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LOS ANGELES and RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BeBop Technology, creator of the BeBop OS, a powerful, reliable, and fast platform for remote virtual live production and post-production workflows, announced today a deployment with Grupo Globo, the largest mass media conglomerate in Latin America, to Google Cloud.
"Globo's transformation from traditional media conglomerate to a unified 'mediatech' company focused on its consumers is underway," said Marcelo Fontana, Technology Manager at Globo.
Globo provides local news, sports and entertainment to more than 50 million people daily from all across Brazil, from its main offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasília, Recife and Belo Horizonte. Together with other partners associated with the deployment, Globo will migrate approximately 60% of its visual effects workload to the BeBop OS virtual environment on Google Cloud.
"We're proud to partner with BeBop and support Globo as it digitally transforms its business and migrates significant portions of its editorial, visual effects, and post-production workflows to the cloud," said Kip Schauer, Global Head of Media and Entertainment Partnerships, Google Cloud.
The BeBop OS provides seamless access to secure GPU desktops and convenient collaboration features, including high-speed file transfer, real-time and on demand review and approval, secure shareable links to send or receive content or streams, powerful enterprise features like Single Sign On (SSO), and the ability to access shared high-performance storage or BeBop Flex storage, powered by LucidLink. All of these features available in a single platform and for a single price differentiates the BeBop OS within the marketplace.
"We're thrilled to be able to provide Globo with precisely the innovative, cohesive, and scalable solution they need to not only deliver on their business goals, but exceed them across nearly every metric," said David Benson, BeBop Technology President and Chief Product Officer. "The BeBop OS as the operating system on top of Google Cloud infrastructure delivers very specific and very significant value to the Media & Entertainment market."
The deployment of the BeBop OS on Google Cloud will enable hundreds of Globo editors and designers to be able to do their creative work virtually and remotely every day, no matter when or where they are. What's more, they'll be able to use the same software tools they use on premises, including Adobe Creative Cloud apps, Foundry's Nuke, Autodesk's Maya and 3ds Max, Maxon's Cinema 4D, and SideFX's Houdini.
The rollout is already underway with "É de Casa," a popular Saturday morning variety show that mixes entertainment, news, and culinary tips and airs on Globo TV Network. Over the course of the implementation, more than 40 Globo media channels, including free-to-air and pay TV, VOD, SVOD, PPV, OTT and streaming, will be completing their post-production virtually and remotely on the BeBop OS.
Los Angeles-based BeBop Technology has sat at the intersection of art and technology since its founding in 2015. It is the creator of the world's most powerful, agile, and reliable platform for remote virtual post-production, the BeBop OS. For more information visit www.beboptechnology.com or connect on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Latin America's largest media company, Globo, brings together free-to-air and pay TV channels, in addition to digital products and services. Its linear channels speak to more than 100 million people in Brazil every day. And, thanks to its wide network of partner affiliates that covers the entire country, it is able to be local, regional and national at the same time. In 2018 it started its digital transformation journey, becoming a mediatech company, strongly supported by technology and focused on direct relationships with consumers. It provides audiences a complete viewing experience, which combines the ability to produce high quality content with technological expertise, with distribution on various platforms, such as TV Globo, a free-to-air TV channel; its 26 pay TV channels; its SVOD and streaming platform Globoplay; and digital products: news G1; sports GE.globo; and entertainment Gshow, among others.
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Expansion will help meet the overwhelming demand for high-quality, affordable housing in Iowa
WEST BRANCH, Iowa, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Havenpark Communities, an operator and developer of manufactured home communities in Iowa and around the country, is expanding its West Branch Village community to meet the growing demand for high-quality and affordable housing. The development includes 66 sites for new, modern manufactured homes that will be delivered and ready for purchase or rental starting next month.
"We are so proud to be able to create new housing opportunities in West Branch Village, a tree-lined community where families can grow and thrive at a reasonable price point," said Havenpark Communities CEO and Co-Founder Robbie Pratt. "With this overheated housing market, we're providing an important solution by increasing the supply of houses where people will want to live and call home for years to come."
Havenpark is working with several different builders to manufacture the 66 new homes coming to West Branch Village, located just outside Iowa City. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom homes boast more than 1200 square feet of space and come with a variety of high-quality finishes and layouts starting at $75,000.
The expansion is part of Havenpark's commitment to improving the West Branch Village community for its current and future residents. Since purchasing the property in April 2019, the company has brought in more than 30 new homes and made capital improvements, including installing a new basketball court and playground, replacing sections of the road, tree trimming and removal, as well as increasing access to the popular Hoover Trail. Prior to the expansion, the community held 183 homes.
In Johnson County, where West Branch Village is located, home prices have been increasing 16.3 percent yearly, with a current average price of about $320,000. Havenpark is aiming to meet the needs for affordable homes in Iowa and around the country, where the company will bring more than 1,000 affordable housing units online across its community portfolio this year. Manufactured home communities across America have been approaching full capacity, creating the challenge of adequate home sites to accommodate the growing demand for affordable housing.
Today's manufactured homes are recognized for their outstanding features, design, and durability. "If you haven't walked a modern manufactured home lately, you're in for a pleasant surprise," said Havenpark Communities Chairman and Co-Founder J. Anthony Antonelli. "We strongly believe that manufactured homes play a big part in how we solve the affordable housing crisis in our country."
Havenpark intends to host an official ribbon-cutting opening in October to celebrate the expansion of West Branch Village.
Havenpark Communities is an operator and developer of manufactured home communities and makes caring communities attainable for responsible residents across America. Since 2017, Havenpark has sourced and installed over 4,000 new factory-built homes, providing quality, affordable living to over 10,000 Americans across the country. Earlier this year, Havenpark Communities announced it has committed to adding an additional 1,000 new affordable homes across the country, including in Iowa in the coming year. Havenpark Communities believes in respectful and professional management, well-maintained communities, and attainable homeownership. Havenpark Communities makes long-term investments in its communities, providing enduring value for current and future residents.
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BANGALORE, India and SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiver, a Gmail-based customer service platform, has launched its own knowledge base portal that helps companies build, host, and manage commonly asked customer queries in one centralized location. With Hiver's knowledge base, companies can offer more reliable and efficient self-service capabilities, which in turn positively impacts customer satisfaction.
In most organizations, the collective knowledge of employees about products, services, and processes is often scattered and siloed. A knowledge base helps centralize this knowledge, so that both employees and ultimately, customers can make the most of it.
Companies can make use of Hiver's knowledge base to build a repository of frequently asked questions with relevant answers. This is likely to reduce the volume of queries that support teams would have to manage, as customers would be able to look up answers to straightforward queries themselves. Companies can also build internal knowledge bases using Hiver, that can be useful in various scenarios – troubleshooting systems, onboarding new employees, understanding reimbursement policies, and more.
In addition to knowledge base, Hiver helps companies manage other critical support channels such as email and live chat. Through such multi-channel capabilities, support teams can manage and easily scale end-to-end customer communication under one platform, instead of investing in multiple tools.
Nitesh Nandy, Co-founder and CTO of Hiver, said, "The benefits of Hiver's knowledge base are two-fold. Firstly, it helps you centralize and host knowledge from across the organization - so that it can be easily accessed by both internal and external stakeholders. And the faster someone is able to find answers, the more time they can save, and even increase productivity. Secondly, we see a lot of companies use a separate tool just for creating and maintaining a knowledge base. You wouldn't need to do that with Hiver, as it offers a knowledge base portal along with other key support channels such as email and live chat - all under one roof. In fact, Hiver's knowledge base is a very important step in our vision of building a truly multi-channel customer support solution."
About Hiver
Hiver is a customer service platform built for Google Workspace. It helps organizations worldwide manage customer communication across multiple channels such as email and live chat. Hiver offers the most intuitive capabilities for teams of all sizes as it is built natively within Gmail.
Backed by venture capital firms such as K1 Capital, Kalaari Capital, Kae Capital, and AngelList, Hiver is headquartered in San Jose, California, with most of its operations based out of Bangalore, India.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released part two of its Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, which was produced by Abt Associates. The report identifies demographics and patterns among the people who use the nation's emergency shelters, safe havens, and transitional housing programs. This edition's data show that the number of people who accessed shelter programs declined by 14 percent between 2019 and 2020.
However, factors related to the pandemic obscure the realities of homelessness during this time. With fewer beds available to people experiencing homelessness, these reductions should be viewed with extreme caution. Further, Black, Indigenous, and people of color continued to be vastly over-represented among those experiencing homelessness in 2019 and 2020. While there was a decline in shelter use across all populations (families, individuals, veterans, and youth), people with chronic patterns of homelessness increased by 20 percent, emphasizing the vulnerability of this population during a public health crisis.
Key Findings
- In 2020, an estimated 1.25 million people in 960,000 households used shelter programs at some point during the reporting year – six months of which occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's a 14-percent reduction from 2019.
- Sixty percent of households experiencing sheltered homelessness in 2020 (or 570,000 households) were doing so for the first time. This is a reduction over 2019, reflecting the reduced inflow into shelter programs during the pandemic. Communities reported eviction moratoria, a hesitancy to use shelter, and other prevention resources reduced the number of people using shelter during the pandemic.
- People experiencing sheltered homelessness remain disproportionately Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Black people were considerably overrepresented among those experiencing homelessness. For context: 12 percent of all U.S. heads of households identify as Black but 21 percent of the heads of households living in poverty are Black. Disturbingly, when looking at people experiencing sheltered homelessness, that figure almost doubles again: people identifying as Black accounted for 40 percent of heads of sheltered households in 2020.
The 2020 estimates in this report are profoundly affected by COVID-19; emergency shelters reduced capacity—in some cases by 50 percent—to allow for social distancing. However, the 2019 data assessed through the Longitudinal Systems Analysis (LSA) platform were much improved since the LSA's debut in the 2018 report. With 2019 serving as the new baseline for comparing year-to-year changes in sheltered homelessness, we will be able to see changes in homelessness as shelter capacity recovers. As in past years, the AHAR estimates are weighted for missing data to produce a representative national estimate. For the first time ever, we are able to report separately on use of shelters in rural areas. The new data show how programs such as short-term rent subsidies are used by rural communities as an alternative to shelters when they have limited shelter capacity.
"Homelessness persists due to a systemic failure to address deep poverty, a lack of affordable housing, and structural racism," said AHAR lead author Meghan Henry, a senior associate at Abt. "It's possible that COVID-related economic interventions temporarily mitigated the impact of those first two challenges, but the AHAR data illustrates that the social safety net must be cast more widely, to help all Americans who need it."
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Abt Associates is a global consulting and research firm that combines data and bold thinking to improve the quality of people's lives. We partner with clients and communities to advance equity and innovation—from creating scalable digital solutions and combatting infectious disease, to mitigating climate change and evaluating programs for measurable social impact—and more.
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hudson Avenue Partners ("Hudson Avenue") is pleased to announce that Pipeline Technique Ltd. ("PTL" or the "Company"), a portfolio investment of Bluewater Private Equity ("Bluewater"), has completed a transformational acquisition of three leading energy infrastructure units, CRC-Evans, Pipeline Induction Heat and Stanley Inspection, from Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. ("SBK"). Hudson Avenue served as exclusive financial advisor to Bluewater and PTL and arranged financing to support the acquisition along with future growth capital needs of the Company.
With a 24-year history of global operations, PTL is a market leading provider of onshore and offshore infrastructure welding, field joint coating, and technical engineering services for the energy and renewables sector. PTL's acquisition of the Houston-based energy infrastructure business units from SBK creates a worldwide leader in welding, coating and inspection offerings serving the entire energy spectrum, from traditional hydrocarbon to renewables and carbon capture. The combined platform possesses a deeply talented workforce operating in more than 100 countries and cutting-edge technologies capable of addressing energy infrastructure needs of any scale and around the world.
"The acquisition transaction represents a major step in PTL's global growth and diversification strategy allowing us the ability to work in every corner of the world and across all energy sub-sectors," stated Frederic Castrec, CEO of PTL. "The Hudson Avenue team did a remarkable job of driving certainty and optionality throughout the financing process, allowing our team to remain focused on the complexities of a carve-out of this magnitude."
Martin Somerville, Managing Director of Bluewater, commented "Hudson Avenue's tailored approach provided us with the ability to efficiently reach a globally diverse set of financing sources with intimate knowledge of the energy infrastructure sector, driving an exceptional outcome and a compelling partnership with our debt provider. Given the level of complexity inherent within cross-border carve-out transactions, the Hudson Avenue team proved to be an invaluable resource for us while successfully navigating challenging structural nuances in real-time."
"We are honored to have partnered with Bluewater and PTL to deliver an optimal financing solution vital to the completion of the company's transformative acquisition. This transaction highlights Hudson Avenue's depth of expertise in both domestic and international capital markets along with its innate ability to customize its approach to address highly unique transaction dynamics, while delivering boutique-level attention to detail at every stage of the process." added Ryan Deegan, Managing Partner at Hudson Avenue Partners.
ABOUT PIPELINE TECHNIQUE LTD.
Pipeline Technique is a leading provider of specialist products and services that support the effective delivery of fabrication and construction projects worldwide. Its proven capabilities across robotic welding, non-destructive examination and field joint coating are deployed to support projects and developments, onshore and offshore, for a portfolio of customers from across the energy industry. The Company's activities span the entire energy spectrum from traditional oil & gas to renewables and carbon capture. Based in Aberdeen, Scotland, Pipeline Technique has a network of offices and worksites around the world. For additional information, visit www.pipeline-technique.com.
ABOUT BLUEWATER PRIVATE EQUITY
Bluewater is a specialist international private equity firm focused on the middle-market energy sector. Its experienced investment and operating professionals drive value creation as they manage $2.5 billion of investment across a portfolio of over 20 companies. Bluewater has a prime focus on projects or technologies that contribute to the energy transition agenda and works to a diversified investment strategy based on the principles of sustainability and close working partnerships with best-in-class management teams. Bluewater has a strong focus on ESG and is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. For additional information, visit www.bluewaterpe.com.
ABOUT HUDSON AVENUE PARTNERS
Hudson Avenue Partners specializes in designing, structuring, and raising debt and equity capital facilities in support of acquisition, refinancing and recapitalization transactions within the middle market. Founded by investment banking and leveraged finance professionals, the principals of Hudson Avenue have collectively raised and invested over $35 billion of debt and equity capital for clients around the globe. The firm focuses on placement engagements requiring committed capital of $25 million to over $250 million supporting transactions occurring across various industry sectors. Functioning as a fully outsourced capital markets desk for its clients, Hudson Avenue saves valuable time and resources while driving optimal outcomes with an exceptional degree of certainty. For more information, visit www.hudsonavepartners.com.
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The Celebrity Favorite Will Bring Its Sought-After Brand of Beijing-Style Cuisine to Washington, D.C. and the Middle East
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Abraham Merchant and Richard Cohn, co-founders of Merchants Hospitality, a leading hospitality company with expertise in investment, development, ownership, and management, announces today the U.S. and global expansion of their renowned restaurant brand Philippe Chow.
To kick off the ambitious plans, Philippe Chow is set to debut its first location outside of New York (and third outpost of the brand) in Washington, D.C. in Late 2022/Early 2023. Shortly thereafter, the brand will make its foray into the Middle East—with its first global location slated to open in December 2022 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Four additional locations are confirmed to open throughout KSA in 2023 and 2024—in AlUla, Jeddah, The Red Sea, and Al Kobar.
"We are thrilled to announce the expansion of Philippe Chow both here in the United States and overseas," says Abraham Merchant, president and CEO of Philippe Chow. "Our hope is to give newcomers and fans across the globe a taste of Chef Chow's renowned style of elevated Chinese cuisine, alongside the unparalleled service and ambiance that we pride ourselves in."
In addition to the six confirmed future locations, Philippe Chow is in active discussions on expansion opportunities throughout the U.S.—targeting markets from across the country including Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Dallas, and Chicago. A third NYC location in Rockefeller Center is under negotiation. On a global scale, the brand has its eyes set on taste-making cities such as London, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, and Mumbai.
An iconic restaurant for almost two decades, Philippe Chow's first, and now flagship, location opened in Uptown Manhattan in 2005. Since then, the restaurant remained an undisputed favorite among New York City's power crowd—including athletes, musicians and film stars—who crave Chef Chow's interpretation on traditional Chinese cuisine.
Known for his modern, flavorful, and theatrical style, Chef Philippe Chow—the brand's visionary and namesake—is world-renowned for his lavish, Beijing-style dishes and pioneered the way for fine-dining Chinese cuisine in the U.S.
Philippe Chow has consistently received top culinary accolades through the years, including "Best Peking Duck" from the NY Observer and "Best in Chinese" by Zagat.
"We're always looking for dynamic locations with discerning diners, and look forward to the continued expansion of the Philippe Chow brand," says Merchant.
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Full agenda now available for September 28–October 1 event
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the release of the full agenda for its inaugural Illumina Genomics Forum. The agenda for the four-day event can be seen here.
The forum will feature over 70 speakers and panelists, spanning leaders from translational and clinical research organizations, government institutes, and academia, as well as hospital leadership, clinicians, payers, and patient advocates. This speaker lineup includes former President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, 23andMe co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, tennis legend and cancer survivor Chris Evert, and American Cancer Society CEO Karen Knudsen, among other visionary leaders in health care and genomics.
"Illumina is honored to host this unique gathering of the brightest minds discussing solutions to today's biggest health challenges, redefining what's possible together," said Francis deSouza, Illumina's CEO. "Genomic innovation will transform lives around the world and I'm excited to share Illumina's powerful technology breakthroughs in our Innovation Roadmap session on September 29."
The agenda covers a variety of topics, including insights and actions for operationalizing genomic health care, revolutionizing patient care with precision medicine, implementing global oncology insights, and enabling innovation to fuel groundbreaking advances. Through their experiences and expertise, speakers and panelists will shine a light on the real-world impacts of clinical genomics as well as our collective responsibility to ensure that genomic health is equitable, ethical, and sustainable.
Key themes of the forum include:
- How genomic technology is driving more informed, proactive, and personalized patient diagnosis and treatment in clinics
- Ways in which whole-genome sequencing is revolutionizing patient care
- The role of genomics in supporting health care's quadruple aim to improve population health, reduce costs, enhance the patient experience, and improve provider satisfaction
"Our team is thrilled to welcome some of the world's foremost visionaries to the Illumina Genomics Forum in San Diego, an event built upon the promise of more informed, inclusive, and proactive care ensuring all people everywhere have access to genomic health," said Kathryne Reeves, chief marketing officer of Illumina. "As a health care leader, we are committed to the safety and well-being of our international community of attendees and speakers and we will observe all CDC-recommended COVID-19 protocols."
Illumina Genomics Forum will take place in San Diego from September 28 through October 1. For more information and to register for the conference, go to illuminagenomicsforum.com.
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical, and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture, and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Acquisition brings Rosie's e-commerce platform and team of experts to Instacart, giving local independent grocers access to a broader range of technology and fulfillment capabilities to grow their businesses
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, today announced it has acquired Rosie, the premier e-commerce platform for local and independent retailers and wholesalers. With this acquisition, Instacart is deepening its commitment to serving local and independent grocers and expanding its Instacart Platform e-commerce offerings.
Founded in Ithaca, NY in 2013, the Rosie team has spent nearly a decade building relationships and supporting local and independent retailers like Rosauers Supermarkets, Lee's Marketplace, Niemann Foods, Inc., and Geissler's Supermarkets across more than 40 states. Rosie offers independent grocers affordable and easy-to-use branded e-commerce websites and mobile app capabilities that power order flow, fulfillment, and customer insights. Rosie's product features include shoppable weekly ads, store loyalty and rewards programs integrations, third-party fulfillment logistics integrations, payment processing and more – all developed for local and independent grocers. Rosie's turnkey e-commerce solutions get grocers online quickly and efficiently, helping customers easily find and discover local stores.
With the acquisition of Rosie, Instacart is introducing new e-commerce solutions built specifically for local and independent retailers that complement the company's existing Instacart Platform offerings. Through the Instacart Platform, Instacart is further enabling grocers to chart their own digital transformation through a suite of enterprise-grade technologies. With Instacart Platform, Instacart gives retailers access to the solutions behind Instacart's consumer marketplace, helping retailers like Schnucks, Tops Friendly Markets, and The Fresh Market create new online and in-store solutions that enhance the customer experience and help their businesses grow.
"Our focus is on creating technology solutions that are tailor-made to meet the online and in-store needs of all grocers - whether they're national chains or independently-owned and operated," said Chris Rogers, Chief Business Officer at Instacart. "Local and independent grocers are so important to the grocery ecosystem. They have loyal customers, create meaningful job opportunities and serve as cornerstones of their communities. The Rosie team understands these grocers better than anyone, and that's why we're proud to welcome them to Instacart. Together, we'll build more technologies that help independent grocers accelerate their pace of innovation so they can continue to compete, grow, and serve their customers however they choose to shop."
Adding Rosie's offerings to the Instacart Platform gives more retailers access to tools and technologies that can lead to growth in their businesses and deeper engagement with their customers – all while retaining their unique store experience and brand identity. Through this acquisition, Rosie customers will have the opportunity to utilize Instacart's in-store offerings like Foodstorm's order management system and Caper's smart cart and checkout technology, the Instacart shopper network to help support new picking and fulfillment options, Carrot Ads and loyalty programs to increase customer engagement and affordability, and more.
"For nearly a decade, our team has lived, breathed, and devoted ourselves to the success of local independent grocers and I couldn't be more proud of what we've accomplished together," said Nick Nickitas, Founder and CEO of Rosie. "Instacart's mission of powering the future of grocery is closely aligned with our own, and I'm confident that combining our teams and technologies is the way to best continue serving these important retailers. Together, we will continue to innovate and build easy to use and affordable digital solutions that help our retailer, wholesaler, and brand partners thrive and better meet the needs of their customers."
"For nearly 90 years, Rosauers has served communities throughout the Pacific Northwest and we strive to give our guests as many avenues to shop our stores as possible," said Cliff Rigsbee, President and CEO of Rosauers. "With the help of Rosie, we have an award-winning in-store experience and a highly customized branded online shopping experience that enables everything from EBT-SNAP payment processing to digital merchandising. Instacart and Rosie together will be a winning combination for our business and customers."
"As a local grocer our roots began with delivering groceries almost 100 years ago. Now, in our 4th generation of family ownership, we continue that same tradition through our partnership with Rosie. Helping our communities grow, and nourishing them with the best in local and fresh products, wouldn't be possible without the robust platform Rosie provides," said Robert Rybick, President and CEO of Geissler's Supermarket. "We have always pushed Rosie to meet or exceed our in-store experience online, and with a combined Rosie and Instacart we are excited for the new possibilities that will further allow us to bring the best local and fresh products to our customers and communities."
Jason Sokol, Vice President of Marketing at Associated Foods Stores shared, "For over 8 years, I've experienced all that Rosie has to offer, from shopping on the platform and promoting it as a marketer, to operating it as a retailer and recommending it to other independent stores as a wholesaler. I'm excited about the possibilities that Instacart and Rosie can deliver together - their combined software platforms, extensive support capabilities, and deep relationships will help all independently-owned retailers across the country compete and win."
Moving forward, the Rosie team will lead Instacart's business strategy and technology development for local independent grocers, as Instacart continues to build best-in-class e-commerce and fulfillment solutions for this critical segment of the grocery industry.
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 900 national, regional, and local retail brands to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 75,000 stores across more than 13,000 cities in North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of busy people and families to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for more than 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders for customers on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company, and to start shopping, visit www.instacart.com. For anyone interested in becoming an Instacart shopper, visit https://shoppers.instacart.com/.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was at my son's soccer game and my wife kept asking me to reset our umbrella every time the sun moved. The umbrella screwed into the ground and did not adjust easily and I missed my son's very first goal. I thought there should be a fully adjustable umbrella holder," said the inventor, from Draper, Utah, "so I invented the SUN CHASER. My design would optimize shade, comfort and convenience."
The invention provides an adjustable holder for an umbrella. In doing so, it enables the user to easily adjust the unit to accommodate changing shade needs. The holder can be used in sand, dirt, gravel and grass and it would be great for gardening, picnics, camping and other occasions. The invention features a lightweight and versatile design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for households, beach goers, campers, tailgaters, outdoor enthusiasts, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Salt Lake City sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SGJ-176, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "This new product is a safety device that would be a small sanitizing/disinfecting machine that would drain any standard household sponge," said an inventor from Seminole, FL. "I wanted a way to sanitize household sponges in a safe and effective manor, especially during COVID-19 where the virus can be contracted through contaminated surfaces so I invented Bacter-X."
The patent-pending invention would sanitize and disinfect household sponges by killing microorganisms, viruses, germs, and bacteria on the surface of the sponge. The invention would provide users with a contaminant-free sponge for continued use without concern over dirty surfaces of the sponge, which are typically prone to foster germs and bacteria growth.
The original design was submitted to the Tampa, FL sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-204, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I have been doing hauling jobs with my dad for the last 40 years. I have learned working smarter not harder is the best way to unload a truck" said the inventor from Milpitas, CA, "This is a device for quickly and easily dumping a load from a pickup truck bed down onto the ground so I invented the Fortune Portable Dump Bed."
This product would enable large amounts of heavy brush, garbage bags, firewood, leaves, or other debris to be removed from the vehicle without any physical effort. This innovative idea would simplify the unloading process while also saving the truck owner a significant amount of time and effort. This would greatly reduce the time required to unload firewood, garbage bags, old appliances, and other loose loads.
The original design was submitted to the California sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SFO-350, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a proactive system to protect an area against wildfires especially during dry conditions," said an inventor, from Grand Rapids, Mich., "so I invented the REMOTE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM. My design could help to prevent, control and extinguish a small wildfire and could reduce potential destruction."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to prevent and fight wildfires in remote locations. In doing so, it offers an alternative to relying heavily on firefighters. As a result, it enhances safety and provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features an innovative design that is easy to operate so it is ideal for fire departments and emergency services, government agencies, etc.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLP-154, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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J.P. Morgan will join AFP in its efforts to introduce corporate treasury and finance careers to underrepresented communities.
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) announced J.P. Morgan will join forces to empower college students and young professionals interested in treasury and finance careers, as part of AFP's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Awareness Initiative for Treasury and Finance.
J.P. Morgan will work with AFP in helping aspiring young professionals from diverse backgrounds lead rewarding careers in treasury and finance, through professional development, skills building, ongoing training and continuous learning.
As part of the initiative, AFP offers scholarships for its Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional certifications. AFP also provides resources to help employers bolster their own DEI programs.
"The corporate treasury and finance profession will only grow stronger when there is a diverse set of skills, backgrounds and viewpoints at the table," said Jim Kaitz, president & CEO of AFP. "At AFP, we are committed to working with our partners to provide individuals from diverse backgrounds with the tools and opportunities they need to become the leaders that will drive the profession forward."
"Diversity and inclusion is critical to the success and growth of our industry, both for us as a firm, and for our clients," said Lori Schwartz, managing director and global head of liquidity and account solutions, J.P. Morgan. "Treasury and finance is a very exciting space, and we will need talent from all backgrounds to create the best financial and technology solutions together for the future."
Please direct all press inquiries to Melissa Rawak, managing director, at mrawak@afponline.org.
About AFP®
Headquartered outside of Washington, D.C., and located regionally in Singapore, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society committed to advancing the success of treasury and finance members and their organizations. Established and administered by AFP, the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials set standards of excellence in treasury and finance.
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- All-new Laufenn X FIT HP tire expands touring SUV and CUV offering with all-season product
- Engineered to provide dynamic handling characteristics, in addition to a quiet and comfortable driving experience
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global tire maker Hankook Tire announced today the launch of an all-season SUV tire to its Laufenn brand portfolio. The Laufenn X FIT HP tire, available in 28 sizes supporting popular rim diameter ranges from 16 to 22 inches, offers SUV and CUV drivers seeking a comfortable and quiet ride without sacrificing performance across wet, dry and winter driving conditions.
The Laufenn X FIT HP incorporates innovative tread and compound technologies to provide drivers with a well-rounded, affordable, and thoughtfully constructed product. Utilizing an optimized stiffness distribution and a wide square tread profile, the X FIT HP reduces road noise, complementing the tire's contact patch to deliver better mileage and driving performance. Additional enhancements include the tire's tread pattern, which features four circumferential grooves with complementary lateral and multi-layer patterns. These design elements enable the X FIT HP to excel in water evacuation, maintain stability in wet conditions, and prevent potential surface hazards such as hydroplaning.
"In keeping with our brand ethos of delivering a life-fit product, this latest addition to our Laufenn FIT product line offers SUV and CUV owners an exciting option to enrich their driving experience," said Rob Williams, Senior Vice President, North American Sales, Hankook Tire. "The Laufenn brand fulfills the consumer desire for a product that focuses on quality, yet delivers a tailormade feel for a great value. Our X FIT HP tire is a perfect example of that."
With a Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) rating of 640, the X FIT HP offers exceptional durability and accommodates various popular fitments across the SUV and CUV segments. This latest X FIT HP tire joins the well-established Laufenn product portfolio that includes the S FIT, G FIT, X FIT and I FIT models.
Laufenn brand aims to serve smart, sensible consumers with a well-rounded range of quality products, which fit a variety of lifestyle needs through timely tire performance upgrades and enhancement. Established in March 2015 in the US, Laufenn was launched in strategic markets including North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle-East and Asia-Pacific regions, where it is run as Hankook Tire's second global brand. http://www.laufenn.com/
Hankook Tire America Corp. is a growing leader in the U.S. tire market, leveraging investments in technology, manufacturing and marketing to deliver high-quality, reliable products that are safer for consumers and the environment. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Hankook Tire America Corp. markets and distributes a complete line of high-performance and ultra-high-performance passenger tires, light truck and SUV tires as well as medium truck and bus tires in the United States. Hankook Tire America Corp. is a subsidiary of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd., a Forbes Global 2000 company headquartered in Seoul, Korea.
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Technology strengthens decarbonization portfolio and builds on recent success
HOUSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced major advancements to the Lummus External Air Preheater (LEAP) technology. The latest innovations can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from cracking heaters at ethylene plants as well as other fired heaters.
"Lummus is committed to decarbonizing our entire technology portfolio, and these advancements underscore the continued progress we are making in meeting our commitments," said Leon de Bruyn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lummus Technology. "This announcement builds on Lummus' recent launch of the industry's first net zero ethane cracker, plus other innovations, that will help operators and producers lower emissions from their investments."
Now available for commercial use, the LEAP technology can be applied to both new and existing heaters to help decarbonize some of the most carbon intensive petrochemical manufacturing processes. Some of the technology's enhanced features include:
- lower fuel firing
- much higher thermal efficiency
- implementation in existing heaters with minimal mechanical changes
- ability to combine with selective catalytic reduction systems to minimize nitrogen oxides emission
For more than half a century, Lummus has designed and supplied a wide range of fired heaters and heat exchangers for the petrochemical and refining industries, which include refinery heaters, steam superheaters, heaters for delayed coking units and steam reformers, and SRT® (short residence time) pyrolysis heaters for ethylene production.
Lummus Technology is the global leader in developing process technologies that make modern life possible and focus on a more sustainable, low carbon future. Lummus is a master licensor of clean energy, petrochemical, refining, gas processing and renewable technologies, and a supplier of catalysts, proprietary equipment, digitalization and related lifecycle services to customers worldwide. To learn more about Lummus, visit www.LummusTechnology.com.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lunavi, a top provider of business technology consulting and managed IT services, has gained Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance accreditation for customers in the State of Colorado across its hosted services including colocation data centers and private cloud platforms.
This independently certified compliance measure assures strict data security for law enforcement and similarly regulated government organizations whose technology services are hosted by Lunavi. After attaining accreditation in Colorado, additional certifications for clients in other states will be a simple process.
CJIS is a stringent and comprehensive cybersecurity standard. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is the largest division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and provides a centralized source of criminal justice data to various government agencies and authorized third parties. Any entity engaging with sensitive information from the US Justice Department is required to adhere to CJIS policies for networking, data encryption, and remote access, among other criteria.
"Achieving CJIS compliance is another example of the lengths Lunavi will go to satisfy client requirements as they change over time," said Bob Heskett, Director of Security and Compliance at Lunavi. "In this case we had a SLED [State, Local, Education Industry] customer who was adding police and emergency response systems to a Lunavi private cloud. While we already offer strong security and compliance measures like HIPAA and SOC, we were happy to implement new audits, logging, and training to our existing access controls and incident response programs in order to meet CJIS standards."
CJIS compliance is centered on the principal of least privilege or a "need-to-know, right-to-know" standard. These access controls, combined with logs, data management tools, encryption, and systems monitoring, allow Lunavi to help clients achieve CJIS compliance within their hosted information systems and prepare for a federal audit.
"Information Security continues to grow in importance as phishing, malware, ransomware, and other attacks proliferate," said Cortney Thompson, CIO at Lunavi. "Government agencies are a prime target for attackers due to large quantities of personal data stored within IT systems. Lunavi is always seeking to improve our security standards, monitoring, and response methods. This CJIS compliance further cements our cybersecurity leadership and abilities."
About Lunavi
Lunavi, based in Cheyenne, WY, helps companies digitally transform their businesses and illuminate the path forward in IT modernization through the power of human ingenuity. Lunavi helps organizations in technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, education, government and others to develop business applications, solve traditional IT challenges, and extract ROI with comprehensive services in cloud migration, modern application development, and managed services. With locations throughout North America in Denver; Cheyenne, WY; Omaha, NE; Atlanta; Seattle, and Toronto, and its status as a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, Lunavi delivers a remarkable customer experience to help navigate what's possible, what's next. Visit http://www.lunavi.com to learn more or follow on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Colby-Sawyer College Expands Opportunities With New $17,500 Tuition
NEW LONDON, N.H., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H., which combines a rich liberal arts and sciences education with pre-professional preparation and required internships, students are encouraged to make a difference and discover their potential to build a better world. Holding itself to the same standard, Colby-Sawyer is excited to announce it is taking a major step toward building a better, more accessible college by guaranteeing that all four-year undergraduate students will start with a lower tuition of $17,500 beginning fall 2023.
For decades, Colby-Sawyer has worked to ensure that students and families do not bear the burden of the full cost of tuition—100 percent of currently enrolled students receive financial assistance—but that's not always clear to prospective students because the current published tuition is $46,364. After years of strategic planning and decisive action to strengthen the college's financial stability by establishing new programs, deepening key partnerships and achieving a record level of giving, Colby-Sawyer is reducing its tuition by 62 percent.
The new $17,500 annual tuition makes Colby-Sawyer one of the most affordable private colleges in the region, with a cost comparable to that of enrolling at a public institution.
"Our posted tuition price has caused some families to believe that our individualized educational experience, small classes, experiential learning, required internships and Capstone projects, and preparation for purposeful careers and graduate studies would be out of their reach financially," Colby-Sawyer College President Susan D. Stuebner said. "However, our institution is enhanced by having students with a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. By guaranteeing a new, lower tuition of $17,500, we want to make it clear that a Colby-Sawyer experience is possible for any student who wants to call us home."
Colby-Sawyer's cohesive educational experience helps students find their voices, develop their passions and become active learners and confident scholars, artists, writers, scientists, critical thinkers and community leaders. Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the 2022 top colleges in the region, it offers undergraduate, graduate and professional studies degrees through its three schools: the School of Arts & Sciences, the School of Business & Social Sciences and the School of Nursing & Health Sciences. The college will continue its recent growth in programs by adding a Master of Exercise Science, a Master of Social Work and its first Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in fall 2023.
Since its inception in 1981, the college's nursing program has held a close partnership with Dartmouth Health. In 2019, Colby-Sawyer and Dartmouth Health launched a five-year project to expand the School of Nursing & Health Sciences, which supports not only undergraduate nursing, master's level nursing and associate level professional programs, but also provides internships in other fields, such as biology, business and graphic design.
In recent years, the college has significantly increased funding for internships and research opportunities in addition to grant programs funded by the National Science Foundation and the BOLD Women's Leadership Network, and will continue to invest more than $1 million per year in capital improvements to existing facilities. Colby-Sawyer will break ground on two new buildings in 2023-24: the Charger Athletics Pavilion on the Kelsey Athletic Campus and a state-of-the-art facility for the health sciences in the center of campus.
"We are deeply grateful for the extraordinary generosity of our alumni, donors and friends. They have shown their belief in our stability and in the educational experience we provide with unprecedented levels of giving, including the largest gift in the college's 184-year history, helping our endowment reach record levels," Vice President for College Advancement Daniel B. Parish said. "It is because of them that we are now able to guarantee all students will start with a $17,500 tuition, along with continuing to offer further aid, ensuring that generations of students will have the opportunity to explore, connect and make a difference in the world."
More information about Colby-Sawyer's transparent tuition and how its expanding opportunities for current and future students can be found at https://colby-sawyer.edu/reset.
Colby-Sawyer College is a private, residential college located in the heart of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region of New Hampshire. Since 1928, Colby-Sawyer has been providing excellence in higher education through its commitment to a rich liberal arts and sciences education combined with pre-professional academic preparation and required internships in every major.
With a tradition of an individualized educational experience and a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, Colby-Sawyer students gain not only essential skills but also the confidence to apply them and the preparation to reach their full potential: 99 percent of 2021 undergraduates are employed or in graduate school; 54 percent of undergraduates were offered jobs at their internship or clinical sites; and, on average, nursing graduates achieved a 99 percent first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination, compared to 85 percent nationally. More at www.colby-sawyer.edu.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karen Mangia, Salesforce Executive and Future of Work expert, today launches her new podcast, Success from Anywhere. An appetite for innovation and Future of Work insights intersects as Mangia chats with everyone from entrepreneurs to executives who are driving disruption and creating a Renaissance of Work. The first episode of the biweekly show, produced by TGC Worldwide, launches today on all podcast platforms.
In Success from Anywhere, Mangia and guests go behind the scenes to discover what's new, now, and next in the world of work and challenge the traditions of what it means to live well and to work well. The show is run in partnership with Robin, the industry-leading flexible workplace platform.
The eight-episode First Season focuses on the future of The Office, questioning whether everybody really has to convene in the conference room to collaborate. Select guests include Kate Clifford, CHRO of Accenture NA; Donna Letier, Co-Founder of Gardenuity; and David Horsager, author and CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute.
Season Two will focus on the 9-to-5 Culture and whether working this way is still the way to make a living. Season Three will take us deep into Silicon Valley, beyond Brotopia, hoodies, and avocado toast to discover starts ups disrupting the world of work.
"Success is not a location. It's not a job title or a number in your bank account," says Mangia. "It might just be one step away - especially when you take ownership of your own success. That is the throughline of Success from Anywhere."
Find all episodes by clicking here or search "Success from Anywhere" on your preferred podcast service.
Karen Mangia is a Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, TEDx speaker, Salesforce Executive, and one of the most sought after thought leaders in the world. She is a catalyst who empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to sustain success using her customer success and future of work expertise. Her keynotes, blogs, and books reach hundreds of thousands of leaders each year. Prior to Salesforce, Mangia held leadership roles in sales and Voice of the Customer at Cisco and AT&T. She is an avid volunteer, community contributor, and a professionally trained chef. Mangia resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.
CONTACT
Inquiries for Karen Mangia – Laura Witlox of TGC Worldwide – laura@tgcworldwide.com
Sponsorship, partnerships, or Interest in appearing on show? – sfapodcast@tgcworldwide.com
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New backing follows a surge in customer demand and triple revenue growth for 1H 2022
1,000+ companies and close to $1B annualized payment volume (TPV) flow through the Mesh platform
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesh Payments, the insight-driven finance automation platform, today announced $60 million in new financing, bringing the total amount raised to $123 million. Alpha Wave leads the equity round with participation from existing investors, including Tiger Global, TLV Partners, Entreé Capital, and Meron Capital. The funding will enable Mesh to expand its GTM efforts and further accelerate product innovation as it captures a growing share of the $100T+ B2B payments market.
Mesh brings efficiencies and innovation to the entire CFO tech stack so companies can operate more nimbly against changing market conditions. The 1,000 mid-market companies using Mesh today are 5X more efficient, in aggregate, saving their finance teams, on average, three days a month. Mesh powers some of the world's fastest-growing brands, including Monday.com, Hippo Insurance, Sezzle, Riskified, and Snyk.
Amidst a surge in customer demand and a dramatic shift from companies hyper-focusing on growth to cutting spend and costs, Mesh continues to enhance its platform to help finance teams automate, control, and optimize their corporate spend — from travel and expense (T&E) to SaaS subscriptions. Powerful integrations, including the category's most robust integration with NetSuite, bring additional efficiencies and reduce time spent on manual data entry and work.
"Since day one, Mesh has focused on giving CFOs the automation and insights they need to more effectively manage their day-to-day operations," said Oded Zehavi, co-founder & CEO, Mesh Payments. "And as companies operationalize distributed and remote workforce models, holistic visibility over company spend is even more critical. The confidence in Mesh from investors and customers, even in a turbulent market, reinforces that our finance automation platform is what companies want to help them navigate a cost-cutting environment.
"The best CFOs are looking to get the most out of every dollar and hour, particularly during times of economic turbulence. With its strategic partnerships and best-in-class finance automation platform, Mesh Payment delivers exceptional value to its customers," said Rick Gerson, co-founder chairman, and chief investment officer, Alpha Wave Global. "Mesh Payments represents the type of innovative, customer-focused company that we look for, that gives customers a clear and lasting benefit. The number of companies that are open to finding new and better ways to spend less and save more is pretty large and the Mesh team brings a best-in-class solution that is continually improving."
Mesh makes legacy corporate cards obsolete with its insight-driven automation platform that gives finance managers more granular control and leverage over their corporate spend. A focus on contextual payment models — including SaaS subscription management and other models to innovations including the industry's only numberless VISA physical card that syncs with virtual cards for added flexibility and control — are key differentiators that appeal to busy finance teams. Mesh continues to disrupt the CFO tech stack by bringing innovation and automation to every corner of finance operations to free up finance teams to focus on better managing day-to-day financial operations
Earlier this year, Mesh announced a strategic partnership with global payroll provider Papaya Global to remove friction from employee expense management. Mesh is set to announce additional strategic partnerships with global payments infrastructure providers in the near future.
For more information, visit www.meshpayments.com or follow on LinkedIn.
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Molecular Stethoscope, a leading precision medicine company pioneering the next-generation cell-free mRNA (cf-mRNA) liquid biopsy, announced publication of the study entitled "Survey of extracellular communication of systemic and organ-specific inflammatory responses through cell free messenger RNA profiling in mice" in eBiomedicine, part of Lancet Discovery Science, a leading biomedical journal, that bridges the translational gap between basic and clinical research. The understanding of inflammatory and immune responses is incomplete; the Molecular Stethoscope team was able to dissect systemic and solid organ contributors and effectively monitor progressive inflammation and the efficacy of a pharmacotherapy interventional approach.
The study utilized the proprietary Molecular Stethoscope cf-mRNA RNA-Seq, computational biology and machine learning technology to comprehensively examine the dysregulation of cf-mRNA plasma transcriptome (entire cf-mRNA secretome) following activation of inflammation by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the impact of a common pharmacologic inflammation inhibitor of the JAK/STAT pathway. While proteomic and metabolomic studies have been used to evaluate systemic inflammatory responses, cf-mRNA provides richer content to investigate the complex interacting signaling pathways of innate and adaptive immune systems. Cf-mRNA is a bioactive compartment involved in extracellular communication and may serve as a sensor for dysregulation of cellular homeostasis.
"Drug development is a complex, costly and risk-based endeavor to identify safe and effective medicines. Key decisions in the process need to be based on as much information as possible in order to reduce the risk due to the substantial expense and consequences of clinical trials. Our study described a comprehensive hypothesis-independent assessment of inflammatory and immune responses in both circulating and solid organ cf-mRNA compartments that may prove valuable in future pre-clinical and clinical studies to study on-target and off-target effects," stated John J. Sninsky PhD, Chief Science and Information Officer, Molecular Stethoscope.
The report has been posted on the eBiomedicine website at link https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2352396422004248.
Molecular Stethoscope is a Precision Medicine biotechnology company pioneering a Next-Generation cf-mRNA Liquid Biopsy AI/ML Technology Platform. The Company is focused on discovering, developing and commercializing non-invasive and dynamic products for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment-response for Alzheimer's Disease. Molecular Stethoscope was co-founded by Dr. Stephen Quake, Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University, and co-President of the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, and Dr. Eric Topol, Director and Founder, Scripps Research Translational Institute, and Chair of Innovative Medicine at Scripps. The Company's proprietary Next-Generation cf-mRNA Liquid Biopsy Technology Platform integrates cell-free mRNA (cf-mRNA) with RNA-Seq, clinical information, and purpose-built bioinformatics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to generate clinically actionable, dynamic information to significantly improve the health of patients. The Company's novel platform harnesses with unprecedented precision the dynamic biological processes underlying chronic diseases in biopsy-accessible and biopsy-inaccessible (e.g., brain) organ systems, thus enabling early, non-invasive, longitudinal and serial diagnosis and monitoring of diseases - while avoiding costly and invasive biopsies which can have adverse effects - to fundamentally change how healthcare is delivered at scale.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to statements about the Company's expectations regarding its proprietary Technology Platform. Forward looking statements are subject to uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.
Investor Relations: investorrelations@molecularstethoscope.com
Public and Media Relations: publicrelations@molecularstethoscope.com
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MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wealth management advisor Molly Murphy-LaFleche and her Client Relations Manager, Katie Krause, have affiliated their wealth management practice with Bleakley Financial and joined the Bleakley Financial – Twin Cities office in Minneapolis, MN.
Murphy operates a planning-centric wealth management practice specializing in retirement, business & estate planning for business owners and families across the country.
Molly said of the new affiliation, "We are so excited to be moving to an independent platform where the focus is on planning – while giving us the ability to provide broader access to financial solutions available in the marketplace. We truly believe this will allow us to provide better outcomes for our clients for their wealth planning needs. The vision of Bleakley team, along with the advisor support model they have built, align perfectly with how we want to engage with our clients and run our practice going forward."
According to Andy Schwartz, co-founder and principal of Bleakley Financial, "We are thrilled to welcome Molly and Katie to the Bleakley team. They bring tremendous energy and a passion for planning and client service that will only be enhanced by accessing the expanded support services and open architecture investment platform available to them through our affiliation. We look forward to a successful and mutually beneficial partnership with Molly for many years to come."
Vince Nauheimer, Managing Director at Bleakley Financial added, "Molly and Katie share our core values around client service, a robust planning process and pro-active client engagement. With our expanded advisor service model, we believe affiliating with Bleakley opens more options for advisors like Molly to execute on their ambitious business goals, while being more responsive to industry changes and technology advancements that will ultimately benefit the client. We're thrilled to partner with Molly and Katie as they join the Twin Cities team and stand ready to support their future growth."
Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advice offered through Bleakley Financial Group, a registered investment adviser and separate entity from LPL Financial.
CONTACT:
Vincent Nauheimer
Managing Director
973-575-4180
vincent.nauheimer@bleakley.com
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The randomized controlled multicenter study is the first-of-its kind to investigate LITT benefits in radiographically recurrent brain metastasis patients
MINNETONKA, Minn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monteris Medical announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in its REMASTer (Recurrent Brain Metastases After Stereotactic Radiosurgery [SRS] Trial) clinical trial. This randomized controlled study is designed to investigate laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) using the NeuroBlate System as an early intervention for radiographically progressive brain metastases and to provide Level I evidence to guide treatment for this complex patient population.
Treatment of recurrent brain metastases is challenging as no standardized care currently exists within the clinical community for patients with disease progression following SRS. This is primarily attributed to the uncertainty of the underlying cause being either recurrence or radiation necrosis. In recent years, LITT has proved to be an effective tool for both causes of progression after SRS and can be performed during the same procedure as needle biopsy. Recent published studies suggest that LITT plus SRS may be superior to LITT alone or repeat SRS alone for treatment of biopsy-proven brain metastasis recurrence after SRS failure, even after controlling for variables known to predict progression. Recent literature also has revealed LITT to be effective for the treatment of radiation necrosis, with a superior time to steroid independence compared to medical management alone.
The REMASTer trial is designed to determine the superior treatment algorithm for both the recurrent tumor and radiation necrosis populations. The study will enroll 154 patients at up to 12 sites. Primary endpoints for the study include time to local intracranial progression or death and time to steroid cessation. Additional endpoints include comparison of treatment approaches with respect to overall survival, quality of life, and cognitive changes over time.
"The REMASTer trial will be vital in providing Level I evidence that establishes a critically needed standard of care in patients who have radiographically progressive metastatic disease, be it radiation necrosis or true disease recurrence," said Dr. Peter Fecci, director of the Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program and the Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. and REMASTer principal investigator. "Rapidly establishing steroid independence in the radiation necrosis population in the era of immunotherapy is crucial, as is optimizing freedom from local progression in patients with truly recurrent brain metastatic disease. This study will help to solidify the role for LITT in both scenarios."
It is estimated that up to 300,000 patients in the United States are diagnosed annually with metastatic brain tumors. The incidence of metastatic brain tumors has risen in recent years due to patients living longer with systemic cancers as a result of treatment advances, increased imaging procedures and early detection, and improvements in imaging technology. Metastatic tumor progression and radiation necrosis are therefore increasing in prevalence as well, necessitating the need for standard of care approaches to patient treatment.
"While the data supporting the use of LITT in radiation necrosis and recurrent metastatic disease is already strong enough to warrant inclusion in National Comprehensive Cancer Network® guidelines, evidence is lacking to advise the best time for LITT in the treatment algorithm for patients with radiographic progression," said Jennifer Englund, vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs of Monteris. "We believe the study Dr. Fecci has designed is poised to deliver meaningful results that will standardize treatment for this growing population of patients."
About REMASTer
Information about the REMASTer study can be found here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05124912.
About Monteris and the NeuroBlate System
Monteris Medical is a privately held company that develops and markets innovative MR-guided ablation systems to perform minimally invasive, robotically controlled brain surgery, commonly referred to as laser ablation, LITT (Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy) or SLA (Stereotactic Laser Ablation). The Monteris NeuroBlate System is the only minimally invasive system that enables a robotic interface for the precise and safe delivery of laser energy. The Monteris Medical NeuroBlate System is a neurosurgical tool and is intended for ablating intracranial soft tissue, including brain structures such as brain tumors, radiation necrosis, and epileptogenic foci (as identified by non-invasive and invasive neurodiagnostic testing, including imaging). For more information, visit monteris.com.
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Latinos are a superpower in every sector and industry but barriers remain; new program launching during Hispanic Heritage Month to unlock the full potential of the changing workforce
DENVER, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Latino Leadership Institute (LLI) announced today the launch of Ignite. Designed by Latino leaders for Latino professionals, Ignite is the only Latino leadership development program in the country to combine the unique professional journey of Latinos with a transformative neuroscience-based approach to workplace problem-solving. Ignite provides the technical and social capital to help Latino professionals overcome barriers and challenges to unlock their full leadership potential. Enrollment for the upcoming Fall 2022 programs is now open here.
"We are training leaders for advancement and success by preparing them to bring their full value, talents, and confidence as Latinos to the table. Ignite is based on years of experience and research with Latino leaders, including the barriers we navigate and the leadership strategies we can use to overcome them. Ignite strengthens the social capital among participants by providing opportunities to connect with other Latinos who can relate to their experiences," says Joelle Martinez, president and CEO of the Latino Leadership Institute. "Ignite is a game-changer for the Latino community because it opens access to transformational leadership development to Latinos across the country and in every sector."
Latinos account for nearly 20% of the workforce but only 4% of all executive leadership positions because Latino professionals face unique barriers and challenges in the workplace. According to the Harvard Business Review, 60% of Latino professionals aged 18-34 feel they have been overlooked or intentionally passed by for career advancement opportunities and 76% report that they repress or hide part of their identity and culture because they believe that it will help them advance in their careers.
"I have participated in several leadership programs, but none as rewarding as Ignite. This was the first time my cultural identity was a primary factor. Too often I have felt invisible as a Latino professional but now I feel included, respected, and valued," said Mark Delgado, National Accounts Relationship Manager at Lumen.
National enterprise companies already offer Ignite to their Latino employees. Now Ignite is available both for organizations and individuals. For more information, visit the website here. Registration is now open.
To learn more about Ignite, contact Timi Aguilar at timiaguilar@aguilarpr.com
About the Latino Leadership Institute
The Latino Leadership Institute advances Latinos to positions of influence through cross-sector leadership development, entrepreneurship support, and the activation of our national Latino professional network to build power, drive change, and generate wealth. Learn more at Latinoslead.org
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Cinessance expands its curated library of classic and modern movies to French cinema fans with one new movie every day until the end of the year.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One New French Movie per Day on the Platform For French Movie Fans.
With 13 million French speakers in North America, 10 million US residents who claim French ancestry and half a million French expats in the region, Cinessance solves a problem — the lack of easy access to French films — and offers the added benefit of eliminating streaming fatigue via a curated library. Cinessance aims to introduce and deepen appreciation of French culture through film.
While large streaming platforms have seen their subscriber growth stall or even decline since the beginning of the year, niche platforms with a focus on quality, curated content have accelerated their growth. Building on that success, Cinessance's Founder Clément Monnet announced today the addition of 85+ new French movies and documentaries to Cinessance's library.
"Launching last year with the most established French studios, like TF1 Studio, StudioCanal and EuropaCorp has paved the way for our content expansion strategy. Today, I'm delighted we've been able to add Distrib Film US to our list of trusted partners for movie distribution. It reinforces the attractiveness of Cinessance's offering in North America," said Monnet.
Cinessance is currently the only place in the US where you'll be able to stream Papicha (2019) (César Award for Best First Feature Film 2020, "Un Certain Regard" Cannes Selection 2019), Billy & Buddy (2013) (a children's classic, with hilarious duo Marina Fois & Franck Dubosc), On the Way to School (2013) (a documentary following four students from around the world)), and Conviction (2018) (a story of a mysterious disappearance sure to delight True Crime fans).
Famous French actors Jean Dujardin and Vincent Cassel will also be featured in the next batch of Cinessance releases, with the former starring in the comedic espionage series OSS117 (2006, 2009) and the latter in the based-on-a-true-story gangster film Mesrine (2008).
In addition to a growing catalog, Cinessance has expanded its partner network to include lesson plans for select movies. By providing these tools to schools and organizations who teach French language, Cinessance aims to educate audiences about French cinema, and about French culture in general.
Cinessance is the French cinema streaming platform for a global audience, making French cinema accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Subtitles EN/FR. Available on web, mobile, TV mirroring apps. Currently building apps for ISPs and smartTVs. Monthly pass starting at $6.99/mo. Free 15-day trial.
For more information, please visit www.cinessance.com or contact press@cinessance.com
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New capabilities unlock revenue and time for users of the HubSpot-certified routing and distribution app
BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Breed, the revenue performance management partner for the world's fastest-growing companies, today announced major upgrades to Distributely, its groundbreaking lead routing and distribution automation app. The first lead distribution application designed expressly for HubSpot users, Distributely now streamlines the process of assigning new leads, deals, and companies as well as support tickets to the sales and service representatives best suited to follow up on them. This combination helps businesses scale by reducing overhead expenses, improving their customer experience, and shortening their sales cycle.
The upgraded application has also been named a Certified App in the HubSpot marketplace, reflecting its ability to meet HubSpot's stringent requirements for security, privacy, reliability, performance, usability, accessibility, and value.
Distributely will be delivered to New Breed customers through its integrated Platform of tech-enabled services, as well as a-la-carte through a new and more flexible pricing model, which now includes a free tier to better enable scaling businesses to experience its benefits.
Engineered to address direct user feedback and common challenges growing teams face, Distributely's new features reflect New Breed's continued commitment to supporting all aspects of revenue growth for its clients, as well as its investment into improving the overall HubSpot experience through tech-enabled applications that automate and enhance existing HubSpot functionality.
"We're very excited to have New Breed earn the certified integration designation," said Scott Brinker, VP of platform ecosystem at HubSpot. "Their investment in product quality adds meaningful value to the HubSpot ecosystem and we're thrilled to have them onboard."
"Distributely delivers a level of workflow automation that previously hasn't been possible on HubSpot, and now helps streamline operations across the customer experience," said Patrick Biddiscombe, CEO of New Breed. "By building it in direct response to what scaling teams need to grow, and ensuring it meets HubSpot's stringent requirements for quality and value, we're taking a big step forward toward our vision to revolutionize how companies grow on HubSpot."
New Breed is the premier revenue performance management firm for the world's fastest-growing companies. The company's approach aligns people, processes and platforms in order to drive success. As one of HubSpot's North American elite partners, New Breed is a recognized leader in leveraging the inbound methodology to foster sustainable and efficient growth.
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Company further expands its process and automation expertise with new board appointment
BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintex, the global standard for process intelligence and automation, today announced the appointment of Jeff Teper as its newest board member.
Teper is the President of Collaborative Apps and Platforms at Microsoft which includes Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive. With more than 30 years of product leadership experience at Microsoft, he brings the right combination of leadership, product advocacy and customer insight to help Nintex build products and services that will help define the process automation market.
"Jeff's depth of experience building and scaling businesses at Microsoft is unparalleled," said Eric Johnson, Nintex CEO. "His unique blend of technical and business expertise coupled with his ability to recognize trends make him the perfect addition to the Nintex board."
"I've worked closely with Nintex since their inception in 2006. Not only are they a trusted Microsoft 365 and Azure partner, but have also established a great reputation as leaders within the process automation market," said Jeff Teper, "which is testament to the incredible work of Eric and his team. I'm excited to play a role in helping build on this success."
According to Stephen Elop Nintex Board Chair "as the process automation market evolves Jeff's expertise will be a big help to the Nintex management team, driving product innovation and excellence to accelerate the company's growth. I've had the opportunity to work closely with Jeff throughout my career and I'm excited to work with him closely again."
To learn how more organizations across every industry are going digital faster and transforming the way people work with the Nintex Process Platform, visit https://www.nintex.com/why-nintex/case-studies/.
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Nintex is the global standard for process intelligence and automation. Today more than 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Process Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes. Learn more by visiting www.nintex.com and experience how Nintex and its global partner network are shaping the future of Intelligent Process Automation (IPA).
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a "test field" for China in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, Qianhai has demonstrated robust development momentum since the Plan for Comprehensive Deepening Reform and Opening Up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (Qianhai Plan) was issued by Chinese central government on Sept. 6 last year.
The vitality of Qianhai's development is constantly presented to the world due to the all-round opening up. In the first half of this year, the actual use of foreign capital in the area was 3.53 billion U.S. dollars, up by 17.4% year on year, according to the Authority of Qianhai.
Qianhai has made greater progress in pilot reform and innovation over the past year. "Qianhai is characterized by the pilot reform and innovation," said Xu Weiyu, senior manager of Shenzhen Qianhai PwC Business Consulting Services Co., Limited.
The cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong has deepened as the Qianhai Authority and Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (FSTB) recently launched a 18-measure program supporting the development of Venture Capital in the area. By launching pilot policies and measures for cooperation, Qianhai has rolled out 725 institutional innovations in the fields of investment, trade, finance and rule of law, among which 65 have been duplicated for use nationwide.
The Qianhai Plan is widely taken as another opportunity for Qianhai's development and a good window for upgrading Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation. Qianhai is not confined to the "geographic extension", otherwise, it has made a "policy expansion" as well.
In July this year, Standard Chartered Bank set up Standard Chartered Private Equity Fund Management (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in Qianhai, and the company's legal representative Lin Ximing said that in the future, combined with Qianhai's advantageous environment, more and more foreign institutions will enter the mainland through Qianhai.
"Both the designing and the implementation of policies have revealed an orientation toward developing and facilitating industries, thus the enterprises have been able to do business with ease and confidence," said Owen Wang, vice president of the Greater Bay Area of Li & Fung Qianhai Supply Chain Management (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., a Hong Kong-funded enterprise.
Thanks to the dual advantages of Free Trade Zone and comprehensive bonded zone, Li & Fung supply chain currently managed and operated warehouses with an area of more than 100,000 square meters in Qianhai and has set up global or Asia-Pacific service trade and supply chain centers for a number of international well-known brands. The policies rolled out in Qianhai are "in line with industrial development", said Wang. Thanks to those policies, the projects for logistics industry can be "efficiently connected" as soon as they're implemented and customs clearance is "fast and smooth", he added.
There is no doubt that Qianhai is becoming more open and international. Over the past year, Qianhai has launched lots of innovations and pilot programs: taking the lead in realizing Notification and Commitment System for approval of the business of overseas assignment of seamen, holding Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Youth Technology and Innovation Forum, carrying out the Cross-boundary Wealth Management Connect (WMC) Pilot Scheme in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), implementing nine support policies bringing tangible benefits to Hong Kong, building the GBA International Arbitration Centre, conducting the GBA Union of Innovation China, constructing Qianhai-Hong Kong-Macau e-link and releasing a package of 100 one-stop services for international talents etc.
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ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will hold an Investor and Financial Analyst Conference on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at its Headquarters, 650 West Peachtree St., in Atlanta, GA.
Norfolk Southern's executive leadership team, including President and Chief Executive Officer Alan H. Shaw, will present an overview of the company's strategic plan and objectives, as well as updates on operational and commercial initiatives. Invitations will be sent for the in-person event, but all interested investors may participate via a live webcast. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET.
A recording of the webcast and presentation materials will be posted on the company's website at www.norfolksouthern.com under the Investors section.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
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MIAMI, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adsmovil USA, a minority-owned and certified leading pioneer in Hispanic mobile advertising and digital media today announced the launch of Nuestra.TV, a free video-streaming service created to entertain, inform, and empower Hispanic audiences across cultural diversity, generations, languages, and devices.
Launched with more than 40+ FAST channels and 15,000+ hours of premium video on demand (VOD) content, reflecting the full breadth and diversity of the Hispanic community, Nuestra.TV (Our.TV) was created and customized for each member of la familia. Its fully downloadable content library includes premiere productions in English and Spanish from the U.S., Latin America, and Spain, as well as compelling original content for bilingual/bicultural consumers from celebrated creators. Nuestra.TV will also offer educational programming to empower its audiences, in addition to gaming, podcasts, UGC, live news, and music events.
Nuestra.TV will feature top-performing movies and TV series, including VIP 2000 TV, The Country Network, Planet EAT, Young Hollywood, Caracol, Mega Global Entertainment, RM Vistar, and Spanglish Films. The new platform will also offer popular novelas, from classics, to modern hits, starring the biggest novela stars, in addition to live news and live sports.
Nuestra.TV's programming line-up will also include original bicultural content, including reality road trip "Latina Approved: Buen Provecho;" docuSeries "Nuestro Stories" that tells the origins of Latino traditions; animated children's series "MariVi: the Master Navigator" following a first-generation immigrant family and their U.S. born daughter; and financial educational video series "SUMA Wealth: Boot Camp".
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Nuestra.TV was created by Adsmovil CEO Alberto Pardo, a digital media pioneer, to both meet the high demand for premium streaming content and better serve the wide range of audiences that make up the Hispanic community.
"We have over a decade of experience creating content and reaching Hispanics, across generations, cultural origins, and languages, and with Nuestra.TV we are uniquely positioned to provide Hispanic cord cutters with a platform that is inclusive and authentic. Nuestra.TV was created for all Hispanics. including the often overlooked bilingual/bicultural Hispanic," said Alberto Pardo, President, and CEO, Nuestra.TV.
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Pro Video News: Panasonic introduces its HC-X2 and HC-X20 4K camcorders with 1.0" sensors and a fast, mobile workflow.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is pleased to announce that Panasonic has upped its camcorder game with the release of two 4K 1.0"-type sensor models aimed at the fast-paced workflow of on-the-go videographers, the HC-X2 and HC-X20.
Panasonic HC-X20 4K Camcorder
The HC-X2 features pro interfaces like SDI (BNC) video ports, embedded SDI audio, BNC timecode in/out, and an RJ45 GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) for tethering or connecting to a network. It offers HDR and HLG recording offers 13 stops of latitude when using V-log and can output SDI and HDMI simultaneously. Dual codec recording where images are recorded simultaneously in UHD 4K and full HD (50 Mb/s) or full HD (100 Mb/s or higher) plus full HD (8 Mb/s) can be used to create an efficient post-production workflow.
Shared HC-X2 and HC-X20 Features
Features shared by both models that will help you get the footage you need range from a well-balanced shoulder mount to optical image stabilization and advanced autofocus options. Advanced autofocus functions include Face Detection AF, color peaking, and 1-touch AF in Manual mode. Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), 5-axis Electronic Image Stabilization, built-in ND filters, versatile recording modes, integrated Wi-Fi, "paintbox"-type image adjustments, and dual XLR audio inputs are just some of the additional functions shared by both the advanced HC-X2 and the more budget-friendly HC-X20 model.
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New 18mm Lens is LUMIX's fifth addition to F1.8 series based on L-mount System Standard and Fits the S5, LUMIX's smallest full-frame model
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic is pleased to introduce a new large-aperture ultra-wide fixed focal length lens, the LUMIX S 18mm F1.8 (S-S18), as the fifth addition to the series of F1.8 large-aperture lenses based on the L-Mount system standard. The large-aperture LUMIX S 18mm F1.8 (S-S18) boasts high optical performance passing the quality standard of professional use despite its compact size. Ultra-wide 18mm perspective provides versatile ways of use at different shooting distances. In a long shot, it captures more foreground or background elements to deliver a dynamic impression into the image. It is possible to add artistic expression to the foreground subject using rich perspective by shooting from a short distance.
A total of five F1.8 fixed focal length lenses from the LUMIX S Series including the 85mm (S-S85), 50mm (S-S50), 35mm (S-S35), 24mm (S-S24) and the new 18mm (S-S18) lens feature a common size and position of control parts to provide practical advantages in use. The center of gravity of these lenses is almost the same so that it is easy to exchange lenses quickly with minimum balance adjustment when the camera is on a gimbal. Common filters can also be used thanks to the same diameter. The descriptive performance of these lenses is also consistent. Covering virtually any framing and composition, use of these five LUMIX S F1.8 fixed focal length lenses will suffice for filmmaking with minimum workflow and post-production process.
The LUMIX S 18mm F1.8 is comprised of thirteen lens elements in twelve groups including three aspherical lenses, three ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) lenses, one UED (Ultra Extra-Low Dispersion) lens and one UHR (Ultra High Refractive Index) lens. The use of three aspherical lenses realizes both high descriptive performance and beautiful bokeh, which are common advantages to the series of all F1.8 lenses. The three ED lenses effectively suppress chromatic aberration. It is suitable for versatile situations including landscapes, astrophotography and architecture photography taking advantage of the ultra wide angle of view. It can also be used for close-up shots thanks to the minimum focusing distance of 0.18m.
The LUMIX S 18mm F1.8 is capable of smooth, silent operation to work with the camera's high-speed, high-precision contrast AF system with the sensor drive at max.240 fps. For the non-linear setting, focus is shifted with a variable amount according to the rotation speed of the focus ring while focus is shifted with a designated amount according to the rotational quantum of the focus ring for the linear setting. Sensitivity (the amount of focus shift per rotational quantum) can be selected from 90 to 360 degrees by 30 degrees to enable intended focus operation*1. The LUMIX S 18mm F1.8 also excels in video recording performance with a mechanism that suppresses focus breathing, which was a fatal problem of all interchangeable lenses designed for still image photography. Together with a micro-step aperture control for smooth exposure change, professional quality video can be recorded.
With its approximately 12-ounce compact size and light weight, the LUMIX S 18mm F1.8 features stunning mobility to fit the S5, LUMIX's smallest full-frame model. The rugged dust/splash-resistant*2 design withstands use under harsh conditions even at 14 degrees Fahrenheit for high mobility. The filter diameter is 67 mm, with a 9-blade circular aperture diaphragm.
Panasonic and L-Mount system alliance is committed to the development of L-Mount lenses for the further expansion of its lineup to fulfill the needs of customers.
*1 The maximum sensitivity differs by camera model, from 1080 degrees on BS1H (as of September 2022) .
*2 Dust and Splash Resistant does not guarantee that damage will not occur if this lens is subjected to direct contact with dust and water.
- L-Mount is a trademark or registered trademark of Leica Camera AG.
- Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
About Panasonic Corporation of North America
Newark, NJ-based Panasonic Corporation of North America is a leading provider of Consumer Lifestyle technologies, as well as innovative Smart Mobility, Sustainable Energy, Immersive Experiences, and Integrated Supply Chain solutions. The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Holdings Corporation. One of Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands of 2021, Panasonic is a leading technology partner and integrator to businesses, government agencies and consumers across the region. Learn more about Panasonic's ideas and innovations at na.panasonic.com/us
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Photography News: Panasonic has launched the Panasonic Lumix S 18mm f/1.8 lens that gives full-frame photographers an expansive ultra-wide-angle view of the world.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is excited to announce that Panasonic has rounded out its L-mount family of f/1.8 prime lenses with the addition of the Panasonic Lumix S 18mm f/1.8 lens. This addition gives full-frame mirrorless camera photographers and videographers an ultra-wide-angle view of the world while allowing them to capture expansive landscapes and inject images and videos with a sense of vast scale.
The new ultra-wide-angle prime lens joins its Lumix S 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm f/1.8 partners, completing an expansive focal length range from wide-angle to portrait-length telephoto. With a maximum aperture of f/1.8, photographers get serious light-gathering prowess without some of the weight and expense of larger f/1.4 or f/1.2 lenses. With these economics in mind, Panasonic has created this f/1.8 family of prime lenses that are designed to be compatible and virtually interchangeable—featuring identical front filter size, optical performance, and matching designs, as well as similar controls and an overall tactile feel between lenses. Due to the similar form factors, you can swap out these f/1.8 primes on a gimbal with minimal center of gravity shift adjustments needed.
The 18mm lens is designed to produce beautifully sharp images from corner to corner with its 13 lens elements in 12 groups. Three of the lenses are aspherical, three are UED (Ultra Extra-Low Dispersion) optics, and one UHR (Ultra High Refractive Index) lens suppress chromatic aberrations and help create beautiful bokeh. Minimum focus distance is 7.1".
Identical to the other Lumix f/1.8 lenses in the L-mount quiver, the autofocus system features internal focusing along with a linear motor to promote responsive and accurate focusing for both photography and video. Focus breathing is minimized, making the lens a good choice for video work that involves racking focus. Additionally, the manual focus control can be personalized to function in either nonlinear or linear operation, or when used with Lumix cameras, a set rotation angle can be used for improved tactile control and focus indexing. This, combined with a 9-bladed aperture featuring micro-step control for smooth exposure change, makes the lens perfectly suitable for professional quality video capture.
Lastly, the lens is dust and splash resistant and can operate in temperatures down to 14°F, making it ready for the field from the get-go.
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Real-Time Dark Web Intelligence Empowers Financial Institutions, Card Issuers, and E-commerce Providers to Prevent Payment Fraud
BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recorded Future, the world's largest intelligence company, today announced the expansion of its Intelligence Cloud with Payment Fraud Intelligence, a single source of truth for identifying, mitigating, and preventing payment fraud. Payment Fraud Intelligence enables those focused on payment fraud, including financial institutions, card issuers, and e-commerce providers to disrupt the entire payment fraud lifecycle by helping to detect e-skimmer infrastructure, compromised cards, and crypto wallets associated with malicious activity.
Payment fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry impacting merchants, cardholders, and financial institutions, and will result in over $400 billion in losses globally over the next decade. Historically, the industry has taken a reactive approach, waiting until fraudulent purchases take place, then attempting to limit losses, resulting in further reputational damages and financial losses. Recorded Future has unparalleled visibility into the complete payment fraud infrastructure, enabling clients to disrupt criminal activity by proactively detecting payment data being sold on the dark web, finding e-commerce sites infected with e-skimmers, and mapping thousands of the tester merchants used to validate cards before they're used fraudulently.
Recorded Future's Payment Fraud Intelligence enables payment fraud teams to proactively:
- Pinpoint compromised common points of purchase (CPPs)
- Enhance risk-exposure models and lower fraud potential
- Improve average fraud rate metrics across an entire card portfolio
- Detect attacker infrastructure being used to skim payment card data
With Recorded Future Payment Fraud Intelligence, the Card Fraud Prevention team at Swedbank is automatically alerted when its cards have been compromised and posted for sale on the dark web, enabling them to preemptively block and replace cards before fraud can occur.
"Recorded Future integrates with fraud detection systems to improve efficacy of detection algorithms and proactively scans the dark web to find compromised cards and reveal attacker infrastructure to identify active infections and full exposure periods. Now, financial institutions can develop and implement effective mitigation strategies to counter the effect of payment card compromises and subsequent fraud attacks before attacks can occur." - Andrei Barysevich, Vice President, Fraud Solutions, Recorded Future
Learn more about Recorded Future Payment Fraud Intelligence: https://www.recordedfuture.com/platform/payment-fraud-intelligence
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Recorded Future is the world's largest intelligence company. Recorded Future's Intelligence Cloud provides complete coverage across adversaries, infrastructure, and targets. By combining persistent and pervasive automated data collection and analytics with human analysis, Recorded Future provides real-time visibility into the digital landscape and empowers clients to take proactive action to disrupt adversaries and keep their people, systems, and infrastructure safe. Headquartered in Boston with offices and employees around the world, Recorded Future works with over 1,500 businesses and government organizations across more than 64 countries. Learn more at recordedfuture.com.
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PCORI also seeks proposals for projects to implement research results
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through several funding opportunities. These PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) include up to $467 million for comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies that help determine which health care approaches work best for patients and their caregivers given their particular circumstances.
One PFA calls for large, two-phase CER studies addressing established and important decisional dilemmas that require new evidence about the comparative effectiveness of available interventions. PCORI welcomes submissions in all areas and encourages proposals focused on reducing maternal mortality and improving care for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
Three other PFAs focus on specific, high-burden topics identified by the healthcare community: improving management of multiple chronic conditions, optimizing healthy aging, and preventing osteoporotic fractures.
Another PFA calls for CER proposals within four broad areas: addressing disparities; assessment of prevention, diagnosis and treatment options; improving health care systems; and communication and dissemination of research.
"With these latest funding opportunities, PCORI proudly continues its essential role as the nation's leading funder of patient-centered, comparative clinical effectiveness research," said PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, M.D., M.P.H. "The research funded through these opportunities will provide sound evidence to help patients, their clinicians and caregivers make sense of their many options in a complex healthcare environment. This research also will help to generate data and strategies that help reduce persistent health disparities, an important step toward achieving health equity, one of PCORI's National Priorities for Health."
Three other PFAs seek proposals for projects to promote the uptake of results of PCORI-funded research as well as to implement effective shared decision making in healthcare settings. These PFAs reflect PCORI's commitment to ensuring that CER findings are easily accessible and useful to those who need them to make informed decisions about care.
One opportunity seeks to fund projects in four areas: obesity treatment in primary care settings, nonsurgical options to improve or eliminate symptoms for women with urinary incontinence, therapies and medicines for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and the use of antibiotics to treat children's acute respiratory tract infections.
To date, PCORI has invested $3.4 billion to fund patient-centered CER and related projects, including those focused on implementing useful findings from PCORI-funded research and on supporting the engagement of people in research projects.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent, nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to fund research that will provide patients, their caregivers and clinicians with the evidence-based information needed to make better-informed health care decisions. PCORI is committed to continuously seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders to guide its work.
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Company to Host Press Conference Regarding Lawsuit Vs. Generac, Alleged Faulty Equipment & Damages
DETROIT, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Pink Energy CEO Jayson Waller is urging Generac to do a national recall on one of its solar energy system components called a SnapRS after allegedly seeing thousands of its customers' solar systems compromised by this failing part.
Waller is holding a press conference to provide a timeline and details of Pink Energy's lawsuit against Generac, specifically centered on the alleged malfunctioning and burning/melting SnapRS units that have been part of the installation process of nearly every Pink Energy solar energy equipment install since 2020. Pink Energy also claims that SnapRS are believed to have caused at least two fires at Pink Energy customer homes.
"We are urging customers to hold Generac accountable for these defective parts," Waller said. "At a time when clean energy interests need to advance with the recent 10-year extension of the federal solar investment tax credit, Generac's defective SnapRS are giving solar a bad name. Additionally, several other solar dealers/installers have come forward having similar issues with Generac products. It's a problem."
The SnapRS is an inline disconnect device designed to rapidly shut down power to individual solar panels as required by the National Electric Code. When signaled by the inverter, the SnapRS unit breaks the photovoltaic circuit thereby reducing total PV array output voltage to a safe level – to less than 80 volts – in a matter of seconds.
According to the lawsuit, Pink Energy was assured by Generac in August 2021 that firmware updates would fix the issue of overactive SnapRS turning on and off repeatedly. The update would keep the signal constant in an "on" position until there was a forced rapid shutdown. Instead, the firmware update actually shut down portions of a customer's system to prevent potential thermal events. Pink Energy has reason to believe Generac was aware that its firmware update would have adverse affects on the production of customer solar systems, but it did not disclose until 10 months later to Pink Energy (June 2022) that the firmware update was only an "interim solution" until a third-generation part arrived.
The lawsuit further asserts that Generac's faulty equipment has caused Pink Energy to experience an influx of 30,000 inbound customer complaint calls per month, as well as the loss of 600 jobs nationwide (approximately 100 in Michigan and 200 more in the company's home state of North Carolina).
Pink Energy continues to field calls and address issues related to the SnapRS, and is even seeing failures in other Generac component pieces. After having replaced approximately 50,000 SnapRS itself, Pink Energy has prevailed upon Generac to take over responsibility for all future services related to Generac products, including replacement of SnapRS components and clearing lockout errors, in order to streamline the resolution of issues for Pink Energy customers. There is now a dedicated phone line for customers to directly reach Generac to address these Generac product issues. Generac can be reached at 800-396-1281, or by emailing solarsupport@generac.com, to get Generac product system issues addressed.
Pink Energy customers experiencing any other issues or have questions unrelated to their Generac products can still reach the Pink Energy team at 833-423-1132, or by email at customer@gopink.com, or by visiting a Facebook group called Pink Cares, specifically designed to help customers needing extra assistance.
About Pink Energy
Pink Energy is a leading energy efficiency company that provides high-quality American-made solar panels as part of a complete energy-savings package for residential customers. The company, which has made the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies five times in the last six years, launched in 2014 in Mooresville, N.C., and today has approximately 1,500 employees, including a commercial division. Operating in 16 states, it is committed to doing good things for the planet and good things for people by helping them to live lives powered by the sun. For more information, visit https://gopink.com or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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More Than $150,000 in Funding Will Benefit Shelters in Missouri, Rhode Island, California and Florida
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Purina and the nonprofit RedRover have awarded four new Purple Leash Project grants to help domestic violence shelters make pet-friendly renovations. The latest grant recipients include Finding Grace Ministries in Jefferson, County, Missouri; Women's Resource Center in Newport County, Rhode Island; Monarch Services - Servicios Monarca in Santa Cruz County, California and Seminole County Victims' Rights Coalition Inc in Seminole County, Florida. Funding will provide pet-friendly upgrades and resources to domestic abuse survivors and their pets at each shelter, including pet-safe housing, veterinary care, outdoor pet play yards and supplies.
Together, through the Purple Leash Project, Purina and RedRover are working to help domestic violence shelters across the country become pet-friendly so that survivors and their pets can escape abuse and heal together. Currently, only about 15% of domestic violence shelters in the United States allow pets.
"Nearly half of all domestic violence survivors will delay leaving their abuser if they can't bring their pet with them, which is a choice that nobody should have to make," said Nina Leigh Krueger, CEO and President of Purina. "Luckily, the number of resources to help survivors and their four-legged family members escape abuse and heal together is growing every day, and Purina is humbled to help lead the charge alongside our partners at RedRover to make more pet-inclusive resources available."
Since the Purple Leash Project was founded in 2019, Purina has provided more than $1 million in funding and is working together with RedRover toward a goal of helping to ensure that at least 25% of domestic violence shelters are pet-friendly by 2025. To date, 34 grants totaling $701,850 have now been gifted to domestic violence shelters across the US by Purina providing thousands of safe nights for survivors with pets.
- Finding Grace Ministries in Jefferson County, Missouri will receive $60,000 to build on-site outdoor play yards. Additional funds will support the installation of pet-friendly flooring and scratch guards for doors as well as pet supplies and veterinary care.
- Women's Resource Center in Newport County, Rhode Island will receive $40,000 to build dog play areas and a 'catio' - an enclosed cat patio. Remaining funds will go toward a fence installation.
- Monarch Services - Servicios Monarca in Santa Cruz County, California will receive $33,400, which will allow the shelter to house cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, fish, reptiles, small mammals and pocket pets. The remaining funds will go toward building pet play yards, providing pet supplies and covering veterinary costs.
- Seminole County Victims' Rights Coalition Inc in Seminole County, Florida will receive $19,450 to build pet-friendly suites where survivors can stay with their pets, in their own private rooms, and have access to a dog park on-site. Remaining funds will be allocated for a security system and pet supplies.
"RedRover and Purina's Purple Leash Project grant will help Finding Grace Ministries become the first pet-friendly human shelter in Jefferson County, Missouri," said Doreen Page, Finding Grace Ministries Executive Director. "We're so thankful to both organizations for helping us bring our dreams of providing real, impactful solutions to survivors of domestic violence to reality."
To learn more about the Purple Leash Project, donate or sign up for ongoing updates, visit www.PurpleLeashProject.com.
If you know someone who is being abused and ready to leave with their pet, they can find information on pet-friendly shelters in their area at www.SafePlaceForPets.org.
Nestlé Purina PetCare creates richer lives for pets and the people who love them. Founded in 1894, Purina has helped dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives by offering scientifically based nutritional innovations. Purina manufactures some of the world's most trusted and popular pet care products, including Purina ONE, Pro Plan, Fancy Feast and Tidy Cats. Our more than 8,700 U.S. associates take pride in our trusted pet food, treat and litter brands that feed 51 million dogs and 65 million cats every year. More than 500 Purina scientists, veterinarians, and pet care experts ensure our commitment to unsurpassed quality and nutrition.
Purina promotes responsible pet care through our scientific research, our products and our support for pet-related organizations. Over the past five years, Purina has contributed more than $150 million towards organizations that bring, and keep, people and pets together, as well as those that help our communities and environment thrive.
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Since 1987, RedRover has focused on bringing animals out of crisis and strengthening the human-animal bond through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance, and education. To learn how RedRover is creating a more compassionate world, visit RedRover.org.
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California-based cybersecurity company expands its alliance with Cloud Seguro to provide Colombian enterprises with unparalleled levels of cyber risk management
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Resecurity, Inc., a U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence company, announced its deepened partnership with Cloud Seguro to expand Resecurity's AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and services to Colombia. Based in Bogotá, Cloud Seguro is a leading Colombian Information Security, Ethical Hacking and Cloud Security company.
As Colombia's digital economy expands, cyber threats are increasingly prominent; the first half of 2020 saw a 59% increase in reports of computer crimes compared to the same period of the previous year. In 2019, Colombia was among the countries in Latin America most targeted by cyber criminals. Cybersecurity has become a frequent topic of policy concern for Colombia. The government proposed a Consolidated Guiding Vision in document CONPES 3701, which seeks to generate national cybersecurity policy guidelines. The aim is to develop a national strategy that counteracts the increase in computer threats to Colombia's digitization process. [1] To accelerate the implementation of AI-powered cybersecurity and threat intelligence in Colombia, Resecurity has further partnered with Cloud Seguro to provide Colombian customers best-in-breed risk management.
"The relationship between Colombia and the United States has continuously strengthened over the last 300 years to a full partnership that links the governments of both nations around several key issues, including, most recently, terrorism and cybercrime; our deepened partnership with our existing reseller in Colombia, Cloud Seguro, is a natural expansion as Colombia invests in cybersecurity to secure private and public organizations, leveraging AI" said Gene Yoo, CEO of Resecurity. "Resecurity is excited to build a deep relationship with Cloud Seguro to drive cybersecurity market development in Colombia, including participating together in co-organized events and cybersecurity contests."
The synergy between Cloud Seguro and Resecurity will accelerate proactive managed threat detection, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) services for Colombian market. The offering will enable local business leaders to mitigate possible cybesecurity risks and minimize damage from the consequences of data breaches and ransomware activity targeting companies in critical sectors of economy in Latin America.
Resecurity's innovative cybersecurity solutions allow organizations to automate the identification, assessment, and triage of incoming cyber threats while staying ahead of cybercriminals using advanced tactics to attack organizations at scale. The AI-driven platform allows administrators to reduce potential blind spots and security gaps by quickly seeing in-depth analysis and specific artifacts obtained through the dark web, botnets activity, network intelligence, and high-quality threat intelligence.
"Risk must be identified in each of the processes of companies, not only in technology management; each process has a risk and needs special management in information security. Our alliance with Resecurity allows us to use their bleeding-edge tools and highly innovative team to augment our own team on the ground in Colombia to provide our Colombian customers with unparalleled services, across on-premise, private cloud and public cloud." said German Realpe, CEO and co-founder of Cloud Seguro.
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Resecurity is a cybersecurity company providing managed threat detection and response. The company delivers a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence. Known for providing best-of-breed data-driven intelligence solutions, Resecurity's services and platforms focus on early-warning identification of data breaches and comprehensive protection against cybersecurity risks. Founded in 2016, it has been globally recognized as one of the world's most innovative cybersecurity companies with the sole mission of enabling organizations to combat cyber threats regardless of how sophisticated they are. Most recently, Resecurity was named as one of the Top 10 fastest-growing private cybersecurity companies in Los Angeles, California by Inc. Magazine. An official member of AFCEA, NDIA, SIA, Infragard, the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia (AmChamKSA) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (AmChamMexico). To learn more about Resecurity, visit https://resecurity.com.
Founded in 2011, Cloud Seguro's information security consulting is based on managing risk, which is different for each company. Identifying the risks is the best way to understand how to create an information security management system. When the risk of a company's processes and assets is understood, security controls can be implemented, including encryption, technological tools, digital signatures, electronic signatures, VPNs, software, and others. Cloud Seguro has created a simple methodology that is based on processes, procedures and technical controls. With this methodology, it is easy to certify a process over time under the framework of the ISO 27001 standard. Cloud Seguro's clients are from myriad verticals, including health, services, and Fintech. To learn more about Cloud Seguro, visit http://www.cloudseguro.co/.
[1] Accessed on 8/24/2022: https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/colombia-cybersecurity-outlook
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New technology is making hotel safety easier and more efficient than ever before. With the continuation of Hotel Panic Button laws going into effect, hotels are looking for a simpler cost-effective solution to keep their staff safe. For the purpose of a safer hotel, panic buttons are distributed among employees and provide immediate on-scene assistance to the room the employee is working in. To make this solution as cost-effective and simple, the key has been finding an interface that makes security straightforward while providing a budget-friendly solution that benefits both the hotel and the staff.
REVLAB Technology LLC has developed new technology making safety more time efficient. With the development of the latest iteration, users are able to contact emergency services through a simple click of a button. This solution allows for a direct connection with emergency responders while also cutting down the time in doing so. The low cost per room price offered by REVLAB allows hotels a budget-friendly solution to help them bring higher standards of safety to their staff.
The REVLAB's Panic Button solution allows for staff to use a sleek designed smartphone device that is equipped with essential apps that optimize its usage for safety. Vincent Vignali, the Chief R&D Officer has this to say about the solution…
"By utilizing smartphones, we give our customers the ability to use our devices for more than just a Panic Button. They can install a walkie-talkie, property management system, or even a team group chat application. Overall, the value of our phones is much greater than any single-purpose devices on the market."
Panic Button System Key Points:
- How it works…
- Installed by hotel staff within less than a day
- Remote support
- No added installation fees
- Extendible solution (Utilize other apps on the phones)
- Very low-cost recurring fee starting around $1 to $2/room/month
As similar legislation waits to be approved in other states across the nation. REVLAB remains ready to accommodate a growing market of Panic Button users to ensure safety nationwide!
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schochor & Staton, P.A., a leading medical malpractice firm with offices in Maryland and Washington D.C., is pleased to announce two new additions to its legal team: Patrick Terrence Gaffney and Joshua Kahn.
"At Schochor & Staton, P.A., we're dedicated to growing our firm with the best and brightest talent in the profession," said Jonathan Schochor, founding partner and Chairman of Schochor & Staton, P.A.
Patrick Terrence Gaffney is a seasoned catastrophic medical malpractice and medical device trial attorney. He has substantial trial experience involving birth injuries, anesthesia catastrophes, failure to diagnose cancer, orthopedic malpractice, complex hematology issues, surgical errors, nursing negligence and a myriad of other issues. Gaffney has more than two decades of experience in catastrophic medical malpractice, as well as drug development and FDA regulatory matters. Throughout his career, Gaffney has managed hundreds of medical malpractice cases. He also has considerable trial experience in product liability cases, involving pharmaceuticals and tobacco. Mr. Gaffney has also been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers. Gaffney is a graduate of John Carroll University and the Cleveland State University Marshall College of Law. Additionally, he holds a Certificate in Pharmacology from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and has worked as a critical care nurses' assistant.
Joshua Kahn specializes in tort law with an emphasis on cases involving catastrophic personal injuries. Prior to joining Schochor & Staton, P.A., Kahn practiced as a civil attorney for more than a decade, primarily at a preeminent Maryland law firm in downtown Baltimore, where he was elected partner in 2020. Kahn's former practice focused on representing clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Additionally, he has been involved in mass tort litigation, class action and qui tam cases pending in state and federal courts in Maryland, D.C., and beyond. Each year since 2015, Kahn was recognized as a Maryland Super Lawyers "Rising Star." Kahn earned two undergraduate degrees from the University of Maryland in College Park, where he graduated cum laude. He graduated cum laude again from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. Following law school, Kahn served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Lawrence F. Rodowsky and the Honorable Charles E. Moylan, Jr., who were specially assigned cases on Maryland's highest and intermediate appellate courts. Kahn is co-chair of the American Bar Association's Mass Torts Subcommittee on Multi-District Litigation and Class Procedures. He also serves on the Judicial Selections Committee of the Bar Association of Baltimore City and on the board of directors of Capital Camps.
Since 1984, Schochor & Staton, P.A. has built one of the largest Plaintiffs' medical malpractice firms in the area. It has been recognized nationally and regionally, with more than 80 awards and honors for the firm and its lawyers. The Firm's resources include a team of full-time medical investigators and professional relationships with hundreds of Board-Certified medical experts throughout the United States.
The Firm has filed more medical negligence cases than any other lawyer or law firm in Maryland and has led the largest Class-Action settlement in Maryland state history regarding a single perpetrator sexual abuse case. Additionally, the Firm established an important precedent mandating a health care provider's duty to advise patients of a positive HIV status prior to surgery so that a patient could choose a different surgeon free of the disease. As well, the Court established a cause of action allowing monetary compensation for reasonable fear of a disease without actually contracting it. That new Maryland precedent was subsequently adopted by other states as well.
The Firm has recovered well over a billion dollars on behalf of its clients with an extraordinary success rate.
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Since 1984, the Firm has been committed to the preservation and pursuit of the rights of individuals and groups (class action litigation) who have been victimized by the wrongful acts of others, through medical malpractice and negligence. Among other honors, the firm, with offices in Baltimore and Washington, DC, carries an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and is listed in the Bar Register for Preeminent Lawyers. Recovering well over a billion dollars on behalf of its clients, attorneys at Schochor & Staton, P.A. are consistently recognized for excellent representation of their clients, superior results and unwavering involvement in the community. Schochor & Staton, P.A. has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to individuals and organizations that make a difference. Some of those local and national non-profits include MADD, the American Cancer Society, The Kristin Rita Strouse Foundation, March of Dimes, and many others.
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Zoot Art Gallery Re-Opens Following 2-Year Hiatus
BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zoot Art Gallery in Bozeman is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibit, A Sense of Place, featuring works by members of the Montana Women's Artist Collective.
The group's inception resulted from a chance meeting at the Montana Arts Council Artrepreneur Program in 2020. The members founded the collective shortly after recognizing a shared passion for championing the Montana art community. The presentation, celebrating ten female artists of southern Montana, will showcase an exceptional range of pieces, including mixed media, painting, fiber and traditional western craft.
The exhibit will be on view from Sep. 12 – Oct. 28, 2022, and an opening reception will be held Thursday, September 15th from 5-7 pm at Zoot Enterprises.
Open to the public, the corporate exhibit space hosts rotating works by Montana artists for the enjoyment of employees and the community. The gallery has an expansive open area for sculpture and boasts over 100 square feet of vertical exhibit surfaces. One exhibiting artist described it as "...arguably the finest gallery space in the area."
All work sold through the gallery is commission-free, and underwriting is provided for opening receptions. The exhibits of Montana-only artists rotate approximately every three months and are selected by the Zoot Committee for the Arts.
Public hours are 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, visit the Zoot art gallery website at zootsolutions.com/art-gallery or contact Carol Lehmann, Gallery Coordinator, at carol.lehmann@zootweb.com.
Zoot Enterprises, Inc. is a global provider of advanced origination, acquisition and decision management solutions for financial institutions. We offer comprehensive and flexible platforms for specific business needs, including loan origination, fraud detection and prevention, data acquisition, and more. https://zootsolutions.com/
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating potential derivative claims on behalf of shareholders of Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA) relating to possible misconduct by certain of its officers and directors.
The firm's investigation relates to Carvana's used car purchasing and selling processes. On June 24, 2022, Barron's reported on widespread problems and consumer complaints relating to delays getting vehicle titles and registrations, incorrect paperwork, and other serious issues with Carvana's used car selling operations. Carvana is subject to at least one class action lawsuit on behalf of car purchasers related to these matters.
Carvana's questionable purchasing and selling practices have also resulted in increased state agency oversight, scrutiny, and discipline. For example, Carvana was forced to temporarily suspend all business in Illinois for two weeks in May, Carvana's dealer license was suspended in a North Carolina county between August 2021 and January 2022, and Carvana's license is on probation in Michigan. Further, Carvana and two of its top executive officers are currently subject to a class action securities lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that the defendants made false and misleading statements or otherwise failed to disclose the foregoing adverse information.
The Schubert Firm is investigating potential breaches of fiduciary duty by the Carvana's officers and directors in connection with these allegations and circumstances.
If you own stock in Carvana and wish to obtain additional information about your legal rights, please contact us today or visit our website at https://www.classactionlawyers.com/blog/carvana.
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe represents shareholders, employees, and consumers in class actions against corporate defendants, as well as shareholders in derivative actions against their officers and directors. The firm is based in San Francisco, and with the help of co-counsel, litigates cases nationwide.
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StreamCaster Radios Selected for Stryker Brigade Combat Teams in Capability Set 23
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silvus Technologies, Inc. ("Silvus") today announced the award of a $2.4 million order from the U.S. Army to provide StreamCaster mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radios for deployment at scale in the Army's Integrated Tactical Network. As part of the Army's Capability Set 23 (CS23), StreamCaster radios were selected for their ability to connect Stryker brigade combat team (SBCTs) command posts, creating a self-organizing mesh network designed to operate in multiple spectrum bands at high data rates, with advanced interference avoidance and cancellation waveform capabilities. The order comes just weeks after Silvus StreamCaster radios and version 4.0.2.8 of StreamScape firmware achieved Authority to Operate (ATO) certification from the U.S. Army.
"StreamCaster radios provide robust, high bandwidth connectivity for the Army with a MANET waveform that has been battle-proven with ground forces, on-the-move and aerial tier units across multi-domain operations," said Mike Kell, Silvus Director of Army Strategic Accounts, Retired Signal Corps Colonel. "In concert with the Army's PEO Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (C3T) and Army Futures Command's Network Cross-Functional Team (N-CFT), we continue to expand Silvus' MN-MIMO waveform's Spectrum Dominance capabilities to thrive in congested and contested environments, critical to achieving the Army's Unified Network modernization objectives."
For CS23, StreamCaster radios (Joint Electronics Type Designation: AN/PRC-169) will be deployed to Stryker BCTs, providing continuity of operations for mounted and dismounted formations that will extend the distance and range of these units, thereby increasing mobility for maneuver. Previously selected for CS21 to connect key command posts at the brigade and battalion echelons, StreamCaster radios enable transmission of federated TAK data with up to 8W of output power, high data rates and dual frequency band support. Learn more about the StreamCaster family of radios on our website and follow us on LinkedIn.
Privately held and headquartered in Los Angeles, Silvus Technologies develops advanced MIMO technologies that are reshaping broadband wireless connectivity for mission critical applications. Backed by an unmatched team of PhD scientists and design engineers, its technologies provide enhanced wireless data throughput, interference mitigation, improved range, mobility, and robustness to address the growing needs of its government and commercial customers. Learn more: https://silvustechnologies.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The SkillUp Coalition, a national collaboration among nonprofits, training providers, and employers, is commemorating two years of impact, supporting 1 million workers across the nation to date. A newly released Impact Report spotlights milestones since the nonprofit launched in July 2020.
- 5,642 job placements
- Over $750,000,000 in wages/earnings into the pockets of SkillUp job-seekers (over 100:1 ROI)
- 29,650 referrals to employers
- 20,455 referrals to training partners
- $1,835,000 in scholarships and grants awarded to SkillUp workers
SkillUp launched from the urgent need to help displaced workers upskill, and since then has built a thriving coalition to include 17 diverse and passionate staff members and more than 90 leading training and education providers, employers, technology companies, job readiness nonprofits, philanthropies, and others.
Two years in, SkillUp's core ethos remains a "Learning Lab" mentality that's allowed SkillUp to evolve in tune with the rapidly changing labor market.
"SkillUp has had to evolve over the past two years, and quickly. At the outset, it was about getting a job for the millions displaced by Covid. Now, we're laser-focused on our Mission: to provide a guided and supported path to ensure every worker has high opportunity employment," says Executive Director, Steve Lee.
Key to SkillUp's evolution and direct-to-worker support has been its partners across various regions and industries. These include strategic partnerships branded as "LevelUp" Bay Area, Los Angeles, Florida, Louisiana, Northern Nevada, Philadelphia, New York City, and GRIT Ohio (with more to come in 2022 and 2023 including Kentucky and Dallas).
"Through SkillUp, I learned how to make myself marketable and build my career path. I found the resources to interview, negotiate, and secure a job immediately after completing my IT certificate with Merit America," says Eric Torres, LevelUp Los Angeles.
These also include strong relationships with numerous Fortune 100 companies. Through SkillUp's expanding "Earn and Learn" Initiative, SkillUp helps job seekers fill open roles with partner employers that offer robust education-as-a-benefit opportunities. Current national partners include UC Health, Verizon, Bright Horizons, and TTEC, among others. The newly formed SkillUp Employer Network, a result of the Hire Opportunity Coalition (HOC) merger with SkillUp, now includes more than 70 HR, DE&I, and CSR leaders across nearly 30 national employers.
Ongoing collaborations with leading operating, outreach, and funding partners in the education and workforce space, including JFF, Guild Education, Opportunity@Work, OneTen, Strada Education, Charles Koch Foundation, Stand Together, Walmart Foundation, Google, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Workday Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Macquarie Group Foundation, and others continue to build direct-to-worker resources that scale training program enrollments, job placements, and career coaching for SkillUp users.
In two years, SkillUp has built a thriving coalition to support millions of workers across the country. Read stories of worker impact and view the comprehensive Skillup Coalition 2020-2022 Impact Report here.
Founded in July 2020, SkillUp Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects workers with the right tools, resources, and support so they can make confident career shifts, find quality living-wage jobs, and position themselves for promising career growth. The SkillUp ecosystem provides career exploration, training & employer connections, career coaching, and resources to support workers at any stage of their career journey.
SkillUp proudly advocates for an affordable, equitable, upskilling ecosystem that ensures every worker has high opportunity employment. For more information, please visit www.skillup.org or follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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Harris Brings Decades of Sleep Health Knowledge and Expertise to Sleepopolis' Growing Audience
RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sleepopolis, one of the largest sleep resources delivering best-in-class sleep news, mattress and bedding reviews and sleep health content, has announced the addition of Dr. Shelby Harris as the brand's Director of Sleep Health.
Dr. Shelby Harris, a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in behavioral sleep medicine (BSM), joins Sleepopolis with in-depth knowledge of how to help everyone get better sleep, from babies to older adults, using evidence-based methods. Harris has unique expertise in collaboratively working with her patients to address their interconnected thoughts, behaviors and emotions through treatment methods that have scientific support behind them, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). At Sleepopolis, Harris will act as a spokesperson for the brand by working alongside internal content creators and other sleep experts, putting together timely campaigns linking sleep to overall wellness.
"We are excited to welcome Dr. Harris on the Sleepopolis team," said Alanna Nuñez, Head of Content at Sleepopolis. "Dr. Harris has an impressive background and knowledgeable voice in the sleep health industry, making her an ideal fit to help elevate the Sleepopolis brand and bring our audiences the sleep health information they need."
Harris is board-certified in behavioral sleep medicine by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Brown University and graduated with her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. Harris completed her predoctoral internship at Montefiore Medical Center, where she trained in the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center and received advanced postdoctoral training in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for anxiety and depression. Harris is also the writer of "The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia," where she worked with women of all ages struggling to find face-to-face help for cases of insomnia.
"I am on a life-long mission to help everyone get a great night's sleep," said Harris. "In doing so, I am proud to bring real, science-backed solutions and advice to the millions of people that make up Sleepopolis' audience for them to get the great sleep they deserve, night after night."
Sleepopolis' mission is to ensure that everyone gets incredible sleep; it's as simple as that. Team members test and review products in their Raleigh-based testing lab and studio, and then share honest feedback through reviews, roundups or comparisons. From mattress and pillow reviews to timely sleep health news and information, to tailored video content, Sleepopolis has encompassed all information in one, easily accessible place.
To learn more about Sleepopolis and Dr. Shelby Harris, please visit https://sleepopolis.com/.
Since launching in 2014, Sleepopolis has maintained a simple, but important mission: to help people get incredible sleep. Its team of credentialed writers, product reviewers and sleep experts deliver best-in-class sleep news, mattress and bedding reviews and sleep health content. With an average monthly reach of 27 million impressions, Sleepopolis has become one of the largest sleep resources on the Internet. Whether you're shopping for a new mattress or looking for an answer to a specific sleep question, you'll find it at Sleepopolis. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, or visit us at Sleepopolis.com to learn more.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA), Inc., a leading provider of strategic advisory services, has acquired the Operations Research and Cyber Analysis (ORCA) division of Metron. In addition to operations research, ORCA specializes in systems of systems engineering, model-based system engineering, and digital engineering processes for the US Navy and other important National Security clients.
SPA will continue to run ORCA as a division based in San Diego, CA, led by Jeff Monroe, Coni Ratonel, and Matt Norton, longtime ORCA management teammates. The ORCA Division will be part of SPA's Naval, Nuclear, and Critical Infrastructure sector, led by Vice Admiral (Ret.) Terry Benedict.
SPA President and CEO Dr. William Vantine said, "We are thrilled to join forces with Jeff, Coni, Matt and the entire, highly talented ORCA team. Together we will expand and further strengthen SPA's leadership in model-based systems engineering, operations research, modeling and simulation, DevSecOps, and wargaming. SPA and ORCA's collective capabilities, tools, and technologies are highly complementary, enhancing our ability to deliver continuous value and innovation to National Security clients. We welcome everyone to our great team!"
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. is a premier international provider of innovative, leading-edge solutions in support of complex National Security programs and defense priorities. SPA's capabilities include Advanced Analytics, Software Tool Development, System Engineering, DevSecOps, Strategy, Policy and Compliance, and Integrated Program Management. SPA employees are subject matter experts in numerous domains, including Land, Undersea, Surface and Air Warfare Operations; Intelligence Community, Radar and Sensor Systems; Unmanned Systems and Counter Systems; Nuclear Deterrence Policy, Safety and Security; Defense Industrial Base; Space Systems; Ballistic Missile Systems; Cybersecurity policy; and Hypersonics.
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MACON, Mo., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Onshore Outsourcing is proud to announce that they have signed an agreement with the Macon R1 School District to purchase Onshore's campus on North Missouri Street. Closing completed August 31, with the school taking possession of the 50,000 sq. ft. campus on September 1.
Onshore Outsourcing generously donated $860,000 to the school district to make this purchase possible, as the Macon R1 District did not have the funding to cover the building's appraised value.
"This is a great opportunity for us to let the community benefit from this campus. If we return to a hybrid work schedule in the future, we'll have enough office space available to house our Macon staff on their in-office days," said Dan Nixon, COO of Onshore Outsourcing.
Like many others in the technology industry, Onshore transitioned to a remote workforce model to protect its employees during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Through the pandemic, Onshore re-imagined their training and workforce management programs for a remote-first environment, allowing them to expand their mission to small towns across 27 states without the challenges of establishing physical offices.
Remote work, especially in the Information Technology sector, has been on the rise in recent years and expected for the long term as more and more companies are embracing the benefits and flexibility remote work offers to their employees.
Through their unique mission, Onshore trains and educates employees in rural areas, often from a background in customer service, manufacturing, or agriculture, creating rewarding and sustainable Information Technology careers in their hometowns. Onshore employees benefit from remote work more than most technology professionals in larger cities who often have better access to childcare and other services. Additionally, working from home improves the local economy by enabling residents to stay within their community.
"In addition to being more productive and saving money on gas and food, my new remote work schedule has allowed me the flexibility to drive our children to school and doctor appointments while my wife goes back to college," says Keith Lampe, a .NET Software Architect that started at Onshore 16 years ago.
"The Great Resignation" has created record labor shortages and wage pressure, even more so in the IT sector, and technology leaders face unprecedented challenges hiring and retaining their staff. Many of those leaders have now turned to Onshore Outsourcing for their staffing needs, seeing the advantage of partnering with a company that can produce technology talent, rather than fighting for high-demand skillsets in a fiercely competitive labor market. With Onshore, companies see faster fill times and more attractive rates compared to most domestic providers.
Onshore Outsourcing, headquartered in Macon, Missouri, is dedicated to the dual mission of empowering clients through the delivery of unmatched IT expertise and enabling Americans to go beyond their current circumstances to build rewarding and sustainable careers in IT. From software development and quality assurance testing staff augmentation to fully outsourced IT support desk, Onshore delivers world-class solutions for Fortune 1000 companies across various industries, including transportation and logistics, retail, healthcare life sciences, manufacturing, energy markets, financial services, and insurance. Onshore is a Certified Microsoft Partner. For more information, visit https://www.onshoreoutsourcing.com/.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tecum Capital ("Tecum") is proud to announce its investment in Keystone Foam PA, LLC, formerly known as Keystone Foam Corporation, ("Keystone" or the "Company"), a fabricator of proprietary custom foam products for various end markets. The investment represents Tecum's seventh platform investment out of its new $305 million SBIC fund, Tecum Capital Partners III, L.P.
Tecum and Valley Ridge Investment Partners ("VRIP") led the acquisition of Keystone in partnership with Centerfield Capital Partners and Petra Capital Partners (collectively, the "Investor Group"), acquiring a stake in the Company to augment the Quinn Family (Keystone's founders and senior management team) in pursuing strategic growth opportunities. Keystone's senior management team is led by CEO Brian Quinn and COO Gerald "Jeep" Quinn, Jr., who will continue to run the Company with a focus on growth while providing industry-leading quality and service. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Derry, PA, Keystone is a fabricator of various foam products and applications that serve the medical, packaging, furniture, and other industries. Keystone specializes in customized foam solutions using conventional polyurethane, polyethylene, viscoelastic foams, latex, and other components.
Brian Quinn noted, "We are excited to bring in partners whose values align with those that our father, Jerry, instilled when he founded the company 40 years ago. We are excited to bring in capital to allow us to support the needs of our customers and to continue to grow our business. There is strong cultural alignment across Keystone and the Investor Group as we collectively work to advance the Company through its next phase of growth." Jeep Quinn added, "The infusion of capital will allow us to continue our family's focus of re-investment into our valued people, our equipment, and facilities. With our third generation of Quinn family members entering the business in leadership roles, the investment of capital creates a wonderful opportunity to build upon our heritage here in western Pennsylvania."
VRIP's Mark Tedford commented, "Brian and Jeep and their team have built an industry-leading business. We are thrilled to be working with the management team and the Investor Group to help facilitate the next phase of growth for the Company. We are excited to bring our years of operational, strategic planning and organizational development experience to help support the Keystone management team and Investor Group. We have the utmost respect for Tecum as the anchor investor as we have successfully partnered with them for several years on a prior portfolio company investment."
Matt Harnett, Partner of Tecum, stated, "Keystone represents another opportunity to partner with a passionate and proven management team right in our back yard alongside an experienced sponsor in VRIP. Brian and Jeep's commitment to the Company and its customers highlights the partnership mentality we look for in our management teams." Stephen Gurgovits, Jr., Managing Partner of Tecum, added, "We are excited to partner with VRIP on a second transaction and support the execution of their value creation plan. Under the leadership of the Quinn family, Keystone has established itself as a premier fabricator within the foam market. We look forward to building on the great reputation and culture they've developed."
The Deal Team from Tecum consisted of Matt Harnett, Dave Bonvenuto, Paul Oris, and Carter Henderson.
Tecum Capital is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based private investment firm deploying capital in lower middle-market companies. Tecum provides mezzanine debt and equity investments in growth-oriented middle-market companies across the broader high-value manufacturing, value-added distribution, and business services sectors. Our team partners with independent sponsors, family offices, committed funds, business owners seeking succession plans, and management teams to create shared success. Tecum manages two Small Business Investment Company ("SBIC") licensed funds and is currently investing out of Tecum Capital Partners III, L.P, a $305 million fund launched in September 2021. Since 2006, the team has collectively invested more than $850 million in over 130 platform and add-on acquisitions. For more information, please visit www.tecum.com.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thompson Thrift, a full-service nationally recognized real estate company and one of the nation's leading multifamily developers, announced today the development of The Depot, a 300-unit Class A multifamily community in the Kansas City suburb of Raymore. Thompson Thrift expects to break ground in September and plans to welcome new residents starting in the spring of 2024.
"The suburbs south of Kansas City have seen impressive job and population growth in recent years," said Josh Purvis, managing partner for Thompson Thrift Residential. "There is strong demand for multifamily rental options and The Depot will provide a luxury-living experience with convenient access to the area's major employers as well as a variety of retail and dining options."
Located off Dean Ave and E 171st St, The Depot will offer nine three-story buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes averaging just under 1,000 square feet. Residents will enjoy premium interior finishes including gourmet bar-kitchens with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, tiled showers with glass doors, 9-foot ceilings, wood-inspired flooring, walk-in closets with custom wood shelving and full-sized washers and dryers. The luxury-living experience will continue throughout the community with a professionally decorated clubhouse, 24-hour fitness center, resort-style swimming pool and a dog park.
The Depot sits adjacent to the Raymore Galleria, a 400,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Lowe's. The property enjoys nearby access to Interstate 49, which will provide residents with easy commutes to neighboring communities and major employers such as Cerner Corporation, Honeywell and Saint Luke's East Hospital.
The multifamily housing market in Raymore is in high demand for new development. During the past 10 years, the rate of population growth within a one-mile radius of the site has been almost double that of the larger Kansas City metro area.
The Depot will be Thompson Thrift's third community in Missouri, joining The Element and Avenue64.
During the past 30 years Thompson Thrift has developed more than $4 billion of ground-up development projects across the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. The company made a name for itself by being one of the few developers to build Class A residential communities in markets across the country with a variety of conventional, luxury leased villa and townhome-style communities, and has become known as a trusted partner committed to developing high-quality, attractive commercial and multifamily communities.
Thompson Thrift is an integrated full-service real estate company with offices in Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana; Denver, Houston and Phoenix. Three business units drive Thompson Thrift's success—Thompson Thrift Residential which is focused on upscale Class A multifamily communities and luxury leased homes, Thompson Thrift Commercial which is focused on ground-up commercial development, and Thompson Thrift Construction, a full-service construction company. Through these business units, Thompson Thrift is engaged in all aspects of acquisition, development, construction, leasing, and management of quality multifamily, mixed-use, retail, industrial and commercial projects across the country. We are passionate about our customer's success and strive to ensure our projects not only meet the needs of our customers but also the communities we serve. For more information, please visit www.thompsonthrift.com
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More than 45 groups endorse suicide prevention effort focused on connection
MOUNT AIRY, Md., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Troops First Foundation today released a letter signed by more than 45 of the nation's leading veteran service organizations and allied groups, imploring members of Congress to approve a resolution recognizing Nov. 13, 2022, as "National Warrior Call Day." The letter notes that leaders in the U.S. Senate are set to introduce a resolution imminently – timed in conjunction with suicide prevention month and the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Warrior Call is a national suicide prevention effort aimed at reaching veterans and service members who may be dangerously disconnected from others. The campaign stresses daily connection through calls and unites behind a single day -- the Sunday after Veterans Day -- to create a groundswell of action from all Americans to "make a call, take a call and be honest." Congressional backing increases visibility for the initiative and serves to extend the message to the local level.
"Far more emphasis must be placed on reaching those veterans, service members and first responders who do not raise their hands, who are suffering 'invisible wounds' in silence, whose physical or psychological injuries have left them perilously disconnected from others and who do not avail themselves of services," the groups write. "National Warrior Call Day highlights that pressing need."
The groups emphasize that support in Congress "will save American lives."
"Complementary to programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs and some Veteran Service Organizations, National Warrior Call Day is a grassroots advocacy campaign that requires no federal dollars," they add.
All equally important to the effort, a full list of the signers can be found here.
"Reducing isolation and suicide is multifaceted and requires many solutions," said Frank Larkin, Warrior Call chairman and Troops First Foundation COO. "With its straightforward mission of peer-to-peer connection, Warrior Call is one of those tools."
Larkin is a former Navy SEAL and 40th U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms. His son Ryan was a decorated Navy SEAL who died by suicide and has since been the subject of critical research on traumatic brain injuries.
Supporters are pressing for the congressional resolution to be fast tracked, particularly because congressional action will likely be limited to the Senate due to rigid rules in the House of Representatives related to dates of recognition.
Lawmakers introduced a similar resolution in 2021 and wrapped it into the National Defense Authorization Act, but it failed to move forward. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) spearheaded the effort and will do so again this year on a bipartisan basis. Both members serve on the Senate Armed Service Committee and are consistent leaders in supporting the nation's troops and veterans.
"We thank our partners in Congress and our massive coalition of partners represented on this letter today," added Larkin. "Through these partnerships, we will drive more people to make more calls to our bravest men and women who have worn or are wearing the uniform."
Warrior Call leaders emphasize that regardless of congressional action, Nov. 13, 2022, will be commemorated as National Warrior Call Day, and groups across the nation will work to drive participation.
Founded in 2008, the Troops First Foundation implements initiatives that foster connectivity, build trust and address reintegration in post-9/11 warrior care. One of the foundation's programs is Warrior Call.
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The Second Largest Doorstep Trash and Recycling Amenity Solution Provider Approaches 250,000 Doors Under Contract Nationwide
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trash Butler, the leading doorstep trash and recycling amenity solution provider for multi-family industry, has grown over 60% in the past year by landing four large national accounts, including Asset Living, and one more recently to be disclosed that manages nearly 200,000 apartment units. With the tight housing market and so many people working from home juggling life demands, the desire to save time and reduce stress has never been greater. Trash Butler is furthering its mission to give residents that sought-after time back, while also being a valuable extension of the apartment community maintenance and management staff.
As one of only two nationwide providers in the industry, Trash Butler leverages its culture, technology, and client relationships to provide solutions that solve the growing needs of the multi-family industry. Coming off a recent participation in the Moderne Ventures' multi-family business development program, Trash Butler has solidified itself as the next generation leader in multi-family solutions for both residents as well as management companies and owners.
"By partnering nationally with some of the leading multi-family management companies and ownership groups, we have been able to create more clarity around our prop-tech solutions and solve for the apartment management and maintenance sustainability requirements, staffing shortages as well as the growing demand from residents for convenient lifestyle amenities," states Nick Friedman, Trash Butler Co-Founder.
Shareholders of the company include a $10B publicly traded waste management firm as well as the founders of the $300M national junk and moving franchise College Hunks Hauling Junk. They have invested considerable resources in technology to deliver prop-tech and outsourced solutions for multi-family that improve sustainable green environment initiatives as well as solve the staffing issues faced by many apartment management firms.
In the past year, Trash Butler has grown exponentially, including a national partnership with Greystar, which is the largest multi-family management company in the world. The multi-family sector has remained strong and is projected to grow significantly as rental housing remains a priority. Trash Butler leverages its technology, culture, and service to enhance the NOI and asset values of apartment communities, while also improving resident retention and loyalty.
Commercialized in 2019 after a Series A capital raise with Florida Funders, Trash Butler serves nearly 65 million units annually across 33 states. The firm's executive board includes key industry players, including Dave Magrisso, who founded Valet Waste, pioneering the doorstep trash pickup industry for multi-family communities.
ABOUT TRASH BUTLER: Trash Butler is the second largest doorstep valet trash and recycling amenity solution provider in the country, serving the Multi-Family Apartment industry, student housing, and condo communities. They are a purpose-driven, values-based, socially conscious, tech-enabled, and results-obsessed enterprise that helps increase apartment asset NOI, asset values, and seeks to help make residents' and property management's lives easier.
For more information, visit www.trashbutler.com.
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Trella's newly integrated Marketscape platform fuses its comprehensive market intelligence and CRM solutions, creating an end-to-end growth platform for post-acute providers.
ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trella Health, the leader in post-acute growth solutions, announces the release of its integrated Marketscape platform. With the integration, Trella customers will gain a unified user experience that brings together strategy, planning, sales execution, and performance measuring and monitoring. The new platform provides a single sign-on and direct navigation between solutions for harmonious functionality and time savings.
"Since acquiring our CRM capabilities earlier this year, our team has been heads down focused on delivering on our customer's number one request: bring your cutting-edge market insights and mobile-first CRM together in one solution," stated Scott Tapp, CEO of Trella Health. "I am thrilled to see the team delivering on that promise. With the release of our intelligent Marketscape platform, customers can design their strategic growth plans and accelerate their sales performance through improved productivity."
The Trella team worked closely with a select group of customers to better understand their workflows, challenges, and specific needs for the Marketscape platform. The platform was designed based on their feedback to create a solution purpose-built for post-acute organizations. The Marketscape platform will enable Trella customers to achieve their unique business goals by connecting sales strategy work to execution, and providing visibility from sales reps to leadership on what activities achieve the best results.
"As a long-term customer of Trella and user of both the Marketscape Insights and CRM solution, the integration of these two solutions is a game changer for us," said Jamie Pedder, Director of Community Relationships for Alive Hospice. "The ability to view market insights within the CRM will allow more efficient planning, strategy, and execution for our team."
Trella Health's CRM integrates with more than 30 leading Electronic Health Records (EHRs), allowing sales and marketing teams to become clinically connected through referral stage monitoring. With the additional integration of market insights into the CRM, users can better prepare for referral partner conversations to build more trusting relationships.
Trella Health will continue its innovation of the Marketscape platform with upcoming releases that include a complete CRM user interface (UI) update and marketing automation capabilities.
About Trella Health
Trella Health's unmatched market intelligence and purpose-built CRM allow post-acute organizations to drive more effective performance and growth. With market visibility, post-acute organizations can identify the highest-potential referral targets, identify new markets, and monitor performance metrics. Paired with CRM and EHR integrations, business development teams can better manage referral relationships to advance their organizations with certainty. Learn more here https://www.trellahealth.com/.
Media contact: Ashton Davis, Adavis@trellahealth.com
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In Collaboration with the Ad Council, AFSP, The Jed Foundation, Caleb Cares Foundation & USC, New Student-Produced Public Service Advertisement Encourages Young Adults to Check in on Their Friends
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Seize the Awkward campaign released a new public service advertisement (PSA) featuring star quarterback Caleb Williams encouraging young people to check in with their peers and have open conversations about their mental health.
The campaign— from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and The Jed Foundation (JED) in collaboration with the Ad Council —worked with the Caleb Cares Foundation and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of California (USC) to develop the student-produced video.
In times of crisis, three in four young adults turn to a peer for support. As students across the country return to school and National Suicide Prevention Month begins in September, this new video from Seize the Awkward inspires them to learn the signs and start the conversation with friends about mental health. View the full PSA here.
Starring Caleb Williams, the spot highlights the real experiences of the student-athlete and his fellow students about how talking with friends about their mental health made an impact.
As the first collegiate athlete to participate in the campaign, Williams adds his distinct outlook and experiences to expand the conversation about mental health. The video also incorporates perspectives from several current USC students who drew on their firsthand experiences as they ideated, filmed, directed, and edited the PSA.
"Working with fellow USC students and the Seize the Awkward team on this PSA allowed me to share how important mental health awareness is in my life, especially through my experiences as a student-athlete," said Williams. "I hope everyone sees the importance of supporting your friends and what a huge difference that can make in someone's life."
Williams, who has committed to advocating for mental health and anti-bullying through his foundation, Caleb Cares, also spoke at the live premiere of the PSA yesterday at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The event included a first look at the PSA and a panel moderated by USC Annenberg Dean Willow Bay. Panelists included Williams; members of the student production team; JED's Director of School Engagement, Erica Riba and the Ad Council's Creators for Good Director, Elena Havas Taylor. Bonus content from the panel will be released on the @SeizeTheAwkward Instagram.
Williams is the latest in a rich history of trusted messengers and celebrities who have lent their voices to share the message of Seize the Awkward since the campaign first launched in January 2018. Billie Eilish, Aminé, Orion Carloto, Lauv, Noah Cyrus and more have all shared their personal stories about how talking with friends about mental health has made an impact.
"All indicators show how needed this campaign and message are during this time. AFSP thanks Caleb Williams and the USC team for creating the video and encouraging young people to continue supporting each other and staying connected. That support for one another will save lives," shared AFSP CEO Robert Gebbia.
"This PSA comes at a very important time, as we know that young people are facing increasing levels of anxiety and depression as they grapple with uncertainty, isolation, and loss resulting from the pandemic, as well as concern about school shootings, incidents of bias and racism, climate change, and loss of reproductive rights and autonomy, among other stressors," said JED CEO John MacPhee. "It is important for young people to hear from their peers that it's OK to open up and talk about their experiences."
For resources and conversation starters to talk with friends about mental health, young adults can visit SeizeTheAwkward.org and follow @SeizeTheAwkward on Instagram.
About The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide, including those who have had a loss. AFSP creates a culture that's smart about mental health through education and community programs, develops suicide prevention through research and advocacy, and provides support for those affected by suicide. Led by CEO Robert Gebbia and headquartered in New York, with an Advocacy office in Washington, DC, AFSP has local chapters in all 50 states with programs and events nationwide. Learn more about AFSP in its latest Annual Report, and join the conversation on suicide prevention by following AFSP on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
About The Jed Foundation
JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation's teens and young adults. We're partnering with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems. We're equipping teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other. We're encouraging community awareness, understanding, and action for young adult mental health.
Connect with JED: Email | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn
About the Ad Council
The Ad Council is where creativity and causes converge. The non-profit organization brings together the most creative minds in advertising, media, technology and marketing to address many of the nation's most important causes. The Ad Council has created many of the most iconic campaigns in advertising history. Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. Smokey Bear. Love Has No Labels.
The Ad Council's innovative social impact campaigns raise awareness, inspire action and save lives. To learn more, visit AdCouncil.org, follow the Ad Council's communities on Facebook and Twitter, and view the creative on YouTube.
About Caleb Cares Foundation
USC quarterback Caleb Williams has always believed deeply in helping the underdog. Through his foundation, he will dedicate energy and resources to focus on eliminating bullying, mental health awareness and youth development. Through different initiatives, events and programs Caleb hopes to help the kids who are suffering because they don't fit in. Fitting in means you're not standing out. Greatness is formed in our differences. What makes you different today will propel you tomorrow.
To learn more, visit CalebCares.org and follow the foundation on Instagram.
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BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Smart Water Summit (SWS) announced VODA.ai as the "BEST SMART WATER SOLUTION" at SWS22 held August 29 - September 1, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. The 2022 Smart Water Summit had forty-seven participating Smart Water Technology Vendors competing in three award categories. VODA.ai received the 2022 SWS Best Smart Water Solution award for its innovative application of machine learning to help utility leaders make decisions based on science. VODA.ai was nominated for all three award categories. Awards were voted on by the 100+ Utility Executives in attendance representing 78 Water Utilities from across North America.
VODA.ai is on the cutting edge of helping water and wastewater utilities prioritize repairs and capital improvement projects in transmission, distribution, and collection systems. VODA.ai has a cloud-based platform using artificial intelligence to analyze existing GIS and failure data to identify pipes at the highest risk of failure, probable wastewater incidents, and finding lead service lines.
About VODA.ai: VODA.ai helps water utilities prioritize their infrastructure using machine learning. It is proven to be up to 65 times more accurate than traditional methods and twice as accurate in finding lead pipes. VODA.ai was founded in 2017 and is used by many of the Leading Utilities of the World. It is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. VODA.ai's patent-pending machine learning and deep learning technology discover patterns from other pipes and enables science-based decision making.
For more information, send an inquiry to email@voda.ai.
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GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volvo Financial Services (VFS) today announced that it is investing in the teaching of financial literacy skills for youth in nine countries through a global partnership with Junior Achievement Worldwide. The partnership will see VFS employee volunteers join with JA educators to equip the next generation with the financial skills and knowledge needed for success and self-sufficiency in the future. Individual programs in the nine countries begin this month.
"Today's young people are tomorrow's leaders, and we want to do our part to ensure they have the skills needed to make sound financial decisions as they mature into adulthood," said VFS President Marcio Pedroso. "We are proud to partner with JA to combine our financial know-how with their educational expertise and help make an impact in the lives of children across the globe."
VFS employee volunteers will partner with JA educators in Brazil, France, India, Italy, Peru, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States in communities where VFS employees live and work. Together, they will teach young people a number of important financial skills, including setting personal financial goals, developing a savings plan and how to budget effectively. Participating youth will also have a chance to learn firsthand about careers in the transportation and equipment industries that VFS serves.
The investment is fully aligned with the Volvo Group's overall sustainability ambitions, which include a commitment to all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Developing strong financial literacy skills will have a positive impact on several SDGs, including helping end poverty, supporting quality education, empowering women and girls, and more.
"We are grateful for partners like Volvo Financial Services that share our mission and take responsibility for ensuring more young people access the quality learning experiences they need and deserve," said Asheesh Advani, CEO of JA Worldwide. "By providing young people access to financial literacy education, we can help them navigate toward a financially healthy future."
JA is a global leader in youth development, with a focus on financial literacy, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship. Reaching more than 12 million young people annually, JA Worldwide delivers hands-on, immersive learning in work readiness, financial health, entrepreneurship, sustainability, STEM, economics, citizenship, ethics and more.
Volvo Financial Services is the captive finance arm of the Volvo Group, providing financial services and solutions that meet the needs of our customers today and into the future. Dedicated to innovation, VFS is supporting society in its adoption of sustainable transport and equipment solutions. VFS is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, and serves Volvo Group customers and dealers in about 50 markets. For more information, please visit www.volvofinancialservices.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers' uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. The Volvo Group is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, employs almost 95,000 people and serves customers in more than 190 markets. In 2021, net sales amounted to SEK 372 billion (EUR 37 billion). Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global creator commerce company Whalar today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Logitech For Creators - a brand extension of Logitech that is dedicated to empowering all creators pursue their passions - to launch a company-sponsored initiative to accelerate the careers of up-and-coming creators from under-represented communities.
The Whalar Creator Academy will host a ten-week program of expert training, networking, and career development resources to pave a way for diverse creators to build lifelong, entrepreneurial careers. Through Whalar's unique capabilities, the rising creatives will also be paired with more established creators with shared similar styles, identities and communities - including TikTok stars Emmanuel Duverneau (3.4 million followers), Matthew and Ryan (6.1 million) and Shirli (2 million) - for mentorship during the educational program.
Jamie Gutfreund, Global CMO at Whalar said: "Creativity is accessible to many, however building a sustainable and profitable career as a content creator can have its limitations, especially for creators from underrepresented communities. Whalar's mission is to liberate all creative voices, so we are proud to bring on board an industry leader equally committed to empowering creators and building a robust creator economy to launch our first Creator Academy."
Logitech For Creators, who launched their global platform "Together We Create" earlier this year, seeks to amplify creator voices, champion community, and empower change, big and small, for a more diverse and inclusive future.
On the importance of investing in creators, Erin Chin, CMO at Logitech For Creators said: "Creators have the extraordinary potential and ability to shape culture today. This is why we put creators at the center of everything that we do including building solutions to help them create better, cultivating a diverse and inclusive community, and empowering creators to enact change big and small."
The Whalar Creator Academy will formally launch on September 12th 2022, and will work with creators covering a wide range of content themes, passions, and identities across all platforms from Germany, UK and US. Leaders of the creator community and influencer marketing driving the Creator Academy courses include C Talent, Patreon, The Rose Group and the Ad Council. To bring the inaugural Creator Academy to a close, Sir John Hegarty, founder and creative at BBH and The Garage Soho, and Board Chair at Whalar will share his insights on using creativity to break the mold.
The Creator Academy is part of Whalar for Good - a global initiative designed to harness the power and potential of the creator community by encouraging positive social change through strategic partnerships with creators, brands, and leading social platforms.
Kerry Perse, Creators for Good Lead at the Ad Council said: "Creators have a unique and powerful role to do good in the world. When we match their passions with the support and tools to succeed, empowering them to be ambassadors for change – and inspiring others to do the same – our communities and society will be stronger for it. This is what we do every day with the Ad Council's Creators for Good program and look forward to partnering with Whalar and Logitech For Creators to empower more trusted messengers to drive positive change."
Find out more about the Creator Academy at whalar.com/CreatorAcademy.
Jacquelyn Udeh
Senior Communications Manager - Whalar
jacquelyn.udeh@whalar.com
Aasit Thakkar
Senior Global Communications Manager - Logitech For Creators
athakkar@logitech.com
Whalar is a global creator commerce company enabling creators, brands, and the world's leading social platforms to work better together to drive business growth for all. We help brands stay culturally relevant through strategic creator relationships that deliver entertaining and must see content at scale. We are differentiated by our unique capabilities, including comprehensive creator talent management, brand partnership expertise, proprietary technology, a dedicated Web3 innovation practice, and C Talent, the leading management agency for Deaf and Disabled talent. Our team includes over 300 diverse storytellers, creatives, data, and technology specialists across North America, Europe, APAC, and MENA. We power the creator economy. We are Whalar. Find out more at www.whalar.com.
Logitech For Creators, a brand extension of Logitech International, that helps all creators pursue their passions by unlocking their extraordinary potential and ability to shape culture. From solutions spanning lighting, microphones, cameras, and software to platforms that champion community and change - we put creators at the heart of everything we do. Logitech For Creators brings together Blue Microphones, Mevo, and Streamlabs, brands that have always served creators with their tools.
Founded in 1981, and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI). Find Logitech For Creators at www.logitech.com/creators, the company blog, or @LogitechC.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilson Daniels is pleased to announce the addition of Domaine Faiveley to its national portfolio beginning January 1, 2023. Since founding the Domaine in 1825, the Faiveley family has been committed to creating wines of exceptional purity that represent the unique character of Burgundy's diverse terroirs. Today, led by seventh generation Erwan and Eve Faiveley, Domaine Faiveley is one of the largest owners of vineyards in Burgundy totaling 331 acres, of which 30 acres are grands crus and 67 acres are premiers crus.
"I am absolutely thrilled to welcome the Faiveley family to Wilson Daniels," said Rocco Lombardo, President of Wilson Daniels. "Across seven generations, the family's deep attachment to the Bourgogne region and instinctive passion for its terroirs have allowed them to assemble an unparalleled portfolio of vineyard holdings, from the Côte Chalonnaise extending north to the Côte de Nuits. The Faiveleys have always remained steadfast in their commitment to family, regional heritage, and hard work to curate wines of distinction and longevity. These are values we also share at Wilson Daniels, and our team is both humbled and proud to begin representing Domaine Faiveley in the US at the start of the new year."
Domaine Faiveley was founded in 1825 by Pierre Faiveley, and over the years, the winery has been shaped by each generation through its judicious acquisition of remarkable climats. In addition to laying the groundwork for a strong export business with the family's first exports to Northern Europe, second generation Joseph Faiveley acquired the Monopole Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley Grand Cru and several parcels in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Under third generation François Faiveley, the family further expanded its holdings in Nuits-Saint-Georges and purchased the iconic Clos-de-Vougeot Grand Cru parcel.
During the economic crisis of the 1930s, the charismatic Georges Faiveley (fourth generation) co-founded the 'Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin' brotherhood as a means of bringing his friends together to enjoy their wines at a time when few were able to purchase them. The success of the brotherhood contributed to the revival of Burgundy, and Georges was able to purchase prestigious grands crus and premiers crus climats in Chambertin. Georges was also granted a 30-year lease for several parcels in the Côte Chalonnaise, which his son Guy Faiveley went on to purchase in 1963.
François Faiveley, the sixth generation, joined the Domaine in 1976, and followed in his forefathers' footsteps by purchasing vine parcels in the Montagny and Mercurey appellations as well as two renowned monopoles, the Premier Cru Clos des Issarts Monopole in Gevrey-Chambertin and Premier Cru Clos de l'Ecu Monopole in Beaune. His wines are rich and concentrated, and known for their exceptional longevity.
In 2005, Erwan Faiveley, François' son, assumed the helm of Domaine Faiveley, and his first initiative was to invest in new winemaking facilities, thus ensuring the continued excellence of the wines. In 2014, Erwan was joined by his sister Eve, the first daughter in seven generations, and together they work to preserve the legacy of the Domaine for future generations. As part of this effort, the Domaine obtained its High Environmental Value Certification (HVE) in 2019, serving as a testament to its careful cultivation practices and desire to keep environmental impact to a minimum.
"We are privileged to have inherited such a rich winemaking legacy from our father and the generations before, and it's our duty to do everything we can to honor that heritage," said Erwan Faiveley. "My sister and I see ourselves as stewards of the Domaine, and with Wilson Daniels, we've found a partner who not only appreciates our commitment to heritage and excellence, but also intimately understands the nuances of the fine wine world in the US. We're excited to embark on this new partnership, and look forward to sharing our wines with Wilson Daniels' range of customers and collectors."
On January 1, 2023, Wilson Daniels will assume national representation of the full range from Domaine Faiveley.
Founded in 1978, Wilson Daniels is a fully integrated, family-owned marketing and sales company representing a highly selective portfolio of the world's most distinctive wines. Wilson Daniels continues to pursue and elevate the standards of excellence set by founders Win Wilson and Jack Daniels through developing long-term, strategic partnerships with luxury producers that possess profound respect for terroir and are benchmarks in their region. To learn more about Wilson Daniels, visit www.wilsondaniels.com.
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Global Icon Lionel Messi to Lead "La Albiceleste" Against Honduras on Sept. 23 at
Hard Rock Stadium and Jamaica on Sept. 27 at Red Bull Arena
Capacity Crowds Expected for Both Matches
CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As his side continues preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Argentina National Team manager Lionel Scaloni has released a 32-player roster, featuring Paris Saint-Germain forward and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, for the team's upcoming friendlies against Honduras on Sept. 23 at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium (8:00pm) and Jamaica on Sept. 27 at Red Bull Arena (8:00pm) in Harrison, NJ. Capacity crowds are expected for both matches -- produced by CMN Sports -- but tickets are still available for purchase at Ticketmaster.com.
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The 35-year-old Messi is preparing to make his fifth World Cup appearance for Argentina in Qatar and is set to captain a team which currently ranks third in the world. The Rosario-native is Argentina's all-time leading scorer (86 goals) and earlier this year helped "La Albiceleste" capture the Finalissima with a 3-0 win over four-time World Cup winner Italy. Last year, Messi also led Argentina to its 15th Copa América title by defeating five-time World Cup Champion Brazil 1-0 at Maracaña Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Argentina, which hoisted the World Cup in 1978 and 1986, is preparing to face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in the group stage of this year's tournament, which kicks off Nov. 20 in Qatar.
Scaloni's team features mostly European-based players. Below is the full 32-player roster by position.
GOALKEEPERS (4): Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Juan Musso (Atalanta), Gerónimo Rulli (Villareal)
DEFENDERS (7): Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid), Germán Pezzella (Betis), Facundo Medina (Lens), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Nehuén Pérez (Udinese), Lucas M. Quarta (Fiorentina)
MIDFIELDERS (12): Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United), Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), Marcos Acuña (Sevilla), Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Guido Rodríguez (Betis), Enzo Fernández (Benfica), Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético Madrid), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Alejandro Gómez (Sevilla), Giovani Lo Celso (Villareal), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion)
FORWARDS (9): Paulo Dybala (Roma), Angel Correa (Atlético Madrid), Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), Thiago Almada (Atlanta United), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Nicolás González (Fiorentina), Joaquín Correa (Inter Milan), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan), Julián Alvarez (Manchester City)
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As an MBE certified entity, Xceede Solutions now meets the requirements for companies seeking to partner with minority-owned businesses to overcome their business challenges by leveraging the latest innovations in CRM and digital transformation technologies.
"We are very pleased that Xceede Solutions made the decision to secure their certification and join our vast network of well-established minority business owners. For 50 years, our organization has provided MBEs with access to global corporations, opportunities to expand their capabilities, and network with other MBEs. Most importantly, we are elated to assist and support Xceede Solutions in their journey as a certified MBE and look forward to watching them scale and grow," states Sharon R. Pinder, President and CEO of The Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council.
"Receiving this certification is truly an honor and it represents a major milestone in our continued growth and commitment to providing innovative management consulting and technology solutions to our customers, including PLNR – Sales-Driven Planning, our own growth planning SaaS application," Sanjiv Teelock, CEO of Xceede Solutions.
Xceede Solutions is a boutique management consulting firm with a passion for technology. At Xceede Solutions, we empower growth-oriented companies by helping them align their strategy with industry best practices and technology. Visit us at XceedeSolutions com.
PLNR – Sales-Driven Planning (PLNR) allows growth-focused executives and their respective teams to plan, execute, measure, and adjust their budgets and forecasts at the territory, account, and opportunity levels. It empowers companies to align Sales, Marketing, and Operations efforts and investments towards growth. Companies can anticipate and react to changes in marketplace reality by monitoring sales-driven, company-wide, forecasts in real-time. To learn more about PLNR, visit plnr.io.
CRMSDC, established in 1972, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a not-for-profit economic development organization supporting growth in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia through programs and services that help corporations enhance the diversity and innovation of their supply chains. CRMSDC is one of 23 regional affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, the only nationally recognized MBE certifying authority. CRMSDC also operates the U.S. Department of Commerce's Virginia Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center.
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Xceede Solutions
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A bench, perfect for skateboarding, moves across the country Published September 7, 2022 at 4:10 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 1:33 Skateboarders in Philadelphia claimed a prize from a New York City park: a green bench known among skaters for its smooth parabolic curve. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.keranews.org/2022-09-07/a-bench-perfect-for-skateboarding-moves-across-the-country | 2022-09-07T15:07:44Z |
Ever since the Uvalde elementary school shooting left 19 students and two teachers dead, blame for the delayed response has been thrust on local law enforcement. The school police chief was fired and the city’s acting police chief was suspended.
But the only statewide law enforcement agency, the Texas Department of Public Safety, has largely avoided scrutiny even though it had scores of officers on the scene. That’s in part because DPS leaders are controlling which records get released to the public and carefully shaping a narrative that casts local law enforcement as incompetent.
Now, in the wake of a critical legislative report and body camera footage released by local officials, law enforcement experts from across the country are questioning why DPS didn’t take a lead role in the response as it had done before during other mass shootings and public disasters.
The state police agency is tasked with helping all of Texas’ 254 counties respond to emergencies such as mass shootings, but it is particularly important in rural communities where smaller police departments lack the level of training and experience of larger metropolitan law enforcement agencies, experts say. That was the case in Uvalde, where the state agency’s 91 troopers at the scene dwarfed the school district’s five officers, the city police’s 25 emergency responders and the county’s 16 sheriff’s deputies.
The state police agency has been “totally intransparent in pointing out their own failures and inadequacies,” said Charles A. McClelland, who served as Houston police chief for six years before retiring in 2016. “I don’t know how the public, even in the state of Texas, would have confidence in the leadership of DPS after this.”
Instead of taking charge when it became clear that neither the school’s police chief nor the Uvalde Police Department had assumed command, DPS contributed to the 74-minute chaotic response that did not end until a Border Patrol tactical unit that arrived much later entered the classroom and killed the gunman.
“Here’s what DPS should have done as soon as they got there,” said Patrick O’Burke, a law enforcement consultant and former DPS commander who retired in 2008. “They should have contacted [the school police chief] and said: ‘We’re here. We have people.’ They should have just organized everything, said, ‘What are all of our resources?’ And they should have organized the breach.”
DPS has fought the release of records that could provide a more complete picture of the role state troopers played during the mass shooting. Agency officials declined to answer repeated questions from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune for more than three months, citing an ongoing investigation. On Tuesday afternoon, DPS officials said they had referred five responding troopers to the agency’s internal affairs division, the Office of Inspector General, for an investigation into whether they broke any department policies. Two have been suspended, according to DPS.
DPS also released a July email in which its director, Col. Steve McCraw, said the agency would “provide proper training and guidelines for recognizing and overcoming poor command decisions at an active shooter scene.” The agency has refused to share its active shooter policies and training manuals.
The latest moves by DPS come a week after reporters from ProPublica and the Tribune sought comments from the four appointed members of the Public Safety Commission, which oversees the agency, about the response by state troopers.
DPS did not identify which officers were being investigated or detail potential wrongdoing.
Previously, agency officials referred reporters to comments made by the head of DPS during a June legislative hearing in which he largely blamed the Uvalde school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, for the failed response.
During that testimony, McCraw told lawmakers that the time it took for law enforcement to rescue teachers and students at the elementary school was an “abject failure.” He called Arredondo the only obstacle between armed police and the teenage shooter while dismissing the idea that DPS could or should have taken control of the emergency response.
“I’m reluctant to encourage or even think of any situation where you’d want some level of hierarchy where a larger police department gets to come in and take over,” McCraw said.
Yet, DPS has sprung into action time and again when disaster strikes in Texas, which has proved key during mass shootings and public emergencies, local officials across the state said.
More than three decades ago, for example, state troopers helped local law enforcement confront a gunman after arriving within minutes of a shooting at a Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, about 60 miles north of Austin. The shooter killed himself after a brief exchange of gunfire.
“They knew that people were dying, and so they acted,” said Suzanna Hupp, a former Republican state representative whose parents died during the 1991 Luby’s massacre. She said that didn’t happen in Uvalde, adding that “clearly there was a command breakdown there.”
In a 2013 chemical explosion in West, about 70 miles south of Dallas, state troopers immediately took control of the law enforcement response at the request of the county’s emergency management coordinator. And in the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School, about 30 miles south of Houston, state troopers quickly fired at the gunman, according to local law enforcement officials who initially responded. The rapid engagement by school police and DPS was key to the gunman surrendering, district and county officials said.
“DPS had a tremendous role in Santa Fe of stopping the killing because they were among the first to arrive and they actually did what they were supposed to,” said Texas City Independent School District trustee Mike Matranga, the district’s security chief at the time of the shooting. He added that, in Uvalde, DPS supervisors “should have essentially asked [Arredondo] to stand down due to his ineffectiveness and taken over.”
Police experts and lawmakers pointed to clear signs that they believe should have alerted emergency responders that no one was in control. Arredondo, who resigned from his elected City Council seat in July and was fired from the school district on Aug. 24, remained inside the hallway on the phone during the shooting. He said he was trying to find a key to the classroom that the gunman was in. Investigators later determined that the door was likely unlocked. The school police chief did not identify himself as the incident commander and told The Texas Tribune he never issued any orders; his lawyer later said his firing was unjust. In a letter, Arredondo’s attorneys said the police chief “could not have served as the incident commander and did not attempt to take that role” because he was on the front lines.
Separately, no command post was set up outside of the school, which lawmakers noted should have been an indicator to responding officers that no one was in charge.
About 45 minutes after the gunman began shooting, a U.S. Border Patrol SWAT team, known as BORTAC, arrived at the scene. The unit typically handles dangerous situations involving migrants. Its responsibilities do not include responding to school shootings, but Paul Guerrero, the team’s acting commander, told the House committee that issued the legislative report that he chose to act after arriving and encountering the disorganized scene.
Guerrero requested surveillance through classroom windows, retrieved a door breaching tool from his car, ordered officers to set up a medical triage for victims and organized an assault team that consisted of several agencies. Eventually, he led about a half-dozen officers into the classroom and a Border Patrol agent killed the gunman at 12:50 p.m. No state troopers or school police were on that team.
Guerrero could not be reached for comment, and a spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection did not answer questions about the agency’s response, saying it was conducting a review.
According to the House committee report released in July, “the attacker fired most of his shots and likely murdered most of his innocent victims before any responder set foot in the building.” But the report said that given the information known about “victims who survived through the time of the breach and who later died on the way to the hospital, it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue.”
The disconnect over who should take charge and when exemplifies a need for detailed planning and frequent training between larger law enforcement agencies and smaller departments, police experts told ProPublica and the Tribune.
Larger agencies with more personnel, equipment and training should have agreements with school districts that clearly state that they will assume command upon arriving at critical incidents that include active shooters, hostage situations and explosive devices, said Gil Kerlikowske, a former Seattle police chief and CBP commissioner until 2017. He and other experts said that even if school police are designated as the lead, the role of every law enforcement agency in the region should be specified.
San Antonio, one of the state’s biggest police departments, has such agreements with local school districts and universities that name the bigger city police agency as the incident commander in the event of a mass shooting. After the Uvalde shooting, San Antonio police Chief William McManus met with school officials in his city and reminded them that his agency would take charge in an active shooter situation.
McManus, whose officers arrived in Uvalde after the gunman was killed, said in an interview that because of the confusion at the scene, he felt the need to emphasize how his department would respond to such an incident in San Antonio.
It is unclear what, if any, involvement DPS or another law enforcement agency had with the Uvalde school district’s mass shooting plan because those governmental bodies declined to release such documents or answer questions. The state police did not have a written memorandum of agreement with the school district outlining its role in such situations, according to DPS records.
Alfred Garza III, who lost his only child, 10-year-old Amerie, during the Uvalde shooting, wonders if his daughter could have been saved had law enforcement, including DPS, acted faster. Her death was largely due to blood loss from gunshot wounds to her torso, according to a preliminary autopsy report.
“They can sit there and point fingers at everybody else and say that they weren’t responsible or they don’t have any accountability over what happened,” Garza said of DPS. “They were there, too, and they didn’t do shit.”
Diana Olvedo-Karau, who was a secretary in the Uvalde school district’s transportation department before retiring in June and has three nephews who attended Robb Elementary at the time of the shooting, was shocked when she watched body camera footage and learned for the first time “how many DPS officers were there.”
She said she and others trusted DPS to act more decisively during the city’s worst tragedy. The state agency has a major presence in the city of more than 16,000 residents because of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative, Operation Lone Star, which has deployed thousands of state National Guard members and DPS troopers to the border. (It is separately being investigated by the Department of Justice for alleged civil rights violations. The governor’s office has said arrests and prosecutions under Operation Lone Star are “fully constitutional.”)
Olvedo-Karau said most residents believed McCraw when he placed the blame almost solely on local police. Now, she said, she and other residents feel betrayed after seeing where DPS troopers were in relation to the shooter and how early some arrived.
“To not take any responsibility for the fact that they were there early on, earlier than a lot of the local law enforcement agencies, and to shift the focus and the blame onto the local organizations doesn’t speak very well of them and is in many ways very unethical,” she said.
Uvalde school police failed to follow their own policies, which outlined that in an active shooter situation, Arredondo would become the “person in control of the efforts of all law enforcement and first responders on the scene,” according to the state House committee report. But the report also stated that school police “were not the only ones expected to supply the leadership needed during this tragedy.”
“Hundreds of responders from numerous law enforcement agencies — many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police — quickly arrived on the scene. Those other responders, who also had received training on active shooter response and the interrelation of law enforcement agencies, could have helped to address the unfolding chaos. Yet in this crisis, no responder seized the initiative to establish an incident command post,” the report states.
While the report was among the first to acknowledge that failures in the response extended beyond local law enforcement, it did not name specific agencies.
National emergency protocols teach that the first officer at a critical scene typically becomes the incident commander because that person has the most knowledge about the developing situation. But often that role will be transferred as officers with higher ranks or from larger agencies who are more equipped to oversee the broader law enforcement response arrive, experts said. Typically that happens when the initial incident commander requests help, but it can also occur if other supervisors or officers with different agencies note that the scene is not under control and speak to the first responder.
Any DPS supervisors should have immediately asked their troopers who was in command, said Bob Harrison, a former California police chief and homeland security researcher at the RAND Corp., a national think tank. If they responded that “he’s inside the building, we can’t get a hold of him, I would say, ‘Let’s send somebody in to get him,’” while organizing the external police presence, Harrison said.
The Texas Rangers, which are part of DPS and report to McCraw, are leading a statewide probe into the flawed reaction by law enforcement. After the state House report last month, DPS announced a separate investigation into the role state police played in the Uvalde response.
But McCraw’s willingness to focus blame primarily on local law enforcement before the results of any investigation has raised questions about the agency’s objectivity. In three news conferences in the days following the shooting, McCraw and a DPS regional commander spoke at length about the response of local police without mentioning the role of state troopers.
Abbott, who appoints the members of the commission that oversees DPS, has largely not mentioned the agency’s actions in the shooting. When the House investigative report was released, he said that its findings were “beyond disturbing” and that critical changes were needed, but he did not single out any person or agency.
McClelland, the former Houston police chief, characterized the fact that the Texas Rangers are investigating the law enforcement response as “a fix from day one.”
The DOJ is also reviewing the response of all law enforcement officers at the request of Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin. McLaughlin, who did not respond to phone calls seeking comment, has accused McCraw of continuing to “lie, leak” or otherwise misstate information to “distance his own troopers” from criticism of law enforcement conduct that day. McCraw has denied that his agency leaked information and said he is committed to holding his own troopers accountable.
DPS has declined to explain the whereabouts and actions of the majority of its troopers during the shooting, but agency officials noted that eight entered the school before noon and quickly left when they saw the hallway full of police.
Body camera footage released by the Uvalde Police Department shows that at least one DPS officer was outside of the school within four minutes of the shooting.
At 11:37 a.m., after the gunman fired more than 100 rounds, Uvalde Police Sgt. Eduardo Canales, a commander of the local SWAT team, stumbled outside. With blood on his hands after a bullet fired by the gunman grazed his ear, he encountered DPS Sgt. Juan Maldonado, a 23-year veteran of the state agency and public information officer for the region.
“Dude, we got to get in there,” Canales told Maldonado, who, according to DPS, drove one of his closest friends, Ruben Ruiz, an Uvalde school district police officer, to the campus that morning. Ruiz’s wife was a teacher at the school.
“DPS is sending people,” Maldonado replied.
Eleven minutes later, Ruiz told officers that his wife had called him and told him she had been shot. But officers continued to treat the situation as if they were dealing with a barricaded suspect instead of an active shooter. The latter situation requires that the first action by officers, no matter their rank, should be to immediately “stop the killing.”
It’s unclear how many officers from which agencies knew that Ruiz’s wife was still alive in the classroom. Lt. Mariano Pargas, the acting Uvalde police chief, told the House committee that he heard Ruiz say his wife was injured inside as well as a dispatcher say, over the radio, that 911 calls were coming from the classrooms. He said officers did not attempt to enter the rooms because “they were waiting for other personnel to arrive from the Department of Public Safety or BORTAC, with better equipment like rifle-rated shields.” Pargas, who is also an Uvalde County commissioner, is suspended pending an investigation. Pargas did not respond to requests for comment.
In another interaction, DPS Special Agent Luke Williams rushed inside shortly before noon, disregarding a “request that he assist at the perimeter,” according to the state legislative report.
Williams heard someone ask whether there were children inside the classroom with the gunman and interjected: “If there’s kids in there we need to go in.”
An unidentified law enforcement officer responded that “whoever was in charge would figure that out.” Williams then left to evacuate children from other classrooms in the school.
City police body camera footage and information from DPS put at least a dozen troopers, including members of the state police’s most elite squad, the Texas Rangers, outside the school within 30 minutes of the gunman firing. The body camera footage, along with bystander video and photographs, shows troopers mostly helping to evacuate children and assisting local police with preventing residents from entering the school.
County Commissioner Ronald Garza said DPS was the agency with the best resources and most experience that arrived at the school within minutes. Troopers should have taken charge, Garza said.
“I wish they would have stepped up. And that didn’t happen,” he said. “The audio, the video, the pictures, pretty much speak for themselves.”
In fighting the release of records, DPS officials have said that they are following guidance from Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee, who has indicated that disclosure of such information could taint an ongoing investigation.
Busbee told ProPublica and the Tribune that she opposes the public release of information as she evaluates whether crimes were committed by people other than the shooter. But she has noted that, despite her objection, McCraw publicized key details when it suited him or his agency. She did not answer questions about whether she planned to prosecute law enforcement officers.
ProPublica, the Tribune and a consortium of media outlets have filed a lawsuit seeking to compel DPS to release records about the agency’s response. The news organizations argue that DPS is wrongly claiming the ongoing investigation exception to the state’s public records law because the guilt of the gunman, who is dead, is not in dispute, and authorities say the 18-year-old acted alone. The news organizations also sued the city of Uvalde, the school district and the county sheriff’s office, asking a judge to force them to release records including body camera footage, emergency communications and active shooter planning documents.
Both lawsuits are pending.
When Uvalde students this week returned to school for the first time since the shooting, they were joined by more than two dozen DPS troopers. In a news release announcing that troopers will be assigned to the school district, Abbott and McCraw said the assignments came at the request of Uvalde’s school superintendent, Hal Harrell, and were part of an effort to ensure that children and teachers feel safe.
Tina Quintanilla-Taylor, the mother of 9-year-old Mehle, who escaped the shooting at Robb Elementary, said she finds the message from the state offensive given DPS’ role in the failed response.
The mother said she is sending her daughter to online school this semester because Mehle is terrified of returning to class. But Quintanilla-Taylor said she worries about her 6-year-old son, who needs special education, and so must return in person.
She said she doesn’t trust DPS to keep her son safe.
“They were the elite governing force that failed us,” she said. | https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2022-09-07/91-texas-state-troopers-responded-to-the-uvalde-massacre | 2022-09-07T15:07:50Z |
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An unseasonably warm afternoon Tuesday prompted many people to enjoy their lunch outside, like at The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House on the corner of 2nd and Garfield streets in downtown Laramie.
A haze was visible over downtown Laramie on Tuesday. The smoke came from wildfires in Idaho, prompting an air quality alert from the National Weather Service.
Cheryl Wood stirs hertea while enjoying the warm Tuesday afternoon outside at The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House in downtown Laramie with friend Kim Raska Miller. A recent heat wave continued with temperatures in the high 80s by early afternoon.
An unseasonably warm afternoon Tuesday prompted many people to enjoy their lunch outside, like at The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House on the corner of 2nd and Garfield streets in downtown Laramie.
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A haze was visible over downtown Laramie on Tuesday. The smoke came from wildfires in Idaho, prompting an air quality alert from the National Weather Service.
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Cheryl Wood stirs hertea while enjoying the warm Tuesday afternoon outside at The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House in downtown Laramie with friend Kim Raska Miller. A recent heat wave continued with temperatures in the high 80s by early afternoon.
The Laramie Valley is getting a late dose of summer this week as temperatures are expected to reach record-breaking levels and wildfire smoke from other Western states triggered an air quality alert.
The previous record for the day was 90 degrees in 1978, said National Weather Service meteorologist Gerald Claycomb.
The region just missed a record Tuesday with an official high of 89, the National Weather Service reports. The heat is expected to continue Wednesday and Thursday with highs forecast at 91 and 88 degrees, respectively.
If the forecast is correct, there will be three consecutive days of record-breaking heat for Laramie, Claycomb said. The hottest recorded temperature in the area for Sept. 7 is 88 degrees, recorded in 1959. The hottest Sept. 8 temperature was 85 in 1979.
With temperatures already in the high 80s by noon, the Tuesday lunch rush saw many people who normally would choose to eat outside stay in. The exception was shady areas.
At The Sugar Mouse Cupcake House on the corner of 2nd and Garfield streets downtown, friends Kim Raska Miller and Cheryl Wood enjoyed afternoon tea outside. Both said they only choose an outdoors table because it was in the shade.
“It’s just shady enough to be comfortable,” Wood said. “When that breeze hits, it feels really good. This is the life!”
Raska Miller called the hotter-than-normal stretch “delightful,” and that she intends to enjoy the heat while it lasts.
“It’s cold enough in Laramie for too long to not enjoy this,” she said.
To deal with the heat in the coming days, people should plan for more frequent water breaks when outdoors, according to the National Weather Service.
As if the heat isn’t reason enough to stay inside, the agency also advises people to limit their time outside because of low air quality caused by wildfire smoke.
A notable haze was visible in Laramie skies Tuesday from multiple wildfires in Idaho. This includes the Moose Fire, which had burned over 107,500 acres by Tuesday, according to Inciweb. Idaho is currently leading the nation for the number of wildfires, with 27 large fires burning in the state, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
People who are young, older or have respiratory health conditions should avoid exercise and stay indoors during the advisory. The rest of the population should limit exposure as well, according to the National Weather Service. The alert is in effect until 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Wyoming has one reported wildfire in the northern portion of the state. It burned 21 acres and is 100% contained, according Inciweb.
While the current heat wave was preceded by some monsoon rains, precipitation levels remain below average in Laramie. The area has received 5.53 inches so far this year, while the average is 8.01 inches.
A shift in temperatures is expected heading into the weekend, with low temperatures expected to dip to 39 degrees Saturday and 38 Sunday, Claycomb said.
He added that while these temperature changes are normal this time of year, anyone wanting to protect delicate plants in their gardens may consider covering their plants to protect them.
“September is when the cold fronts start moving in out of Canada, so we can have those big temperature swings like that,” Claycomb said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/toasty-tuesday-possible-record-breaking-temps-poor-air-quality-this-week/article_48a4f146-2e13-11ed-887b-5f2fc601abe6.html | 2022-09-07T15:16:05Z |
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POWELL – Two hunt areas south of Powell have been listed as special chronic wasting disease (CWD) focus areas.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking for samples from deer hunters harvesting mule and white-tailed deer from areas 124 and 165 in the Greybull River Valley.
CWD is a fatal disease that affects ungulates, like deer, elk and moose, by attacking their central nervous system.
The prevalence of the disease in the two hunt areas is about 45%, according to department officials.
Wildlife biologists are in their third year of targeting the Greybull River herd, and hope to have at least 200 samples volunteered by local hunters. The samples of lymph nodes will help the department better understand how it affects the health of the state’s deer and elk populations, said wildlife disease biologist Eric Maichak.
“If we can get enough samples, we’re able to focus our resources and get an estimate of prevalence within a short timeframe,” he said in a recent interview.
Hunter-submitted lymph node samples are crucial to managing the disease in wildlife herds, the department said in a press release.
“Game and Fish is requesting samples from herds we’ve not addressed in a while,” said Hank Edwards, Game and Fish wildlife health laboratory supervisor.
For the 2022 season, six deer hunt areas (59, 60, 64, 65, 157 and 171) are mandatory for samples. The closest mandatory sample areas to Powell are 157 and 171, which include Riverton and areas north and west of the city.
The department has tracked the distribution and prevalence of CWD since 1997. The disease has been making a slow march across the state for the past 50 years. It has been detected in 34 of 37 mule deer herds and 15 of 36 elk herds in Wyoming.
The department is constantly updating the state map to list new hunt areas where the disease has been found.
Last year, the department added Hunt Area 109 (west of Powell) to the list and has already added Hunt Area 143 (in Sublette County) this year.
There are very few hunt areas in the state where the disease hasn’t been found.
In the Shoshone River herd unit, testing has found 35% of adult mule deer bucks have been infected with the disease.
Bucks generally have higher rates of infection due to their larger ranges and higher contact rates with other deer.
White-tailed deer have a higher rate of infection than mule deer, while elk have a much lower prevalence for the disease, around 2%, Maichak said.
Treatment
There is no known treatment, but testing is quickly improving, said Dr. Samantha Allen, the state’s wildlife veterinarian.
A promising new test called RT-QuIC uses nanoparticles of gold to help achieve fast results. It has yet to be approved by the Federal Drug Administration.
Surveillance has also improved understanding of how deer might catch the disease environmentally. The state wildlife department has taken more than a million photographs using automated scout cameras of deer at 49 separate salt licks and seven water sites. The analysis of the photos may give a clue to the disease spread by saliva, feces, close contact or prions shed in the environment as the disease takes its course and after death.
Typically, an infected deer can live between two to four years seemingly unaffected. It looks emaciated, drools and appears to be unaware of its surroundings in the short, final stage of the disease.
New testing techniques take time and cost money, Allen told commissioners in April. “Agencies need to really consider budget and staffing issues with increased testing for CWD,” she said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/cwd-prevalence-high-in-powell-hunt-areas/article_6805288c-2e2f-11ed-b61c-6345c4b36e13.html | 2022-09-07T15:16:11Z |
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY...
The National Weather Service in Riverton has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM MDT Thursday. The
Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* IMPACTS: Low Humidities...Unseasonably Warm Temperatures...
Strong Gusty Winds will create erratic fire behavior with any
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* AFFECTED AREA:
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In West Central WY Fire Zone....278.
* COUNTIES AFFECTED:
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* WIND: West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* HUMIDITY: As low as 12 percent.
* TEMPERATURES: Highs in the mid 80s.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are
either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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ROCK SPRINGS – The Rock Springs City Council approved a request from the engineering/operations and public services department for the emergency replacement of a deteriorated manhole during the council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The deteriorated manhole is located at the intersection of Center and Grant Streets.
A letter to the city council from director of engineering, operations and public services Paul Kauchich was included in the agenda.
“The department of engineering/operations and public services is requesting permission to replace a deteriorated manhole located at the intersection of Center and Grant Streets, without following formal bidding procedures. This procedure is allowed in Wyoming State Statute 15-1-113 for emergency maintenance purposes. Acceptance of the lowest proposal in the amount of $100,500 with Longhorn Construction is also requested at this time.”
Additionally, the memo that discusses the replacement from the Water Reclamation Facility staff was included in the supporting materials attached to the meeting’s agenda.
“The Water Reclamation Facility staff recently discovered a manhole in the intersection of Center Street and Grant Street in disrepair. The mainline has concrete partially blocking the flowline of the pipe. Staff entered the manhole to remove the blockage and discovered the walls of the manhole are falling apart. There are several spots that dirt voids can be seen through the manhole walls.
“The crew immediately exited the manhole because it is not safe to work in. The manhole will continue to deteriorate and could cause street collapse in the future. This manhole is a main collector manhole serving about 35% of the total wastewater contributed to the Water Reclamation Facility. It serves 9th Street to the east and the golf course to the north.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/rock-springs-city-council-approves-request-to-repair-deteriorated-manhole/article_6d15d20e-2eb6-11ed-97b9-8bbf09032609.html | 2022-09-07T15:16:18Z |
The Elephant Man's Bones likely won't trouble the upper reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 — but that's not its reason for existing. Instead, the album by revered Los Angeles producer Alchemist and Long Island crime rhyme auteur Roc Marciano is a nourishing reminder that artists who stay authentic to their core values can make the long game work and ride out sub-genre impact and regional movements. Eventually, like-minded souls meet. In the case of Alchemist and Marciano, it has been an epic, intersecting journey across eras, and, rewardingly, the culmination of their respective efforts is the record they've both been inching towards their entire careers.
In essence, The Elephant Man's Bones is a testament to a couple of hip-hop long haulers who've never wavered from their creative ethics, even if at times those ethics seemed out of sync with hip-hop's prevailing ethos. Both artists experienced early career misfires. Alchemist debuted in the 1990s as one half of the group the Whooliganz alongside the actor Scott Caan. (Going by the name Mudfoot, he also rapped.) Despite counting on the patronage of Cypress Hill, the group's singles fizzled out, and they were dropped by their label, Tommy Boy. For his part, Marciano was invited to join Busta Rhymes's Flipmode Squad towards the tail end of the same decade. The chemistry didn't totally gel. Undeterred, Marciano reformed as part of the hyper rugged quartet the UN. The group's debut album, UN Or U Out, was recorded and released in 2004 under the guidance of renowned New York producer Pete Rock, but from its inception the project seemed destined to be an under-appreciated thug-rap gem rather than a breakthrough moment.
At these respective career junctures, both Alchemist and Marciano found the inner conviction to throw off their negative industry experiences and recommit to their core beliefs. Holed up on opposite coasts, they became parallel figures gradually moving towards what would eventually emerge as an influential shared sonic goal.
Alchemist put faith in mastering the art of mercurial mid-tempo beats that emphasize the dramatic flair of a sampled loop and use deft minimalism to convey high drama. An Alchemist beat is exactly the sort of thing to soundtrack a rain-flecked back-alley scene in a noir gangster flick. Yet, crucially, Alchemist managed to co-exist in multiple rap worlds, during a period in the late '90s and early '00s when hip-hop was in the midst of a civil war. Fevered debates kicked off about the true essence of hip-hop and the relationship between art and commerce. A generation of book-smart independent artists fronted by Talib Kweli and Mos Def were pitched against a gaggle of glitzy rappers corralled by Sean "Puffy" Combs; in the alley, a coterie of unrepentant goon rappers stood out of sight scowling at the whole shebang. Alchemist wound up soundtracking each space. You'd just as likely hear him backing L.A. underground scene favorites Dilated Peoples or stalwarts of the indie label Rhymesayers as bolstering the cutthroat Queensbridge narratives of Mobb Deep and Infamous Mobb. As the 2000s unfurled, Alchemist's production was increasingly sought after by Top 40 mainstays, including Nelly, Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne. Everyone, it seemed, loved an Alchemist beat.
While Alchemist was establishing a web of connections across various levels of the industry, Marciano was readying his self-produced 2010 album, Marcberg. The album reinvigorated a wave of New York rappers struggling with identity issues, and, it can be argued, transformed him into the most influential New York underground artist of the last decade. At the time, the hip-hop scene was defined by the splintering influence of rap A-listers: Drake's melodious, R&B-tinged Thank Me Later, Rick Ross' explosive coke-rap fiction Teflon Don, and Kanye West's expansive electronic-influenced My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. New York rappers committed to the tenets of a boom-bap gospel appeared out of step with the wider world. Marciano, apparently, didn't care. He shrugged and dropped an unapologetic record that resonated as an elevated take on a local standard. Set to an evocatively gloomy backdrop, Marciano laced grit-sodden thug rap talk with the unruffled patter of '70s pimp flicks. His penchant for forming verses around tense vignettes, rather than drawn-out, prescribed narratives, imbued the album with a palpable — and at times frightening — realism. The MC's vow to dump enemy bodies in the Hudson River on "Ridin' Around" is appropriately chilling.
Marciano's lyrical menace was enhanced by the quiet storm method of keeping the drums deliberately hushed in the mix — or, in some cases, absent from a song entirely. The formula didn't catch on immediately, but it eventually inspired a stream of artists who realized that muted sonics could amplify the power of their words. It's certainly hard to imagine the breakthrough success of the Griselda stable of rappers happening without Marciano paving the way. Call it maxed-out minimalism.
On 2019's "God Loves You," from 2019's Marcielago project, Marciano encapsulated his influence with hindsight: "The aim was the lane of Rakim and Kane / The landscape changed when I went against the grain / N****s wasn't quick to embrace, no / I could've did the same but I didn't hate / I just did my thing and prayed, eventually sh** went my way." More recently, he put it bluntly, on "Stigmata" from The Elephant Man's Bones: "I've been inspiring these donkeys for a mother****in' decade straight." Adding credence to the MC's claims, ?uestlove once tweeted at the Alchemist, in 2012, that he'd enjoyed his "best hip-hop debate" with Jay Z about the merits of Marcberg.
As the 2010s progressed, Alchemist and Marciano started to notch a small but key number of collaborations. They were kindred spirits, relying on the power of restraint to convey an abiding sense of peril. The Alchemist-produced "Flash Gordon," from Marciano's 2012 Reloaded album, is a marvel of clipped drums and a haunting piano refrain; "Hoard 90," from Alchemist and Oh No's Greenberg project on Stones Throw, co-starred Marciano flowing over a wormy guitar loop and coming off like a psychedelic-enhanced thug rap lord.
The two artists' creative foils increasingly overlapped too. The caliber of MCs that followed in Marciano's stylistic footsteps were a natural fit for Alchemist's beats — the producer crafted full-length outings for a roster of artists headed up by gourmand rap personality Action Bronson (2012's Rare Chandeliers) and Detroit's Boldy James (2013's My 1st Chemistry Set). Tellingly, both MCs appear on The Elephant Man's Bones: James taut corner dispatches fortify the eerily humming "Trillion Cut," while Bronson embraces the scuzz funk of "Daddy Kane" by quipping how "ya boy looking like a mother****in' stegosaurus." Nodding to the pimp-culture heritage of Marciano's verses, Ice-T narrates the grisly organ-infused "The Horns Of Abraxas." (Spoiler: The rotting smell coming from the trunk of Marciano's car is not expired food.)
At a digestible 38 minutes, The Elephant Man's Bones gives the impression of two artists from different geographical backgrounds journeying at their own pace to meet a mutual musical summit. Marciano's lyrical threats are delivered in typically unruffled fashion and laced with insouciance. "My dude on the roof, he ain't bring a fiddle / The feds might have bugged the rental / We speak in riddles / Left your vehicle riddled / Your femur break easy as peanut brittle," raps the MC over the simmering atmospherics of "Zip Guns," before delivering a dose of trademark arrogance: "Blow a kiss at your miss at the vigil / I'm a cruel individual." Alchemist's refined beats are a lesson in drumming up emotion through moderation. Opener "Rubber Hand Grip" is powered by a series of kick drums that play the role of an ominous metronome signaling impending danger; reflective album closer "Think Big" sounds surprisingly tender, considering Marciano's tributes to the Notorious B.I.G. are backed by a loop of a colony of seagulls mewing. The production is expertly distilled, sometimes delightfully wonky, and often mutedly weird; even more left-of-center than the Alchemist-produced Armand Hammer album, HARAM. No sound is needlessly overused. Each artist leans into the other's strength. By now, Roc Marciano understands that subtlety can speak volumes, and the Alchemist knows you don't always need to strike hard to land a deadly blow.
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Depending on your vantage, Tom Skinner is best known either as the beat wrangler in The Smile or as a volcanic force in Sons of Kemet. He's the sort of drummer who always locates the pivot point between chaos and clarity, and he brings that shifting insight into focus on a solo album, Voices of Bishara, due out on Nov. 4 through a joint agreement between Nonesuch, International Anthem and Brownswood Recordings.
"Bishara," the opening track, affirms a spiritually searching tone on the album, along with a rhythm ideal that favors breath and pulse. Nubya Garcia provides the feverish incantation on tenor saxophone, and Shabaka Hutchings (Skinner's old compatriot in Sons of Kemet) is the murmuring voice of assent on bass clarinet. They're joined by Kareem Dayes on cello and Tom Herbert on bass, creating an astral hallucination that forms at ground level.
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Biden to channel Kennedy in his push for a cancer ‘moonshot’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden next week will highlight his plans for drastically reducing cancer deaths and boosting treatments for the disease in what he has called “this generation’s moonshot,” the White House announced Wednesday.
Biden’s speech at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday will come on the 60th anniversary of his predecessor’s speech outlining his vision for putting the first man on the moon. The White House said Biden will outline what his administration is doing to “end cancer as we know it.”
The issue is personal for Biden, whose son Beau Biden died in 2015 of brain cancer. Biden launched the cancer moonshot the following year when serving as President Barack Obama’s vice president.
In February, Biden, a Democrat, set more ambitious goals for the project, including cutting the rate of cancer deaths in half in the coming 25 years and improving treatments and quality of life for those with cancer and their caregivers.
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Document with foreign government’s nuclear information found at Mar-a-Lago, report says
(CNN) - A Washington Post report said agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago last month found a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.
The report highlights the concerns of U.S. intelligence officials about classified material that Trump kept in his Florida home.
The Post did not identify the foreign government named in the document.
The Post also reported some of the seized documents detail top-secret U.S. operations that are so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them.
Only the president, some cabinet members, or a near-cabinet-level official could authorize other officials to know the details.
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Judge: Musk can use Twitter whistleblower but not delay case
(AP) - Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, but Musk won’t be able to delay a high-stakes October trial over the dispute, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the head judge of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, denied Musk’s request to delay the trial by four weeks. But she allowed him to add evidence related to whistleblower allegations by former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, who is scheduled to testify to Congress next week about the company’s poor cybersecurity practices.
Twitter has sued Musk, asking the Delaware court to force him to go through with the deal he made in April to buy the company. Musk has countersued, and a trial is set to start the week of Oct. 17.
Musk’s legal team has argued that the allegations made by Zatko to U.S. officials may help bolster Musk’s claims that Twitter misled him and the public about the company’s problem with fake and “spam” accounts.
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Judge revokes bond for man charged in kidnapping, killing of Eliza Fletcher
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - The man accused of killing a Memphis wife, teacher and mother of two had his bond revoked Wednesday amid charges being upgraded to murder.
Police found 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher’s body Monday night. Cleotha Abston, aka Cleotha Henderson, faced the judge for the second day in a row.
Abston was originally charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with/fabricating evidence in this case. That was until investigators located and identified Fletcher’s body.
On Tuesday, additional charges of first-degree murder and first-degree murder in perpetration of kidnapping were brought against Abston.
This is Abston’s second kidnapping offense. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison at the age of 16 for a kidnapping in May 2000 but only spent 20 years behind bars.
Fletcher was reported missing Friday after not returning from her morning jog.
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One-legged Stone Age skeleton may show oldest amputation
NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveals the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.
Scientists say the amputation was performed when the person was a child — and that the “patient” went on to live for years as an amputee. The prehistoric surgery could show that humans were making medical advances much earlier than previously thought, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Researchers were exploring a cave in Borneo, in a rainforest region known for having some of the earliest rock art in the world, when they came across the grave, said Tim Maloney, an archaeologist at Griffith University in Australia and the study’s lead researcher.
Though much of the skeleton was intact, it was missing its left foot and the lower part of its left leg, he explained. After examining the remains, the researchers concluded the foot bones weren’t missing from the grave, or lost in an accident — they were carefully removed.
The remaining leg bone showed a clean, slanted cut that healed over, Maloney said. There were no signs of infection, which would be expected if the child had gotten its leg bitten off by a creature like a crocodile. And there were also no signs of a crushing fracture, which would have been expected if the leg had snapped off in an accident.
The person appears to have lived for around six to nine more years after losing the limb, eventually dying from unknown causes as a young adult, researchers say.
This shows that the prehistoric foragers knew enough about medicine to perform the surgery without fatal blood loss or infection, authors concluded. Researchers don’t know what kind of tool was used to amputate the limb, or how infection was prevented — but they speculate that a sharp stone tool may have made the cut, and point out that some of the rich plant life in the region has medicinal properties.
Also, the community would have had to care for the child for years afterward, since surviving the rugged terrain as an amputee wouldn’t have been easy.
This early surgery “rewrites the history of human medical knowledge and developments,” Maloney said at the briefing.
Before this find, the earliest example of amputation had been in a French farmer from 7,000 years ago, who had part of his forearm removed. Scientists had thought that advanced medical practices developed around 10,000 years ago, as humans settled down into agricultural societies, authors said.
But this study adds to growing evidence that humans started caring for each other’s health much earlier in their history, said Alecia Schrenk, an anthropologist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, who was not involved with the study.
“It had long been assumed healthcare is a newer invention,” Schrenk said in an email. “Research like this article demonstrates that prehistoric peoples were not just left to fend for themselves.”
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Running community honors Eliza Fletcher by finishing her last run
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – Community members in Memphis and people across the country are honoring 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher’s life in a special way.
The teacher and mother of two is believed to have been kidnapped and killed during an early morning jog near the University of Memphis campus on Sept. 2.
Cleotha Abston, 38, is accused of forcing Fletcher into an SUV and is charged with murder in connection to her death. He is facing several other charges, like kidnapping and identity theft, as well.
Memorials filled with flowers, balloons and messages to Fletcher have formed around Memphis, from the UofM area at the site where police say she was abducted to South Memphis where her body was recovered.
A run is planned for Friday morning on Central Avenue in the UofM area where Fletcher’s run came to an abrupt stop. Organizers say this event is a way to honor and finish the run Fletcher started the day she was abducted.
Friday morning’s 8.2-mile run is set to begin at 4:20 a.m. at Central and Belvedere. According to the Facebook page for the event, more than 550 people say they are taking part.
A gym in Jonesboro, Arkansas held similar events to symbolize the end of Fletcher’s run.
“We’re going to come together as a gym family, as a local community, as a running family to finish the run for her,” Callie Talley said.
Talley says some gym members knew Fletcher and her family and wanted to put on this event to pay tribute to her life.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Breezy trades continue with partly to mostly sunny skies on Wednesday. Scattered windward and mauka showers in the morning, then isolated showers in the afternoon. Highs 85 to 92. Trade winds 15 to 20 mph.
Tonight, partly cloudy isolated showers, then scattered after midnight. Lows 71 to 76. Trade winds 10 to 20 mph.
Locally breezy trade winds will persist across the state today with passing clouds and showers favoring windward and mountain areas, primarily during the early morning hours. The trades will ease tonight, with light to moderate trades then expected Thursday through the weekend. Light winds will have showers favoring windward slopes and coasts at night and during the early morning hours, with showers developing over island interior and leeward areas each afternoon, then fizzling out during the evening.
South shore surf will remain around seasonal average heights today and will slowly trend lower through Thursday. A larger south-southwest swell will build into the region from Saturday night to Sunday and peak on Monday. This larger south swell will produce surf heights above seasonal average levels through Tuesday.
Smaller surf remains in the forecast for all other areas. East Pacific Hurricane Kay could send a small long period swell to east facing shores this weekend.
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Cineworld, owner of Regal Cinemas, is filing for bankruptcy
(Gray News) - Cineworld Group has started Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S., the company announced in a statement Wednesday morning.
The British company owns American theater company Regal Cinemas, operates in 10 countries with altogether 747 sites and about 9,139 screens globally.
The company said it will undergo restructuring and is expected to negotiate with U.S. landlords at theaters “to pursue a real estate optimisation strategy ... to improve US cinema lease terms in an effort to further position the Group for long-term growth.”
The company said it expects to operate its business and cinemas as usual during the restructuring.
Cineworld has built up about $4.8 billion in net debt, not including lease liabilities, the Associated Press reported.
The theater group is also reportedly considering its bankruptcy options in the other countries in which it operates and will continue to honor its membership programs.
Theaters worldwide have been hurt by sagging sales since the pandemic began. This summer’s $3.3 billion in ticket sales is still running nearly 20% behind the summer of 2019, before the pandemic, as of late August, the data firm Comscore reported.
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Man murders 4 family members with knife, including 5-year-old, sheriff says
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) – An Arizona man has been charged with murder after he fatally stabbed four family members, including his 5-year-old niece, officials say.
According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, 21-year-old Richard Wilson Jr. was charged with four counts of first-degree murder. He is being held at the Pinal County Jail on a $2.5 million bond.
The victims were identified as Wilson’s father, 47-year-old Richard Wilson; his mother, 50-year-old Ellen Otterman; his sister, 16-year-old Rudy Wilson; and his niece, 5-year-old ReNaya White, who had just started kindergarten.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation began with a 911 call from the 16-year-old sister Sunday afternoon regarding a domestic dispute at the home in Casa Grande.
During the 911 call, the sister told dispatchers that Wilson Jr. had just beaten up their mother, father, and 5-year-old niece in the house. Dispatchers said the sister was “frantic” on the phone and that audible screaming could be heard repeatedly until the call was disconnected.
“Ultimately, that cost her her life making that 911 call, and when our people arrived, she was one of the four deceased,” Pinal County Chief Deputy Matthew Thomas said.
Officials said deputies got to the home about 12 minutes later. When they arrived, they found Wilson Jr. with blood on his clothes and injuries to his right hand.
Deputies said he told them, “I’m over here, take me to jail.” When deputies asked him if anyone was inside the home, he replied, “Go check.”
Deputies entered the home and discovered the four bodies, all of which appeared to have suffered fatal stab wounds to the neck.
Records show that this was the 10th time police were called to the home in the last three years. Two of those calls were mental health-related, and two others were welfare checks.
Wanda Hamilton, a neighbor, said she is in shock hearing about the murders.
“Disbelief, this doesn’t happen out here,” Hamilton said. “I can’t believe that, not him [Wilson Jr.]. I talked to that kid all the time.”
Hamilton said the family has lived at the home for about five years. She said Wilson Jr. lived with his grandparents a few houses down, but he visited his parent’s house daily to care for their horses.
Wilson Jr.’s father was a maintenance employee for the Casa Grande Elementary School District, and ReNaya had just started kindergarten at Desert Willow Elementary School. In a statement, Superintendent Adam Leckie said the tragedy is a huge loss for the district.
“It is with profound sadness that yesterday afternoon we were made aware of the tragic deaths of one of our Desert Willow students, ReNaya White, and maintenance employee Richard Wilson. This is an incredible loss to our CGESD family and will be a difficult time for all of us. Richard worked for CGESD for the last two years. He was well-liked by his co-workers and was known to be devoted to his family. ReNaya just started kindergarten at Desert Willow and was described as a happy, energetic, curious, loving girl. They will be missed greatly by all who knew them.”
The district has made extra counseling services available for students and staff.
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Man thought he won $600 in lottery but really won a lot more
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 11:50 AM EDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
ANNANDALE, Va. (Gray News) – A man in Virginia was excited as he was redeeming what he thought was a $600 winning lottery ticket.
But when lottery staffers looked at the ticket, they quickly discovered it was worth a lot more.
As it turned out, Jose Flores Velasquez had really won $1 million.
According to the Virginia Lottery, Velasquez bought a 20X the Money ticket at a gas station after work.
He is the second top prize winner in the latest version of the scratch-off game.
He chose to take the one-time cash option of $759,878 instead of the $1 million prize over 30 years.
Velasquez plans to use his winnings to take care of his family and possibly start his own business.
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Southwest Airlines offering ‘bring a friend for free’ passes
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 11:46 AM EDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
(Gray News) – Southwest Airlines is offering a massive promotion for you and a friend.
The Promotional Companion Pass allows you to bring a friend for free every time you fly between Jan. 4 and March 4, 2023.
How it works:
- First, this deal won’t last long. To get started, you must purchase a flight ticket between Sept. 6 and Sept. 8 for flights between now and Nov. 17.
- If you complete those steps, you’ll receive a “bring a friend free” voucher that can be used on any Southwest flight from Jan. 4 and March 4, 2023.
The promotion is not valid on flights purchased with Rapid Rewards points.
For more details, visit Southwest’s website here.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the leading not-for-profit organization that oversees U.S. physician certification, will host ABMS Conference 2022 in-person at the Loews O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. and online September 21-23. Conference sessions will explore critical topics such as patient safety, health equity, and the spread of medical misinformation.
ABMS Conference 2022 is the premier conference on the certification of health care professionals with a focus on assessment, improvement, professionalism, and professional development. Participants will share innovative collaborations, evidence-based research, and best practices that accelerate the transformation of certification and the delivery of high-quality care.
The conference program was created for health care professionals and leaders from ABMS Member Boards, medical and professional societies, hospitals and health systems, academic medical centers, quality and practice improvement sectors, and continuing medical education and professional development communities.
ABMS Conference 2022 will feature two and a half days of sessions, including 34 concurrent break sessions, two plenaries, 29 posters, 18 exhibitors, and many networking opportunities.
ABMS Conference 2022 highlights include:
Opening Plenary—Misinformation in Health Care: The Implications for Professionalism and the Public Trust (September 21)
- Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor School of Medicine
- Humayun Chaudhry, DO, MACP, President and CEO, Federation of State Medical Boards
- Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEMS, President, Board of Directors, American Board of Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Los Angeles County EMS Agency; Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Clinical Faculty, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics and Investigator, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA
The Lois Margaret Nora Endowed Lecture Plenary—Competency Based Medical Education: The Future for Specialty Training (September 22)
- Patricia Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, Executive Director of the American College of Surgeons
- Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, EdM, Professor of Surgery, Henri Leon Charbonnier Endowed Chair of Surgical Education, Assistant Dean of Operative Skills Assessment, Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University
- Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, FACS, Associate Designated Institutional Official for the Clinical Learning Environment, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Program Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship and Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
For the in-person event, ABMS will follow all COVID-19 mitigation protocols per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health department guidelines. More than half of the in-person conference sessions also will be available via livestream, including both plenary panel discussions. All participants also will have access to all recorded sessions following the conference.
The ABMS 2022 Conference Premier Sponsor is AMA Ed Hub, with other supporters including Alpine Testing Solutions, Certification Management Services, Data Recognition Corporation, Intealth, and ROC-P.
About ABMS
Established in 1933, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is responsible for the creation of standards overseeing physician certification in the United States. Dedicated to improving the quality of care to the patients, families and communities they serve, the 24 ABMS Member Boards develop educational and professional standards and programs of assessment to certify physicians and medical specialists. More than 940,000 physicians and medical specialists are certified by one or more of the ABMS Member Boards in one or more of 40 specialties and 88 subspecialties. For more information about ABMS, visit abms.org or call (312) 436-2600.
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Leading Senior Care Franchise Advancing Care, Support and Research Efforts with National Team Fundraising for Walk to End Alzheimer's Nationwide
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Always Best Care Senior Services, the leading senior care franchise system in the United States, today announced its 12th anniversary as a Walk to End Alzheimer's® National Team. Over the past 11 years, participating Always Best Care teams around the country have raised $785,986, earning the National Team Longevity Award for more than a decade of support and the Lifetime Achievement Level for raising over half a million dollars. This year, the company is on track to raise another $100,000 at Walks nationwide and continues to share helpful tips for caring for Alzheimer's patients in honor of World Alzheimer's Month in September.
"As a leader in senior care, Always Best Care is proud to partner with the Walk to End Alzheimer's every year on behalf of the more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease," said Jake Brown, President & CEO of Always Best Care. "We know that extra attention and tender compassionate care must accompany every service we provide. This is especially true for our clients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's."
As a Silver National Team, Always Best Care offices form teams for Walks across the country and raise funds that advance the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer's Association. Each team's donations play an important role in improving the lives of people living with Alzheimer's, their families and caregivers.
Two teams that have continually rallied together for the cause are Always Best Care of Delaware and Always Best Care of Philadelphia, which are both owned by Bryant Greene. His work on behalf of the cause has landed him in the Top 25 of national fundraisers and the top fundraiser in the Delaware Valley for the past eight years. Greene, who has also been named to the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer's Association's Delaware Valley chapter, has raised more than half a million dollars in his markets over the past 10 years.
"It is my honor to build awareness of and promote the important resources the Alzheimer's Association provides and to help connect my audiences with those resources," said Bryant Greene, who also hosts popular television and radio programs in the Philadelphia market. "I grew up with a beloved babysitter who lost her battle with Alzheimer's. Through my Always Best Care businesses, I've made many more personal connections with individuals and families impacted by this disease, and I see the struggles they endure. That's why this cause is near and dear to my heart."
Always Best Care is one of the nation's leading providers of non-medical in-home care and assisted living referral services, with skilled home health care in limited markets. The company delivers its services through an international network of more than 225 independently owned and operated franchise territories throughout the United States and Canada. By working with case managers, social workers, discharge planners, doctors, and families, Always Best Care franchise owners provide affordable, comprehensive solutions that can be specifically matched to meet a client's particular physical or social needs.
About Always Best Care
Founded in 1996, Always Best Care Senior Services is based on the belief that having the right people for the right level of care means peace of mind for the client and family. Always Best Care has been assisting seniors with a wide range of conditions and personal needs for over 25 years and currently provides thousands of hours of care every year.
Always Best Care also offers exclusive programs such as Always in Touch, Balance Tracking System and remote patient monitoring. For more information regarding Always Best Care's solutions, visit www.alwaysbestcare.com.
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Tire Distributors ("ATD") today announced the completion of the sale of its Canadian subsidiary, National Tire Distributors ("NTD"), to Groupe Touchette Inc. ("Groupe Touchette").
With the sale of NTD now complete, ATD is moving forward as a more focused organization that is better positioned to serve its customers across the U.S. and invest in the enhanced innovation that is driving its transformation efforts. In addition, with the transaction complete, ATD will advance its goal of reducing emissions by increasing supply chain efficiency and providing technology-enabled connectivity and efficiency through its diverse line of products.
ATD will continue supporting NTD and Groupe Touchette through its new commercial relationship, under which ATD will supply the combined company with its proprietary Hercules and Ironman brand tires and make its advanced analytics software and productivity-enabling tools available to Groupe Touchette's network.
"With the completion of this transaction, we now have more resources, focus and flexibility to build on our momentum and accelerate our transformation," said Stuart Schuette, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATD. "We are driving our strategy forward, rolling out new tools and capabilities and delivering even more connected automotive solutions for the customers and manufacturers we serve. Across ATD, we are excited to continue leading the pace of change in our industry by providing even more connected and better products and services than ever before."
Mr. Schuette continued, "We look forward to continuing to support NTD and Groupe Touchette as their combined business grows in Canada. Through our collaboration, we will help pave the way in developing a cleaner tire industry of the future. We wish the NTD team the best as they officially embark on their next phase as part of Groupe Touchette. I also want to recognize the hard work and dedication of ATD's associates, who will continue to drive our success as we move forward."
Moelis & Company LLC served as financial advisor to ATD and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP and Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP served as its legal counsel.
About American Tire Distributors
American Tire Distributors is one of the largest independent suppliers of tires to the replacement tire market. It operates more than 115 distribution centers serving approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. The company offers an unsurpassed breadth and depth of inventory, frequent delivery and value-added services to tire and automotive service customers. American Tire Distributors employs approximately 4,500 associates across its distribution center network. In 2022, the company was recognized as one of Forbes' 2022 America's Best Midsize Employers and a Most Loved Workplace by Newsweek.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aniplex Online Fest 2022 is gearing up for an unprecedented event featuring a star-studded line-up of musical artists set to hit the stage with internationally beloved idol Sally Amaki returning as host alongside Hisanori Yoshida. Aniplex is pulling out all the stops with huge announcements, sneak peeks, and celebrity appearances from the stars of over 20 shows. Viewers can tune in to Aniplex Online Fest 2022 on YouTube for free on September 23rd starting at 8 PM (PDT).
Kicking the festivities off will be an exclusive AOF special edition performance of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Orchestra Concert featuring the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra for an unforgettable 20-minute performance accompanied by scenes from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The festival will also welcome Aimer, Eir Aoi, Masayuki Suzuki feat. Airi Suzuki & Suu, halca, Reona, and SawanoHiroyuki[nzk] for exhilarating live performances of some of your favorite tunes.
Getting the party started is Aniplex Online Fest favorite DJ Kazu, who will be returning to the event for a thrilling DJ performance. Aniplex Online Fest 2022 is currently accepting song requests for DJ Kazu via the comment section on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, where fans can watch a snippet of his Aniplex Online Fest 2021 performance for a limited time.
In addition to the already all-star line-up of special guests set to appear, Aniplex Online Fest 2022 has added Chika Anzai and Shion Wakayama from the summer 2022 season's fan favorite show Lycoris Recoil, plus Jun Fukuyama in a pre-recorded program for the highly anticipated All Saints Street.
For more information, visit the official website: https://aniplex-online-fest.com/en/
SPECIAL GUESTS (In Alphabetical Order)
Musical Artists :
- Aimer
- Eir Aoi
- halca
- Masayuki Suzuki feat. Airi Suzuki & Suu
- ReoNA
- SawanoHiroyuki[nzk]
- DJ Kazu
Voice Actors :
- Chika Anzai (Lycoris Recoil)
- Daiki Yamashita (All Saints Street) pre-recorded
- Hina Suguta (My Dress-Up Darling)
- Jun Fukuyama (All Saints Street) pre-recorded
- Kaito Ishikawa (Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, All Saints Street)
- Lynn (Engage Kiss)
- Masakazu Morita (BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War)
- Rie Takahashi (Tomo-chan Is a Girl!)
- Rumi Okubo (Engage Kiss)
- Saku Mizuno (Raven of the Inner Palace)
- Saya Aizawa (Engage Kiss)
- Shoya Ishige (My Dress-Up Darling)
- Soma Saito (Engage Kiss)
- Tomori Kusunoki (The Misfit of Demon King AcademyⅡ: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants)
- Yoshino Aoyama (BOCCHI THE ROCK!)
- Yuko Natsuyoshi (The Misfit of Demon King AcademyⅡ: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants)
and more!
EVENT INFORMATION
- Event Name:Aniplex Online Fest 2022
- Date/Time:Friday, September 23, 2022 from 8 PM (PDT)
- Venue:PACIFICO Yokohama National Convention Hall
1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 220-0012, Japan - Organizer:Aniplex Inc.
- Co-Sponsored By:Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Streaming Platform:YouTube (excluding select countries and regions)
- Official Website (English):https://aniplex-online-fest.com/en/
- Aniplex Event Official Twitter:https://twitter.com/aniplex_event
*Please note, schedule and content are subject to change.
FEATURED SHOWS (In Alphabetical Order)
- All Saints Street
- Ayakashi Triangle
- Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition
- BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War
- BOCCHI THE ROCK!
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (via Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Orchestra Concert)
- ngage Kiss
- Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
- Lycoris Recoil
- MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES
- My Dress-Up Darling
- NieR:Automata
- Raven of the Inner Palace
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Saint Cecilia & Pastor Lawrence
- Solo Leveling
- The Misfit of Demon King AcademyⅡ: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants
- Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
- UniteUp!
About Aniplex Online Fest 2022
Held annually since 2020, Aniplex Online Fest is a free online festival presented by Aniplex delivering the latest news and information on anime shows and performances from some of the biggest names in music. In 2021, Aniplex Online Fest included a wide variety of programming featuring exclusive shows from 11 anime series, exhilarating music performances, live drawings, and more. Streamed worldwide in both Japanese and English, Aniplex Online Fest 2021 invited fans to dive into the world of anime with over 6 and a half hours of programming with over 850,000 viewers from all over the world. AOF is scheduled to return bigger than ever in 2022 on September 23rd (PDT).
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Google Cloud Recognizes Atlas AI as Part of Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability Program
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas AI today announced that it has achieved the Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability designation in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program. By earning the Sustainability designation, Atlas AI has proven their success in building and producing solutions and tools on Google Cloud to help customers achieve their sustainability and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) goals.
The new solutions of the Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability partner program will help customers achieve meaningful climate objectives for their businesses. Google Cloud Partners with this designation deliver solutions that reduce carbon emissions, increase the sustainability of value chains, help organizations invest more inclusively across their market footprint or help them identify climate risk for increased resilience.
Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability will provide customers a facilitated journey to discover and use proven partner solutions such as Atlas AI, powered by Google Cloud, in their sustainability business transformations.
"Corporate sustainability is moving out of its traditional silo and into every facet of companies' operations, in part thanks to a growing recognition that sustainable businesses are best positioned to access new markets, demonstrate resilience to unforeseen shocks and attract the best talent," said Abe Tarapani, CEO of Atlas AI. "Google Cloud has embraced this new paradigm and is empowering an ecosystem of companies like Atlas AI whose digital solutions help customers strengthen their core operating results while embracing sustainable business models. We're honored to be selected as one of the inaugural members of the Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability partner program, and look forward to continuing a track record of successful growth on the Google Cloud platform that dates back to the founding days of Atlas AI."
"We're entering a new era of sustainability driven business transformation, which cloud is key to enabling and accelerating that transformation. The Google Cloud partner ecosystem will play a key role in providing solutions that help our joint customers deliver on their sustainability goals," said Justin Keeble, managing director of global sustainability at Google Cloud. "These new solutions will be accessible through our Google Cloud Ready - Sustainability validation program for customers to accelerate climate action. We are partnering with purpose to help drive towards a net zero future."
Google Cloud Ready for Sustainability is part of the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program, designed to maximize Google Cloud partners' success across business models, customer requirements, success metrics, and strategic priorities. Google Cloud Marketplace Sustainability Hub provides customers with easy access to validated sustainability solutions and will showcase Google Cloud Ready for Sustainability solutions.
Atlas AI is a predictive analytics platform that enables organizations to optimize performance and expand reach by investing in underserved communities around the world. Founded by a team of Stanford University scientists in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation and with support from Airbus Ventures and Micron Technologies Inc., we harness a range of planetary scale datasets and the latest advances in artificial intelligence to measure local socioeconomic change such as population demographics, infrastructure access, household spending power and crop yields. We use this proprietary data to analyze, monitor and forecast regions of growth and untapped potential to offer insight into where organizations can grow most successfully, and where investment can best drive economic progress.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Auxilius announces that Sharon Langan will be joining the organization as Vice President of Channel & Strategic Partnerships. In this newly formed role, she will be responsible for business development, channel and strategic partner relationships, and community building across the biopharma finance and accounting discipline.
Sharon brings decades of industry experience to Auxilius, having served as Global Practice Leader of Finance and Life Sciences at Informa Connect (previously CBI) for the past 20 years. During this time, she was responsible for product commercialization, marketing, event production, content curation, sales enablement, and public relations. She also founded the Life Sciences Finance & Accounting Congress, an industry-leading network and forum for Chief Financial Officers and their teams. She started her career in the Audit and Assurance function at Deloitte and received her Bachelor's in Business and Accounting at Assumption University.
"The relationships and network that Sharon has built in this industry speak volumes. Sharon is passionate and deeply committed to empowering finance and accounting leaders," said Adam Weisman, CEO and co-founder of Auxilius. "The contributions Sharon has made to this community are remarkable, and I'm incredibly proud that she has decided to join the Auxilius team."
"I have spent years alongside the biotech and finance accounting community, understanding the unique problems they face, the importance of the work they do, and the passion they bring to their organizations. Auxilius gives this community something new: a comprehensive, real-time, actionable view of their R&D and clinical trial spend," said Sharon. "Biotechs aim to get life-saving therapies to patients consistently and cost effectively. We're here to help them do so."
Auxilius was purpose-built by a team with decades of experience at the intersection of finance and healthcare to address the unique operational, financial, and accounting needs of clinical trials. The company helps biotechs accomplish more by augmenting manual clinical business operations and FP&A/accounting processes with intuitive software works with a company's existing tech stack to scale alongside their portfolio. This allows companies conducting clinical trials to take control over trial costs and clinical vendors, to manage financial risk, and to optimize spend in pursuit of trial targets. The company is backed by notable investors including Bain Capital Ventures, Renegade Partners, and XYZ Venture Capital. To learn more, please visit www.auxili.us.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AvoMD, a company empowering clinicians with point-of-care, decision-making software and evidence-based medicine, announced today the addition of the company's clinical decision support solution to the Epic App Orchard, making it available to hospital systems nationwide. Direct integration into the electronic health record ("EHR") makes AvoMD seamlessly accessible and integrated into clinicians' usual workflows. AvoMD joins only a handful of applications available as publicly listed clinical decision support tools on the Epic App Orchard.
AvoMD provides clinicians with instant, interactive access to evidence-based clinical guidelines and clinical pathways at the point-of-care. Randomized control trials and implementations have shown that AvoMD saves clinicians up to 54% of their time at the point of care, while improving outcomes and reducing costs.
Within Epic, AvoMD's Point-of-Care Application is available as a tab or a sidebar, automatically incorporates labs and vitals when relevant for a clinical decision, and seamlessly generates pending orders and suggested documentation for assessment and plan in real-time.
Using AvoMD's no-code content management system, clinicians and hospitals can quickly and collaboratively build their own pathways and/or pull in guidelines from AvoMD's growing set of leading content partners without needing hospital IT resources.
AvoMD's best-in-class decision support library is available for use by clinicians and hospital partners, also within Epic. Leading content partners, such as the American Academy of Family Physicians, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Columbia Psychiatry, have made their expertise available as interactive modules on the AvoMD platform. The majority of these modules are available for free, underscoring AvoMD's mission to bridge the divide between evidence and practice.
In addition to using AvoMD natively through Epic's App Orchard, clinicians can use AvoMD on their web browser, on a mobile app, or on other EHR systems.
Epic Systems is the leading electronic health record vendor in the US, as the majority of US News & World Report's top-ranked hospitals and medical schools use Epic. The App Orchard allows providers to integrate digital health solutions seamlessly within their EHR using standards-based interfaces and APIs, such as SMART- on-FHIR.
AvoMD's availability on the App Orchard enables health systems and hospitals to quickly integrate the clinical decision support solution into provider workflows, gaining seamless access to AvoMD's best-in-class technology and decision support modules. Additionally, accessing AvoMD via Epic enables further automation of the clinical workflow, additional time savings, and reduced cognitive load for clinicians.
The free version of AvoMD, which enables access to society-created decision support modules, can be used on Epic (and other EHRs) or as a standalone tool on clinicians' web browsers or mobile devices.
Epic is a registered trademark of Epic Systems Corporation. Providers using Epic can access AvoMD's clinical decision support solution by visiting the Epic site here.
AvoMD is a no-code software platform that transforms clinical content – guidelines, algorithms, pathways, and checklists - into "virtual clinical consults" available instantly at the point-of-care on standalone web/mobile apps and in the EHR. Leading societies and health systems partner with AvoMD to transform authoritative clinical expertise into instant expert guidance at the bedside. Studies show that AvoMD improves outcomes, saves costs, and saves clinicians over 50% of their time in accessing and using information at the point-of-care.
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Only second in Texas to achieve this level of recognition for expertise, quality care
DALLAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- White Rock Medical Center in Dallas, Texas is now accredited as a Comprehensive Bariatric Surgery Center with Adolescent Care and Obesity Medicine.
White Rock Medical Center joins only 10 other healthcare facilities in the nation that have achieved the three designations required for this elite level of accreditation, and is only second in Texas to earn this recognition.
The accreditation was awarded by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
To achieve accreditation, a center must adhere to established best practice standards, meet rigorous reporting requirements regarding medical care that show positive outcomes and quality of care, and undergo an on-site review.
"The accreditation is a testament to our commitment to clinical expertise and compassionate health care. It's one of the reasons people come from across Texas and neighboring states to place their care in the hands of our expert bariatric surgeons and the holistic support program that offers a higher quality of life," said Shawn Lovelady, chief operating officer of White Rock Medical Center.
White Rock Medical Center's bariatric surgery program employs the latest surgical advancements, including robotic assisted, minimally invasive surgery that improves recovery time and reduces risk of post-surgery complications.
The My New Beginning bariatric clinic employs a wholistic approach to weight loss, including not only bariatric surgery but also medical weight loss, on-site psychological support, nutrition counseling and more.
Managing obesity with these tools can improve chronic health issues, such as reversing diabetes, lowering blood pressure, decreasing depression, reducing sleep apnea, and many other health benefits, explained Charlotte Hodges, MD, director of bariatric surgery.
"The accreditation affirms our practice as a bariatric center of excellence. We are committed to improving our patients' health by achieving weight loss that reduces life-threatening risk factors, improves self-esteem, and enhances all aspects of life," said Dr. Hodges.
In 2018, obesity prevalence in the U.S reached more than 42%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obese adults have a BMI of 30 or higher.
Obesity is a complex disease. Several factors play a role in the development of obesity, including genetic, biochemical and physiological factors. Certain biological factors such as environmental, cultural, socioeconomic and psychological issues also contribute to the development of obesity.
Learn more about obesity in the U.S., prevention strategies and the latest research at www.cdc.gov/obesity.
Learn more about bariatric surgery accreditation at www.facs.org/quality-programs/mbsaqip.
White Rock Medical Center is a 200-bed acute care hospital in Dallas, Texas known for expert medical services that include bariatrics, cardiology, orthopedics, women's health and emergency care. The hospital offers a range of recovery and wellness programs that include physical therapy and cardiac rehab, a sleep center, women's imaging and more. For more information about our expertise and care, including bariatrics, please visit www.whiterockmedicalcenter.com.
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BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bountiful Farms, an award-winning, premium, and independent cannabis cultivator, has won first place in the Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup, held Labor Day Weekend in Worcester, Mass. This marks the second year in a row that Bountiful Farms has taken home the "best in show" recognition and been awarded "the best grass in Mass" at this blind-tasting competition judged by Massachusetts cannabis enthusiast consumers.
Bountiful Farms took home first place in the cannabis Flower Category for their coveted Slap and Tickle just one year after winning the cup for their signature Pina Grande strain. The team also came in second place in the Solventless Category for their Colorado Chem as well as second place in the Vape Category for their Papaya Cake.
The Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup is a true-blind cannabis competition aimed to discover who grows "the best grass in Mass". The Cultivator's Cup was developed to empower and establish emerging licensed cultivators of cannabis while allowing for consumers to provide honest feedback of various cannabis and cannabis-infused products.
"We are humbled and honored to have won this coveted award once again, and we couldn't be more excited, said Zachary Taylor, General Manager of Cultivation at Bountiful Farms. "This award is truly a testament to our entire team at Bountiful Farms who pour our lives into growing the best, highest-quality cannabis possible. We live, eat, breathe, and sleep cannabis at Bountiful Farms and this blind competition is truly all about the love and the art of growing. We are grateful that our hard work and passion is being recognized and enjoyed by cannabis lovers across Massachusetts."
Bountiful Farms has gone from a brand-new cultivator and dispensary to an important player in Massachusetts cannabis in just two years through its commitment to quality and innovation. These latest awards add to the team's growing list of coveted Cannabis Cups including three out of four awards at the inaugural Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup in 2021, and the High Times Massachusetts Cannabis Cup first-place winner for "Best Indica Flower".
Medical card holders can purchase the award-winning strains and other Bountiful Farms cannabis products at the Bountiful Farms medical dispensary located at 13 Mercer Rd. in Natick, Mass. For recreational customers, these products are available via retail partners including Alternative Therapies Group, Botera, Rise, and Theory Wellness to name just a few. Customers must be 21 years of age or older. Visit Bountiful Farms for more information.
Bountiful Farms is an award-winning, premium, and independent cannabis cultivator with a medical dispensary in Natick, Mass. Bountiful Farms has a state-of-the-art cultivation and processing center in Lakeville, Mass. where General Manager of Cultivation Zachary Taylor and team grow premium cannabis —with a focus on quality and dedication to innovation and exploration. In September 2021, less than one year after entering the market, Bountiful Farms took home three out of four awards at the state's first-ever people's choice cannabis competition: The Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup. In September 2022, the team repeated history by taking home the award for "best flower in Massachusetts" for the second year in a row. For more information, visit https://www.bountifulfarms.care/, and follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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The life insurance technology company is ranked #2 on the Small and Medium companies list for 2022
DALLAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Life insurance technology company Bestow has been named one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™. This is Bestow's first time being named to this prestigious list, coming in at #2 this year.
The Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance award is based on an analysis of survey responses from more than 176,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the financial services and insurance industry. In that survey, 98% of Bestow's employees said Bestow is a great place to work. This number is 41 points higher than the average U.S. company. In addition, according to Great Place to Work, employees who feel pride in their workplace are five times as likely to feel their work has a purpose and four times as likely to endorse their employer as exemplary.
"Recognition of our company culture and, ultimately, of the people who work to make Bestow great is something that we always value," said Melbourne O'Banion, CEO and Co-Founder, Bestow. "Every person at Bestow is dedicated to meeting our goals with tenacity and grit, and our team appreciates the recognition from Fortune and Great Place to Work."
Bestow is a mission-driven company, building technology that powers 100% digital coverage for companies of all sizes — transforming and modernizing the centuries-old life insurance industry. To date this year, Bestow has ranked as the #2 Best Workplace in Texas and a Best Workplace for Millennials™. In addition, they were named to the 2022 Best Medium Workplaces list and recognized on the Forbes list of America's Best Startup Employers 2022 for the third consecutive year.
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is.
To learn more about what makes Bestow an excellent place to work or view current job openings, visit bestow.com/careers.
Bestow is the leading life insurance technology company. As both a direct-to-consumer destination and an infrastructure provider, Bestow powers instant life insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes, across any channel. In a world full of unknowns, Bestow is on a mission to increase financial security for everyone by creating the best possible products and experiences that serve future generations. To learn more, visit bestow.com.
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DAVIE, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BHG Financial (BHG) has been honored as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance by Great Place to Work® (GPTW) and Fortune magazine. Ranking 23rd out of the top 50 large firms, this is BHG's seventh time to make this prestigious list.
The Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 176,000 employees from GPTW-Certified™ companies in the financial services and insurance industry. In that survey, 95 percent of BHG employees said BHG is a great place to work—38 percent higher than the average U.S. company.
"Receiving this award for the seventh consecutive year is a testament to how we continuously make our culture a priority," says Al Crawford, CEO and Co-founder of BHG Financial. "BHG's mission of building people who build BHG continues to shine through and fuel our innovation in new products and partnerships, which makes us a great place to work."
The Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they had been a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
BHG Financial has been certified as a Great Place to Work® since 2016 and has been recognized among Fortune and GPTW 23 times on numerous reputable lists.
To learn more about BHG's culture and values, visit careersatbhg.com/culture. To view BHG's company profile and certification results on Great Place to Work®, please visit: greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/1100692.
BHG Financial is transforming the financial industry, leveraging the power of data, analytics, and cutting-edge technology to become not only one of the best sources for high-performing loans, but the creator of one of the largest community bank loan and product networks in the country.
Since 2001, BHG has originated more than $12 billion in loan solutions to top-quality borrowers, which community and midsize banks can access via a state-of-the-art loan delivery platform.
BHG Financials' dedication to providing services that meet the needs of its clients has led to the creation of a full family of brands that range from business, consumer, and SBA 7(a) loans to credit cards, collection services, risk management services, and point-of-sale financing.
With record growth year after year, BHG continues to be recognized regionally and nationally: earning a spot on the Inc. 5000 for 14 years running and receiving accolades from Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine, among others.
BHG Financial is partially owned by Pinnacle Bank (PNFP) and has headquarters in Davie, FL and Syracuse, NY. To represent the company's growth and dedication to continuously expanding their services, Bankers Healthcare Group became BHG Financial in 2021.
Find out more about the company's financial solutions on bhgfinancial.com. For more information about the BHG Bank Network, click here. Follow BHG on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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With the Current Season Just Over Two-Thirds Complete, Viewers Have Already Watched Over 8 Billion Minutes of BIG BROTHER This Summer Across CBS, Paramount+ and the CBS App/CBS.com
Series Leads Every Streaming Series in Minutes Watched
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the current season just over two-thirds complete, viewers have already watched nearly 8.3 billion minutes of BIG BROTHER so far this summer on the CBS Television Network, Paramount+ and CBS.com/the CBS app, according to Nielsen linear viewing and Paramount internal data for the first nine weeks of the series' 24th season, which began July 6. This figure includes both full episodes on broadcast and streaming, as well as the live feeds from the BIG BROTHER house, which are available exclusively on Paramount+.
To put this massive time spent number in broader perspective, BIG BROTHER content leads EVERY series on streaming services in engagement, including the latest season of Netflix's hit "Stranger Things." (8.05 billion minutes watched, according to Nielsen Streaming Data from 7/6/22-8/28/22.)
"BIG BROTHER is the original cross-platform reality series and 24 seasons later it's still generating large audiences and engagement numbers across our CBS and Paramount platforms," said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment. "This data speaks loudly to the passion for the franchise, and how the power of broadcast television with strong streaming partners can aggregate an audience."
Editor's Note: BIG BROTHER season 24 premiered Wednesday, July 6 on CBS, and is also available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
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Engineering and Environmental Science Among Top Project Categories
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science today announced the Top 300 MASTERS in the 2022 Broadcom MASTERS® — the nation's premier science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competition for middle school students. Broadcom MASTERS, a program of Society for Science, seeks to inspire young scientists, engineers and innovators to solve the grand challenges of the 21st century.
Each of the Top 300 MASTERS will receive a $125 award from DoD STEM. With this prize, the Department of Defense continues its support of youth in STEM, working towards a more diverse pipeline of highly qualified STEM professionals in the future.
The Top 300 MASTERS were selected from 1,807 students from 47 states and three territories (Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) applying to be a Broadcom MASTER. Only students who are named in the top 10% of their science fair are eligible to enter the Broadcom MASTERS, which is the only middle school STEM competition that leverages Society-affiliated science fairs as a critical component of the STEM talent pipeline.
Broadcom MASTERS Top 300 fast facts:
- The top 300 hail from 35 states, Guam and Puerto Rico
- Top states included California (17%), Florida (12%), Texas (7%), Pennsylvania (6%) and Utah (4%)
- Most students, 62%, go to public school, with 28% in private schools
- The top project categories are engineering (22%), environmental & earth science (15%); chemistry (9%); physics (8%) and medicine & health sciences (8%).
The students' names and a state-by-state breakdown of the Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS can be found at https://www.societyforscience.org/broadcom-masters/2022-top-300-masters.
On September 21, 30 of the Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS will be named finalists. Selected by a panel of scientists, engineers and educators from around the nation, the finalists will be competing for over $100,000 including the coveted $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize, the $10,000 DoD STEM Talent Award, the $10,000 Lemelson Award for Invention, the $10,000 Marconi/Samueli Award for Innovation, the $10,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Advancement, and the $5,000 Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award.
"Congratulations to the Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS," said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science and Publisher of Science News. "I am so inspired by these young people who are working to solve problems in their communities and the world at large by using science and engineering. At a time when we are battling ongoing threats from climate change to a pandemic to cybersecurity, these young people offer inspiration and hope for the future that is badly needed."
The Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS' independent STEM research projects tackle a broad range of subjects, such as:
- Identifying hate speech on social media
- Exploring sustainable batteries
- Investigating bioplastics
- Researching autonomous vehicles
- Assessing face mask efficacy
"Congratulations to the Top 300 2022 Broadcom MASTERS," said Paula Golden, President of the Broadcom Foundation. "These young scientists, engineers and innovators will define our future. We need them to bring their passion and skill to help solve the grand challenges of our time and create sustainability here on Earth."
In addition to the $125 cash prize, the Top 300 Broadcom MASTERS will each receive a prize package containing an award ribbon; semifinalist certificate of accomplishment; Broadcom MASTERS backpack; a Broadcom MASTERS decal; a specialized Invention Journal, courtesy of The Lemelson Foundation; a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Notebook Edition, courtesy of Wolfram Research; and a one-year family digital subscription to Science News magazine. In recognition of the role that teachers play in the success of their students, each designated teacher also will receive a Broadcom MASTERS tote bag; a special edition booklet of Science News Explores Invention & Innovation articles from The Lemelson Foundation; and a one-year digital subscription to Science News magazine.
Resources:
For more information visit the Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science. To keep up with the Broadcom MASTERS, use hashtag #brcmMASTERS or follow Broadcom Foundation and the Society on Twitter or Broadcom Foundation and the Society on Instagram. And to stay connected, visit the Broadcom MASTERS and Society Facebook pages. You can also follow the Society on Snapchat (Society4Science).
Founded in April 2009, the Broadcom Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with the mission of advancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education by increasing opportunities to achieve success through equitable access to STEM pathways.
The foundation inspires young people to pursue careers in STEM and to develop 21st Century+ skills of critical thinking, computation & coding, collaboration, communication and creativity. It is a founding member of the National STEM Funders Network and plays a leadership role in the STEM Education Ecosystem Initiatives in the U.S., Mexico and Israel.
The foundation's signature programs focus on computational skills needed for careers in the Information Age. It champions student achievement at science fairs and code clubs and promotes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations as the vehicle by which young scientists and engineers can "Act Globally and Think Locally."
Learn more at http://broadcomfoundation.org/ and follow us on Twitter (@BroadcomSTEM), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Society for Science is a champion for science, dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement. Established in 1921, Society for Science is best known for its award-winning journalism through Science News and Science News Explores, its world-class science research competitions for students, including the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and the Broadcom MASTERS, and its outreach and equity programming that seeks to ensure that all students have an opportunity to pursue a career in STEM.
A 501(c)(3) membership organization, Society for Science is committed to inform, educate and inspire. Learn more at www.societyforscience.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (Society4Science).
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Canon's New Tools Give Broadcasters and Filmmakers Enhanced Camera Functionality and the Flexibility to Create High-Quality 4K Content, Within Multiple Streamlined Workflows
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today strengthened its cinema and broadcast offering, in line with user needs, with a suite of products. This includes the CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S), Canon's latest 8K CINE-SERVO lens for a broad range of productions; the EU-V3, a modular expansion unit for the EOS C500 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark III cameras; a Cinema EOS firmware update; and the DP-V2730i, a 27-inch 4K professional reference display that may seamlessly fit into workflows of broadcasters and filmmakers.
Capture the World Cinematically: CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S)
With a superb combination of focal range, compact size, and lightweight, the CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) supports Super 35mm and Full-Frameii sensor cameras, making it ideal for a range of cinema and broadcast productions. With its versatile focal range from a wide 15mm, up to an impressive telephoto range of 120mm, the lens can further extend up to 180mm via the built-in 1.5x extender. To support future productions, 8K optical performance can be maintained across the full focal length, providing consistently high image quality across the entire frame.
The CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) features Canon's renowned warm color science, matching the existing range of Canon's cinema lenses – and an 11-blade aperture, producing a beautiful, round bokeh. Offering outstanding optical performance – and breathtaking image quality for HDR, 4K, and 8K productions – the lens supports EF mount communication and advanced metadata capture with support for Cooke /i Technology™. The PL mount version of the lens is also the first Canon CINE-SERVO lens to enable both ZEISS eXtended Data™ (XD) communication and Cooke /i Technology™. Featuring the same 16-bit encoder found in Canon's broadcast and existing CINE-SERVO lenses, which provides accurate lens position, zoom, focus, and iris metadata, the information and communication functions between the lens and camera are paramount for VFX, virtual, and cinema productions.
The high-end CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) is available in both EF and PL mount, featuring a powerful and detachable servo motor drive unit. This adds to the versatility of the lens as it allows for live production and documentary-friendly Studio and Field- operation. The drive unit's ergonomic hand grip and zoom rocker make on-the-go, shoulder/ENG-style shooting easy. With the drive unit's two 20-pin ports for attaching zoom and focus controls and a third 20-pin that provides 16-bit encoded metadata for virtual systems, the lens also fits nicely into a tripod-mounted studio-style configuration.
EU-V3: Modular Expansion Unit for Live Production, Compatible with The EOS C500 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark III Cameras
With the increased move towards large format sensor cameras for broadcast, events, and live sports production – providing viewers with a unique perspective when watching their favorite teams play – Canon has listened to user requirements with the EU-V3 expansion module for both the EOS C500 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark III. Building on both cameras' modular design, it expands and supports specific functionality for multi-camera and live productions.
For studio and live production use, the EU-V3 has a 4-pin XLR DC power input for constant power to both the expansion module and the camera body – no need for external batteries to power the devices.
The EU-V3 also offers an SDI return video feature, allowing real-time monitoring of a live broadcast feed from a production switcher. The return output destination can be selected from the VIDEO, EVF-V50, MON/HDMI, and SDI-OUT terminals. The EU-V3 also enables Tally support to alert the camera operator and the subject being captured. Both SDI Return video and Tally functions are essential for informing camera operators and their subjects of when their camera feed is live and the current status of the production.
The lens focus position can also be displayed on-screen when using the EU-V3 – with compatible broadcast and CINE-SERVO lenses via 12-pin serial communication. The Focus Position Meter, which users can choose to display along the top or right side of the screen, allows users to register multiple focus positions on a distance scale and highlights when the focus is achieved during manual operation – such as when selecting the finish line for a race.
The EU-V3 can be combined with the CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) lens on the EOS C500 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark III cameras.
Cinema EOS Firmware: Expanding Horizons
A new Cinema EOS Firmware update is being introduced to strengthen the capabilities for the live production market for both the EOS C500 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark III cameras – enabling both cameras to be used within live environments and multiple workflows. Key updates include:
- Implementing XC protocol: integration into multi-camera solutions, supporting direct control via RC-IP100 remote camera controller (sold separately) and ethernet connections.
- Strengthening of AF features: 120p / 100p AF support, alongside face detection during Slow and Fast Shooting Mode.
- Audio 4ch display: the audio level display will show all four audio channels when this mode is selected.
- New accessory and lens support: allowing the EOS C500 Mark II and EOS C300 Mark III camera to work perfectly with both the CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) lens and EU-V3, as well as support for the Flex Zoom series of lenses.
DP-V2730: 4K HDR Display For The New Generation
An advanced professional 4K HDR monitor, the DP-V2730, has a 4K UHD display engine and 1,000 cd/m² full-screen peak brightness, with Canon's local dimming technology giving an ultra-low black level of 0.001 cd/m². A great option for both filmmakers and broadcasters, the DP-V2730 has a 27-inch screen that achieves high brightness with minimal noise, which is ideal for both on-set and post-production environments, and meets Dolby Vision certification standards and EBU TECH3320 user requirementsiii. The DP-V2730 features a suite of award-winning monitoring tools such as a waveform monitor, histogram, frame luminance monitor, RGB parade, and much more – all driven by Canon's latest processing platform. The display is a great companion for broadcast and filmmaking, delivering high-end 4K HDR performance for on-set video villages, on-location production facilities, and is ideal for virtual post-production editing, VFX, and color grading.
The DP-V2730 has an HDMI input and 12G-SDI terminals (4x Inputs and 5x Outputs) capable of delivering 4K60P 4:2:2 10-bit or 4K30P 4:4:4 12-bit signals, ideal for seamless integration into multiple workflows. The DP-V2730 can also easily be linked to a compatible computer, tablet, or smartphone plus multiple Canon Displays (via a LAN connection) with the Remote Control Web UI. This touch-optimized interface provides live image viewing, detailed signal information and direct control over inputs, monitoring tools, and settings. A paid license is required to activate this feature. Users can also access 4-way SDI input switching via a paid upgrade that supports various workflows, such as sending an output feed to a director's monitor, external recorder, or live streaming solution.
Canon CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) Key Features:
- Wide angle 15-120mm, with 8x magnification
- High-quality optics for HDR, 8K and 4K capture
- Built-in 1.5x extender – providing reach up to 180mm
- Full frame sensor coverage (with 1.5x extender engaged)
- Modular design with a removable drive unit
- Interchangeable lens mount from EF to PF
- First CINE-SERVO lens to support ZEISS extended Data (XD)
Canon EU-V3 Key Features:
- Constant DC IN power – no need for external batteries
- Return SDI Signal Input
- Remote B (RS-422)
- Ethernet
- Tally Signal Support (XC Protocol)
- V-mount battery plate (with D-TAP)
- 12-pin Lens Terminal
- DC OUT 12V-2A
Canon Cinema EOS Firmware Update:
- XC protocol support
- 120p / 100p AF support
- Face detection during Slow and Fast Mode Shooting
- Audio 4ch display
- Flex Zoom Series and CN8x15 IAS-S E1/P1 lens support
Canon DP-V2730 Key Features:
- 27" 4K UHD HDR Display
- 1000 cd/m2 brightness and 0.001 cd/m2 black levels
- Award-winning monitoring tools
- Achieves Dolby Vision certification standards and EBU TECH3220 user requirements.
- 12G-SDI and HDMI connectivity
Pricing and Availability
The CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL (CN8x15 IAS S) cinema lens and EU-V3 accessory are scheduled to be available in November and December 2022 for an estimated retail price of $30,999.00 and $2,999.00 respectively.
The Canon Cinema EOS Firmware Update is scheduled to be available in October 2022 free of charge.
The Canon DP-V2730 reference display is scheduled to be available in March 2023 for an estimated retail price of $18,999.00.iv
For more information, please visit usa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
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i This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.
ii Covers many Full-Frame sensors when the 1.5x optical extender is in the optical path
iii Grade 1A rating achieved for contrast ratio, peak luminance, black level, and luminance uniformity.
iv Specifications, availability and prices are subject to change without notice. Actual prices are set by individual dealers and may vary
†Number of patents for 2021 are based on figures released by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Figures for 2005 to 2020 are based on information issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Get your shot and tell your story, thanks to the XA65/XA60, XA75/XA70, and VIXIA HF G70 camcorders
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced the launch of four professional camcorders – the XA65, XA60, XA75, and XA70 – alongside the VIXIA HF G70 camcorder. The new camcorders are suited to a wide range of uses, including documentary, corporate events, and education. Capable of capturing amazing 4K quality content and HD UVC Streaming via USB-Ci, with advanced autofocus and face detection functionality, these models offer excellent performance. All of them enable MP4 and On-Screen Display (OSD) recording, while the four professional camcorders feature XF-AVC recording to support broadcast applications. Additionally, Canon has announced a firmware update for the XF605 camcorder.
High-Quality 4K Capture
With Canon's line-up of compact camcorders, content creators can easily capture stunning 4K footage in multiple scenarios. Powered with the DIGIC DV6 image processor and leveraging the 1/2.3-inch type CMOS sensor and 1.0-inch type CMOS sensor, respectively, the XA65/XA60 and XA75/XA70 are capable of shooting 4K UHD and Full HD images using oversampling for superb HD quality, making them perfect for a wide range of shooting scenarios. When coupled with Canon's intelligent optical design, these camcorders offer impressive zoom functionality in a lightweight body. Achieving a 35mm equivalent focal length, the XA65/XA60 offer a 20x optical zoom and the XA75/XA70 a 15x zoom. All professional models support 40x digital zoom, which extends to 800x in the XA65/XA60 and 600x in the XA75/XA70. These models are also designed to improve operability with a new, large 3.5 inch Touch Panel LCD Monitor and high-resolution Ocular EVF with impeccable video capabilities.
Precision Focus, Steady Footage
With Canon's precision AF systems, the XA65/XA60 and XA75/XA70 help content creators lock onto their subjects and easily follow the action. Featuring Dual Pixel CMOS AF, the XA75/XA70 models are capable of fast and accurate focusing, which couples with the Dual Pixel focus guide to help make manually focusing on a subject easy. The XA65/XA60 line-up employs an advanced Hybrid AF system for precise focusing even in low light situations. All offer adjustable focusing speeds for either fast or smooth AF, which can also be controlled via the 3.5 inch LCD display, enabling operators to easily set the focus by touching a single AF point. For excellent accuracy and convenience, especially in busy environments where operators need to keep a subject in shot, Face Detection AF and Face Tracking are available. All feature manual focus, which can be set either by the focus/zoom ring, or the control ring on the lens of the XA75/XA70. Employing 5-axis image stabilization, these models capture steady, virtually shake-free footage.
Versatile Recording Formats
Featuring a range of flexible recording options, the XA65/XA60 and XA75/XA70 can seamlessly fit into multiple professional workflows. With a host of specialist recording options, including Slow and Fast Motion, on-screen display recording, which embeds the date and time into the video image, and an infrared mode to capture footage in the dark, these camcorders can be used for a wide range of use cases. They can also be easily integrated into a multi-camera setup thanks to the custom picture menu, allowing users to color match footage with other Canon cameras. For professional sound capture, the XA65/XA60 and XA75/XA70 have two XLR audio inputs and 4-channel linear PCM to set the recording level and input sensitivity.
New to the XA and VIXIA Series of camcorders, OSD recording embeds date, time, timecode and other data into your original camera files, effectively "time stamping" the information into each frame of video, a requirement for legal and law enforcement videographers.
Enhanced Connectivity Options
Canon's new professional camcorders offer a range of connectivity options to enable simple and fast transmission of high-resolution video. The XA65/XA60 and XA75/XA70 can stream HD video in UVC via USB-Ci through a compatible PC – great for education or houses of worship which increasingly offer both in-person and virtual services. All models feature HDMI output and simultaneous backup and relay recording via dual SD cards, with the XA65 and XA75 offering an additional 3G-SDI output.
Unlock Your Inner Filmmaker
Designed for aspiring filmmakers and documentarians, the VIXIA HF G70 is a multi-functional camcorder delivering professional capabilities in an easy-to-use form factor so they can shoot like a pro. Utilizing a 1/2.3-inch type CMOS sensor and high-quality 20x Zoom lens, this camcorder captures 4K UHD video in MP4 and oversampled HD footage for impeccable video resolution. HDMI and USB-C output enable users to turn the VIXIA HF G70 into a web camera for high-quality video calls and sharing content online. Additional scene modes are also available, including night mode, on-screen display recording, and audio scene mode, which adds sound recording that is tuned to the shooting environment.
XF605 Firmware Update
Canon has also added a firmware update for the XF605 camcorder in response to feedback and requests from users. The firmware v1.0.1.1 offers greater efficiency for broadcasters, and more versatile shooting options for content creators using the XF605 – a professional broadcast camera designed for solo shooters.
To meet the growing demand for remote and live production, this latest firmware update adds Canon's XC protocol, enabling the XF605 to work alongside other compatible Canon products within a multi-camera system. Combining the excellent performance of the camera with advanced network technologies, broadcasters can seamlessly integrate the XF605 into their setup and control the ISO, aperture, Custom Picture, and AF of all cameras from a single point. The v1.0.1.1 firmware also introduces a new 4K Intra 60P/50P recording option alongside XF-AVC Intra 410Mbps, creating a lightweight, high-quality codec that helps to minimize storage costs.
Powered by Canon's Dual Pixel CMOS AF, users can now enjoy the benefit of Face and Eye Detection AF and tracking in both fast and slow-motion shooting, perfect for capturing fast-paced action. For even more options, the firmware now also adds support for vertical shooting – a feature first seen in the EOS C70. This feature is great for digital signage, where content creators need to capture 4K content in a portrait format. For simple operation in vertical shooting mode, the monitor and on-screen menu change orientation.
A camcorder designed for single operators and streamlined crews, such as on-the-ground broadcasting, the v1.0.1.1 firmware gives operators the ability to monitor all four audio channels in the on-screen meter display. Users can now select assignable button 11 as the record button – ideal for those shooting on a tripod or in a vertical orientation. Also added is a feature that retains the selected shooting mode while switching from standard to Slow and Fast shooting.
Responding to feedback from customers and end users and the broader adoption of multi-camera setups for live and remote production, this firmware levels up the performance of the XF605 and enables it to be easily integrated into multi-camera setup.
The Canon XF605 firmware update v1.0.1.1 is currently available for download.
Canon XA75/XA70 Key Features:
- 1.0-inch type CMOS Sensor and DIGIC DV6 Processor for 4K UHD recording
- 15x optical zoom with 40x digital zoom
- DUAL Pixel CMOS AF and face tracking
- OSD Recording
- Dual XLR audio input with 4ch audio recording.
- Infra-Red Shooting Support
- USB Video Class (UVC) Supporti
- 3G-SDI (XA75 only) and HDMI output
Canon XA65/XA60 Key Features:
- 1/2.3-inch type CMOS Sensor and DIGIC DV6 Processor for 4K UHD recording
- 20x optical zoom with 40x digital zoom
- OSD Recording
- Dual XLR audio input with 4ch audio recording.
- Infra-Red Shooting Support
- USB Video Class (UVC) Supporti
- 3G-SDI (XA65 only) and HDMI Output
Canon VIXIA HF G70 Key Features:
- 4K UHD 1/2.3-inch type CMOS sensor
- High Quality 20x Zoom Lens
- OSD Recording
- USB-C Output for Streaming
- Hybrid AF
- Oversampled HD Processing
- USB Video Class (UVC) Supporti
Price & Availability
The Canon XA75 and XA70 professional camcorders are both scheduled to be available in November 2022 for an estimated retail price of $2,999.00 and $2,499.00 respectively. ii
The Canon XA65 and XA60 professional camcorders are both scheduled to be available in October 2022 for an estimated retail price of $2,299.00 and $1,799.00 respectively.ii
The Canon VIXIA HF G70 prosumer camcorder is scheduled to be available in October 2022 for an estimated retail price of $1,249.00.ii
For more information, please visit usa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
i Audio output not supported via USB-C.
ii Specifications, availability and prices are subject to change without notice. Actual prices are set by individual dealers and may vary
†Number of patents for 2021 are based on figures released by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services. Figures for 2005 to 2020 are based on information issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Broadcast Quality Video Capture and Advanced Connectivity Options Help Enable Broadcasters to Achieve Efficient Production
MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today the launch of the CR-N700i – a 4K 60P 4:2:2 10-bit PTZ camera with a 1.0-inch Type CMOS Sensor and 12G-SDI connectivity, designed for professional broadcast, studios, and live event productions. Building on Canon's broadcast heritage, the CR-N700 incorporates the intelligent AF from Canon's popular professional video cameras, such as the EOS C70 and XF605, for precision focus across the entire pan, tilt and zoom range. With a host of powerful features, this launch expands Canon's PTZ line-up, offering a PTZ camera for various types of productions and technical requirements. Additionally, Canon is announcing the availability of a firmware update for the Canon CR-N500 and CR-N300 PTZ cameras.
Achieve Broadcast Quality, Easily
To meet the current demands of broadcasters, the CR-N700 features a 1.0-inch Type CMOS sensor and DIGIC DV7 processor to deliver superb 4K UHD 60P 4:2:2 10-bit imagery for truly immersive content. Capable of high-quality transmission, Canon's newest PTZ camera allows content creators to stream 4K 60P over IP with PoE++ support that allows for power, streaming, and camera control over a single cable – perfect for remote and live broadcast productions. The impeccable image quality is also the result of the high-performance lens, which has a 15x optical zoom and a 30x advanced zoom when shooting in Full HD. When coupled with Canon's renowned Image Stabilizer, broadcasters can capture smooth, steady footage even from a distance. This can be ideal for shooting reality TV shows or even sports when camera operators want to discreetly zoom in on the action. The CR-N700 also features a Night Mode, allowing operators to capture footage in near darkness thanks to a removable built-in IR cut filter. Along with the HDR formats in PQ or HLG, broadcasters can capture virtually uncompromised footage in various lighting environments.
Breaking new ground for Canon's line-up of PTZ cameras, the CR-N700 is equipped with fast, intelligent and extremely accurate focusing thanks to Canon's proprietary Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology with advanced EOS iTR AF X. This deep learning autofocus locks onto a subject's head, to track them as they move and even when they turn their face away. Eye Detection AF locks onto the subject's pupil for even greater precision, while the Face Priority AF allows operators to prioritize a specific individual. This can be ideal for scenarios where it is imperative to stay locked onto the anchor throughout.
Superb Connectivity, Simple Workflows
As with Canon's entire range of PTZ cameras, the CR-N700 supports multiple protocols to integrate with existing workflows seamlessly. Designed to fit into the diverse production ecosystems of broadcasters, the CR-N700 features SRT and NDI|HXii protocols for high-quality 4K video streams, while FreeD enables integration with virtual productions. Broadcasters can easily create multi-camera setups that meet their needs with these protocols, and with Canon's XC protocol, it is possible to integrate the CR-N700 alongside other Canon Cinema EOS cameras such as the EOS C500 Mark II, EOS C300 Mark III, or professional camcorders including the XF605iii for a truly versatile setup. It's even possible to match other Canon cameras' look with Canon Log 3 and Wide Dynamic Range picture settings.
The flexible connectivity options include 12G-SDI and 3G-SDI, HDMI or IP, which allow the seamless transmission of 4K60P, for high-quality, consistent broadcasts. The CR-N700 also includes professional dual XLR audio inputs, Time code, and GEN-LOCK, for different production needs.
Enhanced control
Canon's latest PTZ camera offers the same intuitive control as other models in the line. The advanced drive mechanism enables movements as slow and precise as 0.1° per second, meaning operators can capture cinematic shots. Compatible with both Canon's RC-IP100 controller and Remote Camera Control Application, as well as selected third-party controllers, this further simplifies integration with existing production setups. With the CR-N700's crop function, broadcasters can take two separate feeds from a single PTZ camera. They can select up to two regions of interest within the 4K frame and output them as a separate feeds in HD resolutions. This feature is perfect for productions with limited PTZ cameras on site.
Canon CR-N700 Key Features:
- 1.0-inch Type CMOS sensor with DIGIC DV7 Processor achieves 4K60P 4:2:2 10-bit
- 15x Optical Zoom (30x Advanced Zoom)
- Dual Pixel AF with iTR AF X
- Multiple protocols including NDI|HX, SRT, FreeD, RTMP(S), RTP, RTSP, Standard communication protocol & Canon XC Protocol
- Enhanced connectivity with 12G-SDI, 3G-SDI, and HDMI output
Canon CR-N500 and CR-N300 PTZ Camera Firmware Update
The new firmware update for the Canon CR-N500 and CR-N300 PTZ cameras adds SRT and FreeD protocols. SRT protocol is a widely used video transmission protocol for live broadcasts that provides both low latency and error correction for smooth video over public internet connections. FreeD protocol is also a widely used protocol for transmitting camera positioning information, allowing the camera to be used in virtual applications such as virtual studio systems. Both protocols are supported by the CR-N700, and are now available on the CR-N300 and CR-N500 with firmware version 1.2.0 that is currently available for download.
Pricing and Availability
The Canon CR-N700 PTZ is scheduled to be available in December 2022 for an estimated retail price of $9,699.00.iv
For more information, please visit usa.canon.com.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capchase, a New York-based provider of non-dilutive capital, announced today it is partnering with leading finance automation platform, Ramp.The partnership allows Ramp customers direct access to Capchase's non-dilutive financing solutions, including recurring-revenue financing, at a preferred rate.
Ramp Flex provides customers with terms up to 90 days, covering needs like large vendor payments for inventory, shipping, services, equipment and more. Capchase's offering has terms over six months, adding longer-term financing to the line-up for Ramp customers, suitable for growth needs like expanding headcount, funding customer acquisition with longer deal cycles, optimizing for a future equity raise or looking to extend runway.
"Capchase is proud to be extending our longstanding partnership with Ramp to offer flexible financing to millions of growing businesses," said Miguel Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of Capchase. "When we began talking with the Ramp team, it became clear that we were both aligned on a shared mission: helping businesses grow and meet their goals through better financial tools."
"We're delighted to partner with Capchase to modernize how businesses secure the capital they need to expand," said Ben Alderman, head of financial partnerships of Ramp. "Both Ramp and Capchase believe that this process can be streamlined, with flexibility and beneficial terms that support businesses' long-term growth."
Capchase aims to be the growth partner for ambitious SaaS and recurring-revenue companies. Their mission is to help founders and CFOs grow their businesses faster and more predictably through non-dilutive capital, market insights and community support. With VC financing harder to come by in 2022, more founders are looking for debt financing solutions. As a result, Capchase has seen a 180% increase in demand from April to July of this year. To help keep up with demand, Capchase recently announced a $400 million debt raise, which allows the company to deploy an additional $1 billion in the next few years.
Since Capchase was founded in 2020, it has registered over 2,000 companies in 10 countries in North America and Europe, making billions in funding available. The company has also launched a series of strategic partnerships to further increase access to non-dilutive capital for growing businesses, including with Stripe, AWS, Mercury, Techstars and Baremetrics who all offer Capchase's services to their customers.
To learn more about Capchase and apply for funding for your business, please visit www.capchase.com.
To learn more about Capchase's partnership with Ramp, please visit: https://ramp.com/partners/capchase
About Capchase:
Capchase is the growth partner for ambitious software-as-a service (SaaS) and comparable recurring-revenue companies. Our mission is to help founders and CFOs grow their businesses faster through non-dilutive capital, market insights, and community support. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York City, Capchase provides financing by bringing future expected cash flows to the present day – thereby securing funding that is fast, flexible, and doesn't dilute their ownership. To date, Capchase has made $2b+ available to over 3,000 businesses and partners, and added 5,000+ months of runway to the SaaS industry. To learn more about Capchase visit capchase.com
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STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (along with its subsidiaries, "Charter") today announced that Tom Rutledge, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Mr. Rutledge's remarks are scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 p.m. ET).
A live webcast of the event can be accessed on Charter's investor relations website, ir.charter.com. Following the live broadcast, the webcast will be archived at ir.charter.com.
About Charter
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.
For small and medium-sized companies, Spectrum Business® delivers the same suite of broadband products and services coupled with special features and applications to enhance productivity, while for larger businesses and government entities, Spectrum Enterprise provides highly customized, fiber-based solutions. Spectrum Reach® delivers tailored advertising and production for the modern media landscape. The company also distributes award-winning news coverage, sports and high-quality original programming to its customers through Spectrum Networks and Spectrum Originals. More information about Charter can be found at corporate.charter.com.
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LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CNC Broach Tool™ LLC has been manufacturing indexable linear broach systems for broaching keyways in CNC machines for nearly 20 years. Automating the broaching process makes it possible to broach keyways in blind holes within your CNC without the need to purchase big expensive broach equipment. It also allows you to combine your offline broaching operations together within your CNC Lathe or Mill operation to save you time and money.
Now, CNC Broach Tool™ LLC has taken another huge step forward and has begun offering indexable carbide spline cutting inserts which fit their existing line of tool holders. These spline inserts can be used to punch broach both internal & external involute splines in a CNC lathe or mill. Each spline insert has 2 cutting edges and are TiN coated carbide just like their stock standard keyway insert product line. There are many advantages to broaching keyways and splines in your CNC machine. Here are some examples of how CNC Broach Tool can help save you time and money:
- CNC Broaching allows you to finish the part complete in one machine which saves money
- Reduce lead time by keeping the work in-house - Don't subcontract spline or keyway operations
- No need to buy big expensive pull broach machines
- Indexable TiN coated carbide inserts have 2 cutting edges and can be changed quickly in the machine
- Reduce setup time when you combine operations
- Blind hole broaching can be automated in your CNC lathe or Mill
CNC Broach Tool's three week lead time sets them apart from the competition. Their CNC indexable broaching system is made in the USA. They can manufacture & ship custom spline broaching inserts in a fraction of the time it takes the competition.
CNC Broach Tool can usually quote your application the same day. Once an order has been placed, they will create an approval print within 24 hrs. After the approval print has been signed off they will begin manufacturing your custom insert and ship your order within three weeks. Inserts can be shipped next day air to anywhere within the continental United States.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CropX Technologies, Inc., a digital farm management solutions company, is advancing European biodiversity goals by helping farmers adopt farming practices that protect important species. Through a longstanding partnership with BoerenNatuur, an organization of 40 farmer collectives across the Netherlands, CropX built and maintains the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) system that helps farmers voluntarily apply for subsidies to adopt conservation practices.
CropX has a history of working with clients to build digital tools that support sustainable farming practices. Using the digital system developed by CropX, farmers receive over 85 million euros yearly to adopt practices such as delaying the hay harvest to allow for nesting birds to complete their birthing cycle and creating borders with flowers to increase the available habitat for insects.
For BoerenNatuur, the digital recording and mapping system developed by CropX replaces time-consuming paperwork for the farmers and the collectives, the members of BoerenNatuur.
Evelien Verbij, director of BoerenNatuur: "We are very happy with the valuable input CropX provides on the different challenges we face. Together we are building a sustainable and efficient ICT system that supports collectives and farmers with their important work for biodiversity on farmland."
The relationship began in 2013 with a pilot of 300 farmer participants, and as the capabilities of the system grew, so did the participants, which now number over 11,000 farmers, or around 20% of the farms in the Netherlands.
"I am proud of our efficient collaboration with BoerenNatuur. This means that the available budget can be used for what it is intended: protecting biodiversity in the Netherlands," says Janneke Hadders, CEO of CropX Europe.
About CropX
CropX is one of the fastest growing providers of agribusiness farm management solutions in the world, deployed in over 50 countries and across all the arable continents. The CropX platform synthesizes data from the earth and sky to offer advanced soil and crop intelligence and a suite of digital decision and planning tools, all on an easy-to-use app capable of tracking multiple farms and fields. CropX is backed by the world's leading agribusinesses and VCs, who recognize that CropX's precision-ag technologies set new standards of best practices for environmental sustainability and greater farm productivity. Learn more at https://cropx.com
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Dingdong (Cayman) Limited ("Dingdong" or the "Company") (NYSE: DDL).
Class Period: June 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 24, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Dingdong was actively flouting its food safety responsibilities, failing to deliver on its stated commitment to provide "fresh" groceries to customers historically disserved by supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms; (2) Dingdong's quality control measures, which were so heavily touted in the Registration Statement, were, in fact, inadequate, exposing Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement; and (3) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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Milestone Year Continues for Mobile Leather, Plastic, Vinyl, Fabric and Upholstery Repair Franchise
BLACK DIAMOND, AB, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibrenew, the world's largest leather, plastic and vinyl restoration franchise, is proud to announce today the brand has surpassed a milestone 300 locations. With its latest training class graduation in August, Fibrenew now has 301 locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. The brand continues to eclipse other franchise concepts through sustained, thoughtful growth - further anchoring itself among franchising elites.
In its nearly four decades of existence, Fibrenew has seen substantial growth despite a variety of economic challenges which has cemented its legacy as a sustainable brand. With these newest additions, Fibrenew joins an elite group of brands that have more than 300 franchise locations, as Franchise Performance Group reports just 10% of existing franchise brands reach this mark.
"Reaching and exceeding the 300 locations mark is an exciting and humbling accomplishment," said Fibrenew's President Jesse Johnstone. "This was truly a team effort that wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for our hard-working franchise partners who put their trust in us, along with our dedicated head office team, talented franchise consultants, and of course our loyal customers to welcome our technicians into their homes and businesses."
This milestone comes on the heels of an impressive second quarter which brought the brand a total of 13 franchises across 9 states and 2 Canadian provinces. The brand was also named among the list of "Top 100 Recession-Proof Businesses" by Franchise Business Review thanks to its exceptional satisfaction of training and support, products and services, and overall enjoyment of its franchisees.
Fibrenew will celebrate this milestone moment with its franchisees as it hosts its international convention in Nashville this month. During the conference, the brand will also take the time to recognize its standout franchisees who have shown stellar performance in their locations. As franchisees look to continue to develop their businesses, they can turn to Fibrenew's latest podcast Fibrenew Business Models. The mini-series showcases the various types of business models within Fibrenew, featuring the advice and business insights of franchisees who have grown their location's annual revenue at exponential rates.
Fibrenew is a leading mobile service franchise that specializes in the repair, restoration, and renewal of leather, plastic, vinyl, fabric, and upholstery. With a rich history that dates back to 1985, Fibrenew manufactures a highly-specialized proprietary product line and has pioneered the repair techniques and exclusive color matching technology used by its technicians every day. With 301 franchise locations and 350+ technicians across the USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia, the company's eco-friendly restoration services save customers time and money by offering an alternative to replacing their damaged couches and chairs, car and marine components, commercial furniture and more. For more information about Fibrenew franchise opportunities, visit https://www.fibrenew.com/franchising/.
Media Contact: Meg Ryan, Fishman Public Relations: (847) 945-1300 ext. 264, mryan@fishmanpr.com.
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Deserving dad wins $50,000 and a year's supply of Entenmann's Donuts!
ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After calling on fans to nominate their deserving father figure into the "Dads of Glory: A Father Figure Showcase," Entenmann's® is thrilled to announce Michael B. of Talala, Oklahoma as the "The Golden Donut Award" winner! Michael will be taking home the Grand Prize of $50,000, a year's supply of donuts and the oversized "Golden Donut Award" trophy.
Entenmann's invited fans from across the country to nominate the deserving father figure in their lives by submitting a video that exemplified why he is a "Dad of Glory" across one of the five "Dad-egories" including: Dad Humor, Dad Feats, Dad Engineering, Dad Fashion, and Dad Love. After receiving thousands of incredible submissions, an Entenmann's® panel of judges selected not only "The Golden Donut Award" winner, but they also chose a winner in each "Dad-egory" who will each receive $1,000 and a year's supply of donuts!
"We were overwhelmed by the number of heartfelt and entertaining nominations about father figures across the country who have made an impact," said Jason Amar, Director of Marketing at Entenmann's®. "In the end, we awarded Michael with 'The Golden Donut Award' for his inspiring story and all the amazing ways he goes above and beyond to encourage, support and love his daughter!''
Michael's wife submitted his nomination for the showcase, lovingly discussing her husband's relationship with their daughter, Kenzi, who has cerebral palsy. While Kenzi is dependent on her parents, Michael does everything in his power to help her live life to the fullest, taking her fishing, rafting and even snowmobiling. The father-daughter duo share a unique bond, and Kenzi often refers to her dad as her hero.
"It was so amazing to be recognized by Entenmann's as 'The Golden Donut Award' winner in the Dads of Glory Showcase. I am so honored to be chosen out of the nearly 2,000 amazing father figures who were nominated," said Michael B. "Being Kenzi's dad is my most important role, so it feels really special that my story was so well-received. This is the sweetest gift ever for me and my family!"
- Best of Dad Engineering - Thomas K., Bowling Green, K.Y.
- Best of Dad Fashion - Mitch B., Bismarck, N.D.
- Best of Dad Feats - Melvin L., Davie, F.L.
- Best of Dad Humor - James S., Hutto, T.X.
- Best of Dad Love - Eric W., Winder, G.A.
For more information, including how to view the "Dads of Glory" winners, please visit www.DadsofGlory.com.
Entenmann's history dates back more than 120 years to 1898 when William Entenmann opened his first bakery in Brooklyn, New York. By the 1960s the company was selling delicious donuts throughout the New York metropolitan area; by the 1970s it began selling nationwide. Today, Entenmann's markets over 100 different baked goods in the U.S., producing more than one billion donuts annually – one of which is the #1-best-selling classic Entenmann's Rich Frosted Donut introduced in 1973.
Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU) is a leader in the baking industry, known for its category leading brands, innovative products, freshness and quality. Our team of 20,000+ U.S. associates operates more than 50 manufacturing locations in the United States. Over 11,000 distribution routes deliver our leading brands such as Arnold®, Artesano™, Ball Park®, Bimbo®, Boboli®, Brownberry®, Entenmann's®, Little Bites®, Marinela®, Mrs Baird's®, Oroweat®, Sara Lee®, Stroehmann® and Thomas'®. BBU is owned by Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B de C.V., the world's largest baking company with operations in 33 countries.
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Crowe survey reveals bank salary benchmarks and human resource trends
CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banks are experiencing a dramatic increase in turnover at the nonofficer level despite many offering attractive compensation and benefits packages, according to data from the 2022 "Crowe Bank Compensation and Benefits Survey."
Crowe, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world, conducted its 41st annual bank compensation and benefits survey. The report compiles data from 429 financial service organizations and includes information on benefits, incentives, director compensation and current trends in key human capital management practices, as well as salary and bonus benchmarks for 271 job positions.
In 2021, banks fared well in retaining talent across all positions and while they have remained stable at the officer level – defined as employees with the legal capacity to agree and sign documents on behalf of their organization – they have seen a sharp rise in turnover for nonofficer employees in 2022. The turnover rate for nonofficers reached its highest levels since 2019, increasing from 16.2% in 2021 to 23.4% in 2022. This trend occurred despite the average salary for these positions increasing by 5% in 2022.
"Financial service organizations made real progress in reducing turnover over the previous two years, but the data shows it is becoming increasingly difficult for banks to retain and recruit talent at this level," said Thomas Grottke, a managing director specializing in financial services consulting and performance improvement at Crowe. "The industry cannot compete for talent based on compensation and benefits packages alone, so organizations must work to improve their training programs and culture. Banks have had success in doing so by engaging their staff in innovation teams, new projects and initiatives; and utilizing automation to help streamline mundane processes."
With the highly competitive job market, banks have found it more difficult than in the past to attract and retain talent. Fifty-four percent of those surveyed responded that retaining younger talent is "somewhat challenging," up 19% from 2021. Many factors affect recruitment and retention, such as remote work flexibility and bonus programs. Among the financial organizations surveyed in 2022, 64% had a pay-for-performance program and 52% planned on allowing employees to work remotely in the future.
Other key survey findings include:
- The top five human resource management issues were related to finding, motivating and developing the right people. "Finding and hiring the right people" was top of mind for 95% of respondents.
- Officers saw their average salary rise this year by 6.8%, up from 3.7% in 2021.
- The median salary of CEOs/presidents in 2022 was $265,225, an 8.3% increase since 2020.
- The position of entry-level teller was the most difficult to fill despite receiving a 12.6% median pay increase from $26,103 in 2020 to $29,400 in 2022.
- The chief human resources officer (CHRO) position had a 13.5% median salary increase from 2020 to 2022. According to Grottke, this is likely because CHROs were challenged with managing pandemic impacts on work environments, high levels of turnover and evolving industry tactics to improve benefit programs, such as student loan relief, greater work flexibility or paying for college education.
- Although there is a rise in awareness on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, 67% of survey respondents had not yet acted on ESG initiatives at their own organizations.
The top retail banking officer had the highest percentage pay increase among all the positions within the survey, with a median pay increase of 18.2% from 2020 to 2022. "With the increase in digital banking, many retail banking officers were tasked with reevaluating their operations and had to decide whether or not to close some of their branches to be more cost effective," said Grottke. "On top of that, the retail banker positions are evolving into more specialized roles such as universal banker or small business banker. In my opinion, this is the most challenging executive role in banking today."
For more information on the survey findings, please see the 2022 "Crowe Bank Compensation and Benefits Survey."
About the survey
The 2022 "Crowe Bank Compensation and Benefits Survey" was completed by 429 financial services companies varying in asset size and geographic location. The participant breakdown is as follows: 126 institutions had less than $250 million in total assets, 115 had between $250 million and $500 million in total assets, 95 had between $500 million and $1 billion in total assets, 77 had between $1 billion and $5 billion in total assets and 16 had more than $5 billion in total assets.
About Crowe
Crowe LLP is a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities. The firm and its subsidiaries also help clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value with its tax, advisory and consulting services, helping businesses uncover hidden opportunities in the market – no matter what challenges the markets present. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
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