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Heartwood Partners sells portfolio company in Fund III
NORWALK, Conn., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heartwood Partners is pleased to announce the sale of Allentown (www.allentowninc.com), a Heartwood Partners Fund III, LP portfolio company, to New York based private equity investment firm.
Based in Allentown, New Jersey, Allentown is a leading provider of vivarium laboratory equipment and related solutions to customers performing biomedical and preclinical research. Over its 50+ year history, Allentown has established itself as the one-stop shop for vivarium lab solutions, including individually ventilated housing systems, large animal housing, washing and sterilizer equipment and other services and solutions. The Company serves a global, blue-chip customer base, including universities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, contract research organizations, biotech companies, private labs and government agencies. Over the past few years, Allentown has focused on continuous product innovation and bolstering its position as the market leader by investing in its operations and expanding its international presence, which has positioned the business for continued transformational growth.
Mark Allsteadt, Managing Partner at Heartwood Partners, stated, "It has been a privilege to partner with the talented Allentown team over the last few years and we are all proud of what has been accomplished. The management team successfully executed on an ambitious strategic growth plan while mitigating challenges stemming from the pandemic. Everyone at Heartwood Partners is looking forward to following Allentown's next phase of growth." Heartwood Principal Anshul Chawla commented, "I'd like to echo Mark's comments – we're deeply appreciative of our partnership and thrilled with our joint achievements. During our time together Allentown's sales and EBITDA grew +25% and +125%, respectively, due to a genuine commitment to delivering high quality products and providing best-in-class customer service. It has been an impressive period of growth and expansion for Allentown and I'm excited to see what the talented management team accomplishes in the future."
Allentown CEO, John Coiro commented, "Under Heartwood Partners' guidance, Allentown has matured into a leading life sciences business. As we've expanded our product suite and solutions offerings and generated meaningful growth, I'm proud to say we've simultaneously helped our customers and their ability to perform life changing preclinical research and drug discovery. We have a promising future ahead of us and will continue innovating our product offering, strengthening our services and consumables businesses, and extending our presence into new regions and markets, possibly through acquisitions. We will ensure that we continue being a trusted and caring partner to global research."
Finn Dixon & Herling LLP served as legal advisor and BlackArch Partners served as exclusive financial adviser to Allentown and its investors.
Heartwood Partners (www.heartwoodpartners.com), located in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a middle market private equity firm founded in 1982. We currently manage over $1.7 billion in investments and commitments and our principals have invested in more than 100 platform and add-on acquisitions. We have a track record of partnering with family and management owners to help them continue to build their businesses. Heartwood is differentiated by a unique lower-leverage, distribution-yielding approach to private equity designed to create equity partnerships with continuing management.
Contact: Michelle Ryan, Chief Marketing Officer
Phone: 203-625-0770
Email: mryan@heartwoodpartners.com
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SINGAPORE, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiip, the leading influencer platform in Southeast Asia, announced further expansion into the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore markets.
"By adding the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore to our network in addition to Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand, Hiip further cements its position as the #1 technology solution provider for brands and influencers in Southeast Asia," said Phi Nguyen, Co-Founder and CEO. "We can now offer our artificial intelligence throughout the entire region."
Cecilia Cheng, CEO of Hiip Singapore and Regional Business Director for Hiip Southeast Asia, said "Singapore is the regional headquarters of many multi-national brands and Hiip is now pleased to be able to provide influencer marketing & ecommerce technology solutions to our clients on a regional basis."
"The Philippines is one of the largest and fastest growing influencer markets globally," commented Nikki Fedelicio CEO, Hiip Philippines. "Hiip's cutting edge technology will now be available in this thriving market."
Hiip is Southeast Asia's dominant influencer technology solution provider using social data & end-to-end software to help more than 1,000 brands and advertisers connect and work with more than 20,000 vetted social influencers. The company's in-house tech team leads the way in providing both key opinion leader marketing as well as e-commerce capabilities so that brands can optimize their budgets for maximum returns.
Phi went on to say, "Hiip was instrumental in helping to establish the importance of the influencer and creator economy since 2016. I am very proud of the phenomenal year on year growth Hiip has experienced. Our now more than 100 "Hiip-sters" perform every day to deliver breakthrough client solutions. With our recent market expansion, Hiip is now even better placed in the region."
According to Eric Rosenkranz, Hiip's long-standing Chairman, "As US, European and Asian clients look for opportunities in the rapidly growing SEA region, it is important to note that SEA is the 5th largest economy in the world; almost 60% of SEA's 680 million population is under the age of 35; and SEA's digital economy is projected to exceed $300b by 2025, on the back of over 400 million active internet connections and a young, tech-savvy middle-class. Hiip has strongly positioned itself to take advantage of this exciting opportunity".
About Hiip
Hiip currently helps more than 20,000 key opinion leaders, from indie artists to beauty bloggers & fashion enthusiasts, to monetize their influence by partnering with brands, advertisers and retailers. Empowered by advanced technology, more than 1,000 brands are using Hiip to connect and work with influencers to reach millions of their consumers throughout the region. Hiip is headquartered in Singapore, and has local offices in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and The Philippines.
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SAN DIEGO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi High-Tech Corporation ("Hitachi High-Tech") has entered into a strategic partnership (the Partnership) with Invivoscribe, Inc. ("Invivoscribe"),
a global provider of blood cancer testing kits and services, by undertaking a minority investment-based, third-party allotment of shares. The Partnership aims to accelerate the molecular diagnostics and precision medicine businesses of both companies by combining Invivoscribe's technology, assay and bioinformatics development, global clinical testing, and international regulatory expertise with Hitachi High-Tech's core expertise in measurement and analysis systems technologies.
Invivoscribe is a privately-held, California-based life science corporation with seven wholly-owned subsidiaries in five countries, including clinical laboratories in four countries. Invivoscribe is engaged in three core business functions: 1) testing services for blood cancers, 2) global sales and distribution of test kits and licensing bioinformatics software, and 3) the development and commercialization of companion diagnostics to support pharmaceutical approval of new oncology treatments.
Hitachi High-Tech's Analytical & Medical Solutions Business aims to support emerging businesses in the life science and healthcare industries while building out its own in vitro diagnostics (IVD) business. This Partnership is part of Hitachi High Tech's growth strategy of strengthening this molecular diagnostics business, whose mission is to contribute to the early detection and treatment of cancer, and discover new drugs, by providing molecular cancer diagnostics to all people, thereby realizing a healthy and secure society.
Through this strategic partnership, Hitachi High-Tech aims to cooperate across development, manufacturing, sales and testing services, while developing systems that provide solutions that better address the on-site needs of cancer diagnosis and monitoring throughout the course of treatment.
"Invivoscribe is excited at the synergistic opportunities, combining our core expertise in global standardization of tests and bioinformatics, our clinical lab services, and our processes for developing custom companion diagnostics from analytical/clinical validations through international regulatory approvals and commercialization, with Hitachi's expertise in instrumentation development and manufacturing," said Jeffrey Miller, CEO and founder of Invivoscribe. "Hitachi manufactures and distributes in vitro diagnostic instruments that we currently use to standardize testing for the international community; we are looking forward to further deepening our Partnership so we can advance precision medicine worldwide."
"Hitachi High-Tech has been strengthening its molecular diagnosis business centered on genetic testing. By combining Invivoscribe's testing service business with our equipment business, we aim to build a unique business model and provide a wide range of services to medical professionals," said Yoshimitsu Takagi, Vice President and Executive Officer, and General Manager, Analytical & Medical Solution Business Group of Hitachi High-Tech.
About Invivoscribe
Invivoscribe has been Improving Lives with Precision Diagnostics® for more than twenty-five years, advancing the field of precision medicine by developing and selling standardized reagents, tests, and bioinformatics tools to more than 700 customers in 160 countries. Invivoscribe also has a significant impact on global health working with pharmaceutical companies to accelerate approvals of new drugs and treatments by supporting international clinical trials, developing, commercializing companion diagnostics, and providing expertise in both regulatory and laboratory services. With its proven ability to provide global access to distributable reagents, kits, and controls, as well as clinical trial services through our international clinical lab subsidiaries (LabPMM), Invivoscribe has demonstrated it is an ideal partner. For additional information please visit: www.invivoscribe.com or contact Invivoscribe at: customerservice@invivoscribe.com.
About Hitachi High-Tech
Hitachi High-Tech, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is engaged in activities in a broad range of fields, including manufacture and sales of clinical analyzers, biotechnology products, and analytical instruments, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and analysis equipment. and providing high value-added solutions in fields of social & industrial infrastructures and mobility, etc. The company's consolidated revenues for FY 2021 were approximately JPY 576.8 billion [USD 5.1 billion]. For further information, visit http://www.hitachi-hightech.com/global/
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PITTSBURGH, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple system to help you find lost or missing personal items," said an inventor, from Chicago, Ill., "so I invented the NEVER LOSE. My design would enable you to quickly find items without the hassle and aggravation associated with aimlessly searching."
The invention provides an easy way to locate valued personal property items. In doing so, it helps to prevent lost or misplaced items. As a result, it increases convenience and it saves time and effort. The invention features a practical and user-friendly design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, golfers, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Chicago sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCP-1584, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a cover to conceal any unsightly PVC vent piping that protrudes vertically from a roof surface," said an inventor, from Charlotte, N.C., "so I invented the SHINGLE BOOT. My design would also aid in extending the life of vent pipe boots."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to hide unsightly vertical protruding vent pipes on any roof structure. It also helps to protect the vent pipe against premature dry-rotting. As a result, it could enhance the appearance of a structure and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a discreet design that is easy to install so it is ideal for households, roofing contractors, construction workers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Charlotte sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CNC-769, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved calendar for organizing and communicating all of your activities, appointments and other important dates," said an inventor, from Dayton, Ohio, "so I invented the TECH CAL. My design would help to keep all family or large companies/businesses up-to-date on schedules and upcoming events."
The invention provides an effective digital calendar for households, and large companies/businesses. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional paper calendars and schedule boards. As a result, it increases organization and convenience and it enables users to easily keep track of appointments, upcoming events, etc. The invention features a user-friendly design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and large businesses.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCT-4540, 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 , May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a better tool for moisturizing hard-to-reach areas of the scalp," said an inventor, from Baltimore, Md., "so I invented RAH'S BRAIDS. My design would eliminate the mess associated with applying scalp grease from a jar."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to moisturize the scalp. In doing so, it enables the user to apply scalp treatments without removing hair weaves or braids. As a result, it saves time and effort and it helps to prevent scalp itchiness, dandruff and irritation. The invention features a compact design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals with hair weaves or braids, salons, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Baltimore sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-BTM-2849, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a comfortable way to sit and move while using a laptop or performing various work tasks while in a remote location," said an inventor, from Cincinnati, Ohio, "so I invented the WERK - A - WAY. My design would increase efficiency and it would ensure that work supplies are accessible when needed."
The invention provides an improved chair for working in remote locations. In doing so, it would facilitate performing work and computing tasks. It also increases mobility, comfort and convenience and it enhances storage capabilities. The invention features a durable design that is easy to use, transport and store so it is ideal for students, various members of the work force, medical facilities, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCT-4469, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a more convenient and creative device for taking selfies and recording videos for social media and other platforms," said an inventor, from Dallas, Texas, "so I invented the DREAMZ MIRROR. My design could enhance the appearance and quality of the images/videos and it could provide added fun for users."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to take and share full-length selfie photos and videos. In doing so, it eliminates the need to hold a smartphone or other device to capture photos. As a result, it can be used to capture various poses or while dancing, singing, etc. and it provides added fun, entertainment and creativity. The invention features a unique and adjustable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households.
The original design was submitted to the Dallas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DAL-128, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create PPE gloves specifically designed to protect a child's hands," said an inventor, from Chicago, Ill., "so I invented CHILDREN'S NON LATEX GLOVES. My design would help to prevent children from contacting germs on the gloves during the removal process."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved protective glove for children ages 2-12. In doing so, it enables children to remove the gloves without contaminating themselves. As a result, it helps to reduce the spread of germs and viruses and it provides added safety and peace of mind. The invention features a unique design that is easy to wear and remove so it is ideal for children. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Chicago sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CHK-177, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Looking at the world today, we have wildfires in Australia, droughts in Africa, floods in Venice and not enough drinking water in many places around the world," said an inventor, from Loris, S.C., "so I wanted to invent a solution to solve these problems as well as to protect and preserve properties and save lives."
The invention fulfills the need for moving massive amounts of water to wherever needed. In doing so, it helps protect and preserve properties and save lives. The invention is designed to upgrade and modernize how countries control their water supply and may save money in areas experiencing costly floods and areas with drought damage. Additionally, this device could irrigate crops and protect the livelihood of farmers.
The original design was submitted to the Columbia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CSK-147, 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, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to ensure that a protective mask is readily available for use when wearing a hat or cap," said one of two inventors, from Shorewood, Ill., "so we invented the HAT MASK/ VISOR MASK. Our design would also enable you to safely store your mask when not in use."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective head and face covering to protect yourself and others against germs and viruses. In doing so, it ensures that a protective mask is readily available if needed. As a result, it enhances safety and convenience and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a user-friendly design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Chicago sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CHK-180, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was inspired by the idea of homesteading for myself and also help others do the same," said the inventor from Ft. Washington, Md. "I thought of this idea to help individuals grow vegetation while creating usable electrical charges to be used as the owner sees fit."
He created a prototype for the patent-pending GAIA BOX that helps fulfill the need for a three-tiered plant growing system that utilizes aeroponic, and hydroponic agricultural growing methods. This device would be cost-saving for users and their families through reduced power usage. It would also work well in concert with other natural power sources such as wind and solar. Additionally, it would provide a method of easily growing plants to help foster self-sustainability through homesteading.
The original design was submitted to the Washington sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DCD-148, 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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LANCASTER, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of Lancaster, California, announced today its partnership with Choshu Industries Corp. of America (CICA), a Yamaguchi, Japan-based global leader in R&D, solar energy power stations, environmental equipment, semiconductors and hydrogen technology and power solutions. The partnership will initially seek to integrate Choshu's "SHiPS," a containerized hydrogen production and refueling station system, and "MizTomo," a stationary fuel cell power system, into the City's Green Energy Microgrid (GEM) system.
"Since the City of Lancaster announced its goal to become the first Hydrogen City in the United States, we have made steady progress and today marks the next phase of our vision," said Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris. "We are excited to partner with Choshu Industries on our GEM system, which will add a hydrogen backbone to the system's solar and battery capabilities, all driven by Choshu's advanced artificial intelligence."
The "SHiPS" and "MizTomo" systems deployment represent the first projects of Lancaster's partnership with Choshu. These systems can be scaled to extend the City's hydrogen capacity to other sectors. Choshu and Lancaster will explore additional opportunities to supply hydrogen to commercial users and to support the city's fleet goal. "Lancaster has committed to having the first all-hydrogen municipal fleet in the United States. We plan to replace Lancaster's current fleet of passenger vehicles with new hydrogen vehicles as leases on gas vehicles expire" said Parris. Additionally, Lancaster is engaged with several hydrogen refueling station providers to develop a network of passenger and heavy-duty vehicle stations.
The event was commemorated by the agreement signing at the official residence of Japan Consul General Akira Muto in Los Angeles, and joined by CICA CEO Sean Chigusa with greetings and congratulations from Tadashi Mogi, Deputy Minister of METI Japan, Renewable Energy at METI Japan, Norihiko Saeki, Executive Director of JETRO Los Angeles, Lex Heslin, Senior Project Developer of Hitachi Zosen Inova, Takehito Yokoo, Senior Executive Engineer of Toyota Motor North America, and Emily Desai, Deputy Director of International Affairs and Trade of the State of California.
Parris is a fifth-term Republican mayor who transformed Lancaster into a renewable energy leader over the past decade by attracting more than $2 billion of investment in cutting-edge green companies and technologies. Investors include BYD, which manufactures electric buses; Heliogen, which generates hydrogen from concentrated solar energy; SGH2, which gasifies wastepaper into hydrogen; and Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), which converts organic waste into renewable natural gas and hydrogen. The city also started its own utility company, Lancaster Choice Energy, allowing residents to choose local renewable energy at lower prices.
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Sales of Dinesh D'Souza's new movie on Locals and Rumble would place the movie in the estimated box office top ten for movies released this past weekend
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dinesh D'Souza's new movie "2000 Mules," which launched on Saturday, May 7, 2022, grossed more than one million dollars in less than twelve hours on the video streaming platform Rumble and its subscription-based platform, Locals. The movie's gross sales on Rumble and Locals, which began on Saturday at noon, are good enough to put "2000 Mules" in the estimated box office top ten for the weekend of May 6th to May 8th.
"Supporting creative independence is core to our values, and we are thrilled to offer creators a new way to distribute and sell movies independently," said Locals President Assaf Lev.
"The success of '2000 Mules' on Rumble is a great sign for creators who do not want to be silenced or censored for their speech," said Dinesh D'Souza.
You can find Dinesh D'Souza's Locals community here: https://dinesh.locals.com/
You can view the trailer for 2000 Mules here: https://rumble.com/v1238uc-2000-mules-trailer.html
Rumble is a high-growth neutral video platform that is creating the rails and independent infrastructure designed to be immune to cancel culture. Rumble's mission is to restore the Internet to its roots by making it free and open once again. Additionally, the company announced in December 2021 the execution of a definitive business combination agreement with CF Acquisition Corp. VI (NASDAQ: CFVI). See the announcement here: https://corp.rumble.com
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CEO Vladas Bumelis welcomes international delegation to tour facility
BOSTON, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northway Biotech, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based out of Vilnius, Lithuania, recently welcomed an international delegation of ministers for a tour of its soon-to-open Waltham, Mass.-based facility. The 30,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will include R&D labs for microbial and mammalian cell line development, upstream and downstream process development, processes establishment and analytical support, and is slated to create an anticipated 50 new jobs.
The Waltham facility, set to open later this year, is a sister site to a facility located in Vilnius, Lithuania, which has been operated by Northway Biotech CEO Vladas Bumelis, PhD, for over 17 years. The new facility, which meets current good manufacturing practice requirements as outlined by the Food and Drug Administration, is outfitted with both single-use and stainless-steel systems for upstream and downstream process development, formulation, and fill-finish of microbial and mammalian cell culture-based products for the development of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins. The facility's flexible design and integrated infrastructure will enable the development, formulation and manufacturing of clients' proteins and antibodies, while aseptic drug product manufacturing capabilities will add further value to customers' projects from a timeline and cost perspective.
"We were honored to host this distinguished delegation to show them both the progress we have made in developing this site and the promise it holds to fill the needs for a client centric mid-sized CDMO with experience working with start-up biotech companies," said Bumelis. "Among the many benefits of having sites both here in Waltham and in Lithuania is the ease with which experience, technology, processes and products can be seamlessly transferred from the U.S. to Europe for approval in either place. Our clients will ultimately benefit from one company operating across two sites, both providing reliable, extensive experience."
The international delegation included Ausrine Armonaite, Minister of Economy for Lithuania; Audra Plepyte, Lithuanian Ambassador to the U.S. and Mexico; Teo Forcht Dagi, Honorary Consulate of Lithuania and others to tour the site.
Additionally, the delegation was joined by Jeannetta A. McCarthy, Mayor of Waltham; Kathleen McMenimen, President, Waltham City Council; Joe Vizard, Waltham City Clerk and Ben Bradford, Vice President of Economic Development and Workforce at MassBio.
Northway Biotech is part of the burgeoning life sciences sector in Lithuania, which, according to Innovation Agency Lithuania, is growing at the fastest rate in the EU, 16% annually, with exports contributing significantly to the growth, which increased by 62% in 2020 alone.
"We are thrilled to welcome Northway Biotech to the Boston biotech cluster, the nation's premier global life sciences hub," said Ben Bradford from MassBio. "Adding Northway's offerings to Massachusetts will complement the strong service community supporting innovative biopharma companies in advancing their products through the drug development pipeline."
Editor's note: photos from the event can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/3ypgGIY
About Northway Biotech
Northway Biotech is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) supporting customers worldwide. Its highly experienced, professional team executes projects at any stage, from cell line construction and process development to cGMP manufacturing of biopharmaceutical products. The company's wide-ranging expertise and vertically integrated service offering translate to the ability to rapidly execute multiple projects from its state-of-the-art GMP facilities while ensuring full process and product compliance at all stages of research, development and commercial manufacturing. Northway Biotech is a privately owned company founded in 2004 and located in Vilnius, Lithuania; London, United Kingdom; and in Waltham, Mass., U.S.
Learn more at www.northwaybiotech.com.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LoanCare, a top national mortgage subservicer, announced it has partnered with technology firm, Haven, to offer LoanCare clients next generation marketing capabilities based on predictive data analytics and superior homeowner engagement.
The partnership increases recapture and cross-sell conversion within the mortgage servicing lifecycle through personalized education and engagement. This proprietary technology developed by Haven empowers homeowners with actionable insight into both their mortgage and overall personal finances. By gathering and analyzing this data, lenders can target specific offers to homeowners which help them to achieve their financial goals and objectives.
"Our shared thesis that creating engagement with homeowners will generate greater brand loyalty and value on MSR for servicers, independent mortgage bankers, and other mortgage-related investors made LoanCare an easy choice for distribution. The early results of our partnership, which include generating 34,000 qualified leads within six months for a single client, speak for themselves," said Jonathan Chao, Haven Co-Founder and CEO.
The integration of LoanCare's servicing platform with Haven's software enables clients to leverage these marketing capabilities day one of the subservicing partnership, with data-driven results in weeks.
"LoanCare is laser-focused on providing unique and data driven homeowner retention strategies to enhance and maximize our clients' recapture success," said Rodney Moss, EVP, Strategy & Business Development at LoanCare. "We are thrilled to offer clients and homeowners Haven's enhanced data analytics to help them make better informed financial decisions."
About Haven:
Haven is a SaaS platform that helps IMBs and servicers capture more value from their MSR. Integrated with leading subservicers, the technology provides a configurable platform to engage, educate, and enroll borrowers into new products and services. The company was founded in 2020 by early employees from Credit Karma, Plaid, Opendoor, and Optimal Blue. Investors backing Haven include BoxGroup, Conversion Capital, Jerry Yang, Y Combinator, and 8VC. To learn more, please visit www.havenservicing.com.
About LoanCare
LoanCare is a top national provider in full service, component, and interim mortgage loan subservicing. Focused on optimizing asset performance while delivering personalized support and convenience, LoanCare tailored solutions deliver extraordinary results. Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, LoanCare subservices loans in all 50 states and is part of Fidelity National Financial, a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. For more information, visit www.loancare.com.
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Acquisition drives significant increase in regional market share, adding 9,000 residential and 400 commercial customers who will benefit from LRS best-in-class service offerings
TOPEKA, Kan., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LRS, the Midwest's leading independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services provider, today announced the acquisition of Topeka-based Ditch & Associates, a fourth generation family-owned roll-off, commercial and residential waste services provider; financial terms were not disclosed and the acquisition is effective immediately.
LRS initiated residential, commercial and roll-off services in Topeka last year with the acquisition of select Orion Waste Solutions territories. Ditch & Associates will significantly increase the LRS marketplace footprint, enabling LRS to continue to deliver best-in-class services to a new customer base.
Founded by the Ditch family, led by Steve Sr., Juanita and Steve Jr., Ditch has built its reputation by putting customer needs first with a high-touch family-style approach to service delivery. Steve Sr. and all Ditch employees will remain on with LRS as the company continues to invest both time and resources into expanding the LRS Topeka footprint, led by Regional General Manager Frank Piecukionis.
Commenting on the acquisition, Steve Ditch, Sr. said that after five decades the decision to sell his family's business to LRS was not easy, but when the decision was made to pursue a sale, LRS was the right partner to help carry the Ditch family legacy forward.
"We have dedicated our lives to serving the people of Topeka's waste removal needs and couldn't be more proud of the lasting legacy we've built over fifty years," Ditch said. "We found LRS' commitment to preserving our high-touch customer service, while offering a deeper bench of services and strong sustainability mission, to be particularly attractive."
LRS President and CEO Alan T. Handley welcomed the Ditch family and its thousands of Topeka-area customers to LRS, and said the company is excited to expand service offerings across greater Topeka.
"The Ditch family brings a strong work ethic, passionate customer care, and a relentless can-do attitude that we value and seek as we continue to grow across the Midwest," Handley said. "We welcome all Ditch employees and customers, and look forward to expanding services for Topeka-area residents."
About LRS
LRS is among the nation's leading independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services providers. Since 2013, LRS has specialized in delivering an exceptional customer experience for millions of residential and commercial customers across nine states: Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Arkansas and Tennessee. Diversified and growing, LRS also offers affordable roll-off container services, C&D recycling, street sweeping, portable restroom rentals, on-site storage and temporary fencing. LRS owns and operates more than 60 facilities and thrives on the passion of 2,000 full-time employees. The company provides safe, innovative, sustainability-driven services to clean and beautify the cities, neighborhoods, and communities it serves. To learn more visit www.LRSrecycles.com. #BeyondWaste
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Jim Engineer
Manager, Corporate Communications
jengineer@lrsrecycles.com
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Ryan McGuire
Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
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SEATTLE, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Lufthansa Group today announced the airline group will continue its strategic decision to strengthen Lufthansa Cargo with an order for seven 777-8 Freighters, the industry's newest and most fuel-efficient twin-engine freighter.
The Group has also placed a new order for two 777 Freighters to add to its cargo fleet, providing extra cargo capacity in the near-term until the delivery of its first 777-8 Freighter.
In addition, the Lufthansa Group continues to accelerate the modernization of its long-haul passenger fleet with a new purchase of seven 787-9s. The order for more 787s brings Lufthansa Group's total order book for the 787 Dreamliner to 32 firm orders. The Group also is a launch customer for the 777X passenger airplane, with 20 firm orders.
"The continuous modernization of Lufthansa Group's long-haul fleet is one of our top priorities. Therefore, we are very pleased to further invest into the newest generation of Boeing aircraft. The purchase will complement our existing orders and further reduce our operating costs, enhance fuel efficiency and provide state-of-the-art customer experiences. Moreover, the purchase highlights our commitment towards enhancing sustainable aviation," said Dr. Detlef Kayser, Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
Boeing launched the new 777-8 Freighter in January and has already booked 34 firm orders for the model. With advanced technology from the new 777X family and proven performance of the market-leading 777 Freighter, the 777-8 Freighter offers the highest payload and the lowest fuel use, emissions and operating cost per tonne of any large freighter.
"With the selection of our newest freighter, Lufthansa continues its long history of firsts with Boeing airplane programs, becoming the first European customer for the 777-8 Freighter," said Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing. "With the investment in the 777 and 787 fleet, the Lufthansa Group will operate the most advanced, fuel-efficient twin-engine airplanes in the industry. Each of these airplanes reduces emissions by 15 to 25% compared to previous models with a noise footprint up to 50% smaller than their predecessors, helping to advance the Lufthansa Group's sustainability objectives."
The 777-8 Freighter is ideally suited for operators creating a more sustainable and profitable future. With nearly identical payload and range capabilities, 30% better fuel efficiency and emissions and 25% better operating costs per tonne, the 777-8 Freighter will be the ideal choice as operators replace aging freighters later this decade.
The 2021 Boeing Commercial Market Outlook projects a 70% increase in the global freighter fleet by 2040, including approximately 450 new large widebody freighters such as the new 777-8 Freighter and 777 Freighter. First delivery of the 777-8 freighter is anticipated in 2027.
Built with lightweight composite materials and powered by advanced engines and a suite of environmentally progressive technologies, the 787 family has an airport-noise footprint that is 60% smaller than the previous generation of airplanes, making it ideal for Lufthansa Group airport communities.
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Learn more at boeing.com.
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Boeing Communications (London)
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New updates help enterprises accelerate contracting velocity
LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Malbek, the most cutting-edge, AI-fueled Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform, today announced from the CLOC Global Institute conference the availability of its expanded platform capabilities and a new CLM Value Assessment tool.
Malbek's new functionality puts the spotlight on real time Redline Recommendations. Using the platform's proprietary Lifecycle AI running NLP Heuristics with Semantic Analysis, this functionality helps to identify all contracts with similar asks received from the counterparty during negotiation and then recommends to the user the best position to take, balancing historical tolerance for risk and the need for speed. This powerful new capability reduces negotiation round trips by reminding users where they usually end up post-negotiation, saving unnecessary negotiation time and further improving efficiency in contract management.
"It is our belief that AI should be transparent and not intimidating for users and should be designed to get the most from the entire contracting lifecycle, not just from a single point in time," said Hemanth Puttaswamy, CEO of Malbek. "The new Redline Recommendation innovation is a valuable addition to our platform and will help our customers accelerate contract negotiation cycles even more."
The company's new CLM Value Assessment tool is designed to help leaders and contract management professionals evaluate the people, processes, and technology involved in contract management at their organization. After taking the assessment, a customized report is delivered, providing key considerations and helpful resources to guide respondents through the next steps in their CLM initiative.
"We have always believed that contract management initiatives should follow this order - people, processes, and then technology," Becky Holloway, VP of Marketing pointed out. "That's why we felt strongly about bringing this new CLM Value Assessment to the broader market as a free resource."
This week, Malbek is available to discuss these updates and more at the CLOC Global Institute conference. In addition, Malbek will participate in the session "Agents of Change: Leveling up Legal Operations to Maximize Business Growth" taking place on May 10, from 10:30 - 11:45 AM PT.
To learn more about the Malbek platform, including Redline Recommendations, visit https://www.malbek.io/lifecycle-ai.
To take the CLM Value Assessment, visit https://www.malbek.io/take-the-clm-value-assessment.
About Malbek
Malbek is today's most modern, cutting-edge CLM solution with a proprietary AI core that empowers the enterprise to do more with less. By supporting the growing contracting demands of your entire organization, including Sales, Finance, Procurement, and other critical business units, Malbek's CLM solution delights every user. Malbek provides end-to-end contract management with out-of-the-box integration to popular business applications, like Salesforce, NetSuite, Slack, Office 365, and others, allowing your contract data to flow seamlessly while dramatically reducing cycle times. That's contracts reimagined! To learn more, visit www.malbek.io.
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Rebecca Holloway
VP of Marketing
pr@malbek.com
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NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mally Roncal, celebrity makeup artist and founder of Mally Beauty, has partnered with David's Bridal, the nation's leading bridal and special occasion authority, to create the ultimate wedding makeup touch-up kit.
As the makeup artist behind many iconic red carpet looks, Roncal is the expert on creating long-lasting beauty looks that won't budge, smudge, or smear for an entire day and night. And now she's sharing that expertise with her fans for their own red carpet moment - their wedding day.
To create this day-of essential for brides, Roncal joined forces with the ultimate bridal authority, David's Bridal. Carefully designed and curated with a variety of looks in mind, the touch-up kit features a selection of pro-inspired products that can remedy any situation that may pop up on a wedding day. From tearful first looks to dancing the night away, this mini arsenal of staples ensures any wedding look remains flawless, smudge-free, and picture-perfect all day. The products included in the kit include:
- Face Defender - A high-tech alternative to setting powder that instantly locks in makeup, diffuses the look of pores and fine lines for a soft-focus effect, creating blurred skin, while keeping your shine at bay.
- The Plush Pen Brightening Concealer - The perfect secret weapon to hide running mascara streaks from tears of joy, it offers medium to buildable coverage to help spot correct, brighten up dark circles or trouble areas that may pop up without settling into lines or wrinkles. It'll keep your eyes bright for all those flash photos.
- Evercolor Shadow Stick - A primer, eyeshadow, smudgy liner, and brush all in one sleek package, this multi-use eyeshadow gives eyes an instant and photogenic lift. It's in the perfect Moonlight shade to add some glow to the inner corners of your lids and to use as highlight on your cheekbones, keeping you fresh and glowy through the afterparty.
"I want women to feel empowered and confident that they can touch-up their own makeup on their wedding day and look just as fantastic at the end of the night as they did before the ceremony," says Roncal. "Weddings are a day to feel your most beautiful while being comfortable, and I couldn't be more thrilled to partner with David's Bridal on this kit."
"We were so excited to team up with Mally Beauty to bring this kit to life," said Nancy Viall, Chief Merchandising Officer at David's Bridal. "We set out to provide our brides with products that make her feel beautiful, special and truly herself all day long. This exclusive touch-up kit collaboration with Mally Beauty accomplishes exactly that and more!"
Available on Mally.com, the Wedding Day Touch-Up Kit includes three full size products and will retail for $49.99 (valued at $96).
About Mally Beauty:
Mally Roncal is a renowned celebrity makeup artist whose impressive client roster has included Beyonce, Alicia Keys, J.Lo, and Celine Dion. Her pro-inspired makeup line, Mally Beauty delivers a healthy dose of joy, love, and glamour to makeup enthusiasts everywhere. Leveraging Mally's 20-plus years of expertise and reflecting her passion for bold self-expression, the bulletproof and brightening makeup collection gives customers the confidence to embrace their unique beauty, adding glamour to their lives and helping them look good, feel good and get after it. After selling out in a record-breaking 36 minutes upon launch in 2005, Mally Beauty's best-selling Face Defender, Evercolor Shadow Stick and other high-quality makeup products continue to be sold at QVC (US and UK), Amazon, mally.com and select retailers. Connect with Mally Beauty on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and Tik Tok.
About David's Bridal:
With 70 years of experience dressing customers for all of life's special occasions, David's Bridal is built on the idea that everyone deserves to have the attire of their dreams regardless of style preference, shape, size, or budget. We believe in: CELEBRATING all life's magical moments, INNOVATING so we are always serving her, PERSONALIZING everything so it's all done her way, DESIGNING the most luxurious designs and details, and finally, KINDNESS - so she doesn't have to worry about anything. It is our mission to help anyone and everyone find the look that will allow them to be the best, most genuine version of themselves on their wedding day or any special occasion. David's Bridal is dedicated to helping each customer, with the assistance of online planning tools and resources powered by Blueprint Registry and Rustic Wedding Chic, knowledgeable stylists, and expert alteration artisans who will guide them through the entire purchasing journey. With more than 300 stores located across the US, Canada, UK, and franchise locations in Mexico, we offer the convenience of one-stop shopping for every magical event in her life including weddings, Quinceañera, graduations, prom, communications, or simply making the world her runway and beyond. Additionally, David's recently launched #frontlinefierce Philanthropy Program dedicated to amplifying the heroism, fearlessness and bravery of those who serve others in their community. To learn more about David's Bridal, visit www.DavidsBridal.com, download the Planning App, and connect on social media through Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
For more information, please contact mallybeauty@smallgirlspr.com.
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Public Encouraged to Nominate a Caring Community Member for a Free 30-Minute Massage
SAN ANTONIO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To show appreciation for those who go above and beyond every day to care for others, especially throughout the challenging past few years, Massage Heights will be offering free 30-minute massages to nurses, first responders and teachers this summer.
The giveaways are part of the brand's recently announced Culture of Care initiative which aims to "care for those who care for others" within communities across North America. In the coming months, Massage Heights – a North America spa franchise brand offering high-quality massage, skincare and wellness services – will roll out a series of internal and external Culture of Care initiatives in an effort to make elevated massages and facials accessible to all.
"In launching our Culture of Care program, we felt it made sense to start with recognizing those who unselfishly sacrifice for others every day – nurses, first responders and teachers," said Susan Boresow, CEO of Massage Heights. "These individuals who demonstrate the act of caring in their everyday careers deserve to be recognized with accessible, elevated self-care."
Officially launching on Monday, May 9 through Sunday, July 31, Massage Heights members and non-members are encouraged to visit the Culture of Care landing page to make a nomination. The brand will choose 150 winners across the below groups, and accept nominations for all throughout the entirety of the initiative. Both the nominator and nominee will receive a free massage.
- May: The campaign will encourage nominations for nurses in light of it being National Nurses Month.
- June: All first responders (police, firefighters, EMT's, paramedics, etc.) are recognized during June.
- July: Timed with the end of another school year, this month inspires nominations for teachers.
Founded on a passion and an authentic belief that the health and wellness benefits of high-quality massages should be accessible to everyone, Massage Heights has a history of care within its actions and culture. The giveaways are the first of many programs to come, after the recent announcement of Massage Heights' renewed mission, vision and core values.
To learn more about Massage Heights visit www.massageheights.com and connect with their social media pages: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Massage Heights
The massage franchise started in 2004 and has grown to approximately 120 Retreats throughout North America by providing personalized wellness treatment options through massage and skincare services. Massage Heights is a family-owned massage and wellness franchise dedicated to elevating the lives of others by providing Members and Guests with professional, affordable and resort-quality massage, skincare and wellness services. For more information about Massage Heights and its franchise opportunities, please visit MassageHeightsFranchise.com.
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HINGHAM, Mass., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advancing Medical Innovations (AMI) announced today its client, Performance Compounds Inside (PCI), has demonstrated that additive manufacturing using its 3PRE Technology enables an antimicrobial stainless steel that can be used for a range of products that remain antimicrobial over time. 3PRE Technology is a novel and proprietary process of activating and compounding additives with antimicrobial properties. PCI's first use of its 3PRE Technology is with molybdenum, an essential element.
When activated through 3PRE Technology, molybdenum takes on antimicrobial properties and can be added during the metal making process to render products capable of destroying and inhibiting bacteria and other disease-causing microorganisms.
Dr. Amod Paranjpe, co-founder and researcher at PCI said, "Compounding of 3PRE in metal additive manufacturing holds enormous potential in a range of applications, such as orthopedics where artificial joints, customized for the patient, would remain antimicrobial throughout their time within the patient." Paranjpe added, "This process would be equally valuable in other industries for small parts in equipment that are inaccessible or difficult to clean."
3PRE Technology carries significant IP protection and can be used to imbue a range of materials with antimicrobial protection.
AMI and PCI are actively seeking licensing partners for this antimicrobial technology. Inquiries can be directed by email to AMI at info@admedinno.com.
About PCI
Performance Compounds Inside (PCI) specializes in the research and development of patented technologies involving antimicrobial metals. Its 3PRE Antimicrobial Technology is an activation technology involving PREparing products to be antimicrobial, PREventing contamination and degradation, PREserving product integrity and safety. PCI's 3PRE Technology has utility across a variety of industries including, healthcare, consumer goods, agriculture, and general manufacturing.
About AMI
Advancing Medical Innovations (AMI) is committed to helping provide select companies focused on highly innovative solutions in healthcare with the resources and support necessary to successfully commercialize.
Media Inquiries: info@admedinno.com
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CHICAGO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gamamobi world-first open world mobile metaverse game MetaCity M, having recently announced its global model, has now unveiled the timing and pricing of its second wave of NFT virtual land sales. Joining the exciting land sales announcement, a development update has been released, delivering a glimpse of Gamamobi's metaverse world to players pre-release.
The Age of the Metaverse Is Coming, the 2nd Wave of NFT Land Sales Date Announced
Following the first wave of land sales, there are already more than 10,000 MetaCity M landlords, who have provided valuable feedback from around the world. The next land NFT pre-sale will officially start at 00:00 EDT May 10/ 23:00 CDT/ 21:00 PDT on May 9. Players will be offered the opportunity to snap up a total of 60,000 lots of land on planet Titan, the first planet in MetaCity M. Players can make use of cryptocurrency to purchase land (WETH 0.17), however credit card purchases will also be available.
In "MetaCity M", each game-retained plot of land is divided into 5 parts. With 12,000 game-owned plots of land, 60,000 Land Investor Certificate NFTs will be released for player investment opportunities. Players can purchase these NFTs for 0.04 WETH, or credit card for $99 USD. Players using a credit card can avoid the 'gas fee' required by cryptocurrency transactions. With a Land Investor Certificate NFT, players can earn in-game 'Meta Coins' by profiting from a portion of rent paid on game-retained land. With NFT integration, the Land Investor Certificate NFT can be transferred freely on secondary markets (income benefits will also be transferred to the new owner). These certificates are sold in blind boxes and give players a chance to profit from game-retained S-grade land for huge potential earnings!
The most powerful NFT out, "E-FLASH NFT" features both a real and metaverse car
In conjunction with the second wave of 60,000 land blind box sales, game developer Gamamobi will release a limited number of 20 "E-FLASH NFTs" for the first time ever. All players who participate in the second wave of land purchases will have a chance to win an "E-FLASH NFT" and winners get to take home an E-FLASH metaverse electric car and a real-life Tesla Model 3.
Purchase land to join the list of players due to receive limited-edition in-game global model props
After purchasing land during the second wave of pre-sales, players have the opportunity to own land in a city or town related to the MetaCity M global model, and even have the chance to become their neighbor. By purchasing land in the second wave of MetaCity M's land pre-sales (Land Investor Certificate not included), players will have the opportunity to receive limited edition model themed decorations. Any player that purchases a virtual MetaCity M land can join the exclusive group of players who are given the chance to purchase a limited-edition Global Model Music Decoration. In addition, an exclusive in-game poster will be given out to all owners of MetaCity M second wave land boxes for free via airdrop. These items will only be available once, and qualified players can expect to receive their items within 2 months following their purchase.
Seamless game/webpage virtual asset exchange systems enhance the MetaCity M metaverse economy
The circulation of NFT virtual assets and currency in MetaCity M tie real value to, and maintain, the world economy in the metaverse. In "MetaCity M", players can obtain Meta Coin game coins from the game system through in-game daily tasks and daily limited-time resource mines. Such currency can be spent on resource mine tickets, medium to high-level material production, land tax, renting land, and more. In addition to materials in-game, "limited edition IP and event items," and almost all other virtual items can be freely exchanged by the player for NFTs online in exchange for Meta Coins.
Gamamobi will issue Gama Coin WEB3 virtual currency, which will be a common platform currency for all games developed by Gamamobi. Players can trade Gama Coin and Meta Coin game currency through free trading markets on the web. This means that Gama coin will be able to support the transactions of all Gamamobi self-developed in-game virtual coins through the WEB3 web page, which will further establish the value of virtual assets and the convenience of cross-border transactions and exchanges for players.
With game development at its core, MetaCity M achieves the true metaverse crossover concept
In MetaCity M, each planet features more than 1,600 towns, 690 second class cities, 55 first class cities and a world full of adventure with over 510 million square kilometers of landmass. Players can become neighbors with their friends and drive, walk, or take a plane to explore the world, or even explore other worlds via a spaceship! They will have the ability to mix and match their house designs according to their personal preferences down to the colors and details of doors, windows, walls and more.
One of the most exciting features of MetaCity M is that decorations can be player-made – whether it's the appearance of houses, clothes, characters, furniture, cars, or even pets, players can create their own and mint them into NFTs, in line with Gamamobi's idea of using NFT technology as a tool of virtual asset protection and international transfers.
Citizens Can Take Part in Urban Development to Create a First-Class City Living Experience
Every resident of every town and city must take part in the development of the planet – to create a truly comfortable and convenient city, the contribution of each and every resident is essential. Every town in MetaCity M will feature public construction projects, which can be completed with combined effort and contributions from the citizens. These projects include restaurants, food trucks, airports, long distance railways, municipal elections, entertainment facilities, and more. The line between what is real and what is virtual is further blurred as establishments players are familiar with in the real world make appearances in-game, adding to the limitless possibilities in MetaCity M.
About Gamamobi
Gamamobi is a mobile game developer and publisher with decades of experience in the industry. Gamamobi's team has published countless games spanning several eras from online web games to mobile games. In recent years, Gamamobi has introduced the element of "play" into various industries, and the Group's e-commerce platform and offline advertising media platform are all developed around the development and distribution of games.
In 2020, the team began to develop "MetaCity M": an open-world game that helps to create a new metaverse. "MetaCity M" combines a SocialFi experience with e-commerce, offline advertising, and various brands to present a complete virtual world content experience in real estate, cars, furniture, clothes, and entertainment. "MetaCity M" is expected to launch globally and officially enter the metaverse market in 2022 and hopes to change the public's understanding of gaming applications and lead new trends in pioneering gaming.
For more information, visit
《MetaCity M》Website: https://metacitym.com/
《MetaCity M》Second Wave of NFT Land Sales: https://www.metacitym.com/landevent
《MetaCity M》Discord: https://discord.gg/JEFGR2FRt9
《MetaCity M》Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetaCity_M
《MetaCity M》Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcm.gamamobi/
《MetaCity M》Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metacitym/
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CHICAGO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's first ever metaverse mobile game: MetaCity M, developed by Gamamobi, officially announces that LISA, a member of BLACKPINK, will join MetaCity M as a global model under YG Entertainment. LISA is known for her cute and loveable style off-stage and her amazing dance performance; the perfect match for MetaCity M. The collaboration will excite fans worldwide, who will eagerly wait to find out what will come next in this exciting partnership.
The world's first open-world metaverse mobile game where dreams come true
Having begun development in 2020, MetaCity M focuses on the concept of the 'Open World Metaverse'. Each planet in MetaCity M features more than 1,600 small towns, 690 second-tier cities, and 55 first-tier cities. The massive 510 million square kilometer world allows players everywhere to play with friends and neighbors nearby, and drive, walk or even fly with people far away from all over the world. Explore different countries every day and see the world in all 4 seasons or take part in the simple joys of life such as watching the sunrise and sunset or enjoying a mountain top view. Take a spaceship to other planets and experience interplanetary exploration to visit players on alien planets. Use your life construction skill to develop your hometown with a global player base to create a truly unique town in the metaverse.
As LISA joins MetaCity M as a global model, the release of MetaCity M is hotly anticipated. To learn more about LISA, keep up to date with the latest news on the MetaCity M website.
About Gamamobi
Gamamobi is a mobile game developer and publisher with decades of experience in the industry. Gamamobi's team has published countless games spanning several eras from online web games to mobile games. In recent years, Gamamobi has introduced the element of "play" into various industries, and the Group's e-commerce platform and offline advertising media platform are all developed around the development and distribution of games.
In 2020, the team began to develop "MetaCity M": an open-world game that helps to create a new metaverse. "MetaCity M" combines a SocialFi experience with e-commerce, offline advertising, and various brands to present a complete virtual world content experience in real estate, cars, furniture, clothes, and entertainment. "MetaCity M" is expected to launch globally and officially enter the metaverse market in 2022, and hopes to change the public's understanding of gaming applications and lead new trends in pioneering gaming.
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WASHINGTON, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astronauts of NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission, including crew members from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), will answer questions about their recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a post-splashdown news conference at 11:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 11. The event will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website.
NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, as well as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, will participate in this first media event following their splashdown. The Crew-3 astronauts also will participate in a Facebook Live on the NASA Astronauts' Facebook page at 10:50 a.m. ahead of the news conference.
Reporters who wish to participate must RSVP to the newsroom at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston at: jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov or 281-483-5111 no later than 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 11 to receive dial-in information. To ask questions, reporters must dial into the news conference no later than 11:40 a.m. Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using #AskNASA.
Barron, Chari, Marshburn, and Maurer, returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance at 12:43 a.m. Friday, May 6, off the coast of Florida. After returning to shore, the astronauts flew back to Houston, where they were greeted by their families and colleagues.
Crew-3 astronauts traveled 75,060,792 miles during their 177 days in orbit (175 of which were spent aboard the International Space Station). They completed 2,832 orbits around Earth. During their science expedition aboard the orbiting laboratory, the Crew-3 astronauts conducted experiments, including a study on concrete hardening in microgravity, research on cotton varieties that could help develop drought-resistant plants, and executed a space archaeology study that could provide information that contributes to the design of future space habitats.
They tested new life support technology, installed new combustion research hardware, and talked to thousands of students during dozens of amateur radio contacts. Working in pairs, the astronauts also completed four spacewalks to prepare the station for upcoming solar array upgrades by assembling and installing modification kits and successfully replacing a faulty antenna on the Port-1 truss structure.
This was the third flight of a NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft flown as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program, and the fourth crewed flight to the space station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
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-- Owner Coretrust Capital Partners To Hack Curtain Wall Of Downtown LA Highrise Creating Indoor Loggia Terraces for Dykema & Grant Thornton LLP To Enhance Staff Health & Wellness, Promote Employee Recruitment & Retention
LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three leading national firms, Dykema Gossett, Grant Thornton LLP and Esquire Depositions, have signed new leases at FourFortyFour South Flower, according to Coretrust Capital Partners, owner of the 48-story iconic downtown Los Angeles tower. The building has been widely recognized by independent science-based organizations for its best-in-class, state-of-the-art health and wellness technologies, rigorous operational standards and outdoor spaces.
"Coretrust is delighted to welcome these three preeminent firms to FourFortyFour," said Thomas S. Ricci, Coretrust founder and Managing Principal. He noted that employee health and safety are paramount for these new tenants who chose the building for its smart, safe and amenity-rich environment.
Dykema, a leading national law firm, has leased the full 22nd floor, approximately 21,750 square feet for 12 years. Its move-in is set for December 2022. Grant Thornton LLP, one of America's largest audit, tax and advisory firms, is leasing the entire 31st floor, approximately 18,500 square feet, for 11 years and will take occupancy in September 2022. Esquire Depositions, a major litigation support provider, has signed a 7.5-year lease for approximately 3,600 square feet on the 21st floor and plans its move this June.
Coretrust is hacking the curtain wall of the FourFortyFour tower to create 1,000-square-foot loggia terraces on the 22nd floor for Dykema and on the 31st floor for Grant Thornton LLP. Coretrust pioneered this ingenious method of creating outdoor space indoors by building the first loggia in its offices on the 6th floor, Ricci notes.
"We designed, won government approvals and built our loggia four years ago prior to COVID-19 but we have experienced the exceptional value of this space during the pandemic when we could flood our floor with light and fresh air. The loggia plus technologies we installed that give us virtually medical-grade air quality in the building led most of our staff to continue coming to work throughout the pandemic," Ricci adds.
"A compelling reason for us to choose FourFortyFour is the unique loggia/terrace that Coretrust is building for us. It will open our floor to fresh air and natural light, a benefit that is not available in other office towers and one that will make our office healthier and more productive for our staff and visitors," said Paul R. Boken, Chief Operating Officer, Dykema. "The terrace is large enough for meetings and receptions and we look forward to hosting in-office events in our own outdoor space."
With these leases, Coretrust has signed more than 60,000 square feet of leases at FourFortyFour in the past six months. Brokers involved with the new leases include Tony Morales, Lalo Diaz and Maureen Hawley of JLL for Dykema; Eric Duncanson of Cushman & Wakefield for Grant Thornton LLP; and Jeff Lipson and Craig Miller of Stone-Miller for Esquire.
"Our firm's hybrid work model means that when our people want to collaborate and engage with one another, they need to do so in a safe, appealing and state-of-the-art office," said Cathy Hyodo, Grant Thornton LLP's managing partner for Los Angeles. "FourFortyFour fits that bill perfectly. Not only is it a beautiful, modern space for our people to work and socialize in, but it uses innovative architectural features to combine indoor and outdoor elements. This approach creates a unique and terrific working environment rarely seen in downtown Los Angeles, and it contributes to a safer indoor environment for our professionals."
"We are seeing a flight to scientifically verified healthy office environments, a trend we think will accelerate as employees demand safe workplaces to go back to the office and employers increasingly seek carbon neutral buildings," Ricci says.
Coretrust is recognized as an industry leader in establishing smart and safe office health environments certified by global third-party science organizations that independently audited and validated its office buildings. FourFortyFour recently became one of the first office buildings to be awarded the UL Tier-3 Healthy Building Mark for Indoor Environment, UL's most rigorous test for a building's indoor environment verifying top performance in five critical areas -- air, water, hygiene, light and acoustics.
One year ago in April 2021, FourFortyFour became the first building globally to earn the UL Verified Healthy Building Mark for Indoor Air and Water. It is also one of the first large scale commercial office buildings to receive ISSA's Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) Star Certification and WELL Building Institute's Health and Safety Certification. In addition, it has earned LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
"Tenants now can verify an individual building's health through independent third-party certifications that use scientific evidence to judge indoor air quality, ventilation, water system safety, equipment room cleanliness, and deep cleaning and sanitizing. This is changing office property values for both tenants and investors," Ricci states.
A powerful in-air-duct Ultraviolet C Germicidal Irradiation air purification system, Biowall MAX from Sanuvox Technologies, delivers maximum air quality at FourFortyFour, reducing pathogens by 99.9%. Along with the addition of MERV-14 air filters, the HVAC system is virtually eliminated as a source of virus transmission. Elevators have been completely modernized with touchless destination dispatch systems while Coretrust maintains continuous air purification in elevator cabs through bi-polar ionization generators.
Among the smart technologies at FourFortyFour are ADIBOT UV-C Robots placed in high occupancy and sensitive areas at night to disinfect air and surfaces against COVID-19 and other harmful airborne pathogens. The ADIBOT UV-C robots are the first to be deployed at any office building in the U.S.
The value of outdoor spaces such as open-air atriums, plazas, terraces and gardens has been underscored by the pandemic and FourFortyFour has over 20,000 square feet of these areas, expanded and designed by Gensler with shade, seating and landscaping. The addition of WiFi and a Distributed Antennae System (DAS) make these spaces highly popular with tenants for meetings, dining and even fitness activities.
Tenants also are drawn to Coretrust properties because of the firm's strong commitment to incorporating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) into decision-making. Coretrust properties have achieved carbon neutrality, increasingly important to tenants and investors, and the firm is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI), joining other leading proponents of responsible investment around the globe.
Coretrust believes its comprehensive commitment to health, wellness and sustainability distinguishes its properties as Smart, Safe and Beautiful and among America's Best Workplaces, Ricci concludes.
About Coretrust Capital Partners
Coretrust Capital Partners, LLC ("Coretrust") is a privately owned national real estate investment, development, and management/operating company. Coretrust is nationally recognized for the development and redevelopment of well-located and architecturally distinct office properties. Over their 30 years working together, the Coretrust founders have become known for creating value for investors through their ability to provide tenants market leading office environments with exceptional design, amenities, sustainability, and wellness. Coretrust is a Registered Investment Advisor providing fiduciary investment management services to institutional clients in both co-investment and separate accounts. Coretrust maintains offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Dallas. For more information, visit www.coretrustcapital.com
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Donations will be collected through June 30th at 85 participating Natural Grocers stores
LAKEWOOD, Colo., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural Grocers® will be offering support to the communities impacted by the devastating recent wildfire disasters in New Mexico by collecting donations at its six New Mexico stores and 79 additional stores from the surrounding states of Colorado, Texas and Arizona.
"We are absolutely heart-broken at the amount of destruction and chaos the wildfires have caused in New Mexico," said Heather Isely, Vice President of Natural Grocers. "Earlier this year, our home-state of Colorado was deeply impacted by the Marshall Mesa Fire. We know first-hand how much community support can mean. It's our hope that we can raise awareness with each customer interaction to raise funds for those affected by the fires."
Natural Grocers will be collecting donations at stores in NM, CO, TX and AZ between now and June 30th. All proceeds will be going to the All Together NM Fund for emergency shelter, food and water distribution and access to medical support. The All Together NM Fund was established in 2020 by the Governor's office in conjunction with the New Mexico Coalition of Community Foundations to help New Mexico respond to and eventually recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Fund has now been reactivated to support wildfire relief and recovery in all counties that have been affected.
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ABOUT NATURAL GROCERS BY VITAMIN COTTAGE
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) is an expanding specialty retailer of natural and organic groceries, body care products, and dietary supplements. The products sold by Natural Grocers must meet strict quality guidelines and may not contain artificial colors, flavors, preservatives or sweeteners, or partially hydrogenated or hydrogenated oils. The Company sells only USDA-certified organic produce and exclusively pasture-raised, non-confinement dairy products, and free-range eggs. Natural Grocers' flexible smaller-store format allows it to offer affordable prices in a shopper-friendly, clean, and convenient retail environment. The Company also provides extensive free science-based Nutrition Education programs to help customers make informed health and nutrition choices. The Company, founded in 1955, has 162 stores in 20 states. Visit www.NaturalGrocers.com for more information and store locations.
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NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neptune Retail Solutions (NRS) has announced impressive results from its Connected Shelf innovation, which is delivering ROAS as high as $6, along with an average weighted Redemption Rate of over 4.8% across all programs to date. NRS' Connected Shelf is a one-of-a-kind offering that combines equity-driving shelf signage with the power of digital incentives — which shoppers "unlock" simply by scanning a code featured on the shelf sign with their mobile device.
Since launching its partnership with CVS in 2020, NRS has executed over 200 programs for its exclusive ExtraCare Personalized Solutions (ECPS) signage, which leverages ExtraCare card data to serve up targeted, personalized, instantly redeemable offers to shoppers right at the shelf via the CVS app. Beyond CVS' ECPS signage, NRS has accelerated its Connected Shelf innovation scale through partnerships with top-tier retailers SEG (launched June 2021) and, most recently, Albertsons Companies (ABSCO) by extending their Banner for U digital coupons to the shelf.
In addition, NRS' acquisition of Offer Management Platform company RevTrax in November 2021 further elevates its digital incentive innovation profile. Now, NRS can harness proprietary AI technology to analyze over 14 years of purchase-level data to determine the lowest offer value needed to secure shopper purchase and optimize promotional incentive ROI. Through its Universal Mobile Offer (UMO) innovation, NRS/RevTrax can provide its brand and retail partners the unique ability to deliver personalized digital offers at the shelf throughout its massive network of 47,000 retail locations. The initial national launch of RevTrax UMO in-store signage now live in Walmart and Family Dollar stores throughout the US.
"Through our growing partnerships with CVS, Albertsons and SEG, along with our recent acquisition of RevTrax, our ability to influence full-funnel buying behaviors — all the way to the store level with a digital incentive experience delivered at the shelf across our entire network — is unparalleled within the industry. No other organization has the ability to support this type of omnichannel connectivity at scale across all phases of a shopper journey like NRS." says Bill Redmond, CEO of NRS.
ABOUT Neptune Retail Solutions:
NRS is a leading omnichannel retail marketing company in the U.S. and Canada that delivers profitable growth for retailers and brands. The NRS platform is powered by exclusive in-store marketing rights in North America's largest grocery and drugstores, including Albertsons, Kroger, SEG, Ahold, Loblaws, Walgreens and CVS (and more), as well as by exclusive deterministic first-party shopper data generated from the company's owned and operated Cash Back app, Checkout 51, which captures deterministic first-party shopping data via receipt scans from key retail locations across North America, including Walmart, Target, Costco, Sam's Club and the retailers noted above.
RevTrax Offer Management Platform, empowers brands to deploy intelligent promotions and offers across channels, track performance, and increase profit and marketing ROI. With a robust portfolio of patents relating to offer security, RevTrax brings control back into the hands of the brand. For more information, visit revtrax.com.
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New partnership increases sustainability and intertwines popular Metaverse with real-world travel and logistics
BUDAPEST, Hungary and BARCELONA, Spain, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Earth, the unicorn, sustainability-focused Metaverse today announced a partnership with Iomob, the pioneering blockchain company developing a decentralized protocol for the world's first Mobility Marketplace Network and token. The partnership is through Limitless, the Metaverse integrator and go-to full stack solution for established brands and startups, and will pair Iomob and Next Earth seamlessly.
The strategic alliance, which also includes Vueling Airlines, will collaborate in the development of tools and services enabling "Next Earthians" to plan real-Earth journeys, track carbon emissions and book "carbon positive" transportation via the Metaverse and Iomob's companion app.
"Next Earth and Iomob are simply the perfect match and use case," says Gabor Retfalvi, CEO of Next Earth. "Developing methods to visualize and experience sustainable travel within Next Earth fundamentally aligns with the natural evolution that underpins our environment and represents a wonderful next step for our company."
Next Earth's partnership with Iomob and Vueling Airlines – the first airline to enable bookings through the Metaverse – melds several unique entities with the potential to significantly impact environmental challenges. Iomob is a "real world" transportation company that helps users plan A-to-B journeys while allowing them to schedule numerous services like taxis, scooters and more. Vueling Airlines will enable real flight bookings in Next Earth, accessible via QR codes through an accompanying mobile app.
"We are working alongside Next Earth to create the transportation infrastructure that enables a more exciting and purposeful way to traverse the planet," said Boyd Cohen, CEO of Iomob. "Airlines are actively strategizing ways to be present in the Metaverse, so extending our relationship with Vueling Airlines to augment their Web3 bookings is a fantastic initiative for everyone."
Next Earth is becoming the center of the Metaversal Industrial Revolution with its unique, 1-to-1 recreation of the Earth. Iomob, meanwhile, announced investments from True Global Ventures, A100x and Creas. With Vueling Airlines, this new venture makes intermodal mobility more accessible by tapping into 7,000 taxi fleets, micro-mobility in 270+ cities, thousands of parking spaces and 480+ public transit feeds.
"Visualizing real-world journeys and using a Metaverse interface to select and book the least polluting trip, has never been done before," said Jesus Monzo, Distribution Strategy and Alliances Manager of Vueling.
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MILWAUKEE, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS), a leader in water heating and water treatment solutions, announces Jim Stern, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, as the new president of the Water Quality Association (WQA). Stern will help the association grow through its new strategic plan, which includes advancing the knowledge and professionalism of industry participants, increasing advocacy and driving public awareness and knowledge.
"I can think of no industry or membership more poised to have a major impact on public health and safety than the water treatment industry and WQA," Stern said. "We can work together on public awareness, product standards, certifications, and policing bad practices to advance the cause of the industry. We all have a similar goal: We want to make water better for people."
In 2010, Stern played a key role in helping A. O. Smith enter the water treatment industry. Since 2016, he led the acquisitions of six North American water treatment companies, including Aquasana, Water-Right, Hague Quality Water, and Master Water Conditioning Corp, all manufacturing and distributing point-of-use and point-of-entry water treatment products.
"Under Jim Stern's leadership, these acquisitions have helped A. O. Smith evolve from a company focused primarily on water heating to a global water technology company," said Kevin Wheeler, A. O. Smith chairman, president and CEO. "Our involvement with WQA has given us the opportunity to influence and educate the industry and learn more about this constantly evolving market."
Stern earned his BA from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI), Stern has served four years on the WQA Board of Directors, two of them on the Board of Governors.
A. O. Smith Corporation, with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., is a global leader applying innovative technology and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products. For more information, visit www.aosmith.com.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. and HOD HASHARON, Israel, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OMNIVISION, a leading global developer of semiconductor solutions, advanced digital imaging, analog, and touch & display technology, and Valens Semiconductor (NYSE: VLN), a premier provider of high-speed connectivity solutions for the automotive and audio-video markets, have partnered to bring to market a MIPI A-PHY-compliant camera solution for the automotive industry. The companies will include Valens Semiconductor's new VA7000 A-PHY-compliant chipsets inside OMNIVISION's Automotive Reference Design System (ARDS) camera modules. The initial camera module will also include the OX08B40 image sensor from OMNIVISION.
Since its release by the MIPI Alliance in late 2020, A-PHY, the standard for high-speed in-vehicle connectivity, has garnered significant momentum within the industry. In 2021, the IEEE standards association adopted A-PHY in its entirety as one of its own standards. Automotive Tier-1 and Tier-2 technology suppliers, such as OMNIVISION, have been working to adopt the standard for their next-generation solutions for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) applications. Valens Semiconductor is the first company to launch A-PHY compliant chipsets, having started shipping samples of its VA7000 product family to select customers and partners in December 2021.
The collaboration between Valens Semiconductor and OMNIVISION will pave the way for the development of A-PHY-compliant camera systems, allowing for smaller camera designs, reduced power consumption, lower camera cost, and interoperability with the wider A-PHY ecosystem. Both companies will demonstrate the A-PHY reference design at AutoSens Detroit (May 10-12, 2022).
"We're thrilled to partner with Valens Semiconductor to allow our customers to easily evaluate A-PHY, a new global standard optimized for high-speed sensor-to-ECU connectivity, which we believe will present a significant business opportunity for our company," said Boyd Fowler, Chief Technology Officer at OMNIVISION. "It is a major step that the automotive industry can now work around a connectivity standard, which is built from the ground up to deal with the specific challenges in the car while bringing significant cost savings to the ecosystem as a whole. We look forward to taking our place in this impressive new development around MIPI A-PHY."
"OMNIVISION has always been a pioneer in adopting cutting edge technologies with their sensor solutions, which is why it's no surprise that they're forging ahead with A-PHY," said Gideon Kedem, SVP and Head of Automotive at Valens Semiconductor. "The A-PHY ecosystem continues to grow, with OEMs, Tier 1s and Tier 2s already evaluating our VA7000 chipset family for high-speed video connectivity. It is becoming crystal clear that this is going to be the leading connectivity solution for ADAS applications in cars around the world."
OMNIVISION is a global fabless semiconductor organization that develops advanced digital imaging, analog and touch & display solutions for multiple applications and industries, including mobile phones; security and surveillance; automotive; computing; medical; and emerging applications. Its award-winning innovative technologies enable a smoother human/machine interface in many of today's commercial devices. Find out more at www.ovt.com.
Valens Semiconductor pushes the boundaries of connectivity by enabling long-reach, high-speed video and data transmission for the Automotive and Audio-Video industries. Valens' HDBaseT technology is the leading standard in the Audio-Video market with tens of millions of Valens' chipsets integrated into thousands of products in a wide range of applications. Valens' Automotive chipsets are deployed in systems manufactured by leading customers and are on the road in vehicles around the world. Valens is a key enabler of the evolution of ADAS and autonomous driving and its advanced technology is the basis for the new industry standard for high-speed in-vehicle connectivity. For more, visit https://www.valens.com/.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "estimate," "plan," "project," "forecast," "intend," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "seek," "target" or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated transaction and future economic and market conditions. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Valens' management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of Valens.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including those factors discussed in Valens' Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 2, 2022 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents of Valens filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Valens does not presently know or that Valens currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Valens' expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. Valens anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause Valens' assessments to change. However, while Valens may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Valens specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Valens' assessment as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
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Head of Communications
Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
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Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
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Financial Profiles, Inc.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT, OPEN MINDS will present live, "How To Build Value-Based Payer Partnerships: An OPEN MINDS Executive Seminar On Best Practices In Marketing, Negotiating, & Contracting With Health Plans" This executive seminar is designed to help organizations from across the country position themselves to work closely with managed care companies and will be led by OPEN MINDS Senior Associates, Cathy Gilbert and Ken Carr.
Managed care organizations have been successfully delivering treatment services at a significant savings to state Medicaid programs, solidifying value-based reimbursement arrangements in the market. Provider organization executives need to align programs and services with health plan goals and build relationship with the payers in their markets. Understanding what metrics and performance requirements are important to these payers and using service line data to prove how provider organizations can deliver high-quality outcomes and reduced costs will be key to staying competitive.
In the seminar, executive teams of provider organizations will learn:
- How to start strategic conversations with health plans.
- How to demonstrate a provider organization's value in a way that captures the health plan's interest.
- How to secure and optimize service agreements with health plans.
Cathy Gilbert brings over 20 years of health care industry experience to the OPEN MINDS team. Ms. Gilbert currently serves as a Senior Associate at OPEN MINDS. Her areas of expertise includes advanced project leadership skills, training development, health care processing systems, policy development, and implementation to ensure accreditation compliance.
Ken Carr brings over 30 years of finance, technology, data analysis, and reporting experience in the health and human service field to OPEN MINDS. He currently serves as a Senior Associate with the OPEN MINDS consulting practice and the chair of the OPEN MINDS CFO Consortium. In this role, Mr. Carr serves as a subject matter expert in the OPEN MINDS consulting practice, where he has led numerous engagements in strategic planning, merger and acquisition prospecting, business process improvement, managed care and value-based contracting preparedness, financial analysis of service lines, and technology selection.
This seminar will be held in conjunction with The 2022 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute which runs from August 30 to September 1, 2022, at the Newport Beach Marriott in Newport Beach, California. The focus of the 2022 institute is on the management best practices and "must-have" competencies every executive needs to improve the service system for consumers with complex conditions in the "next normal."
For more information and to register for this exclusive institute, visit https://management.openminds.com.
Individual registrations for the seminars are available for $125 at https://openminds.com/register-now-mbpi2/. The All-Access Institute Pass to the 2022 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute includes both seminars.
Registration cost is included in Elite-level subscriptions to the OPEN MINDS Circle market intelligence service. For more information on the program, sponsorship opportunities, or media inquiries, contact the Executive Education & Events team, at 717-334-1329 or events@openminds.com.
ABOUT OPEN MINDS
OPEN MINDS is a national market intelligence, management consulting, and marketing services firm specializing exclusively in the markets of the health and human service field that serve consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs. OPEN MINDS' mission is to provide payers, service provider organizations, and technology and scientific firms that serve these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
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Expands core working groups ahead of OpenSSF Day
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) a cross-industry organization hosted at the Linux Foundation that brings together the world's most important software supply chain security initiatives, today announced 15 new members from leading software development, cybersecurity, financial services, communications, and academic sectors.
This round of commitments is led by two new premier members, Atlassian and Sonatype, who will join the OpenSSF governing board . New general member commitments come from Arnica, Bloomberg, Comcast, Cycode, F5 Networks, Futurewei Technologies, Legit Security, Sectrend, SUSE and Tenable.
"We are thrilled to welcome Atlassian and Sonatype, two companies who play critical roles in modern software development and security, to the OpenSSF governing board", Brian Behlendorf, General Manager at OpenSSF. "Open source software supply chain attacks threaten the very foundations of innovation that billions of people rely upon. Our 15 new members join a growing community of organizations, developers, researchers, and security professionals that are investing time and resources required to respond in this constantly evolving threat landscape."
Open source software has become the foundation on which our digital economy is built. As noted in the Linux Foundation's 2022 Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and Cybersecurity Readiness report, 98% of organizations use open source regularly. The same study revealed that 72% of organizations are very or extremely concerned about software security. Recent vulnerabilities, such as the one impacting Log4j, have caused many organizations to prioritize software supply chain security and realize the need to be fully abreast of the open source ecosystem, as well as contributing to it. From governments to businesses, open source security has been brought to the top of the agenda as a priority issue to address and as a result, OpenSSF is seeing membership rise at a rapid pace.
The latest commitments follow a productive period for OpenSSF in which the foundation expanded its core working groups to include Securing Software Repositories. This group aims to improve cybersecurity practices where developers download open source packages most often.
Furthermore, on June 20th, the foundation will host a full day of sessions at OpenSSF Day. Presentations, delivered by working group leaders, will include subjects such as Best Practice Badges and Other Good Practices, Three Things Your Open Source Project Must Consider, and Securing Critical Projects. The day will conclude with a panel discussion on the Future of Securing Open Source Software. Registration and attendance are free for all those attending the Open Source Summit conference.
Premier Member Quotes
Atlassian
"Open source software is critical to so many of the tools and applications that are used by thousands of development teams worldwide. Consequently, the security of software supply chains has been elevated to the top of most organizations' priorities in the wake of recent high-profile vulnerabilities in open source software. Only through concerted efforts by industry, government and other stakeholders can we ensure that open source innovation continues to flourish in a secure environment. This is why we are happy to be joining OpenSSF, where we can collaborate on key initiatives that raise awareness and drive action around the crucial issues facing software supply chain security today. As a premier member, we're excited to be a key contributor to driving meaningful change and we are optimistic about what we can achieve through our partnership with OpenSSF and like-minded organizations within its membership." - Adrian Ludwig, Chief Trust Officer, Atlassian
Sonatype
"As the maintainers of the largest repository of open source components in Maven Central, we have a unique view into how great the demand for open source has become in recent years. However, as that demand has grown, bad actors have recognized the power of open source and are seeking to use that against the industry. As these software supply chain attacks become more commonplace, open source developers have become the frontline of this battle. Our key mission at Sonatype is to help people understand their software supply chain, and harness all of the good that open source has to offer, without any of the risk. OpenSSF and its members share a similar vision. I'm excited to play a bigger role in OpenSSF as a board member and collectively work with other members to keep open source ecosystems safe and secure, as we all figure out how to battle both new and old attacks on the community." - Brian Fox, CTO and co-founder, Sonatype
General Member Quotes
Arnica
"Software supply chain attack vectors have consistently caught the security community off-guard. Based on Arnica's research across all attacks since 2018, we found two consistent root causes. One, improper access management to source code and two, inability to detect abnormal behavior in the developer toolset. The journey to solve these gaps is long and we are working on perfecting each risk mitigation strategy one-by-one, starting with introducing the first-ever self-service access management for GitHub." - Nir Valtman, Co-Founder and CEO, Arnica
Bloomberg
"We are incredibly excited to join the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), whose values of public good, openness and transparency, and diversity, inclusion, and representation, align with those of Bloomberg. As an 'Open Source First' organization, we greatly value open source and its use within the finance sector, and we are fully committed to helping secure the open source software supply chain, something we have invested in via an ongoing collaboration between our CTO Office and Engineering organization." - Gavin McNay, Security Architect in Bloomberg's CTO Office
Comcast
"Comcast is committed to open source software. We use it to build products, attract talent, and develop our technology to improve the customer experience. When it comes to open source security, everyone plays a role. We are thrilled to join OpenSSF with the global open-source community to see how we can continue to evolve to make open-source development even more secure." - Shilla Saebi, Open Source Program Office Lead, Comcast Cable
F5 Networks
"The growth of open source usage has magnified the importance of advancing OSS supply chain security for all, which can only be achieved as a shared priority among the industry. At F5, we are committed to ensuring our customers' apps are fast, available and secure in any environment. That is why we value the work of the Open Source Security Foundation and its participating members, and look forward to sharing our domain expertise to help advance this important work." - Geng Lin, EVP and Chief Technology Officer, F5
Futurewei Technologies
"OpenSSF is a premier and leading organization on open source security. Futurewei is very excited to join OpenSSF, and to engage in the conversations on the important topics of open source security and sustainability. We look forward to exciting discussions and collaborations with OpenSSF." - Chris Xie, Head of Open Source Strategy and Business Development
Legit Security
"Legit Security is pleased to join OpenSSF to advance the security of software supply chains within the open-source ecosystem as well as giving organizations tools to secure the infrastructure that makes up the SDLC - such as pipelines and systems. Attacks on software supply chains are estimated to increase between three to six times per year and are a global threat. We look forward to working with OpenSSF to publish security research and contribute tools and code for more secure software delivery and consumption across the entire community." - Liav Caspi, CTO of Legit Security
Sectrend
"We feel very excited to be a part of this industry-leading Open Source Security foundation (OpenSSF). Together with other top-notch peers around the globe in various sectors under this initiative, we, Sectrend, are aiming to assist organizations of any size address the security and license compliance risks from open-source software. Securing the software supply chain is very critical for every company. Within the framework of OpenSSF or the Linux Foundation, Sectrend will make a tremendous contribution to this community-driven process in tooling, training, research, best practices, and consulting. Beyond Security, More than Open Source." - Alex Xue, CEO, Sectrend
SUSE
"According to recent research in an Economist Impact survey, 95% of organizations are practicing open innovation, demonstrating how open source software is critical to business's infrastructure and applications. With this comes the need for software to be secure and is why SUSE takes a proactive stance against security and compliance risks, leveraging tools for full lifecycle security including vulnerability management, CI/CD pipeline security, run-time security and government security certifications. SUSE is joining OpenSSF to further collaborate with the efforts to ensure the security of the open source software supply chain." - Brent Schroeder, Head of SUSE's Office of the CTO
Tenable
"We're proud to be part of OpenSSF and join so many industry peers who understand the critical importance of securing open-source software and its associated supply chain. Log4j showed the world how pervasive OSS use is and how vulnerable it can be if the proper development and controls are not put in place to protect it. Tenable's commitment to increasing visibility in attack surfaces includes shifting left to secure software development and helping organizations understand where the risks are throughout their systems." - Glen Pendley, CTO, Tenable
The foundation also announced new Associate Members, including the Eclipse Foundation, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS).
Additional Resources
- View the complete list of the OpenSSF members
- Attend OpenSSF Day at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit on June 20
- Contribute efforts to one or more of the active OpenSSF working groups
- Read the OpenSSF and Harvard's Census II Report, shedding light on the most commonly used FOSS packages at the application library level
About OpenSSF
Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the OpenSSF (launched in August 2020) is a cross-industry organization that brings together the industry's most important open source security initiatives and the individuals and companies that support them. It combines the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), founded in response to the 2014 Heartbleed bug, and the Open Source Security Coalition, founded by the GitHub Security Lab to build a community to support open source security for decades to come. The OpenSSF is committed to collaboration and working both upstream and with existing communities to advance open source security for all. For more information, please visit: https://openssf.org/
About the Linux Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are supported by more than 1,800 members and is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware. Linux Foundation's projects are critical to the world's infrastructure, including Linux, Kubernetes, ONAP, Node.js, Hyperledger, RISC-V, and more. The Linux Foundation's methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at: linuxfoundation.org
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GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The move to Integrated or Whole Person Care has been a focus for the health and human services delivery market before the pandemic, while COVID served to highlight the importance of fully integrated care, especially for people living with complex health issues. Join us as we take a closer look at a successful Integrated Care/Whole Person care program launched by Jewish Family & Children's Services (JF&CS) in Arizona.
Beginning more than 5 years ago, and encompassing a full spectrum of age ranges and conditions, we will hear how JF&CS was able to build integrated programs, overcome staff resistance, and use its robust data environment, to successfully integrate social determinant of health, behavioral health, and physical health care for its service recipients.
This webinar on May 17, 2022 at 1:00 pm Eastern will introduced by Graham Brown, MPH, a Senior Vice President at NextGen Healthcare who will provide attendees with an overview of the state of integrated care nationally. This will be followed by the case study with Jewish Family & Children's Services on how they are optimizing integrated care.
During this one-hour webinar attendees will learn about:
- The benefits of integrated care for persons with complex needs
- Functionality needed to succeed in integrated care
- Best practices in keeping staff committed to the integration plan
To register for this webinar, visit https://integratedcareonline.com/innovations-in-integrated-care/. Registration for the webinar is free to anyone who is registered for a free membership to www.integratedcareonline.com. If you can't make the webinar, register anyway and we will send you a link when the archived version is posted to watch at a later date.
About NextGen Healthcare
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative healthcare technology solutions. We are reimagining ambulatory healthcare with award-winning solutions that enable high-performing practices to create healthier communities. We partner with medical, behavioral and dental providers in their journey toward whole person health and value-based care. Our highly integrated, intelligent and interoperable solutions go beyond EHR and Practice Management to increase clinical quality and productivity, enrich the patient experience and drive superior financial performance. We are on a quest to achieve better healthcare outcomes for all. Learn more at nextgen.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.
About Integrated Care Online
The online community, Integrated Care Online by NextGen Healthcare, is the industry leader for integrated health clinical content, best practices, and strategic insights. The online community provides:
- An online resource for information and case studies demonstrating successful interoperability among clinicians, hospitals, and labs.
- Executive Insights on models and best practices to enhanced integrated care.
- Integrated, fast, and intuitive mobile results.
By providing clear direction, Integrated Care Online powered by NextGen Healthcare is driving informed evidence-based practice(s) in the field of behavioral health. Learn more and join free at https://integratedcareonline.com/.
About OPEN MINDS
OPEN MINDS is an award-winning information source, executive education provider, and business solutions firm specializing in the domains of health and human services serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs. For thirty years, we've been pioneers for change – helping organizations implement the transformational business practices they need to succeed in an evolving market with new reimbursement, competition, policies and regulations.
OPEN MINDS is powered by a national team of experienced executives and subject matter experts with specific expertise and experience in nine key market areas – mental health, addictions, chronic conditions, autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities, long-term care, children's services, social services, juvenile justice, and corrections health care. Our mission is to improve the quality of care for consumers with complex support needs by improving the effectiveness of those serving them – provider organizations, payer and insurance organizations, government agencies, pharmaceutical organizations, and technology firms. Learn more at www.openminds.com.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PosiGen, the nation's leading provider of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions for low-to-moderate (LMI) income homeowners, announces the addition of John Ross (J.R.) as Vice President of Marketing. J.R. has spent more than 20 years driving growth strategies and digital innovation for global brands. He comes to PosiGen after a decade at Pepsico, where he served as as Chief of Staff and Director of Global Partnerships.
As Vice President of Marketing, J.R. will support PosiGen's expansion into new markets throughout the United States. J.R.'s focus starts with data driven insights, optimizing the brand's performance marketing, media mix, developing its community partnerships and growing its customer base nationally. Having helped launch and develop multiple successful global brands, J.R. is excited about PosiGen's momentum and growth horizon.
"I've always wanted to work for a mission and purpose driven company that keeps me connected to the community," J.R. says. "The PosiGen team is passionate about helping people. The company's commitment to deliver "Solar For All," especially to low-income homeowners who truly need the savings solar offers, goes beyond just words. PosiGen's mission of helping those who need savings most, while making a positive impact on their environment, really resonates with me."
PosiGen CEO Thomas Neyhart is excited about adding someone of J.R.'s caliber to the team. "PosiGen is experiencing rapid growth and needs someone with J.R.'s experience, enthusiasm, and commitment to take our marketing efforts to the next level so we can deliver solar and energy efficiency savings to even more customers across the country. We look forward to the high functioning new marketing team J.R. will build, which will no doubt increase awareness about PosiGen and the cost-saving benefits of residential solar."
Since 2011, PosiGen has worked to close the clean energy affordability gap by delivering lower utility bills and the benefits of clean energy through solar panels and energy efficiency upgrades to low-to-moderate homeowners. To date, the company has served over 19,000 residential customers. PosiGen's lease program covers the full cost of installing, maintaining, and ensuring the solar system, and also provides energy efficiency upgrades with no minimum credit score or minimum income requirement.
About PosiGen:
Headquartered in New Orleans, LA, PosiGen is the nation's leading residential solar, energy efficiency and energy education provider for low-to-moderate income families. PosiGen has more than 19,000 residential customers, over 460 direct employees and supports more than 150 employees through its contractors in Louisiana, Mississippi, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida. PosiGen's unique services and products make solar energy affordable to homeowners of all income levels, and offer individuals, families and businesses the opportunity to achieve greater fiscal autonomy and energy independence by lowering their utility bills. To learn more about PosiGen, please visit www.posigen.com.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- We are excited to participate in this open-source and developers' event and would be glad to meet you in person in Valencia (Spain) or virtually. Come visit us at our booth S2. After two years of virtual European conferences, CNCF is thrilled to offer 172 sessions, keynotes, lightning talks, and breakout sessions both in-person and virtually.
"Cloud native technology adoption has surged over the last three years, two and half of which our community has spent with very little face to face collaboration," said Priyanka Sharma, executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. "Research shows that much of learning, innovation, and collaboration happens best with human interaction. For a community like ours where people work in diverse companies and roles, that in-person touch point is even more essential.
As the world is slowly getting back to its pre-pandemic habits, we expect KubeCon attendance to follow the same trend, with attendance reaching 5-digit numbers and one of the most vibrant communities in IT going back to sharing insights and collaborate on pushing the boundaries of cloud native computing. Canonical will be there during the full week, main event and co-located events included. If you want, explore the full schedule of KubeCon 2022.
We would love to meet you in person, you can visit and meet Aniket Kulkarni – VP of Engineering at Booth No S2.
For more details, please visit and registered - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/register/
Event Details
Date- 16th to 20th May 2022
Venue - Valencia (Spain)
About RackWare, Inc.: RackWare is a leader in compute and application mobility spanning physical and virtual environments. It maximizes availability and flexibility for enterprise IT users, while also reducing cost of IT infrastructure. RackWare automatically assesses IT environments, prepares, executes and manages their cloud migration, and protects that infrastructure with backup and DR.
Our customers realize a cost savings of 40 to 50 percent and a reduction in IT management time and resources by 20:1 while getting the highest performance and availability out of their cloud(s). RackWare is based in Silicon Valley with offices in Salt Lake City, Philadelphia and Pune, India.
SWIFT is a new product offering from RackWare for replication, backup, and DR of the container orchestration platforms. SWIFT supports Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters for replication, backup, and DR use-cases. SWIFT supports multiple cloud platforms, including Amazon EKS, Oracle OKE, Azure AKS, IBM IKS, and Google GKE services. SWIFT also supports cross-cloud, cross-platform, and cross-version replications as well as DR scenarios.
Company Contacts
Aniket Kulkarni,
Contact No – 1 408-430-5821
Email – linda.eldredge@rackwareinc.com Address - 75 E Santa Clara St.,
Unit 600 San Jose, CA
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SKOKIE, Ill., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The locally-driven, family-owned sports and merchandise retailer - Rally House - extends its reach with a new store in Skokie, IL, marking the 6th location in the Chicago area. Customers can shop apparel, accessories, and gifts for the Chicago Cubs, White Sox, and many more area teams at Rally House Village Crossing. Find this new store at the Village Crossing shopping center, just west of I-94.
Rally House happily embraces its continual growth, as it allows more fans to get the team gear and localized merchandise they want. "Chicago is home to some of the most passionate locals and dedicated sports fans," says District Manager Ashley Beard. "Rally House Village Crossing can't wait to help everyone get geared up to show off their team and hometown pride in style!"
At Rally House Village Crossing, customers will get to shop a vast assortment of sports apparel and merchandise from renowned name brands like Mitchell & Ness, Nike, and New Era. This location offers gear for pro teams like the Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Bears, and Packers. There's also a large assortment of Loyola Ramblers, Illinois Fighting Illini, and Northwestern Wildcats merch.
Those looking for localized products will find them at Rally House Village Crossing, with merchandise for fan favorites like Billy Goat Tavern & Grill, Heileman's Old Style, and Vienna Beef. Plus, shoppers can sort through unique apparel from the RALLY Brand™, with styles and designs inspired by beloved Chicago and Illinois themes.
Rally House is determined to provide a fun and stress-free shopping experience for every patron. On top of delivering exceptional customer service and quality merchandise, there's also a complete selection of apparel, accessories, and much more online at www.rallyhouse.com, with shipping available to all 50 states.
Stay current on local updates by visiting www.rallyhouse.com/rally-house-village-crossing or follow Rally House Village Crossing on Facebook (@RallyVillageCrossing) and Instagram (@rallyvillagecrossing).
About Rally House
Rally House and Sampler Stores Inc. is a family-owned specialty boutique that offers a large selection of apparel, hats, gifts and home décor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS teams in addition to locally inspired apparel, gifts and food. Proudly based in Lenexa, Kansas, Rally House operates 100+ locations across 12 states.
CONTACT:
Ashley Beard, District Manager
abeard@rallyhouse.com
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MILWAUKEE, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Hemisphere (NASDAQ: HMTV) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Gato.
Click here to learn how to join the action: https://www.ademilaw.com/case/hemisphere-media-group-inc or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges Hemisphere's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet Hemisphere holders will receive only $7.00 per share in cash. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Hemisphere by prohibiting solicitation of further bids, and imposing a significant penalty if Hemisphere accepts a superior bid. Hemisphere insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of Hemisphere'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 Hemisphere.
If you own Hemisphere 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/hemisphere-media-group-inc.
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TAIPEI, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, today announces it will participate in the upcoming Embedded Computing Design's Automotive Technologies Virtual Conference which will be held virtually on May 12. Silicon Motion's automotive project manager will deliver a webinar titled "Advanced Storage Solutions for Automotive Applications" which will showcase an array of automotive storage solutions to satisfy the evolution of the automotive market.
Innovations to improve the driving experience and to support burgeoning demands for autonomous driving and EV applications are evolving rapidly. As electronic content becomes a more significant part of automotive mission critical systems, storage technologies employing NAND flash are required to ensure optimized performance, reliability, and longevity. Silicon Motion provides dependable high-performance automotive-grade storage solutions, including controllers and single-chip solutions for in-vehicle infotainment, navigation, ADAS, DVR, and autonomous driving applications.
Silicon Motion's advanced products portfolio for automotive applications include:
Automotive-grade Controllers
Silicon Motion's Automotive-grade controllers feature ultra-high performance with AEC-Q100 Grades 2/3 and ASPICE compliance, providing outstanding quality, reliability, and safety.
- SATA/PCIe NVMe SSD Controllers
- UFS 2.1/3.1 Controllers
- eMMC 4.5/5.0/5.1 Controllers
Automotive-grade single-chip solutions
Silicon Motion's Ferri line of Automotive-grade single-chip BGA solutions feature high-performance storage access, better power efficiency, and ease of system design.
- FerriSSD: PCIe NVMe/SATA single-chip SSD solution
- Ferri-UFS: UFS3.1/2.1 single-chip solution
- Ferri-eMMC: eMMC4.5/5.0/5.1 single chip solution
Silicon Motion representatives will be presenting at the Automotive Technologies Virtual Conference. For further information, please visit
https://www.siliconmotion.com
For more information on Silicon Motion's automotive storage applications, go to https://www.siliconmotion.com/application/applications-automotive.html
About Silicon Motion:
We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers. We have the broadest portfolio of controller technologies and our controllers are widely used in embedded storage products such as SSDs and eMMC+UFS devices, which are found in smartphones, PCs and commercial and industrial applications. We have shipped over six billion NAND controllers in the last ten years, more than any other company in the world. We also supply customized high-performance hyperscale data center and industrial SSD solutions. Our customers include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs. For further information on Silicon Motion, visit us at www.siliconmotion.com.
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CO2 emissions avoided over last three years are equivalent to eliminating nearly 31 million gallons of gasoline
LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has renewed a program to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) to all 32 of the company's fueling stations, along with six in the San Diego area, signing three-year contracts with suppliers U.S. Gain and Element Markets as demand continues to grow.
In April 2019, SoCalGas began replacing traditional compressed natural gas at fueling stations with RNG to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet California's climate goals. RNG is produced by capturing methane emissions from organic waste materials. Depending on the source of organic waste, RNG can be carbon negative because it captures more greenhouse gases than it emits. Since September 2020, the RNG delivered at the 38 fueling stations is considered carbon negative by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
RNG delivered at the 38 fueling stations helped avoid approximately 275,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions over the last three years – equivalent to eliminating nearly 31 million gallons of gasoline burned, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
"Our first three years dispensing RNG at our fueling stations have been a dramatic success, both in terms of moving forward toward our climate goals by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also in demonstrating the growing demand for clean RNG in our region," said Elsa Valay-Paz, SoCalGas vice president of gas acquisition. "We dispensed 46 percent more RNG the last year than we did during the first two years, and we expect demand to continue to grow."
The new three-year renewal continues SoCalGas' partnership with U.S. Gain. SoCalGas signed a new contract with Element Markets to provide RNG as a second partner.
"We're honored to continue working with SoCalGas to build on the success of the last three years, connecting their fleet with RNG in support of their decarbonization journey," said Bryan Nudelbacher, U.S. Gain's Director of Business Development. "Successful programs like this can help accelerate RNG adoption across industries, applications and geographies to reduce emissions and make a real impact on climate change."
"We're pleased to have been chosen to partner with SoCalGas as they explore and expand the use of low carbon RNG," said Angela Schwarz, CEO of Element Markets. "As the leading independent marketer of RNG in the U.S. and, with our recent merger with Bluesource, the largest marketer and originator of carbon and environmental credits in North America, we welcome the opportunity to grow in our role a trusted provider of decarbonization solutions that progress sustainability mandates and voluntary goals."
Last year, SoCalGas received the 2021 NGV Achievement Award in the Utility Leadership for outstanding contributions to the advancement of natural gas as a transportation fuel, in part for its RNG efforts at fueling stations.
RNG is an important tool in SoCalGas' efforts to reach both California's and the company's climate goals. In 2019, the company established benchmarks including delivering 20 percent renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Last year, SoCalGas expanded its sustainability goals further, setting its aims on achieving net zero greenhouse emissions in its operations and the energy it delivers by 2045.
And in October, SoCalGas shared its Clean Fuels Study, a comprehensive technical analysis that examines how to achieve California's carbon neutrality goals through a more integrated, reliable, and affordable energy system with a diverse array of clean fuels that includes RNG and hydrogen.
For more information about renewable natural gas and how it fits into SoCalGas' sustainability efforts, please visit https://www.socalgas.com/aspire2045.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is the largest gas distribution utility in the United States. SoCalGas delivers affordable, reliable, and increasingly renewable gas service to 21.8 million consumers across 24,000 square miles of Central and Southern California. Gas delivered through the company's pipelines will continue to play a key role in California's clean energy transition—providing electric grid reliability and supporting wind and solar energy deployment.
SoCalGas' mission is to build the cleanest, safest and most innovative energy company in America. In support of that mission, SoCalGas is committed to the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations and delivery of energy by 2045 and to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply to core customers with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by dairy farms, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for customers. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding company based in San Diego.
For more information visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas) and Facebook.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, leading online sneaker platform and community, SoleSavy, is launching a member beta for COLLECT - an innovative new marketplace focused on connecting sneaker enthusiasts and creating new ways of interacting and transacting together. COLLECT by SoleSavy allows members to showcase, buy, sell, and trade their personal sneaker collections while building connections with each other, all in one place.
COLLECT aims to shift the sneaker landscape through an app where users can interact and transact peer-to-peer within a trusted community, reversing a trend of seller-first marketplaces, anonymous transactions, and excessive aftermarket pricing. Putting passion over profit, SoleSavy has also removed itself from the transaction equation, empowering users to buy, sell, and trade both new and used sneakers with more flexibility and no extra processing fees.
"COLLECT is the next step in creating the best end-to-end platform for sneaker enthusiasts," said Co-Founder and CEO Dejan Pralica. "The member beta will be paramount to COLLECT's future success, as the feedback we receive will ensure the app is a reflection of the wants and needs of the sneaker community. As always, transparency and community are at the center of this project."
Since March, COLLECT has been in private beta testing mode with a select group of SoleSavy members. SoleSavy worked alongside these members to solicit direct feedback on the app to create a product built for the community. Today, COLLECT is now in open beta on iOS and the Google Play Store for all SoleSavy members. In addition, NBA players Mikal Bridges of the Phoenix Suns and Immanuel Quickley of the New York Knicks have joined COLLECT's open beta, where members can check out their personal collections.
Another key feature of COLLECT is a unique identity verification process through its 'Know Your Customer' technology to create a safe and fair environment for transactions. Unlike other secondary marketplaces, where anonymity has nearly eliminated the personal connection of trading sneakers, COLLECT uses KYC technology, the same process used by banks and other financial institutions, to prevent attempted scams and allow SoleSavy members to make more authentic connections.
To learn more about COLLECT and SoleSavy, visit solesavy.com/collect
About SoleSavy
SoleSavy is a VC-backed startup that serves sneaker enthusiasts with an end-to-end platform that aims to make acquiring coveted products more fair and enjoyable. Founded on the notion of community and connection above all, SoleSavy is home to one of the most engaged paid sneaker communities in North America. With a unique combination of content, community, and technology, SoleSavy powers an ecosystem for sneaker lovers that is unparalleled in the industry. Through these channels, SoleSavy prepares its members with accurate information, cultural commentary, direct purchase links, and time-sensitive alerts on key releases. The communities allow for consumers to build relationships over sneakers, streetwear, and collectibles and ultimately foster a safe space where members can connect over their interests. For more info, visit solesavy.com/collect
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Hundreds of guests gather at BIÂN Chicago to try the company's strength training machine
CHICAGO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Speede Fitness, a Chicago-area strength training startup that is launching a revolutionary fitness machine in summer 2022, hosted hundreds of guests on May 5 at its "Stronger Every Season" event, which featured appearances by Chicago Bears players and equity holders Justin Fields, Cole Kmet and Jaylon Johnson. The event gave VIP guests the chance to explore BIÂN Chicago, the only private club in the world to focus on wellness and social well-being, and to try Speede's groundbreaking fitness technology.
"With Speede, you can tap into muscle fibers that you just can't reach with free weights," said Fields, who's entering his second season as Bears quarterback. "After five or ten minutes of using the machine, you feel like you've completed a 30-minute workout."
The event marked the kickoff of a new fundraising round for Speede, which oversubscribed its seed round and is backed by equity holders from the NFL, NBA, UFC and the business world. David Meltzer—an entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster who previously served as CEO of the Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency—is the lead investor for this round.
The company's new machine, the Speede Challenger, is the first connected fitness machine to combine isotonic, isokinetic, and max eccentric training for an intense, efficient workout that leads to faster strength gains. High-profile athletes have invested in the company, including Fields, Kmet and Johnson, plus UFC fighter Michael Chandler, Justin Simmons from the Denver Broncos, Marquez Valdes-Scantling from the Kansas City Chiefs, and Mason Plumlee from the Charlotte Hornets.
"Speede is different because it's challenging throughout the whole rep," said Kmet, who praised the machine at the Chicago event. "Because it's so effective, it helps athletes cut down their workout times while building more strength and endurance."
After hosting investors, fitness professionals at athletes in Chicago, Speede now turns its attention to the IHRSA convention in Miami, the fitness industry's leading event, where Speede will unveil its Gamma prototype in June.
"At IHRSA, our guests will see our production-ready machine and experience the full vision of Speede: not just more effective strength training, but advanced data for improved health and wellness," said Greg Tepas, co-founder of Speede. "Our new round of fundraising marks an exciting moment in the Speede Movement as we start to share our final product and help people get stronger faster."
To learn more, visit Speede.fit or contact co-founder Dan Mooney at dan@speede.fit.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The concept of Move-to-Earn has been in the radar of running users, and captured the attention of great investors for quite some time. Move-to-Earn applications allow users to earn passive income while engaging in physical activities.
However, as for the name Move-to-Earn, it is almost certain that these apps usually focus and support Running. Though there is so much more that can be achieved in the sporting world, such as boxing, soccer, basketball, and other hundred types of sports! This raises one huge problem, "How are we going to integrate everyone's individual choice of physical activities into the world of metaverse?"
Welcome to SportE!
What the world needs is not only Move-to-Earn, but actually Fitness-to-Earn (F2E). SportE was invented to serve this great purpose, and sets a goal to make F2E a lifestyle for everyone. It is an innovative mobile solution for the next generation of fitness enthusiasts. SportE answers to every problem we are having nowadays: how can we both be active, healthy & making money while socializing at the same time? With SportE, it is completely possible!
SportE gives users a chance to be active on all levels: virtuality, socializing, reality and more. SportE integrates a variety of tools including augmented reality (AR), so players can interact with their surroundings.
SportE is developed to meet most daily activities, hence it should be very familiar to all of us users, it will be just as as going to the gym, making small movements, & relaxation.
Hot news from SportE in this May 2022
On 6th May 2022, a new Web 3 fitness app with SocialFi & GameFi elements called SportE has officially released the calendar for their product launching.
9h May 2022, SportE first NFT Shoebox Offering will be on sale and the Whitelist for this INO is available for registration at the moment.
10th May 2022, SportE Beta test app on TestFlight release for user early access testing.
13rd May 2022, SportE representatives will attend and pitch with over 60 Ventures & Capitals in Thailand Crypto Expo (https://thailandcryptoexpo.com/), the biggest Crypto event in Thailand this year.
14th May 2022, SportE official fitness app release on Google Play and App Store and available to download – SportE Alpha Season starts
15th May 2022, SportE is going to exhibit and introduce their app to 1000 investors attend in the BLOCKCHAIN GAMEFI EXPO 2022 organized in Hanoi, Vietnam.
How to Earn in SportE?
While participating in the world of SPORTE, users will equip themselves with NFTs that are usually sportswear & sport tools such as Shoes or Boxing gloves, etc. When using those NFTs and exercising, or enjoy other type of sports with friends and family, users shall be able to earn in-game token (SET + SPE) rewards. SPORTE lets users completely own their in-game assets which can be exchanged for crypto or fiat money following their terms.
SportE aims to create a SPORT Metaverse where users enjoy multi-sports or daily activities and have a lively, enjoyable and healthier lifestyle.
SportE - Sport opens with everyone
SportE is a fitness & health application integrated with Blockchain technology. SportE was created with the aim of encouraging users to practice sports, build a healthy lifestyle by equipping users with NFTs suitable for sports and promote their training activities to earn tokens.
Highlights
- SportE aims to diversify sports and connect with many non-crypto audiences
- Integrating sensor hardware technology to serve the sports in need of high realism
- More complete anti-cheat functions through AI data analysis and storage technology
- NFT rental/borrow feature to generate passive income and make it easy for non-crypto users to access SportE
- Individual or team PvP function to increase connection
Development Stages
- Stage 1: SportE aims to train users on move-to-earn because of its simplicity and effectiveness. Everyone can "move" with different types of exercise to improve health: walking, jogging, jogging, run together, marathon, etc.
- Stage 2: SportE aims at a variety of sports that require individual skills or team coordination: Soccer, basketball, boxing, etc. Individual or team PvP functions will be promoted to increase connectivity.
- SportE will start Alpha Season on May 15, 2022 with official SportE app releasing on App Store and Google play.
SportE - Sport opens with everyone
SportE is a fitness & health application integrated with Blockchain technology. SportE was created with the aim of encouraging users to practice sports, build a healthy lifestyle by equipping users with NFTs suitable for sports and promote their training activities to earn tokens.
SportE aims not only to make Move-to-earn in real life, but also to build a global healthier lifestyle. Furthermore, SportE's ambition is to nudge millions of non-Crypto runners and non-game players into the Web 3.0 & Blockchain world.
Highlights
- SportE aims to diversify sports and connect with many non-crypto audiences
- Integrating sensor hardware technology to serve the sports in need of high realism
- More complete anti-cheat functions through AI data analysis and storage technology
- NFT rental/borrow feature to generate passive income and make it easy for non-crypto users to access SportE
- Individual or team PvP function to increase connection
Development Stages
- Stage 1: SportE aims to train users on move-to-earn because of its simplicity and effectiveness. Everyone can "move" with different types of exercise to improve health: walking, jogging, jogging, run together, marathon, etc.
- Stage 2: SportE aims at a variety of sports that require individual skills or team coordination: Soccer, basketball, boxing, etc. Individual or team PvP functions will be promoted to increase connectivity.
- SportE will start Alpha Season on May 15, 2022 with official SportE app releasing on App Store and Google play. In the first phase, SportE will sell the first type of NFT which is Shoe with different types, ranks and attributes.
Tokenomics
1. Governance Token:
- Token name: SportE
- Token Symbol: SPE
- Total Supply: 1.000.000.000
2. Game Token:
- Token name: Sport Earn Token
- Token Symbol: SET
- Total Supply: Unlimited
SportE has several mechanics to burn SPE:
- Burn SPE to reach level 5/10/20/30
- Burn SPE to upgrade Level 4+ Runes
- Burn SPE to mint Sonic, Astro and Flash Shoes
- Burn SPE to get more Attribute points
- Burn SPE to enhance SPE Daily Earning Cap
- Burn SPE to improve success rate of Rune upgrading
- Burn SPE to improve a chance to receive a higher Shoe rank from opening Shoe Box
- Burn SPE to improve a chance to receive multiple Shoes Boxes from Shoe-Minting
SportE has some mechanics to burn SET. This will avoid game inflation.
- Shoe-Minting
- Shoe repairing
- Upgrading Shoe Level
- Upgrading Rune Level
- Unlocking Rune Slot, etc.
OFFICIAL WEBSITES AND RESOURCES:
Official website: https://sporte.net/
Whitepaper: https://docs.sporte.net/
Litepaper: https://litepaper.sporte.net/
Medium: https://sporteofficial.medium.com/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sporteofficial
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportE_Official
Discord: https://discord.gg/m7v94yhDfN
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/SportE_Official
Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/SportEglobal
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sporteglobal/
MARKETPLACES
SportE Marketplace: https://app.sporte.net/marketplace/shoes
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For the third consecutive year, nearly 85% of surveyed fleets report that their use of clean vehicle technologies will grow.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the third annual State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief, released today, transportation fleets continued to report a resounding trend — their use of clean fuels and advanced vehicle technologies is rapidly progressing. Report author and leading clean technology consulting firm, Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA), unveiled the findings at their Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, a four-day conference which drew a record number of attendees.
Report title sponsors are Daimler Truck North America, Penske Transportation Solutions, and Shell Oil Company. Cummins, Inc. is a supply chain sponsor of the report.
"We are seeing an incredible acceleration in the investment being made from all sides of the alternative fuel vehicle market driven by increasing commitments to environmental sustainability and carbon reduction and to find more cost-effective transportation options given today's record-breaking gasoline and diesel fuel prices," said Erik Neandross, CEO of GNA, the firm authoring the report. "Again, our survey results confirm — in every sector, fleets are increasingly turning to a spectrum of advanced clean vehicle technologies and low carbon fuels to not only meet their sustainability goals but improve their fleet's bottom line."
Report authors surveyed nearly 250 U.S.-based fleets that have used clean fuels and vehicles including propane vehicles, compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, battery-electric vehicles, or fuel cell electric vehicles. Among that group, nearly 85% report that their use of clean vehicle technologies will grow over the next five years.
A key to increased adoption of near- and zero-emission transportation across the public and private sectors, including accompanying fueling and charging infrastructure, is record-setting government funding and legislative support at both the state and federal levels, the 2022 report confirms.
While California continues to lead in vehicle and infrastructure funding as well as progressive zero-emission regulations, five other states are following suit with regulations of their own: Oregon, Washington, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts have all adopted rules based on California's that require automakers to sell increasing numbers of zero-emission trucks. In terms of funding, the report finds that available public incentives for the clean fuel and vehicle market will increase to approximately $20 billion annually across more than 230 programs over the next few years, a nearly seven-fold increase from the average $3 billion previously. Much of the funding growth is due to the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Other findings in this year's State of Sustainable Fleets:
- Diesel fuel prices are at an all-time high, further improving economics for alternatives.
National average prices at the pump were 19% higher in 2021 than in 2020. - Battery-electric vehicle demand is ramping up despite supply chain delays and high costs. The report finds that scheduled medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle deployments will go from dozens to hundreds across this year and next. Fleets are placing record-setting orders and certain sectors are already seeing early scale including nearly 1,800 battery-electric school buses ordered or deployed by more than 350 school fleets in the U.S. to date. A few hundred more grant-funded Class 8 battery-electric vehicle orders from major manufacturers were placed in 2021 and early 2022. Orders still far out-pace vehicle deliveries and battery prices remain stubbornly high. An emerging trend in this space — vehicle manufacturers are becoming more involved in the battery-electric ecosystem by providing value-add services to fleets learning to operate in this new and unfamiliar space.
- Compressed natural gas fuel is priced just right, vehicle sales grow. Among surveyed fleets, 79% report that fuel cost savings is a primary advantage for deploying natural gas units. Transit buses, straight trucks (including refuse), and Class 8 tractors are the dominant sectors driving CNG vehicle sales, leading growth in registrations of natural gas vehicles by 3% from 2020 to 2021. Most fleets that have piloted or purchased CNG trucks in the past two years additionally reported equal or better performance on emissions (96% of fleets), noise (87%), fuel supply (67%), and total cost of ownership (57%) as compared to diesel.
- Renewable diesel growth is very strong. Production capacity for renewable diesel increased from 600 million to 800 million gallons per year between late 2020 and mid- 2021. By 2025, U.S. production capacity is forecasted to exceed 5 billion gallons annually, a six-fold increase from 2021. The annual survey found that renewable diesel adoption is highest among government fleets, with nearly half of state, county, or municipal fleets reporting renewable diesel usage.
- Propane fuel is easy and affordable with its sub-$2 per gallon cost. Among the more mature clean vehicle platforms highlighted in the report, four states — California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas — accounted for roughly 30% of national demand for propane vehicle fuel. Propane-powered trucks are most often used by state, county, and municipal fleets (43% of such fleet types in the survey). Its usage is also common among smaller fleets with 35% of propane users in the survey representing fleets with 101-500 vehicles.
- Hydrogen vehicles are on the horizon with larger grant-funded demonstrations beginning now. The report found that total hydrogen heavy-duty vehicle purchases in the U.S. were just under 150 orders in 2021. There were no public hydrogen stations opened outside of California in 2021, but an additional 57 stations, primarily for light- duty hydrogen vehicles, are planned for California, Ohio, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Dozens of grant-funded fuel cell electric tractors are now on order by leading fleets.
"Commercial transportation is entering an exciting transformation that impacts not only our industry, but the communities in which we all operate," said Mary Aufdemberg, general manager of product strategy and market development, Daimler Truck North America. "While change can sometimes bring uncertainty, studies like the State of Sustainable Fleets report help all stakeholders understand and navigate the critical trends so they can plan for their future success. At Daimler Truck, we share our customers' sustainability goals and are proud to serve as their trusted advisors to help provide the right solution to suit their needs."
"Shell has long provided solutions enabling fleets to operate more efficiently and cost- effectively, and now we are guiding fleet customers along their own unique decarbonization journeys," said Carlos Maurer, executive vice president sectors & decarbonization, Shell. "We recognize that navigating the many pathways to fleet decarbonization can be overwhelming, so Shell is pleased to support the State of Sustainable Fleets report to help equip fleet managers with the latest research and insights to keep their fleets on the road and moving toward a net- zero future."
"The State of Sustainable Fleets report provides valuable insight into the industry's views on transportation sustainability and can provide practical, technology neutral guidance for fleets searching for solutions. We are very proud to once again sponsor this leading publication," stated Drew Cullen, senior vice president of fuels and facility services, Penske Transportation Solutions.
The State of Sustainable Fleets is the leading source of information on sustainable technology decisions being made by America's on-road fleets. The annual analysis gathers real-world data directly from early-adopter fleets across the U.S. to provide deep sector-specific insights into the adoption of battery electric, natural gas, propane, and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, against a baseline of diesel and gasoline vehicles. The analysis provides insights into public, private, and for-hire fleets, including school, shuttle, state/county/municipal, urban delivery, refuse, utility, transit, regional-haul, long-haul, drayage, and off-road cargo handling sectors. This first-of-its-kind report, refreshed annually, includes unique insights into vehicle sale trends, anticipated vehicle development timelines, real-world infrastructure and fuel costs, and the growing adoption of renewable fuels.
For more information about the report, visit www.StateofSustainableFleets.com.
About Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (GNA)
GNA is North America's leading consulting firm specializing in the development and commercialization of renewable energy technologies, near-zero and zero-emission vehicles, and low carbon fuels for transportation and commercial use. GNA's core expertise is providing strategic support to develop and bring technologies to market, clean fleet strategy development and execution, managing relationships with key public agencies, grant writing and administration, as well as implementing effective outreach, communication, and education programs. www.gladstein.org
About Daimler Truck North America
Daimler Truck North America LLC, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a leading provider of comprehensive products and technologies for the commercial transportation industry. Daimler Truck North America designs, engineers, manufactures and markets medium- and heavy-duty trucks, school buses, vehicle chassis and their associated technologies and components under the Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp and Detroit brands. Daimler Truck North America is a subsidiary of Daimler Truck Holding AG (DTG), one of the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers.
About Penske Transportation Solutions
Penske Transportation Solutions is the umbrella brand for Penske Truck Leasing, Penske Logistics, EPES Transport Systems and Penske Vehicle Services. Our businesses provide innovative transportation, supply chain and technology solutions to keep the world moving forward. Visit www.GoPenske.com to learn more.
About Shell Oil Company
Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Royal Dutch Shell plc, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with operations in more than 70 countries. In the U.S., Shell operates in 50 states and employs more than 17,000 people working to help tackle the challenges of the new energy future.
About Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc., a global power technology leader, is a corporation of complementary business segments that design, manufacture, distribute and service a broad portfolio of power solutions. The company's products range from internal combustion, electric and hybrid integrated power solutions and components including filtration, aftertreatment, turbochargers, fuel systems, controls systems, air handling systems, automated transmissions, electric power generation systems, microgrid controls, batteries, electrolyzers and fuel cell products. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana (U.S.), since its founding in 1919, Cummins employs approximately 59,900 people committed to powering a more prosperous world through three global corporate responsibility priorities critical to healthy communities: education, environment and equality of opportunity. Cummins serves its customers online, through a network of company-owned and independent distributor locations, and through thousands of dealer locations worldwide and earned about $2.1 billion on sales of $24 billion in 2021. Learn more at cummins.com.
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NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Susan Jaffe has been named the Company's next Artistic Director. Jaffe's appointment, effective December 2022, was announced today by Andrew Barth, ABT Chairman of the Board of Governing Trustees. Jaffe will succeed Kevin McKenzie who last spring announced his intent to retire after the 2022 season, following three decades of leadership.
Jaffe was appointed Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) in July 2020 and has since led the company in new artistic achievements, including choreographing a new Swan Lake (2022) and stewarding PBT's presence during the COVID-19 pandemic and successful return to the stage. In addition, Jaffe joined PBT's administration in the company's renewed commitment to racial justice and equity with PBT's Equity Transformation Team, prioritizing inclusivity on its stages, in its hiring practices, and in training programs.
"What a profound honor it is for me to come back home to lead the artistic helm of American Ballet Theatre," said Jaffe. "I have experienced so many iterations of my career at ABT. I was a student, second company member, main Company member, teacher in the school, Advisor to the Chairman, and Director of Repertoire for the Company. The role of Artistic Director will be my seventh at this wonderful institution. To come back home is truly a dream come true! I am grateful to Kevin McKenzie for his passion, dedication, and stewardship of the Company over the last 30 years, and I look forward to working with everyone to bring ABT into its future. I would also like to take this opportunity to say how much I enjoyed working with everyone at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. PBT is an outstanding organization, and the happy memories of working with the dancers, staff, and board will stay with me forever."
Declared by The New York Times as "America's Quintessential American Ballerina," Jaffe enjoyed a career as a Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre for 22 years. She performed on the international stage with the Royal Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Stuttgart Ballet, La Scala Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, and the English National Ballet. Her versatility as a dancer brought acclaimed interpretations to ballet classics, such as Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, and dramatic works by Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor, John Cranko, Ronald Hynd, and Kenneth MacMillan. She also worked with many prominent contemporary choreographers of her time, such as Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, Merce Cunningham, Nacho Duato, Mark Morris, Ulysses Dove, and Jiří Kylián.
After retiring from the stage in 2002, Jaffe taught in the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and served as an advisor to the chairman of the board of ABT until 2007. In 2010 she became a Director of Repertoire at ABT. Two years later, she was appointed Dean of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem, NC, a position she held for eight years. During her tenure at UNCSA, Jaffe and her faculty implemented a syllabus based on the ABT National Training Curriculum and established the Choreographic Institute of UNCSA. Additionally, she raised $3.5 million in endowed scholarships and other scholarships.
In 2020 Jaffe was appointed the Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She helped to lead the company through the pandemic with digital programs, outdoor performances, and performances in museums. As audiences began returning to theaters, Susan curated programs that included classic ballets and diverse, innovative voices of today.
A choreographer herself, Jaffe has created works for American Ballet Theatre, ABT Studio Company, Grand Rapid Ballet's Move Media, Company C Contemporary Ballet, Configurations Dance Theatre, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, among others.
"We are thrilled that we can extend an almost lifelong connection between ABT and Susan Jaffe with this announcement," said Andrew Barth, Chairman of ABT's Board of Governing Trustees. "We thank ABT Trustee Susan Fales-Hill for leading our search committee through an extensive and comprehensive process. Susan Jaffe brings an amazing array of talents – prima ballerina, advisor, coach, mentor, teacher, and artistic director – to her new position at ABT. We suspect she will use them all to respect the history and legacy of ABT while moving us artistically into the future."
"I am so pleased that ABT will come under Susan's care," said Kevin McKenzie, current Artistic Director at ABT. "She's a colleague I admire who always maintained a sense of joy and fun. She is a wonderful teacher and coach, bringing the experience of an extensive and acclaimed performing career, working under three directors while at ABT. With her experience at UNCSA and PBT, Susan comes equipped with her own expertise and the ability to get the best out of those around her."
ABOUT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
American Ballet Theatre is one of the greatest dance companies in the world. Revered as a national treasure since its founding season in 1940, its mission is to create, present, preserve, and extend the great repertoire of classical dancing for the widest possible audience. Headquartered in New York City, ABT is the only cultural institution of its size and stature to extensively tour, enchanting audiences for eight decades in 50 U.S. states, 45 countries, and over 480 cities worldwide. ABT's repertoire includes full-length classics from the nineteenth century, the finest works from the early twentieth century, and acclaimed contemporary masterpieces.
For more information, please visit www.abt.org.
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STOCKHOLM, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Swedish Match AB has noted the recent speculation and confirms that discussions with Philip Morris International Inc. regarding a possible public takeover offer for Swedish Match are ongoing.
There can be no certainty that an offer will be made, nor as to the terms of any such potential offer.
Contacts:
Emmett Harrison, Senior Vice President Investor Relations
Phone +46 70 938 0173
This information is information that Swedish Match AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 6.20 p.m. CET on May 9, 2022.
Swedish Match develops, manufactures, and sells quality products with market-leading brands in the product segments Smokefree, Cigars, and Lights. Production is located in seven countries, with sales concentrated in the US and Scandinavia. The Group's global operations generated sales of 18,489 MSEK for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2021. The Swedish Match share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (SWMA).
Swedish Match's vision is A world without cigarettes. Some of its well-known brands include: General, ZYN, Longhorn, Game, America's Best Chew, Fiat Lux, and Cricket.
Swedish Match AB (publ), SE-118 85 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address: Sveavägen 44, 8th Floor. Telephone: +46 10 13 93 000
Corporate Identity Number: 556015-0756
www.swedishmatch.com
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO) (NYSE American: TGB) (LSE: TKO) ("Taseko" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Gibraltar Mine near Williams Lake, BC won the John Ash Award at the Provincial Annual Mine Safety Awards on May 5, 2022.
Presented by the Province of British Columbia's Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, the John Ash Award is presented annually to the open pit mine in British Columbia working more than 1,000,000 worker hours with the lowest lost time injury-frequency rate.
Richard Tremblay, Taseko's Senior VP, Operations stated, "Operating with high health and safety standards is paramount to our Company's success and values. I would like to congratulate our employees for their role in Gibraltar's award-winning safety performance. Six times in the last eight years Gibraltar has won the prestigious John Ash Award. This is a significant accomplishment that no other large open pit mining operation in BC has ever achieved, and it takes a dedicated and committed workforce to make it happen."
The Mine Safety Awards were established in 1961 by BC's Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation to recognize the safety record of mines in the province. Each year, the awards honour mining operations for their safety accomplishments.
For further information on Taseko, please visit the Taseko website at www.tasekomines.com or contact:
Investor enquiries: Brian Bergot, Vice President, Investor Relations
Media enquiries: Sean Magee, Vice President, Corporate Affairs
778-373-4533 or toll free 1-877-441-4533
Stuart McDonald
President & CEO
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of the information contained in this news release.
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This document contains "forward-looking statements" that were based on Taseko's expectations, estimates and projections as of the dates as of which those statements were made. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "outlook", "anticipate", "project", "target", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "should" and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These included but are not limited to:
- uncertainties about the future market price of copper and the other metals that we produce or may seek to produce;
- changes in general economic conditions, the financial markets, inflation and interest rates and in the demand and market price for our input costs, such as diesel fuel, reagents, steel, concrete, electricity and other forms of energy, mining equipment, and fluctuations in exchange rates, particularly with respect to the value of the U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar, and the continued availability of capital and financing;
- uncertainties resulting from the war in Ukraine, and the accompanying international response including economic sanctions levied against Russia, which has disrupted the global economy, created increased volatility in commodity markets (including oil and gas prices), and disrupted international trade and financial markets, all of which have an ongoing and uncertain effect on global economics, supply chains, availability of materials and equipment and execution timelines for project development;
- uncertainties about the continuing impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") and the response of local, provincial, state, federal and international governments to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, on our operations (including our suppliers, customers, supply chains, employees and contractors) and economic conditions generally including rising inflation levels and in particular with respect to the demand for copper and other metals we produce;
- inherent risks associated with mining operations, including our current mining operations at Gibraltar, and their potential impact on our ability to achieve our production estimates;
- uncertainties as to our ability to control our operating costs, including inflationary cost pressures at Gibraltar without impacting our planned copper production;
- the risk of inadequate insurance or inability to obtain insurance to cover material mining or operational risks;
- uncertainties related to the feasibility study for Florence copper project (the "Florence Copper Project" or "Florence Copper") that provides estimates of expected or anticipated capital and operating costs, expenditures and economic returns from this mining project, including the impact of inflation on the estimated costs related to the construction of the Florence Copper Project and our other development projects;
- the risk that the results from our operations of the Florence Copper production test facility ("PTF") and ongoing engineering work including updated capital and operating costs will negatively impact our estimates for current projected economics for commercial operations at Florence Copper;
- uncertainties related to the accuracy of our estimates of Mineral Reserves (as defined below), Mineral Resources (as defined below), production rates and timing of production, future production and future cash and total costs of production and milling;
- the risk that we may not be able to expand or replace reserves as our existing mineral reserves are mined;
- the availability of, and uncertainties relating to the development of, additional financing and infrastructure necessary for the advancement of our development projects, including with respect to our ability to obtain any remaining construction financing potentially needed to move forward with commercial operations at Florence Copper;
- our ability to comply with the extensive governmental regulation to which our business is subject;
- uncertainties related to our ability to obtain necessary title, licenses and permits for our development projects and project delays due to third party opposition, particularly in respect to Florence Copper that requires one key regulatory permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in order to advance to commercial operations;
- our ability to deploy strategic capital and award key contracts to assist with protecting the Florence Copper project execution plan, mitigating inflation risk and the potential impact of supply chain disruptions on our construction schedule and ensuring a smooth transition into construction once the final permit is received from the EPA;
- uncertainties related to First Nations claims and consultation issues;
- our reliance on rail transportation and port terminals for shipping our copper concentrate production from Gibraltar;
- uncertainties related to unexpected judicial or regulatory proceedings;
- changes in, and the effects of, the laws, regulations and government policies affecting our exploration and development activities and mining operations and mine closure and bonding requirements;
- our dependence solely on our 75% interest in Gibraltar (as defined below) for revenues and operating cashflows;
- our ability to collect payments from customers, extend existing concentrate off-take agreements or enter into new agreements;
- environmental issues and liabilities associated with mining including processing and stock piling ore;
- labour strikes, work stoppages, or other interruptions to, or difficulties in, the employment of labour in markets in which we operate our mine, industrial accidents, equipment failure or other events or occurrences, including third party interference that interrupt the production of minerals in our mine;
- environmental hazards and risks associated with climate change, including the potential for damage to infrastructure and stoppages of operations due to forest fires, flooding, drought, or other natural events in the vicinity of our operations;
- litigation risks and the inherent uncertainty of litigation, including litigation to which Florence Copper could be subject to;
- our actual costs of reclamation and mine closure may exceed our current estimates of these liabilities;
- our ability to meet the financial reclamation security requirements for the Gibraltar mine and Florence Project;
- the capital intensive nature of our business both to sustain current mining operations and to develop any new projects, including Florence Copper;
- our reliance upon key management and operating personnel;
- the competitive environment in which we operate;
- the effects of forward selling instruments to protect against fluctuations in copper prices, foreign exchange, interest rates or input costs such as fuel;
- the risk of changes in accounting policies and methods we use to report our financial condition, including uncertainties associated with critical accounting assumptions and estimates; and Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A"), quarterly reports and material change reports filed with and furnished to securities regulators, and those risks which are discussed under the heading "Risk Factors".
For further information on Taseko, investors should review the Company's annual Form 40-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov and home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com, including the "Risk Factors" included in our Annual Information Form.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TrustPeers proprietary technology revolutionizes Incident Response (IR) solutions with its real-time and adaptive platform. The company is pleased to announce that Dr. Lior Eldar joined its executive team and is now the company's Chief Technology Officer. He is joining TrustPeers to promote the company's long-term vision of taking Incident Response from a manual labor liability to a military-grade autonomous defense capability at the organization's hands.
Lior holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Hebrew University. Previously, he held a post-doctoral position at MIT on quantum algorithms and complexity.
He is an expert in algorithm design and analysis, and brings TrustPeers a wealth of experience in building autonomous decision systems, solving diverse optimization problems in the process: ranging from machine learning to integer programming, approximation algorithms, and distributed computation.
Lior's experience includes full-cycle SaaS development ranging from bridging between technology and customers' needs, autonomous-decision architecture, and hands-on leadership of large teams of developers to bring these ideas into reality. Prior to joining TrustPeers, Lior worked in Rafael Advanced Defense Systems as Head of Department and Research Associate.
TrustPeers' Co-founder and CEO Eli Cohen commented: "We are thrilled to welcome Lior to the executive team. As an Autonomous AI Decision Making experts he will contribute to the revolutionary impact that TrustPeers is making on the Incident Response sphere". He added: "Our customers will surely benefit from Lior's extensive knowledge and experience in the challenging journey to handle major cyber threats".
About TrustPeers:
TrustPeers is an Incident Response technology company. It develops an innovative Cyber Crisis Management platform that saves organizations in real time, by allowing them to prepare for attacks and take control over cyber emergencies.
For more information, contact@trustpeers.com
Adar Schwartz, adars@trustpeers.com
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ROCKLAND, Mass. , May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Returning to in-person events for the first time in more than two years, UPPAbaby will be onsite at the 18th annautual ABC Kids ExpoRoad in Las Vegas from May 9-11 at booth #405. New for 2022, UPPAbaby will be releasing the latest in car seat innovation with the MESA MAX, MESA V2, a new fashion for the KNOX Convertible Car Seat and ALTA High Back Belt-Positioning Booster as well as entering the home space with the REMI playard. Additionally, the lightweight, compact travel stroller, MINU V2, received upgrades and new features to make the lives of parents that much easier.
Expanding on the rear-facing infant car seat offerings, UPPAbaby brings the next generation in safety, innovation, and enhanced comfort with the MESA MAX. Parents can feel confident their newest addition is protected with top-notch safety features like a load leg, Anti-Rebound+ Panel and an innovative, infinite-adjustable headrest. The MESA MAX includes the SMARTSecure® system that takes the guesswork out during installation, providing all parents the confidence they need the first time and every time after that. The latest addition to the UPPAbaby car seat family includes innovative features such as:
- Anti-Rebound+ Panel provides increased safety in rebound and rear-impact collisions
- Load Leg for increased safety. The load leg limits forward rotation in a frontal crash and reduces the potential for head and neck injury
- Infinite-Adjustable Headrest and a no-rethread harness that provides a custom fit for a child
- Extra-large UPF Canopy provides 43 percent more coverage and privacy
- European Routing provides a secure carrier only installation (back of carrier)
- Side ventilation for improved air flow
- Larger Headrest to improve side impact protection
The MESA MAX will be available in three DualKnit fashions, ANTHONY (white and grey marl), JAKE (charcoal) and NOA (navy mélange). These fashions feature no FR chemicals in the fabric or foams. Additionally, MESA MAX will also feature two Merino Wool, naturally FR free, temperature-controlled fashions, GREGORY (blue mélange) and GREYSON (charcoal mélange).
For expecting parents, the MESA V2 will offer enhanced features consumers have come to expect and trust from the MESA. The MESA V2 continues to maximize ease to minimize error, which allows families to move forward with confidence and security. New features include:
- 4th Rebound Carry Handle Position to prevent the seat from rebounding
- Larger Headrest to improve side impact protection
- European Routing provides a secure carrier only installation (back of carrier)
- Bigger UPF Canopy adds 20 percent more sun coverage and privacy
The MESA V2 and MESA MAX will also include a new Robust Infant Insert that has a contoured shape to optimize fit and body positioning and accommodates children 4 to 11 pounds. Additionally, the MESA V2 will be available in three fashions: ALICE (dusty pink), JAKE (charcoal) and STELLA (grey mélange). Parents can travel with confidence knowing their little one is riding in a safe environment with the GREENGUARD® GOLD Certification. The MESA V2 and MESA MAX have been rigorously tested and scientifically proven to support healthier air quality and low chemical emissions. Both MESA V2 and MESA MAX will be available for purchase in the Fall 2022.
Finally, parents looking to transition their children to the next stage in their UPPAbaby car seat journey — whether it's to the KNOX Convertible Car Seat or the ALTA High Back Belt-Positioning Booster — can now enjoy a new fashion for both seats in the NOA (navy mélange) color. The NOA will be available nationwide beginning Summer 2022.
For more information, visit www.uppababy.com and follow UPPAbaby on LinkedIn (UPPAbaby), Instagram (@uppababy), and Facebook (@UPPAbaby). To Stay in The Know for all product and company updates, sign up for the UPPAbaby newsletter at: https://uppababy.com/intheknow/.
About UPPAbaby
UPPAbaby® is a global company with small-town roots committed to improving the lives of parents by building the smartest juvenile gear available. Our products are intuitively designed and expertly crafted, with features parents rely on. Drawing on three decades of experience, UPPAbaby was founded in 2006 to create products that make life with kids more manageable, more fashionable, and even more fun.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has selected Biobot Analytics to expand the agency's National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS), an integral part of President Biden's plan to fight Covid-19 and prepare the country for future pandemics. NWSS works with public health departments across the country to track SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater so communities can act quickly to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The Biden Administration recognizes wastewater monitoring as a predictive indicator of new cases as well as an inclusive public health tool. Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator, wrote that wastewater monitoring "can give us early insights into rising case rates and help us track infections in the community."
Over the next year, the CDC will work with Biobot to collect and analyze wastewater samples from 500 communities across the country to gather SARS-CoV-2 data. This builds upon Biobot's previous work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make wastewater monitoring accessible to communities in all U.S. states, territories, and tribal nations.
"We're thrilled that the CDC, with support from Congress and the Administration, recognizes the tremendous value of wastewater monitoring and has expanded the country's efforts. This program will allow hundreds of local communities to benefit from this novel technology, and we're proud to be the U.S. government's trusted partner in this deployment," said Newsha Ghaeli, Biobot President & Cofounder.
Founded in 2017, Biobot is an MIT research project spin-off. They envision wastewater monitoring as a permanent part of our sewer infrastructure and urban fabric, with wastewater data continuously used to inform inclusive and proactive public health decision-making.
About Biobot Analytics
Biobot Analytics is a global leader in wastewater epidemiology, founded with the goal of transforming wastewater infrastructure into real-time public health observatories. Having worked at more than 700 locations across all 50 US states and several countries, Biobot produces actionable information from wastewater to improve the health of communities around the world. Biobot's pioneering data platform also supports building-level monitoring for enterprise customers and minimizes business operation disruptions for seamless return-to-office plans.
Learn more about our Government and Enterprise platforms at our website, www.biobot.io/government & www.biobot.io/enterprise.
More information on our mission and technology is available at our website, www.biobot.io.
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Economic expansion, need for workers will bolster industry through 2026
CLEVELAND, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US employment service revenues are forecast to decline 1.0% annually in nominal dollars through 2026, according to Employment Services: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. The industry experienced a revenue surge in 2021 as a tight labor market and a rapidly reopening economy generated elevated levels of demand for temporary staffing services. However, the industry is projected to contract in 2022 as the labor market returns to trend. Declines are expected to reverse after 2022, as economic expansion and a tight labor market drives demand for workers in most industries. Additional factors include:
- Low unemployment levels are creating a challenging hiring environment, supporting demand for employment services.
- Increasing wages will support growth in fees collected by employment service firms.
- Skill shortages, exacerbated by retiring baby boomers, and shifts toward more flexible workforces will encourage employment firms to offer retraining programs.
- Firms with fewer than 50 full-time employees will continue to use temporary help to avoid the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) mandate to offer health insurance or face tax penalties.
However, a number of factors will continue to constrain revenues. For instance, the ACA has increased costs for staffing agencies with 50 or more employees, which places upward pressure on prices.
Employment services revenues are projected to see an 18% drop in 2022, falling from an elevated 2021 base year caused by extensive corporate spending on talent acquisition and HR services. Companies faced difficulties rehiring workers as the economy bounced back from COVID-19 restrictions in 2021. However, in 2022, more workers are expected to rejoin the labor market as extended unemployment benefits have ended and the severity of the pandemic declines. As a result, pressure on the US labor market is expected to slacken, reducing revenues for employment services.
These and other key insights are featured in Employment Services: United States. This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US employment services revenues in nominal US dollars, the number of workers employed by employment services firms, and total US nonfarm employment. Total revenues are segmented by service in terms of:
- temporary help services
- professional employer organizations
- employment placement agencies
Total employment service workers are segmented by occupation as follows:
- transport and material moving
- manufacturing
- office and administration
- healthcare
- business and financial
- construction and extraction
- other occupations such as architecture, education, and personal care
Total nonfarm employment is segmented in terms of service providing and goods producing.
To illustrate historical trends, total revenues, the various segments, total employment services workers, and nonfarm employment are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.
Employment service firm worker totals include personnel and corporate staff at employment service firms. Workers co-employed by professional employer organizations, or PEOs (who are classified as employees of the client company), and persons who perform work for a company on a limited basis but are technically classified as self-employed are excluded.
More information about the report is available at:
https://www.freedoniafocusreports.com/Employment-Services-United-States-FF95011/?progid=91541
About Freedonia Focus Reports
Each month, The Freedonia Group – a division of MarketResearch.com – publishes over 20 new or updated Freedonia Focus Reports, providing fresh, unbiased analysis on a wide variety of markets and industries. Published in 20-30 pages, Focus Report coverage ranges from raw materials to finished manufactured goods and related services such as freight and construction. Additional Services & Industries reports can be purchased at Freedonia Focus Reports or MarketResearch.com.
Analysis is intended to guide the busy reader through pertinent topics in rapid succession, including:
- total historical market size and industry output
- segmentation by products and markets
- identification of market drivers, constraints, and key indicators
- segment-by-segment outlook in five-year forecasts
- a survey of the supply base
- suggested resources for further study
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Two Veristor Leaders Recognized for their Expertise and Contributions to Building Strong Solution Provider Businesses
ATLANTA, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veristor Systems, Inc., a trusted provider of transformative business technology solutions, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named two of Veristor's women leaders – Jackie Groark, Vice President, Security/CISO and Wendy Goins, Director of Marketing – to its 2022 Power 70 Solution Providers list, an elite subset of honorees chose from the annual CRN Women of the Channel list. Groark has been named to the prestigious list for the fourth consecutive year, and Goins for the second.
Through strong business acumen, innovation and strategic thinking, these extraordinary women support their solution provider businesses and customers with exceptional leadership. CRN celebrates these women, who are so deserving of recognition, for their constant dedication to channel excellence.
The annual Power 70 Solution Provider honorees, an incredible group of distinguished female channel leaders, are chosen by the CRN editorial team based on their expertise and contributions to building strong solution provider businesses. This exclusive list features elite industry professionals who drive success every day through leadership and a deep dedication to their organizations and the entire IT channel.
"Jackie and Wendy are passionate and talented leaders that have delivered tremendous contributions to Veristor's success," said Ashby Lincoln, President and CEO, Veristor. "I'm honored to congratulate them on this distinguished accomplishment, once again. Their innovation and insights to activate our valued technology partnerships continue to enhance the delivery of Veristor's transformative technology solutions and services and accelerate customer time to value."
As the leader of Veristor's security practice, Groark has expanded the company's security solutions and services practice to embrace the innovative security products of over 120 vendor partners. Under her leadership, Veristor saw significant growth in 2021 for its security business as it furthers offerings that protect businesses from cybersecurity threats and risk.
Over the past year, Goins was responsible for evolving the marketing funding for Veristor and Veristor's subsidiary Forty8Fifty Labs through partner relationships and engagement. Through this effort she expanded and strengthened key strategic partnerships while delivering a regular cadence of solution provider marketing activity, with a focus on virtual programs during the pandemic.
"We are proud to once again recognize the remarkable leaders on this year's Women of the Channel list. Their influence, confidence, and diligence continue to accelerate channel success significantly," said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. "Their accomplishments will inspire others, and we look forward to witnessing their future contributions to the channel."
CRN's 2022 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.
About Veristor Systems, Inc.
Veristor, which recently announced a merger with Anexinet, is a leading provider of transformative business technology solutions that helps its customers accelerate the time-to-value for the software, infrastructure and systems they deploy. We do this by harnessing deep expertise in today's most advanced data center, security, networking, hybrid cloud, and big data technologies and guiding businesses to the right solutions for their most pressing challenges. And with a full suite of design, deployment, support, and managed service offerings, we work shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers at every step of their technology journey to make technology truly work for them. IT's just who we are. Learn more at veristor.com.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end-users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com
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ANOKA, Minn. , May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Outdoor Inc. ("Vista Outdoor") (NYSE: VSTO), the parent company of 39 renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products to consumers around the globe, will host an Investor Day for institutional investors and analysts. The event will be held on Monday, May 23, 2022, at the New York Stock Exchange, with the presentation portion of the event running from 10 a.m. (EDT) to 11:30 a.m. (EDT).
Presenters include CEO Chris Metz, CFO Sudhanshu Priyadarshi and leaders from several of the company's business units, including Jason Vanderbrink, President, Ammunition, and Vishak Sankaran, President, Outdoor Accessories and Golf.
Attendees must pre-register for the webcast by following this link and completing the registration form. Investors may also access the webcast and related presentation materials from the Vista Outdoor website (https://vistaoutdoor.com/). Choose "Investors" then "Events and Presentations."
A live webcast of the event will be available in the "Investors" section of Vista Outdoor's website at https://investors.vistaoutdoor.com/event-calendar. An online archive of the webcast and presentation slides will be available after the conclusion of the event and remain on the website for one year.
About Vista Outdoor Inc.
Vista Outdoor (NYSE: VSTO) is the parent company of more than three dozen renowned brands that design, manufacture and market sporting and outdoor products. We serve a broad and diverse range of consumers around the globe, including outdoor enthusiasts, golfers, cyclists, backyard grillers, campers, hunters, recreational shooters, athletes, as well as law enforcement and military professionals. Our reporting segments, Outdoor Products and Sporting Products, provide these consumers with a wide range of performance-driven, high-quality and innovative outdoor and sporting products. Our operating model leverages shared resources across brands to achieve levels of excellence and performance that would be out of reach for any one brand on its own. Brands include Remington Ammunition, Bushnell, CamelBak, Bushnell Golf, Foresight Sports, Fiber Energy Products, Bell Helmets, Camp Chef, Giro, QuietKat, Stone Glacier, Federal Ammunition and more. Vista Outdoor products are sold at leading retailers and distributors across North America and worldwide. For news and information, visit our website at www.vistaoutdoor.com.
IR Contact:
Shelly HubbardPhone: 612-518-5406
E-mail: investor.relations@vistaoutdoor.com
Media Contact:
Eric Smith
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Email: media.relations@vistaoutdoor.com
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wamba Technologies has officially patented the process of integrating a wagering system into skill based video games (essentially esports for games such as golf, tennis, shooters, racing games, etc.).
In lay terms, as an example, they could build a fully automated competition experience where there is an option to pay an entry fee into various tournaments offered directly from the video game menu where players win real money. By building such a software platform, the idea is that tournament events could be offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
In simpler practical terms, they have patented the primary method required to create "in-game wagering" capabilities for skill-based video games.
"Presently, video game tournaments are typically held outside of the game being played." Said Gary Denham, CEO of Wamba Technologies. "The companies that do provide online competitive gameplay where players can win monetary prizes are typically 3rd party vendors who are not actually connected digitally to the game itself. The wagering system and the game operate independently and without communication between each other. This results in the 3rd party vendor holding players' tournament entry fees while the players go play their game separately. Then, once the winners have won, it is up to the players to leave the game, go back to the 3rd party vendor, and just "be honest". Nothing is automated. Considering that Warzone recently banned more than 100,000 players in a single week for cheating, it's no wonder that online esport events based on the 'Honor System' have typically not generated big revenues."
Denham continued "With our patent, we are building a system that will offer a multitude of events, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 360 days per year. Through our patent, we hold the rights to this type of tournament system development."
The only other comparable company to Wamba (meaning that the esports feature is built into the actual games themselves) presently is Skillz (SKLZ) who went public in 2020. With a different patent, Skillz offers in-game competition for real money with basic mobile game titles such as "Solitaire". Despite working with small games and under 4M players, Skillz generated more than 25% of the total global online esports revenue in 2021. Considering there are an estimated 475M people who participate in esports around the world, the fact that Skillz represents less than 1% of the esports player population but more than 25% of the online esports revenue is a testament to the value of adding this feature to a game.
Presently, if a game is generating north of $10 per player per year from ad sales and in-app purchasing, they are doing phenomenally well. Skillz has decimated that standard and is reportedly seeing player values as high as $70 per player per year. Wamba anticipates even higher player values than that!
Now that Skillz has provided proof of concept, game developers are beginning to take notice. With its now proven massive profit potential, online esports is about to become the next major digital gold rush! Between the section of the industry Skillz has carved out with their patents and the section which Wamba has carved out with their patent, the two companies together seem to have gobbled up the available prime patent real estate in this sector.
Wamba's patent is valid until 2037 and appears to be a solid foundation for the fledgling company to take its place in the world of esports.
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TAYLOR, Mich., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The premier, family-owned sports and merchandise retailer, Rally House, retains upward momentum with the latest store in Taylor, MI. Rally House Southland Center is happy to offer an unmatched, personalized assortment of products for fan-favorite area teams. Customers can also expect an outstanding shopping experience, thanks to the convenient location at Southland Center mall and a dedicated staff waiting to assist.
Rally House has a strong connection and broad reach in Michigan, which is why it's so exciting to see the 12th store come to Taylor. With multiple locations already in the state, Rally House Southland Center aims to build on these solid ties to the area by extending an incredible selection of team gear and localized products for all the great nearby residents and visitors.
When visiting Rally House Southland Center, shoppers can browse an enormous selection of sports apparel and accessories from reputable name brands like '47, Nike, and Mitchell & Ness. This store offers merch for widely loved pro teams like the Detroit Tigers, Lions, and Pistons. This location also carries college gear for former, current, and future Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Grand Valley State Lakers, and much more.
While numerous Michigan residents are diehard sports fans, many also take immense pride in their state and cities. Thankfully, Rally House Southland Center provides a broad array of locally inspired merchandise, including one-of-a-kind RALLY Brand™ apparel. Shop products for prominent hometown businesses like Detroit Brewing, Detroit Distillery, and General Motors.
Rally House works hard to deliver an exceptional shopping experience that customers remember. Apart from top-tier customer service and high-quality products, there's also a full selection of apparel, accessories, and gifts available online at www.rallyhouse.com that can be shipped to any of the 50 states.
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Korean War veteran searching for love he lost 70 years ago in Japan
OMAHA, Neb. (KETV) – It’s a question we all ask at least once in our lifetime – what if you made a different decision or chose the other path?
Korean War veteran Duane Mann, 91, has had a great life but has one thing that stuck with him that he just can’t shake from his heart.
He fell in love with a woman when he was 23 years old, serving overseas in Yokosuka, Japan. Now, he can’t stop thinking about a choice he made in 1954.
The airman second class petty officer, who oversaw the military base aviation warehouse, spent his free time moonlighting at the Air Force NCO Club, fixing the slot machines.
That’s where Mann met Peggy, who worked as the hat check girl at the time.
“I really loved to dance,” Mann said. “She and I found out we could really dance together – I mean to where people would watch us – and gradually we fell in love. We couldn’t stop it.”
After 14 months of courtship, they had three months to plan their wedding before his Navy discharge.
Suddenly, though, President Dwight Eisenhower puled all Navy personnel from Japan. Mann received papers he was going to be shipped back to the U.S. in one week.
“We didn’t have any time to get married,” Mann explained. “We were just trapped.”
Mann said he reassured Peggy that he would send for her, thinking he had enough savings at home. But when he returned to the states, he learned his father ran into tough times and spent it all.
Mann quickly found a good-paying job building highways throughout the Midwest so he could bring his love to America.
“I corresponded with her. I would get a letter a week,” Mann said.
After some time, Peggy’s letters stopped arriving in the mail and three months later, he received one final letter.
“In that letter, she told me she married an Air Force man and that she had lost the baby and that was just dead for me,” Mann said. “I was pretty well devastated.”
He later learned Peggy was still writing to him, but his mother had intercepted the letters and burned them.
“She didn’t want me to marry a Japanese girl. She wanted me to marry a girl from the church,” Mann explained.
Mann thought his first love was over, so he moved on. He had two marriages – one lasting 17 years, the other 47.
He has six children, 18 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Even with all his happiness, Mann has never forgotten about Peggy.
“It began to haunt me more and more through the years. I left her standing there pregnant,” Mann said.
He shared the story of his search for Peggy on Facebook, with the blessing of his children. He hopes someone will recognize Peggy from the photograph he took in Japan.
The only clues he has is that she would be in her late 80s or early 90s and that she said she married a man in the Air Force from Wisconsin.
“The big thing that really makes it hard is that she thinks I abandoned her, and I just can’t get that out of my soul,” Mann said.
Mann hopes he can make things right.
“I would say, ‘I come to see you late in life. There’s one thing I want you to know – that I did not abandon you,’” Mann said if his path leads him back to Peggy after 70 years.
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Woman arrested in deaths of newborns found in 1999, 2003, police say
GOODHUE COUNTY, Minn. (KTTC/Gray News) – Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news conference Monday the arrest of a woman for the 2003 death of a newborn boy discovered deceased in Lake Pepin and the 1999 death of a baby girl discovered deceased in the Mississippi River.
Jennifer Lynn Matter, 50, of Belvidere Township, was recently identified through DNA as the mother of both babies.
Goodhue County deputies and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents took Matter into custody at 6:38 a.m. Monday at her home in Belvidere Township.
Matter has been charged via complaint with second-degree murder with intent, not premeditated, and second-degree murder without intent. Matter is currently in the Goodhue County Jail.
According to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans, the advancements in technology led to the advancements in the investigation of the deaths of the two babies.
A recent effort to learn about the babies’ parentage through genetic genealogy resulted in a lead that ultimately led investigators to Matter. Investigators obtained a court order to obtain a DNA sample from Matter, and BCA forensic scientists confirmed the match to both children using Rapid DNA technology.
The newborn baby boy was discovered in Lake Pepin at the Methodist Campus Beach in Frontenac, Goodhue County, on Dec. 7, 2003. The child had been in the water for a day or so before discovery.
A newborn baby girl found deceased on Nov. 4, 1999, in the Lower Boat Harbor of the Mississippi River near Red Wing, was also determined through DNA to be Matter’s child.
Matter is scheduled to appear in Goodhue County District Court on Tuesday.
“The tenacity of several investigators in our office to obtain justice for these babies and the perseverance by our community who assisted us in finding answers have led us here today,” Goodhue County Sheriff Marty Kelly said. “We pray today’s arrest and charges provide some closure to all of those effected.”
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Class 4A schools around the state of Wyoming wrapped the regular season action of soccer this past weekend, which included the Rock Springs High School Lady Tigers securing the top spot for the regional tournament.
SWEETWATER COUNTY – Class 4A schools around the state of Wyoming wrapped the regular season action of soccer this past weekend, which included the Rock Springs High School Lady Tigers securing the top spot for the regional tournament.
The Lady Tigers played on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, May 6, Rock Springs defeated home team Natrona County High School, 2-0.
While that game was going on, the Green River High School Lady Wolves lost to Kelly Walsh High School, 5-0.
On Saturday, May 7, the schools switched opponents.
The Lady Tigers needed overtime, but finished in a draw with Kelly Walsh.
The Lady Wolves lost their regular season finale to Natrona County, 2-0.
Rock Springs finished the regular season in the top spot of the 4A West standings. They have an overall record of 10-2-2 and are 9-1-2 in conference play.
Green River finished the regular season with an overall record of 4-9-1 and 3-8-1 in conference play. Both records are an improvement from the 2021 season.
Teams will now focus their attention to the postseason.
The 4A West tournament will take place in Jackson this upcoming weekend from Thursday, May 12, to Saturday, May 14.
Below are the current standings of all teams in Class 4A and 3A.
4A West
Rock Springs 10-2-2… 32 points, 9-1-2… 29 points
Natrona County 10-2-2… 32 points, 8-2-2… 26 points
Jackson 9-3-2… 29 points, 7-2-2-1… 24 points
Kelly Walsh 8-0-6… 30 points, 6-0-6… 24 points
Green River 4-9-1… 13 points, 3-8-1… 10 points
Star Valley 1-12-1… 4 points, 1-10-1… 4 points
Evanston 1-13… 3 points, 1-11… 3 points
4A East
Thunder Basin 13-0… 39 points, 12-0… 36 points
Laramie 11-4… 33 points, 8-4… 24 points
Sheridan 8-5-1… 25 points, 7-4-1… 22 points
Cheyenne East 6-7-1… 19 points, 6-5-1… 19 points
Cheyenne Central 4-8-2… 14 points, 4-6-2… 14 points
Campbell County 3-9-2… 11 points, 2-7-2-1… 9 points | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/lady-tigers-secure-top-seed-heading-into-regional-tournament/article_021e3ebc-7f58-5151-ba76-edcbac52c1bd.html | 2022-05-09T19:13:55Z |
Rock Springs High School and Green River High School are both in position to make the tournament. The top four teams from each conference can qualify for state. On Thursday, March 5, Rock Springs hosted Green River in a pivotal conference matchup. The Lady Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning, another three in the third and two more in the fifth to pull away with the 7-0 victory. In the second game of the doubleheader, Rock Springs defeated Green River, 9-0
Rock Springs High School junior Ashley Anderson pitched a shutout against Green River High School on Thursday.
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Rock Springs High School and Green River High School are both in position to make the tournament. The top four teams from each conference can qualify for state. On Thursday, March 5, Rock Springs hosted Green River in a pivotal conference matchup. The Lady Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning, another three in the third and two more in the fifth to pull away with the 7-0 victory. In the second game of the doubleheader, Rock Springs defeated Green River, 9-0
SWEETWATER COUNTY – The second ever high school softball season in Wyoming is coming to an end in the coming weeks with plenty of teams still competing for a chance to compete in the state tournament, which is slated for May 19-22 in Gillette.
Rock Springs High School and Green River High School are both in position to make the tournament.
The top four teams from each conference can qualify for state.
On Thursday, March 5, Rock Springs hosted Green River in a pivotal conference matchup.
The Lady Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning, another three in the third and two more in the fifth to pull away with the 7-0 victory.
In the second game of the doubleheader, Rock Springs defeated Green River, 9-0
Below is a look at the current standings of high school softball.
East
Campbell County 15-7, 10-1
Thunder Basin 19-3, 9-2
Cheyenne Central 14-6-1, 8-3
Laramie 14-9, 6-5
Cheyenne East 10-9, 4-6
Wheatland 4-20-1, 2-10
Cheyenne South 1-14, 0-12
West
Cody 15-3, 8-0
Rock Springs 11-8, 5-3
Kelly Walsh 12-8, 5-4
Green River 7-13, 4-4
Natrona County 8-13, 3-6
Worland 0-19, 0-8
Editor’s Note: Records and standings of teams may be different by time of publication. This story was written on Monday, May 9. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/lady-tigers-take-down-lady-wolves-in-softball-sweetwater-showdown/article_08a247b0-7cc2-5384-a359-66ef3ac26848.html | 2022-05-09T19:14:01Z |
ROCK SPRINGS — Western Wyoming Community College’s (Western) Outreach Department is excited to announce their Dual Student of the Year 2021-2022, Black Butte High School senior, Quincy Stewart. Stewart is graduating from high school with 60 college credits from Western and 12 credits from a previous institution. In addition to graduating from high school, she will be graduating from Western with her Associate of Science Multidisciplinary Studies degree.
“It is an honor when we can celebrate the accomplishments of an outstanding student. Ms. Quincy has completed 60 credit hours, jump-starting her college education by earning an associate degree while still at Black Butte High School. This was possible through our strong partnerships with Sweetwater BOCES and Sweetwater County School District No. 1.” said Dr. Kim Dale, president of Western Wyoming Community College. “Her accomplishments this early in her educational journey is a great example of how successful she will become,” Dale stated.
Stewart began as a dual student at Western her freshman year of high school. During her time as a dual student at Western, she has conducted research with Western faculty, Dr. David Tanner regarding the genome of the dune specialist bee from the Killpecker Sand Dunes. This research, funded by Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), is helping to map the genome of the dune specialist bee from the Killpecker Sand Dunes.
Stewart will begin her first year of traditional college with an associate degree, research experience and classroom knowledge to move onto the next phase in her education. When asked how she felt about walking in both her high school graduation and Western’s graduation ceremony, Stewart stated, “So excited, this is what I have been working towards for four years. It took a lot of work but, it is paying off.”
The goal of Western’s Dual and Concurrent program is to provide high school students with a head-start, and better prepare them to transition to college or the workplace after high school. Students can explore their interests prior to enrolling as a full-time college student and still have the structural support of their high schools. Sweetwater BOCES is an instrumental partner when it comes to Western’s College Now program as it pays tuition for dual students in Sweetwater County.
“Sweetwater BOCES has been proud to sponsor the Dual and Concurrent Program, in partnership with Western and both Sweetwater County school districts, since its inception. Our goal has been to provide the exact opportunities for students that Ms. Stewart has been able to access with such great success.
“We at Sweetwater BOCES are extremely proud of her and all that she has accomplished; she is without question the epitome of a motivated and excellent student taking advantage of the amazing educational opportunities Sweetwater BOCES, along with our partner educational institutions, have been able to provide for Sweetwater County students,” stated Sweetwater BOCES director, Dr. Bernadine Craft. “We wish Ms. Stewart well and know she will continue to achieve her educational goals with the same level of excellence she has achieved at this point in her career, congratulations, Quincy!”, said Craft.
After graduation, Stewart plans to continue her education and start her university journey to become a heart surgeon.
To learn more about the Dual and Concurrent opportunities at Western, visit: westernwyoming.edu/collegenow. For more information, please contact Senior Outreach Coordinator, Alex Schumacher at aschumacher@westernwyoming.edu. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/quincy-stewart-recognized-as-western-s-dual-student-of-the-year/article_73b87536-014b-5f7c-ba07-27db05ca9415.html | 2022-05-09T19:14:08Z |
SWEETWATER COUNTY – Class 4A schools around the state of Wyoming wrapped the regular season action of soccer this past weekend, which included the Rock Springs High School Tigers and Green River High School taking claim of top four spots for the regional tournament.
Both teams played on Friday and Saturday.
On Friday, May 6, Rock Springs defeated home team Natrona County High School, 8-0.
While that game was going on, the Green River Wolves lost to Kelly Walsh High School, 4-1.
On Saturday, May 7, the schools switched opponents.
The Tigers narrowly lost to Kelly Walsh, 1-0.
The Wolves lost their regular season finale to Natrona County, 4-2.
Rock Springs finished the regular season in the third spot of the 4A West standings. They have an overall record of 9-5 and are 7-5 in conference play.
Green River finished the regular season with an overall record of 6-7-1 and 5-6-1 in conference play.
Teams will now focus their attention to the postseason.
The 4A West tournament will take place in Jackson this upcoming weekend from Thursday, May 12, to Saturday, May 14.
Below are the current standings of all teams in Class 4A and 3A.
4A West
Jackson 13-1… 39 points, 11-1… 33 points
Kelly Walsh 12-2… 36 points, 10-2… 30 points
Rock Springs 9-5… 27 points, 7-5… 21 points
Green River 6-7-1… 19 points, 5-6-1… 16 points
Star Valley 4-7-3… 15 points, 2-7-3… 9 points
Evanston 3-9-2… 11 points, 2-8-2… 8 points
Natrona County 2-12… 6 points, 2-10… 6 points
4A East
Laramie 13-2… 39 points, 11-1… 33 points
Cheyenne Central 8-4-2… 26 points, 7-2-2-1… 24 points
Sheridan 10-4… 30 points, 8-4… 24 points
Campbell County 7-7… 21 points, 7-4-0-1… 22 points | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/rock-springs-third-green-river-fourth-heading-into-regional-tournament/article_5a756a29-de0d-58bd-80bf-668f469e1695.html | 2022-05-09T19:14:14Z |
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CHEYENNE – Wyoming missed one opportunity earlier this year to become the first state to have its own virtual currency.
That hasn’t dashed the hopes of some cryptocurrency stakeholders and legislators. They still hope, via a second try, to beat out any other state in coming up with the first digital token tied to the value of an actual U.S. dollar.
It’s believed that no other state was as far along as Wyoming in trying to come up with what is known as a stable coin, which is a popular form of virtual money with real value tied to another asset. In the case of Wyoming’s stable token, each one would have been redeemable for $1.
Things were looking good at the end of the 2022 legislative session for the fans of such a financial product, which would be issued by the office of the state treasurer. Senate File 106, the Wyoming Stable Token Act, had passed both the House and Senate by wide margins.
Things changed when, on March 25, Gov. Mark Gordon surprised some legislators and industry officials by vetoing SF 106. He cited concerns that the state treasurer’s office might not have been capable of dealing with the new kind of currency, among other worries: “I look forward to seeing a more thoroughly vetted bill in the Legislature’s 2023 General Session.”
In interviews with and emails to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle since the veto, a number of those involved in the legislative process around this bill expressed optimism the proposal can be revived. It potentially could be revised in time to pass next year and then be signed into law by the governor.
For now, according to a variety of organizations, like the Coin Center, no plan has progressed as far elsewhere in the U.S. as it did here. Wyoming appears to be “the only state legislature that has had legislation proposing to create a state stable coin or stable token,” wrote Heather Morton, the National Conference of State Legislatures’ senior fellow for fiscal affairs, in an email Thursday to the WTE.
First-mover advantage
Stakeholders’ concern is that another state, particularly one with a full-time legislature, could beat Wyoming to the stable coin punch. In that scenario, another state could launch its own currency before Wyoming could do so.
“A year delay is incredibly costly,” warned Sen. Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, the prime sponsor of SF 106. “You need to either win or be one of the many losers.
“When it comes to an innovation like this, second place is the first loser,” he said by phone. “If any other state were to copy this idea and get the product out the door quickly, we, like everyone else, would just use that one.”
Under the vetoed plan, Wyoming could have eventually earned income via issuing the digital money. The extra proceeds could be in the form of money beyond the value of all of the issued stable tokens. Once the state exceeded a 102% threshold of that value, some of the excess funds could have gone into accounts related to schools and to the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund reserve account.
“It’s disappointing that a bipartisan enrolled act that had extremely high support in both chambers got vetoed,” wrote Rep. Mike Yin, D-Jackson, in an email to the WTE in the days after Gordon’s action. “It would have helped to diversify the state’s revenue streams and had lots of checks to ensure it would be enacted appropriately.”
Many private financial firms have issued or are interested in such stable coins. As interest among banks, consumers and others in crypto has increased in recent years, so also has attention increased about such stable financial instruments.
“That all died on the vine when that hit the governor’s office,” Wyoming digital mining adviser Sean Murphy said about momentum for this stable coin. He noted the legislation would not have required the state to issue it should it be determined that doing so would violate the law.
“It was like we lost that chance while the stable coin market is hot.”
These investments could be equated to a money market kind of fund, where the tokens are not meant to gain or lose value beyond what an underlying asset itself does. In Wyoming, under the plan that Gordon vetoed, the state would have invested the money it got by issuing the digital currency in U.S. Treasury bills. Such bonds are considered to be extremely safe investments, just like having savings in U.S. dollars or in another widely used physical currency.
Legislative process
Legislators and those from the crypto industry said neither Gordon nor his aides appeared to have sought changes to SF 106 or voiced opposition before it passed.
Generally speaking, “often the governor is not actively involved in legislation” during the drafting and lawmaker consideration process, Gordon’s spokesperson, Michael Pearlman, said by phone Thursday. “He tends to wait until the legislation is brought to him” to issue such an assessment, Pearlman added.
Pearlman emphasized that Gordon “did make it clear in the (veto) letter that he encouraged them to bring the bill back.”
By contrast to the governor’s office, some said, the state treasurer’s office did engage with stakeholders during the legislative process. The treasurer’s office said Friday it did not yet have any comment.
In his veto letter, Gordon went on at some length about issues with the state treasurer. During the legislative session, there were news reports that the treasurer’s office was not able to fully track some funds.
“The Wyoming Treasurer’s Office is struggling to keep current with its other obligations to the state, and despite assurances that the processes described in this bill are simple and straightforward, I remain unconvinced that this camel can carry even one more straw,” Gordon had written in his late March veto message.
A Dec. 31 deadline to issue a stable coin “is quite aggressive, especially considering the Treasurer’s Office, which is tasked with implementing this Act, is busy addressing other critical concerns related to accounting for its other investment activities,” Gordon also wrote.
It was not “entirely clear that the issuance of a Wyoming cryptocurrency, backed by assets held by Wyoming taxpayers, yet traded by others, would not run afoul of Article 16, Section 6 of the Wyoming Constitution,” according to Gordon. SF 106 stipulated that the attorney general would have had until Nov. 1 to report on any legal concerns.
Already, the failure of SF 106 to become law has changed some plans.
Before the veto, American CryptoFed had planned to use the Wyoming stable tokens to essentially convert its own digital currency into another financial instrument in order to pay for sales and use taxes.
“In anticipation of the Wyoming Stable Token law, American CryptoFed DAO did build its business plan to use Wyoming Stable Token,” Chief Operating Officer Xiaomeng Zhou said via email this past week. The “Wyoming Stable Token is necessary to create an end-to-end token economy. Now, American CryptoFed DAO is planning to use USD Coin (USDC), another stable coin jointly issued by Circle and Coinbase, hoping Wyoming Stable Token can become a reality in the near future.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/banking_and_finance/could-wyoming-still-be-the-first-state-to-have-its-own-virtual-currency/article_48086190-cfbe-11ec-b956-1fc419501633.html | 2022-05-09T19:14:26Z |
For expecting mothers in Carbon County, an exciting milestone has taken an unexpected turn into one of added stress and fear.
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County announced last week that it would stop offering labor and delivery services because of financial issues, leaving local parents at least an hour or more from the nearest medical facility that delivers babies.
“It’s hard to put my thoughts into words,” said Marissa Shives, who had planned to have her baby at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in two months. “It’s a grieving process and stressful time at the end of my term. I’ve lost trust in the health care in Carbon County.”
The loss of services, which go into effect June 16, comes as a blow to rural Wyoming patients who already deal with difficulties in accessing basic health care because of the remote geography of the state.
“Wyoming is limited in terms of options for pregnant women,” said Jacqueline George, a doula who is based in Medicine Bow but offers her services around the state. “It’s already difficult for some people to get to hospitals.”
Even for mothers who prefer to have a home birth, options in Carbon County are limited because of availability and laws that restrict certain types of home births, such as a breach or twin birth, George said. It also can be necessary to send mothers to hospitals if they have certain health issues, complications or need medications.
There are only 17 midwives registered in the state of Wyoming, with nine of them actually based in neighboring states such as Colorado and Utah, according to the Wyoming Board of Midwifery.
The cancellation of birth and delivery services at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County was a last resort option to save money after the hospital went through a period of extreme financial hardship brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital CEO Ken Harman said during a Friday Facebook Live session addressing the decision.
Staff at the hospital exhausted a host of other options, such as cutting positions and terminating contracts, before making the final decision to cut the service was made.
Having to halt delivering babies was a difficult and heartbreaking decision for hospital administration and staff, and is a last-resort option, Harman said.
“We have individuals here at this organization who are devastated,” he said emotionally through tears. “I’m personally devastated. I apologize to the community that we are in this situation. I truly wish we were not.”
The hospital operated at a $2 million deficit last year and saw a period of financial loss happen faster than ever in his career, with a 40% reduction in cash reserves, Harman said.
Because of staffing issues, the hospital has had to hire traveling nurses who come into the community to work for short periods of time. Harman also cited large cost increases in nursing wages as the main source of the financial stress. Before the pandemic, the cost to get a traveling nurse was around $65 an hour. Now, it’s more than $200 an hour.
On top of that, the hospital was only providing for roughly 60 deliveries a year, making that service a source of financial drain. Hospitals in more populated areas could see a birth rate between 15 and 20 deliveries a day, he said.
Losing trust
For many women, having a strong relationship with their doctor or midwife is central to feeling confident about the prospect of having a baby. For those in the same situation as Shives, this confidence is being stripped without much notice.
“Dr. (Jennifer) Motley is a great asset to this community and she’s been with me through a loss and now a successful pregnancy,” Shives said of her local doctor. “Now she won’t get to see the baby we’ve watched grow on a screen together and I have to put trust in someone I’ve never met.”
Shives now plans to have her baby at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, which could be a similar path other Carbon County parents take.
Since the Rawlins hospital announced its decision, Ivinson has been making preparations to have more demand for delivery services.
“We know we have the capacity for more and we want to support Carbon County as much as we can,” said Ivinson Chief Nursing Officer Nicole Rooney.
In June, a newly constructed Women and Children Center will open at Ivinson, offering larger, updated delivery rooms, a new triage room and family waiting rooms. The hospital has been able to manage staffing issues with the use of traveling nurses and has recruitment and training programs in place.
The two hospitals have been in contact about how they could collaborate to offer services to parents. Though no plans have been solidified, Ivinson may consider bringing some services to its outreach clinic in Saratoga, Rooney said.
It takes roughly 90 minutes to drive to Laramie from Rawlins along a section of Interstate 80 that is often closed or impassable because of snow and wind in the winter.
“During our winter months it is almost impossible to get out of town safely,” said Teresa Leroux, a Carbon County woman whose daughter is expecting a baby. “This is putting mothers and their unborn children in danger.”
Harman said the emergency room staff at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County would be prepared to deliver babies or possibly facilitate transfers to Laramie or Rock Springs in emergency situations. For Leroux, this option pales in comparison to the presence of what she called the “top-of-the-line” delivery staff the hospital lose.
“How is an ER doctor and their staff going to handle emergency (delivery) situations?” Leroux said. “They are already overwhelmed with just your everyday emergencies.”
A rocky future
Even with the closing of the unit, other women’s health services will still be available at Memorial Hospital of Carbon County.
Moving forward, the hospital is working to build more sustainable nursing programs to avoid problems like this in the future. One of these initiatives includes a scholarship training program for nursing students.
To close the Facebook Live session, Harman asked residents to continue supporting the hospital so that it could survive financially.
“We need you. Want to be here,” Harman said. “We’re changing the culture here and really trying to do this right. I apologize for having this happen, but we need your help.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economy_and_labor/delivery-dilemma-carbon-county-mothers-uncertain-after-hospital-cancels-labor-services/article_6511d32a-cfbe-11ec-a173-0f5eee077922.html | 2022-05-09T19:14:32Z |
CHEYENNE – The Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce honored service members Friday afternoon with a Military May Luncheon and the awarding of the 2021 Cheyenne Trophy to three local units.
The event was hosted at the American Legion Post 6 to celebrate those in uniform, and also to recognize their involvement in the community. Chamber President and CEO Dale Steenbergen said it’s important to remember the military is one of the largest economic drivers in southeast Wyoming, all while ensuring individual freedoms and prosperity.
“It’s my personal belief that certainly this nation is blessed, that God has blessed us from the beginning. And while there are a lot of things to be thankful for, what he has truly blessed us with are people. And you saw that today,” Steenbergen said. “There are still men and women in uniform that wake up every day and their only goal is to make sure that you and your families rest safely and peacefully at night.”
The Chamber wanted to further recognize the military community by presenting three awards. Military Affairs Committee Vice Chairman Scott Fox brought forward three units whose mission accomplishments of patriotism, off-duty volunteerism and community involvement have made a significant contribution to Cheyenne.
The first of the winners were from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. They performed as the top weapons defense unit, and protected $3.3 billion in nuclear assets within 9,600 square miles of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. Fox said many of the defenders also volunteer with Cheyenne Frontier Days, Wyoming’s Big Brothers and Big Sisters as mentors and raised the most money for the Special Olympics of Wyoming.
“The 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron epitomizes high values of duty, honor, courage, loyalty, commitment, integrity and selfless dedication to the United States nuclear deterrence mission,” he said.
Next was the Wyoming Army National Guard’s 115th Field Artillery Brigade. They provided months of support to the nation’s capital in response to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, and volunteered throughout Wyoming to augment hospitals in need of help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Soldiers could be found in Sheridan, Gillette, Casper, Laramie, Riverton, Rock Springs and Cheyenne.
“The 115th has shown their commitment to support Wyoming, and provide their Guard soldiers to support our communities,” Fox said.
The final 2021 Cheyenne Trophy was awarded to the 243rd Air Traffic Control Squadron of the Wyoming Air National Guard. They distinguished themselves with their service and specialty skills, and deployed in support of operations within 48 hours to aid in the recovery of more than 7,500 Afghan refugees.
“Thank you will never quite be enough,” Fox concluded.
Among other recognitions, Gov. Mark Gordon proclaimed this month as Military Appreciation Month, and 20th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Michael Lutton shared his pride for his colleagues across all branches of the military. He said in the challenging world that we find ourselves in today, it is even more imperative that forces in the nation’s western region be prepared and supported.
He asked many of the officials attending the event to consider this responsibility.
“As you continue to have your dialogue as civil leaders, as elected officials, it’s important to understand what our Air Force is doing. Our Air Force is modernizing its nuclear force,” Lutton said. “This is about modern nuclear force that is going to deter the People’s Republic Of China, that is going to deter Russia, that is going to deter North Korea.”
Rep. Bill Henderson, R-Cheyenne, attended the event and told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle he was listening to Lutton’s message. He said with a transition in the U.S. nuclear weapons platform, Laramie County would continue to be a central focus and strategic location. Because of this, he said it was important to bolster military members in those operations.
Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins likewise said he cherishes the relationship that has been in place with the base since the day the city was founded.
“I get to do the things I want to do with my family because of the men and women who support and defend us every day,” he said. “We have a quality of life that almost no one else in the world has and it’s directly because of these guys, and we need to honor and recognize them.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/government_and_politics/chamber-of-commerce-honors-service-members-with-military-may-luncheon/article_89a4aadc-cfbe-11ec-82fa-e365e26d3eab.html | 2022-05-09T19:14:38Z |
15-year-old girl drives two wounded men to safety through Ukrainian battlefield
(CNN) – A 15-year-old Ukrainian girl drove two wounded men through battlefields to safety, despite being injured and bleeding herself.
Anastasia is a courageous and defiant teenager who is now recovering from her injuries in Lviv after helping the two men.
“They came under fire,” she said.
As her hometown of Popasna was pummeled by Russian artillery, she wanted to help the wounded men get to a hospital.
“The help was urgently needed, so as not to lose a lot of blood,” she said.
So she picked up the car and got behind the wheel.
They made their way across a bridge, desperate to get to a hospital in Bakhmut.
“We have a bridge, and we had mines there in a checkerboard pattern,” Anastasia said. “There was no way to get through. But I somehow made it. And further along there was the corpse of a woman.”
Soon after, a burst of machinegun fire raked the car.
“I was driving the car and then the Russians fired on us,” Anastasia said. “When they started shooting, the car stopped and then I started the car again and drove on.”
She continued to drive, even though she was injured and bleeding. Time for them was running out.
She also said the car stalled because the battery was hit by a bullet.
Ukrainian soldiers then showed up to rescue Anastasia and the two passengers.
They are all now recovering, thanks to the courage of the teen girl.
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Bahamas calls on US labs to help solve deaths of 3 tourists at resort
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 2:24 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say samples extracted from three U.S. tourists who died at a resort in the Bahamas under mysterious circumstances have been sent to a U.S. lab to expedite results and help authorities understand what happened.
Bahamas Police Commissioner Paul Rolle said Monday that officials also collected samples from the rooms where the tourists were staying.
He identified the victims as Michael and Robbie Phillips of Tennessee and Vincent Paul Chiarella of Florida.
Chiarella’s wife, Donnis, was airlifted to Florida and remains in serious condition.
Their bodies were found Friday morning at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort in Exuma.
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Betting on Change: Horseracing long plagued with scandals and equine fatalities
A new federal law long championed by racing insiders hopes to make the sport cleaner and safer
PARIS, Kentucky (InvestigateTV/Gray News) – Long before a string of catastrophic horse deaths at a racetrack in California made headlines and a federal indictment of more than two dozen horseracing insiders rocked the sport, the owner of one of the most famed thoroughbreds was advocating for change.
In 1982, Penny Chenery, the owner of Triple Crown winner Secretariat, was calling for an end to performance-altering drugs in the sport. Horses, she told a Congressional committee, should run only “on their courage.”
It’s taken decades of scandal and the fierce advocacy of the hundreds of owners, breeders, veterinarians and others for the federal government to act.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) takes effect in July and is designed to improve the wellbeing of racehorses with a robust drug-testing program and a focus on equine fatalities at the tracks.
“[Penny] always told me that having a good horse gave you a platform to advocate for our horses. She certainly did. And I have tried to follow in her footsteps,” said Staci Hancock, a long-time friend of Chenery, who died in 2017.
Hancock along with her husband Arthur own Stone Farm in Paris, Kentucky and have long pushed for horseracing reforms through their nonprofit group Water Hay Oats Alliance.
“We want to watch the horses go out on the track and know that each one of those is being treated fairly,” Mrs. Hancock said.
Under the current structure, the regulation of horse racing varies state to state, with officials enacting their own rules and penalties for violations.
InvestigateTV analyzed records from racing regulators in 29 of the 38 states with live racing to dive deep into the current state of affairs and found that:
- Between 2017 and 2021, those 29 states have tallied at least 4,064 racehorse fatalities.
- More than two dozen trainers, who supervise the daily care and conditioning of their horses, have lost at least 10 horses in the past five years, including Robert A. Baffert, who trained Medina Spirit, the 2021 Kentucky Derby winning horse who later was disqualified.
- States have issued more than 4,400 sanctions against trainers and/or owners for drug-related violations during that 5-year period. In one case, the violations were so egregious that the trainer was banned from the sport until 2054 after eight of his horses tested positive for ostarine, a steroid-like drug that has no generally accepted medical use in racehorses.
The new law will make one set of rules for drug testing and penalties that applies in all states. It also will oversee racetrack safety in an attempt to prevent equine fatalities. Races themselves still will be regulated by the states.
“It’s a game changer,” said Marty Irby, executive director of Animal Wellness Action, a Washington, D. C. nonprofit that pushes for animal welfare laws. “The state-by-state patchwork is a tremendous detriment to the industry and to the horses.”
Not all racehorses will be covered by the federal regulations, as of now
But while many see this as the industry turning a corner, the law is not without its detractors.
The U.S. Trotting Association fiercely opposes the law, signed by President Donald Trump in December 2020, as a Constitutional overreach. It has said that its sport – harness racing – will not sign onto the federal oversight despite the objections from many of its members.
The law created an opt-in clause, allowing each type of horseracing to decide if their sport would fall under the federal regulations. Thoroughbreds, which run races with a jockey on their backs and participate in the Triple Crown, will be covered.
Standardbreds, which are the breeds involved in harness racing in which they pull a cart with a driver, will not, as of now. That means the regulation of harness racing will remain with the states.
The trotting association declined a request for an interview, saying the organization “has opposed HISA for several years now, and our position is widely known.”
In contrast, Steve Stewart, who breeds standardbred horses, has recruited hundreds of owners, trainers, veterinarians and others within the harness racing industry to lobby the trotting association to change its position.
“We need to be united with the thoroughbreds,” he said. “We’re all tied at the hip.”
The Hancocks and Steve and Cindy Stewart share a love of horses.
Both couples have been successful in their sports. The Hancocks have had two Kentucky Derby winners. Horses bred by the Stewarts have won harness racing’s highest honor, the Hamiltonian.
They live across a creek from one another in the idyllic rolling meadows of horse country in Kentucky.
And they share a passion to make their sports successful and clean.
In recent years, horseracing has been besieged by one scandal after another.
First there was the spike in fatalities among thoroughbreds at the Santa Anita track in California in 2017 that gained national attention.
Then came the federal indictment in 2020 alleging a massive doping scheme involving both thoroughbred and harness racing.
A year later, the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit, tested positive for a drug banned on race days and was disqualified. In December, the horse collapsed and died after training in California.
“Anything that the federal government has to get involved with means that you have not done your job,” Stewart said of the new law.
States issue thousands of drug-related violations each year, hundreds go to repeat offenders
When the starting gates opened at a race at Retama Park in Texas in 2018, Financial Top fell into last place, but not for long.
The horse charged down the rain-soaked track and past the other five horses to claim victory. But victory was short lived. A post-race drug test detected the banned substance clenbuteral in the horse’s system, Texas state racing records show.
It was trainer Adrian Huitron’s second drug-related violation in less than 10 days.
Since then, he’s been sanctioned at least a dozen other times by racing officials in Louisiana and Texas for drug-related violations, according to InvestigateTV’s analysis of 4,477 drug-related sanctions issued in 29 of the 38 states with live racing.
Huitron did not respond to requests for comment.
Nearly a third of trainers sanctioned had more than one drug-related violation. Nine have been sanctioned at least 10 times.
“The trainer who gets three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 positives. . . I don’t know if they should be in our game,” Mrs. Hancock said. “The sanctions don’t have teeth. They need to have teeth, serious teeth.”
States fined violators on average of $1,700 and/or suspended them for an average of 64 days, state records show.
After amassing three drug-related violations in a 12-day period last May, Louisiana racing officials last year suspended Huitron for a 6-month period that ended in April.
Huitron also has been sanctioned three times after his horses tested positive for clenbuteral and albuteral, bronchodilators that can help horses with pulmonary issues breathe easier. Both are banned in quarter horse racing.
The Association of Racing Commissioners International says those drugs that have “the potential of affecting the performance of a racing horse.”
Its use is allowed at certain levels in thoroughbred and harness racing, illustrating even the differing regulations among even horseracing breeds.
Of the 20 most commonly detected drugs that led to sanctions, all but three were considered by the international horse racing association as drugs that had a lower potential to affect performance.
But there are at least 299 sanctions for drugs that the association says have little or no therapeutic benefit to horses and have a high potential to affect performance, InvestigateTV’s analysis shows.
Among the class 1 and class 2 drugs detected:
- Methamphetamine, a central nervous system stimulant commonly called meth that has no generally accepted medical use in horses, was detected 39 times.
- Caffeine was found in 36 tests.
- Cocaine showed up in 33 horses.
- Morphine was detected in 23 cases.
- Fentanyl was found in nine tests.
Prior to 1968, it was illegal in virtually all racing jurisdictions for a horse to race while medicated, the American Horse Protection Association told a Congressional committee in 1982.
But medication laws began to relax after the 1968 Kentucky Derby winner tested positive for the anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone and was disqualified.
Phenylbutazone is banned in horseracing in every country except for the U.S., which instead imposes dosing limits. Even so, states have issued at least 824 sanctions related to horses testing over the limit for that drug.
Medina Spirit lost his Kentucky Derby crown last year after testing positive for a steroid, betamethasone, which is not allowed on race days in Kentucky.
At least 98 other horses have tested positive for betamethasone in the last five years, state records show.
Critics say the use of medication in horses on race day masks their injuries or illnesses, allowing them to run when they should be resting.
“It has become a race to the bottom where it’s a game of who can out cheat each other, all at the expense of the welfare of the horse,” said Irby, the animal welfare advocate.
There’s also concern about the drugs that are not being detected but are altering performance.
In March 2020, the federal government indicted 27 people in the horseracing industry on conspiracy charges related to performance-enhancing drugs that couldn’t be detected by screenings.
The people were caught, the government said, by tapping their phones. Many have since pleaded guilty or were convicted.
Today, there is no single source of drug-related sanctions, and some states such as Michigan, do not make public the names of trainers punished for violating medication rules.
Under HISA, drug testing and enforcement will be assigned to a single outside agency: Drug Free Sport International, a Kansas City, Missouri-based group that is used by the NCAA, the NFL, the NBA and other professional sports.
The law specifically called for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to take over drug testing. USADA performs drug testing for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and is considered the gold standard. And it publishes on its website the names of athletes who have been sanctioned for drug-related violations; Drug Free Sport does not.
But USADA and the board that oversees HISA couldn’t reach an agreement over the cost of the program.
“I don’t think the horse industry realizes the plight it is in, and it desperately needs the integrity of USADA to help shore up its sad reputation,” Mr. Hancock told the Paulick Report earlier this year. “Cheaters are still cheating, horses are still dying, and public perception is still worsening.”
The decision to hand over testing to Drug Free Sport was a “kick in the gut” to everyone who pushed for years to pass HISA, Irby said.
Drug Free Sport will take over testing and enforcement in January. Until then, states remain in charge of drug testing rules and regulations.
Hundreds of horses die each year during training or racing
Last year, Churchill Downs Inc., banned trainer Karl Broberg from entering races at any of its eight tracks after one of his horses was injured.
Rockandhardplace was declared lame after a race at the Kentucky track.
“A subsequent investigation revealed that there was no responsible representative of the trainer on-site to make veterinary decisions or to take appropriate steps to protect the welfare of the injured horse,” a representative from Churchill Downs told the Paulick Report last September.
By then, 22 horses that Broberg trained had died in the previous four years, state records show.
Reached by phone Broberg declined to comment, saying that he didn’t think horseracing would be portrayed “in a good light.”
In 2019, when he was the winningest trainer in the U.S., 10 of his horses either suffered a catastrophic injury or fracture that resulted in euthanasia. Two just dropped dead. Some of those horses had won more than $250,000 during their careers, according to Equibase.
Trainer Todd A. Pletcher also has lost 22 horses during those five years. Pletcher is a highly decorated trainer who was inducted into the horseracing hall of fame last year. Horses that he trained have won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. He had three horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby; the fastest of his group finished in fifth place, claiming $90,000.
But he’s been suspended during his career, including once in New York after his horse tested positive for a banned drug.
Pletcher did not respond to requests for comment.
No other trainers have lost as many horses as Broberg and Pletcher, according to InvestigateTV’s analysis of state records made available. They also have run horses in thousands of races during their careers: more than 18,100 for Broberg and 23,200 for Pletcher.
Since 2017, at least 4,064 racehorses have died across the U.S.
“That’s what we’ve been fighting against. Look, horse racing is, is a dangerous sport, really,” Mrs. Hancock said. “But that number is not acceptable.”
Nearly a third of the trainers have lost two or more horses during that time frame.
And 27 of them, including Baffert, have lost at least ten horses during those five years. During his career, Baffert has been in more than 13,000 races. Baffert did not respond to requests for comment.
Five trainers have lost 15 horses.
“The deaths . . . are animal abuse in our book,” Irby said.
There is not an official record of the number of racehorses that die in the U.S. each year.
Some states, such as Minnesota, won’t release the names of equine fatalities, citing privacy.
Many states’ records of fatalities are handwritten and hard to decipher. Only a few offered any details about what led to the horses’ death such as Kentucky and Illinois. Most states only provided a cause of death, not an explanation of why.
The vast majority of fatalities involve thoroughbreds or quarter horses. In the past five years, only 99 standardbred horses died, in large part because they don’t run as fast.
HISA is supposed to track equine fatalities from all states to watch for trends at tracks or among trainers in an attempt to prevent future deaths.
In 2019, when a cluster of horseracing deaths at Santa Anita in California brought a slew of attention to the issue, the number of horses that have died nationally decreased in both 2020 and 2021.
Even so, nearly 700 horses died last year.
“They’ve made some changes that have fortunately brought that number down,” Irby said. “Still, one horse death is one death too many.”
Some races have deadly consequences
Four-year-old thoroughbred Cheveyo won only one race in his career: on March 31, 2021 at Delta Downs in Louisiana.
During a race barely two months later at a different Louisiana track, he fractured a leg and had to be euthanized. He never crossed the finish line. After his death, Louisiana racing officials found an over-the-threshold amount of a muscle relaxer in his system.
It was the second time in less than three months his trainer had been sanctioned for a drug violation.
DW Carolina Flash, a 3-year-old quarter horse, fractured a leg during a race at Turf Paradise in Arizona in 219 and had to be euthanized.
A blood test revealed that the horse had nearly four times the allowable level of betamethasone in its system – the same drug that disqualified Medina Spirit, state records show.
Its trainer was fined $1,000 by Arizona racing officials for the drug-related infraction. It was only the fifth race DW Carolina Flash had ever run.
“It’s unacceptable,” said Irby, the animal welfare advocate. “The American people will not tolerate animal abuse, simply for someone to make a $2 bet. And these horses lose their lives at the end of the day.”
Among the 4,0064 horse fatalities reviewed by InvestigateTV, 55 of them had failed drug tests at some point in their racing careers, resulting in drug-related sanctions against their trainers.
These examples illustrate the importance of the new law, advocates say.
“I think it’ll be better, better for everybody,” said Stewart, the standardbred breeder. “I think that we’re at the point where there’s too much dirty laundry on the line that you have to show it, and you have to get through it. And you have to deal with it.”
On a chilly spring morning, Steve and his wife Cindy visited one of their pastures on their Hunterton Farm where some of their brood mares and their days’ old foals were grazing.
When the couple opened the gate, the mares and foals swarmed to greet them. By that April morning, 97 foals had been born on Stewart’s farm this year.
“They’re our kids,” Mr. Stewart said. “Because they’re our kids . . . we’re all passionate about our children.”
The Hancocks also are so passionate about the welfare of racehorses that they repurchased their first Kentucky Derby winner, Gato Del Sol, from a breeding operation in Germany, fearing that he would be sold for slaughter.
The decorated horse died at the old age of 28 on the Hancock’s farm.
And that’s the way it should be for racehorses: they run; they feast on water, hay and oats; and then they retire to live to an old age, advocates have long said.
Man O’ War, considered the greatest racehorse of all time, died in 1947 at the age of 30. His grandson, Seabiscuit, also a highly decorated horse, died at the age of 14.
“In the old days, they used water, hay and oats. They didn’t use therapeutic medications. Their horses ran every week,” Mrs. Hancock said. “I think we can, you know, bring our sport back to where it was, during the days of Seabiscuit, Man O’ War, when it was the number one spectator sport.”
She and many others are betting on change.
Students from the Arnolt Center for Investigative Reporting at Indiana University contributed research to this story. They are Meredith Hemphill, Rebecca Benjamin, Olivia Bianco, Salome Cloteaux, Lizzie DeSantis, Maddie Maloy, Andy Manzur, Nathan Moore, Nic Napier, Alex Null, Olivia Oliver, Sarah Rashid, Haley Ryan, Nadia Scharf, Lily Staatz, Emma Uber, Lauren Ulrich and Lily Wray.
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Dominion: Bills need to go up to cover higher fuel costs
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Energy Virginia told state regulators it expects customers’ bills to increase substantially as the result of dramatic increases in fuel prices.
The state’s largest electric utility filed an application Thursday with the State Corporation Commission seeking to revise the component of customers’ electric rates that covers fuel costs effective July 1.
The company said that it anticipates that by June 30, it will need to recover $1 billion more in fuel costs than previously expected.
That could result in a monthly bill increase of 20%. But the company is proposing spreading that cost recovery out over three years, meaning a smaller increase over a longer term.
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Former NBA, Michigan State star Adreian Payne shot, killed
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 3:40 PM EDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former Michigan State basketball standout and NBA player Adreian Payne has died in a shooting. He was 31.
The sheriff’s office in Orange County, Florida, said deputies responded to a shooting Monday morning when Payne was identified and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Lawrence Dority was present at the scene, according to the sheriff’s office. The 29-year-old Dority was arrested on a first-degree murder warrant after homicide detectives interviewed him.
Payne played in 107 NBA games, averaging four points and three rebounds, over four seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic.
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Mandatory 10-digit dialing begins in May for new 540/826 overlay area code
RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - Residents living in the 540 area code will have to do 10-digit dialing starting May 14.
Local calls made with just seven digits will not be connected, according to the SCC.
This is the second step from a June 2020 relief plan approved by the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to phase in the new 826 area code. Permissive 10-digit dialing for the 540 area code region began in November 2021.
The 540 area code encompasses the northwestern and southwestern portions of the Commonwealth; including Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Front Royal, Harrisonburg, Radford, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Waynesboro, and Winchester.
The SCC says the number of available “540″ phone numbers is expected to run out in the coming months. The SCC approved an overlay, which is the addition of another area code (826) to the same geographic region served by an existing area code (540). Beginning June 14, 2022, new telephone lines or services may be assigned numbers using the new 826 area code.
Residents and businesses who already have a 540 number won’t have to change numbers.
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Pulitzer Prizes award Washington Post for Jan. 6 coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.
The Post’s extensive reporting, published in a sophisticated interactive series, found numerous problems and failures in political systems and security before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the newspaper’s own backyard. The insurrection also garnered an award for Getty Images, which won one of two prizes awarded in breaking news photography.
The U.S. pullout and resurrection of the Taliban’s grip on Afghanistan permeated across categories: The other prize awarded in breaking news photography went to Los Angeles Times correspondent and photographer Marcus Yam, for work related to the fall of Kabul. The New York Times won in the international reporting category for reporting challenging official accounts of civilian deaths from U.S. airstrikes in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pulitzer Prizes, administered by Columbia University and considered the most prestigious in American journalism, recognize work in 15 journalism categories and seven arts categories. This year’s awards, which were livestreamed, honored work produced in 2021. The winner of the public service award receives a gold medal, while winners of each of the other categories get $15,000.
The intersection of health, safety and infrastructure played a prominent role among the winning projects.
The Tampa Bay Times won the investigative reporting award for “Poisoned,” its in-depth look into a polluting lead factory. The Miami Herald took the breaking news award for its work covering the deadly Surfside condo tower collapse, while The Better Government Association and the Chicago Tribune won the local reporting award for “Deadly Fires, Broken Promises,” the watchdog and newspaper’s examination of a lack of enforcement of fire safety standards.
“We are enormously proud of our team for their relentless reporting that sparked decisive change, making conditions safer for workers and the community,” Tampa Bay Times editor and vice president Mark Katches said in a statement, calling the reporters’ journalism “a testament to the importance of a vital local newsroom like the Times.”
The Pulitzer Prizes also awarded a special citation to journalists of Ukraine, acknowledging their “courage, endurance and commitment” in covering the ongoing Russian invasion that began earlier this year. Last August, the Pulitzer board granted a special citation to Afghan journalists who risked their safety to help produce news stories and images from their own war-torn country.
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Russian ambassador to Poland hit with red paint at war cemetery
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia’s ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced the attack, saying that “we won’t be scared” while the “people of Europe should be scared to see their reflection in a mirror.”
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau described the incident as “highly deplorable.”
“Diplomats enjoy special protection, regardless of the policies pursued by the governments that they represent,” he said.
Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers’ cemetery to lay flowers on Victory Day, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Allies. The major Russian patriotic holiday was celebrated with pomp in a parade at Red Square in Moscow.
As he arrived at the Soviet Military Cemetery in the Polish capital, Andreev was met by hundreds of activists opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Red paint was thrown from behind at him before a protester standing beside him threw a big blob of it in his face.
The protesters carried Ukrainian flags and chanted “fascists” and “murderers” at him, in Russian, while some were dressed in white sheets smeared with red, symbolizing the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war. Other people in his entourage were also seen splattered with what appeared to be red paint.
Zakharova said that “admirers of the neo-Nazis have once again shown their face.” She said that along with the removal of monuments to Soviet army World War II heroes, the attack reflected the “course for the reincarnation of fascism.”
Some Russian commentators suggested that the attack on the ambassador could prompt Moscow to recall him and ask the Polish ambassador to leave Russia.
The Polish government faced some criticism for not providing the ambassador with more security, allowing for an incident to occur that Russia could use to depict Poland as hostile to Moscow.
Among the critics was a former interior minister, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, who said he couldn’t understand why there wasn’t more protection for the ambassador when for weeks “you could feel how May 9 could end in Warsaw.”
Poland’s current interior minister, however, said Poland’s government opposed the ambassador against laying a wreath at the cemetery, and noted that police helped him to safely leave the scene. The ambassador had originally hoped to hold a Victory Day march in Warsaw, but national and city authorities opposed that — and some viewed his appearance at the cemetery as provocative.
“The gathering of opponents of Russian aggression against Ukraine, where the crime of genocide takes place every day, was legal,” Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski added. “The emotions of Ukrainian women taking part in the demonstration, whose husbands are fighting bravely in defense of their homeland, are understandable.”
Protesters also marched in Warsaw on Sunday evening to protest the war, bringing a tank on a tractor and parking it in front of the Russian Embassy. Since the war began on Feb. 24, images of Ukrainian tractors hauling off Russian tanks have been symbols of Ukrainian resistance.
The Soviet cemetery is set amid a vast park on the route linking the downtown to the international airport. It is the final resting place of more than 20,000 Red Army soldiers who perished on Polish soil fighting while helping to defeat Nazi Germany.
While Poland has removed some monuments to the Red Army in the decades since it threw off Moscow-backed communist rule, it has allowed the cemetery to remain undisturbed. Though Soviet soldiers defeated the Nazis, earlier in the war the Soviet forces had invaded Poland following a secret agreement with the German Nazi government, and carried out atrocities against Poles, including mass executions and deportations to Siberia.
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Wordle answer changed to avoid fraught word, NY Times says
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times moved swiftly to change Monday’s answer to its daily Wordle puzzle out of fear that it would be seen as some sort of commentary on the debate over abortion rights.
The game, which became a sensation late last year and was bought by The Times in January, gives users six tries to guess a different five-letter word each day.
Yet The Times scrambled when it discovered that Monday’s word, which had been entered into Wordle’s computer program last year, was “fetus.”
The timing was particularly fraught given last week’s leaked report of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would strike down a 50-year-old ruling governing the ability of women to receive abortions.
The appearance of “fetus” was “entirely unintentional and a coincidence,” the newspaper said in a message to readers on Monday.
“At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news,” the message said.
The Times changed Monday’s answer to a different word, and a spokesman said that a “vast majority” of users saw that. But some people who had not refreshed their browsers saw “fetus” instead, spokesman Jordan Cohen said.
He would not say whether The Times had received any complaints about “fetus.”
Wordle was invented by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn software engineer, as a gift for his partner and took off when he began posting it online. Players guess words and hone in on the correct answer as the game tells them if their guesses contain letters in the word of the day.
The Times bought his invention for more than $1 million and is revamping the technology to make sure every user is seeing the same word every day, the newspaper said. Cohen said millions of people play Wordle each day.
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So much for bitcoin being digital gold.
The world's most valuable cryptocurrency was down 10% Monday after plunging again over the weekend. Bitcoin prices have now plummeted nearly 20% in the past week. At a price of just below $31,000, bitcoin is more than 50% below its record high of near $69,000 from late last year and at its lowest point since July 2021.
Other cryptocurrencies, sometimes referred to as altcoins, have been hit hard too. Ethereum, binance, solana and cardano are all down about 15% in the past week, while Elon Musk's beloved dogecoin has tumbled 10%.
Cryptocurrencies are proving to be just as risky as stocks and susceptible to the same concerns that are dragging down the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
"Volatile trading in digital assets has not been that unusual in previous years," said Michael Kamerman, CEO of trading platform Skilling. "Cryptocurrencies are increasingly moving in sync with tech stocks with investors treating both as risk assets and often retreating to safer corners of the market during bouts of market volatility."
Kamerman said he is still bullish on bitcoin for the long term. More hedge funds and other big institutions are starting to invest in crypto, and some global central banks are beginning to embrace it too.
But he added that "bitcoin is not immune to the global inflation risk spreading across most other asset classes. Therefore we should expect to see the downward trend continue."
Bitcoin hit by the same problems dragging down stocks
Inflation fears, worries about big interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and jitters about a possible economic slowdown have rattled Wall Street and sent bond yields skyrocketing.
The 10-year Treasury bond yield is now hovering just above 3.1%, having more than doubled this year. Long-term bond yields are now at their highest level since November 2018.
The surge in yields has also helped lift the value of the dollar, which tends tor rise in tandem with interest rates. The US Dollar Index is now trading near its highest level in twenty years. That's bad news for bitcoin too, as many crypto backers point to dollar weakness as a bullish sign for digital currencies.
As rates (and the dollar) continue to climb, some crypto skeptics think the selling in bitcoin has only just begun. The Federal Reserve is starting to pull back on monthly bond purchases and other stimulus which could be bad news for all sorts of speculative assets.
"The dramatic reversal of Fed liquidity ... will collapse the pandemic era bubble in crypto currencies, money losing tech companies and meme stocks," said Jay Hatfield, chief investment officer of Infrastructure Capital Management and manager of the InfraCap Equity Income ETF.
Hatfield said he thinks bitcoin could plunge as low as $20,000 by the end of the year.
The crypto collapse is also hurting several stocks with exposure to the industry. Broker Coinbase plummeted 17% Monday and is down more than 65% this year. Robinhood, which also lets people buy and sell some cryptocurrencies, has fallen more than 45% in 2022.
And shares of several cryptocurrency miners, the companies that run servers which solve the complex mathematical puzzles needed to generate new bitcoin and other cryptos, have tanked too. Hive Blockchain, Marathon Digital Holdings and Riot Blockchain are all down between 50% and 60% this year.
The massive pullback in these and other momentum tech stocks is yet another sign of the rapid shift in the market's mood this year. The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index, which measures seven indicators of market sentiment, is in Extreme Fear territory.
Investors may continue to shun volatile cryptos in favor of safe havens, such as dividend-paying blue chip stocks.
Traders are "more reluctant to adopt the additional risk associated with the crypto sphere," said Tammy Da Costa, an analyst at DailyFX, in a report.
She added that "the future of individual coins or tokens remains dubious" and that "interest rate hikes are likely to jeopardize the short-term potential for profits" in bitcoin, ethereum and other established cryptos.
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Prices at the pump are once again flirting with record highs. That's adding to inflationary headaches for families, the US economy and the White House.
The national average for regular gasoline rose to $4.328 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. That's a fraction of a penny shy of the all-time high of $4.331 set on March 11.
Gas prices have climbed 13 cents over the past week and stand well above the recent low of $4.07 a gallon.
Prices at the pump were already high heading into 2022 as supply failed to recover from Covid-19 as fast as demand. Russia's late February invasion of Ukraine sent them surging much higher as investors braced for oil supply disruptions caused by the war and embargoes on Russian energy.
The Biden administration responded by unleashing a record amount of oil from US emergency oil stockpiles, a step that helped cool oil and gasoline prices off.
But as industry analysts warned at the time, the relief from the emergency oil releases was fleeting and relatively minor. The national average for regular gas today is about 23% higher than the day before the invasion of Ukraine.
Here comes $4.50 gas?
The recent jump in pump prices may not be done.
Gasoline futures settled at record highs on Friday. Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, told CNN he expects retail prices will climb by another 18 to 20 cents over the next 10 to 14 days, hitting a fresh record of $4.50 a gallon.
Although nominal gas prices are near record highs, inflation-adjusted prices are not. The national average would need to climb above $5.30 a gallon to beat the inflation-adjusted record set in 2008, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
Nonetheless, high gas prices are contributing to Americans' dismal views on the economy. Only 23% of them rate economic conditions as even somewhat good, down from 54% last April, according to a CNN poll released last week. That's the lowest since November 2011. And just 34% of Americans approve of President Joe Biden's handling of the economy.
In another blow to the inflation outlook, diesel prices are spiking.
The national average for diesel hit another record of $5.54 a gallon on Monday, up 22 cents in a week and 49 cents in a month, according to AAA. Diesel powers the trucks that haul goods around the country and high transportation costs will likely get passed along at least in part to consumers.
Europe debates banning Russian oil
The good news is that the oil market, which sets the pace for gasoline and diesel, is taking a breather. Oil prices fell sharply on Monday in their steepest one-day decline since late March as turmoil in the stock market spread to the energy complex.
US crude tumbled 6.1% to $103.09 a barrel. Brent, the world benchmark, also fell about 6%.
Experts blamed a range of factors for the sharp losses, including heavy selling on Wall Street, concerns about China's Covid-19 lockdowns hurting demand and a lack of progress in Europe's efforts to phase out Russian oil imports.
"Oil prices are just getting swept up in the swift and sharp selloff across risk assets," said Matt Smith, lead oil analyst Americas at Kpler.
Robert Yawger, vice president of energy futures at Mizuho Securities, agreed that the "general flight to safety" is reverberating on the oil market.
"It's just a general slaughter in risk assets," said Yawger, who added that energy traders view the stock market as a barometer of broader market conditions.
Fears about high inflation -- and the Federal Reserve's plan to get it back down -- have driven US stocks sharply lower recently.
However, oil prices remain high and the fallout from the war in Ukraine continues to cast a shadow over the energy market.
Over the weekend, G7 leaders pledged to phase out or ban the import of Russian oil "in a timely and orderly fashion, and in ways that provide time for the world to secure alternative supplies."
The European Union also continues to debate a proposed ban on all oil imports from Russia by the end of this year.
Rystad Energy warned Monday that a European embargo on Russian oil will "trigger a seismic shift" in energy markets and push oil prices higher in the short to medium term.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- As protesters hit the street in New York, Wisconsin, Missouri, and other places on this mother's day, the politics of abortion is rising up.
“I was actually up in Washington, D.C. when the announcement about the decision came down. I was overwhelmed with anger, sadness, and frustration. I actually found myself at midnight walking to the Supreme Court. I joined hundreds of others at the steps of the Supreme Court to make sure our voices were heard,” said Democratic candidate for Congress Jill Tokuda.
The recent revelation of the Supreme Court considering overturning Roe vs Wade, is also lingering in minds of those enjoying Mother's Day on Hawaiian beaches.
“I do worry because I don't want my children when they grow up to have to go to another state if they are not ready to have a child or if something were to happen,” said Cassie Ballentine.
It's not easy being a mom. Mother's Day is the day where all the hard work pays off.
“Mother’s Day is a celebration of bringing life into the world. Being a mom is a 24-7 job. You're cooking, you're cleaning, you're sending the kids to school, you're taking care of them when you are sick,” said Crystal Ortiz.
“This is a day where I spend more time with her. Showing her how grateful I am for her everyday duties as a mom, even though she doesn't have to,” said Raven Rosa-Lasco.
Raven said she is happy to be spending the day with her mom. As for the topic of abortion rights?
“When I am ready to have a child and bring a child into this world, I will know. If it happens, I guess it happens. But at the end of the day it's my choice,” said Rosa-Lasco.
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Chase Ingalls is described as being 6’1” tall and weighs approximately 195 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. A clothing description was not given.
WAIMANALO, Hawaii (KITV4) -- The search continues for a 23-year-old man who was last heard from on Friday, May 6 and was thought to be hiking the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail when he disappeared.
Chase Ingalls is described as being 6’1” tall and weighs approximately 195 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. A clothing description was not given.
Multiple agencies joined in the search on Sunday at the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail after Ingalls’ car was found in the parking lot at the trail and his backpack was found at the top of the trail.
A Honolulu Fire Department helicopter searched from the air while an Ocean Safety crew on a jet ski searched the shoreline between Makapuu Beach Park and Maunalua Bay. The search ended just after 7 p.m. when it became too dark.
The search resumed Monday morning at first light but so far crews have not turned up anything.
Authorities did not say if Ingalls is believed to have gone to the trail on Friday, when he was last heard from, or if he went missing on Sunday when his car and backpack were found. The search remains active.
Anyone who knows of Ingalls’ whereabouts or any other information about this incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 808-955-8300.
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New Jersey 4-year-old found safe; Amber Alert canceled
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 4:56 PM EDT|Updated: 9 minutes ago
(Gray News) - The Salem City Police Department said a 4-year-old who was the subject of an Amber Alert in New Jersey on Monday has been found safe.
Lincoln Walker was found in Delaware and will be reunited with his family, KYW reported.
No information about a status on a suspect was made immediately available.
Anyone with additional information can contact the Salem City Police Department at 1-800-843-5678.
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Anonymous donor pays tab for college graduates in Texas
MARSHALL, Tx. (Gray News) – An anonymous donor picked up the remaining balances of more than 100 students who graduated from Wiley College this weekend.
According to a news release, the school’s president, Herman J. Felton Jr., made the announcement during the commencement ceremony, informing graduates they graduated debt-free.
“We are grateful for this anonymous donor who will assist the students in paying off their balances to Wiley College and help us achieve institutional goals of graduating our students with little to no debt,” Felton said.
The total balances owed to the college by the graduating class of 2022 is about $300,000.
Wiley College says it is committed to access and has reduced its tuition in the past years to $17,500, covering tuition, fees and room and board.
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Biden signs Ukraine ‘lend-lease’ bill in rejoinder to Putin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington sought to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era “lend-lease” program that helped defeat Nazi Germany to bolster Kyiv and Eastern European allies.
The new legislation is largely symbolic, but comes as Congress is poised to unleash more resources of $33 billion or more to fight the war. It all serves as a rejoinder to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has seized on V-E day, the anniversary of Germany’s unconditional surrender and Russia’s biggest patriotic holiday, to rally his people behind the invasion.
Before signing the bill, Biden said that “Putin’s war” was “once more bringing wanton destruction of Europe,” drawing reference to the significance of the day.
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Flanked by two Democratic lawmakers and one Republican, Biden signed the bill, which had sailed through the Senate last month with unanimous agreement, not even the need for a formal roll call vote. It passed overwhelmingly in the House, drawing opposition from just 10 Republicans.
“It really matters,” Biden said of the bipartisan support for Ukraine. “It matters.”
Despite their differences over Biden’s approach and perceived missteps in confronting Russia, when it comes to Ukraine the members of the House and Senate have held together in a rare bipartisan fashion. Other measures, including calls to investigate Putin for war crimes, have also gained widespread support.
“While President Putin and the Russian people celebrated Victory Day today, we’re seeing Russian forces commit war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine, as they engage in a brutal war that is causing so much suffering and needless destruction,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki. She said Putin was “perverting” history to attempt to “justify his unprovoked and unjustified war.”
Biden’s latest request for $33 billion more in military and humanitarian aid will pull the U.S. deeper into the conflict, and test the resolve in Congress.
But as the package makes its way through the House and Senate, with votes possible soon, lawmakers are showing no signs of flinching. Countless lawmakers have made weekend excursions to the region to see first-hand the devastation of the war on Ukraine and surrounding countries, as more than 5 million refugees flee the region.
Rather than fight the spending overseas — as had been an increasingly popular viewpoint during the Trump era — some lawmakers in both parties want to boost the amount of U.S. aid being sent to Ukraine.
Congressional Democrats are preparing a plan that would boost the Ukraine aid package to nearly $40 billion, and a House vote was possible as soon as Tuesday, two people familiar with lawmakers’ thinking said.
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AP writers Alan Fram and Will Weissert contributed to this report.
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Democrats want to boost Biden Ukraine aid plan to near $40B
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are preparing a plan that would boost President Joe Biden’s requested $33 billion Ukraine aid package to nearly $40 billion, and a House vote is possible as soon as Tuesday, two people familiar with lawmakers’ thinking said.
In what would be a setback for Biden’s push for more COVID-19 spending, the measure would not include any of the additional billions in pandemic spending that the president has wanted included in the plan.
Democrats have offered the proposal to Republicans, who’ve supported assisting Ukraine but opposed adding pandemic spending to the measure. GOP backing would be crucial to pushing legislation through the evenly divided Senate.
“I’m focused on getting it done without extraneous matters on it, and getting it done quickly,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said of the Democratic proposal. He said the measure “may adjust some in the process.”
The measure was described Monday by people who could speak only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Democrats’ movement on the proposal comes with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in its 11th week and showing signs of becoming a grinding, long-term war. Heavy fighting in Ukraine’s eastern and southern areas is causing widespread damage and significant losses on both sides, but the Russian offensive is showing few signs of progress.
Still, U.S. officials in and out of Congress have stressed that it will be critical to continue speeding assistance to Ukraine, whose forces are outnumbered.
Emphasizing the urgency facing U.S. officials, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the Pentagon’s ability to send weapons systems and other equipment from Defense Department stockpiles to Ukraine will run out in about three weeks. The Pentagon currently has about $100 million in drawdown authority left from a $13.6 billion Ukraine aid measure enacted in March.
“Which is why we encourage Congress to act quickly,” Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon. He said the Pentagon would like “no interruption” in its ability to send Ukraine weapons and other equipment.
While Democrats say more spending to combat COVID-19 is also crucial, their plan to seek votes on a package omitting those funds underscores their thinking that rushing assistance to Ukraine is their top priority. A push for a separate pandemic measure would come later, Democrats say.
The officials said Democrats’ Ukraine measure would include $3.4 billion more than Biden had requested for defense spending and another $3.4 billion over what the president sought for humanitarian aid.
Biden’s request, which he sent Congress on April 28, asked for $20 billion for defense spending for Ukraine, the U.S. and their allies. It also requested $3 billion for humanitarian assistance, including to help feed people around the world who rely on grains and other food from war-racked Ukraine.
Backed by Democrats, Biden has asked Congress for another $22.5 billion to buy vaccines, treatments and tests so the country could be better prepared for future COVID-19 variants, and to help staunch the virus’ spread in poor countries abroad. In a deal with Republicans, Democrats agreed last month to slice that request to $10 billion, but the compromise was derailed over other disagreements.
With elections approaching and the public tiring of dealing with the pandemic, Republican support for added COVID-19 spending has flagged.
Unwilling to slow the Ukraine package, Republicans also want to keep the pandemic spending separate so they can use that measure for a fight over immigration that could damage Democrats.
The GOP wants to force a vote on a proposal to continue curbs on admitting migrants crossing the Mexican border for fear of spreading the pandemic, restrictions imposed by then-President Donald Trump.
With increases in border crossings expected soon, that proposal divides Democrats, with many reluctant to back Biden in ending those restrictions later this month.
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AP writer Lolita Baldor contributed to this report.
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K-9 finds 250 pounds of marijuana during traffic stop
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 3:56 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
STEELE, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) – A K-9 in Alabama led officers to a huge marijuana bust Monday morning.
Police in Steele said K-9 Tara, who specializes in drug sniffing, alerted officers to a vehicle around 1:30 a.m. during a traffic stop on Interstate 59.
Police said approximately 250 pounds of marijuana was seized from the vehicle. Two people were arrested.
Officials did not provide additional information.
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Labor and supply shortages continues to impact car dealerships
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Labor and supply shortage continue to impact many industries, including car dealerships.
Many factors, like increasing COVID cases in China, the war in Ukraine, and labor shortages in the U.S. have changed the way car salesmen do their jobs.
Scott Simons, General Manager of CMA’s Valley Dealerships, said instead of test driving a car on the lot and signing the papers all in one day, buyers often place the car online and get the car delivered.
“We have roughly 225 vehicles that are presold. You may drive by a dealership and say, ‘they don’t have many cars there.’ Well, if a truck comes in and people are waiting for it to come in, that truck may deliver in the morning and that car’s gone in the afternoon,” Simons said.
Simons said this isn’t only a problem in the Valley or in the commonwealth; it’s widespread.
“We still feel like there’s going to be some inventory issues because there’s not only a chip shortage, it’s a labor shortage, it’s a COVID-in-China shortage, so all these parts are made in all these different countries, not just here in the United States,” he said.
That means consumers need to go about buying cars differently. Start shopping early, so a dealer can get you in the car you want.
“If any consumer is considering purchasing a vehicle, I would contact your local dealer as soon as possible because that timetable could be longer than what you’re used to,” Simons said.
Even though it takes more time to buy a car than it did in the past, Simons said it is increasingly convenient.
“In the past, before COVID, most of the transactions happened here. Now, they’re contacting us through the internet, we’re going out and doing video walk-arounds of what they’re purchasing, we’re sharing videos we have in archive, and they’re purchasing it without ever coming to the dealership. We had to pivot, but car dealers are resilient, and we’ll figure out how to take care of those customers,” he said.
He said Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram often have the highest number of cars on the lot, but you can still order other vehicles, like Hondas.
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Local hospitals celebrate National Hospital Week
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - This week is National Hospital Week, where healthcare facilities across the country will celebrate healthcare employees for all the work they do.
While hospitals will celebrate current employees, many local hospitals say they are still experiencing staffing shortages.
“We are facing, just like many healthcare organizations across the country, some staffing challenges as we saw folks retiring throughout the last two years, but we’re working really hard at Sentara RMH to recruit,” said Sentara RMH Vice President of Operations Catherine Hughes.
Hughes hopes with college graduations happening in the coming weeks that they can fill up those vacancies.
But in the meantime, hospitals will celebrate those healthcare workers who are currently with them now.
“We’re just excited to spend the next couple of weeks loving on our staff,” said Hughes. “Of course, each and every day of the year we are grateful for the team members that take safe, high-quality care of our community, but this is a great time that we can pause and focus and really have lots and lots of on-campus celebrations.”
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Man beat tenant with brass knuckles when he was short on rent, police say
TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – A friend of a rental property owner is facing charges after he beat a tenant with brass knuckles during a rent dispute, according to police.
The Tulsa Police Department said in a Facebook post that Brian Thomas, 21, accompanied the landlord to visit a tenant Thursday to collect overdue rent and drug money. When the tenant was short on rent, Thomas assaulted the tenant using brass knuckles then pointed a gun at the tenant and threatened to kill him, police said.
The tenant was taken to the hospital for his injuries. Police did not provide further details on his condition.
On Saturday, police officers located Thomas at his apartment and arrested him. Officers said they also recovered two guns and evidence of marijuana distribution inside the apartment.
Police said Thomas is a convicted felon. Thomas is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, pointing a firearm with intent, threatening a violent act, gang related offense, and two counts of possession of a firearm.
Police said the investigation is ongoing. They did not yet say whether the rental property owner is also facing charges.
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Over 46,000 infant clothing items recalled due to ‘choking and laceration hazards’
(Gray News) - Over 46,000 infant clothing items from Wintry Water Factory have been recalled due to choking and laceration hazards, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The recall names all Infant French terry jumpsuits, rompers, snap suits, baby dresses and bibs sold between August 2020 and March 2022.
CPSC said the garments have snaps that are able to detach as well as expose small sharp prongs, which pose choking and laceration hazards.
The following styles are affected: French terry jumpsuit, long-sleeve romper, summer romper, tank top romper, bubble romper, footed romper, long-sleeve snap suit, short-sleeve snap suit, Azalea baby dress, Oslo baby Dress, Juniper baby dress, Geneva baby dress, Merano baby dress, Kerchief bib and French terry bib.
The agency said it has received 29 reports of the snaps “detaching between the prong ring and the stud or socket piece,” but no injuries have been reported.
Images of the garments can be found on the company recall portal, where customers can submit a recall form for a full refund or store credit.
The affected items can be identified by the following codes on the labels:
- TX-JM-I-XXII
- TX-JM-VII-XXI
- TX-JM-I-XXI
- TX-JM-VII-XX
The products were sold on the company website and boutiques nationwide.
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Waynesboro set to vote on proposed budget Monday night
WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) - Waynesboro city officials say the area’s growth played a role in their $57.2 million budget.
City council is set to vote on the document at their Monday, May 9 meeting. Their real estate tax is set to stay the same at 90 cents per $100 of assessed value.
“With extra housing in the city, businesses moving into the city, and people coming to our town to enjoy our great restaurants, we didn’t have to raise taxes this year,” said Mayor Bobby Henderson.
Henderson said real estate taxes aren’t the only highlight of this year’s budget.
“The taxes that people are paying in the city came to the tune of an additional $700,000 that will be going to the school systems,” he said.
City staff are set to get two additional holidays, as well as a raise.
“We’ve taken the people making less than minimum wage, brought them up to the $11 and got plans to make that higher next year. We were able to address that, plus all of our city employees are in for up to a 3% pay increase this year,” Henderson said.
Also in the budget, Waynesboro’s water rate is set to increase 3%, and the rate for trash pick-up will go up $1.50. That’s reflective of needs at the regional landfill.
“That was a necessity to stay competitive, to keep the capital project up. If something breaks, we got to have something in reserve to fix it immediately. We can’t wait for a budget cycle to come around to things with the water,” Henderson said.
The mayor said with new subdivision and housing plans, the city could see as many as 500 new homes. As those fill up, Waynesboro will see more tax revenue. To view the full proposed budget, follow the link here.
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Woman using in vitro fertilization to have late husband’s child
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A Tennessee woman who lost her husband to cancer in 2016 is using in vitro fertilization to have his child.
Josh Powell died in December of that year after battling a type of cancer called synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that can come from different soft tissue types, such as muscle or ligaments. He was 27 years old at the time.
His widow, Fabi Powell, plans to have Josh Powell’s child using IVF, a type of fertility treatment where eggs are fertilized in a lab, according to WSMV.
Josh passed away about a month after the two got married.
“It was all very fast at the end,” Fabi Powell said.
She and Josh Powell planned their wedding just two months after finding out his cancer had taken a significant toll on his body.
“I will forever be grateful that we have those memories of our wedding,” Fabi Powell said. “It was the most special day of my life, and I know that he was the happiest I’ve ever seen him ... like in a wheelchair, in so much pain, but just showed up that night and had the biggest smile on his face.”
The two were planning for their future well before their wedding. When they found out the cancer was terminal and spreading, the couple started having some challenging discussions.
“That’s when we started having these conversations about what will life look like if you don’t get to stay here with me,” Fabi Powell said. “Having a family was something that we both wanted so bad.”
Before Josh Powell started his cancer treatment, he left behind everything Fabi Powell would need to start IVF and have his children, even after he passed away.
So far, she has gone through three rounds of IVF. It’s been a year and a half of procedures, and she’s still holding onto hope.
“I’m just praying really hard that at the end of all of this it will all be worth it, and we will have a little baby Powell to celebrate,” she said. “And we will have a little piece of Josh to live on forever.”
She hopes her story inspires other women going through IVF.
“My heart just goes out to anyone who has to go through this journey to conceive a child, because it’s such an emotional rollercoaster, and it takes such a physical toll on your body and your emotions,” Fabi Powell said. “And it’s financially insane the amount of money that it costs to hopefully one day carry your own child.”
Fabi Powell is preparing to start her fourth round of IVF.
“Hopefully, I could be pregnant sometime in August or September,” she said. “Which September is Josh’s birthday, so maybe it’ll be a birthday gift for him which would be so cool.”
A GoFundMe has been made to help pay for Fabi’s fourth round of IVF.
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ROCK SPRINGS -- Members of Epsilon Chapter, Alpha Delta Kappa, met for the final meeting of the year on May 7th at The Hitching Post in Green River.
Hostesses Barb Twomey and Alissa Ekdahl had decorated the tables with viola plants. At the end of the meeting, members took a viola with them to plant. Member Mariah Roth introduced her mother, Teresa Castro, who was visiting from out of town and attended the breakfast meeting as a guest.
Chaplain Barb Twomey opened the meeting with a story about Mother’s Day.
With Epsilon Chapter concluding its regularly scheduled meetings before the summer break, the business meeting ensued with various committees presenting information from the past biennium.
Mendi Maes collected the last donations for the World Understanding Project. Money collected from Epsilon will be sent to International Headquarters, where the goal is to raise fifty thousand dollars to finance Project C.H.E.A.R. The money raised during the past biennium by over one thousand chapters will be used to fund dormitories, classrooms, a library/media center, and a kitchen to help empower disadvantaged children and youth in Babati, Tanzania.
The Ways and Means committee provided an update on a garage sale that is planned for May 20th and 21st. Items donated by Epsilon Chapter members will be sold to generate funds for the chapter during the next biennium.
Members discussed plans to attend the Wyoming Alpha Delta Kappa State Convention May 13-15 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. At this time, Epsilon member Joy Christain will be installed as the Wyoming State President for the 2022-24 biennium. In addition, Epsilon member Janelle Parton will be installed as the state treasurer. Epsilon members will also serve as state committee chairs including Sysser Duncan who will serve as the State Altruistic Chair, Cheryl Notman who will serve as the Excellence in Education Chair, and Barb Twomey who will design and maintain the state website.
As the business meeting concluded, Susan Magnuson won the raffle basket. The basket included items for making smore’s along with camping themed items good for outdoor use as well. The proceeds from the raffle will be used to finance the chapter scholarship. This year’s recipient will be announced at a later date.
Following the business meeting, two ceremonies were conducted. The first ceremony was an initiation ceremony for newest member Tracy Maldonado. Maldonado received her badge along with Marlene Kramer and Terri Hueckstaedt, who had been initiated at a previous meeting.
The second ceremony was the installation of new officers for the 2022-24 biennium. New officers for Epsilon chapter are Marguerite Russold, president; Kari Lowinske, Vice-president; Brie Westbrook, Treasurer; Barb Twomey, Chaplain; Dena Lyon, Secretary; along with Cheryl Notman and Amanda Buel, co-Historians. The ceremony used for the installation described how each officer’s duty is symbolized by a different color of rose and the way the colors, and personalities of the officers, complement each other.
The meeting concluded with members singing “The Lamp of ADK.” Members then had the opportunity to travel to Riverside Nursery, where members could either purchase containers or bring their own containers to fill with plants of their choice. Tables had been set up along with containers of soil, and members worked to create planters of various sizes and styles to suit their preferences.
Additional members present included Candace Foster, Edna Larsen, and Dena Lyon. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/epsilon-chapter-announces-new-officers/article_8c36cb8f-ce7c-5f1b-a0c0-1a4a7d22ccc7.html | 2022-05-09T21:24:13Z |
HONOLULU (KITV4) - Shinyo Floating Lantern Ceremony is the largest Memorial Day celebration in the nation with numbers soaring to 40,000 visitors pre pandemic. However, officials say numbers have plummeted and they are expecting just a few thousand visitors this year.
Co-chair of Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii, Darlene Ferreira, says this is the time for the Governor to prioritize tourism and make a plan to rebuild our economy.
“The reason the number is going to drop from 40,000 to 5,000 is because of the Japanese tourism that the event brings. They fill up many hotels and come in with several full buses. For the Japanese that come, they feel so grateful to have the opportunity to float a lantern at Ala Moana beach," said Ferreira.
Director of Sales at Big Island Candies, Malcolm Murasaki says they saw an uptick of visitors during Golden Week but numbers were significantly lower than past years.
They believe bringing back Japanese tourism is essential for state recovery.
“We really need them back as far as the state is concerned, not only just for business as a whole but especially for the state. Seeing what Waikiki should look like and to normalize thins back into Hawaii," said Murasaki.
Gov. David Ige is set to meet with the Japanese Prime Minister this week to discuss plans on economic development and to bring back Hawaii's largest international market.
As of right now, there is no set date on Japan lifting travel restrictions but an announcement could be made soon. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/shinyo-floating-lantern-ceremony-officials-say-numbers-have-plummeted/article_742f7732-cf54-11ec-a7f4-f739a091c7fd.html | 2022-05-09T21:56:05Z |
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The man accused of a brutal attack that left a another man in critical condition last Tuesday was released from police custody after Honolulu prosecutors dropped his attempted murder charge.
Witnesses say the man attacked the 57-year-old victim with a water flask and attempted to flee the Fort Street Mall area on a bicycle before Honolulu police vehicles converged on the suspect two blocks away.
The 32-year-old man, Armin Baertschi, Jr., was caught on Alakea Street and arrested for attempted murder, modification of probation and several outstanding warrants.
On May 2, before the incident, Baertschi's probation officer filed a motion to modify his probation after failing to submit a drug test in April. This comes after Baertschi missed or refused eight urine analysis tests since April 2021.
The terms of his probation order require Baertschi to submit a drug test within 30 minutes at the direction of his officer. He is also to report to his probation officer, which he failed to do in April.
Baertschi was on a four-year HOPE probation order after being found guilty of drug charges in 2019.
He has a lengthy criminal record that includes several fourth-degree thefts, criminal trespassing, and promoting dangerous drugs.
Baertschi is in custody at Oahu Community Correctional Center on a $20k cash-only bond for failing to comply with the conditions of his probation. | https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/attempted-murder-charge-dropped-in-fort-street-mall-attack-that-left-man-in-critical-condition/article_a15b43d2-cf43-11ec-b93a-d3f713b31948.html | 2022-05-09T21:56:11Z |
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that it's investigating 109 cases of severe and unexplained hepatitis in children in 25 states and territories that may be linked to a worldwide outbreak.
Among them, 14% needed transplants, and five children have died.
Nearly all the children -- more than 90% -- needed to be hospitalized.
The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) reported it is investigating a single case of acute pediatric hepatitis in a child on Maui. The child is reportedly under 10 years old, DOH said.
Health officials tell KITV4 that child has been hospitalized since the end of April with abdominal pain and fever. The origin of the infection has not yet been determined.
“An extensive medical investigation was performed and there are a number of laboratory test results outstanding,” a DOH spokesperson said, adding that the department is collaborating with the CDC to identify the cause of this case.
Dr. Jay Butler, the CDC's deputy director of infectious diseases, stressed that the investigation -- a partnership between the CDC and state health departments -- is an evolving situation. Not all the hepatitis cases they are studying now may ultimately be caused by the same thing.
"It's important to note that this is an evolving situation, and we are casting a wide net to help broaden our understanding," Butler said.
Hepatitis, or swelling of the liver, can be caused by infections, autoimmune diseases, drugs and toxins. A family of viruses well known for attacking the liver causes hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
It's not clear what's driving these cases in young children. Butler said some of the common causes of viral hepatitis have been considered but were not found in any of the cases.
Adenovirus has been detected in more than 50% of cases, although its role isn't clear.
Early hepatitis reports
On April 21, the CDC alerted doctors to a cluster of unusual cases of hepatitis in nine children in Alabama.
It asked doctors and public health officials to notify the agency if they had similar cases of children under the age of 10 with elevated liver enzymes and no apparent explanation for their hepatitis going back to October.
Since then, health departments have been working with pediatric specialists in their states to identify possible cases. The numbers shared at Friday's news briefing are the first national look at cases.
Cases are under investigation in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
The CDC's alert followed reports of children from England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland going to hospitals with unexplained hepatitis.
As of May 1, there are 228 probable cases linked to the outbreak in 20 countries, with more than 50 cases under investigation, Dr. Philippa Easterbrook, a senior scientist in the World Health Organization's Global Hepatitis Program, said in a briefing Wednesday. Among these cases, one child has died, and about 18 have needed liver transplants, she said.
Most of the children were healthy when they developed symptoms that included fatigue, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, belly pain, dark urine, light-colored stools and yellowing of their skin and eyes -- a sign called jaundice.
Unusually severe liver inflammation
Pediatric gastroenterologist Dr. Heli Bhatt of M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Center in Minneapolis has treated two children who are part of the CDC's investigation. One, a 2-year-old from South Dakota, had a liver transplant this week.
Bhatt says liver failure in kids is "super rare." And even before scientists started tracking this outbreak, half of cases were never explained.
Doctors who have treated these children say their cases stood out.
"Even during the first case, I thought it was weird," says Dr. Markus Buchfellner, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where staffers started seeing cases in October.
"And then when the second one came in, that's when I said, 'OK, we need to talk to someone about this.' " He reached out to senior physicians in his department, who contacted the state health department and the CDC.
Buchfellner says the cases stood out because the liver inflammation was so severe.
Sometimes, common viruses like Epstein-Barr or even SARS-CoV-2 will raise a child's liver enzymes a little, indicating what Buchfellner calls "small bits of hepatitis," but the kids typically recover as their bodies fight off the infection.
"But it's very odd to see a child who's healthy come in with the amount of liver injury that these kids had," he said.
Initially, UAB saw nine kids with unexplained hepatitis, and all nine tested positive for adenovirus in their blood. None of them tested positive for Covid-19 during their hospitalization or had a documented history of Covid-19, Butler said at the news briefing.
Since those cases were reported, two more children in Alabama have been identified. Their cases are under investigation, bringing the state's total to 11, said Dr. Wes Stubblefield, medical officer for Alabama's Northern and Northeastern Districts.
There are about 100 kinds of adenoviruses. About 50 of them are known to infect humans, so experts needed a closer look at the virus to try to figure out if all the children had the same one.
When researchers tried to read the genes of the adenovirus in infected kids, only five had enough genetic material to get a full sequence. In all five, the virus was a particular kind called adenovirus 41. It typically causes diarrhea and vomiting in kids, sometimes with congestion or a cough, but has never before been associated with liver failure in otherwise healthy children.
Butler said Friday that adenovirus 40 and 41 have been linked to hepatitis but almost exclusively in immunocompromised children.
Clues from the UK
Also Friday, researchers with the UK Health Security Agency posted a new technical briefing with an update on its hepatitis investigation. Of 163 cases, 126 patients have been tested for adenovirus, and 91, or 72%, were positive for that pathogen.
Investigators have tried to sequence the entire genome of an adenovirus from one of the patients but have not been able to get a sample with enough of the virus to do that. There were 18 cases in which where they were able to partially sequence the genome, and all of them have been adenovirus 41F, the same one found in the US cases.
Many have wondered whether the cases may somehow be related to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
UK investigators say they're still looking at that possibility, but only 24 out of 132 patients tested -- 18% -- had SARS-CoV-2 detected.
The report says they are not ruling out some role for a Covid-19 infection in these cases. Perhaps a prior Covid-19 infection somehow primed the immune system to make these children unusually susceptible, or maybe a co-infection of the two viruses together overwhelms the liver.
Researchers also want to know if the hepatitis is part of some kind of syndrome that strikes kids after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, like the rare complication called multisystem inflammtory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.
Another working theory from UK investigators is that there's some kind of outsized or irregular immune response in these children, perhaps because they were sheltered more than usual during the pandemic.
Yet another theory is that the adenovirus may have always caused liver failure in a tiny percentage of children who were infected, and these rare cases are coming to light only because it is causing an exceptionally large wave of infections.
And investigators in the UK say they are still testing for drugs, toxins or perhaps an environmental exposure, even though some kind of infection is probably more likely to be the cause.
Sorting out the role of adenovirus 41
Another thing that's puzzled doctors, Buchfellner says, is that they found adenovirus in blood samples but not in samples of liver tissue taken during biopsies of the patients in Alabama.
"All nine of them have liver biopsies that were showing lots of inflammation and hepatitis. But we did not find the virus in the liver. We only found the virus in the blood," he said.
Bhatt's case, a child from South Dakota, was also positive for adenovirus in her blood but not in her liver.
If adenovirus 41 is somehow responsible in these cases -- and that's still a big if -- Buchfellner says he doesn't know why it would only show up in the blood but not in heavily damaged liver tissue. But he has some theories.
"Maybe the liver is clearing the virus before it's been cleared in the blood," he said. "And so by the time that the damage has been done to the liver and we do the biopsy, the immune system has already cleared the virus from the liver. And what's left over is just inflammation."
His second theory is that it's not the virus itself that's responsible for the liver damage, but perhaps the immune system overreacts when trying to fight off the virus and ends up damaging the liver.
Adenovirus infections are common, so maybe finding the virus in some of these patients is just a coincidence. "We are not 100% sure that this is just that adenovirus. There's still a lot to be known," Bhatt said.
Active investigation
In an April 29 statement on the cases, the CDC wrote, "we believe adenovirus may be the cause for these reported cases, but other potential environmental and situational factors are still being investigated."
Butler said Friday that experts are considering a range of possibilities, including exposure to animals.
"We really are casting a broad net and keeping an open mind in terms of whether the adenovirus data may reflect an innocent bystander or whether there may be cofactors that are making the adenovirus infections manifest in a way that's not been commonly seen before," he said.
Investigators say they know that this news may worry parents.
Butler says investigators still believe these cases are very rare. They have not seen an increase, for example, in children coming to emergency rooms with hepatitis.
"We are still telling at least our families here in Alabama -- and I would encourage other families the same way -- not to be too concerned about this just yet." Buchfellner said. "I mean, at the end of the day, this is still a pretty rare phenomenon."
Buchfellner says adenoviruses are commonly passed around day cares and schools. They typically cause nothing worse than something that feels like stomach flu for a few days.
"it's been around for a long time, and it's gonna continue to go around. And in total, we only have around 200 cases that have been reported across the globe. So this isn't a Covid pandemic-like situation where everybody needs to be really concerned about this," he said.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Experts are making a Turquoise Takeover to raise awareness for the number one cancer killer in Hawaii – lung cancer.
Officials at the American Lung Association say lung cancer is increasing in women and bringing them to the same rate as men. For the past 80 years, cases of lung cancer in women have gradually gone up.
The organization created the Hawaii Lung Force Women's Cabinet to raise awareness for women with lung cancer.
“I cannot stress how important early detection screenings are. Lung cancer really is a silent disease in a sense that you don’t know you have it until you’re in stage four,” said Julie Meier, co-chair of the Hawaii Lung Force Women's Cabinet.
Executive Director of American Lung Association Hawaii, Pedro Haro, says his key message this week is to share how much more common lung cancer is than other cancers.
”A lot of people don’t realize that lung cancer is the number-one cancer killer in the state. They think breast, prostate or colon might be more but more people die from lung cancer than all those cancers combined,” said Haro.
The American Lung Association was a driving force in the success of Senate Bill 2822. Hawaii state lawmakers recently passed the bill. If signed by Gov. David Ige, it will create a plan to increase early lung cancer screenings in the state.
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All but lost in the cacophony of the news of last week - continued fighting in Ukraine, continued economic worries, continued strife over abortion - were three of the most important sentences of the season. They came at the end of a 1,300-word speech that began "Happy Sunday!" and addressed a remarkable range of subjects from fishing to religious faith to what the speaker described as "a macabre regression of humanity."
These three vital sentences were uttered by Pope Francis, and they deserve some contemplation, perhaps even prayer. The subject was press freedom. Here are those remarks:
I pay homage to journalists who pay with their lives to serve this right. Last year, 47 journalists were killed worldwide, and more than 350 were imprisoned. Special thanks go to those who courageously inform us of the wounds of humanity.
The current pontiff isn't possessed of infallible judgment; last week he suggested the Russian invasion of Ukraine might be motivated by NATO's westward expansion. But in his remarks about journalism, he recognized there have been occasions in human history when the bishop of Rome must speak of universal truths or, in this case, of the value of the truth.
This is one of them. Despite the talk about "fake news," often promulgated by purveyors of fake news themselves, and the complaints that journalists feast on bad news, Francis saw clearly that journalists "courageously inform us of the wounds of humanity."
It's true that the Vatican has not been faultless in this endeavor. At a time when society was suffering some of its gravest wounds, Pius XII was silent, or couched the truth in language so opaque that he helped shield those in fascist Italy and Nazi Germany from seeing how their regimes were promulgating matchless wounds of humanity. All this is set out in a remarkable new book, "The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini and Hitler" by Brown University historian David I. Kertzer, to be published in a month. Pius spoke obliquely about peace as a "sublime heavenly gift that is the desire of all good souls." The truth was more complicated than that. It always is.
His successors have recognized that, and have spoken more forthrightly about the value of truth and, specifically, of journalism's tireless, relentless pursuit of truth.
Consider what Pope Paul VI, who as a top aide to Pius was at the pontiff's side during World War II, had to say once he had what is truly the world's bully pulpit. Here is an excerpt of his remarks 50 years ago this spring:
Sincerity and diligence: a little reflection on the words will reveal what a supremely honourable, what a thoroughly excellent, service the truly conscientious communicator gives to mankind and to truth, whether he be reporter, editor, information officer or broadcaster. Giving information implies a great deal more than observing and reporting a passing incident. The reporter relates the incident to the context in which it happens. He searches for the causes. He examines the surrounding circumstances.
Paul's remarks are all the more relevant when read in the context of how he saw journalism - much like "scientific research," he argued, for the reporter "must observe the facts carefully, he must check their accuracy, make a critical evaluation of the sources of his information, and finally, pass on his findings, all the time taking due care that nothing essential is overlooked or suppressed." A course on press ethics might start, and end, with those comments.
So, too, might the remarks of John Paul II, given on Oct. 2, 1979, to journalists in a small anteroom at the headquarters of the United Nations. I was a 25-year-old reporter covering the pope's American pilgrimage, and of all the thousands of speeches I have heard - in New Hampshire mountain hamlets, Iowa farms, Quebec provincial assembly rallies, congressional hearings, presidential inaugurals - these words I consider the most memorable:
You are indeed servants of truth; you are its tireless transmitters, diffusers, defenders. You are dedicated communicators, promoting unity among all nations by sharing truth among all peoples.
Then the pope addressed the anxieties that we possess - "If your reporting does not always command the attention you would desire, or if it does not always conclude with the success that you would wish" - and he bid us, "Do not grow discouraged. Be faithful to the truth and to its transmission, for truth endures; truth will not go away. Truth will not pass or change."
In the past several decades, challenges to the truth have come from dictators and presidents, and from petty local officials whose insecurity led them to close meetings that should have been open and suppress documents that should have been public. They might have heeded Pope John XXIII, who on June 29, 1959, recognized one of the great truths:
All the evils which poison men and nations and trouble so many hearts have a single cause and a single source: ignorance of the truth - and at times even more than ignorance, a contempt for truth and a reckless rejection of it. Thus arise all manner of errors, which enter the recesses of men's hearts and the bloodstream of human society as would a plague.
People in power seldom recognize the value of journalism, though one of the customs of the otherwise suspect Washington press dinners is to skewer the press and then to acknowledge its value.
Sen. John F. Kennedy did some skewering in 1958: If elected president, he said, "all reporters can go to Communist China without official protection - in fact, I'm drawing up now a list of those I want to go first." This spring, President Joe Biden did some acknowledging, deploring a world with "disinformation massively on the rise, where the truth is buried by lies and the lies live on as truth." Then he added:
What's clear - and I mean this from the bottom of my heart - that you, the free press, matter more than you ever did in the last century.
John Paul ended his comments a half-century ago with a truth that endures for all of us in our profession:
The service of truth, the service of humanity through the medium of the truth - is something worthy of your best years, your finest talents, your most dedicated efforts.
To which all of us, regardless of faith, might say: Amen.
David M. Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/prayerful-words-for-those-seeking-truth/article_30323dd1-973f-5b90-9014-1bb5dd473461.html | 2022-05-09T22:50:24Z |
Lost River High's Chase McAuliffe and Kieryn Ruda each won three individual events to lead the Raiders to the boys and girls track and field team titles Saturday at the Gilchrist Small Schools Invite.
McAuliffe won the 100 meters, high jump and triple jump as the Lost River boys finished with 158 points, nearly twice that of second-place Lakeview (80.5). McAuliffe set personal records in the 100 (12.20 seconds) and the high jump (5-foot-7). The Raiders also got first-place finishes from Hayden Duren in the 200, Isaac Hernandez in the 400, Nathan Dalton in the shot put and their 4x100 relay team of Connor Dunlea, McAuliffe, Hernandez and Dalton.
Ruda had a PR of 17.15 in the 100 hurdles, besting Chiloquin's Vanessa Koon by one second, and also won the 100 dash and the 300 hurdles. The Raiders' Carlie Palmer, Brielle Petrik, Julitza Serrato and Betty Kay Overcash won the 4x400 relay as they finished with 115 points. Lakeview was second with 80.
Other boys individual winners included: Lakeview's Daniel Murua (800); North Lake's Logen Grassman (pole vault) and Noah Roth (110 hurdles); Crosspoint Christian's Lucas Heryford (long jump) and Chiloquin's Robert Lawrence (300 hurdles).
Crosspoint Christian's team of Jack Spalding, Hunter White, Luke DeVault and Heryford edged Lost River in the 4x400 relay.
Other girls individual winners included: North Lake's Julie Roth (200, long jump) and Emily Murphy (javelin); Chiloquin's Anastasia Shanks (400) and Zada Koon (discus); Paisley's Nele Brottka (800); Lakeview's Abi Carter (3,000) and Breanna Strubel (triple jump); and Gilchrist's Charissa Rose-George (high jump).
Golf
Class 4A Special District 3 Tournament: Henley's boys team as well as Klamath Union's Isaac Barnes and Mazama's Shane Settle qualified for the Class 4A golf state championships, scheduled for May 16-17 at Quail Valley Golf Course in Banks.
Led by sophomore Gavin Knutson, the Hornets finished second in the 4A Special District 3 tournament Friday at Eagle Point Golf Course to clinch a state berth. North Valley won the team title.
KU's Barnes finished fourth overall at 181 and Mazama's Settle was fifth with a 184 to claim individual berths. Knutson took sixth overall with a 190. Siuslaw freshman Ryan Klampe shot 74-80–154 to earn medalist honors, 13 strokes ahead of North Valley senior Cruz Kilborn, the runner-up.
Baseball
Mazama 11-19, Klamath Union 0-4: The host Vikings (14-8 overall, 10-2 Skyline) overcame an early deficit with a 13-run second inning to win the second game and complete the sweep of the Pelicans (3-18, 1-11) on Saturday to pull into a three-way tie for first place with Hidden Valley and Henley.
Braden Davis didn't allow an earned run over four innings to earn the victory, scored three times and had three RBIs. Skyler Doss went 3 for 3 with three runs and Drew Raebel added three RBIs.
KU's Brandon Jones went 2 for 3 with two runs batted in.
In the opener, Nathan Baker pitched five scoreless innings, allowed four hits and struck out eight. Marcus Ulloa-Ford went 2 for 2 with a double and triple, scored twice and had two RBIs.
Softball
Mazama 15-15, Klamath Union 0-0: Caelyn Davis and Kennedy Lease each pitched shutouts as the host Vikings (16-5, 12-0) remained tied with Henley atop the Skyline Conference by sweeping the Pelicans (2-16, 0-12).
Addy McGirr hit a grand slam and Lease also homered in the opener and Davis struck out seven and allowed just two hits over four innings.
In the second game, Davis went 4 for 4 with two doubles, a triple, three runs and three RBIs. Lease allowed one hit in four innings, with five strikeouts.
KU's Kristi Russel had hits in both games.
Henley 18-24, Phoenix 3-1: Annie Campos went 3 for 5 with a double, home run and six RBIs and also pitched a two-hitter as the visiting Hornets (12-10, 12-0) completed the sweep Friday.
Malia Mick went 3 for 3 with a double, homer and six RBIs and Elizabeth Powell was 3 for 3 with a double, triple and five RBIs.
In the opener, Campos went 3 for 4 with a double and triple and allowed just one earned run on six hits in six innings, with nine strikeouts.
Lily Fitzpatrick went 3 for 5 with two doubles and a home run. Anna Harper and Malia Mick also homered. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/prep-roundup-lost-river-wins-track-and-field-titles-at-gilchrist-small-schools-invite/article_6d06b8fc-4117-5506-9576-fd4a4fa0ef99.html | 2022-05-09T22:50:30Z |
Oregonians won’t get the chance to vote on whether to decriminalize sex work this year after backers of a ballot initiative ended their campaign late last week.
The proposed initiative would have made it legal to buy and sell sex in Oregon and would have treated sex work like other occupations, subject to employment law and state health and safety standards.
Petitioners were running out of time to gather more than 112,000 signatures from Oregon voters by July 8 to make the ballot, in part because advocates for survivors of human trafficking sued over the language that would have appeared on ballots. Signature-gathering couldn’t start until after the court case was resolved, which could take weeks.
Aaron Boonshoft, a Portland resident who sponsored the ballot initiative, said in a statement to the Capital Chronicle that he’ll continue pushing to decriminalize sex work. That could take the form of another ballot measure in 2024, or legislative action. Before Boonshoft filed his initiative last year, state Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, introduced a bill to decriminalize sex work, but it didn’t make it out of a legislative committee.
“We are committed to sex worker-led decriminalization efforts,” Boonshoft said. “All Oregonians should have access to health, safety and justice. And I believe sex worker rights are at the forefront of what’s needed to create a more just, kind and compassionate world.”
Boonshoft is the son of an Ohio commodities trader and describes himself as not employed in recent campaign finance filings. He gave a combined $275,000 to progressive district attorney candidates in Washington and Marion counties in April. The initiative campaign previously described him as a “client of legal, consensual sex work.”
The initiative petition Boonshoft withdrew Thursday was actually the second attempt, after initially filing last November. After Secretary of State Shemia Fagan rejected proposed initiatives on campaign finance reform for not including the full text of the state laws that would affect, Boonshoft withdrew the first petition in January. He filed again with 1,000 signatures from Oregon voters – the first step in getting an initiative on the ballot.
Supporters also faced a legal challenge from a group of Oregonians concerned about human trafficking, who said in a complaint before the Oregon Supreme Court that draft ballot language approved by Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum would mislead Oregon voters by not emphasizing how the measure would protect pimps and people buying sex.
In their court filing, Kiera Usagawa, Lauren Trantham, Joyclyn Bell, Justin Euteneier, Carla Penn-Hopson and Adrienne Livingston wrote that they agreed that sex workers should not be subject to criminal charges.
“Petitioners are involving themselves in this process out of a concern that IP 51 will further marginalize sex workers by providing special legal rights for sex purchasers, pimps, and brothels,” their court filing said.
The sex work initiative is the latest high-profile proposed measure that won’t make it before voters this year. Fagan and the Oregon Supreme Court blocked attempts to limit campaign contributions for technical reasons, and earlier this week supporters of an independent redistricting commission said they were giving up and would try again in 2024.
Initiatives that would allow grocery stores to sell hard liquor, punish legislators who walk out of sessions and create more stringent gun control laws are gathering signatures. Voters will know by August which measures will make their November ballots. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/proposal-to-decriminalize-sex-work-won-t-appear-on-oregon-ballots/article_83f4bed3-79f5-583f-b084-326cc74bdcbf.html | 2022-05-09T22:50:36Z |
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