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This definitely wasn’t the start that the Minnesota Lynx envisioned to their season — the final of Sylvia Fowles’ career.
For the second consecutive year the Lynx have lost their first four games. They hope they can turn things around the way they did last season when Cheryl Reeve’s team finished 22-10 and earned the No. 3 seed in the playoffs.
“We’ll do what we have to do to get where we want to go, because there’s only one path,” Reeve recently said. “And that path is to be able to be difficult to play against from a physical standpoint and mental standpoint, your defense, your connection on offense.”
Minnesota begins a three-game road trip on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
Regardless of what happens against the Sparks, the Lynx may face a more difficult time turning things around this year.
Napheesa Collier is out indefinitely as she is set to give birth later this month. Kayla McBride just finished playing overseas and Damiris Dantas is a few weeks away from returning to the Lynx after a Lisfranc injury she suffered last year.
Reeve surprisingly overhauled the roster last week, parting ways with Angel McCoughtry and Odyssey Sims as well as 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield and veteran guard Layshia Clarendon.
“Unfortunately, you don’t want to be coaching effort and toughness,” Reeve said. “Those are things that you want your players to bring every time they play and I haven’t held them accountable enough prior to (Thursday), and so now we’re in a space where we’re holding people accountable.
“If we keep asking you to do it over and over again, we’ll start to make the assumption that you can’t do it, and that leads to a different decision, either not playing or not being on the team.”
POWER POLL
This week’s WNBA poll:
1. Las Vegas (3-1): Dearica Hamby and Kelsey Plum have moved into the starting lineupthis season and it’s paid dividends already for the Aces. Plum is averaging 17.5 points and Hamby is putting up a double-double to start the season with 14.8 points and 11.8 rebounds.
2. Washington (3-1): After missing last year with a foot injury, Alysha Clark returned to the lineup last week. The Mystics suffered their lone loss of the season in that game. They hope to get Natasha Cloud back from health and safety protocols this week.
3. Chicago (2-1): The Sky won both their games last week, although the two teams they beat (New York and Minnesota) are a combined 1-7 entering Tuesday’s games. Chicago will face tougher competition this week on the road playing in Seattle and Washington.
4. Connecticut (1-1): The Sun have a busy week with a game in New York and then a home-and-home matchup with Indiana. Connecticut will welcome back Courtney Williams, who missed the first two games while serving a suspension from an off-court altercation last season.
5. Phoenix (2-1): A pair of games against the Aces this week will provide a better idea where the Mercury are at this point of the season.
6. Atlanta (3-1): With a revamped young roster, the fact the Dream have won three of their first four games is a sign the team is headed in the right direction. Rookie Rhyne Howard became the seventh player in league history to score 30 or more points in one of her first four games..
7. Dallas (2-1): Impressive wins at Washington and New York have the Wings feeling confident. Coach Vickie Johnson believes she has a deep team this year and isn’t afraid to use the entire bench.
8.. Seattle (1-3): The Storm got swept by Phoenix, but were missing former league MVP Breanna Stewart, who was in health and safety protocols because of the coronavirus. She should be back this week.
9. Los Angeles (2-2): After starting the season with four consecutive road games, the Sparks are happy to be home for one game before heading back out on the road for four of the next five.
10. Indiana (2-3): It took the Fever 18 games last season to get their second win of the season. With contributions from many of its young players like NaLyssa Smith and Queen Egbo, Indiana is looking good early.
11. New York (1-3): The Liberty are struggling in many areas early in the season, including rebounding. Fortunately for them, with only one game this week New York will have practice time to get better acclimated with each other.
12. Minnesota (0-4): The Lynx can only go up from here after their dismissal start to the year. Getting McBride back will help.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rhyne Howard of Atlanta was voted the AP Player of the Week after averaging 22.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals to help the Dream win two of their three games this week. Other players receiving votes included Arike Ogunbowale of Dallas and Diana Taurasi of Phoenix,
HIRING
Los Angeles announced Vanessa Shay as the team’s president on Monday. Shay joins the Sparks after working with the NWSL’s San Diego Wave FC. She served as chief revenue officer since the team’s inception in 2021, guiding the new franchise through a successful expansion effort.
GRINER UPDATE
Phoenix’s Brittney Griner had her pre-trial detention in Russia extended by one month last Friday, her lawyer said. She has been in custody for three months after the two-time Olympic gold medalist was detained at a Moscow airport in February after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage. She faces drug smuggling charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Dream at Fever, Tuesday. A rematch of the top two picks in the WNBA draft from last month. Top-pick Howard scored 33 points in Sunday’s matchup that the Dream won by six points. NaLyssa Smith, who was picked second, had 18 points before leaving with an ankle injury midway through the fourth quarter.
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Columbia Hospital Becomes Latest Covered by Tele-ICU Partnership
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hicuity Health, the nation's leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, announced the launch of tele-ICU services at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina. The new service launch draws upon MUSC Health's long-standing collaboration with Hicuity Health which delivers 24/7/365 telemedicine services to hospitals across the state.
Since 2014, MUSC Health and Hicuity Health have worked together to ensure the citizens of South Carolina have access to state-of-the-art critical care regardless of location. The two organizations currently partner to ensure critical care access across the state, collaborating on tele-ICU programs in hospitals across a variety of geographic markets.
Hicuity Health services combine the expertise and experience of its clinical team and the enabling technology of its customized HUB platform to provide advanced tele-ICU support for the patients and bedside teams of its hospital partners. With the addition of Hicuity's tele-ICU care, Columbia Medical Center Downtown will have the tools and support to provide care to higher-acuity patients while keeping them in their community.
"MUSC Health is proud to collaborate with Hicuity Health to address acute care needs for patients in the Midlands," said Tallulah Holmstrom, MD, Regional CMO, MUSC Health. "We've experienced the improved care and outcomes for patients at other South Carolina hospitals and appreciate the opportunity to extend that care to Columbia."
"Hicuity Health is pleased to further expand our MUSC Health collaboration with the introduction of tele-ICU care at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center," said Lou Silverman, CEO, Hicuity Health. "We look forward to partnering with the hospital's clinical team to provide the highest quality acute care within the community."
Hicuity Health is currently contracted to serve more than 130 facilities in 30 states. Hicuity Health's team of US board-certified providers and other clinicians conducts 1.2 million patient interactions annually while caring for 120,000 patients.
About Hicuity Health
For more than 16 years, Hicuity Health has pioneered telemedicine innovations. Serving a diverse range of clients and care venues – including health systems, hospitals, and post-acute care facilities – with its expanding line of services that includes tele-ICU, remote inpatient telemetry, virtual nursing, virtual sitter, smart device monitoring, and shared services, the company is the leader in delivering expert care on a 24 x 7 x 365 basis to high-acuity patients in high-acuity environments. Our innovation is highlighted by our proprietary HUB workflow management technology platform, which enables seamless care delivery and informs patient management across our 12 clinical care centers that serve our more than 130 hospital partners located in 30 states nationwide. Hicuity Health cares for 120,000 patients per year, delivering enhanced patient outcomes, tangible ROI, and expert clinical support for the bedside teams at our partner hospitals.
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About Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health)
About MUSC
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the state's only comprehensive academic health system, with a unique mission to preserve and optimize human life in South Carolina through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates more than 3,000 students in six colleges – Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy – and trains more than 850 residents and fellows in its health system. MUSC brought in more than $327.6 million in research funds in fiscal year 2021, leading the state overall in research funding. MUSC also leads the state in federal and National Institutes of Health funding, with more than $220 million. For information on academic programs, visit musc.edu.
As the health care system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality and safest patient care while educating and training generations of outstanding health care providers and leaders to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Patient care is provided at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and five additional hospital locations in development; more than 350 telehealth sites, with connectivity to patients' homes; and nearly 750 care locations situated in all regions of South Carolina. In 2021, for the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit muschealth.org.
MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets totaling $4.4 billion. The nearly 25,000 MUSC team members include a world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers, scientists, students, affiliates and care team members who deliver and support groundbreaking education, research and patient care.
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Company now Poised to Enter Growth Phase of Business Plan Under New Leadership
NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vecta Inc. ("Vecta" or "the Company"), the holding company for Sunnyside Federal Savings & Loan Association of Irvington ("Sunnyside" or the "Bank"), today announced several new developments that have occurred since the closing of the merger that took place on June 1, 2022.
- On July 18, 2022, Vecta Inc. amended its Articles of Incorporation to change its name from "Sunnyside Bancorp, Inc." to Vecta Inc.
- On July 18, 2022, Vecta Inc. consummated a 15-for-1 stock dividend and increased its authorized shares of common stock to 100,000,000 and its authorized shares of preferred stock to 2,000,000. As of June 30, 2022, Vecta Inc. had 15,930,976 common shares outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
- On June 29, 2022, Vecta Partners LLC, the sole shareholder of Vecta, made an additional capital contribution of $4.5 million to Vecta Inc. in exchange for 222,222 shares of Vecta Inc.'s common stock. This capital contribution brings Vecta Partner's total investment in Vecta to ~ $25.9 million, including estimated transaction costs.
"Rebranding and recapitalizing the Company represents our critical first steps as we begin to implement and execute our business plan for both Vecta and the Bank," said Fredrick Schulman, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Sunnyside, who also serves as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Vecta. Mr. Schulman added, "We believe our new leadership team, along with the capital infusion from Vecta Partners, has positioned Vecta as a source of financial strength for the Bank and its future growth. Vecta has already initiated discussions with the appropriate regulators regarding new business lines, and we look forward to providing further updates as we take steps to expand the Bank's current business lines."
Vecta Inc. ("Vecta"), formerly known as Sunnyside Bancorp, Inc., is a New York based publicly reporting bank holding company. Vecta currently has one operating subsidiary, Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan Association of Irvington (the "Bank"), which has one location in Irvington, New York. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $99.5 million in assets, $57.4 million, which are in securities and cash (vecta.com).
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Data show a combination of teclistamab (BCMAxCD3 bispecific antibody) plus DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) improved clinical efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
VIENNA, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced updated efficacy and safety results from the teclistamab cohort of the Phase 1b TriMM-2 study (NCT04108195). Teclistamab, an investigational, off-the-shelf, T-cell redirecting bispecific antibody targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is being studied in combination with DARZALEX FASPRO® (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have received three or more prior lines of therapy.1 Patients in the study, including a high proportion with prior anti-CD38 exposure, achieved encouraging overall response rates (ORR) with this combination treatment.1 These data will be presented at the 2022 European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Congress as an oral presentation on Sunday, June 12 (Abstract S188).1
At a median follow-up of 8.6 months (range, 0.3-19.6), 76.5 percent (39/51) of response-evaluable patients enrolled in the study achieved a response, including 36 patients (70.6 percent) who achieved a very good partial response (VGPR) or better.1 In patients with prior anti-CD38 exposure, an ORR of 73.7 percent was achieved.1 The median time to first confirmed response was one month, and responses remained durable and deepened over time.1 At the analysis cutoff, 66.7 percent of patients who achieved a response (26/39) were alive and continuing on therapy.1
"Responders to the combination of teclistamab plus subcutaneous daratumumab included patients with prior exposure to BCMA or anti-CD38 targeted agents, which is encouraging," said Paula Rodríguez-Otero†, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Hematology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and principal study investigator. "These data also suggest this steroid-sparing regimen may lead to a clinically efficacious regimen in highly refractory patients."
The open-label, multicenter, multicohort Phase 1b TriMM-2 study is investigating the safety and efficacy of teclistamab in combination with DARZALEX FASPRO® for patients with RRMM. Enrolled patients received a median of five prior lines of therapy, 58.5 percent were triple-class refractory, 30.8 percent were penta-drug refractory, and 63.1 percent were refractory to anti-CD38 treatment.1 Eighty percent of patients were refractory to their last line of therapy.1
As of April 6, 2022, 65 patients received daratumumab 1800mg at the approved schedule plus teclistamab 1.5mg/kg weekly (QW) or 3mg/kg every other week (Q2W) subcutaneously.1 Pre-medications, including steroids, were limited to the two step-up doses and the first full dose of teclistamab.1 Treatment with the combination regimen were tolerable and no unexpected or overlapping toxicities were observed.1 The most common adverse events were cytokine release syndrome (CRS) (67.7 percent, all Grade 1 or 2); neutropenia (49.2 percent, 41.5 percent Grade 3 or 4); and anemia (41.5 percent, 27.7 percent Grade 3 or 4).1 One patient (2 percent) had Grade 1 immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) which fully resolved.1 Infections were experienced by 67.7 percent of patients (27.7 percent Grade 3 or 4).1 Four patients died from adverse events, all unrelated to teclistamab or daratumumab treatment.1
"These data suggest the potential of a fully immune-based regimen for patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma," said Yusri Elsayed, M.D., M.HSc., Ph.D., Vice President, Disease Area Leader, Hematologic Malignancies, Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "We are committed to the ongoing development of this combination and other treatments for patients who remain in need of new options."
Pharmacodynamic analyses demonstrate that the combination upregulates CD38+/CD8+ T-cells and proinflammatory cytokines, suggesting the potential for synergistic activity.3 Additional studies are needed to fully understand the potential clinical benefit of this biological activity.
The efficacy and pharmacodynamic profile of teclistamab in combination with DARZALEX FASPRO® in patients refractory to anti-CD38 therapy suggest that higher response rates may be observed in patients with anti-CD38 naïve or sensitive disease who are enrolling in the MajesTEC-3 study (NCT05083169).1 The ongoing Phase 3 MajesTEC-3 study compares the efficacy of the teclistamab-daratumumab combination with daratumumab subcutaneously (SC) in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone (DPd) or daratumumab SC in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone (DVd).2 Patients in the trial must have received one to three prior lines of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor (PI) and lenalidomide; patients who have received only one prior line of therapy must be refractory to lenalidomide.2 Patients who have progressed on or within 60 days of the last dose of lenalidomide given as maintenance therapy are also included.2
About Teclistamab
Teclistamab is an investigational, fully humanized, T-cell redirecting, IgG4 bispecific antibody targeting both BCMA (B-cell maturation antigen) and CD3, the T-cell receptor. BCMA is expressed at high levels on multiple myeloma cells.3,4,5,6,7 Teclistamab redirects CD3-positive T-cells to BCMA-expressing myeloma cells to induce killing of tumor cells.6
Teclistamab is currently being evaluated in several monotherapy and combination studies. In 2020, the European Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) both granted teclistamab Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of multiple myeloma. In January 2021 and June 2021, teclistamab received a PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the U.S. FDA, respectively. PRIME offers enhanced interaction and early dialogue to optimize drug development plans and speed up evaluation of cutting-edge, scientific advances that target a high unmet medical need.8 The U.S. FDA grants BTD to expedite the development and regulatory review of an investigational medicine that is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition based on preliminary clinical evidence that demonstrates the drug may have substantial improvement in at least one clinically significant endpoint over available therapy.9 In December 2021, Janssen submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the FDA seeking approval of teclistamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; a marketing authorization application (MAA) was submitted to the EMA for teclistamab approval in January 2022.
About DARZALEX FASPRO®
In August 2012, Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Genmab A/S entered into a worldwide agreement, which granted Janssen an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize daratumumab. DARZALEX FASPRO® is the only CD38-directed antibody approved to be given subcutaneously to treat patients with multiple myeloma and now light chain (AL) amyloidosis. DARZALEX FASPRO® is co-formulated with recombinant human hyaluronidase PH20 (rHuPH20), Halozyme's ENHANZE® drug delivery technology.
DARZALEX FASPRO® is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma:
- in combination with bortezomib, melphalan and prednisone in newly diagnosed patients who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant
- in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in newly diagnosed patients who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant and in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy
- in combination with bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone in newly diagnosed patients who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant
- in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients who have received at least one prior line of therapy including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor
- in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients who have received at least one prior therapy
- in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received one to three prior lines of therapy
- as monotherapy in patients who have received at least three prior lines of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor (PI) and an immunomodulatory agent or who are double-refractory to a PI and an immunomodulatory agent
DARZALEX FASPRO® in combination with bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on response rate. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).
Limitations of Use
DARZALEX FASPRO® is not indicated and is not recommended for the treatment of patients with AL amyloidosis who have NYHA Class IIIB or Class IV cardiac disease or Mayo Stage IIIB outside of controlled clinical trials.
Full prescribing information for DARZALEX FASPRO® is available here.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
DARZALEX FASPRO® is contraindicated in patients with a history of severe hypersensitivity to daratumumab, hyaluronidase, or any of the components of the formulation.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Hypersensitivity and Other Administration Reactions
Both systemic administration-related reactions, including severe or life-threatening reactions, and local injection-site reactions can occur with DARZALEX FASPRO®. Fatal reactions have been reported with daratumumab-containing products, including DARZALEX FASPRO®.
Systemic Reactions
In a pooled safety population of 898 patients with multiple myeloma (N=705) or light chain (AL) amyloidosis (N=193) who received DARZALEX FASPRO® as monotherapy or in combination, 9% of patients experienced a systemic administration-related reaction (Grade 2: 3.2%, Grade 3: 1%). Systemic administration-related reactions occurred in 8% of patients with the first injection, 0.3% with the second injection, and cumulatively 1% with subsequent injections. The median time to onset was 3.2 hours (range: 4 minutes to 3.5 days). Of the 140 systemic administration-related reactions that occurred in 77 patients, 121 (86%) occurred on the day of DARZALEX FASPRO® administration. Delayed systemic administration-related reactions have occurred in 1% of the patients.
Severe reactions included hypoxia, dyspnea, hypertension, tachycardia, and ocular adverse reactions, including choroidal effusion, acute myopia, and acute angle closure glaucoma. Other signs and symptoms of systemic administration-related reactions may include respiratory symptoms, such as bronchospasm, nasal congestion, cough, throat irritation, allergic rhinitis, and wheezing, as well as anaphylactic reaction, pyrexia, chest pain, pruritus, chills, vomiting, nausea, hypotension, and blurred vision.
Pre-medicate patients with histamine-1 receptor antagonist, acetaminophen, and corticosteroids. Monitor patients for systemic administration-related reactions, especially following the first and second injections. For anaphylactic reaction or life-threatening (Grade 4) administration-related reactions, immediately and permanently discontinue DARZALEX FASPRO®. Consider administering corticosteroids and other medications after the administration of DARZALEX FASPRO® depending on dosing regimen and medical history to minimize the risk of delayed (defined as occurring the day after administration) systemic administration-related reactions.
Ocular adverse reactions, including acute myopia and narrowing of the anterior chamber angle due to ciliochoroidal effusions with potential for increased intraocular pressure or glaucoma, have occurred with daratumumab-containing products. If ocular symptoms occur, interrupt DARZALEX FASPRO® and seek immediate ophthalmologic evaluation prior to restarting DARZALEX FASPRO®.
Local Reactions
In this pooled safety population, injection-site reactions occurred in 8% of patients, including Grade 2 reactions in 0.7%. The most frequent (>1%) injection-site reaction was injection-site erythema. These local reactions occurred a median of 5 minutes (range: 0 minutes to 6.5 days) after starting administration of DARZALEX FASPRO®. Monitor for local reactions and consider symptomatic management.
Cardiac Toxicity in Patients With AL Amyloidosis
Serious or fatal cardiac adverse reactions occurred in patients with AL amyloidosis who received DARZALEX FASPRO® in combination with bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone. Serious cardiac disorders occurred in 16% of patients, and fatal cardiac disorders occurred in 10% of patients. Patients with NYHA Class IIIA or Mayo Stage IIIA disease may be at greater risk. Patients with NYHA Class IIIB or IV disease were not studied. Monitor patients with cardiac involvement of AL amyloidosis more frequently for cardiac adverse reactions and administer supportive care as appropriate.
Neutropenia
Daratumumab may increase neutropenia induced by background therapy. Monitor complete blood cell counts periodically during treatment according to manufacturer's prescribing information for background therapies. Monitor patients with neutropenia for signs of infection. Consider withholding DARZALEX FASPRO® until recovery of neutrophils. In lower body weight patients receiving DARZALEX FASPRO®, higher rates of Grade 3-4 neutropenia were observed.
Thrombocytopenia
Daratumumab may increase thrombocytopenia induced by background therapy. Monitor complete blood cell counts periodically during treatment according to manufacturer's prescribing information for background therapies. Consider withholding DARZALEX FASPRO® until recovery of platelets.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity
Based on the mechanism of action, DARZALEX FASPRO® can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. DARZALEX FASPRO® may cause depletion of fetal immune cells and decreased bone density. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females with reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with DARZALEX FASPRO® and for 3 months after the last dose.
The combination of DARZALEX FASPRO® with lenalidomide, thalidomide, or pomalidomide is contraindicated in pregnant women because lenalidomide, thalidomide, and pomalidomide may cause birth defects and death of the unborn child. Refer to the lenalidomide, thalidomide, or pomalidomide prescribing information on use during pregnancy.
Interference With Serological Testing
Daratumumab binds to CD38 on red blood cells (RBCs) and results in a positive indirect antiglobulin test (indirect Coombs test). Daratumumab-mediated positive indirect antiglobulin test may persist for up to 6 months after the last daratumumab administration. Daratumumab bound to RBCs masks detection of antibodies to minor antigens in the patient's serum. The determination of a patient's ABO and Rh blood type are not impacted.
Notify blood transfusion centers of this interference with serological testing and inform blood banks that a patient has received DARZALEX FASPRO®. Type and screen patients prior to starting DARZALEX FASPRO®.
Interference With Determination of Complete Response
Daratumumab is a human immunoglobulin G (IgG) kappa monoclonal antibody that can be detected on both the serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) and immunofixation (IFE) assays used for the clinical monitoring of endogenous M-protein. This interference can impact the determination of complete response and of disease progression in some DARZALEX FASPRO®-treated patients with IgG kappa myeloma protein.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
In multiple myeloma, the most common adverse reaction (≥20%) with DARZALEX FASPRO® monotherapy is upper respiratory tract infection. The most common adverse reactions with combination therapy (≥20% for any combination) include fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, dyspnea, insomnia, headache, pyrexia, cough, muscle spasms, back pain, vomiting, hypertension, upper respiratory tract infection, peripheral sensory neuropathy, constipation, pneumonia, and peripheral edema.
The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in patients with AL amyloidosis are upper respiratory tract infection, diarrhea, peripheral edema, constipation, fatigue, peripheral sensory neuropathy, nausea, insomnia, dyspnea, and cough.
The most common hematology laboratory abnormalities (≥40%) with DARZALEX FASPRO® are decreased leukocytes, decreased lymphocytes, decreased neutrophils, decreased platelets, and decreased hemoglobin.
About Multiple Myeloma
Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer that affects some white blood cells called plasma cells, which are found in the bone marrow.10 When damaged, these plasma cells rapidly spread and replace normal cells in the bone marrow with tumors. In 2020, an estimated 176,000 people worldwide were diagnosed with multiple myeloma.11 In 2022, it is estimated that more than 34,000 people will be diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and more than 12,000 people will die from the disease in the U.S.12 While some people diagnosed with multiple myeloma initially have no symptoms, most patients are diagnosed due to symptoms that can include bone fracture or pain, low red blood cell counts, tiredness, high calcium levels, kidney problems or infections.13
About the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
At Janssen, we're creating a future where disease is a thing of the past. We're the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, working tirelessly to make that future a reality for patients everywhere by fighting sickness with science, improving access with ingenuity, and healing hopelessness with heart. We focus on areas of medicine where we can make the biggest difference: Cardiovascular, Metabolism, & Retina; Immunology; Infectious Diseases & Vaccines; Neuroscience; Oncology; and Pulmonary Hypertension.
Learn more at www.janssen.com. Follow us at @JanssenGlobal. Janssen Research & Development, LLC is part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
†Dr. Paula Rodríguez-Otero has served as a paid consultant to Janssen; she has not been paid for any media work.
*Kyprolis is a registered trademark of Amgen Inc.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding product development and the potential benefits and treatment impact of teclistamab and DARZALEX FASPRO®. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of Janssen Research & Development, LLC or any of the other Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and/or Johnson & Johnson. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: challenges and uncertainties inherent in product research and development, including the uncertainty of clinical success and of obtaining regulatory approvals; uncertainty of commercial success; manufacturing difficulties and delays; competition, including technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges to patents; product efficacy or safety concerns resulting in product recalls or regulatory action; changes in behavior and spending patterns of purchasers of health care products and services; changes to applicable laws and regulations, including global health care reforms; and trends toward health care cost containment. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, including in the sections captioned "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors," and in Johnson & Johnson's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. None of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies nor Johnson & Johnson undertakes to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments.
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In today's hot sellers' market, winning buyers finance first and shop later
SEATTLE, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's supercharged housing market has flipped the traditional home-buying journey on its head. Nationally, with 22.5% fewer for-sale listings than last year and homes flying off the market in just nine days, aspiring homeowners need to change their approach to win the deal. Home shopping used to be the first step in the process; now home buyers need to finance first if they want to be competitive. Zillow is sharing the five new steps of home buying ahead of what could be the hottest spring home-shopping season ever.
Step 1: Finance first.
Countless shoppers have fallen in love with a home on Zillow only to later learn it's outside their budget. Shoppers can avoid the heartbreak by starting with a mortgage calculator and Zillow's affordability tools to understand what factors impact affordability and what they can realistically afford on a monthly basis as mortgage rates rise. Aspiring buyers can also see which down payment assistance programs may be available to them in every home listing on Zillow.
In today's market, buyers can strengthen their offer by getting pre-approved for a mortgage versus getting a pre-qualification or an unverified pre-approval. With a pre-approval, all qualifying documents, such as income and assets, are verified by the lender. A new Zillow survey finds 86% of sellers prefer a buyer who has been pre-approved, as opposed to pre-qualified, for a mortgage. And for good reason: Zillow research finds that issues with money, mortgage or financing is the number-one reason sellers cite for an offer falling through. Buyers can start the pre-approval process online.
This is also the time to shop for a lender. Zillow research indicates some home buyers can save tens of thousands of dollars over the length of their loan if they shop around for the best rate. The difference of just one percentage point in higher interest could add more than $200 to a monthly payment on a typical U.S. home and nearly $75,000 over the course of a 30-year mortgage. Buyers can compare multiple lenders on Zillow's online mortgage marketplace.
Step 2: Hire the right agent.
Buyers who mean business should hire the right professional for the job. A trusted local agent can act as an expert guide during the home-buying journey and share informed, objective advice and emotional support along the way. A seasoned pro can address a buyer's specific needs and also knows how to best position their client in a bidding war or a tough negotiation, providing a competitive edge.
Hiring the wrong agent can be a recipe for regret. A Zillow survey finds 24% of recent buyers say they wished they had hired a different agent.
Buyers can click Agent Finder on the Zillow homepage to search for local agents, read customer reviews and check out an agent's recent sale history before interviewing their top candidates. Hiring an agent early in the process allows shoppers to tour homes and make offers quickly.
Step 3: Shop smarter with tech.
Home shopping, traditionally the first step toward homeownership, can be more efficient once aspiring buyers have secured financing and hired the right agent. That puts them in a stronger position to act quickly in a fast-moving market.
Buyers can get another time advantage by embracing new real estate technology. Tools like Zillow's Homes to Compare lets shoppers choose and evaluate as many as five saved properties side by side, all on one page, allowing them to make smarter, faster decisions. Meanwhile, virtual 3D home tours and interactive floor plans give shoppers an immersive experience of a home from their own living room, allowing them to quickly narrow down their options and tour fewer homes in person. Nearly 70% of recent home buyers (68%) say 3D tours would give them a better feel for a space than static photos.
Step 4: Make your strongest offer.
Cash is king in today's hot market, but it's not the only way to win the deal. According to Zillow research, 41% of agents say a cash offer is the most effective strategy for landing a home. When that's not an option, agents say, they've sweetened the deal with a higher down payment or more earnest money to get their client's offer to stand out. About one-quarter of agents say they always submit their client's offer before the offer review date.
Unconventional strategies can also be successful. Buyers might think about offering a leaseback, throwing the seller a pizza party or sending flowers.
Step 5: Close the deal.
Closing costs can add up to 2%–5% of a home's purchase price. To reduce those costs, buyers can shop online for qualified title and escrow companies, such as Zillow Closing Services, and compare ratings and customer reviews. To help support an on-time closing, it is important that home buyers are prepared with the necessary documents and responsive to questions from their closing representative.
Buyer beware: Two strategies to avoid
Buyers would be wise to avoid two risky and unnecessary moves: waiving an inspection contingency and writing a letter to the seller. An inspection can identify major structural, mechanical or safety issues, which could be extremely costly to repair and cause buyer's remorse. In addition, Zillow's Consumer Housing Trends Report finds a vast majority of successful buyers (88%) won their home without waiving the inspection.
So-called "love letters" can reveal demographic information about the buyer and unlawfully sway a seller, putting both buyers and their agents at risk of violating the Fair Housing Act. According to Zillow's survey of Premier Agent partners, these letters are also the least successful strategy for winning the deal.
Aspiring home buyers are expected to face another spring market marked by affordability challenges and plenty of competition. The new steps of home buying can help them get a leg up, save time and enter the market with more confidence. Zillow can help at every step of the journey with this homebuyer's checklist, and the products, technology and partners that make it easier to move.
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As the most visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates offer customers an on-demand experience for selling, buying, renting or financing with transparency and nearly seamless end-to-end service. Zillow Home Loans™, our affiliate lender, provides our customers with an easy option to get pre-approved and secure financing for their next home purchase. Zillow recently launched Zillow Homes, Inc., a licensed brokerage entity, to streamline Zillow Offers transactions.
Zillow Group's brands, affiliates and subsidiaries include Zillow®; Zillow Offers®; Zillow Premier Agent®; Zillow Home Loans™; Zillow Closing Services™; Zillow Homes, Inc.; Trulia®; Out East®; StreetEasy® and HotPads®. Zillow Home Loans, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #10287 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org).
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Dog tests positive for meth after walk
SAN DIEGO (KFMB) - Roger Dunn knew something was wrong after his 3-year-old dog, Zelda, started acting strange after their walk around the neighborhood.
Zelda usually has lots of energy and walks up to six miles a day. Sunday’s walk was nothing out of the ordinary, but how she acted afterwards was.
“She began moving her leg erratically, and it got more and more complicated. She became very frightened,” he said.
Dunn immediately rushed Zelda to the vet.
“They screened her urine because they suspected she had some sort of drug effect. They found methamphetamine and amphetamine, two separate things,” he said.
Zelda was put on an IV with a sedative for more than 36 hours. She will be checked soon for liver damage.
Dunn posted to the NextDoor app to warn his neighbors.
“Several people have replied their dogs have had a similar events happen, so there’s reason for concern,” he said.
The veterinarian told Dunn that in the past three days, they had seen four similar cases.
“In the years that I’ve lived here, as everyone on this block and these blocks will tell you, things have gotten considerably more hectic through the years,” Dunn said.
Zelda is at home recovering.
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CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Madelene Sagstrom shot a flawless 9-under 63 during a round she felt holes kept getting larger to take one-stroke lead over Megan Khang after the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday.
Nasa Hataoka, who won in Los Angeles in April before taking time off, was third after a 65 on the Upper Montclair Country Club course, roughly 10 miles from New York City.
Bianca Pagdanganan, Amy Yang and Giulia Molinaro were tied for fourth at 66, a shot ahead of group that included Lexi Thompson and Minjee Lee. Two-time defending champion and top-ranked Jin Young Ko shot a 69.
Sagstrom, a runner-up last year in the Women’s British Open, made birdies in batches, finishing with nine in a bogey-free round. The two-time European Solheim Cup from Sweden birdied the first four holes and had another run at Nos. 12-14.
“It was one of those days,” Sagstrom said. “Like everything was easy. It’s like I was hitting the fairways, hitting the greens, and I was making all the putts. The hole just kept growing.”
Sagstrom recalled turning to her caddie, Sean Codd, and telling him, everything felt like a tap-in
“It’s one of those days,” she said. “You just trying to hold on to momentum and just keep it going.”
The round was her best of the season and one shot off her career best of 62 in winning the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio. Yuka Saso had the low round on tour this year, a 62 at the LPGA Hondo in Thailand in March.
Khang, who like Sagstrom played in the afternoon, was almost as good, making eight birdies on the course laid bare because of soft, slower-than-normal greens and a lack of wind.
“Definitely stroking it really well, reading the greens well,” said Khang, who tied for third at Palos Verdes in the last event.
The event, which is being played on its third course since 2019 — the pandemic canceled the 2020 edition, honors the 13 founding members of the LPGA Tour. The field of 144 will be cut to the low 70 and ties after the second round of the 72-hole tournament Friday.
Hataoka ignited her round with a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 second and added five birdies the rest of the way in posting her fifth straight round in the 60s.
“I was originally planning to play in Palos Verdes last week, but I decided take the two weeks off and gear up for this tournament,” Hataoka said.
Ko, who finished second at Palos Verdes in the last event, had six birdies and three bogeys — caused by failing to hit the fairways.
“I want to play a bogey-free round next three days,” she added. “This course is really tough, so hit the fairway and hit the greens, make a par. Birdie or par.”
Anna Davis, the 16-year-old who won the recent Augusta National Women’s Amateur, shot a 70 playing on a sponsor’s exemption. She made the cut in the Palos Verdes Championship in California, which was won by Marina Alex.
Alex of nearby Wayne, New Jersey, will have to rally to make the cut after shooting a 74.
Ally Ewing had a 67 in a round that included a 63-foot eagle putt and a flubbed chip shot from the edge of the green on No. 13.
“It is what it is. I laughed it off,” Ewing said.
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Which flat-top grill is best?
Traditional propane grills are great for outdoor events. Still, they can be limiting. On the other hand, flat-top grills let you cook everything from burgers and steaks to hibachi and pancakes.
If you want to buy one for your backyard, you can’t go wrong with the Blackstone Two-Burner Propane Flat-Top Grill, which is simple to operate and easy to clean.
What to know before you buy a flat-top grill
How to season a flat-top grill
It’s essential to season your cooking surface before using it, as it prevents food from sticking and extends the grill’s lifespan. You’ll need cooking oil, a damp cloth, grilling tongs and paper towels to season your grill.
- Wipe the cooking surface down with a damp cloth.
- Turn your main burners to the highest heat setting and let your grill heat up for 10-15 minutes.
- Coat the grill’s surface with cooking oil. Spread the oil evenly using a wadded paper towel and grilling tongs.
- Once the oil has evaporated completely, add another layer and spread it evenly.
- Repeat this process two to three times.
Cooking area
It’s important to consider the size of the grill’s cooking surface. Buying one with roughly 100 square inches of cooking area for each person you plan to cook for is ideal. Still, if you’ll take your flat-top grill camping or tailgating, you’ll want one that isn’t cumbersome to carry around.
Keep your flat-top grill level
Many grills have cooking surfaces with a slight tilt that slowly lets grease and juices flow into a collection tray. If your grill tilts in the wrong direction, the oil and liquids won’t drain, affecting the food’s flavor. On the other hand, if the grill leans too much toward the collection tray, the liquids may drain too quickly, resulting in dry or burned food.
Cleaning a stainless steel or cast-iron cooking surface
Maintaining and cleaning your grill is essential, as it improves its performance and keeps your food’s flavors from mixing. Although you’ll occasionally need to deep-clean the cooking surface, maintenance starts with cleaning it after every use.
- Scrape food residue off the surface with a spatula.
- Once the residue is gone, add some water to the surface and continue to scrape it.
- Wipe it down with a cloth and grill tongs.
- Finally, turn the burners to hot and add a small amount of cooking oil to the surface; spread it around using paper towels and grilling tongs.
What to look for in a quality flat-top grill
Adjustable heating zones
Although these grills only have one cooking surface, many let you adjust the heat to various temperatures simultaneously. This feature is ideal if you’ll use it for cooking multiple types of food at the same time.
Safety
Safety is an essential consideration when choosing a grill. If it has a lid, make sure it has a heat-resistant handle so you don’t burn yourself. Additionally, if it has wheels, make sure they lock in place.
Build quality
Choose a grill made with quality materials. If the grill is designed for camping, make sure you can transport it without it getting damaged. If it stays outside in your backyard, it should be able to withstand the elements, although a cover will likely be necessary.
Easy to clean
You have to clean your grill often, so choosing one that makes it an easy task is a good idea. Many feature a slightly tilted cooking surface that lets grease run into the collection tray. Others feature grease collection trays that circle the cooking surface so the grease and juices can fall off in any direction without making a mess. Most are easy to clean using water and a spatula.
How much you can expect to spend on a flat-top grill
Most cost $150-$500, depending on the size and features.
Flat-top grill FAQ
What can you cook on a flat-top grill?
A. They are so versatile that you can essentially use them to cook anything you can make on a traditional grill or in a skillet.
Can you put pots on a flat-top grill?
A. Technically, yes, although you should only use cast-iron pots. The grills reach high heats — over 600 degrees — and many metals may not be able to handle that.
What vegetables are good on a flat-top grill?
A. Most vegetables taste great when cooked on a flat top grill, but asparagus, mushrooms, peppers and onions are among the most popular. They are particularly good for stir fry and vegetable mixes.
How do you clean the grease collection tray?
A. Use water and paper towels. There are numerous liners for the collection trays that eliminate the need for cleaning.
What’s the best flat-top grill to buy
Top flat-top grill
Blackstone Two-Burner Propane Flat-Top Grill
What you need to know: Easy and fun to use, this has enough space to cook around 20 burgers simultaneously.
What you’ll love: It has top-notch heat control and adjustable heating zones. The stainless steel cooking surface doesn’t warp at high temperatures. Most reviewers applauded Blackstone’s customer service.
What you should consider: Grease tends to drip down the grill’s leg.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top flat-top grill for the money
What you need to know: This is compact and ideal for camping or tailgating.
What you’ll love: It is available with or without a lid. The H-shaped burners distribute heat evenly. It is more durable than an electric griddle.
What you should consider: Some customers felt the cooking surface caused food to stick.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
Worth checking out
Cuisinart 30-Inch Round Flat Top Surface Griddle
What you need to know: This has three burners that let you create adjustable heating zones.
What you’ll love: The circular design sets it apart from other grills. It includes free expert assembly, although it’s easy to assemble yourself. The 360-degree grease tray makes it easy to clean.
What you should consider: Numerous customers received their grill damaged.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
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Which stainless steel mixing bowl is best?
Few things work as hard in the kitchen as a stainless steel mixing bowl. Lightweight and durable, these workhorses are responsible for some of life’s most memorable meals. From food prep to service, they can handle it all.
For sheer utility and performance at a shockingly low price, the Vollrath Economy Mixing Bowl Set is the choice of professional cooks.
What to know before you buy a stainless steel mixing bowl
Stainless steel mixing bowl set vs. open stock
Experienced cooks and bakers know that you need more than one size of mixing bowl in the kitchen. There are two ways to acquire them.
- As part of a set: A stainless steel mixing bowl set is a good option if you are stocking your kitchen from the ground up and doing it on a budget. Even though the initial cost may be more, each bowl costs less per piece than if you buy them one at a time.
- Open stock: If you are particular about the size of each bowl you choose, or you are on a limited budget, buying from open stock may work better for you. Over time this approach costs more, but it’s less of an upfront expense. On the other hand, this is also a good strategy if you are looking to buy high-end pieces and can only afford one at a time.
Size
If you do opt for open stock, consider which sizes you will need. Mixing bowls range from 1 quart or less to as large as 18 quarts. Keep in mind that smaller bowls won’t be able to handle large mixing tasks, but oversized ones take up a considerable amount of space.
Number of bowls
When choosing a stainless steel mixing bowl set, aim for the number of bowls that work best for your cooking style. Sets contain as few as two and up to eight or more bowls.
What to look for in a quality stainless steel mixing bowl
Sturdy construction
Stainless steel is known for its durability and longevity, but not all stainless is created equal. Look for 18/10 stainless steel. This is the percentage of chrome to nickel (18% to 10%) that offers the most substantial construction available. If these feel too heavy for your taste, 18/8 is also a good choice.
You may also see these two grades of stainless steel referred to as 304-grade stainless.
Interior measurements
While eyeballing is a perfectly legitimate way to measure some ingredients, others require more precision. Stainless steel mixing bowls with interior measurements make it easy to pour the correct amount into the bowl directly — no more dirty measuring cups.
Wide lip
A wide lip gives the cook a secure handhold for vigorous whipping, beating and folding. These are also valuable when it comes to transporting a full mixing bowl from one work surface to another.
Secure base
Look for bowls that are flat on the bottom for stability. Even better, some feature a rubberized nonstick coating to keep them from sliding across the counter.
Tight lids
While most stainless steel mixing bowls won’t have lids that are secure enough to turn upside down, look for versions that are tight enough to keep food fresh during storage. Lids are also handy for food prep as they allow you to stack one bowl on top of another as you work.
How much you can expect to spend on a stainless steel mixing bowl
If you buy a set, the price is influenced by the number of bowls and the quality of the materials. Expect to spend $20-$69.
Stainless steel mixing bowl FAQ
Can stainless steel mixing bowls be washed in the dishwasher?
A. Each manufacturer may have slightly different care instructions, but for the most part, stainless steel mixing bowls are dishwasher-safe. Of course, larger bowls need to be hand-washed, as most dishwashers cannot accommodate them. Use degreasing dish soap and hot water to clean, then rinse completely and dry before storing.
Do not use harsh abrasives to scrub stuck-on food. Soak in hot water, and then use elbow grease and a plastic dish scrubber instead.
How do you get the most use out of your bowls?
A. These are one of the most versatile tools in your kitchen.
- Place on top of a pan of simmering water to create a double boiler.
- Use them to dress salad and then serve it.
- Grease and use to proof dough. In some cases, bread can be baked directly in the bowl.
- Whip fluffy egg whites and cream.
- Mix and serve batch beverages.
What’s the best stainless steel mixing bowl to buy?
Top stainless steel mixing bowl
Vollrath Economy Mixing Bowl Set
What you need to know: Don’t let the price tag fool you — these are the choice of professional and skilled amateur cooks alike.
What you’ll love: These bowls are wide and flat. The set includes .75-, 1.5-, 3-, 4- and 5-quart sizes. They are lightweight and stack for easy storage.
What you should consider: They are not fancy and don’t make attractive serving pieces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top stainless steel mixing bowl for the money
Oxo Good Grips 3-Piece Stainless-Steel Mixing Bowl Set
What you need to know: These are highly functional stainless steel wrapped in plastic.
What you’ll love: They are deep rather than wide and work best for batter and dough. The bottoms are flat and coated with rubber for stability. The plastic coating prevents heat from transferring to the exterior of the bowl.
What you should consider: Plastic can melt if left near the stove. These are not suitable for use as a double boiler.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Ybm Home Deep Professional Quality Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
What you need to know: If you prefer to build your kitchen one bowl at a time, start with this versatile five-quart piece.
What you’ll love: It is deep and has a flat bottom for stability. The sides are brushed stainless, with a polished, rolled wide edge and interior. These are also available in eight sizes and also come in a set of four.
What you should consider: Some users noted that the measurements given for the bowls were all incorrect. For example, a 6-inch bowl was listed as being 6.75 inches.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Waste Management, Inc. ("Waste Management" or the "Company") (NYSE: WM) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Waste Management investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of certain Waste Management redeemable senior notes between February 13, 2020 and June 23, 2020. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
WM investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) 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 indicated in the merger agreement between the Company and Advanced Disposal Services; (ii) as a result, the merger would not be completed by July 14, 2020, the end date under the merger agreement; and (iii) the Waste Management redeemable senior notes would be subject to mandatory redemption at 101% of par.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Waste Management during the relevant time frame, you have until August 8, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Anthony Nolte, Open Mortgage's CFO since 2019, will transition to Chief Legal Officer and lead the company's legal operations
AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Mortgage, a multi-channel mortgage lender dedicated to empowering the dream of homeownership, has selected Brenda Hedeen, CPA, as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to spearhead the firm's finance and accounting operations. Anthony Nolte, Open Mortgage's CFO and legal counsel since 2019, has been appointed to the newly-created position of Chief Legal Officer.
"With her impressive skillset in financial planning and analysis, as well as her affinity for passionate and fearless leadership, Brenda's addition to Open Mortgage will ensure the acceleration of our current momentum of success," said Scott Gordon, Founder and CEO of Open Mortgage. "Tony's diligent service has led the company through a season of rapid growth and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we move into the next phase of expansion, his more than 30 years of leadership experience in legal, compliance and finance will continue to be invaluable to our legal infrastructure."
As a member of the chief executive team, Hedeen will report directly to Open Mortgage President Joe Stephenson and will leverage her extensive background in analysis and fiscal planning to create a robust company-wide analytical infrastructure and implement comprehensive financial management standards. Staying abreast of industry trends and best practices, she will lead her department to success by ensuring they have the resources and training needed to perform their duties, as well as work cross-functionally across departments to achieve the financial goals of the organization.
"After much deliberation and following an extensive search to fill the CFO position, Brenda stood out for her impeccable record of notable business impact and ability to empower high performance and professional development among her team," said Stephenson. "Her results-driven approach and collaborative leadership style will allow Open Mortgage to further optimize a data-based financial framework that advances the company's business strategy."
Most recently, Hedeen served as On Q Financial, Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to working for On Q Financial, Hedeen was promoted to CFO of Mann Mortgage, LLC from her previous positions as Assistant CFO and Controller. Additionally, she has held roles in private and public accounting where her career growth was powered by a keen eye for optimization. Hedeen is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned her master's in accounting from Stetson University and a bachelor's in accounting at Baker College, online.
The appointments of Hedeen to CFO and Nolte to Chief Legal Officer come during increased company expansion and following multiple additions to the Open Mortgage executive and senior leadership team in the past two years. These include President Joe Stephenson, Chief Compliance Officer Andrea Easter, Chief Revenue Officer Scott Harkless and the selection of several Senior Vice Presidents in the Marketing, Human Resources and Forward Operations divisions.
About Open Mortgage
Open Mortgage is a multi-channel mortgage lender. At Open Mortgage, we believe that better is possible, and we are constantly striving to bring a better mortgage experience for everyone. We are committed to helping families purchase homes. Founded in 2003, Open Mortgage is headquartered in Austin, TX and has retail locations nationwide. For additional information, visit openmortgage.com.
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- Tezos, an energy-efficient blockchain, returns to Art Basel at Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 as a leading choice for upcoming and prominent contemporary artists in the world of NFT art
- Titled 'NFTs + The Ever-Evolving World of Art', the exhibition will be displayed at Art Basel Hong Kong from May 27 to 29 2022, and will showcase the next frontier in digital contemporary art, with a spotlight on generative art
- The interactive exhibition space will feature a showcase designed in collaboration with leading generative art platform FXhash, allowing visitors to receive a unique generative artwork NFT from participating artists in a first-of-it's kind interactive NFT gallery experience
SINGAPORE, May 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Non-fungible tokens (NFT) and generative art will be making waves at this year's Art Basel Hong Kong in an exhibition built on Tezos (www.tezos.com), an energy-efficient public blockchain. Running from May 27 to 29, 'NFTs + The Ever-Evolving World of Art' marks the very first Tezos exhibition at Art Basel Hong Kong and will showcase the works of over 20 contemporary generative digital artists from around the world, each distinguished by their own unique styles and disciplines, effectively showcasing the diversity, strength, and potential of NFTs as an art medium.
With a dedicated 250m2 exhibition space located at Hall 1A of Hong Kong's Convention & Exhibition Centre, 'NFTs + The Ever-Evolving World of Art' will see numerous projected works by leading generative and NFT artists hailing from the region across Brunei, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea. The exhibition will also see global representation, with artists from both North America and Europe, specifically from Bulgaria, Canada, France, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, and the United States.
Participating artists include renowned Filipino painter and interdisciplinary artist Bjorn Calleja, whose works reflect the interplay between the micro- and macrocosms of humans within and against their environments; award-winning Singaporean artist Yeo Shih Yun who fuses traditional Chinese ink painting with contemporary new mediums; China's Song Ting who created the very first NFT artwork to be auctioned on China Guardian, one of the world's largest auction houses; as well as Franco-Canadian artist Nicolas Sassoon whose work, characterized by pixelated forms and figures, has been exhibited at renowned institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art (US), Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), and Centre Pompidou (FR).
The space will also include the renowned work of artists from around the globe: Nicolas Sassoon (France) Qingnan Tan (Random Combo) (China), Chaeseok (CS) Lim (South Korea), Lionel Radisson (makio135) (France), Yazid Azahari (Brunei), Munira Hamzah (Mumu the stan) (Malaysia), Iskra Velitchkova (Bulgaria), Michaël Zancan (France), Sarah Ridgley (United States), Aleksandra Jovanić (Serbia), Park Se Jin (08AM) (South Korea), Fan Yi Wen (Reva) (China), Matt DesLauriers (Canada), and Wieslaw Borkowski (baiwei) (Poland).
The overall exhibit incorporates a first-of-its-kind interactive installation created in collaboration with FXhash, a leading generative art NFT marketplace on Tezos. Visitors to the space will be able to interact with the installation and live-mint a 1/1 generative artwork NFT from one of the participating artist series, which will be simultaneously displayed in the installation and also sent to the visitor's own NFT wallet as a gift. Designed as a generative living experience, the installation will update itself in real-time as artworks are created and gifted, replenishing the art on the wall with new renditions, also each unique 1/1 NFTs created by world-renowned artists. Participating in this interactive generative art installation will be Yazid Azahari, Sarah Ridgley, Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez, Ryan Bell, Jinyao Lin, Aluan Wang, Max Oshima (Lunarean), and Aleksandra Jovanić. Generative artworks are seen as a collaborative effort between 'human' and 'machine', where an artist creates an algorithm that is capable of producing pieces independently–once triggered by some input from the user, unique artwork is generated based on the algorithmic vision of the artist.
The interactive installation is expected to generate and gift between 5,000-8,000 editions of the works of the participating generative artists. To interact, visitors will scan a QR code in this exhibition space which will trigger the live-minting of a new artwork, which will then be projected in the exhibition. This will all take place in real-time, giving audiences a first-hand opportunity to engage and collaboratively generate their own one-of-a-kind artwork. These works will be minted as NFTs on the Tezos blockchain and will be accessible via Tezos' browser-based Kukai (https://kukai.app/) wallet. Users will automatically be issued a wallet at the point of minting, created via direct authorization login to one's social media account of choice.
Commenting on the upcoming exhibition, Singaporean visual artist Yeo Shih Yun said: "Throughout the course of the history of the art world, definitions as to what constitutes art have evolved over time. To see NFTs making their way to yet another edition of Art Basel points to the growing legitimacy of the medium as artists and collectors around the world recognize its value beyond crypto circles and social media. For artists such as myself, NFTs have provided a valuable platform to further my craft while enabling me to connect with a community of millions of creators who've all rallied around this technology and its ability to empower creatives across the globe."
Yeo Shih Yun is a renowned Singaporean contemporary artist whose works reinterpret the traditional craft of Chinese ink painting with new media and performance art. To date, her works have received both local and international acclaim, including a commission by the Singapore Art Museum in 2011 — the country's first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum. Shih Yun's painting, "Conversations with Trees" was one of the finalists nominated for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize and was awarded the Sovereign Asian Art Prize People's Choice Award in 2012, before the painting was finally auctioned by Christie's Asia. In 1999 and 2007, Shih Yun also won the UOB Painting of the Year Competition (Distinction in Abstract category).
Looking at art in its totality, the most substantial increase in sales amongst the different regions was attributed to Asia, with an aggregate rise of 31%. The biggest contributors to this uptick include countries such as Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and Japan. While US buyers still accounted for the biggest portion of sales made in 2021, Asian collectors made up one third of all bids by value worldwide and almost half (46%) of the bid-on or bought lots over $5 million. This trend is mirrored in the NFTs space. Today, the continent is home to four out of five of the most NFT-curious countries in the world, with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35 percent of the US$22 billion global NFT industry. With such excitement concentrated in the continent, the exhibition looks to celebrate the staggering rise of NFT art and the potential that it stands to bring to the traditional art world. In particular, the exhibition also seeks to spotlight generative art, a category of art that is squarely at the intersection of art and technology.
Commenting on the exhibition, Katherine Ng, Head of Marketing and Operations at TZ APAC, said: "As the leading contemporary art fair in the world, it's exciting to once again see the art community able to gather and celebrate the spirit of innovation in today's art scene. To have the opportunity to showcase some of the world's leading digital art talent is at the heart of what the Tezos ecosystem is celebrated for. NFTs have given these creators an unprecedented opportunity to reach new audiences, hone their craft, and make a name for themselves in an online forum, effectively rewriting the rulebook when it comes to the accessibility of the art world."
In addition to the live-minting interactive showcase, the Tezos experience space will also feature a 'Genius Bar'-style set-up, enabling artists, gallerists, and curators to learn more about NFTs directly from the Tezos ecosystem teams.
"In line with this year's theme of 'NFTs + the Ever-Evolving World of Art', we're excited to showcase especially innovative works that point to NFTs and their limitlessness as a medium, empowering artists as it redefines the scope and scale of today's art world in the digital age. It's time that we recognize this new generation of digital talent in a traditional forum as the worlds of modern art, technology, and the creator economy continue to converge," continued Katherine.
With its energy-efficient design and low transaction fees, the Tezos ecosystem has cultivated a strong foundation of NFT artists, collectors, and builders from around the world, including cutting-edge brands looking to further their footprint in Web3. These include Formula 1 racing teams Red Bull Honda Racing and McLaren Racing, banking behemoth Société Générale, gaming giant Ubisoft, American fashion brand GAP, and many more.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 will feature 130 local and international exhibitors. For those unable to attend the event in person, galleries will also be presenting their work online as part of 'Art Basel Live: Hong Kong', in dedicated Online Viewing Rooms. 'NFTs and the Ever-Evolving World of Art' will be on view on an invite-only basis from May 24 to 30, 2022, with access to the general public from May 27 to 29, 2022 at Hong Kong's Convention & Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. For more information, please visit: https://artbasel.com/hong-kong/at-the-show
Singaporean visual artist Yeo Shih Yun and TZ APAC Head of Marketing and Operations Katherine Ng are both available for interviews
About Tezos
Tezos is smart money, redefining what it means to hold and exchange value in a digitally connected world. A self-upgradable and energy-efficient Proof of Stake blockchain with a proven track record, Tezos seamlessly adopts tomorrow's innovations without network disruptions today. For more information, please visit www.tezos.com.
About TZ APAC
TZ APAC Pte. Ltd. ("TZ APAC") is the leading Asia-based blockchain adoption entity supporting the Tezos ecosystem. It designs value-added blockchain transformation strategies for enterprises and creators with a bottom-up approach, working closely with blockchain experts and other stakeholders in the Tezos ecosystem. TZ APAC is supported by the Tezos Foundation and is headquartered in Singapore. For more information, please visit www.tzapac.com.
About FXhash
FXhash is an open platform where artists can publish Generative Tokens which are stored on the Tezos blockchain. Generative Tokens are programs designed to produce random outputs. Once a Generative Token is enabled (when the artist decides it), anyone with a Tezos wallet can mint their own unique iteration of the Generative Token. Each iteration produces a unique piece that is stored as an NFT on the Tezos blockchain. The NFTs are FA2 compliant, which means that they can be exchanged like any other NFT everywhere in the Tezos ecosystem. For more information, please visit: www.fxhash.xyz.
About Art Basel
Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world's premier art shows for Modern and contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. Art Basel's engagement has expanded beyond art fairs through new digital platforms and a number of new initiatives such as the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast, and the BMW Art Journey. Art Basel's Global Media Partner is The Financial Times. For further information, please visit www.artbasel.com.
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Biden pushes infrastructure plans in visit to New Hampshire
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden went to Portsmouth Harbor in New Hampshire on Tuesday to highlight how last year’s infrastructure can improve shipping and help resolve the country’s supply chain debacles that have contributed to inflation at a 40-year high.
The president used the trip to say that America is healthier than ever as it emerges from the coronavirus pandemic and a severe but short recession. It’s a crucial message as polling suggests many voters are uncomfortable about the future and Biden’s own economic leadership as high inflation has overwhelmed the job gains during his watch.
“We’re the only country in the world that I believe has come out of every crisis we faced stronger than when we went in,” Biden said. “Literally, stronger than we went in. That’s the history of the journey of this country.”
Biden’s destination was the state’s only deep water harbor, making it a critical way station for home heating oil, fiberoptic cables and rock gypsum, which is used to produce drywall. Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan faces New Hampshire voters this year as she seeks a second term. Her seat is a Democratic bulwark in the evenly split Senate, one that the administration seeks to protect.
Under the $1 trillion infrastructure law, $1.7 million will be used to dredge the harbor’s shipping channel and basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers already spent $18.2 million to make it easier for larger ships to access the harbor, a project intended to reduce delays that cause higher prices for consumers.
Overall, the law includes $17 billion for upgrading port facilities at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has caused havoc on international supply chains. The president rattled off the other infrastructure investments from the law, including the replacement of lead water pipes, the build-out of broadband internet, projects to protect against climate change and repairs to roads and bridges.
“There’s so much more in this law. I’m not going to bore you with the rest of it, but it’s significant,” said Biden, whose speech then touched on inflation coming out of the pandemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, taxes, prescription drug prices and lowering the budget deficit.
Biden’s trip is his second to New Hampshire as president. The state was his first stop after he signed the infrastructure legislation in November, and he spoke in front of an old bridge that’s overdue for repairs.
The president has repeatedly focused on these kinds of initiatives as his more ambitious agenda to boost education, social services and climate change initiatives remains stalled.
With the midterm elections approaching later this year, Biden is eager to convince voters that one of his administration’s top accomplishments is creating concrete progress after years of unfulfilled promises from his predecessor, President Donald Trump, who never cut a deal on infrastructure spending.
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New virtual care platform helps health systems widen their own digital front doors.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyCare, Inc., the nation's only virtual-first care platform built with Epic, today announced the closing of $24 million in series A funding backed by 8VC, LRVHealth, Bold Capital, and Spectrum Health Ventures.
KeyCare offers health systems the ability to easily augment their care teams, optimize capacity, and widen their digital front doors by partnering with a nationwide network of virtual care groups. Patients can schedule appointments with a variety of Virtualists via their own health system's MyChart portal or call center. Virtualists then complete the encounter on KeyCare's Epic platform, thus ensuring a seamless experience and interoperable records.
"People expect a connected and convenient digital care experience," said Alan Hutchison, vice president of population health at Epic. "Rather than routing them through a disconnected, standalone system, KeyCare unifies the virtual care experience in concert with participating hospitals and health systems."
"KeyCare is addressing health systems' critical need for staffing options that provide patients with high-quality, integrated virtual care," said Sebastian Caliri, partner at 8VC. "By building with the Epic platform and working closely with health systems, KeyCare is in a unique position to improve patient access, expand provider capacity, and streamline care delivery across the country -- for example, by giving patients access to 24/7, 50-state urgent care Virtualists through connected Epic platforms."
As of July 2022, KeyCare has launched their system by providing services to BHSH System's Spectrum Health West Michigan Division. "Working with KeyCare allows us to provide a tremendously convenient experience for our patients, while ensuring quality via robust data sharing and streamlined clinical workflows between our two Epic instances," said Mandy Reed, BHSH Spectrum Health West Michigan's Director of Virtual Health Operations. "After working with numerous telehealth providers in the past, I can say with confidence that there is no other virtual care platform that can match KeyCare's capabilities."
"We created KeyCare to make sure health systems had better options for expanding virtual care services to their patients in the most convenient and safest way possible," said Lyle Berkowitz, MD, founder and CEO of KeyCare. "Being part of the Epic community helps ensure we have an incredibly powerful tech stack with easy connectivity to the majority of health systems in the nation. And there is no better health system partner to kick things off with than the forward-thinking team at Spectrum Health."
The Chicago and Madison-based virtual care company will use the proceeds of the Series A investment to increase its staff and prepare for rapid growth sparked by demand for virtual care services from large healthcare organizations.
KeyCare and Spectrum Health will be presenting more details about their innovative use of the Epic platform and its Telehealth Anywhere technology at Epic's User Group Meeting August 22 to 24 in Verona, Wisconsin.
About KeyCare
KeyCare is an Epic-based virtual care platform designed to help forward-thinking health systems improve access and quality by expanding their virtual care options for patients. With KeyCare, health systems can easily augment their care teams and widen their digital front doors.
KeyCare offers health systems access to a network of independent virtual care providers working on KeyCare's Epic-based platform. Health systems can start with nationwide virtual urgent care coverage, and then may add other virtual health services based on their virtual care initiatives. To learn more about KeyCare, visit www.keycare.org.
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BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everlight Solar is thrilled to invite customers and the community to their grand opening and ribbon cutting on Friday, September 23rd at 12pm. As proud members of the MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce, Everlight Solar is excited to help the residents of the north metro and surrounding areas go green!
Join the celebration with games such as cornhole, ping-pong, billiards, and even basketball! Lunch will be provided.
In addition, Everlight Solar will host a food donation drive for the Second Harvest Heartland! Their mission is to end hunger together. In 2020, they provided 105 million meals to more than 1,000 food pantries that serve Minnesota and Wisconsin. They accept all unopened items and are in need of peanut butter, pasta, rice, soups, personal hygiene item, diaper, juice, coffee, and snack foods currently.
Everlight Solar is the fastest-growing solar company in the Midwest, with operations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. To learn more about open jobs or about going solar for your own home, visit www.everlightsolar.com.
Hope to see you there!
Address: Everlight Solar, 10501 Winnetka Ave N Suite 170
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Teleperformance is the only Multinational Business Process Outsourcing company recognized on Europe's Great Place to Work® Top 25 rankings
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teleperformance, a leading global group in digitally integrated business services, announced that it is ranked in the top ten amongst multinational workplaces in Europe by Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture. By earning the prestigious Best Workplaces in Europe™ certification, Teleperformance continues to set the highest people standards for the European Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry as well as for organizations in all other industries.
The Teleperformance Group countries included in this recognition are Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The list is based on confidential survey data representing 1.4 million employees from over 3,000 companies across 37 countries in Europe. This recognition is based on confidential survey data assessing employee experiences of trust, innovation, company values and leadership.
Companies are also evaluated on how well they are creating a "For All™" workplace experience, diverse and inclusive of all employees no matter who they are or what they do. At the Best Workplaces in Europe, being able to offer unique benefits to employees makes a big difference. Teleperformance's Europe operations scored strong for overall trust, fairness and pride in the company by its more than 80,000 European team members. It operates over 120 facilities throughout Europe and provides work from home services, which over 70% of its staff currently utilize.
With all the challenges facing global markets in the years ahead, focusing on workplace culture will be essential to ensure organizations survive—and even thrive.
"Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in Europe for putting the well-being of their employees first," said Michael C. Bush, Global CEO of Great Place to Work®. "During an incredibly challenging time for the region, these companies created equitable workplaces by providing flexibility and supporting their employees through strife. The Best Workplaces in Europe embody the mission of Great Place to Work® and are indeed making work great work 'For All™'."
"We are extremely proud to be recognized among the top ten Best Workplaces in Europe in 2022, and especially honored to be the top ranked BPO company on the list," said Yannis Tourcomanis, President, Teleperformance CEMEA. "We are grateful to be recognized for prioritizing workplace culture and employee diversity, inclusion, and well-being and congratulate all of our management teams in Europe for always putting our people first."
"At Teleperformance, our employees are the focus of our business, and we constantly seek opportunities to hear their voices both internally and through independent forums," said Alan Winters, Chief People Officer, Teleperformance. "In our continuous effort to provide them with a welcoming culture, we embarked on a wide-scale project inviting more than 350,000 employees worldwide to take the Great Place to Work (GPTW®) Trust Index© Survey last month, June 2022. These GPTW® certifications demonstrate our steadfast commitment to embrace inclusive practices that help our 420,000 employees around the world with an environment that empowers them to succeed, advance, and grow."
With a top global priority of people care, over 97% of Teleperformance employees worldwide currently work in independently certified great employer operations.
The company welcomes applicants from across the globe to apply for exciting work options. Interested applicants can go to www.teleperformance.com.
Teleperformance (TEP – ISIN: FR0000051807 – Reuters: TEPRF.PA - Bloomberg: TEP FP), the global leader in outsourced customer and citizen experience management and related digital services, serves as a strategic partner to the world's largest companies in many industries. It offers a One Office support services model including end-to-end digital solutions, which guarantee successful customer interaction and optimized business processes, anchored in a unique, comprehensive high touch, high tech approach. Nearly 420,000 employees, based in 88 countries, support billions of connections every year in over 265 languages and around 170 markets, in a shared commitment to excellence as part of the "Simpler, Faster, Safer" process. This mission is supported by the use of reliable, flexible, intelligent technological solutions and compliance with the industry's highest security and quality standards, based on Corporate Social Responsibility excellence. In 2021, Teleperformance reported consolidated revenue of €7,115 million (US$8.4 billion, based on €1 = $1.18) and net profit of €557 million.
Teleperformance shares are traded on the Euronext Paris market, Compartment A, and are eligible for the deferred settlement service. They are included in the following indices: CAC 40, STOXX 600, S&P Europe 350, MSCI Global Standard and Euronext Tech Leaders. In the area of corporate social responsibility, Teleperformance shares are included in the Euronext Vigeo Euro 120 index since 2015, the EURO STOXX 50 ESG index since 2020, the MSCI Europe ESG Leaders index since 2019, the FTSE4Good index since 2018 and the S&P Global 1200 ESG index since 2017.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 300 senior leaders will gather in Houston at Operational Excellence in Oil & Gas this November 1-3, 2022.
Executives from Shell, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Delek, Baker Hughes, NOVA Chemicals, Chesapeake Energy, EDF Renewables North America, Ovintiv, ConocoPhillips, BASF and many more will share how they have unlocked the power of their people to drive operational excellence and tackle the larger economic challenges facing the industry.
In an event first, Gretchen Watkins, President of Shell USA, will be answering questions in a live podcast with Mark LaCour, Editor in Chief of Oil and Gas Global Network where they will discuss how Shell is justifying record profits while prices are rising at the pumps, and how Shell plans to balance energy security with the need to meet demand for oil and gas, while trying to decarbonize and bring down costs.
Alongside Gretchen, more than 40 industry leading speakers are confirmed to attend, including:
- Jason Gislason, Chief Digital Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
- Grigor Bambekov, Senior Vice President, Business Transformation, Delek
- Maria Claudia Borras, Executive Vice President, Oilfield Services, Baker Hughes
- Walter Pesenti, Vice President, Manufacturing Excellence, NOVA Chemicals
- Morgan Hager, Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment and Regulatory, Chesapeake Energy
- Rémi Raphael, Vice President of Digital Transformation, EDF Renewables North America
- Vineeta Maguire, Vice President Supply Management, Ovintiv
- Mark Hutcherson, Director, Low Carbon Projects & Technology, ConocoPhillips
Dr Faye Gerard, Vice President, Low Carbon and Sustainability said: "Thank you for such a terrific summit. It's so good to be in person again. These gatherings give us a boost of activation energy."
The event offers pre-conference workshops, interactive discussion groups, panels, case studies, workshops, networking sessions and more, on a variety of topics including: Operational Resilience, Data-Driven Operational Excellence, Asset Performance Optimization, Leadership & Culture, Safety, Process Improvement, Change Management and more.
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Police help groom who nearly missed his wedding
BOSTON (WVCB) - A Boston groom was stranded on his wedding day with his groomsmen while the bride was left waiting, but the Boston Police Harbor Patrol saved the day.
Patrick and Hannah Mahony’s big day almost never happened after mechanical issues put the harbor between the bride and groom.
“I was in a little bit of a panic,” Patrick Mahony said.
The couple’s wedding was to take place on Thompson Island, and the boat the groom was supposed to take broke down. He was left stranded at the dock.
“It was our florist, our DJ, all of the groomsmen, the groom. So I think it would have just been a bunch of girls sitting on the island waiting around if that happens,” Hannah Mahony said.
This is when authorities stepped in to help.
The replacement ferry ended up leaving about 40 minutes late from the harbor, but the officers were able to make up time on the water.
Officers Joseph Matthews and Stefani McGrath were able to get everyone to the island safely, and Matthews said he hopes the police escort will be a fun memory to look back on.
“We had six minutes to spare,” Matthews said. “It will give them something to remember. Getting a ride on a police boat is kind of special for their big night.”
Despite the rocky start to the day, Patrick Mahony said nothing would have stopped him from tying the knot with his bride.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX: CMMC) (ASX: C6C) (the "Company" or "Copper Mountain") announces second quarter 2022 financial and operating results. All currency is in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All results are reported on a 100% basis. The Company's Financial Statements and Management's Discussion & Analysis ("MD&A") are available at www.CuMtn.com and www.sedar.com.
- Production in Q2 2022 was 16.1 million pounds of copper equivalent, including 13.3 million pounds of copper, 5,792 ounces of gold, and 61,628 ounces of silver.
- Revenue for Q2 2022 was $59.1 million from the sale of 12.9 million pounds of copper, 5,069 ounces of gold, and 57,653 ounces of silver.
- C1 cash cost (1) per pound of copper produced in Q2 2022 was US$2.92.
- All-in sustaining cost ("AISC") (1) per pound of copper produced was US$3.65 and all-in cost ("AIC") (1) per pound of copper produced was US$4.93.
- Net loss for Q2 2022 was $5.3 million, or ($0.02) on a per-share basis.
- Cash flow from operations for Q2 2022 was $9.0 million, or $0.04 on a per-share basis(1).
- Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of June 30, 2022 was $92.2 million.
- Installed and commissioned additional cleaner circuit capacity to handle higher mill feed grade at higher tonnage rates.
- Received the 2022 Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Environmental Excellence Award in recognition of the Company's Electric Trolley Assist project.
"There were a number of challenging issues in the second quarter contributing to lower production and higher costs," commented Gil Clausen, Copper Mountain's President and CEO. "Most of the impact to production came from lower-grade ore and crushing circuit throughput. The mining of the last benches of Phase 2 from a lower grade area and the top cuts of the new North Pit, which was lower-grade and oxidized with some high clay content zones, created a sticky feed that impacted crushing circuit performance with clogged chutes and crushers plugging. Further, a stripping delay in Phase 4 slowed down the release of higher grade clean ore. Post quarter end, we started the ore release in Phase 4, and with the first half of the year behind us, we plan on delivering the higher production levels forecast for the remainder of the year. ncreased production will be largely driven by a few factors. First, as we finished mining through the bottom of Phase 2 and worked through the top oxidized benches of the North Pit, we will advance the clean ore in the North Pit and Phase 4 which will allow for higher recovery and support processing at full capacity. Second, we expect grades to average around 0.30% Cu for the remainder of the year as we mine mostly higher-grade ore from Phase 4, which is planned for late July. And third, copper recovery is expected to increase further with the completion of our plant optimization and improvement projects. With increased grade, recovery, and throughput, we expect strong production in the second half of 2022, with the fourth quarter being the strongest quarter, and carry that production through 2023 and 2024."
Mr. Clausen continued, "We are completing the engineering work on the Life of Mine technical study that will include a new updated mineral reserve and mineral resource estimate for the Copper Mountain Mine. The study includes trade-off analyses and scenario plans to evaluate throughput options for mill expansion. We expect this study to be published in September."
Production
The Copper Mountain Mine produced 13.3 million pounds of copper, 5,792 ounces of gold, and 61,628 ounces of silver in Q2 2022, compared to 25.5 million pounds of copper, 7,627 ounces of gold, and 147,973 ounces of silver in Q2 2021. Production was lower during the quarter due to lower grade and reduced mill throughput.
Mill feed grade in Q2 2022 was 0.23% Cu as compared to Q2 2021 of 0.42%. Ore was delivered to the mill from a lower grade area of Phase 2, the development phase of the North Pit, and from the low-grade stockpile during the quarter. All these sources resulted in lower mill feed grade in the quarter compared to Q2 2021. Phase 2 was mined out fully in June. Phase 4 higher grade ore release was delayed due to stripping shortfalls in the first half, resulting in the start of Phase 4 ore being released in mid-July.
Above average employee absences due to several reasons, including COVID-19, limited maintenance and operations staffing during the quarter, and impacted overall mine production. Contracted labour alleviated this issue, but resulted in higher labor costs. Hiring full time replacement equipment operators was progressing well by quarter end with mine production back on track. The commencement of mining in the North Pit was also later than planned due to regulatory delays of a few months as additional test work was requested on potential acid rock drainage from the North Pit. The Company completed this test work and received full permission to mine the North Pit early in the quarter.
Supply chain issues, including a lack of available parts for some of the mine's production drills, severely limited drilled and blasted inventory levels, further impacting stripping production and delaying some Phase 4 waste removal. This situation has steadily improved during the quarter, which allowed mine production to be increased, advancing the Phase 4 waste stripping in the Copper Mountain Mine Main Pit to expose higher grade ore starting in mid-July. Ore feed grades will improve in the year's second half to about 0.30% Cu for H2 2022, with the higher-grade Phase 4 ore being the primary ore supply for the remainder of 2022. Phase 4 higher grade ore will also be the main ore supply for 2023, driving increased production.
The mill processed a total of 3.3 million tonnes of ore during the quarter as compared to 3.4 million tonnes in Q2 2021. Mill throughput was restricted due to the availability of crushed ore from the crushing circuit. The processing of wet, higher clay ore from the bottom of Phase 2 and low-grade stockpile, and oxidized higher clay ore from the top benches of the North Pit, negatively impacted crusher circuit performance during the quarter. The crushing circuit with its newly installed main shaft continues to perform well when processing clean ore, consistent with historical performance. The Company started implementing improvements to the crushing circuit during the quarter to support sustainable design performance on the varying ore types. Implementation of these improvements, which began in June, is resulting in throughput improvements and the milling circuit is ready to process the design throughput.
Copper recovery was 79.1% in Q2 2022 as compared to 79.4% in Q2 2021. The milling of high oxide material from the initial benches of the North Pit and some higher oxide material in the low-grade stockpile negatively impacted recovery. The Company has now mined through most of the North Pit higher oxide zones. It expects the copper recovery to improve for the remainder of the year, with even further increases scheduled with the completion of the plant improvement and optimization projects and Phase 4 ore supply coming online.
Mill availability averaged 89.0% for Q2 2022 as compared to 94.1% in Q2 2021. Mill availability was impacted by the feed lines sanding and plugging to Ball Mill 3 when operating at low tonnage rates. This was modified at the end of the quarter and Ball Mill 3 can now support stable production at all tonnages rates.
The Company continues to advance its plant improvement and optimization projects at the mine. The installation of an additional large column flotation cell to increase cleaner circuit capacity was completed and fully commissioned during the quarter. This large new flotation cell provides additional cleaner circuit capacity to handle higher mill feed grades at higher tonnage rates. The new filter press has also been installed and is in the final stages of commissioning. This second filter press will allow for maintaining design mill tonnage rates during extended periods of higher grades, eliminating the requirement to reduce mill tonnage as was experienced in 2021. The new filters will fully support the planned increased production levels in the second half of 2022 and 2023 at any grade. The expansion to the rougher flotation circuit is about 40% complete and is now planned to be completed in Q4 2022, which will support high recovery, especially on slower kinetic ore types. Supply chain issues delayed the delivery of certain parts of the rougher expansion, pushing the completion date by a few months.
Costs
C1 cash cost, AISC and AIC per pound of copper produced are non-GAAP financial measures. See "Cautionary Note Regarding Non-GAAP Performance Measures" in this press release.
C1 cash cost per pound of copper produced, net of precious metal credits, for Q2 2022 was US$2.92, as compared to US$1.38 in Q2 2021. The variance in C1 cash costs for Q2 2022, as compared to Q2 2021, was due to several items, including:
- Lower copper production due to lower mill feed grade and reduced mill throughput; and,
- Inflationary pressures increased the cost of fuel, grinding media, and mobile equipment repairs,
With production levels expected to increase throughout the remainder of the year and an easing of the temporary operating costs from H1 2022, the Company anticipates C1 cash cost per pound of copper produced to markedly improve for the remainder of 2022.
AISC per pound of copper produced for Q2 2022 was US$3.65, compared to US$1.83 in Q2 2021. AISC carries forward from C1 cash costs with the addition of $12.3 million in sustaining capital, lease, and applicable administration expenditures in Q2 2022 compared to $14.1 million in Q2 2021. The increase in AISC is carried forward from higher C1 cash costs and higher sustaining capital of $8.9 million in Q2 2022 compared to sustaining capital of $7.0 million in Q2 2021.
Sustaining capital costs for Q2 2022 were higher than Q2 2021 mainly due to $2.9 million of expenditures for the new road overpass that will eliminate traffic interference with haulage trucks on the main waste haul road, thereby improving productivity by reducing haul truck cycle times and delays. Capital expenditures for these haul truck productivity improvements were completed in Q2 2022. Sustaining capital also includes costs associated with the mine's environmental water management projects. The mine water management projects have been substantially advanced and are expected to be fully completed in Q3 2022.
AIC per pound of copper produced for Q2 2022 was US$4.93, as compared to US$2.06 in Q2 2021. AIC carries forward from AISC with the addition of $21.7 million in deferred stripping as compared to $7.1 million in deferred stripping in Q2 2021. Deferred stripping costs in Q2 2022 were from regular development activities as the Company continued to advance the development of the higher grade Phase 4 pushback of the Main Pit.
In Q2 2022, revenue was $59.1 million, net of pricing adjustments and treatment charges, compared to $142.1 million in Q2 2021. Revenue in Q2 2022 is based on the sale of 12.9 million pounds of copper, 5,069 ounces of gold, and 57,653 ounces of silver. This compares to 21.7 million pounds of copper, 6,545 ounces of gold, and 121,291 ounces of silver sold in Q2 2021. The decrease in revenue was due to lower quantities of all metals sold and at a lower average price.
Cost of sales in Q2 2022 was $68.3 million as compared to $56.3 million for Q2 2021. The increase in cost of sales can largely be attributed to the increase in higher fuel and steel costs, and increased maintenance contractor support required to assist with managing COVID-19 absences, and other related workforce absences.
The Company generated a gross loss of $9.2 million in Q2 2022 as compared to a gross profit of $85.8 million for Q2 2021. The Company reported a net loss of $5.3 million for Q2 2022 as compared to a net income of $38.7 million for Q2 2021. The variance in net income for Q2 2022, as compared to Q2 2021, was due to several items, including:
- Lower revenue in Q2 2022 due to fewer pounds of copper sold as compared to Q2 2021.
- Q2 2022 included a $15.9 million negative mark to market and final adjustment from provisional pricing on concentrate sales, as compared to an $8.8 million positive mark to market and final adjustment from provisional pricing on concentrate sales for Q2 2021.
- Higher cost of sales in Q2 2022 due to increased operating costs as compared to Q2 2021.
On an adjusted basis, the Company recorded net earnings of $3.7 million in Q2 2022, or $0.02 per share, compared to net earnings of $32.2 million in Q2 2021, or $0.15 per share.
Copper Mountain Mine, Canada
The Company's mill optimization and improvement projects at the mine site continue to progress. The cleaner column expansion project was completed and commissioned during the quarter and the filter press expansion was completed and is in commissioning. The rougher expansion project has experienced some delays due to supply chain issues and is now expected to be completed in Q4 2022. Phase 1 of the Trolley Assist project was completed during the first quarter and the one-kilometer trolley-assist haul ramp and seven pantograph-equipped electric haul trucks were successfully commissioned.
Eva Copper Project, Australia
The Company announced updated economics for the Eva Copper Project, including capital and operating costs, at the end of 2021. The Company continues to advance project financing and detailed engineering on the project. In addition, the Company is evaluating strategic opportunities for the Eva Copper Project, and has engaged Macquarie Capital to assist with this process.
Exploration Update
Canada
The drilling program, which was initiated in March 2021 with the objective of expanding resources and reserves at the Copper Mountain Main Pit, North Pit, and New Ingerbelle, is complete. The program consisted of a total of 38,000 metres of diamond drilling. Results were positive with significant copper intersections below the current reserve pits.
In January 2022, the Company announced continued positive results from drilling at New Ingerbelle, extending mineralization at depth and to the west. For further details, please see the Company's January 20, 2022, and September 9, 2021 press releases. The Company plans to incorporate the results of the 2021-2022 drilling program into an updated mineral reserves and mineral resources estimate, along with a new "Life of Mine Plan", which is expected to be published in the third quarter of 2022.
Australia
In late 2021, the Company completed an exploration program on its Cameron Copper Project, located approximately 40 kilometres south of its Eva Copper Project. The program was designed to discover additional copper, copper-gold or gold deposits. The program, which consisted of detailed geophysical, geochemical, and geological surveys followed by drill testing, produced encouraging results with multiple mineralized zones identified. A total of 60 reverse circulation holes (6,997 metres of drilling) and 7 diamond drill holes (1,341 metres of drilling) were completed on a series of targets at Cameron (C1, C1 South, C2, C3, C6, and C24). The drill program encountered intercepts of high-grade mineralization, within long, low-grade mineralized envelopes, with lateral continuity between intercepts of up to 1 kilometre. For drill hole results please see Copper Mountain's October 12, 2021 press release.
The Company is currently conducting a review and evaluation of exploration targets on the entire Cameron license block. Data from last years program is being integrated with open file geophysical data to produce an improved understanding of the structural and stratigraphic setting of copper prospects at Cameron. Additional geophysical surveys are planned for the second half of 2022 and will guide subsequent drill testing of targets.
This section of the press release provides management's production and cost estimates for 2022. See "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in this press release. AIC per pound of copper produced is a non-GAAP financial measure. See "Cautionary Note Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this press release.
As a result of H1 2022 production results, the Company now expects annual production in the range of 65 to 75 million pounds of copper. The Company expects production in the second half of 2022 to be considerably higher than the first half of 2022 as the Company begins to mine from higher grade ore from Phase 4 of the Copper Mountain Main Pit in July. The higher grade Phase 4 ore is expected throughout the remainder of 2022 and through 2023. As a result, the Company is reiterating its 2023 production guidance range of between 90 to 105 million pounds of copper.
The Company is increasing its AIC per pound of copper cost guidance for 2022 to the range of between US$2.75 and US$3.25 because of the higher-than-planned AIC in H1 2022 and inflationary pressures noted. As production is expected to increase throughout 2022, and there were a number of non-recurring expenses in H1 2022, the Company expects AIC to improve for the remainder of 2022.
Copper Mountain will host a conference call on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 7:30 am (Pacific Time) for senior management to discuss second quarter 2022 results.
Dial-in information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8650
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 664 6383
Webcast: https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1557958&tp_key=b1495c40ef
Replay information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8677, Passcode: 796638#
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 390 0541, Passcode: 796638#
The conference call replay will be available until 8:59 pm (Pacific Time) on August 1, 2022. An archive of the audio webcast will also be available on the company's website at http://www.cumtn.com.
Copper Mountain's flagship asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain Mine located in southern British Columbia near the town of Princeton. The Copper Mountain Mine currently produces approximately 100 million pounds of copper equivalent per year. Copper Mountain also has the 100% owned development-stage Eva Copper Project, which is expected to add approximately 100 million pounds of copper annually, in Queensland, Australia, and an extensive 2,100 km2 highly prospective land package in the Mount Isa area. Copper Mountain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CMMC" and Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol "C6C".
Additional information is available on the Company's web page at www.CuMtn.com.
On behalf of the Board of
COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORPORATION
"Gil Clausen"
Gil Clausen, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Website: www.CuMtn.com
This document may contain "forward looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document and Copper Mountain does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable securities legislation.
All statements, other than statements of historical facts, are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect our expectations or beliefs regarding future events.
In certain circumstances, forward-looking statements can be identified, but are not limited to, statements which use terminology such as "plans", "expects", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates", "believes", "forecasts", "guidance", scheduled", "target" or variations of such words, or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative of these terms or comparable terminology. In this document, certain forward-looking statements are identified, including production and cost guidance, anticipated production at the Copper Mountain Mine, expectations regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations, financial condition and prospects, anticipated metals prices and the anticipated sensitivity of the Company's financial performance to metals prices, the timing and results of the Company's exploration and development programs, the timing of the Company's plant improvement and optimization projects at the Copper Mountain Mine, the timing of the Company's updated mineral reserves and mineral resources estimate and new life of mine plan for the Copper Mountain Mine, the timing of studies, announcements, and analysis, events that may affect its operations and development projects, anticipated cash flows from operations and related liquidity requirements, the anticipated effect of external factors on revenue, such as commodity prices, estimation of mineral reserves and resources, mine life projections, reclamation costs, economic outlook, the impact of inflation, government regulation of mining operations, and business and acquisition strategies. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance, achievements and opportunities to differ materially from those implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, the successful exploration of the Company's properties in Canada and Australia, market price, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions, extreme weather events, material and labour shortages, the reliability of the historical data referenced in this document and risks set out in Copper Mountain's public documents, including in each management's discussion and analysis and the Company's most recent annual information form, filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The potential effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Copper Mountain's business and operations are unknown at this time, including Copper Mountain's ability to manage challenges and restrictions arising from COVID-19 in the communities in which Copper Mountain operates and its ability to continue to safely operate and to safely return the business to normal operations. The impact of COVID-19 is dependent on a number of factors outside of the Company's control and knowledge, including the effectiveness of the measures taken by public health and governmental authorities to combat the spread of the disease, global economic uncertainties and outlook due to the disease, and the evolving restrictions relating to mining activities and to travel in certain jurisdictions in which Copper Mountain operates. Although Copper Mountain has attempted to identify important factors that could cause the Company's actual results, performance, achievements and opportunities to differ materially from those described in its forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause the Company's results, performance, achievements and opportunities not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. While the Company believes that the information and assumptions used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements.
This document includes certain non-GAAP performance measures that do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). These measures may differ from those used and may not be comparable to such measures as reported by other issuers. The Company believes that these measures are commonly used by certain investors, in conjunction with conventional IFRS measures, to enhance their understanding of the Company's performance. These performance measures are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These measures have been derived from the Company's financial statements and applied on a consistent basis. The calculation and an explanation of these measures is provided in the Company's MD&A and such measures should be read in conjunction with the Company's financial statements.
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Opening of NBA playoffs gives ratings win to ABC, ESPN
By DAVID BAUDER
AP Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no overwhelming favorite for NBA champion as the playoffs start, but that was by no means a problem for ABC and ESPN. The five opening-round games of the playoffs last weekend averaged 4.17 million viewers on the two networks, up 32 percent from last year and the best showing for a playoff start since 2011. The big winner was the Boston Celtics-Brooklyn Nets game Sunday afternoon on ABC, which reached 6.9 million viewers. The Nielsen company says that makes it the most-watched opening round game since 2016. The game was won on a last-second layup by the Celtics, and TV viewership peaked at nearly 10 million people when that happened. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/19/opening-of-nba-playoffs-gives-ratings-win-to-abc-espn/ | 2022-04-19T23:06:21Z |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday.
A lawyer for opponents of the vaccine requirement, which has been blocked nationwide by a federal judge in Texas, said the requirement imposes an “unconstitutionally intolerable choice” for executive branch workers — taking a vaccine they don’t want or losing their jobs.
Judges on the appeals court meanwhile questioned how far the chief executive’s authority goes, asking, theoretically, whether the president could require employees to meet certain healthy body weights or forbid them from smoking at home.
It was the second time arguments on the issue were heard before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of the same court had upheld the Biden requirement for executive branch workers, overturning the Texas judge.
But the full appeals court, currently with 16 active members, vacated the panel ruling and agreed to rehear the case. There was no indication when the court would rule.
Administration lawyers argue that the employees opposing the mandate should have taken their objections not to federal court but to a federal review board, in accordance with the Civil Service Reform Act. The administration also argues that the president has the same authority, under the Constitution, as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.
Arguing for the government, Charles Scarborough of the Department of Justice, said the statute provides employees with “robust” remedies if they successfully challenge the requirement through the review board, including back pay if they are dismissed for not complying.
Addressing whether the president could impose body weight requirements on federal employees, Scarborough said the vaccine requirement is part of a mainstream effort to reduce the incidence of serious COVID-19 cases in the workplace, while a body weight requirement would be among “hypotheticals at the extremes.”
Opponents say the policy is an encroachment on federal workers’ lives that neither the Constitution nor federal statutes authorize. And they argued that a case involving a policy that could cost some workers their jobs if they don’t agree to a medical procedure is not the type of work policy that belongs before a civil service review board.
Biden issued an executive order Sept. 9 ordering vaccinations for all executive branch agency employees, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.
There came a series of varying rulings at the 5th Circuit.
One three-judge panel refused to immediately block the law.
But, a 2-1 ruling on the merits of the case by a different panel upheld Biden’s position. Judges Carl Stewart and James Dennis, both nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, were in the majority. Judge Rhesa Barksdale, a senior judge nominated by President George H.W. Bush, dissented, saying the relief the challengers sought does not fall under the Civil Service Reform Act cited by the administration.
A majority of the full court voted to vacate that ruling and reconsider the case, resulting in Tuesday’s hearing.
Twelve of 16 active judges at the 5th Circuit were nominated to the court by Republicans, including six Trump appointees. Senior judges do not routinely take part in full-court hearings but Barksdale participated in the hearing Tuesday because he had been on the earlier panel. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/ap-court-rehears-fight-over-vaccine-mandate-for-federal-workers/ | 2022-09-14T15:29:31Z |
Severe water shortages strain wheat harvest in Iraq
By SAMYA KULLAB
Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Salah Chelab crushed a husk of wheat plucked from his sprawling farmland south of Baghdad and inspected its seeds in the palm of one hand. They were several grams lighter than he hoped.
“It’s because of the water shortages,” he said, the farm machine roaring behind him, cutting and gathering his year’s wheat harvest.
Chelab had planted most of his 10 acres (4 hectares) of land, but he was only able to irrigate a quarter of it after the Agriculture Ministry introduced strict water quotas during the growing season, he said. The produce he was growing on the rest of it, he fears, “will die without water.”
At a time when worldwide prices for wheat have soared due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iraqi farmers say they are paying the price for a government decision to cut irrigation for agricultural areas by 50%.
The government took the step in the face of severe water shortages arising from high temperatures and drought — believed to be fueled by climate change — and ongoing water extraction by neighboring countries from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. All those factors have heavily strained wheat production.
Wrestling with the water shortage, Iraq’s government has been unable to tackle other long-neglected issues.
Desertification has been blamed as a factor behind this year’s relentless spate of sandstorms. At least 10 have hit the country in the past few months, covering cities with a thick blanket of orange dust, grounding flights and sending thousands to hospitals.
“We need water to solve the problem of desertification, but we also need water to secure our food supplies,” said Essa Fayadh, a senior official at the Environment Ministry. “We don’t have enough for both.”
Iraq relies on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for nearly all of its water needs. Both flow into Iraq from Turkey and Iran. Those countries have constructed dams that have either blocked or diverted water, creating major shortages in Iraq.
Water Resources Minister Mahdi Rasheed told The Associated Press that river levels were down 60% compared to last year.
For Chelab, less water has meant a smaller grain size and lower crop yields.
In 2021, Chelab produced 30,000 tons of wheat, the year before that 32,000, receipts from Trade Ministry silos show. This year, he expects no more than 10,000.
His crops are both rain-fed and irrigated via a channel from the Euphrates. Due to low precipitation levels, he has had to rely on the river water during the growing season, he said.
Government officials say change is necessary.
The current system has been inefficient and unsustainable for decades. Water scarcity is leaving them no choice but to push to modernize antiquated and wasteful farming techniques.
“We have a strategic plan to face drought considering the lack of rain, global warming, and the lack of irrigation coming from neighboring countries as we did not get our share of water entitlements,” said Hamid al-Naif, spokesman at the Agriculture Ministry.
The ministry took measures to devise new types of drought-resistant wheat and introduce methods to increase crop yields.
“We are still dealing with irrigation systems of the 1950s. It has nothing to do with the farmers,” he said. “The state must make it efficient, we must force the farmer to accept it.”
Iraqi farmers have historically been heavily dependent on the state in the production of food, a reliance that policymakers and experts said drains government funds.
The Agriculture Ministry supports farmers by providing everything from harvesting tools, seeds, fertilizers and pesticides at a subsidized rate or for free. Water diverted from rivers for irrigation is given at no cost. The Trade Ministry then stores or buys produce from farmers and distributes it to markets.
Wheat is a key strategic crop, accounting for 70% of total cereal production in the country.
Planting starts in October and harvest typically begins in April and extends to June in some areas. Last year, the Agriculture Ministry slashed subsidies for fertilizers, seeds and pesticides, a move that has angered farmers.
Local demand for the staple is between 5-6 million tons a year. But local production is shrinking with each passing year. In 2021, Iraq produced 4.2 million tons of wheat, according to the Agriculture Ministry. In 2020, it was 6.2 million tons.
“Today we might get 2.5 million tons at best,” said al-Naif. That would require Iraq to drive up imports.
Most of the wheat harvest is usually sold to the Trade Ministry. In a sign of the low harvest, so far there are currently only 373,000 tons of wheat available in Trade Ministry storehouses, al-Naif said.
To meet demands amid the recent global crisis in the grain market, the government recently changed a policy to allow all Iraqi farmers to sell their produce to the Trade Ministry silos. Previously, this was limited to farmers who operated within the government plan.
Back in Chelab’s farm, the wheat is ready to be transported to the silo.
“It’s true we need to develop ourselves,” he said. “But the change should be gradual, not immediate.” | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/05/29/severe-water-shortages-strain-wheat-harvest-in-iraq/ | 2022-05-29T06:59:34Z |
First of its kind institutional liquid staking to bring a new multi-chain standard to enterprise-grade crypto services.
SINGAPORE , June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acala Foundation, the organization driving Acala's decentralized finance network on Polkadot, today announced they are collaborating with Alluvial to introduce the first enterprise-grade liquid staking solution for DOT, the native token of the Layer 0 blockchain. The collaboration will allow for more staking options for institutions while decentralizing staking products on major networks and enabling more flexibility and liquidity for institutional network participants.
The addition of Alluvial's support for DOT makes it the first multi-chain liquid staking solution for institutions. Founded with a mission to expand the Web3 economy by supporting and securing Proof of Stake protocols, Alluvial is establishing a new liquid staking standard with early support from Coinbase Cloud and Figment. The liquid staking standard will be governed in a decentralized manner with a broad and dispersed community of industry participants.
According to Messari, DOT is the most held token by crypto funds after Bitcoin and Ethereum. With its DOT Liquid Staking product, Acala is focused on providing services that extract more liquidity from staked DOT, so institutions can better participate in the ecosystem. The collaboration creates a reliable, secure protocol tailored to enterprise and institutional users who have sat on the sidelines for liquid staking due to lack of regulatory-compliant tooling, but will now be able to participate in staking DOT via the Acala Network.
Acala is built with the Polkadot SDK (software development kit) called Substrate, allowing flexibility and customizability of the network to evolve along with changing regulatory or business requirements. Because of this, Acala is able to create a second instance of its liquid staking protocol to serve the needs of institutions in a compliant, permissioned environment offering KYC/AML checks and non-custodial asset management.
"There is so much untapped opportunity for institutions in the broader DeFi ecosystem, and specifically with liquid staking, due to lack of compliance-ready products. Polkadot can become a key entrypoint," said Bette Chen, Co-Founder of Acala. "Our goal with Acala is to provide the ability for any person or entity to participate in the new open financial system, and this initiative with Alluvial is a natural fit to expand the reach of the Polkadot ecosystem."
Acala's non-custodial DOT Liquid Staking product seeks to let token holders strategically utilize their DOT tokens in a user-friendly, secure, and efficient manner. Once a user stakes their DOT on Acala (thus helping to secure the Polkadot proof-of-stake network), they receive Liquid DOT, a receipt token which represents ownership of staked DOT and which can then be used to mint aUSD, lend, trade, stake, and participate in additional use cases. Liquid staking also provides increased token utility for locked staked tokens, and in Acala's case, Liquid DOT is redeemable for DOT at any time. Liquid staking allows users to remain liquid and leverage additional DeFi activities using receipt tokens which would otherwise have no utility beyond locking for staking rewards.
- Most proof of stake digital assets are subject to an unstaking period when users decide to unstake. This aspect of staking creates liquidity constraints since the asset is untradeable and cannot be used in other DeFi applications.
- Liquid staking protocols allow token holders to receive rewards from the blockchain network in exchange for securing the network via staking and receive receipt tokens that facilitate transferability of staked tokens while the tokens continue to be staked and secure the network.
- Liquid staking unlocks new opportunities for token holders and lays the foundation for a new ecosystem of financial products to be built.
"We're incredibly excited that Acala is joining with Alluvial. The liquid staking standard is now multi-chain, a first for the ecosystem, and a big step forward towards achieving the mission of bridging the world's wealth to secure a neutral and decentralized foundation for the next generation of the internet," said Matt Leisinger, CEO of Alluvial. "Acala's strong engineering team, flexible and customizable liquid staking protocol, and leadership in the Polkadot ecosystem made the collaboration decision an easy one."
Interested in learning more about becoming a contributor to this standard?
- Institutions – enterprises@alluvial.finance
- Validators/Integrators – integrators@alluvial.finance
- Builders – web3builders@alluvial.finance
For more information visit: alluvial.finance and acala.network
Learn more about DOT Liquid Staking on Polkadot here.
Acala is a decentralized finance network powering the aUSD ecosystem. The core product, Acala USD (aUSD), is a decentralized, multi-collateral, crypto-backed stablecoin serving as the native stablecoin of the Polkadot ecosystem. Acala's Ethereum-compatible blockchain has built-in DeFi protocols for application developers to leverage, including a trustless staking derivative (liquid DOT), a decentralized exchange, and the EVM+, a hybrid EVM offering fully Ethereum-compatible development environment plus full compatibility with Substrate.
Alluvial is building the first-ever enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol across multiple blockchains marrying the technical & security requirements of institutions with the Web3 ethos of community driven-collaboration. The liquid staking standard, with early support from companies such as Coinbase Cloud and Figment, will be governed in a decentralized manner with a broad and dispersed community of industry participants. Figment and Kiln are developing the liquid staking standard for Ethereum.
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Rantanen scores go-ahead goal, Avalanche beat Sharks 4-2
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with 7:43 remaining, Pavel Francouz stopped 25 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2. Andre Burakovsky, Darren Helm and Alex Newhook also added goals for the Avalanche. Colorado earned their 27th win at home this season and are one away from tying the franchise record for home victories set in 2000-01 and matched in 2017-18. Timo Meier and Brent Burns had goals for a Sharks team playing on the second night of a back-to-back. Kaapo Kahkonen made 42 saves. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/03/31/rantanen-scores-go-ahead-goal-avalanche-beat-sharks-4-2/ | 2022-04-01T04:19:58Z |
Services for Jesus Jimenez Jr., 63, of Temple will be held at a later date
Mr. Jimenez died Friday, April 15, at a local hospital
He was born March 13, 1959, to Amparro Lerma and Jesus Jimenez Sr. in Temple. He graduated from Temple High School. He moved to Oklahoma and started working as a plumber. He moved back to Texas where he worked for E.R. Carpenter, the city of Temple and worked with his brother in Martinez Plumbing. He married Shirley Jimenez. He retired from Morgan’s Point Resort parks and rec department.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Joseph Alexander, Jacob Alexander and Matthew Alexander; five sisters, Guadalupe “Lupe” Martinez, Suzanne Strege, Sandra Jimenez, Jessica Booth and Cynthia Jimenez; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to assist the family to Young’s Daughters Funeral Home and Bereavement Center, attn: Shirley Jimenez, 4235 E. Business 190, Temple, TX 76501, or online donations through ilof.com. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_2c0a48be-bf9c-11ec-a433-532ca373df2f.html | 2022-04-19T06:58:26Z |
HubSpot Announces Participation in Upcoming Financial Conferences
Published: May. 17, 2022 at 3:10 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HubSpot, Inc., the customer relationship management (CRM) platform for scaling companies, announced today that members of its executive team are scheduled to present at the conferences listed below. All interested parties can access the webcasts live on the Company's investor relations website atir.hubspot.com. The Company will also host 1-on-1 investor meetings on the same day as the conferences.
About HubSpot HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is a leading CRM platform that provides software and support to help companies grow better. The platform includes marketing, sales, service, operations, and website management products that start free and scale to meet our customers' needs at any stage of growth. Today, over 143,000 customers across more than 120 countries use HubSpot's powerful and easy-to-use tools and integrations to attract, engage, and delight customers. Learn more at www.hubspot.com.
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Shell reports record 1st-quarter earnings as oil prices soar
By DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Energy giant Shell has reported record first-quarter earnings after a surge in oil prices. The news Thursday fueled calls for the British government to impose a tax on energy companies’ windfall earnings to help consumers struggling with the soaring cost of living. London-based Shell says adjusted earnings rose to $9.1 billion from $3.2 billion in the same period last year. That beat analyst expectations of $8.2 billion. High oil and gas prices, partly due to uncertainty about supplies from Russia, are boosting the profits of major energy companies and feeding inflation worldwide. In Britain, that’s triggered demands for a special tax on energy company earnings to help consumers. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/05/shell-reports-record-1st-quarter-earnings-as-oil-prices-soar/ | 2022-05-05T14:52:27Z |
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (the "Partnership") today announced that its 2021 Schedule K-3 reflecting items of international tax relevance is available online. Unitholders requiring this information may access their Schedules K-3 at www.taxpackagesupport.com/Icahn.
A limited number of unitholders (such as foreign unitholders, unitholders computing a foreign tax credit on their tax return and certain corporate and/or partnership unitholders) may need the detailed information disclosed on the newly-required Schedule K-3 for their specific reporting requirements. To the extent Schedule K-3 is applicable to your federal income tax return filing needs, we encourage you to review the information contained on this form and refer to the appropriate federal laws and guidance or consult with your tax advisor.
To receive an electronic copy of your Schedule K-3 via email, unitholders may call toll free at (800) 255-2737.
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Canadians to see biggest price increase at restaurants over cooking oil shortage: expert
By Brooklyn Neustaeter
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TORONTO (CTV Network) — Poor harvests due to climate change, supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have created food production shortages across the world, with cooking oil being the latest product impacted.
Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University professor of food distribution and policy, told CTV’s Your Morning on Wednesday that these factors have created the “perfect storm” for worldwide shortages, causing the price of cooking oil to skyrocket over the past six months.
While prices have been impacted at grocery stores, Charlebois says consumers will see the greatest increase when dining out at restaurants.
“I’m hearing from restaurant operators that they’re likely going to see prices triple by the end of this year when it comes to vegetable oil. Food service is a big deal when it comes to vegetable oil in Canada… so don’t be surprised if menu prices are impacted by that,” he said.
Charlebois said consumers should prepare to spend more when dining at restaurants, and budget accordingly.
“I know a lot of people want to go out and should go out and celebrate and live a normal life, but it will cost you more at the restaurant for sure and vegetable oil prices are one of the main reasons unfortunately,” he said.
In addition to climate change, COVID-19 supply chain issues and the war in Ukraine, Indonesia has started restricting exports of palm oil, in a move Charlebois says could make the global food crisis worse and push up the prices of hundreds of products.
Indonesia accounts for 55 per cent of palm oil exports globally, while Ukraine is the largest exporter of sunflower oil in the world.
“We often think about vegetable oil as something we fry with, but when you walk into the grocery store, there’s vegetable oil in everything we buy almost,” he said.
Charlebois said “vegetable oil is a key ingredient around the world” and can be found in foods such as pasta, cookies, chocolate, mayonnaise, and many dry and baked goods.
With restrictions on palm oil and shortages of other cooking oils, Charlebois says companies will be increasing the prices of those goods that contain vegetable oil to offset acquiring costs.
“We’re going to be short vegetable oil, and of course, around the world prices are going to rise unfortunately,” he said.
To help combat this shortage of cooking oils, Charlebois said Canada will be looking to use canola oil as a “bumper crop” this season. However, he says poor weather may stifle this plan.
“There’s not a whole lot of moisture out west right now. Of course in Manitoba there are floods… but if you go to Alberta and Saskatchewan things are pretty dry, which is not great news for canola growers,” he said.
Overall, Charlebois said the outlook is grim and said it is a “good idea” for Canadians to use alternatives to vegetable oils when they can.
“It’s not great and that’s why we wanted to make a statement right now so people can be prepared,” he said.
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4-year-old shot in head by 9-year-old handling gun, deputies in Texas say
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) - A 4-year-old boy was shot in the head Monday, and authorities said the gun was fired by his 9-year-old brother.
The sheriff’s department is now trying to piece together how that boy got the gun, as the younger child fights for his life in critical condition.
The 9-year-old boy was seen standing with his hands bagged as a shooting investigation swirled around him.
Investigators say the accidental shooting happened around 12:20 p.m. Monday. They believe he got the gun from an uncle.
“An uncle was visiting the residence. He does not normally live there, and he had a gun. The 9-year-old male found the gun and accidentally discharged, striking the 4-year-old in the head,” said Major Susan Cotter of Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
In the immediate aftermath, family members drove the little boy to a nearby hospital, where he was taken via lifeflight to the medical center.
Investigators say because there were seven or eight people at the house during the shooting, a number of people were seen with bags over their hands.
Neighbors who are used to the quietness of suburban life said the proliferation of guns is making them nervous.
“That’s all you hear all the time all day is more shootings. Since the guns, you’ve been able to be free with guns. It’s horrible,” an unidentified neighbor said.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZeroSum Market First Report is the automotive industry's first source to predict month-end vehicle movement, providing vital supply and demand trend data to automotive marketers and dealers. ZeroSum uses predictive modeling to accurately estimate new vehicle inventory, pricing trends, and market share.
According to ZeroSum data, new vehicle inventory is expected to rise 2.87% by the end of August while used vehicle inventory could fall 3.48%. At the same time, average new vehicle prices rose 0.10% to $48,429 and used vehicle prices increased 0.53% to $34,242.
Data from The Federal Reserve shows that United States car production hit a two-year high in July, returning to pre-pandemic levels. Although it is expected that the chip shortage will improve over the remainder of 2022, not all automakers are optimistic about their year-end performance. BMW has lowered its production forecast for the second half of the year, citing volatile chip and European energy supplies and warned it may not meet earnings targets. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz also reported limitations in vehicle availability but is anticipating much higher 2022 revenues than previously predicted.
New vehicle inventory is expected to rise to 1,068,688 by the end of the month which would be a significant shift from July when inventory declined. When more new cars are available, ZeroSum expects used car prices to come back down.
- Continue marketing used vehicles. The average used car price rose to $34,242 in August. Sell as many used cars as possible while prices remain high.
- Closely monitor pricing trends. By the end of the month, new vehicle inventory could be up almost 3%. Rising new vehicle inventory to cause used car price drops in the coming months and require you to adjust your pricing strategy accordingly.
- Continue acquiring EVs. EV registrations are up while inventory is down. Prepare for EV demand by increasing your available stock of electric and hybrid cars.
To read the entire report and view supplemental charts, visit our website: https://www.zerosum.ai/blog/zerosum-market-first-report-2022-8
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (TSXV: MTA) (NYSE American: MTA) announces its operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022. For complete details of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022, please see the Company's filings on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or on EDGAR (www.sec.gov). Shareholders are encouraged to visit the Company's website at www.metallaroyalty.com.
Brett Heath, President, and CEO of Metalla, commented, "The first quarter of 2022 we focused on increasing our near-term cash flow with the amendment to the Beaufor royalty that is expected to be in production in the second half of 2022. We also expect El Realito, which is part of Angico Eagle's La India mine, to start producing in the second half of 2022, which will increase our producing royalties to seven total. Although the market continues to be volatile, we believe Metalla's asset base, and growth profile position the Company to have continued success."
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, and the subsequent period up to the date of this news release, the Company:
- Amended an existing 1.0% NSR royalty on Monarch Mining Corporation's ("Monarch") Beaufor Mine ("Beaufor"). In consideration for $1.0 million paid in cash to Monarch, Monarch agreed to waive a clause stipulating that payments under the Net Smelter Returns ("NSR") royalty were only payable after 100 Koz of gold have been produced by Monarch following its acquisition of Beaufor. Payments under this NSR royalty will now begin upon initial production from the property.
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, received or accrued payments on 724 attributable Gold Equivalent Ounces ("GEOs") at an average realized price of $1,835 and an average cash cost of $5 per attributable GEO (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, generated operating cash margin of $1,830 per attributable GEO, from the Wharf, Joaquin and COSE royalties, the New Luika Gold Mine ("NLGM") stream held by Silverback Ltd. ("Silverback"), the Higginsville derivative royalty asset, and other royalty interests (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, recognized revenue from royalty and stream interests of $0.7 million, net loss of $2.2 million, and adjusted EBITDA of less than $0.1 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- for the three months ended March 31, 2022, recognized payments due or received (not included in revenue) from the Higginsville derivative royalty asset of $0.6 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- on May 14, 2021, announced the establishment of an at-the-market program (the "2021 ATM Program") with a syndicate of agents. Under the 2021 ATM Program the Company may distribute up to $35.0 million (or the equivalent in Canadian dollars) in common shares of the Company. From inception to March 31, 2022, the Company distributed 1,970,608 common shares under the 2021 ATM Program at an average price of $8.19 per share for gross proceeds of $16.1 million, with aggregate commissions paid or payable and other share issue costs of $0.9 million, resulting in aggregate net proceeds of $15.2 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company distributed 348,443 common shares under the 2021 ATM Program at an average price of $6.88 per share for gross proceeds of $2.4 million, with aggregate commissions paid or payable and other share issue costs of $0.2 million, resulting in aggregate net proceeds of $2.2 million. As of the date of this news release, the Company has distributed a total of 1,990,778 common shares under the 2021 ATM program for gross proceeds of $16.3 million; and
- On May 12, 2022, the Company filed a new final short form base shelf prospectus and a corresponding registration statement on Form F-10 that are intended to replace the base shelf prospectus and Form F-10 registration statement previously filed by the Company in 2020, and to enhance the Company's financial flexibility. In connection with this transition, the Company terminated its 2021 ATM Program.
Wharf Royalty
On May 4, 2022, Coeur Mining Inc. ("Coeur") reported first quarter production of 17.7 Koz gold at 0.78 g/t gold, in line with the 70-80 Koz full year guidance for Wharf disclosed by Wharf on February 16, 2022. During the quarter, one reverse circulation ("RC") drill rig continued to infill targets at the Portland-Ridge-Boston claim group and at the Flossie area, results are pending.
On February 16, 2022, Coeur reported that Wharf's updated Proven and Probable Reserves totaled 852 Koz at 0.73 g/t. Total Measured and Indicated Resources were reported at 412 Koz at 0.63g/t with an Inferred Resource estimate of 90 Koz at 0.75 g/t. In addition, Coeur reported in their Q4 2021 financial statements, an updated mine life of 8 years for Wharf. Additionally, Coeur reported the continued exploration success at Wharf where a total of 6,625 meters of drilling was completed in the Portland Ridge – Boston claim group, Flossie and Juno areas. Coeur spent $4 million on exploration at the mine in 2021, its largest since acquiring the asset in 2015.
Metalla holds a 1.0% GVR royalty on the Wharf mine.
Higginsville Royalty
On April 20, 2022, Karora Resources Inc. ("Karora") reported first quarter production of 27,489 ounces of gold from its Higginsville Gold Operations ("Higginsville") and Beta Hunt mines, in line with 2022 production guidance of 110-135 Koz gold announced by Karora on February 7, 2022.
Metalla holds a 27.5% PPR royalty interest on the difference between the London PM fix gold price and A$1,340/oz on the first 2.5 Koz per quarter until a cumulative total of 34.0 Koz of gold at the Higginsville operation have been delivered. As at March 31, 2022, 16.6 Koz of gold had been delivered.
New Luika Silver Stream
On April 26, 2022, Shanta Gold Limited ("Shanta") reported that it produced 11,408 ounces of gold at its NLGM in Tanzania in the first quarter of 2022. On July 19, 2021, Shanta announced a new mine plan for NLGM, where average annual production is expected to be 73.6 Koz gold with the potential to extend mine life beyond 2026 through conversion of significant known resources and the expanded 2,450 tpd mill throughput. Shanta expects total gold production from NLGM for the five-year plan to total 368 Koz from both open pit and underground mine sources from the mining license. Shanta outlined that the resources presently sitting outside of the mine plan amounts to 552 Koz at 2.37 g/t gold at NLGM. Shanta has forecast production to be between 68-76 Koz in fiscal 2022.
On February 1, 2022, Shanta reported that as of December 31, 2021, the Probable Reserves at NLGM stood at 404 Koz at 3.05 g/t gold, the Measured Resources were 105 Koz at 4.94 g/t gold, the Indicated Resources were 707 Koz at 2.63 g/t gold, and the Inferred Resources were 296 Koz at 1.73 g/t gold.
Metalla holds a 15% interest in Silverback Ltd., whose sole business is receipt and distribution of a 100% silver stream on NLGM at an ongoing cost of 10% of the spot silver price.
Côté-Gosselin
On May 3, 2022, IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD") reported that construction had reached 49% completion at the Côté Gold Project. It also reported completion in the first quarter of 2022 of approximately 4,300 meters of the 16,000 meter drill program is planned in 2022 to further delineate and expand the Gosselin mineral resources and test selected targets along the deposit corridor. On January 27, 2022, IAMGOLD released assay results that extended the Gosselin Zone outside of the recent mineral resource estimate, significant highlights include 0.78 g/t gold over 355.5 meters, 2.05 g/t gold over 256 meters, 0.55 g/t gold over 357.5 meters and 0.7 g/t gold over 173 meters.
Metalla holds a 1.35% NSR royalty that covers less than 10% of the Côté reserves and resources estimate and covers all of the Gosselin resource estimate.
Castle Mountain
Castle Mountain is slated to become one of Equinox Gold's ("Equinox") largest assets. Metalla's 5.0% NSR royalty covers the South Domes portion of the deposit which will be part of the Phase 2 expansion slated to begin in 2026.
On May 3, 2022, Equinox announced exploration at Castle Mountain in the first quarter included 7,948 meters of RC drilling across the South dump area to assess the continuity and distribution of grade. Equinox also completed 1,448 meters of RC drilling in the area between the JSLA and South Domes pits. Equinox also announced that in March 2022 it had submitted applications to amend existing permits to accommodate the Phase 2 expansion. On February 24, 2022, Equinox announced they expect to spend $7 million for Phase 2 permitting, optimization studies and metallurgical test work and nearly $2 million for exploration.
Metalla holds a 5.0% NSR Royalty on the South Domes area of the Castle Mountain mine.
Garrison
On May 11, 2022, Moneta Gold Inc. ("Moneta") released an updated resource estimate for the Tower Gold project, including 4.27 Moz gold in the Indicated category and 7.5 Moz gold in the Inferred category. Moneta plans to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the project scheduled for completion later in the second quarter of 2022. The Garrison deposit forms part of the Tower project and is comprised of three zones, Garrcon, Jonpol, and 903. At Garrcon, the open pit Indicated Resource is 841 Koz at 1.02 g/t gold with an Inferred Resource of 15Koz at 0.67 g/t gold, the underground portion has an Indicated Resource of 87 Koz at 5.08 g/t gold with an Inferred Resource of 120 Koz at 4.98 g/t gold. The Jonpol zone has an Indicated Resource of 297 Koz at 1.4 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 114 Koz at 0.99 g/t gold. The 903 zone has an Indicated Resource of 610 Koz at 1.01 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 600 Koz at 0.74 g/t gold. The Garrison starter pit now has an Indicated Resource of 1.75 Moz at 1.07 g/t gold. Moneta is slated to release a PEA in June of 2022.
On March 24, 2022, Moneta released the results of significant step out gold mineralization at the Garrcon pit comprising the Garrison project which confirmed mineralization over a strike length of 750 meters and width of 500 meters beyond the current Garrison project resource. Significant intercepts from recent drilling include 3.05 g/t gold over 67 meters, 1.17 g/t gold over 62.45 meters and 1.26 g/t gold over 54.7 meters. The Garrcon portion of the Garrison project currently hosts an open pit indicated gold resource of 550 Koz gold at 0.82 g/t gold and inferred gold resource of 200 Koz at 0.87 g/t gold.
Metalla holds a 2% NSR Royalty on the Garrison project.
Wasamac
On April 4, 2022, Yamana Gold Inc. ("Yamana") announced that additional drill results at Wasamac continued to infill the Wasamac resource area. Results received to date in the Zone 2 resource area continue to confirm wide mining widths and consistent mineralization with highlights of 3.17 g/t gold over 14.78 meters and 3.41 g/t gold over 5.02 meters. Yamana stated the excellent exploration upside on the property continues to reinforce the potential for a 200 Koz plus per year operation with a mine life of at least 15 years. Work continues to follow up on the exploration drilling at the newly discovered South Wildcat zone returned 7.31 g/t gold over 3.37 meters as announced in a press release dated December 1, 2021. Yamana has decided to advance a bulk sample permitting process to allow construction of a ramp which could expedite the start of production ahead of the stated 2026 start date. In addition, work is ongoing to understand the metallurgy of the project where preliminary testing indicated that average gold recovery could increase by 3% compared to the feasibility study. Yamana expects to complete the Environmental impact assessment by the second quarter of 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.5% NSR royalty on the Wasamac project subject to a buy back of 0.5% for C$7.5 million.
Amalgamated Kirkland Property
On April 28, 2022, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico") reported that the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit could provide incremental ore feed to the Macassa mill with annual production of 40 Koz as soon as 2024. The Macassa underground ramp had been extended by 225 meters and nine drill holes had been completed in the higher-grade portion of the deposit. In 2022, Agnico plans to spend $8.6 million on a 1.3 Km exploration ramp from the Macassa near surface zones, designed to carry out infill drilling and a bulk sample of the higher-grade regions of the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit. The Amalgamated Kirkland deposit hosts an Indicated Resource estimate of 265 Koz gold at 6.51 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 406 Koz at 5.32 g/t gold. The deposit remains open at depth and extends laterally.
Metalla holds a 0.45% NSR royalty on the Amalgamated Kirkland property.
El Realito
On April 28, 2022, Agnico reported that pre-stripping of the El Realito pit was approximately 39% compete and first gold production was started in the first quarter of 2022. Pre-stripping activities at El Realito pit are in line with forecast are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022. The production guidance in Agnico's February 23, 2022, press release for the La India mine which hosts the El Realito pit were positively revised to 82.5 Koz gold in 2022, 70 Koz gold in 2023 and 22.5 Koz gold in 2024. The increase in the production guidance was due to pit optimization and increase in mineral reserves at the El Realito deposit.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the El Realito deposit which is subject to a 1.0% buyback right for $4.0 million.
Del Carmen
On May 4, 2022, Barrick Gold Corporation reported that drilling at Del Carmen resumed in the second quarter of 2022, drilling will continue until the winter season. Results received at Carmen Norte, located to the north of the Rojo Grande target, confirmed gold mineralization with an intercept of 0.5 g/t gold over 39 meters, which opens up a new area with upside potential to add resources to Del Carmen. In addition, all geological models grade estimates and geometallurgical models with be updated and rebuilding in the second quarter to inform future steps for the project.
Metalla holds a 0.5% NSR royalty on the Del Carmen project which is the Argentine portion of the Alturas-Del Carmen project in the prolific El Indio belt.
Beaufor Mine
On March 17, 2022, Monarch provided exploration updates at the Beaufor Mine and Beacon Mill, scheduled to begin mining in 2022. Significant highlights from drilling include 19.05 g/t gold over 6.8 meters, 150 meters west and down dip of the "Q Zone" which is the most continuous ore zone in the mine. Monarch believes these results will significantly boost Beaufor's potential in the Q Zone. Underground development and rehabilitation are currently ongoing at Beaufor.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Beaufor mine.
San Luis
On February 23, 2022, SSR Mining Inc. ("SSR") provided an update on activities at the San Luis project in Ancash, Peru. Exploration activities in 2021 were undertaken on land belonging to the Ecash community in 2021 and SSR plans to extend exploration activities onto the Cochabamba community lands in 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the San Luis project.
Fifteen Mile Stream
On April 28, 2022, St. Barbara Limited reported that the Fifteen Mile Stream project Feasibility Study continued to progress with engineering focused on the tailings facility and geotechnical work, with a completion date slated for September 2023. Permitting efforts continued during the quarter focused on community consultations and surface and ground water modelling planned for the first half of 2023 to prepare responses for the FMS EIS process.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR Royalty on the Fifteen Mile Stream project, and 3.0% NSR Royalty on the Plenty and Seloam Brook deposits.
Santa Gertrudis
On February 23, 2022, Agnico announced an updated Resource estimate at Santa Gertrudis where the Indicated Resources totaled 99 Koz gold at 0.64 g/t and 739 Koz at 4.79 g/t silver, and Inferred Resources totaled 1,679 Koz at 1.69 g/t gold and 5,924 Koz at 5.96 g/t silver. Exploration drilling in the fourth quarter at the high-grade Amelia deposit resulted in the improved understanding of structural controls leading to the 120-meter extension of the high-grade ore shoots at the deposit beyond the 2021 mineral resources. At the Centauro deposit, a 100-meter step out from a hole that returned 5.8 g/t gold over 15 meters encountered high grade sulphide mineralization outlining the potential to make additional high-grade discoveries at the property similar to Amelia.
Agnico has budgeted $19 million in exploration at Santa Gertrudis with the goal to expand mineral resources, test high grade structure extensions at the Amelia deposit and explore new targets, infill open pit deposits to declare reserves, and internal studies and metallurgical test work. Agnico expects Santa Gertrudis to have an annual production of 100 – 125 Koz of gold.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on Santa Gertrudis subject to Agnico's right to buy back 1.0% for $7.5 million.
Tocantinzinho
On February 9, 2022, G Mining Ventures Corp ("G Mining") announced that it had completed an updated feasibility study for the TZ gold project located in Para State, Brazil. The study confirmed a 10.5-year mine life producing 1.8 Moz of gold in total resulting in an average annual gold production profile of 174,700 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost of $681/oz.
Economics were favourable, at a $1,600/oz gold price the study demonstrated an after-tax NPV5% of $622 million and generated an after-tax IRR of 24%. Also of note, G Mining increased the reserves at TZ by 12% to 2.0 Moz and saw an increase in the capital cost at the project of only 7% since the last study was conducted. Project optimization and detailed engineering is expected to occur from Q4 2021 through to Q4 2022. G Mining also expects to complete two drilling campaigns totaling 10,000 meters beginning in Q4 2021 through to Q1 2022, these include a grade control drilling program to de-risk early years of production and an exploration drilling program to test for potential extensions of the known mineralization at depth and below the current pit.
G Mining is a precious metals development company with a leadership team which has built four mines in South America, including the Merian mine for Newmont Corporation and Fruta Del Norte for Lundin Gold.
Metalla holds a 0.75% GVR royalty on the Tocantinzinho project.
Fosterville
On February 23, 2022, Agnico reported that they expect to spend $34.6 million for 121,400 metres of drilling and development to replace mineral reserve depletion and to add mineral resources at the Fosterville mine. Agnico announced that another $19.7 million will be spent on underground and surface exploration with the aim to discover additional high-grade mineralization, with $2.9 million to be spent on regional exploration drilling on the land package surrounding the mine.
Metalla holds a 2.5% GVR royalty on the Northern and Southern extensions of the Fosterville mining license and other areas in the land package.
CentroGold
On April 22, 2022, Oz Minerals stated that the relocation plan required for progressing the court injunction removal for CentroGold has been submitted to the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) and is currently under review.
Metalla holds a 1.0-2.0% NSR royalty on the CentroGold project.
Endeavor Silver Stream
In a news release dated April 28, 2022, Sandfire Resources Ltd. ("Sandfire") reported that during the first quarter of 2022 it had withdrawn from the Endeavor joint venture agreement with CBH Resources Limited ("CBH"). The project will continue to be held 100% by CBH Resources, a subsidiary of Toho Zinc. After decades of operation, CBH suspended mining operations at the Endeavor Mine in December 2019 and placed it into care and maintenance. With Sandfire's decision to terminate the joint venture agreement with CBH, the Company has reclassified the Endeavor silver stream from a production stage asset to a development stage asset, and Metalla will continue to monitor the next steps taken by CBH with the property, especially in the current zinc price environment.
Metalla has the right to buy 100% of the silver production up to 20 Moz (~12.6 Moz remaining under the contract for delivery) from the Endeavor Mine for an operating cost contribution of $1.00/oz of payable silver, indexed annually for inflation, plus a further increment of 50% of the silver price in excess of $7.00/oz.
Camflo
On April 29, 2022, Agnico reported the Canadian Malartic partnership has identified porphyry hosted gold mineralization that could potentially be mined via an open pit. Additional studies are underway to fully evaluate the mineralization and additional potential in adjacent rock types. The Camflo property covers the past producing Camflo mine which had historical production of approximately 1.6 Moz of gold.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Camflo mine, located ~1km northeast of the Canadian Malartic operation.
Montclerg
Through several press releases dated February 10, 2022, March 22, 2022, and April 28, 2022. GFG Resources Inc. reported high grade intervals at the Montclerg Gold Project located 48 km east of the Timmins Gold District. Significant intercepts include 4.82 g/t gold over 26 meters, 8.34 g/t gold over 7.5 meters and a step out intercept of 8.26 g/t gold over 1 meter and 6.63 g/t gold over 1.5 meters.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR Royalty on the Montclerg property.
Tower Stock
White Metal Resources Corp. released several drill results on the Tower Stock Gold project in Ontario through several press releases dated May 2, 2022, March 22, 2022, January 18, 2022, and January 11, 2022. Significant drill results from the project include 0.51 g/t gold over 466.5 meters including 0.71 g/t gold over 267 meters, 0.91 g/t gold over 105 meters at the Bench zone. At other zones on the property, significant results include 4.05 g/t gold over 21 meters and 27 g/t gold over 1.5 meters.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR Royalty on the Tower Stock project.
Detour DNA
On April 28, 2022, Agnico reported that exploration plans will investigate the Sunday Lake deformation zone along strike to the west and east of the mine.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Detour DNA property which is ~7km west of the Detour West reserve pit margin.
Fortuity 89
On April 28, 2022, Newcrest Mining Ltd. and Discovery Harbour Resources provided an update on exploration plans at the Fortuity 89 project in Nevada. A total of five RC drill holes had been completed on the Fortuity 89 property for a total of 1,663 meters, assays are pending. Newcrest plans to drill a minimum of eight drill holes and 3,400 meters which began in January 2022 to test a series of low sulphidation epithermal gold target.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Fortuity 89 project.
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Charles Beaudry, geologist M.Sc., member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec and a director of Metalla. Mr. Beaudry is a QP as defined in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Metalla is a precious metals royalty and streaming company. Metalla provides shareholders with leveraged precious metal exposure through a diversified and growing portfolio of royalties and streams. Our strong foundation of current and future cash-generating asset base, combined with an experienced team gives Metalla a path to become one of the leading gold and silver companies for the next commodities cycle.
For further information, please visit our website at www.metallaroyalty.com
ON BEHALF OF METALLA ROYALTY & STREAMING LTD.
(signed) "Brett Heath"
President and CEO
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The items marked above are alternative performance measures and readers should refer to non-international financial reporting standards ("IFRS") financial measures in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as filed on SEDAR and as available on the Company's website for further details. Metalla has included certain performance measures in this press release that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS including (a) attributable gold equivalent ounces (GEOs), (b) average cash cost per attributable GEO, (c) average realized price per attributable GEO, (d) operating cash margin per attributable GEO, which is based on the two preceding measures, and (e) adjusted EBITDA. In the precious metals mining industry, this is a common performance measure but does not have any standardized meaning. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance and ability to generate cash flow. The presentation of these non-IFRS measures is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Other companies may calculate these non-IFRS measures differently.
Metalla has limited, if any, access to the properties on which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest. Metalla is dependent on (i) the operators of the mines or properties and their qualified persons to provide technical or other information to Metalla, or (ii) publicly available information to prepare disclosure pertaining to properties and operations on the mines or properties on which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest, and generally has limited or no ability to independently verify such information. Although Metalla does not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate, there can be no assurance that such third-party information is complete or accurate. Some information publicly reported by operators may relate to a larger property than the area covered by Metalla's royalty, stream or other interests. Metalla's royalty, stream or other interests can cover less than 100% and sometimes only a portion of the publicly reported mineral reserves, resources and production of a property.
Unless otherwise indicated, the technical and scientific disclosure contained or referenced in this press release, including any references to mineral resources or mineral reserves, was prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), which differs significantly from the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") applicable to U.S. domestic issuers. Accordingly, the scientific and technical information contained or referenced in this press release may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC.
"Inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Historical results or feasibility models presented herein are not guarantees or expectations of future performance.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. The forward-looking statements herein are made as of the date of this press release only, and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them except as required by applicable law.
All statements included herein that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "does not expect", "is expected", "budgets", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "predicts", "projects", "intends", "targets", "aims", "anticipates" or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases or may be identified by statements to the effect that certain actions "may", "could", "should", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements and information include, but are not limited to, the successful completion of certain milestones in respect to the CentroGold project; the satisfaction of future payment obligations and contingent commitments by Metalla, including the payment of the remaining $5.0 million purchase price for the Castle Mountain royalty and the additional contingent payments of up to $11.0 million for the CentroGold royalty; the effectiveness, and potential use and benefit of, the Company's final short form base shelf prospectus and Form F-10 registration statement; the future availability of funds pursuant to the Beedie Loan Facility; the future conversion of funds drawn down by Metalla under the Beedie Loan Facility; the completion by property owners of announced drilling programs, capital expenditures, and other planned activities in relation to properties on which the Company and its subsidiaries hold a royalty or streaming interest and the expected timing thereof; production and life of mine estimates or forecasts at the properties on which the Company and its subsidiaries hold a royalty or streaming interest; future disclosure by property owners and the expected timing thereof; the completion by property owners of announced capital expenditure programs; the estimated production at Wharf, Higginsville, Beta Hunt, NLGM and La India; the new mine plan at NLGM and the expected average annual production thereunder; the continuation of drilling at Del Carmen in the winter season of 2022; the progression and completion of the Fifteen Mile Stream Feasibility Study in September 2023; the expansion of mineral resources at Santa Gertrudis and Agnico's plan to test high grade structure extensions at the Amelia deposit and explore new targets; the expected $19.0 million in capital expenditures by Agnico at Santa Gertrudis and the potential expansion of mineral resources thereon; the completion of pre-stripping activities at El Realito and the expected timing thereof; the future start of mining operations at the Beaufor Mine and Beacon Mill and the expected timing thereof; the progression of the court injunction removal at the CentroGold property; Equinox Gold's expectation to submit Phase 2 permit application for Castle Mountain; future opportunities for Equinox Gold to move South Domes earlier in the mine plan at Castle Mountain; the potential for Castle Mountain mine to become one of Equinox Gold's largest assets; expected timing of the preliminary economic assessment at the Tower Gold project by Moneta; expected timing of the environmental impact assessment at Wasamac by Yamana; the completion of two drilling campaigns at Tocantinzinho and the anticipated timing thereof; the completion of project optimization and detailed engineering at Tocantinzinho and the anticipated timing thereof; the replacement of mineral reserve depletion and addition of mineral resources at the Fosterville mine; the potential production at the Wasamac project; the future production at the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit and the anticipated timing thereof; the completion of the environmental impact assessment by Yamana and the anticipated timing thereof; the amount and timing of the attributable GEOs expected by the Company in 2022; the future production at El Realito and the anticipated timing thereof; the increase of producing royalties to seven; future expectations regarding the royalties and streams of Metalla; royalty payments to be paid to Metalla by property owners or operators of mining projects pursuant to each royalty; the mineral reserves and resource estimates for the properties with respect to which the Company has or proposes to acquire an interest; future gold and silver prices; other potential developments relating to, or achievements by the counterparties for Metalla's stream and royalty agreements, and with respect to the mines and other properties in which Metalla has, or may acquire, a stream or royalty interest; and estimates of future production, costs and other financial or economic measures.
Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements and information are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions that, while believed by management to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, and contingencies. Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of Metalla to control or predict, that may cause Metalla's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, including but not limited to: risks associated with the impact of general business and economic conditions; the absence of control over mining operations from which Metalla will purchase precious metals or from which it will receive stream or royalty payments and risks related to those mining operations, including risks related to international operations, government and environmental regulation, delays in mine development, construction and operations, actual results of mining and current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans are refined; problems related to the ability to market precious metals or other metals; industry conditions, including commodity price fluctuations, interest and exchange rate fluctuations; interpretation by government entities of tax laws or the implementation of new tax laws; regulatory, political or economic developments in any of the countries where properties in which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest are located or through which they are held; risks related to the operators of the properties in which Metalla holds a royalty or stream or other interest, including changes in the ownership and control of such operators; risks related to global pandemics, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global health pandemic, and the spread of other viruses or pathogens; influence of macroeconomic developments; business opportunities that become available to, or are pursued by Metalla; reduced access to debt and equity capital; litigation; title, permit or license disputes related to interests on any of the properties in which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest; the volatility of the stock market; competition; future sales or issuances of debt or equity securities; use of proceeds; dividend policy and future payment of dividends; liquidity; market for securities; enforcement of civil judgments; and risks relating to Metalla potentially being a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of U.S. federal tax laws, as the other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, annual report on Form 40-F and other documents filed with or submitted to the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the EDGAR website at www.sec.gov. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable securities laws. For the reasons set forth above, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
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Anne Heche’s death ruled accidental after fiery car crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche died from inhalation injury and burns after her fiery car crash and the death was ruled an accident, according to coroner’s results released Wednesday.
Heche, 53, also had a fractured sternum caused by “blunt trauma,” according to information on the website of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner.
A full autopsy report was still being completed, the coroner’s office said.
The Emmy-winning film and television actor was removed from life support Sunday at a burn center. She was injured when her car jumped a curb and smashed into a West Los Angeles home on Aug. 5. The car and the home burst into flames. Only Heche was injured.
Heche suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury” caused by a lack of oxygen, according to a statement released last week on behalf of her family and friends.
She was declared brain-dead but was kept on life support until her organs could be donated.
Detectives looking into the crash had said narcotics were found in a blood sample taken from Heche. However, police ended their investigation after she was declared brain-dead.
The coroner’s office listed Aug. 11 as her date of death.
Heche first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” in the late 1980s before becoming one of the hottest stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s. She was a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in IonQ, Inc. ("IonQ" or the "Company") (NYSE: IONQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of IonQ investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between March 30, 2021 and May 2, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
IONQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) IonQ's quantum the computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper roundtripping transactions with related parties; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were the materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in IonQ during the relevant time frame, you have until August 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Crews Searching For 2 Bodies After Boat Overturns On Big Marine Lake
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WASHINGTON COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Crews are looking to recover the bodies of two men after a boat overturned Friday on a popular central Minnesota lake.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that deputies responded shortly after 2 p.m. to Big Marine Lake near Scandia, which is roughly 40 miles northeast of Minneapolis. A bystander told officials that they saw a boat overturn and two men fall into the water.
Bystanders used their own boats in an attempted to help the two men, but were unsuccessful. After roughly an hour of searching, rescue crews transitioned to looking for the bodies. As of Friday evening, drivers were taking turns searching the lake, which is as deep as 60 feet in some areas.
Authorities say this time of year is particularly deadly for boat accidents because the water is still cold. The temperature of the water in Big Marine Lake on Friday was roughly 40 degrees.
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Authorities investigating human remains at Lake Mead; 5th such discovery this year
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Authorities are investigating reports of human remains found at Lake Mead earlier this week.
Officials with the Lake Mead National Recreation Area said they are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains found at about 8 p.m. on Monday at Swim Beach.
According to KVVU, rangers set up a perimeter to recover the remains from the lake with help from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police dive team. The Clark County medical examiner was also contacted.
Authorities were reportedly called to the same area earlier this month to investigate another set of remains at Swim Beach.
Lake Mead officials have reported four different discoveries of remains found at the lake so far this year. The Clark County Coroner’s office said two of the partial sets might belong to the same person.
Lake Mead’s water level has plummeted due to recent drought conditions in the southwest.
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JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: JPMorgan Chase, Electronic Arts rise; Broadcom, Amazon fall.
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Avian flu taking toll on birds of prey
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Avian flu is taking a devastating toll on birds of prey in Minnesota, including on bald eagles, red-tailed hawks and great horned owls.
The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota has reported 23 cases of bird flu in the last three weeks.
Great horned owls are a special sight at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, if you’re lucky enough to see them.
But the community is mourning the loss of a beloved family of owls that lived in a tree near the lake. The owls died from bird flu or had to be put down because they were too sick.
“The word I would use is devastating. These birds are coming in having incredible seizures, unable to stand. They’re vocalizing. They’re kind of in end stages of this virus,” said Dr. Victoria Hall, executive director of the Raptor Center.
The center has set up a new triage and quarantine center to take care of sick birds.
Bird flu has killed millions of domestic poultry but is also having a major impact on wild birds like owls, eagles and hawks.
“We have not seen this much transmission to raptors before in a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, so this is pretty concerning,” Hall said.
Ninety to 100% of the raptors testing positive at the Raptor Center have not survived, and some organizations are not able to take sick birds.
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota announced they are not currently admitting susceptible species for treatment.
The virus is extremely contagious to other birds.
Hall said historically the problem tends to get better in the early summer months. A cool, wet environment like the type of spring Minnesota is having can prolong how long the virus can survive.
State officials have established a hotline for reporting sick birds.
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Falcon Rappaport & Berkman PLLC (FRB) is pleased to announce that Penny B. Kassel, Esq. has joined the firm to form FRB's Elder Law Practice Group. The Elder Law Practice Group allows the firm to better serve the needs of an aging population and advocate for their rights.
FRB considers the sensitive nature of each elder law matter, issue, and concern and uses asset protection planning and long-term care planning strategies to help clients plan effectively for the future. The Elder Law Practice Group takes a holistic approach to maximize the quality of life for seniors and those with disabilities and create peace of mind for their families and caregivers.
FRB's elder law practice provides representation for senior clients on matters related to:
- Medicaid Planning and Applications
- Guardianships
- Long-Term Care Planning
- Estate Administration and Probate
- Asset Protection Planning
- Powers of Attorney
- Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning
- Health Care Proxies and Living Wills
For more than 35 years Ms. Kassel has devoted the majority of her time to elder law matters, estate planning, and estate administration matters. Her elder law practice provides clients with comprehensive representation for their legal needs during some of life's biggest challenges.
"I'm extraordinarily proud to bring Penny into the firm to lead our new Elder Law practice group," FRB Managing Partner Kenneth Falcon said. "Penny's reputation, knowledge, and ability are second to none, and we are thrilled to have her as a part of our team."
Ms. Kassel served as chair of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation and was chosen as an honoree of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She is also a past director of the Nassau County Bar Association and former chair of its Elder Law Committee.
FRB is a full-service business law firm that combines the deep knowledge and understanding of attorneys who proudly advise clients seeking solutions to their most complex matters.
FRB differentiates itself by approaching matters with a level of depth and variety of skills unmatched by typical advisors, following through on a firm-wide commitment to excellent service, offering access to thought leaders in numerous areas of professional practice, and engaging in a partnership with clients to develop and achieve their goals.
For more information, please email FRB's Marketing Director, Abby Winckler at awinckler@frblaw.com.
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Results reveal effectiveness of assistive technology tools and the correlation to students success
Student with dyslexia shares insight into why all students should be given early access to these tools
WOBURN, Mass., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Texthelp, a global leader in literacy and digital learning tools for education, released new survey results on the current state of teaching and learning for students with dyslexia. The survey, concluding in March 2022, reflects insights from more than 3,000 school staff representing thousands of schools across the country. The goal was to identify common problems in student teaching and learning that could be addressed, and to help build better, more inclusive learning environments.
According to nearly half of the teachers surveyed, assistive technology is one of the top approaches that helps students with dyslexia, along with reading and phonemic awareness instruction. With one billion people globally living with a non-visible disability, such as dyslexia, it is critical that all students have the tools they need to understand and learn. How students digest information and communicate their knowledge looks different for everyone. More inclusive approaches to learning, such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), are the future of education.
"I have severe dyslexia and looking back, I could have benefited from having early access to assistive technology that was designed for people just like me," said Sierra Goodfellow, a current student. "Instead, I endured many barriers and obstacles while learning. It wasn't until much later that I finally found an assistive technology tool that understood me. I had thought something was wrong with me when really I needed a tool that was made for someone who thinks differently."
"It would be extremely valuable for students like Sierra and teachers of students with dyslexia if the right accommodations were always available from the start," said Martin McKay, Founder and CEO, Texthelp. "All students should have a choice in how they learn. For Sierra, that was being able to understand the text by listening to it being read aloud."
More than 52 percent of teachers surveyed find 'a lot of value' in providing students with dyslexia access to assistive technology tools. However, more than 54 percent of the respondents said their district will only provide accommodations to students who show a need. Providing tools to only those students who 'show' signs of their disability or disclose their learning challenges leaves out many students who are either undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or are afraid to disclose their diagnosis to indicate the support that they need.
"It is critical that all school districts provide assistive technology tools to every student, whether or not they are neurodivergent, neurotypical, or physically disabled," said McKay. "Providing tools for all students can bolster inclusivity in the classroom and welcomes all types of learners. Students should be attuned to how they learn best. Thoughtful, inclusive practices in the classroom make learning easier and more enjoyable for everyone."
- 52% find assistive technology tools to be highly valuable for students with dyslexia
- Most districts provide free tools, such as built-in tools (71.73%) and free accessibility apps (54.87%), to students as a source of reading/writing accommodations
- Respondents felt that the best ways to make assistive technology more impactful for students with dyslexia are:
Having options in how neurodivergent students learn and express their knowledge can have a profound impact on their success. The survey results also found that more than 53 percent of teachers find it highly valuable for students with dyslexia to be able to comprehend text at grade level by listening to it.
Visit Texthelp's website to read more about these results, or to find more details and recommendations for teachers.
Founded in 1996, the Texthelp Group is a global technology company helping people all over the world to understand and to be understood. It has led the way in creating innovative technology for the education and workplace sectors for the last three decades.
Texthelp believes in a world where difference, disability or language are no longer barriers. It is focused on helping all people learn, understand, and communicate through the use of digital education and accessibility tools.
With over 50 million users worldwide, the Texthelp suite of products includes Read&Write, Equatio®, WriQ®, OrbitNote®, ReachDeck® and FluencyTutor® which work alongside existing platforms such as Microsoft Office and G-suite, enabling them to be integrated quickly into any classroom or workplace with ease.
In 2021, Texthelp acquired the Lingit Group, Wizkids and Don Johnston Inc. By combining capabilities and knowledge across the group, Texthelp can now provide a whole suite of literacy and numeracy support to a greater number of end-users across more geographies. To learn more about Texthelp, visit www.texthelp.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Many New Yorkers just want their city to feel orderly, functional and fun again after two years of plague and social disruption. Their new mayor, Eric Adams, has promised to deliver.
The question is, can the Democrat who pledged to bring back New York’s “swagger” gain momentum in the face of repeated setbacks?
Adams’ optimism remained high even as he marked his 100th day as mayor Sunday by going into quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19.
A hands-on politician and nightlife enthusiast, Adams, 61, caught the virus after a whirlwind week typical of his persona and time in office: He had attended the Gridiron dinner in Washington, gone to a New York gala, posed with Robert de Niro at a film festival, attended the Yankees opener and a slew of events in the state Capitol.
“I’m going to continue to try to be as visible as possible as we get through COVID and many of the other crises that we’re facing,” Adams said Monday, promising to resume his busy schedule after recovering from the virus.
In his first 100 days in office, Adams has projected an aggressive confidence as he’s implemented policies aimed at combating an image of New York City as hobbled by the pandemic and beset by rising crime.
He dropped many COVID-19 precautions and is reluctant to bring them back, even as virus cases have steadily risen.
He’s ordered homeless encampments removed from public spaces, despite complaints from activists that the sweeps are inhumane.
Over the objection of progressives, Adams, a former police captain, brought back an NYPD anti-gun unit disbanded by the previous mayor, saying that with better oversight it will shed its past reputation for usingexcessive force.
Critics say Adams is embracing the worst tendencies of previous mayors known for their heavy-handed approaches to policing and social services.
Adams says he doesn’t like chaos, as “Saturday Night Live” noted in his first days in office. Instead, he is seeking to harness the city’s tangly dynamism.
“That is what I think our failure is in our city … We have thrown up our hands and said this city is not manageable. That is just not true,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, prior to testing positive for COVID-19.
He said he starts every morning poring over a series of spreadsheets filled with data on his key initiatives.
When inspecting his efforts to clear tents and makeshift shelters set up by homeless people, Adams scrolls through hundreds of color-coded rows listing individual encampments reported to the city — some that the mayor has phoned in himself.
He checks to see if the entries are shaded blue by someone in his administration, indicating city workers have posted notices they’re about to clean the area. He checks to see that the blue entries are later turned yellow, coded as a “successful cleanup.” If too many days pass and the colors don’t change, he’ll make a call to find out why.
At a news conference last month, he said the city cleared 239 encampments in its first 12 days. Although the city didn’t offer data about how many people were living at the encampments, only five accepted offers to move to a shelter.
Adams said he thinks the number will grow, as it did with efforts to reach out to homeless people in the subway system.
The mayor also checks daily spreadsheets laying out data on crime, the city’s sprawling transit system, affordable and supportive housing units, and hires and promotions in his government.
He likened himself to an airline pilot who sits down and checks his instruments before taking off, calling the city a “complex piece of machinery.”
“You have to constantly inspect what you expect, or it’s suspect,” Adams said, using one of his favored catchphrases.
Adams, a former New York City police captain, state lawmaker and elected borough president of Brooklyn, had to deal with unrelenting crisesin his first month in office.
A fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building, killing 17 people; a baby was wounded by gunfire; two police officers were fatally shot while responding to a call; a woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train by a stranger.
“Outside of 9/11, I don’t know if another mayor was just inundated with so much at one time,” Adams remarked.
Crime, which has risen in cities across the U.S., has become one of his chief concerns.
It’s by far the thorniest issue Adams took on, said Jon Reinish, a Democratic political strategist in New York City. But 100 days is still early, Reinish said, and a better barometer of progress would be a year into the administration.
“I think that he has navigated that well so far, but Rome wasn’t built in a day,” he said.
New York City’s elected public advocate Jumaane Williams, a progressive Democrat who serves as a city ombudsman, praised Adams for partnering with him on issues like food insecurity, Black maternal health and summer jobs for young people. But he said he’s concerned about too much emphasis on policing and not enough focus on mental health.
Adams, who is Black, points out that he spoke out about racist and unjust practices in the department while he was an officer. He says police can learn from the mistakes of the past while using new tools like body cameras to stay accountable — but the city also can’t go back to the days of high rates of violent crime.
“I know I don’t want to go back to the violence or the abuse. Some people only talk about not going back to the abuse,” he said.
Critics have also called Adams’ actions to clear homeless encampments short-sighted, especially when some people living on the street say they don’t feel safe in the city’s shelters and there’s not enough affordable housing to provide a long-term solution.
“It sounds to me like we’re doing the last thing first,” Williams said.
Adams contends it’s inhumane to accept that people sleep on the street, and defends his plan by pointing to to a city law guaranteeing a right to space in a shelter for any homeless person who needs it.
But he also notes that when an encampment is cleared, “It is just unbelievable how visually, it just changes your mindset of your neighborhood. And that is part of the goal. Because we’re dealing with an actual problem and the perception of a problem.”
Perception, he said is also why he’s posting photos and videos on social media of himself shoveling snow during snowstorms or is seen meeting people all over the city and hitting up restaurants, night clubs and glitzy events.
“We have to get the city back up and operating and many New Yorkers are starting to do so. And they need to see me in the process,” he said. “As I deal with the crises, I also have to be on that red carpet. Because Broadway is a major economic driver for our city.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/new-nyc-mayor-adams-strives-for-order-post-covid-comeback/ | 2022-04-12T00:17:32Z |
Small Businesses in Prime Position for Fast Growth as Corporations and Organizations Address Today's Complex Challenges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BoldHaus, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company, which helps consultants, leadership coaches, service providers, and certified diverse-owned businesses to win corporate clients, today announced its annual conference, Groove, will return to Fort Lauderdale, October 17 – 20, 2022.
"Acquiring new clients is the top concern for self-employed experts, small business owners, and boutique firms who don't have large marketing budgets," said Angelique Rewers, CEO and founder, BoldHaus, a WBENC-certified woman-owned enterprise.
"Groove is designed to help small business owners hone their skills to get in front of decision makers, close new business, and create lasting transformation inside of organizations," said Rewers.
The marketplace is booming especially for experts who help companies address talent shortages, leadership development pipelines, diversity, workplace culture, and more. For example, according to Technavio, the corporate leadership training market is set to grow by an additional $18.59 billion from 2021 to 2026.
"On one hand, consultants, coaches, trainers, service providers, and diverse suppliers have never had a better opportunity to support organizations that are reeling from The Great Resignation, supply chain disruptions, digital disruption, climate change, and much more," said Rewers. "On the other hand, entrepreneurs need to make a paradigm shift in how they market and sell their expertise to decision makers who are being pulled in every direction. Making that shift is exactly what the Groove conference is all about."
BoldHaus Groove will be hosted at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort, Monday, Oct. 17 to Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Learn more and register to attend at https://boldhausgroove.com/.
BoldHaus is a globally recognized, award-winning provider of training and mentorship services to help small business owners win corporate and other B2B clients. The company, which is an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company, works with small business owners from more than 72 countries worldwide, with a particular focus on consultants, executive coaches, professional service providers, speakers, experts and diverse-owned businesses. Founded in 2010, BoldHaus is based in Boca Raton, FL, and is certified by WBENC as a woman-owned company. Learn more at https://boldhaus.com/.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until July 12, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in securities class action lawsuits against Upstart Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGS: UPST), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 18, 2021 and May 9, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). These actions are pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
What You May Do
If you purchased securities of Upstart as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-upst/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in the class action, you must petition the Court by July 12, 2022.
About the Lawsuits
Upstart and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 9, 2022, post-market, the Company revealed its 1Q2022 financial results, disclosing a reduction to its fiscal 2022 guidance, expecting revenue of approximately $1.25 billion and contribution margin of 48% due to "rising interest rates and rising consumer delinquencies [as] putting downward pressure on conversion."
On this news, shares of Upstart fell $43.52, or 56%, to close at $33.61 per share on May 10, 2022.
The first-filed case is Ward v. Upstart Holdings, Inc., No. 22-cv-02856.
About Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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The Hello Alice Small Business Mastercard® enhances the collective goal of providing Equitable Access to Credit to ensure that all small businesses have access to capital
HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hello Alice, the free platform helping over one million small businesses launch and grow, today proudly announced the launch of the Hello Alice Small Business Mastercard as it broadens its suite of inclusive capital products. In partnership with Mastercard, the exclusive payments network, and First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO), the card offers small business owners industry-leading accessibility to tools and services including expert business advice, powerful business insights, cashback, and a unique rewards program featuring the ability to earn points by completing business-advancing activities on the Hello Alice platform.
"We designed the Hello Alice Small Business Mastercard to meet the needs of small business owners where they are, breaking longstanding barriers to mentorship, access to credit, and overall financial health for those who have traditionally been denied access," said Elizabeth Gore and Carolyn Rodz, co-founders of Hello Alice, "In times of economic boom and bust, access to capital remains the leading challenge for all small business owners, and particularly for New Majority owners, which is why we continue to focus our efforts on expanding the capital continuum beyond our existing grants and loans programs."
To maximize capital accessibility for all small business owners, the Hello Alice Small Business Mastercard will be offered as a traditional credit card as well as one with additional provisions to help with credit-building. For business owners with a limited or poor credit history, the credit-building credit card provides cardholders full card benefits while they improve their credit. In as few as twelve months, small business owners may, subject to credit approval, seamlessly graduate from a secured to an unsecured card, a unique feature in the market.
"Small businesses are the backbone of our communities, yet too often face significant obstacles in securing the resources they deserve, particularly if the owners come from underserved communities," said Linda Kirkpatrick, president for North America at Mastercard. "The launch of the Hello Alice Small Business Mastercard is an important step in our mission to build a more inclusive digital economy by providing small businesses with the financial tools and capital they need to thrive, while also advancing our half-billion-dollar commitment to help close the racial wealth and opportunity gap for Black communities."
The card is part of Hello Alice's larger Equitable Access to Capital program, a commitment to ensure that all small businesses have access to the capital they need to grow the sustainable businesses that power the national economy. The program provides all of the financial products, tools, and education for owners to scale their businesses, including its own grant fund providing security deposits for high-potential but credit-challenged small business owners. By 2025, Hello Alice estimates that approximately $70 million in grants could fund credit enhancements for approximately 30,000 business owners, unlocking up to $1 billion in credit access.
Entrepreneurs who are women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, or people with disabilities continue to face barriers to accessing the capital they need for long-term success. In the latest Small Business Capital Access Study completed by Hello Alice*, seventy-eight percent of small business owners claim access to capital is limiting their ability to manage their day-to-day operations, with Black (84%) and Multi-Racial (82%) owners over-indexing on this claim. Eighty-nine percent of owners claim access to capital is limiting their business growth potential. The added stress of the pandemic and its lasting effects continue to impact small businesses. In a recent Hello Alice survey of Black business owners, 34%** of Black owners cited raising capital as their primary obstacle in 2022.
"FNBO has been committed to helping small businesses succeed for 165 years, and we are proud to partner with Hello Alice and Mastercard in this vital initiative to elevate all small businesses," said Jerry J. O'Flanagan, Executive Vice President, Partner Customer Segment at First National Bank of Omaha.
Hello Alice serves a diverse community of business owners across the country. Approximately 68% of owners are BIPOC, 63% are female, and 17% are military-affiliated. For small business owners interested in learning more about the card, please visit https://hialice.co/meet-the-card. Please direct all media requests to Renee Rossi, renee@relativity.ventures.
*Based on data compiled from 2,978 small business owners across all 50 states. **Based on data compiled from 30,500 Black business owners across all 50 states.
Founded by Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore, Hello Alice is a free platform serving more than one million small business owners across the United States. Committed to equitable access to capital for women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and entrepreneurs with disabilities, Hello Alice offers funding, education, tools, and curated opportunities. Working with enterprise business services, ecosystem partners, affiliates, and government agencies, Hello Alice provides its growing community with everything they need to grow their businesses. To learn more, visit www.helloalice.com, as well as Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) is a leader in the credit card partnership arena, with partners in a variety of industries including retail, travel, entertainment, automotive, oil, nonprofits and more. For over 60 years, FNBO has specialized in providing comprehensive credit card programs with personalized service to help its customers achieve their goals. Visit card.fnbo.com for more information.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Trust Company, a subsidiary of Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATC), has provided $12 million in debt financing to Freight Farms to expand its product offering and pursue its growth objectives. Founded in 2012, Freight Farms has a network of connected hydroponic container farms serving customers around the world ranging from small business farmers to those within the corporate, hospitality, retail, education, and nonprofit sectors.
"Cambridge Trust is the type of commercial lender all companies in our industry want to work with, because they took the time to understand our market, our business model, and our vision," said Freight Farms Chief Executive Officer Rick Vanzura. "Their financing is coming at the perfect time—a time when we are looking to meet the increasing demand for our farms. It puts Freight Farms in a stable financial position to help us meet our customers' needs and continue as a leader in providing vertical farming solutions that optimize crop yield year-round around the globe."
"We are pleased to provide an innovative and meaningful debt facility to advance Freight Farms' efforts to expand its product offerings and achieve its growth objectives," said Chris Roy, Director, Innovation Banking at Cambridge Trust. "With a talented management team and well-designed products serving a critical need, we believe Freight Farms is poised to transform agriculture over the years ahead as sustainability and access to quality produce become ever more important."
Cambridge Trust's Innovation Banking Group is a leading Boston-based lender focused on the financial needs of growth-stage companies which drive the expansion of the innovative economy and support Cambridge Trust's growth strategy.
Cambridge Trust Company, subsidiary of Cambridge Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATC), is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 132-year-old Massachusetts chartered commercial bank has approximately $5.1 billion in assets at June 30, 2022, and a total of 19 Massachusetts and New Hampshire locations. Cambridge Trust's Wealth Management group maintains offices in Boston and Wellesley, Massachusetts and Concord, Manchester, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire with $4.0 billion in client assets under management and administration at June 30, 2022.
To lean more, please visit cambridgetrust.com or visit Cambridge Trust on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
Founded in 2012, Freight Farms debuted the first vertical hydroponic farm built inside an intermodal shipping container—the Leafy Green Machine—with the mission of democratizing and decentralizing the local production of fresh, healthy food. Since inception, Freight Farms has expanded its product offering and now has the largest network of connected farms in the world, with global customers ranging from small business farmers to corporate, hospitality, retail, education, and nonprofit sectors.
To learn more, please visit freightfarms.com, or visit Freight Farms on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.
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MIAMI, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CEO Coaching International, the leading CEO coaching firm for growth-focused CEOs and entrepreneurs globally, is pleased to announce Patrick Eldon as its newest Partner and Coach.
Eldon is an experienced chief executive and entrepreneur, serving as CEO of orderTalk Inc. from its launch as a SaaS company to its acquisition by Uber in 2018. Under Eldon's leadership, the company grew from a fledgling startup to a leading provider of digital ordering solutions for the restaurant industry, processing more than $1B in annual transactions. He led successful capital raises with both angel and venture capital investors, oversaw the expansion of the company to three continents, and led an exit process resulting in an acquisition by Uber Technologies.
"Patrick is an accomplished leader with the proven ability to Make BIG Happen. Having successfully helmed a tech startup from its launch to its acquisition by Uber, he is well-equipped to help other CEOs reach extraordinary growth," said Mark Moses, CEO and Founding Partner of CEO Coaching International. "I am very pleased that Patrick is joining our team of elite executive coaches."
"I am excited to leverage the experience and expertise that I have developed over the course of my career to help companies Make BIG Happen," Eldon said.
Eldon started his career as an attorney and partner in a South African law firm where he specialized in maritime law, the enforcement of mortgages on ocean going vessels, and commercial fraud litigation as it related to maritime mortgages. He served on the law firm's executive leadership committee as well as chaired the marketing committee.
Eldon is married, lives in New York, and is expecting his first child in 2022. He is passionate about travel, gym, and the arts. He is also an angel investor and enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs and companies looking to grow, having a deep understanding of the challenges they face.
Eldon was recently a featured guest on the CEO Coaching International podcast, where he discussed "5 Keys to Scaling a SaaS Business."
To schedule a complimentary introduction call with Patrick Eldon or another one of the CEO Coaching International coaches, visit: CEOCoachingInternational.com/Coach/Patrick-Eldon/
CEO Coaching International works with CEOs and their leadership teams to achieve extraordinary results quarter after quarter, year after year. Known globally for its success in coaching growth-focused entrepreneurs to meaningful exits, CEO Coaching International has coached more than 1,000 CEOs and entrepreneurs in more than 60 countries and 45 industries. The coaches at CEO Coaching International are former CEOs, presidents, or executives who have made BIG happen. The firm's coaches have led double-digit sales and profit growth in businesses ranging in size from startups to over $10 billion, and many are founders that have led their companies through successful eight, nine, and ten-figure exits. Companies working with CEO Coaching International for three years or more have experienced an average EBITDA CAGR of 30.4% during their time as a client, more than three times the U.S. average and a revenue CAGR of 18.6%, nearly twice the U.S. average. For more information, please visit: https://www.ceocoachinginternational.com.
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US Treasury says it could block Russian debt payments starting next week
By Matt Egan, CNN Business
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday signaled US officials will likely end a carve-out in Western sanctions that has allowed Russia to continue make payments on its debt.
Speaking at a press conference in Germany, Yellen said it is “reasonably likely” to expect the license will be allowed to expire on May 25.
“There has not been a final decision on that. But I think it’s unlikely [the carve-out] would continue,” Yellen said.
Although the United States and other Western governments have frozen about half of Russia’s dollar reserves, the country has managed to avoid default. Russia has the money to pay its debts, but it has been unable to access its foreign reserves totaling about $315 billion.
Nevertheless, Russia has continued to pay its creditors without accessing those frozen assets. The country’s finance ministry said in April that Russia made a payment on a $565 million eurobond that was due this year, as well as $84 million for a eurobond that was set to mature in 2024. Both were made in US dollars, the finance ministry claimed, as required by the bond’s contract stipulations.
But the expiring carve-out would effectively block Russia from paying US bondholders, raising the risk of a default. Russia has not defaulted on its foreign debt since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago.
US sanctions introduced after Russia invaded Ukraine ban transactions with Russia’s central bank, finance ministry and national wealth fund. However, the Treasury Department issued a license that allows for some transactions related to debt payments.
“When we first imposed sanctions on Russia, we created an exemption that would allow a period of time for an orderly transition to take place and for investors to be able to sell securities,” Yellen said. “And the expectation was that it was time-limited.”
Yellen signaled she is not concerned about the potential spillover caused by ending the license.
“Russia is not able right now to borrow in global financial markets. It has no access to capital markets,” Yellen said. “If Russia is unable to find a legal way to make these payments and they technically default on their debt, I don’t think that really represents a significant change in Russia’s situation. They’re already cut off from global capital markets and that would continue.”
Russia has been able to prop up the ruble despite global sanctions by hiking interest rates, preventing Russian brokers from selling securities held by foreigners and demanding payment for gas and oil deliveries in rubles, among other actions. These measures have allowed Moscow to artificially manufacture demand for the ruble, even as the nation’s economy remains in tatters.
The ruble is near a five-year high against the euro and stands at a more-than-two-year high against the dollar. It’s the best-performing currency of 2022.
But Russia may not be able to maintain that strength much longer. A looming risk of default and squabbles with European countries over gas payments could limit Russia’s ability to prop up its currency.
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Life sciences organization extends leadership bench, improves delivery of value to customers
MIAMI, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArisGlobal, the leading provider of life sciences software that automates core drug development functions with its end-to-end technology platform LifeSphere®, today announces an expansion to its C-suite. James Jarrett is the company's new Chief Financial Officer, Kathleen Turland joins as the first Chief Legal Officer, and Aman Wasan has stepped into the new role of Chief Commercial Officer. The three appointments are happening during a time of significant momentum for ArisGlobal, which has experienced annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth of 34% in the first half of 2022 YoY.
Jarrett brings over a decade of executive leadership experience driving revenue and cash flow growth. He has partnered with management teams and boards of directors of high-growth, highly leveraged companies undergoing rapid change. Prior to joining ArisGlobal, he served as the CFO for Emergence Health Holdings, Carewell Urgent Care, and ProCure Proton Therapy Center.
Turland is a global strategic leader with more than 20 years of legal experience. She brings her broad range of legal and business skills to ArisGlobal, having worked with companies experiencing significant growth and expansion over the years, including General Electric, and FUSE Group. She started her legal career in New York, clerking for a Federal Court Judge, and working at two revered New York law firms.
Wasan is an expert in general management and commercial leadership with a deep understanding and knowledge of drug safety and clinical research. Since joining ArisGlobal in 2018, Wasan has excelled in six different positions, most recently as Senior Vice President of Global Commercials, where he managed global enterprise business. Before joining the ArisGlobal team, Wasan worked for Bioclinica as the company's Global Head of Safety and Regulatory Services.
"As we continue scaling our business and building new functions to better serve our customer base, expanding our C-suite will help us execute our mission and further drive our success in the life sciences industry," shares CEO Mike Gordon. "James, Kathleen, and Aman carry a wealth of industry knowledge instrumental in empowering ArisGlobal to further expand its customer pipeline, continue to develop innovative technology, and maintain a role as a trusted leader in the market."
Turland's addition to the company also represents consistent and focused efforts by ArisGlobal to continually put women in positions of leadership. Turland joins ArisGlobal veterans Ritu Shrivastava, Vice President Corporate Development, and Heidi Hattendorf, Vice President of Marketing, on the executive team. Currently, ArisGlobal also has women in core leadership positions across business, product, quality, people, and technology functions.
Within the last year, ArisGlobal has celebrated many achievements, such as, but not limited to:
- Go-live of the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS II), an electronic safety reporting platform powered by LifeSphere MultiVigilance.
- Achieving positioning as the market leader in Safety, with over 7+ million safety cases processed annually.
- Additional expansion of its Clinical, Regulatory, and Medical Affairs business globally in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and throughout Asia.
- Partnership with Snowflake to further enable life sciences customers to centralize, uncover, and act on data insights.
- Acquisition and integration of Boehringer Ingelheim's digital innovation BRASS into LifeSphere® under the name of LifeSphere Clarity to expand ArisGlobal's data offerings
- The official brand launch for LifeSphere, ArisGlobal's award-winning product platform serving over 300 life sciences companies worldwide.
For more information about ArisGlobal and the LifeSphere platform, please visit arisglobal.com.
ArisGlobal is led by passionate individuals who support life sciences leaders in developing and monitoring breakthrough medicines and therapies. With more than 35 years of expertise in the life sciences industry, ArisGlobal develops technology products within the platform LifeSphere to power pharmaceutical and biotech research and development. Building on our commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives, we give back to the communities where we live and work – in the U.S, Europe, India, Japan, and China. For more information visit https://www.arisglobal.com/
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The Ukrainian refugee crisis is the latest mission for a CNN Hero, who leads teams of mobile medics responding to global disasters
By Kathleen Toner, CNN
People around the globe have been moved by the horrible images of Ukrainians in distress, fleeing their homes after the Russian invasion began in late February. But the scope of the situation can be difficult to comprehend.
More than a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since February 24 and more than 4.6 million people have left the country, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. It’s the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II, the UN says.
More than 4,500 miles away in Anchorage, Alaska, paramedic-turned-nurse Teresa Gray mobilized to help. Late last month, through her nonprofit Mobile Medics International, she and several volunteers traveled to Galati, Romania, where they provided care — and comfort — to hundreds of Ukrainians.
“These people have lost everything — their homes, their family members, their country. I knew the hardships they’re going through,” Gray said. “Because we’ve done this before, in other countries, I knew that we (could) make a difference for them.”
After creating her nonprofit six years ago, Gray has sent medical teams to natural disasters and refugee crises in the US and around the world. Her organization’s work is all done by volunteers, with travel and supplies funded through donations and assistance from other nonprofits.
Gray says the group has provided free medical care to more than 30,000 people on five continents.
Gray specializes in sending small, mobile teams of four to eight licensed medical volunteers able to go into remote areas — a need she recognized after working with other groups.
“There’s amazing people doing amazing work out there, but they’re very stationary. They come in, they set up, and patients come to them. I really saw a need for basically an ambulance-type response,” she said.
When her group members deploy, they’re prepared to be entirely self-sustaining. This ensures that they can work for days at a time without taxing the local infrastructure.
“We can bring our own food, our own water, our own sleeping accommodations,” she said. “We try to take basically an ambulance in a backpack.”
When they deploy, it’s normally within 72 hours of a disaster to fill the gap before larger groups are fully operational. Their missions typically last seven to 10 days.
But the Ukraine crisis required a different type of response. Four days after the invasion, one of her volunteers from England began driving along the western border of Ukraine to assess where their help would be most needed. Eventually, they determined that Romania was overwhelmed by refugees but lacked infrastructure other countries, like Poland, had.
Going to the border of a war zone raised other concerns.
“This is the most dangerous mission we’ve ever done,” Gray told CNN prior to her departure from the US. “We’re taking the necessary medicine for chemical warfare, in case chemical weapons are deployed. But honestly, the heroes are my volunteers who were begging to go.”
Gray’s team was told about hundreds of refugees on a university campus who had very limited medical care. When they arrived at the campus in Galati on March 26, Gray was surprised.
“What we were expecting to see was large groups of people housed in tent cities or in large buildings, and actually they are housing these refugees in individual dorm rooms,” she said. “They’ve got food, they’ve got shelter, but it’s still a large group of refugees. The trauma is the same.”
Gray’s team staffed a 24-hour clinic and went room to room, caring for the 300 refugees with the help of interpreters. The problems they treated ranged from a flu outbreak among the children to chronic health problems in the elderly, which posed a particular challenge.
“They now exist in a country that doesn’t speak your language and doesn’t use the same medicine,” she said. “So, we’re trying to figure out what’s your underlying condition, what medication were you on in Ukraine and what is the equivalent in Romania.”
The group also helped organize a warehouse of donated goods, delivered supplies, and cared for other nearby refugees. When one woman, whose elderly mother had been treated for health issues, asked for help — Gray’s volunteers literally went the extra mile.
“She asked us if we would drive her to the border so (she) and her son could see Ukraine, maybe for the last time,” Gray said. “She asked us for help, so we gave it to her. “
That interaction embodies Gray’s approach to her work.
“It isn’t just about fixing the broken arm or giving you medicine. It’s making that human connection,” she said. “Human suffering has no borders. People are people … and love is love. “
CNN’s Kathleen Toner spoke with Gray about her work. Below is an edited version of their conversation.
CNN: How did you find your way into the medical field?
Teresa Gray: Growing up in Michigan, my godmother was a paramedic instructor, and she would drag me down to the firehouse and make me be a mock victim. I would have to be bandaged and splinted and all sorts of things while they practiced their skills. I loved it. After high school, I stumbled across an ad for an EMT, and I thought, “I’ll go give it a shot,” and it all made sense to me. I knew in that moment I had found my career.
I started as an EMT, became a paramedic. Eventually I moved to Alaska and ended up being a critical-care flight paramedic. Our cities are hundreds of miles apart, so our ambulances are Lear jets. We fly to the villages, pick people up and bring them back to major cities. I’ve picked up patients in dogsleds, on snow machines — whatever we needed to do to make it happen, I’ve tried all the different avenues of paramedicine. I’ve loved them all. Now I’m a registered nurse, but I also still hold my paramedic license.
CNN: What led you to get involved in disaster response work?
Gray: In late 2015, I had semi-retired. I was a stay-at-home mom, and I was watching TV and I saw the 3-year-old Syrian child on the beach of Lesbos face down in the water. I had not really been aware of what was going on over in Greece or the Syrian refugee crisis. And so I just decided that I was going to go to Greece and see if I could help. It was life-changing. These people were stepping off the boats, soaking wet, hypothermic. It was heartbreaking. But I made a difference for people.
CNN: In addition to natural and humanitarian disasters, your group also does medical sustainability missions.
Gray: We will find communities that are chronically medically underserved, and we ask them to commit five years to building their own medical infrastructure, and we support them during that time. We’ve done that with the Philippines very successfully. We normally go in twice a year and we give them the equipment, the supplies, the medications they need, and the ongoing training. And then we also mentor them and support them through telemedicine.
When we first started going to a remote island in the Philippines, they had a huge population of cleft-palate babies being born, just simply because their nutrition wasn’t good. Within three years, we eliminated cleft-palate babies on that island by giving out prenatal vitamins. That’s all it took — but that’s what it took. So that’s what we do. It doesn’t matter what you need, if we can provide that for you, we will.
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City of Denison to begin sewer smoke testing
DENISON, Texas (KXII) - If you see smoke coming out of the roof of your home in Denison over the next few days, it may be part of a sewer system test.
According to the City of Denison, the RJN Group, an engineering consultant hired by the city, will perform a physical survey of the wastewater collection system in portions of the city.
The study involves opening manholes in the streets and backyard utility easements, and also requires the use of smoke in order to gain information that will later be used to repair and improve the system.
According to the city during the testing, smoke will exit through vent pipes on the roofs of homes and through sewer line breaks. The smoke is non-toxic, leaves no residue, and creates no fire hazard.
The city adds that all affected businesses and residents have been notified 24 hours prior to smoke testing.
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Mickey Mantle card breaks record, as sports memorabilia soar
NEW YORK (AP) — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.
The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the contentious “Hand of God” goal in soccer’s 1986 World Cup.
It easily surpassed the $7.25 million for a century-old Honus Wagner baseball card recently sold in a private sale.
And just last month, the heavyweight boxing belt reclaimed by Muhammad Ali during 1974′s “Rumble in the Jungle” sold for nearly $6.2 million.
All are part of a booming market for sports collectibles.
Prices have risen not just for the rarest items, but also for pieces that might have been collecting dust in garages and attics. Many of those items make it onto consumer auction sites like eBay, while others are put up for bidding by auction houses.
Because of its near-perfect condition and its legendary subject, the Mantle card was destined to be a top seller, said Chris Ivy, the director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, which ran the bidding.
Some saw collectibles as a hedge against inflation over the past couple years, he said, while others rekindled childhood passions.
Ivy said savvy investors saw inflation coming down the road — as it has. As a result, sports memorabilia became an alternative to traditional Wall Street investments or real estate — particularly among members of Generation X and older millennials.
“There’s only so much Netflix and ‘Tiger King’ people could watch (during the pandemic). So, you know, they were getting back into hobbies, and clearly sports collecting was a part of that,” said Ivy, who noted an uptick in calls among potential sellers.
Add to that interest from wealthy overseas collectors and you have a confluence of factors that made sports collectibles especially attractive, Ivy said.
“We’ve kind of started seeing some growth and some rise in the prices that led to some media coverage. And I think it all it all just kind of built upon itself,” he said. “I would say the beginning of the pandemic really added gasoline to that fire.”
Before the pandemic, the sports memorabilia market was estimated at more than $5.4 billion, according to a 2018 Forbes interview with David Yoken, the founder of Collectable.com.
By 2021, that market had grown to $26 billion, according to the research firm Market Decipher, which predicts the market will grow astronomically to $227 billion within a decade — partly fueled by the rise of so-called NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, which are digital collectibles with unique data-encrypted fingerprints.
Sports cards have been especially in demand, as people spent more time at home and an opportunity arose to rummage through potential treasure troves of childhood memories, including old comic books and small stacks of bubble gum cards featuring marquee sports stars.
That lure of making money on something that might be sitting in one’s childhood basement has been irresistible, according to Stephen Fishler, founder of ComicConnect, who has watched the growing rise — and profitability — of collectibles being traded across auction houses.
“In a nutshell, the world of modern sports cards has been going bonkers,” he said.
The Mantle baseball card dates from 1952 and is widely regarded as one of just a handful of the baseball legend in near-perfect condition.
The auction netted a handsome profit for Anthony Giordano, a New Jersey waste management entrepreneur who bought it for $50,000 at a New York City show in 1991.
The switch-hitting Mantle was a Triple Crown winner in 1956, a three-time American League MVP and a seven-time World Series champion. The Hall of Famer died in 1995.
“Some people might say it’s just a baseball card. Who cares? It’s just a Picasso. It’s just a Rembrandt to other people. It’s a thing of art for some people,” said John Holden, a professor in sports management law at Oklahoma State and amateur sports card collector.
Like pieces of art that have no intrinsic value, he said, when it comes to sports cards, the worth is in the eye of the beholder — or the pocketbook of the potential bidder.
“The value,” Holden said, “is whatever the market’s willing to support.”
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TORONTO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Nulogy, a leading provider of supply chain collaboration solutions, announced it has been selected as a 2022 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain. For 20 years, SupplyChainBrain's awards program has recognized exemplary vendors and service providers that help companies gain new business, increase financial savings, and improve operational efficiencies.
Nulogy was selected for the value its Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Network Platform delivers to consumer brands and their upstream supply ecosystem partners, such as co-packers, contract manufacturers, raw material and packaging suppliers, and value-added logistics providers.
"It is an honor for Nulogy to be recognized by our customers, SupplyChainBrain, and the greater supply chain community," says Jason Tham, CEO, Nulogy. "Our mission is to drive sustainable innovation in the supply ecosystems of brands and their external partners. To that end, we will continue providing our customers with the digital enablement and multi-enterprise collaboration capabilities needed to respond with agility and thrive in today's volatile consumer environment."
"For 20 years running, SupplyChainBrain has published our much-anticipated list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners — a select group of companies whose customers recognize them for providing outstanding solutions and services," says Brad Berger, Publisher, Supply Chain Brain. "This year's field of nominees was highly competitive and overall excellent – coming from all sectors of supply chain management."
Supply Chain Brain determines award recipients every year through a submission process that invites supply chain professionals to nominate vendors and service providers whose solutions have made a positive impact on their company's operations and bottom line. Nulogy will appear in the August 2022 issue of SupplyChainBrain Magazine, and on SupplyChainBrain.com as a 2022 Great Supply Chain Partner.
Nulogy, a leading supplier of digital supply chain solutions, enables consumer brands and their supplier communities to collaborate on a multi-enterprise platform in order to deliver with excellence to an ever-changing consumer market. The Nulogy Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Network Platform optimizes the upstream supply ecosystems of brand manufacturers, composed of contract manufacturers and packagers, third party logistics providers, raw material and packaging suppliers, to accelerate supply chain responsiveness and collaborate at the speed of today's market.
Visit Nulogy online at www.nulogy.com.
SupplyChainBrain is the world's most comprehensive supply chain management information resource. In addition to providing complete coverage of all fundamental supply chain principles, SupplyChainBrain identifies emerging trends, strategies and best practices, forward-thinking ideas, cutting-edge solutions and the latest innovations—and continues to write and report on these as they evolve and mature.
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Expert tips for overcoming corn rootworm, soil compaction issues resulting from a late planting
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers are adept at making the most out of less-than-ideal conditions, whether it's an abridged growing season, pest pressure or marginal acres. This summer, many are facing challenges wrought by a cold start and a late planting, which set the stage for corn rootworm pressure and other issues.
"While no two growing seasons are alike, this one is unfortunately shaping up to be similar to the last few in terms of corn rootworm pressure, which has been trending upwards," says Joe Bollman, NK Seeds Corn Product Manager. "It's a billion-dollar-a-year issue and is arguably the No. 1 challenge that farmers contend with. It's intensified by a late planting, which gives corn rootworm a head start and younger plants to feed on."
The NK Seeds corn portfolio features DuracadeViptera™ trait stacks to protect yield potential from 16 above- and below-ground pests while helping to produce cleaner ears for improved grain quality. The Duracade™ component is a novel Syngenta corn rootworm trait to help farmers limit the effects of corn rootworm and to maximize their yield potential.
"Significant corn rootworm pressure can rob farmers of yield potential," warns Bollman. "On top of that, it limits the plant's ability to take up nutrients, especially in drought conditions. Thus, this increases the risk for stalk lodging in the fall on top of the root lodging risk from the reduced root mass due to corn rootworm feeding. These inefficiencies make corn rootworm a fundamental challenge — one that DuracadeViptera was created to combat."
In addition to recommending hybrids that offer corn rootworm protection, Bollman encourages farmers to monitor and manage corn rootworm this summer. Scouting or trapping corn rootworm beetles with sticky traps can help to determine whether economic thresholds have been surpassed and what future management plans are needed. Farmers should also develop multi-year, field-by-field management plans that, in addition to trait stacks, may consist of crop rotation and soil- or foliar-applied insecticides.
If you planted your 2022 corn crop late, you were likely in a hurry to take to the field when Mother Nature finally allowed. And if you ran your planters or tillage equipment over wet soil last spring, you may be noticing the ramifications of soil compaction this summer.
Running planters or tillage equipment across wet soil can cause soil compaction issues that reduce the size and amount of pore space and decrease water and oxygen movement — causing issues that you'll contend with all season long.
"We now have the ability to plant a crop in a hurry, compared to 10 or 15 years ago, which is both a blessing and a curse," says Bollman. "If you were lucky to get good conditions after planting, you probably got off to a strong start and made up for lost time. But if you were forced to plant into marginal conditions, your acres may now be susceptible to issues like soil compaction. Everyone knows, we only get one chance to plant, and a mistake can affect an entire season."
While the best way to manage soil is to prevent compaction from happening, there are steps farmers can take to make the most out of their compacted soil this summer.
- Diagnose the depth of compaction before deciding on the right compaction management tool.
- In a no-till environment, consider planting an aggressively growing cover crop to break compaction layers.
- A deep tillage pass at an angle to the normal cropping rows may be considered in the fall.
- For late-season management, monitor the fields for any potential stalk or root lodging, and plan to harvest those fields early to help minimize losses.
To see the NK Seeds lineup of corn hybrids with DuracadeViptera, consult the 2023 NK Seed Guide. To get help assessing and managing soil compaction, contact your local agronomist.
Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds are part of Syngenta Group, one of the world's leading agriculture companies. Our ambition is to help safely feed the world while taking care of the planet. We aim to improve the sustainability, quality and safety of agriculture with world class science and innovative crop solutions. Our technologies enable millions of farmers around the world to make better use of limited agricultural resources.
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BryterCX alumnus brings vast CX expertise to IgniteTech
AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IgniteTech™, the company "Where Software Goes to Live™," today announced that Kay Williams, Customer Experience (CX) journey analytics leader and BryterCX product expert, has joined the Company in a newly created role of Senior Vice President, Customer Experience.
Williams is a seasoned technology consultant across multiple industries and verticals, spending her early career delivering professional services with Ernst & Young and Capgemini. She later served as Senior Consultant for enterprise customers of BryterCX (then known as ClickFox), and in her most recent role, she led customer journey analytics for a current enterprise user of the BryterCX platform. Williams' experience architecting business solutions for enterprises worldwide, with a particular focus on partnering with cross-functional teams to improve CX, makes her uniquely qualified to lead the IgniteTech Customer Experience practice.
"Kay is a standout talent and a world-class CX analytics leader," said Eric Vaughan, IgniteTech's CEO. "We're thrilled to have her join the team based on her deep BryterCX product expertise and CX consulting experience. IgniteTech is making significant investments in innovation for the BryterCX platform for customers, and coupled with Kay's leadership, consulting acumen and product knowledge, we expect to lead the journey analytics space across industries."
Earlier this year, IgniteTech acquired the BryterCX Journey Intelligence™ platform, which provides detailed insights into CX journeys and creates opportunities to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction. Williams will drive IgniteTech's leadership in CX both with BryterCX customers and through the continuous innovation of products in IgniteTech's software library and the IgniteTech Unlimited program.
IgniteTech is one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. Founded in 2010, IgniteTech is an innovative, privately-held company and a member of the ESW Capital group of companies. Building on its corporate vision, "Where Software Goes to Live™," IgniteTech grows exclusively through acquisitions. The Company continues to deliver on its promise of revitalizing enterprise software through the three pillars of the IgniteTech corporate vision: 1) to save and stabilize the software and businesses it acquires; 2) to innovate and transform products to the AWS cloud; and 3) to add unlimited value with its one-of-a-kind, Netflix-style software subscription, which includes all products in IgniteTech's solution suites.
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NY high court nixes Trump appeal, clearing way for testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court rejected former President Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to avoid testifying in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices on Tuesday, clearing the way for his deposition next month.
The state’s Court of Appeals said there was no “substantial constitutional question” that would warrant its intervention in the matter following an intermediate appellate court’s ruling last month enforcing a subpoena for Trump’s testimony.
The court also dismissed a motion by Trump’s lawyers to stay the subpoenas, saying that doing so would be “academic,” since it wasn’t taking up the former president’s appeal in the first place.
Trump and his two eldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., agreed last week to answer questions under oath starting July 15 unless the Court of Appeals decided to step in.
A message seeking comment on Tuesday’s ruling was sent to Trump’s lawyer. Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., declined comment. A message was also left with a spokesperson for Attorney General Letitia James.
The appellate division of the state’s trial court ruled May 26 that the Trumps had to undergo a deposition, upholding a lower court’s ruling that James’ office had “the clear right” to question Trump and certain other figures in his company, the Trump Organization.
James has said her three-year investigation has uncovered evidence that the Trump Organization exaggerated the value of assets including skyscrapers, golf courses and even his Manhattan penthouse to get loans, insurance and tax breaks for land donations.
A lawyer for her office told a judge last month that evidence could support legal action against the former president, his company or both, though the attorney said no decision had been made.
Trump has decried the investigation as part of a politically motivated “witch hunt” against him.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that TruConnect is No. 1,692 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"We are proud to be recognized by Inc. for our continued growth and be named for the third consecutive year to the Inc. 5000 list," stated Doug Lodder, president of TruConnect. "This achievement is driven by the tremendous efforts of our team to help close the digital divide for all Americans and our commitment to provide customers with the devices and services they need to get connected and stay connected."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
TruConnect has been on the front lines of digital equity since the inception of the Lifeline program, a discounted phone service for qualifying low-income consumers. As a mission-driven company, it has been solely focused on building solutions designed for its customers most in need. In the last year and half alone, it has equipped more than 1.5 million Americans with free smartphones and service. Today, it delivers an end-to-end connectivity solution comprising of a device and wireless connectivity, and also provides service through the federal Affordable Connectivity Program.
More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000
Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, visit http://conference.inc.com/.
About TruConnect
TruConnect is the fastest-growing premium low-cost wireless service provider in the U.S., expanding availability of wireless and internet service plans and low-cost devices through Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to all eligible Americans. TruConnect is mission-driven, transforming how people connect to the world and helping more Americans gain access to critical resources while staying connected to family and friends. With no-contract plans for voice, text, and data, and easy-to-use devices like handsets, tablets, computers and hotspots, TruConnect is bridging the digital divide and connecting millions of Americans who have otherwise been overlooked and underserved by traditional providers.
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LISLE, Ill., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) announced that its Board of Directors approved an increased cash dividend of $0.08 per share of the Company's common stock, representing a 33% increase over the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share. The announced dividend is payable on September 1, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 18, 2022.
ABOUT SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) supplies high-quality coke to domestic and international customers. Our coke is used in the blast furnace production of steel as well as the foundry production of casted iron, with the majority of sales under long-term, take-or-pay contracts. We also export coke to overseas customers seeking high-quality product for their blast furnaces. Our process utilizes an innovative heat-recovery technology that captures excess heat for steam or electrical power generation and draws upon more than 60 years of cokemaking experience to operate our facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Brazil. Our logistics business provides export and domestic material handling services to coke, coal, steel, power and other bulk customers. The logistics terminals have the collective capacity to mix and transload more than 40 million tons of material each year and are strategically located to reach Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes and international ports. To learn more about SunCoke Energy, Inc., visit our website at www.suncoke.com.
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PCBC 2022 Features Full Collection of LG Home Appliances to Meet Evolving Needs of Dynamic Builder Market
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA returns to PCBC, the official trade show of the Leading Builders of America and California Building Industry Association, with a robust lineup of high-performing and award-winning home appliances and smart home packages that deliver innovation, reliability and outstanding design for today's building and remodeling projects.
As a featured PCBC exhibitor (Booth #1651 in San Francisco's Moscone Center), the LG Builder division is showcasing its world-class innovations across the kitchen and laundry categories to demonstrate how LG can help bring builders' visions to life with innovative appliances for every type of home, including different styles, functions, budgets and life-stages.
At PCBC, LG Builder also is underscoring its commitment to providing best-in-class service for builders and homebuyers, highlighting LG's growing network of service technicians, additional support through independent service centers, overnight parts delivery and more. As an extension of the company's focus on service, LG appliances come with peace of mind built-in with ThinQ Care. This smart service, which analyzes appliance usage patterns, proactively contacts the homeowner about potential service issues and with preventive maintenance tips.
A centerpiece of LG Builder's presence at PCBC is the fast-growing built-in, luxury brand Signature Kitchen Suite, which caters to a new generation of forward-thinking "Technicurean™" home chefs. The lineup features a number of industry-first innovations that allow these cooking enthusiasts to enjoy professional-style results with leading-edge connectivity for a convenient, unmatched culinary experience. This includes ranges and rangetops with the first-of-its-kind built-in sous vide on the cooktop, delivering the ultimate in versatility and precision cooking.
Also featured at PCBC are Signature Kitchen Suite refrigeration appliances that help to preserve and maintain the integrity of fresh food, including built-in column refrigerators and freezers that are brilliantly engineered to provide the largest capacity in their respective classes, along with the first-of-its-kind built-in 36-inch French-door refrigerator with a five-mode convertible drawer including multiple temperature zones and the option to drop the temperature down to make it a freezer. The award-winning two-drawer Undercounter Refrigerator/Freezer is a first-of-its-kind innovation with drawers that operate independently with various temperature settings that can be adjusted based on a homeowner's evolving needs, including an option to convert to a freezer setting.
Another highlight of LG's presence at PCBC is the reimagined LG STUDIO collection of home appliances with new design-driven enhancements that offer a more refined and modern look. Sporting a streamlined insignia, the redesigned 2022 LG STUDIO line comprises more than a dozen new built-in and freestanding kitchen appliances that include a wide range of premium exterior upgrades such as new pro-style handles, upgraded finishes and other thoughtful design features that elevate the kitchen experience.
LG STUDIO boasts clean lines and a contemporary aesthetic – expertly honing fine details to cater to the more discerning home design enthusiast. The collection is designed to meet the needs of today's modern family, now with characteristics just as contemporary – customized installation for a flush look or a traditional position, modern flat panels, more distinctive pro-style handles, and the gleaming stainless steel PrintProof™ finish, dovetailed with smart technology and lasting performance.
In addition to the premium offerings of Signature Kitchen Suite and LG STUDIO, the company is showing its broad home appliance line under the famous LG brand, which combines cutting-edge technologies, unique products and stylish kitchen designs, exemplified by LG InstaView™ and Door-in-Door® ENERGY STAR® certified refrigerators that raise the bar for convenience and efficiency. LG also offers a wide selection of top-rated laundry innovations including the LG Styler and ENERGY STAR certified LG top-load and front-load models such as LG WashTower, a vertical laundry solution that offers advanced cleaning features such as fabric sanitization, steam technology, TurboWash cycles, and AI technology that automatically senses fabric type and load size to select the optimal wash cycle for each user.
"LG helps bring builders' visions to life with innovative designs and products for every buyer imaginable," said Randy Warner, vice president, LG Builder and Signature Kitchen Suite. "With one of the broadest appliance portfolios in the industry – and an unmatched commitment to providing a best-in-class service experience – we're delivering world-class innovations, reliability and outstanding design to homes across the United States."
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, energy solutions and vehicle components. LG is 2022 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence. The company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its "Life's Good" marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to people's happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow. www.LG.com.
About LG Builder
LG Builder is a special division of LG Electronics USA that is focused solely on bringing the best possible appliances from various LG portfolios and exclusive product offerings to design and building professionals. LG Builder provides end-to-end business solutions including a wide product offering and reliable vendor services throughout the United States. www.LGBuilder.com.
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MIAMI (AP) — Udonis Haslem started the Miami Heat postseason with an apology.
It wasn’t a real apology.
Haslem, like many other Heat players, is amused by the notion that the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs isn’t considered a favorite to win the Eastern Conference title. Miami doesn’t have an MVP candidate, didn’t have anyone qualify for the top 20 in the league’s scoring race, and according to FanDuel Sportsbook only has the third-best odds of winning the East behind Milwaukee and Boston.
“It might not be the sexiest,” Haslem, the longtime Heat captain and 19-year veteran, said of Miami’s 53-29 regular season mark. “We ain’t got nobody out here scoring 85 points in one game. Ain’t got none of that. But we are winning basketball games collectively as a unit and as a team. I’m sorry to everybody in the basketball world that that’s not sexy enough for you guys, but we’re thankful for the guys that we have and the opportunity that we have to be the No. 1 seed.”
Miami opens the playoffs at home on Sunday afternoon; the Heat will find out their opponent on Friday night. By then, the Heat expect to have center Bam Adebayo — out because of a stint in the league’s health and safety protocols — back and ready for Game 1. He was the only Heat player missing Wednesday when the team resumed practice after a two-day, players-only, bonding trip to the Bahamas.
“In terms of whether there’s motivation because people are counting us out or not giving us a due respect, each person can translate that on their own,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “I think the more powerful motivation is what we’re trying to play for and compete for, which is the hardest thing you attempt to do in a team sport, to compete for a title.”
It might seem surprising to some that a team that made headlines a few weeks ago for an in-game argument — All-Star forward Jimmy Butler exchanging words with Spoelstra during a time out, then Haslem getting involved in a rather demonstrative way — went on vacation together. Whatever caused that argument was forgotten by the next day anyway, since some players arrived for work the following morning and found Butler and Haslem already in the locker room and carrying on with their usual brand of conversation and nonsense.
The Heat insist they’re united. They bicker, and that argument wasn’t the worst dustup the team has experienced this season, but Haslem said that’s all part this team’s DNA.
“Typical day in Miami, man,” Haslem said of the time-out mess last month. “That’s how we get stuff done around here. We believe in eye-to-eye communication. … You say what you’ve got to say, I’ll say what I’ve got to say, I love you, you love me, let’s get back on the basketball court, let’s play.”
That dustup came during a four-game Miami losing streak. When that slide ended, the Heat won six straight to lock up the No. 1 seed in the East before losing a meaningless regular-season finale in Orlando. Most Heat regulars didn’t play in that game, and the Bahamas trip then got underway.
Being the No. 1 seed guarantees nothing; no top seed has won the East title since Cleveland in 2016, and a top seed has only made one East final in the last four years — that being Milwaukee, when it lost to Toronto in 2019.
But the Heat, just as they were in the bubble two years ago when they went to the NBA Finals as the East’s No. 5 seed, insist that they believe they have enough to contend for a title.
“I feel good. I do,” Butler said. “I don’t put a ceiling or basement on anything, man, because we can’t control everything. I just know that if we focus in on us, and what we can control, and what we’re capable of, we’re going to be OK.”
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Two Veteran Olive-Producing Families Join Together to Spur Growth in U.S. Market, Bolster Grower Contracts and Enact Investments in California Production Facilities
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Escalante family, owners of Aceitunas Guadalquivir (AG Olives), one of the world's premier olive companies and recognized industry leader in technology and sustainable practices, today announced the acquisition of Bell-Carter Foods, LLC, a leading manufacturer of table olives in the United States. Bell-Carter Foods' current senior leadership team, led by fourth-generation CEO, Tim T. Carter, will continue to lead the 110-year-old, family-founded business under the same moniker.
The acquisition provides for the continuity of Bell-Carter Foods' leadership and its nearly 300 employees, the adoption and continuation of all active California grower contracts, and the effective execution of the company's own envisaged growth plans within California which are steeped in its five core values: family, teamwork, trust/respect, continuous learning and a service mindset.
The financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed. As part of the deal, Dcoop, a former partner of Bell-Carter, will hold a minority interest in Bell-Carter Foods, continuing to deliver value to Dcoop's cooperative members.
The deal further fulfills Bell-Carter Foods' longstanding commitment to its U.S.-based employees, nationwide retail customers, loyal Lindsay brand consumers and its production facility, located in Corning, CA. Within the first few weeks of the acquisition, investments will be made in the facility which include advanced olive cookers, expanded warehouse space and new production lines – all of which will help the company meet the surging demand for all forms and varieties of Lindsay brand olives processed and packaged in California. Bell-Carter's growth strategy and Corning investment plans will be supported by AG Olives CEO, Francisco "Paco" Escalante, as Carter and his current leadership team continue to drive the operational and commercial missions of the company.
Furthering a longstanding commitment to its home state, the acquisition empowers Bell-Carter Foods to maintain all active grower contracts and strengthen its commitment to its California-based growers. Bell-Carter Foods' network now includes 80+ growers across 3,000 acres throughout Tehama and Tulare counties. In the last year alone, Bell-Carter Foods signed multi-year contracts with its California-based growers and extended contracts to 25 new growers.
"As the fourth-generation CEO, I feel a deep sense of pride and responsibility to uphold Bell-Carter Foods' rich legacy as well as ensure its bright future," said Tim T. Carter, CEO of Bell-Carter Foods. "Our alliance with the Escalantes, another leading family in the olive business who shares our same set of values, is representative of the trust our long-time partner has in our employees, customer and grower partners, and unwavering mission to be the best and most respected table olive producer in California."
More than just smart business, this acquisition represents a deeper relationship between two successful families – the Carters and the Escalantes – who, together, have brought growth and innovation to the U.S. domestic olive business for more than 30 years. Since 1991, Bell-Carter Foods has been sourcing jarred green table olives from AG Olives' factory in Seville, Spain, and sharing this high-quality specialty product with consumers across the U.S. The investments that are part of this acquisition will help Bell-Carter expand its ability to bring even more ripe olive innovation, reliable supply, and growth to the table olive business in the U.S.
"Together with our dedicated employees in our corporate office in Walnut Creek and our plant in Corning, our valued domestic growers in California, and with the Escalante family, I am excited for the new growth that our company and the U.S. table olive industry will enjoy in the decades to come," said Carter. "One thing will not change: our continued, family-focused commitment to our employees, sourcing and producing the highest-quality, best-tasting table olives, and driving innovation in the table olive category."
"Our partnership with Bell-Carter Foods may sound new to some; however, our strong relationship with the company spans three decades," said Escalante, the family's second-generation CEO. "Our investment in Bell-Carter Foods is a testament to our company's shared passion for creating and delivering the perfect olives that enhance meals and create new taste experiences. We look forward to working closely with Tim and his exceptional team of dedicated table olive craftspeople to use our investments in the U.S. production facilities to help grow the Lindsay brand and give consumers even more ways to enjoy the world's finest olives on their tables."
"Bell-Carter Foods' strong track record of providing our retail customers with the highest quality, most reliable supply and competitively priced table olive products has been achieved thanks in part to our long-standing relationship with AG Olives," revealed Carter. "With this new investment, Bell-Carter is now in an even stronger position to ensure that our U.S. production facilities stay ahead of the retailer and consumer demand that we are seeing for high-quality, innovative and best-value table olive products."
For more information about Bell-Carter Foods, LLC, please visit bellcarter.com and ilovelindsay.com. For more information about AG Olives, please visit agolives.com/en.
The Escalante family has been deeply committed to the olive industry and the table olive sector for more than 60 years. The family owns and operates AG Olives – one of the world's largest companies in the table olive business headquartered in Seville, Spain. Founded in 1962 by Francisco Escalante Rivera, AG olives is now run by his son Francisco (Paco) Escalante. Since its foundation, AG Olives has brought together the best of tradition with the most contemporary production, packaging and distribution processes, placing the company at the forefront of the Andalusian agri-food sector and in the lead in the areas of vertical integration, sustainability and global innovation.
Founded in 1912, Bell-Carter Foods is the largest table olive producer in the U.S. and the second largest in the world. Family-owned and operated for over 100 years, the California-based producer has focused on providing innovative, best-in-class olive products, along with the industry's absolute best service. The company's core values -- family first, teamwork, trust and respect, continuous learning and service – have fueled the company's reputation as the ideal partner for retailers and foodservice organizations alike. With close to 300 employees across its Walnut Creek headquarters and its expanding production facility in Corning, CA, Bell-Carter Foods has become a recognized industry leader, selling and marketing domestic olives, imported olives, and olive-related specialty products under the Bell-Carter Foods, private label, and Lindsay brand names.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Molecular Partners American Depositary Shares pursuant and/or traceable to certain documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021; and/or (b) Molecular Partners securities between June 16, 2021, and April 26, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 12, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Molecular Partners AG issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's product, ensovibep, was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; that (ii) accordingly, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (iii) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (iv) another of the Company's product candidates, MP0310, was less attractive to Molecular Partners' collaborator, Amgen, than defendants had led investors to believe; (v) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return to global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (vi) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (vii) as a result, documents issues in connection with the Company's initial public offer and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
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Sustainability commitment backed by large investment
WYLIE, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Design and construction professionals today are tasked with selecting products that have the lightest impact on the environment. Those who understand the entire life cycle of building materials can help create a more sustainable building industry.
Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing (CCW) is helping that effort by providing four Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), covering most products in its waterproofing and air and vapor barrier lines.
EPDs are independent third party assessments using standard methods and metrics to quantify a product's impact on the environment. CCW's EPDs are product specific with cradle-to-gate scope. "Cradle to gate" addresses the environmental impact from raw material extraction to production of the finished good, staged, and ready for shipment to the customer.
"Securing an EPD requires considerable time and financial resources," says Brian Carey, product manager for commercial air barriers with Carlisle Weatherproofing Technologies. "It requires an ethical, disciplined organization to provide the facts and data to the independent parties for the EPD inputs. We are happy to provide EPDs to help our customers assess the environmental impact of their projects."
The CCW EPDs can contribute to one point in LEED v4 Materials and Resources "MR" section, "Building Product Disclosure and Optimization" category. Go here for more information.
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DALLAS, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Sabine Royalty Trust (NYSE: SBR), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.603540 per unit, payable on May 31, 2022, to unit holders of record on May 16, 2022. Sabine's cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports and tax information booklets, a link to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and more can be found on its website at http://www.sbr-sabine.com/. Additionally, printed reports can be requested and are mailed free of charge.
This distribution reflects primarily the oil production for February 2022 and the gas production for January 2022. Preliminary production volumes are approximately 47,602 barrels of oil and 1,374,858 Mcf of gas. Preliminary prices are approximately $87.42 per barrel of oil and $4.26 per Mcf of gas.
This month's distribution is lower than the previous month's due to the decreased production of both oil and gas, primarily due to a shorter production month of February for oil.
The production from the new horizontal gas wells in Panola County, Texas, has contributed approximately $860,000 reflecting January production. They were averaging about 875 Mcf per day per well during December totaling over 217,000 Mcf during this time frame with an average pricing of $3.74 per Mcf. In addition to these proceeds, the additional 8 new wells which were paid upon for the single month of January, contributing approximately $200,000, reflecting an average of 265 Mcf per well, per day.
Additionally, another 3 new horizontal wells, also in Panola County, were paid on by another operator for the previous 3 months of production from December 2021 through February 2022 resulting in approximately 390,000 Mcf of gas, with an average of 1,608 Mcf of gas per well, per day and a net revenue to the trust of about $1.4 million for this month's distribution.
As more regular monthly receipts are made in the months to come, additional information will be made available.
The table below compares this month's production and prices to the previous month's:
Revenues are only distributed after they are received, verified and posted. Most energy companies normally issue payment of royalties on or about the 25th of every month, and depending on mail delivery, a varying amount of royalties are not received until after the revenue posting on the last business day of the month. The revenues received after that date will be posted within 30 days of receipt.
Due to the timing of the end of the month of April, approximately $1,935,000 of revenue received will be posted in the following month of May in addition to normal receipts during May. Since the close of business in April and prior to this press release, $4,637,000 in revenue has been received.
Sabine Royalty Trust, as it does after the end of each year, had a year-end Reserve Report prepared in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission's requirements. This report provides an evaluation of the estimated asset value as of December 31 of each year, which can be used to estimate the remaining life of the Trust.
The estimated net proved reserves, as of January 1, 2022, attributable to the Trust from the properties appraised are approximately 6.0 million barrels of oil and 42.8 billion cubic feet of gas with a future net value of approximately $470,140,000 with a discounted value at 10% of $207,703,000. With these estimated quantities of this year's reserve estimate of 6.0 million barrels of oil and 42.8 billion cubic feet of gas remaining, it could be estimated that the Trust still has a life span of 8 to 10 years. The report is an exhibit to the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed on March 25, 2022 and is available to all unitholders at this time on the SEC website and Sabine's website.
The 2021 Annual Report with Form 10-K and the January 1, 2022 Reserve Summary will be posted in the month of April on the Sabine website at http://www.sbr-sabine.com/.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of U.S. Well Services, Inc. ("USWS" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: USWS), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by ProFrac Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PFHC). Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive 0.0561 shares of ProFrac Class A common stock for each share of USWS Class A common stock owned.
If you own USWS shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website:
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) the USWS board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the per-share merger consideration adequately compensates the USWS shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed.
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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LOS ANGELES , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LaTerra Development, a Los Angeles-based developer, has established a self-storage development platform and formed a joint venture with a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management to deploy up to $300 million in self-storage developments initially concentrated in Los Angeles and other Southern California markets.
"Self-storage is complementary to our core apartment development business," said Chris Tourtellotte, Managing Director for LaTerra Development, one of the largest multifamily developers in the Los Angeles Metro Area with approximately 3,000 apartments currently in the pipeline.
"Self-storage is part of the neighborhood ecosystem and supports housing density and small businesses, a primary goal for LaTerra," Tourtellotte adds.
LaTerra plans to develop ground-up self-storage facilities. The company is underway with its first three projects: 55,000 square feet in Mar Vista, CA; 63,000 square feet in Van Nuys, CA; and 77,000 square feet in the North Hollywood/Burbank, CA area. The firm is actively seeking other sites, according to Tourtellotte.
"We are delighted to be involved in this platform with one of the leading developers in Southern California with deep market expertise and off market deal sourcing capabilities," said Eric Wurtzebach, Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, The Americas, Macquarie Asset Management. "We believe this represents a stable, long-term investment opportunity with a high-quality partner, with the potential to deploy further capital beyond our initial commitment."
LaTerra hired John Wilson as a Vice President of Asset Management as its first dedicated storage professional. Wilson was previously at Storage West for 12 years and Public Storage for 13 years. LaTerra will continue to build a market-leading self storage team.
"Self-storage continues to demonstrate its resiliency across the cycle," notes Tourtellotte. "The pandemic accelerated demand as people relocated and cleared rooms to make way for home offices while small businesses stored inventory, excess furnishings and other items. Los Angeles has the lowest existing supply of self-storage per capita of almost any city in the United States. We think it's an ideal time to launch this new platform."
LaTerra is a market leading, fully integrated real estate investment and development company headquartered in Los Angeles, CA
LaTerra and its general contractor affiliate, LT Building Corp., are developing and constructing mixed use projects, with more than 3,000 multifamily units and over 1,000,000 square feet of premium commercial space. The estimated value of LaTerra's current projects at completion exceeds $3 billion.
LaTerra favors designs incorporating green building practices and sustainable materials by continuously seeking and implementing the latest in available technologies - cleaner and more efficient buildings, better sound attenuation, smart homes and services.
LaTerra's mission is to create innovative designs infusing new energy and capital into neighborhood communities while remaining consistent with local values. This mission is engrained in and reflected by the company's daily operating culture. By prioritizing the enrichment of people and relationships, LaTerra produces winning results for its residents, tenants, employees and investors.
Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager that aims to deliver positive impact for everyone. Trusted by institutions, pension funds, governments, and individuals to manage more than $US545.7 billion in assets globally, we provide access to specialist investment expertise across a range of capabilities including infrastructure & renewables, real estate, agriculture & natural assets, asset finance, private credit, equities, fixed income and multi asset solutions.
Macquarie Asset Management's Real Estate division is a global real estate investment business with an extensive network and capability across real estate investment management, asset management and direct investment. With approximately $US12.4 billion of assets under management, its team of over 157 real estate specialists located around the world, provide access to opportunities across the real estate spectrum – from strategies to access emerging sectors through growing specialist real estate platforms and asset creation, to the disciplined investment and management of core and core plus real estate.
Other than Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 ("Macquarie Bank"), any Macquarie Group entity noted in this document is not an authorised deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia). The obligations of these other Macquarie Group entities do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank. Macquarie Bank does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of these other Macquarie Group entities. In addition, if this document relates to an investment, (a) the investor is subject to investment risk including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and principal invested and (b) none of Macquarie Bank or any other Macquarie Group entity guarantees any particular rate of return on or the performance of the investment, nor do they guarantee repayment of capital in respect of the investment.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced it will redeem all $1,350,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 3.050% senior notes due June 20, 2022 (CUSIP 05531FBG7) on the redemption date of May 20, 2022.
The redemption price for the senior notes will be equal to 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. Interest on the senior notes will cease to accrue on and after the redemption date.
Payment of the redemption price for the senior notes will be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company.
Truist Financial Corporation is a purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. Truist has leading market share in many high-growth markets in the country. The company offers a wide range of services including retail, small business and commercial banking; asset management; capital markets; commercial real estate; corporate and institutional banking; insurance; mortgage; payments; specialized lending; and wealth management. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist is a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with total assets of $544 billion as of March 31, 2022. Truist Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com.
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Cyclic Materials is building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements.
KINGSTON, ON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The continued electrification of society will be key in curbing carbon emissions and mitigating the worst effects of climate change. A major barrier to achieving that goal, however, is a projected shortage of so-called 'rare earths'—metals critical to a range of technologies, including electric vehicles and wind turbines. Cyclic Materials aims to remedy this issue using one of the oldest tricks in the resource management playbook: recycling.
Most metals are produced with approximately 40% recycled material, but only about 1% of rare earths are recovered at the end of life, meaning that the rare earth circular economy could grow as much as forty-fold in the coming years. A robust supply chain for recycled rare earths will accelerate domestic production of these materials, which are deemed 'critical' by many western countries. Recycling will also decrease the need for new green-field mining projects, which can take years to break ground, require massive capital investment and carry profound environmental consequences.
Thanks to Cyclic Material's innovative recovery process, the circular supply chain for rare earths is no longer a pipe dream. The company is extremely excited to announce the completion of its proof-of-concept bench-scale test work, carried out at Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. (KPM), as well as the delivery of the first samples of high-purity recycled rare earth oxides to downstream service providers. Cyclic Materials is now focused on building its pilot plant, the first step towards scaling up its recycling process to satisfy exploding demand.
"There is a huge opportunity to produce rare earth elements in a more responsible and sustainable way," says Cyclic Materials CEO Ahmad Ghahreman. "We aspire to reduce the pressure to open 3-4 new mines, thereby improving land use and reducing the use of harsh processing chemicals."
The goal is ambitious, and it is backed by Ghahreman's proven track record as an innovator in the field of resource extraction. Processes that he invented are currently being employed, at scale, to turbocharge the efficiency of copper mines across the world, and introduce recycled lithium back into the supply chain. With this initial sample delivery, Cyclic Materials has taken the first step towards revolutionizing rare earths recycling in a similar fashion.
"Today's shipment of sample product is an important step in the creation of a sustainable supply of these critical metals," continued Ghahreman. "It demonstrates the high-quality product we produce and will allow us to build the downstream supply chain necessary to create rare earth magnets with 100% recycled material."
About Cyclic Materials:
Cyclic Materials is a venture-backed startup based in Ontario, Canada. It is creating a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical materials used in the electrification of society. To learn more visit https://cyclicmaterials.earth
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Burglars posing as pest control workers, Bradenton police warn
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Bradenton police are warning condo residents of a scam where burglars are claiming to be pest control technicians.
Once they get inside a home, the phony exterminators steal jewelry, cash and other items, authorities say.
Police have arrested one man in connection with these burglaries and are investigating two others.
Sean Frank, 31, of Pompano Beach, has been charged with burglary to an occupied dwelling and scheming to defraud.
Police say on Feb. 24, a victim allowed Frank and another suspect, who claimed they were pest control employees, into her home at the River Oak Condominium complex. After they left, the victim noticed cash and jewelry were missing.
Frank and his accomplice left in a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by a third person.
Detectives continue to investigate two similar burglaries in the Ironwood/Pinebrook neighborhood, which also occurred on Feb 24. All of the burglaries occurred between 9 a.m. and noon.
Police caution homeowners not to allow anyone into your home that you didn’t hire. If someone claiming to be a contractor working on behalf of a homeowners’ association, management company, or another company asks to enter your home, and you aren’t expecting them, confirm their employment and identity before letting them in.
If you have information on this case, contact Det. Jay Gow at 941-932-9373 or jay.gow@bradentonpd.com; or Detective Todd Freed at 941-932-9370 or todd.freed@bradentonpd.com.
You also may email any information on this or other cases to BPDTips@BradentonPD.com. To remain anonymous and eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000, call Crime Stoppers at 1-866-634-8477 (TIPS) or send an anonymous E-Tip through manateecrimestoppers.com.
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Jack White surprises fans by turning Detroit show into his wedding
By Zoe Sottile, CNN
Jack White’s fans were treated to an unexpected surprise on Friday at a concert in Detroit, where the singer-songwriter pulled out a ring and proposed to his girlfriend Olivia Jean.
The rocker, best known for being one half of The White Stripes, seemingly confirmed the news on Instagram with a photo of him and Jean on stage. The sold-out show at the Masonic Temple in White’s hometown was the first stop on his “Supply Chain Issues” tour.
During the concert, White brought Jean, who is a singer and the opening act, on stage for a duet of the White Stripes’ 2001 “Hotel Yorba,” according to The Detroit News. Jean had performed solo but is also lead singer of The Black Belles.
After introducing her to the crowd as his girlfriend, White then presented a ring and asked her to marry him.
The engagement was brief, as a small group — including White’s mother, Jean’s father and an officiant — quickly gathered on stage to make the marriage official.
With the wedding complete, White resumed performing and finished the 90-minute concert.
This is White’s third marriage. He was previously married to Meg White of The White Stripes and model and singer Karen Elson.
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Verizon customers report big spike in outages, other carriers see smaller spikes
(KNOE/Gray News) - A massive spike in outages was reported by Verizon cell phone users Wednesday afternoon.
According to downdetector.com, the spike in outage reports began around 2 p.m. EST.
The site had received more than 20,000 reports from customers at the peak of the outage. Outage reports appeared to decline as of 4:15 p.m.
The site also showed spikes in outage reports for major carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T, but not nearly to the extent that Verizon users were reporting.
The situation has since been resolved, according to a spokesperson for Verizon.
“A fiber issue in the core of the network caused some of our customers to experience intermittent call failures today. The issue was identified and resolved by Verizon engineers and the majority of impacted customers should be seeing service as usual,” the spokesperson said.
Most of the outage reports came from the western half of the United States. The states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, and Colorado appeared to be the most affected.
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- Photographs of rainbows become donations in support of the 2SLGBTQ+ community worldwide
TORONTO and CHICAGO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BMO Financial Group today announced its new Pride-themed "Rainbow Deposits" campaign, inviting Canadians and Americans to "deposit" pictures of rainbows using the BMO Rainbow Deposits web app at www.BMORainbowDeposits.com and share on social media using the hashtag #BMOPride.
For every rainbow deposited, BMO will donate $1 to Rainbow Railroad, up to $50,000. Rainbow Railroad is a non-profit organization committed to helping persecuted members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community find safety around the world. In 2021, Rainbow Railroad helped more than 8,000 members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community from 101 different countries. Anyone can participate in the campaign, regardless of their financial institution. People can also discover rainbows nearby them within the app map, while keeping track of progress towards the donation goal.
"BMO has always been a proud supporter of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and Pride dating back to the early 1980's with our support of efforts to end HIV/AIDS. This program exemplifies our Purpose to Boldly Grow the Good in business and life and strengthens our commitment to Zero Barriers to Inclusion – supporting safety and security for everyone," said Paul Noble, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, BMO Capital Markets and Executive Sponsor for BMO Pride Canada. "BMO Rainbow Deposits represents a new and exciting way to support the 2SLGBTQ+ community, by turning any rainbow into resources for those in need."
"At Rainbow Railroad, we understand the importance of queer visibility around Pride. The BMO Rainbow Deposits campaign turns that visibility, through rainbows, into meaningful action by supporting Rainbow Railroad and creating real change for members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community around the world," said Dane Bland, Director of Development & Communications at Rainbow Railroad. "The donations made possible by BMO and this campaign will help Rainbow Railroad respond to many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community reaching out to us for life-saving support. We're so grateful."
Rainbow Deposits is the latest in BMO's longstanding commitment to the 2SLGBTQ+ community, which includes more than two decades of Pride sponsorship. BMO recently became the first Canadian financial institution to offer Mastercard's True NameTM feature, which enables transgender and non-binary Canadians to display their chosen name on their card. In December 2019, BMO Harris was also the first bank in the United States to issue the True NameTM debit card. In June 2020, BMO Harris expanded the availability of Mastercard's True Name feature to additional payment card types.
Additional ways BMO supports Pride and the 2SLGBTQ+ community:
- For the fifth consecutive year, in January 2022 BMO Harris Bank was recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as an industry leader in LGBTQ+ workplace equality – receiving a score of 100 on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI).
- BMO is proud to have a long history of sponsoring Pride-related events in communities across North America – including the pride & remembrance run in Toronto which BMO has sponsored for 26 years. The run raises funds to support 2SLGBTQ+ organizations and fosters community spirit, goodwill, volunteerism and sportsmanship in the Canadian 2SLGBTQ+ community.
- Underpinning our efforts as an organization is BMO Pride. BMO Pride is an enterprise-wide group of Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning (2SLGBTQ+) and ally employees committed to promoting an equitable and inclusive environment for all.
- BMO Road to Allyship training program was created for BMO employees who want to be supportive of their 2SLGBTQ+ colleagues. The course offers steps and resources that will help to strengthen their ability to stand up for others.
More information on BMO's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments, can be found here.
About BMO Harris Bank
BMO Harris Bank provides a broad range of personal banking products and solutions through more than 500 branches and fee-free access to over 40,000 ATMs across the United States. BMO Harris Bank's commercial banking team provides a combination of sector expertise, local knowledge and mid-market focus throughout the United States. For more information about BMO Harris Bank, visit the company fact sheet. Accounts are subject to approval. BMO Harris Bank N.A. Member FDIC. BMO Harris Bank is part of BMO Financial Group, a highly diversified financial services provider with total assets of CDN$1.04 trillion as of April 30, 2022.
About Rainbow Railroad
Rainbow Railroad is an international charitable organization with headquarters in New York and Toronto that helps LGBTQI+ people seeking safe haven from state-enabled violence and persecution in countries where same-sex intimacy and diverse gender expressions and sex characteristics are criminalized. Rainbow Railroad is a registered Canadian charity and 501(c)3 organization in the USA. For more on Rainbow Railroad, visit www.rainbowrailroad.org.
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. ("Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp." or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ARQQ) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of: (i) all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Arqit securities between September 7, 2021 and April 18, 2022, inclusive; and/or (ii) all holders of Centricus securities as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on August 31, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Arqit and Centricus (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
ARQQ investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Arqit's proposed encryption technology would require widespread adoption of new protocols and standards for telecommunications; (2) British cybersecurity officials questioned the viability of Arqit's proposed encryption technology in a meeting in 2020; (3) the British government was not an Arqit customer but, rather, providing grants to Arqit; (4) Arqit had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system at the time of the Merger; and (5) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. during the relevant time frame, you have until July 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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DENVER, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxine Moreau, president of Mass Markets at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), will present at the Wells Fargo Streaming & Connectivity Day on June 13. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. ET.
A live webcast link to the investor presentation will be made available on the Lumen Investor Relations website at https://ir.lumen.com/events-and-presentations.
About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 500,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences.
Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.
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NEW YORK and ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Media, the largest U.S. media agency according to AdAge Data Center 2022, has selected Catalina as its purchase-based data insights provider, strengthening its proprietary blu. data platform and support of CPG clients that rely on SKU-level sales data. Through blu., drawing on broad range of consumer insights, Horizon Media is able to develop and deliver on marketing campaigns with CPG brands tailored to individual consumer's purchasing habits while preserving privacy. Catalina, offering deep shopping behavior insights on virtually all U.S. households through a combination of rich, real-time transactional data as well as third party enrichments available via its anonymized shopper intelligence platform, integrates seamlessly with blu. and provides Horizon Media with more sophisticated targeting capabilities.
Horizon Media won The Hershey Company's business last year, including brands Reese's, KitKat, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and Pay Day, based in large measure on the capabilities and flexibility of blu. The platform taps data on more than 288 million individuals tied to unique personal blu.IDs to ensure privacy and can integrate data from a host of different sources.
"In conducting our media agency review last year, the strength and scope of each competitor's data platform was a critical consideration. We were impressed then with Horizon blu. and are thrilled that Catalina has further fortified the blu. platform to provide an unmatched level of data to inform, accelerate and measure the effectiveness of our marketing efforts," said Lynn Hemans, VP Consumer Intelligence & Analytics at The Hershey Company.
The Hershey Company and Horizon have expanded the Catalina relationship, seeking additional data beyond its core confectionary business to encompass newer snacking categories/brands in its portfolio.
"Catalina set itself apart with its scale, granularity, and the real-time speed in which they refresh the data," said Laura McElhinney, EVP, Chief Data Officer at Horizon Media. "Catalina provides us with purchasing insights that are refreshed daily, which enables us to mine actionable insights, model audiences, and activate and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns."
"Horizon has led the charge on the agency front to develop a clean room environment that shares aggregated data sources, while protecting an individual's privacy, and we are thrilled to be forging a relationship with them," said Christine McGovern, VP, Media & Data Solutions at Catalina. "We're grateful that Horizon helped open doors for us with a world-class marketer like Hershey, a relationship we're already building upon, and we look forward to establishing relationships with more of their clients in the coming months."
Horizon Media, Inc, the largest U.S. media agency according to AdAge Data Center 2022, delivers data-driven business outcomes for some of the most innovative and ambitious brands. Founded in 1989, headquartered in New York, and with offices in Los Angeles and Toronto, the company employs 2,400 people and has media investments of more than $9 billion. Horizon Media's fundamental belief is that business is personal, which drives its approach to connecting brands with their customers and engaging with its own employees resulting in industry-leading workplace satisfaction levels (Glassdoor). The company is consistently recognized by independent media outlets for its client excellence and has earned several "Best Workplaces" awards reflecting its commitment to DEI and the life and well-being of everyone at Horizon Media.
Catalina is a leader in shopper intelligence and highly targeted in-store, TV, radio, podcast and digital media that personalizes the shopper journey. Powered by the world's richest real-time shopper database, Catalina helps retailers, CPG brands and agencies optimize every stage of media planning, execution and measurement to deliver $6.1 billion in consumer value annually. Catalina has no higher priority than ensuring the privacy and security of the data entrusted to the company and maintaining consumer trust. Catalina has operations in the United States, Costa Rica, Europe and Japan. To learn more, visit www.catalina.com or @Catalina on Twitter.
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VIDEO: Police on lookout for tow truck driver who stole new pickup from driveway
PEORIA, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Police in Arizona are investigating a stolen vehicle that appears to have been taken during the overnight hours by a tow truck.
The Peoria Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a person who used a tow truck to steal a pickup from the driveway of a home last week.
Arizona’s Family shared security camera footage that captured the incident.
Police said the theft happened around 3 a.m. on July 29 in a neighborhood near 91st Avenue and Beardsley Road. That’s when a vehicle that appeared to be a tow truck backed into the driveway hooked up the new pickup and drove away.
According to the department, the truck used had towing equipment along with a black toolbox in the back. Police said there were no logos, phone numbers, or other unique markings.
The owner of the stolen 2022 GMC Sierra truck reportedly told police they did not permit anyone to take the truck and that the vehicle’s payments were current.
Authorities urged anyone with further information on this incident to contact Peoria police at 623-773-8311.
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LANSING, Mich., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AF Group, a nationally recognized holding company whose affiliated brands provide specialty and workers' compensation insurance solutions across the United States, has named the recipients of its annual employee and leadership awards. These significant honors recognize individuals who demonstrate outstanding character, leadership and an exceptional commitment to the award-winning People First culture of AF Group and its brands.
The 2022 winners include:
Leader of the Year: Kim Drew, manager of Subrogation, AF Group
Drew joined AF Group in 2013. She was the first member of the Subrogation department and has since built a strong and dynamic team. Under Drew's vision and mentorship, the Subrogation department has helped Claims identify potential recoveries earlier leading to record-high recoveries.
"Kim is an incredible asset to AF Group," said Lisa Corless, president and CEO. "She has built our Subrogation department from the ground up and has been an amazing mentor to her team. Her servant leadership is always on display — and she consistently leads her team in their contributions to the success of our organization."
During her time in Subrogation, Drew has mentored and supported her team to help them achieve their own goals as well as contribute to AF Group's goals.
"Kim is a consummate leader in her dedication to mentoring and building the skills of her team," said Jeff Hertrich, deputy general counsel. "This is reflected in outstanding departmental results that have had a massive impact on our customers by reducing their losses and expenses — all at a previously unmatched pace. This honor is well deserved."
Employee of the Year: Cindy Hall, nurse case manager, AF Group
Hall joined AF Group in 2014. During her eight years with the team, she has demonstrated deep compassion, integrity and empathy for injured workers and providers, as she helps move each claim toward resolution with compassion and reassurance.
"Simply put, Cindy is an exceptional nurse, teammate and friend to all she works with," said Corless. "She has a strong reputation within our company, as well as with agents and policyholders, as someone who will go above and beyond to ensure injured workers get the care they need. And she does so with immense grace and endless heart — I couldn't be prouder to have her as part of our team."
Hall is the first nurse to be recognized as Employee of the Year. Her daily efforts to get the highest level of medical care for injured workers represents AF Group's dedication to and focus on providing the highest quality service for policyholders and their employees.
"Cindy demonstrates the meaning of advocacy on a daily basis," said Paul Kauffman, director of Medical Management. "She is an advocate for the injured worker to ensure they are receiving the highest quality of care to assist in their recovery. She also is an advocate for her teammates, supporting them in both their personal lives and daily work efforts."
In addition to Leader of the Year and Employee of the Year, AF Group recognizes outstanding employee contributions with the Pinnacle, Horizon and Legend Awards.
Pinnacle Award
The Pinnacle Award recognizes achievement of teammates who support the AF Group enterprise. This year's winners include the following:
- Nick Armand
- Mandy DeSantis
- Lisa Painter
- Gehan Rivera-Chase
- Jeanna Stewart
- Katrina Shaw
Horizon Award
The Horizon Award recognizes employees in one of AF Group's diversification brands: AF Specialty, Fundamental Underwriters or Assigned Risk Solutions. This year's winners include the following:
- Sarah Christopher, Assigned Risk Solutions
- Addie Gouin, Fundamental Underwriters
- Bryan Pung, AF Specialty
Legend Award
The Legend Awards recognizes employees within and/or who serve AF Group's Workers' Compensation Division brands: Accident Fund, United Heartland, CompWest and Third Coast Underwriters. This year's winners include the following:
- Valerine Conerly, AF Group
- Olivia Cole, Service Center
- Chris DeRuiter, Accident Fund
- Jason Losen, AF Group
- Alice Pau, CompWest
- Ashley Pinckney, Accident Fund
- Jan Sassic, AF Group
- Eric Vichez, United Heartland
- Kim Zimmerman, Accident Fund
Annual employee award recipients are nominated by their peers and leaders based on exceptional performance.
About AF Group
AF Group is a nationally recognized holding company whose affiliated insurance companies are premier providers of specialty insurance solutions offered through independent agents nationwide. All policies are underwritten by a licensed insurer subsidiary. For more information, visit afgroup.com. © AF Group.
Contact:
Marissa Sura
(517) 896-3707
marissa.sura@afgroup.com
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DeSantis signs bill addressing ‘fatherhood crisis’
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - As state leaders take on what they are calling a “fatherhood crisis” in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that will provide about $70 million to bolster programs aimed at equipping dads with parenting resources and helping foster youth.
The measure (HB 7065) received bipartisan support during the 2022 legislative session, passing unanimously in the House and Senate.
Under the bill, the state Department of Children and Families will be directed to contract for the creation of the “Responsible Fatherhood Initiative.” The initiative will be geared toward providing information on effective parenting and will include a media campaign that “may include appearances by and involvement from public figures and influencers.”
A significant portion of the money earmarked for the program, about $32.6 million, will go toward funding grants aimed at assisting fathers. The grants will be targeted at issues such as helping fathers find employment, manage child support obligations and transition from a period of incarceration. The measure also accompanies funding in the state budget for grants that “provide evidence-based parenting education specifically for fathers.”
The law also increases a stipend, from $1,256 to $1,720, for young adults who previously were in the foster care system and are attending postsecondary schools.
DeSantis said the measure will have “huge ramifications” for helping young Floridians reach their potential.
“If you look over the last many decades, one of the worst social trends has been the decline of fatherhood. And we do have, in many instances, a fatherhood crisis in this country. The fact of the matter is when you take kids who do not have a father present during their upbringing, the chance of them dropping out of school, getting involved in trouble with the law, having other difficulties, increases dramatically,” DeSantis, the father of three young children, said during a press conference in Tampa on Monday.
The measure also aims to boost collaboration between the state Department of Children and Families and Department of Juvenile Justice to better serve children who are “dually involved” with both systems, meaning they receive services from both agencies.
Republican lawmakers and House Speaker Chris Sprowls, who made the measure a top priority during the session, flanked DeSantis at Monday’s event, which took place at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ practice facility.
“If you look at every social study there is on this topic, whether it is suicide rates or depression or dropping out of school, everything you can think of, mass incarceration — one of the greatest common factors that unites those people is an absent father in their life,” Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, said.
Tony Dungy, a Tampa sports icon who is a former head coach of the Buccaneers and an inductee into the NFL Hall of Fame, also joined the governor to endorse the new law.
Dungy works with the nonprofit group All Pro Dad, which provides parenting information and hosts events. Dungy said the measure signed by DeSantis will be “such a big help” to fathers in Florida and the agencies that help them.
In the record $112.1 billion budget (HB 5001) for the fiscal year that begins July 1, All Pro Dad would receive $1.2 million for literacy and family engagement programs and another $1.92 million to promote adoption and foster care. DeSantis has not received the budget from lawmakers yet.
The literacy program got $1.2 million for the current fiscal year that ends June 30, and the adoption effort received $650,000. Two years ago, the totals were $700,000 for the literacy efforts and $650,000 to promote adoption services.
After highlighting funding and the various programs the bill he signed Monday aims to benefit, DeSantis said the onus is on fathers to be present in their children’s lives.
“We’re putting our money where our mouth is. We’re here showing the importance of this. But you’ve got to be willing to do the right thing and be present in your child’s life. You’re not a man by leaving your kids hung out to dry. You need to be there,” DeSantis said.
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TORONTO, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Black Swan Graphene Inc. (formerly, Dragonfly Capital Corp.) (the "Company") (TSXV: SWAN) is pleased to announce that the Company's common shares will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") under the ticker symbol "SWAN" at the open of market trading on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
On August 2, 2022, the Company announced the closing of its Qualifying Transaction (as such term is defined in TSXV Policy 2.4 – Capital Pool Companies) with Black Swan Graphene Inc. ("PrivCo"), a private Ontario company, pursuant to the terms of a share exchange agreement dated January 17, 2022 as amended, with PrivCo and the shareholders of PrivCo (the "Transaction"). In connection with the Transaction, the Company changed its name from "Dragonfly Capital Corp." to "Black Swan Graphene Inc."
Black Swan Graphene Inc. is focused on the large-scale production and commercialization of patented high-performance and low-cost graphene products aimed at several industrial sectors, including concrete, polymers, Li-ion batteries, and others, which are expected to require large volumes of graphene and, in turn, require large volumes of graphite. Black Swan aims to leverage the low cost and green hydroelectricity of the province of Québec as well as the proximity of the eventual production sites of Mason Graphite in order to establish a fully integrated supply chain, reduce overall costs, and accelerate the deployment of graphene usage.
For more information, please visit: www.blackswangraphene.com
Black Swan Graphene Inc. on behalf of the Board of Directors:
Simon Marcotte, President & CEO
Additional information regarding the Company and the Transaction can be found in the Company's Filing Statement dated July 29, 2022, which is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future, including but not limited to, the Company's business objectives and operations. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements, including risks related to factors beyond the control of the Company. The novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, and the ongoing military conflict between the sovereign state of Ukraine and Russia also pose new risks that are currently indescribable and immeasurable. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Corpus Christi man was sentenced to just over 10 years in prison after being caught with 30 grams of meth.
Robert James Blanco, 29, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
In Dec. 2020, law enforcement found Blanco posting on a social media chatroom that he was selling meth, ecstasy, heroin and other drugs in Corpus Christi.
Undercover officers then purchased meth from Blanco several times, the release stated.
On March 1, 2021, Blanco crashed a vehicle while attempting to flee from officers.
On Feb. 16, 2021, he was arrested while in possession of a loaded firearm, 30.65 grams of meth and $1,330.
At the court hearing, additional evidence was brought forward that detailed “Blanco’s responsibility for 5,486 kilograms of narcotics” and multiple arrests. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/texas-man-sold-meth-to-undercover-officers-several-times-sentenced-to-10-years/ | 2022-06-08T17:10:35Z |
MIAMI, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CEO Coaching International, the leading executive coaching firm for growth-focused CEOs and entrepreneurs globally, is pleased to announce Randy Dewey as its newest Partner and Coach.
Dewey has over 30 years of experience delivering rapid growth and expansion in many countries worldwide. He assisted Blackstone with many turnarounds to successful seven-figure exits in the first half of his career. In the second half of his CEO career, he worked in a private family office environment and within the public markets. The organizations ranged from start-ups to $750M in revenue.
"Randy has excelled as a CEO by bringing a blend of operational expertise, strategic vision, and financial foresight into every opportunity," said Mark Moses, CEO and Founding Partner of CEO Coaching International. "He is a great addition to our team of world-class coaches and will be the right fit for any CEOs and executives striving to Make BIG Happen at their companies."
Some additional highlights of Dewey's career include:
- Revenue Growth – Dewey attained more than 350% growth over the past two decades, by developing a unique ability to align company core capabilities with organic market opportunities to rapidly expand the customer base.
- Capital and Financial Partnerships – Dewey kept the capital plan and financial foundation solid and sustainable as a critical stakeholder in businesses. He raised several hundred million dollars in debt and equity, combined with exceptional financial performance that has created over $1.8B in new corporate value.
- Crisis Management and Turnarounds – Dewey led several companies through very hostile situations, including Chapter 11 restructurings, and assisted many highly levered private equity situations through insolvency to triumph, then on to a successful exit.
"CEO Coaching International has an amazing vision to provide immense value to CEOs and executive teams and Make BIG Happen in business. This vision, coupled with their great tools and game-changing methodologies, makes us a hand-in-glove fit," Dewey said. "Furthermore, CEO Coaching International has an incredible coaching development process that sharpens its amazing staff of successful CEOs to be successful CEO coaches to provide a world-class offering; it sets them apart from any other coaching organization. I am looking forward to driving value together in the world of business."
Dewey is the author of the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling business book, "When the Unthinkable Happens: How to Lead Your Team and Pivot Your Business for Growth and Opportunity."
He has sat on 13 boards and participated in many nonprofit organizations that have focused on helping the less fortunate. He has invested in several companies and been an advisor to private equity firms.
Dewey received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Baker Center for Graduate Studies in Flint, Michigan. He lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife and 11 children, most of whom are raised and living independently around North America.
To schedule a complimentary introduction call with Randy Dewey or another one of the CEO Coaching International coaches, visit: CEOCoachingInternational.com/Coach/Randy-Dewey/
CEO Coaching International works with CEOs and their leadership teams to achieve extraordinary results quarter after quarter, year after year. Known globally for its success in coaching growth-focused entrepreneurs to meaningful exits, CEO Coaching International has coached more than 1,000 CEOs and entrepreneurs in more than 60 countries and 45 industries. The coaches at CEO Coaching International are former CEOs, presidents, or executives who have made BIG happen. The firm's coaches have led double-digit sales and profit growth in businesses ranging in size from startups to over $10 billion, and many are founders that have led their companies through successful eight, nine, and ten-figure exits. Companies working with CEO Coaching International for three years or more have experienced an average EBITDA CAGR of 30.4% during their time as a client, more than three times the U.S. average and a revenue CAGR of 18.6%, nearly twice the U.S. average. For more information, please visit: https://www.ceocoachinginternational.com.
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Son of Buffalo victim pushes Congress: ‘What are you doing?’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York, challenged Congress Tuesday to act against the “cancer of white supremacy” and the nation’s epidemic of gun violence.
Garnell Whitfield Jr’s emotional testimony comes as lawmakers are working furiously to strike a bipartisan agreement on gun safety measures in the aftermath of back-to-back mass shootings. Ten days after the shooting death of his mother and nine others in New York, another 18-year-old gunman with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 school children and two teachers.
“What are you doing? You were elected to protect us,” Whitfield Jr. told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“Is there nothing that you personally are willing to do to stop the cancer of white supremacy and the domestic terrorism it inspires?” he asked. “If there is nothing then, respectfully, senators … you should yield your positions of authority and influence to others that are willing to lead on this issue.”
The hearing is the first of two this week as families of the victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde appear at public hearings and events on Capitol Hill to show the human toll of America’s gun violence and urge Congress to act.
Pressing for a deal, President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Sen. Chris Murphy, a key Democratic negotiator, who has worked most of his career trying to curb the nation’s mass-shooting scourge after the heartbreaking slaughter of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary in his home state of Connecticut a decade ago.
Murphy told reporters after the meeting that he was grateful to have an opportunity to update the president on the talks in the Senate. “Obviously we’ve still got work to do in the Senate,” he said.
Murphy said his goal is to try to get an agreement this week, but he added that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been clear that “we need some extra time to dot the i’s and cross the t’s that will get it.”
On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee is expected to hear from more victims’ families and from fourth-grader Miah Cerrillo who captured Americans’ attention after she described covering herself in her dead classmate’s blood and playing dead to survive the shooting rampage in Uvalde.
The Senate hearing Tuesday focused directly on the white supremacist ideology that authorities say led an 18-year-old gunman dressed in military gear to drive hours to a predominately Black neighborhood in Buffalo and live stream his violent rampage. The shooting left 10 people dead and several others wounded.
“My mother’s life mattered,” Whitfield said. “Your actions here will tell us if and how much it mattered to you.”
Shortly after the Buffalo massacre, a bill that would have bolstered federal resources to prevent domestic terrorism failed in the Senate at the hands of Republican opposition. Even at Tuesday’s hearing, Republican senators took the time to focus on the racial injustice protests that took place in the summer of 2020, citing those incidents as acts of domestic extremism.
Since the failed vote, senators have regrouped and began to meet privately in a small bipartisan group headed by Murphy and Republican Sen. John Cornyn, trying to hash out a compromise that could actually become law.
But lawmakers have been here before — unable to pass any substantial gun safety laws in decades in the face of steep objections from Republicans in Congress, some conservative Democrats, and the fierce lobby of gun owners and the National Rifle Association. No major legislation has made it into law since the 1994 assault weapons ban, which has since expired.
The package under discussion is far short of the sweeping measures for an assault weapons ban or universal background checks that are popular with Americans and advocated by gun safety groups, but rejected by Republicans.
Instead, the senators are focusing on incremental policy changes through a system that would send funds and other incentives to the states to bolster security at school campuses, provide more mental health services to young people and possibly encourage states to pursue red-flag laws to keep firearms out of the hands of people who would do harm.
“I’m optimistic we can get 60-plus votes — but the question is what that package looks like,” Cornyn told reporters as lawmakers arrived back in town Monday from a week-long recess.
Cornyn was referring to the 60-vote threshold needed in the 50-50 Senate to advance legislation past a filibuster that can block most any bill.
The Texas senator said he was preparing to brief his colleagues Tuesday, at their weekly Senate lunch, on the status of negotiations. But he warned Democrats off rushing the process, saying “arbitrary deadlines” are no help in the talks.
While senators are reluctant to raise the age requirement for gun purchases from 18 to 21, as has been done in some states, an alternative idea surfacing is to open the records of juvenile offenders to look for problem spots before allowing adults to purchase weapons.
Murphy said that Cornyn has articulated a legitimate concern that many times law enforcement doesn’t have access to juvenile records when making a decision on a background check.
“That clearly seems like something we should fix and address,” Murphy said. “That’s certainly a part of our talks. It’s complicated because different states have different rules when it comes to juvenile records.”
The proposals are gaining traction, but also raising concerns from Democrats and some advocacy groups who are pushing senators to do more, faster, to stem the tide of mass shootings across the nation.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
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Company to Host Investor Webcast and Conference Call at 11:00 AM ET Tomorrow
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Necessity Retail REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTL) ("RTL" or the "Company"), a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring and managing a diversified portfolio of primarily service-oriented and traditional retail and distribution related commercial real estate properties in the U.S., announced today its financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 and Subsequent Events Highlights
- Revenue grew 43.3% to $116.9 million from $81.6 million for the second quarter 2021
- Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $56.3 million as compared to net loss of $7.4 million for the second quarter 2021
- Cash net operating income ("NOI") rose 31.9% to $86.3 million from $65.4 million for the second quarter 2021
- Funds from Operations ("FFO") grew by 17.4% to $0.27 per share from $0.23 per share in the second quarter 2021
- Adjusted Funds from Operations ("AFFO") increased 31.7% to $38.5 million from $29.2 million in the prior year second quarter
- AFFO per share increased 11.5% to $0.29 per share from $0.26 per diluted share in the prior year second quarter
- AFFO per share increased 32% compared to the fourth quarter 2021, the period prior to the $1.3 billion open-air shopping center portfolio acquisition
- Paid dividends on common stock of $28.6 million or $0.21 per share
- Acquired 32 properties for $470.3 million at a cash capitalization rate1 of 7.2% and a weighted average capitalization rate2 8.6%
- High quality portfolio with 52% of the single tenant portfolio, and 61.8% of top 20 tenants, investment grade rated or implied investment grade rated3
- Occupancy at open-air assets grew to 87.4% from 86.6% at second quarter 2021 and Executed Occupancy and Leasing Pipeline4 at open-air shopping centers grew to 89.4% compared to 88.8% in the prior quarter
- Subsequent to quarter-end, closed on acquisition of one property for $71.1 million, completing the previously announced $1.3 billion shopping center acquisition
"Our second quarter results reflect the anticipated accretion from the transformational $1.3 billion open-air shopping center portfolio acquisition that we recently completed," said Michael Weil, CEO of RTL. "We had one of our best quarters since inception, with AFFO per share growing over 11% to $0.29 per share in the second quarter compared to a year ago and 32% over the fourth quarter of 2021, the last period prior to the acquisition of the open-air shopping center portfolio. Our diversified, necessity-based retail portfolio is pandemic-tested and well positioned to perform across all economic cycles. Additionally, given that we locked in attractive fixed rates on 83% of our debt, we have limited exposure to the current higher interest rate environment. Our attention is now focused on capitalizing on the upside potential in our portfolio through the lease up of available space and on the resumption of our deleveraging initiative while continuing to pay a compelling dividend. We believe these activities, along with our world-class portfolio, will support continued value creation over the near and long-term."
Financial Results
Real Estate Portfolio
The Company's portfolio consisted of 1,056 net lease properties located in 47 states and the District of Columbia and comprised approximately 29.0 million rentable square feet as of June 30, 2022. Portfolio metrics include:
- 90.8% leased, with 7.2 years remaining weighted-average lease term5
- 61.6% of leases have weighted-average contractual rent increases of 1.0% based on annualized straight-line rent which increase the cash that is due under these leases over time
- 52% and 41% of annualized straight-line rent in the single tenant portfolio and from multi-tenant anchor tenants, respectively, was derived from investment grade or implied investment grade tenants
- 92% retail properties, 7% distribution properties and 1% office properties (based on an annualized straight-line rent)
- 60% of the retail portfolio focused on either service6 or experiential retail7 giving the Company strong alignment with "e-commerce resistant" real estate
Property Acquisitions
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company acquired 32 properties for an aggregate contract purchase price of $470.3 million at a cash capitalization rate of 7.2% and a weighted average capitalization rate 8.6%.
Property Dispositions
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company disposed of five properties, for an aggregate contract price of $30.4 million.
Capital Structure and Liquidity Resources
As of June 30, 2022 the Company had a total borrowing capacity under the credit facility of $526.6 million based on the value of the borrowing base under the credit facility, and, of this amount, $488.0 million was outstanding under the credit facility as of June 30, 2022 and $38.6 million remained available for future borrowings. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company borrowed additional funds under the credit facility to partially fund acquisitions. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $69.4 million of cash and cash equivalents. The Company's net debt8 to gross asset value9 was 50.6%, with net debt of $2.7 billion.
The Company's percentage of fixed rate debt was 82.5% as of June 30, 2022. The Company's total combined debt had a weighted-average interest rate cost of 3.8%10, resulting in an interest coverage ratio of 2.9 times11.
Webcast and Conference Call
RTL will host a webcast and call on August 4, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss its financial and operating results. This webcast will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties through the RTL website, www.necessityretailreit.com, in the "Investor Relations" section.
Dial-in instructions for the conference call and the replay are outlined below.
To listen to the live call, please go to RTL's "Investor Relations" section of the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register and download any necessary audio software. For those who are not able to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call on the RTL website at www.necessityretailreit.com.
Live Call
Dial-In (Toll Free): 1-877-407-0792
International Dial-In: 1-201-689-8263
Conference Replay*
Domestic Dial-In (Toll Free): 1-844-512-2921
International Dial-In: 1-412-317-6671
Conference Number: 13730900
*Available from 2:00 p.m. ET on August 4, 2022 through November 4, 2022.
About The Necessity Retail REIT, Inc.
The Necessity Retail REIT (Nasdaq: RTL) is the preeminent publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on "Where America Shops". RTL acquires and manages a diversified portfolio of primarily necessity-based retail single tenant and open-air shopping center properties in the U.S. Additional information about RTL can be found on its website at www.necessityretailreit.com.
Supplemental Schedules
The Company will file supplemental information packages with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to provide additional disclosure and financial information. Once posted, the supplemental package can be found under the "Presentations" tab in the Investor Relations section of RTL's website at www.necessityretailreit.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Important Notice
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to be materially different. The words "may," "will," "seeks," " "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "plans," "intends," "should" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of the Company's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include (a) the potential adverse effects of (i) the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, including actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, and (ii) the geopolitical instability due to the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including related sanctions and other penalties imposed by the U.S. and European Union, and the related impact on the Company, the Company's tenants, and the global economy and financial markets, and (b) that any potential future acquisition is subject to market conditions and capital availability and may not be completed on favorable terms, or at all, as well as those risks and uncertainties set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed on February 24, 2022 and all other filings with the SEC after that date as such risks, uncertainties and other important factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's subsequent reports. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results, unless required to do so by law.
Accounting Treatment of Rent Deferrals/Abatements
The majority of the concessions granted to the Company's tenants as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are rent deferrals or temporary rent abatements with the original lease term unchanged and collection of deferred rent deemed probable. The Company's revenue recognition policy requires that it must be probable that the Company will collect virtually all of the lease payments due and does not provide for partial reserves, or the ability to assume partial recovery. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") and SEC agreed that for leases where the total lease cash flows will remain substantially the same or less than those after the COVID-19 related effects, companies may choose to forgo the evaluation of the enforceable rights and obligations of the original lease contract as a practical expedient and account for rent concessions as if they were part of the enforceable rights and obligations of the parties under the existing lease contract. As a result, rental revenue used to calculate Net Income and National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") Funds From Operations ("FFO") has not been, and the Company does not expect it to be, significantly impacted by these types of deferrals. In addition, since the Company currently believes that these deferral amounts are collectable, the Company has excluded from the increase in straight-line rent for Adjusted FFO ("AFFO") purposes the amounts recognized under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") relating to these types of rent deferrals. Conversely, for abatements where contractual rent has been reduced, the reduction in revenue is reflected over the remaining lease term for accounting purposes but represents a permanent reduction in revenue and the Company has, accordingly, reduced its AFFO.
Contacts:
Investors and Media:
Email: investorrelations@necessityretailreit.com
Phone: (866) 902-0063
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release discusses the non-GAAP financial measures we use to evaluate our performance, including FFO, AFFO, Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), Net Operating Income ("NOI") and Cash Net Operating Income ("Cash NOI"). While NOI is a property-level measure, AFFO is based on our total performance and therefore reflects the impact of other items not specifically associated with NOI such as, interest expense, general and administrative expenses and operating fees to related parties. Additionally, NOI as defined herein, does not reflect an adjustment for straight-line rent but AFFO does. A description of these non-GAAP measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, which is net income, is provided below. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to exclude the proportionate share of the non-controlling interest to arrive at FFO, AFFO and NOI attributable to stockholders.
Caution on Use of Non-GAAP Measures
FFO, AFFO, Adjusted EBITDA, NOI and Cash NOI should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the current GAAP methodology in calculating net income or in its applicability in evaluating our operating performance. The method utilized to evaluate the value and performance of real estate under GAAP should be construed as a more relevant measure of operational performance and considered more prominently than the non-GAAP measures.
Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the current NAREIT, an industry trade group, definition (as we do), or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do, or may calculate AFFO differently than we do. Consequently, our presentation of FFO and AFFO may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other REITs.
We consider FFO and AFFO useful indicators of our performance. Because FFO and AFFO calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful-life estimates), FFO and AFFO presentations facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs in our peer group.
As a result, we believe that the use of FFO and AFFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance, including relative to our peers and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities. However, FFO and AFFO are not indicative of cash available to fund ongoing cash needs, including the ability to pay cash dividends. Investors are cautioned that FFO and AFFO should only be used to assess the sustainability of our operating performance excluding these activities, as they exclude certain costs that have a negative effect on our operating performance during the periods in which these costs are incurred.
Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations
Funds from Operations
Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the NAREIT, an industry trade group, has promulgated a performance measure known as FFO, which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. FFO is not equivalent to net income or loss as determined under GAAP.
We calculate FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established over time by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as restated in a White Paper and approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT effective in December 2018 (the "White Paper"). The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding depreciation and amortization related to real estate, gains and losses from sales of certain real estate assets, gain and losses from change in control and impairment write-downs of certain real estate assets and investments in entities when the impairment is directly attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity. Adjustments for consolidated partially-owned entities (including our Operating Partnership) and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates are made to arrive at our proportionate share of FFO attributable to our stockholders. Our FFO calculation complies with NAREIT's definition.
The historical accounting convention used for real estate assets requires straight-line depreciation of buildings and improvements, and straight-line amortization of intangibles, which implies that the value of a real estate asset diminishes predictably over time. We believe that, because real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, including inflation, interest rates, unemployment and consumer spending, presentations of operating results for a REIT using historical accounting for depreciation and certain other items may be less informative. Historical accounting for real estate involves the use of GAAP. Any other method of accounting for real estate such as the fair value method cannot be construed to be any more accurate or relevant than the comparable methodologies of real estate valuation found in GAAP. Nevertheless, we believe that the use of FFO, which excludes the impact of real estate related depreciation and amortization, among other things, provides a more complete understanding of our performance to investors and to management, and when compared year over year, reflects the impact on our operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses, and interest costs, which may not be immediately apparent from net income.
Adjusted Funds from Operations
In calculating AFFO, we start with FFO, then we exclude certain income or expense items from AFFO that we consider to be more reflective of investing activities, such as non-cash income and expense items and the income and expense effects of other activities that are not a fundamental attribute of our day to day operating business plan, such as amounts related to litigation arising out of the merger with American Realty Capital-Retail Centers of America, Inc. in February 2017 (the "Merger"). These amounts include legal costs incurred as a result of the litigation, portions of which have been and may in the future be reimbursed under insurance policies maintained by us. Insurance reimbursements are deducted from AFFO in the period of reimbursement. We believe that excluding the litigation costs and subsequent insurance reimbursements related to litigation arising out of the Merger helps to provide a better understanding of the operating performance of our business. Other income and expense items also include early extinguishment of debt and unrealized gains and losses, which may not ultimately be realized, such as gains or losses on derivative instruments and gains and losses on investments. In addition, by excluding non-cash income and expense items such as amortization of above-market and below-market leases intangibles, amortization of deferred financing costs, straight-line rent, and share-based compensation related to restricted shares, the 2018 multi-year outperformance agreement with the Advisor and the 2021 multi-year outperformance agreement with the Advisor from AFFO, we believe we provide useful information regarding those income and expense items which have a direct impact on our ongoing operating performance.
In calculating AFFO, we exclude certain expenses which under GAAP are characterized as operating expenses in determining operating net income (loss). All paid and accrued merger, acquisition and transaction related fees and certain other expenses negatively impact our operating performance during the period in which expenses are incurred or properties are acquired and will also have negative effects on returns to investors but are not reflective of our on-going performance. In addition, legal fees and expense associated with COVID-19-related lease disputes involving certain tenants negatively impact our operating performance but are not reflective of our on-going performance. Further, under GAAP, certain contemplated non-cash fair value and other non-cash adjustments are considered operating non-cash adjustments to net income (loss). In addition, as discussed above, we view gains and losses from fair value adjustments as items which are unrealized and may not ultimately be realized and not reflective of ongoing operations and are therefore typically adjusted for when assessing operating performance. Excluding income and expense items detailed above from our calculation of AFFO provides information consistent with management's analysis of our operating performance. Additionally, fair value adjustments, which are based on the impact of current market fluctuations and underlying assessments of general market conditions but can also result from operational factors such as rental and occupancy rates, may not be directly related or attributable to our current operating performance. By excluding such changes that may reflect anticipated and unrealized gains or losses, we believe AFFO provides useful supplemental information. By providing AFFO, we believe we are presenting useful information that can be used, among other things, to assess our performance without the impact of transactions or other items that are not related to our portfolio of properties. AFFO presented by us may not be comparable to AFFO reported by other REITs that define AFFO differently. Furthermore, we believe that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, AFFO should be examined in conjunction with net income (loss) calculated in accordance with GAAP and presented in our consolidated financial statements. AFFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) as an indication of our performance or to cash flows as a measure of our liquidity or ability to pay dividends. FFO and AFFO may include income from lease termination fees, which is recorded in revenue from tenants in our consolidated statements of operations.
Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, Net Operating Income and Cash Net Operating Income.
We believe that Adjusted EBITDA, which is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization adjusted for acquisition and transaction-related expenses, other non-cash items such as expense related to our multi-year outperformance agreement with the Advisor and including our pro-rata share from unconsolidated joint ventures, is an appropriate measure of our ability to incur and service debt. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities, as a measure of our liquidity or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our operating activities. Other REITs may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently and our calculation should not be compared to that of other REITs.
NOI is a non-GAAP financial measure used by us to evaluate the operating performance of our real estate. NOI is equal to total revenues, excluding contingent purchase price consideration, less property operating and maintenance expense. NOI excludes all other items of expense and income included in the financial statements in calculating net income (loss). We believe NOI provides useful and relevant information because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level and presents such items on an unleveraged basis. We use NOI to assess and compare property level performance and to make decisions concerning the operations of the properties. Further, we believe NOI is useful to investors as a performance measure because, when compared across periods, NOI reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating expenses and acquisition activity on an unleveraged basis, providing perspective not immediately apparent from net income (loss). NOI excludes certain items included in calculating net income (loss) in order to provide results that are more closely related to a property's results of operations. For example, interest expense is not necessarily linked to the operating performance of a real estate asset. In addition, depreciation and amortization, because of historical cost accounting and useful life estimates, may distort operating performance at the property level. NOI presented by us may not be comparable to NOI reported by other REITs that define NOI differently. We believe that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, NOI should be examined in conjunction with net income (loss) as presented in our consolidated financial statements. NOI should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) as an indication of our performance or to cash flows as a measure of our liquidity or our ability to pay dividends.
Cash NOI is a non-GAAP financial measure that is intended to reflect the performance of our properties. We define Cash NOI as NOI excluding amortization of above/below market lease intangibles and straight-line adjustments that are included in GAAP lease revenues. We believe that Cash NOI is a helpful measure that both investors and management can use to evaluate the current financial performance of our properties and it allows for comparison of our operating performance between periods and to other REITs. Cash NOI should not be considered as an alternative to net income, as an indication of our financial performance, or to cash flows as a measure of liquidity or our ability to fund all needs. The method by which we calculate and present Cash NOI may not be directly comparable to the way other REITs present Cash NOI.
Cash Paid for Interest is calculated based on the interest expense less non-cash portion of interest expense and amortization of mortgage (discount) premium, net. Management believes that Cash Paid for Interest provides useful information to investors to assess our overall solvency and financial flexibility. Cash Paid for Interest should not be considered as an alternative to interest expense as determined in accordance with GAAP or any other GAAP financial measures and should only be considered together with and as a supplement to our financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Stuttgart draws in Munich to extend fight for survival
By CIARÁN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) — Saša Kalajdžić has earned relegation-threatened Stuttgart a 2-2 draw at league champion Bayern Munich to ensure three teams will be fighting for survival in the Bundesliga’s final round. Kalajdžić’s 52nd-minute equalizer moved Stuttgart three points behind Hertha Berlin and three points ahead of Arminia Bielefeld. Bielefeld still has a mathematical chance of overtaking Stuttgart next weekend to take the relegation playoff place. Stuttgart’s draw ensured Augsburg could no longer be relegated. Augsburg then slumped to a 4-0 loss at Leipzig. Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Mönchengladbach drew 1-1 in a game with little at stake. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/08/stuttgart-draws-in-munich-to-extend-fight-for-survival/ | 2022-05-08T22:18:54Z |
Lightning get goals from 6 players in big win over Predators
By JOHN KREISER
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov scored first-period power-play goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Nashville Predators 6-2. Hedman became only the second defenseman in franchise history to score 20 goals in a season, joining Dan Boyle, who did it in 2006-07. Kucherov finished with a goal and two assists, Steve Stamkos had a goal and two assists, and Anthony Cirelli and Ross Colton also scored for the Lightning. Brian Elliott made 19 saves. Nashville defensemen Roman Josi and Alexander Carrier scored power-play goals. Saros allowed six goals on 30 shots before being replaced by David Rittich, who made eight saves. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/23/lightning-get-goals-from-6-players-in-big-win-over-predators/ | 2022-04-24T03:18:57Z |
Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Embr Wave in the Management of Hot Flashes in Men Recovering from Prostate Cancer
BOSTON , June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Embr Labs, a leader in women's menopausal hot flash management, announced today the poster presentation of landmark study results at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 Annual Meeting, taking place virtually and in Chicago, IL from June 3 to 7, 2022. The presentation highlights the results of the first study of the Embr Wave, a wearable device, for the management of hot flashes in men with prostate cancer.
"Hot flash management has been understudied and inadequately managed, and patients with prostate cancer have been suffering for years in silence," said Alicia Morgans, M.D., M.P.H., Principal Investigator in the study and Medical Director of the Survivorship Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. "The results from the Embr Wave pilot study give me hope that we can give patients the relief they need without adding more medicines to treat problems caused by medications used to treat their cancer."
The pilot study evaluated the Embr Wave for management of hot flashes, a burdensome side effect of hormone therapy for prostate cancer. During the 4-week study, participants used the Embr Wave an average of 3 hours a day and 7 cooling sessions. At the end of the study, 77% of participants reported that they were satisfied with the Embr Wave and 69% reported that the Embr Wave was effective for helping them manage hot flashes during the daytime and nighttime. In addition, participants reported experiencing fewer hot flashes, improved control over hot flashes, reduced hot flash interference with daily life, and improved sleep.
"This study is a critical first step in understanding how the Wave's novel technology can benefit men who experience bothersome hot flashes resulting from prostate cancer treatment," said Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer of Embr Labs. "Results of this study showed that men with prostate cancer used the Embr Wave to manage their hot flashes. At the end of the study, participants reported improvements in hot flash measures as well as improvements in other areas that are impacted by burdensome hot flashes, such as improved sleep and quality of life. Alleviating these deleterious side effects will have a significant impact on drug adherence, and ultimately, patient survivorship."
Hot flashes (also called vasomotor symptoms and night sweats) are characterized by a sudden sensation of intense heat and sweating and affect up to 80% of men who receive hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Hot flashes also affect hundreds of millions of menopausal women globally, frequently interfering with sleep and daily living, resulting in a negative impact on quality of life.
"We've already witnessed the rapid adoption of the Embr Wave by women in menopause who suffer from hotflashes, insomnia and stress. We're pleased that we have now demonstrated that the Embr Wave will also have a significant impact on this distinct patient population. We are excited to collaborate with the prostate cancer community to advance feature development and promote the product to improve quality of life for men". CEO, Elizabeth Gazda, added.
The study is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04892914). The abstract and poster are available on the conference website and at the EmbrLabs website.
Title: Feasibility of a novel wrist-worn thermal device for management of vasomotor symptoms in patients with prostate cancer
Abstract: 5067 Poster: 250
Session: Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile
Session Date and Time: Monday, June 6, 2022, 1:15-4:15 PM CDT
Link to Abstract
About Embr Labs
Embr Labs is the first thermal wellness technology company, pioneering the use of temperature as a new pathway to the brain. The company has sold over 100,000 Embr Waves that have found their way into more than 170 countries. The Wave is an intelligent wristband that cools or warms on demand to provide thermal relief and comfort by helping to balance the autonomic nervous system. The company's patented technology harnesses the power of temperature to deliver a brand new category of safe and natural solutions to manage hot flashes, sleep issues, stress, thermal discomfort, and more. The company was founded by MIT-trained engineers and is backed by investors including Bose Ventures, DigiTx Partners, Safar Partners, Esplanade Ventures, and Intel Capital. Embr Labs has won numerous awards for the Embr Wave, including the AARP Innovation in Aging Award, Time Magazine's Best Inventions, and the iF Design
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BOSTON, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) released the Sensor Data Integrations Toolkits, four comprehensive toolkits to guide data producers, processors, and consumers to use the influx of data from the increased use of wearables and digital sensing products at scale. These resources are based on the Sensor Data Integrations project, comprised of healthcare leaders from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle, the Moffitt Cancer Center, Takeda, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and more. These toolkits will help realize the promise of sensor generated data to drive better decisions, faster, to improve healthcare delivery and research. The project team will conduct a demo of the toolkits during a live launch event on July 18 at 10:30 am ET, featuring Micky Tripathi, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The surge of data from sensor technologies is far outpacing the industry's ability to collect, store, analyze, protect, and use this data effectively for patient care and research. The number of US patients using remote patient monitoring devices is expected to surpass 70 million by 2025. Between 2022 and 2028, the global market for wearable technology is expected to grow around 18.5 percent, reaching $380.5 billion. The number of unique digital endpoints being used in industry sponsored trials of new medical products increased by over 950% between October 2019 and May 2022. The number of sponsors using these products in medical product development increased from 12 to 96 in the same timespan. And while the ability to discern high-quality sensor data suitable for clinical decision making is increasing rapidly, the ability to access these data is constrained by a current dependence on individual point solutions.
"Sensor generated data, captured during people's daily lives, offer the opportunity to redefine how we measure health and disease. This opportunity powers the possibility of using high quality, high resolution flows of data to reimagine our approach to healthcare and research, leveraging more complete information to improve individual clinical decisions, decisions about the effectiveness of new medical products, and broader policy and public health decisions," said DiMe CEO Jennifer Goldsack. "DiMe's new Sensor Data Integrations Toolkits provide action-oriented resources to help data producers, processors, and consumers come together to create a sensor data ecosystem suitable for scale."
AWS has contributed customer feedback and technical expertise to ensure the toolkit meets the needs of today's modern healthcare system. "Across every industry, we see companies trying to accelerate their path to the cloud," said Lita Sands, Head of Solutions Life Sciences at AWS. "Timelines are getting quicker while the data collected is increasing exponentially – there is a clear and significant need for how to effectively and securely collect and use this information at scale. DiMe's new toolkits are a lifeline to organizations working with sensor data. They offer a comprehensive starting point for data producers, processors, and consumers to help build an integrated pipeline to support better and faster decision making."
The development of these toolkits builds on DiMe's previous pre-competitive initiatives, such as The Playbook, the essential guide for developing and deploying digital clinical measures to advance patient care, clinical research, and public health. The Sensor Data Integrations Toolkits go further to ensure that high quality sensor data can be used at scale to improve patient care and speed efficient medical product development.
The DiMe community is currently working on additional projects related to taking digitally generated data to scale and will be releasing additional resources over the coming months. DiMe is not only committed to creating and disseminating new digital health approaches and tools, but also sharing user experiences with the broader community. We encourage Sensor Data Integrations Toolkits users to contribute to Dime's "Resources in Action" case study hub by sharing how you are using resources to further the safe, effective, equitable, and ethical use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve human health.
The leading organizations from across the global healthcare, research, and digital health innovation sectors that collaborated with DiMe to create these open-access resources are AWS, Elevance Health, Evidation, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Human First, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Medable, Moffitt Cancer Center, Open mHealth, Oracle, Savvy, Takeda, and US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
About the Digital Medicine Society: DiMe is a global non-profit and the professional home for all members of the digital medicine community. Together, we tackle the toughest digital medicine challenges, develop clinical-quality resources on a technology timeline, and deliver these actionable resources to the field via open-source channels and educational programs. Join us to advance the ethical, effective, equitable, and safe use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
Media Contact: Carla English, press@dimesociety.org
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar are top contenders with seven nominations at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
MTV announced Tuesday that Lil Nas X and Harlow earned multiple nominations for their collaborative hit “Industry Baby,” which is nominated for video of the year. Both performers along with Drake, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo will compete for artist of the year.
Lamar, who is nominated for the first time since 2018, has two songs “family ties” and “N95” that will vie for best cinematography. The rapper was also nominated for best hip-hop, direction, visual effects, editing and video for good.
Styles and Doja Cat received the second-most nominations with six. Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Tayler Swift and The Weeknd each pulled in five.
Madonna, who is the most awarded artist in MTV history with 20 wins, becomes the only artist to receive a nomination in each of the VMAs five decades. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album “Madame X.”
The awards will have 26 first-time nominees including Baby Keem with four along with Kacey Musgraves, GAYLE and Måneskin – who each have two nominations.
The VMAs will take place Aug. 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Fan-voting begins Tuesday across 22 categories at vote.mtv.com. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/kendrick-lamar-lil-nas-x-jack-harlow-top-mtv-vma-nominees/ | 2022-07-26T17:57:21Z |
TAIPEI, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the outbreak of COVID-19, more than 530 million inflections have been reported globally. With the virus still raging in many countries, the world is suffering from supply chain disruptions and decade-high inflation, which has been exacerbated by the rising food and fuel prices due to regional conflicts. Political tensions in the international community also mean no one country can be immune to the adversities mentioned above. In addition, the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is scheduled to be implemented with a transitional period in 2023, and it is expected that the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan will follow suit soon. How would different governments react to the pressure of achieving net zero by 2050? Six laureates of the 2022 Tang Prize, newly introduced to the public in four press conferences taking place from June 18 to 21, have all shown selfless devotion to the advancement of human civilization and the improvement of the wellbeing of humanity. It is, thus, our sincere belief that their outstanding contributions to their individual disciplines and the insightful views they have expressed can bring stability and new opportunities to a world at a critical juncture at the moment.
In 2022, the Tang Prize in Sustainable Development was awarded to Jeffrey Sachs. A world renowned professor of economics who served as Special Advisor to three UN Secretaries-General, Professor Sachs is currently Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). He has made important contribution to the establishment and promotion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and was recognized by the Selection Committee for "leading transdisciplinary sustainability science and creating the multilateral movement for its applications from village to nation and to the world."
As an eminent economist of international distinction, Professor Sachs has conducted ground-breaking research in many areas, such as debt crises, hyperinflations, transition from central planning to market economies, and eradication of extreme poverty. Moreover, when addressing complex issues related to global sustainable development, he combined the fields of global economics, public health, equity and sustainability to pioneer a multidisciplinary approach to solving these problems, transforming sustainable development into an integrated field of study and practice. His outstanding scholarship, advice to world leaders, educational innovation, and efforts in the global advocacy and realization of sustainable development have proven him to be a true leader of great vision, of profound influence, and imbued with deep humanistic concern.
The Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science went to three scientists who played a critical role in the development of SARS-CoV2 mRNA vaccines: Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman, and Pieter Cullis, "for the discovery of key vaccinology concepts and approaches, leading to successful development mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine," according to the Selection Committee's citation. The breakthrough discoveries of these three laureates and the ingenious approaches they pioneered are the key to the rapid and successful development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. While Dr. Kariko and Dr. Weissman found a way to reduce the immunogenicity of mRNA, Prof. Cullis is credited with designing lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of mRNA vaccines. As a result of their efforts, millions of lives have been saved.
The new platform developed by these three scientists is a nucleoside-modified mRNA based vaccine that can evade the immune system, thus preventing the severe inflammation which occurs when in vitro-transcribed mRNA is recognized by immune cells. These mRNA molecules are encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles and delivered effectively into the cells. They then instruct the cell's machinery to produce harmless pieces of spike protein found on the surface of the coronavirus and initiate a series adaptive immune response, such as triggering B cells to produce antibodies and training T cells to attack infected cells. These techniques not only revolutionized vaccinology but also signaled a paradigm shift in protein therapy. They represent the advent of a new era of RNA-based therapies. Moreover, they can be applied to tackle a variety of diseases, such as to the development of vaccines against other viruses, of tailored-made vaccines against cancer, of vaccines against HIV, or even of vaccines against allergic diseases.
The Prize in Sinology is awarded to Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, "for her gift and mastery of the craft of the visible to read the art and artifacts of Chinese civilization. By giving voice to the ancient world of objects, she has taught generations how to see when they look at things, and her acuity and vast visual learning have given new insight into the world of the lineages, transformations, and migrations of mute things."
Her contributions show that, besides the written word, there is another talent, another craft, which, by reading the art and artifacts of the world, allows us to interpret and understand distant and ancient societies, with their beliefs and interactions. Professor Rawson has taken this approach in her study of Chinese bronzes and jades, ancient Chinese tombs, and most especially in the exchanges between the peoples of the central China and their neighbors, for example in horse harness, revealing the role of horse-trading with the steppe and along the Silk Road. She has shown that the many regions of Eurasia had their own traditions, their own visual systems, in which artifacts, their materials, their forms and their multiple ornaments were combined in set ways. In reading these combinations, she has been able to follow and illuminate the transmission of visual systems between Eurasia and China. Most recently, Professor Rawson's work on the introduction of horses from Mongolia to China has led to new ideas on the origins of the Silk Road. In short, her original and trailblazing achievements in the archaeology of China and Inner Asia have revolutionized and broadened our understanding of early contact and exchange between the East and the West.
Professor Cheryl Saunders won the Prize in Rule of Law, for "her pioneering contributions to comparative constitutional law, and in particular her work on constitutions-building in the Asia-Pacific region." In the citation, the Selection Committee paid tribute to her working methods, noting that she applies "her scholarship to inspire and advise constitution-making exercises, often under challenging circumstances," and that she "consistently broadens the boundaries of comparative constitutional law scholarship through active engagement, dialogue and collaboration with scholars and political actors at home and abroad."
As the first woman to be appointed a law professor at the University of Melbourne, Professor Saunders has been made an officer of the Order Australia, awarded the Australian Centenary Medal, and Légion d'Honneur of France, and granted an honorary doctorate from the National University of Cordoba. Currently Laureate Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne, Professor Saunders is not only a pioneer in comparative constitutional studies but also an academic practitioner. She places special emphasis on an inclusive approach to comparative constitutional studies, advocating for incorporating constitutional experience from all over the world into our thinking, which broadens the vision of studies of comparative constitutional law beyond focusing on developments in Europe and North America. Prof. Saunders work is characterized by collaboration with networks of experts and scholars in the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere, bringing community-based talents along the road in countries such as Fiji, East Timor, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Philippines and Bhutan. Through applied knowledge and experience, Professor Saunders has learnt the importance of prioritizing both national ownership and fit with local context, in the interests of effective implementation. To make comparative insights useful, she works with local scholars and practitioners to organize workshops and forums, to identify priorities, issues and options from local perspective. She has made considerable contributions to countries in the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere in terms of assistance with constitution-building and inspired people who want to change society through constitutional reform.
About the Tang Prize
Since the advent of globalization, mankind has been able to enjoy the convenience brought forth by the advancement of human civilization and science. Yet a multitude of challenges, such as climate change, the emergence of new infectious diseases, wealth gap, and moral degradation, have surfaced along the way. Against this backdrop, Dr. Samuel Yin established the Tang Prize in December 2012. It consists of four award categories, namely Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceutical Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law. Every other year, four independent and professional selection committees, comprising many internationally renowned experts, scholars, and Nobel winners, choose as Tang Prize laureates people who have influenced and made substantive contributions to the world, regardless of ethnicity, nationality or gender. A cash prize of NT$50 million (approx. US$1.7 million) is allocated to each category, with NT$10 million (approx. US$ 0.35 million) of it being a research grant intended to encourage professionals in every field to examine mankind's most urgent needs in the 21st century, and become leading forces in the development of human society through their outstanding research outcomes and active civic engagement.
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Line's Largest Itinerary Launch to Date with More Than 350 Voyages
Voyages Open for Sale May 4, 2022
MIAMI, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line, revealed its 2024 Collection of voyages to Europe, Alaska, Canada, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Africa, South America, the South Pacific, and the Caribbean. The Collection encompasses more than 350 itineraries including over 130 Grand Voyages across seven ships and all seven continents. The itineraries are available to preview online at www.OceaniaCruises.com and open for reservations on May 4, 2022.
"Next to our reputation for serving The Finest Cuisine at Sea, Oceania Cruises is widely acclaimed for developing the most enticing and destination-rich itineraries in the cruise industry," said Howard Sherman, President and CEO of Oceania Cruises. "With our 2024 Collection, we have set a whole new standard for destination innovation with an astounding mix of marquee destinations and exotic new locales blended together in creatively crafted voyage offerings."
EUROPE
Europe 2024 will be the brand's most expansive and diverse European season to date. With six ships positioned around the continent, the destinations are as diverse as Greenland and Iceland in the north and west to the Holy Lands of Egypt and Israel in the south and east and everywhere in between. Every voyage is a celebration of history, culture, and cuisine in myriad mesmerizing destinations. From the glittering jewels of the Greek Isles, Italian Riviera and France's famed Côte d'Azur to the delightful hidden gems of Norway's fjord-lined coast and the rugged outposts of Greenland and Iceland, these 2024 European itineraries are a study in diversity. Insignia, Nautica, Marina, and Sirena will spend the majority of the season exploring Europe's northern reaches and the western wine countries. Riviera and Vista will call the Mediterranean home with a seemingly endless bounty of voyages to Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Israel, Egypt and more.
NORTH AMERICA
Regatta, Insignia, and Nautica will offer close to three dozen enticing explorations of Alaska, New England, Canada, Bermuda, and the United States' colonial south. Regatta will reprise her perennially popular Alaska season with a series of voyages that showcases the region in all its glory. Must-see destinations include Icy Strait Point, Kodiak, Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, Sitka, Wrangell, Prince Rupert and Victoria. On the East Coast, Insignia and Nautica will offer sailings to Bermuda, New England, and Canada's maritime provinces from New York City, Boston, and Montreal.
SOUTH AMERICA
From the lush and verdant tropical clime of the Amazon to the rugged, glacially carved coastline of Chile, South America is a vast continent brimming with thrilling explorations and vibrant heritage. Marina will sail the entire continent and will even take a breathtaking diversion down to Paradise Bay, Admiralty Bay, and Half Moon Island in Antarctica.
ASIA & AFRICA
With more than three dozen sailings in the regions, Oceania Cruises showcases these intriguing lands in a fashion that has no peer. Riviera will chart her inaugural season in the region sailing from Arabia to India, to southeast Asia, the Philippines, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and Japan. Nautica will explore the Far East while also offering up a delightful array of voyages that showcase South Africa, Mozambique, Mayotte, and the Seychelles, and Regatta will offer a series of voyages that is a literal kaleidoscope of these fabled countries. There are also copious opportunities to explore singular countries or regions with in-depth immersions of Japan, Arabia, and Indochina.
SOUTH PACIFIC, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Oceania Cruises is greatly expanding its offerings by having two ships in the region – Regatta and Nautica. Regatta presents an intense focus on New Zealand and Australia, including a 35-day holiday circumnavigation of the continent. There is also a cornucopia of voyages that follows the Southern Cross across the Pacific and up to Polynesia where Nautica offers a series of four 10-day sailings roundtrip from Papeete.
CARIBBEAN, PANAMA CANAL & MEXICO
Renowned for creative, immersive itineraries, Oceania Cruises presents an uncommonly diverse and creative roster of sailings to the Caribbean, Panama Canal, and Mexico. Itineraries include off-the-beaten-path destinations such as Bonaire, Dominica, Guadeloupe, and St. Vincent along with the beguiling yacht harbors of Gustavia, Rodney Bay, Tortola, and Port Royal, to name a few. Sailing westward, travelers can immerse themselves in the storied cultures of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala. Panama beckons with its world-changing canal, the colonial charm of Colón and the glittering, cosmopolitan modernity of Panama City.
2024 Collection Highlights
- New ports of call include Beppu, Japan; Bluff, New Zealand; Castro, Chile; Coron, Philippines; Djupivogur, Iceland; Gatun Lake, Panama; Heimaey, Iceland; Port Royal, Jamaica; Kumamoto, Japan; Limerick, Ireland; São Francisco do Sul, Brazil; Seydisfjordur, Iceland; Szczecin, Poland; Taranto, Italy; and
- Itinerary lengths range from 7 to 82 days.
- Hundreds of overnight and extended port stays.
- Riviera charts her inaugural season of sailings to Arabia, India, Asia, Japan, and the Philippines.
- Regatta and Nautica offer two dozen sailings to Australia, the South Pacific, and Polynesia.
- Marina, Riviera, Sirena, and Vista offer 99 voyage choices throughout the Mediterranean.
- Insignia, Nautica, Marina, and Sirena present more than 60 cruise options to the splendors of Iceland, Greenland, the British Isles and Ireland, the Norwegian Fjords and North Cape, and the wine countries and great capitals of Europe.
- Regatta reprises her perennially popular Alaska cruises in 2024 with a selection of 7- to 23-day itineraries sailing from Seattle, Vancouver, Seward, and Los Angeles.
- Insignia and Nautica offer fifteen 7- to 18-day voyages to Bermuda, New England, and Canada with departures from New York City, Boston, and Montreal.
- Nautica and Marina offer 15 South America voyages ranging from 10 to 51 days.
- Regatta, Insignia, Nautica, Sirena, and Vista offer an epic selection of more than 50 departures to the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Mexican Riviera, and California wine country.
THE EVOLUTION OF PERFECTION – A BETTER-THAN-EVER EXPERIENCE
OceaniaNEXT is Oceania Cruises' continual quest to evolve and elevate the guest experience. It focuses on the hallmarks that inspire guests to return to Oceania Cruises time and again: Exquisitely Crafted Cuisine, Curated Travel Experiences and Small Ship Luxury. Reflecting the crisp sophistication of Regatta, Insignia, Nautica, Sirena and Vista, the sweeping Re-inspiration of Marina and Riviera presents a symphony of entirely new suites and staterooms as well as elegant public spaces imbued with a new light, airy ambiance. The signature onboard experience is better than ever too, with the addition of an extensive collection of new flavors and culinary experiences that transforms dining into a sublime experience and service into an art form. The gourmet cuisine has been entirely reimagined, from a bounty of new flavorful dishes at The Grand Dining Room to a Dom Pérignon pairing dinner that is the only one of its kind. Oceania Cruises' newest ship Vista offers multiple unique firsts in the realms of dining and guest experience. Across all ships, holistic wellness encounters at Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center encourage a lifestyle of health and longevity, while new destination experiences such as Go Green, Go Local, Beyond Blueprints, Culinary Discovery Tours, Food & Wine Trails tours, and Wellness Discovery Tours by Aquamar encourage deeper explorations.
THE HEART OF THE EXPERIENCE
One aspect of the Oceania Cruises experience remains constant and unchanged: the trademark warm and personalized service. Whether guests are sailing for the first time or the fifteenth, they will note the ease with which the staff remembers their names and their preferences along with the genuine smiles and enthusiasm that can only come from the heart.
For additional information on Oceania Cruises' small-ship luxury product, exquisitely crafted cuisine, and expertly curated travel experiences, visit OceaniaCruises.com, call 855-OCEANIA, or speak with a professional travel advisor.
About Oceania Cruises
Oceania Cruises is the world's leading culinary- and destination-focused cruise line. The line's seven small, luxurious ships carry a maximum of 1,210 guests and feature the finest cuisine at sea and destination-rich itineraries that span the globe. Expertly curated travel experiences aboard the designer-inspired, small ships call on more than 450 marquee and boutique ports across Europe, Alaska, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, New England-Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, Tahiti and the South Pacific in addition to the epic 180-day Around the World Voyages. The brand has a second 1,200-guest Allura Class ship on order for delivery in 2025. With headquarters in Miami, Oceania Cruises is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a diversified cruise operator of leading global cruise brands which include Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
About Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) is a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands. With a combined fleet of 28 ships with nearly 60,000 berths, these brands offer itineraries to more than 490 destinations worldwide. The Company has nine additional ships scheduled for delivery through 2027, comprising of approximately 24,000 berths.
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TAIPEI, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProLogium Technology (ProLogium), a global leader in innovative solid-state battery technology, announced today that it has joined NAATBatt International (NAATBatt), the premiere trade association of developers, manufacturers, suppliers and users of battery technology in North America, as a platinum member, and will also join upcoming meetings of its Board of Directors.
"We are pleased to be a member of NAATBatt, to learn and participate in the development of innovative solutions for the advancement of battery technologies," said Vincent Yang, CEO and Founder of ProLogium. "The United States plays a crucial role in the global automotive industry value chain. Automakers are accelerating their plans to extend their EV product range. With manufacturing bases in the region, we will be able to better meet the market's needs and benefit from local policy support. The proximity allows for local production and local supplies, manufacturing closer to customers to reduce carbon footprint – a win-win solution for the benefit of both our customers and ProLogium."
Jim Greenberger, Executive Director of NAATBatt International, said: "I'm delighted that ProLogium has joined NAATBatt and is planning to become an important part of the North American advanced battery supply chain. Scaling the manufacture of electrochemical energy storage technology is a challenge facing countries worldwide. NAATBatt will do its best to provide the resources required by ProLogium and fully support ProLogium's efforts to promote innovative battery technology in North America and help it enter the commercial field more quickly."
ProLogium is actively seeking to establish its first overseas battery plant. The company is in the process of selecting the location for its gigafactory in anticipation of the surging global demand for electric vehicles over the next decade. The estimated total investment in three phases is over USD 8 billion, and a feasibility study for potential sites has been initiated.
"With the recommendation and assistance from the US Department of Commerce, we were invited to the 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit. We met with US officials and governors during the SelectUSA Summit. The US government expressed its full support for ProLogium to set up plants locally, an indication of the increasing strategic importance of the next-generation battery," Vincent Yang commented.
ProLogium has a three-phase construction plan for its first-ever overseas gigafactory. The total capacity is expected to reach 120 GWh when the plant is complete. The firm's final decision on plant location is set to be made by the first half of 2023 at the soonest. A due diligence process will be performed before the construction project kicks off. ProLogium also estimates that by 2031, the project will create over 6,500 jobs, and the company is poised to begin its global talent recruitment efforts in the areas of engineering, product research and development, business management, and more.
ProLogium's manufacturing competence has been well established in the past nine years. Its first production line for consumer applications began operating back in 2013, and its roll-to-roll EV battery pilot line began production in October 2017. The battery maker owns proprietary technologies covering over 500 (applied or awarded) patents worldwide and has established more than 4,000 quality control items in its production processes, achieving 99.9% yield for its single-layer cell manufacturing and 94% yield for multi-layer cells. The company has already shipped more than one million cells for consumer electronic applications (from 15mAh to 1Ah) with a very high level of customer satisfaction. It has already begun the long testing and certification process with key global car OEMs by delivering nearly 8,000 EV battery cells (50-60Ah). These results laid a solid foundation for its global mass production gigafactory.
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Biden to sign massive climate and health care legislation
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden will sign Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections.
The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change — some $375 billion over the decade — and would cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 out-of-pocket annually for Medicare recipients. It also would help an estimated 13 million Americans pay for health care insurance by extending subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic.
The measure is paid for by new taxes on large companies and stepped-up IRS enforcement of wealthy individuals and entities, with additional funds going to reduce the federal deficit.
The House on Friday approved the measure on a party-line 220-207 vote. It passed the Senate days earlier with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a 50-50 tie in that chamber.
Biden is set to sign the bill during a small ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, sandwiched between his return from a six-day beachside vacation in South Carolina and his departure for his home in Wilmington, Delaware. He plans to hold a larger “celebration” for the legislation on Sept. 6 once lawmakers return to Washington.
The signing caps a spurt of legislative productivity for Biden and Congress, who in three months have approved legislation on veterans’ benefits, the semiconductor industry and gun checks for young buyers. The president and lawmakers have also responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supported NATO membership for Sweden and Finland.
With Biden’s approval rating lagging, Democrats are hoping that the string of successes will jump-start their chances of maintaining control in Washington in the November midterms. The 79-year-old president aims to restore his own standing with voters as he contemplates a reelection bid.
The White House announced Monday that it was going to deploy Biden and members of his Cabinet on a “Building a Better America Tour” to promote the recent victories, though the administration has yet to announce specific travel by the president.
“In the coming weeks, the President will host a Cabinet meeting focused on implementing the Inflation Reduction Act, will travel across the country to highlight how the bill will help the American people, and will host an event to celebrate the enactment of the bill at the White House on September 6th,” the White House said in a statement.
Republicans say the legislation’s new business taxes will increase prices, worsening the nation’s bout with its highest inflation since 1981. Though Democrats have labeled the measure the Inflation Reduction Act, nonpartisan analysts say it will have a barely perceptible impact on prices.
The measure is a slimmed-down version of the more ambitious plan to supercharge environment and social programs that Biden and his party unveiled early last year.
Biden’s initial 10-year, $3.5 trillion proposal also envisioned free prekindergarten, paid family and medical leave, expanded Medicare benefits and eased immigration restrictions. That crashed after centrist Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said it was too costly, using the leverage every Democrat has in the evenly divided Senate.
Still, Biden and Democrats are hailing the legislation as a once-in-a-generation investment in addressing the long-term effects of climate change, as well as drought in the nation’s West.
The bill will direct spending, tax credits and loans to bolster technology like solar panels, consumer efforts to improve home energy efficiency, emission-reducing equipment for coal- and gas-powered power plants, and air pollution controls for farms, ports and low-income communities.
Another $64 billion would help 13 million people pay premiums over the next three years for privately bought health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Medicare would gain the power to negotiate its costs for pharmaceuticals, initially in 2026 for only 10 drugs. Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket prescription costs would be limited to $2,000 annually starting in 2025, and beginning next year would pay no more than $35 monthly for insulin, the costly diabetes drug.
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Associated Press writer Alan Fram in Washington contributed to this report.
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The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought on the states most affected — as well as the solutions Americans are embracing.
AUSTIN, Texas (The Hill) — As the Western U.S. suffers under its worst drought in a millennium, the government of Texas, a state that faces its own unique set of dangers from extreme weather, is at last turning to deal with the threat that climate change poses to its long-term water supply.
Texas’s situation is sufficiently dire that in July, a majority-Republican panel on the state legislature voted unanimously to require the state water planning board to consult with the state climatologist as it advises cities in planning to meet the state’s water needs in the future.
The rule change “removes the possibility that the political climate could harm [local water officials’] ability to plan responsibly for the future,” state Sen. Nathan Johnson (D), a major backer of the shift, told The Hill.
“It kind of insulates the regional water authorities from political pressures that would harm their ability to do what they need to do,” Johnson said.
But that process won’t bear fruit for years — and Texans increasingly worry that the crisis is here now.
Never rains but it pours
The most recent demonstration of the volatile climate was last month’s flash downpours that stunned Johnson’s hometown of Dallas — a record rainfall that interrupted the city’s longtime drought, running off baked earth and acres of asphalt infrastructure to flood much of the city.
Those kinds of events offer a foretaste of the future that Texas can expect, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe told The Hill.
“You saw record dry conditions week after week after week — and then all of a sudden, a summer’s worth of rain in a single day,” Hayhoe said.
For much of the state, annual levels of rainfall may not change much — but that average conceals potentially lethal extremes of drought and flood, she said. “The amount of precipitation is staying the same. But the distribution is changing. It’s getting more extreme in both directions.”
Even if rainfall totals and distribution both stayed the same — which is unlikely — the simple fact of rising heat under climate change could presage water shortages, state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon told The Hill.
“Lakes evaporate faster, water in the ground evaporates faster,” said Nielsen-Gammon, who is also a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University.
That’s a problem for a state whose water storage strategy relies heavily on a collection of nearly 200 open-air reservoirs, exposed at all times to the baking sun. Moisture sucked into the air can also worsen flash storms, making rain events large enough to overwhelm the ability of soils to absorb them and catchment infrastructure to trap them.
Population growth looms
When these disruptive impacts are added to the booming populations foreseen by the Texas Water Development Board — expected by 2070 to surge from around 30 million to 52 million — they create a situation that worries many water planners interviewed by The Hill.
Much of that growth is expected along the dry and vulnerable I-35 corridor that connects Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley to San Antonio, Austin and the enormous collection of towns and cities surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth. The highway roughly divides Texas’s wet east from its dry west.
With that influx of people will come new water-dependent industries, from manufacturing plants such as the new Tesla facility going up outside Austin to more than a dozen high-tech semiconductor factories. And even with climate change making the weather ever more extreme, the state is fighting hard to protect fossil fuels. Those take a lot of water too, particularly when oil and gas is extracted through fracking.
“If any community in the state fails, and its water supply, that is big national, international news, and then has impacts on, I would argue, on the economic growth and perception of Texas,” Robert Mace of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment told local station KXAN, which is owned by The Hill’s parent company, Nexstar Media.
The looming prospect of a more intense and unpredictable drought-flood cycle presents a fearsome challenge for water planners.
It’s also one that — at least as it pertains to climate change — local officials have largely been left to figure out on their own, state water experts told The Hill.
For now, members of the Water Development Board “certainly don’t appear to be addressing [climate issues] directly,” Nielsen-Gammon, the state climatologist, told The Hill.
In contrast to the state’s specific and data-driven approach to planning for population growth, “there isn’t any official projection as far as streamflow or groundwater recharge impacts from climate change,” he added.
“It’d be really nice if individual water suppliers weren’t left to their own devices to tackle the issue.”
But the Texas Water Development Board’s planning process has traditionally looked backward, not forward, in envisioning the worst-case scenario that managers should plan for.
“By not considering climate change, we’re counting on water that’s probably not going to be there in the future,” Mace told KXAN. “And so that increases the risk of reservoirs going dry, and of people losing their water supplies.”
Incorporating climate planning, however, is extraordinarily difficult.
“The key word with climate is complicated,” Matt Nelson, a water resources professional at the Texas Water Development Board, told The Hill.
Even at the state level, Nelson said, models are ambiguous, leaving the coming effects on the ground unclear. That means that state officials who move quickly to, say, increase supply are at risk of installing expensive and potentially “maladaptive” infrastructure aimed at solving the wrong problem, he added.
The long-term trend of climate change — to the extent that it’s clear — is also easily drowned out in the near-term chaos of Texas weather, he said.
“There can be more substantial risk in the near term than a climate long-term effect,” Nelson said.
Local groups take action
Some individual water suppliers have taken the state’s absence as an invitation to make their own plans.
For the city of Austin, the onrushing threat of climate change has led the city to study its own vulnerability — and to secure its water supply out past 2100, by which point its population is expected to triple from 1.1. million to 3.3 million.
“Water utilities are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to climate change. The nature of our product is such that we have to be responsive and adaptive to these changes as they’re happening in real time,” program manager Marisa Flores Gonzalez, of Austin Water, told The Hill.
Over the turbulent century to come, “we may have periods of time where we have plenty of water around — more water than we want,” Flores Gonzalez said.
“But we need to be able to take advantage of those supplies when they’re present during average or wet conditions and store that water so that we can make use of it during drought times.”
Austin is exploring a number of ways to do this. City officials are scouting locations where excess water could be injected into natural subterranean caverns in periods of abundance — in effect creating an artificial aquifer, immune to evaporation, that the city can draw on during the extended dry periods to come.
Groundwater injection is a measure that many other cities around the state are pursuing — most notably San Antonio, an hour’s drive south of Austin, but also smaller cities such as El Paso and even folk music mecca Kerrville.
Dallas-Fort Worth and other cities of the north Texas sprawl are building new reservoirs as fast as possible, and both Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston are exploring ways to pipe in water from other basins as they look to a future where their own stores will be overtaxed.
But with “really out of the box unprecedented things are definitely being discussed, we often neglect the easiest and most common one — which is conservation,” Hayhoe said.
Austin, for example, has winnowed the amount of water needed per person per day by nearly a third since the 1990s, and it’s about a quarter of the way through a campaign to switch all the city’s analog water meters to leak-detecting smart ones.
And the city is experimenting with pilot sewage recycling systems — which treat wastewater on-site for reuse in watering, fountains and flushing toilets — which could ultimately cut demand for water by 75 percent, KXAN reported.
At the extreme end of this strategy, the residents of Big Spring, Texas — in the state’s arid far west — drink purified and treated wastewater, a system officially called “direct potable reuse” and sometimes derided as “toilet to tap,” public radio station WHYY reported.
‘The lowest point that I’ve ever seen’
Nelson at the Water Development Board says the board is working to incorporate usable climate models into its planning process. Board researchers are working with Nielsen-Gammon to try and derive standardized rules and models that are sufficiently flexible to bring to bear on state planning processes, such as trying to figure out how changing heat levels will impact evaporation from different regions’ lakes and rivers.
The state itself lags behind growing cities such as Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, where local governments have done their own expensive climate forecasting — and many of which are already in the process of securing new supplies against their booming populations.
But most of Texas’s more than 1,200 incorporated towns and cities don’t have the resources to do their own climate planning — and are less likely to have multiple options to draw from in the case of a crisis.
That’s happening even just west of Austin, as former cattle ranches in the region known as the Hill Country — popular for its wineries and swimming holes — get converted into housing developments, which demand water for taps, toilets and lawns.
“With the explosive growth, the wells [are] at the lowest point that I’ve ever seen,” hydrologist Douglas Wierman told KXAN.
Wieman warned that these communities are draining the Lower Trinity Aquifer to the “tipping point where our demand for water resources has outpaced the ability of our aquifers and rivers to replenish themselves,” Wierman added.
In the Hill Country, that’s meant a booming business for “water haulers” making deliveries to families whose wells no longer reach the shrinking water table, KXAN reported.
A cruel paradox of Texas water politics is that those municipalities most vulnerable to climate change are likely to be least willing or able to prepare on their own.
The smaller the city, Nielsen-Gammon said, “the smaller the water supply — and the less likely they will be able to deal with climate change and possibly not even be willing to consider it because they have more immediate concerns.”
It’s those bodies that are at the greatest risk from climate change, Perry Fowler of the Texas Water Infrastructure Network told KXAN.
“If local entities aren’t already looking at fortifying their water sources, then they’re already really behind the eight ball on that,” Fowler said.
KXAN’s Mia Abbe and Christopher Adams contributed to this report.
Previously in this series:
Texas cattle industry faces existential crisis from historic drought
Lakes Mead and Powell are at the epicenter of the biggest Western drought in history
Seven stats that explain the West’s epic drought
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WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute announcing that Indian Journalist Rana Ayyub is the 2022 International John Aubuchon Award Honoree. The Aubuchon is the Club's highest honor for Press Freedom.
"We are pleased to name Rana Ayyub the 2022 John Aubuchon Award International Honoree. Ms. Ayyub's courage and skill in investigative work has been evident throughout her distinguished career and her criticism of the government has been met with an unwelcome assault on her rights and freedom of expression. We are concerned that just over the weekend Twitter informed Ms. Ayyub's it was complying with a demand from the Indian government to censor inside India, one of her tweets related to threats against a mosque. Twitter cited the Telecommunications Act of 2000, which gives the Indian government control over what is published in India. This version of prior restraint is unworthy of a nation with India's democratic traditions. We urge Twitter to restore her account at once.
"We are also aware that the Indian government has made burdensome and invasive requests for Ms. Ayyub's personal financial information —a matter that is pending. And, we understand she has been the recent victim of threats both online and in person that have caused her to move from her home and go into hiding. It appears at least some of this harassment is being initiated and supported by the government. This follows a March incident where Ms. Ayyub was stopped from traveling to London though it appears her lawyers have since been able to have those travel restrictions lifted by the Indian government. And in February of 2022, the government froze most of Ms. Ayyub's assets on dubious charges.
"Violence against journalists in India is at an all- time high. In the last 5 years some 18 journalists have been murdered in India, making it one of the deadliest countries in the world for journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders. And this year the trend of arrests and detention of journalists in India appears to be accelerating. At the center of this storm stands Rana Ayyub and the National Press Club stands with her. Ms. Ayyub is the first Indian journalist to receive the John Aubuchon Award.
'Aubuchon Award honorees do not simply receive recognition and a prize. By selecting Rana Ayyub, the Club is committing to monitor and support her case and do what we can to ensure her freedom including her freedom to publish. Past Aubuchon honorees include: Maria Ressa, Jason Rezaian, Austin Tice, Marie Colvin, Jamal Kashoggi, Emilio Gutierrez-Soto and last year Danny Fenster and Haze Fan.
'Ms. Ayyub is a contributor to Washington Post Opinions in addition to her work as an independent journalist. She has been named by Time magazine among ten global journalists who face maximum threats to their lives. Although the Aubuchon Award will not be formally conveyed until the end of the year, The Club wanted to announce its decision today to draw attention to Ms. Ayyub's case and encourage others to support her at this time."
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the U.S. and worldwide.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.
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EDGARD, La. (AP) — Descendants of slaves who lived and toiled in southeastern Louisiana won a key ruling Thursday allowing their legal challenge to go forward against a $400 million grain elevator planned along the Mississippi River, although the company behind the project said it would likely appeal.
Greenfield Louisiana LLC, which intends to build the terminal between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, had been pushing a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Descendants Project,which is suing over what it calls the “corrupt rezoning” of the land for industrial use decades ago. Greenfield had argued on different grounds that the lawsuit should be thrown out. But during the hearing Thursday Judge J. Sterling Snowdy said he would deny all those grounds and would explain his reasoning in a more detailed ruling within days.
Two sisters, Jo and Joy Banner, formed the Descendants Project and have been leading the opposition to the grain elevator. They and about 30 supporters gathered outside the courthouse afterward to celebrate.
“We’re very happy that we can move forward,” said Joy Banner. “This was a huge win…. a huge step in our process.”
The ruling means that the Descendants Project can move forward with things like trying to depose figures in the company trying to build the grain elevator. Their lawsuit also raises questions about the project’s environmental risks and challenges its expected proximity to homes that have stood nearby for generations.
Greenfield purchased the land in July 2021 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish and said the roughly $400 million project would include a loading terminal and 54 silos, providing more than 100 jobs. The lush green fields where the terminal would go butt up against the large levee that keeps the Mississippi River in its track.
The lawyer representing Greenfield, Louis E. Buatt, said during an interview after the hearing that company officials would review the judge’s written ruling when it’s issued in coming days and would then likely seek to have the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals review his decision.
Buatt said although the judge denied all three of the company’s arguments for dismissing the case outright — the judge did indicate that its assertion that the statue of limitations has already run out might have merit going forward. A representative for the parish where the project is to be built — and which is also named in the lawsuit — said the parish could not comment on pending litigation.
The Descendants Project has been fighting the placement of the grain elevator, saying some homes in the nearby town of Wallace where they live would be only 260 feet (less than 80 meters) away from the project, which the lawsuit states would include “a conveyor structure nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty.”
The lawsuit also raises questions about environmental hazards such as dust from the facility posing a health hazard to the predominantly Black residents of Wallace and whether the grain terminal would disturb possible slave burial grounds. The terminal would also be located not far from the Whitney Plantation, which documents the history of slavery and has become an important tourist destination.
The company has said the grain elevator would be clean and safe and provided jobs.
At issue is a zoning change made decades ago. The area zoning was changed in 1990 when Formosa Plastics Corp. wanted to build a rayon plant at the site. Formosa, however, dropped its plans in 1992 and six years after the land was rezoned, a former parish president, Lester Millet Jr., was convicted of charges including extorting $200,000 from the person he chose to broker the land sale.
The Descendants Project has essentially argued that the industrial zoning was the result of Millet’s corruption and should be thrown out. Lawyers for the parish and Greenfield have argued that Millet was only one part of the process and that the parish council also approved the rezoning. They’ve also argued that too much time has passed to challenge the rezoning.
The area along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and known locally as the “river parishes” was once the site of plantations that stretched from the river back to the farmland where crops — often sugarcane — were grown and harvested by slave labor. In more recent decades industrial plants have been built up and down the river — a development criticized by environmental groups that contend they are a health hazard for the region and the people who live there.
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KU Police search for man who robbed resident at gunpoint
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Campus police at the University of Kansas are searching for a man who robbed a resident at gunpoint on Sunday morning.
Just before 3:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 10, the University of Kansas Public Safety Office says officers received reports of an armed robbery in the 1100 block of West Campus Rd.
The suspect had been described to officers as a Hispanic male between 25- and 30-years-old, with a goatee or scruff beard, standing at 5-feet-9-inches and weighing about 250 pounds. He had been wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.
The victim also told officers they had been robbed with a gun then the suspect got in a vehicle and went west on Stratford Rd. off-campus.
If anyone has information about the crime, they should call the KU Public Safety Office at 785-864-5900 or Crime Stoppers at 785-843-8477.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) will conduct a conference call Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. CDT to discuss its fiscal 2023 second quarter financial results. The conference will be available to the public as a live, audio-only webcast on Dell Technologies' website at investors.delltechnologies.com; an archived version will be available at the same location.
The company will issue the results via a press release with accompanying financial statements before the conference call broadcast. At that time the release, edited prepared remarks and presentation containing additional financial and operating information may be downloaded from investors.delltechnologies.com.
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Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of EVO Payments, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOP), in connection with the proposed acquisition of EVOP by Global Payments Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, EVOP shareholders will receive $34.00 in cash for each share of EVOP common stock owned. If you own EVOP shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/evop
Romeo Power, Inc. (NYSE: RMO)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Romeo Power, Inc. (NYSE: RMO), in connection with the proposed acquisition of RMO by Nikola Corporation ("Nikola") via tender offer. Under the terms of the merger agreement, RMO shareholders will receive 0.1186 shares of Nikola common stock for each RMO share owned, representing implied per-share merger consideration of approximately $0.89 based upon Nikola's August 4, 2022 closing price of $7.48. If you own RMO shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/rmo
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) in connection with the proposed acquisition of RFP by The Paper Excellence Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Domtar Corporation ("Domtar"). The transaction will be carried out by way of a merger of RFP with a newly created subsidiary of Domtar, providing for conversion of each share of RFP common stock into the right to receive $20.50 per share, together with a Contingent Value Right ("CVR") entitling the holder to a share of future softwood lumber duty deposit refunds. If you own RFP shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/rfp
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LeBron James trading card expected to break record at auction
(CNN) - LeBron James is expected to break another record. But this time it’s not on the court, it’s at auction.
Goldin is auctioning off a LeBron James Triple Logoman trading card this week – the only one ever made.
It’s expected to break a record for the most expensive sports card ever sold with an estimated sale price of $6.6 million.
The card features game-used patches from each of the NBA teams that James has played for: the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers.
The auction would not be the first time one of his cards sells for millions of dollars. A card from his rookie season with the Cavaliers fetched $1.8 million a couple years ago, and a similar card sold last year for $5.2 million.
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Jennifer Aniston’s insomnia is just her latest sleep issue
By Lisa Respers France, CNN
Jennifer Aniston says she has long suffered from sleep problems.
The 53-year-old star told People magazine that it’s been an issue for her for decades.
“I think it started somewhere in my 30s or even earlier, but you just don’t start to notice the effects of a lack of sleep when we’re younger because we’re so invincible,” she said.
It has manifested as sleep anxiety, sleep walking and most recently insomnia that has had her counting the minutes she’s not been able to drift off.
“And the more I worry about it, the harder it is to fall asleep,” she said.
That is on display in her commercial for the Seize The Night and Day campaign.
According to the site “Fierce Pharma,” the spot titled “Time is a Construct” was directed by Academy Award-winning director, writer and actor Taika Waititi and is tied to a new prescription sleep aid from Johnson & Johnson.
Aniston told People she eventually sought medical advice for her insomnia and now uses tricks like stretching and yoga before bed to relax, as well as attempting to “make bedtime the same every night, which is challenging for us actors, because if we’re on a movie, the schedule is all over the place.”
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - NexGen Energy Ltd. ("NexGen" or the "Company") (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce a major milestone in the advancement of regulatory approvals for the 100% owned Rook I Project ("Rook I" or the "Project") with the submission of the draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment ("ENV") and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ("CNSC"). The EIS submission included letters of support for the Project from each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN), Birch Narrows Dene Nation (BNDN), and Buffalo River Dene Nation (BRDN), which all have also endorsed the Project through the execution of Benefit Agreements with NexGen covering the entire lifespan of the Project.
The submission of the draft EIS follows the Provincial and Federal Environmental Assessment (EA) processes that commenced in April 2019 following regulatory acceptance of NexGen's Project Description. The Project, located in the uranium rich district of Saskatchewan's southwestern Athabasca Basin, includes underground and surface facilities to support the mining and processing of uranium ore from the Arrow deposit.
Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer commented: "The submission of the draft EIS is an exciting and significant milestone for NexGen, and we are proud to be working alongside our local Indigenous partners and all our stakeholders as we deliver on this generational opportunity for Saskatchewan and Canada. The draft EIS incorporates best practise in every aspect of the Project's elite environmental performance and is a culmination of many years of detailed data collection, analysis and design. Upon review and approval of the Environmental Assessment, the Rook I Project will deliver enormous economic, social, and community benefits, while being a major supplier of carbon-free base load energy fuel, highlighting Canada's leading environmental commitment to the world.
On behalf of everyone at NexGen, I would like to congratulate and thank all our valued partners with whom we have been working side by side. The communities where we operate, the government of Saskatchewan and Canada and their regulatory bodies, our valued employees, consultants and investors in accomplishing this unique milestone. The NexGen team is dedicated to the optimal delivery of the Rook I Project and ready for the next exciting phase of development."
Luke Moger, Vice President, Environment, Permitting & Licensing commented: "Conducting the biophysical and socio-economic assessments in support of developing the draft EIS highlights the elite environmental and social outcomes of the Rook I Project resulting from NexGen's long-term and disciplined planning approach. Key environmental design features such as the permanent underground storage of all tailings as engineered cemented backfill and the consolidation and optimization of the Project footprint reflect the commitment of the team and the integrated approach taken, including the incorporation of valuable feedback from local Indigenous Groups and communities.
We are excited to share our draft EIS with the experienced Provincial and Federal regulatory teams and welcome the transition to the next stage of the EA process, including the technical and public review that will be led by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment."
NexGen conducted the EA pursuant to The Environmental Assessment Act of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (collectively the "Acts"). The information and analysis conducted and submitted in the EIS represent the basis against which the environmental, social, and human health effects of the Project will be evaluated by the ENV and CNSC.
Since 2011, NexGen established an experienced team of subject matter experts and qualitied professionals across all aspects of the Project to conduct technical studies; engage with Indigenous Groups, communities, regulators, and public stakeholders; and prepare the EIS. The EIS represents the collection of reports that document NexGen's EA of the proposed Project and demonstrates the robust engagement undertaken over many years, the favorable geological setting of the Arrow deposit, NexGen's focused incorporation of environmental stewardship into the Project designs, and the generational positive long-term economic benefits the Project will provide to local communities, Saskatchewan, and Canada.
The draft EIS fulfills a key aspect of meeting Provincial and Federal requirements so that regulatory authorities can make an informed decision regarding Project approval. Data and analyses on the potential positive and adverse effects from the Project are included, as well as the mitigation measures and monitoring and management programs to be implemented by NexGen. Other important aspects of the EIS include the demonstration of meaningful engagement with affected Indigenous Groups, local communities, and the public, and the incorporation of Indigenous and Local Knowledge into the EA.
In 2019, NexGen entered into Study Agreements with each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation ("CRDN"), Birch Narrows Dene Nation ("BNDN"), Buffalo River Dene Nation ("BRDN"), and Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (on behalf of Northern Region 2). NexGen has been working with local Indigenous Groups and communities since 2013, with the Study Agreements formalizing engagement approaches specifically designed to support participation in the EA process and providing capacity funding for engagement and retention of technical support. The Study Agreements also fully funded the completion of self-directed Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Land Use Studies by each Indigenous Group that were valuable sources of information used by NexGen in conducting the EA.
In addition, NexGen has signed Benefit Agreements with the CRDN, BNDN, and BRDN to ensure provisions for ongoing engagement, financial and human resources to support Indigenous cultural and traditional values as well as environmental stewardship, employment, training, and economic development throughout the entire lifespan of the Project.
With submission of the draft EIS, the ENV and CNSC have commenced their respective Provincial and Federal reviews. Under the Provincial EA review process, the ENV has commenced their technical review of the EIS. Under the Federal EA review process, the CNSC is currently undergoing a conformance review of the EIS in advance of conducting parallel technical and public review.
Through a cooperative Provincial-Federal EA process, the ENV and CNSC will share information and work to reduce regulatory duplication, while providing a comprehensive EA process in accordance with the separate requirements that apply and must be satisfied with respect to the Acts, regulations, and guidelines in place for each of the respective jurisdictions.
To support the submission of the draft EIS, NexGen has launched "Delivering a Generational Project" – a 10-minute video on NexGen's team and innovative approach, and the unique characteristics of the Rook I Project. The video can be found by visiting www.nexgenenergy.ca or www.saskatchewanuranium.ca
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation focused on the development of the Rook I Project located in the southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, into production. The Rook I Project is supported by a NI 43-101 compliant Feasibility Study which outlines elite environmental performance as well as industry leading economics. Rook I hosts the Arrow Deposit that hosts Measured Mineral Resources of 209.6 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 2.18 M tonnes grading 4.35% U3O8, Indicated Mineral Resources of 47.1 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 1.57 M tonnes grading 1.36% U3O8, and Inferred Mineral Resources of 80.7 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 4.40 M tonnes grading 0.83% U3O8.
NexGen has a highly experienced team of uranium industry professionals with a successful track record in the discovery of uranium deposits and in developing projects through discovery to production. The Company is the recipient of the 2018 PDAC Bill Dennis Award for Canadian mineral discovery and the 2019 PDAC Environmental and Social Responsibility Award.
All technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Anthony ( Tony) George , P.Eng., NexGen's Chief Project Officer, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.
A technical report in respect of the FS is filed on SEDAR ( www.sedar.com ) and EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml ) and is available for review on NexGen Energy's website (www.nexgenenergy.ca ).
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors
This news release includes Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources classification terms that comply with reporting standards in Canada and the Mineral Reserves and the Mineral Resources estimates are made in accordance with NI 43-101. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators that establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. These standards differ from the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") set by the SEC's rules that are applicable to domestic United States reporting companies. Consequently, Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources information included in this news release is not comparable to similar information that would generally be disclosed by domestic U.S. reporting companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC Accordingly, information concerning mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable with information made public by companies that report in accordance with U.S. standards.
The information contained herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable United States securities laws and regulations and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. "Forward-looking information" includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates, the 2021 Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project and estimates of uranium production, grade and long-term average uranium prices, anticipated effects of completed drill results on the Rook I Project, planned work programs, completion of further site investigations and engineering work to support basic engineering of the project and expected outcomes. Generally, but not always, forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotation thereof. Statements relating to "mineral resources" are deemed to be forward-looking information, as they involve the implied assessment that, based on certain estimates and assumptions, the mineral resources described can be profitably produced in the future.
Forward-looking information and statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about NexGen's business and the industry and markets in which it operates. Forward-looking information and statements are made based upon numerous assumptions, including among others, that the mineral reserve and resources estimates and the key assumptions and parameters on which such estimates are based are as set out in this news release and the technical report for the property , the results of planned exploration activities are as anticipated, the price and market supply of uranium, the cost of planned exploration activities, that financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms, that third party contractors, equipment, supplies and governmental and other approvals required to conduct NexGen's planned exploration activities will be available on reasonable terms and in a timely manner and that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward looking information or making forward looking statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate in the future.
Forward-looking information and statements also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performances and achievements of NexGen to differ materially from any projections of results, performances and achievements of NexGen expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or statements, including, among others, the existence of negative operating cash flow and dependence on third party financing, uncertainty of the availability of additional financing, the risk that pending assay results will not confirm previously announced preliminary results, conclusions of economic valuations, the risk that actual results of exploration activities will be different than anticipated, the cost of labour, equipment or materials will increase more than expected, that the future price of uranium will decline or otherwise not rise to an economic level, the appeal of alternate sources of energy to uranium-produced energy, that the Canadian dollar will strengthen against the U.S. dollar, that mineral resources and reserves are not as estimated, that actual costs or actual results of reclamation activities are greater than expected, that changes in project parameters and plans continue to be refined and may result in increased costs, of unexpected variations in mineral resources and reserves, grade or recovery rates or other risks generally associated with mining, unanticipated delays in obtaining governmental, regulatory or First Nations approvals, risks related to First Nations title and consultation, reliance upon key management and other personnel, deficiencies in the Company's title to its properties, uninsurable risks, failure to manage conflicts of interest, failure to obtain or maintain required permits and licences, risks related to changes in laws, regulations, policy and public perception, as well as those factors or other risks as more fully described in NexGen's Annual Information Form dated February 25, 2022 filed with the securities commissions of all of the provinces of Canada except Quebec and in NexGen's 40-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and Edgar at www.sec.gov .
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information or statements or implied by forward-looking information or statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements due to the inherent uncertainty thereof.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or reissue forward-looking information as a result of new information or events except as required by applicable securities laws.
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