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- Significant Drop in Mobility Due to Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) Demonstrated in New Mobility Index, with Highest Drop Among Those in Their 50s
- Treatment is Deficient with 15% Currently Taking Opioids Despite CDC Guidelines Noting Inadequate Effectiveness and Inherent Risks
- Only 5% Utilizing Recommended Minimally Invasive Treatment Options
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harris Poll, a Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) agency, announced today complete results from a landmark survey, "Mobility Matters: Chronic Low Back Pain in America," sponsored by Vertos Medical as part of its national health awareness campaign, Know Your Back Story. The nationally representative survey estimates that more than 72.3 million U.S. adults – 28% of the adult population – suffer from chronic low back pain (CLBP), higher than previously reported1,2, and greater than arthritis (58.5 million),3 diabetes (37.3 million),4 or heart disease (30.3 million).5 More than three-fourths (76%) say CLBP has interfered with their ability to complete everyday tasks. Treatment for CLBP was shown to be deficient, with too many sufferers taking opioids (15%) despite updated guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control noting inadequate effectiveness and inherent risks,6 and only 5% utilizing minimally invasive lumbar decompression treatment options which are now considered appropriate for earlier use.7
Other key findings (Click here for Executive Summary and here for Presentation) include:
CLBP Has Significant Impact on Mobility and Long-term Negative Impact on Life
- More than half (53%) say CLBP has had a major or moderate negative impact on their quality of life
- More than one third of CLBP sufferers (36%) report their CLBP is "severe", "very severe", or the "worst pain possible"
- 44% report that they've been experiencing CLBP for 5 years or more
- New Mobility Index, based on survey data, shows significant drop (~20 points on a scale of 0 to 100) in CLBP sufferers' ability to move, with the highest drop seen among those in their 50s
Lack of Knowledge About CLBP Causes and Need for Better Treatment Options and Hope
- More than one-third of CLBP sufferers (37%) have never been told by a healthcare professional what causes their CLBP, despite 86% strongly or somewhat agreeing that it is important to know the specific cause so their CLBP can be managed effectively
- Only 2 in 5 (39%) have ever been told that CLBP can be caused by lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a condition often caused by an enlarged ligament compressing spinal nerves8
- Four out of 5 CLBP sufferers (82%) experience at least one symptom consistent with LSS, yet nearly 4 out of 5 (78%) do not know an enlarged ligament can cause CLBP
- The vast majority (84%) say they wish there were better treatment options for their CLBP
- 78% have accepted CLBP as part of their life, despite treatment advances that might help address the cause of CLBP
"These survey results demonstrate that people with chronic low back pain are suffering greatly over long periods of time, and many have resigned themselves to living in a debilitated state," said Kathy Steinberg, Vice President of Media and Communications Research at The Harris Poll. "The fact that more than a third are not being told what is causing their pain, such as LSS or an enlarged ligament, makes it more difficult to treat that pain. It is also alarming that opioid use is still high in people with back pain while other treatments such as minimally invasive procedures are not playing more of a role given the latest treatment guidelines.7 Taken together, these findings suggest more awareness is needed to help people determine the cause of their pain and an appropriate treatment regimen to help them find relief."
Mobility Index and Findings
The landmark survey data was also used to generate a Mobility Index, based on survey participants' ratings of their overall mobility; ability to do specific physical activities; and level of agreement with statements about mobility, pain, physical limitations, and ability to complete everyday tasks. The scores on the individual items were combined so that the Mobility Index ranged from zero (no mobility) to 100 (the highest level of mobility).
The overall results show that the average Mobility Index is 57.0 for CLBP sufferers vs. 76.4 for adults without CLBP. This approximate 20-point difference is consistent across most decade age groups, with the highest drop among those in their 50s, underscoring that this debilitating disease progresses with age and the importance of early intervention. Further, Harris Poll ran step-wise regression to isolate the individual impacts of nearly a dozen common chronic diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and stroke), and CLBP was the leading cause of reduced mobility (see chart above; See also Full Report here). As indicated in the chart above, individuals with CLBP have their Mobility Index score reduced by almost 15 points solely due to their chronic low back pain, meaning that, of the 20-point gap in Mobility Index between those with CLBP and those without CLBP, nearly 15 points is due to CLBP alone.
"As people age, it can be difficult to assess what mobility challenges are a normal part of aging or a condition that may be treatable, such as chronic low back pain," said Peter Pryzbylkowski, MD, a contributor to the Mobility Matters Survey and Board Certified Pain Specialist and Anesthesiologist from Relievus Pain Management. "People with CLBP can visit knowyourbackstory.com to learn more about their condition and the Mobility Index. An especially important step is to see a spine health physician to decide on a treatment plan and get moving again."
Methodology for Mobility Matters: Chronic Low Back Pain in America and the First-Ever Mobility Index
The Mobility Matters: Landmark Survey on Chronic Low Back Pain in America and Mobility Index was conducted online in the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Vertos Medical among 5,020 adults ages 18+, including 1,521 adults who currently experience chronic low back pain and/or sciatic pain, i.e., back pain that runs into the hips and legs ("CLBP sufferers"). The survey was conducted May 12 – May 20, 2022. Data were weighted where necessary by age, gender, race/ethnicity, region, education, household income, household size, and marital status to bring them in line with their actual proportions in the U.S. adult population, allowing estimates of the prevalence and magnitude of survey responses to be extrapolated to this population.
Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in our surveys. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data are accurate to within +/- 1.7 percentage points using a 95% confidence level for the total sample of U.S. adults, and +/- 3.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level for CLBP sufferers. This credible interval will be wider among subsets of the surveyed population of interest. All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to other multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including, but not limited to coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Due to weighting, computer rounding and/or the acceptance of multiple responses, percentages may not add to 100%.
About The Harris Poll
The Harris Poll is a global consulting and market research firm that strives to reveal the authentic values of modern society to inspire leaders to create a better tomorrow. It works with clients in three primary areas: building twenty-first-century corporate reputation, crafting brand strategy and performance tracking, and earning organic media through public relations research. One of the longest-running surveys in the U.S., The Harris Poll has tracked public opinion, motivations and social sentiment since 1963, and is now part of Stagwell, the challenger holding company built to transform marketing.
About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
About Vertos Medical, Inc.
Vertos Medical Inc. is a medical device company committed to developing innovative, minimally invasive treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). mild®, its proprietary technology, is a safe and minimally invasive outpatient procedure designed to restore space in the spinal canal through an incision smaller than the size of a baby aspirin. Learn more at www.Vertosmed.com.
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7 Deer TR, Grider JS, Pope JE, et al. Best Practices for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Treatment 2.0 (MIST): Consensus Guidance from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN). J Pain Res. 2022;15:1325-1354. Published 2022 May 5. doi:10.2147/JPR.S355285
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"Top Gun: Maverick" director Joseph Kosinski is sharing why original female cast members from "Top Gun" were not invited to participate in the film's sequel.
In an interview with "Insider," Kosinski said he did not consider bringing back Kelly McGills, who played the love interest of Tom Cruise's character, "Maverick" Mitchell and Meg Ryan, who played the wife of Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (played by Anthony Edwards).
"Those weren't stories that we were throwing around," he said.
The new movie touches on the 1986 blockbuster with the return of original cast member Val Kilmer as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky a new storyline featuring Maverick training Goose's son, "Rooster" Bradshaw, portrayed by Miles Teller.
"I didn't want every storyline to always be looking backwards," Kosinski explained. "It was important to introduce some new characters."
McGillis told "Entertainment Tonight" in 2019 that she was not invited to participate in the sequel and addressed whether she was close to her former cast members.
"Movies are odd things. I don't really keep in touch with anybody," she said. "I think I've spoken to a couple of people occasionally, but the truth is, movies are very odd work situations because you have a lot of people who come together from all different parts of the world."
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Which laundry basket with lid is best?
One way to keep your dirty clothes out of sight and out of mind until laundry day is with a lidded laundry basket. Not only does a hamper with a lid conceal your soiled clothes and linens, but it also keeps smells contained. Another advantage of a lidded hamper is that you don’t have to hide it away in a closet.
There are many stylish models out there that are a great addition to any bedroom or bathroom. A wooden one, such as the Williston Forge Contemporary Cabinet Laundry Hamper, elevates your laundry basket to look like a charming piece of furniture.
What to know before you buy a laundry basket with lid
Material
Laundry baskets come in various materials.
- Plastic laundry baskets come in a range of colors and are easy to clean. They feature a “basket” weave or wicker holes to allow airflow. However, this inexpensive material doesn’t have as many options with lids.
- Steel baskets are almost always lidded and conceal odors well with their tight-fitting lids. Many come with ventilation holes so that moisture and bacteria won’t build up in your laundry.
- Fabric hampers are popular, lightweight and often fold or collapse for storage when not in use. Synthetic fabrics, such as polypropylene, are durable and waterproof. Natural fibers, such as canvas or linen, often feature a waterproof coating.
- Bamboo or wicker baskets have an attractive woven appearance and aren’t too heavy. Many come with fabric liners that you can throw in the washing machine along with your laundry.
- Wooden baskets aren’t common due to their relative lack of mobility, but they work well if you’re looking for a hamper that looks like furniture. They can give a room a country- or resort-style vibe.
Size and shape
Laundry baskets with lids come in round, square and rectangular shapes. They are also available in many different sizes. For example, an oversized rectangular hamper can measure 28 inches wide by 14 inches deep by 27 inches high. A smaller round one can measure 16 by 16 by 18 inches. If you’re going to place your laundry basket in a closet or cramped space, take measurements into consideration before making a purchase.
Capacity
Different households often have different laundry needs. New babies and small children tend to generate a lot of laundry. When buying a laundry basket, consider how much laundry can fit inside. If you don’t have time to do laundry often or have a big household, consider purchasing a larger capacity basket.
Attached vs. removable lid
Some users prefer lids that stay attached to the basket and flip open and closed. Others prefer a lid you can remove altogether. Some foldable cloth models feature detachable lids that attach with Velcro. Others have a quick-drop opening in the lid so you can drop your laundry right in.
What to look for in a quality laundry basket with lid
Color
Most people prefer natural and neutral colors for their laundry basket, such as white, beige, brown, black and gray. With fabric and plastic hampers, you may find a wider selection of colors, including patterns and bright colors.
Dual-sided
Some laundry baskets feature two sections for organization. You can separate your darks and lights or, in a two-person household, keep your laundry separate. Some double hampers also come with split lids, while others only have one lid to cover the two sections.
Handles
For easy transport, hampers often come with handles on the sides. You may also see a handle on the lid, especially on removable lids. Some handles are simple cut-outs, whereas others just use a bit of rope or fabric.
Liner
Baskets that come with a fabric liner will protect your laundry from snagging on woven basket materials. They also keep soiled linens from dirtying the basket’s material. Liners typically come with sturdier baskets, like bamboo, wooden and wicker baskets.
How much you can expect to spend on a laundry basket with lid
Expect to pay between $20-$90 for a good, lidded hamper. Dual-side hampers start at around $50 and can cost as much as $300.
Laundry basket with lid FAQ
How do I keep my fabric hamper smelling fresh?
A. You can keep your hamper smelling fresh by spritzing it with a fabric refresher. Typically, you cannot wash fabric hampers because of their special coating and structures. However, you can usually wash fabric liners and spray down the inside of a plastic hamper with a generic cleaner as well.
Can I take my lidded laundry basket to the laundromat?
A. Most lidded laundry baskets are designed to stay in the home and have structures that aren’t very portable. However, if you get a basket that comes with a liner, you can use the liner as a laundry bag to bring your clothes to the laundromat.
What’s the best laundry basket with lid to buy?
Top laundry basket with lid
Williston Forge Contemporary Cabinet Laundry Hamper
What you need to know: This wooden hamper is a long-lasting, attractive piece for a main bedroom or a guest room.
What you’ll love: The wooden structure is easy to assemble and durable. It comes in four neutral colors and easily matches existing decor, including modern farmhouse interiors. You can also use it to hide recycling bins.
What you should consider: It’s a bit smaller than some reviewers pictured, and they wished it was taller.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top laundry basket with lid for the money
Simple Houseware Foldable Laundry Hamper Basket with Lid
What you need to know: For a sturdy fabric hamper, this affordable design is compact and lightweight.
What you’ll love: The hamper folds down for storage, and the slim hamper fits a full load of clothes. If you want to leave the hamper out in your room, the lid camouflages dirty clothes. The lid also detaches and folds to the side if you want it open in a closet.
What you should consider: Some reviewers wished it was taller and considered it more of a box than a hamper.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Whitmor Laundry Hamper with Rope Handles
What you need to know: This affordable bamboo hamper comes in a beautiful dark and light stain.
What you’ll love: The basket is easy to put together and is pretty sturdy for such a lightweight design. It comes with a liner, so it’s easy to pull your clothes out on laundry day. It’s the perfect size for a single-person household.
What you should consider: The material is on the delicate side, so it is not recommended for households with pets or small children.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Heat’s Herro (groin) ruled out ahead of Game 4 vs. Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Heat guard Tyler Herro has been ruled out of Game 4 of Miami’s Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Boston Celtics with a strained left groin. Herro missed the final eight minutes of the Heat’s Game 3 victory because of the injury. He is averaging 13.5 points and 4.1 rebounds during the playoffs. Jimmy Butler sat out the entire second half with swelling in his right knee. He is questionable for Game 4 along with Kyle Lowry (strained left hamstring), Max Strus (strained hamstring), Gabe Vincent (strained left hamstring) and P.J. Tucker (left knee irritation). The Heat say all will warm up with the intent to play. Boston’s Jayson Tatum (nerve impingement) is probable. Marcus Smart (sprained right ankle) and Robert Williams III (left knee soreness) are questionable.
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| 2022-05-23T18:26:43Z
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CALGARY, AB, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge or the Company) (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) today announced it has completed a joint venture merger transaction with Phillips 66 (P66) resulting in a single joint venture holding both Enbridge's and P66's indirect ownership interests in Gray Oak Pipeline, LLC (Gray Oak) and DCP Midstream LP (DCP) and an agreement to realign their respective economic and governance interests in the underlying business operations.
Through the surviving joint venture as illustrated below, Enbridge will increase its indirect economic interest in Gray Oak to 58.5% from 22.8%, and the parties have agreed to transfer to Enbridge, from P66, the operatorship of Gray Oak, the long-haul, contracted pipeline which provides critical, low-cost connectivity from the Permian into Corpus Christi and the Houston area. The transfer of operatorship of Gray Oak is planned to occur in the second quarter of 2023. In turn, Enbridge will reduce its indirect economic interest in DCP to 13.2% from 28.3%, further reducing its commodity price exposure and strengthening the Company's low risk pipeline-utility model.
The merger is expected to be immediately accretive to Enbridge's distributable cash flow per share and result in an approximately US$400 million cash payment to the Company from the merged entity. The cash generated from the transaction will create additional financial flexibility and further the Company's capital allocation priorities.
"We're pleased to have reached this new arrangement with P66 to optimize the combined assets and drive operational and financial synergies from both assets," said Al Monaco, President and Chief Executive Officer of Enbridge. "It's another example of our continued focus on optimizing our portfolio and surfacing value for our shareholders, while further building out our already strong U.S. Gulf Coast export position. We look forward to continuing our strong partnership with P66."
Gray Oak Pipeline, in combination with Enbridge's Ingleside Energy Center (EIEC), provides an industry-leading solution to deliver low-cost, long-lived Permian Basin oil to local Gulf Coast and global export markets. The EIEC currently loads nearly 30% of North American oil exports. Through 2030, the Company anticipates that Permian oil supply will grow by an estimated two million barrels per day, enhancing Gray Oak's utilization and driving increased oil exports off the Gulf Coast. Further integration of Gray Oak and the EIEC is expected to support the development of new commercial solutions and future growth potential, unlocking additional value for Enbridge's customers.
Enbridge intends to extend its solar self-power strategy by working with the other Gray Oak owners to develop solar facilities along the Gray Oak right-of-way in support of the Company's net-zero emissions targets, and those of its customers'.
Citi acted as financial advisor to Enbridge and Vinson & Elkins acted as its legal counsel.
Forward-Looking Information
Forward-looking information, or forward-looking statements, have been included in this news release to provide information about Enbridge and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including management's assessment of Enbridge and its subsidiaries' and affiliates' future plans and operations. This information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward looking statements are typically identified by words such as ''anticipate'', ''expect'', ''project'', 'estimate'', ''forecast'', ''plan'', ''intend'', ''target'', ''believe'', "likely" and similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward-looking information or statements included or incorporated by reference in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the joint venture merger transaction with Phillips 66 (the "Transaction") and related matters, including expected accretion, operational and financial synergies, and other benefits of the Transaction; expected Permian oil supply; expected Gulf Coast oil exports; expected utilization of Gray Oak; integration of Gray Oak and Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center; future growth opportunities; solar self-power strategy; and net zero emissions targets.
Although Enbridge believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available on the date such statements are made and processes used to prepare the information, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Material assumptions include assumptions about the following: energy transition, including the drivers and pace thereof; the COVID-19 pandemic and the duration and impact thereof; global economic growth and trade; the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids ("NGL"), liquified natural gas ("LNG") and renewable energy; prices of crude oil, natural gas, NGL, LNG and renewable energy; anticipated utilization of our assets; anticipated cost savings; exchange rates; inflation; interest rates; availability and price of labour and construction materials; the stability of our supply chain; operational reliability and performance; customer, regulatory and stakeholder support and approvals; anticipated construction and in-service dates; weather; announced and potential acquisition, disposition and other corporate transactions and projects and the timing and impact thereof, including the Transaction; expectations about our partners' ability to complete and finance proposed transactions and projects, including the Transaction; governmental legislation; litigation; credit ratings; hedging program; expected EBITDA and expected adjusted EBITDA; expected earnings/(loss) and adjusted earnings/(loss); expected earnings/(loss) or adjusted earnings/(loss) per share; expected future cash flows and expected future distributable cash flow ("DCF") and DCF per share; estimated future dividends; financial strength and flexibility; debt and equity market conditions; and general economic and competitive conditions. Assumptions regarding the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGL, LNG and renewable energy and the prices of these commodities are material to and underlie all forward-looking statements, as they may impact current and future levels of demand for the Company's services. Similarly, exchange rates, inflation, interest rates and the COVID-19 pandemic impact the economies and business environments in which the Company operates and may impact levels of demand for the Company's services and cost of inputs and are, therefore, inherent in all forward-looking statements. Due to the interdependencies and correlation of these macroeconomic factors, the impact of any one assumption on a forward-looking statement cannot be determined with certainty, particularly with respect to expected DCF and DCF per share amounts.
Enbridge's forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to the realization of anticipated benefits and synergies of projects and transactions, including the Transaction, successful execution of our strategic priorities, operating performance, the Company's dividend policy, regulatory parameters, changes in regulations applicable to the Company's business, litigation, acquisitions and dispositions and other transactions, project approval and support, renewals of rights-of-way, weather, economic and competitive conditions, public opinion, changes in tax laws and tax rates, changes in trade agreements, political decisions, exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices, supply of and demand for commodities and the COVID-19 pandemic, including but not limited to those risks and uncertainties discussed in this and in the Company's other filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators. The impact of any one risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty, as these are interdependent, and Enbridge's future course of action depends on management's assessment of all information available at the relevant time. Except to the extent required by applicable law, Enbridge assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made in this news release or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Enbridge or persons acting on the Company's behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.
About Enbridge
At Enbridge, we safely connect millions of people to the energy they rely on every day, fueling quality of life through our North American natural gas, oil or renewable power networks and our growing European offshore wind portfolio. We're investing in modern energy delivery infrastructure to sustain access to secure, affordable energy and building on two decades of experience in renewable energy to advance new technologies including wind and solar power, hydrogen, renewable natural gas and carbon capture and storage. We're committed to reducing the carbon footprint of the energy we deliver, and to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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FORT WORTH (KDAF) — Inside the historic Fort Worth Stockyard are the iconic daily cattle drives but there may be another part of that tradition that you don’t know about.
READ: New to Fort Worth? Here’s why you have to come out to the Stockyards and see The Herd
Meet The Balloon Man, who has been doing this job since 1995.
“I am the guy that makes all of the balloon sculptures for the children of every country of the world. I have been doing so many balloons, thousands of balloons every week, that the kids I started with 18 years ago, are bringing me their kids to the historical stockyards,” Balloon Man said.
Just as iconic to the stockyards as the cattle themselves, The Balloon Man… well, makes balloons. He makes them in many shapes, including a Texas longhorn-shaped hat. Other shapes include:
- Hearts
- Flowers
- Horse
- Dog
- Double Swords
For more information about Balloon Guy, WATCH our exclusive interview with him in the video player above.
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| 2022-08-17T00:32:58Z
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STAMFORD, Conn., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (along with its subsidiaries, "Charter") today announced that its subsidiary, Charter Communications Operating, LLC ("CCO"), entered into an amendment (the "Amendment") to CCO's Credit Agreement on May 26, 2022 to: (i) convert all of CCO's Term A-4 Loans to Term A-5 Loans, (ii) borrow $2.85 billion additional Term A-5 Loans and extend the maturity of the Term A-5 Loans to August 31, 2027, (iii) create and borrow a new tranche of $500 million of Term A-6 Loans maturing August 31, 2028, (iv) increase the size of CCO's revolving credit facility, change the interest rate benchmark from LIBOR to SOFR, and extend the maturity date to August 31, 2027 and (v) make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement.
Charter used a portion of the proceeds from the Amendment to repay all of the Term A-2 Loans, the Term A-4 Loans and all Revolving Loans outstanding prior to the effective date of the Amendment. After giving effect to the Amendment: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Term A-5 Loans outstanding is $6.05 billion with a pricing of SOFR plus 1.25%, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Term A-6 Loans outstanding is $500 million with a pricing of SOFR plus 1.50% and (iii) the aggregate amount of the revolving credit facility increased by $750 million to a total capacity of $5.5 billion with a pricing of SOFR plus 1.25%. The aggregate principal amount of Term B-1 Loans (maturing April 30, 2025) and Term B-2 Loans (maturing February 1, 2027) outstanding are $2.4 billion and $3.7 billion, respectively, with LIBOR-based pricing unchanged.
About Charter
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.
For small and medium-sized companies, Spectrum Business® delivers the same suite of broadband products and services coupled with special features and applications to enhance productivity, while for larger businesses and government entities, Spectrum Enterprise provides highly customized, fiber-based solutions. Spectrum Reach® delivers tailored advertising and production for the modern media landscape. The company also distributes award-winning news coverage, sports and high-quality original programming to its customers through Spectrum Networks and Spectrum Originals. More information about Charter can be found at corporate.charter.com.
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Breakthrough Device Designation recognizes Ceribell's point-of-care EEG as a first-of-its-kind technology for the detection of delirium.
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceribell, Inc. announced today that it has received Breakthrough Device Designation for its delirium indication from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A first-of-its-kind technology, the Ceribell® system utilizes machine learning to analyze electroencephalography (EEG) signals to detect delirium. The Ceribell point-of-care EEG system first received FDA 510(k) clearance in 2017 for indicating suspected seizure activity and is currently utilized in intensive care units (ICUs) and Emergency Rooms across the United States.
Referred to as "acute brain failure," delirium is sometimes the only indicator of ongoing brain injury. Affecting more than seven million hospitalized Americans annually, failure to diagnose delirium has been associated with a two-fold increase in six-month mortality1. The current standard of care for diagnosing delirium in the ICU involves a bedside assessment typically performed by a nurse or physician every four to twelve hours. In studies evaluating current practices for recognizing delirium in critical care settings, over half of patients with delirium were not correctly diagnosed2.
"In many real-world clinical settings delirium assessments are inconsistently implemented resulting in low sensitivity," stated Dr. Tim Girard, Professor of Critical Care Medicine at University of Pittsburgh and co-lead of the study, "A highly reliable, automated approach to delirium diagnosis is greatly needed for this vulnerable patient population."
"The development of delirium has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, increased cost of care as well as poor functional and cognitive recovery," said Dr. Jose Maldonado, Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, the other co-lead investigator for Ceribell's delirium trial, "Clinicians must do everything possible to prevent delirium's occurrence or shorten its duration by recognizing its symptoms early."
Ceribell's system analyzes EEG waveform data for evidence of delirium, enabling potential earlier and better detection as well as continuous monitoring to improve patient care and outcomes. The Ceribell system's Breakthrough Device Designation was grounded in early clinical studies that have provided clear evidence that the system is likely to improve the current standard of care. The Breakthrough Devices Program aims to give patients and health care providers accelerated access to new technologies that can treat or diagnose debilitating conditions by expediting FDA review of devices with this designation. Ceribell is the first and only device to have received an FDA Breakthrough Designation for the screening and monitoring of delirium.
"Delirium happens frequently in the ICU and often remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. We are excited to provide a tool that empowers bedside nurses and physicians to manage this challenging disease state with more precision," said Jane Chao, PhD, Ceribell's Co-founder and CEO, "Modern critical care is moving beyond not only saving a life but also protecting the brain for a higher quality life as well."
Ceribell, Inc. (www.ceribell.com), is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. Ceribell deploys a cloud-linked, portable electroencephalogram (EEG) device to assess brain waves in minutes to identify the occurrence of seizures in emergency rooms and intensive care units. The Ceribell system can be quickly and easily applied to a patient by any healthcare provider and delivers brain monitoring results within minutes. Ceribell is focused on making EEG widely available, more efficient, and more cost-effective to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions for patients at risk for seizures. The Ceribell EEG System first received FDA 510(k) clearance in 2017 and is commercially available in the United States.
[1] R. Kakuma et al., "Delirium in Older Emergency Department Patients Discharged Home: Effect on Survival." J American Geriatric Soc 2003; 51.
[2] M.M. van Eijk et al., (2011). "Routine Use of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit." Am J Respir Crit Care Med 184.
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BEIJING, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 2022 Chinese manufacturers MMO games are developing rapidly overseas, and the explosive MMORPG "The Legand of Neverland" by Ark Games, a subsidiary of Kunlun Tech, continues to expand to the European and American markets after achieving excellent results in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
It is reported that "The Legand of Neverland" officially opened pre-registration in more than 160 countries in Europe and the United States at the end of April, and the dual-platform reservation volume reached 1 million on June 20. The product got the recommended position in the whole region of Google Play platform, and as of now, the reservation volume has exceeded 2 million, and is moving towards the goal of 3 million reservations. The game is expected to be officially launched at the end of August.
"The Legand of Neverland" is Ark Games' new self-published MMORPG with a high-freedom Mori light adventure style, which not only satisfies players' spiritual needs for casual healing, but also bridges the gap with traditional high-intensity MMO games.
In the game, players can walk around every corner of the map as much as possible in the vast world, and also leisurely fish, swim, catch insects, plant flowers, play the piano and dance, whether through life skills to spend a leisurely day, or use the skill of flexible switching weapons to deal with the boss, you can get unexpected fun in this game.
The big world, light adventure style of "The Legand of Neverland" was well received upon its release. The game combines the world background of the Tree of Life and the positioning of the "Mori" style, and incorporates the "flower spirit" into the game, bringing a lot of freshness to the players.
In addition to the worldview background with Japanese fantasy style, "The Legand of Neverland" is also very bright in terms of graphics performance. The game simplifies the details of the screen on the basis of retaining the information conveyed, and adds fantasy colors in addition to easing the visual fatigue caused by the complexity of the screen.
Through the gorgeous visual presentation, vivid character portrayal, smooth and harsh battle scenes and a grand and complete worldview structure. "The Legand of Neverland" creates an immersive gaming experience with cinematic graphics, which has received unanimous praise from gamers around the world.
After its official launch in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in February 2022, "The Legand of Neverland" achieved the 9th, 8th and 4th best-selling IOS game charts in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau respectively, and its single-day revenue exceeded RMB 2.5 million.
Ark Games is an important global mobile game platform of Kunlun Tech, whose business scope covers the development, distribution and operation of mobile games, as well as the agency distribution of high-quality game products at home and abroad. The game categories include MMORPG, RPG, SLG, casual, etc., mainly for Europe, America, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan markets.
According to the introduction, "The Legand of Neverland" will be launched in more regions, the Chinese market will also be introduced, the Chinese distribution agent by the Ocean Engine, the excellent performance of the game, is expected to form a strong support for the company's performance.
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LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Three puppies in northeast Florida were saved from a burning house after a delivery driver noticed a fire in the home whose owner was away, fire officials said.
The driver for Amazon was delivering a package on Tuesday when she noticed smoke coming from the home and called 911. Firefighters rescued the pups from the home and revived them from smoke inhalation, according to Columbia County Fire Rescue. Firefighters contained the fire to the room where it was started.
“Thank you to the Amazon driver who noticed the smoke and called 911,” Columbia County Fire Rescue said in a Facebook post. “Since the homeowner was not at home at the time, she saved the home and the puppies’ lives!”
The county is located about 60 miles (about 97 kilometers) west of Jacksonville, Florida.
It’s not the first time a delivery driver has come to the rescue.
In January, a newspaper delivery woman in Georgia saved the lives of three adults, four children and several household pets after she noticed smoke billowing from the family’s garage. In July, a UPS driver administered emergency CPR to a girl who had nearly drowned in a swimming pool near Soap Lake, Washington.
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Anderson Mountain Road open for personal use fuelwood collection
SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) — The Salmon-Challis National Forest will open the Anderson Mountain Road (#60081), effective immediately, for personal use fuelwood collection.
There is a significant amount of dead and down timber due to the Trail Creek Fire and the construction of the contingency line in 2021.
A contractor is hauling root wads for stream restoration from a deck located at the end of the road. This deck is prohibited from firewood collection.
Firewood cutters can expect haul traffic from this operation and should keep the road clear so the operator can continue to work without interruption. They are hauling two loads a day; one in the morning and another in the afternoon. Haul is usually completed by 5:00 pm each day.
For more information on the area, contact JP Wade at 208-303-0328.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Humanigen, Inc. (NASDAQ: HGEN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: May 28, 2021 to July 12, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 25, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Humanigen, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Humanigen's lead product candidate, lenzilumab, was less effective in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients than defendants had represented; (ii) as a result, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was unlikely to approve the lenzilumab Emergency Use Authorization and the ACTIV-5/BET-B study was unlikely to meet its primary endpoint; (iii) accordingly, lenzilumab's clinical and commercial prospects were overstated; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Humanigen you have until October 25, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Humanigen securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the HGEN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/humanigen-inc-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31356&from=4.
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President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met at the White House on Tuesday amid record migration in the hemisphere and high inflation that has affected both countries.
Biden sought to project unity between the two nations despite a recent snub from López Obrador, and said he considers Mexico an "equal partner" that has "close ties in family and friendship" to the US.
The two leaders have an at-times tense relationship that recently spilled into public view when López Obrador opted to skip the Summit of the Americas -- a gathering hosted by the United States -- citing the US decision not to invite Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela.
"This is a relationship that directly impacts the daily lives of our people and despite the overhyped headlines that we sometimes see, you and I have a strong and productive relationship and I would argue a partnership," Biden said.
The President said a main focus of their meeting would be addressing migration, which he described as "a hemispheric challenge." He said his administration has been working on creating work opportunities for migrants, including through granting more work visas.
López Obrador spoke for nearly 30 uninterrupted minutes and offered an exhaustive history of the relationship between the US and Mexico.
The Mexican President acknowledged "difficult times" and challenges the two nations are facing, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which he said "has not only constituted grief and destruction, but it made the economic crisis even worse."
In what appeared to be a dig at high US gas prices, López Obrador said Americans living on the US side of the US-Mexico border have been crossing the border "to get their gasoline in on the Mexican side at lower prices."
The Biden administration has wrestled with a growing number of migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border following deteriorating conditions in Latin America exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Following the meeting, the US and Mexico plan to launch a bilateral working group on labor migration pathways and worker protections, and "expand our diplomatic coordination on migration issues throughout the region," according to officials. Both countries have viewed labor pathways as a way to stem the flow of irregular migration.
The focus on Tuesday, officials said, is implementation of those efforts.
On Tuesday, the administration is also expected to announce joint actions to improve border infrastructure, like investing in ports of entry, enhance law enforcement cooperation to disrupt the distribution of fentanyl, and promote clean energy, economic innovation and prosperity, officials said.
"I think this is the chance for the two leaders to look each other in the eye and try to understand what they can actually accomplish in the relationship," said Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank.
Despite López Obrador's absence at the June Summit of the Americas, Mexico signed onto a declaration, along with other countries, to tackle migration in the Western Hemisphere. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that Biden and López Obrador would build on those commitments, among other issues.
"We expect the two leaders to discuss their common vision for North America, and common efforts to address global challenges including Russia's war in Ukraine," Sullivan told reporters.
Leading up to Tuesday's meeting, López Obrador conceded migration is "central" to his discussions with Biden and has noted that Mexico has been "insisting on the support for Central America and also on increasing temporary work visas, making the migratory flow more orderly."
That comes with added urgency after 53 migrants died in a sweltering semi-truck in San Antonio, Texas, last month in what officials described as the "worst human-smuggling event" in the US. Twenty-six of the victims were Mexican citizens, the Bexar County medical examiner's office said in a statement Monday.
Human smuggling is expected to be among the issues discussed between the two Presidents.
"The tragedy in San Antonio is top of mind for both the US and Mexico," one senior administration official said, adding that work is already underway to tackle human smuggling network and discussions are ongoing to advance that.
The Biden administration last month announced the launch of what it called an "unprecedented" operation to disrupt human smuggling networks. The operation includes deploying hundreds of personnel throughout Latin America and a multi-million-dollar investment.
"There's a recognition that there is a lot more that needs to be done on this," the senior administration official said. "Arrests are great, but we need prosecutions. That's an area where the US and Mexico and Mexico can certainly do more. I think that'll be a big part of the conversation. How do we increase prosecutions?"
Other areas of discussion are expected to be disrupting networks and detecting the "whole chain from start to finish of the different actors that are involved in the criminal movement of people."
Vice President Kamala Harris will also host López Obrador at the Naval Observatory Tuesday, ahead of his scheduled bilateral with Biden, according to Harris' press secretary Kirsten Allen. They will discuss issues like migration and other assistance to the region.
Harris has met with López Obrador repeatedly as vice president as part of her role addressing the root causes of migration in the Northern Triangle. She has also hosted other world leaders at the vice president's residence including former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Friday unveiled a package of loans and other financial assistance to help companies hit hard by the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia.
The package includes loans of as much as 100 billion ($109 billion) to cover the credit risks taken by Germany’s energy industry as the country scrambles to replace imports of Russian oil, gas and coal.
Affected companies will also be able to apply for limited grants to cover increased energy costs.
Additional loans will also be made available to companies grappling with a liquidity squeeze.
Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the package was necessary because “there are companies and sectors that won’t survive this period if we don’t help them.”
But he acknowledged that the measures won’t undo all of the damage done by measures including sanctions European nations have imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
“The truth is that there are no sanctions that don’t have economic consequences in this country,” he said.
Separately, the government agreed late Thursday to provide states with 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to pay for housing, health care, schooling and other assistance for Ukrainian refugees.
Germany has so far taken in 320,000 Ukrainians since the start of the war on Feb. 24.
Many have flocked to the big cities, with at least 50,000 Ukrainians settling in Berlin alone.
A leading Left party lawmaker, Dietmar Bartsch, urged for greater efforts to seize the wealth of Russian oligarchs in Germany in order to to help pay for the cost of the refugee influx.
“Those who profit from and support Putin’s system should be drawn on financially to pay for hosting refugees in Germany,” he told daily Rheinischen Post in an interview published Friday.
Bartsch said other European countries seized far greater amounts from sanctioned Russian oligarchs than Germany has.
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SINGAPORE and BASEL, Switzerland and SYDNEY, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACM Biolabs, a biotechnology company with operations in Singapore, Switzerland and Australia, focusing on the development of next generation vaccines for infectious diseases, personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients using its proprietary delivery platform (non-lipid, non-viral), today announced that the first subject has been dosed in the first–in–human Phase 1 trial of its clinical candidate vaccine, ACM-001, a 2nd generation adjuvanted SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (beta variant) vaccine with broad protection against variants of concerns, including delta and omicron demonstrated in a variety of preclinical studies (Clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT05385991).
About the study: The vaccine is evaluated as a booster in a phase 1, dose escalation study comparing intramuscular versus intranasal administration of various doses of antigen and adjuvant in healthy adult volunteers who have previously received 3 doses of approved Covid vaccines.
"The start of this First-in-human trial is an important milestone for ACM Biolabs. Our next generation COVID-19 vaccine ACM-001, a nasal vaccine, can make a significant contribution to block infections and transmission. The current situation of high infection and reinfection rates despite repeated booster vaccinations reinforces the emerging consensus of the scientific community that there is a high need for an intranasal COVID vaccine," said Dr. Madhavan Nallani, Chief Executive Officer of ACM Biolabs. "We are now very much looking forward to see our promising preclinical results translate in this important Phase 1 study within the next months."
The spike-protein component of ACM-001 is modeled after the immune-evasive beta variant. In animal studies the clinical vaccine candidate was safe and generated a protective immune response against the beta-variant and ancestral form of SARS-2. Additionally, it also elicited broadly neutralizing antibodies against other variants, including delta and omicron. Furthermore, the plug-and-play platform would allow for quick adaption for current and future mutations of the SARS-2 virus.
ACM-001 is utilizing ACM Biolabs' innovative delivery technology, allowing administration not only via the conventional intramuscular route but also the intranasal route. The nose is the entry point for SARS-CoV-2 and the site where the virus initiates replication. Vaccine application to the mucosal surface lining the nasal cavity is deemed highly relevant and disrupts infection and potentially transmission of COVID-19. This effect could also be applicable to other respiratory infectious diseases. ACM Biolabs has published its comprehensive investigation of the significant benefits of intranasal ACM-001 (Lam JH et al., Biorxiv 2022.02.12.480188). Animals that were immunized with ACM-001 and were infected with live virus, had significantly less viral burden in their noses than their unvaccinated counterparts. Moreover, animals that had received ACM-001 through the nose, needed significantly lesser time to clear infection.
ACM Biolabs' researchers described the exact way of how the vaccine component is delivered inside the body. The formulation facilitates uptake of the vaccine by specialized cells of the body's own immune system (Lam JH et al., ACS Nano 2021, 15, 10, 15754–15770). These cells are highly efficient activators of T-cells, antibody-producing B-cells as well as the immune system's memory.
"With our preclinical data we achieved not only mucosal immunity but also the same kind of systemic immunogenicity as the currently licensed vaccines", said Pierre Vandepapeliere, M.D., PhD, Chief Medical Officer of ACM Biolabs. "Knowing that the infection and transmission of covid virus pass through the upper respiratory tract, this study will allow confirmation in human that intranasal administration induces stronger and better immune responses at the portal of virus entry than classical intramuscular administration. Utilizing this disruptive vaccine platform, ACM Biolabs has the potential to become a real game-changer in the field of vaccines, thanks to its capacity to be administered intranasally, to carry various types of vaccine antigens like proteins or mRNA, and its thermostability."
ACM-001 vaccine is developed based on the company's proprietary ACM (artificial cell membrane) polymer-based technology. This next generation delivery platform offers flexibility with multiple payloads (proteins to RNA) and can be stored in a refrigerator in contrast to the current LNP-based delivery. ACM is working on a wide range of products beyond infectious disease vaccines including personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients.
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ACM Biolabs is developing next generation vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-modulator therapies, and personalized cancer vaccines using its proprietary ACM (Artificial Cell Membranes) polymer-based delivery platform (non-lipid, non-viral). The company's lead program, ACM-001, is an adjuvanted SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (beta variant) vaccine currently in Phase 1.
Founded in Singapore in 2013, ACM Biolabs has established laboratories for research and early manufacturing activities. In 2020 ACM Biosciences, a subsidiary of ACM Biolabs, was established in Basel, Switzerland, to internationalize its development activities. In 2022 ACM Biolabs Pty Ltd was established in Australia to operationalize clinical development. ACM Biosciences leads all clinical and regulatory activities of its pipeline programs. It also coordinates business development discussions with potential partners
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Evergreen Climate Innovations, Nicor Gas partner to support entrepreneurs who are making a positive environmental impact in Illinois
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kazadi Enterprises is the recipient of the 2022 Nicor Gas Multicultural Innovator Award. This is the second annual award presented by Nicor Gas and Evergreen Climate Innovations, formerly Clean Energy Trust, to support clean energy technology startups with a minority founder or CEO.
Nicor Gas, Evergreen Climate Innovations partner to support entreprenuers who are making a positive environmental impact
"Kazadi Enterprises is at the intersection of innovation and diversity, and we are proud to work with Evergreen Climate Innovations to support this Illinois startup," said Wendell Dallas, president and CEO of Nicor Gas. "This is another way we are fueling innovation and investing in our communities and businesses while reducing our environmental footprint and helping our customers do the same."
Kazadi is the second recipient of the Nicor Gas Multicultural Innovator Award and will receive a $25,000 equity and inclusion grant to support further development of its patented technology that converts ambient heat to energy. In addition to the grant, Kazadi leadership will receive 12 months of business mentorship and heightened exposure to investors and customers.
"Evergreen Climate Innovations is proud to continue its work with Nicor Gas and Illinois entrepreneurs to bring environmental innovations to a scalable reality," said Erik Birkerts, CEO of Evergreen Climate Innovations. "Kazadi Enteprises is tackling a sector whose negative environmental impacts often go unrecognized by offering a decarbonized alternative to traditional refrigeration and cooling systems."
It is estimated that commercial refrigeration systems produce the same amount of CO2 emissions as 100 million cars and leak, on average, 25% of their hazardous refrigerants into the atmosphere every year. Kazadi's patented technology leverages thermal energy in air, converting environmental heat into work and plugging into the natural hydrologic cycle, reducing the cost and carbon footprint of refrigeration.
"We are excited to work with Nicor Gas and Evergreen Energy Innovations as we continue to refine our technology that harnesses a free and nearly universal energy sources – environmental thermal energy," said Sanza Kazadi, CEO and founder of Kazadi Enterprises. "By harnessing the energy in the air and replacing conventional refrigerants with just plain water, we can help customers reduce their refrigeration energy usage by 80% while also reducing negative environmental attributes often associated with traditional refrigerants."
To learn more about Kazadi Enterprises, visit www.kazadienterprises.com.
About Nicor Gas
Nicor Gas is one of four natural gas distribution companies of Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Nicor Gas serves more than 2.2 million customers in a service territory that encompasses most of the northern third of Illinois, excluding the city of Chicago. For more information, visit nicorgas.com.
About Southern Company Gas
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO), America's premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.3 million natural gas utility customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states with approximately 600,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other nonutility businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
About Evergreen Climate Innovations
Evergreen Climate Innovations, formerly Clean Energy Trust, provides catalytic capital and support to entrepreneurs and startups that bring impactful climate technologies to market. The nonprofit pioneered its 501vc® Investment Fund to align philanthropic and corporate contributions to deliver environmental, economic, and social impact. Evergreen advances and expands access to innovation across the Greater Midwest and cultivates an ecosystem of investors, donors, and collaborators. For over a decade, Evergreen Climate Innovations has invested in startups that have raised $41 for every $1 invested. Learn more at evergreeninno.org.
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WesBanco Announces Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Published: Jul. 26, 2022 at 3:15 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WHEELING, W.V., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco") (Nasdaq: WSBC), a diversified, multi-state bank holding company, today announced net income and related earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2022. Net income available to common shareholders for the second quarter of 2022 was $40.2 million, with diluted earnings per share of $0.67, compared to $68.1 million and $1.01 per diluted share, respectively, for the second quarter of 2021, which included a release of provision for credit losses of $21.0 million, or $16.6 million net of tax, due to improved economic forecasts in the prior year period. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net income was $81.8 million, or $1.34 per diluted share, compared to $138.6 million, or $2.06 per diluted share, for the 2021 period, which included a release of provision for credit losses of $49.0 million, or $39.0 million net of tax. Net income available to common shareholders, excluding after-tax restructuring and merger-related expenses, for the three months ended June 30, 2022, was $40.3 million, or $0.67 per diluted share, as compared to $69.0 million and $1.03 per diluted share, respectively, in the prior year quarter (non-GAAP measures). On the same basis, net income for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $83.1 million, or $1.36 per diluted share, as compared to $140.3 million, or $2.09 per diluted share, in the prior year period (non-GAAP measures).
Financial and operational highlights during the quarter ended June 30, 2022:
Reflecting the strength of our markets and lending teams, total loan growth was 5.4% sequentially, or 21.8% annualized, and 3.8% year-over-year, when excluding Small Business Administration Payroll Protection Program ("SBA PPP") loans
Residential mortgage production of $328 million, which was consistent with production in the year ago period, significantly outperformed industry trends
Deposit growth, excluding certificates of deposit ("CDs"), was 5.3% year-over-year, driven by growth in demand deposits and savings accounts
Second quarter net interest margin of 3.03% increased 8 basis points sequentially, and, when excluding purchase accounting and SBA PPP loan accretion, it increased 13 basis points sequentially to 2.93%
Strong execution, combined with being named both one of America's best employers and most trustworthy companies, has enabled us to exceed our previously announced commercial hiring plan in half the time, as we have hired 24 commercial lenders since January, with 10 of those expected to start during the third quarter
During the quarter, we continued to return capital to our shareholders as we purchased approximately 1.1 million shares of our common stock on the open market under existing share repurchase authorizations
Key credit quality metrics such as non-performing assets, past due loans, and net loan charge-offs, as percentages of total portfolio loans, have remained at low levels and favorable to peer bank averages, those with total assets between $10 billion and $25 billion (based upon the prior four quarters)
WesBanco continues to be recognized by its customers for high quality customer service, financial advice, digital services, and trust as it was named multiple times to the Forbes 2022 Best-in-State Banks list as the #1 bank in Ohio and the #2 bank in Kentucky
"We are very pleased with WesBanco's performance during the second quarter of 2022, as we continue to demonstrate the success of our operational strategies implemented the past few years," said Todd F. Clossin, President and Chief Executive Officer of WesBanco. "We reported strong, broad-based loan growth that was driven by the strength of our teams and their respective markets, as we continued to execute upon our plans of hiring additional revenue-producers across commercial lending, residential lending, and wealth management. Further, while making strategic, long-term investments, we have maintained our diligent focus on expense management through controlling discretionary costs and managing our financial center footprint. We believe that the strong foundation we have developed, supported by our unique long-term advantages, position us well for our future opportunities."
Mr. Clossin added, "WesBanco is privileged to have been named one of the top banks in the states of Kentucky and Ohio, which follows our also being recognized by Forbes as the only midsize bank ranked in the top ten of both America's Best Banks for our strong financial performance and Best Midsize Employers for our employee focus. These top rankings are a strong testament to the outstanding efforts and dedication of our employees, and we are honored to again be recognized by our customers for our trust and service."
Balance Sheet Loan growth for the second quarter of 2022 reflects strong performance by our commercial and consumer lending teams and efforts to keep more 1-to-4 family residential mortgages on the balance sheet, partially offset by the continuation of both SBA PPP loan forgiveness and elevated commercial real estate payoffs. As of June 30, 2022, total portfolio loans of $10.2 billion, when excluding SBA PPP loans, driven by strong growth across all loan categories and markets, increased 5.4%, or 21.8% annualized, when compared to March 31, 2022, and increased 3.8% from the prior year period. This strong sequential quarter loan growth demonstrates the successful execution of our expansion into higher-growth markets, including Kentucky and Maryland, and ability to hire top-tier commercial and mortgage loan officers across our footprint. The second quarter of 2022 included the forgiveness of approximately 606 SBA PPP loans totaling $50 million (net of deferred fees). As of June 30, 2022, approximately 480 SBA PPP loans for $27 million remained in the loan portfolio.
As of June 30, 2022, total deposits were $13.6 billion, which increased year-over-year due primarily to increased personal savings, which more than offset a $379.2 million year-over-year reduction in CDs. Deposits, excluding CDs, increased 5.3% year-over-year, driven by a 4.9% increase in total demand deposits, which represent approximately 59% of total deposits, as well as a 10.5% increase in savings accounts. Furthermore, non-interest bearing demand deposits represented approximately 35% of total deposits, as of June 30, 2022.
Credit Quality As of June 30, 2022, total loans past due, non-performing loans, and non-performing assets as percentages of the loan portfolio and total assets have remained relatively low, from a historical perspective, and consistent throughout the last five quarters. In addition, criticized and classified loans as a percent of the loan portfolio decreased 127 basis points year-over-year to 3.14%. For the second quarter, net loan charge-offs to average loans were immaterial at zero basis points. The allowance for credit losses to total portfolio loans at June 30, 2022 was $117.4 million, or 1.15% of total loans. During the three- and six- month periods ending June 30, 2021, we recorded negative provision for credit losses of $21.0 million and $49.0 million, respectively, due to significantly improved macroeconomic forecasts and other factors during 2021, as compared to negative provisions of $0.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively, in the current year.
Net Interest Margin and Income The net interest margin of 3.03% for the second quarter of 2022 increased 8 basis points sequentially, which reflects the 125 basis point increase in the federal fund rate during the last 3 months, as well as our successful deployment of excess cash through loan and securities growth. As a result of increased cash balances from our customers' higher personal savings, investment securities increased by $0.3 billion year-over-year and, as of June 30, 2022, represented approximately 25% of total assets. We remain focused on controlling the costs of our various funding sources, which is enhanced by the pricing advantage of our robust legacy deposit base. We have reduced deposit funding costs 4 basis points year-over-year to 13 basis points for the second quarter of 2022, or just 9 basis points when including non-interest bearing deposits. The cost of total interest-bearing liabilities decreased 5 basis points year-over-year to 26 basis points, or 17 basis points when including non-interest bearing deposits. Accretion from acquisitions benefited the second quarter net interest margin by 6 basis points, as compared to 12 basis points in the prior year period. Lastly, the forgiveness of SBA PPP loans benefited the second quarter of 2022 net interest margin by a net 4 basis points, as compared to a net 5 basis points in the prior year period.
Net interest income decreased $3.6 million, or 3.1%, during the second quarter of 2022, as compared to the same quarter of 2021, reflecting lower accretion from purchase accounting and lower SBA PPP-related loan income. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net interest income decreased $12.4 million, or 5.3%, primarily due to the reasons discussed for the three-month period comparison.
Non-Interest Income For the second quarter of 2022, non-interest income of $27.0 million decreased $9.1 million, or 25.3%, from the second quarter of 2021, driven primarily by lower mortgage banking income, which decreased $6.5 million year-over-year, and a net loss on other assets. Reflective of increased general consumer spending, service charges on deposits increased $1.6 million year-over-year to $6.5 million and electronic banking fees increased slightly to $5.2 million. While mortgage originations remained strong year-over-year, mortgage banking income was lower due to our continued efforts to retain more residential mortgages on the balance sheet. We retained 80% of originations during the second quarter of 2022 as compared to 52% last year. Reflecting the strength of our lending teams and home purchase and construction portfolio, residential mortgage originations during the second quarter totaled $328 million, up 21% from the first quarter and roughly flat to the prior year period. Net securities losses reflected a $1.2 million loss which is the offset to equity securities in the deferred compensation plan, recorded within employee benefits expense. The net loss on other assets of $1.3 million reflects the change in the fair value of underlying equity investments held by Wesbanco Community Development Corporation primarily driven by the decline in the equity market, as compared to a net gain of $3.7 million for the same investment in the prior year period.
Primarily reflecting the items discussed above, as well as lower loan swap-related income, which is recorded in other income, non-interest income, for the six months ended June 30, 2022, decreased $12.0 million, or 17.2%. In addition, bank-owned life insurance of $6.3 million increased $2.8 million year-over-year due to higher death benefits and the impact of new policies purchased during the third quarter of 2021.
Non-Interest Expense Excluding restructuring and merger-related expenses, non-interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $87.0 million, a 5.3% year-over-year increase and a 1.2% increase from the first quarter of this year. Salaries and wages increased $3.8 million, or 10.1%, compared to the prior year period due to higher salary expense related to normal merit increases and the hourly wage increase that we implemented last year, lower deferred loan origination costs, and higher bonus and stock option accruals. Employee benefits included a $1.2 million credit related to the deferred compensation plan. FDIC insurance of $1.9 million increased $1.8 million from last year due primarily to certain prior period reporting adjustments resulting in a $1.0 million refund and improved risk factors recorded in the prior year period. Equipment and software expense for the second quarter of 2022 increased $0.4 million, or 5.8% year-over-year due primarily to the movement of online banking costs from other operating expenses. Other operating expenses decreased $1.4 million, or 7.9%, due to the aforementioned move of online banking costs, as well as a reduction in ACH and ATM processing charges related to a change in providers, in conjunction with last summer's core banking software system conversion, as well as lower legal costs associated with the resolution of a lawsuit in the prior year period.
On a similar basis, non-interest expense during the first half of 2022 increased $4.9 million, or 2.9%, compared to the prior year period, due primarily to higher salaries and wages and higher FDIC insurance, as described above, partially offset by lower employee benefits from lower deferred compensation expense and discretionary cost control.
Capital WesBanco continues to maintain what we believe are strong regulatory capital ratios, as both consolidated and bank-level regulatory capital ratios are well above the applicable "well-capitalized" standards promulgated by bank regulators and the BASEL III capital standards. At June 30, 2022, Tier I leverage was 9.51%, Tier I risk-based capital ratio was 12.49%, common equity Tier 1 capital ratio ("CET 1") was 11.31%, and total risk-based capital was 15.40%.
During the second quarter of 2022, WesBanco repurchased 1.1 million shares of its outstanding common stock on the open market at a total cost of $35.8 million, or $33.28 per share. As of June 30, 2022, approximately 1.8 million shares remained for repurchase under the existing share repurchase authorization that was approved on February 24, 2022, by WesBanco's Board of Directors.
Conference Call and Webcast WesBanco will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the second quarter of 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Interested parties can access the live webcast of the conference call through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, www.wesbanco.com. Participants can also listen to the conference call by dialing 888-347-6607, 855-669-9657 for Canadian callers, or 412-902-4290 for international callers, and asking to be joined into the WesBanco call. Please log in or dial in at least 10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure a connection.
A replay of the conference call will be available by dialing 877-344-7529, 855-669-9658 for Canadian callers, or 412-317-0088 for international callers, and providing the access code of 10162208. The replay will begin at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET on July 27, 2022 and end at 12 a.m. ET on August 10, 2022. An archive of the webcast will be available for one year on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website (www.wesbanco.com).
Forward-Looking Statements Forward-looking statements in this report relating to WesBanco's plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions and adequacy of resources, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information contained in this report should be read in conjunction with WesBanco's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and documents subsequently filed by WesBanco with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including WesBanco's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, which are available at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov or at WesBanco's website, www.WesBanco.com. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements, which are not historical fact, involve risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in WesBanco's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A. Such statements are subject to important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such statements, including, without limitation, the effects of changing regional and national economic conditions including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in interest rates, spreads on earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, and associated interest rate sensitivity; sources of liquidity available to WesBanco and its related subsidiary operations; potential future credit losses and the credit risk of commercial, real estate, and consumer loan customers and their borrowing activities; actions of the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the SEC, the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the Securities Investors Protection Corporation, and other regulatory bodies; potential legislative and federal and state regulatory actions and reform, including, without limitation, the impact of the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act; adverse decisions of federal and state courts; fraud, scams and schemes of third parties; cyber-security breaches; competitive conditions in the financial services industry; rapidly changing technology affecting financial services; marketability of debt instruments and corresponding impact on fair value adjustments; and/or other external developments materially impacting WesBanco's operational and financial performance. WesBanco does not assume any duty to update forward-looking statements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures In addition to the results of operations presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), WesBanco's management uses, and this presentation contains or references, certain non-GAAP financial measures, such as pre-tax pre-provision income, tangible common equity/tangible assets; net income excluding after-tax restructuring and merger-related expenses; efficiency ratio; return on average assets; and return on average tangible equity. WesBanco believes these financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding our operational performance and business and performance trends which facilitate comparisons with the performance of others in the financial services industry. Although WesBanco believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance investors' understanding of WesBanco's business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures contained therein should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and analysis as presented in the Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as the unaudited financial statements and analyses as presented in the Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for WesBanco and its subsidiaries, as well as other filings that the company has made with the SEC.
About WesBanco, Inc. Founded in 1870, WesBanco, Inc. (www.wesbanco.com) is a diversified and balanced financial services company that delivers large bank capabilities with a community bank feel. Our distinct long-term growth strategies are built upon unique sustainable advantages permitting us to span six states with meaningful market share. Built upon our 'Better Banking Pledge', our customer-centric service culture is focused on growing long-term relationships by pledging to serve all personal and business customer needs efficiently and effectively. Furthermore, our strong financial performance and employee focus has earned us recognition by Forbes as both one of America's Best Banks and Best Midsize Employers – the only midsize bank making the top ten of both rankings. In addition to a full range of online and mobile banking options and a full-suite of commercial products and services, WesBanco provides trust, wealth management, securities brokerage, and private banking services through our century-old Trust and Investment Services department, with approximately $4.8 billion of assets under management (as of June 30, 2022). WesBanco's banking subsidiary, WesBanco Bank, Inc., operates 194 financial centers in the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Additionally, WesBanco operates an insurance agency, WesBanco Insurance Services, Inc., and a full service broker/dealer, WesBanco Securities, Inc.
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Lake Belton’s Tiffany Lange shot a first-round 79 on Monday and was tied for 10th place in the medalist standings at the UIL Class 4A girls golf state tournament, where the Lady Broncos and Salado teams had some struggles at Legends Golf Course in Kingsland.
Salado posted a 396 to sit 11th in the team standings, and Lake Belton was in 12th after a 399. Midlothian Heritage (315), Argyle (324) and Andrews (324) topped the team leaderboard heading into today’s final round.
Lange was in a two-way tie for 10th, 11 shots behind leader Alexandra Hileman (68) of Sunnyvale and six strokes out of second place, which was shared by Heritage’s Maddie Sanders (73) and Hondo’s Mallory Matthews (73).
Shelby Pusey (96), Clara Brunner (111), Shelby Chaney (113) and Katherine Moore (124) completed the Lady Broncos’ card.
Salado was anchored by Lydia Burleson (85), who was tied for 27th in the individual standings. Cooper Meyer (91), Reese Rich (107), Elliot Self (113) and Madeline Rakowitz (125) rounded out the Lady Eagles’ scores.
Lampasas’ Shaylee Wolfe (82) was tied for 17th.
In the 3A tournament at Jimmy Clay Golf Course in Austin, Cameron Yoe’s Brinley Patterson was tied for 10th in the medalist standings after an 82 and teammate Shawn Bernard shared 19th following an 87.
Wall’s Shay West (71) held the lead, followed by Pottsboro’s Alli Reily (72) and Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill’s Katie Hart (73).
Wall (312) owned a 47-shot lead in the team standings, with Odessa Compass (359) and Gunter (359) tied for second.
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BCHD Board votes 5-0 to select developer, operator and design-build team. With campus remodel focused on preventive wellness for all ages, goal is to address everything from the need for assisted living to teen mental health
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a 5-0 vote, the Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) Board of Directors approved the selection of a developer, operator and design/build team for the proposed Healthy Living Campus at a special board meeting August 8th, 2022.
PMB, which has developed more than 100 health care projects, and Watermark, the ninth largest senior living operator in the U.S., will be the developer and operator, respectively, for the Residential Care for the Elderly (RCFE) facility on the BCHD campus. PMB/Watermark included a design-build team in their final proposal: CallisonRTKL, a multinational design-build architecture firm that's worked on more than 100 projects in and around Los Angeles; and Suffolk Construction, with 39 years of general contracting experience across the U.S., including the design of more than 800 senior living units in California, round out the collaborative effort.
"During a lengthy, meticulous selection process with input from the community and advisory groups, PMB/Watermark presented the most impressive, detailed plan," said Tom Bakaly, BCHD CEO, who cited their work at the Peninsula Wellness Community in Burlingame, Calif., as a model for the Healthy Living Campus. "They're collaborative and their team understands our need for social and fiscal responsibility, innovation and developing a sustainable campus."
The campus redevelopment began in 2017 when BCHD first presented a modernization plan to replace the 60-year-old former hospital building on their 11-acre campus bordered by N. Prospect Ave., Beryl St., Flagler Ln., and Diamond St. Since then, extensive public outreach produced more than 60 meetings and 1,500-plus comments and responses that evolved the vision and the revised master plan to create a state-of-the-art campus that serves all ages throughout the Beach Cities community, which consists of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach, Calif.
"The Healthy Living Campus is an innovative project that aligns with our corporate ethos – to improve health care delivery, affect positive change and have a beneficial impact on the community," said Nolan Weinberg, vice president of development for PMB, which specializes in developing health care real estate across the U.S. "This unique opportunity – with abundant partnership and programming prospects – brings an incredible intergenerational project to the Beach Cities."
With a focus on preventive health and wellness (more than 70 percent of chronic diseases can be prevented), the vision and campus plan approved by the BCHD Board of Directors foresees an energy-efficient, seismically compliant campus that will include a youth wellness center (mental health services for ages 12 – 25); two acres of green space and bike/walking paths replacing acres of asphalt; outpatient programs that help people age in their homes; a 217-unit RCFE facility; community activities that include Yoga, moais and cooking classes to promote preventive health; and more.
"The alignment between Watermark, PMB, our design-build team and the health district is the future for modern senior living," says Bryan Schachter, chief investment officer for Watermark, which currently operates 72 senior living facilities across the U.S., including 15 in California. "This was a thorough, impressive selection process and we're eager to apply our experience from across the nation – and particularly in California – to fully execute this exciting project."
The finance model for the campus revitalization is a public-private partnership, which utilizes private investments in public projects to bolster taxpayers' return on investment. This philosophy enabled BCHD to provide a $3.01-to-$1 return on investment for tax revenues received in fiscal year 2020-21.
More information from BCHD's August 8 meeting, including the agenda and board packet, is available at https://www.bchd.org/board-directors-meetings.
PMB is a purpose-driven healthcare real estate developer with a mission to improve healthcare delivery, effect change, and positively impact communities. Our company is 100 percent focused on healthcare real estate across the continuum of care including behavioral health, life sciences, ambulatory care centers, medical office buildings, inpatient hospitals, post-acute hospitals, senior living facilities, and parking structures. PMB has developed over 115 facilities to date representing approximately 6 million square feet. The firm owns and manages 70 medical facilities comprising over 5.2 million square feet. For more information, please visit our website at www.pmbllc.com or our blog at https://pmbllc.com/pmb-beach-city-health-districts-healthy-living-campus-modernization-moves-forward/
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BEIJING, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huaneng Power International, Inc. ("HPI", or the "Company") (NYSE: HNP; HKEx: 902; SSE: 600011) today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2022 and has uploaded such annual report on Form 20-F to the Company's website at http://www.hpi.com.cn. The Company will provide a hard copy of the annual report containing its audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request.
About Huaneng Power International, Inc.
Huaneng Power International, Inc. is one of China's largest listed power producers with controlled generation capacity of 121,118 MW and equity-based generation capacity of 108,588 MW. The power plants of the Company are located in 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. The Company also has a wholly-owned power company in Singapore, and an invested power company in Pakistan.
For enquiries, please contact:
Huaneng Power International, Inc.
Mr. Chen Zhelu / Ms. Liu Tianyu
Tel: (8610) 6322 6554 / 6322 6595
Fax: (8610) 6322 6888
Email: zqb@hpi.com.cn
Wonderful Sky Financial Group Limited
Ms. Ketrina Yang / Ms. Hester Li
Tel: (852) 3970 2171 / (852) 3970 2239
Fax: (852) 3102 0210
Email: hpi@wsfg.hk
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar winner Geena Davis has a memoir coming out this fall, titled “Dying of Politeness,” and described by the actor as her “journey to badassery.”
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday that the book will be published Oct. 11. According to the publisher, Davis will share “laugh-out tales” about her modeling career and provide candid accounts of films “Tootsie,” “The Accidental Tourist” and “Beetlejuice” and co-stars such as Susan Sarandon of “Thelma & Louise,” Madonna from “A League of Their Own” and ex-husband Jeff Goldblum from “The Fly.”
Davis, 66 said in a statement that the book would reveal how acting helped transform her into a person in charge of her own life. She won an Oscar for her supporting performance in “The Accidental Tourist” and was nominated for best actor for “Thelma & Louise.” In 2019, the academy presented her the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her advocacy for gender equality in media.
“As my career progressed, I went all the way from playing a soap star in her underwear in Tootsie, to a housewife turned road warrior in ‘Thelma & Louise,’ to a baseball phenomenon in ‘A League of Their Own,’ to the first female president of the United States in Commander in Chief, and more,” she said.
“For everything I put into each of those roles, I’ve taken far more away. I’ve been blessed to practice living a different life — a bolder, freer, and more authentic one — onscreen. In this book, I’ll reveal the ways in which my public life — the movies, the advocacy, and my relationships — have impacted and empowered the private me, and, I hope, inspire my readers to expand their own sense of power.”
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Medication decision support helps identify potentially inappropriate medication
MOORESTOWN, N.J., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new peer-reviewed study from Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.® (TRHC) (NASDAQ: TRHC), a leading healthcare technology company advancing the safe use of medications, shows that pharmacist recommendations driven by its unique medication decision support system, MedWise® Science, can help prescribers identify and reduce the levels of potentially inappropriate medications among older adults, reducing the risk of negative cognitive and physical outcomes.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, explored the dosage levels of urinary antimuscarinic medications with high anticholinergic properties. These drugs, which are often prescribed to older adults with urinary incontinence, are associated with negative cognitive and physical outcomes, such as delirium, dementia, and falls.
Researchers analyzed data from pharmacists who used TRHC's novel medication decision support tool, MedWise® Science, to identify participants in Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs taking potentially inappropriate doses of urinary antimuscarinic medications and recommended interventions to prescribers. MedWise Science uses the active ingredients from a participant's complete medication list, including over-the-counter drugs, to identify the risk of simultaneous, accumulative, multi-drug interactions, and predict the possibility of medication problems.
The research involved participants from 35 PACE organizations that use TRHC's comprehensive CareKinesis® PACE Pharmacy and medication risk mitigation services. TRHC offers comprehensive clinical pharmacy services for PACE organizations that provide ongoing medication assessments, comprehensive safety reviews, medication risk mitigation interventions, pharmacogenomic application, 24/7 medication management support, and adherence packaging, among other benefits.
The pharmacist MedWise-informed recommendations included reducing or eliminating specific urinary antimuscarinic drugs; resolving high anticholinergic burden that impact non-favorable outcomes in these patients; changing these drugs to more appropriate medications; or offering a combination of recommendations that provided prescribers with multiple options.
The study found that the pharmacists' recommendations were accepted by PACE prescribers for 63% of participants. Among this group of participants, the overall standard daily dosage of urinary antimuscarinic medications decreased 65%, helping to mitigate the risk of negative cognitive and physical outcomes.
"The study serves as a proof of concept that, with the help of medication decision support tools, pharmacists can target specific medications to successfully decrease overall anticholinergic burden among medically complex older adults," said Jacques Turgeon, BPharm, PhD, TRHC Chief Scientific Officer and CEO of Precision Pharmacotherapy Research and Development Institute. "The research indicates that such targeting could help reduce potential risks posed by high anticholinergic intake. Additional research could determine the impact of the pharmacist recommendations on cognitive and physical outcomes."
About Tabula Rasa HealthCare
Tabula Rasa HealthCare (TRHC) (NASDAQ: TRHC) provides medication safety solutions that empower healthcare professionals and consumers to optimize medication regimens, combatting medication overload and reducing adverse drug events – the fourth leading cause of death in the US. TRHC's proprietary technology solutions, including MedWise®, improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, and lower healthcare costs. TRHC's extensive clinical tele-pharmacy network improves care for patients nationwide. Its solutions are trusted by health plans and pharmacies to help drive value-based care. For more information, visit TRHC.com.
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NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AUPH during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 7, 2021 to February 25, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Aurinia was experiencing declining revenues; (ii) Aurinia's 2022 sales outlook for the Company's only product which it offers for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis, LUPKYNIS, would fall well short of expectations; (iii) accordingly, the Company had significantly overstated LUPKYNIS's commercial prospects; (iv) as a result, the Company had overstated its financial position and/or prospects for 2022; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 14, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/aurinia-pharmaceuticals-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27638&from=4
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WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Study shows using MURAL increased team productivity through improved employee efficiency, enhanced project quality, and reduced travel costs, saving SAP over $47 million
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today MURAL revealed that SAP achieved a 404 percent return on investment and a cost savings of $47.3 million by deploying the company's collaborative intelligence software. These findings were part of The Total Economic Impact™ of MURAL at SAP, a May 2022 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of MURAL. This TEI study examines the return on investment enterprises may realize by utilizing the MURAL platform. Based on interviews with SAP employees, all of whom are experienced with MURAL, Forrester Consulting projected a three-year financial outlook and found that through the use of MURAL, SAP improved team productivity, improved employee efficiency, enhanced project quality, and reduced travel costs in a hybrid work environment.
"Teams at global enterprises like SAP rely on MURAL because they know collaboration can't be left to chance. They use MURAL to design how their teams work together, making collaboration intentional, visual, and inclusive," said Mariano Suarez-Battan, co-founder and CEO of MURAL. "SAP has crafted this collaboration culture over the years, using MURAL to deploy collaborative intelligence one space at a time. We believe this study reaffirms the impact MURAL has on team productivity at its core and the business value collaborative intelligence provides at scale."
SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best. It is the largest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendor in the world, with customers who generate 87 percent of total global commerce ($46 trillion). SAP has deployed MURAL across multiple geographies and a wide variety of teams including presales, service sales, UX design, and new employee onboarding. Teams at SAP use MURAL for design thinking projects, which helps them share ideas, understand problems, and solve them. SAP specifically used MURAL to facilitate workshops in its design thinking process with both internal and external participants.
The TEI study found both tangible and intangible benefits from implementing MURAL. Over a three year period, SAP will realize:
- Increased design efficiency in presale, client solutions, and internal solutions applications, providing a combined $36.1 million in value.
- Improved efficiency of employee onboarding, providing more than $1.4 million in value and enabling new employees to be onboarded an average of 2.6 hours faster.
- Increased business value of about $2.0 million from custom design projects that would not have been possible to complete in a hybrid world.
- Avoided travel costs due to effective hybrid remote collaboration, providing more than $19.5 million in value and eliminating 1.9 million kg in carbon emissions.
- Other benefits included more inclusive engagement in meeting settings and less attrition among UX designers who, before MURAL, were often frustrated by inefficient feedback mechanisms.
Collaborative intelligence with MURAL is a new systematic approach designed to increase the innovation capacity of the enterprise. With MURAL, teams can collaborate visually from anywhere and at any time, whether the team is "back" in the office or somewhere in between. Leaders use MURAL to design collaborative experiences that unlock the entire potential of the team so that ideas are never lost.
Key takeaways SAP interviewees shared when asked how MURAL had made an impact:
- "I cannot imagine doing a brainstorming workshop without MURAL … It's really the onsite whiteboard translated into the virtual world. Taking MURAL away would be like taking away my computer. This is something that I really need for work." — Innovation manager
- "Dropping MURAL to go back to [other tools] would basically be like going back in time…. Now that we are more inclusive with MURAL, there are more iterations at the beginning of projects. But then once everybody is on the same page, projects tend to move faster, we discover all the communication issues a lot earlier, and failure rates are ultimately coming down." — Director of design strategy and systems
- "The whole idea [with MURAL] is solid. The customer enjoyed it. They feel like we are teaching them something beyond selling them software. Simply the opportunity to have a conversation through [the MURAL platform] changed the whole buying experience for the customer." — Global learning business partner
- "MURAL can save presales 6 to 10 hours of a workshop with an entire team, and you can do that from your home. It saved my team easily 60 percent to 75 percent of their workshop time. It's crazy." — Global learning business partner
- "The main reason we chose MURAL was the way they supported us. They were strong in enablement. We had a colleague from MURAL in the company who ran a lot of sessions for employees. This was one of the drivers of collaboration with MURAL." — UX designer
- "[Before MURAL], we would have virtual meetings. We would talk a lot, but there was no record of what we discussed. This was dangerous because then four people go off with four different ideas of what we agreed on. MURAL makes us more effective in workshops and, as we do this now more remotely, it saves travel costs. You get productivity gains, shorter and more intense workshops, more engagement from people, and more creativity." — Head of user experience IT
The full TEI study findings will be shared on Wednesday, June 15th at 8:00 am Pacific, where guest speaker Christopher Layton from Forrester will participate in a live Q&A hosted by MURAL. The Total Economic Impact™ of MURAL at SAP is available for download at https://www.mural.co/get/sap-impact.
MURAL is a collaborative intelligence company. We connect teams to unlock their potential, increasing the innovation capacity of the enterprise. MURAL creates a culture of effective collaboration — where everyone is connected, contributing, and empowered to deliver business-driving outcomes. Try MURAL for free www.mural.co.
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LaFrance's expertise building award-winning marketing programs at Fortune 500 companies and agencies positions her with all the assets needed to build a first-in class account team across Integrum's collective of marketing agencies.
LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrum Worldwide, the Apollo Capital Corp and M2B Growth Enterprises backed collective, today announced that marketing leader Amy LaFrance has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Client Development. LaFrance adds to an exceptional leadership team that supports Integrum's two agencies Storia and Chalk and will be responsible for driving all client development and services across Integrum's growing collective of agencies.
LaFrance teams up with Integrum Worldwide after an extensive career working at some of the top brands and marketing agencies in the world. Prior to Integrum, LaFrance worked at Omnicom's GMR Marketing, leading award-winning experiential programming for Cigna, Seagram's Escapes, Micron and AEP. LaFrance also developed numerous experiential campaigns for Verizon Wireless, Johnson & Johnson and American Express during her tenures at Civic Entertainment Group and Momentum Worldwide.
Prior to agency life, LaFrance worked on some of the biggest traditional marketing teams in the world at positions with Johnson & Johnson, The Coca-Cola Company, Revlon and ConAgra Foods.
"I am passionate about building strategy-led teams that motivate and inspire clients. Joining the Integrum collective allows me to build off this interest to create integrated programs that can be communicated through multiple mediums," says LaFrance.
For more information on Integrum Worldwide, visit www.integrumworldwide.com.
ABOUT INTEGRUM WORLDWIDE
Integrum Worldwide is a collective of specialist agencies including Storia and Chalk. Together, they believe in the power of combining the radical creativity of independents with the seamless integration of a one-stop-shop.
The collective is a host of agencies in the marketing services space including branding, creative, paid media, search engine optimization, and experiential marketing. Through this model, Integrum Worldwide delivers scalable, measurable, and integrated marketing solutions that deliver results. In addition, Integrum Worldwide is focused on developing a best in class corporate culture and putting sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and its overall employee population first.
The Integrum Worldwide marketing agency collective focuses on clients in the middle and upper market with a roster that includes Jennifer Adams, Steven Soderbergh's Singani 63, PBS, Edrington Americas, We Are Memphis, Cyrcurion, Xcellerate 35, Chemtech, and Beauty Magnet. The collective has teams in the United States, Canada, South America, and India.
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(The Hill) – Gas prices are likely to see another surge ahead of Memorial Day, as existing increases combine with the first summer driving season since 2019 without major COVID-19 restrictions.
On Tuesday, the national average for gas prices hit a new high, an unadjusted-for-inflation $4.37 per gallon, according to AAA.
And in the run up to Memorial Day weekend, gas prices are likely to increase, Devin Gladden, a spokesperson for AAA, told The Hill.
There are a few reasons for the likely hikes.
Gladden noted that the European Union’s proposal to ban imports of Russian oil has “created more volatility and uncertainty in the market” by tightening supplies.
Prices are now rising chiefly in reaction to that proposal.
Demand traditionally rises in the U.S. near Memorial Day, a three-day weekend that is the unofficial beginning of summer — when many drive to the beach and beyond with school out for the year.
This year could be a busier weekend than the last two years, when many were locked down due to the pandemic.
“Schools are out, students are also traveling. And … for the past two years in light of the pandemic, people haven’t been able to travel as often or frequently as they might have wanted to,” Gladden said.
On Memorial Day 2021, gas prices hit what was then a seven-year average high of $3.04, up from under $2 the previous year only months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, prices will be even higher.
“This summer, later this spring, next few months, unless I wake up one morning and Vladimir Putin is not in charge of Russia, I think we’re going to be dealing with very escalated prices, escalating tensions and kind of a lot of impingement on spending power for consumers,” said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at IHS Markit’s oil price information service.
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BERKELEY,Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Finn Wolff launched Wolf Ventures — an investment firm focused on promoting global creative expression by discovering and supporting promising individuals and companies within the arts, fashion, music, and other innovative industries.
Working with companies in this dynamic industry isn't new to Finn, as he previously founded AVNT, the fastest growing streetwear marketplace for up-and-coming brands and designers around the world. In addition to being a marketplace, AVNT also identifies individuals and brands with potential for growth and offers a few business development and marketing services to help them achieve success.
Specifically, Wolf Ventures will specialize in identifying individuals and companies around the world that have the potential to have an immense, innovative and disruptive impact on their respective industry, arming them with a platform, resources, and tools to maximize their success and positive impact on the world.
"If more people with talent have the resources and platform to reach their potential and show their work to the world, it'll allow them to not only find financial success, but also inspire a new generation of creatives by showing them that in today's day and age, anything is possible," said Finn Wolff, who has previously founded and invested in companies at the cutting edge of technology and culture.
Wolf Ventures aims to accelerate the advent of creative expression and success across the world, building a network of individuals and companies where those from legacy markets can pave the way, inspire, and give resources and mentorship to individuals from other countries and markets that may lack traditional resources that lead to success. "With access to the internet, lots of barriers that previously existed have been significantly lowered. More than ever, the playing field is even in the creative world. What matters most is the level at which you're innovating," said Wolff.
"We have an eye for people and companies who not only have the talent, but also the heart to change the world with their work. We aim to give people and companies at all stages, the resources to grow their vision and the mentorship to overcome obstacles and maximize their success."
Wolf Ventures believes in the impact that the next generation will have in solving some of the toughest problems the world faces and aims to set a new standard for individuals and companies to thrive.
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GLENSIDE, Pa., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the eighth straight year, Arcadia University has been named one of The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern schools. The designation, in its "2023 Best Colleges: Region by Region" web feature, reflects the Review assessment of Arcadia as "academically outstanding and well worth consideration" for any prospective student.
The Review evaluates universities and colleges on academics, admissions selectivity, financial aid, safety, quality of life, environmental efforts, and the accessibility of faculty. It also considers data from its survey of administrators at several hundred colleges in each region, information from staff visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of college counselors and advisors whose perspectives The Review solicits. Student ratings are factored in as well.
- "Students at Arcadia receive 'a global and integrative learning experience with lots of personal attention,' among people who share their 'love of learning.'"
- "What really brings people here is the study abroad program. What keeps them here are the people."
- "Lots of colleges claim to give their students a 'global perspective,' but Arcadia really delivers."
- "It has a phenomenal study abroad program with 'many pathways' for international study and travel. Students 'tend to get addicted to it,' and many go abroad two or more times during their college career."
- "Classes are small, leading to many chances for 'one-on-one' attention from professors."
- "Its faculty and administrative staff are exceptional. Professors are unbelievably talented and accessible. They're always willing to give a helping hand in any project brought to their attention."
- "Opportunities are available to go beyond the typical classroom experience by working on individual projects or helping professors with research."
The Review's "Best Northeastern" list consists of schools in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
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Millions of families can now research their history with 1950 US census records
By Zoe Sottile, CNN
Close to 7 million records from the 1950 US census have been made public.
The digital records were released on Friday and are available to the public free of charge at a dedicated website, allowing viewers to research their family histories and backgrounds. They include 6.57 million population schedules — many of which include multiple families and households — and 33,360 Indian Reservation schedules for Native Americans living on reservations.
In a video celebrating the release of the archives, Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero explained the National Archives has been preparing for the release for a decade. The images shown on the website are actually microfilms taken by the bureau in 1952 that had to be carefully scanned by archive staff. The original paper documents were destroyed in the 1960s.
Ferriero commended the archive’s staff “for their dedication in preserving and providing access to this important set of records.”
“I personally can’t wait to look up my own family in Beverly, Massachusetts,” he added.
The archive recommends users search for the first and last name of the head of household they’re looking for; the database will return close matches even if users don’t know the exact spelling. The archive used an Artificial Intelligence technique called “Optical Character Recognition” to extract names from images of handwritten text, so not all the names are perfect.
Users can refine the name index by editing and adding correct names. The National Archive also released a video explaining how amateur genealogists can explore the newly released records.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland also explained in a video the census is “particularly important to Indian Tribes, because it helps decide federal funding, which then impacts the government’s trust responsibility to Native communities.”
The 1950 census included 20 questions for all respondents age 14 years and older; some respondents were also asked an additional six questions.
“Since 1790, census data have painted a vivid, vibrant portrait of America,” said Robert Santos, director of the US Census Bureau, in another video celebrating the publication.
Notably, the 1950 census marked the last time census takers personally visited most households. The bureau then switched to mailing households enumeration forms, and today citizens can fill out the census online, by phone, or by mail.
According to the archive, censuses from 1960 and later are not available to the public “because of a statutory 72-year restriction on access for privacy reasons,” but they can be privately requested from the US Census Bureau.
“The Census is full of family stories, and we know you are eager to look for yours,” said Ferriero.
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With top international speakers and the support of the King of Spain
- International experts such as Jeffrey Sachs, Michio Kaku, Uri Levine, Carlo Ratti, outline the key features of the mobility of the future.
- Some of the top representatives and decision-makers intervening are Adina Valean, EU Transport Commissioner; Young Tae Kim, President of the ITF; Eric-Mark Huitema, head of European car makers association (ACEA); Patrick Mallejaq, head of the World Road Association and Pedro Sánchez, President of the Spanish Government.
MADRID, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Minister of Transport of Spain, Raquel Sánchez, and José Vicente de los Mozos, Chairman of IFEMA MADRID, opened Global Mobility Call today in Madrid. The congress will showcase major international mobility solutions and will bring together all stakeholders with the goal of boosting decarbonization, connectivity and digitalisation, building on the opportunities offered by post-pandemic recovery plans.
Spain is committed to leading the global race for sustainable mobility by convening all economic sectors and institutions driving the transformation of mobility. This is the goal of Global Mobility Call, the world congress on sustainable mobility organised by IFEMA MADRID and Smobhub, and sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, that takes place in Madrid until 16 June.
The Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, said that Global Mobility Call "is set to become the first reference point for the mobility of the future", at a time when it is essential "to share ideas and experiences in pursuit of a sustainable mobility that will allow us to face the colossal challenge posed by climate change and that requires everyone's efforts ".
The Chairman of IFEMA MADRID, José Vicente de los Mozos, said that the goal of Global Mobility Call is "set to be the world landmark event in sustainable mobility" and "the top business platform for projects that will transform sustainable mobility" driving join initiatives among all sectors, institutions, regulators, companies, SMEs and entrepreneurs.
Juan José Lillo, co-founder of Smobhub, recalled that "new social habits and digitalisation have quadrupled the movement of people and goods globally", accelerating the transformation of transport, a sector that is in the spotlight due to the need to achieve the national decarbonization targets under the Paris climate Agreement. "At Global Mobility Call, we have created an agenda that emphasises the word Call in its name, which is a call to action", he said.
The meeting, held at a key moment of post-pandemic recovery and in the midst of an energy crisis, will drive the sustainable mobility debate as the great lever for change in the new economy, bringing together large companies, corporations and multinationals from the industrial sectors that are active in the development of sustainable mobility. Some of the companies present are Bolt, Cabify, Europcar Mobility Group, Iberia, Renfe, Adif, Renault Group - Mobilize, Etra, Indra, Net4things, Accenture, Deloitte, EY, and McKinsey & Company; Iberdrola, Repsol and ProLogium; Santander Consumer Finance or Mapfre.
Strong institutional support comes from King Felipe of Spain, who chairs the Congress' honorary committee, the Spanish Government, with the participation of President Pedro Sánchez and the Ministers of Transport and Mobility, Raquel Sánchez, and of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, as well as international institutional representatives such as Adina Valean, Commissioner for Transport of the European Commission; Young Tae Kim, President of ITF; Eric-Mark Huitema, President of ACEA; Patrick Mallejaq, Secretary General of PIARC; and representatives of POLIS, WWF, WHO and IDB.
Michio Kaku, Uri Levine, Jeffrey Sachs, Carlo Rati, will feature, as well as some of the best European and international public-private collaboration projects in the context of the European Recovery Plan, such as PAsCAL, Gaia-X, One Planet Cities, SMarta, 5G-MOBIX EU, and major research such as AIL: Automotive Innovation Lab, Renewables Now, Center for Future Mobility and es.movilidad.
Global Mobility Call is organized around the key mobility challenges: New Urban Planning, Economic Development & Regulation, Sustainable Transportation, Tech, Data & Innovation, and Future Society, which integrates three major movements with an impact on society: New Generation, Rural Challenge, and New Economy. In addition, there will also be a forum dedicated to Latin America.
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SUMMIT, N.J., May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Simplicity Group ("Simplicity") today announced the acquisition of Northern California-based Blue Ocean Financial Network ("Blue Ocean") and welcomed Christopher Yen as its newest partner. This Blue Ocean transaction is Simplicity's 36th acquisition. Following completion, Blue Ocean will transition to the Simplicity brand, and the day-to-day operations will continue to be managed by Chris Yen.
"Simplicity has a great and longstanding working relationship with Chris, and we think highly of the organization he has built," said Bruce Donaldson, President and CEO of Simplicity. "In addition to being an accomplished professional, Chris shares a common vision about how best to serve clients. We are thrilled to welcome Blue Ocean to the Simplicity Group, and we know that Chris will continue to be a leader in his target market and anticipate strong growth working together as partners."
"Having worked closely with Simplicity over the years, I am thrilled to officially join the Simplicity partnership," said Christopher Yen, Co-founder of Blue Ocean. "We have a strong history of successfully working in an under-served target market and we know Simplicity shares our belief in how best to grow this business and better serve our clients. We look forward to bringing the complete offering of Simplicity Group and expand our services to more advisors and firms in this marketplace."
About Blue Ocean Financial Network
Blue Ocean Financial Network has extensive experience helping agents and advisors sell to the global high-net-worth client. Blue Ocean is the only agency in California directly licensed to sell US, offshore, and Hong Kong domiciled life insurance and annuity products. Blue Ocean is comprised of experts in Foreign National underwriting, impaired risk underwriting, advanced life insurance planning using domestic and foreign entities and the arrangement of premium financing loans to finance large life insurance policies. Blue Ocean is also the approved consultant and wholesaler to several wealth management banks in California. Please visit www.blueoceanfinancialnetwork.com/ for more information.
About Simplicity Group
The Simplicity Group is one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing financial product distribution companies, which has had 36 distribution businesses join its partnership (including Blue Ocean). Each of Simplicity's operating businesses is directed by its local management team and benefits from access to Simplicity's group resources. Through partnership with top distribution organizations and technology companies, Simplicity seeks to provide compelling business solutions that will attract the industry's best leadership, talent, advisors, agents, and future partners.
Simplicity supports independent financial advisors and agents across the country with investment, annuity, and life insurance solutions with a focus on client education, consumer value and partnership. For more information about Simplicity, please visit: www.simplicitygroup.com and follow the Company on Linkedin.
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Veteran Finance Executive to Lead and Implement Allen Media Group's Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance Initiatives
LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) proudly announces the hiring of Christopher Malone to the position of Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Development. In this new position, Malone will help lead AMG senior management in M&A efforts and other corporate strategic initiatives encompassing capital markets, private equity, and credit. Malone will be based at the AMG headquarters in Los Angeles.
Malone played an integral role in financing notable AMG transactions over the past five years, including the AMG acquisition of The Weather Channel in 2018 and the AMG acquisition of several ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX broadcast network-affiliated television stations nationwide. Malone comes to AMG from his recent position as a Principal with Stellex Capital Management. Prior to that, Malone was a Director at Brightwood Capital and previously held Investment Analyst, Private Equity, and Investment Banking positions at RLJ Equity Partners, William Blair, and Credit Suisse. Malone earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Hampton University and earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
"I am very excited to welcome Chris Malone to the Allen Media Group family as Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Development where he will be valuable in helping to lead our M&A efforts and other strategic financial initiatives," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group. "Chris will play a vital role in helping Allen Media Group continue its trajectory of growth and execute on the large number of acquisition opportunities in front of us."
"It has been exciting to see the strong growth of Allen Media Group over the past five years and it is even more exciting to join at such a dynamic time for the company," said Chris Malone, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Development. "The industry is experiencing rapid transformation as well as increased consolidation and Allen Media Group is well-positioned to capitalize on this changing paradigm given its strong and differentiated position. I look forward to working with the Allen Media Group team to execute on the short-term and long-term acquisition targets."
About Allen Media Group / Entertainment Studios
Chairman and CEO Byron Allen founded Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios in 1993. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it has offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Charleston, SC. Allen Media Group owns 27 ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network affiliate broadcast television stations in 21 U.S. markets and twelve 24-hour HD television networks serving nearly 220 million subscribers: THE WEATHER CHANNEL, THE WEATHER CHANNEL EN ESPAÑOL, PETS.TV, COMEDY.TV, RECIPE.TV, CARS.TV, ES.TV, MYDESTINATION.TV, JUSTICE CENTRAL.TV, THEGRIO.TV, THIS TV, and PATTRN. Allen Media Group also owns the streaming platforms HBCU GO, SPORTS.TV, THE GRIO, THE WEATHER CHANNEL STREAMING APP and LOCAL NOW--the free-streaming AVOD service powered by THE WEATHER CHANNEL and content partners, which delivers real-time, hyper-local news, weather, traffic, sports, and lifestyle information. Allen Media Group also produces, distributes, and sells advertising for 68 television programs, making it one of the largest independent producers/distributors of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations. Allen Media Group International Television continues to extend its corporate branding and content around the globe. It currently has active license agreements and programming in South Africa, The United Arab Emirates, Australia, The Bahamas, Canada and New Zealand. With a library of over 5,000 hours of owned content across multiple genres, Allen Media Group provides video content to broadcast television stations, cable television networks, mobile devices, and multimedia digital. Our mission is to provide excellent programming to our viewers, online users, and Fortune 500 advertising partners.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is a full-service, theatrical motion picture distribution company specializing in wide release commercial content. ESMP released 2017's highest-grossing independent movie, the shark thriller 47 METERS DOWN, which grossed over $44.3 million. In 2018, ESMP also released the critically-acclaimed and commercially successful Western HOSTILES, the historic mystery-thriller CHAPPAQUIDDICK and the sequel to 47 METERS DOWN, 47 METERS DOWN: UNCAGED. The digital distribution unit of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, Freestyle Digital Media, is a premiere multi-platform distributor with direct partnerships across all major cable, digital and streaming platforms. Capitalizing on a robust infrastructure, proven track record and a veteran sales team, Freestyle Digital Media is a true home for independent films.
In 2016, Allen Media Group purchased The Grio, a highly-rated digital video-centric news community platform devoted to providing African-Americans with compelling stories and perspectives currently underrepresented in existing national news outlets. The Grio features aggregated and original video packages, news articles and opinion pieces on topics that include breaking news, politics, health, business and entertainment. Originally launched in 2009, the platform was then purchased by NBC News in 2010. The digital platform remains focused on curating exciting digital content and currently has more than 100 million annual visitors.
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Covid has hit China’s economy harder than expected
By Laura He, CNN Business
China has reported disappointing economic data for the month of April, underscoring the extensive damage Covid lockdowns have wreaked on the country.
The world’s second largest economy reported shocking drops in retail sales and factory production, widely missing market expectations.
Retail sales contracted 11.1% in April from a year ago, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Monday. That was well below the 6.1% drop forecast in a Reuters survey of economists, and also much lower than the 3.5% decrease seen in March.
Industrial production fell 2.9% last month from a year earlier, reversing a 5% gain in March.
This marks the worst contraction in industrial production since February 2020, when China’s economy came to a near standstill during the initial coronavirus outbreak.
Unemployment also surged to the second highest level on record.
The urban jobless rate hit 6.1% in April, up from 5.8% in March — which was already at a 21-month high. The only time China’s jobless rate was higher was in February 2020.
Asian stock markets struggled for gains after the weak data. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, China’s Shanghai Composite, and Korea’s Kospi all reversed opening gains, down between 0.3% and 0.5%.
Hefty blow
China’s economy was off to a good start in 2022, recording a 4.8% growth for the first quarter.
But Beijing’s efforts to curb its worst Covid outbreak in two years have dealt a hefty blow to activity since March.
So far, at least 31 cities in the country remain under full or partial lockdown, according to CNN’s latest calculations. Shanghai, the country’s financial center and manufacturing hub, has been under lockdown for more than six weeks. During this period, many companies have been forced to suspend operations, including automakers Tesla and Volkswagen and iPhone assembler Pegatron.
“We think Q2 GDP growth will likely turn negative,” said Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist for Pinpoint Asset Management, on Monday.
“The government faces mounting pressure to launch new stimulus to stabilize the economy,” Zhang said.
The leadership in China is aware of the economic pains and has taken some steps recently to bring relief.
The People’s Bank of China announced Sunday that it would cut the mortgage rate for first-time homebuyers, in a move to lift the ailing property market.
Separately, the Shanghai government said the city will gradually open shops, restaurants, and salons from Monday, which will be a relief for its 25 million residents.
The government has also recently pledged to prop up the economy through more infrastructure spending and targeted monetary easing to support small businesses.
But “the risks to the outlook are tilted to the downside, as the effectiveness of policy stimulus will largely depend on the scale of future Covid outbreaks and lockdowns,” said Tommy Wu, lead China economist for Oxford Economics, on Monday.
“We forecast GDP to grow 4% this year, with a quarterly contraction in the second quarter before returning to growth in the second half.”
– CNN’s Beijing bureau contributed to this report.
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(WFLA) — A fifth-grader was arrested Saturday in Florida for threatening to conduct a mass shooting, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies were made aware of a threatening text message sent by a 10-year-old student at Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral before they turned the information over to a School Threat Enforcement Team.
Authorities said the Youth Services Criminal Investigations Division took over the case “due to the nature of the incident,” the sheriff’s office said.
“This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said. “Making sure our children are safe is paramount. We will have law and order in our schools!”
Sheriff Marceno said his team of investigators did not hesitate to investigate the threat.
“Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not funny,” Marceno added. “This child made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”
The arrest comes days after an 18-year-old gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and opened fire on a fourth grade classroom, killing 19 students and two teachers. Since the shooting in Uvlade, several threats against schools have been made.
In Tampa, detectives arrested an 18-year-old man after receiving a tip that he threatened a mass shooting at a school in a social media post. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said Corey Anderson’s post showed him with a handgun, a rifle and a tactical-style vest and a caption that said, “Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school.” Anderson was charged Sunday with a written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.
U.S. schools have also bolstered security in the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting. Some of the changes include making visitors ring a bell and temporarily banning large backpacks.
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Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI
Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities on Friday closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that is expected to last days amid the nation’s worst economic crisis in decades.
The Public Administration Ministry asked the public officials — except for those who maintain essential services — not to come to work on Friday “in a view of current fuel shortage and issues in transport facilities” across the country.
State- and government-approved private schools also closed Friday amid the worsening fuel shortage, with thousands of people waiting in queues at fuel stations across the country for days at a time.
Sri Lanka is now almost without gasoline and faces an acute shortage of other fuels as well.
The government has been struggling to find money to pay for the importation of fuel, gas and other essentials in recent months as the Indian Ocean island nation is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Its economic woes have brought on a political crisis, with the government facing widespread protests and unrest.
For months, Sri Lankans have endured long lines to buy those essentials, most of which come from abroad. Shortages of hard currency have also hindered imports of raw materials for manufacturing and worsened inflation.
Protesters blocked main roads to demand gas and fuel, and television stations showed people in some areas fighting over limited stocks.
Authorities have announced countrywide power cuts of up to four hours a day because they can’t supply enough fuel to power generating stations.
Sri Lanka has suspended repayment of about $7 billion in foreign loans due this year out of $25 billion to be repaid by 2026. The country’s total foreign debt is $51 billion. The finance ministry says the country currently has only $25 million in usable foreign reserves.
Protesters have occupied the entrance to the president’s office for more than a month, calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign.
Months of anti-government rallies have led to the near-dismantling of the once-powerful ruling family, with one of the president’s brothers resigning as prime minister, and other siblings and a nephew leaving their Cabinet posts. Protesters accuse the Rajapaksas of triggering the crisis through corruption and misrule.
Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Monday that about $75 billion is needed urgently to help provide essential items, but the country’s treasury is struggling to find even $1 billion.
Attacks by Rajapaksa’s supporters on protesters last week sparked nationwide violence that left nine people — including a lawmaker — dead, and more than 200 injured. Homes of lawmakers and their supporters were burned down.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - As the U.S. healthcare labor market continues to face unprecedented worker shortages, the nursing workforce pipeline is approaching a crisis point. It is estimated that by 2025, the United States will have a gap of between 200,000-450,000 nurses available for direct patient care.
Lawmakers in several states, including California, have recently passed bills designed to expand funding to incentivize solutions that generate more nursing assistants, vocational (practical) nurses and registered nurses to ensure equitable care. But these solutions are not coming quick enough for many healthcare employers who have been increasing their use of travel nurses, often paying them as much as three times more than their full-time counterparts, driving up labor costs.
"In California, we're seeing higher-than-usual exits of seasoned registered nurses and slow absorption of new graduates, creating a 2021 gap in California of 40,567 RNs," explains Joanne Spetz, PhD, Director, Institute for Health Policy Studies at the UCSF HealthForce Center, and board member of Futuro Health. "We need to groom the nursing pipeline and, until new RNs are grown, other allied health occupations shall be needed to augment the care team."
With plans to generate innovative and comprehensive solutions, healthcare workforce leaders Futuro Health and Dignity Health Global Education (DHGE) have announced a new collaboration to develop healthcare workforce pathways from education-to-employment and advancement. The partnership intends to create more tuition-free entry points into the nursing path for jobs that are strategically aligned with California's future healthcare employer trends and to work closely with those employers to customize student training to meet their organizational skill set requirements.
Both Futuro Health and DHGE represent relatively new entities established by major health systems searching for better solutions to the industry's acute workforce needs. Futuro Health was established by Kaiser Permanente, the largest healthcare plan in the country with 12 million members, and a nonprofit agenda to grow the next generation of allied health workers. Launched in the first year of the pandemic, during a period where higher education enrollment has dropped consistently, Futuro Health has already successfully brought over 7,000 adults back into higher education, with 80% diversity, to train at partner colleges.
DHGE is backed by CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the U.S. DHGE's nursing residency offering for retention is the largest in the nation and reaches 45,000 nurses across 21 states.
The new partnership will build upon the success of recent collaborations between the two organizations, including co-developing a Community Health Worker with Behavioral Health (CHW/BH) Program. Futuro Health provided inclusive access to flexible and scalable training for more than 200 students debt-free since the CHW/BH program's launch last year.
"Our collaboration will focus on the breakdowns in the workforce pipeline," states Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO of Futuro Health. "Our best practices can combine in novel ways and surface scalable solutions that pay attention to diversity and the skills needed for workers to be relevant."
With an emphasis on working with employers in diverse, marginalized rural and urban communities, other goals of the new partnership include a focus on developing affordable, flexible training pathways across nursing and additional healthcare professions, while paving the way for students to advance in their career to higher paying positions through supplemental training, licensing, and add on micro-credentialing options.
Futuro Health is a non-profit organization focused on improving the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of allied healthcare workers in the nation. Futuro Health makes education journeys into allied health careers possible by growing the talent that employers need and creating a path to the opportunity that workers want.
Dignity Health Global Education (DHGE) is the leading healthcare workforce development company. Dedicated to providing customized educational opportunities and a student-centric experience, we develop online programs and workforce development solutions with industry, for industry. We achieve this goal by partnering with top-ranked academic institutions and thought-leading professionals.
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Low humidity and full sunshine brings beautiful weather to the Suncoast
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - An expanding area of high pressure continues to hold control of our Suncoast weather. Sunny skies and rain-free afternoons will continue over the next couple of days.
The air is drier than normal for this time of year and has given us some cooler and crisper mornings. Dry air cools quickly but also heats quickly. Our cool morning temperatures will, again today, rapidly heat to a high near 90. This pattern will repeat each day until Friday.
By the end of the work week, we will see the low temperatures move from the high 50s and lower 60s to the upper 60s and low 70s as moisture returns. The return of the moisture will be caused by a low in the Atlantic inching closer to the state. This is not a tropical system, but rather a mid-latitude low cut-off from steering winds and drifting back to the west.
This system will eventually be absorbed by an approaching cold front by the start of the next workweek. Until then, it will bring minor weekend rain chances.
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Orlando Residents Will Enjoy Weekly Flights to Freeport
NASSAU, Bahamas, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning Thursday, 30 June 2022, Bahamasair will relaunch a weekly nonstop flight from Orlando International Airport (MCO) in Florida to Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO) in Freeport, The Bahamas. Travelers can book these flights now and start planning their adventure in The Bahamas' second largest city.
Bahamasair's weekly nonstop flights from Orlando will operate every Monday and Thursday from June 30 through September 10. Introductory fares start as low as $297 round trip.
"Travel is back in a big way this summer, and we are ready for it. We are making travel for Floridians easier than ever with more nonstop service to The Bahamas," said the Honourable I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation. "Florida remains a priority market for The Bahamas, and we are thrilled to expand our flight offerings from the state with these weekly nonstop options from Orlando on Bahamasair."
There are activities for every kind of traveler throughout Grand Bahama, as well as new developments.
- Lucayan National Park - Lucayan National Park is the second most visited park in The Bahamas. The 40-acre park is home to one of the world's longest charted underwater cave systems, as well as beautiful pine forests, mangrove creeks, coral reefs and the world-famous Gold Rock Beach.
- Coral Vita - Coral Vita, a high-tech coral farm that aims to restore dying reefs, is now open to the public. Using cutting edge micro fragmenting technology, the farm grows coral 50 percent faster than normal growth rates and plants the newly grown coral back into degraded reefs in order to bring them back to life.
- Grand Lucayan Sale - A rebirth is on the horizon for Grand Bahama Island as an offer has been accepted for the purchase of Grand Lucayan, a beachfront resort located in the bustling city of Freeport. Electra America Hospitality Group (EAHG), a real estate investment firm, has entered into an agreement with Lucayan Renewal Holdings to buy the resort for $100 million, with nearly $300 million in renovations planned. The agreement is projected to be completed by summer 2022, with renovations and construction to follow.
- Goombay Summer Festival - At the festival, you can experience live Bahamian music, great local cuisine, authentically Bahamian Arts and Crafts, Junkanoo and lots more. This event is held every week on Thursdays from 6.00 pm to Midnight in July at Taino beach.
For those looking further ahead to winter escapes, nonstop flights from Orlando to GBI will return 17 November 2022 – 12 January 2023 and are available to book now. Those ready to pack their bags can book flights today on Bahamasair.com.
The Bahamas has over 700 islands and cays, as well as 16 unique island destinations. See why It's Better in The Bahamas at www.bahamas.com or on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram.
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ZURICH, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor (NYSE: AMCR) (ASX: AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today unveiled a product rebrand designed to give customers a clearer, holistic view of its growing portfolio of more sustainable packaging solutions. This significant marketing effort provides customers with greater visibility and transparency of Amcor's extensive product portfolio that has grown over the years through innovation and strategic acquisitions.
The redesign of Amcor's innovative product portfolio highlights three key differentiating benefits for customers: the most advanced solutions in more sustainable packaging; product functionality and differentiated solutions for high growth market segments such as healthcare, dairy and protein; and performance characteristics across a wide range of material options.
"Amcor is unique in its ability to provide customers with an unparalleled offering of packaging solutions on a global scale," said Peter Konieczny, Amcor's Chief Commercial Officer. "Our customers require packaging that meets their needs in terms of functionality and performance, with a broad choice of high-performing material options and that delivers outstanding sustainability benefits. Our rebranding design makes it easy for customers to find the best packaging solution to grow and strengthen their brand."
A clear example of the benefits of Amcor's new branding is indeed sustainability. Amcor has brought to market hundreds of more sustainable solutions, with benefits ranging from the materials from which the product is made to what happens after its use. From now on, all packaging options with more sustainable features are easily identified with the new Amcor "EcoGuard" brand. Similarly, the new designs allow customers to easily identify the features, benefits and functionalities that best meet their product requirements and consumer needs.
For this initiative, Amcor partnered with outside branding experts to bring to life and integrate the company's unique promises in its product portfolio. The rebranding established a brand foundation that could easily showcase Amcor's innovative and diverse portfolio of solutions and that would grow and expand as new platforms and differentiated solutions are introduced to the market.
The initiative further complements Amcor's recently announced investments in more innovative platforms such as AmFiber™, and AmLite™, as well as more sustainable and differentiated solutions in growing markets such as healthcare, protein, pet food and coffee. Visit Amcor.com to explore Amcor's unique products and new branding platform.
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home and personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading companies around the world to protect their products and the people who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons, closures and services. The Company is focused on making packaging that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and made using an increasing amount of recycled content. Around 46,000 Amcor people generate $13 billion in annual sales from operations that span about 225 locations in 40-plus countries.
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17th annual Ricoh Sustainable Development Award winner recognized for water purification systems made from local plants
EXTON, Pa., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced Muhil Thendral of Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Md. is the winner of the 17th annual Ricoh Sustainable Development Award (RSDA) presented at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF). The 10th-grade student was awarded a $10,000 scholarship for his winning invention, "Making Removal of Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water Affordable and Available Anywhere and Everywhere."
The RSDA honors students who develop innovations that bolster environmental sustainability and embody the values of Ricoh's longstanding global commitment to pursue excellence, improve quality of life, and drive sustainability in support of the Ricoh Group's Founding Principles and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Globally, one in three people—over 2.2 billion—do not have access to safe drinking water, according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Thendral's innovation, a methodology for a low-cost, easily reproducible way to purify drinking water, tackles this deadly problem with a focus on developing parts of the world. His research explores how the purification properties of activated carbon, the key absorbent of many modern water purification systems, can be replicated using high temperatures and locally available plants. His analysis and findings establish that water purification in developing countries can be accomplished through a simple methodology using affordable and readily available materials to create activated carbon for water filtration, thereby improving the quality of water humans consume worldwide.
"We are proud to recognize and celebrate brilliant student innovators like Muhil who share values that align with Ricoh's enduring commitment to people and the planet—an important cornerstone of the Ricoh Way," said Donna Venable, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Deputy General Manager, Shared Services, Ricoh North America. "Through the RSDA, we champion student research that improves human lives, supports environmental responsibility, and furthers sustainable development. The inspiring work of these students will not only help protect our planet, but also inspire action and spark the sort of change needed for our world to flourish for many years to come."
Thendral won the RSDA at Regeneron ISEF, the world's largest international pre-college science competition. Owned and produced by the Society for Science, Regeneron ISEF provides a platform for the best and brightest young scientists to showcase their science, technology, engineering, or math research. This year, 1,750 finalists from nearly 400 society-affiliate local, regional, state, or national science fairs from 63 countries, regions, and territories competed for $8 million in awards, prizes, and scholarships.
Finalists' projects were evaluated on the benefit they'd bring to business value and environmental sustainability, and alignment to Ricoh's Sustainable Environmental Management Pillars. Judging criteria included project novelty, readiness, development, cost efficiency, global applicability, and creativity. Students were also evaluated on their willingness to learn new things and ability to overcome obstacles.
"During my recent visit to India, I saw first-hand how people suffer from a lack of clean drinking water. That was my motivation for this project," said Thendral. "I'm honored to receive this recognition and support from Ricoh. It gives me the confidence to continue doing this work and engaging other people on this important topic so we can improve access to clean drinking water for all."
Since the inception of the RSDA in 2005, Ricoh has awarded more than $450,000 in scholarships for projects at Regeneron ISEF, underscoring its continued investment in sustainability.
"Congratulations to Muhil Thendral on winning the Ricoh Sustainable Development Award at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair," said Maya Ajmera, President & CEO of the Society for Science and Publisher of Science News, the organization that founded and produces ISEF. "I am impressed by the scientific research, strength of character, and extraordinary innovation evident at Regeneron ISEF 2022."
Emphasizing Ricoh's unwavering commitment to sustainability, the RSDA is a prime example of the many ways in which the company is helping to build a more sustainable society through industry-leading innovation and the support of pioneering thinkers like Thendral. In addition to its ongoing support of the scholarship program, Ricoh promotes a sustainable society through its commitment to seven material issues and SDGs, and has set 14 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) targets linked with the material issues. Further demonstrating this commitment, Ricoh was recently recognized with an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award for the seventh consecutive year, and also signed the RE100 pledge to work toward sourcing 100% of its energy from renewable sources in the coming decades.
For more information about Ricoh, click here, or follow the company's social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, or YouTube.
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Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services that enable individuals to work smarter from anywhere.
With cultivated knowledge and organizational capabilities nurtured over its 85-year history, Ricoh is a leading provider of digital services, information management, and print and imaging solutions designed to support digital transformation and optimize business performance.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group has major operations throughout the world and its products and services now reach customers in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2022, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,758 billion yen (approx. 14.5 billion USD).
For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com
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Earnings Call Scheduled for 8:00 a.m. EDT on August 30, 2022
SINGAPORE, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Online Education Group ("51Talk", or the "Company") (NYSE: COE), a global online education platform with core expertise in English education, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, before the open of U.S. markets.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on August 30, 2022 (8:00 p.m. Singapore/Beijing/Hong Kong time on August 30, 2022).
Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:
Participants should dial-in at least 5 minutes before the scheduled start time and ask to be connected to the call for "China Online Education Group."
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.51talk.com.
A replay of the conference call will be accessible approximately one hour after the conclusion of the live call until September 6, 2022, by dialing the following telephone numbers:
About China Online Education Group
China Online Education Group (NYSE: COE) is a global online education platform with core expertise in English education. The Company's mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable. The Company's online and mobile education platforms enable students to take live interactive English lessons on demand. The Company connects its students with a large pool of highly qualified teachers that it assembled using a shared economy approach, and employs student and teacher feedback and data analytics to deliver a personalized learning experience to its students
For more information, please visit http://ir.51talk.com.
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ODEON to Upgrade Six Theatres across the UK to IMAX with Laser Systems, Sets Locations for New IMAX Screens across Five European Nations
BARCELONA, Spain, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ODEON Cinemas Group (ODEON) and IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced an expansion of their longstanding partnership spanning key European cinema markets. Under the agreement, ODEON will upgrade six IMAX theatres across the UK with state-of-the-art IMAX with Laser systems.
Additionally, ODEON and IMAX have set locations for nine previously contracted new theatres across Europe, including four new theatres in Spain, two in Italy, and one in each of Germany, Sweden, and the UK. All new locations will be installed by 2025.
The announcement was made today at the annual CineEurope convention in Barcelona, Spain.
"We are delighted to be expanding our long-running partnership with IMAX, as we continue to invest across our estate to make movies better for our guests. We have been encouraged by the amount of guests returning, seeking the most immersive experience possible, and we look forward to the rest of the year with confidence, buoyed by a range of great films to show them," Mark Way, President AMC Europe & Managing Director ODEON Cinemas Group commented.
"Europe has been a key driver of the resurgence in global cinema, with audiences returning in strong numbers for this incredible blockbuster slate and exhibitors like ODEON raising the bar for the theatrical experience," said Rich Gelfond, CEO of IMAX. "As we grow market share around the world, IMAX continues to grow, diversify, and enhance its global network, and this new agreement with our longstanding partners at ODEON further accelerates our momentum."
ODEON and IMAX have enjoyed a longstanding partnership spanning nearly fifteen years. ODEON opened its first IMAX theatre in 2008 and the two companies signed an agreement for 25 IMAX theatres in 2017, which still stands as IMAX's largest European theatre agreement in its history. ODEON is currently IMAX's largest partner in Europe, with 34 theatres currently in operation, and an additional 11 new locations will be installed by 2025. Four of IMAX's top five highest grossing locations in Europe are in ODEON cinemas.
IMAX with Laser is IMAX's most advanced theatre experience, developed from the ground-up to be immersive by design and deliver crystal clear, lifelike images and precision audio for a moviegoing experience unlike anything else. It is unmatched with by a groundbreaking 4K laser projection system that features a new optical engine, custom designed lenses, and a suite of proprietary technology that delivers brighter images with increased resolution, deeper contrast, and the widest range of colors exclusively to IMAX screens.
About IMAX Corporation
IMAX is a premier global technology platform for entertainment and events. Through its proprietary software, theater architecture, patented intellectual property, and specialized equipment, IMAX offers a unique end-to-end solution to create superior, immersive content experiences for which the IMAX® brand is globally renown. Top filmmakers, movie studios, artists, and creators utilize the cutting-edge visual and sound technology of IMAX to connect with audiences in innovative ways. As a result, IMAX is among the most important and successful global distribution platforms for domestic and international tentpole films and, increasingly, exclusive experiences ranging from live performances to interactive events with leading artists and creators.
IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles, with additional offices in London, Dublin, Tokyo, and Shanghai. As of March 31, 2022, there were 1,690 IMAX theater systems (1,606 commercial multiplexes, 12 commercial destinations, 72 institutional) operating in 87 countries and territories. Shares of IMAX China Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of IMAX Corporation, trade on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code "1970."
IMAX®, IMAX® Dome, IMAX® 3D, IMAX® 3D Dome, Experience It In IMAX®, The IMAX Experience®, An IMAX Experience®, An IMAX 3D Experience®, IMAX DMR®, DMR®, IMAX Enhanced™, IMAX nXos® and Films to the Fullest®, are trademarks and trade names of the Company or its subsidiaries that are registered or otherwise protected under laws of various jurisdictions. More information about the Company can be found at www.imax.com. You may also connect with IMAX on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/imax), Facebook (www.facebook.com/imax), Twitter (www.twitter.com/imax) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/imaxmovies).
About ODEON Cinemas Group
ODEON Cinemas Group is proud to be Europe's largest cinema operator, with brands in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Spain, Italy, Germany and Portugal.
We welcome 100 million+ guests each year to enjoy great hospitality while watching the latest films and entertainment in 290+ cinemas and 2,500 screens.
We make movies better by developing world-class cinemas that deliver memorable entertainment experiences for our guests, while offering fantastic careers for our people.
As an AMC company, ODEON Cinemas Group is part of the largest movie exhibitor in the world with around 950 theatres and 10,500 screens. Together, we make movies better.
For additional information please contact:
For IMAX Corporation:
Investors:
Heather Anthony
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212.821.0121
Media:
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212.821.0102
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Will Palfreyman
Odeon@tulchangroup.com
Main: +44 (0)20 7353 4200
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Twice each year, I do a “From the Mailbag” column, serving up your comments, questions and corrections. You might think this is an easy way to fill space during a week in which I am actually on vacation. You would be right about that.
Still, your words are usually better than mine, so why not use them? Let’s go to the mailbox:
DEAR DAVID: I just read your column on “Where Did My Music Go,” about the gradual disappearance of your favorite oldies from the radio. Get over it! You’re just mad that they no longer play “Sugar Sugar” by the Archies over and over. Signed, Cindy C.
Dear Cindy: You sound like my wife. Hey wait a minute. You ARE my wife. Next!
DEAR DAVID: I noticed that as soon as you wrote about skyrocketing gas prices, they started to go down. Could you please do that again? Maybe the oil companies are reacting to your pressure. Signed, Jon
Dear Jon: I’m glad I could help. If you had told me a year ago that I would be doing cartwheels about gas being “only” $3.89 a gallon, I would have taken away your keys.
DEAR DAVID: Just look around. The latest employment report is outstanding. There’s no shortage of gas, and people are going anywhere they want to go. We’re back in church, we eat out, we go shopping. Sporting events, like your beloved Atlanta Braves, are sold out every night. Yet, you rarely mention President Biden, unless it’s a snide remark about his age, and you hope he doesn’t run again. Why are you so biased against Democrats? Signed, Annette
Dear Annette: I try to avoid politics, although sometimes I can’t help it. These days, it seems that no matter what you say, people will put a political spin on it. Everyone has to be on one side or the other. If I said I was thankful for the rain that helps my garden grow, someone will reply, “Thanks Biden,” or “It’s only raining because Trump put a stop to all this climate change nonsense.” So, unlike many columnists, I’m not ultra-partisan. They only like to anger the folks on one side. I’m an equal opportunity offender.
DEAR DAVID: I can’t help but notice that you like to take shots at President Trump. Why haven’t you written about the fake, one-sided Democrat-run “hearings” that are obviously scripted and staged by actors? It is obvious that you’re biased against President Trump. Do better! Signed, Dennis J.
Dear Dennis: Perhaps I should introduce you to Annette, who wrote the previous message. Y’all should have some interesting conversations about me.
DEAR DAVID: I watch you on the news each evening, and I have noticed that you look disgusted when you read a story about parents who leave their child in a hot car. I thought news anchors were trained not to show any expressions or emotion. Signed, Amy
Dear Amy: Guilty as charged. Occasionally someone will detect my anger during those stories, and tell me, “It could happen to anyone.” Sorry, I’m not buying it.
DEAR DAVID: I enjoy your columns that point out incorrect spellings on signs and Facebook posts. Did you know that the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from my district spoke on the House floor, during which she complained that someone’s rights were “fragrantly” violated? Signed, Joanna
Dear Joanna: Somehow I missed that one. I can’t say I’m surprised, though. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find elected officials who have good common scents.
DEAR DAVID: I don’t understand your obsession with vinyl records. They get scratched, they skip, they get dusty, and the record player needle has to be replaced. I’ll take the digital recordings from Amazon any day. I will say this about records: They make great decorations. I have several of them on my wall! Signed, Bob
Dear Bob: You probably think I’m living in the past, but you may be surprised to know that I stay up to date, especially with my wall decorations. I just took down those dusty albums, and replaced them with newer, more modern 8-track and cassette tapes.
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| 2022-07-19T22:58:37Z
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Law officers testifying for committee on Uvalde shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school last month is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers on Monday.
State Rep. Dustin Burrows, who is chairing the committee investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, said they would hear more witness testimony from the Uvalde Police Department, in addition to speaking with another officer from the school district police and a member of the Department of Public Safety.
“We want to at least compliment all the law enforcement agencies for being cooperative and providing the witnesses we have asked for,” said Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock.
After Burrows’ opening statements during the committee hearing in Uvalde, the committee went into executive session, blocking the public from hearing witness testimony.
Last Thursday, Burrows signaled impatience with the Uvalde Police Department, saying it was unclear whether they would testify voluntarily before the panel. But he said Friday that Uvalde police officials had agreed to speak with the committee.
Burrows said that testimony would continue on Tuesday in Austin. He said he hoped to provide information on when at least a preliminary report would be released to the public.
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at the school on May 24. Questions about why police did not confront and kill the gunman for more than an hour, even as anguished parents outside the school urged officers to go in and panicked children called 911 from inside.
Law enforcement officials have provided little or conflicting information since the shooting, sometimes withdrawing statements hours after making them. Officials have declined to offer details, citing ongoing investigation.
Some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims’ families — once the case is closed. The law’s exception protects information from being released in crimes for which no one has been convicted. The Texas Attorney General’s Office has ruled that it applies when a suspect is dead.
Officials also haven’t released records sought under public information laws to media outlets, including The Associated Press, often citing broad exemptions and the ongoing investigation. It has raised concerns about whether such records will be released, even to victims’ families.
Others interviewed behind closed doors by the committee include school staff.
Burrows has defended the committee interviewing witnesses in private and not revealing their findings so far, saying its members want an accurate account before issuing a report.
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| 2022-06-20T22:49:19Z
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Texas dollar, dollar bills, y’all! While a $13 million Texas Lottery game’s jackpot wasn’t won Wednesday night, some other wins were had.
While the huge jackpot for the Lotto Texas game rolls on, several players matched five of the six winning numbers and three of them decided to choose the Extra! option to take their winnings to new heights. The winning numbers were 2, 5, 24, 29, 38, and 53 for the August 24 drawing.
While five players won $3,740, that Extra! option took three of those players’ winnings to $13,740! “Tickets must be claimed no later than 180 days after the draw date,” the lottery said.
The next Lotto Texas drawing is set for Aug. 27 with a jackpot of $13.75 million which has an $8.78 million cash value.
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| 2022-08-26T19:38:45Z
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Led by Next Coast Ventures and Lorne Abony, this investment round will enable Amy to bolster its deep tech offering and take its B2P solution to market
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amy, the pioneering AI-driven sales intelligence solution that automates pre-meeting prospect research and enables meaningful business connections, today announced that it has raised a $6 million Seed Round led by Next Coast Ventures and Lorne Abony. Additional investors in the round include Jim Mellon and Eric Ludwig, Micha Breakstone, Joey Low, and James Kong among others. Amy will utilize the funds to further enhance its AI, natural language processing, and machine learning capabilities as well as launch its B2P solution to the market.
"The pandemic completely upended the way in which business professionals conduct meetings and close business deals, however, one thing remains the same: the importance of building strong, meaningful relationships," said Nimrod Ron, CEO and Co-founder of Amy. "At Amy, we've automated the prospect research and meeting preparation process – which takes on average 17% of the workday – so that business professionals can focus on establishing authentic relationships with their customers, closing deals and excelling at what they do. We help salespeople create a lasting network of connections that transcends their current role, boosting long-term sales prospects."
Amy's sales intelligence platform saves sales professionals time and money while enhancing business outcomes by automating prospect research and providing actionable insights that generate deeper, long-lasting business relationships. The platform analyzes all publicly available information about a business prospect, transforming strands of random data into digestible briefs which contain insights about the prospect, the company they work for, and common experiences. The platform's unique algorithm collects information about the respective prospect and, through proprietary NLP technology, extracts and presents a personalized meeting brief comprised solely of information relevant to business professionals.
"There is a clear market need to optimize meeting experiences, given that the average professional spends hours each day in meetings," said Michael Smerklo, Co-founder & Managing Director of Next Coast Ventures. "Amy's offering addresses this need by tapping into the art of human connection in business. The platform makes business personal by enabling professionals to understand who they are about to speak with and why that person is interested in speaking with them – making meetings more effective and efficient."
"In today's market, a solution like Amy's is set to be a real game-changer for salespeople at companies of all sizes," said Lorne Abony. "Despite most being connected to their digital channels 24/7, in today's business environment, real connections are lacking. Amy's AI-driven easy-to-use platform represents the next generation of sales tools, reinventing 'relationship selling' – what was once a crucial pillar of the sales world – and bringing it to the forefront of the digital sales landscape. Amy is equipping salespeople with the information they need to offer personalized experiences, and we're confident that its solution will quickly become an industry must-have."
The funding round comes at an exciting time for Amy; its sales intelligence solution is now widely available to users after it was ranked #1 on Product Hunt during a successful alpha-testing stage.
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Amy's AI-driven sales intelligence platform is revolutionizing the way that business professionals prepare for external meetings. By automating the pre-meeting prospect research process, Amy empowers business professionals to focus on what really matters – building relationships with customers and driving sales. Leveraging deep technology, Amy's platform analyzes thousands of data sources and provide users with actionable insights regarding their business connections and professional networks. With personalized meeting briefs at their fingertips, business professionals can effectively prepare for their meetings in seconds. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with offices in Austin, Texas. For more information, please go to https://myamy.io/.
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| 2022-06-17T14:51:13Z
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ALBANY — And then there were four.
For a community that was a worldwide epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, a community that has grown COVID-weary as its people has dealt with the pandemic, the number “4” was a magical one Friday. That’s how many COVID patients, officials with the Albany-based Phoebe Putney Health System said, were being treated at Phoebe facilities in Albany, Americus and Sylvester.
“We are pleased that our COVID admissions have slowed to a trickle,” Health System President/CEO Scott Steiner said after Phoebe announced its latest numbers. “After encouraging numbers in March, April has gotten off to a good start, as well. We have not admitted any patients for treatment of COVID so far this month.
“Those four patients we are caring for today have been hospitalized for an extended period and are no longer infectious. They are not yet healthy enough to be discharged, but we hope they will fully recover and be able to return home soon.”
Phoebe’s latest COVID number is the lowest total of COVID-19 inpatients being treated at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus and Phoebe Worth Medical Center in Sylvester since the pandemic began. All four patients were being treated at the system’s main hospital in Albany. In March, the health system admitted only 28 COVID-19 patients, the second-lowest total of any month during the pandemic.
Because of reduced virus transmission and low hospitalization rates, visitors to Phoebe facilities no longer must double mask, system officials said. As of now, only a well-fitting surgical mask is required. After a thorough review of the latest evidence on personal protective equipment effectiveness and the updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Phoebe is now basing its PPE requirements — including masking for visitors — on the CDC’s color-coded COVID-19 transmission level for each county where a Phoebe hospital is located.
“While full PPE will always be required for anyone coming in contact with a patient who has a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 diagnosis, we can now safely reduce some PPE requirements for Phoebe Family members who are not encountering COVID patients and for visitors as well,” Phoebe Health System Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dianna Grant said. “Those rules will remain in effect as long as CDC county COVID-19 transmission levels remain low or moderate. Stricter rules will be reinstituted if transmission increases to substantial or high levels.”
Currently, the CDC lists the transmission level in Worth County, where Phoebe Worth is located, as low. The level is moderate in Dougherty County and Sumter County, where Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and Phoebe Sumter Medical Center are located.
The total number of vaccines administered at Phoebe facilities through Friday was 79,330.
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| 2022-04-10T21:54:26Z
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(The Hill) — The launch this week of public hearings into last year’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol marks a pivotal phase for the investigation, the Congress and the country. And as both parties anxiously await the select committee’s findings — and the public’s reaction to them — few have more on the line than Rep. Liz Cheney.
The Wyoming Republican has not only embraced her role as a leading figure in Congress’s expansive examination of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, she’s also assumed the GOP face of the anti-Trump movement in the process — a high-stakes gamble that’s made her both a pariah within her conference and a hero to those national Republicans fighting to steer the party away from the influence of former President Trump.
Who ultimately wins the battle for the soul of the Republican Party — Trump loyalists or Trump critics — remains anyone’s guess. But Cheney is using her place on the select committee to try to tip the scales of that internal feud, issuing a stern warning that Republicans who continue to indulge Trump’s lie about a “stolen” election threaten not only the demise of the GOP, but also the collapse of American democracy at large.
“We are absolutely in a moment where we have to make a decision about whether we’re going to put our love of this country above partisanship,” Cheney told CBS News on Sunday. “And to me there’s just no gray area in that question.”
The near-term costs of Cheney’s defiance have been conspicuous.
She was booted from GOP leadership four months after the insurrection, replaced by another female lawmaker, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who is less conservative but also willing to amplify baseless claims about “irregularities” plaguing the election outcome — a litmus test for the party brass.
Cheney’s dissent has also sparked a primary challenge, putting her once-safe seat as the lone House lawmaker in Wyoming — a deep-red state where the Cheney name holds outsized sway — into jeopardy. By contrast, the only other Republican on the Jan. 6 select committee, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), was hurt by redistricting this cycle and is not seeking reelection.
Through it all, the 55-year-old Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has remained unapologetic, accusing her GOP critics of putting their loyalty to Trump over their oath to the Constitution.
“We have too many people now in the Republican Party who are not taking their responsibility seriously, and who have pledged their allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump,” she told CBS. “I mean, it is fundamentally antithetical — it is contrary to everything conservatives believe — to embrace a personality cult.”
Created by a vote of the House last June, the select committee has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses about the attack of Jan. 6, when thousands of Trump supporters, roused by Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, marched on the Capitol in an effort to block Congress from certifying his defeat. Seven people died in connection to the rampage, and more than 150 police officers were injured while sparring with the rioters.
The committee proceedings have almost exclusively taken place behind closed doors, but that will change on Thursday when the panel meets for a prime-time hearing to lay out its findings.
The challenge facing its members is to tell a compelling narrative capable of swaying public sentiment. That’s a high bar in a country as polarized as the United States. And Fox News pushed it even higher this week, announcing it won’t air the hearing live, as other networks intend to do.
“We just have an absolute mountain of evidence about what took place. And our problem is really distilling the core elements of all of these events to share with the people,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), one of the investigators, said Monday in an interview with Washington Post Live.
The committee members have their work cut out for them if they hope to achieve any public breakthrough. A May poll from the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that while 52 percent say it’s important to learn more about the attack, 48 percent said it’s time to “move on.”
An NBC News poll released Monday found that less than half of respondents — 45 percent — believe Trump was responsible for the attack, down from 52 percent in January 2021.
Cheney, as vice-chair of the select committee, is at the center of the panel’s efforts to provide the type of prime-time narrative that could shift those numbers away from Trump’s favor. She’s also in a spot where her future in politics might hinge on her success. Trump captured 70 percent of the vote in Wyoming in 2020.
Cheney’s high profile and undiluted message have attracted the ire of the 45th president, who visited Wyoming last month to campaign for Cheney’s primary opponent. The Capitol attack was on his mind.
“As one of the nation’s leading proponents of the insurrection hoax, Liz Cheney has pushed a grotesquely false, fabricated, hysterical, partisan narrative,” Trump told a crowd in Casper ahead of the Aug. 16 primary.
Trump’s GOP allies in Congress are amplifying that message, framing the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack as a partisan witch hunt designed solely for the purpose of damaging Trump and Republicans politically.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), in an op-ed that refers only to Democrats’ goals for the hearing, said they have a “sinister aim [of] convincing Americans that conservatives are to blame for the events of that day.”
“The committee’s real goal, and what it hopes to achieve with its unprecedented subpoenas and its bright-light hearings, is a repudiation of conservatism and all those who hold conservative values,” Jordan wrote in The Federalist.
“Democrats want to use the violence of January 6 to stigmatize conservative voices and delegitimize conservative ideals. They’ve even talked—condescendingly, of course—about treating conservatives as ‘cult’ members who need to be deprogrammed.”
Even as Republicans broadly seek to exile Cheney and Kinzinger, in many cases it’s been the Democrats on the Jan. 6 panel that have come to their defense — something Raskin in April called “the utterly cannibalistic process of vilifying and castigating Republicans just because they disagree with the orthodoxy, the dogma handed down by Donald Trump.”
“Because if you don’t go along with what Donald Trump says, if you don’t act like you’re a robot or a member of a religious cult, they will attack you, they will vilify you, they will denounce you,” Raskin said at a vote for the House to formally refer two former Trump aides to the Department of Justice for charges after they defied the panel’s subpoenas.
“These people, Mr. Kinzinger, Ms. Cheney, are constitutional heroes,” he said.
But Cheney hasn’t lost all credibility within the party.
“I think she’d be a great Speaker,” Rep. Tom Rice (S.C.), one of the 10 House Republican lawmakers to vote to impeach Trump following the riot, told ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday.
“I think she’s a real Republican. I think she is very conservative. And I think she’s a fearless leader.”
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| 2022-06-08T17:09:28Z
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A 31-year-old man who was working for the production crew of the NBC show "Law & Order: Organized Crime" was shot and killed as he saved parking spots early Tuesday morning, New York City police said.
The victim, who was contracted to do parking enforcement for the production company and has not yet been identified, was sitting in a car on North Henry Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn when an unknown assailant allegedly opened the vehicle's door and fired a weapon, hitting his neck and head at about 5:15 a.m. local time, according to NYPD Spokesperson Det. Sophia Mason.
The assailant ran off while emergency responders rushed the victim to a nearby hospital, where he could not be saved, Mason said.
Investigators are now searching for the gunman and a motive, even canvassing surveillance footage in the area, Mason said.
In a statement, NBC and Universal Television, which produces the series, said they were "terribly saddened and shocked to hear that one of [their] crew members was the victim of a crime early this morning and has died as a result."
"We are working with local law enforcement as they continue to investigate. Our hearts go out to his family and friends and we ask that you respect their privacy during this time," the statement reads.
"Law & Order: Organized Crime" stars Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler and concluded its second season in May.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was relaxing in bed and I thought there could be a better way to hold and use my tablet computer," said an inventor, from Loris, S.C., "so I invented the E Z TABLET. My design would eliminate the strain, discomfort and hassle associated with constantly holding the device in the air or propping it up with a pillow."
The patent-pending invention provides a hands-free way to support and use a tablet computer while relaxing in bed. In doing so, it eliminates the need to constantly hold the device at eye level. As a result, it enhances comfort and convenience and it could help to reduce stress and strain. The invention features an inventive design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, a prototype is available.
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Houston second baseman Jose Altuve, San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodón, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and Miami Marlins second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. won’t be playing in Tuesday’s All-Star Game.
Altuve, an eight-time All-Star who was selected as a starter in fan voting, was struck on the left knee leading off Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels. He was kept out of the lineup Friday night and played Saturday.
MLB announced Saturday that Altuve is being replaced in the starting lineup by Cleveland’s Andrés Giménez, who is making his first appearance. Toronto’s Santiago Espinal will replace Altuve on the AL roster.
Dodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson, who is 10-1 with a 2.96 ERA in 17 games with 81 strikeouts, is taking the place of Rodón on the NL roster, LA said in a news release. It wasn’t immediately clear why Rodón isn’t playing in the All-Star Game; he was originally added to the roster on July 12 in place of Milwaukee closer Josh Hader.
Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley, who has 100 hits and a .913 OPS this season, will replace Arenado on the NL team.
Arenado, a seven-time All-Star, said Saturday that he’s had lower back soreness for three to four weeks, that MRIs found nothing and that he’ll take the All-Star break to rest.
“It’s been a problem lately. It didn’t really make sense for me to go do that,” said Arenado, who lives less than an hour from Los Angeles. “Probably made more sense for me to go home, relax and just chill. Go home. Get treatment. Get some work done. I’ve got some trainers. I’ve got a physical therapist back home, ready to go.”
Altuve said of his knee on Saturday that he was “waiting to see how it responded today and I think we all agree that we’re making the best decision.” He also said ”I don’t think we’re going to go” when asked if he was going to go to LA, adding “we’re going to do some treatment and get ready for the second half.”
San Diego’s Jake Cronenworth will take the place of Chisholm, who has been on the injured list since June 29 with a right lower back strain.
Miami manager Don Mattingly said Chisholm is “getting better and hopefully he’ll have many more of these (opportunities.)”
New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil will replace Chisholm in the starting lineup.
“Not really how I wanted to be named All-Star starter with someone going down,” McNeil said. “So I do wish the best to Jazz and hopefully he gets back on the field soon. But super excited for the opportunity to be in the game.”
The 23-year-old Giménez, who came to Cleveland last year as part of the trade that sent shortstop Francisco Lindor to the Mets, is having a standout season. He’s batting .299 with 10 homers and 43 RBIs in 78 games while playing solid defense. He’s also been clutch, batting .384 with runners in scoring position.
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Rock Out with the Sweet Flavors of Peanut Butter and Jam in a Cup of Coffee
IRVING, Texas, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, 7-Eleven, Inc. is taking center stage with the new Peanut Butter and JAMS Cappuccino, a delicious coffee drink that will have customers movin' and groovin' all season long. The Peanut Butter and JAMS Cappuccino is now available at participating 7-Eleven®, Speedway® and Stripes® stores or via 7NOW® delivery for a limited-time-only.
School may be out, but PB&J is always in. The all-new Peanut Butter and JAMS Cappuccino combines the familiar flavors of a classic homemade PB&J sandwich. Customers will enjoy notes of deliciously nutty peanut butter and sweet jam with each sip, packed perfectly in this unique hot beverage to help fuel them for the day ahead.
The Peanut Butter and JAMS Cappuccino arrived just in time for Brainfreeze Season™ – an epic celebration rewarding 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes customers with giveaways every Friday inspired by some of their favorite things: music and fashion. From VIP tickets to meet and greets to signed merch from the hottest artists – customers can JAM out to music in a whole new way. For a chance to win, simply purchase select items through the Speedy Rewards® and 7Rewards® loyalty programs or via 7NOW delivery – including the Peanut Butter and JAMS Cappuccino and more*.
"We take summertime seriously at 7-Eleven and want our customers to feel like rockstars all season long," said 7-Eleven Proprietary Beverages Senior Product Director Jacob Barnes. "We are always looking for ways to offer stand-out beverages at a great value that add a bright spot to our customers' days. Our Peanut Butter and JAMS Cappuccino does just that – serving up a delightful combination of childhood nostalgia and adulthood necessity."
At 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes, customers can be their own barista – because customizing every cup of coffee is encouraged (and free!) at the coffee bar. Coffee drinkers can craft their perfect brew with a variety of creamers, flavored syrups and toppings that can be combined in more than 3,000 different ways to devise their one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Crafting the perfect cup of coffee is just as important as curating the perfect playlist, so get creative because the possibilities are practically endless.
Customers who can't seem to get enough of their favorite 7-Eleven beverages are in luck. For a limited time only at participating 7-Eleven stores, members of the 7Rewards loyalty program who purchase 6 cups of coffee, Big Gulp® or Slurpee® drinks will receive their 7th cup free**. And frozen beverage connoisseurs can stay cool with $1 small Slurpee drinks all summer long in-store at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes locations and via 7NOW delivery***.
The 7NOW delivery app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play, or by visiting 7NOW.com or 7Rewards.com.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Begins 5/25/22 at 12:00:01am CT & ends 9/6/22 at 11:00:00 pm CT. Open to legal US residents physically residing in the 50 United States or DC who are 13+ years old (minors must have parental consent to participate). Odds of winning depend on # of eligible entries. Sponsor: 7-Eleven, Inc. For full rules, free and other methods of entry, full prize details, and restrictions, see Official Rules at https://bit.ly/SZN-22.
**Valid thru 06/28/2022 on any size Coffee, Slurpee or Big Gulp drink. Free cup expires 30 days from date earned. Offer good at participating 7-Eleven stores, excluding Hawaii. Unlimited. Offer not valid with any other coupon or discount. No cash value. Plus, tax where applicable.
***$1 Sm Slurpee: Offer good at participating U.S. 7-Eleven® stores, excludes Hawaii.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products under the 7-Select™ brand including healthy options, decadent treats and everyday favorites at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® loyalty program with more than 50 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 2,000 cities, or rely on 7-Eleven for bill payment service, self-service lockers and other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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LONDON (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has made her first speech in Britain since she and Prince Harry quit as working royals two years ago.
Delivering a keynote speech to the One Young World summit on Monday, Meghan spoke of her self-doubt as “the girl from Suits” when she attended the same youth event in 2014 alongside world leaders and humanitarian activists.
The duchess, formerly known as Meghan Markle, was best known for her acting role in the TV drama “Suits” before she married Harry.
“I was allowed in, to pull up a seat at the table,” Meghan told about 2,000 young people gathered in Manchester, England. “I was so overwhelmed by this experience, I think I even saved my little paper place-marker with my name on it.”
“Just proof — proof that I was there, proof that I belonged, because the truth was, I wasn’t sure that I belonged,” she said.
Meghan and Harry stepped down as senior royals and moved to the U.S. in 2020. They were in the U.K. for the first time since Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June, when the couple appeared briefly at a thanksgiving service.
They travelled to the Manchester event by train from London. Their next stop is Germany, where they will attend an event Tuesday counting down to the Invictus Games 2023, before returning to London where Harry will deliver a speech at a charity ceremony on Thursday.
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SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Software, a leading provider of visual collaboration software, has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, for the third consecutive year.
"It's exciting to be part of the Cloud 100 for the third year in a row, and it's validation of the continually-growing need for solutions that truly support today's hybrid workforce," said Dave Grow, CEO of Lucid. "The Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite is changing the way we and our customers work, collaborate, innovate and push businesses forward. Visual collaboration is at the heart of engaging, aligning and connecting distributed teams, and we look forward to continuing to help those teams across the globe see and build the future."
"The companies of the Cloud 100 list represent the best and brightest private companies in this fast-growing sector," said Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes. "Every year, it gets more difficult to make this list — meaning even more elite company for those who do. Congratulations to each of the 2022 Cloud 100 honorees."
To see the full Forbes 2022 Cloud 100 and 20 Rising Stars lists, visit www.forbes.com/cloud100. To learn more about the Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite, visit lucid.co.
Lucid Software Inc. offers a leading Visual Collaboration Suite that helps teams see and build the future from idea to reality. With its products—Lucidchart, Lucidspark and Lucidscale—teams can align around a shared vision, clarify complexity, and collaborate visually, no matter where they're located. Top businesses use Lucid's products all around the world, including customers such as Google, GE and NBC Universal. Lucid's partners include industry leaders such as Google, Atlassian and Microsoft. Since the company's founding, it has received numerous awards for its products, business and workplace culture. For more information, visit lucid.co.
Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 135 IPOs and 200 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their early days through every stage of growth. Bessemer's global portfolio includes Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr and Toast and has $19 billion of regulatory assets under management. Bessemer has teams of investors and partners located in Tel Aviv, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, London, Boston, Beijing and Bangalore. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer's storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio).
Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 150 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE and Forbes Virtual events, custom marketing programs and 47 licensed local editions in 80 countries. Forbes Media's brand extensions include real estate, education and financial services license agreements.
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MIAMI, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida International University is the fastest-rising institution in the nation among U.S. News & World Report public university rankings in the past 10 years.
FIU, located in Miami, climbed six spots to #72 among public universities in the nation, according to rankings announced today.
The university also ranked among the Top 5 universities for social mobility, a testament to FIU's commitment to providing significant upward mobility to students on a path of success and prosperity.
In addition, FIU is among the Top 50 best value public universities and among the Top 15 most innovative public universities.
This year, FIU made its debut on the list for best undergraduate teaching at #16 among public universities.
Individual programs also ranked among the best in the nation with international business holding on to the #2 spot.
Computer science and undergraduate engineering moved up four and nine spots, respectively, among public universities.
In addition to the U.S. News rankings, FIU recently received two other rankings that speak directly to the university's mission:
Degree Choices has ranked FIU among the Top 25 universities nationally for the economic return on graduates' investment, along with Princeton, Stanford and MIT.
Washington Monthly College Rankings placed FIU at #32 nationally, recognizing the university's contribution to the public good in three broad categories – social mobility, research, and providing opportunities for public service.
"Our climb in the U.S. News rankings, together with these additional rankings, point to incredible momentum and put FIU among the nation's most prestigious institutions," said FIU Interim President Kenneth A. Jessell. "By focusing on academics, research, and student success, we are elevating our community and the state and creating an extraordinary return on investment for our students."
CONTACT: Madeline Baro, 1-305-348-2234, mbaro@fiu.edu
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Maybe 15 years ago, you would have written an editorial asking, "Why in hell do two men or two women want to get married to each other?" Your opinion would have been straight down the centerline of Main Street America. But that was then, and this is now. That issue has largely become a non-issue.
Similarly, maybe 50 years ago, the honorific Ms. appeared. I can remember people boiling over to say, "What's wrong with Mr., Miss, and Mrs., like it's always been?" Again, now a non-issue.
So last Sunday you wrote to belittle people who are grappling with gender identity, specifically with its expression in language. They may be a very small percentage of the population, but the issue with which they are grappling is, for them, very real. One could delve into the science of the X and Y chromosomes and the genes on the X or Y chromosomes that express certain characteristics of male or female; the science there is too complicated for me, except to know that the research is ongoing. But for some folks, it is very real. You dismissed all that, with cheap humor.
This may be a generational issue: Lots of younger folks have moved on. But just as if 10 or 15 years ago you had written a piece ridiculing gay marriage and regretted it now, in a few years you may look back on what you've written today and not be pleased.
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Buxton, Correa homer as Twins beat Padres 7-4
By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — All-Star Byron Buxton hit a tying homer in the fourth inning off Joe Musgrove, and Carlos Correa gave Minnesota some breathing room with a two-run shot during a five-run eighth that helped the Twins beat the San Diego Padres 7-4. The Twins handed Musgrove his fourth straight loss. Musgrove, who earned his first All-Star selection this year, and the Padres are on the cusp of finalizing a $100 million, five-year contract that would start next year. Sonny Gray allowed a solo home run to Manny Machado in the third, but otherwise kept the Padres in check through five innings.
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Kent State's Cade Breitenstine from Green earns co-medalist at U.S. Amateur Qualifier
Green High School graduate Cade Breitenstine shot a six-under 136 to earn co-medalist honors during Tuesday’s 36-hole U.S. Amateur Qualifier at the Ohio State University Golf Club’s Scarlet Course.
Breitenstine fired rounds of 70 and 66 to punch his ticket for the 122nd U.S. Amateur at The Ridgewood Country Club and Arcola Country Club in Paramus, N.J., Aug. 15-21.
More golf:Hannah Higgins, Blake Hood win First Tee of Canton Schorsten Memorial Junior Golf Tournament
Breitenstine, a Kent State senior who was the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year in 2021, shared top honors with Ohio State’s JonErik Alford on Tuesday. Drew Doyle shot two under and earned the third and final qualifying spot on the eighth hole of a playoff. Tyler Goecke and Patrick Schmuecking are the alternates.
Breitenstine’s high school teammate at Green and Alford’s college teammate at Ohio State, Maxwell Moldovan, is in the U.S. Amateur field as an exempt player thanks to qualifying for the U.S. Open earlier this year and being a top 50 points leader in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.
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Joining MAP Protocol & KuCoin Community Chain at Consensus 2022 in Austin Texas
NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Web3.0 social-fi pioneer Bit.Store will achieve a celebratory milestone on its mission to democratize investment when it gathers members of its virtual community at a live in-person event in Austin, Texas, during Consensus 2022. Billed as "a showcase and celebration of all that crypto has to offer," thousands of the world's brightest minds and impactful voices in crypto are expected to gather at the OMNI Hotel in Austin, Texas, June 9-12.
At the evening event hosted by MAP Protocol & KuCoin Community Chain, Bit.Store joins a sponsors lineup of leading crypto innovators including Alchemy Pay, Nest, BeFi Wallet, Colab, BarterSwap, and Idavoll DAO.
Bit.Store is proud to lead in developing ways that DAO members can interact on its platform.
From its inception, Bit.Store focused on building a community when it entered a market entirely dominated by platforms that kept their users isolated from one another. The obvious question at the time was, "what if all these users had the opportunity to collaborate?" If millions of users could signal their sentiments and decisions, a public aggregate of that would be an extremely powerful tool for small investors. Using Bit.Store's native token, STORE, members can both invest in and cast votes on investment opportunities that are both proposed and decided algorithmically in aggregate through smart contracts.
But for the first time in Austin, Texas, Bit.Store is excited to sponsor an event that offers its members a chance to meet in-person.
"Web 3.0 Night" will be held at the OMNI Hotel's Atrium Room from 6pm to 10pm at 700 San Jacinto and 8th Street.
About Bit.store
Bit.Store is the world's first Web3 investment platform that offers cryptocurrency trading, SocialFi features and integrated fiat-cryptocurrency on-ramp/ off-ramp capabilities.
The platform gives its users access to global digital currency markets quickly and easily by supporting different money transfer methods via cooperations with a wide network of regional payment providers. The app provides a variety of features, including social trading, following, and copy trading strategies published by seasoned experts in the space, and allows experts to monetize their contribution to the platform. Bit.Store has been growing at a fast pace since its market introduction and achieved the milestone of 500K active users across Europe and Southeast Asia in Dec 2021. The rapid expansion into markets worldwide and growth of the Bit.Store community is continuing in 2022.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank7 Corp. (NASDAQ: BSVN), the parent company of Oklahoma City-based Bank7, today announced the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend will be paid on July 7, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 22, 2022.
We are Bank7 Corp., a bank holding company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank7, we operate twelve full-service branches in Oklahoma, the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area, and Kansas. We are focused on serving business owners and entrepreneurs by delivering fast, consistent, and well-designed loan and deposit products to meet their financing needs. We intend to grow organically by selectively opening additional branches in our target markets as well as pursue strategic acquisitions.
This communication contains a number of forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect Bank7 Corp.'s current views with respect to, among other things, future events and Bank7 Corp.'s financial performance. Any statements about Bank7 Corp.'s expectations, beliefs, plans, predictions, forecasts, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believes," "can," "could," "may," "predicts," "potential," "should," "will," "estimate," "plans," "projects," "continuing," "ongoing," "expects," "intends" and similar words or phrases. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in (or conveyed orally regarding) this presentation may turn out to be inaccurate. The inclusion of or reference to forward-looking information in this presentation should not be regarded as a representation by Bank7 Corp. or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by Bank7 Corp. will be achieved.
These forward-looking statements are subject to significant uncertainties because they are based upon: the amount and timing of future changes in interest rates, market behavior, and other economic conditions; future laws, regulations, and accounting principles; changes in regulatory standards and examination policies, and a variety of other matters. These other matters include, among other things, the direct and indirect effect of economic conditions on interest rates, credit quality, loan demand, liquidity, and monetary and supervisory policies of banking regulators. Bank7 Corp. has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that Bank7 Corp. believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Bank7 Corp.'s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if Bank7 Corp.'s underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from what Bank7 Corp. anticipates. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and Bank7 Corp. undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by law. All forward-looking statements herein are qualified by these cautionary statements.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mecobit Solar, a global company with an emphasis on high-quality solar at an affordable price, announces product improvements to its Solar System products that power cryptocurrency miners and other existing miners. Mecobit Solar System products include a portable solar station, Solar Panel kits (complete), and Solar Unit M4000.
Mecobit solar system customers can now use backup energy during a grid outage to help keep indispensable appliances running or power things like home appliances, dryers, pool pumps, electric vehicle chargers, and even Cryptocurrency mining rigs.
Some cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are created by a process called proof of work which requires computers to "mine" the currency by solving complex puzzles. Powering those computers involves large amounts of electricity. Bitcoin is infamous for wasting enough electricity to add 40 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere a year — but now, a growing cadre of miners around the world are developing green, and lucrative, new strategies worth a fortune all their own.
As the share of solar-powered hash rate seems likely to grow, many see the potential for renewable energy use in Bitcoin mining as a virtuous cycle — Mecobit provides unique incentives in Cryptocurrency mining, which propel operations to leverage the cheapest power possible and encourage more operations worldwide to convert to renewable energy sources, like solar.
As governments agree to reduce levels of carbon emissions and introduce additional incentives like investment tax credits, the share of mining operations using solar power will likely increase. And while solar power may be considered green and renewable, there are significant problems with solar, including the limits of sunlight hours and shipping costs. To help reduce shipping costs, Mecobit pays for shipping and import tariffs, enabling customers to acquire everything they need to get started with no further costs beyond the cost of the device itself.
About Mecobit
Mecobit was founded in 2015 with the goal of developing and marketing the world's solar-powered cryptocurrency miners, which can use either Ethash, SHA-256, or Scrypt technology. The company was the first solar-powered cryptocurrency mining enterprise in the world with the goal of revolutionizing the solar panel industry by providing more power at a more affordable price. Mecobit is headquartered in London, England, and has offices in cities across the world, including Hong Kong. The company's website, www.mecobit.com provides additional information on the company and its products.
CONTACT: Ben Lukas, ben.lukas@mecobit.com, +852-3001 1453
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NEW YORK (AP) — With a spectacular Hudson River sunset as a backdrop, models wearing dusty colors streamed onto a cement runway, as Tory Burch’s vision for spring and summer 2023 came to life during New York Fashion Week.
The open-air space at Pier 76 was unusually large for a fashion show, with two rows of seats lined up on either side of the runway and a giant Alexander Calder-inspired mobile dangling in the center, catching the light. Burch said the venue celebrates the beauty of New York.
“To have a space like this with the sunset and just have something that was vast for the collection, I really wanted it to be focused, but have the space just sort of enhance it in a subtle way,” Burch told the Associated Press in an interview after the show.
Model and actor Emily Ratajkowski was one of the first to strut the catwalk in a brown sheer top and jersey bandeau wrapped tightly around the top of a bright orange silk chiffon skirt that blew in the wind off the water.
One constant theme throughout the collection was sheerness: cotton and viscose tops with lace bras peeking through, and whole outfits covered with organza and silk that muted colors underneath. One T-shirt and long skirt was covered completely like a bubble with what Burch calls a “tech taffeta overlay.”
“I wanted it to be more architectural and richer than just a minimalist piece. I wanted women … to feel unencumbered, so I really was thinking about the concept of the shape and form of their bodies, where they can move and be as empowered as they are feeling today,” Burch said.
The overall color palette was earth colors of brown, gray, olive, mustard and cream, but Burch often added a contrasting color like a bright white or yellow handbag, a shiny silver slingback flat or pea green mule.
There were many spring coats in the collection. A silk taffeta trench billowed easily in the river breeze, creating a lighter, freer look, and another — in stretch brown satin — took the classic staple up a glamour notch.
A shiny gold mid-length trench coat made of foiled leather was a standout look, and surely would brighten a rainy day. A calf-length silk shantung skirt with mirrored embroidery sparkled in the evening light.
The Burch brand — known for shoes and handbags — showed structured and boxy purses with double handles or short straps this season. The shoes were primarily very flat flats, another nod to comfort but with unique shapes that Burch said look “super interesting.”
“I really thought about the architecture behind those flats. There was a mule that had a built-in toe ring, but it’s the most comfortable shape and it’s also incredibly flattering.”
Celebrities in the front row included actors Sydney Sweeney, Jenna Coleman and Lana Condor, who called the collection “beautiful” and said she loved the show. “The flats are amazing. I saw a really, really cool one where it’s like the arch wasn’t there. It was just like the sole and then the heel and no arch.”
“Saturday Night Live” castmember Chloe Fineman said she’s a huge fan of Burch and is excited about the new collection. “I often said fashion before death,” Fineman joked. She was ogling the clothes but perhaps also taking notes. “This is my great love,” Fineman said. “My dream is to do a capsule collection with my sister.”
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Which gray throw pillows are best?
Throw pillows are a great way to add some depth, comfort and style to your living space. They look great on sofas, armchairs and beds. If you want something sophisticated that also matches nearly any other color, gray throw pillows are an excellent choice. The best one is the Ink and Ivy Mid-Century Modern Cotton Decorative Pillow because it’s hypoallergenic, supportive and decorative.
What to know before you buy gray throw pillows
Theme
While traditional pillows provide comfort and support while sleeping or resting, throw pillows are often more decorative and used while awake. Some are still soft or cushioned enough to be used as support. For the most part, though, they’re meant to complement the overall look of a room.
They also accentuate the colors and patterns of the other furniture and decorative pieces in the room. This includes:
- Curtains or drapes
- Area rugs
- Armchairs
- Sofas
- Daybeds
- Tables or desks
Throw pillows, including gray ones, also often come with specific designs, patterns or graphics that can add a distinct aesthetic to your space, such as:
- Tassels around two or more of the edges
- Animals, such as elephants or bears
- Inspirational words or text
- Stripes or checkers
- Mandalas or geometric patterns
These designs can add a splash of intrigue or draw the eye to specific areas in the room. When placed strategically, the pillows can also act as a centerpiece in an otherwise minimalistic space.
Shade
Gray throw pillows come in all different shades, ranging from light to dark to neutral, making them highly versatile. Here are some of the most common ones:
- Light: Light grays can bring balance to a bright room or one that uses a lot of pastels such as blues or pinks. Popular options are cloud, dove and smoke grays.
- Medium or neutral: A more neutral palette can give your home a calming aesthetic. It also doesn’t clash with other colors. Options include graphite, dark smoke and ash gray.
- Dark: Darker shades pair well with light-colored furniture and artwork — such as yellows, greens and other bright hues — since they add more depth and can be quite striking visually. Charcoal and gunmetal are both darker grays. For something that really pops, dark silver also works here.
When decorating a room, avoid using too many colors in a small space at once. There should be two to four main colors, though you can add shades as desired to spruce it up.
Insert and covers
Many gray throw pillows come with the following pieces:
- Insert: An insert is the part of a pillow that adds fluff or filling. These go inside a protective cover and aren’t meant to be seen, so they’re often white or another neutral color. Some come in sets, while others come separately. If you want to get them separately, make sure they fit the cover you have.
- Cover: The cover is more or less a pillowcase and goes around the insert (main pillow). In throw pillows, it usually has a zipper you can use to pull out or put in an insert. Covers are typically machine-safe and can be washed on their own. They come in all different colors and patterns.
Some throw pillows come as a single piece. This means you can’t open them up and remove or replace the insert when the pillow starts to lose its shape or form.
What to look for in quality gray throw pillows
Size and shape
Gray throw pillows are usually:
- Rectangular
- Square
- Cylindrical
- Circular
If you’re going for a more unique aesthetic, some special shapes can enhance the look and feel of your space. This includes:
- Moons
- Hearts
- Flowers
- Stars
- Animals
In terms of sizing, most throw pillows have standard sizes, such as:
- 18 inches by 18 inches
- 20 inches by 20 inches
- 24 inches by 24 inches
Some, such as cylindrical pillows, are longer but have a shorter height and depth. When getting throw pillows for your home, consider the placement. For example, if you have a sofa with three cushions, a larger pillow would work well while a small one could look too small and out of place. On the other hand, if you want to put it on a small chair, go with a smaller size.
Material
Typically, gray throw pillows have different materials for the insert than they do for the cover.
- Insert or fill: One of the most common fills is polyester because it’s durable, inexpensive and capable of keeping its shape for a long time. Other pillows use natural down fill that comes from geese or ducks as it’s soft, warm and malleable. There are synthetic fills, too, such as cotton, fiberfill and microfiber.
- Cover: The material used in the cover can be anything from cotton to wool to satin. Some throw pillow covers consist of linen or synthetic furs for a different texture and look. Certain materials, such as satin, stay cool even on hot days. Others, including linen, are resistant to tears and scratches, which is good for households with children or pets.
Texture
The following factors affect the texture of any throw pillow:
- Material or fabric of the outer cover
- Any special design themes (ex. tassels, ribbons, buttons, or strings)
- Thread count and weave
- Detailed stitching
Pillows that are meant for decor aren’t usually very soft or squishy. Many have a more rigid structure and rougher texture. If you want something that doubles as a practical pillow, go with one that has fewer design features and a higher thread count.
How much you can expect to spend on gray throw pillows
Gray throw pillows can be sold as a set or separately. A set of two pillows could cost $30-$60, on average, while a single pillow costs $10-$30.
Gray throw pillows FAQ
What’s the difference between a decorative pillow and a throw pillow?
A. Decorative pillows are usually only meant to tie together certain aspects of a room, such as furniture or rugs. Most throw pillows are decorative and functional.
What are some color combinations that go well with gray?
A. Some of the best colors to pair with gray are teal blue, mustard yellow, light blue or blush pink. Earthy colors, such as browns, dark greens and solid reds, can also complement gray. If you’re going for a modern, minimalistic aesthetic, white or black can also work well.
What are the best gray throw pillows to buy?
Top gray throw pillow
Ink and Ivy Mid-Century Modern Cotton Decorative Pillow
What you need to know: This hypoallergenic gray throw pillow is perfect for anyone looking for extra lumbar support for the bed or couch.
What you’ll love: Available in four sizes, this classy throw pillow is decorative and supportive. The cover has a hidden zipper you can use when you need to wash it. It also comes in either a rectangular or square shape with different patterns and two shades of gray.
What you should consider: The corners don’t contain much fill.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top gray throw pillow for the money
Acanva Solid Velvet Soft Decorative Throw Pillow
What you need to know: Available in a set of two, these simple square throw pillows are decorative and functional.
What you’ll love: Made from durable polyester, these pillows are soft and plush. They’re also hypoallergenic and resistant to pilling. Plus, they’re machine-washable.
What you should consider: The color isn’t the same as the one pictured.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Eddie Bauer Bear Rectangular Cotton Pillow Cover and Insert
What you need to know: This rectangular throw pillow has a gray bear on the cover, giving it a rustic or woodsy look.
What you’ll love: It consists of cotton twill and has a removable polyester insert. It also has distinct gray edges. Plus, it offers good lumbar support for use on a chair or couch.
What you should consider: Aside from the bear and border, the rest of this pillow is off-white.
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| 2022-07-08T07:21:17Z
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Nine students injured after ‘small SUV’ rolls down embankment
By KPTV Staff
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CLARK COUNTY Washington (KPTV) — Six teenagers are in the hospital after an SUV carrying nine teenagers spun off the road and rolled multiple times in Clark County.
Officials with Clark County Fire say the wreck happened just after 1 p.m. Thursday, happening on 117th Street in Salmon Creek, with the car finally came to rest under the I-5 bridge.
Witnesses told officials the car was travelling at least 70 miles per hour and was driving “erratically.” Authorities are confirming all occupants of the SUV go to Brush Prairie High School.
There were no fatalities, and although six of the students were taken to area hospitals, three refused.
Authorities described it as a “miracle” no one was killed in the crash, and they caution young drivers to drive responsibly.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the accident and charges in this accident are possible.
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| 2022-05-20T22:31:30Z
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of murdering pro cyclist Moriah Wilson in Austin earlier this month, fled to New York just three days after the crime, U.S. Marshals said Wednesday.
Wilson, whose full name is Anna Moriah Wilson, was shot and killed the evening of May 11 at a home in east Austin. She was in Texas preparing to compete in a race in Hico, according to VeloNews. Wilson is originally from Vermont.
U.S. Marshals said Armstrong, 34, was at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on May 14 around 12:30 p.m.
She boarded a flight (#WN2262) to Houston Hobby Airport, then got on a connecting Southwest Airlines flight (#WN30) to LaGuardia Airport in New York.
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, wanted and accused of murder (U.S. Marshals Photo) Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, wanted and accused of murder (U.S. Marshals Photo) Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, wanted and accused of murder (U.S. Marshals Photo)
This was before an arrest warrant was issued for Armstrong on May 17.
U.S. Marshals described Armstrong as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing around 125 pounds. She has hazel eyes and long, curly, light brown hair.
Armstrong was last seen on surveillance video wearing a blue denim jacket, black shirt with a pink design on the chest, white jeans, black-and-white tennis shoes and a black COVID-19 mask with a possible yoga mat holder on her shoulders.
On May 20, U.S. Marshals asked for the public’s help in finding Armstrong. Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force are working on the investigation and pursuing leads.
Earlier this week, U.S. Marshals said agents believed she was still in the Austin area because of her ties to the community.
Anyone with details on where Armstrong could be is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Service Communications Center at 1 (800) 336-0102 or submit a tip using the USMS Tips app.
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| 2022-05-25T18:29:05Z
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that British citizens living long-term in the 27 EU member countries have no right to vote or stand for office in the bloc unless they have obtained a European nationality.
The ruling came in what was seen as a test case for the rights of U.K citizens who continue to live in the EU despite Britain’s exit from the bloc two years ago. More than 1 million Britons were living in Europe. Many opposed Brexit in January 2020 and had their lives upended.
The case was first launched in France by a British woman who has lived there for more than three decades, but who was struck off the electoral roll after Brexit and couldn’t vote in local elections in March 2020. She had declined to apply for French nationality.
The woman, identified only by her initials E.P. in line with court practice, argues that she was deprived of her right to vote in the EU, but also in the U.K. owing to a rule there that prevents people from voting if they’ve lived abroad for more than 15 years.
But the European Court of Justice ruled that people living in Europe even prior to Brexit “no longer enjoy the status of citizen of the Union, nor, more specifically, the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections in their Member State of residence,” according to a court statement.
The Luxembourg-based court said that “this is an automatic consequence of the sole sovereign decision taken by the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union.”
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| 2022-06-09T14:19:56Z
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SUGAR LAND, Texas, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TeDan Surgical Innovations (TSI) today announced the launch of the single-use, sterile Phantom Multi-Bite™ Kerrison Rongeur and Phantom Bone Collector for laminectomy, decompression, or other spinal procedures requiring bone removal and harvesting. The product is now available exclusively through TSI's United States and selected international distribution networks.
The Phantom Multi-Bite Kerrison Rongeur frees the surgeon from the time-consuming manual removal of accumulated bone typically required with traditional Kerrisons, through its integrated bone aspiration capability – eliminating the need to manually eject bone material between cuts, saving precious OR time, and allowing the surgeon to maintain their focus on the surgical site.
With each bite, cancellous bone material, soft tissue, and fluids are extracted through the shaft of the Phantom Multi-Bite Kerrison and harvested in the Phantom Bone Collector. The shearing mechanics of the Phantom Multi-Bite Kerrison bite preserve the cancellous bone matrix structure, while traditional Kerrisons punch through bone, crushing the matrix structure. The high-quality autograft bone can then be reintroduced into the patient potentially enhancing fusion rates and offering a cost-effective alternative to allograft bone.
"This is a new world, and the Phantom Multi-Bite Kerrison has the potential to change/influence the way surgeons prepare the bone." said Prof. Dr. Juergen Harms Specialist for Spinal surgery, Scoliosis surgery in Heidelberg. "In a two-hour surgery, [Phantom Multi-Bite] saves thirty minutes and I can save a drill in certain cases. It is less stress on my hand and I can do more surgeries and operate faster because I feel no pain."
With a new sterile Phantom Multi-Bite Kerrison for every procedure, each cut will always be sharp, and the ergonomic handle design promotes a comfortable grip to minimize fatigue, allowing users to keep on cutting.
To learn more about TSI's Phantom Multi-Bite Kerrison Rongeur's visit www.PhantomMultiBite.com or call 877-726-0886.
About TeDan Surgical Innovations
TeDan Surgical Innovations was founded in 2006 with the goal to innovate and address evolving techniques in surgical access. The company has developed a wide variety of retractors and disc prep instruments for posterior, lateral and anterior spine, as well as cardiothoracic, neurological and orthopedic procedures. TeDan Surgical Innovations is committed to providing high-quality, state-of-the-art medical devices that address customer and market needs.
Phantom Multi-Bite is a trademark from TeDan Surgical Innovations Inc.
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| 2022-04-25T13:41:24Z
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NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius Health" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RDUS), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by Gurnet Point Capital and Patient Square Capital via tender offer. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $ 10.00 per share plus a Contingent Value Right (CVR) of $1.00 per share payable upon TYMLOS® net sales reaching $300 million during any consecutive 12-month period prior to December 31, 2025. The transaction is valued at approximately $890 million.
If you own Radius Health shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website:
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Or please contact:
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Weiss Law
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) Radius Health's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $10.00 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates Radius Health's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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| 2022-06-27T22:15:53Z
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Company to Host Conference Call Today at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET
ALHAMBRA, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed," and together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMEH), a leading physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare company focused on enabling providers in the successful delivery of value-based care, today announced its consolidated financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022.
Financial Highlights for Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2022:
- Total revenue of $269.7 million, up 54% from $175.6 million for the prior-year quarter
- Net income attributable to ApolloMed of $11.4 million, compared to $12.7 million for the prior-year quarter
- Earnings per share - diluted ("EPS - diluted") of $0.25, compared to $0.28 per share for the prior-year quarter
- Adjusted EBITDA of $36.9 million, up 14% from $32.4 million for the prior-year quarter
Financial Highlights for Six Months Ended June 30, 2022:
- Total revenue of $533.0 million, up 52% from $351.7 million for the prior-year period
- Net income attributable to ApolloMed of $25.7 million, compared to $25.8 million for the prior-year period
- EPS-diluted of $0.56, compared to $0.58 per share for the prior-year period
- Adjusted EBITDA of $75.1 million, up 19% from $63.2 million for the prior-year period
- Cash and cash equivalents of $234.2 million as of June 30, 2022
Guidance:
ApolloMed is reiterating the following guidance for total revenue, net income, EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA, based on the Company's existing business, current view of existing market conditions and assumptions for the year ending December 31, 2022.
See "Guidance Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA" and "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for additional information. There can be no assurance that actual amounts will not be materially higher or lower than these expectations. See "Forward-Looking Statements" below for additional information.
Management Commentary:
Brandon Sim, Co-Chief Executive Officer of ApolloMed, added, "During the second quarter of 2022, we delivered yet another quarter of profitability, achieving 54% growth on the top line as a result of continued organic membership growth in our core IPAs, more favorable membership mix, and participation in a value-based care model for the Medicare fee-for-service population. Despite utilization trending towards pre-pandemic levels and our ongoing investment in building out our team to support future business expansion, which have contributed to increased cost of services and operating expenses respectively, we reported solid bottom line results of $11.4 million, or EPS-diluted of $0.25, during the second quarter. Due to our strong performance in the first half of 2022, we are pleased to be reiterating our previously disclosed annual guidance and expect an eventful remainder of the year ahead, which will allow us to close out 2022 on a positive note. We continue to observe strong tailwinds within the physician enablement value-based care space and are uniquely positioned to continue enabling providers across the country due to our long operating history and proven track record of empowering independent physicians. We are excited to be in this unique position to help providers fundamentally change the way healthcare is delivered here in the U.S."
GAAP Financial Review for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2022:
- Total revenue of $269.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, an increase of 54%, compared to $175.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. This was primarily driven by organic membership growth in ApolloMed's consolidated IPAs and participation in a value-based Medicare fee-for-service model.
- Capitation revenue, net, of $227.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, an increase of 57%, compared to $144.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. Capitation revenue represented 84% of total revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
- Net income of $10.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $59.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The decrease was primarily a result of $1.9 million in unrealized losses as a result of a decrease in fair value of a payer partner's shares held as marketable securities and other investments, which compares to $83.8 million in unrealized gains as a result of a 1-to-3 conversion of a payer partner's preferred shares to common stock in the prior-year period. These payer partner shares are deemed "Excluded Assets" that are solely for the benefit of APC and its shareholders and do not impact net income attributable to ApolloMed.
- Net income attributable to ApolloMed of $11.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $12.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The decrease was primarily a result of increased cost of services related to increased utilization compared to the prior-year period and increased operating expenses related to the hiring of additional personnel to support the Company's growth and development.
- EPS - diluted of $0.25 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $0.28 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
GAAP Financial Review for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022:
- Total revenue of $533.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of 52%, compared to $351.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
- Net income of $22.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $74.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
- Net income attributable to ApolloMed of $25.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $25.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
- EPS - diluted of $0.56 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $0.58 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Non-GAAP Measures for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2022:
- EBITDA of $22.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, compared to $90.0 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $36.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, an increase of 14%, compared to $32.4 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
Non-GAAP Financial Review for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022:
- EBITDA of $46.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, compared to $116.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $75.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, an increase of 19%, compared to $63.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Balance Sheet Highlights:
- As of June 30, 2022, ApolloMed's cash and cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities were $273.7 million, working capital was $275.8 million, and total stockholders' equity was $485.8 million; compared to cash and cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities of $286.5 million, working capital of $283.4 million and total stockholders' equity of $460.5 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021.
For more details on ApolloMed's financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, please refer to ApolloMed's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which is accessible at www.sec.gov.
Conference Call and Webcast Information:
ApolloMed will host a conference call at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET today (Thursday, August 4, 2022), during which management will discuss the results of the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022. To participate in the conference call, please use the following dial-in numbers about 5 minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time:
The conference call can also be accessed via webcast at: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=azum8Y5h.
An accompanying slide presentation will be available in PDF format on the "IR Calendar" page of the Company's website (https://www.apollomed.net/investors/news-events/ir-calendar) after issuance of the earnings release and will be furnished as an exhibit to ApolloMed's current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC, accessible at www.sec.gov.
Those who are unable to attend the live conference call may access the recording at the above webcast link, which will be made available shortly after the conclusion of the call.
Note About Consolidated Entities
The Company consolidates entities in which it has a controlling financial interest. The Company consolidates subsidiaries in which it holds, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights, and VIEs in which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Noncontrolling interests represent third party equity ownership interests in the Company's consolidated entities (including certain VIEs). The amount of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests is disclosed in the Company's consolidated statements of income.
Note About Stockholders' Equity, Certain Treasury Stock and Earnings Per Share
As of the date of this press release, 140,954 holdback shares have not been issued to certain former shareholders of the Company's subsidiary, Network Medical Management, Inc. ("NMM"), who were NMM shareholders at the time of closing of the merger, as they have yet to submit properly completed letters of transmittal to ApolloMed in order to receive their pro rata portion of ApolloMed's common stock and warrants as contemplated under that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 21, 2016, among ApolloMed, NMM, Apollo Acquisition Corp. ("Merger Subsidiary") and Kenneth Sim, M.D., as amended, pursuant to which Merger Subsidiary merged with and into NMM, with NMM as the surviving corporation. Pending such receipt, such former NMM shareholders have the right to receive, without interest, their pro rata share of dividends or distributions with a record date after the effectiveness of the merger. The Company's consolidated financial statements have treated such shares of common stock as outstanding, given the receipt of the letter of transmittal is considered perfunctory and ApolloMed is legally obligated to issue these shares in connection with the merger.
Shares of ApolloMed's common stock owned by Allied Physicians of California, a Professional Medical Corporation d.b.a. Allied Pacific of California ("APC"), a VIE of the Company, are legally issued and outstanding but excluded from shares of common stock outstanding in the Company's consolidated financial statements, as such shares are treated as treasury shares for accounting purposes. Such shares, therefore, are not included in the number of shares of common stock outstanding used to calculate the Company's earnings per share.
About Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.
ApolloMed is a leading physician-centric, technology-powered, risk-bearing healthcare company. Leveraging its proprietary end-to-end technology solutions, ApolloMed operates an integrated healthcare delivery platform that enables providers to successfully participate in value-based care arrangements, thus empowering them to deliver high quality care to patients in a cost-effective manner.
Headquartered in Alhambra, California, ApolloMed's subsidiaries and affiliates include management services organizations (MSOs), affiliated independent practice associations (IPAs), and entities participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI) innovation models. For more information, please visit www.apollomed.net.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, such as statements about the Company's guidance for the year ending December 31, 2022, continued growth, acquisition strategy, ability to deliver sustainable long-term value, ability to respond to the changing environment, operational focus, strategic growth plans and merger integration efforts, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business, operations and financial results. Forward-looking statements reflect current views with respect to future events and financial performance and therefore cannot be guaranteed. Such statements are based on the current expectations and certain assumptions of the Company's management, and some or all of such expectations and assumptions may not materialize or may vary significantly from actual results. Actual results may also vary materially from forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors, known and unknown, including the risk factors described from time to time in the Company's reports to the SEC, including, without limitation the risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Investor Relations
(626) 943-6491
investors@apollomed.net
Carolyne Sohn, The Equity Group
(415) 568-2255
csohn@equityny.com
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains the non-GAAP financial measures EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, of which the most directly comparable financial measure presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") is net income. These measures are not in accordance with, or alternatives to GAAP, and may be different from other non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental performance measure of our operations, for financial and operational decision-making, and as a supplemental means of evaluating period-to-period comparisons on a consistent basis. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, excluding income or loss from equity method investments, unrealized gain or loss, provider bonuses, APC excluded assets costs, stock-based compensation, net loss adjustment for recently acquired IPAs, and other income or expenses recognized that are not related to the Company's normal operations. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes the effect on EBITDA of certain IPAs we recently acquired.
The Company believes the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with relevant and useful information, as it allows investors to evaluate the operating performance of the business activities without having to account for differences recognized because of non-core or non-recurring financial information. When GAAP financial measures are viewed in conjunction with non-GAAP financial measures, investors are provided with a more meaningful understanding of the Company's ongoing operating performance. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures are among those indicators the Company uses as a basis for evaluating operational performance, allocating resources, and planning and forecasting future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for, GAAP financial measures. To the extent this release contains historical or future non-GAAP financial measures, the Company has provided corresponding GAAP financial measures for comparative purposes. The reconciliation between certain GAAP and non-GAAP measures is provided above.
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| 2022-08-04T21:44:38Z
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DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wendy's Company (Nasdaq: WEN) today reported unaudited results for the second quarter ended July 3, 2022.
"We are proud of the entire Wendy's® system for delivering a third consecutive quarter of accelerating double digit Global same-restaurant sales on a two-year basis, which exceeded our expectations," President and Chief Executive Officer Todd Penegor said. "This momentum contributed to a significant sequential Company-operated restaurant margin expansion, highlighting the strength of the underlying business and our brand as well as our commitment to the restaurant economic model in a challenging environment. Our business continued to outperform the competition and our franchisees are operating from a position of strength after achieving record profits across the US and Canada in 2021. This success drives alignment behind our commitment to deliver growth across our three strategic pillars and gives us confidence that we will achieve our vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand."
Second Quarter 2022 Summary
See "Disclosure Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures" and the reconciliation tables that accompany this release for a discussion and reconciliation of certain non-GAAP financial measures included in this release.
Second Quarter Financial Highlights
Total Revenues
The increase in revenues was primarily driven by higher sales at Company-operated restaurants driven by the favorable impact of the acquisition of 93 franchise-operated restaurants in Florida during the fourth quarter of 2021 and higher same-restaurant sales, partially offset by the sale of 47 Company-operated restaurants in the New York market during the second quarter of 2021. Revenues also benefited from an increase in franchise royalty revenue and advertising funds revenue, both of which increased largely due to higher same-restaurant sales.
Company-Operated Restaurant Margin
The decrease in Company-operated restaurant margin was primarily the result of higher commodity and labor costs, customer count declines, and the impact of the Company's investments to support the entry into the United Kingdom market. These decreases were partially offset by a higher average check.
General and Administrative Expense
The decrease in general and administrative expense was primarily driven by a lower incentive compensation accrual. This was partially offset by higher salaries and benefits, reflecting investments in resources to support the Company's development and digital organizations, technology costs primarily related to the Company's ERP implementation, and increased travel expenses.
Operating Profit
The decrease in operating profit resulted primarily from lower system optimization gains driven by lapping the sale of the New York market during the second quarter of 2021 and a decrease in Company-operated restaurant margin. These decreases were partially offset by higher franchise royalty revenue.
Net Income
The decrease in net income resulted primarily from a decrease in operating profit and higher interest expense as a result of the Company's debt raise completed in the first quarter of 2022. This was partially offset by lapping a loss on early extinguishment of debt that the Company incurred as part of its debt refinancing completed in the second quarter of 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA
The increase in adjusted EBITDA resulted primarily from higher franchise royalty revenue and lower general and administrative expense. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in Company-operated restaurant margin.
Adjusted Earnings Per Share
The decrease in adjusted earnings per share was driven by a higher tax rate and higher interest expense. This was partially offset by an increase in adjusted EBITDA and fewer shares outstanding as a result of the Company's share repurchase program.
Year to Date Free Cash Flow
The decrease in free cash flow resulted primarily from an increase in payments for incentive compensation for the 2021 fiscal year paid in 2022, the timing of receipt of franchisee rental payments, cash paid for cloud computing arrangements primarily related to the Company's ERP implementation, and an increase in capital expenditures.
Company Declares Quarterly Dividend
The Company announced today the declaration of its regular quarterly cash dividend of 12.5 cents per share, payable on September 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2022. The number of common shares outstanding as of August 3, 2022 was approximately 213 million.
Share Repurchases
The Company repurchased 2.8 million shares for $51.9 million in the second quarter of 2022. There have been no share repurchases thus far in the third quarter of 2022. As of the date of this release, approximately $198.1 million remains available under the Company's existing $250 million share repurchase authorization that expires in February 2023.
2022 Outlook
This release includes forward-looking projections for certain non-GAAP financial measures, including systemwide sales, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and free cash flow. The Company excludes certain expenses and benefits from adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and free cash flow, such as the impact from our advertising funds, including the net change in the restricted operating assets and liabilities and any excess or deficit of advertising fund revenues over advertising fund expenses, impairment of long-lived assets, reorganization and realignment costs, system optimization gains, net, and the timing and resolution of certain tax matters. Due to the uncertainty and variability of the nature and amount of those expenses and benefits, the Company is unable without unreasonable effort to provide projections of net income, earnings per share or net cash provided by operating activities, or a reconciliation of those projected measures.
During 2022, the Company Continues to Expect:
- Global systemwide sales growth: 6 to 8 percent
- Adjusted EBITDA: $490 to $505 million
- Cash flows from operations: $305 to $325 million
- Capital expenditures: $90 to $100 million
- Free cash flow: $215 to $225 million
In Addition, the Company Now Expects:
- Adjusted earnings per share: $0.84 to $0.88
Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Today, August 10
The Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 10 at 8:30 a.m. ET, with a simultaneous webcast from the Company's Investor Relations website at www.irwendys.com. The related presentation materials will also be available on the Company's Investor Relations website. The live conference call will be available by telephone at (844) 200-6205 for domestic callers and (929) 526-1599 for international callers, both using event ID 180755. An archived webcast and presentation materials will be available on the Company's Investor Relations website.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"). Generally, forward-looking statements include the words "may," "believes," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimate," "goal," "upcoming," "outlook," "guidance" or the negation thereof, or similar expressions. In addition, all statements that address future operating, financial or business performance, strategies or initiatives, future efficiencies or savings, anticipated costs or charges, future capitalization, anticipated impacts of recent or pending investments or transactions and statements expressing general views about future results or brand health are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Reform Act. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company's expectations at the time such statements are made, speak only as of the dates they are made and are susceptible to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors. For all such forward-looking statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. The Company's actual results, performance and achievements may differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the Company's forward-looking statements.
Many important factors could affect the Company's future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the Company's forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) the disruption to the Company's business from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on the Company's results of operations, financial condition and prospects; (2) the impact of competition or poor customer experiences at Wendy's restaurants; (3) adverse economic conditions or disruptions, including in regions with a high concentration of Wendy's restaurants; (4) changes in discretionary consumer spending and consumer tastes and preferences; (5) impacts to the Company's corporate reputation or the value and perception of the Company's brand; (6) the effectiveness of the Company's marketing and advertising programs and new product development; (7) the Company's ability to manage the accelerated impact of social media; (8) the Company's ability to protect its intellectual property; (9) food safety events or health concerns involving the Company's products; (10) the Company's ability to achieve its growth strategy through new restaurant development and its Image Activation program; (11) the Company's ability to effectively manage the acquisition and disposition of restaurants or successfully implement other strategic initiatives; (12) risks associated with leasing and owning significant amounts of real estate, including environmental matters; (13) the Company's ability to achieve and maintain market share in the breakfast daypart; (14) risks associated with the Company's international operations, including the ability to execute its international growth strategy; (15) changes in commodity and other operating costs; (16) shortages or interruptions in the supply or distribution of the Company's products and other risks associated with the Company's independent supply chain purchasing co-op; (17) the impact of increased labor costs or labor shortages; (18) the continued succession and retention of key personnel and the effectiveness of the Company's leadership structure; (19) risks associated with the Company's digital commerce strategy, platforms and technologies, including its ability to adapt to changes in industry trends and consumer preferences; (20) the Company's dependence on computer systems and information technology, including risks associated with the failure, misuse, interruption or breach of its systems or technology or other cyber incidents or deficiencies; (21) risks associated with the Company's securitized financing facility and other debt agreements, including compliance with operational and financial covenants, restrictions on its ability to raise additional capital, the impact of its overall debt levels and the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its debt service obligations and operate its business; (22) risks associated with the Company's capital allocation policy, including the amount and timing of equity and debt repurchases and dividend payments; (23) risks associated with complaints and litigation, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and an increased focus on environmental, social and governance issues; (24) risks associated with the availability and cost of insurance, changes in accounting standards, the recognition of impairment or other charges, the impact of reorganization and realignment initiatives, changes in tax rates or tax laws and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (25) conditions beyond the Company's control, such as adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, hostilities, social unrest, health epidemics or pandemics or other catastrophic events; (26) Trian Fund Management, L.P. and certain of its affiliates filed a Schedule 13D/A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2022 indicating, among other things, that they intend to explore and evaluate the possibility of participating, alone or with third parties, in a potential transaction with respect to the Company to enhance stockholder value; there can be no assurance that (i) any such potential transaction will occur or result in additional value for the Company's stockholders or (ii) that the exploration of a potential transaction will not have an adverse impact on the Company's business; and (27) other risks and uncertainties cited in the Company's releases, public statements and/or filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those identified in the "Risk Factors" sections of the Company's Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
In addition to the factors described above, there are risks associated with the Company's predominantly franchised business model that could impact its results, performance and achievements. Such risks include the Company's ability to identify, attract and retain experienced and qualified franchisees, the Company's ability to effectively manage the transfer of restaurants between and among franchisees, the business and financial health of franchisees, the ability of franchisees to meet their royalty, advertising, development, reimaging and other commitments, participation by franchisees in brand strategies and the fact that franchisees are independent third parties that own, operate and are responsible for overseeing the operations of their restaurants. The Company's predominantly franchised business model may also impact the ability of the Wendy's system to effectively respond and adapt to market changes. Many of these risks have been or in the future may be heightened due to the business disruption and impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.
All future written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to above. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and factors that the Company currently deems immaterial may become material, and it is impossible for the Company to predict these events or how they may affect the Company.
The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this release as a result of new information, future events or developments, except as required by federal securities laws, although the Company may do so from time to time. The Company does not endorse any projections regarding future performance that may be made by third parties.
There can be no assurance that any additional regular quarterly cash dividends will be declared or paid after the date hereof, or of the amount or timing of such dividends, if any. Future dividend payments, if any, are subject to applicable law, will be made at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be based on factors such as the Company's earnings, financial condition and cash requirements and other factors.
Disclosure Regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the financial measures presented in this release in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), the Company has included certain non-GAAP financial measures in this release, including adjusted revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share, free cash flow and systemwide sales.
The Company uses adjusted revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and systemwide sales as internal measures of business operating performance and as performance measures for benchmarking against the Company's peers and competitors. Adjusted EBITDA and systemwide sales are also used by the Company in establishing performance goals for purposes of executive compensation. The Company believes its presentation of adjusted revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and systemwide sales provides a meaningful perspective of the underlying operating performance of our current business and enables investors to better understand and evaluate our historical and prospective operating performance. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are important supplemental measures of operating performance because they eliminate items that vary from period to period without correlation to our core operating performance and highlight trends in our business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on GAAP financial measures. Due to the nature and/or size of the items being excluded, such items do not reflect future gains, losses, expenses or benefits and are not indicative of our future operating performance. The Company believes investors, analysts and other interested parties use adjusted revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share and systemwide sales in evaluating issuers, and the presentation of these measures facilitates a comparative assessment of the Company's operating performance in addition to the Company's performance based on GAAP results.
This release also includes disclosure regarding the Company's free cash flow. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that is used by the Company as an internal measure of liquidity. Free cash flow is also used by the Company in establishing performance goals for purposes of executive compensation. The Company defines free cash flow as cash flows from operations minus (i) capital expenditures and (ii) the net change in the restricted operating assets and liabilities of the advertising funds and any excess/deficit of advertising funds revenue over advertising funds expense included in net income, as reported under GAAP. The impact of our advertising funds is excluded because the funds are used solely for advertising and are not available for the Company's working capital needs. The Company may also make additional adjustments for certain non-recurring or unusual items to the extent identified in the reconciliation tables that accompany this release, such as the cash paid for taxes related to the disposition of the New York market. The cash paid for taxes related to the disposition of the New York market is excluded from free cash flow because the cash we received on the sales of those restaurants is being recorded in cash flows from investing activities. The Company believes free cash flow is an important liquidity measure for investors and other interested persons because it communicates how much cash flow is available for working capital needs or to be used for repurchasing shares, paying dividends, repaying or refinancing debt, financing possible acquisitions or investments or other uses of cash.
Adjusted revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share, free cash flow and systemwide sales are not recognized terms under GAAP, and the Company's presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures does not replace the presentation of the Company's financial results in accordance with GAAP. Because all companies do not calculate adjusted revenue, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted earnings per share, free cash flow and systemwide sales (and similarly titled financial measures) in the same way, those measures as used by other companies may not be consistent with the way the Company calculates such measures. The non-GAAP financial measures included in this release should not be construed as substitutes for or better indicators of the Company's performance than the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. See the reconciliation tables that accompany this release for additional information regarding certain of the non-GAAP financial measures included herein.
Key Business Measures
The Company tracks its results of operations and manages its business using certain key business measures, including same-restaurant sales, systemwide sales and Company-operated restaurant margin, which are measures commonly used in the quick-service restaurant industry that are important to understanding Company performance.
Same-restaurant sales and systemwide sales each include sales by both Company-operated and franchise restaurants. The Company reports same-restaurant sales for new restaurants after they have been open for 15 continuous months and for reimaged restaurants as soon as they reopen. Restaurants temporarily closed for more than one fiscal week are excluded from same-restaurant sales. For fiscal 2021, same-restaurant sales compared the 52 weeks from January 4, 2021 through January 2, 2022 to the 52 weeks from January 6, 2020 through January 3, 2021.
Franchise restaurant sales are reported by our franchisees and represent their revenues from sales at franchised Wendy's restaurants. Sales by franchise restaurants are not recorded as Company revenues and are not included in the Company's consolidated financial statements. However, the Company's royalty revenues are computed as percentages of sales made by Wendy's franchisees and, as a result, sales by franchisees have a direct effect on the Company's royalty revenues and profitability.
Same-restaurant sales and systemwide sales exclude sales from Venezuela and Argentina due to the highly inflationary economies of those countries.
The Company calculates same-restaurant sales and systemwide sales growth on a constant currency basis. Constant currency results exclude the impact of foreign currency translation and are derived by translating current year results at prior year average exchange rates. The Company believes excluding the impact of foreign currency translation provides better year over year comparability.
Company-operated restaurant margin is defined as sales from Company-operated restaurants less cost of sales divided by sales from Company-operated restaurants. Cost of sales includes food and paper, restaurant labor and occupancy, advertising and other operating costs.
About Wendy's
Wendy's® was founded in 1969 by Dave Thomas in Columbus, Ohio. Dave built his business on the premise, "Quality is our Recipe®," which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Wendy's is best known for its made-to-order square hamburgers, using fresh, never frozen beef*, freshly-prepared salads, and other signature items like chili, baked potatoes and the Frosty® dessert. The Wendy's Company (Nasdaq: WEN) is committed to doing the right thing and making a positive difference in the lives of others. This is most visible through the Company's support of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption® and its signature Wendy's Wonderful Kids® program, which seeks to find a loving, forever home for every child waiting to be adopted from the North American foster care system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across approximately 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand. For details on franchising, connect with us at www.wendys.com/franchising. Visit www.wendys.com and www.squaredealblog.com for more information and connect with us on Twitter and Instagram using @wendys, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wendys.
*Fresh beef available in the contiguous U.S., Alaska, and Canada.
Investor Contact:
Kelsey Freed
Director - Investor Relations
(614) 764-3345; kelsey.freed@wendys.com
Media Contact:
Heidi Schauer
Vice President – Communications, Public Affairs & Customer Care
(614) 764-3368; heidi.schauer@wendys.com
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SOMERVILLE, Mass., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GNS Healthcare, the leader in the use of "Virtual Patients" and Causal AI and simulation technology for biopharmaceutical companies, today announced the hiring of Joseph F. Donahue as Chief Business Officer. In this role, Mr. Donahue will become a member of the GNS Executive Leadership team and lead GNS' global business operations, marketing, and customer support organizations.
Mr. Donahue brings a wealth of expertise to this role, having served in a number of senior leadership and Board positions in life sciences and healthcare organizations throughout his career, including at Accenture, BioReference Laboratories, Genospace, LION Bioscience, Medidata Solutions, Monocl, Spotfire, and Thomson Reuters. Mr. Donahue has excelled at building teams to support Life Sciences organizations with technology and data solutions that lead to novel scientific and business insights and have helped accelerate the discovery, development, and commercialization of new medicines.
"GNS Healthcare's use of Causal AI modelling and simulation technology to identify relationships in multi-omics and clinical data to expose the circuitry of human disease biology and accelerate drug R&D stands apart from other AI and deep learning approaches available today," said Joseph F. Donahue. "I am excited to be joining such an exceptional team of life sciences researchers, physicists, and mathematicians who are focused on working closely with our customers, data partners, and patient groups to accelerate the discovery and development of new and improved medicines that lead to better outcomes for patients."
Colin Hill, Co-founder and CEO of GNS Healthcare commented, "Joe is a proven business, science and technology leader with an outstanding track record of delivering innovative and impactful solutions to life sciences organizations globally. I am thrilled to have him as part of the team as we continue to expand client relationships for our Causal AI platform and therapeutic areas for our Gemini Virtual Patient models."
GNS Healthcare is the leader in the application of Causal AI and simulation technology to help pharmaceutical and biotech companies discover and develop new medicines faster. GNS' patented AI uncovers new insights from multi-omic and real-world data leading to the discovery of novel biological targets, more efficient clinical trials, and patients who are likely to respond to therapies. The Gemini Virtual Patient models across oncology, auto-immune diseases, and neurology allow researchers and data scientists to simulate clinical trials, disease progression and drug response at the individual patient level in diverse patient cohorts. GNS' partners include seven out of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, leading research centers, medical societies, and patient advocacy groups globally, and our advisory board consists of a renowned group of scientific and medical experts.
For more information, please visit www.gnshealthcare.com
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Director of Marketing
zsfeir@gnshealthcare.com
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| 2022-04-13T14:00:45Z
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LAS VEGAS, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synamedia, the world's largest independent video software provider, today announces the launch of its complete Synamedia Go cloud video suite. Go.Foundation, the entry level service is complemented by a suite of new packs, including Go.Monetize, Go.Personalize and Go.Recommend. Synamedia Go offers video service providers of any size everything they need to rapidly launch a streaming service as well as the ability to customize it to increase value.
The full suite of Synamedia Go reflects the need for an agile, flexible SaaS platform that balances functionality with speed-to-market for VOD and live streaming services. Whether customers are OTT providers, broadcasters or pay-TV operators, Synamedia Go includes all the functionality and flexibility required to acquire, manage, and distribute content. The expanded service will debut on the Synamedia booth W10113 at NAB 2022, Las Vegas, April 23-27.
Synamedia Go's open design gives customers a choice of using pre-integrated third party solutions from providers in the Synamedia Partner Network. Initial partners are: Dotscreen, To The New (TTN), Wiztivi (for UI); Cleeng, InPlayer, and Evergent (for monetization and identity); Gracenote, Teravolt, and Utelly (for metadata, recommendations and aggregation). Synamedia's own security, addressable advertising, business insights, and video network solutions are also pre-integrated with Synamedia Go. Alternatively, customers can develop their own applications or use their preferred provider for common components such as metadata, CRM, and billing systems.
Nick Thexton, Synamedia CTO, said "As we move into a new generation of streaming platforms, media businesses of all types need systems that are much more flexible. New viewing experiences have to be matched quickly to commercial objectives, consumer satisfaction and performance optimization.
"Building on our decades of experience designing video software solutions, Synamedia Go meets this need for flexibility and rapid implementation. It bridges the gap in the market between very basic systems, and – at the other extreme – highly customized solutions that can be very expensive to modify once live. Synamedia Go complements our broad OTT portfolio including Synamedia OTT ServiceGuard, VIVID Workflow as a Service, Synamedia Iris OTT addressable advertising, and Synamedia Clarissa business insights," Thexton added.
Tom Morrod, co-founder and research director at industry analyst firm, Caretta said "With the average household wanting no more than 3 or 3.5 different streaming services, the industry is in a battle to be the bundle in the home. This requires whole new levels of agility to launch and update streaming services. To meet this need, video service providers are now looking for cloud-based, modular, SaaS solutions that incorporate best-of-breed offerings for the perfect combination of speedy deployment and functionality."
With a focus on personalization, monetization and enhancement, the base product Go.Foundation includes VOD and linear content management, rights management, metadata and data control, user experience management, user engagement and subscription options.
In addition, the new add-on packs that can be added to a customer's service instantly are:
- Go.Enhance – providers subscribers with additional viewing features such as download to go and voice search
- Go.Recommend - serves data-driven recommendations for increased viewer stickiness
- Go.Personalize – allows users to create their own profiles for personalized experiences
- Go.Monetize – provides multiple pricing and packaging options for content, such as PPV
- Go.Time-Shift - gives users control to watch when they want, with catch up, restart and more
- Go.Brand – allows providers to add services under different brands and in different geographies
These packs are in addition to Go.Aggregate, launched in 2021, which manages the complexity of offering multiple streaming services, both on demand and linear TV content.
Synamedia Go is platform and client software agnostic and can be fully integrated with Android TV, RDK, Apple TV, iOS, WebOS and Tizen applications. Allowing customers to predict costs and manage total cost of ownership, Synamedia Go uses a simple bundled pricing model based on the number of subscribers and add-on packs.
About Synamedia
We're trusted by over 200 video service providers to deliver, protect and monetize video content in an increasingly IP world. Synamedia's flexible incremental architecture provides a rapid, friction-free way to add, build and deploy cloud-based video services. Our award-winning portfolio also includes intelligence-led anti-piracy, advanced advertising, business analytics, broadband, and video network solutions and services. Synamedia's technology is in 320 million active devices and protects $70 billion in revenue annually. Synamedia is backed by the Permira funds and Sky.
Twitter: @SynamediaVideo
LinkedIn: Synamedia
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Tracey Sheehy
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| 2022-04-25T15:02:45Z
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their children.
President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes for the effort, dubbed “Operation Fly Formula,” because no commercial flights were available.
The formula weighed 78,000 pounds (35,380 kilograms), White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One as Biden flew from South Korea to Japan.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis to greet the arrival of the first shipment.
The flights are intended to provide “some incremental relief in the coming days” as the government works on a more lasting response to the shortage, Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Sunday.
Deese told CNN’s “State of the Union” that Sunday’s flight brought 15% of the specialty medical grade formula needed in the U.S., and because of various actions by the government, people should see “more formula in stores starting as early as this week.”
Longer term, he said, the U.S. needs more formula providers “so that no individual company has this much control over supply chains.”
The Biden administration has struggled to address the nationwide shortage of formula, particularly hypoallergenic varieties. The crisis follows the closure of the nation’s largest domestic manufacturing plant in Michigan in February due to safety issues.
The White House has said 132 pallets of Nestle Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula was to leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the U.S. Another 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula were expected to arrive in the coming days. Altogether, about 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of the three formulas, which are hypoallergenic for children with cow’s milk protein allergies, are expected to arrive this week.
Indianapolis was chosen because it is a Nestle distribution hub. The formula will be offloaded into FedEx semitractor-trailers and taken to a Nestle distribution center about a mile away where the company will do a standard quality control check before distributing the supplies to hospitals, pharmacies and doctor’s offices, according to an administration official on site.
Nestle said that over the past few months it has worked “around the clock” to address the formula shortage and help meet demand.
“We have significantly increased the amount of our formulas available to consumers by ramping up production and accelerating general product availability to retailers and online, as well as through hospitals and home health care for those most vulnerable,” the company said in a release.
“At Nestle we are absolutely committed to doing everything we can to get parents and caregivers the formula they need so their children can thrive,” it added. “We prioritized these products because they serve a critical medical purpose as they are for children with cow’s milk protein allergies.”
Under “Operation Fly Formula,” the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services are authorized to request Department of Defense support to pick up overseas infant formula that meets U.S. health and safety standards, so it can get to store shelves faster, according to the USDA.
Alfamino is primarily available through hospitals and home health care companies that serve patients at home.
U.S. regulators and the manufacturer, Abbott Nutrition, hope to have its Michigan plant reopened next week, but it will take about two months before product is ready for delivery. The Food and Drug Administration this week eased importation requirements for baby formula to try to ease the supply crunch, which has left store shelves void of some brands and some retailers rationing supply for parents nervous about feeding their children.
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| 2022-05-22T23:05:28Z
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Robertson scores twice in Stars’ 6-4 win over Blackhawks
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Robertson scored his team-leading 33rd and 34th goals about three minutes apart, and the Dallas Stars strengthened their hold on a wild-card spot with a 6-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Roope Hintz had a goal and two assists, and Joe Pavelski, Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn each added a goal and an assist for Dallas. The Stars moved two points ahead of Vegas for the second Western Conference wild card. Jake Oettinger made 36 saves. Philipp Kurashev, Jonathan Toews, Kirby Dach and Boris Katchouk scored for Chicago. Kevin Lankinen allowed five goals on 20 shots and was replaced at the start of the third by Collin Delia, who had nine saves.
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| 2022-04-11T03:42:57Z
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Amber Alert canceled, children safe
NAMPA, Idaho (KIFI) - UPDATE 9:40 p.m. An Amber Alert has been canceled for two children in Nampa. Police say the children were located safe, and the suspect is in custody.
ORIGINAL: An Amber Alert has been issued for abducted children in Nampa.
Police say 6-year-old Cayson Casselman and 8-year-old Zaiden Casselman were taken from their grade school by their non-custodial father 27-year-old James Casselman.
Nampa Police have reason to believe they are in danger.
Cayson is 4 feet tall, 45 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes, and Zaiden is 4 feet 5 inches tall, 70 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
The suspect, James Casselman, is described as 5 feet 8 inches, 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Police say they could be traveling in a 2009 silver Ford Fusion with license plate 2CVC724.
James Casselman is wanted on two warrants.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of these children or suspect, contact 208-465-2206 or 911 immediately.
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| 2022-05-18T05:33:53Z
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Deal marks third investment from Pharos Fund IV, focused on value-based care
DALLAS and NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharos Capital Group, LLC ("Pharos"), a middle-market private equity firm based in Dallas and Nashville, announced today it has made a significant investment in Sanderling Renal Services, Inc. ("Sanderling" or the "Company"), a full-service provider of dialysis and renal telemedicine services focusing on patients in underserved communities across the U.S. Pharos's investment will be used to support future growth of the Company's home dialysis operations, implementation of telemedicine and hospital eDialysis contracts, and geographic expansion through both acquisitions and de novo startups. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneurs Dr. Jerome Tannenbaum and Deborah Tannenbaum and headquartered in Nashville, TN, Sanderling provides in-center and home-based dialysis out of 14 clinics in six states, most of which are located in USDA-defined rural areas with limited access to healthcare resources. The Company has developed an innovative home dialysis model for end-stage renal disease ("ESRD") patients, which includes caregiver assistance and remote patient monitoring by nephrologists and dialysis nurses via telemedicine. The Company's home-based dialysis model removes logistical burdens facing many patients, often enabling them to remain in their communities and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations. Sanderling leverages its network of professionals to provide tele-nephrology and acute eDialysis services to more than 30 partner hospitals.
Bob Crants, Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Pharos, said, "Sanderling is on the cutting edge of bridging inequities in care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has long been advocating home dialysis for the growing number of Americans with end-stage renal disease and those who face social barriers to adequate renal care. Against that backdrop, the Company's innovative care delivery models and focus on rural and other underserved populations make it well-positioned to create access to compassionate care for a vulnerable segment of the population. In addition, we believe that the company's proven ability to improve patient outcomes will ultimately yield meaningful cost savings."
Dr. Tannenbaum will continue to lead the Company as Chairman and CEO. Dr. Tannenbaum is a trained nephrologist and deeply experienced kidney care executive, with a successful track record of building dialysis organizations, including REN Corporation, sold to Gambro in 1993, National Nephrology Associates, sold to Renal Care Group (now Fresenius) in 2004, and DSI Renal, acquired by DaVita in 2011.
Dr. Tannenbaum noted, "We are pleased to work with such an experienced, healthcare-focused partner to help Sanderling reach new goals in the next phase of its growth. Pharos's significant resources and proven track record guiding value-based healthcare organizations will be invaluable as Sanderling expands services in existing markets, moves into new communities, and broadens its telemedicine and eDialysis offerings."
This marks the third investment from Pharos's latest flagship fund, Pharos Capital Partners IV, L.P., investing alongside its parallel fund, Pharos Capital Partners IV-A, L.P., a licensed Rural Business Investment Company. The funds will continue Pharos's mission of lowering costs, improving outcomes, and expanding access to care, particularly within underserved urban and rural communities.
MTS Health Partners, L.P. served as exclusive financial advisor to Sanderling on the transaction.
About Sanderling Renal Services
Sanderling is a full-service provider of dialysis and renal telemedicine services focusing on patients in underserved communities across the U.S. The company currently provides in-center and home-based dialysis out of 14 clinics in six states with a focus on communities with limited access to healthcare resources. Sanderling also leverages its network to provide tele-nephrology and acute eDialysis services to 30+ partner hospitals, more than two-thirds of which are located in USDA-defined rural areas across 16 states.
About Pharos Capital Group
Based in Dallas and Nashville, Pharos Capital Group (www.pharosfunds.com) is a physician-founded investment firm focused on growing healthcare companies that aim to lower the total cost of care, improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare inequalities in underserved markets, especially within urban and rural communities. Since inception, Pharos has invested in 57 companies and has over $1.1 billion of private equity assets under management as of March 31, 2022. Pharos typically invests $25-$50 million in rapidly growing middle market companies seeking later stage funding for internal growth, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, or recapitalizations predominantly across healthcare sectors.
For business development opportunities with Pharos Capital Group, please contact Adam Persiani at 214-740-7003 or apersiani@pharosfunds.com.
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203-656-2829
cluz@lambert.com
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Attorneys file appeal seeking review of Oregon's decision to compel the speech of Aaron and Melissa Klein, forcing them out of business.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys for First Liberty Institute and Boyden Gray & Associates have once again asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review a decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals allowing the state's Bureau of Labor and Industries ("BOLI") to penalize Aaron and Melissa Klein because they could not in good conscience employ their artistic talents to express a message celebrating a same-sex wedding.
A copy of the petition can be found here.
"All Americans are entitled to due process, with a fair hearing before an unbiased tribunal. The Kleins never received that," said Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel for First Liberty Institute. "We hope the Court will hear the Kleins' case and clarify that all Americans have a constitutional right to due process, free speech, and religious liberty. After nearly a decade, it's past time for the Supreme Court to put an end to the state of Oregon's hostility toward Aaron and Melissa."
Ambassador C. Boyden Gray said, "The First Amendment protects the right of all Americans to speak freely and live according to their sincere religious beliefs without interference from the government. Carefully guarding this right is all the more important when the beliefs expressed are controversial."
BOLI originally imposed a devastating $135,000 damage award against the Kleins for violating Oregon's public accommodations statute after they declined to design and create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage. Following a series of appeals, the United States Supreme Court in 2019 returned the case to Oregon for further consideration in light of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which held that government officials cannot be hostile to the free exercise of the religious beliefs of its citizens.
The Oregon Court of Appeals determined that BOLI had demonstrated anti-religious hostility toward the Kleins and struck down the assessment of damages. However, the court then sent the case back to the same biased commission, BOLI, for further proceedings. In July 2022, BOLI unilaterally reimposed a damage award of $30,000.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has announced a new round of opportunities through the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for CubeSat developers, including educational institutions, to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space and contribute to the agency's exploration goals.
"Small satellites, such as CubeSats play a valuable role in the agency's educational, science, and technology investigations, including planetary exploration, Earth observation, and fundamental Earth and space science," said Bradley Smith, director of launch services within the Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "They are a cornerstone in the development of cutting-edge NASA technologies, such as laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications, and autonomous movement."
With a renewed emphasis on education, the next round of NASA's CSLI opportunities is providing access to low-Earth orbit for U.S. educational institutions, nonprofits with an education or outreach component, and NASA centers and programs for workforce development. Developers can gain hands-on experience designing, building, and operating these small research satellites.
Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 18, 2022. NASA anticipates making selections by March 17, 2023, for flight opportunities in 2024-2027, although selection does not guarantee a launch opportunity. Designs that include restrictive orbit requirements may limit launch opportunities and lead to later-than-desired launch dates. Applicants are responsible for funding the development of the small satellites.
CSLI encourages participation by Minority Serving Institutions and is actively seeking participation from organizations in states not previously selected. These states are: Delaware, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
CubeSats are part of a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. These small satellites are built to standard dimensions (Units or "U") of approximately 10 cm x 10 cm x 11 cm (about 3.9 in x 3.9 in x 4 in). CubeSats supported by this launch initiative include volumes of 1U, 2U, 3U, 6U, and 12U or volumes that add up to these specified dimensions. CSLI will not select any CubeSat missions proposing to deploy or release parts that are smaller than 1U in size due to trackability, space situational awareness, and orbital debris concerns.
To date, NASA has selected 211 CubeSat missions, 148 of which have been launched into space, with more than 20 missions scheduled for launch within the next year. The selected CubeSats represent participants from 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 102 unique organizations.
CSLI is managed by NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For more information about NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative, visit:
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An "unknown yet highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease" has plagued a federal wild horse holding facility in Colorado, killing 67 horses.
The Cañon City facility, located 115 miles south of Denver, is under voluntary quarantine due to the outbreak, the Bureau of Land Management said in a news release. The facility is home to 2,550 wild horses rounded up from rangelands.
The outbreak began April 23 and the agency is working with local, state and federal officials to determine exactly what caused the deaths, according to the release. Horses gathered from the West Douglas area last fall have been the most impacted by the disease, the BLM said.
An independent veterinarian and a federal veterinarian are on-site to help diagnose and treat animals, according to the BLM, and animals showing symptoms are being quarantined from the rest of the population.
"It's upsetting to BLM and to employees," BLM spokesperson Steven Hall told CNN affiliate KUSA. "It's taking a great toll on them. This isn't where anybody wants to be in terms of managing wild horses."
The Cañon City facility is one of four BLM Colorado wild horse management areas across approximately 400,000 acres of land.
Since 1971, the BLM has removed "nearly 4,400 animals from public rangelands in Colorado" as part of efforts to maintain both healthy populations and public lands, according to its website. The gathered animals are put up for adoption, and those that are not adopted are "cared for on open pastures for the rest of their lives," the website states.
The agency's roundups have been criticized by animal advocacy groups, who say the horses are removed from their natural habitats and placed in holding corrals with poor living conditions. On Tuesday, the American Wild Horse Campaign's executive director, Suzanne Roy, said the Cañon City deaths were "the direct result of the BLM's inhumane mass roundups."
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Authority on Thursday announced the results of its investigation into the shooting death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, saying it had proven she was deliberately killed by Israeli forces as she tried to flee.
The findings echoed the results of a preliminary investigation announced nearly two weeks ago and were widely expected. Israel is likely to reject the report as biased and unfounded.
Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American reporter for Al Jazeera’s Arabic service, was shot in the head on May 11 during an Israeli military raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
Witnesses and Palestinian officials have said she was hit by Israeli fire. Israel says she was shot during a battle between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants. It says that only a ballistic analysis of the bullet — which is held by the Palestinian Authority — and the soldiers’ guns can determine who fired the fatal shot.
Announcing the results of his probe at a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah,, Palestinian Attorney General Akram Al Khateeb said he had determined there were no militants in the immediate area where Abu Akleh was located.
“The only shooting was by the occupation forces, with the aim of killing,” he said.
Abu Akleh was in a group of journalists wearing helmets and protective vests marked “press.” He said the army saw the journalists and knew they were journalists.
He accused Israel of shooting her “directly and deliberately” as she tried to escape. He also repeated the Palestinian position that the bullet will not be handed over to the Israelis for study. He said they decided not even to show images of the bullet “to deprive them of a new lie.”
Al Khateeb said his investigation was based on interviews with witnesses, an inspection of the scene and a forensic medical report.
There was no immediate response from Israel.
Israel denies targeting journalists and has offered two possible scenarios, saying she was either shot by Palestinian militants who were firing recklessly at an Israeli army convoy or that she was hit by Israeli gunfire aimed at a nearby militant. The military has identified the rifle that may have been used in that scenario, but says it needs to test the bullet to make any final determination.
An AP reconstruction of events has lent support to eyewitnesses who say she was shot by Israeli troops. But the reconstruction said it was impossible to reach a conclusive finding without further forensic analysis.
Palestinian witnesses say there were no militants or clashes anywhere near her. The only known militants in the area were on the other side of the convoy, some 300 meters (yards) from her position. They did not have a direct line of sight, unlike the convoy itself, which was some 200 (meters) away on a long straight road.
Israel has publicly called for a joint investigation with the PA, with U.S. participation, and has asked the PA to hand over the bullet for testing. But the State Department said Wednesday that it had received no formal request for assistance from either side two weeks after her death.
The PA has refused to hand over the bullet to Israel or cooperate with it in any way, saying Israel cannot be trusted to investigate its own conduct. Rights groups say Israel has a poor record of investigating when security forces shoot Palestinians, with cases often languishing for months or years before being quietly closed.
The PA administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Hussein Al Sheikh, a top Palestinian official, said Thursday’s report would be shared with the U.S. administration. Copies will also be delivered to her family and to Al Jazeera, he said.
The Palestinians say they will share their results with international parties, including the International Criminal Court, which launched an investigation into possible Israeli war crimes last year. Israel has rejected that probe as being biased against it and is not cooperating with it.
The severe distrust means the Israeli and Palestinian investigations into Abu Akleh’s death are unfolding separately, with neither likely to accept any conclusions reached by the other.
Each side is in sole possession of potentially crucial evidence. Ballistic analysis could match the bullet to a specific firearm based on a microscopic signature, but only if investigators have access to both. Lt. Col. Amnon Shefler, a military spokesman, told the AP the military has additional footage from that day, but declined to say what it shows or when it would be released, citing the ongoing investigation.
Palestinians are still mourning Abu Akleh, a widely known and respected on-air correspondent who rose to fame two decades ago, during the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israeli rule. The 51-year-old documented the harsh realities of life under Israeli military rule — now well into its sixth decade with no end in sight — for viewers across the Arab world.
Jenin has long been a bastion of Palestinian militants, and several recent attacks inside Israel have been carried out by young men from in and around the town. Israel has continued to carry out near-daily raids in Jenin since Abu Akleh’s death, which it says are aimed at preventing more.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 war and has built settlements where nearly 500,000 Israelis live alongside nearly 3 million Palestinians. The Palestinians want the territory to form the main part of their future state, but peace talks broke down more than a decade ago, and Israel’s dominant right-wing parties are opposed to Palestinian statehood.
The PA itself is seen by many Palestinians as a corrupt and authoritarian body that aids the occupation by coordinating with Israel on security matters. Any cooperation with Israel on the Abu Akleh investigation would likely spark a popular backlash among Palestinians, who view her as a martyr to both journalism and their national cause.
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ATLANTA (WGCL) -- The Atlanta Hawks have unveiled a new basketball hoop and mural, paying tribute to the historic Atlanta Fire Rescue Station 16, according to a press release.
April 1 marks the 59th anniversary of when Station 16 became the city’s first fully integrated station in 1963. As part of the event, Hawks legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins were on site, along with Hawks star John Collins, guard Skylar Mays, and the first Black firefighters of the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Lieutenant Louvenia Jenkins, Battalion Chief Liz Summers, Lieutenant Theodore Ector, and Fire Chief Roderick M. Smith.
The hoop features co-branding of the Hawks and NBA 75th Anniversary logos, stands as tall as an NBA-regulation size hoop and is located outside next to the station. The mural features the ATLANTA letters above the imposing razor-talon hawk of the late ‘90s and includes 16 black stars which represent the first 16 Black male firefighters and seven red stars for the first seven Black female firefighters.
The mural was designed by Adam McNeil, an Atlanta transplant, who began painting signs in 2010. After years of experience, McNeil continues to grow his Atlanta-based business and build his robust portfolio of work throughout the Southeast.
According to the press release, the Hawks will engage various AFRD-led youth initiatives including the AFRD Community Mentorship Program, AFRD Cadet Program and the Delayed Entry Program over the next few months.
Friday’s hoop and mural unveiling also included numerous on-site activations including fire truck tours, where guests had the opportunity to go into a fire truck and learn about its different parts, a dance clinic, which was led by the ATL Hawks Dancers, and a photo station.
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NEW YORK, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Riskified Ltd. (NYSE: RSKD).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 1, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Riskified Ltd. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) as Riskified expanded its user base, the quality of Riskified's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering), because of, among other things, inaccuracies in the algorithms associated with onboarding new merchants and entering new geographies and industries; (ii) Riskified had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which Riskified had limited experience and that this expansion has negatively impacted the effectiveness of Riskified's machine learning platform; (iii) as a result, Riskified was suffering from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021; and (iv) thus, the representations in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering regarding Riskified's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of Riskified prior to and at the time of the July 2021 initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading, and lacked a factual basis.
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U.S. FOOTPRINT HAS INCREASED BY 32% SINCE 2020; NOW FIFTH LARGEST HOME CARE FRANCHISOR
GILBERT, Ariz., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SYNERGY® HomeCare, a leading national home care franchise and an Entrepreneur 500 ranked enterprise, again led the home care industry in territory sales growth in 2021, becoming one of the top five largest home care franchisors in the U.S. It marks the second-consecutive year that SYNERGY HomeCare awarded more territories than any other franchisor in the home care category, according to a review of franchise disclosure documents (FDDs) and other public records of all home care franchisors who are members of the International Franchise Association (IFA).
SYNERGY HomeCare ended 2021 with 406 sold territories. The company has inked more than 100 new territories since January 2020, which represents a 32% increase. The momentum has continued into 2022 with 16 territories sold year to date.
"There are multiple reasons for our sustained growth, but it includes a concerted effort to enhance our operating systems and offerings, while working to attract strong candidates," said SYNERGY HomeCare CEO Charlie Young. "Along with bringing on new high-quality, care-minded franchisees, we are also growing organically within our existing franchise base. Our story and message is resonating, and we are working hard to propel our franchisees and our network forward in the rapidly growing home care sector," he adds.
Young pointed to a number of current franchisees that expanded in 2021, including industry-leaders Weama Kassem and Ruth Busalacchi.
Kassem, who launched her SYNERGY HomeCare of Edmond, Oklahoma in 2012 and was recently named the system's top producing franchisee, added a second operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Busalacchi, who was recently honored with the national brand's "Most Engaged Marketer," award, expanded her established SYNERGY HomeCare of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin into Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
In addition, the brand entered Rhode Island, its 40th state, with the sale of SYNERGY HomeCare of Warwick.
SYNERGY HomeCare has made numerous investments in enhancing its staff and programming, including hiring franchise marketing expert Jennifer Chasteen as its first Chief Marketing Officer. The company is also rolling out a new memory care program enabling franchisees and their caregivers to provide personalized care and engagement to people living with Alzheimer's or dementia.
"Our franchisees come to work each day knowing how much of a difference they are making in the lives of their clients and their families," said SYNERGY HomeCare Chief Growth Officer Mike Steed. "I really believe we are only beginning to scratch the surface of our growth prospects, not only in providing care for the aging demographic, but also for those living with disabilities, chronic conditions, illness, injury, and more. The need for our services is growing each day and it's exciting to see SYNERGY HomeCare as a leader in meeting those needs."
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CALGARY, AB, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Vermilion Energy Inc. ("Vermilion", "We", "Our", "Us" or the "Company") (TSX: VET) (NYSE: VET) will release its 2022 second quarter operating and condensed financial results on Thursday, August 11, 2022 after the close of North American markets. The unaudited financial statements and management discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 will be available on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") at www.sedar.com, on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml, and on Vermilion's website at www.vermilionenergy.com.
Vermilion will discuss these results in a conference call and webcast presentation on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 7:00 AM MST (9:00 AM EST). To participate, call 1-888-394-8218 (Canada and US Toll Free) or 1-647-484-0475 (International and Toronto Area). A recording of the conference call will be available for replay by calling 1-888-203-1112 and using the conference ID 2192689 from August 12, 2022 at 12:00 MST to August 26, 2022 at 21:59 MST.
You may also access the webcast at https://app.webinar.net/7qKmxpmoJpv The webcast link, along with conference call slides, will be available on Vermilion's website at http://www.vermilionenergy.com/invest-with-us/events--presentations.cfm under Upcoming Events prior to the conference call.
Vermilion is an international energy producer that seeks to create value through the acquisition, exploration, development and optimization of producing assets in North America, Europe and Australia. Our business model emphasizes free cash flow generation and returning capital to investors when economically warranted, augmented by value-adding acquisitions. Vermilion's operations are focused on the exploitation of light oil and liquids-rich natural gas conventional resource plays in North America and the exploration and development of conventional natural gas and oil opportunities in Europe and Australia.
Vermilion's priorities are health and safety, the environment, and profitability, in that order. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the public and those who work with us, and the protection of our natural surroundings. We have been recognized by leading ESG rating agencies for our transparency on and management of key environmental, social and governance issues. In addition, we emphasize strategic community investment in each of our operating areas.
Employees and directors hold approximately 4% of our outstanding shares and are committed to delivering long-term value for all stakeholders. Vermilion trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VET.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on a San Francisco subway train Wednesday that ended in the city’s historically LGBTQ neighborhood just days before Pride celebrations, police said.
The shooting occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on a commuter train as it pulled away from a residential station toward the station in the city’s Castro neighborhood. There, officers found two victims, one dead at the scene. The other person, a bystander, was taken to a hospital with an injured knee, said San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar, whose district includes the residential Forest Hill station.
She said witnesses reported three or four shots and a “heated verbal argument” between the suspect and deceased victim. She said the suspect ran out with other passengers when the train stopped.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the Castro District, said the victim and suspect appeared to know each other.
“It’s cold comfort, but it does not appear that this was random,” he said. “It was not someone who, you know, got on the train and just started shooting, which would have been even more horrible. This was horrible enough.”
While authorities said the shooting was not connected to upcoming Pride events, the death cast a glum start to the celebrations at a time when members of the LGBTQ community are experiencing heightened threats, including protests at libraries where drag queens read to children. The station where the suspect ran out is at the heart of San Francisco’s famous Castro neighborhood, which is internationally known for its LGBTQ activism.
“There have been horrible incidents around the country and even in the Bay Area. So people are nervous, and I’m sure this doesn’t help. People should be alert,” said Mandelman.
Police provided few details Wednesday on what happened or how many people were on the train, although Melgar initially said on social media that the train was packed. They have not released information on the victims or the suspect but said the public was not at risk.
The shooting is believed to have been the first ever on a train with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency — also known as Muni. The agency operates most public transit in the city, including trains, buses, streetcars and San Francisco’s iconic cable cars.
“The incident that took place this morning is unnerving and yet another reason why we need to do more to prevent gun violence,” Melgar said in a statement. “There are too many guns out in our society, escalating a verbal argument into a senseless death of a young life.”
Erica Kato, a spokeswoman for the transit agency, said she did not know how many passengers were on board but noted that overall ridership is about half of what it was before the pandemic. She said ridership to San Francisco’s downtown core is even less.
The shooting comes just four days before San Francisco’s Pride parade, which typically draws thousands of people from around the world.
Still, sidewalk traffic was light Wednesday morning.
“Never heard of anything like this over here,” said Deeno Nasher, manager of the Castro Smoke House. “It’s kind of concerning for this neighborhood because Pride is this weekend and they try to be safe and secure as possible, and for something like this to happen, kind of puts them on edge.”
Police were looking for a man described only as wearing dark clothes and a dark hooded jacket.
San Francisco police spokeswoman Officer Kathryn Winters said all Muni trains and subway stations have cameras, and police were reviewing the footage.
Subway service had been restored by the afternoon.
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Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess.
It was like the disruption of the pandemic was catching up to him all at once.
Nearly a third of Hope’s high school career was spent at home, in virtual classes that were hard to follow and easy to brush aside. Some days he skipped school to work extra hours at his job. Some days he played games with his brother and sister. Other days he just stayed in bed.
Algebra got little of his attention, but his teachers kept giving him good grades amid a school-wide push for leniency.
“It was like school was optional. It wasn’t a mandatory thing,” said Hope, 18, of Milwaukee. “I feel like I didn’t really learn anything.”
Across the country, there are countless others like him. Hundreds of thousands of recent graduates are heading to college this fall after spending more than half their high school careers dealing with the upheaval of a pandemic. They endured a jarring transition to online learning, the strains from teacher shortages and profound disruptions to their home lives. And many are believed to be significantly behind academically.
Colleges could see a surge in students unprepared for the demands of college-level work, education experts say. Starting a step behind can raise the risk of dropping out. And that can hurt everything from a person’s long-term earnings to the health of the country’s workforce.
The extent of the problem became apparent to Allison Wagner as she reviewed applications for All-In Milwaukee, a scholarship program that provides financial aid and college counseling to low-income students, including Hope.
Wagner, the group’s executive director, saw startling numbers of students who were granted permission to spend half the school day working part-time jobs their senior year, often at fast food chains or groceries. And she saw more students than ever who didn’t take math or science classes their senior year, often as a result of teacher shortages.
“We have so many students who are going on to college academically malnourished,” Wagner said. “There is no way they are going to be academically prepared for the rigor of college.”
Her group is boosting its tutoring budget and covering tuition for students in the program who take summer classes in math or science. Still, she fears the setbacks will force some students to take more than four years to graduate or, worse, drop out.
“The stakes are tremendously high,” she said.
Researchers say it’s clear that remote instruction caused learning setbacks, most sharply among Black and Hispanic students. For younger students, there’s still hope that America’s schools can accelerate the pace of instruction and close learning gaps. But for those who graduated in the last two years, experts fear many will struggle.
In anticipation of higher needs, colleges from New Jersey to California have been expanding “bridge” programs that provide summer classes, often for students from lower incomes or those who are the first in their families to attend college. Programs previously treated as orientation are taking on a harder academic edge, with a focus on math, science and study skills.
In Hanceville, Alabama, Wallace State Community College this year tapped state money to create its first summer bridge program as it braces for an influx of underprepared students. Students could take three weeks of accelerated lessons in math and English in a bid to avoid remedial classes.
The school hoped to bring up to 140 students to campus, but just 10 signed up.
Other states have used federal pandemic relief to help colleges build summer programs. In Kentucky, which gave colleges $3.5 million for the effort this year, officials called it a “moral imperative.”
“We need these people to be our future workforce, and we need them to be successful,” said Amanda Ellis, a vice president of Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education.
After the pandemic hit, Angel Hope worked up to 20 hours a week at his job with a local nonprofit aid group. He felt the time away from school was worth it for the money, especially when nobody was paying attention in the online classes. With his parents away at work, he often felt alone, shunning social media for days and eating ramen noodles for dinner.
“I think isolating myself was a little bit of my coping mechanism,” he said. “I was kind of like, ‘Keep it in a little bit and you’ll get through it eventually.’”
The pandemic led many high schoolers to disengage at a time when they would usually be preparing for college or careers, said Rey Saldaña, president and CEO of Communities in Schools, a nonprofit group that places counselors in public schools in 26 states.
His group worked in some districts where hundreds of students simply didn’t return after classrooms reopened. In Charlotte, North Carolina, the allure of steady paychecks kept many students away from school even after in-person classes resumed, said Shakaka Perry, a reengagement coordinator for Communities in Schools.
Perry and her colleagues spent last school year bringing students back to school and getting them ready for graduation. But when she thinks about whether they’re ready for college, she has doubts: “It’s going to be an awakening.”
A couple months after struggling through his math placement test, Hope headed to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for six weeks of intense classes at a summer bridge program. He took a math class that covered the ground he missed in high school, and he’s signed up to take calculus in the fall.
He also revived basic study skills that went dormant in high school. He started studying at the library. He got used to the rhythms of school, with assignments every day and tests every other week. He rediscovered what it’s like to enjoy school.
Most importantly, he says it changed his mindset: Now he feels like he’s there to learn, not just to get by.
“After this, I definitely feel prepared for college,” he said. “If I didn’t have this, I would be in a very bad place.”
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Trump documents: Judge to hear arguments on outside expert
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge awaited arguments Thursday on whether to appoint an outside legal expert to review government records seized by the FBI last month in a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.
Lawyers for Trump said the appointment of a special master is necessary to ensure an independent inspection of the documents. This kind of review, they say, would allow for “highly personal information” such as diaries or journals to be separated from the investigation and returned to Trump, along with any other documents that may be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege.
The Justice Department says an appointment is unwarranted because investigators have completed their review of potentially privileged records and identified “a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information.”
The government says Trump lacks legal grounds to demand the return of presidential documents because they do not belong to him. The department has also expressed concerns that the appointment could delay the investigation, in part because a special master probably would need to obtain a security clearance to review the records and special authorization from intelligence agencies.
The hearing before U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon was scheduled for 1 p.m.
Cannon had said on Saturday, before the latest arguments in the matter, that her “preliminary intent” was to appoint a special master. It was not clear whether she might make a final determination Thursday or how her view might be affected by the fact that the Justice Department says it has already reviewed potentially privileged documents.
It was also not clear who might serve as that outside expert. In some past high-profile cases, the role has been filled by a former federal judge.
Cannon was nominated by Trump in 2020 and confirmed by the Senate 56-21 later that year. She is a former assistant U.S. attorney in Florida, handling mainly criminal appeals.
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I saw recently where a Gallup poll asked Americans if they believe God exists, and the lowest number ever recorded said yes. The poll has asked this question every year since 1944.
Every year from 1944 to 2010, more than 92% of all Americans said they believed in God. Now what God they believed in, I have no idea, but at least they believed in some sort of God. But now this latest poll shows only 81% of Americans believe in God, down 6 percentage points from last year and 11 points from only a couple of years ago. That is quite an alarming statistic.
Perhaps the reason can be found somewhere. Maybe a good starting point would be with the Church of England, where the Rev. Clive Evans decided to strip down to his underwear to perform “full immersion” baptism with a few newly saved women. Apparently he wanted to make sure they survived the immersion so he also pinched two of the women’s bottoms.
I didn’t realize being a baptism minister could be such fun. I might have joined the clergy if I had known such things were going on. But the church, to its credit, said Rev. Evans violated acceptable church practice in a 30-page ruling.
I do wish I had been there when Rev. Evans all of a sudden stripped to his Fruit of the Looms and motioned for one of the women to “come on down, you are the next full-immersion baptism.”
Listen, when I grew up at Parrott Baptist Church, the congregation almost defrocked a family because the 6-year-old son drank from the communion cup and had not yet been baptized. His father whipped him right on the front steps of the church while we were all singing “Amazing Grace.”
My grandfather was banned from Sardis Baptist Church for fishing on Sunday. I have no idea what would have happened if Rev. Eldridge had decided to skinny dip with one of the women being baptized, but I’m pretty sure it would have involved a shotgun and the need for a hasty funeral.
But you know in today’s world churches seem to tolerate a whole lot more. When I was young, you may as well have stayed home as to show up for church wearing jeans or shorts or anything short of a formal suit. No self-respecting man would dare enter the church without a tie on. Today folks look like they said, “Hey, let’s go to church and then head to the lake. Just throw on your shorts and a tank top. We will go straight from there. God won’t care.”
We do have a lot to pick from, if you are one of the 81% that believes there is anything to pick from to begin with. You can be a Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Mennonite, Lutheran, Primitive Baptist, First Baptist — but rarely a second Baptist — a Bible Church, a non-denominational church or an Apostle church. You can be a Jehovah’s Witness, but you might have to give up college football, as they worship on Saturday, the Sabbath according to them, and historically they are probably correct.
There are more than 200 Christian denominations in America and more than 45,000 worldwide. I’m no expert on the matter, but I doubt Jesus planned on 200 different versions of his word.
On the other hand, I might just decide to try a new one every few weeks. Who knows, I may find one that does allow the preacher to baptize in his undies. The preacher better look better than the average preacher I’m use to, or I suspect Baptisms will reach an all-time low.
I don’t know, but I hope folks will keep searching to find them a place in God’s world. Or we may just find ourselves living in a country without an in God we Trust.
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Tensions remain at war-threatened Ukrainian nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Tension still gripped Europe’s largest nuclear plant Monday, a day before U.N. inspectors were due to report on their efforts to avert a potential disaster at the Ukrainian site that has been engulfed by Russia’s war on its neighbor.
The Russian military accused Ukrainian forces of staging “provocations” at the Zaporizhzhia plant, which lies within a Russian-installed administrative area.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that Kyiv’s forces on Sunday targeted the territory of the plant with a drone, which it said Russian troops were able to shoot down.
The ministry said Ukrainian troops also shelled the adjacent city of Enerhodar twice overnight.
The two sides have traded accusations about endangering the plant, which the Kremlin’s forces have held since early March. The plant’s Ukrainian staff continue to operate it.
In a perilous mission, experts with the International Atomic Energy Agency traveled through the war zone to reach the plant last week.
Four of six U.N. nuclear agency inspectors have completed their work and left the site, Energoatom, Ukraine’s state nuclear power plant operator, said Monday.
Two of the experts are expected to stay at the plant on a permanent basis, Energoatom said.
The U.N. inspectors are scheduled to brief the Security Council on Tuesday about what they found out on their visit.
The plant is largely crippled, amid a grinding war that has clobbered energy markets.
A prominent Ukrainian nuclear expert said Monday that only a demilitarized zone of at least 10 kilometers (6 miles) around the plant could ensure its safety.
Hryhoriy Plachkov, Ukraine’s former head of nuclear inspections, said he also feared for the morale and mental state of his countrymen working there.
Elsewhere, the fighting raged on for a seventh month, with Ukraine’s presidential office saying Monday at least four civilians were killed and seven others were wounded by Russian shelling in the previous 24 hours across several regions of Ukraine.
Most of the casualties were in the eastern Donetsk region, where three people were killed and four were wounded. A large chunk of Donetsk is held by Russian-allied separatists.
In the Kharkiv region, further north, three people were wounded when a rocket hit a residential building, the president’s office said.
Russian shells struck more than a dozen residential buildings along with a school, cafes and stores, Ukraine said.
Meanwhile, a counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces “is making verifiable progress in the south and the east” of the country, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said.
“The pace of the counteroffensive will likely change dramatically from day to day as Ukrainian forces work to starve the Russians of necessary supplies, disrupt their command and control, and weaken their morale even as counteroffensive ground assaults continue,” the institute said late Sunday.
It predicted that Russian forces will launch “fierce artillery and air attacks” against the advancing Ukrainian troops and on any areas they liberate.
Amid increased Ukrainian strikes on the occupied Kherson region, Russian-installed authorities there said that for security reasons they were putting on hold their plans for a local referendum on whether the region should formally become part of Russia.
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3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended over arrest
MULBERRY, Ark. (AP) — Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest.
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the Arkansas state police’s investigation into the incident and the sheriff’s office’s internal investigation. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended.
“I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,” Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
“The city of Mulberry and the Mulberry police department takes these investigations very seriously,” Gregory said.
According to police, a report indicated that a man was making threats to a convenience store employee in Mulberry on Sunday morning. Mulberry is located about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock.
Police said when the officers confronted the man, he pushed a deputy to the ground and punched the back of his head, leading to the arrest seen in the video. In the video, the three law enforcement officers are seen on top of the suspect, sometimes striking him with clenched fists.
The unidentified man was arrested and taken to a local hospital. He faces charges of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest and other assault charges, police said.
No further information was immediately available.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avail, the digital hub of the operating room enabling the medical technology (MedTech) and healthcare industries to work smarter to advance patient care, today announced that Ryan Magnes, President of Avail, will present a corporate overview at the 2022 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 8:35 a.m. ET in Boston, MA.
Avail enables the MedTech industry and healthcare providers to work together more often and more efficiently, harnessing expertise and technology in and out of the OR to accelerate the innovation, adoption, and reach of tools and techniques to improve patient care. Avail does this by placing a consistent, mobile, hardware platform with integrated software into operating rooms, audibly and visually connecting remote participants and serving as the hub for advanced digital capabilities including AI and machine learning, in a secure cloud-based digital telepresence network. Today, 50 MedTech organizations have contracted with Avail to rethink commercial models, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance the reach and timeliness of collaboration. Avail was founded in 2017 by MedTech veterans with a vision to leverage Silicon Valley technology expertise to evolve the industry and enable MedTech and healthcare to deliver the best care possible. https://www.avail.io/about/newsroom/
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital identified proteins that help decide T cell fate and used the finding to improve CAR-T cell therapy in a solid tumor model.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital identified a molecular mechanism that in a preclinical study unlocked the promise of CAR T–cell therapy for treatment of solid tumors. The results were published today in the journal Nature.
"Our work extends from the basic biology of T lymphocytes to a possible application in the clinic, with an exploration of deep molecular mechanisms along the way," said co-corresponding author Doug Green, Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Immunology chair. "We found that just like many of us, if you are an activated T cell, things that happen early in your life can impact your later development. We identified that an interaction between the protein c-Myc and the complex cBAF early in T-cell activation influences cell fate trajectory."
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are a type of immunotherapy that modifies a patient's immune cells to target cancer cells. This type of therapy has had remarkable success in treating children and adults with leukemia and lymphoma, particularly in relapsed patients. However, CAR T cells have not had the same success against solid tumors, with problems involving persistence and function.
Currently too many CAR T cells become effector cells, those that directly kill infected or cancerous cells. Too few become memory cells that persist and create more T cells over the long term. The researchers believed that if they created more memory cells, they could improve CAR T–cell therapy.
"Effector cells do a job and then die," Green said. "Memory cells stick around and can generate effector cells (while maintaining the memory cell pool) and therefore they can launch continued attacks. So, we think that memory cells likely do a better job of getting rid of tumors."
A molecular mystery
The researchers needed to find what guides T cells to become effector or memory types and then use that knowledge to modify the process. The process begins when a T cell is activated by an antigen, such as a piece of virus or cancer-related molecule. That parental T cell divides into two daughter cells, which can become effector or memory cells.
Green's group recently showed that the distribution of the protein c-Myc in a parental T cell can be important for this process. Researchers knew that a daughter cell with more c-Myc becomes an effector cell. In this study, the team found that the protein complex cBAF (canonical Brg1/Brg-associated factor) interacted with c-Myc. Daughter cells with high cBAF and c-Myc concentrations became effector T cells.
cBAF binds certain regions of chromatin, proteins on DNA. The finding suggests it may guide cell fate, what type of T cell they become, by controlling expression of effector cell related genes.
The distribution of cBAF occurs in the first activated T cell that begins the adaptive immune response; therefore, the researchers realized that cell fate is decided early in the immune response.
A fortuitous finding and collaboration
While Dr. Green's group was studying T cell divisions, co-corresponding author Hongbo Chi, Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Immunology, was studying how a T cell becomes a memory cell. Chi's laboratory used the genetic screening tool CRISPR to knockout genes and observe the impact on T-cell fate.
"T cells represent a cornerstone for cancer immunotherapy," Chi said. "There is a continuing interest in improving T-cell function for better cancer treatment. As such, my lab is interested in identifying metabolic drivers in T-cell memory responses. Given the crosstalk between metabolic and epigenetic pathways, we did an in vivo CRISPR screen of epigenetic regulators of T-cell memory. That led us to cBAF."
"We were looking at what happens to components of the cBAF complex in activated T cells," Green said. "At the same time, the Chi lab had been fishing in a pond filled with molecules that might influence the cell fate to generate effector versus memory T cells. When we compared notes, we realized that our independent findings were telling us something interesting, so we joined forces."
The groups worked together to confirm that targeting multiple parts of the cBAF complex affects memory T-cell generation. The researchers also found the exact locations in the genome where cBAF components bind and found that cBAF promoted the expression of genes associated with effector cell function.
Together against tumors
The collaborators used the molecular information they discovered to increase CAR T–cell efficacy. They applied a cBAF inhibitor during CAR T–cell activation to generate more memory T cells. In a preclinical model, the inhibitor-treated T cells controlled tumor growth better than untreated cells. The treated cells also survived longer and in larger numbers. The researchers replicated the promising results in multiple solid tumor types. The study is one of the first to show that CAR T cells can be modified transiently to more effectively kill solid tumors.
"cBAF factors are a potential target to boost CAR-T therapeutic effects against cancer," Chi said, "but our work also demonstrates that by better understanding basic immunobiology and T cell function, we can develop better therapeutics for cancer and other diseases."
Authors and funding
The study's first authors are Ao Guo, of St. Jude, and Hongling Huang, formerly of St. Jude. The study's other authors are Zhexin Zhu, Mark J. Chen, Hao Shi, Sujing Yuan, Piyush Sharma, Jon P. Connelly, Swantje Liedmann, Yogesh Dhungana, Zhenrui Li, Dalia Haydar, Mao Yang, Helen Beere, Christopher DeRenzo, Shondra M. Pruett-Miller, Jeremy Chase Crawford, Giedre Krenciute and Charles W.M. Roberts, all of St. Jude; and Jason T. Yustein, Baylor College of Medicine.
The study was supported by grants from by the National Institutes of Health (AI123322, CA231620 and CA253188); the National Cancer Institute (K99CA256262 and P30CA021765); and ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization of St. Jude.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and cures childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% since the hospital opened more than 60 years ago. St. Jude freely shares the breakthroughs it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. To learn more, visit stjude.org or follow St. Jude on social media at @stjuderesearch.
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- Hundreds of Aspen Dental offices to open doors for annual Day of Service, honoring veterans
- Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 to schedule an appointment
CHICAGO, May 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 11, participating Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country. Now in its 8th year, the Aspen Dental Day of Service provides much-needed dental care for veterans and their families at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to health care.
Appointments are still available for veterans in Illinois, at the following Aspen Dental locations:
- Algonquin, Illinois
- Antioch, Illinois
- Bolingbrook, Illinois
- Chicago, Illinois (Rogers Park and Roscoe Village)
- Marion, Illinois
- Moline, Illinois
- Morton Grove, Illinois
- O'Fallon, Illinois
- Palatine, Illinois
- Peoria, Illinois
- Quincy, Illinois
- Skokie, Illinois
- Springfield, Illinois
- Sterling, Illinois
Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 (1-844-ASPENHMM) to find a participating Aspen Dental office in their community and schedule an appointment. Advance appointments are required. During the Day of Service, Aspen Dental doctors and their teams focus on treating the most urgent dental needs for veterans and their families - with a focus on getting them out of pain, from fillings and extractions to dental hygiene and basic denture repairs.
Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception. In fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they're 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war.
Visit www.HealthyMouthMovement.com to learn more.
Aspen Dental was founded in 1998 in New York by Bob Fontana with a simple goal in mind: to break down the barriers that doctors and patients face when it comes to dental care. Today, more than 20 years later, with nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental locations nationwide, the mission of the company remains the same – to bring better care to more people. Aspen Dental is the largest group of branded dental offices in the world. For more information, visit aspendental.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
TAG – The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better health care to more people. TAG and the independent health care practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four health care support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care® and Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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TEMPE, Ariz., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockford Fosgate, the industry leader in high-performance audio, unveils new aftermarket audio solutions purpose built for 2019+ RZR Pro XP® 2 and 4-seat vehicles. Six aftermarket solutions are now shipping with the option of either a PMX source unit or a Ride Command™ interface, kitted as a Stage 4, 5, or 6 audio system.
The Stage-4 kit includes an AM/FM/WB digital media receiver with 2.5-inch color screen, 6.5-inch front speaker pods, 6.5-inch rear speaker cans, 1500-watt 5-channel amplifier, and 10-inch enclosed subwoofer. The Stage-5 adds a SiriusXM® option and camera input to the source unit and upgrades to M2 speakers and subwoofer delivering more output and higher quality sound. For the ultimate pro audio experience, choose Stage-6 that includes the satellite radio option and camera input plus a serious step-up to 8-inch horn loaded rear speaker cans. The Ride Command™ kits feature the same speakers, amp, and subwoofer listed above but use the Ride Command™ unit as the audio source.
For extra bass response from Stage 4, 5, or 6 systems, Rockford Fosgate offers a second subwoofer solution for 4-seat vehicles. This 10-inch 400-watt subwoofer is designed to seamlessly integrate under the rear seat on the driver's side.
All components of the kits are Element Ready™ to perform regardless of water, dirt, mud, or UV rays. The speakers and subwoofer feature Color Optix™ LED lighting customizable via the included lighting controller and optional Color Optix™ app.
The plug-n-play design of these systems ensures a simple installation, now Rockford has made it even more efficient by creating a layered packaging system that makes components easy to find in the order that you need them. Rockford has also produced a complete series of instructional videos for technicians to view either at rockfordfosgate.com or on Rockford's YouTube® channel.
For more information, including complete vehicle compatibility details, please visit Rockford Fosgate.
About Rockford Corporation
Setting the standard for excellence in the audio industry, Rockford Corporation markets high-performance audio systems under the brand Rockford Fosgate® for the mobile, motorsport, and marine audio aftermarket and OEM market. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Rockford Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: PATK).
Polaris RZR Pro XP® is a registered trademark of Polaris Inc.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per common share, which will be payable on Oct. 28 to shareholders of record as of Oct. 19.
Dell began paying a quarterly cash dividend in April following board approval of a dividend policy in February of this year.
About Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry's broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era.
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Daniel Moon capped a standout high school career at Temple with a 2-under-par 70 on Tuesday, finishing the UIL Class 6A boys golf state tournament in a tie for eighth place at Legacy Hills Golf Club in Georgetown.
After a 71 on Monday, Moon — in his second consecutive state tournament as the only Wildcat ever to qualify for the event — wound up with a 141 total, three strokes shy of a medal and five behind individual champion Matt Comegys of Plano West whose 6-under 66 in the second round put him at 8 under (136) for the tournament.
Preston Stout (137) of Richardson Pearce was second, and Garrett Endicott (138) of San Antonio Clark and Kaelen Dulany of Keller tied for third.
Moon had two birdies and a bogey on each nine Tuesday. His tie for eighth was a 30-place improvement over his state debut in 2021 when he finished at 7-over 151.
The Sam Houston State signee earned second-team all-state honors as a result of his top-10 finish.
Austin Westlake claimed the team title, carding a collective 287-278—565 (10 under) for a seven-shot victory over second-place The Woodlands. Plano West was third.
In the 4A tournament at Legends Golf Course in Kingsland, Lake Belton’s Chandler Cooke backed-up an opening 71 with a 74 on Tuesday to share the bronze medal with Waxahachie Life’s Nolan De Los Santos at 145. Argyle’s Gaven Lane won the individual championship with a 136 total, and Wimberley’s Jaxon Donaldson was second (142).
The Broncos entered the final day of competition in third after a 318 on Monday but the slipped into a tie for seventh after a closing 348 and missed a team medal by 26 shots.
Colby Connor (75-88—163), James Bond (82-89—171), Hayden Nix (90-98—188) and Chase Passentino-Slone (92-97—189) rounded out Lake Belton’s scores.
Argyle (592), Bullard (639) and Bridgeport (640) took gold, silver and bronze.
At Jimmy Clay Golf Course in Austin, Cameron Yoe shaved eight strokes off its Monday score for a 365-357—722 total and an 11th-place finish.
Kaden Kouzel (86-81—167), Dillan Akin (87-88—175), Karson Galvan (94-90—184), Landon Greene (98-98—196) and Tate Stroud (98-106—204) made up the Yoemen contingent.
Brock (626) won the team title, and Lago Vista beat Callisburg in a one-hole playoff for the runner-up plaque after both teams finished at 636. Lago Vista’s Braden Smith (147) beat teammate Knox Renfro by one shot for the individual title.
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MILWAUKEE, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today announced that it plans to release 2nd quarter earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Management will discuss the results the same day in a live webcast at 7:30 a.m. Central Time (8:30 a.m. Eastern Time), which can be accessed on the company's website.
The webcast will be available for replay at the same URL beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Time) on July 19, 2022. The replay will remain available for 30 days in this location. Supplemental financial information referenced in the webcast and the text of the 2nd quarter press release can be found on the company's website, in the section titled "Financial Information," after 7:30 a.m. Central Time on July 19, 2022.
About ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. For more information, visit www.manpowergroup.com.
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HOUSTON, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. (NYSE: NEX) ("NexTier" or the "Company") today announced that it will release its second quarter 2022 financial and operating results after market close on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. This release will be followed by a conference call at 9:00 a.m. Central Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Hosting the call will be Robert Drummond, President and Chief Executive Officer and Kenneth Pucheu, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
The call can be accessed via a live webcast accessible on the IR Event Calendar page in the Investor Relations section of our website at www.nextierofs.com, or live over the telephone by dialing (855) 560-2574, or for international callers, (412) 542-4160 and referencing NexTier Oilfield Solutions. A replay will be available shortly after the call and can be accessed by dialing (877) 344-7529, or for international callers, (412) 317-0088. The passcode for the replay is 5074559. The replay will be available until August 3, 2022. An archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call on our website at www.nextierofs.com for twelve months following the call.
About NexTier Oilfield Solutions
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, NexTier is an industry-leading U.S. land oilfield service company, with a diverse set of well completion and production services across the most active and demanding basins. Our integrated solutions approach delivers efficiency today, and our ongoing commitment to innovation helps our customers better address what is coming next. NexTier is differentiated through four points of distinction, including safety performance, efficiency, partnership and innovation. At NexTier, we believe in living our core values from the basin to the boardroom, and helping customers win by safely unlocking affordable, reliable and plentiful sources of energy.
Investor Contact:
Kenneth Pucheu
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
Michael Sabella
Vice President Investor Relations and Business Development
michael.sabella@nextierofs.com
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