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Instagram launches Amber Alerts for missing children
(CNN) - You are going to start seeing Amber Alerts on Instagram.
Starting Wednesday, the social media platform will notify users of missing children in their area as reported by law enforcement.
Posts will include details about the missing child, as well as photos and the location of the suspected abduction.
An executive with Instagram’s parent company Meta says the alerts will be rare and specific to the search area.
Amber Alert posts are also designed to be shared with friends and followers to further spread awareness.
Other platforms have already been sharing information about missing children for years.
Facebook started including Amber Alerts in 2015 and Google began sharing Amber Alerts to users in 2012.
Copyright 2022 via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/06/01/instagram-launches-amber-alerts-missing-children/ | 2022-06-01T19:58:53Z |
TORRANCE, Calif., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CarParts.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 to discuss its financial results for the first quarter ended April 2, 2022. The results will be reported in a press release prior to the call.
CarParts.com, Inc. incoming CEO David Meniane (current CFO/COO) and incoming CFO Ryan Lockwood (current SVP of Finance) will host the conference call live via an audio webcast on the Company's website per the link below, followed by a question and answer period.
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Time: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. Pacific time)
Webcast: www.carparts.com/investor/news-events
To listen to the live call, please click the link above to access the webcast at least 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to register your name and organization. The audio webcast will be archived on the Company's website at www.carparts.com/investor.
If you are unable to join via the webcast, you may dial in to the call at 833-649-1138 (domestic) or 918-922-3112 (international) using access code 1791764. A telephone replay will also be available on the same day through May 17, 2022 at 855-859-2056 (domestic) or 404-537-3406 (international) using access code 1791764.
About CarParts.com, Inc.
With over 25 years of experience, and more than 50 million parts delivered, we've streamlined our website and sourcing network to better serve the way drivers get the parts they need. Utilizing the latest technologies and design principles, we've created an easy-to-use, mobile-friendly shopping experience that, alongside our own nationwide distribution network, cuts out the brick-and-mortar supply chain costs and provides quality parts at a budget-friendly price.
CarParts.com is headquartered in Torrance, California.
Investor Relations:
Ryan Lockwood
IR@carparts.com
Media Relations:
5W
CarPartsPR@5wpr.com
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ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr has warned Georgians about misleading ads from rooftop solar marketers containing false promises, such as free solar, free electricity and no more electric power bills.
Consumers have reported inaccurate cost/benefit calculations, poorly designed or installed products, an inability to reach the vendor after installation, and false claims of partnership with Georgia Power and Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives made by solar marketers.
“Solar panel installation is a significant investment, whether you buy or lease a system,” Carr said in a news release. “We strongly urge Georgians to thoroughly research whether this is the right solution for them and to confirm that the solar panel company they are considering is reputable.”
Homeowners should be aware that even with solar power panels installed, they still have to pay their electric utility provider for access to the electric grid and for electricity when their solar is not operating, such as at night, on cold winter mornings or cloudy days.
Consumers should always confirm program and participation details before signing up for an offer. Customers with a solar system are required to have an agreement with their electric utility company if they wish to connect their system to the electric grid or participate in a utility-sponsored solar program, so they should be sure to contact their electricity provider to confirm details before committing to anything. For information about solar programs, consumers can visit the website of their electricity provider, be it Georgia Power or an EMC.
The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division offers the following tips for consumers considering installing solar panels for their home:
-- Review your existing power bill to see how much energy you used last year and what it cost. Look for the part of the bill that is for “metered” electricity or kilowatt-hours (kWh) and what is for other items such as delivery cost. Be aware that even if you reduce the number of kilowatt-hours you buy from the utility, you will still have to pay the utility’s fixed charges related to the provision of electric service.
-- Remember that there are other ways to lower your electric bill, such as reducing your home’s electricity use, weatherizing your home, and making your appliances more energy-efficient.
-- If you are part of an HOA or condo association, find out whether you are permitted to install solar panels.
-- The amount of power you get from a solar panel system depends on several factors, including how much direct, unshaded sunlight your roof gets annually; the angle, age and condition of your roof and which direction it faces; the size and strength of your system; and environmental factors, such as dust or snow, that may cover your system.
-- Be cautious about responding to unsolicited ads, social media posts or text messages, as these companies may not necessarily be reputable. Instead, consider asking friends, family and coworkers if they can recommend someone, and make sure the provider is associated with a licensed electrical contractor. Get estimates from several different solar panel companies before making your choice, and remember that cheaper isn’t always better.
-- Check the solar panel company’s reputation by going to the Better Business Bureau’s website at bbb.org, seeing what their rating is and whether many complaints have been lodged against the business. You may also want to do an internet search by using the company name plus the word “complaints.”
-- Find out exactly what is included in the price, such as maintenance fees, repairs, property taxes and insurance. If you are leasing the panels rather than buying them, find out whether monthly fees will increase over time and whether there is a lease buyout option.
-- If the seller is promising you a certain amount of savings by switching to solar, ask them to show you exactly how they came up with that figure. Make sure calculations reflect the fixed cost or the cost of access to the electrical grid and the supplemental electricity you will still require from your regular electricity provider. It is recommended to allow your electricity provider to provide a savings analysis based on your rate, usage pattern and actual historical energy usage.
-- Find out if you qualify for any tax credits or rebates, whether those go to you or the solar panel installer, and whether those are already reflected in the price.
-- Residential solar systems are designed to stay on your home for at least 20 years. Think about how long you are planning to stay in your home, find out how installing a system will affect your ability to sell the house, and ask if the solar company will let you transfer the contract to the new homeowner after a sale.
-- Make sure the solar panel installer is associated with a licensed electrical contractor in Georgia. To see if an electrical contractor has the required professional license, go to the Licensing section of the Georgia Secretary of State’s website, then choose “Electrical Contractors” under “Georgia Licensing Boards.” From there, select “License Search” under “Licensing Services” (https://verify.sos.ga.gov/verification/).
-- If you will be financing the purchase, talk to your bank or credit union to see if you can finance through them – it may save you money.
-- Read over the contract carefully before you sign. Make sure that you understand the details of any warranties and that all promises and guarantees are in writing.
For additional information about whether solar energy is right for you, how to select a provider and how to finance the purchase, visit consumer.georgia.gov/solar-power-your-home.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MIND Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIND) ("MIND" or the "Company") today announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 first quarter ended April 30, 2022.
Revenues from Marine Technology Products sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 were $9.1 million compared to $4.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022. The Company reported a net loss from continuing operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 of approximately $2.8 million compared to a net loss of $3.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022. First quarter of fiscal 2023 net loss from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders was $0.27 per share compared to a net loss of $0.31 per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2023 was a loss of $1.9 million compared to a loss of $3.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, which is a non-GAAP measure, is defined and reconciled to reported net loss from continuing operations and cash provided by operating activities in the accompanying financial tables. These are the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.
Backlog of Marine Technology Products as of April 30, 2022, was approximately $13.4 million compared to $13.1 million at January 31, 2022 and $11.0 million at April 30, 2021.
Rob Capps, MIND's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We were pleased with our first quarter results. We believe the significant improvement in revenues is an indication of the trajectory of our business. As we have discussed previously, we see robust interest, improved customer optimism, increased order flow and backlog. In fact, when our current backlog is combined with new orders received subsequent to April 30, 2022, and other pending orders we are confident we will obtain, we believe our total book of pending business is approximately $23 million. We expect essentially all of these orders will be completed in the current fiscal year. The fundamental trends within our primary market areas are, we think, positive for us. Global energy prices are driving increased activity among our exploration customers, as evidenced by recent and pending order activity. We believe some of our recent orders are directly associated with the current security situation in Europe. These developments highlight the ongoing need for maritime security, not only in Europe but also in the rest of the world.
"As we discussed in connection with our fiscal 2022 year end results, we have taken certain steps recently to streamline our operations and control costs. Unfortunately, the effects of those actions are not yet reflected in our results of operations. In fact, we incurred some incremental costs in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 associated with the implementation of those steps. Accordingly, we do not believe selling, general and administrative costs in the first quarter are indicative of ongoing costs," concluded Capps.
NOTE: As has been previously disclosed, the Company is exiting the land leasing business. Accordingly, the Equipment Leasing segment has been treated as a discontinued operation, and the associated results are excluded from the Company's results from continuing operations for all periods presented. Assets and liabilities associated with the Equipment Leasing segment have been reclassified as "held for sale" in the accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheet.
CONFERENCE CALL
Management has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Central Time) to discuss the Company's fiscal 2023 first quarter results. To access the call, please dial (412) 902-0030 and ask for the MIND Technology call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. Investors may also listen to the conference live on the MIND Technology website, http://mind-technology.com, by logging onto the site and clicking "Investor Relations." A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through June 16, 2022 and may be accessed by calling (201) 612-7415 and using passcode 13730308#. A webcast archive will also be available at http://mind-technology.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days. For more information, please contact Dennard Lascar Investor Relations by email at MIND@dennardlascar.com.
ABOUT MIND TECHNOLOGY
MIND Technology, Inc. provides technology to the oceanographic, hydrographic, defense, seismic and security industries. Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, MIND has a global presence with key operating locations in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Its Seamap and Klein units, design, manufacture and sell specialized, high performance, marine sonar and seismic equipment.
Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements and information in this press release concerning results for the fiscal first quarter ended April 30, 2022 may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, our business strategy and plans, and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "intend," "should," "would," "could" or other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate. All comments concerning our expectations for future revenues and operating results are based on our forecasts of our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions or dispositions. Our forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, reductions in our customers' capital budgets, our own capital budget, limitations on the availability of capital or higher costs of capital, volatility in commodity prices for oil and natural gas and the extent of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results, please see our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, unless required by law, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Certain statements and information in this press release contain non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Company management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with the GAAP financial measures, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding period-over-period operating results separate and apart from items that may, or could, have a disproportionately positive or negative impact on results in any particular period. Company management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance the ability of investors to analyze the Company's business trends and to understand the Company's performance. In addition, the Company may utilize non-GAAP financial measures as guides in its forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning processes and to measure operating performance for some management compensation purposes. Any analysis of non-GAAP financial measures should be used only in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliation of Backlog, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, is not included in this press release due to the inherent difficulty and impracticality of quantifying certain amounts that would be required to calculate the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
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Georgia lawmakers push through election probe regulation
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia law enforcement agency would have the authority to initiate investigations of election crimes under the latest voting regulation approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature after former President Donald Trump made repeated, false claims of widespread voter fraud.
Over the objections of Democrats, Republicans in the state House and Senate voted on Monday to give the Georgia Bureau of Investigation authority to start probes of alleged election wrongdoing without a request from an outside official. The alleged violation would have to be significant enough to create doubt about the outcome of an election, and the agency would have the power to issue subpoenas for election documents.
The secretary of state’s office is currently responsible for investigating alleged election violations. The GBI would provide an additional, separate layer of scrutiny.
The measure — passed on the last day of the session — still requires Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature to become law. Katie Byrd, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Tuesday that Kemp’s office was reviewing all legislation passed by the General Assembly.
Democrats and voting rights advocates said the additional authority for the GBI would intimidate voters and election workers.
“It will not only be used against your voters, but could also be used against organizations and those county election board officials or their workers,” State Rep. Jasmine Clark, a Democrat from Lilburn, said on the House floor. “Again, they already have a hard enough time getting poll workers, and now you want to sic the GBI on them. What are we doing here?”
House Speaker David Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge, said the GBI authority was not a partisan reaction to the 2020 election.
“It was a good government measure to be sure that we have competent, professional, thorough investigators,” Ralston said. “GBI is the best there is in the state.”
GOP officials have continued to try to satisfy the millions of voters in their party who believe Trump’s false claim that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020. Lawmakers in Florida have also approved a police force to pursue election crimes, a proposal pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed.
The Georgia measure comes a year after the state’s General Assembly rewrote election laws to reduce the time to request an absentee ballot, strip power from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and severely roll back the pandemic-driven expansion of absentee ballot drop boxes. It was one of the first and highest-profile voting laws passed by Republican-controlled legislatures after Trump’s defeat.
Republicans said Georgia’s 2021 law was necessary to restore confidence in the state’s election system. Democrats decried it as an effort to block Democratic-leaning citizens from voting.
Georgia lawmakers this year also considered allowing people to inspect paper ballots after an election and imposing new chain-of-custody requirements for handling ballots, but those measures were vehemently opposed by some county election administrators and did not advance.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/04/05/georgia-lawmakers-push-through-election-probe-regulation/ | 2022-04-06T05:56:17Z |
NUREMBERG, Germany, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, has announced the launch of the SG560D, an Android Smart module integrating 5G New Radio (NR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Featuring a powerful CPU and GPU, the SG560D will satisfy complex application scenarios that require both high data rates and computing capabilities such as in-vehicle infotainment, industrial handheld devices, smart gateways, industrial cameras, monitoring devices and more.
Powered by the Qualcomm QCM6490 chipset, Quectel's SG560D is a 5G Sub-6GHz Smart module equipped with a Qualcomm® Kryo™ 670 CPU built on Arm v8 Cortex technology as well as a Qualcomm® Adreno™ 642L GPU, which bring superior computing power to enable fast, high-quality data processing. Tests indicate that the SG560D module can achieve computing performance of up to 14 trillion operations per second (TOPS).
Of particular note, is that Quectel's SG560D contains an embedded Android 12 Operating System which allows for future upgrades to Android 13/14/15. Another major benefit is that this new product has a long lifespan and will be available until 2028.
Featuring 5G standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) network architectures, the SG560D supports downlink 4×4 MIMO and uplink 2×2 MIMO, and is backwards compatible with global LTE/WCDMA networks.
In addition to cellular communication capability, the SG560D supports Wi-Fi 6E bands of 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz, dual-band simultaneous (DBS), Wi-Fi 2x2 MU-MIMO and Bluetooth 5.2, which will significantly improve network coverage and enhance transmission data rates in different application scenarios.
In addition, Quectel offers a wide range of off-the-shelf and customized high-performance antennas which boost wireless connectivity significantly. Customers can bundle SG560D module with Quectel's antennas and pre-certification services, reducing both cost and time-to-market for their smart devices.
The SG560D will be on display at Embedded World Nuremberg on Booth No 171, Hall 5, June 21- 23 2022.
For full-text, visit: https://www.quectel.com/news-and-pr/sg560d-5g-aiot-module
About Quectel:
Quectel's passion for a smarter world drives us to accelerate IoT innovation. A highly customer-centric organization, we are a global IoT solutions provider backed by outstanding support and services. Our growing global team of over 4,000 professionals sets the pace for innovation in cellular, GNSS and WiFi/BT modules, antennas and IoT connectivity. Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (603236.SS), our international leadership is devoted to advancing IoT across the globe.
For more information: www.Quectel.com, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Offering one deserving family a week-long, all expenses paid, deluxe dude ranch vacation with all the fixin's for up to ten people
WICKENBURG, Ariz., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of its 75th anniversary season, the family-owned-and-operated luxury resort & golf club, Rancho de los Caballeros is inviting families all across the country to join them in celebration with a chance to win the "Ultimate Family Reunion at the Ranch" – a full week of "Horses, Hats & Hospitality" for up to 10 people; a prize package valued at more than $67,000.
Winners of this ultimate family reunion will enjoy all the traditional riding, roping, and wrangling activities you expect to find in "The Dude Ranch Capital of the World" along with championship golf, a refreshing day spa, cozy casita accommodations, fine dining, friendly western hospitality, and the luxury resort atmosphere this ranch has been known for, for generations.
"The last few years many relatives were unable to travel, get together, or see each other face to face," said Sandy Cutler, President of Rancho de los Caballeros, "we want to bring families back together. Our ranch has always been a place where generations of families gather year-after-year to enjoy the great outdoors. We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this tradition, and our 75th year together than by offering one lucky family the ultimate dream getaway to join us!"
In fact, 75% of families visiting the ranch are returning guests, drawn to the casual, friendly atmosphere and long-standing traditions like old-fashioned chuck-wagon dinners and camp-fire cookouts under the stars. Even the newest owners of the ranch, who acquired the property in 2021, are a trio of families who have been multigenerational guests of the ranch for decades.
Founded in 1948 in the spirit of the Spanish caballeros, (the "gentlemen on horseback"), Rancho de los Caballeros spans 18,000 sprawling acres across the High Sonoran Desert, just 75-minutes northwest of Phoenix, AZ. This includes over 13,000 horse-rideable acres, endless hiking and biking trails, a championship caliber 18-hole golf course, a western saloon, a fine dining restaurant and casual grill, horse and cattle corals, tennis and pickleball courts, a kids club, heated pool, luxury day spa with an outdoor labyrinth, trap, skeet and sporting clay shooting, archery, axe-throwing, and upscale southwest-style lodging, all with unparalleled desert views.
To win the Rancho de Los Caballeros 75th Anniversary Ultimate Family Reunion at the Ranch, contestants must submit a video application via TikTok, Instagram or Facebook (using the required hashtags listed in the rules) between August 15, 2022, (9:00am EST) and September 15, 2022, (11:59 PM EST). Three finalists will be selected for a final round of competition, culminating with the selection of a winning family on September 30, 2022 and an official announcement soon thereafter.
Video entries should explain why the applicant's family (or any group of 10 friends they love like family) deserves to win the "Ultimate Family Reunion at the Ranch", what's kept them apart, or what it would mean for them to all be together again. An extra tip of the hat will be given for creative western and horse-related themes, music, and costumes. For more information and full contest rules and conditions, visit www.ranchodeloscaballeros.com/reunion
The winner of Rancho de Los Caballeros' 75th Anniversary Ultimate Family Reunion at the Ranch contest will receive the following prize package, (subject to terms, conditions, and blackout dates as noted at www.ranchodeloscaballeros.com/reunion).
All activities are for up to 10 people, with times as noted.
- $7500.00 Cash Prize to use toward travel to the ranch, or for any other purpose
- 7 nights in the resort's newly renovated Maricopa Suite (includes 4 separate connected suites that sleep up to 10 people)
- Championship Golf at Los Caballeros Golf Club for 3 days
- Horseback Riding on trails surrounding the Ranch for 3 days
- Spa Services for 1 day
- Archery
- Skeet, Trap and Sporting Clay Shooting
- Ax Throwing Contest
- Corral cattle in a Team Penning competition
- Savor the Chef's Table —Wine Dinner
- Ranch Exclusive Barbecue Cookout under the starlit sky
- Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Gourmet dinner in the Private Dining Room
- All taxes and gratuities are included
Total Cash Value: $67,500 USD
Rancho de los Caballeros re-opens for their 2022-23 season on October 1, 2022, and the resort remains open for booking between October 1st-May 31st each year. For more information, visit www.ranchodeloscaballeros.com.
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Rancho de los Caballeros is a historic guest ranch and resort tucked away on 18,000 acres of spectacular Sonoran Desert, just north of Phoenix, AZ. The resort offers authentic western activities, championship golf, a refreshing spa, private casita rooms, and fine dining in a luxury resort atmosphere.
Located in an area known as "The Dude Ranch Capital of the World," Rancho de los Caballeros was founded in 1948 as a family owned and operated ranch resort. Following the true spirit of the Spanish caballeros ("gentlemen on horseback"), the ranch is beloved for its traditions, hospitality and Southwestern setting, leading guests and their families to return every year, staying in one of the ranch's 67 casita rooms or 12 suites.
Surrounded by the Sonoran Desert's hiking trails and beautiful blooming cacti, this ranch resort has everything a guest might want for a dream holiday in Arizona. The ranch features a dizzying array of horse-related activities for riders of all levels, with experts ready to help guests hone their riding skills while enjoying a scenic trail ride. They may also enjoy an acclaimed 18-hole golf course, a heated pool, a luxury day spa, tennis and pickleball courts, trap, skeet and sporting clay shooting, archery and more.
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NORWOOD, Mass., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP) ("Corbus" or the "Company"), an immunology company, announced today the first preclinical data for CRB-601 are being presented in a poster at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting being held from April 8-13, 2022, in New Orleans, LA. CRB-601 is a potent and selective αvb8 integrin monoclonal antibody designed to block the activation of TGFb in the local tumor microenvironment. TGFb is thought to be the only ligand of the αvb8 integrin. Inhibiting its ability to bind to αvb8 could therefore play an important role in the regulation of this pleiotropic cytokine. The in vitro preclinical data presented demonstrate the high affinity of CRB-601 for αvb8 and the resulting effect on TGFb. The data also show significant inhibition of tumor growth in a syngeneic model of colon cancer (MC38) by CRB-601, both as a single agent and in combination with anti PD-1 treatment. These effects are supported by the coincident increase in CD8-positive T cells in the tumor microenvironment.
"The increase of tumor infiltration by T-cells stimulated by CRB-601 is quite exciting. The effects of CRB-601 are consistent with the proposed mechanism of blocking TGFb activation, which can potentially enable an anti-tumor immune response and be an effective adjunct to immune checkpoint therapies. We are excited to bring this mechanism of action to the clinic and define the potential benefit it could bring to patients," commented Rachael Brake, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Corbus.
Corbus is currently developing CRB-601 as a potential treatment for solid tumor cancers, and the program is advancing toward an IND submission in the first half of 2023.
The AACR poster is available on the Company's website at: www.corbuspharma.com/AACRposter
Additionally, Corbus has published an updated Corporate Presentation providing an overview of the Company's full portfolio on its website at: ir.corbuspharma.com/presentations
Corbus is an immunology company committed to connecting innovation to our purpose of improving lives by developing new medicines that target the nexus between the immune system and cancer. Corbus' current pipeline includes anti-integrin monoclonal antibodies that block activation of TGFβ and small molecules that activate or inhibit the endocannabinoid system. Corbus is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts. For more information on Corbus, visit corbuspharma.com. Connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, as amended, including those relating to the Company's restructuring, trial results, product development, clinical and regulatory timelines, market opportunity, competitive position, possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, potential growth opportunities and other statement that are predictive in nature. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate and management's current beliefs and assumptions.
These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking expressions, including, but not limited to, "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. These statements relate to future events or our financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including the potential impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the potential impact of sustained social distancing efforts, on our operations, clinical development plans and timelines, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include those set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
INVESTOR CONTACT:
Brian Walsh
VP, Corporate Development
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BEACHWOOD, Ohio, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To set the stage for mass energy transformation of cities, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) aims to upgrade New York's building stock through their RetrofitNY Program. Identifying partners to help drive and execute this change, NYSERDA has named Tremco Construction Products Group an approved component manufacturer (RFQL 4551 Component Manufacturer) for Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) projects across the state of New York.
Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. (WTI), a general contracting and building enclosure maintenance company within Tremco CPG, has been selected as an approved solution provider (RFQL 4553- Solution Provider). These designations make Tremco CPG the first company to serve on NYSERDA's exclusive lists for both approved manufacturers and solution providers.
"Tremco's ability to not only provide the innovative material solutions, but also installation of the products has us uniquely positioned to support DER project needs," explained David Hutchinson, the Deep Energy Retrofit Development Representative for Tremco.
To improve a structure's performance and operational costs in a sustainable manner, Tremco CPG companies emphasize restoring building components instead of replacing them wherever possible. For example, their continuous insulation (CI) panels for façades provide superior watertightness, energy-efficiency, and durability for the building exterior, enabling stakeholders to achieve their long-term energy and aesthetic goals, while also minimizing tenant disruption.
To start a Deep Energy Retrofit project, contact your local Tremco CPG representative. You can also learn more about sustainable construction and the DER initiative here: https://youtu.be/rENqT_RLzYg
Tremco Construction Products Group (CPG) brings together the Commercial Sealants & Waterproofing and Roofing & Building Maintenance divisions of Tremco CPG Inc.; Dryvit and Willseal brands; Nudura Inc.; Prebuck LLC; Tremco Barrier Solutions, Inc.; Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc.; Weatherproofing Technologies Canada, Inc.; and Pure Air Control Services, Inc.
Tremco CPG companies operate 21 manufacturing facilities, 6 distribution sites, and 3 R&D/technology sites, and employ more than 2,700 people across North America. Together, they form the industry's only provider of comprehensive systems and services for all six sides of the building enclosure. Whether new construction or restoration, commercial, residential, in-field or in-plant – structures with Tremco CPG systems are easier to build and maintain, virtually impervious to the elements, and can provide any look desired. For restoration and renovation of existing structures, Tremco CPG's six-sided solutions deliver demonstrable performance at the lowest possible life-cycle costs, and ensure peace of mind through long-term warranties and maintenance programs. For more information, visit www.tremcocpg.com.
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AAPI small businesses to receive a $2 million dollar boost to recover from pandemic losses
Cash payments begin at $10,000.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - As Democrats work to revive a slimmed-downed version of the Build Back Better Act, some small business owners are turning to other sources of financial help to lessen the impacts of the pandemic.
Chiling Tong of the Asian and Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce in Washington says AAPI business owners across America were heavily impacted by Covid’s economic downturn. Tong explained the biggest hurdles owners are facing.
“Covid and anti-AAPI hate,” said Tong. “Both hit the AAPI business community very, very hard.”
A report from Stop AAPI Hate found there were nearly 11,500 hate incidents reported between March 19, 2020 and March 31, 2022. As the pandemic unfolded, a UCLA report found 233,000 AAPI small businesses closed from February to April in 2020.
“We’ve made a $2 million pool available in grants in amounts from $10,000 to $50,000,” said Tammy Halevy, the Executive Director of Reimagine Main Street. To help counter the financial effects of the pandemic, Halevy says AAPI small business owners are getting a boost.
It’s through the AAPISTRONG: Small Business Grants, in partnership with multiple organizations and with support from Meta, known to most as Facebook.
Forty AAPI businesses who launched during the pandemic will receive $10,000 cash grants. Sixty AAPI businesses who launched prior to the pandemic and survived will receive $25,000 cash grants. “That’s a one cash payment, and applications for the AAPI Strong Program are open until July,” said Tong.
AAPI small business owners can apply on the National Asian and Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce website. The deadline is July 26th.
Earlier this year, a survey from Small Business for America’s Future found more than 1,700 small business owners across the nation believed childcare and prescription drug policies in the Build Back Better Act would help ease their financial burdens.
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The Company's Total Investment Raised Now Tops $130 Million
CORALVILLE, Iowa, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Diagnostics, a leading artificial intelligence diagnostic health care technology company, today announced that it has successfully closed a $75 million Series B funding round. This brings the company's total amount raised to more than $130 million. Global investment firm KKR led the round, with participation from new and existing investors, including Cedar Pine, Kinderhook, 8VC, Optum Ventures, OSF Ventures, Gundersen Health System, Edward - Elmhurst Health Venture Capital, and the University of Iowa. Digital Diagnostics will use the funding to accelerate its product roadmap, expand its distribution footprint, and invest in sales and marketing. Ali Satvat, Partner and Global Head of Health Care Strategic Growth at KKR and Stephen Weiss, Managing Director of Cedar Pine, have joined the company's board of directors.
Digital Diagnostics is paving the way for AI diagnosis to become a standard-of-care, democratizing health care and closing care gaps. The company's flagship product, IDx-DR, an autonomous AI diagnostic system designed to detect diabetic retinopathy (including diabetic macular edema) at the point-of-care, is the first FDA De Novo cleared autonomous AI in health care.
"Our Series B fundraise, supported by our accelerating commercial traction, is another validation point that autonomous AI in health care is now mainstream," said John Bertrand, co-founder and CEO of Digital Diagnostics. "We are proud to have KKR, Cedar Pine, Kinderhook, 8VC, Optum Ventures, OSF Ventures, Gundersen Health System, Edward - Elmhurst Health Venture Capital, and the University of Iowa, join us in our mission to make AI-enabled diagnostic technology available at scale. We are focused on innovating the way providers manage patient care by creating technology rooted in equity and widespread access, while positively impacting patient outcomes through our AI solutions."
"Digital Diagnostics' AI technology platform is paving the path as a standard of care in the health care industry. We're focused on meeting patients where they want to experience health care—from primary care and value-based care groups to retail brick and mortar locations," remarked Seth Rainford, co-founder, president, and COO of Digital Diagnostics. "This new investment will help drive the company's next stage of growth as we double down on our AI product pipeline, allowing for commercial scalability for designing and developing AI the right way."
Dr. Michael D. Abramoff, MD, PhD, founder and executive chairman, added, "This momentous milestone furthers the mission of AI in health care with many other AI companies adopting the ethical principles that Digital Diagnostics has championed to drive the industry forward into mainstream use. As we continue to build on the ethical principles established during the design, development, and validation of IDx-DR, we are guided by a mission to transform the quality, accessibility, equity, and affordability of health care while eliminating bias."
"Digital Diagnostics is improving patient outcomes and creating compelling efficiencies for health care systems through its pioneering autonomous AI technology," said Ali Satvat, Partner and Global Head of Health Care Strategic Growth at KKR. "We are impressed with what the company has achieved so far and are excited to support its continued growth and efforts to develop new and innovative solutions for patients, providers, clinicians, and health plans."
KKR is investing in Digital Diagnostics through its Health Care Strategic Growth strategy, which is focused on investing in high-growth health care-related companies to which KKR can be a unique strategic partner in helping reach scale.
"We are proud to partner with Digital Diagnostics in advancing technology to prevent one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide: untreated diabetic retinopathy," said Stephen Weiss, Managing Director of Cedar Pine.
Digital Diagnostics Inc. is a pioneering AI diagnostics company on a mission to transform the quality, accessibility, equity, and affordability of global health care through the application of technology in the medical diagnosis and treatment process. The company, originally founded by Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, a neuroscientist, practicing fellowship-trained retina specialist, and computer engineer, is led in partnership with co-founders John Bertrand, CEO, and Seth Rainford, President and COO.
Digital Diagnostics is paving the way for autonomous and assistive AI diagnosis to become a new standard of care, contributing to democratizing health care and closing care gaps. The company works closely with patient advocacy groups, federal regulators, and other quality of care and ethics-focused stakeholders to enable the adoption of autonomous AI. For more information and the latest news follow: https://digitaldiagnostics.com/
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR's insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life, and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. For additional information about KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR), please visit KKR's website at http://www.kkr.com and on Twitter @KKR_Co.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — During the summer months there may not be a better go-to sweet treat than ice cream and yes we’re screaming for it just as much as you are because well, we love it and it’s hot outside.
As the heat of summer continues folks are getting out and about grabbing a scoop, cone, milkshake, or whatever medium you enjoy your ice cream at the most. Of course, it’s always easy to go to your go-to spot for ice cream but sometimes you want Google to tell you the best spot to go to.
Well, Google Maps has released its list of the top chains in the U.S. by search and Texas, along with Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas share a favorite chain for ice cream. You guessed it, Braum’s Ice Cream.
Quick map of the U.S.’s ice cream picks and the chains represented across the country:
Google Trends said, “We all scream for ice cream, but which chain reigns supreme in @googlemaps Search? In honor of yesterday’s #NationalIceCreamDay, we took a look at the top searched ice cream chain by state. Which is your favorite?” | https://cw33.com/news/local/this-restaurant-chain-is-the-top-spot-for-ice-cream-in-texas-3-other-states-according-to-google-maps/ | 2022-07-19T17:29:54Z |
Leaving its mark on thrifted clothing, HEINZ Vintage Drip is a collection of 157 one-of-a-kind secondhand, ketchup-stained items, available exclusively on thredUP
TORONTO and OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - After decades of leaving its mark on the fashion industry, today HEINZ launches a first-of-its-kind fashion collection of thrifted clothes with ketchup stains, in partnership with thredUP, one of the world's largest online resale platforms. The HEINZ Vintage Drip collection, sourced from and available exclusively on thredUP, features 157 secondhand streetwear and designer pieces, each with a unique HEINZ ketchup stain. Because when it's HEINZ, it's not a stain, it's a statement.
"While HEINZ is recognized globally for its iconic glass bottle, keystone and slow-pouring ketchup, we saw an opportunity to view the stain we've been leaving on clothes as another iconic brand symbol and change the narrative from a stain to a statement," says Alyssa Cicero, Brand Manager, Brand Communications, HEINZ. "This collection is about sustainably celebrating the character HEINZ ketchup stains add to apparel, inviting our fans to embrace a new iconic symbol."
The HEINZ Vintage Drip collection comes at a time when demand for thrifting sustainable, one-of-a-kind clothing options is at an all-time high among eco-conscious Gen Z and Millennial consumers. thredUP's 2022 Resale Report found that 62% of Gen Z and Millennials say they look for an item secondhand before purchasing it new. The global secondhand apparel market is also expected to grow by 127% by 2026 – three times faster than the global apparel market overall.
"At thredUP, we believe every piece of clothing deserves a second life -- even summer barbeque casualties," says Erin Wallace, VP of Integrated Marketing, thredUP. "We're thrilled to partner with an iconic brand like HEINZ to create the first-ever line of ketchup-stained secondhand clothes, celebrating reuse. This collection offers a unique way for fashion risk-takers and food lovers alike to participate in the circular economy, while doing good for people and the planet. We hope it makes a splash… err… drip!"
HEINZ Vintage Drip is available exclusively at thredUP.com/HEINZ with 100% of proceeds going to Rise Against Hunger in support of global hunger relief. Intentionally designed to be inclusive across size and gender, sizes range from XXS - XXL. Fans who can't get their hands on a piece from the first drop launching on August 30th, 2022, will have another chance on September 13, 2022, when more exclusive items will be released. North Americans can stay on top of the latest drops, seek style inspiration from notable thrifters and streetwear influencers, and share their drip on social using #HEINZVintageDrip, following and tagging @HEINZ or @HEINZ_ca, and @thredUP.
We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let's Make Life Delicious. Consumers are at the center of everything we do. With 2020 net sales of approximately $26 billion, we are committed to growing our iconic and emerging food and beverage brands on a global scale. We leverage our scale and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft Heinz across a portfolio of six consumer-driven product platforms. As global citizens, we're dedicated to making a sustainable, ethical impact while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible ways. Learn more about our journey by visiting www.kraftheinzcompany.com or following us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
thredUP is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire a new generation of consumers to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, thredUP has become one of the world's largest online resale platforms for women's and kids' apparel, shoes and accessories. Sellers love thredUP because we make it easy to clean out their closets and unlock value for themselves or for the charity of their choice while doing good for the planet. Buyers love shopping value, premium and luxury brands all in one place, at up to 90% off estimated retail price. Our proprietary operating platform is the foundation for our managed marketplace and consists of distributed processing infrastructure, proprietary software and systems and data science expertise. With thredUP's Resale-as-a-Service, some of the world's leading brands and retailers are leveraging our platform to deliver customizable, scalable resale experiences to their customers. thredUP has processed over 125 million unique secondhand items from 35,000 brands across 100 categories. By extending the life cycle of clothing, thredUP is changing the way consumers shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for the fashion industry.
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OSLO, Norway, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 annual general meeting of Aker Offshore Wind AS was held today as a digital meeting with online participation. All resolutions were made in accordance with the proposals set out in the meeting notice, including approval of the merger plan dated 30 March 2022 regarding the contemplated merger with a subsidiary of Aker Horizons ASA.
For more information regarding the merger, please see previous stock exchange releases published by Aker Offshore Wind AS.
The general meeting appointed PriceWaterhouseCoopers AS as the new auditor of the company.
Minutes of the meeting are attached and available on https://akeroffshorewind.com/investors/annual-general-meeting/
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All-New Track by Tyrone Piper and James A Norkawich
LOS ANGELES, July 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Classical Crossover artists Tyrone Piper (Tenor Vocalist) and James A Norkawich (Pianist, Composer, Arranger & Producer) come together in a classic track originally done by Queen. The compilation came about when James A. Norkawich wanted to have influence in the United States through music but was searching for a voice that could encapsulate the meaning of the song "Who Wants to Live Forever". James met Tyrone Piper, a Classical Crossover vocalist from the UK, whose style, voice, and emotion captured the true essence of Freddy Mercury as well as the song's message. This all came together right after the senseless acts of violence that took place in Uvalde Texas the week before. Through music and this track both James and Tyrone feel that music can heal all, and despite being many miles apart, as individuals needed to come together as one force to make a change. Through this song, and through the vocal stylings of Tyrone Piper, and musical adaptation of James A. Norkawich the healing process can begin, all through the power of music and unity.
Tyrone Piper and James, A Norkawich – Who Wants to Live Forever
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Contact E-mail for James A. Norkawich – JamesANorkawich@gmail.com
Management for Tyrone Piper – Marc Nixon
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Telephone - 07534611357
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Bear crashes 2-year-old’s birthday party, eats cupcakes
Published: Sep. 12, 2022 at 11:35 AM EDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (CNN) – An unexpected guest crashed a 2-year-old’s birthday party in Connecticut last weekend.
A large black bear showed up and helped itself to some cupcakes.
Laura Durst was having a party for her 2-year-old son when the bear popped up behind a guest and sniffed her.
Springing into action, some of the adults grabbed the children and took them into the garage. Some guests got into their cars and honked their horns, while others continued yelling at the bear to scare it away, but the bear was unfazed.
The bear made its way to the dessert table and began snacking.
Durst says the party guests ended up waiting inside the house until the bear left on its own.
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NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until May 2, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ("Ericsson" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: ERIC), if they purchased the Company's securities between April 27, 2017 and February 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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Ericsson and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On February 16, 2022, the Company disclosed "serious breaches of compliance rules" involving dealings in Iraq dating back to 2018 including payments made "for road transport through areas controlled by terrorist organisations, including IS." Then, on February 27, 2022, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ("ICIJ") reported on the Company's alleged dealings with ISIS in Iraq, originating from an internal report by the Company that revealed it had reportedly made "tens of millions of dollars in suspicious payments" over nearly a decade to maintain business in the country and that "a spreadsheet lists company probes into possible bribery, money laundering and embezzlement by employees in Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, China, Croatia, Libya, Morocco, the United States and South Africa[,]" which "have not been previously disclosed."
On this news, the price of Ericsson's ADS fell $0.84 per ADS, or 8.3%, from its closing price on February 25, 2022, to close at $9.28 per ADS on February 28, 2022, the next trading day.
The case is Nyy v. Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson, et al., 22-cv-01167.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that U.S. military officials believe it’s “not a good idea” for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan at the moment.
Biden’s comments in an exchange with reporters came a day after the Chinese Foreign Ministry said it would take “resolute and strong measures” should Pelosi proceed with reported plans to visit Taiwan in the coming weeks.
“Well, I think that the military thinks it’s not a good idea right now,” Biden said in response to a question about Pelosi’s reported trip. “But I don’t know what the status of it is.”
The president stopped short of suggesting that Pelosi not travel to Taiwan.
Pelosi was originally scheduled to visit in April but had to postpone after she tested positive for COVID-19. She would be the highest-ranking American lawmaker to visit the close U.S. ally since Newt Gingrich, a Republican, traveled there 25 years ago when he was House speaker.
The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that Pelosi planned to move forward with her postponed visit to Taipei in the next month. Her office declined to comment, saying the office does not confirm or deny the speaker’s international travel in advance, due to longstanding security protocols.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijiang said such a visit would “severely undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, gravely impact the foundation of China-U.S. relations and send a seriously wrong signal to Taiwan independence forces.”
The U.S. has a longstanding commitment to the “One China” policy that recognizes Beijing as the government of China but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei. China has stepped up its military provocations against democratic, self-ruled Taiwan in recent years as it looks look to intimidate it into accepting Beijing’s demands to unify with the communist mainland.
Biden also said that he expected to speak with Chinse President Xi Jinping sometime in the 10 next days.
Biden’s national security and economic aides are in the process of completing a review of the U.S. tariff policy and making recommendations to the president.
The tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump applied a 25% duty on billions of dollars of Chinese products. The penalties were intended to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and force China to adopt fairer practices.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called for eliminating some of those tariffs as a way to help fight inflation in the United States. Others in the Biden administration, including U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, have raised concerns about easing tariffs when China has not upheld its agreements on purchasing U.S. products.
Biden sidestepped a reporter’s question on Wednesday about what he might have to say to Xi about tariffs. “I’d tell him to have a good day,” Biden responded.
Biden and Xi have their differences over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prosecution of his nearly 5-month-old war against Ukraine. Biden has sought to press the Chinese to resist directly providing economic or military assistance to Russia.
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Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani and Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/biden-military-say-a-pelosi-taiwan-trip-not-a-good-idea/ | 2022-07-21T23:19:25Z |
HARTFORD, Conn., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO) previously announced the following monthly distribution on March 7, 2022:
Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid in part, or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Fund's aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Fund's assets and will constitute a return of the shareholder's capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan.
The Fund provided this estimate of the sources of the distributions:
Information regarding the Fund's performance and distribution rates is set forth below. Please note that all performance figures are based on the Fund's NAV and not the market price of the Fund's shares. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
About the Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to generate a stable income stream and growth of capital by focusing on one of the most significant long-term secular growth opportunities in markets today. A multi-asset approach based on fundamental research is employed, dynamically allocating to attractive segments of a company's debt and equity in order to offer an attractive risk/reward profile. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Allianz Global Investors is its subadviser.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (800) 254-5197, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
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An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about each fund's investment objective and risks, please see the Fund's annual report. A copy of the Fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
About Allianz Global Investors
Allianz Global Investors or AllianzGI is a leading active asset manager with over 750 investment professionals in 25 offices worldwide and manages assets for individuals, families, and institutions. The investment team has extensive experience managing closed-end funds and a differentiated, multi-asset approach based on fundamental research designed to dynamically allocate across convertible securities and equities.
About Virtus Investment Partners
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datacolor, the global leader in color management solutions, will be offering creatives who own a legacy Spyder or X-Rite/Calibrite monitor calibration device, the opportunity to upgrade to the SpyderX Elite - Datacolor's most comprehensive calibration tool.
This crossgrade campaign will be available in the USA and Canada and will allow users to upgrade to the SpyderX Elite, for a fraction of the regular price. Users simply need to follow this link and enter a valid serial number to qualify for the upgrade.
Why upgrade to the SpyderX Elite?
- It utilizes a lens-based optical system with the latest sensor technology.
- It's Datacolor's fastest calibrator, capable of calibrating your monitor in under 2 minutes.
- The highly sealed sensor and integrated lens cap make it a top choice for traveling and calibration on location, and in changing light conditions.
- You can calibrate an unlimited number of monitors and match multiple displays with StudioMatch™.
- It provides advanced monitor performance analysis.
- Access to advanced features (Softproofing & Expert Console) are available with the SpyderX Elite.
- You'll have access to a customer support team comprised of professional photographers.
The USA & Canada crossgrade promotion will be available between: June 1st - 24th, 2022
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Datacolor, a global leader in color management solutions, provides software, instruments and services to assure accurate color of materials, products and images. The world's leading brands, manufacturers and creative professionals have used Datacolor's innovative solutions to consistently achieve the right color for more than 50 years.
The company provides sales, service and support in over 100 countries throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. Industries served include textile and apparel, paint and coatings, automotive, plastics, photography and videography. For more information visit: datacolor.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. revealed last week that Trainual is No. 255 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"One of the most important steps to scaling a business is to ensure business leaders have the proper tools in place for teams to systemize, organize and scale," says Chris Ronzio, CEO of Trainual. "We're so incredibly proud that Trainual has met the needs for SMBs in more than 180 countries - and now we're recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
With $33.75 million in funding backed by Daymond John from SharkTank, Indeed Co-Founder Rony Kahan, and many more notable industry players, Trainual has experienced 2,113% growth in only three years. The brand plans to expand product offerings, hire and continue to grow as the leading SaaS platform into 2023.
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About Trainual
Trainual is a training and knowledge management platform designed to help business teams get people up to speed faster, keep them aligned from anywhere, streamline their systems and processes, and increase productivity. Built with small business budgets and ease of use in mind, Trainual makes online training manuals easy to build and simple to scale. More than 7,500 companies in over 180 countries are building their business playbooks, training their teams, and improving their operations with Trainual.
Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, visit http://conference.inc.com/.
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Kanye West returned to Instagram and had some things to say about his family.
West said he was going to be the one to decide where his four kids go to school.
Kanye West returned to Instagram and had some things to say about his family.
West said he was going to be the one to decide where his four kids go to school.
"I'm the kids father," he wrote.
"Hollywood is a giant brothel Pornography destroyed my family I deal with the addiction instagram promotes it Not gonna let it happen to Northy and Chicago," he wrote, in reference to his daughters.
West also posted a screenshot of a text from his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, where she wrote, "Can u please stop."
West replied, "No. We need to talk in person."
West shared a screenshot of a purported text message from his former mother-in-law, Kris Jenner, in which she asked her daughter to have West stop the public exchange.
"Tell him to please stop mentioning my name," the screen shot of Jenner's purported message read.
West also asked Travis Scott and Tristan Thompson, the father of Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian's children, respectively, to side with him, writing, "We in this 2gthr" to the two men.
Kardashian filed for divorce from West in February 2021. They share four young children.
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(The Hill) – The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notified lawmakers that the U.S. Secret Service had deleted text messages on Jan. 5, 2021 and on the day of the Capitol riot itself after they had been formally requested by investigators.
DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari wrote in a letter addressed to House and Senate Homeland Security committees, which was given to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol rioting, that text messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 had been “erased as part of a device-replacement program,” according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Hill and first reported by The Intercept.
“The USSS erased those text messages after OIG requested records of electronic communications from the USSS, as part of our evaluation of events at the Capitol on January 6,” Cuffari continued.
The letter said DHS officials had told the OIG that the could not provide records directly to the inspector general until they were reviewed by lawyers.
“Second, DHS personnel have repeatedly told OIG inspectors that they were not permitted to provide records directly to OIG and that such records had to first undergo review by DHS attorneys. This review led to weeks-long delays in OIG obtaining records and created confusion over whether all records had been produced,” he added.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the House select committee, said that they had just received the letter and did not immediately know who deleted the text messages.
“Well, they were not clear as to how, they just know that they’re not there,” Thompson said.
“And we had asked them some time ago to look at it. So it didn’t come on the committee side, it came on the Homeland side. And this was their — it was a letter. I have not seen the report yet. So it’s concerning, obviously, and if there’s a way we can reconstruct the text … we will,” he added.
A spokesperson for the DHS Office of the Inspector General declined to delve into the letter when reached for comment by The Intercept.
“To preserve the integrity of our work and protect our independence, we do not discuss our ongoing reviews or our communications with Congress,” the spokesperson told The Intercept.
The Hill has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General and U.S. Secret Service for comment.
Speaking to CNN last month, Marc Short, a former chief of staff to former Vice President Pence, said he had contacted Secret Service ahead of the day of the Capitol riot.
“And I think with thousands of people descending upon Washington with hopes of a different outcome, I just thought it was important that they be alerted to that,” Short told the network. “But I didn’t have any specific intelligence, I did not have any knowledge the Capitol would be attacked the way it was.”
The Secret Service also came up during dramatic testimony to the Jan. 6 panel last month from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
She offered a second-hand account that Trump had tried to grab the steering wheel of the car he was in and tried to lunge at a member of Secret Service personnel after he was told he could not go to the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The Secret Service has denied that the altercation took place.
“The Secret Service has been cooperating fully with the select committee since its inception in spring of 2021 and we will continue to do so by responding formally and on the record to the committee regarding new allegations that surfaced in today’s testimony,” Secret Service said in a statement following her testimony. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/secret-service-deleted-text-messages-ahead-of-jan-6-riot-says-ig/ | 2022-07-14T23:53:47Z |
Tropical Storm Fiona could slowly strengthen over next few days
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Tropical Storm Fiona is expected to dump 4 to 6 inches of rain on the Northern Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as it makes its trek through the tropics.
Tropical Storm Fiona developed in the Atlantic Wednesday and is the sixth named storm of the year. Fiona will be slow to strengthen as it moves closer to the Caribbean and Puerto Rico, likely to take more of a northerly turn next week back out into open waters of the Atlantic. That turn would keep it far away from Florida.
The government of Antigua and Barbuda has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, and Anguilla.
She will head westward with some decrease in forward speed with a turn toward the west-northwest possible on Sunday. Some slow strengthening is possible during the next few days.
Fiona currently has maximum sustained winds of 50 MPH currently.
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Braskem to Highlight its Expanded Portfolio of 3D Printing Offerings at North America's Largest Additive Manufacturing Conference
PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5, and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Company"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, announces today its upcoming presence at Rapid + TCT, North America's largest Additive Manufacturing conference, being held at Huntington Place, in Detroit, Michigan from May 17 to 19, 2022. The RAPID + TCT 2022 conference brings together over 100 industry leaders focused on delivering leading-edge solutions to the 3D printing and additive manufacturing industry.
Jason Vagnozzi, Braskem Global Commercial Director of Additive Manufacturing, stated, "The Braskem team is incredibly excited to be participating in the RAPID + TCT 2022 conference as we share a common vision for bringing leading-edge product innovation to market to help take the additive manufacturing and 3D printing industry to the next level. Our presence at RAPID + TCT 2022 follows a significant expansion of our filament and pellet product lines with new carbon fiber and glass fiber reinforced offerings. We will also be showcasing our new line of recycled and bio-based material offerings for 3D; these products will bring a new level of capability and sustainability to the market."
As one of the world's largest producers of polyolefins, Braskem offers solutions across 3D printing technologies such as Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), and High-speed Pellet Extrusion. Through Braskem's decades of expertise in materials science and product development, its state-of-the-art 3D printing labs, as well as its strategic partnerships with industry leaders, Braskem is committed to delivering new and innovative products to the market. If you are a start-up, university, equipment manufacturer, converter, compounder, or brand owner, Braskem's product development professionals can collaborate with you on your next 3D printing solution.
For those attending the Rapid + TCT Conference, Jason Vagnozzi, Braskem Global Commercial Director of Additive Manufacturing, and Michelle Sing, Ph.D., Braskem Materials Development Research Engineer, will be keynote presenters. They will discuss the development and design of sustainable materials for additive manufacturing. Please check the schedule for keynote presentation times during the show. Make sure to also stop by the Braskem Booth #3813 to see Braskem's full range of 3D printing and additive manufacturing offerings as well as connect with Braskem industry and product specialists. Braskem offerings on display at Rapid + TCT will include:
3D Filaments for Additive Manufacturing
Polyethylene Filament (FL300PE)
Braskem FL300PE is a 100% Polyethylene (PE) filament designed to be easy to print, lightweight, highly moisture and chemical resistant. This filament is ideal for packaging, prototyping, as well as industrial and consumer goods applications. FL300PE is an excellent solution anywhere traditional HDPE resins are typically required.
Polypropylene (PP) Filament (FL105PP)
Braskem FL105PP Polypropylene filament is a specially formulated co-polymer for additive manufacturing. This formulation is design to maximize printability, dimensional stability, and surface finish, while minimizing warpage.
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Filament (FL900PP-CF)
Braskem, FL900PP-CF Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene filament is a specially formulated co-polymer for additive manufacturing. Contains 100% recycled carbon fiber for optimal strength and durability. This formulation is design to maximize printability, dimensional stability, and surface finish, while minimizing warpage.
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Filament (FL500PP-GF)
Braskem, FL500PP-GF Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene filament is a specially formulated co-polymer for additive manufacturing. Contains glass fiber for added strength and durability. This formulation is designed to maximize printability, dimensional stability, and surface finish, while minimizing warpage and bed adhesion issues.
Recycled Polyolefin Filament with Carbon Fiber (FL605R-CF)
Braskem FL605R-CF is an engineering-grade polymer for additive manufacturing, containing 90% recycled content. Primarily sourced from recycled bottle caps, FL605R-CF is a recycled PE/PP blend that incorporates the use of recycled carbon fiber for added strength and durability. FL605R-CF provides a more sustainable solution without sacrificing printability and mechanical properties. This environmentally friendly filament provides the same low density as well as water, chemical, and impact resistance inherent to virgin polyethylene and polypropylene-based materials.
3D Pellets for Additive Manufacturing
Polypropylene Pellets (GR105PP)
Braskem GR105PP Polypropylene pellets are a specially formulated co-polymer for additive manufacturing. This formulation is design to maximize printability, dimensional stability, and surface finish, while minimizing warpage.
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Pellets (GR900PP-CF)
Braskem, FL900PP-CF Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene pellets are a specially formulated co-polymer for additive manufacturing. Contains 100% recycled carbon fiber for optimal strength and durability. This formulation is design to maximize printability, dimensional stability, and surface finish, while minimizing warpage.
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Pellets (GR500PP-GF)
Braskem, GR500PP-GF Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene pellets are a specially formulated co-polymer for additive manufacturing. Contains glass fiber for added strength and durability. This formulation is design to maximize printability, dimensional stability, and surface finish, while minimizing warpage and bed adhesion issues.
Recycled Polyolefin Pellets with Carbon Fiber (GR605R-CF)
Braskem GR605R-CF is an engineering-grade polymer for additive manufacturing, containing 90% recycled content. Primarily sourced from recycled bottle caps, GR605R-CF is a recycled PE/PP blend that incorporates the use of recycled carbon fiber for added strength and durability. GR605R-CF provides a more sustainable solution without sacrificing printability and mechanical properties. This environmentally friendly filament provides the same low density as well as water, chemical, and impact resistance inherent to virgin polyethylene and polypropylene-based materials.
To learn more about Braskem's expanding portfolio for 3D printing and additive manufacturing, visit https://www.braskem.com/usa/3d-printing.
ABOUT BRASKEM
With a global vision of the future-oriented towards people and sustainability, Braskem is committed to contributing to the value chain for strengthening the Circular Economy. The petrochemical company's almost 8,000 team members dedicate themselves every day to improve people's lives through sustainable chemicals and plastics solutions. Braskem has an innovative DNA and a comprehensive portfolio of plastic resins and chemical products for diverse segments, such as food packaging, construction, manufacturing, automotive, agribusiness, healthcare, and hygiene, among others. With 41 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, Mexico, and Germany, Braskem exports its products to clients in more than 80 countries.
Braskem America, Inc. is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. headquartered in Philadelphia. The company is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with six production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, an Innovation and Technology Center in Pittsburgh, and operations in Boston focused on leveraging groundbreaking developments in biotechnology and advanced materials. For more information, visit www.braskem.com/usa. Braskem 3D materials are also available through our strategic distribution partners M. Holland and Nexeo, as well as visiting our Braskem 3D storefront on Amazon.
Braskem on English social media:
www.facebook.com/BraskemGlobal
www.linkedin.com/company/braskem
www.twitter.com/BraskemSA
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California lawmakers propose 4-day work week
(KOVR) - A California proposal to shorten the work week is gaining traction.
The measure would implement a four-day work week, dropping from 40 hours to 32 – and require overtime pay beyond that.
The four-day work week would apply to companies with 500 hundred employees or more.
California state Rep. Evan Low co-authored the bill.
“We’re hearing time and time again about greater worker flexibility. That’s what workers are demanding. And this provides us an opportunity to reimagine the workforce, uplifting the voice of workers while also helping to ensure that we can do the type of things in a more efficient manner, and also taking care of our families and our loved ones.”
Workers would still make the same amount of money, despite working less.
The California Chamber of Commerce has pushed back, saying the proposal would be a “job killer” by making hiring more expensive.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four years, five months and four days after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his trial for the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to reach a jury begins Monday with opening statements.
Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and legal wrangling, the penalty-only trial is expected to last four months with the seven-man, five-woman jury being exposed to horrific evidence throughout. The jurors will then decide whether Cruz, 23, is sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole.
“Finally,” said Lori Alhadeff, who wants Cruz executed for murdering her 14-year-old daughter Alyssa. “I hope for swift action to hold him responsible.”
All victim parents and family members who have spoken publicly have said directly or indirectly they want Cruz sentenced to death.
The former Stoneman Douglas student pleaded guilty in October to the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre and is only challenging his sentence. Nine other U.S. gunmen who fatally shot at least 17 people died during or immediately after their attacks by suicide or police gunfire. Cruz was captured after he fled the school. The suspect in the 2019 killing of 23 at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart is awaiting trial.
Lead prosecutor Mike Satz will give his side’s presentation. Satz, 80, spent 44 years as Broward County’s state attorney and appointed himself lead prosecutor shortly after the shootings that killed 14 students and three staff members. He did not seek a 12th term and left office in early 2021, but his successor, Harold Pryor, kept him on the case.
Craig Trocino, a University of Miami law professor, said Satz will likely emphasize the shooting’s brutality and the story of each victim lost. The prosecution’s theme throughout the trial will be, “If any case deserves a death sentence, this is it,” he said.
“They are going to want to talk about how horrible the crime was, how culpable Mr. Cruz is,” said Trocino, who worked on defendants’ death penalty appeals before joining the law school.
Cruz’s lead public defender, Melisa McNeill, said in court recently that she hasn’t decided whether her team will give its opening statement immediately after Satz or wait several weeks until it’s time to present their case.
Trocino said delaying their opening statement would be a risky and extremely rare defense strategy as it would allow the prosecution to have the only say for half the trial.
He said Cruz’s attorneys will likely want to plant the seed in jurors’ minds that he is a young adult with lifelong emotional and psychological problems. The goal would be to temper the jurors’ emotions as the prosecution presents grisly videos and photos of the shootings and their aftermath, the painful testimony of the surviving wounded and tearful statements from victims’ family members.
The jurors will also tour the sealed-off three-story classroom building where the massacre occurred. It remains blood-stained and bullet-pocked, with deflated Valentine’s Day balloons and dead flowers strewn about.
“The defense will want to put a human face on Cruz,” Trocino said. “They will want to show why life without the possibility of parole is a sufficient punishment.”
During the trial, the prosecution is expected to present an overarching narrative of Cruz’s history of threats, his planning and the merciless nature of the shootings. But they will also spend time on each individual slaying as the jurors will eventually vote on 17 potential death sentences, one for each victim.
Satz’s team will be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Cruz committed at least one aggravating circumstance specified under Florida law, but that should not be an issue. Those include murders that were especially heinous or cruel; committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner; or committed during an act that created a great risk of death to many persons.
Cruz’s team can raise several mitigating factors that are also in the law. Before the shooting, Cruz had no criminal history. The attorneys can argue he was under extreme mental or emotional disturbance, and his capacity to appreciate his conduct’s criminality or conform it to the law was substantially impaired.
They will likely present evidence that:
— Cruz’s birth mother abused alcohol and drugs during pregnancy. His attorneys say that damaged his brain and left him intellectually disabled, with behavioral problems starting in preschool.
— A “trusted peer” sexually abused him.
— When Cruz was 5, his adopted father died of a heart attack in front of him, which left his adoptive mother to raise him and his brother alone.
— His adoptive mother abused alcohol and died less than four months before the massacre.
— He was an immature 19 when the shootings happened.
For each death sentence, the jury must be unanimous or the sentence for that victim is life. The jurors are told that to vote for death, the prosecution’s aggravating circumstances for that victim must, in their judgement, “outweigh” the defense’s mitigators. A juror can also vote for life out of mercy for Cruz. During jury selection, the panelists said under oath that they are capable of voting for either sentence.
It is possible Cruz could get death for some victims and life for others, particularly since he walked back to some wounded victims and killed them with a second volley. That might swing any hesitant jurors on those counts.
“The prosecution only needs for the jury to come back (for death) on one,” Trocino said. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_98d5efc2-054f-11ed-aaa8-2b8c82b16ca9.html | 2022-07-16T23:10:15Z |
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CodeScience, the leader in solving complex problems in the Salesforce ecosystem, is pleased to announce Michael Utell as its new Chief Executive Officer. Michael will guide the organization in its mission to harness the power of Salesforce to deliver solutions designed to drive innovation, digital transformation, and growth at scale.
"I'm thrilled to welcome Michael to the CodeScience team. His experience as a warm-hearted people leader, CodeScience customer, and AppExchange partner make him the perfect fit to successfully lead our CodeScience team as they tackle the most complex problems in the Salesforce ecosystem," shared CodeScience founder Mike Witherspoon.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to lead this incredible team," said Michael. "CodeScience brings together top technical and product development talent, proven customer results, and a captivating culture that has cemented its reputation as an industry leader.This organization has an incredible track record, and I am motivated by the tremendous opportunity for growth across product development, enterprise solutions, and managed services in the Salesforce ecosystem."
Michael joins CodeScience from IQVIA, bringing deep expertise in software product and software development, sales and go-to-market strategy, customer relationship management, and operational execution. As the Vice President & General Manager of IQVIA's global Commercial Compliance business, he was responsible for a broad portfolio of technology products, global engagement services, and strategic consulting. During his tenure Michal led organizational integration, software platform consolidation, and product replatforming of IQVIA's compliance technology while driving revenue growth and customer expansion.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Management & Technology from Syracuse University and completed his Masters of Business Administration from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Founded in 2008, CodeScience is a technology consulting firm with deep expertise in product development across the Salesforce ecosystem, partnering with organizations to design and build innovative business solutions. CodeScience specializes in solving complex problems to create scalable, futureproof applications that drive transformational experiences for teams, partners, and customers. With services that include Enterprise Salesforce Solutions, AppExchange Product Development (PDO) and Scrum Teams on Demand, the company has built over 400 top-performing Salesforce solutions for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) in the Salesforce Ecosystem. For more information on CodeScience's suite of services, visit codescience.com.
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Medical centers second, third in U.S. to earn recognition
WlLKES-BARRE, Pa. and SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (GWV) and Geisinger Community Medical Center (GCMC) recently became the second and third hospitals in the country to earn The Joint Commission/American Heart Association (AHA) Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification, joining Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) in Danville in establishing a national precedent for coordination among care teams who treat patients on the heart attack spectrum.
A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked, depriving the heart of oxygen. Much of the damage to heart muscle takes place in a short period of time after a heart attack, so timely care is critical for preserving heart function.
"No one expects to have a heart attack, but when it happens, we offer extraordinary care close to home for our patients and members," said Yassir Nawaz, M.D., director of interventional cardiology and co-medical director of the Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification program for Geisinger's northeast region. "With three certified medical centers, we're taking a full-team approach to diagnosing and treating chest pain patients in northeastern and central Pennsylvania."
At GWV, GCMC and GMC, chest pain patients can expect the highest level of care delivered as quickly as possible.
To accomplish this, hospital leaders, interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, advanced practitioners, nurses, emergency medicine physicians, heart failure specialists, life support specialists, emergency medical services (EMS) providers, pharmacists and care managers must collaborate closely to accommodate a patient's unique care needs. After a heart attack, cardiac rehab therapists are an integral part of the team as well.
Already recognized as Joint Commission/AHA Mission Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Centers for their ability to treat the most severe type of heart attack by restoring blood flow to the heart, GWV and GCMC have shown their commitment to making better health easier for patients and members in northeastern Pennsylvania through achieving certification. They stand ready to care for all chest pain patients, including those who:
- Go to the emergency room with chest pain
- Have heart attacks and need blood flow restored quickly
- Go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital
- Need open-heart surgery
- Need advanced therapies for heart failure or life support
"Whether a patient comes in with mild chest pain or having a serious cardiac event, it's all hands on deck," said Cinde Bower-Stout, R.N., M.H.A., cardiovascular quality manager and director of the Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification program at Geisinger. "Day-to-day frontline care after a heart attack is just as important. Lab assessment, pain management and preparation for discharge and self-care through education and therapy are all key factors in patients achieving and maintaining good quality of life."
Rigorous onsite review at both medical centers included evaluation of records for patients who were currently admitted or had been cared for since the beginning of the year and assessment of quality measures including leadership engagement, collaboration with EMS, medical decision making, systemwide approach to quality improvement, performance improvement projects and engagement with pharmacy at the bedside.
"Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification recognizes health care organizations committed to fostering continuous quality improvement in patient safety and quality of care," said Mark Pelletier, R.N., M.S., chief operating officer, Accreditation and Certification Operations, and chief nursing executive, The Joint Commission. "We commend Geisinger for having the first three hospitals to reduce variation in clinical processes and strengthen program structure and management framework for cardiac patients."
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 10 hospital campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a Research Institute and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and nearly 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Matt Mattei
570-881-0817
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Wisconsin State Fair Announces Winning Dairy Products
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crave Brothers Farmstead earns the coveted title of Grand Master Cheesemaker at the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair Blue Ribbon Dairy Products Auction on August 11. Wisconsin is America's Dairyland -- the state known for making the world's best dairy products.
"Every carton of milk, stick of butter, cup of yogurt or wedge of world-class cheese we export is a kind of ambassador, shorthand for the people and values that make Wisconsin the special place that it is," says Suzanne Fanning Chief Marketing Officer for Wisconsin Cheese and Senior Vice President of Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin. "For centuries Wisconsin has focused on crafting world-class dairy products."
This year's winner, Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, LLC who won for chocolate mascarpone, is run by four brothers and their families. They have a focus on renewable energy, use 100% green power and are proud to be a carbon-negative business. From the biodigester to water recovery and recycling, sustainability is top-of-mind at both the farm and cheese factory. This year, 2022, Crave Brothers is celebrating 20 years of award-winning cheesemaking from its farmstead in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
With more than 300 entries spanning 40 classes, the Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest Grand Champions also include:
- 2022 Grand Champion Butter – Organic Salted Butter, exhibited by CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley of LaFarge
- 2022 Grand Champion Yogurt – Yodelay Rhubarb Swiss Yogurt, exhibited by Yodelay Yogurt of Madison
- 2022 Grand Champion Sour Cream – Sour Cream-based French Onion Dip, exhibited by Westby Co-Op Creamery of Westby
- 2022 Grand Champion Milk – Reduced Fat Milk, exhibited by Weber's Farm Store of Marshfield
This state's rich dairy heritage, with generations of dairy farmers and cheesemakers adopting time tested traditions with European roots are combined with a spirit of innovation that has built an entire community centered around dairy, which can only be found in Wisconsin. The state is home to one of only two Master Cheesemaker programs in the entire world and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to learn how Wisconsin leads worldwide dairy innovation and quality. To learn more about Wisconsin's Grand Champion winners visit www.wisconsincheese.com.
About Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin: Funded by Wisconsin dairy farmers, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin is a non-profit organization that focuses on marketing and promoting Wisconsin's world-class dairy products. For more information, visit our website at WisconsinDairy.org.
About Wisconsin Cheese: The tradition of cheesemaking excellence began more than 150 years ago, before Wisconsin was recognized as a state. Wisconsin's 1,200 cheesemakers, many of whom are third- and fourth generation, continue to pass on old-world traditions while adopting modern innovations in cheesemaking craftsmanship. For more information, visit WisconsinCheese.com or connect on Facebook.
About Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board: The board is made up of individuals passionate about promoting Wisconsin's $45.6 billion dairy industry during the Wisconsin State Fair. The board provides educational opportunities for attendees with its interactive Dairy Lane exhibit, located within the lower livestock barn at Wisconsin State Fair, and cow and goat milking demonstrations, held numerous times each day. The board also manages the Real Wisconsin Cheese Grill and Blue Ribbon Dairy Products Auction, which help fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in the dairy industry.
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White House: 1st shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected.
White House COVID-19 coordinator Aashish Jha outlined the administration’s planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots. He said the Food and Drug Administration’s outside panel of advisers will meet on June 14-15 to evaluate the Pfizer and Moderna shots for younger kids. Shipments to doctors’ offices and pediatric care facilities would begin soon after FDA authorization, with the first shots possible the following week.
Jha said states can begin placing orders for pediatric vaccines on Friday, and said the administration has an initial supply of 10 million doses available. He said it may take a few days for the vaccines to arrive across the country and vaccine appointments to be widespread.
“Our expectation is that within weeks every parent who wants their child to get vaccinated will be able to get an appointment,” Jha said.
The Biden administration is pressing states to prioritize large-volume sites like children’s hospitals, and to make appointments available outside regular work hours to make it easier for parents to get their kids vaccinated.
Jha acknowledged the “frustration” of parents of young children who have been waiting more than a year for shots for their kids.
“At the end of the day we all want to move fast, but we’ve got to get it right,” he said.
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TPD arrests suspect in April homicide
Published: May. 6, 2022 at 8:51 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka Police arrested a homicide suspect Friday night.
TPD says Kayden Smith, 19, was arrested for 1st degree murder in connection to the death of Dustin Clayton. Clayton was shot April 22 in the 500 block of SW Lane.
TPD says the US Marshals and Kansas Highway Patrol assisted in Smith’s arrest.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Volta Inc. ("Volta" or the "Company") (NYSE: VLTA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Volta investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between August 2, 2021 and March 28, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
VLTA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Volta had improperly accounted for restricted stock units issued in connection with the business combination of Volta Industries, Inc. ("Legacy Volta") and Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II; (2) as a result, the Company had understated its net loss for third quarter 2021; (3) there were material weaknesses in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that resulted in a material error; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company would restate its financial statements; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Legacy Volta's founders would imminently exit the Company; (6) as a result, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Volta during the relevant time frame, you have until May 31, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Ed Korsinsky, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
jlevi@levikorsinsky.com
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Fax: (212) 363-7171
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Governor Stands with Working Families in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Joint Council 39 today announced that it is endorsing Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers for re-election.
"Tony Evers has proven that he is an unwavering advocate for workers during his tenure and we are proud to stand with him," said Bill Carroll, Joint Council 39 President. "We look forward to building upon the success we have had over the past three years."
As governor, Evers pushed a number of initiatives that have benefited working families in the Badger State. These include increased investment for higher education and infrastructure, cutting tax incentives for companies that send jobs out of state, implementing a 15 percent tax cut for the middle class, combatting worker misclassification and vetoing legislation that would have expanded child labor.
"We need a governor who will stand with Wisconsinites," said Rick Roeth, Joint Council 39 Political Coordinator. "After nominations next month, Evers will have an opponent who will push an agenda in Madison that is written for and by the Kochs and other out-of-state billionaires. We support our governor's pro-worker agenda."
Teamsters Joint Council 39 represents over 15,000 workers in transportation, construction, dairy and a wide variety of other industries throughout Wisconsin.
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New Partnership Marks Jackpocket's Biggest Deal in Sports Broadcasting
NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, the leading third-party app in the U.S. to provide a secure way to order official state lottery tickets, announced today that it is now the exclusive sponsor of the ESPN New York sports app.
"Our new partnership with ESPN New York couldn't come at a better time as the summer sports season heats up," said Jackpocket Founder and CEO Peter Sullivan. "ESPN is an iconic brand, and their popularity in the tri-state area is something local fans always rely on for the best and most thorough coverage of New York's famed sports teams."
ESPN New York is the home for all things New York sports, including play-by-play action for the city's major professional teams. This partnership is Jackpocket's largest sports broadcasting promotion, after announcing previous deals with local NYC teams like the Mets and the Jets.
Through this new partnership, Jackpocket will receive access to special ESPN events and experiences related to the New York sports scene. For instance, Jackpocket will receive eight VIP invites to the Yankees' manager Aaron Boone's cocktail event and "Q & A" at the New York Athletic Club.
In addition to giveaways and VIP experiences, Jackpocket will also be promoted by ESPN New York via live reads by popular on-air personalities like Michael Kay, Rick Dipietro, and Peter Rosenberg. Additionally, Jackpocket will receive a tile on the homepage of the ESPN New York app along with a click-through to download the Jackpocket app.
"We are excited to partner with Jackpocket. Adding the Jackpocket tile to the ESPN New York App creates an intersection of sports and gaming, while providing a unique and convenient way to serve our fans," said Vinny DiMarco, Market Manager, ESPN New York. He continued, "We look forward to the future of the partnership as it continues to evolve with event activation and content integration."
This latest deal adds to Jackpocket's growing roster of relationships with major sports brands like the NFL, NBA, and NHL. Jackpocket skyrocketed to the #1 free app on the App Store during the recent historic Mega Millions drawing and hit one million individual users who have ordered winning tickets on the app to date.
Jackpocket is on a mission to create a more convenient, fun and responsible way to play the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery app in the United States, Jackpocket provides an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets. Jackpocket is currently available in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. and is expanding to many new markets. Download the app on iOS or Android and follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention IonQ, Inc. ("IonQ") (NYSE: IONQ) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between March 30, 2021 and May 2, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in IonQ, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
https://www.wongesq.com/pslra-1/ionq-inc-loss-submission-form?prid=28391&wire=4
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against IonQ includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Aggrieved IonQ investors only have until August 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
Vincent Wong, Esq.
39 East Broadway
Suite 304
New York, NY 10002
Tel. 212.425.1140
E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com
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The independent advisory firm is one of only a few such firms in California
LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Westmount Asset Management ("Westmount"), a leading independent financial advisory firm in Los Angeles, announced today that it has been recognized as a Certified Benefit Corporation ("B Corp"). In becoming certified, Westmount joins a global movement of companies dedicated to "using business for good" by adhering to certain social and environmental standards.
With a combined revenue of roughly $67 billion, Certified B Corporations have a large global footprint. There are more than 5,000 B Corps operating in over 70 countries across 150 industries and disciplines. Westmount is one of only a handful of California-based registered investment advisory firms to attain this distinction.
"As a leading wealth advisor in Southern California, we understand quite well how the decisions we make as a business impact our clients and other stakeholders—our staff, strategic partners, and community members," said Jim Berliner, Westmount co-founder and chairman. "In that sense, our firm's long-held values align quite closely with those of the broader B Corp community and mission. We're honored to join the movement."
The announcement comes at a time when Americans are increasingly looking to engage with companies that support environmental and social initiatives in some way. As a B Corp, Westmount has met the highest verified standards of performance in these and other areas, as measured by B Lab, the nonprofit organization responsible for administering the certification process. Companies that become certified must also apply for recertification every three years in addition to satisfying other operational and legal requirements.
In its initial assessment, Westmount performed strongly in the areas of Customer Stewardship and Employees. Westmount President Mike Amash says the results go hand-in-hand with the firm's overall vision of being the "go-to" investment advisory firm for both clients and industry talent.
"Innovation has been part of Westmount's DNA from the very beginning," Amash said. "That's evident in our investment platform and core service offering, but also in how we represent ourselves within the broader financial industry. As a Certified B Corporation, we are committed to managing and operating our business in an ethical and sustainable way that serves all stakeholders."
Founded in 1990, Westmount is a leading independent investment advisory firm based in Los Angeles, managing more than $4.7 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2022. Westmount seeks to bring clarity and purpose to clients' financial lives by providing objective, independent investment advice complemented by sophisticated financial planning. To learn more, visit www.westmount.com.
Media contact: Bart Zino, Marketing Manager: 310-556-2502 or info@westmount.com
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial Advisor Jim Petrizzo, founder of Petrizzo Financial in Boulder City, NV, has partnered with Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG), an independent broker-dealer based in San Diego, CA.
Based in Boulder City, NV, Jim Petrizzo operates his family firm with his wife, Michelle Petrizzo, and daughter, Chelsea Petrizzo. Jim and Chelsea are registered financial advisors, and Michelle's role covers administrative support. Petrizzo Financial is located inside the Boulder Dam Credit Union. The firm's motto is "Our family helping your family build your financial future."
Jim Petrizzo started his firm after witnessing his aging parents' experience with exploitation at the hands of their financial advisor. "My parents were just coming into retirement age, and I was concerned that they were being taken advantage of, financially," he recalls, adding, "I wanted to go into this business to help people and treat them the way my mom and dad should have been treated." Jim had no prior experience in finance before founding Petrizzo Financial in 1991, and recently celebrated 31 years in business. "We don't do anything short-term," he said.
Petrizzo Financial joined with IFG on March 24, 2022. "We were seeking a broker-dealer that offered true independence, because we've been stuck with other firms before that tried to fit our business into a mold," said Jim. "We are thrilled to welcome Petrizzo Financial to the IFG family," said David Fischer, IFG co-founder. "We believe in helping small family firms realize their unique vision of success."
Jim Petrizzo has been in business as a financial advisor since 1991; Petrizzo Financial, his family financial advisory firm, opened in Boulder City, NV in 2011. Petrizzo Financial is licensed to operate in 17 states, and currently serves over 1500 client accounts, most of which are families and retirees. To learn more about Petrizzo Financial, please contact Michelle Petrizzo at mpetrizzo@ifgrr.com
Independent Financial Group, LLC (IFG) is a privately held independent broker-dealer based in San Diego, California. Founded in 2003, IFG provides an array of business solutions supporting more than 640 independent financial professionals across 389 offices nationwide. IFG was named among the "Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US" by Inc. 5000 in 2020 for the eighth time since 2010. San Diego Business Journal ranked IFG "#12 Among the Largest Private Companies in San Diego" in 2020. To learn more about IFG, visit ifgsd.com.
Media Contact:
Pamela Saunders
IFG
(800) 269-1903
psaunders@ifgsd.com
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DALLAS (KDAF) — In the words of the great Harry Styles, “Watermelon sugar high!”
It’s watermelon time in North Texas ladies and gentlemen.
Did you know that Aug. 3 is National Watermelon Day? Well, it is and there’s really nothing better to have to tickle your taste buds during the summer heat than a fresh watermelon.
Of course, Dallas is getting in on all of the watermelon fun with the Dallas Farmers Market Watermelon Day! “There’s a-melon reasons to celebrate local agriculture on Watermelon Day! Texas watermelons are in peak season and heading into The Shed by the truckload. Local farmers grow all the favorite varieties and even a few to try for the first time, like sweet Sugar Babies and yellow Desert Kings.”
Over at Watermelon Day, you and the family can sample some watermelons, find some awesome handmade goods, listen to live music, and enjoy some family-friendly activities. For more information about Watermelon Day, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-farmers-market-hosting-watermelon-day-during-first-weekend-of-august/ | 2022-08-03T16:51:04Z |
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Which mop and bucket set is best?
If you have hard floors, you need a mop to keep them clean from debris, dirt, spills and other grime. But cleaning the floors is much easier with a mop and bucket set since these tools are convenient, portable and highly effective. The best set is the O-Cedar Easywring Microfiber Spin Mop And Bucket since it’s easy to operate and can tackle any mess.
What to know before you buy a mop and bucket set
Floor type
Some sets are designed to handle commercial cleaning, while others are best for smaller areas such as a home kitchen or bathroom. Along with this, the type of floor you have matters when choosing a set. Most people have laminate, porcelain tile, wood or ceramic flooring.
If, for instance, you have wood flooring, the bucket should be able to easily wring out the mop so there’s minimal chance of water damage. On the other hand, if you have porcelain tile or ceramic flooring, a little extra water won’t cause much or any damage.
At the same time, if your home is primarily carpet, a smaller set will do. But if you mostly have hard floors, then you need a larger set.
Whatever the case, make sure you sweep the area with a broom before mopping to pick up any noticeable debris. This will make cleaning much easier.
Mop type
There are several types of mops, each with its own purpose. These include:
- Cut-end mops or conventional string mops: These have a bunch of strings at the end and are generally inexpensive. Because of the strings, though, they tend to trap debris and dirt. This makes it difficult to keep them clean.
- Looped-end mop: This type is similar to the conventional mop, but it’s more durable and, depending on the material, machine washable.
- Flat mops: Usually rectangular and narrow in shape, some flat mops feature a compartment that can store a cleaning solution. These mops also often come with replaceable or washable cleaning pads.
- Spin mops: When combined with the right bucket, these make the process of wringing out water much easier, making them a great choice for those with wrist issues. They come with pads and can be washed after use, making them ideal for long-term use.
Bucket features
Most traditional buckets have one main compartment that contains the water or cleaning solution used to clean the floor. These models don’t have any bonus features or systems to make mopping easier, though they usually come with a carrying handle.
If you want something more modern, there are plenty of options. Some come with wheels, which is convenient for cleaning large areas. Most have a handle so you can carry the mop and bucket over carpeted areas or over stairs.
Many buckets come with a wringer, a built-in system that keeps the mop head damp but removes excess water or dirt. These usually work by either pressing a pedal or pushing and pulling a lever.
More complex buckets come with two or more sections, one for clean water and another for dirty water. To use these, start by using the clean water or solution on the floor, then wring out the used mop in the other section.
If you have a flat mop, you don’t need a bucket with a wringer. Instead, choose one that features separate compartments for storing new and used mop pads.
Finally, most buckets have a spout or narrow rim at one end so you can empty out the contents without causing a mess.
What to look for in a quality mop and bucket set
Size
The size of the mop and bucket set affects how portable and heavy it is. But it also influences where you can store it.
For example, buckets with a larger capacity are often hard to move around when filled since they’re heavy and the liquid inside could easily slosh around.
Most buckets are measured in gallons or quarts, with a common size being 5 gallons. Some have measurements on the inside, which is convenient for anyone who wants to measure out their cleaning solution and water directly in the bucket.
Mops vary in length and size based on the type you get. Some are extendible, which makes them ideal for taller people or those who don’t want to bend over while cleaning.
If you don’t have a lot of storage space, get a mop with a removable mop head. That way, you can store each piece separately.
Material
The materials used in the mop and bucket affect the overall durability. Most modern sets consist of a combination of plastic and metal, especially in the bucket and mop handle.
Consider the material of the wringer, too. Plastic ones are cheaper, but they aren’t as sturdy and could start to corrode over time. Stainless steels wringers are more reliable and resistant to water damage.
Mop heads come in materials such as yarn, sponge, microfiber or cotton. Some materials, such as cotton, are usually machine-safe and good at absorbing water and trapping debris. Check the label to see if there are washing instructions before buying it.
Color
When purchasing a set, expect both the mop and bucket to be the same color.
For home use, the aesthetic might not matter much. But if you need it for commercial reasons, the colors play a more important role.
By getting a color-coded mop set, you can prevent cross-contamination in the environment, such as at a restaurant. The common system uses the following colors:
- Red for restrooms and similar facilities
- Yellow for gyms or some laboratories
- Blue for all-purpose cleaning
- Green for kitchen floors
How much you can expect to spend on a mop and bucket set
Most sets cost $30-$60, but you can find specialty sets around $120 or more.
Mop and bucket set FAQ
How do I sanitize a mop and bucket?
A. First, regularly clean any reusable mop head with warm water. This will help remove any remaining cleaning product or debris. If the debris won’t come off, let it sit in hot water for several minutes to loosen it. Or, if the mop head is machine washable, put it in the machine and let it air-dry. For the bucket, empty it out and wipe it down with a cleaning solution or wet wipes. Let it dry. Never leave a mop in the dirty water because this can cause bacteria growth or damage the mop head.
Where should I dispose of mop water at home?
A. Generally, it’s best to empty out the bucket in a cleaning sink or toilet.
What’s the best mop and bucket set to buy?
Top mop and bucket set
O-Cedar Easywring Microfiber Spin Mop And Bucket
What you need to know: This spin mop and bucket set is reliable, simple and can handle most residential floors with ease.
What you’ll love: The microfiber mop head can absorb dirty water and pick up debris. It comes with a refill and features a hands-free wringing solution. It’s adjustable, machine-safe and works great on any hard floor surface.
What you should consider: The materials in the handle and mop head aren’t as durable as they could be.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top mop and bucket set for the money
Bosheng Mop And Bucket With Wringer Set
What you need to know: This flat floor mop cleans multiple surfaces using 360-degree rotation.
What you’ll love: With three microfiber pads, this mop is great for tile, hardwood and laminate flooring. The bucket features two compartments: one for clean water and one for dirty water. This compact set can also be used for wet and dry cleaning.
What you should consider: Some of the dirty water might mix with the clean water.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Mastertop Spin Mop And Bucket With Wringer Set
What you need to know: This set is perfect for people who want extra microfiber mop head refills and an easy wringing system.
What you’ll love: This durable set features a stainless steel wringer and mop handle. It comes with five refills and five cleaning cloths. Plus, it’s machine washable and easy to set up.
What you should consider: The bucket handle is a little flimsy, so avoid filling it too much.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Annual philanthropic program benefits groups from around the world
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, today announced that its member communities and councils selected 16 technology-related charities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the United States to give $240,000 in donations this year. WonderKey Collective received the largest total donation of $70,000.
As part of CompTIA Giving, contributions made by CompTIA's member communities and councils support local communities and improve education, access to resources and career options for individuals in need. CompTIA Giving designates $10,000 for each of CompTIA's communities and councils to give to their chosen charities each year. Each community and council can give the full $10,000 to one charity or split it among two charities.
"CompTIA and our member communities and councils are committed to building a stronger and more diverse technology industry," said M.J Shoer, chief community officer, CompTIA. "This year's group of charities is a perfect example of how people are using technology to solve all sorts of challenges and support the dreams and capabilities of the people across the globe. I am honored to be part of an association that believes in giving back and proud to support these wonderful organizations."
The following charities have been selected by CompTIA's member communities and councils for donations this year:
- Ability Technology aims to increase the independence and productive potential of people with a disability by using computer and related technology.
- Aspire2STEAM provides educational scholarships to young, underserved women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
- Centrepoint provides housing and support for young people in the UK and aspires to end youth homelessness.
- Close the Gap aims to bridge the digital divide by offering high-quality, pre-owned computers donated by European and international companies to educational, medical and social projects in developing and emerging countries.
- Digitunity aims to eliminate the technology gap, through and with a network of stakeholders and solutions, so that everyone can thrive in a digitally connected society.
- Federation of Galaxy Explorers inspires youth in the fields of science and engineering by providing afterschool "mission team" meetings where students participate in hands-on lessons that support the National Science Education Standards.
- Foster Care to Success works with college-bound foster youth, helping them navigate the tricky waters of academia, understand the importance of personal fiscal responsibility, determine achievable career goals, and create networks of friendship and support.
- Future Possibilities for Kids focuses on building leaders through unique leadership programs, coaching children to believe in themselves and lead community change.
- Hire Heroes USA provides free, expert career coaching and job sourcing to transitioning U.S. military members, veterans and military spouses.
- iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower first-generation students to graduate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions.
- Kids Help Phone Canada is a counseling center for Canadian kids which promises to listen without judgment 24/7.
- OMGTech! aims to open up the world of future tech to every Kiwi kid through award winning workshops and initiatives.
- Share Your Soles provides gently worn/new shoes to those in greatest need around the world.
- Starlight Children's Foundation aims to bring the very best in technology, play, and other fun experiences to distract and entertain pediatric patients.
- Women in Aerospace is dedicated to expanding women's opportunities for leadership and increasing their visibility in the aerospace community through networking and policy events that highlight issues relevant to the aerospace industry.
- WonderKey Collective exists to narrow the digital divide by providing hardware, internet access, and essentials for foster, emancipated, and homeless youth throughout the United States.
CompTIA divides its philanthropic efforts along three main lines: 1) CompTIA Giving, which gives money and staff time to tech-related charities; 2) CompTIA Tech Career Academy, which provides grants to low-income individuals and those who are underrepresented in tech roles; and 3) CompTIA Spark, which researches and develops workforce development and tech education programs to build new pathways to IT careers.
More information about CompTIA's member communities and councils and their activities can be found on the website.
Charities that would like to be considered for future gifts should send their information to Emily Gaines, egaines@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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VANCOUVER, BC, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Gold Royalty Corp. ("Gold Royalty" or the "Company") (NYSE: GROY) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced transaction with Monarch Mining Corporation ("Monarch"). Pursuant to the transaction, Gold Royalty provided C$4.5 million in additional royalty financing to Monarch in exchange for increasing the size of the Company's existing royalties and provided an additional C$1 million in financing to Monarch by participating in its marketed private placement.
The expanded royalties include:
- Increased Per Tonne Royalty ("PTR"): The existing C$2.50 PTR on material from the Beaufor Mine through the Beacon Mill will be increased to C$3.75/t on material from the Beaufor Mine and C$1.25/t on material from the McKenzie Break, Croinor Gold, and Swanson properties.
- Increased Net Smelter Return ("NSR") Royalties: The existing 2.50% NSR royalties on Monarch's McKenzie Break, Croinor Gold, and Swanson properties will be increased to a 2.75% NSR over the properties.
- Buyback Elimination: Monarch's existing 1.25% NSR royalty buyback rights on the McKenzie Break, Croinor Gold, and Swanson properties will be extinguished.
- Pre-emptive Rights: Gold Royalty will retain pre-emptive rights on any future PTR's on the Beacon Mill and will retain a right of first refusal on the creation of any additional NSR properties over the McKenzie Break, Croinor Gold, and Swanson properties.
Pursuant to the private placement, Gold Royalty acquired 1,666,667 units of Monarch at a price of C$0.60 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one common share of Monarch and one warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder to acquire an additional share for C$0.95 for a period of 60 months from the date of issuance thereof.
About Gold Royalty Corp.
Gold Royalty Corp. is a gold-focused royalty company offering creative financing solutions to the metals and mining industry. Its mission is to acquire royalties, streams and similar interests at varying stages of the mine life cycle to build a balanced portfolio offering near, medium and longer-term attractive returns for its investors. Gold Royalty's diversified portfolio currently consists primarily of net smelter return royalties on gold properties located in the Americas.
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Kansas man arrested for indecent liberties with a child in Brown Co.
Published: Sep. 2, 2022 at 8:56 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
BROWN CO., Kan. (WIBW) - A Kansas man was arrested Friday for indecent liberties with a child in Brown County.
After an extensive investigation by the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, Darin Lierz, 44, of Fairview was arrested on four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14.
Lierz is being held in the Brown County Jail on a bond of $200,000 as of Friday at 9:00 p.m.
This case is still under investigation.
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MIAMI (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers put All-Star pitcher Tony Gonsolin on the injured list Monday because of a strained right forearm, making the move as a precaution hours before his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins.
Pitching more than he ever has in his career, Gonsolin is tied for the big league lead with 16 victories. His injury is the latest for a rotation that’s helped the Dodgers post the best record in the majors.
“It just felt kind of tight coming out of the last outing,” Gonsolin said. “I’ve dealt with a little bit of tightness early this year. Thought it was going to go away a couple of days and it lingered this time so we are going to push back.”
After splitting time between starting and relief his first three seasons, the 28-year-old Gonsolin (16-1) has emerged as one of the top pitchers in the major leagues. The right-hander leads the NL with a 2.10 ERA and is tied with Houston’s Justin Verlander and Atlanta’s Kyle Wright for the most wins in the majors.
With injuries to three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and Walker Buehler, Gonsolin ascended in the Dodgers’ rotation and earned his first All-Star selection.
But Gonsolin’s workload also has increased, unlike his previous three seasons with the club. Gonsolin already has thrown 128 1/3 innings this season after a previous a major league high of 55 2/3 in 2021.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said this is new territory for Gonsolin.
“One part of it is, you do lose a little bit of momentum of the season that you’re having. But I think the most important part is you have to do everything we can to keep him healthy,” he said.
Gonsolin doesn’t expect to miss beyond the two starts during his IL stint. He said that an MRI wasn’t required after other tests revealed no structural damage.
“Every ligament test came out negative,” Gonsolin said. “Everything is feeling really good other than a little bit of tightness when I throw.”
The Dodgers, who began the day with a 19 1/2-game lead over San Diego in the NL West, recalled Michael Grove from Triple-A Oklahoma City. The right-hander will start against the Miami.
The Dodgers begin a three-game set at the NL East-leading New York Mets on Tuesday.
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CLEVELAND, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Preformed Line Products (Nasdaq: PLPC) on June 15, 2022, declared a regular quarterly dividend in the amount of $.20 per share on the Company's common shares, payable July 20, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 1, 2022.
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PLP protects the world's most critical connections by creating stronger and more reliable networks. The company's precision-engineered solutions are trusted by energy and communications providers worldwide to perform better and last longer. With locations in over 20 countries, PLP works as a united global corporation, delivering high-quality products and unparalleled service to customers around the world.
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‘Not funny to me:’ Beto O’Rourke curses at heckler over Uvalde shooting
MINERAL WELLS, Texas (CNN) - Beto O’Rourke cursed at a heckler during an event Wednesday in Mineral Wells, Texas.
The Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate responded to a person in the crowd who laughed at O’Rourke as he spoke about the Robb Elementary School mass shooting.
“Nineteen kids and their two teachers shot to death with a weapon originally designed for use in combat, legally purchased by an 18-year-old, who did not try to obtain one when he was 16 or 17 but followed the law that is on the books,” O’Rouke said.
As he continued speaking about the Uvalde mass shooting, a person in the audience laughed.
“It may be funny for you, mother----er, but it’s not funny to me, OK?” O’Rourke said.
O’Rourke has consistently called for tougher gun laws.
He is facing incumbent Republican Gov. Gregg Abbot in November.
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OAKLAND, Calif., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Elders' Independence (CEI) is entering its fifth decade of helping East Bay elders age independently and gracefully. More than 5,000 senior participants and their families have benefited from the dedication of CEI's staff and leadership.
"This talented team has worked so incredibly hard, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide high-quality care for participants through a very challenging time," CEI President and CEO María Zamora said. "We recognize that we have a great responsibility and each one of our team members continually steps up to meet that responsibility in amazing ways."
CEI celebrates its 40th anniversary by continuing to expand operations to bring quality care to senior residents in the area. Currently, the organization serves more than 950 older adults through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) healthcare, which allows seniors to receive the care they need, all while continuing to live at home. CEI recently opened its latest PACE center in Concord.
"I am humbled by CEI's rich history of serving seniors over 40 years and honored to lead this organization into the future," Zamora said. "Looking forward, I am grateful for our strong financial position as we remain committed to providing high-quality services to our participants."
During the pandemic, CEI's PACE program had one of the lowest COVID-19 infection rates — 11.2%, compared to 62% in nursing facilities in the state. This is a testament to the power of PACE, commonly referred to as the gold standard of long-term care.
About Center for Elders' Independence (CEI)
Now in its 40th year in the East Bay, CEI is a comprehensive healthcare model for vulnerable older adults. CEI serves 950 senior participants using PACE (the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), which provides medical care and integrated support services, enabling older adults with multiple health challenges to live safely in a home setting for as long as possible. CEI also provides care coordination for more than 470 residents of all ages in Alameda and Contra Costa counties through the Home and Community Based Alternatives (HCBA) waiver program. CEI became one of two California PACE organizations to negotiate with the state to participate in HCBA, which helps disabled persons aged 18 and over to stay living independently in their communities. PACE has been replicated in more than 270 centers in 30 states. For more information about Center for Elders' Independence, visit elders.org or call (844) 319-1150.
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Her debut single "Deeper" will be released, today, September 16th on all streaming platforms with her NFT Artist Pass release to follow on September 21st
Listen to "Deeper" and Follow all things Amari here:
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amari comes from CyberBrokers, a first-of-its-kind art collectibles ecosystem centered around 10,001 unique and on-chain CyberBroker NFTs designed by heralded cryptoartist Josie Bellini. Constructed from a community where the world governments had come together to save humanity by moving into the metaverse, Amari of Medina was born. Once in the metaverse her well known NFT materialized and her artistry thrived. As an artist she is inspired by many things. Amari is always taking bits and pieces from all the thrills that she seeks in the world around her, always looking for a deeper meaning and a deeper connection, which ultimately leads to her first single "Deeper."
"Deeper" is written and produced by Sean Myer (Ava Max / Fletcher / Demi Lovato / Ekali ) and is rounded out by a team of strong writers including, Sarah Barrios (Ava Max / Fletcher / Demi Lovato / Ekali) Linnea Sodahl (Zara Larsson, Tove Styrke, Twice, Tinie Tempah and Axwell) and Kevin Fisher ( Fergie / All Time Low / Five Seconds of Summer / Lany / One Republic). Heavily influenced by strong female artists like Halsey and Ellie Goulding, the direction of her sound is best described as top 40's pop with electronic undertones.
Following "Deeper" on DSPs, more will be made available on September 21 via the Amari Artist Pass NFT. It serves as the ticket into the Amari community with access to limited edition Amari merch, special access to artist related IRL and metaverse activations, access to seasonal holders events, activities, and giveaways, voting on creative direction of Artist (i.e. collaborations) and free claim of the Amari one-shot comic and future lore drops.
The mint of the pass will have 2000 total available on Ethereum with some dedicated to the original Player Zero Founders Pass holders.
Player Zero Records is a new Web3 record label which was founded by innovators Digital Arts & Sciences and famed producer Dr. Luke.
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Emerging from a virtual world, Player Zero––a joint venture from web3 collective Digital Arts & Sciences and multi-GRAMMY Award-winning producer Dr. Lukon e–introduces the AVA (Animated Virtual Artist) to entertain music fans in a new reality. AVA's enable limitless multimedia possibilities within virtual worlds, and allow Player Zero to lift the creators behind the scenes (songwriters, producers, digital artists, writers and animators), as well as give fans an opportunity to participate in the creative direction and success of the artists. Follow Player Zero through its music releases, socials, videos, metaverse experiences and NFT drops. Creativity should have no limits.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Unity between March 5, 2021 and May 10, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 6, 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, Unity Software Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (ii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's revenues; (iii) accordingly, Unity had overstated the Company's commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (iv) as a result, the Company was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the publication by the UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, of a new policy paper on combating Holocaust and genocide denial. The paper was produced in collaboration with AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI).
"Holocaust denial is rooted in antisemitism," emphasizes Nderitu in the policy paper's foreword, adding that her office is also "extremely worried about the increasingly frequent distortions of the Holocaust's scope and intentionality." Nderitu emphasizes that denying the facts of the Holocaust and other genocides generates fear among victims, "constitutes a warning sign of societal fragility" and "can inspire and fuel hatred of, or even incite violence against, communities that previously experienced atrocity crimes."
Expressing alarm about the increasing prevalence of Holocaust denial and distortion online and offline at a time when record-high levels of antisemitic incidents have been reported in many countries, the policy paper urges UN system actors to reject expressions of Holocaust denial and distortion and actively encourage measures to curb its spread while respecting human rights standards, particularly the right to freedom of expression.
"The UN policy paper is groundbreaking because it emphasizes that all of the world body's personnel should act in ways that clearly reflect its support for all communities that have experienced genocide and atrocity crimes, and specifically highlights that Jewish communities continue to be threatened by the antisemitic attitudes and incidents that Holocaust denial fuels," said Felice Gaer, Director of AJC's JBI. "Special Adviser Nderitu is to be applauded for courageously and clearly communicating to the UN system that the threat posed to Jews, and to entire societies, by continuing Holocaust denial and distortion is serious, and that UN officials should condemn it, even when doing so may be politically difficult, because their silence may be interpreted as condoning it."
The new policy paper's detailed recommendations emerged from an expert brainstorming session convened in December 2021 by AJC's JBI and the UN's Genocide Prevention Office. Some recommendations are directed to the UN itself, including guidance that all UN actors should:
- receive instruction on recognizing and understanding Holocaust denial and distortion, with reference to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Holocaust Denial and Distortion.
- regularly consult with representatives of communities that have experienced atrocity crimes to understand their concerns.
- engage with government officials, encouraging them to condemn Holocaust distortion and denial.
- incorporate teaching about the Holocaust and genocides in higher education and training for civil servants, not limiting such learning to secondary school educational settings, and use the teaching aid on Holocaust Denial, Distortion and Trivialization developed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
- urge social media companies to avoid amplifying Holocaust denial and distortion; recognize in their community standards that it can cause revictimization, repeat historical patterns of discrimination and negative stereotypes, and incite hostility and violence; and mitigate the impact of Holocaust and genocide denial and distortion through varying forms of content moderation, including but not limited to removing content.
The UN-JBI paper also offers important guidance on laws prohibiting Holocaust denial and distinguishes between these protective laws and broader so-called "memory laws" that bar the refutation of narratives denying national or communal complicity in the Holocaust or other atrocity crimes, which have been used to punish victims and otherwise curtail speech that human rights law protects.
No previous UN document has addressed these complicated issues in such specificity or detail.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: AE) ("Adams" or the "Company") today announces that its subsidiary, Victoria Express Pipeline, L.L.C. ("VEX"), will construct a new pipeline connection to Max Midstream Texas, LLC's ("Max Midstream") recently acquired Upper Gulf Coast Pipeline System.
Currently, the VEX Pipeline System connects the central Eagle Ford Shale near Cuero, TX to the GulfMark Terminals, LLC ("GMT") Cuero terminal facility and to the GMT POV terminal facility at the Port of Victoria, Texas. Max Midstream's Upper Gulf Coast Pipeline System spans points both upstream and downstream of the VEX Pipeline System, providing incremental crude oil supply potential, as well as new market delivery points to VEX customers to the dock at Point Comfort via the Max Midstream system. Potential future connection points via the Max Midstream system include the Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate pipeline, P66 Gray Oak Pipeline and the Taft Hub near the Port of Corpus Christi.
Greg Mills, President of GulfMark Energy, Inc. commented, "The connection to the Max Midstream system will allow VEX to provide shippers with more diversity of supply, and through the Max Midstream system, access to important additional crude oil markets, which will complement the existing Port of Victoria market which the VEX Pipeline serves today."
"I am pleased to see the GulfMark team continue to execute on the strategic plans surrounding the VEX Pipeline System. This connection with Max Midstream is the next step toward maximizing this asset's potential," said Kevin Roycraft, Adams' Chief Executive Officer and President.
Construction of the new pipeline connection will begin in September 2022, and we anticipate the connection being complete by the end of the year, with new volume anticipated on the pipeline as early as the first quarter to the first half of 2023.
Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. is engaged in crude oil marketing, transportation, terminalling and storage, tank truck transportation of liquid chemicals and dry bulk and recycling and repurposing of off-spec fuels, lubricants, crude oil and other chemicals through its subsidiaries, GulfMark Energy, Inc., Service Transport Company, Victoria Express Pipeline, L.L.C., GulfMark Terminals, LLC, Phoenix Oil, Inc., and Firebird Bulk Carriers, Inc. For more information, visit www.adamsresources.com.
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Gene Shue, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year who won 784 games with the Bullets, 76ers and Clippers, has died. He was 90.
A five-time All-Star as a player for the Pistons, Shue went on to coach for more than two decades. He took the Baltimore Bullets to the NBA Finals in 1971, then did the same with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1977. He is still the record holder for the Washington-Baltimore franchise with 522 victories.
The Wizards and the NBA announced Shue’s death Monday.
“Gene dedicated his life to the game and left an indelible mark as a player, head coach and executive,” the league said.
Shue played collegiately at Maryland, where he was named the top player at the Southern Conference Tournament in 1953, then earned All-ACC honors the following year after the Terrapins joined that league. He was taken with the No. 3 pick in the 1954 draft by the Philadelphia Warriors.
His five All-Star selections came as a member of the Detroit Pistons, and he played a decade in the NBA before transitioning to coaching. He took over the Bullets in 1966, and he was named Coach of the Year in 1968-69 when the team went 57-25. In 1971, Baltimore reached the Finals before losing to Milwaukee.
“We are saddened by the passing of former Bullets head coach Gene Shue, a Baltimore native and the winningest coach in franchise history,” the Wizards said.
Shue resigned after the 1972-73 season, then took over the 76ers. Philadelphia reached the Finals in 1977 but lost in six games to Portland.
Shue was fired by the 76ers early the following season and ended up with the San Diego Clippers from 1978-80. When the NBA adopted the 3-pointer in the 1979-80 season, the Clippers led the league in both attempts and field goals from long distance.
Shue’s second stint with the Bullets began in 1980, and he took them to the playoffs three more times before being fired in March 1986. His second Coach of the Year award came in 1982.
He went back to the Clippers for his final coaching stop, then became general manager of the 76ers in 1990 and served until 1992.
Shue was inducted into University of Maryland’s Hall of Fame in 1991.
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PITTSBURGH, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a fun and challenging puzzle to help pass the time," said an inventor, from Caledonia, Miss., "so I invented the PANDORA TOWER. My design could sharpen mental acuity and cognition while offering an entertaining activity."
The invention provides a new puzzle toy for individuals of all ages. In doing so, it offers a challenging alternative to traditional puzzles and activities. As a result, it could help to improve problem-solving skills and hand-eye coordination and it could enhance entertainment. The invention features an inventive design that is fun to solve so it is ideal for adults and children. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Birmingham sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-BRK-4115, 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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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the Artemis I launch scrub Saturday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency will hold a media briefing no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday Sept. 3, to discuss mission status. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson provided initial remarks following the scrub.
Artemis I is a flight test to launch NASA's Space Launch System rocket and an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon before the Artemis II mission with astronauts aboard.
The briefing will livestream on NASA Television and the agency's app. Watch on the agency's website at:
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA's Artemis launch director, waived off the Artemis I launch attempt at approximately 11:17 a.m. Teams encountered a liquid hydrogen leak while loading the propellant into the rocket's core stage. Multiple troubleshooting efforts to address the area of the leak by reseating a seal in the quick disconnect where liquid hydrogen is fed into the rocket did not fix the issue. Engineers are continuing to gather additional data.
The following individuals are confirmed to participate in the news briefing at this time, with additional participants to be determined:
- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
- Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP by the start of the call to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
For updates, follow along on NASA's Artemis blog.
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Top-of-the-line F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States and South Korea are teaming up for the first time in a 10-day exercise meant to send a message to North Korea.
Six US Air Force F-35As from Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska arrived in South Korea on Tuesday and will fly with F-35s from the host nation in a series of exercises ending July 14, the two militaries said.
"This deployment is aimed at enhancing the interoperability of (our air forces) while demonstrating the strong deterrence and joint defense posture of the alliance," the South Korean Defense Ministry said.
A South Korean spokesperson said this is the first time stealth fighters from the two allies have worked together.
Experts say stealth fighters able to evade Pyongyang's radars would be vital in any action against North Korea.
The deployment of the US fighters is a visible sign of the commitment US President Joe Biden made to his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk Yeol, when the two met in Seoul in May.
"Considering the evolving threat posed by (North Korea), both leaders agree to initiate discussions to expand the scope and scale of combined military exercises and training on and around the Korean Peninsula," the White House said after the two presidents met. "Both leaders also reaffirm the commitment of the US to deploy strategic US military assets in a timely and coordinated manner as necessary."
Tensions with North Korea have been increasing in recent months. Pyongyang has been testing missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads at a record pace, with at least 17 launches this year.
The US military said the American F-35s would operate alongside other US aircraft during their deployment, without giving specifics.
But working with the South Korean F-35s is the main event.
The F-35 is one of the world's most advanced fighter aircraft. The US operates hundreds of the jets, which come in three configurations, the conventional take-off and landing F-35As, flown by the Air Force; the Marine Corps' F-35Bs, which can land vertically; and the F-35C, configured for aircraft carrier operations.
Like the US Air Force, the South Korean Air Force flies the F-35A, with its first jet delivered by manufacturer Lockheed Martin in 2018. Its fleet of 40 of the fifth-generation jets became fully operational this spring.
On March 25, a day after one of Pyongyang's missile tests, Seoul staged an "elephant walk" of its F-35 fleet, lining up the jets all at once on a runway in a display of power.
"Using the F-35A stealth fighters, the invisible power capable of stealth infiltration and precise striking, we will achieve an overwhelming strategic victory and maintain a full military posture that will deter further actions by North Korea," then-Defense Minister Suh Wook said during the elephant walk.
The last reported deployment of US F-35s to South Korea came in 2017, when they joined F-22 stealth fighters in what at the time was described as the largest concentration of fifth-generation fighter jets ever in South Korea.
Those warplanes were part of a massive annual US-South Korea exercise named Vigilant Ace, which was canceled later under the Donald Trump administration as the then-US President tried to entice North Korea's Kim Jong Un into giving up his nuclear missile programs.
After three meetings between Trump and Kim failed to yield an agreement, North Korea has ramped up its missile program. The US and South Korea fear Pyongyang may try to test a nuclear weapon soon, something it has not done since 2017.
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CHICAGO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid high energy prices, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) on Thursday urged consumers who are struggling to pay their utility bills to call their utilities immediately to learn about protections available to stay connected to service. Some of those safeguards expire July 31.
"It's been a rough year for utility customers, and it's so important that people keep the lines of communication open with their utilities," CUB Communications Director Jim Chilsen said. "Call your utilities to learn about energy assistance available and special payment plans to pay off your debt, and inquire about energy efficiency programs that can help soften the blow of these high prices."
Energy prices are at unprecedented levels for natural gas and electric customers. The ComEd and Ameren summer power prices are up by a range of 60 percent to 120 percent. Natural Gas prices offered by utilities across the state are up to 130 percent higher than last year.
CUB and other consumer advocates have negotiated with utilities to create protections to help people stay connected. But many of those end July 31. The following is a summary of some protections, broken down by major utilities in the state:
- ComEd, Ameren, Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas said they will not disconnect lower-income customers due to nonpayment, through July 31. Specifically, this covers customers who in 2022 have applied for or are receiving benefits through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) or the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP).
- ComEd: LIHEAP or PIPP customers can receive Deferred Payment Arrangements (DPAs) of 12 months, with no down payment, available through July 31. All other residential customers can sign up for a DPA of up to 12 months with 10 percent down until July 31.
- Ameren: Qualified Ameren Illinois customers who are behind on their energy bills can establish an 18-month repayment plan with a 10 percent down payment through July 31. After July 31, most customers with outstanding balances will need to make a 25 percent down payment before they can establish a monthly payment plan.
- Nicor: Customers can sign up for an 18-month deferred payment arrangement (DPA) with no down payment required.
- Peoples Gas/North Shore Gas: LIHEAP/PIPP customers or applicants are eligible for an 18-month DPA with no down payment required through July 31. All other residential customers may enroll in a 25 percent down, 18-month DPA through July 31.
CUB encourages consumers to call their utilities to ask about eligibility to access protections before they expire. Utility contact information:
- ComEd 1-800-334-7661
- Ameren 1-800-755-5000
- Nicor 1-888-642-6748
- Peoples Gas 1-866-556-6001 and North Shore Gas 1-866-556-6004
For more information about high energy prices, visit CUBHelpCenter.com.
CUB is Illinois' leading nonprofit utility watchdog. Created by the Illinois Legislature, CUB opened its doors in 1984 to represent the interests of residential and small-business utility customers. Since then, it has saved consumers more than $20 billion by helping block rate hikes, secure refunds and fight for clean, low-cost energy. For more information, call CUB's Consumer Hotline, 1-800-669-5556, or visit its website, www.CitizensUtilityBoard.org.
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North Star to celebrate 80 years with new beer, summer-long celebration
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - After 80 years in business, North Star Steakhouse has invited Topekans to come to celebrate eight decades of amazing food as well as a new beer in its honor from Blind Tiger.
North Star Steakhouse says in 2022 it will celebrate its 80th birthday at the same location. The steakhouse has a lasting legacy of great food and service to Topeka and surrounding areas.
Not only has it sustained through the COVID-19 pandemic, but North Star said it has thrived due to the hard work of four families and countless team members dedicated to the restaurant’s success.
However, North Star said guests truly make the steakhouse what it has become and their continued support is what it wants to honor after 80 years in business.
On Tuesday, May 31, North Star said Blind Tiger Brewery will release the North Star Pilsner at its location. It said it is excited to have a lasting relationship with the brewery and to share the beer with the community.
The steakhouse said it plans to celebrate the night as its slow opening anniversary kickoff event and will have cake and specials to share with guests. Throughout the summer, it said a series of interactive Dinner Theaters will be held which share some of the stories of the original owner William E. Jug Robinson - a known bootlegger.
North Star said the show is titled “Jug’s Jug got him in a Jug” and will be performed by seasoned local actors, as well as a few long-time team members.
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C-Path, NORD and FDA hosted an annual workshop September 13-14 to spotlight the impact of their innovative data and analytics platform on rare disease drug development
TUCSON, Ariz. and WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform initiative (RDCA-DAP®) hosted an all-day workshop and annual meeting September 13 and 14 in Washington. The in-person and livestream event for rare disease stakeholders featured expert presentations, panel discussions, platform demonstrations, and was attended by more than 200 patients, researchers, clinicians, biopharmaceutical company representatives, regulatory reviewers, and scientists.
RDCA-DAP was established through a partnership between Critical Path Institute (C-Path), National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and has grown to include dozens of collaborations between a variety of stakeholders throughout the rare disease community. The platform serves as a centralized and standardized infrastructure to host integrated and shared data and to support and accelerate rare disease medical product development.
The workshop's keynote address was delivered by Theresa Mullin, Ph.D., Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, FDA, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). "Building this platform was about better informing drug development programs to get drugs that are effective and safe to patients with rare diseases as soon as possible and as efficiently as possible," Mullin said. "It's taken a multistakeholder effort and now we're seeing tools and learnings that can be shared across rare diseases."
The keynote was followed by a panel discussion on the impact of RDCA-DAP, which featured representatives from each organization engaged in this effort: Klaus Romero, M.D., M.S. F.C.P. and Alexandre Bétourné, Ph.D., Pharm.D., from C-Path; Pamela Gavin, MBA, from NORD; and Theresa Mullin, Michelle Campbell, Ph.D., and Billy Dunn, M.D., from FDA.
Additional key speakers and panelists were featured from industry, academia and patient organizations. The robust agenda included case studies shared by users of the platform, sessions covering critical topics on the impact of RDCA-DAP on accelerating drug development for rare diseases, as well as active discussions around data sharing, privacy and standards, and much more. A significant portion of the agenda featured case studies on the use of the platform to further clinical research in sickle cell disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Friedreich's ataxia and transplant therapeutics.
Following a press release by the FDA on Wednesday, C-Path announced it will serve as the convener of the Critical Path for Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases (CP-RND), a new public-private partnership (PPP) to benefit people across multiple rare neurodegenerative diseases.https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-and-nih-launch-public-private-partnership-rare-neurodegenerative-diseases
"This year's RDCA-DAP annual workshop marked not only a return to in-person meetings, but also the strengthening of collaborations between RDCA-DAP across multiple rare diseases, with significant impact on accelerating medical product development," said C-Path Chief Science Officer and Executive Director of Clinical Pharmacology Klaus Romero. "As we look to next year, RDCA-DAP will leverage all of its strengths to contribute to the success of the new PPP for rare neurodegenerative diseases."
NORD's Aliza Fink, D.Sc. and Ed Neilan, M.D., Ph.D., gave a presentation titled Centrality of Patient Advocacy Organizations in Accelerating Treatments for Rare Disease, and the first day concluded with a panel on the future impact of RDCA-DAP. As part of the program for the second day of the conference, in-person participants attended breakout sessions on the role of RDCA-DAP in innovating data standards and data stewardship, regulatory science in rare diseases, and a practical session on how to use the platform.
Presentations throughout the event emphasized how RDCA-DAP continuously integrates data and breaks down silos, provides insight into the platform's development and testing and showcased the importance of RDCA-DAP from the perspective of critical stakeholders, including academic, clinical, regulatory and patient communities.
"There are many things that make rare diseases unique. The most obvious is that there are so few patients that can be studied which makes running clinical trials challenging," said Ed Neilan, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, NORD. "It's a special shame when data that gets collected then becomes siloed. Patients and patient advocates want desperately for the data they contribute to be used to its fullest extent. For this reason, it's vital that tools like the RDCA-DAP exist. RDCA-DAP is in a favorable position as it's being co-developed by the FDA and is a prime locus for all rare disease data collection."
A total of 28 speakers and panelists from patient organizations and regulatory, industry, and academic fields participated in the workshop. A recording of the workshop presentations and panel discussions will be available on C-Path's YouTube channel in the coming weeks.
RDCA-DAP released a new video resource at the end of the workshop entitled Data Literacy, watch it on the NORD Video Library. To request access to RDCA-DAP, apply directly on the platform. To submit critical rare disease data, contact the project team at rdcadap@c-path.org or visit the website.
Critical Path Institute (C-Path) is an independent, nonprofit organization established in 2005 as a public and private partnership. C-Path's mission is to catalyze the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science, accelerating the path to a healthier world. An international leader in forming collaborations, C-Path has established numerous global consortia that currently include more than 1,600 scientists from government and regulatory agencies, academia, patient organizations, disease foundations, and hundreds of pharmaceutical and biotech companies. C-Path U.S. is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, C-Path in Europe is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands and C-Path Ltd. operates from Dublin, Ireland with additional staff in multiple other locations. For more information, visit c-path.org.
Critical Path Institute is supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is 54.2% funded by the FDA/HHS, totaling $13,239,950, and 45.8% funded by non-government source(s), totaling $11,196,634. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, FDA/HHS or the U.S. Government.
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is the leading independent advocacy organization representing all patients and families affected by rare diseases in the United States. NORD began as a small group of patient advocates that formed a coalition to unify and mobilize support to pass the Orphan Drug Act of 1983. Since then, the organization has led the way in voicing the needs of the rare disease community, driving supportive policies, furthering education, advancing medical research, and providing patient and family services for those who need them most. Together with over 300 disease-specific member organizations, more than 17,000 Rare Action Network advocates across all 50 states, and national and global partners, NORD delivers on its mission to improve the lives of those impacted by rare diseases. Visit rarediseases.org.
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Marlington Local cuts teachers, drops programs to save $1.3 million
LEXINGTON TWP. ‒ Marlington Local School District officials anticipate reducing expenses by $1.3 million this year, largely through a reduction in the teaching staff.
Superintendent Dan Swisher provided a report to the school system Board of Education that shows the impact of teacher loss at each school building.
The bulk of the loss is at Marlington High School, where of the 12 teachers left at the end of the 2021-22 academic year. Only five are being replaced.
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For Marlington Middle School, of the five teachers who departed, two are being replaced. At the three elementary schools, there were four who left. Two of those vacant position are being filled.
In total, 27 teachers left Marlington Local at the end of the 2021-22 academic year. The school system is filling 13 of those teaching vacancies, leaving 14 vacant going into the 2022-23 academic year.
"I want to be clear what happens when you lose 14 positions in this district," Swisher said. "There is a cost of doing business. This is a business. It is a people business. That makes it a little harder. My ultimate goal is to be fiscally prudent."
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The teachers departed through retirements, resignations and reductions in force. With fewer teachers, the school system is having to eliminate some academic offerings. For instance, some programs for gifted students in the elementary and middle school level are no longer offered.
Marlington cutting programs to trim budget
Also, some electives at Marlington High School are being cut. Among them are college preparatory French, psychology-sociology, business and natural resources and agriculture.
"We are lacking some programming now," said Board of Education President Karen Humphries. "Unfortunately, it does affect our education. We will do the best we can."
The savings are to the school system general fund. What Marlington Local will have in its general fund this fiscal year is yet to be determined.
"We will have that out in November," Treasurer Patty Main said. "We don't have those numbers right now."
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Silicon Ranch, one of the premier solar ranch operations in the nation, is currently constructing Desoto Phase I Solar Ranch off Dan Green and Courthouse roads in north Lee County.
The Desoto I project in Lee County will produce 125 megawatts of electricity, the energy from which will provide power to Walton EMC as part of the electric utility’s agreement to provide clean, renewable energy to Facebook’s data center in Newton County, Georgia.
Solar farms work by collecting sunlight through an interconnected system of solar panels. These panels are strategically placed on 5,800 racks consisting of 385,000 panels to maximize their ability to capture sunlight and convert it to electricity
Silicon Ranch, one of the premier solar ranch operations in the nation, is currently constructing Desoto Phase I Solar Ranch off Dan Green and Courthouse roads in north Lee County.
Staff Photo: David Dixon
The Desoto I project in Lee County will produce 125 megawatts of electricity, the energy from which will provide power to Walton EMC as part of the electric utility’s agreement to provide clean, renewable energy to Facebook’s data center in Newton County, Georgia.
Staff Photo: David Dixon
Solar farms work by collecting sunlight through an interconnected system of solar panels. These panels are strategically placed on 5,800 racks consisting of 385,000 panels to maximize their ability to capture sunlight and convert it to electricity
LEESBURG -- Silicon Ranch, one of the premier solar ranch operations in the nation, is currently constructing Desoto Phase I Solar Ranch off Dan Green and Courthouse roads in north Lee County. The 2,285-acre site, once an agricultural operation, was purchased to construct a large solar ranch. It will consist of about 1,800 acres of collection capability in Phase I of the project. Two other phases are in the planning stage for this site.
Solar farms work by collecting sunlight through an interconnected system of solar panels. These panels are strategically placed on 5,800 racks consisting of 385,000 panels to maximize their ability to capture sunlight and convert it to electricity. Sunlight contains little packets of energy called photons. When photons from the sun reach the solar panels, it causes energy electrons within those panels to move, thus creating an electrical current.
The electric current created is then sent to 37 inverters, which convert it from DC to AC. The AC power is pushed out from the solar site to a recently constructed power sub-station on Dan Green Road and New York Road. From there, if flows to the transmission lines, where the electricity is distributed to the power grid. Approximately 17 miles of electric wire on four separate circuits will be used in the construction of the Desoto facility.
Desoto I will produce 125 megawatts of electricity, the energy from which will provide power to Walton EMC as part of the electric utility’s agreement to provide clean, renewable energy to Facebook’s data center in Newton County, Georgia. For reference, one megawatt is enough energy to power 164 average homes, according to the Solar Energies Industry Association. The large solar farms are being built on an average of about 1,200 to 1,500, per year, according to the Desoto Phase I construction manager.
Installed with programmable motors, the solar arrays move with the sun, from east to west, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown, the panels lock in place. At the next sunrise they revert to the initial eastern position. A computer-controlled program manages the arrays to maximize production each day of the year. Although a solar panel will capture ambient light, such as street lights and even moonlight, that is not enough to be included in the energy calculation production for these large facilities.
As of September 2022, the site has provided about 250 jobs in the construction of the ranch. Most of the jobs were filled by local applicants. Desoto Ranch Phase I is expected to be completed by December. Most of the material used in the construction of this ranch is coming from China and Taiwan. Despite extraordinary macro-supply chain challenges of 2021 and 2022, the Desoto I Solar Ranch has remained on schedule to achieve commercial operation date by the end of the year.
After completion of the ranch, ongoing operation, maintenance, and land care will be needed to maintain the site for the projected lifespan of 40 years.
“As long-term stewards of the land, we expect to manage over 1,100 acres at Desoto I regeneratively, using the animal impact of sheep to restore soil health and biodiversity, promote and control vegetation, and sequester carbon," Silicon Ranch officials said. "Our regenerative management at this project will help strengthen the local rural economy.
"A project of this size typically results in the creation of at least four full-time operations and services jobs that include both ranching and non-technical solar maintenance, as well as two indirect jobs. Our regenerative operations support a variety of local businesses, including veterinarians, seed, feed, and fencing suppliers, and water infrastructure businesses, as well as, with respect to select projects, local meat processors. Silicon Ranch's No. 1 priority is bringing a positive impact to the communities where we site our solar ranches.”
Silicon Ranch, based in Nashville, Tenn., owns and operates 148 facilities across 15 states, from coast to coast, including the first large-scale solar projects in Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. Here in Georgia, they have built, owned and operated 15 solar power plants that produce more than 1.3 gigawatts.
One of the more interesting components of this ranch will be the use of sheep to graze beneath the solar panels to contain plant growth and possible crop production. Even though a center pivot well was removed from the site, there are still plans to continue agricultural operation using a process called “agrivoltaics.” That is any type of agricultural production among solar arrays. It is a growing trend in the solar industry as the demand for solar energy drives the industry to occupy an increasing amount of land.
“At projects like Desoto, where regenerative energy implementation will include holistic managed grazing, we take one of two routes to deliver the service," Silicon Ranch officials said. "One way is to outsource the service to regenerative energy-qualified ranchers. Silicon Ranch works with a number of world-renowned and local regenerative ranchers, including Georgia’s own Will Harris of White Oak Pastures, to manage their flocks of sheep and restore grassland ecosystems using additional holistic land management practices on its solar ranches.
"We are also able to perform this service with our own staff. In July of 2021, Silicon Ranch launched the first-of-its-kind agrivoltaics operations and maintenance self-perform program. Under this innovative program, Silicon Ranch trains and employs staff, dubbed "agrivoltaic technicians," to do both regenerative land management and non-technical, non-electric solar maintenance. The agrivoltaic technicians deliver holistic planned sheep grazing to promote and control vegetation and regenerate the land on select Silicon Ranch regenerative energy projects.”
Should Desoto Phase II and Phase III get constructed in the near future, the Desoto Ranch site will double its production to 250 megawatts per day.
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(The Hill) — Republicans are looking for a new sense of unity amid concerns that recent infighting, a series of divisive primaries and several high-profile Democratic political victories could erode what should otherwise be a promising chance at recapturing the House and Senate majorities this year.
Despite GOP leaders’ push to make the 2022 midterm elections a referendum on Democrats’ handling of everything from inflation to immigration, a messier picture has unfolded in recent weeks. High-profile primaries have yielded some deeply polarizing Republican nominees, while the party has been consumed by debates over the best way to counter Democrats’ recent political wins.
“I don’t think the message has been as sharp as it needs to be,” one longtime Republican strategist said. “It’s about drawing a clear contrast. Now, I think there are folks trying to do that. But some of the other stuff — the election denial stuff, abortion — it all kind of muddles the argument.”
Republicans are still favored to win back control of the House this year. While inflation cooled somewhat in July, it’s still abnormally high, and an economic recession remains a looming possibility. At the same time, Democrats are haunted by President Joe Biden’s dismal approval ratings and the underlying reality that the party in power tends to lose ground in Congress in midterm elections.
But there are also signs that the political landscape of 2022 may not be as bleak for Democrats as it once looked.
Recent polling shows Democrats making gains on the generic ballot, a key metric of voter preference. There’s also improving news on the economic front: U.S. employers added 528,000 jobs in July, erasing the losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, while there are signs that inflation may be beginning to ease.
Democrats also got a jolt of encouragement this month after Kansas voters rejected a proposed amendment clarifying that abortion rights are not protected in the state constitution, lending credence to Democrats’ hopes of making reproductive rights a pivotal midterm issue.
“It should help Democratic enthusiasm, and it should give Republicans some pause to ask themselves what’s going on in the rest of the country,” Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, said.
Democrats got another positive data point on Tuesday, when Democrat Jeff Ettinger came within 4 percentage points of beating Republican Brad Finstad in the special election to replace the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) in a district that former President Trump won by 10 points.
The loss was still a disappointment for Democrats. But special elections are often seen as bellwethers for which party has momentum leading up to the November elections, and Democrats saw a similar result in the special election in Nebraska’s 1st District earlier this summer, giving the party hope that the political landscape may be shifting in its favor.
“… [What it] tells me is this idea that there is a lack of enthusiasm among Democrats, I think that’s a false narrative that is floating out in the ecosystem,” Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright said about the close primary race in Minnesota.
“But it also tells me is that there is a tremendous opportunity for us to expand our voting bloc in this election, and bring in some, I would say nontraditional allies and partners this election cycle and build on that,” Seawright added.
Seawright also pushed back against the idea that Democrats should anticipate “doom and gloom” with several months to come before the midterms.
He said that “most of the time when people anticipate these major waves in politics in the midterms, it’s because the other party have not been able to deliver on things that moved the needle with voters.”
He noted the American Rescue Plan as an example, where he said “there was not one single Republican who voted for it. But every single Republican around the country at the state and local level were taking credit for it. The old vote no and take the dough concept.”
The abortion issue, meanwhile, has driven a wedge between Republicans, many of whom have urged the party to shift away from hard-line positions and strike a more compromising tone out of concern that failing to do so could isolate the moderate voters who will play a critical role in deciding control of Congress this year.
The hope is that Republicans can shift the conversation away from the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 abortion rights case, and keep the focus on so-called kitchen-table issues, like inflation, gas prices and the threat of a looming recession.
“It’s not to say that critical issues like abortion won’t be central. But it’s going to be a collective understanding of these issues,” said Matt Terrill, a GOP strategist and former aide to ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. “It’s about message discipline. You stay focused. It goes back to the economy, it goes back to inflation, it goes back to skyrocketing gas prices.”
Republican strategist Colin Reed acknowledged that Republicans are facing issues over the quality of their candidates, including some on the Senate side, some of whom are being out-fundraised by their Democratic opponents. He also advised candidates against focusing on the 2020 election.
“I’d say the biggest challenge is candidate quality … at least on the Senate side, and you’ve got lots of big and legitimate questions around a number of the leading Senate candidates in some of these key states,” Reed said.
“As it relates to the messaging, you know, elections need to be about the future, not the past,” he added. “And the Republicans need to be relentlessly prosecuting the first few years of the Biden administration, not rehashing or relitigating the events of the previous administration.”
It’s not as if Republicans haven’t found a clear rallying point. The FBI’s Monday raid on former President Donald Trump’s South Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, was met with near-universal condemnation and skepticism by Republicans, including Trump’s critics.
And every one of the Senate’s 50 Republicans voted on Sunday against a sweeping climate, tax and health care package that had long been pursued by Senate Democrats.
But that doesn’t mean that the primaries haven’t broadcasted divisions within the party, some of which have played in recent weeks in the gubernatorial primaries in Wisconsin and Arizona.
The GOP primaries for both races have been seen as a proxy war between former President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. The two men have backed opposing candidates in both races, forcing Republicans to choose sides between the two.
Bill McCoshen, a GOP strategist in Wisconsin, voiced concerns last week about the negative nature of the state’s gubernatorial primary between candidates Tim Michels and former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, which featured negative campaigning.
“There’s five days left to go, and folks are getting concerned about whether we’ll be able to put the party back together next Wednesday,” he told The Hill ahead of the primary.
At the same time, Republicans have also shown that they can set aside their differences after turbulent primaries to focus on gaining momentum ahead of the general election.
In Pennsylvania, eight of nine GOP House lawmakers in the state said they would endorse gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (R), who has been considered a controversial pick given that he’s pushed dubious claims about the 2020 election and has been subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot.
After Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won her primary last week, Gov. Doug Ducey (R), who had supported her primary opponent, Karrin Taylor Robson, said he would be supporting Lake’s election heading into November.
And over in Michigan, Rep. Peter Meijer (R) congratulated and wished his opponent, former Housing and Urban Development official John Gibbs (R), well during a GOP unity event in the state after losing his primary. Meijer was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach the former president, while Gibbs received Trump’s endorsement.
Instead, some Republicans are projecting confidence ahead of November even as Democrats seize key wins, like a sweeping reconciliation bill on health, climate and tax reform that is expected to be passed in the House and signed by President Biden.
Lauren Claffey Tomlinson, a GOP strategist, doesn’t see the legislation as a total slam dunk for Democrats.
“Democrats are going to be messaging on a long-term result that they say this will make an impact next year, this will make an impact in the long-term. But what Americans care about is what’s being done right now, what is the impact to my wallet right now because I can’t make rent. I can’t feed my family because of the grocery bills,” Tomlinson said.
“And until those basic needs of Americans are met, you know, being able to afford a home, being able to feed their family, being able to drive to work — they’re not going to care much about anything else.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/gop-scrambles-to-unify-as-red-wave-hits-obstacles/ | 2022-08-11T17:27:20Z |
Live Webcast scheduled for 8:30 AM ET on May 18, 2022
BERWYN, Pa., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE: TGI) will release fourth quarter fiscal year 2022 earnings on May 18, 2022 and will host a conference call that day at 8:30 a.m. ET. A slide presentation will be included with the audio portion of the webcast.
TRIUMPH, headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems, components and structures. The company serves the global aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers and the full spectrum of military and commercial aircraft operators.
More information about TRIUMPH can be found on the company's website at http://www.triumphgroup.com.
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Four Florida Department of Corrections officers have been arrested in the alleged beating death in February of an inmate at a prison south of Miami, authorities said.
Ronald Connor, 24, Christopher Rolon, 29, and Kirk Walton, 34, were arrested Thursday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the agency said. Jeremy Godbolt, 28, was taken into custody Friday, according to State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
They were booked on second-degree murder, conspiracy, aggravated battery and other charges, Rundle said at a Friday news conference.
Walton's attorney, David Donet Jr., declined to comment Friday, and an attorney for Connor did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication. It's not clear if the two others have attorneys.
The case comes as the use of force by law enforcement nationwide is under scrutiny following other in-custody deaths.
The incident that led to Thursday's arrests unfolded on the morning of February 14, when the inmate, Ronald Ingram, was in the process of being transferred from the Dade Correctional Institution to another facility, Rundle said. Before being taken from his cell in the mental health unit, he reportedly threw urine on an officer.
Corrections officers then put him in handcuffs and took him from his cell, the agency said. After that, "even though he was in handcuffs and compliant with officer commands, agents say the officers began to beat him," it said.
"The inmate was beaten so badly he had to be carried to the transport van," the agency said, adding he was placed in a secure compartment alone.
In the surveillance video shown at the news conference Friday, Ingram can be seen walking independently from his cell to the transportation area with corrections officers. The group is out of sight of the camera for a period, and it is during that time that investigators believe the Ingram was beaten, Rundle said. When the group comes back into view of the camera, Ingram is no longer able to walk unassisted, the video shows.
En route to the other facility, the van stopped in Ocala, Florida, and the prisoner was found dead, lying on a bench inside the van, the agency said.
His cause of death was a punctured lung that led to internal bleeding, a medical examiner ruled, adding the man had injuries to his face and torso consistent with being beaten, the agency stated. The examiner determined the man's death was a homicide, Rundle said.
"We all recognize that misconduct, abuse or criminal behavior have no place in Florida's correctional system," Rundle said. "Individuals who are sentenced to incarceration by our criminal courts have lost their freedom but not their basic rights. They should not be subjected to forms of 'back alley' justice, which are actions that violate Florida law."
Florida Corrections Secretary Ricky Dixon expressed his "absolute disappointment" in the staff members allegedly involved in the incident.
"Based on the facts presented today, these men violated public trust, and they violated the trust of those that work alongside them," Dixon said.
Dixon listed a number of changes that had been made since Ingram's death, including moving the warden who was in charge of the facility, "although I have complete confidence" in him, he said.
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The Masters 2022: Tiger Woods is back in habitat where he built a legend — Augusta National
By Ben Morse, CNN
After a long wait, Tiger Woods is back in his natural habit — the professional golf arena at the Masters at Augusta National.
For one of golf’s greats, it’s been an uphill struggle for Woods following a car accident in February 2021 when he suffered serious leg injuries requiring surgery.
His only prior appearance on the golf course had come with his son Charlie at the PNC Championship in late 2021, but a rare sighting of Woods’ private jet landing at an airport near Augusta last week caused speculation to circulate that the 15-time major winner could be in line for a stunning return to action.
After some practice rounds, Woods has now confirmed that he would indeed be making his return to competitive golf.
And for a man and a player whose career has been defined by extraordinary highs and lows, a return to competitive golf after 16 months away is yet another landmark on a roller coaster of a career for the 46-year-old.
Up and down
Fans were using flight tracking software to follow Woods’ plane’s path when it was rumored he was on his way to Augusta National.
His appearance at the course was met with a fanfare similar to that of a famous actor’s public appearance. And no wonder — his career is more akin to a Hollywood blockbuster.
From breakthrough golf sensation and winner of 14 majors in 11 years, Woods was one of the biggest names in sports, not just golf, with his face plastered across billboards and TV screens worldwide.
Then came the fall.
First, there was the statement admitting his “transgressions” and saying he had “let my family down” as Woods announced he would be taking an “indefinite” break from golf while a number of sponsors such as Gillette, Accenture and AT&T cut ties.
There was the stay at a Mississippi addiction clinic, and that press conference in February 2010.
“I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated,” he told a select group of friends and family — his mother Kultida was sitting in the front row — as well as the world’s media at the PGA Tour headquarters in Florida.
Woods admitted his actions were “not acceptable,” and that he had “stopped living by the core values” he was taught by his parents.
“I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn’t apply,” he said
Despite attempts to patch up his marriage, divorce from Elin followed later that year. His form plummeted, he tinkered with his swing, he changed coach and caddie, climbed back to world No. 1 in 2013, before serious short game yips.
There was also a growing list of injuries, leading to four back operations including spinal fusion surgery, the “dark times” where the pain was so bad he couldn’t even get out of bed, or play with his kids, and fears for his future quality of life let alone the pursuit of a top-level golf career.
There were aborted comebacks, the line leaked from a Masters Champions Dinner where Woods admitted his career was “done,” the world ranking plunging outside the top 1,100, the arrest on a DUI charge and an addiction to painkillers used to treat his back.
A police mugshot showing a haggard and puffy-looking Woods provided graphic evidence of just how bad things had got.
‘Frustrated’
Then came the comeback.
Social media clips of Woods playing in 2018 once again started a fanfare of hope about a potential return.
And he capped off one of the most remarkable comeback stories by winning his fifth Masters title at the age of 43, gripping the world in the process and writing a magical story a scriptwriter would be proud of.
“To have my kids there, it’s come full circle,” said Woods, who embraced his mother, Sam and Charlie, and girlfriend Erica Herman after walking off the final green. His father and mentor Earl died in 2006. “My dad was there in 1997 and now I’m the dad with two kids there,” added Woods.
Yet there further ups and downs to come.
At the end of the summer in 2019 he took time off for further knee surgery, but in vintage Woods fashion, he hit back with victory in Japan to equal Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA Tour victories.
And in early 2021, news broke of Woods’ crash in LA.
After a long road to recovery — he admitted in February this year he was “frustrated” with the speed of his rehabilitation — Woods is ready to step back onto the course, and possibly write a new chapter to his own personal movie script that just keeps on delivering.
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Olentangy Berlin High School Named America's Most Spirited High School
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Varsity Brands, the market leader in sport, spirit and achievement, announced that its signature school pride event, the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards, presented by BSN SPORTS, Varsity Spirit and Herff Jones, has named the winners for the 2022 program on June 15th, 2022, at the virtual awards show. The Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards honor the standouts of America's high schools by recognizing exemplary schools, organizations and individuals that go above and beyond to build school pride, student engagement and community spirit.
Varsity Brands released a study revealing the powerful link between school spirit, involvement, achievement, and self-confidence. It was found that students with higher levels of spirit perform better academically, are more involved, and feel happier and more connected to their schools and communities. Inspired by these findings, the Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards were created.
"Varsity Brands is thrilled to honor the 2022 Varsity Brands School Spirit Award winners for their dedication to prioritizing spirit on their campuses once again," said Adam Blumenfeld, CEO of Varsity Brands. "The demonstration of leadership, innovation and commitment displayed by this group of winners is inspirational and evident of the positive impact it can have on schools and student performance. We are honored to celebrate the individuals, groups and schools who have transformed school culture nationwide."
A total of $60,000 was awarded across 12 categories, including a $25,000 Grand Prize for America's Most Spirited High School. America's Most Spirited High School was determined by an online voting process at varsitybrands.com. Olentangy Berlin High School from Delaware, OH was the school that received the most votes for their 90-second school spirit video and will receive $25,000 in awards from Varsity Brands.
America's Most Spirited High School
Olentangy Berlin High School | Delaware, OH
Athlete
Ronald Christian – Rutland High School | Macon, GA
Athletic Director
John Taylor – Irvington High School | Irvington, NJ
Coach
Dawn Thall – Strongsville High School | Strongsville, OH
Game Day Experience
Dover High School | Dover, OH
Graduation
Carolina High School | Greenville, SC
Performing Arts
Northwest High School | Jackson, MI
Principal
Jason St Pierre – Walker High School | Walker, LA
Spirit of St. Jude
Woodstock High School | Woodstock, GA
Most Spirited Student
Paige Reed – Erskine Academy | South China, ME
Most Spirited Teacher
Karen Denton – Gaffney High School | Gaffney, SC
Most Spirited Yearbook
Winchester Community High School | Winchester, IN
To learn more about Varsity Brands, watch the full awards show and view category descriptions, please visit varsitybrands.com.
With a mission to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for young people, Varsity Brands elevates the student experience, promotes participation and celebrates achievement through three unique but interrelated businesses: BSN SPORTS, a Varsity Sport Brand; Varsity Spirit; and Herff Jones, A Varsity Achievement Brand. Together, these entities promote personal, school and community pride through their customizable products and programs to elementary and middle schools, high schools, and colleges and universities, as well as church organizations, professional and collegiate sports teams and corporations. Through its dedicated employees and independent representatives, Varsity Brands reaches its individual and institutional customers each year through competitions, camps and sales.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Emily Albert
Varsity Spirit
ezemlachenko@varsity.com
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First vehicle partnership for Supernal underscores strategic importance of accelerating battery technology
WASHINGTON and FARNBOROUGH, U.K., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernal and Electric Power Systems, Inc. (EP Systems) today announced a partnership to accelerate development and production of safe, lighter-weight and certifiable eVTOL vehicle batteries. The emerging industry leaders formalized their agreement during a ceremony held at the Farnborough International Airshow, resulting in the first vehicle partnership for Supernal.
The partnership aim is to enable the introduction of commercial eVTOL vehicle flights and support increasing enhancements to vehicle performance as the AAM market matures. Supernal, which is part of Hyundai Motor Group, plans to work within an "open ecosystem" model that will address the niche technology needs of AAM.
"Advanced Air Mobility requires an expansive value chain and many aspects – from battery power to digital infrastructure and passenger experience – require improvements and cross-chain integration to enable progress," said Jaiwon Shin, President of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal. "We are excited to work with Electric Power Systems and develop game-changing technologies that will revolutionize air travel and increase human possibility."
Supernal will continue growing its network of battery talent and partners to drive power, energy, charging time and cycle life improvements that will lead to longer, more affordable eVTOL vehicle flights. Learn more about batteries from Supernal here.
"We are pleased to partner with Supernal as it seeks to democratize flight and create a new, sustainable transport category," said Nate Millecam, president and CEO of Electric Power Systems. "Supernal's long-term perspective and comprehensive approach to codeveloping the Advanced Air Mobility space has enabled it to be viewed as an industry thought leader and savvy partner of choice."
EP Systems' experience has given the company a broad perspective on the electric evolution taking place throughout aviation. All-electric aircraft need high-density energy storage. By harnessing advancements in battery power and material technology, EP Systems' unique battery management system provides an elevated solution.
Current EP Systems customers include NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, Safran, Bell Textron, Diamond Aircraft, VoltAero, Aura Aero and Embraer.
Supernal's eVTOL vehicle cabin concept is on display at the Farnborough International Airshow (Exhibit Hall 1, Pioneers of Change, Booth 1307). Click here to follow the Company's on-site activities.
About Supernal
Supernal (Su·per·nal) is a U.S.-based advanced air mobility company, developing a commercially viable eVTOL vehicle to the highest commercial aviation standards and working to responsibly co-create the supporting ecosystem and integrate it with existing transit options. As part of Hyundai Motor Group, we are both a new business and an established company, with plans to harness our automotive heritage to revolutionize air travel and make advanced air mobility accessible to the masses. Visit www.supernal.aero for more information and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Electric Power Systems
EP Systems provides high-power, scalable and certifiable powertrains for electrified aviation. It develops energy storage systems, DC (direct current) fast-charging stations, and electric propulsion products for the aerospace, defense, automotive, marine and industrial traction industries. EP Systems has numerous battery systems currently powering manned and unmanned aircraft (e.g., Diamond eDA-40, NASA X-57, Aurora Flight Sciences Pegasus, Embraer Ipanema and Boeing CAV). Advanced features, such as its patented, lightweight containment box, produce safer battery systems have resulted in a perfect safety record in field. Visit www.epsenergy.com for more information and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and our Aviation Renaissance Podcast.
Contacts
Jennifer Darland
Communications & Brand, Supernal
jennifer.darland@supernal.aero
Andre Carter
Communications & Brand, Supernal
acarter@supernal.aero
Abbie Bean
Marketing & Communications, EP Systems
abbie.bean@ep-sys.net
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LINKÖPING, Sweden, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra's (STO: SECT B) contracted order bookings amounted to SEK 2.2 billion during the quarter, which is the highest ever level for a single quarter. The result includes two major multiyear customer contracts for subscriptions for enterprise imaging. A growing customer base and recurring revenue contributed to consolidated sales growth during the quarter. To increase transparency regarding the strategic transition to service sales and cloud deliveries, Sectra's financial reporting has been complemented with a performance measure for recurring revenue from cloud-based services.
May–July 2022 period in figures
- Contracted order bookings rose 468.5% to SEK 2,235.4 million (393.2), of which SEK 705.3 million (393.2) pertained to guaranteed order bookings. Of the guaranteed order bookings, 12% were recognized during the quarter and a further estimated 36–46% pertains to revenue within 12 months after the end of the quarter.
- Net sales increased 19.3% to SEK 484.1 million (405.7). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 10.7%.
- Recurring revenue accounted for SEK 310.4 million (253.0) of net sales, up 22.7%. Based on unadjusted exchange rates, the increase was 15.1%. Cloud recurring revenue (CRR) increased 19.3% to SEK 50.0 million (41.9).
- Operating profit declined 28.5% to SEK 64.4 million (90.1), corresponding to an operating margin of 13.3% (22.2). Based on unadjusted exchange rates, operating profit decreased 41.9%. The change in the outcome compared with the comparative quarter was primarily attributable to strengthened delivery capacity, the transition to cloud deliveries and an accumulated need for sales and marketing activities.
- Profit after financial items amounted to SEK 68.2 million (92.1).
- Cash flow from operations amounted to a negative SEK 64.1 million (pos: 9.8) and was mainly attributable to a settlement of current liabilities.
Comments from Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB:
"Sectra offers critical components for modern healthcare, medical education and increased cybersecurity in society. Our success is the result of longstanding relationships with satisfied customers who expand their use of our solutions and recommend Sectra to others. Customer confidence is the foundation of our strong order bookings.
"Sales are growing in all operating areas, and we delivered favorable profit for a first quarter, despite an exceptional comparative quarter. This was mainly attributable to an improved gross margin as well as positive currency effects from the USD. The trend for recurring revenue and cloud deliveries is positive, which shows that the transition to supplying products and software as a service is progressing.
"Sectra allows customer needs, combined with our knowledge of trends and technology, to govern the renewal of our customer offerings. We have therefore chosen to expand our offering in diagnostics to include IT support for genomics, an area that is undergoing rapid growth in cancer care. We are doing so in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is an existing customer and one of the most prominent US hospitals in cancer care. We will work together to drive innovation and product development of IT support that will help to manage the dramatic increase in volumes of genetic analyses. Sectra is carrying out this initiative in a new business unit in the incubator Business Innovation."
Read the attached interim report for further CEO comments and information.
Presentation of the interim report
Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra AB, and Jessica Holmquist, CFO of Sectra AB, will present the financial report and answer questions. The presentation will be held in English.
Time: September 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CEST
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The Juneteenth parade strolled down Downtown Topeka Saturday
Published: Jun. 11, 2022 at 2:13 PM CDT|Updated: 55 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -The Topeka Family and Friends held a Juneteenth Parade down Kansas Avenue.
Attendees brought their lawn chairs as they awaited to see the floats and cars.
There were appearances by Lawrence All Star Cheer and Miss Juneteenth, Shontal Phillips.
Parts of the community came together to celebrate the federal holiday, and said what it means to them.
“It’s because that we want to be free as Americans and have our own holiday means everything to our community, it makes me feel good about the community and about the people here in Topeka,” said Naythan Bias.
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Beachgoers saddened to find remains of gray whale; cause of death unknown
MANZANITA, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - Beachgoers in Oregon got quite the shock when a 43-foot gray whale washed ashore in Falcon Cove.
A representative with the Seaside Aquarium said gray whales are common in the area, and a research group, the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network, collected tissue samples from the adult whale to determine how it died.
Sue Paduano told KPTV that she owns a vacation home just a short walk from where the whale washed ashore. She said it was a sad sight but hopes marine biologists can learn more about the Oregon coastal environment by studying the whale’s remains.
“I’m hoping it can turn into a learning experience,” she said. “It would be nice to learn more about what’s happening to the whales off the coast.”
The Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network shared it is continuing its work on finding how the whale died.
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(KTLA) – Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is the latest big name to speak out on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The high court eliminated the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and handed states the authority to drastically limit or ban the procedure.
The ruling ignited protests and calls to action across the country.
On Friday, during a concert at the London Stadium in the United Kingdom, Armstrong slammed the United States and announced he’s giving up his citizenship. “F— America. I’m f—ing renouncing my citizenship,” the rockstar declared to fans. “I’m f—ing coming here.”
The band is currently on tour overseas with Fall Out Boy and Weezer for the Hella Mega Tour. “There’s just too much f—ing stupid in the world to go back to that miserable f—ing excuse for a country,” he continued to explain. “Oh, I’m not kidding. You’re going to get a lot of me in the coming days.”
The Daily Mail reported that he also yelled “f— the Supreme Court of America” before playing the band’s hit “American Idiot.”
The California band is no stranger to speaking out about political issues.
Earlier this month, Green Day performed in front of a banner that read “F— Ted Cruz,” following last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Almost 20 years ago, the band released the concept album “American Idiot,” which was their response to the war in Iraq and the Bush Administration. Armstrong would often perform the title track while wearing a mask of former President George W. Bush.
Green Day’s tour stops in Dublin, Ireland on June 27. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-to-renounce-u-s-citizenship-slams-roe-v-wade-decision/ | 2022-06-27T22:32:10Z |
Volendam will house and feed up to 1,500 people as part of government's commitment to help families
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Holland America Line's Volendam will be used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees as part of an agreement announced by Netherlands and City of Rotterdam government officials. The ship will dock in Rotterdam for three months to provide a temporary home for approximately 1,500 Ukrainians, part of a larger commitment from the Netherlands to accommodate 50,000 people who fled the war in their homeland.
"We are in a unique position to accommodate the immediate need for food and housing, so we felt it was very important to work with the City of Rotterdam and charter this ship," said Gus Antorcha, president, Holland America Line. "Our company was founded in Rotterdam around the mission of helping immigrants find a better life. So today we're proud to be a small part of a similar mission for Ukrainians who have tragically been displaced."
Under the agreement to charter Volendam, Holland America Line will provide three hot meals per day, private stateroom accommodations, housekeeping services, use of public spaces, fitness facilities, internet access, and other necessities. Volendam will be staffed with approximately 650 crew members.
"We are known for our service and hospitality, and our team is ready to welcome our new guests as we would welcome guests into our own home," said Captain Ryan Whitaker. "It will truly be an honor for us to make Volendam a comfortable and caring environment for these families who have been through so much."
Volendam was scheduled to return to service May 15, with voyages from Rotterdam to Norway, the British Isles and Iceland. To accommodate the three-month commitment, Holland America Line will cancel three of those voyages and resume service on July 3 instead. Guests on canceled cruises are being notified today and will be accommodated on similar itineraries.
"We are very sorry for the inconvenience this will cause to guests booked on the three canceled cruises," Antorcha said. "We hope they understand the unprecedented nature of this situation and why we felt it was important to work with the government on this initiative in support of these families in need."
Volendam will be docked at Merwehaven, a cargo port on the north side of the River Maas in Rotterdam. Remaining docked will ensure Ukrainian families can transit easily to and from services in Rotterdam.
Holland America Group has already been working with its own team members who are Ukrainian. A $1 million emergency assistance fund provides direct financial support. Team members from the region also receive counseling assistance, free internet service to communicate with family, and scheduling accommodations such as early disembarkation or an extension to remain on board as needed.
The family foundation of parent company Carnival Corporation's chairman Micky Arison and his wife Madeleine also announced a pledge of $3 million to charities helping Ukrainian refugees. In addition, Holland America Line will look to raise awareness and funds through its On Deck for a Cause program, in which guests on every cruise may take part in a non-competitive 5K fundraising walk. The money raised will go to Direct Relief.
"We stand for peace and our hearts go out to everyone whose lives have been upended by the invasion of Ukraine," said Arnold Donald, president and chief executive officer of Carnival Corporation & plc. "We have crew members from 145 countries and we sail with guests from nations around the globe, so we feel deeply the impact of this humanitarian crisis and we join many others in supporting relief efforts."
Editor's Note: Photos and video of Volendam and its identical sister ship are at https://www.cruiseimagelibrary.com/c/yt01nihs.
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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Suspect wanted after newspaper reporter found stabbed to death outside home, police say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department continues its investigation into the stabbing death of a newspaper reporter.
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person who they say was involved in the homicide on Sept. 3 in a residential neighborhood.
KVVU reports officers found journalist Jeff German, 69, dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. after police received a 911 call.
According to the Clark County coroner’s office, German died of multiple sharp force injuries, with his death ruled a homicide.
Police said it appeared German was in an altercation with another person that led to the stabbing, which is believed to be an isolated incident.
In a news release Monday, authorities said the suspect was potentially casing the area to commit other crimes before the homicide occurred.
“We take this case very seriously, and our investigators have been working to identify and apprehend the suspect,” said LVMPD Capt. Dori Koren.
Police urged anyone with further information about the incident to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at 702-828-7777.
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The Virtual Gallery Will Provide Access to Over 4.5 Million Images Held by Top Galleries and Museums
LONDON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital and artistic Pioneer Bridgeman Images has selected Emperia, the leading virtual reality technology developer for the retail, fashion, and art sectors, to bring its image archive to the metaverse in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The virtual Gallery will provide access to over 4.5 million images that are held by top galleries and museums in 8,000 locations.
Bridgeman Images has created the virtual gallery in order to make art accessible to anyone, no matter where they are located. Some of the images in the gallery are currently showcased in physical locations around the globe including: The British Library, The Royal Collection, The National Galleries of Scotland and Wales, The MFA Boston, Christie's, and SFMOMA. Having worked with some of the top fashion and art brands in the world, Emperia has created virtual galleries that bring brands and art experiences to the fingertips of millions of people around the globe, through immersive virtual technology.
"We are excited to break barriers and limitations by bringing Bridgeman Images' artwork to the metaverse, making art available to anyone," says Olga Dogadkina, co-founder & CEO of Emperia. "It is an honor to be able to remove obstacles through technology and enable people of all ages, backgrounds, and locations the opportunity to experience the depth of their creativity."
Using Emperia's platform, museums and galleries can construct a virtual art experience, creating an immersive gallery in the metaverse. Emperia's brands and galleries typically see a 400% increase in engagement, coming from viewers worldwide.
"We wanted to mark our 50th anniversary with innovation and advancement," says Aretha Campbell, Senior Artist Liaison at Bridgeman Images. "By working with Emperia, our artwork receives a new layer of visibility, accessibility and interactivity, providing a cultural experience through technology."
The virtual gallery will be available online, starting June 22 at: https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en/
Emperia leverages virtual reality technology for the premium fashion and art sectors, providing a realistic virtual experience to consumers, one that communicates a brand narrative that is tailored for the unique environment of the virtual world. Virtual stores can be extended into the metaverse, further providing brands and their customers with branding cohesion and a seamless transition, from physical to virtual. Emperia's selected clients include leading brands such as Dior, Burberry, Christie's, Getty Images and others.
London-based, Emperia is the winner of the Plug and Play Brand & Retail Start-up Award and is a British Fashion Council Patron.
For more information, visit emperiavr.com.
Bridgeman Images celebrates 50 years as the leading specialists delivering fine art, cultural and historical media for reproduction. Founded by Harriet Bridgeman in 1972, Bridgeman Images has unlocked the treasures of the greatest collections in the world. With entrusted collections including those at The British Library, The Royal Collection, The National Galleries of Scotland and Wales, The MFA Boston, Christie's, SFMOMA and the National Galleries of Australia, Sweden and South Africa, Bridgeman Images has been a crucial platform in helping galleries and museums survive through cuts to the art world and the pandemic.
Contact: DeeDee Rudenstein, drudenstein@propelsc.com
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Ukrainian forces strike key bridge in Russian-occupied south
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian forces have struck and seriously damaged a bridge that is key for supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, a regional official said Wednesday.
Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Moscow-backed temporary administration for the Russia-controlled southern Kherson region, said the Ukrainian military struck the Antonivskyi Bridge, which crosses the Dnipro River, with missiles Wednesday, scoring 11 hits.
He said in remarks carried by the Interfax news agency that the bridge sustained serious damage but it wasn’t closed for traffic.
“The bridge is in poor condition now,” Stremousov said, according to Interfax. “The bridge wasn’t closed, traffic across it is still continuing, but the situation is serious.”
The 1.4-kilometer (0.9-mile) bridge is the main crossing across the Dnieper River in the Kherson region, and if it’s made unusable it would be hard for the Russian military to keep supplying its forces in the region amid repeated Ukrainian attacks.
Stremousov said that the Ukrainian forces used the U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to strike the bridge, adding that some of them were intercepted by Russian air defenses.
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The head of the Moscow-appointed Kherson administration, Vladimir Saldo, said in a video message that passenger vehicles were allowed to continue driving across the bridge, but truck traffic was halted to allow quick repairs. He noted that trucks could cross the river using a dam about 80 kilometers (50 miles) away.
Wednesday’s shelling of the bridge was the second in as many days. It was lightly damaged by Ukrainian shelling a day earlier, according to the Moscow-backed authorities in Kherson.
Early in the war, Russian troops quickly overran the Kherson region just north of the Crimean Peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014. They have faced Ukrainian counterattacks, but have largely held their ground.
The British Defense Ministry said Wednesday that the bridge in Kherson was likely still usable after the Ukrainian strikes, but it is a “key vulnerability for Russian Forces.”
“It is one of only two road crossing points over the Dnieper by which Russia can supply or withdraw its forces in the territory it has occupied west of the river,” it added. “Control of Dnieper crossings is likely to become a key factor in the outcome of fighting in the region.”
The Ukrainian attacks on the bridge in Kherson come as the bulk of the Russian forces are stuck in the fighting in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas where they have made slow gains facing fierce Ukrainian resistance.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the troops in the east, ordering them to act more aggressively to down Ukrainian drones and prevent Ukraine’s army from shelling the areas that have been taken by Russian forces.
Russia’s ground advance has slowed, in part because Ukraine is using more effective U.S. weapons and in part because of what Russian President Vladimir Putin has called an “operational pause.” Russia has been focusing more on aerial bombardment using long-range missiles.
Ukrainian officials voiced hope that Kyiv could drain the Russian military resources in the fight for Donbas and then launch a counteroffensive to reclaim control of the Kherson region and parts of the Zaporizhzhia region that the Russians seized early in the war.
With indications that Ukraine is planning counterattacks to retake occupied areas, the Russian military in recent weeks has targeted the Black Sea port of Odesa and parts of southern Ukraine where its troops captured cities earlier in the war.
Kherson — site of a major ship-building industry at the confluence of the Dnieper River and the Black Sea near Russian-annexed Crimea — is one of several areas a U.S. government spokesman said Russia is trying to annex. Following months of local rumors and announcements about a Russian referendum, White House national security council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence officials have amassed “ample” new evidence that Russia is looking formally to annex additional Ukraine territory and could hold a “sham” public vote as soon as September. Russia is eyeing Kherson as well as the entirety of the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.
“Russia is laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory that it controls in direct violation of Ukraine sovereignty,” Kirby said in Washington.
Kirby also said the White House is expected to announce more military aid for Ukraine later this week. The aid is expected to include more HIMARS systems, a critical weapon Ukrainian forces have been using with success in their fight to repel Russian troops.
While pressing their offensive in the Donbas, Russian forces also pummeled wide areas in the east and elsewhere across Ukraine with missile strikes and artillery barrages.
Ukraine’s presidential office said that at least 13 civilians were killed and a further 40 wounded by the Russian shelling across the country.
At least five of the deaths were in the Donetsk region of the Donbas.
“There is no safe place left in the region,” Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks. “Residents should evacuate while they still can.”
The Russian barrage also hit the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, where five people have been killed in the last 24 hours.
“These strikes targeting peaceful civilians make no sense, but the Russian army is continuing this senseless shelling,” Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), the appellate advertising law body of BBB National Programs, has recommended that Bausch Health US, LLC discontinue or modify certain claims for its Bausch + Lomb INFUSE brand of silicone hydrogel daily contact lenses, including:
- "Most Moisture" and "Lowest Modulus" claims;
- Implied superior comfort claim;
- "Maintains 96% of its moisture for a full 16 hours – more than the leading silicone hydrogel daily disposable";
- Unsurpassed overall vision and comfort claim;
- Vision, irritation, and dryness-related percentage agreement claims; and
- Aspheric optics claim.
The advertising at issue had been challenged before the National Advertising Division (NAD) by Alcon Vision, LLC, manufacturer of competing DAILIES TOTAL1 (DT1) contact lenses (Case No. 6951). After NAD's decision was rendered, Bausch + Lomb appealed to NARB as part of the advertising industry's self-regulatory process. The principal challenged claims, many of which are technical in nature and based on clinical testing of the products, had appeared in an INFUSE contact lens brochure distributed by Bausch+ Lomb to eye care professionals (ECPs).
"Most Moisture" and "Lowest Modulus" Claims
The NARB panel concluded that the evidence in the record shows that the advertiser and challenger use different technical approaches to try to minimize the disruption to homeostasis caused by wearing contact lenses. Referring to the INFUSE lens as monophasic and the DT1 lens as biphasic represent reasonably accurate descriptions of the technology.
In agreement with NAD, the panel recommended that Bausch + Lomb modify its "lowest modulus" and "most moisture" claims to clearly disclose the material distinction between the products (e.g., monophasic vs. biphasic) in a manner that is understandable to ECPs.
Implied Superior Comfort Claim
The NARB panel found that the focus of the Bausch + Lomb INFUSE brochure was to present Bausch + Lomb INFUSE lenses as a preferred option in terms of reducing discomfort and that one message reasonably communicated to ECPs by the "most moisture," "lowest modulus," and "high oxygen" references in context is one of greater comfort when the INFUSE lenses are worn. Thus, the panel agreed with NAD and concluded that the Bausch + Lomb INFUSE brochure communicates to ECPs the implied message that INFUSE lenses provide greater eye comfort than competitive daily lenses, a message not supported by the record.
The panel recommended, therefore, that Bausch + Lomb modify its advertising to avoid conveying the implied message that the physical properties of its Bausch + Lomb INFUSE lenses ("most moisture," "lowest modulus," and "high oxygen") lead to superior consumer relevant benefits versus competing lenses, including DT1 lenses.
16-Hour Moisture Claim
The NARB panel agreed with NAD that the claim that Bausch + Lomb INFUSE "Maintains 96% of its moisture for a full 16 hours – more than the leading silicone hydrogel daily disposable" is not properly supported because the advertiser failed to show that the claimed moisture retention differential is material. Thus, the panel recommended that the claim be discontinued.
Unsurpassed Overall Vision and Comfort Claims and Percentage Agreement Claims
In support of its parity claim, as well as several percentage agreement claims, Bausch + Lomb relied on the results of its 893 Clinical Study. The NARB panel agreed with NAD that the 893 Study did not provide proper support for the advertiser's unsurpassed claim (a comparative establishment claim) because there are methodological deficiencies directly relevant to this analysis, the most important being limiting the enrollment in the study to wearers of standard, not daily, contact lenses.
Therefore, the panel recommended that Bausch discontinue the claim that Bausch + Lomb INFUSE has "unsurpassed overall comfort and vision compared to Dailies Total1."
The NARB panel concluded that Bausch + Lomb's four percentage agreement claims are monadic in nature, and accordingly the substantiation can be evaluated under a less rigorous standard. The panel found that the methodological shortcomings of the 893 Study are not disqualifying, but recommended modifications to the following claims:
- "89% of patients agreed Bausch + Lomb INFUSE reduces halos and glare even in low light conditions."
- "84% agreed Bausch + Lomb INFUSE reduced irritation and discomfort."
- "73% agreed Bausch + Lomb INFUSE helped minimize symptoms of contact lens dryness."
The NARB panel recommended that the 84% claim and the 73% claim either be discontinued or modified to match the language in the survey (e.g., "protect against irritation" rather than "reduced irritation") to which agreement was expressed. Further, the panel recommended that Bausch + Lomb discontinue the 89%, 84%, and 73% claims or disclose the stated percentages of those who indicated that they "slightly agree."
Finally, the NARB panel recommended that Bausch + Lomb discontinue the claim that "95% of patients agreed Bausch + Lomb INFUSE provides clear vision even when driving at night" because the 893 Study did not determine which subjects, if any, drove at night during the study period. The panel concluded that it was not appropriate for the 893 Study to use passenger data as support for a claim about drivers.
Aspheric Optics Claim
In agreement with NAD, the NARB panel recommended that Bausch + Lomb modify the chart in the INFUSE brochure accompanying the claim "Compared to leading silicone hydrogel daily disposables, only Bausch + Lomb INFUSE is designed with aspheric optics to reduce spherical aberration across the entire power range" to indicate that the lens property being compared is "Spherical Aberration Control Across the Entire Power Range."
In its advertiser's statement, Bausch + Lomb stated that it "will comply with NARB's decision." The advertiser further stated that it "appreciates NARB's finding that Bausch+ Lomb's 893 Study supports its monadic percentage agreement claims, as modified according to NARB's decision." Although the advertiser noted that it "respectfully disagrees" with some of NARB's findings which "misstate some of Bausch+ Lomb's positions and arguments," it stated that it "is a strong supporter of the self-regulatory process and will consider NAD's and NARB's recommendations with respect to its advertising going forward."
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It is with great sadness, and heavy heart, that I report the untimely death of my beloved 2013 Dodge mini-van. This mini-van represented a significant milestone in my life when I completely and forever relinquished any and all claims to even a shred of coolness in my life. I bought the mini-van so that we could use it as a secondary vehicle to take the kids and friends to the beach, Disney World, and other exotic places, like the Little Grand Canyon. Yes, I know, I am a very impressive world traveler.
You cannot be cool in a mini-van. Brad Pitt could not get a date with a $25 hooker in a mini-van. James Dean would not be a movie icon if, in “Rebel Without a Cause,” he drove a mini-van. You cannot even get young valet parking garage attendants to park a mini-van for you. It is too stigmatizing for the teenage persona to overcome.
So there I have been, driving the mini-van while everyone I know said, “There goes T. Gamble. He used to be at least a little cool. At least he thought he was. But not now, he’s given up. Next he’ll be wearing his pants up around his chest and rolling up his blue jean pants legs.”
The mini-van met its fate in the mean streets of Columbus, Georgia, on Victory Drive. Victory Drive is no place for such an ending, with its strip clubs and blue-collar reputation, but it was here that two cars collided at an intersection and then piled into the helpless mini-van. My daughter was parked at a red light, driving it at the time, probably thinking, “Boy, am I the un-coolest 18-year-old in the history of the world driving this mini-van.”
God came down and mercifully ended the life of the mini-van with only 163,000 miles and enough food and drink stains inside to keep a small animal alive for at least two weeks. (Note to self, never buy another mini-van with cloth seats unless I long for the aroma of each fast food meal I’ve eaten in it for the last 10 years.)
I had to go a Columbus wrecker service to clean the van out before the insurance company could come and take her away to the great car crusher in the sky. I took enough stuff out of her to start a flea market. There were occasional Swedish fish, my daughter’s favorite candy, some in containers and some randomly scattered throughout the vehicle. Coins were everywhere. If anyone ever got change back from any fast food or other place, the coins were thrown in whatever pocket or side door panel available. If we ever met a toll booth the mini-van was loaded for bear.
My son’s nasty T-shirts from football practice, not this year’s, but from about 2018, were hidden under a seat. On and on it went, each find bringing back a memory.
There was the time the key fob for the mini-van would crank the car but not unlock the doors, so my wife, while at the beach, sternly warned the kids, “Do not lock the doors as we cannot unlock them.” So they promptly locked the doors with it running. Her response to this still registers as a category 1 hurricane in Florida on some hurricane intensity maps.
Oh, yes, the good times one has while being uncool.
The mini-van did take me on several boys-only beach trips, golf outings, etc. For this type of trip, it has a purpose. The police will not pull a mini-van over at 2 in the morning even if it is driving the wrong way on a one way street. Now you can be going 58 in a 55 at 2 in the morning in a Corvette and get pulled over, but mini-vans are basically invisible to law enforcement: “Did my radar just clock that vehicle at 105? Oh, no, never mind, just a mini-van.”
If Ted Bundy had driven a mini-van, instead of a VW beetle, he’d probably still be riding around abducting young women. You could rob a bank and drive off in a mini-van, and the cops would say, “Well, all we saw was a mini-van driving away. That couldn’t be it.”
So, I may have to buy another one but no cloth seats. And my pants will not be at my armpits. I promise.
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OSLO, Norway, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera Limited (NASDAQ: OPRA) (the "Company"), one of the world's largest internet consumer brands with hundreds of millions of users worldwide, today announced that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an amendment to its annual report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
The amendment supplements the annual report to include summarized financial information of the Company's former equity-accounted investee NanoCred Cayman Company Limited ("Nanobank"). The amendment also reflects an adjustment of the Company's share of net loss of Nanobank for the fiscal year of 2021 based on adjustments that Nanobank has made to its financial statements for 2021 subsequent to the filing of the original annual report on April 26, 2022. The increase in the share of net loss was offset by an equal reduction in the impairment that the Company recognized on its investment in Nanobank, as the fair value of Nanobank at year-end 2021 has not changed. Consequently, these adjustments did not impact the Company's net result for 2021. Please see the explanatory note on the first page of our amended annual report on Form 20-F/A for additional details.
The annual report, including the amendment, can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at https://investor.opera.com/sec-filings or the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov. The Company will provide a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request. Requests should be directed to investor-relations@opera.com or by writing to:
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(The Hill) – Thirty-eight percent of voters said the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade made them much more interested in voting this year, an eight-point increase from when the question was asked as a hypothetical in September, according to a new poll.
The poll — conducted by Emerson College in partnership with All In Together, a nonpartisan women’s civic engagement organization — found that 56 percent of respondents said the court’s decision made them at least somewhat more interested in voting this year.
Eight percent said it made them less interested and one-third said it made no difference.
The court’s decision last week to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ending the country’s constitutional right to abortion, has fueled intense anger for many, with liberals hoping the ruling will galvanize voters to support Democrats.
The decision has already led to major advertisement buys from groups like Planned Parenthood, which rolled out a $3 million campaign on Thursday hitting Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz over his stance on abortion access. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), who is in a tough reelection battle, also on Thursday launched an abortion-related television ad.
The Supreme Court’s ruling has also led to a flurry of lawsuits in states across the country seeking to stop abortion restrictions that took effect in its wake.
The poll found that more than two-thirds of respondents who said they were much more interested in voting this year — 68 percent — supported the generic Democratic congressional candidate.
Among women, the poll found a 10-point swing for those saying they were much more interested in voting in the midterms because of the Supreme Court’s decision compared to September. Among women aged 18 to 29, the swing increased to 20 points.
Just 5 percent of women said the court’s decision would make them less interested in voting in the 2022 elections, compared to 60 percent who said it would make them more interested.
The poll of registered voters was conducted between June 28 and 29. The pollsters weighted the responses using turnout modeling for the midterm elections, and the margin of error is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/nearly-4-in-10-say-roe-v-wade-overturning-made-them-much-more-interested-in-voting-poll/ | 2022-07-01T15:08:38Z |
MARQUETTE, Mich. and LANSING, Mich., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peninsula Fiber Network, LLC (PFN), a leading provider of fiber optic-based telecommunications and Next Generation 911 services throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota announces the addition of Tammy Smith as its Grants & Funding Manager.
In anticipation of this important addition, PFN's Vice President of Government Affairs stated, "Tammy's vast experience in grants and funding will allow PFN to engage in federal and state broadband funding opportunities that enhance our robust network. Her critical thinking, attention to detail, and vast industry knowledge is a valuable asset to our growing company and for our customers in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. We are pleased that she has joined the PFN team."
Tammy brings to PFN over 20 years' experience working with government, academic, and non-profit organizations across various industries. She is a certified grant management specialist, an expert in federal grants, and contributing author to the Grants Management Body of Knowledge (GMBoK) Guide published by NGMA.
A graduate of Western Michigan University, Tammy lives in Bath with her husband, Thomas. In their free time they enjoy being with their children and family, and love to be outdoors. You will often find them at the horse barn, roller rink, or exploring Michigan's waters and wildlife with their fishing poles, kayaks, and cameras.
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Ultra-fast fully underwritten approval turns borrowers into power buyers
CHICAGO, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Guaranteed Rate, a cutting-edge mortgage lender driven to be the nation's top Fintech, is proud to announce the launch of its new PowerBid Approval. This exclusive new program is designed to give homebuyers the strength, speed and confidence they have to have to compete against deep-pocketed cash buyers and institutional investors.
Historically low inventory combined with an influx of aggressive cash buyers continues to disrupt the housing market. Amidst these disruptions, more and more borrowers are looking to improve their chances of submitting a winning bid on the home of their dreams. Guaranteed Rate is committed to helping make that happen, and our new PowerBid Approval is our latest tool in that ongoing fight.
Guaranteed Rate's new PowerBid Approval provides buyers and sellers with the confidence of a fast, fully underwritten approval confirming the borrower is qualified to buy now. PowerBid Approval's priority turn times mean borrowers get our fastest approval, often in less than 24 hours. Less thorough approvals that aren't fully underwritten often lose out in competitive bidding situations. It's fast and easy to apply from anywhere, on any device, and a 90-day lock gives borrowers the time they need to find the home they really want.
"At Guaranteed Rate, we are constantly looking for ways to enhance the homebuying experience for our customers," said Paul Anastos, Guaranteed Rate's Chief Innovation Officer. "Our exclusive new PowerBid Approval comes at a time when so many people are looking for ways to win in the current market. This incredibly fast and powerful new tool is an awesome way for buyers to stand out and land the house they really want."
Not only are more individuals making all-cash offers to buy homes, but so are institutional investors. In fact, a recent report from the National Association of Realtors Research Group found that an amazing 13% of residential home sales last year were from corporate interests. All of which means that regular buyers need to be armed with as much homebuying firepower as possible to compete in this market.
If you're looking to compete in today's tight real estate market, you need every advantage you can get. PowerBid Approval, exclusively from Guaranteed Rate, gives you the pure homebuying horsepower you need to outbid the competition and meet the time constraints of "best and final."
Learn more at rate.com/powerbid.
PowerBid Approval (the "Approval") is contingent upon receipt of executed sales contract, an acceptable appraisal supporting value, valid hazard insurance policy, and a re-review of your financial condition. Guaranteed Rate, Inc. reserves the right to revoke this Approval at any time if there is a change in your financial condition or credit history which would impair your ability to repay this obligation and/or if any information contained your application is untrue, incomplete or inaccurate. Receipt of an application does not represent an approval for financing or interest rate guarantee. Not all applicants will be approved for financing. Restrictions may apply, contact Guaranteed Rate for current rates and for more information.
Guaranteed Rate Companies is a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services. Headquartered in Chicago, the Guaranteed Rate Companies have more than 10,000 employees in over 850 branches across the U.S., serving all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Since its launch in 2000, Guaranteed Rate Companies have helped more than 1 million homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances, with a total loan volume of more than $116 billion in 2021 alone. The company has cemented itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. Honors and awards include: Top Lender for Online Service for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; Best Mortgage Lender for Online Loans and Best Mortgage Lender for Refinancing by NerdWallet for 2021; HousingWire's 2020 Tech100 award for the company's industry-leading FlashClose℠ technology; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide's 2021 list of Top Retail Mortgage Lenders; Chicago Agent Magazine's Lender of the Year for six consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years. Visit rate.com for more information.
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NEW YORK and PORTLAND, Ore., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, announced expanded leadership within the Constellation network to further support its transformative client work. Instrument Co-founder and current CEO Justin Lewis will become Chair of Constellation; current Constellation Chair John Boiler will shift roles and become Creative Chair; and current Instrument President Kara Place will become CEO of Instrument.
Constellation, which includes 72andSunny, Brand Citizens, Crispin Porter Bogusky, The Harris Poll, Hecho Studios, Instrument, Redscout and Team Enterprises, operates as one of the key networks within Stagwell. Lewis will focus on evolving the group's integrated offerings and spearheading new business growth. Boiler will become Creative Chair with a focus on client services and continuing to shepherd the group's creative excellence.
"Justin is a digital native and this is an exciting investment in the next phase of Constellation's growth. Justin knows how to help brands achieve digitally led, creatively compelling work and we're excited for him to bring that expertise to the network," said Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn. "Working in partnership with John as Creative Chair, the future of Constellation is bright. And, as she's helped Instrument grow into one of the most innovative digital agencies in our industry, Kara is a great leader as the agency enters its next chapter."
"Constellation offers vertically integrated services with true strategic continuity, enabling us to solve tremendously complex business problems," said Justin Lewis, Chair of Constellation and outgoing CEO of Instrument. "Our clients – like Nike, Google, and Levi's – handle very complex digital ecosystems and my goal is to take Instrument's innovative and collaborative approach in solving for that complexity to Constellation, where we can create even more scale and impact for clients."
"I'm excited to work with Justin in the Chair seat as I lean into the core of the passion that started it all: creativity," said John Boiler, Creative Chair of Constellation. "It takes creativity to assemble a bespoke constellation of specialists across data, insights, big brand thinking and next-gen digital activations to make transformational things happen for our clients."
"In my 10 years at Instrument, we've grown from a small agency to a force in the digital transformation space. The Instrument model produces innovative work, exceptional relationships and an internal culture that respects each individual as an integral part of our team," said Kara Place, incoming CEO of Instrument. "We mix design, strategy, technology and storytelling to deliver groundbreaking work for clients. After working closely with Justin all of these years and growing multiple functions of our business as President, I look forward to assuming full responsibility for our amazing teammates and trusted client partners."
About Stagwell Inc.
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 10,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
About Constellation
Constellation is a formation of best-in-class agencies within Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) across marketing services from data, insights, creativity, technology, and experiential that deploys itself to seize clients' biggest opportunities and solve their toughest business problems at scale. The collective includes: 72andSunny, Brand Citizens, Crispin Porter Bogusky, The Harris Poll, Hecho Studios, Instrument, Redscout and Team Enterprises.
About Instrument
Instrument is a digital agency with offices in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York. We are a dynamic group of creative technologists and storytellers that use the power of design and technology to co-create groundbreaking work with our clients. We connect brands like never before—helping organizations reimagine the most valuable pieces of their digital ecosystem. With deep talent in the areas of Strategy, Design, Development and Content Creation, we build modern experiences for ambitious brands.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught was sentenced to three years supervised probation in a Tennessee courtroom Friday after she was convicted of negligent homicide in the 2017 death of 75-year-old Charlene Murphey.
Vaught was previously found guilty of two charges: criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult.
Vaught was accused of administering a fatal dose of the wrong medication. She admitted to using the wrong medication but pleaded not guilty to the charges in 2019.
Charlene Murphey, of Gallatin, was waiting for a standard scan at Vanderbilt Medical Center in 2017 when she was administered a fatal dose of the wrong medication. Investigators found Vaught was supposed to give Murphey a sedative for her comfort, but instead administered a different medication that causes paralysis.
Vaught has said she was “distracted” when she overrode a safety feature on the automated medication dispenser, failing to catch a number of red flags between the time she grabbed the medication and gave it to the patient.
Vaught’s case has captured national attention on social media, with hundreds of thousands following the trial proceedings.
Following the guilty verdict, the American Nurses Association released a statement warning that the trial could create a precedent that would ultimately endanger patients if the criminalization of medical errors has “a chilling effect on reporting and process improvement.”
The nursing community continued to push for clemency since the verdict was read. On Friday, a rally was held by nurses and health care workers outside the Davidson County courthouse prior to Vaught’s sentencing, with the crowd watching hearing proceedings online after the rally.
Judge Jennifer Smith said the court received numerous letters, calls and voicemails in relation to Vaught’s case, but they could not be considered in sentencing as it would not have been appropriate.
Members of Murphey’s family took the witness stand. “Knowing my mom and the way she was, she wouldn’t want to see [Vaught] get any jail time. She is a very forgiving person,” Charlene’s son Michael Murphey said. “My dad would want her to get the max.”
“We just feel like my mother in-law got lost in all of this,” said Murphey’s daughter-in-law Chandra Murphey, adding that her family just wants peace and closure.
“We forgive her and jail time is not an option to me for her,” said Chandra Murphey.
Multiple nurses who worked with Vaught then took the stand to vouch for her professionalism as a nurse and quality as a friend.
Vaught also stood before the court and gave a lengthy apology to Murphey’s family along with her own personal statement on how the case has impacted her as a nurse and a person.
“I have lost far more than my nursing license and career. I will never be the same person. When Mrs. Murphey died, part of me died with her,” said Vaught.
Vaught concluded her statement with asking the judge for leniency in her sentencing. She can never be employed in the medical field again. | https://cw33.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/former-vanderbilt-nurse-radonda-vaught-sentenced-to-3-years-probation/ | 2022-05-13T21:59:32Z |
Continues rapid global growth serving enterprises seeking to revitalize their websites and applications with a cloud-first approach
AUSTIN, Texas, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Contentstack, the Content Experience Platform (CXP) category leader, today announced the hire of Jerry Nott as APAC Regional Director. Nott's hire is the first of many in Australia as Contentstack increases its investment in the region to better serve local customers and maintain the company's nearly 99% customer retention rate. Contentstack currently supports 30+ brands across APAC, with the majority in Australia, including Baby Bunting, Pepperstone Group, and Koorong.
Nott previously served as Regional Director at Uniform and Sales Leader at Optimizely, educating and helping customers implement progressive MACH – or Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless solutions – technologies. He brings more than two decades of experience, including companies such as Salesforce and Sitecore, and will be reporting to Ramon Weterings, Vice-President of EMEA and APAC.
"The chance to assist local customers looking to leverage the most innovative CMS in the market is a privilege," said Nott. "The cloud model, enterprise features, and unparalleled customer support make Contentstack the catalyst for game-changing digital transformations."
Contentstack will soon expand its Australian presence with sales, marketing, and customer service roles. The continued investment will ensure that Contentstack's pioneering Care without Compromise™ program works seamlessly in the region. Through Care without Compromise, Contentstack and its Catalysts partners cooperate, communicate, and cross-train support staff to deliver joint solutions to customers.
"APAC's leading enterprise organizations are adopting MACH principles to modernize and accelerate the way they do business at MACH speed," said Weterings. "To help these frontrunners achieve their ambitious goals and to further educate the market, we are doubling down on our local presence and will continue to build the team under Jerry's excellent and renowned leadership."
Companies can learn more about MACH and its benefits at the first MACH Alliance event in Sydney on July 29. The event is tailored for enterprise businesses looking to future-proof their brands and will provide support to make MACH easy.
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About Contentstack
Contentstack™ – the Content Experience Platform (CXP) category leader – empowers marketers and developers to deliver composable digital experiences at the speed of their imagination. Companies such as Chase, Express, Holiday Inn, Icelandair, Mattel, McDonald's, Mitsubishi, Riot Games, Sephora and Shell trust Contentstack to power their most critical content experiences with uncompromising scale and dependability. Famous for its Care without Compromise™, Contentstack has achieved the industry's highest customer satisfaction rating. Contentstack is also a founder of the MACH Alliance, setting the industry agenda for open and composable technology that is Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless. Learn more at http://www.contentstack.com.
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24 industry thought leaders from around the globe, from Ireland to Finland to Hong Kong to middle America, representing every layer of our critical network infrastructure, seek to answer how we can get our data greener today and together
LAS VEGAS , April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA), the preeminent provider of public relations (PR), digital marketing and event planning services for telecom, data center and network infrastructure companies, announces the book Greener Data: Actionable Insights from Industry Leaders has made its debut on Amazon.com today in celebration of Earth Day.
This multi-author, visionary book features the voices, stories, and perspectives of leading decision makers in the data center and network infrastructure industry who are passionate about drastically reducing carbon emissions for a more sustainable Earth. Empowering other industries' digital transformations, the contributing authors from around the globe share their timely insights to inspire positive and ever-lasting change and sustainability.
Greener Data provides multiple, inclusive ways to act – including: reducing carbon emissions; enhancing biodiversity; harnessing the power in people and resource management; leveraging hardware and software innovation; investing in sustainable projects, facilities and partners; and providing definitions and tools for universal and impactful measurement and transparency.
"Greener Data is more than a book; it's a movement," explains Jaymie Scotto Cutaia, Founder and CEO of Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA). "We hope this book will inspire readers to learn and to act within their own communities, as together we can make a meaningful difference in the world's energy consumption and resulting carbon emissions. Those in the digital infrastructure industry can provide the necessary tools and blueprints for other businesses to emulate, and together make a foundational shift for a sustainable Earth."
To learn more about Greener Data, not just the book but also the industry-led movement, visit greenerdata.net. All proceeds from the book launch will be donated to Direct Relief in support of Ukraine relief efforts.
About JSA
Celebrating over 17 years of success, Jaymie Scotto & Associates (JSA) is the preeminent provider of Public Relations, Account Based Marketing (ABM), Lead Nurturing and Event Planning services to the telecom, data center and network infrastructure industries. A 2021 Inc. 5000 company, JSA has also been named one of the Top 100 Elite Agencies in the US by PRNEWS, 'Best Industry-Focused Agency' of 2021 by the Bulldog PR Awards and 'Most Outstanding Telecoms PR Agency' by LiveWire for two years in a row. Our success is attributed to our skilled JSA team, innovative tools, and established media and industry relationships. Combined, these allow us to deliver the industry's gold standard in content creation, media outreach, digital marketing and brand strategy services available, orchestrated in a timely, integrated marketing plan customized for each client, to offer optimal and measurable ROI.
To learn more about how JSA can elevate your brand, visit www.jsa.net.
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Findings Indicate Optimism Across Specialty Chemicals Sector
ARLINGTON, Va., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) today released its third annual 2022 Specialty Chemicals Industry Census+ findings that demonstrate a positive outlook and business confidence in the sector despite inflation and other post-pandemic impacts.
"Specialty chemical manufacturers anticipate continued revenue growth over last year with a strategic focus on expanding projects with existing customers," said Paul Hirsh, Senior Vice President, Industry Relations. "Results reflect companies' increasing prioritization of sustainability and ESG initiatives across the manufacturing environment in various ways, with emphasis on supply chain management for business continuity. The industry's resilience is underpinned by strong demand for batch chemistry and reinforces how instrumental specialty chemicals are to the global marketplace."
SOCMA will present a first-hand look of survey findings during an Executive Roundtable, July 26, at 1:00pm. Open to SOCMA members, non-members and press, the roundtable will highlight year-over-year analysis and key takeaways around:
- Anticipated revenue growth around leading manufacturing processes,
- CapEx and targeted investment strategies,
- Future trends in digital process controls and enterprise resource planning,
- Land / water / air emissions and averages, and much more.
First released in 2020 and conducted in partnership with Vault Consulting, LLC, the SOCMA Census surveys manufacturer opinions on key operational and decision points chemical manufacturers use to benchmark business activities. The annual report supports SOCMA's mission of delivering actionable industry intelligence to underpin and validate business growth decisions for companies across the value chain.
To receive an Executive Summary of the 2022 Industry Census+, reach out to Samantha Hill, at shill@socma.org.
About SOCMA
Solely dedicated to the specialty and fine chemical industry, SOCMA builds commercial connections, supporting manufacturing and operations and advocating for regulatory and legislative policies that advance our members' ability to grow their businesses. www.socma.org.
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200,000-Square-Foot Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center Will Feature 150 Interactive Exhibits and Become Permanent Home for Space Shuttle Endeavour
LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Science Center today broke ground on the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a 200,000-square-foot addition to the Science Center that will contain 150 educational exhibits spanning three multi-level galleries and become the permanent home of Space Shuttle Endeavour, one of only three remaining flown space shuttle orbiters and the only one located on the west coast. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, United States Senator Alex Padilla, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Holly Mitchell, Los Angeles City Council Member Curren Price, Chairperson of the Mr. and Mrs. Oschin Family Foundation Mrs. Lynda Oschin, as well as other community leaders, former NASA astronauts, donors, and students from the Science Center School participated in the groundbreaking celebration. Governor Gavin Newsom and United States Senator Mark Kelly, who is also a former NASA astronaut and served as Commander on Endeavour's last mission, joined the celebration remotely with recorded messages. The event coincided with the 11th anniversary of Space Shuttle Endeavour's final touchdown.
The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will nearly double the California Science Center's educational exhibit areas with an impressive artifact collection, integrated with hands-on exhibits to encourage guests of all ages to investigate scientific and engineering principles of atmospheric flight and the exploration of the universe. Endeavour will be presented in an awe-inspiring 'ready-to-launch' vertical configuration, complete with solid rocket boosters and an external tank, in what will be the world's only display of an authentic space shuttle system.
"The California Science Center is thrilled to celebrate this milestone today," remarked California Science Center President and CEO, Jeffrey Rudolph. "The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will be a launchpad for creativity and innovation to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and explorers."
Towering 20-stories high, the Air and Space Center will house an impressive collection of aircraft and spacecraft, carefully selected to present a dynamic and fun learning experience while illustrating key concepts for each of its three multi-level galleries– Air, Space and Shuttle – that span four floors and 100,000-square-feet of exhibit space.
Reaching this groundbreaking milestone is possible due to an extraordinarily generous gift from the Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation, the largest the California Science Center has ever received. Combined with the support also provided by the State of California and numerous foundations, individuals and corporate donors, the California Science Center Foundation has now raised $280 million toward its $400 million EndeavourLA Campaign goal.
Additional major campaign donors include The Ahmanson Foundation, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, Weingart Foundation, and Ibrahim El-Hefni Technical Training Foundation.
"On behalf of the citizens of California, thank you to the many generous supporters of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center project," said Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. "We have achieved this groundbreaking milestone because of all of you, and together we will inspire the next generation."
"This gift is to honor the legacy of my dear husband Samuel Oschin, who was passionate about adventure and the pursuit of knowledge, especially in the fields of science and engineering," notes Mrs. Lynda Oschin. "Just as Sam desired to create opportunities for learning and discovery for others, I was inspired to support this project when I saw the enthusiasm of schoolchildren who met the crew of astronauts from Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission. Now it gives me enormous pleasure to see this vision becoming a reality for the millions of young people who will be inspired to reach for the stars."
Science Center President and CEO Rudolph further stated, "Few institutions have seen this level of generosity and we are tremendously grateful to Mrs. Lynda Oschin for the unparalleled gift from the Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation. Their early contribution was catalytic in bringing Space Shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center and we are forever thankful for this additional commitment that has propelled us forward to groundbreaking on the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. This gift is an investment in the future of science learning."
The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center is the third phase of the California Science Center's three-phase, three-decade master plan to develop one of the world's leading science learning centers. Building construction is underway and is estimated to take three years. Roughly a year and a half into construction, Space Shuttle Endeavour will be moved off display and positioned in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will then be completed around the full shuttle stack. Architectural design is by ZGF, construction is by MATT Construction, and exhibit design is by Evidence Design.
"For decades, the California Science Center has inspired kids to dream big and pursue their own scientific endeavors," said Senator Padilla. "The new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center will continue to position California as a leader in science and space exploration. Congratulations to the California Science Center on your next great frontier that will continue to educate and encourage our children."
The California Science Center Foundation actively invites contributions at all levels from the public to help complete this ambitious project. Supporters can join Team Endeavour, sponsoring one of the space shuttle's thermal tiles, while assisting the California Science Center Foundation's efforts to create the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center. Gift levels start at $1,000 with monthly payment options available. Go to EndeavourLA.com to find out more.
A project of this scope and scale requires the visionary support and leadership of the philanthropic community. EndeavourLA is the California Science Center Foundation's $400 million fundraising campaign that has enabled the acquisition and temporary display of Space Shuttle Endeavour and supports our plans to build the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center and sustain ongoing exhibits, programs and operations. With commitments totaling $280 million to date, the campaign's $120 million balance will be raised during the three-year construction period.
The California Science Center is a dynamic destination where families, adults and children can explore the wonders of science through hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, innovative programs and large-format movies. Its mission is to stimulate curiosity and inspire science learning in everyone by creating fun, memorable experiences, because we value science as an indispensable tool for understanding our world, accessibility and inclusiveness, and enriching people's lives.
The California Science Center and IMAX Theater are located in historic Exposition Park just west of the Harbor (110) Freeway at 700 Exposition Park Drive. The Science Center is open daily from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 pm. Please check the Science Center web site for schedule updates at CaliforniaScienceCenter.org.
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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 IonQ, Inc. (NYSE: IONQ) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 30, 2021 to May 2, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 1, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in IONQ:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that IonQ, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in IonQ you have until August 1, 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 IonQ 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 IONQ lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/ionq-inc-loss-submission-form?id=28136&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
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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GAITHERSBURG, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirnaomics Ltd. (the "Company" or "Sirnaomics", stock code: 2257.HK), a leading biopharmaceutical company in discovery and development of RNAi therapeutics, announced today that Dr. Patrick Lu, PhD, founder, Chairman of the Board, Executive Director, President, and CEO of Sirnaomics, will present at the 3rd Annual Jefferies Asia Forum that will be held on September 8, 2022.
Following the presentation, there will be scheduled investor meetings at the conference. If any investors are interested in having meetings on an individual basis, please contact Sirnaomics' Investor Relations by email: IR@sirnaomics.com.
About Sirnaomics
Sirnaomics is an RNA therapeutics biopharmaceutical company with product candidates in preclinical and clinical stages that focuses on the discovery and development of innovative drugs for indications with medical needs and large market opportunities. Sirnaomics is the first clinical-stage RNA therapeutics company to have a strong presence in both China and the United States, and also the first company to achieve positive Phase IIa clinical outcomes in oncology for an RNAi therapeutic for its core product, STP705. Learn more at www.sirnaomics.com.
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Investor Relations:
Nigel Yip
Chief Financial Officer, China, Sirnaomics
Email: NigelYip@sirnaomics.com
US Media Contact:
Mark Corbae
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Email: sirnaomics.hk@pordahavas.com
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BEIJING, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC, 03908.HK, 601995.SH) today announced that China International Capital Corporation (UK) Limited (CICC UK) has joined SIX Swiss Exchange.
Xinhan Xia, CEO of China International Capital Corporation (UK) Limited, said, "We are extremely pleased to be the first Chinese bank to become a member of SIX Swiss Exchange. It will enable us to better connect the capital markets and investors between China, Switzerland and Europe. This is another key milestone on CICC's ongoing journey of European and internationalization expansion."
CICC UK was established in 2009 and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom. It provides a central platform from which CICC facilitates cross-border investment and financing services for an increasing number of clients from Europe, the Middle East and Africa who do business with China, and from China seeking cross-border investment in and financing from these regions.
Gregor Braun, Head of Sales Switzerland & Europe at SIX Swiss Exchange, commented, "I'm happy to welcome another new participant and wish CICC UK successful trading on our exchange. We offer our members an attractive securities universe, world-class technology and innovative trading services, which we'll keep developing – with them and for them."
SIX Swiss Exchange offers access to a wide range of trading segments including Equities, Bonds, Exchange Traded Funds, Mutual Funds and Sponsored Funds, Exchange Traded Products and Structured Products. SIX Swiss Exchange was named Exchange Group of the Year at the 2021 Financial News Trading & Tech Awards and has been nominated for three years in a row as Exchange of the Year at the FN Trading & Technology Awards.
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China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC, 03908.HK, 601995.SH) is a top tier investment bank, founded in China in 1995, providing first-class financial services to corporates, institutions and individuals worldwide. As the first international joint-venture investment bank in China, CICC plays a unique role to support China's economic reforms and liberalization through providing comprehensive one-stop domestic, overseas, and cross-border financial services including investment banking, equities, FICC, research, private equity, asset management and wealth management. Headquartered in Beijing, CICC has over 200 branches in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, London, San Francisco, Frankfurt and Tokyo. For more information about CICC, please visit www.cicc.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today that its board of directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 53 cents per share, payable on July 21, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 30, 2022.
About FMC
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,400 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn® and Twitter®.
Statement under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current views and assumptions regarding future events, future business conditions and the outlook for the company based on currently available information. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. These factors include, among other things, the risk factors and other cautionary statements included within FMC's 2021 Form 10-K filed with the SEC as well as other SEC filings and public communications. FMC cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the above cautionary statement. FMC undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any duty, to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they were made, except as otherwise required by law.
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State-of-the-art digital platform simplifies COVID-19 test result management
MADISON, Wis., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroGEM, a Virginia-based life sciences and molecular diagnostics company,and Workflow Services by ImageMover, a healthcare software company that provides solutions to capture point-of-care medical data through provider-focused digital workflows, have announced their partnership to streamline COVID-19 test result workflow. In this agreement designating MicroGEM as a premier partner for PCR point of care testing, Workflow Services by ImageMover now offers optional access to its fully-integrated reporting platform with the MicroGEM Sal6830 SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test to automate and simplify data reporting requirements.
MicroGEM develops innovative point-of-need diagnostic devices based on its ground-breaking approach to sample preparation and nucleic acid extraction. The MicroGEM Sal6830 Point of Care PCR System is designed to capture intact virus, a key indicator of infectiousness. The Sal6830 is simple to operate with non-invasive saliva collection, no extra consumables or sample preparation steps, easy touchscreen instructions, and PCR results at the point of care in under 30 minutes.
"Our goal is to streamline test administration for providers and ensure secure test results for patients so that point-of-care COVID-19 testing can be implemented with ease and efficiency," said LeRoy Blake, Chief Commercial Officer at MicroGEM. "The Workflow Services solution enables our customers to quickly document point of care test results, communicate those automatically to the patient, and automatically report results to state and federal health authorities."
Since its founding in 2013, ImageMover has automated the management of millions of diagnostic images and grown to accommodate numerous clinical workflows and different care settings from pharmacies, to urgent cares, to universities and sports teams. Workflow Services by ImageMover employs an exclusive approach to securely capture and integrate point-of-care medical data, simplifying communication and enhancing patient care. The streamlined workflow reduces errors by capturing data elements through barcode scanning and optical character recognition, and securely stores captured results.
"The MicroGEM innovative saliva PCR test, paired with point-of-care operational support from Workflow Services, brings a compelling, fully integrated solution to the market. This type of combined offering makes high quality diagnostic testing more accessible and meets the demands of point of care service delivery now and into the future," said Kevin Houlihan, ImageMover President and CEO.
The MicroGEM Sal6830 SARS-CoV-2 Saliva Test has not been FDA cleared or approved, but has been authorized for emergency use by FDA under an EUA for use by authorized laboratories, including under a CLIA waiver. Find Sal6830 FDA EUA information here: https://microgembiocovid19.com/img/uploads/FDA%20language%20for%20website.pdf
MicroGEM democratizes molecular biology by moving complex molecular biology tools out of highly skilled laboratories to non-laboratory settings where they can be used quickly at the point of need. The company's innovative enzymatic approach to nucleic acid extraction provides the foundation for fast sample preparation suitable for PCR analysis. Coupled with its expertise in microfluidics and synthetic biology, MicroGEM is creating the next generation of person-portable diagnostic devices for the management of infectious diseases and other personalized medicine applications.
www.microgembio.com/covid-19
Contact: Lianne Landers, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications
l.landers@microgembio.com
Workflow Services by ImageMover is a healthcare software company that innovates seamless point-of-care medical workflow software solutions for healthcare professionals and patients. The company's solutions employ exclusive, patented approaches to securely capture and integrate medical data to simplify communication and enhance patient care.
www.workflowservices.com
Contact: Shannon Brenkendorff
Email: shannon@imagemovermd.com
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UNION, N.J., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) today announced that, as previously stated, it will hold a conference call to provide a business and strategic update on August 31, 2022 at 8:15am EDT. A press release and related materials will be issued approximately 45 minutes prior to the start of the conference call.
Sue Gove, Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We recognize the strong interest in our company and our plans to better serve customers, recapture market share, drive growth and profitability, ensure our vendors are supported, and strengthen our balance sheet. We look forward to providing an update on our business next week, including a preview of strategies and changes being implemented across the enterprise to deliver results for all stakeholders."
Strategic Update Call and Presentation
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.'s strategic update conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-404-400-0571, or if international, 1-866-374-5140, and entering passcode ID number 58295059#. A live audio webcast of the conference call, along with the press release, will also be available on the Investor Relations section of our website at http://bedbathandbeyond.gcs-web.com/investor-relations. The webcast will be available for replay after the call.
About the Company
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is an omnichannel retailer that makes it easy for our customers to feel at home. The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise in the Home, Baby, Beauty and Wellness markets. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.
The Company operates websites at bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, buybuybaby.com, buybuybaby.ca, harmondiscount.com, facevalues.com, and decorist.com.
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Certification recognizes full-team approach to cardiac care
DANVILLE, Pa., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) is the country's first hospital to receive The Joint Commission/American Heart Association (AHA) Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification.
Already recognized by the organizations as a Mission Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Center for its ability to quickly restore blood flow to the heart in patients with the most severe type of heart attack, GMC has now set the national standard for care coordination among hospital leadership, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, heart failure, advanced practice, nursing, life support, emergency medicine, emergency medical services (EMS), care management, pharmacy, and cardiac rehab teams.
Every second is critical when trying to preserve heart muscle and function in patients having cardiac episodes, and this degree of full-team support means patients will receive the highest level of care as quickly as it can be delivered.
Geisinger engaged the certification process to bring the best possible cardiac care close to home for patients and members in central and northeastern Pennsylvania – another step forward in the system's vision of making better health easier for the communities it serves.
"GMC staff has shown they're ready to treat a broad spectrum of chest-pain patients including those who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain, go into cardiac arrest outside the hospital, have heart attacks, and need blood flow restored quickly, need open-heart procedures, or need advanced therapies like extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for life support or left ventricle assist device (LVAD) procedures for heart failure," said interventional cardiologist Thomas Scott, D.O, director of the cardiac catheterization lab and co-medical director of the Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification program at the medical center.
Geisinger partnered with The Joint Commission on the pilot program for this new certification in November, and a multi-disciplinary team was ready when the commission returned at the end of July for a rigorous onsite review.
Reviewers with a nursing background evaluated records for patients who were currently admitted or had been cared for at GMC since the beginning of the year and pushed staff on quality measures including leadership engagement, collaboration with EMS, medical decision making, systemwide approach to quality improvement, performance improvement projects and engagement with pharmacy at the bedside.
"Taking care of these patients is a team sport," said Cinde Bower-Stout, R.N., M.H.A., cardiovascular quality manager and program director of the Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification program at the medical center. "Our front-line staff are just as critical as our specialists as they assess lab results for potential issues, administer pain-management treatment, educate patients on what to expect when they get home and receive ongoing care, round with our multi-disciplinary teams and help patients regain their strength with in-hospital therapies in preparation for discharge."
Geisinger was also noted for its ability to offer cardiac rehab in both in-person and virtual formats to help patients recover after cardiac events.
"Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification recognizes health care organizations committed to fostering continuous quality improvement in patient safety and quality of care," said Mark Pelletier, R.N., M.S., chief operating officer, Accreditation and Certification Operations, and chief nursing executive, The Joint Commission. "We commend GMC for reducing variation in its clinical processes and strengthening its program structure and management framework for cardiac patients."
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 10 hospital campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a Research Institute and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and nearly 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
CONTACT: Matt Mattei
570-881-0817
rmmattei1@geisinger.edu
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TOKYO, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nippon Express (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "NX China"), a group company of Nippon Express Holdings, Inc., launched a new intermodal service on Friday, April 1, for transport from various locations in China to Europe via the Caspian Sea.
Logo: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/img/202205161226-O1-9OdBSM9q
Photo: CRE train cars at Xi'an terminal
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Service features
- Cargo is transported by rail from numerous locations in China to Aktau, Kazakhstan, from there by ship across the Caspian Sea to Baku, Azerbaijan, and again by rail from Baku to Istanbul, Turkey, where it is transshipped to EU railways or trucks for delivery to locations throughout Europe.
- Lead time (example): approximately 50 to 55 days from Xi'an to Duisburg, Germany
- Service frequency: once per week
- This service can be used as a new BCP transport mode in addition to maritime and rail (China Railway Express) transport to Europe.
Background to service development
Logistics in China have been heavily impacted by the spread of COVID-19 infections as prolonged lockdowns in Shanghai have resulted in airport and seaport congestion, and trucking in the East China area connecting to Shanghai's suburbs continues to face difficulties.
To maintain customers' supply chains, NX China has been offering, in addition to its existing rail transport service on the China Railway Express, an intermodal transport service that combines rail transport in China with maritime transport along two routes it has developed -- (1) a northern route using Qingdao and Lianyungang ports and (2) a southern route using Ningbo and Wenzhou ports -- to avoid the congestion at Shanghai Port and Pudong Airport.
NX China has also developed a Caspian Sea route for transport from China to various parts of Europe via Kazakhstan to supplement the aforementioned intermodal transport service. This new service can be used as a BCP transport mode for Europe-bound cargo that does not pass through Russia.
Nippon Express website: https://www.nipponexpress.com/
NX Group's official LinkedIn account:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nippon-express-group/
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- weConnect, the fastest-growing, privately owned global expansion, operations and compliance company, hired Cameron Dorsett as UK Director. Dorsett will lead commercial growth efforts and drive customer adoption in the UK market and assist with customer acquisition in the EMEA region.
Dorsett is highly regarded as a pioneer within the Financial Sales and Marketing industry and earned that reputation by leading the company he founded to 6 years of consecutive growth. Cameron brings with him a wealth of experience and has closed over 500 deals with c-suite executives across 4 continents. Dorsett's experience in penetrating new markets and closing new business deals is something that weConnect will massively benefit from.
"Cameron brings an infectious entrepreneurial spirit to his role at weConnect," said Matthew Kyle, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer of weConnect. "Having experienced the challenges of global expansion while scaling his own startup, Cameron will be able to intimately relate to our clients and speak to them from a whole different perspective. I couldn't be happier to have someone who has the perspective of our clients so dear to his heart."
weConnect's mission is to offer the first true one-stop global expansion solution. Today, weConnect's workforce spans the globe with over 1200 team members in 86 countries. Start-ups, Fortune 500, Private Equity, and privately held companies trust weConnect to handle their international compliance and back-office functions as the grow around the world.
weConnect is the world's fastest-growing, privately owned global expansion, operations and compliance company. weConnect's mission is to make international expansion more efficient, convenient, and attainable. Using practical solutions and optimal technologies for employer of record, incorporation, accounting, payroll and tax compliance, weConnect allows clients to focus on securing optimal talent and growing their businesses to all corners of the globe. Details can be found at weconnect.co.
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NEW YORK, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Butterfly Network, Inc. ("Butterfly" or the "Company") f/k/a Longview Acquisition Corp. ("Longview") (NYSE: BFLY) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and docketed under 22-cv-00854, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Butterfly securities between February 16, 2021 and November 15, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), and/or (b) all holders of Butterfly common stock as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on February 12, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Longview and Butterfly (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger; seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b), 14(a), and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rules 10b-5 and 14a-9 promulgated thereunder, against Defendants, and arising from the materially false or misleading statements or omissions issued during the Class Period and in the proxy statement issued in connection with the Merger (the "Proxy").
If you are a shareholder who purchased Butterfly securities during the Class Period, and/or (b) all holders of Butterfly common stock as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on February 12, 2021 to consider approval of the Merger you have until April 18, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Longview was a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Butterfly, a digital health company, develops, manufactures, and commercializes ultrasound imaging solutions in the United States and internationally. The Company offers Butterfly iQ, a handheld and single-probe whole body ultrasound system; and Butterfly iQ+, a point-of-care ultrasound imaging device that connects with a smart phone or tablet.
Between late 2019 and early 2020, a novel strain of the coronavirus disease, commonly referred to as COVID-19, became an ongoing global pandemic, with the outbreak first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The virus quickly spread to other countries, including the U.S., prompting state, federal, and private parties to enact various health and safety measures to halt the spread of the disease, which has since claimed millions of lives.
On November 20, 2020, almost one year into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Butterfly issued a press release announcing that it had entered into a merger agreement with Longview. On the basis of the defective Proxy, on February 12, 2021, Longview shareholders voted to approve the Merger at a special shareholder meeting. Following the consummation of the Merger on February 16, 2021, Longview changed its name to "Butterfly Network, Inc." and Butterfly stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The complaint alleges that, The Proxy was negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing its preparation. Additionally, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, the Proxy and Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Butterfly had overstated its post-Merger business and financial prospects; (ii) notwithstanding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Butterfly's financial projections failed to take into account the pandemic's broad consequences, which included healthcare logistical challenges, and medical personnel fatigue; (iii) accordingly, Butterfly's gross margin levels and revenue projections were less sustainable than the Company had represented; (iv) all the foregoing was reasonably likely to have a material negative impact on Butterfly's business and financial condition; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On November 15, 2021, Butterfly announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2021. In a press release, Butterfly advised, among other things, that the Company's total gross margin for the quarter was negative 35% and that the Company expected its revenue for 2021 to be $60 million to $62 million this year, significantly below the guidance it gave out in Q1 of $76 million to $80 million. That same day, on an earnings call with investors and analysts to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter, Butterfly's CEO, Todd Fruchterman, stated that the Company's results were impacted by "healthcare logistical challenges, and doctor, nurse, and medical technician fatigue concurrent with COVID conditions and it's broad consequences."
On this news, Butterfly's stock price fell $1.08 per share, or 12.55%, to close at $7.52 per share on November 15, 2021.
Subsequent to, and due to, the closing of the Merger, the price of Butterfly common stock declined precipitously as the truth about Butterfly and the Proxy's false and misleading nature were revealed over time.
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
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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Audio: McCarthy slams Trump after Jan. 6, expresses concern about transition
(CNN) - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy railed against former President Donald Trump in a phone call two days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, calling Trump’s role “atrocious.”
In newly released details of that call, McCarthy is heard opposing using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office because it would take too long.
The audio reveals McCarthy wanted to reach out to then President-elect Joe Biden in the days after Jan. 6, in hopes of creating a smooth transition into the White House.
“What the president did is atrocious and totally wrong. I do think the impeachment divides the nation further,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. “It continues to fight is greater, um, that’s why I want to reach out to Biden. I wanted the president to meet with Biden. If that’s not going to happen, I want to see about us meeting with Biden, sitting down, make a smooth transition to show that and continue to keep those statements going. Um, so hopefully I know he’s got to talk to Pelosi that he is going to. Hopefully he calls me today.”
During that call, McCarthy also appeared so concerned about Trump’s role in the Capitol attack that he wanted a faster way to get the former president out of office than invoking the 25th Amendment.
Invoking the 25th Amendment would have required then-Vice President Mike Pence and a majority of the cabinet to vote to remove Trump from office due to his inability to “discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
CNN has reached out to McCarthy office to request comment on the newly revealed audio.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/05/05/audio-mccarthy-slams-trump-after-jan-6-expresses-concern-about-transition/ | 2022-05-05T16:56:48Z |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Commerce today issued its final determination in the third annual review of softwood lumber imports from Canada. The total duty rate of 8.59% confirms yet again that Canadian lumber imports are unfairly traded into the U.S. market.
"The trade laws duties announced today by the Commerce Department will help offset Canada's unfair trade practices," said Andrew Miller, Chairman of the U.S. Lumber Coalition and CEO of Stimson Lumber. "The benefit of the trade cases against Canada are clear," added Miller. "Trade law enforcement boosts American manufacturing and results in more U.S. lumber being produced by U.S. workers to build U.S. homes."
U.S. sawmills have invested heavily to expand capacity since the trade cases were filed in 2016. The domestic industry has produced an additional 15 billion board feet of lumber through 2021, averaging 3 billion a year of additional output. This is enough lumber to build over 1 million single-family homes.
The U.S. Lumber Coalition supports the continued enforcement of the U.S. trade laws to strengthen domestic supply chains by allowing American companies to invest and increase the overall supply of made-in-America lumber and will continue to aggressively pursue the enforcement of the trade laws.
The U.S. industry remains open to a new U.S.–Canada softwood lumber trade agreement if and when Canada can demonstrate that it is serious about negotiations for an agreement that addresses Canada's unfair trade practices which are harming U.S. producers, workers, and timberland holders. Until then, the U.S. Lumber Coalition fully supports the continued strong enforcement of the U.S. trade laws to address Canada's unfair softwood lumber trade practices.
The U.S. Lumber Coalition is an alliance of large and small softwood lumber producers from around the country, joined by their employees, and woodland owners, working to address Canada's unfair lumber trade practices. Our goal is to serve as the voice of the American lumber community, and effectively address Canada's unfair softwood lumber trade practices, including its gross underpricing of timber. For more information, please visit the Coalition's website at www.uslumbercoalition.org.
CONTACT: Zoltan van Heyningen
zoltan@uslumbercoalition.org | 202-805-9133
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DENVER (AP) — A woman and a sheriff’s deputy were fatally shot at a home in southern Colorado over the weekend and the suspected gunman was later found dead inside the home, authorities said Monday.
El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Peery, 39, was wounded Sunday after he arrived with two other law enforcement officers to investigate a report of a shooting at the home in the community of Security-Widefield near Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs police said in a statement. John Paz, 33, fired at the officers, hitting Peery, and another sheriff’s deputy returned fire, police said.
Officers found the body of the woman in the home’s front yard, police said. Paz died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Colorado Springs police, which is investigating the shooting, believe Paz also killed the woman. Her connection to Paz was still being investigated, spokesperson Jason Newton said.
Paz worked at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s airfield in the 94th Flying Training Squadron, which conducts glider training for cadets. He had been an aviation resource management technician there since December, school spokesperson Dean J. Miller said.
“Our condolences go out to all the friends and family affected by Sunday’s incident,” Miller said.
People lined up on Sunday to honor Peery as a hearse carrying his remains drove from a hospital to the coroner’s office.
Gov. Jared Polis also expressed sympathy to the family of Peery, who was a decorated member of the sheriff’s department’s SWAT team.
“My thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends of Deputy Peery and all our neighbors in law enforcement who put their lives at risk to serve others,” he said. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/sheriffs-deputy-and-woman-killed-in-colorado-home-shooting/ | 2022-08-09T10:30:48Z |
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