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Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator following the completion of an autopsy and a review of law enforcement reports.
The medical investigator’s report was made public Monday by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office along with numerous reports from the FBI on the revolver and ammunition that were collected following the shooting.
Prosecutors have not yet decided if any charges will be filed in the case, saying they would review the latest reports and were awaiting cell phone data from Baldwin’s attorneys.
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off on Oct. 21, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza. They had been inside a small church during setup for filming a scene.
While it’s too early to say how much weight the medical investigator’s report will carry with the district attorney’s office, Baldwin’s legal team suggested it was further proof that the shooting was “a tragic accident” and that he should not face criminal charges.
“This is the third time the New Mexico authorities have found that Alec Baldwin had no authority or knowledge of the allegedly unsafe conditions on the set, that he was told by the person in charge of safety on the set that the gun was ‘cold,’ and believed the gun was safe,” attorney Luke Nikas said in a statement.
Baldwin said in a December interview with ABC News that he was pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction on the set of the Western film “Rust” when it went off after he cocked it. He said he did not pull the trigger.
An FBI analysis of the revolver that Baldwin had in his hand during the rehearsal suggested it was in working order at the time and would not have discharged unless it was fully cocked and the trigger was pulled.
With the hammer in full cock position, the FBI report stated the gun could not be made to fire without pulling the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional.
During the testing of the gun by the FBI, authorities said, portions of the gun’s trigger sear and cylinder stop fractured while the hammer was struck. That allowed the hammer to fall and the firing pin to detonate the primer.
“This was the only successful discharge during this testing and it was attributed to the fracture of internal components, not the failure of the firearm or safety mechanisms,” the report stated.
It was unclear from the FBI report how many times the revolver’s hammer may have been struck during the testing.
Baldwin, who also was a producer on the movie “Rust,” has previously said the gun should not have been loaded for the rehearsal.
Among the ammunition seized from the film location were live rounds found on a cart and in the holster that was in the building where the shooting happened. Blank and dummy cartridges also were found.
New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau in a scathing report issued in April detailed a narrative of safety failures in violation of standard industry protocols, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires on set prior to the fatal shooting.
The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training.
In reaching its conclusion that the shooting was an accident, New Mexico’s medical investigator’s office pointed to “the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death” and stated that there was said “no compelling demonstration” that the revolver was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on the set.
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Associated Press writer Walter Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The East Oahu home of Gary Ruby -- the man who was murdered and encased in cement in a bathtub -- is now in escrow.
The listing agent, Heidi Bertucci of Corcoran Pacific Properties, confirmed to KITV4 Island News that the she received multiple offers, and that an expected closing date on an offer is scheduled between Sept. 7-20 for more than the listing price.
The home, which was just listed for sale 13 days ago, was listed for just under $2.5 million.
The real estate listings website Zillow reports that the home has already garnered more than 10,000 views, and has been saved more than 500 times.
Ruby purchased the 2,327 sq. ft. home for about $2.2 million about two years ago.
"I sold the house two years ago and received less offers then than this time around," Bertucci told KITV4. "I didn't know what to expect when listing it."
However, the combination of a continued, red-hot real estate market, the supreme condition of the home and its sought-after location and ocean views, have attracted many buyers.
The infamous home was the site of a murder investigation in early March 2022, after Honolulu police discovered Ruby's body in a bathtub inside the home.
According to court documents, the suspected killer, 23-year-old Juan Baron, was in a relationship with Ruby. Baron's trial is scheduled for later this month.
Duane Shimogawa has more than 15 years of experience in the media industry with stints as a reporter/anchor at several TV and radio stations, as well as newspapers such as Pacific Business News, Hawaii News Now, KNDU/KNDO-TV, and more. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/hawaii-home-site-of-grisly-murder-investigation-is-now-in-escrow-after-only-13-days/article_9f4535c8-1ce4-11ed-bf15-1f1717f64fc4.html | 2022-08-16T00:33:54Z |
A rental unit apartment building in the East Village neighborhood of New York is seen here on July 12. The majority of Americans say they're worried about being able to pay for housing.
If you are feeling the pinch of higher rents, you're not alone.
Nearly 60% of renters saw a rent increase during the past year, while just 38% said they saw their income increase, according to a study from Freddie Mac. And renters were less likely than all employed respondents to have gotten a raise. As a result, nearly 1 in 5 who experienced a rent increase said they are now "extremely likely" to miss a payment.
"The surge in rents that took place over the last 12 months has created even greater housing uncertainty for the most vulnerable renters," said Kevin Palmer, head of Freddie Mac Multifamily. "Our survey shows that the national housing affordability crisis is worsening, and that inflation is a key driver."
Of those who saw a rent increase, 15% said it was a hike of more than 10%.
Higher housing costs and inflation have altered the plans for many potential homebuyers as well, according to the study.
Nearly three-quarters of renter households who were planning to buy a home said they've become less likely to over the past year. Among those less likely to buy, half said it was because of high home prices, while 39% pointed to difficulty coming up with a down payment and 34% blamed increased interest rates.
While 48% of respondents said they have cut nonessential items like entertainment because of rising prices, 44% said they have put less money toward their savings.
The higher costs are translating into real pocketbook concerns for households.
A majority of survey respondents, 62%, said they were concerned about not being able to pay for their housing in the next year. An even greater share, 84%, said they are concerned about an economic recession and half are concerned about losing their job.
While 39% of respondents reported having enough money for the things they want to spend money on in addition to what they need, 41% said they live paycheck to paycheck with just enough money coming in to get by. Roughly 20% of people reported they sometimes don't have enough money for basics like food and housing until the next payday.
Conducted in early June among a representative sample of 2,000 American consumers, the survey found that nearly all surveyed households were affected by higher prices during the prior year. Increases in the cost of groceries and household items impacted 66% of people in the survey. Among the other most cited areas for cost increases were transportation, eating out and utilities. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/majority-of-americans-say-theyre-worried-about-being-able-to-pay-for-housing/article_4fd77d80-c301-520d-845f-977d9d4b6c0e.html | 2022-08-16T00:34:00Z |
KAILUA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Hawaii is the most well-known coffee-growing region in the nation, with a 200-year history across the islands.
That's what makes it a perfect location for two of six U.S. Coffee Championships preliminary competitions: Roaster and Brewers Cup.
Competitors will be vying for top honors in each category for a chance to advance to the Qualifying Round at Tradition Coffee Roasters in Kailua, Aug. 19-21.
This is the first time the Hawai'i Coffee Association is hosting an event since the start of the pandemic.
WATCH: HCA joined GMH to talk about the competitions
This is the third time Hawai'i has been selected as a Preliminary Round Host. The first year, HCA hosted the Brewers Cup competition; the second year it hosted Brewers Cup again and added the Barista competition. This year, the Hawaii Coffee Association will host the Brewers Cup competition with the first-time addition of the Roasters competition.
"These exciting events are intended to provide a platform on which Hawaii can showcase our local talent on stage to a global audience. Hawaii is home to some of the most skilled coffee professionals anywhere," said HCA's Brittany Horn. "Their ability to roast and prepare Hawaii-grown coffee is unsurpassed."
Brewers Cup
Each Brewers Cup Prelim hosts 6-16 competitors. Each competitor will have the chance to taste three coffees, sourced by Hawai’i based roasters, and then will select one of the three options provided.HCA will be providing competitors with Hawai’i grown coffees from Paradise Coffee Roasters, Big Island Coffee Roasters, and Hala Tree Coffee.
Once competitors have selected the coffee that they wish to compete with, they will have 30-60 minutes of practice time to perfect a brew method and then 8-minutes to make a presentation about the coffee preparation while brewing that coffee to a panel of two sensory judges and one head judge.
Once the coffee has been served to the judges, judges will critique the coffee on cup characteristics of aroma, flavor, body and balance and the competitors customer service. The Top 4 scoring competitors from each Prelim receive a reserved spot at one of the CoffeeChamps Qualifying Competitions.
Roaster
The Roaster Competition consists of three components: Cup-To-Profile Presentations, Judges Cupping and Audience Service.
The U.S. Roaster Prelims competitors will pick up in person or be shipped 20 pounds of compulsory green coffee provided by Kona Hills two weeks prior to the competition, they will roast it, and bring 2-pounds to their Prelim.
In the Cup-To-Profile Presentations, competitors have five minutes to present, but not serve, their Hawaii-grown coffee to two judges. During the Judges Cupping segment, judges evaluate each competitor’s roasted coffee in a blind cupping. In the third segment, competitors have 20-30 minutes to serve their Hawaii-grown coffee to the audience. Competitors will be evaluated and scored by a head judge and two sensory judges. Competitor’s coffee will be brewed on batch brewers by volunteers before the start of the Audience Service.
The Top 3 scoring competitors from each Roaster Prelim receive a reserved spot at one of the CoffeeChamps Qualifying Competitions.
"The main goals for most competitors include professional development, industry exposure, and networking," said HCA's Madeleine Longoria Garcia. "In Hawaii, specifically, we see this as an excellent opportunity to bring several - if not all - sectors of our local coffee community together to engage on a more meaningful level; all competitors are using locally-grown coffee in their presentations."
Previously, interested local competitors had to take on the investment of traveling to the continental U.S. to participate or seek financial sponsorship from local companies. Hosting the competition here means a massive barrier is removed and local competitors have greater access to participate while showcasing the entirety of Hawai'i's local coffee supply chain.
This year, the event will be open to the public on August 20-21 Saturday and Sunday from 9 am - 5 pm at Tradition Coffee Roasters in Kailua, O’ahu. Those interested in expanding their coffee knowledge, learn more about the intricacies of Hawaii coffee and see how coffee is evaluated are strongly encouraged to attend. There will be various events throughout the day as well as food and entertainment.
Hawaii Coffee Association: Mission is to represent all sectors of the Hawaii coffee industry, including growers, millers, wholesalers, roasters and retailers. The HCA’s primary objective is to increase awareness and consumption of Hawaiian coffees. A major component of HCA’s work is the continuing education of members and consumers. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/hawaii-coffee-association-hosts-international-roaster-and-brewer-competitions-on-oahu/article_719798be-1ce9-11ed-82f8-f3bd1ee02db0.html | 2022-08-16T00:34:06Z |
Melatonin overdoses in children are up 530% over the past decade, according to a new health study. That national study revealed the majority of those serious cases coming from unintentional or accidental ingestions in children under the age of 5.
Melatonin is a supplement sleep aid that can be purchased over the counter at any drug store. And doctors equate the timing of these increased overdoses to higher levels stress and irregular sleep patterns brought on during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That national study also showed a spike in the quantities of melatonin purchased during that time.
So, when these cases started going up, doctors and scientists teamed up to take a closer look at the supplement and the findings they said were very indicative of what we've been seeing.
“When they looked at 30 melatonin products that they just got off the drug shelves almost all of them didn't match the amount that was in there that was written on the label. So you just don't know when you're purchasing this melatonin how much is truly in there,” said Dr. Jessica Kosut, pediatrics specialist at Kapiolani Medical Center.
And the reason for this Dr. Kosut explained is because melatonin is a supplement, not a medication, and therefore doesn't require the same Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing and regulations as something like Advil would undergo. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/melatonin-overdoses-in-kids-up-530-over-past-decade-according-to-study/article_aba65250-1cf0-11ed-a0ef-cf89ec58ef09.html | 2022-08-16T00:34:12Z |
Medical investigator rules Baldwin set shooting an accident
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator following the completion of an autopsy and a review of law enforcement reports.
The medical investigator’s report was made public Monday by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office along with numerous reports from the FBI on the revolver and ammunition that were collected following the shooting.
Prosecutors have not yet decided if any charges will be filed in the case, saying they would review the latest reports and were awaiting cell phone data from Baldwin’s attorneys.
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off on Oct. 21, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza. They had been inside a small church during setup for filming a scene.
While it’s too early to say how much weight the medical investigator’s report will carry with the district attorney’s office, Baldwin’s legal team suggested it was further proof that the shooting was “a tragic accident” and that he should not face criminal charges.
“This is the third time the New Mexico authorities have found that Alec Baldwin had no authority or knowledge of the allegedly unsafe conditions on the set, that he was told by the person in charge of safety on the set that the gun was ‘cold,’ and believed the gun was safe,” attorney Luke Nikas said in a statement.
Baldwin said in a December interview with ABC News that he was pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction on the set of the Western film “Rust” when it went off after he cocked it. He said he did not pull the trigger.
An FBI analysis of the revolver that Baldwin had in his hand during the rehearsal suggested it was in working order at the time and would not have discharged unless it was fully cocked and the trigger was pulled.
With the hammer in full cock position, the FBI report stated the gun could not be made to fire without pulling the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional.
During the testing of the gun by the FBI, authorities said, portions of the gun’s trigger sear and cylinder stop fractured while the hammer was struck. That allowed the hammer to fall and the firing pin to detonate the primer.
“This was the only successful discharge during this testing and it was attributed to the fracture of internal components, not the failure of the firearm or safety mechanisms,” the report stated.
It was unclear from the FBI report how many times the revolver’s hammer may have been struck during the testing.
Baldwin, who also was a producer on the movie “Rust,” has previously said the gun should not have been loaded for the rehearsal.
Among the ammunition seized from the film location were live rounds found on a cart and in the holster that was in the building where the shooting happened. Blank and dummy cartridges also were found.
New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau in a scathing report issued in April detailed a narrative of safety failures in violation of standard industry protocols, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires on set prior to the fatal shooting.
The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training.
In reaching its conclusion that the shooting was an accident, New Mexico’s medical investigator’s office pointed to “the absence of obvious intent to cause harm or death” and stated that there was said “no compelling demonstration” that the revolver was intentionally loaded with live ammunition on the set.
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Associated Press writer Walter Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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Case against Alex Jones can proceed, Connecticut judge says
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The case was filed by relatives of some victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones has falsely claimed the nation’s deadliest school shooting — which killed 20 students and six educators — was a hoax.
Jones’ lawyer had sought to transfer the case to a federal bankruptcy court, rather than continue the case in Connecticut state court. That brought the first day of jury selection to a sudden halt earlier this month.
However, Monday’s ruling by Judge Julie Manning essentially allows the plaintiffs to continue the defamation lawsuit against just Jones as an individual, without Free Speech Systems, a company owned by Jones and a defendant in the Connecticut case.
“The plaintiffs’ rights to have that process continue in the Connecticut Superior Court should not be disturbed,” Manning wrote in the decision, adding that the plaintiffs’ claims for damages were ready for trial.
A message was left seeking comment with Jones’ attorney, Norm Pattis.
Chris Mattei, an attorney for the plaintiffs, praised the bankruptcy judge’s decision. “We’re grateful the bankruptcy court saw through Alex Jones’s brazen effort to block a jury from being empaneled and holding him accountable. We look forward to trial,” he said in a written statement.
Free Speech Systems, along with Jones as an individual, filed for bankruptcy in Texas about a week before Jones’ lawyer sought to have the Connecticut case transferred.
A Texas jury this month ordered Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of one of the children killed at Sandy Hook, in addition to another $4.1 million he must pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the shooting was a hoax.
Jones’ attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the amount. Meanwhile, besides the case in Connecticut, a trial for damages is pending in Texas that was filed by the parents of another child killed at Sandy Hook.
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Humane Society more than halfway finished transferring 4,000 rescued beagles
(Gray News/TMX) – The Humane Society of the United States is more than halfway finished finding new homes for nearly 4,000 beagles rescued from a Virginia facility that bred the dogs to be sold to laboratories for animal experimentation.
Envigo, a private contract research organization, had a lawsuit filed against it by the Department of Justice that alleged the company violated the Animal Welfare Act at the breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia.
Inspections conducted by federal agencies revealed inadequate veterinary care, insufficient food, unsanitary conditions and some cases of dogs that were euthanized without anesthesia.
The parent company, Inotive Inc., announced in June it would close the breeding facility.
The Humane Society was then given sole responsibility for rescuing the approximately 4,000 beagles in a period of 60 days after the transfer plan proposed by the DOJ was approved by the District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
In a release, the chief animal rescue, care and sanctuary officer of the Humane Society said the organization was grateful to give the beagles a new life after they spent their time in the breeding facility “riddled with Animal Welfare Act violations.”
During the transfer process, the beagles have been moved in batches, and the Humane Society has partnered with additional animal welfare organizations to rehabilitate and adopt the dogs out.
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NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 15, 2022 the Board of Directors of Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (NYSE American: CVR) declared a regular quarterly dividend of twenty-two (22) cents per share, payable September 20, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 6, 2022.
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NEW YORK and TORONTO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. ("iAnthus" or the "Company") (CSE: IAN) (OTCPK: ITHUF), which owns, operates, and partners with regulated cannabis operations across the United States, today reported its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which includes its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and the related management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, can be accessed on the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC's") website at www.sec.gov, the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and on the Company's website at www.iAnthus.com. As a result of the Company becoming a U.S. reporting company in February 2021, the Company's financial statements are reported in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). All currency is expressed in U.S. dollars.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
- Revenue of $43.5 million, a sequential increase of 2% from Q1 2022 and a decrease of 20% from the same period in the prior year.
- Gross profit of $19.7 million, a sequential decrease of 13% when compared to Q1 2022 and a decrease of 37% from the same period in the prior year.
- Gross margin of 45.2%, reflecting a sequential decrease of 733bps from Q1 2022 and a decrease of 1,251bps from the same period in the prior year.
- Net loss of $373.6 million, or a loss of $0.65 per share, compared to a loss of $10.1 million or a loss of $0.06 per share in Q1 2022, and compared to a loss of $15.3 million, or a loss of $0.09 per share, in the same period in the prior year. The net loss in Q2 2022 was driven primarily by of a one-time, non-cash loss on debt extinguishment of $316.6 million resulting from the Company's consummation of its previously announced recapitalization transaction (the "Recapitalization Transaction").
- Adjusted EBITDA(6) of $2.3 million, a sequential decrease from $3.4 million in Q1 2022 and decrease from $13.5 million from the same period in the prior year. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures. Reconciliation tables of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as used in this news release to GAAP are included below.
- On June 24, 2022 (the "Closing Date"), the Company closed the Recapitalization Transaction pursuant to the terms of a restructuring support agreement dated July 10, 2020, as amended on June 15, 2021, by and among the Company, all of the holders of the 13.0% senior secured convertible debentures issued by iAnthus Capital Management, LLC ("ICM"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and a majority of the holders of the Company's 8.0% unsecured convertible debentures and pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) approved by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a Third Amended and Restated Secured Debenture Purchase Agreement (the "Secured DPA") with ICM, the other Credit Parties (as defined in the Secured DPA), Gotham Green Admin 1, LLC, as collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (the "New Secured Lenders") pursuant to which ICM issued the New Secured Lenders an additional $25.0 million of 8.0% secured debentures, which accrue interest at the rate of 8.0% per annum (increasing to 11.0% per annum upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Secured DPA)), with maturity date of June 24, 2027.
This release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures as defined by the SEC. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are included in the tables above. This information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for, or superior to, any measure of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
In evaluating our business, we consider and use EBITDA as a supplemental measure of operating performance. We define EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We present EBITDA because we believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a measure of financial performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA before stock-based compensation, accretion expense, write-downs and impairments, gains and losses from changes in fair values of financial instruments, income or losses from equity-accounted investments, changes in accounting policy, non-recurring costs related to the Company's Recapitalization Transaction, and litigation costs related to ongoing legal proceedings.
The terms EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not defined under GAAP, and are not a measure of operating income, operating performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as an analytical tool, and when assessing the Company's operating performance, investors should not consider EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA in isolation, or as a substitute for net income (loss) or other consolidated income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Among other things, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the Company's actual cash expenditures. Other companies may calculate similar measures differently than us, limiting their usefulness as comparative tools. We compensate for these limitations by relying on GAAP results and using EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA only as supplemental information.
iAnthus owns and operates licensed cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensary facilities throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.iAnthus.com.
The Company may be impacted by business interruptions resulting from pandemics and public health emergencies, including those related to the ongoing novel coronavirus disease ("COVID-19"). An outbreak of infectious disease, a pandemic, or a similar public health threat, such as the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, or a fear of any of the foregoing could adversely impact the Company by causing operating, manufacturing, supply chain, and project development delays and disruptions, labor shortages, travel, and shipping disruption and shutdowns (including as a result of government regulation and prevention measures). It is unknown whether and how the Company may be affected if such a pandemic persists for an extended period of time, including as a result of the waiver of regulatory requirements or the implementation of emergency regulations to which the Company is subject. Although the Company has been deemed essential and/or has been permitted to continue operating its facilities in the states in which it cultivates, processes, manufactures, and sells cannabis during the pendency of the COVID-19 pandemic, subject to the implementation of certain restrictions on adult-use cannabis sales in both Massachusetts and Nevada, which have since been lifted, there is no assurance that the Company's operations will continue to be deemed essential and/or will continue to be permitted to operate. The Company may incur expenses or delays relating to such events outside of its control, which could have a material adverse impact on its business, operating results, financial condition, and the trading price of its common shares.
Statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of management, are not guarantees of performance and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in Company's reports that it files from time to time with the SEC and the Canadian securities regulators which you should review including, but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC. When used in this news release, words such as "will," "could," "plan," "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "potential", "believe", "should" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements relating to the Company's financial performance, business development and results of operations.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as predictions of future events, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or circumstances discussed or reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur. If such forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. You should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by the Company or any other person that it will achieve its objectives and plans in any specified timeframe, or at all. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have reviewed, approved or disapproved the content of this news release.
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GREELEY, Colo., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBS USA Lux S.A. (the "Company") today announced that, in connection with its previously announced offers to exchange (each, an "Exchange Offer" and, together, the "Exchange Offers") any and all outstanding (i) 2.500% Senior Notes due 2027 and (ii) 3.625% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032 (together, the "Existing Notes") issued by JBS USA Food Company (originally issued by JBS Finance Luxembourg S.à r.l.) for (1) up to U.S.$2,000.0 million aggregate principal amount of new notes (the "New Notes") to be issued by the Company, JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Finance, Inc. (collectively, the "Issuers") and (2) cash, and related consent solicitations (each, a "Consent Solicitation" and, together, the "Consent Solicitations") to adopt certain proposed amendments to each of the indentures governing the Existing Notes (the "Proposed Amendments"), the Company has received tenders with respect to the aggregate principal amounts of Existing Notes set forth below, which constitute the requisite consents to adopt the Proposed Amendments with respect to each of the two outstanding series of the Existing Notes. A supplemental indenture with respect to each series of Existing Notes giving effect to the Proposed Amendments has been executed. The Proposed Amendments will become operative with respect to each series of Existing Notes only upon payment of the Total Exchange Consideration (as defined below), which is currently expected to be on August 19, 2022 or promptly thereafter.
Holders who validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) their Existing Notes at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2022 (the "Early Tender Date"), will be eligible to receive the Total Consideration (as defined below). Withdrawal rights for the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations expired as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 15, 2022 (the "Withdrawal Deadline"). As of the Early Tender Date, the following principal amounts of each series of the Existing Notes have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn (and related consents validly delivered and not validly revoked):
Holders who validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) their Existing Notes at or prior to the Early Tender Date will be eligible to receive U.S.$1,000 principal amount of corresponding New Notes and U.S.$0.50 in cash (the "Total Exchange Consideration"), which includes an early tender premium of U.S.$50 principal amount of corresponding New Notes and U.S.$0.50 in cash (the "Early Tender Premium"), for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the Existing Notes accepted for exchange on the settlement date. Holders who validly tender their Existing Notes after the Early Tender Date but prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below), will not be eligible to receive the applicable Early Tender Premium and, accordingly, will only be eligible to receive U.S.$950 principal amount of corresponding New Notes for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the Existing Notes accepted for exchange on the settlement date.
The New Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state or foreign securities laws. Therefore, the New Notes may not be offered or sold absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or applicable foreign securities laws. However, holders of the New Notes will benefit from the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement to be entered into by the Company pursuant to which the Company will agree to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file an exchange offer registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow holders to exchange New Notes of each series for the same principal amount of exchange notes of the same series, which will have terms identical in all material respects to such series of New Notes, except that the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions, and (ii) consummate such exchange offer within 365 days of entering into the registration rights agreement.
The Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations are being made pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offering memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated August 2, 2022 (as supplemented by the supplement to the offering memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated August 11, 2022, the "Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement"). The terms of the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations remain as set forth in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement.
The Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on August 29, 2022, unless extended (the "Expiration Date"). The Company reserves the right to terminate, withdraw, amend or extend the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations in its sole discretion.
Documents relating to the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations will only be distributed to eligible holders of Existing Notes who complete and return an eligibility form confirming that they are either (a) a "Qualified Institutional Buyer," as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or (b) a person that is outside the "United States" and is (i) not a "U.S. person," as those terms are defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act and (ii) a "non-U.S. qualified offeree" (as defined in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement). The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations are described in the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, copies of which may be obtained by contacting D.F. King & Co., Inc., the exchange agent and the information agent in connection with the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations, at (800) 967-7574 (toll free) or (212) 269-5550 (banks and brokers). The eligibility form is available electronically at www.dfking.com/jbs.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders or consents with respect to, any security. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful. The Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations are being made solely pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement and only to such persons and in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law.
Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our perspectives and expectations, are forward looking statements. The words "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "plan" and similar expressions, when related to the Company and its subsidiaries, indicate forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current view of management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions and factors, including general economic, market, industry, and operational factors. Any changes to these assumptions or factors may lead to practical results different from current expectations. Excessive reliance should not be placed on those statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.
About JBS USA Lux S.A.
JBS USA Lux S.A. is one of the world's largest producers of beef, pork, chicken and packaged food products. In terms of daily production capacity, JBS USA Lux S.A. is among the leading beef producers and the second-largest pork and chicken producer in the United States. In Australia, JBS USA Lux S.A. is the leading producer of beef, lamb and packaged foods and the second largest producer of salmon. JBS USA Lux S.A. prepares, packages and delivers fresh, value-added and branded beef, pork, chicken, and lamb products to customers in more than 150 countries on six continents. JBS USA Lux S.A. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of JBS S.A., the largest protein company and the largest food company in the world in terms of net revenue.
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GREELEY, Colo., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBS USA Lux S.A. (the "Company") announced today that it received Requisite Consents (as defined below) from the holders of each of its (i) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "6.50% 2029 Notes"), (ii) 5.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes"), (iii) 3.750% Senior Notes due 2031 (the "2031 Notes"), (iv) 3.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the "3.000% 2029 Notes"), (v) 3.000% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes"), and (vi) 4.375% Senior Notes due 2052 (the "2052 Notes" and, collectively with the 6.50% 2029 Notes, the 2030 Notes, the 2031 Notes, the 3.000% 2029 Notes, and the 2032 Notes, the "Notes"), each issued by the Company, JBS USA Food Company ("JBS USA Food Company"), and JBS USA Finance, Inc. ("JBS USA Finance" and, collectively with the Company and JBS USA Food Company, the "Issuers") to certain proposed amendments as set forth below (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Proposed Amendments") to the indentures governing each series of Notes (with respect to each series of Notes, an "Indenture" and, collectively, the "Indentures") (with respect to each series of Notes, a "Consent Solicitation" and, collectively, the "Consent Solicitations").
Each Consent Solicitation expired at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 15, 2022 (the "Expiration Time"). As of the Expiration Time, the Company received the applicable consents from the applicable holders as of the Record Date (as defined below) representing a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of Notes (not including any such Notes that are held by the Company or any of its affiliates) (the "Requisite Consents"). Holders of the applicable Notes as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on August 1, 2022 (such time and date, the "Record Date") will receive a cash payment equal to: (1) U.S.$1.00 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the (x) 6.50% Senior Notes due 2029, (y) 2030 Notes and (z) 2031 Notes and (2) U.S.$0.50 per U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the (x) 3.000% Senior Notes due 2029, (y) 2032 Notes and (z) 2052 Notes, in respect of which consents to the applicable Proposed Amendments have been validly delivered prior to the applicable Expiration Time and not validly revoked by such holder. Such cash payment is expected to occur on August 19, 2022 or promptly thereafter.
In addition, holders of the Notes will benefit from the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement to be entered into by the Company pursuant to which the Company will agree to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file an exchange offer registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to allow holders to exchange Notes of each series for the same principal amount of exchange notes of the same series, which will have terms identical in all material respects to such series of Notes, except that the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions, and (ii) consummate such exchange offer within 365 days of entering into the registration rights agreement.
The Proposed Amendments conform certain provisions and restrictive covenants (and definitions related thereto) in each Indenture to the corresponding provisions and restrictive covenants (and definitions related thereto) set forth in each indenture, dated June 21, 2022, governing the Issuers' U.S.$500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2028, U.S.$1,250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2033 and U.S.$750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2052. The Proposed Amendments are described in greater detail in the consent solicitation statement, dated August 2, 2022, pursuant to which the Consent Solicitations were conducted. A supplemental indenture with respect to each series of Notes giving effect to the Proposed Amendments has been executed. The Proposed Amendments will become operative with respect to each series of Notes only upon payment of the applicable consent fee.
The Information Agent for each Consent Solicitation was:
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 269-5550 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (800) 967-7574
E-mail: JBS@dfking.com
The Solicitation Agents for each Consent Solicitation were: Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. who may be contacted at the numbers listed below.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 528-7581 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (800) 438-3242
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 702-1840 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (833) 418-0762
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 205-7736 (collect)
All others call toll-free: +1 (866) 271-7403
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Banks and Brokers call: +1 (212) 618-7843
All others call toll-free: +1 (877) 381-2099
Truist Securities, Inc.
Call: +1 (800) 685-4786
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO SELL NOR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITY. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ALSO NOT A SOLICITATION OF CONSENTS TO ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our perspectives and expectations, are forward looking statements. The words "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "plan" and similar expressions, when related to JBS USA and its subsidiaries, indicate forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current view of management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions and factors, including general economic, market, industry, and operational factors. Any changes to these assumptions or factors may lead to practical results different from current expectations. Excessive reliance should not be placed on those statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made and JBS USA undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made.
About JBS USA Lux S.A.
JBS USA Lux S.A. is one of the world's largest producers of beef, pork, chicken and packaged food products. In terms of daily production capacity, JBS USA Lux S.A. is among the leading beef producers and the second-largest pork and chicken producer in the United States. In Australia, JBS USA Lux S.A. is the leading producer of beef, lamb and packaged foods and the second largest producer of salmon. JBS USA Lux S.A. prepares, packages and delivers fresh, value-added and branded beef, pork, chicken, and lamb products to customers in more than 150 countries on six continents. JBS USA Lux S.A. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of JBS S.A., the largest protein company and the largest food company in the world in terms of net revenue.
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Patients and Taxpayers Forced to Absorb Preventable Costs
Patient Voice Patient Choice™ Campaign Engages Private Insurers and CMS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the nation's largest independent and patient-led kidney organization, unveiled an aggressive consumer engagement and mobilization campaign to help patients engage their commercial insurers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) on coverage decisions that undermine patient access to new and safe care innovations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The AAKP Patient Voice Patient Choice™ campaign provides a sophisticated, interactive platform for patients, care partners, and others of goodwill to quickly identify and understand barriers impacting care choice and timely access to new treatments (www.patientvoicepatientchoice.org). The campaign includes tactics such as social media, letters to insurers and shareholders, online petitions, Congressional contact software, and voter registration tools.
In the United States, AAKP and allied kidney medical professionals, along with bipartisan leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, have pushed to increase kidney research funding and to accelerate policies that remove barriers to treatment innovation. In the past several years, the FDA has increased substantive patient engagement, listened closely to patient concerns, and has approved several long-awaited and safe advancements in kidney care. The FDA's approvals have sparked massive, renewed interest in kidney medicine among existing and start-up pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The FDA's approvals have also created tremendous hope among patients and families suffering from the devastatingly high personal and financial costs of kidney diseases and related conditions such as diabetes, pruritus, and other debilitating ailments. Newly approved innovations include improved dialysis technologies, including those used in home dialysis, which help patients gain greater independence, including the ability to pursue aspirations for full-time and part-time work.
However, access to new kidney innovations has been severely curtailed by intentionally cumbersome insurance policies and cost controls that interfere with the ability of kidney doctors to prescribe the right treatment at the right time. These same payer policies often force highly vulnerable patients and their caregivers to navigate lengthy and complicated appeals processes. Unfortunately, many of these appeals offer little hope of a reversal, despite growing medical evidence that new therapies improve health outcomes beyond status quo kidney treatments. Nationally, intensifying patient frustrations toward insurers and barriers to timely treatment access have fueled bipartisan Congressional support for H.R. 3173 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, sponsored by Congressional Kidney Caucus Co-Chair Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and supported by Caucus Co-Chair Larry Bucshon (R-IN). AAKP also supports H.R. 3173. AAKP supports the efforts of Representatives DelBene and Bucshon to increase care choice and access for patients.
AAKP President Richard Knight, a national kidney advocate, stated, "Kidney patient consumers and their allies have worked for many years to bring new treatments to market and to end disparate care. They are not about to sit idly as payer policies and red tape block timely access to care options that prevent further suffering or more serious illness. AAKP has organized patient consumers and they will raise their voices and exercise their votes to hold insurers, elected leaders, and other decision makers publicly accountable for their indifference toward highly vulnerable kidney patients." At a June 14, 2022, virtual event, The Hill Live: Chronic Kidney Disease – Forging Patient-Centered Solutions, Knight and AAKP thanked companies that have already been responsive to kidney patient concerns. Knight and AAKP also called out Humana for their ongoing lack of responsiveness to kidney patient concerns and for Humana's byzantine policies that block diabetic kidney disease (DKD) patients from gaining full access to a new treatment that slows DKD progression (WATCH HERE). Knight is a former dialysis patient, current 16-year transplant recipient, and a former U.S. Congressional staff member and liaison to the Congressional Black Caucus.
AAKP Vice President and Chair of the AAKP Veterans Health Initiative Edward V. Hickey, III, USMC, stated, "AAKP is increasingly concerned that access-related issues are interfering with gains in kidney medicine during The Decade of the Kidney™. We strongly encourage responsible leaders in the insurance industry and at CMS to elevate these issues internally and weigh the ongoing defense of restrictive policies against the long-term costs borne by patients, taxpayers, and the nation when new treatments are walled off from patients in serious need. Defending status quo healthcare in an era of innovation is never a sustainable position." Hickey is a former Administrative Assistant on Capitol Hill and was involved in the first comprehensive Congressional initiative on brain diseases. He has served in two presidential administrations, including roles as a liaison to national Veteran Service Organizations, such as the Vietnam Veterans of America, AMVETS, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
AAKP Chair of Policy and Global Affairs Paul T. Conway, a 42-year kidney patient who has lived with a kidney transplant for the past 25 years, stated, "The alignment of insurer and federal payment decisions to new, federally-approved and safe kidney therapies and devices is pivotal to sustained private sector involvement in kidney innovations and improved health outcomes. If current payer policies fail to evolve, advances in kidney care are in jeopardy, and both patients and American taxpayers will continue to bear the long-term costs of avoidable and unnecessary kidney disease complications and kidney failure. AAKP patient members and our allies find this situation totally unacceptable and are already taking action." Conway is a former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which administers the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), the world's largest employer-sponsored group health insurance program.
The Patient Voice Patient Choice ™ campaign is another element of AAKP's Decade of the Kidney™ initiative (www.decadeofthekidney.org), launched in 2019. The initiative aims to widen national and global kidney patient involvement in decisions that impact disease research and the development of innovations, including safe new drugs, devices, and transformative technologies including artificial wearable and implantable kidneys and xenotransplants. For the past four years, AAKP, in partnership with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has also led the Global Summit on Kidney Disease Innovations, one of the largest patient-led innovation conferences in the world with engagement in over 80 countries. In June of 2022, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) formally expanded its ongoing involvement in The Decade of the Kidney™ initiative by including it in the theme of their annual European Kidney Forum in the European Parliament in Brussels. AAKP also conducts the largest voter registration drive in the kidney community, the KidneyVoter™ program.
Kidney disease has an incredibly alarming and growing impact on Americans and their families and a disproportionate impact across minority, underserved, and rural communities. The human burdens and costs to patients, their families, and the American taxpayer are immense. Up to 37 million Americans are estimated to have kidney disease, and according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 90 percent of patients are unaware that they suffer from the disease. Kidney disease and kidney failure exact a heavy toll on patients, families, and the American taxpayer, with Medicare costs alone estimated at $120 billion dollars. Status quo kidney care is characterized by late disease diagnosis, outdated dialysis technologies, disparate treatment access, long waiting times for organ transplants, and extremely high mortality rates.
About the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP): In the past decade, AAKP patients have helped gain lifetime transplant drug coverage for kidney transplant recipients (2020); new patient-centered policies via the White House Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health (2019); new job protections for living organ donors from the U.S. Department of Labor (2018); and Congressional legislation allowing HIV positive organ transplants for HIV positive patients (2013). AAKP virtual platforms and social networks are internationally known for their impact. Follow AAKP on social media at @kidneypatient on Facebook and @kidneypatients on Twitter, and visit www.aakp.org for more information.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jennifer Rate
Marketing & Communications Manager
jrate@aakp.org
(813) 400-2394
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the offering documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about July 2, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (ii) between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 4, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Kiromic BioPharma securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Kiromic BioPharma class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8051 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 4, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO documents failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of the IPO documents, imposed a clinical hold, and in fact, contained statements indicating that it had not. Given that the IPO closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
The Company, however, had received communications from the FDA on June 16 and 17, 2021, informing it that the FDA was placing the IND applications for its two candidate products on clinical hold. The IPO documents failed to disclose this information, instead representing that clinical testing was expected to proceed in the third quarter of 2021. Clinical testing did not proceed in the third quarter of 2021, nor was it likely given the FDA's imposition of a clinical hold. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Kiromic BioPharma class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8051 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Abstrakt Marketing Group hosted its fifth annual Give Back Day on Aug. 5th, 2022. Abstrakt worked with more than 25 charities around the greater St. Louis area as well as 5 nationwide charities for our remote employees. Hundreds of volunteers put in about 3,000 hours of service to make a positive impact throughout the community.
"Our company has a tradition of providing a day of volunteerism for our team members and partnering with organizations in our local community," Melanie Clark, CMO for Abstrakt Marketing Group, said. "When it comes to being socially responsible, talk is cheap. Action and dedication are what matter. This day is such a blessing because we are able to have an immediate impact on thousands of lives. This is only one of the ways we will be giving back this year, and have major plans to expand our giving efforts as we head into 2023."
The event kicked off with breakfast in the Levee House Courtyard, then volunteers departed Laclede's Landing to begin their day of service. The locations that benefited included:
- Missouri Stream Team
- Gateway Pet Guardians
- Springboard to Learning
- Youth and Family Center
- Urban Sprouts
- Almost Home
- Your Words STL
- St. Louis Dream Center
- Girls Incorporated
- Gateway Arch Park Foundation
- Promise Community Homes
- Northside Youth and Senior Service Center
- Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House
- Brightside STL
- St. Louis Crisis Nursery
- Peter & Paul Community Center
- North Newstead Association
- Humanitri
- Salvation Army
- Care STL
- Laclede's Landing Neighborhood Association
- Humane Society of Missouri – Longmeadow Ranch
- Duo Dogs
- Wild Bird Sanctuary
Some of the group's efforts included cleaning up over 3,000 pounds of trash from the River Des Peres and Missouri River, finishing the construction of a fence at a local animal shelter, preparing a vacated apartment for a new family to move in, repairing ramps at a local nursery, and painting and organizing a classroom at a tutoring center.
"What you all did for the environment and for bettering the surrounding communities cannot be depicted in words," said Brian Waldrop, Missouri Department of Conservation's St. Louis Regional Stream Team Assistant. "Still, I thank you for your ever-loving dedication to the St. Louis Region and the Missouri Stream Team Program. You all make this place a much better place to live and thrive."
Abstrakt prioritizes charitable efforts throughout the year with additional charitable PTO and a donation match for each team member. Give Back Day is a representation of the company's culture and an integral part of its ongoing vision. The leadership team is proud to have partnered with the United Way of St. Louis and the organizations above to achieve significant social and environmental impact for the community.
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From Emergency Water Damage Restoration, Flood Cleanup, Mold Removal and More, M&G Water & Fire Restoration Can Handle It
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Joel Gracia, the founder of M&G Water & Fire Restoration Services Inc., is pleased to announce that when it comes to water damage restoration services in San Jose, California, his company is definitely one that customers can trust.
To read more about the water damage restoration services that M&G Water & Fire Restoration Services offers, please visit https://sanjose.mgwaterfirerestorationservicesinc.com/water-damage-restoration-service-for-san-jose-ca/.
As the blog notes, M&G Water & Fire Restoration Services Inc. is the locally owned and operated professional water damage company that has proudly been serving San Jose and the Bay Area for years with a comprehensive menu of superior water damage remediation and restoration services.
When a San Jose home or business owner notices water damage from a plumbing leak, burst pipe, severe weather or other cause, they can rest assured that the team from M&G Water & Fire Restoration Services Inc. has what it takes to get the job done quickly and correctly.
"We are proud to offer water damage recovery that not only fixes the immediate cause of the damage, but also helps to prevent it from occurring again while preserving and restoring as much of your property to like-new condition as possible," the blog notes.
Some of the many water damage restoration services the company offers includes:
- Air duct cleaning
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For years, M&G Water & Fire Restoration Services Inc. has offered high-quality water and fire restoration and mold removing services. Clients can expect to work with consummate professionals who are highly trained and experienced. All of the company's technicians are certified by The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration (IICRC). They're well versed in the specifics involved in water and fire recovery and restoration. For more information, please visit https://mgwaterfirerestorationservicesinc.com/bay-area-water-damage-experts/.
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-- Enrollment of the total 12 subjects is expected to be completed in August 2022
-- The DDI study on ASC42 in the U.S. is expected to be completed by the beginning of the fourth quarter 2022
-- This DDI study and ongoing Phase II clinical trial in PBC patients in China will provide more evidence to support upcoming Phase III clinical trials in China, the U.S. and the European Union
SHANGHAI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gannex Pharma Co., Ltd. ("Gannex"), a wholly owned company of Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672) today announces that it has completed the first subject dosing in the U.S. drug-drug interaction (DDI) study of Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist ASC42 for treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). This DDI study is expected to enroll 12 subjects in total in August 2022 and be completed by the beginning of the fourth quarter 2022 in the U.S. The DDI study and ongoing Phase II clinical trial in PBC patients in China will provide more evidence to support upcoming Phase III clinical trials in China, the U.S. and the European Union for treatment of PBC.
PBC is a chronic autoimmune cholestatic disease and frequently progresses to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis requiring liver transplantation or resulting in death. In response to the increasing incidence, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) developed the clinical practice guidance on the diagnosis and management of patients with PBC in 2022. PBC is gaining extensive attention as both the incidence and prevalence has showed an increasing tendency globally [1].
An epidemiology study indicates that there were approximately 120,000 PBC patients in the U.S. in 2014[2]. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is the standard treatment for PBC, however, approximately 40% PBC patients have an inadequate response to or are unable to tolerate UDCA[3]. For those patients with insufficient UDCA response or intolerance, Obeticholic Acid (OCA) is the only approved medicine in the U.S. while it has not been approved in China yet. Additionally, OCA may significantly cause pruritus and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels to rise.
ASC42 is an in-house developed, novel non-steroidal, selective, potent FXR agonist with best-in-class potential and global intellectual property. Previous Phase I clinical trial in the U.S. (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04679129) demonstrated that ASC42 might be a potentially best-in-class PBC drug candidate as LDL-C levels were in normal range with no pruritus occurrence, and FXR target engagement biomarker FGF19 increased 1,780% when ASC42 was dosed at 15 mg, once daily (QD) during the 14-day treatment.
Currently, FXR agonist ASC42 is in Phase II clinical trial in China. The Phase II study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05190523) consists of three ASC42 active treatment arms (5 mg, 10 mg and 15 mg) and one placebo control arm at the ratio of 1:1:1:1 and is expected to enroll a total of 100 patients who have an inadequate response to or are unable to tolerate UDCA. The treatment duration is 12 weeks.
Gannex intends to initiate Phase III clinical trials in China, the U.S. and the European Union after the completion of the ongoing Phase II clinical trial in China.
"It only took us two months to complete the first subject dosing after the application of DDI study was approved by the U.S. FDA. This fast progress, once again, demonstrated the execution excellence of our team. Gannex is advancing clinical trials of FXR agonist ASC42 in both China and the U.S. to meet the unmet medical needs for patients with PBC. We are dedicated to improving the current treatments of PBC and providing more options for patients." said Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
[1] Lv T, Chen S, Li M, et al. Regional variation and temporal trend of primary biliary cholangitis epidemiology: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020;36:1423–1434.
[2] Lu M, Zhou Y, Haller I V, et al. Increasing Prevalence of Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Reduced Mortality With Treatment [J]. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018, 16(8): 1342-50 e1. DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.12.033.
[3] Lindor K D, Bowlus C L, Boyer J, et al. Primary Biliary Cholangitis: 2018 Practice Guidance from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases [J]. Hepatology 2019, 69(1): 394-419. DOI: 10.1002/hep.30145.
About Ascletis
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (HBV functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11(oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
For more information, please visit www.ascletis.com.
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Matt Baranoski Has Joined the Two Fingers Automotive Team and Has Taken Over the Front Desk Duties
MOORESVILLE, N.C., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shawn Goodrich, the owner and founder of the Mooresville, North Carolina auto repair center Two Fingers Automotive, is pleased to announce that he has hired Matt Baranoski to take over the front desk and initial point of contact duties.
To learn more about the recent personnel changes at Two Fingers Automotive, please visit https://2fingersautomotive.com/auto-services-blog/new-faces-at-two-fingers-automotive/.
As Goodrich noted, in addition to hiring Baranoski, his mechanic moved on to pursue other opportunities after being part of the Two Fingers Automotive family for 3 years.
"With Mike's departure, I have returned to full-time work in the shop," Goodrich noted, adding that he will now focus on getting and keeping his customers' vehicles in the tip-top shape they've come to expect from Two Fingers Automotive.
"Although I will not be the primary contact person, I will still be there every day and can easily be contacted if needed just by calling the shop, and I encourage our customers to stop in and say hello to Matt."
Thanks to Baranoski's 30-plus years of experience in the field of automotive customer service, Goodrich is confident that he will provide their valued customers with the attentive and outstanding customer service and communication that Two Fingers Automotive is well known for.
While the personnel at Two Fingers Automotive has changed a bit, their commitment to their customers is as strong as ever.
Their goal is always to provide excellent service at a fair price, without having to rely on gimmicks, promotions, or 'special programs' that no one ever seems to quite manage to qualify for, Goodrich noted.
"It's this commitment to outstanding service and results, and the emphasis we place on making sure you and your family can use your vehicle safely and reliably, that has made Two Fingers Automotive Mooresville's favorite independent auto mechanic—and we're excited to be yours too," he said.
At Two Fingers Automotive, they offer a wide variety of automotive services, including inspections, diagnostics, repairs, and maintenance for all makes and models of cars and light trucks in Mooresville, North Carolina. For more information, please visit https://2fingersautomotive.com/.
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Chung Loy rejoins the global network after appointments at Omnicom and Dentsu.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After several years in marketing and communications roles at both Omnicom and Dentsu International, Regina Chung Loy has rejoined DDB Worldwide as Senior Director, Global Marketing & Communications reporting into Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Donna Tobin. Chung Loy brings almost ten years of agency and holding company communications experience and most recently led strategic marketing and communications for Dentsu's Merkle B2B, playing a key role in its rise to agency of the year across several business to business award shows. She has also been responsible for building brand awareness and raising executive profiles across the Dentsu and Omnicom networks. In her new role, she will partner with Tobin on all DDB global network marketing and communications, leading DDB's global social media strategy, content plan and execution, and DE&I-related global communications.
Said Donna Tobin: "I am absolutely thrilled Regina is rejoining DDB Worldwide in this expanded capacity. She brings a refreshing dose of positive energy, terrific experience, and innovative ideas to our dynamic, global MarComms team. She will be instrumental as we continue to build our DDB WW brand and fuel heightened growth for our network. Regina's pre-existing knowledge of DDB and Omnicom give her an immediate advantage right from the start and we are lucky to have her back."
Said Chung Loy: "It is great to be part of the DDB Worldwide once more. It was clear to me that there is so much new momentum, strong leadership, vision and solid strategic plan for growth. DDB has always held a special place in my heart, and I am very happy to have rejoined the network."
ABOUT DDB WORLDWIDE
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com) is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks. DDB has been named Agency Network of the Year 2022 Effies US, Asia Pacific Network of the Year 2022 Spikes Asia, #3 Global Network in 2022 by the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, Network of the Year by D&AD in 2022 and 2021, Network of the Year ADC in 2021, Network of the Year 2021 Effies Latin America, Network of the Year 2021 El Ojo, as well as numerous accolades from the industry's leading advertising publications and awards shows. WARC has listed DDB as one of the Top 3 Global Networks for 12 of the last 15 years. The network's clients include Molson Coors, Volkswagen, McDonald's, Unilever, Mars, Peloton, JetBlue, Johnson & Johnson, and the U.S. Army, among others. Founded in 1949, DDB is part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC) and consists of over 10,000 employees across 149 offices in over 63 countries, with its flagship office in New York, NY.
ABOUT OMNICOM
Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE – OMC) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries.
CONTACT: Donna Tobin, Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer; donna@ddb.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFST) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with LifeStance Health's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 11, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased LifeStance Health securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the LifeStance Health class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8073 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 11, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the number of virtual visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was decreasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby flatlining LifeStance Health's out-patient/virtual revenue growth; (2) the percentage of in-person visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was increasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby causing LifeStance Health's operating expenses to increase substantially; (3) LifeStance Health had lost a large number of physicians due to burn-out and, as a result, its physician retention rate had fallen significantly below the 87% highlighted in the IPO's registration statement and LifeStance Health had been expending additional costs to onboard new physicians who were less productive than the outgoing physicians they were replacing; and (4) as a result, LifeStance Health's business metrics and financial prospects were not as strong as the IPO's registration statement represented. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the LifeStance Health class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8073 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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John C. Myers Elementary in Broadway hosts unique team building game for teachers
BROADWAY, Va. (WHSV) - Teachers at John C. Myers Elementary School in Broadway got ready to go back to school Monday by spreading cheer throughout the town.
15 groups of teachers competed in what they called “The Amazing Race--Broadway Edition.”
They handed out books and water bottles, put out pinwheels, and brought treats to first responders and the post office.
“We got split up into teams and had different designated zones where we had to drop off some pinwheels, take a picture at a strategic location where families are going to interact, where they can guess where we are without being able to see exactly where we were,” Tara Hardy, a teacher at John C. Myers said. “We had shirts to give out to our sponsors.”
Teachers said they enjoyed adding the community aspect into their back-to-school fun.
”It was fun to get out into the community to just put our faces out there so people know who we are. Most people are very receptive to it, of course, getting something for free people always like that,” Elizabeth Dagliano, a teacher at John C. Myers said.
Teachers said this was a fun way to start team building before the new school year starts.
”We have a few new people that are on our staff so you’re with people you may not know very well in your car and you get to know them pretty quick when you’re speeding through Broadway jumping in and out and getting your picture taken,” Debbie Rhodes, a teacher at John C. Myers said.
Teachers said they are ready to get the kids back in their classes for the new school year.
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Kraft Heinz announced the voluntary recall of 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry Flavored Juice Drink Blend pouches on Monday.
Only those flavored Capri Sun products with June 25, 2023 "Best When Used By" date are being recalled, the company said.
The company says diluted cleaning solution, used to clean food processing equipment in its factories, was "inadvertently introduced" into a production line, contaminating the drinks.
Kraft Heinz said it became aware of the problem only after consumers reported problems with the taste of the affected juices.
The company said it "is actively working with retail partners and distributors to remove potentially impacted product from circulation."
Anyone who bought these beverages is urged not to drink the product and can return it to the store where it was purchased.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-08-15/kraft-heinz-recalls-contaminated-wild-cherry-flavored-capri-sun-pouches | 2022-08-16T01:21:03Z |
NEW YORK — Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences apologized to her for the abuse she endured.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Monday said that it will host Littlefeather, now 75, for an evening of "conversation, healing and celebration" on Sept. 17.
When Brando won best actor for The Godfather, Littlefeather, wearing buckskin dress and moccasins, took the stage, becoming the first Native American woman ever to do so at the Academy Awards. In a 60-second speech, she explained that Brando could not accept the award due to "the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry."
Some in the audience booed her. John Wayne, who was backstage at the time, was reportedly furious. The 1973 Oscars were held during the American Indian Movement's two-month occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota. In the years since, Littlefeather has said she's been mocked, discriminated against and personally attacked for her brief Academy Awards appearance.
In making the announcement, the Academy Museum shared a letter sent June 18 to Littlefeather by David Rubin, academy president, about the iconic Oscar moment. Rubin called Littlefeather's speech "a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity."
"The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified," wrote Rubin. "The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration."
Littlefeather, in a statement, said it is "profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since I did not accept the Academy Award 50 years ago."
"Regarding the Academy's apology to me, we Indians are very patient people — it's only been 50 years!" said Littlefeather. "We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times. It's our method of survival."
At the Academy Museum event in Los Angeles, Littlefeather will sit for a conversation with producer Bird Runningwater, co-chair of the academy's Indigenous Alliance.
In a podcast earlier this year with Jacqueline Stewart, a film scholar and director of the Academy Museum, Littlefeather reflected on what compelled her to speak out in 1973.
"I felt that there should be Native people, Black people, Asian people, Chicano people — I felt there should be an inclusion of everyone," said Littlefeather. "A rainbow of people that should be involved in creating their own image."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-08-15/the-academy-apologizes-to-sacheen-littlefeather-for-her-treatment-at-the-1973-oscars | 2022-08-16T01:21:10Z |
CHEYENNE – Laramie County Community College isn’t just competing with other schools to attract students, it's also up against rising wages in the local job market.
Factors such as the county's 2.8% unemployment rate and high school graduates earning $30 an hour at some local retailers are playing a role in stagnating the community college’s enrollment numbers.
“Those are hard things to compete against when we’re talking about a four-year path to a degree that sometimes really earns similar to those wages,” LCCC President Joe Schaffer said during his State of the College address Monday. “And because at times it can take so long for us to respond, other places are starting to step up.”
Schaffer pointed out that companies such as Google, Amazon and the newest addition to our area, Bitwise Industries, are focused on providing short-term credentials and training for the workforce. Students have to consider their pathway to a career when there are many options, and whether investing in a traditional education can get them where they want to be.
Despite the fact that LCCC enrollment numbers increased from 5,307 to 5,389 between the 2020-21 school year and this fall, there has been a downward trend for the past decade. Schaffer said the college has experienced a -33.8% change since the fall of 2011, which is higher than the state community college enrollment decrease of close to 23%.
The Wyoming Community College Commission also reported the headcount between fall 2019 and 2020 declined 8%, and colleges nationwide experienced a drop of 15-18%. This was mitigated by short-term grants, online learning, and partnerships with industry and communities.
Schaffer assured attendees that there are still bright spots, such as retention, credential and graduation rates for students moving in the right direction.
“This will be the first time we’ve been above the national average of two-year graduation rates, going from the worst in the state, now to outpacing the national average,” he said. “That is something to be proud of.”
Tuition cost
Enrollment numbers are still a key factor in the college’s success, because tuition and fees are one of four sources of revenue.
Tuition rates have stabilized, even as LCCC modeled for a decrease. Wyoming community college tuition and fees were 110% of the national average, according to the state finance report, but this doesn’t translate to affordability. They ranked high in nation for the cost to attend, while the University of Wyoming was 34% of the U.S. average.
“One of the hallmarks of a community college is accessibility and affordability, and tuition is not moving in the right direction here,” said Schaffer. “And we’re starting to lose that value proposition from an affordable standpoint, especially when students are looking at choices.”
He said his focus for increased tuition revenue is not tied to increasing rates, but instead increased enrollment. He said the price tag of a college education is significant for students, especially those who come from low socio-economic backgrounds or are first generation attendees.
Budget environment
Other sources of funding include the state, which Schaffer noted provides significantly more per student than the national average. It contributes close to 50% of the revenue for Wyoming community colleges, and there was a slight increase from last year, but it was still lower for LCCC than what it was in 2018.
“We have yet to catch up to where we were, and that is not controlling for inflationary pressures that we know are out there and that we’re all experiencing,” he said.
In the Wyoming Community College Commission’s glance of 2022, it found that “local colleges reduced 114 positions and absorbed a 15% cut to state aid. Local revenue (mills and vehicle fees) are expected to decline 13%. Colleges are facing a state aid budget reduction of $94 million since 2010.”
Schaffer said there are plans for the Legislature to address the issue further, and strides were made recently in terms of increased appropriations for faculty salaries.
“They know they need to do more in this next year,” he said. “We’ll go back asking for more; we need to continue to focus on our people.”
LCCC’s second-largest portion of funding comes from Laramie County property taxpayers, and the 2022 assessed valuation is at close to $2.2 billion. This would be an increase from the $1.9 billion the previous year, and Schaffer said it is the result of the local economy thriving. The mill levies have been impacted positively by increased business, housing development and property values.
Moving forward, the priority investments for fiscal year 2023 are the faculty and staff, academic programs, strategic plan initiatives and critical operational support. Schaffer said with an emphasis on funding going toward the people who bring the community college together, there has been more than $1.5 million in compensation/wage increases and an increase for adjunct and overload to $850 per credit. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/in_our_schools/lccc-enrollment-competes-with-local-job-market/article_53d7c42e-1808-5586-b153-af2c6e292428.html | 2022-08-16T01:24:24Z |
CHEYENNE – Candidates for the deputy director of public service position at the Laramie County Library System will present to the public on Thursday and Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the library’s Willow Room.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend both presentations and provide feedback to the hiring committee. Comment forms will be available during the presentations.
The deputy director of public service will be responsible for the public service aspects of the library, and will oversee the adult services, circulation and branch services, computer center and cataloging services, and youth and outreach services divisions. The person in this position will work to ensure that Laramie County residents are provided with an exceptional library that always strives to meet its mission to be a hub for engagement, literacy and learning, and lifelong curiosity and discovery, according to a news release.
Candidates were asked to prepare a presentation on one of two topics: the candidate’s experience with Makerspaces, public programs using that technology, and other forms of “making” in a library or the candidate’s vision for how Laramie County Library System could be positioned in the county five years from now, compared to its positioning today. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/library-s-deputy-director-of-public-service-candidates-to-present-to-the-public/article_1bc8a44d-0d30-52a4-bb42-f32d873e20c0.html | 2022-08-16T01:24:30Z |
CHEYENNE – Beginning Thursday, the KCYS WSR-88D radar operated by the NOAA National Weather Service in Cheyenne will be down for approximately seven days for the replacement of the generator, fuel tanks and accompanying components.
According to a news release, this activity is important to support the radar’s operation during periods of commercial power outages, specifically when hazardous weather is present.
This generator update is the fifth major project of the NEXRAD Service Life Extension Program, a series of upgrades and replacements that will keep the nation’s radars viable into the 2030s, according to the release. NOAA National Weather Service, the United States Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration are investing $150 million in the eight-year program.
The first project was the installation of the new signal processor, and the second project was the transmitter refurbishment. The two remaining projects are the refurbishment of the pedestal and equipment shelters. The Service Life Extension Program will be complete in 2023.
Radars are critically important in remote sensing severe storms, snow, wildfire smoke, and weather forecasting for critical watches and warnings. NWS forecasters will use surrounding radars and satellite information to continue issuing any warnings, when needed. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/national-weather-service-radar-to-be-down-for-7-days-for-upgrades/article_23654ae6-d4f4-5ea4-a36c-eafda593d33b.html | 2022-08-16T01:24:36Z |
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SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Primary Election in Sweetwater County is set to be on Tuesday, Aug. 16.
The “City of Rock Springs Government” Facebook page recently shared a graphic outlining what voters can expect at the polls and what they need to bring with them.
Upon arriving at the voter’s polling location, they will be asked to provide basic information such as name and address in order to ensure the poll worker can find their record.
Additionally, voters will need to provide a poll worker with one of the acceptable forms of identification.
Any of the following forms of identification will be accepted:
Wyoming drivers license or ID card
Tribal ID card
U.S. passport
U.S. military card
Drivers license or ID card from another state
University of Wyoming student ID
Wyoming community college student ID
Wyoming public school student ID
Valid Medicare insurance card
Valid Medicaid insurance card
If a voter does not have their ID with them, they can leave to retrieve the ID and then return to vote or vote a provisional ballot.
A provisional ballot allows a voter to vote “right then and there.” However, the voter will need to bring the acceptable identification with them to the county clerk’s office by the end of the next business day in order for the vote to count.
Voters who vote by absentee ballot are not required to provide any additional form of identification. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/heading-to-the-polls-primary-election-set-for-aug-16/article_89e96515-b11f-5760-9415-9e2288cf9809.html | 2022-08-16T01:24:49Z |
CHEYENNE – The Department of Family Services has announced that money will be available for qualified community college students, to assist them with the cost of child care during the fall 2022 semester.
The emergency child care assistance grant provides funds for students enrolled in a degree, credit diploma or certificate program, whether they take those classes in person, online or in a hybrid, said a Thursday news release from the state DFS. Citizens, non-citizens and international students all may qualify.
Qualified students must also experience one or more of the following hardships related to child care costs:
They must be underemployed
Unemployed
Be taking a reduced college course load
Have reduced credits earned in the prior academic term
Be at risk of reduced credits in the upcoming academic term
Face prohibitive child care costs
The level of assistance depends on the age and number of children. Grant awards are prorated based on student enrollment, meaning the level of the award depends on the number of credit hours a student is enrolled.
"DFS is excited to partner with community colleges across the state to provide essential child care support for students working to achieve their educational goals and enter the workforce as a valuable resource to Wyoming communities,” said Roxanne O'Connor, the DFS Support Services Division's senior administrator. “We are very grateful for the work and collaboration that the community colleges and the Community College Commission put towards this innovative and much needed program. Since we know that child care is a cornerstone of economic strength, the widespread impact of these dollars will be realized by students, educational institutions and employers throughout Wyoming."
Applications will be available at the beginning of the fall semester. Funding is limited, and awards will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Funding is provided through American Rescue Plan Act child care discretionary dollars. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economy_and_labor/child-care-assistance-available-for-community-college-students/article_c0d76d8e-1ce2-11ed-a6d7-ff780a97c253.html | 2022-08-16T01:24:55Z |
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Transportation issued a reminder Friday that advertising signs cannot be placed in the state right-of-way.
"With the upcoming elections, we’ve seen an increase in the number of signs our maintenance crews are having to remove from the right-of-way fence or from the right-of-way itself,” said WYDOT area maintenance supervisor Clint Huckfeldt of Thermopolis.
“Wyoming law and WYDOT policy prohibit placement of signs in those areas, so when our maintenance crews come through an area, they pick them up and take them to the area maintenance office," the agency official went on to say, in a news release. "Whoever owns the sign has two weeks to claim the sign, and then we dispose of the sign if it is not claimed.”
Wyoming statute 24-10-104 states that outdoor ads must meet certain conditions for placement. Fines and even jail time can be meted out to those who don’t comply with the law.
"This applies to political candidates, real estate representatives and residents advertising garage sales. Posting these signs along roadways is illegal within the right-of-way of rural highways and interstates," Huckfeldt said.
This procedure also applies to people who erect private memorials within the state right of way, or decorate an existing roadside memorial sign. The state of Wyoming has made similar reminders in the past year, for people to not put up campaign or commercial signage in this manner.
Business people and citizens who believe their signs may have been removed by WYDOT crews may contact the nearest maintenance office of the agency to make arrangements to pick up the signs. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/government_and_politics/campaign-and-ad-signs-not-allowed-in-state-right-of-way/article_d604ad02-1ce2-11ed-912a-7bddf4ab037d.html | 2022-08-16T01:25:01Z |
Dear Doctors: My dad is 76, and he’s getting interested in nutrition. Lately, he’s been reading news stories about something called “polyphenols,” and that they’re really good for your health. Can you talk a little bit about what they are and what foods to eat to get enough? What do they do?
Dear Reader: As is often the case with health-based news, findings from a recent study have propelled polyphenols into the headlines. Or to be more accurate, put them into the headlines once again. This isn’t the first — nor likely the last — time that these micronutrients have had their moment in the news cycle.
The word “polyphenols” refers to a broad category of chemical compounds that occur naturally in plants. They help protect the plant from damage caused by ultraviolet radiation from the sun, and make it more resistant to viruses, bacteria, fungi and other pathogens that can cause disease.
More than 8,000 of these small molecules have been identified. Based on variations in their chemical structure, polyphenols can be divided into subcategories. Among these are flavonoids, which are often mentioned when discussing the beneficial properties of polyphenols.
One of the things that makes polyphenols useful to humans is their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Studies that look at lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes have found evidence that a diet rich in polyphenols may offer protection against Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity and developing certain cancers.
The most recent study into the health benefits of polyphenols, which comes from researchers in Spain, focused on older adults. They began with the fact that polyphenols were poorly absorbed in the small intestine. That means these micronutrients pass through the upper reaches of the digestive tract and accumulate in the large intestine. Once there, the researchers found that polyphenols catalyzed changes in the makeup and function of the gut microbiome that led to significantly lower levels of inflammation. This is important because even low levels of ongoing inflammation can damage healthy cells and leave the body more vulnerable to disease.
The anti-inflammatory effect was seen in study participants who ate a diet rich in polyphenols. The control group, who were on a different diet, did not have the same results.
Fortunately for anyone who wants to harness the benefits of polyphenols, these micronutrients are abundantly available in a wide variety of fresh and healthful foods. These include blueberries, plums, cherries, apples, strawberries, black currants, black olives, dark chocolate, black tea, coffee, hazelnuts and pecans. Some spices, including turmeric, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and cumin are also high in polyphenols.
There is no official guidance on the amounts of polyphenols someone should consume. Study participants typically took in 500 milligrams or more per day. Blueberries, for example, contain 560 mg of polyphenols per 100 grams, which is just 3.5 ounces.
All of the research into these micronutrients focuses on fresh foods and not on supplements. In fact, the safety of polyphenol supplements has not yet been established. Since these micronutrients are so easily obtained in fresh foods, which have so many other health benefits, it’s best to get them through your diet.
Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.
Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1955, Los Angeles, CA, 90024. Owing to the volume of mail, personal replies cannot be provided | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/ask-the-doctors-polyphenols-can-be-found-in-many-fresh-foods/article_94c503df-b0ef-5e44-a826-03fa80e1054b.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:00Z |
Betsy Johnson has counted on her “Betsy Brigades,” groups of volunteers circulating petitions, to gather the nearly 24,000 signatures she needs as a nonaffiliated gubernatorial candidate to make it on the November ballot.
But she also paid a Washington-based signature gathering firm more than $200,000 to collect signatures for her campaign, state campaign finance records show.
“We support job creation and giving people a real choice in elections,” spokeswoman Jennifer Sitton said in an email response to questions about the use of paid signature gatherers.
Johnson has until Tuesday, Aug. 16, to submit at least 23,744 valid signatures from Oregon voters to the Secretary of State’s Office, and she has spent the past week urging supporters to return signature sheets to her campaign office by Saturday, Aug. 13.
At least some of those signatures, though, will be gathered not by Johnson superfans but by petition circulators who may have been hired off Craigslist. Initiative & Referendum Campaign Management Services, the Washington-based firm Johnson enlisted to help her gather signatures, posted more than 75 Craigslist job ads over the past month seeking petition circulators.
The ads offered full-time pay of $1,000 weekly or part-time pay of $25 per hour.
“This is the perfect opportunity for you to get your foot in the door for an exciting, high profile, big energy and rewarding campaign,” said a sample ad from Tillamook. “Betsy Johnson is fighting the establishment and fighting for the people of Oregon with a very meaningful campaign a head (sic) of her.”
The company estimated that campaigns should budget between $3.75 and $5 per signature. Johnson’s payment should be enough for 41,000 and 55,000 signatures, using those parameters.
Most candidates for state office don’t have to collect signatures – they pay a filing fee of between $25 and $150 and compete in a primary election or nominating convention of a minor party. But candidates who run without a party affiliation need to gather signatures from voters.
People seeking to make or repeal laws through the initiative or referendum process also must collect signatures, though they must gather far more than prospective candidates and face more obstacles when paying petition circulators. This election cycle, supporters needed to gather more than 112,000 signatures for new laws created by initiative, almost 75,000 to refer laws passed by the Legislature to the ballot and more than 149,000 to amend the Oregon Constitution.
Supporters of initiatives and referendums also have to file statements with the Secretary of State’s Office indicating whether they’ll pay any petition circulators and include a bold-faced notice on petition forms stating that some circulators are paid. Candidates aren’t required to do so. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/betsy-johnson-hired-petition-circulators-from-craigslist-to-qualify-for-oregon-governor-race/article_d41d1ac6-d88f-52c1-bef4-07a63c76910e.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:06Z |
Oregon Tech junior setter Courtney Isom, center, celebrates with freshman middle blocker Kate Hicks, left, after a point during the Cascade Collegiate Conference quarterfinals against Lewis-Clark State on Nov. 9, 2021, at Danny Miles Court.
Oregon Tech junior setter Courtney Isom, center, celebrates with freshman middle blocker Kate Hicks, left, after a point during the Cascade Collegiate Conference quarterfinals against Lewis-Clark State on Nov. 9, 2021, at Danny Miles Court.
Passing and defense is key to a successful volleyball team and for the 2022 Oregon Tech squad – experience in these areas will be crucial for the success heading into the season. With all three setters and a three-year starting libero returning, the Lady Owls are in prime position to turn defense into offense.
Last season, Tech established a school record with 237 service aces – nearly two aces per set played. The bulk of the damage was done by defensive specialist Lindsey Sampson – the lone player from the back row that Dr. Ken Murczek has to replace. Sampson set a school record with 64 aces – ranking No. 3 in the Cascade Conference – finishing her career with 161 aces, tops on the all-time list.
“Lindsey’s serve will be hard to replace, but it has been a huge focus for us this preseason to find some players that can help us score points from behind the service line,” Murczek said.
Despite losing Sampson to graduation, the Lady Owls return a pair of seniors to roam the defensive half – including three-year starting libero, Aubrey Kievit. Kievit had a stellar 2021 season, earning All-CCC honors for the second time in her career, averaging 4.20 digs per set and becoming just the second OIT player to post two 500-dig seasons in their career. She enters 2022 with 1,270 digs, No. 4 in program history – recording double-digit digs in 67 of her 80 career matches played.
Also back is fourth-year senior Alicia Volk, an experienced defensive and serving specialist – having played in 166 career sets. Last year, Volk and Kievit combined for 50 service aces.
The duo will be joined by a pair of freshmen – Abigail Sorensen and Kaley Whalen – both experienced players from quality high school and club programs.
Sorensen earned All-Mountain Valley Conference honors at Sprague High in Salem and competed for the Capital City Elite volleyball club, while Whalen was a 5A Northern Region pick at McQueen High in Reno, Nev., while also playing for the Northern Nevada Juniors club team.
“Having four back row players this year, I look forward to having some fierce competition for that position,” Murczek said. “All four of the players have solid back row skills and range on defense. We will look find the player with consistency on serve receive to wear the libero jersey, however I would imagine others will find their way on the court for three rotations or in a serving role.”
Murczek has options at the setter position – having used both a one and two-setter system during the 2021 season. Finding the right combination to distribute the ball to the hitters at the pins and find the middles for quick attacks is imperative to the Owls success.
Senior Courtney Isom saw the bulk of the court time in 2021, recording career bests with 737 assists (6.30 assists per set) and 206 digs – adding 33 aces. She had seven matches with at least 30 assists on the year, adding four double-doubles, including 39 assists and 14 digs at the NAIA Championships vs. Viterbo.
Junior Brooke Cassidy and sophomore Paige Tevelde were both key to the Owls success in 2021. Cassidy, who has been in the setter rotation each of the past two seasons, recorded 234 assists and 120 digs last year, while recording a career-best 34 aces. Tevelde made the most of her opportunities, recording 145 assists and 45 digs.
“Excited to see the progress each player has made over the summer and their ability to put our hitters in a better position with consistent location,” Murczek said. “Decision making and communication with hitters will be a focus for this preseason and I will need to evaluate if we run a 5-1 or a 6-2 offensive system.”
OIT continues to prep for this week’s Raider Invitational – squaring off on Thursday against No. 12-ranked Concordia (Neb.) and Park-Gilbert (Ariz.). | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/digging-it-oregon-tech-has-three-setters-libero-returning-for-2022-volleyball-season/article_7e14632b-10d6-5e02-9a1c-4dab37e0dbc4.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:13Z |
After a long day and a hot dinner as served by the volunteers at the First United Methodist Church in Klamath Falls, the children return to the counter looking for one last treat before they go home.
“When kids come through, they can get a popsicle after dinner,” Vickie Dumbeck said. “I had several kids call me Popsicle Grandma. I think that’s the most honored title that I’ve ever had.”
The First United Methodist Church will be serving its last free community dinner Tuesday, Aug. 16, from 5-6:30 p.m. in Klamath Falls, bringing an end to the twice-weekly food service that began 15 years ago. A celebratory event honoring the service will take place on Wednesday, the following evening from 5:30-7 p.m.
PALM, which stands for Provide a Loving Meal, has served dinners to members of the Klamath Community since 2007 every Sunday and Tuesday. The service has been helmed since its inception by Vickie and Don Dumbeck, who are retiring from the position, in part due to health concerns. Vickie said that she was struck by a car earlier this year, resulting in a concussion and a leg injury that has taken away her ability to stand.
“We could do it, if we really put our minds to it,” she said. Then, with a chuckle she added, “but we’re old. And we’re tired.”
Dumbeck said that she was inspired to start the PALM program during a meeting with other members of the church.
She said it was, “one of those endless kind of church meetings, where we were talking about what we could do to end or help hunger. I just was frustrated with the whole thing. I said ‘Why do we keep talking about it? Why don’t we just do something about it?’”
The following Sunday, Dumbeck said that she got up during church and asked the congregation to bring cans of soup. She and her husband spread flyers that Tuesday and hosted what would become the first PALM event, serving soup and bread to about thirty people.
It was then that Dumbeck met a man who she affectionately called “Shaky Steve.” Steve had not eaten in five days, and as a result, Dumbeck said he was too shaky to even carry his plate. They were able to help and feed him, and he expressed his gratitude at their generosity.
“And I was just hooked,” Dumbeck said of starting the food service. “I couldn’t have stopped if I wanted to. I really felt like that was a turning point for me.”
Since then, PALM has served the community every week, all with the help of volunteers and donations. The number of plates has grown since the early days, peeking before the pandemic and now hovering around 100 or so per dinner.
Other churches and organizations have stepped up throughout the years, though Dumbeck said they tend to come and go. Dumbeck cited Sacred Heart Catholic Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as churches who have contributed meals and volunteers, while local businesses have also stepped up. Holiday Market and Green Blade Bakery are two of the organizations that have provided food to PALM.
Then there are the donations that Dumbeck has termed “Roadkill from God.”
“We got a phone call from the food bank at one point and they had pallets of watermelon because a truck had wrecked,” Dumbeck said. Another truck accident resulted in a shipment of frozen croissants, which lasted in the freezer for months.
Dumbeck has been there for every service, taking the lead and helping to serve food. She said that all people in the community are welcome. She said that in a few cases, people have needed to leave due to unsafe behavior or fighting, but even when that happens, those people don’t leave hungry.
“We would always take them a plate or feed them outside,” she said.
Though nobody has volunteered to take on the role of running PALM, Dumbeck hopes that Tuesday isn’t a true ending to the community food service.
“A lot of people tell us that they want it to keep going, and I want it to keep going, but there has to be somebody to hold it together,” Dumbeck said. “And we haven’t found that volunteer person.”
Pastor James Matichuk said that the follow-up event Wednesday will be called PALS, which he said stands for “Plan a Loving Send-off.”
Matichuk said: “We will have a community dinner and celebration where we are inviting people to share stories about what these meals have meant, both for those who came to eat, and those who came to serve.”
“PALM has never really been just about the food,” Dumbeck said. “We really have tried to build relationships with the folks that come and go in our lives.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/first-united-methodist-church-prepares-to-serve-last-supper-tuesday/article_b6f9033d-71ad-51b2-922c-cd75802e33c4.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:19Z |
It’s an icy fall morning at the Madras Airport. In the distance, Mount Jefferson is pink with dawn light.
A crew led by Vic Rogers from Near Space Corporation has been working all night preparing for inflation.
“We’re gonna clear the hose,” he shouts to his team over the rumble of the truck stacked with helium tanks. “I’m just gonna run a little gas just to get the dirt, bugs or whatever out of the line.”
With a low hiss, the line is cleared.
Off to one side, Near Space president Kevin Tucker braces himself with a large air hose on the tarmac.
“We’re about ready to start inflation. We’ll start running helium — it runs up the inflation tub and will start inflating the main bubble of the balloon,” he says.
The low hiss comes again, then a loud whine as the airflow increases. The translucent white top of the balloon billows and eventually pulls off the ground, anchored to a winch on a trailer.
This isn’t a kid’s balloon. It’s not even a hot air balloon. The balloon Tucker is helping to inflate is about 500 feet, close to 50 stories high. It will only be partially filled, because the gas inside will expand as it rises.
“Every 10,000 feet, that volume doubles. So the balloon that started looking kind of like a somewhat not very full bag, once it’s up at 100,000 ft, looks like a stretched-out balloon,” Tucker says.
This massive balloon will carry precious cargo from the European Space Agency, ESA, into the stratosphere to test the parachute of a new Mars rover.
Unlikely Oregon
When you think of the aerospace industry and science, Oregon probably doesn’t pop to mind. Instead, you may think about Boeing in Washington, NASA in Florida or Texas, or maybe even SpaceX in California.
But Oregon has a long history of making space exploration possible — mostly by serving as the testing ground for new equipment and aircraft destined for the stars.
Tillamook-based Near Space Corporation has made its name with high-altitude balloons — testing equipment for space agencies around the world on the coast and in Central Oregon.
“One of the things that I think people find the most interesting, odd to believe, is that that’s a team that’s here in Tillamook, Oregon,” Tucker said.
ESA’s ExoMars mission is the focus of this round of tests. The mission’s goal is to answer the question: Has there ever been life on Mars?
“I remember I was a kid and I was watching the Viking mission and waiting to hear about the Martians, the yellow-green characters that never came,” said Thierry Blancquaert, ExoMars project team leader.
If there is life on Mars, it will likely be more microbe than Martian. ESA’s Mars rover will use a drill to look for evidence of life below ground.
“When looking at the evolution of the planets, looking at Mars will probably tell us quite some interesting things about the possible evolution, even of the Earth,” he said.
But before the rover can go to work, the module must first land safely on the planet’s surface.
It will do this using a series of breaking maneuvers that include one of the largest parachutes ever deployed.
That parachute will have to handle 12-14 tons of force when it’s deployed, and this force can cause serious problems.
“This parachute is made of a very thin nylon … and when you pull nylon from a Kevlar bag at very high velocities, then there is the risk of searing the fabric material of the parachute,” Blancquaert said.
This happened during previous tests, resulting in large tears in the parachute. It’s something the European testing crew will be looking for this time around.
Central Oregon is a near-perfect place for this kind of parachute testing because of its remoteness and relatively consistent weather, all good things when you’re trying to send a giant balloon and a test module more than 100 thousand feet up.
“That’s almost 25 miles straight up. So we’re really high. We’re outside of 99.9% of Earth’s atmosphere,” Tucker said.
Going high is key. Mars doesn’t have nearly the density of atmosphere as we have here on Earth. So to replicate the conditions a parachute will face on Mars, it will need to release where Earth’s atmosphere is thin.
“Balloons are … an elegant way to get to the altitudes we need,” he said.
More than just a balloon
Before the high-altitude balloons ever make their debut over the high desert, they’re constructed and tested at Near Space Corporations’ headquarters in Tillamook.
The balloons are made of a strong, sheer plastic-y material, like cling wrap on steroids. Long panels of the material, called “gores” in the business, are fused together on narrow tables that stretch hundreds of feet long.
The seams are tested at the beginning and end of each manufacturing day for strength and durability by Amanda Knutson, the quality lead aerospace engineer at NSC and technician Stan Richmond.
“It’s a pass-fail criteria,” Knutson says. “We pull them to failure. They’re destructive tests.”
The “pull test” is just that. There’s a machine in the test lab — rather unimaginatively called a “constant rate of extension machine” — that grabs onto two gore sections that are fused in the middle.
Richmond loads the sample.
“Ok, let’s see what happens,” he says. “Cross your fingers — I always do!”
The two arms begin to pull and the gore material narrows like a rubber band as it stretches out. It stretches to 10 times the original length, then 20. After just a few seconds, the tension of anticipation is like filling an over-full balloon, knowing it’ll pop any moment.
But it takes a full minute for the sample to give way with a satisfying “SNAP.” And when it does, it’s not the seam that separates, it’s the gore itself.
“That’s a successful test,” Richmond says. “That’s what we hope for, that the seal is actually stronger than the material around it.”
Go for launch
Out in Madras, launch time has arrived. The helium lines are disconnected and moved out of the way.
Vic Rogers runs around doing last-minute checks, clearing the runway of all but the most essential crew. Everything seems quiet and still. He signals the release.
The massive balloon rises, billowing audibly with surprising volume. It pulls the unfilled lower envelope and connection lines up with it. A slight breeze blows it down the runway over the top of a crane truck holding the payload suspended a few feet off the ground.
In perfect coordination, the balloon pulls all the slack out of the line and the crane releases the module. It doesn’t even touch the runway.
The sheer-white balloon picks up speed as it rises into the winter-blue sky.
The communications crew at the airport tracks the balloon’s flight, giving regular status updates over the radio.
“Current ascent rate is 1,080 feet per minute,” it crackles.
The balloon shrinks into the distance as the winds carry it southeast across the high desert.
Go get it
As the communications crew at the airport tracks the balloon’s flight, another team on the ground about two hours downwind picks up the trail.
“It’s coming this way. I got it here on a map. It’s east of Prineville, not too far from the Ochocos,” reports Jake Young, recovery team lead for NSC.
His job is to track down and recover the parachute and module in the desert and then eventually the deflated balloon.
“When we terminate the flight, the pieces will come apart and we’ll be able to track each piece as they separate,” Young says.
The team is holding on the side of a rural road, waiting for the balloon to reach the target height. They don’t want anything they send up to come down on private property. And if the balloon rises too fast or too slow, it could drastically change where the pieces land, meaning Young’s crew has to stay nimble.
“Fluid,” Young corrects. “I think that’s the next level up from nimble.”
The balloon finally comes into view, a white speck in the far distance.
“We have FAA approval,” Young’s radio barks. “One minute to release.”
“Sending payload fire now.”
Rough road to recovery
The ESA module comes down five miles from the closest road, so the recovery crew loads into four ATVs and hits the rough open trail across the desert.
The dirt track is bumpy and sloppy, with ice in the ruts. The crew passes through cattle fences and near cows grazing on the open range.
A spotter plane overhead is directing Young to the parachute’s location. He stops the convoy to brief the rest of the team.
“This is the fun part!” yells over the engine noise. “I’ll lead because I got coms with the airplane. He’s walking us on … I’m hoping it’s between us and those trees.”
A stand of juniper covers a hill in the distance, raising fears of a difficult extraction from both the Near Space and European crewmembers.
“What we’re hoping to find is a nice pristine parachute, and the test vehicle that’s intact and some good data,” says Joe Lynch, an engineer with ESA contractor Vorticity Systems.
The parachute ends up in an open sagebrush area.
“It’s good in a sense that you’ve got low scrub. It’s not in the trees. So that’s a plus,” Young says. “But in a perfect world, it would have been closer to a paved road.”
The European team wastes no time documenting the condition of the parachute, which is tangled in the groundcover. The module itself is intact.
“Nice to see it in one piece,” Lynch says as he snaps photos of the rig.
There are no obvious signs of damage on the parachute, but they won’t know for sure until they get back to Europe where every inch of the massive parachute will be examined.
“It’s the best part of two days. It’s a lot of fabric to inspect,” he says.
The results will have broad implications for ESA’s ExoMars mission, which was initially scheduled to launch in September 2022 in partnership with Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. But that launch date has been suspended because of EU sanctions against Russia issued after the invasion of Ukraine and Russia’s withdrawal from international space operations.
On the ground, the recovery team carefully untangles and rolls up the parachute. They pack it into a sack and strap it to the top of the module. And they get a short break waiting for the helicopter to come in and airlift the precious cargo back to civilization.
The high-altitude test will soon be approaching the 24-hour mark, and there’s still more clean-up work ahead. But at the end of a long day, Kevin Tucker and his team know the parachute model that will be key to the next Mars mission, had to land in Oregon first.
“You’re gonna fly something that weighs a ton or so through the airspace and then bring it all back to Earth and go get it … that’s all done, everyone’s back, that becomes a really good night’s sleep after that.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/high-altitude-balloons-over-oregon-bring-search-for-life-on-mars-one-step-closer/article_d797b04e-a915-526a-8a30-98e5235d6f9e.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:25Z |
Concerns that a new map showing wildfire risks across Oregon will lead to property insurance hikes are unfounded, state financial regulators said.
Insurers have not filed the paperwork to raise rates for high-risk properties and have told officials at the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, which regulates property insurance, they do not intend to use the maps in their coverage and rate assessments.
“Insurance companies in Oregon did not use, and currently have no plans to use, the state wildfire risk map in their decision-making,” Mark Peterson, communications director for the department, said in an email. “During informal discussions before the state wildfire risk map was released, insurers told the division they were not planning on using the map.”
The announcement follows a series of heated public listening sessions that took place after the Wildfire Risk Explorer map was released by the Oregon Department of Forestry on June 30.
The searchable map, created in collaboration with researchers at Oregon State University, showed the wildfire risk of 2 million tax lots across the state, categorizing them into five levels: no, low, moderate, high or extreme risk. About 80,000 property owners discovered they were in high or extreme risk areas, and received letters from the Forestry Department telling them that they could be subject to fire-resistant building codes currently under development.
Many learned the day the map was published that their property had been designated high or extreme risk, and they were confused and frustrated with how the risk had been assigned and how that would affect their rates and coverage. One meeting scheduled to take place in Grants Pass was even moved online in response to threats.
The Forestry Department rescinded the map about five weeks later over public outcry and pressure from Republican state legislators. It is currently being reworked, with officials taking public comment into account. For some, the department’s claim that insurance rates would not change runs counter to their experience. Kevin Cassidy, who owns property in Baker County near the Elkhorn Mountains, told the Capital Chronicle last month that his 20-year old property insurance policy was not renewed by his insurer due to the high-risk category his property fell under on the map.
That call from his insurer “was the first time I was made aware the Department of Forestry was even making this map,” he said. Cassidy found a new company to cover him, but his premium is now double what it used to be.
“Is it possible for me to have a fire out here? Under the right conditions, there are a lot of places that are susceptible,” Cassidy said. “Is it extreme as it exists? No.”
In response, Peterson of the Department of Consumer and Business Services said, “Anyone who is being told their policy is being non-renewed or canceled due to the state wildfire risk map should file a complaint with the division.”
The department issued an advisory to agents selling insurance, telling them insurance companies are not using use the map to determine rates and coverage, adding that spreading false or misleading information about potential rate hikes is a violation of the Oregon Insurance Code.
There are nearly 150 insurance companies offering property insurance in Oregon, and most have already assessed fire risks themselves, Peterson said. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/insurance-rates-will-not-rise-due-to-new-oregon-wildfire-risk-map-state-regulators-say/article_9620cc79-0a75-5572-95c8-b8a22e58b6b8.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:31Z |
“My opponent,” fulminated the candidate, “and those who endorse him continue to focus on the extreme and unconstitutional notion that we can overturn the 2020 election.”
No, that was not said by a Democrat, but by Robin Vos, the Republican speaker of the Wisconsin legislature, who was facing, and defeating, a primary challenger endorsed by Donald Trump. Still, Vos did use the word that has become the keynote, the clarion call of the Democrats’ fall campaign: extreme.
Leftists of the Bernie Sanders stripe fantasize that this is a liberal country; it’s not, but it is not a hard-right nation, either. Our center of political gravity is close, well, to the center, perhaps tilting slightly to the right. So when Republicans pick candidates who espouse views outside the mainstream, they set themselves up for defeat.
The political world has been focusing on Kansas, where voters crushed an attempt to roll back constitutional protections for abortion rights. But that result comes in a context of outlandish lies about the 2020 election and the lingering stench of Trump’s crazed and chaotic presidency. It’s taken together that these elements give Democrats an opening to label Republicans as dangerously unsafe and unstable.
“The only thing that might save Democrats is Republicans, and they’re trying their damnedest to do it,” David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief political adviser, told The New York Times.
The Democrats remain in deep trouble. In the latest ABC poll, 69% of voters said the economy is getting worse, and a paltry 29% think President Biden is handling inflation well. No wonder his personal approval rating is stuck below 40%.
But as Axelrod points out, Republicans keep giving the Democrats an opportunity to mitigate the effects of Biden’s unpopularity. By relitigating the 2020 election and restricting abortion rights, they shift attention away from the economy and toward issues where they are out of step with public opinion.
The campaign in Kansas is a prime example of this misguided strategy. Trump carried the state by almost 15 points, yet the referendum lost 59% to 41%. Nate Cohn of the Times estimates that nationwide, 65% of voters would reject a similar proposition. That squares with a CNN poll that reports that 63% of voters oppose the Supreme Court’s decision canceling a constitutional right to abortion.
Opponents include 7 of 10 independents and 55% of moderate Republicans — and the key word here is “moderate.” MAGA nation remains strongly behind Trump and his acolytes, but it was pragmatic voters, especially well-educated women living in the suburbs, who roared their disapproval of the Kansas initiative.
The court decision triggered an upsurge in voter registration; an estimated 70% of the newly energized voters were women, and their impact was clearly felt in places like Leavenworth County, a suburban area outside of Kansas City with an Army post and federal penitentiary. The county supported Trump by more than 20 points in 2020, but voters there rebuffed the amendment by 59.3% to 40.7%.
It wasn’t just the suburbs, however. Pro-abortion rights forces cleverly adopted the language of traditional conservatives, stressing individual rights and running ads urging voters to “say no to more government control.” That worked in places like Lyon County, a rural area that hasn’t backed a Democrat for president in half a century but voted almost 2 to 1 to retain abortion rights in the constitution.
As Kansans were expressing their mainstream impulses, Republican primary voters in Arizona doubled down on their self-destructive tendencies, nominating hard-core election deniers and anti-abortion militants for four statewide offices, including governor and senator.
Democrats still seem doomed to lose the House, but the Senate is another matter. Republican-controlled state legislatures over many years have produced maps that protect many GOP House seats, but since Senate races are statewide, they cannot be gerrymandered, and the playing field is more level.
Arizona is only one of several states – add Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina and Nevada – where Republicans have nominated weak Senate candidates who can be branded as in over their heads or outside the lines. That’s why the website FiveThirtyEight now makes Democrats a slight favorite to control the Senate, and that would be a critical outcome.
Sure, Biden’s legislative agenda would be stalled by a Republican-controlled House, but the most lasting legacy of any president is often judicial appointments. As long as Democrats retain the Senate, Biden could use his next two years to stack the federal bench with progressive appointments. If that happens, extreme Republicans will bear much of the blame.
Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University. He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/opinion-in-a-word-extreme/article_1207ca7d-2d80-587f-897e-bbf2be30e3cd.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:38Z |
With a possible global recession looming, tax policy has become a point of contention. Now is the time for policymakers to pursue tax reform that promotes competitiveness without compounding the inflation issue.
Workers need more purchasing power, not less. They need tax relief, not a heavier burden. If upward mobility is the key to economic prosperity, tax reform is one way to unlock it for millions of working Americans.
One option is marginal tax reform. Imagine that a government provides subsidies to single parents that increase tax rates on additional work. This is the case for a Japanese single parent who earns $39,981 and faces a 57% marginal tax rate. With a small pay increase of $599, she would face a 359% marginal tax rate. A Japanese parent who benefits from a government program worth $5,123 might lose 100% of that benefit if he or she earns above the earnings threshold.
This is why the marginal tax wedge is relevant for understanding how workers might benefit (or not) from an increase in pay once taxes enter the picture.
While the tax and benefit system can be successful in keeping low-income working households out of poverty and encouraging workforce participation, high marginal tax rates at different earning levels can act as barriers to upward mobility, discouraging people from advancing in their careers.
Very often, these high rates are hidden in complex policy structures. However, “Marginal Tax Rates and Economic Opportunity,” a recently published study by Archbridge Institute and Tax Foundation, shines a light on the underlying policies that drive the marginal tax-rate spikes that workers are subject to in several countries.
In 2021, a single parent with two children in the United States faced high marginal tax rates due to the Earned Income Tax Credit, Recovery Rebate Credit and Medicare taxes. At 76% of the average wage and approximately 95% of the median wage, the marginal tax rate for this single parent drops from 52% to 34% because the EITC ends at this income level. Additionally, when this worker moves up the income ladder to earn $112,688 and their employer increases compensation by just $678 more, the net pay increase for the worker is only $11. This U.S. worker faced a marginal tax wedge of 98% due to the phasing out of the cash benefits, the 2021 RRC approved by the American Rescue Plan Act, enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although the EITC can encourage work participation among certain groups, and the RRC was a key safety net during the COVID-19-induced economic crisis, both are imperfect policies as the high marginal tax rates they create can motivate the reduction of hours worked.
Similarly, a Canadian worker could face marginal tax rates that claim 59% of additional earnings due to the healthcare premium that Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia provinces levy on individuals. The first marginal tax rate spike occurs at 65% of the average wage and approximately 73% of the median salary. This could keep some workers in these provinces just below the threshold of earnings that triggers the tax rate spikes. Eliminating these barriers by implementing a unique and lower rate will allow workers access to higher wages without confronting this barrier.
However, these are not the only countries where workers and single parents with children face high marginal tax rates that might deter them from pursuing additional income or working extra hours.
Our study reveals that the French “contribution d’équilibre générale” and Italian local income taxes generate, at certain income levels, spikes in marginal tax rates, resulting in French and Italian workers losing up to 93% and 116% of additional earnings. Meanwhile, single parents with two children can face marginal tax wedges as high as 652% in Australia and 359% in Japan. These marginal tax wedges are due to policies like the Family Tax Benefit and the Parenting Payment in Australia, or the child-rearing allowance and child benefits in Japan.
On the other hand, Lithuania’s and Australia’s tax design for single workers avoids unnecessary tax spikes like the ones observed in Canada and the United States by applying a flat Social Security contribution and a flat or slightly progressive income tax.
Tax benefit policies come with trade-offs that policymakers must consider when planning to reform the tax system. High marginal tax rates might directly influence workers’ decisions about accepting a raise, working additional hours, or deciding to remain on government benefits. In Canada and the United States, the spikes directly affect workers earning less than the average wage.
Reshaping some of these policies to generate a smoother variation of marginal tax rates over different income levels would likely raise the labor supply and encourage the upward mobility of workers. That would unleash economic prosperity at a time when it’s needed most.
Cristina Enache serves as Global Tax Economist at the Tax Foundation. She wrote this for InsideSources.com. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/opinion-marginal-tax-reform-the-key-to-upward-mobility-in-a-recession/article_c90cdf32-928e-559f-a374-ec9e27f990ac.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:44Z |
The hospital crisis in Oregon is playing out in emergency rooms around the state.
Patients in pain wait in lobbies for hours. Some end up on gurneys in hallways while waiting for a room. After they’re treated and ready to leave, they can end up stuck in the hospital for days because rehabilitation and other treatment facilities lack beds.
“The system is slowly grinding to a halt,” said Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, a trade organization for the 62 hospitals in the state. “I think it’s safe to say it is affecting hundreds, if not thousands of people.”
She said some patients end up leaving emergency departments because waits are so long.
Although Oregon hospitals have fewer COVID-19 patients than during infection surges, they still have too few staff members to meet the demand. Long-term care and other “step-down” services for people who are recovering face staffing shortages of their own. Even ambulance companies are having difficulty hiring people. The crisis has led to about 500 patients at any one time “boarding” in hospitals while they await a bed elsewhere.
“Those beds are needed for people sitting in emergency departments or people who are in the community waiting for their procedure to get scheduled,” Hultberg said.
Thanks to allocations from the Legislature, the Oregon Health Authority spent millions of dollars on contract staff over the last year to help hospitals get through crowding, and Gov. Kate Brown mobilized the National Guard to work in hospitals.
That help has ended. Now the hospital association wants another infusion of assistance to get through the current rough patch.
“We’re trying to take care of patients today,” Hultberg said.
In late July, Hultberg wrote to Brown that having patients stuck in hospitals prevents others from obtaining care.
“Hospitals urgently need help with this capacity crisis to free up inpatient beds and staff for patients who need to be in a hospital following a car accident, a heart attack, a cancer diagnosis or with many other needs that require hospital-level care,” Hultberg wrote.
Her letter apparently prompted talks between the hospital association and the Oregon Health Authority to determine potential short-term solutions.
“Some of the things that look more feasible right now include incentive payments for adult foster homes, state funding for contract staff in long-term care and support for the Oregon Medical Coordination Center,” Hultberg said, referring to a system of moving patients to hospitals with available beds.
State officials are considering one-time payments of $5,000 to adult care homes, which can house up to five people, for patients they take in from hospitals. The state issued similar grants to alleviate “boarding” in hospitals earlier in the pandemic.
Other money would pay for contract staff and enhancing the coordination center so it can track beds statewide and shift patients to hospitals with appropriate openings, Hultberg said.
“I don’t think one single approach is going to make a huge difference,” Hultberg said. “But several approaches together might.”
Another idea on the table would involve creating space in long-term care facilities, allowing people to be discharged from the hospital, said Liz Gharst, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Health Authority. She said those who would qualify would have to be eligible for services through the state Department of Human Services and need mental health treatment.
“Enhanced care services are intended to be temporary as individuals transition to a lower level of care,” Gharst said.
These ideas would require funds. The Health Authority is likely to ask the legislative emergency board to approve money for hospitals when it meets in September. Hultberg said the request would be “significant,” perhaps tens of millions of dollars.
No option has been nailed down, Gharst said.
“There are no decisions about how much and what exactly” will be decided, Gharst said.
Dire finances
The lack of beds coincides with dim financial reports from Oregon hospitals.
Late last month, the hospital association said the outlook worsened in the first quarter of 2022 after a “bleak hospital financial picture from 2021.”
While operating revenues rose nearly 11% in the first quarter, expenses rose 15%, leading to half of hospitals operating at a loss, the report said.
The Oregon Health Authority said this week it was concerned about the plight of Oregon’s hospitals.
“OHA recognizes rising personnel expenses are a growing concern for Oregon’s hospitals,” said Dave Baden, the agency’s chief financial officer. “Anecdotally, we hear that temporary staffing costs made up a large portion of the increased expense.”
Hospitals have relied on short-term contract staff to fill gaps but they typically earn much more than those on staff, driving up expenses.
Hospitals have needed contract workers because they can’t find enough people to hire, Hultberg said.
“This is not hospitals understaffing,” Hultberg said. “This is a lack. We don’t have a supply of workers to meet this demand.”
Providence Health & Services, the largest hospital system in the state with eight hospitals, employs more than 23,000 workers. It has 1,700 open positions, said Gary Walker, a Providence spokesman.
He said Providence has reduced “discretionary” spending and is “accelerating collections” on overdue accounts.
“Our biggest concerns remain caregiver and provider shortages, supply chain availability and inflation, payor partnership to support rising costs, and availability of access to services in the community for discharging patients from our hospitals,” Walker said in an email.
Oregon Health & Science University, which treats many indigent patients, said in a statement administrators have “worked diligently” to staff beds. Spokeswoman Franny White said the hospital is “maxed out.”
“We maintain overflow beds; our budget is strained; and system-wide health care workforce challenges continue,” White said in a statement.
Besides having too few staff, hospital professionals are also contending with more acute conditions caused by people postponing treatment during the pandemic.
“Sometimes those people’s conditions have worsened because their care was delayed,” Hultberg said.”So people are in the hospital longer and they’re sicker.”
Staff, care suffer
The workload is taking a toll on nurses, the largest group of health care professionals.
Matt Calzia, a registered nurse and nursing practice consultant at the Oregon Nurses Association, said overworked nurses, who’ve endured more than two years of shortages, are suffering chronic fatigue.
“It’s really having damaging effects,” Calzia said. “The care is suffering.”
He said nurses don’t feel valued, and patients have to wait longer for care.
“The nurses are faced with that moral injury. They want to serve all of the community, but they’re just stretched too thin and they’re exhausted,” Calzia said.
He knows nurses who have up to 15 years of experience who are looking to change careers. He said the situation has worsened since March when the Health Authority ended its contracts with health care staffing agencies.
“They lost that labor, and that made it worse,” Calzia said.
The state Board of Nursing also stopped issuing emergency licenses in April and the existing authorizations expired July 1, said Barbara Holtry, spokeswoman for the board. Hospitals can bring in out-of-state personnel who don’t have Oregon licenses for a limited time. Hospitals can obtain an exemption for out-of-state nurses for 90 days and certified nursing assistants can work for 120 days under certain conditions.
Nurses don’t want contract staff to be a permanent solution: It can be demoralizing working alongside people who are earning more, experts say. Also, hospitals couldn’t afford it over the long term.
The potential solutions the association and the Health Authority are considering are not long-term fixes. Hultberg said state lawmakers, hospitals and government officials need to work those out together when the bed capacity situation eases.
“We’re hopeful that things will gradually improve, that we’re hopeful that the workforce pipeline will improve,” Hultberg said. “We are hopeful that our partners in long-term care and in other parts of the care continuum can improve their staffing level. But there is no guarantee of those things.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/klamath/with-oregon-hospitals-in-crisis-state-will-seek-significant-funds-for-stopgap-measures/article_72ac5a3c-481d-5240-aeef-a47479d7e339.html | 2022-08-16T01:40:50Z |
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Case against Alex Jones can proceed, Connecticut judge says
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The case was filed by relatives of some victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Jones has falsely claimed that the nation’s deadliest school shooting — which killed 20 students and six educators — was a hoax.
Jones’ lawyer had sought to transfer the case to a federal bankruptcy court, rather than continue the case in Connecticut state court. That move brought the first day of jury selection to a sudden halt earlier this month.
However, Monday’s ruling by Judge Julie Manning essentially allows the plaintiffs to continue the defamation lawsuit against just Jones as an individual, without Free Speech Systems, a company owned by Jones and a defendant in the Connecticut case.
“The plaintiffs’ rights to have that process continue in the Connecticut Superior Court should not be disturbed,” Manning wrote in the decision, adding that the plaintiffs’ claims for damages were ready for trial.
A message was left seeking comment with Jones’ attorney, Norm Pattis.
Chris Mattei, an attorney for the plaintiffs, praised the bankruptcy judge’s decision. “We’re grateful the bankruptcy court saw through Alex Jones’s brazen effort to block a jury from being empaneled and holding him accountable. We look forward to trial,” he said in a written statement.
Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy in Texas about a week before Jones’ lawyer sought to have the Connecticut case transferred.
A Texas jury this month ordered Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of one of the children killed at Sandy Hook, in addition to another $4.1 million he must pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the shooting was a hoax.
Jones’ attorneys plan to appeal and try to lower the amount. Meanwhile, besides the case in Connecticut, a trial for damages is pending in Texas that was filed by the parents of another child killed at Sandy Hook.
Before the trial in Texas, Jones had already been found liable in a separate defamation lawsuit in Texas and another in Connecticut by relatives of some of the Sandy Hook victims.
The Connecticut jury will decide what, if any, damages Jones owes in that case, although state law could also limit what he would have to pay.
The two remaining trials are expected to begin next month, after juries are selected. Jury selection in the Connecticut case could resume this week, lawyers said.
___ This story has been corrected to show that only Free Speech Systems filed for bankruptcy, not Alex Jones as an individual.
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Greenbrier County locals losing hope in future flood prevention
SAM BLACK CHURCH, W.Va. (WVVA) - Multiple Greenbrier County residents in the Sam Black Church area told WVVA they don’t see an end to seemingly-endless recurring floods.
Rain through Sunday night and Monday morning resulted in large amounts of damage to one man’s home, who added this week’s incident was far from the first to impact his home and belongings.
“You don’t have enough time when water comes in to grab your necessaries. When it’s there in, you’ve got to get out or you’ll get electrocuted,” said Ted Shafron. “Right now, it’s the middle of the month. I’ve already paid my bills. I don’t have it to clean my house.”
Shafron wasn’t the only local impacted either. Now, seven years after what the National Weather Service called a “1,000-year storm” devastated the area, others say they’ve lost hope in any future mitigation efforts.
“You can’t control the weather, and when it downpours such as it did this morning, it comes straight down through the hollers and valleys,” said Debra Coats. “There’s really nothing that can be done, not that I know of anyways.”
On Monday evening, Shafron welcomed representatives from the Red Cross and Greenbrier County to assess the damage to his home and property. He said he’d relied on charitable organizations and good Samaritans following previous flooding incidents.
He also asked for anyone looking to help, to reach out at (304) 392-9887
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Humane Society more than halfway finished transferring 4,000 rescued beagles
(Gray News/TMX) – The Humane Society of the United States is more than halfway finished finding new homes for nearly 4,000 beagles rescued from a Virginia facility that bred the dogs to be sold to laboratories for animal experimentation.
Envigo, a private contract research organization, had a lawsuit filed against it by the Department of Justice that alleged the company violated the Animal Welfare Act at the breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia.
Inspections conducted by federal agencies revealed inadequate veterinary care, insufficient food, unsanitary conditions and some cases of dogs that were euthanized without anesthesia.
The parent company, Inotive Inc., announced in June it would close the breeding facility.
The Humane Society was then given sole responsibility for rescuing the approximately 4,000 beagles in a period of 60 days after the transfer plan proposed by the DOJ was approved by the District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
In a release, the chief animal rescue, care and sanctuary officer of the Humane Society said the organization was grateful to give the beagles a new life after they spent their time in the breeding facility “riddled with Animal Welfare Act violations.”
During the transfer process, the beagles have been moved in batches, and the Humane Society has partnered with additional animal welfare organizations to rehabilitate and adopt the dogs out.
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Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with felony assault with a firearm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies Monday for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood last year, prosecutors said.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
Prosecutors allege that during an argument on Nov. 6, 2021, Mayers pointed the handgun at the victim, then in a subsequent confrontation drew the gun again and fired twice in the direction of the man, who sustained a minor injury. His name has not been released.
Mayers has not entered a plea to the charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. An email seeking comment from representatives was not immediately returned.
“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” said District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
Mayers and two other men fled the scene after he fired the gun, police said. He was first arrested for the incident at Los Angeles International Airport on April 20, and was released on bail the same day.
A member of the Harlem hip hop collective A$AP Mob, A$AP Rocky first made his mark in music with the single “Peso” in 2011. His 2013 debut album, “Long. Live. A$AP,” went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as did its 2015 follow-up, “At. Long. Last. A$AP.” He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.
He is in a relationship with Rihanna, and the two had a son in May.
Mayers released his last studio album four years ago, and like Rihanna has become as known for fashion trendsetting as he is for music.
He was the focus of international attention in 2019 after being detained for nearly a month in Sweden following a street brawl. He was found guilty of assault and given a “conditional sentence” that meant no additional time in jail.
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Former Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office and Weisselberg’s lawyers met Monday with the judge overseeing the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, according to court records. The judge then scheduled a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Thursday but did not specify the reason.
The people who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday’s hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.
Weisselberg’s lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.
The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is also charged in the case but did not appear to be involved in the plea agreement talks. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for the Trump Organization.
News of Weisselberg’s plea negotiations came days after the judge denied requests by his lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case. The judge did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations, but more than a dozen other counts remain.
In seeking dismissal of the case, Weisselberg’s lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led district attorney’s office were punishing him because he wouldn’t offer up damaging information against the former president.
The judge rejected that argument, saying that evidence presented to the grand jury was legally sufficient to support the charges.
Weisselberg, who turned 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump’s tax records. Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case.
Prosecutors alleged that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization schemed to give off-the-books compensation to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carried a potential penalty of five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
In the months after Weisselberg’s arrest, the criminal probe appeared to be progressing toward a possible criminal indictment of Trump himself, but the investigation slowed, a grand jury was disbanded and a top prosecutor left after Bragg took office in January — although he insists it is continuing.
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Back-to-school safety tips for students and drivers
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Summer 2022 is coming to a close, which means it’s back to school season, and if you have not already, you’ll be seeing school buses back on the roads soon.
With that comes safety reminders for both kids and families, as well as drivers who have to remember to share the road and slow down.
AAA shared tips for kids that will be riding the bus to school.
“Leaving five minutes early to get to that bus stop on time. Take several giant steps back away from the street to stand at the bus stop,” Morgan Dean with AAA Mid-Atlantic said. “Keeping them off the street is such an important thing.”
Dean suggests teaching children the danger zones of the bus: right in front and right behind the bus. This is often a blind spot for other drivers or the bus driver. Students should make themselves as visible as possible, avoid horseplay, and put down distractions.
“If a kid is walking with a cell phone, they’re not looking at what’s in front of them. They’re not seeing cars on the roadway,” Dean said.
The same goes for drivers, but there are often more distractions than just a cell phone. That includes eating or drinking, children, pets, and other electronics, like a GPS or radio.
“Taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds doubles your risk of a crash,” Dean said.
If a child plans to walk or ride a bicycle to school, AAA suggests making sure kids are aware of all the rules of the road. Walk on the correct side of the roadway, look both ways at all intersections, and if they are riding a bicycle, make sure they are wearing a helmet.
As more cars and buses will be on the road because of school, drivers are finally seeing relief at the pump. Virginia’s average is $3.76, down 9 cents from last week and 60 cents from last month, but up 79 cents from a year ago.
“We’ve seen lower crude oil prices and we’ve also seen lower demand at the pumps,” Dean said.
While gas demand goes up in the summer, Dean said far fewer people are traveling for Labor Day weekend than Memorial Day and Independence Day, so we may not see prices spike per gallon too much.
As of August 15, Virginia is ranked 20th on the list of least expensive states in the U.S. for gas.
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Broadway man says apartment mold made him sick and killed his cat
BROADWAY, Va. (WHSV) - A Broadway man is sharing his story after leaving his apartment due to mold spores that he said made him sick and killed his cat. William Jackson said that the management at The Highlands Apartments in Broadway did nothing to fix the problem and terminated his lease because of his complaints.
“I didn’t cause the water damage, I didn’t cause the mold and mildew, now I’m evicted and I’m the bad guy? I haven’t done anything but just tried to live here. I even asked them if they could put me in another apartment and they wouldn’t do that,” said Jackson.
Jackson has spent the last two months living out of his car and staying with friends. He said he had to leave his apartment because of lingering mold spores that took a toll on his health.
“In June, I started noticing I was having breathing problems, coughing, sick, my cats were laying around. I said ‘Ok maybe it’s just my sinuses blah blah blah.’ Well come to find out it was mold and mildew,” said Jackson.
Jackson lived in the apartment from October 2020 until July 2022. He said the mold problem began with two incidents of water damage. The first incident occurred in November when an electrician accidentally broke a water pipe that flooded Jackson’s apartment and displaced him for three and a half months.
Then in April, the apartment’s hot water heater busted and Jackson had to go back to a hotel until late May.
After he returned to the apartment and eventually realized that mold in the walls and under the carpet was causing him to feel sick, Jackson said he notified The Highlands management of the issue but nothing was done even after he sent a sample to a lab that confirmed the presence of mold spores in his apartment.
“I would go to the office and I would ask them about it and they wouldn’t do anything. They said the maintenance man said he doesn’t smell mold, so that was the end of that,” said Jackson.
Jackson is disabled and has asthma. He said the mold spores made his health significantly worse and he is still being affected by it even after moving out.
“I can’t breathe. I’ve taken antibiotics for it. I’ve been to the ENT. I’ve been to MedExpress. I’ve been to the emergency room, so basically I keep taking antibiotics to get what mold is still in here out,” he said.
For Jackson, the worst of it came in July when his seemingly healthy four-year-old cat Binx died. He took it to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Harrisonburg Regional Animal Health Laboratory which performed a necropsy on the cat.
According to Jackson and the Necropsy report from the lab, it was determined that the otherwise healthy cat was killed by mold spores in its lungs and kidneys.
“When I went to the office I said look this is enough, my cat’s gone, I’m out of my place and I’ve paid rent but I’m living here, there all over the place and they said, ‘Well ok we’re not going to renew your lease now since you want to keep complaining about this,’” he said.
Jackson said he isn’t the only one at the apartment complex to have dealt with these types of problems.
“The maintenance man on this property told me, ‘You’re lucky, there are apartments here that have mold all over the place in different parts that you can see.’ He wouldn’t tell me which ones but that’s basically how they look at it. They just say ‘move’,” said Jackson.
WHSV spoke briefly with a member of the management team at The Highlands Apartments on Monday who said they couldn’t comment on issues involving individual tenants but claimed they did everything they could to address the situation.
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Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with felony assault with a firearm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies Monday for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood last year, prosecutors said.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
Prosecutors allege that during an argument on Nov. 6, 2021, Mayers pointed the handgun at the victim, then in a subsequent confrontation drew the gun again and fired twice in the direction of the man, who sustained a minor injury. His name has not been released.
Mayers has not entered a plea to the charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. An email seeking comment from representatives was not immediately returned.
“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” said District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement.
Mayers and two other men fled the scene after he fired the gun, police said. He was first arrested for the incident at Los Angeles International Airport on April 20, and was released on bail the same day.
A member of the Harlem hip hop collective A$AP Mob, A$AP Rocky first made his mark in music with the single “Peso” in 2011. His 2013 debut album, “Long. Live. A$AP,” went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as did its 2015 follow-up, “At. Long. Last. A$AP.” He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.
He is in a relationship with Rihanna, and the two had a son in May.
Mayers released his last studio album four years ago, and like Rihanna has become as known for fashion trendsetting as he is for music.
He was the focus of international attention in 2019 after being detained for nearly a month in Sweden following a street brawl. He was found guilty of assault and given a “conditional sentence” that meant no additional time in jail.
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Former Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was scheduled to be tried in October on allegations he took more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation from the company, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office and Weisselberg’s lawyers met Monday with the judge overseeing the case, Juan Manuel Merchan, according to court records. The judge then scheduled a hearing in the matter for 9 a.m. Thursday but did not specify the reason.
The people who spoke to the AP did so on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case. They said the purpose of Thursday’s hearing was for Weisselberg to enter a guilty plea, but cautioned that plea deals sometimes fall apart before they are finalized in court.
Weisselberg’s lawyer, Nicholas Gravante Jr., told The New York Times on Monday that Weisselberg has been engaged in plea negotiations to resolve the case, but did not specify terms of a potential plea deal. Reached by the AP, Gravante declined to comment.
The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the matter, said Weisselberg was expected to receive a five-month jail sentence, which would make him eligible for release after about 100 days. The deal would not require Weisselberg to testify or cooperate in any way with an ongoing criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, is also charged in the case but did not appear to be involved in the plea agreement talks. Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined comment. A message seeking comment was left with a lawyer for the Trump Organization.
News of Weisselberg’s plea negotiations came days after the judge denied requests by his lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case. The judge did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations, but more than a dozen other counts remain.
In seeking dismissal of the case, Weisselberg’s lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led district attorney’s office were punishing him because he wouldn’t offer up damaging information against the former president.
The judge rejected that argument, saying that evidence presented to the grand jury was legally sufficient to support the charges.
Weisselberg, who turned 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump’s tax records. Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case.
Prosecutors alleged that Weisselberg and the Trump Organization schemed to give off-the-books compensation to senior executives, including Weisselberg, for 15 years. Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal government, state and city out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carried a potential penalty of five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime.
Last week, Trump sat for a deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
In the months after Weisselberg’s arrest, the criminal probe appeared to be progressing toward a possible criminal indictment of Trump himself, but the investigation slowed, a grand jury was disbanded and a top prosecutor left after Bragg took office in January — although he insists it is continuing.
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Primetime Lacrosse is Known for their Luxury Travel Trailer RVs that are Loaded with Amenities
LEXINGTON, N.C., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The founders of Country Roads RV Center are proud to announce that they have been an authorized dealer for the Primetime Lacrosse line of RVs for 2 years.
To learn more about Country Roads RV Center, please visit https://www.crrvc.com/about-us/.
As a company spokesperson noted, since Country Roads RV Center opened its doors in 2008 the company has strived to offer only the highest quality, 5th wheels, travel trailers, and toy haulers.
Now, as one of the largest dealers in the state, Country Roads RV Center has grown to offer a full service and parts department. The family-owned and operated dealership strives to give their customers the most enjoyable experience possible.
"Our mission is to provide high-quality new and used RVs to our customers. At the same time, we understand that travel trailers, 5th wheels, and motorhomes are not created equally. Because of this, we do a thorough analysis of new product lines we carry prior to making the decision to place them in our inventory," the spokesperson noted, adding that after reviewing the Sandpiper makes and models, it was an easy decision to add these outstanding RVs to their lineup of products.
The Lacrosse 3411RK has several unique touches you won't find anywhere else. First, in the front master bedroom, there's a 70" x 80" walkaround king bed with slideout, wardrobe closets, a reading bench, and a dresser/fireplace combo. The bathroom is very large and roomy with a porcelain toilet, a large shower with a seat, and a double medicine cabinet. This plan also has washer/dryer prep. The large open concept kitchen and living area has theater seating and a sleeper sofa also.
As one of the largest dealers in the state, Country Roads RV Center carries many different lines of 5th Wheels, Travel-Trailers, and Toy Haulers, as well as a full service and parts department. Family-owned and operated, they strive to give their customers the most enjoyable experience possible. For more information, please visit https://www.crrvc.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: , N.Y., August 15, 2022. Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Terra Tokens, including UST, LUNA, KRT, ANC, WHALE, ASTRO, APOLLO, XDEFI, MINE, aUST, vUST, MIR, Mirrored Assets (e.g. mBTC, mETH, mVIXY, mTSLA, etc.), Liquidity Pool tokens (e.g. UST-mVIXY-LP, bLUNA-LUNA-LP, XDEFI-UST-LP, etc.) and/or Bonded Assets (e.g. bLUNA and bETH) (together "Terra Tokens"), between May 20, 2021 and May 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action lawsuit against Defendants TerraForm Labs Pte. Ltd ("TFL"), Jump Crypto, Jump Trading LLC, Republic Capital, Republic Maximal LLC, Tribe Capital, DeFinance Capital, DeFinance Technologies, GSR/GSR Market Limited, Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd, TFL's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Do Kwon, and TFL's Head of Research, Nicholas Platias (Kwon and Platias together, "Individual Defendants").
SO WHAT: If you purchased Terra during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Terra class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7750 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 19, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, TFL and the Individual Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") by selling non-exempt securities without registering them. The complaint alleges that TFL and the Individual Defendants also violated provisions of the Securities Act by participating in TFL's failure to register the Terra Tokens.
Also according to the lawsuit, Defendants violated provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by carrying out a plan, scheme, and course of conduct that TFL intended to and did deceive retail investors and thereby caused them to purchase Terra Tokens at artificially inflated prices; endorsed false statements they knew or recklessly should have known were materially misleading; and made untrue statements of material fact and omitted to state material facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading.
The lawsuit further alleges non-securities claims against Defendants including violations of provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") by conducting the affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity, California common law claims for aiding and abetting and for civil conspiracy, and provisions of California common law by possessing the monetary value of Terra Tokens at inflated value which rightfully belongs to the putative members of the Class.
To join the Terra class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7750 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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TAIPEI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ICP DAS - BMP (Biomedical Polymers), a Taiwanese medical TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) supplier, will exhibit at MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ASIA 2022, the 5th Manufacturing Processes for Medical Technology Exhibition and Conference, which provides excellent business opportunities in medical technology in the Southeast Asian market. The exhibition will take place at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore from August 31 until September 2, 2022.
ICP DAS - BMP will showcase three series of highly stable medical grade TPU pellets, namely, Alithane™ (ALP series), Durathane™ (ALC series), and Arothane™ (ARP series). A new range of pellets with 30% (W30) tungsten content will be presented at the exhibition as well. ICP DAS - BMP is pleased to announce the launch of three new production lines, in addition to the two already operating. The third production line will start operating in a couple of months. Also, by the end of this year, the production of pellets with a tungsten content of 40% (W40) and 50% (W50), respectively, will be launched.
All medical grade TPU pellets by ICP DAS - BMP are 100% produced in Taiwan and have excellent mechanical properties, chemical resistance, and radiodensity; they can also be color-matched. To provide customers with the best service, ICP DAS - BMP offers better lead times and accepts smaller quantity orders. Medical grade TPU pellets can be used for various applications, such as drug delivery, wound care, cardiology, urology, orthodontics, and others.
As most countries began to consider replacing PVC (polyvinyl chloride) with medical grade TPU, the use of medical grade TPU pellets has become a critical part of the global healthcare and emergency medical systems. ICP DAS - BMP proudly notes that the company has already achieved impressive success with domestic and foreign medical device manufacturers, including those from Korea, Israel, France, and others using medical grade TPU for injection molding methods.
The ICP DAS - BMP team is looking forward to seeing visitors from August 31 to September 2, 2022, at Hall F, Booth 2V13. Meet the company's experts to learn more about the latest developments in medical grade TPU.
About ICP DAS - BMP
In response to growing demand in the polymer industry, in 2018, ICP DAS established a new business unit for the development and production of medical grade TPU – ICP DAS - BMP. The company has achieved ISO 13485 certification for its raw material warehouses and production lines.
ICP DAS - BMP has its own laboratories for polymerization, physical properties analysis, and cytotoxicity testing. All the TPUs supplied by ICP DAS - BMP are USP Class VI certified and compliant with the ISO 10993 international standard. Materials have passed skin sensitization and cytotoxicity tests according to ISO 10993-5 and ISO 10993-10. All this allows ICP DAS - BMP to guarantee biocompatibility for medical device manufacturers.
For more details, please visit our website: https://bmp.icpdas.com/
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of TG Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGTX) between January 15, 2020 and May 31, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important September 16, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased TG Therapeutics securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the TG Therapeutics class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7662 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 16, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) clinical trials revealed significant concerns related to the benefit-risk ratio and overall survival data of Ublituximab (an investigational glycoengineered monoclonal antibody for the treatment of B-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia ("CLL"), and relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis) and Umbralisib (or UKONIQ, an oral inhibitor of PI3K-delta and CK1-epsilon for the treatment of CLL, marginal zone lymphoma, and follicular lymphoma); (2) accordingly, it was unlikely that TG Therapeutics would be able to obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approval of the marginal zone lymphoma ("MZL") and follicular lymphoma ("FL") (the "Umbralisib MZL/FL NDA"), the rolling submission of a Biologics License Application ("BLA") to the FDA for Ublituximab in combination with Umbralisib (together, "U2"), as a treatment for patients with CLL (the "U2 BLA"), the supplemental New Drug Application ("sNDA") for Umbralisib to add an indication for CLL and small lymphocytic lymphoma ("SLL") in combination with Ublituximab (the "U2 sNDA"), or the Ublituximab as a treatment for patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis ("RMS") (the "Ublituximab RMS BLA") in their current forms; (3) as a result, TG Therapeutics had significantly overstated Ublituximab and Umbralisib's clinical and/or commercial prospects; and (4) therefore, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the TG Therapeutics class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7662 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Tuya's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 11, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Tuya securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Tuya class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7007 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 11, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (2) prior to the IPO, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, among other things, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (3) as a result, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (4) as such, the IPO's Registration Statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of Tuya at the time of the IPO. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Tuya class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7007 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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TOKYO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 30% increase was seen in revenue in 1Q FY 2023/02. Demand for the implementation of Shikigaku methods for improving organizational performance was strong; demand for service maintained strength.
Summary of Results
Through the cumulative consolidated first quarter of the fiscal year ending February 28, 2023, the climate surrounding Shikigaku shows the market is demonstrating strong need for improvement in organizational productivity achieved through means such as results-based employee management and rule-oriented organizational management that generates results regardless of the workplace being utilized. Accordingly, demand for the Company's services remains robust.
Under the Shikigaku Group's corporate vision, "Disseminate Shikigaku and maximize people's potential," the Company provides management consulting services; actively recruiting and training instructors and thoroughly managing instructors' quality and performance, all to realize the penetration of Shikigaku theory in clientele organizations. In Sports Entertainment, during the 2021-2022 season of the B.LEAGUE professional basketball organization which ended in May, 2022, the Company engaged in assertive efforts to secure sponsorships and marketing aimed at raising brand recognition for a locally based club while also participating in aggressive investment into the strengthening of the team for the goal of B1 rank promotion. In VC Fund Business・Hands-On Support Fund business, Shikigaku No. 2 Limited Investment Partnership decided to add four new companies while Shinsei Shikigaku No. 1 Limited Investment Partnership added one new company to invest in, along with other assertive investment activities. In addition, due to the decision for complete withdrawal from contract development the cancellation penalty for canceling outsourcing contracts totaled 30,400 thousand yen, and the expense was recorded as an extraordinary loss. Furthermore, contract development was excluded from reportable segments.
For the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year (1Q FY 2023/02) the Company reported net sales of 1,102 million yen, (+30.6% Year-on-Year). EBITDA (net sales + taxes + interest expense + depreciation & amortization) totaled 49 million yen (-43.7% Year-on-Year). Operating profit totaled 33 million yen (-52.9% Year-on-Year). Ordinary profit totaled 20 million yen (-65.2%Year-on-Year). Net profit attributable to owners of the parent totaled 26 million yen (compared to net profit attributable to owners of the parent for the same period of the previous year was 21 million yen).
Through its organization consulting business, the Company provides management consulting and platform services. In the management consulting service, the Company continued to conduct investments supported by vigorous marketing activities to facilitate active recruitment of consultants and expansion in its customer base. Consequently, consultant count increased to 77, up 4 consultants as of 1Q FY 2023/02. The cumulative number of contracted companies at the end of the 1Q was 3,047 (the previous consolidated FY ended with 2,873). Sales generated for the first quarter totaled 618,533 thousand yen, (+21.3% Year-to Year). During the period under review (1Q), in the category of platform services, the Company focused on expanding sales of its Shikigaku Basic Services, which provide ongoing operational support until organizational management grounded in its Shikigaku theory (corresponding service launched in September 2020) take hold. The diagnoses that accompany these services clarify organizational issues and enable support for their eventual resolution. Accordingly, the Company has been striving to improve customer satisfaction associated with Shkigaku Basic Services. The number of contracted companies for "Shikigaku Basic Services" as of the end of the consolidated 1Q was 558 (opposed to 524 of the previous consolidated FY). Meanwhile, the number of Shikigaku Cloud agreements was 99 (opposed to 115 of the previous consolidated FY), and there are a total 232 Shikigaku Basic Services Light agreements (formerly Shikigaku member clients; opposed to 479 of the previous consolidated FY). Platform services generated 383,362 thousand yen in sales (+74.2% Year-to-Year) during the consolidated 1Q. As a result of these factors, sales in the Organization Consulting business amounted to 1,001 million yen (+37.3% Year-toYear), and an operating profit of 108,371 thousand yen (-10.7% Year-to-Year).
In the Sports Entertainment business, during the consolidated 1Q the Company fulfilled its function as a community-based club by conducting initiatives aimed at stimulating and expanding interest in local sports while also striving to facilitate team strengthening in pursuit of promotion to the B1 League level. The Company expanded sales activities aimed at acquiring sponsors for the 2022–2023 season, increased the scope of its sales personnel recruitment, and strengthened its collaboration with local governments to raise tax payments made under the corporate version of Japan's hometown tax system, which has become a new revenue base. Due in part to these efforts, sponsorship orders for the consolidated 1Q were strong, increasing to 160,505 thousand yen (+64.3% Year-to-Year). However, costs took precedence over profit during the period under review as the Company continued to invest in operations aimed at achieving team strengthening.
Consequently, sales generated through the Sports Entertainment business for the 1Q totaled 87,119 thousand yen (+67.8% Year-to-Year) while operating losses totaled 44,486 thousand yen.
In the VC Fund business, the Company conducted investment focused on establishing and expanding organizational power and becoming a growth-generating organization. Meanwhile, it also operated venture capital funds that support growth by facilitating organizational improvements at companies in which they invest by implementing the Company's Shikigaku theory. Investing in four new companies under Shikigaku No. 2 Limited Investment Partnership capped off other assertive investment activities. As a result, operating loss in the VC Fund business for the 1Q totaled 28,788 thousand yen.
In the 1Q for the Hands-On Support Fund business, the Company operated hands-on support funds that provide organizational improvement and finance support and draw income from capital gains generated through investment exit (IPO, M&A, etc.). The decision was made for Shinsei Shikigaku No. 1 Limited Investment Partnership to invest in one additional company. As a result of the spending associated with these efforts, the Hands-On Support business generated an operating loss of 3,034 thousand yen for the 1Q.
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SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global technology company vivo today announced the rollout of its Developer Preview Program based on Android 13 for its flagship vivo X80 and X80 Pro smartphones in select markets. Following the official release of Android 13, vivo is among the first smartphone brands to launch a preview version based on the latest Android, empowering developers to work on the compatibility of their apps and bring consumers an ultimate smartphone experience.
Seamless user experience with improved privacy control and personalization
The latest Android 13 brings a new user experience with improved security and privacy features and offers enhanced personalization.
These upgrades include introducing new runtime permission for sending non-exempt notifications from an app. Also, the set of requested permissions depends on the type(s) of media that your app needs to access. The new photo picker function is one more example of the enhanced level of control that users will enjoy, which allows users to select what photos or videos they grant access to, so they won't need to share the entire library with an app.
Additionally, Android 13's newly added Foreground Services (FGS) Task Manager shows a list of apps that are actively running foreground services, enabling users to easily stop foreground services from the notification drawer, regardless of the target SDK version. What's more, users can quickly change settings because Quick Settings is in the notification shade. Meanwhile, to improve the user experience further, Android 13 also brings changes to the Material You design language.
Bringing better experience to vivo consumers
vivo has been proactive in supporting developers to adapt and optimize their apps for the latest Android 13 and deliver the optimal user experience. Earlier this year, vivo was one of the first companies to launch its Android 13 Beta program, ensuring vivo developers have a head start and an early preview of the changes introduced in Android 13.
Starting from August 16, developers are invited to visit vivo's developer website at https://developer.vivo.com/ to download and test out the latest Android 13 on vivo X80 and X80 Pro.
Currently, the version is being rolled out in select markets in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, the Philippines, and more.
About vivo
vivo is a technology company that creates great products based on a design-driven value, with smart devices and intelligent services as its core. The company aims to build a bridge between humans and the digital world. Through unique creativity, vivo provides users with an increasingly convenient mobile and digital life. Following the company's core values, which include Benfen*, user-orientation, design-driven value, continuous learning and team spirit, vivo has implemented a sustainable development strategy with the vision of developing into a healthier, more sustainable world-class corporation.
While bringing together and developing the best local talents to deliver excellence, vivo is supported by a network of R&D centers in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Xi'an, focusing on the development of state-of-the-art consumer technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial design, imaging system and other up-and-coming technologies. vivo has also set up an intelligent manufacturing network (including those authorized by vivo), with an annual production capacity of nearly 200 million smartphones. As of now, vivo has branched out its sales network across more than 60 countries and regions, and is loved by more than 400 million users worldwide.
*"Benfen" is a term describing the attitude on doing the right things and doing things right – which is the ideal description of vivo's mission to create value for society.
Stay informed of latest vivo news at https://www.vivo.com/en/about-vivo/news
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KIHEI, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Maui police have opened a murder investigation after a man’s body was found at Kamaole Beach Park I in Kihei.
The victim, later identified as 49-year-old John Picanco of Kihei, was found just before 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 10 at the beach volleyball court at Kamaole Beach Park I.
Police said Picanco was already dead when they discovered his body and no life-saving measures were administered. Picanco’s body was then taken by the medical examiner for an autopsy.
On Monday, Aug. 15, Maui Police investigators re-classified the case from an unattended death to a murder investigation and the autopsy results revealed Picanco died under “suspicious circumstances.”
Investigators did not say what those circumstances were or if there were any obvious signs of injury to his body.
So far there has been no information released regarding a possible suspect or motive in this case.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Detective Kamuela Mawae at 808-875-5411. Tipsters can leave an anonymous tip by calling Maui Crime Stoppers at 808-242-6966.
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As nearly 50,000 private school and college students gear up to return back to school next week, city and state officials are urging the public to drive safely because they expect more cars out on the roadways.
"We are committed to in-person learning and certainly getting back to normal during this COVID pandemic," Gov. David Ige said during a press conference Monday.
At the meeting, Honolulu Department of Transportation Services Director Roger Morton acknowledged, "the Department of Education schools make an impact on traffic but the major traffic are the universities and the private schools."
Two weeks ago, the Department of Education (DOE) welcomed back 160,000 students back to school two weeks ago, half of which live in walking distance from their campus.
"So please, keep the slow pace, especially if you find yourself in localized traffic around the schools," DOE student transportation services branch administrator Emily Evans said.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported 76 people have died on Hawai'i roads so far this year, 21 more than last year.
On top of driving safely, DOT Deputy Director for Highways Ed Sniffen is asking the public to consider working from home to reduce traffic delays and crashes.
"If you can't telework all day, at least during the peak times, we're looking at the peak times of 5 to 9 a.m., and the afternoon times of 3 to 7," Sniffen said.
"If you can stay out of that traffic, keep yourself out of that, keep yourself out of that frustration, it will help everybody."
City and state officials are also encouraging people to take public transportation to minimize the number of cars on the road.
"Riding the bus is a really great experience and so we also wanted to add a free fare week so we can get more people, entice people to ride on public transportation," Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said.
The temporary free bus fare week starts next Monday.
Honolulu's TheBus will also add 37 new express trips starting Sunday, as well as a new route called the "Campus Connector," which will go along mauka of the H-1 freeway as well as the University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus to appeal to students.
Starting Monday through next Friday, the $2 holo bus cards will be free.
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W.Va. governor: Voters shouldn’t decide abortion access issue
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice scoffed Monday at a suggestion by Democratic lawmakers to let voters decide whether abortion should continue to be allowed in the state.
The Republican governor said the state’s abortion law falls under the scrutiny of the Legislature and the attorney general.
During a legislative special session initiated by Justice last month, majority Republicans failed to pass legislation criminalizing abortion.
On Friday, top Democrats asked Justice and leading GOP lawmakers to bring the Legislature back to consider a resolution to allow voters to consider a constitutional amendment for “reproductive freedom.”
Justice wanted no part of that.
“Unfortunately, this place is surrounded with constant grandstanding,” the governor said at a news conference. “I think that’s what the Democrats are doing.”
Abortion had been banned after 20 weeks of pregnancy in West Virginia until the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion. After that ruling, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said abortion was banned completely in the state because of an 1800s-era law that had been unenforceable while abortion was federally protected.
But a Charleston judge barred the state from enforcing the ban, ruling it had been superseded by a slew of conflicting modern laws, including the 20-week ban. Morrisey has appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court, which is expected to take up the case this fall.
“Coming down from the U.S. Supreme Court, this is the responsibility of our Legislature and our attorney general,” Justice said. “And absolutely I’ve said over and over and over, I don’t want to impose anything, any ideas or anything.”
“Now, if they bring me something that I cannot sign, I won’t sign it. But actually, I don’t think that’ll happen. I think our Legislature is abound with good people and they should get through this and bring me something that I will absolutely welcome and sign. And I think that’s exactly what will happen.”
In 2018, West Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment saying that nothing in the state Constitution “secures or protects a right to abortion or requires the funding of abortion.”
During the special session, the House of Delegates passed a sweeping abortion ban that would have made providing the procedure a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The measure included exceptions for victims of rape and incest, as well as for medical emergencies. The Senate passed its version that removed penalties for physicians who perform illegal abortions.
The House of Delegates quickly refused to concur with the Senate changes, instead asking for a conference committee to iron out differences among the bills. More than two weeks later, no such committee has been announced.
The West Virginia Democrats’ call for a referendum came after residents in Kansas, another state with a GOP-controlled Legislature, rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to tighten restrictions or ban the procedure outright. Despite the big margin, Kansas plans to recount the vote by hand.
“This is a very important issue,” West Virginia Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin said in an email Monday. “We need a resolution sooner rather than later. The legislature had a chance to act and failed. We should let the people decide. This is a constitutional question, and our constitution empowers the people to decide it on the ballot.”
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TANGI VALLEY, Afghanistan — One year after the Taliban captured Afghanistan, people see their new rulers one way in the city — and another way in the countryside.
The urban-rural divide was apparent during the war, when Kabul became a center of media, commerce, women's rights and education, while remote mountain valleys were the scene of brutal combat and attacks on civilians.
Today, many Afghans in Kabul face fear and uncertainty. The radical religious movement has abolished democracy but hasn't fully clarified the new rules of society. As an NPR team was leaving the country recently, a Kabul airport security officer learned we were bound for Washington, D.C., and said, "I wish I could come with you."
We heard a different perspective barely 50 miles outside the capital when we drove Highway 1 into Wardak province. It was one of the places we traveled to ask who's included in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
The city's blast walls and crowded streets gave way to dry mountains and green valleys. The pavement itself was cratered from 20 years' worth of Taliban roadside bombs.
We traveled into the Tangi Valley, which is peaceful now. A river and irrigation ditches water crops of tomatoes, sunflowers, grapes and apricots. A closer look shows white Taliban flags marking graves in numerous cemeteries. For years this valley was a battlefield. Taliban forces resisted U.S. troops and their Afghan allies, once shooting down a U.S. helicopter with 38 people on board.
We met Taliban fighters in the breezy, open-windowed guest room of the home of a man named Mursalin Mohammadi. The valley has endured an ongoing drought, but Mohammadi is well off. He pumps water for himself and his neighbors using solar panels on the roof of his mud-walled home.
A poster on Mohammadi's wall showed photos of several Taliban commanders, all of them dead now. One of the commanders held something that, Mohammadi claimed, was the severed leg of an American soldier. It was impossible to verify that; U.S. troops try never to leave their dead on a battlefield — but there's no doubt that many Americans were killed here.
A surviving Taliban fighter showed us video of U.S. troops manning a base in the valley years ago, and seemingly firing indiscriminately at targets that are out of sight. Residents said they were less hostile to foreigners around the time that the U.S. installed a new government in 2001, but grew enraged at the U.S. and its allies in the following years for atrocities against civilians.
Hadiatullah Wahadat was the man with the video. "I did jihad against the U.S. forces," he said. "Five times, I was wounded during the fight."
Now 29, Wahadat said he began fighting when he was 16 years old. He said his side gained three things: "We expelled the foreigners. We triumphed. And we achieved an Islamic regime."
Asked whether the Americans left behind any positive legacy, he mentioned the billions of dollars of U.S.-made weapons and military equipment that remain in the country.
He drew a pistol from his loose clothing, with its maker stamped on the barrel: Smith & Wesson, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
The fighters led us to a hilltop overlooking the Tangi Valley. White flags shuddered at a shrine to the dead. A mosque offered shade near the grave of a Taliban commander, Fazel Rabie.
Mohammadi, 34, said he lost two brothers in the war, one of whom is buried next to Rabie. As we stood by the graves we asked if the sacrifice was worth it. He didn't hesitate.
"Yes, why not?" he said. "Why not?"
He added, "We are Muslim. We are following an Islamic system of government. That has meaning for us."
The Americans who once roamed this valley said they were bringing democracy and freedom. Mohammadi dismissed their way of thinking. He said Islam was made by God, and democracy by humans. It was obvious to him which was better. The idea that the two were once compatible in the former Islamic Republic was not how he saw it.
Yet as we left the Tangi Valley, we heard hints of disappointment. Local journalist Hekmatullah Waqid, who helped us meet the Taliban fighters, said that residents celebrated victory one year ago, but now worry about the ruined economy. They also want all girls to return to school. The Taliban have yet to allow many junior high and high school age students to study, though leaders insist they're working toward it.
Farther south along Highway 1, we reached the village of Mali Khel, or what's left of it. Gunfire has stippled the mud-walled houses that remain. Residents said the old Afghan government bulldozed many homes to clear a line of fire to the highway, where the Taliban planted roadside bombs.
Eighteen-year-old Mohamed Yosad said most families in the village had to flee during the war. His family moved to Kabul. Now that the war is over they have returned to one of the homes that is still standing.
He held a math notebook and was studying for an exam. "I want to be a very big man in the future," he said.
Sherif Nazari, 55, told us he's glad for peace. But the former road engineer, who lives astride this bombed out highway, cannot find a job. He said the government should pay to rebuild the village.
In the past that demand would have gone to the United States or its Afghan allies. Now the only authority is the Taliban.
The old saying holds that to the victors go the spoils. And that may be true, though something else went to the victors in Afghanistan. They also face the expectations of the people and the responsibility of governing, if they can.
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After razing one city park structure, Marysville officials weigh future of two others
Just weeks after one decades-old building perched along Huron Boulevard was razed, Marysville officials are once again mulling over the future of two other structures in the city park.
Marysville Mayor Wayne Pyden said City Council members moved earlier this month to take down the smaller of two museum buildings on either side of the city’s current recreation center in the 800 block of Huron after a resident aired concerns about the structural state of each, calling them a “sore eye” for the city at a meeting in July.
City Manager Randy Fernandez said public works crews led the demolition of the structure.
“We spoke with her at that time and said, ‘Well, we’ve talked about it, and maybe it’s time we quit kicking the can down the road and take some action,’" Pyden said, referring to the smaller museum building.
Now, having “really opened up the park,” in the area, the mayor said the move has also renewed a years-long discussion about what to do with the building that’s still standing — the old city hall now rarely operational as the Marysville Historical Museum — just east of the rec building, as well as a decades-old bandshell farther north in Marysville City Park.
Are there plans for the now-vacant space on Huron?
The demolition of the smaller building irked some local residents on social media who noted it as a loss of a piece of local history.
A sign once stood on the property, noting it as Marysville’s boat and log sled museum. Pyden said the boat that’d been housed there found a new home at the Wills St. Claire Museum.
Recreation Coordinator Stefanie Schneider said there were no immediate steps being taken to reutilize the space the demolition left.
However, she said, “It’s going to be one of those things to be discussed as we move forward. The biggest thing in removing it was just because it was falling apart. I mean, the roof was caving in and everything. So, there really isn’t a game plan as to what is going to go there.”
What about the old historical museum?
Although there are no plans yet for the space just west of the rec center, Fernandez said officials do have plans for a meeting in the works for 7 p.m. on Sept. 19 to discuss the historic museum building.
But as of Friday, he wasn’t sure if it was set to be a formal council meeting with a quorum.
The larger museum was a topic of discussion when the city last weighed renovations at the building housing the recreation department next door, as the rec center was previously the old fire hall.
It also arose when the city moved to build a new city hall building on Delaware Avenue, where several items from the museum are housed in the lobby. Pyden said other museum items — things both he and Fernandez said the Port Huron Museum has helped go through in the past — are housed in a separate DPW structure.
However, Pyden said the building would also require significant improvements to bring it up to code and fully accessible, and moving forward, they’re hoping to consider more ideas for how it can be used.
“We’ve been very transparent. This has been discussed for years. It’s been discussed in every budget meeting I can remember,” Fernandez said. “… We’ve found it’s going to take over $300,000 to get that building up to speed through consultants that we’ve brought into the building months ago.”
What's being discussed about the park's bandshell?
When Pyden talks about the band shell inside the city park, he calls it the amphitheater — a moniker used in reference to how they hope the space couldn’t continue to be used for outdoor entertainment.
Like the two Huron Boulevard structures, the amphitheater has seen better days.
But unlike the others, it may have some funding coming in to refurbish the space after St. Clair County Commissioner Duke Dunn, whose district includes Marysville, has identified the amphitheater as a potential outlet for using his share of the county’s American Rescue Plan dollars.
Each county board member is getting $500,000 to take back to their districts. Marysville officials first met in January to discuss the options that’d accommodate Dunn’s preference to designate the funds for more family-friendly, community-oriented efforts. Others include playscapes and recreational facilities.
Half of Dunn’s $500,000 would go to Marysville, as his district also includes Port Huron Township. It wasn’t clear yet how much would go to the amphitheater structure.
What remains, Pyden said, is to figure out whether to raze the bandshell and build new or renovate and build around the current structure.
And to do that, he said, they’re looking for more about its history first.
“That’s the big discussion, it’s with the amphitheater,” Pyden said. “But also, it’s been my target that we have to make a decision on that building. You can’t just let it go and do nothing with it. And that’s what we’ve done for a number of years.”
Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith. | https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/2022/08/16/marysville-officials-weighing-future-two-city-park-structures/10307235002/ | 2022-08-16T03:31:37Z |
FBI recovers more than 200 trafficking victims, including 84 kids
(CNN) - More than 80 children were recovered in a child sex trafficking crackdown by the FBI.
Authorities say agents found 84 child victims during a two-week nationwide initiative dubbed “Operation Cross Country” in August. They also located 37 missing children and 141 adult victims of human trafficking.
The initiative focused on finding victims of sex trafficking and arresting those involved in both child sex and human trafficking.
The average age of the children recovered is around 15 years old. The youngest victim is just 11.
“The Justice Department is committed to doing everything in our power to combat the insidious crimes of human trafficking that devastate survivors and their families,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland in a press release.
Officials also say they’ve identified or arrested 85 suspects “of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking offenses.”
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Updated August 14, 2022 at 9:16 AM ET
It's not every day you get the blessing from the director of one of your favorite childhood films to reimagine her movie in a new light.
Comedian and actor Abbi Jacobson did.
The co-creator of the new A League of Their Own series was able to speak to Penny Marshall, the original director of the 1992 film. Marshall, who died in 2018, gave the greenlight after Jacobson said the show was not going to be an exact replica of the movie.
"We told her how much we love the film and ... that we were shifting focus and really trying to tell the story of a generation of women who played baseball," Jacobson tells NPR. "And she said, 'Well go and do it already. Like go and do it.'"
Now it's available on Amazon Prime Video.
Both the film and the show are about the women who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which started during World War II.
In order to get a feel for what it was like to be a female baseball player in that era, Jacobson says she and fellow co-creator Will Graham consulted with Maybelle Blair, an original player in the league who came out publicly as the show prepared to launch. The 95-year-old shared her identity during the Q&A portion of the pilot's premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Jacobson says she hopes the untold stories about queer and racial experiences that weren't fully present in the film can now be highlighted in her series and help other come to their own truth — like Blair did.
Jacobson shares more about what she wanted the focus of the show to be on, the character she portrays in the series, and what she wants audiences to experience with this adaption of the film.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
On how she, Graham and other show staff approached the movie's material
From our initial conversation, it was like, we don't need to remake this movie at all. We're not trying to do these characters again. But there is so much in the film that we felt like Marshall was nodding to.
This is an iconic queer film, but no one in the film is openly gay and it's not really that clear. But it is beloved by the queer community.
There's an iconic scene in the movie where a Black woman picks up a foul ball and chucks it back to Dottie [Hinson, played by Geena Davis]. And you're sort of meant to know the historical fact that Black women were not even allowed to try out for this league.
We're really excited to dive into the stories that were not told in the film, the other people that we weren't focused on. We're kind of pulling focus in other directions. And so I always think of it as like a reimagining.
On how she relates to her character, Carson Shaw
I came into my queerness pretty late in life. And also I say that in a non-judgy way, like it's never too late.
But my character, Carson, is going through a very different but similar journey of coming to know herself. I really relate in so many ways to Carson and that figuring out of oneself and that experience of having the world sort of all of a sudden feel a lot bigger than it did before, which I think is what that felt like for me and in a great way.
On what she hopes people take away from the show
It really is about finding your team, and these characters, a lot of them are finding their team on the field, which is a place that they've never really had that kind of camaraderie.
But the show is also so much about finding your team in life, in your people, and I hope that whether you play baseball or not, I think this is a really analogous thing to whatever your passion is to go and find those people.
I feel like this is very analogous to my story in finding my people in comedy. Once I found them, I was like, "I can do this. I found other people that love this as much as I do."
And then in the same way is finding your people who see you. And that's the queer community. Whatever people you need, I hope an audience will watch and if they have their community, maybe they're watching with their community and they see themselves already. And if they don't have those communities yet, they know that it's never too late to find them.
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DNIPRO, Ukraine — Outside a morgue in the central eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, a scene plays out all day, every day.
Coffin lids are brought out and leaned against a wall, along with large crosses and flowers. The coffins soon follow, the pale face of a dead soldier sometimes visible inside. They're slid inside a waiting van; the lids put on.
This is where Oleg Repnoy's journey begins. He's a volunteer for Evacuation 200, an organization that returns dead Ukrainian soldiers — or their remains — to their families.
"My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," he says.
Since fighting began on Feb. 24, no one could keep up with the number of casualties, he says. So this special volunteer unit was created to help.
The former interior designer with the blue-eyed gaze has spent the past five months crisscrossing Ukraine with his precious cargo. The 55-year-old says he feels like he is helping in the fight.
"My work is important because I'm also taking care of all the bureaucracy and paperwork for families in grief and they are grateful," he says. "But you need to have strong mental health to do this job."
While President Volodymir Zelenskyy has said up to 200 soldiers a day could be losing their lives in the war with Russia, the exact number of Ukrainian casualties has been a preciously guarded government secret. Operations like this one give a glimpse into the true toll.
On the day NPR meets Repnoy, he's holding a soldier's paperwork. It has a number: 3,249. That's the number of dead since Feb. 24 in this morgue alone. This operation is playing out in morgues all over the country.
Repnoy is setting out for a small village several hours south of Dnipro, closer to the front lines. He's carrying two coffins with the remains of soldiers killed in early May, only recently recovered.
There's no air conditioning in the cab of the van. It's a hot day and he rolls down the window and smokes. He says sometimes he feels guilty bringing the young soldiers home.
"One day I drove the body of a very young guy born in 2002 and I thought, 'that young guy is dead and I'm much older than him and I'm alive.' It seems so unfair," he says.
But he says the families are never resentful, and always grateful to him when he arrives.
Out on the road, the vast Ukrainian plains stretch as far as the eye can see. There are shimmering wheat fields on one side, bright-yellow sunflowers on the other.
Repnoy listens to music and thinks about the soldiers he's carrying and the land he's crisscrossing. He says he's traveled extensively in his country and thought he knew it well.
"But when I started delivering dead soldiers, I began to think about how beautiful our country is," he says. "I just never imagined I'd discover my country going from morgue to morgue."
On the side of his white van — which was once used to deliver flowers — the number 200 is written in black. The name of this operation, Evacuation 200, is military jargon for the transport of dead soldiers.
The term made its way into public consciousness in the 1980s, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and Soviet soldiers' bodies were brought home from the war in Afghanistan. Each body in its zinc coffin was said to weigh around 200 kilograms — about 440 pounds.
When Repnoy stops for gas, people know what cargo he's carrying. Olga Bereza, 44, looks over as she fills her tank. But she doesn't feel reverence for the dead, she says.
"Honestly?" she asks. "We feel only hate. When the war came into our home and our people are being killed, right now we can feel only hatred, unfortunately."
When Repnoy pulls into the village of Apostolove, members of the soldiers' regiment are waiting to meet the coffins. They slide them out of the van one by one, along with the flags and the flowers and the crosses, readying them for their upcoming funerals.
One of the dead soldiers is 47-year-old Andriy Bilay, who is from Apostolove. His 70-year-old mother, Vira Bilay, has been waiting for him.
She says the last time she spoke with Andriy was on May 7, when he told her he was going on a special operation. She pulls a large photo of her boy out of a plastic bag and cries as she talks about him.
"He worked for the railroad and everyone loved him," she says.
Bilay says her son was furious about the invasion and was on the front lines within days.
There were also foreign soldiers fighting for Ukraine stationed here in the village, says Bilay, and she took care of them.
"They didn't speak Ukrainian but I used Google Translate and I brought them food. Borsch, pancakes, homemade dumplings — I fed the foreign soldiers. But," she cries, "who took care of my son?"
Asked if she has a message for the world, she wails:
"People, please don't fight, it is heartbreaking. It's very painful. Don't kill each other!"
There's a World War II tank in her village, a monument bearing the inscription: "To the combatants of the Soviet army, liberators of the town of Apostolove, February 1944. From its grateful citizens."
Those citizens aren't grateful to the Russian army now, but there are no plans to take the monument down.
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20-Yard Dash: East Rockingham
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - A new era of East Rockingham football begins in 2022.
Drew Spitzer is preparing for his first season as head coach at East Rock. He is the son of former, long-time Fort Defiance head coach Dale Spitzer. The younger Spitzer served as an assistant coach in Elkton last fall under Scott Turner. Turner is now the head coach at Turner Ashby, where he works under TA athletic director Donnie Coleman, who was the head coach at East Rockingham from 2010-2020.
The Eagles are looking to rebound from a 4-6 overall record in the fall of 2021 that ended with a blowout loss to Clarke County in the first round of the Region 2B Playoffs.
“We got a lot of speed,” said Drew Spitzer. “We got a lot of good skill players. Our perimeter guys are good. We are returning 15 starters off of last year’s team. Small senior class. We are only going to have six or seven seniors on the team.”
Some believe East Rock has the best collection of skill position players in the Bull Run District. Jakari Eaves is one of the top quarterbacks in the Shenandoah Valley while Ben Dinkel is a standout running back and Xavier Butler, Damien Durrette, and Zach Joyner are talented wide receivers for the Eagles.
“I think the speed, especially on the outside run, is going to be great,” said Dinkel. “We got some decent lineman coming back that can block on the outside. If we can get speed to the outside, we are going to win a lot.”
East Rockingham - 2022 Schedule
8/26 - vs. Spotswood
9/2 - vs. Rock Ridge
9/9 - at Central*
9/16 - vs. Buffalo Gap
9/23 - at Turner Ashby
9/30 - at Strasburg*
10/7 - vs. Page County*
10/14 - at Luray*
10/21 - vs. Clarke County*
10/28 - at Madison County*
*Bull Run District Opponent
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FBI recovers more than 200 trafficking victims, including 84 kids
(CNN) - More than 80 children were recovered in a child sex trafficking crackdown by the FBI.
Authorities say agents found 84 child victims during a two-week nationwide initiative dubbed “Operation Cross Country” in August. They also located 37 missing children and 141 adult victims of human trafficking.
The initiative focused on finding victims of sex trafficking and arresting those involved in both child sex and human trafficking.
The average age of the children recovered is around 15 years old. The youngest victim is just 11.
“The Justice Department is committed to doing everything in our power to combat the insidious crimes of human trafficking that devastate survivors and their families,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland in a press release.
Officials also say they’ve identified or arrested 85 suspects “of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking offenses.”
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RCBL Finals: Bridgewater dominates game three, takes 2-1 series lead
Published: Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:39 PM EDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Bridgewater Reds lead the RCBL Finals after a convincing win in game three of the best-of-seven series Monday night in Stuarts Draft.
Bridgewater defeated the host Diamondbacks, 18-4, to take a 2-1 series lead.
Blake Sipe, Chris Huffman, Tyler Jones, and Jordan Yankey each drove in three runs for the Reds while Derek Shifflett tossed a complete game with 11 strikeouts. Shifflett has thrown 40 innings and 731 pitches during the RCBL Playoffs.
Game four of the RCBL Finals is set for a 7:30 p.m. first pitch Tuesday night at Ray Heatwole Field in Bridgewater.
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BEIJING, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government and China Media Group (CMG) launched a new round of cooperation on Monday.
Four shows were released at the launching ceremony, featuring delicacies, tourism, aerial photography and the historic urban area of Macao using the 5G, 4K, 8K and AI technology of the CMG.
An agreement on the CMG sports channel was also signed online on the day so the people of Macao could continue to enjoy the programs.
The two sides also launched a cooperation list to further improve collaboration in the holding of sporting events and authorization of competition resources.
The document on the previous round of cooperation was inked in 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, and has since yielded fruitful results.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) ("Halozyme" or the "Company"), a leader in converting IV biologics to subcutaneous delivery, today announced the pricing of $625.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2028 (the "Convertible Notes"). The Convertible Notes are being offered and sold to "qualified institutional buyers" pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The offering was upsized from an originally announced $500 million in aggregate principal amount. The Company also granted a 13-day option to the initial purchasers to purchase up to an additional $95.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes.
The Convertible Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears at an annual rate of 1.00%. The Convertible Notes have an initial conversion rate of 17.8517 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $56.02 per share of the Company's common stock, representing an initial conversion premium of approximately 30% above the closing price of $43.09 per share of the Company's common stock on August 15, 2022). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. Holders of the Convertible Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of their Convertible Notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture governing the Convertible Notes) at a cash repurchase price of 100% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. The Convertible Notes will mature on August 15, 2028, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding February 15, 2028, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods, and on and after February 15, 2028, at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, the Convertible Notes will be convertible regardless of these conditions. The Company will settle conversions in cash and, if applicable, shares of the Company's common stock. The Company expects to close the offering on August 18, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of various customary closing conditions.
In connection with the pricing of the Convertible Notes, the Company entered into capped call transactions with certain of the initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes and/or their respective affiliates and/or other financial institutions (collectively, the "Capped Call Counterparties"). The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce potential dilution to holders of the Company's common stock on any conversion of the Convertible Notes or at the Company's election (subject to certain conditions) offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of any such converted Convertible Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction or offset subject to a cap based on the cap price. The cap price of the capped call transactions is initially $75.41 per share of the Company's common stock, representing a premium of 75% above the last reported sale price of $43.09 per share of the Company's common stock on August 15, 2022, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the capped call transactions.
In connection with establishing their initial hedges of the capped call transactions, the Capped Call Counterparties or their respective affiliates may purchase shares of the Company's common stock or enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the Company's common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the Convertible Notes. This activity could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of the Company's common stock or the Convertible Notes at that time.
In addition, the Capped Call Counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to the Company's common stock or purchasing or selling the Company's common stock in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes (and are likely to do so during the relevant valuation period under the capped call transactions or following any early conversion of the Convertible Notes or repurchase of the Convertible Notes by the Company on any fundamental change repurchase date, any redemption date or otherwise, in each case if the Company exercises its option to terminate the relevant portion of the capped call transactions). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or decrease in the market price of the Company's common stock or the Convertible Notes, which could affect noteholders' ability to convert the Convertible Notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during any observation period related to a conversion of the Convertible Notes, it could affect the amount and value of the consideration that noteholders will receive on conversion of such Convertible Notes.
The Company will receive net proceeds from the offering of approximately $608.7 million (or approximately $701.4 million if the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional Convertible Notes in full). The Company expects to use approximately $60.0 million of the net proceeds of the offering to fund the cost of entering into the capped call transactions. The Company also expects to use approximately $77.6 million of the net proceeds of the offering to enter into privately negotiated agreements with certain holders of its outstanding 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the "Existing Convertible Notes") to exchange their Existing Convertible Notes for a combination of cash and shares of its common stock through privately negotiated transactions entered into concurrently with or shortly after the offering (the "Note Repurchases"). In connection with the Note Repurchases, the Company expects to pay approximately $77.6 million in cash, which includes accrued interest, and issue approximately 1.51 million shares of its common stock, to settle such exchanges. In addition, the Company expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to repurchase shares of its common stock (the "Share Repurchases") up to $200 million, concurrently with, or shortly after, the offering in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, which may be effected through one or more of the initial purchasers or an affiliate thereof. The Company anticipates using approximately $90.0 million of the net proceeds of the offering to repurchase approximately 2.09 million of its shares concurrently with the closing of the Convertible Notes offering on August 18, 2022, with the remaining Share Repurchases thereafter. Further, the Company expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to repay all of its outstanding $250 million term loan facility due 2026. The Company intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including other repurchases of the Company's common stock from time to time under the existing stock repurchase program, working capital, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, the Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of additional notes to fund the cost of entering into additional capped call transactions.
The Share Repurchases, if consummated in full, would represent an increase of $100 million of the previously planned share repurchases to be made in 2022 under the Company's ongoing three-year $750 million share repurchase program, which was commenced and previously announced in 2021.
The Note Repurchases and Share Repurchases could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of Halozyme common stock or the Convertible Notes. We also expect that some existing noteholders may purchase or sell shares of the Company's common stock in the market to hedge their exposure in connection with these transactions. The Note Repurchases, Share Repurchases and any associated hedging by holders could have affected or affect the market price of the Company's common stock prior to, concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Convertible Notes, and could have also resulted in a higher effective conversion price for the Convertible Notes.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Convertible Notes or the shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, if any, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Any offer of these securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.
The offer and sale of the Convertible Notes and the shares of the Company's common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding the planned offering. Words such as "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "projects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "will," "believes" and words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs about future events and are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Except as required by law, the Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter any forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise. With respect to the planned offering, such uncertainties and circumstances include whether the Company will consummate the offering; and the use of the net proceeds from the offering. Various factors could also adversely affect the Company's operations, business or financial results in the future and cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in detail in the "Risk Factors" sections contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, which are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Halozyme is a biopharmaceutical company bringing disruptive solutions to significantly improve patient experiences and outcomes for emerging and established therapies. As the innovators of the ENHANZE® technology with the proprietary enzyme rHuPH20, Halozyme's commercially-validated solution is used to facilitate the delivery of injected drugs and fluids in order to reduce the treatment burden to patients. Having touched more than 600,000 patient lives in post-marketing use in five commercialized products across more than 100 global markets, Halozyme has licensed its ENHANZE® technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Roche, Baxalta, Pfizer, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Alexion, argenx, Horizon Therapeutics, ViiV Healthcare and Chugai Pharmaceutical.
Halozyme also develops, manufactures and commercializes, for itself or with partners, drug-device combination products using its advanced auto-injector technology that are designed to provide commercial or functional advantages such as improved convenience and tolerability, and enhanced patient comfort and adherence. The Company has a commercial portfolio of proprietary products including XYOSTED®, TLANDO™ and NOCDURNA® and partnered commercial products and ongoing product development programs with industry leading pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical, Covis Pharma, Pfizer and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals.
Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA and has offices in Ewing, NJ and Minnetonka, MN. Minnetonka is also the site of its operations facility.
Contacts:
Tram Bui
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
609-359-3016
tbui@antarespharma.com
Dawn Schottlandt / Claudia Styslinger
Argot Partners
212-600-1902
Halozyme@argotpartners.com
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PHOENIX, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Capital Inc. ("Trinity") (NASDAQ: TRIN, TRINL), an internally managed business development company, today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of $55.0 million of shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $15.33 per share. The offering was upsized from its announced offering size of $50.0 million of its shares. In connection with the proposed offering, Trinity has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 538,160 additional shares of its common stock. All of the shares of common stock to be sold in the offering are to be sold by Trinity. The completion of the offering is subject to customary closing conditions. The shares of common stock are expected to be delivered on August 18, 2022.
Trinity intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay down a portion of its existing indebtedness outstanding under its KeyBank Credit Facility, to make investments in accordance with its investment objective and investment strategy, and for general corporate purposes.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint-lead book-running managers for the offering. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as a joint book-running manager for the offering. Oppenheimer & Co., Ladenburg Thalmann and Compass Point are acting as co-managers for the offering.
The shares are being sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form N-2 that has been filed with, and has been declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses of Trinity before investing. The preliminary prospectus, dated August 15, 2022, and accompanying prospectus, dated January 27, 2022, each of which has been filed with the SEC, contain a description of these matters and other important information about Trinity and should be read carefully before investing.
This press release will not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to their registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Offers of these securities are made only by means of the prospectus. The SEC has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of the preliminary prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
A shelf registration statement relating to these securities is on file with and has been declared effective by the SEC. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from: Keefe, Bruyette& Woods, Inc., Attn: Equity Capital Markets, 787 7th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019, telephone: 1-800-966-1559, or by emailing USCapitalMarkets@kbw.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014; UBS Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, telephone: (888) 827-7275 or by emailing ol-prospectusrequest@ubs.com; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY, 10001, telephone: (800) 326-5897 or by emailing cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, or by emailing Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
About Trinity Capital Inc.
Trinity (NASDAQ: TRIN, TRINL), an internally managed specialty lending company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is a leading provider of debt, including loans and equipment financing, to growth stage companies, including venture-backed companies and companies with institutional equity investors. Trinity's investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation through investments consisting primarily of term loans and equipment financings and, to a lesser extent, working capital loans, equity and equity-related investments. Trinity believes it is one of only a select group of specialty lenders that has the depth of knowledge, experience, and track record in lending to growth stage companies.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, financial markets, our business, our portfolio companies and our industry. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings with the SEC. Trinity undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- As nearly 50,000 private school and college students gear up to return back to school next week, city and state officials are urging the public to drive safely because they expect more cars out on the roadways.
"We are committed to in-person learning and certainly getting back to normal during this COVID pandemic," Gov. David Ige said during a press conference Monday.
At the meeting, Honolulu Department of Transportation Services Director Roger Morton acknowledged, "the Department of Education schools make an impact on traffic but the major traffic are the universities and the private schools."
Two weeks ago, the Department of Education (DOE) welcomed back 160,000 students back to school two weeks ago, half of which live in walking distance from their campus.
"So please, keep the slow pace, especially if you find yourself in localized traffic around the schools," DOE student transportation services branch administrator Emily Evans said.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported 76 people have died on Hawaii roads so far this year, 21 more than last year.
On top of driving safely, DOT Deputy Director for Highways Ed Sniffen is asking the public to consider working from home to reduce traffic delays and crashes.
"If you can't telework all day, at least during the peak times, we're looking at the peak times of 5 to 9 a.m., and the afternoon times of 3 to 7 p.m.," Sniffen said. "If you can stay out of that traffic, keep yourself out of that, keep yourself out of that frustration, it will help everybody."
City and state officials are also encouraging people to take public transportation to minimize the number of cars on the road.
"Riding the bus is a really great experience and so we also wanted to add a free fare week so we can get more people, entice people to ride on public transportation," Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said.
The temporary free bus fare week starts next Monday.
Honolulu's TheBus will also add 37 new express trips starting Sunday, as well as a new route called the "Campus Connector," which will go along mauka of the H-1 freeway as well as the University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus to appeal to students.
Starting Monday through next Friday, the $2 Holo bus cards will be free.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Grassroot Institute of Hawaii released a report that stated most Hawaii homes are purchased from locals that want to buy a house. Experts say the enemy is not out-of-state buyers but current zoning and housing regulations.
"In a majority of homes, it wouldn’t take a lot to put up a wall to make another bedroom yet getting the permitting done for that and going through hoops for regulations can be very prohibitive. If we can solve little problem like this, we can go a long way to make houses available for our local people," said Dr. Keli'i Akina, CEO of Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.
Hawaii residents purchased almost 76% of the homes that were for sale while residents from the mainland accounted for 22%. Lastly, less than 2% were bought by residents from foreign countries.
According to their newest report, purchases from in-state residents steadily increased since 2010.
However, the state economist, Eugene Tian, disagrees in part with the study’s findings. He said the emphasis on outside buyers having no impact on housing prices is a little too simple. Other factors need to be included. He said it is premature to conclude that outside buyers have no impact since they purchase 25% of our homes – 25% is large enough to have an impact on the prices.
Realtor Abe Lee also added that zoning regulations add time to develop homes.
"In Hawaii, it can take 12-15 years to get rezoning on our land. D.R. Horton bought 1,500 acres on the west Oahu side and it took almost 14 years to get it completed. It created more than 11,000 homes and the demand was there," said Abe Lee, principal broker at Century 21 iProperties Hawaii.
Lee said he recommends aspiring home buyers to reach out to nonprofits that provide training and education on how to buy a home in Hawaii.
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Oak Hill gears up for a new season
Red Devils open against Nicholas County
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 12:59 AM EDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
OAK HILL, W.Va. (WVVA) - The Red Devils are already a cohesive unit. David Moneypenny’s squad returns about half the starters from last season.
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The Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees consists of (back row, from left) Brittany Ashby, Christy Klaassen, Alicia Smith, and (front row, from left) Tim Bolin, Marguerite Herman, Rose Ann Million Rinne and Rich Wiederspahn.
CHEYENNE – Laramie County School District 1’s safety and security administrator affirmed Monday night there are no plans to arm teachers heading into the new school year.
The confirmation was given by Todd DePorter at a work session to inform LCSD1 trustees on current safety strategies and other plans on the horizon. Trustee Rich Wiederspahn asked the administrator whether he saw a need for it in the state’s largest school district after receiving many inquiries from stakeholders.
“I feel confident with the law enforcement response here with the Cheyenne Police Department and Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, that I don’t know if we need to address that just yet,” DePorter said.
There are pros and cons on both sides, DePorter said, but it comes down to the situation and location. He said he has also spoken with law enforcement officials, who shared their concerns with identifying a shooter, and it may be more complicated if there are multiple individuals with weapons in the building.
Despite no intention to allow educators to carry weapons on school property, the safety and security administrator showcased the many other safeguards already in place.
There are proactive measures aimed at reducing threats and vulnerability, such as promoting a positive school climate and culture, or social-emotional learning and restorative practices. Officials also implement threat recognition, assessment and management systems that track behavioral issues among students throughout their time in the district. If they see a student could become a threat, law enforcement and parental guardians can be called in to intervene.
Trustees were assured district officials are making sure those systems are consistent throughout the district, so an administrator can have a complete history of the child’s record, or access to outside counseling information with the parents’ permission. The rights of the student would still be maintained, and trustee Marguerite Herman was told if police were to ask for counseling or personal records from law enforcement, it is protected by FERPA.
DePorter said although the word “threat” is included in these assessments, he stressed the word “behavior,” because they’re trying to help the student adjust.
This was considered an important factor to trustees.
“Personally, I think we have a lot of behavioral issues in our district,” said trustee Christy Klaassen. “I get told by different administrators and teachers, saying kids just seem to be more violent, or more quick to fly off the handle than they did 20 years or 10 years ago.”
She was told there are multi-tiered systems of support at the academic and behavioral levels, which include programs such as Sources of Strength and addressing student readiness.
Proactive measures aren’t the only ones emphasized by the school district. Physical security, effective lockdown capabilities, reliable emergency communications and effective response plans were all discussed by DePorter.
There are eight school resource officers available throughout LCSD1, and he pointed to online systems such as RAPTOR, Alertus and Safe2Tell as important ways to keep students protected. These provide services for visitor management, drill compliance, beacons for faculty when a lockdown goes into effect, and a reunification process for parents and students after an emergency.
“The school district, through all the schools, has the ability to lock down a school within seconds based on the technology we have,” he said.
Moving forward, there are more updates under consideration by the district. DePorter said they hope to have a control center to monitor the security system, develop threat assessment teams, find security ambassadors and advocates, as well as continue to partner with local agencies.
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Police: Suspects in attack on elderly woman are ages 11 to 18
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Three children ages 11, 13, and 14 and an 18-year-old beat and robbed a 70-year-old Asian woman who was attacked last month inside her San Francisco apartment building and two of them have been arrested, police said Monday.
The woman was outside her Chinatown building when the suspects approached her on July 31 and spoke to her, said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.
Unable to understand them because of a language barrier, she went into the building’s lobby and the suspects followed her, Scott said. Then they beat and robbed her before fleeing, he said. The attack was recorded on surveillance video.
“The victim was transported to a local hospital and thank goodness her injuries were not life-threatening,” said Scott, who did not identify the woman.
The attack came amid a wave of assaults against Asian Americans in San Francisco and across the country that started when the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S.
Scott called the ages of the younger suspects sad and shocking.
He said detectives identified the suspects as 18-year-old Darryl Moore, of Oakland, and the three juveniles.
The names of the juveniles won’t be released, and the 11-year-old won’t be charged in the case due to his age. The other three face robbery, elder abuse, false imprisonment and conspiracy charges, Scott said.
Moore, the 11-year-old and 13-year-old suspects were arrested by Santa Clara County authorities on Aug. 10 by officers with the Milpitas Police Department on accusations of an unrelated crime there, he said.
Moore is still detained at the Santa Clara County jail.
The 13-year-old suspect was booked at the Santa Clara Juvenile Hall and was being transferred to the custody of Alameda County, where officials booked him on the warrant for his San Francisco arrest, Scott said.
The 11-year-old was transferred from Santa Clara to the custody of the Alameda County Assessment Center.
The 14-year-old has not been located but there is a warrant for his arrest, Scott said.
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HINGGAN LEAGUE, China, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 13, the 3rd Alumni Economic Forum opened in Arxan, Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an expression of friendship among Hubei merchants and alumni, and a dialogue about new rural development.
With the theme of "Alumni Economy: a Dialogue between Rural Areas and Development", the forum invited over 300 famous alumni entrepreneurs and representatives of Hubei merchants to Arxan, to boost rural revitalization by means of the alumni economy and facilitate the high-quality development of Hinggan League, according to the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Alumni Economic Forum.
During the forum, Huang Li, Zhang Wenzhong and Liu Baolin gave keynote speeches on key fields. Hinggan League granted 7 representatives of alumni the "Rural Revitalization and Development Adviser Certificate", and signed agreements worth 9.2 billion RMB on 21 cooperative projects with partner enterprises in such fields as tourism, transportation and biotechnology.
In the roundtable discussion, presidents of famous universities such as Peking University and Wuhan University, experts, alumni organizations and alumni enterprises exchanged ideas, shared experience and built consensus on themes such as "deepening cooperation between universities and local areas and boosting rural revitalization", to provide support and strategies for the high-quality development of the local economy.
On the day, an opening ceremony of the 1st University Alumni Travel Season, which is aimed to fully promote the high-end tourism brand of "alumni" with alumni of universities as a bridge, and vigorously promote the high-quality development of the local economy by fostering "industrial clusters" with the strength of "circles of alumni".
Since successfully launched in Arxan in 2019, the Alumni Economic Forum has contributed a series of wise ideas and solutions to the high-quality economic development of Hinggan League and even Inner Mongolia. The alumni economy is becoming a new impetus for regional economic and urban competition, and Arxan is gradually turning into a "famous scenic spot" for the alumni economy in China.
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Validus platform also to support ACX derivatives market when launched
NEW YORK, ABU DHABI, SINGAPORE and LONDON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eventus, a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, and AirCarbon Exchange (ACX), the global exchange revolutionizing the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), today announced that ACX has selected Eventus as its partner to introduce the first comprehensive market surveillance program for the VCM, which was created to drive financing activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.
ACX will use the Eventus Validus platform for trade surveillance, transaction monitoring and anti-money laundering (AML) in its spot and forthcoming derivatives markets globally.
Due to the emerging nature of carbon credits as an asset class, markets for carbon credits currently operate without the controls of more conventional financial instruments such as commodity derivatives. ACX launched in 2019 with a vision of bringing efficiency and liquidity to these voluntary markets, as well as to increase transparency and trust to levels seen in more established markets.
Thomas McMahon, CEO and Co-Founder of ACX said: "A key principle of ACX's vision is our decision to partner with Eventus to develop, for the first time in the history of the VCM, a comprehensive market surveillance platform to monitor prohibited activities such as market manipulation or money laundering. With trade surveillance set to go live on ACX later this year, we expect that the enhanced integrity that this provides will further open up the Voluntary Carbon Market to as broad a range of participants as possible and hence increase the necessary investment in global carbon reduction and offset programs."
ACX undertook a "rigorous assessment process" for potential trade surveillance partners, not only considering whether the system could appropriately support ACX's market, but also whether it would allow ACX to meet all of its regulatory requirements on an ongoing basis in the multiple jurisdictions in which it operates. As a soon-to-be fully regulated Investment Exchange by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority in the Abu Dhabi Global Market, ACX is required to operate an effective market surveillance and transaction monitoring program to identify, record, detect and prevent conduct amounting to market misconduct and/or "financial crime," such as any attempt to breach international sanctions.
McMahon said: "Given the nascent nature and constant pace of development of the VCM, ACX required a market surveillance partner that not only provides a robust service but is agile enough to be regularly enhanced and refined as these markets grow and evolve. We identified Eventus as the partner best able to allow us to meet these requirements, particularly given the experienced team and flexibility of the Validus platform, enabling us to easily customize it to our unique requirements. Validus is also able to support both our established spot market for voluntary carbon credits, alongside the related derivative contracts that ACX intends to launch next year."
Eventus CEO Travis Schwab said: "It's truly exciting for us to play a role in ensuring the safety of these important markets, which can help attract liquidity as well as reinforce investor confidence. AirCarbon Exchange is leading the way – particularly in markets such as Singapore, the UAE and Africa – in establishing a robust carbon offset marketplace that can stand the test of time and grow, making a significant contribution to the future of our planet. Our deep experience in established markets, as well as more emerging exchange venues, enables us to offer ACX expertise, along with the full functionality and scalability of the Validus platform, as the exchange seeks to grow and promote further adoption of this valuable emissions-reducing tool."
Eventus is a leading global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions. Its powerful, award-winning Validus platform is easy to deploy, customize and operate across equities, options, futures, foreign exchange (FX), fixed income and digital asset markets. Validus is proven in the most complex, high-volume and real-time environments of tier-1 banks, broker-dealers, futures commission merchants (FCMs), proprietary trading groups, market centers, buy-side institutions, energy and commodity trading firms, and regulators. The company's rapidly growing client base relies on Validus and Eventus' responsive support and product development teams to overcome its most pressing regulatory challenges. For more, visit www.eventus.com.
AirCarbon Exchange ("ACX") is a global exchange revolutionizing the voluntary carbon market. The Exchange's client base comprises corporate entities, financial traders, carbon project developers and other industry stakeholders. ACX provides its participants with an efficient and transparent trading platform which is easy to use, frictionless and with the lowest transaction fees available on the market. Its underlying distributed ledger technology will allow the carbon market to scale efficiently to meet global ambitions of Net Zero.
ACX was recognized as the Best Carbon Exchange globally in Environmental Finance's prestigious Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2021 - the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's Voluntary Carbon Market. ACX was also named as the 'Best Solution in Energy Trading' by Wired UK and Publicis Sapient at their Global EnergyTech Awards, which spotlighted the companies that are 'Winning the Race to Reinvent Energy'.
For more information or to trade carbon, please reach out to info@aircarbon.co or visit www.aircarbon.co.
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MAJURO, Marshall Islands, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gate.io Group's Hong Kong-based company, Hippo Financial Services Limited (Hippo FS), has obtained the Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) Licence. As a result, Hippo FS is now permitted to provide virtual asset custodial services to global users.
The TCSP Licence is required for any entity that carries on or wishes to carry on a trust or company service business in Hong Kong.
"Obtaining the TCSP Licence in Hong Kong enables us to deepen our relationship with global crypto investors as an industry leader. Next, we will be building localized operations to bring our products and services to users in Hong Kong," said Tom Yang, EVP of Gate.io Group.
With an initial focus on virtual asset custody services, Hippo FS is dedicating resources towards establishing teams to manage local operations, including the security of its services infrastructure and client's assets.
Dr. Han Lin, Founder and CEO of Gate.io Group, said, "Establishing a custody business in Hong Kong is a global strategic milestone of Gate.io Group, not only because Hong Kong is the hub for many financial institutions and investors, but more importantly, the industry-leading regulatory regime of Hong Kong provides additional confidence for investors that place assets in Hippo FS's custody."
Obtaining the TCSP licence is a crucial part of the global expansion strategy of Gate.io Group, as this affirms the Group's position as a global virtual asset service leader in the industry. A vital component of the strategy is establishing regulatory-compliant operations in newly entered regions and forming teams dedicated to tailoring services that meet the needs of investors and regulators' expectations.
About Gate.io Group
Established in 2013, Gate.io Group is one of the pioneers in the crypto industry. It has established a comprehensive ecosystem, which includes a cryptocurrency exchange, public blockchain, decentralized finance, research and analysis, venture capital investing, wallet services, startup incubator labs and more.
Gate.io is a leading global cryptocurrency exchange under Gate.io Group. Gate.io offers services related to the trading of multiple leading digital assets, and it has grown to serve over 10 million users around the world. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top 10 cryptocurrency exchanges based on liquidity and trading volume on CoinGecko and has received a rating of 4.5 by Forbes Advisor, making it one of the Best Crypto Exchanges for 2021.
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LONDON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With display technology improving for bending radius (BR) and transmittance (TR), shipments of transformable displays are expected to reach approximately 117.7 million units in 2029 with a 2.7% share of total flat panel display market according to the latest research from Omdia.
Omdia defines transformable display in terms of bending radius and transmittance, and categorizes as bendable, foldable, rollable, stretchable, and transparent displays. Foldable display is expected to be the highest developing form factor up to 2029, due to its rapid expansion through premium smartphone applications. Foldable display shipments are expected to increase to 107.5 million units in 2029 with a 2.5% share of total flat panel display market, and the CAGR will be 28.0% from 2022 to 2029.
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display is expected to be the most spotlighted technology than any other transformable display. OLED display is self-emissive and thin structured which can be flexible and transparent and allows the design of various transformable display such as foldable display.
"During last two decades, most panel makers have demonstrated or launched various kinds of transformable display. OLED display has proven itself as multi-functional across transformable display while other display technologies are quite limited in terms of bending radius and transmittance," said Jerry Kang, Omdia Research Manager. "LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) continues to dominate the transparent display market in terms of shipment area, due to its popularity in the showcase and cooler market where the light source can be easily embedded."
Shipment of transformable displays have increased slowly with limited demand of special purpose application in products such as foldable smartphones, rollable TVs, transparent coolers, etc. rather than typical consumer applications such as smartphones, smartwatches, tablets etc. While this area is not expected to grow aggressively in the short term, innovative form factors can and have expanded the usage of display as we have seen in the case of flexible display which has quickly penetrated the smartphone display market.
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Omdia is a leading research and advisory group focused on the technology industry. With clients operating in over 120 countries, Omdia provides market-critical data, analysis, advice, and custom consulting.
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STEP-OUT HOLES CONTINUE EXTENDING THE MINERALIZATION DOWN DIP AND ALONG STRIKE
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver One Resources Inc. (TSXV: SVE; OTCQX: SLVRF; FSE: BRK1 - "Silver One" or the "Company") is pleased to report results from its reverse circulation (RC) 7,500-metre ("m") drilling program recently completed at its Candelaria project, Nevada. The objectives of the program, which included examining the extensions to silver-oxide mineralization adjacent to the past producing open pits and filling in between step-out holes drilled in 2021, were all successfully achieved.
Highlights:
- Since November 2018, the Company has drilled over 25,000 metres in 131 holes, including RC, core, and sonic holes.
- The recent 36-hole, 7,500 m drilling program tested the extensions to the silver-oxide mineralization to the east of the Mt. Diablo pit, down-dip from the Mt. Diablo and Northern Belle open pits and filled-in areas of silver mineralization between step-out holes drilled in 2021 west of the Mt. Diablo open pit (Figures 1 and 2).
- Assays include:
- Drilling results indicate the extension of the mineralization 400 m west (to drill hole SO-C-21-96) and 450 m east of the Mount Diablo pit (to drill hole SO-C-22-115). The mineralization remains open along strike in both directions as well as down-dip from both Mt. Diablo and Northern Belle pits.
- The Candelaria mineralization is now known to extend nearly 2 km along strike and 1 km in the down-dip direction and remains open in all directions (Fig.'s 1 and 2)
Silver One's President and CEO, Greg Crowe, commented: "We are very encouraged by the positive results from the assays of our recent round of reverse circulation drilling. Holes drilled confirmed continuity of the mineralization down-dip and along-strike to the east and west of the past producing Mt. Diablo pit, where drilling indicates that silver and gold grades exceed historical average grades mined by open pit. This bodes well for the possibility to expand the known mineralization and the potential for both open-pit and underground mining. The mineralization defined to-date is still open both along strike and down dip from both Mt. Diablo and Northern Belle pits and further exploration is highly warranted".
The silver and gold grades of the holes drilled by the company west of Mt. Diablo (this release, Feb 16, May 26 and July 15, 2021 news releases) exceed the average grades (88 g/t Ag and 0.1 g/t Au) mined by open pit by previous operators. Gold grades to the east of Mt. Diablo pit increase (drill holes SO-C-22-112 to SO-C-115) compared with grades mined by open pit in the past, however, silver grades decrease in this direction.
Future drilling will focus on testing the continuity of the mineralization down-dip and along strike from both Mt. Diablo and Northern Belle pits.
Drill collars are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. Significant gold and silver assays are summarized in Table 1, and coordinates and identification drillhole data are in Table 2.
Metallurgical Testing
Core drilling for metallurgical testing is underway on the Mt. Diablo pit extension mineralization. Core samples from the current program, in conjunction with six core holes drilled in the 2019-2020 campaign, and three bulk samples excavated with a backhoe from the bottom of the Mt. Diablo pit will be used to investigate the silver and gold extraction from the oxide, mixed (oxide-sulphide), and sulphide mineralization. The samples are distributed throughout the deposit and are representative of the grades and major types of Candelaria mineralization.
Results from the metallurgical testing will be used in an upcoming in-ground resource estimate to replace the historical resource completed by Silver Standard in 2001.
The metallurgical results will also be used to evaluate the economics of various processing scenarios, including mixing fresh mineralization with the historic heap leach mineralization versus processing the heap leach material alone.
Figure 1 – Drill Collars and Significant Assays of the 2022 RC drilling.
Note: See Table 1 and Table 2 for additional details on mineralized intervals and RC hole details.
Figure 2 – Drill Collars and Significant Assays, 2020-2021 and 2022 campaigns.
Table 1. Summary of relevant assays from recent RC drilling.
Mineralized intervals reported are core lengths, and true widths are estimated to be 85% to 100% of these widths based on interpreted drill sections.
Table 2. RC holes coordinates (UTM83-11) and other identification data.
Candelaria Project Mineral Resources
Leach Pad Resource
In August 2020, The Company completed a resource estimate of indicated and inferred resources on Candelaria's heap leach pads. Thirty million ounces of indicated resources and 15.397 million of ounces in the inferred category were reported. The respective Technical Report, dated effective August 6, 2020, and filed on SEDAR on August 19, 2020, is titled "Technical Report on the Heap Leach Pads within the Candelaria, Property, Mineral and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada, USA". The Report was prepared by James A. McCrea, P.Geo., who is a qualified person within the meaning of NI 43-101 and is independent of the Company; McCrea has reviewed and approved the disclosure regarding the updated resource estimate included herein.
Mineral Resources were reported for each leach pad separately, using a 0.01 g/t silver fire assay cut-off grade. See table below:
* Contained Metal based on fire assay grades
The effective date of the mineral resource estimate is August 6, 2020.
1. A Mineral Resource is a concentration or occurrence of solid material of economic interest in or on the Earth's crust in such form, grade or quality and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction.
An Inferred Mineral Resource is that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of limited geological evidence and sampling. Geological evidence is sufficient to imply but not verify geological and grade or quality continuity.
An Inferred Mineral Resource has a lower level of confidence than that applying to an Indicated Mineral Resource and must not be converted to a Mineral Reserve. It is reasonably expected that the majority of Inferred Mineral Resources could be upgraded to Indicated Mineral Resources with continued exploration.
An Indicated Mineral Resource is that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics are estimated with sufficient confidence to allow the application of Modifying Factors in sufficient detail to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. Geological evidence is derived from adequately detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing and is sufficient to assume geological and grade or quality continuity between points of observation.
An Indicated Mineral Resource has a lower level of confidence than that applying to a Measured Mineral Resource and may only be converted to a Probable Mineral Reserve.
2. Mineral resources, which are not mineral reserves, do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources has no known issues and do not appear materially affected by any known environmental, permitting, legal, title, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. There is no guarantee that Silver One will be successful in obtaining any or all of the requisite consents, permits or approvals, regulatory or otherwise for the project or that the project will be placed into production.
3. The mineral resources in this study were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum ('CIM'), CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by the CIM Council on May 10, 2014.
Metal prices used for the resource estimate are: US $1500 per ounce for gold; US $20 per ounce of silver. These prices were used for calculating silver equivalents and for the exploitation scenarios related to reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction.
Historical Resource
Historic resource estimates of the remaining downdip mineral resources in the project were determined for both the Mount Diablo and Northern Belle deposits by Snowden and reported in a NI 43-101 Technical Report prepared for Silver Standard Resources Inc. in 2001. The resources reported include a historic measured and indicated resource for Mount Diablo of 13.6 million short tons averaging 3.23 opt Agtotal and 0.003 opt Ausoluble, for 44.1 million ounces of silver. Additionally, there is a historic inferred resource for Mount Diablo and Northern Belle of 14.4 million short tons averaging 2.21 opt Agtotal and 0.002 opt Ausoluble, for 31.7 million ounces of silver.
The technical report titled "Candelaria Project Technical Report" dated May 24, 2001 (filed on SEDAR on June 20, 2002), prepared by Pincock Allen & Holt, disclosed the historical mineral resource estimate shown in the table below.
The historical mineral resource estimate used "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource", which are categories set out in NI 43-101. Silver One considers these historical estimates reliable as well as relevant as it represents key targets for exploration by Silver One.
Additional technical details on preparation of the historical resource estimate:
(1) Mount Diablo Deposit - Consisted of 538 drill holes by previous owners and 10 drill holes by SSR Mining. For drill holes that were twinned, the author used the lower of the two values assigned to the original holes. The mineral resource estimate used a kriging estimation method to establish ore zones with a cut-off grade of 0.5 opt Ag. Ordinary kriging was used to interpolate grades in the block model. The block models were set up with block dimensions of 25 feet by 25 feet in plan and 10 feet in height. The maximum search range used in the higher-grade zone was 235 feet, in the lower grade zone it was 1,000 feet and in the background zone it was 350 feet. Block models more than 300 feet from the nearest composite only constituted 3 percent of the total number of estimated blocks and were assigned to an inferred category.
(2) Northern Belle Deposit - Consisted of 226 drill holes by previous owners, of which a portion of these holes were duplicated for the Mount Diablo Deposit database. The mineral resource estimate used a kriging estimation method to establish ore zones with a cut-off grade of 0.5 opt Ag. The mineral resource estimate used multiple indicator kriging to interpolate grades in the block model. Block models were set up with block dimensions of 50 feet by 50 feet in plan and 20 feet in height. The maximum search range used in the higher-grade zone was 85 feet, in the intermediate-grade zone was 120 feet and the lower-grade zone was 140 feet and in the lower undifferentiated material below the current pit topography was 260 feet. Block models more than 300 feet from the nearest composite only constituted 3 percent of the total number of estimated blocks and were assigned to an inferred category.
(3) Low-Grade Stockpile - Based on limited and incomplete data and documentation. Material placed on the stockpiles ranged from 0.5 to 0.65 opt Ag.
The qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as a current mineral resource. Silver One is not treating this historical estimate as a current mineral resource.
Analytical and QA/QC Procedures
All samples were assayed by American Assay Laboratories ("AAL") in Sparks, NV, USA (ISO accredited Laboratory, ISO/IEC 17025:2017). Samples were analyzed for thirty-five elements by ICP-MS. Gold and silver were analyzed by cyanide extraction, FA with ICP finish, samples over 100 g/t Ag were analyzed by gravimetric methods. Over limit Cu, Pb and Zn were analyzed by ore-grade volumetric analysis. The QA/QC program included the submission of Certified Standards, blanks, core duplicates, as well as the insertion of crushed duplicates and pulp duplicates at random intervals. Certified Standards were inserted at a rate of one standard for every 20 samples (5% of total) and one blank for every 20 samples (5% of total). Pulp and crush duplicates combined were inserted at a rate of one duplicate per every 20 samples (5% of total). The standards used in Candelaria's drilling program range in grade from 5.88 g/t Ag to 493.0 g/t Ag, and were sourced from Analytical Solutions, Ltd., in Mulmur, ON, Canada and from OREAS, Bayswater North, VIC, Australia. Blanks have been sourced locally from barren silica. Drill sample duplicates were obtained via a 1/8th split of RC cuttings or from quartered core, crush and 'pulp' duplicates were taken from coarse reject material or pulverized splits, respectively. AAL also inserts blanks, standards and includes duplicate analyses to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment calibration.
About Candelaria
Candelaria was historically the highest-grade silver producer in the state of Nevada, averaging over 1,250 g/t AgEq (40 oz/ton AgEq) from high-grade vein mining between the mid-1800s and the mid-1900s. Open pit mining operations were undertaken in the 1970s through 1998 by several companies, including Nerco Inc. and Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross"). Kinross closed the open pit and leach operation in 1998 due to low silver prices. Leaching of the historic pads was not fully completed, leaving a substantial amount of silver unprocessed. It is estimated that the property has produced over 68 million ounces of silver. Historical information was obtained from "Geology of the Candelaria Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, 1959, Nevada Bureau of Mines, Bulletin 56", and the 2001 SSR Mining Inc. technical report titled "Candelaria Project".
Qualified Person The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Robert M. Cann, P. Geo, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Silver One
Silver One is focused on the exploration and development of quality silver projects. The Company holds an option to acquire a 100%-interest in its flagship project, the past-producing Candelaria Mine located in Nevada. Potential reprocessing of silver from the historic leach pads at Candelaria provides an opportunity for possible near-term production. Additional opportunities lie in previously identified high-grade silver intercepts down-dip and potentially increasing the substantive silver mineralization along-strike from the two past-producing open pits.
The Company has staked 636 lode claims and entered into a Lease/Purchase Agreement to acquire five patented claims on its Cherokee project located in Lincoln County, Nevada, host to multiple silver-copper-gold vein systems, traced to date for over 11 km along-strike.
Silver One holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Silver Phoenix Project. The Silver Phoenix Project is a very high-grade native silver prospect that lies within the "Arizona Silver Belt", immediately adjacent to the prolific copper producing area of Globe, Arizona.
For more information, please contact:
Silver One Resources Inc.
Gary Lindsey - VP, Investor Relations
Phone: 604-974–5274
Mobile: (720) 273-6224
Email: gary@strata-star.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release. These statements reflect management's current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance. Silver One cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond Silver One's control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to Silver One's limited operating history, ability to obtain sufficient financing to carry out its exploration and development objectives on the Candelaria Project, obtaining the necessary permits to carry out its activities and the need to comply with environmental and governmental regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, Silver One undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.
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The Company is preparing for the gradual resumption of manufacturing operations at the confectionary production site; the Sabra plant in Virginia has resumed partial production; the coffee and water companies and the business in Israel, excluding the confectionery division, delivered growth in the first half of 2022
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, Strauss Group (TASE: STRS) published its financial statements for the first half and second quarter of 2022. In the half-year, the Company delivered an increase of 8%1 in revenue, which amounted to NIS 4.5 billion. In the second quarter, revenue totaled NIS 2.3 billion, reflecting 4.6%1 growth. Growth is largely due to an increase in sales by the coffee company and was offset by a drop in sales by the Confectionery Division and Sabra, both of which operated on a partial scale in the half-year.
Despite the increase in sales, the Company reported a decline in operating profit and in the operating margin in the half and quarter. The effects of the recall in the Confectionery Division and the adjustment plan at Sabra's plant, coupled with the rising costs of raw materials, shipping and energy, globally and in Israel, led to a drop of 59.1% in the Group's operating profit, which amounted to NIS 204 million in the half-year, while income attributable to shareholders fell by 66.2% to NIS 113 million.
Ofra Strauss, Chairperson of the Strauss Group: "I would like to thank Giora for the 5 years in which he served as CEO and led the group with extraordinary responsibility, determination, partnership and collegiality. Giora always knew how to put the people at the center, he was always aware of the day-to-day details whilst keeping a broad perspective and relentlessly striving to lead the group forward.
During his tenure, which was characterized by many challenges, including the corona virus and input inflation, among others, Giora led significant processes that will benefit Strauss for many years to come, among them, the definition of the group's vision, the formulation of a business strategy for the coming years and the derived work plans for implementation.
The same commitment and responsibility for the future, which characterized his leadership along the way, is what led him to the timely decision to pass the baton to the next CEO who will lead Strauss in the years to come.
All of us at Strauss, and I especially, express our great gratitude to him for his tenure of more than 25 years in the group."
The Strauss Group Board of Directors is conducting a search to appoint a new CEO for the group via a dedicated search committee."
Giora Bardea, Strauss Group CEO: "The first six months of 2022 reflect the Group's inherent resilience as a diverse global company and its ability to successfully contend with a challenging macroeconomic environment along with internal challenges. In the past few months, we have simultaneously tackled two complex incidents –the Confectionery recall in Israel and the adjustments at Sabra's plant in the USA – both of which have negatively affected on the Group's results in the current half-year.
"At the same time, the coffee and water companies both delivered excellent performances, impressive sales growth and an increase in profit. We are wrapping up a quarter of strong revenue growth but a drop in our bottom line, mainly because of the effects of elevated raw material and energy prices as well as events in the Confectionery Division and Sabra.
"I know Strauss's resilience and strength and its strong and dedicated employees and managers from up close, and I am confident that we are on the right path."
Strauss Israel wrapped up the first half with NIS 1.75 billion in revenue and a decrease of 7.6%, which is largely the result of a 30.8% drop in sales by the Fun & Indulgence segment, which amounted to NIS 407 million in the six-month period as a result of the confectionery recall.
The Company has performed cleaning operations, has invested in infrastructure to ensure improved quality and food safety standards, and is presently preparing for the gradual resumption of production under strict control. A public announcement will be made accordingly, following receipt of approval from the Ministry of Health.
Sales by the Health & Wellness segment grew by 2.9% in the half-year and amounted to NIS 1.34 billion, mainly thanks to sales growth in the dairy business. Strauss Israel concluded the first six months of the year with an operating loss of NIS 26 million.
Strauss Coffee's performance in the half-year was especially strong. Sales in Israel Coffee grew by 6.1% in the first six months to NIS 395 million thanks to an increase in sales to the retail market and in away-from-home (AFH) sales. The coffee company's sales in Brazil rose by a sharp 62.4%1 in the half-year and amounted to NIS 1.26 billion following growth in quantities sold and price increases. The coffee business in Eastern Europe also delivered a successful half-year, with sales growing at double-digit rates1 despite the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Sabra continues to be affected by the implementation of the adjustment plan at the plant in Virginia. Since the plant was partly shut down in the first half and resumed operations on a partial scale in the second quarter, the company's sales in the half-year dropped by 50.2% and amounted to NIS 151 million (reflecting 50% ownership), with an operating loss of NIS 43 million (for 50%). Sabra's average share of the hummus market in the first half of the year was 33% (Number 1 in the market). Additionally, the ramp-up of operations at the plant continued in August, and the Company estimates that it will return to full-scale production in the second half of 2022.
Obela wrapped up the first six months with NIS 41 million in revenue (reflecting 50% ownership), an increase of 2.5%[2].
Strauss Water maintained its impressive growth in the current half-year. The company's sales in Israel amounted to NIS 382 million - an increase of 7.4% - thanks to growth in the customer base and in sales of new appliances. The business in China, although affected by lockdowns imposed due to COVID-19 outbreaks in the second quarter, also grew, with sales of NIS 351 million – an increase of 6.9%.
[1] Organic growth excluding foreign currency effects.
Data in this document are based on the company's non-GAAP figures, which include the proportionate consolidation of jointly controlled entities and do not include share-based payment, mark-to-market at end-of-period of open positions in the Group in respect of financial derivatives used to hedge commodity prices and all adjustments necessary to delay recognition of gains and losses arising from commodity derivatives until the date when the inventory is sold to outside parties, other net income and expenses, and the tax effect of excluding those items, unless stated otherwise.
[2] Organic growth excluding foreign currency effects.
Following are key financial data in a quarterly and multi-year comparison, according to the Management (Non-GAAP) Reports:
Conference Call
Strauss Group will host a Zoom conference call in Hebrew on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 14:00 (Israel time) with the participation of company management to review the financial statements of the company for the second quarter of 2022. Following is information for those wishing to join the conference:
Strauss Group will also host a Zoom conference call in English on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 15:30 (Israel time) (13:30 UK, 08:30 EST) with the participation of company management to review the financial statements of the company for the second quarter of 2022.
A recording of the calls will subsequently be available on the company's website at:
http://ir.strauss-group.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=92539&p=irol-conferencecalls
The financial statements of the company for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 and the presentation that will accompany the conferences will be available prior to the conference calls on the following websites:
http://www.tase.co.il
http://www.magna.isa.gov.il
http://ir.strauss-group.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=92539&p=irol-irhome
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World of Hyatt earns its first No. 1 ranking in the hotel rewards category.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Hotels, Best Cruise Lines and Best Vacations, today revealed the 2022-2023 Best Travel Rewards Programs to assist everyday travelers with finding the best loyalty program for their travel needs.
The 2022-2023 rankings highlight nine airline and 15 hotel loyalty programs that offer the best rewards and perks for everyday travelers. For the second consecutive year, U.S. News took into account each program's flexibility with members, awarding additional points to programs that have paused point or mile expiration, extended elite status and made it easier for members to attain elite status.
For the first time, World of Hyatt takes the No. 1 spot on the Best Hotel Rewards Programs ranking for offering a variety of ways for members to earn and redeem points, an array of hotel options for every budget and a unique option to earn a free night by staying at five different Hyatt brand hotels. Wyndham Rewards, known for its award availability and large network of hotels in popular vacation destinations, comes in at No. 2, followed by Marriott Bonvoy at No. 3, Choice Privileges at No. 4 and IHG One Rewards at No. 5.
For the eighth consecutive year, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan claimed the top spot as the Best Airline Rewards Program for offering travelers one mile for every mile flown (or 500 miles, whichever is more), the ability to earn and redeem on eligible flights with 20-plus partner airlines and numerous member benefits. Delta SkyMiles maintains the No. 2 spot, thanks to its award flight options at lower point thresholds and high airline quality rating, while United MileagePlus ranks No. 3 for its large network of flight routes and easier path to elite status.
"After more than two years of limited travel and disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, several rewards programs continue to be flexible with members," said Erin Evans, managing editor of travel at U.S. News. "The top-ranked programs benefit consumers seeking ways to save money as flight fares and hotel costs continue to rise. Travel rewards programs that make it easier for members to earn and redeem points for free flights, free nights and more, and that offer a variety of member perks, dominated the top spots in our rankings."
U.S. News analyzed travel rewards programs in two categories, airline frequent flyer programs and hotel loyalty programs, using a comprehensive and transparent methodology that factors in membership benefits, network coverage, the ease of earning and redeeming points or miles, hotel property diversity and airline quality rating scores, with expert and editor analysis.
2022-2023 Best Travel Rewards Programs Rankings
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Police: Suspects in attack on elderly woman are ages 11 to 18
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Three children ages 11, 13, and 14 and an 18-year-old beat and robbed a 70-year-old Asian woman who was attacked last month inside her San Francisco apartment building and two of them have been arrested, police said Monday.
The woman was outside her Chinatown building when the suspects approached her on July 31 and spoke to her, said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.
Unable to understand them because of a language barrier, she went into the building’s lobby and the suspects followed her, Scott said. Then they beat and robbed her before fleeing, he said. The attack was recorded on surveillance video.
“The victim was transported to a local hospital and thank goodness her injuries were not life-threatening,” said Scott, who did not identify the woman.
The attack came amid a wave of assaults against Asian Americans in San Francisco and across the country that started when the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S.
Scott called the ages of the younger suspects sad and shocking.
He said detectives identified the suspects as 18-year-old Darryl Moore, of Oakland, and the three juveniles.
The names of the juveniles won’t be released, and the 11-year-old won’t be charged in the case due to his age. The other three face robbery, elder abuse, false imprisonment and conspiracy charges, Scott said.
Moore, the 11-year-old and 13-year-old suspects were arrested by Santa Clara County authorities on Aug. 10 by officers with the Milpitas Police Department on accusations of an unrelated crime there, he said.
Moore is still detained at the Santa Clara County jail.
The 13-year-old suspect was booked at the Santa Clara Juvenile Hall and was being transferred to the custody of Alameda County, where officials booked him on the warrant for his San Francisco arrest, Scott said.
The 11-year-old was transferred from Santa Clara to the custody of the Alameda County Assessment Center.
The 14-year-old has not been located but there is a warrant for his arrest, Scott said.
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This story has been corrected to say that two suspects, not 4, have been arrested
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Big Island elementary students get a lesson in safety over the summer.
They took part in a project to re-do the roads around their school.
Students at Keaukaha Elementary came back to school and saw a big change around their campus.
"Keaukaha is a whole block, so we wanted to do something super impactful," said Hawaii County Infrastructure and Design Planner Natasha Soriano.
Angled parking along the Hawaiian Home Land streets forced children to walk and ride their bikes in the road.
So parking was changed into parallel spaces, and a dedicated bike and walking path was put in for students to use.
"They think it is fun, because it is a wider path. Now they can ride side by side, and walk side by side in a safe area," said Mona Ubedei, Parent Community Networking Center Facilitator.
The quick build project added more than just a sterile safe passage for pedestrians, but instead included an artistic mural on the pavement -- that also reflected the community.
"We chose plants that signify our community. In one corner there was kukui, another corner is the hala, and in another the laua'e," added Abedei.
The project provides a sense of pride for the Keaukaha community, as well as protection for young students.
"I've seen that it has helped kids cross the intersections easier. It helps designate 'hey, go this way, instead of going in the street'. It has defined a walking path around the school," stated Soriano.
There have been other artistic pedestrian safety projects around the state. Including one along King Street in front of Farrington High School. But all have in common they were quick builds meant to be temporary.
"It give a sense - we are testing this out. So, if there are concerns about this we can always reverse course pretty easily because the investment wasn't great," said Soriano.
The cost for materials came out to about $10,000, paid for with a Hawaii Department of Health grant.
Because of the low cost, and big impact Soriano would like to put similar projects in schools around the Big island.
But because many of those campuses are along major highways, she says it would be more challenging to modify state roads.
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HAWAII (KITV)- The primary election may be over, but that doesn't mean all the votes have been added to the total. Some ballots have issues that need to be fixed.
The city and county of Honolulu is sending out a letter to those whose mail-in ballots right now don't count in Hawaii's Primary election. “If your signature didn't match up with what’s on file or you didn't provide a signature, those cannot be passed to the office of elections for counting,” said Honolulu Elections Administrator Rex Quidilla.
This method is called curing. People can't change their vote, only have their ballots verified. These could end up mattering in the final tabulation. “I’m not familiar with what the numbers are. If there is a close election, the results could change. But we don't know for sure right now, “ said Quidilla.
Honolulu needs to cure 3700 ballots, and they're not the only ones. Kauai says they've got 81 voters who need cured ballots. The Island of Hawaii has 1041 ballots and in Maui County 849 ballots need the same process.
“We are reaching out to those voters by paper mail. If we do have a phone number or email address for the voter, we will reach out that way as well, “ said Maui County Clerk Kathy Kaohu.
“So what we do is contact the voter by letter that there's an issue with their signature. They can now provide a signature on the form we send them. It comes back to us. We'll match the signatures up. If it matches, then it's eligible for counting,” said Quidilla.
If you do happen to get that letter in the mail, there are 4 things you can do. You can ignore it and not have your vote matter. You can go on your cell phone to a website for verification. You can send it in the mail or bring it down to the clerk's office in person. But there's only a limited time to do that. “There is a countdown. They have until next week Monday, August 22,2022 to get their cure letter back to us,” said Quidilla.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- As nearly 50,000 private school and college students gear up to return back to school next week, city and state officials are urging the public to drive safely because they expect more cars out on the roadways.
"We are committed to in-person learning and certainly getting back to normal during this COVID pandemic," Gov. David Ige said during a press conference Monday.
At the meeting, Honolulu Department of Transportation Services Director Roger Morton acknowledged, "the Department of Education schools make an impact on traffic but the major traffic are the universities and the private schools."
Two weeks ago, the Department of Education (DOE) welcomed back 160,000 students back to school two weeks ago, half of which live in walking distance from their campus.
"So please, keep the slow pace, especially if you find yourself in localized traffic around the schools," DOE student transportation services branch administrator Emily Evans said.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported 76 people have died on Hawaii roads so far this year, 21 more than last year.
On top of driving safely, DOT Deputy Director for Highways Ed Sniffen is asking the public to consider working from home to reduce traffic delays and crashes.
"If you can't telework all day, at least during the peak times, we're looking at the peak times of 5 to 9 a.m., and the afternoon times of 3 to 7 p.m.," Sniffen said. "If you can stay out of that traffic, keep yourself out of that, keep yourself out of that frustration, it will help everybody."
City and state officials are also encouraging people to take public transportation to minimize the number of cars on the road.
"Riding the bus is a really great experience and so we also wanted to add a free fare week so we can get more people, entice people to ride on public transportation," Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said.
The temporary free bus fare week starts next Monday.
Honolulu's TheBus will also add 37 new express trips starting Sunday, as well as a new route called the "Campus Connector," which will go along mauka of the H-1 freeway as well as the University of Hawai'i at Manoa campus to appeal to students.
Starting Monday through next Friday, the $2 Holo bus cards will be free.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Are you looking for something fun to do with your family this weekend? The popular Korean Festival returns after a two-year hiatus, celebrating the food, music, dance, and culture of Korea.
It will be held on the Frank Fasi Civic Center Grounds near Honolulu Hale on Saturday, August 20 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is free parking at the city's parking lots.
"This year we have this exciting of K-pop virtual artist. Her name is APOKI," said Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce president Gina Nakamura. "And we got this huge nine feet by 16 feet LED screen to show her performances, and that should be very exciting."
Also new this year -- a K-pop dance contest, a Jajangmyeon noodle eating contest, and a buldak or spicy chicken ramen eating contest.
"Samyang is a company who is sponsoring the event and they will give everybody whoever comes to the festival, everybody will get one buldak for free," Nakamura said.
There will also be Korean foods for sale, a Kimchee eating contest, a Soju and Korean drink tent, a Korean song talent contest, and booths selling handcrafted products. People can also dress up in traditional Korean Hanbok clothes and take pictures.
This is the 18th year for the Korean Festival. It was cancelled in 2020 and 2021. This year's theme is "Celebrating Together -- Once Again."
"And you know, we couldn't do it for two years because of the COVID, and now we're bringing it back. We're just so excited, and everyone's really hyped up for this. So I hope all of you can attend and enjoy the festival," Nakamura said.
The Korean Festival is put on by the Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce to share, promote, and raise awareness about the Korean culture.
For more information on the Korean Festival, click here.
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Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/korean-festival-returns-this-weekend-to-honolulu-with-food-and-k-pop/article_34dcdad2-1d12-11ed-889c-176fddef57a0.html | 2022-08-16T06:37:57Z |
HONOLULU-HI (KITV-4) Thousands of students will be moving into campus residence halls at University of Hawaii at Manoa, beginning on Tuesday at 8 AM.
Today, resident assistants were getting ready to greet the 3,500 students who will be moving into their campus housing on Tuesday and Friday.
Taryn Travis, Resident Assistant – UH Manoa says, “And tomorrow our main priority is to make it an easy and most succesful move in journey that we can have as a community. It will be stressful and hot. We’re offering water and we’re going to try and make it as accommodating as we can for the residents and their families. “
And for freshman moving onto campus on their own…this is her advice as a Junior.
Taryn Travis, Resident Assistant – UH Manoa, “It will be really scary and intimidating start to their next year. But I think pushing outside of their comfort zone and knowing that everyone is in the same boat as they are and it’s ok to be nervous, but everyone is here to help them including myself and the other RAs”
In fact, housing on campus is already at capacity. Moanikeʻala Nabarro, UH Spokeswoman says, “The campus has never looked better, we are ready to welcome in the students we have seen in Manoa in more than 2 years and we’re so proud to offer high quality that is also affordable and recognized across the nation and in the world.”
Taryn Travis says, the advantage of living on campus is that the transistion to living on your own can be smoother plus, you can more make new friends, when you live at a dorm.
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Worsening heat and humidity as a result of climate change will bring extremely dangerous heat indices to much of the United States in the next 30 years, increasing both the intensity and frequency of the hottest days of the year, according to a new study published Monday.
Temperatures above the threshold of the National Weather Service's "extreme danger" category, when the heat index is more than 125 degrees Fahrenheit, is expected to affect about 8 million people in the US this year. But by 2053, 13 times that many people -- 107 million -- will experience that extremely dangerous heat, according to the study by the climate research group First Street Foundation.
"The results indicate that the incidence of extreme heat is growing across the country, both in absolute and relative terms," the study states.
Temperatures in some areas will increase more than in others, including a so-called "extreme heat belt," stretching from Texas all the way to the Great Lakes, the nonprofit's study found.
More than 100 million Americans in this region will experience temperatures above 125 degrees (52 degrees Celsius) during their hottest stretches of the year, more than 10 times the number expected currently.
Using a peer-reviewed extreme heat model, First Street Foundation used property-level data to find the hottest seven days of the year currently and compared that to the equivalent in 30 years. On average, the seven hottest days will increase to 18 by 2053, the researchers found.
But in the southern half of the country, the number of hottest days will grow to around 30 -- meaning what was once the hottest week of the year will become the hottest month by the 2050s, according to the study.
Florida's Miami-Dade County will see the largest shift in extreme temperatures, where the hottest seven days of the year in 2023 (heat index of 103 degrees) will occur on 34 days in 2053. Other locations in Florida and along the Gulf Coast are likely to experience more than 30 additional days of heat indices above 100 degrees by 2053, the study found.
Nationwide, the number of counties expected to reach a heat index of 125 degrees at least once a year will jump more than 20-fold from 50 in 2023 to 1,023 in 2053, according to the study.
The probability of local heat waves -- defined as temperatures well-above normal for three consecutive days -- will also increase across the country, but is highest along the West Coast, according to the study.
"Interestingly, exposure to Consecutive Local Hot Days is most likely to occur in West Coast states, while states in the Midwest, Southeast, and East Coast are most at risk of exposure to extremely dangerous temperatures, meaning virtually the entire country is subject to increasing perils associated with heat exposure," the study finds.
The study also determined a projection of change for each of the US states. | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/an-extreme-heat-belt-will-impact-over-100-million-americans-in-the-next-30-years/article_11f176d7-0cfd-530b-b505-2d603e42a55d.html | 2022-08-16T06:38:09Z |
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SALT LAKE CITY — The federal government on Tuesday is expected to announce water cuts to states that rely on the Colorado River as drought and climate change leave less water flowing through the river and deplete the reservoirs that store it.
The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people across seven states in the American West as well as Mexico and helps feed an agricultural industry valued at $15 billion a year. Cities and farms across the region are anxiously awaiting official hydrology projections — estimates of future water levels in the river — that will determine the extent and scope of cuts to their water supply.
Water officials in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are expecting federal officials to project Lake Mead — located on the Nevada-Arizona border and the largest manmade reservoir in the U.S. — to shrink to dangerously low levels that could disrupt water delivery and hydropower production and cut the amount of water allocated to Arizona and Nevada, as well as Mexico.
And that's not all: Officials from the states are also scrambling to meet a deadline imposed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to slash their water use by at least 15% in order to keep water levels at the river's storage reservoirs from dropping even more.
Together, the projections and the deadline for cuts are presenting Western states with unprecedented challenges and confronting them with difficult decisions about how to plan for a drier future.
While the Bureau of Reclamation is "very focused on just getting through this to next year," any cutbacks will likely need to be in place far longer, said University of Oxford hydrologist Kevin Wheeler.
"What contribution the science makes is, it's pretty clear that that these reductions just have to have to stay in place until the drought has ended or we realize they actually have to get worse and the cuts have to get deeper," he said.
The cuts expected to be announced Tuesday are based on a plan the seven states as well as Mexico signed in 2019 to help maintain reservoir levels. Under that plan, the amount of water allocated to states depends on the water levels at Lake Mead. Last year, the lake fell low enough for the federal government to declare a first-ever water shortage in the region, triggering mandatory cuts for Arizona and Nevada as well as Mexico in 2022.
Officials expect hydrologists will project the lake to fall further, triggering additional cuts to Nevada, Arizona and Mexico next year. States with higher priority water rights are not expected to see cuts.
Reservoir levels have been falling for years — and faster than experts predicted — due to 22 years of drought worsened by climate change and overuse of the river. Scorching temperatures and less melting snow in the spring have reduced the amount of water flowing from the Rocky Mountains, where the river originates before it snakes 1,450 miles (2,334 kilometers) southwest and into the Gulf of California.
Already, extraordinary steps have been taken this year to keep water in Lake Powell, the other large Colorado River reservoir, which sits upstream of Lake Mead and straddles the Arizona-Utah border. Water from the lake runs through Glen Canyon Dam, which produces enough electricity to power between 1 million and 1.5 million homes each year.
After water levels at Lake Powell reached levels low enough to threaten hydropower production, federal officials said they would hold back an additional 480,000 acre-feet (more than 156 billion gallons or 592 million cubic meters) of water to ensure the dam could still produce energy. That water would normally course to Lake Mead.
Under Tuesday's reductions, Arizona is expected to lose slightly more water than it did this year, when 18% of its supply was cut. In 2023, it will lose an additional 3%, an aggregate 21% reduction from its initial allocation. Farmers in central Arizona will largely shoulder the cuts, as they did this year.
Mexico is expected to lose 7% of the 1.5 million acre-feet it receives each year from the river. Last year, it lost about 5%. The water is a lifeline for northern desert cities including Tijuana and a large farm industry in the Mexicali Valley, just south of the border from California's Imperial Valley.
Nevada is also set to lose water — about 8% of its supply — but most residents will not feel the effects because the state recycles the majority of its water used indoors and doesn't use its full allocation. Last year, the state lost 7%.
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CHANGSHA, China, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a video report from China SCIO:
Discover Changsha's exciting nightlife and attractions as its myriad night markets, art and cultural districts, and music scenes liven up the evening sky.
Charming Changsha: Energetic nightlife
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SEATTLE, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta) share a commitment to reduce aircraft carbon emissions. Today, APB is excited to announce Delta's recent agreements to purchase Split Scimitar Winglets for its 737-800 fleet and for a number of recently acquired 737-900ER aircraft. Delta also recently agreed to purchase Scimitar Blended Winglets for up to 70 of Delta's 757-200 aircraft. Both the Split Scimitar Winglets and Scimitar Blended Winglets are upgrades to APB's ubiquitous Blended Winglets. Delta has previously purchased and installed APB winglet products on its 737-800, 737-900ER, 757-200, 757-300 and 767-300ER fleets. APB is proud that Delta has, once again, turned to APB's winglet products across its fleets to deliver savings in jet fuel consumption and gains in fuel efficiency.
"The recent challenges for the industry have forced many airlines to focus on efforts other than emissions reduction and operational efficiency" said Craig McCallum, Aviation Partners Boeing senior director of sales and marketing. "Delta's recent agreements to purchase additional APB winglet products is a clear indication of Delta Air Lines' unwavering dedication to building a more sustainable future for air travel."
"We could not be more excited and honored to continue our partnership with Delta Air Lines to reduce aircraft fuel consumption and carbon emissions. We are inspired by Delta's ambitious sustainability goals and extremely grateful for their continued endorsement of APB products," says Aviation Partners Boeing chief commercial officer, Patrick LaMoria.
Since forming in 1999, airlines worldwide have placed orders for over 9,500 of APB visual technology winglet systems. APB estimates that its products have reduced aircraft fuel consumption worldwide by over 13.4 billion gallons to-date thereby saving over 141 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
Aviation Partners Boeing is a Seattle based joint venture of Aviation Partners, Inc. and The Boeing Company.
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BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn
A total of 145 projects with an investment of 104.5 billion yuan ($15.47 billion) were inked at the 23rd Qinghai China Investment and Trade Fair for Green Development and the second China (Qinghai) International Ecological Expo held in Xining, capital of Northwest China's Qinghai province, recently.
These projects cover fields ranging from the salt lake chemical industry, new energy, new materials, equipment manufacturing, cultural tourism, agriculture and animal husbandry.
Officials and business representatives attend a project signing ceremony during the 23rd Qinghai China Investment and Trade Fair for Green Development and the second China (Qinghai) International Ecological Expo held in Xining, capital of Northwest China's Qinghai province, on July 22-24.
Themed on "opening-up, cooperation and green development", the event was held both online and offline on July 22-24, and demonstrated Qinghai's achievements in sectors including ecological protection, technological innovation and industrial upgrading.
This year, the event boasted a total of 40,000 square meters of exhibition space. It held a series of activities such as forums and project promotions, attracting the participation of officials and trading groups, and more than 730 businesses and investors, according to the organizer.
"Qinghai province is a powerhouse of ecology and clean energy, which is abundant in resources such as wind, solar energy, water power and minerals," said Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD, a new energy vehicle manufacturer.
Qinghai's installed capacity of new energy power generation ranks top among peers in the country and its volume of lithium resources accounted for 83 percent of the country's total. The province is competitive in the development of the new energy industry, Wang said.
During the event, projects and investments regarding green development in Qinghai were highlighted.
Trinasolar, an intelligent photovoltaic energy solution provider, participated in the Qinghai event for the first time and has signed agreements with Qinghai authorities.
"The signing will help Qinghai to build itself into a hub featuring energy, industry and innovation," a manager of Trinasolar said.
"We expect Qinghai will mobilize its resources including solar power to establish a zero-carbon energy system and thus contribute to Qinghai's development in the clean energy industry," the manager said.
Apart from trade communication, the event also focused on talent development. It made a total of 469 docking projects in terms of personnel, which will introduce 1,333 talents to Qinghai to support the province's green growth.
The event was held to share Qinghai's green development and opportunities, and to welcome more cooperation, organizers said.
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CAESAREA, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Further to that set forth in Section 1.29.1 of the Company's 2021 annual report[1], regarding the Company executing a memorandum of understanding with a local partner in Portugal to establish a joint venture with the objective of establishing and managing a Max Stock (TASE: MAXO) chain of stores in Portugal and Spain (the "Portugal Transaction"), the Company is pleased to make the following announcement:
On August 15, 2022, the Company's board of directors approved for the Company to enter into the Portugal Transaction with the local partner, Fortera Properties, LDA ("Fortera")[2] to establish a Max Stock chain of stores in Portugal and Spain, inter alia, in accordance with the principles detailed below in this report.
Purpose of the Transaction
The establishment of a common company in Portugal (the "Common Company"), which shall be jointly held by the Company (75%) and Fortera (25%), for the purpose of establishing and managing the Max Stock chain of stores in Portugal and Spain. According to the business plan, the chain of stores will first operate in Portugal and may also subsequently expand to Spain, as decided upon by the parties and the board of directors of the Common Company.
The Portuguese Market
The discount stores in Portugal are estimated to constitute 15%-18% of the total retail market (both food and non-food), a relatively low rate for Europe, which presents an opportunity for growth. The non-food segments in which the Company operate are estimated to be about Euro 12 billion. Most purchases in Portugal are made offline.
Portugal has a population of approximately 10 million residents. Spain, the neighboring country, presents another significant potential for expansion based on the same supply-chain, with a population of approximately 47 million residents, and with more than 100 million tourists annually.
To the best of the Company's knowledge, as of the date of the report, Europe's largest discount players have not yet entered into the Portuguese market, and the supply of discount stores in Spain is currently primarily controlled by private, non-chain, various size street stores, along with large grocery chains which also sell non-food products.
The Company is of the opinion that the untapped market potential, together with Portugal's relatively low GDP and minimum wage, creates a potential for significant demand in the discount retail market, along with relatively low employee wage costs.
The Company has assessed that the Company's significant experience, both with importing and supply-chain management, as well as with managing discount retail stores, together with the data about Portugal's untapped market, creates a real commercial opportunity for the Company to develop another operating segment outside of Israel, on the basis of its advantages and strengths, and in accordance with the Company's strategy and targets, as set forth in Section 1.29 of the Company's 2021 annual report.
The information regarding the growth potential of the Spanish and Portuguese markets and the demand in the discount retail market, as well as regarding the opportunity for the Company with the transaction, constitutes forward-looking information, as defined in the Israel Securities Law, 1968. This information is not certain and is based upon assessments made by the Company's management, its commercial experience in its operating segments and the information held by the Company as of the publication date of this report. Accordingly, the information presented above, may actualize, in whole or in part, in a materially different manner than what has been forecasted, as a result of factors not within the Company's control, or due to the manifestation of one or more of the Company's risk factors as described in Section 1.31 of Chapter A of the 2021 annual report.
Presented below are the principal terms of the agreement between the Company and the local partner:
1. Financing the transaction - according to the business plan, the initial financing required for the establishment, maintenance, development and operation of the Common Company, including the purchase of the initial inventory and establishment of stores, is for a total amount of up to EUR 5 million (the "Initial Financing"). The Initial Financing shall be provided by the Company (87.5%) and Fortera (12.5%), subject to milestones established in the business plan. The Company shall also provide Fortera with a loan for Fortera's share in the Initial Financing, which is immaterial, for the provision of the Initial Financing to the Common Company.
After utilization of all of the Initial Financing, and if required based on the commercial progress made by the Common Company, the Common Company shall turn to external sources for additional financing (beyond the Initial Financing). In the event that the Common Company fails to obtain additional financing, then the additional financing shall be provided by the parties, pursuant to their rate of holdings in the Common Company.
2. Management of the Common Company
The Common Company shall be controlled by the Company, which shall have the right to appoint the majority of its directors. The Company shall also have the right to appoint the general manager of the Common Company (provided that it holds at least 50% of the Common Company). Fortera shall have veto rights over special resolutions stipulated in the transaction, including the issuance of shares, interested party transactions and particular changes to the business plan.
Fortera shall provide the Common Company with managerial support, including negotiating commercial agreements on behalf of the Common Company, legal and regulatory aspects, strategy, tax and accounting services.
3. Shareholder rights; distribution - restrictions have been established in the transaction on the transfer of shares, including a lock-up period, the Company having a right of first refusal, Fortera having a tag-along right and the Company having a bring-along right. The transaction also stipulates a policy for the distribution of profits of the Common Company, and an initial period (of two years or until full repayment of the Initial Financing, the later of the two) in which no dividends shall be distributed.
4. Non-competition - the transaction includes an undertaking made by Fortera for an agreed-upon period and subject to a particular holding rate and the right to appoint directors, whereby Fortera shall not compete or be an interested party in a company competing against the commercial activities of the Common Company in Portugal, Israel, Spain and any other territory in which the Common Company shall operate, subject to Fortera's existing activities as of the execution date of the agreement.
This is an English translation of a Hebrew immediate report that was published on August 16, 2022 (Ref. No: 2022-01-083901) (hereinafter: the "Hebrew Version"). This English version is only for convenience purposes. This is not an official translation and has no binding force. Whilst reasonable care and skill have been exercised in the preparation hereof, no translation can ever perfectly reflect the Hebrew Version. In the event of any discrepancy between the Hebrew Version and this translation, the Hebrew Version shall prevail.
Company Contacts:
Talia Sessler,
Chief Corporate Development and IR Officer
talia@maxstock.co.il
[1] As published on March 23, 2022 (Ref. No: 2022-01-028347).
[2] A private company incorporated in Portugal, owned by Messrs. Elad Dror and Nir Shalom.
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