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Luxury Appliance Brand Showcases High Performance Appliances Built for 'Technicurean' Home Chefs at Design Fair's Inaugural Dallas Appearance
DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast-growing built-in luxury brand Signature Kitchen Suite will return to headline this week's WestEdge Design Fair as the official partner of the 2022 Culinary Pavilion. WestEdge Design Fair will take place for the first time in Dallas Sept. 16-18 at Dallas Market Hall in the design district. The Culinary Pavilion is the show's epicenter for various programming including culinary demonstrations and tastings by local chefs and personalities.
Signature Kitchen Suite, with high performance appliances that deliver the ultimate in culinary precision, will showcase its top-of-the-line offerings – including award-winning dual-fuel pro ranges with built-in sous-vide and integrated wine column refrigerators – through interactive programming that highlights the brand's "True to Food" mission. Embracing the idea that better cooking is possible through better thinking, Signature Kitchen Suite caters to Technicureans,™ a new generation of forward-thinking home chefs who combine their passion for food with their appreciation for innovation. Being at WestEdge both brings the brand's high-performance appliances to a broader design audience and showcases how Signature Kitchen Suite is reimaging the luxury kitchen experience for homeowners and designers alike by exploring the intersection of thoughtful design, leading-edge technology and culinary innovation.
"Dallas continues to gain recognition for its innovative design community and represents one of our priority markets," said Signature Kitchen Suite Head of Marketing Helen Cho. "Signature Kitchen Suite is proud to partner with WestEdge Design Fair to give one of the top design markets in the country a taste of a redefined luxury kitchen experience with innovations that meet the needs of today's Technicurean home chef."
What's Cooking at the Culinary Pavilion
Highlighting daily culinary programming, the event will feature chef demonstrations and samplings at the official Signature Kitchen Suite Culinary Pavilion in collaboration with Ferguson, where attendees will learn about the latest luxury appliance innovations and enjoy sous-vide cocktails and small bites as well as education sessions. The experiences, open to all WestEdge Design Fair attendees, will take place Friday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 18. For a full listing of happenings, visit: https://westedgedesignfair.com/sks-culinary-pavilion-3/.
At the Culinary Pavilion, Signature Kitchen Suite will feature its state-of-the-art pro ranges including the flagship 48-inch dual-fuel pro range equipped with induction, gas, and the industry's first built-in water bath sous vide functionality on the cooking surface, bringing cooking techniques that were often unattainable to the home kitchen. As the only pro range on the market with this rich feature set, including an 18-inch steam oven below, this product delivers the ultimate in precision cooking and provides everything home chefs need to prepare more meals with less space.
Guests will also experience the brand's line-up of award-winning wine refrigerators, including the 18-inch built-in wine column and the 24-inch dual zone undercounter model. Both refrigerators feature Wine Cave™ Technology, which provides a cave-like environment for precise preservation and helps protect wine collections from its biggest threats: vibration, light and variations in temperature and humidity.
Also featured within the Culinary Pavilion are Signature Kitchen Suite's column refrigerators as well as the 24-inch undercounter convertible refrigerator/freezer drawers. Taking preservation beyond the traditional kitchen space and into entertaining spots around the house, the refrigerator/ freezer drawers include two ingenious drawers that operate independently and include six modes – pantry, fridge, bar, seafood, meat, and freezer – offering versatility for homeowners wherever they need it.
For more information visit www.SignatureKitchenSuite.com or stop by the WestEdge Dallas Culinary Pavilion.
About Signature Kitchen Suite
Signature Kitchen Suite delivers innovation in the luxury built-in kitchen appliance market with leading-edge technology that provides more flexibility to prepare food in the best possible way, demonstrating respect for the food at every level. The new luxury brand from global home appliance leader LG Electronics, Signature Kitchen Suite is embracing a new generation of forward-thinking Technicurean™ cooks, combining their passion for food with their appreciation for innovation. From the first-of-its-kind built-in sous vide range to the industry's only built-in French Door refrigerator with a convertible middle drawer, Signature Kitchen Suite's versatile and high-performance appliances deliver the ultimate precision cooking experience. Visit www.signaturekitchensuite.com or follow the brand on social channels @SKSappliances.
About WestEdge Design Fair
WestEdge Design Fair is a three-day event that offers the best in modern design, all in an environment designed to engage, entertain, and inspire. The fair offers the opportunity to shop from premium design brands and meet the designers behind thousands of inspiring products. In addition, attendees gain insight from leading names in the design industry with a series of educational programs and are invited to enjoy culinary demonstrations, special events and more. For more information, visit www.westedgedesignfair.com or follow the brand on social channels @WestEdgeDesign.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ConStrata LLC announced today that StrataBare has changed its name to ConStrata Services. Founded in 2015 as a subsidiary under ConStrata LLC, ConStrata Services compliments the offerings of ConStrata Consulting by providing end-to-end services, from "Idea to Execution," under the ConStrata umbrella. "We are extremely excited about the opportunities the ConStrata brand brings to our customers in the global foodservice, hospitality and retail industries," said Bob Gibson, President, and Chief Operating Officer of ConStrata LLC. "Our customers can leverage ConStrata's full suite of services from upfront consulting and Trusted Advisor services to Implementation, Training, and Support to assist in this time of industry uncertainty and labor shortages."
The ConStrata Services team acts as an extension of their customers' staff, by taking an Operations-First approach in Project Management, Rollout Planning, Training Development, Onsite & Remote Implementation and Training, followed by Post-Live and Ongoing Support Services.
ConStrata Consulting Leads with Operations and Solves with Technology, by providing advisory services to assist clients with their Strategy & Roadmaps, Requests for Proposal, Selection, Talent Acquisition, and Ongoing Trusted Advisor services. Serving all segments, departments, and sizes of operations, the ConStrata Consulting team brings subject-matter-expertise and direct experience to the clients they serve.
For more information on ConStrata LLC and its subsidiaries, please visit our website at www.constrata.io.
About ConStrata: Since 1988, ConStrata has been the industry thought leader, providing creative, innovative, and business enhancing solutions for clients in foodservice, hospitality, and retail. Using deep operational experiences and unique technology perspectives, ConStrata provides strategy through Consulting, implementation through Services, and delivery through Digital.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of the Fighting Illini men's golf, women's golf, and women's soccer teams can now purchase digital collectibles of these teams at www.nextname.io. Players from these teams have signed an NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) deal with NextName to offer fans the opportunity to show support through the sale of their digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The digital collectibles are unique, moving media files with images and school logo. Illini football, men's basketball, and women's volleyball are also NextName teams. Proceeds from digital collectible sales are split evenly among team members.
A limited number of digital collectibles have been produced, each with a unique blockchain ownership code. Buying options include Classic ($30), Gold ($100), and Platinum ($999) tokens.
Team digital collectibles are available here:
NextName is a platform designed to support college athletes, college teams, and collegiate legends through the sale of digital collectibles. With just a few clicks, fans can purchase collectibles bearing the name, image, and likeness (NIL) of their favorites. In doing so, NextName provides fans an opportunity to help student-athletes maximize their personal band and share in the success of college athletics. Following the initial University of Illinois launch, NextName plans to expand its digital collectibles platform to include athletes and universities across the country.
For more information, visit www.nextname.io. Follow NextName on Twitter: @nextname_io; Facebook: @nextname_io; Instagram: @nextname_io; and LinkedIn: nextname.
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ann@pitchercom.com
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, will hold an in-person MORE THAN PINK Walk to raise critical funds that support breast cancer patients, research, and patient navigation services to better serve those impacted by the disease. The Walk will be held on October 15, 2022, at CoolSprings Galleria.
"We look forward to creating a community for anyone impacted by breast cancer as we gather, in person, for this year's Walk. Funds raised from the MORE THAN PINK Walk will fund cutting-edge research aimed at improving outcomes for all and bringing us closer to the cures for all breast cancers," said Joshua Daniel, Development Director, at Susan G. Komen.
Komen is pleased to welcome returning sponsors this year: Bank of America, Walgreens, Nashville Yards, Ascend Federal Credit Union, Amazon, Premise Health, CoolSprings Galleria, Path Group, Change Healthcare, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, F&M Bank, Pfizer Oncology, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee, CBL Properties, Toyota of Cool Springs. Additionally, Rory Johnston, Emmy award winner and News Channel 5 co-anchor, will serve as the Emcee of the event and Riley Westin, will serve as the event chair.
Participants can expect to enjoy the following at the Walk:
- Zumba, pre-walk warm-up for participants
- Mobile mammography screening sponsored by Ascension
- Remarks from local survivors and those living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Hope Village, a place for survivors and those living with metastatic breast cancer to gather
- We Remember Tent honoring those whose lives have been lost to breast cancer
- A continued celebration inside the mall from 10am – 2pm with live music, face painting, character appearances, pink treats, giveaways and more! Schedule of events
Komen MORE THAN PINK Walk for the Cure
CoolSprings Galleria
Franklin, TN
OCTOBER 15, 2022
7:00 AM Event Opens
9:00 AM Opening Ceremony
9:30 AM Walk
Register Online
www.komen.org/nashvillewalk
Leading up to The Walk, CoolSprings Galleria will host The Power of ONE Week, a series of fun-filled events and deals from participating retailers from October 10 to October 14, giving the community even more opportunities to get involved in this cause. These events include:
October 10: ONE Mission Monday – Team Trivia Night at the mall! Party Fowl will be hosting a pink-themed trivia night beginning at 7pm and offering a special Pink menu. Guests are encouraged to RSVP by texting MONDAY to 615-823-2660.
October 11: My ONE Tuesday – Tie-Dye Night at the mall! Molly Green will be co-sponsoring this event, providing white bandanas for tie-dyeing to guests who show their RSVP text, which they'll receive after texting TUESDAY to 615-823-2660.
October 12: ONE Community Wednesday – "On Wednesdays We Wear Pink" Dinner Party at your favorite Restaurant at the mall! King's Bowl Dining & Entertainment, Red Robin, and California Pizza Kitchen will be offering exclusive discounts of 10-15% off your meal. Participants are encouraged to put their savings towards their fundraising efforts. Text WEDNESDAY to 615-823-2660 to see the details of each restaurant's discount.
October 13: Celebrate ONE Thursday – Zumba Party at the mall: Get Fit & Get Fitted! Guests will have an opportunity to warm up for Saturday's walk with a free, instructor-led Zumba class in Center Court. Participants will be able to access an exclusive 10% discount to shop in-store at Tradehome Shoes at CoolSprings Galleria on Thursday, October 13th. To receive the discount and to RSVP, participants can text THURSDAY to 615-823-2660.
October 14: ONE Funday Friday – Social Media Blitz. Teams are encouraged to post their outlandish pink team photo on social media channels and tag the mall @CoolSpringsGalleria. CoolSprings Galleria will share photos tagged and will select ONE team to receive a donation towards their fundraising goal.
Susan G. Komen® is the world's leading nonprofit breast cancer organization, working to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting this disease across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the U.S. and in countries worldwide. We advocate for patients, drive research breakthroughs, improve access to high-quality care, offer direct patient support and empower people with trustworthy information. Founded by Nancy G. Brinker, who promised her sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would end the disease that claimed Suzy's life, Komen remains committed to supporting those affected by breast cancer today, while tirelessly searching for tomorrow's cures. Visit komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN. Connect with us on social at www.komen.org/contact-us/follow-us/.
Owned and managed by CBL Properties of Chattanooga, Tennessee (NYSE: CBL), CoolSprings Galleria is a more than one million square-foot super-regional shopping destination featuring more than 150 stores including Apple, American Girl, The Cheesecake Factory, Connors Steak & Seafood, Forever 21, H&M, Kings Dining & Entertainment, Party Fowl, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma and boutiques including Molly Green, Hollie Ray, and Altar'd State. CoolSprings Galleria is anchored by Belk, Dillard's, JCPenney, and Macy's and is conveniently located off I-65 at exits 68 and 69, just fifteen miles south of Nashville. For additional information, find us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CoolSpringsGalleria, follow us on Twitter @ShopCoolSprings or visit www.CoolSpringsGalleria.com.
CONTACT: Camille Smith
Susan G. Komen
972-855-1688
csmith@komen.com
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New study shows participants are staying the course and eager to get better educated about retirement savings amid rising inflation and heightened market volatility
BALTIMORE, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- T. Rowe Price, a global investment management firm and a leader in retirement, has published a report detailing plan sponsors' and participants' reactions to increased inflation and market volatility in the first two quarters of 2022. The report examines retirement behavioral trends and correlations between the challenging economy and job tenure with rates of savings for retirement.
Despite increased inflation and market volatility in the first half of 2022, participants have not changed their loan, distribution, or withdrawal behavior significantly. Participants who invested fully in target date products continued to exchange between investment choices at lower rates than plan participants at large.
The research also saw that while distribution rates have normalized since the height of the pandemic, financial hardship withdrawals increased slightly in the first half of 2022 compared to the previous two years. This is largely due to the fact that special COVID-related distributions are no longer available.
The report also found that participants consumed a greater amount of digital retirement planning and savings content during the second quarter of 2022, specifically around financial wellness. These popular programs focused on budgeting, retirement readiness, and maximizing 401(k) plans.
Key Highlights:
- Participants have not changed their loan, distribution, or withdrawal behavior significantly, despite increased inflation and market volatility
- More than 99% of participants who invested fully in a target date product did not make an exchange
- Participants accessed three times more retirement planning and savings content than in the same period last year
- Longer-tenured employees' average deferral rate is 48% higher than the average for new hires
- Hiring and termination rates reached five-year highs in the first half of 2022
"While we are seeing difficult economic conditions, we are encouraged to see participants continuing to maintain savings levels and take advantage of retirement education," said Rachel Weker, senior retirement strategist for Retirement Plan Services at T. Rowe Price. "For those participants who consume additional education, we are seeing overall fewer distributions as they continue to stay the course."
To view a copy of the report highlights, click here.
About the REPORT
The Q2 Reactions Report was published by T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. This report is part of an ongoing series of topical insights derived from analyzing our full-service universe of retirement plans, which includes more than 2 million participants. Prior reports analyzed retirement savings behaviors in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of CARES Act provisions, and in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
ABOUT T. ROWE PRICE
Founded in 1937, Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ-GS: TROW), is a global investment management organization with $1.34 trillion in assets under management as of August 31, 2022. The organization provides a broad array of mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries. The organization also offers a variety of sophisticated investment planning and guidance tools. T. Rowe Price's disciplined, risk-aware investment approach focuses on diversification, style consistency, and fundamental research. For more information, visit troweprice.com, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or Facebook.
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| 2022-09-15T15:25:34Z
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters applauds the tens of thousands of members of the Teamsters Rail Conference for working long into the night to reach a tentative agreement averting a potential railway strike.
The Teamsters Rail Conference includes the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED).
"Collective bargaining works. The labor movement works. And we know through lifetimes of experience and unbelievable sacrifice, Teamsters across America's railroads work harder than anyone," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien. "The Teamsters thank all of our members and negotiating partners for staying at the table until this job was done. We're not yet to the end of the line, but the process is working."
Throughout negotiations, O'Brien worked closely with President Joe Biden and U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to ensure hardworking Teamsters were heard and respected and that every effort was made to reach an agreement that kept Teamsters working and America's rails running. Teamster representatives across the country remained in close contact with members to share developments from the bargaining table and hold the line on worker solidarity.
The tentative agreement will improve working conditions and safeguard wages and health care benefits for the 57,000 members of the Teamsters Rail Conference. In addition to wage increases and bonuses, new contract language was negotiated exempting time off for certain medical events. The agreement includes provisions to create voluntary assigned days off for members, and all members will receive one additional paid day off. Most importantly, Teamsters will have the ability to take time away from work for routine and preventive medical care, as well as exemptions from attendance policies for hospitalizations and surgery.
"Negotiations never follow a straight line but the fight for a union contract is always worth it," O'Brien said. "The Teamsters are proud to represent the hardest working people in America, and our members' families know the dedication and grit they bring to their crafts and careers. The unity, perseverance, and patience of union workers is to be admired. Our members never fall short of doing the right thing for their Teamster brothers and sisters and for their country."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org to join us. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and like us at Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
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kdeniz@teamster.org
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| 2022-09-15T15:25:41Z
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MORGANTON, N.C., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme weather is not going away. With fires, droughts, floods and monster tornadoes ready to turn lives upside down at a moment's notice, National Preparedness Month takes on a new importance this September.
Seventeen-year-old professional driver, Gray Leadbetter, is on a mission to help people be ready for unexpected emergencies in their lives, just as she prepares for emergencies on the race track. "Some people refer to sprint car racing as an accident waiting to happen," says Leadbetter. "And there's a degree of truth to that, yet we watch drivers walk away from horrific crashes every day – because they were prepared. I surround myself with the best safety equipment available, because I'm prepared to survive any emergency the track throws at me."
Leadbetter admits she never thought about having an emergency food supply prior to working with her sponsor, ReadyWise, the maker of freeze-dried emergency food. "ReadyWise really opened my eyes," says Leadbetter. People need to ask themselves how long their families could survive if the usual food sources, grocery stores and restaurants, were closed? I asked myself that question and the answer was frightening."
Having a supply of emergency food is just one facet of preparedness. "Your family should have a plan for dealing with different types of emergencies," says Leadbetter. One basic question is will an emergency cause you to shelter in place or evacuate? How will you communicate with family members? Did you know that a text message may get through when a call will not? How will you care for pets? Visit ready.gov for more information of preparedness.
ReaydWise freeze-dried meals have a shelf-life of up to 25 years, so you can store them until you need them. Just add hot water and you've got a nutritious, great tasting meal. ReadyWise also offers a wide range of nutritious, ready-to-eat Simple Kitchen snacks. Make no mistake, ReadyWise meals aren't just for emergencies. They're perfect for camping, hiking, hunting and just about any outdoor activity. No refrigeration is required, so the meals are easy to store and transport. Use the code: GRAY28 to receive a 10 percent discount! To order or learn more go to: readywise.com
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| 2022-09-15T15:25:48Z
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A game changer: combined fresh renewable energy storage and fresh water production
TEXEL and Nereid Water team up to solve two of the world's most important issues of future survival - cost effective stored renewable energy and water desalination - two key issues for the supply of energy and fresh water for drinking & agricultural irrigation. This joint offering will be hugely attractive to markets ranging from resorts and farms to the State of California. The two companies see a massive opportunity both in terms of business and environmental benefits.
Clean fresh water and the storing of intermittent renewable energy are two of the most important and pressing issues of our time. TEXEL and Nereid come together to bring out a unique solution that helps solving both these issues.
TEXEL system is a thermal storage technology, storing energy from solar PV and delivering stored electricity and heat when there is no sun. The Nereid Crystal Gen technology is a desalination and crystallization system which produce fresh water using thermal solar energy, without rejecting brine into the environment. The Nereid plant is powered by the heat supplied by TEXEL, increasing the overall efficiencies of both systems. The technologies make a circular system that allows produce energy, food and fresh water 24/7 365 days year.
The aim of the cooperation is to benefit the environment and jointly exploit from the huge market potential that energy storage and desalination of water has. TEXEL and Nereid sign a first MoU and work on several business cases and to implement their first joint Pilot plants.
"To secure and supply a region like California with a combination of both cost effective energy storage, for distribution of solar and wind, and at the same time fresh water, is not only fantastic news but as well on top of the agenda in the California and other regions effected by extreme weather and draughts," - says Lars Jacobsson, founder and CEO of TEXEL Energy Storage.
"The Nereid and TEXEL technologies combined, makes perpetual sustainability become reality - renewable energy and clean fresh water. We see endless applications for civil protection, commercial, municipalities and in the private sectors," - says Francois Frigola, Chairman of Nereid Water.
TEXEL and Nereid Water are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation and a successful progression of bringing its joint technologies to the market. The two companies are now planning for a demonstration installation in California, US.
CONTACT:
Daniel Wilke
Head of PR
daniel@texeles.com
+46736329827
Francois Frigola
Chairman Nereid SA
francois.frigola@nereidwater.com
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| 2022-09-15T15:25:55Z
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for CCL, FFIE, DKNG, FSR, and AFRM.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- CCL: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=CCL&prnumber=091520225
- FFIE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=FFIE&prnumber=091520225
- DKNG: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=DKNG&prnumber=091520225
- FSR: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=FSR&prnumber=091520225
- AFRM: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=AFRM&prnumber=091520225
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InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock's overall suitability for investment.
InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for BEAT, KERN, CSX, RIVN, and XPEV.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- BEAT: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=BEAT&prnumber=091520226
- KERN: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=KERN&prnumber=091520226
- CSX: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=CSX&prnumber=091520226
- RIVN: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=RIVN&prnumber=091520226
- XPEV: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=XPEV&prnumber=091520226
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InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alerts are based on our proprietary scoring methodology. Each stock is evaluated based on short-term technical, long-term technical and fundamental factors. Each of those scores is then combined into an overall score that determines a stock's overall suitability for investment.
InvestorsObserver provides patented technology to some of the biggest names on Wall Street and creates world-class investing tools for the self-directed investor on Main Street. We have a wide range of tools to help investors make smarter decisions when investing in stocks or options.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ADBE, AMD, NEE, ROKU, and UNH.
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- ADBE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-options-lp-2/?symbol=ADBE&prnumber=091520227
- AMD: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-options-lp-2/?symbol=AMD&prnumber=091520227
- NEE: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-options-lp-2/?symbol=NEE&prnumber=091520227
- ROKU: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-options-lp-2/?symbol=ROKU&prnumber=091520227
- UNH: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-options-lp-2/?symbol=UNH&prnumber=091520227
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MELBOURNE, Fla., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomahawk Robotics is thrilled to announce the award of the Autonomy and Robotics Enhanced Multi-Domain Infantry Squad (ARTEMIS) program through the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL). The $6.5M award spans activities and deliveries scheduled from 2022 through 2024.
The ARTEMIS program builds on capabilities delivered under Tomahawk Robotics' existing Radio Agile Integrated Device (RAID) contract with MCWL. With the ARTEMIS contract, Tomahawk Robotics will integrate six additional unmanned systems and several ground radios used by the US Marine Corps into the Kinesis Ecosystem. These unmanned systems include both ground and airborne platforms in use by US Marine Corps Infantry Units.
Brad Truesdell, Tomahawk Robotics' CEO said "This is another major step forward in our work to deliver AI-enabled universal robotic command and control for our men and women in uniform. Through this program, we will deliver products providing for the safe, efficient, and intuitive control of robotic systems by the US Marine Corps."
The ARTEMIS program leverages previous DoD investments to provide a fully integrated common control and communications solution for both air and ground unmanned systems. It will enable universal robotic control of legacy Program of Record (PoR) systems as well as next-generation unmanned systems, sensors, and payloads for dismounted Marine Corps units. Universal robotic control technologies provide infantry units with significant improvements in situational awareness, mission success, and lethality to meet the challenges of tomorrow's battlefield.
Tomahawk Robotics is proud to support the Marine Corps and the US DoD through this work.
Tomahawk Robotics is the leading innovator of common control solutions that transform how humans and unmanned systems work together to make the world more safe and secure. Our products and technology safeguard users working under the most extreme and stressful conditions. Designed from the ground up with the user in mind, Kinesis is the only multi-domain, cross-architecture, AI-enabled control system that unlocks intuitive interaction with remote environments from across the room or around the world.
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NEW YORK and SAN JUAN, PR, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransPerfect, the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced that its GlobalLink technology suite has been honored as Best Accessibility Solution by the SaaS Awards.
The SaaS Awards aim to celebrate excellence and innovation in the scope of cloud-based "solutions as a service." Other winners in 2022 include Bizzabo, Evernote, Intuit, SAP, Siemens, and TIBCO. Hundreds of applications were considered from around the world. A full list of winners can be found here.
GlobalLink is a SaaS platform specifically designed to manage the complex demands of creating, deploying, and maintaining multilingual content, reducing the time and effort required throughout the localization process. More than 6,000 of the world's leading organizations currently use GlobalLink to reach audiences in multiple languages and drive maximum ROI in markets abroad. In addition to focusing on the usability and functionality of the platform, GlobalLink developers also focus heavily on user experience and accessibility.
Accessibility for software is commonly measured by determining accommodations in the user experience available for users with visual, auditory, mobility, cognitive, and other impairments. Elements like color scheme, sizing, zoom capabilities, screen reader tags, and shortcuts for full keyboard usage are all present in GlobalLink and contribute to its high degree of accessibility. TransPerfect's work in this area is informed by the company's digital accessibility solutions division, which specializes in helping clients ensure that websites, mobile apps, games, live events, and any other customer-facing assets are accessible to all users and audiences.
SaaS Awards Lead Judge Richard Geary remarked, "TransPerfect created a truly outstanding product by going above and beyond WCAG accessibility compliance. Having helped organizations communicate with their audiences for 30 years, in any language, demonstrates how stellar the TransPerfect product really is. On behalf of the SaaS Awards team, congratulations!"
TransPerfect President and CEO Phil Shawe commented, "Accessibility is a top priority for our GlobalLink development team. It's important that our user experience allows everyone the opportunity to effectively manage their translation and multilingual content management requirements."
About TransPerfect
TransPerfect is the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business. From offices in over 100 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 200+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 6,000 global organizations employ TransPerfect's GlobalLink® technology to simplify management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valholla, a Ventech Solutions product offering, is now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
A development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) and governance tool for enterprise visibility, control and intelligence, Valholla leverages APIs to integrate with existing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, so there's no need to replace existing tools. With Valholla, clients can centrally control and manage information technology (IT) deployment automation, security and functional testing, as well as cloud cost optimization from a single interface. Valholla ensures adherence to standards, streamlines deployment processes, consolidates data from numerous tools and intuitively presents the data in a user-friendly interface. This results in greater overall efficiencies and significantly reduces manually induced errors.
"Today, business success depends on having visibility, control and intelligence throughout the entire IT enterprise," said Audie Murphy, Vice President, Solutions Engineering at Ventech Solutions. "Valholla features give our clients the power they need to see across the enterprise like never before—saving costs, reducing valuable cycle time, mitigating risk and accelerating incident response time."
AWS Marketplace enables qualified partners to market and sell their software to AWS customers. Adding Valholla to AWS Marketplace makes it easier for customers to find, buy and start using this orchestration platform to unify DevSecOps tools and processes to control risk, quality, budget and velocity.
Ventech Solutions is a technology and health care solutions provider that leverages emerging technology to deliver a wide range of enterprise services, including cloud modernization, infrastructure, data, security and service integration support. Ventech Solutions leads and manages some of the most critical technology transformation initiatives for the public sector that empower government agencies to achieve their missions. For more information, visit www.ventechsolutions.com.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Weber Inc. ("Weber" or the "Company") (NYSE: WEBR).
Class Period: August 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 27, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) that, as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) that, due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) that the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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Partnership combines industry's top technology and workforce management solutions to drive value to customers and the enterprise
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkLLama, technology provider of a total talent acquisition and engagement suite, and EverHive, a workforce management solution organization, announced today that it will partner to deliver a superior experience and lower cost talent options for customers and their contingent workforce programs. The partnership between WorkLLama's direct sourcing platform and EverHive's contingent workforce solutions service offerings will provide new innovation for companies in the gaming, pharmaceutical, life sciences, entertainment, and consumer goods industries.
Direct sourcing continues to improve contingent workforce services programs, especially hybrid or internally managed programs, by immediately sourcing, attracting, and retaining new, highly sought-after talent. Not only will this serve as an important, strategic pillar to an organization's hiring strategies, it will deliver a lower-cost, higher value model to finding and engaging talent.
"As companies look to increase their direct sourcing, it is critical to have the right technology to support ever changing external workforce programs. We are excited to be leveraging WorkLLama's powerful technology on a global scale, increasing value to clients, reducing costs, and shrinking time-to-hire, all while improving candidate experience," said Brandon Moreno, president of EverHive. "The platform's automated crowdsourced referrals, dynamic talent pool capabilities, and automated AI-driven chatbot, Sofi, will automate and streamline the hiring process and leverage our clients' brands to deliver the highest quality talent."
"EverHive is a global leader in workforce management solutions, and we're excited to help their customers scale, automate, and enhance the journey for all talent," Sudhakar Maruvada, CEO and Founder of WorkLLama, shared. "Their people-first mission is one WorkLLama aligns with very deeply, and we look forward to continuing to improve the candidate experience together."
Leveraging the power of WorkLLama's crowdsourced referrals and dynamic talent pools along with EverHive's strategic, efficient, and effective contingent workforce management capabilities, companies can make an immediate impact to finding global talent and optimizing their contingent labor programs.
WorkLLama is a total talent acquisition and engagement suite. Our platform harnesses the power of AI with a complete suite of applicant tracking system (ATS), customer relationship management (CRM) and direct sourcing tools to help companies build communities of highly engaged talent for all hiring needs. Visit us at www.workllama.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.
EverHive is one of the few companies in the world to provide a holistic and truly vendor-neutral approach to providing contingent workforce management solutions. Named as Inc Magazine Best Workplaces and in HRO Baker's Dozen Customer Satisfaction, EverHive is currently the only company offering a Hybrid MSP model. EverHive is a proud supporter of diversity and inclusion and is a certified MBE company and winner of the western region MBE Supplier of the Year.
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Phase one of ServMan enhancements include a new mobile application and expanded API integration with 24/7 sales contact center, Slingshot by WorkWave
HOLMDEL, N.J., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorkWave®, a leading provider of SaaS software solutions that support every stage of a service business's life cycle, has announced increased investment in the modernization of ServMan, its core ERP software solution for the HVAC, plumbing and electrical industries. This investment will allow ServMan to continue to be at the forefront of these industries with a multi-phased modernization approach as well as integration with Slingshot by WorkWave, a 24/7 sales contact center for service companies.
"The market has a clear need for what ServMan delivers — there simply is no other effective solution available for service companies performing this type of work," says WorkWave CEO David F. Giannetto. "Our top priority at WorkWave is to continue to update, modernize and fill every gap in our software portfolio so that every one of our customers has the right tools they need to propel their business forward, which puts ServMan on track to deliver even more value well into the future."
The first wave of modernization arriving in Q4 2022 will deliver an entirely new, device-native mobile platform that allows field technicians to improve efficiency, as well as their job satisfaction. It also includes a new set of flexible APIs and an integration into Slingshot by WorkWave, a solution WorkWave acquired in 2021. Slingshot is a comprehensive sales and answering service for home and commercial field service providers, and is already in use with key ServMan clients. The fully integrated solution will meet the increased demand from ServMan customers, allowing Slingshot agents to respond to service inquiries in real time, resolving customer needs on the first touch at any time during the day, even during peak season or spikes in inbound call volume when missed calls equal missed revenue.
"Through this integration, we are covering both inbound customer calls and new sales leads, making it easier for our customers to grow. With the majority of leads happening over the phone, often after hours or all at one time during weather anomalies, we are able to ensure that Slingshot converts these leads into customers, scheduling these service calls in real time, to increase both customer satisfaction and sales growth," says Giannetto.
To learn more about ServMan by WorkWave, visit our website.
For nearly 40 years, WorkWave has been building best practices into its market-leading field service and last mile software solutions to allow best-in-class companies to grow their business, service their customers and maximize their money. Its solutions empower service-oriented companies to reach their full potential through scalable, cloud-based software solutions that support every stage of a business life cycle, including marketing, sales, service delivery, customer interaction and financial transactions. WorkWave is a trusted partner for thousands of customers across a wide variety of industries, including pest control, lawn care, cleaning, HVAC, plumbing and electrical, and last mile delivery. WorkWave's award-winning culture and solutions have been recognized in the SaaS Awards, the Cloud Awards, the American Business Awards, the NJBIZ Best Places to Work Awards, and the Stevie Awards for Great Employers. For more information, visit workwave.com.
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Almost 50 Wounded Veterans Meet with U.S. Senators, Representatives, and Congressional Staff
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) this week brought dozens of veterans from across America to the nation's capital to advocate for legislation to enhance support for women veterans, improve access to mental health care, and ensure medically retired veterans get all the benefits they earned during their military service.
"Over the past year, Congress has shown support for veterans' issues by passing the Honoring Our PACT Act, the Protecting Moms Who Served Act, and the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act," said Wounded Warrior Project CEO Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Mike Linnington. "However, there is still an opportunity to address veterans' mental health needs, retirement benefits, and health care access for women veterans. Nearly 50 wounded warriors took to the Hill in Washington this week to ask elected officials for their support. I want to thank U.S. Senators, Representatives, and Congressional staff members for spending time with veterans this week."
Women warriors showed up in force to advocate for legislation pertaining to their specific needs. Twenty-five women veterans took part. In addition to meeting in small groups with members of Congress, the women heard from VA Chief of Staff Tanya Bradsher, attended a private roundtable discussion with the House of Representatives Congressional Women Veterans Task Force (Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif.-41, and Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.-1), and received an update on women's health initiatives from Kimberly Lahm, program director for Patient Advocacy & Experience, Women's, Child & Family Health Policy from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).
"Coming to Washington and making our voices heard on behalf of our fellow veterans has been a great honor, and it's an important way to continue serving," said U.S. Air Force veteran Bonnie Dorman of Anchorage, Alaska. "This week was just the beginning for me. I look forward to working alongside other veterans to continue educating elected officials on veterans' needs – in my local community and on Capitol Hill."
With just a few short months remaining before the 117th Congress concludes in early January, Wounded Warrior Project is continuing to push for passage of key legislation, including the VA Peer Support Enhancement for Military Sexual Trauma Survivors Act, the Major Richard Star Act, and the STRONG Veterans Act of 2022.
Learn more about these bills and other WWP's legislative priorities here.
About Wounded Warrior Project
Since 2003, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has been meeting the growing needs of warriors, their families, and caregivers — helping them achieve their highest ambition. Learn more.
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The first LGBTQ+ wellness and behavioral health app to launch Q1 2023
DENVER, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- You:Flourish, the first wellness and behavioral health smartphone application designed specifically for the needs of the LGBTQ+ community, has launched its equity crowdfunding campaign to the public on Wefunder, empowering people to take action and address the significant mental health crisis among the LGBTQ+ community. The app is slated to launch in the first quarter of 2023.
You:Flourish's Community Round of investment is open to anyone from traditional investors to individuals making their first impact investment. For as little as $100, individuals can do their part to participate in the company's core mission and support the LGBTQ+ community.
It has been a record year for anti-LGBTQ+ bills. According to the Human Rights Campaign, more than 300 anti-LGBTQ+ bills had been proposed in state legislatures by April 2022.
"We need champions who will step up for the LGBTQ+ community," said David Kendall (he/him), a lead investor in You:Flourish's equity crowdfunding campaign and founder of Bold Legal LLC, which represents You:Flourish. "We talk about the rising numbers of LGBTQ+ youth attempting suicide, and we read the stories of transgender individuals who are denied health care. No matter where you live or who you know in the LGBTQ+ community, now is the time when we can make a significant impact and take action against wrongdoing."
Modeled on a behavior change framework, You:Flourish is designed by public health, wellness and behavioral health professionals and provides access to vetted, LGBTQ+-affirming behavioral health support.
The You:Flourish platform allows users to customize a peer support community with shared intersectional identities, establish wellness goals, track daily habits and earn rewards for engagement. In addition to a library of resources and interactive content, You:Flourish offers a directory of vetted mental health professionals who are trained to provide culturally relevant and LGBTQ+-affirming behavioral health interventions.
Mental health professionals who don't have LGBTQ+ behavioral health training and want to serve this community can receive training through You:Flourish's partner Envision:You. A nonprofit, Envision:You addresses gaps in behavioral health outcomes for LGBTQ+ individuals. Through its multiphase Behavioral Health Provider Training Program, Envision:You works with mental health professionals across the United States to address biases that exist in the field and to train providers to deliver culturally relevant and affirming care.
According to Gallup, the proportion of U.S. adults who consider themselves to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has grown at a faster pace over the past year than in prior years. Roughly 21% of Generation Z Americans who have reached adulthood — those born between 1997 and 2003 — identify as LGBT.
"Seeing your identity and who you are as a person splashed across headlines and demonized by political leaders undermines the mental health and well-being of a community that's already at risk," said You:Flourish Founder and CEO Steven Haden (he/him). "At the end of the day, this is about saving lives, creating meaningful and life-affirming connections, and providing hope for people who have lost it."
You:Flourish is a public benefit corporation balancing purpose and profit to bring wellness and affirming resources to members of the LGBTQ+ community. The You:Flourish smartphone application is created, curated and supported by Envision:You, a nonprofit organization that seeks to close gaps in behavioral health outcomes for LGBTQ+ individuals through co-created community programming, advocacy engagement, public awareness campaigns and evidence-based training. CoPeace, an ESG holding company that invests in growing companies demonstrating social and environmental impact, is offering services including fractional C-suite support to You:Flourish. AppIt Ventures is leading the app's development. Visit www.you-flourish.com for more information.
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2 busloads of migrants dropped off near VP Harris’ residence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year because he claims there are too many arrivals over the border to his state. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also has adopted this policy, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also got in on the act recently. It was first dreamed up by former President Donald Trump.
Abbott tweeted that he’d sent the buses that arrived Thursday: “We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job & secure the border.”
About two dozen men and women stood outside the U.S. Naval Observatory at dawn, clutching clear plastic bags of their belongings carried with them over the border, before moving to a nearby church. Harris’ office had no immediate comment.
After migrants seeking asylum cross the U.S.-Mexico border, they spend time in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility along the border until they are generally released into the U.S. to wait out their cases. Republicans say Biden’s policies encourage migrants to vanish into the U.S.; Democrats argue the Trump-era policy of forcing migrants to wait out their asylum cases in Mexico was inhumane.
DeSantis flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday. And last week, Abbott sent about 75 migrants to Chicago.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency last week over the continued arrival of buses of migrants. The district earlier requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by the arrival of thousands of migrants, but the Pentagon rejected the request.
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89-year-old woman, grandson seriously injured in dog attack
GOLDEN, Colo. (Gray News) – An 89-year-old woman and her 12-year-old grandson were seriously injured when they were attacked by two pit bulls, according to the Golden Police Department.
Police said the boy went to a neighbor’s house to get help and call emergency services.
Officers found a trail of blood leading into the home and immediately went into the backyard, where they saw the dogs attacking the woman.
According to police, officers put themselves between the dogs and the woman while verbally challenging the canines.
Officers deployed Tasers and less lethal shotguns in an attempt to create space between the victim and the pit bulls.
Police said the dogs circled officers who approached the woman.
More officers arrived to help and were able to hold off the canines while rescuing the woman.
Both the woman and her grandson were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. The 12-year-old was ultimately airlifted to a children’s hospital for treatment.
Police said the dogs involved were contained and not a threat to the public.
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After cancellation, Dems look to reduce future student debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Building on President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan, House Democrats on Thursday proposed new legislation that would increase federal student aid, lower interest rates on loans and take other steps to make college more affordable.
The bill is being pushed as a complement to Biden’s plan, which promises to wipe away student debt for millions of Americans but does little to help future students avoid heavy levels of debt. Democrats say their plan would tackle the root causes behind America’s $1.6 trillion in federal student debt.
“Simply put, by making loans cheaper to take out and easier to pay off, the LOAN Act will help improve the lives of student loan borrowers — both now and in the future,” said Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., chair of the House Education and Labor Committee.
But similar to Biden’s loan cancellation plan, the proposed legislation does not address the rising cost of college itself, which has continued to increase for decades.
Much of the proposal focuses on expanding federal Pell Grants, which are given to low-income students but have failed to keep pace with inflation and tuition rates. When the Pell program was started in the 1970s, the grants covered nearly 80% of tuition, fees and housing at a typical public university, according to federal data. Today, they cover about a quarter of those costs.
The legislation would double the maximum Pell Grant, to $13,000, over a five-year span, and then make sure it stays even with inflation. Families that receive food stamps or Medicaid would automatically get an additional $1,500 per year. And students would be able to use Pell Grants for up to 18 semesters, up from 12 now.
Interest rates on new federal student loans would be lowered starting in July 2023 to match the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, and all federal student loans would be capped at a 5% interest rate. Current caps vary depending on the type of loan but can reach as high as 10.5%. Older loans would be eligible for refinancing at the lower interest rates.
Democrats also aim to permanently relax the rules for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which was created to help public servants get their student debt forgiven but has been marred by complex rules.
The proposal would allow public workers to get their debt cancelled after making 96 monthly payments, down from 120, and it would allow certain periods of non-payment to count, including military service or time in the Peace Corps. The Education Department recently loosened some rules during the pandemic, but the changes are set to expire at the end of October.
Several of the bill’s components are perennial aspirations for Democrats, who have long sought to increase Pell Grants and fix the loan forgiveness program. But those goals have been thwarted by a deeply divided Congress — Biden has repeatedly sought to double Pell Grants but had to settle for a $400 increase this year as part of a bipartisan budget bill.
The legislation faces an unclear path to passage, but at minimum it spells out Democratic priorities as both parties vow to address the nation’s ballooning student debt. House Republicans unveiled their own proposal in August, looking to scale back lending — especially for costly graduate school programs — and rein in debt forgiveness.
The Republican legislation would eliminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program entirely, and allow students to borrow no more than $100,000 in federal student debt for graduate school, down from an existing $138,500 cap. Additionally, it would allow students to use Pell Grants for short-term programs that focus on job training.
In a direct shot at the Biden administration, the GOP bill also sought to limit the education secretary’s ability to cancel student debt.
Biden’s cancellation plan, announced last month, promises to forgive $10,000 in federal student debt for individuals with incomes less than $125,000 a year or families below $250,000. Those who received Pell Grants to attend college get another $10,000.
The Education Department says an application will be available by early October. Whether borrowers actually see the relief depends on whether the plan survives legal challenges that are almost certain to come.
Although the broad details of the plan have been available for weeks, many with student debt have been left to wonder about exactly how it will be carried out.
Long before Biden announced his plan, the Education Department said borrowers could get refunds for payments made during the pandemic. But could borrowers undo those payments and then apply to get the debt canceled? Officials didn’t say, sowing confusion about what borrowers should do.
Answers started to emerge this week as the Education Department quietly updated a website with details on the plan.
According to the agency, borrowers who made payments during the pandemic will automatically get that money refunded if they apply for Biden’s cancellation — but only if their previous payments left them with a loan balance lower than the $10,000 or $20,000 they’re getting canceled.
The department offers an example: If someone is eligible for $10,000 in cancellation but made a $1,000 payment that left their balance at $9,500, they would get a refund of $500.
Borrowers who paid off their loans during the pause will need to request a refund first, then request cancellation, the department said.
Many Democrats applauded Biden’s plan, but some have said it does little to stop future students from piling on student debt. Even Biden’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona, acknowledged the limited scope of a one-time debt cancellation.
Talking to reporters last week, Cardona said it would be “short-sighted” to think the cancellation will solve the student debt problem.
Instead Cardona drew attention to on a new, more generous loan repayment plan that was unveiled alongside the cancellation. Under that proposal, borrowers’ monthly bills would be capped at 5% of their earnings, down from 10% now, and any remaining balance would be forgiven after 10 years, down from 20 years now.
“It’s not as flashy,” Cardona said of the repayment plan, “but it has generational impact.”
Democratic lawmakers agree that cancellation is only part of the solution. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., a sponsor of the new bill, said it’s up to Congress to make sure borrowers don’t sink into debt again, especially students of color who are more likely to borrow debt and struggle to repay it.
“This legislation brings together some of the most forward-thinking and innovative proposals into one comprehensive proposal so that this generation is the last to experience America’s student loan debt crisis,” Wilson said.
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AP source: Meadows complies with Justice Dept. subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff under former President Donald Trump, has complied with a Justice Department subpoena and turned over records as part of a federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a person familiar the matter said Thursday.
The records produced by Meadows are the same ones he earlier provided to a House committee conducting a similar investigation, according to the person, who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing Justice Department probe.
The subpoena to Meadows, first reported by CNN, makes clear that Justice Department officials are seeking information from the most senior of Trump’s White House advisers as they examine wide-ranging efforts to overturn the results of the election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
The department, whose work at times has mirrored or overlapped with that of the committee, this month served a broad wave of grand jury subpoenas and search warrants to Trump allies.
Meadows has been a pivotal figure in the House investigation, his name invoked repeatedly in testimony by other Trump advisers, including by his own top aide. He had provided the committee with thousands of text messages, including communications with outside Trump allies and advisers.
In a filing in April in a federal lawsuit over his House subpoena, a lawyer for Meadows accused the committee of trying to vilify him publicly, noting that all of the texts it had been provided had been disclosed to the news media. The committee declined at the time to respond to the accusation.
Meadows did not provide to the committee records he believed were subject to claims of executive privilege, and those documents were also not produced to the Justice Department.
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Bed and breakfast now open in Boissevain, VA
BLUEFIELD, Va. (WVVA) -
Eric and Kim Palivec used to call the buckeye state home.
Last year, they made the move from Kent, Ohio..To the Boissevain area of Virginia.
Kim Palivec - owner: “My husband’s been coming down here for 15 years, riding, fell in love with the area and knew I would too, he brought be down here once and we were hooked”
Their friends--Chad and Shannon Zemba helped convince them to make the move.
Chad and Shannon Zemba - friend: “We told them about how great it is down here, and they came down here to look at it, and they saw this house and the rest is history.”
That house is physically located on Dunn road in Bluefield, Virginia.
And the decision to move here happened quickly.
Austin Gembar - owner’s son: “It was incredibly fast. I remember talking to her on a Thursday or a Friday. She told me they were heading south to look at some property, weren’t sure exactly where, then I got a call on Sunday saying, ‘yeah, we’re moving.’”
It also meant the Palivecs would have to close one chapter of their lives to open this new one.
Within ten days, they shut down their automotive repair business that they had run for two decades.
And then, they were on the road to their new home in Virginia.
And they say the residents here have been very welcoming.
Kim Palivec - owner: “The support from the community has been absolutely amazing, welcoming. We’ve come home many days and there are bags of vegetables on our front porch. It’s just absolutely amazing. And the kids are supported too. We’ll get them to move down here next.”
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Infowars rep to return to stand in Sandy Hook hoax trial
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A representative for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars brand returned to the witness stand Thursday for questions about how Jones pushed lies that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax as his companies grew more successful.
Brittany Paz, a Connecticut lawyer hired by Jones to testify about his companies’ workings, acknowledged Wednesday that Jones’ show, website and social media platforms spread falsehoods about the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 first graders and six educators.
On Thursday, she went over company emails and videos from Jones’ Infowars web show that claim the massacre was staged.
“Folks, they staged Aurora, they staged Sandy Hook, the evidence is overwhelming, do you remember that?’” plaintiffs lawyer Christopher Mattei said, quoting Jones.
“I do remember that, yes,” Paz replied.
Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, have been found liable for damages to relatives of eight victims of the massacre, as well as to an FBI agent who responded to the scene. A six-member jury in Waterbury will determine how much Jones should pay the plaintiffs.
At a similar trial in Texas last month, a jury determined Jones and Free Speech Systems should pay nearly $50 million to the parents of one of the Sandy Hook children who died.
Website traffic data reports run by Infowars employees and presented at the trial Wednesday showed Jones’ audience ballooned in the years after the shooting. By 2016, his show aired on 150 affiliate radio stations, and the Infowars website got 40 million page views a month.
Paz testified Wednesday that she believes Jones and his companies have made hundreds of millions of dollars in the decade since the massacre and Jones is now worth millions of dollars. But she could not answer several questions about Jones’ businesses by Mattei, saying she had not received some documents from the companies and could not recall other information.
The families’ lawsuit claims that Jones trafficked in lies to increase his audience and sales of the nutritional supplements, clothing and other merchandise he sells on the Infowars website and hawks on his web show. He and guests on his show said the shooting was staged with crisis actors as part of gun control efforts.
Jones, however, now says he believes the shooting happened, but he insists his comments were protected by free speech rights, which he cannot argue at trial because he has already been found liable for damages.
“We knew they were using Sandy Hook to get the Second, but now they’re using it to kill the First,” he said on his Infowars web show Wednesday.
Judges in the Connecticut and Texas cases found Jones liable without trials, as penalties for what they called his repeated failures to turn over documents to the families’ lawyers.
The families say the emotional and psychological harm was profound and persistent. Relatives say they were subjected to social media harassment, death threats, strangers videotaping them and their children, and the surreal pain of being told that they were faking their loss.
Jones’ lawyer, Norman Pattis, said in his opening statement Tuesday that any damages should be minimal and claimed the families were exaggerating the harm they say they have suffered.
“At what point do we regard him as a crank on the village green, a person we can walk away from if we choose?” Pattis asked.
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Patagonia founder gives company away to environmental trusts
(AP) - The founder of outdoor gear company Patagonia, long known for environmental activism, says the company is transferring all of its voting shares into a trust “dedicated to fighting the environmental crisis and defending nature.”
In a letter posted on the privately-held company’s website on Wednesday night, founder Yvon Chouinard said the 50-year-old company would transfer 100% of its voting stock to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and 100% of its nonvoting stock had been given to the Holdfast Collective.
Each year after reinvesting profits back into the company, Chouinard said remaining funds will be distributed as a dividend to the trusts in their ongoing efforts to fight the climate crisis.
Chouinard said the other options for the Ventura, California company to dedicate itself to protecting the planet — selling the company and donating the proceeds; or taking the company public — were not viable for Patagonia’s ultimate goals.
“Instead of extracting value from nature and transforming it into wealth for investors, we’ll use the wealth Patagonia creates to protect the source of all wealth,” Chouinard wrote.
Patagonia makes outdoor clothing, gear and accessories for everything from skiing to climbing and camping.
Chouinard said he “never wanted to be a businessman,” and started Patagonia as a craftsman, making climbing gear for himself and his friends.
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Starbucks announces plans to speed up service
Published: Sep. 15, 2022 at 11:07 AM EDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
(CNN) - Your Starbucks order is going to get a lot quicker.
Starbucks told investors Tuesday it’s taking big steps to upgrade and speed up service, including new systems and machines.
For example, baristas will be able to make a Frappucino in just 36 seconds, down from 87 seconds.
Starbucks also says it is going to offer new incentives for non-union employees, including student loan support, savings accounts and more sick time.
The company also plans to open 2,000 new stores by 2025 with a focus on drive-thrus and delivery-only locations.
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“We have a teacher respect issue in this country,” says the U.S Secretary of Education as districts tackle teacher shortages
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is urging districts to use federal funding to help keep teachers on the job. One district in Virginia discusses its three-prong strategy to recruit.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Margaret Browne knows recruiting educators isn’t an easy job. But, it’s her job at Alexandria City Public Schools.
“A lot of the strategy was around recognizing that we had to be creative. We have to be nimble,” she said, as she detailed the three-prong strategy that has helped the district find success to overcome the teacher shortage concerns happening nationwide.
“One, partnering with universities, establishing a good partnership where we knew their ed schools would send us their strong folks. Along with that, making sure student teachers and interns from those universities were converted into full time staff. Two, It’s working with professional organizations, tapping that career switcher pipeline I talked about. And lastly, just getting out into the community, working with organizations, particularly around our non instructional staff, with community centers, workforce development organizations and other community organizations,” she said.
Browne said she focuses on connecting job candidates with principals to help them understand the mission of the district. The district also organizes specialized interview days. For example, to recruit special education teachers Browne said they allowed candidates to meet and work with their curriculum development team.
“We’re really pleased that we have a 2% vacancy rate of full-time teachers, which has come a very long way. We’ve been able to fill 231 instructional vacancies since March. So, we’re really pleased and a lot of kudos to our school leaders who tirelessly interviewed and selected those candidates and partner with us to get that far,” she said.
The U.S. Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, said teacher shortages were a long-standing issue even before the pandemic.
“With the economy the way it is. People have options. But also, I think it’d be short-sighted for me to talk about this without acknowledging that we have a teacher respect issue in this country too. That, if we’re not serious about paying teachers a competitive salary, improving working conditions, and including student and teacher voice in decisions that are being made, you know, the profession will lack the amount of people that it needs to get and the quality applicants that it needs to have,” said Cardona.
A July survey by the American Federation of Teachers by Hart Research Associates found 79% of educators surveyed reported job dissatisfaction. Nearly 9 out of 10 said schools have become too politicized. Since the school shootings in Uvalde, Texas, the AFT reports “educators increasingly fear the scourge of gun violence in their schools, with nearly half of all members concerned about a mass shooting.”
“The shortage is an issue, but we need all hands on deck and we need to think about it not only short term, but long term. This is the best profession we should be. It should be a place where people want to go to. And, I’m confident that in some states they’re really moving the needle on that,” said Cardona.
Cardona is urging schools districts to use funding from the American Rescue Plan to fuel support for teachers. On the issue of school safety, he acknowledged the passage of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act and federal funding to help make districts safer and provide mental health support.
“I am confident, however, that with the use of American Rescue Plan dollars we’ve been pushing at the department to use the money to provide bonuses, to bring expert teachers out of retirement, to work with higher education institutions, to get our student teachers into the classrooms earlier so that they can have that experience of learning while maybe also getting paid and getting their college credits to get their credential. We need innovation right now more than ever,” said Cardona.
Browne is one of the people working to innovate new ways to hire teachers.
”What we found is that even if we’re not going into our traditional pipelines through education schools, that we’ve a ton of career switchers. And, there’s a huge pipeline of folks who are looking to get into teaching that have been in the workforce for ten or 15 years. And so, what we’re doing is really working with them to demonstrate the value of teaching,” she said.
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Youth football player dies unexpectedly after fulfilling dream of playing under the lights
FRENCH LICK, In. (WAVE/Gray News) – A 10-year-old football player died unexpectedly Tuesday morning after falling ill in the days prior.
Treven Ball played for a youth football team in Indiana. His family said he loved his friends, family and football.
“It was just four days ago he was running up and down the bleachers,” family friend Jessica Alexander told WAVE. “It doesn’t feel like it’s ever going to be the same without him on this field.”
Treven played under the lights for the first time last week.
“This was such a big part of his life – this field,” Treven’s aunt, Megan Murphy, said as his family returned to the place that brought him so much joy.
On that same field, a heartbroken community of teachers, friends and teammates gathered for a vigil Tuesday night to make sure he wasn’t forgotten.
“We knew what kind of kid he was,” Murphy said. “But to just come out here and see all the lives that he has affected. That truly meant something to us.”
“The last thing he did before he passed was try to tell his mom how much he loved her,” Alexander said.
The family did not disclose Treven’s cause of death.
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Teacher no longer with school after Facebook post about cannabis gummies, autistic students
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – An elementary school teacher in Tennessee is no longer employed following a social media post she made about cannabis gummies.
The teacher at Chimneyrock Elementary in the Memphis-Shelby County School District posted a photo of “Stoner Patch Gummies” to her Facebook page with the caption: “Best gummies ever. I fell [off] the wagon when two nonverbal autistic children were placed in my class. These are very calming and keeps me away from alcohol.”
In a statement, the school district said they are taking the post seriously, and the teacher was placed on investigative leave. Later, the district confirmed the teacher is no longer an employee at the school.
The school district said, “The statements shared do NOT reflect our belief in the sanctity and value of every child, and District officials are investigating the situation. Please know, we share your disappointment and MSCS and Chimneyrock takes such matters seriously.”
The school district also said they are working on a schoolwide initiative that reflects “our value of affirming all students, and we welcome your input on a collective show of support that the Chimneyrock family can do in the coming days.”
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Woman falls into massive sinkhole at a car dealership
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WXII) – A woman in North Carolina escaped with just minor injuries after falling into a sinkhole at a Winston-Salem car dealership on Monday.
Kia Long-Gyant said the ground collapsed beneath her in the parking lot as she came out of the dealership.
The fire department safely got her out of the sinkhole.
She was hospitalized with scrapes and bruises, but no broken bones.
“They said I was OK. I’m, you know, mentally messed up,” Long-Gyant said. “I think everywhere I go now I’m going to fall through the ground and that my car’s gonna go through the ground. I can’t sleep at night.”
According to a fire official, the hole was roughly 15 feet wide and 8 feet deep.
A department spokesperson couldn’t identify a cause, but the dealership owner said an underground pipe collapsed.
The owner is working with the city to identify the exact cause and repair the pipe.
Long-Gyant wants someone to take responsibility and wants help from a lawyer.
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Youth football player dies unexpectedly after fulfilling dream of playing under the lights
FRENCH LICK, In. (WAVE/Gray News) – A 10-year-old football player died unexpectedly Tuesday morning after falling ill in the days prior.
Treven Ball played for a youth football team in Indiana. His family said he loved his friends, family and football.
“It was just four days ago he was running up and down the bleachers,” family friend Jessica Alexander told WAVE. “It doesn’t feel like it’s ever going to be the same without him on this field.”
Treven played under the lights for the first time last week.
“This was such a big part of his life – this field,” Treven’s aunt, Megan Murphy, said as his family returned to the place that brought him so much joy.
On that same field, a heartbroken community of teachers, friends and teammates gathered for a vigil Tuesday night to make sure he wasn’t forgotten.
“We knew what kind of kid he was,” Murphy said. “But to just come out here and see all the lives that he has affected. That truly meant something to us.”
“The last thing he did before he passed was try to tell his mom how much he loved her,” Alexander said.
The family did not disclose Treven’s cause of death.
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OLD FAITHFUL—Tom Wadsworth read straight from the 154-year-old treaty that displaced his ancestors from their land as he made a case that Shoshone and Bannock tribal members should be allowed to hunt, fish and gather inside Yellowstone National Park.
Signed at Fort Bridger on July 3, 1868 in what’s now southern Wyoming, the treaty granted the Shoshone and Bannock native people the right to “hunt on the unoccupied lands of the United States” in perpetuity, so long as game was found and peace with white people maintained.
Yet, today, with a few exceptions, hunting isn’t allowed by tribal members or anyone else in Yellowstone or the rest of the National Park Service’s 400-plus units in the Lower 48. Wadsworth, the captain game warden for the Shoshone-Bannock tribes, suggested the federal government didn’t uphold its end of the deal.
“This is what gives us the right to keep hunting,” Wadsworth, with treaty text in hand, told a crowd of his tribal members inside a Yellowstone gymnasium.
“And … I want y’all to realize that hunting doesn’t just mean going out and hunting animals. It also means fishing, it also means gathering — we did not have a word in our language to differentiate between those things.”
Wadsworth is not alone in calling for change. Tribal leaders, Park Service administrators, legal scholars and others are reconsidering the past and reimagining a Park Service future in which Native American tribes play a much larger role. Amid Yellowstone’s 150th anniversary, there’s a growing sense that it’s time to reverse historical wrongs, honor treaty promises, recognize Yellowstone and other parks as traditional Indigenous lands and incorporate tribes into National Park Service decision-making.
Re-Indigenizing Yellowstone, a 94-page article recently published in the Wyoming Law Review, outlines several paths that could reverse course on a century and a half of ignoring, erasing and marginalizing the history of Indigenous exclusion, absence and disconnection from Yellowstone.
“Yellowstone can once again change the world,” authors Kekek Jason Stark, Autumn Bernhardt, Monte Mills and Jason Robison wrote. “Ultimately, re-indigenizing Yellowstone can restore the shine to the nation’s original crown jewel and help ensure that all Americans can look forward to the park’s next 150 years and beyond.”
The National Park Service has embraced Yellowstone’s 150th anniversary as a historical pivot point and an opportunity to mend tribal relations and bolster Native American involvement. Much of the effort has been ceremonial: There have been roundtable discussions, teepee villages erected, a rematriation performance and artwork showcase and other activities and gatherings celebrating Yellowstone’s tribal heritage. At the Shoshone-Bannock gathering where Wadsworth spoke, Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly presented the tribe’s chairman, Nathan Small, with a medallion adorned with 23 bison to symbolize all that remained of the species before bison were brought back from the brink at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch more than a century ago.
Twenty minutes earlier, Shoshone-Bannock Land Use Policy Commissioner Darrell Shay said as much. “It’s not really a celebration,” Shay said. “Because this is ours, we never gave it up. We were the last group of Indians that were here, and we got shipped out — forced out by the cavalry.”
Pawnee Nation tribal member and attorney Brett Chapman called the park’s recent tribal outreach a “complete PR stunt,” in an interview with E&E News.
Amid such criticism, Sholly has maintained that he is making an earnest effort to bring about a new era of tribal-park relations.
“Maybe people don’t believe it, maybe we need more time [and] trust to build, but that is a two-way street,” Sholly told a panel during a discussion about sovereign relations in Yellowstone at a sesquicentennial symposium in Cody.
“I think what we’re asking for is to allow us to tell our story, but also allow us to have access,” Eastern Shoshone Business Council Member and historian John Washakie said during a panel discussion on Native people’s historical and cultural connections to the park. “Give us access. We won’t disturb things, we won’t bother things. We’ll just take what we need.”
In 2016, the National Park Service modified its regulations to allow federally recognized tribes to gather and remove plants or plant parts for traditional, non-commercial purposes, but the result isn’t a blanket entitlement. Tribes must strike agreements with the federal agency specifying what plants may be gathered, what quantities and which tribal members are permitted. That hasn’t happened in Yellowstone, but Sholly told WyoFile that those discussions are underway.
“The difficulty with Yellowstone is you have 27 different affiliated tribes, and it’s important to understand what the cumulative gathering request is by all those tribes,” he said. “What do the tribes want to collect? How much? Where? We’ll assess that and make determinations from there.”
Hunting in the park is a different beast.
The Lacey Act — established decades after the 1868 Fort Bridger Treaty promised the Shoshone and Bannock they could “hunt on the unoccupied lands” — prohibited unauthorized hunting, killing and capturing any bird or wild animal in Yellowstone and, later, other federal lands. According to the Wyoming Law Review article, near the turn of the 20th century a Bannock leader from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation named Race Horse agreed to kill seven elk in Uinta County and be taken into custody to test the tribe’s treaty rights. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state game laws still applied, even when they conflicted with treaty rights. That ruling held precedent for over 120 years until 2019 when the court ruled in Herrera v. Wyoming that a Crow Tribe member’s off-reservation treaty hunting rights remained intact.
“The Supreme Court reaffirmed those continuing rights in the national forest,” Mills, a Re-Indigenizing Yellowstone co-author who directs the University of Washington’s Native American Law Center, told WyoFile. “Conceivably, although it hasn’t been tested yet, ShoBan have those rights too, because their treaty language is essentially the same [as the Crow’s].”
National Park Service administrators have historically argued that Yellowstone was “occupied” — and thus exempt from the right to hunt “unoccupied lands” — when it became a national park in 1872.
Scholars see two ways to “test” tribal rights and settle the question about access to hunting in places like Yellowstone. One, a Shoshone-Bannock member could follow Race Horse’s example and force the courts to decide directly in the post-Herrera world by hunting in the park. Another way forward, Mills said, is through collaboration and co-management. That’s been the formula for tribal bison hunting outside of national park boundaries.
Wadsworth, the Shoshone-Bannock captain game warden, told WyoFile he favors the collaborative approach.
“That step would be a government-to-government meeting, between the tribes and the Park Service, to move forward and see what can be done,” Wadsworth said.
Those are complex conversations because of the number of Yellowstone-affiliated tribes involved: The Park Service recognizes 27, though Mills and others argue there are more. They are also sure to be contentious.
“Even bison hunting outside of the park, it’s been at least 25 years of litigation,” Mills said. “The development of the [Interagency Bison Management Program], it’s just been a long process and that doesn’t even get into the treaty rights issues.”
Nevertheless, the movement to increase Indigenous access and influence over management of Yellowstone and all national parks continues to gain steam.
Wes Martel, a former longtime Eastern Shoshone Business Council member, said that Native American National Park Service Director Chuck Sam’s two-day visit to the Wind River Indian Reservation to discuss tribal involvement and inclusion in the parks this summer was significant. Still, he does not expect change to come easy.
“We have made progress, but today’s political climate is just so toxic,” said Martel, who now works for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. “Montana, Wyoming and Idaho — all three of those states — are very opposed to tribal issues. They’re anti-Indian, they’re anti-buffalo, they’re anti-wolf, anti-grizzly, they’re anti-conservation.”
Yellowstone has made headway on improving its relations with tribes. At the dawn of the 20th century, there were attempts to use Native people essentially as props to bolster tourism. One infamous example is that of an “aboriginal exhibit” at Yellowstone Lake’s Dot Island. Businessman E.C. Waters tried but “had no luck convincing any Crow to camp in the middle of Yellowstone Lake” alongside bison for the viewing pleasure of summer tourists, according to the Wyoming Law Review article.
In the last 30 years, federal-tribal relations in Yellowstone have changed “drastically.” “The Park Service and Yellowstone-associated tribes have sought connection,” the legal scholars write.
There’s still a long way to go, the authors say. They don’t make specific recommendations for how the NPS and tribes should move forward in their paper, but provide “a range of options.”
“Regardless of whatever’s the most efficient and what avenues are available,” Mills said, “really it’s as much about the process of engagement and collaboration and the relationship that’s being built between the Park Service and the tribes.”
One of those paths forward they lay out is “radical realignment,” like the approach espoused by the #Landback movement. That could mean the “undoing of the large-scale displacement of tribes” and returning of the title to Yellowstone National Park.
In their review, the law professors also offer up federal-tribal government partnership models. Former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell empowered the Park Service to develop such partnerships with a 2016 secretarial order. The Re-Indigenizing Yellowstone document lists a slate of partnership templates, like co-management of the Bears Ears National Monument, which is governed in part by an inter-tribal commission.
The paper also contemplates ways to improve consultation and engagement with Indigenous people. Sholly, speaking at the Cody symposium, described the consultation status quo — which entails the NPS sending tribes formal letters about projects — as “artificial” and “bureaucratic.” Yellowstone will keep doing it to meet its statutory obligations and it’s “important,” he said, but “the real progress” is going to be made through relationship building with tribal councils and members.
Last, the Native law scholars suggest in their Wyoming Law Review paper the Park Service could build tribal capacity through business. For example, at Grand Portage National Monument — which Sholly used to oversee as the Park Service’s Midwest Region director — the maintenance program is contracted out to the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, or Ojibwe.
Ultimately, the Re-Indigenizing Yellowstone authors argue that Yellowstone and the tribes must hash out a tailor-made arrangement.
“[E]nvisioning a new management paradigm for the world’s first national park,” they write, “must go beyond the potential of existing collaborative frameworks to ensure it functions effectively in practice.”
In Martel’s view, Yellowstone bringing the tribes to the literal table will be key to making the nation-to-nation relationship work. The tangible actions might come along piecemeal, he said.
“Let’s designate areas where there could be ceremonies,” Martel said. “Let’s establish traditional use areas … We’re also talking about creating an Indigenous advisory board for Yellowstone.”
Sholly, addressing the Shoshone-Bannock people at Old Faithful, said the ceremonies and spotlight on Indigenous issues during Yellowstone’s sesquicentennial are just the start.
“We’ve made progress, but we have got a long way to go,” Yellowstone’s superintendent told the tribes. “We look forward to the rest of this ceremony and, most importantly, further dialogue, together in the future, about what is possible.”
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Before Labor Day weekend, I didn’t know that several Facebook users have posted suicide notes on their profile page world-wide.
In 2010, a 48-year-old woman leapt to her death in Spain after she announced her intentions on Facebook. She wanted to get away from her abusive fiancé. She believed suicide was the only solution.
There are many other cases.
Typically, a hand-written note is seen by close relatives but suicide announcements on social media can reach a large number of people.
Some posts are written by those who survived suicide. Out of that group, there are many individuals who are still struggling with substance abuse.
How can we help?
We don’t have the same options bigger cities do, but there has to be something we, as individuals, can do for our loved ones, neighbors and co-workers. Even strangers.
Last year, I wrote a column, “A Song Saved Me.”
I will never forget that cold autumn day in Nevada, but truthfully, it wasn’t the first time I contemplated suicide.
Two months after high school graduation, I moved to a very tiny, isolated community in Utah with my fiancé.
When a shy, sheltered young woman moves out of the house, chances are, she has no clue what she is getting into.
I was nervous, homesick and inexperienced.
I saw his true colors when he didn’t get his way.
He screamed vulgarities and insults into my face.
I had no idea what to say. I was too scared to breathe. I was blindsided by the sudden outburst.
He harassed me for being scared.
His eyes were cold. His brutal words were burning my ear.
I kept blaming myself.
He’s mad at me. I’m a failure.
I felt inadequate.
I felt worthless.
He’s not happy and it’s my fault.
I wanted to open the door and jump off the balcony.
I’ll always remember those words: I want to die. I just want to die right now.
I didn’t run out of the room though. I think I was just shocked that I had thought about it.
What’s happening?
After realizing that I had lost myself, I said, through the tears and with no eye contact, “I want to go home.”
I heard the door slam. He had stepped out to smoke a cigarette.
Ten minutes later, he came back and apologized.
The next day was one of many days I tried to get back home.
While domestic violence and being murdered by the abuser is often discussed, I think we should also talk about how the abused individual is at risk for addiction, suicidal thoughts and behavior.
No one will help me. I got myself into this mess.
Four years later, I realized that it doesn’t matter how a woman got into that relationship in the first place.
She still deserves a better life.
Before I moved, no one taught me how to stand up for myself. No one showed me the difference between a normal and an abnormal relationship.
I was gas-lighted into believing he was right and I was wrong.
The thought of suicide put me in a very dark, lonely place. I thought of it twice in three months because I didn’t know how to be strong. I thought I was to blame.
Sometimes I still have those “I can’t do anything right” days but I’m not going to lose myself again.
Social media can be a place where we feel comfortable talking about our challenges or our sadness. It may be easier to post what we’re thinking than to share it with someone in person. When some people are struggling, they may keep to themselves. Social media becomes one of their only connections to others.
Back to my question: How can we help?
Shelby Gordon, recovery clinician from Southwest Counseling, sent me information recently on what to do when we see a post by someone with suicidal intentions.
It's important to take the post seriously. Show or voice your concern. When someone is suffering, it can be difficult for them to remember that people care.
Get that person the professional help they need. Facebook and Instagram have suicide prevention tools that allow users to report content, share resources and offer tips on how to provide support.
If you believe your friend or loved one is in immediate danger, please call 911, your local police station or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
September is Suicide Awareness Month. The suicide and crisis hotline went live on July 16 but many people are still not aware of it. Let’s spread the word.
Call 988.
Even if you’ve lost yourself for just a moment, there is still hope.
Trina Brittain is a reporter for the Rocket Miner Newspaper. She can be reached at tbrittain@rocketminer.com.
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Rawlins page plan, Sept. 17 Sep 15, 2022 Sep 15, 2022 Updated 53 min ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RAWLINS page plan for SATURDAY, Sept. 17 A1 (send color)Vol. 133, Issue 75Tease 1:ELECTION 2022 Effort to strip power from secretary of state looks familiar, Page A3Tease 2:OUTDOORS REC Keeping the Rail Trail nonmotorized is no easy feat, Page B1Tease 3:AROUND WYOMING Movement to ‘re-indigenize’ Yellowstone gains steam, Page A7________________________________________________________MAIN PACKEAGE: Culture shock and awe: Public art projects expand across the valley, Carrie (photos)TOP STORY: Skate park: A totally radical development, Staff (photos) – strip across topGOP resolution would back Gray, WNE (mug, bug)Wyo Dems at risk of losing major party status, WTE (bug)Jumps to A2 and A3 A2 (send color)Worth noting briefs – if neededJumps from A1A3 (send color)Effort to strip power from SOS looks familiar, WNE (photo, bug)Elections official files complaint against conservative PAC, WNEJumps from A1 – if neededA4 OPINION (send B&W)Stroot cartoonLetter (it’s long)Adler column (Other voices) A5 (send color)Obits (if there are any)Hageman declines to debate Democratic contender GreyBull, WNE (file photos)Podcast teaches about Wyoming, WNE (photo)Worth noting briefs to fill, if needed A6 (send B&W)Committee to sponsor bill on DA qualifications, WTE (photo)Committee votes down penalty for health care violence, WTEA7Movement to ‘re-indigenize’ Yellowstone gains steam, WNE (photo) A8School capacity concerns brought to lawmakers, WTE (photos)B1 SPORTS (send color)Mountain West commissioner Thompson stepping down, Josh (photo)Cowboys get commitment from 3-star point guard, Josh (photo)Pokes in the Pros, Josh (photos)AP to fillJumps to B3, if neededB2 OUTDOORS (send B&W)Keeping the Rail Trail nonmotorized is no easy feat, Travsky column (photos)FISHING REPORT PDFField trip planned for Medicine Bow vegetation analysis, StaffAnother sharp drawdown for Snake River planned, WNE (photo)Jumps to B3 B4-B5 COMICS/PUZZLES (send B&W) B6-B8 CLASSIFIEDS (send color) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Photo Familiar Politics Law Computer Science Photography Effort Field Trip Vegetation Wyoming Movement Steam Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now East HS student killed, 3 other teens hurt in car crash Sunday night Sexual assault charges against state trooper filed in district court Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy shuts for now due to staff shortage Police blotter 9-3-22 Wyoming Democratic Party at risk of losing major party status Latest Special Section 2022 UW Football Preview To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left.
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ROCK SPRINGS — Brittany Andrews, a fourth grade teacher at Pilot Butte Elementary, received a big surprise in her classroom to celebrate her being named the 2022-2023 Sweetwater County School District No. 1 Teacher of the Year.
Principal Nancy Torstenbo and assistant principal Josh Marcy brought a cake to celebrate Andrews' achievement to her classroom for her and her students to enjoy.
Andrews was told the good news that she was receiving the honor over the summer.
She is originally from Rock Springs and chose to come back. Once she graduated from college.
“I went through school right here in Rock Springs. In fact, superintendent Kelly McGovern was my math teacher in high school and the principal when I was at Northpark Elementary,” Andrews said.
After graduating from high school, Andrews attended the University of Wyoming, where she received her degree.
“I got to student teach here in Rock Springs and then came back here to teach after graduating.”
She then received her master’s degree from Graceland University.
“I’ve taught fourth grade for 19 years. It’s what I’ve taught since I graduated,” she said. “I student taught in third grade and I have an Early Childhood certificate. So, I always thought I wanted like kindergarten. When I found out that I was student teaching for third grade, I was upset because it wasn’t the grade that I wanted. I was scared.
“Although, once I student taught in third grade, I couldn’t imagine going to a lower grade. In fact, the third grade class I student taught with ended up being my fourth grade class the following year. So, I got to stick with that class for two years.”
She has taught at Pilot Butte for two years.
Andrews said that her co-teacher, Theresa Lemke, who was named teacher of the year two years ago, and two para professionals who also work in her classroom, have all worked together for five years.
For Andrews, one of the most rewarding parts of teaching is seeing her students grow and learn.
“Seeing a student develop a skill they didn’t necessarily have before is awesome; not just necessarily academics. Some kids come to us and they need social skills and end up developing having friends or working with other people,” Andrews said. “Some kids gain leadership skills that they didn’t have.
“Also, the academic growth is always great to see. Walking away from my classroom with something that they didn’t have before is a big celebration.”
Andrews said that there are things you learn and realize when you begin your teaching career.
“When you first come into the teaching field, you don’t really know what you’re walking into. Student teaching is a great opportunity to see it all. But when you have your own class and you have to handle all of those situations, I think that was eye opening to me,” she said. “You realize that kids don’t come to you knowing how to write. You have to teach them how to do that.
“Taking those steps to make sure that they get it is sometimes a slow process. But you get to see the growth at the end. It’s important to know that it takes longer to develop those skills and for the kids to grow than sometimes what you’re expecting.”
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GREEN RIVER — Green River High School is gearing up for homecoming week, which starts on Monday, Sept. 19.
The first dress up day, Monday, Sept. 19, is pajama day. There will also be a powderpuff flag football game that evening at 7:30 p.m. The black team will be the seniors and freshman and the green team will be the juniors and sophomores. Admission is $5.
The game will be held at Wolves Stadium, located at Lincoln Middle School, at 350 Monroe Ave.
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the dress up day will be the elementary school colors spirit day. That evening, the bonfire and pep rally will be held at 7 p.m. It will be held in the GRHS parking lot and there will be food trucks at the event.
“2000’s entertainment” will be the dress up day theme for Wednesday, Sept. 21, with the homecoming parade happening that eventing at 5:30 p.m. The parade will begin in the GRHS parking lot, go north on Hitching Post Drive, head west on Shoshone and end in the Lincoln Middle School parking lot.
On Thursday, Sept. 22, the dress up day theme will be Throwback Thursday. Later that day, there will be a volleyball game against Evanston at 6 p.m.
The dress up day theme for Friday, Sept. 23, will be Green River Gear Day. There will be a volleyball game against Jackson that afternoon at 4 p.m. and the football game against Powell High School will be at 7 p.m.
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Schools across America are having difficulty receiving new equipment and supplies for young athletes, including Green River High School and Lincoln Middle School in Sweetwater County, due to a nationwide shortage tied to COVID-19 related issues and a decline in the workforce.
GREEN RIVER -- A shortage in athletic equipment and supplies is putting coaches across America in quite a predicament, including Green River High School.
Tony Beardsley, director of activities and athletics for Sweetwater County School District No. 2 gave an update to SCSD No. 2 board of trustees during the monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Beardsley said that they have a great number of kids participating in their fall sports, but he and the coaches have been scrambling to accommodate the student athletes.
"The shipping and delays are unbelievable," said Beardsley. "We're still waiting on football helmets for our middle school kids.
"This isn't isolated to Green River. This is a nation-wide problem."
He pointed out that their normal process isn't the same.
"We're still waiting on chairs with the new logos for our gym," he mentioned. "We ordered those four months ago. Half of our cheerleaders don't even have pom-poms."
"Do you know how many parents called me about that? It was devastating to them."
The director also said that they can't get a softball.
"They told me that in 12 months, I might get a softball," he shared. "Cheer uniforms were ordered months ago, but they haven't arrived. I'm thinking of going with a different vendor because it's going to get cold. The cheerleaders need those uniforms."
Beardsley wanted to let the public know that the coaches are working hard and the supplies are getting ordered, but "it's out of our hands."
"I can't order softballs until next December. I found some in Great Britain so we're getting softballs from England. I guess it's easier to get them from England because I don't think people here in America or Ohio are working," he said.
According to a Sept. 15 article published by The New York Times, manufacturers blame the equipment shortage mostly to Covid-related issues that many companies continue to face.
Riddell, a sports equipment company in Illinois, has about 70 percent of the market share for high school helmets and about 60 percent for youth helmets.
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Today/tomorrow Sep 15, 2022 1 hr ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Today in Wyoming history: In 1904, 1,000 sheep were disemboweled near Daniel by masked raiders in one of the raids of the Sheep War.Tomorrow in Wyoming history: In 1950, War Memorial Stadium on the University of Wyoming campus opened.(Thanks Wyoming Historical Society and On This Day) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Wyoming Raider University War Memorial Raid Sheep Society Daniel Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now East HS student killed, 3 other teens hurt in car crash Sunday night Sexual assault charges against state trooper filed in district court Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy shuts for now due to staff shortage Police blotter 9-3-22 Wyoming Democratic Party at risk of losing major party status Latest Special Section 2022 UW Football Preview To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left.
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In his newest documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, Ken Burns and his collaborators are revisiting some very familiar ground. Geoffrey C. Ward, who wrote the script for this new series, also wrote the Burns epic documentaries The War, about World War II, and The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, in which Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt figured prominently, as they do here. And Ward wrote The Civil War, which put Ken Burns on the map in the first place.
More than 30 years later, the structure and methods of a Ken Burns production are so familiar as to be almost comforting, and The U.S. and the Holocaust employs them all. There are celebrity voices reading the words of historical figures — this time, the voices include Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Liam Neeson and Werner Herzog. Photographs are used patiently and poetically, revealing new elements as they pan and zoom in and out. Music and sound effects make every moment both more real and more emotional. And a Ken Burns documentary series always starts with a clear-cut summary of things to come — provided, this time, by frequent Burns narrator Peter Coyote.
The U.S. and the Holocaust, like many Ken Burns history projects, examines his subject from the bottom up. Instead of interviewing military experts, he talks to survivors or their relatives. When historians and other experts are heard from, they discuss events from that same perspective. In this case, they try to understand, and explain, what it was like to endure Nazi atrocities — or even to believe that they were happening.
The documentary spends a great deal of time delving into the intricacies of national politics — not only in Germany, where Adolf Hitler rose from prison to dictatorial power, but in America, where waves of isolationism kept the U.S. out of the war for years. It shows that most everyday Americans were not unaware of what the Nazis were doing in Europe. Throughout the documentary, we see newspaper headlines proving that the facts indeed were out there. Yet they were questioned by many, until after the war, when concentration camps were liberated and their atrocities documented.
The opening installment, which premiers on Sept. 18, stops in the year 1938, and part two goes up to 1942. The concluding two hours cover the end of World War II, and its aftermath — the formation of Israel, the Nuremberg war trials, even the invention and introduction of the word "genocide."
It's not until the final five minutes that the story is brought fully up to date. But those final sounds and images that conclude The U.S. and the Holocaust — scenes with which we're all too familiar, of hate crimes and hate-filled marches — connect the past to the present without Coyote, or anyone else, having to say a word. Once again, Burns and company have made history come to life — and reminded us that our life, right now, is indeed history in the making.
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The strike would have had ripple effects across America's economy. Railroads, manufacturers and shippers were preparing for the worst.
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The strike would have had ripple effects across America's economy. Railroads, manufacturers and shippers were preparing for the worst.
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The Tony Award-winning and chart-topping musical, Six, is coming to the Winspear Opera House for 24 performances Dec. 6-25, courtesy of Broadway Dallas. Individual tickets ($40-$155) go on sale tomorrow, Sept 16 at 10 am. They'll be available online at BroadwayDallas.org and by phone at 800-982-2787. (Orders for groups of ten or more may be placed by calling 214-426-4768 or emailing Groups@BroadwayDallas.org.)
The success of Six is like the come-from-nowhere rise into royalty of Anne Boleyn — without the eventual beheading. From its start as a Cambridge University show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to an Olivier Award-winning musical in London's West End to opening on Broadway, Six has overcome not just the usual hurdles of a show written by young, no-name first-timers (Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss) but also opening on Broadway in March 2022 — just when the pandemic shut down live theater in New York City.
The musical is now playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York, having won three Tony Awards (best original score, lyrics and costume design, natch) and is touring Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The press release:
THE EXHILARATING NEW MUSICAL PHENOMENON
TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT 10 A.M.
WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE, DECEMBER 6 TO DECEMBER 25
DALLAS, TX (September 15, 2022) – Broadway Dallas and Broadway Across America (BAA) are delighted to announce that tickets for the Tony Award®-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award®-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss will go on sale Friday, September 16 at 10 a.m. for 24 performances from December 6-25, 2022 at the Winspear Opera House as part of the 2022-2023 Germania Insurance Broadway Series presented by Broadway Dallas.
The cast features Gerianne Pérez as Catherine of Aragon, Zan Berube as Anne Boleyn, Amina Faye as Jane Seymour, Terica Marie as Anna of Cleves, Aline Mayagoitia as Katherine Howard, and Sydney Parra as Catherine Parr. The cast also includes Aryn Bohannon, Jana Larell Glover, Taylor Pearlstein and Cecilia Snow.
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!
SIX has won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.
The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic's Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for!"
The SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Broadway album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and surpassed 6 Million streams in its first month.
SIX, which closed in March 2020 due to the pandemic on what was supposed to be opening night, is now playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway in New York City. The show had a successful North American Premiere at Chicago Shakespeare in the summer of 2019. Prior to Broadway, the show played limited engagements at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, MA, the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, AB Canada, and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.
SIX is co-directed by Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage, featuring choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille. The design team includes Emma Bailey (Set Design), Tony Award®-winner Gabriella Slade (Costume Design), Paul Gatehouse (Sound Design), and Tim Deiling (Lighting Design). The score features orchestrations by Tom Curran with music supervision and vocal arrangements by Joe Beighton and U.S. Music Supervision by Roberta Duchak. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting / Peter Van Dam, CSA with original US casting by Bob Mason. Theater Matters is General Manager, Sam Levy is Associate Producer and Lucas McMahon is U.S. Executive Producer.
SIX is produced in the United States by Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Stiles, and Kevin McCollum.
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss devised the original concept and started writing SIX when they were students at Cambridge University in early 2017. It was first presented as the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society’s submission to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe later that year, playing a one-month run and featuring student actors. SIX went on to get picked up by UK Producers and a new production was mounted, with professional actors and a predominantly new creative team, at the Norwich Playhouse and then again at Edinburgh Festival in 2018. A limited engagement at the Arts Theatre in London garnered the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Off-West End Production and the show toured the UK in the autumn of 2018 before returning to the Arts Theatre and subsequently the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue. SIX is currently playing an open-ended run at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand. SIX earned five 2019 Laurence Olivier Award nominations, including Best New Musical. A UK and Ireland tour is now running concurrently with the London production. An Australian and New Zealand tour will launch this year at Sydney Opera House with dates set for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Wellington.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Please visit BroadwayDallas.org to view the SIX performance schedule.
TICKET INFORMATION
Individual tickets for SIX will go on sale Friday, September 16 at 10 a.m. and range in price from $40 - $155 (subject to change) with a select number of premium tickets available. Individual tickets will be available online at BroadwayDallas.org and by phone at 800-982-2787. Orders for groups of ten (10) or more may be placed by calling 214-426-4768 or emailing Groups@BroadwayDallas.org.
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For much of the past two years, a significant portion of Texas’ budget has gone toward Operation Lone Star, the border security mission backed by Gov. Greg Abbott. At its peak, the operation involved more than 10,000 Texas National Guard troops stationed at the Texas-Mexico border.
According to the state, they were there to stem the flow of drugs and people into the United States — but there’s not much evidence that that’s happened. To date, it’s cost more than $4 billion to keep Operation Lone Star up and running.
Bob Garrett, Austin bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News, has been researching how money has been set aside for Operation Lone Star and shared his insights with Texas Standard.
This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity:
Texas Standard: Can you break down some of the ways in which the state has paid for Operation Lone Star?
Bob Garrett: The normal course of business is when the Legislature meets every two years, they make a budget. All the competing demands are put in a basket, and they sort out who gets what.
They did that to fund Operation Lone Star in 2021, and increased the program’s budget just a few months into Joe Biden’s presidency. They increased the state’s spending on border security from $800 million for two years to $1.1 billion. Then they came back in the fall in a special session, and Abbott asked for $1.8 billion.
Then, they came back for more this year. Using federal COVID-19 aid to free up state discretionary dollars, they’ve added about another billion this year. It’s been a sort of back room process where a lot of aides to Abbott and to the lieutenant governor and the speaker are pretty much calling the shots.
Our elected officials are in Austin for months creating a budget and somehow, more and more money seems to get poured into Operation Lone Star. How does that occur outside of the regular budget process?
I think that the Legislature has ceded a lot of power on the budget to the executive branch over Greg Abbott’s eight years. One thing you can’t take your eyes off of is that Abbott knew that he was going to have primary challengers when the Legislature last had a regular session. But it wasn’t until the fall of last year that his challengers, Don Huffines and Allen West, were blasting Abbott on Tucker Carlson’s show for only having 2,500 National Guard soldiers at the border. So, Abbott panicked and he went to 10,000 soldiers.
We see some signs that this is now decreasing. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when we get past this November election. If Abbott wins, he might significantly roll it back, because I think the Republicans would rather spend money on property tax cuts next year than maintain a $5 billion expenditure on the border. But I think he’ll mask it by saying that we’ve learned how to be more efficient and selective in where we put troops and soldiers.
Was the governor able to use some sort of emergency power here? What gives him the ability to do this this year?
Twice — in January and in April — they used a disaster feature in the budget that was passed back in the 2019 session. It allowed money to be moved around more quickly in a disaster. The governor declared the situation at the border a disaster, and he also had the pandemic disaster. So, he had two disasters going at once.
They used that to override a lot of customary practices. For instance, they went back into a two-year budget that had already been closed out on Aug. 31, 2021, and they actually took general revenue — state money — out of it and rolled it forward. That’s not happened before. You have to have the Legislature do that. But it doesn’t look like anybody is going to challenge it. And I should point out that the latest Texas Politics Project poll shows that something like 60% of the public thinks we’re either spending the right amount on the budget or too little. So far, I think Abbott has popular support for what they’re doing.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arbor Capital has been providing investment management and enhanced financial planning services for more than 25 years. In those 25 years, they have remained committed to evolving with their clients and proactively responding to changes in the investment landscape and beyond.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ten years ago, Arbor Digital curiously set out to explore Bitcoin. Now, the team is committed to sharing their vast knowledge and experience with Registered Investment Advisors who want to offer more value to their clients through direct exposure to the digital asset investment class, as well as with individual investors who want to get off zero. For the past year, they've done so through the Asset (r)Evolution podcast.
Each week, the show provides educational opportunities for listeners to gain knowledge in the emerging powerhouse that is digital asset investing. Guests have included some of the most well-known names in the digital asset space, including financial advisor coach Steve Sanduski, Blockchange's Griffin Knight, CoinFLEX's Leslie Lamb, INX Limited's Cathy Yoon, DAR's Doug Schwenk, and personal finance thought leader and New York Times bestselling author Ric Edelman.
"Digital asset investing is the future of finance," says podcast host Marc Nichols, CIMA®, CDAA®, WMCP® and Product Director at Arbor Digital. "It's a space that's evolving quickly and we're having exciting conversations that can help our audience gain knowledge and get off zero."
Arbor Digital is a team of passionate professionals dedicated to responsibly constructing and managing digital asset portfolios by continually evaluating blockchain projects with potential. They are committed to educating RIAs and individual investors about the disruptive power of blockchain technology within financial services.
"We're having engaging and necessary conversations with truly rockstar guests in the digital asset space," Nichols says. "There's an education gap – not just about these assets but about the economic energy around them – and we've tried hard to fill it over the past year."
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") has announced that it will seek to block ASSA ABLOY´s proposed acquisition of the HHI division of Spectrum Brands. ASSA ABLOY and Spectrum Brands strongly disagree with the Department of Justice's characterization of the proposed transaction, and will vigorously contest in court this effort by the DOJ to oppose the transaction.
On September 8, 2021, ASSA ABLOY announced it had signed an agreement to acquire the HHI division of Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) for a purchase price of MUSD 4,300 on a cash and debt free basis.
"We believe strongly in the acquisition of HHI as we together will increase investments in the residential segments and strengthen our combined product offering for the benefit of consumers," says Nico Delvaux, President and CEO of ASSA ABLOY.
This transaction will bring together ASSA ABLOY's strength in access solutions and HHI's complementary deep talent and experience base in residential products, which will be enhanced by ASSA ABLOY's culture of driving technology and innovation. ASSA ABLOY and Spectrum Brands are convinced that the transaction will accelerate innovation and deliver significant benefits to consumers, and refute any suggestion that the proposed transaction would harm competition.
ASSA ABLOY and Spectrum Brands remain confident in the merits of this transaction and will jointly defend it. ASSA ABLOY and Spectrum Brands are committed to completing the transaction and are confident that they will prevail in litigation.
As previously disclosed, ASSA ABLOY and Spectrum Brands have agreed to extend their agreement for ASSA ABLOY to acquire HHI to June 30, 2023.
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The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. The Group operates worldwide with 51,000 employees and sales of SEK 95 billion. The Group has leading positions in areas such as efficient door openings, trusted identities and entrance automation. ASSA ABLOY's innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world.
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New tech repair shop provides fast fixes for phones, tablets, laptops and more
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Cheltenham at 2401 West Cheltenham Ave. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in 45 minutes or less.
The store is owned by Patricia Buckley & Matt Robinson, who also own locations in Glen Mills and Bryn Mawr.
"We are looking forward to expanding the Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions brand across Philadelphia," said Robinson. "Our new Cheltenham employees are committed to ensuring locals have a go-to spot for tech repair that's not only affordable but also convenient."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy® and Google Pixel™ smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 750 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations are rebranding as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions.
"We are excited to serve people in Cheltenham with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
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Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, formerly known as uBreakiFix, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues and most other tech mishaps at more than 750 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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Global HCM Technology company to invest in scaling its global workforce management platform to support innovative companies looking for flexible solutions to navigate the new world of work
CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas, an industry leader in Employer of Record (EOR) Solutions and Technology, announced today that it has partnered with Sixth Street Growth, the growth investing business of global investment firm Sixth Street. Sixth Street Growth will be making a strategic equity investment of up to $200 million to support Atlas' continued global expansion.
Atlas pioneered the Direct Employer of Record model, which is supported by entities in over 160 countries, and built its technology with the core focus of helping its clients comply with employment rules and regulations on a global basis. Leading technology plus local direct experience enables Atlas to support companies with global ambitions, giving organizations the flexibility to hire and manage the best talent worldwide through localized expertise complemented by an enterprise-grade technology platform.
"The future of work thrives across borders and cultures," said Rick Hammell, Founder and CEO of Atlas. "Atlas is enabling companies to seize the opportunity to be competitive, flexible, and borderless. This new investment from Sixth Street will allow us to continue to respond to our customers' needs, offering the most streamlined and innovative ways of expanding into new markets, onboarding talent, managing the risk of noncompliance, and paying internationally."
Today's investment will further enhance the Atlas technology platform, offering more user flexibility through additional self-service and automation features, which will enable companies to scale faster, regardless of the number of people they are hiring. The funds will also support software localization and real-time, in-region customer service support. These software platform enhancements come after Atlas was named a Leader in the Enabling Technology and overall Global EOR Services categories in the recent NelsonHall Vendor Evaluation and Assessment Tool (NEAT) report.
In connection with the investment, Nari Ansari, Managing Director at Sixth Street Growth, will join Atlas' board of directors.
Ansari commented, "Atlas is one of the most innovative companies helping employers across industries manage an increasingly complex global workforce dynamic. We are excited to partner with Rick and the Atlas team in their next phase of growth."
Atlas, which has grown exponentially over the past two years, received its initial investment from Guidepost Growth Equity, a leading growth equity firm focused on high-growth technology companies. With that first institutional capital raise, the company accelerated growth by adding additional talent to its global workforce and expanding its suite of HR product offerings, culminating in the launch of the Atlas platform.
"We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the Atlas team and work with Sixth Street to support the company's growth plans", said Chris Cavanagh, a General Partner at Guidepost Growth Equity.
Baird acted as exclusive placement agent and Cooley acted as legal advisor to Atlas.
Atlas enables innovative companies to compete in a global economy, believing that businesses should employ whomever they want, wherever the talent exists. As the largest direct employer of record (EOR) with entities in over 160 countries, Atlas is a technology platform that is supported by experts and delivers flexibility for companies to expand across borders, onboard talent, manage compliance, and pay their global workforce without the need for a local entity.
Atlas was built on years of experience navigating the challenges of quickly deploying and paying international employees while ensuring compliance with local regulations. This experience brings localized experience and expertise into an enterprise-grade technology platform that supports thousands of companies and remote teams. The Atlas platform is uniquely designed to deliver end-to-end EOR solutions and empowered user experiences that provide self-service capabilities and real-time insights that lead to improved business outcomes. Learn more at atlasHXM.com or follow Atlas on Linkedin @ Twitter (@Atlas_HXM).
Sixth Street is a leading global investment firm with over $60 billion in assets under management and committed capital. Sixth Street Growth is the firm's dedicated platform for making private investments in growth companies. The Sixth Street Growth team partners with companies and management teams to provide bespoke capital solutions to accelerate organic and inorganic growth. Sixth Street has invested over $5 billion in more than 40 companies in its growth investing strategy since inception. Select Sixth Street Growth investments include Airbnb, AvidXchange, Bloomreach, Datavant, DrFirst, Gainsight, MDLIVE, Spotify, and Sprinklr. For more information, visit www.sixthstreetgrowth.com or and follow Sixth Street on LinkedIn, Twitter (@sixthstreetnews), and Instagram (@sixthstreetpartners).
Guidepost Growth Equity is a leading growth equity firm that partners with technology companies offering innovative solutions in large, dynamic markets including application software and data services and infrastructure software and tech-enabled services. Current and prior investments include Atlas, Dyn (acquired by Oracle), Jive Communications (acquired by LogMeIn), Lucid (acquired by Cint Group AB), Mineral, OutSystems, ProtoLabs (IPO on NYSE), and WP Engine. Guidepost Growth Equity provides the flexible capital, operational support, and strategic guidance necessary to support the continued success of growth-stage businesses and has over $1.6 billion of capital under management. For more information, please visit our website at guidepostgrowth.com or follow Guidepost on LinkedIn.
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AvaSure ranked first as the solution to Reduce the Cost of Care for its transformational patient monitoring and virtual care technology to increase patient safety.
BELMONT, Mich., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AvaSure, the leading provider of acute care, virtual care and monitoring solutions, was recognized in the 2022 KLAS Emerging Solutions Top 20 Report for the greatest impact on reducing the cost of care. The top 20 emerging solutions were selected by prominent healthcare leaders across the county with the help of KLAS to find the solutions that had the greatest potential to disrupt the healthcare market. Solutions were rated by how well they could impact the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare. This aim is to improve outcomes, reduce the cost of care, improve patient experiences, and improve clinician experiences.
AvaSure ranked first as the solution to Reduce the Cost of Care for its utilization of remote virtual care and monitoring to increase patient safety. The TeleSitter technology that AvaSure is known for allows health operations staff to raise its patient management abilities from one patient per staff member to 16 with remote monitoring. The solution also enables new Virtual Nursing models which provides health systems with a tool to address our national staffing shortage with more efficient clinical workflows.
"Hospitals that have saved millions in labor expenses are now piloting virtual nursing capabilities to continue accelerating these cost reductions while retaining their most experienced nurses virtually to ensure the highest levels of patient care," said Lisbeth Votruba, chief clinical officer of AvaSure. "Amidst the noise of healthcare technology promises, AvaSure has been recognized by outside experts and unbiased KLAS analysis as truly delivering a reliable ROI."
"We all know that hospitals across the U.S. are facing labor shortages and financially they are experiencing some of the worst margins since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic," said Adam McMullin, CEO of AvaSure. "AvaSure has proven that it not only helps improve patient outcomes and reduce readmissions, but it also helps hospitals dramatically reduce the cost of care. To be recognized by KLAS is a testament to our commitment to innovation that helps transform care delivery models and our focus on helping care teams keep their patients safe."
"Because KLAS believes in the power of technology to improve healthcare, it only made sense to research emerging, new solutions," said Adam Gale, KLAS CEO. "We set out to help providers cut through the hype in this market and we found some new technologies with real capabilities. The recent Top 20 report highlights those solutions with the greatest potential impact according to healthcare leaders."
To learn more about AvaSure's pioneering in telehealth and health technology, visit www.AvaSure.com.
To read the full report, visit the AvaSure Website.
About AvaSure:
As the pioneer and market leader in virtual patient monitoring, AvaSure has helped a thousand hospitals and health systems large and small create safer environments for patients, families and caregivers. A large and growing body of clinical evidence proves that by optimizing workforce efficiencies and reducing adverse events, AvaSure consistently improves its customers' key performance indicators. AvaSure technology can be purchased through GSA Schedule and the Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SWP).
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KLAS is a research and insights firm on a global mission to improve healthcare. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data and insights on software and services to deliver timely reports and performance data that represent provider and payer voices and act as catalysts for improving vendor performance. The KLAS research team publishes reports covering the most pressing questions facing healthcare technology today, including emerging technology insights, that provide early insights on the future of healthcare technology solutions. Follow KLAS on LinkedIn. Learn more at: klasresearch.com.
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Gun control advocates are cheering a new change in the credit card industry that they say could help prevent gun violence.
This week, credit card companies Visa, Mastercard and American Express all said they would adopt a new code to categorize sales at gun shops, a move that advocates say will make it easier to flag suspicious gun sales.
"Today's announcement is a critical first step towards giving banks and credit card companies the tools they need to recognize dangerous firearm purchasing trends – like a domestic extremist building up an arsenal — and report them to law enforcement," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, in a statement last week.
All purchases made with credit cards are categorized with what's called a "merchant code" – a special code assigned to various types of businesses like utility companies, grocery stores, gas stations, airlines, hotels. And, for years, gun shops have been categorized as miscellaneous retail or sporting goods stores.
Now, after a Democrat-supported effort led by the socially progressive bank Amalgamated Bank, gun stores will have a separate code.
But experts say it's unclear what impact the new policy will actually have, if any, on gun violence.
Jeffrey Fagan, a law professor at Columbia University who researches the effects of gun policy, said the measure could reduce gun violence "at the margins."
"As a nation, we keep track of sales of dynamite and other dangerous products that can cause death. This policy is in line with that thinking," he said.
The new merchant code system is limited
A 2018 investigation by The New York Times listed several examples of high-profile mass shooters who used credit cards to purchase weapons and ammunition, including those who carried out the attacks at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., and a movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
However, several had purchased their weapons at retailers that may not be categorized under the new merchant code. For instance, Bass Pro Shops and Gander Mountain – the two chains where the Aurora shooter purchased his weapons – are general sporting goods stores that sell fishing gear, camping supplies and clothing alongside firearms.
And many guns aren't purchased at retail stores at all. A national firearms survey from 2015 found that only about half of guns are purchased at retailers. People often buy guns from family members or friends, from private sales online, or at gun shows.
Criminals are even less likely to buy guns in stores, federal data shows. In a 2016 Department of Justice survey of people incarcerated in federal and state prisons, only 7% of those who had a gun while committing their offense had purchased that weapon under their name from a licensed dealer. More often, the survey found, they had gotten the gun from a family member or friend, or purchased it in a black market deal.
"I don't see how it works. I don't see why it's necessary. And the only reason it's being advanced is for a political gun control agenda," said Lawrence Keane with the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms trade association that opposes the change.
Some have privacy and surveillance concerns
Banks are required by federal law to report suspicious activity that could be related to certain financial crimes, like money laundering or funding terrorism. Supporters of the new merchant code say that it could work similarly.
"You can imagine, for example, it raising some flags if an individual purchases multiple guns every week," said Jacob Charles, a law professor at Pepperdine University who specializes in firearms law.
It's not clear whether or how financial institutions would act on such flags.
Additionally, credit card companies generally do not have access to which items were purchased in any given transaction, only the total amount of the sale.
In other words, imagine two customers at the same gun shop: The first could buy several guns and multiple boxes of ammunition for a total of $3,000, while the next customer might purchase a high-quality gun safe for the same price. The two transactions would appear effectively identical to the credit card company.
Some experts have expressed concerns about privacy, which echo those raised by abortion rights advocates in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. With abortion bans enacted in more than a dozen states, some have worried that credit card histories could become evidence in abortion-related prosecutions.
The combination of law enforcement with wide-ranging surveillance over purchase histories teeters on "terrifying and potentially dystopian," said Shobita Parthasarathy, director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy program at the University of Michigan.
Parthasarathy also suggested the measure could have the unintended consequence of driving people to use cash or multiple credit cards, thereby making gun purchases more difficult to track.
Advocates say it is just one step
Advocates say they see the merchant code change as one step in a larger push to turn up the pressure on the gun industry.
"What we want to do is prevent another Buffalo from happening," said Chantel Jackson, a Democratic New York state assembly member who lobbied credit card companies to adopt the code. "The truth is, we have to start doing every single thing on every single front to make sure we are combating this."
Several payment systems, including Apple Pay and PayPal, have already chosen to ban the sale of guns on their platforms. Credit card companies, advocates say, could follow suit.
Credit card companies have historically shown little appetite to take on such measures. ("We do not believe Visa should be in the position of setting restrictions on the sale of lawful goods or services," a Visa spokesperson told the Times in 2018. "Asking Visa or other payment networks to arbitrate what legal goods can be purchased sets a dangerous precedent.")
Still, in the wake of what they've called a victory with the merchant codes, advocates have repeated their calls.
"Different actors in our society have to step up and do what they can to save lives. That extends to the president, to members of Congress and to private companies," said Igor Volsky, the executive director of Guns Down America.
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Expanded collaboration provides access to Human Capital consulting services for rewards and recognition programs.
PROVO, Utah, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Awardco, the employee recognition and rewards company that builds culture through value-driven recognition, announced today a deepening alliance with global financial services leader Deloitte that will give Awardco clients access to Human Capital consulting services for their rewards and recognition programs.
Building on their existing relationship and alliance with Deloitte to provide global tax compliance content for Awardco programs, this expanded alliance allows Awardco to further evolve by giving clients the opportunity to utilize Deloitte's human-centered design principles alongside data-driven analysis to identify opportunities to enhance the workforce experience. This consultative opportunity for clients includes, but is not limited to, access to the Deloitte "Future of Rewards Lab". This in-person or virtual collaboration with Deloitte's industry-leading research teams was developed to provide clients with insights into marketplace trends and to assist clients in developing a total rewards vision and action plan that is specifically designed to meet both organizational and individual needs.
"Our alliance with Deloitte continues to be a critical piece of our exponential growth. We provide the world's most extensive employee recognition and rewards network, and now we also provide our clients with a powerful human-centered and data-driven approach to designing their total rewards and recognition programs," said Awardco founder and CEO Steve Sonnenberg. "We're excited for what this alliance means for our clients."
"We've seen a phenomenal rise in interest from our clients to better understand the organizational intersection between workforce experience and total rewards, especially in a time of continued external disruption," said Michael Gilmartin, senior manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "Aligning with Awardco and their unique approach to employee rewards and recognition was the natural step in providing more value to clients seeking to improve their workforce experience."
With this announcement, Awardco and Deloitte have deepened their alliance and look forward to impacting the future of rewards and recognition in every industry by providing companies the tools they need to engage their workforce, improve their processes, operate tax compliant programs, and improve the employee experience.
Awardco incentivizes behavior and builds culture through value-driven recognition and rewards. It's the only employee recognition and total rewards platform to be a featured partner with Amazon Business. Awardco provides the largest reward network on the planet — all with zero markups. Coupled with the flexibility to build any number of recognition, incentive, milestone, or behaviorally driven programs, Awardco's platform drives employee loyalty. For more information, visit award.co.
Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax and advisory services to many of the world's most admired brands, including nearly 90% of the Fortune 500® and more than 7,000 private companies. Our people come together for the greater good and work across the industry sectors that drive and shape today's marketplace—delivering measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in our capital markets, inspire clients to see challenges as opportunities to transform and thrive, and help lead the way toward a stronger economy and a healthier society. Deloitte is proud to be part of the largest global professional services network serving our clients in the markets that are most important to them. Building on more than 175 years of service, our network of member firms spans more than 150 countries and territories. Learn how Deloitte's more than 345,000 people worldwide connect for impact at www.deloitte.com.
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In his newest documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, Ken Burns and his collaborators are revisiting some very familiar ground. Geoffrey C. Ward, who wrote the script for this new series, also wrote the Burns epic documentaries The War, about World War II, and The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, in which Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt figured prominently, as they do here. And Ward wrote The Civil War, which put Ken Burns on the map in the first place.
More than 30 years later, the structure and methods of a Ken Burns production are so familiar as to be almost comforting, and The U.S. and the Holocaust employs them all. There are celebrity voices reading the words of historical figures — this time, the voices include Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Liam Neeson and Werner Herzog. Photographs are used patiently and poetically, revealing new elements as they pan and zoom in and out. Music and sound effects make every moment both more real and more emotional. And a Ken Burns documentary series always starts with a clear-cut summary of things to come — provided, this time, by frequent Burns narrator Peter Coyote.
The U.S. and the Holocaust, like many Ken Burns history projects, examines his subject from the bottom up. Instead of interviewing military experts, he talks to survivors or their relatives. When historians and other experts are heard from, they discuss events from that same perspective. In this case, they try to understand, and explain, what it was like to endure Nazi atrocities — or even to believe that they were happening.
The documentary spends a great deal of time delving into the intricacies of national politics — not only in Germany, where Adolf Hitler rose from prison to dictatorial power, but in America, where waves of isolationism kept the U.S. out of the war for years. It shows that most everyday Americans were not unaware of what the Nazis were doing in Europe. Throughout the documentary, we see newspaper headlines proving that the facts indeed were out there. Yet they were questioned by many, until after the war, when concentration camps were liberated and their atrocities documented.
The opening installment, which premiers on Sept. 18, stops in the year 1938, and part two goes up to 1942. The concluding two hours cover the end of World War II, and its aftermath — the formation of Israel, the Nuremberg war trials, even the invention and introduction of the word "genocide."
It's not until the final five minutes that the story is brought fully up to date. But those final sounds and images that conclude The U.S. and the Holocaust — scenes with which we're all too familiar, of hate crimes and hate-filled marches — connect the past to the present without Coyote, or anyone else, having to say a word. Once again, Burns and company have made history come to life — and reminded us that our life, right now, is indeed history in the making.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bexson Biomedical, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on disrupting the small molecule injectable market and enabling home health solutions, today announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Application No. 17/546,880 filed on December 9, 2021 and titled Complexing Agent Salt Formulations of Pharmaceutical Compounds.
Bexson's formulation platform, branded as SEVALENTTM, is the basis for the Company's lead ketamine therapy, BB106. The Company believes this patent allowance expands the potential utility of its formulation technology, SEVALENTTM, to other small molecules. SEVALENTTM is designed to enable intravenous (IV)-only therapies to now be delivered subcutaneously in a controlled manner for use in the home setting.
"The allowance is significant as it protects our novel salt formulation technology across a broad platform of therapeutic areas," commented Jeffrey Becker, MD, Chief Scientific Officer. "There has been little innovation for delivery of small molecule therapies, which is why we believe the opportunity to migrate from IV to subcutaneous administration will be a game changer for both patients and payors."
"We are pleased with this step forward in building out the Company's patent portfolio and achieving another important milestone in protecting our formulation technology," said Gregg Peterson, CEO. "In addition, this allowance, along with our other patents, demonstrates our strong commitment to protecting the innovation and broad commercial opportunities offered by our growing product portfolio."
Bexson Biomedical, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on disrupting the small molecule injectable market and enabling home health solutions through new formulations designed for subcutaneous delivery. Bexson's proprietary platform, SEVALENTTM, can be applied to small molecules across a broad range of drug classes, enabling IV therapies to be delivered subcutaneously.
Bexson's lead therapy, BB106, is a low-dose ketamine treatment for post-operative pain management, a $36B global market and leading driver of opioid addiction. Additionally, management believes its BB106 formulation technology can be utilized to address various mental health indications.
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The strike would have had ripple effects across America's economy. Railroads, manufacturers and shippers were preparing for the worst.
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TRENTON, N.J., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioNJ has released the agenda and growing speaker roster for its Tenth Annual C-Suite Summit, taking place Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at the Bridgewater Marriott. The C-Suite Summit brings together life sciences executives representing a wide breadth of companies from early to late stage, public and private and revenue and pre-revenue to discuss the topics impacting C-Suite decision-making in bringing new innovative treatments to market.
"We have entered a new era in how leaders are shaping the next generation of innovation and the way in which Patients are impacting the life sciences industry," said BioNJ President and CEO, Debbie Hart. "From new modalities, AI-driven drug discovery and digital therapeutics to a reshuffling of the ecosystem, we are witnessing an unparalleled opportunity to revolutionize Patient care globally."
- Latif Akintade, M.D., Senior Vice President, Patient & Health Impact, Pfizer
- Mariah Baltezegar, MBA, Vice President & Head, Peri- and Post-Approval Study Innovation, PPD (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific)
- Jacqueline Berman, JD, Partner, Morgan Lewis
- Michael Braun, Senior Vice President, Immunology and Fibrosis, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Steven Bulera, Ph.D., Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Toxicology, Charles River Laboratories
- Bradley Campbell, President & CEO, Amicus Therapeutics
- Tom Evegan, Principal, Strategy & Management Consulting, RSM
- Chris Garabedian, CEO, Xonotogeny & Venture Portfolio Manager, Perceptive Advisors
- Greg Graves, Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Audrey Greenberg, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Center for Breakthrough Medicines
- Kevin Hagan, President & CEO, PAN Foundation
- Terttu Haring, M.D., Head, Clinical Innovation Office, Sanofi
- Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., Founder, Chairman & CEO, Celularity
- Mary Frances Harmon, Senior Vice President, Corporation Relations, PTC Therapeutics
- Debbie Hart, President & CEO, BioNJ
- Jeff Henderson, Vice President, Head of Global Market Access, Reimbursement and Distribution, Vectiv Bio
- Greg Hersch, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Head of Enterprise Strategy, Merck & Co.
- Will Lewis, Chair & CEO, Insmed
- Maya Martinez-Davis, President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals, GSK
- Rajesh Parekh, Ph.D., Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Dennis Purcell, Founder, Aisling Capital
- Paula Rinaldi, Senior Vice President & U.S. Head of Drug Regulatory Affairs, Novartis
- Nitin Seth, CEO, Incedo
- Arda Ural, Ph.D., MSc, MBA, Americas Industry Markets Leader, Life Sciences & Healthcare, EY
- Monika Vnuk, M.D., Managing Director, Blackstone Life Sciences
- Keith White, Head of Global Market Access, Amylyx
- Decoding the Future of the Life Sciences Industry: A holistic look at how the industry is – and will continue to – evolve, and what this will mean for both incumbents and new entrants.
- Shaping the Change: Industry leaders will discuss the disruptive forces they think are most important to watch, and how to play a role in shaping the future.
- The Future of Work: This fireside chat will explore how one leader is enhancing their talent value propositions and positioning themselves to lead in the years to come.
- Markets in Flux: How the capital environment for early-stage biotechs is evolving, expected sources of growth and how to navigate opportunities for large biopharma, for investors and for early- and growth-stage companies.
- The Clinical Trials Paradigm Shift: How a changing regulatory environment, new consumer expectations and accelerated use of real-world data are fueling an evolution in how new products are developed and launched.
- Cell & Gene Therapy – An Opportunity for NJ: The opportunity, and its implications, for New Jersey as a leading home for the CGT value chain.
- The Evolving Market Access Landscape: How payor-mediated market access continues to play an increasingly important role in determining the success of new product launches and continues to evolve with new utilization management strategies.
- Next Generation Patient Experience: The pandemic introduced disruptions to the Patient experience, both delaying care, and at the same time, facilitating an expansion in care access via digital platforms.
- A Closing Networking Reception
Click here for the full agenda.
The C-Suite Summit allows stakeholders to come together for an open conversation on where the greatest opportunities lie, how the industry might evolve in coming years and how to best prepare for (and shape) the next paradigm in life sciences and medical discovery.
Registration is $695 for Members and $895 for future BioNJ Members. Click here to register.* The C-Suite Summit is closed to media. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Contact Cheri Hennessy at CHennessy@BioNJ.org to learn about Sponsorship opportunities.
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MELBOURNE, Australia and LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TGI Sport, the global sports technology, media, and marketing company, has acquired the industry-leading virtual media solutions provider Interregional Sports Group (ISG), the company announced today. The move brings another new dimension to TGI's best-in-class capabilities and expertise across the next wave of live sports advertising and media. This acquisition deepens the leadership team with virtual media's foremost experts and pioneers. Further, it accelerates TGI's overall transformation into a technology-led, full-service global media and marketing agency. Bruin Capital and Quadrant Private Equity jointly own TGI Sport. The deal is the first since Bruin backed the company in 2021.
TGI Sport's Global CEO Martin Jolly said, "We are thrilled about this acquisition because it is emblematic of how we plan to grow TGI going forward. Instantly, our business enters a new sector - one that many believe is the future of live sports media and advertising. We do so with leading-edge capabilities and expertise. In addition, Tony and Simon are highly respected within our industry and will profoundly impact our organization far beyond leading ISG's development. Ultimately, our core business is stronger."
ISG was formed in 2015 by Tony Ragan and business partner Simon Burgess. Since, it has become a market leader in the rights sales, content creation, and distribution of virtual media through live sporting events for clients, including Serie A, La Liga, and Formula 1. The company's head office is in London. ISG also operates a Milan-based, state-of-the-art innovation lab for all its virtual media production, data analysis, client services & technology systems testing. Burgess and Ragan will now lead "ISG powered by TGI Sport" under Jolly and will also work closely with the Board.
Last spring, Bruin Capital took on joint ownership of TGI Sport, partnering with Australia-based Quadrant Private Equity (Quadrant). The vision was to accelerate TGI's evolution into an elite global agency, with proprietary media technologies as its core competencies. The addition of ISG expands the company's global presence and puts more resources against its parallel advertising (PADS) LED perimeter technology and hardware. PADS is being utilized across four continents by organizations such as UEFA, MLS, NZ Rugby, Rugby Australia, Liga MX, AS Monaco FC, and many more premier sporting codes.
"We are delighted to be able to add Tony, Simon, and the ISG team to the TGI and Bruin family," said George Pyne, Bruin Capital Founder/CEO. "They are very smart, effective specialists who we believe in and will have the full gamut of Bruin's global resources to push the business forward."
"This is a hugely exciting time for us," explains ISG's joint founder Tony Ragan. "We now have the opportunity to build on the success of the last seven years and accelerate the development of ISG into a truly global player," he added.
"This step up with Bruin and TGI will allow us to grow faster, stronger, and more boldly," adds Simon Burgess, ISG co-CEO and founder, "as the commercial and operation pioneers in virtual media, our knowhow both operationally and commercially can be significantly leveraged by the expanded group's talent, relationships and fiscal firepower...things are going to get really compelling for rights holders, media buyers and brands."
About TGI Sport: TGI Sport is a global leader in sports technology, media, and marketing, connecting sports entities and fans worldwide. The combined operations span North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and its teams support around 3,500+ events annually. TGI Sport has built relationships with many of the world's leading sporting organizations, including UEFA, FIFA, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, Mediapro, Major League Soccer, US Soccer, Ligue National de Rugby, ECB, ICC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Liverpool FC, and Juventus FC. TGI's businesses include TLA Worldwide, QMS NZ, and Sportsmate.
About ISG Interregional Sports Group (ISG) is the leader in virtual media solutions in sport. The company focuses on regionalising broadcast technology and implementing revenue strategies for some of the world's biggest sports rights-holders including the top European football competitions and the world's leading motor-racing championship. From its head office in London and operational centre in Milan, ISG provides its clients with virtual media solutions that incorporate integrated data systems, analytics and activation. Via its relationship with Italy's Liga Serie A, ISG delivers the largest and most technologically advanced, integrated virtual media sports service in the world, to all 20 Serie A clubs.
About Bruin Capital: Bruin Capital (www.bruincptl.com) is an international investment and operating company founded by George Pyne @GFPyne. Bruin specializes in working with capital partners and management teams to build best-in-class, global technology, sports, media, entertainment, and marketing companies. Bruin companies operate across five continents with 2100 employees working out of 34 offices. Bruin investors include The Jordan Company, CVC Capital Partners, Rock Ventures, NNS Chaired by Nassef Sawiris, and a prestigious group of family investment funds.
About Quadrant Private Equity: Quadrant Private Equity was first established in 1996 (firstly as Quadrant Capital) and is a leading Sydney-based mid-market private equity firm investing in companies in Australia and New Zealand. Quadrant Private Equity has raised $7 billion and 12 funds since inception. Its latest funds, QPE No. 7 and Quadrant Growth Fund 2, have $1,240 million and $530 million in equity commitments respectively for private equity investment Quadrant has extensive investment experience, having led over 80 investments in the past 11 funds (with 60 exits) across a range of sectors including retail, healthcare, media, consumer foods, financial services, eCommerce and other sectors.
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BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & Levinson will host its sixth annual "State of the Cannabis Industry" conference, which will focus on critical issues in the multibillion dollar cannabis industry, on October 17, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. The conference will be held in person at the Westin Waltham Boston. A live stream option will also be available.
The conference will feature over 20 industry leaders including Ed Schmults, Chief Executive Officer of StateHouse Holdings Inc., who will speak with Frank A. Segall, founder and Chair of the Cannabis Business & Law Advisory Group at Burns & Levinson, about the combination of Harborside, Inc., Urbn Leaf and Loudpack to create the largest and most developed vertically-integrated cannabis platform in California. Segall will also conduct a Q&A with Steven Hoffman, former Chairman of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, on his views on his term as Commissioner and his insights into the Massachusetts and national markets. Expert panels/sessions will explore a broad range of issues in the cannabis industry, including capital markets, M&A and investments; restructuring/workouts; regulatory and legislative issues; and opportunities for women in leadership.
"As the cannabis industry continues to evolve and mature, there are many new opportunities and challenges to stay on top of. We were one of the first major full service law firms to develop a dedicated cannabis conference, and this event has become a best-in-class forum and networking platform that brings together cannabis business, financial and regulatory thought leaders from across the country to share their guidance, practical advice and insight," said Segall.
"We like helping people make connections, develop partnerships and learn from their peers and industry leaders. We are excited to collaborate with our colleagues on innovative ways to address the pressing issues on the horizon," added Scott Moskol, who co-founded and co-chairs Burns & Levinson's Cannabis Business & Law Advisory Group with Segall.
The current conference sponsors include: HUB International; Needham Bank; A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners; Opus Consulting; Marcum LLP; Elevate Northeast; KindTap; AdaptiveHR; Lighthouse Biz Solutions, LLC; and Shield Compliance.
Burns & Levinson was the first major Boston corporate law firm to develop a cannabis business practice, and has been advising cannabis businesses, entrepreneurs and investors across the country for nearly a decade. The firm has unrivaled experience in cannabis and hemp/CBD business formation and corporate structuring, capital raises, M&A, investment structuring, regulatory matters and overall business issues affecting the fast-growing cannabis industry. The firm is also among the top law firms in the country handling M&A and high-level corporate and financing deals in the private and public markets in the cannabis market.
For more information about the conference and to register, click here. For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kristen Weller at kweller@burnslev.com.
About Burns & Levinson LLP
At Burns & Levinson, we provide high-level, client-centric and results-oriented legal services to our regional, national and international clients. We are a full-service law firm with over 125 lawyers in Boston, Providence and London. Our areas of expertise include: business/finance, business litigation, cannabis, divorce/family law, venture capital/emerging companies, employment, estate planning, government investigations, intellectual property, M&A/private equity, probate/trust litigation, and real estate. We partner with our clients to solve their business and personal legal issues in a collaborative, creative and cost-effective way. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.
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The workplace continues to evolve, but for women, the ideal location for work is still remote
CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CareerBuilder, a global talent acquisition leader and job marketplace, shared findings from a recent survey on workplace preferences confirming that while employers are increasingly calling for a return to the office, women, in particular, favor the flexibility that comes with remote work. In fact, 39% of women say that home offices are more valuable as opposed to men (30%) who prefer a company-provided office as their ideal workplace.
The pandemic quickly uprooted employees from offices to working from home and this two-year transition has shifted the view of a traditional office for many workers. While some employees, including 31% of men, embrace this return, others say their ideal location lies elsewhere. The data shows that 34% of employed adults prefer a home office compared to 27% of employees who list a company-provided office as their top choice. Generationally speaking, 20% of Gen Z, 35% of Millennials and 44% of Boomers all prefer to work from home.
The survey also revealed that 26% of employees, primarily Gen Z (44%) and Millennials (30%), lean more toward a non-traditional work location:
- 13% prefer an outdoor area or patio
- 9% use a co-working space with other businesses
- 4% go to a coffee shop to work
"Back-to-office mandates are proving challenging for both the employer and the employee, as cultures and values continue to shift," said Kristin Kelley, Chief Marketing Officer at CareerBuilder. "Expectations and employee needs have changed over the last two years, requiring many employers to adopt new rules for in-office attendance, meeting requests and even workday hours. To better attract and retain talent, employers have needed to adjust schedules and expectations to meet employees where they're at, especially if retention is of utmost importance."
Additionally, employees are not willing to travel far for work should they need to go to a physical workplace. More than 3 in 5 employees (66%) say they are only willing to commute a total of 30 minutes or less, with women and Boomers among those most likely to note this. While another third of workers (34%) are willing to commute more than 30 minutes to work and very few (7%) agree to travel over an hour.
This survey was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder. For more information on CareerBuilder, visit CareerBuilder.com.
CareerBuilder is a global talent marketplace that provides talent acquisition solutions to help employers find, hire and onboard great talent, and helps job seekers build new skills and progressive careers as the modern world of work changes. CareerBuilder has 25 years of experience as a talent company using technology to place people in jobs, and it is the only company with both the technology, through its online platform, and the candidates via its job site, to create a connected end-to-end experience. CareerBuilder also owns Broadbean and Workterra companies and operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia serving the majority of the Fortune 500 across five specialized markets. CareerBuilder is majority-owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. For more information, visit careerbuilder.com, and to learn more about our solutions for employers, visit hiring.careerbuilder.com.
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Top 10 homebuilder releasing 5 brand-new floor plans at popular resort-style development
AURORA, Colo., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS), a top 10 national homebuilder and industry leader in online sales, is excited to announce the grand opening of the Floret Collection at The Outlook at Southshore—bringing 89 new homesites to Aurora's amenity-rich Southshore development. The collection showcases five brand-new floor plans starting in the mid $600s.
The Floret Collection features a versatile lineup of ranch and two-story floor plans with included smart home technology, beautiful exteriors, Whirlpool® appliances and more. Homebuyers will also love an array of resort-style amenities—such as multiple community centers, a saltwater pool, private access to Aurora Reservoir, and miles of trails. In addition, a prime location offers quick access to I-225, E-470, Southland's shopping center, the Denver Tech Center and Denver International Airport.
Buyers and agents are invited to attend the community's official Grand Opening event— slated for September 17 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.—offering complimentary refreshments and tours of the fully furnished Iris model.
Learn more at www.CenturyCommunities.com/SouthshoreFloret.
More About the Floret Collection at The Outlook at Southshore:
- Single-family homes from the mid $600s
- Ranch and two-story floor plans
- 2 to 7 bedrooms, 2.5 to 3.5 bathrooms, 2-bay garages
- Up to 2,940 square feet
- Stunning location alongside Aurora Reservoir
- Ranch homes with 10' ceilings
- Spacious backyards
- Standard full unfinished basements
- Exceptional amenities, including two large community centers and a saltwater pool
- Part of the prestigious Cherry Creek School District, including a community-based elementary school
Sales Center:
27902 E. Glasgow Place
Aurora, CO 80016
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 303.557.4805
About Century Communities
Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) is a top 10 national homebuilder, offering new homes under the Century Communities and Century Complete brands. Century is engaged in all aspects of homebuilding — including the acquisition, entitlement and development of land, along with the construction, innovative marketing and sale of quality homes designed to appeal to a wide range of homebuyers. The Colorado-based company operates in 17 states and over 45 markets across the U.S., and also offers title, insurance and lending services in select markets through its Parkway Title, IHL Home Insurance Agency, and Inspire Home Loans subsidiaries. To learn more about Century Communities, please visit www.centurycommunities.com.
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Alyson Benn
Century Communities, Inc.
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FREDERICK, Colo., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia is the owner of Virginia Ann Designs, a luxury custom jewelry business based out of Frederick, Colorado. Her business offers a solution for one of the biggest mistakes people make when buying an engagement ring or wedding band. "So many people settle for "almost perfect" when they buy an engagement ring," says Virginia, "they don't know that there is another option when it comes to such an important purchase." Custom design is the best way to create bespoke engagement and wedding rings that perfectly match every client's unique vision in ways mass produced rings may not be able to achieve. When a client controls the design process, they can add personal touches and specific preferences to their ring that perfectly reflect their unique relationship.
Working out of a small studio, Virginia meets one-on-one with each client to design and build unique, beautiful, and masterfully crafted engagement and wedding rings. The best part? Clients can work entirely through virtual meetings and online communication. By utilizing computer design software, virtual communication, and trusted suppliers and shipping methods, clients can build the rings they have been dreaming of without ever leaving the comfort of their home. Here is how Virginia does it:
1. Clients schedule an initial, complimentary, virtual design appointment where Virginia discusses their ideas and questions.
2. When a client decides to move forward with their custom project, Virginia gets started on the computer designs. Each client will get one or two, photo-realistic designs to work with. They revise their favorite design as many times as it takes to achieve their vision.
3. Virginia then helps each client choose the ideal diamond or gemstone for their unique engagement or wedding ring.
4. When the details have been finalized, Virginia gets to work carefully crafting each design, putting extra care into the integrity and longevity of the ring.
"I believe everybody deserves the opportunity to create and wear beautiful pieces of expertly crafted jewelry," says Virginia. "Custom is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to make an engagement ring or wedding band that reflects your unique lifestyle."
Virginia Ann Designs is currently accepting new clients and would love the opportunity to work with you. Visit VADCustomJewelry.com to schedule your complimentary appointment and get started on the next phase of your love story.
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DAVIDO, KIZZ DANIEL, PHEELZ, LOJAY, VICTONY, OXLADE, BNXN,
FOCALISTIC, AND MORE
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LAGOS, Nigeria, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Afrobeats superstar, recording artist, producer, and philanthropist, Davido announced his ARE WE AFRICAN YET? (A.W.A.Y) Festival, a one-day music festival and cultural experience taking place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on November 18, 2022. The Festival was conceived to promote and foster cultural exportation and collaboration between Africa and the world. Davido's level of collaboration with U.S based artists over the years has positioned him as a unique bridge between Africa and the world, a mantle that he has carried proudly.
The demand for African music, fashion and culture worldwide has restored a sense of pride to Africans everywhere with most yearning for a deeper connection with home, Davido reflectingly asks 'Are we African Yet?', are we willing to claim our heritage and our culture. The A.W.A.Y Festival is an opportunity that urges the African diaspora and non-Africans around the world to find and celebrate each other roots and experience African culture like never before.
Afrobeats music is currently one of the fastest growing music genre, gaining global recognition and some of Africa's finest artists will grace the stage alongside some of the hottest stars stateside, with headline performances by DAVIDO, KIZZ DANIEL, PHEELZ, LOJAY, VICTONY, OXLADE, BNXN, FOCALISTIC, AND MORE.
Tickets for the first ever A.W.A.Y Festival will go on sale beginning Friday, September 23, 2022 at Ticketmaster.com
"Growing up, we were often made to feel unworthy as Africans, so many of us didn't want to claim where we were from and in some cases denied our heritage. That's not the case anymore, we are proud Africans, and we want to invite people to enjoy our culture – our music, food and art. That's what The A.W.A.Y Festival is all about," said, A.W.A.Y Festival Founder, Davido.
ARE WE AFRICAN YET?'s mission is to unite communities, promote collaboration and celebrate the diversity and magic of African music and culture. It is an opportunity to build coalition between Africa and the world. Through the power of music, A.W.A.Y seeks to celebrate our shared parallels in culture, dance, clothing and provide an opportunity to empower everyone to build pride and claim their heritage proudly.
2022 has been a busy year for Afrobeat's icon Davido. The American born, Nigerian raised superstar saw his music streaming surpass +2 Billion and his social media footprint exceed +50M, making him the most followed Afrobeat's artist in the world. In April 2022, Davido released new projects including the multi-million streaming Stand Strong ft. Sunday Service Choir, the first single off his highly anticipated forthcoming album and his collaboration with FIFA on their 2022 World Cup Soundtrack "Hayya Hayya (Better Together)". Davido recently finished performing his sold-out, We Rise By Lifting Others World Tour.
Davido (born David Adedeji Adeleke) has cemented his position as a global force within the music scene, capped off by several milestones for the platinum artist including his second sold out show at London's O2 Arena and the release of his third studio album, 2020's A Better Time, the critically acclaimed follow up to his 1.2 billion streaming 2019 release, A Good Time. Released at the end of 2020, A Better Time debuted on Billboards 200 album chart garnering over 560 million streams and producing certified hits High featuring Adekunle Gold, Holy Ground Ft. Nicki Minaj and Shopping Spree ft. Chris Brown & Young Thug. Shopping Spree marked Davido's 10th entry on Billboard's World Digital Song Chart, it was highlighted by millions of video views and attracted the praise of Rolling Stone, HighSnobiety and Complex. In addition to both fan and critical acclaim, Davido's U.S. visibility continue to soar with thrilling national television appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel Live and magazine covers of Billboard, Flaunt, Dazed, L'Officiel to name a few. Davido has also been recognized with Billboard Music Award, BET Award, as well as several Grammy Nominations.
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- DEWALT is the world's first major power tool brand to use pouch cell batteries designed for the construction industry
- DEWALT POWERSTACK™ 20V MAX* Compact Battery (DCBP034) recognized for design innovation offering users DEWALT's lightest and most powerful compact battery **
TOWSON, Md., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DEWALT®, a Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) brand and leader in cordless solutions, today announced that the DEWALT POWERSTACK™ 20V MAX* Compact Battery has been named a finalist in Fast Company's Innovation By Design 2022 Awards. The awards honor the designers and businesses solving crucial problems based on key components of innovation, including functionality, originality, sustainability, user insight, cultural impact, and business impact.
"With the launch of POWERSTACK, DEWALT's breakthrough innovation continues to exceed performance standards with the Pro user. We are pleased to see industry-leading voices like Fast Company recognize our DEWALT POWERSTACK™ 20V Max* Compact Battery as a game changing cordless product for the construction industry," said Allison Nicolaidis, President, Power Tools Group, Stanley Black & Decker. "POWERSTACK is the gateway into the future of the cordless jobsite, and we are just getting started with adding bigger and more powerful products to the POWERSTACK™ platform."
The DEWALT POWERSTACK™ battery was recognized in the 'Product' category for its design that utilizes flat, pouch battery cells delivering DEWALT's lightest and most powerful compact battery in the 2Ah or lower range.
The DEWALT POWERSTACK™ Battery is ideal for cutting, drilling and fastening applications, precision and finishing tasks, and when working in tight spaces. The battery is compatible with all DEWALT 20V MAX* tools and chargers in its 20V MAX* system.
Fast Company's 2022 Innovation By Design Award is the fourth industry accolade the DEWALT POWERSTACK™ Battery has received since its unveiling in October 2021. The battery has also been met with rave reviews from construction and trade professionals and garnered high retail demand since its debut.
To learn more about the DEWALT POWERSTACK™ 20V MAX* Compact Battery (DCBP034), please visit: www.dewalt.com/powerstack.
About DEWALT
DEWALT, a Stanley Black & Decker brand, is obsessed with how users work in the real world and is relentlessly pursuing total jobsite and landscaping solutions. By incorporating its latest technology and industry innovations, DEWALT is leading the charge for the jobsite of the future and pioneering the next generation of outdoor equipment. DEWALT products. GUARANTEED TOUGH®. For more information, visit www.dewalt.com or follow DEWALT on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
About Stanley Black & Decker
Headquartered in the USA, Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is the world's largest tool company operating nearly 50 manufacturing facilities across America and more than 100 worldwide. Guided by its purpose – for those who make the world – the company's approximately 60,000 diverse and high-performing employees produce innovative, award-winning power tools, hand tools, storage, digital tool solutions, lifestyle products, outdoor products, engineered fasteners and other industrial equipment to support the world's makers, creators, tradespeople and builders. The company's iconic brands include DEWALT, BLACK+DECKER, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, Cub Cadet, Hustler and Troy-Bilt. Recognized for its leadership in environmental, social and governance (ESG), Stanley Black & Decker strives to be a force for good in support of its communities, employees, customers and other stakeholders. To learn more visit: www.stanleyblackanddecker.com.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orlando-based real estate investment company, Elevation Capital Group, and its affiliates, ("Elevation") has announced that Elevation Fund 8 ("Fund 8"), has successfully completed the acquisition of Oakville Self Storage located across from Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia.
Oakville Self Storage, which has since been rebranded as Mini U Storage Potomac Yard, was Fund 8's second acquisition and furthers Elevation's overall footprint in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Mini U Storage Potomac Yard is strategically located in the path of National Landing, Northern Virginia's fastest growing submarket, which includes Amazon HQ2 and Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus. The surrounding area also encompasses Crystal City, Pentagon City and Potomac Yard, as well as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and the Pentagon.
"Mini U Storage Potomac Yard is a good addition to our growing portfolio of properties and extends our reach into the Washington, D.C. metro area," said Ryan Smith, principal at Elevation Capital Group. "This acquisition fits our model due to its excellent location and the ability to add value over time. As those who live locally can attest, an extensive renovation has already begun. We look forward to serving our customers with an improved experience for years to come."
The maximum offering amount for Elevation Fund 8 is set at $100 million by the Managers and has already received commitments in excess of $70 million.
Elevation is a respected leader in the alternative real estate investment arena. The company focuses exclusively on two niche property types: Manufactured Housing Communities and Self Storage facilities. Elevation, the manager of Fund 8, through its affiliates, has acquired properties worth more than $600 million and has owned more than 200 properties across more than 30 states.
This is neither an offer to sell securities nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
Such an offer may only be made through the offering's memorandum to qualified purchasers. Any investment in Elevation's programs involves substantial risks and is suitable only for investors who have no need for liquidity and who can bear the loss of their entire investment. There is no assurance that any strategy will succeed to meet its investment objectives. The performance of this fund is not indicative of future results of other funds. Elevation can be reached by calling (800) 257-1254 or emailing info@elevationcg.com.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob Jacobs, former Chief Brand Officer for the Americas for Volvo Cars, has joined the Advisory Board at Cincinnati based EV infrastructure company EdgeEnergy. Bob led the turnaround of the iconic auto brand and repositioned it for an electrified future. He also spent 6 years leading market and guest experience for the Sheraton and Westin Brands at Starwood Hotels after spending more than 20 years with consumer products giant Procter and Gamble where he led marketing for brands like Crest, Pampers, and Duracell in both the U.S. and Western Europe.
"I am thrilled to join the innovative team at EdgeEnergy," says Bob. "This solution is how we are going to extend fast charging solutions to edge-of-grid locations across the U.S. and globally. Now we can deploy the infrastructure we need faster and at a lower cost and get the U.S. to our EV adoption goals."
"We are excited to welcome Bob to our team," says Greg York President and Founder of EdgeEnergy. "Bob's experience in creating great customer experience around iconic brands and his knowledge around the EV industry from leading the brand redevelopment of one of the world's leading auto makers as they shift to electric vehicles will be very valuable to us as we scale EdgeEnergy into the largest providers of charging infrastructure solutions in the U.S. and beyond."
About EdgeEnergy: EdgeEnergy is the maker of EdgeEV a power source that allows for the installation of EV Fast Chargers in edge-of-grid locations using existing single-phase power infrastructure. This innovation creates the opportunity to expand EV Charging infrastructure into rural and remote areas of America and solves the greatest barrier to EV adoption - range anxiety.
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BARCELONA , Spain, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eyes of the World Foundation has launched 'Iris of the World' to raise awareness of the deficiencies in eye care in the most vulnerable areas of the world, and to promote the right to vision.
Javier Bardem launches the initiative by 'donating' his iris to raise as much money as possible to fight against avoidable blindness, which can be prevented and treated with the right care and resources. Effectively, the actor's eyes will help to open others' eyes.
Starting at $9,000, the auction is for a digital NFT file, and a printed photograph signed by the actor, both authenticated as unique pieces. Whoever acquires them will have exclusive ownership of them in their own right. Other personalities from the world of art, culture and sport will collaborate for auctions of NFTs and printed photographs in the future.
"To be able to see, to be able to hear, to be able to touch or to be able to feel are things that we don't appreciate until we lose them." says Javier Bardem.
Director of the Eyes of the World Foundation, Anna Barba says "we want to communicate that the right to vision should not be subject to the availability of economic resources of a person or a country. It's a question of giving sight back to thousands of people without resources who suffer from serious eye problems that can be prevented or treated if action is taken in time," she remarked.
Eyes of the World estimates the cost of an eye check-up at $7 and a cataract operation at $70.
The Foundation will use the amount raised to expand its lines of action and promote new projects in the Saharawi camps, Mozambique, Bolivia and Mali.
Millions of people in developing countries suffer from eye problems caused by hygienic and sanitary deficiencies, adverse climatic conditions or traumatisms suffered during conflicts. There are 1.1 billion blind people worldwide and around 90% of cases could be prevented or cured.
Some blindness can be avoided with the right care and resources in vulnerable territories: 90% live in low and middle-income countries.
161 million people suffer from uncorrected refractive errors, 100 million from cataracts and 510 million have difficulty seeing up close with 55% of visually impaired people being women says IAPB*.
The auction starts 29 September at 12h UTC and runs until 6 October at 18h. www.irisesoftheworld.org
About the Eyes of the World Foundation
The Eyes of the World Foundation is a non-for-profit organisation that contributes to improving the eye health of the poor in impoverished countries. The aim is to enable them to receive quality ophthalmological care from their local health services, as well as to create optimal conditions to reduce the incidence of eye diseases in each territory. Eyes of the World also raises public awareness of the deficiencies in basic health care in those areas.
*International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New mobile healthcare brand, Health Rover, created by and for "patients who ran out of patience", launched in November 2020 at the height of the Covid pandemic. Their mission is to make healthcare more accessible, convenient and tech driven and to drive their multispecialty line of medical services into the home and workplace in a big way.
How it started
Constructing labs out of shipping containers, Health Rover was able to mobilize quickly and provide testing services to communities in need, becoming the first contactless, automated drive thru testing center in New York State. At the time, they were the only ones offering PCR testing with 1-hour turnaround and antigen testing with 20-minute turnaround. Health Rover was so dependable that people were driving to Long Island all the way from New Jersey because it was a company they could rely on. Employers caught wind of Health Rover's expedited services and hired the team to set up on-site mobile labs for employee screenings. Following the rapid success and popularity of Health Rover's mobile testing services, they launched their at-home services and began testing in homes across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida and expanded the testing to Flu, Strep, RSV and more.
What's new
Since then, the company has expanded its services to at-home Allergy Testing and Treatment as well as IV Therapy. Allergy sufferers who previously had to go to the doctor's office weekly for immunotherapy shots, can now receive treatment right at home. People looking for an energy or immunity boost can experience one of Health Rover's nutritional IV therapies at home or, even at select hotel partners such as The Surf Lodge in Montauk. In the coming months, Health Rover will be expanding its services even further with the addition of pediatrics and urgent care services, all of which can be ordered in real time through their digital platform, "Rov'Port".
"After years of working as a medical sales consultant, coupled with some poor healthcare experiences in my family life, I saw a massive need for improved medical experiences" says Health Rover Founder, Keith Brady, "sadly, I feel people have accepted that medical care today is crummy, and they live with it. My goal is to show people how much better it can be – we're hyper focused on personalization, tech, and convenience. We're building something truly unique that's not out there today and I believe we have a dynamic, one-of-a-kind vision that will take off quickly."
All of the medical services provided are ordered and monitored by the Health Rover team of seasoned medical professionals including a Primary Care doctor, Holistic Medicine specialist and Emergency Medicine Doctor. Health Rover accepts most commercial health insurances or out of pocket payment. Currently, Health Rover operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Massachusetts, Texas and California with plans of national expansion over the next couple of years.
Visit Health Rover online at TheHealthRover.com
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1,200-Megawatt Hour Facility to Optimize Renewable Energy and Fortify California's Electricity Grid
CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hecate Grid, an independent power producer focused on developing, building, owning and operating stand-alone energy storage projects in the United States, has announced the successful completion of two landmark achievements in the development of its Humidor Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project, a utility-scale battery energy storage facility planned in Los Angeles County, California. The key milestones achieved are:
- Fully contracting the resource adequacy of the project with Southern California Edison (SCE) and California's first community choice energy provider, MCE, and
- Receiving site plan approval from L.A. County.
The 300-megawatt (MW), 1,200-megawatt-hour (MWh) Humidor BESS is being developed to optimize the deployment of renewable energy and fortify California's electricity grid. The battery resource will generally charge during times when solar and wind resources are plentiful and will discharge during the highest demand hours, thus helping to mitigate electricity prices in the state. It will also provide grid stabilizing services increasing the resiliency of the California electricity grid.
Hecate Grid expects the Humidor BESS to be fully commissioned and operational in the first half of 2024.
"The Humidor BESS will be a versatile resource that supports the efficient use of renewable electricity and will make the CAISO grid a more resilient and reliable system," said Gabe Wapner, Hecate Grid's VP of Business Development. "Energy storage packs a one-two punch. It supports wide scale deployment of renewable energy while mitigating energy costs for consumers."
In addition to the Humidor BESS Project, Hecate Grid operates the 20 MW / 80 MWh Johanna BESS in Santa Ana, California. The company is currently constructing three additional BESS projects with a total capacity of 105 MW / 210 MWh in Riverside County, California, and will be issuing "Notice to Proceed" for 750 MW / 1,500MWh worth of BESS projects in Texas's ERCOT grid in the first quarter of 2023.
"Hecate Grid's mission is to deploy battery energy storage solutions that enable a more efficient, stable, and clean electricity system – in California, and throughout the U.S.," said Wapner.
To learn more about Hecate Grid, visit http://www.hecategrid.com/ or contact Steve Sullivan, Press@HecateGrid.com.
Launched in 2018, Hecate Grid is an independent power producer focused on developing, building, owning, and operating stand-alone energy storage projects. Originally incubated within the renewable energy development firm Hecate Energy, Hecate Grid is now a stand-alone business funded by international investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, which manages US$14 bn+ of equity capital. Hecate Grid has an active project pipeline of over 5 gigawatts of energy storage projects in development throughout the U.S.
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Arkansas Governor, Local Officials Join Hostess Executives to Celebrate Milestone
ARKADELPHIA, Ark., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), together with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other state and local government officials, today unveiled the signage at its upcoming bakery and celebrated the innovation, economic investment and job creation it will bring to Central Arkansas.
"As Hostess Brands continues to focus on building a socially responsible, modern, snacking powerhouse, we are excited to reach another milestone in our journey to bring a sustainability-first bakery to the Arkadelphia community," said Andy Callahan, president and chief executive officer of Hostess Brands. "Unveiling the Hostess Brands' sign at this once-idle facility is tangible evidence of our commitment to deliver on our sustainability priorities, while also meeting the growing demand among consumers for our iconic and innovative snacks. We thank Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson, state and local officials and the Arkadelphia business community for partnering with us to make this new bakery a reality."
The company's bakery expansion is a key indicator of its continued growth in recent years. With the opening of the Arkadelphia facility, Hostess Brands will increase its bakery capacity on its Donettes® and cake platforms by approximately 20 percent, to meet increasing consumer demand for its sweet snacks.
"I am proud to see Hostess, a beloved household name, expanding its roots into Arkadelphia," Governor Hutchinson said, "Arkansas welcomes a new investment partner that will bring its sustainability-first policies to a business community ripe for growth."
"Clark County is thrilled to have been selected as the site for a new, state of the art bakery to be built by Hostess," added Kevin Jester, chairman of the Economic Development Corporation of Clark County. "Our Economic Development team worked hard to show Hostess that we had all the necessary components here for them to be successful. By choosing our site, Hostess is demonstrating their belief that Clark County is a place where businesses can thrive. We are excited to be a part of the growth and future success of such a community minded company."
Hostess is investing $120 million to $140 million to convert the closed, Arkadelphia factory into a 330,000-square-foot bakery, which is expected to be operational in the second half of 2023 and bring at least 150 new jobs to the Arkadelphia community over the next three years.
Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK) is a snacking powerhouse with a portfolio of iconic brands and a mission to inspire moments of joy by putting our heart into everything we do. Hostess Brands is proud to make America's No. 1 cupcake, mini donut and sugar-free cookie brands. With sales exceeding $1.1 billion and employing approximately 2,600 dedicated team members, Hostess Brands produces new and classic snacks, including Hostess® Donettes®, Twinkies®, CupCakes, Ding Dongs® and Zingers®, as well as a variety of Voortman® cookies and wafers. For more information about Hostess Brands, please visit hostessbrands.com.
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WHITTIER, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (Sanitation Districts) recognized 370 companies with certificates for being "good corporate citizens" for the year 2021. These companies have met their limits for wastewater discharge for at least a year, maintained their environmental equipment, and fulfilled all permit requirements. Of these companies, ninety-three have received this recognition for five or more consecutive years.
"To protect public health and the environment, our agency works closely with our industrial dischargers to ensure their wastewater meets or exceeds regulatory requirements. The treatment that these companies provide before discharging wastewater to our sewer system allows the Sanitation Districts to operate more effectively for all ratepayers," remarked Robert C. Ferrante, Chief Engineer and General Manager of the Sanitation Districts. "We applaud these companies for their commitment to being good environmental stewards," added Mr. Ferrante.
"The recipients of these awards are pleased to receive this recognition, and we see ourselves as partners with the Sanitation Districts in protecting the environment," said Sam Bell, owner of Metal Surfaces, Inc., of Bell Gardens and chair of the Sanitation Districts' Industry Advisory Council.
The idea for the Certificates of Recognition originated with the Sanitation Districts' Industry Advisory Council, an advisory group currently consisting of 11 representatives from different industrial sectors. The Council and the Sanitation Districts believe that it is important to acknowledge industries with good compliance records. The recognition program is now in its twenty-sixth year.
The Sanitation Districts are a regional public agency consisting of 24 independent special districts serving over 5.5 million people in 78 cities and unincorporated territory within Los Angeles County. The agency protects public health and the environment through innovative and cost-effective wastewater and solid waste management and, in doing so, converts waste into resources such as recycled water, energy and recycled materials.
Contact: Jyoti Banaji, Industrial Waste Section
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
(562) 908-4288, ext. 2906
or Basil Hewitt, Public Information Office
(562) 908-4288, ext. 2303
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The next revolution in home lighting is now modular, scalable with endless possibilities putting you in control
MILAN, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Italian smart lighting brand, Twinkly, once again raises the bar on smart lighting solutions with the introduction of their newest product, Squares. An interactive mosaic made of dazzling "mega" pixels, Twinkly Squares flawlessly marries technology and innovation with the sleek and elegance of interior design.
The first of its kind, Twinkly Squares' smart LED wall panels each feature 64 premium app-controlled, addressable LEDs specifically designed for brightness and color quality in 16 million colors and can be combined with up to 15 extension panels – bringing unlimited creative potential for any space within the home, all in the palm of your hand. Whether it's creating stunning 8-bit pixel artwork and GIFs, widgets including weather forecasts or clocks, or just colors and animations – the opportunities to create huge displays of beautiful artwork are endless.
Easily configurable via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, Twinkly Squares can be controlled using the free Twinkly app, available for iOS and Android, and voice-controlled with voice assistants including Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit. Once the lights have been set up, the Twinkly app scans and maps each individual LED, allowing everyone to generate bespoke light design installations through a wide range of preset effects and animations, as well as the ability to create custom effects from scratch using the FX Wizard tool.
To take home decoration to the next level, Twinkly Squares can also be combined with lights in the home via Twinkly Music (sold separately), a USB device with a built-in microphone that interprets ambient sounds and music in the home and applies matching colors and effects to the lights. Twinkly Squares is currently available to buy as a Starter Kit or Extension Kit:
- Twinkly Squares Starter Kit ($249.99) – Includes 1 x master panel and 5 x extension panels, as well as a USB-C cable and power adapter
- Twinkly Squares Extension Kit ($99.99) – Includes 3 x extension panels and mounting accessories (requires connection to a master panel, which comes the Starter Kit)
Ultimate Gaming Giveaway
For gamers, Twinkly Squares seamlessly integrates with Razer's proprietary RGB lighting technology system, Razer Chroma RGB and OMEN Light Studio to take gaming to the next level with stunning lighting effects that react to gameplay. As one of the official Presenting Partners of RazerCon 2022, Razer's digital celebration of all things gaming, Twinkly is giving away over 50 Twinkly Combo Squares Packs to select winners to create the ultimate immersive gaming experience. Those interested in entering simply need to post a photo and/or video of their battle station on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using the hashtags #TwinklySquares and #RazerCon2022. All entrants must follow @twinkly and @razer on their social channels.
Twinkly is an Italian tech company and market leader in smart lighting. The company was founded in 2016 and, within a few years, has already become a global brand. Twinkly has revolutionized the world of decorative lighting with a range of technologically advanced, patented and internationally awarded products. Twinkly offers a complete ecosystem of connected LED lights that can be easily controlled via your smartphone. Technologically advanced, a special computer vision algorithm detects the exact position of each light in the room, allowing you to customize your lights and create extraordinary lighting effects. From Christmas decorations to entire building facades, from smart homes to theme parks, from illuminated furniture to concerts and scenic installations, Twinkly's advanced technology makes the ability to decorate with light within everyone's reach. For more information, visit https://www.twinkly.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient cooler that can be used to store food and drinks as well as provide a bar-style workstation for picnics, tailgating and camping," said an inventor, from Coquitlam, BC, Canada, "so I invented ANYBAR. My design would be easy to set up, use and transport over sand, gravel, grass and pavement."
The patent-pending invention provides a versatile cooler for storing and transporting food and drinks. It also offers a convenient station for mixing and serving drinks. As a result, it ensures that stored items are chilled and organized and it eliminates the need to find or create a makeshift bar. The invention features a portable and durable design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TRO-630, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a convenient, affordable way to enjoy time out on any river or lake, enjoying many, if not all, of the conveniences of a houseboat via the capabilities, conveniences and familiarities of your own travel trailer or motor home," said an inventor, from Sahuarita, Ariz., "so I invented the Transportable RV Houseboat. My design would allow you to easily convert your RV into a houseboat, as well as transport it to multiple bodies of water."
The invention provides a safe, stable, effective way to transport a travel trailer or motor home on water. In doing so, it eliminates the need to purchase a separate houseboat, as well as the restriction to a single body of water inherent to a houseboat. Also, its motorized capabilities add fun and entertainment on the water. The invention features a safe, user-friendly and cost-effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for boating enthusiasts who love camping and own travel trailers or motor homes, marina owners and operators, etc. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Tucson sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TST-447, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a device to effectively remove earwax and other debris from the ears," said an inventor, from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, "so I invented the CLEAN EAR. My design would help to prevent the user from packing the wax against the eardrum."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved method for cleaning the ears. In doing so, it enables the user to easily remove wax and dirt from the ears. As a result, it increases convenience and safety and it offers an alternative to using a cotton swab. The invention features a practical and durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TOR-9055, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a truck driver and I thought there could be a better set of lights to meet a trucker's lighting needs while also providing a distinct and modern look," said an inventor, from Toppenish, Wash., "so I invented the KUASAR HALO LIGHTS. My design would enhance driver safety and it could turn the heads of fellow motorists."
The invention provides enhanced cab lighting for large commercial trucks and off-road trucks. In doing so, it offers an alternative to displaying dull and utilitarian cab lights. As a result, it increases safety and visibility and it offers an attractive appearance. The invention features a versatile design that is easy to use so it is ideal for large commercial trucks and off-road trucks. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-220, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I use 10 to 20 pairs of exam gloves throughout my work day and I'm constantly positioning my thumb in the covering designed for the pinky finger. I thought there could be a quick and convenient way to position the gloves," said the inventor, from Eagle River, Alaska, "so I invented the E Z THUMB EXAM GLOVE. My design eliminates the need to remove the glove and spin it around to the correct position."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to properly position a disposable glove. In doing so, it prevents the user from putting the thumb within the pinky finger slot. As a result, it saves time and effort. The invention features a practical design that is easy to position and use so it is ideal for various members of the labor force including medical, food, hospitality, and airline industries. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-225, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted a convenient piece of durable and inexpensive fitness equipment to tone and straighten the muscles in the arms, shoulders, back, chest, core and legs and we found existing equipment incomplete or immobile," said one of two inventors, from Tucson, Ariz., "so we came up with 2" Workout. Our design would eliminate the need to purchase and use different expensive and bulky home gym systems and it is easily transportable."
The patent-pending invention provides a versatile piece of exercise equipment for fitness enthusiasts and physical therapists. In doing so, it enables the user to engage in a wide range of upper and lower body strength training and stretching exercises. It also could be used to engage and assist in martial arts and core workouts including physical rehabilitation uses (i.e. low impact stretching) for physical therapy clients. The invention features a space-saving design and it can be temporarily installed within a home's interior. It is ideal for fitness enthusiasts; physical therapists; judo practitioners; individuals who play baseball, football, volleyball, swim or practice other sports; and sports trainers. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Tucson sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TUC-461, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Covetrus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVET)'s sale to funds affiliated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and TPG Capital for $21.00 per share in cash. If you are a Covetrus shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Silverback Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBTX)'s merger with ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, assuming that Silverback's net cash at closing is $240 million, Silverback equity holders are expected to own approximately 37% of the combined company. If you are a Silverback shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT)'s sale to Amazon.com, Inc. for $61.00 per share in cash. If you are an iRobot shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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After solidifying itself as one of Denver's premiere home improvement companies, Kind Home Solutions updates brand to align with their main clientele – homeowners seeking outstanding home painting services
DENVER, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kind Home Solutions, a Denver based home improvement company that delivers world-class customer service, adds Kind Home Painting Company to its brand to further establish it as the premier home painting company in the Denver metro area.
With a new name, logo, color scheme and website, Kind Home Painting Co. sets itself apart from run-of-the-mill painting companies in Denver's oversaturated painting industry. The new look is sleek and features a smiling paint brush as its new logo. The smiling paint brush effortlessly aligns with the company's ethos of kindness.
Kind Home's color scheme received a makeover featuring an eye-catching teal green and royal blue combination. The colors really complement each other and grab your attention. The new name was likely a no-brainer— it retains the core of the Kind Home brand while adding their specialization to the mix.
"Our main goal with the Kind Home Painting Company brand is to solidify us as the premiere choice for painting services while succinctly delivering our message and specialization to our clients. We knew this rebrand was only a matter of time. We couldn't be more excited to unveil it to Denver homeowners." - Michael Sutton, Owner/Founder Kind Home
If anything is true of the new brand, it definitely stands out while delivering a clear message. Kind Home will still provide professional holiday lighting and roofing services under the Kind Home Solutions moniker as they further develop the Kind Home Painting Company brand.
After winning multiple awards over the past couple years, such as Colorado Companies to Watch and Denver Business Journal's Best Places to Work, Kind Home shows no signs of slowing down. Be on the lookout in your neighborhood for Kind Home Painting Company's newly branded vans featuring their updated colors and smiling paint brush.
For more information about Kind Home Painting Company visit: https://www.kindhomepainting.com/
Kind Home Painting Co. delivers a client focused approach to residential painting projects in the Denver metro area. As a leader in the interior and exterior painting industry, they strive to provide every homeowner with outstanding care, communication and the highest quality possible.
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DAM Resellers Now Offer LinkrUI with Microsoft Office Compatibility
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa Cruz Software, a global leader in software development for cross media content publishing, today announced a new version of their DAM connector LinkrUI will now enable Digital Asset Manager (DAM) syncing for three Microsoft Office applications. Currently available only via DAM reselling partners, Microsoft Office functionality with LinkrUI is now compatible for applications Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Excel.
Visit here to learn more about LinkrUI.
LinkrUI enables direct searching, opening, placing and synchronizing of digital assets stored in a DAM system or other storage services, such as Box and Dropbox. The new version of LinkrUI automatically synchronizes assets between Microsoft Office applications and the DAM or storage service to ensure that everyone in an organization can find and work on the latest version.
LinkrUI started as a best-in-class extension to Adobe applications, providing an in-app panel link between popular creative applications and the DAM or cloud storage service. Santa Cruz Software recently began offering a version of LinkrUI completely free — guaranteed version control at no cost — which is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign and Adobe Illustrator. The premium version of LinkrUI adds compatibility for Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects and includes additional features like live filtering and Smart-Linkr, which finds and fixes broken asset links automatically. Microsoft Office compatibility is only available in the premium version.
A recent survey by Santa Cruz Software found that 83% of creative professionals said they spend time each week finding lost assets. In fact, 11% do it hourly. Over half of designers spend at least three hours per week managing versions and a staggering 15% are spending over six hours. LinkrUI solves this problem by automatically syncing the current asset with the DAM.
"LinkrUI creates a more profitable and productive workflow within companies by managing asset versions, resulting in professionals having access to shared files that the entire team is working on," said Mark Hilton, CEO of Santa Cruz Software. "Adding support for Microsoft Office provides an additional level of connectivity among teams, making it easier to collaborate on shared projects across a variety of applications. Along with the rest of our offering, this addition enables creatives to be significantly more efficient with their work, benefiting everyone involved."
LinkrUI for Microsoft Office is currently only available from resellers. A retail version will be announced at a later date. Please visit our LinkrUI webpage to see a list of current DAM vendors.
Santa Cruz Software offers a suite of tools to connect Adobe applications to other Cloud Services, enabling teams to collaborate seamlessly on projects without ever leaving their applications. Enjoy simplified version control, easy asset search, and seamless connection between your shared team assets. Santa Cruz Software features are designed to streamline brand compliance, empower collaboration between teams, and increase productivity. Solutions range from integratable Dynamic Templates based upon Adobe InDesign (PrintUI), DAM connectors for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and Microsoft Office 365 (LinkrUI), and turnkey collateral/campaign portals (BrandingUI). For more information, visit the Santa Cruz Software website.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Communities, an affiliate of Madison Capital Group, has recently broken ground on 266 units located in Century Farms, a mixed-use master- planned development located in Antioch, TN. Located within Century Farms, the community will be called Madison Century Farms and construction will begin in September.
Madison Century Farms will feature 266 units with surface parking. Project amenities will include luxury unit finishes, integrated clubhouse with fitness center, outdoor lounge with summer kitchen, a resort style pool and pool deck with grilling stations and cabanas. The project will be delivered by Benco Construction, Madison's affiliate general contracting group.
"We remain very active in Nashville across both our Multifamily and Self- Storage platforms," said Ryan Hanks, CEO of Madison Capital Group. "We are excited to get this off the ground and look forward to starting our next apartment development in Q1 of next year located off of West Trinity near Germantown". Madison's Self-Storage platform, Go Store It, also has several new storage developments in planning between Downtown and Franklin.
Madison Communities is based in Charlotte, NC and focuses on the development and management of suburban garden apartment projects throughout the Sunbelt and has offices in Charlotte, Nashville, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas, and Charleston.
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Magna's platform allows companies to plan and manage token distributions for participants, employees, investors and other key stakeholders
Led by Tiger Global and Tusk Venture Partners, the new funding will allow the platform to launch new token management offerings and continue to build a world-class team
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Magna, a New York-based token management platform, announced today it has raised $15.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Tiger Global and Tusk Venture Partners with participation from Circle Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Asymmetric, Alchemy Ventures, Solana Ventures, Ava Labs, Polygon, Protocol Labs, Y Combinator Continuity, Blockchain Founders Fund, AV Blockchain Fund, Olive Tree Capital, ProtoFund, Plug and Play Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Ryan Selkis, and angels including senior executives from Anchorage, Fireblocks, TRM, Chainalysis, TokenSoft, Phantom, QuantStamp, and QuickNode, among other investors.
In the last few years, there has been a growing trend for companies and projects to offer tokens to employees, community members, investors, and other stakeholders. The current process for managing hundreds to thousands of token grants is time-consuming and manual for companies. Magna, founded by CEO Bruno Faviero and CTO Arun Kirubarajan, was started in early 2022 to remove this friction of managing token grants and distributing tokens: customers input their distribution schedules and recipient information, and the platform automates the rest. The platform currently supports distributions on blockchains including Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, and others, and is now managing over $30M of distributions for select customers, having distributed to thousands of recipients since going live in July.
"Crypto founders want their stakeholders to get their tokens on-time, correctly, and in a compliant way," said Bruno Faviero, CEO of Magna. "DIY tools for critical workflows like this often lead to extensive engineering efforts, unaudited code, unusable UIs, and a lack of support for proper tax reporting and compliance elements. These things have to work out of the box if we want to make it easier to start, scale, and participate in the next 100,000 crypto companies."
"At Shima, we have hundreds of portfolio companies and several have tried to build token distribution mechanisms in-house to no avail," said Yida Gao, General Partner at Shima Capital. "These tools should exist as a primitive and require battle-tested smart contract code, extensive security audits, and a usable interface to get right."
For companies that haven't yet launched their token, Magna helps them plan out their token allocations well in advance with tools including token offer letters and legal agreement management. For companies that already have a live token, Magna's platform helps beyond distributions with on-chain insights (holdership breakdown, token transfers, live price, and more.), as well as compliance support for tax withholding, calculating tax liability, IRS filings, and more.
"Magna is solving a pain point that many founders and organizations face today when managing tokens for employees and various stakeholders," said Jordan Nof, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Tusk Venture Partners. "Token issuances can create a powerful incentive for stakeholders, but managing the process is still highly manual. Bruno and the team at Magna are creating a platform that will change the future of how companies plan, manage and execute token distributions."
Magna will put this new round of funding towards improving the overall experience of the platform, building new product offerings, launching support for new blockchains and protocols, and continuing to frequently audit its smart contracts. Magna's on-chain programs have been audited multiple times by industry-leading firms including OtterSec and CertiK to date. Magna is also in the process of integrating with leading institutional custody providers and market makers to bring best-in-class custody options and liquidity options to its customers.
With a presence in New York, Miami, and Toronto, Magna is actively hiring across several roles.
Magna allows crypto companies to put their token distributions on autopilot. With Magna, organizations can distribute tokens to their team, stakeholders, community members and other key stakeholders in a fast, secure, and reliable way on Solana, Ethereum, and other major blockchains. Magna's token planning features also allow founders to plan future token distributions, while educating token holders on what their future ownership will look like.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: MEGI) today announced the Fund's monthly distributions for September 2022 of $0.1083 per common share. The distribution reflects an annualized distribution rate of 6.5% based on a $20.00 per share initial public offering (IPO) price.
Dividend Distribution Schedule:
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Distribution Policy.
Future earnings of the Fund cannot be guaranteed, and the Fund's distribution policy is subject to change. For more information on the Fund, please visit the Fund's website here.
The Fund's monthly distribution is set by its Board of Trustees. The Board reviews the Fund's distribution on a quarterly basis in view of its net investment income, realized and unrealized gains, and other net unrealized appreciation or income expected during the remainder of the year. The Fund strives to establish a level monthly distribution that, over the course of the year, will serve to distribute an amount closely approximating the Fund's net investment income and net realized capital gains during the year.
The following table sets forth the estimated sources of income of the current distribution, and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital source. All amounts are expressed on a per share of common stock basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.
- Represents the cumulative total return in relation to the change in NAV from inception (10/27/2021) through 8/31/2022.
- Represents the current monthly distribution rate annualized as a percentage of NAV as of 8/31/2022.
- Represents the cumulative total return in relation to the change in NAV for the current fiscal period 6/1/2022 through 8/31/2022.
- Represents the cumulative distribution rate for the current fiscal period 6/1/2022 through 8/31/2022, which is determined by dividing the dollar value of distributions in the period by the NAV as of 8/31/2022.
MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund is a closed-end fund, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and invests primarily in income-producing equity securities issued by infrastructure companies. Holdings are subject to change. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Fund's daily New York Stock Exchange closing prices, net asset values per share, as well as other information are available by clicking here or by calling the Fund's shareholder servicing agent at (855) 456-9683.
Fund Performance Information:
October 27, 2021 (Inception Date) to August 31, 2022
The Cumulative Total Return: -5.43%
There is no assurance the Fund will continue to pay regular monthly distributions or that it will do so at a particular rate.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of its distribution to shareholders.
Any distributions in excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated first, as a tax-deferred return of capital, which is applied against and will reduce the adjusted tax basis of shares and, after such adjusted basis is reduced to zero, will generally constitute capital gains. A return of capital distribution may lower a shareholder's basis in the Fund, causing a potential future tax consequence in connection with the sale of Fund shares, even if such shares are sold at a loss to the shareholder's initial investments.
Any amounts and sources of distributions are only estimated and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of income of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will advise how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Before considering an investment in the Fund, you should understand that you could lose money. There are risks inherent in all investments. The Fund's risks include:
New Fund Risk: The Fund is a new fund which may result in additional risk. The Fund may cease operations and in such an event, investors may be required to liquidate or transfer their investments at an inopportune time.
Limited Operating History Risk: The Fund is a recently organized, non-diversified, closed end management investment company with limited operating history. It is designed for long term investing and not as a vehicle for trading. Shares of closed end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from their NAV.
Limited Term Risk: Unless action is otherwise taken by the Board in accordance with the Declaration of Trust, the Fund will commence the process of liquidation and dissolution at the close of business on December 15, 2033 (the "Termination Date"). The Fund will not seek to return an initial investment in common shares by an investor on the Termination Date. Instead, the Fund will distribute an amount equal to the Fund's NAV at that time, which may be greater or less than an investor's initial investment.
Infrastructure Industry Risk: The Fund is particularly exposed to adverse economic, regulatory, political, legal, geographical, and other changes affecting the issuers of infrastructure related securities. Infrastructure related companies are subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, difficulties in obtaining financing for construction programs, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies, changes in market sentiment and other factors. Additionally, infrastructure related companies may be subject to regulation by various governmental authorities, may also be affected by governmental regulation of rates charged to customers, service interruption, and/or legal challenges due to environmental, operational, the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies, and accounting standards. There is also the risk that corruption may negatively affect infrastructure projects, resulting in delays and cost overruns.
Leverage Risk: The use of leverage creates an opportunity for increased common share net investment income dividends, but also creates risks for the holders of common shares. Leverage is a speculative technique that exposes the Fund to greater risk, and increased costs. Leverage may cause greater changes in the Fund's NAV. The Fund will also have to pay interest on its borrowings, if any, which may reduce the Fund's return.
Equity Securities Risk: Equity securities prices have historically experienced periods of significant volatility, particularly during recessions or other periods of financial stress. Common stock prices, like other equity securities may be affected by macroeconomics and other factors affecting the stock market in general, including financial or political conditions that may affect particular industries, or the economy in general. Preferred stocks are subject to issuer specific risks, in addition to the general equity risks, and unlike common stocks, participation in the growth of an issuer may be limited.
Foreign Securities Risk: Foreign securities can be subject to greater risks than U.S. investments, including currency fluctuations, less liquid trading markets, greater price volatility, political and economic instability, less publicly available information, and changes in tax or currency laws or monetary policy. These risks are likely to be greater for emerging markets than in developed markets.
Convertible Securities Risk: The value of a convertible security, which is a form of hybrid security (i.e., a security with both debt and equity characteristics), typically increases or decreases with the price of the underlying common stock. In general, a convertible security is subject to the market risks of stocks, and its price may be as volatile as that of the underlying stock, when the underlying stock's price is high relative to the conversion price, and a convertible security is subject to the market risks of debt securities, and is particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, when the underlying stock 's price is low relative to the conversion price. The general market risks of debt securities that are common to convertible securities include, but are not limited to, interest rate risk and credit risk, they are subject to the risk that the issuer will not be able to pay interest or dividends when due; their market value may change based on changes in the issuer's credit rating or the market's perception of the issuer's creditworthiness.
Debt Securities Risk: The risks involved with investing in debt securities include (without limitation) credit risk, the risk that an issuer, guarantor, or liquidity provider of a debt security may be unable or unwilling, or may be perceived (whether by market participants, ratings agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations.
Maturity Risk: Maturity, the average expected repayment date of the Fund's portfolio, taking into account the expected final repayment dates of the securities in the portfolio. A debt security with a longer maturity may fluctuate in value more than a debt security with a shorter maturity. Therefore, the NAV of the Fund that holds debt securities with a longer average maturity may fluctuate in value more than the NAV of the Fund that holds debt securities with a shorter average maturity.
Investment and Market Discount Risk: An investment in the Fund's Common Shares is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. As with any stock, the price of the Fund's Common Shares will fluctuate with market conditions and other factors. At any point in time an investment in the Fund's Common Shares may be worth less than the original amount invested, even after taking into account distributions paid by the Fund. The Fund uses leverage, which will magnify the Fund's investment, market, and certain other risks.
Dividend Paying Securities Risk: Dividends the Fund receives on common stocks are not fixed but are declared at the discretion of an issuer's board of directors. There is no guarantee that the issuers of the securities held by the Fund will declare dividends in the future or that, if dividends are declared, they will remain at their current levels or increase over time. The Fund's emphasis on dividend paying securities could cause the Fund to underperform versus similar funds that invest without consideration of a company's track record of paying dividends or ability to pay dividends in the future. Dividend paying securities may not participate in a broad market advance to the same degree as other securities, and a sharp rise in interest rates or an economic downturn could cause a company to unexpectedly reduce or eliminate its dividend.
Discount from Net Asset Value Risk: Shares of closed end investment companies frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value. This characteristic is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that the Fund's NAV per Common Share could decrease as a result of its investment activities. The net asset value per Common Share will be reduced immediately following this offering as a result of the payment of certain offering costs. Although the value of the Fund's net assets is generally considered by market participants in determining whether to purchase or sell Common Shares, whether investors will realize gains or losses upon the sale of the Common Shares will depend entirely upon whether the market price of the Common Shares at the time of sale is above or below the investor's purchase price for the Common Shares. Because the market price of the Common Shares will be determined by factors such as net asset value, dividend and distribution levels and their stability (which will in turn be affected by levels of dividend and interest payments by the Fund's portfolio holdings, the timing and success of the Fund's investment strategies, regulations affecting the timing and character of Fund distributions, Fund expenses and other factors), supply of and demand for the Common Shares, trading volume of the Common Shares, general market, interest rate and economic conditions and other factors that may be beyond the control of the Fund, the Fund cannot predict whether the Common Shares will trade at, below or above net asset value or at, below or above the initial public offering price.
Emerging Markets Risk: The risks of foreign investments (or exposure to foreign investments) are usually much greater when they are made in (or result in exposure to) emerging markets. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. They are more likely to experience high rates of inflation and currency devaluations, which may adversely affect returns. In addition, many emerging markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets, may be more likely to suffer sharp and frequent price changes or long-term price depression due to possible adverse publicity, investor perceptions, or the actions of a few large investors. Also, there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging markets, and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing, recordkeeping, and financial reporting standards and requirements comparable to those to which companies in developed markets are.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The Fund's prospectus, which contains this and other information about the Fund, should be read carefully before investing. A copy of the prospectus relating to this Fund may be obtained by contacting your financial advisor, or by calling 800-624-6782.
About New York Life Investments
With over $650 billion in Assets Under Management* as of March 31, 2022, New York Life Investments is comprised of the affiliated global asset management businesses of its parent company, New York Life Insurance Company (New York Life), and offers clients access to specialized, independent investment teams through its family of affiliated boutiques. New York Life Investments remains committed to clients through a combination of the diverse perspectives of its boutiques and a long-lasting focus on sustainable relationships.
*AUM includes assets of Investment Advisors affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company. AUM for Candriam and Ausbil is reported at the spot rate.
"New York Life Investments" is both a service mark, and the common trade name, of certain investment advisors affiliated with New York Life Insurance Company.
About CBRE Investment Management
CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC is the listed real assets arm of CBRE Investment Management, a leading global real assets investment management firm, with $146.9 billion in assets under management* as of June 30, 2022, operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor‐operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive.
CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2021 revenue). CBRE has more than 105,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE's data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information about CBRE Investment Management, please visit www.cbreim.com.
*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Investment Management provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice and which generally consist of investments in real assets; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real assets-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Investment Management's presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers and from its calculation of regulatory assets under management for purposes of certain regulatory filings.
This press release is not an offer to sell securities and is not a solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sales of securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
New York Life Investment Management LLC engages the services of SEC-registered advisors. CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets (CBRE Investment Management) is unaffiliated with New York Life Investments. The MainStay Funds® are managed by New York Life Investment Management LLC and distributed by NYLIFE Distributors LLC, 30 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company. NYLIFE Distributors LLC is a Member FINRA/SIPC.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. The rover has collected four samples from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater since July 7, bringing the total count of scientifically compelling rock samples to 12.
"We picked the Jezero Crater for Perseverance to explore because we thought it had the best chance of providing scientifically excellent samples – and now we know we sent the rover to the right location," said Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science in Washington. "These first two science campaigns have yielded an amazing diversity of samples to bring back to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign."
Twenty-eight miles (45 kilometers) wide, Jezero Crater hosts a delta – an ancient fan-shaped feature that formed about 3.5 billion years ago at the convergence of a Martian river and a lake. Perseverance is currently investigating the delta's sedimentary rocks, formed when particles of various sizes settled in the once-watery environment. During its first science campaign, the rover explored the crater's floor, finding igneous rock, which forms deep underground from magma or during volcanic activity at the surface.
"The delta, with its diverse sedimentary rocks, contrasts beautifully with the igneous rocks – formed from crystallization of magma – discovered on the crater floor," said Perseverance project scientist Ken Farley of Caltech in Pasadena, California. "This juxtaposition provides us with a rich understanding of the geologic history after the crater formed and a diverse sample suite. For example, we found a sandstone that carries grains and rock fragments created far from Jezero Crater – and a mudstone that includes intriguing organic compounds."
"Wildcat Ridge" is the name given to a rock about 3 feet (1 meter) wide that likely formed billions of years ago as mud and fine sand settled in an evaporating saltwater lake. On July 20, the rover abraded some of the surface of Wildcat Ridge so it could analyze the area with the instrument called Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals, or SHERLOC.
SHERLOC's analysis indicates the samples feature a class of organic molecules that are spatially correlated with those of sulfate minerals. Sulfate minerals found in layers of sedimentary rock can yield significant information about the aqueous environments in which they formed.
What Is Organic Matter?
Organic molecules consist of a wide variety of compounds made primarily of carbon and usually include hydrogen and oxygen atoms. They can also contain other elements, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. While there are chemical processes that produce these molecules that don't require life, some of these compounds are the chemical building blocks of life. The presence of these specific molecules is considered to be a potential biosignature – a substance or structure that could be evidence of past life but may also have been produced without the presence of life.
In 2013, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found evidence of organic matter in rock-powder samples, and Perseverance has detected organics in Jezero Crater before. But unlike that previous discovery, this latest detection was made in an area where, in the distant past, sediment and salts were deposited into a lake under conditions in which life could potentially have existed. In its analysis of Wildcat Ridge, the SHERLOC instrument registered the most abundant organic detections on the mission to date.
"In the distant past, the sand, mud, and salts that now make up the Wildcat Ridge sample were deposited under conditions where life could potentially have thrived," said Farley. "The fact the organic matter was found in such a sedimentary rock – known for preserving fossils of ancient life here on Earth – is important. However, as capable as our instruments aboard Perseverance are, further conclusions regarding what is contained in the Wildcat Ridge sample will have to wait until it's returned to Earth for in-depth study as part of the agency's Mars Sample Return campaign."
The first step in the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign began when Perseverance cored its first rock sample in September 2021. Along with its rock-core samples, the rover has collected one atmospheric sample and two witness tubes, all of which are stored in the rover's belly.
The geologic diversity of the samples already carried in the rover is so good that the rover team is looking into depositing select tubes near the base of the delta in about two months. After depositing the cache, the rover will continue its delta explorations.
"I've studied Martian habitability and geology for much of my career and know first-hand the incredible scientific value of returning a carefully collected set of Mars rocks to Earth," said Laurie Leshin, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. "That we are weeks from deploying Perseverance's fascinating samples and mere years from bringing them to Earth so scientists can study them in exquisite detail is truly phenomenal. We will learn so much."
More About the Mission
A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including caching samples that may contain signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.
Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA, would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.
JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
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LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced it will post its third quarter 2022 financial results and business outlook on its investor relations website at http://ir.netflix.net on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, at approximately 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time. At that time, the company will issue a brief advisory release via newswire containing a link to the third quarter 2022 financial results and letter to shareholders on its website.
A video interview with Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings, co-CEO & Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, Chief Financial Officer Spence Neumann, COO & Chief Product Officer Greg Peters and VP, IR & Corporate Development Spencer Wang will be available at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The discussion will be moderated by Doug Anmuth, JPMorgan, with questions submitted via email. Questions from investors should be submitted as well in advance as possible for inclusion to douglas.anmuth@jpmorgan.com.
The video interview can be accessed on the Netflix Investor Relations YouTube channel at youtube.com/netflixir.
About Netflix, Inc.
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with 221 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries, feature films and mobile games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.
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The new group, Ampliform, will develop more than 10GW of solar projects in North America by 2025.
The joint venture's consortium of investors led by the Jones Family Office, alongside Barings, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and others.
ARDMORE, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prospect14, a leading solar energy developer, today announced it has partnered with a group of experienced energy investors and operators with deep expertise in power generation and quantitative trading to launch Ampliform, a joint venture that will originate, develop, build, operate and optimize utility-scale solar and solar + storage projects in the United States.
Ampliform is backed by a significant equity commitment from a consortium of investors led by the Jones Family Office, alongside Barings, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and others.
Prospect14, led by energy industry veterans Carl Jackson, Geoff Underwood, and Charles Silio, will provide greenfield origination, development and construction services to Ampliform, leveraging Prospect14's experience in data-driven, scaled project origination and project delivery. Also investing in Ampliform and serving on its executive leadership team on behalf of Greens Ledge Renewable Partners (GLRP) are Brad Romine and Steve Culliton, who previously led North American power generation investments, power trading and asset optimization for Castleton Commodities International, John Vivenzio, who previously served as Chief Technology Officer of King Street Capital Management, a leading global alternative asset manager, and Mikael Andren, who serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Jones Family Office and related entities.
"We are very excited to partner with such experienced investors and power plant operators to drive the deployment and optimization of solar + storage projects at scale," said Carl Jackson, Partner, Prospect14. "Brad, Steve, and John have had tremendous success optimizing power plants, managing quantitative energy trading operations, building robust trading and operational data analysis infrastructure, and putting in place innovative financing for energy projects. That experience combined with our ability to pinpoint interconnection opportunities and scale them quickly in targeted markets is unique within the industry and will be invaluable as Ampliform transitions towards a merchant model."
"We're partnering with Prospect14 on this joint venture because they have built a unique platform with a track record of using data-driven methods to site and develop solar + storage projects at scale in the nation's most competitive energy markets," said Brad Romine, Partner, Greens Ledge Renewable Partners. "We are developing our projects with the intent to own and operate them efficiently, so we begin projects with the end in mind and implement creative, data-driven approaches to optimizing plant design, development, and construction. This will make Ampliform faster and more efficient at every stage from greenfield development through to operations."
Ampliform launches with more than 3GW of early- and mid-stage projects under development, the first of which are expected to begin construction in 2023. Ampliform is actively pursuing additional greenfield project origination as well as acquisition opportunities of solar projects and interconnection capacity, with a plan to build a development pipeline of more than 10GW by 2025.
"Solar energy is an increasingly important part of the U.S. energy mix. In Ampliform, we see a tremendous opportunity to build a leading, highly differentiated company to help drive the energy transition," said Paul Tudor Jones II. "Ampliform has a significant competitive advantage because of its ability to scale rapidly, leverage technology and data, and take innovative approaches in bringing its assets to market."
Guggenheim Securities served as the financial advisor on the formation of the joint venture and as structuring advisor, private placement agent and arranger on the financing of Ampliform. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP served as counsel to the investor group and to Ampliform. Jefferies LLC acted as financial adviser, and Greeneurlocker, PLC is legal adviser to Prospect14.
Ampliform originates, develops, builds, operates, and optimizes utility-scale solar and solar + storage projects in the United States. Ampliform is led by a team of veteran developers, investors and operators in the energy sector with collectively more than 100 years of management experience. Ampliform's team has originated and developed multiple gigawatts of solar energy projects and overseen several gigawatts of power generation investments. For more information, and to contact Ampliform, please visit www.ampliform.com
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Prospect14 focuses on the scaled origination and development of renewable energy and energy storage projects in multiple markets in the United States. Since its inception, Prospect14 has originated over 5 GWdc of solar and solar + storage projects. For more information, please visit www.prospect14.com.
GLRP is a team of veteran investors and operators in the energy sector. The team collectively has more than 75 years of management experience and has acquired, operated and optimized over 5 gigawatts of power generation investments and traded energy and other commodities in the US and other global markets.
Contact: 610.424.8228, info@ampliform.com
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Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness Join Forces with Pet Industry Leader On A Mission to Make Pets' Mealtime Extra-Not-Ordinary
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yummers, the new omni-channel pet lifestyle brand, has launched their first line of premium products that inspire and enable pet parents to create extra-ordinary moments with their pets. Yummers includes 18 varieties of high-quality food mix-ins for both dogs and cats, that add more flavor, variety and nutrients to pets' bowls, for a complete and healthy meal. The majority of the more than 90 million pet parents in the U.S. believe that pet parenting is not only about health but also making sure their pet is as happy as possible. Designed with that happiness in mind, Yummers amplifies pets' existing food and enhances the feeding experience with a little extra love.
Yummers will help the most indulgent pet parents give their pets their best life. Rebecca Frechette Rudisch, pet and consumer products leader, joined forces with Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness, devoted pet parents and the stars of Netflix's Emmy award-winning series "Queer Eye." All were guided by their own pets and their passion for giving pets their best life. Antoni is dad to rescue pup Neon, Jonathan is the proud parent to five rescue cats and two rescue dogs, and Rebecca is mom to Will, an extraordinary Goldendoodle.
"Some of the most rewarding relationships in my life have been with my pets and they have enriched my life beyond words," said Co-Founder Jonathan Van Ness. "We have bonded over our love for animals, and we want Yummers to help people give all the joy and love back to their pets that they give to us."
Co-Founder Antoni Porowski echoes the same sentiment, "I'm so thrilled to partner with Jonathan and Rebecca to create Yummers, a truly unique and joyful approach to pet parenting. I am so grateful to have spent most of my life around dogs and care deeply for their nutrition and overall well-being because they have given and taught me so much. Food is all about love and connection, and I've found that it's truly one of the best ways to show how much you care about your pet."
"Pets deserve an incredible life and that begins at mealtime. At Yummers, we celebrate the joy, pride and fulfillment pet parents feel when they provide the best care and life experience for their pets," said Co-Founder Rebecca Frechette Rudisch.
Petco is the exclusive retailer to offer Yummers products at more than 1,000 locations and petco.com.
"We're thrilled to bring even more high-quality, innovative nutrition options to our curated assortment with the introduction of the Yummers line to Petco pet care centers nationwide," said Shari White, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Consumables, at Petco. "At Petco, we're committed to improving the lives of pets through a comprehensive, 360-degree approach to their health and wellness, and Yummers' focus on pets' nourishment, happiness and overall wellbeing is completely aligned with our mission."
Many pet parents are not interested in switching their preferred food, but with Yummers they can transform any pet's meal from a boring, everyday bowl into an exciting experience. Yummers uses only the highest-quality ingredients that are grain-free and meat-first. The "Gourmet Mix-Ins" offer freeze-dried single-ingredient proteins and tender morsels in flavors such as Chicken, Beef Liver, Cheddar Cheese, Salmon & Sweet Potato and Turkey & Cranberry. The "Functional Mix-ins" supplement pets' meals with extra nutrients and address common health needs including Skin & Coat as well as Digestive and Heart. With a variety of mouth-watering flavors to choose from, Yummers offers endless ways to switch it up every day, mixing and matching flavor combinations to keep pets interested, happy and satisfied. The process is as simple as it gets - just pour the recommended serving size over the food and mix it in.
Yummers products are sourced, manufactured and packaged in the USA, in a state-of-the-art facility. The brand uses sustainable printing inks and earth-friendly, PCR (post-consumer recycled) packaging to reduce landfill waste.
Yummers is available for purchase at YummersPets.com, with an option to subscribe for auto-ship online. Yummers is also available on Petco.com and Petco locations nationwide.
About Yummers
Yummers launched in 2022 with the mission to make pet mealtime extra-not-ordinary with high-quality food mix-ins for a complete and healthy meal for dogs and cats. The brand is co-founded by Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness (devoted pet parents and the stars of the Netflix Emmy award-winning series Queer Eye), along with Rebecca Frechette Rudisch, pet and consumer products industry expert, and Caravan, a co-creator of companies authentically powered by the world's most iconic artists and athletes. With a guiding principle of "your pet deserves a life this good," Yummers caters to the most indulgent pet parents' desire for experiences that strengthen and express their bond with their pet. Yummers is available in tasty "Gourmet Mix-Ins" and healthy "Functional Mix-Ins" for purchase at YummersPets.com, Petco.com and more than 1,000 Petco locations nationwide. For more information, visit www.yummerspets.com.
About Antoni Porowski
Antoni Porowski is a New York Times Bestselling Author and star of Netflix's Emmy Award-winning series Queer Eye. As the show's food and wine expert, the self-taught cook brings with him a lifelong passion for food. Antoni's first cookbook Antoni in the Kitchen debuted at #2 on the New York Times' Best Seller List, he later followed this up with Antoni: Let's Do Dinner in 2021. Up next, he will host and executive produce Easy-Bake Battle, a new culinary competition series which is slated to premiere on Netflix on October 12. Later this year, Antoni will appear in Focus Features' Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies alongside Jim Parsons, Sally Field and Ben Aldridge, set to release on December 2. Antoni is also developing a feature film for Netflix with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris loosely based on Antoni's real-life dating experiences as a sexually fluid man entitled Girls and Boys. Born in Canada to European emigrants, Antoni is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights everywhere, especially his family's native Poland where he serves on the board of the Equaversity Foundation which was established to organize international fundraising to support the LGBTQ+ community in Poland.
About Jonathan Van Ness
Jonathan Van Ness is an Emmy-nominated television personality, 2x New York Times best-selling author, podcaster, comedian and hairstylist to the stars. He stars on Netflix's Emmy Award-winning reboot series Queer Eye, where he shines as the hair guru and self-care advocate, and he is the host and executive producer of the Netflix series Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, based on Jonathan's popular podcast of the same name, a weekly exploration of all the things Jonathan is curious about. In September 2019, he released his revelatory memoir, Over The Top: A Raw Journey To Self-Love, a New York Times Best-Seller. Over The Top won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir & Autobiography and has been named a must-read book by The New York Times, TIME Magazine and NPR to name a few. His second book, Love That Story: Observations From A Gorgeously Queer Life, was released April 2022 and is a New York Times Best-Seller. In 2021 Jonathan launched JVN Hair, a haircare line that combines the best in effective and clean ingredients, creating an innovative, first of its kind haircare collection that celebrates hair health and the uniqueness of each person. His first worldwide comedy tour, Jonathan Van Ness: Road to Beijing sold out theaters in 40 cities in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. His new comedy tour, Imaginary Living Room Olympian is currently running in the US and abroad.
About Rebecca Frechette Rudisch
As CEO and Co-Founder of Yummers, Rebecca Frechette Rudisch brings more than 25 years of experience in creating, building and scaling disruptor consumer brands across pet, nutrition, beauty, food & beverage, and many other categories. Rebecca built her career as a consultant, then a merchant leader in several high-profile retailers including: Petco, Target, Best Buy, 7-Eleven and H-E-B. As Senior Vice President, Head of Own Brand at H-E-B, Rebecca led all aspects of a $9 billion private brand business for stores and digital channels. At Petco Health & Wellness, Rebecca served as Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer, where she led merchandising, marketing, product innovation, design & development and sourcing. Prior to this, Rebecca was Senior Vice President of Merchandising at 7-Eleven, Inc., held a number of leadership positions at Target Corporation, and spent eight years at Andersen Consulting / Accenture, where she worked extensively with Best Buy and others. Rebecca also serves on the Boards of Pet Honesty, a $85M pet supplement company, Smart Sweets, a $110M better-for-you candy brand, and Mikuna, a $2M plant protein company. In this capacity, she helps each company build a compelling brand and go-to-market strategy that engages their customers across all channels.
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Bain & Company's findings focus on how feelings of inclusion are different for each group and how that can be applied to the diverse US Latino population
BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Latino population is one of the fastest growing demographics in the US participating in the labor market at higher-than-average rates. They accounted for approximately 80% of workforce growth from 2010 to 2017, and they are expected to represent nearly one in three working-age Americans by 2050. Bain & Company research has found a culture of belonging and feeling included at work key to employee retention and success, but only approximately 25% of Latinos say they feel fully included at their workplaces.
Feelings of inclusion drive Latino workers employment choices from evaluation of a prospective employer, where 70% indicate this is a highly important factor to retention at their current job. Latino workers who do not feel particularly included are approximately two times more likely to quit than those who feel fully included, and nearly 45% of Latino workers who don't feel completely included are actively seeking new jobs (compared with approximately 25% of those who do feel fully included), according to Bain's Inclusive Organization Survey.
Prioritizing inclusion for all including Latino employees is crucial to the success of companies throughout the workforce, especially as they look to grow in the years to come. Determining how to successfully execute inclusion for a population is a harder problem to solve. Additionally, the Latino population is racially diverse, including people from over two dozen countries, many of whom speak different languages and have different experiences based on when their family came to the US and how long they've been here.
"Bain & Company's research found with such a diverse population, it is important to bring an intersectional lens that captures a multiplicity of identities (such as geography, gender, race or ethnicity, and seniority within the organization)," said Naiara De Leon, a Dallas-based partner and member of the firm's Latinx at Bain (LATBA) affinity group. "This allows companies to identify with the greatest precision what enablers will most likely increase inclusion for specific populations."
For example, by breaking down the Latino population with a multiplicity of identities, Latina women prefer behavioral enablers (grounded in everyday behaviors) and Latino men are more likely to be motivated by systemic enablers of inclusion (involving organizational processes and systems).
"I find team-building exercises to be a critical enabler of inclusion," said Saber Sherrard, a Dallas-based partner and global lead of LATBA. "More specifically, I always look forward to case team events as ways to learn people's stories. These discussions can foster authenticity and inclusivity, creating both a more engaging team environment and a higher-performing team."
With the Latino workforce rapidly growing, it is beneficial for companies to reflect on what enablers are being used to encourage feelings of inclusion and to make changes. Additionally, Latino leaders have an opportunity and a responsibility to push organizations to do the hard work of discovering what behaviors and systems will create more inclusion, and to ensure they are executed.
For more information or interview requests please contact:
Dan Pinkney, Bain & Company, tel. +1 646 562 8102, email: dan.pinkney@bain.com
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today's urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Have onerous zoning laws been a driving force behind massive housing shortages in our biggest cities, impeding economic growth and encouraging widespread sprawl? According to Nolan Gray's Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It, the answer is an emphatic yes. A city planner and Research Director at California YIMBY, Nolan Gray will give the keynote address at the American Enterprise Institute's Increasing Housing Supply with California Senate Bill 9 and Senate Bill 10 in Fresno on Wednesday, September 21st at 9:00 a.m.
As housing affordability has become a more salient issue for buyers and renters, the hyperlocal politics of housing have taken hold as a national conversation playing out across the country in state legislatures, in editorial pages, and in the White House. In California, the state assembly responded by passing SB-9 to legalize duplexes and lot splits on formerly single-family zoned parcels. This restores property rights to homeowners—particularly those strapped for cash-- who can now unlock the value of their land. Neighborhoods can boost economic growth and innovation, lower the cost of living, while improving municipal services.
California won't find a way out of its 4.6 million unit shortage without building more homes.1 SB-9 and SB-10 open the door to make this new construction through Light Touch Density possible. By modestly raising the average number of units per acre from 6.7 to 8.9, Light Touch Density could increase yearly housing construction in Fresno by 72%. Through building more duplexes, more townhomes, more condos, and more single-family homes on smaller lots, the lower rungs of the housing ladder can be restored for families and workers struggling to keep up with housing costs.
Join AEI and Nolan Gray in Fresno on September 21st to discuss how to do just that.
Registration is open for 6 conferences to be held the week of September 19th, 2022 that will feature discussions and conversations on the most pressing housing issues facing Californians. These conferences are free and open to the public.
Visit aei.org/california-housing-conference to register
1 Joint Economic Committee, "The Houses Act: Addressing the National Housing Shortage by Building on Federal Land."
AEI Housing Center Conference Schedule:
Monday, Sept. 19, 2022
San Francisco
Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street
9:00am–1:00pm PDT (Incl. Lunch)
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022
Sacramento
The Citizen Hotel
926 J Street
9:00am– 1:00pm PDT (Incl. Lunch)
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022
Fresno
The Doubletree by Hilton Fresno Convention Center
2233 Ventura St
9:00am–1:00pm PDT (Incl. Lunch)
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022
Riverside
Mission Inn Hotel & Spa
3649 Mission Inn Avenue
8:30–12:30pm PDT (Incl. Lunch)
Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022
Los Angeles
The One Hotel
8490 West Sunset Boulevard
3:00–7:00pm PDT (Reception)
Friday, Sept. 23, 2022
San Diego
Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
910 Broadway Circle
9:00am–1:00pm PDT (Incl. Lunch)
Media Contact Details:
Arthur Gailes
American Enterprise Institute Housing Center
Washington, DC
aei.org/california-housing-conference
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804-662-0874
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share on Nucor's common stock. This cash dividend is payable on November 10, 2022 to stockholders of record on September 30, 2022 and is Nucor's 198th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead doors; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oatey Co., a leading manufacturer in the plumbing industry since 1916, was recently recognized as the Best Company to Work in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire by the Monadnock Shopper News Readers' Choice Awards for the second consecutive year.
According to Director of Operations Jessica Wilson, it's Oatey's commitment to an associate-focused culture that sets it apart as a top workplace. The company offers best-in-class benefits and competitive pay, including annual profit sharing, as well as a respectful, diverse, friendly culture. There are also opportunities for professional development and career growth. Above all, Oatey is committed to delivering on its purpose to Deliver Quality, Build Trust and Improve Lives, while staying true to its core values.
"At Oatey, we are dedicated creating an exceptional culture for our associates, and we do that by focusing on our values every single day," Wilson said. "We believe that open, transparent communication is key to our success, and we are so honored to receive this recognition from the members of our community."
Oatey Co. is now hiring for a variety of positions at its Winchester facility – learn more at oatey.com/careers.
Since 1916, Oatey has provided reliable, high-quality products for the residential and commercial plumbing industries, with a commitment to delivering quality, building trust and improving lives. Today, Oatey operates a comprehensive manufacturing and distribution network to supply thousands of products for professional builders, contractors, engineers and do-it-yourself consumers around the world.
Oatey is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and has locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. For more information, visit www.oatey.com, call (800) 321-9532 or follow Oatey on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram.
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Monetary Support and Product Donation Furthers Physician Training and Practice in Procedures Aiding in Lung Cancer Staging and Diagnosis
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Olympus Corporation of the Americas Grants Committee recently approved a grant to The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) for monetary support and a product donation that will help build the physician trainee pipeline in interventional pulmonology and ensure physician proficiency in key pulmonary specialties. This grant helps advance evidence-based medical education for the purpose of improving public health.
The monetary donation funded the purchase of educational simulators for training physicians in both EBUS (Endobronchial Ultrasound) and Radial EBUS. The current CHEST lung cancer screening guidelines recommend EBUS with transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) as the best first procedure for locating and sampling pulmonary lesions to diagnose and stage diseasei following screening with a low-dose CT (computed tomography) scan.
The product donation to the CHEST Training Center, valued at just over $1 million, includes many of the tools and devices necessary to diagnose and stage lung cancer, including the SPiN Thoracic Navigation System™ which was a part of the recent Olympus acquisition of Veran Medical Technologies.
"Olympus highly values its relationships with medical societies, and we are very pleased to continue our support of education for pulmonologists," said Jovan Reyerson, Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs at Olympus Corporation. "As medical technologies advance, so do opportunities to improve patient care. Through this grant to CHEST, Olympus is helping ensure physicians learn the methods and techniques for using these technologies to treat patients."
The largest number of CHEST course offerings, both at the annual meeting and at their Simulation Center, are in bronchoscopy. "Interventional pulmonology is a growing specialty within pulmonary medicine, and so we're seeing increasing interest in our bronchoscopy courses," said Richard Schuch, Ed.D., Chief Learning Officer and Senior Vice President of Education with the American College of Chest Physicians. "We are grateful to Olympus for their continued support, which is helping us to meet the educational needs of physicians nationwide."
Through its portfolio of products, Olympus is committed to improving the care pathway for patients with lung diseases. The company's minimally invasive technologies are intended to advance the standard of care for detecting and diagnosing diseases and disorders. Both the SPiN Thoracic Navigation System and radial EBUS (endobronchial ultrasound) procedures are designed for locating and sampling peripheral lung nodules. The EBUS-TBNA procedure uses a bronchoscope equipped with ultrasound capability designed to visualize lymph nodes beyond the bronchus and determine their exact location for needle aspiration.
To learn more about Olympus' Grants program, visit olympusamerica.com/grants.
Olympus is passionate about the solutions it creates for the medical industry. For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping detect, prevent, and treat disease. Olympus Corporation is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries.
Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,100 employees throughout locations in North and South America.
The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) is the global leader in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases. Its mission is to champion advanced clinical practice, education, communication and research in chest medicine. It serves as an essential connection to clinical knowledge and resources for its 19,000+ members from around the world who provide patient care in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. For information about the American College of Chest Physicians, and its flagship journal CHEST®, visit chestnet.org.
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Firm earns high honors as Best Family Law Firm in Dallas
DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Texas Lawyer's Best of 2022 edition has singled out Family Law firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson (ONDA) as the Best Family Law Firm in Dallas.
Texas Lawyer is the oldest and one of the most respected legal publications in the state. For the 2022 edition, readers ranked the firm No. 1 in Dallas and among the Top 3 for Family Law in the San Antonio/Austin markets. This is the second year that ONDA has earned the publication's Best Family Law Firm honor, which is compiled through peer votes and independent research.
"Our goal is to provide the best representation for the individuals and families involved in family matter disputes, and we do that by attracting the very best lawyers practicing Family Law today," said Scott Downing, managing partner of the firm. "We appreciate that our dedication is acknowledged by Texas Lawyer."
ONDA has received some of the legal industry's highest honors, most recently with the inclusion of 16 attorneys in the 2023 Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch legal guides.
In addition, the firm is home to several of the state's Top 100 Super Lawyers for their representation of Family Law matters. ONDA is frequently ranked among the Best Law Firms by U.S. News/Best Lawyers.
Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson has served families for more than 30 years. With offices in Dallas, Frisco and San Antonio, ONDA is one of Texas' largest Family Law firms. Each partner is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and each is a member of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists.
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800-559-4534
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Palo Alto Networks is positioned furthest to the right on the Completeness of Vision axis
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced that Palo Alto Networks has been recognized as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN for the third consecutive year.
Palo Alto Networks was among the 14 vendors that Gartner evaluated for its 2022 Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN. The report evaluates vendors' Ability to Execute as well as their Completeness of Vision.
"We are thrilled to be recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN," said Kumar Ramachandran, senior vice president for SASE products at Palo Alto Networks. "We believe that placing furthest to the right on the Completeness of Vision axis is a testament to our offering of a next-generation SD-WAN solution that is autonomous, integrated and secure. Moreover, we were recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2022 Peer Insights™ 'Voice of the Customer' for WAN Edge Infrastructure. Since last year, we've continued to expand our SD-WAN offering to include a flexible consumption model with bandwidth licensing on-demand, simplified operations with artificial intelligence for operations (AIOps) powered deep WAN insights, and integrated SD-branch capabilities to help customers modernize their small to midsize branches. We believe our commitment to innovation has allowed us to anticipate the industry's needs and provide our customers with industry-recognized protection."
To learn more about Palo Alto Networks Prisma® SD-WAN, visit: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase/sd-wan
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Palo Alto Networks is the world's cybersecurity leader. We innovate to outpace cyberthreats, so organizations can embrace technology with confidence. We provide next-gen cybersecurity to thousands of customers globally, across all sectors. Our best-in-class cybersecurity platforms and services are backed by industry-leading threat intelligence and strengthened by state-of-the-art automation. Whether deploying our products to enable the Zero Trust Enterprise, responding to a security incident, or partnering to deliver better security outcomes through a world-class partner ecosystem, we're committed to helping ensure each day is safer than the one before. It's what makes us the cybersecurity partner of choice.
At Palo Alto Networks, we're committed to bringing together the very best people in service of our mission, so we're also proud to be the cybersecurity workplace of choice, recognized among Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces (2021), Comparably Best Companies for Diversity (2021)and HRC Best Places for LGBTQ Equality (2022). For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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This is the sixth consecutive time that Paychex has been recognized as an industry leader
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NelsonHall, a global analyst and research firm, has once again identified Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, as a "Leader" in its 2022 NelsonHall Vendor Evaluation and Assessment Tool (NEAT) report for payroll service providers. This is the sixth consecutive time Paychex has been positioned in the upper right quadrant of the NEAT graph with a leader designation.
Liz Rennie, NelsonHall's HR Technology & Services Research Director, said "Paychex is a Leader in the Comprehensive Payroll Capability and Digital Payroll Capability market segments, clearly demonstrating that it can change with the times through constantly improving and offering additional tools for payroll quality and compliance. Its payroll technology is one of the most advanced, bringing benchmarks as well as digital service enablement, and is complemented by a highly responsive and high-quality customer support model. Paychex clients benefit from having improved insights and greater visibility of data as well as improved accuracy and timeliness of payroll."
NelsonHall's 2022 NEAT report evaluated 24 payroll services vendors based on two criteria: (1) ability to deliver immediate client benefits and (2) ability to meet clients' future requirements. Paychex was positioned highly in the "Leader" category, fulfilling both criteria.
"We are proud of our 50-year track record of successfully helping American businesses pay their employees through simple and intuitive technology and highly professional services," said Tom Hammond, vice president of corporate strategy and product management at Paychex. "Receiving recognition from firms like NelsonHall is another indication that we are building on our payroll foundation to offer innovative services that not only meet the current needs of our customers but offer solutions that will address future business challenges."
Over the past year, Paychex has added several new payroll features to its comprehensive HCM platform Paychex Flex®. These additions include:
- Paychex Pre-Check, which allows employees to preview their paycheck on a device of their choice to confirm its accuracy before payday.
- Compensation Summary Reports, which allows employees to view their compensation, including health insurance contributions, retirement contributions, bonuses, and other benefits.
- Diversity and Equal Pay Live Report, which builds on the company's recently released EEO-1 compliance solution to enable administrators to analyze pay and diversity data.
- Paychex Flex Labor Cost Hub, which offers customers and CPAs a holistic view of payroll labor job cost and labor distribution to highlight the long-term impact of pay decisions.
These new features help drive payroll efficiency for business leaders with varying needs, whether they are HR managers charged with recruiting and retaining talent or business managers looking to save time with administrative tasks. Employees can also benefit from the flexibility of payroll solutions within Paychex Flex®.
Attendees of the 2022 HR Technology Conference & Expo, September 13-16, in Las Vegas can stop by the Paychex booth (#3410) to learn more about how Paychex HCM solutions, including payroll, work in conjunction with support from industry-leading HR coaches and best-in-class service to deliver a superior customer experience. Paychex experts will also present two in-person educational sessions during the conference highlighting the technology solutions available for today's HR professionals and how businesses can make decisions with HR analytics and reporting. For a complete overview of how to connect with Paychex at HR Tech, visit https://pages.paychex.com/HR-Tech-Fall-2022.
NelsonHall is the leading global analyst firm dedicated to helping organizations understand the 'art of the possible' in digital operations transformation. NelsonHall provides buy-side organizations with detailed, critical information on markets and vendors (including NEAT assessments) that helps them make fast and highly informed sourcing decisions. And for vendors, NelsonHall provides deep knowledge of market dynamics and user requirements to help them hone their go-to-market strategies. NelsonHall's research is based on rigorous, all-original research, and is widely respected for the quality, depth, and insight of its analysis.
Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services. By combining innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 730,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2022 in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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PCF Insurance's 3,830% revenue growth from 2018 to 2021 earned the company a spot on the list
LEHI, Utah, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PCF Insurance Services (PCF), a top 20 U.S. insurance brokerage firm, was recently recognized as one of Inc. Magazine's 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for 2022.
The annual Inc. 5000 list, in which companies were ranked based on their percentage of revenue growth between 2018 and 2021, distinguishes the privately held, for-profit and independent companies in the U.S. that best exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit.
PCF Insurance's revenue growth of 3,830% from 2018 to 2021 placed the company among the top 125 companies in the country for the Inc. 5000 list, including recognition as the second-fastest-growing private insurance company in America. Currently, PCF Insurance serves more than 465,000 clients through its network of nearly 165 Agency Partners* across 40 states.
PCF Insurance's recent rapid expansion can be attributed to the company's continued emphasis on three areas:
- Investing in technology and infrastructure: PCF Insurance is focused on scalability and putting digital platforms and processes in place to support its growth. This year, it has implemented nine new systems and has three implementations remaining this year.
- Diversifying its portfolio to support organic growth: From product lines to geographic regions, PCF Insurance Agency Partners help diversify the organization and outpace peers in organic growth.
- Pursuing strategic acquisitions: The company completed six acquisitions in 2019, 36 in 2000, 89 in 2021, and is on pace to complete more than 100 acquisitions this year.
"PCF is honored to be recognized as one of Inc.'s 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America," said Peter C. Foy, Chairman, Founder, and CEO of PCF Insurance. "This ranking is a testament that our growth-focused strategy predicated on aligning with like-minded Agency Partners who believe in teamwork, entrepreneurship and independence is helping distinguish PCF as not only one of the nation's leading insurance brokerage firms, but one of the leading private companies as well. At PCF, people make the difference, and we look forward to continuing our growth trajectory in 2022 and beyond by investing in technology, diversifying our portfolio and adding more Agency Partners that want to be part of something special."
To qualify for inclusion on Inc.'s 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list for 2022, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. All candidates were required to be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit and independent companies – not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies – as of December 31, 2021.
*As of June 30, 2022, and agencies under letter of intent
About PCF Insurance Services
A top 20 U.S. broker headquartered in Lehi, Utah, PCF Insurance Services is a leading full-service consultant and insurance brokerage firm offering a broad array of commercial, life and health, employee benefits, and workers' compensation solutions. Propelled by its people, PCF Insurance's agency-centric operating model and entrepreneurial environment support its tremendous growth profile, offering partners alignment through equity ownership, significant leadership incentives, and resources to over 3,100 employees throughout the U.S. PCF Insurance is a notable leader in the insurance space, ranked #20 on Business Insurance's 2022 Top 100 Brokers and #13 on Insurance Journal's 2022 Top Property/Casualty Agencies. Learn more at pcfins.com.
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ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mongolia's Prime Minister, L. Oyun-Erdene, has met today with major Hollywood studios and film companies to discuss how they can work together to further develop and promote the Mongolian film industry internationally.
Attendees at the meeting included senior representatives from HBO, Netflix, Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers, who are all in Ulaanbaatar at the invitation of Mongolia's Culture Minister, Nomin Chinbat.
Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister outlined the Government's efforts to develop Mongolia's creative industries as part of strengthening and diversifying the country's economy. Developing the creative industries is a key part of Mongolia's New Recovery Policy and provides opportunities to create a new, independent source of growth away from mining.
The Prime Minister stressed the Government's commitment to create a favourable filming environment in Mongolia to take its film industry to the next level. Mongolia's Law on the Support of Cinematography was approved in 2021 and started to be implemented in early 2022.
The law introduced competitive incentives, including a reimbursement program for film production costs, to help major global productions and studios create jobs and build capacity, attracting more investment into Mongolia, increasing tourism and creating greater awareness of the country's unique heritage.
The visit by the leading film executives coincides with "FAM TOUR-2022", an initiative jointly organised by Mongolia's Ministry of Culture and the Mongolian National Film Council to promote the incentives available for filming in Mongolia, as well as the activities of the Council and Mongolia's beautiful natural environment. It is running from 14-19 September.
During the rest of their visit to Mongolia, which lasts until 19 September, the film executives will meet with Mongolian filmmakers, directors, producers and artists, including Nomadia Pictures and the world-class recording studio B Production. They will also visit the Mongol Nomadic Tourist Camp and see an equestrian stunt show at Terelj National Park.
Speaking following the meeting, Mongolian Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene said:
"Mongolia's creative industries have the potential to become a major pillar of our economy, and strengthening our partnership with these leading film companies is key to making progress in this area as part of our New Recovery Policy.
"I look forward to our work together in future and to seeing an increasing number of studios choosing to work in Mongolia in the years ahead, helping to put our film industry firmly on the map."
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BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ratio Therapeutics Inc., a pharmaceutical company that employs a suite of innovative technologies to develop best-in-class targeted radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers, today announced the appointment of Jacob Hesterman, Ph.D., as the company's Chief Data Officer (CDO). In this newly created role, Dr. Hesterman will build the company's data management and data sciences infrastructure. In addition to oversight of the data platform, Hesterman will manage imaging and dosimetry for Ratio's discovery and clinical programs.
"We are delighted to welcome Jacob to the management team and into a new leadership role at Ratio. He brings extensive experience in analytics and software informatics across all stages of drug development and has profound leadership experience in managing and facilitating research and development goals - qualities that align with our fast-growing company's goals and mission," commented Dr. Jack Hoppin, Ratio's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Jacob is the perfect addition to a growing team of researchers and developers with a singular focus on delivering the best treatments to cancer patients."
Dr. Hesterman has 15+ years of experience in medical imaging, data analysis, and the management of interdisciplinary technical teams. Prior to joining Ratio, Dr. Hesterman was a founding member of Invicro, first serving as Senior Vice President of Image Analysis and then as Chief Technology Officer and ultimately as the Chief Technology Officer of Realm IDx, the parent company of Invicro. He built a 60+ person image analysis group at Invicro to provide quantitative analysis for programs across multiple imaging modalities in all phases of drug discovery and development. As CTO of Realm IDx he oversaw more than 150 data scientists focused on integrated diagnostics software and applications.
"I am excited to be a part of Ratio's team and I look forward to working with my new colleagues to enable the imaging, discovery and advancement of novel radiopharmaceuticals," said Dr. Hesterman. "I believe the team at Ratio is applying cutting-edge science and technology to the development of their radiotherapeutics and I am delighted to join Ratio's world-class co-founders, Drs. Hoppin and Babich in their commitment to developing effective treatments for cancer patients."
Dr. Hesterman owns patents for his previous work and has been a member of both the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the World Molecular Imaging Society since 2014. He holds a Ph.D. in Optics from The University of Arizona, USA.
About Ratio Therapeutics
Ratio Therapeutics Inc. is a Boston-based pharmaceutical company with the mission to accelerate the development of next-generation precision radiopharmaceuticals for solid tumors and transform oncology treatment paradigms. Founded by John Babich, Ph.D., and Jack Hoppin, Ph.D., the company currently employs a growing team of radiopharmaceuticals discovery and development experts with backgrounds in the life science industry. Ratio's fully integrated proprietary R&D platforms, Trillium™ and Macropa™, enable the imaging, discovery and advancement of novel radiopharmaceuticals that have first/best-in-class delivery, safety and efficacy properties. The tunable nature of the company's platforms enables the efficient and timely generation of numerous novel radiopharmaceuticals for a broad range of high unmet need in solid tumors. Built to be the radiopharmaceuticals discovery and development partner of choice, Ratio currently collaborates with Bayer and Lantheus.
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New quantitatively-assessed forwards build on the existing editorially-assessed 3-month forwards
SINGAPORE and LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Commodity Insights™, the leading independent provider of information, analysis and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, is expanding global Platts Forward Curves for conventional ("gray) ammonia to 24 months, effective September 16, 2022, further enhancing Platts Ammonia benchmark offerings across the global market.
"This launch follows market engagement and responds to increased interest for longer-term ammonia price trends, amid market volatility and this year's historically high ammonia spot prices," said Mario Perez, Managing Editor, Hydrogen Pricing, S&P Global Commodity Insights. "The interest in and importance of ammonia is increasing by the day. Ammonia is expected to move quickly into the energy transition space as fuel for power generation and as bunker fuel."
The new, expanded forward curves for ammonia are built on the existing near-term Platts Ammonia Forward Curves for conventional ("gray) ammonia free-on-board (FOB) Middle East and on a cost, insurance and freight (CFR) basis for Northwest Europe and US Gulf Coast, which were launched April 26, 2022. Prompt months in the forward curve are assessed by the Platts editorial team, based on market data, prevailing price information, historical price spreads and trend analysis.
Platts is adding months four through 24 of new quantitatively-driven forward assessments to FOB Middle East, CFR Northwest Europe and CFR US Gulf. It is also launching a new set of months one to 24 of quantitative forward assessments for CFR Far East Asia, all effective September 16th.
More details may be found here: (https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/071922-s-p-global-commodity-insights-to-publish-ammonia-quantitative-forward-curves-out-to-month-24 )
Earlier this year, on April 26, 2022, S&P Global Commodity Insights began publishing a daily Platts forward curve for three months forward for conventional ("gray) ammonia. The new forward curves add to the Platts ammonia price assessments, which already include gray anhydrous ammonia cargoes begun in October 2021 and low-carbon ("blue") ammonia price valuations, which Platts launched April 22, 2022.
Understanding the forward price of ammonia could bring additional confidence over time in price risk strategies such as hedging, as well as investing in ammonia production facilities. Increased confidence could boost liquidity and promote international trade, including exchange settlement transactions.
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About S&P Global Commodity Insights
At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value.
We're a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators and we create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating commodity markets, our coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture, shipping and energy transition. Platts® products and services, including the most significant benchmark price assessments in the physical commodity markets, are offered through S&P Global Commodity Insights.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information visit https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights
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MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating STORE Capital (NYSE: STOR) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with GIC and Oak Street.
Click here to learn how to join the action: https://www.ademilaw.com/case/store-capital-corporation or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges STORE Capital's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet STORE Capital holders will receive only $32.25 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $14 billion. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for STORE Capital by imposing a significant penalty if STORE Capital accepts a superior bid. STORE Capital insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of STORE Capital's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for STORE Capital.
If you own STORE Capital common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at gademi@ademilaw.com or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or https://www.ademilaw.com/case/store-capital-corporation.
We specialize in shareholder litigation involving buyouts, mergers, and individual shareholder rights throughout the country. For more information, please feel free to call us. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Animal Welfare Groups Across the Nation Come Together to Ask Public for Help
PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With his gorgeous big blue eyes, Rocky should have no trouble charming everyone. Instead, the Maine Coon-mix cat has been waiting since February for someone—anyone—to come along and take him home. It's a sign of the times as animal shelters and rescues across the nation see more animals entering than leaving, amassing a backlog of adoptable animals and creating a crisis of existential proportions. To tackle the problem, animal welfare advocates, shelters, and rescues today launched Share the Care, a campaign highlighting the powerful impact people can have on homeless animals in their community through even the smallest acts of kindness. People are urged to learn how and where help is needed in their local area and pledge their support at joinsharethecare.org.
The newly launched Share the Care campaign illustrates the critical role the community plays in creating positive outcomes for cats, dogs, and other companion animals. Opportunities like adopting, fostering, volunteering, donating, or even sharing adoptable animals on social media can help give incredible animals a second chance at a wonderful life.
Rocky's life was the stuff of dreams. The amiable feline was doted upon, raised since kittenhood by a devoted guardian who lovingly cared for him in a safe, comfortable home. Then, after 15 years, he lost it all. Rocky's guardian had to enter a medical care facility, and Rocky—with no family or friends available to take him in—was surrendered to Valley Humane Society in Pleasanton, CA. That was six months ago, and Rocky is still awaiting a new home where he can live out his senior years.
Unfortunately, Rocky isn't alone. Animal shelters across the country are packed with dogs and cats who have nowhere to go. It's a drastically different situation than in 2020, when shelters and rescues saw overwhelming demand for adoptable pets. Life during COVID may have influenced how people acquire pets.
For decades, pet adoption has been seen as a badge of honor, but Best Friends recently reported a 400% increase in people purchasing animals online from 2020 to 2021. A popular message on social media stickers, "Adopt, Don't Shop," has subtly morphed to "Adopt or Shop Responsibly." This disturbing trend dilutes the focus on homeless pets and inevitably bolsters the inhumane puppy mill industry.
"Without significant and immediate support from the public," says Stephanie Filer, executive director for Shelter Animals Count, "data analysis of the past few years predicts adoptions will continue to decrease." For more information on specific actions that help save animals' lives, including how to keep pets out of shelters, please visit joinsharethecare.org.
Share the Care is a campaign developed by more than 100 animal welfare organizations joining together to create national awareness of the need for people to join the lifesaving efforts of animal shelters in their community. Share the Care is about lifesaving together – government, community, and nonprofit working collaboratively to support homeless pets. Join the campaign at www.joinsharethecare.org to learn more.
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