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Automatic combustion system tuning for forge and heat treat furnace uniformity surveys
CLEVELAND, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fives North American Combustion, Inc. has released its flagship Industry 4.0 product for the forging and heat treatment markets. The North American CertiFire® is a first-of-its-kind IIoT device for automatic combustion system tuning. The auxiliary hardware device is designed to tune a furnace combustion system quicker and to tighter tolerances, streamlining temperature uniformity surveying and certification. Preconfigured for each unique system, the technology is plug-and-play compatible with most industrial control equipment. Learn more about tightening furnace temperature uniformity here: fivesna.group/certifire
Designed to supply four key benefits to customers:
- Tuning speeds: Average 70% reduction in tuning time
- Tuning accuracy: Tolerances beyond ±5°F for Class I furnaces
- Product quality: Consistently produce reliable parts
- Real-time data & analytics: Accessible anytime, anywhere
Using its patent pending algorithms, the tuning accuracy of the North American CertiFire® surpasses manual tuning, with the ability to tune a Class IV (±20°F) furnace beyond the temperature uniformity of Class I (±5°F). "We expected automation to help us tune faster than by hand," said Justin Dzik, Manager of Business Development at Fives North American Combustion, "but after testing we were able to see just how big of an impact this technology will have on the industry." Through advanced data processing and real-time analytics, the CertiFire® gives insight into degradation, expected maintenance, predicted failures and a smarter recertification window. Enter Industry 4.0 with the North American CertiFire® to resolve your furnace temperature disparities.
About Fives
As an industrial engineering Group with a heritage of over 200 years, Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world's largest industrial players in various sectors such as steel, aluminum, forge, heat treat, aerospace and manufacturing industries, like cement, energy, logistics and glass.
The effectiveness of its R&D programs enables Fives to design forward-thinking solutions that anticipate industrials' needs in terms of profitability, performance, quality, safety and respect for the environment. In 2020, Fives achieved a turnover of €1.6 billion and employed more than 8,000 people in about thirty countries.
Press Contact
Elyse Schodowski
elyse.schodowski@fivesgroup.com
4455 E. 71st Street Cleveland, OH 44105
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Forte Minerals Corp. ("Forte") or the ("Company") (CSE: CUAU) (OTCQB: FOMNF) (Frankfurt: 2OA), a junior mining exploration company has blended assets with GlobeTrotters Resources Peru SAC to build an attractive portfolio of high-quality copper and gold assets in Peru. The company's portfolio combines early-stage and drill-ready targets with a historically discovered and drilled porphyry system that is strategically positioned for target resolution and mineral inventory development.
Forte Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce that its common shares will begin trading on the OTCQB under the symbol "FOMNF" as of the opening of the market on April 7th, 2022. In conjunction with the new OTCQB listing, the Company has also applied and is awaiting approval from the Depository Trust Company to make the Company's common shares eligible to clear electronically and settle through DTC. This approval would further facilitate trading in the United States.
Operated by OTC Markets, the OTCQB offers transparent trading in entrepreneurial and development stage companies that have met a minimum bid price test, are current in their financial reporting, and have undergone an annual verification and management certification process. The OTCQB is recognized by the United States ("US") Securities and Exchange Commission as an established public market providing public information for analysis and value of securities. These standards provide a strong baseline of transparency, as well as the technology and regulations to improve the trading experience for investors.
Investors or other interested parties in the US can obtain real-time quotes for Forte Minerals Corp. as well as access its most current news and other information at www.otcmarkets.com.
Forte Minerals Corp.'s common shares will continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange the symbol "CUAU" and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol "2OA".
The Company is committed to maximizing shareholder value through acquiring, exploring, discovering, and developing copper and gold projects in Peru. Moving rapidly along the line of opportunity towards a value maxima is very attractive to investors. Significant value growth is generated when early-stage exploration moves towards resource definition while zoning in on target development and eliminating the early-stage grassroots risk. All three of Forte's properties offer this opportunity, with tremendous upside considering their geological potential.
On behalf of FORTE MINERALS CORP.
(signed) "Patrick Elliott"
Chief Executive Officer
Certain statements included in this press release constitute forward-looking information or statements (collectively, "forward-looking statements"), including those identified by the expressions "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "should" and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company or its management. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect current expectations regarding future results or events. This press release contains forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and various estimates, factors and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors.
Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include the continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions, including the effects of COVID-19. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by such statements. Although such statements are based on management's reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that the statements will prove to be accurate or that management's expectations or estimates of future developments, circumstances or results will materialize. The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking information to reflect new events or circumstances unless required by law. Readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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HealthWell's 2021 Year in Review Now Available
GERMANTOWN, Md., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The HealthWell Foundation®, an independent non-profit that provides a financial lifeline for inadequately insured Americans, is proud to announce that they have reached the milestone of providing financial assistance through more than 1.1 million grants. Since awarding their first grant in 2004, the HealthWell Foundation has served as a safety net to over 727,000 patients across more than 85 disease areas by providing over $2.7 billion in financial support to underinsured patients who would otherwise have forgone life-changing, often lifesaving, medical treatments simply because their health insurance was not enough.
HealthWell recently published its 2021 Year in Review illustrating its accomplishments. Highlights from 2021 include:
- Awarding over $818.4 million in medication copayment and insurance premium assistance to more than 175,000 underinsured Americans through close to 185,500 grants.
- Launching or re-opening 18 funds, including new funds to assist Medicare patients living with Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Neurocognitive Disease with Psychosis, Pancreatic Cancer and Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Continuing to compliantly operate over 60 funds in a variety of disease areas, including multiple funds in oncology, and special initiative funds in behavioral health and pediatrics.
- Receiving over $538* million in donations from the kindness of our corporate, non-profit, and individual supporters.
- Maintaining operational efficiency by programming grants with an overhead rate of less than 2.61% foundation-wide, while never using any donor dollars to pay administrative fees.
"We were honored to have achieved numerous milestones and to have been able to assist a record number of underinsured patients in 2021," said Krista Zodet, HealthWell Foundation President. "In addition, we were humbled by the dedicated support of our individual and corporate donors. Thanks to their continued generosity and unwavering trust, we were able to continue to carry out our mission to reduce financial barriers to care for underinsured patients with chronic or life-altering diseases. We do not take this support lightly, but believe that the trust our donors have placed in us is a direct result of the integrity and high standards with which we operate. Thank you for allowing the HealthWell Foundation to fill a critical, unmet need, for those who have nowhere else to turn."
The full version of our 2021 Year in Review can be viewed here. To learn more about HealthWell programs and our robust disease fund portfolio, visit our website at HealthWellFoundation.org.
About the HealthWell Foundation
A nationally recognized, independent non-profit organization founded in 2003, the HealthWell Foundation has served as a safety net across over 85 disease areas for more than 727,000 underinsured patients. Since its inception, HealthWell has provided over $2.7 billion in financial support through more than 1.1 million grants to access life-changing medical treatments patients otherwise would not be able to afford. HealthWell provides financial assistance to adults and children facing medical hardship resulting from gaps in their insurance that cause out-of-pocket medical expenses to escalate rapidly; HealthWell assists with the treatment-related cost-sharing obligations of these patients. HealthWell ranked 27th on the 2021 Forbes list of The 100 Largest U.S. Charities and was recognized for its 100 percent fundraising efficiency. For more information, visit www.HealthWellFoundation.org.
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Ginny Dunn
240-632-5309
ginny.dunn@healthwellfoundation.org
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heil, a leader in refuse collection truck body innovation and technology, and a part of Environmental Solutions Group ("ESG"), today announced the acquisition of certain intellectual property from Boivin Evolution Inc. ("BEV") related to electrically-powered refuse collection vehicle ("RCV") bodies.
Founded by Claude Boivin, a 40 plus year refuse-industry veteran, who is well known for his entrepreneurial and innovative contributions, the acquisition of BEV's technology represents Heil's entry into the fully-electric automated side loader market.
BEV is a pioneer in technology that enables the operation of a fully-electric automated RCV, versus current technologies that adapt a traditional hydraulic body to battery-powered chassis. BEV RCVs can be configured to be completely self-powered with their own battery packs for conventional diesel, compressed natural gas ("CNG"), or electric power chassis, and can also be integrated into the electric-powered chassis to use a common battery pack. An RCV using BEV's technology can complete a full ten-hour route on a single overnight charge, while packing ten tons of legal payload, and still have battery charge to spare. In addition, the use of electric RCVs offers waste haulers and their municipal waste customers a new technologically and economically viable tool for sustainability initiatives.
"Heil has long been recognized as a pioneer in alternative fuel technologies, starting with our CNrG® CNG tailgate offering and the mounting of Heil hydraulic powered bodies on electric chassis," said ESG President, Pat Carroll. "The relationship fostered with Claude Boivin and BEV fits perfectly with Heil's focus on bringing innovative designs to improve efficiency and productivity."
"With the advent of electrification of the RCV body, the need for hydraulic power is eliminated, thereby reducing the environmental impact and a significant cost component of truck bodies," said BEV President, Claude Boivin. "With this all-electric body, maintenance costs are reduced, NOx emissions – when paired with a diesel chassis – are reduced, and overall energy consumption goes down. When paired with an electric chassis, BEV technology enables an RCV with virtually zero emissions."
"Heil is part of Environmental Solutions Group – and that's not just a name to us," said Carroll. "The introduction of the Heil electric body is the next step in our evolutionary process to develop products and services that enable our customers to positively impact our environment today while performing their important societal function in an economical and efficient way."
Concurrently with the acquisition, BEV and Heil have entered into a commercial partnership under which BEV will manufacture RCV bodies for markets in Canada and France under the BEV brand, while RCV bodies for markets throughout the rest of the world will be manufactured and supported by Heil.
Heil and BEV will also jointly collaborate in the development of future electric-powered refuse collection technologies.
Established in 1901, Heil is one of the world's premier manufacturers of ultra-durable, high productivity, custom-configured garbage truck bodies with optimized chassis integration and automation solutions that help customers achieve the lowest cost of ownership. Their refuse collection bodies include a wide variety of front loaders, side loaders, and rear loaders. Heil bodies are known throughout the waste industry as being legendary for productivity, long life, ease of maintenance, and operator safety. Heil is a part of the Environmental Solutions Group family of companies serving the waste industry. Heil has a nationwide network of 34 dealers in over 50 locations across the United States. They are proud to be a leader in customer service and provide world-class training, and after-the-sale support. For more information about Heil, visit heil.com, the Heil Facebook page or follow Heil on Twitter.
Founded in 2017 and located in Levis, Québec, Boivin Evolution specializes in designing and manufacturing all types of all-electric refuse collection bodies. For more information about BEV, visit www.bev.ca, LinkedIn, or Facebook
Heil Contact:
Matthew Morgan
(423) 876-8585
mattmorgan@doveresg.com
Boivin Evolution Contact:
Claude Boivin
418-717-8250
claude.boivin@bev.ca
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SHANGHAI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK) announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan-Drug Designation (ODD) for HANSIZHUANG (serplulimab) for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). This is the first such designation granted to HANSIZHUANG. The ODD granted by the FDA is beneficial for the continuous development of HANSIZHUANG and the enjoyment of certain policy support in terms of registration and commercialization in the United States. The company plans to file its NDA in China and MAA in the EU in 2022, making HANSIZHUANG potentially to be the world's first PD-1 inhibitor for the first-line treatment of SCLC.
Orphan drugs refer to pharmaceutical products developed for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases or conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. at the time of designation and to offer certain policy support, including but not limited to: 1) tax credits for clinical trial costs; 2) waiver of application fees for new drugs; and 3) seven years of market exclusivity without being affected by patent.
According to GLOBOCAN 2020, lung cancer (LC) is the second most common cancer around the world. There were 2.2 million new LC cases and 1.8 million new deaths in 2020 worldwide, and LC is the leading cause of cancer deaths[1]. SCLC accounts for 15%–20% of all cases and is the most aggressive type of LC. It is classified into two stages: limited stage (LS-SCLC) and extended stage (ES-SCLC), with both exhibiting high malignancy, strong invasiveness, early metastasis, fast disease progression, and a poor prognosis. The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors has been proved to bring hope to patients with ES-SCLC but fraught with challenges. In recent years, a number of PD-1 mAbs have failed in the area. On the other hand, the standard treatment regimens for LS-SCLC are surgery, chemotherapy and concurrent radiotherapy. Traditional chemotherapeutic drugs did not exhibit significant progress in patients with LS-SCLC, and most patients tend to develop drug resistance or rapid relapse[2-4].
Based on the unmet clinical needs, Henlius promotes a series of immunotherapy studies in the field of SCLC, with the goal of providing more effective treatment approaches for patients. Henlius has undertaken multiple trials to investigate therapy options for both LS-SCLC and ES-SCLC, including the global multi-centre phase 3 study of HANSIZHUANG for the first-line treatment of ES-SCLC (ASTRUM-005) and the investigational new drug application (IND) of international multi-centre phase 3 studies of HANSIZHUANG (serplulimab) approval from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). In detail, ASTRUM-005 is a randomised, double-blind, international, multi-centre, phase 3 clinical study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of HANSIZHUANG with placebo when combined with chemotherapy (carboplatin-etoposide) in previously untreated patients with SCLC. This study has set up about 128 sites in China, Turkey, Poland, Georgia, etc. and 585 subjects were enrolled, among whom 31.5% were Caucasian. In Dec 2021, ASTRUM-005 has met the primary study endpoint of the overall survival (OS), reducing the risk of death by 38% of the overall population (41% in the Asian subgroup). Based on the excellent readouts, the company intends to file NDA for the indication shortly.
In the future, Henlius will continue to emphasize unmet clinical needs and actively promote the combination immunotherapy of serplulimab and international regulatory registration to benefit more patients around the world.
About HANSIZHUANG
HANSIZHUANG (recombinant humanized anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody injection, generic name: serplulimab injection) is the first innovative monoclonal antibody developed by Henlius. It is approved by the NMPA for the treatment of MSI-H solid tumors in March 2022. Henlius actively promotes HANSIZHUANG in conjunction with in-house products of the company and innovative therapies. It has successively obtained clinical trial licenses in China, the United States, the European Union and other countries and regions to initiate 9 clinical trials on immuno-oncology combination therapies of HANSIZHUANG worldwide in a wide variety of indications, such as lung cancer, esophageal carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cancer, etc., and covering the full range of first-line treatments of lung cancers. Up to date, the company has enrolled more than 2,800 subjects in China, Turkey, Poland, Georgia and other countries and regions, and the proportion of Caucasians is over 30% in two MRCTs, making HANSIZHUANG an anti-PD-1 mAb with one of the largest global clinical data pools. The NDA of the treatment for squamous non-small cell lung cancer (sqNSCLC) has been accepted by the NMPA and is expected to be approved in 2022. Furthermore, the global multi-center phase 3 clinical study of HANSIZHUANG in combination with chemotherapy in previously untreated extensive small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) met the primary endpoint of overall survival (OS) with remarkable readouts and its NDA in China and MAA in the EU are expected to be filed in 2022, making this product potentially the world's first anti-PD-1 mAb for the first-line treatment of SCLC.
About Henlius
Henlius (2696.HK) is a global biopharmaceutical company with the vision to offer high-quality, affordable and innovative biologic medicines for patients worldwide with a focus on oncology, autoimmune diseases and ophthalmic diseases. Up to date, 5 products have been launched in China, 1 in Europe, 13 indications approved worldwide, and 1 New Drug Application (NDA) accepted for review in China. Since its inception in 2010, Henlius has built an integrated biopharmaceutical platform with core capabilities of high-efficiency and innovation embedded throughout the whole product life cycle including R&D, manufacturing and commercialization. It has established global innovation centers and a Shanghai-based manufacturing facility certificated by China and the EU Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
Henlius has pro-actively built a diversified and high-quality product pipeline covering over 20 innovative monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and has continued to explore immuno-oncology combination therapies with proprietary HANSIZHUANG (anti-PD-1 mAb) as backbone. Apart from the launched products HANLIKANG (rituximab), the first China-developed biosimilar, HANQUYOU (trastuzumab, Zercepac® in Europe), the first China-developed mAb biosimilar approved both in China and Europe, HANDAYUAN (adalimumab) and HANBEITAI (bevacizumab), the innovative product HANSIZHUANG has been approved by the NMPA for the treatment of MSI-H solid tumors and its NDA for the treatment of squamous non-small cell lung cancer is under review. What's more, Henlius has conducted over 20 clinical studies for 12 products and 9 combination therapies worldwide, expanding its presence in major markets as well as emerging markets.
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With two customer-favorite flavors, the Delta-8 Max line grows to bring more options to enthusiasts with varying preferences.
AUSTIN, Texas , April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hometown Hero CBD, the veteran-supporting cannabusiness, is pleased to announce the release of its Green Apple Delta-8 Max Gummies and Watermelon Delta-8 Max Gummies. Like the previously released Grape Delta-8 Max Gummies, the new flavors feature 100mg of Delta-8 THC per gummy and come in bags of 10. As with all of its other products, Hometown Hero CBD will donate a portion of proceeds from these new flavors of their 100mg Delta-8 Gummies to organizations that help veterans in need.
Enthusiasts familiar with Hometown Hero CBD's Delta-8 offerings might recognize the flavors. The company does offer customers sour green apple and the sweet yet mellow taste of watermelon in the form of its 25mg Delta-8 Gummies. With these new edibles, experienced Delta-8 enthusiasts can enjoy the flavors they've enjoyed in the past, but with cannabinoid content closer to their preferences.
"We first launched Delta-8 Max to bring a product for those who require a greater concentration to meet their needs," said Lewis Hamer, Vice President of Hometown Hero CBD. "It was great seeing the praise and feedback from the initial launch, and we're excited to bring two customer-favorite flavors in a 100mg form."
The following are features of Hometown Hero CBD's Delta-8 Max Gummies :
- 100mg of Delta-8 THC per gummy for experienced hemp-enthusiasts
- 10 gummies per pack to enjoy for multiple sessions
- 100% hemp-derived Delta-8 THC, making it federally legal and legal in many states
- Tested by a DEA-registered lab to ensure cannabinoid content and product safety
For those curious about trying Delta-8, Hometown Hero CBD offers first-time customers at least 21 years of age complimentary samples of its 25mg Delta-8 gummies.
About Hometown Hero CBD
Hometown Hero CBD manufactures and distributes hemp-derived Delta-9 THC, Delta-8 THC, and CBDA + CBGA products. Founded in 2015 by U.S. Coast Guard veteran Lukas Gilkey and Lewis Hamer, the company donates a portion of proceeds from all products sold to various charities and organizations that support veterans. For more information, visit HometownHeroCBD.com, email the company at PR@hometownhero.com or follow the brand on Facebook and Twitter at @HometownHeroATX and Instagram at @HometownHeroATX.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoosiers For Good Inc signed its first class of 14 community-minded Indiana University student athletes who will use their platform and influence to raise awareness for eight Indiana charity partners: Riley Children's Foundation, Indiana Wish, Indiana Region of the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Turnstone, Stop the Violence Indianapolis, Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington and RecycleForce.
Consistent with Hoosiers For Good's values, the inaugural class diversely represents the IU men's and women's basketball programs, football, women's volleyball, softball, women's swimming and diving, and women's soccer. Each athlete is partnered with a local charity to help raise awareness for its mission through in-person appearances and social media.
The Hoosiers For Good Spring 2022 Class
"We are excited to announce our first class of Hoosiers For Good student athletes," said Hoosiers For Good Executive Director Tyler Harris. "From the outset, we have been intentional in identifying student athletes who have a platform and the ambition to positively impact communities in Indiana through charitable participation. We believe this first class of Hoosiers For Good student athletes, and all subsequent classes, will drive real value for our charitable partners."
On July 1, 2021, the NCAA implemented an interim policy that permits IU student athletes in all sports the opportunity to benefit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL).
Launched in early March, Hoosiers For Good engages IU student athletes who are passionate about using their NIL to amplify the philanthropic work that helps Indiana communities thrive. Hoosiers For Good has carefully considered, unanimously adopted, and transparently published its Name, Image, and Likeness Charitable Activities Policy establishing its authority, expectations, and restrictions with regard to its NIL activities.
The aggregate NIL compensation for the first Hoosiers For Good class totals $470,000, funded by the generous donations of supporters. Consistent with the vision of Hoosiers For Good, agreements are not "one size fits all." Rather, the value of the agreements varies based on the reach and platform each student athlete has to positively impact their charity.
Under their agreements with Hoosiers For Good, each student athlete will, among other responsibilities, provide a variety of NIL services to their paired charities including a number of in-person appearances (such as speaking, presentation of skills, autograph sessions, and the like) as well as social media posts promoting these appearances and their charity.
"We are proud to announce this substantial and unique support for these Indiana charities and the people and communities they serve," said Hoosiers For Good Legal Counsel Fred Glass. "It is worth expressly noting that we are not announcing, and cannot announce, that any or all of these students are definitely staying at IU for their next season of eligibility. The agreements we announce today do not, and cannot, include any requirement that they be enrolled at IU in order to provide these NIL services."
Consistent with its general expectation to form a class of student athletes each Spring and Fall, Hoosiers For Good will sign a second class later this year. Hoosiers For Good also plans to hold other programs and events over the course of the year.
"As a student athlete I am always looking for ways to impact my community, and I'm so excited to be a part of the work that Indiana Wish is doing to grant wishes for kids. Supporting Indiana Wish and these kids and families gives me the opportunity to be a part of something that's much bigger than myself," said Mackenzie Holmes, IU women's basketball forward, who has partnered with Indiana Wish.
Hoosiers For Good encourages any Indiana University student athlete who is passionate about charitable work to submit a proposal for funding through its charitable Incubator Program, a first-of-its-kind opportunity for philanthropic entrepreneurism to empower student athletes to use their voice to support charitable causes. Hoosiers For Good anticipates that its charitable Incubator Program will engage even more Indiana University student-athletes
"I'm excited to partner with Stop the Violence Indianapolis and Turnstone as a Hoosiers For Good athlete," said IU men's basketball forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. "I am truly blessed to raise awareness for these causes that empower people throughout Indiana."
About Hoosiers For Good
The mission of Hoosiers For Good is to raise awareness for charitable causes throughout Indiana—by partnering local charities with community-minded IU student athletes who choose to use their platform and influence to amplify the philanthropic work that helps our community thrive. For more information, visit www.HoosiersForGood.org.
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Donate now: Hoosiers for Good Inc is actively pursuing federal 501(c)3 status, currently donations are not tax deductible.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 treasury organizations in the U.S., U.K. and Europe shared their plans regarding cash, investments and the interplay between staff and technology in the 2022 ICD Client Survey, which closed in February. ICD is an independent portal provider of money market funds and other short-term investments, exclusively serving the treasury industry.
"We see treasury teams preserving capital and keeping investments short to take advantage of expected yield in a rising interest rate environment," says ICD CEO Tory Hazard. "Further, institutional investors are looking to grow their investments in prime money market funds in the Americas and LVNAV assets in the U.K. and Europe."
Highlights of the 2022 ICD Survey include:
71% - Treasury teams expect to maintain or increase cash balances in the first half of 2022, up from 61% reported last year, suggesting uncertainty over macroeconomic and geopolitical developments.
83% - Organizations are maintaining or increasing investment in money market funds ahead of rate hikes to maximize yield while maintaining liquidity and safety.
94% - Most UK/Europe respondents are invested in or planning on investing in Short-Term LVNAV money market funds, an increase of 52% over last year.
46% - Treasury teams in the Americas are investing in or planning on investing in Demand Bank Deposits; down 19% from last year.
56% - Respondents in the Americas said they are invested in or planning on investing in prime money market funds, up 19% from last year, to take advantage of increased yields.
62% - Organizations are engaging in treasury transformations over the course of the year, turning to technology to close the gap between limited resources and increasing responsibilities.
To read the full 2022 ICD Survey, visit icdportal.com/resources. To learn more about ICD, contact info@icdportal.com.
About ICD
ICD is treasury's trusted, independent portal provider of money market funds and other short-term investments. We provide intuitive technology and unbiased access to over 350 investment products through ICD Portal, a model in the industry for trading, reporting and analysis. Through our Global Trade Desk, located in London, Boston and San Francisco, we offer follow-the-sun support and expert service.
ICD Media Contact
Zoe Sochor
+1 646.581.3277 zoe.sochor@icdportal.com
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Report highlights contributions of genomics to advances in public health and overall health of our planet
SAN DIEGO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, highlighting the company's 2021 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) program and commitment to human health. The report details Illumina's role as a champion for patients, communities, people, and the planet.
"Over the last year, we saw countless examples of resilience, perseverance, and progress as we continue to respond to the pandemic, push for greater access to and equity in genomics, and protect our planet," said Francis de Souza, Chief Executive Officer. "Through our advanced technology, we empower researchers and clinicians to find solutions for the world's most pressing challenges. As we look forward, we are focused on continuing to positively impact the world by unlocking the power of the genome to shape a more sustainable, more equitable, and healthier future for all."
Illumina's ESG efforts outlined in the Report include the following focus areas:
- Expanding access to genomics
- Empowering our communities
- Integrating environmental sustainability
- Nurturing our people
- Operating responsibly and enabling innovation for good
In 2021, the company took significant steps to advance each of these areas, including:
- Achieved 1 billion covered lives for genomic testing around the world
- Contributed more than $14.5 million in total global donations to more than 1,300 causes
- Sourced 59% of global electricity consumption from renewable sources
- Reduced scope 1 and 2 emissions from direct operations by 24%
- Committed to net zero emissions throughout entire value chain by 2050
- Maintained a zero net pay gap
- Increased female representation in executive leadership by 5% in the last 3 years
- Reached 50% minority representation in the US workforce
- Engaged over 4,000 employees in employee resource group (ERG) programming.
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MINNEAPOLIS, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood) is no stranger to explosive growth. Over the past three years, the firm has added more than 350 employees, grown from 16 offices to 23, and added 7 in-house services, bringing the total to 15. The most recent service group making waves is its substation engineering team due to its expanded leadership, team, and awarded projects.
Westwood's Substation service group is now led by Pete Baxter, PE from Westwood's Raleigh, North Carolina office. Baxter serves as the firm's Substation Manager. With over 30 years of experience designing substations from 2.4 kV to 500 kV, he is well positioned to oversee the group as they experience remarkable growth. Baxter has worked for small and large consulting firms, public power utilities, and an EPC substation group. In his role, Baxter will support the execution of new projects and the continued formation of the team.
"It is really special to be a part of something that has grown as impressively as the substation group," says Pete Baxter, PE. "The future of the group looks bright with new technologies, projects, and team members."
Baxter joined Westwood in May 2020 as one of the original members of the Substation service group. Since then, the team has experienced a tremendous expansion and expects to continue this growth by adding 50 additional people by the end of the year. Going forward, the service group is focused on expanding the innovative technologies and programs used to execute small- and large-scale projects for utilities, developers, and EPC contractors. Whether it is an opportunity to build or upgrade substation solutions, the group is on a path of strong expansion that will support a variety of utility and renewable clients.
"I'm proud of the smart, intentional actions made by this group," says Dan Beckmann, PE Senior Vice President, Power Division. "They play an integral part in our strategic growth and, as a company, we look forward to the new and innovative capabilities we will see from this team."
Congratulations to Baxter and his continued success at Westwood as well as the inspiring future of the Substation team.
About Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood)
Westwood is a leading and award winning, full-service, multi-discipline professional civil engineering firm specializing in public infrastructure, private development, wind, solar, and power delivery projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through a focus on its people, culture, and clients, Westwood has quickly expanded to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. View more Westwood facts.
Awards
In 2021, Westwood placed #4 and #21 respectively on Zweig Group's national Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists and received two 2nd place Zweig Marketing Excellence awards. Westwood also ranked consistently higher on the Engineering News Record (ENR) 500 four years in a row as one of the country's leading design firms. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-winning projects nationwide.
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Automation renders hand coding and legacy point tools obsolete
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infoworks.io announces Infoworks Replicator 4.0, enabling migration of on-premises Hadoop data lakes to the cloud three times faster with one-third the resources required of traditional approaches. Digital transformation is a critical imperative for enterprises, migrating data and analytics to the cloud is an essential step. Infoworks Replicator has fundamentally changed the game.
Automation enables rapid migration with fewer specialized resources
Infoworks Replicator makes obsolete hand-coding and labor-intensive legacy point tool processes to enable cloud data migration with fewer specialized resources, at lower cost. By automating the process, data and metadata are rapidly migrated, and scarce expensive data talent is freed to focus on higher-value business priorities.
Continuous synchronization ensures seamless migration
Replicator runs as a service, maintaining continuous operation and synchronization between on-premises Hadoop and cloud clusters to ensure consistency and continuity. Replicator enables migrations of petabytes of data without risk of data loss or business disruption; automated error handling and fault tolerance mitigate the impact of network and node failures for seamless migration.
"Our differentiated approach to high-speed computation of changes and differences between the on-premises Hadoop cluster and the cluster in the cloud changes the game. We rethought the approach to data migration to meet modern needs of scale and speed which were previously unachievable," said Amar Arsikere, Infoworks Chief Product Officer, CTO and co-founder. "Automation is essential to the success of any large-scale data migration."
Designed for today's modern cloud data platform
Infoworks solves for the hurdles businesses face in cloud data and workload migration. Designed for large-scale hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Infoworks Replicator is extensible to the full Infoworks Platform. Infoworks provides customers a comprehensive solution for establishing a modern automated data platform - enabling unprecedented agility, scale, and simplicity from initial cloud migration to subsequent enterprise-wide data operations and orchestration.
To learn more about how to accelerate your Hadoop to cloud migration contact us at replicator@infoworks.io or visit us at https://www.infoworks.io/products/infoworks-replicator/
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Infoworks software solutions are enabling enterprise organizations to fully leverage their data assets and realize faster time-to-value in the cloud. Our software automates the migration of data, metadata and workloads while also automating the data platform for post-migration scale and agility. Infoworks is the only solution purpose-built for today's hybrid, multi-cloud environments, and is relied on by some of the world's largest financial, retail, technology, healthcare, oil & gas, and manufacturing companies. To learn more, please visit infoworks.io.
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Taking Security and Organizational Controls One Step Further to Meet Customer Needs
CHICAGO and MALMÖ, Sweden, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inriver, a company that empowers organizations to deliver revenue-driving information management (PIM) across every customer touchpoint, today announced that inriver PIM has attained its second Service and Organizational Controls (SOC) 2 Type 2 unqualified report. Achieving once again a SOC 2 Type 2 unqualified report indicates the auditors didn't find anything below the minimum set by the applicable Trust Service Criteria (TSC).
This means inriver has maintained the highest level of requirements within the industry to further protect and secure customer data and the availability of its product.
SOC 2 Type 2 is an auditing procedure highly adopted by cloud-based service providers by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This ensures a standard degree of security control in areas including organization and management, communications, risk management, monitoring of controls, and more. Meeting this milestone addresses critical compliance requirements of inriver's diverse and global customer base.
"Global brands need to feel secure and confident that the solutions they rely on daily to engage customers meets the highest level of compliance," says Johan Boström, co-founder and chief product officer, inriver. "Omnichannel commerce evolves quickly today. We want our customers to focus on driving revenue, not worrying about their data security. That is why we are committed to achieving these milestones like SOC 2 Type 2."
Learn more about how inriver helps the world's best brands open the digital front door to revenue and deliver better customer experiences through product information.
About inriver
Inriver empowers organizations to deliver revenue-driving product information at every touchpoint. Inriver's Digital-first PIM™ enables organizations to bring compelling product stories to life for highly customized purchases, obtain actionable guidance on what influences buying decisions, and then quickly adapt to put insights into action. Inriver helps B2B and B2C organizations turn product information into strategic assets to drive revenue for over 1,600 brands and 700 customers globally. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, inriver has offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Davao, London, Manila, and Stockholm. For more information visit inriver.com.
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- Carbon Capture Shield, Inc. of Washington, D.C. has partnered with:
- Together, they have entered the XPRIZE Carbon Removal – with a plan to utilize carbon offsets bought by companies like Microsoft or Morgan Stanley and use those funds to pay farmers to regenerate their land through a process known as "carbon farming."
- Their team is working with researchers such as Dr. Elaine Ingham, PhD and a network of qualified soil scientists and farmers from around the world.
- Their initial project proposal is for a 100-hectare patch of desert land in Nyeri, Kenya. Here, they will create the first "Regenerative Agri-Solar Carbon Farm" designed to regenerate desert sand into healthy, productive soil.
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We're enabling smallholder farmers in rural Africa to sell the fruits of their land to Wall Street and Silicon Valley – not via commodities markets, but via the carbon credit markets, and we're using these carbon markets to finance the regeneration of depleted soils and ecosystems for subsistence farmers in developing regions," said Darryl J. Nicke II, co-founder and CEO of Carbon Capture Shield, Inc.
Over a span of 30-years, their project will generate carbon-free energy, supply fresh water, and even Starlink satellite internet to the remote area – all while regenerating local aquifers, stabilizing local weather patterns, and paying farmers to learn and engage in beneficial land stewardship practices. All of this will be funded by the carbon offsets being sought by multinational corporations as part of the UN and IPCC goals for carbon neutrality by 2030.
"We've spent the last several years helping to pioneer agri-solar in Japan, and we're ready to expand into Kenya, Malawi, Albania, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States, Colombia, Australia; and more are reaching out to us every day," said Steffen Studeny, Co-Founder of Carbon Capture Shield and Executive Chairman of WQ, Inc. "The XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone Award would supercharge our work by directly funding it on a commercial scale in regions that desperately need assistance."
The $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition is aimed at tackling climate change by asking global innovators to develop solutions that can pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or oceans and lock it away permanently in an environmentally benign method. "There is no more efficient means of removing atmospheric CO2 than using plants as natural carbon pumps, powered by sunlight energy, storing that carbon in the soil as carbohydrates – where it stimulates and supports a menagerie of biodiversity and restores soil fertility," Darryl said.
"The goal of this CO2 Removal XPRIZE is to turn ideas into demonstration, and turn powerpoint solutions into hardware," said Peter H. Diamandis, founder and executive chairman of XPRIZE. "By launching the largest prize competition in history, our hope is to focus the brainpower of engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs around the world to build solutions that actually work, at low-cost and at massive scale."
"It really has done just that," Darryl said. "Additionally, the tools provided to us by XPRIZE really helped hone the vision of our multidisciplinary team into a concise, investor-friendly package. The Milestone deadline also pushed us to focus on resolving several key bottlenecks and inefficiencies in our business models. There's nothing better than a well-designed competition to bring out the best in humanity."
- Officially launched on Earth Day 2021 (the same day Carbon Capture Shield, Inc was founded), XPRIZE Carbon Removal is a four year global competition. To win the $50M grand prize, the winning teams must demonstrate a working solution at a scale of at least 1,000 tonnes removed per year; model their costs at a scale of 1 million tonnes per year; and show a pathway to achieving a scale of gigatonnes per year in future. All demonstrations must be validated by a third party.
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PITTSBURGH, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a better way to hold a brad nailer and workpieces in proper alignment during fastening operations," said an inventor, from Arlington, Texas, "so I invented the STRAIGHT SHOT. My design would increase accuracy while providing optimal retention force."
The invention provides an improved way to utilize a brad nailer. In doing so, it enables brads to be more precisely driven into place. As a result, it increases accuracy and efficiency and it minimizes the risk of damage. The invention features a durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for contractors and do-it-yourselfers. Additionally, a prototype is available.
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-DLL-3879, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to increase visibility of the neck and fretboard when playing a guitar," said an inventor, from Detroit, Mich., "so I invented the GUITAR SUPPORT PAD. My design enables you to better see the instrument and strings and it could reduce strain on the fretting hand/wrist and arm."
The invention provides an effective way to tilt the lower body of a guitar while playing. In doing so, it enables the user to easily see the fretboard. As a result, it could improve performance and comfort and it could help to prevent mistakes. The invention features a durable and portable design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for guitar players. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Detroit sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DOD-1013, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a fast-paced card game that can be enjoyed by everyone," said an inventor, from Indianapolis, Ind., "so I invented the MOOS-JA. My design could provide a fun addition for game nights and parties."
The patent-pending invention provides a new card game for families and friends. In doing so, it offers a challenging alternative to traditional games. As a result, it enhances entertainment and fun and it could spark friendly competition. The invention features a portable design that is easy to learn and play so it is ideal for the general population.
The original design was submitted to the Indianapolis sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-IPL-335, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in construction and I needed a better way to access and load materials and tools into my pickup truck," said an inventor, from Marysville, Wash., "so I invented the CANOPY. My design offers an improved alternative to struggling with traditional truck caps."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved cap or topper for pickup trucks. In doing so, it facilitates the loading and unloading of items from the truck bed. As a result, it reduces discomfort, strain and frustration and it provides added protection. The invention features a versatile design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of pickup trucks. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2353, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a pool technician and I wanted to prevent stings and bites associated with reaching into a skimmer basket full of trapped insects and animals," said an inventor, from Greenville, N.C., "so I invented the BUG SOCK. My design enables you to safely view the contents of the skimmer basket and it offers a way for trapped insects to escape."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved skimmer basket lid for swimming pools. In doing so, the lid allows the basket to be clearly viewed before opening and it enables insects and animals to escape. As a result, it enhances safety, convenience and efficiency. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for pool owners and operators. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Durham sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DHM-619, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a simple accessory that enables you to sit, hold fishing rods and store a cooler and other gear while fishing," said an inventor, from San Antonio, Texas, "so I invented the SPORTS BUDDY. My design can be easily transported to and from a fishing spot."
The invention provides a comfortable and portable seat assembly for fishing enthusiasts. It also offers convenient storage for a cooler and other accessories and it ensures that rod and reel combinations are secure. As a result, it could make a fishing trip easier and more enjoyable. The invention features a multi-purpose design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for fishing enthusiasts. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Denver sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DVR-919, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a portable, hand-held torch that can be adjusted to meet the ever-changing requirements of the user," said an inventor, from Fort Worth, Texas, "so I invented the OXY-HYDROGEN TORCH. My versatile design can be used for a variety of tasks like cutting metal, repairing jewelry and even searing meats when cooking."
The patent-pending invention provides a multi-purpose portable torch for consumer and commercial applications. In doing so, it eliminates the need for multiple torches to perform different types of work. As a result, it can be used for cutting, cooking and jewelry repair. The invention features an adjustable and versatile design that is safe and easy to use with no hazardous fumes. Additionally, it is ideal for hobbyists, do-it-yourselfers, tradesmen, chefs and people needing to cut metal, fuse glass, etc.
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-132, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I needed a portable work station that can be used in a variety of locations when a flat surface is not readily available," said an inventor, from Kent, Wash., "so I invented the PORTABLE WORK STATION. My design enables you to easily store, transport and work with materials, gear or other items."
The invention provides a portable and collapsible work station and storage unit combination. In doing so, it ensures that a flat work surface is available when needed. It also facilitates the storage of a variety of items, work materials, etc. As a result, it increases convenience. The invention features a versatile and durable design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for trade workers, outdoor enthusiasts and the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2319, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to get cross ventilation within a home without the need to keep a sliding glass patio door in an open position," said an inventor, from Lake Forest Park, Wash., "so I invented this. My design could enhance security and comfort for homeowners with sliding glass patio doors."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved ventilation system for a sliding patio-style glass door. In doing so, it enables the user to obtain ambient or forced airflow. It also ensures that the door is secured and locked. The invention features a functional design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2349, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an accessory that would assist the natural healing of a post-surgery area on the torso of a pet," said one of two inventors, from Dallas, Texas, "so we invented the HEALING HARNESS. Our design eliminates the need to use cone devices to prevent attention to the affected surgical area."
The invention provides a pet torso wrap made of a medical textile to aid in the healing of a post-surgery procedure area. In doing so, it prevents the pet from licking, chewing or clawing at the site. As a result, it could enhance comfort and healing for pets and it reduces potential infection and irritation. The invention features a durable medical textile design that is easy to apply so it is ideal for veterinarian clinics and societies, animal shelters, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
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-DLL-3829, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a nurse and I thought there could be a better bandage option to help promote the healing of cuts and wounds," said one of two inventors, from Coconut Creek, Fla., "so we invented the MEDI CASTOR OIL. Our design could allow wounds to heal faster and in a more hygienic and sanitary manner."
The invention provides an effective way to treat a cut, wound, abrasion, etc. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional bandages. As a result, it helps to protect against germs and bacteria to avoid infection and it could provide optimum healing. The invention features a simple design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for hospitals, paramedics and the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Fort Lauderdale sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FLA-3440, 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, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an accessory to charge a smartphone battery while riding a motorcycle," said one of two inventors, from Bonney Lake, Wash., "so we invented the CJ WIND CHARGER. Our design eliminates the need to stop and find a traditional power source to charge your phone."
The invention provides an effective way for a motorcyclist to charge a smartphone while riding. In doing so, it ensures that the battery is charged and ready for use. As a result, it increases convenience and it reduces frustrations associated with low or dead batteries. The invention features an automatic and environmentally-friendly design that is easy to use so it is ideal for motorcyclists. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FED-2338, 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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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IVX Health, a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for adult and pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other complex chronic conditions, today announced the opening of two new centers in the greater Daytona Beach area. IVX Health is currently accepting new patients at its Daytona Beach infusion center, with plans to open a second location in the Deltona region.
IVX Health believes patients who receive ongoing infusion or injection treatment deserve better options for when, where, and how they receive care. Conveniently located in the communities where people live and work, IVX Health delivers high-quality, personalized care in a private, comfortable setting so patients can continue to live their best lives.
Exclusively serving immunocompromised patients, IVX centers are intentionally designed with patient-focused amenities such as guaranteed private suites, large leather recliners, flat screen TVs with streaming options, and more. IVX Health also offers flexible appointment times, including evenings and Saturdays. At every IVX center, a team of nurse practitioners and registered nurses provide personalized, world-class care – with the same level of safety measures, clinical protocols, and emergency equipment found inside a physician's office or hospital infusion department.
IVX Health's presence in Daytona contributes to its existing footprint across Florida, with centers currently open in Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Myers. IVX plans to continue its accelerated growth in Florida and will operate over 20 infusion centers across the state by the end of 2022 – with locations opening in Sarasota-Bradenton, Palm Beach, and several other markets in southern Florida.
"We are incredibly excited to introduce the IVX Health care model to the Daytona Beach community," said Sean Hutchison, regional vice president with IVX Health. "We know how important it is for patients and providers alike to have a strong IVX presence across the state of Florida – with multiple, convenient centers located in each market – to best support their care needs and lifestyles. We are thrilled to continue our expansion across Florida and provide care for more and more patients."
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IVX Health is a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for those with complex chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions.
IVX Health's national footprint of outpatient infusion centers are conveniently located in the communities where patients live and work. IVX Health's experience-first model includes amenities such as flexible appointment scheduling with evening and weekend availability, guaranteed private suites, high-speed Wi-Fi, flat screen TVs with streaming TV and movies, and comfortable recliners with room for guests. For more information on IVX Health and its existing locations, visit www.ivxhealth.com.
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CHICAGO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Landmarks Illinois is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards. Nominations for the annual awards program are due June 1, 2022, and can be submitted using Landmarks Illinois' online nomination form found here.
The annual awards program, generously supported since 1994 through a grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, honors outstanding preservation projects in Illinois and/or individuals, organizations and advocacy efforts that demonstrate a strong commitment to protecting the places that are important to the people and communities of Illinois.
A jury of preservation professionals will review all nominations submitted and determine the winners of this year's awards. Those selected for awards will be honored at a public ceremony in Chicago held in the fall and receive a cash prize as well as a custom-designed trophy. Details on the event will be announced at a later date.
Nomination requirements
Nominations submitted for the 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards must be projects or people located in Illinois. Projects must have been completed within the last five years. Phased projects may be considered if the nominated phase is complete and can stand on its own merits. Nominations may be submitted in someone's honor and/or without the knowledge of the nominee. Self-nominations are also accepted. Previous year submissions not selected for awards may be revised and resubmitted for consideration, as well.
There is no fee to submit a nomination. Full nomination guidelines can be downloaded here.
Award details
Winners of the 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards will be selected from the following general categories:
- Advocacy: An effective local or statewide campaign to preserve and protect a historic resource.
- Leadership: Individual, municipality, private organization or joint partnership that has championed historic preservation, planning or public policy.
- Preservation: Projects that make possible the continued use of historic commercial/industrial buildings, multi-family/affordable housing residences, public/institutional structures or preserves a cultural heritage site.
- Environmental Sustainability: Mitigation of climate change through preservation technologies.
In addition, one of the 2022 selected winners will receive the Richard H. Driehaus Legacy Award, which honors the memory of the late Richard H. Driehaus. The recipient of this esteemed award must demonstrate the immense power of preservation, following in the footsteps of Driehaus who believed reusing places of our past creates positive change and motivates others to save important places.
Judging process & criteria
The 2022 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards jury will select winners based on the following:
- Impact a project or person has had on an Illinois community
- Quality and degree of difficulty of the project
- Degree to which the project serves as an example of excellence in historic preservation and influences others
- Degree to which the project aligns with Landmarks Illinois' mission "to preserve, protect and promote architectural and historic resources in Illinois through advocacy and education"
- How closely the project emulates Landmarks Illinois' values and Guiding Principles
- Degree to which the project or person supports diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and/or environmental sustainability
- Innovative solutions to preservation, including but not exclusive to: Creative partnerships or community engagement efforts, original programming, job creation or economic development, innovative adaptive reuse, best practices in sustainability or technologies that mitigate climate change, cultural sustainability or heritage conservation and/or creative financing or funding sources
Learn more about the awards program and former award winners at our website.
About Landmarks Illinois
We are People Saving Places for People. Landmarks Illinois is a membership-based historic preservation nonprofit organization serving the people of Illinois. We inspire and empower stakeholders to save places that matter to them by providing free guidance, practical and financial resources and access to strategic partnerships. For more information, visit www.Landmarks.org.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coborn's Inc. (Coborn's), a leading independent grocer in the Midwest, today announced its partnership with DailyPay, the leading provider of on-demand pay. Coborn's employees now have access to their pay as they earn it and are able to pay bills, spend, save, or invest on their own schedule.
Coborn's is among the latest grocer to implement on-demand pay benefits, as one in eight grocery workers in America have access to DailyPay, according to DailyPay research.
Companies leveraging DailyPay as part of a financial wellness benefits package are able to hire up to 52% faster and retain employees 73% longer, according to a study commissioned by DailyPay. The benefit has become sought-after because, with the power of choice and control over their pay, employees are able to avoid payday loans or paying overdraft fees to make ends meet.
Since its humble beginnings in 1921, Coborn's, Inc. has been a leader in the grocery industry. The company expanded from a one-room produce market in Sauk Rapids, MN into a regional employee-owned grocery retailer employing nearly 9,300 employees and operating 66 grocery stores. The company operates more than 130 various retail and business support units across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
"As recruitment and retention of employees becomes more challenging in today's competitive workplace, the addition of the DailyPay benefit for our employees is an important enhancement to our benefits package, said Dave Meyer, President and Chief Operating Officer for Coborn's, Inc. He added, "We have been very impressed with the adoption rate at which our employees are taking advantage of this new program, which clearly indicates the value of DailyPay as a benefit and that our employees are enjoying and taking advantage of the option to be paid more quickly after working their shift."
About Coborn's Inc.
St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Coborn's, Inc. is a 100-year-old employee-owned grocery retailer with nearly 9,300 employees and 66 grocery stores across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Michigan under the Coborn's, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods and Hornbacher's banners. Coborn's, Inc. also owns fuel, liquor and pharmacy locations. To support its 130 various retail business units, Coborn's, Inc. operates its own central bakery, dry cleaning facility and grocery distribution center. In 2021, Coborn's, Inc. was recognized by the Shelby Report Midwest as their Retailer of the Year.
About DailyPay
DailyPay, Inc., powered by its industry-leading technology platform, is on a mission to build a new financial system. Partnering with America's best-in-class employers, including Dollar Tree, Berkshire Hathaway, and Adecco. DailyPay is the recognized gold standard in on-demand pay. Through its massive data network, proprietary funding model, and connections into over 6,000 endpoints in the banking system, DailyPay works to ensure that money is always in the right place at the right time for employers, merchants, and financial institutions. DailyPay is building technology and the mindset to reimagine the way money moves, from the moment work starts. DailyPay is headquartered in New York City, with operations based in Minneapolis. For more information, visit www.dailypay.com/press.
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"Levitating: Sarah Hudson & Clarence Coffee Jr. in Conversation" on April 12 and "POV: Tommy Brown & Mr. Franks in Conversation" on April 13
Both on @ASCAP Instagram Live
NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of the 2022 ASCAP Pop Music Awards, on April 12 and April 13 the ASCAP Experience hosts two special sessions focused on the art of writing a hit song. On April 12, Dua Lipa's "Levitating" co-writers will join for "Levitating: Sarah Hudson & Clarence Coffee Jr. in Conversation" and on April 13, the duo behind songs including "Holy" (Justin Bieber) and "34+35," "positions" and "pov" (Ariana Grande) will be featured in "POV: Tommy Brown & Mr. Franks in Conversation." Both sessions will dive deep into advice on crafting the perfect hook, finding inspiration and writing with superstars, and both will be accessible to all via @ASCAP Instagram.
The ASCAP Pop Music Awards take place on @ASCAP social media April 11 - 14. Coffee, Hudson, Brown and Franks are expected to win awards for their chart-topping hits.
Tuesday, April 12 at 4PM ET/1PM PT
Levitating: Sarah Hudson & Clarence Coffee Jr. in Conversation
ASCAP hosts an exclusive IG Live with Sarah Hudson and Clarence Coffee Jr. – two of the all-star, all-ASCAP crew of songwriters who helped get Dua Lipa's multi-platinum hit "Levitating" off the ground. In addition to co-writing multiple cuts for Dua Lipa, Hudson and Coffee have individually or collectively crafted next-level songs for Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Pop Smoke, Years & Years, Pitbull, Lizzo and more. They'll dish on their careers and the art of collaboration, and offer tips for connecting with artists and listeners through songwriting. For music creators whose careers are on the rise or have already taken off, it's sure to be an uplifting conversation.
Wednesday, April 13 at 4PM ET/1PM PT
POV: Tommy Brown & Mr. Franks in Conversation
Writer-producers Tommy Brown and Mr. Franks are among the most trusted collaborators in pop and hip-hop. As two of the sonic architects behind Ariana Grande's blockbuster positions album, plus recent credits with Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Blackpink, they fuse addictive beats and hooks into instantly memorable songs. In "POV: Tommy Brown & Mr. Franks in Conversation," Tommy and Mr. Franks speak with Republic Records Co-President Wendy Goldstein, A&R for Ariana & The Weeknd about process, collaboration and what's around the corner for their heatseeking music careers.
ASCAP Experience's 2022 programming launched last month with a Women's History Month panel, "Wordly Women in Music," featuring Oscar-nominated Encanto composer Germaine Franco (who this year became the first Latina to ever be nominated for Best Original Score, and also the first Latina to join the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning concert music composer and conductor Tania León, and Grammy "Song of the Year" winner Amy Wadge, whose songs appear on Ed Sheeran's X, James Blunt's The Afterlove and Kacey Musgraves's Golden Hour. The session and all of the 2021 Experience panels are available to view for free at https://www.ascapexperience.com/on-demand.
The 2022 kick-off event followed a benchmark year for ASCAP Experience, ASCAP's signature event created to inspire, educate and connect aspiring songwriters and composers everywhere. The 2021 virtual panels reached their widest audiences ever – over 41,000 views across real-time and on-demand streaming, generating a 39% increase in attendance and 53% increase in RSVPs compared to the previous year. 2021 Experience guests and panelists included Greg Kurstin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, D-Nice, Chris Stapleton, Michael Franti, Tai Verdes, Cassadee Pope, Sam DeRosa, Natalia Jiménez, Draco Rosa, Gizzle, Madeline The Person and many more.
ASCAP Experience events for 2022 will be rolling out on a monthly basis this spring and summer. More information can be found at www.ascapexperience.com.
About ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP's mission is to license and promote the music of its members and foreign affiliates, obtain fair compensation for the public performance of their works and to distribute the royalties that it collects based upon those performances. ASCAP members write the world's best-loved music and ASCAP has pioneered the efficient licensing of that music to hundreds of thousands of enterprises who use it to add value to their business - from bars, restaurants and retail, to radio, TV and cable, to Internet, mobile services and more. The ASCAP license offers an efficient solution for businesses to legally perform ASCAP music while respecting the right of songwriters and composers to be paid fairly. With more than 850,000 members representing more than 16 million copyrighted works, ASCAP is the worldwide leader in performance royalties, service and advocacy for songwriters and composers, and the only American performing rights organization (PRO) owned and governed by its writer and publisher members. Learn more and stay in touch at www.ascap.com, on Twitter and Instagram @ASCAP and on Facebook.
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MIAMI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveHire Ltd. (ASX: LVH), a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform connecting companies and candidates, and Filtered, a leading end-to-end technical hiring platform, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver breakthrough technology solutions to the extended workforce.
The stakes for finding, attracting, and hiring the right talent have never been higher, and as the contingent workforce grows, there is a critical need to source, screen, authenticate and validate candidates in bulk and at speed. This strategic partnership will allow organizations to advance their direct sourcing initiatives, providing AI-powered technology capabilities to assess, screen, and interview candidates in bulk while reducing program spend and time to submit.
"The extended workforce is a key tenant of the Future of Work, necessitating a more strategic and innovative approach towards direct sourcing," said Christopher J. Dwyer, SVP of Research at Ardent Partners and Managing Director of the Future of Work Exchange. "The partnership between LiveHire and Filtered is a pure reflection of 'Direct Sourcing 2.0,' which leverages next-generation tools and technology to facilitate deeper talent matches."
According to Ardent Partners, the global business landscape experienced a sharp uptick in the utilization of non-employee labor as a direct result of the pandemic's sweeping impact on business and human interaction. Going into the pandemic, 43.5% of the average organization's total workforce was considered "contingent". Today, that number sits at 47%.
"Our strategic partnership with Filtered will enable our customers to further improve their ability to engage and hire the best talent, whether permanent or contingent," says Christy Forest, LiveHire CEO. "LiveHire's powerful AI-powered solution paired with Filtered's automated interviews and technical skills evaluations will positively transform the recruiter and candidate experience while reducing time to hire."
"We are excited about our strategic partnership with LiveHire," says Dan Finnigan, Filtered CEO. "The ability to enable candidates to take a single interview, assess them for their real, unbiased, on-the-job skills, all while operating within the LiveHire platform is a powerful combination. It offers both the job seeker and talent seeker serious value in terms of DE&I, visibility, match and speed to hire. The synergy of our platforms offers an experience and outcome for both parties which are unmatched in the marketplace today."
About LiveHire
LiveHire is a globally-leading recruitment and contingent direct sourcing platform - enabling clients to attract and engage both permanent employees and contingent workers to deliver Total Talent and Direct Sourcing solutions. LiveHire offers an award-winning candidate experience and provides talent-on-demand through its unique talent pooling and 2-way text messaging functionality, having successfully enabled end-to-end recruitment from sourcing through to hire of diverse workforces for over 150 clients across 20 verticals globally. For more information, visit www.livehire.com/us.
About Filtered
Founded in 2018, Filtered is an automated technical interview platform used by Fortune 500 companies and the world's fastest growing startups to hire technical talent faster. Built from the ground up, Filtered is reinventing the interview process with evaluations that replicate real on-the-job environments, boost collaboration and unlock insights into a candidates' skill sets, problem-solving abilities and culture fit. Filtered is dramatically reducing interview-to-hire, days-to-fill, and cost-per-hire ratios. For more information, visit www.filtered.ai.
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WASHINGTON, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hot dogs and sausages are consistently among the most ordered food items at Major League Baseball (MLB) stadiums. And in 2022, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) estimates MLB fans will consume 19.1 million hot dogs and nearly five million sausages at games this season.
"Baseball is back and fans are once again excited to enjoy sunny games in a stadium with juicy ballpark frank in their hands," said NHDSC President Eric Mittenthal. "We can all be thankful this MLB season is kicking off today and that we have a full season to enjoy delicious hot dogs with family and friends."
With MLB fans returning to stadiums at 100 percent capacity for the entire season – the first time since 2019 – hot dog and sausage sales are expected to return to, and exceed, previous years' totals. This season's 19.1 million hot dog estimate is up from 18.3 million in 2019, and this year's five million sausage figure is up from about four million in 2019.
Certain fan bases will contribute a considerable amount to these estimations, including Los Angeles Dodgers fans, who are expected to eat nearly three million hot dogs and sausages on their own this year, and New York Yankees fans, who will likely break the one million hot dog mark. Some of the expected 2022 sausage leaders include the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, and St. Louis Cardinals.
While old favorites will always be on the menu, this coming season will also throw some culinary curveballs. A few of the new hot dog offerings are highlighted below, and will soon be added to the MLB Hot Dog and Sausage Guide.
The Baltimore Orioles plan on sticking with their fan-favorite frankfurter: the "Crab Mac-N-Cheese Dog," but they also plan on offering a new specialty hot dog for each homestand – featuring flavors of the visiting team's city.
The Boston Red Sox are rocking a "Jalapeño Cheetos Hot Dog," which is a Kayem beef hot dog, semi-crushed Cheetos, nacho cheese, chopped bacon, jalapeños, and diced red onions
The Houston Astros have created "La Pina Dog," an all-beef hot dog, grilled and topped with fresh smoked pineapple, candied jalapeños, and teriyaki glaze.
The Milwaukee Brewers are adding multiple creations this season, including the "Chili Cheese Dog," "Wisconsin on My Mind Dog," "Milwaukee Dog," "Dog and Pony Show," and a "Badger State Dog."
The Oakland Athletics created a hometown classic: "The Oaktown Dog," which is topped with chili, cheese, and grilled onions.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will try out a "Reuben Dog," featuring Smallman Street Deli corned beef, kraut, thousand island dressing, and Swiss cheese on a Martin's potato roll.
The Texas Rangers will add a mouthwatering "Cornbread Chili Pie Dog," a Texas Chili all-angus beef hot dog with fresh-baked cornbread as the bun, topped with Texas Chili's chili, shredded cheddar cheese, and Ricos Jalapenos.
For more on annual consumption data, and hot dog and sausage facts and culture, visit www.hot-dog.org.
About the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council: Established in 1994 by the American Meat Institute, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council serves as an information resource to consumers and media on questions related to quality, safety, nutrition and preparation of hot dogs and sausages. The Council also celebrates hot dogs and sausages as iconic American foods.
CONTACT: Casey Kammerle (202) 587-4253
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Physician sets the record straight on condition known for being among the most painful
KENILWORTH, N.J., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kidney stones are becoming more common in recent decades. Today, one in 10 Americans will suffer from one at some point in their lives. Kidney stones are hard masses that form in the urinary tract and may cause pain, bleeding, infection, or block of the flow of urine. Given the extreme pain that often accompanies kidney stones, many people are worried about getting them. That's led to a lot of myths and misconceptions around kidney stones, what causes them, and how best to prevent them.
In a new editorial on MerckManuals.com, Glenn M. Preminger, MD, Duke University Medical Center, identifies some of the most common myths surrounding kidney stones. He sets the record straight on what patients need to know and how to talk to their doctors about this often-painful medical condition.
Myth #1 – All stones are painful
Kidney stones are not always painful, especially when they first form. In some cases, the first sign of the stones is blood in the urine or minor back pain. In other cases, however, kidney stones can be excruciatingly painful and cause nausea and vomiting.
Myth #2 – Larger stones are always more painful
Size is only one factor in how painful – and potentially dangerous – a kidney stone can be. The location of the stone is the other element to consider. A smaller stone in the wrong place can create a blockage that is incredibly painful and requires a trip to the emergency room.
Myth #3 – Kidney stones always require medical attention
Kidney stones often require urgent medical treatment, but not always. Some individuals, including those with a family history or associated medical conditions such as Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis, are more likely to have chronic or repeating kidney stones. These people can often develop strategies for safely managing pain and passing stones at home.
Myth #4 – Kidney stones are more prevalent in men
A few decades ago, men were far more likely to develop kidney stones. That's no longer the case. Many more women are suffering from kidney stones today, and men and women are about equally as likely to develop them.
Myth #5 – Iced tea causes kidney stones, and cranberry juice prevents them
Many people believe certain beverages increase the chances of developing kidney stones. Coffee, milk, soda, and iced tea are all on the list of usual suspects. The reality is, triggers vary for everyone. When it comes to preventing kidney stones, citrus beverages have been shown to minimize stone formation. However, research shows how much you drink has a much greater impact on prevention than what you drink. Aim to drink at least 100 ounces of fluids a day.
Myth #6 – If the pain goes away, you've passed your stone
Unfortunately, the relief that comes from subsiding pain does not necessarily mean the stone has passed. The level of pain can vary as the stone grows and moves. Studies show that of the stones that pass themselves, 95% will pass within four to six weeks. If the pain does not subside after about a month, the potential of the stone passing itself is reduced, and it's worth talking to a doctor about other removal options.
Read more about kidney stones in Dr. Preminger's editorial on MerckManuals.com.
About The Merck Manuals and MSD Manuals
First published in 1899 as a small reference book for physicians and pharmacists, The Merck Manual grew in size and scope to become one of the world's most widely used comprehensive medical resources for professionals and consumers. As The Manual evolved, it continually expanded the reach and depth of its offerings to reflect the mission of providing the best medical information to a wide cross-section of users, including medical professionals and students, veterinarians and veterinary students, and consumers. In 2015, The Manuals kicked off Global Medical Knowledge 2020, a global initiative with the goal to make the best current medical information accessible by up to three billion professionals and patients around the world by 2020. The Manuals achieved that goal, and today its medical information is available in more than 241 counties and in nearly a dozen languages. It's continuing its ambitious mission through outreach, education and creating new reliable medical resources. For access to thousands of medical topics with images, videos and a constantly expanding set of resources, visit MerckManuals.com or MSDManuals.com and connect with us on social media:
For Consumers in the U.S. and its territories: Twitter and Facebook.
For Professionals in the U.S. and its territories: Twitter and Facebook
About Merck
For over 130 years, Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases in pursuit of our mission to save and improve lives. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, Merck continues to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals – including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases – as we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. For more information, visit www.merck.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
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DALBAR presents Customer Experience Excellence Award to Nationwide for 3rd Consecutive Year
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DALBAR announced that Nationwide has earned DALBAR's Customer Experience Excellence Award for each of three years the award has been offered. This award recognizes Nationwide's work to ensure an industry-leading customer experience across critical service channels.
"An important aspect in retirement planning is having the right support at your disposal. This is an area where Nationwide excels. They have 24/7 access to award-winning websites, a great mobile app for people on the go, and the best telephone support for plan participants we have seen." explains DALBAR Director Brendan Yeager.
DALBAR is regarded as the leading industry expert for evaluating customer service and experience. The Customer Experience Excellence Award brings together channel-specific expertise to identify companies providing best-in-class total experiences.
The award is based on a year-long audit of channels which collectively comprise the majority of customer interactions. For Nationwide, this included the retirement contact center, private-sector web portal, public-sector portal, and mobile apps. All of these exceeded DALBAR's industry-leading award criteria.
"It's validating to be recognized by DALBAR for our teams who deliver extraordinary care and excellent service to our plan sponsors and participants every day," said Eric Stevenson, president of Nationwide Retirement Solutions. "Marking our third consecutive win in this category, we remain committed to continuing to invest in and evolve across its digital and contact centers to deliver award-winning experiences for our customers in the ways they prefer to work with us, long into the future."
About DALBAR
DALBAR, Inc. has a 45-year history and is recognized by industry and government as an independent third-party expert in the business of providing audits, evaluations, ratings, and due diligence. DALBAR certifications are recognized as a mark of excellence in the financial services community.
About Nationwide
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States. Nationwide is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's. An industry leader in driving customer-focused innovation, Nationwide provides a full range of insurance and financial services products including auto, business, homeowners, farm and life insurance; public and private sector retirement plans, annuities, mutual funds and ETFs; excess & surplus, specialty and surety; and pet, motorcycle and boat insurance. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com. Follow the firm on Facebook and Twitter.
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NEW YORK and BOSTON, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) ("Newmark"), a world leader in commercial real estate, announces the acquisition of McCall & Almy, Inc., a leading tenant representation and real estate advisory firm in Boston, renowned for expertise in multi-market corporate and occupier advisory, strategic consulting, lease administration and project management.
"As Newmark continues its growth course, bolstering services in key U.S. gateway cities is paramount. Acquiring firms with best-in-class talent and unparalleled expertise strengthens our client offerings in these markets," said Newmark's Chief Executive Officer Barry Gosin. "The professionals at McCall & Almy encapsulate these values, with incredible stature and an impeccable corporate client-service reputation in the Boston commercial real estate market."
McCall & Almy has built its legacy with a focused advisory approach and notable expertise in the office, medical, academic, life science, industrial and retail sectors. The organization is led by President and Founder Bill McCall, who is considered by most to be the dean of Boston's commercial real estate industry and is the namesake of the Commercial Broker Association's ("CBA") 'McCall Leadership Award'—the top honor for local brokers. Over the past 32 years, the firm's professionals have completed over 5,000 transactions valued in excess of $50 billion. McCall & Almy has been named one of the 'Best Places to Work' by the Business Journal for seven of the past eight years. Newmark's acquisition of McCall & Almy—whose 20 expert professionals serve a roster of many notable, long-time clients—expands the firm's tenant representation and strategic real estate consulting in the Boston area.
"After decades as an independent firm, joining the Newmark platform provides us with the ability to continue to provide best-in-class service while having access to top-tier, far-reaching resources on behalf of our clients, in Boston and beyond," said McCall. "Newmark is the right fit—our decision was about being in the right place with the right people–in lockstep with our culture."
"An influential figure in Boston commercial real estate, Bill McCall has built, and leads, an organization with deep tenant representation expertise and an esteemed reputation, operating with a client-first approach above all," said Newmark's Chief Revenue Officer and East Region Market Leader Luis Alvarado. "We are thrilled to invite McCall & Almy into our office and further broaden our already robust suite of services in Boston."
McCall joins with partners David Richardson, Garrett Larivee, Lenny Owens and Neil Schneider, who lead the firm's Tenant Representation practice, and Jim Canfield, Julie Gray and Sandy Tierney, who lead the company's real estate advisory practice. Richardson, with over 40 years of industry experience, focuses on downtown high-rise office leasing. Larivee joined the firm in 2007 with expertise in the Boston urban market. 35-year veterans Owens and Schneider–with over 950 and 300 successful transactions, respectively–bring extensive industry knowledge and experience to Newmark's Tenant Representation practice. Medical, educational and institutional experts Canfield, Gray and Tierney bring a combined century of expertise to the business.
Newmark's Boston office is anchored by world-class, expert professionals specializing in capital markets, debt & structured finance, landlord and tenant representation, and property management across office, life sciences, industrial, and retail sectors. According to Real Estate Alert, Newmark ranked #1 in office sales in the Boston area—which recorded the highest dollar volume of office capital activity of any market in the U.S.—in 2021.
The McCall & Almy acquisition, which closed April 1, 2022, marks the next U.S. milestone in Newmark's strategic expansion in key markets. Additionally, Newmark's recent global announcements comprise acquisitions, hires and agreements across France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Hong Kong, Dubai and London, where Newmark just acquired BH2, a leading capital markets and leasing real estate advisory firm.
McCall & Almy was advised on the transaction by the investment banking firm BellMark Partners, LLC; and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP acted as McCall & Almy's legal counsel.
Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries ("Newmark"), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. Newmark's comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform's global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, Newmark provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. Newmark generated revenues in excess of $2.9 billion for the year ending December 31, 2021. Newmark's company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 160 offices with over 6,200 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow @newmark.
Statements in this document regarding Newmark that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These include statements about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business, results, financial position, liquidity and outlook, which may constitute forward-looking statements and are subject to the risk that the actual impact may differ, possibly materially, from what is currently expected. Except as required by law, Newmark undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see Newmark's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information set forth in these filings and any updates to such risk factors and Special Note on Forward-Looking Information contained in subsequent reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K.
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) today released new data showing the current number of nurse practitioners (NPs) licensed to practice in the United States has risen to more than 355,000, an increase of 9% from the estimated 325,000 reported in May 2021. As demand for comprehensive health care escalates to address primary care provider shortages and widespread provider burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this steady increase of NPs ensures communities across the nation will have access to high-quality care.
"Nurse practitioners are answering the call to provide vital health care services to all Americans," said AANP President, April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN. "With the challenges of the pandemic and the demand for more accessible and equitable care, NPs continue to enhance health care delivery across all settings. Today's nurse practitioner count indicates that demand for these highly-qualified clinicians continues to be on the rise — and for good reason."
NPs have provided patients of all ages with positive outcomes since the NP role's induction more than 50 years ago, delivering comprehensive, patient-centered, holistic care through primary, acute and specialty health care services in more than 1 billion patient visits each year. In addition to diagnosing, treating and prescribing for acute, episodic and chronic illness, NPs focus on health promotion, disease prevention, health education and counseling.
Recently, U.S. News and World Report ranked the NP role first on its 2022 Best Health Care Jobs list and second on its 2022 100 Best Jobs list based on annual rankings that consider the most important aspects of a job, including opportunities for growth, work-life balance and salary.
By 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the NP profession will have grown by 36%.
"Everyone deserves access to quality health care – regardless of race, ethnicity, income level or demographic area," Kapu added. "Yet a staggering 83 million Americans live in health care provider shortage areas. Nurse practitioners are prepared to close these gaps and meet the growing need for health care services."
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® is the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners. It represents the interests of the more than 355,000 licensed NPs in the U.S. For more information about NPs, visit aanp.org.
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Version 8.0 delivers touchless results for document classification with new AI and machine learning enhancements and data extraction output options
CINCINNATI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradatec, Inc., an industry-leading provider of AI-based document classification and data extraction technology for mortgage and real estate documents, has released Version 8.0 of its enterprise software, which delivers touchless document classification and expanded data extraction audit trails for enhanced process automation.
"Today's Paradatec AI-Cloud release represents a multi-year effort to achieve completely automated document classification technology," said Neil Fraser, Paradatec's director of U.S. operations. "Our new AI models work seamlessly together to deliver remarkable results lenders and servicers can trust, supporting high volumes without sacrificing the speed they need to respond quickly to customers and business partners."
With Paradatec Version 8.0, current clients have already seen document recognition results that significantly surpass the accuracy of manual processes. "Because of changing market conditions, our clients asked us to deliver lights-out results so their staff could focus on customer service and risk management priorities," Fraser said. "Using our solution, they've been able to accelerate their processes and improve overall quality while saving time and freeing up their staff to focus on other business initiatives."
Version 8.0 includes multiple enhancements such as weighted averaging of different document characteristics within Paradatec's recognition engine. The engine classifies documents based on machine learning-enabled rules trained on an extensive library of document types used across the real estate and loan lifecycle.
The new release also provides enriched audit trails for the data extracted from the documents, expanding the information Paradatec embeds within each document and within the document package. These updates provide Paradatec clients with more detail about the source of each data field, which can be used to support additional automation in their systems. API options enable rapid integration with a client's existing systems, enabling clients to streamline their workflows using the company's AI-Cloud offering, the client's cloud or an on-premise deployment.
"We've made it even easier for our clients' systems to receive and use data from their documents, including the meta-data needed for advanced automation," Fraser said. "And with our monitoring and reporting tools to quantitatively measure accuracy and other success metrics, clients can truly see the impact and ROI from using Paradatec."
Paradatec is a leading provider of efficient, accurate and flexible AI-based document classification and data extraction technology for the lending and real estate industry. The company's out-of-the-box solution recognizes over 850 specific document types and uses machine-learning tools and pre-trained libraries to find and transform over 8,500 data points in mortgage and real estate documents into actionable data. Paradatec's clients include three of the 10 largest U.S. banks and four of the 10 largest servicers. For more information, visit www.paradatec.com.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) today announced a partnership with Havas Health & You (HH&Y), the world's largest global health network – specializing in communications, education, and innovation – for an innovative research program that connects students with the foremost experts in the field.
The Havas Health & You Research Scholars program, designed specifically for PCOM students, will pair doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) students with HH&Y mentors who will guide them through the research process. First year DO students interested in applying to the program will submit research proposals of their own design and will interview with a team of HH&Y researchers. If selected for the program, students will work with HH&Y mentors who will facilitate their research efforts.
"The HH&Y Research Scholars program is a unique and important opportunity for PCOM students to develop their skills as researchers with a broad focus on global health," said Mindy George-Weinstein, PhD, PCOM's chief research and science officer. "We are extremely appreciative of the commitment of HH&Y to this program that will open doors for our students throughout their careers."
"We are very excited to have this opportunity to connect with clinicians in training," said Brad Davidson, PhD, the Director of Medical Anthropology across the global HH&Y network. "Communicating effectively about health and healthcare is challenging, as the global pandemic has shown – yet we have never had more of an opportunity to shape the future of the industry. We are delighted to be part of this training, and look forward to seeing the great work these students can do."
The program will run for a full term with three students selected for the pilot cohort. Upon completion of their respective research projects, students will have the opportunity to present their research both internally and at conferences. Their research is also expected to result in publication of their findings. Students will provide valuable feedback that will help shape the program for future HH&Y Research Scholars.
PCOM is the first and only medical school to partner with HH&Y on a program of this nature. Carrie Collins, JD, PhD, chief advancement and strategic planning officer, was instrumental in the development of the program and is optimistic about the potential for these types of strategic partnerships. "Through this program, PCOM students will have the incredible opportunity to gain critical hands-on skills and knowledge from global health professionals," Collins said. "Unique partnerships like this expand the reach of what's possible for our students, and we're incredibly proud to be the first medical school in the country to be a part of something like this."
Havas Health & You is the healthcare and wellness arm of Paris-based Havas, a division of Vivendi.
About Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Founded in 1899, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a "whole person" approach to care—treating people, not just symptoms. PCOM operates three campuses (PCOM, PCOM Georgia and PCOM South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy and school psychology, and graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, non profit leadership and population health management, organizational development and leadership, physician assistant studies, school psychology, and public health management and administration. PCOM students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, PCOM provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.
About Havas Health & You
Havas Health & You unites Havas Life, Health4Brands (H4B), Lynx, Red Havas and Havas Health Plus, all wholly owned health and communications networks, with the consumer health businesses and practices of Havas Creative Group. The network's approach is centered around Human Purpose and has the talent, tenacity, and technology that health companies, brands and people need to thrive in today's world. For more information, go to www.HavasHealthandYou.com.
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The Hotline offers 24/7 trauma-informed crisis counseling to sexual violence survivors.
Survivor Support Services crisis hotline billboards are displayed across New York's Southern Tier & Mohawk Valley.
NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness month, today Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) announces the launch of its new centralized Survivor Support Services crisis hotline for survivors of sexual violence.
The hotline connects individuals to PPGNY's Survivor Support Services counselors who are trained and certified to provide trauma-informed rape crisis counseling. Survivor Support Services counselors are also available around the clock to accompany survivors of sexual assault to the hospital to advance healing and advocate with law enforcement to pursue justice. All Survivor Support Services are free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1-866-307-4086.
The Survivor Support Service crisis hotline is the result of an alignment between PPGNY's Sexual Assault Resource Center and Victim Advocacy Services. Both legacy programs operated hotlines to assist individuals throughout New York's Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley regions. Consolidating these programs allows Planned Parenthood of Greater New York to provide more direct services to survivors of sexual assault, human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and stalking in Chemung, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Warren, and Washington counties. No matter a person's zip code, PPGNY Survivor Support Services are here to help, and referrals are available for other areas of New York State.
"Everyone has the power to shift the culture into one that supports survivors of sexual violence," said Giokazta Molina-Schneider, PPGNY's Vice President of Community Engagement. "Our new, streamlined Survivor Support Services crisis hotline will be a crucial lifeline for people of all genders who are forced to overcome the trauma of sexual violence. They shouldn't have to do it alone, and we are here for them. PPGNY advocates are committed to supporting survivors through the healing process - no matter the circumstances. We want survivors to know that Planned Parenthood of Greater New York sees you, we believe you, and we care about you."
Survivor Support Services also works to enhance public safety by providing sexual violence prevention training and outreach to more than 700 professionals and community members per year, in addition to more than 3,000 direct survivor services annually.
Rollout of the Survivor Support Services crisis hotline includes billboards displayed across Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung and Fulton counties.
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) is a leading provider of sexual and reproductive health care and education, and a fierce advocate of reproductive rights. PPGNY offers a wide range of services at 23 health centers across 65% of the state. PPGNY is a trusted source of medically accurate, evidence-based information that allows people to make informed decisions about their health and future.
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Application Period Now Open To Qualifying Students Through April 30, 2022
ATLANTA, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Applications are now being accepted for the Pronghorn Spirits Academy (PSA) inaugural cohort in partnership with INROADS to engage Black students interested in entering the spirits industry. The PSA program is designed to provide the tools and resources needed to successfully learn the industry and position interns to be considered for full-time employment within the industry, post-graduation. The mission of INROADS is to deliver innovative leadership development programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate and elevate talent that is underrepresented. Powered by Pronghorn, the initial cohort will participate in three (3) weeks of training and a nine (9) weeks-long internship – starting June 13, 2022. To learn more or apply visit www.PRONGHORN.co/careers
Through the program, students will engage in structured coaching, networking and mentoring sessions while honing business skills critical for advancement in consumer goods within an ever changing global marketplace. The internship program targets motivated Black students attending HBCUs and other universities that are 21+ years of age by the start of training. Pronghorn is an independent company dedicated to expanding diversity within the spirits industry by cultivating and investing in the next generation of Black founders, executives, and entrepreneurs in a sustainable and scalable way. The company is committed to generating $2.4 billion in economic value for the Black community by 2032. In 2021, Diageo North America became an anchor investor in Pronghorn.
"We are focused on granting access and removing barriers that have put Black people and other communities of color at a disadvantage when it comes to ownership, investing or just working within the spirits industry in general," said Dia Simms, Co-Founder, Pronghorn. "Pronghorn will work to open as many doors as possible to help uplift our communities for the long term. Just like the beautiful animal we chose to name our company after, we are prepared to go the distance to make our vision reality."
The 2022 Pronghorn Spirits Academy (PSA) inaugural cohort in partnership with INROADS details:
- Candidates that advance will receive an expense-paid trip to the one-week onsite PSA training.
- Candidates offered internships will be paid compensation from their placement sites and can expect to earn above the national minimum wage for a 9-week internship.
Pronghorn Spirits Academy (PSA) inaugural cohort in partnership with INROADS calendar of events:
- Now-April 30, 2022: Eligible students apply for consideration.
- April 30-May 15, 2022: Students are screened and forty (40) recruits will be selected.
- May 23-June 3, 2022: Virtual orientation; online webinars and assessment exam.
- June 6-10, 2022: Bootcamp at the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) Conference in New Orleans, LA.
- June 13-August 12, 2022: Internships with spirits companies; coaching and mentorship.
"The INROADS leadership development training prepares students for success as diverse managers across business functions. Participants will learn from industry experts, business faculty, and their peers in cohorts comprising candidates with demonstrated interest in excelling in the spirits industry," said Forest T. Harper, Jr., president and CEO of INROADS, Inc. "INROADS will offer experiential learning, skills training, industry discussions, networking, mentorship, and coaching to ensure that candidates are primed for entry-level positions at beverage alcohol production and distribution corporations."
Interested college students should visit www.pronghorn.co/careers for more information on how to participate in the Pronghorn Spirits Academy inaugural cohort in partnership with INROADS.
ABOUT PRONGHORN SPIRITS ACADEMY:
The Pronghorn Spirits Academy (PSA) was created to help prepare students for careers in the distilled spirits industry. Through a partnership with INROADS, PSA will deliver training to college students who are from groups underrepresented at the executive level in spirits companies. Candidates will engage in structured coaching, networking and mentoring sessions while honing business skills critical for advancement in consumer goods within an ever-changing global marketplace.
ABOUT INROADS:
INROADS was founded more than 50 years ago. Inspired by the famed I Have a Dream speech, Frank Carr founded INROADS to remove career barriers to corporate opportunities for people of color. It is the largest nonprofit organization committed to leadership and career development for underrepresented talent in the world. INROADS has prepared more than 154,000 diverse leaders with pre-employment skills and graduated more than 30,000 alumni into full-time professional positions with more than 1,000 corporate partners. Currently, INROADS serves over 900 interns and 200 corporate clients. Learn more at INROADS.org and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn: @INROADSInc.
ABOUT PRONGHORN:
Pronghorn is a standalone company focused on cultivating the next generation of Black entrepreneurs, executive leaders, and founders within the spirits industry. Through sustainable capital investments, incubation, and recruitment programs, Pronghorn removes barriers and grants access to critical resources that empower untapped talent and emerging Black businesses to reach their full potential. The organization was co-founded in 2021 by spirits industry veterans Dia Simms, Erin Harris, and Dan Sanborn. The pronghorn is the fastest North American land mammal and can endure speeds for miles. Inspired by our namesake, Pronghorn believes creating real change is a marathon, not a sprint. For more information visit: www.pronghorn.co.
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If authorized by the FDA, the Proof Lab Test System may be used to deliver accurate, actionable, lab-quality results for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in as little as 18 minutes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proof Diagnostics, Inc., an innovative healthcare technology company delivering innovative solutions in molecular diagnostics, today announced the submission of its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request for review to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its point-of-care (POC) molecular diagnostic test for COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). If authorized, the Proof Lab Test System would be the first POC system employing CRISPR-based nucleic acid detection offering a cost-effective, user-friendly, and easily scalable test. The company's hope is to allow clinicians and patients to achieve laboratory-level sensitivity and specificity at the POC in as little as 18 minutes.
Proof Diagnostics was founded in May 2020 to help people stay safe during the pandemic by providing a cost-effective, rapid, and accurate COVID-19 testing platform. Over the past 18 months, the company developed a robust and scalable testing solution by advancing the CRISPR-based diagnostics method STOPCovid developed by world-renowned CRISPR diagnostics pioneers Feng Zhang, Ph.D., Omar Abudayyeh, Ph.D., Jonathan Gootenberg, Ph.D., and colleagues. Teamed with entrepreneur Sid Shenai, CEO, the company licensed STOPCovid from the Broad Institute in late 2020, improved upon it, and developed a small, portable smart device, along with enabling software and cloud infrastructure. The research has been supported by NIH's RADx program, DARPA, and the Gates Foundation. Additionally, Proof has raised $45 million to date from investors including ARCH Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, and Madrona Venture Group.
"The delivery of novel chemistry, combined with Proof's innovative technology platform, to FDA EUA submission in less than two years is no small feat. CRISPR has long promised to make a difference in peoples' lives and we are incredibly proud of the scientific innovation that our team developed. We hope that the FDA authorizes our CRISPR-based test so that we can empower communities to navigate their next step in person with confidence and peace of mind," said Omar Abudayyeh, co-founder of Proof Diagnostics.
"Submitting our EUA to the Food and Drug Administration is a significant achievement for Proof Diagnostics as we embark on the future of rapid POC and at-home testing, ensuring optimal accuracy to help detect disease prior to the demonstration of symptoms. The Proof Lab Test System has the potential to become a valuable tool for clinicians and patients to make more informed health decisions that can help deter the spread of disease," said Sid Shenai, co-founder and CEO of Proof Diagnostics. "The passion and dedication of our team here, and all our partners, cannot go unnoticed. We want to acknowledge everyone who has made this milestone possible and we will continue to push forth a vision for accessible healthcare."
To learn more about Proof Diagnostics and its vision of improving global public health by staying at the forefront of infectious disease detection, visit www.proofdx.com.
About Proof Diagnostics:
Proof Diagnostics, Inc. has established itself as an innovative healthcare technology company focused on delivering innovative solutions in molecular diagnostics. Proof's mission is to empower the public to take control of, and better understand, their overall health through lab-quality molecular testing, initiating with COVID-19, that is easy to use, accurate and cost-effective. The Proof Lab Reader is a portable, scalable diagnostic device that utilizes a Proof Lab Test Cartridge and Proof Lab Test Kit to provide lab-quality results and actionable diagnostic information, helping people lead better, healthier lives.
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PT. Animus Bersama Cermerlang Apps and Services available over Virtual 5G
JAKARTA, Indonesia, and SINGAPORE, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PT. Animus Bersama Cermerlang Indonesia and Virtual Internet Pte. Ltd, Singapore have officially reached agreement for distribution of PT. Animus Bersama Cermerlang ("PT. ABC") Apps and Services through Virtual Internet's Virtual 5G Global 5G Mobile Broadband Service ("Virtual 5G"). PT. ABC's Apps and the Services they provide have been generally available in the market, and they are immediately available at Google Play, prior to their roll out on Virtual 5G. Through this agreement, these Apps will be implemented with Virtual 5G and the services they provide will be added to the growing list of services available to current and future users of Virtual 5G's Global 5G Mobile Broadband OTT Service. Providing a production Global 5G Mobile Broadband Platform for these services is significant.
PT. ABC's Apps have been created to provide substantial commercial value, however they have an even more significant goal; they have been conceived and designed services that are both most needed and desired by Internet users in Indonesia, and online consumers throughout Asia. PT. ABC's Apps include many services for Education, Video Conferencing and Video Calling, Digital Marketplaces, and On-line Mobile Transactions. PT. ABC's Apps are homegrown, designed and tailored to local, and regional consumer needs and business operations, making online learning, communication, social media and transaction activities more secure, user friendly, and intuitive than global alternatives. PT. Animus Bersama Cermerlang Strategic Alliances are significant, and provide significant value for users, empowering services with protections and cost savings for consumers. Bwmbumdes and SUA are examples of services PT. ABC has created with a local focus. PT. ABC's Mobile Transactions can be processed for a fraction of E-Wallets Apps such as PayPal, Dana, Doku, GoPay, OVO, and ShopeePay. PT. ABC's Video Conferencing service is built on software that supports in excess of 20 Million users per month. The potential for PT ABC's Digital Transactions and Services over Virtual Internet's Virtual 5G Global network can be illustrated in the growth trajectory of Indonesia and Asia as a whole.
PT. ABC's trusted relationships and knowledge of the local and regional market have prepared them for their next stage of growth and aligns with the digital revolution in the region. Indonesia is now the world's 10th largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, and a member of the G-20. Indonesia is projected to grow to the 7th largest economy in the world by 2050; larger than The United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Germany, France, Italy, and Canada. Indonesia is experiencing a transformation, with rapid economic growth and swift technological improvements, especially in Mobile Broadband, as Indonesia expands its position as an Economic Center of Opportunity in Asia, and as Indonesia Unlocks its' Digital Potential. Indonesia has a population of nearly 300 Million, and Indonesians operate almost 450 Million Devices and is one of the world's largest markets with unique needs. PT. ABC's Apps provide services tailored to the needs of Indonesia—its' citizens, enterprises and government.
Importantly, Virtual 5G with millions of user installations, provides a market ready platform and an established user base for PT. ABC's Apps. Virtual 5G has been installed millions of times globally, including to more than a million users in Indonesia, and has been installed on over 6,000+ models of Android phones, including the leading phones sold in Indonesia and throughout the world --Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others. This platform allows Virtual 5G to make these services available to users of Virtual 5G throughout Asia (a total addressable market of 4.7 Billion, two-thirds of the global population) and where these users will be able to leverage Virtual 5G's Industry Leading Performance to enjoy an enhanced level of service across Asia and the globe.
Virtual 5G elevates the performance of older generation phones such as 3G and 4G/LTE phones to 5G performance and Virtual 5G is a new Software which even improves the native Mobile Broadband performance of new 5G phones. The Virtual 5G App has Industry Leading Performance in Bandwidth, Speed, Quality and Latency Reduction. Virtual 5G delivers Latency of less than 1 Millisecond to the first network hop. 5G promises Mobile Broadband Speeds of 50+ Mbps; Virtual 5G already delivers from 200 to 1,000+ Mbps. These performance increases are important because they enable what consumers want --better Browsing, better Quality Video Streaming, and Video Chat / Conferencing, with fewer stops/starts and no dropped calls with a Freemium App. Most importantly they are 100% available in all situations including Remote Work, Remote Education, Corporate Locales, Stores, and public spaces such as Public Transit, Cars, Planes and recreational locations.
About PT BUM Desa Indonesia (BUMDES) / BDI
PT BUM Desa Indonesia (BUMDES) Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · PT Indonesian Village Owned Enterprises (BUMDES) / BDI is the holding company of many Village Owned Enterprises in Indonesia. PT BDI oversees and has network of more than 74,500 rural, suburban and urban municipalities, and over 20,000 business entities spread across villages and remote and local areas of Indonesia.
About Virtual Internet Pte. Ltd,
Virtual Internet is a metaverse company, Incorporated in Singapore. Virtual Internet is building a new community of millions of users, connected through multiple networks. Virtual 5G, is a first of its' kind, App and Service which delivers 5G Mobile Broadband over a globally available 5G service through a worldwide OTT (Over The Top) network, which operates over all existing forms of networks including Cellular Radio, WiFi, Terrestrial, and Satellite. As an OTT, Virtual 5G's service globally interconnects users through any and all service providers. Virtual Internet has created and operates on its' own Virtual 5G Global Overlay Network to allow millions of other applications and services to be delivered over 5G Mobile Broadband Speeds.
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Conference panel examines the connection between organizational empathy and employee satisfaction, retention, and business results
DUBLIN, Ohio, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recruiting and retaining high-performing employees is essential as the Great Resignation continues, and some experts believe organizational empathy may be the secret to achieving these goals. Zane Burke, CEO of Quantum Health, the healthcare navigation and care coordination industry leader, will host a Business Group on Health session exploring the relationship between organizational empathy and employee engagement, hiring and retention, and business results. The discussion takes place at the Business Group on Health's Annual Conference on April 21, 2022.
Joining Burke will be Stanford University professor and leading empathy researcher Jamil Zaki, and Amanda Davenport, senior director of benefits for Surgery Partners. The panel discussion, "Organizational Empathy: The Secret Ingredient to Employee Retention, Satisfaction and Benefits ROI," will examine the connection between organizational empathy and business outcomes that can be influenced through employee benefits. During this panel discussion, attendees will learn:
- How empathy can be a workplace "superpower."
- Common myths about empathy and how to bust those myths.
- Empathy skill-building techniques.
- How one leading organization uses empathy to address burnout in its population of healthcare workers.
- How empathy can turn a benefits program into a benefits experience that improves employee retention and influences DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) initiatives while also lowering healthcare costs.
About the panelists
Jamil Zaki, Ph.D., is leading the charge to create a more empathetic world. A renowned professor of psychology at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, Zaki is author of "The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World," a book based on his laboratory's research and his analysis of global research into the state of empathy. Zaki's work focuses on how empathy works, and how people and organizations can learn to empathize more effectively.
Amanda Davenport is senior director of benefits at Surgery Partners, a leading operator of specialty surgery centers and hospitals, with nearly 300 locations and 9,000 employees. Davenport's career spans extensive experience in employee benefits strategy and leadership, both for healthcare delivery organizations and insurance brokerage firms. Davenport has seen firsthand the impact of today's stressful healthcare environment, which is why her team is committed to infusing empathy into their workplace culture and benefits experience to better support the needs of their employee population.
Zane Burke is CEO of Quantum Health and a healthcare industry innovator focused on transforming the consumer healthcare experience. An internationally recognized health IT leader, Burke has extensive experience guiding healthcare technology enterprises, including Silicon Valley-based Livongo Health Inc., a leading software as a service (SaaS) consumer digital health company, where Burke served as CEO, and Cerner Corporation, where he was president.
"With all the challenges of the past two years, helping employees and their families feel cared for and supported is critical for every organization's success," said Burke. "The power of empathy cannot be underestimated. It's the driving force behind Quantum Health and how we serve our key stakeholders: Clients, members, providers, partners and — most importantly — our own employees. We are proud to share these valuable insights that will help employers and benefits professionals use organizational empathy to transform their workplace cultures and program offerings into optimized employee experiences that will attract and nurture top talent and achieve business results."
The session, "Organizational Empathy: The Secret Ingredient to Employee Retention, Satisfaction and Benefits ROI," takes place on April 21 from 8:55 to 9:25 a.m. CT and will be available to Business Group on Health conference attendees. For more information about the session and the speakers, visit here.
About Quantum Health
Quantum Health is the industry-leading consumer healthcare navigation and care coordination company that delivers an unparalleled consumer experience to its members, as well as validated claims savings and high satisfaction rates for its self-insured employer clients. Quantum Health's proprietary Real-Time Intercept® model identifies opportunities for early intervention in a member's healthcare journey, resulting in better engagement, outcomes, and cost efficiencies.
The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Dublin, Ohio. Since its inception, Quantum Health has earned numerous awards and honors, including being named among the Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc. 5000, and a Great Place to Work by FORTUNE Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine. The Women Presidents' Organization has ranked Quantum Health as one of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies, and Columbus Business First has honored Quantum Health as a Best Place to Work.
To learn more about the company, visit www.Quantum-Health.com, and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Media Contact: Susan Simkins, Quantum Health, Corporate Communications, 800-257-2038 x13494, susan.simkins@quantum-health.com
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Industry Veterans Lynn Berger, Shawn O'Shaughnessy Join Firm
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realto Inc., operator of the first fully-automated, web-based marketplace for the secondary trading of illiquid real estate and alternative securities, announces the hiring of two accomplished industry sales professionals, Lynn Berger and Shawn O'Shaughnessy.
Ms. Berger and Mr. O'Shaughnessy are Sales Directors, joining Jonathan Barlow, a member of the team since August 2021. They report to President and Co-Founder Jeff Kinney.
"We are excited to bring Lynn and Shawn aboard and are pleased that they've hit the ground running as Realto builds on its success to date," Mr. Kinney said. "They are well-respected industry veterans who understand the value of Realto's ability to provide liquidity and unlock value for investors in the secondary trading of real estate and other illiquid securities."
Ms. Berger, based in Pittsburgh, arrives after spending more than 20 years in the industry. This includes experience at Allianz, The Hartford and Cantor Fitzgerald, where she worked closely with Mr. Kinney and Mr. Barlow.
She can be reached at Lynn.Berger@realto.ai.
Mr. O'Shaughnessy, based in St. Louis, also brings two decades as a sales professional and financial advisor. This includes experience as a National Sales Manager and National Product Manager for large alternative investment distribution companies, such as SC Distributors.
He can be reached at Shawn@realto.ai.
Based in Overland Park, Kan., Realto Securities, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Realto, Inc., is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer that offers an innovative, customer-centric, and transparent market, dedicated to providing investors with the ability to trade traditionally illiquid real estate and alternative securities. For more information, please visit Realto and follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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One of the world's top creative leaders joins Miami-based agency at a time of exponential growth.
MIAMI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Republica Havas, one of America's leading creative advertising, media, and communications agencies, announces today that Tony Waissmann is joining its executive team as chief creative officer (CCO). Co-founder Luis Casamayor, who formerly held the role, has been named creative chairman.
Waissmann will be relocating from Buenos Aires to Miami, and the move marks the first time he has brought his talents and expertise to a U.S.-based firm. In his new role, he will lead the agency's creative organization with an emphasis on clarity and focus to develop work that makes an impact on the cultural zeitgeist. Most recently, Waissmann was CCO LatAm at HOY by Havas, a leading creative agency in Latin America with offices in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico.
Waissmann initially studied industrial design to pursue a passion for working in the auto industry. His interest in theater led to a deep understanding of the entertainment industry and advertising, the latter inspiring him to shift careers. One year later, Waissmann was working at an ad agency and laying the foundation for Underground, the school for creatives he founded in 2001 and directed for 18 years. Underground was one of the most recognized creative schools in Latin America, with branches in Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.
"Our agency has experienced explosive growth over the past year, allowing us to lure some of the best talents in the industry, and now with Tony's addition, the stage is set to take us to even greater heights," said Luis Casamayor, co-founder and creative chairman of Republica Havas. "Tony is a generational talent who will elevate our creative output and continue cultivating a divergent, multifaceted team of world-class professionals. Tony's addition signals a landmark moment for the future of our business," he added.
Republica Havas has experienced over 25% growth over the past year amid distinguished wins, including Nike and Telemundo's FIFA World Cup 2022, With over two decades of award-winning industry experience, Waissmann has held creative leadership roles at top agencies, including Geometry Global, GTB, FCB Global, and Lowe Argentina, and his clients have included Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Jaguar, Land Rover, DirecTV, and Cinemark.
"I'm grateful to the Havas network for the freedom and support I've been given from day one. My role is one that I've always been passionate about. I've been working in the LatAm region and my native Argentina for years, in different agencies, but taking on a new challenge always thrills me and fills me with pride," said Waissmann. "Together with this new team, my goal is to make RH an even more outstanding creative agency, bringing it right up there with the most creative ones in the region. The work has to speak for itself; it has to be relevant to clients and hopefully, impactful enough to inspire industry peers," he added.
Waissmann's work has been recognized with numerous awards, including Cannes Lions, Clio, New York Festivals, London International Awards, El Sol, and El Ojo de Iberoamérica. He has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Creatives in the World by Creativepool, and selected as one of the 10 Best Creative Directors in Latin America and one of the Best Creatives in Argentina by the Jerry Goldenberg Awards, the most prestigious industry awards in Argentina. Over the past year, he was again nominated as one of the best creatives in Argentina at the Jerry Goldenberg Awards and ranked as one of Argentina's top two creatives according to El Ojo de Iberoamérica.
Republica Havas is one of America's leading and fastest-growing creative, media, and communications agencies. Founded in 2006 and based in Miami, Florida, Republica Havas provides integrated marketing services including strategy, creative, research, media planning and buying, analytics and consumer science, digital, public relations, social, and experiential to numerous blue-chip clients in the United States and markets around the world. Republica Havas also boasts Havas House, a global custom media, content and publishing company. Republica Havas is the lead U.S. multicultural agency partner of Paris-based Havas Group. Havas is a subsidiary of Vivendi, a global content, media, and communications group with assets including Universal Music Group, Canal+, Gameloft, StudioCanal, Editis, and Dailymotion. For more information, visit republicahavas.com and follow @RepublicaHavas on social media.
Havas is one of the world's largest global communications groups. Founded in 1835 in Paris, the Group employs 20,000 people in more than 100 countries and operates through its three business units covering all communication activities. Havas Group's mission is to make a meaningful difference to brands, businesses and people. To better anticipate client needs, Havas has adopted a fully integrated model through its 60+ Havas Villages around the world. In these Villages, creative, media, and healthcare & wellness teams work together, ensuring agility and a seamless experience for clients. We are committed to building a diverse culture where everybody feels they belong, can be themselves, thrive and grow. Havas Group integrated Vivendi in December 2017. Further information about Havas Group is available on the company's website: havasgroup.com
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Wolfe brings decades of teaching and administrative leadership experience, most recently
from Hamilton College, with a focus on experiential learning.
SALEM, Va., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- – On the heels of selecting a new president, Roanoke College has selected a new dean of the college.
Roanoke College today announces that Dr. Kathy J. Wolfe, a champion of integrative and experiential learning, has been named vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college.
Wolfe has 28 years of teaching experience and 12 years in administrative leadership roles, most recently as dean of engaged education at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She has a broad understanding of higher education, having worked in private and public liberal arts institutions, community colleges and the American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Wolfe will assume the dean's position in July, replacing Dr. Richard Smith, who retired in the summer of 2021 after 12 years in the position.
Roanoke College President Michael C. Maxey said after a rigorous, competitive national search, "Dr. Wolfe emerged as our candidate of choice for the deanship. She stands out in many ways that will enhance Roanoke College, our academic program, and the experience of our students."
Dr. Frank Shushok Jr., Roanoke College president-elect who will succeed retiring President Maxey in July, said Wolfe's vision aligns perfectly with Roanoke College's approach. "I was struck by Dr. Wolfe's authentic connection to Roanoke College's mission, especially our commitment that every student be invited to explore purpose en route to finding meaningful work," Shushok said. "Dr. Wolfe is student-centered, collaborative, excited about curricular innovation, and eager to partner with our talented faculty to dream forward the next iteration of Roanoke College's offering to the world. She brings refined leadership skills and experience to Roanoke College and believes wholeheartedly that the education Roanoke College delivers translates into powerful marketplace skills critical for thriving communities."
Hamilton College President David Wippman praised Wolfe as, "a student-centered, liberal-arts focused, mission-driven educator who works tirelessly to ensure that all students have equitable access to the resources and opportunities that will make them successful. She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of ALEX [Advise, Learn, Experience initiative], Hamilton's coordinated advising network for students, and has demonstrated her readiness for this opportunity at Roanoke. We will miss her contributions at Hamilton, but we extend our congratulations to her on this well-deserved appointment."
At Hamilton College, Wolfe oversaw the ALEX initiative, which seeks to integrate and improve advising, academic support and experiential learning opportunities for students. Prior to that, she served two terms as dean of undergraduate programs and professor of English at Nebraska Wesleyan University, her alma mater. Between deanships there, she spent a year and a half with the American Association of Colleges and Universities as a senior fellow and interim vice president for integrative liberal learning and the global commons.
Wolfe said she was drawn to the College for a variety of reasons. One is that she wanted to make a difference in the academic curriculum, where she can work with faculty to help integrate liberal arts study and career exploration.
"What drew me to Roanoke College was the College's willingness to embrace thoughtful change while maintaining a firm commitment to high-quality, affordable and equitable liberal arts education," Wolfe said. "I'm excited about the partnership with President-elect Frank Shushok, and eager to get to know the community and collaborate with the faculty, staff, administrators, students, alumni, the board and others to develop creative new programs. We will connect with the local community and articulate the value of the liberal arts."
Wolfe, who was a first-generation college student, holds a B.A. in English from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in English from Texas Christian University. She is a member of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the American Conference of Academic Deans, the National Academic Advising Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English/College Composition and Communication.
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First-of-its-Kind Molecular Karyotyping Test
SHENZHEN, China, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SeekIn Inc, the leader in blood-based cancer early detection and monitoring technology, today announced the CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for LeukoPrint® Molecular Karyotyping Kit and is now ready to launch this test in European markets.
Leukemias are a group of life threatening malignant disorders of the blood and bone marrow, which can occur at any age. There are a total of ~ 4.4 million new cases of and ~ 3.1 million deaths from leukemia worldwide annually. Genomic alternations, especially copy number aberrations (CNAs), are particularly imperative for diagnostic classification and risk stratification in leukemia patients. The conventional cytogenetic analysis, karyotyping, has been used to detect the genetic alterations of the hematopoietic malignancies for decades. Although karyotyping can provide a panoramic view of chromosomal aberrations, this technique comes with several drawbacks, such as a time-consuming and prone-to-failure cell-culturing step, relatively low resolution which is usually unable to detect submicroscopic changes (< 10 Mb), and a visual interpretation that is highly dependent on cytogeneticist experience and knowledge of the disease.
LeukoPrint® Molecular Karyotyping Kit is developed to depict CNA patterns in leukemia patients based on shallow whole-genome sequencing (sWGS). This test can help hematologists make diagnosis and prognostic stratification according to European Leukemia Net (ELN), Revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R) or Revised International Staging System (R-ISS) guidelines. Except for leukemias, LeukoPrint® is also applicable to other types of hematological malignancies such as multiple myeloma. The significant advantage of LeukoPrint® is high accuracy, high sensitivity, and patients can avoid the pain of frequent sampling from bone marrow.
"With the advent of new DNA sequencing technologies, next-generation sequencing (NGS) based genetic testing has been implemented as a routine protocol for cancer diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment response evaluation." Mao Mao, M.D., Ph.D., SeekIn's founder and CEO, said in a statement. "LeukoPrint provides a cost-effective and simplified method for prompt and accurate CNA profiling in leukemia patients. It utilized a standardized protocol which can be readily extended to clinical laboratories worldwide. With the advantage of detecting CNAs of short DNA fragments, by incorporating with the routine diagnostic methods, LeukoPrint can benefit the conventional cytogenetics by improving diagnostic yield. CE Marking represents a significant milestone for SeekIn in bringing LeukoPrint test to the patients and healthcare providers in Europe. We will continue our efforts to meet additional regulatory requirements in Europe, and to obtain regulatory approvals in the other territories such as China."
About LeukoPrint®
By evaluating the copy number aberration (CNA) in bone marrow cells and/or circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) via shallow whole-genome sequencing (sWGS), in combination with conventional cytogenetics technologies, LeukoPrint® makes leukemia diagnosis, molecular subtyping, prognostic stratification and treatment response monitoring more precise and comprehensive.
About SeekIn
SeekIn Inc is a biotech company founded in early 2018 in Shenzhen, China, focusing on blood-based pan-cancer early detection utilizing next-generation sequencing and artificial intelligence. Since founded, SeekIn has been committed to providing cutting-edge and cost-effective solutions for cancer early detection, postoperative recurrence monitoring, and treatment response evaluation. SeekIn also developed novel molecular tests for leukemia patients. Its cancer early detection technology has been applied to canines as well. With its proprietary technical advances, SeekIn has launched a number of research and clinical studies in collaboration with top-tier hospitals in China. SeekIn envisions that by leading a new norm for cancer early detection the clinical outcome of mid-/late-stage cancer patients can be reversed and the cancer mortality rate can be reduced by 15%. For more information about SeekIn's cutting-edge technologies and products, visit www.seekincancer.com.
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- Transition to Software as a Service (SaaS) business accelerating, passing $200M in cloud annual recurring revenue
- Cloud-based version of Siemens' NX product design and engineering software now available as part of Xcelerator as a Service
- Siemens' comprehensive digital twin is helping sustainability-focused startups to develop innovative solutions to global challenges ranging from ocean monitoring to underwater agriculture.
DETROIT, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that its transition to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) led business is progressing well and its momentum is increasing. Cloud related Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) surpassed $200M as of the end of Q1 FY2022, equaling 6% of total ARR. Growth continued to accelerate in the second quarter. At the 2022 Siemens Media & Analyst Conference (MAC), Siemens highlighted how a range of companies from global industry leaders to startups are using Siemens' software to create and leverage the industry's most comprehensive digital twin to digitally transform and address global challenges. It also announced that it has expanded Xcelerator as a Service, with the addition of NX™ X, cloud-based computer aided design (CAD).
"Last year we announced our transition to a SaaS-led business and introduced Xcelerator as a Service. Customers are responding enthusiastically – ready to embrace the cloud to accelerate their digital transformations," said Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO and president, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "Siemens is transforming our business, so we can help our customers transform their industries, making our portfolio easier to access, more open, and integrated."
Xcelerator is Siemens' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of software, services and an application development platform, designed to help companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. Xcelerator as a Service (XaaS) makes the Xcelerator portfolio more accessible, scalable and flexible, with a subscription offering that takes advantage of cloud computing to provide powerful new capabilities across the Xcelerator portfolio that is designed to help speed digital transformation for Siemens' customers.
Across the world, companies of all sizes are adopting solutions from the Xcelerator portfolio to solve their business challenges and drive competitive advantage. At the 2022 MAC, Siemens highlighted how Italian startup Nemo's Garden and autonomous ocean data collection specialists, Saildrone, are taking advantage of the accessibility of Xcelerator as a Service to level up their development efforts and to innovative more quickly. Global automotive OEMS such as Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation and Daimler Truck have both chosen Siemens' Xcelerator as their platform of choice as they explore carbon-neutral futures.
"When I first saw Siemens' digital twin technology, I was mesmerized. Nemo's Garden is a one-of-a-kind system and we need to adapt to each environment where it is to be installed. If you can model that environment virtually before you start, you can foresee the challenges and address them in the best way," said Luca Gamberini, Co-Founder, Nemo's Garden. "We have seen benefits in understanding the flow of water around the shapes of our biospheres. We have a greater understanding of the points of stress on the structure around the biospheres. We also understand how the different interactions of solar radiation, the temperature and all the physical factors, act on the plants. All thanks to the ability of the digital twin to replicate our system."
Siemens is adding industry-leading design and engineering software to Xcelerator as a Service with the new NX X, a packaged solution that combines capabilities of Siemens' NX™ software, centralized storage capacity and native collaboration delivered via industry leading hosting partners. With NX X, software upgrades, back-up and hardware requirements are handled by Siemens and its hosting partners, making sure software is up to date and running on leading-edge hardware.
Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit siemens.com/software or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.
Note: A list of relevant Siemens trademarks can be found here. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader in automation and digitalization. Closely collaborating with partners and customers, DI drives the digital transformation in the process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes with an end-to-end set of products, solutions and services to integrate and digitalize the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific needs of each industry, DI's unique portfolio supports customers to achieve greater productivity and flexibility. DI is constantly adding innovations to its portfolio to integrate cutting-edge future technologies. Siemens Digital Industries has its global headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and has around 76,000 employees internationally.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.
In fiscal 2021, which ended on September 30, 2021, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €62.3 billion and net income of €6.7 billion. As of September 30, 2021, the company had around 303,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Skin Science Solutions, a leader in skin and body rejuvenating treatments, announces the launch of icoone roboderm®, a new generation device that utilizes unique cellular technologies to offer painless and non-invasive facial and body rejuvenation. Today, Skin Science Solutions announces the launch of the new icoone treatment now available at exhale® Spa located in the NoMad Hotel in New York City.
The icoone was developed with expertise from Professor Jean-Claude Guimberteau, a specialist in reconstructive surgery who dedicated many years to studying the skin – concerning the connective tissue structure. According to Guimberteau, the skin should be conceived as a living, breathing organ, and that the subcutaneous tissue consists of a network of microvacuoles that constitute the functional unit of the tissue structure. This new theory challenges the thinking that skin is formed by a layer of tissues, and therefore, suggests new approaches in the way we can treat skin issues. The icoone is the only technology in the world today to utilize roboderm®, an innovative patented technology that uses Multi Micro Alveolar Stimulation (MMAS), which releases up to 21,600 microsimulations per minute to the skin's surface and subcutaneous tissue for effective and immediate skin tightening results without any pain or downtime.
Through microstimulation, the icoone technology offers a wide range of customizable and effective treatments for both the face and body. The icoone promotes skin tissue oxygenation, skin cell regeneration, and boosts the production of collagen and elastin, resulting in smoother, firmer, and more toned skin. Treatments include:
- Cellulite Reduction
- Body Reshaping
- Anti-aging and Skin Rejuvenation
- Skin Tightening
- Stretch Mark and Wrinkle Reduction
- Face, Breast and Cleavage Lift
The icoone range includes two device models – Beauty and Medical – each available with or without LED and laser light sources, whose action, combined with microstimulation, allows for quicker and more targeted treatment of specific areas of the body. This way, results are faster and longer-lasting, both in terms of aesthetics and functionality. Moreover, icoone treatments contribute to the production of new collagen and to the maintenance of tissue tone, so as to avoid the classic "sagging effect" typical of other treatments. icoone is non-invasive and painless, and can be used every day, even on the most delicate and damaged skin, and can be used to treat sensitive areas, such as eyes, lips, chest, neckline, neck, inner arms, thighs, knees and ankles.
The new icoone does not carry the same worrisome risks associated with other aesthetic treatments on the market, as the icoone encourages the body's natural process of fat metabolism, body shaping and skin improvement. Other procedures destroy fat cells, and can produce an uneven or undesired result, including the development of fat pockets in other areas of the body. In addition, other treatments can be painful or uncomfortable, including burning, freezing and stinging, and may be followed by unpleasant side-effects including numbness, pain, bruising and a long recovery time. The icoone is completely safe and effective, and treatments are pain-free with no side effects or downtime.
Skin Science Solutions is partnering with leading physicians, top spas and medical spas, and luxury hotels and resorts to offer icoone treatments across the globe.
Skin Science Solutions is the exclusive North American distributor for i-Tech and Pagani, two Italian manufacturers of non-invasive anti-aging/silhouette remodeling and lymphatic drainage devices. i-Tech is the manufacturer of the patented icoone roboderm. Through microstimulation, icoone technology offers customized and effective treatment of the face and body skin, while simultaneously draining, firming and remodeling the silhouette. The icoone range of products is available in two versions, with and without laser/LED. Skin Science Solutions provides world class training and aesthetic and technical support for its systems.
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Vehicle theft is top cybersecurity concern, followed by data privacy and location tracking
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonatus, a global leader in software-defined vehicle technology solutions, today released survey results exploring how much consumers know about automotive software and how much money they'd be willing to spend on enhanced software functionality. Findings showed that despite seemingly constant headlines about automotive cybersecurity breaches, over a third of respondents are not concerned about their vehicles being hacked. However, most of the surveyed consumers who did have cybersecurity concerns expressed a willingness to pay a premium for added security features, with nearly 60% of all consumers willing to spend at least $250, and 30% willing to spend at least $1,000.
With regards to specific concerns over what a hacker might do if they were to infiltrate a vehicle's security system, consumers are most concerned about their vehicle being physically stolen, which is not something typically associated with cybercrime. 60% cited this as a key concern, compared to 55% that reported concerns of hackers gaining access to their personal data, 53% that have concerns about location tracking, and 52% that are concerned about hackers interfering with driving capabilities.
Regarding consumers' awareness of the software that keeps vehicles secure and performing optimally, the survey revealed a substantial knowledge gap – with nearly 40% of respondents unaware whether their cars could be updated through over-the-air (OTA) software updates. When asked how many OTA software updates they'd be willing to accept if their cars had to be turned off and inoperable for 30 minutes, only 27% of respondents would tolerate five or more updates per week, but that number jumps to 41% if each update only took 30 seconds.
"Automakers are focusing on software updates to maintain and enhance vehicle functionality, which should increase overall customer satisfaction, but the data indicates that deployment time is a key factor in customer acceptance of these updates," said Jeffrey Chou, CEO and Co-founder of Sonatus. "For vehicle software updates to be perceived as a value add rather than an inconvenience, OEMs need to find ways to shorten the process considerably. That's why they're starting to focus on building software-defined vehicles that can be updated by reconfiguring existing software, rather than writing entirely new software."
Based on its team's long experience in enterprise datacenters, Sonatus foresaw the need to make dynamic vehicles that could be updated in seconds to deliver new functionality, features, and security in a safe and cost-effective manner. That's what led it to develop the Sonatus Digital Dynamics™ software-defined vehicle platform, which lives both in-vehicle and in the cloud, empowering OEMs with the underlying foundation necessary to update vehicle functionality and add new features post-production without requiring new software development.
You can find the full set of survey results here, and for more information on Sonatus please visit www.sonatus.com.
ABOUT SONATUS
Sonatus helps automakers build software-defined vehicles that can evolve and adapt over their entire lifetimes through code-less updates that don't require new software. Leveraging extensive software-defined and automotive expertise, the company compresses decades of digital innovation into scalable vehicle and cloud software solutions, empowering OEMs to innovate faster, reduce complexity and costs, and become more agile. Sonatus' award-winning Digital Dynamics™ Vehicle Platform is currently in-market in Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis, and will be on the road in millions more vehicles by 2023. The company is backed by world-class automotive, technology, and venture investors including Hyundai Motor Group's Kia Corporation, LG Electronics, Marvell, SAIC Capital, Translink Capital, UMC Capital, and Wanxiang Group Company. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, with offices in Detroit, MI, and Seoul, Korea. For more information visit www.sonatus.com
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NEW YORK , April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for SOFI, TLRY, EVFM, UEC, and MF.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for SBFM, IMAC, ADN, NILE, and RAD.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for STZ, TWTR, COST, MRK, and AJRD.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TUSK Partners ("TUSK"), the premier dental-focused M&A Advisor, advised Endodontic Associates in their sale to Endo1 Partners, a portfolio company of VSS. The transaction was led by Ryan Mingus, Managing Director of M&A at TUSK Partners. Alex Cherniavsky and George May spearheaded the diligence and analytics efforts for TUSK.
Founded in 1960, Endodontic Associates is the leading Endodontic group in Southeast Michigan. With 9 clinic locations, they employ nearly 30-percent of all endodontists in Southeast Michigan. Under the leadership of doctors Jerry Dietz and Craig Duhaime, Endodontic Associates has maintained a first-class organization that has been fully committed to its team, staff, community, and patients for over 60 years.
Dr. Craig Duhaime, Managing Partner Doctor of Endodontic Associates added, "TUSK was extremely thorough in finding the right partner for our practice. Their search included large to midsize specialty DSOs and multi-specialty DSOs to ensure that we explored the entire marketplace for potential partnership. With our practice having 19 Drs. and nine offices, it was crucial that we executed on finding the right strategic partner for every aspect of our business."
Dr. Mark Robinson, Partner Doctor of Endodontic Associates, commented, "My partners and I shopped for practice advisors to represent our business, and after several interviews, going with TUSK was a no-brainer. Their team's commitment to our business, ability to simplify the complex, and overall professionalism was a tremendous resource for us. I couldn't be more pleased with our new partnership and ability to execute on future growth acquisitions."
Ryan Mingus, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions at TUSK, commented. "We could not be happier with the new partnership between Endo Associates and Endo1 Partners. Endodontic Associates has been the industry standard for over 60 years, and the company's growth only further validates the strength and special care it brings to its patient base." Ryan continues, "The Partnership with Endo1, the largest EPO in North America, will offer Endo Associates substantial new resources and opportunities as the company continues to grow. I look forward to the future growth of our client's business alongside their new partner."
Matthew Haddad, Co-CEO of Endo1 added, "We couldn't be more excited for our new partnership with Endodontic Associates. The partners and leadership team have built an incredible group that resembles our core values, and value proposition. We look forward to providing the necessary resources to further enhance Endodontic Associates growth strategy."
About Endodontic Associates:
Endodontic Associates' objective is to provide the highest quality of endodontic services, promptly, efficiently, and consistent with the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct. They offer expertise in all areas of endodontics including conventional root canal treatment, retreatment, routine and complicated surgery and differential diagnosis pain. For more information, visit https://www.endodonticassoc.com.
About Endo1 Partners:
Endo1 Partners is a network of like-minded Endodontic specialists working together to maximize the patient experience. Endo1 Partners is the original EPO. We were the first to provide back-office and practice management support to help partners focus on providing quality patient care. Their goal is to support you and help you run your practice in the most productive, advantageous way. For more information, visit https://endo1partners.com
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TUSK Partners ("TUSK") provides M&A Advisory services in the dental industry. TUSK has completed over $650M of transactions across all specialties. With an in-depth understanding of the marketplace and access to 100's of buyers nationwide, we help our clients confidently pursue M&A transactions that maximize their long-term value. With our significant collective experience of over 40+ years of dental practice transactions, we offer our clients solutions that help them achieve their strategic and financial objectives. For more information, visit https://tusk-partners.com.
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Platform Company of Kid-Focused Brands Announce Key New Hire to Help with High-Level Leadership and Strategic Direction
DALLAS, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unleashed Brands, a franchise growth-focused platform company that includes portfolio brands Urban Air, Snapology, The Little Gym and Premier Martial Arts, announces the hiring of Joe Luongo, who joins the company as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy.
Luongo has a 30+ year career that spans both franchising and brand management, most recently serving as Chairman of WellBiz Brands, Inc., a platform of health and lifestyle brands including Amazing Lash Studio, Drybar, Radiant Waxing, Elements Massage and Fitness Together, overseeing those platforms most robust season of growth. Lunogo's also served in several high-level leadership roles with Massage Envy, FedEx Kinkos, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Circuit City, Peter Piper Pizza and Stone Eagle Advisors.
He joins Unleashed Brands at a time where growth within each brand is exceptional, and brings decades of business management and development experience to deliver key contributions to strategic direction. Luongo will work closely with each brand president and provide high-level mentorship and leadership. Luongo will also ensure consistent and successful operations of all brand brands using the Unleashed platform.
"Joe has been a mentor of mine for years now, and he's always been someone I look up to throughout my career, so it is an honor and privilege to have him join the team," said Michael O. Browning Jr., Founder & CEO Unleashed Brands. "Joe's background speaks for itself, and his skill set will be instrumental in evaluating new brands we may want to bring into the Unleashed Family, as well as strong support for strategic decision making for the company."
Unleashed Brands is a parent company of growth-oriented brands geared at furthering child and adolescent development in three core areas – Learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), Playing (Celebrating, Escaping, and Connecting) and Growing (Music & Arts, Martial Arts, Swimming, Sports). Backed by a management team with over 50 years of combined consumer industry experience, Unleashed Brands was born out of the proven expertise and existing infrastructure of Urban Air, a family entertainment industry leader. They acquired Snapology, the premier franchise brand offering STEAM programs for kids, and The Little Gym, the world's premier enrichment and physical development center for children last year, and recently acquired Premier Marital Arts, a prominent franchised company that specializes in teaching karate, krav maga, and kickboxing for children and adults, in January 2022.
To learn more about Unleashed Brands and current opportunities, please visit unleashedbrands.com.
About Unleashed Brands
Unleashed Brands, currently includes portfolio brands Urban Air, Snapology, The Little Gym and Premier Martial Arts. and was founded to curate and grow a portfolio of the most innovative and profitable brands that help kids learn, play and grow. Over the last 10 years, the team at Unleashed Brands has built a proven platform and know-how for scaling businesses focused on serving families. Its mission is to impact the lives of every kid by providing fun, engaging and inspiring experiences that help them become who they are destined to be. For more information, please visit www.UnleashedBrands.com.
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valtech, a global business transformation agency, today announced the acquisition of The Berndt Group, Ltd. (TBG), a leading digital customer experience agency focusing on digital transformations.
The health industry is transforming and digital is emerging as the primary enabler of more sustainable business models and more meaningful lives. By welcoming TBG, a recognized leader in digital health and a leading Sitecore partner, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Valtech adds further depth to its cross-disciplinary capabilities, facilitating the new normal, at scale, for the health industry.
"I am very happy to be welcoming the TBG team to Valtech. By bringing together TBG's abilities to create enhanced digital experiences in Healthcare and our CX expertise across multiple verticals, we are able to bring change to an industry in need of transformation. Together we are able to help clients Transform by Doing, and deliver market leading experiences that integrate a patient's physical and digital healthcare journey, resulting in care that is personalized and patient-centric." said Olivier Padiou, CEO, Valtech.
TBG's more than 80 highly skilled practitioners will bring their expertise in developing digital experiences in consumer healthcare to Valtech, alongside long-time clients including Johns Hopkins, Penn Medicine, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital and Christus Health, to name a few. TBG also has a strong practice and expertise in Financial services and B2B.
"We are thrilled to join Valtech. We have spent the last 30 years developing unmatched digital development and delivery expertise, carefully recruiting the best professionals, and creating an excellent and consistent collaborative corporate culture," explained John Berndt, CEO, The Berndt Group. "Joining Valtech allows us to expand our service offerings for clients, and our team will join a like-minded organization with an exemplary culture inherently focused on delivering quality. We are very excited by this opportunity to raise the bar on digital health transformation consulting and services globally."
Recognized by leading analyst firms, Valtech is the preferred strategic business transformation partner for many of the world's best-known brands, including Alcon, Novo Nordisk and Philips as well as Audi, Dolby, L'Oréal, P&G, Toyota, Volkswagen, and many others.
Valtech now employs more than 4,800 strategists, experience designers, marketers, data scientists, creatives and software engineers spanning five continents with more than 50 offices in 19 countries.
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. , April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vassar College will launch the Vassar Veterans Initiative (VassarVets) designed to expand its overall student veterans' outreach and support by establishing an on-campus position dedicated to serving U.S. military veterans, President Elizabeth H. Bradley announced.
In 2012, Vassar became the first institution of higher education in the nation to partner with The Posse Foundation—a nonprofit foundation dedicated to recruiting outstanding young leaders from diverse backgrounds and pairing them with the country's top colleges—to recruit veterans for enrollment. Through VassarVets, the College will establish a director-level position which will coordinate the recruitment of veterans as well as serve as a resource for veterans during their time at Vassar, enhancing the college experience of Vassar's veteran student population. The new program will replace Vassar's relationship with The Posse Foundation.
"Having veterans here at Vassar has benefited all of our students because of the unique experiences and perspectives veterans bring, and their presence is part of what it means to have a truly diverse campus," Bradley said. "I am thankful to The Posse Foundation for helping us build the capacity to establish the Vassar Veterans Initiative and expand on what our work with The Posse Foundation has already accomplished."
As part of this initiative, Vassar will extend its need-blind admission policy for first-year applicants to U.S. military service members and veterans applying as transfers. This eliminates consideration of veteran applicants' ability to pay tuition from admission decisions. The College will also meet 100% of veteran students' demonstrated need for educational expenses. With Vassar's financial aid award, scholarship funds will replace expected family contributions and loans toward undergraduate tuition and student fees. In addition, Vassar is a Yellow Ribbon school and does not cap Yellow Ribbon spaces.
U.S. service members and veterans applying to Vassar will be granted application fee waivers and will be guaranteed an admission interview. Vassar is currently test-optional for all students, including veteran applicants, eliminating the need to submit standardized testing for admission to the College. As part of VassarVets, the new director will create a fall visitation program for prospective applicants who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces; offer dedicated college counseling to prospective veteran applicants; develop a pre-orientation program for enrolling veterans; establish partnerships with military-affiliated and veterans' organizations; facilitate group and individual advising; and develop programming with other campus offices to support student veterans.
"Vassar took the lead 10 years ago in recognizing the power and potential of those who stepped up to serve our country, and I am thrilled that the College is willing to deepen its commitment with a dedicated role not just to build out our recruitment but also to further support student veterans' success at Vassar and beyond," said Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services Sonya Smith.
"We are proud to have partnered with Vassar as the first Posse Veterans Program institution. Vassar led the way for selective colleges and universities to think more strategically about including U.S. veterans among the members of their student body. These service members are an important part of the equity and inclusion discussion, and we applaud Vassar for continuing the work," said Deborah Bial, President/Founder of The Posse Foundation.
The College is in the process of recruiting for the director of the Vassar Veterans Initiative position, who will report to the Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services, and work closely with the Dean of the College and Dean of Faculty staff, Bradley said. The position is expected to be filled by July 1. For more information, visit the Vassar Office of Admission website or call (845) 437-7300.
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SAN DIEGO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIRX), a precision oncology company targeting virus-associated malignancies, today announced that company leadership is scheduled to present at the 21st Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. EDT.
A webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors section of the Viracta website under "Events and Webcasts" at https://viracta.investorroom.com/events-and-webcasts. The webcast will be archived for 30 days.
Viracta is a precision oncology company targeting virus-associated malignancies. Viracta's lead product candidate is an all-oral combination therapy of its proprietary investigational drug, nanatinostat, and the antiviral agent valganciclovir (collectively referred to as Nana-val). Nana-val is currently being evaluated in multiple ongoing clinical trials, including a pivotal, global, multicenter, open-label Phase 2 basket trial for the treatment of multiple subtypes of relapsed/refractory Epstein-Barr virus-positive (EBV+) lymphoma (NAVAL-1) as well as a multinational, open-label Phase 1b/2 trial for the treatment of EBV+ recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other EBV+ solid tumors. Viracta is also pursuing the application of its inducible synthetic lethality approach in other virus-related cancers.
For additional information please visit www.viracta.com.
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Leading Woodworking Retailer Overhauls its eCommerce Infrastructure to Provide Enhanced Customer Experience
CRANBURY, N.J., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Visionet, the leader in digitally enabled solutions to drive global business that innovates, designs, and delivers products and services built in the cloud, announced its partnership today with leading woodworking and hardware retailer, Rockler. In this collaboration, Rockler will undergo a digital overhaul as Visionet revamps its legacy ERP infrastructure.
Rockler was in pursuit of seamless modernization of its store operations and customer experience. After rigorous vetting of multiple digital solutions and technology partners, the company opted for Visionet. Rockler noted that Visionet's holistic approach towards integrated solutions coupled with their expertise in retail as key factors in the decision-making process. Also, Visionet offers intellectual properties for some of Rockler's business requirement gaps, analytics, and end-to-end integration capabilities.
"During the course of several months, the Visionet leadership team was in constant communication with Rockler, sharing their extensive knowledge on the subject matter and conducting brainstorming sessions for successful solution implementation," said Managing Director and CEO of Visionet Systems, Arshad Masood. "Our digital retail team, in particular, did an amazing job of explaining to Rockler regarding the opportunities and obstacles each strategy would present and recommended the best practices to overcome challenges."
The engagement will entail digital transformation and modernization of Rockler's direct-to-consumer workloads. The scope of activities includes:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce implementation for order management, call center, eCommerce channels, and retail POS
- Third-party integrations and data migrations
- EDI integrations using PartnerLinQ
- Curbside Pickup and Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store (BOPIS) integration for Rockler's omnichannel commerce initiatives
"Team Visionet is working with Rockler to infuse our next generation of technology into our business to improve our overall customer experience," said Sr. Director of IT of Rockler, Greg Guentzel. "Rockler is leveraging Visionet's expertise with this digital transformation to modernize our direct-to-consumer workloads by implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 to enhance our order management system, retail POS, and eCommerce – creating a seamless experience across business operations, which ultimately translates into an exceptional customer experience and increase in ROI."
By leveraging the best technologies such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 and business solutions like PartnerLinQ, Visionet aims to help Rockler achieve business excellence and resilience.
Visionet Systems is a full-service technology consulting company that serves Fortune 2000 companies across the US. With over 25+ years of experience in digital transformation, we help our clients increase agility, reduce costs, tackle challenges to achieve the desired business objectives. To learn more visit www.visionet.com
Rockler is a world-renowned woodworking & hardware brand. Since 1955, they have been making headlines in the industry and continue to grow under the leadership of Steven Singer. The Minnesota-based company has over 38 stores across the United States and also sells online via catalogs.
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Men's grooming company is looking for bearded men doing good, will reward $20,000 to winner and $5,000 to charity
STERLING, Ill., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Are you doing good, while looking good? Men's grooming leader Wahl is looking to reward guys who are making the world a 'bearder' place to live. The Wahl 'Benevolent Beards' Contest will present one Grand Prize winner with $20,000 for himself, and $5,000 for his charity. He'll also be crowed the new 'Wahl Man of the Year,' a moniker that boasts a bearded brotherhood spanning 15 years. Over the years, the contests to find these 'Wahl Men' have differed, but the prize-winning title has remained the same. This facial-haired family is full of interesting men doing interesting things to better the world — and the benevolent acts of these past winners inspired this year's contest.
Enter the Wahl 'Benevolent Beards' Contest by June 6, 2022, at https://bit.ly/BenevolentBeards
"Wahl is dedicated to making the world a 'bearder' place," said Steven Yde, division vice president for Wahl. "What does that mean? We're making a concerted effort to celebrate and support those with beards who are making the world better. This contest is just one example of how we're working to spread positivity and goodwill."
From April 7 – June 6, 2022, men with beards can submit a video of themselves either explaining or demonstrating how they support a charity on the contest entry page at https://bit.ly/BenevolentBeards, they can also get to the page by visiting the @WahlGrooming Facebook or Instagram pages. What kind of charity? As long as it's a 501(c)(3) organization with a goal to impact the world positively, all charities will be considered. So, whether you're an animal advocate or helping humans, you have the chance to put your good grooming toward goodwill.
After the entry period Wahl will select 5 finalists, and each will win $500 for themselves, and $500 for their charity. In addition, they'll receive a Wahl Lithium Ion Stainless Steel Trimmer and a starter kit of Wahl's new Beard Care line. Things get really exciting in mid-July when public votes help determine which finalist wins the Grand Prize of $20,000 for themselves, and a visit from Wahl's Mobile Barbershop to do a fundraising grooming event for their charity. At the event, barbers will offer the public FREE beard trims, and for every trim Wahl will donate $100 to the charity — up to $5,000.
For more information about the Wahl 'Benevolent Beards' Contest, or for facial hair tips and tools visit WahlUSA.com or follow @WahlGrooming on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
About Wahl Grooming
Celebrating its 103rd anniversary, Wahl continues to help men look and feel their best with innovative products manufactured to define and elevate the men's grooming category. The company set the standard with the first-ever practical electric hair clipper in 1919, and later strengthened its leadership with the world's first battery-powered facial hair trimmer. Wahl crosses its centennial milestone by introducing a complete line of personal care products including a beard oil, shampoo, and body wash. It's this continued commitment to excellence that has solidified Wahl's place as the world's go-to brand for men's grooming solutions. For more information, visit WahlUSA.com.
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SAN RAMON, Calif. , April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumin Digital, a PSCU company, announced today that Missouri-based West Community Credit Union (WCCU) has signed a multi-year agreement for Lumin Digital's cloud-native platform for online and mobile digital banking solutions. Once WCCU goes live on the platform in October 2022, Lumin Digital will support the credit union's more than 27,000 members.
West Community Credit Union, headquartered in O'Fallon, Missouri, is a progressive financial institution that strives to build relationships on trust by truly understanding member needs and offering smart solutions. With solid growth for more than a decade, the credit union understands the importance of providing a digital solution that offers a robust, personalized banking experience.
Lumin Digital, a cloud-native digital banking platform, provides credit union members with a tightly integrated and customized experience that matches larger financial institutions' offerings. Focusing on service, user experience, safety, and security through sophisticated automation, Lumin Digital helps credit unions and financial institutions drive better engagement with their users through personalized recommendations and communication in the areas of spending insights, financial advice, fraud alerts, and savings goals. Lumin enables credit unions to provide users with real-time updates and new features that add value and simplify everyday banking. All of Lumin's offerings and capabilities are made possible by the team's wealth of industry knowledge, user experience testing, and technological innovation.
"We're constantly seeking new service offerings and technological capabilities to offer our members, and this partnership with Lumin Digital will allow us to provide them with a sophisticated and convenient way to access and manage their finances," said Koren Greubel, Vice President of Marketing and Digital Engagement at West Community Credit Union. "This partnership made perfect sense for us based on Lumin's sterling reputation within the Fintech space, and their platform's superior interface and functionality."
"West Community Credit Union and Lumin Digital share a passion for technology, service and people. This approach helps our clients and their members feel confident, secure and engaged in their digital experiences," said Jeff Chambers, founder and CEO of Lumin Digital. "Our partnership speaks to the credibility WCCU has built with their members for more than 85 years by always seeking new ways to enhance their offerings and financial solutions."
Lumin Digital continues to drive innovation in the digital banking space, differentiating itself through technology built for human connection. Lumin Digital's offering provides seamless integration to a wide array of PSCU and other platform tools and capabilities, including card services, rewards management, and data analytics to provide a member-centric experience.
About Lumin Digital
Lumin Digital is a fintech company specializing in digital banking solutions. Through a fundamentally different approach to technology, service, and people, we're creating the next generation of financial solutions each and every day. Lumin helps credit unions and financial institutions build and deploy next-gen digital experiences that help to continually serve, engage, and grow their membership base. While other platforms are partially adapted or retrofitted for the cloud, Lumin is 100% cloud-native. It was built specifically for the cloud environment, allowing us to more fully realize the advantages it offers. It's a difference that financial institutions and their users will see and feel almost immediately. For more information, visit lumindigital.com.
About West Community Credit Union
West Community Credit Union is a full-service, not-for-profit financial cooperative that serves more than 27,000 members and businesses throughout St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Boone County, Missouri. The credit union has been offering smart banking solutions to its members and communities since 1936. For more information, visit www.westcommunitycu.org.
About PSCU
PSCU, the nation's premier payments CUSO, supports the success of more than 1,900 financial institutions representing nearly 7 billion transactions annually. Committed to service excellence and focused on innovation, PSCU's payment processing, risk management, data and analytics, loyalty programs, digital banking, marketing, strategic consulting and mobile platforms help deliver possibilities and seamless member experiences. Comprehensive, 24/7/365 member support is provided by contact centers located throughout the United States. The origin of PSCU's model is collaboration and scale, and the company has leveraged its influence on behalf of credit unions and their members for more than 40 years. Today, PSCU provides an end-to-end, competitive advantage that enables credit unions to securely grow and meet evolving consumer demands. For more information, visit pscu.com.
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Google rolls out feature that lets you search using images
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 11:51 AM EDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
(CNN) - Google just rolled out a new feature to make it easier for users to search for things that are hard to describe.
On Thursday, the company unveiled a new search option that allows you to combine text and images in a single question.
For example, you can take a picture of a couch, upload it along with the word “chair,” and you’ll be able to find ones that are similar.
A Google executive says the multi-search feature is experimental for now.
It’s available for U.S. users with the lens feature on Google’s mobile app.
At the moment, it’s expected to be used for shopping-related searches.
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GRAPHIC: Officers race to save 4-year-old who survived 6-story fall
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 11:19 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (CNN) - A four-year-old New York boy who fell six stories from an apartment window Tuesday is listed in stable condition.
The New York Police Department released dramatic bodycam video of officers rushing to help the boy after the fall from a sixth-floor apartment window in the Bronx.
Police say he was alert and conscious after the fall.
Officers did not wait for an ambulance to arrive and rushed him to Lincoln Hospital in a squad car where he was immediately met by EMTs.
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H&M releasing line of biodegradable baby clothes
Published: Apr. 7, 2022 at 12:01 PM EDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
(CNN) - As fast as babies grow, their clothes don’t stick around for long. But what if you could just toss that outgrown onesie in the compost?
With H&M’s new lines of baby clothes for newborns, you can.
The clothes are made from organic cotton and they’re 100% biodegradable, so there are no buttons or metal trim. Even the pigments used to print the designs are biodegradable.
There are 12 pieces to choose from, and they’ll be on sale in May.
The new line is just one of several ways H&M said it is working to make fashion more sustainable and keep clothes out of landfills.
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Judge tosses Girl Scouts’ recruitment suit vs. Boy Scouts
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected Girl Scouts’ claims that the Boy Scouts created marketplace confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts by using words like “scouts” and “scouting” in their recruitment drives.
Manhattan Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled that the Boy Scouts of America can describe their activities as “scouting” without referring to gender and that the matter does not need to be put to a jury.
Hellerstein said his written decision caps a “serious, contentious and expensive” litigation and necessitates dismissal of the lawsuit brought by the Girls Scouts of the United States of America.
The lawsuit was filed in late 2018, a year after the Boy Scouts announced that boy scouting and cub scouting would be open to girls, leading the organizations to compete for members after social trends and a rise in sports league participation drove down membership for decades. The pattern worsened when the pandemic hit.
“The Boy Scouts adopted the Scout Terms to describe accurately the co-ed nature of programming, not to confuse or exploit Girl Scouts’ reputation,” Hellerstein wrote. “Such branding is consistent with the scout-formative branding Boy Scouts has used for a century, including in its co-ed programs that have existed since the 1970s.”
The term “scout” is descriptive of both the Boy Scouts’ and Girl Scouts’ programming, the judge wrote.
“The Boy Scouts’ decision to become co-ed, even if it affects Girl Scouts’ operations, does not demonstrate bad faith,” the judge added.
Hellerstein’s decision comes while the Boy Scouts are in bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware that began in February 2020. The Irving, Texas-based organization sought bankruptcy protection after it was named in hundreds of lawsuits brought by individuals claiming they were molested by scout leaders as minors.
Messages seeking comment left with lawyers in the case were not immediately returned.
In his decision, Hellerstein wrote that he was siding with the Boy Scouts in part because the Girls Scouts cannot prove that a likelihood of confusion was caused by the Boy Scouts’ use of the term “scout.”
He said the Girl Scouts had cited instances of parents confusing the two organizations. But he added that the choice to join one organization or the other is made after several interactions with the organization, by children’s desires to join a group siblings or friends have joined, or other factors unrelated to trademarks and branding.
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Newborn safely surrendered in a Safe Haven Baby Box
CARMEL, Ind. (Gray News) – A baby was safely surrendered this week to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Indiana.
According to the Carmel Fire Department, the baby was taken to the hospital for evaluation and is healthy.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes are used to prevent the illegal abandonment of a newborn and offer a safe place for a mother-in-crisis to leave her infant.
The Safe Haven Baby Box at the Carmel Fire Department is set up in a way that provides complete anonymity to the person who is leaving the baby.
The person opens a door on the side of the department’s building that holds a bassinet, which triggers a silent alarm to alert firefighters that a baby has been placed inside. The exterior door automatically locks to protect the baby.
Authorities said firefighters were able to get to the surrendered newborn in less than a minute and provide it the care it needs before taking it to the hospital by ambulance.
“Our hope is that this baby boy will find a forever loving home the same way and find their forever family as well,” said Fire Chief David Haboush in a Facebook post for Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
According to the organization, 16 babies have been surrendered inside Safe Haven Baby Boxes since the first one was installed in 2016.
If you need help finding a Safe Haven location or to speak to a licensed counselor, call the National Safe Haven crisis hotline at 1-866-99BABY1.
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Pelosi positive for COVID-19, was at White House with Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.
Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman Drew Hammill said Thursday in a tweet. He said she had tested negative earlier in the week.
“The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided,” Hammill said.
Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly,” he said.
The 82-year-old Democratic leader’s announcement came ahead of her weekly press appearance on Capitol Hill, which was abruptly called off. The House is set to start a two week spring recess.
Pelosi also postponed a planned congressional delegation trip to Asia she was scheduled to lead.
Washington has experienced a rush of new COVID-19 cases as restrictions have lifted and more events and gatherings are happening across Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced positive tests. The officials were among more than a dozen attendees of the Saturday night Gridiron Club dinner to test positive for the virus. Pelosi did not attend the dinner, her spokesman said.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also announced Thursday that she tested positive for COVID-19 and would “work at home while following isolation protocols.”
Several lawmakers have announced positive test results and are isolating.
The Capitol reopened last week to some public tours for the first time since it was shuttered two years ago with the onset of the pandemic.
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UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the United States and Ukraine have called tantamount to war crimes.
The vote was 93-24 with 58 abstentions, significantly lower than the vote on two resolutions the assembly adopted last month demanding an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine, withdrawal of all Russian troops and protection for civilians. Both of those resolutions were approved by at least 140 nations.
Russia is the second country to have its membership rights stripped at the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006. In 2011, the assembly suspended Libya when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield launched the campaign to suspend Russia from its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians after Russian soldiers retreated. The deaths have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied its troops were responsible.
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Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador urged members of the United Nations on Thursday to suspend Russia from the world organization’s leading human rights body, saying it has committed “horrific human rights violations and abuses that would be equated to war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
Sergiy Kyslytsya introduced the U.S.-initiated resolution before the 193 members of the General Assembly vote.
WARNING: Videos in this story may contain graphic content.
“Russia’s actions are beyond the pale,” he said. “Russia is not only committing human rights violations, it is shaking the underpinnings of international peace and security.”
Russia’s deputy ambassador Gennady Kuzmin urged members to vote “no.”
“What we’re seeing today is an attempt by the United States to maintain its dominant position and total control,” he said. “We reject the untruthful allegations against us, based on staged events and widely circulated fakes.”
Approval would require a two-thirds majority of the assembly members that vote “yes” or “no,” with abstentions not counting in the calculation.
Kyslytsya responded to Russia’s complaints about the proceeding saying: “We have heard, many times, the same perverted logic of the aggressor trying to present itself as the victim.”
And his message to those who would abstain: He quoted the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel: “Indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.”
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of its seat on the 47-member Human Rights Council in the wake of videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians. The deaths have sparked global revulsion and calls for tougher sanctions on Russia, which has vehemently denied its troops were responsible.
“We believe that the members of the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, and we believe that Russia needs to be held accountable,” Thomas-Greenfield said Monday. “Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce.”
General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak said the assembly’s emergency special session on Ukraine would resume Thursday morning, when the resolution “to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation” will be put to a vote.
While the Human Rights Council is based in Geneva, its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly for three-year terms. The March 2006 resolution that established the rights council says the assembly may suspend membership rights of a country “that commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.”
The brief resolution to be voted on expresses “grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, particularly at the reports of violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law by the Russian Federation, including gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights.”
The General Assembly voted 140-5 with 38 abstentions on March 24 on a resolution blaming Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
The vote was almost exactly the same as for a March 2 resolution that the assembly adopted demanding an immediate Russian cease-fire, withdrawal of all its forces and protection for all civilians. That vote was 141-5 with 35 abstentions.
Thomas-Greenfield urged the 140 members who voted in favor of those two resolutions to support Russia’s suspension from the Human Rights Council.
Her issue is simple, she said: “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us now to match our words with action.”
“We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council,” she said.
Supporters of the resolution were optimistic about its approval, though not necessarily with the support of 140 countries.
Russia called on an unspecified number of countries to vote “no,” saying an abstention or not voting would be considered an unfriendly act and would affect bilateral relations.
In its so-called “non-paper” obtained by The Associated Press, Russia said the attempt to expel it from the Human Rights Council is political and being supported by countries that want to preserve their dominant position and control over the world.
Those nations want to continue “the politics of neo-colonialism of human rights” in international relations, it said, saying that Russia’s priority is to promote and defend human rights, including multilaterally in the Human Rights Council.
Russia’s ambassador in Geneva, Gennady Gatilov, called the U.S. action “unfounded and purely emotional bravado that looks good on camera -- just how the U.S. likes it.”
“Washington exploits the Ukrainian crisis for its own benefit in an attempt either to exclude or suspend Russia from international organizations,” Gatilov said, in comments relayed by a Russian diplomatic mission spokesman.
Russia and the other four veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council — Britain, China, France, and the United States — all currently have seats on the Human Rights Council, which the U.S. rejoined this year.
The only country to have its membership rights stripped at the council was Libya in 2011, when upheaval in the North African country brought down longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi, said council spokesman Rolando Gomez.
No permanent member of the Security Council has ever had its membership revoked from any U.N. body.
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SWEETWATER COUNTY – There weren’t many changes to the WyoPreps.com Coaches and Media Soccer Poll for the fourth week of the soccer season.
The Rock Springs High School Lady Tigers remain ranked at No. 3, receiving eight third-place votes and two for second.
As of April 4, the Lady Tigers boast an overall record of 3-2 and 2-1 in 4A West Conference action, where they are currently fourth in the standings.
Thunder Basin High School remains No. 1, receiving 11 first-place votes and one vote for second place.
Jackson Hole High School remains at No. 2. That squad received one vote for first place, nine for second and two for third.
Kelly Walsh High School remains at No. 4. The Lady Trojans received two votes for third, eight for fourth and two for fifth.
There is a tie for the No. 5 spot in the rankings.
Laramie High School and Natrona County High School share the final spot of the rankings. Each school received two votes for fourth and four for fifth.
Natrona County was not ranked in last week’s rankings.
Rock Springs has an open week this week. Therefore, the Lady Tigers will not play in any games this week.
Editor’s Note: This story was written on Thursday, April 5. Rankings, standings and records mentioned in the story may be different by time of publication.
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CHEYENNE – A leading wind farm operator has agreed to pay fines and other fees totaling just over $8 million, plus potentially spending millions of additional dollars, because its operations were linked to the deaths of at least 150 eagles over about a decade.
Partly at issue was whether the energy producer should have applied for permits before its operations killed the birds, or if the business should have taken other actions. The legal case points up the fact that responsible wind farm owners take additional steps to ensure their operations – including wind turbines, which can extend hundreds of feet into the air while also sweeping lower to the ground – do not kill many birds and other wildlife, a conservation expert told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
The federal government contends that ESI Energy Inc., which is affiliated with NextEra Energy, had not heeded federal recommendations regarding its wind farm operations in Wyoming's Carbon and Laramie counties and in New Mexico. ESI had agreed to plead guilty to killing and wounding eagles in its wind energy operations, violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the MBTA, "each based on the documented deaths of golden eagles due to blunt force trauma from being struck by a wind turbine blade" at the operations lacking necessary federal permits.
On Tuesday, the company was sentenced in Cheyenne for those violations, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. attorney for Wyoming announced, via a DOJ news release sent by email Wednesday. ESI faces a fine of $1.86 million, $6.21 million in restitution and a five-year period of probation in which it must adhere to an eagle management plan.
This plan requires up to $27 million in steps "intended to minimize additional eagle deaths and injuries, and payment of compensatory mitigation for future eagle deaths and injuries of $29,623 per bald or golden eagle," DOJ said. "ESI also must over the next 36 months apply for permits for any unavoidable take of eagles at each of 50 of its facilities where take is documented or, in the case of four facilities not yet operational, predicted."
The MBTA bars the “taking” of migratory birds without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Taking” includes killing such wildlife.
NextEra disagreed with how the government interpreted the law here, even though it said it signed on to the settlement to "resolve this dispute and focus our attention on continuing to develop, build, and operate emissions-free wind energy centers for a lower carbon America built by good-paying American jobs." The company noted that the violations it pleaded guilty to are misdemeanors.
In the company's legal reasoning, MBTA "does not require a permit to cover unintentional collisions that occur when eagles fly into properly developed wind energy facilities."
Wyoming operations
"Unfortunately, the federal government, at odds with many states and a number of federal court decisions, has sought to criminalize unavoidable accidents related to collisions of birds into wind turbines while at the same time failing to address other activities that result in far greater numbers of accidental eagle and other bird mortalities," the energy firm said. Its statement was issued by NextEra Energy CEO Rebecca Kujawa.
In a video on its website, NextEra calls itself "the nation’s leader in energy storage" and "the world’s largest generator of wind and solar energy."
The company would not answer most questions for this story, beyond confirming the location of its operations that were cited by the U.S. Nor would industry groups provide information about steps U.S. companies in general take to avoid inadvertently killing any species of birds.
In Wyoming, NextEra operations mentioned by the DOJ are its Cedar Springs Transmission multi-facility commercial wind power project in Converse County and, closer to Cheyenne, Roundhouse Renewable Energy facility in Laramie County. According to NextEra's website, it has made $729 million in capital investments in Wyoming and it has about 10 employees (or possibly 51, depending on which figure is used) in the state, where it has a 4.6% market share of electricity sold.
The company has a few hundred turbines at those two areas, and their total rated capacity is several hundred megawatts, according to the U.S. Wind Turbine Database, which is patly affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior. At the high end of that power range, that is more electricity than is used in Cheyenne. Throughout the country, according to the federal database, there are more than 70,000 turbines in 44 states, as well as Guam and Puerto Rico.
The other site involved in the settlement with the government involves ESI's FPL Energy New Mexico Wind, which DOJ said has wind power facilities in De Baca and Quay counties in that state. At around the end of December 2020, "two golden eagle carcasses were found near a wind turbine" at this facility, the federal agency said.
Back at the two wind farm sites in Wyoming, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had told ESI that, by building the turbine operations, it ran the risk of killing golden and bald eagles. Nonetheless, the company did not seek any of the take permits from FWS nor did it take cautionary actions, the government said. In some instances for some of the facilities, the agency had recommended that there not be any such development.
Killing birds
Some wind farms do take precautions so that they avoid killing birds, which can fly into their turbines, according to the government and an expert who spoke with the WTE.
In fact, the government said that ESI by not taking these measures got a leg up on rival energy producers that follow the rules.
"ESI and its affiliates received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal tax credits for generating electricity from wind power at facilities that it operated, knowing that multiple eagles would be killed and wounded without legal authorization, and without, in most instances, paying restitution or compensatory mitigation," the DOJ said.
FWS and other organizations like the conservancy have guidelines and such that wind farm operators can follow so they avoid killing birds, said the American Bird Conservancy's Joel Merriman. Such tools help identify areas where wind farm development would risk harming birds and areas where it is OK.
"There are good resources out there to steer wind energy developers toward the right locations," said Merriman, director of the bird conservancy's Bird-Smart Wind Energy Campaign. "We can have wind energy without undue impacts to wildlife."
Although there are a range of estimates researchers have reached over the years, the bird group estimates that more than half a million birds are killed each year in the U.S. due to wind turbines.
Eagles, for animal-developmental, migration and other reasons, are among the more vulnerable bird and raptor species to getting killed by turbines, Merriman said by phone.
"Eagles are particularly vulnerable to collisions with wind turbines," he said. "A lot of that is due to the fact that they spend a lot of time on the wing and they are essentially distracted fliers. They hunt while they are flying."
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These are the members of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, pictured from left to right: Deputy Chairman Mike Robinson, Chairman Chris Petrie and Commissioner Mary Throne. Photo taken during the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Public Service Commission Chairman Chris Petrie. Photo taken during the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Public Service Commission Deputy Chairman Mike Robinson. Photo taken during the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
The Wyoming Public Service Commission's name and state seal. Photo taken after the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
These are the members of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, pictured from left to right: Deputy Chairman Mike Robinson, Chairman Chris Petrie and Commissioner Mary Throne. Photo taken during the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Public Service Commission Chairman Chris Petrie. Photo taken during the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Public Service Commissioner Mary Throne. Photo taken during commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Public Service Commission Deputy Chairman Mike Robinson. Photo taken during the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
The Wyoming Public Service Commission's name and state seal. Photo taken after the commissioners' April 5, 2022, meeting. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – Five entities got the regulatory green light Tuesday to take part in a proceeding about a multimillion-dollar, multi-year power project envisioned by the local electric utility.
At the Wyoming Public Service Commission’s meeting on Tuesday, the PSC members quickly approved without much discussion the petitions to intervene in the proceeding about Black Hills Energy and its Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power’s Ready Wyoming transmission expansion project. Staff of the agency recommended the commissioners approve these five petitions from outside parties.
As expected, there was no public or stakeholder discussion about these requests at the regulators’ meeting.
Microsoft, a customer of Black Hills, was among those wanting to take part. Like the other stakeholders, it now can participate.
The others requesting and now being allowed to have similar involvement were Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Powder River Energy Corp., the Wyoming Municipal Power Agency and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association.
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Laramie City Council has finally drawn a line on redrawing city ward boundaries.
The council voted this week to move forward with multiple initiatives that have been in the works for months, including a new ward boundary map. Affordability in housing and access to city resources also were discussed as part of a lengthy agenda for Tuesday's regular meeting.
Ward boundaries
After adopting various drafts of a ward boundary map, the City Council has given the green light for Map 1G with one “no” vote from council member Erin O’Doherty and two absences.
The map splits West Laramie between two wards, something that's been a point of contention with the council and some residents. Some argued that having more council members with constituents in the west neighborhood would increase representation. Others felt keeping the neighborhood whole would better serve the area by having a higher voter percentage of West Laramie residents in one ward.
The map was developed to alleviate concerns about voter privacy and small precincts that were part of a previous proposal to redraw the boundary lines.
“I feel like City Council needed one more meeting to totally hone in on a good map,” said council member Andrea Summerville, who brought Map 1G to the floor. “I feel like we were pushed into doing this over two weeks in a hurry due to aspects out of our control.”
There was some uncertainty involved in the process after the Wyoming Legislature took longer than expected to complete its redistricting process, which impacts how city wards can be drawn. Despite this, a decision had to be made in a timely manner to allow the Albany County Clerk’s Office to prepare for election season.
Zoning rules
The council moved forward with changes to zoning rules in areas zoned R1, LR and RR single-family.
Minimum lot and setback requirements were reduced and the requirement to build a garage along with a house was eliminated. While developers and homeowners can still build a garage or a large home, the change was meant to provide opportunity to build more affordable living spaces.
“This is mainly to increase flexibility for potential developers,” said Planning Division spokesperson Philipp Gabathuler of the changes to dimensional standards.
The new ordinance also expands the definition of an accessory dwelling unit so that homeowners in the area can build and potentially rent spaces either attached or detached from their homes to people outside their families.
“Zoning, if anything, is a promise that a neighborhood will be developed in a certain way,” said Laramie resident Brett Glass in objecting to the changes. “People invested their life savings in their homes assuming their neighborhoods will remain pretty much the same.”
The ordinance will go up for a third and final reading April 19.
Recreation Center fees
City Council approved changes to admission and membership prices at the Laramie Community Recreation Center that are part of a greater goal to reimagine the center’s usage.
Admission will be divided into three groups: youth, adult and senior. The fee for youth and seniors will be $4.50 for daily admission and $220 for an annual membership. For adults, the fee will be $6.50 for daily admission and $350 for an annual membership.
The center also made changes to its family pass policy. While previously the fees for a family plan were assessed on a household basis, the new plan is assessed based on number of people.
Members also will see more flexibility with altering their memberships to be year-long or month-to-month.
“We think this is more accommodating and will be more appealing to our community members,” Recreation Manager Jodi Guerin said about the changes.
Summerville raised concerns about the lack of a needs-based fee structure in the plan and the potential impact it could have on low-income families. The council plans to consider a needs-based plan in the future.
The fees will go into effect June 1, or at the end of the membership period for current members.
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Fighting For Our Future
Imagine if the state of Delaware suddenly disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean.
Sure, Delaware is the smallest of the United States – but it is almost 2000 square miles, its population is about one million people, and among other things, it is home to major banking and pharmaceutical companies and one of the country’s largest U.S. Air Force bases.
Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost coastal lands equivalent to the state of Delaware. And every one hundred minutes, the equivalent of another football field’s worth of land disappears.
This is an existential crisis for south Louisiana, but it has equally serious implications for the rest of the state and the entire nation. The good news is that the science and the methodologies are there to stem these losses, and there are multiple agencies working to implement them as rapidly as possible.
According to Simone Maloz, Campaign Director for one of these groups, Restore the Mississippi Delta, “There are many different causes for Louisiana’s land loss challenges. It starts with how the delta was formed. The river is the lifeline, bringing fresh water and sediment to the delta. But man has interrupted these natural processes.”
The Mississippi River levees, while necessary for protecting people and ensuring commerce on the river, have largely prevented the sediments that formed the delta from continuing to replenish it. The myriad canals cut through the wetlands, primarily but not exclusively by the oil and gas industry, have made the land far more susceptible to erosion and weather-related destruction. Sea level rise, compounded by subsidence, exacerbates the other effects.
“You have to find the solutions to match all this,” Maloz explained. “Science and planning are really important, and so is community input.”
Those solutions do exist, including options such as creating natural diversions that allow muddy river water to flow over sections of the wetlands, as well as mechanical processes to deliver sediment to targeted locations. Planting trees and other vegetation helps stabilize existing land areas, and closing off canals stops saltwater intrusion.
However … most of these are very expensive projects. Maloz noted that some $1.35 billion dollars is being invested just this year – “and we need to sustain this every year. Costs remain one of our biggest challenges, we have to have long-term funding to sustain this work.”
Presently, more than 40 funding sources are being tapped for this work, including the BP settlement and a constitutionally-dedicated share of the state’s oil and gas revenues. Various federal funding sources also contribute, including some that are disaster-related.
This leads to the first of the “elephant in the room” questions: why should people around the rest of the United States pay to restore the Louisiana coast?
“What’s happening in Louisiana is not unique to Louisiana,” Maloz stated firmly. “What we’re facing here could happen to communities all across America.”
Scenes of oceanic flooding from coast to coast and breached river levees across the heartland back this statement up. Further, the Mississippi River, and the ports of south Louisiana, are essential to a substantial portion of American commerce. A large percentage of the nation’s seafood relies on Louisiana workers and facilities. Migratory birds traveling as far as Canada make stops in the wetlands. The list is long and the interests are many and varied.
The second looming question is, given the damage that has already occurred and the relentless pace of ongoing land loss – compounded by the growing number and intensity of major storms – can the delta even be restored?
“We have to think about a future with a smaller delta but a sustainable delta,” answered Maloz. “We have to return to the natural systems that built the delta in the first place. That fits every definition of sustainable.
“We need near term and long term solutions,” she continued. “We have to focus in large scale projects today, with an eye to what is sustainable in the future.”
Never to be overlooked in all this are the human costs. “One of the toughest conversations is talking about the risk of living along the coast, a really tough and personal discussion,” said Maloz. “Our job is to make sure these communities have the best information about those risks and the projects we are putting in place to protect them.”
Unfortunately, even the solutions can cause problems, as changes in salinity impact oyster beds and other aspects of the seafood industry. And ensuring the constant navigability of the river is a prerequisite for all the work.
But doing nothing is not an option. People tell stories of going fishing today where they used to go hunting. Entire communities are threatened with relocation further inland, losing their histories and heritage. Ultimately, the entire people, culture, commerce and history of south Louisiana is at risk.
To learn more about the problems and possibilities surrounding wetlands restoration, download or request a copy of Restore the Mississippi Delta coalition’s Community Handbook, via the organization’s website, www.mississippiriverdelta.org/handbook. The coalition includes the Pontchartrain Conservancy, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Audubon Society, and the National Wildlife Federation.
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 30 knots.
* WHERE...Most Hawaiian Coastal Waters except Windward Kauai and
Big Island Waters.
* WHEN...Until 6 AM HST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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vessels, should avoid navigating in these conditions.
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A sold sign is shown in front of a home, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week as the key 30-year loan vaulted over 4% for the first time since May 2019. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports, Thursday, March 17, 2022, that the average rate on the 30-year loan this week jumped to 4.16% from 3.85% last week. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged up again this week with the key 30-year loan rate reaching levels not seen in more than three years.
The average rate on the 30-year loan this week rose to 4.72%, from 4.67% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday. The average rate has jumped 1.5% in the past three months, the fastest pace of increases over that stretch of time since May 1994. A year ago, the 30-year rate stood at 3.18%.
The average rate on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, popular among those refinancing their homes, climbed to 3.91% from 3.83% last week.
With inflation at a four-decade high, the increases in home loan rates come a few weeks after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point in an attempt to cool the economy. The central bank, which which had kept its benchmark rate near zero since the pandemic recession struck two years ago, has signaled potentially up to seven additional rate hikes this year, meaning mortgage rates likely will continue to rise over the year.
Home prices are up about 15% over the past year and as much as 30% in some cities. Homes available for sale have been in short supply even before the pandemic started two years ago. Now higher prices and rising loan rates will add to the obstacles would-be buyers face as the spring homebuying season starts.
Last week, an inflation gauge closely monitored by the Fed jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year earlier, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities cutting into Americans’ finances. Other measures have shown prices rising close to 8% in the past year.
Robust consumer demand has combined with shortages of many goods to fuel the sharpest price jumps in four decades. Measures of inflation will likely worsen in the coming months because recent reports don’t reflect the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24. The war has disrupted global oil markets and accelerated prices for wheat, nickel and other key commodities.
Squeezed by inflation, U.S. consumers increased their spending by just 0.2% in February, down from a much larger 2.7% gain in January.
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Stocks shifted between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors continue weighing the latest updates from the Federal Reserve amid concerns about rising inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 0.2% as of 10:22 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 240 points, or 0.7%, to 34,256 and the Nasdaq fell 0.1%.
Health care stocks made solid gains, along with some big technology companies. Pfizer rose 2.3%. Computer and printer maker HP surged 17.3% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed an 11% stake in the company.
Those gains helped temper the impact from losses elsewhere in the market. Industrial stocks fell broadly. General Electric slipped 3%. Banks and other financial companies also fell. JPMorgan slipped 1.9% and Charles Schwab fell 2%.
Bond yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 2.63% from 2.61% late Wednesday.
Every major index is in the red for the week following two big losses that were partly prompted by concerns over the Fed’s shifting policy as it tries to combat the impact from rising inflation.
Minutes from the Fed’s meeting last month showed policymakers agreed to begin cutting the central bank’s stockpile of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities by about $95 billion a month, starting in May. That’s more than some investors expected and nearly double the pace the last time the Fed shrank its balance sheet.
The central bank is reversing course from low interest rates and the extraordinary support it began providing for the economy two years ago when the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession. It already announced a quarter-percentage point and is expected to keep raising rates throughout the year.
Traders are now pricing in a nearly 80% probability the Fed will raise its key overnight rate by half a percentage point at its next meeting in May. That’s double the usual amount and something the Fed hasn’t done since 2000.
Persistently rising inflation has been threatening economic growth. Business have been raising prices on everything from food to clothing and that has put more pressure on consumers. Some companies have been unable to offset the impact from inflation, even with price hikes.
Duncan Hines and Birds Eye brands maker ConAgra cut its financial forecast for the year and said another round of price increases will be needed.
Wall Street is concerned about consumers eventually pulling back on spending as higher prices become too difficult to digest. Price increases were responsible for a rise in consumer spending in March, otherwise, the results revealed a pullback.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to concerns about the duration of rising inflation. Energy prices have been particularly volatile and pushed gasoline prices higher. Crude oil prices were relatively stable on Thursday, but are up 30% for the year.
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...East winds 20 to 30 knots.
* WHERE...Most Hawaiian Coastal Waters except Windward Kauai and
Big Island Waters.
* WHEN...Until 6 AM HST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Locally strong trade winds will create windy conditions through tomorrow. Partly cloudy skies with scattered to isolated showers. Highs 80 to 85. Trades 15 to 30 mph.
Clouds and showers will be focused mainly over windward and mauka zones.
Expect continued strengthening of trades with gusty/locally strong trades continuing into Friday. By late Friday, trades will weaken to breezy and veer to the ESE in response to surface high pressure migrating to the northeast Pacific.
A northwest swell will continue to build into the western islands this morning. This swell energy will peak today with surf heights remaining well below Surf Advisory criteria. The northwest swell will decline rapidly from Friday into Sunday, with near flat conditions expected along north facing shores by early next week. A period of fresh to strong trades upstream of the islands will keep short period, higher wind wave chop along many northeastern and eastern facing shores into the weekend.
A small background southerly swell will continue through Friday. A slightly larger longer period south swell will begin to build by Friday afternoon with south swell energy peaking on Saturday. This next south swell will build surf heights along south facing shores by a couple of feet into the fun size range through Tuesday.
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2 more Black coaches sue NFL alleging racial discrimination
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Black coaches joined Brian Flores on Thursday in his lawsuit alleging racist hiring practices by the NFL toward coaches and general managers.
The updated lawsuit in Manhattan federal court added coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton.
Wilks alleges he was discriminated against by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018 and Horton claims he was subjected to discriminatory treatment when he interviewed for the Tennessee Titans head coach position in January 2016.
The rewritten lawsuit from Flores also criticized the NFL for its response to the lawsuit he brought against it and its teams several weeks ago.
In a release from the lawsuit’s attorneys, Wilks said he hoped the lawsuit would help bring racial equality to the league.
“When Coach Flores filed this action, I knew I owed it to myself, and to all Black NFL coaches and aspiring coaches, to stand with him,” he said. “This lawsuit has shed further important light on a problem that we all know exists, but that too few are willing to confront. Black coaches and candidates should have exactly the same ability to become employed, and remain employed, as white coaches and candidates.”
Horton said he was “devastated and humiliated” when he learned that his interview with the Titans was a sham.
“By joining this case, I am hoping to turn that experience into a positive and make lasting change and create true equal opportunity in the future,” he said.
Messages sent to the NFL, the Arizona Cardinals and the Tennessee Titans for comment were not immediately returned.
Flores sued the NFL and three teams on Feb. 1 after he was fired as the Miami Dolphins coach in January after leading the Dolphins to a 24-25 record over three years. They went 9-8 in their second straight winning season, but failed to make the playoffs during his tenure.
He has since been hired as an assistant coach by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner contributed to this story.
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Boy, 12, killed when tractor-trailer struck bicycle on Mississippi highway, troopers say
MAGEE, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - Troopers in Mississippi said a sixth-grade boy died after a tractor-trailer collided with the bicycle he was riding.
WLBT reports the Mississippi Highway Patrol said Anthony Wilder III, 12, died as a result of the Tuesday night crash on US 49 in Simpson County.
Investigators determined a 1998 Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling south on the highway when it collided with the bicycle in the right lane.
Wilder attended Magee Middle School, and the school posted a Facebook tribute to the child, saying he was known for his “energetic personality and upbeat attitude.”
The school said Wilder was a high achiever academically and was known to breakdance in the hallway.
“These memories will keep Anthony with us during the difficult times ahead,” the school said on Facebook. “We give our hopes and prayers to his family and friends. Anthony, we will miss you.”
Troopers are still investigating the crash.
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Ex-officer testifies against mentor at Capitol riot trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Virginia police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer testified on Thursday that he had hoped the mob could overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election that day.
Former Rocky Mount police officer Jacob Fracker, a key witness for federal prosecutors at the trial of former colleague Thomas Robertson, said he initially believed that he was merely trespassing when he entered the Capitol building.
However, Fracker ultimately pleaded guilty to a felony charge that he conspired with Robertson to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory on Jan. 6, 2021. Fracker agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in their case against Robertson, whose jury trial started Tuesday.
Under cross-examination by one of Robertson’s lawyers, Fracker said he didn’t have a “verbal agreement” with anybody to obstruct the joint session of Congress. Fracker said he believed everybody in the mob “pretty much had the same goal” and didn’t need for it to be “said out loud.”
Fracker said he and Robertson both believed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from former President Donald Trump. One of Robertson’s attorneys, Mark Rollins, asked Fracker if he believes he did anything worse than trespassing on Jan. 6.
“Sitting here today, yes. At the time, no,” Fracker replied.
Prosecutors plan to rest their case on Thursday afternoon. Jurors are expected to hear attorneys’ closing arguments on Friday before they begin deliberating.
During the trial’s opening statements, defense attorney Camille Wagner told jurors that Robertson only went into the Capitol because he wanted to retrieve Fracker, who entered the Capitol a few minutes before Robertson.
Wagner said Robertson, whom she called “T.J.,” knew that he had entered restricted areas of the Capitol where he wasn’t supposed to be on Jan. 6. But he isn’t accused of engaging in any violence or property destruction, she noted.
Fracker was scheduled to be tried alongside Robertson before he pleaded guilty last month. He described Robertson as his mentor and a father figure.
“I absolutely hate this,” Fracker testified on Wednesday. “I’ve always been on the other side of things, the good guys’ side so to speak.”
The town fired Robertson and Fracker after the riot. Prosecutors say Robertson paid Fracker more than $30,000 after they were arrested. Robertson first offered to give Fracker money on the day that they surrendered to authorities, according to a court filing accompanying Fracker’s guilty plea.
Fracker said Robertson also agreed to cover his legal fees, but he doesn’t believe Robertson was trying to “buy” his testimony with the $30,000 payment.
“He said it would cover a year’s salary for me,” Fracker said.
After the riot, Fracker bragged to friends on social media that he had urinated in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bathroom. That was a lie that he made “for cool points,” Fracker said.
Robertson used a large wooden stick to impede police officers who were trying to hold off the mob, according to prosecutors. Police body camera video captured his interaction with police.
When a prosecutor asked Fracker why he didn’t do more to help police officers who were trying to hold back the mob, he said he thought they should have been “on our side” and marching with the rioters.
“And you didn’t see T.J. help them, either?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Risa Berkower asked.
“Correct,” Fracker said.
Robertson is charged with six counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building while using a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Five of the counts relate to his actions on Jan. 6. The sixth stems from his alleged post-riot destruction of cellphones belonging to him and Fracker.
Robertson has been jailed since U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in July that he violated the terms of his pretrial release by possessing firearms.
More than 770 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot. Over 240 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors.
Robertson is the second Capitol riot defendant to have a jury trial. The first ended last month with a jury convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of all charges.
Two other Capitol riot defendants elected to have their cases tried without a jury and decided by the same federal judge. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden acquitted a New Mexico man, Matthew Martin, of all four misdemeanor counts with which he was charged. Last month, McFadden convicted New Mexico elected official Couy Griffin of illegally entering restricted Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
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This company wants to pay you to watch 24 hours of true crime shows
(Gray News) – MagellanTV is looking for a true crime fanatic to take on a 24-hour True Crime marathon.
The streaming service company is willing to pay $100 an hour.
MagellanTV’s ideal candidate is someone who “can handle the most menacing serial killer, the goriest details, and (doesn’t) flinch at the chilling paranormal.”
They would also have to be willing to stream true crime shows nonstop for 24 hours while documenting their experience on social media.
The candidate will have to watch 32 True Crime shows, with 48 hours given to complete the job tasks.
The chosen winner will receive $2,400 if the job requirements are completed and a 1-year free membership to MagellanTV.
Runner-ups will also get a 1-year free membership to MagellanTV, a $60 value.
If this sounds like the perfect job for you, visit MagellanTV’s website to apply.
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ROCK SPRINGS -- The first Sweetwater County Innovation Launchpad will be taking applications from entrepreneurs from April 4 to May 20. Innovative and scalable startups, as well as early stage companies which have high potential to impact Wyoming’s economic ecosystems, are encouraged to apply at https://impact307.org/sweetwater-challenge/.
IMPACT Sweetwater will provide valuable mentorship to the finalists, helping them prepare for a Pitch Day Competition in September. The winning finalists will receive seed funding, tied to milestones, to help start their businesses. IMPACT Sweetwater will continue to mentor the winners as they launch their new businesses.
IMPACT Sweetwater is a collaboration between the University of Wyoming’s IMPACT 307 and Western Wyoming Community College. Fred Schmechel, interim director of IMPACT 307, commented that “IMPACT 307 has helped 210 businesses launch during its history. The majority of those businesses have been in the past 5 years from regional startup challenges. We are excited to partner with Western Wyoming Community College to start a new regional startup challenge in Sweetwater County.”
Before this year, regional challenges were at UW, Casper, Sheridan, Wind River Reservation and Southeast Wyoming. A new regional startup challenge has recently started in Fremont County.
IMPACT 307 received a $2.4million Economic Development Association (EDA) grant to expand programming across the state. Expanded programming will double the number of regional startup challenges across the state, along with increasing staffing for IMPACT 307. Seed funding for the startup challenges is raised and held locally by community partners external to IMPACT 307. The Sweetwater County Innovation Launchpad seed fund is being raised by Amy Murphy of Western Wyoming Community College and Rick Lee of the Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce.
According to Amy Murphy, Western’s dean of Outreach and Workforce Development, the opportunity provided by the Sweetwater County Innovation Launchpad is truly a valuable program for the community.
“Sweetwater’s IMPACT 307 is here to help innovative entrepreneurs. We hope that individuals looking to take their ideas and turn them into reality will participate in this challenge and utilize the expertise of IMPACT 307,” stated Murphy. “Our existing businesses have the opportunity to provide donations to ensure the challenge raises the seed funding needed to be successful in assisting entrepreneurs reach their dreams and become successful in launching their business. Their success creates economic growth and jobs for our community.”
Applicants are encouraged to reach out to IMPACT Sweetwater for guidance during the application process. They can reach Monica Patten, assistant director – IMPACT 307, at [http://about:blank/]sweetwater@uwyo.edu, or by cell at 307-466-3963.
Events which will help applicants prepare for the competition are coming up in April and May. While these free events are not mandatory for applicants, they could help guide teams to create more successful applications. Question and answer sessions will be held by Monica Patten and entrepreneurs who have worked with IMPACT 307.
Entrepreneurs include Ty Nieters, CEO of Simply LLC; Brian Deurloo, President/Founder of Frog Creek Partners; and Berney Bradley of InsurXcel. A bootcamp for entrepreneurs called START 307 is held once a quarter by IMPACT 307. Lunch and Learns are held on a regular basis from IMPACT 307. These events can be found on the SCIL application webpage at https://impact307.org/sweetwater-challenge/.
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Bluefield company awarded more than $2 million dollars to make coal based building materials
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - The typical use of coal is for energy. But a company has found another use for one of West Virginia’s top exports.
X-MAT Coal Core Composites is manufacturing building materials made of coal. Easter said, Coal has its benefits compared to other construction materials.
The company hopes the finished prototype will bring a new, cost-effective material to the forefront of building materials. But, it will take time.
After the initial plan and research phase, the money awarded from the Department of Energy will allow the company to start building the first ‘house of coal’ in Bluefield, West Virginia.
X-MAT hopes to have its prototype coal building built in Bluefield within the next 2 years.
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Corrections Emergency Response Team members sweep Southern Regional Jail
BEAVER, W.Va. (WVVA) -Emergency response teams were in full force at Southern Regional Jail on Thursday.
Multiple sources confirm dozens of members of the state’s Corrections Emergency Response Team, (CERT), did a major sweep of the facility to look for drugs on Thursday. While the outcome of that search has yet to be made available, the state has previously confirmed the W.Va. Dept of Homeland Security is in the midst of an investigation into the conditions at the jail.
Multiple recently released inmates also reported to WVVA News that additional maintenance crews were brought in this week to address some of the water issues first reported on by WVVA News. See report here --- Second guard backs up claim inmates being denied water at Southern Regional Jail (wvva.com)
While the state is limited in what it can say due to the ongoing investigation, WVVA News did reach out to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security to find out how many, if any, overdose deaths have occurred at the jail since 2020.
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Forecasters predict above-average hurricane season
(CNN) - Experts are warning to be prepared for an above-average hurricane season this year.
The Tropical Meteorology Project team at Colorado State University released its Atlantic basin hurricane forecast Thursday.
Forecasters are predicting 19 named storms this season, which is five more than normal, and nine are expected to become major hurricanes.
According to CSU, four of those hurricanes are predicted to reach category three or higher.
Scientists say the increased activity is largely due to the natural phenomenon known as La Niña.
It creates colder than average ocean temperatures at the equator, which inhibits winds that prevent hurricanes from forming, making them more likely to develop.
Forecasters also say advances in satellite technology have enabled them to detect weaker storms they previously wouldn’t have known about – one reason we see more storms being named.
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High school football coach charged after molesting student more than 50 times, sheriff says
VALRICO, Fla. (Gray News) - A football coach in Florida was arrested Wednesday after a juvenile victim came forward saying the coach molested him more than 50 times.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Matthew Hike, 33, is accused of molesting the student while coaching his football team at Bloomingdale High School in Valrico (15 miles east of Tampa) beginning in 2017. Hike worked as a coach but was not employed as a teacher at the high school.
Just weeks ago, on March 23, Hike was previously arrested when another juvenile victim at Livingston Academy in Seffner reported Hike for showing him pornographic images and touching him inappropriately on five occasions.
For the first arrest, Hike was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation and selling or distributing obscene material to a minor. For Wednesday’s arrest, Hike was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation and authority figure soliciting or engaging in lewd conduct with a student.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said he will do everything in his power to make sure Hike is held accountable for the actions he is accused of committing.
“Children should be able to trust their teachers and coaches. Individuals who break that trust and abuse their power must be rooted out and brought to justice,” Chronister said in a Facebook post. “Our investigators revealed that this suspect broke the trust of his victims and our community on more than one occasion.”
Detectives are encouraging anyone else who may have been a victim of Hike to call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200.
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Manhattan DA: Trump criminal investigation is continuing
NEW YORK (AP) — Refuting suggestions that he’s lost interest in going after Donald Trump, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Thursday a criminal investigation into the former president and his business practices is continuing “without fear or favor” despite a recent shakeup in the probe’s leadership.
In a rare public statement, Bragg denied that the three-year investigation was winding down or that a grand jury term expiring this month would impede his office’s ability to bring charges.
Citing secrecy rules, the district attorney said he couldn’t discuss details of the probe but pledged to publicly disclose findings when it’s over.
“In recent weeks, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has been repeatedly asked whether our investigation concerning former President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization, and its leadership is continuing,” Bragg wrote. “It is.”
The Democrat’s affirmation of the investigation was part of a double dose of bad legal news for Trump on Thursday.
It came shortly after the New York attorney general’s office asked a judge to hold Trump in contempt and fine him $10,000 per day for not meeting a March 31 deadline to turn over documents in a parallel civil investigation. Trump is appealing a subpoena for his testimony in that investigation, but not one requiring him to provide documents.
“The judge’s order was crystal clear: Donald J. Trump must comply with our subpoena and turn over relevant documents to my office,” Attorney General Letitia James said. “Instead of obeying a court order, Mr. Trump is trying to evade it. We are seeking the court’s immediate intervention because no one is above the law.”
A message seeking comment was left with Trump’s lawyer.
Bragg’s statement marked the district attorney’s first public comment on the Trump investigation since the two men who had been leading it, Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, resigned Feb. 23 in a dispute over the direction of the case.
Pomerantz, a former mafia prosecutor, wrote in a resignation letter that he believed Trump is “guilty of numerous felony violations” but that Bragg, who inherited the probe when he took office in January, had decided not to pursue charges.
Pomerantz said in the letter, published last month by The New York Times, that there was “evidence sufficient to establish Mr. Trump’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” of allegations he falsified financial statements to secure loans and burnish his image as a wealthy businessman.
“I believe that your decision not to prosecute Donald Trump now, and on the existing record, is misguided and completely contrary to the public interest,” Pomerantz wrote.
Bragg’s silence after the resignations and the March 23 publication of Pomerantz’s letter gave rise to a narrative that the investigation was effectively dead.
After Pomerantz and Dunne left, Trump lawyer Robert Fischetti told the Associated Press: “I’m a very happy man. In my opinion, this investigation is over.”
Pomerantz and Dunne started on the probe under former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
Pomerantz wrote that Vance had directed them to seek an indictment of Trump and other defendants “as soon as reasonably possible,” but that Bragg reached a different conclusion after reviewing the evidence.
Vance and Bragg are Democrats. No former president has ever been charged with a crime.
In his statement Thursday, Bragg tried to wrest back the narrative, putting Trump on notice that he isn’t done while reassuring supporters who backed him in part because he pledged to continue investigating the former president, a Republican.
Bragg said that a team of “dedicated, experienced career prosecutors” is working on the investigation, led by the chief of his Investigation Division, Susan Hoffinger, and that they are “going through documents, interviewing witnesses, and exploring evidence not previously explored.”
“In the long and proud tradition of white-collar prosecutions at the Manhattan D.A.’s Office, we are investigating thoroughly and following the facts without fear or favor,” Bragg said.
Trump has called the investigation a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
So far, the three-year investigation has resulted only in tax fraud charges against Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, and its longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg relating to lucrative fringe benefits such as rent, car payments and school tuition. They have pleaded not guilty.
Weisselberg’s lawyers filed court papers in February asking a judge to throw out his case, arguing that prosecutors targeted him as punishment because he wouldn’t flip on the former president.
Trump has cited potential peril from the criminal case as he appeals a ruling requiring him to answer questions under oath in James’ civil investigation.
Trump’s lawyers contend James, who assigned two lawyers to work on the criminal case, is using the guise of a civil deposition to get around a state law barring prosecutors from calling someone to testify before a criminal grand jury without giving them immunity.
James, a Democrat, has said her investigation has uncovered evidence that Trump may have misstated the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers on his financial statements for more than a decade.
Bragg said his career and perspective have been shaped by “high-profile, complex investigations,” including a lawsuit he oversaw while a top deputy in the attorney general’s office that led to the closure of Trump’s charity over allegations he used it to further his political and business interests.
“Prosecutors fulfilling their duties cannot and do not bring only cases that are ‘slam dunks,’” Bragg wrote. “To the contrary, every case must be brought for the right reason — namely that justice demands it. That’s what I’ve done throughout my career, regardless of how easy or tough a case might be.”
A grand jury convened in the Trump investigation last fall hasn’t met regularly for several months and its term is expected to run out soon, but Bragg said there are grand juries sitting in Manhattan all the time and “there is no magic at all to any previously reported dates.”
“In the meantime, we will not be discussing our investigative steps. Nor will we be discussing grand jury matters.” Bragg wrote. “In short, as we have previously said, the investigation continues.”
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Nations to release millions of barrels of oil amid war in Ukraine
PARIS (AP) — The International Energy Agency said Thursday that its member countries are releasing 60 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves on top of previous U.S. pledges to take aim at energy prices that have soared since Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Paris-based organization says the new commitments made by its 31 member nations, which include the United States and much of Europe, amount to a total of 120 million barrels over six months, the largest release in the group’s history.
Half of that will come from the U.S. as part of the larger release from its strategic petroleum reserve that President Joe Biden announced last week.
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The IEA agreed last Friday to add to the amount of oil hitting the global market. It comes on top of the 62.7 million barrels that the agency’s members said they would release last month to ease shortages.
The releases show “the determination of member countries to protect the global economy from the social and economic impacts of an oil shock following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said. “Events in Ukraine are becoming more distressing by the day, and action by the IEA at this time is needed to relieve some of the strains in energy markets.”
Energy markets have been squeezed by surging demand as the global economy rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, outpacing supply and driving up prices. High energy prices have fueled inflation worldwide, and the war in Ukraine exacerbated the problem amid uncertainties about oil and natural gas supplies from Russia and Western sanctions on Moscow.
Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer, with about 60% of exports going to Europe and 20% going to China.
The U.S. has banned all Russian energy supplies, while the United Kingdom says it will phase out Russian oil and coal by year’s end and halt natural gas imports “as soon as possible.”
The European Union on Thursday approved a ban on Russian coal, its first move against the Russian energy supplies it depends on to generate electricity, power industry and fill up diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
IEA member countries hold 1.5 billion barrels in public reserves.
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Police: ‘No foul play’ after Indiana couple goes missing in Nevada, husband found dead
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5/Gray News) - Authorities say there was no foul play in the disappearance of an Indiana couple visiting Nevada after the husband was found dead and the woman was taken to the hospital.
Officials with the Esmeralda County Sheriff’s Office along with police from Nye County and Mineral County assisted in the search for Ronnie, 72, and Beverly Barker, 69. The pair took off on a West Coast road trip in late March and their family had not heard from them since March 27.
On April 5, authorities located the Barkers’ motorhome in a remote mountain area near Silver Peak, Nevada, just before noon, KVVU reported. Authorities said it took several hours to reach the motorhome due to its location.
Once they reached the motorhome, the Kia SUV that the couple also traveled with was not there, and authorities said the motorhome appeared to be stuck. Police said after a search of the motorhome, they determined foul play was not involved.
Beverly Barker is now out of the hospital, according to their family. She was well enough to recount what had happened to her family. She gave her nephew, Travis Peters, the blessing to share the story on Facebook.
Beverly Barker said their GPS navigator took them in the wrong direction and towards Red Mountain. It’s not far from Silver Peak, which is about three and a half hours from Las Vegas. After their motorhome got stuck in the mud they decided to take their Kia SUV to seek help but got lost again.
The couple spent over a week in the cold. Beverly Barker said dehydration was their number one challenge. She uses a walker and managed the strength to collect snow so they could drink. According to their nephew’s Facebook post, Ronnie Barker passed away on Monday, April 4, likely from dehydration.
Police followed tire tracks and located the Kia approximately two miles away about 21 hours after Ronnie had died. Authorities said Beverly was alive “and in good spirits considering what took place.” Beverly was taken via aircraft to Renown Medical Center in Reno for treatment.
“Everyone involved would like to give condolences to the family of Ronnie and Beverly Barker,” police said in a release. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during these trying times.”
Despite the loss of his uncle, Peters expressed gratitude for his aunt’s survival.
“A miracle took place on Red Mountain. There’s no physical way that Bev would have been able to make it to get snow time after time without the Lord carrying her up to that ridge,” Peters wrote.
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‘She knew she was going to die young’: Woman killed in crash after surviving liver transplant
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ind. (WXIX/Gray News) – A 20-year-old woman in Indiana was killed in a car crash on the way to an appointment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in connection to a liver transplant she had two years ago.
Makenzie Howell was the passenger in a truck that crossed the centerline of the highway, hitting another truck and then sliding sideways into the path of a semi-truck that hit the passenger side of the vehicle she was in.
“She knew she was going to die young,” Danielle Howell, Makenzie’s mother, told WXIX. “My heart never wanted to believe that.”
Danielle explained her daughter had a rare genetic condition that caused growths on her liver.
“They would just get bigger and bigger and fill up to the point that her liver was three times the size it was supposed to be,” Danielle said. “It was intense and scary.”
Danielle is heartbroken because they thought Makenzie was in the clear after her transplant, adding she was the happiest she’d ever seen her daughter.
Two other people involved in the crash were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.
The crash investigation is ongoing.
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Police looking for Port Huron man wanted for attempted murder
The Port Huron Police Department is asking the community for help in locating a man wanted on charges of attempted murder and unlawful imprisonment.
The suspect, Booker T Brown, is described as a 53-year-old Black man, 5-feet-11-inches tall and weighing 175 pounds. His last known address is in the 1000 block of Beard Street in the city of Port Huron.
Anyone with information regarding his location or has knowledge of the crime is asked to call the Port Huron Police Department at (810) 984-8415, the Port Huron Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit at (810) 984-5383, or 911 immediately.
"He is considered dangerous, should not be approached, and contact police or 911 immediately," Port Huron Police Chief Joseph Platzer said.
Officers responded to the 1500 block of 11th Street shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday to a woman who appeared to have been assaulted.
When officers arrived in the area, they spoke to the 49-year-old Port Huron woman who indicated Brown had assaulted her at a residence in the 1400 block of 13th Street. She had been physically beaten, assaulted with a hammer and knife, and held against her will until she was able to escape the residence, according to police.
She was transported to McLaren Port Huron hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
The Port Huron Police Department Major Crimes Unit and Criminal Investigative Division was called out to assist with the investigation.
At about 6:35 a.m., the Port Huron Police Department Special Response Team, Major Crimes Unit, and the Criminal Investigative Division executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of 13th Street in an attempt to locate the suspect and recover evidence from the assault. Brown was not located.
Anonymous tips can be received through the CAPTURE Hotline at (810) 987-6688, emailed through www.porthuronpolice.org, or texted by downloading the Port Huron PD app on apple or android devices. Anonymous texts can also be received by texting the keyword CAPTURE and their message/tip to 847411.
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St. Clair County prosecutor appointed to National District Attorneys Association
St. Clair County Prosecutor Mike Wendling was appointed to a national board that supports prosecutors across the country.
Wendling was appointed to the National District Attorneys Association, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that provides training, technical assistance and resources to prosecutors.
"Mike Wendling brings a wealth of expertise to the board of NDAA," Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan President Doug Lloyd said in a press release. "He has served as a leader in prosecution policy locally as well as statewide for 17 years."
The interdisciplinary resource center for knowledge and training works to promote a fair and equitable administration of justice, according a press release.
"It's mission is to be the voice of America's prosecutors and to support their efforts to protect the rights and safety of the people by providing prosecutors with the knowledge, skills and support they need to ensure justice is attained," the press release said.
Wendling said he can exchange ideas and technology with other prosecutors across the country that benefit prosecutors in his office and the county's residents. Networking with others also brings a fresh perspective and the ability to try new things that impact programs and policy.
Wendling can also take prosecutorial concerns specific to St. Clair County to a national stage, such as concerns specific to Port Huron's international border or the marijuana industry.
"It's just an opportunity for people in Washington to realize that St. Clair County is a real player and there are concerns there that need to be addressed at the national level," Wendling said.
Wendling said he hopes to make national training more accessible for rural prosecutors by connecting prosecutors with grants and scholarships offered by the national association that could cover travel expenses.
Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan Director of Public Affairs KC Steckelberg said the recommendation for the appointment is made by the state association. The appointment is for a one-year term, however, Wendling could be re-appointed for another term.
She said his wide range of experience made him an ideal candidate for the board.
Wendling was elected as St. Clair County's prosecutor in 2004. Wendling has also served on the board of directors for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan since 2006 and as president of the organization from 2015 to 2016.
Wendling has also been appointed to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and as a commissioner on the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police Accreditation Board.
"I'm honored to represent Michigan's Prosecuting Attorneys on the board of NDAA," Wendling said in the statement. "Michigan is a leader in prosecutor policy, resources and training, and I look forward to sharing that expertise and learning from other states around the country."
Wendling also is chair of the Blue Water Safe Horizons Board of Directors, is a trustee with the St. Clair County Community Foundation and is on the board of directors of the St. Clair County Child Abuse and Neglect Council.
Contact Laura Fitzgerald at (810) 941-7072 or lfitzgeral@gannett.com.
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Traffic tightens as Pine Grove roadwork gets underway
Traffic got a little bit tighter along Pine Grove Avenue this week as roughly $5.8 million worth of roadwork got underway on the state route in Port Huron and Fort Gratiot.
The project, which will resurface M-25 between Hancock Street and M-136, is currently limiting traffic to single lanes in each direction while maintaining a middle left-hand turn lane, closing the eastern half of the roadway.
Access to businesses on that side of the roadway remains open.
According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, delays have been expected as paving, concrete curb and gutter repairs, drainage improvements, and more, are made along the mile-and-a-half stretch.
The project will also include substructure repairs and surface coating to the M-25 bridge over the Black River spillway.
The state has said that traffic will be maintained during all phases of work. During spillway work, however, southbound left-hand turns to Holland Avenue will be restricted with a detour posted on site.
The project’s completion date is in mid-August.
The work is part of the state’s Rebuilding Michigan program, targeting state highways and bridges where traffic is identifies as key to local economies.
According to MDOT’s annual average daily traffic counts, M-25 just north of Hancock saw more than 20,000 vehicles as of 2020. That was more than 27,000 north of Sanborn Street and 32,000 just south of M-136.
Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com.
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GOP blocks Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Tuesday to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise, pressing to entangle the bipartisan package with an election-year showdown over immigration restrictions that poses a politically uncomfortable fight for Democrats.
A day after Democratic and GOP bargainers reached agreement on providing the money for treatments, vaccines and testing, a Democratic move to push the measure past a procedural hurdle failed 52-47. All 50 Republicans opposed the move, leaving Democrats 13 votes short of the 60 they needed to prevail.
Hours earlier, Republicans said they’d withhold crucial support for the measure unless Democrats agreed to votes on an amendment preventing President Joe Biden from lifting Trump-era curbs on migrants entering the U.S. With Biden polling poorly on his handling of immigration and Democrats divided on the issue, Republicans see a focus on migrants as a fertile line of attack.
“I think there will have to be” an amendment preserving the immigration restrictions “in order to move the bill” bolstering federal pandemic efforts, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters.
At least 10 GOP votes will be needed in the 50-50 Senate for the measure to reach the 60 votes it must have for approval. Republicans could withhold that support until Democrats permit a vote on an immigration amendment.
Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., want Congress to approve the pandemic bill before lawmakers leave in days for a two-week recess. Tuesday’s vote suggested that could be hard.
“This is a potentially devastating vote for every single American who was worried about the possibility of a new variant rearing its nasty head within a few months,” Schumer said after the vote.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “Today’s Senate vote is a step backward for our ability to respond to this virus.”
The new omicron variant, BA.2, is expected to spark a fresh increase in U.S. COVID-19 cases. Around 980,000 Americans and over 6 million people worldwide have died from the disease.
The $10 billion pandemic package is far less than the $22.5 billion Biden initially sought. It also lacks $5 billion Biden wanted to battle the pandemic overseas after the two sides couldn’t agree on budget savings to pay for it, as Republicans demanded.
At least half the bill would finance research and production of therapeutics to treat COVID-19. Money would also be used to buy vaccines and tests and to research new variants.
The measure is paid for by pulling back unspent pandemic funds provided earlier for protecting aviation manufacturing jobs, closed entertainment venues and other programs.
Administration officials have said the government has run out of money to finance COVID-19 testing and treatments for people without insurance, and is running low on money for boosters, free monoclonal antibody treatments and care for people with immune system weaknesses.
At the 2020 height of the pandemic, President Donald Trump imposed immigration curbs letting authorities immediately expel asylum seekers and migrants for public health reasons. The ban is set to expire May 23, triggering what by all accounts will be a massive increase in people trying to cross the Mexican border into the U.S.
That confronts Democrats with messy choices ahead of fall elections when they’re expected to struggle to retain their hair-breadth House and Senate majorities.
Many of the party’s lawmakers and their liberal supporters want the U.S. to open its doors to more immigrants. But moderates and some Democrats confronting tight November reelections worry about lifting the restrictions and alienating centrist voters.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., who faces a competitive reelection this fall, declined to say whether she would support retaining the Trump-era ban but said more needs to be done.
“I need a plan, we need a plan,” she said in a brief interview. “There’s going to be a surge at the border. There should be a plan and I’ve been calling for it all along.”
Shortly before Tuesday’s vote, Schumer showed no taste for exposing his party to a divisive immigration vote.
“This is a bipartisan agreement that does a whole lot of important good for the American people. Vaccines, testing, therapeutics,” he said. “It should not be held hostage for an extraneous issue.”
Jeff Zients, head of White House COVID-19 task force, expressed the same view.
“This should not be included on any funding bill,” he said of immigration. “The decision should be made by the CDC. That’s where it has been, and that’s where it belongs.”
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which initiated the move two years ago, said earlier this month that it would lift the ban next month. The restrictions, known as Title 42, have been harder to justify as pandemic restrictions have eased.
Trump administration officials cast the curb as a way to keep COVID-19 from spreading further in the U.S. Democrats considered that an excuse for Trump, whose anti-immigrant rhetoric was a hallmark of his presidency, to keep migrants from entering the country.
Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., said she supported terminating Trump’s curb and questioned GOP motives for seeking to reinstate it.
“I find it very ironic for those who haven’t wanted to have a vaccination mandate, for those who did not want to have masks in the classroom, for them to suddenly be very interested in protecting the public,” she said.
But Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he would support a Senate COVID-19 aid bill if it included the GOP effort to retain the Trump immigration restrictions.
“Why wouldn’t I?” he said in a brief interview.
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AP congressional correspondent Lisa Mascaro and reporters Chris Megerian and Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report.
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Egg prices spike amid bird flu outbreaks at U.S. farms
(Gray News) - The cost of groceries continues to rise these days, and the price of eggs is also going up.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, bird flu has affected 24 states and more than 46 million birds in the U.S. as of April 5.
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is described by health officials as a highly contagious and deadly virus that affects chickens, turkeys and wild birds. It has been hitting farms hard across the country.
According to the Associated Press, Iowa is the nation’s leading egg producer, and bird flu has infected several farms in that area, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys.
According to the USDA, the average cost of a dozen eggs is currently $2.88 per dozen at supermarkets, up 52% since earlier this year.
The agency reports eggs are expected to be more in demand with the upcoming Easter holiday, but suppliers are not expected to run out of product.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the bird flu usually does not infect people and rare cases of human infection when it comes to the virus have been reported.
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Georgia lawmakers push through election probe regulation
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia law enforcement agency would have the authority to initiate investigations of election crimes under the latest voting regulation approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature after former President Donald Trump made repeated, false claims of widespread voter fraud.
Over the objections of Democrats, Republicans in the state House and Senate voted on Monday to give the Georgia Bureau of Investigation authority to start probes of alleged election wrongdoing without a request from an outside official. The alleged violation would have to be significant enough to create doubt about the outcome of an election, and the agency would have the power to issue subpoenas for election documents.
The secretary of state’s office is currently responsible for investigating alleged election violations. The GBI would provide an additional, separate layer of scrutiny.
The measure — passed on the last day of the session — still requires Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature to become law. Katie Byrd, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Tuesday that Kemp’s office was reviewing all legislation passed by the General Assembly.
Democrats and voting rights advocates said the additional authority for the GBI would intimidate voters and election workers.
“It will not only be used against your voters, but could also be used against organizations and those county election board officials or their workers,” State Rep. Jasmine Clark, a Democrat from Lilburn, said on the House floor. “Again, they already have a hard enough time getting poll workers, and now you want to sic the GBI on them. What are we doing here?”
House Speaker David Ralston, a Republican from Blue Ridge, said the GBI authority was not a partisan reaction to the 2020 election.
“It was a good government measure to be sure that we have competent, professional, thorough investigators,” Ralston said. “GBI is the best there is in the state.”
GOP officials have continued to try to satisfy the millions of voters in their party who believe Trump’s false claim that voter fraud cost him reelection in 2020. Lawmakers in Florida have also approved a police force to pursue election crimes, a proposal pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence the election was tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud were also roundly rejected by courts, including by judges Trump appointed.
The Georgia measure comes a year after the state’s General Assembly rewrote election laws to reduce the time to request an absentee ballot, strip power from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and severely roll back the pandemic-driven expansion of absentee ballot drop boxes. It was one of the first and highest-profile voting laws passed by Republican-controlled legislatures after Trump’s defeat.
Republicans said Georgia’s 2021 law was necessary to restore confidence in the state’s election system. Democrats decried it as an effort to block Democratic-leaning citizens from voting.
Georgia lawmakers this year also considered allowing people to inspect paper ballots after an election and imposing new chain-of-custody requirements for handling ballots, but those measures were vehemently opposed by some county election administrators and did not advance.
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Harrisonburg School Board approves 2022-2023 budget
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Harrisonburg City School Board met Tuesday night. The big item on the agenda was a vote on whether to approve the proposed budget for the 2022-2023 school year.
The proposed budget from Superintendent Dr. Michael Richards totals just over $107 million, a nearly 15% increase from the past year’s budget.
The board unanimously passed the budget as presented. It now goes to Harrisonburg City Council for approval.
The biggest reason for the increase in the budget is the need to address pay for teachers and other faculty.
The school board says increasing pay across the division has been a primary focus during the budgeting process.
“We think that that will help us with recruiting and retaining top talent and getting them to stay in the city throughout their career pathways,” said Dr. Nick Swayne, the school board chair. “We intend to offer very competitive salaries that allow them to work and live in the city and recognize the value that they bring.”
During the meeting, the board also heard the latest progress on the construction of the second Harrisonburg High School. It will also get an update from Cathy Copeland, the chair of the naming committee for the new school.
“I’m told she may share as many [names] as a primary and three alternates and then we’ll have some time to discuss those over the next two weeks and then hopefully come back for the first meeting in May with a final name approved at that point,” said Dr. Swayne.
The naming committee and the board will also work to come up with school colors and a mascot sooner rather than later.
“All those are important for the next stage of construction because they’ve got to start thinking about ordering paint and buying the paint and the colors and getting the name up. All that is a little more difficult these days because of supply chain issues so we’re trying to get ahead on that,” said Swayne.
The board will also hear the latest on a partnership between HCPS and the City of Harrisonburg to pursue state and federal funding for alternative fuel buses that are more environmentally friendly.
The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the Harrisonburg City Council chambers.
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Grocery chain to pay $175K for egg price gouging in pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Grocery chain Smart & Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to resolve allegations that the grocer engaged in price gouging of certain organic and cage-free eggs at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, state authorities said Tuesday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that between March 4, 2020, and June 22, 2020, Smart & Final increased the price of four premium egg products beyond what was allowable during a state of emergency.
An investigation found that Smart & Final sold over 100,000 cartons of eggs that were marked up by more than 10%, violating the law, Bonta said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, triggering price-gouging protections through August 2020.
The attorney general’s office said that it received many complaints about dramatic increases in the cost of eggs after Newsom’s emergency declaration. Many related specifically to price spikes at Smart & Final stores across California.
“Today’s settlement should serve as a warning to grocers and other sellers of essential supplies, follow state price gouging laws or you will pay the price and be held to account,” Bonta said.
Smart & Final operates more than 250 retail stores throughout the western United States.
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| 2022-04-07T20:05:06Z
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