement of oppressive policies challenge the values upon which this profession is built. "Now more than ever, we need social workers to challenge injustices and work to alleviate human and social issues to effect positive change."
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California-based cybersecurity company will leverage billions of data points from the Dark Side of the Internet to protect consumers and businesses in North America with further expansion
LOS ANGELES, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Resecurity®, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity company, has announced its new Digital Identity Protection solution designed to monitor, inform, and protect individuals and businesses from data and identity theft. The AI-powered Digital Identity Protection solution leverages billions of data points from the dark side of the web and connects victims, fostering information exchange on potential indicators of compromise or data breach.
Identity theft is the fastest-growing financial crime, with 10 million Americans falling victim to identity theft each year. With the rise of remote work and global digitalization, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting enterprises and their employees to profit from personal identification data or use it as an attack vector to enable larger-scale breaches. This has accelerated demand for scalable identity protection solutions with the global identity theft protection services market projected to grow from $11.39 billion in 2022 to $27.90 billion by 2029.
As a leader in cyber threat intelligence and risk management, Resecurity's Digital Identity Protection pulls from the billions of data points leveraged in its flagship software platforms to detect, identify, and triage possible threats to an individual's or employee's data or identity. Digital Identity Protection is available on via web browser and mobile app (via Apple Play and Google Play), allowing users and businesses to have real-time, contextualized insights into their personal identity.
"Resecurity is known for investigating complex data breaches and major cybersecurity incidents related to Fortune 500 corporations and government organizations. We have built a unique practice and knowledge base on how attackers steal data and the digital identity of users globally," said Gene Yoo, CEO of Resecurity. "We believe every user should have the right to protect their online identity. Our goal is to use this expertise to improve digital identity protection for Americans and deliver actionable solutions during this time of increased cybercrime."
The Digital Identify Protection solution leverages Resecurity's industry-leading threat intelligence data from dark web activity, data leaks, credentials compromise, hacking activity, cyberespionage, supply chain and third-party data breaches — all of which are catalysts for major security incidents. Resecurity has built one of the largest Dark Web intelligence repositories with over 3.4 billion records and has cyber intelligence analysts deployed across all continents to gather the most relevant and actionable data to help clients protect their business.
Today, most identity protection tools track and notify users of potential risks, often leaving organizations affiliated with an attack vulnerable to long-term cyber risk. With this in mind, it's highly important for organizations to pivot from a particular employee compromise to risks associated with the entire company. In some cases, just one account could result in a major data breach leading to the exfiltration of sensitive data and affecting millions of other users.
Digital Identity Protection's threat notification and data sharing allows businesses to react quickly and score information about the affected consumers of their services. For large enterprises and Fortune 500 companies, there is a tailored offering to protect their employees and to gain more visibility into the digital threat landscape related to their enterprise ecosystem. For individuals, information-sharing also allows consumers to establish a transparent communication if a data breach occurs, to clarify potential risks to their own digital identity.
Currently, the solution is only available in the United States and considers local legislation and existing cybersecurity regulations related to data breach identification and PII data protection. Digital Identity Protection is already being leveraged in a partnership with US-based employee benefits brokers and providers of cyber insurance products to offer digital identity protection packages. The company plans to expand its latest solution to international markets via channel partners in the near future.
To learn more about Resecurity's Digital Identity Protection solutions, visit https://resecurity.com.
Resecurity is a cybersecurity company that delivers a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence. Known for providing best-of-breed data-driven intelligence solutions, Resecurity's services and platforms focus on early-warning identification of data breaches and comprehensive protection against cybersecurity risks. Founded in 2016, it has been globally recognized as one of the world's most innovative cybersecurity companies with the sole mission of enabling organizations to combat cyber threats regardless of how sophisticated they are. Most recently, Resecurity was named as one of the Top 10 fastest-growing private cybersecurity companies in Los Angeles, California by Inc. Magazine. An Official Member of Infragard, AFCEA, NDIA, SIA, FS-ISAC, the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia (AmChamKSA) and Mexico (AmChamMX). To learn more about Resecurity, visit https://resecurity.com.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Cerence Inc. ("Cerence" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CRNC). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Cerence and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On February 7, 2022, Cerence issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. Among other items, Cerence reported revenue of $94.4 million, falling short of consensus estimates by approximately $700,000. Separately, Cerence announced the retirement of Company Chief Financial Officer Mark Gallenberger, effective March 11, 2022.
On this news, Cerence's stock price fell $19.97 per share, or 31.41%, to close at $43.61 per share on February 7, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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On behalf of the Yellowstone Bourbon brand, Limestone Branch Distillery also will match up to $50,000 in additional donations made during a June 28 fundraising event hosted by NPCA supporting two local relief funds
ST. LOUIS , June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the devastating floods impacting Yellowstone National Park and surrounding areas, Lebanon, Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery – makers of Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – has donated $25,000 each to the National Park Service (NPS) and to the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for long-term support of flood-relief efforts.
Additionally, Limestone Branch distillery has agreed to match up to $50,000 in donations made in conjunction with a fundraising event benefiting the Southwest Montana Flood Relief Fund – a joint effort between the Park County Community Foundation (PCCF) and Greater Gallatin United Way – and the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation. The event, hosted by National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), will be held June 28 at the Rialto in Bozeman, Montana.
"We were saddened to learn of the devastation caused by flooding at and around Yellowstone National Park. Our Yellowstone Bourbon brand shares a long, storied history with the park, and our master distiller Stephen Beam has been an avid supporter of – and visitor to – our country's national parks for many years," said Limestone Branch Distillery Brand Manager Caitlin Palmieri Jackson. "We are prepared to match up to $50,000 in donations to support the immediate recovery effort made at the fundraiser event hosted by NPCA in Bozeman, Montana, and we already have donated $25,000 each to the National Park Service and to NPCA in response to this tragedy."
Yellowstone Bourbon also has set up a website (www.limestonebranch.com/about/yellowstone-gives-back) to provide additional information about fundraising efforts as well as links to vetted support organizations, where consumers can learn more about donating and other ways to help.
The only independent, nonpartisan organization devoted exclusively to advocacy on behalf of the National Park System, NPCA is hosting a June 28 fundraising event in Bozeman, Montana, to rally the community around the immediate flood response and recovery efforts related to the flooding in and adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Southwest Montana Flood Relief Fund – a joint effort between the Park County Community Foundation (PCCF) and Greater Gallatin United Way – and the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation for immediate needs like emergency shelter, drinking water, food, clothing and will also help with clean-up and rebuilding efforts. For more information regarding the fundraiser in Bozeman, Montana, visit https://e.givesmart.com/events/rJK/.
In addition to helping ensure the communities and impacted areas of the region who need support the most receive it at this time – NPCA will advocate for the long-term recovery of the park. Assisted by the funds donated by Limestone Branch Distillery, NPCA will further its bipartisan efforts to help fund recovery efforts and advocate for federal funding for park repairs as the park assesses the full scope of the need on its road to recovery.
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As the federal agency responsible for managing U.S. national parks – including Yellowstone National Park, The National Park Service is currently engaging with more than 1,000 partners to assess damage from the flooding, briefing impacted communities and the public at large, assisting with reopening strategies and short- and long-term recovery planning. Funds donated to NPS will assist in these endeavors.
Limestone Branch Distillery's recent donations and fundraising efforts in response to the flooding at Yellowstone National Park are in addition to its support of the NPCA over the past several years. Earlier this year, the distillery donated $30,000 to NPCA through proceeds from sales of its Yellowstone Select whiskey.
Stephen Beam and his brother Paul Beam opened Limestone Branch Distillery in 2011, with the goal of crafting the finest spirits in small batches. With a history of distilling on both sides of their family – Beam and Dant – the brothers are seventh-generation distillers. In 2015, they brought the Yellowstone brand back to the family. The distillery is now home to Yellowstone Select, Yellowstone Limited Edition, and Minor Case Rye Whiskey, as well as the newest addition, Bowling & Burch Gin. For more information on Limestone Branch Distillery and Yellowstone, please visit www.limestonebranch.com, www.yellowstonebourbon.com or www.facebook.com/limestone-branch-distillery.
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The premium hotel brand expands its U.S. footprint, bringing elevated hosted service to guests across the country
ATLANTA, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IHG Hotels & Resort's premium brand voco hotels launches new bookable Turn Up Service rooms in New York City. The limited-edition rooms will provide guests with unique offerings and services that reflect the brand's charming, unstuffy, and playful hotel experience.
Rooms will be available for a limited time in New York City to delight guests at voco Times Square South and voco The Franklin, in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Reflecting the brand's distinct hosted service style, the limited-edition rooms will offer a touch of the unexpected with extra perks, including:
- Dedicated VIP check-in
- In-room craft cocktails featuring a specialty Manhattan cocktail kit complete with bourbon
- In-room lavender-infused chocolate made from a local chocolatier, cozy slippers, and a plush eye mask to unwind in the evening
- voco mug for in-room morning coffee
- Late check-out
The new bookable service enhances the brand's individual spirit and hotel experience, which is represented by three charming bird mascots that signal what guests can expect from their stay. Pleasantly chatty, the finch represents voco's "come on in" philosophy; tranquil and serene, the owl indicates time to relax and enjoy some "me time"; and the flamingo embodies "voco life" which allows guests to let their hair down and socialize in the vibrant and characterful bars and restaurants.
To inform the elevated service, voco conducted a nationwide survey in November 2021, which revealed that more than half (59%) of American travelers consider friendly, approachable and personalized service in hotels more important than ever following the pandemic.
"Travel is back, and guests are craving a more unique, personalized hotel experience," said Ginger Taggart, Vice President, voco hotels, IHG Hotels & Resorts. "Guests know and love our turn down service and this new turn up service is the perfect compliment. The limited-edition 'Turn Up Service' rooms bring the brand to life by inviting guests to 'come on in' and experience the voco life. We look forward to welcoming guests to voco hotels to see first-hand why this brand stands out from the crowd."
After launching in Australia in 2018, voco hotels entered IHG's largest markets in the US and China in less than two years, marking IHG's fastest global brand expansion. Since its initial entry into the U.S. market in 2020, IHG has officially opened several voco hotels in distinct locations across the country, including New York City; St. Augustine, Fla.; Columbia, Mo.; and New Orleans. Furthering the brand's launch, seven properties are in the Americas, including a downtown Chicago location scheduled to open later this year.
voco hotels provide guests with a dependably upscale experience that also integrates informality and charm. IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates 35 open voco hotels properties around the world with an additional 41 in the global pipeline, including an upcoming Mexico expansion with locations in Guadalajara and Saltillo.
Last month, IHG Hotels & Resorts launched IHG One Rewards, a new global loyalty program that gives members richer benefits, more ways to earn, and newly enhanced credit cards – all powered by leading technology on a new mobile app.
For more information and to book a Turn Up Service room, click here.
About voco hotels
voco hotels combine the reassurance of a big brand with the informality and charm of an individual hotel, providing guests with a dependably premium experience. The name, voco, means "to invite" and "call together" originating from Latin, representing the brand's thoughtful, unstuffy, and charming nature. voco's well put-together hotels combine memorable moments and high-quality touches, from indulgent amenities to big, comfy beds. Guests will always get a warm welcome during a swift check in, a comfy room perfect for unwinding and relaxing, and vibrant bar and restaurant spaces that provide plenty of opportunity to connect and socialise. For more information and to book, visit ihg.com and stay connected with us on Facebook and Instagram.
About IHG Hotels & Resorts
IHG Hotels & Resorts [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global hospitality company, with a purpose to provide True Hospitality for Good.
With a family of 17 hotel brands and IHG One Rewards, one of the world's largest hotel loyalty programmes, IHG has around 6,000 open hotels in over 100 countries, and more than 1,800 in the development pipeline.
- Luxury & Lifestyle: Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Vignette Collection, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo
- Premium: voco hotels, HUALUXE Hotels & Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, EVEN Hotels
- Essentials: Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn Express, avid hotels
- Suites: Atwell Suites, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Candlewood Suites
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group's holding company and is incorporated and registered in England and Wales. Approximately 325,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally.
Visit us online for more about our hotels and reservations and IHG One Rewards. For our latest news, visit our Newsroom and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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Hosted by Graham Norton, some of the biggest stars from Paramount+ landed in London to preview their shows live on stage, including Kevin Costner, Viola Davis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Bill Nighy, David Oyelowo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Shannon, Sylvester Stallone, and many more
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LONDON, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) rolled out the Blue Carpet and hosted a dazzling star-studded event set at Outernet London, a new immersive culture, music and media district on iconic Denmark Street, to celebrate the debut of Paramount+ in the UK and Ireland on June 22. The premium SVOD service will offer more than 8,000 hours of content for the entire family, including blockbuster movies and TV series, new originals, and iconic shows.
"From over 100 years of storytelling experience with our Hollywood studio and production hubs worldwide, we know how to make great, global content. Paramount+ is a mountain of entertainment for the entire family," stated Tom Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Streaming, Paramount, during the event's presentation.
Ryan added: "We're the only service where you'll see Sylvester Stallone, SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Trek, and South Park all in one place, and all of this makes Paramount+ what a streaming service is meant to be."
Maria Kyriacou, President of Australia, Canada, Israel, and the UK, Paramount, stated during the event: "Launching Paramount+ in the UK is not just about bringing the best of the world to Britain, it's about getting even more of the best of Britain to the world."
Kyriacou continued, "The phenomenal power of British creativity with our storytelling tradition and talent on and off the screen will be the foundation for building an incredible slate of UK originals for Paramount+. Even before we launch, we have already commissioned 20 shows, with many more planned in the coming years. This is a moment to celebrate the incredible creative firepower of our producers, our creatives, our writers, and - of course - our on-screen talent."
Hosted by Graham Norton, the event featured world-renowned talent from Kevin Costner, Viola Davis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Bill Nighy, David Oyelowo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Shannon, Sylvester Stallone, and many more.
Paramount+ launches in the UK and Ireland on June 22, after successfully landing in South Korea on June 16 and will continue its expansion to Italy in September, and to Germany, Switzerland, Austria (GSA) and France in December, with 45 markets expected to launch by the end of the year.
In addition to this announcement, Paramount+ unveiled slates for its premium international originals as well as casting details and the start of productions in partnership with MTV Entertainment Studios.
International Originals from Around the World
Paramount+ announced its continued investment in diverse content with a slate of international original series, a step towards its plan to commission 150 international originals by 2025.
The originals will be produced by VIS, a division of Paramount's vast worldwide studio footprint that spans more than 20 countries, in partnership with a range of leading production companies from around the world. The slate includes:
- MURDER OF GOD'S BANKER (International)
- MASK: MARIE ANTOINETTE SERIAL KILLER (France)
- A THIN LINE (Germany)
- THE SHEIKH (DER SCHEICH)(Germany)
- CIRCEO (Italy)
- SINALOA'S FIRST LADY (Mexico)
- ONE MUST DIE (Mexico)
MTV Entertainment Studios
Paramount+ made several announcements in partnership with the acclaimed MTV Entertainment Studios.
TULSA KING
The streamer announced that two-time Emmy®-winning actress Dana Delany ("Body of Proof") will join previously announced series lead and Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone in the new original series TULSA KING. Creator and Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan serves as executive producer alongside Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Terence Winter ("The Sopranos," "The Wolf of Wall Street"), who will also be at the helm as showrunner and writer. Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, TULSA KING will premiere on Paramount+ with two episodes on Sunday, November 13 on Paramount+ in the US. The series will roll out internationally to Canada on November 13, followed by Australia and the UK on November 14, and later this year Latin America and other international markets.
TULSA KING is executive produced by Sheridan, Winter, Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Allen Coulter and Braden Aftergood.
TULSA KING is the latest addition to Sheridan's growing slate on Paramount+ which includes 1883, MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN and the upcoming series LIONESS, 1883: THE BASS REEVES STORY, LAND MAN and 1923.
1923
Taylor Sheridan's highly anticipated next installment of the "Yellowstone" origin story to account for the end of World War 1 (1918) and the start of Prohibition (1920) both of which will be woven into the story has gotten a new name - 1923 (formerly 1932).
Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions, the series stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and Academy Award nominee Harrison Ford.
WOLF PACK
Paramount+ also announced production will begin next week in Atlanta, Georgia for its upcoming original series WOLF PACK, premiering later this year and internationally where the service is available.
The series will be written, and executive produced by Jeff Davis as part of his multi-year deal with MTV Entertainment Studios. Davis is also writing and producing the upcoming Paramount+ original film, TEEN WOLF THE MOVIE.
QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE
Global singer and superstar Mel B is set to join the star-studded panel of judges for Season 2 of its hit global singing competition, QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE, joining an esteemed lineup of returning judges including platinum-selling recording artist, three-time Emmy®-winning producer and judge of "RuPaul's Drag Race," Michelle Visage; Multi-Emmy and GRAMMY® nominee Vanessa Williams; and American drag superstar Trixie Mattel. Five-time BAFTA TV Award-winner Graham Norton will also return as Host.
Paramount+ Launches in the UK on June 22
Paramount+ will launch in the UK and Ireland with a broad content slate for the whole family, spanning new and exclusive Paramount+ originals, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from Paramount's world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME®, Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon.
In the UK, Paramount+ will be available online at https://www.paramountplus.com/ , on mobile and a wide range of connected TV devices via distribution through Apple, Amazon, Google, Roku® and Samsung, and more. Users will be able to sign up to the service for £6.99 per month/£69.90 per annum in the UK and €7.99 monthly or €79.90 annually in Ireland after a free seven-day trial.
Paramount+ will also launch on Sky platforms in the UK and Ireland as part of a new multi-year distribution agreement that also includes the extended carriage of Paramount's leading portfolio of pay TV channels. Sky Cinema subscribers will get Paramount+ included at no extra cost through a standalone app on Sky Glass and Sky Q.
About Paramount+
Paramount+ is a global digital subscription video streaming service from Paramount that features a mountain of premium entertainment for audiences of all ages. Internationally, the streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME®, BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel™, in addition to a robust offering of premier local content. The service is currently live in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Nordics, Australia and South Korea.
For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus on social platforms.
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Chick-fil-A location in North Carolina sought volunteers to work for food
(CNN) - A Chick-fil-A in North Carolina was looking for so-called ‘volunteer’ workers who would be paid with chicken sandwiches and fries instead of actual wages.
The store in Hendersonville posted the position on social media Tuesday, calling it “‘volunteer-based opportunity” where drive-through workers would be paid with five entrees a shift instead of money.
The move generated some backlash.
Chick-fil-A ended up taking the post down.
Store manager said the offer was meant for people who “think it’s a good fit for them” and was different from full- or part-time employment.
But a Chick-fil-a spokesperson in Atlanta told the Washington Post Thursday that the Hendersonville store had “decided to end this program.”
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Cash-strapped Nepal bans imports of cars, cuts work week
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
Associated Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal is banning imports of cars, alcohol and tobacco and cutting its work week to cope with a shortage of foreign exchange. The Himalayan country published a notice in the government gazette Wednesday saying imports of all cars except for emergency vehicles, all types of alcohol, big motorcycles, expensive mobile phones, toys and diamond are banned until the end of the fiscal year in July. Nepal has been running low on foreign currency reserves needed to import almost everything. Officials say it will run out within a few months if things don’t improve. To conserve fuel, Nepal’s five and half day work week will be shortened to five days. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/27/cash-strapped-nepal-bans-imports-of-cars-cuts-work-week/ | 2022-04-28T03:46:06Z |
Both Companies Committed to Ongoing Sustainability
ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- T5 Data Centers (T5), the telecommunications industry's only full lifecycle data center partner, announces a long-term lease and build-to-suit project with Flexential, a leading provider of data center colocation, cloud and connectivity, which will result in a combined 54MW campus at T5's Hillsboro, Oregon location, just outside of Portland.
T5 Construction Services will provide development and construction services to deliver an initial 138,000 sq. ft. / 18 MW data center and a subsequent 358,000 sq ft / 36 MW+ facility, provided in a fully customized, turnkey manner in accordance with Flexential's standards, specifications, and commitment to sustainability.
"Flexential's expansion within our Hillsboro data center campus aligns perfectly with T5's commitment to sustainability and customer service," said Pete Marin, CEO of T5 Data Centers. "T5's Development and Construction Services team has already engaged and is working closely with Flexential to deliver 500,000 sq. ft and 54MW of industry-leading quality and performance that will support the needs of their customers and our environment."
T5 is a founding member of the Infrastructure Masons Climate Accord and was an early data center pioneer in the Portland area with its Hillsboro, Oregon facility. The company's first project was delivered in 2014, followed by the current campus breaking ground in 2020.
"Development and construction are the roots of T5's lifecycle data center services platform," stated Robbie Sovie, Executive Vice President of T5 Construction Services. "T5's ability to manage tight supply chain constraints and history of delivering world-class data centers on time and within budget were the key differentiators for us to land this exciting opportunity."
For T5, this represents a long-term lease of its Hillsboro, OR campus to a high-quality tenant with a shared vision for service. The project further solidifies T5's position as a developer and operator of innovative, high quality data centers for the world's best companies.
"When Flexential made the decision to expand our Hillsboro footprint, partnering with T5 was the natural next step as we value their commitment to quality, customer service and providing customized industry solutions to a dynamic space," said Ryan Mallory, Chief Operating Officer, Flexential. "Both companies have a long-established presence in the Portland market, and we look forward to working together as we continue to bring esteemed data center projects and services to the region."
For more information about T5 Data Centers, visit www.t5datacenters.com.
T5 Data Centers (T5) is a leading data center owner and operator, committed to delivering scalable mission-critical facilities, facility management and construction services that provide a "Forever On" environment. T5 Data Centers provides life-cycle data center services and purpose-built data center facilities to organizations across North America and Europe featuring robust design, redundant and reliable power and telecommunications, and a 24-hour staff to support mission-critical computing applications. Visit t5datacenters.com or call (888) 239-7133 to learn more.
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Epson's Booth to Include Sneak Peek of Upcoming Mobilink Products;
Epson to Participate in Panel on Next Generation Retail Technology
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As retailers continue to look for ways to enhance the customer experience, Epson today announced plans to showcase its innovative retail solutions at RSPA RetailNOW 2022. At work in millions of POS systems worldwide, Epson retail solutions support customer engagement, can help increase sales and provide more efficient cost management. Epson's solutions and demonstrations will be on display from July 25-26 at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Fla. in booth #307.
During the show, Epson will provide a sneak peek at new Mobilink™ wireless receipt printers. Slated to announce later this year, the new portable Mobilink products will offer an updated rugged, modern design along with improved wireless capabilities to meet the evolving portable printing needs of customers today.
"Businesses are looking for technology solutions to help them adjust quickly to a changing retail environment," said Mauricio Chacon, group product manager, Business Systems Division, Epson America, Inc. "Show attendees will have an opportunity to explore our most impactful retail products, including new mobile solutions that will offer retailers cutting-edge features for improving business efficiencies and serving customers."
Epson's David Vander Dussen, product manager, will also participate in a panel discussion – "A New Horizon: Next Generation Retail Technology Beyond 2022." David will discuss insight on new technologies and trends that are around the corner and will continue to drive the transformation for the channel.
Epson invites RetailNOW attendees to experience the following innovative solutions at its booth:
- Liner-free thermal label printers – The OmniLink® TM-L100, which offers our broadest media support, and the TM-L90II deliver solutions for meeting the growing demand for buy online and pick up in store (BOPIS), curbside pickup or delivery.
- POS receipt printers – As the fastest POS receipt printer in the industry1, the OmniLink TM-T88VII offers flexible connectivity between multiple devices to help merchants deliver the best customer experience in virtually every environment. The OmniLink TM-H6000V multifunction receipt printer helps businesses leverage printing from web-based apps including online ordering services, so they're ready for the ever-changing world of retail.
- Mobile POS solutions – The OmniLink TM-m50, TM-m30II-h and TM-m30II-SL provide innovative solutions for retailers to easily manage mobile receipt printing needs.
- Kiosk-Friendly Receipt Printer – The EU-m30 is a sleek, compact kiosk thermal receipt printer with an easy mounting kit for effortless integration and serviceability, ideal for busy retail environments.
- On-demand color labeling – The ColorWorks® C4000 and C6000-Series desktop color label printers offer retail environments an easy solution for adding color to labeling and eliminating the cost, hassle and lead time of pre-printed color labels.
The RSPA RetailNOW show floor will be open Monday, July 25 and Tuesday, July 26 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET. The panel discussion with Vander Dussen will take place on Tuesday, July 26 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in room Osceola 5 and 6. For additional information about Epson's high-quality and innovative technology solutions for retail, visit Epson's website.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
1 Compared to single station thermal receipt printers available in the U.S. as of June 2021, based on manufacturers' published specifications. Speed based on using 80 mm wide media only and Epson's PS-190 or PS-180 power supply. Configurations not including the PS-190 or PS-180 will have a default print speed of 450 mm/sec.
EPSON and ColorWorks are registered trademarks and EPSON Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark of Seiko Epson Corporation. OmniLink is a registered trademark and Mobilink is a trademark of Epson America, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2022 Epson America, Inc.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY), which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, today announced that the following investor events will include webcast presentations by Etsy executives:
- Evercore ISI 2nd Annual Technology Conference
September 7, 2022 at 10:15 a.m. ET - Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
September 14, 2022 at 10:45 a.m. PST / 1:45 p.m. ET
Live webcasts and replays of these sessions will be featured on Etsy's investor relations website at investors.etsy.com.
In addition, company executives will attend the Piper Sandler Growth Frontier Conference in Nashville, TN on September 13 and 14, 2022.
About Etsy
Etsy, Inc. operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world. These marketplaces share a mission to "Keep Commerce Human," and we're committed to using the power of business and technology to strengthen communities and empower people. Our primary marketplace, Etsy.com, is the global destination for unique and creative goods. Buyers come to Etsy to be inspired and delighted by items that are crafted and curated by creative entrepreneurs. For sellers, we offer a range of tools and services that address key business needs.
Etsy, Inc.'s "House of Brands" portfolio also includes fashion resale marketplace Depop, musical instrument marketplace Reverb, and Brazil based handmade goods marketplace Elo7. Each Etsy, Inc. marketplace operates independently, while benefiting from shared expertise in product, marketing, technology, and customer support.
Etsy was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
Etsy has used, and intends to continue using, its Investor Relations website and the Etsy News Blog (etsy.com/news) to disclose material nonpublic information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the Etsy News Blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts.
Investor Relations Contact:
Deb Wasser, Vice President, Investor Relations & ESG Engagement
Jessica Schmidt, Sr. Director, Investor Relations
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Media Relations Contact:
Sarah Marx, Director, Corporate Communications
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NHS) (the "Fund") has announced a distribution declaration of $0.0905 per share of common stock. The distribution announced today is payable on August 31, 2022, has a record date of August 15, 2022 and has an ex-date of August 12, 2022.
Under its level distribution policy, the Fund anticipates that it will make regular monthly distributions, subject to market conditions, of $0.0905 per share of common stock, unless further action is taken to determine another amount. The Fund's ability to maintain its current distribution rate will depend on a number of factors, including the amount and stability of income received from its investments, the cost of leverage and the level of other Fund fees and expenses. There is no assurance that the Fund will always be able to pay a distribution of any particular amount or that a distribution will consist only of net investment income.
Due to an effort to maintain a stable distribution amount, the distribution announced today, as well as future distributions, may consist of net investment income, net realized capital gains and return of capital. In compliance with Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a notice would be provided for any distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income. The notice would be for informational purposes and not for tax reporting purposes, and would disclose, among other things, estimated portions of the distribution, if any, consisting of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions paid in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. With offices in 25 countries, Neuberger Berman's diverse team has over 2,500 professionals. For eight consecutive years, the company has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). In 2020, the PRI named Neuberger Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for our approach to ESG integration across asset classes. The firm manages $418 billion in client assets as of June 30, 2022. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.
Statements made in this release that look forward in time involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the adverse effect from a decline in the securities markets or a decline in the Fund's performance, a general downturn in the economy, competition from other closed end investment companies, changes in government policy or regulation, inability of the Fund's investment adviser to attract or retain key employees, inability of the Fund to implement its investment strategy, inability of the Fund to manage rapid expansion and unforeseen costs and other effects related to legal proceedings or investigations of governmental and self-regulatory organizations.
Contact:
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
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Sri Lanka president declares new state of emergency as protests roil island
By Iqbal Athas, CNN
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday, after prolonged protests and a general strike shuttered schools, businesses, and transport services.
The state of emergency will allow for the arrest of protesters blocking roads. The measure must be approved by Sri Lanka’s parliament within 14 days.
The country has been rocked by civil unrest since March, with protests at times turning violent as anger builds over the government’s apparent mishandling of the country’s economic crisis.
On Friday, police fired tear gas at protesters near the country’s parliament in the national capital of Colombo.
The state of emergency drew criticism from some, with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa saying the measure “runs counter to seeking any solution to the crisis.”
Rajapaksa previously declared a state of emergency on April 1, but rolled it back after five days.
Protesters have demanded Rajapaksa’s resignation, frustrated by skyrocketing prices for food, fuel and other necessities as the government runs out of money. Many have been forced to spend hours in the searing heat to fill their tanks at gas stations, or to receive supplies of food and medicine.
This week Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ali Sabry admitted the country’s financial reserves are close to empty. The country has appealed to the International Monetary Fund for emergency financing.
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CRANBURY, N.J., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriHealth New Jersey today announced a new agreement with Thyme Care, an oncology care management company providing high-touch, technology-enabled cancer navigation. Through the new agreement, Thyme Care will provide members who have a cancer diagnosis with additional support that is focused on improving outcomes and overcoming health disparities. AmeriHealth New Jersey commercial members will have access to Thyme Care beginning January 1, 2023.
"A cancer diagnosis can be one of the most vulnerable and challenging times in a person's life," said Mike Munoz, market president for AmeriHealth New Jersey. "We look forward to working with Thyme Care to provide our members and their caregivers with a comprehensive, compassionate solution, focused on their needs throughout the entire cancer journey. We hope that these additional resources can help our members navigate the many options and decisions they face."
Thyme Care will use its analytics platform to help AmeriHealth New Jersey more quickly identify members who need help navigating their cancer journey. Once a member is identified, Thyme Care's team of oncology nurses and resource specialists will reach out to them to provide education and guidance, as well as advocate for patients and support their existing treatment plans. They will also work closely with the member's oncology care team to ensure their care is aligned and fits the patients' individual needs. They can answer questions patients may have about symptoms and side effects and reduce barriers to care by connecting members with needed resources, such as transportation, housing, behavioral health support, grants, and more. The support Thyme Care offers can help close gaps in care and enhance the patient and clinician experience by proactively identifying risks of emergency department visits and hospital utilization.
"The demand for support that extends beyond the oncology clinic is higher today than ever before, and evidence indicates that navigation improves patient experience and outcomes," said Robin Shah, co-founder and CEO of Thyme Care. "We applaud AmeriHealth New Jersey's commitment to its members and their families living with cancer. Every person fighting cancer deserves this type of support, and we're honored to bring our expertise to their members who have or will experience a cancer diagnosis. Together we will build on their existing work to help people quickly and easily get the most appropriate treatment for their specific needs."
Thyme Care will be available to AmeriHealth New Jersey commercial members at no additional cost. Services like prescriptions or lab work will continue to go through a member's health plan and members will be responsible for any associated costs.
For nearly 30 years AmeriHealth New Jersey* has been dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve. Our members are at the center of everything we do. Since the onset of the Affordable Care Act, we have been committed to offering health plans on the Individual Marketplace, which has expanded access to coverage for New Jersey residents. We are exclusively focused on New Jersey with plans designed to meet the unique needs of individuals, small- and mid-sized businesses, municipalities, and boards of education across the state. We also provide administrative services to self-funded groups. Named one of the Best Places to Work for the past 11 years, AmeriHealth New Jersey is located in Cranbury, N.J. For more information, visit amerihealthnj.com.
*AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey | AmeriHealth HMO, Inc
Thyme Care is a high-value oncology management platform that provides personalized, clinically coordinated care to individuals with cancer. Thyme Care pairs human guidance with software and analytics to engage the members with a cancer diagnosis, quickly connect them to the right care, and provide ongoing support through targeted, evidence-based interventions. The company's unique approach establishes deep provider relationships and integrates with a health plan's existing infrastructure, coordinating value-driven care that leads to better outcomes, lower costs and an improved member experience. Backed by venture funding from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Alley Corp, Frist Cressey Ventures, Casdin Capital and Bessemer, Thyme Care partners with health insurance plans and providers to extend the reach of high-quality cancer care through flexible value-based payment arrangements, including risk-based programs. To learn more about how Thyme Care is unlocking high-value care in oncology, visit www.thymecare.com.
Media Contact: Carly LePore, 201-906-7429, Carly.lepore@AmeriHealth.com
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ST PETERS, Mo., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ScholarPath, an education platform designed to help high school students pursue a future true to their talents and passions, has named Jarvis Harris as the organization's Chief Customer Officer (CCO). An important addition to the ScholarPath executive team, this new role will ensure customer satisfaction while focusing on customer onboarding, training, support, education, professional services, renewals and overall success.
Harris has more than 20 years of experience as a customer success and operations leader. He joins ScholarPath from the cloud-based people data analytics platform, Visier, where he held the position of Global VP of Customer Success & Consulting Services. Harris also has ample hands-on knowledge of leading customer success teams accountable for value, retention and growth across international territories for billion-dollar SaaS companies. He has also led and established technology groups and policies as a Chief Technology Officer for one of the nation's largest school districts.
"Jarvis' wealth of experience and expertise within the customer relations field is a skill set that will greatly support ScholarPath's mission to help as many students, schools, employers and recruiters as possible find their next steps and ideal candidates," said Doug Mitchell, co-founder and CEO of Scholarpath. "We strive to provide our customers with the best experience and service possible and look forward to the many positive contributions Jarvis will bestow upon our existing efforts."
ScholarPath is a transformational tool that helps students find their ideal career pathway and plan for life after high school. The platform connects students directly with colleges, employers and recruiters to identify their best next steps and find real opportunities.
"ScholarPath offers its customers an exceptional service that I fully stand behind and appreciate," said Harris. "I am honored to join this team and dedicate my time to providing our customers and partners with a high standard of service and support."
About ScholarPath
MyScholar's ScholarPath is a workforce development social network tool for high school students. By building an ecosystem for students, colleges, employers and the military, ScholarPath is changing how high school students plan their future and how high school talent is recruited. The organization helps high school students find their right path, whether that be college, the workforce, or the military. Founded by an experienced team of educators and technologists, ScholarPath launched in multiple St. Louis high schools during the 2020/2021 school year, in conjunction with area chambers of commerce, employers, unions and the military. To learn more about ScholarPath's mission, visit www.scholarpath.com.
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Traveling nurse charged with killing Fresno father in hit-and-run
By Corin Hoggard
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FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A traveling nurse from Illinois is charged with killing a Fresno man and leaving the scene.
The death of Donald Roberts has left a lingering pain for his wife and two teenage kids.
“We’re not doing good,” said widow Shelly Roberts. “We miss him.”
Shelly Roberts is angry about the February hit-and-run crash that killed her husband and about the driver not even showing up to court in person to face the charges.
Via Zoom from his attorney’s office, 30-year-old Kevin Polidario pleaded not guilty.
He’s a traveling nurse from Illinois and prosecutors say he had just finished a 13-hour shift when he hit Roberts in the crosswalk at Bullard and Cedar in northeast Fresno.
“He left the scene, went home, texted his roommate,” said prosecutor Lisa Urrizola. “He and the roommate returned back to the scene.”
He came back within about 30 minutes and police said he didn’t seem to be under the influence.
He’s charged with hit-and-run causing death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
“The issue is whether or not he had knowledge that he hit something,” said Polidario’s defense attorney Dan Bacon. “But there’s no reason for him to leave. He’s not under the influence. He’s not unlicensed. He’s not uninsured. He came back to the scene.”
“If we’re going to argue the point of whether or not he had knowledge, he did return to the scene,” said Judge Jon Kapetan. “Something was up.”
Polidario drove away from his attorney’s office after his court hearing Tuesday.
His nursing license expires in May, but Shelly Roberts wants it suspended because of the hit & run.
“He left (Donald) to die,” she said. “I mean, you’re a nurse and you’re supposed to be helping people.”
Polidario faces no more than four years in prison if he’s convicted. He’s due back in court in June.
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Grappa Expert Scott Rosenbaum Presents Eleven Master Distillers Of Grappa: Learn What's New And How To Enjoy The Iconic Spirit
WHERE: La Scuola di Eataly (Eataly Flatiron - entrance on 23rd Street)
WHEN: Tuesday, June 21, 1-3PM RSVP: Giulia Perovich | giulia.perovich@gmail.com
NEW YORK, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, June 21 from 1-3PM, Scott Rosenbaum - spirits strategist and Grappa expert - brings the 2022 edition of Hello Grappa to Eataly Flatiron along with eleven leading artisan Grappa producers for New Yorkers to learn and enjoy. The event will satisfy taste buds and feed curiosity.
Here in the US, chances are you have sipped Grappa after a long meal at an Italian restaurant and were intrigued. Scott Rosenbaum will expand your knowledge on its versatility, how to recognize each variety, and expound upon how Grappa is holding up in the US market. Attendees will be the first in the US to try and learn how to make the Ve.N.To, a blend of spirit, honey, and chamomile; the first-ever Grappa cocktail to make it onto the IBA's (International Bartender Association) cocktail list.
The foremost authorities and Grappa's brand ambassadors will share their first-hand experiences–breaking down how production is constantly being improved utilizing innovative technologies and why they safeguard the geographical indication to allow for more transparency with their consumers. Adding to the interactive element, they will also showcase how to pair Grappa with food for different variations of aperitivo and throughout meals.
Grappa — the excellence of the Italian spirits made from the grape skins known as pomace — is getting new attention in the US thanks to creative ways of using it, and its traditional zero-waste production process. Gone are the days of thinking of Grappa as just a digestif or addition to coffee - Hello Grappa will offer the perfect occasion to explore the unknown and the undiscovered potential of this Italian spirit.
About Hello Grappa: Hello Grappa! is a three-year (February 2020 - August 2023) informational and promotional campaign promoted by AssoDistil and co-funded by the European Union under Regulation 1144/2014. Its goal is to raise awareness on Grappa GI through educational and promotional events across some US States. www.hellograppa.com — Instagram & Facebook @hellograppa
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Symani Simulator to accelerate the expansion and adoption of robotic microsurgery
PISA, Italy, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Microinstruments (MMI) SpA, a robotics company dedicated to improving clinical outcomes for patients undergoing microsurgery, today announced the launch of its Symani Surgical System Simulator developed by VirtaMed. The simulator will improve, expand, and digitize the pathways for Symani training as surgeons prepare to expand their microsurgical skills through robotics.
"It was a priority for our company to offer our surgeons a simulation solution so they can practice robotic microsurgery in a more convenient way," said Mark Toland, CEO of MMI SpA. "By training on the simulator, surgeons will be even more prepared for their first Symani patient or for a challenging case."
"We were looking for a way to provide surgeons with a Symani experience without needing to transport the system," said Jamie Milas, VP of Marketing at MMI SpA. "We selected VirtaMed as our trusted partner because of their shared passion for improving patient care and because we knew that they could develop a fully customized simulator that would emulate our device and showcase the advantages of Symani microsurgery."
VirtaMed was incorporated in 2007 and is a world leader in surgical training solutions and data-driven medical education. VirtaMed develops world-class and educationally relevant virtual reality simulators for various medical disciplines such as orthopedics, obstetrics, gynecology, urology and laparoscopy. The VirtaMed LaparoS™ offers an experience that looks and feels real to the users, including correct physical behavior of internal organs and true to life interactions of surgical tools with those organs.
"We're thrilled to partner with MMI to address this new frontier of robotic surgery," said Stefan Tuchschmid, Co-CEO at VirtaMed. "MMI's technology provides tremendous value for the surgical community and the patients they serve. We're proud that our collaboration has led to a simulator that's so realistic that surgeons can immediately begin suturing on Symani after just a few minutes of practice on the simulator."
Incorporating simulation will also accelerate MMI's product development process by enabling new solutions to be tested in a virtual environment for efficacy and usability.
MMI's Symani Surgical System is the only robot dedicated to microsurgery that offers wristed instruments designed to improve a surgeon's ability to access and suture small, delicate anatomy. Its platform provides motion scaling and tremor reduction to allow surgeons to make precise micro-movements. With Symani, surgeons can perform suturing, ligation, anastomoses and coaptations.
MMI will exhibit at the European Association of Plastic Surgeons, May 26-28 in Naples, Italy and at the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Congress, June 1-4, in Cancun, Mexico. Demonstrations of the Symani Simulator and Symani Surgical System will be available at the MMI booth.
About MMI SpA
Medical Microinstruments S.p.A. (MMI) was founded in 2015 near Pisa, Italy to enhance surgical performance through the development of a robotic system that enables surgeons to achieve better outcomes in microsurgery. The Symani Surgical System combines proprietary innovations including the world's smallest wristed microinstruments as well as tremor-reducing and motion-scaling technologies. Together, these powerful capabilities allow more surgeons to successfully perform microsurgery while expanding the field of supermicrosurgery. MMI is backed by international medtech investors including Andera Partners, Panakes Partners, Fountain Healthcare Partners and Sambatech.
About VirtaMed
VirtaMed believes medical education is powerfully delivered through data-driven simulation solutions. Since 2007, we have developed the leading solutions for training outside the operating room because we believe healthcare professionals should never have to perform a procedure for the first time on a patient. VirtaMed's simulators provide the most realistic and cost-effective training available for laparoscopic surgeons.
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18-month-old child killed in drive-by shooting in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - An 18-month-old child is dead after a drive-by shooting.
At a balloon release, family and friends were still stunned after 18-month-old De’Avry Thomas was shot to death in a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon in downtown Pittsburgh.
Police say a bullet went through the Jeep’s window, striking the baby boy who was inside. He died at the scene.
Barbara Jean Johnson is De’Avry’s grandmother.
“Everybody loved him. He was a special child to all of us. He was named after my other great-nephew who passed away,” she said.
Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed another passenger in the vehicle was the intended target, not the child and his mom.
Police arrested and charged 26-year-old Londell Falconer with homicide and criminal conspiracy for his involvement in De’Avry’s killing.
According to the criminal complaint, Falconer and another unidentified man were caught on surveillance cameras in a Jeep Compass with Illinois plates. Police later got a call that two men dumped the car and took off.
Investigators say they connected Falconer through DNA evidence and fingerprints on a can of Red Bull tossed nearby.
At first, he denied any involvement but later said he was the driver, police said.
“I want justice done and I want him to serve. I want him to do life without parole. I want him to suffer for what you did to my grandson,” Johnson said.
The motive behind the shooting is not clear. An arrest warrant was just issued for a second suspect, Markez Anger.
“That was an 18-month baby. He didn’t deserve that,” Johnson said. “You took my grandson away from me. I really don’t know why this target happened, but it was a messed-up tragedy, a messed-up target that took my grandchild away from me.
“He didn’t have a life. My grandson had no life. So, I thank God that God got him.”
Johnson said her daughter had simply been doing some shopping downtown when the tragic shooting occurred.
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Equipped with Creact's latest HUD technology, the Vision 180 dual-lens dash camera will improve motorcycle safety.
TAIPEI, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creact Inc. introduces its latest technology through its dashboard camera system, Vision 180. As one of the startups coming through Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA), Creact is looking to make an impact in the motorcycle tech scene. With a rider's safety and convenience at the forefront, Vision 180 offers riders comprehensive control and the significant elimination of unnecessary distraction through its innovative Head-Up Display (HUD) system. The start-up will be showcasing its technology at the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) Pavilion
Vision 180 dual-lens dash camera is a highly efficient and intuitive piece of technology that is easily installed onto a helmet. This allows riders to access vital information through its low power LED sourced HUD when riding. Live images from the installed dual-lens camera are projected on to the rider's field of vision, creating an Augmented Reality (AR) feed of vital information, such as speed, navigation, and camera function. Other information accessible through the HUD includes music and phone features which eliminates the riders' need to look down on their dashboard or phones.
Vision 180 is equipped with one of the best wide-angle lens systems in the dashcam market. The feature will ensure all blind spots around the rider is covered at all times, giving riders access to a complete picture of their surroundings during a ride. Vision 180's HUD can double as a rear-view mirror, as the driver can get a rear-view image retrieved from the rear camera.
"Vision 180 is a manifestation of our hard work and dedication towards practicing creative innovation as a company. Riding a motorcycle is dangerous without any distractions, so what we have done is created a piece of effective technology that eliminates unnecessary distraction for riders. Our product is compatible with most helmets already on the market, so it will decrease the barrier of entry for many people. This is an important difference between Vision 180 and other helmet-oriented solutions." said David Liang, President of Creact.
With Creact positioning themselves as a company that is driven by creativity, the Vision 180 dashcam system is their flagship product. It reflects their ambition to combine software, hardware and services for innovative offerings to the marketplace. The Vision 180 dashcam is planned to be released to Japanese market in early 2022.
Participating at CES 2022 with over 2100 exhibiting companies, hundreds of thought leaders from around the world and significant consumer interest, the event will be a vital platform for Vision 180 to reach a wider audience around the world.
For more information, please visit https://www.creact.com.tw/pages/english.
About Creact Technology
Providing innovative solutions for a smarter, more convenient living, Creact combines creativity, design and technology to build a better future. With consumer electric products as its main focus, Creact looks to become a high-tech life brand that represents "practice creativity and facilitate life". Their mission is to utilise the infinite possibilities from both technology and human creativity, creating products that will assist in building a better future.
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TSX and OTC: MPVD
TORONTO and NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. ("Mountain Province", the "Company") (TSX: MPVD) (OTCQX: MPVD) today announces production and sales results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("the Quarter" or "Q2 2022") from the Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine ("GK Mine"). All figures are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. Additionally, the Company is providing updated FY 2022 production guidance which reflects a slower-than-planned ramp up following Covid-19 and process facility-related difficulties in Q1/22. These challenges are being addressed and significant improvements in dilution management, processed grade and process plant availability have been achieved throughout June 2022, and leading into Q3/22.
Q2 Sales Highlights
- 16% Increase in Carats Sold. The Company sold 586,763 carats in Q2 2022, a 16% increase relative to Q1 2022.
- 2nd Highest Quarterly Revenue. Total proceeds of US$76M representing the second highest quarterly revenue in the Company's history and a 14% increase relative to that achieved in Q1 2022.
- Positive Price Environment. The strong average value per carat of US$130 follows closely to the unprecedented price growth during the Q1/22. The rough diamond market continues to experience strong demand supported by solid US retail results. Further support to the market is anticipated from jewellery retail in China as Covid restrictions ease in that country.
Mark Wall, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"Production during the quarter improved from Q1 and reached our daily targets over the past month. The action plan that has been developed to drive operational improvements is working, however efforts to recover from the lower production throughout Q1 were slower than anticipated, and as such it is appropriate to provide updated production and cost guidance to the market. Despite this, I am pleased to see the diamond market continues to remain strong, with our second highest revenue in history achieved in Q2. With this improved financial position, we continue to remain on track with our refinancing and strategic objectives."
Q2 Production Takeaways
- 749,821 ore tonnes treated, an 8% decrease relative to Q2 2021, and a 6% increase relative to Q1 2022 (Q2 2021: 811,171 tonnes treated; Q1 2022, 707,553 tonnes treated)
- 1,260,899 carats recovered, 29% lower than Q2 2021, and a 6% increase relative to Q1 2022 (Q2 2021: 1,763,556 carats recovered, Q1 2022: 1,185,156 carats recovered)
- Average grade of 1.68 carats per tonne, a 23% decrease relative to Q2 2021, and unchanged relative to Q2/22 (Q2 2021: 2.17 carats per tonne, Q1 2022: 1.68 carats per tonne)
Revised Operating and Cost Guidance for 2022 (all figures quoted on a 100% basis)
Challenges in Q1 related to a Covid outbreak, process plant availability and higher than planned external dilution continued into the second quarter, leading to lower than expected production. These are progressively being remedied heading into H2/22, evidenced by production of 502,778 carats in June 2022, a 26% increase relative to May 2022. Action plans to ensure these issues do not occur in the future are in place, and leading to improvements in process plant availability and processed grade, which are being tracked closely by management. With the impact of Q2 performance on full year expected numbers, it is appropriate to issue revised production and cost guidance for the 2022 operating year to the market. The Company expects:
- 34 – 38 million total tonnes mined (ore and waste)
- 3.75 – 4.30 million ore tonnes mined
- 3.00 – 3.20 million ore tonnes treated
- 5.6 – 5.8 million carats recovered
- Production costs of $140 - $146 per tonne treated
- Production costs of $76 – $80 per carat recovered
- Sustaining Capital Expenditure of $11 million
The increase in cost guidance is directly related to fewer tonnes treated and carats recovered relative to previous expectations. The operation has not seen significant gross cost increases over-and-above those reflected in previous cost guidance.
About Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.
Mountain Province Diamonds is a 49% participant with De Beers Canada in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine located in Canada's Northwest Territories. The Gahcho Kué Joint Venture property consists of several kimberlites that are actively being mined, developed, and explored for future development. The Company also controls 107,373 hectares of highly prospective mineral claims and leases surrounding the Gahcho Kué Mine that include an Indicated mineral resource for the Kelvin kimberlite and Inferred mineral resources for the Faraday kimberlites. Kelvin is estimated to contain 13.62 million carats (Mct) in 8.50 million tonnes (Mt) at a grade of 1.60 carats/tonne and value of US$63/carat. Faraday 2 is estimated to contain 5.45Mct in 2.07Mt at a grade of 2.63 carats/tonne and value of US$140/ct. Faraday 1-3 is estimated to contain 1.90Mct in 1.87Mt at a grade of 1.04 carats/tonne and value of US$75/carat. All resource estimations are based on a 1mm diamond size bottom cut-off.
For further information on Mountain Province Diamonds and to receive news releases by email, visit the Company's website at www.mountainprovince.com.
Caution Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian and United States securities laws concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to operational hazards, including possible disruption due to pandemic such as COVID-19, its impact on travel, self-isolation protocols and business and operations, estimated production and mine life of the project of Mountain Province; the realization of mineral reserve estimates; the timing and amount of estimated future production; costs of production; the future price of diamonds; the estimation of mineral reserves and resources; the ability to manage debt; capital expenditures; the ability to obtain permits for operations; liquidity; tax rates; and currency exchange rate fluctuations. Except for statements of historical fact relating to Mountain Province, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "anticipates," "may," "can," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "targets," "intends," "likely," "will," "should," "to be", "potential" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may", "should" or "will" occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made, and are based on a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Many of these assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Mountain Province and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct.
Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from results anticipated by such forward-looking statements include the development of operation hazards which could arise in relation to COVID-19, including, but not limited to protocols which may be adopted to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and any impact of such protocols on Mountain Province's business and operations, variations in ore grade or recovery rates, changes in market conditions, changes in project parameters, mine sequencing; production rates; cash flow; risks relating to the availability and timeliness of permitting and governmental approvals; supply of, and demand for, diamonds; fluctuating commodity prices and currency exchange rates, the possibility of project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry, failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated.
These factors are discussed in greater detail in Mountain Province's most recent Annual Information Form and in the most recent MD&A filed on SEDAR, which also provide additional general assumptions in connection with these statements. Mountain Province cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. Investors and others who base themselves on forward-looking statements should carefully consider the above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent and the risk they entail. Mountain Province believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this news release.
Although Mountain Province has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Mountain Province undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Statements concerning mineral reserve and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements to the extent they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered as the property is developed. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Further, Mountain Province may make changes to its business plans that could affect its results. The principal assets of Mountain Province are administered pursuant to a joint venture under which Mountain Province is not the operator. Mountain Province is exposed to actions taken or omissions made by the operator within its prerogative and/or determinations made by the joint venture under its terms. Such actions or omissions may impact the future performance of Mountain Province. Under its current note and revolving credit facilities Mountain Province is subject to certain limitations on its ability to pay dividends on common stock. The declaration of dividends is at the discretion of Mountain Province's Board of Directors, subject to the limitations under the Company's debt facilities, and will depend on Mountain Province's financial results, cash requirements, future prospects, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year term as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, elevating her to the Fed’s No. 2 post in the midst of the central bank’s toughest fight against inflation in four decades.
Her confirmation came in a 52-43 vote in the Senate, with seven Republicans and all Democrats who were present voting in favor. President Joe Biden had nominated Brainard in November.
The relatively close vote reflects the increasingly partisan atmosphere in Congress and nationally that is now engulfing the nomination process for the Fed, an independent institution that has sought to remain above politics. The last time that Brainard, a longtime Democratic official, came before the Senate in 2014, her nomination to the Fed’s Board of Governors was approved 61-31.
In another sign of the divide, a procedural vote on whether to consider Biden’s nomination of Lisa Cook, an economics professor, to a position on the Fed’s board, was voted down Tuesday on partisan lines, delaying a final Senate vote on her nomination.
The delay in considering Cook, who, if confirmed, would become the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s board, prompted angry recriminations by senators from both parties, including statements suggesting racial bias by Senate Republicans.
“Republicans in my committee have a consistent record voting against Black women,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Ohio Democrat who leads the Senate Banking Committee.
Brown cited Republicans’ overwhelming opposition to the nominations of Sandra Thompson to direct the agency that regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and to Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Sen. Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania, the senior Republican on the committee, countered that it was “sad and shameful” to suggest “that there is some kind of racial bias against Black women” among Senate Republicans. Toomey noted that Republicans on the committee have voted in favor of five women of color, including Cecilia Rouse, one of Biden’s top economic advisers.
Biden and the Senate have struggled to fill three vacancies on the Fed’s seven-member board just as the central bank is grappling with the delicate challenge of raising interest rates enough to clamp down on inflation — but not so much as to plunge the economy into recession.
Brainard’s rise to a leading policymaking role follows an extensive career as an economic official during previous Democratic administrations. She was an adviser to President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s before becoming the top Treasury official for international affairs during President Barack Obama’s administration, from 2009 to 2013.
Brainard, 60, the lone Democrat on the board for now, has generally supported keeping interest rates low to support growth and hiring, which makes her a “dove” in Fed parlance. “Hawks,” by contrast, generally support higher rates to control inflation.
Three other Fed nominees are also awaiting confirmation for the Fed’s board, including Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Fed chair. Powell has been serving in a temporary capacity since his first term expired in early February and has broad bipartisan support in the Senate.
In addition to Cook, an economics professor at Michigan State University, Biden has nominated Philip Jefferson, an economist and academic dean at Davidson College in North Carolina. If confirmed, Jefferson would be the fourth Black man on the board. Jefferson was endorsed unanimously last month by the Senate Banking Committee.
Cook has drawn nearly unified opposition from Senate Republicans, who argue that she lacks sufficient experience in researching interest rate policy. They have also expressed concern she isn’t dedicated to fighting inflation. During an earlier procedural vote in the Senate that was 50-49 in her favor, Cook needed every Democratic senator’s vote.
Brown sought Tuesday to delay a procedural vote on Cook’s nomination because two Democrats had tested positive for COVID and weren’t able to vote. Republicans objected, forcing the vote to proceed. The vote failed, 47-51, which means that Senate Democrats will have to try to confirm Cook later when all their members are healthy.
Cook, who earned a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, was a staff economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2011 to 2012. She was also an adviser to Biden’s transition team on the Fed and bank regulatory policy.
Previously, Biden tapped Sarah Bloom Raskin as his choice to be the Fed’s top bank regulator. Raskin later withdrew from consideration after Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, lined up against her. Biden has since nominated Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official, for that post. Brown said Tuesday that he hoped to hold a hearing on Barr as early as mid-May.
If confirmed, Cook and Jefferson aren’t likely to alter the Fed’s policymaking in the coming months, economists say, though they will help balance the hawkish views that now dominate the board. Fed governors often defer to the chair and are much less likely to cast dissenting votes at Fed meetings, in contrast to some of the regional bank presidents.
“Even the most dovish current members (of the Fed) are recognizing that inflation is so visibly too high, it’s a tax on households, it has to be dealt with,” said Ellen Gaske, lead economist at PGIM Fixed Income.
Many economists think the Fed will raise its benchmark short-term interest rate by a sharp half-percentage point at each of its next three meetings, in May, June and July, to try to rein in accelerating price increases.
Such rate hikes would be larger than the Fed’s typical quarter-point increases and would likely lead to higher borrowing costs for home mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. Those higher costs could, in turn, slow consumer spending and and weaken the overall economy.
Brainard was an architect of aFed policy framework, adopted in August 2020, under which it said it would no longer raise rates solely because the unemployment rate had fallen to a low level that could spur inflation. Instead, the Fed said it would await actual evidence that prices are accelerating.
That framework has been blamed by some critics for contributing to the Fed’s delay in raising rates as high inflation erupted last year — an assertion disputed by Powell.
Brainard has also said the Fed could more directly take account of climate change in bank supervision, a stance that has drawn opposition from many Senate Republicans. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/brainard-wins-senate-confirmation-to-be-feds-vice-chair/ | 2022-04-27T13:33:38Z |
Lincoln Aquatic Center closed this weekend due to severe weather
Published: Jun. 4, 2022 at 4:16 PM EDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - Due to the tropical storm affecting the area Friday, the Lincoln Aquatic Center kept its gates locked all weekend. The center had its grand opening during Memorial Day weekend with hours of operation from noon to 4 p.m.
The center will be closed on Sunday.
For the months of June and July, Manatee County waived the $2 fee per person. Children under the age of 15 must have a parent or guardian with them.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Inotiv, Inc. ("Inotiv" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: NOTV) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors who purchased the Company's securities between September 21, 2021, and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before August 22, 2022.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. The Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") of Inotiv and Envigo RMS, LLC ("Envigo") suffered from common and extensive violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"). The Company's Cumberland Facility violated the AWA on a continuous and ongoing basis. The Company failed to remedy the serious problems with animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility. The Company was likely to face governmental scrutiny and potential action over the AWA violations. The Company would subsequently shut down the Cumberland Facility. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Inotiv, investors suffered damages.
Join the case to recover your losses.
The Schall Law Firm represents investors around the world and specializes in securities class action lawsuits and shareholder rights litigation.
This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and rules of ethics.
CONTACT:
The Schall Law Firm
Brian Schall, Esq.,
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Steve King: Coventry Schools Superintendent Eugene Snyder knew how to boost a school
Former Coventry Schools Superintendent Eugene Snyder, who passed away recently at the age of 93, looked like a man in charge, who knew what he was doing.
He came off as someone who could get people to follow him.
Indeed, he dressed the part — his suits were custom fitted — and looked the part, with a great, confident smile and nary a strand of hair out of place. Ever.
He also acted like it. A half-century ago in the early 1970s, he was the right man for the job to get the school system, and including the Coventry High School athletic program, back on track.
One of his first moves — and his signature one — was hiring William "Biff" Lloyd as head coach of the boys basketball team.
Lloyd had been part of a historic coaching staff at Revere in the late 1960s. Jack Greynolds was the head coach there, with Lloyd, Dwight Greer and Al Smesko as his assistants.
When Greynolds left to take the job at Barberton in 1969, Smesko got the head-coaching job at Revere and did wonders with the Minutemen for a lot of years, continuing Greynolds' winning ways. Greer went to Hudson and won a staggering 318 games there, and Lloyd went with Greynolds to begin another stint as his assistant.
The Magics quickly rose to power under Greynolds. They were the talk of the area. While all the other teams were walking the ball up the court in a sleepy manner, Greynolds instituted an exciting fast-break style. The people in Barberton just loved it.
None of this was lost just down Robinson Avenue at Coventry. Snyder liked what he saw and hired Lloyd away to rebuild the Comets in 1972. Slowly but surely, Lloyd did just that, implementing Barberton's up-tempo pace.
By the time Lloyd left in 1979 to coach the Brecksville Bees, Lloyd had the Comets playing competitive, if not also winning, basketball against everyone, even the schools that, when he started, had handled Coventry with ease.
That rise in the basketball program, and in the football program, both under Snyder's direction, lifted the school overall.
And speaking of rise and lift, the thing that always came to mind when Lloyd talked about his time at Coventry was not a win or a season, but rather a single moment in the middle of a tight road game.
Lloyd had a little bit — or a lot — of a temper. Along with the fast-break style and the winning, getting angry on the sideline was among the trademarks of the Barberton coaches at that time.
The basketball coaches at all schools wore suits, or at least sports coats, and ties to games back then. Lloyd saw a call he didn’t like — really didn’t like — and, in frustration, ripped off his coat and threw it high into the stands behind him that was packed with Comets fans.
The coat reached its peak height, and then started to fall slowly, cascading back and forth, almost as if it were floating. Then it settled right above a small group of fans, puffed out like a parachute opening and drifted down right upon a man's head.
That man was Eugene Snyder.
The coat covered him like a small blanket.
As Lloyd recalled, "I didn't know what to do. I thought about turning back around and pretending like I didn't see it. I thought about asking one of my assistants to go up and get it. And I thought about just walking up and getting it myself and handing Mr. Snyder my resignation in the process."
Snyder never blinked. He took the coat off his head and, with a big smile on his face and his hair still in perfect shape, got up and met Lloyd halfway up the grandstand to hand it back to him.
Biff Lloyd passed away in 2004 at the way-too-young-age of 62.
Somewhere right now, he and Eugene Snyder are probably having a good laugh about it. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/05/steve-king-coventry-schools-superintendent-knew-how-boost-school/9468337002/ | 2022-04-07T02:59:13Z |
OMAHA, Neb., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally House, the trusted sports and merchandise retailer that is locally inspired and family-owned, continues its expansion by entering a new market in Nebraska with upcoming locations in greater Omaha. This continued company growth will result in several new stores, starting with Rally House Shadow Lake and Rally House Metro Crossing. Rally House is now looking to hire numerous positions as they prepare for store openings.
With roots in Kansas City, dating back to 1989, it's impressive to see Rally House continually growing into a widely respected retailer in multiple states with over 100 locations. The company is excited to provide an assortment of local and team merchandise to residents in the Omaha area.
Shoppers can turn to Rally House for a wide range of products for regional sports teams and colleges. Find gear for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Creighton Bluejays, KC Chiefs, KC Royals, Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones and more. Additionally, Rally House stores in Omaha will have many locally specific products to show praise for iconic hometown brands and themes.
By offering an assortment of merchandise from renowned brand names like Nike, New Era, and RALLY Brand™, Nebraskans will have no trouble repping fan-favorite programs and franchises with high-quality products. Rally House also offers a complete selection of products available online at www.rallyhouse.com.
Rally House is excited to bring their top-notch customer service and extensive knowledge of sports to the Omaha, NE, market, ensuring all fans and locals get the apparel, accessories, and gifts to showcase their love for their favorite teams.
To help guarantee success in this growing market, Rally House is looking to hire passionate and friendly team members that want to be a part of the fun. Rally House locations in Omaha welcome all sports fanatics and dedicated locals to explore available positions and inquire about joining the team. Apply today at rallyhouse.com/careers-retail!
Rally House and Sampler Stores Inc. is a family-owned specialty boutique that offers a large selection of apparel, hats, gifts and home decor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS teams in addition to locally inspired apparel, gifts and food. Proudly based in Lenexa, Kansas, Rally House operates 100+ locations across 12 states.
CONTACT:
Mike Martin, District Manager
mmartin@rallyhouse.com
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --South African Airways (SAA), the national carrier of South Africa, has appointed Discover the World, a global leader in tourism and airline representation, as its general sales agent (GSA) in the United Kingdom. Effective 1 June 2022, Discover the World will be assuming responsibilities for sales and marketing representation for South African Airways in the United Kingdom.
South African Airways will be closing its regional office in London on 31 July 2022, where it has maintained a strong presence with customers and the travel trade for over 70 years. While SAA has temporarily suspended flights to UK and Europe, due to the pandemic and its business restructuring, Discover the World's appointment will ensure the airline's favorable brand reputation is maintained in the market and will provide continued engagement with travel trade and corporate partners in developing further business opportunities.
Travel Advisors can contact South African Airways for sales assistance and support via email at: tradesupport@flysaa.com or for group bookings at groupsales@flysaa.com. For reservations and information, customers can visit www.flysaa.com or call South African Airways at +44 1224 015059 in the UK.
About South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA) is the national carrier of South Africa and serves destinations within South Africa and across the African continent with a modern fleet of Airbus aircraft. It is a member of the largest international airline network, Star Alliance, which offers Voyager members the opportunity to earn and redeem travel awards to over 1,900 destinations worldwide. SAA's core business is the provision of passenger airline and cargo transport services together with related services, which are provided through SAA and its wholly owned subsidiaries: SAA Technical and Air Chefs, the catering entity of SAA. SAA's world-class service and warm South African hospitality demonstrates its commitment to our customers and is recognized with numerous awards for operational and customer service excellence.
About Discover the World
Discover the World has earned a reputation as an innovative global sales representation leader in the travel industry through a worldwide network of 85 offices in more than 60 countries. With a portfolio of over 100 clients utilizing its sales, marketing and business process outsourcing services, the work of Discover the World has a direct positive impact on the growth of our clients and trade industry partners every day.
For more information about Discover the World, visit discovertheworld.com, or call (480) 707-5566.
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NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") today released its unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"For 90 years, the Federal Home Loan Banks have been tasked with providing a steady, reliable source of liquidity in all economic cycles," said José R. González, president and CEO of the FHLBNY. "Through the volatility of the first half of 2022, our members have continued to find a stable partner in the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, as reflected in advances balances that have steadily increased throughout the first six months of the year. This stability is reflected across the Federal Home Loan Bank System, benefitting local lenders nationwide."
Highlights from the second quarter of 2022 include:
- Net income for the quarter was $76.3 million, an increase of $1.6 million, or 2.1%, from net income of $74.7 million for the second quarter of 2021. Net interest income for the quarter was $146.7 million, an increase of $3.5 million, or 2.4%, from $143.2 million in the second quarter last year.
- Return on average equity ("ROE") for the quarter was 4.71% (annualized), compared to ROE of 4.21% for the second quarter of 2021.
- As of June 30, 2022, total assets were $116.0 billion, an increase of $10.6 billion, or 10.1%, from total assets of $105.4 billion at December 31, 2021. As of June 30, 2022, advances were $80.1 billion, an increase of $8.5 billion, or 11.9%, from $71.5 billion at December 31, 2021.
- As of June 30, 2022, total capital was $6.8 billion, an increase of $0.4 billion from total capital of $6.4 billion at December 31, 2021. The FHLBNY's retained earnings increased by $31.9 million to nearly $2.0 billion as of June 30, 2022, of which $1.1 billion were unrestricted retained earnings and $0.9 billion were restricted retained earnings. At June 30, 2022, the FHLBNY continued to meet its regulatory capital ratios.
- The FHLBNY allocated $8.6 million from its second quarter 2022 earnings for its Affordable Housing Program.
The FHLBNY currently expects to file its Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2022 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on or before August 11, 2022.
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is a Congressionally chartered, wholesale Bank. It is part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 11 regional, stockholder-owned banks. As of June 30, 2022, the FHLBNY serves 315 financial institutions in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Federal Home Loan Banks support the efforts of local members to help provide financing for America's homebuyers.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RadNet, Inc., (NASDAQ: RDNT) today announced that it has received FDA clearances for its DeepHeatlh Saige-DX™ mammography and Quantib® Prostate 2.0 MRI artificial intelligence ("AI") algorithms.
Saige-DX: AI Mammography Diagnostic Software
Saige-Dx, a more advanced successor to our FDA approved Saige-Q worklist triage software, is a cancer detection tool that enables radiologists to more effectively detect the presence or absence of breast cancer with the use of artificial intelligence. DeepHealth's powerful new AI technology automatically identifies suspicious lesions in mammograms and assigns a suspicion level to each finding and to the entire case. It helps detect and diagnose breast cancer earlier while reducing unnecessary recalls.
"In our study to support FDA clearance, all 18 radiologists who participated exhibited improved performance when using Saige-Dx, resulting in the largest increase in performance across all mammography AI products on the market to date. The improved performance was reflected in both an increase in the percentage of the cancers detected and a lower false positive rate when using Saige-Dx," said Bill Lotter, Ph.D., CTO, and co-founder of DeepHealth.
"Saige-Dx is built on our advanced deep-learning algorithms. Our highly accurate AI, as is described in a Nature Medicine article last year, showed the ability to find cancer one to two years earlier than fellowship-trained breast imaging radiologists. The approval of Saige-Dx represents another step forward in advancing cancer care. The feedback from physicians who have worked with our software tools is overwhelmingly positive, making them more accurate and efficient at interpreting mammography images," said Gregory Sorensen, M.D., CEO, and co-founder of DeepHealth.
Quantib® Prostate 2.0: An AI Powered Solution for Prostate MRI Reading and Reporting
Quantib® Prostate is an AI-based software solution that advances the MRI prostate reporting workflow and is accessible directly from the radiologist's reading station. The solution comes with a suite of tools to improve reporting quality and speed, including AI-based segmentations and volumetry, PSA density calculation, precise registration and movement correction, one-click segmentation of lesion candidates, PI-RADS scoring support, and standardized reporting to facilitate easy and comprehensive communication of results. FDA 510k special clearance has been given for a major upgrade to the solution (from release 1.3) that now includes fully automatic prostate zone segmentation (in addition to prostate gland segmentation) and automated initiation of localization of lesions on the PI-RADS sector map.
"We are delighted to present this update of Quantib® Prostate, including a selection of new features that our customers requested over the past few months. We seek to continuously improve our software to support radiologists and urologists in the best way possible, and we deliver updated solutions to our customers as quickly as possible," said Arthur Post Uiterweer, CEO of Quantib.
Dr. Howard Berger, President and Chief Executive Officer of RadNet, said, "We are very proud that two of our subsidiaries, DeepHealth and Quantib, have received FDA clearance for their flagship products. Artificial intelligence will have a transforming impact on radiology and cancer care, and we are committed to delivering those advances to patients and healthcare providers. These recent approvals will help us drive improved patient outcomes while lowering costs. The Biden administration, through its Cancer Moonshot program, is committed to significantly reducing the mortality rates from cancer in the coming decades. We believe that these AI tools will play an important role in the early detection and diagnosis of cancer, resulting in improved survival rates and better patient outcomes."
About RadNet, Inc.
RadNet, Inc. is the leading national provider of freestanding, fixed-site diagnostic imaging services in the United States based on the number of locations and annual imaging revenue. RadNet has a network of 351 owned and/or operated outpatient imaging centers. RadNet's markets include Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. Together with affiliated radiologists, and inclusive of full-time and per diem employees and technicians, RadNet has a total of approximately 9,000 employees. For more information, visit http://www.radnet.com.
About DeepHealth, Inc.
DeepHealth, a wholly owned subsidiary of RadNet, Inc., uses machine learning to distill lifetimes of insights from medical experts into software to assist physicians. DeepHealth's mission is to enable the best care by providing products that clinicians and patients can trust, through rigorous science and clinical integration. DeepHealth has two FDA-cleared solutions focused on improving the accuracy and efficiency of interpreting mammograms. For more information, visit www.deep.health.
About Quantib
Quantib, a wholly owned subsidiary of Radnet, Inc., provides AI radiology solutions to enable faster and more accurate diagnosis by quickly identifying abnormalities, supporting adequate and timely patient care. Using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology, Quantib's software advances the diagnostic pathway by providing FDA-cleared and CE-marked solutions related to neurodegeneration and prostate cancer. All solutions are deployed through the Quantib AI Node platform, enabling seamless workflow integration and rapid regulatory clearance.
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Student Affairs, Student Life, and Student Services Leaders are Invited to Norco Campus for a Day of Networking, Discussions, and Strategic Workshops
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The pandemic may have greatly disrupted the lives of students and the higher education institutions that serve them, but it also quickly taught higher ed leaders lessons that they'll leverage to guide their institutions far into the future. EduNav, the California-based provider of course-to-career academic planning technology, announced today that it is sponsoring a student success symposia series to facilitate the sharing of these learnings.
The national series of day-long events will kick off at Norco College in Norco, California on Wednesday, June 29th at 9:30 AM. Attendees will participate in facilitated workshops, roundtable discussions, and networking breaks before leaving with action plans for their campus that drive them toward:
- Building (or refining) actionable student success pathways that emphasize career readiness.
- Developing an integrated, optimized student success tech stack that helps every student achieve their academic and professional goals.
"We knew student success couldn't be achieved in a silo, and the pandemic further reinforced that for us," shared Monica Green, Ed.D., President of Norco College. "Students, policymakers, higher education leaders, student support staff — really, all members of society have a key role to play in achieving this strategic mission together."
Dr. Green continued: "That's why we're excited to partner with EduNav to host leaders from 2-year and 4-year institutions across Southern California. We're looking forward to talking through shared challenges and offering hard-learned best practices around overcoming them."
Andrew Brown, CEO of EduNav, added: "Our experience working with all three of the colleges in the Riverside Community College District (RCCD) makes it clear that they're great, student-focused partners for this kickoff event. We are excited to co-host this event in California next month, and to start planning our next regional events in Texas and Florida as well!"
Learn more about why to attend, who should attend, what to expect and, most importantly, register for the 2022 SoCal Student Success Symposium today — seats are limited!
About Norco College
Norco College is a two-year public institution of higher education, one of three colleges in the Riverside Community College District (RCCD). Proudly serving the cities of Norco, Corona, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Temescal Valley, and surrounding communities. Norco College serves over 16,000 students annually as they pursue their higher education goals and achieve career success. Norco College is helping to create the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and game-changers.
About EduNav
Backed by a range of venture investors focused on technology, education, and social responsibility, EduNav increases student access, equity, and affordability through automated, integrated, and optimized course-to-career planning technology. Colleges and universities that use our SmartPlan, Insights, and Summit solutions empower their students from all backgrounds to make informed decisions along their academic journeys. Working with us, these institutions remove scheduling complexities and financial barriers so everyone can seize the economic and social benefits of higher education. Learn more about EduNav by connecting with us on LinkedIn, following us on Twitter, and bookmarking our blog, the Course-to-Career Chronicle.
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K-State and Coach Mittie agree on extension through 2025-26
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas State and head women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie have agreed on an extension, keeping Coach Mittie in Manhattan through the 2025-26 season, the university announced on Friday.
In his eight seasons in Manhattan, he has led the Wildcats to four NCAA Tournament bids and an overall record of 145-110 (.569). With five more wins, Coach Mittie will become the third coach in program history to notch 150 victories for the Wildcats.
“I appreciate the continued confidence of our administration to lead this program,” said Coach Mittie. “We are fortunate to have such an outstanding staff and group of players to work with every day.”
In his tenure at K-State, he has coached 20 All-Big 12 selections, five All-Big 12 Defensive Team honorees, five Big 12 All-Freshmen Team members, and one AP All-American.
His ninth season in Manhattan is the 31st of his head coaching career, notching an overall record of 599-345 (.635).
“Under Coach Mittie’s leadership, we have achieved sustained success with six postseason berths while seeing the excitement level and support for K-State women’s basketball continue to grow,” said K-State Athletic Director Gene Taylor. “He has done a tremendous job as head coach while being a great mentor for our student-athletes, and we look forward to continued success with him leading our women’s basketball program.”
Below are the salary and terms of Coach Mittie’s contract.
2022-23: $645,000
2023-24: $670,000
2024-25: $700,000
2025-26: $730,00
Added bonuses:
- Postseason WNIT bid: 2%
- NCAA Tournament bid: 8%
- Top 3 seed in Big 12 Tournament: 12%
- Reach Sweet 16 OR win Big 12 Championship (regular season or tournament): 16%
- Elite Eight: 20%
- Final Four: 24%
- Top 10 ranking in AP or USA Today final poll: 28% or...
- Win NCAA Tournament National Championship: 32%
- $25,000 if he is the Big 12 Conference Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year
- $50,000 if he is selected by WBCA and/or AP as the WBB National Coach of the Year
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STOCKHOLM, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Loomis AB has resolved to during the third quarter continue the repurchase of own shares that was initiated earlier this year, by virtue of the authorization granted by the annual general meeting 2022.
The repurchase may commence on July 25, 2022, end not later than on September 28, 2022, and comprise an amount up to a maximum of SEK 200 million. Repurchase shall be made on Nasdaq Stockholm, on one or more occasions, at a price within the prevailing price interval registered at each point in time (being the interval between the highest buying price and the lowest selling price). Payment for repurchased shares shall be made in cash. Nordea Bank Abp will administrate the repurchase and, based on the trading order given by Loomis, take trading decisions independently of Loomis with regard to the timing of the acquisitions.
Reporting will be made via the stock exchange in accordance with applicable rules.
The repurchase is made for the purposes set forth in the general meting's authorization.
The total number of shares in Loomis is 75,279,829 and the company holds 2,257,782 own shares.
This press release is also available on the company's website, www.loomis.com
July 21, 2022
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Astellas' investigational nonhormonal treatment meets all primary endpoints, significantly reducing the frequency and severity of vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause
TOKYO, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., "Astellas") will present 12-week results from the pivotal Phase 3 SKYLIGHT 1™ clinical trial examining the efficacy and safety of fezolinetant, an investigational oral, nonhormonal compound being studied for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause (VMS), on Sunday, May 8, 2022 at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting in San Diego. VMS, characterized by hot flashes (also called hot flushes) and/or night sweats, are common symptoms of menopause.1,2
Findings showed the SKYLIGHT 1 trial of fezolinetant 30 mg and 45 mg administered once daily met all four co-primary endpoints, demonstrating a statistically significant reduction from baseline in the frequency and severity of moderate to severe VMS at weeks 4 and 12 versus placebo. The safety profile of fezolinetant in SKYLIGHT 1 is aligned with what was previously observed with fezolinetant.3
Fezolinetant is an investigational nonhormonal selective neurokinin 3 (NK3) receptor antagonist that blocks a specific receptor in the temperature control center of the brain (the hypothalamus) to reduce the frequency and severity of moderate to severe VMS associated with menopause.4,5,6,7
"These data are encouraging since menopause-related VMS, which affect more than 50% of women 40 to 64 years of age, can adversely impact daily quality of life," said Genevieve Neal-Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, UNC School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. "The SKYLIGHT 1 results demonstrate the potential of fezolinetant to reduce the frequency and severity of moderate to severe VMS, which represent some of the most bothersome menopause symptoms."
For the co-primary endpoint of reduction in daily (24 hours) mean frequency of moderate to severe VMS versus placebo, fezolinetant 30 mg demonstrated a -1.87 (p<0.001) and -2.39 (p<0.001) mean change at weeks 4 and 12, respectively. At the 45 mg dose, fezolinetant showed a -2.07 (p<0.001) and -2.55 (p<0.001) mean change at weeks 4 and 12, respectively. Additionally, for the co-primary endpoint of reduction in daily (24 hours) mean severity of moderate to severe VMS versus placebo, fezolinetant 30 mg demonstrated a -0.15 (p=0.012) and -0.24 (p=0.002) mean change at weeks 4 and 12, respectively. The 45 mg dose of fezolinetant showed a -0.19 (p=0.002) and -0.20 (p=0.007) mean change versus placebo at weeks 4 and 12, respectively.
Treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were reported by 37.4%, 43.4% and 44.6% of individuals in the SKYLIGHT 1 trial in the 30 mg, 45 mg and placebo groups, respectively. Headache was the most common TEAE in the fezolinetant groups and was reported by 5.2%, 6.4% and 7.4% in the 30 mg, 45 mg and placebo groups, respectively. Serious TEAEs occurred in less than 2% of patients in the fezolinetant groups.
"The 12-week results of the SKYLIGHT 1 study add to the growing body of evidence supporting the potential clinical benefit of fezolinetant in women who experience moderate to severe hot flashes as part of menopause," said Nancy Martin, M.D., PharmD, Vice President, Global Medical Head, Medical Specialties, Astellas. "Our clinical program reflects Astellas' deep commitment to research and advancing science in areas of unmet need, including women's health."
The safety and efficacy of fezolinetant are under investigation and have not been established. If approved by regulatory authorities, fezolinetant would be a first-in-class, nonhormonal treatment option to reduce the frequency and severity of moderate to severe VMS associated with menopause.
About the BRIGHT SKY™ Phase 3 Program
The BRIGHT SKY pivotal trials, SKYLIGHT 1™ (NCT04003155) and SKYLIGHT 2™ (NCT04003142), enrolled over 1,020 women with moderate to severe VMS. The trials are double-blinded and placebo-controlled for the first 12 weeks followed by a 40-week active treatment extension period. Women were enrolled at over 180 sites within the U.S., Canada and Europe. SKYLIGHT 4™ (NCT04003389) is a 52-week double-blinded and placebo-controlled study designed to investigate the long-term safety of fezolinetant. For SKYLIGHT 4, over 1,800 women with VMS were enrolled at over 180 sites within the U.S., Canada and Europe.
About VMS Associated with Menopause
VMS, characterized by hot flashes (also called hot flushes) and/or night sweats, are common symptoms of menopause.1,2 Worldwide, more than half of women 40 to 64 years of age experience VMS and, in the U.S., about 60% to 80% of women experience these symptoms during or after the menopausal transition.8,9,10,11 VMS can have a disruptive impact on women's daily activities and overall quality of life.1
About Fezolinetant
Fezolinetant is an investigational oral, nonhormonal therapy in clinical development for the treatment of moderate to severe VMS associated with menopause. Fezolinetant works by blocking neurokinin B (NKB) binding on the kisspeptin/neurokinin/dynorphin (KNDy) neuron to moderate neuronal activity in the thermoregulatory center of the brain (the hypothalamus) to reduce the frequency and severity of moderate to severe VMS associated with menopause.7,8,9 The safety and efficacy of fezolinetant are under investigation and have not been established. There is no guarantee the agent will receive regulatory approval or become commercially available for the uses being investigated.
About Astellas
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into value for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.
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In this press release, statements made with respect to current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Astellas. These statements are based on management's current assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in general economic conditions and in laws and regulations, relating to pharmaceutical markets, (ii) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (iii) delays in new product launches, (iv) the inability of Astellas to market existing and new products effectively, (v) the inability of Astellas to continue to effectively research and develop products accepted by customers in highly competitive markets, and (vi) infringements of Astellas' intellectual property rights by third parties. Information about pharmaceutical products (including products currently in development) which is included in this press release is not intended to constitute an advertisement or medical advice.
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3 Lederman S, et al. Phase 3 study of fezolinetant for treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause. Presented at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting; May 8, 2022; San Diego, Calif.
4 Hoveyda HR, Fraser GL, Dutheuil G, et al. Optimization of novel antagonists to the neurokinin-3 receptor for the treatment of sex-hormone disorders (part II). ACS Med Chem Lett. 2015;6:736-740.
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6 Fraser GL, Lederman S, Waldbaum A, et al. A phase 2b, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, dose-ranging study of the neurokinin 3 receptor antagonist fezolinetant for vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause. Menopause. 2020;27:382-392.
7 Fraser GL, Hoveyda HR, Clarke IJ, et al. The NK3 receptor antagonist ESN364 interrupts pulsatile LH secretion and moderates levels of ovarian hormones throughout the menstrual cycle. Endocrinology. 2015;156:4214-4225.
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WAYNE, Pa., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) today announced that it has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) with 11:11 Systems ("11:11"), a managed infrastructure solutions provider, to acquire its North American Cloud and Managed Services (CMS) business. The transaction with 11:11 is subject to court approval and customary closing conditions. The hearing by the court to approve the APA with 11:11 is anticipated for September 2022. The Company expects the transaction to close this fall.
During the restructuring process, Sungard AS' businesses in North America have continued to operate largely business as usual, meeting the needs of customers. Sungard AS previously announced a similar transaction with 365 Data Centers ("365") for a majority of its U.S.-based Colocation business. The 365 transaction is also pending court approval. While the Company continues to evaluate potential transactions or other restructuring alternatives, it is preparing to operate its Recovery Services business as a stand-alone entity after it emerges from restructuring this fall.
"11:11's focus on cloud, connectivity and security, combined with Sungard AS' Cloud and Managed Services (CMS) capabilities and team are a perfect complement. Sungard AS' CMS customers will continue to benefit from a provider focused on delivering, optimizing and securing their mission-critical cloud and application environments. What's more, as numerous Sungard AS employees are expected to transition to 11:11, customers will also continue to benefit from the expertise within the Sungard AS team," said Michael K. Robinson, Chief Executive Officer and President, Sungard Availability Services.
Robinson continued, "Our intent throughout the restructuring has been to evaluate and pursue outcomes that will meet the expectations and needs of our customers, while at the same time addressing the business' cost structure challenges. Discussions regarding some of Sungard AS' facilities continue and potential impact to customers is being analyzed."
Additional information about Sungard AS's chapter 11 filing can be found at: https://cases.ra.kroll.com/SungardAS.
Information about the Canadian proceedings can be found at: http://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/SungardASCanada.
Sungard AS is advised in this matter by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Jackson Walker LLP, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, FTI Consulting, Inc., DH Capital, LLC and Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc.
About Sungard Availability Services
Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) is a leading provider of cloud connected infrastructure solutions serving enterprise customers from 75 hardened data centers and workplace recovery facilities in nine countries. Sungard AS has a 40-year track record of delivering resilient and highly available hybrid IT solutions. Backed by high-performance networks, Sungard AS modernizes customers' end-to-end IT across connected infrastructure, cloud, recovery and workplace solutions. Working with customers to understand their business objectives, Sungard AS identifies gaps in customers' current environments and tailors a solution to achieve their desired business outcomes. Visit Sungard AS at www.sungardas.com or call +1 888 537-6519 in the U.S. or +44 808 238-8080 in the U.K. Connect with us on our blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
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Independent investigation into NHL handling of Kyle Beach accusations to be released
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CHICAGO (WBBM) — The independent investigation into how the NHL Players’ Association handled Kyle Beach’s sexual assault allegations against a former Blackhawks video coach will be released to the public on Friday.
A union spokesman confirmed the release to “Sportsnet” Thursday.
Beach revealed in late October that he was the “John Doe” who claimed Aldrich had sexually abused him during the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup-winning 2010 season.
This came two days after Blackhawks president of hockey operations and general manager Stan Bowman announced he had “stepped aside,” after an independent investigation determined he and other team executives failed to promptly investigate Beach’s claims.
Former Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville resigned as head coach of the Florida Panthers soon afterward.
Beach was the Blackhawks’ first round draft pick in 2008, and was called up as a “Black Ace” during the team’s 2010 Stanley Cup championship run, as a potential fill-in for a regular team member if needed during the playoffs.
Beach reached a confidential settlement with the Chicago Blackhawks in December of 2021.
At least 18 of the 32 NHL player reps voted in favor of releasing the report.
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HOUSTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Financial Credit Union has announced the selection of LeAnn Kaczynski as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment was effective April 28, 2022, following the retirement of previous Smart Financial CEO Larry Seidl on March 31, 2022. LeAnn Kaczynski becomes the first woman to hold the CEO position at Smart Financial and presents a seamless transition of leadership at the storied credit union.
"LeAnn has provided vital leadership in establishing Smart Financial as a financially sound credit union with a strong, engaged employee culture. LeAnn has always emphasized doing what is best for the membership and communities we serve," said Seidl. " I have loved leading and being a part of the amazing team at Smart Financial. Knowing LeAnn as an incredibly capable leader, who would step right in and continue to provide her steady guidance, made my decision to retire so much easier. Under LeAnn, Smart Financial will continue to focus on improving the financial lives of our members. My time at Smart Financial has been a highlight of my career, and I wish Smart Financial continued success."
Kaczynski has held numerous positions at Smart Financial, including Chief Financial Officer (CFO)and, most recently, Executive Vice President (EVP). Prior to joining Smart Financial in 2005, she held positions in operations, finance, and accounting at multiple credit unions on the east coast. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration, both from Clarkson University in New York.
"LeAnn has been an instrumental part of the leadership team at Smart Financial and has helped guide the credit union through the most successful period in its long history, " said Smart Financial Chairman Chad Greer. "I am confident that Smart Financial will thrive under her leadership and expertise."
"I am thrilled and honored to be chosen by the board to lead this next phase for Smart Financial Credit Union," said Kaczynski. "Larry will be truly missed, and we are so fortunate to have had him as our leader over the past six years. Having worked side-by-side with Larry leading this team, I am committed to continuing his focus on ensuring that members and employees remain the priority. When we all work together for the common good, it's assured that our credit union will prosper and positively impact our communities for years to come."
Smart Financial is one of the oldest and well-established credit unions in the Houston region since opening its doors in 1934. With 14 locations in Greater Houston, Smart Financial is a state-chartered credit union that is owned and operated by its members. Smart Financial provides a full range of financial services to nearly 70,000 members. In 2016, Smart Financial became the naming rights sponsor of Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas, which has become one of the top mid-sized concert venues in the world. For more information, visit www.smartcu.org or engage with Smart Financial Credit Union on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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A former Wisconsin judge was killed Friday in what authorities are calling a targeted attack by a suspect who also had other government officials as targets, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN.
Former Juneau County Circuit Court Judge John Roemer was killed in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, the source said. The killing stems from a court case or cases, the Wisconsin Justice Department explained.
The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, had other targets in mind -- including Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the source told CNN. Another source corroborated the officials' names to CNN.
"This as I mentioned before does appear to be a targeted act and the individual who is a suspect appears to have had other targets as well. It appears to be related to the judicial system," Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said Friday in a news conference, stopping short of naming the victim.
Kaul added that investigators are not aware of any evidence that points to danger for other people, noting the probe is ongoing.
"Those who may have been other targets have been notified of that, but we are not aware of any active threat to individuals," he said. "If we become aware of any specific ongoing threat, we will certainly notify people when we are aware of that."
CNN has reached out to the governor's office, McConnell's office, the US Capitol Police, the Juneau County Sheriff's Office and the Wisconsin Justice Department.
The attack appears to have begun Friday morning, when the Juneau County Special Tactics and Response Team entered a house and found a 68-year-old man dead in his home, the Wisconsin DOJ said in a statement.
There were attempts to negotiate with a person inside the home before the team entered. Authorities found a 56-year-old man in the basement with what seemed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the state DOJ said.
"Law enforcement began life-saving measures, and the individual was transported to a medical facility. A firearm was recovered at the scene," the statement said.
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Brian Cully to lead corporate development and Justin Beck to lead North America sales
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instructure, the maker of Canvas, today announced the addition of two key leaders that will have a broad influence over driving the growth of the Instructure Learning Platform. Brian Cully, a former investment banker with KeyBanc Capital Markets, has been appointed senior vice president of corporate development. In addition, Justin Beck, a former sales executive with Salesforce.org, has been named senior vice president of North America sales. Both leaders have already started at Instructure and bring significant leadership experience and industry expertise to help the company deliver on its core mission of elevating student success, amplifying the power of teaching and inspiring everyone to learn together.
As senior vice president of corporate development at Instructure, Cully will play a pivotal role in driving strategy for mergers, acquisitions and integration. Working in close partnership with the executive committee and Instructure's board of directors, Cully will analyze, recommend and execute merger and acquisition opportunities while prioritizing the needs of our customers. Cully will report to Mitch Benson, Instructure's chief strategy officer. He replaces Steve Workman, who retires after a successful career that includes overseeing four acquisitions for Instructure and establishing the foundational framework for managing the deal lifecycle.
With over a decade of experience as an investment banker, Cully most recently was responsible for sourcing and executing M&A transactions that spur growth. With extensive experience spearheading technology M&A activities, he drove a variety of advisory and capital raise transactions with companies in the software, internet, human capital management and financial technology sectors. Cully earned a master's degree in accounting and a bachelor's degree in finance and accounting from the Ohio State University and is a CFA charter holder.
As senior vice president of North America sales, Justin Beck will lead sales for both K12 and higher education, supporting over 150 teammates across sales, solution engineering, sales development and account management. He will report to Frank Maylett, Instructure's Chief Revenue Officer. Beck replaces Chris Benwell, who recently stepped into the role of senior vice president of global sales.
With the addition of Beck, Instructure gains close to 15 years of sales leadership experience at a variety of ed-tech companies and a nuanced understanding of the unique needs of both higher education and K-12 institutions. Beck joins Instructure following four years with Salesforce.org where he was a key part of the higher education leadership team, significantly outpacing revenue projections and growing market share. His team achieved greater than 50% year-over-year growth across all Salesforce cloud applications in the student and administrative lifecycle. A frequent contributor to edtech publications and presenter at industry conferences, Beck is an influential thought leader and respected sales partner to some of the most innovative thinkers in education today. He graduated with honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a bachelor's degree in marketing.
"The addition of these seasoned, accomplished leaders will add to the culture of success we're intentionally building," said Instructure CEO Steve Daly. "Under Brian's leadership, we expect a sophisticated, thoughtful process for analyzing M&A opportunities, emphasizing maximizing value for our current customers. Beyond simply determining the financial viability of potential deals, he'll prioritize the needs expressed by customers and look for ways to solve their most pressing challenges. Justin brings a proven track record of leading sales teams that consistently outperform. We're confident in his ability to accelerate our growth and add significant value to our current customer base. As we continue to expand the market share-leading presence of Canvas, we anticipate a positive impact on the entire suite of products comprising the Instructure Learning Platform."
ABOUT INSTRUCTURE
Instructure (NYSE: INST) is an education technology company dedicated to elevating student success, amplifying the power of teaching, and inspiring everyone to learn together. Today the Instructure Learning Platform supports tens of millions of educators and learners around the world. Learn more at www.instructure.com.
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Topeka Fire Department responds to structure fire
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Topeka Fire Department received report of a structure fire just before 8:00 p.m. Saturday night.
The department was dispatched to a fire on 205 SE 25th Street Lot #21 in Topeka. Upon arrival, fire suppression crews reported heavy smoke coming from a mobile home. The fire department said that no working smoke detectors were present within the structure.
The fire was extinguished, and was contained to the mobile home it originated from. A primary search of the home showed no occupants were inside, and investigators confirmed with the occupant at the scene that no one was home at the time of the fire.
Preliminary investigation indicates the cause of the fire as undetermined with no suspicion of foul play. The estimated total damage to the structure is $7,500, with $2,500 worth of contents loss.
Three engine companies, two truck companies, two chief officers and a fire investigator responded on the scene.
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DUBLIN, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO), a leading provider of Consumer Self-Care Products, today announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Omeprazole Magnesium Delayed-Release Mini Capsules, 20 mg over-the-counter (OTC). Perrigo expects to launch Omeprazole Minis later this year.
This launch represents a first-to-market mini capsule form of omeprazole, which is indicated for treatment of frequent heartburn. This capsule is 70% smaller than the tablet version of omeprazole that is currently available, providing a differentiated and preferred product offering for consumers. The product will be marketed under retailer's store brand labels comparable to Prilosec OTC®.
Perrigo Executive Vice President & President, Consumer Self-Care Americas, Jim Dillard commented, "This approval illustrates Perrigo's research and development and regulatory expertise and our continued focus on product innovation to provide value for both our customers and consumers. The omeprazole mini product exemplifies our national-brand-different strategy and provides our store brand partners with a differentiated product in the marketplace."
About Perrigo
Perrigo Company plc (NYSE; PRGO) is a leading provider of Consumer Self-Care Products and over-the-counter (OTC) health and wellness solutions that enhance individual well-being by empowering consumers to proactively prevent or treat conditions that can be self-managed. Led by its consumer self-care strategy, Perrigo is the largest store brand OTC player in the U.S. in the categories in which it competes and a top 10 OTC company by revenue in Europe. Visit Perrigo online at www.perrigo.com.
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Sara Sabry is Selected as Space For Humanity's Second Citizen Astronaut to Experience the Overview Effect
DENVER, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Space For Humanity (S4H), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, announced its selection committee has chosen Sara Sabry to become the organization's second sponsored Citizen Astronaut. Sara will become the first Egyptian to fly to space when she flies aboard Blue Origin's NS-22 flight.
Sara, 29, is an Egyptian mechanical and biomedical engineer and founder of Deep Space Initiative (DSI), a nonprofit which aims to increase accessibility for space research. Sara became Egypt's first female analog astronaut in 2021, when she was selected to complete a two week analog Moon mission, which simulated the extreme conditions astronauts experience in Space. She will join five other crew members including Coby Cotton, Mario Ferreira, Vanessa O'Brien, Clint Kelly III, and Steve Young aboard New Shepard to experience the cognitive shift of the Overview Effect and incorporate that new found perspective into a social impact project with the support of S4H's Citizen Astronaut Program (CAP).
"When we dare to dream big, we achieve things deemed impossible, we break boundaries, write history, and set new challenges for the future," said Sabry. "I am incredibly excited that Space For Humanity has offered me this opportunity and I am honored to be representing Egypt in Space for the first time. My ancestors have always dreamt big and achieved the impossible, and I hope to bring that back. This is just the beginning."
Sara earned her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in biology, chemistry, and pre-med at the American University in Cairo, going on to earn a master's in biomedical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano. She is now pursuing a PhD in aerospace sciences with a focus on space suit design. Fluent in Arabic, French, and English, Sara grew up in Cairo and currently resides in Berlin. She shared that kids in the Western world grew up watching rocket launches, but children in the Arab world were mostly unaware of these exploits, which is why she is co-founding the Space Ambassadorship Program with the Egyptian Space Agency, to shed light on the important research opportunities and potential to benefit life on Earth.
"Many Egyptians have lost hope in our future and my hope is that by going to space, I can contribute to changing that; to bring hope to people, and to make them proud of where they come from," added Sabry. "I believe that sharing my experience with the world will motivate the younger generation of Egyptians to pursue education and help change the perception of women, showing the world what we are truly capable of."
Sara is the second beneficiary of S4H's Citizen Astronaut Program, which sponsors exceptional candidates to experience the Overview Effect and then employ that new perspective to solve some of humanity's most difficult challenges.
S4H has partnered with Paragon, a strategic advisory group focused on conscious leadership development programs that shift perspective, to design and implement the first-ever training program built specifically for the Overview Effect. Citizen Astronauts participate in training modules designed to optimize their ability to navigate the Overview Effect experience, fully integrate that experience, and equip them to live and lead from an Overview Perspective.
"In order to address the challenges that we face on a global scale, we need to look at the Earth as the complex, interconnected system that it is," said Rachel Lyons, Executive Director of Space For Humanity. "One of the most powerful ways to generate that perspective is through the Overview Effect and viewing our planet from afar. We believe space is a tool for transformation, so we're dedicated to giving as many people access to this experience as possible. Congratulations to Sara on being selected for this life-changing adventure, we know she will be an incredible ambassador for our mission and look forward to seeing how she uses this opportunity to change the world."
S4H sent its first citizen astronaut, Katya Echazarreta, to Space aboard NS-21 on June 4, 2022. Katya is completing the third and final Application phase of the Citizen Astronaut Program, designing a "Life and Leadership Agreement" that outlines how she will continue to integrate and apply the value of the Overview Effect to her leadership role and humanitarian initiatives.
Space for Humanity is expanding access to space for all of humanity. The nonprofit created the planet's first Sponsored Citizen Astronaut Program, giving leaders, from any walk of life, the opportunity to apply to go to space and experience the Overview Effect: the cognitive shift in awareness that occurs when a human being looks down on the Earth from space.
Through its citizen spaceflight program, leadership training, and collaborative efforts to educate the public, Space for Humanity is setting the stage to create the world we want, both here on Earth and throughout the cosmos. For more information, please visit www.spaceforhumanity.org
Sarah Nickell
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Paragon Performance Evolution is a leadership & high-performance resource that combines the best of modern science, innovative technology and human behavior with timeless wisdom. They empower the world's elite performers to access and evolve their highest potential in all spheres of life. Paragon develops and implements customized programs for organizations and their people that create measurable change, allowing for greater productivity, inspired purpose, disciplined focus, and authentic communication.
Clients partner with Paragon to fuel positive shifts in humanity, greater impact in the world and meaningful systemic change and include Fortune 500 corporations, Tier 1 Military, law enforcement, Olympic and professional athletes and the YPO community. For more information, please visit www.performanceparagon.com.
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