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NEW YORK, July 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) redeemable senior notes (the "Notes") between February 13, 2020 and June 23, 2020, inclusive (the "Class Period"), including the following senior redeemable notes issued by WM in May 2019: (i) 2.95% Senior Notes due 2024; (ii) 3.20% Senior Notes due 2026; (iii) 3.45% Senior Notes due 2029; and (iv) 4.00% Senior Notes due 2039, of the important August 8, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Waste Management Notes during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Waste Management class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6891 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 8, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the U.S. Department of Justice had indicated to Waste Management that it would require Waste Management to divest significantly more assets than the $200 million Antitrust Revenue Threshold; (2) as a result, the merger would not be completed by the End Date; and (3) the Notes would be subject to mandatory redemption at 101% of par. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Waste Management class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6891 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a fun and easy way for pets to enjoy a meal while traveling in the car with their owner," said an inventor, from Browns Mills, N.J., "so I invented the ANIMAL/ PET FAST FOOD MEAL. My design could make stopping for fast food with a pet more enjoyable."
The patent-pending invention provides a unique way for pets to enjoy a meal, treat or ice cream while on-the-go or traveling. In doing so, it offers an alternative to packing and transporting a supply of food, water and a pet toy. As a result, it increases convenience and it allows a pet to feel like part of the family. Additionally, the invention features a simple design that is easy to purchase and enjoy so it is ideal for pet owners.
The original design was submitted to the New Jersey sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HOF-180, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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"Dr. Zero Trust" and former Forrester analyst to further Lumu's mission to help organizations measure compromise in real time
MIAMI, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumu, creators of the Continuous Compromise Assessment cybersecurity model that empowers organizations to measure compromise in real time, today announced the appointment of Dr. Chase Cunningham as Chair of its new Advisory Board. In this role, Cunningham will lead a strategic CISO advisory board to help enable organizations of all sizes to more optimally defend their organizations.
"Cyberthreats evolve infinitely, and our defenses should evolve as well. Chase has supported Lumu's mission since day one because he understands the change in paradigm we are bringing to the market and the value we offer to more than 3,000 customers," said Ricardo Villadiego, Founder and CEO of Lumu. "As organizations continue to adopt our Continuous Compromise Assessment model, they need expert, unbiased advice on how to evolve their defense programs. Chase joins Lumu to offer that support to our customers and prospects."
Cunningham is a former Forrester analyst, creator of the zero trust extended framework and a cybersecurity expert with decades of operational experience in NSA, US Navy, FBI Cyber and other government mission groups. Cunningham is a renowned book author of the book Cyber Warfare: Truth, Tactics and Strategies, gAbrIel, the Cynja comic series and is cited in more than 100 other publications.
"Lumu is definitely one of the top innovators in the cybersecurity operations space. Their Continuous Compromise Assessment model and the actionable visibility it provides is an essential tool in any cybersecurity program looking to survive and prepare for the current threat landscape, regardless of the size of the organization," said Chase Cunningham. "Lumu's traction in the market isn't surprising because I have seen first hand the value they are providing to their customers and I am excited to join and further their mission."
Lumu offers a cloud-based solution that collects and standardizes metadata from across the network, including DNS queries, network flows, access logs from proxies, firewalls, and spam box filters. Lumu then applies Artificial Intelligence to correlate threat intelligence from these disparate data sources to isolate confirmed points of compromise allowing a business to identify compromised infrastructure and additional adversarial activity.
To learn more about Lumu or to open a Lumu Free Account, visit: www.lumu.io.
About Lumu
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Lumu is a cybersecurity company focused on helping enterprise organizations illuminate threats and isolate confirmed instances of compromise. Applying principles of Continuous Compromise Assessment, Lumu has built a powerful closed-loop, self-learning solution that helps security teams accelerate compromise detection, gain real-time visibility across their infrastructure, and close the breach detection gap from months to minutes. Learn more about how Lumu illuminates network blind spots at www.lumu.io.
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Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the late former Soviet leader’s funeral, a decision reflecting the Kremlin’s ambivalence about Gorbachev’s legacy.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that prior to departing for a working trip to Russia’s westernmost Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Putin visited a Moscow hospital where Mikhail Gorbachev’s body is kept before Saturday’s funeral to lay flowers at his coffin.
“Regrettably, the president’s working schedule wouldn’t allow him to do that on Saturday, so he decided to do that today,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
Gorbachev, who died Tuesday, will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife Raisa after a farewell ceremony will be held at the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions, a historic mansion near the Kremlin that has served as the venue for state funerals since Soviet times.
Asked if Gorbachev will be given a state funeral, Peskov said the funeral will have “elements” of state funeral, such as honorary guards, and the government will help organize them. He wouldn’t elaborate how the ceremony will differ from a full-fledged state funeral.
Putin’s decision to pay a private visit to the hospital while staying away from Saturday’s public farewell ceremony combined with uncertainty surrounding the funeral’s status reflect the Kremlin’s divided thinking on the legacy of Gorbachev. The late leader has been lauded in the West by putting an end to the Cold War but reviled by many at home for actions that led to the 1991 Soviet collapse and plunged millions into poverty.
While avoiding explicit personal criticism of Gorbachev, Putin in the past repeatedly blamed him for failing to secure written commitments from the West that would rule out NATO’s expansion eastward — an issue that became a major irritant in Russia-West ties for decades and fomented tensions that exploded when the Russian leader sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In Wednesday’s telegram of condolences released by the Kremlin, Putin praised Gorbachev as a man who left “an enormous impact on the course of world history.”
“He led the country during difficult and dramatic changes, amid large-scale foreign policy, economic and society challenges,” Putin said. “He deeply realized that reforms were necessary and tried to offer his solutions for the acute problems.”
The Kremlin’s ambivalent view of Gorbachev was mirrored by state television broadcasts, which paid tribute to Gorbachev as a historic figure but described his reforms as poorly planned and held him responsible for failing to safeguard the country’s interests in dialogue with the West.
The criticism echoed earlier assessments by Putin, who has famously lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.”
On Wednesday, Peskov said that Gorbachev was an “extraordinary” statesman who will “always remain in the country’s history,” but noted what he described as his idealistic view of the West.
“Gorbachev gave an impulse for ending the Cold War and he sincerely wanted to believe that it would be over and an eternal romance would start between the renewed Soviet Union and the collective West,” Peskov said. “This romanticism failed to materialize. The bloodthirsty nature of our opponents has come to light, and it’s good that we realized that in time.”
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‘Doctor Strange’ conjures big box office opening for Marvel
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, made an estimated $185 million domestically for its opening this weekend, according to Disney.
That number hit the high end of expectations, which had the film making around $170 million to $185 million in North America. It also makes “Multiverse of Madness,” which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the superhero sorcerer, the 11th biggest opening in domestic box office history.
If that wasn’t enough, the film’s debut more than doubled the opening weekend of the original “Doctor Strange,” which notched an $85 million weekend in 2016. “Multiverse of Madness” easily stands as the biggest opening of 2022 so far.
The film, which has Doctor Strange battling evil forces across parallel universes, has already made $450 million worldwide.
A Marvel movie doing well at the box office is not a surprise. The franchise has garnered more than $25 billion in ticket sales since 2008 and holds multiple box office records. However, this news is great for a theater industry that is still trying to reach a level of normalcy after the pandemic decimated business.
Thanks to hits like March’s “The Batman” and April’s “Sonic The Hedgehog 2,” the box office has bounced back this year, but it still has a long way to go in order to reach pre-pandemic heights. But more openings like “Multiverse of Madness” this summer, historically the industry’s most lucrative season, could help change that.
Luckily for Hollywood, there are several films on the docket this season that could help theaters bring in audiences.
There’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to the beloved 1986 action film starring Tom Cruise. “Jurassic World: Dominion,” is the latest entry in the dinosaur saga, and “Elvis,” a biopic about The King starring Tom Hanks as Col. Tom Parker is due in June. Notable family films include “Lightyear” from Pixar and “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” Jordan Peele’s latest horror film, “Nope,” opens in July.
As for Marvel, the hit machine isn’t done with the summer just yet.
“Thor: Love and Thunder,” the next film in the blockbuster franchise starring Chris Hemsworth as the electrifying Avenger, hits theaters in July.
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Musicians cancel performances at upcoming NRA convention in wake of Uvalde shooting
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN
At least three musicians who were set to sing in a concert at this weekend’s annual convention of the National Rifle Association have canceled their performances in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
The annual meeting is set to begin on Friday and run through the weekend at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
“In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week. I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well. After all, we are all Americans,” said Don McLean in a statement to CNN. “I share the sorrow for this terrible, cruel loss with the rest of the nation.”
McLean is best known for the 1970’s hits “American Pie” and “Vincent.”
Larry Gatlin, of the Gatlin Brothers fame has also canceled his plans to perform, telling CNN, in part, “I cannot, in good conscience, perform at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend.”
“While I agree with most of the positions held by the NRA, I have come to believe that, while background checks would not stop every madman with a gun, it is at the very least a step in the right direction toward trying to prevent the kind of tragedy we saw this week in Uvalde— in my beloved, weeping TEXAS,” Gatlin said in a statement. “I’m a 2nd Amendment guy, but the 2nd Amendment should not apply to everyone. It’s that simple.”
The annual meeting is only open to NRA members. The organization currently has over five million members, according to its website.
Larry Stewart, who contributed lead vocals in the band Restless Heart, has also opted to not appear.
“I want to honor the victims, families, the town and our friends in the great state of Texas the best I know how,” a statement said.
Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday. The investigation is ongoing.
CNN has reached out to other musicians slated to perform, including Danielle Peck, T. Graham Brown, Jacob Bryant, and Lee Greenwood, known for Independence Day favorite, “God Bless the U.S.A.”
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Middle schooler commended for telling teacher about possible threat overheard at school
NAPLES, Fla. (Gray News) – A middle schooler in Florida was commended for reporting a threat he overheard to his teacher.
Jack Kelley, a seventh grader at Oakridge Middle School, overheard another student talking about a “possible school safety issue,” according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
Jack then informed a teacher, who contacted a youth relations deputy at the school.
The sheriff’s office said Jack’s actions allowed their officers to investigate and prevent any possible threat.
“Jack is a terrific example of how we can all work together to keep our schools safe and protect our children,” Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said. “If you see something of concern, don’t spread it, report it. We applaud Jack for doing that.”
Jack earned the Do The Right Thing Award from the sheriff’s office for his actions, which was presented to him and his family during a celebration at his home on Wednesday.
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House Bill 1421 Requires Florida School Districts to Standardize Reunification Plans, Connect to Student Information Systems, and work with First Responders and Local Governments
HOUSTON, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raptor Technologies ("Raptor"), the U.S. leader in school safety software, announced today that, with Gov. Ron DeSantis's signature of Florida House Bill 1421, Florida schools will be required to have a family reunification plan to reunite students with guardians after a school emergency. The plan must include enhanced collaboration protocols with first responders and local governments that utilize student information to help increase reunification accuracy and speed. Raptor currently provides advanced Raptor® Reunification software to several Florida districts, including Baker, Citrus, Calhoun, Charlotte, Duval, Gadsden, Hamilton, Hardee, Holmes, Indian River, Lake, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Palm Beach, Polk, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter and Washington.
The bill requires that each district school board and charter school governing board adopt a family reunification plan in coordination with local law enforcement agencies and local governments. These boards can leverage the model plan that the Florida Office of School Safety (OSS) will develop with the Division of Emergency Management and other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, fire and rescue agencies, first-responder agencies and local governments. The model reunification plan now requires integrating student information and notification systems to facilitate the overall reunification process. Additionally, through its annual review process, the OSS must now confirm each school district's compliance with the law.
"Raptor congratulates Rep. Fred Hawkins for this impactful bill and the Florida legislature for unanimously passing this critical legislation," stated Gray Hall, chief executive officer for Raptor Technologies. "Parents want to be reunited with their children as quickly as possible following a school emergency. Having a model plan in place that brings in the key elements of real-time student information and is built in coordination with first responders and the community goes a long way to making this happen."
Raptor provides technology that meets and exceeds the requirements of the new law. Enabling schools to reunite families four times faster than traditional processes, Raptor Reunification software gives school districts the power to streamline and manage reunification in one easy-to-use application that works on any device.
As student guardians come to pick up their child(ren), schools can confidently know where the child is located or if they're injured or missing in real-time. By linking to the school's student information system, in compliance with HB 1421, schools can ensure they are releasing students to authorized guardians by confirming their identity and even custody rights. This helps prevent parental abductions and human trafficking. First responders, administrators and incident commanders can make informed decisions quickly, as all data updates in real-time throughout the emergency in easy-to-use dashboards.
Finally, the Raptor application automatically creates summary reports with a detailed history of the entire reunification process for better after-incident debriefs. Raptor's implementation experts work closely with districts to build a customized execution plan and train staff, public safety officials and end-users, often resulting in a live community-wide reunification event like the one recently hosted at Polk County in April 2022.
"Emergencies can happen on any campus at any time, so we're always searching for ways to improve our safety plans," said Capt. Jill Seymour, director of Safe Schools for Polk County Public Schools. "Evacuating students to a safe location is just one part of dealing with many emergencies. Keeping track of students and getting them reunited with their families represents the next big challenge. Raptor's reunification system includes an easy-to-use app that streamlines this process, eliminating paperwork and improving communication among those responding to the emergency. Our initial drills with this technology have been favorable, and Raptor has been quick to make modifications to suit our needs."
"HB 1421 reinforces how a multi-faceted reunification plan is an important part of each school's overall safety strategy," stated Darren Norris, school safety specialist for Sumter County Schools. "Sumter County has taken a proactive approach to reunification by coordinating with local first responders and community leaders. We've also implemented Raptor's reunification technology to create a more reliable and effective process for reuniting children with their guardians after an emergency. Raptor continues to be a key partner and is enabling us to build a reunification program that will exceed the requirements of this new law."
Founded in 2002, Raptor has partnered with over 50,000 schools globally, including over 5,000 K-12 US school districts, to provide integrated visitor, volunteer, emergency management, and safeguarding software and services that cover the complete spectrum of school and student safety. To learn more about Raptor Technologies, visit www.raptortech.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — We’re all hurting from these record-high gas prices and for this Father’s Day, why not give your father some relief at the pump.
North Texas Honda Dealers wants to give back to the dads in North Texas with free gas. Dealers will be popping up at local gas stations in Fort Worth and Frisco to give out free gas to fathers, no matter what car they drive.
Here’s where they will be and when they will be there:
Friday, June 17 – Fort Worth
- From 11 a.m. to noon, dealers will be at the Valero located at 10880 N Beach Street, 76248
Sunday, June 19 – Frisco
- From 11 a.m. to noon, dealers will be at the Valero located at 3272 Parkwood Blvd, 75034 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dads-can-get-free-gas-in-north-texas-this-weekend-heres-where-and-when/ | 2022-06-16T19:00:59Z |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Dr. Frieda Birnbaum, Ph.D. made U.S. history in 2007, after becoming the oldest woman in the nation to have children at the age of 60.
Now, Dr. Birnbaum is a research psychologist and psychotherapist in Saddle River, New Jersey. She is the award-winning author of “LIFE BEGINS AT 60: A New View of Motherhood, Marriage, and Reinventing Ourselves” and “WHAT PRICE POWER: An In-Depth Study of the Professional Woman in a Relationship.”
She is an expert on topics such as family dynamics, parenthood, relationships, addiction, anxiety and depression, and a seasoned media personality and commentator. Dr. Birnbaum currently hosts the podcast, “The Doctor Frieda Show: Pushing the Limits.
Joining Inside DFW, Dr. Birbaum talks about the modern parent landscape and how it has gotten easier in some ways and challenging in others. | https://cw33.com/news/inside-dfw/how-parenting-has-changed-according-to-the-oldest-woman-to-have-twins-in-u-s/ | 2022-08-02T14:34:19Z |
– Resounding Stockholder Support for Special Meeting
– Special Meeting to Occur on June 30, 2022
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eileen P. Drake (the CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD)) and the other members of the Committee For Aerojet Rocketdyne Shareholders and Value Maximization today announced that they delivered a demand for a special meeting of stockholders to elect a new Board of Directors. The measure required the support of 25% of the outstanding shares. Since the Committee began disseminating materials to stockholders three weeks ago, we have already received the consents from holders representing over 42% of the outstanding shares as of today – so we are now proceeding to the special meeting of stockholders, which will be held on June 30, 2022.
Important Information
This communication is being sent in our individual capacity, and not on or behalf of Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc (the "Company"). No Company resources were used in connection with these materials. Eileen P. Drake, General Kevin Chilton, USAF (Ret.), General Lance Lord, USAF (Ret.) and Thomas Corcoran (the "Incumbent Directors") have filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with the solicitation of proxies at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company. The Incumbent Directors will furnish the definitive proxy statement to its stockholders, together with a WHITE proxy card shortly.
STOCKHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO READ THE PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement, any amendments or supplements to the proxy statement and other documents that the Incumbent Directors file with the SEC from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Incumbent Directors, together with Gail Baker, Marion Blakey, Charles Bolden and Deborah Lee James, may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders. Information about the participants is set forth in the preliminary proxy statement filed by the Incumbent Directors on May 20, 2022.
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Shawnee Parks and Rec pools to open soon, Oakland-Billard delayed
Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center to offer discount admissions one weekend only
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Starting Saturday, May 28, the Shawnee Co. Parks and Rec. Aquatic centers and pools will open along with the Lake Shawnee Adventure Cove. There will even be a weekend discount for patrons of the Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center.
According to SCP+R, members of the Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center will receive an admission discount from May 28 to May 29. Children between the ages of 2-12 will be admitted for $4, while children 13 and up will be $5.
However, during the weekend of the 28th, a lifeguard training class will be taking place in the deep end of the pool, so the diving area and drop slides will not be available.
“As the school year ends, we continue recruiting and training aquatic staff,” said Shawn Osborne, superintendent, Outdoor Adventures. “Many of our lifeguards are high school athletes and some have been finishing their season and competing at state competitors, so we’re continuing to onboard and train staff.”
“We got a jump on recruiting this year and raised wages for our aquatic staff, and we’re asking staff up from what hours they desire to work, which helps make scheduling easier,” Osborne added, noting that there is staff returning from last year and new applicants. SCP+R also said it was able to bring in additional applicants because it recruited youths aged 15 to work as lifeguards this year.
SCP+R also reported that the Oakland-Billard Park is currently undergoing repairs before the Park can open. A recent storm ended up destroying a transformer that provides electricity to the western side of the park, which includes the pool area and pump station. Evergy is attempting to locate and install the new transformer, so the park can be ready for business.
Aquatic facility hours and admission rates are as follows:
- Blaisdell Family Aquatic Center: Noon to 7 p.m.
- Midwest Health Aquatic Center: Noon to 7 p.m.
- Shawnee North Family Aquatic Center: Noon to 7 p.m.
- Admission: Youth 2-12 $6, adults 13+ $7, Under age 2 free (with exception of discount to $4 and $5 at Blaisdell on May 28-29 only)
- Garfield Pool: Noon to 5 p.m.
- Hillcrest Pool: Noon to 5 p.m.
- Oakland Pool: Temporarily under repair
- Admission at Garfield, Hillcrest, and Oakland Pools: $2, under age 2 free
- Rossville Community Pool: Noon to 5 p.m.
- Admission at Rossville Community Pool: $2 for ages 2-12 and $3 for age 13+, under age 2 free
- Lake Shawnee Adventure Cove:
- Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; open Thurs.-Mon.
- Paddle boat rentals: $8 per hour per vessel
- Floating playground: $8 per person per hour
- Swimming only: $2 per person
Shawnee County aquatic parks, swimming pools, and splash parks set to open
With the start of summer drawing near, Shawnee County swimming pools and splash parks are getting ready to open.
Copyright 2022 WIBW. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/05/25/shawnee-parks-rec-pools-open-soon-oakland-billard-delayed/ | 2022-05-25T18:19:15Z |
The Nation's First Pickleball Fundraising Activity Supporting Breast Cancer
DALLAS, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, announced a new, signature fundraising activity called Pickleball for the Cure.
To kick off Pickleball for the Cure, Komen is launching a national Pickleball Day Challenge to celebrate National Pickleball Day, Monday, August 8. Participants will challenge themselves and play eight hours of pickleball between August 1 through August 8, 2022, to raise funds in support of breast cancer.
Komen will also host the first Pickleball for the Cure National Tournament on Thursday, October 13 through Sunday, October 16, 2022, at The Tennis & Pickleball Club in Newport Beach, Calif.
"Pickleball has exploded in popularity and has become the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.," said Ann McNamara, Senior Director of Experiential Fundraising at Susan G. Komen. "It's fun, social and easy to learn for all ages and skill levels. We developed the Pickleball for the Cure event to give pickleball enthusiasts a way to play and support an important cause."
"What Komen and pickleball have in common are our passionate communities. By bringing the strength of our communities together, we can make a huge impact on individuals facing breast cancer by raising funds for critical breast cancer services and new research breakthroughs," said Paula Schneider, President and CEO of Susan G. Komen.
"Breast cancer is no game, but helping end it forever can be," said Schneider. "Pickleball for the Cure is an opportunity for players to turn their passion for pickleball into a force for good."
Pickleball for the Cure is the first official fundraiser that offers players of all levels, from beginner to advanced, the opportunity to play a sport they love while raising funds for breast cancer.
Pickleball is played with paddles and a Wiffle-like ball. During the pandemic, more than one million Americans picked up the sport and began playing it. Now, there are close to five million individuals playing the sport, including celebrities and athletes. It is an activity that grandparents, parents, children and couples often play together.
"And now, there is another great reason to play pickleball – to help create a world without breast cancer," said McNamara.
There are multiple ways pickleball enthusiasts can participate in Komen's Pickleball for the Cure:
- National Pickleball Day Challenge – Individuals can sign up to participate in Komen's National Pickleball Day Challenge by playing eight hours of Pickleball between August 1-8.
- Dedicate your play – An individual can play on their own or bring together a group of family and friends to play in honor or in memory of someone affected by breast cancer.
- Find or start a tournament – Individuals can find a Pickleball for the Cure event to join or choose to host their own Pickleball for the Cure event in their community.
For more information about Komen's Pickleball for the Cure go to: PickleballForTheCure.com
We are thankful to our signature partners PickleballTournaments.com and Newport Beach Pickleball Events who are helping Komen bring Pickleball for the Cure to Pickleballers nationwide.
About Susan G. Komen®
Susan G. Komen® is the world's leading nonprofit breast cancer organization, working to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting this disease across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the U.S. and in countries worldwide. We advocate for patients, drive research breakthroughs, improve access to high-quality care, offer direct patient support and empower people with trustworthy information. Founded by Nancy G. Brinker, who promised her sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would end the disease that claimed Suzy's life, Komen remains committed to supporting those affected by breast cancer today, while tirelessly searching for tomorrow's cures. Visit komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN. Connect with us on social at www.komen.org/contact-us/follow-us/.
CONTACT: Deb Song
Susan G. Komen
309-416-0419
dsong@komen.org
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Company launches its first locations outside of Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Equity Union's CEO, Harma Hartouni, announced the addition of two branches in Riverside County to be located in Palm Springs and Palm Desert.
With the addition of the new branches, Equity Union announced the expansion of its operations to open in the desert with temporary locations at the Flannery Exchange in Palm Springs and Fusion Workplaces in Palm Desert. The permanent Palm Springs branch to be located at 460 S. Palm Canyon Drive is scheduled to complete interior renovations and open at the beginning of Q4 with a permanent office in the east valley to be announced soon.
Equity Union has offices in Sherman Oaks, Encino, Woodland Hills and Brentwood, as well as immediate plans to open locations in Toluca Lake and Santa Clarita. With these additional locations, Equity Union will operate 8 branches by the end of 2022.
About Equity Union: Founded by Harma Hartouni, groundbreaking REALTOR® and inspiring author of the memoir Getting Back Up, Equity Union was created to be a completely unique real estate company. With an unparalleled commitment to service, integrity and excellence, we're ready to both inspire your vision and help you bring it to life.
About Harma Hartouni: Harma Hartouni is a self-made entrepreneur and developer, owns a real estate company employing hundreds of residential and commercial real estate agents in Southern California. Among awards and recognition received, The National Association of REALTORS® named Harma one of their top "30 Under 30" brokers in the country, and the Los Angeles Business Journal has recognized him as one of their "40 Under 40" Most Influential Business Owners.
Media Contact; Dan Stueve, +13105955875, dan@equityunion.com
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Astra Exploration Inc. (TSXV: ASTR) ("Astra" or the "Company") is pleased to provide results from the remaining 18 of 30 completed drill holes at the Pampa Paciencia gold-silver project in northern Chile.
Highlights
- New results expand mineralization at the Paciencia Vein to over 300 metres where it remains open at depth and along strike
- Second zone at Paciencia Oeste Vein now defined over 200 metres where it remains open at depth and along strike
HOLE PPRC-22-36:
- 3.96 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 37.67 g/t silver over three metres downhole (mDH) within a broader zone of 0.92 g/t gold and 8.61 g/t silver over 31 mDH at the Paciencia vein
HOLE PPRC-22-24:
- 5.53 g/t gold and 47.1 g/t silver over one metre and 2.78 g/t gold and 75.6 g/t silver over two mDH within a broader zone of 0.72 g/t gold and 19.38 g/t silver over 25 mDH at Paciencia Oeste vein
HOLE PPRC-22-28:
- 4.02 g/t gold and 26.9 g/t silver over two mDH within a broader zone of 1.45 g/t gold and 12.59 g/t silver over nine mDH at Paciencia Este vein
Astra's CEO, Brian Miller commented: "Astra's maiden drill program has accomplished two important goals at Pampa Paciencia. First, we have identified two high-grade shoots within the Paciencia Vein system, both of which remain open along strike and at depth. Second, we have made blind vein discoveries which demonstrates the effectiveness of the Company's geologic model and exploration methods. Early indications suggest that we could be in the upper levels of the gold mineralization with significant room to grow beneath these shallow intercepts. Astra will next complete a Phase 2 program to expand these open interstections and explore for new vein structures."
Drill Results Discussion
Pampa Paciencia is a 3,840 hectare road-access low-sulphidation epithermal (LSE) gold-silver project located within an active mining district less than 15 kilometers from two major mines (Sierra Gorda and Spence) and five kilometers from the Faride LSE mine (Figure 5).
Astra has completed property wide mapping and sampling, geophysical surveys, and localized trenching and in doing so, has defined a vein boulder field over approximately 75% of the project area. The veins do not outcrop as the majority of the project area is covered by a thin layer of gravels and caliche but the vein float can be used to identify areas of high prospectivity.
Most drilling focused on the 1.4 km long Paciencia Vein system located in the North Zone, which is comprised of Paciencia Oeste, Paciencia, and Paciencia Este vein segments (Figures 3 & 4). The Company previously reported results for 11 of 29 drill holes (May 2nd news release) which were from the Paciencia Vein, and the holes reported herein are for the remaining 18 drill holes as follows:
- Paciencia Vein – 1 hole
- Paciencia Oeste – 9 holes
- Paciencia Este – 3 holes
- Geophysical Targets – 2 holes
- 15 Vein/Central Zone – 3 holes
Two mineralized shoots are being defined at Paciencia and Paciencia Oeste, where quartz texturing and geochemistry indicates that these two shoots could be higher elevations of the mineralized precious metals horizon. Both shoots are open along strike and at depth. Hole PPRC-22-36 from the Paciencia Vein further extended one mineralized shoot to the east while a second shoot is being defined by shallow drilling at Paciencia Oeste (Figures 1 & 4).
Drill holes at Pacienca Oeste and Paceincia Este intercepted thick (10 - 20 metres true thickness) vein structures which occurred in shallow drill holes approximately 15 to 25 metres below surface, with one hole reaching 75 metres below surface in Paciencia Oeste. Detail interpretation shows one to two parallel branches in both veins, with higher grades located in the more vertical portion of the Paciencia Oeste vein, as was also detected in Paciencia vein segment (Figure 2 and 3D Movie).
The three vein segments along the Paciencia Vein System are separated by ENE-striking faults that were interpreted with geophysical magnetics and confirmed with trenching. Plan map (Figure 4) and an integrated longitudinal section (Figure 1) clearly show this continuous but segmented nature of the Paciencia Vein System, and the presence of two high grade mineralized shoots with similar behaviour (45° SE plunge) which are both open along strike and at depth.
Geochemical results (Table 1) show the variation in the of Ag:Au ratios in the Paciencia Vein System, with an average Ag to Au ratio of 47 in the higher grade portions of the Paciencia Oeste vein, that decrease to 16 in Paciencia vein, and to 4 in Paciencia Este vein. Preliminary results for the two blind geophysical vein discoveries returned Ag:Au ratios of 61 and 2 in Geophysical targets 2 and 1, respectively (Figure 4). Company geologists believe this further demonstrates the potential for finding Au-rich veining in the eastern portion of this vein network and/or at depth.
Drilling at Geophysical targets 1 and 2 resulted in the discovery of two blind veins (Figures 3 & 4). Geophysical target 1 intercepted two parallel structures composed of a 1 meter Mn-rich quartz vein and 3 meters limonitic breccia with anomalous precious metals (2m @ 0.28 g/t Au equivalent). Geophysical target 2 intercepted a shallow 14 meters thick structure composed by a chalcedonic quartz vein and limonitic breccias reporting similar anomalous results (5m @ 0.14 g/t Au equivalent). Additional drilling will be required to find the hidden mineralized shoots that may be associated with these new vein discoveries.
The remaining three holes in the Central Zone confirmed thin (up to 2m thick) chalcedonic vein and veinlet structures hosted in the Paleocene andesites which overlay the Cretaceous granitoids. Drill holes did not reach sufficient depth to intersect the more competent granitoid rock where thicker veins develop as indicated by field mapping. These results indicate a shallow system elevation and deeper drilling is required to properly test the Central Zone targets.
Exploration Program Discussion
2,981 metres of RC drilling were completed in thirty holes between February and March 2022 at Pampa Paciencia. These mostly concentrated on defining the strike and depth continuity of the Paciencia Vein System in the North Zone with three holes were drilled to test veins at depth in the Central Zone and two holes tested geophysical targets in the North Zone (Figure 1). A total of 1,233 samples, including blanks, duplicates and standards, were sampled and sent to ALS lab in Santiago, Chile.
The drill program was completed for ~C$650,000 of all-in costs highlighting the ability to complete cost-effective exploration at low elevations in Chile.
Eleven historical holes had been drilled previously on the property and Astra's geologists continued with the numbering system, so holes PPRC-22-12 to PPRC-22-41 are the thirty holes completed by Astra Exploration.
Sampling Procedures
Drill samples were sampled, bagged, and tagged by Astra´s geologists and then delivered to the ALS sample preparation laboratory in Santiago. Samples were prepared with PREP 31B code, and then analyzed with fire assay for gold (Au-AA24), acid digestion for silver (Ag-AA62), and multi elements by ICP (ME-ICP61). Gold overlimits were analysed by gravity method (Au-GRA22).
Qualified Person Statement
The technical data and information as disclosed in this report has been reviewed and approved by Darcy Marud. Mr. Marud is a Practicing Member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and is a qualified person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About the Company
Astra Exploration Inc. is an exploration company based out of Vancouver, BC. Astra is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of epithermal gold-silver properties in Chile and is building a portfolio of high-quality projects. Astra's current focus is the development of the Pampa Paciencia Project. Additional information is available on the Compnay's website at www.astra-exploration.com
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Mineralization hosted on adjacent and/or nearby and/or geologically similar properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the Company's properties.
This news release may contain certain "Forward-Looking Statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. When or if used in this news release, the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "target, "plan", "forecast", "may", "schedule" and similar words or expressions identify forward-looking statements or information. These forward-looking statements or information may relate to the Company's business activities; exploration on the Company's properties; and marketing initiatives. Such statements represent the Company's current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social risks, contingencies and uncertainties. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation: development of the industry in which the Company operates; risks associated with the conduct of the Company's business activities; risks relating to reliance on the Company's management team and outside contractors; currency fluctuations; risks regarding the failure to generate sufficient cash flow from operations; laws and regulations governing the industry in which the Company operates; the ability of the communities in which the Company operates to manage and cope with the implications of COVID-19; the economic and financial implications of COVID-19 to the Company; operating or technical difficulties; employee relations, labour unrest or unavailability; stock market volatility; conflicts of interest among certain directors and officers; lack of liquidity for shareholders of the Company; litigation risk; and other risk factors disclosed in the Company's public disclosure documents available on the Company's profile at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements and information other than as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.
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Wood helps Giants beat Rockies for 9th straight meeting
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Wood pitched into the sixth inning and didn’t allow an earned run, Brandon Belt had an RBI double in his return to the lineup and the San Francisco Giants won their ninth straight against the Colorado Rockies, 9-2. Curt Casali added three hits and two RBIs for San Francisco, which has won four straight since losing five in a row. Wood lost his previous two starts. He got into jam in the first inning before getting Elias Díaz to strike out looking, and the left-hander also fanned Garrett Hampson looking to end the fourth with a runner on second after the Rockies scored an unearned run. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/10/wood-helps-giants-beat-rockies-for-9th-straight-meeting/ | 2022-05-11T10:54:02Z |
Services Used Uncover Illegal Robocallers And Protect Against Enterprise Imposters
IRVINE, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YouMail today announced the launch of YouMail Protective Services, which provides a set of services that perform AI-based threat detection, analysis, and mitigation for communications service providers (CSP) and enterprises to protect against unwanted and malicious traffic. These services are effectively a B2B watchdog solution that helps telecommunications carriers uncover unlawful calls made on their networks, and helps large enterprises protect their brands against robocall spoofing campaigns.
YouMail Protective Service identifies scam calling traffic by relying upon a team of experts, data from billions of calls and thousands of calling campaigns, and YouMail's patented technologies. All these services rely on data from the YouMail Sensor Network, which is collected via messages and audio trails left by illegal robocalls to YouMail app users, which represent real consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses. In turn, the data is then used by authorities to sanction bad actors, and to support legal actions taken against malicious robocallers, connecting YouMail users directly to the fight.
"We are proud to announce the general availability of YouMail Protective Services to help carriers and enterprises shut down voice and SMS communications that harm their customers and brands," said Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail. "These services represent yet another way YouMail's large and engaged user base is contributing to this fight against illegal robocalls."
YouMail Protective Services provide two services that help protect enterprises from the harm of unwanted voice-based phishing, or vishing attacks, perpetrated by bad actors. These turn-key risk management solutions address threats to enterprise identity due to fraudulent robocalls including brand impersonation over the voice channel.
- YouMail Brand Defender is a complete managed detection and response solution that protects enterprises from brand impersonation through voice-based phishing attacks. Such vishing attacks can damage corporate reputations and harm brand values, and affect just about every brand with any consumer visibility. The service detects and eliminates imposter traffic, protecting brand image, company reputation, and customer relationships. YouMail's patented technology provides zero-hour identification of unwanted robocalls, powering solutions for enterprise protection against the impact of bad actor campaigns. Brand Defender customers benefit from a comprehensive solution that incorporates alerts and reporting, mitigation, and enforcement including support for litigation against bad actors.
- YouMail Brand Monitor provides surveillance of brand identity over the voice channel. This includes explicit unauthorized brand name mentions as part of voice phishing scams as well as implied references to brand relationships. Customers are notified upon detection of potential trademark infringement and/or inappropriate brand mentions, including incidences involving unlawful behavior or ill intent associated with voice calls. Brands are also informed regarding the potential impact of the impersonation incidents including call volume of bad actor campaigns.
YouMail Protective Services provides three services that help Communication Services Providers and their vendors eliminate unlawful voice and text campaigns. The services help detect and interdict unwanted traffic that would otherwise originate, traverse, or terminate on their networks.
- YouMail Score provides phone number scoring as a service derived via content-based analytics that shows exactly what sorts of behaviors various numbers are engaging in.
- YouMail Watch analyzes phone number behavior. The service provides visibility into usage behaviors including identification of audio content from unwanted robocalls that may be associated with telephone numbers of interest.
- YouMail Clear combines data analysis and content-based analytics to locate instances of bad behavior in their networks. CSP data analysis requires the CSP to provide YouMail with network traffic data. The service represents a fully integrated network solution that analyzes every communication instance handled by the CSP with comparative analysis to data independently captured by the YouMail Sensor Network.
These B2B services enable CSPs to comply with FCC requirements under the TRACED Act to mitigate unwanted robocalls. The mandate requires solutions for real-time mitigation such as blocking, labeling, and redirection, as well as visibility into telephone number scoring and labeling. YouMail provides reports that help customers understand the scope, impact, and source of problematic or fraudulent calling campaigns. The B2B service also provides evidential proof of wrongdoing to support court actions for prosecution of responsible parties.
YouMail's new B2B services build on partnerships with communication service providers and US authorities to shut down campaigns and block bad actors from gaining network access.
YouMail serves in a key technical role for US Telecom's Industry Traceback Group, or ITG. YouMail has provided examples of the most pervasive illegal robocall calls to its users, which can then be traced back to the source carriers and customers, often in hours, helping to quickly identify the sources of illegal calls.
YouMail's contributions also stem in part from its robocall blocking app and the YouMail Robocall Index, which is widely recognized as the country's premier source of public information and education about illegal robocalls.
Learn more at: https://www.youmailps.com/
About YouMail, Inc.
YouMail protects consumers, enterprises, and carriers from harmful phone calls. YouMail protects consumers with app-based call protection services in the US and the UK, with the YouMail, Another Number, and Hullo Mail apps. YouMail protects consumer-facing enterprises by detecting and helping to shut down imposter traffic that can lead to financial or brand damage. We protect carriers with robocall mitigation services that detect when bad traffic is originating, traversing, or terminating on their networks. Our direct consumer solutions answer over a billion live calls per year across well over 10 million registered users, powering America's most robust telephone sensor network in identifying and providing zero-hour protection against illegal calling campaigns and cyberattacks. We also operate the YouMail Robocall Index™, the nation's definitive source on telephone network activity and attacks. YouMail, Inc. is privately funded and based in Irvine, California.
Contact:
Rohan Notaney for YouMail
Lumina Communications
YouMailPR@luminapr.com
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2 vehicles reported stolen in Manhattan, 1 recovered
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Two vehicles were reported stolen in Manhattan over the weekend, however, only one has been recovered and officers continue to look for the suspect.
The Riley Co. Police Department activity report indicates that around 9:15 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, officers were called to the 400 block of Denison Ave. with reports of theft.
When officials arrived, they said a 33-year-old man reported his black 2015 Chevrolet Silverado had been stolen which cost him about $47,000.
Later that day, officers said they found the truck in the 500 block of Summit Ave.
Around 9:30 a.m., officials were then called to the 2400 block of Stagg Hill Rd. with reports of another theft.
This time, RCPD said a 66-year-old man reported he had leased a white 2017 Dodge ProMaster van that he left unlocked with the key inside. The vehicle was stolen costing him about $22,000.
Anyone with information on either crime should call RCPD at 785-537-2112 or the Manhattan Riley Co. Crime Stoppers at 785-539-7777.
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RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fossil Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOSL) (the "Company" or "Fossil Group") today released its 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report highlighting the Company's commitments and progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives for the 2021 calendar year.
In the past year, Fossil Group has worked to broaden further and articulate the company's corporate responsibility. Through Make Time for Good, the Company's corporate responsibility framework for managing ESG, Fossil Group is increasing collaboration with critical stakeholders, creating ESG goals that reflect the current reality and evolving priorities, and working to reduce the environmental impact of a number of its products, while supporting the Company's communities and employees. Make Time for Good is made up of three overarching initiatives — Good for the Planet, Good for Communities, and Good for Our People.
Good for the Planet
Fossil Group's Good for the Planet commitments prioritize transforming to a low carbon business model, reducing the Company's environmental impact, and creating more responsible products. During the 2021 calendar year, Fossil Group partially achieved traceability in its handbag and small leather goods categories, representing 10% of the Company's total vendor base. Additionally, over 25% of Fossil Group packaging now contains recycled materials and 20% of the Company's packaging can be recycled or reused. Fossil Group's net-zero roadmap is underway in partnership with the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Good for Communities
Fossil Group champions the Company's employees to be a force for good in the Company's global communities. Since its inception, the Fossil Foundation has donated over $30 million globally and positively impacted the lives of over 2.6 million underserved youth worldwide. One percent of all fossil.com e-commerce sales goes to support Fossil Foundation. Additionally, in 2021, Fossil Group achieved a 73% score on the Women's Empowerment Principles Assessment.
Good for our People
Fossil Group believes that together the Company is capable of even greater innovation, collaboration, and creativity. In 2021, the Company launched workshops to teach Company leaders how to create more inclusive environments and achieved a 14% increase in female leadership. The Company added DE&I goals to the Executive Leadership Team's performance review and compensation plans. Fossil Group also received a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.
"For over 35 years, Fossil Group has designed and created accessories that bring joy to consumers and help people live lives to the fullest," said Kosta Kartsotis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fossil Group. "Prioritizing our ESG initiatives is a natural extension of our Company's legacy to create better products that are not only high quality, but that also leave a lighter environmental footprint and support the livelihoods of people who design and produce them."
The report's structure and disclosures align with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) frameworks. Fossil Group has also used the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations to inform our disclosures on climate-related risks and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to inform our programmatic initiatives.
For more information about Fossil Group's 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report, including recent news and program highlights, please visit our corporate website, FossilGroup.com/Sustainability.
About Fossil Group, Inc.
Fossil Group, Inc. is a global design, marketing, distribution and innovation company specializing in lifestyle accessories. Under a diverse portfolio of owned and licensed brands, our offerings include traditional watches, smartwatches, jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts and sunglasses. We are committed to delivering the best in design and innovation across our owned brands, Fossil, Michele, Relic, Skagen and Zodiac, and licensed brands, Armani Exchange, Diesel, DKNY, Emporio Armani, Kate Spade New York, Michael Kors, PUMA and Tory Burch. We bring each brand story to life through an extensive distribution network across numerous geographies, categories and channels. Certain press releases and SEC filing information concerning the Company is also available at www.fossilgroup.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are prospective in nature and are not based on historical facts but rather on current expectations and projections of the management of Fossil Group, Inc. about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may be forward-looking statements. Without limitation, any statements preceded or followed by or that include the words "plans," "believes," "expects," "intends," "will," "should," "could," "would," "may," "anticipates," "might" or similar words or phrases, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future financial performance. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results and are based on certain key assumptions, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are set forth in the reports that the Company files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year, ended January 1, 2022. Any forward-looking statement in this press release speaks only as of the date made and the Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking or other statements contained herein other than in accordance with legal and regulatory obligations.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie Freeman expected to be emotional during his anticipated return to Atlanta.
He wasn’t prepared for the flood of feelings — and tears — that came before his first game back as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
A rush of them forced him to walk out of his pregame news conference before it began. Freeman had to gather himself several times when discussing his continued love for the Braves and Atlanta. He then questioned how he would make it through the three-game series.
“I don’t even know how I’m going to get through this weekend,” Freeman said.
He was surprised how well he fared in the series opener. He reached base three times, on two walks and a single, and scored twice in the Dodgers’ 4-1 win.
“I did all right,” he said. “I’ll take three times on base and two runs scored. … The best thing that happened was walking in that first at-bat.”
Receiving his 2021 World Series championship ring, presented by Braves manager Brian Snitker in a pregame ceremony, produced more emotions from Freeman. Following a tribute video to Freeman, he made a slow walk to the field to join Snitker, who stood beside the World Series trophy in front of the mound.
Braves fans stood and cheered, some chanting “Freddie! Freddie!” Freeman answered by removing his cap and raising both arms to the fans. Freeman hugged Snitker twice, including once after putting on his ring. He grinned and gave the ring a kiss.
Minutes later, Freeman held up his batting helmet to the fans following another ovation before his first-inning at-bat. Braves right-hander Ian Anderson walked Freeman, who later scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin Turner for a 2-0 lead. Freeman struck out in the second inning.
Freeman hit a homer in his first reunion game, a 7-4 win over the Braves in Los Angeles on April 18.
Freeman, the 2020 NL MVP, led the Braves to their first World Series title since 1995 last season. He was widely expected to re-sign with Atlanta but instead signed a $162 million, six-year deal with the Dodgers after he was unable to reach an agreement with the Braves.
After 15 years in the Braves’ organization, including 12 years with Atlanta, the 32-year-old has enjoyed a productive first half with the Dodgers. He was hitting .303 with eight homers and 45 RBIs entering Friday and is third in the NL All-Star voting among first basemen.
Atlanta’s Matt Olson, acquired from the Oakland Athletics two days after losing Freeman, is fourth in the voting.
Freeman constantly fought his emotions and didn’t make eye contact with Braves reporters through the opening minutes of his news conference.
“I can’t even look at you guys because I don’t know how I’m going to get through it,” he said.
Even starting the news conference was difficult. When first entering the interview room, Freeman said “give me a second” and then turned and left the room for several minutes.
After returning, Freeman said, “Man, I love the Braves organization with all my heart. That will never change.”
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he wasn’t surprised by Freeman’s declaration of his continued love for the Braves.
“I think it’s something that Freddie long awaited,” Roberts said. “Everyone here adores him. I still know he’ll be ready to play a baseball game.”
When he saw the large group of reporters before the game, Snitker joked, “is something going on?”
Snitker has had other ring ceremonies for returning players, including San Francisco’s Joc Pederson earlier this week.
“I’m happy just like I’m happy for all the guys we’ve given them to,” Snitker said of Freeman.
One of Freeman’s friends, Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson, said Thursday, “it’s always good to see old friends, but I’m still looking forward to beating him.”
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RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Defense LLC, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital and leading provider to the national security community, today announced that it has joined Shield Capital, Calibrate Ventures and L3Harris Technologies to raise $25M in Series A funding to back Diveplane, the company keeping humanity in artificial intelligence (AI). The funds provide Diveplane with the opportunity to invest further in its award-winning AI solutions, while facilitating targeted growth to meet increased market demand. As part of the agreement, Philip Bilden, Managing Partner of Shield Capital, will join the Diveplane board of directors.
Diveplane helps businesses and government organizations concerned with data privacy to better understand and leverage the power of their data through AI tools that are trainable, interpretable and auditable. The company's solutions are designed around the principles of predict, explain and show, creating user confidence that operational decisions are built on a foundation of fairness and transparency.
Gartner, who has consistently ranked Diveplane as a technology innovator and cool vendor, estimates that the AI software market will reach $62 billion in 2022 alone, and continue to grow at a rate of more than 30 percent through 2027. Diveplane is uniquely poised to capitalize on the market opportunities with its support of multiple real world use cases -- prediction, anomaly detection, anonymization, and the creation of synthetic data – all from a single model on one platform.
"As we continue to innovate and deliver next generation technology to the DoD, the greatest opportunity to transform the battlefield is providing artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced analytics at the edge," said Matt Jones, CEO of Sigma Defense. "Diveplane's unique position in the AI market aligns perfectly to our vision of autonomously connecting people, systems and data and discovering new insights from that data faster and more effectively."
"Chris, Mike, and the Diveplane team are building a leading technology platform to employ the power of AI while protecting privacy and explainability," said Raj Shah, Managing Partner, Shield Capital. "We are excited to partner with them as their platform is foundational for large organizations to safely implement and scale AI.
"We founded Diveplane with the mission of putting humanity back into AI, and we're succeeding," said Mike Capps, co-founder and CEO of Diveplane. "We're building trusted partnerships, with a product set that provides a holistic capability for fair and transparent decision making and data privacy. This support adds rocket fuel to our business, so we can build on our successful approach to helping companies innovate with our Reactor platform. "
Sigma Defense Systems LLC is a leading technology company serving the Department of Defense (DoD) providing systems and services for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance since 2006. The company's software-focused approach to tactical communications accelerates information collection and sharing for faster decision making and better mission outcomes. Customers turn to Sigma Defense for engineering, program management, and data logistics services for technical solutions that encompass ground, air, and space-based systems and sensors and network and satellite communications. Sigma is headquartered in Perry, GA with satellite offices both CONUS and OCONUS. For more information visit sigmadefense.com, and follow Sigma Defense on LinkedIn for news and updates.
Founded in 2018 by Dr. Michael Capps and Dr. Chris Hazard, Diveplane keeps the humanity in artificial intelligence (AI). The company develops technology that helps businesses and government organizations better understand and leverage the power of their data through AI tools that are trainable, interpretable and auditable. Diveplane is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information on Diveplane and its product suite, please visit www.diveplane.com or follow the company on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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(iSeeCars) – Although the SUV has overtaken the minivan in popularity, the minivan still reigns supreme as the ultimate family hauler. With family-friendly features like automatic sliding doors and an abundance of passenger and cargo space, the convenience and utility of a minivan for family hauling can’t be beat. If you want a used vehicle to handle your most precious cargo, there are a number of used minivans to choose from.
To help used car shoppers find the best used minivans, iSeeCars analyzed over 12 million vehicle listings and from those narrowed down the Best Used Minivans. The winners are the minivans that are the longest-lasting, hold their value the best, and have the highest average safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Best Used Minivans
1. Toyota Sienna
iSeeCars Quality Score: Coming Soon
- Reliability Score: Coming Soon
- Retained Value Score: 7.5
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $49,553
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $38,914
The Toyota Sienna is the best used minivan. Although there are multiple late-model minivans with all-wheel drive, the Toyota Sienna add it in 2020, joining the Chrysler Pacifica by offering this all-weather friendly feature. So if you want a used all-wheel drive minivan, the Sienna is likely your best choice. Older models of the Sienna come standard with lane departure warning, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, and a pre-collision warning and braking system with pedestrian detection. Redesigned for 2021, late-model versions of the Sienna feature improved interior and exterior styling and a hybrid powertrain. A new hybrid four-cylinder engine replaces a V6 engine.
2. Honda Odyssey
iSeeCars Quality Score: 9.0
- Reliability Score: 8.7
- Retained Value Score: 8.3
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $41,538
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $39,999
The Honda Odyssey ranks second. The Odyssey has above-average cargo capacity for its class with 32.8 cubic feet of space behind the third row and 88.8 cubic feet of space behind the second-row seats when the third-row seats are folded down. Higher trim levels of the Odyssey seat up to eight with three seats in the second row that use Honda’s Magic Slide system, allowing you to easily slide seats into several different configurations. The Odyssey offers an abundance of available family-friendly features including a rear-seat reminder, a camera that shows the rear passengers on the infotainment screen, and an intercom system for projecting the front seat passengers’ voice to the rear seats.
3. Kia Sedona
iSeeCars Quality Score: 8.6
- Reliability Score: 8.1
- Retained Value Score: 7.5
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $33,457
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $32,025
The Kia Sedona ranks third. The Sedona has an upscale interior with premium materials as well as three rows of comfortable seats and a powerful V6 engine. Beginning with the 2019 model year, the Sedona minivan comes standard with a 7-inch touch screen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and Bluetooth connectivity. These features are also available on earlier versions. Available infotainment features include a rear-seat entertainment system with two 10.1-inch display screens. The Sedona comes with a five-year/60,000-mile basic warranty and a 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, which is the best in its class. The Kia Sedona was discontinued after the 2021 model year and replaced with the Kia Carnival.
4. Chrysler Pacifica
iSeeCars Quality Score: 8.0
- Reliability Score: 6.1
- Retained Value Score: 7.8
- Safety Score: 10.0
Average New Car Price: $45,434
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $36,103
The Chrysler Pacifica, which was introduced as a new model in 2017, ranks fourth. Beginning with the 2018 model year, the Pacifica comes with standard safety features including blind spot monitoring and rear cross traffic alert. The Pacifica has a roomy interior and a long list of standard features, including a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, a power liftgate, power sliding doors, and Stow ‘n Go seating. Available features include heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, a rear-seat entertainment system, a built-in vacuum cleaner, tri-zone automatic climate control, and a panoramic sunroof. It also earns an EPA-estimated 19 mpg in the city and 28 on the highway for its front-wheel drive model. All-wheel drive is also available. The Pacifica is the only minivan that is also available as a plug-in hybrid, which provides excellent fuel economy with a combined city/highway estimate of 82 mpg. It also has an all-electric range of 32 miles.
5. Dodge Grand Caravan
iSeeCars Quality Score: 7.8
- Reliability Score: 8.0
- Retained Value Score: 7.3
- Safety Score: 8.0
Average New Car Price: $30,552
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $26,940
The Dodge Grand Caravan ranks fourth. The Grand Caravan was discontinued after the 2020 model year, so it’s only available used. The Grand Caravan has a powerful 283-horsepower 3.6-liter V6 engine that is one of the strongest in its class. While the no-frills Dodge Grand Caravan lacks some of the upscale convenience features of its fancier competitors, it has its hallmark Stow ‘n Go second-row seating and comes standard with tri-zone manual climate control, remote keyless entry, and a 6.5-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Upper trims offer a power liftgate, power-sliding rear doors, heated front seats and a heated steering wheel.
Honorable Mentions
Two long-discontinued models, which don’t have available scores also make the list.
Nissan Quest
The Nissan Quest was discontinued after the 2016 model year, and Nissan’s only minivan offering wasn’t replaced. The Nissan Quest provides a smooth ride and is one of the most efficient vehicles in its class at 20 mpg in the city and 27 mpg on the highway. It doesn’t have many standard features, but 5- and 8-inch infotainment screens and a flip-down DVD player are available. If you want an older, no-frills minivan, the Nissan Quest is a wonderful choice.
Mazda 5
The Mazda 5 was discontinued after the 2015 model year, but used versions can still be found on dealer lots. Although the Mazda 5 doesn’t offer the modern features of current minivans like a touchscreen infotainment system, power sliding doors, or a power liftgate, it is a comfortable family hauler for drivers looking for a smaller, no-frills minivan.
Bottom Line:
If you’re looking for a used car for family hauling, the practicality and utility of a minivan remains unmatched. While many drivers choose to opt for a three-row crossover or SUV, those who embrace minivan ownership can enjoy many convenience features that make family hauling easier and more pleasant. For more information on minivans, be sure to check out our list of the Best Minivans.
Not ready to take the minivan plunge but still want a reliable family vehicle? Check out these other helpful articles:
If you’re in the market for a new or used car you can search over 4 million used and new minivans, trucks, cars, and SUVs with iSeeCars’ award-winning car search engine that helps shoppers find the best car deals by providing key insights and valuable resources, like the iSeeCars free VIN check report. Filter by vehicle type, front or all-wheel drive, and other parameters in order to narrow down your car search.
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Jan. 6 committee: More evidence will come in July hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — More evidence is emerging in the House’s Jan. 6 investigation that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol where they rioted, a committee member said Sunday.
“There will be way more information and stay tuned,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
The committee has been intensifying its yearlong investigation into the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the committee’s vice chair, is making clear that criminal referrals to the Justice Department, including against Trump, could follow.
At least two more hearings are scheduled this month that aim to show how Trump illegally directed a violent mob toward the Capitol on Jan. 6, and then failed to take quick action to stop the attack once it began.
The committee also has been reviewing new documentary film footage of Trump’s final months in office, including interviews with Trump and members of his family.
Kinzinger, in a television interview, declined to disclose the new information he referred to and did not say who had provided it. He said many more details emerged after last week’s testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson and that nothing had changed the committee’s confidence in her credibility.
“There’s information I can’t say yet,” he said. “We certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath, we find her credible, and anybody that wants to cast disparagements on that, who were firsthand present, should also testify under oath and not through anonymous sources.”
In a separate interview, another committee member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said: “We are following additional leads. I think those leads will lead to new testimony.”
In Hutchinson’s appearance before the committee last week, Hutchinson painted a picture of Trump as an angry, defiant president who was trying to let armed supporters avoid security screenings at a rally on the morning of Jan. 6 to protest his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
Legal experts have said Cassidy’s testimony is potentially problematic for Trump as federal prosecutors investigate potential criminal wrongdoing.
“There could be more than one criminal referral,” said Cheney in an interview that aired Sunday. She said the committee will decide later in the process whether to proceed.
Cassidy also recounted a conversation with Tony Ornato, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for operations, who, she testified, said Trump later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to let him go to the Capitol after the rally.
That account was quickly disputed, however. Bobby Engel, the Secret Service agent who was driving Trump, and Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter said. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
In recent days, the committee has subpoenaed former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and has been seeking more information from Ornato and Engel, who were previously interviewed by investigators.
Committee members hope Cipollone will come forward.
“He clearly has information about concerns about criminal violations, concerns about the president going to the Capitol that day, concerns about the chief of staff having blood on his hands if they didn’t do more to stop that violent attack on the Capitol,” Schiff said. “It’s hard to imagine someone more at the center of things.”
The committee has also been working on setting up an interview with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was asked to speak to the committee after disclosures of her communications with Trump’s team in the run-up and day of the insurrection at the Capitol.
Kinzinger appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Schiff was on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and Cheney appeared on ABC’s “This Week.”
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Oscar Health, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of OSCR during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Father apologizes for attacking son’s killer
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WACH) - A South Carolina father is apologizing after attacking the man convicted of killing his son in court. After the attack, Willie Fields was taken to jail and later released.
Willie Fields is saying sorry after he was captured on surveillance video attacking his son’s convicted killer inside of an Orangeburg County courtroom last week.
Fields’ attorney, Justin Bamberg, released a statement on the family’s behalf saying Fields and his family are “extremely apologetic for his outburst, and he is asking for prayers and support during this difficult time in their lives.”
“No father should have to bury his innocent son. Mr. Fields is not a criminal. He is a victim of senseless violence that occurs far too often in our communities,” Bamberg said.
Fields was charged with third degree assault and battery and was found in contempt of court after he was seen punching Lindy Jones from behind and tackling him to the ground as other family members were addressing the court.
Officers had to pull the men apart.
The day before the hearing, the Orangeburg Times and Democrat, reported Jones pleaded guilty to killing Fields’ 18-year-old son, Willie Antoine Fields, in 2019.
An incident report from the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says after the attack, Fields was taken to the Orangeburg County Jail and was released on bond.
The report also mentions Jones, who was named as a victim in this scenario, did not want to pursue charges against Fields.
“It’s definitely tragic and a hardship, and I got my prayers sent all the way for them,” Fields’ cousin said.
According to a Facebook post from Bamberg, Fields’ and his wife will be attending grief counseling.
Fields will appear in front of a judge next week.
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Young Thug’s song lyrics are being used as evidence in his gang indictment
By Leah Asmelash, CNN
Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug’s lyrics are being cited as evidence in a sweeping 56-count gang indictment, again raising a debate over whether lyrics are protected free speech.
According to the 88-page indictment obtained by CNN, lyrics from the rapper’s popular songs — including “Slime Sh*t,” “Original Slime Sh*t,” and “Anybody” — were used as examples of “overt acts,” some of which constitute racketeering. Prosecutors allege that Young Thug, real name Jeffery Williams, founded the gang Young Slime Life in late 2012 and was a key figure in various YSL activities. Rapper Gunna, real name Sergio Giovanni Kitchens, is also charged in the document. Williams was arrested at his home in Atlanta on Monday, police said.
Most notably, prosecutors said that in 2015, Williams rented an Infiniti Q50 sedan from Hertz, which was later used in the murder of a rival gang member. There are also references that paint Williams as the leader of the YSL gang, as two associates discussed how to obtain his permission to attempt to murder rapper YFN Lucci while he was incarcerated.
“I’m prepared to take them down,” “murder gang sh*t,” and “I never killed anybody but I got something to do with that body” are just a few of the dozens of lines referenced in the indictment.
Lyrics from other popular rappers referencing ties to Young Slime Life are also quoted in the indictment, along with social media posts.
Williams has been booked into the Fulton County jail and charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and participation in criminal street gang activity.
This isn’t the first time song lyrics have been used by criminal prosecutors. In 2019, prosecutors questioned Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine about lyrics for his song “GUMMO,” asking if it included threats to rivals. In 2017, prosecutors tried to use Drakeo the Ruler’s “Flex Freestyle” as evidence that he conspired to murder another rapper.
Not everyone supports allowing prosecutors to use lyrics as evidence. In “Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America” by Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis, rapper Killer Mike argues that rap as an art form is a safe space where raw emotions can and should be expressed.
“Left unchecked, it has the potential to silence a generation of artists who are exercising their First Amendment right to express themselves,” he wrote. “These are voices we should be encouraging, yet our criminal justice system has consistently looked for ways to punish them.”
Killer Mike also noted that other artists from genres other than rap are often celebrated for their dark lyrics, while rappers are vilified.
Last year, state senators in New York introduced the bill “Rap Music on Trial,” which would prevent art — including song lyrics — from being used as evidence in criminal cases. Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Big Sean and Kelly Rowland all supported the bill, as did other musicians.
But Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis sees it differently.
“I believe in the First Amendment; it’s one of our most precious rights. However the First Amendment does not protect people from prosecutors using (lyrics) as evidence if it is such,” Willis said during a press conference Tuesday. “In this case, we put it as overt and predicate acts within the RICO count because we believe that’s exactly what it is.”
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Signal replacement project to impact traffic on SE 6th, Jefferson
Published: Aug. 9, 2022 at 11:20 AM CDT|Updated: 59 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A signal replacement project will impact traffic around SE 6th and Jefferson for about a month.
The City of Topeka says that starting Monday, Aug. 15, J. Warren Co. will close multiple lanes around SE 6th and Jefferson for a signal replacement project.
The City said traffic will be maintained through the intersection. However, all right lanes surrounding the project will be closed. It said the left lanes and additional through lanes will be open.
According to the City, the project should last about four weeks.
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Ukraine aid bill hitching ride to Seoul for Biden signature
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The $40 billion U.S. package of assistance for Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia’s aggression is hitching a ride on a commercial flight to South Korea so it can be signed by President Joe Biden.
The Senate voted Thursday to finalize the new military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine as Biden was making his way to the South Korean capital, Seoul. Biden is in Asia for meetings with the leaders of South Korea, Japan and members of the Indo-Pacific group known as the Quad.
A White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said the bill was being flown to South Korea by a U.S. government official who was already planning to travel to the region on a commercial flight as part of the individual’s official duties. It was not clear when the bill would arrive, but the president was expected to sign it before he heads to Tokyo on Sunday.
For decades, bills that needed an urgent signature were routinely flown by White House aides to the president if he was abroad.
In 2005, President George W. Bush flew back to Washington from his Texas ranch to sign legislation requiring doctors to continue feeding a comatose Florida woman, Terri Schiavo, whose husband wanted to let her die.
An autopen was used for the first time for a bill signing in 2011, when President Barack Obama signed an extension of the Patriot Act into law while he was traveling in Europe.
He used the machine –- which was widely used at the time for mundane commercial and government purposes — because Congress took unexpectedly long to approve the renewal of that law. Its anti-terrorism powers were minutes from expiring at midnight East Coast time when Obama, in France, was awakened to sign the measure.
The Ukraine bill includes $20 billion in military aid that is expected to finance the transfer of advanced weapons systems, $8 billion in general economic support for Ukraine, nearly $5 billion in global food aid to address potential food shortages sparked by the collapse of the Ukrainian agricultural economy, and more than $1 billion in combined support for refugees.
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Fram reported from Washington
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc. (TSXV: BILD) ("BuildDirect" or "Company"), announces the closing of a secured debt financing pursuant to which it issued, via its wholly owned subsidiary BuildDirect Operations Limited ("BuildDirect Operations"), secured notes to Pelecanus Investments Ltd. ("Pelecanus"), Lyra Growth Partners Inc. ("Lyra") and Beedie Investments Ltd. ("Beedie" and, together with Pelecanus and Lyra, the "Lenders") in an aggregated amount of US $1.5 million (the "Additional Loan"). The Company also announces the amendment of secured notes issued by BuildDirect Operations to (a) the Lenders in February 2022 and (b) Deans Knight Capital Management Ltd. in its capacity as portfolio manager on behalf and for the benefit of two fully managed accounts (collectively the "Dean Knight Noteholders") in March 2018 (the "2018 Notes").
Additional Loan:
The terms of the Additional Loan include the following:
- The Additional Loan bears interest at an annual rate of 12% compounded monthly and is payable upon repayment of the Additional Loan;
- The Additional Loan matures on January 1, 2023 and
- A commitment fee equal to 1% of the Additional Loan is payable upon repayment of the Additional Loan.
On February 15, 2022, the Company issued secured notes (the "Original Notes") to the Lenders pursuant to which an aggregate of US$3.0 Million was made available to the Company (the "Original Loan", and together with the Additional Loan, the "Loan"). Pursuant to the Additional Loan, BuildDirect Operations issued amended and restated secured notes which amend and restate the Original Notes, therefore (a) extending the maturity date of the Original Loan to January 1, 2023; and (b) consolidating the Original Loan and the Additional Loan in the same document.
The net proceeds from the Additional Loan will be used to continue to advance BuildDirect's strategy and for general working capital purposes of the Company. The TSX Venture Exchange has been provided notice of the Additional Loan under TSXV Policy 5.1 – Loans, Loan Bonuses, Finder's Fees and Commissions.
Pelecanus, Lyra and Beedie are insiders by virtue of holding 37.7%, 12.9% and 11.4% respectively of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company on a partially diluted basis. As a result of the foregoing, the Additional Loan issued to the above entities constitutes a related party transaction as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The Company relied upon the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements in sections 5.5(b) – Issuer not Listed on Specified Markets and 5.7(1)(a) – Fair Market Value Not More Than 25 Per Cent of Market Capitalization, respectively of MI 61-101.
Amendment of 2018 Notes:
BuildDirect Operations (formerly BuildDirect.com Technologies Inc.) issued the 2018 Notes to Deans Knight Noteholders in an aggregate principal amount of approximately CAD $5,000,000 pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 22, 2018. BuildDirect Operations and the Deans Knight Noteholders have agreed to amend the 2018 Notes pursuant to which (a) the maturity date of the 2018 Notes is extended to December 31, 2022 (the "2018 Notes Maturity Date") (b) the interest rate applicable to the 2018 Notes is increased to 15% effective June 30, 2022 and (c) deferred fees in the amount of between 1%-3% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes are payable by BuildDirect Operations subject to repayment of the 2018 Notes prior to the 2018 Notes Maturity Date.
"We are very pleased to have the continued support of our shareholders as we navigate our continued transition to B2B focused customer acquisition said David Lazar, interim CEO of BuildDirect. "With our ongoing push to reallocate resources to the pro customer market and drive synergies with our two prior acquisitions, that exclusively service pro customers, we have continued conviction around our strategic direction."
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
About BuildDirect
BuildDirect (TSXV: BILD) is a growing omnichannel building material retailer. BuildDirect connects North American home improvement B2B and B2C organizations and homeowners with quality building materials and services through its robust global supply chain network. BuildDirect's growth trajectory, strong product offering and proprietary heavyweight delivery network are delivering value today, solidifying its position as an innovative player in the home improvement industry. For more information, visit www.BuildDirect.com.
Forward-Looking Information
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Forward-looking statements in this press release may include, without limitation, statements relating to BuildDirect's use of the proceeds from the Loan, BuildDirect's ability to repay the Loan and the 2018 Notes, the continued transition to B2B focused customer acquisition, the reallocation of resources to the pro customer market and to drive acquisition synergies and BuildDirect's conviction around its strategic direction.
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Which fonio flour is best?
Fonio is the gluten-free super grain native to Africa that you didn’t know you needed. These cultivated grains are related to millet and are a staple of North African cuisine. They come in either white or black varieties. Fonio is prized for its deeply nutritious value and often served at celebratory events. When the whole grain is milled, the resulting flour is an excellent flour substitute for baked goods and savory dishes alike.
On its own, this “seed of the universe” has a mild nutty taste and adds a punch of nutrition to your food. Yolele Fonio Flour has a fine texture and is a great place to start exploring this versatile baking ingredient.
What to know before you buy fonio flour
Intended use
If you want to find a gluten-free flour substitute that is high in protein but works in a variety of applications, fonio is a great choice. For baked goods, make sure that the flour is light and easy to blend. This will help keep textures correct as you substitute it for traditional flours. For thickening, and for cooking that requires less finesse, a coarser blend works well.
Correct substitutions
Fonio flour is heavier than some other traditional gluten-free flour substitutes, such as rice flour or tapioca starch. It works best in place of heavier flours such as wheat or buckwheat.
Keep in mind that the final product of recipes that only use fonio flour may have a denser texture than you are used to.
Nutritional benefits
Fonio flour has a low glycemic index and works in paleo, vegan and keto diet plans. It is high in fiber and protein; this may aid in weight loss as it keeps you feeling full for a longer period of time.
What to look for in quality fonio flour
Non-GMO
The flour you buy should be made from non-GMO grains. This ensures that organic growing and harvesting practices are followed.
Finely milled
The last thing you want is a gritty texture in your exquisite baked goods. Look for flour that is finely milled to reduce grit in the final product.
No fillers
Look for an ingredient list with just one ingredient. Your flour should not include any fillers, binders or other unnecessary ingredients.
How to use fonio flour
- Origin: Seek out products sourced in Africa. Even if the grain is milled in the U.S., this is how you know the flour is authentic and of high quality.
- Measurement: Measure flour with the fluff-scoop-level technique. Use a spoon to fluff it, then scoop it into your measuring cup and use a knife to level.
- Grind it: Consider purchasing whole fonio grains and using a mortar and pestle (or heavy-duty food processor) to make your own fresh flour. This also lets you control its texture — very fine for lighter applications such as pastry, and coarse for muffins or quick bread.
- Cook it: If you want to experiment with the fonio grain itself, cook as you would rice, using a 2-to-1 ratio of water to fonio.
How much you can expect to spend on fonio flour
The harvesting process is labor-intensive, and fonio flour can be expensive. Expect to spend $10-$20 per pound.
Fonio flour FAQ
What is the difference between white and black fonio?
A. White fonio is also known as “hungry rice” across Europe. It is the most common variety found outside of Africa and is often used to efficiently feed populations at risk of starvation.
Black fonio is grown in Benin, Nigeria and Togo, and is less commonly exported to other regions. It has a nutritional profile similar to that of white fonio.
How do you use fonio flour?
A. For people who are avoiding gluten or who simply want to add more nutrition to their diet, fonio flour is a great option. The grain can be used in the same way as you would use quinoa or rice, but the flour is great for thickening soups and sauces. It’s perfect in:
- Breads
- Pancakes
- Waffles
- Muffins
- Cookies
- Cakes
- Smoothies
Substitute fonio for a heavier flour such as wheat or buckwheat when baking, or use a 1-to-1 ratio of fat to fonio flour to create a thickening roux or slurry for soups, stews and sauces.
What’s the best fonio flour to buy?
Top fonio flour
What you need to know: The mild flavor is perfect for those just starting to explore this ancient grain.
What you’ll love: It is fine-milled and has a mild, slightly sweet taste. It’s made from non-GMO fonio harvested in Africa. It has no fillers and is packed with protein, fiber and healthy amino acids. It’s vegan.
What you should consider: For gluten-free baking, adding too much fonio flour can result in very dry baked goods. Be sure to increase hydration accordingly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top fonio flour for the money
Shipetaukin Multipurpose Fonio Flour
What you need to know: This protein-packed flour is mild and light — good for baking, especially.
What you’ll love: It’s non-GMO and free of all fillers or additional ingredients. Each quarter cup has 2 grams of protein. It is sourced in West Africa but packed in the U.S.
What you should consider: Although it is the cheapest option per pound, it’s a hefty price tag to try a new product.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Adventurous cooks will appreciate the opportunity to try three new flours at once.
What you’ll love: This bundle includes fonio flour, plus cassava and tapioca. Each is made only from their respective grains, and all are kosher, vegan and gluten-free.
What you should consider: If you just want to try fonio, pass this by. But at the price it’s a great way to expand your cooking repertoire.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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RENO, Nev. and TORONTO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bendito Resources Inc. ("Bendito", the "Company", or "we") is pleased to announce that on July 22, 2022, it completed the previously announced share purchase agreement transactions (the "Transaction") to acquire a diversified Mexican project portfolio from Azure Minerals Limited ("Azure"). For additional information on the Transaction, please refer to the previously issued press release dated May 31, 2022, that is posted to the Bendito website. On July 18, 2022, the A$20 million Transaction was amended as follows:
Bendito and Azure amended the terms of the Transaction to change the initial consideration paid to Azure to A$8.0 million, consisting of A$4.0 million of cash (previously A$6.0M of cash) and A$4.0 million of shares (previously A$2.0 million of shares). The second tranche consideration, which remains payable within 18 months of the Transaction closing, will now total A$12.0 million and consist of A$6.0 million of cash and A$6.0 million of shares. The overall Transaction consideration payable to Azure of A$20.0 million did not change.
Bendito is currently pursuing an additional US$3.5 million financing to advance the acquired projects. Upon completion of its financing process, Bendito expects to commence drilling activities at its Alacran and Oposura projects. At Alacran, the Company's strategy is two-pronged: gold and silver mineral resource expansion at the near surface targets, connecting San Simon to Loma Bonita and Mesa de Plata; and pursing exploration of the copper porphyry targets to the south and south-east portions of the Alacran property. At Oposura, the Company's drilling will focus initially on regional geologic potential to determine scale of the zinc-lead-silver mineralization outside of the historical resource areas. Bendito plans to prepare technical reports on both Alacran and Oposura, followed by mineral resource statements in Q1 2023 inclusive of the Company's 2022 drilling campaigns. Both Alacran and Oposura have JORC mineral resource statements dated May 12, 2017 (Mesa de Plata) and t June 1, 2018, respectively that were prepared on behalf of Azure.
Mr. John Antwi, President and CEO of Bendito, commented: "The Bendito team is very excited to close this transaction and thanks Azure and its shareholders for their support and vote of confidence in the transaction and our business plan. We welcome all the Mexico employees, contractors, and local stakeholders of Azure Minerals to Bendito Resources. We have a target-rich geologic environment, and our team sees many opportunities to add substantial value to the projects. I look forward to providing many meaningful updates in the coming months on our efforts, progress, and milestones while our team advances the new Bendito project portfolio. I am also very honored to extend a special welcome to the new and potential investors of the Company."
About Bendito Resources Inc.
Bendito Resources Inc. is a private mineral resource company formed and led by experienced mining and exploration executives with headquarters in Reno, Nevada, USA and regional offices in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The Company fully-owns a portfolio of diversified mineral projects in Mexico, which includes the Alacran and Oposura projects, both of which have previously reported mineral resources. The Mexican property portfolio comprises the Company's sole mineral interests. For additional information please visit the Company's website at www.benditoresources.com or contact the Company at the below:
John Antwi
President & CEO
jantwi@benditoresources.com
(775) 340-2719
Bendito Resources
6490 S McCarran Blvd
Building E, Suite 121
Reno, NV 89509
Jeff Stieber
Chief Financial Officer
jstieber@benditoresources.com
(775) 250-0300
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This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the current views and/or expectations of management concerning performance, business, and future events, including the completion of the development of the Mexican property portfolio and the expected timing thereof; the growth potential of the Mexican project portfolio; the expected direction of project and exploration capital; anticipated operational and strategic plans pertaining to the Alacran Project and the Oposura Project and the timing thereof; the expected timing and amounts of future financing efforts; and timing of a resource estimate and related technical report with respect to the Alacran Project and the Oposura Project.
Forward-looking statements are based on the then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates, and forecasts about the business and the industry and markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The Company does not undertake any obligations to release publicly any revisions for updating any voluntary forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities law.
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LONDON (AP) — British authorities have quashed plans to prosecute protesters who attended a vigil for a murdered woman in breach of pandemic lockdown rules — a killing, and a response, that ignited a storm of criticism of the London police force and its attitude toward women’s safety.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Sunday that cases against six people over the March 2021 vigil in memory of Sarah Everard had been dropped because “our legal test for a prosecution was not met.”
The six had faced possible fines of up to 10,000 pounds ($12,100) for breaking COVID-19 restrictions in place at the time.
Everard, 33, was abducted, raped and killed as she walked home from a friend’s house in London. Her killer, Wayne Couzens, was a serving Metropolitan Police officer. He pleaded guilty to murder and is serving life in prison with no chance of parole.
Public anger at the police force for harboring a killer in its ranks was compounded by what many saw as heavy-handed policing of the subsequent vigil. Police banned the gathering because it breached coronavirus restrictions, but hundreds gathered anyway on Clapham Common, near where Everard was abducted. Prince William’s wife Kate was among those who attended and left flowers.
Scuffles broke out when police officers tried to break up the vigil after several hours.
Organizers took the police force to court, and in February a judge ruled that police acted unlawfully when they used coronavirus restrictions to ban the vigil.
Everard’s murder was one of a string of killings in London that prompted calls for more protection for women and girls. Allegations of misogyny and bungled investigations undermined confidence in the police and forced Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick to step down in February.
Pippa Woodrow, a lawyer for some of the defendants, said she was delighted “that this ordeal is over and that the (prosecution service) has recognized they should never have been prosecuted.”
“It is to be hoped that the Met will now turn its focus and resources towards protecting women from violence rather than seeking to silence those who speak up against it, and towards rebuilding the trust damaged by their decisions in this case,” Woodrow told The Observer newspaper. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/uk-drops-prosecution-of-protesters-over-slain-womans-vigil/ | 2022-08-14T17:15:04Z |
When will the US have a Covid-19 vaccine for the youngest children?
By Jen Christensen, CNN
It’s been more than a year since adults first got Covid-19 vaccines, but about 18 million children under 5 in the US are still waiting — and will probably have to wait until the summer, despite some predictions that shots would be available in the first part of 2022.
While Moderna has shared some data on two doses of Covid-19 vaccine for younger children, Pfizer and BioNTech’s data on three doses for younger children is not yet available.
The US Food and Drug Administration is weighing whether to consider emergency use authorization for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for young children at the same time, rather than considering them separately, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said Thursday.
“Two products that are similar but not identical, particularly with regard to the dose, and what the FDA wants to do is to get it so that we don’t confuse people to say ‘this is the dose. This is the dose regimen for children within that age group of 6 months to 5 years,’ ” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN’s Kasie Hunt.
The Pfizer vaccine was made to protect against the original strain of the coronavirus, and the initial series of two 3-milligram doses tested in kids under 5 wasn’t powerful enough to keep them safe from the more infectious Omicron variant.
“It didn’t meet the criteria for efficacy,” Fauci said. “There was never a safety issue, but it didn’t meet the criteria, which then had them go back and do a study with a third dose as a part of the primary regimen.”
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the goal is to have its Covid-19 vaccine available for kids 4 and younger by summer.
“I hope, we will aim to make it in June,” Bourla said on the “In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt” podcast, posted Monday. He said the FDA has been extremely collaborative and flexible during this testing and authorization process.
In a statement, the FDA said it couldn’t comment on any particular company’s Covid-19 vaccine EUA request but noted “that at this time, we do not have a complete EUA request in house to consider for children under 5 years of age.”
“We continue to engage with companies to discuss their data, but we cannot adjudicate a decision on any vaccine without a complete EUA request, in order to allow us to do our thorough review. Any timeline on these actions is driven by when the data are provided to FDA and fully support a regulatory action,” FDA spokesperson Abby Capobianco said.
Pfizer studying third doses
When Pfizer and BioNTech were testing their vaccine for younger children with two doses, the FDA asked the companies to submit a request for emergency use authorization of that regimen; they said would continue to test a third dose as the two-dose regimen moved through the regulatory process.
In mid-February, the plan changed again. Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said the agency needed to see data on the third vaccine dose in these younger children in order to move forward with emergency use authorization.
Scientists working on clinical trials for the youngest children have the benefit of observing what happens with other age groups. After seeing breakthrough infections in 2021, especially with the rise of the highly contagious Omicron variant, researchers learned quickly that adults and adolescents needed additional doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
“When we started comparing not only against Delta, that was the previous one, but against Omicron, we realized the same thing as we realized in adults,” Bourla said. “In adults, two doses, they provide very little protection against Delta. The third dose makes very strong. So we realized that this is the case also for pediatric, so we extended the trials to go to the third dose.
“We will provide you pretty soon data on the third dose, which we think will provide dramatically higher results,” Bourla told Slavitt.
‘Safety is of paramount importance’
Moderna has said its vaccine for younger children had a favorable safety profile, and for the Pfizer vaccine, Bourla said “so far, that the safety looks very, very good.”
“My expectation is that we will have zero issues with safety. We’re waiting to see the efficacy, and my expectation is that it will be very good,” Bourla said.
“Safety is of paramount importance,” Bourla said, which is why the company went with a lower dose of vaccine for young children than what’s used in adults.
The biggest questions that remain for the Pfizer vaccines are exactly how protective the vaccines are, what the right vaccine schedule and dose is. The trials should answer these questions.
If the vaccine is authorized, little kids could get it on a different schedule than adults and adolescents. Rather than waiting four or five months before a third dose like older ages, the youngest age group could get a third shot as quickly as two months after the second.
Children are less likely than adults to be hospitalized or to die from Covid-19, but at least 463 children 4 and younger have died from the disease, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We need [the vaccines],” said Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and a member of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. “This virus is going to be with us until I’m dead. I can promise you that.
“We still vaccinate children against polio in this country, and we haven’t had polio in this country for almost 50 years. Why? Because it still exists in this world. This virus is going to exist in the world and continue to do harm.”
Offit said the world is going to need a population that’s highly immune to the coronavirus for a “very long time.”
“Every year, 3½ to 4 million children are born in this country who are unprotected. They are going to need to be protected for some time,” he said. “And the sooner the better, the sooner you can do it safely.”
Moderna moves ahead with two doses
Moderna has also been working on a vaccine for younger children. Dr. Paul Burton, the company’s chief medical officer, said at the end of March that a vaccine for this age group is a “huge priority.” The company plans to submit its application to the FDA and other regulators around the world “just as soon as we can.”
Moderna said its Covid-19 vaccine performs as well in children as it does in adults.
Two 25-microgram doses provided a similar immune response for children 6 months through 5 years as two 100-microgram doses for adults 18 to 25, the company said, indicating that the benefit conferred to young adults is also conferred to young children.
The data showed it was safe and had “a robust neutralizing antibody response.” The two doses are given to children 28 days apart.
Moderna said it was preparing to evaluate the potential of a booster shot for all children 6 months and older that would target the original strain of the virus as well as the Omicron variant.
Burton told Yahoo Finance last month that he wanted to be “realistic for the parents waiting.”
“We’re still talking a couple of months to the availability of the vaccine. This is not a couple of weeks,” he said.
Steps parents can take now
While parents are waiting to vaccinate their little ones, there is something they can do to protect the children.
All adults who interact with the children should be vaccinated, the experts say, and ideally boosted. Adults are also advised to use masks around unvaccinated children, even as many mandates have fallen away.
Dr. Doran Fink, who oversees the FDA’s clinical and toxicological review of investigational and US-licensed vaccines, told the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Wednesday that he understood parents’ concerns. He also promised that the FDA would work “diligently” to verify any data submitted.
“We know that many parents and caregivers and health care providers are anxious to have Covid vaccines available for this age group,” Fink said. “I do want to reassure the committee and the public that we understand this concern, and we want to have available safe and effective vaccines for all age groups who will benefit from them.”
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"Text Connect means instant connection for incarcerated individuals, which is important because staying connected with loved ones is foundational to successful reentry."
– Dave Abel, Aventiv Technologies CEO
DALLAS, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies, the leading technology company driving efforts to better serve the incarcerated through rehabilitative justice, has launched Text Connect, an instant messaging program in select correctional facilities. As one of the first programs to provide real-time, instant communication for incarcerated people and their families, Text Connect has the potential to revolutionize the correctional communications landscape. In just the first fifty days of the pilot, friends and family added over 500,000 messages to current communications plans and have already sent nearly 450,000 real-time messages to communicate with their incarcerated loved ones.
"For too long, correctional facilities were digital deserts. We are changing that. We listened to our consumers seeking the convenient connection tools that technology can provide and created Text Connect. This new offering mirrors the quick and easy text messaging most people take for granted today, however it's built with the security measures needed to operate successfully in a corrections environment," said Dave Abel, CEO of Aventiv Technologies, the parent company of Securus Technologies. "Our initial sites are demonstrating that demand for instant communication among incarcerated people and their loved ones is strong. Instant communication provides instant connection, and connection gives hope and inspiration."
"When Securus approached us to see if we wanted to be a pilot site for Text Connect, we jumped at the opportunity to be first in line. They offer many communication services that make it easier for our population to get the support they need from their loved ones. Text Connect has offered a fast and easy solution since March 2022. This service was an absolute success and I would recommend it to any facility that is interested in streamlining communications between incarcerated individuals and their friends and family," said LaPorte County Jail Commander, Captain Al Ott.
Friends and family can access Text Connect through the Securus mobile app on their smartphones, and the incarcerated can use it on the Securus tablets. With a nominal charge per message, Text Connect prioritizes affordability alongside instant communication.
Text Connect overcomes logistical barriers that often impede instant communication between incarcerated people and their loved ones. Security software can flag any dangerous or inappropriate messages in real-time, so communications aren't impeded by the manual screening that traditional mail requires. Text Connect allows incarcerated people the chance to be more integrated into their loved ones' day-to-day lives, creating unprecedented opportunities for relationship-building and communicating with the people who matter most in their lives.
Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, Aventiv Technologies serves more than 3,450 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,100,000 incarcerated individuals across North America, Aventiv is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, incarcerated self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live. For more information, please visit www.Aventiv.com. Aventiv is a portfolio company of Platinum Equity. Founded in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with a portfolio of approximately 40 operating companies that serve customers around the world.
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Latest Addition to the Workforce Solutions Employee-Driven Product Suite Helps HR Streamline Forms Management Throughout the Entire Employee Lifecycle
ATLANTA, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) announced a new, first-to-market Offboarding Forms solution to help employers further streamline forms management throughout the entire employee lifecycle. Building on the Workforce Solutions Compliance Center™ platform, Offboarding Forms helps employers and HR professionals better manage the delivery of offboarding forms, including state-mandated separation notices, to terminated remote, in-office or hybrid employees across the United States.
"Offboarding is an important part of the broader employee experience, and it can require numerous administrative steps for the employer," said Kate Devine-Elkins, Director, Product Management, Compliance Solutions at Equifax Workforce Solutions. "Our Offboarding Forms solution gives HR leaders more confidence that the right forms are going to the exiting employee at the right time, regardless of the location."
For the year ended April 30, 2022, there were over 71 million separations in the United States; and Gallup conservatively estimates the cost of replacing an employee to be one-half to two times that person's annual salary.
"Employers recognize the stakes are high in terms of financial investment and employee experience, as well as meeting legal requirements," added Devine-Elkins. "Our Offboarding Forms solution supports a streamlined process that can be completed in a matter of minutes. And since we track and add mandated notices across every state, our unique solution helps reduce that burden for employers and can help reduce the risk of fines."
Currently, 35 states require or suggest that employers provide notices for departing employees outlining their rights in relation to unemployment benefits, regardless of whether the employee separated involuntarily or voluntarily.
The Offboarding Forms solution is customizable, allowing employers to add their own unique forms and notices such as COBRA information and Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) notices, along with the state-provided forms that Equifax maintains. For more information, please visit our website.
ABOUT EQUIFAX
At Equifax (NYSE: EFX), we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics, and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping financial institutions, companies, employers, and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. Our unique blend of differentiated data, analytics, and cloud technology drives insights to power decisions to move people forward. Headquartered in Atlanta and supported by more than 13,000 employees worldwide, Equifax operates or has investments in 25 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit Equifax.com.
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4 charts that show what Biden’s student loan forgiveness means for America
(Stacker) - Like crumbling infrastructure or rising gas prices, student loan forgiveness is one of those far-reaching political issues that affect a huge swath of Americans. Close to 1 in 5 Americans have student loans. That’s some 45 million people with a combined $1.75 trillion in student loan debt.
The Biden administration’s forgiveness plan is expected to have far-reaching impact. It will relieve $10,000 in loan debt per federal borrower with an individual income under $125,000 and a household income under $250,000; it will provide $20,000 in relief for borrowers that attended college on income-based Pell Grants.
The announcement is welcomed news for many borrowers as the CARES Act—which paused student loan repayments for most people with federal debt—was set to expire on August 31, 2022. In addition to the debt relief, the administration’s plan extends that deadline to Dec. 31, 2022.
The plan is a long time coming: President Biden first promised to forgive at least $10,000 in student loan debt on the campaign trail in early 2020 and made the same promise after he won the election in November 2020.
Stacker compiled data from the College Board, the Office of Federal Financial Aid, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the Urban Institute to visualize how student debt has grown over the past 50 years and what $10,000 of loan forgiveness could mean for borrowers.
One-third of federal borrowers would see their debt completely forgiven
Even with $10,000 of student loan forgiveness per federal borrower, most Americans with student loans will still have some debt to repay. But effectively canceling most (or all) student loans for borrowers with the smallest amount of debt would target Americans who are most likely to miss payments.
Analysis from the Federal Reserve shows that people with the least amount of education debt often have more difficulty paying it off, likely because borrowers with more debt often have higher levels of education and increased earning power.
In fact, from 2020-2021, 21% of borrowers with less than $15,000 in outstanding debt were late on payments, compared to 17% of borrowers with more than $15,000 in debt.
The number of borrowers who fell behind on their loan payments temporarily decreased in the fall of 2021 due to COVID-19 relief efforts; however, for many, student loan payback is a long-term challenge: According to data from the Department of Education, it takes borrowers 17 years on average to pay off their student loans.
The rising cost of tuition has made it harder for students and families to pay for college
Over the past several decades, the cost of attending college in the U.S. has steadily risen largely due to a reduction of state funding, an increase in university amenities, and unprecedented demand from prospective students.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, average undergraduate tuition rose a full 20% between 2011 and 2021 alone. Tuition at private, nonprofit institutions increased more than tuition at public schools during this time period.
Loan balances rose right alongside tuition, too. Since 1990, the average loan balance at graduation has nearly quadrupled from just under $7,000 to $30,000 in 2020, according to the Education Data Initiative, which looked at averages across all colleges.
Average federal loan packages have grown faster than the average grant size
If a student doesn’t want to take on debt, federal grants—financial aid that doesn’t need to be repaid—are an attractive alternative. The problem? The amount of federal grant money available to students hasn’t kept up with continually increasing tuition or with the growth of federal loans.
Moreover, federal grants only cover up to a few thousand dollars per year per student. One of the most common types of grant, the Federal Pell Grant, awarded undergraduate students a maximum of $6,895 for the 2022-2023 school year.
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant—which is also awarded to students with exceptional financial need—ranges from just $100 to $4,000 per year. And not all students who are eligible even secure federal grant funding: A recent study found that the high school class of 2021 left $3.7 billion in Pell Grants unclaimed by not filing the FAFSA, a federal form the government uses to determine student eligibility for grants.
Today, loans are one of the most widely distributed forms of federal aid
For students who don’t come from families that can cover the cost of an undergraduate education, navigating the financial aid application process can be challenging and confusing.
Not only do you need to apply to colleges and universities, but you also have to file the FAFSA and sometimes a supplemental form called the CSS Profile to see if you qualify for federal and institutional financial aid. Unless you earn a coveted academic or athletic scholarship, qualify for need-based aid like Federal Pell Grants, or attend a university with a no-loan financial aid policy, you might turn to some form of student loan to cover the cost of your college degree.
According to a survey conducted by Sallie Mae, 47% of families borrowed money to pay for college in 2021. About 40% of outstanding student loan debt is held by people who attended public schools. The rest is held by those who attended private nonprofit and private for-profit schools.
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WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida students will have an opportunity soon to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air live at 11:05 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 6, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.
NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins will answer prerecorded video questions from Gifford Youth Achievement Center students. The Gifford Youth Achievement Center is a nonprofit organization providing year-round educational programs to improve academic achievement for students from disadvantaged communities. The downlink will be part of a science fair focused on how NASA enables space exploration entitled, Living in Space, Preparing on Earth.
The event is virtual. Media interested in covering the event should contact the Gifford Youth Achievement Center media point of contact, Stephanie Nelson, at: snelson@gyac.net or 772-794-1005.
Linking students directly to astronauts aboard the space station provides unique, authentic experiences designed to enhance student learning, performance, and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Astronauts living in space aboard the orbiting laboratory communicate with NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston 24 hours a day through the Near Space Network Tracking and Data Relay Satellites.
For more than 21 years, astronauts have continuously lived and worked aboard the space station, testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to explore farther from Earth. As part of its Artemis program, the agency will send astronauts to the Moon preparing for future exploration of Mars. Inspiring the next generation of explorers – the Artemis Generation – ensures America will continue to lead in space exploration and discovery.
See videos and lesson plans highlighting research on the International Space Station at:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
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KnowBe4 releases The Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Municipalities report to reflect changing cyber threat landscape
TAMPA BAY, Fla., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the release of an updated version of The Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Municipalities report.
KnowBe4 updated the research on financial costs, reputational effects, level of public trust and other impacts that cyber attacks have had on municipalities in recent years. The report breaks down the impact of ransomware attacks against state and local governments into five target areas: the average financial loss from state and local governments, the denial of service to citizens due to financial loss, the frequency/types of attacks and the risk of recurring attacks, the challenge of allocating capital to prevent attacks and the decline of economic investment in municipalities. Additionally, the new report revealed that ransomware is still the preferred method of cyber attacks against municipalities and continues to be a leading consequence of social engineering. However, the results of such attacks prove to be even more catastrophic as many state and local governments work through the variety of challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift in the workforce that followed as the majority of employees began working remotely.
Key findings from the report include:
- Many organizations' cybersecurity budgets are underfunded or do not exist at all. According to a study conducted by the National Association of State Information Officers (NASCIO), only 18 states have a cybersecurity budget. Additionally, only 16% of state's cybersecurity budgets increased by 10% or greater since 2018.
- Only 40% of CISOs said they felt only somewhat confident that their state information assets are adequately protected from cyberattacks targeting local government and public higher education entities, according to a Deloitte-NASCIO study.
- The average ransomware payment in the first half of 2021 was $570,000, while the average ransom amount demanded by cybercriminals for that time period was $5.3 million.
- According to Accenture, from January to August of 2021, these five ransomware variants made up 75% of observed attacks: Hades, DoppelPaymer, Ryuk, Egregor and REvil/Sodinokibi topping the list.
- In addition to the direct monetary impact, the downtime caused by ransomware can be extremely disruptive. In Q3 of 2021, Coveware reported that on average, organizations faced 22 days of business interruption.
"Ransomware attacks continue to plague state and local governments on an all too regular basis," said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. "Without proper security awareness training and education along with necessary funding to combat such social engineering threats, municipalities are left defenseless against cyber attacks that could be prevented. In recent years, many healthcare, law enforcement, higher education institutions and other critical services have had to literally pay the price, sometimes in the millions, to overcome ransomware attacks. As the world continues to change and work through the COVID-19 pandemic, the time to act and prepare for potential cyber attacks is now".
To download The Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Municipalities report, visit https://info.knowbe4.com/economic-impact-of-cyber-attacks-municipalities.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by more than 50,000 organizations around the globe. Founded by IT and data security specialist Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 helps organizations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. Kevin Mitnick, an internationally recognized cybersecurity specialist and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, helped design the KnowBe4 training based on his well-documented social engineering tactics. Tens of thousands of organizations rely on KnowBe4 to mobilize their end users as the last line of defense.
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Iowa beach closed after man infected with ‘brain-eating’ amoeba
TAYLOR COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) – A beach in Iowa was shut down Thursday after it was suspected of being contaminated with a “brain-eating” amoeba.
The closing comes after an infection was confirmed in a person who recently swam in the Lake of Three Fires in Taylor County.
The amoeba can cause extremely rare and life-threatening brain infections.
The beach at the Lake of Three Fires State Park is usually busy with summer vacationers, but now it is totally empty.
Abby Melvin, a camper, says she and her friends never thought their summer reunion would be the scene of an invisible health threat.
“Weird that that thing can just get inside you and do that,” she said.
Melvin said the lake looks fine from a distance. However, state health experts say a tiny amoeba could be hiding in the water.
The amoeba can get into your nose and eat your brain.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Supervisor Michelle Reinig says getting sick with it “is obviously rare.”
The DNR has now shut down the beach at Lake of Three Fires state park.
A resident of Missouri is in intensive care after he swam in the lake last week.
The amoeba is usually found in warmer southern U.S. lakes, and Reinig says she has never personally heard of it.
“Some people are here just to fish, to picnic, to enjoy and relax at their campsite and they can still do that, so it’s just the beach that is closed for now,” she said.
For now, campers at the park can look at the beautiful lake, they just can’t get in the waters.
“It’s really surprising to me that it’s here, just around the time that we come so we just thought that was all kind of weird,” Melvin said.
Although the infection is considered extremely rare, it has a high fatality rate. Of the 154 known cases from 1962 to 2021, only four people have survived.
Authorities say the infection occurs if contaminated water gets into a swimmer’s nose. It cannot be spread from person to person.
To reduce your risk of infection, you should limit the amount of water going into your nose while in bodies of warm freshwater.
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CAESAREA, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Further to that set forth in Section 1.29.1 of the Company's 2021 annual report[1], regarding the Company executing a memorandum of understanding with a local partner in Portugal to establish a joint venture with the objective of establishing and managing a Max Stock (TASE: MAXO) chain of stores in Portugal and Spain (the "Portugal Transaction"), the Company is pleased to make the following announcement:
On August 15, 2022, the Company's board of directors approved for the Company to enter into the Portugal Transaction with the local partner, Fortera Properties, LDA ("Fortera")[2] to establish a Max Stock chain of stores in Portugal and Spain, inter alia, in accordance with the principles detailed below in this report.
Purpose of the Transaction
The establishment of a common company in Portugal (the "Common Company"), which shall be jointly held by the Company (75%) and Fortera (25%), for the purpose of establishing and managing the Max Stock chain of stores in Portugal and Spain. According to the business plan, the chain of stores will first operate in Portugal and may also subsequently expand to Spain, as decided upon by the parties and the board of directors of the Common Company.
The Portuguese Market
The discount stores in Portugal are estimated to constitute 15%-18% of the total retail market (both food and non-food), a relatively low rate for Europe, which presents an opportunity for growth. The non-food segments in which the Company operate are estimated to be about Euro 12 billion. Most purchases in Portugal are made offline.
Portugal has a population of approximately 10 million residents. Spain, the neighboring country, presents another significant potential for expansion based on the same supply-chain, with a population of approximately 47 million residents, and with more than 100 million tourists annually.
To the best of the Company's knowledge, as of the date of the report, Europe's largest discount players have not yet entered into the Portuguese market, and the supply of discount stores in Spain is currently primarily controlled by private, non-chain, various size street stores, along with large grocery chains which also sell non-food products.
The Company is of the opinion that the untapped market potential, together with Portugal's relatively low GDP and minimum wage, creates a potential for significant demand in the discount retail market, along with relatively low employee wage costs.
The Company has assessed that the Company's significant experience, both with importing and supply-chain management, as well as with managing discount retail stores, together with the data about Portugal's untapped market, creates a real commercial opportunity for the Company to develop another operating segment outside of Israel, on the basis of its advantages and strengths, and in accordance with the Company's strategy and targets, as set forth in Section 1.29 of the Company's 2021 annual report.
The information regarding the growth potential of the Spanish and Portuguese markets and the demand in the discount retail market, as well as regarding the opportunity for the Company with the transaction, constitutes forward-looking information, as defined in the Israel Securities Law, 1968. This information is not certain and is based upon assessments made by the Company's management, its commercial experience in its operating segments and the information held by the Company as of the publication date of this report. Accordingly, the information presented above, may actualize, in whole or in part, in a materially different manner than what has been forecasted, as a result of factors not within the Company's control, or due to the manifestation of one or more of the Company's risk factors as described in Section 1.31 of Chapter A of the 2021 annual report.
Presented below are the principal terms of the agreement between the Company and the local partner:
1. Financing the transaction - according to the business plan, the initial financing required for the establishment, maintenance, development and operation of the Common Company, including the purchase of the initial inventory and establishment of stores, is for a total amount of up to EUR 5 million (the "Initial Financing"). The Initial Financing shall be provided by the Company (87.5%) and Fortera (12.5%), subject to milestones established in the business plan. The Company shall also provide Fortera with a loan for Fortera's share in the Initial Financing, which is immaterial, for the provision of the Initial Financing to the Common Company.
After utilization of all of the Initial Financing, and if required based on the commercial progress made by the Common Company, the Common Company shall turn to external sources for additional financing (beyond the Initial Financing). In the event that the Common Company fails to obtain additional financing, then the additional financing shall be provided by the parties, pursuant to their rate of holdings in the Common Company.
2. Management of the Common Company
The Common Company shall be controlled by the Company, which shall have the right to appoint the majority of its directors. The Company shall also have the right to appoint the general manager of the Common Company (provided that it holds at least 50% of the Common Company). Fortera shall have veto rights over special resolutions stipulated in the transaction, including the issuance of shares, interested party transactions and particular changes to the business plan.
Fortera shall provide the Common Company with managerial support, including negotiating commercial agreements on behalf of the Common Company, legal and regulatory aspects, strategy, tax and accounting services.
3. Shareholder rights; distribution - restrictions have been established in the transaction on the transfer of shares, including a lock-up period, the Company having a right of first refusal, Fortera having a tag-along right and the Company having a bring-along right. The transaction also stipulates a policy for the distribution of profits of the Common Company, and an initial period (of two years or until full repayment of the Initial Financing, the later of the two) in which no dividends shall be distributed.
4. Non-competition - the transaction includes an undertaking made by Fortera for an agreed-upon period and subject to a particular holding rate and the right to appoint directors, whereby Fortera shall not compete or be an interested party in a company competing against the commercial activities of the Common Company in Portugal, Israel, Spain and any other territory in which the Common Company shall operate, subject to Fortera's existing activities as of the execution date of the agreement.
This is an English translation of a Hebrew immediate report that was published on August 16, 2022 (Ref. No: 2022-01-083901) (hereinafter: the "Hebrew Version"). This English version is only for convenience purposes. This is not an official translation and has no binding force. Whilst reasonable care and skill have been exercised in the preparation hereof, no translation can ever perfectly reflect the Hebrew Version. In the event of any discrepancy between the Hebrew Version and this translation, the Hebrew Version shall prevail.
Company Contacts:
Talia Sessler,
Chief Corporate Development and IR Officer
talia@maxstock.co.il
[1] As published on March 23, 2022 (Ref. No: 2022-01-028347).
[2] A private company incorporated in Portugal, owned by Messrs. Elad Dror and Nir Shalom.
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NEW YORK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds sellers of the common stock of Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) between March 24, 2022 and April 1, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 13, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you sold Twitter securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Twitter class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5134 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 13, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and Space-X, and according to Forbes, the richest person in the world, began acquiring shares of Twitter in January 2022. By March 14, 2022, Musk had acquired more than a 5% ownership stake in Twitter, requiring him to file a Schedule 13 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") within 10 days, or March 24, 2022. However, Musk did not file a Schedule 13 with the SEC within the required time and instead continued to amass Twitter shares, eventually acquiring over a 9% stake in the Company before finally filing a Schedule 13 on April 4, 2022.
Upon Musk belatedly filing the required Schedule 13, which first revealed his ownership stake in Twitter to the public, the Company's shares rose from a closing price of $39.31 per share on April 1, 2022, to close at $49.97 per share on April 4, 2022 – an increase of 27%.
Investors who sold shares of Twitter between March 24, 2022 and April 4, 2022 missed the resulting share price increase as the market reacted to Musk's purchases. By failing to timely disclose his ownership stake, Musk was able to acquire shares of Twitter less expensively during the Class Period.
To join the Twitter class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5134 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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GREENVILLE, S.C., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFST), holding company for Southern First Bank, is pleased to announce the appointment of Cal Hurst to President.
Hurst has served as Chief Banking Officer and Executive Vice President of Southern First since 2019, contributing to the bank's strategic growth and planning as well as overseeing the company's retail banking, deposit operations, and marketing divisions. Hurst has over 16 years of experience in the banking industry and is passionate about positively impacting everyone he connects with. In addition to his work, Hurst is a highly engaged member of the Upstate community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Greenville Chamber, United Way of Greenville County, and Greenville First Steps.
"Cal's charismatic leadership has been integral to our continued growth and strong company culture. This promotion is in recognition of his tremendous talents and deep commitment to our mission of Impacting Lives. I look forward to building on our accomplishments with Cal's talents in this new role," stated Art Seaver, the company's Chief Executive Officer.
Southern First Bancshares, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina is a registered bank holding company incorporated under the laws of South Carolina. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern First Bank, is one of the fastest growing banks in the Southeast. Southern First Bank has been providing financial services since 1999 and now operates in 12 locations in the Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston markets of South Carolina as well as the Charlotte, Triangle and Triad regions of North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. Southern First Bancshares has consolidated assets of approximately $3.3 billion and its common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "SFST." More information can be found at www.southernfirst.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: ART SEAVER 864-679-9010
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Company increases coverage options to add value to benefits portfolio
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As businesses seek to provide greater protection for employees in the form of voluntary benefits, accident insurance is high on the list. Unum offers expanded coverage and more value for individuals if they have an injury that requires medical attention. Additional covered accident* benefits, including pet boarding, childcare, alternative therapies such as acupuncture and visits to see a behavioral health therapist, may be included to support overall employee health and wellness.
According to the National Safety Council, every 10 minutes 1,054 people have a preventable injury that is severe enough to require medical attention. Katherine Thompson, assistant vice president of Product & Market Development at Unum said, "The accident enhancements expand our ability to support customers during life's unforeseen moments. It's part of helping the working world thrive; to provide solutions, security and protection so they can manage out of pocket expenses and focus on recovery."
Unum's Accident benefit helps cover some of the following medical costs:
Broaden Family Coverage
- Family Care & Pet Boarding – Assistance taking care of two-and four-legged family members while a worker recovers after a surgical procedure and/or an injury.
- Organized Sports - The plan now includes treatment when an accident occurs while playing organized sports.
Treatment Beyond Physical Injuries
- Behavioral Health Therapy – Provides coverage for therapy visits.
- Alternative Therapy – Includes acupuncture treatment.
- Personal Safety – Benefits payable if a safety program is completed. This includes CPR or first aid certification, swim lessons, self-defense course or defensive driving.
- Healthcare Employee Coverage – Additional benefits payable to employees when they seek treatment in a facility owned or operated by the employer.
- Policy Value Increases – Financial value of the policy increases the longer a person maintains coverage.
Covered individuals may also receive treatment due to an injury as a victim of a felony or sexual assault. Other accident benefits may include coverage while making home renovations, automobile modifications and loss of hearing.
This enhanced product is one of many additional employee benefit solutions from Unum that supports time away from work, technology integration with HR systems, and administrative assistance.
Workers can enroll in Unum's Accident Insurance during annual benefits enrollment, which typically takes place in the fall. Benefits will start January 1, 2023.
*State variations apply
About Unum Group
Unum (NYSE: UNM), an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 500 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by the Ethisphere®.
Visit the Unum newsroom for more information, and connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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CHICAGO, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Cancer Society, a global organization leading the fight for a world without cancer, held their inaugural Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Impact Makers event on June 23, 2022, in Chicago, IL. DE&I leaders from across the Chicagoland area were invited to a networking and educational reception at Taste 222, hosted by Chicago Sun-Times President and CEO, Nykia Wright.
Featured guest speaker, Dr. Yamilé Molina, MS, MPH, PhD, shared their (pronouns: they, them, their) personal and professional story. Dr. Molina is the Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the University of Illinois Cancer Center. Dr. Molina serves as a scholar activist, focused on promoting the voices and agency of marginalized and resilient populations, including communities of color, LGBTQ communities, and communities living with chronic conditions.
"Cancer is a disease that can affect anyone, but it does not affect everyone equally. We are grateful to our DE&I committee who are passionate and committed to working together to eliminate health disparities in under-resourced communities," said Peter Steele, Vice President, Illinois of the American Cancer Society. "Our mission is to make sure everyone has a fighting chance to prevent, find, treat, and survive cancer."
Over 80 executives attended this impactful event to learn how they can play a vital role in helping to improve the lives of the many who face barriers to cancer treatment and support.
"The DE&I Impact Makers event marked a change in the conversations that we have about cancer. We received more tangible information about how each of us can help decrease the mortality rate. I left encouraged and armed with a greater sense of purpose in this fight. Thank you, American Cancer Society, for making it possible for more Chicagoans to join us in forcing a cancer diagnosis to lose its sting," shared Nykia Wright.
To learn more about the Chicago DE&I Committee, contact Raquel Nunez at Raquel.nunez@cancer.org.
The American Cancer Society is on a mission to free the world from cancer. We invest in lifesaving research, provide 24/7 information and support, and work to ensure that individuals in every community have access to cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. For more information, visit cancer.org.
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Angela E. Stacy
Angelae.stacy@cancer.org
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — An activist who shouted “Where is Peng Shuai?” and held up a sign with the same message was removed from Centre Court during the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday.
Drew Pavlou, an activist who made a similar protest at the Australian Open this year, said he shouted the message during a stoppage in play and was then forcefully removed from the stadium.
“I didn’t want to disrupt the actual match itself so I waited to make sure there was a break in the play and then I just basically held up a sign saying ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’” Pavlou told The Associated Press. “And I just said, ‘Where is Peng Shuai? This Chinese tennis star is being persecuted by the Chinese government. Why won’t Wimbledon say something?’”
Peng is a retired professional tennis player from China who last year accused a former high-ranking member of the country’s ruling Communist Party of sexual assault. She has made very few public appearances since then.
On Monday, four activists wearing “Where is Peng Shuai?” T-shirts were stopped by security at Wimbledon and had their bags searched.
Pavlou said he smuggled the sign onto the grounds of the All England Club by folding it up and hiding it in his shoe. He also had a T-shirt with the message tucked into the waistline of his jeans.
He shouted the protest early in the third set of the match between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios. Djokovic eventually beat Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
“I tried to be as loud as possible,” said Pavlou, who is Australian. “I screamed it because I wanted people to hear it.”
Pavlou said security wrestled him to the ground and then four of them restrained him with his arms behind his back and brought him to a public area outside Centre Court. He said he was then told to leave the grounds.
He tried to re-enter a short time later but a security guard told him his tickets had been canceled.
The All England Club said Pavlou was removed “after disrupting play by shouting, running down the stairs and causing a nuisance to their fellow spectators.”
At the Australian Open, a spectator was removed from the grounds for wearing a T-shirt supporting Peng but the tournament later reversed its decision and allowed people to wear the clothing as long as they didn’t congregate in large groups or cause problems for other spectators.
Peng disappeared from public view last year after accusing former Communist Party official Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Her accusation was quickly scrubbed from the internet, and discussion of it remains heavily censored.
Peng won two Grand Slam women’s doubles titles in her career, including at Wimbledon in 2013.
The women’s professional tennis tour canceled its tournaments in China because of the situation surrounding Peng.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hightouch, the leader in Data Activation, today announced it acquired Workbase, a workflow automation startup that helps RevOps teams build workflows on top of data warehouses like Snowflake.
This joining of forces reflects how companies with bottoms-up adoption strategies, like Product-Led Sales, increasingly rely on deep, domain-specific connections between data warehouses and their customer relationship management (CRM) tools.
"The Workbase team designed a way for groups like Revenue Operations to activate their data warehouse for specific business use cases like Product-Led Sales," said Tejas Manohar, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hightouch. "From the early days of Hightouch, we've focused on serving data teams as our core customer. Over the next few years, we're looking to build additional products and resources for business teams like marketing and revenue operations to activate the data in their warehouse through purpose-built self-service flows."
Hightouch made the acquisition for the team's expertise and technical depth. "The Workbase team comes with a tremendous wealth of knowledge from the customers they've been able to instrument in Product-Led Sales," said Kashish Gupta, Co-Founder and Co-CEO.
"[Hightouch] is committed to building a platform that customers love, and this is something we often heard first-hand in the market. Their vision is very much aligned with ours, and we're excited to build together on this journey," said John Tan, Co-Founder and CEO at Workbase.
The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
About Hightouch
Hightouch is the world's leading Data Activation platform, which syncs data from data warehouses directly into the SaaS tools business teams use every day. From sales and marketing to support and customer success, all teams need to be fully empowered with relevant, accurate, and near real-time customer data to add critical context inside the software they already use. Whether you're optimizing communications with customers via CRM, optimizing ad copy, or personalizing email, Hightouch supports more integrations than any other tool available today—all with SQL, no scripts or APIs required. Learn more at Hightouch.io or get started for free today.
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Playermaker, whose wearable performance tracker is already used by over 250 elite, professional, and recreational soccer teams, academies, colleges, as well as by aspiring athletes worldwide, looks to further expand to serve athletes of all sports and skill levels
LONDON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Playermaker, the wearable footwear-mounted performance tracker, today announced that it has raised $40M in funding to date, led by Ventura Capital Group, with additional investment by MIG Capital, Pegasus Tech Ventures, and others. The funding will be used to further extend the company's global reach with an emphasis on accelerating its growth within the consumer market and developing a new Multi-Sport Platform to drive Playermaker's expansion beyond soccer, beginning with basketball.
Playermaker's wearable performance tracking device turns any footwear into a connected solution that captures professional-grade technical, tactical, biomechanical, and physical data from the source of motion. This provides valuable insights and analysis to enable and empower athletes at any level to maximize their skills, monitor injury risk, as well as expedite injury recovery.
Until now, performance tracking resources, which help to inform coaches and athletes about training impact, match performance, and managing injuries, have typically only been widely available for male professional athletes – reflecting a historic disparity in funding and technology between male and female athletes. Playermaker's mission is to infuse data with purpose, with the goal of bringing equal opportunities for all athletes no matter their age, skill level, or gender. By making elite-level performance tracking and data insights affordable and accessible to all athletes, Playermaker is leading the sport technology market towards a more equitable future.
"Our mission is to challenge the disparities in sport, striving to attain fair play and equal opportunity for all by ensuring that everyone can access the knowledge they need to improve their game," said Guy Aharon, CEO and Co-Founder of Playermaker. "We are empowering and inspiring boys and girls across the world of sports to stay active, pursue their dreams, and be the best they can be regardless of their discipline, location, or resources. Ultimately, wherever there is passion and shoes, that's where we want to be."
Unlike other fitness trackers on the market, the Playermaker solution is able to track technical performance and offer further-reaching insights due to the position on both the left and right shoe. This enables it to pair the usual surface-level metrics with complex functional factors such as foot placement/angle, foot velocity, acceleration on hard cuts vs. straightaway runs, and more - allowing for more unique and astute insights. The device requires no additional infrastructure or installation and doesn't require WIFI, cell service, or external power to collect and analyze data from any given session. It can also be used both indoors and outdoors, differentiating it from GPS systems and making it easily adaptable across a range of sporting activities.
"Such a groundbreaking sports technology is extremely rare to find. Playermaker "ups the game" for professional and recreational footballers alike, creating a unique level of deep insight and competitive edge for players in a simple and user-friendly way," said Mo El Husseiny, Ventura's Managing Partner. "We now have the ability to track performance data and provide deep and instant insight far beyond the usual metrics - something that every athlete can benefit from and a vision that we at Ventura are very excited to back. Guy and the team have proven Playermaker's immense value by already dominating the world of football. More importantly, the Playermaker team is driven by a clear purpose and goal - to better the world of sports for all who play them. They digitized and gamified the world's favorite game and that's just for starters."
This announcement comes after a series of successful partnerships, including the announcement of Liverpool FC wonderkid, Harvey Elliott, as brand Ambassador, the expansion of its partnership and launch of a community initiative with Fulham FC, as well as an extended project with the English Football Association (FA) and Leeds Beckett University to explore and provide in-depth insights into the demands of women's soccer. The company has experienced substantial international growth across academy, college, semi-professional, and elite level teams, with one of the most popular sports in the world - across demographics. Using the institutional knowledge and data it has gained in soccer, Playermaker has already begun rolling out its Multi-Sport Platform. In doing so, Playermaker is working with a number of elite and recreational basketball teams in the US and EU, establishing the foundation for a new, multisport, B2C offering.
"We have been blown away by the support Playermaker has received internationally and our investors have shown great faith in our team and the potential of our technology," continued Aharon. "Our journey began with soccer but the data, knowledge, and experience we've gained is a rock-solid foundation that we are excited to leverage to elevate all athletes across sports. We are confident that the success we have seen in soccer will be replicated in other sports because nothing feels better than having all the tools you need to improve when playing a sport you love at any level."
About Playermaker:
Established in 2016, Playermaker is a sports technology company revolutionizing the way that athletes at all levels develop their skills by providing next-level insight into performance with its wearable footwear performance tracker. Now the fastest-growing footwear performance platform, Playermaker's ground-breaking technology transforms any footwear into a connected solution. It then provides in-depth analysis and monitoring of key athletic performance indicators via foot movements for team and individual use. With offices in London, Miami, and Tel Aviv, Playermaker's solutions are used by elite clubs, academies, and recreational athletes worldwide and deliver a competitive advantage to some of the most forward-thinking athletes, teams, and coaches with no additional infrastructure or installation required. To find out more, visit www.playermaker.com.
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Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 people in a long-running civil suit against the judges, writing the plaintiffs are “the tragic human casualties of a scandal of epic proportions.”
In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups. Ciavarella, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of kids would be sent to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care.
Ciavarella ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders deemed delinquent for petty theft, jaywalking, truancy, smoking on school grounds and other minor infractions. The judge often ordered youths he had found delinquent to be immediately shackled, handcuffed and taken away without giving them a chance to put up a defense or even say goodbye to their families.
“Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust,” Conner wrote Tuesday in his explanation of the judgment. “Their cruel and despicable actions victimized a vulnerable population of young people, many of whom were suffering from emotional issues and mental health concerns.”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some 4,000 juvenile convictions involving more than 2,300 kids after the scheme was uncovered.
It’s unlikely the now-adult victims will see even a fraction of the eye-popping damages award, but a lawyer for the plaintiffs said it’s a recognition of the enormity of the disgraced judges’ crimes.
“It’s a huge victory,” Marsha Levick, co-founder and chief counsel of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center and a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said Wednesday. “To have an order from a federal court that recognizes the gravity of what the judges did to these children in the midst of some of the most critical years of their childhood and development matters enormously, whether or not the money gets paid.”
Another plaintiffs’ attorney, Sol Weiss, said he would begin a probe of the judges’ assets, but did not think they had any money to pay a judgment.
Ciavarella, 72, is serving a 28-year prison sentence in Kentucky. His projected release date is 2035.
Conahan, 70, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison but was released to home confinement in 2020 — with six years left on his sentence — because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Conner ruled after hearing often-emotional testimony last year from 282 people who appeared in Luzerne County juvenile court between 2003 and 2008 — 79 of whom were under 13 when Ciavarella sent them to juvenile detention — and 32 parents.
“They recounted his harsh and arbitrary nature, his disdain for due process, his extraordinary abruptness, and his cavalier and boorish behavior in the courtroom,” Conner wrote.
One unnamed child victim testified that Ciavarella had “ruined my life” and “just didn’t let me get to my future,” according to Conner’s ruling.
Said another plaintiff: “I feel I was just sold out for no reason. Like everybody just stood in line to be sold.”
Another victim described how he shook uncontrollably during a routine traffic stop — a consequence of the traumatizing impact of his childhood detention — and had to show his mental health records in court to “explain why my behavior was so erratic.”
Several of the childhood victims who were part of the lawsuit when it began in 2009 have since died from overdoses or suicide, Conner said.
To calculate compensatory damages, the judge decided each plaintiff was entitled to a base rate of $1,000 for each day of wrongful detention, and adjusted that amount based on the circumstances of each case. Substantial punitive damages were warranted because the disgraced judges inflicted “unspeakable physical and emotional trauma” on children and adolescents, Conner wrote.
The damages award only covers plaintiffs who chose to participate in process.
Other major figures in the case settled years ago, including the builder and the owner of the private lockups and their companies, in payouts totaling about $25 million. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/kids-for-cash-judges-ordered-to-pay-more-than-200m/ | 2022-08-17T23:42:31Z |
Retired park ranger saves boy, 9, after family truck sinks
SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah (KSTU) - A 9-year-old boy is on the road to recovery after nearly drowning in a Utah reservoir, if not for a retired park ranger who rescued him.
Paxton, 9, was at Smith and Morehouse Reservoir near Oakley, Utah, on Monday with family members. As the family was unloading kayaks from their truck, the vehicle, with Paxton and two other kids inside, rolled into the water.
“We’re not sure what happened at that point. The truck started to roll down. They tried to get the kids out of the car,” said Paxton’s aunt, Kelley Carpenter.
Two of the kids, a 9-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl, got out safely, but Paxton was still in the truck when it sank.
Joe Donnell, a retired park ranger who was kayaking nearby, made several attempts to get to the boy before he was able to rescue him, according to Carpenter.
“We’ve heard that the gentleman had to dive down about seven times before he finally grabbed some clothing and was able to get Paxton out,” Carpenter said.
Paxton was underwater for more than 10 minutes. He was airlifted to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he was placed on life support in the intensive care unit. His aunt went to visit him Tuesday.
“The doctors say that he is doing well and is able to respond to some of their tasks. They did not think that he would survive,” Carpenter said. “Every time I spoke to him, he responded to me, whether that be squeezing my hand, shaking his head ‘yes’.”
Before the incident, Carpenter says Paxton had just started fourth grade at New Hope Academy in Lehi. She describes him as funny, energetic and loving.
“He’s very outgoing, loves to be around all his nieces and nephews, loves playing ‘Fortnite’ with us,” she said.
Carpenter is optimistic Paxton will continue making progress in his recovery.
“He’s going to keep fighting, as long as all of us,” she said.
The family is hoping that when Paxton feels up to it, he can be reunited with the retired park ranger who saved his life.
Copyright 2022 KSTU via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/08/25/retired-park-ranger-saves-boy-9-after-family-truck-sinks/ | 2022-08-25T05:25:19Z |
DUBLIN, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), will release its second quarter 2022 financial results on August 4, and will hold an investor call the same day at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The call will be hosted by Aptiv's President and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Clark, and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Business Operations, Joseph Massaro.
A link to the live webcast and presentation materials will be available on the Aptiv Investor Relations website at ir.aptiv.com. A replay will be available two hours following the conference call.
To participate by telephone, please dial 800-289-0741 (U.S.) or +1 323-701-0212 (international) 15 minutes prior to the start of the call and ask to be connected to the Aptiv PLC conference call. The conference ID number is 4936352.
About Aptiv
Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions enabling a more sustainable future of mobility. Visit aptiv.com.
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TAIPEI, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United BioPharma (UBP) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a phase 2 clinical trial IND submitted by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of NIH. The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and antiviral activity of UB-421 in combination with optimized background ART in HIV-1 infected patients with multi-drug resistance (MDR). The study protocol is entitled: "A Single arm Open Label Phase 2 trial of anti-CD4 Antibody UB-421 in Combination with Optimized Background Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients with Multi-Drug Resistant HIV-1 Infection." In this trial sponsored by the NIAID/NIH, UBP will be responsible for supplying the investigational drug, UB-421.
UBP has been collaborating with NIAID since 2015 to study the unique characteristic properties of UB-421 for treatment of HIV. The potent efficacy of UB-421 against HIV clinical isolates resistant to HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies, entry inhibitors, and other antiretroviral drugs is well documented. "We are excited for the NIAID to recognize the effectiveness of UB-421 through extensive collaborative studies, and to sponsor a phase 2 clinical trial in multi-drug resistant HIV patients." said Dr. Shugene Lynn, the CEO and President of UBP.
The treatment of HIV-1 infection with antiretroviral therapy (ART) has significantly decreased HIV-1-related mortality and transformed HIV-1 infection into a treatable chronic disease. Successive generations of ART agents have shown improved efficacy and tolerability while minimizing drug-related toxicities. However, the ability of HIV-1 to develop resistance to multiple classes of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs continues to present challenges to the treatment of some ARV treatment-experienced patients.
Multi-drug resistant (MDR) HIV-1 has been associated with a higher risk of disease progression and death. Therefore, new agents and drug classes are necessary to keep up with ongoing viral mutations in an attempt to achieve sustained suppression of HIV-1 plasma viremia and prolong the life of persons with MDR HIV infection, as well as to prevent viral replication and transmission of such MDR strains. Drugs with novel mechanism of action, such as UB-421, are of particular interest because empirical resistance is unlikely.
About UB-421
UB-421 is an Fc-aglycosylated, non-T cell depleting and CD4-specific humanized IgG1 derived from the parent murine B4, which binds to discontinuous, conformational epitopes on the HIV-receptor complex, including CD4 (domain 1), and competitively blocks HIV entry. Both the murine and humanized mAbs bind to CD4+ T cells with approximately 50-100-fold higher affinity than HIV-gp120. UB-421 has been shown to inhibit viral entry with remarkable viral load reduction potency in Phase 1 and Phase 2a clinical studies involving treatment-naïve HIV-infected patients. In the Phase 2 study with ART-stabilized HIV-infected patients, UB-421 monotherapy maintains viral suppression for up to 16 weeks without viral rebound in the absence of ART. UB-421 is currently in the stage of phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials for ART substitution, treatment of multi-drug resistant HIV as well as proof-of-concept study of HIV functional cure.
About United BioPharma
United BioPharma (UBP) is a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that is dedicated to the development of novel monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for infectious diseases, cancer and immune disorders. UBP is headquartered in Taiwan, with subsidiary companies in China, and liaison offices in the U.S. The company has a passionate global team, developing therapeutic mAbs and delivering affordable treatments to bring a better quality of life to patients. For more information, please visit the website at: http://www.unitedbiopharma.com
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NEW YORK (WDAF) – Starting in 2023, Major League Soccer fans will have a new home for every single live match.
The league reached a deal with Apple to make Apple TV the exclusive streaming source for MLS, Leagues Cup, MLS NEXT Pro and MLS Next matches.
The 10-year partnership will require fans to subscribe to a new MLS streaming service only available on the Apple TV app, and there will be no local blackouts.
“Apple is the perfect partner to further accelerate the growth of MLS and deepen the connection between our clubs and their fans,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber said.
In addition to the live games, on-demand content will be available for fans to view on any device in English and Spanish, and French for Canadian teams.
“It’s a dream come true for MLS fans, soccer fans, and anyone who loves sports. No fragmentation, no frustration — just the flexibility to sign up for one convenient service that gives you everything MLS, anywhere and anytime you want to watch,” Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Services, said.
Details, including the price, of the new MLS service will be available in the coming months, according to the announcement.
The blockbuster streaming deal follows Amazon’s multiyear partnership with the NFL.
Amazon reached a deal last year to stream 15 Thursday night games before taking over exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” starting this upcoming season. | https://cw33.com/sports/all-major-league-soccer-matches-coming-to-apple-tv-in-2023/ | 2022-06-15T14:57:40Z |
Program Recognizes Growth, Leadership, Achievement, and Community Service
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foundry Digital LLC ("Foundry"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group ("DCG") focused on empowering a decentralized infrastructure with better capital access, efficiency, and transparency in digital asset mining and staking operations, announced that the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and its Small Business Council affiliate selected CEO Mike Colyer as a Business Person of the Year Award finalist. The program recognizes outstanding contributions in the areas of growth, leadership, achievement, and community service.
Under Mike Colyer's leadership, Foundry has quickly become the largest digital currency company based in Western New York, providing clients across North America with various mining and staking products and services designed to support a decentralized future. Headquartered in Rochester with an upcoming office opening in Buffalo, its team has grown to more than 170 employees since its founding in 2019.
Before entering the crypto industry, Mike Colyer was an operational and commercial executive for manufacturing and distribution firms for more than two decades. In 2007, Colyer and his wife, Lisa, co-founded the Clairebear Foundation, a non-profit that supports families with sick children.
Colyer said, "I am grateful for this recognition from the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Council. The true credit goes to the Foundry team for the work it has done in a short time to make a huge impact in the digital asset industry as well as in our community. I also congratulate my fellow finalists for the excellent work you and your companies do across the Rochester and Finger Lakes region."
Small Business Council President Sarah Compter said, "In a city long recognized for a handful of big corporations, it is really the small and midsize businesses that fuel Rochester's economy today. This summer, for the 39th year, the Small Business Council honors executives who lead with passion, grit, and perseverance."
Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bob Duffy said, "Small and midsize companies make up the majority of businesses in our region, and leadership matters at organizations of all sizes. We congratulate this year's Business Person of the Year Award finalists and honor these people who are doing an exceptional job leading these successful businesses and driving our regional economy."
A subsidiary of DCG, Foundry Digital LLC was created to meet the institutional demand for better capital access, efficiency, and transparency in the digital asset mining and staking industry. Headquartered in Rochester, NY, Foundry leverages its institutional expertise, capital, and market intelligence to empower participants within the crypto ecosystem by providing the tools they need to build tomorrow's decentralized infrastructure. For more information, please visit foundrydigital.com.
Founded in 2015, Digital Currency Group is a global enterprise that builds, buys, and invests in blockchain companies all over the world. Today, DCG sits at the epicenter of the industry, backing more than 200 companies in 30+ countries. In addition to its investment portfolio, DCG is the parent company of some of the leading companies in the industry, including Grayscale Investments, Genesis Trading, CoinDesk, Foundry Digital, Luno, and TradeBlock.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of ChannelAdvisor Corporation ("ChannelAdvisor" or the "Company") (NYSE: ECOM) in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by CommerceHub. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $23.10 in cash for each share of ChannelAdvisor common stock owned.
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) ChannelAdvisor's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $23.10 per-share adequately compensates ChannelAdvisor's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Notably, the merger consideration is below the $26 median target price set by analysts, and at least one analyst set a price target for the Company of $27 per share, $3.90 above the per-share merger consideration.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supersapiens, the world's only real-time energy management system, designed for athletes to unlock better performance and recovery, adds Olympian Lucy Buckingham to its strong lineup of ambassadors. Supersapiens, powered by the Abbott Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor, will work with Buckingham to deliver valuable insights to help with lasting positive behavior change and performance improvements.
Buckingham first began competing in triathlons at eight years old. She won the National Junior Aquathon at 13 and represented Great Britain multiple times at the European Youth Triathlon Championships. She represented Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2015, Buckingham won the European U23 Triathlon Championship. She has won European and world medals in Mixed Team Relay events, including winning the senior world title with Vicky Holland, Jonny Brownlee, and Alistair Brownlee in 2014. In 2021, she won the Challenge Family's The Championship and more recently won Challenge St. Pölten 2022 where she set a course-record time in the women's race.
Since starting to integrate the Supersapiens ecosystem into her training and racing, Buckingham says, "With Supersapiens, I have been able to focus on and attribute both positive and negative parts of my performance to learnable points, which is really helping make a difference to my run."
Supersapiens develops innovative technology and insights around glucose data to help athletes to make more informed nutrition decisions around training and recovery. Supersapiens is the first energy management system designed for athletes to visualize the connection between their glucose levels, energy, and quickly learn the most beneficial intraday behavior adjustments to improve their performance and how they feel.
"We are proud to support such an inspiring athlete as Lucy. Having a Supersapiens ambassador of her caliber is a true testimonial to our system and further showcases how we are helping athletes achieve their goals," said Supersapiens CEO and Founder Phil Southerland.
Supersapiens launched to the public in September 2020. The Supersapiens app pairs with Abbott's Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor allowing athletes to see their glucose levels updated every minute via Bluetooth. This data can be viewed on the Supersapiens app or their wrist wearable device, the Supersapiens Energy Band, which is the first and only performance wearable that is capable of reading glucose data directly from Abbott's Libre Sense biosensor sensor.
The Supersapiens system powered by Abbott's Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor is now available in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Learn more about the full line of Supersapiens products and purchase Abbott's biosensor at www.supersapiens.com.
Supersapiens is aiming to be the most influential sports brand of the decade. They develop innovative insights around glucose that aim to unlock better performance and recovery by driving positive behavior changes.
Abbott's Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor is intended for athletes to measure their glucose levels. When used with a compatible product, the biosensor allows athletes to correlate their glucose levels and their athletic performance.
The Supersapiens system including Abbott's Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor is not intended for medical use and is not intended for use in screening, diagnosis, treatment, cure, mitigation, prevention, or monitoring of diseases, including diabetes.
The Supersapiens system including Abbott's Libre Sense Glucose Sport Biosensor is not for sale in the U.S and is only available in select countries. For a full list of references and FAQs, please visit our Education Hub and Knowledge Base.
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Rain chances stay elevated on Tuesday
Now watching two systems in the tropics
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - On Tuesday we will once again see a chance for a few showers and a possible thunderstorm along the coast in the morning moving very slowly toward the east once the sea breeze develops. The rain chance in the morning is at 50%. We will see variable cloudiness throughout the day with a chance for late day storms as well. The rain chance will increase to 70% for inland areas. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s with a heat index in the mid 90s by midday.
Wednesday we will see partly cloudy skies along with a good chance for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms at anytime during the day but most numerous in the late afternoon and evening. With some slightly drier air we will see more scattered storms as opposed to widespread storms. Highs will be in the low 90s which is typical for this time of year. The rain chance is at 30% in the morning and 50% later in the day. Expect the same type of weather for Thursday.
We will begin to see typical late day storms only on Friday and that should stick around through Labor day weekend. Look for mostly sunny skies during the morning followed by partly cloudy skies in the afternoon with a good chance for scattered late day storms.
In the tropics we are watching an area of disturbed weather several hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands. This system has a really good chance of becoming the next named system. The chance for development in the next 5 days is 80% and 50% over the next 2 days. If it were to develop it looks to stay well away from Florida. It has been 57 days since our last named storm this season. This is the 5th quietest it has been since 1950. We haven’t had a hurricane recorded in the Atlantic basin in 328 days. That is good and bad. Typically the toughest month for Florida is October. The experts are still forecasting an above average season. That means we are going to see a lot of storms develop during the months of September and October. Don’t let your guard down we still have 3 months to go before the official end of the 2022 hurricane season.
For boaters look for winds out of the SSE at 7-12 mph and then switch around to the SW later in the day as the sea breeze develops. Seas will be running less than 2 feet with a light chop on the waters.
Copyright 2022 WWSB. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/08/30/rain-chances-stay-elevated-tuesday/ | 2022-08-30T01:17:01Z |
New Mexico village seeks prayers as deadly wildfire rages
(AP) - With towering pine trees and cool mountain breezes, a pocket of southern New Mexico draws thousands of tourists and horse racing fans every summer. It’s also a community that knows how devastating wildfires can be.
It was a decade ago that fire ripped through part of the village of Ruidoso, putting the vacation spot on the map with the most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history when more than 240 homes burned and nearly 70 square miles (181 square kilometers) of forest were blackened by a lightning-sparked blaze.
Now, Mayor Lynn Crawford is rallying heartbroken residents once again as firefighters on Friday tried to keep wind-whipped flames from making another run at the village and the hundreds of homes and summer cabins that dot the surrounding mountainsides.
More than 200 homes already have burned, and an elderly couple was found dead this week outside their charred residence. While power has been restored to all but a few hundred customers in the area, evacuations for close to 5,000 people remain in place.
Crawford said the village is overflowing with donations from surrounding communities.
“So we have plenty of food, we have plenty of clothes, those kinds of things but we still appreciate and need your prayers and your thoughts,” the mayor said during a briefing. “Again, our hearts go out to the family of the deceased, to those that have lost their homes.”
Authorities have yet to release the names of the couple who died. Their bodies were found after worried family members contacted police, saying the couple had planned to evacuate Tuesday when the fire exploded but were unaccounted for later that day.
Near where the bodies were recovered, in Gavilan Canyon, the fire reduced homes to ash and metal. An 18-home RV park was completely destroyed.
“I had like 10 people displaced, they lost their homes and everything, including my mom,” said Douglas Siddens, who managed the park.
Siddens said his mother was at work when the fire broke out “with just the clothes she had on and that’s all she has left.”
Everyone got out of the RV park safely before the flames hit but “it’s completely leveled. Like, all that’s left are metal frame rails and steel wheels,” Siddens said.
While many older residents call Ruidoso home year round, the population of about 8,000 people expands to about 25,000 during the summer months as Texans and New Mexicans from hotter climates come seeking respite. Horse races at the Ruidoso Downs also draw crowds, as it’s home to one of the sport’s richest quarter-horse competitions. The racing season was expected to start May 27, and horses that board there aren’t in any danger as fire officials use the facility as a staging ground.
Part-time residents have taken to social media over the last few days, pleading with fire officials for updates on certain neighborhoods, hoping their family cabins weren’t among those damaged or destroyed.
The hotlines lit up Friday afternoon as people in the village called in to report more smoke. Fire information officer Mike DeFries said that was because there were flare-ups within the interior of the fire as the flames found pockets of unburned fuel.
While the fire didn’t make any runs at the lines crews had established, he said it was still a tough day for firefighters due to single-digit humidity, warmer temperatures and the wind.
Authorities reiterated that it was still too early to start letting people in to see the damage. They asked for patience as fire crews continued to put out hot spots and tried to build a stronger perimeter around the blaze.
“It’s still an active fire area in there and it’s not a safe place,” DeFries said. “It’s going to require patience. At the same time, every step that we’re taking is designed to suppress this fire and to get people back home as soon as possible.”
New Mexico authorities said they suspect the fire, which has torched more than 9.5 square miles (24 square kilometers) of forest and grass, was sparked by a downed power line and the investigation continued Friday.
Elsewhere in the U.S., large fires were reported this week in Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma.
Hotter and drier weather coupled with decades of fire suppression have contributed to an increase in the number of acres burned by wildfires, fire scientists say. The problem is exacerbated by a more than 20-year Western megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change.
The National Interagency Fire Center reported Thursday that since the start of the year, 18,550 wildfires have burned about 1,250 square miles (3,237 square kilometers). That’s well above the 10-year U.S. average of 12,290 wildfires and 835 square miles (2163 square kilometers) burned for the same period.
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Cedar Attanasio contributed reporting from Santa Fe. Attanasio is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues.
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All firm partners recognized in 2023 edition; national recognition comes as firm celebrates major milestone
HOUSTON , Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston-based premier litigation firm Hicks Thomas LLP announced today that 13 of its attorneys have been named to the 2023 list of The Best Lawyers in America, one of the most respected peer-review attorney guides in the nation.
Firm Partners John B. Thomas, Robin Harrison, Paul Mitchell, Stephen Loftin, Jay Old and Allen Rustay were recognized for their expertise in Commercial Litigation. Mr. Thomas earned additional honors for Intellectual Property Litigation, and Mr. Harrison was also recognized for Oil & Gas Law.
Additionally, Firm Partner Courtney Ervin earned honors for her work in Energy Law; J. Stephen Barrick was recognized for his Appellate Law practice; John Deis earned honors for Construction Litigation; and Eric Grant was recognized for Environmental Law. Stewart Hoffer was honored in two practice areas: Labor Law Management and Labor and Employment Litigation, and Gregg Laswell was honored for Oil and Gas Law.
Best Lawyers also named Hicks Thomas attorney Colin Watterson to its list of "Ones to Watch," which recognizes professional excellence in attorneys earlier in their careers. Mr. Watterson was honored for Commercial Litigation.
The 2023 edition marks the largest field of Hicks Thomas partners to be recognized and comes as the firm celebrates its 25th anniversary.
"When we founded this firm in 1997, it was always about doing what is best for our clients. It was that way on day one and continues to be that way today," said Hicks Thomas Partner John B. Thomas. "To have 100 percent of our partners honored in this way is really something special and confirmation that we have been and continue to be on the right path."
The Best Lawyers in America is based on confidential client and peer evaluations, as well as extensive editorial research. To read more about Hicks Thomas' Best Lawyers visit: https://www.bestlawyers.com/firms/hicks-thomas-llp/62934/US
Founded in 1997, Texas-based Hicks Thomas LLP is a premier litigation firm representing plaintiffs and defendants across the nation. With offices in Houston, Austin, Beaumont, Amarillo, and Sacramento, California, the firm provides in-depth experience in cases involving oil and gas, environmental, complex commercial, toxic tort, construction, products liability, corporate governance, securities, banking, insurance coverage, transportation, trade secrets and business litigation. Visit the firm at http://www.hicks-thomas.com.
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LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XM is beyond proud to announce that it has ranked second (2) in a list of Europe's top employers in 2022, in the 'Best Medium Workplaces' category, as awarded by the Great Place to Work™ Institute.
To be recognised as a Great Place to Work™ by such a globally renowned institution is a true honour. It is proof of the company's commitment to creating a big, fair, and human workplace, as well as a company culture geared towards inclusivity. Furthermore, it reflects the growth and development of the FinTech industry in Cyprus, marking the first time a Cypriot company has achieved such a high ranking.
For Maria Hadjipanteli, the company's Group Chief People & Culture Officer, this accolade is reflective of all the hard work that has been done to build a positive working environment:
"Big. Fair. Human has always been at the core of our DNA as a company, and those values apply not only to the way we treat our clients, but also our employees. We appreciate that all the success XM has experienced over the last decade wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of our people, which is why we focus on fostering a positive workplace culture, so that they have the best environment not only to perform, but to grow and develop."
Kyriakos Iacovides, General Manager of Great Place to Work™ Cyprus had this to say about XM's important achievement:
"XM's exceptional distinction in being awarded second place on the list of Europe's Best Medium Workplaces in 2022 honours more than just the company, but Cyprus as a whole. By securing such a high ranking, XM represents the quality of the FinTech industry in Cyprus, on a Pan-European stage."
XM has been a global leader in multi-asset online trading for over a decade and employs over 750 professionals, across countless disciplines, all over the world.
To learn more about the company and the career opportunities on offer, visit https://www.xm.com/careers.
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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The Postal Service today filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) certain classification changes designed to enhance and expand the First-Class Package Service (FCPS) product. This will simplify three of the USPS ground shipping options into one. USPS Retail Ground and Parcel Select Ground will be incorporated into one enhanced FCPS product.
"We are improving service and simplifying product offerings for our customers," said Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. "By upgrading the customer experience and optimizing our package processing and surface transportation networks, we are becoming the best option in the industry."
The changes are in keeping with the Delivering for America 10-year plan to achieve financial stability and service excellence, defined as meeting or exceeding 95 percent on-time delivery across all product categories.
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The award also marks IXL's second-straight CODiE win in a math category
SAN MATEO, Calif., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by more than 13 million students, announced that the IXL platform has won the 2022 SIIA CODiE award for Best Math Instructional Solution for Grades PK-8. The CODiEs bring together teachers, administrators and education experts to honor the world's most innovative services that help students learn. IXL was selected after undergoing a rigorous review by expert judges, including detailed assessments from current and former educators, and votes from SIIA members.
IXL's recent achievement marks its seventh CODiE win in six years: IXL secured a second-consecutive win in a math category (Best Advanced Mathematics Solution - 2021), was honored twice as the best solution for Foundational English Language Arts (2021, 2020) and won the prestigious Best Educational App award three times (2020, 2018, 2017).
"We are thrilled that IXL Math has been honored by the SIIA CODiE Awards again—this time as the most effective way to teach essential math skills. Our award couldn't have been achieved without the expertise and passion of our world-class curriculum designers and product developers, who have created a product that more educators trust than ever before," said Paul Mishkin, CEO of IXL Learning. "This award reminds us that with determination, a dose of audacious creativity and by always empathizing with who we serve, we can help build a brighter future for the next generation of learners."
"The 2022 EdTech CODiE Award winners exemplify the outstanding products, services and overall innovation that enables learners of all types to connect with educators and educational materials," said SIIA President Jeff Joseph. "We are so proud to recognize this year's honorees—the best of the best—that provide solutions to many of the critical challenges facing learners today—from access and equity, to personalized and tailored learning and beyond. Congratulations to all of this year's CODiE Award winners!"
Trusted by more than 800,000 teachers worldwide, IXL is a personalized learning platform that enhances outcomes for pre-K through 12th-grade students. With a comprehensive curriculum covering five subjects, and aligned to all 50 states' standards and more than 100 popular textbook series, IXL can support any lesson without forcing students into a rigid learning path.
With more than 4,800 standards-aligned skills, IXL's K-12 math curriculum promotes rigor by helping students develop a conceptual understanding of math, build procedural fluency and tackle challenging problems that have real-world applications. IXL has also partnered with Wyzant, the largest tutoring network in the U.S., to create 1,400 bite-sized video tutorials that cover strategies for tackling IXL math skills. In addition to winning this year's CODiE award in the foundational math category, IXL was named the Best Advanced Mathematics Instructional Solution in 2021.
IXL also personalizes English language arts instruction and is proven to create confident readers and writers. The platform's comprehensive, standards-aligned curriculum consists of more than 2,300 literacy skills for grades pre-K through 12 that help students build fluency and master language in exciting new ways. IXL ELA was also honored by the CODiE's in 2020 and 2021 as the best solution for developing foundational English language arts skills.
IXL's adaptive assessment, the Real-Time Diagnostic, assesses students' grade-level proficiency in math and language arts, so educators can quickly identify knowledge gaps and understand learners' needs. The diagnostic also generates personalized action plans with specific skills for each learner to help them grow. And IXL Analytics provides reports that pinpoint student trouble spots, alert teachers the moment students need help, and more.
The IXL app provides a fun, immersive experience for students of all levels, and is available on all major mobile devices. Visuals and functionality crafted for mobile devices make learning more intuitive—the scratchpad feature lets students work out problems on the screen, while handwriting recognition allows students to write in answers to math questions with their fingers. The app also features interactive problems, from drag-and-drop to graphing and more, that help students engage with material in new ways. The IXL app is a three-time winner of the CODiE's Best Educational App award.
IXL Learning has revolutionized educational technology since its founding in 1998. Today, the company leads the world of education through innovation and provides a diverse set of products and services that help learners develop skills in math, literacy, language and more. IXL Learning's seven brands—IXL, Rosetta Stone, Curiosity Media, Wyzant, Vocabulary.com, ABCya and Education.com—empower all students with engaging, personalized learning experiences. Our teams create breakthrough solutions to education's most pressing challenges and inspire students to become life-long learners.
Media, please note: Screenshots of IXL may be downloaded at www.ixl.com/press. For demos and access to IXL, contact press@ixl.com.
Currently used by 13 million students and in all of the top 100 U.S. school districts, IXL is an integrated learning platform that supports personalized learning in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. With more than 100 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helping schools and parents successfully boost student achievement. The IXL Learning family of products also includes Rosetta Stone, Wyzant, Education.com, ABCya, Vocabulary.com and Curiosity Media. To learn more about IXL, visit www.ixl.com, facebook.com/IXL and twitter.com/IXLLearning.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curebase, a company committed to democratizing access to clinical studies, has named veteran healthcare software development leader Alan Sun as vice president of product.
Curebase's decentralized clinical trial model enables the successful development of more diverse studies because unique populations – which typically are underrepresented in clinical trials – are more easily engaged and included. The company's virtual research sites also equip providers with new and unique care options to offer patients, regardless of location. In his new leadership role, Sun will be tasked with the continued progression of these technology strengths as Curebase raises the bar for the rest of the industry.
"Alan is a proven leader in healthcare product development who is team-oriented and gets results," said Tom Lemberg, founder and chief executive officer of Curebase. "As our company continues to scale, Alan's strategic ability, team management and technology skills will help us better meet the needs of our customers."
Prior to joining Curebase, Sun was vice president of product at Apixio, a healthcare AI analytics platform provider. He also has served as senior director of product management at real-world evidence company Syapse, director of product management at workforce mental health solutions company Lyra Health, and director of product management at Epocrates, maker of a mobile medical reference app for clinicians.
"I have a passion for finding solutions that improve patient outcomes," said Sun. "I've been following Curebase for years and love the idea of increasing access to trials. Greater diversity of trial participants will result in better-quality data and enable those who live outside of that small radius of academic research centers to receive innovative therapies and contribute to our medical knowledge."
Sun earned a bachelor's degree with a concentration in information technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Curebase
At Curebase, our mission is to bring quality medical innovations to patients faster and improve human wellbeing through more efficient clinical studies. We are proving that clinical research can be radically accelerated if we empower physicians everywhere to enroll patients in the communities where they live. By applying cutting edge clinical software and remote study management techniques to the problem, we are reinventing clinical trials and research from the ground up. For more information, please visit www.curebase.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for GOVX, AEMD, TNXP, IFRX, and RDBX.
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Synopsys Digital and Custom Design Flows Certified for TSMC N3E and N4P Processes and Broad Synopsys IP Portfolio Available Now
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping customers optimize performance, power and area (PPA) for next-generation system-on-chips (SoCs) used in demanding mobile and high-performance computing applications, Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that TSMC has certified the Synopsys digital and custom design flows for its industry-leading N3E and N4P process technologies. In addition, Synopsys' leading Foundation IP and Interface IP are available now on the TSMC N3E and N4P processes to accelerate SoC development and minimize design risk. Adopted by leading customers, the digital and custom design flows and IP are based on the latest versions of TSMC's design rule manual (DRM) and process design kits (PDKs).
"TSMC and Synopsys have successfully collaborated for decades, with the shared goal of helping our mutual customers meet the aggressive PPA demands of increasingly complex SoCs," said Suk Lee, vice president of the Design Infrastructure Management Division at TSMC. "By enabling Synopsys' design solutions on TSMC's high-performing and power-efficient N3E and N4P processes, customers can produce innovative, advanced chips for a variety of demanding, compute-intensive applications."
Learn more about Synopsys digital and custom flows, as well as Synopsys Foundation IP and Synopsys Interface IP.
The integrated Synopsys Custom Design Family features new innovations in synthesis, place-and-route, physical verification and timing signoff, which enables the best possible PPA results and faster design closure. On the custom side, Synopsys Custom Compiler™ design and layout product, part of the Synopsys Custom Design Family and successfully validated by the Synopsys IP team, features enhancements that strengthen productivity for designers using TSMC's N3E process. In addition, the Synopsys PrimeSim™ circuit simulation technology delivers required accuracy for advanced-node designs, providing signoff coverage for circuit simulation and reliability requirements.
"Our deep history of collaboration with TSMC through every process generation has enabled Synopsys to co-optimize our digital and custom design families and IP portfolio to provide compelling PPA advantages for our mutual customers," said Sanjay Bali, vice president of marketing and strategy for the Silicon Realization Group at Synopsys. "We are seeing first-hand how companies are achieving successful designs and delivering the next level of innovation with Synopsys EDA flows and IP on TSMC's advanced N3E and N4P processes."
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software™ partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. As an S&P 500 company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and offers the industry's broadest portfolio of application security testing tools and services. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing more secure, high-quality code, Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver innovative products. Learn more at https://www.synopsys.com.
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WASHINGTON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will host an in-person media opportunity at 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, at NASA Headquarters in Washington with the agency's SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space Station to benefit life on Earth and further exploration.
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet returned to Earth in November 2021 after spending 198 days aboard the microgravity laboratory, conducting science and maintenance activities, scientific investigations, and technology demonstrations.
Crew-2 completed the agency's second crew rotation mission to the space station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The mission set a record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed spacecraft. The international crew spent 199 days in orbit. The Crew-2 astronauts also served as part of space station Expedition 65/66.
The media opportunity will take place in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in the Mary W. Jackson building, 300 E. Street SW in Washington. Media interested in participating must RSVP by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 6 to: joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov.
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Minor injuries reported after 88-year-old falls asleep at wheel, hits barrier wall
Published: Sep. 18, 2022 at 12:26 PM CDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Only minor injuries were reported after an 88-year-old man fell asleep at the wheel and hit a barrier wall on I-70.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log indicates that around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, emergency crews were called to the area of mile marker 188.8 on westbound I-70 in Shawnee Co. with reports of an injury crash.
When officials arrived, they said a 2007 Honda Odyssey had been headed west on the interstate when the driver, Douglas D. Sheafor, 88, of Topeka, fell asleep at the wheel and hit a barrier wall.
According to the report, Sheafor declined treatment for his injuries.
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ATLANTA, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC ("White Cap") has closed on an agreement to acquire CSI Geoturf, a Michigan-based wholesale distributor of civil site construction geosynthetic and landscape supplies. With locations in metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Michigan, CSI Geoturf will join White Cap in its North Central Region to serve local customers with exceptional customer service.
"With their specialized expertise in geosynthetics and a strong branch footprint in Michigan, we look forward to offering stronger service capabilities, extended breadth and depth of products, and additional locations for local customers, alongside the talented team at CSI Geoturf," said John Stegeman, Chief Executive Officer of White Cap.
White Cap Supply Holdings, LLC ("White Cap") serves as a one-stop shop providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, building materials and fasteners, erosion and waterproofing and safety products to professional contractors by meeting their distinct and customized supply needs in non-residential, residential and infrastructure end markets. White Cap is comprised of multiple brands in the U.S., including Ram Tool, and the Brafasco, Brock White and NCA brands in Canada. White Cap operates more than 450 branches across North America with more than 9,000 employees supporting approximately 200,000 customers. For more information, visit about.whitecap.com.
CSI Geoturf was founded in 1980 to provide effective civil site construction geosynthetic and landscape products to clients throughout Michigan. CSI Geoturf has grown to become Michigan's largest privately held wholesale distributor of geosynthetic products. With locations in metro Detroit, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, they are able to deliver materials and support projects throughout the state of Michigan, including the Upper Peninsula. For more information, visit https://geoturf.com/
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Steven Lopez, a co-defendant in the Central Park jogger case, is pictured in this undated file photo. Lopez is having his conviction overturned on July 25.
A sixth man who was a co-defendant of the Central Park Five -- a group of teens who were convicted of beating and raping a woman in the famed New York City landmark -- is having his conviction overturned on Monday, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
The other five teens convicted in the 1989 attack had previously been exonerated. Steven Lopez, who was 15 years old at the time, was among the teens arrested in connection with the brutal attack.
Lopez was indicted for both the rape and the robbery of a man jogging through the park but accepted a deal where he pleaded guilty only to the robbery, according to a law enforcement official.
Lopez spent more than three years in prison, the official said.
This is Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's first exoneration since taking the helm in January, according to a spokesperson for the DA.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNX Resources Corporation (NYSE: CNX) ("CNX," "we" or "our") today announced that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer and sell to eligible purchasers $500 million of senior notes due 2031 (the "Notes"). The Notes will be guaranteed by all of CNX's wholly owned restricted subsidiaries that guarantee its revolving credit facility.
CNX intends to use the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes (i) to purchase up to $350 million aggregate principal amount (the "Tender Cap") of its outstanding 7.250% senior notes due 2027 (the "2027 Notes") pursuant to the tender offer that commenced concurrently with the offering of the Notes and (ii) to repay borrowings under our revolving credit facility, with any remaining proceeds used for general corporate purposes.
The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and applicable state securities laws. The Notes will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and non-U.S. persons in transactions outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any notes, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of an offering memorandum.
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Helps Automakers, Dealers & Fleet Managers Connect EV Drivers with Public Programs to Offset Home Charging Installation Costs
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qmerit, the leading provider of installation services for EV charging and other electrification technologies, today announced an enhancement to its digital services platform for automakers, dealerships and fleet managers that seamlessly integrates available public incentives into the price-estimating process for EV home charging installation. This new feature can accelerate EV adoption by helping retail buyers and home-based fleet drivers take advantage of government and utility programs offering rebates, tax credits and other financial incentives for Level 2 charging installation.
Qmerit's digital services platform provides automakers, dealerships and fleet managers with a co-branded portal where their customers and drivers can request a proposal for Level 2 home charging installation. With Qmerit's new incentive functionality, each upfront estimate will include information on available federal, state and local incentives, helping homeowners make a more informed decision.
This enhancement means that in addition to the convenience Qmerit has always provided, automakers, dealerships and fleet managers can now link their customers and drivers to benefits such as federal tax credits, rebates from states, counties and municipalities, and charging discounts from utilities. The system can even point homeowners to local managed charging programs that help them save on their electrical bills while alleviating strain on the grid.
"Utilities and other entities are offering millions of dollars in incentives for home EV charging, but it's a complex landscape that's constantly shifting, making it tough for EV buyers to identify all available opportunities," said Ken Sapp, Qmerit senior vice president of business development. "Our new solution makes it easy for EV drivers to find the home charging incentives that apply to them at every level—federal, state and local. It's not only good for individual customers, but for addressing a broader awareness gap when it comes to EVs and mass adoption."
According to Consumer Reports' 2022 Battery Electric Vehicle & Low Carbon Fuel Survey, 48% of Americans who haven't owned an EV have never heard of any EV incentives. Only 33% are aware of tax rebates and discounts at the time of purchase or lease, and just 17% know that discounts are available to offset the cost of home charger installation.
"This effort represents one more way that Qmerit is bringing together stakeholders across the EV ecosystem to make the transition away from internal combustion vehicles easier for everyone," said Tom Bowen, president of Qmerit Solutions. "By helping automakers, dealerships and fleet managers connect their customers and drivers with available incentives, Qmerit continues to support the shift to a new, more sustainable era of electrified transportation."
Qmerit's integrated incentive function has been deployed across the company's digital services platform nationwide. Automakers, dealerships and fleet managers that already use Qmerit to provide seamless home charging installation experiences for their customers and drivers will find the enhancement automatically incorporated into their solution. All they need to do is continue sending EV customers and drivers to their installation portal, through a link or a QR code that can be scanned at the dealership. Depending on factors such as where they live and their home setup, homeowners could see their charging installation costs defrayed by up to 100%.
Qmerit is North America's leading provider of implementation solutions for EV charging and other energy transition technologies, simplifying the adoption of electrification for residential and business markets. Qmerit's value-driven services are delivered through a network of company-owned contractors, independent Certified Solutions Partners, and Certified Installers skilled in system implementation and integration. For more information, visit https://qmerit.com/, and connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Nearly three dozen migrants were sentenced in Morocco on Tuesday for attempting to scale a border wall last month separating the north African country from the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
The court in Nador sentenced 33 people to 11 months in prison, in a decision that was criticized by rights groups.
Hundreds of migrants tried to cross the border between Morocco and Melilla on June 24. At least 23 people died in the attempt — which Moroccan authorities have called a stampede.
On Tuesday, the 33 migrants were accused of “disobedience,” “armed gathering,” “violence against public officials,” and “illegal entry into Moroccan territory.” Authorities say the migrants were all from sub-Saharan Africa, with the majority having traveled from Sudan and Chad.
In addition to the prison time, the court also ordered the accused to each pay fines of 500 dirhams ($49), along with paying 3,500 dirhams ($340) to settle civil rights claims from members of the public services.
Nongovernmental organizations have decried the decision, with the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) calling it “very harsh,” and calling for the court of appeal to overturn it. The organization will present the results of their investigations into the events in Nador on Wednesday.
In June, a total of 133 migrants breached the border between Morocco and Spain, the first such mass crossing since the two countries mended diplomatic relations in May. A spokesperson for the Spanish government’s office in Melilla said at the time that about 2,000 people attempted to cross, but many were stopped by Spanish Civil Guard police and Moroccan forces on either side of the border fence.
Morocco’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that the casualties occurred when people tried to climb the iron fence.
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Trial expected to begin for ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump who faces criminal contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Bannon is charged in Washington’s federal court with defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee that sought his records and testimony. He was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received a congressional referral. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
The trial follows a flurry of activity in the case since July 9. Over a week ago, the former White House strategist notified the committee that he is now willing to testify. His lawyer, Robert Costello, said the change was because Trump has waived his executive privilege claim from preventing the testimony.
Bannon, 68, had been one of the most prominent of the Trump-allied holdouts in refusing to testify before the committee. He has argued that his testimony is protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege.
Trump has repeatedly asserted executive privilege — even as a former president — to try to block witness testimony and the release of White House documents. The Supreme Court in January ruled against Trump’s efforts to stop the National Archives from cooperating with the committee after a lower court judge noted, in part, “Presidents are not kings.”
The committee has also noted that Trump fired Bannon from the White House in 2017 and Bannon was thus a private citizen when he was consulting with the then-president in the run-up to the riot.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols declined motions to delay the trial in separate hearings last week, including Thursday when Bannon’s lawyers raised concerns about a CNN report that has since aired about their client and what they said were prejudicial comments made during a hearing last week held by the House committee investigating the riot.
“I am cognizant of current concerns about publicity and bias and whether we can seat a jury that is going to be appropriate and fair, but as I said before, I believe the appropriate course is to go through the voir dire process,” Nichols said Thursday, referring to the questioning of individual jurors before they are selected. The judge said he intended to get a jury that “is going to be appropriate, fair and unbiased.”
While the judge allowed the trial to move forward, Nichols left open the possibility that the letters about Trump waiving his privilege and Bannon’s offer to cooperate with the committee could be referenced at trial, saying the information was “at least potentially relevant” to Bannon’s defense.
Roscoe Howard Jr., the former U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., said the best case for Bannon is if the information on his cooperation offer gets to the jury. Even if it does, claiming that executive privilege stopped him from cooperating earlier will be a hard argument to make because Bannon refused to answer the subpoena, Howard said.
“You have to show up to invoke the privilege claim. You can’t phone it in,” he said.
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UBS Sets a Target Price of HK$9.1 for Fosun
HONG KONG, July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fosun International Limited (HKEX stock code: 00656, "Fosun International") said that UBS has recently published a report on Fosun International. UBS believes that Fosun can effectively manage near-term financing risks and assigned Fosun a "neutral" rating with a 12-month target price of HK$9.1.
UBS pointed out that while refinancing risks are rising on China macro concerns, it believes Fosun should be able to effectively manage near-term refinancing risks through a slowdown in investments and an increase in asset disposals. Fosun has been able to refinance its onshore bonds with short term commercial papers and an offshore bond with asset disposals. UBS estimates that Fosun's non-core listed investments can cover its bond refinancing needs in the next 12 months; Fosun's execution in monetizing both listed and unlisted assets should alleviate market concerns on its liquidity position.
UBS sees that Fosun is currently trading at a 63% discount to its net asset value (NAV), which is largely attributed to China's macro concerns. UBS assigned Fosun International a 12-month target price of HK$9.1, representing an increase of approximately 26% compared to its closing price at HK$7.25 on 30 June.
In fact, S&P Global Ratings published a report in early June, maintaining "BB Stable" credit rating to Fosun amid the recent volatile market environment, demonstrating its affirmation on Fosun's efforts in debt management and endogenous growth strategy. On 23 June, S&P Global Ratings published another report, stating that Fosun has adequate resources to meet its upcoming debt maturities over the next six to 12 months. It believes the company could rely on asset monetization and stable banking relationships to manage its liquidity.
According to Fosun International's 2021 annual report, Fosun International is in a sound and healthy financial position. As of the end of 2021, the total debt to total capital ratio dropped to 53.8%; the average cost of debt was at a historically low of 4.6%; cash, bank balances and term deposits reached RMB96.78 billion. In terms of cash and debt management, Fosun has always adhered to the principle of proactive management of maturing debts and continuous optimization of debt structure, and has built financing capabilities with diversified financing channels and wide recognition from the market. The Group and its subsidiaries have established partnerships with more than 100 Chinese and foreign banks around the world and have signed strategic cooperation agreements with many international banks and multiple Chinese banks. Facing the volatility of the public market, Fosun made full use of its diversified financing channels to maintain stable liquidity.
Fosun has been steadfastly fulfilling its mission of "creating happier lives for families worldwide", strengthening its presence in four business segments: Health, Happiness, Wealth and Intelligent Manufacturing. It is also one of the few companies in China which has global operation and investment capabilities and has built up a solid technology and innovation capabilities. In the face of the volatile epidemic situation and many external uncertainties, Fosun maintained a stable leverage ratio, high risk tolerance with its multi-currency debts and stable debt maturity, maintaining a healthy financial position.
In the future, Fosun will protect itself against market risk with a diversified business portfolio, a global asset presence, and the "Profound Industry Operations + Industrial Investment" strategy, and will continue to adhere to strict financial and capital management systems, further consolidate the Company's capital foundation, and grasp opportunities amid global market fluctuations and changes, thereby making solid yet bold progress for its growth and development.
About Fosun
Founded in 1992, Fosun is a global innovation-driven consumer group dedicated to providing high-quality products and services for families around the world in Health, Happiness, Wealth, and Intelligent Manufacturing segments. In 2007, Fosun International Limited was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00656.HK). In 2021, Fosun International's total revenue was RMB161.3 billion and total assets amounted to RMB806.4 billion. Fosun International ranks No.589 on the 2022 Forbes Global 2000 List, with a MSCI ESG rating of AA.
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Joint venture marks the second high-profile hotel transaction between Island Capital and MCR and demonstrates continued optimism in the recovery of New York City's hospitality industry
NEW YORK, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MCR, a leading hotel investor and the third largest hotel owner-operator in the United States, and Island Capital Group LLC ("Island Capital"), a leading international real estate merchant bank that controls a diverse group of real estate services companies engaged in fund management, principal investment, and financial advisory and consulting services, today announced that they have jointly acquired the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, an iconic 1,780-room hotel in the heart of midtown Manhattan and the unofficial Gateway to Times Square, for $373 million. The purchase price equates to $210,000 per guestroom, which is one of the lowest prices per guestroom paid for fee simple hotel real estate in Manhattan over the past 13 years.
The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, located on Seventh Avenue between West 52nd and West 53rd Streets just seven blocks north of Times Square, is the third-largest hotel in New York City by room count. The property opened in 1962 as the Americana and became part of the Sheraton hotel brand in 1979. With 62,000 square feet of event space, it has hosted many of the City's most coveted events and most recently hosted the New York Democratic Convention.
The acquisition of the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel follows Island Capital's and MCR's successful joint venture acquisition of The Lexington Hotel, Autograph Collection, a historic 725-room hotel located on the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 48th Street in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. Between The Lexington Hotel and the Sheraton New York Times Square, Island Capital and MCR have acquired more than 2,500 guestrooms in New York City together. On a standalone basis, MCR operates more than 5,000 rooms in the New York City area, which includes properties such as The TWA Hotel at JFK Airport, The High Line Hotel, Royalton New York, Ink48 Hotel and The New Yorker.
"The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel is a landmark property that we are committed to enhancing and modernizing over the coming months to make it a go-to destination when traveling for business or pleasure," said Andrew L. Farkas, Chief Executive Officer of Island Capital. "We are excited to continue building our lodging and hospitality footprint in New York City alongside MCR, and we are confident that the City's hospitality industry will continue to bounce back."
"We are delighted to be working with Marriott to position The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel as one of New York City's premier destinations and one of the flagship hotels for the Sheraton brand in the United States and globally," said Tyler Morse, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MCR. "The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel is the gateway to Times Square and a New York City icon. We believe in investing in New York, and we are proud to have kept our eight New York City area hotels open and the teams employed over the past two years. New York is open for business!"
The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel will remain part of the Sheraton brand family under a new long-term franchise agreement and will be managed by MCR. Island Capital and MCR intend to invest more than $100 million in the hotel's rooms, banquet areas and public spaces.
About Island Capital
Island Capital Group LLC is a merchant bank headquartered in New York City with synergistic investing and advisory platforms specializing in real estate transactions. The company provides turnaround, restructuring, capital raising and other advisory services, with over 30 years of expertise in creating value across more than $250 billion of transactions. Island Capital has a diverse platform of commercial real estate services, from fund management to financial advisory and consulting. The platform includes C-III Capital Partners LLC, NAI Global, Island Global Yachting and The Planning & Zoning Resource Company LLC. The company is led by Andrew Farkas as CEO and is headquartered in New York, NY. For more information about Island Capital, please visit www.islandcapital.com.
About MCR
- 3rd-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States
- $4.0 billion portfolio of 140 premium-branded hotels
- MCR operates 8 Marriott brands, 6 Hilton brands and a number of unflagged independent hotels
- 20,000 guestrooms across 37 states and 100 cities
- Founded in 2006
- Offices in New York City, Dallas, Chicago and Richmond, Virginia
- 4,000 team members across the country
- Three-time recipient of the Marriott Partnership Circle Award, the highest honor Marriott presents to its owner and franchise partners
- Recipient of the Hilton Legacy Award for Top Performer
- For the TWA Hotel at New York's JFK Airport, MCR won the Development of the Year (Full Service) Award at The Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the Urban Land Institute New York Excellence in Hotel Development Award and the American Institute of Architects national Architecture Award, the highest honor given by the AIA
- Named one of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Travel Companies of 2020
- For more information, please visit www.mcrhotels.com
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GOP takes Oz’s side in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The national Republican Party is taking the side of celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a lawsuit that could help former hedge fund CEO David McCormick close the gap in votes.
McCormick’s lawsuit was filed late Monday, less than 24 hours before Tuesday’s deadline for counties to report their unofficial results to the state.
In it, McCormick asks the state Commonwealth Court to require counties to obey a new federal appeals court decision and promptly count mail-in ballots that lack a required handwritten date on the return envelope.
Oz, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has pressed counties not to count the ballots, and the Republican National Committee said it would go to court to oppose McCormick.
In a statement, the RNC’s chief counsel, Matt Raymer, said “election laws are meant to be followed, and changing the rules when ballots are already being counted harms the integrity of our elections.”
McCormick’s lawsuit is the first — but likely not the last — lawsuit in the contest between Oz and McCormick.
Oz led McCormick by 992 votes, or 0.07 percentage points, out of 1,341,037 ballots reported by the state as of Tuesday morning.
The race is close enough to trigger Pennsylvania’s automatic recount law, with the separation between the candidates inside the law’s 0.5% margin. The Associated Press will not declare a winner in the race until the likely recount is complete. That could take until June 8.
It’s not clear how many mail-in ballots that lack a handwritten date have been received by counties. Although he trails the vote count, McCormick has been doing better than Oz among mail-in ballots.
In an appearance Monday on a conservative Philadelphia radio talk show, McCormick insisted “every Republican vote should count” and said his campaign believes the federal court decision is binding on counties.
Ruling in a separate case late Friday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the state election law’s requirement of a date next to the voter’s signature on the outside of return envelopes was “immaterial.” The lawsuit emerged from a county judicial election last year, and the three-judge panel said it found no reason to refuse counting the ballots in that race.
The ruling went against the position that Republicans in Pennsylvania have taken in courts repeatedly in the past to try to disqualify legal ballots cast on time by eligible voters for technicalities, such as lacking a handwritten date.
The state law requires someone to write a date on the envelope in which they mail in their ballots. However, the envelope is postmarked by the post office and timestamped by counties when they receive it.
Meanwhile, the state law gives no reason that a voter should date the envelope and does not explicitly require a county to throw it out should it lack a date.
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Mr. Iinuma, a seasoned industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in executive roles in companies including UBS and Reinsurance Group of America, has joined Vesttoo®️ as General Manager, Japan, where he will manage the company's office and oversee Vesttoo's market development in the country
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesttoo, a leading insurance risk transfer and investment platform, announced today the hiring of financial industry executive Kunihiko Iinuma as General Manager, Vesttoo Japan.
Mr. Iinuma has over 30 years of experience in the insurance and financial industries and previously held executive positions in large global companies, including, among others, RGA Japan, SBI Insurance Holdings, SBI Life Insurance Company, and UBS. Iinuma is also a fellow at the Institute of Actuaries Japan and plays a senior role in the examination committee.
"It's my tremendous privilege to announce the opening of Vesttoo's office in Japan, headed by the capable Mr. Iinuma," said Yaniv Bertele, CEO and Co-Founder of Vesttoo. "His outstanding experience and industry knowledge will be crucial in bringing about the Vesttoo vision of bridging the insurance and capital markets. Japan is an important global economic hub, and we're excited to expand our operations into that area."
"I'm eager to begin my role leading the Vesttoo office in Japan," said Vesttoo Japan General Manager Mr. Iinuma. "Vesttoo's products and services are a natural development in the reinsurance industry and can answer the needs of the Asian financial markets in the current economic environment. It is an honor to work with such a professional team."
Vesttoo has actively expanded its operations since the beginning of the year, announcing new offices in London, Hong Kong, Dubai, and Seoul, in addition to its established bases in Tel Aviv and New York. The company leverages its proprietary AI, its expert team of data scientists, and insurance and asset management professionals to build insurance-linked investment products that connect these two essential markets. It provides insurers with additional sources of capacity and investors with access to uncorrelated investment opportunities, offering a sustainable vision for the future of the industry.
About Vesttoo
Vesttoo connects the insurance industry and the capital markets, by combining AI-powered technology with expertise in fintech, insurance, and asset management so that insurers have the capacity they need, and investors have opportunities to diversify their portfolios with uncorrelated low volatility insurance risk.
Since beginning to transact in late 2020, Vesttoo has generated close to $3.7 billion in capacity. Among its clients are well-established global insurers, renowned financial institutions, and large multinational brokers.
For more information, visit https://vesttoo.com.
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Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison
(AP) – A New York City judge’s son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was “literally on the front lines” of the mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
“What you and others did on that day imposed an indelible stain on how our nation is perceived, both at home and abroad, and that can’t be undone,” the judge told Mostofsky, 35.
Boasberg also sentenced Mostofsky to one year of supervised release and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service and pay $2,000 in restitution.
Mostofsky had asked the judge for mercy, saying he was ashamed of his “contribution to the chaos of that day.”
“I feel sorry for the officers that had to deal with that chaos,” said Mostofsky, who must report to prison on or after June 5.
Federal sentencing guidelines in his case recommended a prison sentence ranging from 10 months to 16 months. Prosecutors recommended a sentence of 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Mostofsky was one of the first rioters to enter the restricted area around the Capitol and among the first to breach the building itself, through the Senate Wing doors, according to prosecutors. He pushed against a police barrier that officers were trying to move and stole a Capitol Police bulletproof vest and riot shield, prosecutors said.
“Mostofsky cheered on other rioters as they clashed with police outside the Capitol building, even celebrating with a fist-bump to one of his fellow rioters,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
Inside the building, Mostofsky followed rioters who chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up a staircase toward the Senate chambers. He took the police vest and shield with him when he left the Capitol, about 20 minutes after entering.
Mostofsky was carrying a walking stick and dressed in a furry costume. He told a friend that the costume expressed his belief that “even a caveman” would know that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
Mostofsky frequently wears costumes at events, according to his lawyers.
“To put the matter with understatement, the New Yorker is quirky even by the standards of his home city,” they wrote.
A New York Post reporter interviewed him inside the Capitol during the riot. He told the reporter that he stormed the Capitol because “the election was stolen.”
Mostofsky has worked as an assistant architect in New York. His father, Steven Mostofsky, is a state court judge in Brooklyn.
“The fact that his father is a judge means that he should have been better able than other defendants to understand why the claims of election fraud were false,” said Justice Department prosecutor Michael Romano.
Boasberg said none of the supportive letters submitted by Mostofsky’s family and friends explain how he “went down this rabbit hole of election fantasy.”
“I hope at this point you understand that your indulgence in that fantasy has led to this tragic situation,” the judge added.
Aaron Mostofsky pleaded guilty in February to a felony charge of civil disorder and misdemeanor charges of theft of government property and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. Mostofsky was the first Capitol rioter to be sentenced for a civil disorder conviction.
Mostofsky’s lawyers asked for a sentence of home confinement, probation and community service. Defense attorney Nicholas Smith described Mostofsky as a “spectator” who “drifted with the crowd” and didn’t go to the Capitol to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power.
“He did things he should not have done,” Smith said. “But there’s a big difference between an ideologue who is motivated to commit violence and someone who ends up doing bad things when they find themself in a crowd.”
More than 780 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Over 280 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. More than 160 defendants who have been sentenced, including over 60 who have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 14 days to five years and three months. Approximately 100 others have trial dates.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward on Friday and remained inside a room for hours before police arrested him, authorities said.
The man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley shortly before 4 p.m., Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison said.
The man had parked his car in the middle of a street and went to the emergency room, where he asked for treatment for anxiety before stabbing the doctor and nurses, authorities said.
Fire officials said three victims were taken to a trauma center in critical condition. Police later said one was in critical condition and underwent surgery.
All three were later listed in stable condition at Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
The first floor of the Encino hospital and some nearby offices were evacuated, police said.
“We’ve moved patients out of the danger zone,” LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said at a news conference.
There was no evidence that the man knew the victims, Hamilton added.
The man remained inside a room in the hospital for about four hours as SWAT team members tried to unsuccessfully to negotiate with him before he was finally arrested, police said.
He was taken to another hospital for treatment of self-inflicted injuries to his arms, authorities said.
The man’s name wasn’t immediately released, but Hamilton said he had a lengthy criminal record, including two arrests last year for battery of a police officer and resisting arrest.
Benjamin Roman, an ultrasound technician, told KNBC-TV that before the stabbing, he saw the man, who had a dog with him and who might have been high on drugs because he looked anxious and was drenched in sweat.
After the hospital issued an “internal triage” code, Roman said he saw a doctor and a nurse who had been stabbed.
“The doctor looked (like) she was in pain,” he said. “There was a lot of blood and it looked like … he might have got her abdomen.”
The attack comes only two days after a gunman killed four people and then himself at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The assailant got inside a building on the Saint Francis Hospital campus with little trouble, just hours after buying an AR-style rifle, authorities said.
The man killed his surgeon and three other people at a medical office. He blamed the doctor for his continuing pain after a recent back operation. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/man-stabs-doctor-2-nurses-at-southern-california-hospital/ | 2022-06-04T13:37:13Z |
CLEVELAND , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dearborn®, a part of the Oatey family of companies, today announced that its True Blue® Bath Waste Kits are now available in Brass material, further expanding its already extensive offering of bath-waste kits.
Designed with the plumber in mind, the True Blue line is made with integrated locking features that reduce the number of tools needed for installation, saving time and eliminating frustration.
Dearborn® True Blue® Brass is ideal for markets where brass installations are required for commercial and residential applications. It is suitable for standard tub depths up to 16" and whirlpool depths up to 24". Dearborn® True Blue® Brass is available in rough and full kits with solder and slip joint connections. The full kit includes a test kit, chrome trim kit, overflow assembly, waste shoe assembly and a solder, or slip joint tee.
Constructed of brass, the True Blue Drain Spud is built for durability and longevity. Featuring two heavy-duty crossbars, it provides a greater flow rate than standard, four-crossbar designs. The Drain Spud can accept the trim veneer for easy finish change and replacement, and is compatible with all existing True Blue components.
True Blue Bath Waste is available in full, half, rough and trim kits with options for ABS or PVC and touch toe, uni-lift and push n' pull stopper choices. The trim kits come in designer finishes, including Matte Black, Chrome, White, Brushed Nickel, Oil Rubbed Bronze and Brushed Gold. Brass options are available with a standard slip-joint tee, NY tee, solder tee, and female outlet tee.
To learn more, visit oatey.com or your local wholesaler-distributor.
ABOUT OATEY CO.
Since 1916, Oatey has provided reliable, high-quality products for the residential and commercial plumbing industries, with a commitment to delivering quality, building trust and improving lives. Today, Oatey operates a comprehensive manufacturing and distribution network to supply thousands of products for professional builders, contractors, engineers and do-it-yourself consumers around the world.
Oatey is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and has locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. For more information, visit www.oatey.com, call (800) 321-9532 or follow Oatey on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.
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Investment to Accelerate Company's Growth and Global Expansion and Drive Further Culinary Innovation
STERLING, Va. and BOSTON, Mass., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cuisine Solutions Inc., the global leader and pioneer in sous vide premium foods, today announced a $250 million investment from Bain Capital to accelerate its growth and global expansion. The minority investment will further establish Cuisine Solutions' authority in the sous vide category, provide additional resources to support accelerated product innovation, and expand its business domestically and internationally as well as the company's global manufacturing footprint beyond the United States, France, and Thailand.
Cuisine Solutions will continue to operate under the leadership of the existing management team, led by Chief Executive Officer, Felipe Hasselmann, and Chairman, Stanislas Vilgrain, who remain significant owners in the business, in addition to the Vilgrain family retaining a controlling interest.
Headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, Cuisine Solutions is the largest sous vide company in the world and a leading culinary innovation partner, with locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Recognized by the world's top chefs and kitchens, the company is the production and thought leader on the innovative slow-cooking technique that it pioneered, perfected, and popularized. Cuisine Solutions provides prepared sous vide food products to food service, on-board, military, and retail customers worldwide including Amtrak, Costco, Dunkin', Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Panera, and Starbucks among many other industry leaders.
"Our future, while bright before this strategic partnership, is now even more exciting as we see substantial runway to drive growth and expansion through continued innovation across multiple product categories," said Hasselmann. "We are proud to be the leader in the art and science of sous vide, which is the answer to so many of the challenges our clients face inside and outside of the kitchen. This investment will enable us to rapidly scale our worldwide manufacturing infrastructure, business partnerships, and fortify our supply chain, thereby creating additional scale to meet the growing needs of the global partners who rely on our products every day across tens of thousands of locations."
"My vision when founding Cuisine Solutions was to be the best innovator and food producer in our space, develop best-in-class partnerships, and have our reputation speak for itself through our quality, scale, and innovation," said Vilgrain. "To have a world-class investment firm of Bain Capital's caliber support our vision speaks to the success of our original mission and to the exciting future of our industry. I am extremely proud of our accomplishments from our humble start in 1990 to today and am looking forward to building together with Bain Capital a leading, innovative food company of the future."
"Stanislas, Felipe, and the management team have done an outstanding job building Cuisine Solutions into a clear leader in the fast-growing sous vide market that is recognized by many of the world's top chefs. The company's unique range of culinary innovations offer higher quality and consistency, better food safety, and lower costs, which is a win-win for their customers in the current macroeconomic environment," said Cristian Jitianu, a Managing Director at Bain Capital. "We are excited to partner with Cuisine Solutions and support the management team's growth plans while further enhancing the value proposition as the preferred culinary innovation partner to blue-chip restaurant, retail, travel, and hospitality brands," added Jeffrey Chung, a Director at Bain Capital.
Bain Capital has a long history of partnering with companies in the consumer, retail, and restaurant industries to accelerate growth. The firm's restaurant, food service, and grocery-related investments have included Advantage Solutions (NASDAQ: ADV), Bloomin' Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN), Brakes Group Food Distribution, Burger King (NYSE: QSR), Dessert Holdings, Dunkin' Brands Inc., Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), Gail's Bakery, Retail Zoo, Skylark Restaurants, and Valeo Foods.
The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2022 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
Moelis & Company LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and sole placement agent and McDermott Will & Emery acted as legal advisor to Cuisine Solutions in connection with the transaction. BofA Securities served as financial advisor and Kirkland and Ellis served as legal advisor to Bain Capital.
About Cuisine Solutions
Led by an international team of award-winning chefs, Cuisine Solutions is the world's leading manufacturer of sous vide products — the innovative, precise slow-cooking technique the Company pioneered, perfected, and popularized decades ago. Renowned for its innovation, the Company has launched sous vide products across a wide spectrum of categories – including proteins, sauces, grain and plant-based products, and its hugely popular egg bites. Their pasteurized sous vide items offer 18 months shelf life frozen, six days when defrosted, and can be oven finished in mere minutes. This allows food service and home cooks to save time, simplify the complexity of any supply chain challenges, and is a perfect solution to significantly reduce waste and labor costs. Headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, Cuisine Solutions services more than 22,000 restaurants and 6,000 retailers, as well as major airlines and hotels. For more information, visit www.cuisinesolutions.com.
About Sous Vide
Sous vide – French for "under-vacuum" – is an innovative cooking technique in which food is vacuum sealed and heated in water until cooked to perfection. In 1971, Dr. Bruno Goussault (who would later become Chief Scientist at Cuisine Solutions) developed sous vide as a way of improving the texture and flavor, while maintaining the natural integrity of cooked foods. Dr. Goussault discovered that the sous vide approach – whereby food is slowly cooked at slightly-lower-than-usual temperature in specially designed, vacuum sealed pouches – resulted in notable flavor enhancement and a reduction in food shrinkage compared to conventional cooking methods. Cuisine Solutions' heritage in sous vide – and its continuous innovation in the science – has allowed the Company to consistently deliver restaurant-quality products that are trusted and favored by top chefs and discerning foodies around the world.
About Bain Capital
Bain Capital, LP is one of the world's leading private multi-asset alternative investment firms that creates lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 1984, we've applied our insight and experience to organically expand into numerous asset classes including private equity, credit, public equity, venture capital, real estate and other strategic areas of focus. The firm has offices on four continents, more than 1,300 employees and approximately $160 billion in assets under management. To learn more, visit www.baincapital.com.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Staffing Association announced today that National Staffing Employee Week will take place from Sept. 12 through Sept. 18, 2022.
National Staffing Employee Week celebrates the contributions of millions of individuals employed by U.S. staffing agencies each year. The week kicks off with the announcement of the 2023 National Staffing Employee of the Year, honoring a current or former temporary or contract employee with an extraordinary story of staffing success. Throughout the week, staffing agencies from across the nation host special events honoring their greatest asset: their temporary and contract employees.
"Temporary and contract workers play an essential role in today's society, providing vitally important skills and services wherever and whenever they are needed most," said Richard Wahlquist, president and chief executive officer of the American Staffing Association. "From engineering to office work, health care to manufacturing and transportation, staffing employees are moving our economy forward."
U.S. staffing and recruiting companies hired a total of 13.6 million temporary and contract employees in nearly every industry in the labor market. According to the latest ASA Staffing Index, staffing employment for the four weeks ending May 22 was up 11.7% from the same period in 2021.
More information on National Staffing Employee Week, and the National Staffing Employee of the Year, can be found at americanstaffing.net.
About the American Staffing Association
The American Staffing Association is the voice of the U.S. staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry. ASA and its state affiliates advance the interests of the industry across all sectors through advocacy, research, education, and the promotion of high standards of legal, ethical, and professional practices. For more information about ASA, visit americanstaffing.net.
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Team USA honored at White House
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The White House honored more than 600 U.S. Olympic athletes today.
Olympians and Paralympians from the 2020 and 2022 games traveled to D.C. and were welcomed by the President on the south lawn.
Washington News Bureau’s Brendan Cullerton reports, “As the White House has loosened COVID-19 restrictions, President Joe Biden has invited Team U.S.A. to the White House for the first time in his presidency.”
Hundreds of Team U.S.A. athletes were greeted with cheers from fans who attended the in-person celebration. It was a welcoming the team missed out on during the 2020 summer games in Tokyo due to the pandemic.
The 200 medalists were honored by President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden.
President Biden congratulated the athletes saying, “We believe in America anything is possible, and you are the explanation of what we mean.”
Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated black athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics, spoke on behalf of the athletes. “This team is resilient. We came together and we persevered. And we hope we’ve made this country proud.”
Cullerton spoke with some of the athletes after the ceremony. Watch their comments below.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxii.com/2022/05/04/team-usa-honored-white-house/ | 2022-05-05T01:55:29Z |
CLEVELAND, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Freedonia Group analysis of the global silicone fluids market finds that the personal care segment will continue to hold the largest share of demand in value terms through 2025, due primarily to increasing production of cosmetics and toiletries. Higher value personal care products made with silicones are already considered to be essential by many in developed countries and are continuing to be adopted by consumers in many developing areas, where they are increasingly available and affordable.
Although market growth will be restrained by the introduction of regulations limiting or outlawing the use of certain types of silicones in North America and Western Europe due to concerns about the safety of these products, opportunities exist. Manufacturers of silicone-based personal care products can meet increasing demand for "better-for-you" products by introducing hybrid formulations that include more natural ingredients and higher value silicones, many of which are allowable replacements for the D4 and D5 varieties under legal scrutiny.
Global Silicone Fluid Market to Grow 6.4% Annually Through 2025
Through 2025, demand for silicone fluids is expected to grow 6.4% per year to $8.7 billion, with volume demand reaching 1.2 million metric tons. Demand will be boosted by:
- growing use of products containing silicone in developing economies, supported by rising personal incomes
- healthy growth in chemical manufacturing (particularly as high prices for gas prompt drilling) and construction markets
Though inflationary pressures are having some impact on the market, much growth in demand will be due to continued use of silicone fluids rather than to price spikes. Manufacturers of silicones are likely to avoid passing rising prices on to consumers as much as possible in order to keep silicones competitive with other inputs to finished goods.
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Global Silicone Fluids provides historical data for 2010, 2015, and 2020 and forecasts for 2025 and 2030 are provided for silicone fluids demand in current dollars by market, function, and world region. Volume data (in metric tons) are also provided for each country and region, as well as for each market at the global level.
In addition, the key strategic and competitive variables affecting the global silicone fluids industry are discussed and the industry's key players are identified, and global market share is evaluated.
Markets:
- personal care
- chemical
- transportation equipment
- construction
- other markets (electrical equipment, electronic products, medical and healthcare, industrial, consumer)
Functions:
- lubricants and greases
- emollient and conditioning agents
- surfactants
- defoamers
- other functions (adhesives, sealants, and caulks; elastomeric components; paints and coatings; polishes; small-volume functions)
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who is accredited to The Associated Press and has been imprisoned for four months without charges, has been released on bail.
Kiyaro, a 30-year-old video journalist, was freed on bail Friday after the country’s Supreme Court upheld the ruling to grant him bail, rejecting a police effort to block his release.
Prosecutors say they are continuing investigations to determine whether or not to press charges against Kiyaro.
His bail was set at 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, according to his lawyer.
Kiyaro was detained on Nov. 28 in Addis Ababa under the country’s war-related state of emergency powers.
Kiyaro is accused of “serving the purposes” of what the government has classified as a terrorist group by interviewing its officials, according to reports by Ethiopian state media, which cited federal police. Local journalist Thomas Engida was arrested at the same time and faces similar charges. Ethiopia’s Supreme Court also ruled that Engida should be released on bail.
If the journalists are found guilty of violating Ethiopia’s anti-terrorism law or the state of emergency law, they could face sentences of seven to 15 years behind bars, federal police inspector Tesfaye Olani has told state media.
Despite the granting of bail after four months of police investigation and detention, it still remains uncertain whether prosecutors will proceed to press charges against Kiyaro. The state of emergency was lifted in February as the government cited changing conditions in the deadly conflict between Ethiopian forces and those of the northern Tigray region.
“We are relieved that journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro has been released on bail and reunited with his family,” Julie Pace, executive editor of the AP, said. “At the same time, we are dismayed that he is still being investigated. We urge the Ethiopian authorities in the strongest terms to drop their baseless investigation against Amir, an independent journalist targeted because of his work.” | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ethiopian-journalist-accredited-to-ap-is-released-on-bail/ | 2022-04-01T19:17:16Z |
DALLAS (KDAF) — An animal shelter in Carrollton is looking to help pet owners in South Dallas and rural parts of Texas get affordable access to veterinary services.
Operation Kindness has launched a new Community Initiative program to help pet owners in ‘veterinary deserts’. Officials say ‘veterinary deserts’ leave pet owners without access to veterinary services due to a lack of community clinics, high costs of services and an inability to be transported outside of their immediate area.
Through this program Operation Kindness will enhance its partnership with Spay Neuter Network to send out its mobile clinic to these high-priority areas without access to veterinary care.
“I’m very proud of the high-quality veterinary services we provide to the animals in our care. Now, this new program will allow us to take services to people in the community – meeting them where they are. Our goal is to assist 8,000 additional pets per year through community initiatives,” Ed Jamison, CEO of Operation Kindness, said in a news release.
Events through this program will be reflected on the shelter’s online calendar. | https://cw33.com/news/local/north-texas-shelter-operation-kindness-making-vet-access-more-affordable-accessible/ | 2022-07-07T22:07:03Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vori Health, a nationwide virtual-first musculoskeletal (MSK) medical practice leader and Physical Rehabilitation Network ("PRN"), a leading US-based owner-operator of over 200 physical therapy clinics, today jointly announced a partnership unveiling a deeply integrated, hybrid care model for MSK care. The partnership unites Vori Health's physician-led, evidence-based MSK care team model with PRN's industry-leading, outcomes based physical therapy care solutions. Together, Vori Health and PRN now offer employers, payers, and providers the most affordable, accessible, and complete clinical care delivery model across virtual and in-person settings.
By bringing together Vori Health's nationwide, virtual MSK specialty care with PRN's in-person physical therapy services, patients receive convenient access on their terms. The full spectrum solution provides a coordinated team of high-quality, board-certified MSK physicians, nurse practitioners, physician associates, physical therapists, registered dieticians, and certified health coaches who are trained to treat all muscle and joint conditions.
"Vori Health is thrilled to partner with PRN to make better quality, lower cost MSK care more accessible by meeting patients where they are. By integrating Vori Health's whole-person MSK care model with PRN's best-in-class physical therapy clinics, we are creating a seamless member experience while demonstrating significant cost savings for employers and payers," said Ryan Grant, CEO and co-founder of Vori Health.
With this new MSK hybrid care model, patients receive world-class treatment online, in-person, or a combination of both—a care continuum in which patients receive the right type of care at the right time.
"PRN is excited to provide greater accessibility, affordability, and advanced physical care services through this strategic relationship with Vori Health," said Ajay Gupta, CEO, PRN. "Now, regardless of where patients are in their MSK journey, they can focus on improving their health and rest easy knowing they will have the best quality care in a seamless experience."
The partnership amplifies the impact of PRN's 17-state clinical network of over 200 locations, where physical therapists provide individualized treatment programs and specialty techniques including traditional land-based therapies, neurological care, pelvic rehabilitation, hand therapy services, as well as aquatic therapy.
Rising Market Demand for Virtual-First, Hybrid MSK Care
Together, Vori Health and PRN are improving patient care and addressing employer and payer needs to control MSK spend. Across the current PRN network, physical therapists tally exceptional patient satisfaction with an 87% net promoter score and a 4.8 out of 5-star rating on Google reviews. By reimagining the care delivery model with greater accessibility and an enhanced, evidence-based, integrated care experience, PRN and Vori expect to accelerate the positive trend of patient satisfaction and outcomes metrics while recording measurable reductions in the cost of care.
About Vori Health
Vori Health offers a new care delivery model for treating musculoskeletal conditions. Its nationwide, all-inclusive medical practice is evidence-based and uniquely positioned to address a multitude of back, neck, and other joint issues. The organization offers integrated medical and rehabilitation care, physical therapy, prescriptions, imaging and lab ordering, health coaching, nutritional guidance, community support and premium instructional content. Using a unique, virtual-first care model to help patients find the best path forward, Vori Health connects patients to a trained care team that includes a board-certified, non-operative physical medicine physician, a health coach navigator, and a physical therapist who collaboratively manage the initial patient assessment and coordinate all aspects of care. Learn more at www.vorihealth.com.
About Physical Rehabilitation Network
Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN) is a leading owner-operator of more than 200 outpatient physical therapy clinics across 17 states in the western and central regions of the United States. Boasting a differentiated delivery model, PRN integrates owning, managing, and developing physical therapy locations and brands as well as establishing Health System Joint Venture and PT practice partnerships with its value-based, people-first, outcomes-driven care delivery solutions. PRN's growing network of distinguished regional brands offer a full range of treatment services, including outpatient physical therapy, workplace ergonomics, workers' compensation therapy, sports and auto injury rehabilitation, and rehabilitation for seniors. PRN proudly supports more than 1,700 physical therapy experts, offering many developmental pathways committed to comprehensive patient care and building leaders of tomorrow.
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ISU student to compete at national FCCLA competition this summer
POCATELLO, Idaho (KFII) – In April, Idaho State University College of Education student Jandy Grover won the gold award at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference in Boise.
Grover competed in the STAR Event, Repurpose and Redesign and will travel to San Diego in July 2022 to compete at the FCCLA National Leadership conference.
Demonstrating at least eight elevated sewing skills in the repurpose and redesign category, Grover designed a dress for her daughter out of a shirt that her grandpa wore.
“My purpose for this creation was twofold. One, I wanted to make something for my daughter that would be a keepsake and I also wanted to design a company that could repurpose and redesign clothing to prevent it from adding to the landfills,” she said.
Jandy aspires to be a middle or high school teacher and is completing a secondary education bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Family and Consumer Sciences and Health Education.
Encouraged by her College of Education professors and CFCCLA advisers, Dr. Brenda Jacobsen and Spencer Christensen, Grover was initially pushed out of her comfort zone when attending the state competition, but was extremely thankful for the educational experience.
“Participating in ISU-CFCCLA has given me opportunities to compete, judge, and explore the many events of CFCCLA. I have developed leadership skills that will help me lead my future students,” she said.
After graduation, Grover hopes to advise her own middle school or high school's chapter of FCCLA.
“I love the energy in secondary schools and I hope to make a difference by being supportive. I will encourage my students to participate in events that are out of their comfort zone; this will help them grow and develop lifelong skills,” she said “As a bonus, I get to teach really cool subjects like teen living, textiles, foods and nutrition, child development, and more!” | https://localnews8.com/news/pocatello/2022/05/14/isu-student-to-compete-at-national-fccla-competition-this-summer/ | 2022-05-14T17:19:28Z |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacsun continues to grow its digital presence by collaborating with the first known virtual influencer, Miquela. As a leader within the metaverse, the addition of virtual influencers into its campaign initiatives is a natural next step for the retailer. Pacsun aims to further strengthen the connection with its core demographic who are exploring the digital space.
Pacsun and Miquela will collaborate on social content, amplifying the brand's back-to-school and 2022 holiday campaigns. Miquela became a phenomenon in 2016, when the 19-year-old robot based in Los Angeles appeared on Instagram and instantly went viral. Since then, she has graced a billboard in Times Square, has been named by TIME Magazine as a "most influential person on the internet," and has gained a millions-strong cult following known as her "Miqaliens." The digital personality is best known for her authenticity, inclusivity, and youthfully unique style, and has begun to claim her title as "queen of the metaverse." Pacsun has been following the evolution of the virtual influencer landscape and wanted to craft a special partnership with Miquela, especially as both were recently part of ComplexLand.
"I'm so excited to be working with Pacsun on this campaign," said Miquela. "As a fan of their fits, vibe and vision, I couldn't be happier to partner up as we explore what the future of fashion and culture looks like for a new generation."
Miquela paved the way for computer-generated virtual influencers, which have become an astonishing trend in full growth today. These digital personalities are popular amongst younger, Gen Z audiences and celebrate diversity and representation for all — pushing the boundaries of how technology, entertainment, and social media intersect. Major fashion houses including Dior, Balmain, Kenzo and Prada have helped spearhead the trend as well.
"Miquela has become a digital muse for Pacsun and we're thrilled to be working with a great example of a strong female advocate and inspiration," said Brieane (Brie) Olson, President at Pacsun. "She aligns with our core brand values and vision…speaking out on important social issues like BLM and Rally The Vote, as well as achieving inroads into metaverse fashion and culture. Miquela has been traveling to New York City, and we're excited to invite her to shop with us in our Soho location."
This partnership marks the beginning of an exciting marketing strategy for the specialty retailer, who will be leaning more into the virtual influencer space and the metaverse heavily throughout Q4.
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Pacsun is a leading specialty retailer offering a cross section of emerging brands and trending fashion through the lens of youth culture. Throughout the contemporary, streetwear and active lifestyle markets, Pacsun partners with the best brands to offer curated collections, rare and exclusive products, and creative collaborations on every level. Founded in 1980, Newport, CA. Curated in Los Angeles. Follow @pacsun on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.
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(WGHP) — Regular listeners of Vancouver’s KISS-FM radio station were treated to something a little different when they tuned in on Wednesday morning. And Wednesday afternoon. And Wednesday night. And Thursday morning.
KISS-FM 104.9 began playing Rage Against the Machine’s fiery protest anthem “Killing In the Name” around 6 a.m. Wednesday morning following layoffs at the station, according to Rolling Stone. The song was still playing on loop as of Thursday morning.
At least three DJs will no longer be working at the station, The Vancouver Sun reported. Two of the laid-off morning show DJs, Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu, released a statement on Twitter:
“KISS is changing and unfortunately we were informed that we won’t be part of this new chapter,” they wrote, in part. “Although this comes with mixed emotions, we want to express one overwhelming feeling: gratitude. We are so incredibly thankful for everyone who shared their mornings with us and invited us into their lives through the radio and our podcast. We’ve never taken you for granted.”
Rolling Stone said that listeners who tuned into the station reported hearing the song stop only for listeners to make requests for the song once again, although some Twitter users report that their requests to change the song were denied. Other times, the song paused for listeners to imitate portions of the track that are normally censored.
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello has since become aware of the station’s playlist, retweeting a fan who shared the news on social media.
“It’s beautiful,” the fan wrote.
It’s unclear who is behind the Rage-loop at Vancouver’s KISS-FM, but at least a few Twitter users believe it to be a publicity stunt — perhaps signaling a format change — and not a direct response to the layoffs.
“Killing in the Name” was released in 1992 on Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut album. It went triple platinum, with Rolling Stone naming it one of the greatest metal albums of all time. | https://cw33.com/news/radio-station-in-canada-has-been-playing-rage-against-the-machine-song-on-loop-for-over-24-hours/ | 2022-06-30T17:46:31Z |
Record Quarterly Revenue of $73.4 Million
Second Quarter Revenue Up 21% Year-Over-Year
14 Consecutive Quarters of 98% Gross Revenue Retention
Operating Cash Flow Generation of $18.3 Million in the Quarter
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWAN) ("Clearwater Analytics" or the "Company"), an industry-leading SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"Clearwater Analytics posted another strong quarter and continues to grow by adding marquee new clients across the globe. For both new and existing clients, efficient operations and a deep understanding of investment risk and compliance are critical business functions that make Clearwater Analytics a mission-critical partner," said Sandeep Sahai, Chief Executive Officer. "We continue to win clients and displace our competitors, reflecting the strength and value that our next-generation technology offers. Now more than ever, our clients rely on Clearwater Analytics to help them navigate through the ebbs and flows of market uncertainty with daily intelligence that informs their investments in new securities and strategies."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results Summary
- Revenue: Total revenue for the second quarter of 2022 reached $73.4 million, an increase of 20.6%, from $60.9 million in the second quarter of 2021.
- Gross Profit: Gross profit for the second quarter of 2022 was $52.5 million, compared with $45.3 million in the second quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP gross profit for the second quarter of 2022 was $55.6 million, which equates to a 75.7% non-GAAP gross margin.
- Net Income/(Loss): Net loss for the second quarter of 2022 was $2.2 million compared with net loss of $0.2 million in the second quarter of 2021. In the second quarter of 2022, the Company recorded a $3.1 million expense related to its Tax Receivable Agreement. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2022 increased by 119% to $13.3 million from $6.1 million in the second quarter of 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2022 was $19.1 million, compared with $17.4 million in the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted EBITDA margin for the second quarter of 2022 was 26.0% reflecting the Company's ability to balance incremental investments in sales and marketing and research and development with earnings in the quarter.
- Cash Flows: Operating cash flows for the second quarter were $18.3 million and free cash flows were $16.5 million reflecting an 87% conversion of Adjusted EBITDA to free cash flow.
- Net Income/(Loss) Per Share and Non-GAAP Net Income Per Share attributable to Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.: Net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.01 and non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.05 in the second quarter of 2022.
- Cash: Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $281.6 million as of June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Key Metrics Summary
- Annualized Recurring Revenue: As of June 30, 2022, annualized recurring revenue ("ARR") reached $290.4 million, an increase of 18.5% from $245.0 million as of June 30, 2021.
ARR is calculated at the end of a period by dividing the recurring revenue in the last month of such period by the number of days in the month and multiplying by 365.
- Gross Revenue Retention Rate: As of June 30, 2022, the gross revenue retention rate was 98%. The Company has reported a gross revenue retention rate of 98% for fourteen consecutive quarters.
Gross revenue retention rate represents annual contract value ("ACV") at the beginning of the 12-month period ended on the reporting date less client attrition over the prior 12-month period, divided by ACV at the beginning of the 12-month period, expressed as a percentage. ACV is comprised of annualized recurring revenue plus contracted-not-billed revenue, which represents the estimated annual contracted revenue for new and existing client opportunities prior to revenue recognition.
- Net Revenue Retention Rate: As of June 30, 2022, the net revenue retention rate was 104% which is a decline from 107% as of March 31, 2022. With the unusual market conditions of the equity markets and fixed income securities having both fallen in concert, the Company saw a 3% decline in the net revenue retention rate in the second quarter.
Net revenue retention rate is the percentage of recurring revenue from clients on the platform for 12 months and includes changes from the addition, removal, or value of assets on our platform, contractual changes that have an impact to annualized recurring revenues and lost revenue from client attrition.
Recent Business Highlights
- As another example of high growth businesses needing timely and accurate investment accounting, Sutton RE, a proven provider of specialized reinsurance solutions across the globe, selected Clearwater Analytics' best-in-class technology to manage their operations across more than $29 billion assets under management spanning a diverse and complex portfolio of investments.
- Clearwater Analytics added its first public pension fund client, the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho ("PERSI") which manages more than $23 billion in assets, to its SaaS platform to provide data aggregation and reporting for the 850 employer organizations and more than 170,000 individuals served in the State of Idaho by PERSI.
- One of Asia's leading non-life insurance brands, MSIG, with a presence in 50 countries and regions globally, selected Clearwater Analytics to support its transformation strategy. MSIG's Asia headquarters along with its business units in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand will standardize their operating model, and adopt Clearwater Analytics for a consolidated view of data, analytics, accounting, regulatory, and operational reporting.
- Clearwater Analytics hosted its European Clearwater Connect conference in London. More than 100 current and prospective Clearwater Analytics users seized the opportunity to significantly enhance their knowledge of the world's most comprehensive investment accounting solution.
- Clearwater Analytics continues to receive industry recognition for its innovative investment accounting solution. In the second quarter of 2022, it was honored with the IASA Solution Provider of the Year award and the FTF News Award for best client reporting solution for the second consecutive year.
Third Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Guidance
Certain components of the guidance given above are provided on a non-GAAP basis only without providing a reconciliation to guidance provided on a GAAP basis. Information is presented in this manner, consistent with Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") rules, because the preparation of such a reconciliation could not be accomplished without "unreasonable efforts." The Company does not have access to certain information that would be necessary to provide such a reconciliation, including non-recurring items that are not indicative of the Company's ongoing operations. The Company does not believe that this information is likely to be significant to an assessment of the Company's ongoing operations.
Conference Call Details
Clearwater Analytics will hold a conference call and webcast on August 3, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss second quarter 2022 financial results, provide a general business update, and respond to analyst questions.
A live webcast of the call will also be available on the Company's investor relations website. Please visit investors.clearwateranalytics.com at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the event to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
If you are unable to participate live, a replay of the webcast will be available following the conference call on the Company's investor relations website, along with the earnings press release, and related financial tables.
About Clearwater Analytics
Clearwater Analytics is a global industry-leading SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, compliance, risk, performance, and reporting. Each day, the Clearwater solution reports on more than $5.9 trillion in assets for clients that include leading insurers, asset managers, corporations, pension plans, governments, and nonprofit organizations – helping them make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. Investment professionals around the globe trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and analytics. Additional information about Clearwater can be found at clearwateranalytics.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Use of non-GAAP Information
This press release contains certain non-GAAP measures, including non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share and free cash flow.
The non-GAAP measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP and are not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. However, the Company believes that this non-GAAP information is useful as an additional means for investors to evaluate its operating performance, when reviewed in conjunction with its GAAP financial statements. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and because these amounts are not determined in accordance with GAAP, they should not be used exclusively in evaluating the Company's business and operations. In addition, undue reliance should not be placed upon non-GAAP or operating information because this information is neither standardized across companies nor subjected to the same control activities and audit procedures that produce the Company's GAAP financial results.
The Company's non-GAAP statement of operations measures, including non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share and free cash flow, are adjusted to exclude the impact of certain costs, expenses, gains and losses and other specified items that management believes are not indicative of its ongoing operations. These adjusted measures exclude the impact of share-based compensation and eliminate potential differences in results of operations between periods caused by factors such as financing and capital structures, taxation positions or regimes, restructuring, impairment and other charges. Please refer to the reconciliations of these measures below to what the Company believes are the most directly comparable measures evaluated in accordance with GAAP.
Use of Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include information concerning the Company's possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, technology developments, financing and investment plans, dividend policy, competitive position, industry, economic and regulatory environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "seek," "should," "will," "would" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond Clearwater Analytics' control, that may cause the Company's actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from Clearwater Analytics' current expectations and include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to keep pace with rapid technological change and competitors in its industry, the possibility that market volatility, a downturn in economic conditions or other factors may cause negative trends or fluctuations in the value of the assets on the Company's platform, the Company's ability to manage growth, the Company's ability to attract and retain skilled employees, the possibility that the Company's solutions fail to perform properly, disruptions and failures in the Company's and third parties' computer equipment, cloud-based services, electronic delivery systems, networks and telecommunications systems and infrastructure, the failure to protect the Company, its customers' and/or its vendors' confidential information and/or intellectual property, claims of infringement of others' intellectual property, factors related to the Company's ownership structure and status as a "controlled company" as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed in Clearwater Analytics' periodic public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to those discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed on March 16, 2022, and in other periodic reports filed by Clearwater Analytics with the SEC. These filings are available at www.sec.gov and on Clearwater Analytics' website.
Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent management's beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as representing Clearwater Analytics' expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the time they are made. Clearwater Analytics does not undertake to and specifically declines any obligation to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of Clearwater Analytics.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpot Crush Casino, developed by SpinX, a subsidiary of Netmarble, is the world-fast-growing, free-to-play social casino mobile game and one of the top 40 highest-grossing casino mobile games in the world. Recently the game has launched a new club system for players to finish missions and collect rewards together. Following its launch, the game experienced a 10% jump in its active player base. With the real-time multi-player mode, Jackpot Crush Casino now enables players to cooperate with other players. The more the players spin, the more rewards they are to win.
Jackpot Crush Casino has also released a new slot game called Disco Fever. The game features a music theme, based on the famed disco music genre and dance, with eye-catching elements such as lively disco music and beautiful feather graphics. Players have reviewed this new game as highly entertaining.
Jackpot Crush Casino offers a rich and constantly growing selection of more than 100 slot machine games, including Gold Rush, Leprechaun Rush, Arctic Explorer, as well as the new game Big Bear Bounty. The game offers various bonus features and mini games to recreate the exhilarating Las Vegas casino experience, while there are also badges, stamps, and tokens for weekly events that are up for grabs. Jackpot Crush Casino is committed to ensuring a consistently thrilling entertainment experience, rolling out a new slot machine at least once a week.
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MVP Quarterback and TravisMathew Ambassador Matt Ryan to visit brand's flagship store
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Premium men's golf and lifestyle brand, TravisMathew announced today its full redesign and renovation of its flagship storefront location at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California. The revamped store features a wider selection of the brand's lifestyle, activewear, and outerwear apparel and footwear, including the recently announced TravisMathew Women's collection.
TravisMathew opened the Fashion Island location in 2014, marking the apparel brand's first physical storefront but prides itself on being more than just an apparel store. The location boasts games including a custom TravisMathew branded shuffleboard and elevated glass ping pong table.
"Fashion Island was our first retail location and since inception we have had such a strong presence with both the local community and visitors of their outdoor dining and shopping experience. The location truly matches our brand values that are premium and aspirational yet approachable and fun," said Ryan Ellis, CEO of TravisMathew. "Our goal with redesigning this location is to provide our customers with a reimagined, elevated shopping experience and a dedicated space to our new women's line. In addition to new product offerings, we have created an entertainment space for all."
On Saturday, June 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., quarterback and TravisMathew Ambassador, Matt Ryan will be stopping by the store to mingle with media and customers as they get their first look at the redesigned and renovated storefront. Ryan has been a fan of the brand since day-one and officially became an ambassador in 2021, a natural fit for the avid golfer.
TravisMathew invites the community to join them in celebrating the expansion and renovation as well as its 15-year anniversary Friday, July 15 – Sunday, July 17, where customers can enter a raffle for a chance to win $1,000 worth of TravisMathew merchandise and enjoy discounts up to 50% off.
Since the opening of the Fashion Island storefront, the brand has launched 30 more domestic locations, including eight in its home-state of California stretching from Roseville to San Diego. For more information on TravisMathew's California storefront locations, inclusive of hours of operation, contacts and addresses, please visit travismathew.com/stores and follow along on social @travismathew.
About TravisMathew: TravisMathew is a leading innovator in lifestyle & performance apparel. Using best-in-class fabrications and designs, we are pushing forward a growing market trend toward casualization. For us, comfort comes first. Every TravisMathew product is created with attention to detail, designed to deliver the perfect fit and a soft, lightweight feel. By offering hundreds of varied, unique designs across monthly new product releases, we are establishing a new standard for the young professional. We want to elevate your look with details, subtleties, and craftsmanship that will get you noticed...but without flash or pretension. As an aspirational brand, TravisMathew prides itself on being approachable. Anyone and everyone can look great—and feel great—in TravisMathew. For more information, please visit http://www.travismathew.com/.
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ATLANTA, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Investment Group ("Noble") today announced the acquisition of the Hilton Garden Inn Boise | Downtown, capping more than $1.0 billion of investment activity over the past year.
Boise is the Pacific Northwest's third most populous region behind Seattle and Portland, known for its combination of urban lifestyle and outdoor adventure. The city is rapidly growing due to its affordability and quality of life, ranking No. 1 on Indeed's list of cities with the fastest job growth and among Forbes list of Fastest-Growing City in America. The city is home to three Fortune 500 companies, Albertsons, Inc., Boise Cascade, and Micron Technology Inc., as well as numerous corporate headquarters, including the Simplot World Headquarters, one block from the hotel.
Downtown Boise is a vibrant, walkable district with nearly four million square feet of office space, more than one hundred shops and restaurants, and art and history museums. The hotel is located in the heart of downtown Boise, providing easy access to the city's numerous leisure and business demand generators, including the Idaho State Capitol, Boise State University, Jack's Urban Meeting Place, Idaho Central Arena, and the Boise Centre.
"The Boise market demonstrates the key macro trends we are looking for in cities which we believe will outperform as we enter a new lodging cycle," said Dustin Fisher, Noble's senior vice president. "This acquisition aligns with our strategy to acquire high-quality, well-located assets in growth markets poised to benefit from the ongoing recovery in travel."
Founded in 1993, Noble is a leading real estate investment manager with a diverse team specializing in the upscale U.S. lodging sector. Through its institutional real estate funds, Noble has invested nearly $6.0 billion in communities throughout the country, adding value across cycles and creating thousands of jobs. As a signatory to the UNPRI, the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, and a fiduciary to foremost pensions plans, endowments, and foundations, Noble's endeavors help to preserve and grow its limited partners' capital, which assists in providing retirement benefits for our country's teachers, law enforcement, firefighters, other pensioners, and financial resources for students to attend college. For more information, please visit www.nobleinvestment.com.
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Southern Oklahoman’s prepare to honor veterans during Memorial Day weekend
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Ahead of Memorial Day weekend events are planned all over southern Oklahoma.
One of the largest events will take place at the Ardmore Veterans Center on Friday.
“This should be a good opportunity for people to be able to join in with other community members and just honor the veterans and our hero’s and their sacrifices and remember them,” said veterans center administrator Amy Sprouse.
The event will take place at the veterans center located just off commerce and is free and open to the public.
“It’s set to begin with patriotic music at 10:30 in the morning, the patriot guard riders will be here and ride through at about 10:45 we’ll get our program kicked off at about 11 am,” said Sprouse.
The ceremony will include a laying of the wreath, ringing of the bells, and 21 gun salute while connecting the public with dozens of local veterans in a way they couldn’t last year.
“Last year it was a lot smaller of a scale because of COVID and our crowd was smaller than it had been in previous years,” said Sprouse. “So really this year we’re hoping to have a big turnout from our community.”
Other events will happen later in the weekend including a memorial day shuffleboard tournament at Full House in Wynnewood and a flag ceremony at view cemetery in Ardmore on Saturday.
On Memorial day itself a parade will be held at Byng veterans park at 11 am and Andy Pannell with Beyond Brotherhood is helping to organize a special ceremony at the Sulphur veterans park at 10 am with speeches by area veterans.
“They’ll talk about what memorial day means to them and then they’ll read the 36 names off of the monument and then we’ll have 36 seconds of silence,” said Pannell.
There’s a lot more going on across southern Oklahoma so watch KXII all weekend for updates and coverage from memorial day weekend
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Phoenix Suns vice chairman Jahm Najafi called Thursday for team owner Robert Sarver to resign, saying there should be “zero tolerance” for lewd, misogynistic and racist conduct in any workplace.
Sarver was suspended for one year and fined $10 million by the NBA on Tuesday, after a 10-month investigation showed the Suns owner had used racist language, made crude and sexually suggestive comments to employees, and had bullying tendencies.
“I cannot in good judgment sit back and allow our children and future generations of fans think that this behavior is tolerated because of wealth and privilege,” Najafi wrote in a letter released through a public-relations firm. “Therefore, in accordance with my commitment to helping eradicate any form of racism, sexism and bias, as Vice Chairman of the Phoenix Suns, I am calling for the resignation of Robert Sarver.”
Najafi has been critical of Sarver throughout this saga, which broke when ESPN released a story in November detailing widespread claims of wrongdoing by Sarver. That reporting prompted the NBA to commission an investigation. Najafi is one of three vice chairmen for the Suns, with several other minority investors also part of the ownership group.
Once the investigation ended, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver decided a one-year suspension and $10 million fine was the appropriate penalty. He said Wednesday that one key finding by outside investigators — that while Sarver “repeated or purported to repeat the N-word on at least five occasions spanning his tenure with the Suns,” investigators made “no finding that Sarver used this racially insensitive language with the intent to demean or denigrate” — likely spared him a much stiffer penalty.
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Suns guard Chris Paul later released statements on social media saying the NBA’s sanctions of Sarver didn’t go far enough.
Najafi agreed. In his letter, he also said he has “no interest” in becoming the managing partner.
“Similar conduct by any CEO, executive director, president, teacher, coach or any other position of leadership would warrant immediate termination,” he said in the letter released through the LAVIDGE public relations firm. “The fact that Robert Sarver ‘owns’ the team does not give him a license to treat others differently than any other leader. The fact that anyone would find him fit to lead because of this ‘ownership’ position is forgetting that NBA teams belong to the communities they serve.”
Najafi’s letter was released on the same day Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and some of the city’s councilmembers released a statement saying they were “appalled by the actions” that were detailed in the Sarver report.
“It is unacceptable for the organization’s leadership to be associated in any way with the despicable actions detailed in the report,” that statement said. “We are equally concerned about a culture that would enable these actions to occur time and again, with — at most — ineffective disciplinary action.”
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Toro, France rally Mariners past Rays 2-1 to stop slide
By CHRIS TALBOTT
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — Abraham Toro hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Ty France singled home the winning run in the 10th and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 to snap a six-game losing streak. Manuel Margot hit his third home run of the series for the Rays, who had won six straight overall and eight in a row on the road. Tampa Bay appeared headed to a four-game sweep before Toro connected off Andrew Kittredge with one out in the bottom of the ninth for his fourth home run. Kittredge was trying for a two-inning save. Prized prospect George Kirby pitched six shutout innings in his major league debut for the Mariners, who had lost 10 of 11. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/08/toro-france-rally-mariners-past-rays-2-1-to-stop-slide/ | 2022-05-09T05:36:11Z |
GM is recalling numerous SUVs because of seatbelt problems
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than 484,000 large SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem that can cause the third-row seat belts to malfunction.
The recall covers Chevrolet Suburbans and Tahoes, Cadillac Escalades and GMC Yukons from the 2021 and 2022 model years.
The automaker says in documents posted Tuesday by U.S. safety regulators that rivets that hold the buckle to the mounting bracket on the left- and right side third-row seats may have been formed improperly. The belts may not properly restrain a passenger in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The company says it’s not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by the problem.
Dealers will inspect the rivet heads and replace buckle assemblies if needed. Owners will be notified starting Sept. 26.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Core BTS, a leading technology consulting firm and managed services provider, announced today that CRN® a brand of The Channel Company, has named Core BTS to its 2022 Solution Provider 500 list.
CRN's annual Solution Provider 500 ranks North America's largest solution providers by revenue and serves as the gold standard for recognizing some of the channel's most successful companies. The list represents organizations that are at the forefront of their industry and have strong partnerships with leading technology suppliers.
"The Solution Provider 500 list from CRN serves as the benchmark for the top technology integrators, strategic service providers, and IT consulting firms, making it an invaluable resource for technology vendors seeking to partner with today's top-performing IT solution providers," said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. "My congratulations go out to each of these companies for their extraordinary contributions to the continued growth and success of the IT channel."
This is the fifth time that Core BTS has been named to the Solution Provider 500 list, highlighting an ongoing commitment to innovation, partnership, and client focus.
"We are proud to be recognized on CRN's 2022 Solution Provider list," said Paul Lidsky, CEO at Core BTS. "This recognition affirms Core BTS' commitment to partnering with clients to leverage technology that transforms their business and enables change. As organizations look to accelerate digital transformation, this provides them with further confidence that Core BTS can help develop and implement solutions that accelerate their business."
To learn more about Core BTS' delivery methodology, visit corebts.com/approach. To see CRN's 2022 Solution Provider 500 list, visit www.CRN.com/SP500. A sample from the list will also be featured in the June issue of CRN magazine.
About Core BTS
Core BTS is an award-winning technology consulting firm and managed service provider. Recognized for accelerating the adoption of digital technology to transform business, Core BTS delivers robust cloud, modern workplace, collaboration, security, and networking solutions to clients nationwide. Core BTS is owned by Nomura Research Institute, a global provider of consulting services and system solutions. Learn more at https://corebts.com/.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Corporation of Americas ("SCOA") announced today its investment in TAE Technologies ("TAE"), a fusion power company and world leader in hydrogen-boron fusion research. The investment will help fund the construction of TAE's next research reactor, "Copernicus" and accelerate SCOA's implementation of fusion power in Japan and Asia as part of the company's strategy to help realize a carbon-neutral society.
Fusion power is expected to be a next-generation baseload power source. Considering this, the Japanese government is promoting the research and development of fusion technology as a non-carbon power source and moving toward formulating a nuclear fusion strategy. To support the evolving energy market, Sumitomo Corporation established its Energy Innovation Initiative ("EII") in April 2021, and has set "development and deployment of carbon-free energy" as one of the key strategies. Through this investment in TAE, Sumitomo Corporation will deepen its understanding of fusion power generation technology with the intent of leveraging its experience and business network to apply this resource across multiple markets and sectors, aiding in the decarbonization of society.
"We look forward to being a partner in bringing TAE's clean energy solutions to the Asian market, which will be paramount to sustaining local economies without impacting our planet," said Sandro Hasegawa, General Manager, Energy Innovation Initiative Americas at Sumitomo Corporation Of Americas. "We are pleased to support TAE's groundbreaking fusion technology to create safe, sustainable energy sources across multiple industries and applications."
Since 1998, TAE has worked toward delivering cost-competitive, environmentally benign hydrogen-boron fusion. Its fifth-generation reactor, Norman, was unveiled in 2017 and designed to keep plasma stable at 30 million degrees Celsius. After five years of experiments to optimize Norman's performance, the machine has proven capable of sustaining stable plasma at more than 75 million degrees Celsius, 250% higher than its original goal. TAE's approach differs from other nuclear fusion technologies in development because of its unique combination of plasma physics and accelerator physics. In addition, TAE's preferred fuel source of abundant hydrogen-boron will not have environmental impact, particulate emissions, radioactivity or fuel scarcity.
Fusion reactions are the same source of energy found on the Sun. TAE's technology recreates this reaction to produce energy that is non-radioactive, creating the fastest, most practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant carbon-free energy to the grid. TAE's Copernicus reactor is designed to demonstrate the viability of achieving net energy generation with TAE's advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC) – the penultimate step on TAE's path to commercialize clean fusion power.
"The caliber and interest of our investors validates our significant technical progress and supports our goal to begin commercialization of fusion by the end of this decade," said Michl Binderbauer, CEO of TAE Technologies. "Global energy demand is growing exponentially, and we have a moral obligation to do our utmost to develop a baseload power solution that is safe, carbon-free, and economically viable."
About TAE Technologies
TAE Technologies (pronounced T-A-E) was founded in 1998 to develop commercial fusion power with the cleanest environmental profile. The company's pioneering work represents the fastest, most practical, and economically competitive solution to bring abundant clean energy to the grid. With 1,800 patents filed globally and over 1,100 granted, $1.2 billion in private capital raised, five generations of National Laboratory-scale devices built and two more in development, and an experienced team of over 400 employees, TAE is now on the cusp of delivering this transformational energy source capable of sustaining the planet for thousands of years.
The company's revolutionary technologies have produced a robust portfolio of commercial innovations in large adjacent markets such as power management, energy storage, transmission, electric mobility, life sciences, and more. TAE is based in California, and maintains international offices in the UK and Switzerland. Multidisciplinary and mission-driven by nature, TAE is leveraging proprietary science and engineering to create a bright future.
For more information, visit tae.com; for interviews contact press@tae.com
About Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Established in 1952 and headquartered in New York City, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) has eight offices in major U.S. cities. SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world's leading traders of goods and services. As an integrated business enterprise, the firm has emerged as a major organizer of multinational projects, an expediter of ideas, an important international investor and financier, and a powerful force for distribution of products and global communications through a network of offices worldwide. Its core business units include Tubular Products, Environment and Infrastructure, Steel and Non Ferrous Metals, Transportation and Construction Systems, Chemicals and Electronics, Media and IOT Applications, Real Estate, Mineral Resources and Energy, and Food. For more information, visit www.sumitomocorp.com
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Gas prices continued their decline this week with regular gas hitting $3.87 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. Gas prices have declined for more than 70 consecutive days since hitting a record high national average of $5.02 per gallon on June 14.
Experts continue to warn that gas prices, which are inextricably tied to crude oil prices, could rise again as the factors that contributed to oil market volatility for most of this year—Russia’s war, low refinery capacity—are still at play.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of Aug. 25, 2022. State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Connecticut and New York have temporarily suspended gas taxes to help consumers while the cost of gas has increased.
Fort Worth by the numbers
– Gas current price: $3.43
— Texas average: $3.41
— Texas gas tax: $0.20 per gallon (#42 highest among all states)
– Week change: -$0.05 (-1.4%)
– Year change: +$0.61 (+21.8%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $4.84 (6/16/22)
– Diesel current price: $4.62
– Week change: +$0.08 (+1.8%)
– Year change: +$1.73 (+59.7%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $5.45 (6/20/22)
Metros with the most expensive gas
#1. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA: $5.68
#2. Lihue (Kauai), HI: $5.67
#3. Kahului, HI: $5.51
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX: $3.10
#2. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX: $3.12
#3. Corpus Christi, TX: $3.17
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
#1. Pennsylvania: $0.59
#2. California: $0.53
#3. Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
#1. Alaska: $0.0895
#2. Hawaii: $0.16
#3. Virginia: $0.162 | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-gas-prices-have-changed-in-fort-worth-in-the-last-week-15/ | 2022-08-27T18:50:25Z |
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