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Woodruff dominates, Brewers beat Pirates for 3-game sweep
By TOM KERTSCHER
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched hitless ball into the sixth inning, Rowdy Tellez homered for the second straight day and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 for a three-game sweep. Woodruff gave up just one hit, a one-out single by former teammate Daniel Vogelbach in the sixth. After pitching five shutout innings in a win over St. Louis in his last outing, Woodruff struck out nine and walked two in six scoreless innings to beat the Pirates. Josh Hader earned his sixth save in six tries, finishing off Milwaukee’s fourth straight win. Tellez hit a solo homer and Keston Hiura later added a three-run drive. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/20/woodruff-dominates-brewers-beat-pirates-for-3-game-sweep/ | 2022-04-20T23:30:46Z |
Judge rules firing squad, electric chair unconstitutional in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A Richland County judge ruled Tuesday that firing squads and the use of the electric chair are unconstitutional in South Carolina.
Judge Jocelyn Newman ruled in the case involving four death row inmates against the State of South Carolina. She granted declaratory and injunctive relief for the inmates, writing:
“In 2021, South Carolina turned back the clock and became the only state in the country in which a person may be forced into the electric chair if he refuses to elect how he will die. In doing so, the General Assembly ignored advances in scientific research and evolving standards of humanity and decency.”
Newman’s ruling found the state’s use of firing squads and electrocution is in violation of the South Carolina Constitution and its prohibition on cruel, corporal or unusual punishments. It additionally said the state is permanently prevented from executing the inmates by electrocution or firing squad.
One of the inmates in the lawsuit, Richard Bernard Moore, was scheduled earlier in the year to be the first person executed by firing squad in the state after the legislature added the option for prisoner executions. Through legal appeals, Moore’s execution was delayed while the court considered the case.
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Dr. Nitin Goyal to offer specialized care for hand, wrist and elbow injuries, and Dr. Arash Sayari to offer specialized care for spine and neck conditions
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR) today announces an expansion of its presence in Joliet and Naperville with the hiring of two specialist physicians. Nitin Goyal, M.D. and Arash Sayari, M.D. will practice at both locations starting today, which will further elevate MOR's clinical expertise and enhance accessibility to world-class orthopedic care in DuPage, Kendall and Will counties.
Drs. Goyal and Sayari each completed their residency with MOR and Rush University Medical Center before pursing fellowships at other world-renowned institutions. The doctors' return to practice at MOR illustrates the strength and influence of the orthopaedic program that was recently ranked the 5th best in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
"The additions of Dr. Goyal and Dr. Sayari demonstrate MOR's commitment to delivering top-quality care to our patients in Joliet, Naperville, and the surrounding communities," said Dr. Brian Cole, managing partner of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. "Patients often travel from across the country or around the world to receive care at MOR, so enhancing our presence in Chicagoland communities with such talented physicians is very exciting."
Dr. Nitin Goyal, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in care of the hand, wrist, and elbow. Dr. Goyal seeks to educate and empower patients to select the least invasive treatment option that yields the most reliable and impactful outcomes. Dr. Goyal graduated with honors (Summa Cum Laude) in Economics from Northwestern University and earned his medical degree with honors (Cum Laude) from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Rush University Medical Center and his hand and upper extremity fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Having grown up in Naperville, Dr. Goyal's clinical presence in the Chicagoland area holds a significant level of personal meaning. Returning as a physician, he hopes to help residents of the community overcome physical discomfort and support their pursuit of healthy, active lifestyles.
"I am honored to be serving the Naperville community in which I was raised and the residents of Joliet," said Dr. Goyal. "I look forward to developing meaningful relationships with my patients and amplifying MOR's positive impact in these communities."
Dr. Arash Sayari, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon who specializes in the latest minimally-invasive techniques and advanced technologies. Treating ailments ranging from simple neck and back pain to herniated disks and arthritis, Dr. Sayari leverages robotics and other emerging technologies to ensure accuracy and enhance patient outcomes. Dr. Sayari graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA before completing his medical training with the highest honors at the University of Miami. As a believer in motion preservation, Dr. Sayari has also established himself as a leading expert in spinal disc arthroplasty to avoid fusion procedures.
"I look forward to utilizing my clinical expertise in neck and spine conditions to improve the health and well-being of MOR's patients in Joliet and Naperville," said Dr. Sayari. "The opportunity to serve Illinois' third- and fourth-largest cities is incredibly exciting and brings with it the potential to improve the lives of countless patients in the years to come."
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Goyal or Dr. Sayari at MOR locations in Joliet or Naperville, please visit www.rushortho.com or call 877.MD.BONES.
About Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush
MOR is among the international leaders in musculoskeletal health and is currently ranked No. 5 in Orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. MOR is comprised of international renowned Orthopedic and Spine surgeons who pioneer the latest advances in technology and surgical techniques to improve the lives and activity levels of patients around the world. MOR has seven full-service locations in Chicago, Joliet, Naperville, Oak Brook, Oak Park, Westchester, and Munster, IN. MOR also has eight, stand-alone physical therapy clinics in Bensenville, Geneva, Lincoln Park, Lockport, Orland Park, River Grove, Park Ridge, and Munster (Centennial Village), IN.
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THRōW Social® Delray Announces Monthly Revenues Exceed $1 Million at new Delray Beach Location;
More South Florida Expansion, More Innovative Concepts Underway
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneering high school math teacher turned entrepreneur Ginger Flesher-Sonnier, founder of The Ginger Companies, whose portfolio includes several of her vastly successful concepts such as country-renowned Escape Room Live® locations, Kick Axe Throwing® venues, and THRōW Social®, announces "more expansion is underway" for her company in South Florida. THRōW Social® Delray Beach, which opened in January 2022 to wild success with revenues exceeding $1 million monthly, is scouting additional locations throughout the Sunshine State.
"South Florida has spoken and has really responded extremely positively to our unique brand of fun. We've been thrilled with the positive reception to THRōW Social® Delray Beach and are already in the process of scouting several new locations as well as developing new concepts to introduce to market", explains Sonnier, who relocated to Lighthouse Point during pandemic times and became a permanent South Florida resident because of more lenient restaurant regulation classifications during COVID-19.
With many of her facilities having in-person activities (i.e., live music, shuffleboard, axe throwing, escape rooms) as an entertainment component to their service offerings, THRōW Social® Washington DC and several of her Kick Axe locations in N.Y.C., Philadelphia and Washington, DC endured government shut-down due to meeting local criteria for both restaurant and entertainment venues, yet not qualifying for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund nor the Shuttered Venues Grant. "We were stuck in a situation that led to our having to close most of our facilities for what we felt were unnecessarily extended periods of time, waiting for these policies to change. There is no denying that Florida has been so much more receptive to our needs as hospitality operators and we will continue to expand our footprint in this market indefinitely," adds Sonnier.
THRōW Social® is a competitive socializing venue, featuring an abundance of social games, chef-driven cuisine, a mixologist-led beverage program and weekly live entertainment. With locations in Washington, DC and Delray, Florida, THRōW Social® is the newest creative endeavor from the Ginger Companies, a northeastern experiential location based entertainment company. THRōW Social® Delray Beach is open to families with children by day and adults 21+ beginning at 9pm nighty. The 12,000 square foot indoor-outdoor venue features VIP cabanas in addition to DJs and live bands, axe -throwing, LED ping pong, darts and more, all in an elevated tropical chic setting that has become popular for dog-friendly dining and brunch, serving a multitude of generations. Hybrid corporate functions and Game Day events are made possible by the 22' video wall. For more information on THRōW Social® Delray Beach, visit throwsocial.com or follow them on Instagram and Facebook, @throwsocialdelray.
Please direct all media inquiries to:
Hanna Allison
hanna@thegingercompanies.com,
(517) 294-0575
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100 people from one California church opened their homes to Ukrainians in need
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Phil Metzger flew home to California from Ukraine soon after the war broke out, devastated by what he saw.
He’d been helping deliver medicine and evacuate families from danger, and the evangelical pastor knew he wanted the church he leads in suburban San Diego to do even more to help those in need.
He never expected the crisis would end up coming to them.
“Who would ever imagine that a pipeline into America (for Ukrainians) would open through Mexico?” Metzger says. “That just caught us all completely off guard.”
Calvary San Diego is in Chula Vista, California, about 8 miles north of the US-Mexico border. And as a growing number of Ukrainians were crossing the border from Tijuana to seek refuge in the United States, Metzger saw it as an opportunity to turn the church’s beliefs into action.
“Jesus said love your neighbor as yourself. Right now, these are our neighbors,” Metzger says. “They’re literally showing up in our backyard.”
Over the past six weeks, Metzger says thousands of Ukrainians crossing the border have spent at least a night inside his church, and hundreds more have stayed at the homes of church members.
About 100 people connected to Calvary — including members and their families — opened up their homes to give the new arrivals a comfortable place to stay for a night or two. Many also volunteered to make airport runs, dropping off families who were continuing their journeys to meet up with relatives across the US.
Metzger already felt a personal connection with the Ukraine conflict. He was based in Budapest for 20 years, made many friends in Ukraine and still helps oversee churches in the region for the wider Calvary network. But this experience, he says, has created even deeper ties for his community.
“It’s been life-changing,” Metzger says, describing what happened when Ukrainians began sleeping in his church, attending services and ultimately, changing his church’s perspective on the world.
One weekend, Metzger says there were so many Ukrainians at the church that they held the service in Russian. Many have prayed together with their host families. A few recently got baptized.
The whirlwind of arrivals passing through his church seems like it’s about to end, Metzger says, since the Biden administration is advising Ukrainians to stop journeying to Mexico to reach the United States. Federal officials now are rolling out a program that creates a more streamlined online application process for those seeking temporary refuge in the US.
As details about that new effort emerge, Metzger and members of his congregation say they’re eager to share what they’ve witnessed in one corner of California.
“There are so many things happening in the world, and we can’t be aware of everything. But this,” he says, “is an area that God gave us open doors to see.”
Families are sharing stories of long journeys and loved ones left behind
It’s still heartbreaking for Ana Casillas to think about one of the first Ukrainian families who came through the door of her home. There was a 2-year-old child — the same age as Casillas’ daughter. The boy was struggling, Casillas says. “Just crying and crying.”
She learned they’d left his mom behind in Ukraine because she didn’t have a passport and had no way to travel.
Casillas, a biochemist, imagined how she’d feel if a war forced her and her daughter to separate.
It was one of many harrowing stories she says she’s heard from the Ukrainian families she’s hosted.
Another family told her their parents were trapped in Russian-occupied territory, scared for their lives but unable to flee.
Others described long journeys through multiple European countries, flights to Mexico and long waits at the US border. One family said they’d lost what little luggage they had along the way.
“Effectively they lost everything they owned,” Casillas says.
She sent a message to her friends telling the family’s story, sharing their clothing sizes and asking for donations.
When the family left her house, their new suitcases were full.
Google Translate has helped the families connect
Nick Roach wasn’t sure what to expect when his family of eight signed up to welcome Ukrainian families into their home.
He wasn’t worried about finding space for them. He and his wife, Anna-Marie, had no problem giving up their bedroom and moving to the living room. They’d both grown up in big families and weren’t daunted at the prospect of an even fuller house. Their five older kids could sleep in the living room, too, and their 9-month-old baby could sleep in the office.
But the retired NFL player knew many of the new arrivals would be in shock, upset and depressed.
“Just when they arrived here,” he says, “their hometowns and villages were getting destroyed.”
What would they need? Would his family be able to do enough to help? And how would they connect with each other?
One key way to unlock the answers, he soon learned, was Google Translate. While interpreters were on hand to help families with travel arrangements and other plans at the church, host families have turned to technology to bridge the language gap.
And even with only Google Translate as a go-between, families have opened up and found common ground.
Merridith Cho’s family of 10 has hosted several Ukrainian families in recent weeks, and Cho says she’s been amazed by all the unexpected moments of connection. She says she’ll never forget the woman who told her about the shop she left behind in Ukraine. Cho learned the woman has been making dresses for over 20 years. She showed Cho a photo of an elegant, hand-sewn gown.
“I was doing that until our world stopped,” the woman told her. “We just had to walk away from everything.”
Cho’s 12-year-old daughter Emma ran upstairs to get a quilted backpack she’d just made and show it to their guest.
Even though they didn’t speak the same language, they shared a love of sewing.
Their kids haven’t needed any translation help
After hosting about a dozen families in their home, Nick and Anna-Marie Roach’s children now can rattle off a few words in Russian and Ukrainian. But translation hasn’t been necessary for them.
“The kids all played together,” Anna-Marie Roach says. “Toys and running around are a common language.”
Host families from Calvary San Diego have snapped photos of their kids joining Ukrainian children to share toys, spar in Nerf-gun battles and bound barefoot along the beach. Casillas recorded a video that shows a group of children in her backyard, piling onto a swing, twisting it around and squealing with glee as they spin together.
But as easy as it is for kids to connect, some of these American parents have found it hard to explain to their children why the Ukrainians are fleeing in the first place.
Casillas says she tried to break the issues down into terms her 5-year-old son would understand.
“I explained to him there’s a bad guy that’s destroying people’s homes, so they need to find a new home. So they’re going to stay with us for a day or two until they can go to their new home,” she says.
Her son responded with a question Casillas struggles to answer: “He’s so mean. Why is he destroying people’s houses?”
They see this as another chapter in the American story
Casillas sees her own family’s struggles reflected on the faces of the Ukrainian guests who arrive at her home.
She remembers coming to the United States with her parents in 1996, leaving behind everything they knew in Mexico.
“I didn’t speak one lick of English. We came with two bags of stuff. We never looked back,” she says. “I know what it is to come with nothing, losing all your friends and your home.”
She hasn’t been sharing the story with all her guests; she wants to keep the attention on them, not her. But one day, she found herself mentioning it to a Ukrainian woman who’d just arrived with her daughter. The mom said she dreamed of taking her daughter to Disneyland someday. She asked Casillas whether that would be possible — whether their family would ever find their footing.
Casillas’ dad worked for a closet-making company when they first got to the US and now owns his own business. Her mom had been trained as a pharmacist in Mexico but cleaned houses in the United States to support their family. “I can tell you that the opportunity is there if you work hard for it, if you really apply yourself,” Casillas told her. “Just make sure you keep that fighting spirit of doing this for your daughter.”
Other volunteers from Calvary also say hosting makes them think about the immigrant stories in their own families, too.
Merridith Cho thinks of conversations with her Korean in-laws. Anna-Marie Roach thinks of her family’s journey from the Philippines to the US. Nick Roach thinks of his father, who came to the United States as a teenager from Barbados.
And as he sees the Ukrainians arriving, he thinks of the family immigration stories told by generations of Americans.
“All of us at some point in our lives we’ve met somebody who has some story of when their family first came to the United States, like how their grandfather came here and he had nothing and he left because of this situation in his country,” he says.
Some of the Ukrainian children arriving in the US today may not speak any English, he says, but in 5 or 10 years they’ll be the ones telling immigration stories of resilience and survival.
Hosts feel like they’re the ones receiving a gift
More Ukrainians could soon start arriving in other parts of the United States. The Biden administration has pledged to admit some 100,000 people fleeing the violence. And the new US program will allow individuals and nonprofits to sponsor thousands more Ukrainians seeking refuge in the United States.
Metzger says he’s waiting to learn more details about how the sponsorship program will work. But there’s no doubt that by opening their doors to help the arriving families, members of his congregation have received countless blessings.
“Our church sees this as a great privilege,” he says. “We’re benefiting from amazing human beings that are coming into our country that we get to connect to.”
Casillas’ family ended up getting unexpected help building an outdoor kitchen. When two Ukrainian brothers her family was hosting heard her husband was heading to Home Depot, they asked if they could join him. It turned out they were construction workers in Ukraine, and during their stay, they offered to help him with the backyard project.
“They were so happy helping,” she says.
Cho says it’s been a gift for her children to learn the importance of sharing what they have, and “the treasure that people are, even in the midst of horrible circumstances.” She keeps thinking about one day when they took a Ukrainian family to see the ocean for the first time.
Earlier that day, the mom was weeping and “just broken,” Cho says. She stayed in the family’s guest room and cried. Cho offered tea and tried to let her rest. But when she learned from another family member that they’d never seen the ocean, Cho suggested loading up the van for a trip.
“I think it was exactly what the mom needed. She laughed and smiled. It just was a really amazing reprieve for a little while from their reality,” Cho says.
That night, as a thank you, the Ukrainian mom and her daughter taught Cho and her daughters how to make pierogis. Cho had never prepared the Eastern European dumplings before. Now she has two containers full of pierogis in her freezer.
“My life has been so enriched and I’m so grateful,” Cho says. “I don’t know that I’ve ever had a chance to see someone’s first time at the ocean before, and their reaction, and that will stick with me. And to have that shared cooking experience with our new friends and also my daughters, it just was such a treasure.”
She sees echoes of a Bible story in the experience. She has read time and again about how Jesus’ disciples pooled what little they had together, then saw it multiplied and given to a huge crowd of needy people.
It’s a lesson Cho says she and others are putting into practice today: trying to give what little they have in the hope that, with God’s help, it can make a bigger difference.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI), a leading provider of software, data and analytics solutions to the mortgage and consumer loan, real estate and capital markets verticals, today announced it will report its second quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at approximately 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time via press release. This release will be available on Black Knight's Investor Relations website at https://investor.blackknightinc.com. Due to the proposed transaction with Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., Black Knight will not host a conference call or provide forward-looking guidance in connection with the release of its quarterly results.
About Black Knight
Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) is an award-winning software, data and analytics company that drives innovation in the mortgage lending and servicing and real estate industries, as well as the capital and secondary markets. Businesses leverage our robust, integrated solutions across the entire homeownership life cycle to help retain existing customers, gain new customers, mitigate risk and operate more effectively.
Our clients rely on our proven, comprehensive, scalable products and our unwavering commitment to delivering superior client support to achieve their strategic goals and better serve their customers. For more information on Black Knight, please visit www.blackknightinc.com.
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AACHEN, Germany, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FEV Group is combining its long-standing expertise in intelligent mobility and software development with the establishment of their new FEV.io brand. This move is intended to accelerate and optimize innovative power and interdisciplinary collaboration in the areas of automated and autonomous driving, as well as connectivity of infrastructure, people, and vehicles. The result will be powerful new solutions for intelligent, safe and sustainable mobility.
Tomorrow's vehicles will be embedded in the digital lives of their users. Software-driven areas such as ADAS/ADS, infotainment and connected functions will be key differentiators in the user experience. "We have been supporting our customers in the successful development of intelligent mobility solutions for many years, and we see the FEV.io brand as a way to extend the value we provide in this space significantly," said Professor Stefan Pischinger, President and CEO of FEV Group. "This ranges from design and industrialization to the provision of frameworks and tools."
Software upgrades and a constant flow of data between vehicles, infrastructure, people, and the cloud backend, have a significant impact on how modern vehicles are developed today due to their complexity. As such, they also directly impact customer needs and the pace of development. "Our methodologies in scenario and model-based systems engineering provide a unique benefit and help us to master even the most sophisticated system complexity," said Dr. Thomas Hülshorst, Group Vice President of Intelligent Mobility & Software at FEV. This approach allows the company to bridge the gap between the vehicle and ITC (information technology and communications) and deliver state-of-the-art connected solutions with an end-to-end view of the data pipelines from the vehicle to the backend.
FEV.io's structure allows it to guarantee an agile and quickly adaptable working model for its customers around the world. Therefore FEV.io is globally presented as a brand in the local organizations and additionally established as an agile legal entity FEV.io GmbH close to the German FEV headquarters in Aachen. Should a customer also require support in energy and mobility system - or even complete vehicle - development, the newly founded brand will work closely with the FEV Group to offer all solutions "from a single source" at more than 40 locations worldwide.
In addition, FEV.io will continuously strengthen its expertise with input from the consumer electronics, cloud, and automotive industries; and collaborate in the IT arena with market leaders such as Wipro.
Intelligent mobility – FEV.io's range of services:
Systems Engineering enables FEV.io to describe digital representations of real systems for its customers in a model-based manner. On this basis, dependencies are identified, and test scenarios are derived, enabling cost-efficient and fast product cycles.
Functional Safety & Cyber Security is organized in accordance with all industry standards for connected, automated and electrified vehicles. FEV.io accompanies and leads customers through all development steps.
Connected mobility will offer a unique user experience in the future. The provision and connection of vehicle data will help make mobility significantly safer and more convenient. FEV.io develops corresponding ecosystems where cross-domain competence is crucial.
ADAS/ADS systems interact with all areas of the vehicle, such as steering, brakes, powertrain and infotainment. At the same time, they also interact with intelligent infrastructure and digital maps. FEV.io supports its customers in mastering this complexity.
Infotainment: A seamless and holistic human-machine interface (HMI) is a key point of differentiation for vehicles today. Therefore, the development of cutting-edge display solutions and creative interaction technologies is one of the most important areas of innovation. These systems must enable convenient and effective communication between passengers and the vehicle while ensuring a safe vehicle. FEV.io verifies efficient development and integration into the entire vehicle.
SW and EE platforms: Buyers are increasingly opting for a vehicle that is online, seamlessly connects to the user's digital world, and delivers a premium digital experience. To achieve this, hundreds of millions of lines of code, ECUs and electronic components need to be integrated into scalable platforms. This is where FEV.io provides high-quality and robust solutions through its cross-domain system expertise and global presence.
SW and EE integration: Future vehicles will have extensive functions for assisted and automated driving, enabled by connectivity and a growing proportion of software and complex algorithms. Greater functionality means, above all, greater complexity and responsibility. Automotive software must be maintainable, updatable, and diagnosable in the context of SW and EE integration. FEV.io enables this while embedding it in a powerful, reliable E/E architecture.
FEV.io provides its customers efficient solutions for intelligent, safe and sustainable mobility. Source: FEV Group
About FEV
FEV is a globally leading engineering and digital mobility company. Together with our customers, we are shaping the future of the mobility sector for sustainable, carbon-neutral and efficient, connected, and safe transportation. Through our in-depth expertise we provide customers and society with cutting-edge solutions for the highest value of mobility and most advanced transport experience from A to B.
Our expertise includes intelligent software and sustainable propulsion system development, as well as full vehicle engineering. Additionally, our range of services includes sophisticated systems engineering, cyber physical system development, software- and E/E-integration for software defined vehicles with highly automated and safe driving functionalities as well as vehicle integration. FEV's engineering capabilities span the entire mobility ecosystem including all on-road applications as well as rail, marine, aerospace, agriculture, construction, mining, and industrial applications. Additionally, we transfer our elaborate know-how and innovations to adjacent markets, such as the energy sector, to deliver best-in-class industry solutions.
The FEV Group currently employs 6,500 highly qualified specialists in customer-oriented development centers at more than 40 locations on five continents.
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Global tourism body says provisions will help accelerate Travel & Tourism's climate commitments
DALLAS, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said: "WTTC welcomes the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and its numerous business-smart clean energy tax incentives expansions and extensions.
"The Travel & Tourism sector is a catalyst for meaningful climate action and emissions reduction, as evidenced by our groundbreaking Net Zero Roadmap supporting our sector's drive toward net zero by 2050. This bill will help accelerate our Members' climate commitments with provisions like the sustainable aviation fuel credit, energy efficient buildings deduction, and zero-emission port equipment and technology investments.
"While these are important building blocks for meaningful change, we call on the U.S. to continue putting climate change front and center of everything they do to help protect life on our planet. We also urge world leaders to give more support to the global Travel & Tourism sector as it continues its journey towards net zero."
About the World Travel & Tourism Council
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) represents the global travel & tourism private sector. Members include 200 CEOs, Chairs and Presidents of the world's leading travel & tourism companies from all geographies covering all industries. For more than 30 years, WTTC has been committed to raising the awareness of governments and the public of the economic and social significance of the travel & tourism sector.
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Crosses the 10,000 employee count with strong employee addition in Q1FY23
BANGALORE, India, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Elxsi (BSE: 500408) (NSE: TATAELXSI), amongst the world's leading providers of design led technology services, announced its first quarter results for the period ending 30th June 2022.
Highlights of the Quarter Ended June 30, 2022
- Revenues from operations at Rs. 725.9 Cr, + 6.5% QoQ, + 30.0% YoY
- EBITDA grows 7.6% QoQ and 58.8% YoY to 238.2 Cr
- Industry-leading EBITDA Margin at 32.8%
- Profit after tax at Rs. 184.7 Cr, growing 15.4% QoQ and 62.9% YoY
- EPS grows 15.5% QoQ and 62.9% YoY to Rs. 29.66
- Crosses 10,000 employee mark with 771 net additions in the quarter
For the quarter ending 30th June 2022, the company reported Rs. 725.9 Cr of revenue from operations, a growth of 6.5% QoQ and 30.0% YoY.
Profits After Tax grew 15.4% QoQ and 62.9% YoY to 184.7 Cr. The company's growth was primarily volume led, with all three segments of EPD, IDV and SIS showing robust growth of 6.2%, 6.6% and 19.8% QoQ respectively.
Q1 Business Highlights:
Industries:
- Transportation grows 6.3% QoQ and 41.8% YoY, aided by large deals and engagements in EV and Software Defined Vehicles.
- Healthcare continues to witness strong growth of 10% QoQ and 53.6% YoY, driven by digital health and global regulatory services.
- Media and Communications reports a quarter of steady and consistent growth at 4.7% QoQ and 29% YoY, aided by continued growth in key accounts and large deals in network transformation and AdTech.
Mr. Manoj Raghavan, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Elxsi, commenting on the company's performance, said:
"We are starting FY23 on a strong note with 6.5% QoQ revenue growth in constant currency. This was all volume-led and supported by robust growth across divisions, verticals and key markets. We continue to maintain and expand our margins with our EBITDA growing at 58.8% YoY and PAT growing at 62.9% YoY.
Our differentiated delivery capability powered by Domain, Design, and Digital, is helping us continue to win deals which are of strategic importance to our customers.
I am delighted that the Tata Elxsi family is now over 10,000 people strong. We added 771 employees on a net basis in the quarter, more than doubling from the previous quarter. This has been aided by concerted efforts in reinforcing our employer brand proposition and employee engagement that have helped reduce our attrition rate in the quarter. We are also expanding our delivery presence with a new center in Kozhikode.
We are taking a seminal role in fostering future design thinkers and innovators for sustainability, with the launch of iGNITE – a global design and innovation contest for sustainable design, coinciding with the World Industrial Design Day on 29th June.
I am delighted to start the financial year with robust growth in revenues, margins, employee and customer additions. We are entering the second quarter with a strong order book and a healthy deal pipeline across key markets and industries."
About Tata Elxsi
Tata Elxsi is amongst the world's leading providers of design and technology services across industries including Automotive, Broadcast, Communications, Healthcare and Transportation.
Tata Elxsi is helping customers reimagine their products and services through design thinking and application of digital technologies such as IoT (Internet of Things), Cloud, Mobility, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence. For more information, please visit www.tataelxsi.com
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— Closes additional funding under option to increase existing term loan —
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ("AWH" or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator focused on bettering lives through cannabis, is pleased to announce that it has closed on $36.5M of additional funding under the increase option of its existing term loan credit facility. In August 2021, the Company announced it had closed on a US$210 million Senior Secured Term Loan credit facility with Seaport Global Securities LLC as lead manager.
"We appreciate the support from our lenders and are pleased to secure $36.5 million of additional financing. This financing will support our investments in near-term growth initiatives including the expansion of our Pennsylvania assets and acquisition of MedMen NY. We continue to explore all financing options including additional capacity under the term loan increase option," said Dan Neville, Chief Financial Officer of AWH.
About Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc (AWH):
AWH is a vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator with licenses and assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products for retail and wholesale customers. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Simply Herb, Ozone, and Ozone Reserve branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) will announce results for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 before the market opens on Tuesday, August 23rd.
A conference call to discuss the results will be held that day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call is being webcast and can be accessed at DICK'S Sporting Goods' Investor Relations website at investors.dicks.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the website at least fifteen minutes early to register and download and install any necessary audio software. A playback of the call will be archived on the Company's website for approximately twelve months.
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) creates confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, the leading omnichannel retailer serves athletes and outdoor enthusiasts in more than 850 DICK'S Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream, Public Lands, Going Going Gone! and Warehouse Sale stores, online, and through the DICK'S mobile app. DICK'S also owns and operates DICK'S House of Sport and Golf Galaxy Performance Center, as well as GameChanger, a youth sports mobile app for scheduling, communications, live scorekeeping and video streaming.
Driven by its belief that sports make people better, DICK'S has been a longtime champion for youth sports and, together with its Foundation, has donated millions of dollars to support under-resourced teams and athletes through the Sports Matter program and other community-based initiatives. Additional information about DICK'S business, corporate giving, sustainability efforts and employment opportunities can be found on dicks.com, investors.dicks.com, sportsmatter.org, dickssportinggoods.jobs and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Investor Relations:
Nate Gilch, Senior Director of Investor Relations
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
(724) 273-3400 or investors@dcsg.com
Media Relations:
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Johnson Co. judge awarded for efforts to improve judicial system
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Johnson Co. District Judge has been honored with a national award for his efforts to better the Kansas judicial system with initiatives in his district.
Kansas Courts says 10th Judicial District Judge Keven M.P. O’Grady has been recognized for his various contributions to the improvement of the justice system and with the 2022 Mary C. McQueen Award at a national conference on July 26.
The 10th Judicial District includes Johnson Co.
The Court said the award is given in even-numbered years to recognize those who have made extraordinary contributions to the improvement of the justice system at the local, state or national levels.
“There are few people as deserving of this award as Judge O’Grady,” said Chief Justice Marla Luckert. “He has done phenomenal work to advance access to and improve administration of justice in Kansas courts and in courts across the country.”
The Court noted that Luckert and state court administrator Stephanie Bunten both nominated O’Grady for initiatives he launched in the 10th district - starting with a self-help center and night court as well as the eventual expansion to include the Kansas Protection Order Portal used statewide.
“Judge O’Grady is not alone in his efforts to improve the administration of justice in Kansas, but he certainly stands out for the depth, breadth, and reach of his efforts,” Bunten said. “What he has done in his court inspires all of us to make improvements where we can.”
While honored to receive the award, the Court indicated that O’Grady was quick to turn the spotlight on others.
“I am so grateful to be recognized, but I am thinking about all the people who worked on these projects and how this award is more theirs than mine,” he said.
For more information about the Mary C. McQueen Award, click HERE.
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SINGAPORE, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank BRI (IDX: BBRI) has received two international awards from The Asset Triple A in Singapore on July 6, 2022. Sunarso, President Director of BRI, received The Best 'SME Banker of the Year' while BRI, the only Indonesian bank awarded, was named as 'The Best Treasury & Working Capital – SME'.
Other award winners included Lay Hua So, Managing Director and Head of Group Transaction Banking of UOB; and Makoto Hasegawa, Head of Transaction Banking BNP Paribas Japan, as 'Transaction Banker of the Year'. Chintan Shah, APAC Head of Cash Management at Deutsche Bank; Yvonne Yiu, Regional Co-Head of Global Liquidity and Cash Management at HSBC APAC; and Erin Huang, China Head of Cash Management at Deutsche Bank were awarded 'Cash Management of the Year'.
Sunarso has dedicated the awards to all BRI employees, who have given their best performance and contributed a lot to Indonesia, as well as BRI's MSME customers who are the backbone of the Indonesian economy. "MSME customers in Indonesia need to be educated and informed rather than advocacy. Therefore, everything we have done and will do are focused on empowering and educating", said Sunarso.
The awards were obtained through assessment by credible external parties and several stages prior to being interviewed by Chito Santiago and Darryl Yu, Executive Editor and Deputy Editor of The Asset.
In March 2022, BRI's credit distribution reached IDR 1,075.93 trillion or grew 7.43% yoy, higher than national amount of 6.65%. Loan distribution to MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises) grew 13.55%, the consumer segment grew 4.56%, and the small and medium segment grew 3.96%.
BRI's MSME loan portfolio grew 9.24% yoy, from IDR 826.85 trillion in March 2021 to IDR 903.29 trillion in March 2022, making the proportion of MSME loans compared to BRI's total loans to 83.95% and expected to be 85% in 2024.
BRI's focus on empowering MSMEs during the pandemic recorded a net profit of IDR 12.22 trillion. At the end of Q1 2022, BRI's assets reached IDR 1,650.28 trillion.
Putting more focus on MSMEs, BRI aspires to become 'The Most Valuable Banking Group in Southeast Asia and Champion of Financial Inclusion' by 2025.
Visit www.bri.co.id for more information.
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R&B musician debuts original song for new Nationwide commercial
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Multi-talented, Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician H.E.R., often identified by her Stratocaster and sunglasses, is the latest artist to appear in a Nationwide commercial.
H.E.R., an acronym for "Having Everything Revealed," lends her smooth R&B stylings to the insurance and financial services company's latest offering in its "On Your Side Soundtracks" advertising campaign.
"I think it's one of those jingles I've always known, and I never thought I'd be the one singing it," said H.E.R. "It's just so fun to take something you already know and kind of make it your own and be a part of somewhat of a legacy."
In the latest iteration of the familiar campaign, H.E.R. performs an original song that illustrates the many ways Nationwide protects its customers with extraordinary care. H.E.R.'s rendition follows in the musical footsteps of artists previously featured in Nationwide's advertising including Tori Kelly, Rachel Platten, Brad Paisley, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Jill Scott.
"Our Nationwide jingle is one of our strongest creative assets and we're excited to partner with H.E.R. to put a fresh take on it," said Ramon Jones, Nationwide's Chief Marketing Officer. "Apart from being a talented and accomplished young artist, we know her authenticity and relatability will resonate with many of our current and future customers."
The 30-second commercial debuted across broadcast, social media, and digital platforms on May 30.
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States. Nationwide is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's. An industry leader in driving customer-focused innovation, Nationwide provides a full range of insurance and financial services products including auto, business, homeowners, farm and life insurance; public and private sector retirement plans, annuities, mutual funds and ETFs; excess & surplus, specialty and surety; pet, motorcycle and boat insurance. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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As summer travel demand – and prices – heat up, Hotels.com shares where to book to save big
DALLAS, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arriving just in time for summer and what's expected to be a record-breaking travel season, Hotels.com is releasing its inaugural Hot Price Index, which tracks average nightly hotel rates in hundreds of destinations worldwide to help travelers find the best lodging deals.
"Hotels typically increase their rates when demand is high during the busy summer travel season," says Melissa Dohmen, spokesperson and lodging expert at Hotels.com. "But this year more than ever we're starved for a proper summer vacation, and it's dialing up competition for rooms and rates in top destinations. Add in that this is happening at a time when everything seems to cost more, and it's easy to see why some travelers are starting their vacation in search of a good deal."
Summer Savings Outlook
According to Hotels.com, travelers can expect to pay more for their hotel rooms this summer than in 2019. Current average rates are above $200 a night in top destinations. Some of the most expensive U.S. destinations to book a hotel this summer include the Hamptons, Maui, and Telluride.
Internationally, the best hotel rates are in South America, the Nordics, parts of Western Europe and the Caribbean. Cities in Denmark, the Netherlands and Bahamas are almost 15% cheaper this summer compared with 2019, whereas rates in Italy and France are up about 25%. Saint-Tropez and Turks and Caicos topped the list for overall most expensive summer getaways.
According to Dohmen, vacationers can find plenty of summer savings by planning trips to destinations that are trending cheaper this summer and traveling when rates are at their lowest. "Consider destinations outside of your usual vacation spots and if you don't have to stick to a specific travel date, book during non-peak travel times. Mid-May and the latter part of August can be great times to save as seasonally high prices haven't ramped up yet."
Hot Deals on Domestic Travel
Fans of the great outdoors, city life or beaches can save this summer depending on when and where they travel. Hotels.com analyzed thousands of rates on its site and mobile app to generate a month-by-month guide on where to go to uncover below-average nightly rates across the country.
- May: Get an early start on outdoor adventures
- June: Hit the water
- July: Visit big cities for less
- August: Explore small cities with big charm
International Travel for $200 or Less
As travel restrictions ease in many parts of the world, globetrotters are eager to go abroad again. Lucky for them, the Hotels.com Hot Price Index uncovered international destinations with rates at or below $200 a night.
- May: Take a trip to Northern and Western Europe
- June: Explore south of the border
- July: Go sightseeing in France, Germany and Austria
- August: Walk the streets of a capital city
As a reminder, travelers should check for travel advisories and restrictions in their vacation destination and always follow health and safety guidance from health officials and local authorities.
For more information, including a full list of destinations featured in the Hotels.com Hot Price Index and intel on where to save the most this summer, contact Melissa Dohmen and the Hotels.com press office (press@hotels.com).
Notes to Editors
The Hotels.com Hot Rate Index was compiled from April 1-12, 2022, based on current rates on Hotels.com and mobile apps for travel booked May 1 – August 31, 2022. Rates are variable and subject to change.
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Hotels.com® is the most rewarding way to book a place to stay. We really love travel, and we know you do too. That's why we make it really easy to book with us. With hundreds of thousands of places to stay around the world and 90 local websites in 41 languages, Hotels.com has it all. So, whether you're looking for value in Vegas, treehouses in Thailand or villas with views, it's all just a click away. And with our "Reward-winning" loyalty program you earn free*** nights while you sleep…what could be better? Booking just got smarter too. With over 25 million real guest reviews and an app so easy to use that it's been downloaded 70 million times, you can be sure to find the perfect place for you.
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Partnership with Scanslated aims to improve patients' comprehension of medical imaging results and empower them to be more active participants in their care.
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scanslated, Inc., a radiologist-led healthcare technology company, today announced that it has partnered with Duke Health to deliver its patient-centered, interactive radiology reporting service to patients at Duke's three hospitals and 14 outpatient imaging locations servicing nearly two million patients per year. This represents the first-ever enterprise-wide deployment of patient-centered reporting by a major health system.
Scanslated's software automatically transforms complex radiology reports into a patient-friendly, interactive format, with plain-language explanations and diagrams intended to help patients understand the report as they read it. By empowering patients with a better understanding of their medical results, Scanslated helps hospitals and outpatient imaging centers increase patient engagement while enhancing relationships between patients and their providers.
"Patients and their families can feel overwhelmed and disempowered by the complexity of medical care today," said Dr. Christopher J. Roth, vice chair in the Department of Radiology at Duke University School of Medicine. "Educating patients about their conditions and the imaging they receive is an important step toward Duke Health's mission of Advancing Health Together."
"Patient engagement is about more than access to results, it's about giving patients the tools and confidence to fully participate in their care alongside providers," said Scanslated's co-founder and CEO, Dr. Nicholas T. Befera. "We are proud to partner with Duke Health to educate and empower patients with easy-to-understand radiology reports."
Duke Health launched the Scanslated software enterprise-wide in early July through an integration with the Duke MyChart patient portal. Patient-friendly reports are now available to all Duke Health patients, and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. In a survey of 1,774 patients using the service, 97% reported that the definitions and diagrams helped them understand their results.
Additional research is planned to quantify the impact of patient-centered reports on patient satisfaction, follow-up adherence, and imaging-related calls and messages to providers.
Scanslated, Inc., a radiologist-led healthcare technology company, develops software to transform medical reports into a patient-centered format. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Scanslated empowers patients by improving accessibility and comprehension of medical results, helping health systems deliver improved patient experiences and outcomes. For more information, visit scanslated.com and follow Scanslated on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s largest city of Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdown in communities that report no positive cases within 14 days after another round of COVID-19 testing, authorities said Saturday.
The fresh round of testing comes as the city reported about 23,000 cases on Saturday, most of them asymptomatic. Large swathes of Shanghai, with a population of 26 million, have been under lockdown since March 28, leading to complaints from residents about shortages of food and basic necessities.
Separately, Guangzhou authorities announced that the city northwest of Hong Kong would also begin mass testing its 18 million residents, according to central broadcaster CCTV. The city reported only two confirmed infections on Friday.
Under the new measures, areas in Shanghai will be classified as “precautionary,” “controlled” on “locked down,” depending on the results of the latest round of testing, Shanghai Vice Mayor Zong Ming told a news conference.
Residents in areas deemed to be “precautionary” with no infections within the last two weeks will be able to move around their district, although gatherings will still be restricted. Meanwhile, in “controlled” areas, residents can move around in their neighborhoods, which are smaller than districts, while “locked down” areas will require everyone to stay at home.
During the news conference, Zong choked up with emotion, saying that she was moved by the efforts of residents and front-line workers. “There is still a big gap from everyone’s expectations. We will do our best to improve it,” she said.
The city has built over 100 makeshift hospitals to treat COVID-19 patients with over 160,000 beds.
But the harsh restrictions on movement have also tested residents’ patience. Some have received government food packages containing meat and vegetables. Many, however, are struggling to obtain rice and other basics, with online vendors sold out and delivery services unable to keep up with demand.
China is facing one of its worst local outbreaks since the pandemic began.
It is one of the only countries sticking to a “zero COVID” policy, taking drastic measures such as lockdowns and mass testing to identify and isolate every single case. China is still closed to international travel, even as most of the world has sought ways to live with the virus. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/shanghai-to-start-easing-lockdown-after-another-mass-testing/ | 2022-04-09T19:03:07Z |
The company is solving the challenge of training talented individuals for high paying tech jobs, with a choice of top tech professionals teaching on the online platform
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Masterschool, a network of tech career-training schools, announced a $100 million seed funding round led by Group 11, with significant participation from Target Global, Pitango Ventures, Dynamic Loop Capital, Sir Ronald Cohen, and other strategic investors.
With 1 million unfilled IT jobs in the US alone, the tech talent shortage is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today and is expected to reach 85 million unfilled jobs worldwide by the end of the decade. 57% of tech executives listed the labor shortage as their top concern.
To address this shortage, Masterschool created a network of career-training schools for technology, with students paying for the courses only after they are hired in the field. Through the Masterschool network, tech creators and industry experts launch schools, teaching and mentoring promising students with a curriculum that prepares them for careers in the most in-demand fields. Since it was founded in 2019, graduates from dozens of Masterschool schools have been hired by some of the largest tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Intel, more than doubling their previous salaries on average.
Masterschool's data-driven approach helps ensure success for their students at each stage of the process, culminating in a job placement. The company also continuously analyzes technology and market trends, adjusting to course curricula and materials to meet the market and each student's needs.
Applicants must successfully pass an admission process that includes tests and assessments to select the most ambitious and motivated candidates. Researchers from Masterschool collaborate with researchers at leading institutions such as the European University Institute and MIT Sloan School of Management to continually review and improve the admission process to minimize bias and ensure diversity.
Successful applicants can join schools led by recognized experts and industry leaders including Charlotte Chaze (240k TikTok followers for her tech industry content), Niklas Steenfatt (160k subscribers to his YouTube data analyst channel), and Keith Galli (160k subscribers to his YouTube data science channel).
The 6 to 12 month course features a team of educational professionals supporting a dynamic syllabus. Students then enter a Career Accelerator where mentors work with them on their soft skills, and job opportunities are presented and assessed.
"Masterschool's mission is to ensure that anyone in the world can build an inspiring career," said Michael Shurp, co-founder and co-CEO of Masterschool. "After years of developing and building Masterschool without outside funding, we're thrilled to bring on a wonderful group of investors who share our mission and believe in our team."
The $100M funding will be used to significantly scale up Masterschool's network, rapidly increasing the number of schools to provide the life-changing opportunities that come with a tech career to an ever-widening group of people.
About the company
Masterschool is a Tel Aviv-based company, with over 100 team members in Tel Aviv, New York, Berlin, and London. The company was founded in 2019 by Eran Glicksman (CTO), Roi Tzikorel (Chief of Impact), Michael Shurp, and Otni Levi (Co-CEOs) who share a passion for education and its role in allowing people to realize their full potential.
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Westrey communications
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5-hour ENERGY® chose to use local direct store delivery companies for distribution of new 16-oz beverage
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Less than 12 months into the national launch of its new 16-oz carbonated energy drink, 5-hour ENERGY® has surpassed its 100th local direct store delivery (DSD) distributor for the distribution of their new beverage.
The makers of 5-hour ENERGY® products launched the energy drink at the 2021 National Beer Wholesalers (NBWA) convention in Las Vegas. For distribution, the company chose to work with local DSD partners because of their community ties and knowledge of their local markets and retailers.
"When we launched the new 16-oz beverage, we knew we needed to work with local distributors," said Jeff Sigouin, president and chief operating officer of 5-hour ENERGY®. "The knowledge these companies have of their territories and the relationships they have with their retailers will be critical to the success of our new 16-oz energy drink."
The initial beverage launch included three flavors: grape, berry and watermelon. The cans deliver the same proprietary blend of vitamins and amino acids, as the 1.93 oz. extra strength shots.
"With the recent movement amongst distributors of competitive energy drinks, DSD operators around the country are looking for established brands with a history of partnering with distributors," said Charlie Cindric, vice president of beverage distribution at 5-hour ENERGY®. "5-hour ENERGY® offers both of these things to our distribution partners."
The 5-hour ENERGY® drink has full distribution coverage in 21 states and is nearing coverage in all 50 states in the country. A partnership with the makers of 5-hour ENERGY® grants access to a robust sales and street team, as well as point of sales materials and internal sales incentives for DSD employees. For more information, please visit www.5HEBev.com.
Founded by Manoj Bhargava, Living Essentials launched its 5-hour ENERGY® brand in 2004. The proprietary energy blend is found in its iconic shot size and a 16-ounce carbonated drink. Trusted by hard-working people to get them through a hectic day, 5-hour ENERGY® products are widely available in convenience, grocery, retail, club stores, and online outlets.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick Phillips, CEO of Cavulus, a leading technology provider in the Medicare Advantage (MA) industry, says the private insurance program is increasingly being utilized by underserved and low-income segments of US population prompting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to solicit input to further eliminate barriers and provide more equitable access.
Phillips said CMS released a Request for Information earlier this month "seeking feedback on ways to strengthen MA coverage for underserved and disadvantaged individuals in order to make the program even more equitable and accessible.
"Few realize that MA coverage plays a pivotal role relating to socioeconomics," said Phillips, pointing out, this is due to $0 premium plans and specialized products based on low income. According to a recent report from Better Medicare Alliance, over two thousand $0 premium plans were offered in 2022 and 98% of beneficiaries had access to them.
"The average cost of a Medicare Supplement is $150 monthly. Beneficiaries are responsible for 20% coinsurance for most services covered under Original Medicare. These options aren't affordable for much of the aged population" says Phillips.
He notes demand for economical coverage has also given rise to a unique MA product called Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP). "There are various types of Special Needs Plans but the most prevalent is D-SNP which requires eligibility for both Medicare and Medicaid" Phillips explains.
"Most insurers we serve have D-SNPs in their product offerings" says the Cavulus CEO. "We also serve several organizations that exclusively offer these plans which speaks to the demand."
"CMS recognizes such coverage is vital for low-income beneficiaries. They're asking probing questions in their RFI such as 'how can CMS support strengthened efforts by SNPs to provide targeted, coordinated care for enrollees?'" said Phillips.
"CMS's ability to seek feedback and issue new guidance is why MA continuously improves" asserts Phillips. "These are incredibly important programs for our most vulnerable populations, especially in a year where inflation is a factor."
ABOUT CAVULUS - Cavulus is a technology driven specialist in Medicare Advantage insurance solutions. The Cavulus Cloud-based Medicare Advantage Platform (Cavulus MAP™) unifies marketing, sales and enrollment operations and is utilized by many top insurers, including several BlueCross/ BlueShield companies, UPMC Health Plan, Johns Hopkins, Lumeris and United Healthcare. For details visit: www.cavulus.com.
Media Inquiries: 800-760-6915 - info@cavulus.com
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DETROIT (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed former California pollution regulator Steven Cliff to run the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
President Joe Biden’s pick to run the agency was confirmed by consent without objections or a formal roll call vote.
Cliff takes over the road safety agency at a critical time, about a week after it estimated that nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years.
The 10.5% jump over 2020 numbers was the largest percentage increase since the agency began its fatality data collection system in 1975.
Risky driving behaviors during the pandemic, such as speeding and less frequent use of seat belts, exacerbated the problem as people began to venture out more in 2021 for out-of-state and other road trips, analysts said.
Cliff told the Senate Commerce Committee in December that he would work to adopt regulations such as those urging seat belt use, and would implement mandates under the new infrastructure law to reduce drunken driving.
“I am committed to turning this around,” Cliff said, referring to the crash trend.
He said the infrastructure law will help by increasing NHTSA’s budget by 50%, with money used to boost staffing and improve U.S. data collection to understand where and how crashes happen.
Cliff has been serving as NHTSA’s deputy administrator at a time the agency has undertaken a rewrite of vehicle fuel economy standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It also has ordered automakers to report crashes involving automated driving systems, and it opened an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated driver-assist system due to crashes into parked emergency vehicles.
A message was left Thursday seeking comment from Tesla, which has disbanded its media relations department. Tesla has said in the past that neither its “Full Self-Driving” nor its Autopilot systems are fully autonomous and that drivers must be ready to intervene at all times.
NHTSA, which sets vehicle safety standards, finds safety defects, manages recalls and helps to develop government fuel economy requirements, has been without a confirmed administrator since Mark Rosekind left at the end of 2016. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/senate-confirms-steven-cliff-to-lead-highway-safety-agency/ | 2022-05-27T16:30:54Z |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid spent the week groggy from a concussion. His busted thumb needs surgery.
MVP form? Not yet. But Embiid wore his black mask and injected the 76ers — and a skittish fanbase – with revitalized championship aspirations.
Embiid inspired the 76ers with his return from a facial injury, Danny Green and Tyrese Maxey each scored 21 points and Philadelphia beat the Miami Heat 99-79 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Friday night.
“We have a good chance to win it all,” Embiid said. “We’ve got to stay healthy.”
The Heat lead the series 2-1. Game 4 is Sunday in Philadelphia.
Wearing a hammer-tested mask, Embiid had 18 points and 11 rebounds after missing the first two games of the series with a right orbital fracture and a mild concussion suffered in the last round. Embiid wasn’t the dominant force he was throughout the season and tired as the game went on. With Green, Maxey and James Harden all crushing Heat rallies with big buckets, Embiid didn’t have to carry the Sixers.
But the 76ers sure were glad he was back.
“Any plan where you can have Joel as part of the plan is a much better plan,” coach Doc Rivers said.
Even Rivers couldn’t draw up a plan that included the play that helped put away the game: Maxey made a full-court sprint to save a basketball with an over-the-shoulder toss. The 76ers kept the ball and Embiid buried a fallaway bucket and sank the free throw for an 86-74 lead.
Embiid was good. Green was better. Green buried made 6 of 7 3-pointers through three quarters, highlighted by ones that snuffed Miami runs and stretched the Sixers’ lead to 54-50 and 57-51. Green missed 9 of 10 3s in Game 2.
Tyler Herro, though, had two critical 3s of his own in the final minute and pulled the Heat to 68-65 to close the third. He had 14 and joined Jimmy Butler as the only Heat in double digits. Butler led the Heat with 33 points.
“You add Jo to any team, home or away, the game, the scouting report, it changes drastically,” Butler said. “It’s been like that for his entire career.”
Maxey’s last 3-pointer made it 92-77, and, suddenly, the Sixers have new life in the series.
The 76ers have never won a playoff series in 19 tries after losing the first two games.
The NBA scoring champ’s return kind of helps those odds.
“Even when he’s not his normal self, he helps us a ton,” Green said.
Embiid said he was cleared a day earlier and just the hope he could play had Philly buzzing. When he jogged out for warmups wearing the mask, Sixers fans roared and started the “MVP! MVP!” chants that are a staple at the arena.
When Sixers public address announcer Matt Cord announced “there are no injuries” on the pregame report, Sixers fans went wild. Embiid easily heard the loudest ovation during lineup introductions and the Sixers were energized by his presence. It was hard to tell at times Embiid had missed so much time.
“I knew his presence would have an impact,” Rivers said. “I was positive of that.”
He was only 5 of 12 from the floor in 36 minutes. Embiid is still playing with a right thumb ligament injury that will require offseason surgery.
“It’s about doing whatever possible to protect it as much as possible,” Embiid said.
Embiid — who led the 76ers with 30.6 points and 11.7 rebounds this season — effected Game 3 just by his presence. Miami All-Star center Bam Adebayo, who scored 24 points in Game 1 and 23 in Game 2, was held to just five in the first half.
“I was really (angry) watching another big man play well against my team,” Embiid said.
Embiid had a laugh, though, after the game on social media. He tweeted a picture of “The Wire” character Stringer Bell with a quote from the scene in the show: “I want you to put the word out that we back up.”
The big man is indeed back up — and so are the 76ers.
“This is what you have to expect,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He’s an MVP-caliber player.”
TESTY, TESTY
P.J. Tucker jawed at Matisse Thybulle and double technicals were called in the fourth. Tucker elbowed Thybulle to start the commotion.
“It’s funny and fun to see,” Green said. “It’s part of the game that you live for.”
TIP-INS
Heat: G Kyle Lowry started for the Heat after he missed four straight playoff games with a strained left hamstring. The Heat went 4-0 without the former Villanova star. … The Heat’s 34 points were the second-fewest they scored in a first half this season. The Heat scored 33 on Nov. 21 against Boston.
76ers: Green had his 11th career playoff game with at least five 3s. … Maxey was scoreless in the first half. … The ineffective DeAndre Jordan started at center in Games 1 and 2. … Harden had 15 of his 17 points in the first half.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of TuSimple Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: TSP).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who: (a) purchased or otherwise acquired TuSimple common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with TuSimple's April 15, 2021 initial public offering; and/or (b) that purchased or otherwise acquired TuSimple securities between April 15, 2021 and August 1, 2022, both dates inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 31, 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, TuSimple Holdings Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) TuSimple's commitment to safety was significantly overstated and defendants concealed fundamental problems with the Company's technology; (ii) TuSimple was rushing the testing of its autonomous driving technology in order to deliver driverless trucks to the market ahead of its more safety-conscious competitors; (iii) there was a corporate culture within TuSimple that suppressed or ignored safety concerns in favor of unrealistically ambitious testing and delivery schedules; (iv) the aforementioned conduct made accidents involving the Company's autonomous driving technology more likely; (v) the aforementioned conduct invited enhanced regulatory scrutiny and investigatory action toward the Company; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Census, the leading reverse ETL company syncing data from cloud data warehouses to operational tools, will make a splash at this year's Snowflake Summit conference live in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 13-16 with their Summer of Data '22 launch. The campaign and event series encourage data teams to stand out (like a data flamingo) and drive more organizational impact with Operational Analytics (OA).
Snowflake Summit 2022 will feature a first-look at new innovations coming to the Data Cloud. The event will also spotlight keynote speakers and deliver a variety of breakout sessions, technical certifications, hands-on labs, a developer zone, industry experts, and more, centered on collaborating around data.
Census, which recently raised a $60 million Series B round, has helped more than 100 Snowflake customers around the world get data to their business teams, including Canva, ClickUp, Figma, DigitalOcean, and Docker. Census is a proud Premier Partner member of the Snowflake Partner Network.
Together with Census and Snowflake, innovative companies have successfully embraced Operational Analytics to achieve remarkable results with data. As a Premier Partner, Census compliments Snowflake's Data Cloud platform to help data, marketing, sales, and customer success harness the full possibilities of the data with a single source of truth.
"We're thrilled to see data teams driving more business impact by using Census to sync data from Snowflake to all their operational tools. As the pioneer of the reverse ETL category, their high-performant connectors enable teams to reliably sync data at scale, while the intuitive user experience can save data teams time and enable them to focus on more value-added work than maintaining custom scripts," said Tarik Dwiek, head of technology alliances at Snowflake. "Our partnership with Census has enabled over 100 data-driven customers to operationalize data in the tools they use, enabling better collaboration between data and ops teams and making trusted data accessible across the business."
HOVER–a leading property data platform – dramatically improved its customer engagement through targeted messaging with Braze to find new sales opportunities, nearly doubling its monthly sales meetings.
"Something we've already been running is surfacing in-app messages asking people what their role is in a bit more detail, and helping to qualify them further for either sales follow-up or support follow-up," said Max Caldwell, senior growth lead at HOVER. "We can then put that data into Snowflake, transform it, and put it back into Braze using Census to do further targeting."
Here's the impact data teams have been able to drive by operationalizing their Snowflake data using Census:
- Canva powered marketing personalization in Braze for 55M+ users
- Figma increased sales productivity by 10x with product usage data inside Salesforce
- Docker powered product-led growth to 10M+ developers using Marketo
- Loom prioritized tens of thousands of support tickets in Zendesk
Census helps existing and future users get the most out of Snowflake's single, integrated platform to position their data warehouse as the single source of truth within their stack. With every team aligned around the power and the insights of the data team, companies can unlock truly data-driven strategies like never before.
As part of their Summer of Data '22 celebration, Census will host an interactive booth at the Snowflake Summit conference's expo hall, including interactive games, giveaways for prizes such as an Oculus Rift VR headset, limited edition Census @ Snowflake Summit '22 swag, and 1:1 sessions with data experts to help you get the most out of your stack. The Census team will also host a community happy hour, as well as partner with other leading data companies on interactive events around Snowflake Summit. Keep an eye on Census social channels for exact registration details as we get closer to the conference.
Donny Flynn, customer data architect at Census and former head of data at Owner.com, will join the event's roster of data experts to stir up discussion with his talk Nobody wants your dashboards. They want your data. You can find the full agenda for the conference (as well as the full details on Donny's talk) here.
Data practitioners and leaders can continue to use their summer months to grow their careers and learn from each other at this year's Summer Community Days, July 28 and 29, a conference completely dedicated to elevating the voices of practitioners in the data community hosted by The Operational Analytics Club. Want to teach a topic to your community? You can submit a session to the conference (and grab a free ticket) at operationalanalytics.club/summer-community-days.
"Summer Community Days is an opportunity for the data community to not just help one another democratize data, but democratize data knowledge. There are so many brilliant practitioners out in the trenches helping to push our industry forward, and we're making space for those voices to take center stage this summer," said Allie Beazell, director of developer marketing at Census
In the meantime, kick off the best summer of data yet by grabbing your free swag at getcensus.com/summerofdata.
- Read how HOVER uses Census and Snowflake to drive proactive customer engagement: https://www.getcensus.com/customer-stories/hover
- Read how Canva is delivering personalized customer marketing for more than 55 million users with Census and Snowflake: https://www.getcensus.com/customer-stories/canva
- Read how Loom exceeds customer support expectations in Zendesk with Census and Snowflake: https://www.getcensus.com/customer-stories/loom
- Read how Notion uses Census to sync with confidence from Snowflake to the frontline tools they rely on: https://www.getcensus.com/customer-stories/notion
Census is the leading operational analytics platform company that syncs data from data warehouses into apps so that business teams can take action. With its Reverse ETL (extract, transfer, and load) tool, data teams can validate and publish analytics directly into all their applications in real-time. Hundreds of companies like Canva, Figma, Loom, and Notion use Census to sync billions of records that power their customer success, sales, and marketing tools. Census turns data warehouses into a hub for business operations, empowering everyone with trustworthy and actionable data. Census is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners, Sequoia, and Tiger Global. For more information, visit https://www.getcensus.com or follow @census.
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Police: 3 people and gunman dead in Indiana mall shooting
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Three people were fatally shot and two were injured, including a 12-year-old girl, at an Indiana mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court and an armed civilian shot and killed him, police said.
The man entered the Greenwood Park Mall on Sunday evening with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition and began firing in the food court, Greenwood Police Department Chief Jim Ison said.
The three people who died were in addition to the man with the rifle. The identity of the gunman and a possible motive weren’t immediately known.
A 22-year-old from nearby Bartholomew County who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall shot and killed the gunman, Ison said at a news conference.
“The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop the shooter almost as soon as he began,” Ison said.
The mass shooting was just the latest to unnerve Americans in 2022. Schools, churches, grocery stores and a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois, have all become killing grounds in recent months. Still, the reality of America’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in individual deaths that rarely make the news.
Officers went to the mall at about 6 p.m. for reports of the shooting. Four of those hit by gunfire were females and one was a male, Ison said. He didn’t immediately know the gender or ages of those who were killed. The 12-year-old girl and the other injured person were in stable condition, he said.
Police confiscated a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the food court, Ison said.
A news conference with authorities was scheduled for Monday afternoon to provide updates.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and multiple other agencies were assisting in the investigation.
“We are sickened by yet another type of incident like this in our country,” Indianapolis Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bailey said.
There was no threat to the area Sunday night, authorities said.
Greenwood is a south suburb of Indianapolis with a population of about 60,000. Mayor Mark Myers asked for “prayers to the victims and our first responders.”
“This tragedy hits at the core of our community,” Myers said in a statement.
Greenwood Park Mall said in a statement that its grieves for the victims and praised first responders as well as the “heroic actions” of the 22-year-old who police said fatally shot the gunman.
“Violence has no place in this or any other community,” the mall said.
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ORLANDO, Fla., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As young people head off to college this fall, 229 of them from communities across Florida will receive financial help for their costs through scholarships from Florida Realtors® Education Foundation Inc.
A not-for-profit corporation established by the state Realtor association, the Florida Realtors Education Foundation Inc. provides real estate-related educational scholarships. The Foundation's Board of Directors awarded $278,000 in scholarships to help pay for higher education expenses for 229 young people in the 2022-2023 school year. All recipients are Florida residents and will attend community colleges, four-year universities, graduate programs or law schools, both in state and out-of-state. Some students are considering careers in real estate.
"For 12 years now, the Florida Realtors Education Foundation Student Scholarship Program has helped 1,593 young people realize their dreams for the future by continuing their education," said Sherri Meadows, chair of Florida Realtors Education Foundation Inc. "Florida Realtors has awarded a total of $2,246,200 in scholarships to help these students and their families with financial support for college. Realtors across the state are honored to give back to our communities as we support these deserving young people. These scholarships are an investment in the future."
Scholarship recipients are enrolled at institutions of higher learning throughout the state, such as the University of Florida, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Florida A&M University, University of South Florida, Florida Southwestern State and Florida Gulf Coast University, as well as other colleges throughout the U.S., including Yale University, Duke University, Colorado Christian University and Berry College, to name a few. A variety of criteria was considered for successful applicants including academic achievements, financial need, relationship to the Realtor family and contributions to family, school and community.
Florida Realtors® serves as the voice for real estate in Florida. It provides programs, services, continuing education, research and legislative representation to its 225,000 members in 51 boards/associations. Florida Realtors® Newsroom website is available at http:// floridarealtors.org/newsroom.
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GREELEY, Colo., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBS USA Lux S.A. ("JBS USA") announced today that it is soliciting consents (the "Consents") from the holders of each of its (i) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "6.50% 2029 Notes"), (ii) 5.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes"), (iii) 3.750% Senior Notes due 2031 (the "2031 Notes"), (iv) 3.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "3.000% 2029 Notes"), (v) 3.000% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes"), and (vi) 4.375% Senior Notes due 2052 (the "2052 Notes" and, collectively with the 6.50% 2029 Notes, the 2030 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 3.000% 2029 Notes, and the 2032 Notes, the "Notes"), each issued by JBS USA, JBS USA Finance, Inc. ("JBS USA Finance"), and JBS USA Food Company ("JBS USA Food Company" and, collectively with JBS USA and JBS USA Finance, the "Issuers") to certain proposed amendments as set forth below (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Proposed Amendments") to the indentures governing each series of Notes (with respect to each series of Notes, an "Indenture" and, collectively, the "Indentures") (with respect to each series of Notes, a "Consent Solicitation" and, collectively, the "Consent Solicitations"). The Proposed Amendments are described in greater detail in the Consent Solicitation Statement (as defined below).
JBS USA is seeking the Proposed Amendments in order to conform certain provisions and restrictive covenants (and definitions related thereto) applicable to JBS USA and its restricted subsidiaries and JBS S.A. and its restricted subsidiaries, in each case, in each Indenture to the corresponding provisions and restrictive covenants (and definitions related thereto) (the "New JBS USA Covenants") set forth in each indenture, dated June 21, 2022 (collectively, the "New JBS USA Indenture"), governing the Issuers' U.S.$500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2028, U.S.$1,250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2033 and U.S.$750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2052 (collectively, the "New JBS USA Notes").
In order to execute and deliver the applicable Supplemental Indentures (as defined below) as contemplated by the related Proposed Amendments, JBS USA must receive the applicable Consents from the applicable holders as of the Record Date (as defined below) representing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes (not including any such Notes that are owned by the Issuers or any of their respective affiliates) (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Requisite Consents"). Each Consent Solicitation constitutes separate and distinct solicitations with respect to each series of Notes.
Only holders of the applicable Notes as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 1, 2022 (such date and time, including as such date and time may be changed by JBS USA from time to time, the "Record Date") are entitled to consent to the applicable Proposed Amendments. In order to implement the applicable Proposed Amendments, supplemental indentures to the applicable Indenture will be entered into by the applicable parties (with respect to each series of Notes, a "Supplemental Indenture" and, collectively, the "Supplemental Indentures"). For each series of Notes, if the applicable Supplemental Indenture is executed and the other terms and conditions set forth in the Consent Solicitation Statements are satisfied or waived, then (i) holders who validly deliver (and not revoke) their Consents to the applicable Proposed Amendments will receive a cash payment equal to: (1) U.S.$1.00 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the (x) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2029, (y) 2030 Notes and (z) 2031 Notes and (2) U.S.$0.50 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the (x) 3.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (y) 2032 Notes and (z) 2052 Notes, in respect of which such Consents have been validly delivered (and not revoked) prior to the applicable Expiration Time and (ii) holders of such series of Notes will benefit from the registration rights set forth in the applicable registration rights agreement with respect to such series of Notes. Holders will be permitted to revoke applicable Consents at any time prior to the execution and delivery of the applicable Expiration Time.
Subject to the terms and conditions described in the Consent Solicitation, JBS USA will enter into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which JBS USA will agree to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file an exchange offer registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow holders to exchange Notes of each series for the same principal amount of exchange notes of the same series, which will have terms identical in all material respects to such series of Notes, except that the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions, and (ii) consummate such exchange offer within 365 days of entering into the applicable registration rights agreement.
Concurrently with the Consent Solicitations, JBS USA commenced offers to exchange (each, a "JBS S.A. Exchange Offer" and, together, the "JBS S.A. Exchange Offers") any and all of JBS USA Food Company's outstanding (together, the "JBS S.A. Notes") (1) U.S.$1,000.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.500% Senior Notes due 2027 and (2) U.S.$1,000.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032 in exchange for new notes issued by the Issuers and guaranteed by each of the guarantors that guarantees the Notes. The JBS S.A. Notes are guaranteed by JBS S.A. The indentures governing the new notes issued in connection with the JBS S.A. Exchange Offers will conform to the New JBS USA Covenants set forth in the New JBS USA Indenture. In conjunction with the JBS S.A. Exchange Offers, JBS USA Food Company is soliciting consents to adopt certain proposed amendments to each of the indentures governing the JBS S.A. Notes to eliminate certain of the restrictive covenants, events of default and related provisions and definitions therein from such indentures.
The Consent Solicitations are not conditioned on the consummation of either of the JBS S.A. Exchange Offers. The JBS S.A. Exchange Offers are being made under a separate exchange offering memorandum addressed to holders of the JBS S.A. Notes and are not part of the Consent Solicitations
Holders of the Notes are referred to the consent solicitation statement of JBS USA, dated August 2, 2022 (the "Consent Solicitation Statement") for the detailed terms and conditions of each of the Consent Solicitations with respect to the Notes. The Consent Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 15, 2022, unless extended by JBS USA (such date and time, as the same may be extended, is referred to as the "Expiration Time"). Each Consent Solicitation is made solely by means of the Consent Solicitation Statement. These materials contain important information that holders of Notes should carefully read before any decision is made with respect to the applicable Consent Solicitation.
Our obligation to accept, and pay for, Consents validly delivered and not revoked is conditioned upon satisfaction of certain conditions as described in the applicable Consent Solicitation Statement, including the receipt of the Requisite Consents from each series of Notes. JBS USA may, in its sole discretion, terminate any Consent Solicitation, allow any Consent Solicitation to lapse, extend any Consent Solicitation and continue soliciting Consents pursuant to any Consent Solicitation or otherwise amend the terms of any Consent Solicitation, including the waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in the applicable Consent Solicitation Statement.
The Consent Solicitations are not conditioned on the consummation of either of the JBS S.A. Exchange Offers. The JBS S.A. Exchange Offers are being made under a separate exchange offering memorandum addressed to holders of the JBS S.A. Notes and are not part of the Consent Solicitations.
The Information Agent for each Consent Solicitation is:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 269-5550 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (800) 967-7574
E-mail: JBS@dfking.com
Any questions or requests for assistance or for copies of the Consent Solicitation Statements may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone numbers set forth above. The Consent Solicitation Statement and other related documents are available electronically at www.dfking.com/jbs-consent.
A holder as of the Record Date also may contact the Solicitation Agents: Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. at the numbers listed below, or such holder's broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Consent Solicitations.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 528-7581 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (800) 438-3242
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 702-1840 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (833) 418-0762
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 205-7736 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (866) 271-7403
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 618-7843
All others call toll-free: +1 (877) 381-2099
Truist Securities, Inc.
Call: +1 (800) 685-4786
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO SELL NOR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITY. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ALSO NOT A SOLICITATION OF CONSENTS TO ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. NO RECOMMENDATION IS MADE AS TO WHETHER HOLDERS OF THE NOTES SHOULD CONSENT TO ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our perspectives and expectations, are forward looking statements. The words "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "plan" and similar expressions, when related to JBS USA and its subsidiaries, indicate forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current view of management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions and factors, including general economic, market, industry, and operational factors. Any changes to these assumptions or factors may lead to practical results different from current expectations. Excessive reliance should not be placed on those statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made and JBS USA undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.
About JBS USA Lux S.A.
JBS USA Lux S.A. is one of the world's largest producers of beef, pork, chicken and packaged food products. In terms of daily production capacity, JBS USA Lux S.A. is among the leading beef producers and the second-largest pork and chicken producer in the United States. In Australia, JBS USA Lux S.A. is the leading producer of beef, lamb and packaged foods and the second largest producer of salmon. JBS USA Lux S.A. prepares, packages and delivers fresh, value-added and branded beef, pork, chicken, and lamb products to customers in more than 150 countries on six continents. JBS USA Lux S.A. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of JBS S.A., the largest protein company and the largest food company in the world in terms of net revenue.
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Runaway tortoise returned to family over 200 days later
AKRON, Ohio (WEWS) – We all know why the chicken crossed the road, but how about a reptile in Ohio?
A turtle in Avon Lake fled his home and was gone for more than half a year before being returned to his owners.
The turtle, Tiny Tim, has places to go and things to see as a rebellious reptile.
Vanessa Baker met Tiny Tim on her fourth birthday, and together, they’ve celebrated every birthday since.
“Well, now he’s the size of my 15-year-old hands,” she said.
It didn’t take Tiny Tim long to become a member of the family.
“Most people that know me know I have a tortoise,” Katie Baker, Vanessa’s mother, said.
One day last fall, Tiny Tim made his move.
There was a pint-sized hole in his outdoor enclosure that he escaped through.
“With a lost dog, you know, there is kind of a protocol with that,” Katie Baker said. “With a lost tortoise, it’s all about who lives near us.”
The family posted to Facebook and posted his mugshot on flyers.
“This was out all over the neighborhood,” Katie Baker said.
Weeks went by, then months. Winter came and left, and Tiny Tim was three shells to the wind.
“Didn’t hear anybody seeing him or anything,” Katie Baker said. “It was kind of … we lost hope for sure.”
The winter’s snow eventually gave way to spring, and 223 days after his great escape, the four-legged fugitive passed by the home of self-proclaimed reptile enthusiast Clayton Johnson.
“He was moving pretty fast for a tortoise,” Clayton said.
Clayton isn’t just any 12-year-old. The future herpetologist knew without a doubt that Tiny Tim belonged to someone.
When Clayton posted images of the tortoise, the Bakers were shell-shocked. They said they immediately began receiving calls.
In seven months, Tiny Tim had made it about a mile, played Frogger in traffic, and was looking for love in all the wrong places.
“It was just really heartwarming,” Clayton said. “I’ve never really had an experience like this, so it was really nice to get him back to where he belongs.”
The Bakers are beyond grateful for Clayton’s keen eye.
Now, they know they can’t let Tiny Tim out of their sight again.
Russian tortoises live to be up to 50 years old, which means Tiny Tim will have plenty of time to try again.
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ATLANTA, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES) today announced several changes within its senior leadership team and among its Board of Directors. RPC provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oilfield companies engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties throughout the United States and in selected international markets.
The following changes to RPC's Executive Officers and Board of Directors are effective immediately:
- The transition of Richard A. Hubbell, President and Chief Executive Officer, to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors;
- The relinquishment by Gary W. Rollins of his position as RPC's Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, while continuing as an RPC Director;
- The promotion of Ben M. Palmer, Chief Financial Officer, to President and Chief Executive Officer, and his election by the Board as a Class I Director;
- The appointment of Michael L. Schmit to Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary.
"Our announcement today supports our enduring long-term goals of management continuity and focus as we continue to thrive in the U.S. domestic oilfield," stated Richard A. Hubbell, Executive Chairman. "I am pleased to continue my long association with RPC and really look forward to continuing to work with our Board as we enter an exciting new phase in the oilfield. I also express my complete confidence in Ben as he takes on this new position."
"I am excited to assume this new role at RPC," stated Ben M. Palmer, President and Chief Executive Officer." We have strong corporate and operational management teams with whom I have forged a productive working relationship over many years. RPC's enduring traditions of conservative, shareholder-friendly capital management policies will continue. As Rick stated, we appear to be in the beginning stages of a favorable energy cycle, but as always in an industry as volatile as ours, we need to continue our conservative approach and a long-term orientation. We are also pleased to welcome Mike Schmit to our senior leadership team. Mike has a great deal of successful finance and accounting experience in public companies, including an international stint, business combination integration and financial management experience with a company exposed to the midstream energy sector, so we look forward to him joining RPC."
MANAGEMENT PROFILES
Richard A. Hubbell previously served as President of RPC, Inc. since 1987 and CEO since April 2005. He has also served as a Director of RPC. Mr. Hubbell is currently the Executive Chairman of the Board of Marine Products Corporation, and he previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Marine Products since its formation in 2001. Previously, Mr. Hubbell served as the Executive Vice President of Rollins Communications, Inc.
Ben M. Palmer previously served as Chief Financial Officer of RPC, Inc. since 1996 and as Corporate Secretary since 2018. Mr. Palmer is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Marine Products Corporation. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Marine Products since its formation in 2001 and as Corporate Secretary since 2018. Prior to this, Ben held several positions in financial management and public accounting.
Michael L. Schmit joins RPC from SWM International, where he served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Chart Industries. Earlier in his career, Mike worked for other public companies and in public accounting, both in the U.S. and Australia. Mike holds a CPA certification as well as several other related professional designations. Effective today, he is also the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Marine Products Corporation.
RPC provides a broad range of specialized oilfield services and equipment primarily to independent and major oilfield companies engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil and gas properties throughout the United States, including the Gulf of Mexico, mid-continent, southwest, Appalachian and Rocky Mountain regions, and in selected international markets. RPC's investor website can be found at rpc.net.
Certain statements and information included in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including all statements that look forward in time or express management's beliefs, expectations or hopes. In particular, such statements include, without limitation, our belief that RPC is entering an exciting new phase in the oilfield, that we appear to be in the beginning stages of a favorable energy cycle, and that our volatile industry requires a conservative approach and long-term orientation. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of RPC to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements, Such risks include changes in general global business and economic conditions, including the continued economic impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and fluctuations in prices of oil and natural gas; risks associated with collections of our accounts receivable from customers experiencing challenging business conditions; drilling activity and rig count; risks of reduced availability or increased costs of both labor and raw materials used in providing our services; the impact on our operations due to changes in regulatory and environmental laws; turmoil in the financial markets and the potential difficulty to fund our capital needs; the actions of OPEC+ and the status of the war in Ukraine, which could impact drilling activity; adverse weather conditions in oil and gas producing regions; competition in the oil and gas industry; an inability to implement price increases; risks of international operations; and reliance upon large customers. Additional discussion of factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in RPC's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, including the "Risk Factors" discussion contained therein.
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Penguins’ Malkin suspended 4 games for cross-check to face
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games for cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki in the face. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension after holding a hearing with Malkin about the play. Malkin was initially given only a four-minute double-minor penalty after striking Borowiecki in the mouth with his stick at the end of the second period Sunday. This is Malkin’s second suspension after a one-game ban for high-sticking in 2019. This one costs him $190,000 in salary. He’s eligible to return April 23 vs. Detroit. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/11/penguins-malkin-suspended-4-games-for-cross-check-to-face/ | 2022-04-12T02:47:07Z |
BENGALURU, India, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Together with an ecosystem of partners the non-profit H&M Foundation launched a first of its kind USD 11 million initiative in 2020, to address the gaps in the system that keep Bengaluru waste pickers in poverty and exclusion. Now, plastic waste collected by informal waste pickers is becoming a valued resource in the fashion and textile industry, providing a higher income and recognition as an integral part of the circular value chain. Buttons partly made from the plastic waste are now featured on garments sold worldwide. The buttons are traceable down to the source of the waste along with names of the workers, social security, salaries and working conditions at the aggregation center.
In 2020, the H&M Foundation initiated Saamuhika Shakti, a collective impact initiative aiming to equip waste pickers to lift themselves out of poverty through a holistic ecosystem of organisations. Eight local partners are working together to support the waste picker community in various aspects - that the waste pickers themselves have identified - such as safe working conditions, access to social services and good quality education, water and sanitation, up-skilling or access to alternative jobs, innovations in waste management streams that are inclusive and provide livelihoods to the waste pickers, a shift in the way the population think about waste pickers, as well as increasing economic opportunities. The 4-year program (2020-2023) is funded by H&M Foundation with more than USD 11 million and aims to address the gaps in the system that keep waste pickers in poverty.
Two years in the making, Saamuhika Shakti is already impacting around 20,000 waste pickers including their families and has caught the attention of others. With the fashion and textile industry working to shift business models from linear to circular, sustainable materials are in demand, and recycled plastic plays a vital part in creating a regenerative industry. H&M Group has now become a business partner with the social enterprise Hasiru Dala Innovations, placing orders for millions of buttons partly made from recycled PET bottles (rPET) sourced by waste pickers in Bengaluru. This has extended the social impact of Saamuhika Shakti and will further benefit the waste picker community by creating jobs and income opportunities. It is a stand-alone business partnership which is not subsidised by the funds from the non-profit H&M Foundation.
"Waste management and material recycling are fundamental components of a circular economy, but in order for it to be truly sustainable, it needs to include the very group of people that upholds this value chain in India - the informal waste picker community. If challenges related to waste pickers' lives and the waste sector can be addressed, waste pickers have the potential to be a key player in a global circular system - and could not only contribute to the health and state of our planet, but also uplift themselves out of poverty. We call it inclusive circularity." - Maria Bystedt, Strategy Lead H&M Foundation.
The buttons are partly made from post-consumer PET waste collected primarily by informal waste pickers in Bengaluru, who segregate the waste and sell the PET to the social enterprise, Hasiru Dala Innovations who have received "Guaranteed Member Status" from World Fair Trade Organization. The PET waste is then flaked and washed and provided to two of H&M Group's button suppliers in India. The buttons are traceable down to the source of the waste along with names of the workers, social security, salaries and working conditions at the aggregation center.
NOTES TO EDITOR
- In India alone, 62 million tons of waste is generated annually and only 15% of the waste is processed and treated. The invisible force behind recycling is the estimated 1.5 - 4 million informal waste pickers who make their living by collecting, cleaning, sorting, and segregating this waste.
- While informal waste pickers play a vital role in waste management and the circular economy in India, they have been shunned and marginalised, largely made invisible for the rest of the community. Many completely lack access to social security benefits and endure a difficult everyday reality including regular harassment - not to mention the health hazards they are subjected to when handling the waste. Women and children of waste pickers are especially vulnerable to violence and discrimination, both within and outside their homes. Substance abuse is widespread and accessing affordable healthcare is a huge challenge.
- Saamuhika Shakti is a first-of-its-kind initiative where H&M Foundation aims to holistically address the gaps in the system that keep waste pickers in poverty and exclusion. It has so far reached around 20,000 waste pickers and their family members (March 2022). The initiative has a strong focus on equity, addressing the basic needs of marginalized groups such as women and girls. 8 partners are contributing with their expertise, working together in a powerful ecosystem where a collective impact setup ensures that all activities are mutually reinforcing and that all partners contribute to the overarching objectives and common agenda.
- Definition of a waste picker: As per Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, India, the term `waste picker' is defined as `A person or groups of persons informally engaged in collection and recovery of reusable and recyclable solid waste from the source of waste generation in the streets, bins, material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their livelihood. Waste pickers that are mentioned in this press release also includes waste workers employed at dry waste collection centers and informal waste entrepreneurs.
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CALGARY, AB, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust - TSX: BEI.UN
Boardwalk REIT ("Boardwalk, "the Trust", "We") is providing a brief operational update as we continue to focus on our essential service of providing high-quality and affordable homes to Boardwalk's Resident Members while delivering growth and value for our stakeholders.
Sam Kolias, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boardwalk commented:
"Following a strong spring leasing season, we continue to see strong demand for rental housing throughout our portfolio heading into the summer. Our largest markets of Edmonton and Calgary have tightened significantly with Edmonton at approximately 4.25% vacancy as of early July, which represents a 2.75% improvement in occupancy since the beginning of March. Vacancy in our Calgary portfolio is below 1.50% with strengthening leasing spreads on both new leases and renewals. On the ground, and as supported by the most recent Statistics Canada data, we continue to see increased interprovincial migration into Alberta, on the foundation of some of the most affordable rents in the country.
Our team is committed to further optimize our rentals, while finding innovative ways to best manage controllable operating costs during a high inflation period and continue to provide affordable housing.
We are confident that our strong leasing momentum, peak-performing team and unparalleled affordability of our core markets position us well for continued growth in the months to come."
During the fourth quarter of 2021, the Trust announced that it received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") to commence a normal course issuer bid ("NCIB"). The Trust continues to view its own portfolio as offering un-paralleled value in the multi-family sector and believes its current unit price represents an attractive opportunity for re-investment. During the second quarter, the Trust re-purchased 240,000 Trust Units at a volume-weighted average price of $47.01 for a total price of approximately $11.3 million.
Boardwalk REIT's financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2022, will be released the evening of August 9, 2022.
We invite you to participate in the teleconference to be held to discuss these results the following morning (Wednesday, August 10, 2022) at 11:00 am (Mountain),1:00 pm (Eastern). Senior Management will speak to the results and provide a financial and operational update. Presentation and supplemental materials will be made available on our website prior to the call (please visit: www.bwalk.com/investors).
Teleconference:
The telephone numbers for the conference are toll-free 1-888-664-6383 (within North America) and 416-764-8650 (International).
Note: Please provide the operator with the below Conference Call ID or Topic when dialing in to the call.
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Topic: Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, 2022 Second Quarter Results.
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Investors will also be able to listen to the call and view the slide presentation by visiting www.bwalk.com/investors on the morning of the call. An information page will be provided for any software and system requirements. The live webcast will also be available by clicking below:
Boardwalk REIT strives to provide Canada's friendliest communities, where love always livesTM, and currently owns and operates more than 200 communities with over 33,000 residential units totaling over 28 million net rentable square feet. Boardwalk's principal objectives are to provide its Residents with the best quality communities and superior customer service, while providing Unitholders with enhanced returns by increasing the value of its Trust Units through selective acquisitions, dispositions, development, and effective management of its residential multi-family communities. Boardwalk REIT is vertically integrated and is Canada's leading owner/operator of multi-family communities bringing Residents home to properties located in Alberta, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.
Boardwalk REIT's Trust Units are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol BEI.UN. Additional information about Boardwalk REIT can be found on the Trust's website at www.bwalk.com/investors.
Information in this news release that is not current or historical factual information may constitute forward-looking statements and information (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning applicable of securities laws. The use of any of the words "expect", "anticipate", "may", "will", "should", "believe", "intend" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Implicit in these forward-looking statements, particularly in respect of Boardwalk's objectives for its current and future periods, Boardwalk's strategies to achieve those objectives, as well as statements with respect to management's beliefs, plans, estimates, assumptions, intentions, and similar statements concerning anticipated future events, results, circumstances, performance or expectations are estimates and assumptions subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause Boardwalk's actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. Specifically, Boardwalk has made assumptions surrounding the impact of economic conditions in Canada and globally including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boardwalk's future growth potential, prospects and opportunities, the rental environment compared to several years ago, relatively stable interest costs, access to equity and debt capital markets to fund (at acceptable costs) the future growth program to enable the Trust to refinance debts as they mature, the availability of purchase opportunities for growth in Canada, general industry conditions and trends, changes in laws and regulations including, without limitation, changes in tax laws, mortgage rules and other temporary legislative changes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased competition, the availability of qualified personnel, fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest rates, and stock market volatility. These assumptions, although considered reasonable by the Trust at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI and Justice Department recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government and that targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware, ultimately recovering half a million dollars in ransom payments, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Tuesday.
Monaco revealed new details of the attacks during a speech in which she encouraged organizations hit by ransomware to report the crime to law enforcement, both so that officials can investigate and so that they can help victim companies try to get ransom payments back.
In this case, Monaco said, a Kansas hospital that paid a ransom last year after being attacked by ransomware also contacted the FBI, which traced the payment and identified China-based money launderers who assisted the North Korean hackers in cashing out the illicit proceeds. The FBI ultimately recovered half a million dollars, including the entire ransom payment from the hospital.
U.S. officials in 2021 scrambled to confront a wave of high-profile ransomware attacks — in which hackers encrypt or lock up a victim’s data and demand exorbitant sums to return it — including against a crucial fuel pipeline on the East Coast. Though the pace of such large-scale, front-page attacks seems to have slowed, smaller targets — such as hospitals — continue to be affected.
This particular variant of ransomware, known as “Maui,” specifically targeted hospitals and public health organizations around the country.
Companies, she said, invariably ask why they should cooperate with law enforcement and what is in it for them.
“The answer is that if you report that attack, if you report the ransom demand and payment, if you work with the FBI, we can take action,” Monaco said at a speech at Fordham Law School. “We can follow the money and get it back; we can help prevent the next attack, the next victim; and we can hold cybercriminals accountable.”
Later Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, were expected to speak about election security. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/us-disrupts-north-korean-hackers-that-targeted-hospitals/ | 2022-07-19T16:21:14Z |
For the second straight year, Atlanta-based firm has highest growth in producing reps.
ATLANTA, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Planning Magazine has once again named Arkadios Capital an Elite IBD, ranking it No. 1 overall in terms of growth in producing reps.
The magazine ranked the Atlanta-based firm in the top five for revenue growth (No. 3 overall) and average production per advisor (No. 5 overall) on its much-anticipated list. It is the second year in a row the Atlanta-based independent broker-dealer led all IDBs in growth in producing reps.
"Arkadios Capital would like to thank the editors at Financial Planning for once again naming us one of the top IBDs in the country. This is the fourth year in a row we've earned a place on the list, which is a testament to our platform and our team," said David Millican, CEO, Arkadios Capital. "Our growth is proof of concept of the need for a truly independent, entrepreneurial company in the broker-dealer space serving successful advisors."
Arkadios experienced a 40% climb in the number of producing representatives on top of a 54% increase the previous year. Revenue grew by 54%, and the average production per advisor was up 10% over 2021. With an increase of 40% across its 126 representatives, it was one of the top firms for total payout.
Investment advisors created Arkadios Capital with investment advisors in mind. Using lessons learned from over three decades in wirehouses and as a successful RIA, Millican created a hybrid model that puts advisors and their clients first while offering a full suite of business development and succession solutions.
The firm has received numerous national honors, including the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) naming them one of the fastest growing companies in Georgia and Financial Advisor and Investment News magazines naming them one of the Top IBDs in the country.
Arkadios Capital is a hybrid independent broker/dealer founded by a successful registered independent advisor for successful registered independent advisors. Specializing in supporting larger and growth-oriented wealth management firms, Arkadios has grown to more than $6B in affiliated assets and more than 110 advisors with 35 offices spread across the United States and Puerto Rico. For more information, please visit arkadios.com.
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Made In America: American Innovators Launches New Episode Spotlighting Renewell Energy and PCDWorks
PALESTINE, Texas, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consensus Digital Media released episode #5 of Made In America: American Innovators, featuring Renewell Energy, a Texas-based start-up in partnership with PCDworks, as they transition abandoned oil wells into storage for renewable energy sources – something no one else has done.
In this episode, Made in America speaks to Renewell Energy's co-founders Kemp Gregory and Stefan Streckfus, innovators behind the effort to transition 700,000 abandoned oil wells into a flexible energy storage solution. Energy storage is critical for the wind and solar power industries and profitable for traditional oil and gas companies. Gregory and Streckfus share the idea behind their prototype, Artemis Prime, and the company's long-term goals.
With 2.5 million inactive oil wells in the United States, the enterprising founders of Renewell Energy knew there was a way to make abandoned oil wells profitable. Their idea? Turn them into a power source for the future. The abandoned wells are being repurposed into giant mechanical batteries – strong enough to power the entire U.S. energy grid.
"Consensus is excited to document this Lone Star State effort that has long-term positive effects in Texas and across the U.S.," said Conor Gaughan, Consensus publisher and CEO. "Securing our energy future takes buy-in from all sides of the energy industry. Renewell Energy is an excellent example of bringing together the legacy industry with creative startups to solve problems for the betterment of consumers and the environment."
Renewell Energy has moved its concept into a commercial product. With an 80-acre innovation campus, grants from Stanford and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, plus outside funding, Renewell Energy proves that oil, gas, and renewables can solve an energy crisis not just for Texas but for all of America.
View this episode of Made In America, Texas Oil Wells Hold a Renewable Energy Solution | American Innovators at https://youtu.be/QU16iUYKPr4.
Consensus Digital Media is a digital media publisher working to highlight and produce uplifting and relevant stories that spotlight the communities, leaders, and businesses achieving a sustainable future through innovative and pragmatic solutions. Visit consensusdigitalmedia.com for more information.
Produced by Consensus Digital Media, Made In America is a documentary series that tells the stories of small towns, family farms, and local businesses doing good. These are uplifting stories of American innovation and strength.
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Vote for The Jackson Sun's high school girls athlete of the week: Postseason heroes
Vote now for The Jackson Sun's high school girls athlete of the week.
Fans may vote one time per hour. The poll ends at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Here are this week's candidates:
McKinley Arnold, Jackson Christian: Arnold went 3-3 with two home runs, seven RBI and two runs scored in the 13-0 win over USJ.
Maggie Richardson, Jackson Christian: Richardson had six strikeouts in the 19-0 perfect game win over St. George's. She also went 1-2 with a triple, two runs scored and an RBI.
Alaina Perry, TCA: Perry went 4-4 with a double and two runs scored in the 10-3 win over Sacred Heart.
Ginny Miller, TCA: Miller went 4-4 with a home run, two stolen bases, three runs scored and three RBIs in the 15-0 win over Harding Academy.
Kristian Holder, Sacred Heart: Holder had seven strikeouts in the 10-2 win over Northpoint. She also went 5-5 with two doubles.
Kenadie Gibson, Huntingdon: Gibson went 3-5 with a home run, two doubles and an RBI in the 12-4 win over Gibson County.
Aspen Teague, McNairy Central: Teague went 2-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs in the 5-2 win over Hardin County.
Briley Wigginton, Adamsville: Wigginton went 2-3 with a home run and an RBI in the 8-2 win over Bolivar.
Emma Austin, Hardin County: Austin defeated Haywood's Lauren Jarrett 6-0, 6-1.
Hallie Rich, Hardin County: Rich defeated McNairy Central's Xia Batista 6-2, 6-0. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/05/09/vote-jackson-sun-high-school-girls-athlete-week/9682791002/ | 2022-05-09T23:26:16Z |
SAN DIEGO, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) was honored by the CARES Foundation for its ongoing research and development of novel therapies for patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The CARES Foundation, Inc. is the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of the CAH patient community and seeks to advance quality health care. Neurocrine Biosciences' Chief Research Officer, Dimitri Grigoriadis, Ph.D., accepted the Corporate Partner Award at the CARES 22nd Anniversary Gala held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA on June 4.
"This award recognizes the members of our outstanding research and development, and clinical development teams, who are leading our effort to advance a potential new treatment option for classic CAH," said Kevin Gorman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer. "Thanks to the vision of our co-founder Dr. Wylie Vale and the leadership of our Chief Research Officer Dr. Dimitri Grigoriadis, our investigational compound crinecerfont is currently in Phase 3 registrational studies in adults, adolescents, and children. Crinecerfont has the potential to help the thousands of people living with classic CAH, and we're looking forward to reporting top-line data from these studies in 2023."
Classic CAH is a genetic disorder that impacts the lives of up to 30,000 people in the United States and 50,000 people in Europe. Wylie Vale, Ph.D., isolated corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), which plays an integral part in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis that is disrupted in classic CAH. He began his career making major contributions to the discovery of hypothalamic peptides in the lab of Roger Guillemin, Ph.D., who ultimately received the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Dimitri Grigoriadis, Ph.D., has spent most of his career studying CRF, including years working with Dr. Vale. His research was the basis for the development of crinecerfont, an oral, non-steroidal, selective corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 (CRF1) receptor antagonist for the treatment of classic CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD).
For more than 60 years, glucocorticoid treatment (typically at supraphysiologic doses) has been the standard treatment to reduce elevated adrenal androgens in patients with classic CAH. There are currently no non-steroidal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatments for classic CAH.
Neurocrine Biosciences is currently conducting two Phase 3 global registrational studies of crinecerfont in adults (18 years of age and older) and children and adolescents (2 to 17 years of age) with classic CAH, called the CAHtalyst™ Adult and CAHtalyst™ Pediatric studies, respectively. As part of the CAHtalyst clinical trial program, participants who complete these trials will be able to continue to receive crinecerfont as part of an open-label extension.
About Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) refers to a group of genetic conditions that result in an enzyme deficiency that alters the production of adrenal hormones. Approximately 95% of CAH cases are caused by a mutation that leads to deficiency of the enzyme 21-hydroxylase. In classic CAH, severe deficiency of this enzyme leads to an inability of the adrenal glands to produce cortisol and, in approximately 75% of cases, aldosterone. If left untreated, classic CAH can result in salt wasting, dehydration, and even death. Even with glucocorticoid treatment, high levels of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland results in excess androgen production leading to virilization and menstrual irregularities in females. Both males and females with classic CAH can experience problems with growth and development in childhood including early puberty, short stature or height below genetic potential, and fertility problems in adulthood.
There are currently no non-steroidal treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for classic CAH. Glucocorticoids, the current standard of care, are used to correct the endogenous cortisol deficiency and to try to reduce the high ACTH levels and androgen excess. However, the dose of steroid required to try to control androgen excess is generally well above the normal physiological level of cortisol, and the chronic duration of high steroid dose administration can result in serious and common complications of steroid excess, including metabolic abnormalities, increased cardiovascular risk, bone loss, fractures, growth impairment, and increased infection risk.
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About Crinecerfont
Crinecerfont is an investigational, oral, nonsteroidal, selective corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 (CRF1) receptor antagonist under evaluation for the treatment of classic CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). Antagonism of CRF1 receptors in the pituitary has been shown to decrease ACTH levels, which in turn could decrease the production of adrenal androgens and potentially the symptoms associated with classic CAH. Research also suggests that lowering androgen levels may enable lower, more physiologic dosing of glucocorticoids and thus potentially reduce the complications associated with long-term exposure to greater than normal glucocorticoid doses in patients with classic CAH.
To learn more about crinecerfont, click here.
About CAHtalyst™ Studies
Neurocrine Biosciences is currently conducting two Phase 3 global registrational studies of crinecerfont in adults (18 years of age and older) and children and adolescents (ages 2 to 17 years of age) with classic CAH.
For more information about the adult CAHtalyst™ Phase 3 study, please visit cahtalyst.cahstudies.com and ClinicalTrials.gov.
For more information about the pediatric CAHtalyst™ Phase 3 study, please visit cahtalystpeds.cahstudies.com and ClinicalTrials.gov.
As part of the CAHtalyst™ clinical trial program, participants who complete these trials will be able to continue to receive crinecerfont as part of an open-label extension.
About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as over a dozen mid- to late-stage clinical programs in multiple therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie).
Neurocrine, the Neurocrine logo, and CAHtalyst are registered trademarks of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statement
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the potential benefits of crinecerfont to patients and future clinical development plans. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include: our future financial and operating performance; risks and uncertainties associated with the scale and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting global, national, and local disruptions, the risk that crinecerfont will not be found to be safe and/or effective or may not prove to be beneficial to patients; that development activities for crinecerfont may not be completed on time or at all; risks that clinical development activities may be delayed for regulatory or other reasons, may not be successful or replicate previous and/or interim clinical trial results, or may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that regulatory submissions for crinecerfont may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; risks that crinecerfont may not obtain regulatory approvals; or that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding crinecerfont; and other risks described in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Neurocrine Biosciences disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- King Insurance ("King" or the "Company"), a fast-growing full-service insurance brokerage firm that provides a variety of property & casualty as well as employee benefits solutions, announced today the acquisition of The Wurzel Agency, Inc. ("Wurzel Insurance").
Headquartered in Oviedo, FL, Wurzel Insurance is a property and casualty insurance agency, with a focus on preferred personal lines, and small-to-mid commercial lines.
Robert Wurzel, founder of Wurzel Insurance, said "The Wurzel family has three generations who have been serving the insurance needs of Florida families for over 75 years. We're excited to partner with King Insurance and continue to serve our clients for many years to come."
"The Wurzel Insurance agency is an ideal partner for us." said Chad King, Chief Executive Officer of King Insurance. "We are excited about this opportunity, and to further expand our presence in Central Florida"
Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, King is a full-service insurance brokerage firm which provides a broad array of property & casualty and employee benefits solutions. Additional information can be found at www.king-insurance.com.
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Seventh annual Stop The Violence cookout
Published: Jun. 5, 2022 at 8:40 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The “Stop the Violence” cookout was a free event for the public with food, music, and vendors. The event was put on by The Streets of Paradise, an organization that aims to help the homeless and stop injustice.
The event was more important this year due to the increased violence across the country. Most recently, the mass shooting in Philadelphia -- and the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
The Streets of Paradise founder, Gregory Cruz, said that changes need to be made by adding policies and legislation.
The event started at 1 p.m. and there was a table with socks, backpacks, toothpaste, and more for guests to take home.
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Man sentenced to 37 months in prison for role in multi-state dog fighting ring
(Gray News) - A Virginia man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a multi-state dog fighting conspiracy.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said Raymond L. Johnson, 41, was sentenced Thursday to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
According to court documents, Johnson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in an animal fighting venture and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Johnson’s arrest was the result of a lengthy investigation, starting in November 2019 when police investigated a criminal organization involved in dog fighting based out of Richmond, Virginia, and extending into Baltimore, Maryland. In late 2020, police executed multiple search warrants and rescued numerous dogs that were being used for dog fighting.
The DOJ said Johnson hosted at least two dog fights at his residence, videos of which were found by police. Nine dogs were rescued from Johnson’s home, all with scarring consistent with dog fighting.
The DOJ said investigators also found Johnson communicating with his co-conspirators about breeding and fighting dogs, past dog fights, and upcoming dog fights.
Agents also found firearms and ammunition at Johnson’s home. As a convicted felon, it was illegal for Johnson to possess those items.
“Raymond Johnson actively participated in a multi-state criminal enterprise that caused the needless suffering of innocent animals,” said Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “Johnson’s sentence demonstrates that dog fighting is a serious crime, which deserves a substantial penalty.”
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Subsurface Information Modeling (SIM) and 3D Laser Scanning Provides More Accurate Building Information Models (BIM), Increases Safety and Boosts Project Efficiency and Profitability
ORLANDO, Fla., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Engineering Sciences® (UES), a national leading engineering and consulting company, is adding a new service to its breadth of offerings – Virtual Design Consulting – that will increase safety, reduce risk, and help all parties involved in complex construction projects maximize profitability and limit change orders. UES, which was recognized as the fastest growing AEC firm in the U.S. and Canada in 2021, is leveraging sophisticated subsurface information modeling, advanced geophysics, and 3D laser scanning with mixed reality applications to package its Virtual Design Consulting services and help all aspects of a construction project – often before a building is constructed.
3D digital models of building components, project sites, and subsurface utilities help architects, engineers, and contractors – UES' primary clients for Virtual Design Consulting – visualize and manage workflow and team organization and deliver more accurate models and reports of below ground structures at the start of any design-construction project.
"This innovative service will allow BIM to be more robust by providing accurate subsurface information that creates a true total asset model. We're filling a void in the AEC industry by seamlessly combing both subsurface and above ground building information," said UES Director, Virtual Design Consulting James Slusher, P.E. "This service line is a critical addition to UES' diverse set of consulting services that will allow the company to serve even more projects from start to finish across areas of the U.S. that are experiencing tremendous development growth."
Virtual Design Consulting from UES is initially focused on three core areas of expertise: subsurface utility engineering (SUE), subsurface information modeling (SIM), and 3D laser scanning, which integrates SIM and building information modeling (BIM) in a way that has never before been widely offered to the AEC industry.
SIM is the process of creating digital replicas of below-ground structures like utilities, voids, and bedrock that can be surveyed above grade. It is essentially the inverse of BIM, a standard practice in the industry that generates digital representations of a structure's physical characteristics.
By combining SIM with BIM, Universal Engineering Sciences can provide a full-service offering that makes total asset models of above- and below-ground structures more accurately while also integrating geotechnical and structural information. The Virtual Design Consulting team uses techniques that involve advanced geophysics, surveying, laser scanning, and 3D modeling with equipment that far exceed the sophistication of traditional ground-penetrating radar. Some benefits of integrating SIM into the BIM process include:
- Analyzing potential conflicts with above- and below-ground structures
- Creating reliable 3D digital records of underground utilities
- Reducing soft-digging excavations
- Limiting costly shutdowns from utility strikes
- Assessing void and sinkhole locations
- Gathering rock rippability data
- Minimizing change orders and delays
- Lowering construction risk
Universal Engineering Sciences expects Virtual Design Consulting services to help increase site safety and boost a construction project's overall efficiency and profitability.
Universal Engineering Sciences, headquartered in Orlando, is a privately held, rapidly growing engineering and consulting firm with nearly six decades of experience in geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing, building code compliance, threshold inspections and environmental consulting. UES is considered a pioneer of the industry and stands at the forefront of emerging technology, best practices, and influential legislature. Projects include both public and private clients, ranging from transportation and healthcare to commercial and education. UES engineers, geologists, certified inspectors, and scientists offer an unwavering commitment to excellence, approaching each project as an opportunity to cultivate enduring relationships with clients. BDT Capital Partners is the primary investor in the company.
UES has made a commitment to growing through strategic acquisition and organic growth. UES' presence includes locations throughout the high growth markets in the South, Midwest and West, including Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Metro DC, California, Utah, Nevada, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
UES was named number one on the Zweig Group Hot Firm List which honors the fastest-growing firms in the architecture, engineering, planning, environmental and construction (AEC) industry. With nearly 3,100 professionals across 67 branches in nearly 20 states nationwide, UES consults on projects of all sizes to help deliver needed infrastructure and build safe and successful communities. For more information, please visit universalengineering.com or follow UES on Social Media.
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Police investigating vandalism of Islamic center, second incident in six months
By Mirna Alsharif, CNN
Police are investigating vandalism at an Islamic center in Richmond, Virginia, a Henrico County Police Division spokesperson told CNN.
The incident Saturday was the second report of vandalism at West End Islamic Center in the past six months.
The most recent incident took place during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Police found “trash, graffiti, tables and chairs flipped inside the building” as well as a shattered glass window, Lieutenant Matthew Pecka told CNN.
“There were no notes or specifics regarding graffiti,” said Pecka. “Henrico Police has responded, documented the incident and this remains an open active investigation. We want all community members to feel safe in their place and choice of worship.”
Pecka added the incident is not currently classified as a hate crime and there will be increased patrols in the area.
The previous incident took place in November 2021 and it is not known if the two incidents are related, said Pecka.
The West End Islamic Center called the incidents “expressions of hatred” in a statement posted to their website and Facebook page. The statement includes pictures of the damage.
“Rights of all people of faith is a founding principle of America,” read the statement. “We do not know or understand the motivation of the person(s). What we do know, is that love is stronger than hate, and the members of our Mosque will stand together. We trust that our neighbors and friends will continue to stand with us and support our community as we worship during this holy month of Ramadan.”
The center was not able to capture the incident or potential suspects on camera but feels it merits local, state, and federal investigation, they said in the statement.
Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to get in touch with the Henrico Police Division.
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More than $400,000 in grants from the Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation support New Friends New Life and the Genesis Women's Shelter & Support
DALLAS, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Santander Consumer USA Inc. ("SC") is helping victims of domestic violence find financial freedom and funding an initiative to remove economic barriers for women and teen girls who have been trafficked. The Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation is providing grants of $250,000 to support New Friends New Life, which restores and empowers trafficked and sexually exploited teen girls, women and their children, and $160,000 to Genesis Women's Shelter & Support, which will deliver program and administrative support to support survivors of abuse and trafficking.
The $250,000 grant to New Friends New Life will provide funding for its Economic Empowerment and Barrier Removal Initiative that addresses the economic and legal barriers facing 250 adult survivors. A portion of the funding will support financial literacy, employment coaching and benchmarked financial services. It will also partially fund the launch of a legal advocacy clinic to create a legal action plan to address barriers to employment.
The $160,000 grant to Genesis Women's Shelter & Support will provide funds to match the savings that 30 families accumulate before leaving transitional housing. It will also help Genesis clients improve their credit score and start their new lives with some financial security from savings.
"Women everywhere face social, cultural and economic barriers to equality, particularly if they are in high risk or unsafe situations," said Santander Consumer USA CEO Mahesh Aditya. "These grants support financial empowerment and economic mobility for women whose resources or access to resources may be limited. The missions of New Friends New Life and Genesis Women's Shelter – which includes providing hope and opportunity for women and children who have been abused and exploited – are critically important and timely, and we are pleased to support this transformative work."
"Trafficking survivors often face significant roadblocks that prevent them from finding conventional employment, which is vital to achieving economic stability," said New Friends New Life CEO Bianca Davis. "We are so grateful for this transformative grant from the Santander Consumer USA Foundation which strategically clears the path forward for survivors, giving them the opportunity to truly be free from the exploitation and abuse of their past."
"The women who come to us are literally fighting for their lives," said Jan Edgar Langbein, CEO of Genesis Women's Shelter & Support. "We don't just provide them shelter from their abusers. Our mission is to help them become self-sufficient and help put them on a path to a safer, more secure future. That is easier to do with the help of organizations like the Santander Consumer USA Foundation."
New Friends New Life and Genesis Women's Shelter & Support are both past grant recipients from the Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation.
About Santander Consumer USA
Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SC) ("SC") is a full-service consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance, third-party servicing and delivering superior service to our more than 3.1 million customers across the full credit spectrum. SC, which began originating retail installment contracts in 1997, had an average managed asset portfolio of approximately $64 billion (for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021). The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Santander Holdings USA, Inc. and is part of Madrid, Spain-based global banking leader Banco Santander. For more information about Santander Consumer USA, please visit www.santanderconsumerusa.com.
About New Friends New Life
Founded in Dallas, in 1998, New Friends New Life (NFNL) restores and empowers trafficked and sexually exploited teen girls, women and their children, and drives awareness of the issue and its prevalence. By providing access to education, job training, interim financial assistance, mental health, and spiritual support, New Friends New Life helps women and their children overcome backgrounds of abuse, addiction, poverty, and limited opportunities. In 2021, NFNL served 312 members. NFNL also educates the community and works to eradicate the epidemic of human trafficking through advocacy, legislative reform and strategic partnerships that address systemic causes. In 2018, NFNL opened a drop-in Youth Resource Center (YRC) in partnership with the Office of the Governor to serve trafficked and high-risk teen girls. Since its opening, the YRC has served 442 girls. In 2015, NFNL organized its Men's Advocacy Group to engage men in the fight against sex trafficking and exploitation. For more information, visit http://www.newfriendsnewlife.org.
About Genesis Women's Shelter & Support
Since opening its doors in 1985, Genesis Women's Shelter & Support has provided safety, shelter and expert counseling services to women and children who have experienced domestic violence. Genesis is committed to removing every roadblock a woman might face on her journey to the abuse-free life she deserves. These life-changing services include an emergency shelter, long-term housing, an award-winning onsite, K-8 school, daycare, access to legal representation and cutting-edge therapeutics. Genesis serves more than 3,700 women and children each year and relies on the generous support of the Dallas community to continue providing these services at no cost to clients. For more information, visit www.genesisshelter.org.
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Christopher Swann and Kenneth Hart Elected by Preferred Shareholders at 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PREIT (NYSE: PEI) (the "Company") today announced that Christopher Swann and Kenneth Hart have been elected by preferred shareholders to its Board of Trustees.
Joseph F. Coradino, Chairman and CEO of PREIT, said, "We are pleased to welcome two new independent trustees to further enhance and diversify the Board of Trustees. Both Christopher and Kenneth are experienced investors who bring additional corporate finance and real estate investing expertise to the boardroom. We look forward to their contribution in advancing our strategic objectives by capitalizing on our exceptional portfolio of assets."
Mr. Swann and Mr. Hart were elected in accordance with the provisions of the designating amendments to the Company's Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.
About Christopher Swann
Christopher Swann has over a decade of experience restructuring distressed commercial real estate and real estate backed debt. He also has extensive expertise in restructuring across multiple disciplines, including balance sheet, asset management, operations, construction, entitlements and property management. He currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cygnus Capital, a real estate and alternative asset investment management company. Previously, Mr. Swann served as a Portfolio Manager at SAC Capital Advisors LLC, an investment management company, and in a number of roles at GMT Capital Corporation, an investment management company, including serving as a senior analyst and then as a portfolio manager overseeing investments in technology companies as well as building out the firm's investments in Asia, including establishing its Hong Kong office.
Prior to that, Mr. Swann co-founded two software companies and also worked as an Associate at McKinsey & Co. Earlier in his career, Mr. Swann served in senior marketing and sales positions in Germany and Russia for Millicom International Cellular SA, an international telecommunications and media company, and for a division of Merck & Co., Inc., a multinational pharmaceutical company.
Mr. Swann received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Public Policy from Duke University and received a dual Masters in Business Administration and Masters of Arts in International Studies degree from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
About Kenneth Hart
Kenneth Hart has been the principal with Hart Capital Management, a value-oriented investor focused mainly on real estate related entities, since 1990. Prior to that, he was a Vice President at GE Capital Corporate Finance Group, specializing in the financing of leveraged buyouts from 1987 to 1989. From 1983 to 1987 he served in various capacities with Hambrecht & Quist (a technology-focused investment bank) and as a general partner of Hambrecht & Quist Venture Partners. After completing an MBA at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, he worked at IBM from 1978 to 1983. He holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, also from UC Berkeley.
About PREIT
PREIT (NYSE:PEI) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that owns and manages innovative properties developed to be thoughtful, community-centric hubs. PREIT's robust portfolio of carefully curated, ever-evolving properties generates success for its tenants and meaningful impact for the communities it serves by keenly focusing on five core areas of established and emerging opportunity: multi-family & hotel, health & tech, retail, essentials & grocery and experiential. Located primarily in densely-populated regions, PREIT is a top operator of high quality, purposeful places that serve as one-stop destinations for customers to shop, dine, play and stay. Additional information is available at www.preit.com or on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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Additional factors that might cause future events, achievements or results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements include those discussed herein, and in the sections entitled "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We do not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.
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NEW YORK, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased FHS American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 11, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in FHS:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) the new rules, regulations and policies to be implemented by the Chinese government following the Two Sessions parliamentary meetings were far more severe than represented to investors and posed a material adverse threat to the Company and its business; (b) contemplated Chinese regulations and rules regarding private education were leading to a slowdown of government approval to open new educational facilities which would have a negative effect on FHS's enrollment and growth; and (c) as a result, representations made in connection with the Company's initial public offering regarding FHS's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in FHS you have until July 11, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased FHS securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the FHS lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/first-high-school-education-group-co-ltd-loss-submission-form?id=28129&from=4.
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J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Memorial Day ceremonies held at Topeka cemeteries
Memorial Park and Mount Hope cemeteries welcome crowds to honor the fallen soldiers
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Bagpipes led the way to the Memorial Day ceremony at Memorial Park Cemetery. Jared Workman is an Air Force veteran and is now part of the American Legion Post 421.
“It’s supposed to be for the fallen vets, not just to go out and party which is what most people think of on Memorial Day,” said Workman. “But it’s to get out and celebrate their life and the life that they gave to, you know.”
Among the crowds gathered were young adults and several Junior ROTC Honor Guards. Interest in the military from the next generation is something veterans like to see.
“It’s nice to see young folks coming out here,” said Workman, “because they know the information getting past on and what they holidays actually are.”
Governor Laura Kelly also gave special remarks at Memorial Park Cemetery before attending the ceremonies held at Mount Hope Cemetery. Jay Stevenson played taps at Mount Hope cemetery and honors his own family with every note.
“I have an uncle who was on the USS Arizona December 7, 1941,” said Stevenson. “He did not come home. I often think about what that was like for the family. My dad was the younger brother and he often times talked about his brother, the loss and what that meant to him and the family.”
So this year, take some time to honor those who didn’t make it home and be grateful of their sacrifice for your freedom.
“I think it is important to think about and to at least have one day where we stop what we’re doing and think about all the people that have given the ultimate sacrifice,” said Stevenson, “so that we can be here and free today. There are so many countries of the world that don’t have the privileges that we do and often we might forget at what price was paid for these.”
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The Red Devils will wear a shirt-sleeve patch in their upcoming Carabao Cup match
CRAWLEY, West Sussex, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WAGMI United, the leading brand dedicated to bringing Web3's most innovative ideas and passionate communities to the world of sports, announced today that Crawley Town Football Club has agreed to a new shirt sleeve sponsorship with XCAD Network — a global platform harnessing the power and value of content creator audiences through creator tokenization and NFT technology.
The deal will see Red Devils players wearing a patch featuring the XCAD logo on their left sleeve during the club's upcoming Carabao Cup match against visiting Premier League side Fulham. A photo of the new patch can be viewed here.
This new partnership builds on WAGMI United's historic commitment to elevating the global crypto and NFT communities in sports and further cements Crawley Town FC's status as Web3's first football club. In July, WAGMI United successfully released its first NFT collection, minting over 10,000 tokens to more than 5,500 individual holders — far outselling previous collections from even the largest professional football clubs in the world, such as Liverpool FC. And earlier this season, Crawley Town FC became the first professional sports team to forego traditional corporate front-of-shirt sponsorship in favour of showcasing an historic NFT art project — Snowfro's Chromie Squiggle.
"At WAGMI United, we've said from the beginning that we want Crawley Town to be 'the internet's team.' From building a digital community of passionate fans cheering the club on from across the globe to having our players step on the pitch with Snowfro's iconic Chromie Squibble on their shirts, we're bringing the power of Web3 to football with every single match," said Preston Johnson, co-founder of WAGMI United and co-chairman of Crawley Town Football Club. "Our new partnership with XCAD Network is the next step in that evolution. I know I speak for everyone at the club when I say we're grateful to Oliver Bell and the whole XCAD team for their support and we're excited to have them joining our fans in getting behind the lads as we welcome Fulham to the Broadfield Stadium on Tuesday evening."
XCAD Network is focused on bringing fans and creators closer together, with the backing of YouTubers with over 500 million subscribers, such as KSI, Morgz and Joel Morris (JMX). XCAD plans to bridge the gap and integrate Web3 into the lives of a mainstream audience. WAGMI United's vision for Crawley is perfectly aligned, and XCAD believes they can bring fans closer to their team while introducing Web3 to a huge audience. It's an exciting and forward-thinking approach that represents the direction the world is heading — and bringing the companies closer together creates a natural synergy that will be additive to both brands.
"I've been following WAGMI United's journey since they acquired Crawley. It's great to see a company trying to bring cryptocurrency mainstream," said Oliver Bell, XCAD Network CEO. "We are glad to be partnered with the world's first Web3 club and think there are a lot of exciting opportunities we can work together on."
You can visit WAGMI United online at www.wagmiunited.com and follow us on Twitter at @WAGMIUnited.
About WAGMI United
WAGMI United — which stands for "We're All Gonna Make It," a popular mantra of hope and solidarity in the cryptocurrency and NFT communities — is the leading brand dedicated to bringing Web3's most innovative ideas and passionate communities to the world of sports. Founded by Preston Johnson and Eben Smith, WAGMI United seeks to change the game of how professional sports teams are owned and operated — building communities of passionate fans and empowering them to take a personal stake in telling their team's story and shaping its future. Earlier this year, WAGMI United took the first step on this journey with its pioneering purchase of Crawley Town FC.
About XCAD Network
XCAD Network is a fan token and NFT platform for some of the biggest YouTubers in the world with an element of Watch2Earn. Fans can earn fan tokens directly on YouTube via a Google Chrome Plug-In These fan tokens can be used to vote on certain decisions around creators or to unlock special perks, such as early ticket access for events, merch, and NFT drops.
Backed by the likes of KSI and MrBeast, XCAD has announced that YouTubers with more than 500 million subscribers are creating fan tokens on the platform.
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PITTSBURGH, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and easy way to grip, hold and view 24 playing cards," said an inventor, from Michigan City, Ind., "so I invented FLIP'S CARD HOLDER. My design helps to reduce the frustration and energy required with manually supporting playing cards in the hands."
The invention provides an easier way to support several playing cards in the hands. In doing so, it enables the user to grip up to 24 cards at one time. As a result, it enhances comfort and convenience. The invention features a novel design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals with arthritis and limited manual dexterity. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-JMC-2386, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Project represents a major contribution to retailer's renewable energy portfolio, expected to begin producing energy by end of the year
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Just six months after announcing its goal to reduce 50 percent of its absolute carbon emissions by 2025 – and four months after entering into a solar energy project – Midwestern retailer Meijer announced today its involvement in a wind energy center that contributes to its renewable energy portfolio and marks significant strides in meeting its carbon reduction goal.
The retailer signed a renewable product purchase agreement (RPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, of which Meijer will purchase the majority of energy generated by the project. NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. The project, named Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center, is under construction on 60,000 acres in Glasscock and Sterling counties, Texas, and is expected to be completed in late 2022. The project will use 108 wind turbines to generate renewable energy.
This investment complements the retailer's recently announced utility-scale, solar project with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, which both contribute to its renewable energy portfolio. Both projects will begin producing energy by the end of the year, putting the retailer on the right path to achieving its carbon reduction goal by 2025.
"As a company, we believe it's more important now than ever to do our part to better the environment, which is where our ambitious sustainability goal originated. While the Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center is one of multiple sustainability initiatives Meijer has underway, we're pleased it has contributed to the accelerated progress in meeting our sustainability goal by 2025," Meijer President & CEO Rick Keyes said. "The impact these environmental sustainability initiatives will make in the coming years go beyond improving daily operations at our Meijer stores; they align with our values and our continued focus on being a good steward of the environment."
The retailer's efforts will deliver approximately 800,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable electricity annually through the Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center.
"We are pleased to work with Meijer in alignment with their ambitious sustainability goals," said Matt Handel, Senior Vice President of Development for NextEra Energy Resources. "This project also creates economic stimulus in Glasscock and Sterling counties in Texas, providing good jobs and additional tax revenue."
In March 2022, Meijer announced its renewable energy power purchase agreement (VPPA) with developer Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, which states Meijer will purchase a portion of the energy generated by the project for the first 15 years of operation. The project broke ground in Navarro County, Texas on 1,800 acres of land and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
In addition to recent partnerships, Meijer continues to build on its longstanding commitment to the environment by integrating sustainability into daily operations, addressing carbon and waste reduction, recycling, offering local and sustainable products and continuing responsible growth.
"We believe we have a responsibility to improve the world around us because it's the right thing to do," said Erik Petrovskis, Director Environmental Compliance and Sustainability at Meijer. "Our investment in the Lacy Creek Wind Energy Center is essential to ensuring a positive impact on the environment within the communities we serve across the Midwest and beyond."
Schneider Electric, the leading global advisor on corporate renewable energy procurement, supported Meijer in the selection of and negotiations for the solar project.
"It's an honor to work with Meijer, who is acting urgently to reduce their carbon emissions by 2025," said Steve Wilhite, President of Schneider Electric Sustainability Business. "It's impactful to see that one of the largest Midwest supermarket retailers continues to adopt renewable electricity and decarbonize their operations."
About Meijer: Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 262 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the "one-stop shopping" concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics. For additional information on Meijer, please visit www.meijer.com. Follow Meijer on Twitter at twitter.com/Meijer and twitter.com/MeijerPR or become a fan at www.facebook.com/meijer.
About Schneider Electric: Schneider's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries. We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values. www.se.com
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Landmark Recovery of Louisville, a family-owned drug and alcohol addiction treatment provider, was ranked Kentucky's top addiction treatment center for the second consecutive year by Newsweek.
Landmark Recovery of Louisville, which opened in 2016, was the first of 12 addiction treatment facilities now operated by Landmark Recovery. It includes 64 beds for those in residential treatment and also offers outpatient care and office-based opioid treatment and medical detox. The 32,000-square-foot facility features a gym, basketball court, courtyard along with comfortable accommodations and meeting rooms.
"I am proud to see that Landmark Recovery of Louisville, our first facility, has again been ranked as one of the best addiction treatment centers in the country and the No. 1 in Kentucky," said Matt Boyle, co-founder and CEO of Landmark Recovery. "This ranking is a testament to Landmark's commitment to provide high quality and affordable addiction treatment options. It's also a reflection of our caring staff and the evidence-based programs we've created to help people live beyond addiction."
Newsweek partnered with global market research and data firm Statista to rank the best U.S. treatment facilities focused on addiction. They asked more than 4,000 therapists, counselors, doctors, and administrators who work in addiction treatment to rate the quality of care, service accommodations, amenities, and follow-up care of 330 treatment centers in 25 states. Data provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and nine types of accreditations were considered as well. Landmark Recovery of Louisville was awarded the No. 1 ranking in Kentucky, with an overall score of 89.84%.
Landmark Recovery, founded in 2016, is an evidence-based addiction recovery organization offering passionate, individualized treatment including detox, residential, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization. Landmark serves communities in Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Nevada, and Tennessee along with its sister company, Praxis by Landmark Recovery, which serves the Medicaid population. Landmark of Louisville was named the No. 1 Addiction Treatment Center in Kentucky by Newsweek in 2021 and 2022. For more information visit www.landmarkrecovery.com or call 866-504-8545.
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Entire third grade class shocked with full-ride college scholarships during assembly
PHOENIX (KPNX) – Parents at an elementary school in Arizona were in for the surprise of their lives when what was thought to be a standard assembly turned into so much more.
During the assembly Monday, school district officials announced that every third grader at Bernard Black Elementary will be receiving a full-ride scholarship to the college of their choice in the future.
Those full rides, provided to 63 students, include tuition, books, and room and board – all completely paid for by the Rosztoczy Foundation and their College Promise program.
“The goal, through the generous officer of this family, is that finances will not be the barrier, that college is an option for every third grader right here at Bernard Black,” Roosevelt School District Superintendent Quintin Boyce said.
Parents in the audience couldn’t contain their cheers and tears of joy at the generous surprise.
“I just couldn’t hold it back because it just means for sure my son is going to college. I don’t have to think about it. He’s going,” Brandon Gailliard said of his son Noah.
Even siblings were in shock.
“My little sister, a 9-year-old, already has four years of college paid off. That’s just shocking,” Aaliyah Warner’s older brother said.
While the third graders still have quite some time before graduating high school, the future is already bright and promising.
This isn’t the first time the Rosztoczy Foundation guaranteed a college future for students in the Phoenix area. In 2012, about 80 third graders at Michael Anderson School in Avondale were gifted the same promise.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), provider of a leading modern database for enterprise applications, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended July 31, 2022.
"I'm pleased to report that we delivered results above the high end of guidance, including another quarter of 30% constant currency ARR growth," said Matt Cain, President and CEO of Couchbase. "Our differentiated database-as-a-service Capella continues to build momentum as evidenced by enthusiastic customer receptivity and growing transaction volume. Despite a more challenging macroeconomic environment, we remain confident that our modern database is well positioned to enable our customers to fulfill their digital transformation objectives."
Second Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Highlights
- Revenue: Total revenue for the quarter was $39.8 million, an increase of 34% year-over-year. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $37.1 million, an increase of 32% year-over-year.
- Annual recurring revenue (ARR): Total ARR as of July 31, 2022 was $145.2 million, an increase of 26% year-over-year, or 30% on a constant currency basis. See the section titled "Key Business Metrics" below for details.
- Gross margin: Gross margin for the quarter was 88.0%, compared to 88.1% for the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP gross margin for the quarter was 88.7%, compared to 88.3% for the second quarter of fiscal 2022. See the section titled "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and the tables titled "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results" below for details.
- Loss from operations: Loss from operations for the quarter was $15.2 million, compared to $14.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Non-GAAP operating loss for the quarter was $8.4 million, compared to $12.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2022.
- Cash flow: Cash flow used in operating activities for the quarter was $7.7 million, compared to $16.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Capital expenditures were $1.7 million during the quarter, leading to negative free cash flow of $9.3 million, compared to negative free cash flow of $16.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2022.
- Remaining performance obligations (RPO): RPO as of July 31, 2022 was $166.5 million, an increase of 40% year-over-year.
Recent Business Highlights
- In a sponsored benchmark program with global IT service provider Altoros, Capella significantly outperformed competing database-as-a-service offerings across various workloads and cluster sizes. The performance testing leveraged the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark standard for NoSQL database benchmarking.
- Announced the general availability of Capella App Services, a fully managed application backend, on Google Cloud. By expanding multi-cloud support for our fully managed offline-first data sync offering, customers can easily move Capella App Services between public clouds.
- Granted a third U.S. patent, this time for innovative use of inverted search indexes for querying array fields in JSON. The patent explains how to build indexes with an unlimited number of array keys and query them efficiently using SQL++, Couchbase's query language. Prior to this innovation, databases could only index a single array key per index, which limited the query performance.
- Introduced the Couchbase Ambassador Program, designed to support and empower Couchbase's community of users and contributors who are passionate about and experts in Couchbase technology to share their knowledge with a broader developer audience.
- Launched the Couchbase Community Hub to better connect users and contributors as well as foster increased sharing, learning and discovery. The Community Hub is a new space for the Couchbase developer community that complements the existing Couchbase Discord server and Couchbase Community Forums.
- Recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area in 2022 by Great Place to Work and Fortune Magazine.
Financial Outlook
For the third quarter and full year of fiscal 2023, Couchbase expects:
The guidance provided above is based on several assumptions that are subject to change and many of which are outside our control. If actual results vary from these assumptions, our expectations may change. There can be no assurance that we will achieve these results.
Couchbase is not able, at this time, to provide GAAP targets for operating loss for the third quarter or full year of fiscal 2023 because of the difficulty of estimating certain items excluded from non-GAAP operating loss that cannot be reasonably predicted, such as charges related to stock-based compensation expense. The effect of these excluded items may be significant.
Conference Call Information
Couchbase will host a live webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, to discuss its financial results and business highlights. The live webcast and a webcast replay can be accessed from the investor relations page of Couchbase's website at investors.couchbase.com.
About Couchbase
At Couchbase, we believe data is at the heart of the enterprise. We empower developers and architects to build, deploy and run their most mission-critical applications. Couchbase delivers a high-performance, flexible and scalable modern database that runs across the data center and any cloud. Many of the world's largest enterprises rely on Couchbase to power the core applications their businesses depend on. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com.
Couchbase has used, and intends to continue using, its investor relations website and the corporate blog at blog.couchbase.com to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the corporate blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, we believe certain non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance. We use certain non-GAAP financial measures, collectively, to evaluate our ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures, may be helpful to investors because they provide consistency and comparability with past financial performance and meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations or outlook. Non-GAAP financial measures are presented for supplemental informational purposes only, have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate similarly-titled non-GAAP financial measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures (provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release), and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
Non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders and non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders: We define these non-GAAP financial measures as their respective GAAP measures, excluding expenses related to stock-based compensation expense and employer taxes on employee stock transactions. We use these non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with GAAP measures to assess our performance, including in the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance.
Beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 2023, we have excluded employer payroll taxes on employee stock transactions, which is a cash expense, from our non-GAAP results. These payroll taxes have been excluded from our non-GAAP results because they are tied to the timing and size of the exercise or vesting of the underlying equity awards, and the price of our common stock at the time of vesting or exercise may vary from period to period independent of the operating performance of our business. Prior period non-GAAP financial measures have not been adjusted to reflect this change, and the effect of this change is not material for any period previously presented.
Free cash flow: We define free cash flow as cash used in operating activities less additions of property and equipment, which includes capitalized internal-use software costs. We believe free cash flow is a useful indicator of liquidity that provides our management, board of directors and investors with information about our future ability to generate or use cash to enhance the strength of our balance sheet and further invest in our business and pursue potential strategic initiatives.
Please see the reconciliation tables at the end of this press release for the reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results.
Key Business Metrics
We review a number of operating and financial metrics, including ARR, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions.
We define ARR as of a given date as the annualized recurring revenue that we would contractually receive from our customers in the month ending 12 months following such date. Based on historical experience with customers, we assume all contracts will be automatically renewed at the same levels unless we receive notification of non-renewal and are no longer in negotiations prior to the measurement date. ARR also includes revenue from consumption-based cloud credits of Couchbase Capella products. ARR for Couchbase Capella products is calculated by annualizing the prior 90 days of actual consumption, assuming no increases or reductions in usage. ARR excludes revenue derived from the use of cloud products only based on on-demand arrangements and services revenue. ARR should be viewed independently of revenue, and does not represent our revenue under GAAP on an annualized basis, as it is an operating metric that can be impacted by contract start and end dates and renewal dates. ARR is not intended to be a replacement for forecasts of revenue. Although we seek to increase ARR as part of our strategy of targeting large enterprise customers, this metric may fluctuate from period to period based on our ability to acquire new customers and expand within our existing customers. We believe that our ARR is an important indicator of the growth and performance of our business. We updated our definition of ARR beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 to include revenue from consumption-based cloud credits of Couchbase Capella products by annualizing the prior 90 days of actual consumption, assuming no increases or reductions in usage. The reason for this change is to better reflect the ARR for Couchbase Capella products following the launch of Couchbase Capella in fiscal 2022. ARR for periods prior to the first quarter of fiscal 2023 has not been adjusted to reflect this change as it is not material to any period previously presented.
We also attempt to represent the changes in the underlying business operations by eliminating fluctuations caused by changes in foreign currency exchange rates within the current period. We calculate constant currency growth rates by applying the applicable prior period exchange rates to current period results.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, quotations of management, the section titled "Financial Outlook" above and statements about Couchbase's market position, strategies and potential market opportunities. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "continue," "could," "potential," "remain," "may," "might," "will," "would" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. However, not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including factors beyond our control, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to: our history of net losses and ability to achieve or maintain profitability in the future; our ability to continue to grow on pace with historical rates; our ability to manage our growth effectively; intense competition and our ability to compete effectively; cost-effectively acquiring new customers or obtaining renewals, upgrades or expansions from our existing customers; the market for our products and services being relatively new and evolving, and our future success depending on the growth and expansion of this market; our ability to innovate in response to changing customer needs, new technologies or other market requirements; our limited operating history, which makes it difficult to predict our future results of operations; the significant fluctuation of our future results of operations and ability to meet the expectations of analysts or investors; our significant reliance on revenue from subscriptions, which may decline and, the recognition of a significant portion of revenue from subscriptions over the term of the relevant subscription period, which means downturns or upturns in sales are not immediately reflected in full in our results of operations; and the impact of geopolitical and macroeconomic factors and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Further information on risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from forecasted results are included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that we may file from time to time, including those more fully described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2022. Additional information will be made available in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2022 that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which should be read in conjunction with this press release and the financial results included herein. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons if actual results differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
The following table presents a reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash used in operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods indicated (in thousands, unaudited):
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Sports on the Air
FRIDAY
MLB: Atlanta at St. Louis or San Francisco at Minnesota, 8 p.m., MLBN; Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m., WTAM-AM 1100, WHBC-AM 1480, WAKR-AM 1590, WMMS-FM 100.7, WQKT-FM 104.5
NFL PRESEASON: Seattle at Dallas, 8 p.m., NFLN
EL BASEBALL: Richmond at Akron, 7:05 p.m., WHLO-AM 640
MLS: Los Angeles FC at Austin FC, 8 p.m., ESPN; Seattle at Portland, 10:15 p.m., ESPN
CFL: Saskatchewan at BC, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Indiana at Clemson, 5 p.m., ESPNU
WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER: BYU at Ohio State, 6 p.m., BTN
WOMEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: Texas at Ohio State, 8 p.m., FS1
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL; Massillon at GlenOak, 7 p.m., SN1, ESPN-AM 990, WHOF-HD2 99.7 FM; Woodridge at West Branch, 7 p.m., WDPN-AM 1310; Marlington at Northwest, 7 p.m., WHBC-AM 1480; McKinley at Austintown Fitch, 7 p.m., WDJQ-FM 92.5; Bealsville at Newcomerstown, 7 p.m., WTUZ-FM 99.9; Steubenville at New Philadelphia, 7 p.m., WJER-FM 100.9; Central Catholic at Norwayne, 7 p.m., WQKT-FM 104.5; Maple Heights at Lake, 7 p.m., WRQK-FM 106.9; Mill Creek (Ga.) vs. Norcross (Ga.), 7 p.m., ESPN2; Serra at Long Beach Poly, 10:30 p.m., BSOH; Poland Seminary at Louisville, 11 p.m., WIVM
AUTO RACING: Formula 1: Belgian Grand Prix, practice, 7:55 a.m., ESPNU and 10:55 a.m., ESPN; NASCAR Xfinity: Wawa 250, qualifying, 3 p.m., USA; NASCAR Cup: Coke Zero Sugar 400, qualifying, 5 p.m., USA; NASCAR Xfinity: Wawa 250, 7:30 p.m., USA
GOLF: LPGA: Canadian Women’s Open, second round, 9:30 a.m., GOLF; PGA: Tour Championship, second round, 1 p.m., GOLF; PGA Korn Ferry: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, second round, 9 p.m., GOLF
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: Home Run Derby, 7 p.m., ESPN
TENNIS: U.S. Open, qualifying matches, 11 a.m., ESPNEWS | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/2022/08/25/sports-on-the-air/65416498007/ | 2022-08-25T06:47:37Z |
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollick, the leading relationship technology platform for the Marine, Powersports, and RV industries, today announced an integration with eBay Motors, a leading commerce destination that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. The integration gives Rollick dealers a new and efficient way to list powersports, RV, and boat inventory on the marketplace.
The two companies agreed to a long-term contract following a successful 6-month pilot program where tens of thousands of eBay Motors users connected with Rollick dealers to purchase a powersports vehicle, RV, or boat. In addition to inventory distribution and lead generation, eBay Motors and Rollick will incorporate unique digital retailing elements, such as the ability to apply for financing, view special offers, and estimate a trade-in value on dealer vehicle detail pages. Additionally, eBay Motors will drive traffic to these pages through on-site marketing to maximize the lead potential for Rollick dealers.
"This new partnership integration is another tangible way we are delivering value for our dealer customers," said Jason Nierman, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Rollick. "eBay Motors has always been attractive to dealers as a customer acquisition source. Now, through a GoRollick subscription, dealers not only reach the customers of our valued affinity partners, but also get to unlock the marketing power of eBay Motors."
Since Rollick launched its GoRollick Marketplace in 2016, nearly 275,000 shoppers have connected with a Rollick dealer to start their buying journey. Rollick provides eBay Motors with the opportunity to offer recreation dealers a more efficient way to expose their brand and inventory on the site while also providing shoppers with special access to targeted offers from Rollick's OEM and lender partners such as E-Z-GO and Synchrony. With eBay Motors, Rollick now partners with one of the largest destinations on the web for consumers looking to buy and sell recreation vehicles.
For more, check out https://www.ebay.com/usr/gorollick.
Rollick connects manufacturers, dealers, and finance and insurance providers with in-market consumers in the Powersports, RV, and Marine industries to deliver a seamless customer journey. Rollick's OEM solutions include new customer acquisition, enterprise lead management, customer experience/loyalty, and marketing automation.In addition, the company has rapidly built its GoRollick.com outdoor recreational vehicle buying marketplace to include a nationwide network of dealers, over 100 manufacturers, and an affinity partner network with access to over 250 million high-quality customers including policyholders of major insurance providers, employees at more than 2,000 top U.S. companies, members of the military, veterans and first responders. For more information, visit Rollick.
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MAMOU, La., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonnette Auction Company (www.bonnetteauctions.com) announces the online auction of 235.61± acres of prime farmland, ending on Thursday, August 4, 2022, 2pm CST, according to Barbara Bonnette, auctioneer.
"This is an online auction," explained Bonnette. "All bidding will take place online at our website. It will be sold by the acre in its entirety."
"Farmland is considered a stable and secure asset that will grow in value over time," said Bonnette. According to FarmFolio, "From 2000 to 2020, U.S. farmland returned an average annual rate of return of 11 percent, keeping pace with the stock market over the same time period but with significantly lower volatility. Investing in agricultural land makes intuitive sense because farmland itself it's a limited and diminishing resource. This scarcity provides near-constant pressure on supply, ensuring price support over time."
Located in Sec. 26, T5 South, R2 West, off Hwy 104 and BJ Lane Road.
This is a very productive, level rice farm, with underground irrigation, an 8" deep well, and good roads.
The owner will transfer 50% mineral rights. The 2023 crawfish crop has already been restocked.
2022 land rent will remain with the seller.
The current farm rent for rice is 60% tenant, and 40% landlord (40% chemical / cost share).
65.00 / ac crawfish rent to the landlord with a year-to-year lease.
Farm lease can be re-negotiated for 2023.
Below is a breakdown of the soils of the property.
Crowley – Vidrine Complex – 71.55%
Mowata Silt Loam – 23.77%
Kinder – Vidrine Complex – 8.28%
The property is mapped on our interactive map site, where a buyer/client can access and overlay data, soil report, etc at his /her discretion. Available on our website portal.
Those seeking additional information may visit www.bonnetteauctions.com or call 318-443-6614.
Bonnette Auctions and Real Estate Group is based in Louisiana. Bonnette Auction Company is the leading real estate auction company of commercial, residential, and agricultural real estate. The company has won multiple national marketing awards. They specialize in bringing buyers and sellers together.
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Additions include real estate co-ownership platform Pacaso, home improvement solution Curbio, and T-Mobile
DENVER, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RE/MAX, LLC, one of the world's leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, today announced the addition of eight companies to the RE/MAX Approved Supplier program. Through the program, RE/MAX Affiliates in the U.S. and Canada have access to a curated group of vendors offering products and services for virtually every real estate need. All services and materials are available for purchase directly through the online portal, RE/MAX Marketplace, and are often offered at RE/MAX negotiated rates.
New members of the RE/MAX Approved Supplier program include:
AccountTECH: AccountTECH has one of the most technologically advanced and efficient back-office software solutions designed to address the specific needs of brokerages. It is a secure data hub for accounting, processing transactions, organizing agents, and managing all users' companies or franchises on a unified platform.
Curbio: Curbio was founded in 2017 to transform the multi-billion-dollar home improvement industry and has quickly become the nation's leading pay-at-closing home improvement solution. Curbio's tech-powered approach to home improvement has transformed the process of getting homes move-in ready. Curbio is trusted by thousands of Realtors® and brokerages nationwide, and has been continuously recognized for its exemplary solution, receiving nods in HousingWire, Qualified Remodeler and Comparably, to name a few.
Dilawri Group of Companies: Dilawri Group of Companies is Canada's largest automotive group with 75 franchised dealerships representing 35 automotive brands in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. Privately owned and operated by the Dilawri family since 1985, the company continues to expand, building on its history of excellence in the automotive industry. With more than 3,000 employees, Dilawri is proud to offer exceptional products and services in every dealership.
homegenius: homegenius Inc., a subsidiary of Radian Group Inc., and its family of companies combine an array of title, real estate and technology products and services into a full-service ecosystem. homegenius offers streamlined processes from search to close, enabling mortgage lenders, mortgage and real estate investors, consumers, GSEs, and real estate brokers and agents to benefit from integrated and personalized solutions powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Loft47: Founded in 2015, Loft47 revolutionized commission management for real estate brokerages and teams by introducing a lightweight, intuitive and mobile commission accounting platform.
Specialization in workflow automation allows clients to apply complex commission plans for agents while Loft47 automatically completes sophisticated accounting entries behind the scenes. The core platform leverages integrations with best-in-class tools so any team can build a complete and connected back office system.
Pacaso: Pacaso® is a technology-enabled marketplace that modernizes real estate co-ownership to make owning a second home possible and enjoyable for more people. Pacaso curates luxury listings with premium amenities and high-end contemporary interior design, offering ⅛ to ½ ownership with integrated financing. After purchase, Pacaso professionally manages the home and supports seamless resale.
T-Mobile: T-Mobile U.S. Inc. is America's supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. T-Mobile's customers benefit from its unmatched combination of value and quality, and unwavering obsession with offering them the best possible service experience.
We Insure: We Insure is a national insurance agency franchise disrupting the industry with an innovative business model focused on customer experience and exceptional agent support. We Insure offers unprecedented access to carriers and complete operational, IT, service and marketing support to its franchise owners in the U.S.
Many of the companies in the RE/MAX Approved Supplier program offer exclusive discounts to RE/MAX agents. With everything from yard signs to clothing to technology, these companies provide powerful tools to help RE/MAX agents run a successful business.
To learn more about becoming a RE/MAX Approved Supplier, email approvedsupplier@remax.com.
About the RE/MAX Network
As one of the leading global real estate franchisors, RE/MAX, LLC is a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE: RMAX) with more than 140,000 agents in almost 9,000 offices and a presence in more than 110 countries and territories. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX, as measured by residential transaction sides. RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, with an innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great independence. RE/MAX agents have lived, worked and served in their local communities for decades, raising millions of dollars every year for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals® and other charities. To learn more about RE/MAX, to search home listings or find an agent in your community, please visit www.remax.com. For the latest news about RE/MAX, please visit news.remax.com.
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TSX.V: DME
U.S. OTC: DMEHF
Frankfurt: QM01
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORP. (the "Company") (TSXV: DME), (OTC: DMEHF), (Frankfurt: QM01) From the President of the Company.
The Company is pleased to announce that it has acquired an additional 40 acres of land for future facilities in Navajo County, Arizona.
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. has made progress on the Gunnar Dome prospect and has set and cemented the production casing. The completion rig is scheduled for the end of August and the Company will announce the results once testing and sampling are complete.
DME was also pleased to speak at the Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Desert Mountain Energy CEO and Executive Chairman, Robert Rohlfing, was the only speaker invited from an independent North American resource company. The conference focused on how emerging well technologies can facilitate sustainable practices in drilling and close the gap toward net zero. Desert Mountain Energy Corp. was recognized for its leadership in developing the near zero-carbon processing facility for noble gases and its work on discovering natural hydrogen.
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. is a publicly traded resource company primarily focused on exploration, development and production of helium, hydrogen and noble gases. The Company is primarily looking for elements deemed critical to the renewable energy and high technology industries.
We seek safe harbor
"Robert Rohlfing"
Robert Rohlfing
Exec Chairman & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in polices of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The statements made in this press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward looking statements and information herein include but are not limited to statements regarding the Company's anticipated performance in the future the planned exploration activities, receipt of positive results from drilling, the completion of further drilling and exploration work, and the timing and results of various activities.
Forward-looking statements or information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company and its operations to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such factors include, among others, changes in national and local governments, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada and the United States; financial risks due to helium prices, operating or technical difficulties in exploration and development activities; risks and hazards and the speculative nature of resource exploration and related development; risks in obtaining necessary licenses and permits, and challenges to the Company's title to properties.
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable, including but not limited to the continued operation of the Company's exploration operations, no material adverse change in the market price of commodities, and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or information, there may be other factors that cause results to be materially different from those anticipated, described, estimated, assessed or intended. There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements or information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. The Company does not intend to, and nor does not assume any obligation to update such forward-looking statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
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- GAAP Operating Margin of 10.4% and Record Adjusted Operating Margin of 13.9% in Fiscal Fourth Quarter; Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Record Consolidated Adjusted Operating Margin
- 14.7% Organic Revenue Growth in Fiscal 2022 Including Record Electronics Segment Revenue of $304 Million; Electronics Sales and Earnings Have More Than Doubled Since Fiscal 2017
- Free Cash Flow Generation in Fiscal Fourth Quarter of Approximately $19 Million Adding to Substantial Financial Strength
- Expect To Further Build on Momentum with Continued Improvement in Key Financial Metrics in Fiscal 2023
SALEM, N.H., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Standex International Corporation (NYSE: SXI) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 ending June 30, 2022.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results
Commenting on the quarter's results, President and Chief Executive Officer David Dunbar said, "We are pleased with our strong fourth quarter performance which concluded a very successful fiscal 2022. Record consolidated adjusted operating margin of 13.9%, in fiscal fourth quarter 2022 represented a 60 basis point increase year-over-year and a 10 basis point improvement sequentially, despite the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in China. Each of our five company business segments reported adjusted operating margin of at least 15%, reflecting continued successful company-wide execution on price realization, productivity, and efficiency actions. Sales from fast growth markets such as electric vehicles, green energy, and the commercialization of space increased by 50% to $59 million in fiscal 2022. We are excited about the increasing number of new business opportunities and are well positioned to build on our momentum with improved financial performance in fiscal 2023.
"Highlighting our strengthened operating performance and strategic positioning, the Electronics segment achieved a significant milestone with record sales of $304 million in fiscal 2022. Both revenue and segment operating income have doubled over the past five years as we have aggressively pursued new market opportunities in electric vehicles, renewable energy, and smart grid. Total company backlog realizable in under one year ended at approximately $256 million, representing an approximately 22% increase year-over-year and 4% decrease sequentially.
"Standex's consistent cash generation and substantial financial flexibility position us well to pursue a very active pipeline of organic and inorganic growth opportunities. We realized approximately $19 million in free cash flow in fiscal fourth quarter 2022 and had approximately $313 million in available liquidity and a net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio of approximately 0.5x.
"We are entering fiscal 2023 well positioned for further growth and continued improved financial performance as we continue to build on our portfolio of high-quality businesses. Our deep technical and applications expertise is favorably aligned with emerging and sustainable global trends in areas such as renewable energy, electric vehicles, defense, human health, and commercialization of space. In addition, our ongoing operational excellence initiatives, increased investment in R&D and strong balance sheet provide further leverage to drive our growth strategy and trajectory of profitability." concluded Dunbar.
Fiscal First Quarter 2023 Outlook
In fiscal first quarter 2023, the Company expects revenue and operating margin to be similar to fiscal fourth quarter 2022, with an increase in revenue and operating margin year-over-year. The Company expects that the Electronics segment will be the primary revenue driver with a moderate increase compared to fiscal fourth quarter 2022. This will be partially offset by the Engineering Technologies segment which is expected to have a moderate to significant decrease in revenue followed by a significant increase in fiscal second quarter 2023 due to project timing. Compared to fiscal fourth quarter 2022, Specialty Solutions segment revenue is expected to be similar, while Engraving and Scientific sales are expected to have a slight sequential revenue decrease.
Fourth Quarter Segment Operating Performance
Electronics (39% of sales; 46% of segment operating income)
Revenue decreased approximately $0.9 million or 1.2% year-over-year reflecting 2.5% organic growth and a 2.1% contribution from acquisitions offset by a 5.8% impact from foreign exchange. End markets including renewable energy and electric vehicles remained favorable. However, as expected, the COVID-19 lockdown in China impacted sales by approximately $6 million in fiscal fourth quarter 2022.
Electronics segment backlog realizable in under one year of approximately $149 million increased 26% year-over-year and was sequentially similar to fiscal third quarter 2022. The segment had a book to bill ratio of 1.2 at the end of the fiscal fourth quarter.
Adjusted operating income increased approximately $0.5 million or 3% year-over-year which primarily reflected price realization and productivity actions. Adjusted operating income excludes approximately $0.4 million of purchase accounting expenses associated with the acquisition of Sensor Solutions.
In fiscal first quarter 2023, on a sequential basis, the Company expects a moderate increase in revenue due to continued positive end market demand trends and some recovery of sales deferred due to the COVID-19 lockdown in China. The Company expects a slight increase in operating margin reflecting the sales increase partially offset by product mix.
Engraving (20% of sales; 18% of segment operating income)
Revenue increased approximately $0.6 million or 1.6% year-over-year reflecting the impact of project mix. Operating income increased $0.4 million or 7% year-over-year due to sales growth and productivity and efficiency actions. In fiscal first quarter 2023, the Company expects a slight sequential decrease in revenue and operating margin due to project mix partially offset by operational improvements.
Scientific (10% of sales; 11% of segment operating income)
As expected, revenue decreased approximately $1.9 million or 9.1% year-over-year reflecting ongoing sales in core end markets such as pharmaceutical, clinical laboratories, and academic institutions offset by lower demand associated with COVID-19 vaccine storage. Operating income decreased approximately $0.4 million or 10.2% year-over-year due to the lower volume.
In fiscal first quarter 2023, on a sequential basis, the Company expects a slight revenue and operating margin decrease due to lower COVID vaccine storage demand.
Engineering Technologies (12% of sales; 9% of segment operating income)
Revenue increased approximately $1.1 million or 5.3% year-over-year primarily due to growth in commercial aviation and energy end market demand. Operating income grew approximately $0.1 million or 4.8% year-over-year reflecting volume growth and project mix.
In fiscal first quarter 2023, on a sequential basis, the Company expects a moderate to significant decrease in revenue reflecting timing of projects and a slight decrease in operating margin, with productivity initiatives mostly offsetting impact of volume decline. Revenue and operating margin are expected to increase significantly due to an increased level of project activity in fiscal second quarter 2023.
Specialty Solutions (19% of sales; 16% of segment operating income)
Specialty Solutions revenue increased approximately $9.4 million or 36.4% year-over-year due to volume growth in food service equipment and refuse end markets and impact of price realization actions at Hydraulics. Operating income grew approximately $2.4 million or 80.4% year-over-year reflecting the volume increase combined with pricing and efficiency actions.
In fiscal first quarter 2023, on a sequential basis, the Company revenue to be similar and operating margin to slightly increase reflecting end market demand trends and the impact of pricing and productivity initiatives.
Capital Allocation
- Share Repurchase: During the fiscal fourth quarter, the Company repurchased approximately 107,314 shares for approximately $10 million. There was approximately $90.6 million remaining on the company's current share repurchase authorization at the end of the fiscal fourth quarter 2022.
- Capital Expenditures: In fiscal fourth quarter 2022, Standex's capital expenditures were $10.8 million compared to $6.1 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021. The Company expects fiscal year 2023 capital expenditures between $35 million and $40 million with key investments focused on growth initiatives and capacity expansion Capital expenditures were $23.9 million in fiscal 2022.
- Dividend: On July 28, 2022, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share, an approximately 8.3% year-over-year increase. The dividend is payable on August 25, 2022, to shareholders of record on August 11, 2022.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Highlights
- Net Debt: Standex had net debt of $70 million on June 30, 2022, compared to $63.1 million at the end of fiscal 2021 and $65.8 million at the end of fiscal third quarter 2022. Net debt for the fourth quarter of 2022 consisted primarily of long-term debt of approximately $175 million and cash and equivalents of $104.8 million of which approximately $94 million held by foreign subsidiaries.
Standex repatriated approximately $10 million in fiscal fourth quarter 2022 and $30.8 million in fiscal 2022. The company expects to repatriate between $30 million and $35 million in fiscal 2023.
- Cash Flow: Net cash provided by continuing operating activities for the three months ended June 30, 2022, was $29.5 million compared to net cash provided by continuing operating activities of $32.5 million in the prior year's quarter. The Company generated free cash flow after capital expenditures of $18.8 million compared to free cash flow after capital expenditures of $26.4 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021.
Conference Call Details
Standex will host a conference call for investors tomorrow, August 5, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. ET. On the call, David Dunbar, President, and CEO, and Ademir Sarcevic, CFO, will review the Company's financial results and business and operating highlights. Investors interested in listening to the webcast and viewing the slide presentation should log on to the "Investors" section of Standex's website under the subheading, "Events and Presentations," located at www.standex.com.
A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Company's website shortly after the conclusion of the presentation online through August 5, 2023. To listen to the teleconference playback, please dial in the U.S. (877)-344-7529 or (412)-317-0088 internationally; the passcode is 8952199. The audio playback via phone will be available through August 12, 2022. The webcast replay can be accessed in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website, located at www.standex.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP adjusted income from operations, non-GAAP adjusted net income from continuing operations, free operating cash flow, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA to net debt, and adjusted earnings per share. The attached financial tables reconcile non-GAAP measures used in this press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. The Company believes that the use of non-GAAP measures including the impact of restructuring charges, purchase accounting, insurance recoveries, discrete tax events, loss on sale of a business unit, and acquisition costs help investors to obtain a better understanding of our operating results and prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts the Company's performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods. An understanding of the impact in a particular quarter of specific restructuring costs, acquisition expenses, or other gains and losses, on net income (absolute as well as on a per-share basis), operating income or EBITDA can give management and investors additional insight into core financial performance, especially when compared to quarters in which such items had a greater or lesser effect, or no effect. Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for, the corresponding GAAP measures, and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
About Standex
Standex International Corporation is a multi-industry manufacturer in five broad business segments: Electronics, Engraving, Scientific, Engineering Technologies, and Specialty Solutions with operations in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, India, and China. For additional information, visit the Company's website at http://standex.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this Press Release that are not based on historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "should," "could," "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "estimate," "anticipate," "intend," "continue," or similar terms or variations of those terms or the negative of those terms. There are many factors that affect the Company's business and the results of its operations and that may cause the actual results of operations in future periods to differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. These factors include, but are not limited to: the impact of pandemics such as the current coronavirus on employees, our supply chain, and the demand for our products and services around the world; materially adverse or unanticipated legal judgments, fines, penalties or settlements; conditions in the financial and banking markets, including fluctuations in exchange rates and the inability to repatriate foreign cash; domestic and international economic conditions, including the impact, length and degree of economic downturns on the customers and markets we serve and more specifically conditions in the automotive, construction, aerospace, defense, transportation, food service equipment, consumer appliance, energy, oil and gas and general industrial markets; lower-cost competition; the relative mix of products which impact margins and operating efficiencies in certain of our businesses; the impact of higher raw material and component costs, particularly steel, certain materials used in electronics parts, petroleum based products, and refrigeration components; the impact of higher transportation and logistics costs, especially with respect to transportation of goods from Asia; the impact of inflation on the costs of providing our products and services; an inability to realize the expected cost savings from restructuring activities including effective completion of plant consolidations, cost reduction efforts including procurement savings and productivity enhancements, capital management improvements, strategic capital expenditures, and the implementation of lean enterprise manufacturing techniques; the potential for losses associated with the exit from or divestiture of businesses that are no longer strategic or no longer meet our growth and return expectations; the inability to achieve the savings expected from global sourcing of raw materials and diversification efforts in emerging markets; the impact on cost structure and on economic conditions as a result of actual and threatened increases in trade tariffs; the inability to attain expected benefits from acquisitions and the inability to effectively consummate and integrate such acquisitions and achieve synergies envisioned by the Company; market acceptance of our products; our ability to design, introduce and sell new products and related product components; the ability to redesign certain of our products to continue meeting evolving regulatory requirements; the impact of delays initiated by our customers; our ability to increase manufacturing production to meet demand including as a result of labor shortages; and potential changes to future pension funding requirements. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent management's estimates only as of the day made and should not be relied upon as representing management's estimates as of any subsequent date. While the Company may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company and management specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if management's estimates change.
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The complete cannabis growing system took home two awards from Spannabis, Europe's premier cannabis event.
BARCELONA, Spain, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Nutrients, the global leader in cannabis nutrients, was voted the Best Cannabis Nutrient Brand 2022 from the growers at Grow Diaries, a popular cannabis cultivation website. Big Bud®, their No.1-selling product, was named the Best Nutrients 2022 by Spannabis.
Both awards speak to the fertilizer company's commitment to science and innovation; they're responsible for more than 53 cultivation breakthroughs, and were one of the first three entities in the world to receive a government-issued license to grow cannabis for research purposes. Today, growers in 110+ countries rely on Advanced Nutrients to cultivate clean, safe, potent cannabis that succeeds in even the most saturated marketplaces.
"When I founded Advanced Nutrients in 1999, I was determined to develop cannabis-specific, science-backed products that growers in our community could trust," says CEO Michael 'BigMike' Straumietis. "Twenty-three years later, I'm proud to say this vision has come to fruition tenfold. Innovating the best nutrients possible for every type of grower remains our top priority, and I'm excited for what we've got planned over the next several years."
In addition to the awards, Advanced Nutrients debuted their latest innovation at Spannabis; the Sensi Professional Series. Designed for commercial growers, it's the only water-soluble powder that Hits the Shift, meeting the phase-specific nutritional requirements of cannabis to unlock its true genetic potential.
About Advanced Nutrients
Founded by Michael "BigMike" Straumietis, Advanced Nutrients is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential nutrient brands. In 1999, the company revolutionized the industry by developing the first and only complete growing system for cannabis that optimizes all phases of the vegetative and bloom cycles to bring the plant to its true genetic potential. With 39 years of experience overseeing the cultivation of millions of plants, BigMike has brought 53 innovations to cannabis science. For additional information, please visit: www.advancednutrients.com
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New eastbound voyage sails from Fort Lauderdale on historic route that ends at Rotterdam on company's 150th birthday
SEATTLE, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As its 150th anniversary approaches April 18, 2023, Holland America Line is adding a second commemorative transatlantic crossing aboard Rotterdam to the schedule of celebratory events. Departing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 3, 2023, the 16-night itinerary sails to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, retracing in reverse the company's first voyage.
From Fort Lauderdale, the ship heads to New York City and makes a rare overnight call, giving guests extra time to experience the attractions that make this vibrant city come to life, including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Empire State Building, Broadway and more. Rotterdam will then spend eight leisurely days at sea crossing the Atlantic Ocean, calling at Plymouth and Dover (London), England, before arriving April 18 — Holland America Line's 150th anniversary — at Rotterdam for an overnight full of festivities.
"As we got deeper into planning the events surrounding our 150th, we knew that the best place to celebrate the date of our founding was in the city of Rotterdam where it all started," said Gus Antorcha, president of Holland America Line. "These voyages that mark our first departure and our anniversary are going to be incredibly memorable as we retrace our first sailing from the 1870s, but on a modern, luxury cruise ship. We anticipate the April cruise to be as popular as the October sailing."
To kick off a season of celebrations, Holland America Line announced the first special 150th anniversary crossing that will depart Rotterdam Oct. 15, 2022, exactly 150 years to the date of the departure of Rotterdam I's maiden voyage. The crossing will recreate that first sailing, going from Rotterdam to New York, with calls at Plymouth and Dover, then on to Fort Lauderdale. The ship will stay overnight in New York for special celebrations.
To accommodate the new April 3 departure three voyages were cancelled, and all guests and their travel advisors were notified. Bookings for the new eastbound transatlantic crossing will open to the public July 14, 2022.
For more information about Holland America Line, consult a travel advisor, call 1-877-SAIL HAL (877-724-5425) or visit hollandamerica.com.
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About Holland America Line [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL and CUK)]
Holland America Line has been exploring the world since 1873 and was the first cruise line to offer adventures to Alaska and the Yukon nearly 75 years ago. Its fleet of premium ships visits nearly 400 ports in 114 countries around the world, offering an ideal mid-sized ship experience. A third Pinnacle-class ship, Rotterdam, joined the fleet in July 2021.
The leader in premium cruising, Holland America Line's ships feature innovative initiatives and a diverse range of enriching experiences focused on destination exploration and personalized travel. The best live music at sea fills each evening at Music Walk, and dining venues feature exclusive selections from Holland America Line's esteemed Culinary Council of world-famous chefs.
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Democratic candidates hold a 4-point lead over Republicans about two months out from the November midterm elections, according to the latest Morning Consult survey.
According to the poll, Democrats lead Republicans 48 percent to 44 percent in a generic congressional ballot, a similar edge the party held in August and July.
While Republicans are still expected to win the House amid economic uncertainty, the GOP’s advantage has steadily slipped following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June.
Still, the No. 1 issue ahead of the midterm elections is the economy, the Morning Consult survey shows, with 78 percent of voters listing that as a “very important” issue ahead of November.
About 52 percent of voters say abortion is a major issue, and 54 percent say gun policy is a very important concern.
Democrats and Republicans are neck-and-neck on voter enthusiasm.
About 56 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of Republican voters say they are “very” or “extremely” enthusiastic about the upcoming midterm elections, according to the Morning Consult survey.
President Biden, who once suffered job approval ratings below 40 percent that burdened the Democratic party ahead of the midterm elections, enjoys a 46 percent approval rating as of Sunday in the Morning Consult survey.
Biden has scored several victories in the past two months, including signing into law the historic tax, climate and health care bill the Inflation Reduction Act and announcing a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for some borrowers, which was hailed by the left.
The latest Morning Consult poll was conducted Sept. 9-11 among 8,384 likely voters. The unweighted margin of error is 1 percentage point. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/congressional-democrats-hold-4-point-lead-on-generic-ballot-survey/ | 2022-09-14T15:14:42Z |
Long Beach family mourning after 15-year-old family member killed trying to buy cellphone off online marketplace
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LONG BEACH, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot on Friday evening when he arranged to meet with the seller of a cellphone through an online mobile marketplace.
The shooting took place just before 9:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Via Wanda, where the boy and the seller had planned to meet to complete the transaction.
When Long Beach Police Department officers arrived, they found the 15-year-old boy, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body.
Authorities identified him Saturday morning as Joshua Simmons. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
CBS reporters spoke with members of the Simmons family Saturday evening, who were grieving the loss of their loved one less than 24 hours after he was tragically killed.
They gathered on the basketball court where the incident is said to have occurred.
“I don’t feel like anybody deserves to go out like that – alone,” said Destiny Clark, Simmons’ sister. “Nobody by his side, nobody there to hold him or let him know it’s okay.”
She continued to note how Simmons was, “A quiet person until you got to know him. He was shy, goofy and athletic,” with a passion for football and basketball.
“He had a kind demeanor,” said Jayquawn Clark, Simmon’s older brother.
That sadness is mixed with anger, at how one mistake can affect a young person’s life in such a way, mentioning how easy it was for an underage person to meet up with an adult.
“Young people shouldn’t be able to connect with these older people that are trying to sell something,” said Simmons’ grandmother, Donna Yates. “Young people, you have to realize, you don’t go into the dark to make no purchases.”
They revealed that he was just three weeks away from celebrating his 16th birthday.
As they investigated the fatal shooting, authorities were contacted by the male suspect who admitted to his involvement.
He was detained a short time later in Long Beach, and authorities took custody of the firearm in his possession.
The suspect has been identified as 24-year-old Los Angeles resident Jose Bustamante Cardenas. He was booked on one count of murder was being held on $2 million bail.
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- Hiring eligibility changes are intended to create more career opportunities for more people in Battle Creek
- High school diploma, GED no longer required for production roles; bilingual candidates encouraged to apply; pay increases effective since April
- DENSO is hosting a walk-in career fair for interested candidates on June 15th
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has updated hiring criteria and increased wages at its thermal manufacturing facility in Battle Creek, Michigan. Interested candidates can attend a career fair on June 15, 1-5 p.m. ET, at 1 DENSO Road in Battle Creek to learn how DENSO is creating more opportunities for more people. They also can apply online for positions today at the DENSO careers page.
The new hiring changes in Battle Creek include:
- High school diplomas or GEDs are no longer required for production roles. DENSO will continue to offer GED preparation training.
- Increased pay and placement for candidates with 4 years of experience. Experienced manufacturing candidates who have worked the last four years in manufacturing for no more than two employers are eligible to be hired at the Associate III level.
- High school to technical career program. Recent graduates can now apply to Associate I positions, or if they pass DENSO's mechanical assessment, to Lead Associate positions. This change creates new manufacturing career paths for young professionals.
- Career growth opportunities for bilingual skills. Bilingual candidates with Burmese, Spanish and French speaking skills are encouraged to apply for Lead Associate, Subleader and Team Leader positions.
- Pay Increases, effective since April, for the following roles:
o Production Employees: up to $25.75 per hour
o Advanced Machine Operators: up to $25.75 per hour
o Machine Maintenance Employees: up to $40.12 per hour
"We made these updates with a clear goal in mind: to create more opportunities for more people in Battle Creek to start and build their manufacturing careers," said April O'Neal, a director of North America Human Resources at DENSO and based in Battle Creek. "We want people to know that if they have work ethic and a desire to learn, we'll provide resources and support that will help them grow their skills and advance."
In addition to these changes, employees receive competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision care, and a matching 401(k) program. They also get top-notch training in safe and clean environments and have access to onsite amenities like technical training and health centers, a pharmacy, credit union, cafeteria and more. New hires will not just find jobs – they will have the opportunity to build careers.
Additional walk-in career fairs will be held every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. ET.
DENSO is a $45.1 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its 198 facilities to produce electrification, powertrain and thermal systems, mobility electronics & advanced devices to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company's 167,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en/.
In North America, DENSO is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, and employs 27,000+ engineers, researchers, and skilled workers across 51 sites in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico. In the United States alone, DENSO employs 17,700+ employees across 14 states (and the District of Columbia) and 41 sites. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, DENSO in North America generated $9.5 billion in consolidated sales. DENSO is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion inside the company and beyond – a principle that brings unique perspectives together, bolsters innovation, and pushes DENSO forward. Join us, and craft not only how the world moves, but also your career: densocareers.com. For more information, go to https://www.denso.com/us-ca/en/
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jeffrey Springs pitched neatly into the sixth inning, Christian Bethancourt hit two-run homer in the seventh, and the Tampa Bay Rays moved within five games of the AL East-leading New York Yankees with a 9-0 victory on Friday night.
It was the first of six games between the teams in a 10-day span as New York saw its once-commanding 15 1/2 game advantage continue to evaporate.
““Just embarrassing when you get beat like that,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “We’ve got a much better standard in that room, now we’ve got to start living up to it.”
Yankees star Aaron Judge agreed.
“We’re going to see what this team is made of,” Judge said. “We’ve got to bring it, that’s it. Nobody on the outside is going is help us, nobody is feeling sorry for us.”
Springs (7-4) gave up four hits and three walks, along with seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. JT Chargois, Colin Poche, Jason Adam and Calvin Faucher completed the five-hitter.
“Anytime we can come out like we did tonight and start a series like that, it’s good,” Springs said. “It’s definitely a big momentum rolling into tomorrow.
Tampa Bay has limited the Yankees to 42 runs (32 earned) in 14 games.
When ask why the Rays have been successful, a smiling manager Kevin Cash said “I don’t know, and I wouldn’t tell you if I did.”
“But look, we got good pitching, no doubt,” he added. “Our pitchers do a really good job of executing.”
The Yankees have been shut out six times over their last 25 games.
Bethancourt, on his birthday, made it 3-0 on his homer off Domingo Germán (2-3), who allowed three runs — two earned — and six hits over 6 2/3 innings.
“Not happy, not happy with myself,” Germán said through an interpreter. “I let that one guy beat me. Not to take credit from him but I think he’s the worst hitter in that lineup and I let him beat me tonight.”
Yu Chang had a two-run infield single and Manuel Margot drove in two with a single during a six-run eighth against Greg Weissert and Anthony Banda. Yankees manager Aaron Boone turned to infielder-outfielder Marwin Gonzalez with the bases-loaded and two out in the eighth, and he retired Harold Ramirez on comebacker off a 45-mph pitch.
New York has lost five of six, while the Rays have won four in a row to move a season-high 16 games over .500.
Yankees left fielder Andrew Benintendi left in the third inning after injuring his right wrist on a swing. X-rays were negative but he will have an MRI exam Saturday.
“That’s what he felt, it felt like something popped on his wrist,” Boone said. “Hope for the best for him tomorrow.”
The announced crowd was 17,886. Tampa Bay entered averaging 13,845 at home.
A pair of errors by third baseman Josh Donaldson helped the Rays go up 1-0 in the fourth.
Ramirez reached when Donaldson misplayed his grounder but was thrown out by right fielder Oswaldo Cabrera, who came in for Benintendi, trying to score on Donaldson’s throwing error following Randy Arozarena’s infield hit. Arozarena went to third on the play and scored on David Peralta’s single.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a leadoff double in the fifth and one out later the Rays opted to pitch to Aaron Judge, and the slugger walked on a 3-2 pitch. Springs then induced a fly ball from Cabrera and struck out Giancarlo Stanton.
Judge, leading the majors with 51 homers and 113 RBIs, also struck out twice and reached on catcher’s interference. Stanton struck out three times and walked.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Anthony Rizzo will miss the series after getting a epidural shot for lingering lower back pain. … RHP Jameson Taillon, hit on the right forearm by a batted ball Tuesday, has a bullpen session Saturday and should make his next scheduled start.
Rays: RHP Tyler Glasnow (Tommy John surgery, Aug. 2021) is expected to start a minor league rehab assignment by throwing one inning with Triple-A Durham next week. … SS Wander Franco (sore right hand) hopes to resume his rehab assignment soon.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Clarke Schmidt (5-3) and Tampa Bay RHP Corey Kluber (9-7) are Saturday night’s starters.
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PARADISE, Texas, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crushing Equipment Solutions (CES) may be new to Oklahoma and Texas, but they have forty plus years of experience in the industry. CES offers the complete line of METSO-OUTOTEC crushing and screening solutions, ranging from mobile conveyors, crushers and crushing plants to feeders and screens. CES is also a proud distributor of various other brands of crushing and screening equipment.
"The team at CES has decades of experience. We are here to help our customers evaluate their job sites and select the right gear for their application," said CES General Manager Cliff Kelley.
Bruce Wagner, CES President / CEO stated, "At CES we strive to be "One Professional Team Delivering Quality Solutions to Every Customer." CES will be open for business and ready to meet customer needs throughout Oklahoma and Texas on September 15, 2022. In the interim CES is fully capable of providing parts, service, sales, and rental support for its customers.
General questions regarding this press release can be directed to Cliff Kelley, CES General Manager at (720) 582-9876. Customers needing parts should call (833) 399-0240. Please visit cesrock.com to learn more.
Contact: Cliff Kelley
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD), one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, today announced it intends to release First Quarter 2022 financial results after market close on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The teleconference is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday April 21, 2022 and will be hosted by Mark D. Millett, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and Theresa E. Wagler, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
To participate, please dial +1.973.528.0011 at least ten minutes before the start time and reference the Steel Dynamics First Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. The teleconference can also be accessed (in listen-only mode) by visiting the company's website at www.steeldynamics.com. Webcast participants are encouraged to log in prior to the 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time start to ensure connection before the beginning of the call. An audio replay version of the teleconference can be accessed by dialing +1.919.882.2331 and entering conference ID number 45162. The audio replay link will be available on the company's website until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 27, 2022. An MP3 file of the event will be available on the company's website that can be accessed for online replay or download.
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On August 23, a federal jury found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Gov. Whitmer is pictured here in Grand Rapids on August 2.
A federal jury on Tuesday found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft face a maximum sentence of life in prison for the kidnapping conspiracy conviction. They were also convicted of one count of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Their first trial ended in a mistrial.
Prosecutors allege that Fox was the ringleader of a plot to kidnap the Democratic governor from her summer home and Croft was a part of the plan and practiced detonating explosives in preparation.
“There are a lot of things that are complicated today. There’s one thing that’s pretty simple still — kidnapping is wrong. You can’t just strap on an AR-15 and body armor and go snatch the governor. You can’t snatch anybody, and you certainly can’t make bombs that are meant to maim and kill people. And this case is about a plot to abduct Gov. Whitmer. But that wasn’t these defendants ultimate goal,” Prosecutor Nils Kessler said during closing arguments Monday morning.
“They wanted to set off a second American Civil War and the second American Revolution,” Kessler said.
Defense attorneys maintained an entrapment defense, arguing that the FBI coerced the defendants to drive the plot forward through a collection of undercover agents and confidential informants.
Fox’s attorney told jurors during closing arguments that he was lured into the scheme by the government’s key witness, a confidential informant called “Big Dan.”
“Adam Fox was not ever predisposed to the crime of kidnapping Gov. Whitmer. He talked a big game but talk is just talk. Adam Fox took no affirmative steps to achieve the ends as Special Agent Chambers and Big Dan pushed so hard to achieve,” Fox’s attorney Christopher Gibbons said.
An attorney for Croft told the jury Monday that FBI agents lied on the stand about Croft’s participation in an effort to nab him for any crime they could because of his years-long record of extreme anti-government internet chatter.
“Now as we sat here the last couple of weeks together in the trial, the government has shown us time and time again that they don’t care that Barry Croft didn’t actually make an agreement to kidnap the governor. They think it’s enough that some of the things that Barry says scares them,” Croft’s attorney Joshua Blanchard said in court. “They’d like to lock him up in a cage, not because he committed this crime, but because they’re afraid of the things that have come out of his mouth.”
Neither defendant testified in their own defense.
A federal judge declared a mistrial over a hung jury in the first trial for Fox and Croft earlier this year. Two other men acquitted in the first trial, Brandon Caserta and Daniel Harris, ultimately did not testify in the defense case despite being subpoenaed by the defense.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocoopa, a leading brand of best-selling rechargeable hand warmers, has launched its new summer collection, Ocoopa Diveblues, in the U.S With 35 new products including beach towels and beach blankets, Ocoopa Diveblues comes in a new marine theme to call attention to turtle conservation. The new patterns include fun octopus and tropic prints, as well as a colored Energy Turtle pattern that has already proved to be a massive hit with consumers.
Energy Turtle pattern, weaved with mandala drawing, is designed to encourage people to reflect inward, discover the inner strength and spiritual power and promote the positively acts on social behavior in general. Energy Turtle campaign, "Diveblues Energy Turtle Conservation Program", calling out the protection of sea turtles and story sharing on social platforms to earn the chance of getting reward with an Ocoopa Diveblues Energy Turtle beach product.
Known for their unique design and exceptional quality, Ocoopa's products are conceptualized to meet the needs of users and solve their pain points. Building on the success and reputation of its rechargeable hand warmers, Ocoopa Diveblues is no exception. Last summer's collection received a wave of positive reviews , with customers praising the products' lightweight, durable material and practical versatility.
"Recognized by shoppers across the U.S., Ocoopa is expanding its product focus beyond rechargeable hand warmers and diving into the summer spirit with our new Diveblues collection," said Vindi Hu, CEO at Ocoopa. "By adding a summer collection to our offering, we seek to become the leading brand in outdoor consumer items, serving hundreds of millions of families around the world and enhancing their outdoor experiences through our high-quality, enjoyable products."
Already, Ocoopa is a sponsor of the Raynaud's Association, a non-profit organization that provides support and education to sufferers of Raynaud's Phenomenon, which leads to exaggerated sensitivity to cold temperatures. In the future, Ocoopa will continue to work on protecting sea turtles and ocean environment, leveraging Ocoopa Diveblues to raise awareness and partnering with non-profits in the field.
To inspire people around the world to enjoy the spirit of summer even at home and in the midst of a pandemic, Ocoopa is holding a special promotion on blankets and towels until July through its official website.
Ocoopa is a leading brand of rechargeable hand warmers and a best-seller on Amazon. Building on its unwavering pursuit of superb, enjoyable products, the Ocoopa Diveblues collection is committed to providing stylish, comfortable, and high-quality beach items for all. For more information, please visit www.ocoopa.com and follow @Divebluesofficial on Facebook, divebluesofficial on Instagram, and @ocoopa_official on TikTok.
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Abrigo, the leader of compliance, credit risk, and lending solutions for financial institutions, announced that Ravi Nemalikanti has joined as its new Chief Technology Officer.
As CTO of Abrigo, Ravi Nemalikanti will lead the company's technology strategy and determine its product and development priorities, leveraging his robust experience and thought leadership to drive innovation and increase Abrigo's competitive advantage.
Nemalikanti has most recently been the CTO of Digital Banking at NCR Corporation, where he led the organization's digital-first banking technology roadmap. Nemalikanti helped accelerate NCR's cloud modernization and transformation journey and build out its API-based capabilities and data- driven offerings. Before that, he spent 14 years at Thomson Reuters in various leadership roles within Tax & Accounting, Global Trade, and Risk Management. Nemalikanti began his career as a programmer, making him a triple threat of hands-on experience, strategy, and leadership. He holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Andhra University in Andhra Pradesh, India, and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
"Ravi is an amazing combination of leader, strategist, role model, and culture fit. I am excited for him to join our team and help lead our transformative growth plans in this next chapter," said Wayne Roberts, CEO at Abrigo. "I look forward to all that we will accomplish under his leadership. We've had great success to date, and I am inspired by what lies ahead for Abrigo."
"I am very excited to join Abrigo at such a transformative time in the industry," Nemalikanti said. "It is a rare privilege to be in a position to serve over 2,300 financial institutions in the U.S. I look forward to working with Wayne and the rest of the Abrigo team in taking our solutions and product-reach to the next level."
About Abrigo
Abrigo enables U.S. financial institutions to support their communities through technology that fights financial crime, grows loans and deposits, and optimizes risk. Abrigo's platform centralizes the institution's data, creates a digital user experience, ensures compliance, and delivers efficiency for scale and profitable growth. Abrigo has secured strategic growth investments from funds managed by Accel- KKR and Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG).
Visit www.abrigo.com to learn more. Follow Abrigo on social media using @WeAreAbrigo.
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LEADING OFF: Pirates try for a hit, absent M’s in Toronto
By The Associated Press
NO HIT WONDERThe Pirates head to Wrigley Field seeking a slightly more convincing victory a day after beating the Reds 1-0 despite having zero hits. It marked the sixth time in big league history since 1901 that a team won despite not getting any hits. It last happened in 2008 when Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo of the Angels lost while holding the Dodgers hitless. By MLB record-keeping rules, Cincinnati’s accomplishment wasn’t an official no-hitter because its pitchers didn’t go at least nine innings. Pittsburgh hadn’t announced a starter for its series opener against the Cubs. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/15/leading-off-pirates-try-for-a-hit-absent-ms-in-toronto/ | 2022-05-16T09:54:10Z |
NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Arqit Quantum Inc. (f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp.) ("Arqit" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ARQQ). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Arqit and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 18, 2022, The Wall Street Journal published a story entitled: "British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say." The Wall Street Journal reported, among other things, that "Arqit has given investors an overly optimistic view of its future revenue and the readiness and workability of its signature encryption system", citing "former employees and other people familiar with the company, and documents viewed." Specifically, "people familiar with the matter said that the bulk of [Arqit's] committed revenue isn't from selling its product and that at its public launch, [Arqit] had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system. Several clients [Arqit] lists—including a number of British government agencies—are simply giving Arqit research grants, nonbinding memorandums of understanding or research agreements that come with no funding, not contracts for its encryption product, they said." The article also reported that "[i]n April 2021, Arqit's chief revenue officer resigned after raising concerns with [Arqit's CEO] that he was overstating contracts and giving unrealistic revenue projections to potential investors."
On this news, Arqit's stock price fell $4.61 per share, or 30.61%, over the following two trading sessions, to close at $10.45 per share on April 19, 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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19th Annual LIDMA Fall Meeting & Business Showcase of industry leaders to take place at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach in Manhattan Beach, California from October 16 to October 19, 2022.
The 2022 LIDMA conference theme is "Future of Life Insurance Distribution" and will feature keynote speakers
ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Life Insurance Direct Marketing Association (LIDMA) has announced its 19th Annual Fall Meeting and Business Showcase will take place October 16 – October 19, 2022, at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach in Manhattan Beach, CA. LIDMA is the foremost collection of the brightest minds in the life insurance industry with its membership comprised of direct response marketers, entrepreneurs, innovators, producers, carriers, and vendor partners who are driving positive change in life insurance distribution with the goal of closing the coverage gap among families in the US.
The theme of this year's Fall Meeting, "Future of Life Insurance Distribution" will tackle the relevant topics of "The State of the Industry", "The State of the Market" and the "State of the Channel", all focused on where we are as industry today and how we can collaborate as an organization to continue to move the life insurance industry forward through technological and underwriting innovations. In addition, there will be a variety of interactive breakout sessions where our attendees can learn about lead generation, companies who are disrupting the industry and contact strategy best practices from experts in the life insurance community.
"This year's Fall Meeting, "Future of Life Insurance Distribution", will focus on innovations collectively needed as an industry to the meet the future demands of the next generation…meeting our customers when and how they want", stated LIDMA President Nicole Buckenmeyer. "All of the members in attendance will play a pivotal role in how we evolve as an industry to meet those demands. We've witnessed massive breakthroughs in technology, underwriting and digitization of the life insurance industry, but we know we still have more work to do in order to achieve our goal of providing financial protection and peace of mind to all families across the country. And, I'm proud to say that LIDMA continues to be the flagship organization in pushing our industry towards that goal."
The three-day LIDMA Fall Meeting will be jam-packed with expert panels, interactive break-out sessions and plenty of time set aside for networking and collaboration. As is our annual tradition, LIDMA will also be announcing its winners of the "Vision Award" and the coveted "Innovation Award". A snapshot of content includes:
- Premier Hosted Sessions by Paperless Solutions Group, Pacific Life, ExamOne, Protective Life, Legal & General America, AIG, TransUnion, Transamerica, Lexis-Nexis Risk Solutions and Lincoln Financial.
- "Future Proofing You" keynote by Jay Samit, international best-selling author – innovator.
- "State of the Industry" panel hosted by Kevin Fusick, VP, Finance at Policygenius including Anton Harper, Assistant Vice President & Actuary at Transamerica, Fred Tavan, SVP & Chief Pricing Officer at Legal & General America, Stafford Thompson, Jr., SVP, Life Product Management at Lincoln Financial.
- "State of the Market" keynote by Tod Nasser, EVP & Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Life.
- "State of the Channel" panel hosted by Denis Clifford, SVP & Chief Distribution Officer, SBLI of MA including Jennifer Fitzgerald, Co-Founder & CEO at Policygenius, Shervin Eftekhari, President, Zander Insurance and Nichole Myers, Chief Underwriter at Ethos Life.
- Interactive break-out sessions to include "Life Insurance Leads – Insights from Industry Executives", "Disruptors of Underwriting", and "Fixing a Leaky Funnel – Contact Strategy Best Practices"
- Vision Award and Innovation Award presentations
Attendance at the LIDMA Fall Meeting is available to LIDMA members only. Information on the various membership opportunities and pricing is available at www.lidma.org.
Attendees should plan to arrive on Sunday, October 16th. All new members and first-time attendees of LIDMA are cordially invited to a reception at 4:15 pm where they will have a chance to meet and talk to members of the LIDMA Board. A Welcome Reception for all attendees of LIDMA will commence at 5 pm.
LIDMA is the premiere association dedicated to supporting businesses and professionals active in direct sales of life insurance products to consumers – the fastest growing sales segment in the life insurance industry. The not-for-profit organization is committed to helping members protect more families while boosting their revenues and reducing costs. For more information, or if you would like to become a member, please visit www.lidma.org.
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Todd Thibodeaux uses ChannelCon 2022 state of the industry remarks to unveil CompTIA's Project Agora; invites broad industry participation in the effort to fight for tech talent
CHICAGO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, is undertaking an expansive effort to create the most resource-rich source of information and support for anyone interested in starting, staying and succeeding in a career in technology.
CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux revealed the association's Project Agora during his state of the industry remarks at ChannelCon 2022.
"The goal of Project Agora is to create the most respected place to start, build and supercharge your tech career," he said. "With amazing resources and broad support from our members, partners and industry Project Agora will help people find success in the tech workforce."
The labor market is in a period of unprecedented transition, characterized in large part by the volume of frictional unemployment as individuals search for, or transition from one job to another. One in four US workers were actively seeking a new job or pursuing other career options during Q2 2022, CompTIA research reveals.1 While tech is among the top five industries job seekers were considering, it ranked behind several other sectors, including sales, real estate, healthcare, hospitality and finance. A lack of confidence in technical skills, concerns about the cost and the time it will take to learn those skills and perceptions about the tech industry culture are factors that contribute to reluctance to consider tech as a career option.
"Our challenge is to convert more career intent people to tech intent," Thibodeaux said. "We need to tell better stories, more consistently, about how truly great it is to work in tech. The way we get the talent we need is by fighting for it."
Project Agora will help in that effort, first by enabling individuals to explore in great depth tech jobs and careers. CompTIA has identified 30 different job roles covering 90% of tech employment. The next step is creating resources to engage users and convert them from career intent to tech intent. Thibodeaux issued a call to action for the industry to get involved in this effort to build the best, most comprehensive collection of tech career resources available anywhere.
"Confidence gaps, career transition gaps and reskilling gaps are not insurmountable barriers but rather opportunities to chart a new course for individuals and the companies that employ them," Thibodeaux concluded. "Project Agora is all about unlocking potential, for the industry, and for millions of people we want and need working in it,"
Organizations interested in getting involved in Project Agora can contact CompTIA at action5@comptia.org
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world's economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for unlocking the potential of the tech industry and its workforce. https://www.comptia.org/
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Workwear retailer to open new fulfillment facility in 2023
MOUNT HOREB, Wis., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Duluth Trading Company, a casualwear, workwear and accessory retailer for men and women, will build a new distribution and fulfillment facility in Adairsville. The new facility will create over 300 new jobs and represents an investment of $53 million in Bartow County.
"We are excited to welcome an iconic brand in Duluth Trading Company to the Peach State," said Governor Brian Kemp. "We are confident this new facility will begin a prosperous relationship with the people of Bartow County as Duluth expands to meet the distribution needs of our modern economy. Georgia's prime location and robust infrastructure allow companies to distribute products to 80 percent of the U.S. market in less than two days of drive time or two hours by plane."
Duluth Trading, home of best-selling Fire Hose Pants®, No-Yank® Tanks and Buck Naked™ Underwear, is based in Wisconsin and prides itself as a problem-solution workwear destination. Known for its humorous marketing and best-in-class customer service, Duluth Trading offers its products to brand fans and new customers alike exclusively on their website or in their 65 retail stores, including one in Kennesaw, GA.
"We are thrilled to open Duluth Trading's first-ever automated fulfillment center in Adairsville, Georgia," said Sam Sato, President and CEO, Duluth Trading. "With an expanded fulfillment network and state-of-the-art robotics, this new facility positions us to better serve our customers nationwide while adding hundreds of new jobs to the Bartow County community."
The new facility will be located at the Ashley Capital building at 400 International Parkway in Adairsville. In partnership with Bastian Solutions, Duluth Trading's premiere integration partner, the facility will be a first-of-its-kind automated distribution and fulfillment center for the retailer. It serves as a major investment against Duluth Trading's Big Dam Blueprint, the retailer's plan focused on digital growth and expansion, to better serve customers and its nationwide footprint of brick-and-mortar stores.
"Bastian Solutions was thrilled to partner with Duluth Trading to design and bring to life their newest distribution and fulfillment facility. Flexible enough to support their strategic business and growth plans for the next decade, the facility design maintains Duluth Trading's famous customer service. This omnichannel facility supports a seamless experience across Duluth Trading's retail, wholesale and ecommerce channels in the region. Leveraging the AutoStore Red Line, the facility is capable of processing and shipping an impressive 160,000 units per day," said Marvin Logan, Senior Vice President of Solutions Delivery at Bastian Solutions.
Duluth Trading will be hiring for a variety of positions, including full-time, part-time and seasonal fulfillment center warehouse associates. Interested individuals should apply www.duluthtrading.com/careers.
About Duluth Trading Company
Based in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Duluth Trading Co. and its growing portfolio of brands – Duluth, AKHG™ and Best Made® – cater to the lifestyle of the modern, self-reliant American. Duluth Trading's family of brands offer high-quality, solution-based apparel, accessories and gear for men and women to help them take on life with their own two hands. Duluth Trading honors its roots by creating the hardest-working products, backed by the "Superior Standard," and commits to providing outstanding customer service under the "No Bull Guarantee." To learn more, visit www.duluthtrading.com or one of the 65 Duluth Trading store locations nationwide.
About Bastian Solutions
Bastian Solutions, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company, is a trusted supply chain integration partner committed to providing clients a competitive advantage by designing and delivering world-class distribution and production solutions. By combining data-driven designs, scalable material handling systems, and innovative software, the company helps clients across a broad spectrum of markets become leaders in their industries. For more information, visit bastiansolutions.com.
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Offering mapping, situational awareness, 3D collection, fusion, and exploitation of GEOINT to all government agencies and service commands
Key milestone for geospatial intelligence users to acquire global scale commercial 3D solutions on terms that are pre-vetted, negotiated, and immediately available
DENVER, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP) (OTCQX: ITMSF) ("Intermap" or the "Company"), a global leader in geospatial content development and intelligence solutions, today announced it has been awarded a Multiple Award Schedule Contract (#47QTCA22D0092) by the General Services Administration (GSA), which is the centralized procurement arm of the federal government. This award gives all Federal Civilian Agencies, the Department of Defense, Federal Agencies, and state and local governments the ability to purchase Intermap's services and solutions through the GSA Schedule.
The GSA Multiple Award Schedule, also referred to as the Federal Supply Schedule, is a long-term, U.S. government-wide contract. In 2021, the U.S. government spent $39 billion through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule program (source). This contract vehicle is critical for agencies to access commercial products and services for unexpected, time sensitive, and crisis events. Intermap's GSA Schedule will provide easy and efficient access to timely 3D elevation products, source agnostic processing services, IFSAR data collection technology, as well as airborne sensors and other geospatial intelligence solutions.
"We are pleased to offer our GEOINT solutions through a Prime Contractor position on the GSA Schedule," said Patrick A. Blott, Intermap's Chairman and CEO. "Timely 3D Geospatial data is a critical tool for government agencies to better understand their terrain environment and inform strategic and tactical decision-making. The GSA schedule significantly extends the reach and availability of Intermap's products and services."
Intermap is a worldwide leader in geospatial solutions with a long history of government contract work. The Company has operated in over 61 countries around the world, helping build critical geospatial infrastructure and enabling partners to make planning decisions affecting national defense, topographic mapping, disaster mitigation, resource allocation, transportation, power management, environmental monitoring, smart city integration and public safety. The GSA Schedule will enable government agencies that did not have a contracting vehicle to acquire Intermap data, solutions, collection, and GEOINT services.
Intermap's products and services are also available through contracts with the U.S. Geological Survey GPSC4, NOAA Shoreline Mapping Support Services and NGA Janus Geography. Additional contracting vehicles include NASA SEWP-V, U.S. Army CHESS ITES-3H and ITES-3S, U.S. Navy SPAWAR C-2 and SeaPort NxG, NIH CIO-CS, DHS FirstSource II and ITES-SW2.
To learn more about Intermap's government solutions and contracts, visit www.intermap.com/government-regulated-industries.
To learn more about GSA, visit GSA.gov.
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Certain information provided in this news release constitutes forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast", "will be", "will consider", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Although Intermap believes that these statements are based on information and assumptions which are current, reasonable and complete, these statements are necessarily subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Intermap's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to, among other things, cash available to fund operations, availability of capital, revenue fluctuations, nature of government contracts, economic conditions, loss of key customers, retention and availability of executive talent, competing technologies, common share price volatility, loss of proprietary information, software functionality, internet and system infrastructure functionality, information technology security, breakdown of strategic alliances, and international and political considerations, as well as those risks and uncertainties discussed Intermap's Annual Information Form and other securities filings. While the Company makes these forward-looking statements in good faith, should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary significantly from those expected. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits that the Company will derive therefrom. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Intermap or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as at the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the forward-looking statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities law.
About GSA
GSA provides centralized procurement and shared services for the federal government, managing a nationwide real estate portfolio of nearly 370 million rentable square feet, overseeing approximately $75 billion in annual contracts, and delivering technology services that serve millions of people across dozens of federal agencies. GSA's mission is to deliver the best customer experience and value in real estate, acquisition, and technology services to the government and the American people. For more information, visit GSA.gov.
About Intermap Technologies
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap (TSX: IMP; OTCQX: ITMSF) is a global leader in geospatial intelligence solutions. The Company's proprietary 3D NEXTMap® elevation datasets and value-added geospatial collection, processing, analytics, fusion and orthorectification software and solutions are utilized across a range of industries that rely on accurate, high-resolution elevation data. Intermap helps governments build authoritative geospatial datasets and provides solutions for base mapping, transportation, environmental monitoring, topographic mapping, disaster mitigation, smart city integration, public safety and defense. The Company's commercial applications include aviation and UAV flight planning, flood and wildfire insurance, environmental and renewable energy planning, telecommunications, engineering, critical infrastructure monitoring, hydrology, land management, oil and gas and transportation. For more information, please visit www.intermap.com.
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Newest addition to New Breed's growing Platform of managed services and applications is purpose-built for HubSpot and designed to drive sales performance.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Breed, the premier revenue performance management partner for the world's fastest-growing companies, today announced the launch of UPonent, its latest application.
Engineered to help drive sales team performance, the innovative application features a personalized interface that allows HubSpot users to "gamify" the sales process and inspire each other to greater performance. Intuitive competition-style dashboards drive teamwide engagement while displaying KPIs and achievements in real time.
The app addresses the need for teamwide performance, motivation and HubSpot platform adoption, a challenge scaling teams increasingly face in an era of remote and hybrid work settings. By adding game mechanics to an existing sales infrastructure, the app transforms traditional sales contests and processes into interactive and motivational challenges that can generate better results and improve team engagement. Purpose built for HubSpot, it integrates seamlessly into each user's HubSpot CRM experience, and can be installed and configured within minutes. UPonent is available to New Breed customers through its integrated Platform of tech-enabled services.
"UPonent has the potential to be game-changing for sales teams on HubSpot," said Patrick Biddiscombe, CEO of New Breed. "After using HubSpot to grow our own business as well as hundreds of clients, we know that driving team motivation is critical to success. By focusing on that challenge and making the sales process more exciting, we're taking a big step forward toward our vision to revolutionize how companies grow."
"As an elite HubSpot partner, New Breed not only has comprehensive knowledge of our CRM, but they've also had a longstanding commitment to innovation that helps its customers get more value from our platform," said Scott Brinker, VP of platform ecosystem at HubSpot. "Having New Breed now building applications that layer onto HubSpot and streamline key processes has the potential to drive game-changing results for scaling businesses."
About New Breed
New Breed is the premier revenue performance management firm for the world's fastest-growing companies. The company's approach aligns people, processes and platforms in order to drive success. As one of HubSpot's elite North American solutions partners, New Breed is a recognized leader in leveraging the inbound methodology to foster sustainable and efficient growth.
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Easily manage all products with the Safety 1st Connected App, the only app that empowers parents to create the optimal environment, set the mood, and monitor and comfort their child—anytime, from anywhere
FOXBOROUGH, Mass., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dorel Juvenile, a segment of Dorel Industries and the world's largest juvenile products manufacturer, has launched Connected Suite, a collection of five smart essential products under the Safety 1st brand to help parents manage the nursery atmosphere through the Safety 1st Connected App.
The Safety 1st Connected App is the only app that empowers parents to create the optimal environment, set the mood, and monitor and comfort their child—anytime, from anywhere. The easy-to-use, family-friendly app seamlessly controls and manages every device in the Connected Suite, giving parents the confidence and peace of mind they need to stay connected to their child even when they're apart.
The Connected Suite includes a WiFi Baby Monitor, Smart Humidifier, Smart Soother, Under Crib Smart Light, and Dual Smart Outlet. The collection was created in response to parents seeking a technological solution that provides convenience and control over their child's routines and helps make parenting more connected. The Connected Suite allows parents to manage the full, seamlessly integrated product ecosystem through a single app and easily control products across multiple rooms for those with more than one child.
- WiFi Baby Monitor ($69.99): Always be by baby's side with the Safety 1st WiFi Baby Monitor, which features a fully encrypted HD livestream, crystal-clear night vision, two-way talkback, and customizable motion sensitivity and sound detection through the Safety 1st Connected App.
- Smart Humidifier ($79.99): The Smart Humidifier is a top-fill tank with a one-gallon (3.8L) capacity; can run uninterrupted for 24 hours; and features touch display with a humidity and temperature indicator to help keep rooms at the ideal humidity level so throat and nasal passages stay hydrated.
- Smart Soother ($79.99): The Smart Soother creates the perfect sensory experience using soft lights and sounds to help children fall asleep. A night light and sound machine with 20 lullabies and soothing natural sounds, the Smart Soother offers parents the option to select light brightness and choose from a range of colors or white light, and to save their child's favorite preset theme for a more personalized experience.
- Under Crib Smart Light ($44.99): The Under Crib Smart Light gently glows beneath the crib or bed so baby doesn't wake up during check-ins, and is automatically activated with a built-in motion sensor. Parents can customize lighting brightness and colors or select from six recommended lighting presets.
- Dual Smart Outlet ($19.99): The Dual Smart Outlet allows parents to control almost any electrical device (from lamps to bottle warmers) by making it smart. Independently power and manage two electrical devices when they are plugged into the Dual Smart Outlet. Set a timer, manage a schedule, or create a custom routine with it, and protect curious little ones from touching unused outlets with two Safety 1st Ultra Clear Plug Protectors (included).
With the Connected Suite, parents can build, personalize, and maintain a routine for their child and control the smart products from anywhere, anytime. The products are compatible with iOS and Android devices as well as Amazon Alexa and Google Home for voice-activated control.
"We developed the Connected Suite based on the understanding that parents are seeking innovative and easy ways to help streamline their routines, especially when it comes to bedtime," Olivier Garreau, global connected product director at Safety 1st, says. "Rather than fussing with multiple connected products and various different apps, the Connected Suite allows parents to customize and manage the nursery environment with the single, easy-to-use Safety 1st Connected App on their smart device."
Building on these five smart essential products, Safety 1st will expand the collection with additional products in the Connected Suite in autumn 2022.
The Connected Suite is now available for purchase at safety1st.com and amazon.com and will be available on buybuybaby.com and in-store beginning late September 2022. Download the Safety 1st Connected App to your smart device from the Apple App Store or Google Play, and visit safety1st.com/us-en/connected-suite to learn more.
Dorel Juvenile, a segment of Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), is a world-class juvenile products company. Dorel Juvenile's powerfully branded products include global juvenile brands Maxi-Cosi and Tiny Love, complemented by regional brands such as Safety 1st, Cosco, Bebeconfort, and Infanti.
Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX: DII.B, DII.A) is a global organization, operating two distinct businesses in juvenile products and home products. Dorel's strength lies in the diversity, innovation, and quality of its products, as well as the superiority of its brands. Dorel Home, with its comprehensive e-commerce platform, markets a wide assortment of domestically produced and imported furniture. Dorel Industries Inc. has annual sales of U.S. $2.8 billion and employs approximately 6,600 people in facilities located in 22 countries worldwide.
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Kim Kardashian apologizes to her family for Kanye’s treatment
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
The latest episode of “The Kardashians” includes Kim Kardashian reflecting on Kanye West’s treatment of her family.
In the episode, she learns that her then estranged husband is releasing a new song and she suspects he will use it as an opportunity to take a swipe at her as the pair had been having a contentious split.
“Most men are not trashing the mother of their kids like that publicly,” her sister Khloe Kardashian says. “We don’t have to sit here and throw stones back. Just take it on the chin.”
Kim Kardashian and the artist who now goes by “Ye” have four children together.
“I do recognize the impact that my relationship has had on my family and I’ve never had the opportunity to just say, ‘I’m sorry, guys,” Kardashian says to her family in the episode. “I protected that for so long, but I said I will never let that happen to you guys again.”
“For once in my life I feel strong,” she adds. “I’m not gonna let anyone treat you guys a way or myself.”
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires.
It’s the first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins.
“This is one of the most diversified, I think, crews that we’ve had in a really, really long time,” NASA’s space operations mission chief Kathy Lueders said on the eve of launch.
The astronauts were due to arrive at the space station Wednesday night, 16 hours after their predawn liftoff from Kennedy Space Center. They will spend five months at the orbiting lab.
SpaceX has now launched five crews for NASA and two private trips in just under two years. Elon Musk’s company is having an especially busy few weeks: It just finished taking three businessmen to and from the space station as NASA’s first private guests.
A week after the new crew arrives, the three Americans and German they’re replacing will return to Earth in their own SpaceX capsule. Three Russians also live at the space station.
Both SpaceX and NASA officials stressed they’re taking it one step at a time to ensure safety. The private mission that concluded Monday encountered no major problems, they said, although high wind delayed the splashdown for a week.
SpaceX Launch Control wished the astronauts good luck and Godspeed moments before the Falcon rocket blasted off with the capsule, named Freedom by its crew.
“Our heartfelt thank you to every one of you that made this possible. Now let Falcon roar and Freedom ring,” radioed NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, the commander. Minutes later, their recycled booster had landed on an ocean platform and their capsule was safely orbiting Earth. “It was a great ride,” he said.
The SpaceX capsules are fully automated — which opens the space gates to a broader clientele — and they’re designed to accommodate a wider range of body sizes. At the same time, NASA and the European Space Agency have been pushing for more female astronauts.
While two Black women visited the space station during the shuttle era, neither moved in for a lengthy stay. Watkins, a geologist who is on NASA’s short list for a moon-landing mission in the years ahead, sees her mission as “an important milestone, I think, both for the agency and for the country.”
She credits supportive family and mentors — including Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space in 1992 — for “ultimately being able to live my dream.”
Also cheering Watkins on was another geologist: Apollo 17′s Harrison Schmitt, who walked on the moon in 1972. She invited the retired astronaut to the launch, along with his wife. “We sort of consider ourselves the Jessica team,” he said, chuckling
“Those of us who rode the Saturn V into space are a little bit jaded about the smaller rockets,” Schmitt said after the SpaceX liftoff. “But still, it really was something and on board was a geologist ... I hope it will stand her in good stead for being part of one of the Artemis crews that go to the moon.”
Like Watkins, NASA astronaut and test pilot Bob Hines is making his first spaceflight. It’s the second visit for the European Space Agency’s lone female astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, a former Italian Air Force fighter pilot, and Lindgren, a physician.
The just-completed private flight was NASA’s first dip into space tourism after years of opposition. The space agency said the three people who paid $55 million each to visit the space station blended in while doing experiments and educational outreach. They were accompanied by a former NASA astronaut employed by Houston-based Axiom Space, which arranged the flight.
“The International Space Station is not a vacation spot. It’s not an amusement park. It is an international laboratory, and they absolutely understood and respected that purpose,” said NASA flight director Zeb Scoville.
NASA also hired Boeing to ferry astronauts after retiring the shuttles. The company will take another shot next month at getting an empty crew capsule to the space station, after software and other problems fouled a 2019 test flight and prevented a redo last summer.
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2 teens electrocuted by live wires following pickup truck crash, sheriff says
REDFIELD, N.Y. (WWNY/Gray News) – Two teenagers died Wednesday night after touching live wires following a pickup truck crash in New York.
According to the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened on County Route 17 around 10:45 p.m.
Officials said four teens were riding in a pickup truck when they crashed into a tree. The truck wound up in a ditch.
The sheriff’s office said a pair of 17-year-olds, Madysen Young and Matthew Bice, got out of the truck and touched live wires that were tangled up in the tree as they attempted to climb out of the ditch.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The other two teens in the truck, both 16-year-old boys, survived the crash. Their conditions are unknown.
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, India has tried to thwart Pakistan in a protracted dispute over Kashmir, the achingly beautiful Himalayan territory claimed by both countries but divided between them.
That relentless competition made Pakistan always the focus of New Delhi’s foreign policy.
But in the last two years, since a deadly border clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Kashmir’s Ladakh region, policy makers in New Delhi have been increasingly turning their focus to Beijing, a significant shift in policy as the nation celebrates 75 years of independence.
India’s ever-growing economy, which is now vastly larger than Pakistan’s, combined with Beijing’s increasingly assertive push for influence across Asia, mean that “New Delhi has increasingly grown Beijing-centric,” said Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda, who from 2014 to 2016 headed Indian military’s Northern Command, which controls Kashmir, including Ladakh.
Kashmir has suffered insurgencies, lockdowns and political subterfuge since India and Pakistan gained independence from British colonial rule in 1947, and has been at the heart of two of the four wars India has fought with Pakistan and China. The three countries’ tense borders meet at the disputed territory, in the world’s only three-way nuclear confrontation.
Starting in the 1960s, India was an active member of the Non-Aligned Movement, a grouping of over 100 countries that theoretically did not align with any major power during the Cold War. Despite disputes with neighboring Pakistan and China, India’s nonaligned stance remained a bedrock of its foreign policy, with its diplomats focused mainly on upending Pakistan’s claim to Kashmir.
“Kashmir was in a way central to our foreign policy concerns,” said Kanwal Sibal, a career diplomat who was India’s foreign secretary in 2002-2003.
But the current military standoff between India and China over their disputed border in Ladakh set off a grave escalation in tensions between the two Asian giants. Despite 17 rounds of diplomatic and military talks, the tense standoff continues.
For decades, India believed China did not represent a military threat, said Hooda, the former military commander. But that calculus changed in mid-2020 when a clash high in Karakoram mountains in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley set off the military tensions.
“Galwan represents a strategic inflection point,” said Constantino Xavier, a fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, a New Delhi-based policy group. It “helped create a new Indian consensus about the need to reset the entire relationship with China, and not just solve the boundary issue.”
Soldiers from the two sides fought a medieval-style battle with stones, fists and clubs, leaving at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead.
The fighting came a year after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government stripped Kashmir of its statehood, scrapped its semi-autonomy, and clamped down on local politicians, journalists and communications.
The government also split the Muslim-majority region into two federally administered territories — Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir — and ended inherited protections on land and jobs.
The government insisted the moves involved only administrative changes, part of a long-held Hindu nationalist pledge to assimilate overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir into the country.
Pakistan reacted with fury to India’s changes, asserting that Kashmir was an international dispute and any unilateral change in its status was a violation of international law and U.N. resolutions on the region.
But the main diplomatic challenge to New Delhi’s moves in Kashmir came from an unexpected rival: China.
Beijing scathingly criticized New Delhi and raised the issue at the United Nations Security Council, where the Kashmir dispute was debated — again inconclusively — for the first time in nearly five decades.
India’s line of argument remained consistent: To the international community it insisted that Kashmir was a bilateral issue with Pakistan. To Pakistan it reiterated that Kashmir was an Indian internal affair. And to critics on the ground, it stubbornly asserted that Kashmir was an issue of terrorism and law and order.
Initially, New Delhi had faced a largely peaceful anti-India movement in the portion of Kashmir it held. However, a crackdown on dissent led to a full-blown armed rebellion against Indian control in 1989. A protracted conflict since then has led to tens of thousands of deaths in the region.
Kashmir turned into a potential nuclear flashpoint as India and Pakistan became nuclear-armed states in 1998. Their standoff attracted global attention, with then-U.S. President Bill Clinton describing Kashmir as “the most dangerous place in the world.”
Many Indian foreign policy experts believe New Delhi was successful over the decades in blocking foreign pressure for change in Kashmir, despite deep sentiment against Indian rule in the region.
Now, New Delhi policymakers face the fundamental challenge of a China that is exerting more power in Asia and supporting Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir.
Pakistan “now operates in a more complicated political role as a partner of Chinese power,” said Paul Staniland, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago. “This gives it some clout and influence.”
With geopolitical rivalries deepening in the extended region, Kashmiris have been largely silenced, with their civil liberties curbed, as India has displayed zero tolerance for any form of dissent.
China’s rise as a global power has also pushed India closer to the U.S. and to the Quad, a new Indo-Pacific strategic alliance among the U.S., India, Australia and Japan that accuses Beijing of economic coercion and military maneuvering in the region upsetting the status quo.
India’s old nonaligned stance, rooted in the Cold War era when rivalries were playing out thousands of miles (kilometers) from its borders, has come to an end. The entire region has become a focus of geostrategic competition and great power rivalry close to India’s borders.
“We recognize the need to hedge against China to curb its ambitions by making it known that there is a new line of security that is being built against any aggressiveness by China, which is at the core of the Quad,” said Sibal, the former diplomat.
With the Quad now central to discussions among India’s strategic thinkers, New Delhi has massively ramped up infrastructure along its long, treacherous and undemarcated border with China. Beijing views the Quad as an attempt to contain its economic growth and influence.
“This is how we are sending a signal to China that we are ready to join with others to curb you,” Sibal said.
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Hospital employee dies after patient attack; death considered homicide, investigators say
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A South Carolina healthcare employee has died after being struck in the groin, with his death ruled as a homicide.
WIS reports that 40-year-old Kevin Robinson, a Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital worker, died on May 31 after a patient suffering from mental and emotional issues attacked him.
The Sumter Police Department reported that Robinson was struck in the groin during the altercation. He was hospitalized after the incident but later died.
On Monday, investigators released the autopsy findings, saying the 40-year-old’s death was considered a homicide.
According to the Sumter County coroner’s office, Robinson’s death was related to physiological stress associated with a physical altercation.
Officials said the incident remains under investigation by the Sumter Police Department and the coroner’s office.
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- WELL expects1 to announce strong financial results for Q2-2022 with another record performance as revenues are expected to be greater than C$130 million in the quarter.
- Total omni-channel patient visits2 in Q2-2022 increased by 50% YoY and a 7% increase when compared sequentially to the previous quarter.
- WELL's US focused virtual patient services businesses continue to grow rapidly, with Circle Medical and Wisp exceeding C$115 million in annualized revenue run-rate on a combined basis in June 2022, reflecting over 150% YoY growth and delivering positive Adjusted EBITDA3.
- CRH Medical's 1,100+ credentialed practitioners delivered a record quarterly performance of 125,160 completed patient cases fuelled by solid organic growth.
VANCOUVER, BC, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL) (OTCQX: WHTCF) ("WELL" or the "Company"), a digital health company focused on positively impacting health outcomes by leveraging technology to empower healthcare practitioners and their patients globally, is pleased to provide preliminary results for Q2-2022 ending June 30, 2022.
WELL expects1 to report strong financial results underpinned by significant growth in patient visits. The Company is pleased to report preliminary results for Q2-2022 with revenue expected to exceed C$130 million, operating Adjusted EBITDA3 exceeding C$23 million, and Shareholder Free Cash Flow4 of approximately C$15 million.
WELL achieved a total of 839,698 omni-channel patient visits2 in Q2-2022, representing a year-over-year increase of 50% compared to Q2-2021, and a 7% increase compared to Q1-2022. In addition, MyHealth conducted 179,880 diagnostic visits in Q2-2022, while Wisp completed 152,398 asynchronous patient consultations. Combining WELL's omni-channel patient visits2, MyHealth's diagnostic visits and Wisp's asynchronous patient consultations, WELL achieved a total of 1,172,849 patient interactions in Q2-2022, representing an annual run-rate of 4.69 million patient interactions.
"Our patient visit figures have historically been an excellent leading indicator of our overall operational and financial performance. To that end, we're very pleased to report another record quarter of patient visits delivered by our more than 2,200 healthcare provider partners systemwide.", said Hamed Shahbazi, Chairman and CEO of WELL. "WELL's business model of 'caring for the care providers' by supporting them in all aspects of running their operations and allow them to focus on providing care is working. Now more than ever, at a time when healthcare workers are under duress, WELL is applying all of its talents and resources to help them focus on what matters, providing the best patient care available and delivering optimal health outcomes. We look forward to reporting Q2 results."
WELL's US-based virtual patient services businesses, which includes Circle Medical and Wisp, continued to demonstrate robust growth in Q2-2022. Based on June 2022 preliminary results, the combined businesses generated positive Adjusted EBITDA3 with their revenue run-rate exceeding C$115 million on a combined basis in June 2022. Circle Medical's YoY growth in Q2-2022 was driven by patient visits increasing almost 400%. The number of practitioners working with Circle Medical in Q2-2022 increased by 169% over the same period. Similarly, Wisp's growth in Q2-2022 was driven by an 60% YoY increase in asynchronous patient consultations.
WELL's wholly owned subsidiary, CRH, whose business is predominantly in the US also had a record quarter for cases in Q2-2022 of 125,160, driven by solid organic growth. There are now more than 1,100 CRH credentialed healthcare practitioners providing services as part of CRH's fully managed services in 93 medical facilities.
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WELL is a practitioner focused digital healthcare company whose overarching objective is to positively impact health outcomes to empower and support healthcare practitioners and their patients. WELL has built an innovative practitioner enablement platform that includes comprehensive end to end practice management tools inclusive of virtual care and digital patient engagement capabilities as well as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and data protection services. WELL uses this platform to power healthcare practitioners both inside and outside of WELL's own omni-channel patient services offerings. As such, WELL owns and operates Canada's largest network of outpatient medical clinics serving primary and specialized healthcare services and is the provider of a leading multi-national, multi-disciplinary telehealth offering. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WELL" and on OTCQX under the symbol "WHTCF". To learn more about the Company, please visit: www.well.company.
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Leading Provider of Solar Roofs Bolsters Executive Team to Meet Growing Demand for Timberline Solar™
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GAF Energy, a Standard Industries company and the leading provider of solar roofing in North America, has announced two key advancements on its leadership team. The promotions, Gabriela "Gabi" Bunea as Chief Solar Innovation Officer, and Ralph Robinett as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Deployment, position the company for continued growth and innovation following the launch of their award-winning solar roof, Timberline Solar™. Developed and assembled in California, Timberline Solar™ is the only solar roofing system to directly integrate solar technology into traditional roofing processes and materials.
"Execution in innovation and manufacturing are critical to taking residential rooftop solar from a niche product to reaching our vision of energy from every roof. Gabi and Ralph have proven their determination, leadership, and ability to deliver industry-changing products. They have been essential leaders on the team that brought the award-winning Timberline Solar to market," said Martin DeBono, President of GAF Energy. "I'm thrilled to continue working alongside them and our entire team to transform more and more roofs into solar roofs."
Dr. Gabriela Bunea, Chief Solar Innovation Officer
Gabi creates world-changing technology and believes in combining solar energy generation with sustainable building materials. She brings 20 years of extensive technical experience and leadership in the solar and microelectronics industries to GAF Energy, most recently as Vice President of Research, Development and Deployment at SunPower Corporation. Prior to that, she held multiple roles managing Module Research, Development, Deployment and Product Design at SunPower, and previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff in the Microelectronics Division at Lucent Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University and is an active member in IEEE Women in Engineering.
Ralph Robinett, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Deployment
Ralph brings the world-changing innovations of GAF Energy to mass production. Before joining GAF Energy, Ralph held senior leadership positions in global operations, manufacturing, engineering and quality in the solar, electronics, and semiconductor industries. Most recently, Ralph was the VP of Operations at Celestica. Prior to that, he was the VP of Operations at SunPower Corporation, where he led SunPower's solar panel manufacturing and operational excellence organizations.
Homeowners interested in solar roofing options and roofers interested in installing GAF Energy products can find out more at: www.gaf.energy.
About GAF Energy
GAF Energy is transforming the solar and roofing industries to generate energy from every roof. A Standard Industries company, GAF Energy works with North America's largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, GAF, to offer homeowners elegant, roof-integrated solar options through a national network of roofer partners. The company's leading product, Timberline Solar™, incorporates the world's first nailable solar shingle to create an attractive, durable, and reliable solar roof. GAF Energy's products have received numerous awards and honors, including the FastCompany 2022 World Changing Ideas Award, the CES Best of Innovation Award, and the NAHB Best of IBS Award. GAF Energy develops and assembles its products at its R&D and manufacturing facility in San Jose, California.
About Standard Industries
Standard Industries is a privately-held global industrial company operating in over 80 countries with over 20,000 employees. The Standard ecosystem spans a broad array of holdings, technologies and investments—including both public and private companies from early to late-stage—as well as world-class building solutions, performance materials, real estate and next-generation solar technology. Throughout its history, Standard has leveraged its deep industry expertise and vision to create outsize value across its businesses, which today include operating companies GAF, BMI, Grace, GAF Energy, Siplast, Schiedel and SGI, as well as related businesses Standard Investments and Winter Properties. For more information, visit www.standardindustries.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Tuya American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 11, 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, Tuya Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (b) prior to the initial public offering, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, inter alia, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (c) as a result of (a) and (b) above, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (d) as a result of (a)-(c) above, the registration statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and such statements were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
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ERGs to continue to foster inclusion by raising awareness through meaningful conversations, education, events, and other DEI aligned initiatives
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bitly Inc., the world's leading connections platform, announced today the establishment of five Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to further its commitment to improving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) within the organization, the communities it serves, and society as a whole. The new ERGs include, Allyship, Disability, Pride, Mosaic, and Women, and will be spearheaded by Jackie Cureton, Vice President of DE&I, who joined the company in February 2022 to lead Bitly's DE&I strategy and initiatives.
"While global companies often launch ERGs as part of their DE&I strategies, success requires bringing in the expertise to build a structure and governance that is sustainable and intentional," says Cureton. According to the report, Elevating Equity: The Real Story of Diversity and Inclusion, roughly 80 percent of companies are just going through the motions and not holding themselves accountable. Cureton adds, "Companies often have the desire and passion to make real change, but just don't have the right framework in place to make significant and lasting progress. It is not typical for a company the size of Bitly to invest this heavily into DE&I initiatives, and while we indeed learn from others, we have the structure in place to be leaders in this space."
Each of the ERGs will have trained executive sponsors, global leads and area leaders, who will have dedicated time within their existing work hours to focus on ERG initiatives. These efforts will be recognized and incorporated into on-going, core performance reviews.
In addition, Bitly has established a network for the ERG leads, which will provide resources, support and cross ERG collaboration to help the ERG leads to grow and learn together. Each lead is vested not only in the success of their selected ERG, but in the success of all the ERGs.
- Allyship - provides a safe space for Bitly employees to be vulnerable, make mistakes, and learn, with the goal of welcoming and supporting all people who wish to act as an ally to any marginalized community through education and conversation. This ERG ensures everyone can participate and be part of the conversation.
- Disability - provides resources and support to any member of the disabled community who interacts with Bitly or its products, and creates opportunities for disability education.
- Pride - increases visibility, recognition, and action as it relates to the LGBTQIA+ community. A safe space will be constructed and harnessed through consistent communication and initiatives throughout the year.
- Mosaic - provides resources, support, and a safe space for employees and allies alike to partner on surfacing racial & ethnic disparities/issues, fostering honest and transparent dialogue, and igniting impactful change within Bitly and its broader communities.
- Women - supports and fosters discussions focusing on women's challenges and ideas. It is a space for women to educate and learn about how Bitly can drive progress and change for women not just within the organization, but for all women in the workforce.
"We pride ourselves in delivering a platform that is a catalyst for connections and we carry that commitment across everything we do," said Toby Gabriner, CEO of Bitly. "Building human connections through a culture of inclusion, allyship, accessibility and learning is in our DNA and we are dedicated to an intentional and strategic effort to make Bitly an even better place to work by improving in these areas."
Bitly is also committed to expanding on BitlyCares, an employee led resource that was launched last year to support positive and sustainable social impact through community outreach, reinforcing the company's ongoing and collective efforts focused on the greater good.
Bitly is a leading global SaaS company offering a comprehensive platform designed to enable every piece of information shared online to connect with key audiences and ignite action. Bitly's all-in-one Connections Platform empowers more than 5.7 million monthly active users and over 420,000 customers globally - people, influencers, brands, and businesses of every size - to use branded links, custom QR codes, and link-in-bio solutions as a trusted platform for engaging their audience and delivering critical notifications, information, and experiences. Bitly is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture and employee experience proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation. For more on Bitly, visit https://bitly.com/.
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Last Uvalde school shooting survivor leaves hospital
Published: Aug. 1, 2022 at 3:47 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
UVALDE, Texas (CNN) - University Health San Antonio posted on Twitter that the final patient from May’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has been released.
They shared video of 10-year-old Mayah Zamora walking down a hospital hallway Friday and handing out roses to the nurses and other staff. Those around her clapped, chanted and cheered as she made her exit.
Mayah was in the hospital for 67 days after she was critically injured by a gunman who opened fire inside Robb Elementary School back in May. Her family set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for her medical bills.
In total, 19 children and two teachers were killed. It was America’s deadliest school shooting since 2012.
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King bails out Chapman, saves Yanks’ 3-0 win over Blue Jays
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael King escaped a bases-loaded, no-outs jam created by Aroldis Chapman to preserve the New York Yankees’ 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays after Luis Severino became the first pitcher to strike out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. three times. Guerrero struck out four times in all for the first time in his career, a night after hitting three homers and going 4 for 4. Handed a 3-0 lead, Chapman walked the bases loaded. King struck out George Springer and got Bo Bichette to hit a looper that was turned into a double play. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/14/king-bails-out-chapman-saves-yanks-3-0-win-over-blue-jays/ | 2022-04-15T05:13:52Z |
VANCOUVER, BC, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CycurID Technologies Ltd. is proud to introduce imme™ (pronounced "I'm Me"), a revolutionary new app that puts the power of reusable personal identity management in consumers' hands.
From the company that modernized B2B digital identity management solutions that go well beyond standard Know Your Customer (KYC) identity verification protocols, imme™ gives consumers and web users the ability to withhold their personal data from third parties when accessing online services.
With security breaches, data leaks and identity theft consistently on the rise, consumers and web users are at risk each time they share their personal information, financial credentials and passwords.
"For far too long, we've simply accepted that giving away our personal information — and assuming the risk of identity theft — is our only option when transacting online," says Gord Jessop, imme™ Co-Founder. "That's not acceptable, and it's no longer true. imme™ represents a revolutionary new way to manage personal information and identity in a reusable manner."
imme's™ proprietary, secure, closed loop and encrypted identity verification and privacy app makes it possible for consumers to set up a social profile, manage crypto funds or make a doctor's appointment without sharing any, or minimal, amounts of personal information.
Powered by technologies such as liveness detection and facial AI recognition, imme™ is able to verify users' identity once without storing their information on third-party servers. The verification process removes the potential for data leaks and identity theft by authenticating user ID without sharing it with third parties or using manual review processes, keeping it in consumers' control while giving businesses the verification they require.
Once verified, users can access online accounts by scanning a QR code with the imme™ app, instead of using a password, uploading their documents or transacting with a credit card number.
"Regulatory bodies, businesses and other participants in the identity space have simply added layers of technology onto archaic thought processes," Jessop says. "Unfortunately, this approach has not been successful in resolving many of the issues plaguing the online environment. If they were successful, data leaks and hacks would not be at an all time high."
For more information about CycurID's complete suite of identity solutions, visit our corporate website https://cycurid.com or contact us through our contact page here. Learn more about imme™ at imme.io.
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CycurID Technologies Ltd is a privately held personal identity management and security software developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. CycurID™ (pronounced "Secure ID") has developed proprietary patent pending identity management and privacy software which is available via its consumer app imme™ (pronounced I'm me). CycurID™ is registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, WorkSafe BC and with FINTRAC as Money Service Business (MSB). CycurID™ and imme™ are Registered Trademarks of CycurID Technologies Ltd.
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PARIS (AP) — The capital of France may be thousands of miles away from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, but what happens in French voting stations this month could have repercussions there.
Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has close ties to Russia and wants to weaken the European Union and NATO, which could undercut Western efforts to stop Russia’s war on Ukraine. Le Pen is trying to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who has a slim lead in polls ahead of France’s April 24 presidential runoff election.
Here are some of the ways the French election could impact the war in Ukraine:
ARMING UKRAINE
Macron’s government has sent 100 million euros worth of weaponry to Ukraine in recent weeks and said Wednesday it will send more as part of a Western military aid effort. France has been a major source of military support for Ukraine since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 from Ukraine and supported separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine.
Le Pen expressed reservations Wednesday about supplying Ukraine with additional arms. She said, if she were elected president, she would continue defense and intelligence aid but would be “prudent” about sending weapons because she thinks the shipments could suck other countries into the war with Russia.
SOFTENING SANCTIONS
Le Pen’s campaign has successfully tapped into French voter frustration over rising inflation, which has worsened as a consequence of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine and the ensuing Western sanctions against Russia, a major gas supplier and trade partner for France and Europe.
The European Union has been unusually unified in agreeing on five rounds of ever-tougher sanctions against Russia. If she became France’s president, Le Pen could try to thwart or limit additional EU sanctions since further action requires unananimous backing from the bloc’s 27 member nations.
France is the EU’s No. 2 economy after Germany and key to EU decision-making. France also now holds the rotating EU presidency, giving France’s next leader significant influence.
Le Pen is notably opposed to sanctions on Russian gas and oil. She also said in the past that she would work to lift sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea, and even recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
COURTING PUTIN
Earlier in his first term, Macron tried reaching out to Putin, inviting him to Versailles and a presidential resort on the Mediterranean, in hopes of bringing Russia’s policies back into greater alignment with the West.
The French president also sought to revive peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv over the long-running conflict in eastern Ukraine between the government and Russia-backed separatists. Macron visited Putin at the Kremlin weeks before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine and has continued talking to the Russian leader during the war. At the same time, Macron has supported multiple rounds of EU sanctions.
Le Pen’s party has deep ties to Russia. She met with Putin as a French presidential candidate in 2017 and has praised him in the past. She is warmly welcomed at Russian Embassy events in Paris, and her far-right party also got a 9 million-euro ($9.8 million) loan from a Russian-Czech bank because she said French banks refused to lend the party money.
Le Pen says the war in Ukraine has partly changed her mind about Putin, but she said Wednesday that the West should try to restore relations with Russia once the conflict ends. She suggested a “strategic rapprochement” between NATO and Russia to keep Moscow from allying too closely with China.
WEAKENING NATO AND THE EU
While Macron is a staunch defender of the EU and recently reinforced France’s participation in NATO operations in Eastern Europe, Le Pen says France should keep its distance from international alliances and strike its own path.
She favors pulling France out of NATO’s military command, which would take French military staff out of the body that plans operations and lead to the country losing influence within the Western military alliance.
France withdrew from NATO’s command structure in 1966, when French President Charles de Gaulle wanted to distance his country from the U.S.-dominated organization, and reintegrated under conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.
If it were up to her, Le Pen would reduce French spending on the EU and try to diminish the EU’s influence by chipping away at the bloc from within while no longer recognizing that European law has primacy over national law.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering") of the important July 11, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased First High-School Education Group securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the First High-School Education Group class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6131 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 11, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement was materially false and misleading and omitted to state: (1) the new rules, regulations, and policies to be implemented by the Chinese government following the Two Sessions parliamentary meetings were far more severe than represented to investors and posed a material adverse threat to First High-School Education Group and its business; (2) contemplated Chinese regulations and rules regarding private education were leading to a slowdown of government approval to open new educational facilities which would have a negative effect on First High-School Education Group's enrollment and growth; and (3) as a result, the Registration Statement's representations regarding First High-School Education Group's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of First High-School Education Group at the time of the IPO, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's nutritional needs change as they grow. During Kids Eat Right Month™, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages parents and caregivers to help children develop healthful eating habits as they mature into adulthood.
In August, the Academy and its Foundation celebrate the importance of healthful eating and active lifestyles for children and their families during its annual Kids Eat Right Month™.
"The time between your child being an infant drinking breastmilk or formula to becoming a teen who grabs a burger with friends after school seems to happen overnight," says registered dietitian nutritionist Amy Reed, a Cincinnati-based national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "Parents and caregivers can lay the groundwork for their children to choose healthful foods that meet their nutritional needs as they mature."
Reed provides the following tips to help parents and caregivers guide their children's nutritional journey:
Infants: Because infants require a specific balance of nutrients that are easily digested, they drink breast milk or commercial iron-fortified infant formula. Do not try to make your own infant formula and do not feed your baby cow's milk or a plant-based milk. If you're using infant formula, follow the feeding instructions and expiration dates. If you have to feed your infant a new formula due to recent shortages, give them time to adjust to the taste of the new formula. If they continue to refuse it after a few tries, contact your physician, RDN, or another health care provider for additional guidance.
When babies show signs that they are developmentally ready for solid foods between four and six months of age, start supplementing their meals with foods that are safe to chew and swallow. By the end of their first year, infants should be introduced to a variety of foods to prepare their palate for new tastes as they grow.
Toddlers: Babies typically start to transition from a bottle to a sippy cup by the age of 1. Children between the ages of 1 and 2 years old are encouraged to drink whole milk and water and to limit 100% fruit juice to no more than 4 ounces per day. Toddlers should eat the same variety of nutrient-rich foods as older children and adults, just in smaller quantities. Serve food in bite-sized portions to avoid choking.
Preschoolers: Plan meals and snacks so that your child eats from all of the food groups. Children at this age start developing strong food preferences so continue to offer a wide variety of foods and repeatedly. It may take a few attempts or serving a food prepared in a different way before a child will like it. Try to avoid making a separate meal for your child.
Grade schoolers: Encourage your child to become more invested in their nutrition by helping to shop for foods, plan the menu and help in the kitchen with age-appropriate tasks. Serve regular, balanced meals and dine together as a family to instill good eating habits that your children can continue as they mature.
Teens: Continue to build your child's bone bank by encouraging them to eat and drink calcium-rich foods and beverages such as fat-free or low-fat dairy milk, yogurt or calcium-fortified soy beverages. Non-dairy sources of calcium include fortified cereals, beans, some leafy greens and canned salmon with bones, but the amount of calcium the body absorbs from these foods can vary. Teach them the value of breakfast to kick start their day and encourage them to stay hydrated throughout the day, especially if they play sports. Teach them how to read food labels and teach them basic cooking skills.
"Parents and caregivers play a significant role in guiding their children's nutritional choices. A registered dietitian nutritionist, the food and nutrition expert, can translate the recommendations of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to help children reduce their risk for developing chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity or heart disease in later life," Reed says.
Kids Eat Right Month™
Kids Eat Right Month™ was created in 2014 to mobilize registered dietitian nutritionists in a grassroots movement to share healthful eating messages to help families adopt nutritious eating habits.
"See the Kids Eat Right Month Media Materials for the 2022 campaign graphic, infographics and more information. To find a registered dietitian nutritionist near you, use the Academy's online Find a Nutrition Expert service.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Representing more than 112,000 credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. Visit the Academy at www.eatright.org.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation is a 501(c)3 charity dedicated exclusively to supporting nutrition and dietetics professionals by empowering them to help consumers live healthier lifestyles. It makes an impact with Academy members and throughout the profession with its scholarships, awards, research grants, fellowships, public education programs and disaster relief efforts. Through philanthropy, the Foundation empowers current and future food and nutrition practitioners to optimize global health. Visit the Foundation at www.eatrightFoundation.org.
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Customers can reduce environmental impact from heating homes, businesses
JACKSON, Mich., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy has kicked off a new program for residential and business customers who want to offset carbon emissions from their natural gas use and help protect the planet's atmosphere.
"We're looking beyond our own operations to help environmentally conscious customers voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas sources," said Greg Salisbury, vice president of gas engineering and supply for Consumers Energy. "We're proud to offer the Mi Clean Air program to home and business owners to help lead Michigan's clean energy transformation while continuing to safely deliver the energy our customers need to keep their homes warm here in Michigan."
The Mi Clean Air program supports Consumers Energy's new plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from its natural gas system by 2050. The new program is significant because roughly 10% of the country's carbon emissions come from burning natural gas to heat space and water in homes and businesses.
The program has these options for residential and business customers:
- Residential & Small/Medium Business Customers: Residential and small and medium business natural gas customers can purchase offset credits generated from a 3,700-acre Luce County forest, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The forest owner will reduce logging and manage the forest to sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide. The over 5.5-square-mile privately owned tract is certified as sustainable by the American Forest Foundation's Standards of Sustainability. Each credit represents the reduction of one metric ton of carbon dioxide emission.
- Commercial & Industrial Customers: The program offers large commercial and industrial natural gas customers customized options that could range from local forest preservation to international programs based on a company's sustainability goals.
Residential customers who want to help fight climate change and promote a more sustainable future can get started in the program and offset about 30% of their natural gas usage for only $6 per month. They can offset approximately 100% of their usage for less than stopping at their favorite premium coffee shop once a week. Residential and business customers can get more information and enroll in the new program at: http://www.consumersenergy.com/micleanair.
Consumers Energy is also focused on reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated from its natural gas system. Over the last decade, the company has cut methane emissions by 15 percent, primarily by replacing aging pipeline and outdated infrastructure, and has a plan to achieve net zero methane status by 2030.
Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest energy provider, is the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) ("GreenPower"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of a diverse line of electric powered vehicles serving the cargo and delivery, shuttle, transit, and school sectors plans to host a webcast for all shareholders and interested parties at 7:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. ET on Friday, July 8th, 2022 to provide a business update and discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2022. A replay of the call will be available on the number below shortly after the call.
Conference Call Information:
Date: Friday, July 8th, 2022
Time: 7:30 a.m. PST / 10:30 a.m. ET
Webcast Link: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=dKkEre2n
Participant dial-in: (US) 1-844-739-3982 (Canada) 1-866-605-3852; (International) 1-412-317-5718
Please ask to be joined into the GreenPower Motor Company Inc. conference call.
Replay: (US) 1-877-344-7529; (Canada) 1-855-669-9658; (International) 1-412-317-0088
Replay access code: 3932312
For further information contact
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GreenPower designs, builds and distributes a full suite of high-floor and low-floor all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, cargo van and a cab and chassis. GreenPower employs a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric vehicles that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions while integrating global suppliers for key components. This OEM platform allows GreenPower to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements. GreenPower was founded in Vancouver, Canada with primary operational facilities in southern California. Listed on the Toronto exchange since November 2015, GreenPower completed its U.S. IPO and NASDAQ listing in August 2020. For further information go to www.greenpowermotor.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. ©2022 GreenPower Motor Company Inc. All rights reserved.
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Which flannel hoodie for women is best?
When cool weather hits, the age-old question persists: Should you choose comfort or style in your quest for warmth? Although sometimes you’ll need warmer clothes for outdoor activities, you still want to look good. Fortunately, there are a few key pieces you can add to your wardrobe that allow you to accomplish both.
When the weather gets chilly but there’s still work to do outside, the ThCreasa Women’s Sherpa Fleece Lined Hoodie is an excellent choice. With thick sherpa fleece and a generous hood, you’ll be warm and cozy, no matter what the temperature says.
What to know before you buy a flannel hoodie for women
Length
Flannel hoodies for women come in a wide variety of lengths. These range from cropped flannel hoodies that place style over substance to longer versions that offer greater protection in chilly weather.
Lined vs. unlined
Lined flannel hoodies go one step further and offer more comfort at colder temperatures. Liners can be anything from sherpa fleece to microfiber or another layer of cotton. Some hoodies may also feature synthetic linings that help wick moisture, though these are less common.
Although a liner seems like a good idea when the temperature drops, it makes your flannel hoodie less flexible. If you want to wear it all year long, choose an unlined hoodie and layer appropriately.
Color or pattern
Although most people think of plaid when they think about flannel, it’s also available in solid colors or patterns.
Some common plaid and flannel designs include:
- Buffalo plaid: Red and black repeating overlapped squares.
- Argyle plaid: Diamond shapes overlaid with thin diagonal lines.
- Checkerboard: Two contrasting colors that alternate.
- Windowpane: Thin lines of one color that create a pattern over another.
- Houndstooth: Staggered squares; usually black and white.
When it comes to color, if it appears in the rainbow, you can get it in flannel.
What to look for in a quality flannel hoodie for women
Generous hood
You want to look cute, but you still need your head covered. Look for a hood that’s large enough without constantly falling down or blocking your vision.
Functional pockets
Nothing is more frustrating than women’s clothing with fake or shallow pockets. Your hoodie should feature functional, deep pockets that can accommodate chilly hands or your wallet and keys.
Reversible
Reversible flannel hoodies do double-duty, giving you two pieces for the price of one. Sometimes these can be tricky to zip or button up, but if you want to stretch your wardrobe dollars, this might be a good choice.
Slim cut
Slim-cut flannel hoodies provide lumberjack style in a more feminine silhouette. These are most often available in lighter weights and are not really intended for intense outdoor work.
How to style a flannel hoodie for women
- Add high-waisted jeans, a T-shirt and black boots.
- Layer over workout gear.
- Belt a long, slim-cut flannel hoodie over leggings.
- Pair with a turtleneck sweater, corduroy pants and heeled shoes.
- Add a leather jacket, oversized pants and thick-soled shoes.
How much you can expect to spend on a flannel hoodie for women
Flannel hoodies are an affordable addition to your fall and winter wardrobe. Expect to spend $25-$40.
Flannel hoodie for women FAQ
What is flannel?
A. Flannel is a medium-weight cotton fabric that features a soft, fuzzy finish. The fabric originated in Wales in the 1700s and can now be found in everything from your favorite PJs to your go-to winter sheet set.
Why does flannel keep you warm?
A. Unlike some fabrics that can trap moisture tightly against your skin, flannel is loose-fitting and breathable. This creates pockets of warm air between the flannel and the skin that help insulate the body against cold. Although cotton doesn’t wick moisture away from the skin, the weave of flannel means that enough heat escapes that you stay comfortable and don’t sweat, even when working outside in cold weather.
How do you care for a flannel hoodie?
A. Flannel is a fabric that’s easy to toss in both the washer and dryer. However, some flannel hoodies for women feature linings or other details that call for more specific care instructions. For best results and to keep your flannel looking great, follow the care instructions on the tag.
What’s the best flannel hoodie for women to buy?
Top flannel hoodie for women
ThCreasa Sherpa Fleece Lined Hoodie
What you need to know: This hoodie is thick, cozy and fleece-lined for comfort on chilly days.
What you’ll love: It’s fully lined with thick sherpa fleece. The pockets are ample, and the hood is tightened with a drawstring. With a little maneuvering, it’s reversible too.
What you should consider: If you’re looking for an oversized, slouchy hoodie, keep looking.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top flannel hoodie for women for the money
Grace Karin Flannel Hooded Jacket
What you need to know: This choice from Grace Karin is longer than other options and has a figure-flattering fit.
What you’ll love: It buttons up and has pockets that are large enough to hold your belongings. It’s an easy-care cotton/poly blend. It’s available in 17 colors.
What you should consider: Some wearers report that the sleeves are too short and tight — use the size chart for best results.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Legendary Whitetails Lumber Jane Hooded Flannel Shirt
What you need to know: This has a relaxed fit and a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
What you’ll love: It uses snap closures instead of buttons or zippers. It’s warm but still lightweight, making it a good transitional layer. It is available in three colors and features two patch pockets with snaps.
What you should consider: Wash it in cold water and hang to dry to prevent shrinking.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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11-year-old boy killed by firework over holiday weekend, police say
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) – An 11-year-old Indiana boy was killed by a firework Sunday night, Indiana State Police said.
Camrynn Ray McMichael died from a head injury due to a firework mortar, a preliminary autopsy indicates. His death has been ruled accidental.
Troopers said Camrynn was found critically injured in a neighborhood around 9:45 p.m. Sunday and died while on the way to the hospital. They did not provide further details.
Camrynn was entering sixth grade as a student at Mount Vernon Junior High. His football coach, as well as two of his former elementary school teachers, raved about his personality and wit.
Mount Vernon Junior High Football Coach James F. Goodrich II said Camrynn was a great athlete and an even better kid.
“I mean it’s just, it’s just hard. I’m going to miss his smile, his energy, his just, you know, he was just part of us,” Goodrich said.
He said Camrynn was on the smaller side, but he was a natural-born leader who knew how to work.
“He knew that he was going to make his way by working hard and doing stuff, and that gets other kids’ respect,” Goodrich said.
One of Camrynn’s former teachers, Kamie Richardson, said his personality was one of a kind.
“Just his pure wanting everyone to just be happy,” Richardson said. “It was amazing.”
She said Camrynn was incredibly smart and always spent time helping other kids when he could.
“He was one of those kids where you start working with him and you were like, ‘Oh, I want to do better because this kid is pushing me to be better,’” she said.
Jacquelyn Cobb, Camrynn’s former fourth grade teacher, said his big heart made him such a pleasure to have in class. She said she was looking forward to watching Camrynn grow up, but that is a luxury that is no longer a reality.
“Just knowing that’s not going to happen is heartbreaking,” Cobb said.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family pay for Camrynn’s funeral expenses.
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LIMA, Perú, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Petróleos del Perú – Petroperú S.A. (the "Company") today announced that, following receipt of the requisite consents from holders of its (i) 4.750% Notes Due 2032 (the "2032 Notes") and (ii) 5.625% Notes Due 2047 (the "2047 Notes" and, collectively with the 2032 Notes, the "Notes" and each a "Series") to certain proposed amendments to the indentures governing the Notes (the "Indentures" and each, an "Indenture"), as set forth in the Consent Solicitation Statement dated as of May 23, 2022 (the "Consent Solicitation Statement"), the Company successfully completed the consent solicitation on June 1, 2022 by (A) entering into a supplemental indenture to each Indenture (i) extending the timeframe within which the Company must deliver its audited financial statements for the 2021 fiscal year pursuant to the Indentures until September 30, 2022 and (ii) providing that failure by the Company to deliver its audited financial statements for the 2021 fiscal year by the new applicable deadline would constitute an Event of Default and not be subject to a cure period; and (B) paying the corresponding consent fee to each Holder who has validly delivered its consent on or prior to the expiration time of the consent solicitation, as described in the Consent Solicitation Statement.
As a result, the supplemental indentures to the Indentures effecting the proposed amendments are now operative and the Company has successfully completed the consent solicitation process with a strong support from its bondholders whose consents to the Company's proposed amendments represented more than 90% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding.
The Company appreciates the assistance of (i) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., and Santander Investment Securities Inc., in their role as Solicitation Agents, and (ii) Clifford Chance US LLP and Rubio Leguia Normand, as New York and Peruvian counsel to the Company, respectively, in the Consent Solicitation.
"The successful closing of the consent solicitation highlights the positive steps that the Company, its board of directors and management have recently undertaken to regain investor confidence and it shows the strong support of its bondholders," commented Mr. Humberto Campodónico Sanchez, President of the Company's board of directors. Mr. Campodónico Sanchez added: "We would like to thank our investors for their understanding, and the solicitation agents and our legal advisors for their professionalism and guidance throughout this important process."
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities.
About Petroperú:
Petróleos del Perú – Petroperú S.A. established in 1981 as a Public Limited Company pursuant with Legislative Decree No 43 (founded in 1969), Petroperú is the largest hydrocarbon corporate entity in Peru in terms of total sales and the largest enterprise of the Peruvian sovereign (100% owned by Peru). It is also Peru's second largest refiner in terms of refining volume capacity and forms a critical part of the country's energy infrastructure and economy. It has the largest distribution network for crude oil and refined products in the country, and it is the sole provider of refined products to certain areas of Peru. It is also the owner and operator of Peru's main oil pipeline, the "Norperuano Pipeline," which connects the crude oil production fields in the northern rainforest of Peru with its facilities in the Port of Bayovar near its Talara Refinery. Its business is comprised primarily of midstream and downstream petroleum activities, including the refining and blending of crude and intermediate hydrocarbon products, the distribution and sale of refined products through its wholesale distributors and associated retail service stations and direct sales, the transportation of crude through the Norperuano Pipeline, and the leasing of certain of its facilities to third parties. Petroperú also has a presence in the upstream sector.
Advisories:
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and the Consent Solicitation Statement contain statements that are or may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements included in this press release and/or the Consent Solicitation Statement. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement contained in this press release or in the Consent Solicitation Statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Future events or circumstances could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated.
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- Unleashed Brands officially launched July 14, 2021 led by the team behind Urban Air Adventure Park, America's largest and #1 Indoor Adventure Park Company
- To date, Unleashed Brands has completed five acquisitions of kid enrichment franchise companies
- Since last year, nearly 300 new franchisees signed on to be a part of Unleashed Brands from all over the United States
DALLAS, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unleashed Brands, the world's first Youth Enrichment franchise platform company that includes category-leading brands Urban Air Adventure Park, Snapology, The Little Gym, XP League, Class 101 and Premier Martial Arts, is celebrating its one-year anniversary after making a profound impact on franchising, local business owners, communities and millions of kids across the country.
Since announcing the formation of Unleashed Brands July 14, 2021, along with its first acquisition, kids STEAM (Science, Technology, Art and Mathematics) brand Snapology, the platform company has added more than 50 jobs along with 20,000 square feet of support center space and a 135-person in-house call center to its Dallas-area campus. This growth is part of Unleashed's mission to support franchisees in their journey to help kids learn, play and grow through ownership of youth enrichment franchises offering fun, engaging and inspiring experiences.
Key milestones for Unleashed Brands in the past year include:
- Creation of 57 corporate-level jobs at the franchisor level
- Opening of 75 new franchise locations
- Signing of nearly 90 new leases across brands Urban Air, Snapology, The Little Gym and Premier Martial Arts
- Signing of 300 new franchisees who will open youth enrichment franchises across the United States
- 29 existing franchisees signing up for ownership of a different brand under the Unleashed platform
"When reflecting on this past year, I am extremely proud of the incredible achievements of the Unleashed Brands team. Hitting so many exciting milestones for our platform, our brands and our franchisees in such a short period of time is extraordinary. The Unleashed Brands leadership team is second-to-none, and I am proud every day of their commitment and passion towards the mission of helping franchise business owners thrive which leads to impacting millions of kids," said Michael O. Browning Jr., Founder & CEO of Unleashed Brands. "This is just the beginning for Unleashed Brands and our platform companies. We will continue to acquire the world's best brands that help kids learn, play and grow while also scaling the platform with additional technology, systems and people to support our franchisees. We have only scratched the surface and the best is yet to come!"
In addition to growth within the individual brands, the past year has brought much collaboration between franchise brands that are part of the Unleashed platform. For example, Snapology centers are now operating inside Urban Air parks, filling an important need for daytime business during the school year and offering franchisees a new revenue stream within their four walls. Several franchisees are also eager to sign on for more than one Unleashed Brands company in a given market so they can "own" the enrichment market in their communities and become multi-unit, multi-brand owners. Unleashed Brands is also testing multi-brand operating models by combining two or more of the brands in one real estate location and expects to continue innovating even more across brands in the platform over the next year.
Between all platform companies, Unleashed Brands has more than 770 units globally with more than 25 million annual visits. In 2022, the brands will open more than 230 locations across the country, with an additional 650 in development currently.
Unleashed Brands is backed by a management team with more than 150 years of combined consumer industry experience, focused on serving families. It continues to grow its industry-leading platform to better serve and support families as moms and dads seek to "Build Great Kids."
To learn more about Unleashed Brands and current opportunities, please visit unleashedbrands.com.
Unleashed Brands, currently includes portfolio brands Urban Air, Snapology, The Little Gym, XP League, Class 101 and Premier Martial Arts. and was founded to curate and grow a portfolio of the most innovative and profitable brands that help kids learn, play and grow. Over the last 10 years, the team at Unleashed Brands has built a proven platform and know-how for scaling businesses focused on serving families. Its mission is to impact the lives of every kid by providing fun, engaging and inspiring experiences that help them become who they are destined to be. For more information, please visit www.UnleashedBrands.com.
Media Contact: Sara Faiwell, Fishman Public Relations, sfaiwell@fishmanpr.com, (847) 945-1300
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More than 400 Aspen Dental Offices Open their Doors on June 11, Breaking Down Barriers to Care
CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 11th, more than 400 Aspen Dental offices participated in the 8th annual Aspen Dental Day of Service, providing care to more than 3,000 United States military veterans and their families, with nearly $1.8 million in donated dental services. More than 2,000 Aspen Dental doctors and dental care team members volunteered their time to break down barriers to care and treat the most urgent dental needs – to help get veterans out of pain, from fillings and extractions to hygiene and basic denture repairs.
"Each year, Aspen Dental care teams across the country unite to give back to our nation's military veterans during the Aspen Dental Day of Service," said Arwinder Judge, DDS, chief clinical officer of Aspen Dental. "We founded the Healthy Mouth Movement in 2014, and over the years have provided free dental care to more than 33,000 veterans and their families, with more than $26 million in donated dental care. It is our way of giving back and honoring those who have served our country."
Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception – in fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they're 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war. What's more, during the COVID-19 pandemic, dentists have reported increases in teeth-grinding, cavities and gum disease, largely attributed to pandemic-related stress and changes in health habits.
This year's Aspen Dental Day of Service success builds on the ongoing impact of Aspen's Healthy Mouth Movement, a community-giving initiative launched in 2014 to deliver free dental care to veterans in need in communities across the country. Since the launch of the Health Mouth Movement, doctors and their dental care teams from nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental-branded offices have donated more than $26 million in dentistry services to nearly 35,000 veterans and people in need, around the world. For more information about Day of Service and the Healthy Mouth Movement, visit HealthyMouthMovement.com.
About Aspen Dental
Aspen Dental was founded in 1998 in New York by Bob Fontana with a simple goal in mind: to break down the barriers that doctors and patients face when it comes to dental care. Today, more than 20 years later, with nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental locations nationwide, the mission of the company remains the same – to bring better care to more people. Aspen Dental is the largest group of branded dental offices in the world. For more information, visit aspendental.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
About TAG - The Aspen Group
TAG – The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better health care to more people. TAG and the independent health care practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four health care support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care® and Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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SOURCE Aspen Dental | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/06/16/more-than-3000-military-veterans-receive-free-dental-care-8th-annual-aspen-dental-day-service/ | 2022-06-16T20:29:45Z |
DENVER, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The iconic summer romance between Baby and Johnny returns to the big screen when Dirty Dancing hits theaters on August 14 and 17 for a special 35th anniversary presentation courtesy of Fathom Events and Lionsgate.
The film will play in theaters nationwide through Fathom Events. Tickets can be purchased online at www.fathomevents.com or at participating theater box offices.
For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom Events website (participating theatres are subject to change).
View Trailer HERE.
Exclusive to the Fathom Events presentation will be an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette, along with a new interview with the film's co-star, Jennifer Grey.
For artwork/photos related to "Dirty Dancing: 35th Anniversary," visit the Fathom Events press site.
A worldwide box-office sensation originally released in 1987, and generating over $213 million, Dirty Dancing captured hearts worldwide and took home the Best Original Song Oscar® for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." The beloved film, stars Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in their most iconic roles and is continually referenced in pop culture with lines like "No one puts Baby in a corner."
Lionsgate is currently planning to return to Kellerman's for a new Dirty Dancing film, starring and executive produced by Jennifer Grey, to be released next year. The film will be co-written, directed, and produced by Jonathan Levine ("Long Shot," "Warm Bodies") and produced by producer Gillian Bohrer.
About Fathom Events
Fathom is a recognized leader in the entertainment industry as one of the top distributors of content to movie theaters in North America. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom operates the largest cinema distribution network, delivering a wide variety of programming and experiences to cinema audiences in all of the top U.S. markets and to more than 45 countries. For more information, visit www.FathomEvents.com.
About Lionsgate
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) encompasses world-class motion picture and television studio operations aligned with the STARZ premium global subscription platform to bring a unique and varied portfolio of entertainment to consumers around the world. The Company's film, television, subscription and location-based entertainment businesses are backed by a 17,000-title library and a valuable collection of iconic film and television franchises. A digital age company driven by its entrepreneurial culture and commitment to innovation, the Lionsgate brand is synonymous with bold, original, relatable entertainment for audiences worldwide.
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