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LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Schoolchildren in a northern New Mexico community that had been threatened by a wildfire were expected to resume in-person classes Tuesday while residents on the fire’s northern edges remained under evacuation orders.
The West Las Vegas School District said exceptions would be made for students still displaced by what’s the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. or those whose health has been affected by the smoke.
Meanwhile, firefighters worked in rugged terrain ahead of the massive blaze trying to clear brush and stop the flames from burning more homes in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
The wildfire — intensified by decades of drought, warmer temperatures and spring winds — has charred 308 square miles (798 square kilometers) of tinder-dry ponderosa forests. Thousands of people have had to flee the flames and some 300 structures, including homes, have been destroyed.
Crews have spent days working to protect ranch homes scattered through the area and stamping out small fires that jumped ahead of the main blaze.
“So far they’ve had great luck in catching those,” said fire information officer Joel Barnett.
Wind will continue to be a factor this week, along with low humidity, but to varying degrees depending on the day. Fire officials predicted part of the massive blaze would push north into rugged terrain that is difficult for firefighters to access.
“This isn’t a surprise to us. All the models showed this probably was going to happen,” said fire operations section chief Todd Abel.
The region’s largest population center — Las Vegas, New Mexico, home to 13,000 people — remained largely safe from the flames. Some residents were allowed to return over the weekend.
Early Monday, West Las Vegas High School was empty but for a single instructor teaching remotely. Schools in the district pivoted to remote learning, something they had planned as a contingency in case of a rise in coronavirus cases.
“I’ve been preparing, not for wildfire, but for something like this,” said mass media teacher Kenneth Bachicha.
Elsewhere in northern New Mexico, a wildfire near the federal government’s key facilities for nuclear research prompted Los Alamos National Laboratory and others in the area to begin preparing for evacuations. Officials stressed that there was no immediate threat to the lab itself.
That fire has burned nearly 64 square miles (165 square kilometers).
Officials said some medically fragile residents and large animals already have been moved out of the area to lessen the traffic congestion should evacuations be ordered. They anticipated residents would have at least a day or two notice if they need to flee.
“If the fire gets its fifth gear, it will be here sooner than we want it to be,” said incident commander Rich Harvey. “We’re doing everything we can to check it.”
Crews in Arizona were dealing with strong winds Monday as they battled a fire near the U.S.-Mexico border that forced several dozen people from their homes.
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Montoya Bryan reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Associated Press writer Felicia Fonseca in Flagstaff, Arizona, contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/wind-is-wild-card-in-fires-burning-in-new-mexico-arizona/ | 2022-05-10T15:33:26Z |
Baby has severe allergic reaction to substitute formula amid shortage
LINCOLN, Neb. (KETV) - The nationwide baby formula shortage has some parents desperate to find food for their newborns.
That lead one Nebraska woman to find a different product that caused her child to be hospitalized.
Three-month-old Adelina’s doing much better than she was just over a week ago.
On May 15, her mom, Natalya Renteria, was up in the middle of the night looking for Enfamil Gentlease.
She said it was impossible to find, so she settled on a brand she hadn’t used before.
“It was liquid form. And I had already kind of been skeptical about some, like, just because I hadn’t,” Renteria said.
She said Adelina started to get a rash after the first bottle.
“It wasn’t just her face, was half of her body. And that’s when we decided that that we needed to get her into the doctor immediately,” said Jessica Reyes, the girl’s grandmother.
Reyes said they rushed the baby to Chi Health Saint Elizabeth.
“I said, ‘Wait, she’s not breathing,’ and the nurse turned around, snatched her, took off with her. We just went running behind her but it just was, it was heart-wrenching because her face just turned blue and she just was so limp in my arms,” the girl’s grandmother said.
Reyes said doctors gave Adelina an allergy medicine right away.
“Like five doctors came in, and I’m just standing there, like, crying. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to help her. I really couldn’t help her. There’s nothing really I could do,” Renteria said.
It turns out Adelina is allergic to safflower and eggs.
Dr. Michael Schooff, the primary care medical director for Chi Health Metro, said formula changes can cause a range of reactions.
“It can be mild from just a rash on the baby to severe to the point of anaphylaxis, where the throat swells up and the baby can potentially stop breathing,” he said.
Chi Health said fortunately this reaction is rare. Adelina’s is the first case they’ve seen so far since the shortage began.
Her family said they just hope store shelves are full again soon.
“Hopefully that we bounce back and real soon because the babies are in need. Yes, they are,” Reyes said.
Officials at Chi Health and elsewhere are advising parents to a call a physician if a new formula is being used to feed a baby.
They also say a close eye needs to be kept on the child to make sure there are no potential health threats.
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AES Attains Third Investment Grade Credit Rating and Reaffirms 2022 Adjusted EPS Guidance
Published: May. 5, 2022 at 4:00 PM CDT|Updated: 4 hours ago
StrategicAccomplishments
With investment grade credit rating from Moody's, attained investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies
Signed or awarded 1.1 GW of PPAs for new renewable energy projects in the first quarter of 2022, increasing the backlog to 10.3 GW
Construction on schedule for more than 2 GW of renewable energy projects expected to come online in 2022, with solar panels secured for all projects in the US
Q1 2022 Financial Highlights
Diluted EPS of $0.16, compared to ($0.22) in Q1 2021
Adjusted EPS1 of $0.21, compared to $0.28 in Q1 2021
Financial Position and Outlook
Reaffirming 2022 Adjusted EPS1 guidance range of $1.55 to $1.65
Reaffirming 7% to 9% annualized growth target through 2025, off a base year of 2020
ARLINGTON, Va., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
"So far this year, we have attained a third investment grade rating and maintained our strategic momentum from last year by growing our backlog of contracted projects to 10.3 GW. We expect to complete all of these projects through 2025 and they will be a key contributor to our expected annualized growth of 7% to 9%," said Andrés Gluski, AES President and Chief Executive Officer. "In spite of supply chain issues impacting many sectors, we have secured solar panels for all of our projects in the US this year and currently expect no delays in their planned commissionings."
"Our resilient business model, which is centered around long-term contracted generation and utilities, continues to insulate us from macroeconomic headwinds such as inflation and interest rate fluctuations," said Stephen Coughlin, AES Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "As in prior years, we expect the bulk of our earnings will be generated in the second half of the year and we remain on track to achieve our full year Adjusted EPS guidance of $1.55 to $1.65."
Q1 2022 Financial Results
First quarter 2022 Diluted Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations (Diluted EPS) was $0.16, an increase of $0.38 compared to first quarter 2021, primarily reflecting lower impairments, partially offset by net gains in 2021 from early contract terminations at Angamos, higher income tax expense, the impact of realized gains on de-designated interest rate swaps in 2021, and the gain on remeasurement of the Company's interest in sPower's development platform in 2021.
First quarter 2022 Adjusted Earnings Per Share1 (Adjusted EPS, a non-GAAP financial measure) was $0.21, a decrease of $0.07 compared to first quarter 2021, primarily reflecting the impact of realized gains on de-designated interest rate swaps in 2021 and lower contributions from the Company's Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (MCAC) Strategic Business Unit (SBU), partially offset by higher contributions from the South America SBU.
Strategic Accomplishments
In the first quarter of 2022, the Company signed or was awarded 1,087 MW of renewables and energy storage under long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), primarily including 1,019 MW of solar and energy storage in the US.
The Company's backlog is now 10,307 MW expected to be completed through 2025, including:
Guidance and Expectations1
The Company is reaffirming its 2022 Adjusted EPS1 guidance of $1.55 to $1.65 and its 7% to 9% annualized growth rate target through 2025, from a base year of 2020.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
See Non-GAAP Measures for definitions of Adjusted Earnings Per Share and Adjusted Pre-Tax Contribution, as well as reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP financial measures.
Attachments
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Segment Information, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Parent Financial Information.
Conference Call Information
AES will host a conference call on Friday, May 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Interested parties may listen to the teleconference by dialing 1-844-200-6205 at least ten minutes before the start of the call. International callers should dial +1-929-526-1599. The Participant Access Code for this call is 606102. Internet access to the conference call and presentation materials will be available on the AES website at www.aes.com by selecting "Investors" and then "Presentations and Webcasts."
A webcast replay, as well as a replay in downloadable MP3 format, will be accessible at www.aes.com beginning shortly after the completion of the call.
About AES
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is a Fortune 500 global power company accelerating the future of energy. Together with our many stakeholders, we're improving lives by delivering the greener, smarter energy solutions the world needs. Our diverse workforce is committed to continuous innovation and operational excellence, while partnering with our customers on their strategic energy transitions and continuing to meet their energy needs today. For more information, visit www.aes.com.
Safe Harbor Disclosure
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those related to future earnings, growth and financial and operating performance. Forward-looking statements are not intended to be a guarantee of future results, but instead constitute AES' current expectations based on reasonable assumptions. Forecasted financial information is based on certain material assumptions. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, our expectations regarding accurate projections of future interest rates, commodity price and foreign currency pricing, continued normal levels of operating performance and electricity volume at our distribution companies and operational performance at our generation businesses consistent with historical levels, as well as the execution of PPAs, conversion of our backlog and growth investments at normalized investment levels, rates of return consistent with prior experience and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Actual results could differ materially from those projected in our forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Important factors that could affect actual results are discussed in AES' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including, but not limited to, the risks discussed under Item 1A: "Risk Factors" and Item 7: "Management's Discussion & Analysis" in AES' Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Readers are encouraged to read AES' filings to learn more about the risk factors associated with AES' business. AES undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except where required by law.
Any Stockholder who desires a copy of the Company's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 28, 2022 with the SEC may obtain a copy (excluding the exhibits thereto) without charge by addressing a request to the Office of the Corporate Secretary, The AES Corporation, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Exhibits also may be requested, but a charge equal to the reproduction cost thereof will be made. A copy of the Annual Report on Form 10-K may be obtained by visiting the Company's website at www.aes.com.
Website Disclosure
AES uses its website, including its quarterly updates, as channels of distribution of Company information. The information AES posts through these channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor our website, in addition to following AES' press releases, quarterly SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. In addition, you may automatically receive e-mail alerts and other information about AES when you enroll your e-mail address by visiting the "Subscribe to Alerts" page of AES' Investors website. The contents of AES' website, including its quarterly updates, are not, however, incorporated by reference into this release.
THE AES CORPORATION NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (Unaudited) RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION (PTC) AND ADJUSTED EPS
Adjusted PTC is defined as pre-tax income from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation excluding gains or losses of the consolidated entity due to (a) unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions and equity securities; (b) unrealized foreign currency gains or losses; (c) gains, losses, benefits and costs associated with dispositions and acquisitions of business interests, including early plant closures, and gains and losses recognized at commencement of sales-type leases; (d) losses due to impairments; (e) gains, losses and costs due to the early retirement of debt; and (f) net gains at Angamos, one of our businesses in the South America SBU, associated with the early contract terminations with Minera Escondida and Minera Spence. Adjusted PTC also includes net equity in earnings of affiliates on an after-tax basis adjusted for the same gains or losses excluded from consolidated entities.
Adjusted EPS is defined as diluted earnings per share from continuing operations excluding gains or losses of both consolidated entities and entities accounted for under the equity method due to (a) unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions and equity securities; (b) unrealized foreign currency gains or losses; (c) gains, losses, benefits and costs associated with dispositions and acquisitions of business interests, including early plant closures, and the tax impact from the repatriation of sales proceeds, and gains and losses recognized at commencement of sales-type leases; (d) losses due to impairments; (e) gains, losses and costs due to the early retirement of debt; (f) net gains at Angamos, one of our businesses in the South America SBU, associated with the early contract terminations with Minera Escondida and Minera Spence; and (g) tax benefit or expense related to the enactment effects of 2017 U.S. tax law reform and related regulations and any subsequent period adjustments related to enactment effects, including the 2021 tax benefit on reversal of uncertain tax positions effectively settled upon the closure of the Company's U.S. tax return exam.
The GAAP measure most comparable to Adjusted PTC is income from continuing operations attributable to AES. The GAAP measure most comparable to Adjusted EPS is diluted earnings per share from continuing operations. We believe that Adjusted PTC and Adjusted EPS better reflect the underlying business performance of the Company and are considered in the Company's internal evaluation of financial performance. Factors in this determination include the variability due to unrealized gains or losses related to derivative transactions or equity securities remeasurement, unrealized foreign currency gains or losses, losses due to impairments, strategic decisions to dispose of or acquire business interests or retire debt, and the non-recurring nature of the impact of the early contract terminations at Angamos, which affect results in a given period or periods. In addition, for Adjusted PTC, earnings before tax represents the business performance of the Company before the application of statutory income tax rates and tax adjustments, including the effects of tax planning, corresponding to the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. Adjusted PTC and Adjusted EPS should not be construed as alternatives to income from continuing operations attributable to AES and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, which are determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Omnispace Spark-1™ Now On Orbit as Part of Omnispace's Initiative to Deliver Global Hybrid NTN Connectivity
TYSONS, Va. and TOULOUSE, France, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), are proud to announce that Omnispace Spark-1™ was successfully delivered into orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-4. The Omnispace Spark™ program represents phase one in the development and delivery of the world's first standards-based global hybrid network.
Thales Alenia Space designed and built the satellite, part of the initial two-satellite Omnispace Spark program. The new-generation NGSO satellite in low-earth orbit (LEO) will operate in the 2 GHz S-band. Omnispace Spark will support the mobile industry 3GPP standard[1] in band n256, making connectivity possible direct to compatible devices. This program will serve to advance the development and implementation of Omnispace's global hybrid non-terrestrial (NTN) network.
"Omnispace is reinventing mobile communications by building a global hybrid network that will benefit users requiring true mobility, everywhere," said Ram Viswanathan, president and CEO of Omnispace LLC. "We are pleased with the work that Thales Alenia Space, together with its world-class team of innovators, have done to design and build Omnispace Spark. With their help we are making our vision of a single, ubiquitous, global hybrid network possible."
"I'm very excited about the successful launch of Spark-1, a nanosatellite we built in conjunction with NanoAvionics, Syrlinks & ANYWAVES. This achievement reflects our ability to develop new space solutions in partnership with innovative SMEs to address market needs. We are convinced that merging flight proven expertise with agility is the key to successfully matching the evolving space demand," said Hervé Derrey, CEO of Thales Alenia Space.
Spark-1 was delivered into orbit aboard a SpaceX Transporter. Exolaunch provided launch, mission management, integration and deployment services.
Led by prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space, the Omnispace Spark program includes industry partners, NanoAvionics providing the satellites buses, launch support and in-orbit operations, ANYWAVES the payloads user antennas and Syrlinks the S-band instruments for the payloads.
"The successful launch of Omnispace Spark-1 also signifies a successful collaboration between the NewSpace and traditional space, resulting in our great technological exchange with Thales Alenia Space," said Vytenis J. Buzas, founder and CEO of NanoAvionics. "It is fair to say that both companies had to adjust their processes and find mutual middle ground. From working with a traditional satellite prime contractor, we gained a valuable experience and were able to further improve our reliability assurance processes and our technical performance. At the other side, we hope that Thales Alenia Space was able to benefit from our modular technology and the agility levels we provide."
"After demonstrating our capacity to provide COTS antennas, we are today very proud to show our capability regarding payload ones. Supporting major space projects, such as Omnispace Spark, alongside with Thales Alenia Space, is also a another source of great pride for ANYWAVES," said Nicolas CAPET, ANYWAVES CEO.
"We are very proud to have been involved in the development of the first phase of this Internet Of Things (IoT) satellite constellation. We would like to thank Thales Alenia Space for having relied on Syrlinks for the design of a specific New-Space Radio-Frequency Payload equipment with capability to receive, process and transmit IoT dedicated signals," says Eric Pinson, Director of Space activity at Syrlinks.
5G capability from a single global network will transform industries and serve as the communications infrastructure to support economies of the 21st century. The network will empower mobile network operators and value added resellers to fuel innovation, power industries, and connect billions of users. Follow the launch journey and learn more at Omnispace.com.
About Omnispace, LLC
Headquartered in the Washington D.C. area, and founded by veteran telecommunications and satellite industry executives, Omnispace is redefining mobile connectivity for the 21st century. By leveraging 5G technologies, the company is combining the global footprint of a non-geostationary satellite constellation with the mobile networks of the world's leading telecom companies to bring an interoperable "one network" connectivity to users and IoT devices anywhere on the globe.
Learn more at: Omnispace.com and follow on LinkedIn or Twitter @omnispace.
About Thales Alenia Space
Drawing on over 40 years of experience and a unique combination of skills, expertise and cultures, Thales Alenia Space delivers cost-effective solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Governments and private industry alike count on Thales Alenia Space to design satellite-based systems that provide anytime, anywhere connections and positioning, monitor our planet, enhance management of its resources, and explore our Solar System and beyond. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space also teams up with Telespazio to form the parent companies' Space Alliance, which offers a complete range of services. Thales Alenia Space posted consolidated revenues of approximately 2.15 billion euros in 2021 and has around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the US.
Omnispace Press Contact:
Marie Knowles: +1-202-422-2589
mknowles@omnispace.com
Thales Alenia Space Press Contacts:
Sandrine Bielecki: +33 (0)4 92 92 70 94
sandrine.bielecki@thalesaleniaspace.com
Catherine des Arcis: +33 (0)4 92 92 72 82
catherine.des-arcis@thalesaleniaspace.com
Marija Kovac: +39 (0)6 415 126 85
marija.kovac-somministrato@thalesaleniaspace.com
1 3GPP: 3rd Generation Partnership Project is a cooperation between telecom standards bodies responsible for the development and maintenance of technical specifications for cell phone standards, including the ones for 5G.
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TORRINGTON, Conn., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Therap Services, the leading Software as a Service provider, offering data-driven and HIPAA-compliant electronic documentation solutions for care providers in Personal Care Services (PCS), Home Health Care Services (HHCS) and other human services settings, is pleased to announce the interfacing with a new Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) aggregator for service providers delivering home and community-based personal care or home health services under Medicaid State Plan or any waiver programs of the State Plan in Wyoming.
In accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act, the federal government has mandated EVV check-in and check-out for PCS/HHCS providers delivering in-home visits and community-based assistance to recipients in Wyoming. The aim of this act is to validate the hours of services provided by the home health employees and ensure that beneficiaries who are authorized to receive services actually receive the expected care with accountable and verifiable service delivery. The Wyoming Department of Health requires professionals who provide services under the Community Choices Waiver as well as the Comprehensive and Supports Waivers to verify visits on a real-time basis using EVV.
Therap's EVV tools provide a comprehensive solution designed to enable service providers to document data from the point of service. Therap users at agency and state levels can easily monitor the schedules of care providers, track duration of staff visit, and other essential data elements, through Therap's web and mobile applications.
Therap's EVV software captures and verifies all six of the following federally required data elements:
- Type of service performed
- Individual receiving the service
- Staff providing the service
- Beginning and End Time of the service
- Date of the service
- Location of service delivery
Therap's Scheduling/EVV module allows providers to effectively check in and out online and remotely using mobile devices that have geolocation and timestamp capturing components, even when active internet connection is limited or unavailable. EVV features also include point-of-service voice, photo and client signature verification options.
Contact https://www.therapservices.net/products/electronic-visit-verification-solutions/ with any questions or to get started with this solution.
Therap's comprehensive and HIPAA-compliant software is used in human services settings for documentation, communication, reporting, EVV and billing.
Learn more at www.therapservices.net
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HARRISBURG, Pa., August 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor Kim Alaburda with the 2022 Gail-Burns Smith Award. Alaburda, who is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (NMCSAP), will receive the award during the 2022 National Sexual Assault Conference® held online on August 17.
Presented jointly by ATSA and NSVRC, the award is named in honor of Gail Burns-Smith, one of the first advocates to recognize and speak publicly about the importance of collaboration between victim advocates and those working in the area of sex offender management to effectively prevent child sexual abuse.
Alaburda has been Executive Director of the NMCSAP for a combined total of over 34 years. She is revered throughout the state for her visionary, brilliant, kind, dedicated, and considerate leadership in a relentless pursuit to end sexual violence. She brings a highly sophisticated and collaborative approach to her work that has always integrated services for those who have been abused, those who have abused, and anyone impacted by sexual violence, including service providers. Her expertise includes successful community and statewide program and policy development and implementation, community collaboration, professional training, and fiscal and contract management.
ABOUT ATSA
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) is an international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to preventing sexual abuse. ATSA has member chapters throughout the world; and informs evidence-based public policy and prevention initiatives. Visit www.atsa.com for more information on the treatment and management of individuals who have sexually abused or are at risk to abuse.
ABOUT NSVRC
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence. NSVRC translates research and trends into best practices that help individuals, communities and service providers achieve real and lasting change. The center also works with the media to promote informed reporting and sponsors a Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) prevention campaign each April.
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Insurance program manager expands Coastal Builder's Risk coverage to five additional states
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Distinguished Programs ("Distinguished"), a national insurance program manager, today officially announces the expansion of Coastal Builder's Risk coverage to five additional states – Alabama, Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island and commercial properties only in Texas. The Distinguished Coastal Builder's Risk Program covers all risks for brand new construction, remodeler's risk and betterments only projects in select states*.
"When we launched the Coastal Builder's Risk program last year, the broker response was incredible," said Katie Vespia, Managing Vice President of Builder's Risk Program at Distinguished. "Available coverage in the market is shrinking, and brokers need options for these harder-to-insure properties. We are thrilled to introduce our comprehensive Coastal Builder's Risk program to brokers in these new states."
This program offers flexible initial policy terms (up to 24 months) with extensions available. Beachfront and barrier island properties are acceptable. Additional coverages include named storm deductible, wind coverage, theft and vandalism coverage, debris removal and more.
Brokers can submit business for the Distinguished Builder's Risk (Coastal and Non-Coastal) Program through the 24/7 Online Portal. Brokers must be registered first to submit.
To learn more, please visit the Distinguished website here.
* Coverage also available in DE, GA, MD, NC, NJ, SC and VA
About Distinguished Programs
Distinguished Programs is a leading national insurance program manager providing specialized insurance programs to brokers and agents with specific expertise in Real Estate, Community Associations, Hotels, and Restaurants. Property and liability products are distributed through a national network of agents and brokers. Serving the same core markets and partnering with the most stable and reputable carriers, Distinguished Programs' high-limit umbrella programs remain the clear choice in its areas of specialty for superior coverage, competitive pricing, and attentive service. Through thoughtful innovation, stemming back to 1987, Distinguished Programs fosters growth and opportunities for its brokers, carriers, and employees.
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Whether you're hosting, toasting, or just nestling in for the holiday, Grandin Road helps you make your whole home more merry.
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grandin Road® (www.grandinroad.com), online retailer for home furniture and decor, has launched its much-anticipated 2022 Christmas Collection, its most merry and bright assortment yet.
Grandin Road helps you turn your whole home – from a twinkling entryway to a magical staircase to a tablescape for special gatherings – into a celebration. Get inspiration now to deck the halls when the spirit strikes you with these four festive themes:
- Holly Jolly Christmas: Bring home bright and cheerful Christmas nostalgia. With a color palette grounded in white, these designs include classic Christmas red and green, with fun and unexpected patterns like bold stripes.
- Flora & Eve: Create an elegantly moody and romantic vibe. Use jewel tones layered with textured metallics and floral motifs that will make your home shine.
- Home for Christmas: Wow guests with sophistication and cheer. Layer classic red with accents of solid black, traditional plaid and soft faux fur elements to create a uniquely welcoming feeling.
- A Very Bohemian Christmas: Evoke a cozy and familiar feeling with this warm, sweet farmhouse look. Incorporate soft pops of color accented with metallics and glass, tinsel, and knits.
With its 2022 collection, Grandin Road is offering hundreds of items you can't find anywhere else that perfectly showcase the magic and joy of the Christmas season. The collection includes lifelike wreaths and greenery, outdoor and indoor decorations, entertaining essentials, Christmas trees and trim and more.
"Our customers are looking forward to the holiday season more than ever this year and are especially excited to welcome friends and family into their homes," said Kristy Jones, Senior Director of Merchandising at Grandin Road. "They want to set the stage for unforgettable holiday memories. We're proud to have designed a collection that allows our customers to create magical moments in their homes, wowing their guests before they even walk through the front door."
Make this holiday season unforgettable. Extend the invitation and shop the exclusive Grandin Road 2022 Christmas Collection now.
For media inquiries, please contact pr@grandinroad.com.
About Grandin Road: A resource since 2003 for celebrating every season, Grandin Road offers a broad assortment of products ranging from home furniture and accessories to seasonal decor, all offered with a commitment to quality, service, value and customer satisfaction. Grandin Road is part of Qurate Retail GroupSM, a select group of leading retail brands that also includes QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate® and Garnet Hill®.
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- The American War in Afghanistan: A History chosen as this year's top non-fiction book on international affairs
- Lionel Gelber Prize is awarded annually by an international jury, in partnership with University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Foreign Policy Magazine
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TORONTO and WASHINGTON, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Judith Gelber, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize board, announced today that the winner of the 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize is The American War in Afghanistan: A History by Carter Malkasian, published by Oxford University Press.
The winning book is an account of America's longest war, by one of the world's foremost scholar-practitioners. "Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the country and its people, Carter Malkasian helps us to make sense of the complex political, military and societal forces that shaped the conflict over two decades," said Janice Gross Stein, jury chair. "The American War in Afghanistan provides a truly comprehensive and compelling history of the U.S. intervention, from the early days of "Operation Enduring Freedom" to the Taliban's resurgence as the U.S. forces pulled out of the country. A beautifully written and critically important book."
The Lionel Gelber Prize is awarded annually to the world's best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. The prize is presented by the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine.
The winning book was selected from a shortlist which also included How to End a Plague: America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa by Emily Bass (Public Affairs/Hachette Book Group); The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order by Rush Doshi (Oxford University Press); Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson (Penguin Press); and In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jeffrey Veidlinger (HarperCollins).
The 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize was chosen by jury chair Janice Stein (Toronto), Janine di Giovanni (New York), Francis J. Gavin (Washington), James Goldgeier (Washington), and Doug Saunders (Toronto).
About the Author
Carter Malkasian was the Special Assistant for Strategy to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, from 2015 to 2019. He has extensive experience working in Afghanistan through multiple deployments throughout the country. The highlight of his work is nearly two years in Garmser district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as a State Department political officer and the district stabilization team leader. He is the author of War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier (Oxford University Press) and Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State (Oxford). Malkasian has a doctorate in history from Oxford and is fluent in Pashto.
Event
FP Dialogue with this year's Lionel Gelber Prize Winner
Following the announcement of the 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize, join this year's winning author Carter Malkasian on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET for an online event presented by Foreign Policy Magazine and the University of Toronto's Munk School. The FP Dialogue will feature author Carter Malkasian in conversation with Foreign Policy's Janine di Giovanni and jury chair Janice Stein, as well as an audience Q&A.
Register here: https://foreignpolicy.zoom.us/webinar/register/8016494258339/WN_2-YGMH0aS2unagKeBl9exQ
The Winner
The American War in Afghanistan: A History by Carter Malkasian, published by Oxford University Press
The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001, was the longest armed conflict in the nation's history. In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict. Malkasian is both a leading academic authority on the subject and an experienced practitioner, having spent nearly two years working in the Afghan countryside and going on to serve as the senior advisor to General Joseph Dunford, the U.S. military commander in Afghanistan and later the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Drawing from a deep well of local knowledge, understanding of Pashto, and review of primary source documents, Malkasian moves through the war's multiple phases: the 2001 invasion and after; the light American footprint during the 2003 Iraq invasion; the resurgence of the Taliban in 2006, the Obama-era surge, and the various resets in strategy and force allocations that occurred from 2011 onward, culminating in the 2018-2020 peace talks. Malkasian lived through much of it, and draws from his own experiences to provide a unique vantage point on the war. The ultimate outcome after America leaves is inherently unpredictable given the multitude of actors there, but one thing is sure: the war did not go as America had hoped. Although the al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden was killed and no major attack on the American homeland was carried out after 2001, the United States was unable to end the violence or hand off the war to the Afghan authorities, which could not survive without US military backing. The American War in Afghanistan explains why the war had such a disappointing outcome.
Wise and all-encompassing, The American War in Afghanistan provides a truly vivid portrait of the conflict in all of its phases that will remain the authoritative account for years to come.
About the Lionel Gelber Prize
The Lionel Gelber Prize was founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber. A cash prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner. The award is presented annually by the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine.
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After court, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s careers face another trial
By Chloe Melas, CNN
After six weeks of testimony in a defamation trial that has aired the good, bad and the very ugly of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s former relationship, the case is now in the hands of the jury.
Whatever the verdicts in Depp’s $50 million suit and Heard’s $100 million countersuit, something else is true: The fate of their respective careers will be decided in the court of public opinion, according to Hollywood insiders.
CNN spoke with six entertainment industry experts for this story, some of whom spoke on background to protect professional relationships.
Whether fair or unfair, the wave of support Depp has received on social media during the trial — especially on TikTok — may serve him well going forward, one veteran publicist who has known Depp for years told CNN.
“I wasn’t sure what to expect before he took the stand and if anything, I believe this has done nothing but help his public image,” the source said.
Another top Hollywood publicist, who hasn’t worked with either Depp or Heard, said neither of their images have fared well.
“Both are highly dysfunctional. Money is toxic and greed destroys. No one wins here,” this publicist said.
A ‘forgiving’ industry
Naturally, there are hurdles for both actors to overcome once their legal battle ends.
Heard testified that Depp was verbally and physically abusive. She also accused Depp of sexual violence during their relationship.
Depp claimed multiple times on the stand that he has never struck a woman, denied Heard’s allegation of sexual battery and called himself a victim of domestic abuse by Heard, which she denies.
Depp and Heard met in 2009 on the set of their film “The Rum Diary” and were married from 2015-2016 before divorcing.
Photographs as well as audio and video recordings painted a picture of two people in a relationship with what was characterized as “mutual abuse” by Laurel Anderson, a clinical psychologist who worked with Depp and Heard in 2015 as their marriage counselor, in testimony played on April 14. (To illustrate how contentious this trial has been, the witness’s use of the term itself has spurred criticism.)
Entertainment agent Darryl Marshak thinks film studios might — at least, initially — be hesitant to engage with the actors entangled in a controversy that has played out so publicly.
“Robert Downey Jr. won an Academy Award and then aired his personal business out in the world and people kind of recoiled,” said Marshak, who has previously represented stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Hilary Swank. “I think Hollywood is a strange place. When you air your dirty laundry in front of the machine, the executives, all the people that make the parts move, they sort of recoil from a hot flame.”
Depp claims a 2018 op-ed by Heard in which she described herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse” defamed him. He has starred in two films since the op-ed, which did not mention him by name, “Waiting for the Barbarians” and “Minamata,” both independent films.
Heard, whose countersuit claims she was defamed by an attorney for Depp who called her abuse allegations a “hoax,” will appear in the sequel to “Aquaman,” scheduled for release in 2023.
Marshak said he believes Depp’s “unbelievable talent” will help him return to movie screens.
“Hollywood is also forgiving and as it moves forward and this thing stops airing and Johnny is able to move fluidly back into the business. I think he’ll reemerge again,” he said. “Hollywood is a fickle place.”
The courtroom performance by the legal teams for Depp and Heard — a live-streamed trial watched by millions — may also shape industry perspective on the two stars.
“Globally, people have seemingly become polarized by the trial, we have watched this unfold in the press prior to its culmination in the courtroom, ” Amanda K. Ruisi, founder and president of AKR Public Relations & AKR Ventures, told CNN.
Ruisi believes Depp’s representatives have been more effective.
“Mr. Depp’s legal and strategic communications team have done an incredible job in delivering a consistent message in the courtroom and throughout the media, which I believe has helped corral the support from his fan base.”
Not that Depp’s supporters needed the nudge. The scales of social media justice are heavily tipped in his favor, so much so that the imbalance has prompted headlines pondering the reason behind it. One writer for The Cut asked, “Here is a woman recounting, in agonizing detail, how an extremely famous man allegedly abused her. Why, in 2022, do so many people seem to hate her for it?”
Sociologist Nicole Bedera offered a few theories — both on Twitter and in an article for Harper’s Bazaar — about why both female survivors of domestic abuse and many women period have seemed to support Depp.
“It can be scary — and for victims, re-traumatizing — for women to empathize with an abuse survivor. If violence really *is* everywhere and if it *feels* like it can happen to anyone, then a lot of women will start to worry that they will be next,” she wrote. “So is it surprising that a lot of women are coming to Depp’s defense? No. Not at all.”
Heard has had her supporters, but notably fewer vocal ones than Depp — both in the entertainment business and in and around the courthouse.
Heard’s former co-star David Krumholtz has come to her defense publicly, actress Ellen Barkin testified for her defense team and comedian Kathy Griffin wrote in response to a pretrial tweet from Heard, “I’m thinking about you and sending all the love.”
For two working actors, the question once court is adjourned is will producers send them scripts as reliably as onlookers have been sending tweets?
Franchise futures in peril?
The crux of both Heard and Depp’s lawsuits rests in claims that their careers — specifically their futures in respective film franchises — have been adversely affected.
During the past several weeks of testimony, Depp’s team has tried to prove that Depp, who portrayed Jack Sparrow in five films, was dropped from a potential sixth film in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise due to Heard’s op-ed.
Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, told The Times that “the future is yet to be decided” regarding Depp’s involvement in a possible next installment.
The producer said that the creative team is “developing two ‘Pirates’ scripts” — one that would potentially have Margot Robbie as the lead and “one without” Robbie.
The last film was 2017’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”
In a taped deposition played for the court, Depp’s former agent, Christian Carino, who began representing Depp in October 2016 and even represented Depp and Heard at the same time, testified that he believed accusations of domestic violence made by Heard against Depp cost the actor a paycheck that would have been worth tens of millions of dollars.
And when an attorney for Heard pressed Carino on other issues Depp may have had while working on previous “Pirates” films, he dismissed them.
“I’m aware of him being tardy but he’s been tardy on everything his entire life,” Carino said. “I think it’s troublesome to everybody, but everyone has learned how to produce a film to deal with it.”
Other witnesses saw his behavior as more detrimental.
Tracey Jacobs, who testified in a recorded deposition and represented Depp for 30 years as his talent agent before being terminated, said as a witness that she was honest with Depp that showing up late consistently to sets and his behavior, including drug and alcohol use, was hurting his career.
“His star had dimmed due to it getting harder to get him jobs given the reputation that he’d acquired due to his lateness and other things,” Jacobs testified. “People were talking and the question was out there about his behavior.”
A Hollywood director, who hasn’t worked with Depp but has met him, told CNN that he doesn’t think Depp will ever helm another major franchise.
“I believe that Johnny Depp will be able to be cast in various independent films because he still has significant name value and there’s an audience for him, however the studios will be more cautious because of insurance reasons and because of the potential to stop protection and they would be more concerned about public backlash as opposed to smaller independent companies,” he said.
When it comes to Heard, the director believes the attention around the trial hasn’t helped her image.
Currently, there’s a petition to have Heard dropped from the upcoming “Aquaman” sequel, which has already been filmed and is in post-production. (CNN and Warner Bros. are both part of Warner Bros. Discovery.)
That likely won’t happen. But Walter Hamada, the head of DC Films, which produced “Aquaman,” testified that the creative team had concerns about Heard resuming her role in the franchise over a lack of chemistry with co-star Jason Momoa.
He also said the studio never planned to portray Heard as a co-lead in the second film and that Heard’s role was not reduced in the forthcoming film, titled “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
Whatever decision the jury renders, Juda Engelmayer, founder of Herald PR, who has represented celebrities like disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, told CNN that Depp’s time in court — which included quirky, meme-able moments involving doodling and jelly beans — has bolstered his image.
“His testimony, whether true or an act, has caused a resurgence of fans who missed him,” he said. “For his reputation and career, studios see he still has a fan base,” he said.
As for Heard, whose career was less established than Depp’s when their relationship and troubling accusations began, that’s harder to say, according to sources.
Almost a decade ago, before the drama with Depp came to light, Heard told Vanity Fair she was up for the ebbs and flows of an acting career.
“Do you think you would have pursued it if you knew it was gonna be this much of a circus?” Heard was asked in a 2013 interview.
“Absolutely,” Heard responded. “I love very much the struggle that you’re constantly…you’re constantly put in a state of fight or flight. It’s a constant struggle. So I don’t know if I could have it any other way.”
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Oscar Health, Inc. ("Oscar" or the "Company") (NYSE: OSCR) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Oscar investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
OSCR 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) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Oscar during the relevant time frame, you have until July 11, 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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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A crowd cheered King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, as they arrived at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast as part of the new monarch’s first visit to Northern Ireland.
The sovereign received a similarly warm welcome earlier in the day at Hillsborough Castle, the royal residence in Northern Ireland.
A service of reflection at St. Anne’s Cathedral for the king’s late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, began with a trumpet fanfare by the band of the Royal Irish Regiment.
The leaders of Britain and Ireland joined politicians from Northern Ireland in the congregation. They included British Prime Minister Liz Truss, her Irish counterpart Micheal Martin and Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
Clergy praised the queen’s role in helping bring peace to Northern Ireland. Archbishop of Armagh John McDowell said the queen “walked the hard road of reconciliation.”
Services are being held in the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales ahead of the queen’s funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— A piece of the queen: New souvenirs mark monarch’s death
— Anger over past, indifference meets queen’s death in India
— After the death of a renowned queen, life in London goes on
— Queen hailed in Scotland “as a constant in our lives”
— Loss of unifying queen could fray the bonds of fractious UK
— People wanting to pay final respects to queen face long wait, strict rules
— For Queen Elizabeth II, Balmoral estate was place to ‘be normal’
— Former British colonies are conflicted over Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy
— What’s next for the UK as Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest
— Find more AP coverage here: https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The speaker of Northern Ireland’s Assembly has delivered a message of condolence to King Charles III, paying tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II’s efforts to build peace in Ireland.
Alex Maskey said Tuesday the queen had not been “a distant observer” in Northern Ireland’s peace process. He said she showed “how individual acts of positive leadership can help break down barriers and encourage reconciliation.”
“She showed that a small and insignificant gesture – a visit, a handshake, crossing the street or speaking a few words of Irish – can make a huge difference in changing attitudes and building relationships,” he said.
Charles and his wife, Camilla, listened to Maskey’s speech before meeting with Northern Ireland’s party leaders, including Michelle O’Neill, vice president of the Irish republican party Sinn Féin.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — King Charles III has pledged to follow in the footsteps of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and work for peace in Northern Ireland.
Speaking Tuesday to Northern Ireland’s political leaders, including those from nationalist parties who want Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland, the new monarch said he would draw on his mother’s “shining example” and seek the welfare of everyone in Northern Ireland.
The British monarchy draws mixed emotions in Northern Ireland, where Protestant unionists consider themselves British and Roman Catholic nationalists see themselves as Irish.
The political and religious divisions fueled three decades of violence known as “the Troubles,” involving paramilitary groups on both sides and U.K. security forces, in which 3,600 people died.
Irish nationalist Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly praised Queen Elizabeth II’s role in the peace process, in a message of condolence to King Charles III.
Alex Maskey, a member of Sinn Fein, said at the Belfast ceremony that the example of the queen had helped “break down barriers and encourage reconciliation” in Northern Ireland.
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NEW YORK — U.S. First Lady Jill Biden has shared her memories of Queen Elizabeth II, recalling when she and President Joe Biden met the British monarch at Windsor Castle in June 2021.
The visit came shortly after the queen’s husband, Prince Philip, had died after 73 years of marriage. Even though the Bidens had been instructed not to raise the subject of family, the queen began talking about just that.
“I think she just wanted to talk about her husband,” Jill Biden said in a taped interview broadcast Tuesday on NBC’s “Today.”
The queen poured tea for her visitors, showed her independence and also her curiosity, Jill Biden said.
“You know, she wanted to know all about American politics, what was happening, so she put us at ease,” she said.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — King Charles III has received a rapturous welcome at Hillsborough Castle, the royal residence in Northern Ireland, on his first visit as monarch.
The sovereign and Camilla, the Queen Consort, flew to Belfast from Edinburgh on Tuesday, the same day the queen’s coffin will be flown to London from Scotland.
Cheers and applause greeted the royal couple as they arrived at Hillsborough, with some in the crowd shouting “God save the king!” The royal couple stopped to chat with some of the well-wishers.
The royal standard was raised on the castle’s flagpole as the monarch came in, and a 21-gun salute rang out on the castle grounds.
King Charles is to visit an exhibition about his late mother’s long association with Northern Ireland.
He is also due to meet political leaders from Northern Ireland and hold a meeting with the British government’s secretary of state for Northern Ireland.
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LONDON — British officials say some 500 foreign dignitaries will attend Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral, but invitations have not been sent to the leaders of Russia, Belarus or Myanmar.
Officials said the funeral next Monday, to be held at London’s Westminster Abbey, will be the biggest international event Britain has hosted in decades.
U.S. President Joe Biden was among the first to announce that he would be flying in with his wife, Jill Biden. The leaders of most Commonwealth countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Canada, are also expected to attend.
France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italy’s Sergio Mattarella, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro are among the presidents attending.
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, as well as former Spanish monarch Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia, are also due to travel to London for the occasion.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, have left Edinburgh on their way to Belfast.
In Northern Ireland on Tuesday, they will visit 18th-century Hillsborough Castle, which is the official royal residence.
The royal couple are to meet with Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris and leaders of local political parties.
They will then meet with leaders of Northern Ireland’s major faiths.
Afterward, a commemorative service will be held at St Anne’s cathedral in Belfast, where an 18th-century parish church once stood.
The royal couple fly to London later in the day.
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LONDON — Britain’s Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage, has penned a poem in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
The poem published Tuesday, “Floral Tribute,” is in the form of a double acrostic, which means that the first letter of each line spells out Elizabeth when taken together. It describes the coming of a September evening and references one of the queen’s favorite flowers, the lily of the valley.
“The country loaded its whole self into your slender hands / Hands that can rest, now, relieved of a century’s weight,” he wrote.
Armitage told the BBC Tuesday that he featured the queen’s first name because he wanted to take a personal approach.
He said the queen’s name was something “she probably rarely got to hear very much because everybody had to preface that with ceremonial nominals.”
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — King Charles’ visit to Northern Ireland is a politically delicate trip for the new sovereign.
There are mixed feelings about the British monarchy in Northern Ireland, where there are two main communities: mostly Protestant unionists who consider themselves British and largely Roman Catholic nationalists who see themselves as Irish.
That divide fueled three decades of violence known as “the Troubles” involving paramilitary groups on both sides and U.K. security forces, in which 3,600 people died.
The royal family was touched personally by the violence: Lord Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of the queen and a much-loved mentor to Charles, was killed by an Irish Republican Army bomb in 1979.
A deep sectarian divide remains, a quarter century after Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement.
But in a sign of how far Northern Ireland has come on the road to peace, representatives of Sinn Fein — the main Irish nationalist party, linked during the Troubles to the IRA — are attending commemorative events for the queen and meeting the king on Tuesday.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — While King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, travel to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, the queen’s coffin will be flown to London.
St. Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh, where members of the public are paying their respects as the coffin lies at rest, is to close at 3 p.m. (1400 GMT).
Two hours later, a hearse will take the coffin by road to Edinburgh airport. Princess Anne will accompany the coffin on its flight to London.
From RAF Northolt, west of London, the coffin will be driven to Buckingham Palace where it will be met by members of the royal family.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — King Charles is due to fly to Northern Ireland on Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the nations that make up the United Kingdom.
Thousands of people lined up through the night in Edinburgh to pay their last respects to his mother’s coffin at St. Giles’ Cathedral in the Scottish capital. Some people even walked past the coffin and then rejoined the end of the line to get a second view.
On Monday night, Charles and his siblings, Anne, Andrew and Edward, their heads bowed, briefly stood vigil around their mother’s flag-draped coffin as members of the public filed past.
Early Tuesday, a man wearing a suit adorned with medals stood silently, bowed his head and moved on. A woman dabbed away tears with a handkerchief. Another woman with two young children in their school uniforms walked slowly past the coffin.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — King Charles III and his siblings have stood in silent vigil around their mother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.
Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward lowered their heads as they stood at four sides of the oak coffin on Monday evening. They stood for about 10 minutes alongside four members of the Royal Company of Archers, who stood guard armed with arrows and quivers.
As they performed the traditional vigil, a procession of members of the public lined up to view the queen’s coffin and filed past. Some bowed as they passed the king, while others walked solemnly by with their heads lowered.
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LONDON — Officials in charge of the park outside Buckingham Palace have told people to stop leaving marmalade sandwiches as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II because of the “negative impact on the park’s wildlife.”
Some mourners have left the snacks alongside floral tributes at Buckingham Palace and neighboring Green Park. The sandwiches are a reference to a comedy sketch featuring the queen and an animated Paddington Bear filmed for the late monarch’s Platinum Jubilee earlier this year.
In the video, the queen said that like Paddington Bear she also favors marmalade sandwiches and hides them in her purse “for later.”
The Royal Parks organization said Monday people should not leave the snacks but could leave teddy bears and other items if they wished. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-live-updates-king-charles-set-to-visit-northern-ireland/ | 2022-09-13T15:28:12Z |
BENSALEM, Pa., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Dingdong (Cayman) Limited ("Dingdong" or the "Company") (NYSE: DDL).
Class Period: June 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 24, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Dingdong investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Dingdong was actively flouting its food safety responsibilities, failing to deliver on its stated commitment to provide "fresh" groceries to customers historically disserved by supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms; (2) Dingdong's quality control measures, which were so heavily touted in the Registration Statement, were, in fact, inadequate, exposing Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement; and (3) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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CARMEL, Ind., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) announced that at the company's annual meeting earlier today, its shareholders:
- Elected nine directors (Gary C. Bhojwani, Ellyn L. Brown, Stephen N. David, David. B. Foss, Mary R. (Nina) Henderson, Daniel R. Maurer, Chetlur S. Ragavan, Steven E. Shebik, and Frederick J. Sievert) to serve terms expiring at next year's annual meeting.
- Approved, by non-binding advisory vote, the executive compensation of the company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the annual meeting.
- Approved the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to include the Replacement NOL Protective Amendment to preserve the value of tax net operating losses and certain other tax losses.
- Ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2022.
About CNO Financial Group
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) secures the future of middle-income America. CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands, including Bankers Life, Colonial Penn and Washington National. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 4,400 exclusive agents and 4,700 independent partner agents guide individuals, families and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.
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NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haven Life, the digital life insurance agency backed and wholly owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), has launched a new partnership with digital insurance platform, Asteya. Via the partnership, Haven Life's Haven Secure, a term life insurance product, will be available for purchase directly to consumers on the Asteya website and through Asteya's network of agent and broker partners.
Asteya focuses on helping individuals insure their income for the future, so people can focus on living today. By leveraging Haven Technologies' API to fully embed the Haven Secure offering and buying process on the Asteya website, Asteya is helping individuals do just that–take the guesswork out of how much life insurance protection they need by selecting coverage that mirrors their monthly income or matches a large recurring expense (like a mortgage). Making it even more convenient is that customers–whether applying directly on the Asteya website or through an agent or broker partner–do not need to go through a medical exam to finalize coverage for Haven Secure, allowing applicants to receive a decision in minutes.
Once purchased, if the policyholder were to die within the selected term length (up to 30 years from the date of purchase), Haven Secure would provide their loved ones with a steady monthly benefit until the end of the term or five years, whichever is longer.
"Too often, individuals put off buying life insurance because of confusion around how much coverage they really need. With Haven Secure, our goal is to take away that guesswork," said Wade Seward, Head of Distribution Strategy at Haven Life. "In talking with Asteya, we realized a natural alignment in our goals–take the worry out of tomorrow to ensure you can focus on today. We're excited about helping Asteya's clients and network of agent and broker partners get that peace of mind."
"Asteya is laser focused on helping our clients cut through the complexity of the traditional insurance buying process and make sure they have the income stream they need to protect their families," said Hadi Radwan, Co-Founder at Asteya. "Haven Secure's innovative approach to providing a steady monthly benefit to clients is exactly the type of policy that will help our customers, agents and brokers achieve that promise."
For more information about Haven Secure, visit https://havensecure.havenlife.com/. Information about how to join Asteya's partner network is available at https://www.asteya.world/partner.
Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC (Haven Life) is re-thinking how people financially protect the ones they love. Haven Life is committed to delivering exceptional products, delightful purchasing experiences, and meaningful moments of service to the modern life insurance customer.
Haven Secure is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC20DTR 0420 in certain states, including NC) issued by C.M. Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of MassMutual, Enfield, CT 06082. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and may not be available in all states.
Issuing the policy or paying its benefits depends on the applicant's insurability, based on their answers to the health questions in the application, and their truthfulness.
Asteya is an insurtech company whose mission is to make income insurance accessible to anyone. Asteya's goal is to support people's financial, physical, and mental health so they can focus on living. Asteya was founded in 2019 and is backed by I2BF Ventures, Capital Factory, Cap Meridian Ventures, and Northstar.vc. For more information on Asteya, its mission, and its products visit www.Asteya.world.
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MILESTONE EPISODE FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH TONY ROBBINS AND PETER DIAMANDIS
Wellness Podcast Has Doubled Its Audience and Is Consistent Top 20 Nutrition Show on Apple Podcasts
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO), announced today that esteemed wellness podcast The Dr. Gundry Podcast has released its 200th episode. The milestone episode features interviews with esteemed motivational speaker Tony Robbins and leading entrepreneur Peter Diamandis. The Dr. Gundry Podcast, which consistently ranks in the top 20 for nutrition podcasts, is available on PodcastOne, Apple, Amazon, Spotify and wherever podcasts are heard and The Dr. Gundry Podcast Youtube channel.
Having doubled in audience size since joining PodcastOne in 2020, the mission of The Dr. Gundry Podcast is to help you live your best life — mind, body and soul — by empowering you with the tools and knowledge you need. Dr. Gundry interviews some of the world's leading experts, like Arianna Huffington, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dave Asprey and more, and offers cutting-edge wellness expertise during his topical lectures.
"We're proud to be the network that brings The Dr. Gundry Podcast to audiences each week. His episodes are informational, enlightening and quite literally life changing. Cheers to 200 wonderful episodes and we're looking forward to the next 200," said Kit Gray, President of PodcastOne.
Steven Gundry MD is a former cardiothoracic surgeon, medical researcher, restorative medicine practitioner and bestselling author. During his 40-year career, Dr. Gundry has performed over 10,000 surgeries and developed patented, life-saving medical technology. After discovering how nutrition could help his patients avoid surgery, he wrote the book, "Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution" in 2008 which outlines his unique nutrition plan for wellness. In 2017, he released his second book, New York Times bestseller, "The Plant Paradox", that outlines his revolutionary lectin-free diet which has helped tens of thousands lose weight and achieve better health. Ever the constant researcher in pursuit of science-backed solutions for whole body wellness, Dr. Gundry has authored six sequel health books, including his latest, "Unlocking the Keto Code" which focuses on optimizing mitochondrial uncoupling as an essential component of longevity. Produced by Lanee Neil, The Dr Gundry Podcast is an integral part of the 71-year-old doctor's mission to empower as many people as possible with the tools to reclaim health and live well until a ripe old age.
Recently named #8 on the list of top podcast publishers in the United States by Podtrac, the industry-leading podcast metric company, PodcastOne's full roster of programming is available on PodcastOne, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever podcasts are heard.
About PodcastOne
PodcastOne is a leading advertiser-supported podcast company, offering a 360-degree solution for both content creators and advertisers, including content development, brand integration and distribution. Acquired by LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO) in 2020, the two entities have subsequently teamed to create a new video podcast (Vodcast) network under the LiveOne umbrella. Amassing more than 2.48 billion downloads per year with 300+ episodes distributed per week across a stable of hundreds of top podcast programs, including influencer talent like Adam Carolla, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Steve Austin, Armando "Pitbull'' Perez, Jordan Harbinger, Heather Dubrow, The LadyGang, Kail Lowry, Melissa Gorga, Dr. Drew, Jay Cutler, Michael Irvin, Robert Horry, Dr. Gundry and top-rated true crime shows including Bad Bad Thing, True Crime All the Time Unsolved, This is MONSTERS, Court Junkie, A&E's Cold Case Files, American Nightmare and more. Its shows are distributed across its own platform as well as LiveOne's owned-and-operated channels on mobile, mobile web, desktop and SmartTV's. PodcastOne is the parent company of LaunchpadOne, an innovative self-serve platform developed to launch, host, distribute and monetize independent user-generated podcasts. PodcastOne is the brainchild of Radio Hall of Famer, Norm Pattiz, also the founder of Network Radio-giant, Westwood One.
About LiveOne, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVO) (the "Company") is an award-winning, creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. As of April 1, 2022, the Company has accrued a paid and free membership base of over 2.23 million**, streamed over 2,900 artists, has a library of 30 million songs, 600 curated radio stations, nearly 270 podcasts/vodcasts, hundreds of pay-per-views, personalized merchandise, released music-related NFTs, and created a valuable connection between fans, brands, and bands. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive, PPVOne and PodcastOne, which generates more than 2.48 billion downloads per year and 300+ episodes distributed per week across its stable of top-rated podcasts. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through OTT, STIRR, and XUMO. For more information, visit www.liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter at @liveone.
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Halekulani and Halekulani Okinawa Featured Among the Best 500 Hotels in the World
HONOLULU, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotels and Resorts of Halekulani, the hotel development and management division of Honolulu-based Halekulani Corporation, is pleased to announce that Halekulani and Halekulani Okinawa have been named to Travel + Leisure's 2022 T+L 500 list of the best hotels in the world. The annual T+L 500 list draws on the Travel + Leisure 2021 World's Best Awards readers' survey results and recognizes the best hotels around the globe.
"We are honored to have two of our beloved properties recognized among the best resort hotels in the world by Travel + Leisure," said Peter Shaindlin, Chief Operating Officer of Halekulani Corporation. "This prestigious accolade is a true testament to our passionate and dedicated staff in Hawaii and Okinawa who embody our commitment to delivering a world-class hospitality experience and personalized service for our guests."
Since its inception in 1984, Halekulani has received international acclaim as one of the finest resorts in the world. Featuring 453 guest rooms and suites along five oceanfront acres on Waikiki Beach, Halekulani is home to award-winning accommodations, cuisine and wellness experiences. Halekulani recently reopened in the fall of 2021 following a year-long renovation which encompassed the hotel's physical infrastructure, guest rooms and public spaces. In addition to the return of iconic dining venues such as La Mer, Hawaii's only Forbes 5-Star and AAA Five-Diamond restaurant, Orchids and House Without A Key, Halekulani also debuted new experiences upon its reopening, including The Art of Wellbeing, a new program designed to expand intellect, incite wonder and tap into emotions necessary for wellbeing.
Halekulani Okinawa is a luxury beach resort located within Okinawa Kaigan Quasi-National Park on Japan's main island of Okinawa. Facing one mile of coastline, its 360 guest rooms, suites and villa offer the finest luxury accommodations on the island in addition to nine unique restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, one mile of white-sand beach and an outpost of the acclaimed SpaHalekulani. Located in one of the world's five Blue Zones, regions where people statistically live the longest and are the healthiest, Halekulani Okinawa is known for its "Secrets of Longevity" program, a collection of immersive experiences that explore the Okinawan culture and help guests achieve holistic wellness.
Each year, the readers of Travel + Leisure vote for their favorite destinations, city hotels, resorts, and more in the World's Best Awards survey. Drawing on the 2021 World's Best Awards survey results, Travel + Leisure recognizes the 500 best hotels around the globe in the 2022 edition of the T+L 500. The T+L 500 properties are divided into eight geographic regions, designed to serve as a trusted resource for millions of enthusiastic travelers. The T+L 500 is not a ranked list. The 2022 T+L 500 is featured in the May issue of Travel + Leisure and at www.travelandleisure.com/tl500-2022.
For more information, please visit www.halekulani.com and www.okinawa.halekulani.com.
About Halekulani Corporation
Halekulani Corporation owns and operates the globally acclaimed luxury resort Halekulani and the new luxury boutique hotel Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani in Hawaii. Halekulani represents a luxury hospitality legacy of unique and iconic proportions and has been globally recognized with more than 500 awards. Halekulani is home to award-winning SpaHalekulani, House Without A Key, Lewers Lounge, Orchids and La Mer, Hawaii's longest, consecutively ranked AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Travel Guide 5 Star Restaurant. Following a multi- million-dollar transformation, Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani debuted with the Halekulani Bakery & Restaurant. The hotel, which is situated in close proximity to its iconic sister property Halekulani, was designed by acclaimed New York City-based firm Champalimaud providing hospitality hallmarks of the Halekulani brand such as innovative guest experiences and gracious service.
About Halekulani
Since its inception in 1984 as one of the world's finest and most acclaimed independent luxury hotels, Halekulani has received more than 500 awards, most recently, Travel + Leisure 2020 readers' poll, the "Best Service in North America," as well as voted one of the Best Hotels in Hawaii by USA Today's 10Best. Halekulani is home to SpaHalekulani, House Without A Key, Lewers Lounge, Orchids, Cattleya, and La Mer, Hawaii's longest, consecutively ranked AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Travel Guide 5 Star Restaurant. For over twenty years, Halekulani has maintained a strong commitment to arts and culture in the community through exclusive alliances with Oahu's most iconic cultural venues. Halekulani is operated by the Hotels and Resorts of Halekulani, a brand management division of the Honolulu-based Halekulani Corporation, which also oversees the newly opened Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani. Halekulani is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and is aligned with Tokyo's legendary Imperial Hotel. For further information, please visit www.halekulani.com.
About Halekulani Okinawa
Halekulani Okinawa, the second hotel from the leading Hawaiian resort of the same name and first outside Hawaii, is a luxury beach resort located in Onna Village on the main island of Okinawa. Featuring a variety of accommodations built to emphasize the geographic features of its surroundings, Halekulani Okinawa sits on 32 acres of lush land within the Okinawa Kaigan Quasi-National Park and faces approximately one mile of coastline. Halekulani Okinawa is home to a diverse array of facilities including eight restaurants and a bar. In addition, the property features the prestigious SpaHalekulani, a fitness center, a luxury boutique, over 2,550 ft2 of meeting and convention space and five swimming pools, one of which is adorned with nearly 1.5 million mosaic tiles in the shape of Halekulani's signature Cattleya orchid. Halekulani Okinawa is the third property in Japan to join The Leading Hotels of the World, an exclusive collection of the world's most extraordinary luxury establishments. For further information, please visit www.okinawa.halekulani.com.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Howard Hughes Corporation® (NYSE: HHC) announced today that Linda Foggie has resigned from the company's board of directors, effective June 27, 2022. Ms. Foggie resigned from the HHC Board because she believed that board service would be inconsistent with the terms of her current employment.
About The Howard Hughes Corporation®
The Howard Hughes Corporation owns, manages, and develops commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate throughout the U.S. Its award-winning assets include the country's preeminent portfolio of master planned communities, as well as operating properties and development opportunities including: the Seaport in New York City; Downtown Columbia®, Maryland; The Woodlands®, The Woodlands Hills®, and Bridgeland® in the Greater Houston, Texas area; Summerlin®, Las Vegas; Ward Village® in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi; and Douglas Ranch in Phoenix, Arizona. The Howard Hughes Corporation's portfolio is strategically positioned to meet and accelerate development based on market demand, resulting in one of the strongest real estate platforms in the country. Dedicated to innovative placemaking, the company is recognized for its ongoing commitment to design excellence and to the cultural life of its communities. The Howard Hughes Corporation is traded on the New York Stock Exchange as HHC. For additional information, visit www.howardhughes.com.
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Cristina Carlson, 646-822-6910
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Carlos Olea, 281-475-2143
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Hurry! Hurry!
Russell Wilson is reprising Peyton Manning’s signature demand in Denver.
“We’ve got a championship-caliber football team,” the Broncos’ new quarterback declared Wednesday after what he termed a “ great first day ” at training camp with his new teammates, coaches and playbook.
“Now it’s time to just show up and prove it, go out and do it.”
Wilson isn’t interested in patiently engineering a turnaround for a franchise that hasn’t reached the playoffs since Manning recited his final “Hurry! Hurry” call in Super Bowl 50 more than six years ago.
Echoing high expectations expressed by safety Justin Simmons and receiver Courtland Sutton a day earlier, Wilson insisted the Broncos are ready to compete for a Lombardi Trophy.
He cited the team’s mixture of youth and experience, speed and skill. And he had particular praise for the Broncos’ work ethic after so many of his teammates gave up their last vestiges of summer vacation to gather with him at his estate last week in San Diego to refine routes ahead of training camp.
“Jerry Jeudy was in our QB meeting for an hour just for fun, just to listen and study and understand it all,” Wilson added. “So, it’s a credit to him and his work ethic. When your best players put that kind of work it, that just raises everybody else.”
The Broncos haven’t had a winning record since 2016. And general manager George Paton said Tuesday that he welcomes the buzz that surrounds his team following the hiring of rookie coach Nathaniel Hackett, the electrifying acquisition of Wilson for a package of picks and players — and the pending $4.65 billion purchase of the franchise by Walmart heir Rob Walton.
“We know expectations are higher than they’ve ever been here. We’re not blind to that. We embrace expectations,” Paton said. “But we have a long way to go.
“We haven’t won here in five, six years. We won seven games last year. We’re 0-0 now. The work starts now, a lot of work to be done. I know we’re going to embrace the process, and I look forward to the journey with Coach Hackett, with this team, and everyone involved.”
As far as Wilson is concerned, he sees no reason why that trek can’t reach State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where Super Bowl 57 will be held in February.
While Paton won’t go that far just yet, he touted the team’s core and trajectory.
“Anytime you get a franchise quarterback, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, like Russell Wilson, it’s going to accelerate anything that you’re doing,” Paton said. “It wouldn’t have done any good to bring Russell in here if we didn’t have a foundation in place.”
One thing Wilson apparently isn’t in a hurry to do is sign a contract extension. He has two years left on his current deal that pays him $19 million this upcoming season and $22 million next year. Wilson’s new deal is expected to top $250 million over five years, but Paton demurred when asked for a timeline.
“We all want Russell here a long time,” Paton said. “Out of respect for his team and our team, we’re going to keep it in-house any discussions we may or may not have … at the right time, we’ll get a deal done.”
Last week, Kyler Murray agreed to a deal with the Cardinals that adds five new years and up to $230.5 million in new money, and Baltimore QB Lamar Jackson appears in line for a mega-deal.
“I don’t really worry about those guys and what they’re doing. It’s awesome for them,” Wilson said. “But it has nothing really to do with me. I’m excited to be here, I know that. I know I want to be here for a long, long time, hopefully the rest of my career.”
Notes: The Broncos signed T Cam Fleming after T Tom Compton needed a back operation that landed him on the PUP list Wednesday. Fleming played in five games for Denver last season. The Broncos also waived OLB Kadofi Wright.
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Company seeks to accelerate its growth with world-class software, innovation, and culture
VIENNA, Va., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GenNext Media, dba Surefire Local (www.surefirelocal.com), the leading business intelligence marketing software for small businesses to attract customers, grow profits, and maximize efficiency, announced today the promotion of Michael Pierce to President.
Hired in Fall 2020 as Chief Revenue Officer, Michael has played an instrumental role in accelerating the company's growth and organizational framework to provide its customers with software they love and rely on every day. Most notable among his many achievements thus far are establishing predictable and sustainable revenue-generating initiatives, driving innovation through a world-class company culture, and elevating the company's Leadership team.
Michael's continued focus will be to transform the company's organization and culture, increase velocity and sales growth, and oversee operations of the company to deliver on its promise to customers.
"Michael's unique combination of deep experience in SMB MarTech and exceptional leadership has transformed Surefire Local into a profitable SaaS juggernaut," said Chris Marentis, Founder and CEO of Surefire Local. "Expanding Michael's role enables the company to continue to focus relentlessly on our customers and employees' success by leveraging Michael's talents across the business."
"When I saw the Surefire Local product demo over two years ago, I knew from my experience that this product had the potential to be the perfect market fit," said Michael Pierce, President at Surefire Local. "Once we applied our playbook to this business, the results have proven Surefire Local is a market-leading product. I am so excited to expand my responsibilities and to work with Chris Marentis and the rest of the Surefire Local leadership team in fulfilling our mission of becoming the #1 platform for professional services SMB's around the world."
Michael's promotion to President marks yet another historic milestone for Surefire Local in 2022. The company has been recognized as one of the nation's Best Workplaces by Inc. Magazine, a Red Hot Company by DCA Live, and a Google Premier Partner.
Surefire Local provides business intelligence marketing software for small businesses helping them attract customers, grow profits, and maximize efficiency. Through its flagship product, Surefire Local Marketing Platform™, locally-focused businesses of all sizes can remove digital roadblocks hindering growth, gain insights, and take action to attract and engage new and current customers through measurable, multi-channel marketing.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hiker who went missing two weeks ago was found dead in Griffith Park with his dog by his side, authorities said.
Oscar Alejandro Hernandez, 29, was reported missing on March 16. His body was found Thursday night in a remote area of the sprawling urban park. His dog, King, was alive but emaciated.
He apparently hadn’t left Hernandez’s side for two weeks, a relative told KNBC-TV. The family was there when the body was found, said Sgt. Ruben Arellano, a watch commander at the station in charge of Griffith Park.
Hernandez was last seen near the park merry-go-round’s hiking trails, according to a missing person flier posted by his family.
There was no immediate word on the cause of his death. There is no reason to believe foul play was involved, Arellano said. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/missing-hikers-body-found-in-la-park-with-dog-by-his-side/ | 2022-04-02T18:46:10Z |
MIDLAND, Pa., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a time of hope and celebration for nearly 1,100 students at the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (PA Cyber) as they prepare for the next phase of their lives following commencement this week.
The school will host two in-person commencement ceremonies this week. Ceremonies for the school's 22nd graduating class will be held geographically. Students in the eastern portion of Pennsylvania will attend a ceremony on June 8 at noon at Kutztown University, while those in the western portion of the state will attend their ceremony on June 10 at noon at Robert Morris University. Both ceremonies will stream live at www.pacyber.org/graduation.
"Seeing our graduates walk across the stage is a high point of the year for all of us at PA Cyber," said Brian Hayden, the school's CEO. "Our kids have worked so hard to achieve their high school diplomas. I am thankful for their trust, dedication, and commitment to their education at PA Cyber."
Kayla Collins will speak at the western ceremony and Elena Lichtenwalner will speak at the eastern ceremony as student representatives. Collins plans to study psychology at Seton Hill University next year, while Lichtenwalner will study English at Batton Honors College.
"We don't need to know each other's stories to have faith in each other's strengths," Collins said in her class representative essay. "I'm choosing to trust in both myself and the rest of the graduating class."
"Graduation was something I always thought about," Lichtenwalner said in her essay. "It's an important milestone showing the transition from child-like fear and wonder to adult-driven focus and breaking down barriers. This is the true point in our lives where we can look back at how life has changed. We have grown and now look toward our goals and dreams."
Following the 2022 commencement, approximately 20,000 students will have graduated from the school since its inception in 2000. PA Cyber alumni have attended some of the top universities and trade schools in the country and have made their mark in a wide range of professions, ranging from attorneys to teachers to engineers.
Serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade, the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (PA Cyber) is one of the largest, most experienced and most successful online public schools in the nation. PA Cyber's online learning environments, personalized instruction methods and choices of curricula connect Pennsylvania students and their families with state-certified and highly qualified teachers and rich academic content that is aligned to state standards. Founded in 2000, PA Cyber is headquartered in Midland (Beaver County) and maintains a network of support offices throughout the state. As a public school, PA Cyber is open for enrollment by any school-age child residing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and does not charge tuition to students or families. www.pacyber.org
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Early Childhood Education Franchise Revs Up Strategic Development, Set to Open at Metropolitan Park
LUTHERVILLE, Md., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebree School, a leader in early childhood education will join an impressive roster of retail partners at Metropolitan Park for Amazon's second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
Celebree School of National Landing is slated to open Spring 2023 and will provide infant and toddler care, and preschool programs. The customized programs will address the physical, social, emotional, and academic needs of children while adhering to Virginia's early education standards.
Over the past eight months, Amazon has announced several local small businesses that will open their doors next year at HQ2, including Conte's Bike Shop, District Dogs, HUSTLE, RAKO Coffee, Social Burger, and South Block. As development continues, Amazon now adds to this impressive roster with the addition of Celebree School of National Landing, Good Company Doughnuts & Cafe, Glo30, and Peruvian Brothers – all set to help enrich the growing community.
Amazon hopes that as it continues to bring more small businesses to the area, HQ2 can be a destination for all the important areas of life, whether that be work, play, family time, or any of the moments in between.
Owners of Celebree School National Landing, Kate and Brian Mulcahy, are eager to open this location, marking their second Celebree School. Together, the husband-wife team opened their first Celebree School in Tysons Corner, VA in September 2021. Not even one year later, their classrooms are almost full, and they are changing the lives of families in the community.
"We strive every day to make parents and students feel as comfortable as possible, as well as provide an unparalleled experience for our teachers," said Mulcahy. "Partnering with Amazon will allow us to reach a larger subset of the region and provide more quality early childhood education to more families."
"The spotlight that Amazon's presence puts on the community is so valuable, and the new residents it will attract will strengthen the fibers of the community," added Mulcahy. "Amazon's commitment to excellence and service mirrors our own values, making it an even more exciting venture."
Celebree School lives by its promise to Grow People Big and Small™, and was founded on the belief that success in early childhood development is equal parts curriculum and a connection that extends beyond the classroom to address the needs of the whole child and the whole family. Each Celebree School is a village made up of parents, children, and educators while providing curriculum-based care that prepares your child for kindergarten and beyond.
With a 25-plus-year history of providing superior early childhood education, Celebree School delivers a stable, secure learning environment that helps children develop a lifelong love of learning. Programs at Celebree School of National Landing will be available for children six weeks to preschool age with unique curriculums designed to develop positive social skills and values while allowing children to learn about their world through age-appropriate play, projects, and activities. Care is available part time or full time and parents are allowed to drop in and visit at any time.
"We're honored to continue to help brilliant entrepreneurs like the Mulcahys actualize their business goals," said Richard Huffman, Founder and CEO of Celebree School. "As we continue to expand our brand's footprint through franchising, it's more important than ever that we partner with local community leaders who have a passion for early childhood education. Bringing Celebree School to Amazon HQ2 gives me immense pride and joy as we continue to drive our mission forward."
Celebree School began franchising in 2019 and now has 26 corporate locations, seven franchise locations, and more than 70 franchise licenses in various stages development. With strategic expansion underway, the brand has set an aggressive development goal of opening 100 new schools by 2025. When franchisees invest with Celebree School, they're investing in an organization with a strong culture, solid systems, and a proven business model backed with 25-plus years of experience in providing exceptional early childhood education. For more information of franchising opportunities visit https://www.celebree.com/franchising/.
Founded in 1994, Celebree School is a leader in early childhood education that provides infant and toddler care, preschool, before and aftercare, and summer camp programs. With a mission to Grow People Big and Small™, Celebree School believes success in early childhood development is equal parts curriculum and connection. Each school employs a customized program that addresses the physical, social, emotional, and academic needs of children and follows applicable state guidelines. In 2019, Celebree School launched its franchise offering. Learn more about how we grow confident children who are prepared for school and life at Celebree.com. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Kickoff event with local affiliate Rebuilding Together North Jersey to support NJ-based homeowners in need
RINGWOOD, N.J., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebuilding Together, the leading national nonprofit organization with a vision to ensure safe and healthy homes and communities for everyone, and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., the foremost omnichannel retailer for home, baby and wellness products today announced a partnership to provide no-cost home repairs and essential household items for local neighbors in need in communities across the country. The partnership kicked off in Ringwood, NJ today with Associates representing local Bed Bath & Beyond, buybuy BABY and Harmon Face Values stores, as well as from corporate headquarters in Union, N.J., volunteering in support of several local homeowners.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is partnering with Rebuilding Together as part of its ongoing initiative to provide a sense of home to the people and communities they serve. Along with providing critical home repairs to improve safety, increase accessibility and help neighbors remain where they feel most at home, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is donating household items – including kitchen and dining ware, bedding, bathroom towels, home décor and wellness items – to further support homeowners' needs.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. will support more than 25 projects nationwide this year, helping neighbors across the country receive quality critical home repairs at no cost to them and allowing them to remain safe and healthy in their homes. Project volunteers will be locally based Associates from the company's Bed Bath & Beyond, buybuy BABY, Harmon Face Values and Decorist retail banners.
"We believe now more than ever that creating a sense of home is critical for the well-being of both individuals and the communities we serve," said Mark Tritton, President and CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. "By joining forces with Rebuilding Together to invest in revitalizing homes across the country, we can support homeowners in need and enable our Associates to create an impact where they live and work."
Neighbors receiving repairs include Lucy, a retired school bus driver who shares her 160-year-old home with six family members and is in dire need of repairs, and Kelly, a schoolteacher who serves as the sole caregiver for her husband, mother and two adult children. Key repair highlights will include roof repairs for Lucy and a new refrigerator for Kelly, who must store insulin to meet her husband's health needs.
"Rebuilding Together's mission to repair homes and revitalize communities is more critical than ever before as the nation faces a devastating housing crisis," said Caroline Blakely, president and CEO, Rebuilding Together. "We're incredibly grateful to Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. for their partnership and look forward to making a difference together in New Jersey and nationwide."
Rebuilding Together and its affiliates have over 30 years of experience providing services to neighbors in need so they can age safely in place, live independently, preserve generational wealth and remain in the communities they love. The repairs are provided at no cost to neighbors who are often faced with diminishing resources. Over time, deferred home maintenance can cause significant potential health hazards, like risk of injury due to falling, and lead to crumbling foundations, sagging roofs and windows and doors that can't be secured.
Today's event was made possible by Rebuilding Together North Jersey, an affiliate that serves Bergen and Passaic Counties.
About Rebuilding Together:
Rebuilding Together is the leading national nonprofit organization repairing the homes of people in need and revitalizing our communities. Through its national network of affiliates, Rebuilding Together works proactively and collaboratively with community leaders, long-term residents, funders, and volunteers to foster dialogue and create safe, healthy communities across the country. Learn more and get involved at rebuildingtogether.org.
About Bed Bath & Beyond Inc:
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is an omnichannel retailer that makes it easy for our customers to feel at home. The Company sells a wide assortment of merchandise in the Home, Baby, Beauty and Wellness markets. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond operates websites at bedbathandbeyond.com, bedbathandbeyond.ca, buybuybaby.com, buybuybaby.ca, facevalues.com and decorist.com.
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America and its African American marketing agency of record, Culture Brands were recognized by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) with a Salute to Excellence Award for its OKAY Hyundai campaign. The award was announced this past weekend at the Salute to Excellence Awards ceremony which took place during the 2022 NABJ Convention in Las Vegas.
"We're thrilled by this recognition for the work we do to engage with our multicultural consumers," said Angela Zepeda, CMO, Hyundai Motor America. "To be honored by NABJ in this way is not only an endorsement of our efforts, but also validation of our commitment to engage with our African American consumers in a culturally authentic way."
The OKAY Hyundai marketing theme was first launched in Fall 2021 and is designed to strengthen the connection between Hyundai and the African American community through the embedding of cultural references and nuances in the creative messaging. The campaign was developed by Culture Brands under the leadership of Eunique Jones Gibson, founder and chief creative officer.
"We are incredibly excited and honored to receive this important peer recognition by NABJ," said Gibson. "To be recognized by the country's largest media organization for journalists of color, this speaks volumes of our work, our creative and our commitment to represent African Americans in media with content that inspires those audiences by ensuring they feel seen, heard and valued."
Erik Thomas, senior group manager, experiential & multicultural marketing, Hyundai Motor America added, "Through our partnership with Culture Brands, we continue to look to connect with people on their own terms and in relevant ways, which we know then leads to longstanding relationships. As we increase our share of voice with the African American market and communicate successfully, this tremendous honor and recognition from NABJ is further affirmation we're on the right path."
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), is the oldest advocacy organization for journalists and media professionals of color in the nation. The Salute to Excellence Awards honors journalism and communications that best cover the Black experience or address issues affecting the worldwide Black community. Entries are judged on content, creativity, innovation, use of the medium, and relevance to the Black community.
Culture Brands
Culture Brands is an independent, minority and female-owned agency that exists to authentically celebrate, reflect and represent African Americans in media. Founded in 2017, by 15-year advertising veteran Eunique Jones Gibson, we create culturally relevant and affirming campaigns and content that inspire African American audiences by ensuring they feel seen, heard and valued. At Culture Brands, we are constantly engaged in a two-way conversation with the African American community through our owned and operated media platforms and consumer brands such as the award-winning Because of Them We Can®, Because of Them We Can Box (Just For Kids), #CultureTags® and Dream Village®. Culture Brands is headquartered right outside of the nation's capital in Hyattsville, MD. www.culturebrands.co
Hyundai Motor America
Hyundai Motor America focuses on 'Progress for Humanity' and smart mobility solutions. Hyundai offers U.S. consumers a technology-rich lineup of cars, SUVs, and electrified vehicles. Our 820 dealers sold more than 738,000 vehicles in the U.S. in 2021, and nearly half were built at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. For more information, visit www.HyundaiNews.com.
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Series B financing led by CBC with participation from Temasek's Pavilion Capital, EDBI and GS Holdings
RVAC plans to build R&D center and manufacturing facilities in Singapore and China
SINGAPORE, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RVAC Medicines Pte. Ltd. ("RVAC"), an emerging messenger RNA (mRNA) platform company incubated in Singapore by CBC Group ("CBC"), today announced the completion of its series B financing, bringing the company's total funds raised since its inception in June 2021 to US$140 million. RVAC aims to address unmet medical needs, particularly in emerging markets, through novel vaccines and therapeutics including a potential best-in-class COVID vaccine. Proceeds from this financing round will be used for preclinical and clinical development of the company's vaccine and therapeutics programs and building world class R&D centers and manufacturing capabilities, including a new R&D center in Singapore and manufacturing facilities in both Singapore and China.
In addition to CBC, participants in the Series B financing include international investors Pavilion Capital, EDBI, a Singapore-based global investor, as well as GS Holdings, a leading business group in South Korea.
"Healthcare has no boundaries, and CBC is proud to continue bringing first class global resources and technologies to support RVAC," Wei Fu, Chief Executive Officer of CBC Group said. "As a Singaporean firm, we look forward to further contributing to the country's vibrant biotech ecosystem. We are excited to further draw on Singapore's deep base of skilled talent and strong research capabilities as RVAC further accelerates its mRNA vaccine and therapeutics pipeline to better meet global healthcare needs and connect with the growing Asian market."
"We are proud to have a great lineup of investors joining us in this funding round. Their support will enable us to quickly advance novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics in an efficient manner through end-to-end supply chain management, including raw materials, thus positioning RVAC to better serve patients worldwide," said Sean Fu, Chief Executive Officer of RVAC. "In particular, this investment will accelerate the development of a highly effective multivalent COVID vaccine that could offer enhanced protection against future variants, as well as further mRNA innovations for other infectious diseases, auto-immune diseases, and cancers."
RVAC's COVID vaccine candidates were shown to be safe and efficacious in preclinical studies and will be introduced into clinical studies in Q3 2022. The company has a strategic partnership with Vancouver-based Acuitas Therapeutics, whose proprietary lipid nanoparticle delivery system plays a critical role in Pfizer-BioNTech's BNT162b2 vaccine. RVAC has engaged world class scientific advisors including prominent leaders in mRNA biology, immunology, and drug delivery.
"RVAC has made tremendous progress in a short time," said Sean Cao, Executive Director of RVAC and Managing Director of CBC Group. "The RVAC team has rich industry and technical expertise in research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of vaccines and therapeutics, including extensive experience with mRNA technology. We are very confident that this veteran team with demonstrated track records of success will deliver exciting innovative mRNA products to address the unmet medical needs of patients around the world."
Chu Swee Yeok, Chief Executive Officer and President of EDBI said, "mRNA technologies have revolutionized healthcare in the recent years. Singapore's vibrant biomedical research ecosystem, robust regulatory infrastructure and highly skilled talent base provide a strong foundation to catalyze new breakthrough mRNA-based discoveries and regional expansion for healthcare companies like RVAC Medicines. As a value-adding global investor, we are excited to strengthen our partnership and embark on this new chapter of growth with RVAC's team."
Suhhong Hur, Senior Executive Vice President of GS, said "We are very glad to be part of RVAC's journey in striving to fight against various infections and diseases plaguing the humankind, and are pleased to see what RVAC has achieved in terms of its speed and scope. We will also leverage our resources and network to support RVAC's vision of meeting the unmet healthcare needs and providing both developed and emerging markets with equal access to healthcare solutions."
RVAC plans to launch a new R&D center in Singapore and manufacturing facilities in Singapore and China, complementing its existing global R&D research centers in Boston and Shanghai. The initiatives are expected to create over 100 jobs in Singapore and will help bring the firm's anticipated COVID vaccine and other mRNA-based products closer to emerging markets, especially those in Southeast Asia.
About RVAC
RVAC Medicines is an mRNA platform company headquartered in Singapore with R&D centers in Boston and Shanghai. Leveraging its mRNA technology and strategic partnerships, the company is building a pipeline of novel mRNA vaccines and therapeutics to address unmet medical needs, particularly in emerging markets. The company is led by an experienced management team, supported by a world-renowned scientific advisory board.
About CBC
CBC Group, Asia's largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm, is committed to creating value and integrating global resources. Partnering with the world's top entrepreneurs and scientists, its unique investor-operator approach has empowered global leading healthcare companies to widen access to affordable medical care, catalyze innovations, and improve efficiency in fulfilling unmet medical needs worldwide. Founded in 2014, CBC has a leading team of investment, industry and portfolio management professionals headquartered in Singapore with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and New York, and presences in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, and Tokyo. CBC focuses on platform-building, buyout, credit and growth-focused opportunities across multiple core areas within the healthcare sector, including pharmaceutical and biotech, medical technology and healthcare services. For more information, please visit www.cbridgecap.com.
About EDBI
Investing since 1991, EDBI is a Singapore-based global investor in select high growth technology sectors ranging from Information & Communication Technology (ICT), Emerging Technology (ET), Healthcare (HC) and promising Singapore SMEs in strategic industries. As a value-creating investor, EDBI assists companies achieve their ambitious goals by leveraging our broad network, resources and expertise. With our growth capital, EDBI supports companies seeking to grow in Asia and globally through Singapore. For more information, visit https://www.edbi.com.
About GS Group
GS is the eighth largest business group in Korea in terms of assets with core businesses ranging from petrochemical, energy and utilities, retail, to engineering & constructions. Biotechnology along with digital and climate technologies are GS' future growth drivers to achieve sustainability. To this end, GS has been active in building up a business ecosystem connecting industry players in those three areas via investment and partnerships globally.
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Filogic 880 and Filogic 380 will drive the next generation of connectivity with the fastest and most reliable Wi-Fi 7 experiences
TAIPEI, May 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaTek today announced the Filogic 880 and Filogic 380 Wi-Fi 7 platform solutions for high-bandwidth applications in the operator, retail, enterprise and consumer electronics markets. This pair of chips will be among the first Wi-Fi 7 solutions to hit the market, allowing device makers to deliver cutting-edge products with the latest connectivity technology.
Filogic 880 is a complete platform that combines a Wi-Fi 7 access point with a new advanced host processor solution to provide the industry's best router and gateway solution for operator, retail and enterprise markets. It offers a scalable architecture that can support up to penta-band 4x4 with a maximum speed of 36Gbps. Filogic 380 is designed to bring Wi-Fi 7 connectivity to all client devices, including smartphone, tablet, TVs, notebooks, set-top boxes and OTT streaming devices. The chip's dual concurrent 2x2 capability will be optimized "out-of-the-box" for these devices as MediaTek also supplies the corresponding platform solutions. This helps to streamline the design process, maximize performance and accelerate time-to-market.
"Our wireless connectivity solutions are designed to deliver the fastest performance using the most advanced technologies, and represent MediaTek's commitment to drive Wi-Fi 7 adoption in a large number of new markets," said Alan Hsu, corporate vice president and general manager of the Intelligent Connectivity business at MediaTek. "With Filogic 880 and Filogic 380, our customers can deliver fast, reliable and always-on connected experiences to meet the industry's growing connectivity demands."
MediaTek's Filogic 880 combines a Wi-Fi 7 access point with a powerful application processor and network processing unit (NPU) to support maximum Wi-Fi, Ethernet and packet processing performance. The chip offers a wide range of interfaces and peripherals, making it easy to customize designs for various end products and applications.
The Filogic 880 platform includes a 6nm Wi-Fi 7 access point solution with:
- Support for key Wi-Fi 7 technologies such as 4096-QAM, 320MHz, MRU and MLO
- Flexibility to scale to penta-band 36Gbps speeds
- Support up to 10Gbps in one channel
- Support for OFDMA RU, MU-MIMO and MBSSID
In addition to its Wi-Fi 7 capabilities, the Filogic 880 platform also provides a powerful host processor, which includes a quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 application processor and an advanced NPU. Key features include:
- An advanced hardware network full off-load engine on both Wi-Fi and Ethernet interface
- A built-in networking crypto engine (EIP-197) for accelerating IPSec, SSL/TLS, DTLS (CAPWAP), SRTP and MACsec
- Support for high-speed interfaces (5Gbps USB and 10Gbps PCI-Express), UART, SD, SPI, PWM, GPIO and OTP for rich platform customization opportunities
The Filogic 380 is a stand-alone, single-chip 6nm Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 combo solution designed to deliver best-in class connectivity. It is optimized for smartphones, TVs, notebooks, set-top boxes, OTT streaming devices and many other consumer electronics devices that are powered by MediaTek SoCs.
Key features of the Filogic 380 include:
- Support for key Wi-Fi 7 technologies such as 4096-QAM, 320MHz, MRU and MLO
- Support for MLO offering up to 6.5Gbps speeds
- Support up to 5Gbps in one channel
- Support for 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands
- Support for dual 2x2 radios for dual-band simultaneous operation
- Latest Bluetooth 5.3 with LE Audio
MediaTek has been involved in the development of the Wi-Fi 7 standard since its inception, and the company is one of the first adopters of Wi-Fi 7 technology. The rollout of Wi-Fi 7 will mark the first time that Wi-Fi can be a true wireline/Ethernet replacement for super high-bandwidth applications; Wi-Fi 7 technology will be the backbone of home, office and industrial networks and provide seamless connectivity for everything from multi-player AR/VR applications to cloud gaming and 4K calls to 8K streaming and beyond.
MediaTek will be demonstrating its Filogic Wi-Fi 7 platform solutions for both access point and client ecosystems at Computex 2022, which will be held from May 24 to May 27 in Taipei, Taiwan.
To learn more about MediaTek's Filogic portfolio, please visit: https://www.mediatek.com/products/networking-and-connectivity/filogic-wifi6-wifi7.
About MediaTek Inc.
MediaTek Incorporated (TWSE: 2454) is a global fabless semiconductor company that enables nearly 2 billion connected devices a year. We are a market leader in developing innovative systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile device, home entertainment, connectivity and IoT products. Our dedication to innovation has positioned us as a driving market force in several key technology areas, including highly power-efficient mobile technologies, automotive solutions and a broad range of advanced multimedia products such as smartphones, tablets, digital televisions, 5G, Voice Assistant Devices (VAD) and wearables. MediaTek empowers and inspires people to expand their horizons and achieve their goals through smart technology, more easily and efficiently than ever before. We work with the brands you love to make great technology accessible to everyone, and it drives everything we do. Visit www.mediatek.com for more information.
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- Improving your credit score can save hundreds a month on your mortgage
- A borrower with a "fair" credit score could pay $103,626 more over the life of a 30-year mortgage for the same home than an otherwise identical borrower with an "excellent" score would
- Barriers to housing that result from credit issues are often more profound for people of color
SEATTLE, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevated home prices and rising interest rates are feeding into housing affordability woes for potential buyers, especially those with lower credit scores. A new Zillow analysis shows that, nationally, buyers with "fair" credit could be paying up to $288 more on their monthly mortgage payment than those with "excellent" credit.
Today's home shoppers can expect to pay around 62% more per month to buy a typically priced U.S. home than they would have a year ago. Zillow examined credit scores against current mortgage rates and found that such monthly cost increases are exacerbated for millions of Americans with low credit scores or less than perfect credit histories.
A borrower with an "excellent" credit score — between 760 and 850 — can qualify for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 5.099% interest rate1. For the same loan, a similar borrower with a "fair" credit score — between 620 and 639 — qualifies for a 6.688% rate1. This equates to a $288 difference in monthly mortgage payments and nearly $103,626 in interest over the life of a 30-year fixed loan, based on the current price of a typical U.S. home ($354,165)2.
"When you are thinking about buying a home, the best first step you can take is to fully understand your financial picture, what you can afford and your outstanding debts or obligations," said Libby Cooper, Zillow Home Loans vice president. "If you find you have low credit, take realistic steps to improve your credit score by doing things like disputing possible report errors and paying down as much debt as possible. This could increase the amount of home loan you qualify for."
The chart below illustrates how a buyer's credit profile plays an important role in how much a home ultimately costs. Buyers who make raising their credit score part of their initial steps in the home-buying process typically have more buying power and lower monthly payments.
The cost of buying a typically priced U.S. home based on credit scores3
There is a direct correlation between credit security — having a strong credit history and structural access to credit offerings — and higher homeownership rates. The homeownership rate is lower in counties that are more "credit insecure," meaning they are home to high numbers of residents with poor or no credit history. That cuts off millions — particularly Black and Latinx residents — from the wealth-building advantages of homeownership. Additionally, Black applicants are denied a mortgage at a rate 84% higher than white applicants, and credit history is the most common reason cited for those denials. Limited traditional financial services in Black and other communities of color are a significant factor in the lack of credit history and the inability to build a high credit score.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently adopted policies that include timely rent payments in their automated underwriting systems. Lenders and brokers can submit bank account data (with borrower permission) to identify 12 months of prompt rent payments to help potential borrowers qualify for a mortgage.
"While inclusion of timely rent payments doesn't change a borrower's credit score, it can have a positive impact on how lenders view a borrower's credit worthiness. This move shows how effective policy changes can help consumers build a strong financial foundation that unlocks homeownership," said Cooper.
About Zillow Group:
Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life's next chapter. 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 ease.
Zillow Group's affiliates and subsidiaries include Zillow®, Zillow Offers®, Zillow Premier Agent®, Zillow Home Loans™, Zillow Closing Services™, Zillow Homes, Inc., Trulia®, Out East®, ShowingTime®, Bridge Interactive®, dotloop®, StreetEasy® and HotPads®. Zillow Home Loans, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #10287 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org).
1 Based on the FICO Loan Savings Calculator on myfico.com. Rates current as of July 26, 2022.
2 According to the Zillow Home Value Index.
3 Loan calculations assume a 20% down payment on a home cost of $354,165 with a 30-year fixed mortgage. Total loan cost includes the loan value and interest cost over the life of the loan.
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PITTSBURGH, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be an all-natural line of formulas for pain relief," said an inventor, from Hillsborough, Ore., "so I invented the TRUTH. My design would be effective in treating pain, swelling and discomfort from various ailments."
The invention provides a unique line of formulas for treating pain, muscle aches and swelling. It can also be used to heal cuts and scrapes. During use, it would offer a pleasant scent and it could enhance comfort and relaxation. The invention features a versatile and all-natural design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals with chronic pain and the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Portland sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PTA-101, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "After having surgery I found myself unable to safely enter and exit a bath tub," said the inventor from Marietta, Ga. "I created this invention to help those that have difficulty getting in and out of a bath tub and provide a safer means of bathing."
She invented TOTAL BATH AND BODY CHAIR, patent-pending, that provides individuals with a safer method of washing the body in the shower/tub. This could help offer peace of mind knowing that an individual could safely cleanse the body, particularly private parts and without assistance. The chair could be inserted into a standard tub, as well as utilized in hospitals and nursing homes. Additionally, this could offer individuals a greater sense of independence and self-esteem.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2810, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has declared common stock dividends of $0.177 per share for the second quarter of 2022. The dividend represents an annualized rate of $0.708 per share and is payable on July 15, 2022 to holders of record on June 30, 2022.
About Safehold:
Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) is revolutionizing real estate ownership by providing a new and better way for owners to unlock the value of the land beneath their buildings. Having created the modern ground lease industry in 2017, Safehold continues to help owners of high quality multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality, student housing, life science and mixed-use properties generate higher returns with less risk. The Company, which is taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) and is managed by its largest shareholder, iStar Inc., seeks to deliver safe, growing income and long-term capital appreciation to its shareholders. Additional information on Safehold is available on its website at www.safeholdinc.com.
Company Contact:
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Investor Relations & Marketing
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- Oxitec's team of experts will advance development and pilot validation of the Friendly™ mosquito platform to combat two malaria-spreading mosquitoes: the invasive Anopheles stephensi, predicted to cause urban malaria epidemics across Africa; and Anopheles albimanus, which is slowing malaria eradication efforts in the Americas.
- Oxitec's safe and targeted Friendly™ technology uses non-biting male mosquitoes to reduce pest populations and is proven against other disease-spreading mosquitoes.
- This multi-year international program will be supported by US$18 million of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
OXFORD, England, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxitec Ltd, the leading developer of biological pest control solutions, today announced the launch of the next phase of the company's malaria vector program, enabled by US$18 million of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This new chapter in Oxitec's fight against malaria-spreading mosquitoes marks a transition from targeted Friendly™ mosquito strain development in the lab to validation of the Friendly™ solution in communities living under daily threat of this disease. Malaria kills more than half a million people each year across the world and, according to the World Health Organization, nearly half of the world's population is at risk.
Oxitec's malaria program targets two malaria-spreading mosquitoes that pose major challenges to the international community's regional malaria eradication goals. Anopheles stephensi is the dominant malaria vector in South Asia and the Middle East. Around 2012 it invaded Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, where it has caused a massive rise in malaria incidence in the capital city – more than 10% of the country's population was estimated to be infected in 2018. This species' capacity to breed in urban communities distinguishes it from other malaria-spreading mosquitoes, and as it spreads further experts warn of disastrous malaria outbreaks across African cities.
Anopheles albimanus is the most significant malaria vector in Central America and parts of South America. Progress has been made in achieving regional malaria eradication – El Salvador was certified malaria-free in 2021 – but efforts have stalled in many other parts of the region, new vector control tools are needed to regain momentum towards this regional aim. Like An. stephensi, An. albimanus is widely resistant to insecticides and readily bites outdoors, reducing the effectiveness of bed nets and other indoor prevention tools.
Oxitec's safe technology uses non-biting, self-limiting male mosquitoes to suppress disease-spreading pests, and in over a decade of multiple deployments has achieved >90% suppression of populations of Aedes aegypti, a dangerous mosquito that spreads dengue and other diseases. Friendly™ insects are target-specific, non-toxic, and self-limiting in the environment.
To apply this technology against malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a dedicated team of experts at Oxitec from more than 10 countries has spent nearly four years conducting early development and innovation with the support of the Gates Foundation. Now with the launch of this new three-year pilot phase, the Oxitec team will partner with regional experts and communities to conduct field pilots of the Friendly™ solution targeting these two important vectors. In parallel, Oxitec will advance development of innovative Friendly™ mosquito production, distribution and deployment methods to be tested in pilot locations, to deliver Friendly™ solutions that are scalable and accessible in malaria-endemic regions. Locations for these pilots will be announced in the coming months.
Grey Frandsen, CEO of Oxitec, said, "This investment in the expansion of our malaria program will allow us to build the partnerships, systems and programs necessary to pilot our technologies where they're needed the most, taking them one step closer to delivering impact on lives and livelihoods. We couldn't be more thankful to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and to the multi-national, multi-disciplinary team that has assembled around this effort."
Neil Morrison, Oxitec's Malaria Program Director, added, "We're looking forward to working with expert partners, regulators, regional stakeholders, and most importantly, malaria-affected communities to develop and validate these two new Friendly™ mosquitoes. As we've shown with our successes against other disease-spreading mosquitoes, Friendly™ mosquitoes unlock new levels of vector control performance without impacting humans, animals or the environment."
About Oxitec
Oxitec is the leading developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock. Founded in 2002 at the University of Oxford, Oxitec is led by a passionate team comprised of 15 nationalities and is supported by world-class public, private and non-profit partners.
Learn more at oxitec.com.
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BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 5, 2022, the DoD announced that it awarded Noble Supply and Logistics, LLC, a $1.2B, 10-year, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with DLA Aviation, Richmond, Virginia, for a category of hardware and abrasives items used in multiple weapon systems. Noble, a defense technology company, will begin operations to fulfill the approximately 55,000 national stock numbers (NSNs) comprising FSG 53 at its QSLD-certified distribution facilities.
Lee Weatherford, Noble's Global Head of Mission Support, will oversee all FSG 53 Program operations. "I am grateful that DLA Aviation has trusted Noble with this huge opportunity. Our team looks forward to working with DLA. We appreciate this opportunity to automate an efficient, high-quality, supply chain solution," said Weatherford. "Noble is known for its capabilities in supply chain management, logistics, mission support, and technology solutions for military and government."
Under the FSG 53 contract, Noble will provide supply chain management to support the Defense Logistics Agency's worldwide customers. Services include customer direct orders and military retail stock replenishment with expedited (one to three-day) deliveries of items within the contract scope. Customers are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Foreign Military, and other authorized government buyers. The benefits provided to DLA through this contract with Noble include cost savings, price reduction, quality improvements through automation, and reduction in acquisition cycle times.
Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC provides worldwide supply and logistics services to the U.S. Military, Federal Government, state and local governments, and commercial clients. The company's global footprint includes headquarters in Boston, MA, and regional distribution centers, warehouses, and operations centers.
Noble offers complete supply chain management, including procurement services, global sourcing, specialty manufacturing, material management, quality assurance, and supply sustainment. Specific functions Noble will perform as part of the FSG 53 contract include:
- Procurement and purchasing
- Order processing and fulfillment
- Quality control
- Obsolescence management
- Data management and data delivery
- Packaging, transportation coordination, and shipment
- Customer support services
- Counterfeit control
- Material returns
- Warehousing
- Planning and forecasting
- Shelf-life management
Fulfillment of the items comprising the FSG 53 contract will take place at Noble's 67,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art distribution facility located within the Scannell Logistics Park in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Noble's distribution team supports global shipments with rapid, responsive, and cost-effective solutions to logistical challenges.
NOBLE drives mission success with world-class products, logistics, services, and training through accelerated procurement. The company's footprint includes operation centers, distribution centers, and consolidation points positioned to expedite delivery and enhance global product availability.
In addition to distributing 13,000 manufacturer brands, NOBLE offers specialized technical and training services for customers with Aerospace, C5ISR, CBRNe, EOD, Expeditionary, MRO, and Tactical requirements. NOBLE uses an established supply chain, existing vendor relationships, and vast catalog to lower costs and increase selection and availability. As a result, NOBLE reduces the cost of readiness while maintaining the ability to respond rapidly to today's challenges.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIGGRAPH 2022, the 49th annual conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, closed the in-person portion of the conference, 8-11 August 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, with more than 11,700 attendees, 90-plus exhibitors from 16 countries, remarkable featured speakers, and a variety of panels, programs, and hands-on experiences. Access to the virtual component of SIGGRAPH 2022 will continue through 31 October 2022.
SIGGRAPH 2022 offered a platform to share exceptional offerings in digital art, technology, computer science, and various innovations from more than 2,400 contributors. The conference and virtual experience were enjoyed by an international audience from 74 countries and garnered 30,000-plus views during the livestream sessions across the four-day, in-person conference. The top five attended programs in the virtual platform included Technical Papers, Birds of a Feather, Talks, Courses, and Production Sessions.
"Every year we gather our global community to showcase how computer graphics and interactive techniques shape the future," said Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav, SIGGRAPH 2022 Conference Chair. "After two years of meeting virtually, I was thrilled to host our return to a live, in-person conference in Vancouver. The city was a wonderful host, from the amazing location to the warm welcome from the local community. SIGGRAPH participants were incredibly joyful and excited to reunite and see the latest developments in our field. Being face-to-face at these SIGGRAPH conferences is an annual recharge. It's an opportunity to come together to learn, share our passions, and enrich our skills. I'm honored to be a part of this celebration as we continue to encourage the development and innovation in the arts and sciences that impact the world around us. And I'm looking forward to seeing how our work continues to evolve headfirst into the future."
Highlights from the conference included:
- Featured Speakers: Sougwen Chung, Ed Catmull, Pat Hanrahan, Sarah Bond, and Ime Archibong
- Production teams behind some of the year's top films took part in the Production Sessions, including DNEG, Pixar Animation Studios, Wētā FX, and Walt Disney Animation Studios
- New for 2022, the inauguration of Conference Papers, where exciting emerging ideas were presented in a shorter format than traditional Technical Papers
- Technical Papers showcases the latest industry advancements and scientific contributions. A total number of 247 papers were selected out of a record number of submissions, and five "Best of" honors were awarded
- Roundtables allowed participants to connect directly and hold intimate conversations with Technical Papers, Art Papers, Courses, and Talks contributors, and interact in small group settings
- Emerging Technologies and Immersive Pavilion showcased the latest in VR, AR, and mixed reality innovations
- Metaverse discussions and workshops were covered in the Featured Speakers, Frontiers, Appy Hour, Real-Time Live!, and Courses programs
- VR Theater presented the evolved storytelling and growth of virtual reality content
SIGGRAPH 2022 also celebrated this year's contributors by honoring some "Best of" from various programs, including:
Art Gallery
Best in Show – "Ray"
Weidi Zhang, Media Arts and Technology Program (MAT), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Art Papers
Best Art Paper – "Traditional African Dances Preservation Using Deep Learning Techiques"
Adebunmi Odefunso, Purdue University/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Esteban Garcia Bravo, Purdue University; and Yingjie Chen, Purdue University
Electronic Theater
Best in Show – "The Seine's Tears"
Yanis Belaid, Pôle 3D (France)
Jury's Choice – "The End of War"
Lei Chen, Tsinghua University (China)
Best Student Project – "Yallah!"
Nayla Nassar, Rubika (France)
Audience Choice* – "Alternate Mesozoic"
Lucie Laudrin, ESMA (France)
Emerging Technologies
Best in Show – "HDR VR"
Nathan Matsuda, Yang Zhao, Alex Chapiro, Clinton Smith, and Douglas Lanman, Reality Labs Research, Meta
Immersive Pavilion
Top Selection – "Journal of My Journey: Seamless Interaction in Virtuality and Reality With Digital Fabrication and Sensory Feedback"
Miguel Ying Jie Then, Ching Lui, Yvone Tsai Chen, Zin Yin Lim, Ping Hsuan Han, National Taipei University of Technology
Real-Time Live!
Best in Show – "A Showcase of Decima Engine in Horizon Forbidden West
Hugh Malan, Maarten van der Gaag, Guerrilla
Audience Choice – "AI and Physics Assisted Character Pose Authoring"
Florent Bocquelet, Boris Oreshkin, Dominic Laflamme, Felix Harvey, Louis-Simon Ménard, Jeremy Cowles, and Bay Raitt, Unity Technologies
Technical Papers
Best Paper Awards
"Instant Neural Graphics Primitives With a Multiresolution Hash Encoding"
Thomas Müller, Alex Evans, Christoph Schied, and Alexander Keller, NVIDIA
"DeepPhase: Periodic Autoencoders for Learning Motion Phase Manifolds"
Sebastian Starke, University of Edinburgh/Electronic Arts; Ian Mason, University of Edinburgh; and Taku Komura, University of Hong Kong
"Spelunking the Deep: Guaranteed Queries on General Neural Implicit Surfaces via Range Analysis"
Nicholas Sharp, University of Toronto; Alec Jacobson, University of Toronto/Adobe
"Image Features Influence Reaction Time: A Learned Probabilistic Perceptual Model for Saccade Latency"
Budmonde Duinkharjav, New York University; Praneeth Chakravarthula, Princeton University/UNC Chapel Hill; Rachel Brown, NVIDIA Research; Anjul Patney, NVIDIA Research; and Qi Sun, New York University
"CLIPasso: Semantically Aware Object Sketching"
Yael Vinker, Tel Aviv University/École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Ehsan Pajouheshgar, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Jessica Y. Bo, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne/ETH; Roman Christian Bachmann, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Amit Bermano, Tel Aviv University; Daniel Cohen-Or, Tel Aviv University; Amir Zamir, EPFL; and Ariel Shamir, Reichman University
VR Theater
Best in Show – "On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)"
Steve Jamison, Mike Brett, Archer's Mark and Astrea; Pierre Zandrowicz, Atlas V and Astrea; and Arnaud Colinart, Atlas V
*Vote tallied on-site via survey poll.
Best in Show awards determined by a six-member jury; Audience Choice awards determined by the live audience.
The SIGRRAPH 2022 virtual experience is available until 31 October 2022. To learn more and register for the ongoing virtual conference, go to https://s2022.siggraph.org/.
About ACM, ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, uniting educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field's challenges. ACM SIGGRAPH is a special interest group within ACM that serves as an interdisciplinary community for members in research, technology, and applications in computer graphics and interactive techniques. The SIGGRAPH conference is the world's leading annual interdisciplinary educational experience showcasing the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques
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Chinese warships and aircraft conducted military drills in waters near Taiwan Friday, the island's Defense Ministry said, as tensions escalated in the region following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island this week.
The ministry said Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) forces crossed the median line -- the halfway point between the island and mainland China -- in a move it called a "highly provocative act."
The line has previously been an informal but largely respected border of control between Beijing and Taipei.
Taiwan's military responded with radio warnings and put air patrol forces, naval ships and shore-based missile systems on alert, the ministry added.
On Friday, Taiwan's Premier Su Tseng-chang said the island represented "freedom and democracy," and that "the evil neighbor next door flexed its muscles on our doorstep and arbitrarily sabotaged (one of) the busiest waterways in the world with military exercises."
The skies and waters around Taiwan have become a focal point as Beijing ramps up tensions not only with Taiwan, but with neighboring Japan, which lodged a formal protest with China after five projectiles landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The missiles were among a number launched by Beijing Thursday -- some of which flew over Taiwan -- as Pelosi made her way to Tokyo where she met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday.
China has previously fired missiles into waters surrounding Taiwan -- a democratic island of 24 million that the Chinese Communist Party regards as its territory, despite having never controlled it -- most notably during the Taiwan Strait Crisis in the 1990s.
But missiles flying over the island marked a significant escalation, with US officials warning there may be more to come.
"We anticipated that China might take steps like this -- in fact, I described them for you in quite some detail just the other day," John Kirby, a spokesperson for the US National Security Council, told reporters at the White House on Thursday. "We also expect that these actions will continue and that the Chinese will continue to react in the coming days."
A US aircraft carrier will stay in the area around Taiwan for several more days to "monitor the situation," Kirby added.
On Friday, Kishida said the Chinese military drills were "a serious issue concerning the security of our country and its people" and called for an immediate halt to the exercises. Japan and the US would "work together to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait," he added.
Speaking in Tokyo on Friday, Pelosi accused China of trying "to isolate Taiwan," pointing to the island's exclusion from international groups like the World Health Organization.
"They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there," she said.
She added that her visit to Taiwan had been about maintaining the status quo, not changing it.
Missiles posed 'no risk'
China started military drills around the island on Thursday, firing multiple missiles toward waters near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan the day after Pelosi's departure.
A Chinese military expert confirmed on state broadcaster CCTV that the conventional missiles flew over Taiwan's main island, including airspace covered by Taiwanese defense missiles.
"We hit the targets under the observation of US Aegis combat system, which means the Chinese military has solved the difficulties of hitting long-range targets on waters," said Maj. Gen. Meng Xiangqing, a professor of strategy at the National Defense University in Beijing.
In a statement late Thursday, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the missiles had traveled above the atmosphere and therefore posed no risk to the island.
Authorities did not trigger air raid alerts because they predicted the missiles would land in waters east of Taiwan, the ministry said. The ministry added it would not release further information about the missiles' trajectory to protect its intelligence-gathering capabilities.
Five ballistic missiles are believed to have landed within Japan's EEZ, including four believed to have flown over Taiwan, said Japan's Defense Ministry on Thursday.
"This is a serious problem that concerns Japan's security and the safety of its citizens. We strongly condemn it," Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters during a news conference.
China also sent 22 warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday -- all of which crossed the median line.
It follows similar Chinese incursions a day earlier across the median line.
Thursday's incursions were made by 12 Su-30 fighter jets, eight J-11 fighter jets, and two J-16 fighter jets, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Later Thursday, the ministry said it detected four drones flying over "restricted waters" around the Taiwan-controlled Kinmen islands near mainland China. The ministry said Taiwan's military fired flares to warn the drones away, but did not specify the type or origin of the devices.
On Friday, a spokesperson from Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said the government's English website and the ministry website had both detected a large number of attacks on Tuesday -- the day Pelosi landed in Taiwan. The IP addresses behind the attacks came from China and Russia, among other locations, with the intention of paralyzing the government sites, said the spokesperson.
She added that the websites were back to normal after emergency repair work, but "massive attacks with malicious intent .. by overseas hostile forces" continued on Thursday and Friday.
Disruptions to trade
In a speech on Thursday, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen condemned China's military drills as "irresponsible," saying they marked a "deliberate and continuous escalation of military threats."
"I must emphasize that, we do not seek to escalate conflicts or provoke disputes, but we will firmly defend our sovereignty and national safety, as well as safeguarding democracy and freedom," she added.
She also thanked the Group of Seven, comprised of the world's largest economies, which released a statement on Wednesday voicing concern over China's live-fire exercises and urging Beijing not to change the status quo in the region.
The exercises have also caused disruption to flight and ship schedules, with some international flights canceled and vessels urged to use alternative routes for several ports around the island.
On Tuesday, the Chinese Defense Ministry said it would hold its exercises in six zones around Taiwan, warning ships and aircraft to stay out of the areas during the drills.
The Taiwan Strait is a key trade route for vessels carrying goods between major economies in northeast Asia such as China, Japan, and South Korea, and the rest of world.
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- Combines NewAmsterdam's lead clinical program obicetrapib with Menarini's deep cardiovascular disease and regional expertise
- Total deal value of over €1 billion; including €142.5 million upfront payment and committed R&D funding plus potential milestones and double-digit royalties on net product sales in Europe
- Obicetrapib is a next-generation oral, low-dose and once-daily CETP inhibitor for which promising safety and strong LDL-lowering efficacy has been observed in patients with dyslipidemia through Phase 2b
MIAMI and FLORENCE, Italy and NAARDEN, Netherlands, , June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NewAmsterdam Pharma (NewAmsterdam), a clinical-stage company focused on the research and development of transformative oral therapies for major metabolic diseases, and the Menarini Group (Menarini), an Italy-based, privately held, international pharmaceutical company, today announced an exclusive license agreement for the commercialization of obicetrapib, if approved, in Europe, either as a monotherapy or as part of a fixed dose combination with ezetimibe, for cardiovascular diseases. Obicetrapib is NewAmsterdam's next-generation oral, low-dose and once-daily cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor therapeutic candidate, for which a promising safety and efficacy profile as an LDL-lowering adjunct to maximally tolerated statin therapy in patients with dyslipidemia has been observed through Phase 2b trials. Under the collaboration agreement, NewAmsterdam will retain all rights to commercialize obicetrapib, if approved, in the rest of the world, as well as rights to develop certain forms of obicetrapib for other diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
"We are delighted to enter into this agreement with Menarini," said Michael Davidson, M.D., chief executive officer of NewAmsterdam Pharma. "As we advance obicetrapib through late-stage clinical development, we believe now is the right time to begin laying the groundwork for our global product launch. Menarini is a leading pharmaceutical company with substantial cardiovascular expertise and the greatest share of voice among cardiologists, internists and general practitioners across major European markets, as well as strong relationships with key opinion leaders. We believe they are the right partner to accelerate efforts to maximize the delivery of obicetrapib, upon approval, to the millions of hyperlipidemia patients in Europe who are underserved by existing options."
The collaboration expands Menarini's existing cardiology portfolio of 18 products, which address the most widespread cardiometabolic diseases and aim to prevent and reduce risk factors associated with chronic conditions, with the goal of helping patients restore their quality of life.
"Obicetrapib, if approved, could radically alter the treatment landscape in cardiovascular disease by providing an effective and oral option for hyperlipidemia patients in Europe" said Elcin Barker Ergun, Chief Executive Officer of the Menarini Group. "As a leading company in cardiovascular treatments area, we find it an excellent fit to our portfolio and look forward to collaborating with NewAmsterdam Pharma to advance its development."
Subject to the terms of the agreement, NewAmsterdam will receive an upfront payment of €115 million, as well as €27.5 million in committed R&D funding, for a total of €142.5 million in committed consideration. NewAmsterdam will be eligible to receive up to €863 million in potential clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones, bringing the total potential deal value to €1,005.5 million. In addition, Menarini will pay NewAmsterdam tiered double-digit percentage royalties from the teens to mid-twenties on net sales of obicetrapib in Europe.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, NewAmsterdam will be responsible for further clinical development of obicetrapib and the parties will cooperate in regulatory activities to secure approval for the product. Menarini will be responsible for all commercialization activities in the licensed territory.
"This alliance exemplifies NewAmsterdam's strategy of engaging with the right partner at the right time with the right deal," said Lina Gugucheva, chief business officer of NewAmsterdam Pharma. "In addition to Menarini's strong commercial credentials in the cardiovascular field in Europe, this agreement also brings in proceeds that we expect will substantially fund obicetrapib's development through planned Phase 3 data readouts, while allowing NewAmsterdam to retain substantial participation in the potential commercial opportunity in an important major market."
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Moelis & Company LLC is acting as financial advisor and Covington & Burling LLP is acting as legal advisor to NewAmsterdam Pharma. Goldman Sachs is acting as financial advisor to Menarini.
About Obicetrapib
Obicetrapib is a next-generation oral, low-dose and once-daily CETP inhibitor in development for lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) and preventing major adverse cardiovascular events. More than 100 million people globally are not achieving LDL-c goals despite the current available standard of care. Obicetrapib was previously tested in ROSE and TULIP[1] randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trials. Results from the ROSE trial, presented in November 2021 at the AHA Scientific Sessions, included observations that patients on statin therapy who received 5 mg of obicetrapib saw an LDL-c reduction of 42%. Patients who were part of the 10 mg cohort were observed to experience a 51% reduction versus baseline, while the placebo cohort was observed to experience a 7% reduction versus baseline. Both doses were observed to be well tolerated, with no serious adverse effects in the two cohorts and two serious AEs in the placebo arm. Currently, Obicetrapib is being tested in three Phase 3 trials, BROADWAY, BROOKLYN and PREVAIL, and a secondary Phase 2 trial, ROSE2. These studies are intended to examine obicetrapib as a combination therapy as well as its efficacy in adjunct to diet and a maximally tolerated lipid-lowering therapy, and reduction of major adverse cardiovascular events.
About NewAmsterdam Pharma
NewAmsterdam Pharma is a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to improve patient care in populations with metabolic diseases where traditional therapies have been unsuccessful or are not tolerated. NewAmsterdam is investigating obicetrapib, a next-generation oral, low-dose and once-daily CETP inhibitor, as the preferred LDL-c-lowering therapy for high-risk cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients. Results from NewAmsterdam's ROSE Phase 2b trial (presented at AHA Scientific Sessions in 2021) included observations that patients receiving obicetrapib 10mg experienced reduced LDL-c by 51% versus baseline in patients on statin therapy (vs. a 7% reduction in the placebo arm). Based in the Netherlands, NewAmsterdam was founded in 2019 by the venture capital firm Forbion and John Kastelein, and closed a $196M (€161M) Series A financing in January 2021 led by Forbion, Morningside Ventures and Ascendant BioCapital. For more information, please visit: www.newamsterdampharma.com.
About Menarini
The Menarini Group is a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, with a turnover of over $4 billion and over 17,000 employees. Menarini is focused on therapeutic areas with high unmet needs with products for cardiology, oncology, pneumology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, diabetology, inflammation, and analgesia. With 18 production sites and 9 Research and Development centers, Menarini's products are available in 140 countries worldwide. For further information, please visit www.menarini.com.
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[1] Hovingh, G. K., Kastelein, J. J. P., van Deventer, S. J. H., Round, P., Ford, J., Saleheen, D., Rader, D. J., Brewer, H. B., & Barter, P. J. (2015). Cholesterol ester transfer protein inhibition by TA-8995 in patients with mild dyslipidaemia (TULIP): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial. In The Lancet (Vol. 386, Issue 9992, pp. 452–460). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60158-1
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UK pledges missiles to Ukraine; new US ambassador in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Britain pledged Thursday to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in equipping the embattled nation with advanced weapons for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery.
Western arms have been critical to Ukraine’s success in stymieing Russia’s much larger and better-equipped military during a war now in its 99th day. But as Russian forces closed in on a key city in recent days, the Ukrainian government said its fighters needed better rocket launchers to prevail.
Russian forces continued to pound towns and cities overnight and to tighten their grip on the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk. The U.K. Defense Ministry reported that Russia had captured most of the city, one of two in Luhansk province that had remained under Ukrainian control.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the U.K. would send an unspecified number of M270 launchers, which can fire precision-guided rockets up to 80 kilometers (50 miles). Ukrainian troops will be trained in the U.K. to use the equipment, he said.
The British government says the decision to provide the launchers was coordinated closely with the U.S. government, which said Wednesday that it would supply High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems to Ukraine.
The two missile systems are similar, though the American one has wheels while the British one -- also U.S.-built -- runs on tracks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for more and better weapons and sometimes accused the West of moving too slowly in providing them. After Western-supplied arms helped Ukraine fend off Russian attempts to storm the capital, Moscow shifted its focus to seizing all of eastern Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region.
Military analysts think Russia is hoping to overrun the Donbas before any weapons that might turn the tide arrive. It will take at least three weeks to get the precision U.S. weapons and trained troops onto the battlefield, the Pentagon said. But Defense Undersecretary Colin Kahl said he believes they will arrive in time to make a difference in the fight.
Kyiv also is set to get a diplomatic boost with the formal installation of a new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink was set to hand her credentials to Zelenskyy on Thursday.
Brink will be Washington’s first ambassador in Kyiv since former U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly forced out Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in 2019. Yovanovitch later became a key figure in the first impeachment proceedings against Trump.
Ahead of her Senate confirmation last month, Brink promised senators she would work to make Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “strategic failure.” Her work in Kyiv is expected to focus on coordinating Western weapon shipments.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that Moscow does not trust assurances that Ukraine will not use its new rocket launchers to fire on Russian territory. “We believe that the U.S. is deliberately and diligently pouring fuel on the fire,” he said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called Ukraine’s repeated push for more weapons was a “direct provocation intended to draw the West into the fighting.” He warned that U.S.-supplied multiple rocket launchers would raise the risk of an expanded conflict.
Meanwhile, Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the Donbas and other parts of Ukraine while ground troops made an inching advance in the east,
A regional governor said Russian forces now control 80% of Sievierodonetsk, a city that is key to Moscow’s efforts to complete its capture of the Donbas. Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists have fought in the eastern region for eight years, and the separatists held swaths of territory before the Russian invasion.
The only other city in Luhansk province that the Russians have not yet captured, Lysychansk, is still fully under Ukrainian control, he said, but is likely to be the next target. The two cities are separated by a river.
Moscow’s forces also stormed the town of Komyshuvakha in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, large parts of which are under Russian control, the Ukrainian General Staff said Thursday.
In the western Lviv region, a Russian missile hit rail lines that were a key conduit for supplies of Western weapons and other supplies, officials said.
Zelenskyy has said Ukraine was losing between 60 and 100 soldiers a day in the fighting.
He turned the focus to children in his nightly video address, saying 243 of them have been killed in the war, 446 have been wounded and 139 are missing. The real numbers could be higher, he added, as his government doesn’t have a full picture of areas under Russian occupation.
Zelenskyy also said 200,000 children are among the Ukrainians who have been forcefully taken to Russia and dispersed across that vast country: “The purpose of this criminal policy is not just to steal people but to make those who are deported forget about Ukraine and unable to return.”
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Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Ukraine, and Associated Press reporters around the world contributed to this report.
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DOTHAN, Ala., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (the "Company"), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across five southeastern states, today announced that it will participate in the Raymond James 2022 Diversified Industrials Conference. Members of the Company's management team are scheduled to meet with investors at the conference on August 23, 2022.
About Construction Partners, Inc.
Construction Partners, Inc. is a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company operating across five southeastern states, with 59 hot-mix asphalt plants, 14 aggregate facilities and one liquid asphalt terminal. Publicly funded projects make up the majority of its business and include local and state roadways, interstate highways, airport runways and bridges. The majority of the Company's public projects are maintenance-related. Private sector projects include paving and sitework for office and industrial parks, shopping centers, local businesses and residential developments. To learn more, visit www.constructionpartners.net.
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Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
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Turkey’s Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia for first time in years, seeking to mend ties
By Jomana Karadsheh and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Jeddah on Thursday, marking his first visit to the country since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Erdogan is seeking to mend ties with Saudi Arabia amid economic challenges in his country ahead of next year’s elections.
The President was accompanied by his wife, Emine, along with several Turkish officials on a two-day official visit to the country, the Turkish presidency said in a statement. He was welcomed with an official ceremony by King Salman.
Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 triggered a global outcry against the kingdom and its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Turkish officials said Khashoggi, a prominent critic of bin Salman, was killed and dismembered inside the consulate in an operation that had been approved by the “highest levels” in Riyadh. The accusations strained ties between the two regional powers, leading to an unofficial Saudi boycott of Turkish goods, which has slashed Ankara’s exports to the kingdom by 90%, Reuters reported.
Last year, US intelligence assessed that the Crown Prince himself approved the operation. He has denied the allegation.
Earlier this month, a Turkish court ruled that the trial in absentia of 26 suspects accused of killing Khashoggi could be moved to Saudi Arabia, in a move that could effectively end the case.
In March, a Turkish prosecutor requested the nearly two-year-old trial be halted and transferred to Saudi Arabia because arrest warrants for the suspects could not be executed, and their statements could not be taken.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP is investigating whether Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. ("Bed Bath" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BBBY) complied with federal securities laws.
If you purchased or sold Bed Bath & Beyond securities between August 15, 2022 and August 19, 2022, please call Gregory Stone at (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774, email gstone@whafh.com or submit this form:
On March 6, 2022, through his investment firm RC Ventures LLC, Ryan Cohen, the billionaire co-founder of Chewy Inc. who also serves as chairman of GameStop Corp., sent a letter to Bed Bath & Beyond' s board which announced that he owned a 9.8% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond and in which he criticized the Company's management. On this news Bed Bath & Beyond stock to closed 34% higher on March 7, 2022 compared to its close on March 4, 2022, the previous trading day, on extremely heavy trading volume. On March 25, 2022, Bed Bath & Beyond added three new directors appointed by Ryan Cohen's investment firm, RC Ventures LLC.
On August 15, 2022, Ryan Cohen, through his investment firm RC Ventures LLC, announced in an SEC filing purchases of over one million January 2023 call options with exercise prices at $60, $75, and $80-significantly higher than Bed Bath & Beyond shares were trading. On this news, Bed Bath & Beyond stock closed 29% higher.
Then, on August 18, 2022, Ryan Cohen, through his investment firm RC Ventures LLC, announced that he would sell his entire stake in Bed Bath & Beyond. Also on August 18, 2022, Bloomberg published an article entitled "Bed Bath & Beyond Taps Kirkland & Ellis for Help Addressing Debt Load" which revealed the Company hired a law firm for help with its debt.
On this news, Bed Bath & Beyond shares fell $4.53 per share, or 19%, to close at $18.55 per share on August 18, 2022. Bed Bath & Beyond shares continued to drop on August 19, 2022, falling $7.52 per share, or 40%, from its August 18, 2022 close, to close at $11.03 per share.
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
If you wish to discuss this investigation, or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this situation, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735, via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com, or visit our website at www.whafh.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Carolina Herrera breathed spring back to life at Monday’s New York Fashion Week show with a romantic portrayal of nature and beauty, accentuating that the brand’s modern and striking feminine aesthetics work for every woman throughout the seasons and decades.
Inspired by one of his favorite childhood novels, “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, designer Wes Gordon said that “in a world that can be dark and scary and unpredictable, it’s okay for some things to just be pure joy and beauty.”
“That’s what this morning was about,” he added.
The Plaza Hotel ballroom’s grand elegance boomed with Barbara Streisand’s classic “Funny Girl” hit “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” complementing the romantic bliss emanating from the maximalist hand-painted tea roses and peonies gowns, mini-dresses and matching bucket hats and denim jumpsuits worn by models adorned with a classic crimson red lip and, in some cases, chunky, droopy earrings.
“I really created a palette of five beautiful floral prints, that I reimagined in lots of different scales and colorways,” Gordon said. “I view this collection as a garden.”
Gordon and his team skillfully handcrafted a multitude of looks starting with the opening gown, a striped cotton blouse paired with a taffeta ball skirt, illustrating a whimsical high-class gardener vibe in line with true Herrera fashion.
Models Stella Maxwell and Karlie Kloss each had two separate looks. Maxwell shined in a mini yellow taxicab-colored floral dress while Kloss’ height accentuated her second look, a long sleeve, yellow peony trench gown.
Sitting in the front row were Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart and singers Ellie Goulding, Sabrina Carpenter and Becky G.
Standout pieces included a bold dramatic body-hugging column dress with a large rosette sleeve, which was seen on actress Kate Hudson the previous night at the Toronto Film Festival. Another eye-catching moment featured a mini yellow tent dress that almost looked like it was floating on the model.
But the showstopper was Precious Lee’s closing gown, a strapless, bodysuit black silk chiffon dress trimmed with tulle. Lee held the extravagant train with her hands as she closed the show.
Gordon emphasized that Herrera’s ability to evolve each season is because of the brand’s ability to listen, specifically to women.
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Zelenskyy gets John F Kennedy award for defending democracy
BOSTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy.
Zelenskyy was chosen because of the way he has “marshaled the spirit, patriotism and untiring sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in a life-or-death fight for their country,” as Russia pours in troops and assaults cities and towns, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said.
The foundation said four U.S. officials were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections, as the system is challenged in ways it has never been before.
They are: Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Fulton County, Georgia, elections worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.
Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the awards May 22 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. The award was created by the family of the late president to honor public figures who risk their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good, and is named after Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Profiles in Courage.”
“There is no more important issue facing our country, and the world, today than the fight for democracy,” Kennedy said in a statement. “The war in Ukraine has shown the world that we can’t take freedom for granted, and the courage of our elected officials in the U.S. reminds us that as citizens we each have a responsibility to protect our democracy and exercise our fundamental right to vote.”
Cheney chaired the Republican House Conference before being ousted from her post last year because of her unrelenting criticism of former President Donald Trump and statements blaming him for the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The foundation said Cheney “broke with most in her party, urged fidelity to the Constitution, and stood her ground with honor and conviction,” and that she has remained a “consistent and courageous voice in defense of democracy.”
Michigan was one of the battleground states where Trump allies demanded further review of the 2020 election. Benson defended the certification of the results.
Protestors showed up at her home one evening in December 2020, angry about what they incorrectly said was voter fraud leading to Trump’s loss. The foundation said Benson defended the will of Michigan voters, repeatedly refused to back down from fulfilling the duties of her office and continues to speak out about the risks to free and fair elections.
Bowers, a Republican, broke ranks with many in his party in December 2020 when he rejected a request from Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani for the Arizona Legislature to step in and replace electors legally pledged for Joe Biden with others who would support Trump.
The foundation said Bowers made a “decision of conscience,” for which he endured persistent harassment and intimidation tactics from Trump supporters, and he acted again to protect the integrity of Arizona elections by stopping a wide-ranging election bill that would eliminate nearly all forms of early voting and require ballots to be counted by hand, though Republicans are still trying to pass these changes.
Moss has worked for the Fulton County elections department since 2012 and supervised the absentee ballot operation during the 2020 election. Trump allies falsely claimed she engaged in ballot fraud. The foundation said “despite the onslaught of random, undeserved and malicious attacks,” Moss continues to do the “hard and unseen work to run our democracy.”
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LiveOne Recognized Alongside Amazon Music, Apple Music, SiriusXM, Spotify, YouTube Music
LOS ANGELES, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveOne (Nasdaq: LVO), a creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events, today announced that it has been recognized as one of the "Best Android Music Apps for 2022" by PC Mag. The recognition puts LiveOne alongside other music streaming notables like Amazon Music, Apple Music, SiriusXM, Spotify and YouTube Music.
PC Mag stated: "Curated channels, smart DJ hosts, and an overall slick design make [LiveOne] one of our top choices for music streaming services."
"Being recognized as a best Android music app by PC Magazine is a major honor," said Robert Ellin, Chairman and CEO of LiveOne. "PC Mag represents everything relevant in the tech and entertainment world, and their praise is the ultimate validation for our app and platform. As we continue to broaden our flywheel, we know that the best of curated entertainment starts and ends with LiveOne."
The last two years, PC Mag also recognized LiveOne as one of the top 10 "Best Online Music Streaming Services" and "one of the most complete streaming music services on the market today," and LiveOne has received PC Mag's Editors' Choice Award.
LiveOne is the first talent-centric platform focused on superfans and building long-term franchises in on-demand audio and video, podcasting, vodcasting, OTT linear channels, pay-per-view, NFTs, and livestreaming. Its unique model includes multiple monetization paths including subscription, advertising, sponsorship, merchandise sales, licensing, and ticketing.. For more information about LiveOne, please visit www.liveone.com.
About LiveOne, Inc.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, LiveOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVO) (the "Company") is a creator-first, music, entertainment and technology platform focused on delivering premium experiences and content worldwide through memberships and live and virtual events. As of April 1, 2022, the Company has accrued a paid and free membership base of over 2.23 million**, streamed over 2,900 artists, has a library of 30 million songs, 600 curated radio stations, nearly 270 podcasts/vodcasts, hundreds of pay-per-views, personalized merchandise, released music-related NFTs, and created a valuable connection between fans, brands, and bands. The Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries include Slacker Radio, React Presents, Gramophone Media, Palm Beach Records, Custom Personalization Solutions, LiveXLive, PPVOne and PodcastOne, which generates more than 2.48 billion downloads per year and 300+ episodes distributed per week across its stable of top-rated podcasts. LiveOne is available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and through OTT, STIRR, and XUMO. For more information, visit www.liveone.com and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter at @liveone.
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** Included in the total number of paid members for the reported periods are certain members which are the subject of a contractual dispute. LiveOne is currently not recognizing revenue related to these members.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invitation to attend Vitrolife's conference call regarding presentation of the interim report January – June 2022. The presentation will be held in English.
Time: Friday 15 July, 2022 at 10.00 a.m. CET.
Registration can preferably be done 10-15 minutes before the conference start time on:
Sweden dial in number: +46 (0)8 5664 2754
International dial in number: +44 (0)330 165 3641
Conference name: Vitrolife AB, Interim Report January – June 2022
Conference code: 5371726
Passcode: 551839
Vitrolife participants:
Thomas Axelsson, CEO
Patrik Tolf, CFO
The press release for Vitrolife's interim report will be released at 8.00 CET on the same day.
Before the conference call, presentation material will be available at the company web page, https://www.vitrolife.com/investors/Presentations/
A recorded version of the telephone conference will be available for seven days on number
+44 (0)20 3859 5407 (International), access code 5371726.
Gothenburg, 5 July 2022
VITROLIFE AB (publ)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer challenged the next generation of Army soldiers on Saturday to prepare America’s military to fight future wars that may look little like the wars of today.
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, painted a grim picture of a world that is becoming more unstable, with great powers intent on changing the global order. He told graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that they will bear the responsibility to make sure America is ready.
“The world you are being commissioned into has the potential for significant international conflict between great powers. And that potential is increasing, not decreasing,” Milley told the cadets. “Whatever overmatch we, the United States, enjoyed militarily for the last 70 years is closing quickly, and the United States will be, in fact, we already are challenged in every domain of warfare, space, cyber, maritime, air, and of course land.”
America, he said, is no longer the unchallenged global power. Instead, it is being tested in Europe by Russian aggression, in Asia by China’s dramatic economic and military growth as well as North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, and in the Middle East and Africa by instability from terrorists.
Drawing a parallel with what military officials are seeing in Russia’s war on Ukraine, Milley said future warfare will be highly complex, with elusive enemies and urban warfare that requires long-range precision weapons, and new advanced technologies.
The U.S. has already been rushing new, high-tech drones and other weapons to the Ukrainian military — in some cases equipment that was just in the early prototype phases. Weapons such as the shoulder-launched kamikaze Switchblade drones are being used against the Russians, even as they are still evolving.
And as the war in Ukraine has shifted — from Russia’s unsuccessful battle to take Kyiv to a gritty urban battle for towns in the eastern Donbas region — so has the need for different types of weapons. Early weeks focused on long-range precision weapons such as Stinger and Javelin missiles, but now the emphasis is on artillery, and increased shipments of howitzers.
And over the next 25 to 30 years, the fundamental character of war and its weapons will continue to change.
The U.S. military, Milley said, can’t cling to concepts and weapons of old, but must urgently modernize and develop the force and equipment that can deter or, if needed, win in a global conflict. And the graduating officers, he said, will have to change the way U.S. forces think, train and fight.
As the Army’s leaders of tomorrow, Milley said, the newly minted 2nd lieutenants will be fighting with robotic tanks, ships and airplanes, and relying on artificial intelligence, synthetic fuels, 3-D manufacturing and human engineering.
“It will be your generation that will carry the burden and shoulder the responsibility to maintain the peace, to contain and to prevent the outbreak of great power war,” he said.
In stark terms, Milley described what failing to prevent wars between great powers looks like.
“Consider for a moment that 26,000 — 26,000 — soldiers and Marines were killed in only six weeks from October to November of 1918 in the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne in World War I,” Milley said. “Consider also that 26,000 U.S. troops were killed in the eight weeks in the summer of 1944 from the beaches of Normandy to the liberation of Paris.”
Recalling the 58,000 Americans killed in just the summer of 1944 as World War II raged, he added, “That is the human cost of great-power war. The butcher’s bill.”
Thinking back to his own graduation, Milley paraphrased a popular Bob Dylan song from the time: “We can feel the light breeze in the air. And right now as we sit here on the plain at West Point, we can see the storm flags fluttering in the wind. We can hear in the distance the loud clap of thunder. The hard rain is about to fall.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/top-military-officer-says-us-needs-new-high-tech-weapons-for-future-wars-we-are-already-challenged/ | 2022-05-21T18:59:07Z |
Liby Lentz and Andy Andress bring Decades of Education and Strategic Management Experience to the Highly Respected Medical Career College
TUCSON, Ariz., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pima Medical Institute announced new leadership by naming Liby Lentz as President and Andy Andress as Chief Executive Officer of the medical career college. The two bring a breadth of knowledge and decades of experience as they lead Pima Medical and continue the mission of improving the quality of people's lives by providing the best value in medical career education.
Lentz has been with Pima Medical for nearly three decades as Human Resources Director, with an extensive background in all areas of human resources, including team development and employee relations. She developed an HR department responsible for the implementation of several innovative employee programs, which have contributed significantly to the growth and long-term success of Pima Medical and its more than 1,300 employee-owners.
"Liby has a comprehensive understanding of Pima Medical and our company ethos, which makes her invaluable in her new role," said Richard Luebke, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Pima Medical Institute. "Since joining Pima Medical, Liby has consistently demonstrated her ability to lead and has been instrumental in advancing our mission to serve our students and our employees. I am confident this will continue under her leadership."
In her previous role as Vice President, HR Director, Lentz has been instrumental in developing and growing Pima Medical's employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).
"I am honored to carry on the employee-owned culture that was created by the Luebke family," said Lentz. "As employee owners, each one of us is truly invested in student outcomes and our company growth. It is central to my leadership approach and the continued upward trajectory of Pima Medical."
Lentz is a graduate of the University of Arizona and earned her Master of Arts in Human Resources Management from the University of Phoenix.
Andress joins Pima Medical from Brightstar Care, a leading national franchise of home healthcare and medical staffing, where he was Senior Vice President. Prior to being named Pima Medical's CEO, he also served as Chief Operating Officer at DeVry Medical International, a provider of medical and veterinary education and subsidiary of Adtalem Global Education group.
Andress has a proven record of applying analytical approaches to drive positive results across a diverse range of industries.
"Andy brings with him a versatile skillset in both education and healthcare," added Luebke. "His collaborative approach to leadership, combined with his data-driven, strategic thinking will surely help to guide us as we move into this exciting new chapter for Pima Medical."
"I am looking forward to working alongside Liby and the entire leadership team here at Pima Medical," said Andress. "I am confident that my years of experience in both the corporate and education sectors puts me in a position to continue the company's successful growth. 50 years is an impressive milestone and I look forward to serving our students and employees as we chart a course for the next 50 years."
Andress is a graduate of Skidmore College and earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Andress and Lentz succeed past President and CEO Fred Freedman, who retired in April after more than 20 years with Pima Medical.
Founded in 1972 in Tucson, Ariz., Pima Medical is a trusted provider of quality medical career education. Pima Medical students are respected as some of the most qualified professionals in their fields and are often employed at preferred hospitals, clinics and facilities in their communities.
For more information on Pima Medical go to pmi.edu.
Pima Medical Institute is an employee-owned, private, accredited school dedicated to providing students classroom studies paired with real-world training at medical facilities. Established in 1972, Pima Medical Institute helps students become career ready, focusing exclusively on healthcare professions, including medical, dental and veterinary fields. Curriculum includes certificate, associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs.
Pima Medical Institute operates 17 campuses as well as an extensive online curriculum. The medical career college has a presence in eight western states with the following ground locations: Albuquerque, N.M.; Tucson, Phoenix and two campuses in Mesa, Ariz.; Aurora, Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo.; Seattle and Renton, Wash.; Las Vegas, N.V.; Houston, El Paso and San Antonio, Texas; Chula Vista and San Marcos, Calif.; and Dillon, Mont. For more information and a complete list of programs offered at each campus, visit pmi.edu or call 1-888-442-5998.
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If Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who lost her House primary last week, decides to embark on a presidential run in 2024 as an independent, she could end up hurting President Biden’s chances of reelection more than Trump’s, according to a new Yahoo News/You Gov poll.
After Cheney lost her reelection bid for the House to Trump-backed GOP candidate Harriet Hageman, she said she has political ambitions that go past Congress.
“That’s a decision that I’m going to make in the coming months, and I’m not going to make any announcements here this morning. But it is something that I am thinking about, and I’ll make a decision in the coming months,” Cheney said after her loss when asked about a potential White House bid.
She later told Politico she is “not at all focused” on specifics of a 2024 run, keeping open the possibility she could run as an independent.
The poll found that in a standoff between Trump and Biden without Cheney, Biden would lead Trump by 4 points among registered voters.
However, if it is a race among Trump, Biden and Cheney, with Cheney running as an independent, the poll found she would end up pulling more votes away from Biden.
In a three-way matchup in the poll, Trump jumped to the lead, beating Biden by more than 8 points.
Cheney could also, of course, challenge Trump as a Republican and seek to damage him in a primary to the extent that he cannot survive a general election.
Cheney, the top Republican on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, is Trump’s most vocal GOP critic on Capitol Hill.
She has said numerous times Trump is unfit for office, while he has painted Cheney as a “RINO,” Republican in name only, saying she has turned her back on her party. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/cheney-independent-presidential-run-would-hurt-biden-more-than-trump-poll/ | 2022-08-25T00:43:17Z |
Top contractor learning and networking event heads to Tucson, Arizona in January 2023
SEATTLE, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Business Development Resources (BDR), the training and business coaching authority for home services industry professionals, will host two jam-packed days of impactful keynote talks, breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and more for top contractors in the industry at SPARK 2023 Jan. 11-14 in Tucson, Arizona.
"SPARK 2023 is a powerful opportunity for contractors to cultivate new ideas, learn to communicate with younger generations, and collaborate with their peers," said Bruce Wiseman, president and owner of BDR. "Based on the success of the first SPARK event in San Antonio earlier this year, we're confident that we've developed a unique program that inspires and empowers the leaders in our industry."
At SPARK, contractors will be presented with opportunities to build significant industry connections and learn key areas of focus for their business in the current economic climate.
The event is headlined by keynote sessions from experts in leadership and team member engagement. Clint Pulver, professional drummer turned employee retention expert, will kick off the event with an electrifying opening presentation. Lt. Col. Waldo "The Wingman" Waldman, executive coach and author of the New York Times bestseller "Never Fly Solo," will deliver a powerful closing keynote.
SPARK 2023 also features time to enjoy activities in Tucson, a golf tournament, and great food and drinks – all in a uniquely Southwest setting. Held at the El Conquistador Tucson, guests will get to experience the colors, textures, and awe-inspiring views of the Sonoran Desert.
The inaugural SPARK event in San Antonio hosted representatives from 95 home service businesses with a combined annual revenue of $500 million.
For more information, including registration options and a preliminary agenda, visit https://www.bdrco.com/spark/.
BDR (Business Development Resources) is the premier provider of business training and coaching to HVAC contractors and distributors, established in 1998. BDR's Profit Coach program has a membership of 600 leading contractors. Ten thousand HVAC professionals across North America attend BDR training courses annually. Nearly 1,000 industry professionals attend Profit Launch, BDR's planning workshop. For more information, please visit www.bdrco.com.
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. , June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Circa has signed an agreement with partner ThisWay® Global to leverage IBM's App Connect Enterprise in order to help medium to enterprise sized companies with their diversity recruiting and compliance requirements.
ThisWay Global recently announced its embedded approach for the IBM relationship, which ensued by way of participating in a Google Startup Accelerator Program in September 2021. ThisWay was one of 12 North American startups selected, and Circa is one of a few companies selected by ThisWay to be included in the IBM opportunity.
Circa is a reseller of ThisWay's Diversity Sourcing & Matching engine, an intuitive and automated recruitment tool that helps to authentically remove bias and quickly match employers to 169 million candidates from diverse community databases. This new relationship with IBM's App Connect Enterprise software enables Circa to easily integrate with and offer diversity recruiting, sourcing and compliance solutions to companies within a single platform.
"We wouldn't have been able to participate in this cutting-edge, modern technology had it not been for our partnership with ThisWay Global," said Patrick Sheahan, Circa CEO. "Circa has had great success bundling the diversity sourcing product with its recruiting and compliance solutions, giving HR and recruiting professionals one platform to work within. Now with the opportunity to be part of IBM's EcoSystem, companies will have seamless, secure access to Circa's products within their current workflows. Never before has this been possible."
Using ThisWay's Recruitment Process AutomationTM technology (RPA), a recruiter or hiring manager can simplify and improve the traditional hiring process by removing pain points associated with talent sourcing and matching through the use of Automated Intelligence. It also combines specific machine learning and data security with the powerful ability to match applicants to opportunities based on more than 1,000 data points. ThisWay is also developing a new product feature, referred to as the Universal Integration Platform (UIP), which will allow HR professionals to save hundreds of hours with procurement, vendors, and eventually the software itself through system integrations and workflow automations. These solutions increase customer compliance, efficiency, and the accurate matching of qualified talent, while simultaneously increasing diversity and inclusion. Circa's diversity recruiting solutions are proven to deliver 2.5 times more candidates than the industry job board average, and the diversity sourcing product, powered by ThisWay Global, delivers 300 passive candidates per job in a matter of seconds.
Circa provides SaaS-based OFCCP compliance management and recruiting technology solutions to deliver qualified candidates on a level, equitable playing field that meet organizations' needs to build high-performing, diverse teams. Circa helps reach even more underrepresented groups with the country's largest network of community-based organizations and niche job board sites, including DiversityJobs.
Circa's Diversity Sourcing Powered by ThisWay Global is a powerful matching platform where companies can connect with diverse candidates from 8,500+ online diverse communities. Every candidate is matched against every open position with a focus on their skills and experience so that employers can find the best individual instantly and without bias. The powerful Sourcing & Matching technology instantly delivers 300 passive candidates matched to a specific job description, thereby saving recruiters hours of time searching other online databases, such as LinkedIn.
IBM's App Connect Enterprise delivers an automated approach to integration designed to reduce development complexity and speed time to value, empowering businesses to connect applications and data no matter where they reside, be it on-cloud or on-premises with security.
"In 2015, we identified that the single greatest challenge in the HR tech industry was integrations, or more the lack of them." Angela Hood, CEO and founder of ThisWay Global said. "The number one question we're constantly asked is: 'Do you integrate?' It is mission critical for HR professionals to utilize system integrations, and we're hyper focused now more than ever on making this happen for our customers. Circa leads with diversity and its products are best in class, and we're thrilled to have them aboard."
About Circa
Circa is a catalyst for 21st century companies to build high-performing diverse teams based on research that shows companies want to shift from diversity as a program to diversity as a business strategy. The companies' robust portfolio of software solutions and unparalleled industry expertise give employers the tools and knowledge they need to radically change how they approach talent acquisition and management. The company was founded in 1994, has 5,000+ customers, 15,500 community partner relationships and in 2019 posted 5M+ jobs through its network of 600+ online employment websites. Circaworks.com
About ThisWay Global:
Founded by Angela Hood in University of Cambridge's ideaSpace, ThisWay Global is a WBENC certified, VC-backed, Google accelerated HR tech industry leader that matches all people to all jobs instantly and without bias. Using proprietary technology, ThisWay's network has performed over 15.5 trillion matching events, providing companies and governments with technology to reduce bias and increase diversity across all industries. ThisWay Global is headquartered in the booming tech hub of Austin, Texas, with offices in Silicon Valley and Boston. To learn more or to schedule a demo, visit thiswayglobal.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Although Democrats already control the Senate by the narrowest of margins, there isn’t enough support within their caucus to change the filibuster rule, which allows any member to block legislation unless it receives 60 votes. But Biden’s statement was the latest indication that, if the party picks up a few more seats in the midterm elections in November, Democrats could seize the opportunity to pass legislation creating a nationwide right to abortion.
“If the filibuster gets in the way, it’s like voting rights,” Biden said, referencing the rare other issue where he supports sidestepping the rule. Speaking during a news conference in Madrid, where he was attending a NATO summit, the Democratic president said there should be an “exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision.”
Democrats hold 50 seats in the 100-person Senate, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to break ties when she presides over the Senate. It would take 51 votes to change the filibuster rule.
But at least two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, don’t support changing the filibuster rule. They also blocked an effort to protect voting rights earlier this year, dealing a defeat to Biden and Democrats who said the legislation was vital to protecting democracy.
Harris said earlier this week that “the votes don’t exist” for changing the filibuster now.
“Why are we talking about hypotheticals?” she told NPR.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who was also attending the NATO summit in Madrid, said Thursday that it’s not practical to expect “massive institutional change” because of opposition to filibuster changes within the caucus.
“This is not the political environment to be looking for that,” he said.
With Biden unpopular and inflation continuing to rise, Republicans are poised to make gains in the November elections and perhaps retake control of Congress. Democrats have been grasping for a message that would change the course of the election, and they’ve increasingly emphasized to voters that they need at least two more seats in the Senate to make progress on key issues.
During a Los Angeles fundraiser last month, Biden said “we need two more senators” because some members of the caucus are “slowing up what we’re able to do.”
Now the Supreme Court ruling on abortion has increased that pressure. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a leading progressive voice in the party, recently pointed to races in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as the best options for Democrats to flip Republican-held seats.
“We get two more senators on the Democratic side, two senators who are willing to protect access to abortion and get rid of the filibuster so that we can pass it,” she told ABC News this weekend. “And, yes, John Fetterman, I’m looking at you in Pennsylvania. Mandela Barnes, I’m looking at you in Wisconsin. We bring them in, then we’ve got the votes, and we can protect every woman, no matter where she lives.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., endorsed a similar step in a letter to colleagues on Monday.
“It is essential that we protect and expand our pro-choice majorities in the House and Senate in November so that we can eliminate the filibuster so that we can restore women’s fundamental rights — and freedom for every American,” she wrote.
The president has been under pressure to take as much executive action as possible to protect abortion rights, although his options are limited. Biden said he’s meeting Friday with governors to talk about abortion and “I’ll have announcements to make then.”
During Thursday’s news conference, Biden harshly criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion and reiterated his warnings that other constitutional protections could be at risk.
“One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of the United States in overruling not only Roe v. Wade but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Biden’s comments were “below the dignity of the president,” and that the “attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous.”
“He’s upset that the court said the people, through their elected representatives, will have a say on abortion policy,” McConnell said in a statement. “That does not destabilize democracy — it affirms it. By contrast, it is behavior like the president’s that undermines equal justice and the rule of law.”
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This story has been corrected to show Biden said he’d back an exception to the filibuster, not eliminating the filibuster. | https://cw33.com/health/ap-health/biden-backs-filibuster-exception-to-protect-abortion-access/ | 2022-07-01T00:14:49Z |
During times of economic hardship, the national non-profit organization supports its animal welfare partners serving communities and pet families.
SAN ANTONIO, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic turbulence affects pets, too. And during times of financial strain and uncertainty, Petco Love stands strong supporting animal welfare organizations, pets, and pet families to help keep them healthy and safe. To this end, Petco Love has announced $15 million in grant investments to its hundreds of animal welfare partners across the U.S.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations across the U.S., with 6.5 million pets adopted — and counting.
Economic uncertainty and hardship doubly impact our nation's animal welfare organizations, and the toll can be dire. Not only do they face supply chain challenges, worker shortages, and inflation's ripple effects, but challenging times actually increase the need for their services.
As families face financial hardship, animal welfare organizations are overwhelmed with requests for help, and these same financial pressures result in decreased donations when they are most needed. Without community support of volunteers, fosters, and donations, animal shelters are on the brink of critical situations, with some facing the prospect of euthanizing pets due to lack of resources.
"Petco Love's investment strategy prioritizes grant funding to the hardest working under-resourced organizations with a relentless determination to save pet lives. Our commitment to a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized means we must support our partners' lifesaving work particularly during the difficult times when they need us most," said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love.
Petco Love's lifesaving support is powered by resilient pet parents who not only take incredible care of their pets, but they shop with a spirit of generosity helping others in need with a donation to Petco Love.
In addition to Petco Love's grant investment support to on-the-ground programs that mitigate the effects of economic downturns, Petco Love provides direct resources to keep pets healthy and to stay with their loving families, including the following:
- Petco Love Lost, a searchable national pet lost and found database — which is fast, free and easy to use. With 1 in 3 pets going missing in their lifetime, Petco Love Lost can be used by anyone who loses or finds a pet and seeks to reunite pets directly with their families;
- Free pet vaccines that give pets their best shot at healthy lives by preventing deadly diseases such as parvo, distemper, and panleukopenia. Since August 2021, Petco Love has provided more than 800,000 family pets with these vaccinations to create healthy pet communities.
In making this $15 million investment in animal welfare organizations that steward the philosophy of love and respect for animals, Petco Love hopes to galvanize pet parents, caretakers, and the communities in which they live to also take action to make the world a better, safer, more caring place for all pets. And during times of economic hardship, this goal is more critical than ever.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we've empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $330 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We've helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide.
Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
Contact: Petco Love, media@petcolove.org
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YICHANG, China, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Angel Yeast (en.angelyeast.com) (SH600298) attended the 2022 International Forum on Food Safety and Health (2022 IFoFSH), organized by the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, on June 23. The company announced plans to vigorously promote the industrialization of its yeast protein in an effort to address the impact of the growing global food crisis on society as well as the animal husbandry sector. To date, Angel has promoted its yeast protein globally for use in meal-replacement powder, drinks powder, sports nutrition supplements, as well as in other fields.
"The global population is expected to grow to 9.7 billion by 2050, according to the United Nations, and the gap between food access and population growth will grow increasingly evident, with a projected protein deficit of 250 million tons by 2050," said Qin Xianwu, Chief Quality Officer and Chief Engineer at Angel Yeast, during the conference. "With the rapid deterioration of the global climate, we are seeing increased deforestation as people look to snap up more arable land, as well as growing demand for meat, which in turn is accelerating the consumption of cereal grains. This, along with greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, means that building a sustainable, high-quality protein supply model has become an urgent matter."
"Angel Yeast will persist with its promotion of the industrialization of yeast protein while developing sustainable and more efficient yeast alternative proteins to help the world cope with the next global food crisis," Qin added. "Yeast protein tech is predicted to become the primary means of protecting the Earth's food supply in the future. It presents an alternative solution with advantages such as low resource consumption, high efficiency, environmental sustainability, and comprehensive nutritional value."
A sustainable, efficient, and green alternative protein source
Compared with animal protein, yeast protein has been found to be more environmentally friendly with reduced carbon emissions. A study published in the journal Nature found that annual deforestation and associated carbon dioxide emissions could be halved by replacing a mere 20 percent of beef production with yeast protein. At the same time, methane emissions would also be lowered. Compared to plant proteins, yeast-based alternatives require less arable land, and seasonal or climatic factors do not affect production efficiency. They also save on using pesticides or antibiotics, thereby avoiding the genetic modification issues associated with plant protein substitution. Yeast protein production is efficient. Some 1000 kg of yeast, soybeans, and cows that are cultured for 24 hours can produce a protein yield of 2000 kg, 10 kg, and 1 kg, laying bare the clear advantages of yeast protein.
Rich nutritional value
Compared with plant proteins, yeast-based alternatives are more nutritious. "Yeast protein contains eight essential amino acids that are full-valent proteins, while yeast protein is rich in lysine, typically the first limiting amino acid in plant protein. " said Qin. "Research on yeast protein shows it can have a significantly positive effect on muscle building and regulation of intestinal microbes."
Research and Applications
Angel currently carries out research on the selection and breeding of high protein yeast strains. This can contribute toward the company realizing batch production of high purity yeast protein while successfully applying it in fields like condiments, meat products, plant-based meat, dairy beverages, and nutritional foods.
Angel has also made good progress in developing technology for using yeast protein in vegetarian meat processing and vegetarian meat flavorings. The company has successfully used yeast protein to replace soy protein in vegetarian meat preparation. It can also help compensate for the lack of some essential amino acids (methionine and lysine) in vegetable proteins and improve the overall nutritional value of vegetarian meat products.
The company has built 12 yeast production lines at home and abroad to date, providing sufficient capacity to support yeast protein production. Angel boasts a production line with annual capacity of 10,000 tons of yeast protein, forming a closed-loop industry chain of "molasses, hydrolyzed sugar - yeast - yeast protein - yeast fermentation liquid - fertilizer - crops".
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SEATTLE, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SportsArt, a leader in socially responsible fitness solutions for over 40 years, has been selected by Astore - Accor Group's Procurement Organization - to become a global preferred vendor outfitting their fitness centers with SportsArt's patented ECO-POWR™ cardio equipment. One of only four fitness suppliers selected by Accor, both brands share a similar mission to promote environmental sustainability and offer socially conscious options to help create a better tomorrow.
"We're excited to provide Accor Group's properties and the partners of Astore Procurement with integrations and applications that will give their hotels even more opportunities to inspire the health and wellness of their guests and our planet," states Ruben Mejia, executive vice president, SportsArt Americas. "All ECO-POWR™ cardio products convert up to 74% of human energy into usable electricity. That means, one hour of working out with an ECO-POWR™ machine can produce enough electricity to power a desktop computer for 2.4 hours. Both SportsArt and Accor have the same mission and goals, so I couldn't be happier to enter this partnership."
The multi-year partnership began earlier this month in all of Accor Hotel's markets including Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe as well as North & South America. In recent months, Accor's Chief Sustainability Officer has stated that Accor is building a company that contributes to the environment more than it takes from the environment. This partnership will prove to enhance the sustainability goals of both companies.
"Sustainability has been a part of our DNA since our genesis," stated Giovanni Berselli, Sales Director, EMEA at SportsArt. "All of our initiatives have been developed to try to make the world better. SportsArt shares this value with Accor Hotel group, so creating this partnership has been easy. Now it's time to give back to the planet thanks to Accor's guests through the use of SportsArt's ECO-POWR™️ equipment."
In 2021, Accor accelerated the use of green (wind and solar) energy, with Procurement solutions accelerating new partnerships and suppliers. Accor signed the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism launched by the UN World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) on November 4, 2021. So far, more than 300 public and private tourism organizations have agreed to halve their emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the common stock of Natera, Inc. ("Natera" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NTRA) between February 26, 2020 and April 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Natera offers genetic testing in the areas of women's health, oncology, and organ health. Among other things, the Company produces and markets a non-invasive prenatal test ("NIPT") called "Panorama," and a screening test for kidney transplant failure called "Prospera." Throughout the Class Period, Defendants repeatedly assured investors that Panorama was reliable, that Prospera was more accurate than competing tests, and that Natera's growth was driven by its superior technology and customer experience.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants' statements were materially false and misleading when made because: (1) Panorama was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) Prospera did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of Defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; and (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth.
On January 1, 2022, The New York Times published a detailed report calling into question the accuracy of certain prenatal tests manufactured by Natera and other diagnostic testing companies. The New York Times reported that Natera's positive results for several genetic disorders were incorrect more than 80 percent of the time. On this news, the price of Natera common stock fell $5.35 per share, or approximately 6% over two trading days, from a close of $93.39 per share on December 31, 2021, to close at $88.04 per share on January 4, 2022.
Less than two weeks later, on January 14, 2022, the Campaign for Accountability – a nonprofit watchdog group – filed a complaint with the SEC requesting an investigation as to whether "Natera repeatedly claimed – in marketing materials and earnings calls – that [its] tests are much more reliable than it appears they really are." On this news, the price of Natera common stock fell $6.29 per share, or more than 9%, from a close of $67.37 per share on January 14, 2022, to close at $61.08 per share on January 18, 2022.
Then, on March 9, 2022, Hindenburg Research issued an investigative report alleging that "Natera's revenue growth has been fueled by deceptive sales and billing practices aimed at doctors, insurance companies and expectant mothers." On this news, the price of Natera common stock fell as much as $28.65 per share, or more than 52%, from a close of $54.75 per share on March 8, 2022, to an intra-day low of $26.10 per share on March 9, 2022.
Further, on March 14, 2022, a jury found that Natera had intentionally and willfully misled the public by utilizing false advertisements to market Prospera in violation of the federal Lanham Act, the Delaware Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and Delaware common law. The jury found that Natera's marketing falsely claimed that Prospera was more accurate than the competing kidney transplant testing offered by CareDx, Inc. ("CareDx"), and ultimately awarded CareDx $44.9 million in monetary damages. On this news, Natera common stock fell as much as $8.81 per share, or approximately 22.5%, from an intra-day high of $39.13 per share on March 14, 2022, to close at $30.32 per share on March 15, 2022.
Finally, on April 19, 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued a safety communication "to educate patients and health care providers and to help reduce the inappropriate use of [NIPTs]." The FDA cautioned that statements about NIPTs' reliability and accuracy "may not be supported with sound scientific evidence" and revealed the existence of "cases where a screening test reported a genetic abnormality and a confirmatory diagnostic test later found that the fetus was healthy." On this news, the price of Natera common stock fell as much as $1.53 per share, or approximately 3.9%, from an intra-day high of $39.63 per share on April 19, 2022, to close at $38.10 per share on April 20, 2022.
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Black buyers are getting squeezed out of the hot housing market
By Gabe Cohen, CNN Business
Nicosha Jones spent nearly a year trying to buy her first home.
Jones, 48, planned to build equity by buying a home in the South Phoenix neighborhood where she grew up. Instead, she’s on the sidelines, facing skyrocketing rent and struggling to restart the process of looking for a place of her own.
“It was very defeating, very discouraging,” Jones said. “That’s the American Dream. Once you buy a home, you feel that you’re accomplished.”
Buying a home has never been this competitive or expensive for American families, with record high home prices and now skyrocketing mortgage rates, still well above 5%. The typical monthly mortgage payment for a purchased property is up more than 30% from a year ago, according to Freddie Mac.
The market is pricing out first-time homebuyers of all backgrounds, but Black buyers face even bigger barriers.
Studies show Black homebuyers are less likely to come from wealthy families, more likely to carry debt, and pay disproportionately higher rent, making it more difficult to save for a down payment.
Black applicants were denied home loans at a much higher rate than other groups, according to a Zillow analysis of data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. Nearly 20% of Black applicants were denied a mortgage in 2020 compared to 10% of White applicants. Credit history was the most common reason given to Black applicants for being denied.
This week, the Biden administration unveiled an action plan to boost the supply of affordable housing and cut down the housing shortage across the United States. Officials say it should ease the housing supply shortage in five years.
But few programs are currently in place to help Jones and other prospective buyers struggling to afford a home.
That creates a huge hurdle in the current hot housing market, where investors with cash offers are buying up more property than ever to rent or flip. Investors bought a record 18.4% of the US homes purchased in the last quarter of 2021, up from 12.6% one year earlier, according to a Redfin analysis of county records.
In Phoenix, investors are particularly active, purchasing 28.4% of properties in the same timeframe.
Jones spent nearly a year trying to buy her first home there. She had started saving money and had been approved for an FHA loan that would require just 3.5% down. But with less than $6,000 set aside for a down payment, Jones couldn’t compete and eventually quit searching.
“Every time I put in an offer, every time I went to look at something, I was outbid, or somebody had already grabbed it,” Jones said. “I just put it on the back burner, because I can’t afford what’s out there right now.”
Maisha Fair, Jones’ realtor, says many of her Phoenix clients are facing the same predicament.
“They no longer can purchase. They’re stuck in the rental market,” Fair said. “And it’s hurting those who live here.”
Some experts expect these market conditions to widen the racial homeownership gap.
Census data show nearly 45% of Black families own their home, compared to 74% of White families. The gap has barely changed since the 1960s, when the Fair Housing Act outlawed housing discrimination.
“Unfortunately, the homeownership gap has actually widened,” Jessica Lautz, vice president of demographics and behavioral insights at the National Association of Realtors, said. “The pandemic has exacerbated everything. When we look at the inequity in homeownership, we do see that Black homebuyers are having a harder time entering into the home buying market, because they have been harder hit through the pandemic.”
Owning property is the primary means for families to build wealth, and it’s never been more valuable. The average White household held 7.8 times more wealth than the typical Black household as of 2019, according to the Hamilton Project an economic policy initiative at the Brookings Institution.
“The homeownership gap will exacerbate the wealth gap,” Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said. “When people aren’t buying homes, it just makes it harder for future generations to buy homes… When we ignore wealth, we essentially bury our head in the sand to the discrimination and the barriers that preclude many people, even with high incomes, from buying a home.”
Skyrocketing rent costs may widen the racial wealth gap even further and displace more people.
Rent in the US hit a new record high in April, and is expected to keep rising. The national median rent was $1,827 per month, up 16.7% from a year ago, according to a report from Realtor.com.
“The market is definitely speeding up gentrification,” Perry said. “What that really means is that people are going to be pushed out to low-wealth, low-resource suburbs. That people are going to be farther away from their jobs, and families will struggle.
In Phoenix, realtor Maisha Fair says investors aren’t just purchasing properties — they’re driving rent prices so high that families are forced to move.
“They no longer can live in a neighborhood where they know their neighbors,” Fair said. “The same investors that are coming in and purchasing these homes cash are now renting to those same people that wanted to buy the home,” Fair said.
Jones’ rent in Phoenix rose by $400 per month. She burned through the $6,000 she had set aside for a down payment after losing her job for a few months. Now she’s far more focused on making ends meet than making her dream of homeownership a reality.
“It’s all money… I can’t afford to even live over there,” Jones said. “So yeah, it’s heartbreaking.”
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The acquisition allows the major U.S. pet care manufacturer to break into new channels within the strong companion animal market in Australia.
MUSCATINE, Iowa, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FibreCycle, a subsidiary of KENT Pet Group, announced today its purchase of Our Bird, an Australian manufacturer of high-quality bird seed and cat litter based in Toowoomba, Queensland.
"I am excited for the enhanced value we can provide our existing and new customers by combining the strengths of FibreCycle with those of Our Bird," said Gage Kent, KENT Corporation chairman and CEO. "As always, a strong commitment to our core values will guide our success as we further invest into the companion animal market in Australia."
Our Bird is dedicated to providing high-quality birdseed and cat litter to consumers throughout Australia.
"The acquisition of Our Bird is an exciting calling card for FibreCycle's strong future," said Steve Gordon, President of KENT Pet Group. "With its expertise in manufacturing a product that animal lovers truly appreciate bringing into their home, Our Bird is a natural addition to the KENT family of companies. This is a further investment into our core belief that pets make us better people."
Our Bird has a long and successful history of supplying major national retailers with birdseed mixes and cat litter.
A subsidiary of KENT Corporation, KENT Pet Group manufactures and markets products for pet owners around the world. It uses advanced science to discover new ways of using natural ingredients to develop better pet products. Bestselling sustainable products strengthen the bond between people and their pets. Brands include World's Best Cat Litter™; and FibreCycle's Back-2-Nature®, Breeders Choice® and BreederCelect®.
KENT is a diversified, privately-held corporation with operating subsidiaries involved in corn wet milling, the production of animal nutrition and the manufacture of high-quality food, beverage, pharmaceutical and pet products. KENT is led by third-generation family member Gage A. Kent. The KENT family of companies serves customers across the world and employs more than 2,000 people in 40 locations across 20 states and seven countries.
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FULL PERFORMANCE MIXED FROM ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPES BY GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER GREGG FIELD FOR RELEASE AS ELLA AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL: THE IRVING BERLIN SONGBOOK
ANIMIATED VIDEO FOR "PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ" DEBUTS TODAY
AVAILABLE JUNE 24 VIA VERVE RECORDS/UMe
LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 16, 1958, just a few months after Ella Fitzgerald recorded her now-classic album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook, The First Lady Of Song performed selections from that album live at the Hollywood Bowl to an adoring, sold-out crowd. Conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, who also arranged and conducted the studio sessions, this concert marked the only time that Ella performed these iconic arrangements live with a full orchestra.
Widely considered her greatest achievement, Ella's Songbook records, with peerless renditions of the best songs by America's greatest composers, are the cornerstone of the Verve catalog and the undisputed standard for jazz vocal recordings. At the inaugural Grammy Awards, her Irving Berlin album won Ella her first Grammy for "Best Vocal Performance, Female," and was also nominated for "Album Of The Year." Aside from the lucky audience at the Hollywood Bowl that night, it wasn't generally known, until the discovery of these tapes, that Ella had ever performed any of the Songbook arrangements in concert, let alone that such a pristine and sonically sumptuous recording existed.
On June 24, Verve/UMe will proudly release the full, never-before-released 15-song performance, aptly titled, Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook, on CD, vinyl, limited edition yellow splatter vinyl, and digitally. This landmark record, discovered in the private collection of producer and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, marks the first time a live Songbook has been released from Ella. It is also significant in that it captures the only time Ella worked in concert with arranger-conductor Paul Weston. And, although she performed regularly at the Hollywood Bowl, this is the first full-length concert by Ella from this iconic venue to be released (notably, Ella was featured prominently on Verve's Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl album, recorded and released in 1956, the year Granz formed the label). The live tracks were mixed from the original ¼" tapes by Grammy Award-winning producer and musician Gregg Field who played drums for Ella in her later years. The album is rounded out with insightful liner notes about the concert and Ella's Songbook series by noted author and music critic, Will Friedwald.
Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook is available to pre-order now and is being previewed with a lively rendition of "Puttin' On The Ritz." The song debuts today, accompanied by an animated video, directed by Alberto Baroni, that cleverly brings the song and Giulia Pelizzaro's dynamic album art to life.
Pre-order the album here: https://EllaFitzgerald.lnk.to/HollywoodBowlPR
Listen/watch/share "Puttin' On The Ritz" here: https://EllaFitzgerald.lnk.to/OnTheRitzVidPR
While Ella's live appearances had evolved over the years from her early big band years where she primarily sang in ballrooms with the Chick Webb Orchestra to supper clubs, theaters and concert halls, she mostly stuck to a nightclub format of performing a selection of songs accompanied by a trio. This performance at the Hollywood Bowl was incredibly unique for her. As Friedwald reveals in the liners, "But to come on stage – with a full orchestra – and essentially sing the contents of a studio album, well, nobody did that. Not Sinatra, not Tony Bennett, not Miles Davis, nor any of the other key innovators who contributed to the development of what came to be known as 'the concept album." Friedwald continues, "so exactly why did Fitzgerald and Granz choose to face this particular music and dance in this singular fashion? We may never know, but the logical answer is that the songbooks were proving to be such a major component to her burgeoning career that… Fitzgerald and Granz were determined to do something special in honor of the ongoing series."
And special it was. Across 15 songs, Ella and the orchestra performed dazzling arrangements of some of Irving Berlin's best-known songs including the classic ballads "How Deep Is The Ocean" and "Supper Time," Hollywood tunes "You're Laughing At Me" and "Get Thee Behind Me Satan," and swinging up-tempo numbers "Cheek To Cheek," "Top Hat," "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm," "Heat Wave," and "Puttin' On The Ritz." The concert pops with an electricity not found on the studio recording as Ella feeds off the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd, whose applause and adulation bookend each song.
The Hollywood Bowl, which is celebrating its centennial this year, loomed large in Ella's life. She made her Bowl debut alongside Louis Armstrong in 1956 at a star-studded program, which was released as the double LP, Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl. Ella holds the rare distinction of having sold out the Hollywood Bowl in each of five decades, from the 1950s through the 1990s. Aside from headlining numerous times, Ella, who lived in LA for much of her career, also performed as part of the annual Playboy Jazz Festival; her last appearance was a couple years before her passing in 1996. Read more about Ella and her history with the Hollywood Bowl here: https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/about/watch-and-listen/bowl-history-spotlight-ella-fitzgerald
The voice of Ella Fitzgerald, the songs of Irving Berlin, the timeless arrangements of Paul Weston with a orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook is the pinnacle of American song – live and like never before.
Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she sold more than 40 million albums and received most every honor a performer could dream of winning, including the Kennedy Center Honor (1979), the National Medal of Arts (1987), France's Commander of Arts and Letters (1990), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1992) and 13 Grammy Awards. In 2007, the United States Postal Service honored Fitzgerald with a postage stamp.
In her six-decade long career, the Queen of Jazz recorded more than 200 albums and roughly 2,000 songs, making her the most recorded female – and the second most recorded – performer in history. Among those recordings are works with some of history's greatest musicians and legendary songwriters.
Fitzgerald's distinct style has influenced multiple generations of singers and her work transcends generations and musical genres. She had an extraordinary vocal range and flexibility and possessed a preternatural gift for pitch, rhythmic sense and flawless diction. Immensely versatile, she could sing it all from jazz and bebop to ballads, swing, pop and rock. With an unparalleled ability for mimicry and "scat" singing, Fitzgerald also produced melodic lines that put her in the category of great instrumental improvisers. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless.
She passed away due to complications from diabetes, dying in her Beverly Hills home on June 15, 1996.
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation was created and funded in 1993 by Ella Fitzgerald in order to fulfill her desires to use the fruits of her success to help people of all races, cultures and beliefs. Fitzgerald hoped to make their lives more rewarding, and she wanted to foster a love of reading, as well as a love of music. In addition, she hoped to provide assistance to the at-risk and disadvantaged members of our communities - assistance that would enable them to achieve a better quality of life. The Board of Directors of the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation seeks to continue Ella Fitzgerald's goals by making charitable grants serving four major areas of interest: Creating educational and other opportunities for children; fostering a love and knowledge of music; including assistance to students of music the provision of health care; food, shelter and counseling to those in need and specific areas of medical care and research with an emphasis on Diabetes, vision problems and heart disease.
TRACKLISTING
- The Song Is Ended
- You're Laughing at Me
- How Deep Is the Ocean
- Heat Wave
- Suppertime
- Cheek to Cheek
- Russian Lullaby
- Top Hat White Tie and Tails
- I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
- Get Thee Behind Me Satan
- Let's Face the Music And Dance
- Always
- Puttin' on the Ritz
- Let Yourself Go
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
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Key insights and strategies to support practitioners and help patients maintain long-lasting health
PHOENIX, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Fullscript, the leading care delivery platform for personalized treatment planning, ongoing wellness support and education, and high-quality supplements, released a report about behavioral change in integrative medicine as part of its mission to change how health is prescribed and help people get better. The findings indicated that while behavior or lifestyle change is challenging, there are clear benefits to adopting new health behaviors and evidence-based strategies that practitioners can use to support their patients.
The comprehensive report, which was produced internally by a team of Fullscript medical researchers, writers, and health professionals, and peer-reviewed by the Institute for Natural Medicine, included a literature review and a large patient survey. The purpose was to support integrative practitioners in making treatment recommendations by identifying barriers and strategies that influence change and helping patients adhere to health-promoting behaviors.
"Integrative medicine is well poised to address these challenges through regular engagement, by increasing motivation, and by incorporating lifestyle-based support," said Dr. Christopher Knee, ND, MSc, medical education and research manager, integrative medical advisory team at Fullscript. "Those lifestyle-based behaviors include nutrition, exercise, mindfulness, and sleep."
The study revealed that 93 percent of the 605 patients surveyed felt that at least some change was needed to improve their health, and as they continued to work with their practitioners, they became more ready to change. In addition, patients felt most successful with changing their supplement intake and dietary or nutrition behaviors, but reported that lifestyle treatments such as stress management, physical activity, or improving sleep habits were harder to follow.
The most common barriers to adherence and behavioral change for patients working with integrative practitioners were cost, time, and motivation.
"Practitioners can use techniques such as motivational interviewing, and other measurement tools such as patient questionnaires, to determine which barriers are most impactful to a patient or the areas where they may need extra support," Knee added. "The goal is to identify whether patients are ready to change, and what type of support they need to feel empowered."
Strategies such as providing education and simplifying treatment plans; receiving monitoring and feedback from practitioners; and setting up goals, plans, and commitments, were all impactful. Additionally, the use of evidence-based technologies were found to be a cost-effective means for practitioners to deliver successful behavioral change support.
The ultimate goal of the study was to better equip practitioners to support long-term change and improve health outcomes for their patients.
You can view and download the entire behavioral change report here. To learn more about Fullscript, go to Fullscript.com.
Fullscript is a powerful care delivery platform for integrative medicine practitioners offering access to personalized treatment planning, ongoing wellness education, and healthcare's best supplements and wellness products. With over a decade of development and used by more than 70,000 healthcare professionals serving over 5 million patients, Fullscript delivers the scale, technology, and expertise to support the growth of integrative medicine and delivery of high-quality care. For more information, visit Fullscript.com or follow Fullscript on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Data-centric AI automation to accelerate data governance and data management
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading data intelligence platform that enables organizations to know their enterprise data and take action for privacy, security, and governance, today announced AI automation & auto-classification designed to accelerate data governance and data management.
Organizations can now leverage patented AI to automatically classify and tag data for data governance across their entire data landscape - including multi-cloud and hybrid environments. With these capabilities, customers can:
- Gain data trust with deep data context, accuracy, and insight
- Streamline data retention with out of the box data lifecycle management from tagging to data aging
- Enrich existing data catalogs with privacy, security, and risk-aware context
- Improve data quality with consistency and context
BigID will highlight these capabilities at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Florida on August 22, 23, and 24 - don't miss the session "How ServiceNow uses auto-classification to find a needle in the data haystack" on Wednesday, August 24 at 11:15 AM, showcasing how the data governance team at ServiceNow finds the right data at the right time with BigID, and creates value across the org through data governance.
Learn more:
- Visit booth #646 at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit to see auto classification in action
- Join BigID at 11:15 AM on Wednesday, August 24 for the session "How ServiceNow uses auto-classification to find a needle in the data haystack"
- Read "4 Ways to Automate Classification for Data Governance With BigID"
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CHICAGO, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after Antoine Fiévet, Chairman and CEO of the Bel Group, announced his intention to to separate Chair and CEO positions at the head of the company, the Board of Directors, meeting on May 12, appointed Cécile Béliot, Chief Executive Officer of the Group, and renewed Antoine Fiévet's mandate as Chairman of the Board. This new governance serves the Group's ambition to become the reference in healthy snacking, based on a portfolio of strong and popular brands.
Initiated by Antoine Fiévet since his first years at the head of the Bel Group, and pursued as a major joint project of the duo with Cécile Béliot, the Group's transformation towards a sustainable and responsible performance model has been particularly intensified over the past four years. The effective implementation of the dissociated governance has opened a new phase in the deployment of the Bel Group's strategy to develop in three complementary areas of healthy snacking - dairy, fruit and vegetable.
Since May 12, 2022, the functions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Bel Group have been separated in order to combine the ability to transform in the short term with sustainable performance in the long term, in an increasingly unpredictable and complex world. This change, supported by the controlling families (Fiévet and Sauvin) and implemented by the Board, reinforces the Bel Group's model, which aims to sustain its value creation by combining profitability and responsibility through positive, innovative and committed brands.
In her new role as Chief Executive Officer, Cécile Béliot will be responsible for the deployment of the Group's vision and the management of its strategy and performance. In this capacity, she will continue, with the Executive Committee, the transformation of the Group and the activation of its new levers for sustainable growth, including the acceleration of innovation, the strengthening of the Group's international positions (USA, China) and the continued development of the plant-based offer, as a complement to the Group's fruit and dairy offer. Antoine Fiévet, Chairman of the Board, will work with the Board to define the Group's strategic vision and long-term ambitions, while remaining the guarantor of the family business' values.
Antoine Fiévet, Chairman of the Bel Group, said: "These four years of close and effective collaboration with Cécile Béliot have fostered a real relationship of trust. In a world that is becoming increasingly complex, I am deeply convinced that the continuation of our project requires the establishment of a complementary duo at the head of the company. The Bel Group, with its portfolio of iconic and popular brands, which was recently expanded with the completion of the acquisition of MOM (Pom'Potes®/GoGo squeeZ®, Materne®, Mont-Blanc®...) has many assets to establish itself as the leader in healthy snacking. Cécile is the leader that the Group needs to deploy its strategy, innovate and accelerate the sustainable growth project that we are developing for Bel, with all our partners."
Cécile Béliot, CEO of the Bel Group, said: "Antoine Fiévet's vision is clear: a company is sustainable when it demonstrates its usefulness and positive impact on its ecosystem. We share this vision and the commitments it entails. It is an honour and a responsibility to succeed him as CEO to continue to fuel the sustainable growth of the Group. The confidence that Antoine Fiévet and the Board of Directors have placed in me commits me to continuing our business model of performance and value creation for all. With our 11,800 employees, we will continue to deploy our ambition of leadership in healthy snacking."
Florian Sauvin, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Unibel, said: "Governance is a strategic issue for companies. Separating Chair and CEO positions will enable us to strengthen the project we are carrying out, by putting the most appropriate governance system at its service. I am delighted with this step, which will enable us to continue to nurture the long-term vision that has been at the heart of our family model for 150 years, and to pursue, thanks to Cécile Béliot's leadership and capacity for innovation, our transformation to become the leader in healthy snacking."
Cécile Béliot, 47, is the first woman to head the Bel Group and the second to head the company outside the shareholder family. With her background and international experience, including 17 years with the Danone Group, she is the embodiment of a generation of leaders committed to inventing the future of the food industry. Cécile Béliot joined the Bel Group in 2019 as Deputy Managing Director in charge of Strategy, Markets and Growth. In this role, she has defined the pillars of the Group's strategy for a sustainable growth model that fully integrates its financial and extra-financial challenges in line with the ambitions built by Antoine Fiévet for the Group. Over the last four years, Cécile Béliot has contributed to the development of new product territories by accelerating innovation and the shift to plant-based products, strengthening the international presence (USA, China) and developing new distribution channels (e-commerce, out-of-home).
Antoine Fiévet, 58, Chairman of the Bel Group, is the 5th family manager in the history of the Group. At the head of the Group, he has strengthened the independence of the family shareholding and pursued its development with strong turnover growth during his tenure, while placing responsibility at the heart of the business model. Antoine Fiévet was behind the strategic shift to diversify the Group's product offering to become a major player in healthy snacking with a presence in three complementary areas: milk, fruit and vegetables. His vision for the Group is to generate a positive impact on its entire ecosystem and beyond, to contribute to the development of a new value model for food throughout the world. This vision is reflected in strong commitments to reduce the environmental impact of the Group's activities: the +1.5°C carbon trajectory announced in early 2022 is an indication of the ambitions of his mandate as Chairman. Antoine Fiévet has also been Chairman of the Bel Foundation since its creation in 2008. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Citeo in 2021.
The Bel Group is a world leaders in branded cheese and a major player in the healthy snacking segment. Its portfolio of differentiated and internationally recognized brands include such products as The Laughing Cow®, Kiri®, Babybel®, Boursin®, Nurishh®, Pom'Potes® and GoGo squeeZ®, as well as some twenty other local brands, have enabled it to generate sales of 3.38 billion euros in 2021.
Some 11,800 employees in some forty subsidiaries around the world contribute to the Group's mission of providing healthier and more responsible food for all. Its products are produced in 29 production sites and distributed in nearly 120 countries.
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A man who allegedly assaulted seven Asian women over about a three hour period in New York City in late February has been indicted on multiple hate crime charges, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Monday.
Steven Zajonc, 28, is charged with six felony counts of third-degree assault as a hate crime and seven counts of second-degree aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor hate crime.
CNN has not been able to identify an attorney for Zajonc and has reached out to the Legal Aid Society to inquire whether its lawyers are representing him.
On February 27, Zajonc allegedly began a series of unprovoked attacks on the women on the east side of Manhattan, according to the district attorney's office.
"These attacks on seven New York women, each fueled by anti-Asian hate, are yet another sobering reminder of the demonstrable fears AAPI communities, particularly AAPI women, in our City continue to face," District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in the release.
"As alleged, within just three hours, Steven Zajonc selectively ambushed seven Asian women in separate assaults, some of which he struck from behind -- for no other reason than their perceived race. This indictment is a result of our collaboration with the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force, and critically, assistance from the brave witnesses and victims who came forward to stand up against hate."
Six victims were injured, including bleeding cuts and bruises to their faces, and one victim was knocked unconscious and treated for a concussion, according to prosecutors.
The victims ranged in age from 19 to 57, according to police information just after the attacks. At least two were treated at a hospital, according to police.
No statements were made before the attacks, and there was no prior interaction between the victims and the assailant, police said.
Hate crimes against Asians increased so much during the Covid-19 pandemic that the New York Police Department created an Asian Hate Crime Task Force.
The NYPD has recorded 158 incidents of hate crimes against Asians between March 8, 2020, and December 29, 2021. One victim, a 61-year-old woman, died from her injuries four months after being attacked by a man with a rock.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office says it has 27 open cases related to anti-Asian crimes.
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Residents and community leaders gathered in East Temple Thursday for an annual celebration of Juneteenth.
The event was hosted by the Central Texas Housing Consortium, and saw attendees of all ages from across the area. This year’s event preceded the Juneteenth’s recognition as a national holiday.
Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, when slaves in Texas finally received the news of the Emancipation Proclamation, more than two years after the proclamation went into effect on Jan. 1, 1863.
Barbara Bozon, executive director of the consortium, said the annual event to recognize the holiday has always been important to the organization.
“We have quite a few diverse employees on our staff, and people who live with us, who are different races and ethnicities,” Bozon said. “We want to celebrate and honor that. We thought it was especially important this year, as it is a milestone year.”
Temple Mayor Tim Davis and community member Bobbie Thompson were among those who spoke at the event.
The main speakers for the celebration were KCEN-TV’s anchor team of Jasmin Caldwell, Taheshah Moise and Ashley Carter. The women are Central Texas’s first all-black female news anchor team.
Mary McGlory, a member of the consortium, thanked the women for their attendance and encouraged them to continue their work to the best of their abilities.
“It just shows us that old saying of we have come a long way but we have a long way to go,” McGlory said. “They are just a true example of what we can be and what we can achieve.”
Coby Warner, who works at A New Day Learning Academy in Temple, brought more than a dozen children to the event Thursday.
Warner said she wanted to help teach the students, who varied in age, about the importance of the holiday and help them celebrate. She said the student’s teachers have also held lessons for the children on the holiday’s history.
The visit to the event also served as a way for the students and staff to get out of the classroom.
Warner said she anticipated making a visit to the Juneteenth event an annual tradition at the school, as the children enjoyed it.
“I wasn’t here last year and, in fact, this is my first year coming here,” Warner said. “I really enjoyed it and it will continue.”
Other Juneteenth events
• The Temple Juneteenth Parade, hosted by the Al Edwards Juneteenth Association Chapter 111, will begin with a vehicle parade, which will gather at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and East Avenue M in Temple and start at 10 a.m. There will then be a festival at 11:30 a.m. in Ferguson Park, 1203 E. Adams Ave. The festival will include lunch, live entertainment, vendors and talks by city officials.
• The Miss Juneteenth Killeen pageant will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Central Texas College in the Anderson Campus Center, 6200 W. Central Texas Expressway.
• The 33rd Annual Killeen Juneteenth Parade will take place starting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the city’s downtown. Organizers said it will start and end at City Hall.
• The Juneteenth Family Fun Day will also take place from 8 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Saturday at the Rosa Hereford Killeen Community Center, 2201 E. Veterans Memorial Blvd.
• From 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, the Sixth Annual Culture Celebration will take place at the Harker Heights Event Center, 710 Edwards Drive in Harker Heights. Organizers said the event will include a salute to Father’s Day, food tasting and a tribute to Juneteenth and black history.
HOLIDAY CLOSURES
Some federal, state and municipal government offices, including Temple, will be closed on Monday, June 20, in observance of the new national Juneteenth holiday, which takes place on Sunday.
Temple offices will be among those local entities that will be closed on Monday, although officials said its solid waste department will still operate.
Government offices in Killeen, Harker Heights and Fort Hood will also be closed Monday.
Belton officials said the city would not be closed for the holiday, with all of its offices open.
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VIDEO: Woman comes home to huge bear in her kitchen
WINSTED, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Residents in a certain Connecticut neighborhood have reported more bear sightings lately that included one of the large animals taking over a woman’s kitchen.
On Monday, Shannon Davis said she was startled to see a bear in her home. And it wasn’t until she saw her cat sitting outside staring at a window that she thought something was wrong.
“It was just a weird look on the cat, and then I saw a shadow walk by the window,” Davis said.
WFSB reported the bear broke into Davis’ house through a window and made its way to the kitchen.
“It was like, ‘What’s for dinner?’” she said.
Davis said she then ran to her neighbor and asked for help.
“He started banging on the door. The bear then went into my room and climbed out my window,” she said.
The Winsted resident said there wasn’t a lot of damage from the incident.
“There was a lollipop stuck to the rug and a pulled-out snack tray,” Davis said. “But there was only a package of vanilla wafers and Dots missing.”
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection reported the bear population has been steadily growing in the area. In 2022, there has been a 20% increase in calls regarding a bear.
“This is a pretty big increase for us,” Chris Lewis of the Environmental Conservation Police Division said.
Lewis said keeping food sources away from bears is vital in keeping the animals away.
“Bears are attracted to food. So, remove the food source, and the bears don’t have a reason to come to visit your yard or house,” Lewis said.
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A detailed analysis of monkeypox case records published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday offers new insight into the outbreak, which is disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men, especially those who are Black and Hispanic.
There were 2,891 cases of monkeypox reported in the United States by July 22, about two months after the country's first case was reported. Case report forms with additional epidemiologic and clinical information were submitted to the CDC for 41% of those cases, though not all details were complete in all of those forms.
Among the cases with available data, 94% were in men who reported recent sexual or close intimate contact with another man. More than half (54%) of cases were among Black and Hispanic people, a group that represents about a third (34%) of the general US population. And the share of cases among Black people has grown in recent weeks, according to the CDC analysis.
"Public health efforts should prioritize gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, who are currently disproportionately affected, for prevention and testing, while addressing equity, minimizing stigma, and maintaining vigilance for transmission in other populations," the authors of the report say.
Additional analysis shows that all of the patients had a rash. However, a genital rash was more commonly reported in the current outbreak than in "typical" monkeypox. It was the most common location for rash (46%), followed by arms (40%), face (38%) and legs (37%). More than a third of cases with available data reported rash in four or more regions.
Early warning signs of illness, however, are less common in the current outbreak compared with "typical" monkeypox. In about 2 in 5 cases, the illness started with the rash -- but no reported prodromal symptoms such as chills, headache or malaise. About 2 in 5 cases also did not report fever.
The authors of the report emphasize that anyone with a rash consistent with monkeypox should be tested for the virus, regardless of their sexual or gender identity or the presence of other symptoms.
Among those cases for which data was available, fewer than 1 in 10 (8%) needed hospitalization due to monkeypox. No deaths were reported.
Of those for whom vaccination status was available, 14% had gotten a vaccine for smallpox, including 3% who had gotten one dose of Jynneos during this outbreak. At least one person with monkeypox had symptoms more than three weeks after their first dose of the Jynneos vaccine.
A "substantial proportion" of monkeypox cases have been reported among people with HIV, who may be at higher risk of severe illness. More analysis of this group is underway, according to the CDC.
The agency says it is "continually evaluating new evidence and tailoring response strategies as information on changing case demographics, clinical characteristics, transmission, and vaccine effectiveness become available."
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Appointment Draws on Norton's Deep Expertise in Creating More Just and Equitable Hiring Practices Across the Workforce
BALTIMORE, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Analytics, a company that helps people and organizations chart the future of work using sophisticated AI and data analytics, today announced that CEO Myra Norton has been appointed to the Maryland Governor's Workforce Development Board the Governor's chief policy-making body for workforce development in the state of Maryland.
The Governor's Workforce Development Board is responsible for developing policies and strategies to form a coordinated workforce development system in collaboration with state employment and training, economic development, education partners, and significant input from the business community. The board is made up of 59 members, the majority of whom represent the business community. Other members include Maryland's governor Larry Hogan, cabinet secretaries, college presidents, the state superintendent of schools, elected officials, labor, and representatives of nonprofit organizations. Board members are appointed by Maryland's Governor, and the Maryland General Assembly leadership appoints one state senator and one delegate. Private sector appointees serve four-year terms.
Myra Norton brings deep expertise in labor market issues to the board. As CEO of Arena Analytics, Norton has led the development and deployment of innovative solutions that leverage data to help employers create more productive and equitable workforces. Previously, Norton was the CEO of Community Analytics, an analyst at Northrop Grumman, a professor in Mathematics and Statistics at Temple University, Towson University, and the US Naval Academy, and an administrator in the College of Science and Technology at Temple University. She serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO); is a member of the Innovation, Development & Entrepreneurship Advisory (IDEA) Board, which champions innovation and entrepreneurship across Johns Hopkins University; and chairs the BmoreSTEM infrastructure workgroup, working to increase equitable student access and retention in STEM fields.
"I'm thrilled to join the Governor's Workforce Development Board and I look forward to working with an esteemed group of business leaders, academics, and government officials to tackle the biggest challenges facing the workforce today," said Norton. "At Arena, we are committed to driving long-term, structural change in the workforce by expanding access to opportunity and success for individuals and organizations alike, and I know the great work the board is engaged in will help us all make that vision a reality."
Norton will also serve on the Board's Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee. The CTE Committee's mission is to build an integrated, globally competitive framework for providing CTE to Maryland students in public school, institutions of postsecondary education, and the workforce. The CTE Committee is composed of 11 members, including the State Superintendent, Secretary of Higher Education, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Commerce, and six members who are jointly appointed by the Governor, Senate President, and the Speaker of the House.
Arena Analytics helps people and companies chart the future of work using sophisticated AI and predictive analytics. We empower employers to make unbiased hiring decisions, resulting in higher-quality talent discovery, increased retention, greater workforce stability, better business outcomes, and more equitable workplaces. At the same time, we help candidates find opportunities where they are most likely to find success, stability, and satisfaction. Driven by the belief that talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not, Arena Analytics aims to rewire the labor market to become more fair, just, productive, and equitable for everyone. For more information on Arena Analytics, visit www.arenaanalytics.io.
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PHOENIX, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) ("Renren" or the "Company"), a SaaS company, today announced that it has entered into an Amendment (the "Stipulation Amendment") to the Stipulation of Settlement reached on October 7, 2021 (the "Initial Stipulation," together with the Stipulation Amendment, the "Stipulation"). Capitalized but undefined terms used herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in Exhibit 99.1 of the Form 6-K furnished by the Company to the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2021.
The Court declined to approve the Initial Stipulation by order dated December 10, 2021, raising concerns about (i) certain objections raised as to the recipients of the settlement funds, (ii) the amount of requested attorneys' fees, and (iii) the reversion to Renren of any remaining settlement funds. On May 27, 2022, Plaintiffs and Defendants, after additional negotiations, reached an agreement on certain modifications to the Initial Stipulation, including the definitions of "Final," "Settlement Amount" and "True Up," as well as a modification to the reversion provision, which provides for the distribution of remaining settlement funds. Plaintiffs and Defendants entered into the Stipulation Amendment with the purpose of reaching a new overall settlement of the entire Action (the "Settlement").
As the Settlement remains subject to approval by the Court and the fulfillment of other conditions set forth in the Stipulation, which involve inherent risks and substantial uncertainties, there is no guarantee that the Settlement will be consummated as contemplated under the Stipulation or at all.
The foregoing summary of the Stipulation Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of that document, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Form 6-K that the Company intends to promptly furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission thereafter, attaching this press release as an exhibit thereto.
About Renren Inc.
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) operates several U.S.-based SaaS businesses including Chime, an all-in-one CRM and sales acceleration platform designed to help real estate professionals close more deals faster, and Trucker Path, a suite of applications and dispatch services commercial truck drivers use to plan trips, navigate, and operate their business. Renren's ADSs, each currently representing 45 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, are traded on NYSE under the symbol "RENN".
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - YourWay Cannabis Brands Inc. (CSE: YOUR) (OTC: YOURF) (FSE: HOB) ("YourWay" or the "Company") held it annual general and special meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") today. The Meeting was terminated prior to any business being conducted as the Company's audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the related management's discussion and analysis (the "Annual Filings") as well as the Company's unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the related management's discussion and analysis (the "Interim Filings") have not yet been finalized.
Once the Annual Filings and Interim Filings are completed, the Company will call another meeting of Shareholders and will apply to have the British Columbia Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission (on behalf of the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities) revoke the general "failure to file" cease trade order (the "CTO") dated May 9, 2022 pursuant to National Policy 11-207 – Failure to File Cease Trade Orders and Revocations in Multiple Jurisdictions. YourWay anticipates that trading of the common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") will recommence shortly after revocation of the CTO. Further details will be provided to Shareholders in the coming weeks.
YourWay is a publicly traded, multi-state and consumer-centric House of Brands committed to redefining the way consumers and cannabis brands interact, with sales and operations in Arizona and California. Through building their own brands, partnering with others, and supporting retail partners control brand strategy, they are dedicated to expanding their reach; remolding the cannabis industry and ultimately, redefining the way consumers and cannabis brands interact.
YourWay aims to connect with the cannabis consumer on a deeper level, utilizing decades of brand-building expertise and an integral understanding of the customer experience to create an intuitive suite of branded products that closely aligns with consumer need states. The YourWay portfolio is an all-encompassing house of brands designed to create a sense of belonging for every cannabis consumer regardless of their relationship with the plant. Please visit www.yourwaycannabis.com or follow on Twitter at @yourwaycannabis for the latest news and information about YourWay and its brands.
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Investors are cautioned that forward-looking information is not based on historical fact but instead reflects management's expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, such information involves risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have material adverse effects on future results, performance, or achievements of the Company. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information are the following: the timing for filing the Annual Filings and the Interim Filings; regulatory and licensing risks; changes in consumer demand and preferences; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; the global regulatory landscape and enforcement related to cannabis, including political risks and risks relating to regulatory change; compliance with extensive government regulation; public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry; the impact of COVID-19; and the risk factors set out in the Company's annual information form dated August 28, 2020, filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
The Company, through several of its subsidiaries, is indirectly involved in the manufacture, possession, use, sale, and distribution of cannabis in the recreational and medicinal cannabis marketplace in the United States. Local state laws where the Company operates permit such activities however, investors should note that there are significant legal restrictions and regulations that govern the cannabis industry in the United States. Cannabis remains a Schedule I drug under the US Controlled Substances Act, making it illegal under federal law in the United States to, among other things, cultivate, distribute or possess cannabis in the United States. Financial transactions involving proceeds generated by, or intended to promote, cannabis-related business activities in the United States may form the basis for prosecution under applicable United States federal money laundering legislation.
While the approach to enforcement of such laws by the federal government in the United States has trended toward nonenforcement against individuals and businesses that comply with recreational and medicinal cannabis programs in states where such programs are legal, strict compliance with state laws with respect to cannabis will neither absolve the Company of liability under United States federal law, nor will it provide a defense to any federal proceeding which may be brought against the Company. The enforcement of federal laws in the United States is a significant risk to the business of the Company and any proceedings brought against the Company thereunder may adversely affect the Company's operations and financial performance.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated, or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Amelia Torres
Amelia Torres (73) passed on Monday August 1, 2022, in Scott and White Hospital in Temple Texas. She was born on November 14, 1948, at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin. She graduated from Belton High in 1967. She is married to Lupe Torres for 55 years. Her parents were Emilio Aranda Rabago, Carpenter and Rosa Vasquez, Factory Worker. She had 21 brothers and sisters. Preceded In death by a set of twin girls, sister Helen Vasquez and brother Robert Vasquez. Survived by husband, Lupe Torres; 3 daughters, Edna Piñon and Michael with 2 sons, Michael and Janet, Matthew, Patricia Rodriguez and Clemente, Christina Luna and spouse and 4 children, Marisa Luna and son Zaylen, Zeke and Zachary Luna, and Grandson Stephan and Rachael Torres and Ayrabella. She left behind several brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews. She will be missed. The family will receive visitors from 6-8:00PM, Rosary at 7PM, Wednesday, August 10th at Dossman Funeral Home, Belton, Texas. A graveside service will be at 10AM, Thursday, August 11th, North Belton Cemetery Pavilion.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two people were arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling and endangering lives for steering a sailboat carrying 68 others that ran into trouble off Greece’s western coast last week, the coast guard said Tuesday.
The coast guard said the two — an Iraqi and a Syrian — appeared before a prosecutor in southern Greece and were remanded in custody pending trial.
Separately in northern Greece, police said one young Pakistani migrant was killed and two others injured after being hit by a freight train as they walked along train tracks heading toward the border with North Macedonia.
The sailboat had set out from Turkey and was heading to Italy when it ran into trouble off western Greece last Thursday, the coast guard said. Those on board were from Iran, Syria and Iraq, and included 52 men, nine women and nine children.
A search and rescue operation was launched and the sailboat was escorted safely to the southwestern Greek port of Pylos on Friday. Authorities did not confirm this incident until Tuesday.
Greece lies along one of the most popular migration routes into Europe for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, with most making their way from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands, or attempting to cross a river separating the two countries.
But Greece has taken an increasingly hard line, bolstering land and sea patrols and turning back would-be asylum-seekers. Rights groups and migrants have repeatedly accused Greek authorities of carrying out illegal summary deportations, known as pushbacks, at sea and on land. The government denies these take place, despite strong indications to the contrary.
Amid the crackdown, some smuggling rings have attempted to bypass Greece, using bigger boats to sail around the country directly to Italy.
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27-acre transformational development to serve as neighborhood's centerpiece
HOUSTON, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MetroNational, the Houston-based, privately-held real estate investment, development, and management company, revealed plans for Memorial Town Square, a 27-acre, urban infill development comprised of a collection of unique boutiques and iconic brands, locally curated culinary collections and elevated health and wellness services. Located at Barryknoll Ln. and Gessner Rd., the next-level destination, is part of the holistic development strategy and overall vibrant transformation to take place across Memorial City's 300 acres including the creation of new multi-family residential units, an office tower, creative office and co-working spaces, and the reimagining of the 1.7 million square-foot Memorial City Mall. As part of the redevelopment of the 27 acres, the 190,000 square-feet of retail in Memorial Town Square will deliver first with construction to begin in 2023 and completion slated for 2025.
Elevating the Experience
Inspired by the aspirations of the community, Memorial Town Square is envisioned to be intimate, charming and timeless as well as improve the way people come together. With bespoke walkable streetscapes, lush landscape and a pristine town square, Memorial Town Square will reinvent the communal experience and reflect the unique heritage and spirit of Houston -- a place where modern Texas style, easy elegance and casual luxury combine into something that truly feels like part of the fabric of the 77024 neighborhood.
"MetroNational has been working towards this day for more than 25 years," said Jason Johnson, President of MetroNational. "Memorial Town Square was designed for the community with the hope that they would one day consider it a part of their daily lives - hence the name," "Memorial Town Square gives a nod to the small town feel that only Houstonians know and understand. Houston may be a metropolitan city; however, Houstonians enjoy having a place that feels like it is all their own."
Collective Vision
MetroNational has assembled a world-class design and retail leasing team to include Gensler, design architect; Office of James Burnett (OJB), landscape architect; RSM Design, environmental graphics and wayfinding; RUE, leasing consultant and Pacific Retail Capital Partners, development consultant.
MetroNational and Gensler spent several years collaborating with the community, to gather input on desired amenities and guide the master plan's design. Most notably, the 77024 neighbors felt a paradigm shift in how they wanted to enjoy their lives.
Central to all design efforts was the desire to resonate and align with the footprint set by the Memorial community. "Our inspiration for the layered and individualistic look of Memorial Town Square came about from mining the historical traditions of artistry, materiality, sculptural form, and eye-catching details of West Houston's stately homes," said David Glover, Chief Creative Officer, MetroNational.
Highly Curated Shopping, Dining and Lifestyle Offerings
The retail landscape is being designed to feature the most coveted names in local and international food and lifestyle retail, with plans to include 40+ aspirational and emerging brands that are both iconic and new to the marketplace. Approximately 35 percent of the project will be food and beverage, from chef-driven restaurants to fast casual food experiences, all with al fresco dining. To enhance the consumer experience, resort-style hospitality and operational standards will include valet and convenient parking, electric car charging stations, private outing and corporate event planning, car washing and rentals including stroller and baggage, wheelchairs, umbrellas and cell phone chargers. Additionally, MetroNational will implement the latest technology to enhance mobility.
Centered around expansive green space, Memorial Town Square will offer a combination of intimate, sophisticated gathering spaces intentionally crafted for lively and low-key get togethers. Guests and residents of Memorial's affluent and expansive community will be able to enjoy thoughtful art, entertainment, and experiential events within a relaxed yet vibrant communal and cultural hub.
"Memorial Town Square will be a one-of-a-kind development in the marketplace for spending time with family and friends, dining, exploring beautiful green spaces, and finding new and well curated brands to satisfy their shopping needs," said Danna Diamond, Vice President of Retail Leasing, MetroNational.
For more information about Memorial Town Square, visit memorialtownsquare.com.
ABOUT METRONATIONAL
MetroNational is a privately-held real estate investment, development, and management company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Each MetroNational property, spanning office, retail, restaurant, hospitality and healthcare, fully integrates MetroNational's best-of-class services, providing the highest quality and enduring value. The Company, which was founded in 1954, owns and manages more than 10 million square feet of commercial real estate properties primarily located in Greater Houston. MetroNational's largest development is Memorial City located in West Houston. For more information, visit www.metronational.com.
ABOUT MEMORIAL CITY
Memorial City, the city-within-a city, is a 300-acre mixed-used development located in the heart of thriving West Houston. Owned and managed by MetroNational, Memorial City contains almost 10 million square feet of developed real estate incorporating a blend of Class A office space; retail, including the super-regional Memorial City Mall; high rise and midrise apartments including The McKinley; chef-inspired restaurants; upscale hotel accommodations including The Westin Memorial City and Hotel ZaZa Memorial City; the Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, the second largest medical campus in the Houston Metropolitan area; and The Square and The Lawn at Memorial City, two state-of-the-art green space for events, concerts and festivals. For more information, visit www.memorialcity.com.
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Joint technology solution will deliver an integrated data interoperability platform that streamlines data acquisition and delivers clean, actionable, and intelligent data.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Availity, one of the nation's largest real-time health information networks, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Diameter Health, a national leader in clinical data quality and interoperability.
Integrating Diameter Health's complementary Upcycling Data™ technology into Availity's existing clinical data gateway capabilities positions Availity to deliver one of the strongest integrated clinical and claims data network and interoperability platforms in healthcare.
Together, these solutions will fuel innovations in value-based care (VBC) arrangements, provide seamless information exchange between providers, health plans and technology partners, and normalize structured and unstructured clinical data for a host of digitally enabled use cases.
"This acquisition underscores Availity's strategy to empower providers and health plans to benefit from actionable, real-time, and precise data insights to reduce administrative inefficiencies, maximize revenue potential, and drive quality of care improvements for patients on one scalable platform," said Russ Thomas, CEO of Availity. "Fueled by Diameter's technology, Availity will create the nation's preeminent data acquisition and interoperability platform. We are thrilled to leverage the talents and energy of the Diameter Health team to deliver an integrated clinical and claims data platform that provides real-time, intelligent, bidirectional data workflows and insights."
Diameter Health's API Fusion technology automates the process of upcycling clinical data in real-time, turning inconsistent, multi-source and multi-format data into a robust longitudinal data asset. Diameter Health's Upcycled Data™ is compliant with national terminology standards, consistent with its original intent, and further enriched for broadscale application and actionable intelligence. This process eliminates many of the challenges that limit data usability and exchange, such as non-conformant codes, details buried in text, and information delivered in multiple formats or from multiple sources.
Diameter's best-of-breed technology achieves unparalleled speed and scale and is used by national and regional health plans, healthcare technology developers, government entities, insurtech providers, and health information exchanges.
"Clinical data is tremendously valuable, but the ability to structurally and semantically normalize multi-source, multi-format clinical data, and further enrich and deploy that data to drive action is still an emerging capability in healthcare. Diameter Health is a leader in unlocking clinical data's full potential," said Mary Lantin, President and COO of Diameter Health. "Harnessing the power of clinical data is a critical opportunity for Availity. By combining our complementary capabilities and sitting at the intersection across providers, health plans and data partners, we have the opportunity to truly disrupt the healthcare industry and break new ground in advancing data intelligence."
Combining Diameter's API technology and Fusion engine with Availity's Clinical Gateway capabilities will enable health plans, providers, and partners to:
- Acquire and streamline clinical data acquisition through a broad network of providers, vendors and partners
- Upcycle clinical data into a clean, clear and precise asset by normalizing data to industry standard terminologies, intelligently reorganizing and deduplicating disparate data sources, and leveraging clinical informatics best practices
- Create a summarized, comprehensive, longitudinal health record
- Deliver fit-for-purpose data and enable bidirectional and intelligent workflows that support care gap closure, quality measurement, risk adjustment, automated prior authorization, care management and other data-driven use cases
"Diameter Health has earned a world-class reputation for clinical informatics expertise and scalable, automated technology that makes health data interoperable, actionable, and trustworthy," said Eric Rosow, CEO and Co-Founder of Diameter Health. "We are excited to announce Diameter Health's next chapter in becoming a foundational pillar of Availity's broader platform offering, to enable better outcomes for providers and health plans nationally."
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2022. Additional details regarding the transaction were not disclosed.
TripleTree is serving as the exclusive financial advisor to Diameter Health and Feinberg Hanson LLP is serving as legal counsel to Diameter Health.
Alston & Bird LLP is serving as legal counsel to Availity.
About Availity
Availity is the place where healthcare finds the answers needed to shift focus back to patient care. We work to solve communication challenges in healthcare by creating a richer, more transparent exchange of information among health plans, providers, and technology partners. As one of the nation's largest health information networks, Availity facilitates billions of clinical, administrative, and financial transactions annually. Our suite of dynamic products, built on a powerful, intelligent platform, enables real-time collaboration for success in a competitive, value-based care environment.
For more information, including an online demonstration, please visit www.availity.com or call 1.800.AVAILITY (282.4548). Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Diameter Health
Diameter Health is the trusted partner for organizations seeking to realize the greatest value from clinical data. With unmatched clinical informatics expertise, only Diameter Health generates Upcycled Data: the cleanest, clearest, most precise data in the healthcare space. Diameter Health's automated, scalable technology transforms high volumes of multi-source clinical data into an interoperable and flexible data asset that drives better health outcomes and greater efficiency.
Founded in 2013 with a focus on making digital health data universally accessible, organized, and actionable, Diameter Health today supports stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem whose success depends on timely and accurate clinical data at both the patient and population levels. Customers and partners include some of the nation's leading health insurance organizations; health information exchanges (HIEs) and data aggregators; life insurance and insuretech vendors; government agencies; and health information technology (HIT) solution vendors and systems integrators.
For more information, visit https://www.diameterhealth.com/ or contact info@diameterhealth.com.
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Matt Schlossberg
Director of Public Relations, Availity
630-935-9136
matt.schlossberg@availity.com
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Mass shooting wave rattles communities large and small in US
Three mass shootings in the U.S. over the Easter holiday weekend capped a monthlong spate of gun violence that has touched both big cities and small, rural communities across the nation.
The gunfire has rattled large population centers such as Dallas, Pittsburgh and Sacramento, California, as well as much smaller communities, including Hampton County, South Carolina, which has a population of 18,000, and Dumas, Arkansas, which is home to about 4,000 people.
A look at some of the major shootings:
DALLAS, March 19
Ten people were shot at a teen spring break party in Dallas and several others were injured as they tried to escape the chaos. One of the injured, an 18-year-old man, later died of his injuries. The gunfire happened at The Space Dallas event venue. Joe Morgan, who was working crowd control, told reporters that he heard gunshots being fired from outside the venue and later saw people with gunshot wounds to the chest, arms and legs.
DUMAS, Arkansas, March 19
More than two dozen people were hurt and one man was killed when two people got into a gunfight during a car show that’s part of an annual community event. Innocent bystanders were sprayed by gunfire, among them several children, two of whom were under the age of 2, Arkansas State Police Col. Bill Bryant said.
DALLAS, April 3
One person was killed and 15 others were wounded by gunfire during a concert at an outdoor field. The victims ranged in age from 13 to 29, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said. One person fired a gun into the air, then an argument broke out and another person fired in the crowd’s direction, Garcia said. The event didn’t have a permit, he said.
SACRAMENTO, California, April 3
Six people were killed and 12 wounded outside bars located a few blocks from the state Capitol in a gunfight involving at least five shooters from rival gangs, Sacramento police said. More than 100 rapid-fire gunshots echoed through the streets as terrified patrons ran for their lives and others were hit by bullets. Police said they identified at least five gunmen, but there may have been more. Police said at least two gangs were involved.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 10
A shooting inside a crowded nightclub in Cedar Rapids left a man and a woman dead and 10 others wounded. More than 100 people were inside the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge at the time, police said. Officers helped treat the people who were wounded and used their squad cars to rush several of the victims to hospitals.
NEW YORK CITY, April 12
A gunman set off smoke bombs and opened fire in a crowded subway car in Brooklyn, wounding 10 commuters and leaving the train car and a subway platform splattered in blood. After a 30-hour manhunt, police arrested a suspect near a McDonald’s on Manhattan’s Lower East Side after a tip led them there. Part of the evidence in the case includes YouTube videos in which the suspect rants about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 16
A gunman opened fire at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital city, wounding nine people, police said. Five other people were injured while trying to flee the Columbiana Centre. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 73, but none of their injuries was considered life-threatening, Columbia Police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said Saturday. Investigators believe those responsible knew each other, and that others were hurt when they began shooting at each other.
HAMPTON COUNTY, South Carolina, April 16
A shooting at a nightclub wounded at least nine people. The attack happened at Cara’s Lounge in Hampton County, according to South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division. Hampton County is located about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Charleston.
PITTSBURGH, April 17
Two teenage boys were killed and at least eight people were wounded when a shooting broke out during a party at a short-term rental property. Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said there was gunfire both inside and outside the rental home, “potentially back and forth.” Bullet casings found at the scene indicated handguns and one rifle were used, he said. Police believe there were multiple shooters.
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FIFA picks 2026 World Cup cities, predicts US `No 1 sport’
NEW YORK (AP) — The 16 cities of the first World Cup spread across three nations were revealed, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino made a bold statement summing up the goal of the 2026 tournament, to be played largely in the United States.
“By 2026, soccer — or futbol — will be the No. 1 sport in this part of the world,” he proclaimed.
Roughly four years before soccer’s showcase comes to the U.S., Mexico and Canada, there already were winners and losers Thursday: Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Kansas City, Missouri, were among the cities picked after missing out on hosting the 1994 tournament.
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando, Florida, missed the cut.
Eleven U.S. stadiums were taken, all from the NFL. Arlington, Texas; East Rutherford, New Jersey; Foxborough, Massachusetts, and Inglewood and Santa Clara, California, were holdover areas from the 1994 tournament that boosted soccer’s American prominence.
Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, which hosted the 1970 and ‘86 finals, will become the first stadium in three World Cups, selected along with Guadalajara’s Estadio Akron and Monterrey’s Estadio BBVA.
Toronto’s BMO Field and Vancouver, British Columbia’s BC Place were picked for Canada’s first time hosting, while Edmonton, Alberta’s Commonwealth Stadium was dropped.
Following the withdrawl of outmoded FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, Baltimore’s omission means this will be a rare World Cup with no matches in the vicinity of a host’s capital.
“You can’t imagine a World Cup coming to the U.S., the capital city not taking a major role,” said Colin Smith, FIFA’s chief competitions and events officer.
Infantino promised a fan fest on Washington’s National Mall, and locations across the three nations are in play for training sites.
“The story is always who doesn’t get chosen,” U.S. Soccer Federation President Cindy Parlow Cone said.
Infantino’s goal of reaching the top of U.S. sports appears to be quite a reach. The NFL averaged 17.1 million viewers for television and digital during its 2021 season, while the 2018 World Cup averaged 5.04 million on U.S. English- and Spanish-language TV.
“You are leading the world in many areas,” Infantino said about North America, “the objective must be that you will be leading the world, as well, in the world’s No. 1 sport.”
“I know it was giggles and laughs,” North and Central American and Caribbean Confederation President Victor Montagliani said. “He wasn’t joking.”
Infantino defended FIFA’s financial demands on bidding cities and states, which included sales tax exemptions. He said World Cup revenue supports FIFA’s 211 members and 75% could not sustain operations without the money.
“This is something which is definitely a fair compromise, taking into the account the interest of sport and the interests of the host countries,” he said.
The 1994 tournament set records with a 3.59 million total attendance and average of 68,991. The capacities of the U.S. stadiums for 2026 are all 60,000 and higher.
“I think this part of the world doesn’t realize what will happen here in 2026,” Infantino said. “These three countries will be upside down. The world will be invading Canada, Mexico and the United States.”
The bid plan selected in 2018 envisioned 60 games in the U.S. for the first 48-nation Cup, including all from the quarterfinals on, and 10 each in Mexico and Canada.
Specific sites for each round will be announced later, and Infantino said world-wide television times will be a factor for the final, which makes the Eastern and Central times zones more likely. FIFA has gradually moved back the kickoff time of the final from 3:30 p.m. EDT to 10 a.m. EDT for this year’s tournament, which is 10 p.m. in Beijing.
The U.S. selections included none of the nine stadiums used in 1994. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, and Orlando’s Camping World Stadium were the only ones remaining in contention, and they were among the sites dropped in negotiations with stadiums and cities that continued until right before the announcement.
New stadiums were selected in five areas used in 1994. AT&T Stadium in Texas instead of Dallas’ Cotton Bowl, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood for the Rose Bowl and Levi’s Stadium for Stanford Stadium.
Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, replaced torn-down sites that were adjacent, Giants Stadium and Foxboro Stadium.
Three U.S. venues have retractable roofs and Atlanta has a fixed roof. All of the U.S. stadiums but Miami and Kansas City opened in 2002 or later.
Venues have a broader array of pricey seats than in 1994 — the bid book listed a total of 3,757 luxury suites and 76,317 club seats, even before the opening of SoFi, which hosted this year’s Super Bowl.
Eight of the 11 U.S. stadiums have artificial turf and promised to install temporary grass. Dietmar Exler, chief operating officer of AMB Sports & Entertainment, whose NFL Falcons and Major League Soccer team play at Mercedes-Benz, said growing lamps will be used.
“We will study very carefully with FIFA how we can handle and make sure we have the best natural turf available,” he said. “That’s one of the high priority areas for us to focus on.”
Some venues, notably SoFi, cannot currently fit a 68-x-105 meter (75x-115 yard) field and would need renovations to remove seats near sidelines. FIFA made similar demands ahead of 1994 but backed off and allowed some narrower surfaces.
“We have to move out some of the pinch points,” Smith said. “It doesn’t have any material aspect on capacity.”
The Detroit area, where the old Pontiac Silverdome hosted games, was cut in 2018 and Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium was the capital area’s contender after FedEx dropped out in April. Washington’s RFK Stadium was used in 1994.
Chicago, which hosted the 1994 opener at Solider Field, refused to bid, citing FIFA’s demands.
In contrast to the 1992 site announcement during a news conference, the 2026 announcement was made during a show broadcast from Fox’s studio in Manhattan.
“It’s grown so much in my lifetime,” U.S. star Christian Pulisic said, “and I’m hoping that it can even take that next step.”
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AP Sports Writer Charles Odum in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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Fuel leak disrupts NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard.
For the second time this week, the launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA. Monday’s attempt was halted by a bad engine sensor and leaking fuel.
As the sun rose, an over-pressure alarm sounded and the tanking operation was briefly halted, but no damage occurred and the effort resumed, NASA’s Launch Control reported. But minutes later, hydrogen fuel began leaking from the engine section at the bottom of the rocket. NASA halted the operation, while engineers scrambled to plug what was believed to be a gap around a seal.
The countdown clocks continued ticking toward an afternoon liftoff; NASA had two hours Saturday to get the rocket off.
NASA wants to send the crew capsule atop the rocket around the moon, pushing it to the limit before astronauts get on the next flight. If the five-week demo with test dummies succeeds, astronauts could fly around the moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025. People last walked on the moon 50 years ago.
Forecasters expected generally favorable weather at Kennedy Space Center, especially toward the end of the two-hour afternoon launch window.
At the same time, the rocket’s lead engineers expressed confidence in the tightened-up fuel lines and procedure changes.
On Monday, a sensor indicated one of the four engines was too warm, but engineers later verified it actually was cold enough. The launch team planned to ignore the faulty sensor this time around and rely on other instruments to ensure each main engine was properly chilled.
Before igniting, the main engines need to be as frigid as the liquid hydrogen fuel flowing into them at minus-420 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-250 degrees Celsius). If not, the resulting damage could lead to an abrupt engine shutdown and aborted flight.
Mission managers accepted the additional risk posed by the engine issue as well as a separate problem: cracks in the rocket’s insulating foam. But they acknowledged other problems could prompt yet another delay.
That didn’t stop thousands from jamming the coast to see the Space Launch System rocket soar. Local authorities expected massive crowds because of the long Labor Day holiday weekend.
The $4.1 billion test flight is the first step in NASA’s Artemis program of renewed lunar exploration, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology.
Twelve astronauts walked on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program, the last time in 1972.
Artemis — years behind schedule and billions over budget — aims to establish a sustained human presence on the moon, with crews eventually spending weeks at a time there. It’s considered a training ground for Mars.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Health director and distinguished military veteran Tyler Irwin has been recognized as a 2022 "40 Under 40" honoree by Columbus Business First.
Each year, the Columbus business publication chooses 40 professionals under the age of 40 in Central Ohio to recognize for their remarkable achievements. Business First received over 200 nominations this year and selected winners based on their professional work and community volunteerism.
"These are Central Ohio's top up-and-coming movers, shakers, influencers, and all-around do-gooders," said Business First Managing Editor Mark Somerson about the honorees. "These are the people whose resumes sparkle. These are the doctors, lawyers, professors, nonprofit workers, accountants and managers who do extraordinary things every day at work as well as in their communities. They are the best of the best."
Irwin was a Green Beret in the United States Army and led soldiers on combat tours in Syria and Turkey. He developed and implemented a training program with NATO allied special forces. He trained and led over 800 individuals in unconventional warfare and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement.
At Quantum Health, Irwin is a director of Pod Management, leading over 130 Quantum Health team members dedicated to helping more than 2 million members navigate their healthcare journeys more easily and effectively. Irwin also leads QVets, one of Quantum Health's employee resource groups, with 25 members who are veterans or family members of veterans. He leads monthly group meetings and helps plan group, community and volunteer activities.
"To be recognized with these other amazing professionals is such an honor. I am very humbled and a bit surprised that Quantum Health even wanted to nominate me," said Irwin. "I am grateful to have had the opportunity to make a difference in the world by serving our country, and I'm grateful to continue to have the opportunity to make a difference in the world by serving people through Quantum Health. Being recognized for work that I love doing is icing on the cake."
Outside of the office, Tyler dedicates an extraordinary amount of energy supporting veterans in meaningful ways. Because Tyler knows the challenges of transitioning from military life to civilian life, he directly helps other veterans in their transition. He mentors veterans with The Honor Foundation, a national program that provides tools and experiences that help special forces military veterans understand how to translate their elite military experience to their next mission in life. He also volunteers with The Special Operators Transition Foundation, a similar national program that serves Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Army Rangers, air commandos and special ops aviators. Through the foundation, Tyler mentors veterans as they transition from their known military world to the private sector. In addition to supporting other veterans, Tyler also gives back to the local community by volunteering at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective.
"We are so proud that Tyler is being recognized as the inspiring leader, community member and person that he is," said Quantum Health President Shannon Skaggs. "When Tyler transitioned from the military to civilian life, he said he wanted to find a place where he could continue using his talents for the greater good. We are humbled and grateful that he found that place at Quantum Health, and we are excited to continue nurturing his career and watching him excel. Tyler is a hero in every sense of the word."
About Quantum Health
Quantum Health is the industry-leading consumer healthcare navigation and care coordination company that delivers an unparalleled consumer experience to its members, as well as validated claims savings and high satisfaction rates for its self-insured employer clients. Quantum Health's proprietary Real-Time Intercept® model identifies opportunities for early intervention in a member's healthcare journey, resulting in better engagement, outcomes, and cost efficiencies.
The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Dublin, Ohio. Since its inception, Quantum Health has earned numerous awards and honors, including being named among the Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc. 5000, and a Great Place to Work by FORTUNE Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine. The Women Presidents' Organization has ranked Quantum Health as one of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies, and Columbus Business First has honored Quantum Health as a Best Place to Work.
To learn more about the company, visit www.Quantum-Health.com, and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Quantum Health, Corporate Communications
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FRISCO (SILVER STAR NATION) — The twists, turns, highs and lows of the first round of the 2022 NLF Draft are now in the rear view mirror, and the Cowboys still have plenty of picks and plenty of needs to address.
After selecting Tulsa offensive tackle Tyler Smith with their 24th overall pick, offensive line is still an area of need the Cowboys could address on day 2.
Also high on their list of needs are another wide receiver to complement CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup and another defensive end to pair with DeMarcus Lawrence. Another tight end, linebacker, or defensive back wouldn’t hurt either.
The second and third rounds kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 29, 2022, live from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Many NFL analysts and draft experts have commented on the depth in the 2022 draft class, with a lot of talented players still on the board.
Which ones will wear the iconic star?
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The specialty offering will leverage Pharmacultural®, a proprietary approach to multicultural marketing in the pharmaceutical space.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fingerpaint Marketing, Inc. ("Fingerpaint Marketing") announced the acquisition of Emcay, LLC ("Emcay"), a full-service agency uniquely designed to provide a perfect balance of pharmaceutical knowledge and multicultural insight, and the creation of Fingerpaint Multicultural, a specialty offering that will focus solely on Pharmacultural® marketing. In December 2020, Fingerpaint partnered with San Francisco–based private equity firm Knox Lane to accelerate its trajectory through organic growth and strategic partnerships. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Fingerpaint Multicultural will fall under the Fingerpaint Marketing brand and tap into both companies' multicultural expertise. Steve Millerman, who served as president of Emcay, will lead Fingerpaint Multicultural, reporting to Mark Willmann, head of Fingerpaint Marketing.
"Fingerpaint has always been committed to refining, and expanding, our capabilities to meet the needs of our clients," said Bill McEllen, global president of Fingerpaint. "We are very fortunate to be able to welcome this group of highly specialized marketers into our Fingerpaint family and look forward to seeing the impact their highly targeted campaigns will have on humanity."
Pharmacultural® marketing is the basis for a proprietary approach to rethinking and distilling unique cultural insights into actionable and authentic content and campaigns, no matter the therapeutic area, channel, or customer type.
"This is a consolidated group of experts who will be laser-focused on peeling back the layers of multicultural marketing to reveal truly impactful insights that will allow us to ensure our messaging is not just landing appropriately, but making a measurable difference in people's lives," said Willmann.
"Being a part of Fingerpaint will allow the tremendously important work our people do to make a bigger impact on outcomes for individuals who are often misrepresented and underreached in the healthcare space, as well as help marketers materialize plans that will drive tangible and measurable results, leading to better outcomes for everyone," said Millerman, who has more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical brand marketing, much of it focused on multicultural marketing.
Our creative solutions are fueled by the deep human and scientific insights that drive change. Informed by data and driven by innate curiosity and creativity, we solve the business and human challenges that hinder health experiences. We believe everything we do can help paint a healthy future.
Fingerpaint comprises Fingerpaint Marketing (parent company) and its wholly owned subsidiaries 1798, Leaderboard Branding, MedThink Communications, MedThink SciCom, and Engage. Collectively, its companies have been named Agency of the Year five times; honored by the Lisbon Health International Advertising Festival, Webby Awards, Telly Awards, Global Awards, DTC National, D&AD, and Clio Awards; acknowledged as a DE&I Champion; named Best Places to Work by Ad Age; and included on Inc. Magazine's list of the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Companies for nine consecutive years. Visit Fingerpaint at www.fingerpaint.com.
Based in San Francisco, Knox Lane is a growth-oriented investment firm composed of a team of accomplished investors and operators with a shared work history and a strong track record of partnering with leading companies to accelerate transformational growth. Knox Lane employs an investor-operator mind-set and seeks to provide support across a number of business components, including human capital, brand management, end-to-end digital transformation, sourcing, supply chain and logistics, strategic acquisitions, and business development. For more information, please visit www.knoxlane.com.
Contact:
Michelle Maskaly
Fingerpaint
Mmaskaly@fingerpaint.com
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PEABODY, Mass., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Privo Technologies, Inc. ("Privo") announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to Privo's PRV platform delivery of cisplatin for the treatment of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the anterior 2/3 of the oral cavity. This represents Privo's third ODD for a rare disease following their approval in oral cavity cancers and anal cancers. Privo Technologies is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that has designed and developed a nanoengineered drug delivery platform to safely deliver highly potent and toxic APIs locoregionally, led by founder and CEO Manijeh Goldberg, PhD.
"Achieving this important regulatory milestone means we are one step closer to bringing new treatment options to patients diagnosed with oral CIS. The standard of care currently is surgery, resulting in severe disfigurement and poor quality of life. Our novel transmucosal delivery system with embedded cisplatin loaded nanoparticles, PRV111, allows for patients to be treated with topical chemotherapy providing an alternative to surgery that effectively treats cancer while maintaining the form and function of the oral cavity," said Dr. Goldberg.
FDA Orphan Drug Designation is granted to investigational therapies addressing rare medical diseases or conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. Orphan drug status provides benefits to drug developers that includes assistance in the drug development process, tax credits for clinical costs, exemption from FDA PDUFA fees, and seven years of post-approval exclusivity.
Privo Technologies, Inc. (Privo) is a phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel therapies with the potential to transform standard of care for treating solid tumors by offering safer and more effective alternatives. Privo is headquartered in Peabody, Massachusetts.
Privo's lead asset, PRV111 has been shown to be effective in patients with head and neck cancer in several hospitals across the US during a safety and efficacy Phase I/II clinical study, dramatically reducing tumor volume without any systemic toxicity. For additional information on Privo Technologies, Inc. please visit www.privotechnologies.com.
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STOCKHOLM, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Devyser has been awarded a tender from Héma-Québec, in Québec, Canada, for its non-invasive fetal RHD detection product, used to determine fetal RHD status from maternal plasma in early pregnancy. The tender is initially valid over three years starting in 2023, with a potential extension of two additional years. The total possible order value amounts to just over 16 MSEK.
"This is a strategic breakthrough in the North American market, and I am very proud of the entire team who made this happen", says CEO Fredrik Alpsten. "National and regional screening programs represent an important upside for us, and this award is a true confirmation of our products competitiveness in these large international tenders."
Devyser has submitted a regulatory registration application of the RHD product in Canada as part of the tender process. The company already holds an MDSAP certification since 2020, which is a requirement for registration of products in Canada.
The award is subject to a testing period for verification and validation during the first half of 2023 and the first order from the tender is expected around mid-2023 once the final award contract is in place.
The Devyser RHD product is used by clinical labs for non-invasive determination of fetal RHD status in maternal plasma as early as gestation week 10. Devyser's unique technology significantly simplifies laboratory workflows and analysis. It also enables increased throughput and shortened turnaround times for the labs. Determining the fetal RHD status is important in pregnant women who are RHD-negative in order to avoid hemolytic disease, a condition that can be life-threatening for the newborn baby. Hemolytic disease of the fetus can be prevented by RHD determination combined with prophylactic treatment during pregnancy.
Héma-Québec's mission is to efficiently meet the Québec population's needs for blood and other high-quality biological products of human origin. Héma-Québec has over 1,400 employees, nearly 200,000 donors of blood, stem cells, mother's milk and human tissues, as well as thousands of blood drive volunteers. Every year, Héma-Québec delivers over 800,000 biological products of human origin to Québec's hospitals in order to meet patients' needs.
This information is information that Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons below, on June 22, 2022, at 10:30 CET.
For more information, please contact:
Fredrik Alpsten, CEO
E-mail: fredrik.alpsten@devyser.com
Tel: +46 706 673 106
Sabina Berlin CFO
E-post: sabina.berlin@devyser.com
Tel: +46 739 519 502
About Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ)
Devyser is specialized in the development, manufacture, and sales of diagnostic kits. The products are sold to routine diagnostic laboratories in more than 45 countries. The products are used for advanced DNA testing in the hereditary disease, oncology and post-transplantation monitoring fields, to enable targeted cancer treatment, the diagnosis of a large number of genetic diseases, and transplant patient follow-up. Devyser's product development focuses on simplifying and streamlining advanced testing processes to improve throughput, reduce hands-on time and produce accurate and trusted results. Devyser was founded in 2004 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Devyser's shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm (ticker: DVYSR). The company's Certified Adviser is Redeye AB, e-mail address certifiedadviser@redeye.se and telephone number +46 8 121 576 90. For more information, visit www.devyser.com.
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BOSTON, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm, is pleased to announce that director Martha Nahill Frahm, who co-chairs the firm's Tax Group, has been named a 2022 Go To Tax Lawyer by Mass Lawyers Weekly for her long record of success as a tax lawyer in the Commonwealth.
In more than 20 years of practice, Frahm has developed a reputation as one of the most respected, knowledgeable, and experienced tax attorneys in the region and beyond. Her work spans a wide range of practice areas at Goulston & Storrs, including real estate joint ventures and structuring, representing educational, medical and cultural institutions, and closely held businesses and entrepreneurs; mergers & acquisitions (M&A), advising on incentive tax credits such as the historic rehabilitation credit; and providing private client wealth transfer and philanthropic planning.
Beyond her work advising business and individual clients on federal and state tax planning, Frahm also advises tax exempt and charitable organizations, including educational institutions, academic medical centers, health care organizations, and foundations, on their most complex tax issues. With deep expertise in non-profit management structuring, operational and investment matters, governance, policy development, M&A, technology transfer, and licensing agreements, Frahm is considered one of the leading attorneys in this specialized area.
In addition to her client work, Frahm co-chairs both the firm's Tax Group and Associate Development and Training Committee, and serves on numerous firm committees focused on mentoring, training, education, and relationship-building skills. She is also a leader in the legal community, serving on various Boston Bar Association Boards throughout her career. In 2010, she founded and co-chaired the BBA's Tax Exempt Organizations Committee. She has also served on the Board of the Governance Committee and as a member of the Chapter 180 working group. Frahm currently serves as pro bono counsel to numerous non-profit organizations including Oxfam America, YouthBuild, Endeavor Global, and All Hands and Hearts.
She received her J.D., cum laude, and LL.M. from Boston University School of Law and her B.A. from Tufts University.
About Goulston & Storrs
Collaboration is not just a pillar of our strategy; it is the key to our competitive advantage and approach to clients, community, and each other. At Goulston & Storrs, we practice law with excellence and integrity. We are a place where mutual respect and collaboration drive open discussion, transparency, creativity and optimal results for our clients. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where sophisticated business is conducted with genuine camaraderie. To learn more about us, visit www.goulstonstorrs.com.
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Employees at a Trader Joe’s supermarket in Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest workers at a major company to approve a labor union.
The store in Hadley, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Boston, is the first Trader Joe’s with an employees union, although workers at two other company locations have initiated unionization efforts.
The union vote, counted by National Labor Relations Board agents in front of witnesses from management and employees, passed 45-31 with one void. Eighty-one store workers — called crew members or merchants in company lingo — were eligible to vote.
The union, Trader Joe’s United, said in a Twitter post “We won!”
“This victory is historic, but not a surprise,” the tweet said. “Since the moment we announced our campaign, a majority of the crew have enthusiastically supported our union, and despite the company’s best efforts to bust us, our majority has never wavered.”
The company has seven days to file an objection. A company spokesperson did not indicate whether there would be one. The company already has among the best package of pay, benefits, and working conditions in the grocery store business, the spokesperson said.
“We are prepared to immediately begin discussions with union representatives for the employees at this store to negotiate a contract,” the statement from Nakia Rohde said. “We are willing to use any current union contract for a multi-state grocery company with stores in the area, selected by the union representatives, as a template to negotiate a new structure for the employees in this store; including pay, retirement, healthcare, and working conditions such as scheduling and job flexibility.”
Organizers at the store launched the effort in May in an open letter to company CEO Dan Bane citing concerns about pay, benefits and safety.
Now that the union has been approved, the next step is putting together a negotiating committee to hammer out a contract with the California-based company, which has about 530 stores nationwide.
“We must embrace this challenge head on, together, and negotiate a contract that reflects the values Trader Joe’s has long claimed to espouse,” the union said in its tweet.
Trader Joe’s United is an independent union and not affiliated with a larger existing union, although organizers have received administrative and legal help from established unions, 18-year Trader Joe’s employee Maeg Yosef said.
Workers from at least two other Trader Joe’s locations have initiated unionization efforts. Employees at a Minneapolis location have a union vote scheduled for Aug. 11 and 12, while the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 on Tuesday filed a union election petition with the National Labor Relations Board on behalf of crew members at a Boulder, Colorado store.
The Trader Joe’s workers are part of a nationwide wave of employees at major companies who have or are attempting to unionize in an effort to secure a bigger say in their work conditions and compensation.
Workers at multiple Starbucks coffee shop locations across the country, as well as employees at Amazon, Apple and REI are among those who have joined unions in the past year.
During the first nine months of the 2022 fiscal year, from Oct. 1 until June 30, union representation petitions filed at the National Labor Relations Board have increased 58% compared to the first three quarters of the previous fiscal year, the agency said this month.
Before the vote took place, Trader Joe’s management engaged in what Yosef called “classic union-busting” tactics, including hiring a law firm specializing in fighting unionization to try and talk employees out of approving a union.
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This story has been corrected to reflect that Trader Joe’s has about 530 stores, not about 550. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/union-vote-to-wrap-up-at-trader-joes-store-in-massachusetts/ | 2022-07-29T02:38:22Z |
BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridger Photonics, Inc. (Bridger) announced today that Montana-based syndicate, Beaverhead Partners LLC, has invested $55 million in the company to support its rapid growth. The syndicate is composed of Bozeman-based Madison Valley Partners, sustainability and climate action focused Carica Sustainable Investments, and Bozeman-based Next Frontier Capital. Each of the investors has strong ties to Montana and each is building core holdings in climate-centered technology companies. This minority-share investment in Bridger represents the largest investment of its type for each of the investors.
Bridger developed Gas Mapping LiDAR™, a methane detection technology that has transformed the way the oil and gas industry detects and manages emissions. Bridger mounts its laser sensors on small aircraft, scans oil and gas infrastructure, and provides gas plume images, GPS coordinates, and accurate quantification of methane leaks across the entire natural gas value chain. This information is used by energy companies to efficiently reduce their methane emissions. While Bridger's team and manufacturing are based in Bozeman, it scans for emissions throughout all major oil and gas production basins in North America. Bridger also scans natural gas transmission pipelines and distribution service networks for utility companies. Major clients include ExxonMobil, Southern California Gas Company, Diversified Energy, Devon Energy, Cenovus Energy, Chesapeake Energy, and many others who rely on the company to detect methane emissions so they can lower greenhouse gas emissions and meet sustainability goals.
Bridger's strong growth history and growth potential, combined with the unique competitive positioning of Gas Mapping LiDAR in the methane detection space, made Bridger a compelling opportunity for the syndicate. The fit with Bridger's Montana roots and values-based mission formed a natural partnership between the parties.
The co-lead investor in the syndicate, Madison Valley Partners, is a Bozeman based investment firm led by Steve Burke, the former CEO of NBCUniversal. Mr. Burke, an avid outdoorsman, spends much of his time in southwest Montana. The other co-lead investor of the syndicate, Carica Sustainable Investments, is led by Ham James and Wallace Henderson, both of whom have strong family ties to Montana and a history of sustainable energy investing. Bozeman's Next Frontier Capital, led by Will Price and Richard Harjes, has played a central role in growing venture capital investment in Montana by ten-fold over its first five years of operation. "It's incredible… Bridger is literally changing the world from right here in Bozeman," stated Price. "Having seen 'under the hood,' this is an amazing company and amazing team, and we believe the sky's the limit for how far we can go together," added Price.
Bridger's CEO, Pete Roos echoed the enthusiasm of the investors. "We are beyond excited to share the next stage of our journey with investors from right here in Montana that share our passion for sustainability," stated Roos, who cofounded Bridger Photonics alongside two graduate school colleagues from Montana State University. "This group of investors knows how to guide Bridger to the next level. And you know, this group just feels right," Roos added.
Located in Bozeman, Montana, Bridger Photonics, Inc. provides aerial methane detection, localization, and quantification across the natural gas value chain. Bridger's mission is to enable clean, safe, and streamlined oil and gas operations by providing actionable data for methane emissions reduction. For more information, see www.bridgerphotonics.com.
Press Contact: Tessa Wuertz at 406.585.2774 or tessa.wuertz@bridgerphotonics.com
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WWII veteran celebrates 100th birthday at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) – World War II veteran Bob Reisser celebrated his 100th birthday with a special trip to the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
After a family party at the Elk Ridge Village, Reisser got a motorcycle escort by the American Legion to the museum where he was able to go inside planes that were used in the war.
“We got to go in the B-17. They said they’ve never had a 100-year-old get up in the cockpit before, and it’s no mean feat to get there,” family member Kurt Reisser told WOWT.
After the museum, Reisser was flown home on a helicopter provided by Dreamweaver Organization.
People Reisser loves and knows came from all over the country just to help celebrate this milestone birthday.
His grandson is especially proud of Reisser’s accomplishments and the time he spent in the military.
“I actually carry his same name,” Wesley said. “And so, it’s a great honor to. He inspired me to service. I’m not in the military but I’m in the state department and just trying to carry his great example which I try to do all my life.”
Copyright 2022 WOWT via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/06/06/wwii-veteran-celebrates-100th-birthday-strategic-air-command-aerospace-museum/ | 2022-06-06T15:21:20Z |
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DJ Shaynea will be performing at Bat Fest with Roadway Productions taking place on the Congress Bridge on August 27, 2022, and featuring performances from other performers like The Unlikely Candidates, Bun B and Toadies.
DJ Shaynea is the youngest, upcoming 15 year old music producer in the Greater Austin Area. He comes from a family of love for music in which Shaynea started when he was 3 years old with percussion then moving to producing his own music. DJ Shaynea started touring locally at the age of 8 furthering his music career collaborating and training with Odo Sound, Elevate Event & Deep Impact Entertainment. His father grew up in the Austin area, known as the "Live Music Capital of the World", and his mother's home is New Orleans, known for its Jazz. His sister, also 15, known as Lil Miss Sound and Lights, production and tour manager. His other sister, 12, helps with crowd control.
DJ Shaynea will be performing on the Austin Statesman Theater Stage for Bat Fest, in which the bridge fills with vendors and people during the festival located at 100 South Congress Ave bridge in Austin. The Event is presented by Roadway Productions, a locally family owned business, on August 27, 2022 from 4pm to midnight. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.roadwayevents.com/event/bat-fest/.
Bat Fest is proud to bring DJ Shaynea to stage for the second time in three years. What will you see at Bat Fest this year? 1.5 Million Mexican Free-tailed bats emerging from under the bridge at dusk, 2 stages with live music, more than 50 arts and crafts vendors, delicious food and drinks, children activities, bat costume contest and other bat themed activities.
You can hear DJ Shaynea's tracks on his
SoundCloud @ www.soundcloud.com/djshaynea, (ShaLu)
ITunes - DJ Shaynea
and IHeart Radio @https://www.iheart.com/artist/dj-shaynea-31790546/
Check out more of his and his band's current and future events on DJ Shaynea's Instagram &
Facebook @www.facebook.com/Djshaynea,
Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/djshaynea/?hl=en
DJShaynea & YouTube @https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBKSjoco7ahjCVwLHaRCdrg
Check DJ Shaynea out at Bat Fest 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbUSSlw0ZYU
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Elevate Event
Laura Luther
512.808.8609
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Wanted 15-year-old connected to Montara firearm burglary
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 15-year-old person of interest wanted by the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office has been connected to the aggravated burglary in Montara.
The Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office tells 13 NEWS that John X. Lopez, 15, who is wanted as a person of interest, has been connected to the break-in in the Montara neighborhood in which firearms had been stolen.
On Thursday, July 14, officials said they were looking for Lopez as a person of interest in the aggravated burglary. His whereabouts remain unknown.
The Sheriff’s Office also told 13 NEWS that Lopez was identified as the unmasked individual in the surveillance video.
On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office asked for assistance identifying the other three individuals who remain unnamed.
During the break-in, officials said four suspects entered a home in the Montara neighborhood and stole firearms.
If anyone has information about the crime, including the identities of the other three individuals or the whereabouts of Lopez, they should call the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office at or Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007.
Those who submit a tip to Crime Stoppers which leads to the arrest of an individual could be eligible for an up to $1,000 reward. The owner of the home has also offered a $500 reward for the individual who gets the firearms back or has information that leads to the arrest of those responsible.
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One Year Post Investment from Court Square Capital Partners, Connatix opens New SoHo London Office
LONDON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Connatix, the leading video technology company for premium publishers and advertisers, today announced the opening of its new U.K. office. The expansion comes after securing significant investment from a private equity firm, Court Square Capital Partners, which poised the company for accelerated international growth and expansion.
"Our significant investment in video innovation and cookieless targeting has led to extensive, trusted relationships with premium publishers and advertisers in the U.K. and Europe," said Connatix President and CRO Jenn Chen. "We recognized the enormous opportunity our Deep Contextual technology offers the industry and have doubled down on London, since we started building our team over a year ago, as the next logical foothold for global expansion."
"We saw extremely strong performance from Connatix when we ran multiple American Express deals in Q1 utilizing their cutting edge Deep Contextual technology with VTR at 85%, way above benchmark and the highest performing of all video partners that we were running," said Alex Page of UM on behalf of American Express.
Since its inception, in 2014, Connatix continues to trailblaze the next generation of video experiences that delight consumers thereby maximizing advertiser and publisher returns. The rapidly expanding company offers the leading end-to-end platform featuring the foremost online video player, proprietary AI technology that analyzes both page and video content for deeper contextual targeting, turn-key engaging formats, and an integrated ad-server and exchange, all purpose-built for video.
Connatix offers a video player, ad server, and exchange all in one, providing the most direct path to the page for advertisers. As the appetite for videos that consumers like grows, and with brands turning to shorter form videos for their content, the importance of getting the message right continues to circle the market back to contextual video solutions to a cookieless world.
"At Connatix, we work with over 3,000 publishers and more than 1,000 advertisers worldwide," said Jenn Chen. "Expanding our U.K. presence is a natural step as the company continues to scale its global business to meet rapidly growing demand."
For more information on Connatix, visit www.connatix.com.
Connatix is a video technology company for publishers and advertisers. We believe in the power of engaging content and are on a mission to help publishers and advertisers deliver successful videos without compromise. With a cutting-edge video player, optimization engine, and suite of turn-key video monetization formats, publishers can amplify video revenue while delivering engaging experiences. With first-to-market video capabilities, Connatix sits at the forefront of content innovation and is building a new generation of video experiences that are optimized for publisher and advertiser success. Connatix works with over 500 publishers across 4,000 sites and 1,000+ advertisers worldwide and was named a Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Company, a finalist in the Digiday Media Awards for Best Contextual Offering, one of the fastest growing companies on the Inc. 5000 list, and has been recognized as an AdExchanger Programmatic Player for two consecutive years. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, Israel, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Miami, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois.
Media Contact: Lana McGilvray, Connatix@purposenorthamerica.com
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NEW ORLEANS, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until August 5, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Teladoc investors should visit us at https://claimsfiler.com/cases/nyse-tdoc/ or call toll-free (844) 367-9658. Lawyers at Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC are available to discuss your legal options.
Teladoc and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On April 27, 2022, the Company disclosed a host of negative financial results, including revenue of $565.4 million, below consensus estimates by $3.23 million, net loss per share of $41.58, primarily driven by a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $6.6 billion or $41.11 per share, and revised FY 2022 revenue guidance to $2.4 - $2.5 billion and adjusted EBITDA guidance to $240 - $265 million, which the Company largely attributed to increased competition in its BetterHelp and chronic care businesses.
On this news, shares of Teladoc fell $22.48 per share, or 40.15%, to close at $33.51 per share on April 28, 2022.
The case is Schneider v. Teladoc Health, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-04687.
ClaimsFiler has a single mission: to serve as the information source to help retail investors recover their share of billions of dollars from securities class action settlements. At ClaimsFiler.com, investors can: (1) register for free to gain access to information and settlement websites for various securities class action cases so they can timely submit their own claims; (2) upload their portfolio transactional data to be notified about relevant securities cases in which they may have a financial interest; and (3) submit inquiries to the Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC law firm for free case evaluations.
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Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF pursues income with a multi-sector, lower-duration approach.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Touchstone Investments, known for its Distinctively Active® mutual funds, announced the launch of its fourth actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF), the Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF (TUSI: Cboe BZX). The ETFs mark the natural expansion of Touchstone's Distinctively Active investment philosophy through an ETF structure, providing shareholders with more investment options.
Each of the four ETFs has a corresponding Touchstone mutual fund that shares a similar core investment strategy. The four that have launched over the last few weeks are:
- Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities ETF (SIO: NYSE Arca) -- The expanded opportunity set of this multi-sector bond strategy provides the flexibility to invest effectively in a variety of different markets and is focused on providing a high and consistent level of income and total return. (Inception: July 21, 2022)
- Touchstone US Large Cap Focused ETF (LCF: Cboe BZX) -- This Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in U.S.-listed equity securities that have a market capitalization at the time of purchase above $5 billion and focuses on investing in companies with reasonable valuations combined with distinctive barriers to entry in their respective markets. (Inception: July 27, 2022)
- Touchstone Dividend Select ETF (DVND: NYSE Arca) -- This Fund seeks a high level of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a portfolio of dividend-paying, large-capitalization equities which have the potential to support reliable, growing dividends along with reasonable valuations. (Inception: August 2, 2022)
- Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF (TUSI: Cboe BZX) -- This Fund seeks maximum total return consistent with the preservation of capital by primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of investment grade fixed income securities; its portfolio is managed to maintain an effective duration of one year or less under normal market conditions. (Inception: August 4, 2022)
Touchstone's ETFs have the potential to provide excess returns and complement most investment portfolios; seek to reduce unintended risks and offer the flexibility to capture upside potential and limit downside risk relative to an index; and provide the potential for a more tax-efficient, cost competitive and transparent way to access Touchstone investment strategies with no investment minimum.
Distinctively Active management has long been the hallmark of Touchstone's investment philosophy, so extending its Distinctively Active approach into ETFs is a natural expansion of Touchstone's core competencies. Touchstone's commitment to being Distinctively Active means executing a fully integrated and rigorous process for identifying and collaborating with best-in-class asset managers to sub-advise the firm's funds. The four new Touchstone ETFs are sub-advised by Fort Washington Investment Advisors, a long-time sub-advisor of the Touchstone Funds.
For more information about these Touchstone ETF offerings, please visit: Touchstone ETFs
Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.
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Equities are subject to market volatility and loss. Large-cap companies which may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges. There is no guarantee that dividend-paying companies will declare dividends in the future or that dividends, if declared, will remain at current levels or increase over time. Securities that pay dividends may be sensitive to changes in interest rates, and as interest rates rise or fall, the prices of such securities may fall. Mid-cap companies may be subject to more erratic market movements than stocks of larger, more established companies. Funds that focus their investments in specific sectors may have greater risk that adverse circumstances will have greater impact on a fund that does not do so. A fund which is non-diversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a limited number of issuers, may be subject to greater risks.
Touchstone exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are actively managed and do not seek to replicate a specific index. ETFs are bought and sold through an exchange at the then current market price, not net asset value (NAV), and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV when traded on an exchange. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. There can be no guarantee that an active market for ETFs will develop or be maintained, or that the ETFs' listing will continue or remain unchanged.
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Touchstone's commitment to being Distinctively Active has purposeful intent. Recognizing that not all fund companies are created equal, we actively apply an integrated and rigorous approach for identifying and partnering with highly-skilled asset managers who act in a sub-advisory capacity. Their expertise, disciplined investment processes and employment of active management provide the differentiation required for robust portfolio construction. Touchstone offers a full breadth of investment options across styles and asset classes, including U.S. equity, international equity, income and multi-asset funds. The Touchstone Funds are advised by Touchstone Advisors, Inc., a registered investment adviser, and are distributed nationally through intermediaries including broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, institutions and others by Touchstone Securities, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC. Touchstone, Touchstone Funds and Touchstone Investments are federal service mark registrations and applications owned by IFS Financial Services, Inc. Touchstone Securities, Inc., Touchstone Advisors, Inc., and IFS Financial Services, Inc., are members of Western & Southern Financial Group. For more information, please visit TouchstoneInvestments.com.
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. (Fort Washington) is a diversified asset management firm offering a wide range of investment solutions to a diverse set of clients and valued partners, including insurance companies, endowments, foundations, religious orders, not-for-profits, public employee retirement systems, Taft-Hartley entities, corporations operating in numerous industries, as well as individuals and families. The firm applies well-defined investment values across the diverse lineup of strategies that we offer covering asset classes and solutions within both public and private equity, cash and short duration fixed income, investment grade fixed income, asset-liability management, leveraged credit, multi-sector fixed income, private placements, private debt, midstream energy, securitized credit, and others. For more information, please visit FortWashington.com.
Founded in Cincinnati in 1888 as The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is the parent company of a group of diversified financial services businesses. Its assets owned ($66 billion) and managed ($35 billion) totaled $101 billion as of June 30, 2022. Western & Southern is one of the strongest life insurance groups in the world. Its seven life insurance subsidiaries (The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western-Southern Life Assurance Company, Columbus Life Insurance Company, Gerber Life Insurance Company, Integrity Life Insurance Company, The Lafayette Life Insurance Company, and National Integrity Life Insurance Company) maintain very strong financial ratings. Other member companies include Eagle Realty Group, LLC; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.;1 IFS Financial Services, Inc.; Touchstone Advisors, Inc.;1 Touchstone Securities, Inc.;2 W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.;1,2 and W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. Western & Southern is the title sponsor of seven major community events every year, including the Western & Southern Open, a premier event in the U.S. Open Series played each August by the world's top-ranked professional male and female tennis players. Review our current financial ratings.
Touchstone ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, Inc.*
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Touchstone and Fort Washington are members of Western & Southern Financial Group.
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LOS ANGELES, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mother's Day (Sunday, May 8) is just around the corner, as a brand committed to creating innovative musical instruments, Donner has selected the best musical gifts for all beloved mom, who loves music. From a vintage digital home piano to a lovely karaoke singing machine (which gets the whole family hyped), customers can never go wrong with the following picks from Donner.
For the Elegant Mom: Donner DDP-80 Vintage Digital Piano
Perhaps, mom wants to add an artistic statement piece in the living room, or she still cherishes the time when she was learning the piano at a younger age. Well, it's never too late to start (or return to) a beloved musical hobby. The Donner DDP-80 Digital Piano, currently with a discount offer on Amazon, may just be the right gift for her.
The 88 full-size, weighted keys are housed in a stylish wooden body which is small enough to fit anywhere in her home. Its features are both high-tech and simple, so she won't have to deal with the frustration of learning a complicated new gadget – just the joy of playing.
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For the Mom with Vintage Vibes: DP-100 3-Speed Vinyl Record Player
Enjoying time on a lovely afternoon with a cup of tea, while having her favorite records on, it could be the best moments of the day for a busy mom. With the Donner DP-100 record player, can surely provide her this peaceful moment.
The classic, stylish, belt-driven vintage-style record player will satisfy mothers by being able to play any sizes of records with simply set-ups. With the built-in Bluetooth receiver, she can stream her music wirelessly from her phone or laptop. Nevertheless, the Donner DP-100 only costs $59.
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For the Mom Who Loves Disco: DKM-20 Karaoke Singing Machine
Cool mom who loves to party on ABBA's greatest hits, sing along on the radio, or simply likes to have fun with her younger kids, why not getting her this singing machine that goes perfectly with her voice? The DKM-20 along with two mini microphones and a built-in Bluetooth speaker puts her to the stage directly. Six alternative patterns of lighting and sound effects will keep the whole family fun all day long. Turn on the neon lights on the disco ball, and have a family Pajama party.
Simply pair devices via Bluetooth, and have party everywhere. It only costs $99 to get all-in-one party gear.
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For the Mom Who Loves to Share: NEOTRACK-LX USB MIC
If customers have a mom who has been considering to set up her own podcast channel to share her secret recipes, home decor ideas or experience on parenting to the world, the NEOTRACK-LX USB microphone by Donner can be a great gift for her to start the techie project.
This Condenser microphone is equipped with USB cables compatible with PCs and phones. No driver installation required, just a simple plug-and-play, and people can immediately connect to all major live podcast software. She can easily adjust the voice gain, volume, and mute during the podcast.
The USB to type C connection ensures no latency when transferring the sound from the mike to the podcast. By plugging her headphone directly to the microphone, she can also monitor her voice conveniently with no need of an external speakers.
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For the Mom Who Loves Outing: DUC-230 UKULELE Beginner Set
Small in size, but huge in charm, the ukulele is one of the best musical instruments people could introduce to their mom for its compact size and easy-learning. The DUC-230 UKULELE from Donner is light, handy, and fits in a small backpack. It's going to be a must-have item for mothers when planning a summer activity, so she can have fun playing some easy tunes to the young kids and to herself.
The full beginner set includes a tuner, gig bag, strap, cloth, strings, picks, and free online courses for beginners.
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Founded in 2012, Donner Music is a global music technology company striving to create innovative in-house products. Donner builds guitars, electronic pianos, ukuleles, electronic drums, and other musical instruments, as well as audio equipment like stereos, monitors, turntables, and microphones. Donner aims to inspire artists and equip all levels of musicians with excellent instruments and online learning resources so that everyone can access the beauty and power of creating and playing music.
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- The Company's solar power solutions have been instrumental throughout the world in the past year as the globe witnesses an unprecedented number of natural disasters.
FREMONT, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading solar power technology solution provider, Jackery, won the Life Saving Solution of the Year Award at this year's Natural Disaster Expo held in Miami. Featuring both emergency backup power and off-grid power, Jackery's products were deemed by judges to be the best in safety and reliability, while causing no negative environmental impact.
The exhibition included 200 suppliers and 5,000 representatives from government agencies and disaster emergency response organizations. Attendees witnessed the unveiling of three awards that saw companies nominated based on the impact their services, products, or strategies had on emergency service provision and response to natural disasters, as well as market recovery from major incidents or disasters.
With the aim of empowering outdoor enthusiasts go further, Jackery has been always committed in providing quality products in life-saving work and community relief.
Jackery's response to the California wildfires
Jackery has been quick to respond to fires and wildfires throughout the United States. In California, the company worked directly with the mayor's office to distribute over 100 donated Jackery Explorer power stations and solar panels to affected families in the community.
Jackery's donations to Kentucky
When catastrophic tornadoes devastated the midwestern United States, Jackery was on hand to donate solar generators and portable power stations. The power stations provided essential electricity while the grid was down. These incidents continue, and Jackery continues to be ready and willing to help.
Climate change represents ongoing concerns for safety. Jackery products power lights, appliances, heaters/air conditioning, medical devices, communication devices, among others. The company continues to lead the way with proactive activism and to spread awareness of how backup solar power can save lives.
Jackery's life-saving devices bring peace of mind
As concern over ongoing and escalating natural disasters rises, leaders at Jackery take seriously their responsibility to provide life-saving devices in the form of solar generators, solar panels, and portable power solutions. The Company offers a wide range of solar power solutions, which provide various levels of power and always provide protection that brings peace of mind.
About Jackery
Founded in California in 2012, Jackery is a top-selling global outdoor solar generator brand that emboldens campers to go further outdoors without compromise. As the pioneer of the Solar Generator concept and products, Jackery offers a range of portable, versatile green generators that meet all outdoor needs, from charging a cellphone or laptop to powering large devices like electric cooking equipment, heaters, and lights. Its products have been consistently selected as Best Sellers on Amazon and have been included in Amazon's Choice lists since 2020. To date, Jackery has received 19 prestigious international awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award, the A' Design Award and Competition, and the CES Innovation Award. The New York Times, CNET, Digital Trends, Forbes, Tom's Guide, and other publications have ranked it among the best solar generators on the market. Since 2018, Jackery has sold more than 1.5 million units worldwide and boasts a global footprint spanning from the US to Europe.
To learn more, visit http://www.jackery.com/
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Over two dozen pharma brands and agencies have embraced the industry's first and only healthcare-specific data marketplace with hundreds of ready-to-activate custom segments
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepIntent, the leading healthcare advertising technology company built to influence better patient health and business outcomes, today announced the addition of audience segments from Redi-Data, MedFuse, HealthWise Data, Prognos Health, and TV viewership data from LG Ads Solutions to the DeepIntent Audience Marketplace.
These segments are directly integrated into DeepIntent's demand side platform for immediate activation, with the ability to optimize campaigns in real-time toward audience quality and script performance using DeepIntent Outcomes™. Launched in September 2021, Audience Marketplace remains the industry's first and only healthcare-specific data marketplace with ready-to-activate and custom audience segments powered by a variety of medical and pharmacy claims, lab, genomic, contextual, and wellness data providers.
In total, DeepIntent now offers hundreds of patients and HCP segments from leading digital health data providers and publishers, including HealthLink Dimensions, Fluent, Doc Delta, and ShareThis. Additionally, over two dozen leading pharmaceutical brands and advertising agencies have made use of custom or ready-to-activate segments available on the marketplace to simplify their campaign planning and tap into Outcomes to optimize their third-party segments.
"Audience Marketplace meets an important need to have unique healthcare audience segments included in a healthcare-focused DSP with the ability to optimize towards pharma-specific KPIs, such as Audience Quality, all within a single platform," said Jen Werther, chief strategy officer at DeepIntent. "Many of our customers already use audience segments from our new partners, and their direct integration will make it much easier to execute, measure, and optimize campaigns."
Audience Marketplace users benefit from greater convenience, faster time-to-activation, and improved data integrity and reporting compared with conventional methods, which require the use of costly and time-consuming third-party platforms. Segments within the Audience Marketplace are also matched with DeepIntent's industry-leading identity graph to prepare advertisers for the cookieless future, and provide daily physician-level data (PLD) reporting for healthcare provider audiences.
"Using integrated health data and Prognos Clinical Truths™ to ensure relevancy, healthcare marketers can rest easy knowing their messages are reaching the right physicians at the right time. Our partnership with DeepIntent makes the process of onboarding and activating HCP segments from Prognos seamless, and segments can further be optimized toward script performance in real-time when leveraging the advanced machine learning capabilities of DeepIntent Outcomes," said Matt Apprendi, vice president of marketing and media solutions at Prognos Health.
To learn more about Audience Marketplace, visit www.deepintent.com/audience-marketplace/.
DeepIntent is leading the healthcare advertising industry with data-driven solutions built for the future. Built purposefully for healthcare marketers, DeepIntent's platform is proven to drive higher audience quality and script performance. It enables marketers to plan, activate, measure, and optimize their campaigns all within a single platform. Conceived by former Memorial Sloan Kettering data scientists, DeepIntent empowers nine of the top ten pharmaceutical companies and the leading healthcare advertising agencies to improve patient outcomes through the artful use of advertising, data science, and real-world health data. For more information, visit DeepIntent.com or find us on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation seek nominations to recognize an outstanding achievement by a physician-scientist
CLEVELAND, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National and international nominations are being sought for the 2023 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine, which honors a physician-scientist who has moved science forward with achievements notable for innovation, creativity and the potential for clinical application.
The Harrington Prize, which carries a $20,000 honorarium, is a collaboration between Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation's oldest and most respected medical honor societies. Harrington Discovery Institute is a nonprofit institute dedicated to helping physician-scientists accelerate promising discoveries into medicines for unmet needs.
Both organizations recognize the challenges associated with translating academic discoveries into medicines, and they are eager to highlight those who have navigated the path successfully or whose work has led to novel treatments.
A committee composed of members of the Harrington Discovery Institute Scientific Advisory Board and the ASCI Council will review the nominations and select the awardee. In addition to the honorarium, the 2023 recipient will deliver the Harrington Prize Lecture at the 2023 Joint Meeting of the Association of American Physicians (AAP), the ASCI, and the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA); will lecture at the 2023 Harrington Discovery Institute Symposium; and will publish a personal essay in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
- Nominee must have an MD or MD/PhD (or equivalent).
- Deadline for nominations is September 12, 2022.
- Multiple nominations from an institution are welcomed.
- Teams are accepted for a nomination, but a primary nominee is required.
- Nomination guidelines can be found at HarringtonDiscovery.org/Prize.
- 2014: Harry Dietz, MD, Johns Hopkins University, for his contributions to the understanding of the biology and treatment of Marfan syndrome, a disorder leading to deadly aneurysms in children and adults.
- 2015: Douglas R. Lowy, MD, The National Cancer Institute, in recognition of his discoveries that led to the development of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
- 2016: Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University, for his discovery of leptin, which controls feeding behavior and is used to treat related clinical disorders.
- 2017: Jointly awarded to Daniel J. Drucker, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada, Joel F. Habener, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Jens J. Holst, MD, DMSc, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, for their discovery of incretin hormones and for the translation of these findings into transformative therapies for major metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
- 2018: Helen H. Hobbs, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, for the discovery of the link between a gene mutation (PCSK9) and lower levels of LDL, which has improved the treatment of high cholesterol.
- 2019: Carl H. June, MD, University of Pennsylvania, for advancing the clinical application of CAR T therapy for cancer treatment, and for his sustained contributions to the field of cellular immunology.
- 2020: Stuart H. Orkin, MD, Harvard University, for breakthrough discoveries on red blood cells that offer new treatments for patients with sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia, which are among the most common genetic disorders.
- 2021: Jointly awarded to Warren J. Leonard, MD, NHLBI and John J. O'Shea, MD, NIAMS, NIH, for their respective contributions to the field of immunology, from fundamental discovery to therapeutic impact.
- 2022: Jointly awarded to James E. Crowe, Jr., MD, Vanderbilt University, and Michel C. Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University, for their groundbreaking work in immunology, which has elucidated fundamental principles of the human immune response and enabled the use of human antibodies to treat COVID-19.
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Cy Young winner Ray sharp in Mariners debut, tops Twins 2-1
By BRIAN HALL
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray tossed seven impressive innings in his Seattle debut, Mitch Haniger homered and the Mariners opened with a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Ray surrendered just three hits, walked four and struck out five. He made the opening day start after leaving Toronto and signing a five-year, $115 million contract with Seattle. Drew Steckenrider allowed a leadoff hit in the ninth but secured the save after Gary Sánchez hit a towering flyball to the wall. Haniger connected for a two-run homer in the first inning off rookie Joe Ryan. Carlos Correa singled in his first at-bat for Minnesota after signing his surprise three-year, $105.3 million contract. Twins newcomer Gio Urshela homered. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/08/cy-young-winner-ray-sharp-in-mariners-debut-tops-twins-2-1/ | 2022-04-09T01:21:31Z |
4RF Aprisa LTE Router Certified and Approved for use on FirstNet, Built with AT&T
DENVER, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 4RF, a developer of high-performance radio communications equipment for critical infrastructure, is pleased to announce that its Aprisa LTE router is now certified and approved for use on FirstNet® – the only network built with and for America's first responders. The Aprisa LTE router is now FirstNet Ready®, which means first responders can use it to tap into specialized capabilities designed to meet their mission-centric needs on the FirstNet network.
FirstNet, Built with AT&T is solving long-standing communications challenges faced by public safety entities and those supporting emergency response nationwide. This allows first responders to communicate with one another easily and quickly during everyday situations, big events or emergencies. And FirstNet is evolving based on the needs of and feedback from the public safety community, driving purposeful innovation to help them stay mission ready. Now, by adding the Aprisa LTE router to the FirstNet ecosystem, public safety agencies and approved utility first responders have more access to the critical information they need – every day and in every emergency.
"With FirstNet Ready® designation, 4RF is honored and ready to service the needs of emergency responders and we're currently working with various customers to assist with deployments. We have the 4RF Aprisa LTE router, implementation advice and support, along with ancillaries such as antennas to help make successful use of FirstNet® for emergency response. 4RF Aprisa products are successfully deployed in hundreds of mission-critical environments around the world. We were the first to make radio ready for utility networking and now we are delighted to serve public safety and utility first responders in the U.S. using FirstNet," said 4RF CEO Ian Troughton.
The 4RF Aprisa LTE is a secure, hardened LTE router and gateway for mission-critical field area networks. With this approval the Aprisa LTE continues to bring innovation to the LTE market. Examples include the first field router to offer SFP transceiver support for optical fiber and the first Anterix Band 8 certified device to offer built-in Wi-Fi operation. The Aprisa LTE meets key utility demands with dual SIM support for private LTE as well as public networks, a very wide range of operating bands, enterprise-ready routing (including DMVPN, BGP, and EIGRP) and security features (including anti-tamper), along with the heavy-duty transient protection mandatory for protection in the electric grid deployment including substations. The device is also at home in mobile applications meeting tough vehicle electrical and vibration standards. 4RF offers a range of wraparound engineering services, including CCNA® qualified network solutions advice. More information about the 4RF Aprisa LTE router is available in its datasheet, here.
Public safety agencies and approved utility first responders also have access to a one-of-a-kind 5G experience on FirstNet. First responders maintain communications with priority and preemption on LTE, while the FirstNet network determines the best route for data traffic – whether that's 5G or LTE spectrum. Today, first responders in 20 cities have access to 5G connectivity. Plus, they also have access to AT&T 5G+ (mmWave) spectrum in parts of over 45 cities and more than 41 stadiums and venues across the country.
"FirstNet devices and modules go through extensive review, so first responders can be confident that the 4RF Aprisa LTE router meets our highest standards for reliability, security and performance," said Scott Agnew, assistant vice president, product marketing, FirstNet Program at AT&T. "The more tools public safety has access to on their network, the more we can help them achieve their mission."
Before being certified and approved for use on FirstNet, devices are subject to hundreds of tests that cover a number of aspects, from security and durability to network impacts. This helps to ensure they meet the needs of first responders and the public safety community. FirstNet Ready devices are listed on the FirstNet device page.
To learn more about 4RF and the Aprisa LTE router, go to 4RF.com. For more on FirstNet, check out FirstNet.com.
4RF is a world-class designer and manufacturer providing radio communications equipment for critical infrastructure applications to over 150 countries, for utilities, oil and gas companies, smart grid, water, and other applications including at many of the largest utilities in the United States. 4RF products deliver highly secure communications, support serial and IP traffic, and are optimized for robust performance in temperature extremes and other harsh environments.
FirstNet® is the only nationwide, high-speed broadband communications platform dedicated to and purpose-built for America's first responders and the extended public safety community. Shaped by the vision of Congress and the first responder community following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, FirstNet stands above commercial offerings. It is built with AT&T in public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) – an independent agency within the federal government. The FirstNet network is providing first responders with truly dedicated coverage and capacity when they need it, unique benefits like always-on priority and preemption, and high-quality Band 14 spectrum. These advanced capabilities help fire, EMS, law enforcement save lives and protect their communities. Learn more at FirstNet.com.
©2022 AT&T Intellectual Property. FirstNet and the FirstNet logo are registered trademarks and service marks of the First Responder Network Authority. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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CANNES, France, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenX Technologies, Inc., a leading global omnichannel advertising exchange, today announced that it is partnering with Scope3, Inc., a leader in supply chain emissions data, as part of OpenX's long-term effort to significantly lower the carbon footprint of programmatic advertising. Through this partnership, the company will offer Green Xchange Packages from OpenX (GXPs) that leverage Scope3 to measure and compensate for carbon emissions of brand advertising campaigns.
The partnership with Scope3 advances OpenX's "Path to Net-Zero," a comprehensive and ongoing initiative that has positioned the company at the forefront of sustainability practices in the digital advertising industry. OpenX is the first advertising exchange to be certified as carbon neutral, reducing its own carbon emissions by more than 90 percent and meeting the Science Based Target initiative's Net-Zero standard.
"OpenX's success in carbon reduction and our ongoing development of sustainable advertising products will drive our collective effort to reduce the carbon impact of digital advertising and help our customers meet their own sustainability goals," said John Gentry, chief executive officer of OpenX. "We're eager to support all companies making advances in sustainability within the industry, and working with Scope3 is an important step in providing advertising solutions that measure climate impact and consume less energy."
"Green Media Products are the fastest, easiest way to make a measurable impact on the carbon footprint of the advertising industry. By offering GXPs, a carbon neutral media product measured by Scope3, OpenX immediately provides marketers looking to reduce their emissions footprint with the lowest-carbon path to premium supply," said Brian O'Kelley, co-founder and CEO of Scope3. "OpenX's work in achieving carbon neutral certification and reducing carbon emissions across their operations establishes them as clear leaders and closely aligns with Scope3's mission to decarbonize digital advertising.
The Scope3 partnership announcement comes against the backdrop of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, where OpenX will host two panel discussions focused on driving sustainability within the industry. The panels will take place at the OpenX floating venue at Jetée Albert Edouard on June 21.
About OpenX
OpenX is a pioneering leader in advertising technology, helping create a world where the open web thrives. The company powers advertising on web, mobile and connected TV formats, enabling marketers to reach their target audience across OpenX's global network of publishers. OpenX works with more than 130,000 premium publishers and receives more than 250 billion ad requests every day. OpenX has been certified as a CarbonNeutral® company and is on a path to becoming one of the first companies in the world to achieve Net-Zero status.
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Man injured after motorcycle crash in Pontotoc County
Published: Jun. 19, 2022 at 11:01 PM CDT|Updated: 18 minutes ago
PONTOTOC, Okla. (KXII) -an Ada man was flown to the hospital after a motorcycle crash in Pontotoc County.
The crash happened around midnight Sunday morning on County Road 1650 and Highway 1 near Roff.
According to troopers, a 1996 Kawasaki Motorcycle was driving west on County Road 1650 when it hit a barbed-wire fence.
The driver was thrown 35 feet from the motorcycle and landed in a nearby field.
the driver, 27-year-old Brandon Gore, of Ada was flown to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and admitted in fair condition with head and arm injuries.
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Pocatello hosts 3D printing competition
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - On Friday, Idaho State University's Eames Complex hosts IDX 2022, the annual Idaho Exhibition of Ideas showcase.
Upwards of 120 students and 20 coaches from 20 Eastern Idaho schools, libraries, and after-school programs will be showing off their submissions for a 3D design and fabrication competition conducted by Idaho STEM Action Center.
In addition, 15 students and five coaches from three North Idaho schools are participating virtually in the event.
Per this year's IDX challenge theme, each team has identified a space exploration issue that can be addressed using 3D printing and digital fabrication and developed and documented a product to help resolve it. IDX is designed to equip students with the practical, technical, and creative skills needed to engage with real-world problems of today and tomorrow.
Student teams will present their solutions to a panel of judges and a public audience for review and feedback. Idaho STEM Action Center also hosted a regional IDX event in Boise last month.
The event is free to the public from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/08/pocatello-hosts-3d-printing-competition/ | 2022-04-08T16:37:36Z |
Maryland became the latest state on Friday to severely restrict the sale of so-called "ghost guns," as law enforcement officials and gun violence prevention groups continue to sound the alarm on the rise of the privately-made firearms.
Maryland joined Washington, DC and 10 other states -- California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington -- in banning or restricting the purchase or use of ghost guns, which are often bought online and assembled at home.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday he is allowing the legislation, which addresses issues around untraceable firearms, to pass without signature.
"I appreciate the work you have put into Senate Bill 387/House Bill 425 to address issues surrounding untraceable firearms, and agree that it is a positive step as we seek to stem the tide of violent crime, which is why I am allowing it to take effect," Hogan said in a statement.
"But it does nothing to penalize those who actually pull the triggers on firearms, and deflects away from the need to take decisive action to hold violent criminals accountable," the statement read.
A CNN analysis earlier this year of 2021 data found several cities reported sharp increases in the number of ghost guns recovered over time, while they still make up a relatively small percentage of the total number of guns recovered by law enforcement.
Data show the guns have been involved in shootings and found at crime scenes with increasing frequency, CNN reported.
The fast-growing threat of ghost guns has become a focus point for law enforcement officials and lawmakers on the state and federal level, as cities across the country have seen a rise in violent crime since the onset of the pandemic.
More than two-thirds of the country's most populous cities recorded more homicides in 2021 than the previous year, with at least 10 setting all-time homicide records and the majority committed with a firearm, according to a CNN analysis of police department data.
On Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced 1,753 firearms have been removed from the state's streets in the two months since she convened the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns to combat gun violence. Additionally, the state police have increased gun tracing investigations by 75% and doubled the number of guns seized from January through March.
Hochul signed legislation in October to address the gun violence epidemic, which included prohibiting "the sale of ghost guns and requiring gunsmiths and dealers in firearms to register firearms in their possession," according to the governor's office.
In February, President Joe Biden announced new steps the Department of Justice will take to combat gun violence amid the rise in violent crime.
The department has launched a national ghost gun enforcement initiative, which will "train a national cadre of prosecutors and disseminate investigation and prosecution tools to help bring cases against those who use ghost guns to commit crimes," according to the White House.
Following a 2021 directive from the Biden Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) proposed a rule in May last year to allow the bureau to classify the building blocks that often make up ghost guns as firearms.
The ATF rule addresses a key problem in tracking and regulating ghost guns because certain frames and receivers used to assemble the guns are often purchased online and not classified as firearms by the bureau.
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Burning yacht ‘Elusive’ sinks in river
NEWCASTLE, N.H. (Gray News) – No one was hurt as a yacht burst into flames and sank in a river near New Hampshire Saturday, according to authorities.
The yacht, a 70-foot long 2007 Marlow named “Elusive,” was heading toward Wentworth Marina off the Piscataqua River in Newcastle when one of the passengers noticed black smoke below deck.
The boat was soon completely filled with smoke, the passengers told New Hampshire State Police. Three passengers in the boat, along with two family dogs, jumped overboard as the boat became engulfed in flames.
The three passengers, aged 67, 57 and 33, were rescued by nearby boats and taken to shore.
All three were taken to a hospital, where they were treated and released.
Police said the vessel drifted out of the harbor with the outgoing tide and across the state line into the state of Maine. Authorities said their attempts to save the boat were unsuccessful, and the yacht sank within two hours of the call off in the Maine waters.
Police said the cause of the fire is unknown.
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