Jen Harley has sped off into freedom. The Clark County Detention Center confirmed to People that the 31-year-old has posted bond and is no longer in custody after she was arrested in Las Vegas for domestic battery on Sunday. As we reported, Jen allegedly got into a fight with baby daddy Ronnie Ortiz-Magro while they were driving [...]
Reported by Perez Hilton 1 hour ago.
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro's Baby Momma Jen Harley Released From Prison Following Domestic Battery Arrest — Here's Her Mugshot!
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US home prices march upward in April as buyers fight over low supply
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index moved up 6.6 percent from a year earlier, led by outsize gains in Seattle, Las Vegas and San Francisco. All three cities showed double-digit increases.
Reported by USATODAY.com 1 hour ago.
Reported by USATODAY.com 1 hour ago.
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Smoke Cartel Expands E-commerce Store to Billion Dollar Pet Industry, Launches Headypet.com and Attends SuperZoo Pet Conference in Las Vegas
SAVANNAH, GA, June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smoke Cartel, Inc. (Ticker: SMKC), a leading online retailer and wholesaler of glass water pipes and related accessories for the cannabis industry, today announced the launch of new website HeadyPet.com, expanding their e-commerce presence into the multi-billion dollar pet industry.In November 2017, Smoke Cartel acquired Early Bird Distribution and all of its brands, including the pet accessory line, HeadyPet. Smoke Cartel has identified several overlapping markets including the pet industry that easily integrate into the already extensive online store. The American Pet Product Association estimates the pet industry will be worth $72.13 billion in 2018. HeadyPet now has its own dedicated e-commerce store platform, along with Smoke Cartel’s other top-selling brands. The HeadyPet.com store sells cannabis-themed dog leashes, collars, toys, and other pet accessories. These products are not smoking or cannabis accessories and are therefore not restricted by any advertising regulations for tobacco or cannabis.
“We’re excited to expand our e-commerce web presence as we continue to add and develop in-house brands like HeadyPet,” says Chairman and CEO Darby Cox. “Branding and a strong web presence are part of our overall strategy to capture market share in new and different markets outside of just the cannabis industry.”
To that end, Smoke Cartel will also be attending the SuperZoo conference in Las Vegas June 25-28. SuperZoo is the most well-attended pet industry trade show in North America and has more than double the seminars and events as similar shows. The event includes an expo floor, expert-led education, networking opportunities and other special events and will welcome more than 1,100 exhibitors and over 10,000 qualified buyers and decision-makers.
"HeadyPet's presence at SuperZoo will allow pet retailers and vendors to learn everything they need to know about this latest venture, from sizes to pattern choices to our best-selling products," continues Cox. "Our leashes and collars are already popular with our online customers, and we are thrilled to open our products to a wider audience."
*"**A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/4851329f-7a24-4d70-b976-7fb5ded19c17*
*About Smoke Cartel, Inc.*Smoke Cartel, Inc. (Ticker: SMKC) is one of the leading online retailers of glass water pipes, vaporizers, bubblers, spoons, oil and dab rigs, smoking accessories, and cannabis accoutrements. The Company provides a wide variety of high quality products, reliable customer service, and rapid dependable shipping. Smoke Cartel offers 24-hour support and online chat services to ensure the customer experience is timely and professional. Smoke Cartel operates a transparent business model which is important in an industry with varying state regulations and significant scrutiny. The Company’s website at www.smokecartel.com offers fast load times and optimizations, making the product search process quick and seamless.
(Certain matters discussed in this press release may contain statements, estimates and projections that involve risks and uncertainties in Smoke Cartel, Inc.’s (the “Company”) business that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein. Such statements, estimates and projections constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Smoke Cartel undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. The recipient of this information is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No representations or warranties are made as to the accuracy of such forward-looking statements or whether any of the projections included herein will be realized.)
*Attachment*
· HeadyPet's
CONTACT: Contact at Smoke Cartel:
Annie Alexander
Director of Corporate Communications
Phone: 828-545-0544
annie@smokecartel.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 2 hours ago.
“We’re excited to expand our e-commerce web presence as we continue to add and develop in-house brands like HeadyPet,” says Chairman and CEO Darby Cox. “Branding and a strong web presence are part of our overall strategy to capture market share in new and different markets outside of just the cannabis industry.”
To that end, Smoke Cartel will also be attending the SuperZoo conference in Las Vegas June 25-28. SuperZoo is the most well-attended pet industry trade show in North America and has more than double the seminars and events as similar shows. The event includes an expo floor, expert-led education, networking opportunities and other special events and will welcome more than 1,100 exhibitors and over 10,000 qualified buyers and decision-makers.
"HeadyPet's presence at SuperZoo will allow pet retailers and vendors to learn everything they need to know about this latest venture, from sizes to pattern choices to our best-selling products," continues Cox. "Our leashes and collars are already popular with our online customers, and we are thrilled to open our products to a wider audience."
*"**A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/4851329f-7a24-4d70-b976-7fb5ded19c17*
*About Smoke Cartel, Inc.*Smoke Cartel, Inc. (Ticker: SMKC) is one of the leading online retailers of glass water pipes, vaporizers, bubblers, spoons, oil and dab rigs, smoking accessories, and cannabis accoutrements. The Company provides a wide variety of high quality products, reliable customer service, and rapid dependable shipping. Smoke Cartel offers 24-hour support and online chat services to ensure the customer experience is timely and professional. Smoke Cartel operates a transparent business model which is important in an industry with varying state regulations and significant scrutiny. The Company’s website at www.smokecartel.com offers fast load times and optimizations, making the product search process quick and seamless.
(Certain matters discussed in this press release may contain statements, estimates and projections that involve risks and uncertainties in Smoke Cartel, Inc.’s (the “Company”) business that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein. Such statements, estimates and projections constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Smoke Cartel undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. The recipient of this information is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. No representations or warranties are made as to the accuracy of such forward-looking statements or whether any of the projections included herein will be realized.)
*Attachment*
· HeadyPet's
CONTACT: Contact at Smoke Cartel:
Annie Alexander
Director of Corporate Communications
Phone: 828-545-0544
annie@smokecartel.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 2 hours ago.
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Christine Hogan-Newgren Receives HFMA Individual Achievement Award
Las Vegas, June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) today presented Christine Hogan-Newgren, CHFP, FHFMA, CPA, MSM, with the 2018 Frederick C. Morgan Individual Achievement Award. Hogan-Newgren, a Fellow of HFMA, is the 60th recipient of this award, which honors career-long contributions to HFMA and to the healthcare finance profession.
Hogan-Newgren is currently chief compliance officer and audit executive for Stormont Vail Health, Topeka, Kansas. She previously served as chief compliance officer and chief audit executive at the University of Colorado Health. Prior positions included executive roles at Exempla Healthcare, Centura Health, and Benedictine Health System.
Since joining HFMA in 1989, Hogan-Newgren has served in many roles at the chapter, regional, and national levels. At the chapter level, her service culminated in Colorado Chapter president in 2010-11, when she formed and chaired the chapter’s student committee and started a student scholarship. The chapter went on to receive the Robert R. Shelton Award for Sustained Chapter Excellence in 2012. Hogan-Newgren subsequently served as Regional Executive for Region 10 from 2016-17.
Additionally, Hogan-Newgren has spoken on numerous occasions at Colorado Chapter and regional conferences, including the Compliance Conference and the HFMA Women in Leadership Conference, and has been a presenter for HFMA’s national webinars.
At the national level, Hogan-Newgren has been a member of the National Advisory Council, the Compliance Officers Forum (which she chaired for two years), and the National Executive Council. She also served on the Yerger Committee from 2012 through 2015. Hogan-Newgren is a recipient of multiple chapter awards, including the Follmer Bronze, Reeves Silver, and Muncie Gold Merit Awards, and the Founders Medal of Honor.
“Although Christine is still in the prime of her career, she has already contributed a career’s worth of service to the healthcare finance profession and to our association,” said HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA. “And she is still going strong. Christine sets a high bar for the rest of us.”
Hogan-Newgren holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, with a computer science concentration, from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s degree in health administration from Colorado State University.
The Frederick C. Morgan Award was presented during the Association’s annual conference in Las Vegas on June 25.
*About HFMA*
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is the nation's premier membership organization for healthcare finance leaders. HFMA builds and supports coalitions with other healthcare associations and industry groups to achieve consensus on solutions for the challenges the U.S. healthcare system faces today. Working with a broad cross-section of stakeholders, HFMA identifies gaps throughout the healthcare delivery system and bridges them through the establishment and sharing of knowledge and best practices. We help healthcare stakeholders achieve optimal results by creating and providing education, analysis, and practical tools and solutions. Our mission is to lead the financial management of health care. CONTACT: Karen Thomas
Healthcare Financial Management Association
708-492-3377
kthomas@hfma.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 1 hour ago.
Hogan-Newgren is currently chief compliance officer and audit executive for Stormont Vail Health, Topeka, Kansas. She previously served as chief compliance officer and chief audit executive at the University of Colorado Health. Prior positions included executive roles at Exempla Healthcare, Centura Health, and Benedictine Health System.
Since joining HFMA in 1989, Hogan-Newgren has served in many roles at the chapter, regional, and national levels. At the chapter level, her service culminated in Colorado Chapter president in 2010-11, when she formed and chaired the chapter’s student committee and started a student scholarship. The chapter went on to receive the Robert R. Shelton Award for Sustained Chapter Excellence in 2012. Hogan-Newgren subsequently served as Regional Executive for Region 10 from 2016-17.
Additionally, Hogan-Newgren has spoken on numerous occasions at Colorado Chapter and regional conferences, including the Compliance Conference and the HFMA Women in Leadership Conference, and has been a presenter for HFMA’s national webinars.
At the national level, Hogan-Newgren has been a member of the National Advisory Council, the Compliance Officers Forum (which she chaired for two years), and the National Executive Council. She also served on the Yerger Committee from 2012 through 2015. Hogan-Newgren is a recipient of multiple chapter awards, including the Follmer Bronze, Reeves Silver, and Muncie Gold Merit Awards, and the Founders Medal of Honor.
“Although Christine is still in the prime of her career, she has already contributed a career’s worth of service to the healthcare finance profession and to our association,” said HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA. “And she is still going strong. Christine sets a high bar for the rest of us.”
Hogan-Newgren holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, with a computer science concentration, from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s degree in health administration from Colorado State University.
The Frederick C. Morgan Award was presented during the Association’s annual conference in Las Vegas on June 25.
*About HFMA*
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is the nation's premier membership organization for healthcare finance leaders. HFMA builds and supports coalitions with other healthcare associations and industry groups to achieve consensus on solutions for the challenges the U.S. healthcare system faces today. Working with a broad cross-section of stakeholders, HFMA identifies gaps throughout the healthcare delivery system and bridges them through the establishment and sharing of knowledge and best practices. We help healthcare stakeholders achieve optimal results by creating and providing education, analysis, and practical tools and solutions. Our mission is to lead the financial management of health care. CONTACT: Karen Thomas
Healthcare Financial Management Association
708-492-3377
kthomas@hfma.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 1 hour ago.
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Customers Benefit from Strong FinancialForce/ADP Partnership
· 57% of FinancialForce HCM customers migrating to ADP®’s integrated Payroll and HCM solution
· Product integration provides seamless experience between FinancialForce and ADP Workforce NOW® and ensures a single employee record
LAS VEGAS (FINANCIALFORCE COMMUNITY LIVE), June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FinancialForce, a leading customer-centric ERP and Professional Service Automation (PSA) cloud solution native to the Salesforce Platform, announced that 57 percent of its HCM customers have migrated or expressed strong interest in migrating to ADP®. A year ago, FinancialForce partnered with ADP, a leading global provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, to bring best-in-class payroll and HCM capabilities to its cloud ERP suite and client base.
“Our partnership with ADP has exceeded expectations, giving migrated customers a broader array of HCM services,” said Johnny Ola, vice president, Global Alliances and Business Development at FinancialForce. “With combined FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) and Financial Management products, we’re helping our mutual customers gain more value from their ERP technology investments. Customer interest in our joint solutions continues to accelerate because of the value they deliver. We’re proud of our partnership with ADP and we are committed to further innovations to support our customers.”
The two companies collaborated on critical product roadmap decisions over the past year and are proud to introduce new capabilities that enhance employee and resource management, while providing users with the speed and accuracy essential for success in today’s digital economy.
“We are excited this new integration with FinancialForce extends our global reach and enables clients to leverage unparalleled ADP employee data to streamline their HR processes,” said Adam Bush, VP Client & Associate Innovation National Accounts Services at ADP. “As we now adopt PSA to enhance our service business here at ADP, we have the confidence that the innovation between our two companies is unmatched in the industry.”
This strategic partnership is providing comprehensive benefits to customers that have fully migrated. "Integrating our PSA and HR systems has created predictability and efficiency in a key process for us: getting new hires up and running quickly, and getting them scheduled and billable on client work as soon as possible,” said Richard Tolocka, vice president Technology Operations at Phase 2 Technology. “The ability to keep financial data about each resource in sync across two systems is a game-changer.”
Customers of the FinancialForce PSA and Financial Management Solutions may now connect to ADP® Workforce Now as part of the FinancialForce Spring 2018 product release. New features include:
· **Single Worker Record from ADP Integration to PSA Resource*: *The worker record of every employee is seamlessly connected between ADP and FinancialForce, so that the same person in ADP’s payroll and HCM application is maintained in PSA. The Worker to Resource workflow allows ADP to act as the system of record for all personnel data, including new hires, data & demographic changes, and employment status changes. All updates are automatically shared between the two systems, providing a seamless customer experience.· **Absence Automation*: *It’s critical for Project Managers to quickly find and staff the correct resource for specific tasks. Building upon the FinancialForce Worker to Resource integration, the new Absence Automation functionality automatically shares a worker’s time off requests with PSA, thus negating dual entry & approval, and allowing Project Managers to keep each project current and fully staffed. This visibility ensures projects are optimally scheduled to drive both the top and bottom lines.· **General Ledger Integration*: *The largest operational spend in today’s knowledge economy is on people. Their earnings, taxes, and deductions make up the bulk of a company’s general ledger. New integration makes it possible to share data from each completed payroll onto FinancialForce General Ledger. This saves time and effort and brings peace of mind that journal entries will be accurate.
The two companies will continue to provide innovative offerings that are critical to services companies. ADP has recently begun implementing FinancialForce PSA to consolidate project resource management. And FinancialForce, which has been an ADP customer for several years, is now extending its use of ADP services to introduce broader HR system capabilities with a planned go-live this summer.
*About FinancialForce*
FinancialForce is the leading cloud ERP and PSA provider for the new services economy. A key ERP solution native to the Salesforce platform, FinancialForce unifies data across the enterprise in real-time, enabling companies to rapidly evolve their business models with customers at the center. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, FinancialForce is backed by Advent International, Salesforce Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and UNIT4. For more information, visit www.financialforce.com.
*Media Contacts:*
Letty Ledbetter
Vice President, Global Communications
lledbetter@financialforce.com
+1.510.409.1969
Julie Walsh
Senior Media Relations Manager, FinancialForce
jwalsh@financialforce.com
+44(0)7580 313 951 Reported by GlobeNewswire 28 minutes ago.
· Product integration provides seamless experience between FinancialForce and ADP Workforce NOW® and ensures a single employee record
LAS VEGAS (FINANCIALFORCE COMMUNITY LIVE), June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FinancialForce, a leading customer-centric ERP and Professional Service Automation (PSA) cloud solution native to the Salesforce Platform, announced that 57 percent of its HCM customers have migrated or expressed strong interest in migrating to ADP®. A year ago, FinancialForce partnered with ADP, a leading global provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, to bring best-in-class payroll and HCM capabilities to its cloud ERP suite and client base.
“Our partnership with ADP has exceeded expectations, giving migrated customers a broader array of HCM services,” said Johnny Ola, vice president, Global Alliances and Business Development at FinancialForce. “With combined FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) and Financial Management products, we’re helping our mutual customers gain more value from their ERP technology investments. Customer interest in our joint solutions continues to accelerate because of the value they deliver. We’re proud of our partnership with ADP and we are committed to further innovations to support our customers.”
The two companies collaborated on critical product roadmap decisions over the past year and are proud to introduce new capabilities that enhance employee and resource management, while providing users with the speed and accuracy essential for success in today’s digital economy.
“We are excited this new integration with FinancialForce extends our global reach and enables clients to leverage unparalleled ADP employee data to streamline their HR processes,” said Adam Bush, VP Client & Associate Innovation National Accounts Services at ADP. “As we now adopt PSA to enhance our service business here at ADP, we have the confidence that the innovation between our two companies is unmatched in the industry.”
This strategic partnership is providing comprehensive benefits to customers that have fully migrated. "Integrating our PSA and HR systems has created predictability and efficiency in a key process for us: getting new hires up and running quickly, and getting them scheduled and billable on client work as soon as possible,” said Richard Tolocka, vice president Technology Operations at Phase 2 Technology. “The ability to keep financial data about each resource in sync across two systems is a game-changer.”
Customers of the FinancialForce PSA and Financial Management Solutions may now connect to ADP® Workforce Now as part of the FinancialForce Spring 2018 product release. New features include:
· **Single Worker Record from ADP Integration to PSA Resource*: *The worker record of every employee is seamlessly connected between ADP and FinancialForce, so that the same person in ADP’s payroll and HCM application is maintained in PSA. The Worker to Resource workflow allows ADP to act as the system of record for all personnel data, including new hires, data & demographic changes, and employment status changes. All updates are automatically shared between the two systems, providing a seamless customer experience.· **Absence Automation*: *It’s critical for Project Managers to quickly find and staff the correct resource for specific tasks. Building upon the FinancialForce Worker to Resource integration, the new Absence Automation functionality automatically shares a worker’s time off requests with PSA, thus negating dual entry & approval, and allowing Project Managers to keep each project current and fully staffed. This visibility ensures projects are optimally scheduled to drive both the top and bottom lines.· **General Ledger Integration*: *The largest operational spend in today’s knowledge economy is on people. Their earnings, taxes, and deductions make up the bulk of a company’s general ledger. New integration makes it possible to share data from each completed payroll onto FinancialForce General Ledger. This saves time and effort and brings peace of mind that journal entries will be accurate.
The two companies will continue to provide innovative offerings that are critical to services companies. ADP has recently begun implementing FinancialForce PSA to consolidate project resource management. And FinancialForce, which has been an ADP customer for several years, is now extending its use of ADP services to introduce broader HR system capabilities with a planned go-live this summer.
*About FinancialForce*
FinancialForce is the leading cloud ERP and PSA provider for the new services economy. A key ERP solution native to the Salesforce platform, FinancialForce unifies data across the enterprise in real-time, enabling companies to rapidly evolve their business models with customers at the center. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, FinancialForce is backed by Advent International, Salesforce Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and UNIT4. For more information, visit www.financialforce.com.
*Media Contacts:*
Letty Ledbetter
Vice President, Global Communications
lledbetter@financialforce.com
+1.510.409.1969
Julie Walsh
Senior Media Relations Manager, FinancialForce
jwalsh@financialforce.com
+44(0)7580 313 951 Reported by GlobeNewswire 28 minutes ago.
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FinancialForce Announces Advanced PSA Analytics and Next-generation Financial Reporting with Salesforce Einstein Analytics
LAS VEGAS (FINANCIALFORCE COMMUNITY LIVE), June 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FinancialForce, a leading customer-centric ERP and Professional Service Automation (PSA) cloud solution native to the Salesforce Platform, announced it has expanded its partnership with Salesforce to offer customizable, advanced analytics for PSA applications and Financial Management applications using Salesforce Einstein Analytics.*Advanced PSA Analytics Powered by Einstein Analytics*
In today’s customer-centric services economy, organizations are challenged to interpret the overwhelming amount of captured customer and financial data, and adapt to changing market and customer demands at speed. To help tackle these challenges, FinancialForce now offers embedded reporting and analytics across its applications portfolio using Einstein Analytics.
Service professionals can now forecast and run their businesses with greater confidence and predictability with FinancialForce PSA Analytics powered by Einstein Analytics. FinancialForce PSA Analytics delivers real-time visibility into key KPI's used by services - Billings, Backlog, Utilization & Milestones - for improved forecasting and actionable insight. The combination of real-time Billing and Backlog with project and resource data offers a 360 degree business view using Einstein Analytics.
“We are honored to be among the first Salesforce ISVs to extend the raw power of Einstein Analytics into our applications,” said Dan Brown, Chief Development Officer for FinancialForce. “FinancialForce is dedicated to helping our customers grow and succeed in the services economy with relevant, contextual reporting and analytics made available when decisions need to be made. This investment builds upon our recent Spring 2018 release where we launched the first phase of our next-generation financial reporting leveraging Salesforce’s advanced analytics platform. We will continue to unlock levels of business insight that uniquely blend sales, orders, service delivery, and financial data across the opportunity-to-revenue lifecycle as evidenced with the announcements of our Financial Management and PSA Einstein Analytics applications.”
*Next Generation Financial Reporting with Einstein Analytics*
Customers who license the FinancialForce Accounting (FFA) solution will also receive next-generation FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Einstein Analytics. This includes the FinancialForce Accounting dataset which offers dozens of lenses for all financial statement use cases. This marks a monumental step in driving towards the FinancialForce vision of combining a Financial Reporting solution with the most sophisticated analytics solution, Einstein Analytics, into a single solution for customers.
FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Einstein Analytics offers FinancialForce Accounting users increased performance, and scalability up to tens of million of rows of detailed accounting transactions without any loss of context. Financial professionals can quickly slice and dice large amounts of data, with complete drill-down ability into an individual transaction or invoice without leaving the FinancialForce application. Insight into root causes for change in performance, such as a sudden spike or drop in revenue driven by a top customer, can be answered with just a few clicks.
“Traditionally, customers have had to look for additional BI applications outside their ERP solutions, typically with CSV files to upload, and cumbersome datacubes to maintain and manipulate,” said Raphael Bres, vice president, Product for FinancialForce Financial Management solutions. “Analytics and financial reporting are often separated, resulting in different data repositories, vendors and tools, security, and requiring tedious integrations and manual data reconciliation. FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Salesforce’s advanced Einstein Analytics revolutionizes the way Analytics and Financial Reporting should be combined for easier, more accurate and insightful data at the lowest TCO.”
FinancialForce PSA Analytics will be offered in preview availability as part of the Summer 2018 product release, with general availability anticipated in the Fall. FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Einstein is available using FinancialForce XL Plus for data presentment; with an added Einstein UI and reporting front-end planned for the Fall 2018 release of FinancialForce Accounting.
Salesforce and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
*For more information*:
· FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA)
· FinancialForce Financial Management
· Salesforce Einstein Analytics Platform
*About FinancialForce*
FinancialForce is the leading cloud ERP and PSA provider for the new services economy. A key ERP solution native to the Salesforce platform, FinancialForce unifies data across the enterprise in real-time, enabling companies to rapidly evolve their business models with customers at the center. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, FinancialForce is backed by Advent International, Salesforce Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and UNIT4. For more information, visit www.financialforce.com.
*Media Contacts:*
Letty Ledbetter
Vice President, Global Communications
lledbetter@financialforce.com
+1.510.409.1969
Julie Walsh
Senior Media Relations Manager
jwalsh@financialforce.com
+44(0)7580 313 951 Reported by GlobeNewswire 10 minutes ago.
In today’s customer-centric services economy, organizations are challenged to interpret the overwhelming amount of captured customer and financial data, and adapt to changing market and customer demands at speed. To help tackle these challenges, FinancialForce now offers embedded reporting and analytics across its applications portfolio using Einstein Analytics.
Service professionals can now forecast and run their businesses with greater confidence and predictability with FinancialForce PSA Analytics powered by Einstein Analytics. FinancialForce PSA Analytics delivers real-time visibility into key KPI's used by services - Billings, Backlog, Utilization & Milestones - for improved forecasting and actionable insight. The combination of real-time Billing and Backlog with project and resource data offers a 360 degree business view using Einstein Analytics.
“We are honored to be among the first Salesforce ISVs to extend the raw power of Einstein Analytics into our applications,” said Dan Brown, Chief Development Officer for FinancialForce. “FinancialForce is dedicated to helping our customers grow and succeed in the services economy with relevant, contextual reporting and analytics made available when decisions need to be made. This investment builds upon our recent Spring 2018 release where we launched the first phase of our next-generation financial reporting leveraging Salesforce’s advanced analytics platform. We will continue to unlock levels of business insight that uniquely blend sales, orders, service delivery, and financial data across the opportunity-to-revenue lifecycle as evidenced with the announcements of our Financial Management and PSA Einstein Analytics applications.”
*Next Generation Financial Reporting with Einstein Analytics*
Customers who license the FinancialForce Accounting (FFA) solution will also receive next-generation FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Einstein Analytics. This includes the FinancialForce Accounting dataset which offers dozens of lenses for all financial statement use cases. This marks a monumental step in driving towards the FinancialForce vision of combining a Financial Reporting solution with the most sophisticated analytics solution, Einstein Analytics, into a single solution for customers.
FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Einstein Analytics offers FinancialForce Accounting users increased performance, and scalability up to tens of million of rows of detailed accounting transactions without any loss of context. Financial professionals can quickly slice and dice large amounts of data, with complete drill-down ability into an individual transaction or invoice without leaving the FinancialForce application. Insight into root causes for change in performance, such as a sudden spike or drop in revenue driven by a top customer, can be answered with just a few clicks.
“Traditionally, customers have had to look for additional BI applications outside their ERP solutions, typically with CSV files to upload, and cumbersome datacubes to maintain and manipulate,” said Raphael Bres, vice president, Product for FinancialForce Financial Management solutions. “Analytics and financial reporting are often separated, resulting in different data repositories, vendors and tools, security, and requiring tedious integrations and manual data reconciliation. FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Salesforce’s advanced Einstein Analytics revolutionizes the way Analytics and Financial Reporting should be combined for easier, more accurate and insightful data at the lowest TCO.”
FinancialForce PSA Analytics will be offered in preview availability as part of the Summer 2018 product release, with general availability anticipated in the Fall. FinancialForce Financial Reporting powered by Einstein is available using FinancialForce XL Plus for data presentment; with an added Einstein UI and reporting front-end planned for the Fall 2018 release of FinancialForce Accounting.
Salesforce and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.
*For more information*:
· FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA)
· FinancialForce Financial Management
· Salesforce Einstein Analytics Platform
*About FinancialForce*
FinancialForce is the leading cloud ERP and PSA provider for the new services economy. A key ERP solution native to the Salesforce platform, FinancialForce unifies data across the enterprise in real-time, enabling companies to rapidly evolve their business models with customers at the center. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, FinancialForce is backed by Advent International, Salesforce Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures, and UNIT4. For more information, visit www.financialforce.com.
*Media Contacts:*
Letty Ledbetter
Vice President, Global Communications
lledbetter@financialforce.com
+1.510.409.1969
Julie Walsh
Senior Media Relations Manager
jwalsh@financialforce.com
+44(0)7580 313 951 Reported by GlobeNewswire 10 minutes ago.
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Is Samsung prepping three different Galaxy S10 models?
Samsung's next flagship smartphone, due early in 2019, could be coming in three separate versions in a bid to broaden its appeal, according to reports in specialist Korean media.
Under the code-names Beyond 0, Beyond 1 and Beyond 2, Samsung is reportedly working on not one but three Galaxy S10 handsets. The most basic version would apparently be lined up to rival the slew of recently released Chinese smartphones, which can offer better value for money than the current Galaxy S9.
To compete, Samsung is reportedly cooking up a 5.8-inch smartphone with a single main camera. The second model, with curved edges and a dual camera, would effectively be a replacement for the Galaxy S9, while a more advanced model, with a 6.2-inch screen and a triple camera, would replace the Galaxy S9+. If this materializes, Samsung would be a major challenger for Huawei in the smartphone camera field, in which both manufacturers strive to excel.
A fingerprint sensor built into the screen -- technology already mastered by many Chinese manufacturers like Huawei, Vivo and Xiaomi -- should at least be coming to the higher-end Galaxy S10. Plus, Samsung could add facial-recognition technology, similar to that seen in Apple's iPhone X, thus ditching its iris scanner.
This would take the form of a 3D module built into the front-facing camera, bringing improved facial recognition while also optimizing animated emojis. The Galaxy S10 is also expected to be the first smartphone to use the next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor.
For the time being, these are merely rumors. The future Galaxy S10 smartphone(s) are likely to be unveiled at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2019.
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Highlights: Reported by DNA 15 hours ago.
Under the code-names Beyond 0, Beyond 1 and Beyond 2, Samsung is reportedly working on not one but three Galaxy S10 handsets. The most basic version would apparently be lined up to rival the slew of recently released Chinese smartphones, which can offer better value for money than the current Galaxy S9.
To compete, Samsung is reportedly cooking up a 5.8-inch smartphone with a single main camera. The second model, with curved edges and a dual camera, would effectively be a replacement for the Galaxy S9, while a more advanced model, with a 6.2-inch screen and a triple camera, would replace the Galaxy S9+. If this materializes, Samsung would be a major challenger for Huawei in the smartphone camera field, in which both manufacturers strive to excel.
A fingerprint sensor built into the screen -- technology already mastered by many Chinese manufacturers like Huawei, Vivo and Xiaomi -- should at least be coming to the higher-end Galaxy S10. Plus, Samsung could add facial-recognition technology, similar to that seen in Apple's iPhone X, thus ditching its iris scanner.
This would take the form of a 3D module built into the front-facing camera, bringing improved facial recognition while also optimizing animated emojis. The Galaxy S10 is also expected to be the first smartphone to use the next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor.
For the time being, these are merely rumors. The future Galaxy S10 smartphone(s) are likely to be unveiled at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2019.
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Former Gonzaga star Wiltjer will play for Portland this summer
Former Gonzaga Bulldog Kyle Wiltjer tweeted Monday that he’s joining the Portland Trail Blazers’ summer-league team. Wiltjer, a native of Portland, tweeted he’s “hyped cuz it’s the hometown squad.” Las Vegas is hosting the NBA summer league for all 30 teams July 6-17. The 6-foot-10 forward spent most of last season with Olympiacos, a professional […]
Reported by Seattle Times 13 hours ago.
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Williams Perez’s impressive AAA debut with Tacoma goes to waste in 3-2 defeat
Williams Perez allowed just four hits and no runs in his six innings, and left with a 1-0 lead. Las Vegas scored three runs in the top of the eighth with a double by Patrick Kivlehan the big blow.
Reported by Seattle Times 13 hours ago.
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Las Vegas Author Carlo Armenise Releases The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job
First in a series about Sam Razor, a private investigator with an uncanny ability to solve cases, while putting his life in danger.
(PRWEB) June 27, 2018
Next Century Publishing’s new release, The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job, from Las Vegas author, Carlo Armenise, is a great blend of comedy and mystery. The book is the first in a series about Sam Razor, a private investigator with an uncanny ability to solve cases, while putting his life in danger.
Armenise has been writing for several years, including short stories, screenplays and television episodes across different genres, ranging from horror to comedy.
“I’ve been writing and creating for most of my life,” said the author. “I’ve done stand-up comedy, written screenplays and television episodes for many years. Anyone that loves a good mystery/comedy will absolutely love this book.”
The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job follows two rich sisters, a kidnapping in Las Vegas and Sam Razor, a street-smart professional, with a thought process that is both hilarious and sometimes irreverent.
With degrees in Journalism and English, Armenise has always had a passion for writing and entertaining. His Sam Razor series brings that passion to life, as he connects with readers who appreciate a well written, entertaining, and funny book.
About Next Century Publishing
Next Century Publishing is a hybrid publishing company that has carved out a niche by offering a wide variety of publishing services to its clients. At Next Century Publishing, an author’s needs are assessed, and the right publishing platform is suggested based on discussions with the author. From simple E-book publishing to traditional trade publishing, Next Century Publishing does it all. Next Century Publishing’s revenue has grown by over 200 percent in each of the past three years. With offices in Austin, Toronto, and Panama, the company is now prepared for another triple digit growth year. Reported by PRWeb 11 hours ago.
(PRWEB) June 27, 2018
Next Century Publishing’s new release, The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job, from Las Vegas author, Carlo Armenise, is a great blend of comedy and mystery. The book is the first in a series about Sam Razor, a private investigator with an uncanny ability to solve cases, while putting his life in danger.
Armenise has been writing for several years, including short stories, screenplays and television episodes across different genres, ranging from horror to comedy.
“I’ve been writing and creating for most of my life,” said the author. “I’ve done stand-up comedy, written screenplays and television episodes for many years. Anyone that loves a good mystery/comedy will absolutely love this book.”
The Case of the Blonde with the Bad Nose Job follows two rich sisters, a kidnapping in Las Vegas and Sam Razor, a street-smart professional, with a thought process that is both hilarious and sometimes irreverent.
With degrees in Journalism and English, Armenise has always had a passion for writing and entertaining. His Sam Razor series brings that passion to life, as he connects with readers who appreciate a well written, entertaining, and funny book.
About Next Century Publishing
Next Century Publishing is a hybrid publishing company that has carved out a niche by offering a wide variety of publishing services to its clients. At Next Century Publishing, an author’s needs are assessed, and the right publishing platform is suggested based on discussions with the author. From simple E-book publishing to traditional trade publishing, Next Century Publishing does it all. Next Century Publishing’s revenue has grown by over 200 percent in each of the past three years. With offices in Austin, Toronto, and Panama, the company is now prepared for another triple digit growth year. Reported by PRWeb 11 hours ago.
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Weddings in Wales: A mad rush to the altar for couple’s Las Vegas wedding
Lauren Ricketts and Jason Ivins were married in April
Reported by Wales Online 10 hours ago.
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GB Sciences Files Patent on Cannabis-based Therapies for the Treatment of Asthma, Urinary Cystitis, Hearing Loss, plus Chronic, Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain
GB Sciences’ novel therapeutic approach paves the way for the creation of precision medicines derived from the cannabis plant.
Las Vegas, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GB Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: GBLX) has filed a new provisional patent application on the use of cannabis-based therapies for the manipulation of cannabis-sensitive ion channels in sensory neurons that contribute to chronic inflammatory pain conditions, peripheral neuropathy, urinary cystitis, asthma, and specific types of hearing loss.
The GB Sciences drug development team believes that these new cannabis-based treatments could well herald the dawning of ‘individualized medicines’ from the cannabis plant by re-establishing balance in each individual patient’s endocannabinoid system.
“Manipulating the TRP channels in sensory neurons could provide much needed relief for patients who are suffering from chronic pain, asthma, urinary cystitis, or hearing loss,” explains Dr. Andrea Small-Howard, Chief Science Officer of GB Sciences. “The ability to use specific combinations of cannabinoids and terpenoids to modulate TRP ion channels in sensory neurons could usher in the beginning of a new era of precision medicines derived from the cannabis plant.”
Sensory neurons contain multiple members of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion channel family, where they detect pain, inflammation, stress, and noxious environmental signals and relay these signals through activation/de-activation of calcium, sodium, and magnesium ion gradients across cellular membranes. By studying the responses of cannabinoids and terpenoids both individually and in combinations at the level of individual receptors, GB Sciences has discovered reversible mechanisms that make personalized, precision medicines possible.
“GB Sciences remains committed to helping patients by supporting novel research programs that push the boundaries of what is known about the therapeutic potential of the diverse active ingredients in the cannabis plant,” said John Poss, CEO and Chairman of GB Sciences, Inc. “We are very fortunate to be working with accomplished university partners such as Dr. Helen Turner, Vice President of Innovation, Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Chaminade University, who has been instrumental in the discovery phase of our drug development program.”
*About GB Sciences, Inc.*
GB Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: GBLX) is a diverse cannabis company, focused on standardized cultivation and production methods; as well as biopharmaceutical research and development. The Company's goal is creating safe, standardized, pharmaceutical-grade, cannabinoid therapies that target a variety of medical conditions. To learn more about GB Sciences, Inc., go to: http://gbsciences.com.
*Forward-Looking Statements*
This press release may contain statements relating to future results or events, which are forward-looking statements. Words such as "expects", "intends", "plans", "may", "could", "should", "anticipates", "likely", "believes" and words of similar import may identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only the Company's belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. It is possible that the Company's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in these forward-looking statements. Further, information concerning the Company and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect the Company's business and financial and other results, are contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which we hereafter become aware.
Note: Although the Company's research and development activities are not illegal, the production and sale of cannabis products violate federal laws as they presently exist.
CONTACT: Tom Arcuragi,Sr VP Marketing
GB Sciences, Inc. 3550 W. Teco Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89118
866-721-0297
tom@gbsciences.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 8 hours ago.
Las Vegas, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GB Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: GBLX) has filed a new provisional patent application on the use of cannabis-based therapies for the manipulation of cannabis-sensitive ion channels in sensory neurons that contribute to chronic inflammatory pain conditions, peripheral neuropathy, urinary cystitis, asthma, and specific types of hearing loss.
The GB Sciences drug development team believes that these new cannabis-based treatments could well herald the dawning of ‘individualized medicines’ from the cannabis plant by re-establishing balance in each individual patient’s endocannabinoid system.
“Manipulating the TRP channels in sensory neurons could provide much needed relief for patients who are suffering from chronic pain, asthma, urinary cystitis, or hearing loss,” explains Dr. Andrea Small-Howard, Chief Science Officer of GB Sciences. “The ability to use specific combinations of cannabinoids and terpenoids to modulate TRP ion channels in sensory neurons could usher in the beginning of a new era of precision medicines derived from the cannabis plant.”
Sensory neurons contain multiple members of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) ion channel family, where they detect pain, inflammation, stress, and noxious environmental signals and relay these signals through activation/de-activation of calcium, sodium, and magnesium ion gradients across cellular membranes. By studying the responses of cannabinoids and terpenoids both individually and in combinations at the level of individual receptors, GB Sciences has discovered reversible mechanisms that make personalized, precision medicines possible.
“GB Sciences remains committed to helping patients by supporting novel research programs that push the boundaries of what is known about the therapeutic potential of the diverse active ingredients in the cannabis plant,” said John Poss, CEO and Chairman of GB Sciences, Inc. “We are very fortunate to be working with accomplished university partners such as Dr. Helen Turner, Vice President of Innovation, Dean of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Chaminade University, who has been instrumental in the discovery phase of our drug development program.”
*About GB Sciences, Inc.*
GB Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: GBLX) is a diverse cannabis company, focused on standardized cultivation and production methods; as well as biopharmaceutical research and development. The Company's goal is creating safe, standardized, pharmaceutical-grade, cannabinoid therapies that target a variety of medical conditions. To learn more about GB Sciences, Inc., go to: http://gbsciences.com.
*Forward-Looking Statements*
This press release may contain statements relating to future results or events, which are forward-looking statements. Words such as "expects", "intends", "plans", "may", "could", "should", "anticipates", "likely", "believes" and words of similar import may identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only the Company's belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. It is possible that the Company's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in these forward-looking statements. Further, information concerning the Company and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect the Company's business and financial and other results, are contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which we hereafter become aware.
Note: Although the Company's research and development activities are not illegal, the production and sale of cannabis products violate federal laws as they presently exist.
CONTACT: Tom Arcuragi,Sr VP Marketing
GB Sciences, Inc. 3550 W. Teco Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89118
866-721-0297
tom@gbsciences.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 8 hours ago.
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Khloe Kardashian's Wax Statue Unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas
The wax figure is dressed in Good American high-waisted jeans, a black lace bodysuit and Christian Louboutin pumps.
Reported by AceShowbiz 8 hours ago.
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Freedom Leaf, Inc. CEO Clifford J. Perry Returns to Uptick Newswire with Marcus Heatherly
LAS VEGAS, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freedom Leaf, Inc. (OTCQB:FRLF), a group of international vertically integrated hemp businesses focused on health, wellness, education and media products, today announced CEO Clifford J. Perry returned to Uptick Newswire for a recap of the many successes the Company has recently achieved.“I know you are doing a lot of work in Europe lately,” said Heatherly. “Can you tell us about the inspiration behind entering that market?”
“We always believed there would be a major strategic play for the emerging cannabis and hemp sector in Europe,” said Perry. “Our team has done an incredible job finding us properties and acquisitions. Our first acquisition was LaMarihuana.com, one of the largest Spanish-speaking cannabis and hemp websites.”
LaMarihuana.com has 1.7 million visitors a month, adding significant media coverage internationally. Additionally, after recent transactions Freedom Leaf will be the largest indoor hemp cultivation facility in the world.
“We are building products and services in the health and wellness sector that can be trusted,” said Perry.
*About Freedom Leaf, Inc.®*
Freedom Leaf, Inc. is a group of diversified, international, vertically-integrated hemp businesses concentrating on health, wellness, and education as well as cannabis media companies. Freedom Leaf Inc. is a fully-reporting and audited publicly-traded company under the symbol (OTCQB:FRLF). Freedom Leaf Inc. has been a leading go-to resource in the cannabis, medical marijuana and industrial hemp industries since 2014, founded by professionals with over 200 years combined experience in marijuana legalization advocacy. FRLF is building a diverse portfolio of valuable businesses through strategic mergers, acquisitions, and acceleration projects across the industry.
FRLF’s large portfolio of acquisitions and properties includes: our recently acquired full spectrum hemp oil product line - Irie CBD; our wholly-owned hemp extraction division - Leafceuticals, Inc.; our exclusive health and wellness full spectrum hemp oil brand - Hempology, our just-acquired indoor hemp greenhouse in Valencia, Spain for the cultivation of Hemp; our hemp-based rolling paper company - Plants to Paper; two of the largest Spanish-speaking cannabis web portals in the world - LaMarihuana.com and Marihuana-Medicinal.com, and of course our flagship publication - Freedom Leaf Magazine.
Utilizing these mergers and acquisitions, Freedom Leaf Inc. is continually building a solid foundation for our vertically-integrated hemp company to maximize both revenue growth, and net profit, which will increase our shareholders value. Our cultivation and extraction divisions allow FRLF to grow and source our own hemp CBD, which allows dramatically lower production costs for our wholly-owned CBD product lines, thereby generating more revenue for each product sold. We formulate and manufacture the majority of our products in our own in-house formulation centers, also greatly reducing our costs and increasing revenue. In addition, our extensive domestic and international media companies ensure we can continuously direct traffic to our many ecommerce sites and nationwide retail locations.
Freedom Leaf Inc. also sells licenses to use the Freedom Leaf brand in different countries and states across the globe. We have entered into three license agreements: for Spain and Portugal, for The Netherlands, and for Southern California.
*Freedom Leaf, Inc. does not handle, grow, sell, or dispense marijuana or related products*
*All of our European activities are in full compliance with relevant EU laws.*
*Investor relations information can be found on the **FreedomLeafInc.com** company website.*
*Safe Harbor Statement*
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or other comparable terms. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this news release regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by customers; our continued ability to pay operating costs and ability to meet demand for our products and services; the amount and nature of competition from other media and cannabis/hemp-related products and services; the effects of changes in laws governing the cannabis and hemp industries; our ability to successfully develop and sell new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining industry relationships, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in our prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Contact:
Raymond Medeiros
PR and Business Development Director
Phone: 415-601-1974
ray@freedomleaf.com
Freedom Leaf, Inc.
Investors Hangout is a proud sponsor of Stock Day and Uptick Newswire encourages listeners to visit Freedom Leaf Inc., message board on: https://investorshangout.com/
Source: Uptick Newswire Reported by GlobeNewswire 6 hours ago.
“We always believed there would be a major strategic play for the emerging cannabis and hemp sector in Europe,” said Perry. “Our team has done an incredible job finding us properties and acquisitions. Our first acquisition was LaMarihuana.com, one of the largest Spanish-speaking cannabis and hemp websites.”
LaMarihuana.com has 1.7 million visitors a month, adding significant media coverage internationally. Additionally, after recent transactions Freedom Leaf will be the largest indoor hemp cultivation facility in the world.
“We are building products and services in the health and wellness sector that can be trusted,” said Perry.
*About Freedom Leaf, Inc.®*
Freedom Leaf, Inc. is a group of diversified, international, vertically-integrated hemp businesses concentrating on health, wellness, and education as well as cannabis media companies. Freedom Leaf Inc. is a fully-reporting and audited publicly-traded company under the symbol (OTCQB:FRLF). Freedom Leaf Inc. has been a leading go-to resource in the cannabis, medical marijuana and industrial hemp industries since 2014, founded by professionals with over 200 years combined experience in marijuana legalization advocacy. FRLF is building a diverse portfolio of valuable businesses through strategic mergers, acquisitions, and acceleration projects across the industry.
FRLF’s large portfolio of acquisitions and properties includes: our recently acquired full spectrum hemp oil product line - Irie CBD; our wholly-owned hemp extraction division - Leafceuticals, Inc.; our exclusive health and wellness full spectrum hemp oil brand - Hempology, our just-acquired indoor hemp greenhouse in Valencia, Spain for the cultivation of Hemp; our hemp-based rolling paper company - Plants to Paper; two of the largest Spanish-speaking cannabis web portals in the world - LaMarihuana.com and Marihuana-Medicinal.com, and of course our flagship publication - Freedom Leaf Magazine.
Utilizing these mergers and acquisitions, Freedom Leaf Inc. is continually building a solid foundation for our vertically-integrated hemp company to maximize both revenue growth, and net profit, which will increase our shareholders value. Our cultivation and extraction divisions allow FRLF to grow and source our own hemp CBD, which allows dramatically lower production costs for our wholly-owned CBD product lines, thereby generating more revenue for each product sold. We formulate and manufacture the majority of our products in our own in-house formulation centers, also greatly reducing our costs and increasing revenue. In addition, our extensive domestic and international media companies ensure we can continuously direct traffic to our many ecommerce sites and nationwide retail locations.
Freedom Leaf Inc. also sells licenses to use the Freedom Leaf brand in different countries and states across the globe. We have entered into three license agreements: for Spain and Portugal, for The Netherlands, and for Southern California.
*Freedom Leaf, Inc. does not handle, grow, sell, or dispense marijuana or related products*
*All of our European activities are in full compliance with relevant EU laws.*
*Investor relations information can be found on the **FreedomLeafInc.com** company website.*
*Safe Harbor Statement*
This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or other comparable terms. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this news release regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by customers; our continued ability to pay operating costs and ability to meet demand for our products and services; the amount and nature of competition from other media and cannabis/hemp-related products and services; the effects of changes in laws governing the cannabis and hemp industries; our ability to successfully develop and sell new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining industry relationships, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in our prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Contact:
Raymond Medeiros
PR and Business Development Director
Phone: 415-601-1974
ray@freedomleaf.com
Freedom Leaf, Inc.
Investors Hangout is a proud sponsor of Stock Day and Uptick Newswire encourages listeners to visit Freedom Leaf Inc., message board on: https://investorshangout.com/
Source: Uptick Newswire Reported by GlobeNewswire 6 hours ago.
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Janelle Monae Sits In Her Throne at Las Vegas Concert
Janelle Monae takes a seat on her throne while performing during a stop on her Dirty Computer tour on Tuesday (June 26) at The Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The 32-year-old singer launched the tour earlier this month and she’ll be traveling around the country until the beginning of August. “Next [...]
Reported by Just Jared 6 hours ago.
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Attorneys for FPC, FPF file 923-page opposition to ATF's illegal 'bump-stock' ban proposal, demand hearing
Attorneys for FPC and FPF submitted over 900 pages of analysis and supporting exhibits, including a video that shows the actual operation of a “bump-stock-device” on an AR-15 type firearm, in an extensive opposition that shows the Trump Administration’s unlawful proposed ban fails every test.
WASHINGTON, DC, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) have announced that their extensive, 923-page opposition comment was filed with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) regarding the agency’s proposed rulemaking to ban “bump-stock” devices. The FPC Comment and its 35 exhibits can be viewed online in their entirety at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-fpf-opposition-atf-bump-stock-ban.
The FPC Comment in opposition was filed on the groups’ behalf by attorneys Joshua Prince and Adam Kraut of Firearms Industry Consulting Group (FICG) after President Trump directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to use executive actions to unlawfully and unconstitutionally expand the scope of statutes to force the dispossession and destruction of legally-acquired property--without just compensation--and subject possibly more than 500,000 Americans to severe federal criminal penalties. FICG attorney Adam Kraut produced a video (Exhibit 28) with Patton Media and Consulting to show how a bump-fire-type device actually works when it is installed on a firearm.
“It is beyond outrageous that ATF has purposely misled the public on the function of bump-stock-devices,” said FICG Chief Counsel Joshua Prince. “Even setting aside the constitutional concerns, there are a plethora of issues that preclude ATF from moving forward with its bump-stock proposal. ATF is unlawfully attempting to usurp the Congress’ power by modifying a definition codified in the tax code by Congress and is attempting to retroactively apply this definition, which is precluded by federal tax laws designed to prevent this kind of action by the Government.”
“Perhaps more frightening than the text of this unlawful executive action is the fact that the Trump Administration is expressly saying that not only can the ATF re-write Congress’ statutes to mean whatever they prefer, but that the Second Amendment doesn’t protect conduct with common semi-automatic firearms and parts, let alone devices like machineguns,” commented FPC President and FPF Chairman Brandon Combs. “That should send chills down the spines of American gun owners.”
“Our important opposition is not only a substantial addition to the rulemaking record, but a warning shot across the ATF’s bow. If the ATF proceeds with this unlawful and unconstitutional proposal, our attorneys have been instructed to explore every possible legal remedy, including filing a federal lawsuit and seeking an injunction. We would relish the opportunity to defend the Constitution and law-abiding American people against the Trump Administration’s patently anti-gun arguments in a court of law,” Combs concluded.
BACKGROUND
In ten letter rulings between 2008 and 2017, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) concluded that bump-stocks and some similar devices did not qualify as “machineguns” because they did not “automatically” shoot more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.
On October 1, 2017, a terrorist used firearms in a premeditated attack on attendees of an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, killing 58 people and injuring more.
On December 26, 2017, ATF published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register regarding the “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to ‘Bump Fire’ Stocks and Other Similar Devices” as an initial step in the process of substantively changing through fiat regulation the statutory definition of “machinegun” with the intent to ban bump-stock-type devices they previously ruled were legal to acquire, possess, and use.
On January 25, 2018, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) submitted comments responding to the ATF – an agency under the Department of Justice – Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in opposition to the “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to “Bump Fire” Stocks and Other Similar Devices.”
On February 20, 2018, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to Attorney General Sessions directing the Department of Justice to initiate a regulatory action to ban “bump fire” stocks and similar devices. (83 Fed. Reg. 7949.)
On March 29, 2018, the ATF published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a proposed ban on “Bump-Stock-Type Devices” in the Federal Register. (83 Fed. Reg. 13442.)
On June 19, 2018, attorneys at Firearms Industry Consulting Group submitted over 900 pages of analysis and documents, along with multiple video exhibits, on behalf of FPC and FPF (the “FPC Opposition”) in opposition to the ATF’s proposed rulemaking. In the FPC Opposition, and by separate letter to ATF Acting Director Thomas E. Brandon, FIGG (on behalf of FPC and FPF) demanded a hearing before any final rulemaking action pursuant to the right codified under 18 U.S.C. § 926(b).
The comment period for ATF rulemaking docket no. 2017R-22 will close on June 27, 2018, at midnight Eastern Daylight Time.
SUMMARY OF OPPOSITION ARGUMENTS
· ATF’s Proposed Rulemaking (docket no. 2017R-22) is procedurally flawed and violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
· ATF’s proposed rule violates the Constitution in numerous ways, including:
· I – Separation of Powers
· I – Ex Post Facto Clause
· Fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms protected under the Second Amendment
· Rights to due process, fair notice, and just compensation for the taking of property protected under the Fifth Amendment
· ATF’s proposed rule exceeds its statutory authority
· ATF’s proposed rule is arbitrary and capricious
· ATF’s proposed rule is unconstitutionally vague
· ATF failed to consider viable and precedential alternatives
· ATF’s proposed rule is not supported by policy considerations
· ATF’s proposed rule “should be withdrawn and summarily discarded, or, in the alternative, ATF should elect Alternative 1 and abandon the proposed rulemaking in its entirety.”
RELATED NEWS RELEASES
Oct. 6, 2017: Firearms Policy Coalition Repudiates Proposed Bans on Semi-Automatic Firearms and Accessories, Including “Bump Fire” Stocks - http://bit.ly/fpc-2017-10-6-bumpstocks
Jan. 25, 2018: FPC Says ATF ‘Bump Stock’ Regulation Proposal is “Illegal” - http://bit.ly/fpc-2018-1-25-bumpstock-ban-illegal
Feb. 20, 2018: FPC Calls President Trump’s ‘Bump Stock’ Ban “Lawless” - http://bit.ly/fpc-2018-2-20-trump-ban-lawless
Feb. 26, 2018: President Trump Says He Will ‘Write Out’ Bump Stocks Without Congress; Two Second Amendment Groups Initiate Legal Action to Oppose Ban - http://bit.ly/fpc-2018-2-26-trump-bumpstocks
LIST OF DOCUMENTS AND EXHIBITS FILED
All documents and videos listed below are available online at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-fpf-opposition-atf-bump-stock-ban.
FPC and FPF's Comments in Opposition to Proposed Rule ATF 2017R-22
Exhibit 1 - FICG Expedited FOIA request dated March 30, 2018
Exhibit 2 - LVMPD Preliminary Investigative Report, January 18, 2018
Exhibit 3 - Video: Iraqveteran8888, Worlds Fastest Shooter vs Bump Fire! – Guns Reviews, YouTube, October 13, 2014
Exhibit 4 - Video: Miculek.com, AR-15 5 shots in 1 second with fastest shooter ever, Jerry Miculek (Shoot Fast!), YouTube, June 20, 2013
Exhibit 5 - Carl Bussjaeger, [Update] Bumbling Machinations on Bump Stocks?, April 2, 2018 and [Updated] Bump-fire Rule: “Comments Not Accepted”, March 30, 2018
Exhibit 6 - Motion in Limine, United States v. Friesen, CR-08-041-L (W.D. Okla. Mar. 19, 2009)
Exhibit 7 - John Bresnahan and Seung Min Kim, Attorney General Eric Holder held in contempt of Congress, June 28, 2012
Exhibit 8 - Testimony of Gary Schaible, United States v. Rodman, et al., CR-10-01047-PHX-ROS
Exhibit 9 - Senator Diane Feinstein, Feinstein: Congress Shouldn’t Pass the Buck on Bump-Fire Stocks, October 11, 2017
Exhibit 10 - ATF Determinations
Exhibit 11 - Video: Shooting Videos, Rapid manual trigger manipulation (Rubber Band Assisted), YouTube, December 14, 2006
Exhibit 12 - Video: StiThis1, AK-47 75 round drum Bumpfire!!!, YouTube, September 5, 2011
Exhibit 13 - Video: ThatGunGuy45, ‘Bump Fire’ without a bump-fire stock, courtesy of ThatGunGuy45, YouTube, October 13, 2017
Exhibit 14 - Video: M45, How to bumpfire without bumpfire stock, YouTube, October 8, 2017
Exhibit 15 - Verified Declaration of Damien Guedes
Exhibit 16 - Verified Declaration of Matthew Thompson
Exhibit 17 - Video: Vice News, Meet One Of The Analysts Who Determined That Bump Stocks Were Legal, YouTube, October 11, 2017
Exhibit 18- Video: Fastest Shooter OF ALL TIME! Jerry Miculek | Incredible Shooting Montage, DailyMotion, 2014
Exhibit 19- Gun Control Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 1235
Exhibit 20 - 26 C.F.R. § 179.120
Exhibit 21 - Joshua Prince, Violating Due Process: Convictions Based on the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record When its ‘Files are Missing’, September 28, 2008
Exhibit 22 - Eric Larson’s testimony and exhibits of April 3, 1998, before the House Committee on Appropriations
Exhibit 23 - ATF Quarterly Roll Call Lesson Plan, July 12, 2012
Exhibit 24 - Eric M. Larson, How Firearms Registration Abuse & the “Essential Operational Mechanism” of Guns May Adversely Affect Gun Collectors, Gun Journal, March 1998
Exhibit 25 - U.S. Government’s Brief in Support of Cross Motion For Summary Judgment And In Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion For Summary Judgment, Freedom Ordinance Mfg. Inc., v. Thomas E. Brandon, Case No. 3:16-cv-243-RLY-MPB
Exhibit 26 - Video: Molon Labe, hogan 7 m16.wmv, YouTube, October 25, 2011
Exhibit 27 - Testimony of ATF Senior Analyst Richard Vasquez in U.S. v. One Historic Arms Model54RCCS, No. 1:09-CV-00192-GET
Exhibit 28 - Video: Adam Kraut Esq. and Patton Media and Consulting, Bump Stock Analytical Video, June 14, 2018
Exhibit 29 - National Firearms Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, H.R. Rep. No. 9066, 73rd Cong. 2nd Sess. April 16, 18, and May 14, 15, and 16 1934
Exhibit 30 - Testimony of Police Chief J. Thomas Manger
Exhibit 31 - ProPublica, Workers’ Comp Benefits: How Much is a Limb Worth?, March 5, 2015
Exhibit 32 - Verified Declaration of former ATF Acting Chief of FTB Rick Vasquez
Exhibit 33 - Verified Declaration of Jonathan Patton of Patton Media and Consulting
Exhibit 34 - FICG’s Letter on Behalf of FPC to Acting Director Brandon
Exhibit 35 - FPC’s January 25, 2018 Letter in Opposition to ATF’s ANPRM re: “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to ‘Bump Fire’ Stocks and Other Similar Devices”
CONTACT: Brandon Combs
Firearms Policy Coalition
916-378-5785
media@fpchq.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 5 hours ago.
WASHINGTON, DC, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) have announced that their extensive, 923-page opposition comment was filed with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) regarding the agency’s proposed rulemaking to ban “bump-stock” devices. The FPC Comment and its 35 exhibits can be viewed online in their entirety at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-fpf-opposition-atf-bump-stock-ban.
The FPC Comment in opposition was filed on the groups’ behalf by attorneys Joshua Prince and Adam Kraut of Firearms Industry Consulting Group (FICG) after President Trump directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to use executive actions to unlawfully and unconstitutionally expand the scope of statutes to force the dispossession and destruction of legally-acquired property--without just compensation--and subject possibly more than 500,000 Americans to severe federal criminal penalties. FICG attorney Adam Kraut produced a video (Exhibit 28) with Patton Media and Consulting to show how a bump-fire-type device actually works when it is installed on a firearm.
“It is beyond outrageous that ATF has purposely misled the public on the function of bump-stock-devices,” said FICG Chief Counsel Joshua Prince. “Even setting aside the constitutional concerns, there are a plethora of issues that preclude ATF from moving forward with its bump-stock proposal. ATF is unlawfully attempting to usurp the Congress’ power by modifying a definition codified in the tax code by Congress and is attempting to retroactively apply this definition, which is precluded by federal tax laws designed to prevent this kind of action by the Government.”
“Perhaps more frightening than the text of this unlawful executive action is the fact that the Trump Administration is expressly saying that not only can the ATF re-write Congress’ statutes to mean whatever they prefer, but that the Second Amendment doesn’t protect conduct with common semi-automatic firearms and parts, let alone devices like machineguns,” commented FPC President and FPF Chairman Brandon Combs. “That should send chills down the spines of American gun owners.”
“Our important opposition is not only a substantial addition to the rulemaking record, but a warning shot across the ATF’s bow. If the ATF proceeds with this unlawful and unconstitutional proposal, our attorneys have been instructed to explore every possible legal remedy, including filing a federal lawsuit and seeking an injunction. We would relish the opportunity to defend the Constitution and law-abiding American people against the Trump Administration’s patently anti-gun arguments in a court of law,” Combs concluded.
BACKGROUND
In ten letter rulings between 2008 and 2017, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) concluded that bump-stocks and some similar devices did not qualify as “machineguns” because they did not “automatically” shoot more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.
On October 1, 2017, a terrorist used firearms in a premeditated attack on attendees of an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, Nevada, killing 58 people and injuring more.
On December 26, 2017, ATF published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in the Federal Register regarding the “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to ‘Bump Fire’ Stocks and Other Similar Devices” as an initial step in the process of substantively changing through fiat regulation the statutory definition of “machinegun” with the intent to ban bump-stock-type devices they previously ruled were legal to acquire, possess, and use.
On January 25, 2018, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) submitted comments responding to the ATF – an agency under the Department of Justice – Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in opposition to the “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to “Bump Fire” Stocks and Other Similar Devices.”
On February 20, 2018, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to Attorney General Sessions directing the Department of Justice to initiate a regulatory action to ban “bump fire” stocks and similar devices. (83 Fed. Reg. 7949.)
On March 29, 2018, the ATF published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a proposed ban on “Bump-Stock-Type Devices” in the Federal Register. (83 Fed. Reg. 13442.)
On June 19, 2018, attorneys at Firearms Industry Consulting Group submitted over 900 pages of analysis and documents, along with multiple video exhibits, on behalf of FPC and FPF (the “FPC Opposition”) in opposition to the ATF’s proposed rulemaking. In the FPC Opposition, and by separate letter to ATF Acting Director Thomas E. Brandon, FIGG (on behalf of FPC and FPF) demanded a hearing before any final rulemaking action pursuant to the right codified under 18 U.S.C. § 926(b).
The comment period for ATF rulemaking docket no. 2017R-22 will close on June 27, 2018, at midnight Eastern Daylight Time.
SUMMARY OF OPPOSITION ARGUMENTS
· ATF’s Proposed Rulemaking (docket no. 2017R-22) is procedurally flawed and violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
· ATF’s proposed rule violates the Constitution in numerous ways, including:
· I – Separation of Powers
· I – Ex Post Facto Clause
· Fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms protected under the Second Amendment
· Rights to due process, fair notice, and just compensation for the taking of property protected under the Fifth Amendment
· ATF’s proposed rule exceeds its statutory authority
· ATF’s proposed rule is arbitrary and capricious
· ATF’s proposed rule is unconstitutionally vague
· ATF failed to consider viable and precedential alternatives
· ATF’s proposed rule is not supported by policy considerations
· ATF’s proposed rule “should be withdrawn and summarily discarded, or, in the alternative, ATF should elect Alternative 1 and abandon the proposed rulemaking in its entirety.”
RELATED NEWS RELEASES
Oct. 6, 2017: Firearms Policy Coalition Repudiates Proposed Bans on Semi-Automatic Firearms and Accessories, Including “Bump Fire” Stocks - http://bit.ly/fpc-2017-10-6-bumpstocks
Jan. 25, 2018: FPC Says ATF ‘Bump Stock’ Regulation Proposal is “Illegal” - http://bit.ly/fpc-2018-1-25-bumpstock-ban-illegal
Feb. 20, 2018: FPC Calls President Trump’s ‘Bump Stock’ Ban “Lawless” - http://bit.ly/fpc-2018-2-20-trump-ban-lawless
Feb. 26, 2018: President Trump Says He Will ‘Write Out’ Bump Stocks Without Congress; Two Second Amendment Groups Initiate Legal Action to Oppose Ban - http://bit.ly/fpc-2018-2-26-trump-bumpstocks
LIST OF DOCUMENTS AND EXHIBITS FILED
All documents and videos listed below are available online at https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-fpf-opposition-atf-bump-stock-ban.
FPC and FPF's Comments in Opposition to Proposed Rule ATF 2017R-22
Exhibit 1 - FICG Expedited FOIA request dated March 30, 2018
Exhibit 2 - LVMPD Preliminary Investigative Report, January 18, 2018
Exhibit 3 - Video: Iraqveteran8888, Worlds Fastest Shooter vs Bump Fire! – Guns Reviews, YouTube, October 13, 2014
Exhibit 4 - Video: Miculek.com, AR-15 5 shots in 1 second with fastest shooter ever, Jerry Miculek (Shoot Fast!), YouTube, June 20, 2013
Exhibit 5 - Carl Bussjaeger, [Update] Bumbling Machinations on Bump Stocks?, April 2, 2018 and [Updated] Bump-fire Rule: “Comments Not Accepted”, March 30, 2018
Exhibit 6 - Motion in Limine, United States v. Friesen, CR-08-041-L (W.D. Okla. Mar. 19, 2009)
Exhibit 7 - John Bresnahan and Seung Min Kim, Attorney General Eric Holder held in contempt of Congress, June 28, 2012
Exhibit 8 - Testimony of Gary Schaible, United States v. Rodman, et al., CR-10-01047-PHX-ROS
Exhibit 9 - Senator Diane Feinstein, Feinstein: Congress Shouldn’t Pass the Buck on Bump-Fire Stocks, October 11, 2017
Exhibit 10 - ATF Determinations
Exhibit 11 - Video: Shooting Videos, Rapid manual trigger manipulation (Rubber Band Assisted), YouTube, December 14, 2006
Exhibit 12 - Video: StiThis1, AK-47 75 round drum Bumpfire!!!, YouTube, September 5, 2011
Exhibit 13 - Video: ThatGunGuy45, ‘Bump Fire’ without a bump-fire stock, courtesy of ThatGunGuy45, YouTube, October 13, 2017
Exhibit 14 - Video: M45, How to bumpfire without bumpfire stock, YouTube, October 8, 2017
Exhibit 15 - Verified Declaration of Damien Guedes
Exhibit 16 - Verified Declaration of Matthew Thompson
Exhibit 17 - Video: Vice News, Meet One Of The Analysts Who Determined That Bump Stocks Were Legal, YouTube, October 11, 2017
Exhibit 18- Video: Fastest Shooter OF ALL TIME! Jerry Miculek | Incredible Shooting Montage, DailyMotion, 2014
Exhibit 19- Gun Control Act of 1968, 82 Stat. 1235
Exhibit 20 - 26 C.F.R. § 179.120
Exhibit 21 - Joshua Prince, Violating Due Process: Convictions Based on the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record When its ‘Files are Missing’, September 28, 2008
Exhibit 22 - Eric Larson’s testimony and exhibits of April 3, 1998, before the House Committee on Appropriations
Exhibit 23 - ATF Quarterly Roll Call Lesson Plan, July 12, 2012
Exhibit 24 - Eric M. Larson, How Firearms Registration Abuse & the “Essential Operational Mechanism” of Guns May Adversely Affect Gun Collectors, Gun Journal, March 1998
Exhibit 25 - U.S. Government’s Brief in Support of Cross Motion For Summary Judgment And In Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion For Summary Judgment, Freedom Ordinance Mfg. Inc., v. Thomas E. Brandon, Case No. 3:16-cv-243-RLY-MPB
Exhibit 26 - Video: Molon Labe, hogan 7 m16.wmv, YouTube, October 25, 2011
Exhibit 27 - Testimony of ATF Senior Analyst Richard Vasquez in U.S. v. One Historic Arms Model54RCCS, No. 1:09-CV-00192-GET
Exhibit 28 - Video: Adam Kraut Esq. and Patton Media and Consulting, Bump Stock Analytical Video, June 14, 2018
Exhibit 29 - National Firearms Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, H.R. Rep. No. 9066, 73rd Cong. 2nd Sess. April 16, 18, and May 14, 15, and 16 1934
Exhibit 30 - Testimony of Police Chief J. Thomas Manger
Exhibit 31 - ProPublica, Workers’ Comp Benefits: How Much is a Limb Worth?, March 5, 2015
Exhibit 32 - Verified Declaration of former ATF Acting Chief of FTB Rick Vasquez
Exhibit 33 - Verified Declaration of Jonathan Patton of Patton Media and Consulting
Exhibit 34 - FICG’s Letter on Behalf of FPC to Acting Director Brandon
Exhibit 35 - FPC’s January 25, 2018 Letter in Opposition to ATF’s ANPRM re: “Application of the Definition of Machinegun to ‘Bump Fire’ Stocks and Other Similar Devices”
CONTACT: Brandon Combs
Firearms Policy Coalition
916-378-5785
media@fpchq.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 5 hours ago.
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CV Sciences, Inc. Issues Letter to Shareholders
LAS VEGAS, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CV Sciences, Inc., (OTCQB:CVSI) (the "Company,""CV Sciences,""our" or "we"), preeminent manufacturer and distributor of the industry-dominating brand of hemp extract products, PlusCBD Oil™, announced today that it has issued a letter to its shareholders, providing an update on the Company’s recent progress and upcoming objectives. *Highlights of the Letter Include:*
· Summary of its record breaking and profitable first quarter of 2018 which included record revenue, gross profit, cash flow, adjusted EBITDA and net income.
· Expansion of the Company’s footprint in the CBD product market with its PlusCBD Oil™ hemp-based CBD products rated #1 in the natural products retailer sales channel. This market opportunity is forecasted at $2.5 billion by 2022.
· Updates on its drug development efforts, its proprietary patent-pending drug candidate (CVSI-007) to treat smokeless tobacco addiction, a $2 billion market opportunity.
· Corporate developments that include deleveraging the Company’s balance sheet and positioning for future growth.
· Details of CV Sciences’ upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) to be held on August 4, 2018 at the Company’s new San Diego headquarters.
· Initiatives for 2018, focusing on operational efficiencies, sales growth, distribution channels, large drug development milestones that include investigational new drug application submission and clinical trials, and uplisting our stock to a major national exchange.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Dowling, commented, “Our uplist initiative to a major national exchange is an important Company objective. The national exchanges require that a listed company’s stock price trade at certain levels for acceptance. We have included a proposal for shareholder vote at our AGM on August 4, 2018 for a reverse stock split, which has as its sole purpose clearing a pathway for the Company to “uplist” to a major national exchange. The Company will effectuate the reverse split only in connection with an application to uplist to a major exchange, and only if necessary.”
To read the Letter to Shareholders in full, please visit: https://ir.cvsciences.com
*About CV Sciences, Inc.*
CV Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:CVSI) operates two distinct business segments: a drug development division focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics utilizing synthetic CBD; and a consumer product division in manufacturing, marketing and selling plant-based CBD products to a range of market sectors. CV Sciences, Inc. has primary offices and facilities in San Diego, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional information is available from OTCMarkets.com or by visiting www.cvsciences.com.
*FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER*
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties.
*CONTACT INFORMATION:
*
Robert Haag
Managing Director
IRTH Communications
CVSI@irthcommunications.com
866-976-4784 Reported by GlobeNewswire 5 hours ago.
· Summary of its record breaking and profitable first quarter of 2018 which included record revenue, gross profit, cash flow, adjusted EBITDA and net income.
· Expansion of the Company’s footprint in the CBD product market with its PlusCBD Oil™ hemp-based CBD products rated #1 in the natural products retailer sales channel. This market opportunity is forecasted at $2.5 billion by 2022.
· Updates on its drug development efforts, its proprietary patent-pending drug candidate (CVSI-007) to treat smokeless tobacco addiction, a $2 billion market opportunity.
· Corporate developments that include deleveraging the Company’s balance sheet and positioning for future growth.
· Details of CV Sciences’ upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) to be held on August 4, 2018 at the Company’s new San Diego headquarters.
· Initiatives for 2018, focusing on operational efficiencies, sales growth, distribution channels, large drug development milestones that include investigational new drug application submission and clinical trials, and uplisting our stock to a major national exchange.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Dowling, commented, “Our uplist initiative to a major national exchange is an important Company objective. The national exchanges require that a listed company’s stock price trade at certain levels for acceptance. We have included a proposal for shareholder vote at our AGM on August 4, 2018 for a reverse stock split, which has as its sole purpose clearing a pathway for the Company to “uplist” to a major national exchange. The Company will effectuate the reverse split only in connection with an application to uplist to a major exchange, and only if necessary.”
To read the Letter to Shareholders in full, please visit: https://ir.cvsciences.com
*About CV Sciences, Inc.*
CV Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:CVSI) operates two distinct business segments: a drug development division focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics utilizing synthetic CBD; and a consumer product division in manufacturing, marketing and selling plant-based CBD products to a range of market sectors. CV Sciences, Inc. has primary offices and facilities in San Diego, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional information is available from OTCMarkets.com or by visiting www.cvsciences.com.
*FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER*
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties.
*CONTACT INFORMATION:
*
Robert Haag
Managing Director
IRTH Communications
CVSI@irthcommunications.com
866-976-4784 Reported by GlobeNewswire 5 hours ago.
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Giselle C. Alexander Named Certified Attorney Specializing in Tax Law
Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Giselle C. Alexander, Of Counsel in our Phoenix office, was recently named a certified tax attorney by the State Bar of Arizona's Board of Legal Specialization.
PHOENIX (PRWEB) June 27, 2018
Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Giselle C. Alexander, Of Counsel in our Phoenix office, was recently named a certified tax attorney by the State Bar of Arizona’s Board of Legal Specialization.
“I am honored to use this specialization to better serve our clients and provide them with the highest quality legal services,” said Giselle. To become a certified tax specialist, Giselle met a number of qualifying criteria, underwent a peer review, and passed a written examination.
Giselle practices primarily in the area of tax controversy at all levels of the process – audits, administrative appeals, and litigation adverse to federal, state, and local entities. She was recently selected for the ABA Tax Section 2018-2019 Class of Nolan Fellows and is a 2017 and 2018 Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star.
About Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dickinson Wright PLLC is a general practice business law firm with more than 475 attorneys among more than 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. Headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1878, the firm has 19 offices, including six in Michigan (Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw) and 12 other domestic offices in Austin and El Paso, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Lexington, Ky.; Nashville and Music Row, Tenn.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The firm’s Canadian office is located in Toronto.
Dickinson Wright offers our clients a distinctive combination of superb client service, exceptional quality, value for fees, industry expertise and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, Dickinson Wright has built state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management controls and security processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
PHOENIX (PRWEB) June 27, 2018
Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that Giselle C. Alexander, Of Counsel in our Phoenix office, was recently named a certified tax attorney by the State Bar of Arizona’s Board of Legal Specialization.
“I am honored to use this specialization to better serve our clients and provide them with the highest quality legal services,” said Giselle. To become a certified tax specialist, Giselle met a number of qualifying criteria, underwent a peer review, and passed a written examination.
Giselle practices primarily in the area of tax controversy at all levels of the process – audits, administrative appeals, and litigation adverse to federal, state, and local entities. She was recently selected for the ABA Tax Section 2018-2019 Class of Nolan Fellows and is a 2017 and 2018 Southwest Super Lawyers Rising Star.
About Dickinson Wright PLLC
Dickinson Wright PLLC is a general practice business law firm with more than 475 attorneys among more than 40 practice areas and 16 industry groups. Headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1878, the firm has 19 offices, including six in Michigan (Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Saginaw) and 12 other domestic offices in Austin and El Paso, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Lexington, Ky.; Nashville and Music Row, Tenn.; Las Vegas and Reno, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The firm’s Canadian office is located in Toronto.
Dickinson Wright offers our clients a distinctive combination of superb client service, exceptional quality, value for fees, industry expertise and business acumen. As one of the few law firms with ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, Dickinson Wright has built state-of-the-art, independently-verified risk management controls and security processes for our commercial transactions. Dickinson Wright lawyers are known for delivering commercially-oriented advice on sophisticated transactions and have a remarkable record of wins in high-stakes litigation. Dickinson Wright lawyers are regularly cited for their expertise and experience by Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other leading independent law firm evaluating organizations. Reported by PRWeb 5 hours ago.
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SkyKick Launches Cloud Backup Support for Microsoft Office 365 Groups and Teams, and Upgrades Syndicated Apps
· Strengthens #1 MSP-voted cloud automation platform to enable IT providers to grow
· Robust data protection for Group and Teams unlocks new profitability scenarios for partners
· Enhancements to SkyKick Syndication provide partners with more customizable ways to sell cloud migration and backup directly in their own e-commerce experiences
SEATTLE, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SkyKick (www.skykick.com), a global provider of cloud management software for information technology (IT) solution partners, announced today major enhancements to its Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365. The enhancements extend cloud backup data protection to Microsoft Office 365 Groups and Teams, enabling partners to deliver added value to customers seeking Office 365 data protection.
“Microsoft Groups and Teams is growing rapidly and was one of the most requested backup features from our global partner base,” said SkyKick Vice President of Product Management Chris Rayner. “We’re thrilled to deliver this additional value to our partners, and continue to accelerate our momentum in enabling partners to protect customer data across the entire Office 365 tenant.”
The Groups and Teams upgrade to SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365 provides partners greater product completeness and flexibility. It enables partners to browse and select specific Groups to backup, search and restore conversations, calendar, files, and notebook, and choose from a range of data retention periods. In addition to the Groups and Teams enhancements, SkyKick is releasing support for point-in-time restore for Exchange and OneDrive for Business. Together, these enhancements further distinguish SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite as one of the most technically complete and partner-centric data protection solutions for Office 365. Groups and Teams is included in SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365 and available at no additional cost for SkyKick partners with active “full backup” subscriptions (Exchange and SharePoint/OneDrive).
“As a progressive MSP, it is critical that we protect customer data in new collaboration scenarios like Groups and Teams. The fact that SkyKick is one of the first to offer a robust backup solution for Groups and Teams demonstrates their commitment to partner success,” said Ryan Chernick, president of Wisconsin-based partner CCCP. “Leading with a comprehensive, integrated solution like SkyKick’s gives us a competitive advantage while enhancing customer satisfaction.”
SkyKick is also announcing upgrades to SkyKick Syndication, which thousands of partners are using to incorporate SkyKick Migration and Backup directly into their websites or e-commerce buy-flow with simply a few lines of code. The upgrades include new ways for partners to add custom branding to SkyKick Cloud Backup apps on their own websites, including modifying favicons, creating custom URLs or domains and providing customized support details. The company is also releasing a new Cloud Backup self-service search and restore capability to give partners new options for operational service delivery. Partners who choose to grant customers self-service access can incorporate this new experience in their websites, enabling their customers to directly initiate data search and restore. These upgrades are free for existing SkyKick Syndication customers.
“We welcome SkyKick’s approach to syndication. It will help partners simplify their operational burden while still creating a deeper brand connection with their customers,” said Vegard Aspnes, SaaS product manager at European partner Dustin Group.
“With our recent $40 million funding announcement, we reiterated our commitment to our 20,000 partners and the broader partner ecosystem,” said SkyKick Co-Founder and Co-CEO Todd Schwartz. “We’re relentlessly innovating across our cloud management platform to provide partners with more ways to package and sell cloud services, improve their operational efficiency, enhance their customer experience, and ultimately transform their business for the future.”
These enhancements extend the company’s cloud management platform, and complement the SkyKick Migration Suite which was the top-rated solution in a recent survey of MSPs by research firm AMI-Partners. With partners increasingly packaging and bundling cloud services, SkyKick’s unified cloud management platform provides integrated applications to help IT solution providers build more successful cloud businesses. The SkyKick Migration Suite allows IT consultants, system integrators, managed service providers, value-added resellers and other IT partners to automate an entire Office 365 migration project from initial sales to project completion. SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite provides cloud-to-cloud backup, unlimited storage and one-click restore of lost Office 365 data.
SkyKick’s new Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365 is available immediately. SkyKick will be demonstrating the enhancements in booth 1013 at the Microsoft Inspire Conference July 15 to 19 in Las Vegas, Nev.
*About SkyKick*
SkyKick is a global provider of cloud automation and management software for IT solution partners. Its products help build successful cloud businesses by making it easy and efficient for IT providers to migrate, backup and manage their customers in the cloud. Over 20,000 partners in more than 125 countries use SkyKick's products to accelerate their cloud business, and the company has won numerous awards including being named a Microsoft Partner of the Year and one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies according to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™. SkyKick’s global headquarters is in Seattle, European headquarters is in Amsterdam, and it has offices in Sydney and Tokyo. For more information visit skykick.com.*Contact:*
Andrew Goss
Voxus PR for SkyKick
agoss@voxuspr.com
253.444.5446 Reported by GlobeNewswire 4 hours ago.
· Robust data protection for Group and Teams unlocks new profitability scenarios for partners
· Enhancements to SkyKick Syndication provide partners with more customizable ways to sell cloud migration and backup directly in their own e-commerce experiences
SEATTLE, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SkyKick (www.skykick.com), a global provider of cloud management software for information technology (IT) solution partners, announced today major enhancements to its Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365. The enhancements extend cloud backup data protection to Microsoft Office 365 Groups and Teams, enabling partners to deliver added value to customers seeking Office 365 data protection.
“Microsoft Groups and Teams is growing rapidly and was one of the most requested backup features from our global partner base,” said SkyKick Vice President of Product Management Chris Rayner. “We’re thrilled to deliver this additional value to our partners, and continue to accelerate our momentum in enabling partners to protect customer data across the entire Office 365 tenant.”
The Groups and Teams upgrade to SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365 provides partners greater product completeness and flexibility. It enables partners to browse and select specific Groups to backup, search and restore conversations, calendar, files, and notebook, and choose from a range of data retention periods. In addition to the Groups and Teams enhancements, SkyKick is releasing support for point-in-time restore for Exchange and OneDrive for Business. Together, these enhancements further distinguish SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite as one of the most technically complete and partner-centric data protection solutions for Office 365. Groups and Teams is included in SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365 and available at no additional cost for SkyKick partners with active “full backup” subscriptions (Exchange and SharePoint/OneDrive).
“As a progressive MSP, it is critical that we protect customer data in new collaboration scenarios like Groups and Teams. The fact that SkyKick is one of the first to offer a robust backup solution for Groups and Teams demonstrates their commitment to partner success,” said Ryan Chernick, president of Wisconsin-based partner CCCP. “Leading with a comprehensive, integrated solution like SkyKick’s gives us a competitive advantage while enhancing customer satisfaction.”
SkyKick is also announcing upgrades to SkyKick Syndication, which thousands of partners are using to incorporate SkyKick Migration and Backup directly into their websites or e-commerce buy-flow with simply a few lines of code. The upgrades include new ways for partners to add custom branding to SkyKick Cloud Backup apps on their own websites, including modifying favicons, creating custom URLs or domains and providing customized support details. The company is also releasing a new Cloud Backup self-service search and restore capability to give partners new options for operational service delivery. Partners who choose to grant customers self-service access can incorporate this new experience in their websites, enabling their customers to directly initiate data search and restore. These upgrades are free for existing SkyKick Syndication customers.
“We welcome SkyKick’s approach to syndication. It will help partners simplify their operational burden while still creating a deeper brand connection with their customers,” said Vegard Aspnes, SaaS product manager at European partner Dustin Group.
“With our recent $40 million funding announcement, we reiterated our commitment to our 20,000 partners and the broader partner ecosystem,” said SkyKick Co-Founder and Co-CEO Todd Schwartz. “We’re relentlessly innovating across our cloud management platform to provide partners with more ways to package and sell cloud services, improve their operational efficiency, enhance their customer experience, and ultimately transform their business for the future.”
These enhancements extend the company’s cloud management platform, and complement the SkyKick Migration Suite which was the top-rated solution in a recent survey of MSPs by research firm AMI-Partners. With partners increasingly packaging and bundling cloud services, SkyKick’s unified cloud management platform provides integrated applications to help IT solution providers build more successful cloud businesses. The SkyKick Migration Suite allows IT consultants, system integrators, managed service providers, value-added resellers and other IT partners to automate an entire Office 365 migration project from initial sales to project completion. SkyKick’s Cloud Backup Suite provides cloud-to-cloud backup, unlimited storage and one-click restore of lost Office 365 data.
SkyKick’s new Cloud Backup Suite for Office 365 is available immediately. SkyKick will be demonstrating the enhancements in booth 1013 at the Microsoft Inspire Conference July 15 to 19 in Las Vegas, Nev.
*About SkyKick*
SkyKick is a global provider of cloud automation and management software for IT solution partners. Its products help build successful cloud businesses by making it easy and efficient for IT providers to migrate, backup and manage their customers in the cloud. Over 20,000 partners in more than 125 countries use SkyKick's products to accelerate their cloud business, and the company has won numerous awards including being named a Microsoft Partner of the Year and one of North America’s fastest growing technology companies according to Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™. SkyKick’s global headquarters is in Seattle, European headquarters is in Amsterdam, and it has offices in Sydney and Tokyo. For more information visit skykick.com.*Contact:*
Andrew Goss
Voxus PR for SkyKick
agoss@voxuspr.com
253.444.5446 Reported by GlobeNewswire 4 hours ago.
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HFMA Recognizes Gundersen Health System for Contributions to Health Care
Las Vegas, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) presented its highest achievement award to Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin, during HFMA’s annual conference today in Las Vegas.
The Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award was presented to Gundersen in recognition of its pioneering work in developing Respecting Choices^®, an internationally recognized, evidence-based model of advance care planning that creates a culture of person-centered care. Over a 30-year period since creating the program in 1986, Gundersen expanded it and shared it widely. It has become the favored model of advance care planning in more than 130 health systems and medical centers, and with more than 10,000 trained facilitators worldwide.
Respecting Choices helps achieve the Triple Aim in several ways. It improves the patient care experience by better ensuring that patients receive medical management that matches their identified goals. It improves population health by increasing satisfaction of patients and families, reducing “moral distress,” and promoting healthier bereavement. And it reduces the per capita cost of care by identifying and honoring patient choices, avoiding the use of expensive resources that patients don’t value or benefit from.
“Gundersen’s innovations in advance care planning have revolutionized the field,” said HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA. “By aligning patient choices with medical care they receive at the end of life, Respecting Choices has facilitated the delivery of high-value health care to patients and communities nationwide and beyond.”
Gundersen CEO Scott Rathgaber, M.D., accepted the award on behalf of Gundersen Health System.
“It is an honor to receive this recognition from HFMA. It validates the decades of work by Gundersen Health System, in partnership with countless community leaders and organizations, to bring choice and clarity to our approach to this challenging aspect of care,” said Dr. Rathgaber. “The fact that this program honors patients’ wishes and comforts families, while lowering the financial burden of care, is a stunning example of how cooperation and perseverance can change the landscape of health care. It is an enduring testament to the compassion and dedication of the many people who contributed to this successful endeavor. I am grateful to live in a community committed to improved care for all.”
In 2016, Respecting Choices leaders announced the program's transition from Gundersen Health System to the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care under a long-term agreement, enabling it to fulfill its mission of guiding organizations and communities worldwide to effectively implement and sustain evidence-based systems that provide person-centered care.
Established in 1964, the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award recognizes individuals and organizations that make significant, positive contributions to the profession of healthcare finance or the financing of healthcare services.
*About HFMA*
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is the nation's premier membership organization for healthcare finance leaders. HFMA builds and supports coalitions with other healthcare associations and industry groups to achieve consensus on solutions for the challenges the U.S. healthcare system faces today. Working with a broad cross-section of stakeholders, HFMA identifies gaps throughout the healthcare delivery system and bridges them through the establishment and sharing of knowledge and best practices. We help healthcare stakeholders achieve optimal results by creating and providing education, analysis, and practical tools and solutions. Our mission is to lead the financial management of health care.
CONTACT: Karen Thomas
Healthcare Financial Management Association
708-492-3377
kthomas@hfma.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 4 hours ago.
The Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award was presented to Gundersen in recognition of its pioneering work in developing Respecting Choices^®, an internationally recognized, evidence-based model of advance care planning that creates a culture of person-centered care. Over a 30-year period since creating the program in 1986, Gundersen expanded it and shared it widely. It has become the favored model of advance care planning in more than 130 health systems and medical centers, and with more than 10,000 trained facilitators worldwide.
Respecting Choices helps achieve the Triple Aim in several ways. It improves the patient care experience by better ensuring that patients receive medical management that matches their identified goals. It improves population health by increasing satisfaction of patients and families, reducing “moral distress,” and promoting healthier bereavement. And it reduces the per capita cost of care by identifying and honoring patient choices, avoiding the use of expensive resources that patients don’t value or benefit from.
“Gundersen’s innovations in advance care planning have revolutionized the field,” said HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA. “By aligning patient choices with medical care they receive at the end of life, Respecting Choices has facilitated the delivery of high-value health care to patients and communities nationwide and beyond.”
Gundersen CEO Scott Rathgaber, M.D., accepted the award on behalf of Gundersen Health System.
“It is an honor to receive this recognition from HFMA. It validates the decades of work by Gundersen Health System, in partnership with countless community leaders and organizations, to bring choice and clarity to our approach to this challenging aspect of care,” said Dr. Rathgaber. “The fact that this program honors patients’ wishes and comforts families, while lowering the financial burden of care, is a stunning example of how cooperation and perseverance can change the landscape of health care. It is an enduring testament to the compassion and dedication of the many people who contributed to this successful endeavor. I am grateful to live in a community committed to improved care for all.”
In 2016, Respecting Choices leaders announced the program's transition from Gundersen Health System to the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care under a long-term agreement, enabling it to fulfill its mission of guiding organizations and communities worldwide to effectively implement and sustain evidence-based systems that provide person-centered care.
Established in 1964, the Richard L. Clarke Board of Directors Award recognizes individuals and organizations that make significant, positive contributions to the profession of healthcare finance or the financing of healthcare services.
*About HFMA*
The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) is the nation's premier membership organization for healthcare finance leaders. HFMA builds and supports coalitions with other healthcare associations and industry groups to achieve consensus on solutions for the challenges the U.S. healthcare system faces today. Working with a broad cross-section of stakeholders, HFMA identifies gaps throughout the healthcare delivery system and bridges them through the establishment and sharing of knowledge and best practices. We help healthcare stakeholders achieve optimal results by creating and providing education, analysis, and practical tools and solutions. Our mission is to lead the financial management of health care.
CONTACT: Karen Thomas
Healthcare Financial Management Association
708-492-3377
kthomas@hfma.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 4 hours ago.
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