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SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While most 16-year-old kids are scrolling through Instagram, Charlie Mitchell was discovered on it by two executive producers from ESW Management.
And by one of the biggest producers in the music business.
Charlie Mitchell's rendition of his YouTube cover of the Billie Eilish song "When The Party's Over" caught the ear of music producer Narada Michael Walden after another artist he produces saw the young crooner on Instagram and brought him to the legendary producers attention.
Walden, known for producing 57 #1 hits that include his productions of Whitney Houston, George Michael, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey and the list goes on, also produced the Whitney Houston vehicle "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, which remains the best-selling soundtrack of all time.
"Charlie is a prodigy. This new song brings hope, and it's really dedicated to the loss of our loved ones. It was written in a very interesting way, with the first verse speaking from the perspective of the one who lost someone, and the second verse and the bridge spoken by that lost loved one to you…even after," says Walden.
The single, entitled "Even After," is set for pre-sales on iTunes on April 20th, and distributed to radio through Play MPE to 22 countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and more than 18 Latin American countries on May 3rd. A link to iTunes pre-sales link will be added to Mitchell's website on April 20.
"The song will be distributed throughout Europe as well shortly thereafter," says Walden.
Mitchell, who was born and lives on the Gold Coast in Australia, is working on new material with Walden and the executive producers of the album, Jesse Stenger and Brian Evans, who co-wrote the new song about to be released. Mitchell created the melody on the song.
"The way Charlie can interpret a song at just 16 years old, so naturally, is something that you just don't see every day. The moment I heard him, we agreed this was a superstar in the making," says Walden.
Charlie Mitchell, prior to being produced by Walden, would perform publicly on sidewalks and private events.
Mitchell is already preparing new recordings to be produced by Walden, with the executive producers also co-writing.
"This is just the beginning. There's much more to come," says Walden.
Charlie Mitchell's website is charliemitchellmusic.com
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HILLSDALE, Mich., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. (OTC: CNBB), the parent company of County National Bank, today announced earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Earnings during the first quarter of 2022 totaled $2.2 million, a decrease of $800,000 over the $3.0 million earned during the three months ended March 31, 2021 predominately as a result of a reduction in noninterest income. Basic earnings per share for CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") decreased to $1.03 during the three months ended March 31, 2022, down $0.38 from $1.41 during the first quarter of 2021.
As the asset size increased 14.2% year-over-year, the annualized return on average assets (ROA) decreased to 0.77% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, down from 1.40% for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The annualized return on average equity (ROE) decreased to 11.1% for the current quarter, down from 16.8% for the first quarter of 2021. Book value per share increased to $37.84 at March 31, 2022, up $3.10 from $34.74 at March 31, 2021.
John R. Waldron, President and Chief Executive Officer of CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. and County National Bank, remarked, "I have spent a lot of time over the last six months looking at industry-wide projections and have noted that the entire financial services industry is expecting a reduced profit scenario for 2022. We have seen that reduction thus far in 2022 in comparison to 2021 here at County National Bank. However, I am very excited for what 2022 has brought, and will continue to bring, to our bank, its employees and our customers. The Bank and its employees have been working diligently to bring in a large number of new customers in the last two years, and that growth is supporting a very strong Balance Sheet with increasingly strong Net Interest Income numbers. Combine these factors with our strong, hard-working customer base, and you can see why I am confident in CNB's position for 2022 and beyond."
Financial Highlights
- Total assets increased $147.8 million, or 14.2%, to $1.19 billion from March 31, 2021 and $39.9 million, or 3.5% from December 31, 2021.
- Net loans, exclusive of Paycheck Protection Program loans, increased $136.3 million, or 20.6%, to $797.2 million at March 31, 2022 compared to $660.9 million at March 31, 2021 and increased $30.2 million, or 3.9%, from December 31, 2021.
- Total deposits increased $143.8 million, or 15.3%, to $1.09 billion at March 31, 2022 from $941.3 million at March 31, 2021 and increased $40.1 million, or 3.8% from December 31, 2021.
- Book value per share increased $3.10, or 8.9%, to $37.84 at March 31, 2022, up from $34.74 at March 31, 2021 and up $0.21 from $37.63 at December 31, 2021.
- Total equity increased $7.2 million to $81.3 million from March 31, 2021. Shares outstanding were 2,180,181 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
- Net income decreased $800,000, 26.6%, to $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2022 and basic EPS decreased $0.38, or 26.9%, to $1.03 from $1.41 in the first quarter of 2022.
- Net interest income for the first quarter of 2022 increased $367,000 to $8.9 million.
- Pre-tax, pre-provision income decreased $1.5 million to $3.2 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared to $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2021.
CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. (OTC:CNBB) is a one-bank holding company formed in 2005. Its subsidiary bank, County National Bank, is a nationally chartered full-service bank, which has served its local communities since its founding in 1934. CNB Community Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered in Hillsdale, Michigan and through its subsidiary bank offers banking products along with investment management and trust services to communities located throughout South Central Michigan.
This news release and other releases and reports issued by the Company may contain "forward-looking statements." The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company is including this statement for purposes of taking advantage of the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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Recovery from negative impacts of pandemic set to propel demand gains in 2022
CLEVELAND, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- US plastic foam demand is forecast to see 2.1% annual growth in volume terms through 2026, according to Plastic Foams: United States, a report recently released by Freedonia Focus Reports. Suppliers are projected to benefit from expanding production of plastic packaging, building products, mattresses, and motor vehicles. Faster gains will be prevented by efforts to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic foams due to environmental considerations.
Demand is projected to increase 3.3% in 2022 as the economy continues to rebound from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, up from 2.4% growth in 2021. Construction expenditures in real terms fell 2.3% in 2021, but are projected to expand 1.2% in 2022, helping boost demand in one of the largest markets for plastic foams. In addition, production of motor vehicles – another major market – is forecast to grow 9.0% in 2022, up from 4.2% in 2021.
These and other key insights are featured in Plastic Foams: United States. This report forecasts to 2022 and 2026 US plastic foam demand in pounds. Total demand is segmented by plastic foam type in terms of:
- polyurethane foam
- polystyrene foam
- other plastic foams such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene, and vinyl
Total demand is also segmented by market as follows:
- packaging
- construction
- appliances and furniture
- motor vehicles
- other markets such as industrial; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); transport equipment other than motor vehicles; and electrical and electronic products
To illustrate historical trends, total demand and the various segments are provided in annual series from 2011 to 2021.
More information about the report is available at:
https://www.freedoniafocusreports.com/Plastic-Foams-United-States-FF55013/?progid=91541
About Freedonia Focus Reports
Each month, The Freedonia Group – a division of MarketResearch.com – publishes over 20 new or updated Freedonia Focus Reports, providing fresh, unbiased analysis on a wide variety of markets and industries. Published in 20-30 pages, Focus Report coverage ranges from raw materials to finished manufactured goods and related services such as freight and construction. Additional Materials & Chemicals reports can be purchased at Freedonia Focus Reports or MarketResearch.com.
Analysis is intended to guide the busy reader through pertinent topics in rapid succession, including:
- total historical market size and industry output
- segmentation by products and markets
- identification of market drivers, constraints, and key indicators
- segment-by-segment outlook in five-year forecasts
- a survey of the supply base
- suggested resources for further study
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LAKE CITY, S.C., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cotton gin facility on Daniels Road outside of Lake City and warehouse facilities on Church Street in Lake City are set to be sold via sealed bid auction with bids due on May 25th at 2:00 PM EDT.
Offering one is the turnkey cotton gin is being sold with the cotton gin equipment, including all rolling stock and complete equipment inventory of South East Cotton Inc. The property is 29.64± acres and is enhanced with a 12,000± sqft metal building housing the ginning equipment, Fairbank 60' truck scales, and a 1996 mobile home used as an office.
Offering two are the warehouses in Lake City, situated on 10.61± acres with 103,546± sqft of warehouse space in two buildings. Building one has 58,612± sqft, and building two has 44,934± sqft.
Prospective buyers will have the opportunity to inspect the properties on May 5, 6, 14, and 15 from 11 AM to 3 PM.
Bidders may bid on either offering individually or submit a combined offer for both properties. For more information and to submit a bid, please contact Woltz & Associates Inc. at 800-551-3588 or Murray Wise Associates LLC at 800-607-6888.
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MORRISTOWN, N.J., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Covanta Holding Corporation ("Covanta" or the "Company") will host a conference call at 11:00 AM (Eastern) on Friday, April 22, 2022 to discuss its 2021 financial results.
Qualified fixed income investors and securities analysts can register for access to the conference call and related materials on the Debt Investor Information section of Covanta's Investor Relations website.
Covanta is a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions. Annually, Covanta's modern Waste-to-Energy facilities safely convert approximately 21 million tons of waste from municipalities and businesses into clean, renewable electricity to power one million homes and recycle 600,000 tons of metal. Through a vast network of treatment and recycling facilities, Covanta also provides comprehensive industrial material management services to companies seeking solutions to some of today's most complex environmental challenges. For more information, visit covanta.com.
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D2iQ's DKP Enterprise helps customers to scale and manage multicluster container workloads
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- D2iQ, a leading independent Kubernetes platform, today announced the selection of D2iQ's DKP Enterprise in the Amazon Web Service (AWS) Partner Network Container Competency subcategory: Enterprise Container Management Solutions. With the launch of the new category, DKP Enterprise is among the solutions AWS customers can use to manage their container infrastructure and workloads across multiple locations with proper security, compliance, and operational controls.
AWS selected D2iQ as a launch partner to deliver provisioning, governance, security, and observability with any of the AWS orchestrators, such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).
The D2iQ Kubernetes Platform (DKP) provides a single, centralized point of control to build, run, and manage applications across any infrastructure. The latest update of DKP improves automation for development operations (DevOps) to enable more efficient operations while enhancing the power and flexibility of Kubernetes. With full integration of GitOps workflows for easier management of Kubernetes clusters in production environments, DKP 2.1 reduces the operational loads on developer teams.
"As organizations rapidly adopt open-source technologies like Kubernetes to realize the application agility that drives innovation, they are facing increasing complexities when scaling deployments in production environments," said Tobi Knaup, Chief Executive Officer at D2iQ. "With DKP Enterprise included in the Enterprise Container Management Solution Category, we are able to pair our proven solutions and expert guidance with the flexibility, convenience, and choice organizations are looking for when deploying a multicluster container management solution."
In addition to the new Enterprise Container Management Solutions category, D2iQ is also a featured solution provider in AWS Marketplace for Containers Anywhere offering, enabling AWS customers to deploy DKP from AWS Marketplace on Kubernetes clusters in any environment.
The DKP suite, including DKP Enterprise, is available now in the AWS Marketplace. For more information about DKP and D2iQ, visit www.D2IQ.com.
About D2iQ
D2iQ is a leading provider of enterprise-grade cloud platforms that enable organizations to embrace open-source and cloud-native innovations while delivering smarter Day 2 operations. With unmatched experience driving some of the world's largest cloud deployments, D2iQ empowers organizations to better navigate and accelerate cloud-native journeys with enterprise-grade technologies, training, professional services and support. Whether you are deploying your first Kubernetes workload, optimizing your business analytics with Spark or Jupyter, or looking to educate your developers on the benefits of cloud native, D2iQ has the expertise, services, and technology to enable you on the journey. D2iQ is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in London and Hamburg, Germany. D2iQ investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Khosla Ventures, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Microsoft, and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Find us at https://d2iq.com/
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a legislative session with a fourth consecutive balanced budget, funding for Illinois youth, and economic relief for Illinois families, House Democrats are also celebrating a strong quarter of fundraising in which they are poised to outraise all other legislative leaders and Illinois caucuses.
While adjusting to new state ethics laws, House Democrats reported raising over $1.3 million during the first quarter of 2022. Speaker Welch raised $139,900.00 for Democrats for the Illinois House, while The People for Emanuel "Chris" Welch raised $1,177,275.00.
Funds raised will be used in the 2022 primary and general elections. As the first African-American Speaker of the House, Welch says funds will be used to continue to shape Illinois into a great state to raise a family where the government is inclusive and works for the people.
"Democrats in the House have come together like we've never seen to get things done for Illinois families," said Welch. "Our supporters see that. You can see it in the legislation we pass focusing on the people, and how we come together to get things done. We are going to build on that momentum by electing more Democrats to the House. We are the party working to serve Illinoisans. I am extremely proud of our fundraising efforts, and I'm thankful to the supporters who believe in our work. We have a lot more work ahead."
In addition to the totals raised, individual members have also had a successful fundraising quarter with the support of the house democratic caucus fundraising team.
To support Democrats for the Illinois House visit DemsForILHouse.com.
About Democrats for the Illinois House: We are a political organization supporting Democrats for the Illinois House in fighting for equality, justice, and opportunity for all. Under the leadership of House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch, Democrats for Illinois House (DIH) is dedicated to promoting the excellent work of the caucus, protecting incumbents, winning competitive races, and serving Illinoisans with integrity. The Illinois House Democratic Caucus is one of the most diverse in the nation representing African-American (22), Latinx (10), Asian American (4), Women (39) and LGBTQ+ (4) members. DIH is committed to creating an environment across the state that is inclusive and welcoming to all people.
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The platform will simplify the process of obtaining a medical marijuana card and enable 100 patients across the state of New York to apply for free
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevate Holistics, a multistate solution provider in the medical marijuana industry, is bringing its platform to simplify the process of obtaining a medical marijuana card to New York and offering 100 free appointments to residents over the next 6 months.
"Despite the fact that medical marijuana has been legal in New York for the past eight years, recent legislation to expand the program points to the fact that the accessibility barrier has yet to be overcome," said Stephen Stearman, CEO of Elevate Holistics. "Expanding into New York will hopefully ease or eliminate this barrier and ensure that this vital treatment option is available to all those who need it."
Elevate Holistics is a multi-state operator (MOS) serving patients and medical professionals with alternative advanced healthcare options, encrypted SSL safe-site security, turn-key business solutions for clinics, online cannabis healthcare clinics, and compassionate follow-up care. Encrypted online telehealth options, including medical cannabis evaluations, renewals, and online "Ask Me Anything" videos, help patients navigate state laws with confidence.
For more information about Elevate Holistics, to partner with the company, or to request a medical marijuana card, visit https://elevate-holistics.com/
About Elevate Holistics
Elevate Holistics, a Craft Health company, is a telehealth platform focusing on getting people their medical marijuana cards and physician's medical cannabis certifications/recommendations as simply and easily as possible. The vision was two-fold: increase accessibility to those in need and provide an easy to use platform for people who want the privacy of their own home. Today, Elevate Holistics operates in multiple states, has served thousands of HAPPY PATIENTS, and is innovating to provide doctors & patients a better medical marijuana evaluation experience. For more information, visit https://elevate-holistics.com/
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The platform will simplify the process of obtaining a medical marijuana card and enable 100 patients across the state of West Virginia to apply for free
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevate Holistics, a multistate solution provider in the medical marijuana industry, is bringing its platform to simplify the process of obtaining a medical marijuana card to West Virginia and offering 100 free appointments to residents over the next 6 months.
"West Virginia only recently legalized medical marijuana in 2017, and it took two more years for the law to go into effect and give West Virginians the ability to access this important method of treatment," said Stephen Stearman, CEO of Elevate Holistics. "We are excited to bring Elevate's services to the state and simplify the process for all residents, as well as offer 100 free appointments to break down yet another barrier for anyone without the means to pay for the application process."
Elevate Holistics is a multi-state operator (MOS) serving patients and medical professionals with alternative advanced healthcare options, encrypted SSL safe-site security, turn-key business solutions for clinics, online cannabis healthcare clinics, and compassionate follow-up care. Encrypted online telehealth options, including medical cannabis evaluations, renewals, and online "Ask Me Anything" videos, help patients navigate state laws with confidence.
For more information about Elevate Holistics, to partner with the company, or to request a medical marijuana card, visit https://elevate-holistics.com/
About Elevate Holistics
Elevate Holistics, a Craft Health company, is a telehealth platform focusing on getting people their medical marijuana cards and physician's medical cannabis certifications/recommendations as simply and easily as possible. The vision was two-fold: increase accessibility to those in need and provide an easy to use platform for people who want the privacy of their own home. Today, Elevate Holistics operates in multiple states, has served thousands of HAPPY PATIENTS, and is innovating to provide doctors & patients a better medical marijuana evaluation experience. For more information, visit https://elevate-holistics.com/
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Agreement Brings Zero-Emission Air Travel Closer to Reality
ARLINGTON, Wash., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eviation Aircraft, a global manufacturer of all-electric commuter aircraft, and Massachusetts-based Cape Air, one of the largest commuter airlines in the United States, have announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the purchase of 75 all-electric Alice commuter aircraft.
With this engagement, Cape Air aims to set up an unparalleled regional electric fleet, taking a pioneering step into the sustainable era of aviation.
Eviation's all-electric Alice aircraft can accommodate nine passengers and two crew. Cape Air flies more than 400 regional flights a day to nearly 40 cities in the Northeast, Midwest, Montana and the Caribbean. Deploying a fleet of all-electric Alice aircraft will significantly reduce carbon emissions, as well as maintenance and operational costs for the airline, and provide a smoother and quieter flight experience for passengers.
"Truly sustainable aviation not only reduces the impact of air travel on the environment but also makes business sense," said Jessica Pruss, Vice President of Sales at Eviation. "We are proud to support Cape Air, a recognized leader in regional air travel, to chart a new path in delivering innovative solutions that benefit airline operators, passengers, communities and society."
"Cape Air remains committed to sustainability, growth, and innovation, and our partnership with Eviation allows for these commitments to become a reality," said Cape Air President and CEO Linda Markham. "Our customers will be at the forefront of aviation history and our communities will benefit from emission-free travel."
The Eviation Alice is the world's leading fully electric aircraft, designed to fly 440 nautical miles on a single charge and has maximum cruise speed of 250 knots. Alice will operate in all environments currently serviced by piston and turbine aircraft. The advanced electric motors have fewer moving parts to increase reliability and reduce maintenance costs. Alice's operating software constantly monitors flight performance to ensure optimal efficiency.
"Cape Air has always maintained a deep commitment to social responsibility. As an early supporter of all-electric air travel, we are dedicated to leading the industry towards a sustainable future," said Cape Air Board Chairman, Dan Wolf. "Together with Eviation, we are creating the next generation of air travel, in which electric flight will be the industry standard."
About Cape Air
Now in its 33rd year, Cape Air is one of the largest commuter airlines in the United States, serving nearly 40 cities in the US and the Caribbean. The employee-owned company, based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, has grown from three flights a day between Provincetown and Boston in 1989 to a fleet of 100 aircraft, with more than 400 flights a day. Cape Air was recognized as "One of the Top Ten Small Airlines in the World" by Condé Nast Traveler.
About Eviation Aircraft
Based in Washington State, Eviation Aircraft Inc. develops and manufactures efficient electric aircraft to deliver a competitive and sustainable solution for the regional mobility of people and goods. Its electric propulsion units, high-energy-density batteries, mission-driven energy management, and innovative airframe are designed from the ground up for electric flight. Please visit us at www.eviation.co.
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FNM-HPI Measured Home Price Growth at Annual Rate of 20.0% in Q1 2022
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) announced today the publication of the Fannie Mae Home Price Index (FNM-HPI), a national, repeat-transaction home price index measuring the average, quarterly price change for all single-family properties in the United States, excluding condos. The FNM-HPI accelerated in Q1 2022 to its fastest annual pace in the 47-year history of the index, measuring 20.0 percent year over year, non-seasonally adjusted, up from the 19.1 percent annual rate recorded in Q4 2021. On a quarterly basis, home prices rose a seasonally adjusted 4.8 percent in Q1 2022.
"We're pleased to begin sharing the Fannie Mae Home Price Index with external audiences. We have long used this index within the company, including as part of our quarterly financial disclosures, and we believe it will be a highly accurate, timely indicator for measuring home price growth for both economists and housing industry stakeholders alike," said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. "After decelerating toward the end of 2021, the FNM-HPI sped up in the first quarter due to continued strong homebuying demand and a lack of inventory. We believe recent homebuying demand was augmented by many homebuyers pulling forward their home purchase plans in anticipation of rising mortgage rates. Now, with rates having sharply risen since the start of the year – and some of that homebuying demand now met – we expect price growth to begin cooling as the year progresses."
The FNM-HPI is produced by aggregating county-level data to create both seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted national indices that are representative of the whole country and designed to serve as indicators of general single-family home price trends. Beginning today, the FNM-HPI will be publicly available at the national level as a quarterly series with a start date of Q1 1975 and extending to the most recent quarter, Q1 2022. Fannie Mae plans to publish the FNM-HPI approximately mid-month during the first month of each new quarter.
For more information on the FNM-HPI, including a description of the methodology and the Q1 2022 data file, please visit our Research & Insights page on fanniemae.com.
To receive e-mail updates regarding future FNM-HPI updates and other housing market research from Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research Group, please click here.
Fannie Mae's home price estimates are based on preliminary data available as of the date of index estimation and are subject to change as additional data become available. Opinions, analyses, estimates, forecasts, and other views of Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) group included in these materials should not be construed as indicating Fannie Mae's business prospects or expected results, are based on a number of assumptions, and are subject to change without notice. How this information affects Fannie Mae will depend on many factors. Although the ESR group bases its opinions, analyses, estimates, forecasts, and other views on information it considers reliable, it does not guarantee that the information provided in these materials is accurate, current or suitable for any particular purpose. Changes in the assumptions or the information underlying these views could produce materially different results. The analyses, opinions, estimates, forecasts, and other views published by the ESR group represent the views of that group as of the date indicated and do not necessarily represent the views of Fannie Mae or its management.
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Nationwide Network of Hunger-Relief Organizations Sees Continued Demand Amid Widespread Inflation and Expiring Pandemic-Related Support
CHICAGO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest Consumer Price Index data, which showed that inflation rose 8.5% for the year ended in March – levels not seen since 1981. At the same time, the latest Feeding America food bank pulse survey data shows that more food banks, around 85% of the 200 food bank network, report seeing demand for food assistance increase or stay the same for February compared to the previous month, about a 20% increase from the previous survey.
Over the past two years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has expanded to provide additional benefit allotments to help low-income households weather the storm. With emergency declarations ending across the nation, those additional pandemic-related benefit allotments are expiring state by state, and another hunger crisis is looming. While the pandemic appears to be receding for the time being, Feeding America expects that demand for food assistance will remain elevated and may grow as people's expanded assistance goes away. On average, when the Public Health Emergency declaration ends, participants in emergency allotment states will lose $82 a month in SNAP benefits. For participants who qualify for the minimum SNAP benefits, their monthly allotments will plunge from $250 to a mere $20.
"The reality is too many neighbors must continuously be forced to make difficult decisions between paying for food or other necessities like rent and medicines. Nearly one-third of a low-income household's budget is spent on food, and any incremental increases to food prices can have a dramatic effect to their overall stability and security," said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. "Community food assistance continues to be an essential piece of a household's budget planning. In order for the Feeding America network of food banks, food pantries, and meal programs to continue to provide food and assistance to the tens of millions of people turning to us for help, we need continued support from both the public and private sector."
The Feeding America network is not immune from the impacts of inflation, with every aspect of food bank operations including purchasing food, transporting donated food, energy for cold storage, and other costs including fuel, wages, and even vehicle maintenance seeing significant increases. To close the gap and keep up with demand, food banks are purchasing nearly as much food as they did in 2021 but are now paying 40% more for those purchases. Feeding America projects that the food bank network will experience a 20% decrease in manufacturing donations and a 45% decrease in federal commodities in fiscal year 2022, running July 2021 to June 2022. Over the past six months, 55% of Feeding America food banks have reported their overall food donations are down. Without additional funding and federal commodities, food banks cannot be expected to meet this crisis and give their communities the support they need.
"This is not a sustainable solution for our neighbors facing hunger," Babineaux-Fontenot continued. "In the coming months and years, we are facing a historically unprecedented set of simultaneous challenges and we need to strengthen our commitment and resolve to support our neighbors' ability to not just to survive, but to thrive. While we work towards reducing food insecurity for all in the long-term, in the immediate near term, we are asking for USDA and Congress along with our partners and supporters to help us through this storm."
To address this crisis, Feeding America is putting a call for support and everyone can get involved:
1. Congress should ensure that food banks have the critical food resources and program flexibilities necessary to address the need for food assistance by providing $900 million for TEFAP in spending legislation and extending child nutrition waivers.
2. USDA should take any and all actions at their disposal to increase the availability of commodity foods, including:
a. Using the Commodity Credit Corporation or other funds available to provide critically needed food purchases. This will help address the supply chain challenges and increased demand food banks are facing. USDA has precedent for similar actions, both through the Food Purchase and Distribution Program and the recent Supply Chain Assistance Funds providing resources to schools.
b. USDA should fully utilize Section 32 authority to support consumption of domestic commodities through additional food purchases for distribution through USDA nutrition programs.
c. USDA should ensure that state plans for the $400 million in Local Food Purchase Agreement grants procure foods from diverse and underrepresented producers where possible and distribute food through AIB-inspected food banks and other nonprofit partners held to high standards of food safety, equitable distribution, and non-discrimination.
3. Food industry partners should reach out to Feeding America or local food banks to explore avenues for donation and food rescue. More information on becoming a food donor can be found at FeedingAmerica.org/donatefood.
4. For individuals, donors and advocates, please continue to support Feeding America and local hunger-relief organizations, either by volunteering, donating, and calling on elected officials to support strong nutrition program legislation.
Millions of communities across the United States need immediate solutions to ensure they do not have to skip meals due to rising food prices. A shared commitment is necessary between charities, the private sector, and the government to bolster both food and nutrition security across the nation.
For more information about Feeding America's hunger-relief efforts and to learn how to help, visit FeedingAmerica.org.
Contact
Zuani Villarreal
Feeding America
312.641.6532
About Feeding America
Feeding America® is the largest hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through a network of more than 200 food banks, 21 statewide food bank associations, and over 60,000 partner agencies, food pantries and meal programs, we helped provide 6.6 billion meals to tens of millions of people in need last year. Feeding America also supports programs that prevent food waste and improve food security among the people we serve; brings attention to the social and systemic barriers that contribute to food insecurity in our nation; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Visit www.feedingamerica.org, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
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CALLING ALL WOMEN TO JOIN IN BUILDING INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP ROLES
SALT LAKE CITY, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Women drive the majority of the home purchasing decisions, yet almost every building company in America is led and owned by men. It's no secret that construction, like many businesses, is a 'man's world'. Yet that statistic is still quite shocking and transparently true. Hamlet Homes stands out in naming Tami Ostmark to an ownership role.
While the employment rate is only 11% for women in construction (compared to the national average of 47%) and less than 3% in leadership roles, the gender pay gap is the most attractive in the building industry at 94.3% of what men earn (significantly greater than the 81.5% national average); according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Barry Gittleman; Hamlets President & CEO said, "We're very excited that Tami has been selected to join the Ownership team. It's always been notable that in this industry, there are just not that many women in leadership. We're proud to change that."
John Peterson, who also became an owner said; "I have such respect for Tami. She changed our culture when she came into the company. We now stand for inclusion, hard work and share a strong common vision. She's the glue that brought our culture together."
Tami Ostmark said: "I'm excited about this opportunity and feel like this is my life's work. My history in business has been in positions that society has considered 'a man's role'. I feel like I've had to work harder to prove myself. The majority of people just see men when thinking of home building. Women are typically driving the home buying, design and architecture decisions for their home. It's more important than ever to empower women so they know they can do absolutely anything in this industry."
Nate Kingdon, joining John and Tami in his recent announcement to the ownership team, followed by saying; "Tami is also helping pave the path for future women in the industry to see that these things ARE possible. I'm excited to be a part of that. It's important for women in my life to have those kind of role models to look up to."
Jennie Tanner, President of the PWB (Professional Women in Building) had this to say: "I think that Tami being named to ownership is an ah-ha moment for women that work in construction and don't feel they can move up to a leadership role. I think her becoming an Owner is an amazing opportunity for her to show other women it CAN be done and kudos to Hamlet for seeing her talent."
Motivating and empowering women is important to Hamlet Homes. They have decided to select one hard working woman and support her dreams. Visit https://hamlethomes.com/women and nominate yourself or another woman on the rise to win Hamlet's Women in Construction Grant; including $2,500 to help them accomplish their goals. The winner will also receive a membership to both the Salt Lake Homebuilders Association (SLHBA) and Professional Women in Building (PWB). These organizations support women with the tools needed to succeed in the building industry.
Tanner continued; "The PWB's goal is diversity and inclusion. Our mission is to educate young women and we are here with open arms to teach and train them, being a mentor to whatever they want to be. We look forward to welcoming and supporting a new member."
So, Hamlet is calling on all strong women with a strong dream. They are looking for the sharpest, determined hard working and frankly, bad ass women. If you know of, or are one of these exceptional women, please visit their website. Nominate yourself or a colleague to win their grant package and take your career to the next level. Promoting women in construction is good for all of us. The implications of a talented and gender balanced team has positive residual benefits that, in the end, benefit anyone purchasing a Hamlet Home. Barry Gittleman said, "Women still drive the majority of home purchasing decisions; their voice is crucial to our creation of the great homes we build."
About Hamlet Homes: Hamlet Homes (www.hamlethomes.com) crafts quality customer-oriented townhomes and single-family homes located in attractively designed neighborhoods in northern Utah. Since the company's founding in 1995, Hamlet has built over 4,000 homes in 65 communities. The company is a proud recipient of many awards on Sustainable Business & Design, Quality Builder Awards recognized both locally and nationally and was awarded the Salt Lake Chamber's Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year, Best of State in Real Estate Development for the seventh time in 2021, 2019 Best of the West in both Real Estate Services and Architecture and named on the Housing Giants list again this year by Professional Builder Magazine and most recently, named as Utah Business Best Companies to Work For again in 2021. Hamlet Homes celebrates its 27th Anniversary this year.
Nominations should be submitted here:
https://hamlethomes.com/women
Sources:
(BLS) US Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/cps/tables.htm
NAHB: https://eyeonhousing.org/2020/09/good-news-for-women-in-construction-employment-rising/
FIXR: https://www.fixr.com/construction-services/women-in-construction
Hamlet Team: https://hamlethomes.com/about/#great-people
PWB: https://www.utahpwb.com
Contact:
Nate Di Palma
nate@palmaconsultancy.com
435.709.3765
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Green Builder® Media Recognizes ForeverLawn Landscape as "Green" Landscaping Solution
LOUISVILLE, Ohio, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ForeverLawn, Inc. ®, the synthetic grass industry leader, had their line of ForeverLawn® DuPont™ Select Synthetic Grassi premium products honored by Green Builder® Media as a 2022 Sustainable Product of the Year. The award recognizes several home and garden products pioneering sustainability and environmental stewardship in their specialized markets. Green Builder featured award recipients in the 2022 March-April edition of Green Builder Magazine, highlighting ForeverLawn® Dupont™ Select products on page 26.
"We're very excited to have our ForeverLawn® DuPont™ Select product line recognized by Green Builder magazine," says Jim Karmie, Brand Leader for ForeverLawn® Landscape™. "We pride ourselves on creating quality, innovative products and we strive to help people see the environmental advantages to using them in both commercial and residential projects."
With backing composed of recycled bottles from Project Yellowstone and a renewable soybean layer, the ForeverLawn® DuPont™ Select product line offers innovative and durable products that reduce water waste, eliminate chemical runoff, and lower emissions, while presenting unparalleled realism.
ForeverLawn Landscape and Green Builder Media will continue to collaborate on the ReVISION House in Scottsdale, AZ. The VISION House Series is a project undertaken to educate building professionals and consumers through highlighting sustainable, practical home solutions. The Scottsdale project — also dubbed "The Forever House" — is a remodel of an existing home by building expert Steve Easley and his wife, Indoor Air Quality expert Susan Raterman.
For more information on the ForeverLawn® DuPont™ Select line of premium synthetic grass products, visit foreverlawnlandscape.com.
About ForeverLawn ForeverLawn® improves spaces and communities through innovative synthetic grass solutions. Beginning in 2004 as the daring entrepreneurial venture of two brothers, ForeverLawn has consistently led the synthetic turf industry through groundbreaking approaches to products and practice. As the premium choice for synthetic surfacing, each product is engineered to solve unique consumer needs and desires while maintaining superior standards and natural aesthetics. Today the company services over eighty localized markets through their dealer network, with an impressive regional, national, and international project portfolio.
Want to be a part of something bigger? Learn how you can be a person of impact through business ownership opportunities with ForeverLawn. For more information, contact opportunities@foreverlawn.com.
About Green Builder® Media Green Builder Media is North America's leading green building and sustainable living media company. Through magazine, website, demonstration homes, and data services, Green Builder Media provides actionable information to consumers and builders about how to build and remodel sustainable homes. Green Builder Media also produces environmental-related thought-leadership content and events on such topics as climate change, decarbonization, and electrification.
i DuPont™ and the DuPont Oval Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. used under license by ForeverLawn, Inc.
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GR0 takes the title of the Fastest-Growing SEO Agency in the nation, with a growth rate of over 300%
LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GR0, a leading SEO agency based in Los Angeles, announced today that it has been named #6 on Clutch's Top 100 Fastest-Growing B2B Providers. The 100 fastest-growing companies rank is based on the absolute revenue growth rate from 2020 to 2021.
GR0 earned the #6 spot on the Top 100 list, with a staggering growth rate of 301.72%. GR0 also took the top spot amongst other SEO agencies, officially cementing the title of fastest-growing SEO agency in the nation.
"We at GR0 are extremely proud of this global recognition and it is a testament of our team's hard work and dedication to our clients," said co-founder and CEO Kevin Miller. "We feel very lucky and honored to be named the fastest-growing SEO agency in the United States. Knowing our team, we are optimistic to be on this list in the years to come. "
Clutch is a B2B review and rating platform that highlights top firms from different industries worldwide. Every year, agencies that are top-rated on the platform and that have exhibited a significant rise in revenue are listed and ranked in the Clutch 100 for Fastest Growth. The service providers on this list are headquartered in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, the UK, Singapore, and other countries across the globe. Among these, the leaders are skilled in a variety of services including SEO, web development, public relations, call center services, and more.
"The Clutch 100 growth lists are meant to highlight the top service providers based on their growth during a challenging period," said Clutch Customer Success Manager Aaron Morales. "The leaders are recognized because of their ability to work through adversity, willingness to participate, and commitment to their clients."
The leading LA-based agency helps brands rank #1 on Google by leveraging search engine optimization and search engine marketing. For more information about GR0 and to read reviews related to client and employee feedback, please visit Comparably, Glassdoor, Clutch or Crunchbase.
About GR0:
GR0's co-founders, Jon Zacharias and Kevin Miller, sought to create a digital marketing agency powered by their wealth of SEO, online marketing, and strategic advisory experience with top D2C and B2B brands. At GR0, our mission is to help brands rank #1 on Google. We accomplish this by empowering clients to build powerful online brands with audiences they fully own through relentlessly innovating and igniting organic growth. While SEO remains the top service for most customers, GR0 offers additional solutions that can be tailored to the individual needs of each client. GR0's mission is to demystify online marketing for brands, allowing them to realize their full potential and deliver unmatched value to every customer.
For business or media inquiries, please reach out to contact@gr0.com
About Clutch:
Clutch (https://clutch.co/) is a global platform whose seasoned analysts verify and organize client reviews for B2B firms. Each year, Clutch announces the best and brightest service providers that meet their meticulous evaluation-based methodology. At the backbone of Clutch's research is the client perspective, which Clutch infers through intensive client interviews.
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BRINY BREEZES, Fla., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lux Speed held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to welcome the community of Briny Breezes to the beginning of a better internet experience. The property of Briny Breezes consists of residents who have deep ties to the area. Briny Breezes is a well-known and beautiful property with access to the inter-coastal waterways and ocean. The CO-OP board voted to engage Lux Speed with providing a world class internet and television experience.
"Briny Breezes Inc. is excited to be partnering with Lux Speed Fiber as we work to advance our technology. Our residents are looking forward to community wide, high-speed internet and cable TV. Lux Speed has proven to be an excellent company with which to partner. We look forward to building a successful network, and anticipate completion this fall," said General Manager, Michael Gallacher at Briny Breezes, Inc.
The community gathered before their last board meeting of the season to take participate in the groundbreaking and future deployment of its community-wide Wi-Fi system. The number of residents that attended and participated highlighted the importance and care the residents have for their beautiful Florida home. "We welcome Briny Breezes to our top-of-the-line internet and customer service experience because their needs are our priority," stated CEO of Lux Speed Michael Bertamini. "We're very excited for the opportunity."
Media Contact: Shelby Sisler, 502-216-8399, ssisler@luxspeed.io
Lux Speed
110 E. Broward Blvd, Suite 1630
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
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Happsy makes customers happy this Earth Day!
CLEVELAND, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified organic bed-in-a-box, Happsy honors Earth Day with $250 off their certified organic mattress sold online, starting today, Friday, April 15th. No code necessary, and the discount will be applied at checkout.
Recognized for its high-quality materials, highly comfortable design, and affordable price, Happsy's comfort inspired by nature" design provides excellent comfort for nearly every body type.
Happsy only makes certified organic mattresses, (GOTS) Global Organic Textile Standard certified organic, and MADE SAFE certified non-toxic, with the manufacturing process following strict environmental standards. Having chosen to use better materials such as organic cotton, latex, and wool, Happsy is a trusted solution for anyone looking to take steps towards a healthier lifestyle and a better night's sleep.
Happsy is also a good choice for the environment, as a proud member of 1% for the Planet donating one percent (or more) of their annual gross mattress sales to approved environmental organizations. And a member and supporter of The Conservation Alliance, a coalition of more than 250 like-minded businesses that pool resources to fund and advocate for the protection of North America's wild places.
As we celebrate Earth Day, remember you can "Invest In Our Planet" by choosing brands like Happsy that support the environment with sustainable products to help preserve the natural world.
For more information on Happsy, visit https://www.happsy.com. For media inquiries, please get in touch with Janelle Dunbar at jd@womensmarketinggroup.com or 516.242.7677.
About Happsy:
Happsy is an online mattress brand focused exclusively on offering high-quality, certified organic mattresses and bedding at affordable prices. Recognized by Good Housekeeping as the "Best Organic Boxed Mattress" to Buy Online in 2021, all Happsy mattresses, toppers, and other bedding products are certified to the rigorous organic and non-toxic standards of the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) and MADE SAFE. Produced in the U.S. using the highest quality domestic and imported materials approved by GOTS and MADE SAFE without ever using polyurethane foam, formaldehyde, pesticides, GMO's, adhesives, flame retardants, or other toxic or questionable chemicals. In addition, all Happsy mattresses are GREENGUARD Gold certified and UL Formaldehyde Free Validated, and all Happsy latex is GOLS or FSC Preferred by Nature Rainforest Alliance certified. Happsy is also a member and supporter of One Percent for the Planet, Women's Voices for the Earth, and American Sustainable Business Network. Learn more at Happsy.com
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Deborah Thelwell from Phoenix, Arizona, named the grand prize winner of an Alaska cruise, along with nine runners-up from across the United States
SEATTLE, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Valentine's Day 2022 Holland America Line launched a "Love Letters to Alaska" contest in celebration of its upcoming 75th anniversary season in the Great Land. More than 40,000 hopefuls submitted a personal letter professing their love for Alaska or why they would like to visit.
After narrowing down the entries to the top 10, Deborah Thelwell from Phoenix, Arizona, was named the grand prize winner of a seven-day Holland America Line Alaska cruise for two in a Neptune Suite.
"The number of entries we received was overwhelming in the most incredible way, with thousands of people professing their love for Alaska with creative, beautiful and heartfelt notes," said Beth Bodensteiner, senior vice president and chief commercial officer, Holland America Line. "Choosing the 10 winners was difficult because so many were worthy, but in the end, Deborah's poem captured the essence of the contest with an entry that was beautifully written as a tribute to both her late husband and Alaska."
Selected as the best of the best by a panel of judges who have a connection to Alaska, Washington state or the cruise line, Deborah's entry was penned to honor her husband Alan who passed before they were able to take their dream cruise to Alaska.
"My love letter is for my late husband. We had planned an Alaska cruise for our retirement, but alas, he died from complications of dementia at age 57," wrote Deborah to introduce her heartfelt poem:
"Your love of the sea, your love of me/ My love of you, so strong and true/ Our dreams once dreamed, but now, it seems, I must sail on alone/ To see the glaciers caress the land/ The rivers, entwined, like lovers' arms as they make their way to the sea/ The mountains, bursting onto the horizon/ Joyfully stretching to the sky, as we once reached for each other," reads an excerpt from Deborah's entry.
In addition to Deborah, nine runners-up come from across the United States, including Arkansas, Georgia, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Washington state. Each submitted a poem, sonnet, letter or tribute professing their love and admiration for The Last Frontier. As a winner, they each will receive a seven-day Alaska cruise for two in a Vista or Signature Suite.
The judging panel who selected the grand prize winner included Jim Dever, an Emmy Award–winning host and reporter on Seattle's "KING 5 Evening" show; Dr. Pepper Schwartz, an acclaimed professor, author, researcher and television personality furthering the field of intimacy; Tekla Butcher-Monson, daughter of acclaimed Alaskan musher Susan Butcher and a musher in her own right, as well as the owner of Trail Breaker Kennel; Russell Dick, president and CEO of Huna Totem Corp.; and Danny Genung, chief executive officer of Harr Travel, a California-based boutique agency.
Experience Alaska with the Experts
In 2022 six Holland America Line ships will explore Alaska, either roundtrip from Seattle, Washington; roundtrip from Vancouver, Canada; or between Whittier, Alaska, and Vancouver. The ships deliver a premium experience designed for immersive cruising with wraparound decks and an abundance of verandah staterooms that bring guests closer to Alaska's natural wonders.
Every Alaska cruise includes a visit to one or more of Alaska's iconic glacier destinations: Glacier Bay National Park, College Fjord, Hubbard Glacier and Twin Sawyer Glaciers of Tracy Arm. Alaska ports of call include Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and Skagway. Cruises that feature Glacier Bay take on a National Park ranger and local Huna Tlingit guide.
For explorers who want to travel farther, 16 different Cruisetours combine an Alaska cruise with an inland exploration of Denali National Park or to the unspoiled reaches of Canada's Yukon Territory. Holland America Line owns its motorcoaches, railcars and hotels, so schedules are preferential. Each Cruisetour gets a scenic ride on the luxury-domed McKinley Explorer, including select itineraries that offer Direct-to-Denali service, taking guests from their ship to their Denali hotel room on the same day.
Holland America Line Immerses Guests in Alaska with 'Alaska Up Close'
Through authentic experiences on board and ashore that focus on culture, cuisine and immersive adventures, "Alaska Up Close" enables guests to discover, taste and experience the real Alaska in a way that only Holland America Line can deliver. Alaska Up Close features local experts and personalities leading workshops and lectures, Explorations Central (EXC) Talks revealing the stories of real Alaskans, tours highlighting the best of each destination, Port to Table culinary immersion and local cuisine served at dining venues throughout the ship.
Alaska cruise pricing starts at a "Have it All" premium package rate of $749 per person, double occupancy for a seven-day sailing, which includes one shore excursion, a Signature Beverage Package, one night specialty dining and Wi-Fi. Cruise-only standard fares start at $499 per person, double occupancy. Taxes, fees and port expenses are additional. Many Alaska departures through 2022 also feature free or reduced fares for kids when sailing as a third or fourth guest in the same stateroom.
For more information about Holland America Line, consult a travel advisor, call 1-877-SAIL HAL (877-724-5425) or visit hollandamerica.com.
Editors note: All 10 entries and photos are available at https://www.cruiseimagelibrary.com/c/hqjmz0q3.
Find Holland America Line on Twitter, Facebook and the Holland America Blog. Access all social media outlets via the home page at hollandamerica.com.
About Holland America Line [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL) and (NYSE: CUK)]
Holland America Line has been exploring the world since 1873 and was the first cruise line to offer adventures to Alaska and the Yukon nearly 75 years ago. Its fleet of premium ships visits nearly 400 ports in 114 countries around the world, offering an ideal mid-sized ship experience. A third Pinnacle-class ship, Rotterdam, joined the fleet in July 2021.
The leader in premium cruising, Holland America Line's ships feature innovative initiatives and a diverse range of enriching experiences focused on destination exploration and personalized travel. The best live music at sea fills each evening at Music Walk, and dining venues feature exclusive selections from Holland America Line's esteemed Culinary Council of world-famous chefs.
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HRH is Only Hospital in Hudson County with Any SRC Accreditation
Kaitlyn Probasco Awarded Care Specialist Accreditation
SECAUCUS, N.J., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hudson Regional Hospital (HRH) and its Institute for Robotic Surgery (IRS) have received the first ever accreditation from the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) for Excellence in Care in Spine Surgery and its Spine Surgery Division will be the standard for all SRC future reviews.
The IRS also received accreditation for bariatrics, robotic joint replacement, minimally invasive surgery and was named a Center of Excellence for minimally invasive gynecology. Together with the distinction as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery which it previously received, the IRS is the only hospital in Hudson County with six accreditations from the non-profit whose mission is to ensure better safety and outcomes for surgical patients.
Additionally, long-term Physician Assistant Kaitlyn Probasco, DMSc, PA-C was awarded the Care Specialist Accreditation, becoming the second SRC-accredited practitioner following Dr. Yitzhack Asulin, MD, FACS, FACOG, Director of the IRS and its Director of the Female Pelvic Reconstruction and Robotic Surgery. Dr. Asulin is also the only master surgeon in the Tri-State area.
"Since taking over HRH in 2018, it has been our mission to create a world-class hospital by investing in the most technologically advanced modalities and networking to secure the region's best surgical practitioners," said Dr. Nizar Kifaieh, President and CEO of Hudson Regional Hospital.
The SRC sought out to Hudson Regional Hospital and its IRS for a collaboration to determine the criteria for its new Excellence in Care for Spinal Surgery. HRH is the only facility in the Tri-State area that offers surgeons and patients access to the most advanced suite of technologies including Da Vinci XI Robotic System, ExcelsiusGPS and the Mazor Robotic Guidance System.
Additionally, the IRS recently became the first facility in New Jersey to offer hernia patients OviTecx®, a more natural alternative to synthetic mesh.
"Our surgical team is made up of pioneers in the minimally invasive robotic surgery field that have applied this approach to multiple specialties. The robotic technologies allow us more accuracy, better patient outcomes, smaller incisions, quicker recovery times," said Dr. Yitzhack Asulin, MD, FACS, FACOG, Director of Female Pelvic Reconstruction and Robotic Surgery.
"Congratulations to Dr. Probasco and deep appreciation to all of the IRS practitioners, supporting staff, and ancillary department teams for helping us achieve these distinctions. We will continue collaborating with the SRC to both create the criteria for the new Spine Surgery accreditation model and to ensure that we achieve it."
Hudson Regional Hospital also became the only hospital in Hudson County to be designated a Stroke Center by the NJ Department of Health, allowing stroke patients in the area more immediate access to emergency care without having to travel further outside their community in the critical minutes after stroke symptoms first appear.
The SRC created its accreditation program in 2003 to ensure safe and effective patient care buy consulting with experts from each specialty to guide the development of its accreditation programs and outcomes databases.
For more information about Hudson Regional Hospital and its Institute for Robotic Surgery, call 201.392.3100 or visit www.hudsonregionalhospital.com.
About the Surgical Review Corporation
Established in 2003, SRC is a nonprofit, patient safety organization that develops and administers best-in-class accreditation programs for medical professionals, surgeons, hospitals and freestanding outpatient facilities throughout the world.
These programs improve the safety and quality of patient care and lower the overall costs associated with successful treatment. Data, provided by program participants, is used to determine which treatments achieve the best outcomes. This information enables clinicians, patients, payors and policymakers to make informed decisions that improve health care delivery.
SRC believes that even the best can improve. Excellence is not simply an achievement – it is a culture that must be sustained. SRC has performed thousands of inspections throughout the world and is in a unique position to provide the experience it has gained to those who wish to improve beyond their accreditation.
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SEATTLE, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JND Legal Administration announces that on September 13, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued an Order instituting and simultaneously settling cease-and-desist proceedings against Respondents GTV Media Group, Inc. ("GTV"), Saraca Media Group, Inc. ("Saraca"), and Voice of Guo Media, Inc. In the Order, the SEC found that from approximately April 2020 through June 2020, Respondents generally solicited thousands of individuals to invest in the GTV Common Stock offering. The SEC further found that during the same period, GTV and Saraca ("the G Entities") also solicited individuals to invest in the Digital Asset offering. According to the Order, as a result of these two unregistered securities offerings, whose proceeds were commingled, Respondents collectively raised approximately $487 million from more than 5,000 investors, including individuals in the United States. The SEC ordered the Respondents to pay $486,745,063 in disgorgement, plus prejudgment interest of $17,688,365 and $35,000,000 in civil money penalties, for a total of $539,433,428, to the SEC. The SEC also created the Fair Fund, pursuant to Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, so the penalties paid, along with the disgorgement and interest paid, can be distributed to harmed investors. To date, the Respondents have paid a total of $455,439,194.49. Any additional funds collected from the Respondents pursuant to the Order will be added to the Fair Fund. The Fair Fund has been deposited at the United States Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service ("BFS") for investment.
G Entities [Relevant Period start and end dates (inclusive)]:
- GTV Common Stock [4/20/2020 through 6/2/2020]; and
- G-Dollars or G-Coins [4/1/2020 through 6/30/2020];
On October 14, 2021, the SEC appointed Miller Kaplan Arase LLP as Tax Administrator. The SEC also appointed JND Legal Administration as Fund Administrator (the "Fund Administrator") on November 23, 2021. The SEC approved a plan for the distribution of the GTV Media Group Fair Fund (the "Plan"). The Plan is publicly available at www.GTVMediaGroupFairFund.com, and available on the SEC's webpage for this matter at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/claims/gtv-media-group.htm.
If you purchased one or more of the securities listed above during the corresponding Relevant Period(s) and would like to be considered for eligibility for a distribution from the GTV Media Group Fair Fund, you must submit a completed and signed Proof of Claim Form ("Claim Form"), including adequate supporting documentation of your purchases and a completed tax certification, to the Fund Administrator by the Claims Bar Date.
The Claim Form is available at www.GTVMediaGroupFairFund.com. You may submit your Claim Form online no later than 11:59 p.m. PT on the Claims Bar Date following the directions at www.GTVMediaGroupFairFund.com/claim. Alternatively, you may send your Claim Form to the Fund Administrator. Claim Forms must be postmarked no later than the Claims Bar Date if sent by First Class Mail; and if not by First Class Mail, received by the Fund Administrator by the Claims Bar Date. If not submitted online, Claim Forms should be directed to the following address:
GTV Media Group Fair Fund
c/o JND Legal Administration
PO Box 91403
Seattle, WA 98111
Additional information regarding the GTV Media Group Fair Fund, including the Distribution Plan, the Plan Notice, the Claim Form, relevant deadlines, and related materials are available on the Distribution Website at www.GTVMediaGroupFairFund.com. You may obtain additional information or request copies of the Claim Form by contacting the Fund Administrator toll-free at 866-853-5013, emailing info@GTVMediaGroupFairFund.com, or writing to:
GTV Media Group Fair Fund
c/o JND Legal Administration
PO Box 91403
Seattle, WA 98111
Please check the website www.GTVMediaGroupFairFund.com frequently for updates.
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Tech innovator pushes the boundaries of video conferencing for remote working and learning
CLAYMONT, Del., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAGO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, a multinational technology company specializing in smart education and team collaboration technologies, is proud to announce that its IMAGO UC100 PRO Limited Edition Huddlecam (IMAGO UC100 PRO LE) has won the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2022.
"We are honoured to receive this prestigious recognition from Red Dot. Such an achievement is a testament of our commitment to innovate and push boundaries to make remote learning and working a seamless and convenient process. Since the start of the pandemic, schools and workplaces have struggled to find effective ways to transition into remote learning and working environments. With the IMAGO UC100 PRO LE, we want to bring our customers and business partners solutions for seamless collaboration with effective visibility to address their challenges in keeping up with the new ways of working and learning," said Ethan Tan, CEO of IMAGO TECHNOLOGIES LLC.
The IMAGO UC100 PRO LE is an all-in-one video conferencing camera in a compact and lightweight design that is ideal for smaller spaces and huddle rooms.
The IMAGO UC100 PRO LE boasts crystal-clear video quality with built-in wide-angle coverage and a 94-degree diagonal Field-of-View (FoV) camera. Putting people at the heart of the online meeting and teaching experience, the AI Tracking Camera keeps participants in view and adjusts to any changes in the scene or of participants. Users can stay focused instead of constantly adjusting their camera and settings during a call. Features like adaptive real-time face detection, auto framing, and optimal screen to meeting room ratio further enhances user experience by empowering all participants to focus on collaboration.
The IMAGO UC100 PRO LE is built-in with a highly sensitive HD microphone with 4 microphone arrays and a 360-degree voice pickup within a 5 meter radius. Its simple USB plug & play feature and compatibility with any video conferencing application makes it an all-in-one device with everything you need for a quality video call experience.
The "Red Dot Award" is one of the most sought-after seals internationally for products that feature outstanding and high quality designs. The prestigious award is broken down into three distinct Red Dot Award disciplines, namely Product Design, Brands & Communication Design, and Design Concept.
Organised once every year, the products and communication projects, as well as design concepts and prototypes that are entered into the competition are evaluated by the Red Dot Jury, which convenes yearly for each competition based on the individual specialist areas of the respective members.
About IMAGO
IMAGO is a multinational technology company with a strong presence in the APAC region. IMAGO promotes global connection and collaboration through its smart all-in-one technologies, focusing on video conferencing and private cloud solutions to facilitate its strong clientele in the education, government and private sectors.
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Le-Vel shares new products and casts a vision for a more premium lifestyle at THRIVEpalooza 2022
GRAPEVINE, Texas, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Le-Vel, a world leader in human nutritional innovation, brought its annual convention, THRIVEpalooza to the Gaylord Texan April 7 - 9. Thousands of Brand Promoters lined the entrance for the three-day bash ready to experience the most exciting event of the year. Brimming with guest speakers, the debut of game-changing products and a spectacle of parties, THRIVEpalooza 2022 didn't disappoint.
Studded with sparkle, a black tie dinner for Le-Vel Millionaire Award recipients kicked off the rewards and recognition weekend on Thursday, April 7 to honor a decade's worth of Brand Promoters who have earned the coveted award. But not to be outshined, the Opening Night Party the following night set the stage for Le-Vel's most epic product launches to date.
Co-Founder and CEO, Jason Camper launched Le-Vel's OooWEE! premium "here-we-go" energy drink, a multi-function beverage designed to kick start your morning, energize your pre-workout routine, and give you that mental and physical boost your body craves during the day. OooWEE! contains zero calories and is lightly carbonated. It has BCAAs to help minimize protein breakdown+ as well as micronized creatine to support muscle performance+.
Two new vegan Lifestyle Shake flavors,strawberry and chocolate, launched on Friday as well. Along with vanilla, there are now three delicious, dairy free, plant-based options to use as Step 2 of the THRIVE Experience 60-Day Challenge. Lifestyle Shakes work in synergy with Step 1, Lifestyle Capsules and Step 3, Derma Fusion Technology (DFT) providing a simple and easy three-step morning routine that gives your body over 100 different vitamins, minerals, probiotics, protein and more!
Lastly, a new version of Pink Pro with infused caffeine, capped the weekend's product launch frenzy. A recent favorite addition to THRIVE collagen-focused products, Pink Pro now has an infused caffeine option, when you want to have a kick with your collagen! Pink Pro is a power-packed beverage formulated to help support healthy hair, skin and nails.
Rewards and recognition continued the program on Saturday afternoon with the launch of STRIVE Magazine, featuring inspiring stories of Brand Promoters, some of which received a Millionaire Award of their own on stage later that day. Following, the winners of the third season of the 12-week physical fitness competition, Ultimate THRIVER, claimed their share of over $200,000 worth of prizes. Balloons and confetti settled to the ground as Le-Vel closed yet another awe-inspiring weekend of learning, community and fun.
For all the latest product launches, visit https://le-vel.com/Home/WhatsNew.
+ These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to cure or prevent any disease. Keep out of reach of children. Not suitable for individuals under 18 years of age. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding consult a doctor before using this product. If you are taking any medication, or have any type of medical issue, consult with a doctor before using this product.
For information re: the Le-Vel Millionaire Award, including the likelihood of earning the Millionaire Award, click here https://bit.ly/2Gxh8fY.
About Le-Vel
Founded in 2012 by Jason Camper and Paul Gravette, Le-Vel formulates and sells health and wellness products and skincare. Le-Vel products include the THRIVE Experience (consisting of the three core products, THRIVE Premium Lifestyle DFT, THRIVE Premium Lifestyle Capsules and THRIVE Premium Lifestyle Mix), and THRIVE SKIN (a CBD skincare system). All of Le-Vel's products contain premium vitamins and nutrients made with the highest quality ingredients.
In 2019, less than seven years after the company's inception, Le-Vel reached a milestone of $2 billion in lifetime orders. Le-Vel has over 10 million Customer and Brand Promoter accounts and currently ships within the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Southeast Asia.
For more information about Le-Vel, visit www.le-vel.com and follow us on social media on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
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PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new and innovative means of viewing, hearing and enjoying smartphones and other equipment with flat screens," said an inventor, from Fayetteville, Ga., "so I invented the A V S- ASTRAL VIDEO SYSTEM. My design would offer a spectacular audiovisual experience and it would eliminate dead zones and audio silence zones."
The patent-pending invention provides omnidirectional video with no blind spots or dead zones for astral display on electronic devices with flat screens. In doing so, it offers an alternative to traditional limited views on flat screen devices. As a result, it improves the viewing experience. The invention features an advanced, multi-feature design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of electronic devices. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AZB-116, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a comforting blanket that would offer a symbol of enduring love and remembrance for parents who have lost a child," said an inventor, from College Park, Ga., "so I invented the MEMORY NOTE BLANKET. My design would give a parent something tangible to hold and connect with emotionally."
The invention provides a unique memory blanket for parents who have lost a child. In doing so, it offers a visible, tangible way to channel grief. As a result, it enhances comfort and it offers therapeutic value for parents. The invention features a comforting design that is easy to use so it is ideal for parents who experience the death of a child, a miscarriage or a stillbirth. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4542, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and accessible sink that enables you to wash your hands immediately after using the toilet," said an inventor, from Leander, Texas, "so I invented the MINI SINK. My design would increase personal hygiene and it would eliminate the need to touch your clothing with soiled hands."
The invention provides a convenient way to wash hands after using the toilet. In doing so, it ensures that the hands are clean before repositioning clothing. As a result, it enhances sanitation. It also could help to conserve water. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and commercial restrooms. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Austin sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AUP-967, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient hairstyling tool that can be used to apply conditioner, hair oils and other liquids to hair," said an inventor, from Hampton, Ga., "so I invented the SPA BRUSH. My design would prevent spills and it could promote healthier hair with a more even distribution of conditioner."
The invention provides an improved way to dispense conditioner and other treatments onto hair. In doing so, it saves time and effort and it reduces hassles and messes. It also offers a massaging technique for the hair and scalp. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and salons. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2749, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I work in construction and I thought there could be a device to ensure that a proper and consistent slope is created for proper water drainage to the floor drain," said an inventor, from Haines Falls, N.Y., "so I invented the P G TOOL / SLOPE KING. My design increases efficiency and it would reduce strain on the knees for contractors and flooring workers."
The patent-pending invention provides an easier way to create the desired surrounding slope for a floor drain. In doing so, it increases consistency. As a result, it helps to ensure proper water drainage and it saves time and effort. The invention features a functional design that is easy to use so it is ideal for contractors, tile flooring installation specialists, do-it-yourselfers, etc. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AVT-101, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a barber and I thought there should be a protective barrier between a client's shoes and hair clippings," said an inventor, from Atlanta, Ga., "so I invented A P'S STAY FRESH CAPE. My design would offer a more effective alternative to traditional hairstyling capes."
The invention protects a client's shoes from hair clippings while receiving hairstyling services. In doing so, it ensures that the shoes remain clean. As a result, it eliminates the hassle of brushing or cleaning hair clippings from shoes and it saves time and effort. The invention features a practical design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for hair salons and barbershops. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4230, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved waste can that would eliminate the need to lift a heavy bag upward for removal," said an inventor, from Stockbridge, Ga., "so I invented the LEAF EXPRESS. My design would also prevent the bag from falling into the can when depositing waste."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to remove a full bag from a waste can. It also ensures that the bag remains in place while in the can. As a result, it saves time and effort and it reduces physical strain. The invention features a simple design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2753, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a system that would enable a parked car to be monitored even when miles away to provide peace of mind for a security-conscious vehicle owner," said an inventor, from Lithonia, Ga., "so I invented the 360 AUTO CAMERA. My design would spare the owner finding out hours later that the vehicle was tampered with, vandalized or stolen."
The invention provides an effective way to monitor the area around a parked car. In doing so, it ensures that the owner is notified if there is a break-in attempt. As a result, it increases security and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features an automatic design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AZB-117, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I came up with this idea after hearing a delivery driver say that the smell of the delivered food was so appealing that he wanted to eat it. I thought there should be a way to prevent this from happening," said an inventor, from Rex, Ga., "so I invented the SECURED FOOD DELIVERED SAFE BAGS (SFDS BAGS). My design protects food against tampering, contamination and consumption."
The invention prevents the tampering or consumption of food/drinks by delivery drivers. In doing so, it ensures that food items remain safe within the bag. As a result, it provides peace of mind for consumers. The invention features a safe and secure design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for restaurants and food delivery services. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2742, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a secure and easy way to carry a collection of tools to a construction site or gear for an outdoor sporting excursion," said an inventor, from Atlanta, Ga., "so I invented the HELPING HAND. My design ensures that heavy items are supported and it could reduce arm and hand strain."
The patent-pending invention provides an efficient way to carry tools, sports gear or personal items. In doing so, it eliminates the need to make multiple trips. It also ensures that the hands are free for other tasks and it could enhance safety and support. The invention features a functional and durable design that is convenient and easy to use so it is ideal for contractors, trade workers, outdoor enthusiasts, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4567, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ..."I wanted to provide truckers with an improved means of seeing into darkened areas when reversing," said an inventor, from Atlanta, Ga., "so I invented the ILUMA-NIGHTLITE. My design could also increase safety and visibility when loading or unloading the truck at night."
The invention provides supplemental lighting for commercial trailers at night. In doing so, it increases visibility and safety when reversing. It also could help to prevent injuries when working behind the parked truck at night. As a result, it reduces guesswork, stress and anxiety for truck drivers. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for truck drivers and trucking companies. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2030, 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 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create an easier way to transport heavy objects to and from various locations as well as up and down stairs," said one of two inventors, from Atlanta, Ga., "so we invented the AUTOMATED HAND TRUCK. Our design eliminates the need to manually carry items and it could reduce the risk of injury."
The invention provides an improved hand truck/dolly for moving large or heavy items. In doing so, it enables items to be transported on flat surfaces or on stairs. As a result, it reduces physical strain and it saves time and effort. The invention features a durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, moving companies, construction workers, etc. Additionally, a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-ALL-2758, 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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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Celsius Holdings, Inc. ("Celsius" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: CELH) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors who purchased the Company's securities between August 12, 2021 and March 1, 2022, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before May 16, 2022.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. Celsius improperly recorded expenses related to share-based compensation for both the second and third quarters of 2021. The Company would be forced to restate its financial results for those quarters, including a net loss for the third quarter. The Company failed to maintain adequate controls over financial reporting. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Celsius, investors suffered damages.
Join the case to recover your losses.
The Schall Law Firm represents investors around the world and specializes in securities class action lawsuits and shareholder rights litigation.
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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit against Rivian Automotive, Inc. ("Rivian" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: RIVN) for violations of the federal securities laws.
Investors who purchased the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted on November 10, 2021 (the "IPO"), are encouraged to contact the firm before May 6, 2022.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. Rivian underpriced its electric pickup truck and electric SUV and was forced to increase its prices significantly shortly after its IPO. These price increases not only tarnished the Company's reputation, but also put a portion of its existing 55,400 preorders at risk of cancellation. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the IPO period. When the market learned the truth about Rivian, investors suffered damages.
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IRVINE, Calif., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karma Automotive, a Southern California-based luxury electric automaker, and Manhattan Motorcars, an award-winning retailer of luxury and performance vehicles, have partnered to showcase Karma's latest vehicle at the New York International Auto Show, from April 15th to April 24th, 2022.
The 2022 Karma GS-6, a luxury electric vehicle will be featured in Manhattan Motorcars' booth at the Jacob Javits Center. Alongside the Karma GS-6, Manhattan Motorcars will also showcase other luxury brands, such as Bentley, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, and GTO Engineering.
"We have an exceptional partnership with Karma, who provide a unique luxury electric vehicle experience," states Paul Dumont, The general manager of Manhattan Motorcars. "There has never been a better time to buy an electric vehicle in the state of New York."
"It is great to be a part of the New York International Auto Show again, especially with a partner like Manhattan Motorcars," says William Monroe, Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience at Karma Automotive. "This auto show has been one of the largest publicly attended consumer events, which is fantastic for showcasing our vehicle's latest generation."
The 2022 Karma GS-6 can be experienced at Manhattan Motorcars's booth in the Jacob Javitz Center, located on Level 3, Booth #900.
ABOUT KARMA AUTOMOTIVE
Karma Automotive, founded in 2014, is a southern California based producer of luxury electric vehicles. Headquartered in Irvine, California with a production facility located in Moreno Valley, Karma sells vehicles via its dealer network in North America, Europe, South America and the Middle East. Karma's Innovation and Customization Center, which opened in 2017 offers world-class engineering, design, customization, and manufacturing services along with electrification platforms.
Karma Launched its Revero® and Revero® GT in 2017 and 2019. Both vehicles were named Green Car Journal's Luxury Green Car of the Year™ award. In 2021 Karma announced the GS-6 Series which was honored with Green Car Journal's 2022 Green Car Product of Excellence™ award. Karma GS-6 is an electric vehicle powered by dual electric motors that embodies Karma's goal of offering leading technology with a luxury experience. Every Karma vehicle is created with unparalleled individual care and craftsmanship.
For more information, visit www.karmaautomotive.com, or www.karmanewsroom.com.
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ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the new Vice President of Business Development at Millennium Corporation, Keith Cooperman is principally responsible for the business growth, business development operations, and direct oversight of the Millennium's Capture and Proposal Teams.
Keith brings more than 20 years of experience in federal contracting and entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to joining Millennium, he was responsible for leading growth and business development of Guidehouse's $50m+ National Security Portfolio. This included 200+ people supporting U.S. National Defense, Intelligence, and Civilian Agencies (DoD, DHS, CIA, ODNI, NSA, NRO, NGA, and DIA), military intelligence components, and a prime ID/IQ at the CIA. He has run many successful captures of competitive, full and open business that accelerated the growth plans for Guidehouse, SAIC, Engility-TASC and NJVC.
Before joining Guidehouse, Keith was the Director of Growth for SAIC. During this time, he brought in an annual revenue of $500m and led the rebranding and marketing of Engility's cloud migration solution, Cloud ASCEND™.
Keith attended Johns Hopkins University's undergraduate program for International Studies and Master's program for International Relations. He then received an MBA from the University of Maryland.
"We are excited to welcome Keith Cooperman as our new VP of Business Development! His track record of experience and leadership will be a key enabler for the corporation," said Kevin Jennings, CEO & Co-Founder.
About Millennium Corporation
For nearly two decades, Millennium Corporation has been operating on the leading edge of cybersecurity. Our elite team of nearly 400 experts has an unparalleled record of performance supporting Red Team Operations, Defensive Cyber Operations, Software Engineering, and Technical Engineering. With the largest contingent of contracted Red Team operators in the DoD, we provide an unmatched level of threat intelligence and battle-tested experience for customers in both the DoD and federal civilian markets.
Millennium is headquartered at 1400 Crystal Drive #400 Arlington VA 22202.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) plans to issue its 2022 first quarter financial results at approximately 8:00 am EDT on Thursday, May 5, 2022.
The following documents will be available on the Company website https://investor.kelloggs.com at 8:00 am EDT: Press release, financial tables, GAAP reconciliations, and presentation slides.
The Company will also host a public webcast during which Kellogg executive management will review and discuss these results. Speaking on behalf of Kellogg Company will be Steve Cahillane, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, and Amit Banati, Chief Financial Officer. A question and answer session with publishing analysts will follow. A transcript of the conference call will be posted on the Company website within 24 hours of the event.
At Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled. We are creating better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted food brands. Our beloved brands include Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Special K®, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg's Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and more. Net sales in 2021 were nearly $14.2 billion, comprised principally of snacks as well as convenience foods like cereal, frozen foods, and noodles. As part of our Kellogg's® Better Days ESG strategy, we're addressing the interconnected issues of wellbeing, climate and food security, creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Visit www.KelloggCompany.com.
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Boston Grand Opening to take place on Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m. EDT. Manhasset location set to open this Spring.
NEWARK, Calif. , April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID), setting new standards with the longest range, fastest charging electric car on the market, today announced the official opening of its newest Studio location in the Seaport District in Boston, MA. Following the Boston location, another location will open at the Gate at Manhasset on Long Island, NY. These Studio openings will mark 26 Studio and service center locations open in North America. The Lucid Studio Seaport will open to the public on Saturday, April 16 with the Lucid Studio Manhasset opening later this spring.
"Our Studios in Boston and Manhasset will increase our physical footprint in a market where we see growing demand for electric vehicles – the Northeast," said Zak Edson, Vice President, Sales and Service of Lucid. "These new locations position Lucid next to likeminded, luxury brands and expose us to potential customers who might be discovering the brand for the first time."
These openings follow the recent start of deliveries for the Lucid Air Grand Touring and announcement of the new Grand Touring Performance model. More information on these models can be found, here.
Studio Experience
Every Lucid Studio offers a digitally oriented luxury experience tailored to each customer's preferences, whether they visit in-person, make inquiries entirely online, or combine the two. Lucid Studios allow customers to experience the brand and obtain information about its products in locations that underscore the company's unique design aesthetic. Visitors who explore a Lucid Studio will get a vision of how the company draws inspiration from the beauty, innovation, and diversity of its home state of California. In addition, Lucid Studios augment the physical experience of seeing and touching a Lucid Air with an elevated digital experience. Using a 4K VR configurator, Lucid's Virtual Reality Experience combines the physical and virtual worlds to showcase seamless personalization of everything from interior finishes and materials to exterior color.
Virtual Experience
Mirroring the luxury one-to-one Studio experience online, customers can also take advantage of "Lucid Studio Live," a cloud-based configuration solution powered by ZeroLight's Concierge product. From the comfort of their own homes, customers can virtually interact with a car while a Lucid representative guides them through key features and configuration options.
Future Studio & Service Centers
Additional locations will continue to open as Lucid expands its presence in North America and globally. Customers can visit during normal business hours or can book a personal appointment by contacting the Lucid team at lucidmotors.com/contact. They can always start exploring the Lucid Air through the "Design Yours" Configurator.
About Lucid Group
Lucid's mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating advanced technologies and the most captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. The company's first car, Lucid Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design that features luxurious full-size interior space in a mid-size exterior footprint. Underpinned by race-proven battery technology and proprietary powertrains developed entirely in-house, Lucid Air was named the 2022 MotorTrend Car of the Year®. The Lucid Air Grand Touring features an official EPA estimated 516 miles of range or 1,050 horsepower. Customer deliveries of Lucid Air, which is produced at Lucid's new factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, are underway.
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HANOI, Vietnam, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cryptocurrency trading is never a lone-wolf game. Instead, battles with other traders could spice up trading and give cryptonauts more incentives to enjoy trading profits. Crypto social trading platform MoonXBT launched Global Trading Battle, in which users can create battles with anyone in their crypto neighborhood.
In this new event, participants can set up their own trading battles, bonus pools and number of participants. In addition to the battle on ROE(Profit /Maximum margin), participants can donate to the bonus pool, up the stakes for more exciting battles. Moreover, both public and private trading battles are available on MoonXBT, allowing users to create a more intimate small-circle community for trading as well as strategy and opinion sharing.
"MoonXBT presents itself as a social trading platform not just by name but with substance," said George Lee, COO of MoonXBT. As a leading pioneer in the crypto world, MoonXBT makes it its mission to keep abreast with the trendiest things in the industry, Among those in the pipeline for MoonXBT are GameFi, SocialFi and DAO. Lee believes that the Global Trading Battle can further autonomy enjoyed by users and interconnectivity among them, which can be used to drive innovation and creativity.
Joining the Global Trading Battle, users can also exchange trading strategies and opinions. Without a central organization governing their opinion sharing, users can enjoy the benefits of a decentralized and autonomous environment for crypto trading. This can empower users and encourage more creativity among users.
The first Global Trading Battle will be held in April 2022, in which 1,000 participants are invited to compete within 7 days. Every 100 participants in the room will donate 1,000 USDT to the prize pool, making the overall donation up to 10,000 USDT. In the future, MoonXBT will hold regular competitions for kings. The outstanding winners will join the MoonXBT star user club and have the opportunity to participate in the MoonXBT DAO organization.
Lee said "MoonXBT's vision is to optimize adoption of crypto throughout the world and foster connection between expert traders and common users."
As part of its mission to provide a refreshing socializing experience for its users, the exchange believes the key to a good user experience is a healthy ecosystem that comes with abundant information. This also includes information sharing among users. The community created by MoonXBT is such a healthy ecosystem that keeps up with the times.
Launching the new Global Trading Battle, MoonXBT has shown its ambition to embrace the GameFi trend in the crypto industry. GameFi, the combination of game and finance, refers to the play-to-earn blockchain games that offer economic incentives to players. In 2021, the number of GameFi projects has witnessed rapid increase and will likely continue to grow in the coming years. As of March 2022, there are more than 1,400 blockchain games listed in DappRadar. Some popular GameFi projects include Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain (BSC), Polygon, Harmony, Solana, among others. Users in GameFi can own in-game assets and make profits through the games as well as enjoying the socialization benefits offered in the gaming context.
By releasing the Global Trading Battle, MoonXBT has gotten into the ground floor of GameFi. The platform's upcoming GameFi series will provide a variety of game mechanisms, approaches, user roles and participation which allow users to enjoy gaming with the wider crypto community to its fullest.
To promote its GameFi ambition, MoonXBT will continue to work with influencers and celebrated brands in the crypto industry, spearheaded by the newly released Global Trading Battle. Participants in the event can be rewarded with abundant benefits while enjoying trading battles with cryptonauts around the world. By engaging influencers and brands, said Lee, "MoonXBT has extended its mission of socialization by giving full play to content creators' social influence". Users can also find like-minded traders by following the same influencers in the community.
Being the first crypto social trading platform, MoonXBT provides an unparalleled trading experience for its users, beginners or professionals. Through tools such as option trading provided on the platform, cryptonauts can enrich their exploration of crypto trading of different products. MoonXBT recently launched its new product Warrant Options. In further pushing the return limits for its users, the platform has the lowest premium for its option products, half that of other exchanges. Looking forward, MoonXBT will launch more crypto trading products with creativity and aim at fostering a crypto neighborhood that encourages interaction, innovation and technology.
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Community activities, giveaways and amazing new technologies kick off at 9 a.m.
PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pittsburgh-based Busy Beaver Building Centers recently opened its 25th neighborhood home improvement center at 401 Vine St. in Delmont, Pa.
Formerly a movie theater, the center measures 44,000 square feet and includes a spacious outdoor garden center. Folks in Delmont, Salem Township, Murrysville and other local communities will be welcomed to the new store with a family-friendly grand opening on Saturday, April 30, 2022.
"We're really excited to be a part of the Delmont community," says CEO Joe Kallen. "We have an amazing, knowledgeable and friendly staff with an extensive product offering that will satisfy the needs of the do-it-yourselfer as well as the professional remodeler."
The new store features an array of state-of-the-art technologies. It's the first home improvement center in the U.S. to fully use Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESL), a system that provides greater pricing accuracy by electronically maintaining the price signage.
Further automation comes in the form of Badger Technologies' autonomous robot equipped with Badger® Retail InSight software, which scans the entire store every day and alerts management to out-of-stock and misplaced products.
Both technologies relieve the staff of time-consuming tasks and give them more time to service customers. In addition, the ESL system and robot significantly speed up the handling of online orders, a popular shopping option at all Busy Beaver locations.
"Technology is a key imperative in our mission to be the favorite home improvement center in the communities we serve," says Adam Gunnett, Busy Beaver's director of IT and marketing. "We relentlessly look for innovative ways to increase efficiencies and empower our associates to provide legendary customer service."
Grand opening festivities begin with a board-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. There will be prize giveaways, family-friendly activities, and a live broadcast with WHJB 107.1 FM.
Door Buster specials for in-store customers only will include two-for-one Glidden Paint, Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, and Scotts Turf Builder Weed & Feed.
During the celebration, Busy Beaver will be accepting donations to Make-A-Wish and will reward one lucky donor with a brand-new Char-Broil Performance Series 4-Burner Gas Grill.
About Busy Beaver
Busy Beaver was founded in 1962 with lumber yards in Clairton, Verona and Carnegie, Pa. The company quickly expanded, opening full-line home improvement centers throughout the 1970's and 1980's.
Currently, Busy Beaver operates 20 full-line home center stores and five True Value brand hardware stores in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and employs more than 550 people. In September 2013, Busy Beaver began operating under the ownership of CEO Joseph Kallen, who resides in Delmont, Pa.
The company is committed to providing legendary customer service and a customer-centric in-store experience at each of its neighborhood home improvement centers.
Web: http://www.busybeaver.com
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Listen To New Single "SUFFERER" HERE
British Reggae Legends Announce North American Tour Dates Beginning May 12
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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell & Astro will release their new album Unprecedented, June 17 via UMe. The album will be released as a black 2LP, a limited-edition white-color 2LP, 1CD, limited-edition cassette as well as digitally. All formats include their new single "Sufferer", which Ali has dedicated to his beloved friend and bandmate of over four decades, Astro, who tragically passed away last November.
'"Sufferer,' is a song that Astro and I have always loved, from the brilliant Kingstonians," comments Ali. "Astro was so proud of our version of this song, as am I. It's the first track off our new studio album Unprecedented which will be out in the summer. This song is more poignant and special than I ever realized after Astro heartbreakingly passed away after recording this album. We want to keep his memory alive through his music and this song and album."
Listen to "Sufferer" HERE
In addition to touring across Europe in 2022, the legendary British reggae-pop group has announced three tour dates in North America beginning May 12 in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, click HERE.
UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey's most recent album, 2018's A Real Labour Of Love, debuted at No.2 on the UK album chart, only dropping one place a week later to No.3, and the album spent a month in the Top 10. UB40 topped the UK singles chart on three occasions and sold 70 million records as they took their smooth yet rootsy musical blend to all corners of the globe. Between 1983 and 1998 the group produced three Labour Of Love albums, bringing hits such as Eric Donaldson's "Cherry Oh Baby", Lord Creator's "Kingston Town" and Johnny Osbourne's "Come Back Darling" to a new, global audience. They also topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with their reggae covers of "Red Red Wine" and "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You" and had a further UK No.1 with their cover of "I Got You Babe" with Chrissie Hynde.
Unprecedented Tracklist (2LP,1CD, Cassette, Digital)
- Caught You In A Lie
- Do Yourself A Favour
- Emperors Wore No Clothes
- Happy Includes Everyone
- Heaven In Her Eyes
- Lean On Me / In Aid Of NHS Charities Together
- Lean On Me
- Mellow
- Stay Another Day
- Sufferer
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Unprecedented
- We'll Never Find Another Love
- What Have I Done
2022 UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell US Tour Dates
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Team Olive runners lace up their sneakers to conquer healthcare's most pressing challenges
U.S.A., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare and official sponsor of the 126th Boston Marathon, today announced the return of its Marathons that Matter Challenge. The initiative will once again celebrate and honor a team of runners that represent the pursuits of a healthier humankind, a more equitable system and a more connected future — the marathons that matter.
As part of the Marathons that Matter Challenge, Olive will have 21 runners from Olive and other healthcare organizations, including Anthem, BCBS of Massachusetts, Cook County Health, Highmark Health, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Norton Healthcare and others, represent Team Olive in the 126th Boston Marathon. Olive also will have a physical presence at the Boston Marathon Fan Fest, presented by Amazon, which allows attendees to participate in various activities benefiting local charities.
For the second year in a row, Olive will donate proceeds from its Boston Marathon Fan Fest activities to Boston's Children's Hospital. This year's donation will benefit Boston Children's Hospital's Simulation Lab, an initiative that aims to optimize human-human and human-technology relationships to reduce risk, fear and anxiety for children during care. At Fan Fest, attendees will be able to run with Olive on treadmills and play games to raise money in support of Boston Children's Hospital, while also learning how Olive is conquering healthcare's most pressing challenges.
"Every day, healthcare workers are running their own marathons, many of which are tedious and monotonous due to broken infrastructures and inefficient processes," said Sean Lane, CEO of Olive. "That's why we're delighted to bring back the Marathons that Matter Challenge for the second year and to celebrate the incredible human spirit required to complete such an endeavor — both on this course and within the field of healthcare."
"We're able to help the sickest children. The families in our care come to Boston Children's from all over seeking the world's best science and medicine. With our thoughtful partners, we're meeting these mission-critical needs," said Andrea M. Marlar, Assistant Vice President, Special Events, Boston Children's Hospital. "Patient families find so much at Boston Children's—a home away from home, a new community, a future bursting with possibility. Thank you to partners like Olive who want to support our vision."
To learn more, visit Oliveruns.com.
About The Boston Athletic Association
Established in 1887, the Boston Athletic Association is a non-profit organization with a mission of promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports, especially running. The B.A.A. manages the Boston Marathon, and supports comprehensive charity, youth, and year-round programming. The Boston Marathon is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, along with international marathons in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Chicago, and New York City. Since 1986, the principal sponsor of the Boston Marathon has been John Hancock. The 126th Boston Marathon is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 18, 2022. For more information on the B.A.A., please visit www.baa.org.
About Olive
Olive is the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare. The company is addressing healthcare's most burdensome issues through automation — delivering hospitals, health systems and payers increased revenue, reduced costs, and increased capacity. People feel lost in the system today and healthcare employees are essentially working in the dark due to outdated technology that creates a lack of shared knowledge and siloed data. Olive is driving connections to shine new light on healthcare processes, improving operations today so everyone can benefit from a healthier industry tomorrow. To learn more about Olive, visit oliveai.com.
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NEW YORK, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pretium, a specialized investment firm with over $40 billion in assets, today announced the addition of Laura Cappiello as Senior Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, succeeding Donna Winston, who is retiring as Senior Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer at Pretium.
Ms. Cappiello brings 20 years of experience, including more than 10 years as a senior human capital executive in premier investment management firms. Most recently, she served as Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer at Madison Dearborn Partners, where she oversaw the firm's talent efforts, including recruiting, employee relations and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
"At Pretium, people are the driving force behind our business success and enable our companies to deliver best-in-class service to our residents, care for our communities, and value to our investors," said Don Mullen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pretium. "As we enter this next phase of growth, I am pleased to welcome Laura to build on our efforts to hire and retain the best talent, foster an inclusive culture, and enhance employee engagement – with the ultimate goal of being an employer of choice nationally and in each of our markets."
"Donna has been an integral part of Pretium's leadership team for half of our firm's existence, building a human resources strategy that has enabled us to attract talent, weather a global pandemic, and build a strong foundation for the future," continued Mr. Mullen. "Donna's significant contributions over the last five years have put our firm on a solid path, and we look forward to her ongoing involvement as an advisory partner."
"Pretium is uniquely qualified to lead transformative, post-pandemic change in talent management," said Ms. Cappiello. "I am excited to join the Pretium team and to deliver value for all of our stakeholders, starting with our employees."
Previously, Ms. Cappiello was the Head of Human Capital Management and Deputy General Counsel for BlueMountain Capital Management. As a member of the firm's executive team, she helped execute the sale of BlueMountain Capital to Assured Guaranty and the subsequent integration of the two firms. Before joining BlueMountain, Ms. Cappiello was Head of Human Resources at Chilton Investment Company and previously led the campus legal recruiting effort at Sullivan & Cromwell. She began her career as a litigator at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Ms. Cappiello received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Politics from New York University, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She was named to Hedge Fund Journal's 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds 2018. Currently, Ms. Cappiello serves as an advisory board member for Behind the Book, a nonprofit literacy organization focused on supporting New York City public school students.
About Pretium
Pretium is a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on secular investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium's platform has more than $40 billion of assets and employs approximately 4,000 people across 30 offices, including London and Dubai. Please visit www.pretium.com for additional information.
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VERO BEACH, Fla., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- QOL Medical, LLC, a ground-breaking rare disease pharmaceutical company, announced today it has selected Optum Frontier Therapies as its new pharmacy partner to support CSID patients nationwide being treated with Sucraid® (sacrosidase) Oral Solution.
Currently, Sucraid® (sacrosidase) Oral Solution is the only treatment for Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID) in children and adults. Sucraid® (sacrosidase) Oral Solution is an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of genetically determined sucrase deficiency, which is part of Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency. Sucraid® can help improve the breakdown and absorption of sucrose (table sugar) from the intestine and can help relieve the gastrointestinal symptoms of CSID. www.sucraid.com
"At QOL Medical, we're passionate about improving the lives of patients living with rare diseases. Our patients and healthcare providers needs are unique." said Weng Tao, MD, COO of QOL Medical, LLC. "The migration to Optum Frontier Therapies means better care for our patients, and greater attention and support for our healthcare providers."
Optum Frontier Therapies, a specialty pharmacy and distribution business dedicated to people with rare disease, partners with stakeholders across health care to provide customizable pharmacy and patient services, distribute and dispense specialty medications, and utilize data reporting and analytics to advance therapeutic outcomes and experiences.
"People living with rare disease are often on long and complex journeys, and it is critical to simplify their access to care and expert support," said Natasha Mayfield, Vice President and General Manager, Optum Frontier Therapies. "As a clinical partner, we are honored to be chosen by QOL Medical to deliver this important therapy to patients living with CSID."
People with CSID, commonly known as Sucrose (sugar) Intolerance, are unable to properly digest sucrose (table sugar), which is found in foods like ice cream, apples, cake, and corn. In adolescents and adults, CSID has been characterized by symptoms of chronic abdominal pain, gas, bloating, and diarrhea, which overlap with common irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms. In infants, CSID classically presents as explosive watery diarrhea, failure to thrive, diaper rash, irritability, and acidic stools.
Important Safety Information
INDICATION
Sucraid® (sacrosidase) Oral Solution is an enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of genetically determined sucrase deficiency, which is part of Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID).
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FOR SUCRAID® (SACROSIDASE) ORAL SOLUTION
- Sucraid® may cause a serious allergic reaction. If you notice any swelling or have difficulty breathing, get emergency help right away.
- Sucraid® does not break down some sugars that come from the digestion of starch. You may need to restrict the amount of starch in your diet. Your doctor will tell you if you should restrict starch in your diet.
- Tell your doctor if you are allergic to, have ever had a reaction to, or have ever had difficulty taking yeast, yeast products, papain, or glycerin (glycerol).
- Tell your doctor if you have diabetes, as your blood glucose levels may change if you begin taking Sucraid®. Your doctor will tell you if your diet or diabetes medicines need to be changed.
- Some patients treated with Sucraid® may have worse abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea, or diarrhea. Constipation, difficulty sleeping, headache, nervousness, and dehydration have also occurred. Check with your doctor if you notice these or other side effects.
- Sucraid® has not been tested to see if it works in patients with secondary (acquired) sucrase deficiency.
- NEVER HEAT SUCRAID® OR PUT IT IN WARM OR HOT BEVERAGES OR INFANT FORMULA. Do not mix Sucraid® with fruit juice or take it with fruit juice. Take Sucraid® as prescribed by your doctor. Normally half of the dose of Sucraid® is taken before a meal or snack and the other half is taken during the meal or snack.
- Sucraid® should be refrigerated at 36°F-46°F (2°C-8°C) and should be protected from heat and light.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit FDA.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Click here to read our full prescribing information Sucraid® PI.
About QOL Medical, LLC
QOL Medical is a specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving clinical outcomes and overall quality of life for patients with rare diseases. QOL Medical is a patient-centric company founded in 2003 to focus on the acquisition and commercialization of orphan and gastrointestinal products in underserved markets. Learn more at www.qolmed.com.
Sucriad® is a registered trademark of QOL Medical, LLC. All rights reserved.
About Optum Frontier Therapies
Optum® Frontier Therapies is a specialty pharmacy dedicated to patients living with rare diseases. Their patient-first pharmacy model is designed to simplify the patient's experience by providing one-on-one expert guidance for their pharmacy needs. They have two distinct centers of expertise to tailor to the needs of a specific disease state or therapy: The Optum Frontier Therapies Center for Rare Disease and The Optum Frontier Therapies Center for Gene Therpay. Learn more at frontiertherapies.optum.com.
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SAN DIEGO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that it will publish the Company's financial results for its second quarter fiscal 2022 on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, after the close of the market on the Company's Investor Relations website, at https://investor.qualcomm.com/financial-information. The earnings release will also be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a Form 8-K, which will be available on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.
Qualcomm will host a conference call to discuss its second quarter fiscal 2022 results which will be broadcast live on April 27, 2022, beginning at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) at https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/events. An audio replay will be available at https://investor.qualcomm.com/news-events/events and via telephone following the live call for 30 days thereafter. To listen to the replay via telephone, U.S. callers may dial (877) 660-6853 and international callers may dial (201) 612-7415. Callers should use reservation number 13728288.
Qualcomm is the world's leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. For more information, visit www.qualcomm.com.
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Mauricio Lopez-Hodoyan
Vice President, Investor Relations
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Two-thirds of BNPL users are subprime; lack of standards for disclosure of fees, payments, data collection, and credit reporting challenge understanding of credit quality and total debt burden
BOSTON, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weak regulatory oversight including a lack of standards for the disclosure of fees, payments, data collection, and credit reporting may lead to problems for the rapidly growing "buy now, pay later (BNPL)" industry, according to a new paper from the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at The Harvard Kennedy School.
The paper ("Grow Now, Regulate Later") notes that globally BNPL products are expected to account for $680 billion in transactions by 2025 or about 12% of all eCommerce sales on goods. This growth is being driven primarily by younger consumers, with two-thirds of BNPL borrowers falling into the subprime category (TransUnion survey), making them especially vulnerable to negative changes in an economy that is already unstable. At the same time, the unprecedented nature of the industry and lack of oversight makes it difficult to properly evaluate the risks including significant subprime borrowing and total consumer debt burden.
"While there are many good actors and the industry offers access and convenience for consumers, it is naturally engaging in what we call 'regulatory arbitrage' which has allowed it to generally avoid the kind of oversight required of credit card companies, banks, and other traditional lenders," said Marshall Lux, the paper's principal author and a Fellow at the Kennedy School. "This, combined with the fact that the BNPL industry has yet to experience a full credit cycle, is a potential source of future problems for both consumers and lenders."
A Legal Gray Space
Despite its significance, the U.S. BNPL market currently exists in what the paper calls "a legal gray space," largely because it can be so difficult to categorize segment products. While BNPL companies can and have already done much to protect consumers – providing voluntary credit bureau reporting and fee disclosure at the point of sale (POS), for example – the scale, novelty, and potential consumer impact of BNPL products warrant immediate and more thorough oversight, the paper's authors say.
In December 2021 concern about the industry prompted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue information collection orders to leading BNPL companies to assess the "risks and benefits [to consumers] of these fast-growing loans." This is expected to lead to future actions but, the authors note, many consumers are struggling with their debts today.
As cited in the Wall Street Journal this week, emerging signs may be a harbinger of trouble. Subprime credit spreads are widening, and short sales on BNPL stocks are increasing. While yield premiums on bonds and short interest represent short-term patterns, they nonetheless suggest the market's apprehension about the future of some subprime credit products, including BNPL.
The Kennedy School paper concludes that a few regulatory interventions can help BNPL products continue to create value for merchants, consumers, and the financial system while protecting those most vulnerable. These include:
- Mandatory fees and rights disclosure at point-of-sale can help consumers understand the real cost of BNPL financing and make clear that BNPL products lack the consumer protections of similar products, like credit cards.
- Credit bureau reporting standards can help BNPL permanently improve consumer access to finance while increasing accountability for both consumers and lenders.
- Data privacy standards can protect consumers from potentially exploitative use of data as some BNPL companies struggle to generate profit through monetization of new consumer data.
- Services and/or charge dispute settlement procedures can help eliminate a large volume of current BNPL consumer complaints and provide a more even playing field for credit cards and BNPL products.
- Stress testing and stress scenarios can help improve understanding of the potential impact of an economic shock. This is especially important given the uncertain outlook and the lack of ongoing Covid-related government income support.
"BNPL's real innovation has been at the point of sale where the convenience and ease of financing purchases has accelerated online merchant sales and made credit available to those who might otherwise be excluded," said Lux, citing a 2021 RBC Capital Markets report suggesting that online BNPL increases conversion rates 20-30% and lifts average ticket sales 30-50%.
"There is lot about this that is positive, but better oversight should lead to a more sustainable business model for the BNPL industry and an improved experience for all concerned," Lux said.
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BEIJING, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Segway-Ninebot held a ceremony in Beijing on April 13th to celebrate its 10 millionth smart e-scooter rolling off production lines. Segway-Ninebot President and CTO Chen Zhongyuan shared theme keynote "Segway-Ninebot's cumulative production of smart e-scooter exceeds 10 million units" to address how Segway-Ninebot assumes the role of a world leader in the smart electric scooter sector.
Segway-Ninebot's growth into a global leader in the e-scooter sector is due to key decisions that were undertaken early on about the direction of the company's R&D, along with the results of the comprehensive strengths of its product lineup, branding and business model. "Segway-Ninebot's vision, to serve more than one billion people with innovative short-distance transportation and robotic products, is the original intent and driving force of our e-scooter portfolio. Electric scooters are also the inevitable choice for us to expand the tool categories and build out the portfolio in short-distance travel between 2 and 20 kilometers," Chen explained.
The electric scooters market surged tenfold in the European and American markets in 2017 and has continued growing steadily since then. Data from Puyallup, WA-based report publisher QYResearch shows that the global production of electric scooters had reached 4.25 million as of the end of 2020. From 2017 to 2020, Segway-Ninebot's compound revenue growth rate for e-scooters rose to 132.22%.
As a key component of the business model, the company not only rolled out top quality intelligent e-scooters through both online and brick-and-mortar channels, but also aggressively established a presence in the market by taking early notice of and catching the wave of popularity taking place in foreign markets for shared scooters. Early on, the company struck deals with several major shared micro mobility operators worldwide, providing them with a full set of mobility solutions from product to behind-the-scenes operation and management.
According to Nuremberg, Germany-based consumer goods industry analytics provider GfK, from January 2019 to February 2020, Segway-Ninebot ranked first in the electric scooter markets of Germany, Italy, Spain and other major European countries, while most shared electric scooter operators signed deals with the company as the exclusive or first choice supplier. Now, Segway-Ninebot has become a world-leading supplier of shared micro-mobility solutions by working closely with Spin, Voi and other likeminded players.
The company has also developed a B2B2C business model, and jointly launched customized smart electric scooters with several auto brands including Mercedes-Benz AMG, Audi Seat and Maserati to solve the "last mile" of transportation problem.
Meanwhile, Segway-Ninebot is also aggressively developing new products to meet the differentiated expectations of riders with "diversified" product strategies. Three categories, consisting of nine series, were created to meet the requirements for short commutes (3-30km), long commutes (30-60km) and high-performance rides (60-100km). The nine series include the light and fashionable E series, the "comfort-first", science-driven F series, and the reliable and practical G series, among others.
In terms of innovation, the company is always looking at new technologies and adjusting its approach based on the latest tech and scientific advancements. In a move to deliver a better cycling experience to riders, Segway-Ninebot co-developed vacuum inflatable tires with several partners by leveraging i-Sealing technology. The resultant tire not only delivers higher durability and safety, but is also immune to blowouts or leaks even when driving over an upright nail. Furthermore, the company's e-scooters deploy a steel-pipe frame for higher stability and reliability. A proprietary battery safety management system provides double protection against short-circuits, overcurrent, overcharging and overdischarging in tandem with other safety features, assuring the safe operation of the batteries.
Not to be overlooked is that since Ninebot acquired Segway, the power of the brand has been further enhanced, while the global product portfolio has been expanded. Internal resource sharing since the acquisition has effectively improved the comprehensive advantages of the scooter lineup. Results from over 1 million pieces of customer's survey and feedback show that Segway-Ninebot optimized the user experience for riders, which has been further empowering the digital platform. Benefiting from its large scale and dominant market share among international markets, the company has achieved cost control, joint development, massive supply and agile response through supply chain optimization, increasing product reliability while reducing costs.
To date, the company has production facilities in Changzhou and Shenzhen, with the annual production capacity of smart e-scooters reaching 4 million units, ensuring stable product supply to global markets.
"Now that the milestone of 10 million units has been reached, the company will continue to improve product life and service, while continuing in its efforts to further promote the development of the industry," emphasized Chen.
The Segway Super Scooter GT series, a top product in the electric scooter category that was just released in March, was also showcased at the event. The Segway Super Scooter GT series (GT 1 and GT2) have built a reputation as the supercar of the electric scooter world, with a top speed of 37.3 mph (in US market) and 43.5 mph respectively. The GT1 hits 30 mph from zero in 7.5 seconds, while the GT2 does so in just 3.9 seconds. These are not only more than enviable numbers for the daily commute, but also more than meet the expectations of players seeking an extreme experience with their ride.
For more information, please visit Segway-Ninebot.
About Segway-Ninebot
Segway-Ninebot is a global enterprise in the fields of intelligent short-distance transportation and service robots. In 1999, Segway was established in Bedford NH, US, which is the world leader in commercial-grade, electric, self-balancing personal transportation. Ninebot is an intelligent short-distance transportation equipment operator integrating R&D, production, sales, and service, established in Beijing, 2012. As Segway and Ninebot completed a strategic combination in 2015, Segway-Ninebot came into being. At present, the company's businesses are all around the world and have subsidiaries in Beijing, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Amsterdam, Seoul, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Shanghai, Changzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou, selling products in more than 225 countries and regions. With its world-renowned intellectual property, Segway-Ninebot will create more products that will lead users and the entire industry into the future.
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TAIPEI, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Mortal Sins is a cross-media production with the content of "Demon Worship Project" launched by publisher Hobby Japan in 2012, which the IP content includes manga and animation. The hottest RPG based on the anime Seven Mortal Sins X-TASY will be soon released at the end of April by USERJOY. Game features and screenshots are as follows:
- Pre-register rewards
The game's pre-register campaign is held until 4/25(UTC-5), over 230,000 players have pre-registered for the game at present, and the number is expected to reach 300,000 soon. So you can receive dozens of rewards when the game is launched, including:
-Coin*100,000
-Level 2 Trainer*50
-Level 4 Awaker Drusilla
-Poster*20
-Evolution Gem*100
-Summon Scroll*10
-Level 5 Awaker Anastasia
And if you pre-order through the Apple Store or Google Play, you can receive exclusive rewards additionally:
-Summon Scroll*10
-Level 3 Trainer*50
-Coin*50,000
- Game features
The game's plot takes the nonsensical route of "serious X prank", gorgeous 3D animations are used in the battles, and each character has its exclusive animation, which brings players visual enjoyment while playing. In addition to the basic character upgrades, equipment, and other system advancement breakthroughs and evolutions, there is also a mysterious system called the "Karma system". Players can raise the value from the main storyline dialogue options or send gifts to strengthen the bond and unlock the heart of the beloved character.
- Social media events
Meeting the target of 170,000 players pre-registered, a celebrating event was held on Facebook previously, we drew out 10 participants to get diamond*500. For the players who didn't participate in this event, there is no need to regret it, as there will be more events held in the future, the below shows the information about a new event that will be held in these few days.
The event will be from 4/17 to 23:59 4/19(UTC-5). Follow our social media and share the specific post, and you will count as a participant. We will draw out 5 participants to have the Awaker Scroll*10 and 10 participants for diamond*300.
Please follow our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit if you do not want to miss any information.
- Game info
Name: Seven Mortal Sins X-TASY
Enabled device: Android/iOS
Genre: Demon Worship Project RPG
Operate:UserJoy Technology
Develop:UserJoy Technology
Charges:Free (In-game purchases available)
Seven Mortal SinS X-TASY official site
Seven Mortal Sins X-TASY Pre-register site
Apple store
Googleplay
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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Vertiv Holdings Co ("Vertiv" or "the Company") (NYSE: VRT) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors who purchased the Company's securities between April 28, 2021 and February 23, 2022, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before May 23, 2022.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. Vertiv failed to develop an adequate response to supply chain problems and inflationary pressures. The Company's earnings would be negatively impacted by increasing costs. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Vertiv, investors suffered damages.
Join the case to recover your losses.
The Schall Law Firm represents investors around the world and specializes in securities class action lawsuits and shareholder rights litigation.
This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and rules of ethics.
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National engineering challenge encourages students to create assistive technology for people with disabilities in the workplace.
VIENNA, Va., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SourceAmerica® proudly announces the college and high school winners for the 2022 IDEATE engineering competition that focuses on disability inclusion in the workplace.
The college winner is team Cal Poly SLO from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California. Their project, titled Easing the Way to Increased Job Comfort and Efficiency with eZcart created a new custodial cart that increases on-the-job comfort and efficiency.
"We started out trying to create a more efficient way for our subject matter expert to do his job, but in talking to him we discovered that he was having a lot of physical discomfort and we needed to find a solution for that first. Once we did that, his efficiency increased naturally," said Joey Johnson of Cal Poly SLO. "This experience made us realize how important it is to talk to the people who are doing the job and ask them how they feel and what they need."
The winning high school team is Brentwood Research Engineers from Brentwood High School in Brentwood, New York. Their project is titled Scoring a Victory for Increased Productivity and Wages with the Victory Sealer. Their invention, The Victory Sealer, is an assistive device for heat sealing packages to enable the one-handed operation of a typical heat seal press.
"It was so inspiring working with Victor and seeing the impact our design had on him. It was amazing to see how one group of students could work together to create something new to help someone do their job better," said Nicole Olekanma, member of the winning Brentwood High School team.
"This competition is incredibly important to all of us at SourceAmerica," said SourceAmerica President and CEO Richard Belden. "It exemplifies the work we're doing to inspire the next generation to advocate for disability inclusion and to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities."
In addition to the judge's picks, the 350-plus attendees had the opportunity to vote live for their favorite project. More than 170 votes were tallied and the teams from Wethersfield High School from Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from Blacksburg, Virginia, each received 19.3% of the vote and tied for the People's Choice Award.
IDEATE stands for Imagine, Design, & Evaluate Assistive Technologies for Employment. This annual engineering challenge encourages high school and college students from across the country to create assistive technology that increases workplace success for people with disabilities. In addition, student teams collaborate with a person with a disability in their community to evaluate a need and develop an innovative solution that makes a real difference.
In the finals event that took place virtually on April 13, three college teams and five high school teams from various states competed for the top prize. IDEATE finals judges were SourceAmerica experts in workforce development and productivity engineering. Finalist teams presented their projects and received rankings from the judges based on scalability, repeatability and impact.
The two winning student teams received a range of benefits and prizes, including monetary prizes, engineering project experience that can be leveraged for college or graduate school applications, as well as a coveted internship at SourceAmerica. To learn more about the IDEATE engineering competition, please visit https://www.sourceamerica.org/IDEATE.
About SourceAmerica:
SourceAmerica connects government customers and other organizations to a national network of nonprofit agencies that hire a talented segment of the workforce – people with disabilities. Established in 1974, SourceAmerica is committed to increasing economic and social inclusion and advocating for a more accessible future of work for people with differing abilities. As a leading job creator within the disability community and distinguished as an AbilityOne authorized enterprise, SourceAmerica harnesses the momentum and boosts the capability of its network and customers. To learn more, visit SourceAmerica.org and follow @SourceAmerica on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stability Cannabis reaches a milestone of 25,000 unique patients served at its two metro Oklahoma City dispensaries, representing nearly 7% of all medical marijuana patients statewide.
"Stability continues our mission of helping patients access affordable, high-quality medicine. This milestone of having served and supported more than 25,000 unique medical marijuana patients is an important step in fulfilling our goal of leading the Oklahoma cannabis industry" said chief executive officer Denver Kitch. "Stability has now served patients from all 77 counties in Oklahoma. Having patients literally driving across the state to visit a Stability dispensary is exceptional" Kitch added.
To celebrate, Stability Cannabis is hosting a patient appreciation event including significant discounts and in store specials through April 24, 2022.
Oklahoma boasts one of the most robust medical marijuana markets in the United States. "Stability anticipates the medical marijuana industry to generate more than $130 million in combined tax remittances to the state and local municipalities in 2022" said David Lewis, chief operating officer of Stability Cannabis and member of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Advisory Council. "Patient counts also continue to climb incrementally across the state" Lewis added.
Stability Cannabis dispensaries operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. "The tagline patients associate with Stability is 'Always Open, Let's Go!' The hours of operation reflect our approach to inclusive patient access" commented Austin Clay, chief cultivation officer.
About Stability Cannabis
Oklahoma City based Stability Cannabis operates one of the largest cannabis cultivation, processing and retail operations in the American Midwest. Learn more at StabilityCannabis.com.
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LAS VEGAS, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Switch, Inc. (NYSE: SWCH) ("Switch"), the exascale technology infrastructure corporation, today issued its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which is prepared in accordance with GRI, TCFD, GRESB, and SASB reporting frameworks. The report highlights Switch's leadership and accomplishments in environmental stewardship, social commitment and sound corporate governance.
"My vision for Switch is to sustainably power the future of the connected world by providing the most secure, energy-efficient technology ecosystems to facilitate digital commerce, while doing our part to enhance human productivity and drive economic prosperity," said Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy. "I believe that data runs the planet, but it should not ruin the planet. To demonstrate the tangible impacts of this vision, we are pleased to announce that Switch's 100% renewably powered data centers and verified carbon reduction projects resulted in a net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon footprint in 2021."
Switch's 2021 ESG Report highlights include:
Environmental
- 100% Renewable Power
- Net ZERO Scope 2 Emissions
- Net ZERO Scope 1 Emissions
- Net Positive Water Projects Commenced
Social
- Equitable Male / Female Pay Ratio
- 42% Ethnic Diversity Across Total Workforce
- Semi-Annual Employee Pulse Survey
- Mental Health Virtual Sessions
Governance
- 7 out of 9 Independent Directors (78%)
- 3 Female Board Members
- Performance-Based Executive Compensation Plan
- Board Oversight of ESG
- Zero Security Breaches
Most recently, Switch was named by Newsweek magazine as one of "America's Most Responsible Companies," reflecting our commitment to ESG, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Overall Corporate Citizenship. Switch also scored the highest environmental rating on S&P Global's ESG Indicator Report Card and is the only company to achieve an E-1 rating amongst more than 70 other domestic Telecom and Data Center Companies. Switch also received scores for Social (S-2) and Governance (G-2) which were among the highest in its peer group.
"The company's unique facility designs and renewable energy usage make it better positioned than its broader peer group and allow for better operational efficiency and lower prices to customers, supporting its competitive position. The company has achieved 100% renewable energy power consumption with zero Scope 2 carbon emissions since 2016. As of 2021, Switch is also zero Scope 1 emissions. Separately, its patented innovations in design, power, cooling, and density allow its data centers to operate with industry-leading power usage efficiency." – S&P Global ESG Credit Indicator Report Card.
Switch was also awarded the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Certification for superior energy efficiency and has for the third year in a row been recognized as a top-ranked EPA Green Power Partner – a program to help build the American green power industry.
Since its founding, Switch has embraced a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. Switch is also heavily invested in the health and well-being of its employees. As part of the Switch ESG strategy, Switch has taken its commitment to physical health to the next level with the addition of our newest department, LIFE MUSE. This health and wellness division was created by our founder and CEO Rob Roy and is under the guidance of Quinn Pauly, MD, FAAFP. This innovative corporate wellness and lifestyle platform incorporate the pillars of overall health, fitness, recovery, nutrition, meditation, mental well-being and professional development.
A full copy of the 2021 ESG report can be found here.
About Switch
Switch (NYSE: SWCH) is the independent leader in exascale data center ecosystems, edge data center designs, industry-leading telecommunications solutions, and next-generation technology innovation. Switch Founder and CEO Rob Roy has developed more than 700 issued and pending patent claims covering data center designs that have manifested into the company's world-renowned data centers and technology solutions.
We innovate to sustainably progress the digital foundation of the connected world with a focus on enterprise-class and emerging hybrid cloud solutions. The Switch PRIMES, located in Las Vegas and Tahoe Reno, Nevada; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; and Austin, Texas, are the world's most powerful exascale data center campus ecosystems with low latency to major U.S. markets. Visit switch.com for more information and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Program helps musicians easily purchase instruments, recording equipment and accessories to fuel their passion for music
STAMFORD, Conn. and WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), a premier consumer financial services company, and Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument retailer, today announced the renewal of a strategic partnership that began in 2015. Under the agreement, Synchrony will continue providing a private label credit program for customers to make purchases at any Guitar Center location or via its website.
Guitar Center Gear Card customers can receive 5% rewards and special financing options when purchasing items from the nearly 300 Guitar Center locations and website, which is one of the top direct sales websites in the industry. In addition, customers applying online or through their mobile device benefit from Synchrony's Prequalification process which enables customers to see if they will be preapproved for credit and view their initial credit limit prior to submitting an application, with no impact to their credit bureau score.
"Our partnership with Guitar Center has made it easier for musicians to realize their passion," said Darrell Owens, senior vice president, Synchrony. "Offering flexible financing options and a great experience help those purchasing musical instruments and accessories to concentrate on what's important — making music. We are thrilled to extend our relationship with such a valued partner."
The program helps everyone — from lifelong musicians to beginners looking to expand their interest in music — achieve their musical goals with the backing of a strong financial services company. As anyone who loves music and wants to immerse themselves in learning how to play an instrument or advancing their skills quickly learns, it can be an expensive hobby to pursue. Synchrony and Guitar Center want to make it accessible and easy for musicians to enhance their musical knowledge.
"Over the past six years, Guitar Center has worked closely with Synchrony to provide the best financial payment options to our customers," said Tim Martin, Chief Financial Officer, Guitar Center. "We look forward to continuing this program to support our loyal customers on their musical journeys by offering simplicity, flexibility, and affordability at the point of purchase."
To learn more about the Guitar Center Gear Card, visit www.guitarcenter.com.
About Guitar Center
Guitar Center is a leading retailer of musical instruments, lessons, repairs and rentals in the U.S. With nearly 300 stores across the U.S. and one of the top direct sales websites in the industry, Guitar Center has helped people make music for more than 50 years. Guitar Center also provides customers with various musician-based services, including Guitar Center Lessons, where musicians of all ages and skill levels can learn to play a variety of instruments in many music genres; GC Repairs, an on-site maintenance and repairs service; and GC Rentals, a program offering easy rentals of instruments and other sound reinforcement gear. Additionally, Guitar Center's sister brands include Music & Arts, which operates more than 240 stores specializing in band & orchestral instruments for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college professors and students, and Musician's Friend, a leading direct marketer of musical instruments in the United States. For more information about Guitar Center, please visit www.guitarcenter.com.
About Synchrony
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally-enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, powersports, pet and more. We have an established and diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations and healthcare service providers, which we refer to as our "partners." We connect our partners and consumers through our dynamic financial ecosystem and provide them with a diverse set of financing solutions and innovative digital capabilities to address their specific needs and deliver seamless, omnichannel experiences. We offer the right financing products to the right customers in their channel of choice. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com and Twitter: @Synchrony.
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SHANGHAI, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2022 TCab Tech is steadily pushing forward their E20 eVTOL development. During the first quarter of the year, thanks to the hard works of the entire team, they have completed many tilt-rotor transition flights with the E20 50% subscale demonstrator.
E20 50% subscale demonstrator features 6-meter wingspan, 2 lift rotors and 4 tilt-rotors. Like the E20, the demonstrator uses 6 rotors in VTOL and transits to 4 rotors in cruise. The 2 lift rotors are switched-off and locked during cruising flight.
The demonstrator serves as a flight-testing platform for the engineering team to collect valuable flight test data for early validation of the E20 configuration and design. Being the first passenger-carrying eVTOL company in China employed with vectored thrust configuration, the 50% subscale demonstrator is by far one of the largest eVTOL demonstrators currently flew in China.
The 50% subscale demonstrator is the second subscale demonstrator built by TCab Tech. Compared to the previous 25% subscale demonstrator, the latter has the following improvements:
Aerodynamic: larger in size and exactly the same external layout as the full-scale E20, the flight test results collected could further validate the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.
External Layout: included flaps and variable pitch rotors to improve control laws and aerodynamics validations.
Systems: Conversion corridor of the tilt-rotor could be fine-tuned, plus, every control unit has independent control channel to facilitate failure hazard analysis (FHA) and the examination of the fail-safe design.
Flight Control: Mounted with many data-feedback sensors to collect thorough flight data which could be used to further improve aircraft control algorithms.
While serving as a flight-testing platform, the E20 eVTOL 50% subscale demonstrator is also used to develop in-house structural & durability test facilities, electric motor test-rigs, SIL and HIL flight simulation labs. The know-how gains from the flight testing and the facilities built will pave a smoother path for us to prepare ourselves toward getting airworthiness certification from the Chinese airworthiness authority.
Check flight record of E20 eVTOL 50% subscale demonstrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuRoX7lCGk.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan"). The Board adopted the Rights Plan following an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire Twitter.
The Rights Plan is intended to enable all shareholders to realize the full value of their investment in Twitter. The Rights Plan will reduce the likelihood that any entity, person or group gains control of Twitter through open market accumulation without paying all shareholders an appropriate control premium or without providing the Board sufficient time to make informed judgments and take actions that are in the best interests of shareholders.
The Rights Plan does not prevent the Board from engaging with parties or accepting an acquisition proposal if the Board believes that it is in the best interests of Twitter and its shareholders.
The Rights Plan is similar to other plans adopted by publicly held companies in comparable circumstances. Under the Rights Plan, the rights will become exercisable if an entity, person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 15% or more of Twitter's outstanding common stock in a transaction not approved by the Board. In the event that the rights become exercisable due to the triggering ownership threshold being crossed, each right will entitle its holder (other than the person, entity or group triggering the Rights Plan, whose rights will become void and will not be exercisable) to purchase, at the then-current exercise price, additional shares of common stock having a then-current market value of twice the exercise price of the right.
The Rights Plan will expire on April 14, 2023.
Additional information regarding the Rights Plan will be contained in a Form 8-K to be filed by Twitter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) investors who sold shares while Elon Musk secretly built a large position in Twitter to submit your transactions now.
Relevant Selling Period: Mar. 24, 2022 – Apr. 1, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 13, 2022
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Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) Securities Fraud Class Action:
The lawsuit is brought on behalf of investors who sold Twitter securities between Mar. 24, 2022, and Apr. 1, 2022, inclusive.
Specifically, the complaint alleges that Musk began acquiring Twitter shares in Jan. 2022, and by Mar. 14, 2022 Musk had acquired over 5% of Twitter's outstanding shares – requiring Musk to disclose his stake in Twitter by Mar. 24, 2022. Musk, however, did not disclose his stake but secretly built it to a 9.1% stake.
On Apr. 4, 2022 Musk belatedly disclosed that he acquired over 73 million Twitter shares, or about 9.1% of the Company. He further claimed his purchases were for investment purposes only and that he agreed with Twitter's board of directors that he would not acquire a total stake in the Company's shares exceeding 14.9%.
But, on Apr. 14, 2022, Musk announced he proposed acquiring all the outstanding Twitter shares for $54.20 per share.
"Musk has been accused of recklessly manipulating a company's share price before, and in this case, we're focused on selling investors' lost profits and proving Musk intentionally or recklessly concealed his transactions and misled about his intentions," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
If you invested in Twitter and sold shares while Musk secretly built his stake in the Company, or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding Musk should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email TWTR@hbsslaw.com.
About Hagens Berman
Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation law firm focusing on corporate accountability through class-action law. The firm is home to a robust securities litigation practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw.
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Railroad highlighted as best place to work for women overall, multicultural women and millennials
OMAHA, Neb., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific today announced its first time being named as a Best Place to Work by the Women's Choice Awards in all three categories: Best Companies for Women, Best Companies for Diversity and Best Companies for Millennials.
The Women's Choice Awards selects companies based on female and diversity representation in the workforce, work-life balance benefits, professional development and support networks, paid and family time off, health and wellness benefits, employee recognition and financial benefits.
Only companies with the highest scores earn a Women's Choice Award, and very few are recognized across all three categories.
"Union Pacific is honored to be recognized as a Best Place to Work for all women," said Beth Whited, executive vice president – Sustainability and Strategy. "Being identified by the Women's Choice Awards is exemplary of our meaningful progress toward our diversity, equity and inclusion goals."
Union Pacific was identified by the Women's Choice Awards for meeting general needs of all working women, aiming to dismantle systematic barriers and close race-based gaps, and helping millennial women grow and advance in their careers.
This year, the award included an environmental, social and governance component for candidates that have proven to be socially and environmentally responsible. Union Pacific has made significant progress toward reducing its environmental impact and is working to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
This recognition comes a year after Union Pacific announced its goal to increase the representation of women in its workforce by doubling the current population and growing its people of color in the workforce to 40%, representing a 36% improvement.
ABOUT UNION PACIFIC
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) delivers the goods families and businesses use every day with safe, reliable and efficient service. Operating in 23 western states, the company connects its customers and communities to the global economy. Trains are the most environmentally responsible way to move freight, helping Union Pacific protect future generations. More information about Union Pacific is available at www.up.com.
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Company reduced carbon footprint by 20%; launched mental health solution and donated thousands to support local communities
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum's 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report shows the company is making headway to deliver employee benefits solutions, build healthier communities and become a more inclusive workplace.
Unum's ongoing ESG work highlights how the organization continues to anticipate and respond to the evolving expectations of its shareholders. The three factors critical to the company's success and sustainability are responsible investments, inclusive products and services and reducing environmental impact.
Some activities and contributions from employees in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, and Poland that show how they make a difference at work and in the communities they live include:
- Helping communities: Unum gave $12.4 million in corporate and employee contributions to charitable causes, while Employees logged 26,300 volunteer hours. The company also committed $3 million over the next three years to build healthier communities.
- Carbon footprint: Each year, Unum promises to reduce its carbon footprint by 3% more than the previous year. The company continued to deliver on that promise with an over 20% reduction in carbon equivalent emissions since 2020. The organization recycled 1,592 tons of paper and decreased water use by 12% from 2020.
- Helping the working world thrive: During the pandemic, Unum met the evolving needs of customers. The company covered 43 million people and their families with financial protection and workplace benefits. It also launched Unum Behavioral Health, a digital solution that guides employees to support offerings that are right for them, including clinical treatment options and a library of mental health education and resources.
- Social Justice Fund: Since the Social Justice Fund launched in the summer of 2020, Unum has contributed more than $700,000 to programs focused on systemic and policy change, training, economic justice, and civic engagement.
- Inclusion & Diversity (I&D): Unum implemented a new I&D team that is using data-informed strategies to drive its commitment and collective efforts to a more inclusive workplace.
"Creating a culture of sustainability and accountability is the right thing to do and is integral to our business plans," said Rick McKenney, president and CEO of Unum Group. "Thanks to the resilience, passion, and energy of our 10,300 employees, we're creating a more sustainable, inclusive and responsive company."
Unum's 2021 ESG Report includes a Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report that highlights the risks and opportunities companies face because of climate change.
Unum (NYSE: UNM), an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 250 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by the Ethisphere® Institute.
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Inflation-adjusted earnings show workers losing ground in first quarter, with fewer living-wage jobs
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inflation-adjusted earnings for the first quarter of 2022 show that American workers are losing ground, forcing a larger percentage of the workforce out of living-wage job status for the month of March and into the ranks of the "functionally unemployed," according to an analysis by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP).
LISEP issued its monthly True Rate of Unemployment (TRU) for March in conjunction with the quarterly True Weekly Earnings (TWE) report for the first quarter of 2022. TRU is a measure of the functionally unemployed -- the jobless, plus those seeking but unable to secure full-time employment paying above the poverty line. TWE is a measure of real median weekly earnings after adjusting for inflation, and differs from the data issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) through inclusion of all members of the workforce, including part-time workers and those seeking employment.
In LISEP's latest TWE report, overall median weekly earnings are down over the fourth quarter of 2022, dropping from $881 to $873 (These numbers, and all earnings numbers in this report, are recorded in inflation-adjusted 2022 Q1 dollars). Likewise the percentage of workers seeking but unable to find a full-time, living-wage job – the "functionally unemployed," as defined by TRU – increased nearly a full percentage point, from 22.6% to 23.5%. The increase in functional unemployment was universal across all demographics, male and female, while earnings dropped for all demographics with the exception of Black workers, who saw a modest increase, from $723 a week to $725.
Both of these numbers moved in the opposite direction from the metrics released by the BLS. TRU went up 0.9% while the official BLS unemployment rate went down 0.2%, and TWE decreased by 0.9%, with the BLS reporting an inflation-adjusted earnings increase of 0.5%.
"Families across America are struggling to make ends meet in the current economy, with rising costs forcing hard decisions that could have generational implications," said LISEP Chair Gene Ludwig. "Being forced to make decisions between food and shelter versus healthcare and education is not a sustainable long-term situation for a healthy society."
A somewhat positive note in the earnings report is that lower-income workers – those at the 25th percentile of the distribution – did not lose ground from Q4 2021, remaining steady at $538 a week. But the 0.9 percentage point increase in the March TRU indicates that more recently, workers with earnings near the poverty level ($20,000 a year in 2020 dollars) are being hit the hardest by inflation and thus will be unable to maintain a wage level that maintains a minimal standard of living. This is further exacerbated by the failure of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to accurately measure the impact of rising prices on middle- and low-income households, as indicated by LISEP research released in March showing that over the last 20 years, the CPI has understated the impact of inflation on LMI households by 40%.
From a demographic standpoint, women saw the largest decrease in median earnings during Q1 2022, falling from $771 to $760, followed by men, dropping from $991 to $983. White workers saw their earnings decline from $976 to $971, with Hispanic workers seeing a drop from $709 to $705. Americans without college degrees – those with no high school diplomas, with only a high school diploma, or with some college education but no degree – saw their earnings decrease across the board.
On the employment front, from February to March all major demographics saw notable increases in the number of workers classified as "functionally unemployed" – that is, unable to find full-time, living-wage jobs, as measured by LISEP's TRU. The TRU for Hispanic workers had the biggest spike, increasing from 25.1% to 27.3%, a 2.2 percentage point increase, followed by Black workers with a 1.6 percentage point jump, from 26.3% to 27.9%. White workers saw a modest 0.3 percentage point increase, from 21.5% to 21.8%. The TRU for women is up 0.5 percentage points (27.7% to 28.2%); for men the TRU increased 0.9 percentage points, from 18.1% to 19%.
"While we might otherwise glean some encouragement that, even in the face of inflation, earnings for Black and middle- and low-income workers held steady during the first quarter, last month's jump in functional unemployment more than offsets that optimism," Ludwig said. "This may be a harbinger of tougher times ahead for middle- and lower-income families, and a clear signal that policymakers must take immediate proactive steps."
About TRU
LISEP issued the white paper "Measuring Better: Development of 'True Rate of Unemployment' Data as the Basis for Social and Economic Policy'' upon announcing the new statistical measure in October. The paper and methodology can be viewed here. LISEP issues TRU one to two weeks following the release of the BLS unemployment report, which occurs on the first Friday of each month. The TRU rate and supporting data are available on the LISEP website at https://www.lisep.org/tru.
About TWE
LISEP issues the TWE quarterly following the release of the BLS Median Weekly Earnings report. The full white paper, "Understanding the Status of American Workers Through Analysis of Current Population Data," can be viewed here. The TWE rate and supporting data are available on the LISEP website at https://www.lisep.org/earnings.
About LISEP
The Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) was created in 2019 by Ludwig and his wife, Dr. Carol Ludwig. The mission of LISEP is to improve the economic well-being of middle- and lower-income Americans through research and education, and seeks to advance the dialogue around policy solutions to improve the well-being of all Americans.
About Gene Ludwig
In addition to his role as LISEP chair, Gene Ludwig is founder of the Promontory family of companies and Canapi LLC, a financial technology venture fund. He is the CEO of Promontory MortgagePath, a technology-based mortgage fulfillment and solutions company. Ludwig is the former vice chairman and senior control officer of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency from 1993 to 1998. He is also author of the book The Vanishing American Dream, which investigates the economic challenges facing low- and middle-income Americans. It was released in September 2020 by Disruption Books. On Twitter: @geneludwig.
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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DACK, a mobile-first SaaS platform that enables short-term rental operators to provide their guests with a seamless digital stay experience, has been selected as the guest experience solution for North Carolina-based Yonder Luxury Vacation Rentals. DACK's powerful guest experience platform, which includes keycode / digital key management, customizable property guides and upsells, contactless check-in and checkout, dynamic local recommendations, one-touch WiFi, and more, will now be offered across Yonder's 200-door short-term rental portfolio.
Yonder is a beloved North Carolina-based luxury rental provider known for its nature-centric mountain homes and cabins. When guests stay at a Yonder property, they know they're in for an unforgettable time. Yonder offers high-quality, unique, and breathtaking experiences across its more than 200 unique mountain properties, and their devotion to surpassing guests' expectations has earned them over 12,000 5-star reviews, as well as selection in AirBnB's Host Tool study.
"Yonder's dedication to delivering unique and memorable guest experiences is apparent and closely aligned with our values. We are eager to help them deliver on their mission to provide 'authentic interaction and personalized customer service,' because we believe we are particularly well-positioned to do so," said Thomas Schaper, Head of Product at DACK.
"The guest experience is critical, and we believe that our relationship with DACK will help us to further enhance our offerings and continue to create the kinds of memories that keep our guests coming back," said CMO Mark Bastin at Yonder. "With their mobile-first platform, we can effortlessly scale our personalized and authentic guest experience without sacrificing quality."
About Yonder
For over 12 years, Yonder has been North Carolina's premier luxury vacation rental cabin, home and property management firm. Yonder focuses on delivering an exceptional vacation experience through local customer knowledge, support, and hand-selected homes. Every Yonder home is individually decorated and beautifully furnished to give guests a unique and memorable vacation with family and friends. For more info visit: yondernc.com
About DACK
Venture-backed DACK, Inc. is a revolutionary guest technology start-up that enables operators to provide their guests with an all-in-one, mobile-first, digital stay experience. Through DACK's SaaS platform, operators can provide their guests with digital access, contactless check-in and checkout, intuitive property guides, one-touch WiFi, local recommendations, customizable upsells, and more. Since its product launch in 2020 DACK has grown rapidly and is now used at thousands of properties across multiple lodging verticals. For more info visit: dackinc.com.
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PLANO, Texas, April 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZIPS Car Wash (www.zipscarwash.com) is celebrating Tax Day with a $5 wash deal. Zips Wash & Dry car wash will be offered at $5, an almost 50% savings from the everyday price. This price break is available all day on Tax Day, Monday, April 18 and Tuesday, April 19 (for those needing an extension) at participating locations with wash code 8297. ZIPS Car Wash owns and operates 230+ locations across 22 states.
"Everyone is looking for a break on Tax Day and we're here for it with a $5 Wash & Dry offer for customers across the country. Whether you need to wash away those Tax Day thoughts, rid your car of pollen, or kickoff spring cleaning take advantage of this discount to get your vehicle clean, dry and shiny," said Mark Youngworth, Chief Marketing Officer, ZIPS Car Wash. "We'll also have free towels, free surface cleaner and free self-serve turbo vacs available at our vacuum stations at all locations for detailing your vehicle," he added.
The tax deadline typically falls on April 15th each year, but this year you'll have a few extra days to get your taxes in due to Emancipation Day, a holiday that is celebrated in the District of Columbia. For taxpayers in Maine and Massachusetts, you'll have until April 19th to submit due to the Patriot's Day holiday.
In recent years, more than 29 million Americans have waited until the last week before the deadline to pay their taxes. If you're one who submits just in time, celebrate meeting the deadline on Monday or Tuesday with a clean ride. Most ZIPS locations are open from 8am – 8pm daily and the Tax Day offer can be redeemed by selecting "Enter Wash Code" when you pull in and input code "8297 Enter." The $5 discount will appear automatically and will apply to the ZIPS Wash & Dry car wash package. For more details, or to find a location near you, visit www.zipscarwash.com.
About ZIPS Car Wash ZIPS Car Wash, headquartered in Plano, Texas, is the largest privately held car wash operator nationwide. ZIPS is among the fastest growing express car wash chains in the country, operating more than 225 locations across 22 states. With over 17 years of car washing experience, ZIPS has invested in industry leading technology, creative hiring and training methods, local partnerships, and a laser-focus on customer care as driving forces behind ZIPS growing business model. ZIPS Car Wash is about much more than getting cars clean. Our #1 purpose is to make people happy, from our community outreach efforts and fundraising programs to our focus on employees. ZIPS strives for a great, clean, and fun customer experience. To learn more visit: zipscarwash.com.
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6-year-old in critical condition after being thrown by tornado, dangling from tree
Family of four, including baby, hospitalized; pregnant mother suffered miscarriage
SALADO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - An entire Central Texas family is in the hospital with critical injuries after an EF-3 tornado destroyed their mobile home Tuesday and flung them hundreds of feet away.
The most critically injured is Miriam Rios, 6, a girl found unconscious and dangling upside-down from a tree where the wind had tossed her hundreds of yards from her house. Her pregnant mother, Vanessa Rios, suffered a miscarriage.
The Rios family – including the mom, dad and their two children – were in their mobile home Tuesday night when the tornado warnings came in. The children’s uncle, Stephen Perez, said the family first tried to drive off, but when hail began to fall, they retreated back to their mobile home.
The situation quickly worsened. The tornado with peak winds of 165 mph tore the family’s home to shreds and flung each member of the family in a different direction.
Father Joel Rios was thrown to one side, and the mother landed on the other side. The couple’s 1-year-old, Ezra, landed somewhere in the fields nearby. Six-year-old Miriam was flung into a tree.
“(Their mom) remembers waking up, rolling over on her side, and seeing her daughter in a tree and she can’t get up or do anything. She just rolled over and cried,” Perez said.
After the entire family was rushed to the hospital, they learned the mother had miscarried.
Since then, Perez said members of the family have been in and out of various surgeries meant to repair broken pelvic bones and address spinal cord injuries.
Perez said baby Ezra miraculously suffered the mildest injuries and should be released from the hospital soon.
While the family is grateful for the baby’s health, they are still in awe of just how much they’ve lost. Miriam, a first grader, was set to celebrate her seventh birthday on Saturday.
The Rios family also lost their house and everything in it.
“It’s just the foundation that’s left. There’s absolutely nothing,” Perez said. “And (my sister) was really proud about that home.”
Community members have begun various efforts to help the family with medical bills and with their needs once they are released from the hospital. Perez has created a GoFundMe page to help his family rebuild.
In total, 23 people were injured and 12 hospitalized after the storm, according to Bell County Judge David Blackburn.
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Alex Jones to recoup $75,000 in fines in Sandy Hook lawsuit
Published: Apr. 15, 2022 at 12:53 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be getting back the $75,000 in fines he paid to a Connecticut court for missing a deposition last month in a lawsuit over his assertions that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
A Connecticut judge on Thursday ordered the return of the money because Jones eventually appeared at a deposition in Bridgeport last week.
The escalating fines had been aimed at making sure Jones did appear for questioning.
Jones is being sued for defamation by relatives of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre.
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Police: Man fatally pushed woman into California train
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of fatally pushing a woman in front of a freight train in Southern California has been arrested, authorities said.
The woman, whose name has not yet been made public, was hit by the train Monday morning in the city of Riverside, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles, police said Thursday.
Riverside police said in a statement that the woman and the man, Kevin Errol Lewis, were in an argument next to the railroad tracks that turned physical.
During the altercation, Lewis allegedly shoved the woman he was in a dating relationship with into the path of the train, killing her, police said.
Officers found Lewis, 41, nearby and detained him, police said. He is being held in jail without bail on suspicion of murder and domestic violence, as well as several outstanding warrants for theft and narcotics violations.
Lewis, whom police described as a transient man, is scheduled to appear in court on April 25, online jail records showed. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
The killing was similar to a death in New York City in January that shocked the city after after a woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train beneath Times Square in an apparently unprovoked attack. Police charged Martial Simon, whom authorities said was homeless, in the slaying of Michelle Alyssa Go.
Simon is being held in a hospital prison ward and is scheduled to return to court on Tuesday, online jail and court records show.
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Police search for missing 13-year-old out of Summers County
Published: Apr. 15, 2022 at 12:28 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SUMMERS COUNTY, W.Va. (WVVA) - Summers County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help in the search of a missing 13-year-old girl.
Chloe Wrinkler was last seen at her home in Jumping Branch on Thursday evening.
If anyone has seen her or has information on her disappearance, you’re urged to call 304-466-3333.
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Sen. Feinstein pushes back against reports of health concerns
(CNN) - “I’d put my record up against anyone’s” is what Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., had to say after recent reports that other lawmakers are worried about her health, especially after losing her husband to cancer in February.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported four unnamed senators, three former Feinstein aides and a California Democratic member of Congress said her mental health has gotten worse recently, and they’re worried about her memory and ability to lead.
But Feinstein defended herself, calling the newspaper Thursday to say she’s committed to her work, meets regularly with leaders and puts in the hours.
She explained that the whole thing is puzzling to her.
Feinstein has faced questions about her ability to serve for a few years now and lost her post as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee after her Democratic colleagues privately complained about her performance during the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
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Stuffed animal containing father’s ashes returned to daughter after donation mix-up
AGAWAM, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM/Gray News) – A very special stuffed animal that was accidentally donated to Savers in Massachusetts was returned to its owner after a monthlong search.
Mary Kirk said the toy, an orange tabby cat from Build-A-Bear, contains her father’s ashes.
The cat was given to Kirk’s son by her father in 2001. When Kirk’s father died four years ago, the family decided to put some of his ashes in a plastic pouch and place it inside the stuffed animal so her son would always have a piece of his grandfather.
However, when the family was getting ready to move last month, Kirk’s husband accidentally donated the stuffed animal to Savers.
Unfortunately, the stuffed animal was no longer at the store when the family went to retrieve it.
After pleading with the public for weeks on social media and hanging signs up at the Savers store, the cat turned up on Kirk’s doorstep. The stuffed animal was shipped in a box, addressed to Kirk, but had no return address.
Kirk said the Build-A-Bear is “much dirtier” than when she last saw him, but she is deeply grateful for its return.
The family is now searching for the anonymous sender so they can properly thank them. Kirk is also offering a $350 reward plus a new stuffed cat.
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Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ defense to thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Twitter said Friday that its board of directors has unanimously adopted a “poison pill” defense in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposal to buy the company and take it private.
Twitter said the move, formally called a “limited duration shareholder rights plan,” aims to enable its investors to “realize the full value of their investment” by reducing the likelihood that any one person can gain control of the company without either paying shareholders a premium or giving the board more time. Poison pills are often used to defend against hostile takeovers.
Twitter’s plan would take effect if Musk’s roughly 9% stake grows to 15% or more. Even then, Musk could still take over the company with a proxy fight by voting out the current directors. Twitter said the plan doesn’t prevent the board from engaging with parties or accepting an acquisition proposal if it’s in the company’s “best interests.”
Twitter had revealed in a securities filing Thursday that Musk offered to buy the company outright for more than $43 billion, saying the social media platform “needs to be transformed as a private company” in order to build trust with its users.
“I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk said in the filing. “I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form.”
Later on Thursday, during an onstage interview at the TED 2022 conference, he went even broader: “Having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization.”
Musk revealed in regulatory filings over recent weeks that he’d been buying Twitter shares in almost daily batches starting Jan. 31, ending up with a stake of about 9%. Only Vanguard Group controls more Twitter shares. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York federal court alleged that Musk illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower prices.
After Musk announced his stake, Twitter quickly offered him a seat on its board on the condition that he would limit his purchases to no more than 14.9% of the company’s outstanding stock. But the company said five days later that Musk had declined.
A poison pill path is a “predictable” defensive maneuver, although it could be seen as a “sign of weakness” and viewed unfavorably on Wall Street, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives said in an emailed note.
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Ukraine war weighs on pope’s Good Friday Colosseum ritual
ROME (AP) — The war in Ukraine loomed over the traditional Good Friday Colosseum procession in Rome, after the Vatican’s choice of a Russian woman to be among the cross-bearers angered Ukrainians.
For the first time since before the pandemic, the solemn torchlit procession at the ancient arena in Rome was to resume on Friday night. Thousands of pilgrims and tourists flocked to the site hours earlier, in hope of catching a glimpse of Pope Francis, who presides over the service from an elevated point near the Roman Forum.
Earlier this week, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See and the archbishop of Kyiv denounced the Vatican’s plan to have a Ukrainian woman and a Russian woman carry the cross together during the procession. They objected to projecting what they saw as the idea of reconciliation while Ukraine is ravaged by war unleashed by Russia.
The Vatican didn’t respond to the protests or announce any program changes.
While Francis has denounced the Feb. 24 invasion and attacks on Ukraine as a “sacrilege,’’ he has refrained from naming Russia as the aggressor, although his references to Russian Vladimir Putin have been clear. The pope is pressing for negotiations to cease the fighting and bring peace, and has offered to go to Ukraine if his presence could further the cause of peace.
But other faithful in the world applauded the decision to pair the two women, who work together at a Rome hospital and are friends, to carry the cross during part of the procession, which recalls Jesus’ suffering as he was being brought to his crucifixion and death.
In Paris, hundreds of Catholics gathered for Good Friday prayers on the forecourt of Notre Dame cathedral, and followed its rector on a procession around the island on the Seine River that houses the medieval landmark.
“Well, you know today the pope has a woman from Ukraine and a woman from Russia holding the cross together at one of the Stations of the Cross,” Jennifer Kilgore-Caradec told The AP at Notre Dame. She called that a “very moving and meaningful symbol.” She added: “I think that real people in the real world are concerned about peace. We want peace, we don’t want war,” which brings suffering and pain. That is “not the message of the Christ on the cross.”
The faithful were not allowed inside the Paris cathedral, since it is still under reconstruction after a 2019 blaze collapsed its spire and destroyed its roof. French President Emmanuel Macron was visiting the cathedral Friday to mark the third anniversary of the fire.
In St. Peter’s Basilica, hours ahead of the Colosseum event, Pope Francis, wearing red vestments to symbolize the blood of Jesus, limped up the central aisle to take his place for an early evening prayer service. Francis, 85, has been suffering from a knee ligament problem.
Usually at the Good Friday basilica service at the Vatican, the pontiff would prostrate himself in prayer. But this time Francis, hobbled by pain for weeks, didn’t do so.
Francis dispatched his official almsgiver, Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to Kyiv to lead a Good Friday procession in the capital city of war-ravaged Ukraine. Italian Rai state TV said Krajewski on Friday visited two of Ukraine’s hardest-hit locations, Bucha and Borodyanka, both in ruins. At one point, Krajewski prayed over some of the bodies and leaned over to touch one, partially covered, body.
Throughout his papacy, Francis has repeatedly denounced armaments accumulated by nations as unjustified. In an interview broadcast on Italian state TV on Friday, the pope elaborated on his view.
“I understand those governments that buy arms, I understand them. I do not justify them, but I understand them, because we have to defend ourselves,” Francis said. But, he added: “If there were a pattern of peace, this would not be necessary. But we live with this diabolical pattern of killing one another out of the desire for power, the desire for security, the desire for many things.”
Good Friday is one of the main days for Christians during Holy Week, which culminates in Easter, on Sunday.
In Jerusalem, where tens of thousands of faithful traditionally converge on the Israeli city’s Old City to visit sacred sites during Holy Week, Palestinians on Friday clashed with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque. The site is sacred to Jews and Muslims. This year, Ramadan coincides with Passover, as well as Holy Week.
Medics in Jerusalem said that more than 150 Palestinians were injured, in the most serious violence at the site in nearly a year.
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John Leicester and Oleg Cetinic contributed from Paris.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Partly cloudy conditions with scattered windward and mauka to start, then a few afternoon showers. Breezy easterly trade winds will continue through next week. Highs 83 to 88. Trades 15 to 20 mph.
A mostly cloudy Easter weekend with an increase in shower coverage Friday evening through Sunday. A return of drier trade wind conditions is expected early next week. Lows 67 to 72. Highs 80 to 85. Trades 15 to 20 mph.
Moderate to locally strong trade winds will keep east shore surf close to seasonal levels through Saturday. Surf will then lower below normal Sunday through the middle of next week as the trade winds diminish upstream of the island chain.
South shore surf will remain small through Friday, then trend up to slightly above normal levels Saturday through Monday as a new moderate size south swell moves through. Surf will then lower back to small levels Tuesday through Thursday.
A series of small northwest swells will move through the area today through the weekend, maintaining small surf along north facing shores. A larger, long period northwest swell associated with Typhoon Malakas, will arrive Monday night, giving a noticeable boost to surf along north and west facing shores Tuesday through late next week.
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Climate toll on Arctic bases: Sunken runways, damaged roads
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military bases in the Arctic and sub-Arctic are failing to prepare their installations for long-term climate change as required, even though soaring temperatures and melting ice already are cracking base runways and roads and worsening flood risks up north, the Pentagon’s watchdog office said Friday.
The report from the inspector general of the Department of Defense provides a rare bit of public stock-taking of the military’s state of readiness – or lack of readiness – for the worsening weather of a warming Earth.
The U.S. military long has formally recognized climate change as a threat to national security. That’s in part because of the impact that intensifying floods, wildfires, extreme heat and other natural disasters are having and will have on U.S. installations and troops around the world.
Increasing hurricanes, flooding, storms and wildfires in recent years have caused billions of dollars in damage to Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base, Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base and other U.S. military installations, and interrupted training and other operations.
For years, laws, presidential orders and Pentagon rules have mandated that the military start planning and work so that its installations, warships, warplanes and troops can carry out their missions despite increasingly challenging conditions as the use of fossil fuels heats up the Earth.
While even acknowledging climate change was a career risk for administration officials under former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden directed faster, more sweeping action on climate change by the Department of Defense and other agencies as one of his first acts in office.
Despite Biden’s emphasis, inspectors visiting the United States’ six northernmost military bases last June and July found none were carrying out the required assessments and planning to prepare their installations and operations against long-term climate change.
Further, “most installation leaders at the six installations we visited in the Arctic and sub-Arctic region were unfamiliar with military installation resilience planning requirements, processes, and tools,” the inspector general reports said.
Senior officers told the inspector general’s inspection team that their operations lacked the training and funding to start the required work on hardening their bases. Some saw requirements for that kind of long-term planning as assembling a “wish list” that would go up against competing priorities, the officers told the inspectors.
A Pentagon spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. The inspector general report cited Defense officials as saying that the Biden administration has finished or is working on many of the report’s recommendations to better incorporate climate preparations at bases and across military branches, and would increase resources to bases to make that possible.
One of the bases is in Greenland and the other five in Alaska: Thule Air Base, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Clear Space Force Station, Eielson Air Force Base, Fort Wainwright and Fort Greely.
The Arctic and sub-Arctic are important to U.S. strategic aims in part because of rising tensions and competition with Russia and China, and in part because sharply rising temperatures are melting sea ice and opening up both shipping lanes and access to the region’s oil and other resources, increasing interest and traffic in the region.
The Defense Department also sees “the Arctic is a potential vector for an attack on the U.S. homeland, a region where Russia and China are operating more freely, and a strategic corridor for DoD forces between the Indo-Pacific and Europe,” the report notes.
The inspectors found the kind of problems associated with worsening climate change already causing trouble at the U.S. bases.
At Fort Wainwright in Alaska, heightened wildfire risks in 2019 interrupted training for two Pacific Air Force squadrons, so that one was able to carry out only 59% of planned training for a period, the report said.
Many of the specific discussions of climate risks at the six bases were blacked-out in the version of the report made public Friday.
But inspectors photographed and described some. That included cracked and sunken runways undermined by melting ice, damaged hangers and roads, and a collapsed rock barrier that had been piled up to hold back floodwater from a river swollen by glacial melting, at Thule in Greenland.
Leaders at all six bases visited noted that kind of damage, inspectors said, “however, officials from five of these installations said they had not begun incorporating future climate risks into their installations’ planning.”
“They stated that their day-to-day focus was on reacting to immediate problems or reducing risk to existing hazards, rather than planning for future hazards,” the report noted.
The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than the rest of the world. A March heat wave that hiked Arctic temperatures 50 degrees (30 Celsius) higher than normal stunned scientists.
Of 79 U.S. military installations overall, the Department of Defense says two-thirds are vulnerable to worsening flooding as the climate worsens and half are vulnerable to increasing drought and wildfires.
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Ex-EPA head Scott Pruitt to run for US Senate in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Scott Pruitt, the scandal-ridden former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, filed on Friday to run for Oklahoma’s open U.S. Senate seat.
Pruitt, 53, a former state senator and Oklahoma attorney general tapped by former President Donald Trump to lead the EPA, is seeking the seat being vacated by longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe.
Pruitt stepped down as EPA administrator in 2018 amid a wave of ethics scandals, including living in a bargain-priced Capitol Hill condo tied to an energy lobbyist. He also faced ethics investigations into pricey trips with first-class airline seats and unusual security spending, including a $43,000 soundproof booth for making private phone calls. He also demanded 24-hour-a-day protection from armed officers, resulting in a swollen 20-member security detail that blew through overtime budgets and racked up expenses of more than $3 million.
Like Trump, Pruitt was a staunch advocate for the continued use of coal and other fossil fuels, voiced skepticism about mainstream climate science and was a fierce critic of the Paris climate agreement. Trump cheered Pruitt’s moves to boost fossil fuel production and roll back regulations opposed by corporate interests. After leaving the agency, Pruitt registered as an energy lobbyist in Indiana.
In a brief interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Pruitt said he “led with conviction in Washington, D.C.” and chalked up the criticism against him as resulting from leading an agency that was the “Holy Grail of the American left.”
“And I made a difference in the face of that,” Pruitt said. “I think Oklahomans know when the New York Times and CNN and MSNBC and those places are against you, Oklahomans are for you.”
Pruitt will face a crowded GOP primary field seeking to replace Inhofe, 87, who shook up Oklahoma politics with his announcement that he would step down in January, just two years into his six-year term. Ten Republican hopefuls have filed to run for the seat, including U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, former Speaker of the Oklahoma House T.W. Shannon, Inhofe’s longtime Chief of Staff Luke Holland, state Sen. Nathan Dahm and Alex Gray, former chief of staff of the National Security Council under Trump.
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn was the only Democrat to file for the seat by early afternoon on Friday, the final day of the three-day candidate filing period.
Because of Inhofe’s announcement, both of Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs this cycle. Current U.S. Sen. James Lankford is seeking another six-year term. Lankford will face Tulsa pastor Jackson Lahmeyer in the GOP primary. Four Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent also filed this week to seek the post.
The most competitive U.S. House race is expected to be for the open 2nd Congressional seat in eastern Oklahoma being vacated by Mullin. At least 13 candidates, 12 Republicans and an independent, have filed for that post.
All of the statewide elected offices are up for grabs this cycle, including governor and lieutenant governor, as well as 24 of the 48 state Senate seats and all 101 state House seats.
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Hometown Hero: Dr. Sarah Grose
It’s great to know that (as a educator) you’re planting these seeds of a love for learning a love for school and love for others. --Dr. Sarah Grose, Bluewell Elementary School
BLUEWELL, W.Va. (WVVA) - Instructing the next generation is a team effort and behind every team is a team leader at Bluewell Elementary School that leader is principal, Dr. Sarah Grose.
“I started out as a long term substitute,” said Grose. “I was hired as a title one instructional interventionist.”
The educator who also has an EDS as well in curriculum instruction recalls that when she became principal Mercer County Schools administrators “were looking for leaders who were really strong in instruction.”
Grose has been principal at Bluewell for a dozen years now.
“When I first started this job kids would ask me, ‘how many kids do you have?’ and I would go well ‘I have 220′ and they would just look at me with big eyes.”
The Concord and Marshall university graduate says her love for educating our children started when she was a second grade Tazewell Bulldog at Tazewell Elementary..
“When I was little if somebody asked me what I wanted to be I would say ‘I want to be a mom’ that’s where it started. I just took that love of children and carried it on with me as an adult.”
The reading, writing and arithmetic doesn’t stop in the classroom either. Dr. Grose meets her children and their families where they are this day and age--on social media.
“I’ll reach them where they’re at. I’ll go to their phones.”
She does so with online videos such as Make A Difference Mondays, Top It Off Tuesdays, Wellness Wednesdays, Feature Fridays, Saturday Update and Sing-A-Long Sundays.
Dr. Grose says she’s now reconnecting with students who are becoming teachers themselves.
“I’ve actually had students come back and observe or be students here because they want to be at their original school. I’ve also had them come back and tell me.. there was no experience I’ve had like Bluewell school.”
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IRS offers free electronic filing service ahead of Tax Day
(Gray News) - You might not need to pay for tax preparation services this year as the IRS is reminding taxpayers of its free file option.
The IRS released tips on Thursday for select taxpayers to save money on tax preparation and assistance.
Taxpayers that earn up to $73,000 a year can get free access to electronic filing services.
The IRS said its free file option offers low to moderate-income individuals and families, especially those who don’t normally file a tax return, to prepare their own federal tax return, file electronically and get a refund by direct deposit – all for free.
According to the IRS, individuals who didn’t earn enough money to require them to file may mistakenly assume that since they owe no tax they’re not entitled to a refund. However, credits such as the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit and the 2021 recovery rebate credit can result in a refund, even if that person owes no income tax.
The agency said it also offers online guided tax preparation to qualifying taxpayers with assistance in filling out electronic federal tax forms.
This year’s federal tax filing deadline for individuals is April 18.
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Shaquille O’Neal will pay funeral expenses for 3-year-old killed by stray bullet, family says
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Hall-of-fame basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is going to pay for the funeral expenses for a 3-year-old Louisiana boy who was killed by a stray bullet while in bed on Wednesday.
Baton Rouge police said Devin Page Jr. was sleeping inside a home in Baton Rouge.when the bullet hit him.
Family members confirmed to WAFB that O’Neal, a collegiate star at LSU, would take care of the costs.
Devin had just started preschool and loved playing with his siblings, his family said.
“Until it happens to you, until the gun is shot at your house, you know, until the bullets come through your window, you don’t get involved. You have nothing to say,” his grandmother, Cathy Toliver, said. “But you don’t want this feeling that we have right now. You don’t want the feeling of knowing that you’ll never see your grandbaby or your son again. You don’t want that feeling.”
Family members said they tried leaving the home after hearing gunshots nearby several nights in a row, but the mother was told she would have to pay thousands of dollars to move.
“I try to stick it out. Now that I stick it out, this is the outcome of what happened. My son got killed,” Devin’s mother Tye Toliver said.
Police have not announced any arrests, and investigators are continuing to work on the case.
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States scale back food stamp benefits even as prices soar
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge even as the nation struggles with the biggest increase in food costs in decades.
The payments to low-income individuals and families are dropping as governors end COVID-19 disaster declarations and opt out of an ongoing federal program that made their states eligible for dramatic increases in SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps. The U.S. Department of Agriculture began offering the increased benefit in April 2020 in response to surging unemployment after the COVID-19 pandemic swept over the country.
The result is that depending on the politics of a state, individuals and families in need find themselves eligible for significantly different levels of help buying food.
Nebraska took the most aggressive action anywhere in the country, ending the emergency benefits four months into the pandemic in July 2020 in a move Republican Gov. Pete Rickett said was necessary to “show the rest of the country how to get back to normal.”
Since then, nearly a dozen states with Republican leadership have taken similar action, with Iowa this month being the most recent place to slash the benefits. Benefits also will be cut in Wyoming and Kentucky in the next month. Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Tennessee have also scaled back the benefits.
Republican leaders argue that the extra benefits were intended to only temporarily help people forced out of work by the pandemic. Now that the virus has eased, they maintain, there is no longer a need to offer the higher payments at a time when businesses in most states are struggling to find enough workers.
But the extra benefits also help out families in need at a time of skyrocketing prices for food. Recipients receive at least $95 per month under the program, but some individuals and families typically eligible for only small benefits can get hundreds of dollars in extra payments each month.
The entire program would come to a halt if the federal government decides to end its public health emergency, though the Biden administration so far hasn’t signaled an intention to do so.
For Tara Kramer, 45, of Des Moines, the decision by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to end the emergency payments starting April 1 meant her monthly SNAP benefit plunged from $250 in March to $20 in April. Kramer, who has a genetic disorder that can cause intense pain, said the extra money enabled her to buy healthier food that made her feel better and help her to live a more active life.
“My heart sank,” Kramer said. “All the memories from before the emergency allotment came rushing back.”
Alex Murphy, a spokesman for Reynolds, noted the extra benefits were always intended to help people who lost jobs because of the pandemic and said, “we have to return to pre-pandemic life.” Murphy pointed out that Iowa has over 86,000 job openings listed on a state unemployment website.
But Kramer said she’s not able to work and that even getting out of her apartment can be a struggle at times.
Vince Hall, who oversees public policy for the nationwide food bank network Feeding America, said ending the extra benefits ignores the reality that even as the pandemic wanes there hasn’t been a decline in demand at food banks.
Wages have been increasing in the United States, and the national unemployment rate in March dropped to 3.6%,. But those gains have been offset by an 8.5% increase in inflation compared to a year ago. Food is among items rising the fastest, leaving many families unable to buy enough groceries.
“The COVID pandemic is giving way to a hunger pandemic,” Hall said. “We’re in a real, real struggle.”
Feeding America, which represents 200 food banks, reports that demand for food has increased just as these organizations are seeing individual donations dwindle and food costs rise. The organization estimates the nation’s food banks will spend 40% more to buy food in the fiscal year ending June 2022 as in the previous year.
For people like Annie Ballan, 51, of Omaha, Nebraska, the decision by Ricketts to stop participating in the program reduced the SNAP payments she and her son receive from nearly $500 a month to $41. Both have health problems and can’t work.
“From the middle of the month to the end of the month, people have no food,” Ballan said, her voice rising in anger. “This is all the governor’s fault. He says he loves Nebraskans, that Nebraskans are wonderful, but he’s cut off our food.”
The demand on food banks will only grow as more states reduce their SNAP payments, which typically provide nine meals for every one meal offered by food banks, Hall said.
Valerie Andrews, 59, of St. Charles, Missouri, said the SNAP benefits that she and her husband rely on fell from $430 a month to $219 when Missouri ended the extra payments in August 2021. Andrews, who is disabled, said she tries to budget carefully and gets food regularly from a food pantry but it’s difficult.
“We’re barely making it from paycheck to paycheck,” she said. “It gets pretty rough most of the time.”
Officials at food banks and pantries said they will do their best to meet increased demand, but there is no way they can fully offset the drop in SNAP benefits.
Matt Unger, director of the Des Moines Area Religious Council network of food pantries in Iowa’s capital city, noted the pantry’s cost for a 5-ounce can of chicken as jumped from 54 cents in March 2019 to a current price of $1.05.
“Costs are just going through the roof,” he said.
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AP writer Grant Schulte contributed to this story from Omaha, Nebraska.
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Tax tips ahead of Monday’s deadline
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Normally April 15th is tax day, but if you haven’t started filing yet, you still have some time.
The deadline was pushed back to Monday the 18th this year because of the holiday weekend.
But that doesn’t mean everything is on track. According to Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, the Internal Revenue Service is still running on computers from the 1960s.
That, plus underfunding and understaffing for the agency and covid is creating massive backlogs.
“Last year, the IRS got over 200 million calls they only had 15,000 people to answer that calls,” said Adeyemo. “That meant for every one person they had to answer 16,000 calls.”
He said the best way to expedite the process is to file online.
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Trump adviser Miller grilled about Trump’s speech on Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed Stephen Miller, a top aide to former President Donald Trump, during a daylong closed-door interview about Trump’s speech at a rally that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, according to two people familiar with Miller’s testimony.
Miller was questioned for roughly eight hours Thursday by the House committee investigating the riot, which occurred when large crowds of Trump supporters stormed the building in hopes of preventing Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden.
Miller’s appearance grew contentious at times, particularly as he pushed back against claims that Trump’s speech contained incendiary, coded language that had spurred his supporters to act, according to two people familiar with the questioning. They spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the back-and-forth during the closed interview.
That language included Trump’s repeated use of the word “we” to address his supporters. At one point during the speech, Trump said: “We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
Miller rejected the significance of that language, the people said, arguing that personal rhetoric like that has been used in American politics going back to the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address.
Lawyers for Miller, who served as Trump’s domestic policy adviser and speechwriter, also asserted executive privilege multiple times during the session.
A committee spokesperson declined to comment Friday. The New York Times earlier reported on Miller’s testimony.
Miller is the latest in a series of sit-downs the committee has scored with those in Trump’s inner circle as lawmakers move closer to the former president by questioning people who were with him on the day of the attack or were his confidants in the weeks leading up to it.
In demanding his testimony last November, the panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Miller was aware of and had participated in “efforts to spread false information about alleged voter fraud” and had encouraged state legislatures to alter the outcome of the 2020 election by appointing alternate electors.
Thompson has also said that Miller helped prepare Trump’s remarks at the Ellipse.
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VIDEO: Road rage suspect runs over victim twice with his car, police say
ELIZABETH, N.J. (News 12 New Jersey) - Home surveillance video captured a horrifying road rage attack in New Jersey when a driver ran over another person multiple times.
Vincent Jean, 56, is facing several felonies, including attempted murder, for the situation caught on camera Tuesday.
In a neighbor’s security footage, it appears that Jean runs over the victim in his car, before backing up and deliberately running her over a second time.
Investigators said the road rage stemmed from an auto accident Jean got into with the victim just moments before. Jean was backing down a one-way street when he hit the car of a 23-year-old woman.
The woman got out of her vehicle to take photos of the damage, and that’s when police say Jean chased down the woman and ran her over with his car.
Jean was arrested after fleeing the scene.
The woman was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday with numerous injuries, but she improved to stable condition by Thursday.
Jean is being held in the Union County Jail and has a court appearance set for Tuesday.
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CHEYENNE – Local planning officials announced Wednesday that two construction projects on U.S. Highway 30, Whitney Road and Dell Range Boulevard will start next summer.
The first portion of the nearly $30 million project was laid out for residents at a public open house hosted by the Wyoming Department of Transportation, the city of Cheyenne and Laramie County. While the projects also involve consultants from TriHydro and AVI Engineering, state agency officials and city engineers were the main resources for stakeholders to provide feedback and speak to at the event.
WYDOT District 1 Engineer Ryan Shields said although the construction is one year out, now is the perfect time to receive additional public input. He explained there is enough data, mapping and planning structure at this point to present, but it’s early enough to implement any changes considered by local officials.
The two plans created are currently based on a previous study done, where residents’ main request was to enhance safety and efficiency.
“Before these projects were born, essentially the real focus was safety,” he told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “We had crashes on U.S. 30, and the message was clear that the public wanted to make sure that, whatever we did, that these roads were safe for them and their families.”
The design decisions were also impacted by the need for more efficient roads, because Shields said the development in the county is creating areas of high-volume traffic. He continued that he did not want to discourage development in Cheyenne, but rather find a way to serve the traveling public best as there are more cars on the road.
Two-lane roads are often outgrown at usage levels starting at 5,500 trips a day, and issues for drivers become clear at around 11,000. In the sections where construction is planned, he estimated usage falls somewhere between 6,000 and 12,000 trips a day, depending on how urban the zone is.
But expanding the number of lanes is not the only way to address safety concerns, delays and accidents.
Engineers working on the projects are planning on lowering posted speed limits in certain areas; adding new sections at Dell Range and Whitney intersections; reducing high-risk movements, such as left turns; eliminating conflict points and upgrading other safety elements. Those elements include pedestrian crossings, intersection geometrics and lighting. Cheyenne City Engineer Tom Cobb also said longer shoulders will be included on Highway 30 for bicyclists to travel with enough space.
His partner in the project said they are confident that even with the added precautions and traffic lights, especially on sections of U.S. 30, well-flowing traffic should continue.
“It’s a highway meant to get you from your house into town to your job, to the grocery store and back again efficiently,” Shields said. “So we want to keep that functionality.”
In regard to how residents should expect to be impacted by construction when it starts in the summer of 2023, officials said they will mitigate issues as best they can. One the largest detours will occur at the Union Pacific bridge, at the east end of the U.S. 30 project, because the concrete deck needs to be replaced. Traffic will likely be directed onto Christensen Road.
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Jenny Schmidt removes a pizza from the oven at The Alibi Wood Fire Pizzeria & Bakery on Wednesday. The restaurant will be featured on an episode of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.”
Laramie’s five minutes of fame are going into overtime with the television series “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” set to feature two more local restaurants.
Tonight, The Alibi Wood Fire Pizzeria & Bakery, 404 S. 4th St., will make an appearance on the popular Food Network show’s seventh episode of Season 35, which follows the famous foodie Guy Fieri as he travels the country looking for the best eats.
“We were excited. It wasn’t something I had thought about before,” restaurant owner Kerri Smith said of being featured on the show.
Smith plans to host a watch party at The Alibi, which will be complete with drink specials made from Fieri’s line of tequila and a Fieri look-alike contest.
The episode, which airs at 7 p.m. tonight, is titled “Pickin’ Up and Chowin’ Down,” and also features restaurants from Cleveland and Anchorage, Alaska.
“In Laramie, Wyoming, a powerhouse pizza-bakery (is) firing up the bomb barbecue pie and standout sandwiches,” says a description of the episode on Food Network’s website.
The Alibi’s moment of recognition comes after three other local restaurants have been featured on the show over the past few weeks: J’s Prairie Rose, Born in a Barn and Sweet Melissa Café.
Restaurant owners and staff from each of those establishments shared the excitement over being featured on the show.
In May, Weitzel’s Wings expects to be featured on an episode about food trucks. Guy and his crew were first spotted in Laramie testing Weitzel’s Wings when the truck was parked outside the Laramie Historic Railroad Depot in November.
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3 caregivers charged after person with disabilities sprayed in face with disinfectant, attorney general says
FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (FOX Carolina/Gray News) – Three employees of a South Carolina care facility were arrested after abusing an intellectually and physically disabled person, according to the state’s attorney general.
Investigators said they found that 32-year-old Pebble Hill, a caregiver at Thrive Upstate, sprayed the victim in the face and on her body with a disinfectant in January “in order to restrict the victim’s movements inside the facility.”
Hill was charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult.
The attorney general’s office said two other caregivers, 35-year-old Tuesday Watson and 48-year-old Wanda Gary, saw the abuse but didn’t report it. Both were charged with failure to report abuse of a vulnerable adult.
All three women were booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on Friday.
The attorney general’s office did not disclose whether the victim suffered injuries.
Thrive Upstate performed a prompt internal review of the situation, the attorney general’s office said. Facility staff did not respond to a request for comment.
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Bidens paid 24.6% taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That was a tax rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average of around 14% for all Americans.
The totals were similar to the Bidens’ 2020 returns, when they reported earning $607,336 as he ran for president. They reported a federal income tax rate of 25.9% then.
The national median household income was $67,521 in 2020, according to U.S. Census data.
It’s the second straight year Biden has released his tax returns from the White House, reestablishing a tradition that presidents make their filings public after President Donald Trump declined to do so.
Both this year and last were steep drops from 2019 for the Bidens, when they earned nearly $1 million, primarily from book sales, speeches and their teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia Community College.
Jill Biden still teaches in Virginia while serving as first lady. The returns show Biden earning $378,333 as president — his $400,000 annual salary minus the time before noon on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, 2021 — and his wife receiving $67,116 for her teaching.
The couple gave $17,394 to 10 different charities in 2021. The largest gift was $5,000 to the Beau Biden Foundation, a nonprofit that works to combat child abuse named for their son, Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015 at age 46.
The Bidens also released their 2021 Delaware income tax return and reported paying $30,765 in state income tax there. The first lady released a Virginia return showing she paid $2,721 in Virginia state income tax.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, released their 2021 tax filings, which showed them earning $1,655,563 in 2021 and paying $523,371 — a federal income tax rate of 31.6%. Harris and Emhoff also paid $120,517 in California income tax and $2,044 in New York income tax.
The second gentleman, who teaches at Georgetown Law School, paid $54,441 in District of Columbia income tax, and the couple contributed $22,100 to charity in 2021.
Biden campaigned on the transparency of his personal finances, releasing 22 years of tax filings ahead of the 2020 election. It was a direct challenge to Trump, who argued for years that an audit prevented him from releasing his taxes — though the IRS had mandated for four-plus decades that the tax returns of sitting presidents and vice presidents be audited.
The New York Times later obtained Trump’s tax records and reported that he paid just $750 in federal income taxes during his first year in the White House. IRS figures indicate that the average tax filer paid roughly $12,200 in 2017, about 16 times what the former president paid.
The returns were released on April 15, traditionally the deadline for paying federal taxes. This year the deadline has been extended to Monday, April 18.
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GTT: Makenzie Phipps coming to Bluefield Arts Center & new exterior additions to Granada
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Local artist Makenzie Phipps is coming to the Bluefield Arts Center on April 22nd at 7 PM.
Phipps is a Bluefield, Virginia native and frequent guest on WVVA Today’s Friday Tunes.
Her vocals are described as vibrant with a distinctive southern flare.
In addition to WVVA Today she has been featured on The Country Network and Country Rebel.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here.
In addition to bringing Makenzie to the Bluefield Arts Center this April, Bluefield Arts & Revitalization Corporation is continuing to renovate the Granada.
The building now features a blade sign which was donated by Swope Construction. The sign is in it’s signature gold and burgundy.
The Granada Theater is located at 537 Commerce Street.
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Grandmother carjacked, assaulted in church parking lot; 2 arrested
CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - A grandmother in North Carolina is recovering after being the victim of a carjacking Thursday in North Carolina.
WITN reports Evelyn Johnson, 74, said she was forced out of her car by two people when she parked in a church parking lot while trying to call her sister and eat a candy bar.
A man and woman came up to her, and Johnson said they demanded she get out of her car. When she refused, Johnson said the man told the woman that they were going to take her car.
“He came back around and pulled me out of the car and took off,” Johnson said. “I thought the man was going to kill me. I didn’t know what he had.”
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office later identified the suspects as Danny Minor, 27, and Kimberly Woodell, 30. Deputies arrested them Friday morning and found Johnson’s stolen car nearby, they said.
Craven County deputies said Minor and Woodell are facing charges of felony possession of a stolen vehicle, felony common law robbery, felony larceny of a motor vehicle and felony assault on a disabled person.
Johnson said she hopes to be released from the hospital soon.
“I’m just grateful to be here because I could have passed out or really gotten hurt. I just hope this doesn’t happen to anybody else,” Johnson said.
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Judge: Colorado shooting suspect incompetent to stand trial
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, further delaying court proceedings in the case.
The prosecution of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 22, has been on hold since December, when Judge Ingrid Bakke ruled that he was mentally incompetent — unable to understand legal proceedings and work with his lawyers to defend himself.
The ruling came nearly a month after Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado, marked the first anniversary of the attack that killed workers, customers and a police officer who rushed inside the store. Alissa was not in court for Friday’s hearing.
Few details have been released about Alissa’s condition. Reports on his evaluations are not available to the public, but a court filing discussing one of the evaluations last year said he had been provisionally diagnosed with an unspecified mental health condition that limits his ability to “meaningfully converse with others.”
In December, one of Alissa’s attorneys, Kathryn Herold, said her client has a “serious” mental illness but did not elaborate. At the time, District Attorney Michael Dougherty said Alissa had “deteriorated” over the previous months while being held in jail.
Investigators have not released any information about why they believe Alissa launched the attack or why he may have targeted the supermarket. He lived in the neighboring suburb of Arvada, where authorities say he passed a background check to legally buy the Ruger AR-556 pistol he allegedly used six days before the shooting.
Competency is a different legal issue than a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which involves whether someone’s mental health prevented them from understanding right from wrong at the time a crime was committed.
The judge set a July 21 hearing to again evaluate Alissa’s competency to stand trial.
The March 22, 2021, attack at a King Soopers grocery shocked a state that has seen its share of mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting.
Boulder police Officer Eric Talley, a 51-year-old father of seven, was shot and killed while rushing into the store with an initial team of police officers. The nine others killed inside and outside the supermarket were Denny Stong, Neven Stanisic, Rikki Olds, Tralona Bartkowiak, Teri Leiker, Suzanne Fountain, Kevin Mahoney, Lynn Murray and Jody Waters.
Stong, Olds and Leiker worked at the supermarket.
The remodeled King Soopers reopened in February, with about half of those who worked there at the time of the shooting choosing to return.
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Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials in several countries are investigating mysterious cases of severe liver disease in children, and they think it may be related to a kind of virus usually associated with colds.
The U.K. has been investigating at least 74 cases in which children came down with hepatitis, or liver inflammation, the World Health Organization said Friday. Three similar cases in Spain and a few in Ireland are being investigated, the WHO said.
Meanwhile, U.S. health officials say they are looking into nine similar cases. All were in Alabama, but officials say they are looking to see if there are more elsewhere.
“Given the increase in cases reported over the past one month and enhanced case search activities, more cases are likely to be reported in the coming days,” WHO officials said in a statement.
The U.S. children ranged in age from 1 to 6 years old, and two required liver transplants. The European cases are in a similar age range, though some have been older, WHO officials said.
The WHO first became aware of the unusual illnesses early this month, when they learned of 10 children in Scotland with liver problems. One got sick in January and the nine others in March. All became severely ill and were diagnosed with hepatitis after being taken to the hospital.
The liver processes nutrients, filters the blood and fights infections. The infections caused symptoms like jaundice, diarrhea and abdominal pain. Hepatitis can be life-threatening if left untreated.
Since then, British health officials have identified at least 64 more cases. None died, but six needed liver transplants, the WHO said Friday.
Laboratory testing has ruled out the hepatitis type A, B, C and E viruses that usually cause such illnesses. Officials say they are not aware of international travel or other factors that might have put the kids at risk.
But they noted there’s been a recent surge in the spread of adenoviruses.
There are dozens of adenoviruses, many of them associated with cold-like symptoms, fever, sore throat and pink eye. But some versions can trigger other problems, including inflammation in the stomach and intestines.
Adenoviruses previously have been linked to hepatitis in children, but mostly in kids with weakened immune systems.
Some of the European children tested positive for adenovirus, and some tested positive for COVID-19. But more lab work is needed to explore any potential associations with specific viruses, the WHO said.
Alabama health officials say they have been looking into an increase in hepatitis in children since November. In each case, the child tested positive for adenovirus. Officials are exploring a link to one particular version — adenovirus 41 — that’s normally associated with gut inflammation.
None of the Alabama cases had any underlying health conditions that would seem to put them at risk for liver illness, health officials said.
“At this time adenovirus may be the cause for these, but investigators are still learning more — including ruling out the more common causes of hepatitis,” the CDC said in a statement.
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Occasional rain on tap for Saturday, cooler & mainly dry for Easter Sunday
No wash-outs are expected for the Holiday Weekend
A weak front pushing toward the area this evening will bring unsettled weather for the first half of our Easter Weekend. Tonight, we can expect increasing clouds out ahead of the front, but most will stay dry for most of tonight. With a southerly wind flow returning this evening, temps won’t be quite as cold as last night, dipping into the 40s for most.
Before sunrise Saturday, we can expect wide-spread light rain showers, but they should taper and become very spotty through sunrise. We look to see hit-or-miss showers throughout the day Saturday, but we are not expecting anything heavy, or any severe weather for that matter. We’ll otherwise be seasonable and breezy at times, with highs for most in the 60s.
Colder air will move in behind the departing front Saturday night as winds shift out of the north and west. Low temps Saturday evening will return to the 30s.
We’ll be chilly to start Easter Sunday, but we should see more sun and highs will be just under-average during the afternoon, topping off in the 50s. Sunday night, we’ll see increasing clouds and maybe a strain rain/snow shower as temps fall into the 30s again.
A cold front (this one a stronger system) will bring rain throughout the day Monday, and temps will drop to around freezing Monday night, allowing for a mix of rain/snow through early Tuesday. Highs will be in the 40s and low 50s Monday & Tuesday.
After that....we look to stay rather warm and dry for a while...
Stay tuned!
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Princeton urges departments to buy products from city businesses
Published: Apr. 15, 2022 at 4:10 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Princeton city leaders are urging all government departments to purchase their supplies within Princeton city corporate limits when appropriate.
The city’s Economic Development Specialist, Samuel Lusk says staying local shows pride in local products and services and allows the city to invest that money spent on goods back into the city.
“We realize that there’s incredible products made in Princeton that are of competitive nature to those that are created outside of the city or shipped into the city. We want to be able to support those and buy those as much as possible,” said Lusk.
Lusk adds that this directive shows local businesses that they come first to the city.
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‘Seinfeld’ actress Liz Sheridan dies at 93
Published: Apr. 15, 2022 at 4:44 PM EDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
(Gray News) - Veteran actress Liz Sheridan, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld’s mother on “Seinfeld,” died Friday morning at the age of 93, her manager told CNN.
Sheridan’s manager, who was also a close friend, said she had just celebrated her birthday earlier this week. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law.
While Sheridan had numerous roles in film and television, her role as Seinfeld’s mother was her most famous. She was also known as the nosy neighbor Mrs. Ochmonek on the 1980s sitcom “ALF.”
Sheridan’s death comes less than two weeks after the death of fellow “Seinfeld” actress Estelle Harris, who played George Costanza’s mother.
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Sidewalk repairs continue in Princeton
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - The city of Princeton is continuing sidewalk replacements on deteriorating areas of the city. This time the city is fixing a 1,400 foot length of sidewalk along Thorn Street. The project’s cost is 270 thousand dollars and 80 percent of that funding is coming from the department of highways alternative transportation grant fund according to Princeton’s City Manager, Mike Webb.
“We’re looking forward to just doing sidewalk repair throughout the city. We’ve already done West Main, we’re working on Thorn Street. We have a focus on Straley as well as High Street. There’s different areas we want to work on and on top of that we did about 71 locations throughout the city of leveling trip hazards on different sidewalks,” said Webb.
The remaining 20 percent of the cost of the sidewalk replacement is coming from the city’s general fund.
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Klamath IDEA announced today that it will host the next IDEA Talk at Brevada Brewhouse on April 27. The event will feature an Oregon digital banking entrepreneur, Siva Narendra.
Narendra is chief executive officer of tyfone inc., a digital banking technology company he co-founded in Portland in 2004. The company is focused on small community banks and credit unions. He has served as its CEO since 2011. Narendra also co-founded iCashe, a digital payment fintech company building a community commerce solution called purs.digital, and has served as its president for the past year. He is an inventor with more than 100 patents. In addition, inventions he patented have led to the launch of OneIDLab, a digital security company.
Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Narendra was a Senior Staff Scientist at Intel's Corporate Technology Group where his contributions led to the issuance of 75 patents. He is a published author and has more than 60 peer-reviewed papers. In addition to serving on the boards of the two technology companies he founded, he is on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines. Narendra also served as a board member at OnPoint Community Credit Union from 2017 to 2021. Narendra holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institution of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“We find that many people have questions about the evolution of both digital currency and the tech related to it, so we are pleased to have Siva come and share some of his vast knowledge,” commented Kat Rutledge, Klamath IDEA director.
The event will be held at Brevada Brewhouse from 5:30-8:30 pm. Food and one non-alcoholic drink is included in the $25 per person ticket price. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for networking and the Talk will start at 6:15 p.m. Attendance will be limited to 40; tickets can be purchased in advance at Facebook.com/KlamathIDEA or at KlamathIDEA.org on our calendar page.
The 2022 IDEA Talks season has been supported by the Klamath Community College Small Business Development Center, the City of Klamath Falls, Klamath County, the Oregon Community Foundation’s Thriving Entrepreneur’s Program, the Ford Family Foundation’s Growing Rural Oregon program, and through Oregon State Lottery Funds administered by OBDD.
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