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CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN), the leader in private party acquisition solutions for dealerships, welcomes Tyler Bejarano as their newest Performance Manager. VAN's positive work culture has been a big part of the company's success, leading them to continue attracting talented individuals.
"I believe that one of the most attractive things about working for a company like VAN is how much they care about their employees. I had no idea that the culture was this awesome," said Bejarano. Tyler will be responsible for developing and executing training for dealerships on VAN's platform, creating new accounts, and overseeing dealership clients in his new role as a Performance Manager.
Before joining VAN, Tyler served as a Buy Center Manager for seven years. He oversaw all aspects of private party purchases within the dealership. He and his team used the VAN platform to assist in acquiring and purchasing private party vehicles. Tyler brings a wealth of experience in private party acquisition and management to VAN.
"VAN's Performance Management team is one of the key factors for VAN's success. VAN could not ask for a more qualified leader than Tyler Bejarano. With over seven years of direct experience leading a buy center, Tyler's knowledge and expertise are incomparable. VAN is fortunate to have him on our team, and we know that our dealers will benefit greatly from his guidance, " said VAN's CEO, Tom Gregg.
In addition to new talent joining the company, VAN has been busy this summer putting together case studies on dealers working with the platform. VAN analyzed and interviewed Jake Sodikoff and Garry Clift, two dealers bringing different experiences on the platform and a peak into their acquisition strategy. These case studies provide valuable insight into the VAN platform and how it can benefit dealers.
About VAN: Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) offers an alternative, affordable solution for dealers sourcing private party vehicles by identifying sellers and developing new relationships with untapped consumers in their market.
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Exoprise end-user experience management solutions for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and collaboration apps deliver cost savings, increased productivity, and elevated employee experience in times of growing hybrid/mobile work.
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exoprise, a leader in Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) solutions, announced that its customers continue to realize significant Return on Investment (ROI) with Exoprise solutions and achieve positive ROI within six months of implementation. Troubleshooting remote worker issues using traditional tools creates visibility challenges, severely impacting business continuity and productivity.
According to the latest Forrester future of work survey, 20% of employees contact the service desk support team weekly, and 10% contact them daily – far too often to remain consistently productive. In current economic conditions, companies have the potential to save thousands to millions in IT costs using features and capabilities offered by Exoprise DEM solutions.
As one of the Exoprise customers, a global CRM head at a financial services company, told us, "Upon returning from a weekend, our employees could not access their Salesforce app in the morning. As a result, IT and several other teams spent at least half a day trying to find the root cause, which cost the company about $500K. With Exoprise synthetics, we would have immediately narrowed the problem to a change made by the network team and saved a huge loss to the company."
Exoprise customers achieve superior ROI with their DEM investment by:
- Recovering Service Level Agreement (SLA) credit – IT teams receive Service Level Agreement (SLA) violation credits when Microsoft 365 has downtime. For example, Microsoft services such as Azure, Teams, OneDrive, etc. may not be available due to an outage or technical issue. Service availability less than the SLA of 99.9% requires Microsoft to reward credits to the customer. Exoprise provides actionable availability reports that act as evidence of true downtime, outage length, events, errors, and corresponding service health. Customers quickly verify and claim their credits to recoup the cost of the Exoprise system.
- Saving Costs on Device Refresh and Upgrades – IT departments often need to upgrade their infrastructure with new hardware or software, so employees remain productive and job satisfaction remains high. However, with a shrinking economy and flat expense budget, businesses struggle to keep up with that mandate. Utilizing Exoprise Service Watch Real User Monitoring (RUM), operation teams are driving upgrade decisions based on hard network and device telemetry data, segmenting different user groups, and auditing remote endpoint devices. The result is an optimized device refresh schedule and cost-effective companywide upgrades.
Another Exoprise user, a Microsoft Teams administrator at a manufacturing services company,
- Preventing Network Upgrade Surprises and Downtime – Future proofing the business means frequent network optimization. Enterprises rely on mission-critical services such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, AWS, and SAP. Delivering these services via ISPs, MPLS, SDWAN, and VPN providers becomes susceptible to performance fluctuations. Exoprise provides end-to-end baseline views of the network for mission-critical applications before, during, and after any network transformation takes place. As a result, network administrators can ensure that the end-user experience is improved and access is more reliable.
- Delivering Better Digital Experiences Anywhere and reducing MTTR – The Modern Workplace demands remote flexibility along with the freedom to work anywhere. ITOps teams require end-to-end visibility into apps, the network, and system performance for these Digital Nomads, and the Exoprise platform delivers. Once deployed, Exoprise helps customers safely transition to a hybrid work model. Proactive synthetics provide early outage detection while crowdsourced analytics reduce the troubleshooting time in half.
- Improving Productivity with Less Dropped Calls for Teams, Zoom, and Webex – Today, knowledge workers collaborate using Unified Communication (UC), VoIP, and streaming applications such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and WebEx. Customers use Exoprise to proactively test and tune their networks for the collaboration platforms and offer complete coverage with Service Watch RUM. As a result, there is a significant ROI in reduced dropped calls and smoother call quality.
"Due to Covid, our IT model has shifted from primarily supporting call center operations to supporting a significantly larger virtual environment. That was when we became interested in better measuring digital experiences from the end user's perspective. Synthetic sensors in our central data centers collect performance data on Microsoft 365, but we wanted an even more complete picture. Together with a real user monitoring on-demand solution, we can better understand the issues of our users at any geographic location," said Kevin Santos, Senior Director of IT, Network Operation Center, BCD Travel.
"Exoprise has always been at the forefront of supporting our customers with innovative digital solutions and addressing hybrid workforce challenges with a complete view into the end-user experience," said Exoprise CEO Jason Lieblich. "Our Service Watch product rapidly isolates call quality problems with VoIP and streaming apps such as Microsoft Teams, WebEx, and Zoom in real-time and ensures smooth collaboration from anywhere. In addition, our technical ability to deliver synthetics and real-user behavior insights in one platform differentiates us in the market."
Read more about the combination of RUM and synthetics in our latest whitepaper and ensure the best digital employee experience for streaming, collaboration, and VoIP apps such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEx, and GoToMeeting. Better Together: Combine Real User Monitoring with Synthetics
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Exoprise enables IT teams to effectively deploy and manage its monitoring solution and mission-critical, cloud-based applications and services. CloudReady provides real-time performance visibility from behind the firewall to the cloud and back with synthetic monitoring. Service Watch provides location-independent end-user experience insights for SaaS and third-party web applications with real user monitoring. By leveraging proactive network path diagnostics, real user experience metrics, actual app usage data, and crowd-sourcing data analytics, organizations now have visibility, speed, and agility to easily assure the best cloud service performance. Visit Exoprise at www.exoprise.com, on Twitter @exoprise, and on LinkedIn.
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Jeffrey Gibson • The Guitar in American Art • Contemporary African American Collage
Beatrix Potter • Spanish American Art from 1500 to 1800
Otobong Nkanga • Ron Jude • Raqib Shaw
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Frist Art Museum is excited to announce its 2023 schedule of exhibitions. In the Ingram Gallery, the year begins with Jeffrey Gibson: The Body Electric, a survey of the celebrated Indigenous multidisciplinary artist's vibrant paintings, sculpture, video, and installations. Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art is the first exhibition to explore the instrument's symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the present through 125 works of art and 35 musical instruments. Multiplicity: Collage in Contemporary America is the first landmark museum exhibition that explores how an intergenerational array of contemporary artists leverages the technique of collage to reflect the breadth and complexity of Black identity.
In the Upper-Level Galleries, the family-friendly Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature traces the creative and ecological achievements of the beloved English author and illustrator. Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA's Collection features paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and more created in Mexico and Central and South America during the early modern era.
In the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery, the Frist presents Nigerian Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga's tapestries, drawings, videos, and sculptures that feature narratives of wounding and healing, making metaphorical links between the landscape and the traumatized human body. Ron Jude's large-scale black-and-white photographs depict natural phenomena in Oregon, California, Hawaii, and Iceland. Raqib Shaw's alluring paintings fuse influences from Asian and Western traditions to create sumptuously detailed visions of magical environments.
The Frist Art Museum is supported in part by The Frist Foundation, Metro Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Connect with us @FristArtMuseum #TheFrist
Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Frist Art Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit art exhibition center dedicated to presenting and originating high-quality exhibitions with related educational programs and community outreach activities. Located at 919 Broadway in downtown Nashville, Tenn., the Frist Art Museum offers the finest visual art from local, regional, national, and international sources in exhibitions that inspire people through art to look at their world in new ways. Information on accessibility can be found at FristArtMuseum.org/accessibility. Gallery admission is free for visitors ages 18 and younger and for members, and $15 for adults. For current hours and additional information, visit FristArtMuseum.org or call 615.244.3340.
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This is Gong's Fourth Best Workplaces Award This Year from Great Place to Work and Fortune
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gong, the Reality Platform™ leveraging artificial intelligence to transform go-to-market teams, today was honored by Great Place to Work® and Fortune as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Technology™. This is Gong's first time being named to this prestigious list and the fourth award Gong has earned this year from Great Place to Work and Fortune. Earning a spot means that Gong is one of the best companies to work for in the country.
The Best Workplaces in Technology award is based on analysis of survey responses from over 151,000 current employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the tech industry. In the survey, 92 percent of Gong employees said the company was a great place to work, and more than 95 percent agreed with the statements, "When you join (Gong), you are made to feel welcome," and "Management is honest and ethical in its business practices" and "Our customers would rate the service we deliver as excellent."
In addition to today's award, Gong was recognized earlier this year as a Best Workplace among Bay Area Companies™, Small and Medium Sized Companies™, and Millennials™.
"No matter how you slice it – across industries, geographies, business sizes, and generations – Gong stands out as an excellent place to work," said Gong Chief People Officer Sandi Kochhar. "We're proud of our diverse and inclusive culture. By fostering trust and belonging at Gong, people can be themselves and excel."
The Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology 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 are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
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.
"These companies have adapted to the challenges of an ever-changing workplace by their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures where employees are treated as human beings first and foremost," says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work.
Interested in joining the Gong team? Please visit the career page to learn more.
Gong unlocks reality to help people and companies reach their full potential. The Reality Platform™ autonomously empowers customer-facing teams to take advantage of their most valuable assets – customer interactions, which the Gong platform captures and analyzes. Gong then delivers insights at scale, enabling revenue and go-to-market teams to determine the best actions for repeatable winning outcomes. More than 3,000 innovative companies like Morningstar Inc., Paychex, LinkedIn, Shopify, Slack, SproutSocial, Twilio, and Zillow trust Gong to power their business reality. For more information, please visit www.gong.io.
Great Place to Work selected the Best Workplaces in Technology by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than over 151,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the technology industry. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work® Trust Index™ survey. Great Place to Work determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America's largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million employees, this year alone. Read the full methodology.
To get on this list next year, start here.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine have honored FinThrive as one of the top 30 - 2022 Best Workplaces in Health Care™. The Best Workplaces in Health Care award is based on analysis of survey responses from over 161,000 current employees at various healthcare organizations. In that survey, 85% of FinThrive's colleagues said FinThrive is a great place to work. This number is 28% higher than the average U.S. company.
"Earning a spot on this list means that FinThrive is one of the best healthcare companies to work for in the country. We are so thankful to our committed colleagues who made this incredible honor a possibility," said Hemant Goel, CEO of FinThrive. "Our people make working at FinThrive a rewarding experience every day, and we honor all they do to help us earn this recognition."
The Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback and reviewed anomalies in responses, news, and financial performance in comparison to other Great Place to Work Certified companies.
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.
"It is our honor to spotlight the Best Workplaces in Health Care," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "These organizations dug deep to tailor their support to the rapidly changing demands from the pandemic. We applaud their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures.
FinThrive is rethinking revenue management for healthcare. Our end-to-end revenue management software platform helps healthcare organizations increase revenue, reduce costs, expand cash collections, and ensure regulatory compliance across the entire revenue cycle continuum. With one of healthcare's most comprehensive revenue cycle management SaaS platforms, FinThrive offers patient access, charge integrity, claims management, contract management, machine learning & robotic process automation, data & analytics, and education software solutions to 3,200+ clients, including more than 1,000 U.S. based hospitals and health systems. For more information on the FinThrive story, please visit www.FinThrive.com
Great Place to Work selected the Best Workplaces in Health Care by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 161,000 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations in the health care industry. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey™. Great Place to Work determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America's largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million employees, this year alone. Read the full methodology.
To get on this list next year, start here.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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VP, Strategic Communications
(717) 476-4864
amurphy@finthrive.com
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Clean Express Auto Wash proudly announces the donation of $5,237.69 to the Suffolk Youth Athletic Association and Tidewater Arts Outreach. Donations were collected from Green Clean customers during the company's recent simultaneous grand openings at 2825 Godwin Blvd. in Suffolk and 3401 N. Military Highway in Norfolk, Virginia. ChemQuest, an industry leading car wash chemical products and service provider for Green Clean, generously donated $2,000 toward the grand total.
Throughout the 10-day Grand Opening, Green Clean Express Auto Wash offered a free signature "Clean Extreme" car wash ($20 value) to every customer in exchange for a monetary donation. Green Clean's Suffolk location raised $2,607.97 for the Suffolk Youth Athletic Association, to assist in their mission of providing a safe and positive sporting experience for area youth and communities. Green Clean's Norfolk location raised $2,629.72 for Tidewater Arts Outreach, to further their goal of bringing joy to older adults and those living in isolating circumstances through engagement with the arts. Overall, the Company gave away more than 2,061 free car washes at a retail value of more than $40,320.
"We are grateful that we have the privilege through each of our Grand Openings to assist so many in the Hampton Roads community," said Shawn Everett, Green Clean Express Auto Wash Founder. "From young kids having an opportunity to play an organized sport for the first time, to an elderly couple experiencing the joys of gathering with others to take an art class, we strive to have a positive impact on everyone we encounter."
Green Clean Express currently operates 14 locations throughout Hampton Roads, Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The company has an additional 2 locations currently under construction, with more locations pending announcement.
Express Wash Concepts is the parent company of five award-winning, express car wash locations throughout Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia under the following brands: Moo Moo Express Car Wash, Flying Ace Express Car Wash, Clean Express Auto Wash, Green Clean Express Auto Wash and Bee Clean Express Car Wash. Express Wash Concepts currently operates more than 72+ locations with 850+ employees. For more information, visit www.expresswashconcepts.com.
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New Market Name Reflects Discipline Expansion and Design Transformation
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Gresham Smith is excited to announce that the firm's Corporate + Urban Design market has been renamed Life and Work Places. This new name reflects how the firm's practice has expanded as a result of fundamental changes to how people live, work and interact with each other in a post-pandemic world.
"Life and Work Places reflects an expansion of, and not a replacement of, our core practice and capabilities," said Randy Gibson, Chief Strategy Officer at Gresham Smith. "While the name has changed to better reflect where the market is today, it represents our firm's ability to adapt to today's fast-changing world while retaining focus on the success of our legacy clients."
The Life and Work Places market is comprised of over 100 individuals working out of primary studio locations in Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver, Nashville and Tampa. The market has approximately 200 active projects across the country and earned approximately $23 million in gross revenue in 2021. Focused on creative placemaking at multiple scales, the group is delivering increasingly diverse and complex projects designing spaces where life, commerce and community come together.
"Our new Life and Work Places name communicates our focus and commitment to clients going forward," said Life and Work Places Executive Vice President Don Reynolds, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, who spearheaded the name change. "Every individual and business entity is searching for their unique solution, and our designers are, essentially, walking this journey with our clients and helping them understand their real estate needs and opportunities."
The market's work in creating dynamic mixed-use, residential and workplace environments that connect communities and bring places to life is now complemented by a discipline dedicated to designing memorable spaces for student life. The full breadth of the Life and Work Places expertise now reflects the following dedicated disciplines and practice leaders:
- Mixed-Use: Led by Rugel Chiriboga, AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, the studio is creating dynamic buildings and environments with projects including Fifth + Broadway for Brookfield Properties, 222 Second Avenue for Hines, and Nashville Yards for Southwest Value Partners and AEG.
- Residential: Led by Brandon Bell, AIA, the studio is focused on urban multifamily projects across the country for clients that include GBT Realty, Lincoln Property Company and Mill Creek Residential Trust.
- Workplace: Led by Jack Weber, IIDA, MCR, LEED AP, the studio is delivering end-user environments through workplace design and strategy across a national portfolio of clients including Deloitte, Universal Music Group, Schneider Electric and Baker McKenzie.
- Education and Research: Led by Alyson Mandeville, our newest practice area is growing out of successful project engagements with the University of South Florida and Virginia Commonwealth University, among others.
To learn more about Gresham Smith's Life and Work Places market, read our 1-on-1 conversation with EVP Don Reynolds.
Gresham Smith is a top-ranked architecture, engineering and design firm with more than $230 million in annual gross revenue and 25 offices across the United States. The firm provides full-service solutions for the built environment with a focus on the aviation, building engineering, healthcare, industrial, land planning, life and work places, transportation, and water and environment market sectors. Our team of diligent designers, creative problem-solvers, insightful planners and seasoned collaborators work closely with our clients to improve the cities and towns we call home. Consistently ranked as a "best place to work," we are committed to creating a culture that fosters diversity of experience combined with a common goal of genuine care for each other, our partners and the outcome of our work. Learn more at GreshamSmith.com.
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- The country, with an increasing immunoglobulin (Ig) usage rate, currently imports about 85% of its Ig demand for patients in Canada who rely on this lifesaving plasma-protein therapy
- Building on its investment in a large-scale fractionation facility in Montreal, Grifols will manufacture plasma sourced in Canada to provide finished product exclusively for Canadian Blood Services to help it reach at least 50% Ig self-sufficiency for Canadians
- Under a 15-year agreement with options to renew, an incremental 2.4 million grams of Ig will be provided annually for Canadian patients and Canadian Blood Services, with pricing in line with Western market values and subject to periodic reviews
- Once more Grifols demonstrates global leadership forging alliances between the plasma industry and the public sector as the best way to ensure domestic plasma self-sufficiency
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grifols (MCE: GRF) (MCE: GRF.P) (NASDAQ: GRFS), a global leader in plasma medicines with more than 110 years contributing to improve the health and well-being of people, today announced it has signed a pioneering long-term agreement with Canadian Blood Services, Canada's national blood authority, to greatly increase the country's self-sufficiency in immunoglobulin (Ig) medicines, essential plasma-protein therapies used to treat a wide range of immunodeficiencies and other medical conditions.
It's the first-ever agreement of its kind and will ensure Canadian plasma is processed into Ig medicines on Canadian soil for the exclusive needs of the thousands of patients in the country who critically depend on these lifesaving therapies.
Canada has a high Ig usage rate and currently needs to import as much as 85% of its Ig, with demand growing an average of 5-8% annually.
The collaboration agreement with Canadian Blood Services, part of Grifols' long-term global growth strategy, will combine with the work already being done by Canadian Blood Services to accelerate Canada's Ig self-sufficiency rate from 15% to 50% in the shortest time possible.
Under the agreement, Grifols will work with Canadian Blood Services to steadily increase sourcing of the Canadian plasma necessary so that volumes eventually reach 2.4 million grams of Ig medicines annually by 2026.
Over the life of the 15-year renewable contract, Ig pricing will be in line with Western market values and subject to periodic reviews.
Grifols' newly built, state-of-the-art Montreal plant is expected to start operations in 2024 and be fully operational sometime in 2026, when the company will become the only large-scale commercial manufacturer of plasma products in Canada. Until then, production will take place at its site in Clayton, N.C.
Signaling its long-term commitment to the Canadian market, Grifols in 2020 invested over USD 400 million in its Montreal facilities, including a fractionation plant with a capacity of 1.5 million liters annually and two purification plants. Since then Grifols has been expanding and converting the installations. In early 2022, Grifols acquired its first donation center in Canada, in Winnipeg (province of Manitoba).
"Grifols is committed to helping Canada on its self-sufficiency journey to ensure patients in Canada receive the life-sustaining plasma medicines they need," said Víctor Grifols Deu, co-CEO of Grifols. "We will contribute our deep knowledge of the Canadian market and our decades of industry-leading experience collecting plasma and producing medicines that adhere to the highest standards of quality and safety."
Added Raimon Grifols, co-CEO of Grifols: "One key lesson from the pandemic is the need to establish the strongest possible domestic healthcare infrastructures that can reliably and sustainably provide critical plasma medicines to patients."
"With Grifols, Canada has an agreement to develop a critically needed end-to-end national supply chain for immunoglobulins," stated Dr. Graham D. Sher, CEO Canadian Blood Services. "This will improve sufficiency, protect our national blood system and ensure a domestic supply of immunoglobulins that patients in Canada can count on."
The alliance between Grifols and Canadian Blood Services builds on their longstanding relationship as well as the more than three decades Grifols has provided plasma medicines to Canadian patients. In addition to the new agreement, Grifols will continue providing contract manufacturing services to Canadian Blood Services.
The agreement with Canadian Blood Services is the most recent in a series of initiatives that Grifols has underway to help countries and regions increase self-sufficiency in plasma medicines. Increasingly Grifols' leadership is showing that alliances between the plasma industry and the public sector are crucial to ensuring domestic plasma security. The company's vast expertise comes from its leading global network of more than 400 plasma donation centers and the most advanced plasma manufacturing facilities, all operations renowned for their quality, safety and excellence.
Canadian Blood Services operates with a national scope, infrastructure and governance that make it unique within Canadian healthcare. In the domain of blood, plasma and stem cells, it provides services for patients on behalf of all provincial and territorial governments except Quebec.
About Grifols
Grifols is a global healthcare company founded in Barcelona in 1909 committed to improving the health and well-being of people around the world. A leader in essential plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine, the company develops, produces and provides innovative healthcare services and solutions in more than 110 countries.
Patient needs and our ever-growing knowledge of many chronic, rare and prevalent conditions, at times life-threatening, drive our innovation in plasma-based therapies and other biopharmaceuticals to enhance quality of life. Grifols is focused on treating conditions across a broad range of therapeutic areas: immunology, hepatology and intensive care, pulmonology, hematology, neurology and infectious diseases.
A pioneer in the plasma industry, Grifols continues to grow its network of donation centers, the world's largest with over 400 across North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East and China.
As a recognized leader in transfusion medicine, Grifols offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions designed to enhance safety from donation to transfusion, in addition to clinical diagnostic technologies. We provide high-quality biological supplies for life-science research, clinical trials, and for manufacturing pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. In addition, the company supplies tools, information and services that enable hospitals, pharmacies and healthcare professionals to efficiently deliver expert medical care.
Grifols, with more than 27,000 employees in more than 30 countries and regions, is committed to a sustainable business model that sets the standard for continuous innovation, quality, safety, and ethical leadership.
In 2021, Grifols' economic impact in its core countries of operation was EUR 7.7 billion. The company also generated 141,500 jobs, including indirect and induced.
The company's class A shares are listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange, where they are part of the Ibex-35 (MCE: GRF). Grifols non-voting class B shares are listed on the Mercado Continuo (MCE:GRF.P) and on the U.S. NASDAQ through ADRs (NASDAQ: GRFS).
For more information, please visit grifols.com.
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UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health & Wellness Partners, LLC (HWP), a global medical and scientific communications company, is pleased to announce Kiran Boyce as its Managing Director, Speaker Bureau. Boyce's addition to the organization will be instrumental as she oversees the growth and development of HWP's speaker bureau division.
"We are fortunate to have Kiran join our team," stated Jani Hegarty, President of HWP. "She brings years of experience managing speaker bureau operations and working cross functionally with clients and agency partners."
In her previous role, Boyce gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in speaker bureau planning and operations. Over her 20-plus years in the life science industry, she has successfully translated strategy into operational excellence, implementing creative and productive initiatives that leverage keen business decisions for efficiency, effectiveness, and compliant solutions.
"I am thrilled to join HWP in this leadership role and look forward to elevating operational efficiencies to meet current and future needs of the organization and its clients," said Boyce. "HWP's reputation and teams are well respected and trusted within life sciences, and I am excited to tap into my biotech experience and perspective to enhance our processes to add value for our clients in delivering leading-edge speaker programs to advance patient care."
ABOUT HWP
Founded in 2005, HWP offers the life-science industry excellence in strategic consulting, tactical planning, enduring materials, live events, digital solutions, and outcomes/metrics. HWP is a woman-owned company and is certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). For more information about HWP, visit thehwpgroup.com.
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Health Net Assisting Members Across California During State of Emergency
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's declared state of emergency in California, Health Net is providing special assistance to assist members affected by the extreme heat. Health Net wants to ensure its members have access to essential prescription medications, critical Health Net information and other healthcare services should their services be interrupted.
- During the duration of the state of emergency, members in California affected by the extreme heat can obtain an emergency supply from the drug store where they originally filled their prescription.
- If their drug store is closed, members can call Health Net at 1-800-400-8987 for assistance.
Health Net members can also call MHN for coping support. MHN can offer referrals to mental health counselors, local services, or phone consultations. These services can help members cope with grief, stress, or trauma related to the extreme heat. MHN operates their hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can be reached at 1-800-227-1060.
Video Medical Appointments
If members cannot reach their primary care provider during a declared state of emergency, Health Net provides access to telehealth services at no cost. To make an appointment, members should reference the back of their Health Net ID card for more information on how to access telehealth services. Members can find this same information by registering with and logging on to HealthNet.com.
Doctors and nurse practitioners can call Health Net at 1-800-641-7761 for help with:
- Emergency prescription refill guidelines
- Escalating approvals to reduce approval turnaround times
- Approval for out-of-network treatments when in-network resources are unavailable
Depending on how long the members need additional assistance, Health Net may take additional steps to ensure its members have access to necessary healthcare services.
At Health Net, we believe every person deserves a safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment status or current state of health. Founded in California more than 40 years ago, we're dedicated to transforming the health of our community, one person at a time. Today, Health Net's 2,600 employees and 90,000 network providers serve 3 million members. That's nearly 1 in 12 Californians. We provide health plans for individuals, families, businesses of every size and people who qualify for Medi-Cal or Medicare — Coverage for Every Stage of Life™. Health Net also offers access to substance abuse programs, behavioral health services, employee assistance programs and managed health care products related to prescription drugs. We offer these health plans and services through Health Net, LLC and its subsidiaries: Health Net of California, Inc., Health Net Life Insurance Company and Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. These entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a Fortune 25 company that offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation. For more information, visit www.HealthNet.com.
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Health Net Assisting Members in Siskiyou County During State of Emergency
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's declared state of emergency in Siskiyou County, Health Net is providing special assistance to ensure its members affected by the ongoing wildfire have access to essential prescription medications and other healthcare services to help them cope with grief, loss, stress or trauma.
- During evacuations, members in Siskiyou County affected by the wildfire can obtain an emergency supply from the drug store where they originally filled their prescription.
- If their drug store is closed, members can call Health Net at 1-800-400-8987 for assistance.
Health Net members can also call MHN for coping support. MHN can offer referrals to mental health counselors, local services, or phone consultations. These services can help members cope with grief, stress, or trauma related to the wildfire. MHN operates their hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can be reached at 1-800-227-1060.
If members cannot reach their primary care provider during a declared state of emergency, Health Net provides access to telehealth services at no cost. To make an appointment, members should reference the back of their Health Net ID card for more information on how to access telehealth services. Members can find this same information by registering with and logging on to HealthNet.com.
Information for Healthcare Providers
Doctors and nurse practitioners can call Health Net at 1-800-641-7761 for help with:
- Emergency prescription refill guidelines
- Escalating approvals to reduce approval turnaround times
- Approval for out-of-network treatments when in-network resources are unavailable
Depending on how long the members need additional assistance, Health Net may take additional steps to ensure its members have access to necessary healthcare services as necessary.
At Health Net, we believe every person deserves a safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment status or current state of health. Founded in California more than 40 years ago, we're dedicated to transforming the health of our community, one person at a time. Today, Health Net's 2,600 employees and 90,000 network providers serve 3 million members. That's nearly 1 in 12 Californians. We provide health plans for individuals, families, businesses of every size and people who qualify for Medi-Cal or Medicare — Coverage for Every Stage of Life™. Health Net also offers access to substance abuse programs, behavioral health services, employee assistance programs and managed health care products related to prescription drugs. We offer these health plans and services through Health Net, LLC and its subsidiaries: Health Net of California, Inc., Health Net Life Insurance Company and Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. These entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a Fortune 25 company that offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation. For more information, visit www.HealthNet.com.
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TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An innovator in Electronic Health Record (EHR) software for behavioral health care providers, Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) today announced it has been named among Arizona's Most Admired Companies of 2022 by AZ Business magazine and BestCompaniesAZ. HiMS was recognized for its excellence in workplace culture, leadership, social responsibility and customer opinion.
Based in Tucson, Ariz. and with an office in Phoenix, HiMS is among the 50 companies to receive the honor from throughout the state. The HiMS team works to transform the integrated health care experience through its award-winning electronic health record (EHR) software, Axiom, and mobile communications app, AxiaGram.
These solutions reduce administrative burdens while addressing clinical workflow and productivity issues. As a result, health care providers can optimize efficiency, manage costs, and achieve optimal patient outcomes.
"We have built a culture at HiMS focused on employee collaboration and wellness, where we put our employees first and empower them every day. As a result, we're able to provide the highest level of support to our customers, in turn enabling them to deliver the best value-based care to their patients," said Khalid Al-Maskari, CEO of HiMS. "We are incredibly proud to be named among Arizona's Most Admired Companies, alongside other innovative companies across our state. This honor is due to the dedication and efforts of our employees, and we look forward to continuing to make a difference for our customers and our community."
Honorees were chosen by a committee comprised of AZ Business magazine's editorial board, BestCompaniesAZ's leadership team, and professionals from a wide range of industries. HiMS will be recognized at the 13th Annual Most Admired Companies awards dinner and reception on Oct. 13, and in a special editorial report inside the September/October issue of AZ Business magazine.
Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) is a national company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona that designs Electronic Health Records (EHR) software to transform the integrated health care experience. HiMS creates innovative solutions that lead to better outcomes, lower costs and higher-quality care. The company sets itself apart from its competitors by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to improve clinical documentation and decision support. More information is available at hmsfirst.com.
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NEW YORK , Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure investment manager, has appointed Michael Ryder as a partner and co-head of the firm's North American business. Michael will join John Ma in spearheading Igneo's growth and expansion plans in the region.
Michael has significant investment experience in the infrastructure and private equity sectors. He was previously a senior managing director and head of Americas at OMERS Infrastructure, and a senior member of its executive management committee responsible for deploying more than US$10 billion of equity capital in the global renewable power, energy transition, digital, regulated utility, energy and transportation sectors. He also recently served as a senior advisor to Investcorp and previously held senior leadership and investment committee positions at Blackstone and Morgan Stanley.
Igneo invests directly in core infrastructure companies globally and sees significant investment opportunity In North America. As one of the largest direct infrastructure markets in the world, the region is a focus area for the firm's ongoing growth and expansion. In addition to hiring Michael, Igneo plans to double the size of its North American investment team by the end of this year.
Niall Mills, head of Igneo Infrastructure Partners, said: "In recent years we've had particularly strong global business growth, a testament to our partnership philosophy and relentless focus on delivering long-term sustainable value for our loyal clients. Michael's background in building infrastructure investment businesses and portfolio companies, along with his track record of capital deployment, will help us more rapidly build on this success in the important North American market."
Michael's appointment follows a successful period of activity in the U.S. for the firm. Over the last three years, Igneo has invested more than US$1.5 billion of capital in Terra-Gen, Rialto Bioenergy Facility and Patriot Rail, which recently announced the acquisition of Pioneer Lines.
John Ma, partner and co-head of Igneo in North America, said: "We've been steadily building our U.S.-based team and investment portfolio, creating a strong foundation for a larger business in a market with vast opportunity for infrastructure investment. Core infrastructure is an attractive sector in the current volatile financial markets and the recent Inflation Reduction Act provides further tailwinds. Michael's considerable experience will enhance our ability to deliver our core 'buy to build' investment strategy for the benefit of our clients."
Michael Ryder, partner and co-head of Igneo in North America, said: "It's a great time to be joining Igneo, which has already achieved impressive results in North America with several successful investments in the last three years, a global long-term reputation for building robust infrastructure businesses, and a strong investor focus. I look forward to working with John to harness Igneo's momentum to date and deliver additional value-accretive opportunities that meet our clients' investment objectives."
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a safe and simple accessory to help you stay cool during hot weather," said an inventor, from Oakland, Calif., "so I invented the SUCU- I 20. My design could help to prevent heat-related symptoms and injuries."
The invention provides an improved undergarment for keeping wearers cool in very warm conditions. In doing so, it helps to prevent dehydration and overheating. As a result, it enhances comfort and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features an effective design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for individuals who live and work in warm or hot temperatures, military, firefighters, law enforcement, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the San Francisco sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SNF-174, 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 noticed an elderly couple having difficulties placing grocery bags into the trunk of a vehicle. I thought there should be a simple device to help place groceries into the trunk," said an inventor, from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, "so I invented the LIFT ASSIST. My design would eliminate the need to bend and strain to lift heavy groceries that may hurt your back."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to transfer groceries into the trunk of a car. It can also be used to retrieve the bags from the trunk when arriving home. As a result, it reduces physical strain and it saves time and effort. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals with back pain, elderly individuals and the general population. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
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-150, 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 work in the construction industry and I wanted to create an improved shirt or garment to increase safety, visibility, convenience, warmth during the winter and protection against the sun as well as COVID-19," said an inventor, from Eastvale, Calif., "so I invented the W C WORK WARE. My design ensures that the user is clearly visible and it eliminates the need to carry a separate face mask. It also could help to prevent skin discoloration and the risk of skin cancer."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved safety garment for workers. In doing so, it helps to prevent skin irritation, discoloration and skin cancer risks and it keeps the head, ears and nose warm in the winter. It also prevents dirt, dust and tiny particles from entering the airways and it helps to protect against airborne germs and viruses. As a result, it increases safety, visibility and comfort. The invention features a versatile and protective design that is easy to wear and it enables the user to carry tools, a cell phone and other items. It would be ideal for various members of the labor force including construction workers/unions, road crews, parking attendants, joggers, bikers, tow truck workers, peace officers, coal minors, inspectors, warehouse workers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations (ex. USA badge or print, LED light, etc.) and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSM-115, 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 an improved shower chair that allows the user to safely bathe their entire body," said an inventor, from Lakewood, Calif., "so I invented the HYDROLIC TUB CHAIR. My design may allow individuals to relax with peace of mind while bathing."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved design for a shower chair. In doing so, it offers a safer and more efficient way to bathe. As a result, it allows the user to submerge within the bath water. The invention features a safe and practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals with various injuries or disabilities. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and it eliminates the need to install a conventional walk in tub.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSM-114, 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 thought there could be a better design for a wet/dry vacuum filter to reduce clogs and increase flow rates," said an inventor, from Sacramento, Calif., "so I invented the HIGH FLOW SHOP VAC FILTER WON'T CLOG. My design could be adapted for use with most makes and models of wet/dry vacuum cleaners."
The invention provides an improved filter for a wet/dry vacuum cleaner. In doing so, it offers greater flow rates and it helps to reduce clogs. As a result, it increases overall performance, convenience and efficiency. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the owners and users of wet/dry vacuums. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Sacramento sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SOG-553, 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 thought there should be a modified tape measure for taking various short-length measurements," said an inventor, from San Jose, Calif., "so I invented the SHORT STICK. My design can be easily carried in a pocket or work overalls."
The invention provides short and quick use of a tape measure device. In doing so, it eliminates the need to carry and use a conventional spooled tape housing. As a result, it increases efficiency and it saves time, effort and space. The invention features a compact design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for construction workers, trade workers, households, etc. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the San Francisco sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SNF-173, 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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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBM® Institutional Multifamily Advisors brokers the sale of The Park at Treviso (now, The Morgan) – a 304-unit, garden-style multifamily community. The Property was built in 1972, features large floorplans averaging 1,038 square feet, and has a desirable, low-density site plan of just 14.36 units per acre.
The Park at Treviso offers an array of community amenities, including pristine lake views; three resort-style pools; brand new poolside lounge chairs with shaded awnings; fitness center overlooking the pool with an attached children's playroom; multiple picnic areas with barbecue grills and plenty of green space; community clubhouse with coffee station; business center; and multiple on-site laundry facilities.
Units at The Park at Treviso are primed for additional value-add renovations. Currently, units feature fully equipped, contemporary kitchens with white appliances, designated pantries, Formica countertops, and tile backsplash; carpet in living rooms and bedrooms, with select units including luxury faux wood plank flooring; lots of extra storage, including walk-in closets; ceiling fans; sliding glass patio doors; large bathroom makeup vanity area with oversized mirrors; and vaulted ceilings in select units.
Ideally located in south St. Petersburg, Florida, The Park at Treviso offers numerous locational benefits to both entertainment as well as nearby employment centers. The St. Petersburg/Tampa MSA currently ranks #7 in the country for year-over-year rent growth at 24%. The Property has excellent connectivity, with proximate access to Interstate 275. In addition, St. Pete Beach – the U.S.' #1 Beach in 2021 – is just a 10-minute drive away, Downtown St. Petersburg is only 6 miles northeast of the Property, and two Publix Super Markets are located within just one mile. Nearby major employers include John Hopkins All Children's Hospital, ARK Invest, Jabil, Home Shopping Network, Bayfront Health, Raymond James, and many others.
JBM® is the #1 ranked boutique brokerage firm in the U.S. Despite only transacting in Florida, JBM® was ranked the #12 multifamily broker by sales volume throughout the entire U.S. according to Green Street's mid-year 2022 rankings. Amongst brokers with multiple transactions, JBM® ranks #1 for Highest Average Sold Price across the country.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences, formerly known as Ameritech College, recently launched its Associate of Science in Respiratory Care program. The new flexible degree blends online instruction with in-person skills training to help students earn ASRC, while balancing school life with other priorities.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of respiratory therapists is projected to grow 23 percent from 2020 to 2030, much faster than the average for all occupations. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with an aging workforce, has dramatically increased the need for therapists.
"We're excited to introduce Respiratory Care to the Joyce University community." said Sherry Jones, president of Joyce University. "Our faculty has designed a flexible career-focused program that ensures graduates will be prepared to enter the workforce as respiratory therapists. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in entering the cardiopulmonary health industry."
The program requires no prerequisites and consists of 82-semester credit hours within 6 semesters. Graduates will be prepared to pass credentialing exams to obtain their credentials as Certified and Registered Respiratory Therapists. The program is seeking provisional accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
For more information about Joyce University and its innovative healthcare programs, please visit joyce.edu.
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences, formerly known as Ameritech College of Healthcare, is one of the top-rated nursing schools in Utah. Founded in 1979, Joyce University's mission is to prepare students to serve as competent professionals, to advance their careers, and to pursue lifelong learning. Located in Draper, Utah, Joyce University is proud to have helped thousands of students graduate and launch lasting healthcare careers.
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Features keynote from most recent board member
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cloud Foundry Foundation today announced the schedule for Cloud Foundry Day with anynines GmbH and VMware among the organizations taking center stage at the event.
"We are very excited to hold our first in-person Cloud Foundry event after a three year hiatus," said Chris Clark, program manager at Cloud Foundry. "The event is meant to showcase the extensibility of Cloud Foundry. All the latest improvements to the core platform and various Cloud Foundry projects will be highlighted at the event. We are striving to create a balance for those who are experienced with Cloud Foundry as well as those who are looking to adopt it afresh. Cloud Foundry events are a great opportunity to meet hands-on practitioners and facilitate collaboration and discussions."
Cloud Foundry Day will be held on Tuesday, October 25, co-located with KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA in Detroit. For this one-day event, the Cloud Foundry Foundation has joined forces with the program committee to curate a program that fosters collaboration among attendees and offers an interactive platform for education.
"At the event, we have strived to put together an agenda that presents the best of Cloud Foundry," said Ram Iyengar, chief evangelist at Cloud Foundry. "Due to the broad nature of Cloud Foundry projects, our program committee had a hard time choosing what to showcase. Attendees will get to learn about the latest open source innovations happening in the areas of core Cloud Foundry, as well as extensions to Kubernetes in the form of Paketo Buildpacks and Korifi. The agenda is also a good mix of introductory sessions, technical deep-dives, and community updates."
Sessions include:
- A Keynote from Cloud Foundry governing board member, Catherine McGarvey
- Introducing Korifi: The Evolution of CF on Kubernetes
- Cloud Foundry Technical Governance: Past, Present, and Future
- What's new with Paketo Buildpacks?
- Recap: Ten Years of Working With Cloud Foundry
- Grappling with Kubernetes Eventual Consistency in Korifi
- App Runtime Interfaces Extravaganza!
- New Features in BOSH: Improved NATS cert rotations
- Remote Debugging of .NET Core applications with Paketo Buildpacks + Visual Studio Code
- Stemcells are now Jam-packed with Jelly(fish)
- How we modernized and reduced the infrastructure costs for running CFZ
- The Future of Logs and Metrics in Cloud Foundry
The registration fee for Cloud Foundry Day is $50, or free to attend online. Attendees can register for the event here.
Cloud Foundry is an open source technology backed by the largest technology companies in the world, including, HCL, Huawei, IBM, SAP, and VMware, and is being used by leaders in manufacturing, telecommunications and financial services. Only Cloud Foundry delivers the velocity needed to continuously deliver apps at the speed of business. Cloud Foundry's container-based architecture runs apps written in any language on a choice of cloud platforms — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and more. With a robust services ecosystem and simple integration with existing technologies, Cloud Foundry is the modern standard for deploying mission critical apps at global organizations.
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- Sports giant LaLiga and transmedia multinational GXR will each hold a 50% stake in the 15-year JV, designed to increase brand presence and target younger audiences
- JV will tap into audience of 1.3 billion under 30s across the territories
- The joint venture is expected to generate €3 billion in revenue
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LaLiga, Spain's top-flight football competition, and Galaxy Racer (GXR), the Dubai-based transmedia multinational, have signed a Letter of Intent paving the way for the formation of a 15-year Joint Venture (JV) which will transform the sport league's brand presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and Indian subcontinent.
GXR, founded in 2019 by Group CEO Paul Roy, is the largest esports, gaming and lifestyle organisation in the world with a presence in the MENA region, North America, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Europe.
The JV positions GXR as LaLiga's local partner in the MENA market and Indian subcontinent, setting up a historic first for the world of sports rights in the territories which is projected to yield over €3 billion in revenue.
Following the signing of the Letter of Intent, the parties entered an exclusive period to conclude contract details and the establishment of the JV. As agreed in the Letter of Intent, LaLiga and GXR will each hold a 50% stake in the new JV.
The JV will offer LaLiga new avenues and opportunities to increase brand presence across a key target region that is one of the youngest on the planet with more than 1.3 billion people aged under 30.
In addition, the Joint Venture will act as the media rights agency for the broadcast and media rights for the MENA and Indian subcontinent.
The deal provides LaLiga an innovative pathway to share its intellectual property (IP) through a local partner already offering considerable market reach – GXR has over 500 million followers worldwide – and a platform for growth that leverages expertise in six key verticals: licensing, content creation, esports, influencer/talent management, merchandising and music.
Paul Roy, CEO & Founder of Galaxy Racer said: "The LaLiga brand is powerful, but its potential remains untapped amongst Millennials and GenZ in the MENA region and Indian subcontinent.
"Our opportunity is to connect with a younger audience in a way that resonates with them. Galaxy Racer has a market reach that will help unlock that potential and elevate LaLiga to an aspirational brand for target audiences in the region."
LaLiga Executive Director Oscar Mayo added: "With the market set to enter a new era of growth, this is the right moment to take our business in the region to the next level and attract the next generation of younger sport fans to our competition.
"This historic partnership is set to boost the popularity of LaLiga and football in MENA and the Indian subcontinent. With Galaxy Racer's extensive experience in the region as one of the world's largest transmedia powerhouses we believe they are the ideal partner to help us reach a fresh new audience and unlock the true potential of LaLiga in the region."
"Partnering with Galaxy Racer is a major milestone in our international expansion strategy," added Maite Ventura, LaLiga's managing director for the Middle East and North Africa, "This agreement ensures not only a bright future for football in MENA and the Indian subcontinent, but also for LaLiga and our clubs.
"Success for us is seeing more of the younger crowd playing and enjoying the game, we want to tap into the hearts and minds of the millennials and GenZ. With Galaxy Racer's expertise in the market, we will be able to truly build fan loyalty and position LaLiga as a top-of-mind brand for football and lifestyle."
The deal will help LaLiga to speak to younger audiences meaningfully, through content creation and a crossover focus on gaming and esports, as well as new consumer products - from apparel to collectibles - and a wide range of activations ushering in a new way of thinking for the world of football and sport.
A key strength of the agreement is the creation of a production studio for the JV. The studio will harness Galaxy Racer's extensive experience in licensing, product development and content generation, production and broadcasting in a region seen as one of the fastest growing territories in the business of sport thanks to a major pipeline of investments in areas such as golf, boxing, F1 and horse racing in recent years, as well as the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which is set to take place later this year.
Based in the UAE, the JV will feature a team of around 20 people dedicated to developing the brand and securing new business opportunities, with a five-person board of directors including Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maite Ventura. Luis Cardenas, Commercial Director for LaLiga MENA, will be chief commercial officer (CCO).
The JV will work in coordination with the league's delegates based in Morocco, Egypt, Qatar, KSA, Turkey, Israel, India and the UAE, a key component for the regional growth.
Several LaLiga and Galaxy Racer collaborations are already in the works including a documentary series, tournaments, merchandise, physical events, and activations.
GXR will also curate creator activities to showcase the LaLiga brand throughout the year and will launch a roster of LaLiga-focused creators. Like LaLiga's current football ambassadors, the creators selected will represent LaLiga exclusively, touring the world promoting themselves and LaLiga to fans globally.
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1. Sport Business, 2021 - https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/super-bowl-lv-shows-ratings-erosion/
2. Reader's Digest, 2022 - https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/lifestyle/sport/how-young-people-are-reshaping-sports
Galaxy Racer (GXR) was founded in 2019 by Paul Roy and is a transmedia powerhouse focused on esports, content Creators, music and sports, with our competitive esports division, Nigma Galaxy having an impressive roster of ten esports teams in Dota 2, League of Legends, CS:GO, Fortnite, VALORANT, PUBG Mobile, BGMI and Free Fire.
Galaxy Racer has over 100 content creators across North America, Middle East North Africa (MENA), South Asia, Europe and Southeast Asia (SEA), amassing over 500 million followers and generating over 2.5 billion monthly views.
Galaxy Racer provides live streaming and gaming talents with brand endorsement deals, streaming contracts, creator collaborations, digital rights management, monetization, offline event opportunities, managing their social media channels and content programming.
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LaLiga is a global, innovative and socially responsible organisation which is a leader in the leisure and entertainment sector. It is a private sports association composed of the 20 public limited sports companies (SADs) and clubs of LaLiga Santander and the 22 of LaLiga SmartBank, and is responsible for organising professional football competitions in Spain. LaLiga is the football competition with the most social media followers in the world, with over 158 million followers across 17 platforms in 20 different languages. With its headquarters in Madrid (Spain), it is present in 41 countries through eleven offices and 44 delegates. The organisation carries out its social work through its Foundation and was the world's first professional football league to establish a league for intellectually challenged footballers: LaLiga Genuine Santander.
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New integrations open innovative paths to revenue for B2B growth teams
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LeanData, the modern revenue orchestration platform for today's growth leaders, today introduced new out-of-the-box integrations with popular sales and marketing solutions from 6sense, Clearbit, Cloudingo, Cognism, Crossbeam, Kronologic, Microsoft Teams, SalesIntel, Sendoso and UserGems.
LeanData's newest integrations significantly expand its ecosystem of long-standing integrations, which includes Salesloft, Slack, Outreach and others.
LeanData's Revenue Orchestration platform features flexible, easy, drag-and-drop workflows which seamlessly orchestrate data, processes and plays across Salesforce CRM and leading third-party applications in the revenue tech stack.
With LeanData's integrations, customers can now seamlessly:
- Ingest unique buyer signals with 6sense and UserGems.
- Enrich records with 6sense, Clearbit, Cognism, SalesIntel and others.
- Improve data quality with Cloudingo.
- Strengthen partner co-selling motions with Crossbeam.
- Trigger cadences with Salesforce Sales Engagement, Salesloft and Outreach.
- Send tailored calendar invites with Kronologic.
- Integrate gifting plays with Sendoso.
- Deliver real-time notifications with Slack and Microsoft Teams.
"We've released highly successful integrations in recent years based on customer demand—and their momentum continues to grow," said Hendrick Lee, Chief Product Officer, LeanData. "We're committed to leveraging synergies between LeanData and the products and solutions customers have adopted to power their revenue engines."
Later this month, LeanData will showcase its new integrations alongside partners at OpsStars 2022. Held alongside Salesforce's Dreamforce event, the seventh-annual OpsStars conference will take place September 21-22 at The San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, Calif. To register, visit www.ops-stars.com.
About LeanData
Today's growth leaders are powering their B2B selling with LeanData, the gold standard in modern revenue orchestration and an essential element of the modern RevTech stack. The LeanData Revenue Orchestration Platform, powered by No-Code Automation, simplifies and accelerates coordination of all the plays, people and processes needed to transform buyer signals into buying decisions. LeanData is inspiring a global movement among its 800+ customers and community of 5000+ OpsStars worldwide, empowering them with revenue operations excellence that translates into compelling buyer experiences and competitive advantage. See www.leandata.com.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LINKBANCORP, Inc. (the "Company"), the holding company of The Gratz Bank, including its LINKBANK division (the "Bank") today announced the launch of its initial public offering of common stock. The Company is offering 4,575,000 shares. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 686,250 shares of common stock from the Company. The initial public offering price is currently expected to be between $8.00 and $9.50 per share. The common stock is expected to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "LNKB."
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to support the Company's growth strategy, including providing capital to the Bank to support growth of its operations, including, without limitation, expansion of its lending activities, financing strategic acquisitions that may from time to time arise and for other general corporate purposes. The Company has no immediate plans, arrangements or understandings relating to any material acquisition.
Stephens Inc. and Piper Sandler & Co. are serving as joint book-running managers. D.A. Davidson & Co. is serving as co-manager.
The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Stephens Inc., 111 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, or by phone at 1-800-643-9691 or Piper Sandler & Co., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, or by phone at 1-800-747-3924, or by email at prospectus@psc.com, or from D.A. Davidson & Co., 8 Third Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401, Attention: Equity Syndicate or by calling (800) 332-5915.
A Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No:333-267303) relating to the common stock has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") but has not yet become effective. The common stock may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the common stock, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The common stock to be offered in the initial public offering will not be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.
LINKBANCORP, Inc. was formed in 2018 with a mission to positively impact lives through community banking. Its subsidiary bank, The Gratz Bank, is a Pennsylvania state-chartered bank serving individuals, families, nonprofits and business clients throughout Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania through 10 client solutions centers of The Gratz Bank and LINKBANK, a division of The Gratz Bank.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements," including with respect to the initial public offering. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "might," "should," "could," "predict," "potential," "believe," "expect," "attribute," "continue," "will," "anticipate," "seek," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "projection," "goal," "target," "outlook," "aim," "would," "annualized" and "outlook," or similar terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company's control. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions with respect to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors. Factors that could cause such differences to exist include, but are not limited to: risks related to fluctuations in real estate values and both residential and commercial real estate market conditions; fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies; changes in laws or government regulations or policies affecting financial institutions, including changes in regulatory fees and capital requirements; changes in the level and direction of loan delinquencies and write-offs and changes in estimates of the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses; demand for loans and deposits in our market area; conditions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the severity and duration of the associated economic slowdown either nationally or in our market areas and the effectiveness of vaccination programs, that are worse than expected; operational risks including, but not limited to, cybersecurity, fraud and natural disasters; the risk that the Company may not be successful in the implementation of its business strategy; changes in prevailing interest rates; credit risk management; asset-liability management; and other risks detailed in the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements," "Risk Factors" and other sections of the Registration Statement filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements presented herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB)("M&T") will participate in the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference being held in New York City.
Representatives of M&T are scheduled to deliver a presentation to investors and analysts on September 14, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. (ET).
The conference takes place at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel. A live audio-webcast of the presentation, as well as the materials used in the presentation, will be available at https://ir.mtb.com/events-presentations. The presentation and webcast may contain forward-looking statements and other material information.
M&T is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the eastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank.
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The Chicago Community Impact Grants Program, developed in partnership with The Chicago Community Trust, deepens McDonald's longstanding commitment to the city it calls home
CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McDonald's Corporation announced today it will invest in 40 Chicago-based nonprofit organizations that are addressing some of the city's most pressing needs for Opportunity Youth through its Chicago Community Impact Grants Program, developed in partnership with The Chicago Community Trust (the Trust).
Grants totaling $3.5 million were awarded to organizations that foster safe, healthy and thriving community support systems for young people, particularly local Black and Latinx youth, who face multiple barriers to employment and education.
"With Chicago as home to our global headquarters, we're prioritizing our investment in the socio-economic wellbeing of our city for the long-term by partnering with leading community groups," said Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald's USA. "These organizations provide critical support to our neighborhoods and share our mission to reduce barriers to educational and economic opportunity. Together, we are taking a meaningful step forward in our commitment to ensuring our communities thrive for generations to come."
In 2021, the McDonald's team held conversations with local leaders to solicit guidance on ways to best support the Chicago community – and bolstering the futures of the city's young people became the primary focus of this grant program. The team then partnered with the Trust to identify local organizations that work specifically with Black and Latinx youth on the South and West sides of the city and provide ongoing life skills training and pre-employment support, as well as critical services like mental health programs and mentorship opportunities. By investing in organizations across the city that have dedicated resources and programming, the grants will help support the success of future generations and help them achieve their full potential.
For the complete list of grant recipients, please visit McDonald's Newsroom.
"We know that when we invest in our youth, we're investing in our city and region's future," said Andrea Sáenz, Interim President and CEO, of The Chicago Community Trust. "As the Chicago region's community foundation, we are delighted to work alongside McDonald's to positively impact the trajectory of our youth for years to come."
The grant program expands on McDonald's longstanding community philanthropic efforts, and the Trust's mission to build a Chicago where equity is central and opportunity is in reach for all. For over 100 years, community members and civic leaders have partnered with the Trust to address the Chicago region's pressing needs and connect philanthropy to impact. From providing unemployment relief in the Great Depression to supporting nonprofits serving the most vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trust has collaborated with the region's stakeholders to effect lasting change that moves the entire region forward.
In recent years, McDonald's has supported a variety of nonprofits through corporate partnerships and multimillion-dollar investments with organizations including the International Youth Foundation, the Obama Foundation, the Chicago Apprentice Network, Skills for Chicagoland's Future, the American Red Cross and Ronald McDonald House Charities®. Additionally, McDonald's franchisees support the Chicagoland community through events such as the McDonald's Operators of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana's longstanding Food for the Body & Spirit annual turkey and trimmings giveaway to give back to the local community and spread hope to those less fortunate during the Thanksgiving season.
As one of the world's leading brands headquartered in Chicago, McDonald's believes it has a responsibility to fulfill its purpose of feeding and fostering communities in its own neighborhood. McDonald's Global Impact team, which includes experts in Community Impact & Philanthropy and Government Relations & Public Policy, uses their extensive experience with local charitable organizations and knowledge of the Chicagoland region to help shape McDonald's corporate giving and strengthen the company's relationships with community partners. To learn more, please visit Community Connection (mcdonalds.com).
About McDonald's
McDonald's is the world's leading global foodservice retailer with nearly 40,000 locations in over 100 countries. Approximately 95% of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business owners.
About The Chicago Community Trust
The Chicago Community Trust is a community foundation dedicated to strengthening the Chicago region by creating equity, opportunity, and prosperity for all people who call it home. For more than 100 years, the Trust has united generous donors, committed nonprofits, and caring residents to effect lasting change. In 2019, The Chicago Community Trust embarked on a 10-year strategic plan to address one of the most critical challenges of our times — closing the racial and ethnic wealth gap for the Chicago region while responding to our most vulnerable residents' critical needs. Thanks to its generous donors, in the fiscal year 2021, more than 7,000 organizations received more than $1.4 billion in funding from the Trust, and affiliated donor advised fund programs. To learn more, visit www.cct.org.
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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 Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MF).
Class Period: June 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 12, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its Registration Statement; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) 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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Companies sign three-year deal to launch billing, financial services, employee engagement, and long-term COVID support solutions after successful 2021 roll-out
ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the success of Michigan Medicine's chatbot during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ann Arbor-based academic medical center has agreed to a three-year contract to expand its relationship with Loyal, the preferred digital health platform for the nation's leading health systems and hospitals.
Michigan Medicine will soon expand its chatbot to answer consumer questions about locations and relevant providers, billing and payments, and long-term COVID support services. The health system will also be able to offer appointment location assistance and appointment details, address employee questions, and support deeper click-to-call functionality to connect chat users with broader, more accurate routing to call centers and offices.
Finally, the deal includes the development of conversational AI with unique, context-driven dialogs for consumers who visit the specialty-center hospital websites of the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Rogel Cancer Center, and the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. This addition to Michigan Medicine's existing AI technology will more efficiently recognize consumers' intent, point them to answers and provide the information they need. Michigan Medicine's chatbot will answer consumer questions about locations, relevant providers, billing, and COVID-19 long-term support. These updates reinforce recent research from Deloitte showing that health system leaders' top desired outcome is achieving a better patient experience from digital transformation projects, and many health systems are looking for new ways to engage patients following the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Consumers today have different expectations of healthcare providers; they want a digital experience that's personalized and meets their immediate needs," said Chad Mallory, CEO of Loyal. "We're excited about expanding our relationship with Michigan Medicine. It's an honor to work with health systems that not only understand the challenges of connecting the dots of the digital healthcare journey and are actively looking for solutions, but recognize the need for personalization throughout -- not just for their consumers, but for their employees as well."
"During the pandemic, Loyal went above and beyond as we dealt with a flood of questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Not only did they help significantly lighten the load on our staff, but they proactively identified a need around mental health and quickly delivered a solution to the benefit of our community," said Rose Glenn, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at Michigan Medical. "Building on our successful track record, we look forward to rolling out additional capabilities over the next three years with Loyal to improve our employee and patient experiences – further advancing our world-class healthcare experience for the digital age."
Affiliated with the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine is one of the largest hospitals in the state of Michigan with over 2.6 million patient clinic visits and 94,700 emergency department visits annually. In 2021, Michigan Medicine was ranked No.11 for hospitals nationwide by U.S. News and World Report and employs more than 24,400 people.
To learn more about Loyal and its full range of patient experience solutions, visit loyalhealth.com.
Loyal is a healthcare consumer experience company solely dedicated to the betterment of patient care. As the preferred platform for improved care utilization used by the nation's leading health systems and hospitals, Loyal's AI-powered solution makes it easier for patients to connect and access care across their entire health journey, thereby driving loyalty with their trusted health provider. Streamline patients' navigation of your health system and network of clinical services with LoyalHealth.com.
At Michigan Medicine, we advance health to serve Michigan and the world. We pursue excellence every day in our five hospitals, 125 clinics and home care operations that handle more than 2.3 million outpatient visits a year, as well as educate the next generation of physicians, health professionals and scientists in our U-M Medical School.
Michigan Medicine includes the top ranked U-M Medical School and University of Michigan Health, which includes the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, University Hospital, the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Metro Health and the Rogel Cancer Center. The U-M Medical School is one of the nation's biomedical research powerhouses, with total research funding of more than $500 million.
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--Major Artists Lend Support with Response to What Music Will Do--
MONTCLAIR, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Little Kids Rock, the largest nonprofit music program in U.S. public schools, today unveiled a bold new brand, Music Will, with artist support across a wide variety of genres from Slash and Usher to Hozier, Mavis Staples and Darryl DMC McDaniels. The 20-year-old national nonprofit aims to bring the gift of music to a million more kids in the next five years.
"For two decades, we have been leading the charge to innovate the way students learn and make music," said Little Kids Rock Founder and CEO, Dave Wish, a former elementary school music teacher. "Starting today, we are Music Will and hope everyone will embrace the change by finishing the sentence with their own take on what music will do."
What started as one elementary school in a single city has expanded to 6000+ schools, in 928 cities and towns across 50 states. To date, Music Will has brought free music lessons and instruments to 1.2 million students across the country and trained a national network of teachers to bring highly-inclusive, culturally-responsive, student-centered music education to students, using genres including hip hop, rock, pop, Latin rap and country.
"None of this would be possible without the support of passionate teachers, public school systems, private donors, corporate partners and artists who care enough to pay it forward," said Wish.
Many legendary artists have lent their support to the movement by offering their perspective on what music will do. Examples include: Slash "Give you a huge creative outlet;" Usher "Define you;" Hozier "Give you a space to know yourself, understand yourself;" Mavis Staples "Heal your body and make you feel good;" and Darryl DMC McDaniels: "Knock down the walls that separate us."
"Long-time music teacher at Miramonte Elementary in South Los Angeles, Jose Vergara, believes music education is an essential factor to the social and emotional development of every child. "Music is life changing," says Vergara. "It makes shy students confident, creates community, builds friendships and provides a safe place to express yourself."
Music Will transforms lives by transforming music education. For more information, visit musicwill.org or follow us on social @musicwillofficial.
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Run with more security, visibility, and data to secure operations at scale
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netenrich, a leading security and operations analytics company, today announced its sponsorship of MSSP Alert Live. Presented by the CyberRisk Alliance and MSSP Alert, the inaugural event kicks off September 19 – 21, 2022 at The Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Security leaders and practioners, representing top managed service providers (MSSPs and MSPs), will convene to discuss ways to advance their security operations practice.
Netenrich will showcase its Resolution Intelligence Cloud, a SaaS analytics platform, gaining widespread adoption with service providers for solving the data analytics, automation, and prioritization issues tied to security operations.
Conference attendees are invited to meet company representatives to share their most challenging security issues. They can learn how to better investigate, detect, analyze, and respond to critical threats and incidents that matter.
Conference Business Hall
- Netenrich Booth #17
- Monday, 9/19: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Tuesday 9/20: 7:30 am – 7:00 pm
- Wednesday 9/21: 7:30 am – 10:30 am
Schedule a time to speak with Netenrich by contacting marketing.info@netenrich.com
Designed for Service Providers and Enterprises
For large enterprises and managed service providers (MSPs, MSSPs, and GSIs), Resolution Intelligence Cloud uniquely solves the immediate challenges of upleveling cybersecurity services. With Netenrich, they can scale operations by:
- Streamlining threat analytics for service providers and their customers.
- Managing multiple Google Chronicle tenants with multi-level multitenancy which gives analysts the ability to manage and apply rules to one, some, or all tenants in one place for increased control and efficiency.
- Offering optional service packs including implementation, threat hunting and more.
Netenrich in Action
Resolution Intelligence Cloud is a data analytics SaaS platform for managing secure operations. The platform takes a risk-based approach to prioritize critical situations aligned to high-value business assets. It combines real-time analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to provide situational awareness with intelligence to accurately predict, detect, score, and prioritize critical issues.
Netenrich's platform operationalizes Google Chronicle to deliver insights and context that speed resolution, promote scale, and keep operations aligned to risk. Built-in multitenancy and task automation streamline rule-building, threat analytics, case management, and collaboration out of the box. The platform does the hard work so service provider ops teams don't have to.
The open platform integrates with Chronicle, Siemplify, and other third-party technologies (like ServiceNow, Jira, OpsRamp) to correlate and analyze potential incidents. Using Google's BigQuery and native search, the platform intuitively processes advanced analytics and management.
To learn more about the Netenrich Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ for secure digital operations, visit https://netenrich.com/platform.
Resources
- Netenrich customers: service providers' testimonials
- "Evaluating TCO, Productivity, and Performance of SOC Solutions," webinar featuring Simon Aldama, Netenrich Sr. Director of Risk Ops Practice and Jonas Kelly, Google Head of Americas MSSP Partnerships
- Resolution Intelligence Cloud on Google Cloud Marketplace available here
- Resolution Intelligence Cloud and Chronicle overview
- Resolution Intelligence Cloud data sheet
Netenrich boosts the effectiveness of organizations' security and digital operations so they can avoid disruption and preempt risk. Its Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ is a native SaaS data analytics platform for managing secure operations. Resolution Intelligence uses advanced analytics and machine learning to transform security and operations data into intelligence that organizations can act on before critical issues occur. More than 3,000 customers and managed services providers rely on Netenrich to deliver secure operations at scale and speed.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Loyola Press announced today the launch of 4U2B Books & Media, a new imprint to help children, parents, educators, and lifelong learners thrive with a sense of place and purpose.
"With 4U2B Books & Media, we're looking to entertain, educate, and nurture families by helping children develop self-awareness, social-emotional skills, responsible decision-making, and thriving relationships," says President and Publisher Joellyn Cicciarelli. " In addition to materials for children, we are excited to be publishing special offerings for adults from authors whose passion is to empower the hearts and minds of readers of all ages and from all walks of life. Adults, after all, have much to gain and give from tapping into their own childhood memories, experiences, and perspectives."
Two children's books by New York Times best-selling author Mark K. Shriver will be the first to bear the new imprint. Pairs of People, due out in September 2022, helps children learn about the strength in numbers and the power of working together to make the world a better place. An alphabet book is scheduled to release in 2023.
In addition, New York Times best-selling author, nutritionist, and wellness expert Kimberly Snyder has signed on to write a children's book on eating right and celebrating healthy living. Greg Kincaid, another New York Times best-selling author, returns to the fictional town of Crossing Trails, Kansas, made popular in his A Dog Named Christmas series, with an illustrated tale about a loveable dog named Holiday. And prolific children's book author Meredith Rusu presents There's a Yeti in My Tummy, her first book in the Mighty Moods series of picture books that explores unique ways children express their own "big feelings."
Rounding out the first series of announced works is a new book of childhood-inspired life lessons for adults by Angela C. Santomero, the co-creator of the beloved cultural phenomenon Blue's Clues, as well as the Emmy Award-winning Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, which is based on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from Mister Rogers.
The connection between Mister Rogers and 4U2B runs deep. Cicciarelli's background includes decades of early childhood product development experience, including as editor for Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, producing his longest-running book series for pre-K through 8th grade teachers, Grow and Learn with Mister Rogers. "Working with Mister Rogers was a dream come true and those experiences helped to shape me as a person and as someone who is deeply interested in helping children grow emotionally," says Cicciarelli. "This is one of the many, many reasons why we are so excited be working with Angela Santomero, who has influenced the lives of millions if not billions of children all over the world."
"4U2B Books & Media represents our desire to inspire children and adults alike," says Gary Jansen, Executive Acquisitions Editor for the new imprint. Jansen, whose brainchild was the New York Times best-selling children's book Dear Pope Francis, has recently authored his own relationship-centered children's book, Remember Us with Smiles. "What I love about this genre and the new imprint is that we are helping to create lasting connections between children and their parents, their caregivers, their teachers, and anyone who loves them," says Jansen. "I can't think of anything more important than helping others to grow and celebrate life."
The new imprint is based in Chicago with a satellite office in New York and will distribute globally in multiple languages.
4U2B Books and Media is focused on entertaining, educating, and empowering families and caregivers to help children develop self-awareness, social skills, responsible decision-making, and thriving relationships while cultivating a love of reading and lifelong learning. 4U2B is an imprint of Loyola Press, award-winning publisher of books, curriculum, video, and other programs for children and adults.
Founded in 1912 as a non-profit Catholic ministry of the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus, Loyola Press is an award-winning publisher and a leading provider of inspirational trade books, video, and educational programs for adults and children alike. In 2021, the Chicago Tribune voted Loyola Press one of the Top Workplaces for the third year in a row. Loyola Press is the publisher of New York Times bestsellers, and its book Sharing the Wisdom of Time by Pope Francis is now a Netflix special.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. , Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 54th Annual Butter Sculpture at the New York State Fair has come down, but it isn't going to waste.
American Dairy Association North East, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and Noblehurst Farms, dismantled the 800-pound sculpture at the New York State Fairgrounds. Ultimately, the butter – which was provided by O-AT-KA Milk Products in Batavia, N.Y., and was unsuitable for sale or consumption for a variety of reasons - will return to Western New York, less than 15 miles away from where it was originally produced, to be recycled at a local dairy farm.
Noblehurst Farms in Pavilion, N.Y., (Livingston County) will combine the butter with other food waste from local food manufacturers and educational institutions and run it through the farm's digester, converting it into energy. The digester breaks down the material and creates enough electricity to power the farm, the farm's on-site creamery and about 350 homes for a year. Specifically, the butter from the Butter Sculpture alone will be able to power one house for three days.
"We are honored to be recycling the New York State Fair Butter Sculpture for the seventh year in a row," said dairy farmer Chris Noble of Noblehurst Farms and Craigs Creamery. "We will mix the butter sculpture with other food waste and convert it to energy over the course of about 28 days. That energy will be created into electricity which will power homes in the local community."
In recent years, Noblehurst Farms has been recognized nationally for achievements in sustainability and community partnerships to divert food waste from local landfills. The result of Noblehurst's efforts have led to diverting 200 tons of food waste from local landfills on a weekly basis.
"Our awareness of the role that dairy farmers are playing in addressing the global food waste problem has definitely heightened," said Noble. "We are hopeful that our innovative food waste reduction practices will bring additional value as New York State focuses on reducing methane and sequestering carbon in the coming years."
This year's sculpture, "Refuel Her Greatness – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX," spotlighted female athletes and how today's athletes refuel with chocolate milk.
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National Institute of Building Sciences convened second executive roundtable to discuss digital transformation of the U.S. built environment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has developed an implementation and launch plan for the U.S. National Building Information Management (BIM) Program. The aim: To achieve a new level of industrial efficiency through digitalization.
An overview of the launch plan recently was presented to industry leaders at an executive roundtable to accelerate ongoing efforts from innovative and forward-thinking organizations.
A critical issue in the U.S. construction industry is its low level of digitalization, which prevents it from transforming lifecycle work processes to be more efficient, less expensive, more resilient, and safer to build and maintain. The U.S. National BIM Program expands upon existing and ongoing work of the NIBS BIM Council as well as various other initiatives in the industry.
"Many national and international initiatives focus on BIM standardization to support digital transformation throughout the entire life cycle of designing, constructing, and operating the built environment," says Stephen T. Ayers, FAIA, Interim CEO of NIBS. "The U.S. National BIM Program will be successful through collaboration between the public and private sectors and across the diversity of project stakeholders, namely owners, designers, constructors, suppliers, vendors, and other involved parties."
To aid in the implementation and launch of the U.S. National BIM Program, AEC subject matter expert Johnny Fortune joined NIBS in June. Fortune serves as Director of the National BIM Program. Fortune said next steps include securing resources and establishing workgroups to operationalize different aspects of the plan.
U.S. National BIM Program Background
NIBS began the planning process for the U.S. National BIM Program last year, meeting and working with industry leaders. Since then, many volunteers and NIBS staff members have worked to develop the implementation plan, which includes key activities and an estimated budget for the first five years.
The construction industry employs more than seven million people to create or renovate nearly $1.4 trillion in buildings, infrastructure, and other built assets each year.
But the industry has yet to enjoy the productivity improvements of the digital age, averaging only 1% productivity growth in the past 20 years.
About the NIBS BIM Council
The BIM Council has focused on capturing the requirements of U.S. building owners to document best practices and provide guidance on the adoption of digital technology to increase productivity and performance. Examples include the United States National CAD Standard (NCS), National BIM Standard-United States (NBIMS-US), National BIM Guide for Owners (now a Draft Standard with ASHRAE), and Construction to Operations Building information exchange (COBie) Specification. For more information, visit the Building Information Management Council.
About NIBS
National Institute of Building Sciences brings together labor and consumer interests, government representatives, regulatory agencies, and members of the building industry to identify and resolve problems and potential issues around the built environment. NIBS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. For more information, visit nibs.org or follow @bldgsciences on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novogene at the forefront of cutting-edge next-generation sequencing (NGS) services, has officially announced Falcon II, a superpowered robot scientist for autonomously intelligent NGS delivery.
Falcon, the precursor of Falcon II, launched in March 2020, and is the first fully optimized, automated, and intelligent delivery system in high-throughput NGS industry. Novogene's ground-breaking effort realizes the substitution of manual operations by standardized Intelligent automation, and Falcon is applied into sample extraction, sample Quality Control, library preparation, library Quality Control, library pooling and all the way to bioinformatics analysis
The first generation of Falcon has been received extensive attention over past 2 years of launch, shattering the conventional collaborative isolation of various processes and allowing the synchronous operations of multi-product services (i.e. RNA sequencing, Whole Genome Sequencing,Whole Exome Sequencing, Amplicon sequencing and library construction).
The deployment of Falcon offers clients with intelligent, efficient and robust services to satisfy their diverse sequencing requirements.
Falcon II, as the compact version of Falcon, is more advanced with cost-effectiveness, space-effectiveness and high flexibility. It extends the superiorities of Falcon in unprecedented intelligent automation, incomparable production efficiency, stability, and accuracy, as well as express delivery cycle. With small footprint of 10m2 and its modular construction, Falcon II tailors to all sorts of lab layouts and diverse experimental scenarios.
Falcon II integrates with 16 sets of precision instruments. The evolvement ensures the fully intelligent and automated end-to-end process from sample QC to pooling and enables the concurrent operation of three NGS services simultaneously (i.e. RNA Sequencing, WGS and WES).
The launch of Falcon II in Novogene America's sequencing center helps to upgrade the services quality with more efficient, accurate and consistent data delivery, and it accelerates the ultimate accomplishment of the glocalization strategy of Novogene's NGS services.
Efficient 24/7/365 continuous operation
Process up to 384 samples per day maximally
Reduce overall production cycle by an average of 60%
Reduce manual handling by up to 70%
Increase monthly production capacity by 200%
No deviation with smart solution (i.e.dynamic optimization & standardization of all production units) offered by the automated task scheduler of the system (i.e. machine recognition & diagnosis)
Double system's output stability
Cross contamination-free without human intervention
Two quality control steps in sample extraction and library construction respectively
Precise control and real-time remote monitoring by unique tracking code
In RNA-seq, it takes 16 days from library construction to data delivery traditionally for 300 standard samples, whereas Falcon II does it in 90 hours as ultimate turnaround time, with 5% increased pass rate of library construction.
Novogene owns complete intellectual property rights of Falcon II from its integration of programmable hardware installation to intelligent software. Falcon II's launch consolidates the commitment to bring innovative advantages and unrivalled NGS services to Novogene's clients in all dimensions to the maximum extent possible.
As quoted from Dr. Li Ruiqiang, founder and CEO of Novogene, "Novogene's customer-focused approach is at the core of our commitment to become the world's leading provider of genomic solutions and services. We always strive to enhance the customer experience through innovation. Falcon II is an example of how Novogene leads the industry to optimize operations in digitalization and automation which leads to extraordinary services, reduced turnaround time and greater accuracy."
More details of Falcon System, please visit our Technology-Intelligent_Delivery_Platform.
More business inquiries please contact inquiry_us@novogene.com
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Companies chose Deltek Costpoint over Unanet for better business planning, streamlined compliance and out-of-the-box functionality
HERNDON, Va., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deltek, the leading global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, released recent findings from Nucleus Research, How Deltek Costpoint Users Win More Deals. The research note is a concise assessment of the operational value a solution delivers in the ERP market, based on product usability and functionality. The note, written based on interviews with Deltek Costpoint customers, found that the solution enhances organizational visibility, security, and compliance, while improving productivity for government contractors. In short: Deltek Costpoint helps government contracting customers to secure more business when using the solution.
Built for government contractors that need to stay compliant with government accounting and cybersecurity standards, Deltek Costpoint is the industry-standard integrated project accounting and resource planning solution. With built-in controls to implement FAR-compliant processes, Costpoint guides businesses through growth and maturity in government contracting. It provides reduced accounting and compliance complexity, deep project cost allocation and segregation, a data and technology infrastructure enabling digitization and automation to the entire project lifecycle, as well as best-in-class customer support.
The report focused on the benefits that customers get from using Deltek Costpoint, including enhanced security and compliance, improved organizational visibility, and increased productivity. When moving off its incumbent solution, Unanet, one customer stated they did not consider any other vendor besides Deltek, because of its audit compliance needs, Costpoint's leading market share in government contracting, and it's out-of-the-box functionality.
"Deltek Costpoint's ERP offering is focused specifically on government contractors, bringing an end-to-end ERP solution, from accounting to the shop floor, with a suite of compliance certification offerings and security features specifically designed for work with the United States Federal Government," author Samuel Hamway, Analyst at Nucleus Research, stated in the research note. "Additionally, the solution serves both enterprise businesses and SMBs, supporting both service and product-centric use cases in addition to proven scalability for growing businesses."
Looking ahead, Hamway concluded that Nucleus expects increased adoption of Deltek due to the aimed focus of Costpoint, in addition to its features enhancing productivity, visibility and security.
How Deltek Costpoint Users Win More Deals can be downloaded here.
Better software means better projects. Deltek is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for project-based businesses. More than 30,000 organizations and millions of users in over 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek for superior levels of project intelligence, management, and collaboration. Our industry-focused expertise powers project success by helping firms achieve performance that maximizes productivity and revenue. www.deltek.com
Nucleus Research is a global provider of investigative, case-based technology research and advisory services. We deliver the numbers that drive business decisions. For more information, visit NucleusResearch.com or follow us on Twitter @NucleusResearch.
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Industry Veteran Strengthens Nulogy Leadership Team as Company Growth Increases
TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Nulogy, a leading provider of supply chain collaboration solutions, today announced that supply chain industry veteran Christine Barnhart has joined the Nulogy leadership team as Vice President, Product Marketing and Go-To-Market.
In this newly created role, Barnhart will focus on Nulogy's new product initiatives, working closely with the company's product, marketing, and sales teams. Barnhart's previous roles include Vice President, Product Strategy and Go-To-Market at Verusen; and Senior Director of Product and Industry Market Strategy for Infor and its supply chain management solutions. Prior to joining the supply chain technology industry, Barnhart was an award-winning practitioner in the supply chain industry, with more than 20 years of expertise in manufacturing, purchasing, and planning at companies that include Berry Global, Mead Johnson Nutrition, and Whirlpool.
"Christine's experience in go-to-market strategies, market research, and new product introductions will be invaluable to Nulogy as we roll out significant enhancements and new solutions in the coming months," said Jason Tham, CEO, Nulogy. "I am excited to welcome her to Nulogy's leadership team, where her experience will be a major strength as our growth continues to accelerate."
"Nulogy is at the forefront of the multi-enterprise supply chain movement, connecting teams across multiple companies to work in a seamless fashion," said Barnhart. "Their vision of what the supply chain can and should be, and the benefits for supply chain practitioners, make the company extremely well positioned for the future. The team at Nulogy is breaking new ground, and I'm excited to be part of it."
Barnhart holds a BSEE from the University of Evansville and an MBA from the University of Louisville. She is also an APICS-certified professional in Inventory and Production Management (CPIM), and is President of TwiSTEM, a non-profit organization that provides professional development, networking and outreach opportunities for women in STEM fields.
About Nulogy
Nulogy, a leading supplier of digital supply chain solutions, enables consumer brands and their supplier communities to collaborate on a multi-enterprise platform to deliver with excellence to an ever-changing consumer market. The Nulogy Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Network Platform optimizes contract manufacturing and co-packing operations, while empowering consumer brands and their external suppliers to accelerate network responsiveness and collaborate at the speed of today's market.
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STOCKHOLM , Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncopeptides AB (publ) (Nasdaq: ONCO) (Stockholm: ONCO), a biotech company focused on research and development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases, today announces that the company has received a research grant of 5 MSEK from Sweden's Innovation Agency, to develop preclinical proof of concept (PoC) for a novel synthetic small polypeptide for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The compound is a Natural Killer (NK) cell engaging immunotherapy, with superior tissue penetration and immune cell activation. The NK ENGAGE project has been qualified as a Eurostars program and will be driven by a research consortium including the department of Cancer Immunology at Oslo University Hospital, Norway, Pharmatest Services Ltd in Turku, Finland, and Oncopeptides, together with its collaborator the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, KTH, where the technology originally stems from.
"I am very proud and exhilarated that we have managed to attract world-leading expertise to our research consortium around NK-cell engagers," says Jakob Lindberg, CEO, Oncopeptides AB. "This grant makes it possible to further advance the NK Engage project, that is built on our proprietary technology platform for Small Polypeptide based Killer Engagers (SPiKE) and prepare this compound for clinical development."
"We are very excited about joining this consortium and believe that the SPiKEs have a great potential to boost NK cell targeting of multiple myeloma," says Fredrik Schjesvold, Head of Oslo Myeloma Center, Norway.
The project is supported by a research grant from Sweden's Innovation Agency. By project completion, the efficacy of the lead compound will be validated in a novel preclinical model. The data package generated in NK Engage, enables Oncopeptides to enter final preclinical studies including IND enabling studies, and subsequently start clinical development. Following a successful phase 1 trial, a strong data package will be generated to support further development of the candidate drug. The project is expected to start on October 1, 2022 and will continue for 36 months.
For further information, please contact:
Rolf Gulliksen, Global Head of Corporate Communications, Oncopeptides AB (publ)
E-post: rolf.gulliksen@oncopeptides.com
Mobile: + 46 70 262 96 28
About NK-ENGAGE research consortium
The Department of Cancer Immunology at Oslo University Hospital, Norway, Pharmatest Services Ltd in Turku, Finland, Oncopeptides and its collaborator the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden have formed a research consortium for the Eurostars project entitled Novel Synthetic Polypeptides for Natural Killer Cell-mediated Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma. The aim is to develop and provide preclinical proof of concept for a novel synthetic small polypeptide for NK cell-based immunotherapy as treatment for multiple myeloma which will be validated in a novel pre-clinical humanized model.
About Multiple Myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that originates in plasma cells, a type of white blood cells which produce antibodies to help fight infection, and cause cancer cells to accumulate in the bone marrow. Multiple Myeloma is the second most common hematologic malignancy, and accounts for approximately 1-2% of all new cancer cases, with a global incidence rate of 1.7 per 100,000 and an age-standardized incidence rate of 2.1-3.4 per 100,000 in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. An estimated 35,842 patients were diagnosed in the EU27 during 2020, with an estimated 23,275 deaths due to the disease (ECIS 2020).
Patients with multiple myeloma may have symptom-free periods, but the disease always relapses, and patients may become refractory to all available treatment options due to mutations and/or clonal evolution of the tumor cells. A growing subset of patients are triple-class refractory, and develop disease refractory to immunomodulatory drugs, proteasome inhibitors, and CD38- targeting monoclonal antibodies. These patients have a very short expected overall survival.
About Oncopeptides
Oncopeptides is a biotech company focused on research and development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases. The company uses its proprietary PDC platform to develop peptide-drug conjugated compounds that rapidly and selectively deliver cytotoxic agents into cancer cells. The first drug coming from the PDC platform, Pepaxto® (INN melphalan flufenamide), also called melflufen was granted accelerated approval in the U.S., on February 26, 2021, in combination with dexamethasone, for treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The Company voluntarily withdrew the drug on October 22, 2021, and then rescinded the withdrawal on January 21, 2022, based on comprehensive analyses of additional data. Due to regulatory hurdles the product is currently not marketed in the U.S. On August 18, 2022, the European Commission granted Pepaxti® (melphalan flufenamide) in combination with dexamethasone, marketing authorization in the European Union and countries in the European Economic Area, for the treatment of adult patients with triple class refractory multiple myeloma. Oncopeptides is developing several new compounds based on its technology platforms. The company is listed in the Mid Cap segment on Nasdaq Stockholm with the ticker ONCO. More information is available on www.oncopeptides.com.
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UPPSALA, Sweden, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orexo AB (publ.), (STO: ORX) (OTCQX: ORXOY) today announces the Integrated Healthcare System, Trinity Health in North Dakota, in partnership with Orexo, is expanding patient access to digital therapeutics. Trinity Health will now offer Orexo's evidence-based digital therapies vorvida® and deprexis® to help patients manage depression and excessive drinking.
During the last year, Orexo and Trinity Health have collaborated to establish new administrative processes and support systems to ensure effective patient access to these innovative digital therapies and reimbursement of the products through a collaborative care model. In preparation for the implementation, Orexo and Trinity Health have educated more than 50 healthcare professionals in the collaborative care model, where more traditional healthcare delivery methods are combined with Orexo's digital therapies. To ensure successful implementation, Orexo and Trinity Health have agreed on an extensive communication plan to patients in North Dakota and Eastern Montana.
Both vorvida® and deprexis® are based on cognitive behavioural therapy techniques that empower patients in their efforts to make behaviour and lifestyle changes. These digital therapeutics can be used privately and are available 24 hours a day, helping to reduce the stigma that is often associated with mental illness and substance use disorders (SUD) as well as making evidence-based psychosocial support accessible to a large group of patients.
Trinity Health serves over 25 counties and more than 200,000 people in North Dakota and Eastern Montana, many of whom live in remote areas. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), North Dakota has the highest prevalence of binge drinking in the US. CDC data also shows an estimated 25 percent of the adults in North Dakota, and 27 percent of adults in Montana, experienced symptoms of major depressive disorder in July 2022.
Nikolaj Sørensen, President and CEO, said: "I am very pleased to announce that Trinity Health has started to offer our innovative digital therapies, vorvida® and deprexis®, to help patients manage depression and excessive drinking. This milestone is the result of an extensive collaboration with Trinity Health and our shared ambition to be at the forefront in helping people suffering from mental illness and substance misuse. I look forward to continuing our partnership and supporting Trinity Health in becoming a frontrunner among US healthcare systems in making digital therapeutics accessible to patients."
The announcement from Trinity Health can be found at:
https://www.trinityhealth.org/trinity-health-partners-with-orexo-u-s-to-expand-patient-access-to-digital-therapeutics/
For further information, please contact:
Orexo AB (publ.)
Nikolaj Sørensen, President and CEO
Tel: +46 (0)18 780 88 00
Email: ir@orexo.com
Lena Wange, IR & Communications Director
Tel: +46 (0)18 780 88 00
Email: ir@orexo.com
About Orexo
Orexo develops improved pharmaceuticals and digital therapies addressing unmet needs within the growing space of substance use disorders and mental health. The products are commercialized by Orexo in the US or via partners worldwide. The main market today is the American market for buprenorphine/naloxone products, where Orexo commercializes its lead product ZUBSOLV® for treatment of opioid use disorder. Total net sales for 2021 amounted to SEK 565 million and the number of employees was 121. Orexo is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ORX) and is available as ADRs on OTCQX (ORXOY) in the US. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, where research and development activities are performed.
For more information about Orexo please visit www.orexo.com. You can also follow Orexo on Twitter, @orexoabpubl, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is a nonprofit, integrated healthcare system serving northwest and central North Dakota and eastern Montana. There is also a tertiary care hospital in Minot covering more than 40 specialties as well as several rural health clinics and a long-term care facility. Trinity provides a full complement of healthcare services to the region. Since 1922, Trinity has been committed to looking ahead and improving ourselves in ways that provide the best, most compassionate care possible for our patients, families and communities. For more information about Trinity Health please visit, www.trinityhealth.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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The world's leading DEI company brings a modern approach to preventing sexual harassment in the workplace
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm, the world's leading diversity, equity, and inclusion company, today announced a new harassment prevention training program with inclusion at its core. The online training is designed to foster workplaces where harassment is less likely to occur and empower people who witness or experience harassment to take action.
"For too long, organizations have treated harassment training as a check-the-box, compliance-only effort. That's a waste of time, and does nothing to address sexual harassment at work — something 26% of people in this country experience," said Paradigm co-founder and chief executive officer Joelle Emerson.
According to Emerson, most harassment compliance training is ineffective, because it focuses on teaching would-be harassers how to avoid egregious and illegal behavior. "Organizations shouldn't rely primarily on people who engage in harassment to create more inclusive environments. To prevent harassment, it's critical to equip everyone to foster anti-harassment cultures and to take action when problematic behavior happens. If people can learn to speak up even against subtle instances of bad behavior, more egregious forms of harassment are far less likely to happen. We've taken everything we've learned working with more than 1,000 companies on their DEI efforts to design a training that does just that."
Paradigm's sexual harassment training meets compliance requirements in all 50 states, but it doesn't stop there. It covers why inclusion is important, how harassment undermines inclusion and workplace safety, and a wider range of problematic harassment behaviors. It also considers that many people taking the course have experienced or witnessed different types of sexual harassment and avoids triggering, traumatizing scenarios. It equips every audience — bystanders, people who experience harassment, and people who perpetuate harassment — with the tools they need to take immediate action and prevent future harassment.
Paradigm's online harassment training is delivered through Reach, the company's blended learning platform. It is facilitated by DEI experts and an attorney and includes:
- Courses for individuals and supervisors that combine videos from experts, hypothetical scenarios, case studies, readings, and interactive elements.
- Compliance logs for organization's HR, DEI, and Legal teams, and completion certificates for learners. Courses meets sexual harassment training compliance guidelines in all 50 states.
- Access to a robust library of additional diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings.
Paradigm's Harassment Prevention training is immediately available. Contact us for more information and a tailored demo.
Paradigm has worked with more than 1,000 companies around the world to create more diverse, just, equitable, and inclusive organizations. Paradigm offers a full suite of DEI solutions that enable organizations to develop, implement, measure, and track their DEI efforts.
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LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally House is pleased to announce a new store in Liberty Township, just north of Cincinnati, OH. Rally House Liberty Center is ideal for fans, residents, and visitors just outside of the metropolitan area. Here, shoppers can browse an abundance of locally inspired apparel alongside team gear for various favorites like the Bengals, Reds, Buckeyes, and Bearcats.
Rally House was eager to sprout a new storefront north of Cincinnati, giving more fans access to all that the nationally recognized sports and merchandise retailer has to offer. "The great people of Liberty Township deserve to have somewhere they can count on for quality sports apparel and unique hometown gear," describes District Manager Teri Hauenschild. "And Rally House Liberty Center is excited to step into that role and provide a fun shopping experience for all the dedicated fans in the area!"
Rally House Liberty Center is stocked full of apparel and merchandise from the top brands. Visitors will get to shop stand-out products from their favorite vendors, like Nike, Adidas, New Era, and '47. There's also a wide variety of professional and collegiate teams available at this Rally House location, including the Cincinnati Bengals, Reds, Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Bearcats, Kentucky Wildcats, Dayton Flyers, and more.
Considering Cincinnati's vibrant culture and many attractions, Rally House Liberty Center offers a vast selection of local apparel featuring one-of-a-kind designs and area-specific themes. Customers can shop localized merchandise for Skyline Chili, the Cincinnati Zoo, Glier's Goetta, and other popular establishments.
The Rally House Liberty Center team aims for nothing less than outstanding customer service to ensure every visit is successful and enjoyable. There's also a broad assortment of products available online at www.rallyhouse.com, which can be shipped to all 50 states for maximum convenience.
The latest store news and updates can be found at www.rallyhouse.com/rally-house-liberty-center or by following Rally House Liberty Center on Facebook (@RallyLibertyCenter) and Instagram (@rallylibertycenter).
Rally House and Sampler Stores Inc. is a family-owned specialty boutique that offers a large selection of apparel, hats, gifts and home décor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS teams in addition to locally inspired apparel, gifts and food. Proudly based in Lenexa, Kansas, Rally House operates 125+ locations across 13 states.
Teri Hauenschild, District Manager
thauenschild@rallyhouse.com
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Leading Safety Gear Company Celebrates Everyday Heroes Who Protect Workers
RED WING, Minn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The skilled work of the trades builds the world around us, but without professionals who make safety their calling, this would not be possible. Safety professionals work relentlessly to keep employees free of risk and harm day after day. Workers and their families depend on them for their well-being and to protect them from accidents and even fatalities. Red Wing Shoe Company, which has outfitted workers with safety gear for over 117 years, is committed to honoring these professionals. Its "For Work That Moves The World" initiative shares the stories of safety professionals and their contribution to the operations and advancement of our nation.
"Safety professionals enable constant achievements in infrastructure and manufacturing, and this critical work that keeps the world moving isn't always recognized," said Tito Warren, president of global industrial sales and operations at Red Wing Shoe Company. "We want to celebrate these everyday heroes who work tirelessly to keep trades workers safe on the job. We would like to thank all safety professionals and encourage all companies, employees and their families to do the same."
"For Work That Moves the World" shares the stories of safety professionals like these who protect, defend and empower the work of the trades:
- Debra Hilmerson, president and CEO of Hilmerson Safety, who has devoted more than 30 years to the safety profession. From working as a crew member to growing as a safety professional to becoming a safety innovator and president of her own company that designs and manufactures construction safety products, her career was propelled by a coworker who sustained a jobsite injury.
- Quentin Johnson, regional safety manager for MP Nexlevel, an APi Group company, who believes all of life's best moments are made possible by safety. His work in utilities helps to connect America, and seeing his workplace safety incidents go down is one of the most rewarding parts of the job.
- Carina Sowinski, CSP, CHST senior safety manager for Mortenson, who has a passion for introducing the safety profession to young people, especially young women who might not know about opportunities to work in risk management and occupational health and safety.
Safety professionals are committed to sending workers home safely and championing organizations that embrace workplace safety as a company value, which has made a significant impact, including:
- 38.26 million lives protected
- Workplace incidents have declined by 75 percent during the last four decades
- 6 percent projected job growth in occupational health and safety through 2028
Red Wing Shoe Company is celebrating the safety heroes who make the world around us run. All safety professionals are invited to share their stories – from their own experience in the industry or about someone they've worked with who has made a difference in safety – for the chance to be featured as part of the "For Work That Moves The World" initiative. Workers can submit their stories for consideration here.
Red Wing Shoe Company Inc. is a global leader in the design, production and distribution of safety and lifestyle footwear and work apparel. Established in 1905 in Red Wing, Minn., the privately held company's family of brands includes Red Wing Shoes®, the premium choice for purpose-built work footwear, workwear and accessories. Its brands are distributed to more than 110 countries in an immersive multichannel environment of 500+ Red Wing retail stores, third-party partners and owned e-commerce platforms. Red Wing Shoe Company employs more than 2,000 employees worldwide and operates two U.S. manufacturing facilities in Red Wing, Minn. and Potosi, Mo. For more information, please visit redwingshoeco.com or follow @RedWingShoes.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half (NYSE: RHI) has again been named to the FORTUNE Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services™ list. This annual ranking is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 104,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the consulting and professional services industry. Protiviti, Robert Half's consulting subsidiary, is also included on the list.
Surveyed employees shared feedback about their organization's culture, including their sentiments on trust, respect, credibility, fairness, pride and camaraderie in their workplaces. Companies also provided demographic data and information about their culture; diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; innovation efforts; recruiting and training; benefits and recognition programs to demonstrate why they are a great workplace for all.
"At Robert Half, we are proud to foster an environment that values – above all else – integrity, inclusion, innovation and a commitment to success. What makes us a great place to work is our people, who live these values and contribute to our culture each day," said M. Keith Waddell, president and chief executive officer of Robert Half. "This recognition underscores our continued commitment to doing what's best for our employees and delivering on what matters most to them personally and professionally."
In the company's 2022 Great Place to Work® survey, 94% of employees at Robert Half said it's a great place to work, compared to just 57% at the typical U.S.-based company.
About Robert Half
Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm that connects people with meaningful work and provides clients with the talent and subject matter expertise they need to confidently compete and grow. Visit roberthalf.com and download the company's award-winning mobile app.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangel Capital ("Sangel" or the "Company"), a leading biotech and healthcare venture capital company based in China, has announced that Liu Mulong, Founding Partner with the Company, has been awarded as one of China's top early-stage investors of 2021 by the acclaimed ChinaVenture Awards. The accolade recognizes the Company's position as a leader in the venture capital community, whose forward-looking investment strategy and expertise in life sciences set a strong foundation for a series of highly-promising fledgling healthcare projects to grow into ground-breaking solutions.
"Our uniquely differentiated investment strategy has enabled us to find diamonds in the rough. We are one of a small number of local institutions in China with a solid track record of discovering and investing in early-stage bio-medicine, medical technology and medical device companies. The last 12 years have seen us investing in some of the most transformative, helping them to advance and deliver their disruptive medical breakthroughs to address unmet medical challenges," said Liu.
One of Sangel's most noteworthy recent successes include its leading investment in the seed funding round of Ascentawits Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on the development of anti-tumor drugs. As early as 2016, Sangel identified the company's unique technical strengths and long-term development potential underpinned by the founder Dr. Duan Jianxin's 20-year research experience in the tumor microenvironment and his potent product strategy.
"Sangel values innovation and the drug's affordability," Liu added. "Different from macromolecules, the new small molecule drug developed by Ascentawits based on the AKR1C3-enzyme-activated prodrug platform will greatly improve patient accessibility."
"Sangel is not an IPO chaser, but rather a persevering cultivator that plows and weeds the seeds. We believe an IPO is no longer the only criteria for successful investments in Biotech, particularly, after the second half of 2021, when a large number of preclinical Biotechs experienced a fall in their share price just after listing. Sangel burrows to the core to understand the true factors that drive future growth and empower those breakthrough projects that not only demonstrate their ability to achieve commercialization but also the possibility to retain their business value over the long-term," said Liu.
Yinyi Biotech is a good example. In 2017, Sangel predicted that Yinyi Biotech's drug-eluting balloon (DEB) was disruptive innovation at the forefront of medical research with the ability to capture the new market before they were launched. Benefiting from China's volume-based procurement scheme and "winner takes all" rules, according to Frost and Sullivan, sales of the company's Bingo® coronary drug delivery system were largely booming and ranked the top-selling product of its kind in China in 2021, successfully breaking the monopoly of other imported options. "Only the real market realization ability can support continuous positive stock price performance post-IPO," added Liu.
With long-termism embedded in its investment philosophy, Sangel has harnessed its industry know-how and market insights to help unleash the potential of numerous biotech companies which have emerged to be market winners. As the biotech sector is reaching a new inflection point, Sangel Capital is well-positioned to navigate through market uncertainties and translate high-potential early-stage innovations into next-generation medical solutions that can eventually create better returns for investors.
About Sangel Capital
Established in 2010, headquartered in Shenzhen with offices in Beijing, Suzhou, and Chicago, Sangel Capital is one of the first healthcare-focused venture capital firms in China that focuses on investing in innovative emerging-market enterprises in the life sciences sector. Led by a broad range of expertise, including entrepreneurs, scientists, industrial professionals and advisors, Sangel is now managing a series of RMB and USD funds, with an investment approach to discover well-researched, innovative projects with a focus on market potential, capacity for original innovation and core technological assets. Sangel's investment over 70 portfolios includes Huaheng Biotech (688639.SH), Sirnaomics Ltd (2257.HK), 3D-Medicines, InnerMed, Yinyi Biotech, Ascentawits Pharmaceuticals and Magpie Pharmaceuticals.
Contact: sangel@sangelvc.com
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One nursing educator will win an exclusive semester-long Sentinel U virtual clinical bundle for one class or cohort.
WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Simulation Week, which takes place from Sept. 12 to 16, celebrates the professionals who improve the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of healthcare delivery through virtual simulation. In line with this year's theme, "Excellence in a New Era," Sentinel U®, a leading provider of comprehensive web-based simulation education solutions for nurses and healthcare professionals, will host a digital scavenger hunt to give nurse educators a chance to win an exclusive semester-long Sentinel U virtual clinical bundle for one class or cohort.
From now through Sept. 14, nursing educators are invited to follow the clues for their chance to win. Winners may choose from a variety of Sentinel U products for their prize bundle, including Advanced Practice Series™, a new simulation series offering authentic virtual encounters for nurse practitioners, physician assistants/associates (PA) and medical students to hone their clinical judgement and decision-making skills; and ALIGN℠ Community Health Course Digital Teaching Resources, a digital program providing nurse educators with 16 weeks of content that complement any community health course curriculum, eliminating the need for physical textbooks.
"Virtual simulation is a critical component driving the future of healthcare education," said Vice President of Clinical Learning Resources at Sentinel U, Laura Gonzalez, Ph.D., APRN, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN. "During Healthcare Simulation Week, not only are we honoring simulation professionals for all they do, but we also are raising awareness to its importance by arming nursing educators with the latest products, which can easily be incorporated into their curricula."
Completed scavenger hunt entries must be received by midnight EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Winners will be announced on Sept. 16 at the culmination of Healthcare Simulation Week.
For more information or to register for participation, please visit https://explore.sentinelu.com/healthy-sim-week-2022/.
About Sentinel U®
Sentinel U® is a leading provider of health care simulations and learning innovations for nursing students and healthcare professionals. Its authentic virtual simulations and clinical experiences are the best practice in engaging learners in real-world scenarios to gain unparalleled clinical judgement and critical thinking experience. A division of American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences at Post University, Sentinel U is an industry leader in virtual simulation education for more than 130,000 learner experiences worldwide. To learn more about Sentinel U and its full portfolio of virtual simulation products, visit www.sentinelu.com.
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Financial Consultant Steve Sexton Shares His Best Practices to Combat Debt Accumulation
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to CNBC, the average American has over $90,000 in debt. Accumulating debt is not only a financial burden – it can be mentally and emotionally taxing as a borrower finds themselves trapped in debt because the high-interest charges keep piling on. Steve Sexton, financial consultant and CEO of Sexton Advisory Group, shares some practical tips to help better manage, stabilize, and avoid a debt trap.
- An emergency fund is essential. "Aside from budgeting and living within your means, having an emergency fund for unexpected expenses is one of the best ways to avoid going into debt in the first place," says Sexton. "Plan to have at least 6 months' worth of expenses saved in this fund, which can help you financially weather a temporary crisis and keep things running until the situation stabilizes."
- Consolidate various loans under a single one. "Taking on multiple loans at different interest rates beyond one's capacity to repay can be resolved by taking on a single loan,'' adds Sexton. "By doing so, the borrower can simplify their finances and no longer need to worry about remembering multiple repayment dates. This step can help the borrower better emerge from a debt trap."
- Leverage cash flow to prepay high-cost debt. "An important factor to streamline your repayments and avoid debt traps is to use a temporary inflow of funds to prepay debt with high-interest rates," says Sexton. "These include annual bonuses or capital gains on share sales which can be used to prepay personal, credit card, or auto loans. When loans with high-interest rates are repaid, you are effectively saving the extra amount that would otherwise have gone towards the higher interest charges."
Sexton is a California-based retirement planning professional with over two decades of experience in personal finance and retirement strategies. He specializes in retirement and investment planning, budgeting, debt management, asset protection, estate planning, and more. He is also the host of Saving with Steve, a personal finance podcast streaming on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts. For more information on Sexton Advisory Group, visit www.sextonadvisorygroup.com.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) unveiled the new look for its industry-leading Hydrogen Powered Switching Locomotive. This Zero Emission switching locomotive is moving forward and is slated to be completed on schedule. The California Energy Commission awarded $4,000,000 for the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive. The locomotive will prove the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell technology to reduce transportation air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
SERA is retiring an older tier 0 diesel locomotive and replacing it with a zero-emission switching locomotive using cutting-edge hydrogen technology. The project involves the integration of an advanced hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen storage, advanced battery, and systems control technologies to provide an alternative to less environmentally friendly diesel-powered locomotives. When built and demonstrated it will benefit the community with the improvement of local air quality, a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, noise, and odor, helping California to achieve the State's environmental goals.
SERA will provide additional information to the industry about its solution in the coming years as it builds, demonstrates, and validates the technology as it prepares to establish a platform for widespread commercialization in the immediate future.
"We are pleased to present this new look for the Sierra Northern Railway Zero Emission Hydrogen Switching Locomotive as we continue to refine our design and prepare to build and test the locomotive. This new look combines the future of hydrogen (dark blue) with California's green future (dark and light green) with Sierra's strong tradition of switching locomotives for the goods movement sector. We are more convicted today than ever that the Sierra Northern Railway Zero Emission Hydrogen Switching Locomotive will help ensure the switching locomotive industry will have a zero-emission solution in the near future," said Kennan H. Beard III, President of Sierra Northern Railway.
Sierra Northern Railway (SERA) the technical lead, partnering with GTI Energy as the formal applicant to the California Energy Commission. Other technical partners are Railpower Tech LLC, Optifuel Systems LLC, UC Riverside Center For Environmental Research and Technology, Velocity Strategies, Valley Vision, Ballard Power Systems, WHA International, Southern California Gas Company, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and The Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI).
Sierra Northern Railway (SERA): Sierra Northern Railway is the freight division of privately-owned, Sierra Railroad Company. Sierra Railroad Company is also the principal owner of Sierra Energy Corporation, which has developed a proprietary waste to clean hydrogen technology: FastOx® gasification. Sierra Northern Railway currently operates approximately 75 miles of track in Northern California and 30 miles in Southern California through the heart of a number of the Golden State's prime industrial areas, serving a wide variety of customers, and interchanging with both BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. http://sierranorthern.com
GTI Energy: GTI Energy is a leading research and training organization. Our trusted team works to scale impactful solutions that shape energy transitions by leveraging gases, liquids, infrastructure, and efficiency. We embrace systems thinking, open learning, and collaboration to develop, scale, and deploy the technologies needed for low-carbon, low-cost energy systems. www.gti.energy
- Railpower Tech LLC: https://railpowertech.business.site
- OptiFuel Systems: https://optifuelsystems.com
- UC Riverside, Center For Environmental Research and Technology: https://www.cert.ucr.edu
- Velocity Strategies: https://velocity-strategies.com
- Valley Vision: https://www.valleyvision.org
- Ballard Power Systems: https://www.ballard.com
- WHA International: https://wha-international.com
- SoCalGas: https://www.socalgas.com
- Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District: http://www.airquality.org
- Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI): https://www.lowcarbonlcri.com
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NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOULSHOP, the fastest-growing faith media and lifestyle startup, partnered with some of the biggest Christian creators on content and community initiatives for social media platforms and streamers.
By rapidly partnering with established and rising talent at the cross section of faith and culture, SOULSHOP is quickly becoming the hub for consumers and creators driven by faith.
SOULSHOP recently added several high-profile investors in the faith and culture space to their cap-table - including Lecrae, Warryn Campbell, Chris Wagner and Talia Bender-Small.
"We are building the next-gen community of faith. The communal aspects of faith have yet to adapt to how younger audiences engage with each other, with content, and with God. We're changing that by working with the platforms and talent these audiences already engage with and love, and bringing faith to the forefront of culture," said SOULSHOP CEO Dan Luxenberg. "We believe wholeheartedly that by taking this new approach to content, we're building a company for billions of people worldwide that will entertain and guide them towards their faith."
In addition to partnering with Jay Sage, Ariel Fitz Patrick and Wande, SOULSHOP has partnered with leading digital talent DJ Mykael V, Montana Tucker, Joe Navarro, Jordan & Darin Starks, Pastor Michael Fisher, artists Bryan Michael-Cox, Robert Glasper, and The Walls Group, and professional athletes chronicling their faith journeys.
The brand is growing exponentially and, according to Luxenberg, "not taking the low-hanging fruit. We're creating culture-defining content and experiences for our audience to grow with each other."
SOULSHOP provides a space for their community of creators and consumers to engage with each other, other creators, and SoulShop's content.
"Content is at the center of this ecosystem," Luxenberg emphasized. "We're making faith accessible and relatable for a digital native generation."
SOULSHOP is a content driven community rooted in faith and focused on engaging next-gen audiences with God, and with each other. By partnering with creators to produce and distribute dope and relevant faith-driven content, SOULSHOP seeks to inspire, educate and engage young audiences in their faith.
Follow along on Instagram or join the conversations on Discord.
CONTACT: hello@soulshopstudios.com
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The most comprehensive accounts payable automation integration for SAP Business Suite, SAP ECC, SAP R/3, and SAP S/4HANA.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stampli, the industry-leading Accounts Payable (AP) Automation software, today announces its enhanced enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrations for SAP Business Suite, SAP ECC, SAP R/3, and SAP S/4HANA.
The comprehensive integration means that mutual enterprise customers performing any manual invoice or payment process in SAP ERP – can now be optimized with Stampli's AP Automation software.
Stampli's integration with SAP ERP is seamless as the bi-directional sync pushes and pulls data in real-time to ensure both systems are one and the same, including:
- Purchase Orders (POs) & Receiving Information
- Vendor Lists, General Ledgers (GLs) & Cost Center
- Item Types & Custom Fields
- Invoice Data & Payment Data, and More
"We are thrilled to strengthen our SAP ERP partnership to enhance invoice and payment processes for enterprise businesses, helping them control and streamline AP, all the while maintaining their existing SAP ERP investment and maintaining SAP ERP as their source of truth," shared Eyal Feldman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder at Stampli. "Developing fully automated and deep integrations for SAP ERP with real-time PO and receiving data is one of the many things that differentiates Stampli from its competitors."
The Stampli AP Automation integration for SAP ERP is available. For more information on the integration or to schedule a demo, visit our website here.
Stampli currently has United States office locations in Mountain View, California, and Nashville, Tennessee, and internationally in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Kiev, Ukraine. Stampli was most recently recognized in G2's 2022 Best Software Awards for "Best Software Products," "Best Accounting & Finance Products," "Best Mid-Market Products," and "Highest Satisfaction Products." Stampli also earned recognition as "The Best AP Solution for 2022" in the FinTech Breakthrough Awards; named on the "Top Fintech Companies of 2021" list by CB Insights; designated one of the "Top 50 Most Promising Startups in Israel" by CTech; named "The Best AP Automation Company in the USA" from New World Report; earned top marks by Comparably for "Best Company Outlook," "Best Company Work-Life Balance," "Best CEO," "Best Company for Women," "Best Company for Diversity," and "Best Company Culture."
Stampli is a complete AP Automation platform that brings together accounts payable communications, documentation, corporate cards, and payments all in one place, allowing AP to have full control and visibility over corporate spending. By centering communications on top of the invoice itself, AP departments collaborate and communicate better with approvers, vendors, and anyone else involved with purchases, allowing approvals to happen 5x faster.
In addition, Stampli's AI, Billy the Bot, learns an organization's unique patterns to simplify GL-coding, automate approval notifications, identify duplicate invoices, and reduce time spent on manual data entry. Stampli's flexible platform fits seamlessly into any existing processes and integrates with financial systems, including NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, and more. For more information, visit www.stampli.com.
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Eric Healy and Jake Darley join Stratifyd's executive team to accelerate company growth and market position.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. , Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stratifyd – a leading customer experience analytics and insights platform – announced today that Toronto-based investment firm Georgian expanded its investment in the company leading a $10M Series B3 funding round. Georgian's most recent investment enables Stratifyd to accelerate its product roadmap, hire key personnel and expand its presence in emerging vertical markets.
To support Stratifyd's high-growth objectives, the company recently added Eric Healy and Jake Darley to its executive team, as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. Healy and Darley each bring decades of experience working across leading enterprise software, marketing and technology services organizations.
Healy joins Stratifyd from Aura, a General Catalyst and Warburg Pincus-backed cybersecurity organization, where he worked in both general management and sales leadership roles. Eric's prior experience includes a role as President & Board Member of HGGC-backed, MyWebGrocer. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Publicis-Groupe owned Rosetta, where he was charged with enhancing Rosetta's position as a leading customer engagement and services firm, resulting in placement as an AdAge A-List agency.
Darley joins Stratifyd from Qualtrics, where he most recently served as COO for North American Enterprise Sales within EmployeeXM. Darley also built and led the Global Deal Operations organization for Revenue Operations at Qualtrics; his responsibilities spanned Deal Desk, Prescriptive Pricing & Deal Strategy, RFI/RFP Proposal Development, ROI Analysis and Competitive Intelligence. Prior to Qualtrics, Darley was employed by enterprise work management leader, Adobe Workfront as both Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and Director of Finance.
In their respective roles, Healy will define and communicate a compelling vision and growth strategy for Stratifyd's business, allowing the company to capitalize on opportunities as a leader in the Customer Experience (CX) software space; Darley will focus on creating operational efficiencies and financial best practices required to accelerate Stratifyd's growth.
"Stratifyd is at a key phase in the company's growth and bringing in seasoned executives is critical to optimizing vertical expansion, customer satisfaction, and overall scalability," said Simon Chong, co-founder and lead investor at Georgian. "Eric and Jake are proven executives who have shaped growing companies into market leaders. We're confident that their leadership, combined with the appetite for Stratifyd's best-in-class products, will propel Stratifyd in the customer experience market."
"In an age of high customer churn rates, it's undeniable that improvements to the customer experience have a significant impact on business success; 84% of companies that focus on CX investments experience a corresponding increase in revenue," said Eric Healy, Stratifyd's Chief Executive Officer. "Stratifyd best-in-class products and solution provide data analytics and capabilities that drive improved customer experiences across myriad industries. I look forward to working with the Board and the entire Stratifyd team to not only accelerate our growth but our overall impact in this market."
Founded in 2015, Charlotte-based Stratifyd puts the power of data science into the hands of business users through its experience analytics and insights platform. The company's Smart AI™ experience and insights platform is designed to help today's businesses that lack the time and resources to quickly uncover insights and drive value from experience, operational, and behavioral data. Herein, Stratifyd's vendor-neutral approach connects experience, behavioral, and operational data to remove data blind spots, uncover prescriptive insights, and enable smarter decisions. Stratifyd is trusted by startups, enterprise, and Fortune 500 companies to improve experiences across channels, drive efficiencies, and increase employee and customer loyalty. To learn more about the company's no-code approach to AI, visit www.stratifyd.com.
Georgian invests in high growth companies across North America that harness the power of data and trust. Based in Toronto, Georgian's team brings together software entrepreneurs, machine learning experts, experienced operators and investment professionals. To learn more about Georgian, please contact info@georgian.io or visit us at www.georgian.io
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1982's Highest Grossing Horror Movie Returns to the Big Screen September 25, 26 AND 28 ONLY
DENVER, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: A typical family in a quiet California suburb faces a frightening ordeal when their home is invaded by malevolent spirits. Late one night, 10-year-old Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O'Rourke) hears a voice coming from inside the television set. At first, the spirits in the Freelings' home seem like playful children - but then they turn angry. When Carol Anne is pulled from this world into another by the poltergeists, Steve (Craig T. Nelson) and Diane Freeling (JoBeth Williams) turn to an exorcist (Zelda Rubinstein) to save Carol Anne.
This horror classic from director Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre films) and producer and screenwriter Steven Spielberg was nominated for three Academy Awards and was the highest grossing horror film of 1982.
This 40th anniversary event includes exclusive insights from Turner Classic Movies.
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WHO: Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros.
WHEN: September 25, 26 and 28 ONLY
WHERE: Tickets for the event can be purchased at www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. For a complete list of theater locations visit the Fathom Events website (theaters are subject to change). Please contact your local theater for individual safety precautions.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AVCT, NBEV, VERU, TELL, and KHC.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for IMRA, SIDU, PATH, CMCSA, and PINS.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for TWTR, COUP, AZN, GILD, and DASH.
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Grant recipients are Americans for Financial Reform, The Shareholder Commons, and UN Principles for Responsible Investment
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF), a donor collaborative committed to supporting public goods that are critical to the continued growth and fidelity of the impact investing market, today announced that it will award approximately $450,000 in grants to three organizations working to advance public policies related to the fiduciary duties of asset managers.
This round of Public Policy grants was specifically focused on funding projects that address how federal laws governing the fiduciary duties of asset managers can be clarified or strengthened to enable greater impact transparency and accountability in the capital markets. Asset manager fiduciary duty (AMFD) refers to the responsibilities that fund managers, investment advisers and other consultants have to their clients. It is a topic of growing interest within the impact investing industry and among policymakers, as evidenced by recent SEC proposals related to Fund Names and ESG Disclosures.
"Investors increasingly want to account for and manage the impact of their portfolios," said Fran Seegull, Executive Director of the TPF and President of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. "But the vast majority of investors rely on asset managers to execute their strategies. Clarifying and strengthening the fiduciary duties of asset managers around portfolio construction, shareholder engagement, and impact disclosure is a vital step towards growing the impact investing market with integrity."
In the United States and around the world, impact investors, regulators, and other stakeholders have been reexamining concepts of fiduciary duty and the related issue of what factors should be considered material to investor decision making. Concepts ranging from dynamic materiality to systemic risk to double materiality have been put forward to help markets more effectively account for positive and negative impact. This round of TPF's funding was undertaken against this landscape of work to shift understanding of fiduciary duty, and materiality, across financial markets and aims to support organizations doing new and catalytic work in this area.
"Each grant recipient brings a valuable perspective to the issue of reforming AMFD and how to build towards more expansive definitions of materiality," said Jessie Duncan, Program Officer at the TPF. "We hope that the projects and initiatives supported by these grants will result in tangible changes to fiduciary duty interpretations over time."
The grant recipients include:
- Americans for Financial Reform – Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) is a coalition with a mission of "fighting to eliminate inequity and systemic racism in the financial system, in service of a just and sustainable economy." With funding from the TPF, AFR will engage the SEC and Congress on regulatory changes and legislation that would reform AMFD to include consideration of impact factors in investment and stewardship decisions
- The Shareholder Commons – The Shareholder Commons (TSC) is a nonprofit advocate for shareholders, working toward a business environment that prioritizes environmental and social systems over individual company profits. With funding from the TPF, TSC will engage with SEC regulatory proposals and relevant shareholder resolutions to expand AMFD to include consideration of systemic risk factors.
- UN Principles for Responsible Investment – The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a network of investors and financial institutions committed to incorporating ESG issues into investment practices. With funding from the TPF and by engaging their global network of signatories, the PRI will work on developing and promoting policy recommendations to advance the consideration of "real world" impact in fiduciary duties.
The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF) is a donor collaborative vehicle developed with the mission of creating and supporting public goods that are critical to the continued growth and fidelity of the impact investing market. The TPF was launched in December 2019 with the support of philanthropic capital, which has been used to develop the infrastructure that is needed to mobilize more private capital for impact. TPF's funding has built on existing field building efforts by prioritizing the areas that are chronically underfunded, are best suited for collective action and require additional support beyond that provided by individual grantmakers. Learn more at www.tpfii.org.
The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance (Alliance) is dedicated to building the impact investing ecosystem by bridging market gaps and addressing shared challenges. The Alliance's long-term vision is to place measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial return and risk at the center of every investment decision. Learn more at www.impinvalliance.org.
CONTACT: Dmitriy Ioselevich, 17 Communications , dmitriy@17c.org
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Successful trial results could lead to a broad rollout beginning in 2023
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced that Toppan, a diversified global provider driving digital transformation solutions, is using Vuzix smart glasses in its RemoPick system, which is currently being trialed at a 7-11 store in Iizuna, Japan.
RemoPick is a next-generation service that enables smoother communication by connecting remote locations in real time. The video and audio sent from the dedicated application on a transmitting terminal, such as smart glasses, are displayed on the web browser of the viewing terminal. By touching the screen on the viewer side, the image with a pointer is shared back to the sender, so it is possible to accurately indicate the selection desired. By using smart glasses, workers can also intuitively receive instructions while keeping both hands free. The solution can be used in various use case scenarios such as remote support, technology learning, and, in this trial, live commerce.
The RemoPick trial was conducted at the 7-11 store in June and July. The customer at home uses a mobile device to see a real-time video feed from glasses worn by a clerk. The customer gives instructions and communicates by tapping items on the screen or talking via a voice chat function, and products selected are subsequently delivered to their home. The store took orders once a week, with 13 people in their 60s or above taking advantage of the service in the first two weeks. Customer feedback to date has been very positive and if a second test beginning in September also proves successful, 2023 could see the launch of a full-scale service.
"We are excited to be a part of Toppan's innovative project to address social issues in Japan. With a steadily aging population, a diverse geography and persistent COVID challenges, there is a tremendous need throughout the country for a remote shopping solution such as RemoPick," said Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix. "There are over 50,000 convenience stores in Japan and some are located in mountainous or remote areas, so we believe the commencement of a rollout of this solution next year can represent a considerable smart glasses opportunity for Vuzix."
About Toppan
Established in Tokyo in 1900, Toppan is a leading and diversified global provider committed to delivering sustainable, integrated solutions in fields including printing, communications, security, packaging, décor materials, electronics, and digital transformation. Toppan's global team of more than 50,000 employees offers optimal solutions enabled by industry-leading expertise and technologies to address the diverse challenges of every business sector and society and contribute to the achievement of shared sustainability goals. For more information, visit https://www.toppan.com/en/ or follow Toppan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/toppan/.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 252 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2022 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.
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Certain statements contained in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward looking statements contained in this release relate to Vuzix Smart Glasses, our business relationship and future opportunities with Toppan and its customers, and among other things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses and AR display industry. They are generally identified by words such as "believes," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "should" and similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company's beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The Company's actual results could differ materially due to risk factors and other items described in more detail in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Reports and MD&A filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Canadian securities regulators (copies of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). Subsequent events and developments may cause these forward-looking statements to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise these forward-looking statements as a result of changed events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release, except as required by applicable law.
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BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qynapse Inc., a medical technology company with a commercialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered neuroimaging analysis platform for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, is pleased to announce a collaborative project with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to examine effects of COVID-19 on vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH).
Covid-19 has infected over 540 million people and contributed to more than 6.32 million deaths globally. As a multisystemic disease, neurological symptoms have been observed to different extents including strokes, headaches, seizures, anosmia and dysgeusia. However, the association between COVID-19 and cognitive impairment remains poorly understood.
To investigate this topic, the University of Miami is recruiting 250 patients who will undergo deep phenotyping through the acquisition of clinical, neuropsychological, MRI, and biological data with a 24 month follow-up visit. Qynapse's AI-solution QyScore®, an FDA-approved software providing automatic segmentation and quantification of regional brain and white matter hyperintensities volumes will be deployed in this study to generate rapid, precise and objective MRI brain imaging analysis.
"We hope to leverage Qynapse's advanced AI tool to enhance the quality of the study's brain imaging analysis and to facilitate the discovery of new insights about COVID-19's potential impacts on vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia." said James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Neurology and Principal Investigator of the study.
Bringing artificial intelligence to additional CNS research, Qynapse, Dr. Galvin, and the University of Miami have signed another agreement in 2021 for two studies in dementia and Parkinson's Disease. The first is a Multicultural Community Dementia Screening study enrolling 500 individuals analysed with Qynapse's MRI, amyloid, and tau PET neuroimaging platform and the second to investigate neuroantomical correlates of Parkinson's Disease Dementia,which is funded through the Michael J Fox foundation.
"Prof. Galvin and his team are leading such important work across this trilogy of devastating diseases and we are very excited to bring our AI and advanced neuroimaging solutions to provide quantifiable insights into these conditions that impact so many lives", said Elizabeth Gordon, Ph.D., Scientific Director at Qynapse.
About Qynapse
Qynapse Inc. is a medical technology company commercializing an AI-powered and proprietary neuroimaging software platform, creating the potential for earlier clinical precision on the frontlines of CNS disease.
Qynapse's flagship solution, QyScore®, FDA-Cleared, adds the potential for more precise and objective brain scan analysis. Qynapse's predictive AI technology, QyPredict®, available for research-use-only, has the potential to predict disease trajectory and improve targeted patient selection in clinical trials.
Qynapse is headquartered in France, in the US and in Canada.
Find more on Qynapse's solutons at: https://qynapse.com/
Contact: Ruizhe Huang - rhuang@qynapse.com
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CAMARILLO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VGrid Energy Systems, Inc. announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The product, Persist™ Biochar, is now able to display a unique USDA label that highlights its percentage of biobased content.
Third-party verification for a product's biobased content is administered through the USDA BioPreferred Program, an initiative created by the 2002 Farm Bill (and recently reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Bill). One of the goals of the BioPreferred Program is to increase the development, purchase and use of biobased products.
The USDA Certified Biobased Product label displays a product's biobased content, which is the portion of a product that comes from a renewable source, such as plant, animal, marine, or forestry feedstocks. Utilizing renewable, biobased materials displaces the need for non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals. Biobased products, through petroleum displacement, have played an increasingly important role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that exacerbate global climate change.
"With the USDA BioPreferred Program product label, VGrid can further demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of our Persist™ premium biochar," said Greg Campbell, CEO at VGrid Energy Systems. "Created from pistachio shells, a biowaste that would otherwise end up in the landfill, our premium biochar is helping homeowners, golf course superintendents, vineyard managers and many others use less water, generate long-term soil health and, ultimately, reverse climate change."
Biobased products are cost-comparative, readily available, and perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts.
"We applaud VGrid Energy Systems for earning the USDA Certified Biobased Product label," said Vernell Thompson, USDA BioPreferred Program. "Products from VGrid Energy Systems are contributing to an ever-expanding marketplace that adds value to renewable agriculture commodities, creates jobs in rural communities, and decreases our reliance on petroleum."
According to a report that USDA released in July 2019, biobased products contributed $459 billion to the U.S. economy in 2016 (a 17% increase from 2014) and support, directly and indirectly, 4.6 million jobs. The report's research team estimates the reduction of fossil fuels and associated GHG emissions from biobased products equivalent to approximately 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) prevented as of 2016.
The increased production of renewable chemicals and biobased products contributes to the development and expansion of the U.S. bioeconomy – where society looks to agriculture for sustainable sources of fuel, energy, chemicals, and products.
About VGrid Energy Systems, Inc:
VGrid Energy Systems, Inc. focuses on innovative solution in renewable energy, carbon negativity and organic plant growth. The company started by delivering breakthrough technology to farmers and homeowners in its home state of California and it continues to expand its efforts across the country through strategic partnerships. VGrid is engaged in the research, development and prototyping of complex electromechanical systems with ongoing testing and refinement. With its Persist products, biochar and Bioservers, VGrid continues to provide ways for homeowners, businesses and large corporations to strive towards reversing climate change and creating a healthier environment.
About the USDA BioPreferred Program and Certified Biobased Product label
The BioPreferred Program is a USDA-led initiative that assists the development and expansion of markets for biobased products. The BioPreferred Program is transforming the marketplace for biobased products through two initiatives: mandatory purchasing requirements for Federal Agencies and Federal contractors and voluntary product certification and labeling.
Biobased products span a diverse range of applications, such as lubricants, cleaning products, chemicals and bioplastics. The USDA Certified Biobased Product label communicates a product's biobased content. Expressed as a percentage, biobased content is the ratio of non-fossil organic carbon (new organic carbon) to total organic carbon in a product. New organic carbon is derived from recently created materials. The total organic carbon in a product consists of new organic carbon and old organic carbon that originates from fossil carbon materials, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas. More than 3,500 products have earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product label. To learn more about the USDA Certified Biobased Product label please visit www.biopreferred.gov, and follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BioPreferred.
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VGrid Energy Systems, Inc.
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USDA BioPreferred® Program
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VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Watercrest Senior Living Group proudly announces Marsha Sottung as Executive Director of Watercrest Richmond Assisted Living and Memory Care in Moseley, Virginia. Watercrest Richmond is currently under construction and preparing to welcome residents this fall to the 98-unit luxury senior living community.
Sottung realized her passion for the senior living industry at an early age, becoming the youngest assisted living administrator in the state of New York at the age of 21. For the past thirty years, she has focused on serving seniors with dignity and respect in her various roles as a certified nursing aide, operations director, and regional manager. As Executive Director of Watercrest Richmond, Sottung brings a wealth of experience alongside her certifications as a Certified Dementia Practitioner, Assisted Living Preceptor, and Assisted Living Administrator.
"Marsha passionately cares for seniors with a servant heart and commitment to excellence in all aspects of her role as a leader, mentor, confidante, and team builder," says Marc Vorkapich, principal and CEO of Watercrest Senior Living Group. "We look forward to her continued growth and success within our Watercrest family."
Watercrest Richmond will be a signature Watercrest product offering 76 assisted living and 22 memory care apartments with resort-style amenities and exceptional care. The architecture and design will boast a stunning fountain and promenade, art studio with gallery, music room, fireplace, multiple dining venues, theater, salon and spa, and the charming atmosphere of Bogey's Cigar and Scotch lounge. Watercrest Richmond is conveniently located at 5250 Grandin Avenue in Moseley. For information or to schedule a tour, contact the community at 804-294-3508.
Watercrest principals, Marc Vorkapich, CEO and Joan Williams, CFO, are setting new standards of quality for seniors and their families in the development of upscale senior living communities from South Florida to Virginia. This is the first senior living development project partnered between Watercrest and Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II.
HMC is an investment management firm focusing on alternative assets, with approximately $8.0 billion in Regulatory Assets under Management as of November 30, 2021. A privately owned firm founded in 1993, HMC serves foundations, endowments, fund of funds, pension funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, family offices, and high net worth individuals across multiple asset classes. For additional information about HMC, visit www.harbert.net.
Watercrest Senior Living Group was founded to honor our mothers and fathers, aspiring to become a beacon for quality in senior living by surpassing standards of care, service and associate training. Watercrest communities are recognized for their luxury aesthetic, exceptional amenities, world-class care, and innovative memory care programming offering unparalleled service to seniors living with Alzheimer's and dementia. A certified Great Place to Work, Watercrest specializes in the development and operations of assisted living and memory care communities and the growth of servant leaders. For information, visit www.watercrestseniorliving.com
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WOODINVILLE, Wash., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This month, Woodinville Whiskey will release its Special Limited Release Woodinville Moscatel Finished Straight Bourbon in 23 markets (MSRP $99.99 per bottle). At the time of its distillery-only release last fall, the Woodinville 2021 Harvest Release was the first Moscatel Finished Straight Bourbon in the American Whiskey category. The whiskey was introduced exclusively at the Distillery Tasting Room in Washington state last September.
Woodinville Moscatel Finished Straight Bourbon is Woodinville's fully mature, Flagship Straight Bourbon Whiskey transferred into 10-year-old, 200-gallon Moscatel de Setúbal barrels for "finishing". Moscatel de Setúbal is a rare, fortified wine produced on the Setúbal Peninsula of Portugal, a region known for its ideal climate for producing these wines. This "finishing" process adds notes of dried apricot and orange peel, with a honey and toffee sweetness. Candied nuts and a hint of fennel greet you for a lingering finish.
As the 2021 Washington state Harvest Release, Woodinville Moscatel Finished Straight Bourbon was named one of the "Best New American Double-Barrel Whiskies of 2021" by Nicolas Stecher in Maxim. For Uproxx's "Best Bourbon Whiskey Blind Taste Test" in February, Zach Johnston of Uproxx wrote, "Tasting Notes: There's a mix of chocolate powder, apricots, and orange that's tempered by five spice and a hint of wet reeds. Sweet and floral honey opens the palate up to Almond Roca (gotcha!) and peach pits. Ripe plums with more of those wet reeds drive the finish towards soft leather, more stone fruit, and a slightly spicy tobacco chew. My Guess: This is a Woodinville bourbon… that Almond Roca flavor note is very Seattle and gives it away instantly."
Woodinville's online Product Locator will assist in locating bottles of this Special Limited Release: https://www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com/product-locator/ .
Woodinville Whiskey Company (www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com) is a craft distillery founded by two longtime friends and residents of the Woodinville area, Orlin Sorensen and Brett Carlile under the mentorship of an industry icon, the late David Pickerell, former Master Distiller for Maker's Mark. Woodinville is Washington state's largest craft distillery, handcrafting all of its products from 100% locally sourced grains from the Omlin Family Farm in Quincy, Washington.
Their single farm, flagship products, Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and Woodinville Straight 100% Rye Whiskey were both awarded "Craft Whiskey of the Year" in their respective categories by the American Distilling Institute in 2016 and 2017, a national competition with over 500 spirits entries from around the country. In March of 2020, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition also gave the competition's highest honors to Woodinville's Flagship Bourbon Whiskey with a Double Gold medal and the title of "Best Straight Bourbon Whiskey of 2020". In addition, it performed incredibly in Fred Minnick's "Pappy vs. the Field" blind tasting and Minnick also named it "Best Bourbon Outside Kentucky" in 2019. Last year Forbes reported that Woodinville "may just be the best craft whiskey in America." And in May, Woodinville Flagship Straight 100% Rye Whiskey earned Double Platinum honors in the American Spirits Council of Tasters 2022 ASCOT Awards.
In 2017 Woodinville joined Moët Hennessy, the wine and spirits division of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), the world's leading luxury goods company, with Orlin and Brett still at the helm. Woodinville Whiskey is available in Washington state, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, DC metro, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. The state-of-the-art distillery and tasting room in Woodinville, completed in 2014, is home to exclusive new launches like its annual Harvest Release in the fall. Private tours led by a distiller are available, when scheduled in advance. The distillery is open 7 days a week. Woodinville PR: Kat Spellman, (206)755-2341, spellman@woodinvillewhiskeyco.com.
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Fukai's 20-Plus Years of Experience to Guide WTIA Member Companies Through Dynamic Policy Landscape
SEATTLE, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a robust, equity-centered technology sector that empowers thriving communities, today announced the appointment of Kelly Fukai as the Vice President of Government and Community Affairs. A seasoned professional with more than 20 years of experience, Fukai is the member trade organization's leading subject matter expert on policy formation and will oversee all aspects of government and community affairs.
Fukai's priorities include legislative advocacy, electoral politics and regulatory issues. Her team will facilitate policy coordination among the US Blockchain Coalition sponsored by WTIA as well as continuing the integration of the recent sea.citi acquisition to bolster WTIA community affairs programs.
"Kelly has a history of learning complex policy topics and also brings a rich background in community outreach," said Michael Schutzler, WTIA CEO. "Her experience and skills will clearly strengthen our position as a partner in advocacy work, and she embodies our core values of diversity, entrepreneurial spirit, servant leadership and radical transparency. We are lucky to have her join our team."
Fukai most recently served as the Manager of Public and External Affairs at the Spokane International Airport. As the representative of the airport, she managed relationships with local, regional, state and federal policymakers, government entities, trade organizations and other community organizations.
Her impressive career in the private sector includes more than four years at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and more than 16 years at the energy company Avista. She has a history of volunteer and community work that includes the Washington State Transportation Commission, Washington State University Spokane Advisory Board, College Success Foundation, MultiCare Inland Northwest Foundation, Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, Tree of Sharing, Spokane County United Way and Meals on Wheels.
"Joining WTIA presents a unique opportunity to drive diversity, equity and inclusion forward in the technology sector while guiding the industry's public policy engagement," said Fukai. "Working with our member organizations, government officials, and community leaders to advocate and promote good public policy which reflects the needs of the industry and the community at large will ensure our state remains the leader in technology innovation."
About WTIA
Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) is a consortium that includes a not-for-profit member trade association, a not-for-profit tech apprenticeship intermediary (Apprenti), and a for profit corporation providing business services (HRBI). The organization's mission is to foster a robust, equity-centered technology sector that empowers thriving communities. We recruit technology companies and allies that view diversity as a competitive advantage, value collaboration as essential to sustainable growth, and fully embrace the opportunity to partner with and empower the communities in which we operate.
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New-construction hotel in Plano, Tex. is the first ground break for the extended-stay brand with 72 hotels in the development pipeline
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,000 hotels across 95+ countries, celebrates today the first groundbreaking of its new extended-stay brand, in Plano, Texas. The all new-construction brand, operating under the working title "Project ECHO" is seeing great momentum with 72 hotels in the development pipeline as of the end of the second quarter.
"This is a milestone moment for Wyndham, as we break ground on our first hotel under this innovative, extended-stay hotel brand," said Geoff Ballotti, president and chief executive officer, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "Demand for extended-stay accommodations continues to surge as interest continues to grow among both guests and developers. As the nation's leader in economy and midscale hotel accommodations, this is the ideal time to introduce a cost-friendly and all new-construction brand, starting with this important and growing Texas market."
Conveniently located just a few miles from Dallas along the southeast corner of Highway 121 and Rasor Boulevard in Plano, this first groundbreaking for the new extended-stay hotel brand is close to the city's nearby shopping, dining, and outdoor offerings. Named "one of the happiest places in the country," Plano offers incredible nature preserves and a variety of arts and cultural activities. The hotel is owned by Gulf Coast Hotel Management and is expected to open in the second half of 2023.
"This new development will offer a modern, extended-stay product with all the conveniences of home for both leisure and business travelers visiting north Texas," said Ian McClure, chief executive officer, Gulf Coast Hotel Management. "We were attracted to Wyndham for this project due to their expertise, and how this new brand is custom-designed with the developer in mind."
The purpose-built, 124-room Project ECHO prototype requires just under two acres of land, has a highly competitive cost per key, and features multiple characteristics that intentionally separate it from traditional economy brands. Coming in at just over 50,000 square-feet—nearly 74 percent of which is rentable—individual rooms average 300 square-feet. The rooms consist of single- and two-queen studio suites with kitchenettes as well as efficiently-designed public spaces—a lobby, fitness center and guest laundry—that help to limit labor needs.
For more information, including development opportunities, visit www.projectecho.wyndhamhotels.com.
About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world's largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with approximately 9,000 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of approximately 819,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 22 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. The Company's award-winning Wyndham Rewards® loyalty program offers over 95 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally. For more information, visit www.wyndhamhotels.com.
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The red hot real estate market we’ve seen here in Texas over the past few years may finally be cooling off. After a boom during the peak of the pandemic era, complete with bidding wars and huge price increases, homes now appear to be remaining on the market longer. Prices are no longer rising like they have been, and some places are even selling price cuts as sellers try to attract buyers in the shifting market.
Adam Perdue, research economist for Texas A&M University’s Texas Real Estate Research Center, spoke with the Texas Standard about what’s driving the trends, and what we can expect to see moving forward. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below.
This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity:
Texas Standard: The Texas housing market, at least by some measures, appears to be cooling. But what do the numbers tell us? What does the market actually look like statewide right now?
Adam Perdue: The market is definitely cooling from the overheating that we’ve seen in the last couple of years. The rate of price increase is moderating year over year. And we have started to see some kind of monthly price falls in the last month or two. And then also fewer houses are selling.
Well, now, of course, a lot of that increase in home prices seems to be fueled by the large number of folks migrating to Texas, especially from other states. I think California was getting a lot of attention for that in particular. Has anything about that dynamic changed?
Well, actually, migration to Texas has been kind of a long-term trend. Austin may have hit kind of a limit on building, and so that’s why they saw oversized price increases relative to the rest of the state. The real impetus for the price increases over the last two years was the Fed – the Federal Reserve cutting rates to keep us out of a recession in 2020.
Well, of course, that has reversed. And I suppose people are looking much more closely at, how much the long term costs are of buying a house right now?
Yes. Now that we’ve recovered our employment levels and our economy seems to be overheating to some extent, we’re starting to see significant inflation, which the Fed is going to try to control by raising rates. And that increase in rates, and inflation in and of itself, has increased mortgage rates that everybody’s going to have to pay on their houses. Which basically means that nobody can afford as high of a price as they could have two years ago.
How much of a factor is it that we’re seeing more and more houses being built? New construction has certainly picked up in recent months.
Well, that’s actually going to be a factor. So new construction kind of responded, even back in 2020, in permitting and starts. But they’ve been undergoing the same kind of supply constraints that you’ve heard about in the rest of the economy – having a hard time getting windows and faucets and that kind of knickknacks that we need to complete a house. And so that has been significantly backlogged. And that is going to help ease pricing as those units finally finish their construction as supply constraints ease.
Well, as we move toward, say, 2025 – I know that’s rather long term – but what’s your calculation about trends. Should we expect these trends to continue?
Here at the data center, our forecast for housing price increases over the next few years is definitely a significant moderation from the rates that we’ve gotten used to on a year over year basis. As of right now, we’re still talking 10 to 15% year over year price increases. And so we still expect that to moderate at least back to what we typically would expect. Normal price appreciation year over year was about 2 or 3, maybe 5% depending on the year and the metro. And so we definitely expect to fall back to that kind of price appreciation and even lower because just with the new supply and the mortgage rates should slow us down a little bit over what’s normal. And so the basic prediction here at the center is that we think price appreciation for the next few years on a year over year basis should fall to zero, or slightly positive or slightly negative. | https://www.keranews.org/business-economy/2022-09-07/is-texas-housing-market-finally-cooling-down | 2022-09-07T17:06:41Z |
When the Texas Legislature legalized hemp in 2019, state Sen. Charles Perry called hemp “the hot crop” — a drought-resistant lifeline for farmers.
It got by the Senate and the House with unanimous votes. It had the backing of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.
“Allowing the Texas Department of Agriculture to create an industrial hemp program here in Texas will give Texas farmers an exciting new opportunity to thrive — and that’s something everyone should get behind,” Miller told The Texas Tribune then. “It is all about Texas farmers and ranchers and seeing them prosper.”
But since its legalization, farmers have lost interest in hemp, especially the kind grown for fiber and grain to make clothes, textiles and paper. Those who invested have yet to see returns and say hemp, like other crops, is struggling across the state during one of the driest years on record. Farmers across Texas are having to cut their losses by abandoning failing crops to save valuable resources. And with so much at stake, some farmers aren’t willing to risk investing in hemp.
“The interest is not there with farmers,” said Kyle Bingham, the president of the Texas Hemp Growers Association. “They do not want to waste time, money, land or anything on hemp right now.”
And as hemp production struggles to take off, farmers are still straining to make profits, hitting rural communities that depend greatly on the agriculture industry.
Without water
This year’s drought was the first serious weather test for Texas’ emerging hemp industry. And by all measures, hemp planted in Texas soil hasn’t been able to withstand the extreme conditions.
“To say this is a drought-tolerant crop is not accurate,” said Bingham, who grows industrial hemp along with grapes on his Meadow farm, southwest of Lubbock. “We can grow dryland cotton on a year like this when you never have any success with the dryland hemp crop.”
The state is seeing its driest year since 2011, with more than 76% of Texas facing drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. It’s had devastating impacts on Texas farmers who are reporting the worst crop losses in the country — yields are down 68%, according to a summer American Farm Bureau Federation survey.
Drought can stunt the growth of crops because less water and soil moisture are available — and hemp is no different.
Farmers saw industrial hemp fail because the soil hardened in the dry heat. Hemp can also be grown for cannabidiol or CBD, in which case it is grown in greenhouses and needs even larger amounts of water than industrial hemp.
“In that first growing season in 2020, a lot of our farmers, especially the ones growing outdoors, are the ones who noticed how much water it really took for these plants to really thrive,” said Ilissa Nolan, the executive director of Texas Hemp Coalition. “Especially when this is the type of plant that’s grown more so in the summer months where it’s just ridiculously hot in our state.”
In Dripping Springs in Hays County, Aaron Owens sees his farm get on average about 36 inches of rainfall each year. This year, rainfall has been infrequent, with only 4.5 inches of rainfall as of late August.
Farmers plow the land to ready it for sowing. But plowing in a dry field where the soil is rock-hard is difficult. Owens waited to plant the crop until later in the season, and when he did, he learned that the crop needed a lot more water than previous years.
“A lot of the guys I know couldn’t even believe that we got it plowed because they thought it was going to be too rock-hard to break up,” said Owens, who — unlike most — grows hemp outdoors for CBD. “But we did and it worked out.”
For hemp grown for CBD and for fiber, optimum daytime high temperature for production is 70 degrees to 80 degrees, Calvin Trostle, the statewide AgriLife hemp specialist said. But temperatures across the state this summer broke record highs and were often in the triple digits, compounding conditions that led to low crop yields.
When asked about the claims that hemp was drought resistant, Nolan, with the Texas Hemp Coalition, laughed. The characterization of hemp as drought resistant was based on trials in Kentucky and Colorado, she said — states with very different climates.
Texas is another ballgame.
Farmers looked to hemp as “a lifeline”
The U.S. Congress passed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, legalizing hemp at the federal level as long as it did not contain more than 0.3% of tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive element in marijuana known as THC.
The following year, the Texas Legislature followed suit, creating a pathway for the production of hemp and hemp-derived extracts like CBD oil with less than 0.3% of THC. The bill gave the state primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp.
But it wasn’t just about regulation — advocates envisioned a booming hemp industry in Texas. At one hearing, the House Agriculture and Livestock Committee heard testimony about out-of-state success: In Kentucky, a hemp pilot program was paid $3,000 to $5,000 for an acre of hemp.
“I personally believe Texas will become a leader in this arena since it’s already a big agriculture-producing state to begin with. Farmers have been looking to this bill as a lifeline to save their family farms,” Lisa Pittman, an attorney specializing in cannabis law, said.
The agriculture industry had been facing an economic downturn. Even cotton — a crop long seen as a strength in Texas agriculture — was struggling. The legalization of hemp was welcomed as a possible solution to the downturn and even an alternative to cotton.
Waning interest in the crop
Hemp licenses are down, according to industry experts. The state agency responsible for tracking that data did not respond by publication to multiple requests from The Texas Tribune.
The challenges of extreme weather conditions were among the reality checks that have hit the few farmers who have planted the crop.
The legalization of hemp was accompanied by an influx of hemp growers eager to cash in on the new crop. But the demand couldn’t keep up with a gold rush mentality — and Texans were flailing to find buyers after they harvested the crop.
“It resulted in an oversupply crisis, it cratered the price of hemp flower and CBD, and that left a lot of 2018, 2019, 2020 farmers with inventories they weren’t able to sell,” said Jody McGinness, the executive director of the Hemp Industries Association.
And there still isn’t a clear market for hemp in Texas. Farmers are finding little to no established processing facilities or consistent buyers looking for Texas-grown fiber or grain. Many retailers are still sourcing their fiber and grain internationally to get the goods at a better price point, said Leah Lakstins, who works with hemp retailers and farmers to develop Texas hemp businesses.
And as the hemp industry sees setbacks in its infancy stages, fewer farmers are willing to invest their limited resources in the crop. The 2019 state bill legalizing hemp in Texas was supposed to be a win for farmers, but the farmers are now only a slice of the industry. The majority of people in the hemp industry are not farming as their primary source of income and are growing hemp for CBD, according to a USDA survey.
“The farmers have been doing this for a long time and they just recognize that this is too volatile of a market for us to make sense to continue working in,” said Bingham, the farmer growing industrial hemp in Meadow.
Despite all of this, leaders in the hemp industry maintain optimism that the crop can take off so long as farmers regain interest in industrial hemp and introduce it into their row crop rotations. Farmers can work with hemp’s genetics to better tolerate drought conditions, for example.
But with licenses down, the industry must build an appetite for the crop in a fragile industry in which taking a risk with hemp has already hurt many farmers.
“We need to find a way for farmers to be confident and have absolute surety that they’re going to be able to make a profit that they can rely on,” McGinness said.
Bingham said time is running out for the hemp industry. Hemp production has “promise and potential” in Texas, he said, but the industry has about two years to build a market for hemp before farmers bow out altogether.
“If we don’t do it right, we will squander this opportunity,” Bingham said. “And if we ever try to come back and rebuild this, it will be so much more difficult to build the industry.” | https://www.keranews.org/environment-nature/2022-09-07/hemp-was-supposed-to-save-texas-farmers-during-a-drought | 2022-09-07T17:06:47Z |
Bidens to welcome Obamas for White House portrait reveal
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved Washington tradition that for decades managed to transcend partisan politics.
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are set to revive that ritual — after an awkward and anomalous gap in the Trump years — when they host the Obamas on Wednesday for the big reveal of their portraits in front of scores of friends, family and staff.
The Obama paintings will not look like any in the White House portrait collection to which they will be added. They were America’s first Black president and first lady.
The ceremony will also mark Michelle Obama’s first visit to the White House since Obama’s presidency ended in January 2017, and only the second visit for Barack Obama. He was at the White House in April to mark the 12th anniversary of the health care law he signed in 2010.
Portrait ceremonies often give past presidents an opportunity to showcase their comedic timing.
“I am pleased that my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the White House collection. It now starts and ends with a George W,” Bush quipped at his ceremony in 2012.
Bill Clinton joked in 2004 that “most of the time, till you get your picture hung like this, the only artists that draw you are cartoonists.”
Recent tradition, no matter the party affiliation, has had the current president genially hosting his immediate predecessor for the unveiling — as Clinton did for George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush did for Clinton and Obama did for the younger Bush.
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
Two spokespeople for Trump did not respond to emailed requests for comment on the lack of a ceremony for Obama, and whether artists are working on portraits of Trump and former first lady Melania Trump.
The White House portrait collection starts with George Washington, America’s first president. Congress bought his portrait.
Other portraits of early presidents and first ladies often came to the White House as gifts. Since the 1960s, the White House Historical Association has paid for most of the paintings.
The first portraits financed by the association were of Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, and John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, said Stewart McLaurin, president of the private, nonprofit organization established by first lady Kennedy.
Before presidents and first ladies leave office, the association explains the portrait process. The former president and first lady choose the artist or artists, and offer guidance on how they want to be portrayed.
“It really involves how that president and first lady see themselves,” McLaurin said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The collection includes an iconic, full-length portrait of Washington that adorns the East Room. It is the only item still in the White House that was in the executive mansion in November 1800 when John Adams and Abigail Adams became the first president and first lady to live in the White House.
Years later, first lady Dolley Madison saved Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington from almost certain ruin. She had White House staff take it out of the city before advancing British forces burned the mansion in 1814. The painting was held in storage until the White House was rebuilt.
President and first lady portraits are seen by millions of White House visitors, though not all are on display. Some are undergoing conservation or are in storage.
Those that are on display line hallways and rooms in public areas of the mansion, such as the Ground Floor and its Vermeil and China Rooms, and the State Floor one level above, which has the famous Green, Blue and Red Rooms, the East Room and State Dining Room.
Portraits of Mamie Eisenhower, Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Lou Henry Hoover grace the Vermeil Room, along with a full-length image of Jacqueline Kennedy. Michelle Obama’s portrait likely will join Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush along the Ground Floor hallway.
The State Floor hallway one floor above features recent presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Gerald Ford’s portrait and the likeness of Richard Nixon — the only president to resign from office — are on view on the Grand Staircase leading to the private living quarters on the second floor.
Past presidents’ images move around the White House, depending on their standing with the current occupants. Ronald Reagan, for example, moved Thomas Jefferson and Harry S. Truman out of the Cabinet Room and swapped in Dwight Eisenhower and Calvin Coolidge.
In the Clinton era, portraits of Richard Nixon and Reagan, idols of the Republican Party, lost their showcase spot in the Grand Foyer and were replaced with pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Truman, heroes of the Democrats. Nancy Reagan temporarily moved Eleanor Roosevelt to a place of prominence in the East Room in 1984 to mark the centennial of her birth.
One of the most prominent spots for a portrait is above the mantle in the State Dining Room, and it has been occupied for decades by a painting of a seated Abraham Lincoln, hand supporting his chin. It was placed there by Franklin Roosevelt.
Bill Clinton’s and George W. Bush’s portraits hang on opposing walls in the Grand Foyer.
Clinton’s would be relocated to make room for Barack Obama’s if the White House sticks to tradition and keeps the two most recent Oval Office occupants there, McLaurin said.
“That’s up to the White House, to the curators,” he said.
The association, which is funded through private donations and the sale of books and an annual White House Christmas ornament, keeps the portrait price well below market value because of the “extraordinary honor” an artist derives from having “their work of art hanging perpetually in the White House,” McLaurin said.
Details about the Obamas’ portraits will stay under wraps until Wednesday.
Biden will be the rare president to host a former boss for the unveiling; he was Obama’s vice president. George H.W. Bush, who held Ronald Reagan’s ceremony, was Reagan’s No. 2.
Betty Monkman, a former White House curator, said during a 2017 podcast for the White House Historical Association that the ceremony is a “statement of generosity” by the president and first lady. “It’s a very warm, lovely moment.”
The White House portraits are one of two sets of portraits of presidents and first ladies. The National Portrait Gallery, a Smithsonian museum, maintains its own collection and those portraits are unveiled before the White House pair. The Obamas’ unveiled their museum portraits in February 2018.
Linda St. Thomas, chief spokesperson for the Smithsonian Institution, said in an email that a $650,000 donation in July from Save America, Trump’s political action committee, was earmarked for the couple’s museum portraits. Two artists have been commissioned, one for each painting, and work has begun, St. Thomas said.
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Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report.
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Man gets life in prison for raping 3 underage sisters, impregnating 2 of them
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) – A Cleveland man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to raping three underage sisters and impregnating two of them.
The girls were ages 10, 12 and 13 at the time of the rapes between June 2020 and August 2021, according to a news release from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley.
Tyrone Hughley, 37, was sentenced to life in prison with eligibility of parole after 60 years, the release said. He will also be listed as a Tier III Sex Offender and will have to register as such every 90 days for the rest of his life.
The investigation began when the 10-year-old girl was brought to a doctor by her grandmother and was found to be pregnant, the release said. The 13-year-old girl was also found to be pregnant.
Investigations led by the Cleveland Division of Police’s Sex Crimes Unit found all three sisters had been raped at their home, and fetal DNA from both pregnant sisters was “a 99.9999999% match” with Hughley, the release said.
Hughley was arrested on Nov. 17, according to court dockets. He was given a $100,000 bond.
Hughley pleaded guilty to three counts of rape Monday, the press release said, and received his sentencing Tuesday.
“Few crimes reach the level of depravity as the ones committed by Tyrone Hughley. He sexually assaulted three siblings and impregnated (them),” O’Malley said in a comment. “He has earned every day of his minimum 60-year sentence. I pray this family and these girls heal from this unimaginable trauma.”
Officials did not clarify how Hughley knew the girls.
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WHO: COVID cases drop everywhere, but pandemic not over
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere in the world last week by about 12%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday.
The U.N. health agency reported that there were just under 4.2 million new infections last week and about 13,700 deaths - a 5% drop.
“This is very encouraging, but there is no guarantee these trends will persist,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press briefing. “The most dangerous thing is to assume (that) they will,” he said. He added that even though the number of weekly reported deaths has plummeted more than 80% since February, one person still dies with COVID-19 every 44 seconds and that most of those deaths are avoidable.
In its pandemic report, WHO said COVID-19 deaths dropped in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East, but increased in Africa, the Americas and the Western Pacific.
Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, noted that the virus has not yet settled into a seasonal pattern and that its continued evolution will require constant surveillance and possible tweaks to diagnostics, treatments and vaccines.
Scientists warn the coronavirus will linger far into the future, partly because it is getting better and better at getting around immunity from vaccination and past infection. Experts point to emerging research that suggests the latest omicron variant gaining ground in the U.S. — BA.4.6, which was responsible for around 8% of new U.S. infections last week — appears to be even better at evading the immune system than the dominant BA.5.
In China, authorities this week locked down 65 million of its citizens under tough COVID-19 restrictions and is discouraging domestic travel during upcoming national holidays.
Across the country, 33 cities including seven provincial capitals are under full or partial lockdown covering more than 65 million people, according to a tally published late Sunday by the Chinese business magazine Caixin.
It said that outbreaks have been reported in 103 cities, the highest since the early days of the pandemic in early 2020.
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17-year-old charged in fentanyl overdose death of 15-year-old girl, deputies say
SEMMES, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) – A 17-year-old is facing charges in the overdose death of a 15-year-old girl in Alabama, according to officials.
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said Adrianna Taylor was found dead at a home in Semmes last Wednesday, likely due to a fentanyl overdose.
On Tuesday, the sheriff’s office announced the arrest of a 17-year-old, who is being charged with manslaughter and distribution of a controlled substance.
The 17-year-old’s name is not being released at this time due to being a minor.
According to Chief Deputy Paul Burch, investigators learned that Taylor likely ingested pills that were laced with fentanyl.
Burch said he anticipates more arrests will be made in the case.
“In certain instances, they can face murder charges. It may be manslaughter because you’re knowingly selling something that could lead to the death of a person,” Burch said. “We do anticipate a number of charges on a number of people.”
Taylor was a student at Mary G. Montgomery High School, just a few weeks shy of her 16th birthday.
WALA reached out to Taylor’s family, who did not want to comment.
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1988 cold case solved after killer identified through DNA test from family
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - Authorities in Georgia have solved a cold case from 1988 after they used newly-uncovered genetic evidence to find out who was responsible.
They believe it may be the first time that DNA technology identified both the victim and the killer in a single cold case, WGCL reports.
Stacey Chahorski was just 19 years old when she was killed. Her body was found along the highway in Dade County, not far from the Alabama-Georgia border.
For the last 33 years, investigators didn’t know much more about the case, including the identities of both her and her killer.
Decades later, Chahorski’s family finally got some answers in the form of new genealogy DNA testing. The technology is used to positively identify a person’s DNA.
“We are standing here today, almost 34 years later, to say we have finally identified Stacey Chahorski’s killer,” Ken Farley, FBI Atlanta special agent in charge, said.
Police said the killer has been identified as Hank Wise. Investigators said they matched a living family member’s DNA to his.
Wise was a trucker whose route crossed through the Southeast and whose DNA was also found at the scene. He had a criminal history in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, according to WGCL.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation are glad they persisted. The GBI special agent in charge, Joe Montgomery, said he talked to the victim’s mother to tell her they’ve identified her daughter’s killer.
“She, of course, was upset,” he said. “But she was very thankful to everybody that I mentioned and was just overwhelmed.”
Investigators said Wise is no longer alive and that he died in a fiery vehicle accident in 1999.
But now, at least, the family has some peace that their daughter’s killer is no longer roaming free.
“Let this serve as a warning to every murderer, rapist, and violent offender out there,” Farley said. “The FBI and our partners will not give up. It may take years or even decades, but we continually seek justice for victims and their families.”
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Mysterious object spotted flying low over several states
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) – An unusual object flew over Tucson Wednesday morning, leaving many people questioning what they saw.
According to KOLD, the first object was seen around 5:20 a.m.
As seen in the University of Arizona Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences webcam, it appears to be flying to the west or northwest at a relatively low altitude.
After the object goes out of view, another is seen descending at the extreme left of the camera’s view.
According to WFIE, the same objects were seen over areas of Kentucky as well.
Meteorologist Arden Gregory said they were likely SpaceX Starlink Satellites that were visible for a few minutes.
“A neat sight for sure, but nothing to be worried about,” Gregory said.
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Sheriff’s deputy sought in connection with 2 fatal shootings in California
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 1:25 PM EDT|Updated: 26 minutes ago
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they are seeking a northern California sheriff’s deputy the in connection with the slaying of two people early Wednesday morning.
He remains at-large hours after the bloodshed.
Law enforcement officials say they are searching for Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. He is considered to be armed and dangerous.
Williams allegedly shot the pair in Dublin, California, early Wednesday morning and drove away.
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alabama Power Company today announced that it issued a notice of redemption for 5.00% Class A Preferred Stock, Cumulative, Par Value $1 Per Share (Stated Capital $25 Per Share) CUSIP No. 010392462 (NYSE: ALP PR Q) (the "5.00% Preferred Stock").
The redemption date for the 5.00% Preferred Stock will be October 14, 2022. The redemption price per share for the 5.00% Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be equal to $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends of $0.045 per share.
Regular dividends on the 5.00% Preferred Stock being redeemed are payable October 1, 2022, to each holder of record on September 16, 2022. No dividends on the 5.00% Preferred Stock being redeemed will accrue on or after the redemption date, nor will any interest accrue on amounts held to pay the redemption price.
Questions relating to, and requests for copies of the notice of, this redemption should be directed to EQ Shareowner Services at 800-468-9716.
About Alabama Power
Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to 1.5 million customers across the state. Learn more at www.alabamapower.com.
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SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autonomous Medical Devices, Inc. (AMDI) announced today the certification of its Quality Management System to ISO 13485:2016 by Intertek. This certification is an important milestone, particularly as the Company prepares for commercialization of its first rapid, point-of-care diagnostics platform.
"We are proud to receive this ISO certification. At AMDI, Quality is built into every process and embraced by every employee," said Aiying Sun, VP Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs.
ISO 13485:2016 specifies requirements for an organization's Quality Management System to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer needs and applicable regulatory requirements.
"The ISO certification is an important recognition of AMDI's commitment to develop and manufacture high quality diagnostic products using our breakthrough technology," explained David Okrongly, CEO of AMDI.
Autonomous Medical Devices Incorporated (AMDI) is an early-stage, California company focused on developing and manufacturing Autolabs and their associated test discs for human clinical diagnostics. Each of AMDI's Autolabs are small, portable point-of-care diagnostics devices using breakthrough microfluidics, hardware, and data/cloud connectivity to deliver lab quality results in <15 minutes. AMDI has built a world class, multi-disciplinary team of engineers, scientists, clinicians, and database experts and will launch its first Research Use Only (RUO) products in 2023 from its 110,000 square foot facility in Santa Ana, CA.
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2022 honors marks Androvett's 10th consecutive year named to the prestigious list
DALLAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 10th consecutive year, Androvett Legal Media & Marketing has been named among the best public relations and marketing firms in the annual "Best of" survey by the readers of Texas Lawyer magazine.
Androvett earned a clean sweep in 2022, securing the top PR and marketing firm spot in each of the three legal markets – Dallas, Houston and Austin – surveyed by Texas Lawyer. Among the top PR and marketing firms every year since the survey was introduced, Androvett was inducted into the "Best of" Hall of Fame in 2016 based upon its long-term consistency in Dallas and Houston. This year marks the first No. 1 ranking for the Austin office, which opened in 2021.
"Strategic media planning and execution is critical in this day and age," said firm founder and CEO, Mike Androvett. "I am so proud of our team and the quality of work we are able to produce every day, and thankful to the legal community for the recognition and endorsement."
Androvett is one of the few full-service agencies in the country that offers specific PR, marketing and digital expertise to lawyers and law firms, as well as to professional service firms and others in the business community.
"We recognize that strategic and intentional communications are key to solving many business challenges," said Chief Operating Officer Scott Parks. "Our team represents a wide variety of experience and expertise, which allows us to help clients own their messaging and ultimately build their business."
Texas Lawyer 's "Best Of" survey was developed to help legal industry professionals identify the finest legal products and service providers and to showcase their top picks in one annual edition. Each year, the editors of Texas Lawyer survey members of the legal community to identify the top companies across a range of businesses that support the industry. Visit https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/best-of/ to learn more.
Androvett Legal Media & Marketing is an award-winning, full-service marketing and public relations agency with unparalleled experience serving the communications needs of businesses and organizations across the U.S. Now in its 27th year, Androvett has offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin. For a complete listing of agency services, visit www.androvett.com.
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Award-Winning Faith-Based Homeschool Curriculum Available to Floridians Through
Family Empowerment Scholarships
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AOP, the leading provider of PreK-12 Christian curriculum, educational resources, and services to Christian schools and homeschool families worldwide, has launched a partnership with Step Up For Students and its MyScholarShop online marketplace to provide access to Christian homeschool curricula to families across Florida through its Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities.
"Partnering with Step Up For Student's MyScholarShop allows us to provide a top-notch homeschool education with no out-of-pocket expense to Florida families who want to prepare their children for the future by promoting academic excellence and Christian values," said Brian Lambert, Vice President of Retail Partnerships at AOP. "Faith-based learning with AOP allows families a full and rigorous at-home educational experience, aligned to the Florida State standard, with both print and digital curriculum options."
With the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities, families can explore AOP's homeschool options online and enroll students with no out-of-pocket expense to parents.
AOP's roster of homeschool curricula provides the flexibility, customization, rigor, and data-rich learning essential to student achievement. Homeschooling curriculum formats include:
- Monarch:
An online homeschool curriculum available by subscription for grades 3-12 that features automatic grading, complete customization, 24/7 availability, and more.
- LIFEPAC:
Designed by a team of accomplished Christian educators, the LIFEPAC K-12 homeschool curriculum is mastery-based to ensure comprehension. Students must master content in each unit before progressing to the next concept.
- Horizons:
Brightly illustrated, engaging workbook-based curriculum for PreK-Grade 12 homeschool students filled with consumable lessons and hands-on activities that uses a spiral learning method to help students master core concepts.
The Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA) was signed into law on May 11, 2021, and became Florida's sixth K-12 education choice scholarship program since 1999. For the 2021-22 school year, the FES-UA funded 25,155 students.
Step Up For Students is a nonprofit organization that administers Florida's education choice scholarship programs: the income-based Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options to attend private schools; the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities; the Hope Scholarship for students who have been bullied in public schools; and the New Worlds Reading Scholarship Accounts for public school students in K-5 who struggle with reading. Step Up has awarded more than 1 million scholarships since 2002. For more information, visit www.StepUpForStudents.org.
Founded in 1977, AOP is a leading provider of PreK-12 Christian curriculum, educational resources, and services to Christian schools and homeschool families worldwide. AOP follows its mission every day by creating and providing quality Christian educational materials to thousands of students through curriculum, support services, and an accredited online academy. More information about AOP is available at www.aop.com.
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NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Baha Mar, the Caribbean's leading integrated luxury resort of choice located in Nassau, The Bahamas, presents the full lineup of events taking place at The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival at Baha Mar on October 21-23, 2022. Headlined by internationally renowned chefs including Marcus Samuelsson of Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House, Daniel Boulud of Café Boulud, and Dario Cecchini of Carna, along with The Current's Creative Arts Director John Cox, the action-packed, three-day event is the first of its kind in the Caribbean. The weekend's events include intimate chef experiences and interactive cooking demos, compelling artistic exhibitions and workshops, guest chef and artist appearances, exclusive activations, live performances and more.
The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival kicks off Friday, October 21 with an exclusive sunset welcome for the festival's weekend pass holders. Sundown & Sips will feature a specially curated menu from chef Marcus Samuelsson, with appearances by the weekend's celebrated chef personalities. Guests are then invited to attend the Welcome Beach Party at Baha Bay Lagoon, where they will enjoy a fish-fry inspired celebration featuring island infused fare matched with tropical drinks, co-hosted and curated by Marcus, celebrity chef Carla Hall, and Bahamian chef personality Simeon Hall Jr. topped with a spectacular live performance from legendary R&B group Boyz II Men.
The weekend continues with an all-encompassing two-day Expo Saturday and Sunday, where guests can partake in live entertainment and Bahamian hospitality with onstage chef demos from top talent including Carla Hall, Ming Tsai, Tevin Kemp, and more. The Expo will feature artist talks surrounding the topics of the history of Bahamian art, and contemporary art in the Caribbean from John Cox, Bahamian artist Antonius Roberts and gallerist Amanda Coulson. An art exhibition, titled "Defying Tropicality," will be featured at the Festival's Expo curated by Baha Mar's very own Gallery and Art Center- The Current, which was curated through an open call into the Bahamian art community to create original works reflecting the exhibition's theme.
The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival is thrilled to launch ECCHO (Expressive Collaborations & Creative House of Opportunities), Baha Mar's newest on-site exhibition, as part of the resort's in-house art programming. The grand opening will take place on Thursday, October 20, including the premiere exhibition for two 11 Strong artists – Dede Brown and Kachelle Knowles, as well as a permanent exhibition titled "Hard Mouth" by famed American artist Shepard Fairey. A portion of proceeds from the sales of works by Fairey will benefit the Baha Mar Foundation and its efforts in The Bahamas. ECCHO was created in partnership with The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
For a more up-close and personal festival experience, Baha Mar's headlining chefs and artist personalities will each be hosting unique, intimate events on Saturday, October 22 where festivalgoers can choose their own adventure from a variety of activities happening throughout the resort. These experiences include:
- Sea To Table with Marcus Samuelsson and Simeon Hall Jr. featuring a Catamaran cruise followed by lunch at Marcus' Fish+ Chop House.
- Bouillabaisse & Rosé with Daniel Boulud at the exclusive NEXUS club, featuring a reception-style event with light bites and rosé, followed by a Bouillabaisse demo highlighting Bahamian ingredients.
- Perfect Pairings with Dario Cecchini and Ray Isle showcasing master butchery knowledge at Carna paired with exclusive wine tastings from Food & Wine's Executive Wine Editor.
- The Chef Next Door with Amanda Freitag a hands-on cooking class at Baha Mar's The Kitchen featuring original recipes from Amanda, followed by lunch on the patio.
- Flavors of Mexico with Margarita Carrillo and Juan Meza at Costa, highlighting a delicious taste and exploration of the bold flavors of their home nation, Mexico in an intimate lunch setting.
- Behind the Scenes with John Cox an exclusive look with artist and curator John Cox where he will guide guests through the Fairwinds Exhibition and share stories of the inspiration, process, and cultural significance of key pieces within the resort's historied collection.
Saturday's Grand Dine-Around introduces a special dinner series where guests will have the opportunity to choose one of four specially prepared dinners by the festival's participating chefs at Baha Mar's most coveted restaurants. Marcus Samuelsson will welcome guests to his signature Marcus Up Top with Chef Garrette Bowe; Chef Ming Tsai and Daniel Boulud will welcome diners to his signature restaurant, Café Boulud; Dario Cecchini and Amanda Freitag will host a dinner at contemporary steakhouse Carna, and Simeon Hall Jr., Carla Hall, Margarita Carrillo and Juan Meza will host a dinner at Mexican inspired restaurant Costa. Following dinner, all guests are invited to Desserts After Dark at Privilege Pool, which will feature bites from local Bahamian chefs, special cocktails, passed sweets and custom dessert stations.
The weekend will conclude with a one-of-a-kind, exclusive Long Cay Luncheon on Baha Mar's private island. On Sunday, October 23, guests will be whisked away to the lush island hideaway of Long Cay, where they will spend a relaxing day on pristine sands enjoying live music, with all of the festival's honored chefs, and a special menu courtesy of Daniel Boulud and Marcus Samuelsson.
The full calendar of events includes:
Friday, October 21
- 6-7pm: Sundown & Sips hosted by Marcus Samuelsson at Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House
- 7-10pm: Welcome Beach Party co-hosted by Marcus Samuelsson, Simeon Hall Jr. and Carla Hall at Baha Bay Lagoon
Saturday, October 22
- 10:30am-2:00pm: Sea to Table with Marcus Samuelsson and Simeon Hall Jr.
- 11am-1pm: Behind the Scenes with John Cox hosted by artist and curator John Cox at the Fairwinds Exhibition
- 11am-5pm: The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival Expo at Baha Bay Lawn
- 12-2pm: Bouillabaisse & Rosé with Daniel Boulud at NEXUS
- 12-2pm: Perfect Pairings with Dario Cecchini and Ray Isle at Carna
- 11:30am-1:30pm: The Chef Next Door with Amanda Freitag at The Kitchen
- 12-2pm: Flavors of Mexico with Margarita Carrillo and Juan Meza at Costa
- 7-11pm: Grand Dine-Around
Sunday, October 23
- 10:30am-2pm: Long Cay Luncheon co-hosted by Marcus Samuelsson and Daniel Boulud at Long Cay Island
- 11am-5pm: The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival Expo at Baha Bay Lawn
Tickets for the event are now on sale at bahamar.com/bahamas-culinary-arts-festival/ and are priced upon experience, ranging from $79 to $499 per person. Guests can enjoy The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival at Baha Mar in spectacular fashion with the all-inclusive Festival Weekend Pass priced at $499. The Festival Weekend Pass includes a premium welcome gift upon check-in, entry to The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Expo on Saturday and Sunday, and early access to some of the most exclusive, intimate guest chef experiences, as well as admission to the Sundown & Sips party, Welcome Beach Party, and Grand Dine-Around.
For further information about the event, please visit bahamar.com/bahamas-culinary-arts-festival/ for full details on featured chefs and culinary concepts, event specifics, art exhibitions, and a link for easy ticket purchase.
About Baha Mar
Baha Mar is a master planned integrated resort development situated on 1,000 acres overlooking the world's famous Cable Beach. The white sand beach destination includes three global brand operators – Grand Hyatt, SLS, and Rosewood – over 2,300 rooms and more than 45 restaurants and lounges, the largest casino in the Caribbean, a state-of-the-art convention center, Royal Blue Golf Course, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature course, a brand new $200 million Baha Bay luxury water park, the Caribbean's first and only flagship ESPA spa, and over 30 luxury retail outlets. Baha Mar is a breathtaking location with dynamic programming, activities, and guest offerings in one of the most beautiful places in the world – The Bahamas. For more information and reservations, visit www.bahamar.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a developer of advanced livestock waste treatment technology that dramatically reduces environmental impacts and recovers valuable resources, announced today that Craig Scott, Bion's Director of Communications will present at the 24th Annual H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference. The conference is being held September 12-14, 2022, at the Lotte New York Palace.
Mr. Scott will be available for one-on-one meetings. To register for the conference or to request a meeting with Mr. Scott, click here: https://hcwevents.com/annualconference/
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About Bion: Bion's patented third generation technology was designed to largely mitigate the environmental impacts of large-scale livestock production and deliver a USDA-certified sustainable product to the consumer. The platform simultaneously recovers low carbon organic fertilizer coproducts, renewable energy, and clean water from the waste stream. Bion's 3G Tech platform can create a pathway to economic and environmental sustainability with 'win-win' benefits for at least a premium sector of the $175 billion U.S. livestock industry and the consumer. For more information, see Bion's website at https://bionenviro.com.
This material includes forward-looking statements based on management's current reasonable business expectations. In this document, the words 'will', 'can', and similar expressions identify certain forward-looking statements. These statements are made in reliance on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Section 27A of the Securities act of 1933, as amended. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing materially from expected outcomes.
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Leading senior living company celebrated for its people-first culture
BALTIMORE, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work® and PEOPLE magazine have honored Brightview Senior Living as one of the 2022 PEOPLE Companies that Care®. This is Brightview Senior Living's second time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at number 81. In addition, Brightview is the only senior living company on the list for two years running.
"We are honored once again to be named to this competitive, selective list of caring companies," stated Doug Dollenberg, President of Brightview Senior Living. "A culture of caring for our associates, residents, families, and the broader community is deeply embedded within the Brightview mission. It is so rewarding to hear from our associates that they feel truly respected and embraced at work, and we are energized to continue building on our successes as a people-first organization."
The Companies that Care award is based on over one million employee survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million U.S. employees. In that survey, 89% of Brightview's associates said Brightview is a great place to work, compared to 57% at the average U.S. company.
Great Place to Work, the authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization. Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are judged on how well they create a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is.
This award follows accolades from 2021: Brightview was the only senior living company in the country to make the PEOPLE Magazine list; Brightview also ranked as the #1 Best Workplace in Aging Services three years in a row and was named as one of the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2021.
For more information about Brightview Senior Living, their communities and career opportunities, visit their website.
About Brightview Senior Living: Brightview Senior Living builds, owns, and operates award-winning vibrant senior living communities in eight states along the East Coast: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. We offer senior Independent Living, Assisted Living, Enhanced Care, and Wellspring Village®, a specialized neighborhood for people living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Each Brightview Senior Living community focuses on five elements of wellness called SPICE: Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Cultural, and Emotional. Amenities and programs encourage active senior living communities and development in these areas, keeping residents active and healthy.
About the PEOPLE Companies that Care®
Great Place to Work selected the PEOPLE Companies that Care by gathering and analyzing over 1 million confidential survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million U.S. employees at Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey. Read the full methodology.
To get on this list next year, start here.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, it has surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Its employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything it does is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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The new varieties will be available in nationwide retailers beginning in September
PHOENIX, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Café Valley®, leading ready-to-eat bakery brand, is expanding its line of 16-ounce Decadent Swirled Bundt Cakes with Tiramisu, Pumpkin Latte and Salted Caramel flavor varieties that will be available in grocers nationwide beginning this month.
"We are thrilled to announce the addition of these new decadent cakes to our existing lineup and our team has spent a significant amount of time experimenting with new flavor combinations to ensure the product captures the flavor and taste consumers are craving," said Brian Owens, chief executive officer of Café Valley. "Our new Swirled Bundt Cakes are pleasing to the eye and the taste buds. As consumers slice into and try each new cake, they will experience our unique flavor swirl and one-of-a-kind taste created by premium ingredients."
The flavor and product profiles of Café Valley's newest Decadent Swirled Bundt Cakes include:
- Tiramisu: A combination of rich, dreamy and light, the Tiramisu Swirl Bundt Cake features coffee espresso and mascarpone cream-rum-flavored batters with a luscious, coffee glaze. It's topped with white and dark chocolate chips, and mocha accent icing.
- Pumpkin Latte: The ultimate dessert for a potluck, the Pumpkin Latte Swirl Bundt Cake includes pumpkin spice espresso and milk latte batters with a toffee mocha glaze, and caramel accent icing.
- Salted Caramel: The Salted Caramel Bundt Cake blissfully combines light and dark caramel batters to form an unforgettable treat topped with creamy dark caramel, white chocolate chips, caramel accent icing, and coarse sugar-salt dusting.
Café Valley's lineup of 16-ounce Decadent Swirled Bundt Cakes also includes:
- Triple Citrus Swirl: A refreshing flavor to enjoy on a sunny spring day, the Triple Citrus Swirl Bundt Cake features mandarin orange, key lime, and lemon batters with a rich yellow glaze. It's topped with white chocolate chips and orange accent icing.
- Chocolate Espresso Swirl: Perfect for your next family gathering or dinner party, the Chocolate Espresso Swirl Bundt Cake includes chocolate and expresso batter with an elegant chocolate expresso glaze and an unforgettable caramel mocha icing accent.
- Raspberry White Chocolate Swirl: The Raspberry White Chocolate Swirl Bundt Cake melds white chocolate and raspberry batter, topped with a white glaze, white chocolate chips and delicious raspberry-colored icing. This flavor combination is the perfect treat for your next gathering.
For more information on Café Valley products, please visit cafevalley.com.
About Café Valley Bakery:
Founded in 1987, Café Valley produces high-quality bakery products for in-store bakeries, club stores, food service and convenience stores throughout the world. Their products include croissants, muffins, Bundt cakes, ring cakes, loaf cakes, turnovers and café bites. With facilities in Phoenix, Arizona and Marion, Indiana, Café Valley products are available to mass retailers throughout the U.S. They are committed to an extensive food safety program and have donated much time, money and gifts to communities across the U.S. Visit www.cafevalley.com to learn more.
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HONG KONG, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CBX Software, the industry's leading provider of extended product lifecycle management (PLM) and supply chain management solutions, has partnered with CLO Virtual Fashion to seamlessly integrate the company's 3D garment simulation technology. This partnership will facilitate a more seamless and efficient 3D workflow for the apparel industry.
CBX Cloud's integration with CLO's PLM plugin CLO-Vise introduces even further time savings for designers, allowing them to access and share vital product design information directly between CBX and CLO, making data transfer and workflow more seamless than ever before. CLO users will be able to access color, trims, material libraries from CBX all within the CLO software. In addition, 3D designs can now be uploaded directly to CBX from CLO, so 3D assets can be shared to all stakeholders and suppliers in the sourcing, sampling, and quality workflow.
"We're excited to announce this integration, which will further enable brands and retailers to reduce development costs and bring fashion and apparel products to market faster," said CBX Software CEO Michael Hung. "By allowing 3D designs to be uploaded directly from CLO, the integration is one more way that CBX Cloud eliminates manual handoffs, redundancies, and administrative work during the product design process."
About CBX Software
CBX Software is retail's leading extended supply chain management solution provider from concept to delivery. CBX helps brands and retailers streamline product development and sourcing all the way through order, production and delivery. Through innovative sourcing management, product lifecycle management (PLM), and production and order management solutions, CBX empowers the supply chain network by driving collaboration to over 15,000 retail and supplier partners, and 30,000 users in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit www.cbxsoftware.com.
About CLO Virtual Fashion:
CLO Virtual Fashion is a multinational technology company founded in 2009. With more than 15 years of research and development in garment simulation, CLO Virtual Fashion is leading the market by digitally merging, consolidating, and converging all components related to digital garments through its state-of-the-art 3D Cloth Simulation Algorithm. From 3D garment design software, digital asset management and design development collaborative platform, to consumer facing services such as virtual fitting on e-commerce, all of CLO Virtual Fashion's products and services are interconnected to provide clients and users with a more consolidated experience.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Communications Data Group (CDG) is pleased to announce the recent integration between CDG's MBS consumer and enterprise billing and OSS solution and CheckPoint Solutions demand aggregation, marketing, and customer acquisition solutions for service providers. The initial integration helps automate a service provider's order fulfillment and provisioning processes, by allowing new orders to flow automatically from CheckPoint to MBS and then through the provider's workflow processes to installation and billing. Addresses and product catalogs are also synced between the two systems. Additionally, MBS customers can utilize customer aggregation and ROI analysis tools for new fiber deployments without the need for manual data entry.
According to CDG's CTO, Tony Stout, "By integrating Checkpoint's industry leading demand aggregation solution with CDG's innovative OSS/BSS platform, service providers can realize flow through order processing, eliminating inefficient manual data entry. This integration will significantly improve customer experience and operational efficiency for our customers."
Jacob Terstriep, Director of Operations at CheckPoint Solutions, commented, "We are very excited to be working with the CDG group on this project. Through integrating these two products, we are able to achieve levels of automation and efficiency that were previously unavailable from any other system on the market today."
CDG has been providing scalable, accurate (B/OSS) billing and operational support solutions for voice, video, and data for retail and wholesale telecommunications carriers and service providers since 1970. Options include: BDS, Interconnect, CABS, Mediation, MBS Customer Care, Network Elements, Ticketing, Service Provisioning, E-Care, Workflow, CRM / Prospects, and integrated third-party financial, accounting, mapping, and facilities management products.
CheckPoint Solutions provides demand aggregation, marketing and customer acquisition solutions for service providers looking to utilize the latest data analytics to track edge-out and capital investment effectiveness. The CheckPoint Solutions platform is specifically designed to meet the needs of broadband providers deploying next-generation services. From the initial planning, through designing, building, selling, managing and driving growth, CheckPoint serves as a single point of operational coordination.
Contact: Ryan Travaille
Phone: 217 402-3445
ryant@cdg.ws
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The global collective of Gen Z VCs, founders, angel investors, startup enthusiasts, and aspiring VCs will convene in Chicago for their national event on October 7, 2022
CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and World Business Chicago, the city's economic development agency, join national organization Gen Z VCs to announce its national event, Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit 2022, will occur in Chicago on October 7.
"I'm thrilled to welcome the global Gen Z VCs community to our great city," said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. "These young and talented individuals prove that finding success in the VC space is possible at any age and are doing a great job to create community within the industry. I'm excited for them to see our growing herd of local unicorns, connect with our diverse founders' community and truly experience why Chicago is known around the world as a startup powerhouse."
Gen Z VCs is a collective of 17,000+ young venture capitalists (VCs), angel investors, founders, startup enthusiasts, and aspiring VCs. The global organization strives to make venture capital (VC) more transparent and welcoming for the next generation of investors through several initiatives. They serve as the central place where young people in venture capital can collaborate, connect Gen Z founders with like-minded young investors, and elevate the Gen Z perspective and voices.
"This community has grown from a Slack group when I launched my career in VC into a much larger movement around empowering the next generation. We quickly grew from a group of 30 friends to 17,000+ people globally, and we're excited to begin our national roadshow," said Meagan Loyst, Founder of Gen Z VCs. "Chicago has proven to be one of the most diverse, dynamic startup communities in the world, and it's the perfect host city for our upcoming national event for founders, innovators, and investors."
Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit 2022 is presented by World Business Chicago, the city's private-public economic development agency, supported by a council of 200+ local leaders. World Business Chicago's programs drive inclusive growth and opportunity throughout the city's tech, innovation, and startup ecosystem, including through flagship programs, Chicago Venture Summit series, Startup Chicago, ThinkChicago, and Venture Engine with the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition.
"We had the good fortune to meet Meagan Loyst, founder, Gen Z VCs, when World Business Chicago hosted a business roundtable in New York City. Since our first meeting we have developed a wonderful rapport with the organization, which includes today's news that it will host its national road show in Chicago," said Michael Fassnacht, President & CEO of World Business Chicago, and Chief Marketing Officer for the City of Chicago. "Gen Z VCs represent the bright future of the global venture capital ecosystem, and we're excited to showcase Chicago to their founders, innovators, and investors."
Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit will occur on Friday, October 7, 2022; following 1871's Supply Chain Innovation Lab Summit with Accenture (October 5) and World Business Chicago's Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Logistics (October 6).
"Their evolution from a Slack community into a growing collective of initiatives built by the community, for the community, is incredibly inspiring," said Mark Tebbe, Chair of World Business Chicago's Innovation & Venture Council. "Gen Z VCs will feel right at home with the Chicago startup community, and World Business Chicago is so proud to host their national event this October."
The October 7 summit will include a full-day of programming, which will feature keynote speakers, fireside chat, panels, and a startup showcase to connect local talent with innovative companies.
"Especially during the height of the pandemic, Gen Z VCs served as a powerful platform for young founders, investors, and technologists to build community," said Landon Campbell, Chicago General Manager for Drive Capital. "And the Chicago startup and VC community couldn't be more excited to help this global collective continue to build and grow right here in America's heartland."
"GenZ VCs is the community I wish existed when I was just starting out in my career," said Haley Kwait Zollo, Partner for Chicago-based Starting Line VC. "I think Chicago is positioned to be a leading startup ecosystem and I'm bullish on what the future has in store with this next generation at the helm. We're excited to welcome the Gen Z VCs community and can't wait to share in this ultimate Chicago experience."
To learn more about Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit, visit https://tinyurl.com/genzchicago
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Colorado Teardrops completes prototype of the world's first camper trailer designed to extend the towing range of electric vehicles.
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Colorado Teardrops announces the completion of Phase 1 of development of The Boulder™, its new utility-patent pending teardrop camper trailer designed for owners of Electric Vehicles (EVs).
The Boulder is designed to increase an EV's towing range, making camping even more accessible to EV owners.
A Massachusetts customer who placed an early reservation expressed that The Boulder is an "Intriguing innovation toward an electric future."
The first stage of product development, using Level 2 charging, is now complete, with DC-to-DC Level 3 fast charging between the trailer and the tow vehicle in progress.
Purchase agreements for battery systems are in the works, and Colorado Teardrops has partnered with a major automotive manufacturer to advance technology directly relevant to The Boulder.
Founder Dean Wiltshire says, "With the electrification of the auto industry, solutions such as The Boulder are needed to enable the mass adoption of electric tow vehicles."
Efficient aerodynamics combined with auxiliary battery storage are essential to extending the towing ranges of EV cars and trucks and Dean Wiltshire anticipates a net gain in the total range of an EV when towing a Colorado Teardrops EV Camper.
For example, if an EV with a 300-mile range was towing The Boulder, its towing range would be expected to be greater than its original 300-mile range capacity due to the auxiliary onboard battery supply provided by The Boulder.
With the completion of The Boulder prototype, Colorado Teardrops announces two additional models to their product line with development working names in keeping with their Colorado roots: a 17ft model – "The Golden", and a 27ft model – "The Denver".
These two new towable RV travel trailers are specifically designed for owners of electric cars and trucks and positioned to directly compete with the luxury RV travel-trailer industry.
The Boulder™, The Golden and The Denver will all incorporate a similar aerodynamic shape to minimize air resistance around the camper, an essential step to maximize an EV's towing range.
The battery capacities from the Boulder to The Denver, will range from 75 kWh up to 200 kWh, respectively.
While The Boulder maintains classic teardrop trailer dimensions, both The Golden and The Denver feature hardshell tops that retract into a low aerodynamic profile when towing, and fully extend to provide 6'6" of standing headroom when in camping mode.
These luxury RV travel-trailer models will feature indoor kitchen galleys, bathrooms with showers, premium exterior and interior finishes, and will maintain Colorado Teardrops' promise of quality craftsmanship.
Reservations for The Boulder are being accepted for delivery in the first half of 2023.
Colorado Teardrops manufactures teardrop camper trailers that are built to last generations. Designed and manufactured in Boulder, Colorado, their camper trailers are built for extreme weather and road conditions by using high-quality materials and building processes.
If you would like more information on this topic, please contact Colorado Teardrops at media@coloradoteardrops.com.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC ("Compass Point") announced today that Kenneth Slosser has joined the Firm as a Managing Director in the Company's Investment Banking Group. He is based in Laguna Nigel, CA.
Mr. Slosser is a veteran investment banker with over 25 years' experience building and leading investment banking practices. Most recently, he was a Financial Services Consultant and Private Investor. Previously he was a Managing Director and Co-Group Head of the Permanent Capital group at Jefferies. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Banking at FBR & Co. where he was a member of the firm's Executive Committee, and Co-Head of the Commitment Committee. Mr. Slosser began his career with the Office of Thrift Supervision.
"We are thrilled to welcome Ken to our team" stated Burke Hayes, Managing Director, and Head of Investment Banking at Compass Point. "During his distinguished career, Ken has completed capital raising transactions and advisory assignments totaling more than $50 billion in transaction value. He brings a deep understanding of the capital markets, and a proven track record of executing transactions across multiple industries, including financials, real estate, energy, industrial and technology."
Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC is a leading independent investment bank that provides capital raising, M&A, research, and brokerage services to corporate and institutional investors. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in New York, NY, and Mount Pleasant, SC, Compass Point is a member of FINRA and SIPC. For further information about Compass Point, please visit our website at www.compasspointllc.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum today announced the 23rd class of National Design Award winners, honored for design innovation and impact in nine categories.
This year's National Design Award recipients are:
- Nader Tehrani, Design Visionary
- WEDEW by David Hertz, Climate Action
- Emily Adams Bode, Emerging Designer
- Rural Studio, Architecture / Interior Design
- Giorgia Lupi, Communication Design
- Felecia Davis, Digital Design
- Willy Chavarria, Fashion Design
- Kounkuey Design Initiative, Landscape Architecture
- CW&T, Product Design
"This year's National Design Award winners reflect the central role that design can play in addressing some of the most urgent needs of our time," said Maria Nicanor, director of the museum. "Attuned to increasing social and planetary challenges, all awardees, regardless of their category, have a regenerative approach to design work that takes into account our shared future. I'm grateful to our thoughtful jury this year for their selection. Their deliberations revealed that behind each winner is a philosophy of work that expertly weaves together technological innovation while elevating traditional craft, or that prioritizes preservation and reparation processes, ultimately designing for citizens, and not consumers—a reason for hope in today's complex world if there ever was one."
Established in 2000 as a project of the White House Millennium Council, the National Design Awards bring national recognition to the ways in which design enriches everyday life. In celebration of this year's National Design Awards, Cooper Hewitt will offer free admission to museum visitors during National Design Week, Oct. 17–23, to make design accessible to all.
For more information, visit www.cooperhewitt.org/Awards.
Support
The National Design Awards are made possible with major support from IBM Corporation and Meta. Generous support is provided by Alexandra and Paul Herzan, Crystal and Chris Sacca, and Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer. Additional support is provided by Agnes Gund, Esme Usdan and James Snyder, Jon C. Iwata, Keith Yamashita, Kim and Mac Schuessler, Margery and Edgar Masinter, Richard M. Smith and Dr. Soon-Young Yoon, and Cooper Hewitt's Board of Trustees.
National Design Week programs are made possible with major support from Adobe Inc. Generous support is provided by The Hirsch Family Foundation and The Pinkerton Foundation.
About Cooper Hewitt
Cooper Hewitt is America's design museum. Inclusive, innovative and experimental, the museum's dynamic exhibitions, education programs, master's program, publications and online resources inspire, educate and empower people through design.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to reduce the risk of children and teens experiencing serious, even life-threatening injuries from swallowing dangerous, small high-powered magnets, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to approve a new federal safety standard for magnets on September 7, 2022.
When high-powered magnets are swallowed, they can attract to each other, or to other material that attracts to magnets, through internal body tissue. This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning and death. These injuries can occur when children and teens access and ingest the magnets, including, for example, when teens use the magnets to mimic mouth piercings and swallow them inadvertently.
The new mandatory federal standard requires loose or separable magnets in certain magnet products to be either too large to swallow, or weak enough to reduce the risk of internal injuries when swallowed; specifically, if the magnets fit in a small parts cylinder, then they must have a flux index of less than 50 kG2 mm2.
In 2014, CPSC established a mandatory federal standard for magnet sets, which have been the most concerning subset of the products subject to the new standard. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned the mandatory standard in 2016. After the court's ruling allowed the continued sale of magnet sets, magnet ingestions and injuries rose.
CPSC estimates 26,600 magnet ingestions were treated in hospital ERs from 2010 through 2021, and cases have been rising annually since 2018. CPSC is aware of seven deaths involving the ingestion of hazardous magnets (including two outside of the United States), the majority of these incidents likely involved magnet sets.
The new rule applies to consumer products that are designed, marketed, or intended to be used for entertainment, jewelry (including children's jewelry), mental stimulation, stress relief, or a combination of these purposes, and that contains one or more loose or separable magnets. It does not include products sold and/or distributed solely to school educators, researchers, professionals, and/or commercial or industrial users exclusively for educational, research, professional, commercial, and/or industrial purposes.
The new rule does not apply to toys for children under 14 years old, because the CPSC's mandatory toy standard (16 CFR part 1250) already covers such products.
The products subject to the rule present an unreasonable risk of injury, and less stringent measures, such as safety messaging, have historically been ineffective in attempting to persuade children, teens and caregivers to avoid the hazard.
The Commission voted 5 to 0 to approve the mandatory standard. The rule goes into effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register for magnet products manufactured after that date.
NOTE: CPSC urges anyone who may own these magnets and magnet sets to discard them to protect children who may come into contact with them and unintentionally ingest them.
CPSC Chair & Commissioner Statements:
Chair Alex D. Hoehn-Saric Statement
Commissioner Richard Trumka Statement
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
- Visit CPSC.gov.
- Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts.
- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC.
- Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov.
- Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
- Contact a media specialist.
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Platform Enables Athletes And Artists To Take Control Of Their Brand, Value and Revenue With Direct Access To Fans; Already Used By A Deep Bench Of Top Athletes
SYDNEY, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immutable X, an industry-leading NFT minting and trading platform and the world's first Layer 2 rapid-scaling solution on Ethereum, today announced a partnership with Personal Corner, a platform that enables fans to purchase NFTs directly from star athletes and artists. Immutable's fast, gas-free and carbon neutral platform will power the Personal Corner marketplace to enable athletes to leverage web3 and increase revenue by selling NFTs in a direct-to-consumer model.
Founded in 2016 by NFL star Dez Bryant, Personal Corner was built by athletes for athletes, and offers a gamified experience that up-levels NFTs based on athlete's real-time game stats. The platform boasts a deep bench of sports stars that include Trevon Diggs, Von Miller, Maxx Crosby, Marquise "Hollywood" Brown, Matthew Judon, Justin Jefferson, Deandre Hopkins, Darius Slay, Marlon Humphrey, Joe Haden, Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner and more, in addition to numerous NCAA stars.
Using Personal Corner, sports fans, NFT enthusiasts, sports gaming fans and fantasy sports players will have direct access to digital and physical items, including memorabilia, IRL experiences, merchandise and more, delivered from their favorite athletes. At the same time, Personal Corner delivers its athletes and artists educational resources to help them best manage their brands and optimize the financial opportunities available to them.
"Personal Corner aims to be the go-to source for athletes and artists in web 3 who want to manage their personal brands and fully capitalize on the value of their content," said Dez Bryant. "For too long, the balance of power and significant revenue opportunity has been with social media platforms that capitalize on the value of athletes, artists and other content providers. This changes today thanks to our partnership with Immutable, and our ability to leverage its innovative, industry-leading platform that helps forge direct-to-fan relationships."
"Immutable is hyper-focused on bringing millions of consumers to web3, and we're excited that our new partnership will empower Personal Corner to onboard the next million sports and entertainment fans," said Robbie Ferguson, Co-Founder of Immutable. "We look forward to offering sports fans a seamless end-to-end NFT experience, enabling them to easily create wallets, purchase NFTs and trade gas-free on the Personal Corner marketplace."
Immutable is the fastest Australian company to reach unicorn status — earlier this year, Immutable announced a $200 million series C fundraising round led by Temasek, and included Tencent and Animoca Brands. The company is valued at $2.5 billion and plans to use the funds to help drive its global expansion.
To learn more about Immutable visit: https://www.immutable.com/
For information on career opportunities at Immutable: https://www.immutable.com/careers/
You can find Immutable on social media: LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium, Discord Instagram
Immutable is a global blockchain technology company with a mission to bring asset ownership and commerce alive in digital worlds through the power of immutable NFTs. The Immutable Group consists of Ethereum-scaling Layer 2 platform Immutable X and Immutable Games Studio with leading titles Gods Unchained and Guild of Guardians.
Immutable is advancing the next generation of web3 games through Immutable X. Leveraging ZK roll-up technology from Starkware, Immutable X has grown to become the leading platform to mint, trade and scale web3 games and NFT projects on Ethereum, offering builders and innovators a carbon-free, no gas fee solution with unlimited speed, scalability, security, and liquidity. Immutable X is the platform of choice for world-class web3 games such as Guild of Guardians, Illuvium, Embersword, Planet Quest and many more.
Personal Corner was established in 2016 to provide solutions for athletes and influencers in building personal brands in both the physical and digital space. Built by athletes for athletes, the team imagined a one stop platform to help those in need of elevating their brand and connecting with their fanbase in a simplified way. With the use of innovative technology and progressive ideation, Personal Corner provides just that. Personal Corner aims to position itself as the go to unified marketplace for all personally branded items both physical and digital to the largest names of influence in sports, entertainment, music, artistry and more.
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Limited-edition flavor donates profits to increasing diversity among dietitian industry
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enlightened, the brand known for serving up delicious low-sugar treats, took the festive flavors of Fall and transformed them into creamy light ice cream, including one flavor that gives back.
Launching today, Enlightened's limited-edition seasonal ice cream collection includes two flavors, Bake the World a Better Place and Pumpkin Cheesecake, that boast up to 85 percent less sugar than traditional ice cream.
Bake the World a Better Place, a reimagined take on one of the season's most popular holiday treats, is a pecan pie-flavored ice cream with crispy pecans, chunks of flaky pie crust pieces and a honey-flavored swirl. As if great tasting ice cream wasn't enough, the brand will give back by donating 100 percent of profits from Bake the World a Better Place to Diversify Dietetics, a nonprofit organization seeking to increase the racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition by empowering nutrition leaders of color.
"Unfortunately, there just isn't enough ethnic and racial representation in the field of nutrition," Enlightened CEO Michael Shoretz said. "As a company that believes in better health for all, we recognize that reaching every community and culture requires representation. Our donation will help Diversify Dietetics fund future registered dietitians' education programs to further their mission of increasing diversity in the dietetic industry."
Enlightened's partnership with Diversify Dietetics began in 2021 with a $50,000 grant to support the education of a new generation of diverse dietitiations.
Of course, it wouldn't be Fall without an ode to the most popular flavor of the season, pumpkin. Enlightened's Pumpkin Cheesecake, a pumpkin light ice cream with creamy chunks of cheesecake, is just 120 calories per serving and contains 75 percent less sugar than full-sugar versions.
Bake the World a Better Place and Pumpkin Cheesecake (14oz tub; MSRP $5.99-6.99) are now available for purchase on EatEnlightened.com and at select retailers.
Enlightened is the first and largest brand within Beyond Better Foods, a New York City-based company founded by Forbes Under 30 alum Michael Shoretz in 2012. A pioneer in the low-sugar dessert category, Enlightened was one of the first light ice creams on the market. The brand is widely distributed in US retailers, such as Sprouts Farmers Market, Whole Foods Market, Shoprite, Publix and Walmart. Enlightened is recognized for producing innovative feel-good desserts, including the Keto Collection in 2019; Fruit Infusions, low-carb Cheesecakes, keto-friendly Dough Bites in 2020; and Ready-to-Bake Cookies in 2021. Shoretz founded Beyond Better Foods from inspiration from his personal training clients' desire for healthy alternatives to their favorite sweet, salty, spicy and savory treats. Beyond Better Foods now includes Enlightened and Bada Bean Bada Boom.
For more information on Enlightened, visit eatenlightened.com.
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Molecular, the leader in antibody discovery against membrane proteins, has been accepted into the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)'s ISTAND pilot program. This program supports Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Drugs and was created to expand the drug development tool types listed in the 21st Century Cures legislation. A major goal of the pilot program is to qualify these tools, thus facilitating regulatory review by allowing them to be used in regulatory (IND, NDA or BLA) applications without needing the FDA to reconsider and reconfirm their suitability.
Despite their reputation for 'exquisite specificity', antibodies and antibody-based therapies, such as CAR-T cells, frequently demonstrate unexpected off-target binding. Integral Molecular's Membrane Proteome Array (MPA) for antibody specificity and safety profiling intends to address ICH-FDA's in vitro testing recommendations to assess unintended binding of monoclonal antibodies that can result in safety and toxicity issues.
The MPA is one of the largest collections of membrane proteins used for specificity profiling of antibody-based therapeutics, with over 6,000 native-conformation membrane proteins encompassing nearly the entire human membrane proteome. This technology is intended to be compatible with numerous biotherapeutic modalities, including monoclonal antibodies, bispecifics, and CAR-T therapeutics.
"We are thrilled to be working with the FDA's ISTAND program," said Benjamin Doranz, CEO of Integral Molecular. "We share the FDA's interest in developing in vitro technologies to better assess the safety of antibody drugs at an earlier and less costly stage of development."
FDA has posted a statement on this LOI acceptance to the ISTAND Pilot Program: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/drug-alerts-and-statements#statements
Integral Molecular (integralmolecular.com) is the industry leader in developing and applying innovative technologies that advance the discovery of therapeutics against difficult protein targets. With 20 years of experience focused on membrane proteins and antibodies, Integral Molecular's technologies have been integrated into the drug discovery pipelines of over 400 biotech and pharmaceutical companies to help discover new therapies for cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, and viral threats such as SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, Zika, and dengue viruses.
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The latest Bottled in Bond from Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. returns to Fall 2008 to Offer Fans a Bold New Whisky
TULLAHOMA, Tenn., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In May 2020, renowned Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. released its second George Dickel Bottled in Bond offering, an 11 year old vintage from Fall 2008, which earned a score of 95 from Whisky Advocate and was awarded Double Gold at the 2021 San Francisco International Spirits Competition. This August, George Dickel is returning to barrels from distilling season Fall 2008 and adding to its highly acclaimed, award-winning Bottled in Bond Whisky Series with George Dickel Bottled in Bond Fall 2008, Aged 13 Years.
Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. General Manager & Distiller Nicole Austin is continuing George Dickel's commitment to transparency and authenticity by releasing the fourth offering in the George Dickel Bottled in Bond Series, as the category represents the highest quality within whisky. Each year, Austin's distilling process begins with a blind tasting, and this year, she was once again drawn to barrels from distilling season Fall 2008. The latest bottling features a combination of lots that have matured for an additional two years, which offers whisky drinkers the best balance of bold complexity since first being considered in previous years.
Similar to previous releases, the new George Dickel Bottled in Bond is a 13 year old whisky that offers a profile that's dominated by fruit and nut notes, with an inviting nose of bright fresh cherry, cedar and almond and structured oak finish. At 100 proof (50% ABV), George Dickel Bottled in Bond Fall 2008, Aged 13 Years is best enjoyed neat or on the rocks and plays well in many classic cocktails like a Perfect Manhattan, thoughtfully garnished with a cherry.
"Since its first inception, I've been proud to work on the George Dickel Bottled in Bond Series as it's a lineup defined by credibility and transparency. While each new release has had their subtle differences, they've overall shared the same hallmark traits as well as consistently offered whisky drinkers a quality Bottled in Bond option at an approachable price point," said Austin. "Whether you're a longstanding fan of the series or just now finding it, we hope that you're able to enjoy this new offering from the George Dickel Bottled in Bond Series."
The new release follows George Dickel Bottled in Bond Spring 2007, Aged 13 Years winning Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and receiving a score of 95 at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge this year. Consistent with previous George Dickel Bottled in Bond releases, this edition has a mash bill of 84% corn, 8% rye, 8% malted barley. It is chill charcoal mellowed like the rest of the George Dickel portfolio, creating a smooth and creamy mouthfeel for which the brand is best known.
Starting this month, consumers can find George Dickel Bottled in Bond Fall 2008, Aged 13 Years rolling out in stores near them for a suggested retail price of $44.99.
As with all the whiskies in the George Dickel family, your friends at Cascade Hollow encourage you to sip this new offering the same way it's made – slowly and responsibly.
Personal Preference Manhattan Recipe
- 1 oz George Dickel Bottled in Bond Fall 2008, Aged 13 Years
- .25 oz Sweet Vermouth
- .25 oz Dry Vermouth
- Dash aromatic bitters
- Cherry garnish
Fill cocktail shaker with ice and combine whiskey, vermouths, and bitters. Mix well then strain into cocktail glass. Add cherry as garnish and serve.
About George Dickel
Since 1870, the fine folks at Cascade Hollow have honored George Dickel's dream of crafting the smoothest Tennessee whisky around. Today, 150 years later, we're still making award-winning whisky at our historic distillery in Tullahoma, TN. Tucked away in the Tennessee hills and surrounded by 600 protected acres of forest and crystal-fresh springs, Cascade Hollow has always been our home. Led by General Manager and Distiller Nicole Austin, the team at Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. continue the tradition of producing smooth sippin' whisky through high standards of authenticity and craftsmanship. A proud member of the Tennessee Whiskey Trail, we invite you to visit our home and learn more about how we make George Dickel Tennessee Whisky. For more information, go to www.GeorgeDickel.com or check out @georgedickel on Facebook or Instagram. Your friends at Cascade Hollow remind you to always drink responsibly.
About DIAGEO
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DGE) and their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information about Diageo, their people, brands, and performance, visit www.diageo.com. Visit Diageo's global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Gaming Women (GGW) congratulates founding Board chair, pioneer, and visionary Virginia McDowell for being one of three inductees to the American Gaming Association's (AGA) Gaming Hall of Fame Class of 2022. Honorees will celebrate at an induction ceremony during Global Gaming Expo (G2E) at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas this October.
"From the beginning, Virginia has been tirelessly focused on acquiring the support and resources necessary to develop the next generation of women leaders in the gaming industry. On behalf of Global Gaming Women's board and members, we congratulate her on this incredible recognition of her contributions to the gaming industry," said GGW Board Chair and President Cassie Stratford, SVP of Legal Operations and Compliance at Boyd Gaming.
McDowell's distinctive accomplishments and a lifetime of work have been recognized through several prestigious awards. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress and is the first female inductee to the Mississippi Gaming Hall of Fame. Named the 2009 "Gaming Executive of the Year" by Casino Journal Magazine, she served as the only female president and chief executive officer of a top publicly traded gaming operating company from 2007 until she retired from Isle of Capri Casinos in April 2016. She now serves as a Non-Executive Director of Entain plc (LSE: ENT), where she chairs the Environmental, Social, and Governance Committee. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Saint Louis University, a trustee at HavenHouse St. Louis, an advisory board member of the St. Louis Crisis Nursery, and distinguished as Casino Enterprise Management Magazine's Great Women of Gaming.
About Global Gaming Women (GGW)
Global Gaming Women (GGW) supports, inspires, and influences the development of women in the Gaming industry. GGW brings together women from all gaming segments to enrich their professional and personal lives. Established by the American Gaming Association to create a broad network that allows peers to connect with their colleagues, GGW's goal is for female gaming professionals to learn from one another, create lasting connections, and nurture emerging women leaders. In 2016, Global Gaming Women launched as an independent charitable organization to deliver high-impact programs and events on a global scale that support, inspire, and influence the development of women in the gaming and lottery industry.
To learn more about the benefits of GGW membership, click HERE. For a complete list of officers, please click HERE. Follow GGW's social media on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. For information globalgamingwomen.org or call +1 (702) 492-5320.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inland Empire Health Plan, one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the nation, announced its designation as a 2022 Best Workplaces in Health Care™. The Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine designation reaffirms what the company's annual survey revealed: 92% of the employee respondents believe IEHP is a great place to work, a statistic 35% higher than the average U.S. company.
"Our strong team culture fuels our commitment to heal and inspire the human spirit," says IEHP Chief Organizational Development Officer Janet Nix. "Working together, we've cultivated a strong, collaborative working environment where our team members take pride in doing the right thing for all we serve, including each other."
The Best Workplaces in Health Care award is based on analysis of survey responses from over 161,000 current employees from Great Place to Work® certified companies. Of IEHP's 2,817 employees, 87% completed the survey that covered a variety of workplace quality experiences, including pride in the organization's community impact, belief that their work makes a difference and feeling their work has special meaning. Highlights from the survey of IEHP's employees include:
- 96% feel good about ways the organization contributes to its community
- 95% report having special and unique company benefits
- 94% are proud to tell others their place of employment
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America to select winners based on employees' experiences, no matter who they are or what they do. The survey also provides team members the opportunity to give personal feedback regarding what they feel the company can do to improve even further.
"The feedback delivered in these surveys is critical to moving IEHP forward and continuing to uphold our mission to heal and inspire the human spirit," said IEHP Chief Executive Officer Jarrod McNaughton. "Our team members inspire the work we do every day and their innovative feedback has driven many of the initiatives we've implemented."
The Best Workplaces in Health Care 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 are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
"It is our honor to spotlight the Best Workplaces in Health Care," says Michael C. Bush, chief executive officer of Great Place to Work. "Health care heroes have been on the front lines saving lives, and these organizations dug deep to tailor their support to the rapidly changing demands from the pandemic. We applaud their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures."
When asked if there was anything unusual or unique about IEHP that makes it a great place to work, team members responded with personal insights, highlighting the organization's positive impact.
"IEHP is unique in that they 'walk their talk.' In the 20 years of experience as a nurse, I have never been employed by an organization such as IEHP," shared an IEHP team member in the anonymous survey. "They truly care for our community just as much as they care for their employees. It is a blessing to be part of such an amazing organization that exudes its mission, vision and values. I look forward to completing my mission as a nurse at IEHP."
To learn more about IEHP and career opportunities, visit iehp.org.
With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 26th year, IEHP is supporting more than 1.5 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or Cal MediConnect Plans and has a growing network of over 7,800 providers and nearly 3,000 team members. Through dynamic partnerships with providers and community organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org.
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WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HaystackID, a specialized eDiscovery services firm supporting law firms and corporate legal departments, today announced it has acquired Business Intelligence Associates (BIA), an end-to-end eDiscovery service provider, as part of a deal facilitated by majority investor and leading middle-market private equity firm, Quad-C Management, Inc.
"BIA is a leader in eDiscovery, and this combination further expands our capabilities in the support and delivery of complex enterprise discovery solutions, especially in New York," said HaystackID CEO Hal Brooks. "This deal follows a period of organizational alignment and internal investment around innovation, technology, and advisory services and builds on several years of investment and growth. All of these internal and external investments position us well for additional future international growth across all of our business lines."
The BIA acquisition is HaystackID's fifth major investment event since April 2018, when it acquired Envision Discovery, an eDiscovery managed services provider, and Inspired Review, a managed review and remote review services provider. In January 2019, HaystackID acquired eTERA Consulting, an eDiscovery managed services provider. Additionally, in February 2020, HaystackID completed a strategic recapitalization with Quad-C to support the continued growth and expansion of the company, before acquiring NightOwl Global in August 2020. With the BIA addition, HaystackID strengthens its position for continued growth in cyber discovery/incident response, privacy/compliance, information governance, and enterprise managed solutions.
"Our corporate clients will benefit greatly from the significant increase in the support and services we will be able to offer," said BIA CEO Brian Schrader, Esq., who has joined HaystackID and will continue to lead BIA efforts. "Our team worked tirelessly to reach this milestone, and we are honored to join forces with what is fast becoming one of the preeminent service providers in the world."
"This acquisition is yet another step in building the framework for the international capability and success of HaystackID, one of our leading portfolio companies," said Quad-C partner Tim Billings. "We are excited to continue to partner with the company as we develop the next stage of growth with additional investments in infrastructure, people, and acquisitions both in the U.S. and abroad."
In addition to external investments, HaystackID has significantly expanded and aligned its service offerings in the past six months, launching its innovative discovery management platform HaystackID CoreÔ in March 2022 and its Global Advisory practice earlier this month.
BIA was represented in the transaction by Brock Matthias of VRA Partners.
HaystackID is a specialized eDiscovery services firm that helps corporations and law firms securely find, understand, and learn from data when facing complex, data-intensive investigations and litigation. HaystackID mobilizes industry-leading cyber discovery services, enterprise solutions, and legal discovery offerings to serve more than 500 of the world's leading corporations and law firms in North America and Europe. Serving nearly half of the Fortune 100, HaystackID is an alternative cyber and legal services provider that combines expertise and technical excellence with a culture of white-glove customer service. In addition to consistently being ranked by Chambers USA, the company was recently named a worldwide leader in eDiscovery Services by IDC MarketScape, a representative vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for E-Discovery Solutions, and a Legal Technology Trailblazer by The National Law Journal. Further, HaystackID has achieved SOC 2 Type II attestation in the five trust service areas of security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. For more information about its suite of services, including programs and solutions for unique legal enterprise needs, go to HaystackID.com.
As an industry pioneer, BIA continues to set the standard for reliable, innovative, and cost-effective eDiscovery services. Its customer-first focus has resulted in countless innovations copied widely across the industry today. From technical innovations like truly remote data collections and the first cloud-based, end-to-end eDiscovery platform to service revolutions like reusing data and coding across matters and hiring dedicated, full-time employees for document review, BIA consistently stands at the leading edge of the industry. Founded by legal and technology professionals, BIA provides the entire spectrum of eDiscovery services – including attorney document review – with minimal disruption to its clients' daily business operations. To learn more, visit BIA at biaprotect.com or on Twitter at @biaprotect.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., Quad-C is a middle market private equity firm focused on investing in well-established business and consumer services, healthcare, industrials specialty distribution, and transportation/logistics companies. In its nearly three-decade history, Quad-C has invested over $3 billion of capital in more than 65 platform companies. The Quad-C team is committed to partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams to accelerate growth and create long-term value. Learn more about Quad-C at QuadCManagement.com.
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HIV ADVOCATES SHARE THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEYS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING "BRAVE TALKS" WITH YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND LOVED ONES
TITUSVILLE, N.J., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
BACKGROUND:
Today, over 37 million people are living with HIV1 and, despite advances in treatment and widespread distribution of antiviral drugs, the number of people contracting HIV is still alarmingly high.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9030051-hiv-advocates-share-journeys-importance-of-brave-talks-for-positively-fearless-campaign/
As recently as 2019, Black Americans (representing 13% of the U.S. population) accounted for 44% of new HIV diagnoses, and Hispanics and Latinos (representing 18% of the U.S. population) made up 30% of new HIV diagnoses.2
While these statistics are alarming, substantial progress has been made towards the goal of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Today, living with HIV means you can still thrive with HIV, which means prioritizing your health and wellbeing. It calls for self-reflection, requires self-acceptance and demands a daily commitment to living our best lives. Self-care might look different for everyone, but at its core, it's about putting your health and wellness first.
Daniel G Garza and Kamaria Laffrey, HIV Advocates and Ambassadors for the Positively Fearless campaign, talk about their journeys living with HIV and share why it is so important to take control and have "brave talks" with those around you like your healthcare provider or loved ones, to truly live fearlessly and thrive with HIV.
EXAMPLES OF "BRAVE TALKS":
- DISCLOSING YOUR STATUS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
- UNDERSTANDING TREATMENT OPTIONS AND RISK OF ARV-RELATED WEIGHT GAIN
- SPREADING AWARENESS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE UNDETECTABLE AND UNTRANSMITTABLE
- ADVOCATING FOR AND IDENTIFYING RESOURCES WITHIN THE HIV COMMUNITY
- IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO MEET YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS
- ENSURING TRANSLATION SUPPORT IF ENGLISH IS YOUR SECOND LANGUAGE
MORE ABOUT DANIEL G GARZA
Having moved to the US in 1973 from his birth city of Monterrey in Mexico, Daniel has established himself as a strong advocate for the Latin HIV community. His advocacy work includes chairing a client advisory committee, public speaking, and volunteerism through organizations such as Radiant Health Centers and University of California Irvine. When he's not changing lives through his advocacy work, Daniel is busy running Lilmesican Productions Inc., his social enterprise focused on developing projects related to entertainment, advocacy and spiritual growth. His mission is to entertain, educate and energize his community. The challenges he's faced throughout his life have been monumental—he's survived anal cancer and has also overcome both alcoholism and drug addiction. He's a natural-born fighter and today he's thriving with HIV after being diagnosed in 2000.
MORE ABOUT KAMARIA LAFFREY
Kamaria thrives when it comes to empowering others. She's continually helping to shift the residue of societal and self-induced stigma of HIV in various ways. On the local public front, she is currently serving on the Florida (FL) Dept. of Health Community HIV Advisory Group and West Central FL Ryan White Care Council. On a national level, she serves as Program Director for HIV policy reform with The SERO Project. Kamaria is the founder of the community-based organization emPOWERed Legacies, which aims to provide education, resources, and support to anyone in need—whether within the HIV/AIDS community or beyond. Since her HIV diagnosis in 2003, Kamaria's life has changed in many ways, but her combination of Black Girl Magic and chronic optimism has also changed the lives of many others along the way through her work and advocacy.
For more information, visit: positivelyfearless.com
Interview Provided by: Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP
1 "Global Statistics: The Global HIV And AIDS Epidemic, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Accessed August 5, 2022. https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics
2 "U.S. Statistics: Fast Facts," HIV.gov, Accessed August 5, 2022. https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/statistics
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SLOUGH, United Kingdom and RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Indivior PLC (LON: INDV) today announced that it will participate in the following investor healthcare events:
Morgan Stanley 20th Annual Global Healthcare Conference – New York
Mark Crossley, Chief Executive Officer, will host 1x1/group meetings on Monday, September 12 and participate in a fireside chat at 8:10 a.m. U.S. EST. Investors can contact their Morgan Stanley representative to schedule a meeting. The fireside chat can be viewed using the webcast link.
Bank of America Global Healthcare Conference 2022 – London
Mark Crossley, Chief Executive Officer, will host 1x1/group meetings on Thursday and Friday, September 15 and 16 and host a presentation September 16th at 13:20 (BST) (8:20 a.m. US EST). Investors can contact their Bank of America representative to schedule a meeting.
The presentation will be available at indivior.com/investors and can also be viewed using the webcast link.
Jefferies Global Healthcare Fireside Chat Series – Virtual
Mark Crossley, Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat on Wednesday, September 21 at 16:30 (BST) (11:30 a.m. US EST). The fireside chat can be viewed using the webcast link.
About Indivior
Indivior is a global pharmaceutical company working to help change patients' lives by developing medicines to treat substance use disorders (SUD) and serious mental illnesses. Our vision is that all patients around the world will have access to evidence-based treatment for the chronic conditions and co-occurring disorders of SUD. Indivior is dedicated to transforming SUD from a global human crisis to a recognized and treated chronic disease. Building on its global portfolio of OUD treatments, Indivior has a pipeline of product candidates designed to both expand on its heritage in this category and potentially address other chronic conditions and co-occurring disorders of SUD, including alcohol use disorder and cannabis use disorder. Headquartered in the United States in Richmond, VA, Indivior employs more than 900 individuals globally and its portfolio of products is available in over 40 countries worldwide. Visit www.indivior.com to learn more. Connect with Indivior on LinkedIn by visiting www.linkedin.com/company/indivior.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a processor of pet food at a family-owned company and I care about pet health and safety. It is super easy for dogs to get dehydrated and I thought there should be a way for a dog to drink water when needed during a walk and without assistance from the pet owner, so I invented the NUTRO PACK," said an inventor, from Chula Vista, Calif. "My design helps to prevent the dog from becoming dehydrated and it could provide a more healthy, fun and active life."
The invention provides an effective way for a pet dog to stay hydrated during a walking excursion. In doing so, it enables the dog to obtain water on his own at any time during the walk. It also eliminates the need for the pet owner to carry an extra water bottle, bowl, etc. As a result, it provides added convenience and peace of mind and it keeps pets safe outdoors, especially in areas without nearby water or fountains. The invention features a practical and portable design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for pet dog owners. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the San Diego sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SDB-1653, 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 an effective cart for making and selling fried doughboys in a variety of locations," said an inventor, from Riverside, Calif., "so I invented the DOUGH BOY KING Cart. My design would accommodate and satisfy hungry walk-up customers and it could generate income for the entrepreneur."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved cart for frying and selling doughboys to the public. In doing so, it enables the user to create fresh and tasty sugarcoated fried dough. It also increases convenience and mobility and it could help to generate income for the business owner. The invention features a mobile, versatile and unique design that is easy to use so it is ideal for entrepreneurs with their own fried doughboy businesses.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSM-116, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a teacher and I thought there could be a more convenient way to teach my class outside during the pandemic," said an inventor, from East Garrison, Calif., "so I invented the ALL TERRAIN PODIUM. My podium design would be easy to maneuver over a variety of terrain and it enables you to hold the necessary supplies for your lesson."
The patent-pending invention provides a portable podium for schools, restaurants and other locations during the pandemic. In doing so, it can be easily maneuvered off-road, on the grass, on sidewalks, through doorways, etc. It also ensures that books, papers, a laptop and other items are accessible and it increases convenience. The invention features a versatile design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for schools, restaurants, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the San Francisco sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SNF-181, 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 thought there could be a better way to keep hats and glasses stored and organized within the home," said an inventor, from Ocala, Fla., "so I invented the GLASS- N- HAT RACK. My design prevents hats and glasses from being placed on various surfaces, stepped on, sat on or misplaced."
The patent-granted invention provides an improved way to store and display a quantity of baseball caps, hats and optical products. In doing so, it increases organization. It also helps to reduce clutter around the house. The invention features a practical and attractive design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLS-116, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "As a teacher, the most difficult skill for my students to learn was how to successfully process their thoughts and put them down on paper," said an inventor from Franklin, Ind. "You see, hands-on learning can be found in other content areas of education to help students learn, but not in the writing process, so I invented the FRAME YOUR WRITING tool with visual/tactile elements in mind. My child-friendly design allows writing instruction to be introduced at an early age and it can also be used to teach writing to all students at any instructional level."
The patent-pending invention provides a visual, hands-on, step-by-step approach to teach writing processes. It can be easily differentiated, used with any writing material, keeps active engagement in the writing process, is self-checking, and is an easy progress monitoring tool for teachers. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Indianapolis sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SGM-157, 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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