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LAIE, Hawaii (KITV4) – One person is dead and three others suffered serious to critical injuries following a head-on crash on the Kamehameha Highway on Oahu’s North Shore, Monday afternoon.
The crash happened just after 1 p.m. in the area of Gunstock Ranch and the Malaekahana State Recreation Area.
At least two vehicles were involved in the crash. A KITV4 viewer sent in video from the scene that appeared to show two vehicles -- a pickup and a sedan -- in a head-on crash.
Authorities down the highway in both directions following the crash. It is unclear how long the highway will remain closed.
According to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS), four people were found in the wreckage. One of the victims, a man in his 30s, was dead at the scene.
A woman in her 60s was found in critical condition. A woman in her 30s and a man in his 20s were both found suffering serious injuries. EMS rushed the three surviving patients to local emergency rooms.
Officials have not said which victims were in which vehicle. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.
This is a developing story. Check back with KITV4 for more information.
Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/1-dead-3-injured-in-head-on-crash-on-kamehameha-highway-near-laie-update/article_11b58480-2278-11ed-8c6d-a3305ec96cd6.html | 2022-08-23T03:32:44Z |
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Honolulu Little League did it again! The boys from Hawaii on Monday won their third game of the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The game was supposed to start at 1 p.m. Hawaii time, but was delayed because of the weather and extra innings from previous games, and didn't get underway until 2:30 p.m. Hawaii time.
Honolulu Little League, representing the West Region, shutout the Southwest champs from Pearland Little League of Texas 6-0.
As the winner of Game 24 of the World Series, Honolulu Little League moves on to play the Southeast Region champs -- Nolensville Little League of Tennessee -- on Wednesday, August 24 at 9 a.m. Hawaii time. It will be televised on ESPN. Both teams have a record of 3-0.
Honolulu Little League's first two games of the World Series ended early, in the bottom of the 5th inning because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Honolulu beat Texas last Friday 12-0 in a no-hitter, and also beat Washington State 11-1 last Wednesday.
The Little League Baseball World Series goes through Sunday, August 28.
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/honolulu-little-league-on-a-winning-streak-at-the-little-league-world-series/article_d7767764-227e-11ed-9711-dff4b270a97d.html | 2022-08-23T03:32:56Z |
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The Hawaii Police Dept. announced the retirement of longtime narcotics canine Rory on Monday, after seven years of service.
Rory’s career on the force impressed many of the officers he worked with. In his seven years, he took 60 lbs. of drugs off the streets of Hawaii Island, and recovered more than half a million dollars.
The springer spaniel came to Hawaii in 2015, via a California program that raises and trains narcotics canines.
“To an uneducated eye, Rory does not look like your typical narcotics police canine,” said Area II Vice Lieutenant Edwin Buyten. “He was one of our secret weapons.”
Area II K9 Supervisor and Vice Detective Chad Taniyama echoed the sentiment, saying “Rory is the epitome of don’t judge a book by its cover.”
Rory still has a lot of spunk, says Buyten, but the dog’s age -- 10-years-old -- and health were considerations in his retirement. “We want him to have a good quality of life in his retirement,” said Buyten.
Rory will enjoy his retirement living with the family of Officer Stephen Kishimoto Jr., who was the dog's most recent handler.
During his time on the force, Rory recovered a total of 35 pounds of meth, 2 pounds of heroin, 3 pounds of cocaine, 20 pounds of marijuana, and more than $500,000.
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Kathryn spent the last decade in the Bay Area working in nonprofits, education, and communications consulting. She has a B.A. in English from St. Mary's College of CA and an M.A. in Public Affairs and Politics from the University of San Francisco. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/one-of-our-secret-weapons-drug-sniffing-dog-retires-from-hawaii-police-dept-post/article_576f9a0a-2288-11ed-915e-d3b94c9df08c.html | 2022-08-23T03:33:09Z |
Former President Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower on August 10 in New York. The Justice Department issued a new subpoena to the National Archives for more January 6 documents.
The Justice Department has issued a new grand jury subpoena to the National Archives for more documents as part of its investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the investigation tell CNN.
This latest subpoena, issued on August 17, is in addition to a subpoena the Department of Justice sent to the Archives earlier this year, requesting the same documents and information that the Archives had previously handed over to the House select committee investigating January 6.
This new subpoena, which has not been previously reported, is understood to request additional documents and data from the Archives, pertaining to a period of time both before and after January 6.
Thomas Windom, an Assistant US Attorney, who is leading the criminal probe into the effort to impede the transfer of power after the 2020 election, including the potential role played by former President Donald Trump and allies to organize a group of fake electors who could keep Trump in power despite losing the election. The US Attorney's Office declined to comment.
The subpoena requests that the documents be produced by the end of August.
The new subpoena is the latest indication that the Justice Department is ramping up its investigation and has broadened the scope of its probe into the potential role White House staff played in events leading up to the attack on the Capitol that day.
Last week, CNN and others reported that Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann, who pushed back on efforts by the former President and his allies to overturn the 2020 election, had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the events surrounding January 6.
Other Trump lawyers, including Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin, have also been subpoenaed, and DOJ officials have been gearing up to try to access direct communications with Trump when he was in office, which could set off a legal fight over executive privilege. | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/exclusive-justice-department-issues-new-subpoena-to-national-archives-for-more-january-6-documents/article_915dbf35-eefa-55dc-9005-1d3f0847273a.html | 2022-08-23T03:33:15Z |
CRE Firm Adds Medical Office Building to Management Portfolio
NEW ORLEANS – SVN | Urban Properties, a local commercial brokerage, property/asset management and development firm, was recently awarded the property and asset management of the Galleria Medical Office Building at 3100 Galleria Drive in Metairie. The brings the company’s management portfolio to more than 550,000 square feet.
The firm took over management of the property earlier this month. The three-story, 51,000-square-foot building is physician-owned and expands the firm’s managed medical office portfolio to seven properties and more than 250,000 square feet across four Louisiana parishes. In addition, SVN | Urban has added retail centers in Slidell, Mandeville, Metairie and New Orleans East this year. These latest assets enabled the firm to expand its team with the hire of property manager Keith Gross.
SVN | Urban Properties provides asset and property management services for more than 25 properties in six parishes across the state, including greater New Orleans, Lake Charles and Shreveport. The firm manages multiple types of commercial investment properties across a variety of asset classes such as industrial, office, medical office, retail, restaurants, shopping centers, short-term rentals and coworking spaces. SVN | Urban said it will be adding a boutique hotel to its managed property portfolio in early 2023.
“Our management style focuses on maximizing our clients’ return on investment by maintaining superior tenant relations, demanding accountability from vendors and service providers, and taking an active, hands-on approach,” said Katherine Bowler, asset and property manager at SVN | Urban Properties “It is important to have a team like ours, as opposed to a singular employee, that pays attention to all the details early on in order to maximize long-term profitability.” | https://www.bizneworleans.com/cre-firm-adds-medical-office-building-to-management-portfolio/ | 2022-08-23T03:47:33Z |
Dr. Kyle Magee Joins CenterWell Senior Primary Care
COVINGTON, La. — CenterWell Senior Primary Care has announced the addition of Dr. Kyle Magee to its Covington center. Board certified in internal medicine, Magee brings 27 years of experience in the healthcare field and will be assuming the position of regional medical director of Louisiana. He began his career as a physician in Franklinton, spending his first 12 years working at Family Medical Clinic. Then he spent eight years at Riverside Medical Clinic as a physician and later CEO. Afterward, at JenCare, he was chief medical officer for the Louisiana market for two years. Before joining CenterWell, he was regional medical director for four years at People’s Health/Primary Care Plus in Metairie. He was responsible for managing the performance, quality and compliance of the clinical team. | https://www.bizneworleans.com/dr-kyle-magee-joins-centerwell-senior-primary-care/ | 2022-08-23T03:47:39Z |
Louisiana Bond Commission Delays Funding Over City’s Abortion Stance
BATON ROUGE (The Center Square) — The Louisiana State Bond Commission on Thursday voted for the second consecutive month to delay approval of funding for a New Orleans electrical substation over local officials’ defiance of the state’s abortion ban.
Commissioners voted 7-6 to deny a request from the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans to borrow $39 million to continue the substation project. The commission voted 12-2 last month to do the same, citing promises from local officials to ignore Louisiana’s abortion ban.
“This is not the first time that the city has thumbed its nose at the laws of this state or the laws of this nation,” Attorney General Jeff Landry said, pointing to New Orleans’ status as a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. “We would like the city of New Orleans to come and explain to us how they believe that they have the right to overtly express to the citizens of this state the ability to defy the laws of this state.”
The New Orleans City Council unanimously passed a resolution on July 7 that prohibits city officials and local law enforcement from using public funds or resources to enforce the state’s abortion trigger laws, which went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams also promised not to prosecute abortion providers, while Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson vowed to refuse to accept any person into custody at the Orleans Justice Center who is arrested for violating the abortion ban.
Paul Rainwater, lobbyist for New Orleans, argued that despite the defiance, “no laws have been broken at this point,” and the city’s abortion clinic is now closed.
“The council and the mayor and the sheriff made expressions that I think they felt like they had under the First Amendment, the right to make an expression based on what they believe,” he said. “And that’s kind of it. I don’t know what else to say.”
Landry argued that’s not good enough.
“The question I would have is: Would they rescind the resolution? Because the resolution says … that they will not enforce the laws of this state,” Landry said. “And quite frankly that is insulting to the taxpayers of this state who may not live in New Orleans and certainly to the legislators, many of whom sit on this committee and have toiled through bill after bill after bill creating public policy in this state.”
Rainwater countered that there are other ways to enforce state laws that don’t involve withholding funding for critical projects.
Rep. Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, made the motion to defer the $39 million in financing until city and parish officials come to the bond commission to explain their position.
“Whether we politicize this or not, it still deals with the fact that the legislature passed a law and they’re … agreeing to not enforce that,” he said.
Matthew Block, the governor’s executive counsel on the panel, objected to the motion, arguing the issue is moot because there are currently no clinics in Louisiana performing abortions. Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne also objected.
“It’s a shame that we’re playing this game with these types of projects that are so important to the people of Louisiana,” Dardenne said. “Right now no law has been broken.”
The bond commission also approved a request from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the state’s insurer of last resort, to increase its line of credit to $125 million to help cover an influx of policies related to the collapse of numerous insurers in the state, in the event of a catastrophic storm. | https://www.bizneworleans.com/louisiana-bond-commission-delays-funding-over-citys-abortion-stance/ | 2022-08-23T03:47:45Z |
Monique R. Jones Selected Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale Queen 2023
NEW ORLEANS – The Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale held its annual members-only soirée, titled “The Reveal,” on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The organization selected its 2023 royalty and announced next season’s parade theme, honorary grand marshal and floats.
Established in 2013, Femme Fatale now boasts nearly 1300 members. Its mission is to offer women of all backgrounds an opportunity to promote and support New Orleans’ cultural landscape through participation in the annual Mardi Gras season while “uplifting the community through various endeavors of engagement, awareness and social enhancement.”
“We are elated to have Femme Monique R. Jones as our 2023 Queen Femme Fatale and beyond proud to welcome the newest members into the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale,” said Founding Member and President Lisa Ray Diggs in a press release. “As we prepare to celebrate a decade in Carnival, we have many exciting things planned to commemorate our herstory. This is just the beginning!” | https://www.bizneworleans.com/monique-r-jones-selected-mystic-krewe-of-femme-fatale-queen-2023/ | 2022-08-23T03:47:51Z |
MSY Seeking Feedback to Help Update Its Branding
NEW ORLEANS — Leaders at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport are seeking feedback to help update the facility’s branding:
“There’s still time to share your opinion on MSY’s new brand,” said a spokesperson. “Tell us what you see as the defining characteristics of the greater New Orleans and southeast Louisiana region. Your feedback will help us to update our image to more closely reflect the vision of the community.”
Click here to take the survey. | https://www.bizneworleans.com/msy-seeking-feedback-to-help-update-its-branding/ | 2022-08-23T03:47:57Z |
New Book Celebrates Al Copeland’s Life and Recipes
NEW ORLEANS — The Copeland family is releasing a cookbook featuring “proprietary, never-before-released” recipes from Al Copeland, founder of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken and Copeland’s Restaurants of New Orleans. Titled “Secrets of a Tastemaker,” the book also chronicles Copeland’s life and the rise of the Popeyes fast food empire. Al Copeland Jr. provides the foreword, and Kit Wohl and Chris Rose also contribute.
The book is available for pre-order via Amazon now and releases on Sept. 13, in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Popeyes’ debut.
“I’m extremely proud to be sharing my father’s story and some of our family recipes with the world amid such a momentous benchmark,” said Copeland Jr., the CEO of Al Copeland Investments, in a press release.
Recipes include buttermilk biscuits, sweet heat chicken, ricochet catfish, fettuccine Lamborghini and “Cajun Duckanoff.”
The book also delves into Copeland’s six rules of success, his involvement in offshore powerboat racing, his (in)famous Christmas display and the formation of the Al Copeland Foundation. | https://www.bizneworleans.com/new-book-celebrates-al-copelands-life-and-recipes/ | 2022-08-23T03:48:03Z |
Salvation Army Food Pantry Is Nearly Empty as Demand Grows
NEW ORLEANS – The Salvation Army said it has experienced a significant uptick in requests for aid, especially for food and cash to pay for rent and electricity. The nonprofit said it is having to refer callers to other organizations or put people on a waitlist because it has run out of assistance funds and its food pantry is nearly empty.
“Right now, it’s disheartening because we can’t do much for those calling for help,” said the nonprofit’s Director of Social Services Chat Francois in a press release.
Francois said in the entire month of May, a total of 45 people asked for help with food or paying for rent or electricity. However, from Aug. 8 to Aug. 18, 141 people reached out to the Salvation Army for help with food and electricity payments, and another 100 people have asked for housing assistance. “There just are no funds available to help with payments of any type, and our food pantry shelves are shockingly empty except for a few snack items.”
“We are definitely seeing the impact of the highest inflation rates in four decades,” said Major Chris Thornhill, the nonprofit’s area commander. “It’s trying to meet the basic needs of daily living that has become incredibly difficult, and, for us, extremely frustrating.”
Thornhill and Francois say a domino effect is hitting businesses, nonprofits and donors. A large portion of the food donations the Salvation Army receives comes from Second Harvest Food Bank, but that agency is also seeing a huge demand in need and doesn’t have much to spare. Area grocery stores have not been able to donate as much as normal. And cash grants and donations have also slowed down. To add to the problem, the Salvation Army’s own expenses have increased dramatically.
“As the economy goes, so goes a lot of individuals and families, and many are finding themselves homeless,” says Thornhill. The Salvation Army can house up to 275 people a night in its Center of Hope, but “we also offer two meals a day, so we are stretching our budget to meet those needs. It’s just a vicious cycle for everyone right now, and all we can do is continue looking for resources.”
The Salvation Army is asking for more community support. A top priority is food, especially ingredients that allow someone to make a meal that can stretch over a few days. Financial donations can be made on the Salvation Army of Greater New Orleans website. | https://www.bizneworleans.com/salvation-army-food-pantry-is-nearly-empty-as-demand-grows/ | 2022-08-23T03:48:10Z |
University Medical Center New Orleans Names New CEO
NEW ORLEANS – Dr. Emily Sedgwick has joined University Medical Center New Orleans as the new president and chief executive officer. Sedgwick will lead a staff of more than 2,700 and manage the continued growth of the $1.2 billion hospital, which is home to the Rev. Avery C. Alexander Academic Research Hospital.
Sedgwick comes to University Medical Center from her role as executive chief medical officer at the University of Kentucky hospital system, a $2.98 billion organization of four hospitals and over 12,000 employees, serving patients in Kentucky, West Virginia, northern Tennessee and southern Ohio. While in Kentucky, she led a multidisciplinary team with improving hospital throughput, reducing the inpatient bed turnaround time by 32%. In addition, she spearheaded a clinical documentation initiative to improve hospital quality ratings, revenue, and inpatient throughput.
“Dr. Sedgwick is an accomplished leader in academic and non-academic medical systems with employed and affiliated physicians,” said Greg Feirn, CEO of LCMC Health, the health system that manages University Medical Center. “Her 20 years of experience and leadership will help University Medical Center continue to serve as a world-class academic research hospital that trains the next generation of healthcare professionals.”
Sedgwick began her career as a faculty member at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in 2001. She later moved to Houston, where she practiced at Houston Methodist as a diagnostic radiologist. In 2007, she was recruited to Baylor College of Medicine where she led Baylor Clinic’s and Baylor-Harris Health System’s breast imaging programs. Passionate about efficiently delivering patient-centered care, Sedgwick led a multi-disciplinary team at Baylor to create a same-day breast biopsy program. As a result of that cancer-focused innovation, she was honored as the 2018 Press Ganey Physician of the Year and was featured in Tom Lee’s book, The Good Doctor. In 2017, she became Baylor’s Chief Quality Officer and then moved on to HCA Houston Healthcare as Chief Medical Officer where she was recognized for her operating room performance improvement.
“I am excited to join this team and to work with University Medical Center to realize the vision of becoming a leading world-class academic medical center for exceptional healthcare in Louisiana,” Sedgwick said. “As a relationship-based leader, I plan on focusing my efforts as CEO on quality care, service growth population health, and making a good hospital even better.”
Sedgwick earned a bachelor’s degree in history from U.C. Berkeley, a medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and will receive an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in September. University Medical Center enlisted Charlotte, N.C.-based HARTZ Search to lead its national search for a new CEO. Sedgwick joins University Medical Center following the leadership of interim CEO Terrie Sterling, who led the organization since last year. | https://www.bizneworleans.com/university-medical-center-new-orleans-names-new-ceo/ | 2022-08-23T03:48:16Z |
Cancer survivors transform Augusta Health’s Appearances Boutique
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - A small group of cancer survivors in the Shenandoah Valley took their experiences battling cancer and used it as an opportunity to revitalize services for patients at Augusta Health.
The Appearances Boutique is a lifeline for many cancer patients at Augusta Health, and four women made it their mission to give it a makeover.
The boutique houses wigs, hats, scarves, earrings, and other accessories to aid a person through their diagnosis.
“Most cancer treatments, you lose your hair. And for women, that’s a big deal. If we can just alleviate some of the worry that patients get when they’re diagnosed,” said Augusta Health’s Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator and cancer survivor, Donna Berdeaux.
In her role as a navigator, Berdeaux leads a support group. That’s how she met Patti Piccinino, Carol Cobb, and Suzy VanValkenburg.
“I know it’s difficult, and when you hear the word cancer, you sometimes – you stop hearing things,” Berdeaux said.
Piccinino was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer in February 2016.
Cobb found out she had Stage 2 Breast Cancer in April 2019 on her 70th birthday.
VanValenkenburg is freshly out of treatment. She was diagnosed in January 2021 after a mammogram.
Cobb and VanValkenburg attended Berdeaux’s support group after learning their diagnoses. Piccinino attended later since the support group wasn’t up and running when she was diagnosed.
“I just felt at home immediately. There’s all different ages of ladies, all different years out from their treatment, but everyone has been through it. There’s nothing you can say that’s silly or dumb or they can’t help you. It’s just a really safe place to be when you’re going through a horrible time,” said Cobb.
The women said the support group was a place to ask every question you could think of.
“There are a lot of questions and a lot of things you may not want to share with your family because you’re kind of trying to protect them too,” said Piccinino.
After their diagnoses, they took a trip to the Appearance Boutique at Augusta Health, which offers wigs, wig fittings, hats, scarves, and earrings. The accessories are free of charge.
“The coordinator in here was very nice in showing me different styles of wigs and what would look nice on myself. I didn’t want to be the blonde woman, because I’m not really blonde. I wanted to be who I was. You’re losing so much of yourself, or at least it feels like it when you have cancer,” said VanValkenburg.
In that space, they explored who they were and who they might become in the months to come as they took on chemotherapy, surgery, and life as a person with cancer. When Berdeaux suggested they give the Boutique a makeover, the three women were all in.
“I wanted to get involved because I wanted to help create a place that is comfortable, welcoming because when you’re losing your hair or about to lose your hair, you feel very vulnerable,” said Piccinino.
The boutique had served its purpose for them, but they knew they could make it even better.
“If I had this the way it looks now to be able to sit down with somebody and talk about what my fears were and what I was concerned about and this setting we have in here, kind of nice and quiet and calm, that would be fantastic,” said VanValkenburg.
Not only was it a nice place to talk and learn more about a diagnosis, Cobb said it became a place for her to explore her style.
“I never knew I was going to be a flower pattern kind of person. It really was fun. I shopped on my phone all the time,” Cobb said.
Even though the women are finished with treatment and their hair is growing back, they still spend time together and they like to spend time in the boutique.
“This is our place. I like to think of it as my clubhouse. It’s pretty and fun and my friends are here!” Cobb said.
They also still like to talk things out in the support group.
“Six years out now, and I still enjoy the support group because I want to give back. I want to provide some support or help for ladies that are beginning this journey or in it or even on the other side of it. Sometimes even after treatment, it takes a while to process everything that’s happened, everything you’ve gone through, and you still have questions about what to expect,” Piccinino said.
Through the scars and sad memories, the group is able to look back on that journey together.
“Now I consider them more like my friends. We have gotten to know each other. We do a lot of fun things together as a support group,” said Berdeaux.
Since the accessories at the Appearances Boutique are free, donations are helpful to continue their mission.
The group has plans for further improvements to the space, too. If you’d like to donate to the Boutique, click here. Under the designation, click “Other,” and write “Appearances Boutique” in the box for a comment.
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Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73.
Gaines’ family said in a statement the former coach died Monday in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career, but was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. Gaines returned to Permian later in his career.
His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book, which portrayed a program and school that favored football over academics and attributed racist comments to assistant coaches.
Gaines, who was played by Billy Bob Thornton in the 2004 movie, said he never read the book and felt betrayed by Bissinger after the author spent the entire 1988 season with the team.
The book, which portrayed Gaines as a compassionate coach caught in the win-at-all-costs culture of a high school program in football-crazed Texas, also was turned into a TV series.
Permian lost in the state semifinals in 1988, a season that included the loss of star running back James “Boobie” Miles to a knee injury during a preseason scrimmage. Miles’ character played a prominent role in the movie.
The book described scenes of “for sale” signs being placed in the front yard of Gaines’ home. His record from 1986-89 was 47-6-1.
Gaines led Permian to the fifth of the program’s six state championships with a perfect season in 1989, then left to become an assistant coach at Texas Tech.
He later coached two of Permian’s rivals, Abilene High and San Angelo Central, before returning to college as the coach at Abilene Christian. Another four-year run as Permian’s coach started in 2009, and Gaines also was a school district athletic director in Odessa and Lubbock.
“I just can’t find the words to pay respects,” retired coach Ron King, a former Permian assistant, told the Odessa American. “It’s a big loss for the coaching profession. There are a lot of coaches he took under his wing and mentored.”
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RCBL Finals: Huffman deals CG, Bridgewater wins 2022 RCBL title
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The Bridgewater Reds are the 2022 RCBL Champions.
Bridgewater defeated Stuarts Draft, 2-0, in game seven of the RCBL Finals Monday night behind a dominant, complete-game effort from starting pitcher Chris Huffman. Huffman, who pitched at Fort Defiance, James Madison, and in the San Diego Padres minor league system, struck out 15 batters and allowed just two hits while walking one in the decisive game of the RCBL Finals.
The Reds were led offensively by Noah Cornwell, who launched a deep solo homer in the top of the second inning. Jordan Yankey added an insurance run for Bridgewater with an RBI triple in the 8th inning. Stuarts Draft starting pitcher Parker Heinemann tossed nine innings, allowing just four hits and two earned runs while striking out seven Monday night.
Bridgewater claims its first RCBL title since 2018. The Reds defeated Grottoes, Clover Hill, and Stuarts Draft on their way to the championship.
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- trueGold Consortium is a subsidiary of Security Matters (SMX), a tech company that focus on providing a complete transparent mine-to-refinery to marketplace, to final product as well as to recycle/reuse; ethical supply chain assurance and digital blockchain platform solution for the entire gold industry. Based in Australia, trueGold welcomes strategic investors and partners, Ava Global Logistics and Alberto Morales, who join the growing consortium with a pre-money valuation of AUS$60million. In addition, Grant Angwin has been appointed the Chairperson who will lead the Gold Industry Advisory Board and Jason Waters will join the Board of Directors.
Strategic Partners, Ava Global Logistics and Alberto Morales
The two latest investors joined trueGold Consortium – a jointly held company of SMX and W.A. Mint Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Perth Mint, Australia (44% each), seeking a complete mine-to-marketplace ethical gold supply chain assurance and to tangibly authenticate and provide irrefutable proof of quality, quantity, and origin of gold for credible ESG reporting in real-time.
Established in 2016, Ava Global Logistics is a market leader in secure international logistics and risk management solutions, trusted by some of the most security-conscious financial services, mining, industrial and government clients.
"Ava Global understands the importance and need for reliable technology that will provide greater levels of security and transparency for clients, which can accurately verify the origination and certify ESG compliance in real-time of globally stored and transported gold. And so, we are pleased to be associated with trueGold and look forward to our collaborative efforts, both commercially and on the Gold Industry Advisory Board," said Chris Fergus, CEO of Ava Global Logistics.
With over 30 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers, and acquisitions, founder of major Latin American silver producer Andean Precious Metals Corp (TSX-V: APM), Alberto Morales, foresees the increasing importance of ESG practices globally.
"I am excited to be involved in this innovative and revolutionary technology that verifies physically and digitally the full traceability of gold from origination to finished product in real-time to build an accurate and reliable ESG verification system. What impresses me most is the ability of the trueGold system and its blockchain platform to verify and provide full traceability of the gold even if it has been melted and reformed into a new product," he said.
Currently, other technologies available are a 'check and verify' system of the suppliers whilst trueGold's technology provides full traceability for gold from mine to product, to recycling, and back to refining.
Solidifying the Advisory Board and Board of Directors
Following the joining of AVA Global Logistics and Alberto Morales, trueGold also appointed Grant Angwin as the Independent Chairperson of the Gold Industry Advisory Board and Jason Waters, CEO of The Perth Mint, to the trueGold Board of Directors.
The trueGold Consortium is confident that Angwin's 40-year experience in the gold industry, most recently as President of Asahi Refining NA – the world's largest gold and silver refiner – will strengthen the Gold Industry Advisory Board's activities to facilitate the delivery of its advice, developing and approving its forward work program and facilitating discussions between members.
The trueGold Industry Advisory Board consists of members from the gold industry, who will actively participate in the adoption and commercialization of trueGold's technological offerings and be an advocate and a promoter of trueGold within the gold industry.
Additionally, the appointment of Jason Waters, currently serving as The Perth Mint CEO, is expected to be a strong positive contributor on the trueGold Board, in developing a reliable and credible ESG verification tech solution and digital platform for the global gold supply chain.
"We look forward to continuing the strong alliance between The Perth Mint and trueGold with the shared objective to provide the gold industry with an industry wide solution to help provide both tangible and blockchain solutions that not only help to enable full transparency of the entire supply chain of the gold industry but also credibly verify the gold's provenance after the finished product has been recycled," said Hugh Morgan AC, Chair of trueGold Consortium.
trueGold, Providing Full Transparency from Mine to Recycling and Back to Refining
trueGold uses SMX tech application to ensure circular economy practices in the gold industry. As well as to provide the world's first ethical gold supply chain assurance solution that spans the whole gold value chain from mine to refinery to terminal market through recycling and back again to refinery.
The company enables accurate, credible, and transparent ESG reporting capabilities by creating a digital twin to the physical object via a shared blockchain platform with all the players along the gold value chain. It is also increasing interconnectedness between miners, refiners, financiers, bullion traders and buyers, manufacturers, and recyclers, and delivering transparency and assurance based on science and technology – not paper-based.
trueGold technology also simplifies tracking in the gold industry to comply with ESG practices through One Digital Blockchain Platform that allows a decentralized supply chain for the verification of gold, using one technology and one service provider from mine to client and recycling, and a B2B trading platform for gold.
Growing on Solid Foundation: SMX's Announced Business Combination with Lionheart III Corp.
In July, SMX had announced its plans to enter into a business combination with Lionheart III Corp. (NASDAQ: LION), a special acquisition purpose company, expected to be valued at US$360 million.
The value reflects an implied pre-money valuation of the company of US$200 million and an expected post-transaction cash balance of US$116 million, assuming no redemptions by Lionheart's public stockholders (noting that recent SPAC transactions have been characterized by high redemption rates). The transaction is anticipated to close in the 4th quarter of 2022.
Additional information about the merger and proposed transaction is provided in a current report on form 8-K filed by Lionheart with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2022 and available at www.sec.gov.
About trueGold Consortium
trueGold seeks to be an essential part of every gold trade both physically and digitally – as a global industry standard, providing the most secure and fully transparent traceability tech solution, from the mine to market to finished product. Thus, enabling companies and brands to meet their ESG regulations and obligations tangibly and measurably.
trueGold uses both the SMX tech applications that offer an advanced next-generation technology that can invisibly mark and store multiple data at a molecular level, in solids, liquids, or gas; as well as its blockchain digital platform.
About Security Matters Limited
Security Matters has commenced the commercialization of its unique, patented technology that uses a hidden chemical-based 'barcode' designed to permanently and irrevocably 'mark' any object, be it solid, liquid or gas. The barcode is read using the company's unique 'reader' to access the corresponding stored data, recorded, and protected using blockchain technology.
About Lionheart III Corp.
Lionheart III Corporation is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. For more information, visit: https://lheartcapital.com/our-companies/lionheart-iii/.
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Whether or not you, dear reader, should choose to dive into HBO's House of the Dragon when it debuts Sunday night depends entirely on your attitude toward the series it serves as a prequel to, Game of Thrones.
I recapped GoT for NPR, which meant I heard from folks who loved it and stuck with it to the end. (I'll be recapping House of the Dragon too, starting Sunday).
But mostly, and in far greater numbers, I heard from people who seemed inordinately eager to inform me that they weren't watching, or had abruptly stopped watching, or who only kept watching through gritted teeth, seething all the while.
They all had their reasons for the positions they took up, and they weren't as diverse as you might think. That got me thinking: on the eve of House of the Dragon's debut, perhaps I could be of service.
So let's do this: Simply scan the list below for the critique that best approximates your own attitude toward Game of Thrones, and find out how — or whether — House of the Dragon responds to it.
1. I loved Game of Thrones! Ate it up with a big ol' spoon! All the way through!
What, really? Wow, so you're the one. Uh. Okay then, just ... go nuts. You'll eat up House of the Dragon with that very same spoon. It's more of what you love. Enjoy!
2. I tried, I really did, but I just couldn't keep track of everything. All those names, all those places, all those competing factions. And why were so many of the characters a bunch of beardy, brown-haired, middle-aged white dudes who looked alike? How was that fair?
First off, House of the Dragon is set about 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, so you don't need to worry about any of those beardy white dudes; they haven't been born yet.
Think of it this way: House of the Dragon is the story of a war over succession. It's the War of the Roses, basically. If you can follow Shakespeare's history plays, if you can read Wolf Hall, you can get this. Because where Game of Thrones depicted an extended jockeying for power among numerous kingdoms and Houses — Starks vs. Lannisters vs. Baratheons vs. Boltons vs. Pykes, etc. — on House of the Dragon, the main conflict takes place within a single family, so there's fewer competing factions to keep track of.
That's the good news. The bad news: Swap beardy, brown-haired, middle-aged white dudes for a lot of folk sporting the same flowing platinum wig, because the single family is question is the Targaryens. They're the ones with that white-blond hair, and the cheekbones. They tend to intermarry, and they have a kinship with dragons.
Y'all remember Daenerys Targaryen, from Game of Thrones. Played by the Emilia Clarke, she was the one in the less-than-convincing platinum wig, the Mother of Dragons. She spent most of the series in exile, working to build an army so she could take back the Iron Throne that her father, The Mad King, had lost. She was basically the last Targaryen.
House of the Dragon, conversely, is set back at the height of the Targaryen Dynasty, when the family is still the most powerful force in the world, because they're lousy with dragons.
3. I started watching Game of Thrones, but I couldn't stomach the violence. Not for me.
Then House of the Dragon is also not for you. Life in Westeros is even more nasty, brutish and short than it was in Game of Thrones, and the gore is just as intense. It doesn't all come in the same form — it's not all lopped heads and hacked limbs, though there's plenty of those. The first episode features a particularly grisly depiction of how dangerous childbirth can be, even in a world of magic.
4. Despite characters like Arya, Cersei and Sansa, Game of Thrones tended to treat women, especially background characters, as dehumanized objects to be leered at.
Yeah, the show came in for some fair critiques about that. And while there are still plenty of boobs and butts in House of the Dragon, especially in brothel scenes, it feels less gratuitous, more equal opportunity. Your mileage may vary, of course.
5. I liked Game of Thrones when it started out and stuck to palace intrigue and battles between kingdoms. But then it all became about the fantasy stuff — magic and dragons and snow zombies — and it lost me.
I don't know what to tell you, my guy, but it's right there in the name: House of the Dragon. This is all dragons, all the time, from the jump. So it's probably not for you.
6. Once the series went past the story that had been laid out in George R. R. Martin's novels, it lost me. Everything suddenly felt rushed and thin and unconvincing, and all the nuance of the books fell away.
This is, by far, the thing I heard from folks most often. And we don't need to re-litigate it here, but yeah: The showrunners of Game of Thrones leaned out over their skis. E.L. Doctorow famously said writing a novel is like driving at night with your headlights on — you can only see a few yards ahead of you, but it's enough to get you where you need to go. In the last couple of seasons of Game of Thrones, the showrunners drove with their headlights off.
But if you're worried about that happening with House of the Dragon, don't be. The series is based on a 2018 Martin book — Fire & Blood — with a pre-existing beginning, middle and definitive end. There will be no vamping; we're looking instead at a relatively straightforward act of adaptation.
I say "relatively" because Fire & Blood is presented not as a simple narrative but as a series of conflicting historical accounts, written in different styles from different points of view.
And while that makes for a fun read, television has more exacting demands. Things left deliberately and tantalizingly ambiguous in the book will need to get explicitly dramatized, one way or another. The showrunners are going to have pick a side and run with it.
In the end, of course, it's entirely up to you whether you're up for another visit to the Seven Kingdoms. Your last trip there was rough; I get that.
But just know that the place is under new management, and they certainly seem to want to provide you a more focused, more self-contained, more considered tourist experience than the old crew did.
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Meadow Bridge must claw past lack of depth to succeed
Wildcats open season against Van on August 26
Published: Aug. 23, 2022 at 12:30 AM EDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
MEADOW BRIDGE, W.Va. (WVVA) - The Meadow Bridge Wildcats are heading into 2022 with just 18 players on the roster. That doesn’t discourage Coach Dwayne Reichard or his players.
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Experience, FBS transfers highlight JMU offensive line
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The offensive line unit might be the strongest part of the James Madison football team in 2022.
The Dukes return five players who started and played significant snaps in 2021. Nick Kidwell (right tackle), Cole Potts (right guard), and Tyshawn Wyatt (left guard) all return after starting all 14 games last season. Tanner Morris, who started all three of JMU’s FCS Playoff games last season, is also back for the Dukes along with Tyler Stephens. Stephens made six starts at left tackle last season, subbing for an injured Liam Fornadel.
JMU head coach Curt Cignetti recently said the Dukes are in the process of swapping Wyatt and Stephens on the left side of the line with Wyatt moving to tackle and Stephens to guard.
While the Dukes return five experienced players up front, they have also added depth via the transfer portal. Andrew Adair (Liberty) and Isaac Owusu-Appiah (Coastal Carolina) could play a role on the offensive line for JMU in 2022.
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SYDNEY, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiteMinder, the world's leading open hotel commerce platform, has today announced it will acquire industry acclaimed hotel guest engagement suite GuestJoy, a cloud-based app that allows hoteliers to automate personalised, direct, contactless guest communications before, during and after their stay.
The acquisition, to be completed this year, follows the launch of SiteMinder's next generation platform in April - an all-in-one hotel commerce platform that unifies SiteMinder's channel management, distribution and booking engine products with real-time market insights, automated payments, website-building capabilities and more than 1500 partner integrations for accommodation providers to grow their businesses online. GuestJoy will further expand SiteMinder's robust hotel commerce offering, allowing hoteliers to automate and digitise their guest communication, drive upsell revenues, and strengthen direct guest acquisition.
Sankar Narayan, CEO and MD of SiteMinder, said the agreement to acquire GuestJoy builds on a year of strong organic growth following the company's IPO in 2021.
"We are thrilled to announce SiteMinder's acquisition of GuestJoy this year. Great technology powers human connection, and this couldn't be truer for hotel tech. GuestJoy is highly regarded within the hotel tech industry for its simple user experience, seamless guest communication functionalities and integration capabilities, which are essential for the modern hotelier to deliver a winning and profitable guest experience, while also optimising their booking and ancillary revenues. GuestJoy's capability to automate and personalise guest communications will allow SiteMinder to offer a fully integrated user experience for our hoteliers, as we continue to deliver on our hotel commerce platform vision," Sankar Narayan said.
Since 2014, GuestJoy has gained a strong reputation in the industry for its innovative, easy-to-use technology and for delivering high ROI for its customers. Founded by hospitality tech innovators Alar Ülem and Annika Ülem, GuestJoy was created to solve a key unmet need - to make it simpler and faster for hoteliers to communicate directly with their guests and increase customer value via their property management system.
"We know firsthand how distracting and cumbersome unfit technology can be while you are working hard to deliver an impeccable, memorable guest experience. It's why we set ourselves the mission of designing GuestJoy to be very easy to use, using data-driven intelligence and automation. We also know that seamless, unified technology can transform hotel businesses, and this is why we are so proud that GuestJoy will become a SiteMinder company," said GuestJoy Co-founder Alar Ülem.
"SiteMinder is unrivalled in its deep feature capabilities in hotel technology, and for its scale of connectivity in the hotel tech market. We can't wait to join SiteMinder's vision to bring every hotel into the new era of hotel commerce, by helping hoteliers connect meaningfully with their guests along every step of their accommodation journey," said GuestJoy Co-founder Annika Ülem.
A SiteMinder Partner since 2017, GuestJoy is already a part of the SiteMinder ecosystem and will be fully integrated into the SiteMinder hotel commerce platform following the completion of the acquisition this year.
About GuestJoy
GuestJoy has been helping hoteliers seamlessly digitise, personalise and automate their guest engagement throughout the entire guest journey since 2014. In 2021, GuestJoy was named a finalist in Hotel Tech Report's Best Upselling Software, and that same year, 70% of GuestJoy customers across 23 countries were named in TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards. GuestJoy has been a SiteMinder partner since 2017, with customers across the UK and Europe.
About SiteMinder
SiteMinder Limited (ASX:SDR) is the world's leading open hotel commerce platform, ranked among technology pioneers for opening up every hotel's access to online commerce. It's this central role that has earned SiteMinder the trust of tens of thousands of hotels, across 150 countries, to sell, market, manage and grow their business. The global company, headquartered in Sydney with offices in Bangkok, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila, generated more than 100 million reservations worth over US$35 billion in revenue for hotels in the last year prior to the start of the pandemic. For more information, visit siteminder.com.
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Hyundai wins most in new-car categories; Toyota wins most in used-car categories.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report, publisher of Best Cars for Families and Best Cars for the Money, today unveiled the Best Cars for Teens.
"The Best Cars for Teens awards highlight the cars and SUVs that can help teens hone their driving skills and lower the risk that they'll be involved in an accident," said Jim Sharifi, managing editor of U.S. News Best Cars. "Each winner offers active safety features and strong crash test ratings, so there's a better chance of being protected if a collision occurs."
Hyundai won the most awards in the Best New Cars for Teens categories, with four. Across the seven new-car categories, two of the winners are hybrids, which should appeal to climate- and budget-conscious teens. In the used-car categories, Toyota won two of the five awards.
All 2022 Best New Cars for Teens are available with forward collision warning and forward automatic emergency braking, as well as lane-departure warning and lane-keep assist. All winners also have teen driver controls or available smartphone apps that send parents alerts when the car goes over a set speed or is driven outside a set time period or geographic area. These features allow parents to set limits for teen drivers and have an ongoing conversation with their teens about responsible driving habits.
The 2022 Best New Cars for Teens
The 2022 Best Used Cars for Teens
To be named one of the Best New Cars for Teens, a vehicle has to have the best combination of predicted reliability ratings, crash test scores, available advanced driver-assistance features and top critics' recommendations in the U.S. News Best Cars rankings in its price category. To be named a Best Used Car for Teens, a vehicle must be from the 2017 through 2019 model years and have the best combination of dependability and safety ratings, projected ownership costs, positive reviews from critics when it was new, and available tech that can help prevent crashes or lessen their severity.
About U.S. News Best Cars
Since 2007, U.S. News Best Cars, the automotive channel of U.S. News & World Report, has published rankings of the majority of new vehicles sold in America. Each year, U.S. News also publishes the Best Cars awards, including Best Vehicle Brands, Best Cars for the Money and Best Cars for Families. U.S. News Best Cars supports car shoppers throughout the entire car buying journey, offering advice for researching cars and finding cars for sale. U.S. News Best Cars had more than 65 million visitors over the past year, with the majority actively shopping for a car. More than 70% of active shoppers reported that U.S. News influenced their car-purchasing decision, saying that they trust our advice to be unbiased and that they would recommend our site to others.
About U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is the global leader in quality rankings that empower consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives and communities. A multifaceted digital media company with Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews platforms, U.S. News provides rankings, independent reporting, data journalism, consumer advice and U.S. News Live events. More than 40 million people visit USNews.com each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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PUNA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- A Volcano man was charged with felony abuse, assault, and terroristic threatening relating to a domestic incident that occurred in Puna on August 18.
Jerald Cline, 34, was charged -- in relation to an incident at a Fern Forest residence in Puna -- with felony abuse of a family or household Member, misdemeanor Abuse of a Family or Household Member, first degree terroristic threatening (with the use of a dangerous instrument, a bat), and two counts of second degree assault.
Felony abuse, first degree terroristic threatening, and second degree assault are all felony offenses which carry a maximum penalty of a 5 year prison term.
At the time of the alleged offenses, Cline was on supervised release for two other unrelated felonies, and was wanted for two outstanding warrants related to revocation of his supervised release.
Cline made his first court appearance on Monday, August 22. He remains in custody on $42,000 bail.
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From backlogs in unemployment benefits to the handling of child welfare services, the state's had its fair share of bureaucratic red tape made worse by the pandemic.
Gov. David Ige today shut down the state's last mainframe computer, which handled major application systems -- some up to 60 years old.
Those systems were moved to modern cloud-based servers on the mainland, which have better security and greater flexibility to scale up in the event of an emergency.
During the height of the pandemic, the outdated systems were overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of jobless applicants -- many of whom waited months for benefits.
"When we have an emergency or a pandemic, it really exacerbates the problem and we see just huge changes in the capacity needed and being on the cloud means that we would be able to scale quickly, almost instantaneously," Ige said. "And we shouldn't see the kinds of problems that we had with slow response the systems crashing and those kinds of activities on the cloud system."
The new system will not only speed up sluggish application processes, but back up critical state data, and offer greater recovery capabilities in the case of a natural disaster since the servers will now be off island.
According to state officials, it's also less likely to be hacked.
Besides unemployment, the system processes applications for disability compensation, child support and child and adult welfare services.
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UPDATE 6:00 p.m. -- Another person has been pronounced dead after a head-on collision on Kamehameha Highway.
Two others were hospitalized following the collision.
No other information has been provided.
This is a developing story. Check back with KITV4 for more information.
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LAIE, Hawaii (KITV4) – One person is dead and three others suffered serious to critical injuries following a head-on crash on the Kamehameha Highway on Oahu’s North Shore, Monday afternoon.
The crash happened just after 1 p.m. in the area of Gunstock Ranch and the Malaekahana State Recreation Area.
At least two vehicles were involved in the crash. A KITV4 viewer sent in video from the scene that appeared to show two vehicles -- a pickup and a sedan -- in a head-on crash.
Authorities down the highway in both directions following the crash. It is unclear how long the highway will remain closed.
According to Honolulu Emergency Medical Services (EMS), four people were found in the wreckage. One of the victims, a man in his 30s, was dead at the scene.
A woman in her 60s was found in critical condition. A woman in her 30s and a man in his 20s were both found suffering serious injuries. EMS rushed the three surviving patients to local emergency rooms.
Officials have not said which victims were in which vehicle. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.
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HONOLULU(KITV4) – “Retirement living” released a report that stated more people are now pushing retirement to after age 65 while many hope to retire between 51 to 60.
A financial advisor told KITV that entering retirement right now is tricky – now that the stock market has had two blows in the past two and half years.
”There is a greater risk and greater challenge that individuals are faced due to the fact that both stocks and bonds have had a trouble year this year. There’s a lack of correlation between the two and that’s what investors are relying on,” said Jeff Buck, chief investment officer, E.A Buck Financial Services.
Those who invests in retirement savings - 76% of them invest in the stock market and 56% of invest in bonds.
Buck said several factors are considered in retirement like life expectancy and cost of living – and both are going up.
Governor Ige signed a bill this summer to a create retirement saving program. Experts said this will increase the number of private company workers to save for retirement.
”Every worker in Hawaii should have access to retirement savings through payroll deductions and that’s a huge step. People don’t realize that you are 15% more likely to save if you have payroll deduction,” said Craig Gima, communications director at AARP.
Hawaii residents retire between the ages of 63 and 67 while many retire between 55 and 62.
Hawaii ranks number one with the highest retirement income needed to live comfortably.
Aina Hain resident, Ty Gurney, said he has been a surf coach on Oahu for 20 years. He said he plans on retiring in a rural part of Montana where the cost of living is much lower. He is 49-years old.
“My job has taken a toll on me physically as I’ve gotten older. I am planning on retiring next year when I’m 50 but property taxes are crazy here in Hawaii. I want to keep my home here but I am looking at homes in Montana,” said Gurney.
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Off-duty volunteer firefighter rescues sleeping neighbor from house fire
MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WPVI) - A volunteer firefighter in New Jersey sprang into action when his neighbor’s house caught fire, kicking down the door and rescuing a person inside.
One neighbor says she and her son saw smoke from their sunroom around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, just 10 minutes after a fire started at a two-story home in Mansfield Township, New Jersey.
“He saw the flames shooting up and realized it was his best friend’s house that was on fire,” the neighbor said.
A fast-thinking, off-duty volunteer firefighter who lives nearby stepped in to help, neighbors say.
“He was able to come over, kick the door in and get the kid out because he was asleep upstairs… I’m just glad he was able to do that for him,” the neighbor said.
Multiple fire agencies throughout Burlington County were called to help, with more than 50 firefighters assisting. The firefighters first on scene arrived at the home in less than five minutes, but by that time, the man inside was safe.
However, the damage to the home was severe, and it was deemed a total loss. The homeowner’s pets – two bunnies and a snake – died in the fire.
But neighbors say it could have been worse if it wasn’t for the brave volunteer firefighter.
“Houses can be rebuilt. I’m just grateful that my son’s friend and all his friends are OK,” the neighbor said.
The county fire marshal is leading the investigation into the case.
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Updated August 22, 2022 at 6:51 PM ET
Former President Trump is asking a federal court to appoint a special master to review the documents the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago this month during a court-authorized search.
In a motion filed in federal court in Florida, Trump also is seeking to prevent the government from further reviewing the documents that were taken until a special master is appointed, and he wants the government to provide more details on items that were taken during the search.
The legal action is the first from Trump's attorneys since FBI agents executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago.
"Law enforcement is a shield that protects Americans. It cannot be used as a weapon for political purposes," the filing says. "Therefore, we seek judicial assistance in the aftermath of an unprecedented and unnecessary raid on President Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago."
Trump's attorneys argue that the search raises Fourth Amendment concerns and that the warrant used was overly broad. They also say the department took the unprecedented step of searching the former president's home despite what Trump's attorneys say was his voluntary assistance with investigators over several months.
In a statement, Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley reiterated that the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago was "authorized by a federal court upon the required finding of probable cause."
The department is aware of Trump's motion, he said, and will file its response in court.
Last Friday, the judge in the case, U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, gave the Justice Department one week to provide a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the unprecedented search of Trump's residence. Multiple media organizations had asked the judge to unseal all documents related to the search, notably the affidavit laying out the reasoning and research. At a hearing last Thursday, the organizations said they do not want to release any information that would have a chilling effect on current or future witnesses, endanger people involved in the probe or compromise the investigation.
The Justice Department argued at the hearing that redacting the affidavit would leave no information of substance to release and also noted that the search itself and release of the warrant last week had created a volatile situation where FBI agents have already received death threats.
The Justice Department must give Reinhart their proposed redacted version by Thursday at noon. The judge has not said what, if anything, he will ultimately order made public.
While the Justice Department asked the court to unseal the warrant, citing intense public interest, it has argued strongly against releasing the affidavit, saying doing so could compromise its investigation, other probes, the possibility of future witness cooperation and the safety of agents and individuals named in the affidavit.
The warrant shows that FBI agents retrieved documents labeled classified, secret, top secret and confidential as well potential presidential records. It also reveals that the Justice Department is investigating the potential violation of three federal statutes, including the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice.
The genesis of the investigation comes from an unlikely source: the National Archives. This winter the agency, in charge of cataloguing and storing important government documents, retrieved 15 boxes of key presidential records that it said Trump was improperly and possibly illegally keeping at home.
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Off-duty volunteer firefighter rescues sleeping neighbor from house fire
MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WPVI) - A volunteer firefighter in New Jersey sprang into action when his neighbor’s house caught fire, kicking down the door and rescuing a person inside.
One neighbor says she and her son saw smoke from their sunroom around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, just 10 minutes after a fire started at a two-story home in Mansfield Township, New Jersey.
“He saw the flames shooting up and realized it was his best friend’s house that was on fire,” the neighbor said.
A fast-thinking, off-duty volunteer firefighter who lives nearby stepped in to help, neighbors say.
“He was able to come over, kick the door in and get the kid out because he was asleep upstairs… I’m just glad he was able to do that for him,” the neighbor said.
Multiple fire agencies throughout Burlington County were called to help, with more than 50 firefighters assisting. The firefighters first on scene arrived at the home in less than five minutes, but by that time, the man inside was safe.
However, the damage to the home was severe, and it was deemed a total loss. The homeowner’s pets – two bunnies and a snake – died in the fire.
But neighbors say it could have been worse if it wasn’t for the brave volunteer firefighter.
“Houses can be rebuilt. I’m just grateful that my son’s friend and all his friends are OK,” the neighbor said.
The county fire marshal is leading the investigation into the case.
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STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alleima, formerly Sandvik Materials Technology, which is expected to be listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, today hosts its first Capital Markets Day, in Sandviken, Sweden. At the event, the executive management will present trends and characteristics of the Alleima markets, business, financial performance, and strategic direction.
Alleima advances industries through materials technology. Alleima offers niched and premium products to a wide set of industries and has claimed strong market positions through its leading metallurgy expertise, global reach, and fully integrated value chain.
The strategy is based on driving profitable growth, materials innovation, operational and commercial excellence, and industry-leading sustainability. Through its customer offering and materials expertise, the company is well positioned to benefit from the global transition toward renewable energy. Alleima has also built a solid financial foundation and proven its financial resilience in recent years. Focus going forward is growing the business based on major global trends, such as a large demand for energy and energy production, a strong shift to fossil-free energy and energy-efficiency, as well as a growing and an aging population driving the development of new healthcare technology.
Financial targets (as previously announced)
"Alleima is a global leader in materials technology, a strong customer partner and a driver of sustainability. We are the result of nearly 160 years of collective minds working together. At our first Capital Markets Day, we are delighted to present the exciting journey we have ahead of us, as a standalone company. We plan to further strengthen our market position by offering our premium products, using our fully integrated value chain, our prominent metallurgy expertise, and global footprint. We will grow our business leveraging major global trends, the strong demand for energy and energy-efficiency, the shift to fossil-free and renewable energy, and the need for new medical technology", says Göran Björkman, President and CEO of Alleima.
The Capital Markets Day will be webcasted live starting at 10.30 am CEST on cmd.alleima.com, and a recording of the webcast will be published after the event.
Alleima Capital Markets Day agenda (approximate timings, all in CEST)
10:30 – Welcome and safety
10:40 – Introduction to Alleima: Göran Björkman, President and CEO
11:20 – Financial performance and targets: Olof Bengtsson, CFO
11:50 – Q&A
12:00 – Lunch break
12:45 – Division Tube: Michael Andersson, President Tube
13:15 – Division Kanthal: Anders Björklund, President Kanthal
13:40 – Division Strip: Claes Åkerblom, President Strip
14:00 – Capturing the energy transition opportunity: several members of the management team
14:25 – Q&A
14:45 – Concluding remarks: Göran Björkman, President and CEO
15:00 – End of webcast
15:00 – Guided tour of the steel mill and Surface Technology facilities (for on-site participants only)
Dial in details for the conference call:
Sweden: +46 8 505 583 65
UK: +44 3 333 009 035
United States: +1 646 722 49 57
The first day of trading on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange is planned for August 31, 2022. For detailed information on the company, including the process to distribute the Alleima shares to Sandvik shareholders, please see the prospectus that was published August 4, 2022, on www.alleima.com.
Stockholm, August 23, 2022
Sandvik AB
For further information, contact Emelie Alm, Head of Investor Relations, Alleima, phone: +46 (0) 79 060 8717, or Yvonne Edenholm, Press and Media Relations Manager, Alleima, phone +46 (0) 72145 2342, or Louise Tjeder, VP Investor relations, Sandvik, phone: +46 (0) 70782 6374 or Johannes Hellström, Press and Media Relations Manager, Sandvik, phone: +46 (0) 70721 1008
[1] Adjusted EBIT (operating profit excluding items affecting comparability and metal price effects) in relation to revenues.
[2] Interest-bearing current and non-current debts, including net pension and lease liability, less cash and cash equivalents.
[3] Metal price effect on the operating profit during a particular period from changes in alloy prices arising from the timing difference between the purchase (as included in cost of goods sold) and the sale of an alloy (as included in the revenue) when alloy surcharges are applied.
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- Commenced bemcentinib Phase 2b trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
- Initiation of Phase 1a/2b STK11 mutated NSCLC trial planned for 2H22
- BerGenBio to host conference call and webcast today at 10:00 AM CEST/4:00 AM EDT
BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BerGenBio ASA (OSE: BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical needs, today announced financial results for the second quarter and half year ended June 30, 2022 and provided a business update.
"The prioritization of bemcentinib development in two key areas in the second quarter has created momentum entering the second half of the year," said Martin Olin, Chief Executive Officer of BerGenBio. "By following strong scientific rationale, clinical and preclinical data, and areas of significant unmet medical need, we are confidently enthusiastic about bemcentinib's potential in aiding patients in two indications of focus: STK11 mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and patients hospitalized by COVID-19. The initiation of the next phase of clinical development for both indications in 2H22 moves us a meaningful step closer to addressing two large patient populations that are in need of better treatments."
Clinical Development
Bemcentinib
BerGenBio's lead compound, bemcentinib, is a potent, first-in-class, oral, small molecule, highly selective inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinase AXL, which is overexpressed in response to cellular stress, inflammation, hypoxia and chemotherapy. Bemcentinib inhibits the host cells' ability to propagate the progression of serious disease through the modulation of resistance mechanisms and the adaptive immune system.
The Company is advancing bemcentinib development in two lung indications, STK11 mutated (STK11m) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Hospitalized COVID-19 patients, where bemcentinib's novel mechanisms of action and primary accumulation in the lungs make it uniquely positioned to address severe lung diseases.
First-Line STK11m NSCLC
BerGenBio is preparing a Phase 1b/2a trial of bemcentinib in 1L STK11m NSCLC, a group that represents approximately 20% of NSCLC patients. Mutations in the STK11 gene are highly correlated with poor treatment response and survival with today's standard of care treatments, including immune checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC. Through inhibition of AXL, bemcentinib seeks to prevent AXL activation, consequently removing the innate immunosuppression that it causes and driving the proliferation of immune cells to restore sensitivity to immune checkpoint therapy. UT Southwestern Medical Center in Texas has shown that bemcentinib in models of NSCLC has the ability to restore the sensitivity of checkpoint inhibitors. Further bemcentinib is also believed to delay the development of chemoresistance.
- The detrimental effect of mutations in the STK11 gene on clinical outcomes was further highlighted by several academic groups at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in June 2022. In a retrospective study funded by Roche, Spain (Abstract #9047), of real-world outcomes in 1L NSCLC patients, STK11m was identified as having the poorest prognosis in all effectiveness outcomes, including lower response, progression free survival and overall survival, of 185 detected mutations.
- The Company is preparing and has post period filed an IND with the purpose to initiate a Phase 1b/2a trial evaluating bemcentinib in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor and doublet chemotherapy in 1L STK11m NSCLC patients in the second half of 2022.
- In parallel with the preparation of the Phase 1b/2a trial, the Company is evaluating the role of STK11 mutations in combination with other relevant co-mutations such as TP53, KRAS and KEAP1 to further characterize the potential of bemcentinib is this area of high unmet medical need.
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
Bemcentinib is currently being studied in a Phase 2b clinical trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. AXL, when induced by an infection, such as COVID-19, is known to play a variety of key roles in transporting the virus into cells, aiding replication, and dampening immune responses. Bemcentinib selectively inhibits AXL to block viral entry, stimulate the innate immune system and facilitate tissue repair regardless of known variants or mutations.
- In the ACCORD2 UK platform study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, bemcentinib treatment resulted in a clear reduction in clinical deterioration, causing: a significant reduction in deaths, patients requiring less supplementary oxygen, a significant reduction in the need for intubation or ventilation and a shortening of hospital stays compared to the control group.
- Bemcentinib has been selected by an expert group to be studied in a Phase 2b trial under the EU-SolidAct platform through a sub-protocol enrolling 500 hospitalized COVID-19 patients across Europe.
Mipasetamab Uzoptirine
Post period, ADC Therapeutics announced that the first patient was dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating mipasetamab uzoptirine as a single agent and in combination with gemcitabine in patients with selected advanced solid tumors. Mipasetamab uzoptirine contains an AXL-targeting humanized monoclonal antibody licensed from BerGenBio.
Corporate Activities
BerGenBio strengthened its leadership team in April 2022 with the addition of Cristina Oliva, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Oliva is a Board-certified oncologist with over 20 years of senior clinical development experience across large pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CROs, including her most recent position as Vice President, Oncology and Head of Oncology Centre of Excellence at IQVIA, Ltd.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
(Figures in brackets = same period 2021 unless otherwise stated)
- Revenue amounted to NOK 0.0 million (NOK 0.0 million) for the second quarter 2022
- Total operating expenses for the second quarter were NOK 88.2 million (NOK 92.3 million)
- The operating loss for the second quarter came to NOK 88.2 million (NOK 92.3 million)
- Cash and cash equivalents amounted to NOK 292.1 million (NOK 367.8 million at the end of the first quarter 2022).
Presentation and Webcast Details
The live webcast link is available at www.bergenbio.com in the Investors/Financial Reports section. A recording will be available shortly after the webcast has finished.
Webcast link: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20220823_9/
Dial-in numbers:
NO: +47-21-956342
UK: +44-203-7696819
US: +1 646-787-0157
SE: +46-4-0682-0620
DK: +45 78768490
Pin: 712491
The first quarter report and presentation are available on the Company's website in the Investors/Financial Reports section and a recording of the webcast will be made available shortly after the webcast has finished.
Contacts
Martin Olin CEO, BerGenBio ASA
ir@bergenbio.com
Rune Skeie, CFO, BerGenBio ASA
rune.skeie@bergenbio.com
Investor Relations / Media Relations
Graham Morrell
graham.morrell@bergenbio.com
About BerGenBio ASA
BerGenBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative drugs targeting AXL as a potential cornerstone of therapy for aggressive diseases, including cancer and severe respiratory infections. The Company is focused on its proprietary lead candidate bemcentinib a potentially first-in-class selective AXL inhibitor in development for STK11 mutated NSCLC and COVID-19.
BerGenBio is based in Bergen, Norway with a subsidiary in Oxford, UK. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: BGBIO). For more information, visit www.bergenbio.com
Forward looking statements
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which as such are not historical facts, but are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. These assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this announcement by such forward-looking statements.
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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TAMPERE, Finland, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published clinical study confirms the benefits of using fully bioresorbable ActivaPin™ implant together with bioabsorbable suture, for the tension band wire treatment of pediatric medial epicondyle humeral fractures. A tension band wire is a form of orthopaedic internal fixation method used to convert distraction forces into compression forces, promoting bone healing. The results of the retrospective cohort study shows that patients treated with bioresorbable ActivaPin™ were provided a good alternative treatment against traditional non-biodegradable metallic implants but without a need for second surgical intervention (i.e. metal implant removal).
Medial humeral epicondyle fractures account for 10% to 20% of elbow injuries in children. According to the study, the safety and efficiency of bioabsorbable implant is comparable to other novel approaches and traditional metallic implants. However, the non-biodegradable metal implants often require removal surgery that can cause even further complications. The ActivaPin™ implant is made of self-reinforced bioresorbable polymer (PLGA), which safely disappears in the body in approximately two years.
In the study, a total of 24 consecutive patients were retrospectively reviewed between January 2016 and January 2019. The patients underwent operations due to medial humeral epicondyle fractures and were treated with bioresorbable ActivaPin™ along with tension band polydioxanone sutures. Postoperatively, the clinical outcome was confirmed in different follow up time points with X-rays . At 4 weeks, all patients showed callus formation on the X-ray. By the third postoperative month, the range of motion of the elbow was complete in 22 patients, and the other 2 children regained their full range of movement by the sixth month. No growth disturbance, necrosis, or axial malalignment were observed during the follow-up period of 16 - 60 months, neither any nonunion nor delayed union.
"One of the corner stones of Bioretec's strategy is to provide strong clinical evidence of the company's bioresorbable products. Again, we are able to present a safe and efficient surgical technique using fully bioresorbable products for the benefit of the patients. The traditional surgical method with non-bioresorbable products for the treatment of pediatric humeral epicondyle fractures leads to removal operations. According to the authors, many surgeons routinely remove implants from children because they do not want to leave them in the growing bone, and general anesthesia associated with secondary surgery may be a source of additional potential complications. Once more, as secondary operation is not needed with our products, children can return to their normal everyday life and activities faster," says Timo Lehtonen, CEO of Bioretec, a globally operating Finnish medical device company and a pioneer in bioresorbable orthopedic implants.
The ActivaPin™ has been in the market since 2008, and the product is currently used in over 30 countries.
The results of the study (Kassai, Tamás MD; Varga, Marcell MD, PhD; Józsa, Gergö MD, PhD (2022)) were published in Medicine, a well-known peer reviewed scientific journal. The results can be read in full at http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000029817
Further enquiries
Timo Lehtonen, CEO, tel. +358504338493
Johanna Salko, CFO, tel. +358407548172
Information about Bioretec
Bioretec is a globally operating Finnish medical device company that continues to pioneer the application of bioresorbable orthopedic implants. The company has built unique competencies in the biological interface of active implants to enhance bone growth and accelerate fracture healing after orthopedic surgery. The products developed and manufactured by Bioretec are used worldwide in approximately 40 countries.
Bioretec intends to introduce a new generation of bioresorbable materials with enhanced strength for improved surgical outcome. The new RemeOs™ product line is based on a magnesium alloy and hybrid composite. The RemeOs™ implants are resorbed and replaced by bone, which eliminates the need for removal surgery while facilitating fracture healing. The combination has the potential to make titanium implants redundant and help clinics reach their Value-Based Healthcare targets while focusing on value for patients through efficient healthcare. With the U.S. and EU market authorization for the first RemeOs™ product expected in 2022, Bioretec is positioning itself to enter the addressable USD 7 billion global orthopedic trauma market and become a game changer in surgical possibilities.
Better Healing - Better Life. www.bioretec.com.
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National Agency for Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) and French Ethics Committee approve protocol for trial expected to begin in Q4 2022
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and PARIS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG, has received clearance to conduct a Phase I/II trial for its novel Huntington's Disease (HD) gene therapy, BV-101, in France through its subsidiary BrainVectis. This authorization, provided by the National Agency for Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM), the country's governing drug authority, along with the approval of the trial protocol by the Ethics Committee in charge, enables the company to begin recruiting participants.
BV-101 is a novel, exclusively designed adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy vector that simultaneously addresses the metabolic dysfunction of diseased neurons as well as contributes to the clearance of the mutant huntingtin protein. BV-101 is administered through MRI-guided neurosurgical techniques directed to target tissues in the basal structures of the brain. In preclinical studies in mice, BV-101 demonstrated the ability to repair the essential cholesterol pathway, provide neuroprotection, and restore physical performance by delivering CYP46A1, a crucial enzyme in the brain which is reduced in people with Huntington's Disease. BV-101 was granted orphan drug designation in the European Union in 2019 by the European Medicines Agency.
"Unlike other attempts to treat Huntington's Disease, BV-101 aims to restore cholesterol metabolism, reduce mutant huntingtin and to improve neuronal function. Importantly, BV-101 does not affect the levels of normal huntingtin protein in cells," said Nathalie Cartier-Lacave, MD, founder of BrainVectis and now Vice President, Sector Lead Neurobiology, at AskBio. "If this proves successful, we have the potential to change the course of a devastating disease that causes severe functional and cognitive decline."
Currently, there are no approved disease modifying therapies for HD, a rare inherited neurodegenerative disease that, based on information from the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP), affects approximately 62,000 people in the European Union. The disease is caused by anomalous repeating mutations in the huntingtin gene leading to abnormal protein aggregates in nerve cells. This results in a range of progressive symptoms, leading to complete physical and mental deterioration, with symptoms usually beginning in adults ages 30 to 50, but which can also occur at an earlier age.
"The approval of this trial in France marks a major milestone to potentially treat one of the world's most devastating genetic diseases," added Sheila Mikhail, JD, MBA, CEO and Co-Founder of AskBio. "If successful, this novel approach for treating Huntington's Disease may impact how we treat many other neurodegenerative diseases in the future."
About the BV-101 Clinical Trial
The BV-101 clinical trial will be an open-label, dose-escalation study to assess the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of administration of BV-101 in adult subjects with early-stage Huntington's Disease (HD). The trial will include 12-18 participants and is expected to begin in Paris in Q4, 2022. The trial will be led by principal investigator, Alexandra Durr, MD, PhD, Professor Genetics, Reference Centre for Rare diseases-Neurogenetics. For more information about the BV-101 Huntington's Disease clinical trial, contact askfirst@askbio.com or visit askbio.com.
About AskBio
Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. (AskBio), a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG acquired in 2020, is a fully integrated gene therapy company dedicated to developing life-saving medicines and changing lives. The company maintains a portfolio of clinical programs across a range of neuromuscular, central nervous system, cardiovascular and metabolic disease indications with a clinical-stage pipeline that includes therapeutics for Pompe disease, Parkinson's disease, and congestive heart failure. AskBio's gene therapy platform includes Pro10™, an industry-leading proprietary cell line manufacturing process, and an extensive capsid and promoter library. With global headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and European headquarters in Edinburgh, UK, the company has generated hundreds of proprietary capsids and promoters, several of which have entered clinical testing. Founded in 2001 and an early innovator in the gene therapy field, the company holds more than 750 patents in areas such as AAV production and chimeric and self-complementary capsids. Learn more at www.askbio.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About Bayer
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and nutrition. Its products and services are designed to help people and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to master the major challenges presented by a growing and aging global population. Bayer is committed to driving sustainable development and generating a positive impact with its businesses. At the same time, the Group aims to increase its earning power and create value through innovation and growth. The Bayer brand stands for trust, reliability, and quality throughout the world. In fiscal 2021, the Group employed around 100,000 people and had sales of 44.1 billion euros. R&D expenses before special items amounted to 5.3 billion euros. For more information, visit www.bayer.com.
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LUND, Sweden, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunovia today announced it will participate in Gilmartin Group's Emerging Growth Company Showcase on August 31, 2022.
Philipp Mathieu, CEO and President, and Jeff Borcherding, US CEO, are scheduled to present on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 9:00 am ET (15:00 pm CET).
A live and archived webcast will be available on the 'Investors' section of the Immunovia website at https://investor.immunovia.com/.
For more information, please contact:
Karin Almqvist Liwendahl
CFO
karin.almqvist.liwendahl@immunovia.com
+46 70 911 56 08
About Immunovia
Immunovia AB is a diagnostic company with the vision to revolutionize blood-based diagnostics and increase survival rates for patients with cancer.
Our first product, IMMray™ PanCan-d is the only blood test currently available for early detection of pancreatic cancer. The test has unmatched clinical performance. Commercialization of IMMray™ PanCan-d started in August 2021 in the USA and IMMray™ PanCan-d is offered as a laboratory developed test (LDT) exclusively through Immunovia, Inc. For more information see: www.immunoviainc.com.
Immunovia collaborates and engages with healthcare providers, leading experts and patient advocacy groups globally to make this test available to all high-risk pancreatic cancer groups.
The USA, the first market in which IMMray™ PanCan-d is commercially available, is the world's largest market for the detection of pancreatic cancer with an estimated value of more than USD 4 billion annually.
Immunovia's shares (IMMNOV) are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.immunovia.com.
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- Dr. Christopher Kellner from Mount Sinai Health System successfully enrolled the first patients in the DIVE (Deployment of Irrigating Intraventricular Catheter System) study.
- DIVE is designed to measure the effectiveness of IRRAflow to treat intraventricular hemorrhage versus standard EVD treatment.
- The Neurosurgery and Neurology Departments at The Mount Sinai Hospital were recently ranked 9th in the US, according to U.S. News and World Report.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IRRAS, a commercial-stage medical technology company with a comprehensive portfolio of innovative products for neurocritical care, today announced the initial patient treatments with the company's IRRAflow system within Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY, one of the United States' largest and most respected hospital groups. Thus far, two patients suffering from intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) have been enrolled in the Deployment of Irrigating Intraventricular Catheter System (DIVE) clinical trial for patients. The DIVE study will assess the IRRAflow system's ability to more effectively treat patients experiencing IVH than traditional treatment with an external ventricular drain (EVD).
The DIVE study is a retrospective and prospective cohort, controlled, single-center, phase 1 study with a primary objective of evaluating the safety and radiographic outcomes associated with using IRRAS' IRRAflow system compared to the current standard of care with external ventricular drains. Dr. Christopher Kellner, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Intracerebral Hemorrhage program at Mount Sinai, is the Principal Investigator of the study, which will compare retrospective EVD data from Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai West Hospital to prospective data collected from future patients treated with IRRAflow in up to 140 patients (70 EVD versus 70 IRRAflow).
"We are excited to enroll our first patients in the DIVE study," said Dr. Kellner. "We believe that the combination of irrigation and drainage has the potential to be a more efficient and cost-effective means to treat intraventricular hemorrhage than traditional passive drainage. Our first patient was successfully treated in just 67 hours, a significant reduction from our historic data for ICU and hospital length of stay. This study will continue to enroll patients and assess outcomes."
"Our growing partnership with Mount Sinai is another exciting step toward IRRAS becoming a leader in the treatment of intracranial bleeding," said Will Martin, President and CEO of IRRAS. "Working closely with such a prestigious institution and closely tracking the outcomes of their patients within the DIVE study will be an important piece of the growing pool of clinical evidence to support improved outcomes with IRRAflow for this critically ill group of patients."
The Mount Sinai Health System is an internationally recognized leader in clinical neurosurgery, neurosurgery education, and neurosurgery research. For 2021-2022, Neurosurgery and Neurology at The Mount Sinai Hospital rank 9th in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report.
About IRRAS
IRRAS is a global medical care company focused on delivering innovative medical solutions to improve the lives of critically ill patients. IRRAS designs, develops, and commercializes neurocritical care products that transform patient outcomes and decrease the overall cost of care by addressing complications associated with current treatment methodologies. IRRAS markets and sells its comprehensive, innovative IRRAflow and Hummingbird ICP Monitoring product lines to hospitals worldwide through its direct sales organization in the United States and select European countries as well as an international network of distribution partners.
IRRAS maintains its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, with corporate offices in Munich, Germany, and San Diego, California, USA. For more information, please visit www.irras.com.
IRRAS is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (ticker: IRRAS).
For more information, please contact:
Sten Gustafsson
Director, Investor Relations
sten.gustafsson@irras.com
+46 102 11 5172
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Isofol Medical AB (publ), (NASDAQ Stockholm: ISOFOL), announced today that the company's interim report for January-June 2022 is now available on the company's website, www.isofolmedical.com.
The information in the press release is intended for investors.
Second quarter, April–June 2022
- Net revenue amounted to TSEK 4,027 (7,333) and other revenue to TSEK 0 (0)
- The result for the period amounted to TSEK -54,033 (-45,394)
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK -0.33 (-0.48)
- Cash and cash equivalents at June 30 amounted to TSEK 277,727 (530,682)
First half of the year, January-June 2022
- Net revenue amounted to TSEK 8,033 (12,548) and other revenue to TSEK 1 (0)
- The result for the period amounted to TSEK -101,907 (-88,055)
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK -0.63 (-0.99)
Significant events during the second quarter 2022
- On April 22, it was announced that the analysis process of study data from the AGENT study had begun.
- Jan Törnell was elected as new Chairman of the Board of the company in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting on May 19.
Significant events after the event of the period
- On August 3, Isofol presented the topline results of the global pivotal AGENT study in advanced colorectal cancer. The data revealed that the study did not achieve the primary endpoint of objective response rate (ORR) or the key secondary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS).
- In July, Isofol received approval of a biomarker analysis patent.
CEO´s comment:
" It is incredibly disappointing that the results from the top-line analysis did not demonstrate the advantages we had hoped for. Final data and sub-group analyses will be decisive for the final assessment of our application options. I would like to point out that Isofol has a strong financial position, which will enable us to complete the AGENT study and analyze the final data in an efficient and reliable manner. This is very important in the situation we now find ourselves in.", says CEO Ulf Jungnelius.
Audiocast, August 23, at 12:30 p.m. CEST
In conjunction with the publication of the interim report for the second quarter of 2022, Isofol invites investors, analysts, and media to an audiocast on August 23, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. CEST. The presentation will be held by Isofol´s CEO Ulf Jungnelius and CFO Gustaf Albèrt, who will present and comment the report, followed by a Q&A-session. The presentation will be held in English.
Date and time
August 23, 2022, at 12.30 p.m. CEST
Webcast link
https://tv.streamfabriken.com/isofol-medical-q2-2022
Phone number
To participate via telephone, please dial one of the numbers below.
SWE: +46 8 50 51 63 86
UK +44 203 198 48 84
US +1 412 317 6300, PIN 3977834#
The presentation will also be available on Isofol's website after the broadcast:
https://isofolmedical.com/company-presentations/
For more information, please contact
Isofol Medical AB (publ)
Ulf Jungnelius, M.D., CEO
E-mail: jungnelius@isofolmedical.com
Telephone: +46 709-16 89 55
Gustaf Albèrt, CFO
E-mail: gustaf.albert@isofolmedical.com
Telephone: +46 709-16 83 02
This information is information that Isofol Medical AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 08:00 CEST, on August 23, 2022.
About Isofol Medical AB (publ)
Isofol Medical AB (publ) is a clinical stage biotech company that is progressing and advancing current standards of care for people living with cancer by working to improve the efficacy of the current chemotherapeutic standards of care. Isofol is focused on developing a drug for the first line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and seeks to elevate current clinical practice by unlocking the full strength of 5-FU with the addition of arfolitixorin. Isofol holds a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement with Merck & Cie, Schaffhausen, Germany to develop and commercialize arfolitixorin for use in oncology. Isofol Medical AB (publ) is traded on Nasdaq, Stockholm.
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STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medivir AB (NASDAQ Stockholm: MVIR) today announces that the company will present at the Erik Penser Bank Company Day on August 24, 2022. CEO Jens Lindberg will present the company and its plan for the ongoing clinical study with fostroxacitabine bralpamide (fostrox).
The presentation will be available after the meeting on Medivirs website; www.medivir.com.
For additional information, please contact
Magnus Christensen, CFO, Medivir AB
Telephone: +46 8 5468 3100
E-mail: magnus.christensen@medivir.com
Medivir in brief
Medivir develops innovative drugs with a focus on cancer where the unmet medical needs are high. The drug candidates are directed toward indication areas where available therapies are limited or missing and there are great opportunities to offer significant improvements to patients. Medivir is focusing on the development of fostroxacitabine bralpamide (MIV-818), a pro-drug designed to selectively treat liver cancer cells and to minimize side effects. Collaborations and partnerships are important parts of Medivir's business model, and the drug development is conducted either by Medivir or in partnership. Birinapant, a SMAC mimetic, is exclusively outlicensed to IGM Biosciences (Nasdaq: IGMS) to be developed in combination with IGM-antibodies for the treatment of solid tumors. Medivir's share (ticker: MVIR) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's Small Cap list. www.medivir.com.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Earnings Performance
Sasol delivered a strong set of financial results against the backdrop of increased volatility resulting from ongoing geopolitical tensions, extended COVID-19 lockdowns and global supply chain disruptions. We benefitted from higher energy and chemicals prices, as well as strong cost and capital discipline through the delivery of our Sasol 2.0 transformation programme. This was offset by lower volume performance mainly due to the operational challenges experienced in the first half of the financial year. We have seen improved performance on the back of more stable operations in the second half of the financial year
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of R61,4 billion increased by more than 100% compared to the prior year, driven by higher crude oil prices, refining margins and chemical prices. This also resulted in a strong gross margin improvement compared to the prior year.
Dividend
A final gross cash dividend of South African 1 470 cents per share (30 June 2021 – nil cents per ordinary share) has been declared for the year ended 30 June 2022. The cash dividend is payable on the ordinary shares and the Sasol BEE ordinary shares. The Board is satisfied that the liquidity and solvency of the company, as well as capital adequacy remaining after payment of the dividend, are sufficient to support the current operations for the ensuing year. The dividend has been declared out of retained earnings (income reserves). The South African dividend withholding tax rate is 20%. At the declaration date, there are 629 367 128 ordinary and 6 331 347 Sasol BEE ordinary shares in issue. The net dividend amount payable to shareholders who are not exempt from dividend withholding tax, is 1 176 cents per share, while the dividend amount payable to shareholders who are exempt from dividend withholding tax is 1 470 cents per share.
The salient dates for holders of ordinary shares and Sasol BEE ordinary shares are:
The salient dates for holders of our American Depository Receipts1 are:
On Monday, 12 September 2022, dividends due to certificated shareholders on the South African registry will be electronically transferred to shareholders' bank accounts, unless a shareholder has specifically requested in writing for such payment to be made by cheque, in which case that shareholder shall bear the risk of such payment by cheque. Shareholders who hold dematerialised shares will have their accounts held by their CSDP or broker credited on Monday, 12 September 2022. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between 7 September 2022 and 9 September 2022, both days inclusive.
The Company's tax number is 9520018608.
Short-form statement
This announcement is the responsibility of the directors. The information in this short-form announcement, including the financial information on which the outlook is based, has not been audited and reported on by Sasol Limited's external auditors. The audited financial results have been audited by the group's auditors, PwC who expressed an unmodified opinion thereon.
Financial figures in this announcement have been correctly extracted from the audited financial results. This announcement does not include the information required pursuant to paragraph 16A(j) of IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting'. It is only a summary of the information contained in the full announcement and does not contain full or complete details. Any investment decision should also take into consideration the information contained in the full announcement, published on SENS on 23 August 2022, via the JSE link. The full announcement and the 2022 audited financial results, which includes the auditor's report (including key audit matters), is available on the Company's website at: https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results.
Sasol Limited's Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 (the Annual Financial Statements) have also been published on the Company's website at: https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results.
Copies of the full announcement and the Annual Financial Statements may also be requested from the Investor Relations office, investor.relations@sasol.com.
The JSE link is as follows: https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2022/JSE/ISSE/SOL/FY22Result.pdf
The President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer will share the results on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at 09:00 (SA time) followed by a conference call.
Please connect to the call via the webcast link: https://www.corpcam.com/Sasol23082022
Or via teleconference: https://services.choruscall.za.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=3629805&linkSecurityString=7a93dfa35
For further information, please contact:
Sasol Investor Relations,
Tiffany Sydow, Investor Relations Officer
Telephone: +27 (0) 71 673 1929
investor.relations@sasol.com
Disclaimer - Forward-looking statements
Sasol may, in this document, make certain statements that are not historical facts and relate to analyses and other information which are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable. These statements may also relate to our future prospects, expectations, developments, and business strategies. Examples of such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and measures taken in response, on Sasol's business, results of operations, markets, employees, financial condition and liquidity; the effectiveness of any actions taken by Sasol to address or limit any impact of COVID-19 on its business; the capital cost of our projects and the timing of project milestones; our ability to obtain financing to meet the funding requirements of our capital investment programme, as well as to fund our ongoing business activities and to pay dividends; statements regarding our future results of operations and financial condition, and regarding future economic performance including cost containment, cash conservation programmes and business optimisation initiatives; recent and proposed accounting pronouncements and their impact on our future results of operations and financial condition; our business strategy, performance outlook, plans, objectives or goals; statements regarding future competition, volume growth and changes in market share in the industries and markets for our products; our existing or anticipated investments, acquisitions of new businesses or the disposal of existing businesses, including estimates or projection of internal rates of return and future profitability; our estimated oil, gas and coal reserves; the probable future outcome of litigation, legislative, regulatory and fiscal developments, including statements regarding our ability to comply with future laws and regulations; future fluctuations in refining margins and crude oil, natural gas and petroleum and chemical product prices; the demand, pricing and cyclicality of oil, gas and petrochemical product prices; changes in the fuel and gas pricing mechanisms in South Africa and their effects on prices, our operating results and profitability; statements regarding future fluctuations in exchange and interest rates and changes in credit ratings; total shareholder return; our current or future products and anticipated customer demand for these products; assumptions relating to macroeconomics; climate change impacts and our climate change strategies, our development of sustainability within our Energy and Chemicals Businesses, our energy efficiency improvement, carbon and GHG emission reduction targets, our net zero carbon emissions ambition and future low-carbon initiatives, including relating to green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel; our estimated carbon tax liability; cyber security; and statements of assumptions underlying such statements. Words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "seek", "will", "plan", "could", "may", "endeavour", "target", "forecast" and "project" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and there are risks that the predictions, forecasts, projections, and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. If one or more of these risks materialise, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. You should understand that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors and others are discussed more fully in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F filed on 22 September 2021 and in other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The list of factors discussed therein is not exhaustive; when relying on forward-looking statements to make investment decisions, you should carefully consider foregoing factors and other uncertainties and events, and you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements apply only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Please note: One billion is defined as one thousand million, bbl – barrel, bscf – billion standard cubic feet, mmscf – million standard cubic feet, oil references brent crude, mmboe – million barrels oil equivalent. All references to years refer to the financial year ended 30 June. Any reference to a calendar year is prefaced by the word "calendar".
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MILWAUKEE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating CSI (OTCQX: CSVI) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Centerbridge and Bridgeport.
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Ademi LLP alleges CSI's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet CSI holders will receive only $58.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.6 billion,. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for CSI by imposing a significant penalty if CSI accepts a superior bid. CSI insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
We are investigating the conduct of CSI's board of directors, and whether they are (i) fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, and (ii) obtaining a fair and reasonable price for CSI.
If you own CSI common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Guri Ademi either at gademi@ademilaw.com or toll-free: 866-264-3995, or https://www.ademilaw.com/case/computer-services-inc.
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- Starting today (23rd), "Divine Dragon's Blessing", hunting and attendance events will be held
- Expanding communication with users through MIR4 official community events
- Introducing new servers for only NFT characters to enter to provide a pleasant playing environment
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wemade's masterpiece MMORPG MIR4 will hold events to celebrate the 1st anniversary of its global service.
The "Divine Dragon's Blessing" event runs for one month starting today (23rd), and all users who have failed in combining items such as Dragon Materials, Spirit Stones, and Skill Tomes will be given an opportunity to try again.
Participants in the attendance event can receive up to two tickets. Users can choose one highest-grade item boxes from the items that they have failed in combining and try again.
A hunting event will be held for two weeks. Users can hunt monsters and collect exchange items "Cintamani Stones," which can be exchanged for "Mir's Gold Coffer" through NPCs located in each region.
When participants acquire "Mir's Gold Coffer", they will receive Epic Dragon Materials, Epic grade accessories, various Summon Tickets, and a challenge box, which contains Legendary Spirit Treasures and Magic Stones.
From September 6 (Tue), users who participate in the attendance event for two weeks will receive a "Rapid Growth Support Box" every day, which can be used to increase the level-up speed.
Many events will be available in the official community of MIR4. "Master of Customization" event allows participants to create any image they want using the in-game customization feature. A contest will be held for the top 4 images, but rewards will be given to all users who vote.
A surprise event will offer generous rewards according to the cumulative number of participations. Players must simply take a screenshot of the 1st Anniversary announcement that will be randomly displayed for 3 days.
MIR4 now has six new servers that only Character NFTs can enter. These new servers will create a more pleasant playing environment for users and increase the value of Character NFTs.
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OSLO, NORWAY, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zwipe AS ("Zwipe" or "the company") today announces its results for the first half 2022.
Operational highlights
- Visa certifies Zwipe Pay Biometric Payment Card ("BPC") Platform and issues Letter of Approval ("LoA") to Zwipe.
- Beautiful Card Corporation ("BCC"), TAG Systems and Inkript obtain Visa LoAs for their own card built on the Zwipe Pay platform.
- Fraport AG, providing operational services to 31 airports globally, selected Zwipe Access as one of two solutions to test in a pilot of next generation access control solutions at Frankfurt Airport.
- Zwipe Access platform was successfully integrated with LEGIC and HID solutions to provide seamless end-to-end biometric card-based access control security to enterprises and facilities.
- Seven new issuers across Germany, India, the Middle East and Africa signed up with Zwipe to launch pilots.
- Placard, the largest payment smart card supplier in Australia and New Zealand, selected the Zwipe Pay platform for delivering biometric payment cards to banks in the region.
- Significant organizational development with Robert Puskaric joining as the new CEO in June, Danielle Glenn as the new CFO in May and Patrice Meilland as the new Chief Strategy and Product Officer in April.
Financial highlights
Review
In H1 2022, we signed seven new issuers for Zwipe Pay, from Germany to India and across the Middle East. All of them are planning pilots with our card manufacturing partners, although we have learned that pilot preparation is taking longer than previously expected. We also expanded our global delivery capabilities and market reach by signing one major SCM and onboarding two leading personalization solution providers as go-to-market ("GTM") partners.
Zwipe is pursuing an "execution first" approach focusing on launching announced pilots. In total, seven issuer pilots are progressing with good pace and according to issuer plans. Additional pilot launches are expected in the coming quarters, with launch dates entirely dependent on issuer decisions. We are also focused on "execution first" with our SCM customers - getting all certified and ready for mass volume production. While these remain our top priorities, Zwipe continues expanding our customer and issuer pipeline - critical to our medium-term success.
In March, Zwipe completed the certification process with Visa and obtained the Visa LoA. This certification marks a major milestone towards commercialization of Zwipe Pay and was followed by Visa LoAs obtained by lead customers BCC, TAG Systems and Inkript. This list is expected to grow significantly going forward. Zwipe has successfully completed additional testing with third party laboratories that should ease additional payment scheme certifications.
It is undeniable that market takeoff of biometric payment cards has been slower than envisioned. BPC volumes deployed are expected to remain fairly low into 2023, before growing exponentially thereafter. Zwipe is not immune to the delayed market takeoff, but our customers and partners remain committed to launching pilots and commercial propositions, even if somewhat later than originally planned. Furthermore, consumer demand for BPCs remains strong with 82% of individuals surveyed by Zwipe saying that they want their next card to be biometric and 60% saying they would consider switching to banks who offer biometric cards. Importantly, most third-party research continues to point to BPCs accounting for 15-20% of total EMV units shipped by 2030 (estimated at 3-4 billion units), highlighting just how large the market potential remains.
For Zwipe Access, we now have a healthy and growing list of opportunities within the data center and airport verticals as well as other security sensitive customer segments. The growing number of requests for Zwipe Access solutions is driven by increasing demand for stronger data privacy, higher security and better user experience. Indeed, Zwipe was recognized by Fraport, operating 31 international airports globally, as a potential provider for next generation security solutions at their airports. Fraport's initial trials have now been completed and they are evaluating possible next steps.
There were substantial changes in the executive management team at Zwipe during the first half, with three of the six-member C-suite newly joining the company - strengthening leadership, bringing industry expertise and positioning Zwipe well for the future.
Financial review
Zwipe reported total revenues of 0.8 mNOK during H1 2022 versus 1.4 mNOK in H1 2021. On an adjusted basis, total operating expenses increased by 13.3 mNOK to 48.4 mNOK in H1 2022 versus H1 2021. The majority of this increase was due to personnel expenses, which increased by 9.1 mNOK to 25.9 mNOK in H1 2022 versus H1 2021. Of the 9.1 mNOK, 5.5 mNOK were one-off costs related to former executives leaving the company. The remaining increase in personnel expense is largely due to an increase in headcount by 13 people to meet the strong demand for the company's solutions and to prepare for piloting and deployment of our card payment solutions and services.
Zwipe's cash position remains strong, with cash and cash equivalents at 109.7 mNOK on 30 June 2022.
Total equity as of 30 June 2022 was 108.8 mNOK resulting in an equity ratio of 89%, roughly stable versus the position at the end of the first half of 2021.
The way forward
Zwipe is progressing well in many important areas even if the market for biometric payment cards is developing at a slower pace than expected. Operating expenses and headcount are not expected to increase substantially in H2 vs H1 2022 nor at the pace expected at the start of the year. Zwipe will, however, continue to invest intelligently - particularly in its people and technology.
For Zwipe Pay, second half priorities will center on pilot deployment with issuers, assisting SCMs in becoming mass production and delivery ready, and continuing to expand our customer and issuer pipeline. Further developing the dedicated customer project management function and standardized blueprint to improve pilot execution will be a key focus during H2 2022.
Going forward, Zwipe Access is expected to contribute a larger part of revenue than previously assumed. The pipeline for Zwipe Access is healthy and growing with prospects within the data center and airport verticals as well as other security sensitive customer segments.
Results presentation
CEO Robert Puskaric and CFO Danielle Glenn will present the H1 2022 results by webcast tomorrow, Wednesday August 24th, at 09:00 CEST.
Webcast details
Format: Webcast, Conference Call and Q&A
Language: English
Link: https://q4-emea.wavecast.io/zwipe-as/h1-2022-operational-update
Dial-in numbers:
- Norway - +47.57.98.94.30
- Sweden - +46.8.505.246.90
- Sweden - Toll-Free- +46.20.0123749
- United Kingdom - +44.20.3481.4247
- United Kingdom - Toll-Free- +44.800.260.6466
Participants will be required to register to view the webcast and participate in the Q&A
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements in Regulation EU 596/2014 article 19 number 3 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 5-12, and is information that Zwipe AS is obligated to make public pursuant to the continuing obligations of companies admitted to trading on Euronext Growth Oslo (Euronext Growth Oslo Rule Book - Part II) and on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North is FNCA Sweden AB, info@fnca.se, +46 (0) 8528 00 399. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 12:15 on 27 June 2022.
About Zwipe
Zwipe believes the inherent uniqueness of every person is the key to a safer future. We work with great passion across networks of international organizations, industries and cultures to make convenience safe and secure. We are pioneering next-generation biometric card and wearables technology for payment and physical & logical access control and identification solutions. We promise our customers and partners deep insight and frictionless solutions, ensuring a seamless user experience with our innovative biometric products and services. Zwipe is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with a global presence. To learn more, visit http://www.zwipe.com.
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HONOLULU (KITV)- A Hawaii hemp company is suing the Hawaii Department of Health. In June, Pinky's Hempire shops were raided which forced the company to shut down all five of its locations. Now the business is making a comeback.
The Pinky's in Waikiki is open. II's the only one operating and it's doors opened yesterday for the first time since the raid. The owner says no charges have been filed against him. He's blaming the state's Department of Health for changes to the state's hemp law that he said is the basis for the raid.
Pinky's Hempire may have all its shops raided June. But it's got a special place in owner Mark White's heart. "Pink is our way of saying we've had enough of cancer and what its done to my family. We want that to be recognized in everything we do. We don't sell anything that's not good for you," said White.
His sister in law, mother, and niece all died from cancer.
Now he wants people to know his shops are not a disease in community. "It started with a search warrant by the police looking for Delta 9 THC, the illegal kind. The kind I don't sell and the kind they did not find," said White. Then came the Hawaii Department of Health. White said they were looking for THC 8 and THC 10. He says when he opened his stores those were legal. He didn't know anything about changes to the law, that changed that designation.
"Feb 24,2022 the Department of Health covertly passed an amendment. In that amendment they banned Delta 8 and Delta 10. That amendment was significant on its face. It impacts the vast majority of thc sellers," said James D. Dipasquale of Dipasquale & Summers, the law firm representing Pinky's Hempire.
White is suing the Hawaii Department of Health saying federal rules prohibit the changing of hemp designations, and Hawaii rules say there has to be an opportunity to dispute such a change. The Department of Health say they are unable to comment on pending litigation. White says one of the reasons he's filing the suit, is that he wasn't alerted to the changes to the rules before the raid.
"Without any notification, I didn't know the rules were changed. I found out now they were changed a month before they raided my store," said White.
Pinky's owner says he's adapting newly bought inventory to fit the changes, but he still lost a lot of money because what's still being held by the police department and his loss of business. That's why the he filed the lawsuit. They will be selling their newly compliant stock as the lawsuit moves forward.
Jefferson Tyler joined KITV after a lengthy stint in Reno, Nev. where he covered a variety of subjects. From wildfires to presidential elections, Jefferson takes pride in creating balanced stories that keep viewers’ attentions. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/pinkys-hempire-files-lawsuit-against-dept-of-health-and-re-opens-first-store-after-raid/article_e1ad5d1e-22a7-11ed-91bc-2ba460d3834e.html | 2022-08-23T07:36:03Z |
HONOLULU (KITV4) – “Retirement Living” released a report that stated more people are now pushing retirement to after age 65 while many hope to retire between 51 to 60.
A financial advisor told KITV that entering retirement right now is tricky – now that the stock market has had two blows in the past two and half years.
”There is a greater risk and greater challenge that individuals are faced due to the fact that both stocks and bonds have had a trouble year this year. There’s a lack of correlation between the two and that’s what investors are relying on,” said Jeff Buck, chief investment officer, E.A Buck Financial Services.
Those who invests in retirement savings - 76% of them invest in the stock market and 56% of invest in bonds.
Buck said several factors are considered in retirement like life expectancy and cost of living – and both are going up.
Governor Ige signed a bill this summer to a create retirement saving program. Experts said this will increase the number of private company workers to save for retirement.
”Every worker in Hawaii should have access to retirement savings through payroll deductions and that’s a huge step. People don’t realize that you are 15% more likely to save if you have payroll deduction,” said Craig Gima, communications director at AARP.
Hawaii residents retire between the ages of 63 and 67 while many retire between 55 and 62.
Hawaii ranks number one with the highest retirement income needed to live comfortably.
Aina Hain resident, Ty Gurney, said he has been a surf coach on Oahu for 20 years. He said he plans on retiring in a rural part of Montana where the cost of living is much lower. He is 49-years old.
“My job has taken a toll on me physically as I’ve gotten older. I am planning on retiring next year when I’m 50 but property taxes are crazy here in Hawaii. I want to keep my home here but I am looking at homes in Montana,” said Gurney.
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HONOLULU (KITV-4) Influencer marketing isn’t cheap -- just ask popular celebrity Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who charges $1.5 million for one post.
The global social media market size is expected to grow from about $160 billion in 2021 to $223 Billion in 2022, according to the Business Research Company.
And more social media influencers are turning their hobby into a full-time gig.
In the world of influencers on Instagram and TikTok, the more followers you have, the more money you can make.
It doesn't matter what social platform you're on. Micro-influencers with 6,000 to 10,000 followers can make about $88 per post.
An influencer with 50,000 to 80,000 followers can charge $200 for a post.
Instagram is the primary stage for influencers and they don't need millions of followers to earn money on Instagram.
Whitney Cordray, also known as @TurtleGirlFit on social media, turned up her social media presence during COVID, when she didn’t work much as a dental assistant.
She turned to Instagram, TikTok and OnlyFans to make money. It took her three months to buy her dad a new car -- and he was finally able to retire. Today, she brings in about $200,000 a year.
“Of course, he thought it was weird because he is old school and he doesn’t understand social media, but all he sees is that I’m happy," says Cordray. 'He’s happy now. I don’t see him stressed out. And trying to further my career in this.. I'm very blessed.”
Social media influencers who have more than 100,000 followers can charge $500 for a post. But that depends on the social media platform.
Jonny Benetiz works on Kauai with a tour company. His sidehustle is collaborating with sponsors on his social media.
Jonny Benitez, or @JonnyTsunami808 says, “Instagram, TikTok videos all of that generates me money. I get from $5 to $10 grand a month sometimes, that varies if my videos go viral or what companies I’m working with but also goes into merch.”
Tristan Hamm, or who runs the @RevivedOutdoors account, explains, “Everybody has Instagram, everybody has access to TikTok, anyone can use for a side hustle to give back to their community. To change their life. To quit their job and start a whole new career path. “
Economists say, before COVID, 10 to 11 percent of people worked part time at home.
Today, that number is about 20 percent, as more people find unconventional ways to work -- especially through social media marketing and influencing with just their phone.
Before her success as a social media influencer, Whitney was addicted to pain pills following an accident for 10 years. And now she wants to help others with her influence.
"When I was addicted, I would focus my attention to these creators who would make me laugh to inspire me to do better, because I was in such a dark point," says Cordray. "So I want to be that fuel for other people so that they know if they are in that dark place, it doesn’t last forever. “
Marketing Outlook reports that the top 5 social media platforms for influencer marketing are: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Afghan refugee charged in the slayings of two Muslim men is facing new charges in connection with the shooting death of another man in the parking lot of a refugee resettlement agency earlier this month.
A grand jury indicted Muhammad Syed in the three killings Monday. He's also a suspect in the shooting death of a Muslim shop owner in November 2021, but he has yet to be charged in that case.
The indictment includes the deaths of Aftab Hussein and Muhammad Afzaal Hussain. Hussein, 41, was slain on the night of July 26 after parking his car in the usual spot near his home. Afzaal Hussain, a 27-year-old urban planner who had worked on the campaign of a New Mexico congresswoman, was gunned down on Aug. 1 while taking his evening walk.
In the Aug. 5 killing, authorities have accused Syed of shooting Naeem Hussain as he sat in his vehicle outside Lutheran Family Services, the resettlement agency, following funeral services for two of the other shooting victims. Shots were fired at Hussain's SUV around 4 p.m., striking him in the head and the arm.
Syed, 51, has denied any involvement in the killings that shook New Mexico's Muslim community, and his defense attorneys argued during a court hearing last week that he had no criminal record since previous domestic violence cases against him were not pursued.
Prosecutors argued that Syed was a dangerous man. A state district agreed, ordering Syed to be held without bond pending trial.
The indictment made public Monday also includes four counts of tampering with evidence related to the three killings that Syed has been charged with.
"Our homicide detectives continue to work with prosecutors to ensure all victims receive justice in this tragic case," Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina said in a statement.
Syed's public defenders declined to comment on the latest charges.
Albuquerque police detectives obtained surveillance video that showed a gray sedan fleeing the scene after Naeem Hussain was shot. Tips from the public and additional surveillance video helped detectives identify the vehicle and they named Syed as the owner of the car.
Syed was arrested Aug. 8 more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from his Albuquerque home. He told authorities he was on his way to Texas, citing the ambush-style killings as his concern.
According to the initial criminal complaint filed by Albuquerque police, investigators determined that bullet casings found in Syed's vehicle matched the caliber of the weapons believed to have been used in the July 26 and Aug. 1 killings and that casings found at the crime scenes were linked to guns found at Syed's home and in his vehicle.
Federal authorities in court filings have pointed to cellphone records and accused one of Syed's sons of possibly helping his father track Naeem Hussain before he was killed. Shaheen Syed's attorney has argued that those accusations were thin and dismissed prosecutors' claims that the younger Syed provided a false address when purchasing a gun from a local shop in 2021.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-08-22/afghan-refugee-faces-murder-charge-in-third-muslim-killing | 2022-08-23T07:37:17Z |
MULBERRY, Ark. — Federal authorities said Monday they have started a civil rights investigation following the suspension of three Arkansas law enforcement officers after a video posted on social media showed two of them beating a man while a third officer held him on the ground.
The officers were responding to a report of a man making threats outside a convenience store Sunday in the small town of Mulberry, about 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, near the border with Oklahoma, authorities said.
Arkansas State Police said the agency would investigate the use of force. State police identified the suspect as Randal Worcester, 27, of Goose Creek, South Carolina.
However, the attorney for the two deputies says Worcester attacked one of the deputies, giving him a concussion.
The video shows one officer punching the suspect with a clenched fist, while another can be seen hitting the man with his knee. The third officer holds him against the pavement.
In video recorded from a car nearby, someone yells at officers to stop hitting the man in the head. Two of the officers appear to look up and say something back to the person who yelled. The officers' comments could not be heard clearly on the video.
"The fight was escalating with those officers, and you hear that woman on that video yelling and whoever that is, I think she could have saved his life," said Carrie Jernigan, an attorney representing Worcester.
He was taken to a hospital, then released and booked into the Crawford County jail in Van Buren on multiple charges, including second-degree battery, resisting arrest and making terroristic threats, state police said.
Worcester was released Monday on $15,000 bond. When asked how he was feeling, he said "all right." An attorney who escorted him from jail declined to comment on his behalf. Worcester was pushing a bicycle as he left the jail.
Worcester's father declined to comment when contacted Monday by The Associated Press. He referred a reporter to a law firm representing the family. That firm said it was still trying to gather information and did not immediately have a comment on the video.
Two Crawford County sheriff's deputies and one Mulberry police officer were suspended, city and county authorities said.
Worcester is white, according to jail booking information, and the three officers involved also appear to be white.
A Justice Department spokesperson said Monday that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas, the FBI's Little Rock Field Office and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.
"The FBI and the Arkansas State Police will collect all available evidence and will ensure that the investigation is conducted in a fair, thorough, and impartial manner," the Justice Department said in a statement. "The federal investigation is separate and independent from the ongoing state investigation."
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said before Worcester was arrested, an officer asked if he had any weapons on him, and he handed one over to the officer. Damante didn't specify what type of weapon.
"They were about to take him into custody because of part of their investigation on the scene — that's when he became violent," Damante said.
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office identified the three officers as Crawford County deputies Zack King and Levi White and Mulberry police officer Thell Riddle.
"I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter," Damante said.
In a statement released Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the community and the department take the matter "very seriously."
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, told a news conference about the Justice Department's plans to investigate. He described the beating as "reprehensible conduct" and said the officers' actions were "not consistent" with the teachings of the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Arkansas State Police Col. Bill Bryant said his agency's investigation would "take some time."
"Once we get the facts and evidence, we'll prepare a case file and a summary and turn it over to the prosecutor," Bryant said.
However, Russell Wood, a Russellville attorney for the two deputies, said in a statement Monday that White was answering a report of a terroristic threat when he encountered Worcester, who he said matched the complainant's description of her assailant. At first, Worcester gave White a false identity.
As White was checking that identity, Worcester "became irate and viciously attacked Deputy White by grabbing him by the legs, lifting him up and body-slamming him, headfirst, on the concrete parking lot," Wood said. After White hit his head on the concrete, stunning him, Worcester climbed onto him and "began striking him on the back of the head and face," the attorney said.
After Worcester rained blows on his head, White said he saw the suspect turn his wrath on King and Riddle, Wood said. White then "re-engaged and used all force necessary to get the violent suspect under control and detained."
White suffered a concussion and continues to experience concussion symptoms, Wood said. The attorney called for the release of the full Mulberry police dash-cam video of the incident but has not yet received a response.
Jernigan said she had filed an excessive force complaint against one of the suspended officers on behalf of another client of hers about a month ago.
"To date, I had not heard anything back. But the description of what happened to my client in July versus that video seemed almost identical," Jernigan said. "And so we're just of the position it didn't have to even take place yesterday."
Cellphone video of often-violent police interactions has put a spotlight on officer conduct in recent years, particularly since the 2020 killing of George Floyd while he was being arrested by police in Minneapolis.
The resulting nationwide protests called attention to officer brutality that often targets Black Americans.
The front door at the building that serves as the Mulberry police headquarters and city hall was locked Monday. A sign on the door directed anyone with questions about "the police investigation" to contact Arkansas State Police.
It was unclear whether the officers were wearing body cameras.
Amid public pressure for transparency and the proliferation of videos exposing police misconduct, there has been some pushback against recording officers. In July, the governor of Arizona signed a bill that makes it illegal to knowingly record officers from 8 feet (2.5 meters) or closer without permission.
Mulberry is a town of 1,600 people on the southern edge of the Ozarks in western Arkansas, right off Interstate 40, which runs from California to North Carolina.
At Kountry Xpress, the convenience store and filling station where the beating happened, truck drivers stop frequently to fill up on fuel. Customers also buy meals, which include American and Indian cuisine.
Shasta Morse, a cashier at Kountry Xpress, said she was working when Worcester was arrested but she didn't know about it until a customer told her later.
"It's a little unnerving," she said.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-08-23/a-federal-civil-rights-probe-opens-after-the-suspension-of-arkansas-officers | 2022-08-23T07:37:23Z |
If you muted the television, closed the door to keep out the muffles from the street and listened carefully the other day, you may have heard the voice of John Quincy Adams.
John Quincy Adams, you ask? You may not have heard of him since 11th grade American history. He was the sixth president, and after that, a mere member of the House of Representatives who became an outspoken anti-slavery voice – but if you strained your ears, you may have heard JQA himself.
I think I heard him, speaking across two centuries, stentorian in speech though reviled by his onetime Massachusetts allies and admirers for backing the 1807 embargo measure against Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. He was speaking about the reaction of Bay State Federalists to his act of apostasy: his support of the centerpiece of the foreign policy of Thomas Jefferson, who had defeated his beloved father, hero, mentor and example, John Adams, for president in 1800.
“Most completely was I deserted by my friends,” he said. “I can never be sufficiently grateful to Providence that my father and my mother did not join in this general desecration.”
Abigail and John Adams stood by their son, much the way Lynne and Dick Cheney stood by their daughter 215 years later.
John Adams had been president of the United States and had to swallow his son’s defection from the orthodoxy of the party that sent him to the White House as the first occupant of the new executive mansion. Dick Cheney was vice president of the United States and had to swallow his daughter’s defection from the orthodoxy of the party that sent him to the House, to the Pentagon, to the White House (as chief of staff to Gerald Ford) and to the vice-presidential mansion.
In time, the elder Adams did what seemed inconceivable when he was at the center of the arena; he engaged in a warm rapprochement and indescribably important correspondence with his onetime partisan rival, a kind of break with the Federalism that in any case was in eclipse.
In the time after his departure from Washington in 2009, the elder Cheney did what seemed inconceivable when he was at the center of the modern political arena; he sped away from the GOP that had been so much a part of his life and engaged in a Wyoming-style range war with the next president of his party, knowing that the Republican Party of Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush and, alas, Dick Cheney himself, was in swift eclipse.
In time, the younger Adams ran for president and entered the White House in 1825. In time, the younger Cheney may well run for president, hoping she might enter the White House precisely two centuries after John Quincy Adams. She certainly suggested that the night she conceded her House race to Harriet Hageman, a natural resources lawyer whose campaign was managed by the firm of Bill Stepien, a former Trump campaign official who was a star witness for the January 6th committee.
Of course, such historical flights of mind are as dangerous as they are engaging. On the other side of Ms. Cheney’s view of the Republican Party is another story plucked from history, that of a Democratic president, Grover Cleveland, who, denied a second term, roared back four years later to reclaim the White House and become the only chief executive to serve nonconsecutive terms. The Adams fable on the Never Trump side has the Cleveland fable on the Trump Forever side.
But for now, the Cheney story resonates, and not because she has a plausible chance of being president – she doesn’t, despite the most earnest wishes and fondest hopes of those who once criticized her views on fossil fuels (she’s all in), guns (her campaign boasted she owns one and that she was “a proud cosponsor of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act”) and abortion rights (generally opposed), but who revere her stand against former President Donald Trump.
She’s at the center of the American conversation because she is at the center of a struggle for the soul of the Republican Party.
Oh, no, you say? Not another struggle for the soul of the Republican Party?
Wasn’t there one in 1952, when conservatives symbolized by Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio (“Mister Republican”) wrangled with moderates symbolized by Dwight Eisenhower (who had never even voted, let alone been a member of the GOP)? And one in 1988, when religious conservatives symbolized by the Rev. Pat Robertson (running on the right wing and a prayer) sought to topple the Republican establishment symbolized by the elder Bush (who would soon forget he had bid his party to “read my lips” and vowed never to increase taxes)?
And the big one, in 1964, when conservatives symbolized by Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona (whose campaign slogan was “In your heart you know he’s right”) battled with moderates symbolized by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York (whose supporters said of Mr. Goldwater that “in your guts you know he’s nuts”)?
The most important moment that year came just days before the election, when the B-list actor Ronald Reagan delivered television remarks now celebrated in legend as the “A Time for Choosing” speech. That night he said:
“This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”
Close the door, strain your ears and you can almost hear Mr. Trump deliver those remarks without altering even one of those words.
But – politics being irony conducted by other means — consider the identity of the guest at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library June 29. There to deliver the “A Time for Choosing” speech was — and how delicious this is, she must have thought – Liz Cheney. Here’s what she said:
“At this moment, we are confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before – and that is a former president who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional Republic. And he is aided by Republican leaders and elected officials who have made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man.”
Get set for Cheney versus Trump: The Sequel. It’s already begun.
David M. Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/opinion-cheneys-stand-by-their-daughter/article_165d7846-2271-11ed-b71a-936cf5210beb.html | 2022-08-23T08:01:23Z |
NBC News released a poll Sunday that found 74% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track — the highest number in the history of its survey.
It also found that, while President Biden’s approval had ticked up to 42%, his disapproval had also increased to 55%. Not a great number for Democrats, just 80 days ahead of the midterms.
National pundits say the recent legislative achievements of Biden and the Democratic majority will help turn things around for the party. They plan to spend $10 million marketing their most recent legislation, the $739 billion … Something Act.
When Sen. Joe Manchin and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed the legislative deal they’d negotiated secretly, they called it the “Inflation Reduction Act.” But when NBC News’ pollsters asked voters about it last week, here’s the language they used:
“Democrats recently passed legislation supported by President Joe Biden that addresses healthcare and prescription drug prices, climate change, taxes for corporations, and the federal budget deficit. Do you think it was a good idea or a bad idea?”
Notice what words are missing: “Inflation” and “reduction.”
It’s not just NBC. The New York Times’ coverage featured the headline, “What’s in the Climate, Tax and Health Care Package?” At New Hampshire Public Radio, it was “Biden Signs Sweeping Climate, Health Care, Tax Bill Into Law.” The Concord (N.H.) Monitor had a similar headline: “Biden Signs Massive Climate and Health Care Legislation.”
Inflation? Barely a mention, other than to note that independent analysts like the Congressional Budget Office and the Wharton School say the new law won’t have a significant effect.
As Kiplinger reports, “Despite its name, the Inflation Reduction Act’s main goals are really to address climate change and lower healthcare costs.”
That’s a very different message from the one Democrats facing tough races this November were preaching just weeks ago.
“The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will help middle-class families across the country. It prioritizes deficit reduction to fight inflation,” said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev. An Aug. 6 op-ed by Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., was headlined: “Inflation Reduction Act lowers drug costs, fights inflation, reduces the deficit.”
Now that the bill has passed, the two senators have dropped claims of “inflation fighting. Now they’re celebrating subsidies for buying electric vehicles and heat pumps. This will eventually lower individual families’ energy bills, and so, for them, it is lower inflation.
For example, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday touted that the new law saves middle-income families “30% off the price of solar panels. … You will be able to, starting next year, get rebates on the appliances and equipment that will help you reduce your monthly energy bill by up to 30%. That is all about reducing costs for people.”
Except it is not. First, families struggling with rising prices must shell out hundreds or thousands of dollars upfront to get the “savings.” Plus, spending nearly 400 billion tax dollars on rebates for weather-stripping a home or buying energy-efficient appliances may eventually save some individuals money (they still have to buy the EV or washing machine upfront). But creating more customers for fewer goods is likely to create more upward price pressure for the economy as a whole, experts say.
As InsideEVs reported in June, the average cost of an electric vehicle had already risen to $54,000 before the Act Formerly Known As ‘Inflation Reduction’ passed Congress. That was partly due to supply chain issues and shortages in inventory, something that is not likely to change in the next year. And, they added, “soaring demand is almost certain to push prices up as well.”
Supporters of the $739 billion bill have also shifted the conversation toward the law’s healthcare provisions. For example, Obamacare subsidies “temporarily” granted to families earning up to $300,000 a year were scheduled to expire. The new law extends those subsidies for an additional three years at a cost of $25 billion per year.
That is an additional 25 billion in federal dollars going into an economy already at 8.5% inflation. Another great deal for the six-figure-salary families who get the free money, but how will that lower price pressure overall?
The question facing Democrats is how voters will react to the law once they learn the details. The early indicators aren’t good. The NBC News poll asked what effect voters believed the new law, whatever it is called, would have on them personally. Just 26% said it would make things better; 35% said it would make things worse. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/opinion-whatever-happened-to-the-inflation-reduction-act/article_4090ba36-2273-11ed-b492-476d5d35e897.html | 2022-08-23T08:01:29Z |
What’s the best thing anyone ever said to you? The most helpful, or even life-changing?
Let’s exclude the obvious, “I love you.” I can’t think of better words than those. But there are lots of others we need to hear.
What’s the best thing anyone ever said to you? The most helpful, or even life-changing?
Let’s exclude the obvious, “I love you.” I can’t think of better words than those. But there are lots of others we need to hear.
When someone speaks the truth, straight from the heart, we are wise to listen closely and take from it what we need.
Here are some examples:
• As a child, drying dishes with my grandmother, I dropped her favorite platter and cried, “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to break it!”
“Child,” she said, drying my tears with her apron, “accidents happen. I know you’d never do anything intentionally wrong.”
I’ve often fallen short of those words. But they were my first lesson in forgiveness and grace.
• Once, when I was 10, feeling homely and sad, my brother Joe said, “Sister, you’re a beauty.” Joe was blind, but he was gifted at seeing things others never saw, and at saying words that needed to be heard. I still felt a bit homely, but not so sad. It’s hard to be sad if you feel loved.
• In 12th grade, praying for a way to go to college, I wrote an essay titled “My Life.” After reading it, my English teacher took me aside and said, “You’re a writer. You might not know what it means now, but you will someday. Just keep writing.”
I’ve been writing for years and still don’t know what it means. But I like to think that he knew.
• From the day she was born, people often said my little girl was beautiful. I’d smile at her and say, “Yes, she’s a beauty. She’s also smart and funny and kind.” I liked all those people a lot. Especially the ones who said she looked just like her mama.
• My mother grew up with little praise and never saw much need to give it. The best thing she ever said to me came the day I phoned to tell her I had won a national award for my column.
“For your what?” she said.
“For my column, Mama. You know, that thing I write every week for newspapers?”
“Oh,” she said, thinking, then added, “Well, honey, I guess you’re smart, aren’t you?”
• Once, when I gave a talk on writing to some third-graders, their teacher made them write thank-you notes. My favorite came from a girl who wrote, “I liked everything you said, and I especially liked your hair.”
• On another occasion, I sat on the floor with a kindergarten class and recalled a story from my childhood of how I tripped my brother (not the blind one, the one I called Monkey Boy) on a barbed wire fence and he got stitches in his leg. I told them I felt awful about it, had no idea what made me do it, and was so glad my brother forgave me.
Most of them confessed they’d done bad things, too, though nothing as bad as what I did, and they’d also been forgiven.
Then a boy who’d been silent raised his hand and said, “That’s the meanest thing I ever heard. I can’t believe you did that.”
I was proud of him. He spoke the truth, straight from his heart. Truth isn’t always easy to hear, but it needs to be said.
• In the final hours of my first husband’s battle with cancer, I told a friend, “I don’t think I can do this. How can I help him and our children get through it?”
“You can,” she said. “You will. God will give you all you need.”
She always spoke the truth, straight from her heart. I had to believe her. And she was right.
Some people seem born with a gift for saying just the right thing at just the right time to make us smile, forgive ourselves or do what we fear we can’t do.
But we don’t need to be born with that gift to make it our own and use it to help others. It doesn’t take a great chef to know when someone is starving and give them something to eat.
We can all find the words that will feed a hungry soul, as long as those words are true and spoken from the heart.
Who needs your words today?
Sharon Randall is the author of “The World and Then Some.” She can be reached at P.O. Box 922, Carmel Valley CA 93934 or www.sharonrandall.com.
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My kids still don’t know that Santa can’t live at the North Pole. There’s no land underneath the ice sheets that melt and refreeze throughout the year at the place where elves allegedly make toys. However, there is land underneath the snow and ice at the South Pole.
This isn’t meant to be a geography lesson (although I found both of those facts interesting). Moreover, it’s an icebreaker meant to introduce the term “miranym.” A miranym is a word that lies in between two polar opposite words. It’s not “hot” or “cold” — it’s “lukewarm.”
Of course, nobody wants to be “lukewarm,” so let’s examine a few more examples of miranyms. Think about “open” and “closed.” Some would say a door is either open or closed — there is no middle ground. However, when a door is ajar, it’s a little bit of both. In our old house, none of the doors fully close, but that’s a topic for my other newspaper column, “Grumble Guy.”
Now consider the opposites “all” and “none.” It’s not all or nothing if it’s “some.” In the same way, you don’t have to be “early” or “late” to something; you can simply be “on time.” Is there something in between “coming” and “going”? Yes — you can “stay.” Now shake. That’s a good boy.
I think we’re quick to assign polar opposite words to many things these days. Their side is bad, while ours is good. Your opinions are either totally right or completely wrong. You’re an idiot! She’s a genius! It doesn’t take more than a brief glance at our Facebook or Twitter feeds to see people flocking to the opposite ends of the earth: I only shop at Target! People who shop at Wal-Mart are the worst! Or: Target is for rich snobs! Wal-Mart is for the everyman!
Needless to say, social media arguments generally focus on polarized politics. I’d like to suggest that most people actually live somewhere in the miranym-land of “somewhere in the middle.” Really, only one person can be “the worst,” while only one can be “the best.” Everyone else is in between. As much as the party bosses don’t want to admit it, most politics is non-binary.
I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of “noon.” It’s not morning, it’s not evening, night, or even afternoon. It’s noon. Noon is for lunchtime, going for walks outside, and checking the mail. The sun is out in full splendor. Noon is an exceedingly pleasant miranym (and palindrome, for that matter), and, because I didn’t want to end on politics, I ended on noon.
Curtis Honeycutt is an award-winning syndicated humor columnist and author. Connect with him at curtishoneycutt.com. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/wire_commentary/grammar-guy-searching-for-words-between-the-poles/article_e09329b6-2268-11ed-9645-af3a9bf08ebb.html | 2022-08-23T08:01:41Z |
This spring, cybercriminals made off with $1.4 million in taxpayer money — the single biggest theft of funds in the city of Portland’s history.
According to an email exchange obtained by Oregon Public Broadcasting, the loss could have been easily avoided. The records show the city’s treasury flagged the $1.4 million wire transfer as potentially fraudulent before the money left Portland’s coffers.
But housing bureau officials paid it anyway. At this point, cybersecurity experts say, there’s little chance the city claws it back.
The million-dollar-payment was intended for Central City Concern, a local nonprofit building a 100-unit affordable housing project called The Starlight in the heart of the Old Town neighborhood. The city’s housing bureau signed a $17 million contract with the nonprofit last March to construct the building and had been routinely wiring the group money to cover construction costs.
Before the wire transfer went out on April 25, treasury officials reached out to the housing bureau asking staff to confirm Central City Concern’s banking information was accurate, according to an email sent by city treasurer Brigid O’Callaghan. O’Callaghan was concerned the name on the bank account for Central City Concern did not match the name of the account receiving the wire transfer.
“This is often a red flag that the payment instructions are fraudulent,” O’Callaghan wrote in an email obtained through a records request. “That was why we needed to be absolutely certain that PHB’s finance Team had spoken to someone known to them at the beneficiary organization to confirm the account information.”
According to the email, two officials who deal with the housing bureau’s finances confirmed to O’Callaghan that the banking information was correct. She told the officials she had released the transfer and asked them to check later that day that Central City Concern got the money.
No one who actually worked for the nonprofit would ever confirm the transfer. In a written response to OPB’s questions, city spokesperson Carrie Belding stated housing bureau staff thought they had followed up on the treasurer’s concerns but were unwittingly “communicating with the perpetrator of the crime.”
“At the time, City staff believed that they had obtained a confirmation,” she wrote. “Unbeknownst to the employees involved, confirmation was provided by the imposter rather than the business partner.”
Emails show a housing bureau official was in contact that day with someone purporting to be Central City Concern’s treasury manager who had the nonprofit’s logo at the bottom of his email. The person’s email is redacted in the documents the city provided.
One month after the first fraudulent transfer, hackers would make a second, unsuccessful attempt to steal money. Only then would city officials realize the payment originally flagged as suspicious was indeed fraudulent.
At that point, the $1.4 million had already moved from the city’s bank to an account on the East Coast, where it disappeared. The cybercriminals, meanwhile, had unfettered access to the city’s internal systems for an entire month, per emails.
“There’s a treasure trove of stuff within many organizations,” said University of Maryland, Baltimore County professor Don Norris, who published a book this year on cybersecurity in local government. “Criminals get in, they look around, and they try to steal whatever they can.”
City officials said no money was stolen aside from the $1.4 million, and they have no indication that anything was accessed other than one city employee’s email account.
Breached email
When a local government gets breached, typically, the last thing they want to do is talk about it. Most publicly cite an ongoing investigation and, privately, a fair share of embarrassment.
Portland has proved no exception over the past few months. City officials have remained guarded and did not make themselves available for an interview. In a written response to OPB’s questions, spokesperson Belding stated the breach was a type of “business email compromise,” a form of breach where criminals send an email that seems to come from a legitimate vendor and provides new wiring instructions.
These types of hacks are everywhere. In 2019, Portland Public Schools transferred $2.9 million to a fraudulent account mistakenly believing it belonged to one of their construction contractors. That same year, Naples, Florida, lost $700,000 to someone pretending to be from a local construction company just after the Collier Mosquito Control district had lost $100,000 to a phony insurance carrier.
In Portland’s case, the breach was complicated by the fact that the hacker had total control over the emails of a housing bureau employee.
A few days before the April 25 transfer, the employee, whose job includes requesting wire transfers for new developments, likely fell for a phishing attack and provided their password to a bad actor, according to a recap of the incident sent by the then-housing bureau director Shannon Callahan to the city’s new chief administrative officer. Callahan resigned as bureau director a few months after the breach, saying she felt it was time to move on.
With access to the email account, the hacker was able to convincingly impersonate an official with Central City Concern, which was about to put in a draw request for $1.4 million from their contract with the city to cover more construction costs.
The hacker would hold on to access to the account for the next month. The city technology staff later realized the account had been severely breached with logins occurring from locations across the globe including Texas, Germany and Nigeria (officials say the hackers were using a virtual private network to mask their location). Callahan later said she believed the cybercriminals were able to enter through “KNOWN weaknesses in our system.”
“It’s a serious situation of multiple bad actors actually controlling internal emails for our staff authorizing wire transfers and also improper contact information for construction draws,” Callahan told Commissioner Dan Ryan, who oversees the housing bureau, in a voicemail left immediately after the breach, which OPB obtained through a records request.
Three housing bureau employees who played a role in the wire transfer were put on administrative leave immediately after the incident, according to other emails obtained by OPB. After an investigation, Portland Police Bureau Deputy Chief Mike Frome told city officials in an email on June 2 that their investigators had “found no criminal behavior.” All the employees have returned to work.
The city has since paid Central City Concern the $1.4 million they were owed. Portland officials expect to recoup roughly $500,000 through its cybersecurity insurance, according to Belding.
But the cost of the breach could easily snowball beyond one million. Most local governments see their insurance premiums skyrocket after a cyberattack. Cybersecurity specialist Paul Hafen with tech firm ContentKeeper says he’d also expect the city to be pouring tens of thousands at a minimum right now into beefing up its defenses.
A city spokesperson said the city is currently expanding its cybersecurity training and addressing “the specific vulnerability exploited by the bad actor.” The city budgets roughly $4 million a year for cybersecurity — 4.7% of the IT budget.
An investigation into who was behind the breach is ongoing, though cyber experts said the city is extremely unlikely to catch the culprit. Very few cyber crimes are solved, according to Norris, the University of Maryland professor, with many breaches stemming from hackers in foreign countries hostile to the U.S., such as Russia or China.
City officials said they remain optimistic.
“The City is hopeful that the perpetrator(s) of this crime will be held accountable and that funds will be recovered,” Belding wrote. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/before-portland-lost-1-4-million-in-cyber-breach-city-treasurer-raised-red-flag/article_9b6b20da-226f-11ed-9f2c-cfe76e5e8427.html | 2022-08-23T08:01:48Z |
Dr. Anthony Fauci — a lightning rod for controversy and support during the coronavirus pandemic — will step down from his longtime post as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as well as chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden in December.
Fauci, 81, had previously indicated he would step down at the end of Biden’s first term especially if former President Donald Trump succeeds with a potential third run for the White House in 2024.
Fauci served as one of the primary faces of the COVID-19 pandemic and its mask mandates, economic and social shutdowns and vaccination pushes. He will also retire as chief of NIAID’s Laboratory of Immunoregulation.
“I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career. It has been the honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID, an extraordinary institution, for so many years and through so many scientific and public health challenges. I am very proud of our many accomplishments,” Fauci said in a statement Aug. 22.
His tenure started during the Reagan administration and included the federal response to the AIDS/HIV crisis in the 1980s as well as the more recent worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
“I want to use what I have learned as NIAID director to continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats,” Fauci said.
Biden lauded Fauci’s tenure and service in a statement Monday.
“As he leaves his position in the U.S. government, I know the American people and the entire world will continue to benefit from Dr. Fauci’s expertise in whatever he does next. Whether you’ve met him personally or not, he has touched all Americans’ lives with his work. I extend my deepest thanks for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient, and healthier because of him,” Biden said.
Not everyone is as appreciative.
Animal rights activists — including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — chided Fauci and other medical researchers for continued testing on animals such as dogs and monkeys.
PETA welcomed Fauci’s early exit.
“Fauci is now the second dinosaur, after former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, to announce his departure following PETA protests,” said Alka Chandna, vice president for the Virginia-based animal rights group. “Under Fauci’s direction, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has harmed and killed millions of animals including tens of thousands of monkeys in failed AIDS experiments (which haven’t produced a single vaccine to prevent HIV) and dogs who have been subjected to outrageously cruel and pointless poisoning tests. Neither Fauci nor Collins has met an animal they wouldn’t experiment on.”
There has been a concerted push from animal rights advocates to restrict NIH and other federal medical testing on animals, in particular beagles and other dogs. U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Florida, introduced legislation earlier this month looking to block medical testing on animals.
“The NIH uses over $40 billion in taxpayer dollars annually to fund its research projects, including many recent, cruel examples using dogs. Americans don’t want to enable the heinous abuse inflicted on puppies and dogs in the name of research. My legislation will cut every dime of NIH’s federal funding for these ruthless dog experiments,” Steube said in a statement
Other conservative Republicans are also glad to see Fauci’s departure after COVID-19 battles over mass economic and social shutdowns and the push for mask and vaccine mandates from Democrats and some large employers. Some conservatives have also pressed Fauci on the origins of COVID-19 and whether they are linked to medical lab research in Wuhan, China.
“For two years, Congressional Democrats refused to hold a single hearing to question the origins of COVID-19 or our government’s involvement in Chinese bio-labs,” said U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a Republican representing northernmost areas of California. “Now that we’re mere months away from Republicans taking back the majority, Dr. Fauci announces an early retirement — this isn’t a coincidence. Even in retirement, Dr. Fauci can expect to answer for his role in politicizing COVID and needlessly shutting down the country.”
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, also promised a “full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic” even with Fauci’s coming exit. Paul has had high profile sparring matches with Fauci during congressional hearings.
Democrats and much of the medical establishment hailed Fauci during the pandemic. They are also lauding his work as he announces his retirement.
“I will always be grateful that we had a once-in-a-century public health leader to guide us through a one-in-a-century pandemic,” said former President Barack Obama in a statement.
The American Medical Association also celebrated Fauci’s service.
“For more than 50 years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been a strong and steady voice for science — and data-driven responses to some of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” Jack Resneck Jr., M.D., who serves as AMA president. “Through the HIV/AIDS crisis, Ebola, Zika, and nearly three years of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Dr. Fauci has not only provided sage advice and counsel to presidents of both parties, but he smartly leveraged modern media to deliver clear and direct guidance and information to the American people. Over his decades of work, Dr. Fauci has protected patients, saved lives, and, through simple human actions like hugging the Dallas nurse who survived Ebola, de-stigmatized disease.”
Fauci has been the highest paid federal employee making more than $400,000 per year. He also is slated to receive a lucrative retirement package. A number of other lawmakers — including in Oregon — declined or did not respond to requests for comment about Fauci’s tenure and coming exit. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/covid19/fauci-s-exit-friends-foes-sound-off-on-tenure-from-covid-19-to-animal-testing/article_1b43e51e-2269-11ed-a7f2-fb16e3527750.html | 2022-08-23T08:01:54Z |
Attendees to the Klamath Folk Festival on Saturday, Aug. 27 can buy raffle tickets to win this guitar. According to klamathfolkfestival.com, the item is an "autographed Mitchell guitar signed by a who's who of country artists at the 2011 CMA Awards! From Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Vince Gill, Sara Evans, and many more, this piece of music history could be yours while also helping support music here in the Klamath Basin."
Attendees to the Klamath Folk Festival on Saturday, Aug. 27 can buy raffle tickets to win this guitar. According to klamathfolkfestival.com, the item is an "autographed Mitchell guitar signed by a who's who of country artists at the 2011 CMA Awards! From Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Vince Gill, Sara Evans, and many more, this piece of music history could be yours while also helping support music here in the Klamath Basin."
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Arthur Buezo will perform on the main stage at the Klamath Folk Festival at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Henry Rondeau will perform at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 on the main stage at the Klamath Folk Festival.
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The Bee Eaters will perform at 4:15 p.m. on the main stage Saturday, Aug. 27 at the Klamath Folk Festival.
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The Brothers Reed will close the Klamath Folk Festival at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.
The Ross Ragland Theater will once again fill with music this Saturday during the annual Klamath Folk Festival.
The event will feature 12 performances across two stages at the Ragland complex between noon and 7 p.m. as well as children’s activities, and vendors for food and beverage.
According to a press release from the Ross Ragland Theater, The Brothers Reed will headline this year's festival.
"With their fifth studio album released in May, a collaborative beer bearing their name with Pelican Brewing and recently gracing the cover of 'Southern Oregon Magazine,' The Brothers Reed are quickly becoming one of the Northwest’s most talked about acts," the press release states. "Their extensive performance schedule has seen upward of 300 shows in a year across much of the United States."
According to the press release, the festival includes Shasta Music Summit co-founders The Bee Eaters, one-man band savage folk artist Arthur Buezo, along with cultural music performances from Henry Rondeau (of the Klamath Tribes) and Jaime Jamayca Solis, Yamaha artist representative Carl Tosten, songwriter Casey Chestnutt, Lon, High Desert Sun, The Miller Twins, Bucket, Dana Wirth and Airin Fae.
The Ross Ragland Theater is working in partnership with the Klamath Folk Alliance to bring this festival to the basin.
Tickets are $25 (General Admission), $45 (Box Seats) and $5 (Children 12 and younger). Tickets are available in person at the Ragland box office, 541-884-5483, and at Ragland.org.
Proceeds go to help cover the ongoing nonprofit efforts and operations of the Klamath Folk Alliance and the Ross Ragland Theater. According to klamathfolkfestival.com, Klamath Folk Alliance "is dedicated to fostering and promoting traditional, contemporary, and multicultural folk music for the benefit of the community. With a board of directors comprised of seasoned musicians and music lovers, Klamath Folk Alliance aims to highlight the diversity of folk music and its related influence into genres such as: Americana, bluegrass, Celtic, acoustic rock, folk rock, blues, country, gospel, protest, and world music." | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/folksy-sounds-annual-music-festival-returns-to-ross-ragland-theater-on-saturday/article_b54c3c00-2260-11ed-b283-e38af3e78a3e.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:00Z |
Recently released data on homeless Oregonians who died this year shows a need for more detailed reporting and more resources, the state senator who requested the data told the Capital Chronicle.
A 2021 law crafted by Sen. Deb Patterson, D-Salem, requires the state to keep records on people who died without a fixed address, listing their address as “domicile unknown” on death records. An initial report released by the Oregon Health Authority last month showed that 207 people without homes died in Oregon between January and June.
Patterson said she knew that homeless people were dying before receiving services – that’s why she wrote the law. But seeing proof that hundreds of Oregonians have died on the streets each year was still shocking, she said.
“It was a shocking number to see it in print,” she said. “And it doesn’t even include all of June’s data, so it’s not even half a year.”
And the actual number may be even larger, she acknowledged. True estimates of a state’s homeless population are hard to capture, as people ashamed of not having a home may provide their last known address or a loved one’s address instead of telling authorities that they’re homeless.
More than 80% of the Oregonians who died without homes were overwhelmingly white (170 of the 207), nearly 80% were male (165) and 65% were middle-aged: 69 of the people who died were between 55 and 64, while another 43 were between 45 and 54 years old and 33 were between 65 and 74 years old. Only one child died without shelter, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
But while the majority of the deaths were among white people, people of color – particularly indigenous people – were overrepresented compared with their numbers in the general population. Thirteen of the 207 people who died were identified as American Indians or Alaskan Natives, but they represented 28 deaths in a population of 100,000. For white decedents, that rate was 5.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
Patterson said those statistics show the need to work with Oregon’s tribes to prevent homelessness and get resources to people who lack homes. She has talked with tribal members about the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women, she said, but they also need to look at men.
“There is a great deal of systemic inequality that we need to look at, and we need their voices to help us understand,” she said.
More than one-third of the deaths were in the Portland area, but every region of the state was affected.
The health authority listed natural causes as being responsible for 154 of the deaths, and Patterson said she wants more clarity on what that means.
“What are natural causes when you’re laying on the street?” she asked. “Does it mean untreated diabetes? Does it mean anybody would die if it was freezing outside? We need more information.”
Patterson said she hopes this year’s numbers are unusually high because of complications from the pandemic and that they’ll decrease as the state makes more resources available. For instance, she said, Northwest Human Services in Salem tries to keep track of people and help them keep appointments for medical care.
“That was much harder during the pandemic, but they’re playing catch-up ball so I’m hoping as we catch up, and as we get people housed that these numbers will go down,” Patterson said.
The $400 million the Legislature provided this year for housing and homeless services should help, Patterson said. The money includes about $50 million more for Project Turnkey, approved in 2020 with nearly $77 million for nonprofits to buy motels and turn them into transitional housing.
Patterson’s home city of Salem received $7 million to open a navigation center within the next few months to direct people to services, as well as money to expand shelter space. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/in-homeless-death-data-lawmaker-sees-need-for-more-resources/article_d0369840-2255-11ed-aeb4-f72debcf41d2.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:06Z |
College employees and students from around Oregon met up with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, on Friday to talk about changes to Title IX, the federal law concerning sex discrimination in schools, and how the recent Supreme Court decision regarding abortion could affect campuses.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty right now because of the Supreme Court opinion and laws varying across states, and our colleges and universities and students need clarity,” Bonamici said.
Roughly a dozen people, including university and college Title IX coordinators, joined Bonamici at the roundtable which took place at Portland State University’s downtown campus.
Although the right to reproductive healthcare like abortion is currently protected in Oregon, college officials and students still have concerns regarding the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Education proposed changes to Title IX, with the goal of strengthening protections for students and defining new protections for LGBTQ students. Bonamici last month led 60 other members of Congress in sending a letter to the education department asking for more clarification on those protections. She hasn’t heard back.
“Title IX has long protected against discrimination and harassment on the basis of pregnancy and related conditions, and related conditions include termination of pregnancy,” Bonamici said. “New regulations clarify that the rules also address recovery time from termination of pregnancy, but you overlay the patchwork of state law regarding abortion rights, and that’s leaving a lot of students in limbo. … There’s just a lot of pending questions right now.”
Bonamici gathered the students and college administrators to discuss some of the questions and concerns they have for their campuses as the start of the school year approaches.
Several talked about concerns regarding student privacy, as the proposed rule changes could make it mandatory for employees to report any instances of sexual misconduct or pregnancy directly to a school’s Title IX department.
“How do we ensure we’re creating protections to make sure we’re also centering students, centering their privacy, their autonomy, and we’re empowering them?” Becky Bangs, Oregon State University’s Director of Investigations and Deputy Title IX Coordinator, said on Friday. “One of the things in the Title IX (proposed changes) made me a little bit concerned about reporting obligations to the Title IX office.”
The right to an abortion in Oregon is protected. But Bangs said she worries for students in other states. She’s concerned records could be used against students if a college is keeping track of who has reported pregnancies.
Others echoed those privacy concerns, stating that mandatory reporting could create a “chilling effect” on students, discouraging them from seeking help and leaving them without the knowledge of available resources.
“Many students talk to faculty in particular with the expectation that faculty will maintain that conversation and keep it private,” University of Oregon’s Associate Vice President, Chief Civil Rights Officer and Title IX Coordinator, Nicole Commissiong said.
Commissiong said under the university’s current policies, faculty members aren’t required to report any instances of sexual misconduct or pregnancy to the Title IX office, and the university wants to keep it that way.
“I do think mandatory reporting would create a lot of barriers for students to access the services that they need,” Commissiong said.
Students agreed that the prospect of mandatory reporting could discourage them from reaching out to college staff.
“I would say definitely talking to friends and fellow students as we start the new semester, the fear of having to report and having to go to an institution and go through the whole process of that — that’s a scary thing for a lot of students, and that would be a big concern,” Olivia Murray Ceriello, a Pacific University student told Bonamici. “At the end of the day, it’s our rights and our needs and our wants and making sure that’s respected and evaluated as we go through that — that’s really helpful.”
Portland State’s Assistant Vice President for Equity and Compliance, Becca Lawrence, said one thing every higher education institution will need is more resources.
Lawrence noted that PSU has a resource center for students with children that assists her office with pregnancy accommodations.
“In order for universities to really provide wraparound services and support students, it does take a little more sort of shifting of resources and priorities to support students in those ways because it’s not as simple as just having a process,” Lawrence said. “And often mandates and edicts from the government aren’t provided with funding.”
Representatives from other universities said resources such as multicultural centers, women’s centers and LGBTQ resource centers can also help provide guidance to students, but not every school in the state has that infrastructure.
“In listening to our big state schools, I find myself… kind of spinning over here. We are not prepared to be able to provide childcare and family care as a small institution of 4,000 students,” Laura Stallings, director of Pacific University’s student counseling center said. “I keep grappling with how important it is to have legislation to be able to motivate institutions to be able to invest in the areas that we need to support our students. It’s like what comes first — the chicken or the egg?”
College administrators said certain types of students may face issues more directly than others. Some examples that came up were students at Oregon Health and Science University studying obstetrics and gynecology who may go on to work in different states, or students at Oregon Institute of Technology doing externships who might go to states with abortion bans.
Bonamici said she’s hopeful the U.S. Department of Education will address some of those concerns when it responds to the letter from her and other members of Congress.
“Everyone who’s living in the United States is going to be affected in some way,” Bonamici said. “The lack of access to adequate reproductive care affects educational opportunities. It affects career outcomes. It affects earning potential, and there are disparate effects on Black, brown and low-income students. That’s pretty clear.”
Bonamici encouraged the roundtable participants to send their concerns directly to the Department of Education, as the department is taking public comment on its proposed changes to Title IX. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/oregon-college-students-administrators-concerned-over-proposed-title-ix-changes-supreme-court-abortion-decision/article_6d792480-2254-11ed-aad3-cf3298ca8ecb.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:12Z |
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Two more calves were killed earlier this week by wolves, but both incidents were in the Doak Mountain north of Klamath Falls and both depredations were attributed to OR103.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported both incidents were investigated Wednesday, Aug. 17, both on the same 36,000-acre private land allotment between Klamath Falls and Rocky Point.
ODFW staff found the carcass of a 250-pound, two-month-old calf in an area where the livestock producer had seen an injured calf and where ODFW staff had repeatedly hazed OR103 away from cattle.
The examination determined the organs and most muscle tissue on the calf’s hindquarters were missing and that the calf had died 18 to 24 before the investigation. After skinning the calf, a serious injury was found on the inside of its right leg above the hock that had been inflicted a few days before the calf died. According to report, “The severity and location of the wound is consistent with prior injuries observed on calves attacked by wolves.”
On the other incident, also investigated Aug. 17, it was reported that days earlier — Aug. 13 — U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife service staff photographed a calf with an injured left elbow in the immediate vicinity of OR103. On Aug. 17, the carcass of a 250-pound calf was found in the private land allotment where the injured calf was photographed. It is estimated the calf, who had been “heavily scavenged,” died 24 to 36 before the investigation.
The findings included pre-mortem bite scraps measuring up to three inches long and 3/16-of-an-inch wide along with bite scrapes on the left ear and pre-mortem tissue damage on its left elbow and neck. The injuries matched those on the calf photographed Aug. 13. As with the other death, the report said, “The severity, size and locations of these wounds are consistent with injuries to calves attacked by wolves.”
Both deaths are attributed to OR103. According to ODFW, OR103 is an adult male that was originally captured and GPS radio collared southeast of Bend in February 2021. It later dispersed into northern California and remained there until returning to Oregon’s Klamath County in July. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/two-more-cattle-killed-by-wolves/article_01c17338-2253-11ed-9a8e-f7529e63f479.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:25Z |
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE by David M. Shribman
CHENEYS STAND BY THEIR DAUGHTER
If you muted the television, closed the door to keep out the muffles from the street and listened carefully the other day, you may have heard the voice of John Quincy Adams.
John Quincy Adams, you ask? You may not have heard of him since 11th grade American history. He was the sixth president, and after that, a mere member of the House of Representatives who became an outspoken anti-slavery voice -- but if you strained your ears, you may have heard JQA himself.
I think I heard him, speaking across two centuries, stentorian in speech though reviled by his onetime Massachusetts allies and admirers for backing the 1807 embargo measure against Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. He was speaking about the reaction of Bay State Federalists to his act of apostasy: his support of the centerpiece of the foreign policy of Thomas Jefferson, who had defeated his beloved father, hero, mentor and example, John Adams, for president in 1800.
"Most completely was I deserted by my friends," he said. "I can never be sufficiently grateful to Providence that my father and my mother did not join in this general desecration."
Abigail and John Adams stood by their son, much the way Lynne and Dick Cheney stood by their daughter 215 years later.
John Adams had been president of the United States and had to swallow his son's defection from the orthodoxy of the party that sent him to the White House as the first occupant of the new executive mansion. Dick Cheney was vice president of the United States and had to swallow his daughter's defection from the orthodoxy of the party that sent him to the House, to the Pentagon, to the White House (as chief of staff to Gerald Ford) and to the vice-presidential mansion.
In time, the elder Adams did what seemed inconceivable when he was at the center of the arena; he engaged in a warm rapprochement and indescribably important correspondence with his onetime partisan rival, a kind of break with the Federalism that in any case was in eclipse.
In the time after his departure from Washington in 2009, the elder Cheney did what seemed inconceivable when he was at the center of the modern political arena; he sped away from the GOP that had been so much a part of his life and engaged in a Wyoming-style range war with the next president of his party, knowing that the Republican Party of Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, George W. Bush and, alas, Dick Cheney himself, was in swift eclipse.
In time, the younger Adams ran for president and entered the White House in 1825. In time, the younger Cheney may well run for president, hoping she might enter the White House precisely two centuries after John Quincy Adams. She certainly suggested that the night she conceded her House race to Harriet Hageman, a natural resources lawyer whose campaign was managed by the firm of Bill Stepien, a former Trump campaign official who was a star witness for the January 6th committee.
Of course, such historical flights of mind are as dangerous as they are engaging. On the other side of Ms. Cheney's view of the Republican Party is another story plucked from history, that of a Democratic president, Grover Cleveland, who, denied a second term, roared back four years later to reclaim the White House and become the only chief executive to serve nonconsecutive terms. The Adams fable on the Never Trump side has the Cleveland fable on the Trump Forever side.
But for now, the Cheney story resonates, and not because she has a plausible chance of being president -- she doesn't, despite the most earnest wishes and fondest hopes of those who once criticized her views on fossil fuels (she's all in), guns (her campaign boasted she owns one and that she was "a proud cosponsor of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act") and abortion rights (generally opposed), but who revere her stand against former President Donald Trump.
She's at the center of the American conversation because she is at the center of a struggle for the soul of the Republican Party.
Oh, no, you say? Not another struggle for the soul of the Republican Party?
Wasn't there one in 1952, when conservatives symbolized by Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio ("Mister Republican") wrangled with moderates symbolized by Dwight Eisenhower (who had never even voted, let alone been a member of the GOP)? And one in 1988, when religious conservatives symbolized by the Rev. Pat Robertson (running on the right wing and a prayer) sought to topple the Republican establishment symbolized by the elder Bush (who would soon forget he had bid his party to "read my lips" and vowed never to increase taxes)?
And the big one, in 1964, when conservatives symbolized by Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona (whose campaign slogan was "In your heart you know he's right") battled with moderates symbolized by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York (whose supporters said of Mr. Goldwater that "in your guts you know he's nuts")?
The most important moment that year came just days before the election, when the B-list actor Ronald Reagan delivered television remarks now celebrated in legend as the "A Time for Choosing" speech. That night he said:
"This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."
Close the door, strain your ears and you can almost hear Mr. Trump deliver those remarks without altering even one of those words.
But -- politics being irony conducted by other means -- consider the identity of the guest at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library June 29. There to deliver the "A Time for Choosing" speech was -- and how delicious this is, she must have thought -- Liz Cheney. Here's what she said:
"At this moment, we are confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before -- and that is a former president who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional Republic. And he is aided by Republican leaders and elected officials who have made themselves willing hostages to this dangerous and irrational man."
Get set for Cheney versus Trump: The Sequel. It's already begun.
David M. Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/opinion-cheneys-stand-behind-their-daughter/article_98a0bfb0-2272-11ed-8e6b-234b5ec28964.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:31Z |
Cracking the Oregon Tech defense was difficult for NAIA women’s soccer teams in 2021, as the Lady Owls limited opponents to just 12 goals in 24 matches. With three key starters returning in the defensive third, OIT looks to continue their success in the back half of the field.
OIT must replace first-team All-America goalkeeper, Alyx Burkhartzmeyer, the Cascade Collegiate Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year – part of a squad that recorded 16 shutouts. All-CCC outside back, Kyra Cambra, is also gone – but interim coach Tom Eichelkraut said he knows the new-look squad, ranked No. 4 in the NAIA preseason poll, is prepared.
“Our returners took the offseason seriously and came in fit and ready,” Eichelkraut said. “It’s humbling to be ranked, however, our players and staff know the reality of the challenge, the commitment and dedication, the extra hard work and attention to details, as well as the competition.”
The Owls will turn to Sydni Nakamura in goal after playing behind Burkhartzmeyer the past two seasons. The junior has allowed just five goals in over 700 minutes during her career, combining for five shutouts last season. Fellow junior Halle Adair will serve as the back-up after seeing action as a reserve field player over the past two seasons.
“Though we lost an All-America ‘keeper, I believe Sydni can be an All-American ‘keeper as well,” Eichelkraut said. “The last two seasons, she has stepped in games to close them out – particularly in shootouts.”
The center back position features the most experience of any spot on the pitch – as both starters return, along with a key reserve. The tandem of 6-foot-1 Carly Moss and 5-foot-11 Karly White provide an imposing wall in front of the 18-yard-box – as the sophomore Moss and the junior White started all 24 games and combined for four goals and two assists. In addition, junior Mikayla Titus returns – providing quality depth.
On the outside, sophomore Kara Morris provides a wealth of experience – starting the final 20 matches of the 2021 season and is an accomplished one-on-one defender. Fellow returners Kianna Guzon and Valerie Zabinski return, as the sophomore Guzon saw action in 12 matches and the senior Zabinski scored two goals in 14 contests.
Two newcomers add to the depth, with both expected to make impacts. Jissel Valencia-Mendez and Logan Kashima – who will also see time in the midfield – give the Owls speed and quickness at the outside back spots. Mendez spent last season with the University of Washington club team, while Kashima was an all-state pick in Hawaii.
“Defensively, we are strong as the dynamic trio of Moss, White, and Morris,” Eichelkraut said. “They returned fit and healthy, bringing continuity and experience to the back line. Guzon has improved from the spring-summer and will be key for our depth, as have Valencia-Mendez and Kashima.”
The three-time defending CCC champions will put a 33-match home unbeaten streak, dating back to 2017, on the line this season. The Owls will have two tune-ups – Wednesday at Simpson and Sept. 2 in La Grande against Jamestown – before the home opener, Sept. 4, vs. Menlo College.
“There are no easy games in our conference,” Eichelkraut said. “College of Idaho, Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Northwest, Corban – they all can win the league and make a run at nationals. For us to achieve what we did last year, we are going to have to give everything and leave it all on the field in games and in training; ultimately, we can’t give anything away.” | https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/lady-owls-soccer-team-will-try-to-keep-up-defensive-intensity/article_0c9c6d7a-225e-11ed-b0af-4b60df7aa1b8.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:37Z |
Oregon Tech’s Maddie Miller controls the ball in a game against Carroll College on Nov. 9, 2021. Miller, a senior midfielder, has 26 goals in her OIT career and is a two-time All-Cascade Collegiate Conference selection.
Oregon Tech’s Maddie Miller controls the ball in a game against Carroll College on Nov. 9, 2021. Miller, a senior midfielder, has 26 goals in her OIT career and is a two-time All-Cascade Collegiate Conference selection.
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Tom Eichelkraut has been named the interim coach of the Oregon Tech women’s soccer program, replacing Casey Tate.
Coming off a run of conference titles and national tournament appearances, the Oregon Tech women’s soccer team has put itself on the map as one of the premier squads in the NAIA.
Despite having to replace six starters, two All-Americans and their coach, the Lady Owls are poised for another deep postseason run.
Oregon Tech finished 2021 with a school-record 20-3-1 mark, winning its third straight Cascade Conference regular-season crown, claiming its first CCC Tournament title and qualifying for its third straight NAIA National Tournament. Four consecutive postseason victories ensued before the club lost in the national semifinals – climbing to No. 4 in the final NAIA Top 25.
The 2022 squad looks completely different – beginning at the top, as coach Casey Tate left the Klamath Basin for a Division I opportunity at Grand Canyon. Enter longtime assistant, Tom Eichelkraut, who after working with three head coaches over a nearly 10-year span, now calls the shots.
The new leader must replace four starters among the forwards and midfielders – part of a group that scored 53 goals – the most scored by an OIT team since 2010.
Gone are strikers Mehana Ortiz and Nyah Kendall – both prolific offensive players. Ortiz, who now plays at Hawaii Pacific, earned All-America honors after scoring 11 goals, with Kendall, an All-CCC pick, adding nine. Midfielders Amanda Seward and Kyra Mull both have moved on – each starting all 24 games during the championship run.
However, the cupboard is definitely not bare, and Eichelkraut said likes what he sees.
“The year, we have a smaller roster size – one of the smaller rosters in some time. However, we have recruited high quality players over quantity, and it shows,” Eichelkraut said. “Our freshman class has stepped right in, helping fill the void of losing key starters from last year.”
The Owls will look to a pair of experienced players up top, junior Kiah Wetzell and sophomore Shalyna Naputi. Wetzell had a breakout season in 2021, scoring eight goals and adding four assists – including a hat trick vs. Northwest – earning All-CCC honors. Naputi was one of the first reserves off the bench each match, finishing the season with four goals.
On the wing, sophomore Brianna Lewis is expected to step into a starting role after seeing action in all 24 games last season. Two freshmen are also in the mix – Ashley Hart and Megan Glawe. Hart earned 5A All-State honors at North Eugene High, with Glawe earned back-to-back All-Pacific Conference nods at McMinnville High.
In addition, freshman Logan Kashima from Kamehameha-Kapalama High in Hawaii and sophomore Kianna Guzon may push up to a winger slot from their outside back role.
“I’m really excited for Naputi to showcase her talents,” Eichelkraut said. “She is amazing to watch when taking opponents one-on-one and I have no doubt that her, along with Wetzell and Lewis, will give us a strong attack front, mixed with strength skill and speed.”
Tech is extremely deep in the central midfield – led by seniors Maddie Miller and Sylvia Sloss. Miller is among the top players in the league – scoring a combined 26 goals over the past three seasons and is a two-time All-CCC pick. Sloss, who spent time at both San Francisco and San Jose State, scored four goals and added five assists in her first season at OIT.
The duo will be helped by junior Olivia Kreiser, who played key minutes in a reserve role during the 2021 season.
“Miller and Sloss will be the anchor to our midfield,” Eichelkraut said. “I am looking forward to seeing while Kreiser brings this year as she is one of our most-improved players from the Spring.”
Transfer Alexandra Trinidad will be key to the Lady Owls success. A prolific scorer from Lake Tahoe Community College, Trinidad combined for 36 goals and 32 assists in her two junior college seasons. Two freshmen – Miranda Valle from Liberty High in California and Kaelin Ness from Kentridge High in Washington – add key depth.
“Trinidad, Hart, Valle and Ness bring energy and creativity to our attack in training,” Eichelkraut said. “They will be key to our success.”
OIT will hit the field for the first time Wednesday, traveling to Redding for a match-up against Simpson University. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/sports/oit-womens-soccer-team-has-new-look-entering-2022-season/article_04f3b640-225f-11ed-823d-53c27002f595.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:43Z |
The 30th anniversary of the Klamath Wingwatchers Trail will be celebrated Friday, Aug. 26, with live music, free food and a walk along the trail.
Located near downtown Klamath Falls near Riverside Drive, the trail includes a section along Lake Ewauna and connects with two other trails, the recently upgraded Ken Hay Trail and the Link River Trail.
The celebration will be hosted by the Klamath Wingwatchers, the group that helped create the trail and does periodic maintenance. The event will include a 30-year celebration from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. followed by food, conversation and exhibits from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. A walk along the wetland interpretive trail will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Wingwatchers board members note the group moved the Ken Hay Trailhead closer to Riverside Drive earlier this year to provide easier access and visibility from the road. In addition, wayfinding signage is planned along the trail, a project by Healthy Klamath. The group also previously installed wayfinding signs along the Link River Trail, which is only a tenth-of-a-mile from the north end of the Wingwatchers Trail.
“The wayfinding signs that we are installing will provide a sense of connectivity and consistence within our trail system,” according to Wingwatchers board members. “These signs show how much we value our trails and demonstrate pride in our community.”
Although primarily used by walkers and bird watchers — and sightings of ducks, pelicans, grebes and other waterfowl along with bald eagles perched on the Eagle Tree — the Wingwatchers and Link River trails are also used by mountain bikers and, during the winter, cross-country skiers. | https://www.heraldandnews.com/wingwatchers-celebrating-30-years/article_c4cec4de-2253-11ed-a2b4-73801f2c3a9a.html | 2022-08-23T08:02:49Z |
Beloved ‘store cat’ taken from hardware store’s parking lot
GRANBY, Colo. (KUSA) - An Ace Hardware store in Colorado may be fully stocked, but the team says the store feels empty after their beloved “store cat” was taken from the parking lot.
Even staff at Country Ace Hardware in Granby find something unexpected in the aisles. For the past couple of years, it’s been a cat named Morris. He took care of a mouse problem and made the store his home.
“Morris is a big part of us,” said Eric Villalon, floor supervisor at the store. “I don’t hear him in the morning, and it’s too quiet.”
The store owner, Amy Kaplanis, says people would come into the store looking specifically for Morris. The cat was a beloved member of the staff.
“He was known to be found right there, laying and just basking in the warm glow of the lights,” said Jason Weddingfeld, manager of operations.
Every morning at 9 o’clock, Morris would take a walk.
“He would go out the store, kind of look around in the parking lot, turn around and come back in,” Kaplanis said.
Last Tuesday, Morris took his usual morning walk. No one saw what security cameras captured until it was too late: Two people in a blue SUV grabbed the cat from the parking lot of a restaurant next door and drove off.
“Somebody kidnapped him because we have the picture. We have the car. We have the video of them actually putting him in the car, so we know he’s with them… It may have been a mistake. They may have thought that he was a stray. That’s fine. We just want Morris back,” Kaplanis said.
The store that normally has everything you need is now missing what can’t be replaced.
“It really is like we’re missing a part of the team,” Kaplanis said.
Police are investigating the incident.
“We’ll get him back. That’s my biggest hope,” Villalon said.
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Beloved ‘store cat’ taken from hardware store’s parking lot
GRANBY, Colo. (KUSA) - An Ace Hardware store in Colorado may be fully stocked, but the team says the store feels empty after their beloved “store cat” was taken from the parking lot.
Even staff at Country Ace Hardware in Granby find something unexpected in the aisles. For the past couple of years, it’s been a cat named Morris. He took care of a mouse problem and made the store his home.
“Morris is a big part of us,” said Eric Villalon, floor supervisor at the store. “I don’t hear him in the morning, and it’s too quiet.”
The store owner, Amy Kaplanis, says people would come into the store looking specifically for Morris. The cat was a beloved member of the staff.
“He was known to be found right there, laying and just basking in the warm glow of the lights,” said Jason Weddingfeld, manager of operations.
Every morning at 9 o’clock, Morris would take a walk.
“He would go out the store, kind of look around in the parking lot, turn around and come back in,” Kaplanis said.
Last Tuesday, Morris took his usual morning walk. No one saw what security cameras captured until it was too late: Two people in a blue SUV grabbed the cat from the parking lot of a restaurant next door and drove off.
“Somebody kidnapped him because we have the picture. We have the car. We have the video of them actually putting him in the car, so we know he’s with them… It may have been a mistake. They may have thought that he was a stray. That’s fine. We just want Morris back,” Kaplanis said.
The store that normally has everything you need is now missing what can’t be replaced.
“It really is like we’re missing a part of the team,” Kaplanis said.
Police are investigating the incident.
“We’ll get him back. That’s my biggest hope,” Villalon said.
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The new public dataset captures billions of electrical spikes from brains of mice trained to identify "oddball" photos
By Rachel Tompa, Ph.D. / Allen Institute
SEATTLE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From 300,000 mouse neurons, scientists hope to glean how the brain drives behavior. A newly released publicly available dataset is the largest of its kind and represents billions of split-second electrical pulses that comprise the brain's language of information. From this massive collection of cellular activity, scientists hope to decode the neural computations that underlie behavior.
The dataset was collected using Neuropixels, ultra-thin silicon probes capable of measuring the activity of hundreds of neurons at once. Before the advent of such technologies, scientists could only eavesdrop on handfuls of single neurons at a time. "It's like trying to deduce the rules of an unknown sports game by just watching one player," said Allen Institute neuroscientist Corbett Bennett, Ph.D., who was part of the team that led the creation of the dataset. "People have discovered really valuable, interesting things with that method. But now that we can record from 1,000 neurons in every experiment, we're seeing so much more of the field, and we can determine a few more pieces of the rules of the game," Bennett said.
Mice were shown a series of images and trained to lick a spout when that series changed—the "oddball" image. As the animal performed its task, six Neuropixels probes recorded electrical chatter from more than a thousand neurons in action across several areas of the mouse's brain.
"What's amazing is people don't really think of mice as very smart, but they can do really complex tasks," said Séverine Durand, Ph.D., a neuroscientist in the Allen Institute's MindScope Program.
While a mouse's ability to tell one image from another might seem esoteric, the scientists are hoping to extrapolate broader information from the dataset. The suite of electrical activity represents what they call a "perception-action cycle"—how what is perceived leads to an action. The data encapsulates how the brain processes visual information that comes from the eyes, how the animal makes sense of what the mouse sees, how the mouse decides to take an action (to lick or not to lick) and how it translates that decision into movement.
"We're hoping to capture the footprint of perception in this neural activity," said Shawn Olsen, Ph.D., an investigator in the Allen Institute's MindScope Program who helped lead the data collection and analysis.
The dataset includes activity gathered from a few dozen different regions of the brain, most of which are involved in processing visual information. In the next phase of data collection, the team plans to expand to other areas of the brain, such as those that coordinate movement. The dataset also includes neural activity from mice who were viewing images but weren't asked to perform any tasks, as well as mice exposed to completely new images. How the brain distinguishes novelty from familiar images is a fascinating but still poorly understood process, Olsen said.
About the Allen Institute
The Allen Institute is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization founded by philanthropist and visionary, the late Paul G. Allen. The Allen Institute is dedicated to answering some of the biggest questions in bioscience and accelerating research worldwide. The Institute is a recognized leader in large-scale research with a commitment to an open science model. Its research institutes and programs include the Allen Institute for Brain Science, launched in 2003, the Allen Institute for Cell Science, launched in 2014, the Allen Institute for Immunology, launched in 2018, the MindScope Program, launched in 2020, and the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, launched in 2021. In 2016, the Allen Institute expanded its reach with the launch of The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, which identifies pioneers with new ideas to expand the boundaries of knowledge and make the world better. For more information, visit alleninsttute.org
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Leveraging a unique blend of communications and design expertise, Broadcat Compliance Advisory provides custom solutions to enhance organizational ethics and compliance efforts.
DALLAS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcat LLC ("Broadcat"), the leading provider of innovative, behavior-based compliance content to cutting-edge legal and compliance teams, announced an expansion of its service offerings today. Broadcat Compliance Advisory offers tailored advice and customized products to strengthen organizational ethics and compliance programs. Building on Broadcat's reputation for effectiveness and simplicity, our subject matter experts collaborate with customers to create innovative E&C solutions.
"Broadcat is recognized as a leader in compliance design and communications. We're excited to add to that by offering a wider array of consulting services complementing the behavior-based tools our customers leverage through Compliance Design Club," said Alex Klingelberger, CEO at Broadcat.
"Most compliance teams are small, and yet the current environment requires programs that excel in both planning and execution. Our services boost compliance teams' capabilities by providing strategic support, guidance, and expertise to address our customers' unique needs," said Jennifer May, Director of Broadcat Compliance Advisory.
Our services include:
- Codes of Conduct: Built from scratch or just a re-fresh, our team can craft a fully customized code that does more than just "check-the-box."
- Making the Business Case: Compliance teams can't simply hope their organizations realize their worth—they must sell it! Connect with us to formulate a detailed plan to prove Compliance Program ROI and get genuine buy-in from business leaders.
- Advisory Services: From policy assessments and Ambassador Programs to Corporate Integrity Agreement management—our E&C pros help solve the toughest compliance challenges.
To learn more about Broadcat Compliance Advisory, visit www.thebroadcat.com/bca.
About Broadcat: At Broadcat, we take a behavioral approach to compliance communications and training. That means we work with how people actually are—busy and overwhelmed with day-to-day tasks—not how we'd like them to be. Noted as a "behavioral compliance best practice" by the Temple Law Review, we craft tools that guide employees on what to do at the right moment, making it clear how compliance and ethics applies to regular job duties like financial approvals, maintaining privacy, managing vendors, closing deals, and more. Broadcat is a portfolio company of Featherweight Capital Partners and based in Dallas, Texas.
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LONDON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- D3O, the world's leading impact protection brand, is delighted to announce that it has extended its license agreement with leading mobile accessory brand, EFM®.
The extension sees EFM's integration of market leading D3O protection into its standout Case Armour and Screen Armour protection range continue for another 3 years.
D3O's brand and state-of-the-art protective materials and technologies have fuelled EFM's meteoric rise to the summit of the Australian and New Zealand markets as the fastest growing mobile accessories brand in the region.
Stuart Sawyer, CEO of D3O said: "We are delighted to continue our relationship with EFM. Our partnership has gone from strength to strength over the past four years, and we are committed to ensuring they have the most innovative protective materials and the benefit of the D3O brand as they continue to grow and extend their reach in the consumer electronics space."
Carl Bonham, CEO of Force Technology, said: "D3O's market-leading protective materials and technologies have set the scene for EFM's rapid growth to a highly successful brand, and will ensure we stay ahead in the mobile accessories market. We are delighted to build on such a solid foundation with D3O, and look forward to what the future brings."
D3O's position as market leader in Impact Protection is founded around the company's commitment to continuous innovation for the benefit of its consumers, with:
- D3O® Bio, the world's leading plant-based impact protection material, featured in EFM Bio+ Case Armour ranges.
- D3O® with 5G Signal Plus™ Technology, the world's best 5G-optimised impact protection, featured in EFM Cayman, Aspen, Alta, and Monaco Wallet Case Armour ranges.
- D3O® Crystalex™, the clearest, thinnest, and most advanced impact protection ever, featured in EFM Aspen, Cayman, and Alta Case Armour ranges.
- D3O® ScreenSafe, scientifically engineered screen protection providing smartphone screens with supreme impact resistance and pristine optical clarity. Featured in EFM D3O ScreenSafe Glass Screen Armour, which guarantees up to 6 times more shatter resistance than an unprotected screen, and D3O ScreenSafe Screen Armour, offering up to 8 times more shatter resistance.
ABOUT D3O (www.D3O.com)
D3O is a fast-growth Protection company that develops and markets world leading impact protection products. With offices in the UK, US and China, D3O partners with a broad portfolio of world-class brands that include the US Department of Defense, Adidas, Triumph Motorcycles and Fox Racing. From body protection for professional athletes and motorcyclists to helmet liner systems that mitigate against traumatic brain injury, D3O is recognized as the authority on Impact Protection.
ABOUT FORCE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL (www.forcetechnology.com.au)
Force Technology International is a specialist distribution business with 30 years' experience in manufacturing, sourcing, marketing and distributing mobile phone and tablet accessories to resellers throughout Australia. With a clear focus on performance and growth, our goal is to maintain and grow our market position, as a standout leader in the mobile phone and tablet accessory industry in Australia.
ABOUT EFM (www.myefm.com)
Australian brand EFM® designs, manufactures and sells a range of quality affordable device gear for a modern life that empowers people to get the most out of their busy lifestyle of work and play.
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Forrester's Planning Guides provide benchmark data and insights to help technology, marketing, digital, CX, product and sales leaders prioritize 2023 budget investments
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Forrester's (Nasdaq: FORR) 2023 Planning Guides, released today, business leaders who plan for "business as usual" modest spending increases in the year ahead will fall short. Indeed, due to an unpredictable and turbulent economy, leaders will need to tackle planning with discipline and precision in order to trim waste, experiment, and make bold, smart investments.
Designed to help technology, marketing, digital, customer experience (CX), product, and sales executives prioritize their resources and investments for the year ahead, Planning Guides will be available for all 15 services included in the Forrester Decisions portfolio. Using data-driven insights, Planning Guides will enable functional leaders to prioritize spending that maximizes revenue growth, profitability, and resilience.
The reports highlight where to increase investment and cut spending, as well as which emerging technologies to experiment with in 2023. Key insights from Forrester's 2023 Planning Guides include:
Areas to increase investment in 2023:
- Customer insights and engagement. With 2023 unlikely to look like any past recession, many assumptions about customers and their behavior will be rendered useless. Leaders should invest in new customer data and analytics tools, such as experience research platforms (XPRs), to sharpen audience targeting strategies.
- Technologies that improve CX and reduce costs. Current economic headwinds will require focusing on technology tuned for optimization and resilience. Leaders should invest in tools that drive loyalty and reduce operational costs, such as robotic process automation (RPA) and agent-assist apps.
Areas to decrease investment in 2023:
- Technical debt — including cloud. Many thought the cloud would be the antidote to technical debt, but yesterday's lifted-and-shifted workloads are now debt themselves given how inefficient to operate and difficult to upgrade they are. In 2023, leaders should consider early cloud deployments as candidates for technical debt reductions.
- Low-quality data partners and innovation outsourcing. Partners will continue to play an important role in growth, but two key areas are ripe for cuts. As the quality of third-party data continues to drop, leaders should streamline these partnerships to only those that add value to customer relationships. Second, firms that relied too heavily on partners for digital innovation during the pandemic-induced digital sprint should bring more innovation in house.
Areas for experimentation in 2023:
- Extended reality, the metaverse, and Web3 that offer immersive experiences. These interlinked — and arguably overhyped — technologies hold the promise of immersive experiences linked to token-based ecosystems that use cryptocurrencies and public blockchains. Leaders in consumer industries should experiment with metaverse precursor platforms such as Roblox and Decentral to open doors to new audiences.
- Intelligent agents that make experiences more human. An intelligent agent (IA) can make decisions or perform a service based on its environment, user input, and experiences. Leaders should plan to experiment with IAs on an ongoing basis to utilize their full potential.
"Leaders are faced with navigating a tumultuous business landscape defined by global unrest, supply chain instability and soaring inflation, as well as the ongoing aftermath of the pandemic," said Sharyn Leaver, chief research officer at Forrester. "Tackling 2023 budget planning is a daunting task, but Forrester's Planning Guides will help leaders make more strategic and disciplined decisions to drive business growth at a time of such uncertainty."
Resources:
- Download Forrester's overarching 2023 Planning Guide here.
- Explore the 2023 Planning Guides hub here.
- Read about 2023 budgeting trends across functions in this blog.
About Forrester
Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) is one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world. We help leaders across technology, customer experience, digital, marketing, sales, and product functions use customer obsession to accelerate growth. Through Forrester's proprietary research, consulting, and events, leaders from around the globe are empowered to be bold at work — to navigate change and put their customers at the center of their leadership, strategy, and operations. Our unique insights are grounded in annual surveys of more than 700,000 consumers, business leaders, and technology leaders worldwide; rigorous and objective research methodologies, including Forrester Wave™ evaluations; 70 million real-time feedback votes; and the shared wisdom of our clients. To learn more, visit Forrester.com.
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OSLO, Norway, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HydrogenPro AS (OSE: HYPRO) today published its Q2 2022 report. The company reports one of the largest electrolyser purchase orders ever, positive cash flow and a backlog of NOK 794 million.
Operational highlights:
- Mitsubishi Power Americas confirmed the purchase order for 40 electrolyser systems, including a 10-year service and support agreement.
- Order intake of NOK 773 million
- Active sales pipeline increased from 97 to 109 projects, with total GW capacity increasing from 12.7 GW to 15.4 GW during the second quarter
- Funding has also been secured for several new R&D projects in both Denmark and Norway.
- Momentum is building up and contracts are approaching final investment decisions.
- The Inflation Reduction Act is a massive trigger for green hydrogen in the U.S and thus for HydrogenPro
Financial highlights (Q1 2022 in brackets):
- Revenues of NOK 7.8 million (NOK 8.8 million)
- Positive net cash flow with cash and cash equivalents of NOK 435.3 million at end of the quarter (NOK 368.7 million)
- Net profit of negative NOK 20.6 million (negative NOK 22.6 million)
HydrogenPro has an active sales pipeline of 15.4 GW consisting of 109 projects. The company is the selected supplier for the world's largest green hydrogen energy hub and has seen an order intake of NOK 773 million during the quarter. The contract with Mitsubishi exceeds a value of USD 50 million and is one of the largest electrolyser purchase orders ever placed.
HydrogenPro expects the demand for green hydrogen to further develop and is attractively positioned in this developing market due to its mature and well proven high pressure alkaline technology.
The recent public commitments in the US and the EU to accelerate the scale-up of green hydrogen are likely to have a significant positive impact for HydrogenPro going forward.
The Q2 2022 report and presentation are enclosed. A live streamed webcast presentation will be held 10:00 CET followed by a Q&A session with questions to be posted online during the presentation. Link to webcast: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20220823_4/
The presentation will be held in English by interim CEO Richard Espeseth and CFO Martin Thanem Holtet.
For further information, please contact:
Richard Espeseth, interim CEO, +47 958 43 007
Martin Thanem Holtet, CFO, +47 922 44 902
About HydrogenPro:
HydrogenPro designs and supplies large scale hydrogen production plants in cooperation with global partners and suppliers, all ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certified.
The Company was founded in 2013 by individuals with background from the electrolysis industry which was established in Telemark, Norway by Norsk Hydro in 1927. We are an experienced engineering team of leading industry experts, drawing upon unparalleled experience and expertise in the hydrogen and renewable energy industry.
Our core product is the high-pressure alkaline electrolyser. With the new electrode technology, we are able to increase the efficiency of each unit by 14% to reach 93% of the theoretical maximum. This is a significant step forward as the cost of electric power, depending on market prices, amounts to 70-90% of the cost of producing hydrogen, the value of such increased efficiency equals approximately the investment cost for the entire plant in a Total Cost of Operation perspective. The Company is targeting a production cost for green hydrogen of USD 1.2 per kg in 2022.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Article 17 no. 1 and section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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XIAMEN, China and PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milesight, a fast-growing AIoT solution provider and Senet, a leading provider of cloud-based software and services platforms to enable global connectivity and on-demand network build-outs for the IoT, jointly announce a partnership to qualify Milesight LoRaWAN® gateways and sensor-enabled end devices for operation on the Senet network. Sensors being qualified include those for monitoring total volatile organic compounds, CO2 concentration, temperature, humidity, activity level, leak detection, and other indoor environmental conditions. Outdoor devices for water level, pipe pressure, and soil monitoring will also be evaluated for listing on Senet's Marketplace.
"The successful qualification of Milesight gateways and devices on the Senet network demonstrates the compatibility and stability of our products, which is why many users choose Milesight for their projects," said Leon Jiang, VP at Milesight. For Milesight, this collaboration is not only an example of momentum in our ecosystem, but brings sound solutions to our customers, especially for projects that require Senet's carrier-grade network service."
"Milesight's high capacity and easy to install gateways represent outstanding additions to our portfolio of qualified products, expanding the ability of Senet and our partners to provide reliable LoRaWAN coverage across the globe," said Bruce Chatterley, CEO of Senet. "We look forward to continuing our collaboration as we strive to provide customers with the best options for deploying and managing LoRaWAN® networks and sensor-enabled devices for their IoT projects."
An example Senet and Milesight integration was recently presented in a webinar hosted by Senet and IoT Platform provider, Losant, including onboarding and configuring Milesight gateways and operating the Milesight AM107 Ambience Monitor on the Senet network.
About Milesight:
Milesight is a professional IoT company that leverages the top trending 5G, AIoT & LoRaWAN® technologies. We believe that the air quality, space utilization and complex conditions in building and environment can be simplified into the actionable IoT insights. For more information, please visit www.milesight-iot.com.
About Senet:
Senet develops cloud-based software and services used by Network Operators, Application Developers, and System Integrators for the on-demand deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Senet offers technology in over one hundred and eighty countries and owns and operates one of the largest publicly available LoRaWAN networks in the United States. For additional information, visit www.senetco.com.
LoRaWAN® is a mark used under license from the LoRa Alliance®.
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SYDNEY, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SiteMinder (ASX:SDR) has today released its results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2022 (FY22), demonstrating continued reacceleration in the business.
Sankar Narayan, CEO and MD at SiteMinder said: "The most pleasing aspect of our FY22 performance has been the team's successful execution of our ambitious new initiatives, laying the foundations for SiteMinder to scale and sustain high organic growth. Our product and other initiatives, including the acquisition of GuestJoy, enhance our growth opportunities with additional services to existing customers as well as expanding into new customer segments. With the lifetime value of our customers in Q4FY22 30% above pre-COVID levels, despite global travel still recovering, our initiatives are boosting customer and shareholder value. Our leading multilingual commerce platform and unrivalled global go-to-market capability, provide us confidence to reiterate our growth guidance and in addition communicate our expectation to become free cash flow neutral by Q4FY24 on a quarterly basis. I want to again thank all our staff, partners and customers for the resilience and the ingenuity shown over the last couple of years."
FY22 Performance Highlights
(All growth rates are y/y)
- FY22 ARR grew 25.3% y/y (cc) to $129.7m, which is 27% (cc) higher than the pre-COVID ARR at the end of FY19.
- FY22 revenue of $116.0m, up 15.0% y/y (cc), and exited the year growing 23.4% y/y (cc) in Q4FY22. Americas grew 27.3%, EMEA grew 21.4%, and APAC grew 0.4% y/y (cc) in FY22.
- Customer count grew 7% to 34.7k in FY22 with the additions weighted towards Q4FY22 due to Omicron impacts earlier in the financial year.
- Improving SaaS economics with LTV/CAC increasing from 2.1x in FY21 to 3.2x in FY22, and exited FY22 at 3.9x in Q4.
- Expanded total ARPU to $291, up 13.2% y/y (cc) in FY22. Subscription ARPU grew 2% y/y (cc), while Transaction ARPU grew 68.6% y/y (cc). Transaction products subscribed by our customers increased 51% y/y to 13k products in FY22.
- Underlying FY22 free cash outflow* of 30% of revenue following investments in rebuilding GTM and new products.
- Available Liquidity of $117.7m.
- Signed agreement to acquire GuestJoy, highly rated suite of customer relationship management tools that will deepen and broaden the platform offering.
- Reiterates growth guidance of 31%**. Expectation to become free cash flow neutral by Q4FY24** on a quarterly basis.
cc = constant currency
* Underlying free cash outflow = the sum of underlying operating cash flows and underlying investment cash flows
** Realisation of SiteMinder's growth and free cash flow guidance will depend on many factors outside of the Company's control, including the substantial abatement of COVID-19 related influences on the accommodation and travel industry and the continued recovery of travel.
About SiteMinder
SiteMinder Limited (ASX:SDR) is the world's leading open hotel commerce platform, ranked among technology pioneers for opening up every hotel's access to online commerce. It's this central role that has earned SiteMinder the trust of tens of thousands of hotels, across 150 countries, to sell, market, manage and grow their business. The global company, headquartered in Sydney with offices in Bangkok, Berlin, Dallas, Galway, London and Manila, generated more than 100 million reservations worth over US$35 billion in revenue for hotels in the last year prior to the start of the pandemic. For more information, visit siteminder.com.
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The longstanding relationship is bolstered with investment in futureproof technology that will enable flexibility and agility in service delivery across the Middle East and Africa
HERNDON, Va., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has today signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading regional satellite operator, Türksat, for the ground systems required to run a variety of services over the Türksat 5B satellite. ST Engineering iDirect will provide multiple Dialog® XIF hubs and 5,000 remotes, enabling Türksat to augment services to various markets including government, enterprise, mobility and cellular backhaul across 30 beams, providing the best connectivity experience from low data rates all the way to very large throughputs of over 1 Gbps for the most demanding applications.
The new installations will ensure that Türksat can run its satellite networks more efficiently, easily and rapidly adapt their existing networks or build new ones through ST Engineering iDirect's Network Management System (NMS) that allows services, capacity, terminals and beams to be scaled in an instant, fully automated and orchestrated way. Based on the latest DVB-S2X technology and Mx-DMA® MRC technology, Türksat can also maximize the benefits of the powerful 5B HTS by leveraging the highest efficiencies and throughputs of the DVB-S2X waveform as well as optimize the return link with Mx-DMA MRC. Both platform and remotes can provide the flexibility, multi-service capability and scalability to cater to Türksat's HTS business today and as it expands in the future.
"The latest satellite of our fleet, Türksat 5B, will greatly increase our current coverage and bandwidth over Ka HTS," said Selman Demirel, Vice President of Satellite Operations at Türksat. "This will enable Türksat to extend broadband services over many regions including Middle East, Africa, as well as major maritime and airtime routes. The partnership with ST Engineering iDirect in this expansion is very important for Türksat to provide seamless, cost-effective and flexible services to current and prospective customer needs in a very broad and rapidly improving market. The Dialog XIF Hub with flexibility, multi-service capability and scalability will be a key asset for Türksat for these active markets. Therefore, we truly appreciate this new contract to strengthen our strategic partnership."
"We are thrilled that our technology has once again been selected by Türksat to enable their expanding operations," said Tajani Bouqentar, Vice President, Middle East, ST Engineering iDirect. "The selection of our Dialog platform means that Türksat now operates their services over our full hub portfolio. With the multi-service, futureproof nature of the Dialog hub platform and modem portfolio, Türksat can accommodate current and future business opportunities by providing the flexibility, multi-service capability and scalability required. We are dedicated to enabling Türksat's business development and supporting them as their capabilities evolve."
Launched in December 2021, the Türksat 5B satellite provides data communication and broadcasting services over a wide coverage area that reaches the entire Middle East, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, North Africa, East Africa, South Africa and Nigeria. It also provides customized services to airlines and commercial ship operators around the world via its Ka-band beams. Commencement of the new services is expected in Q3 2022.
For more information about ST Engineering iDirect, please visit: https://www.idirect.net/
ST Engineering iDirect, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate their services and optimize their satcom networks. Through the merger with Newtec, a recognized industry pioneer, the combined business unites over 35 years of innovation focused on solving satellite's most critical economic and technology challenges and expands a shared commitment to shaping the future of how the world connects. The product portfolio, branded under the names iDirect and Newtec, represents the highest standards in performance, efficiency and reliability, making it possible for its customers to deliver the best satcom connectivity experience anywhere in the world. ST Engineering iDirect is the world's largest TDMA enterprise VSAT manufacturer and is the leader in key industries including broadcast, mobility and military/government. In 2007, iDirect Government was formed to better serve the U.S. government and defense communities. For more information on our platforms please visit www.idirect.net.
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"Little Johnny Jewel" was produced by Bella Luna Productions.
LONDON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taking a leading role in a brand-new film, seed stage project initiator Strathsquare Point invested in an independent movie that was nominated in three award categories at the Venice International Film Festival and the Rome Outcast Independent Film Awards. "Little Johnny Jewel," a 2022 film directed by Jude Rawlins, produced by Bella Luna Productions, and predominantly funded by Strathsquare, creates genre-defying films distinct from the mainstream.
Enriching global audiences, Strathsquare seeks to "unlock the value of great stories" and give fresh talent and innovative thinkers the chance to be noticed. As a committed supporter of creative entrepreneurs, Strathsquare finds and collaborates with brilliant independent filmmakers across markets.
"The brilliance and originality of Rawlins' screenwriting approach with an emphasis on story and character made this the perfect investment opportunity," said Strathsquare's Media Investments Director, Bella Ward. "We are thrilled the film is gaining the recognition and audiences it deserves. Receiving nominations at festivals validated our commitment to the project. We enjoy connecting with innovators to create a better, brighter world."
When Rawlins learned of the nominations, he shared, "the relationship with Strathsquare is fantastic, and by no means just about money. The money is, of course, essential, and funding independent filmmaking is notoriously hard. I respect investors, so it is important to deliver good work on budget to vindicate their faith in me. I feel supported, and you can't put a price tag on that. We feel that much bigger and more important because we know there are people on the other side of the ocean who care enough to do what they can to support us."
Bella Luna Productions, based in Marshalltown, Iowa, is one of Strathsquare's most recent investment partnerships. "Little Johnny Jewel" is a "funny and serious film about people, full of music, comedy, poetry, dancing, film about love, redemption, and second chances," Rawlins noted.
The next project between the pair is a film called "Mania," a Hitchcock-style psychological thriller that tells the story of a young woman trying to escape the clutches of her narcissist mother with a narcissistic husband.
About Strathsquare Point
A UK-based cross-sector VC working alongside businesses seeking to innovate across the areas of green energy, media, data, logistics. Strathsquare connects with entrepreneurs to launch, grow and scale their businesses.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. , Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA, HKEX: 2391), a global IoT development platform service provider, has taken the sustainability initiative into its own hands.
As one of the critical challenges of sustainable development, climate change has become a global issue. Many countries are striving to achieve "carbon neutralization" in order to minimize the impact of greenhouse gases on both the climate and the environment.
At the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN-GA), the U.N. presented the goal "to peak carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060," entering a new stage of climate governance. Environment, climate risk, low-carbon, energy conservation, and carbon reduction are becoming the new global consensus and the universal ESG standards. Facing the increasing demand for energy efficiency and carbon reduction, traditional solutions are obviously not enough. A shift in supply and demand and technological innovations will inevitably bring new developments and opportunities.
Among them, IoT solutions have become a vanguard in the field of energy conservation and carbon reduction thanks to its technological advantages, including smart measurement of energy consumption, flexible data collection, visibility, controllability, and scientific decision-making. But enabling the synergy of IoT technologies and energy efficiency is no easy task. It requires long-term development in the industry and continuous exploration of different use cases to build an exclusive solution in line with the latest trends.
In early June this year, Tuya launched "Smart for Purpose," a social media campaign that continues to practice the company's responsibility for employees, the industry, and society in the fields of elderly care, energy conservation, and more. The campaign also encouraged Tuya's global business partners to participate in ESG practices and provide sustainable solutions and services to customers and society.
Tuya's sustainability initiative has brought a positive impact on the global market through various applications and has demonstrated the role of an IoT company in achieving carbon neutralization.
Achieving Energy Efficiency Through IoT Technology
Real environmental protection and carbon reduction does not mean radical changes in people's daily habits, but building a low-carbon and green lifestyle in feasible ways that are universal.
A good example would be the smart metering socket developed by Tuya Smart and its global partners. The product can be controlled through mobile phones and voice recognition. Users can set the timing, turn it on/off remotely, and even control electrical appliance switches through sensors to reduce energy consumption.
According to statistics, the smart metering socket powered by Tuya has saved almost US$200 million in electric bills for users around the world - a carbon reduction equivalent to planting 40 million trees per year.
For people who often forget to turn off the lights before leaving their home, Tuya Smart has launched the smart motion sensor light switch solution. The solution supports shifting between manual and automatic sensing modes, allowing Tuya's partners to build smart switches that are energy-efficient and user-friendly. Under automatic mode, the solution supports customized settings, such as sensitivity and delayed action. Under manual mode, it supports colorful lights, white light adjustments, and countdown functions.
Turning off the lights automatically to avoid leaving the lights on while nobody is at home would certainly help consumers effectively save energy and money.
Another example would be Tuya's collaboration with iHelios, a UK-based company specializing in heating and integrated property control systems.
By partnering with Tuya, iHelios launched an innovative and environmentally conscious household heating system, which has saved consumers over 30% on their electric bills. Reduced electric bills also means reduced energy consumption. The collaboration not only experienced success in energy conservation and carbon reduction, but it also brought a 40% increase in number of customers for iHelios.
The world is now facing a significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources, and the situation has only intensified this year due to geopolitical tensions. "The market won't balance itself out until 2024," said Gergely Molnar, an energy analyst at the International Energy Agency. "Until then, these financial tensions will be in place."
Countries and energy companies are committed to finding more effective solutions to save energy. So far, thermostats are considered the most popular and trending IoT product.
According to an Australian government report, the installation of smart thermostats can help residential customers save 10% of their air-conditioning power consumption. Based on the report published by Mordor Intelligence, the market size for smart thermostats is expected to reach US$3.3 billion by 2026 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 23.1% between 2021 and 2026.
The smart thermostat solution developed by Tuya can monitor temperature and humidity levels, and can switch between different modes automatically, keeping the household temperature in an appropriate range. This not only brings more comfort and convenience to users, but it also successfully achieves energy conservation and carbon reduction, making the product a best seller in the smart home market.
Sustainable Value Created by IoT Capability
As energy conservation and carbon reduction become the new global consensus, more and more innovative technologies are needed in order to inspire people to participate in a low-carbon and green lifestyle.
Tuya's IoT capabilities not only brings great sustainable value, but it also created solutions for energy conservation and carbon reduction.
One of the main reasons behind such impact is that the technology does not require users to change their previous behavior and habits. Rather, it allows people to achieve a green lifestyle more intuitively and easily. More importantly, through its IoT capabilities and rich ecosystem, Tuya was able to boost its product value for home appliance brands by accurately observing the demand for carbon reduction.
Though the above-mentioned cases and results do not demonstrate the entire value proposition of Tuya Smart, the company has undoubtedly built up an ESG reputation through its business model and credible IoT capabilities in line with the sustainable development demand.
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It's not every day you see the Vice President of the United States on a beach surrounded by Secret Service at Hanalei Bay on Kauai.
"There were actually people on the pier with guns and they were watching her with binoculars," says 8th grader Welina Dudoit Wong.
And while some might just be happy for chance for a quick handshake or a picture, Wong and fellow Kanuikapono Charter School 8th grader Bea Kaaumoana had a message.
"The important thing about it was delivering that message and letting her know that the keiki of Oahu do need help with their families and their water," Kaaumoana says.
Throughout Vice President Kamala Harris' vacation on the Garden Isle, groups like the Oahu Water Protectors have held up signs near her Kalihiwai Ridge vacation home, urging more action on the Red Hill water crisis.
But in the end it was the two local 8th graders who mustered up the courage and walk across the sand and seize the moment and take those concerns directly to Harris.
After asking the Veep about Red Hill, Harris replied to Kaaumoana and Wong "I agree with you, we need to handle that, it's a very big issue." She stopped to take a picture, before encouraging the girls to "continue to active and lead."
Both Bea and Welina taking that advice to heart - the students say they're both hoping to continued to grow as leaders in the Native Hawaiian community.
The students say they've been getting a lot of attention: "All of our family has been congratulating us for like going up to her and being brave," Bea says.
And while it's a moment both say they'll never forget, they also say they're not afraid to hold the Vice President accountable
"It was a privilege to talk to her, but I hope that this time they keep to their promises and they do want to help the Hawaiian people," Welina says.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) – “Retirement Living” released a report that stated more people are now pushing retirement to after age 65 while many hope to retire between 51 to 60.
A financial advisor told KITV that entering retirement right now is tricky – now that the stock market has had two blows in the past two and half years.
”There is a greater risk and greater challenge that individuals are faced due to the fact that both stocks and bonds have had a trouble year this year. There’s a lack of correlation between the two and that’s what investors are relying on,” said Jeff Buck, chief investment officer, E.A Buck Financial Services.
Those who invests in retirement savings - 76% of them invest in the stock market and 56% of invest in bonds.
Buck said several factors are considered in retirement like life expectancy and cost of living – and both are going up.
Governor Ige signed a bill this summer to a create retirement saving program. Experts said this will increase the number of private company workers to save for retirement.
”Every worker in Hawaii should have access to retirement savings through payroll deductions and that’s a huge step. People don’t realize that you are 15% more likely to save if you have payroll deduction,” said Craig Gima, communications director at AARP.
Hawaii residents retire between the ages of 63 and 67 while many retire between 55 and 62.
Hawaii ranks number one with the highest retirement income needed to live comfortably.
Aina Hain resident, Ty Gurney, said he has been a surf coach on Oahu for 20 years. He said he plans on retiring in a rural part of Montana where the cost of living is much lower. He is 49-years old.
“My job has taken a toll on me physically as I’ve gotten older. I am planning on retiring next year when I’m 50 but property taxes are crazy here in Hawaii. I want to keep my home here but I am looking at homes in Montana,” said Gurney.
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After torrential rains struck parts of northeastern Texas and sent floodwaters rushing through streets and homes, rescue crews fanned out across the region on Monday, responding to hundreds of calls for aid from residents stunned by the sudden downfall.
Heavy rain and flash flooding brought record rainfall to the Dallas-Forth Worth area between Sunday and Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service Forth Worth. More than 9 inches fell at Dallas Forth Worth Airport over a 24-hour period that began Sunday, marking the highest rainfall over that length of time that the area has seen since 1932, the agency said.
The major flood threat will begin to subside in the area on Tuesday as the storms shift eastward toward Louisiana and Mississippi. Parts of eastern and southeastern Texas are still under a slight risk for excessive rainfall Tuesday.
Business owner Allen Thompson told CNN affiliate KTVT that the flooding was unlike anything he had ever seen in his time living in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs.
"I've been here 13 years, and this is by far the worst it's ever flooded," Thompson said of Hickory Creek, which runs through the city.
When he walked into his heavy equipment rental business on Monday morning, 3 inches of water quickly covered the floor. Within an hour, he told KTVT, the water had risen to about a foot. He said he will have to close up shop for about a week to assess and clean up the damage.
The Fort Worth Fire Department received 500 calls for service and performed 174 high water rescues and investigations, the department tweeted. Dallas Fire Rescue responded to 195 high water incidents and rescued 21 people and 10 dogs, the agency said in a tweet.
Brittany Taylor moved into her Dallas apartment just two days before the flooding. Much of her belongings were still packed into cardboard boxes, which were soaked by the water.
"The last thing I expected was to wake to my brand new apartment flooded," she said. "There was just water gushing through the front door of the apartment. My refrigerator started floating away."
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins declared a state of disaster in the county on Monday and requested federal and state assistance in responding to the damage, he said in a tweet.
Jenkins also announced that an unnamed woman was killed when flood waters swept away her vehicle. Her car was "presumably" swept off the road and was found when the water receded, according to Mesquite Fire Department Chief Russell Wilson.
The relentless downpour soaked a region that has been under extreme drought in recent months. More than a quarter of Texas is under the highest drought designation, including the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
The same storm system battered parts of the Southwest over the weekend and continues to threaten parts of the region, as approximately 9 million people across the South are under flood watches Tuesday.
Drivers forced to abandon cars in rising waters
The overwhelming water level took many residents by surprise as it rushed into homes and onto highways. Several local authorities urged residents not to drive into high waters Monday as flooding filled the streets.
The Dallas Police Department alerted residents to numerous road closures in a tweet Monday afternoon, adding that water was "still standing on some roads, along with debris and abandoned cars."
In downtown Dallas, Cassondra Anna Mae Stewart was driving home at 3 a.m. when she noticed Interstate 30 has started to become cover by water, she told CNN. Videos she took of the scene show water rippling past car wheels as rain continues to fall across the road.
"I was able to back up on a ramp to get off the highway," she said. "I took an alternate route home ... although most streets are flooded down there as well."
Hundreds of traffic accidents were reported during the flooding, according to Dallas police.
Traffic through the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was also hard hit, with hundreds of flights to and from the airport canceled and about half of its departing flights delayed, according to tracking website FlightAware.
The heavy influx of water caused the sanitary sewers to overflow at several places throughout Dallas, the city said in a release Monday, noting that the city water system has not been impacted.
"None of the overflows of diluted wastewater have affected the City's water supply," Dallas Water Utilities Department assistant director Zachary Peoples said.
The city is recommending that some people in the impacted areas use boiled or distilled water.
The sudden rainfall comes amidst a "flash drought," which has brought an exceptionally dry year across regions of Texas, including the areas impacted my this week's flooding.
In the first half of the year, areas of the state have experienced rainfall deficits of between 8-10 inches, according to the Drought Monitor. But those shortfalls will be essentially erased in Dallas due to the flooding, while other areas will still experience them, the agency said. In less than 24 hours between Sunday and Monday, Dallas had received an entire summer's worth of rainfall -- over 7 inches.
The frequency and intensity of rainfall over land have increased with every degree of the planet warming since the 1980s.
A large share of precipitation in recent years has come during "intense, single-day events," which scientists say will become more common because of the climate crisis, along with sudden shifts from severe drought to heavy rain.
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Walmart ordered to pay man $4M after discrimination lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon jury decided that a man who claimed racial profiling should be awarded millions after filing a civil lawsuit against Walmart.
Michael Mangum claimed an asset protection employee racially profiled him in March 2020 at a Walmart in Wood Village, Oregon, and called deputies on him for no reason other than wanting him to leave the store.
After the verdict, Walmart has been ordered to pay $4 million in damages to Mangum, KPTV reports.
Mangum says he was visiting the store to buy a light bulb, and an employee at the store suddenly confronted him, told him to leave and then called Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies.
According to court documents, the Walmart employee was identified as Joe Williams. The documents also revealed that MCSO deputies knew that Williams had a history of frequent 911 calls, often making embellishing accusations about people in his Walmart location.
Mangum and his lawyer, Greg Kafoury, said that Williams remained on the job after the incident in March 2020 but no longer works for Walmart now.
Mangum says Williams keeping his job was hurtful.
“No suspension, no investigation, that’s kind of a slap in my face for one,” he said. “Because I’m sure he’s done this to a lot of people.”
Mangum works for Home Forward, an affordable housing and youth outreach nonprofit. He says he hopes his experience can be a teachable moment for the youth he serves.
“I hope they don’t focus on the money,” he said. “That’s not my message. My message is tell the truth, stand up for yourself, know your rights, and I just try to teach them to advocate.”
Even though it may be two years later, Mangum says experiencing racial profiling in such a public place like Walmart has re-shaped his perspective when working with at-risk youth.
“It gives me a chance to really, really feel where they’re coming from,” he said.
KPTV reached out to Walmart for comment on the verdict, and a spokesperson sent back a statement which reads:
“We do not tolerate discrimination. We believe the verdict is excessive and is not supported by the evidence. Mr. Mangum was never stopped by Walmart’s Asset Protection. He interfered with our associates as they were surveilling and then stopped confirmed shoplifters, and then refused to leave despite being asked to repeatedly by our staff and Multnomah County deputies. We are reviewing our options including post-trial motions.”
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Walmart ordered to pay man $4M after discrimination lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - An Oregon jury decided that a man who claimed racial profiling should be awarded millions after filing a civil lawsuit against Walmart.
Michael Mangum claimed an asset protection employee racially profiled him in March 2020 at a Walmart in Wood Village, Oregon, and called deputies on him for no reason other than wanting him to leave the store.
After the verdict, Walmart has been ordered to pay $4 million in damages to Mangum, KPTV reports.
Mangum said he was visiting the store to buy a light bulb, and an employee at the store suddenly confronted him, told him to leave and then called Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies.
According to court documents, the Walmart employee was identified as Joe Williams. The documents also revealed that deputies knew that Williams had a history of frequent 911 calls, often making embellishing accusations about people in his Walmart location.
Mangum and his lawyer, Greg Kafoury, said that Williams remained on the job after the incident in March 2020 but no longer works for Walmart now.
Mangum said Williams keeping his job was hurtful.
“No suspension, no investigation, that’s kind of a slap in my face, for one,” he said. “Because I’m sure he’s done this to a lot of people.”
Mangum works for Home Forward, an affordable housing and youth outreach nonprofit. He said he hopes his experience can be a teachable moment for the youth he serves.
“I hope they don’t focus on the money,” he said. “That’s not my message. My message is tell the truth, stand up for yourself, know your rights, and I just try to teach them to advocate.”
Even though it may be two years later, Mangum said experiencing racial profiling in such a public place like Walmart has reshaped his perspective when working with at-risk youth.
“It gives me a chance to really, really feel where they’re coming from,” he said.
KPTV reached out to Walmart for comment on the verdict, and a spokesperson sent back a statement, which reads:
“We do not tolerate discrimination. We believe the verdict is excessive and is not supported by the evidence. Mr. Mangum was never stopped by Walmart’s Asset Protection. He interfered with our associates as they were surveilling and then stopped confirmed shoplifters, and then refused to leave despite being asked to repeatedly by our staff and Multnomah County deputies. We are reviewing our options including post-trial motions.”
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ALM-488 is a peptide-dye conjugate designed to fluorescently highlight nerves in real time during surgery
LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alume Biosciences, Inc, a leader in the field of nerve-targeted diagnostics and therapeutics, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 3 pivotal study of ALM-488 (NCT05377554). ALM-488 is a peptide-dye conjugate designed to highlight nerves with fluorescence in real time during surgery.
"The successful initiation of this Phase 3 pivotal study is another major milestone for Alume. It marks the final phase of clinical trial testing for ALM-488 for patients undergoing Head and Neck Surgery" said Brett Berman, MD, chief medical officer at Alume Biosciences. "This study underscores our commitment to improve intraoperative visualization of nerves, enabling Precision Surgery™".
Alume successfully completed Phase 1/2 studies of ALM-488 in patients undergoing Head and Neck Surgery in 2021. The Phase 3 studies are being conducted at multiple academic medical centers throughout the US, and they are projected to be completed in 2023. "We look forward to exploring the power of ALM-488 as an intraoperative tool to identify nerves and potentially improve outcomes for our patients," said Karthik Rajasekaran MD, principal investigator at University of Pennsylvania.
About ALM-488
ALM-488 is a proprietary fluorescent peptide-dye conjugate in the visible spectrum and can be visualized with fluorescently enabled instrumentation including filter modified loupe systems, portable handheld systems, microscopes and laparoscopes. ALM-488 binds to the extracellular matrix of nerves, allowing real-time nerve illumination during surgery. ALM-488 is expected to have broad surgical application due to unique characteristics of binding that are independent of myelin. This allows ALM-488 to highlight multiple types of nerves including motor, sensory, and autonomic. Degenerated nerves, critically important during reconstructive procedures, are also highlighted with ALM-488. Surgeries where nerves are potentially at risk include procedures in the skull base, head and neck, spine, and nerve sparing prostatectomy. In vivo studies also indicate that ALM-488 has adequate pharmacokinetic characteristics to support clinical utility for the labelling of ureters in urology, gynecology and lower abdominal surgical indications.
About Alume Biosciences
Alume Biosciences is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company developing nerve specific targeting molecules. In addition to ALM-488, Alume is developing other nerve specific agents for diagnostic and therapeutic indications. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in the Johnson & Johnson Innovation incubator JLABS @ San Diego. Learn more about Alume Biosciences at https://alumebiosciences.com
Media contact: Yana.Campen@alumebiosciences.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: AMPE) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Ampio common stock between December 29, 2020 and August 3, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 17, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) defendants had inflated the Company's true ability to successfully file a Biologics License Application ("BLA") for Ampion; (ii) defendants had inflated the results of the AP-013 study and the timing of unblinding the data from the AP-013 study; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Ampio you have until October 17, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Ampio securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the AMPE lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/ampio-pharmaceuticals-class-action-submission-form?id=31051&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 6, 2022
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Amazon.com, Inc. NEWS - AMZN NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Amazon.com, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Amazon you have until September 6, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Amazon securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the AMZN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form-2?id=31038&from=4.
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J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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BEIJING, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beijing Hotel NUO recently unveiled its newly renovated Elite Room Collection – a fusion of neo-Chinese style and royal aesthetics. The collection is inspired by the NUO brand concept "Chinese, Luxury, Contemporary and Green".
The hotel is located in the heart of Beijing, next to the Forbidden City. Established in 1917, the property quickly became known as "The Most Luxurious Hotel in the Orient", and served as a gathering hub for the high society of the early 20th century.
105 years hence, Beijing Hotel NUO is opening a new chapter, reinventing the neo-Chinese style. With a strong focus on three major hospitality segments – business hotels, heritage hotels and resort hotels, the debut of Elite Room Collection further demonstrates the charm of the NUO heritage hotels.
The NUO brand empowers culture as the Elite Room Collection goes live
Beijing Hotel NUO is centrally located in Beijing, just a few steps from Tiananmen Square, the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the world-renowned Wangfujing Shopping District. The hotel and its surroundings exemplify the intersection of the classical and the modern.
The Chinese name of the Elite Room Collection, "Ya Song", is inspired by the feng ("ballad"), ya ("odes") and song ("hymns") that make up the Shi Jing (Classic of Poetry). It embodies NUO's quintessential features, blending traditional Chinese elements with modern art.
The Elite Room Collection is located in the building that was built in 1954 and designed by renowned architect Dai Nianci. The design incorporates elements typical of Chinese palaces. Paying homage to the neighbouring Forbidden City, the roof features a double-eave design adorned by small pavilions in each of the four corners. The collection includes four room types, ranging from 45 to 100 square metres. The interior of the guestrooms deploys classic decors such as Chinese traditional rosette and cloud patterns and Taihu stones.
NUO's five senses experience creates an immersive Chinese aesthetic space
Deeply rooted in Chinese culture, the NUO brand lets guests enjoy consistent Chinese hospitality. Through the five senses - sight, sound, smell, taste and touch, guests can immerse themselves in the NUO vibe during their stay.
Visually, the blending of traditional and modern Chinese elements creates an atmosphere of storytelling and cultural ingenuity. As for sound, guests can bathe in the exclusive music of NUO. A sumptuous taste experience awaits the guests as they sample a variety of delicacies. For the sense of smell, the unique NUO aroma is a subtle blend of European fragrances and Chinese aroma elements.
A portrayal of an authentic Chinese style
Once the trendsetter of China during the early 20th century, Beijing Hotel NUO is now bringing back the authentic high-end Chinese lifestyle. Besides the new rooms, guests also have the opportunity to enjoy the famous Tanjia Cuisine, with over 100 years of history, and access to the VIP terrace, which overlooks the heart of Beijing and the Forbidden City along the famous Chang'an Avenue.
Guests are also entitled to benefits that include a 24-hour personal butler service. The Hongqi H7 limousine service is also a highlight, meeting the travel needs of the hotel's VIPs. The iconic Made-in-China Hongqi car is the designated high-end car brand for receiving domestic and foreign dignitaries.
For more information, please visit Beijing Hotel NUO or GHA Discovery.
About Beijing Hotel NUO:
Commanding a prestigious address on Chang'an Avenue, Beijing Hotel NUO (https://www.nuohotel.com/en/beijing/hotel-changan/) is one of China's most historic luxury accommodations, standing proud in the heart of Beijing through a century of boundless change. From the grand French facade to its broad marble staircase, polished 1920s dance floor and rooms and suites of various styles, Beijing Hotel NUO is a unique treat for guests with a passion for classic beauty. Established in 1917, the hotel was once known as 'The Most Luxurious Hotel in the Orient' and the social hub for high society.
About NUO:
Entirely owned by Beijing Tourism Group (BTG), the name NUO, which is rooted from Latin with the implication of new and innovation, derives its name from the Chinese characters "诺金" (Nuo Jin), meaning "the golden promise", showing the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.
Inspired by China's rich heritage, NUO Hotels' core philosophies, as fully exemplified in the group's properties, are encapsulated by four key brand pillars – Chinese, Luxury, Contemporary and Green – and three themes of incorporating Local Culture, China Hospitality and Low-Carbon Intelligence. Combining local culture is the soul of NUO. Each new location will give NUO new inspiration to express the Chinese culture of a specific era or region with a new perspective.
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- Agreement positions BKV to evaluate and maximize carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects more efficiently
- Investment in CCUS evaluation aligns with BKV's goal to reach net-zero emissions across Scope 1 and 2 by 2025
DENVER, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BKV Corporation ("BKV" or "the Company") today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Verde Co2 CCS, LLC ("Verde") for carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) project identification and evaluation to expand its CCUS and greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts.
Chris Kalnin, Chief Executive Officer of BKV, said, "Leveraging Verde's CCUS expertise is expected to help achieve our goal of being a leader in the safe production of low impact, sustainable energy. We are excited to work with them to move CCUS projects forward and make a meaningful impact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions."
"Our team's expertise in the capture, transport, geology, reservoir, and sequestration value chains is setting the industry standard, and we are excited to collaborate with BKV moving forward," said Charles Fridge, Chairman and CEO of Verde. "This agreement will further our shared goals of advancing environmental stewardship and achieving net-zero carbon reduction technology across the energy value chain."
BKV is committed to equipping its dedicated CCUS business line, BKV dCarbon Ventures, with the resources needed to evaluate CCUS projects more efficiently and build a pipeline of feasible projects going forward. BKV dCarbon Ventures has a strategic focus on permanent sequestration of point-source emissions.
BKV's primary criteria for CCUS project evaluation fall under three main categories--regulatory, social, and environmental. "We believe that when these three pillars intersect, we can make CCUS both feasible and profitable," said Lauren Read, Vice President of BKV dCarbon Ventures at BKV. "We are passionate that CCUS can help reduce global emissions that impact climate change, and by enlisting Verde, we are on a path to demonstrate that low-impact, sustainable energy can be achieved."
BKV's initial CCUS project, in partnership with EnLink Midstream, is expected to come online by the second half of 2023.
Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, BKV Corporation (BKV) is a privately held, forward-thinking, growth-driven, vertically integrated energy company that seeks to deliver low-impact, sustainable energy to the community. BKV's core business is to produce natural gas from its owned and operated upstream businesses. Founded in 2015, BKV has approximately 400 employees across the U.S. that are committed to building a different kind of energy company. BKV is one of the top 20 gas-weighted natural gas producers in the United States and the largest natural gas producer in the Barnett Shale. BKV Corporation is the parent company for the BKV family of companies. For more information, visit www.bkvcorp.com.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Verde is an independent carbon capture and sequestration ("CCS") developer-operator in the U.S. By leveraging its core reservoir competencies and project management processes, Verde has constructed a large, diverse and advanced portfolio of CCS projects in the United States. For more information, visit www.verdeco2.com.
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BEIJING, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM) ("Cheetah Mobile" or the "Company"), a leading Internet company, today announced that it will change the ratio of its American Depositary Share ("ADS") to Class A ordinary share ("Share") from one (1) ADS representing ten (10) Shares to one (1) ADS representing fifty (50) Shares, effective September 2, 2022 (the "ADS Ratio Change").
For Cheetah Mobile's ADS holders, the change in the ADS ratio will have the same effect as a one-for-five reverse ADS split. Effective September 2, 2022, ADS holders of Cheetah Mobile will be required on a mandatory basis to surrender their old ADS to the depositary bank for cancellation at the rate of five (5) old ADSs for one (1) new ADS. Holders in the Direct Registration System and in the Depository Trust Company will have their ADSs automatically exchanged and need not take any actions. Only whole ADSs will be distributed. The depositary bank will attempt to sell any fractional ADSs and distribute the cash proceeds. The ADS Ratio Change will have no impact on Cheetah Mobile's underlying ordinary shares.
About Cheetah Mobile Inc.
Cheetah Mobile is a leading internet company. It has attracted hundreds of millions of monthly active users through an array of internet products such as Clean Master, Security Master and several casual games. The Company provides advertising services to advertisers worldwide as well as value-added services including the sale of premium membership and in-app virtual items to its users. Cheetah Mobile is also committed to leveraging its cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to power its products and make the world smarter. It has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since May 2014.
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PRAGUE, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Silk & Silk Road Exhibition kicked off in Prague on August 19, 2022. The event was co-hosted by the Chinese embassy in Prague and the China National Silk Museum (CNSM), which coincides with the hosting of the 26th ICOM (International Council of Museums) General Conference held in Prague this year. ICOM, the only global museum association in the world, is made up from more than 49,000 members representing 142 countries and territories.
At the invitation of the organizers, several guests from the ICOM attended the opening ceremony, including ICOM Asia-Pacific Committee chairman Kidong Bae, ICOM-International Committee for Museums of Ethnography chairman Ralf Čeplak Mencin, ICOM-International Committee for Architecture and Museum Techniques chairman Nana Meparishvili, ICOM Mongolia chairman Bumaa Dashdendendev, ICOM South Africa chairman Catherine Snel, ICOM-Venezuela secretary general Lic. Nathiam Vega and ICOM India member. Small but exquisite, they highly appreciate the form of the exhibition, which represents an excellent example for small size exhibition in the museum community.
CNSM, the world's largest silk museum, exhibits a rich and exquisite collection of silk objects at the exhibition with only three boxes from China. Divided into three sections, Silk Technology, Silk Art and the Silk Road, the event provides a detailed introduction to the origin of silk in China, the production process of the material, silk patterns and various derivatives, in addition to showing how silk became a commodity highly valued and sought after the world over following the formation of the Silk Road. Over 30 exhibits and a large number of images relating to silk will be on display, giving Czech visitors an opportunity to understand the origin of the prized material, appreciate the beauty of the natural protein fiber and experience China's Jiangnan culture.
"China and the Czech Republic have established friendly relations in terms of cultural exchanges, and this is my fourth visit to Prague," said CNSM honorary director Zhao Feng, when delivering a speech at the ceremony. The Silk and Silk Road exhibition highlights China's long and rich silk culture as well as the significant role that silk played in the cultural exchanges between China and other countries and regions worldwide, alongside the achievements and progress made in recent years by CNSM and the wider Chinese museum community in archaeological research, conservation of cultural artifacts, inheritance of traditional culture, and collaborations with international museums.
The Silk and Silk Road Exhibition, open at no charge to the public, will continue until August 26, 2022.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE: CODX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased the publicly traded securities of Co-Dx during the period of May 12, 2022 through the close of the market on August 11, 2022 (4:00 p.m. ET).
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 17, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in CODX:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Co-Diagnostics, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) demand for the Company's Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test had plummeted throughout the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and (ii) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the demand for its Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Co-Dx you have until October 17, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Co-Dx securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CODX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/co-dx-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31050&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: May 6, 2020 to June 24, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 3, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Carvana Co. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, Defendants' statements about Carvana's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Carvana you have until October 3, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Carvana securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CVNA lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/carvana-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?id=31046&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
J. Klein, Esq.
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New York, NY 10118
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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, cybersecurity firm Ascent Solutions celebrated the grand opening of another campus in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California. The new location at 1902 Wright Place adds a West Coast presence to the firm's headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota and its center for cyber excellence in Coppell, Texas.
"Our mission to save the world from cybercrime starts in America," JD Harris, CEO, said. "We're strategically expanding our business in the Federal space, our center for cybersecurity excellence in Texas, and our presence on the West Coast in San Diego. I had the privilege of speaking at our Carlsbad ribbon-cutting ceremony and visiting the completed space. Our investment in California is part of a definitive goal to expand across the U.S. and internationally. We will become the world's top cybersecurity provider."
Josh Decker, Ascent's Senior Director of Cybersecurity Services and head of the Carlsbad office, said, "We're committed to spreading our cyber expertise across the country. This office is already poised for further expansion, providing space for our consultants to collaborate and an even higher rate of client interaction. Our West Coast team is thrilled to continue to drive Ascent's expansion."
Choosing San Diego County continues to channel investment toward Ascent's geographic expansion. This is the firm's third strategic addition in 2022, building on a revolutionary cyber facility in Coppell, Texas and the creation of a Federal cybersecurity venture. The third office location allows for closer partnership with technology and security organizations and benefits Ascent through proximity to college campuses with cybersecurity programs like the University of San Diego, Palomar College, and other recognized schools with grads looking for cybersecurity positions.
Ascent plans to continue its high-growth trajectory, providing the best service to customers and key Microsoft partners and heavily influencing the West Coast tech scene.
Ascent is the partner to solve the most challenging cybersecurity problems. The firm is built to evolve cybersecurity posture, modernize Microsoft solutions, and manage entire security ecosystems. With constantly advancing capabilities, including incident response and CMMC, Ascent provides organizations with the consulting excellence and operational expertise needed to build a safer tomorrow. For more information visit www.meetascent.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Enochian BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOB) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: January 17, 2018 to June 27, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 26, 2022
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Enochian BioSciences, Inc. NEWS - ENOB NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Enochian BioSciences, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's co-founder and inventor Serhat Gumrukcu was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to the Company lacked a reasonable basis; (5) as a result of the foregoing, the Company had overstated its commercial prospects; (6) Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Enochian you have until September 26, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Enochian securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the ENOB lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/enochian-biosciences-inc-loss-submission-form?id=31044&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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HABO, Sweden, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
The second quarter:
- Order intake was MSEK 2,183 (2,123), an increase of +2.8% adjusted to -1.3% for currency effects of MSEK +88
- Net sales were MSEK 2,045 (1,846), an increase of +10.8% adjusted to +6.5% for currency effects of MSEK +78
- Operating profit was MSEK 186.5 (208.2), a decrease of -10.4% with an operating margin of 9.1 (11.3)%
- Earnings after tax were MSEK 131.1 (137.7)
- Earnings per share were SEK 0.74 (0.78)
- Cash flow from operating activities was MSEK 20.3 (200.3)
Comment from CEO Bodil Sonesson:
The second quarter order intake was at a high level as market conditions remained favorable and despite the external conditions net sales showed robust growth and the Group delivered another set of solid results.
An investor webcast following the Quarter 2 Report 2022 will be held on 23 August 2022 at 15:30 CET.
A link to the webcast and a management presentation will be available on https://www.fagerhultgroup.com/investors.
This disclosure contains information that Fagerhult is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014) and the Swedish Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 23-08-2022 11:20 CET.
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The legal case management software company earns its industry-leading 28th patent.
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GrowPath continues to prove its commitment to helping law firms maximize their revenue. The legal tech company followed up last month's announcement of its new lead scoring tool patent by announcing another patented legal case management feature for its userbase. GrowPath's 28th patent further enhances a user's ability to overlay client intake data with media buy data to determine the ROI for each marketing channel. GrowPath is investing heavily in R&D to enable firms to have full transparency around their marketing initiatives and make data-based decisions.
GrowPath CEO Neal Goffman says firms must be able to accurately assess their marketing spend. "Law firms, like everyone else, need to be able to tell if their advertising dollars are working optimally for their business. GrowPath clearly shows a firm how effective its TV media buy is for example, based on its cost and the resulting volume of intakes. This type of efficient spending helps firms improve their bottom line."
GrowPath's value to law firms goes well beyond marketing analytics. The feature-rich case management solution provides plaintiffs' firms with tools that enhance case movement and improve overall firm efficiency. And the market is increasingly taking note. GrowPath is has been dominating the case management software by achieving record growth so far in 2022, with plans to continue expanding for the remainder of the year.
GrowPath is cutting-edge legal case management software delivering industry-leading solutions for personal injury law firms. By partnering with GrowPath, in addition to the benefits of using a market-leading platform, firms get access to some of the best and most creative minds in the industry. From the individuals leading our company to those working closely every day with our clients, we have years of real-world expertise building successful plaintiffs' firms. GrowPath is empowering firms to boost revenue by improving the efficiency of the services they deliver. To learn more, visit: https://growpath.com/demo.
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Market barriers include regulatory and policy barriers, risks associated with PPA contracts, and a complex process
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes annual corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) deals in terms of power capacity (MW) and project deployment spending. The report focuses on the key market trends in five world regions—North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa—and identifies the top 5 markets across those world regions.
Falling renewable energy (RE) technology costs, increasing consumer tariffs, and stringent climate goals have led to the emergence of the power purchase agreement (PPA) market. In the energy transition, the decentralization of power systems and unbundling of power system services have enabled new revenue streams for energy asset owners, particularly for those with higher RE technologies in their portfolios. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, with its head start in the CPPA market, North America currently leads the global market with an estimated capacity of 18,888.9 MW, which is expected to jump to 72,567.9 MW in 2031 at a CAGR of 16.1%.
"The PPA concept developed when private and public institutions began bypassing the utility companies to purchase energy directly from independent power producers," says Rohith Unni, research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "Private organizations have become proactive in reducing their carbon footprints without compromising their business operations. As a result, the role of RE in a company's energy strategy has been raised from a technical exercise to a strategic and commercial priority."
As private companies' primary motivations begin encompassing better economics with long-term price visibility, sustainability through emission reduction, and climate leadership, they have increased their renewable electricity procurement. Although corporations see the corporate power purchase agreement as a strong alternative for RE procurement, the complex process and non-standardized structure leave them dependent on external sources to understand the risks and rewards involved, according to the report.
The report, Market Data: State of the World's Top Five Power Purchase Agreements Markets, provides global analyses for annual CPPA deals in terms of power capacity (MW) and project deployment spending ($ millions). These outlooks are segmented by region, by technologies, and by the top five markets. All analyses cover the 10-year period from 2022-2031. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
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LONDON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A competitive assessment on device management for the massive IoT by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research provides an unbiased examination and ranking of nine IoT device management platform vendors. The in-depth study assesses, compares, and ranks the platform vendors across thirty different action items for their device management services in ten categories: communication protocol breadth, group policies, diagnostics and business rules, remote configurability, device agents, ease of device onboarding, secure onboarding/off-boarding capabilities, interoperability, partnership/collaboration, and ability to offer commercial flexibility. Ranking criteria are split between innovation and implementation, with the global spread and adoption of LwM2M (Lightweight Machine-to-Machine) expected to continue as the next-gen LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) connectivity technologies, like NB-IoT and LTE-M, rollout accelerates. The companies evaluated and ranked are:
Market leaders: Huawei and Nokia
Mainstream: AVSystem, Verizon, IoTerop, Deutsche Telekom, and Pelion
Followers: EdgeIQ and 1nce
Massive IoT device management leaders such as Huawei and Nokia seek to differentiate their offerings by providing advanced capabilities in key areas. "Beyond scalable deployments, these disruptive platform vendors are adding value by bundling their device management services with data storage, connectivity management, and application enablement. In addition, the leaders are also delivering device management services with greater granularity and superior visibility by offering a unified platform, providing metrics and alerts for the physical device and the network connectivity," says Abdullah Haider, IoT Network and Services Research Analyst at ABI Research. Device management vendors also seek to differentiate by introducing external partners to complement their offerings. "Beyond sophisticated device management toolsets, leaders provide a breadth of compatible hardware and boast in-depth strategic partnerships for sales and product support channels."
However, ongoing commoditization threatens the leaders' competitive advantage in device management as followers seek to catch up to leaders. "LwM2M is likely to continue creating a standardized suite of services with which vendors are increasingly compliant, especially at the application layer," Haider explains. Nevertheless, leaders may still retain advantages due to ongoing frictions in compatibility, "Module and gateway OEMs have not universally accepted the LwM2M standard into their devices. So, delivering effective device management services still requires suppliers of these services to provide a catalog of hardware which supports their solution for out-of-the-box operations, at least in the foreseeable future," Haider concludes.
Also, solely adopting LwM2M does not address every challenge facing a device management customer. "Other challenges include providing a unified dashboard for different hardware types or personnel in different departments. As a result, leading vendor services include developing custom objects beyond the baseline LwM2M application standard, which often offers additional value through remote configuration at a more granular level," Haider concluded.
These findings are from ABI Research's Device Management for Massive IoT competitive ranking report. This report is part of the company's IoT Network & Services research service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights. Based on extensive primary interviews, Competitive Ranking reports offer comprehensive analysis of implementation strategies and innovation, coupled with market share analysis, to offer unparalleled insight into a company's performance and standing in comparison to its competitors.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Kiromic you have until October 4, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Kiromic securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kuaishou Technology (HK:1024) (the "Company" or "Kuaishou"), a leading content community and social platform, today announced its unaudited consolidated results for the three months ("Second Quarter") and six months ("Interim") ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Key Financial and Operating Highlights
- Average DAUs on Kuaishou App were 347.3 million, representing an increase of 18.5% from 293.2 million for the same period of 2021.
- Average MAUs on Kuaishou App were 586.7 million, representing an increase of 15.9% from 506.2 million for the same period of 2021.
- Average daily time spent per DAU on Kuaishou App was 125.2 minutes, representing an increase of 17.1% from 106.9 minutes for the same period of 2021.
- Total GMV of e-commerce transactions facilitated on our platform(1) was RMB191.2 billion, representing an increase of 31.5% from RMB145.4 billion for the same period of 2021.
- Total revenue increased by 13.4% to RMB21.7 billion from RMB19.1 billion for the same period of 2021. Amongst total revenues, online marketing services increased by 10.5% year over year to RMB11.0 billion and Live Streaming increased by 19.1% year over year to RMB8.6 billion, while other services increased by 7.1% year over year to RMB2.1 billion. As a percentage of total revenue, online marketing services and live steaming contributed 50.7% and 39.5%, respectively. The remaining 9.8% came from other services.
- Gross profit increased by 16.5% to RMB 9.8 billion from RMB 8.4 billion for the same period in 2021. Gross margin in the second quarter of 2022 was 45.0%, improving from 41.7% and 43.8% in the first quarter and second quarter of 2021 respectively.
- Operating profit from the domestic segment(2) was RMB93.6 million, compared to an operating loss of RMB1.0 billion for the same period of 2021.
Mr. Cheng Yixiao, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kuaishou said, "In the second quarter of 2022, we achieved breakthrough progress despite the challenging macro environment. Our revenue continued its solid growth momentum and our domestic business realized profitability at the operating level ahead of our expected schedule, strongly demonstrating the health and sustainability of our business model. Both our DAUs and traffic delivered record high in the second quarter, boosting the continuous improvement of our user stickiness and the community's vibrancy. In addition to the monetization enhancement and efficiency improvement, we stay truth to our commitment to creating value for our users and the wider society while empowering more industries through video and our technology-driven service capabilities. As we look ahead, we will continue to deepen and expand our trust-based ecosystem, further unlocking the vast potential of our public and private domain traffic. Furthermore, we are dedicated to creating more value for users, content creators, partners and shareholders and driving the company's sustainable development."
Notes:
(1): Placed on or directed to our partners through our platform
(2): Unallocated items, which consist of share-based compensation expenses, other income, and other gains/(losses), net, are not included.
BUSINESS REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
Business Review
The second quarter of 2022 was marked by a breakthrough performance for Kuaishou. Most notably, we achieved a significant profitability milestone in our domestic business with robust growth in our revenue streams. Our efforts to improve operating efficiency continued to prove effective, despite the challenging macro environment.
Our domestic business delivered operating profit by segment in the second quarter of 2022, ahead of our expected timeline and it represented an important progress we made in profitability by segment since we began significantly scaling up user growth investments. This demonstrates the resilience and sustainability of our business model and the fruitful reward of our strategic initiatives to streamline cost structure and enhance operating efficiency. The profitability of our domestic business brought our adjusted EBITDA back to positive territory for the second quarter of 2022, also the first time since the fourth quarter of 2020. In the second quarter of 2022, our adjusted net loss margin reached single digit status at 6.0%, having substantially narrowed by 20.2 percentage points year-over-year and 11.7 percentage points quarter-over-quarter.
Even with much more disciplined cost control, our user base and traffic sustained strong growth momentum in the second quarter of 2022, and once again reached record highs. Our total traffic continued to grow at a strong pace, increasing by 38.7% year-over-year on Kuaishou App in the second quarter of 2022.
Ecosystem
In the second quarter of 2022, we continued to improve our user acquisition and retention efficiency, deepen the trust-based ecosystem and build our characteristic content verticals. These efforts successfully drove average DAUs on Kuaishou App to a record 347.3 million, up 18.5% year-over-year. The ratio of average DAUs to average MAUs on Kuaishou App also hit a record high, expanding to 59.2% in the second quarter of 2022, reflecting our ability to grow user engagement and increase the vibrancy of our user base at scale.
In terms of user acquisition and retention, first, we improved our user acquisition efficiency by strategically expanding our efficient user acquisition channels while upgrading our operation capabilities for user conversion. Second, we continued to refine our user retention model, aiming to optimize both the retention rate and the maintenance cost per DAU. We also iterated and adjusted our traffic allocation algorithms, so as to leverage our traffic to support our content creators while optimizing user experience more effectively. These consistent measures help increase user time spent on Kuaishou App and improve our users' long-term retention rate. The average daily time spent per DAU on Kuaishou App reached 125.2 minutes in the second quarter of 2022, up 17.1% year-over-year.
Giving rise to stronger network effects and fostering a trust-based ecosystem, social attributes and interactions have always been a paramount focus and one of the most efficient user growth strategies for us. As we aim to cultivate a social environment that "embraces all lifestyles," and growing bonds among users, pairs of mutual followers on Kuaishou App grew by 65.9% year-over-year, reaching more than 20 billion, cumulatively, by the end of June 2022.
We continued to bring more varieties to our users and enhance the quality of content verticals while strengthening our operation capabilities. Leveraging our sharp insights in market trends and user preferences, we continuously rolled out potential blockbuster content of short plays. Our Kwai Playlet Astral (快手星芒短劇), which provides all-around assistance for outstanding short play creators, continued to produce various genres and themes of blockbusters such as "Love Bravely" and "Tale of an Ancient Snake" to further enrich the content supply and consumption ecosystem on our platform, contributing to our organic user growth and increasing user stickiness. In-depth operation of blockbuster content also contributed positively to user acquisition and the vigor of our ecosystem. Our recent live streaming debut of famous artists such as Jackie Chan and Jay Chou sparked viral interactions online, adding another source of blockbuster content on our platform.
Online marketing services
Amidst the challenging macro environment, we expanded our online marketing services business by leveraging our strong traffic growth, robust development of closed-loop ecosystem, continuous technology iterations and improved quality of services. Our total revenue from online marketing services in the second quarter of 2022 was RMB11.0 billion, representing a 10.5% year-over-year increase, further gaining market share in the online marketing sector.
We continued to extend our advertiser coverage through a wide range of channels and provided them with differentiated supporting policies. In the second quarter of 2022, the number of advertisers on our platform increased by over 90% year-over-year. Advertiser retention rates were also boosted during the period driven by our consistent improvements in our services, products capabilities and ads performances.
The online marketing services provided to our e-commerce merchants demonstrated healthy expansion trends and strong resilience along with the signs of e-commerce recovery after the slowdown in the recent pandemic outbreak, significantly contributing to the growth of our online marketing services in the second quarter of 2022. In addition to traditional live streaming e-commerce advertisements, we further unlocked the commercial value of our combined public and private domain traffic through short video e-commerce advertisements integrated with our closed-loop transaction system, which further improved the matching efficiency and brought incremental advertising business from merchants on our platform.
We also continued to win more brand advertisers by enabling them to establish meaningful connections with consumers. The growth of our brand advertising in the second quarter of 2022 outpaced that of our overall online marketing services driven by our growing ad spaces, customized solutions that address diverse marketing needs, and our ability to combine brand advertising with performance advertising.
Live streaming
In the second quarter of 2022, revenue from live streaming reached RMB8.6 billion, increasing by 19.1% year-over-year, and average MPUs for live streaming increased by 21.8% year-over-year to 54.2 million on Kuaishou App. The revenue and paying user growth were primarily due to our improved live streaming content quality and enhanced efficiency in matching user and content, as well as the flourishing user base and the powerful traffic expansion on our platform.
On the supply side, we continually empowered our existing streamers and added new streamers by bolstering our collaboration with talent agencies. As a result, the quality of our live streaming content has significantly improved, along with our content operation capabilities.
At the same time, we launched more innovative interactive features and contextualized content consumption scenarios to invigorate consumption and demand. With algorithm iterations, we improved the timeliness and accuracy of content matching and recommendation. The combination of these initiatives supported growth of our monthly paying ratio for live streaming year-over-year in the second quarter of 2022.
Kwai Recruitment (快招工) is a prime example of the extension of use case in our live streaming ecosystem. Leveraging the advantages of our platform traffic and conversion efficiency, we facilitated the expansion of recruitment channels for many enterprises, improving industry-wide hiring efficiency while fulfilling the previously unmet user needs. In the second quarter, monthly active users of Kwai Recruitment on Kuaishou App reached 250 million, increasing by 90% compared with first quarter of 2022.
Other services including e-commerce
In the second quarter of 2022, our total e-commerce GMV increased by 31.5% year-over-year to reach RMB191.2 billion, driven by our continuous construction of the vibrant ecommerce ecosystem. On the supply side, in addition to non-standard products such as apparel and cosmetics in which live streaming e-commerce holds a significant advantage in display and sales conversion, food and beverage, home appliance and digital products also continued to grow in product breadth and depth on our platform, primarily driven by strong active merchant growth. This further enriched users' purchase choices and fostered their mindsets to shop through our live-streaming e-commerce platform.
At the same time, we continued exploring users' interests and needs, upgrading e-commerce content and optimizing algorithms to improve matching efficiency, which in turn boosted the e-commerce penetration and conversion on our platform. Our monthly active e-commerce paying users continued to increase in the second quarter of 2022. Kwai Partners (快手服務商), which provides comprehensive and targeted services for merchants, empowered merchants to improve their operations and boost their growth in our e-commerce ecosystem, especially those in the start-up phase. In the second quarter of 2022, over 2,000 merchants achieved a quantum leap in e-commerce GMV, empowered by Kwai Partners.
Our flourishing e-commerce ecosystem and the rapid growth of our GMV is underpinned by our unique trust-based e-commerce model. To foster more trustworthy e-commerce experience, we launched the Repeat Customer Recommendation Index (回頭客推薦指數) and Repeat Customer Word of Mouth (回頭客說) so that our users can quantitatively and qualitatively assess merchants' operations through customer feedback and word of mouth. By doing so, we enable an easier decision-making process for consumers while guiding merchants to improve the quality of their goods and services. Our efforts and measures in building the trust on Kuaishou platform contributed to repeat purchase rate expansion year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter in the second quarter of 2022.
In terms of brand e-commerce, both well-known brands and Kwai Brands (快品牌), continued to grow and flourish in our e-commerce ecosystem. Kwai Brands achieved particularly rapid development as we connected them with a massive base of target users, and empowered them with an effective environment to nourish their brand images, optimize users' value-experience ratio, and scale and strengthen their private domains. In the second quarter of 2022, the number of monthly active Kwai Brands merchants doubled quarter-over-quarter and the number of monthly active brand merchants increased by over two times year-over-year, significantly contributing to higher GMV growth of our brand e-commerce relative to our overall e-commerce GMV growth in the second quarter of 2022.
Overseas
In the overseas markets, we continued to focus on strategically building up our unique ecosystem and exploring monetization in the key markets.
Our high-quality user growth in the overseas market is the best testament of our differentiated product strategy, in particular our content strategy. Along with our continuous advancements in algorithms and products, we optimized user experience, leading to an improved user retention and higher user engagement. By the end of June 2022, our average daily time spent per DAU in the overseas markets reached a new record of over 60 minutes.
On the monetization side, we delivered positive results in the construction of our overseas live streaming ecosystem by working with more talent agencies, and further strengthened our advertising service capabilities to attract more advertisers. As we move forward with our ROI-based global strategy, we are committed to driving high-quality user growth and strengthening monetization while simultaneously building the path to profitability in the overseas markets. In the second quarter of 2022, our revenue in the overseas market achieved RMB103.4 million, more than doubled quarter-over-quarter. Operating loss in the overseas market narrowed significantly to RMB1,606.1 million in the second quarter of 2022, from RMB4,368.2 million in the second quarter of 2021, and further narrowed from the first quarter of 2022.
Business Outlook
As we look to the second half of 2022, we will continue to strengthen our dynamic, trust-based ecosystem to provide an efficient and convenient digital platform for more users and industry participants. We believe there is significant potential yet to be unlocked in our integrated private and public domains through ongoing optimizations in our operating capabilities, algorithms and the depth and breadth of our monetization avenues. At the same time, we will continue to drive efficiencies through technology iteration and disciplined cost control throughout our organization in the second half of 2022.
Going forward, underpinned by our compelling differentiated content, thriving ecosystem and effective operating strategies, we are confident in capturing new growth opportunities that will further propel our sustainable development, promote industry prosperity and be a force for the betterment of society.
About Kuaishou
Kuaishou is a leading content community and social platform with its mission to be the most customer-obsessed company in the world. Kuaishou has relentlessly been focusing on serving its customers and creating value for them through the continual innovation and optimization of its products and services. At Kuaishou, any user can chronicle and share their life experiences through short videos and live streams and showcase their talents. Working closely with content creators and businesses together, Kuaishou provides product and service offerings that address various user needs that arise naturally, including entertainment, online marketing services, e-commerce, online games, online knowledge-sharing, and more.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFST) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of LifeStance common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with LifeStance's June 10, 2021 initial public stock offering.
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that LifeStance Health Group, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) 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; (ii) 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; (iii) 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 initial public offering'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 (iv) as a result, LifeStance Health's business metrics and financial prospects were not as strong as the initial public offering's registration statement represented.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in LifeStance you have until October 11, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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Long before the pandemic forced many office workers to depend on their home internet, Jared Mauch had been working from home for about two decades.
When he moved to Scio Township in 2002, an area in rural Michigan not far from Ann Arbor, his employer set him up with a great home internet connection — many of his neighbors at the time were still stuck with sluggish dial-up.
After a while, though, his bandwidth couldn't keep up with his tech job and his growing family.
But when he started shopping around, he wasn't happy with his options. The internet speeds from AT&T were painfully slow. Comcast wanted to charge him an up-front fee of $50,000 to expand service to his home. He opted for a third route.
Rather than shell out that kind of money only to depend on the whims of an internet service provider, the 46-year-old decided to create his own fiber ISP.
"I had every reason to believe that I would be able to execute and perform a lot of these pieces of it, and most likely be more able to bring the service to the community than, you know, a large company," he told NPR. "I saw it as an excellent opportunity both to expand service and something I'm passionate about."
He created the company in 2017 and secured permits in 2019 to start construction the following year. In August of 2020, he was officially in business. Just in time for his kids to start virtual school during the pandemic.
"It was great," he recalled. "I had a home fiber that I controlled, and the ability to kind of control my own fate in the future."
Along the way, he also hooked up his neighbors to his high-speed fiber lines. His business has grown to service 71 customers with reliable internet.
With the help of contractors, he's already laid down 14 miles of cable across the county. Sometimes it takes half a mile of cable to hook up a single house in the rural area.
Now, Mauch is getting $2.6 million in federal funds to continue his work. Last year, a COVID-19 relief package allocated $15 million to Washtenaw County, where Mauch lives and where many residents lack internet service.
He was one of four ISPs awarded federal money to expand fiber internet service in the county.
With that money, Mauch plans to get 600 more homes connected. He told Ars Technica, which first reported on Mauch's ISP venture, that he plans to lay down another 38 miles of cable for the project.
The first step to wiring up the neighborhood: mapping out where service is missing
That's about a quarter of the work that needs to be done to get Washtenaw County to 100% reliable internet, says Chris Scharrer, the founder and CEO of DCS Technology Design, the telecommunications engineering firm contracted by the county to oversee its broadband gap-filling project.
Scharrer has taken inventory of broadband access in underserved areas as part of a countywide mapping project required to secure federal funding. He identified some 8,000 households in Washtenaw County that lacked reliable broadband in 2020.
About 2,800 of those homes that Scharrer identified were previously misreported as having service coverage. It's a known issue due to inaccurate FCC mapping throughout the country.
"I actually find a lot of gaps, where they think that they have service when they actually don't," he said. "We find that that error rate can be as high as 50% overstated in some areas where it's supposed to be served by a major ISP."
In reality, he said, cable companies stop down the road, where the connection might not reach past long driveways, for example, or it could be cost-prohibitive for the homeowner to pay installation fees.
"It takes people like us to go out that aren't restricted by anything and can go out and just visually map everything out, find out where it's at and put it on paper," he said.
Scharrer is hopeful that, by the end of 2024, the entire county will be served by high-speed broadband.
Fiber "mavericks" are helping close the broadband gap
The federal government has been pouring billions into fiber infrastructure in recent years, especially in unserved rural areas — where experts say that the major telecom companies such as Comcast and AT&T often aren't expanding because they don't see a return on investment. With many rural homes separated by acres of land, Scharrer said, "there's a fairly large cost-per-mile to build these systems and we just have to find ways to make it work."
About 42 million Americans lack broadband access, according to BroadbandNow. And the pandemic brought the critical need for broadband to the forefront, says Gary Bolton, CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association, a trade organization that advocates for the deployment of fiber networks in North and South America.
"Broadband means jobs, economic development. It's the ability for online schooling and remote health care, public safety," he said.
He says people like Mauch aren't waiting around for governments to get the money needed to get decent internet.
"We certainly see some people that I call mavericks that are taking measures in their own hands," Bolton said. "A lot of the private citizens, they've actually been able to do it without a whole lot of federal funding."
Now that government funds are starting to trickle in, Bolton said, there will be a lot more opportunities for smaller outfits and community co-ops to bridge the digital divide. Rural electric cooperatives, which operate as nonprofits and are owned by their members, are the largest and fastest growing segment in broadband.
But during this fiber gold rush, Bolton said the bar will be set high for which businesses will get the money to expand broadband services.
"We want to make sure that the funding goes to sustainable networks," Bolton said, and "that any provider that gets money has the wherewithal to be in it for the long term. We wouldn't want, you know, networks to be funded that are just going to be flipped by people just trying to make money."
Building your own ISP isn't easy
In a presentation he uploaded to YouTube, Mauch offers a how-to guide of sorts on how he built an ISP for his community. But he warns that not everyone is cut out to do it.
"This is totally something that people can do. But I have a really unique set of skills that I think would make it incredibly challenging for somebody else to do this without having two or three different people," he said.
Before starting on this DIY venture, Mauch was already familiar with the inner-workings of ISPs. By day, he's a network architect at Akamai Technologies, where he helps companies get content like video streaming to their customers faster.
Building an ISP that would allow him those same services in his own home was an ambitious side project — an expensive one at that.
In all, Mauch says he's spent about $300,000 out of his own pocket building his service. But he says that he's signed up enough customers at this point that he's breaking even.
"My goal wasn't necessarily to make a lot of money doing this — but be able to connect people that really needed it," he said.
At the national level, access is still the first challenge. The FBA's Bolton says the next hurdle is making good internet affordable across the U.S.
As for Mauch, he usually charges about $200 for installation, with monthly rates starting at $65, according to his company website. Although inflation has hiked up the cost of materials, he says he tries to keep his prices fair. For now, he seems to be keeping his neighbors happy.
"I have so far lost zero customers," he said.
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Described as more of a rebirth than a rebrand, Mignon Faget has evolved into a brand that is more than a provincial jewelry collection – and their new look signifies just that.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While Mignon Faget has been well established in New Orleans for over 50 years, the company has grown with the years that have passed. While the Mignon Faget Collector hasn't changed, they certainly have continued to expand in new markets. With this growth comes even more opportunity to evolve and grow their Collectors with more diversity among style, age, and gender. Today, the company announces it has completed a major rebranding. Hoping to engage with a new age of collectors looking for something a little off-script, Mignon Faget has left no stone unturned when deciding which direction to take their brand into.
It's well known that Mignon Faget designs are inspirations pulled straight from the architecture and nature around their historical city of New Orleans. The jewelry design house brings forward a unique sense of fun through their designs, creating pieces for anyone, anytime. The company's founder and namesake started the business by designing clothes and adorning them with sterling silver pins, quickly realizing that the customers were enamored with the adornments more than the clothing itself. Just as the jewelry became a beautiful conceptualization from the clothing line, the new rebranding was also formed over time through the luxury jewelry market and the evolution of their own Collector base. The new branding consists of a completely new look, from their logo and monogram to their brand colors.
While many businesses experience a logo update or color change in its lifetime, this is the first for Mignon Faget. Updating an over 50-year-old logo is a huge step into the future and the growth for the company. Chief Operating and Creative Officer for Mignon Faget, Maghan Orozsi, states, "In conceptualizing our new branding we looked to our founder. Our past and future are the vision of a fifth generation New Orleanian; a pioneer in female entrepreneurship, and through her design, a cultural ambassador of New Orleans. She forged a business that has prospered for over fifty years. As we plan for our next 50 years, we want to signal our growth and aspirations for the company. Our new logo honors our history and looks towards our future. As classic as it is modern, as approachable as it is sophisticated, just like Mignon Faget."
Again, taking inspiration from New Orleans, the new brand colors are inspired by the architecture, cuisine, and bayous surrounding the city. Transforming from the iconic burnt red color to the contemporary deep and luxurious jade, reflects the leaves of hundred-year-old oak trees as well as lavish labradorite gemstones. Supporting this strong primary tone are hues of "Haint Blue", taken from ceilings of Louisiana porches; "Creole Cream", from delectable and distinct Southern cooking; and, unable to completely break-up with tradition, keeping a touch of "Mignon Red" to highlight the past and where they came from. Because while an update feels necessary, Mignon Faget has no intention of changing how they serve their collectors and community. Proud to call New Orleans home and excited to launch alongside the city into the future, Mignon Faget is ready to bring their unique designs into the next chapter of its life.
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