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Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Works with Homes 4 Families to Build the Home of a Veteran in Santa Clarita

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Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has awarded $15,000 to Homes 4 Families. Team members also volunteered to help build the home of a low-income veteran in Santa Clarita, California

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) June 12, 2018

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has awarded $15,000 to Homes 4 Families. Team members also volunteered to help build the home of a low-income veteran in Santa Clarita, California as part of Homes 4 Families’ current project—a 78-home Veteran Enriched Neighborhood®.

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation (WFHF) carries out this effort through its Team Member Volunteer Program. The program provides financial support to eligible non-profit housing organizations. Wells Fargo team members volunteer to help build, renovate, paint, or repair a home for low-to-moderate income homebuyers or homeowners. The project supports activities that stabilize or revitalize low-income and underserved neighborhoods or areas.

“Wells Fargo is proud to support Homes 4 Families with a $15,000 grant from our Team Member Volunteer program,” said Patrick Nygren, San Fernando Valley Region Bank President. “When our team members help build, renovate, paint or repair homes for low-to-moderate income families for our veterans or seniors the WFHF provides grants to the eligible nonprofit.” Ten Wells Fargo volunteers participated and worked diligently to frame, build yard drains and paint the veteran's home.

Wells Fargo team members helped build the home of the Reyes Family, a family of four. Michael served four years in the Army, including a 15-month deployment to Iraq and another two years in the Army Reserve. He knew he wanted to be in the military since he was a young boy, making his way up the JROTC ranks through high school. A week after graduating high school he joined the Army. Michael and his wife Beverly, his middle school sweetheart, have overcome more than most in their young lives and are excited to move into the Veteran Enriched Neighborhood® in the coming year. He is most excited to be a homeowner because his ultimate goal in life is to help his two daughters reach their full potential and achieve all their life goals.

Homes 4 Families developed the Enriched Neighborhood® model as an innovative, replicable, and comprehensive way to move low-income families up the economic ladder with full-equity affordable homeownership and wraparound services that empower families to become resilient and self-sufficient.

About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through 8,200 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 25 on Fortune’s 2017 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.

About Homes 4 Families
Homes 4 Families (http://www.Homes4Families.org) empowers low-income veterans and their families to enter the middle class through affordable, full-equity homeownership and sustainable housing combined with holistic services that build resiliency, self-sufficiency and economic growth. Through its outcome-proven Enriched Neighborhood® model, the nonprofit provides servicemen, servicewomen and their families with comprehensive wraparound services that equip them to succeed in civilian life, including financial education, therapeutic workshops, trauma-informed programs and veteran-to-veteran support. With more than ten years of research-backed experience and success, Homes 4 Families works closely with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVetREN) and others to build permanent, thriving veteran communities.

### Reported by PRWeb 7 hours ago.

Wilson Ramos blasts 2-run homer, Rays bullpen has strong outing in win over Blue Jays

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Wilson Ramos blasts 2-run homer, Rays bullpen has strong outing in win over Blue Jays The bullpen, veterans, and rookies all stepped for the Tampa Bay Rays in a convincing win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Reported by FOX Sports 3 hours ago.

600 female veterans expected to attend Virginia summit

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 600 people are expected to attend the fifth annual Virginia Women Veterans Summit this week. Virginia has one of the largest populations of female veterans in the U.S., with the state now home to more than 100,000. The state Department of Veterans Services will host the summit Thursday and […] Reported by Seattle Times 1 hour ago.

Women Powerhouses, Linda McMahon, Chief of the U.S. Small Business Administration, and CEO and founder of CATMEDIA Inc., Catherine Downey, Talk Small Business Success

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The co-founder and former CEO of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), now leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Linda McMahon, visited Atlanta during her SBA Ignite Tour to meet with founder and CEO of CATMEDIA, Catherine Downey, to hear about her personal SBA success story.

TUCKER, Ga. (PRWEB) June 13, 2018

Linda McMahon, who serves as the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and who is just one of five woman in President Trump's 22 person Cabinet, is visiting CATMEDIA’s Atlanta headquarters during her SBA Ignite Tour to meet with Catherine Downey, 2016 Georgia Small Business Person of the Year, to discuss her personal SBA success story. Catherine Downey is the founder and CEO of CATMEDIA, a full service communications company headquartered in Tucker, Georgia. For the past five years, Georgia has been ranked #1 for business success due to small business, giving the leader of the Small Business Administration even more of a reason to pay the state a visit.

A highly successful entrepreneur and reputable business executive herself, Linda McMahon is currently on tour visiting small businesses across the country, spreading awareness of the agency’s programs and services and getting real-time input on today’s most pressing challenges. It came as no surprise that CATMEDIA made the tour, as it’s been named one of the top 100 fastest growing companies [top five women owned businesses] in America by Inc. Magazine. CEO, Catherine Downey, lead the SBA Administrator, along with her entourage, on a tour of her vibrant 3 story office building to meet with each of her employees, a 5,750 square foot facility that was purchased through the SBA 504 loan program.

Downey, a single mom, started the firm using her experience in television production and media and project management and built a thriving business while also caring for her young family. Her years of hard work and sacrifice paid off, and with grown children now, Downey has redoubled her efforts to expand her firm to meet the ever-changing needs of federal and commercial clients in today’s fast-paced world. In 2011, Downey changed the company name to CATMEDIA to reflect its expanding services.

The CATMEDIA CEO credits SBA and its partner organizations for helping her successfully scale up her firm and her own executive management skills. “I feel like a poster child for the SBA as I have participated in many federal government programs and services that have helped grow my business.” Either she or a team member visits the SBA on a quarterly basis to remain engaged and plugged into the vast network of resources. “Each class or meeting has been a building block for my growth and the growth of the company”, said Downey.

During the meeting Downey was also quoted saying, “They have an enormous amount of resources to help you. I mean I would not be in business today if it weren’t for the SBA”. Through SCORE, Catherine learned about federal procurement which lead to her certification in SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program. She is a client of the Georgia Small Business Development Center and a graduate of the SBDC’s Fast Track program. She graduated from SBA’s Emerging Leaders Program as its 2014 class valedictorian.

McMahon has been a longtime advocate for women in leadership and business and has been widely recognized as one of the country’s top female executives. As the co-founder and former chief executive officer of WWE, based in Stamford, Connecticut. She helped grow WWE from a 13-person regional operation to a publicly traded global enterprise with more than 800 employees in offices worldwide. She stepped down as CEO of WWE in 2009 to run for the U.S. Senate and was the Republican nominee to represent the people of Connecticut in 2010 and 2012.

She’s been quoted saying, "When you are constantly in a really heavily dominated male environment, the one counsel that I always give to young women and women who are older, as well, is don't think you have to change who you are." And when it came to choosing McMahon to run the Small Business Administration, she quoted President Trump saying he “wanted someone who’s built a business, who’s been through the ups and downs. Someone who knows what it’s like, who can walk the walk and talk the talk of a business owner.”

CATMEDIA has been recognized as a leader among government services contractors. Fully staffed with true innovators, the firm is patent-pending on several training and communications technologies. Additionally, CATMEDIA has twice been named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, and made it in to the Top Ten of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2015 Pacesetter Awards for Atlanta’s 100 fastest-growing private companies.

About CATMEDIA:

CATMEDIA is an award-winning Inc. 500 company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1997, the company specializes in advertising, creative services, media production, program management, training, and human resource management. As a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), CATMEDIA provides world-class customer service and innovative solutions to government and commercial clients. Current CATMEDIA clients include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Reported by PRWeb 23 hours ago.

Asure Software’s Small Business Human Capital Management Solution Named FrontRunner for HRIS Software

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AUSTIN, Texas, June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- *Asure** Software* (NASDAQ:ASUR), a leading provider of Agile Workplace Solutions, which include Human Capital Management (HCM) and workplace management software, announced today that its small business HCM solution, Evolution HCM, was named a FrontRunner for HRIS software by Software Advice. FrontRunners is designed to help small businesses evaluate which software products may be right for them.Asure Software’s mid-market HCM solution, Evolution HCM, is a dynamic Payroll, HR, and Tax Management system developed by payroll veterans for the HCM industry. Providing unparalleled accuracy, productivity, and financial control within one fully integrated platform, Evolutions HCM gives the power and flexibility to operate and grow while continuing to meet the trends of the industry.

Joe Karbowski, CTO & COO of Asure Software said, “Asure Software is proud to be included in the top 30 HRIS solutions out of over 520 HRIS products that were evaluated, and it comes days after winning both a Bronze Stevie Award and People’s Choice Award for our midmarket HCM solution.” Karbowski continued, “We continue to expand and enhance our integrated platform to service our client’s requirements, so Asure’s product team and engineers will be thrilled to see their efforts recognized.”

FrontRunners is published on Software Advice, the leading online service for businesses navigating the software selection process. FrontRunners evaluates verified end-user reviews and product data, positioning the top scoring products based on usability and user recommendations for small businesses. FrontRunners for HRIS software is available at https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/#top-products.

*About Asure Software          *
Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR), headquartered in Austin, Texas, offers intuitive and innovative solutions designed to help organizations of all sizes and complexities build companies of the future. Our cloud platforms enable more than 100,000 clients worldwide, direct and indirect, to better manage their people and space in a mobile, digital, multi-generational, and global workplace. Asure Software’s offerings include a fully-integrated HCM platform, flexible benefits and compliance administration, HR consulting, and time and labor management as well as a full suite of workspace management solutions for conference room scheduling, desk sharing programs, and real estate optimization. For more information visit www.asuresoftware.com

*About Software Advice*
Software Advice is the leading online service for businesses navigating the software selection process. Advisors provide free, personalized software recommendations, helping companies of all sizes find products that meet their business needs. Software Advice also features objective research by industry experts and reviews from validated users, saving buyers time and resources. Software Advice is a Gartner company. For more information, visit softwareadvice.com

Required disclaimer: The content for FrontRunners is derived from actual end-user reviews and ratings as well as vendor-supplied and publicly-available product and company information applied against a documented methodology; the results neither represent the views of, nor constitute an endorsement by, Gartner or any of its affiliates.

*Company Contact: *
Stacy Zellner, Director of Marketing
Asure Software
888-323-8835
szellner@asuresoftware.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 19 hours ago.

HPR Wins “Best Pre-Trade Risk Controls Provider” at 2018 Intelligent Trading Technology Awards

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NEW YORK, June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hyannis Port Research (HPR), provider of advanced capital markets infrastructure (CMI) technologies, today announced it was named “Best Pre-Trade Risk Controls Provider” at the 2018 Intelligent Trading Technology Awards, which were presented yesterday at a ceremony in New York. 

Hosted by A-Team Group, the Intelligent Trading Technology Awards recognize excellence across the capital markets technology industry. Winners were selected by the more than 10,000 readers in the Intelligent Trading Technology community. 

Commenting on the award, HPR CEO Anthony Amicangioli said: “We’re honored to be recognized by the industry for the advanced risk management technology we provide. I’m extremely proud of our team of software and hardware engineers, client service staff and industry veterans we’ve assembled at HPR. We are helping to radically simplify the capital markets infrastructures of some of industry’s largest banks and investment management firms, and it’s gratifying to have our efforts recognized in this manner.”

He continued: “Firms today are struggling with a hodge-podge of legacy technologies, rapidly changing regulatory requirements and an ever-increasing level of technology sophistication required to compete. With HPR, our clients are able to focus on their core value-add while we take care of their technology infrastructure through our industry-leading technology platform that offers unmatched agility, scalability, performance and reliability.”

HPR’s pre-trade risk platform includes its two flagship products for market access: Riskbot® and Softbot®. Targeted to banks and brokers who provide sponsored access services, Riskbot is a hardware-based gateway with a latency of just 360 nanoseconds. Softbot, geared toward less latency-sensitive institutions including broker dealers, proprietary trading firms and quantitative and statistical arbitrage hedge funds, is a software-based solution with a latency of five microseconds. Both provide nearly 50 highly customizable risk parameters, including “fat finger” checks, client credit checks, broker-mandated checks and regulatory compliance checks. Approximately 15% of the Australian market’s equity volume and approximately 10% of the US market’s equity volume is handled by the two products. 

About Hyannis Port Research (HPR)

HPR is building tomorrow’s banking and capital markets infrastructure today. Our visionary technology strips away complexity and injects simplicity to drive results. Riskbot® and Softbot®, our flagship products, provide a global platform featuring ultra-low latency Direct Market Access, Pre-trade and At-trade risk management. New products include low-latency data, real-time surveillance and reporting for regulatory compliance worldwide. Headquartered in Boston, MA, HPR is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise solutions for supercomputing and financial services.CONTACT: Mark Dowd
Hyannis Port Research
201-376-9687
mark@forefrontcomms.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 18 hours ago.

Confederate monument request withdrawn in Alabama county

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TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (AP) — The leader of a group that celebrates the Confederacy is withdrawing a request to erect a monument on a courthouse lawn in north Alabama. Tim Kent, who leads a chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, says his request to erect a marker at the Colbert County Courthouse for Confederate Brigadier […] Reported by Seattle Times 18 hours ago.

Instana Extends Automatic Instrumentation to PHP, Bringing Leading Count of Auto-Instrumentation to 8 Languages

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Application Performance Management Data Enhancements Also Include REST API for Python Monitoring

SAN FRANCISCO, DockerCon (PRWEB) June 13, 2018

Instana, the leader in APM solutions for monitoring dynamic containerized microservice applications, today announced key functional enhancements around code-level visibility and monitoring that make it faster and easier for DevOps to monitor microservice applications. The enhancements include automatic instrumentation for applications written in PHP, adding to Instana’s leading no-configuration, no-restart instrumentation support for Java, .NET, Ruby, Scala, Go, NodeJS and Crystal. The company also announced the addition of REST API support to its Python Monitoring capabilities.

“With polyglot microservice applications becoming more prevalent, DevOps teams need as much monitoring automation as possible, especially with their application management tools,” said Pete Abrams, Instana co-founder and COO. “By providing code level visibility for PHP that requires no server re-starts or even configuration, we’re allowing DevOps teams to become more autonomous while simultaneously becoming more efficient in their monitoring of production applications.”

Instana’s AI Powered APM solution automates the management of critical business applications, even those running in cloud, containers, microservices or serverless environments. This automation empowers the optimization of application and service delivery within IT organizations by increasing the speed and efficiency of service and application delivery.

The company’s solution leverages automation and AI to automatically monitor, visualize and understand application performance for dynamic containerized microservice applications. Continuous discovery and mapping provides real-time infrastructure and application service visualization, even under constant change.

Following recent news about Kubernetes, OpenShift and Lambda monitoring, today’s PHP Monitoring announcement continues Instana’s recent trend of providing unique capabilities for monitoring containers and containerized applications that allow DevOps to optimize application performance while more efficiently monitoring the application environment.

Instana will be demoing their AI-Powered Application Performance Management solution that features automation throughout the monitoring stages as part of their silver sponsorship of DockerCon.

About Instana:
As the leading provider of Application Performance Management solutions for containerized microservice applications, Instana applies automation and artificial intelligence to deliver the visibility needed to effectively manage the performance of today’s dynamic applications across the DevOps lifecycle. Founded by Application Monitoring veterans, Instana provides true AI-powered APM to help organizations deliver high performance applications today and in the future. Visit us at https://instana.com to learn more. Reported by PRWeb 17 hours ago.

California State Senate to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of WWII Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd RTC

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Sen. Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) To Present Resolution Honoring Nisei Veterans on June 25, 2018

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) June 13, 2018

The nonprofit Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) today announced that the California State Senate plans to adopt a resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, the venerable Japanese American World War II unit. The resolution, to be presented by California State Senator Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) on June 25, 2018, on the floor of the California State Senate, will honor surviving members of the 100th/442nd.

The 100th/442nd, which consisted almost exclusively of Nisei, or second-generation Japanese American men, became the most decorated military unit in U.S. history for its size and length of service. Together with the Military Intelligence Service, the Nisei soldiers were credited with saving countless lives at the cost of many of their own. More than 30,000 Japanese Americans, both volunteers and draftees, served in the military during WWII despite the forced incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent on the U.S. mainland. Two-thirds of those incarcerated without due process were American citizens.

“It is my honor to recognize the sacrifice of this group of Americans and all those who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team,” Sen. Pro Tem Atkins said. “These brave men put honor, duty and sacrifice above life itself. On behalf of the California State Senate, we thank you.”

Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, GFBNEC’s President and Chief Executive Officer, noted that while many of the veterans of the “Greatest Generation” have passed on, their lessons remain timeless. “These men fought for democracy and due process, defending our country when it had turned its back on them,” Maki said. “We’re privileged to still have some of these brave Americans here with us today, at a time when their values of loyalty, patriotism and social justice are more relevant than ever.”

“The Japanese American soldiers who made up these military units epitomized patriotism and heroism despite the disgraceful discrimination many of them and their families faced in the United States,” said Ann Burroughs, President and Chief Executive Officer of JANM. “They are deserving of our utmost respect and every accolade that can be offered. I thank Senate Leader Atkins for making this occasion possible.”

Maki and Burroughs will be present with surviving members of the 100th/442nd on the Senate floor when the resolution is adopted.

Note to Media: “Go For Broke” was the motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Army unit composed of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland. The term was Hawaiian slang for “shooting the works,” or risking everything for the big win in gambling—as the Nisei soldiers did while fighting in the field in WWII and facing prejudice at home in the U.S.

About Go For Broke National Education Center
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation that educates the public on the valor of Japanese American veterans of World War II and their contributions to democracy. Our goal is to inspire new generations to embody the Nisei veterans’ core values of courage, sacrifice, equality, humility and patriotism. Founded in 1989, GFBNEC maintains the Go For Broke monument and the interactive “Defining Courage” exhibition in downtown Los Angeles, as well as extensive oral histories and archives, education and training programs, and other initiatives. For more information, please visit http://www.goforbroke.org.

About the Japanese American National Museum
Established in 1985, the Japanese American National Museum promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories and strives to provide a voice for Japanese Americans as well as a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture. Since opening to the public, JANM has presented nearly 80 exhibitions onsite and traveled 20 of its exhibitions to locations around the world, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis Island Museum in the United States, and several leading cultural museums in Japan and South America. The museum's core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, chronicles 130 years of Japanese American history, from the early days of the Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to the present.

Media Contacts:
Pauline Yoshihashi
Strategic Communications
For GFBNEC
323/683-8191 Direct
pyoshihashi@earthlink.net

Leslie Unger
Director of Marketing and Communications
Japanese American National Museum
213-830-5690
lunger@janm.org Reported by PRWeb 17 hours ago.

Robin Systems to present at DataWorks Summit San Jose 2018, Covering How Big-Data Applications Benefit from Container Tech Through Entire Application Stack

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Visit Robin Systems at Booth #G3 in the Exhibit Hall to Learn More about Innovation in Application Lifecycle Management, Engage to Win an Amazon Fire Tablet

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --*WHAT: Gold Sponsor *Robin Systems will be at the DataWorks Summit San Jose, the premier big data community event for everything data, June 17 – 21 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, exhibiting its Robin Cloud Platform for self-service, 1-click deployment and management of big data applications and databases. Visit Robin Systems at the exhibit hall, booth #G3, and talk to experts about achieving an app-store experience and agility in Application Lifecycle Management, as well as lowering administration costs and reducing time-to-market. Visitors to the booth can also engage with the Robin team and sign-up for a free demo of Robin Cloud Platform to get an Amazon Fire Tablet.

Partha Seetala, CTO of Robin Systems, will present the breakout session, “Containerized Hadoop Beyond Kubernetes for Supporting Data Heavy Applications Holistically Across Containers, Networking and Storage Stacks” at DataWorks Summit. This technical session will explain how to run and manage the lifecycle of containerized Hadoop and other applications in the data analytics pipeline efficiently and effectively, far and beyond simple container orchestration.  A production-scale Hadoop deployment inside containers needs to honor anti/affinity, fault-domain and data-locality policies. Kubernetes alone, with primitives such as StatefulSets and PersitentVolumeClaims, is not sufficient to support a complex data-heavy application such as Hadoop.

*Event Details: *

· *What*: Breakout session - Containerized Hadoop Beyond Kubernetes @ DataWorks Summit 2018, San Jose

· *Who*: Partha Seetala, CTO, Robin Systems
· *When*: Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 2:50 – 3:30 pm
· *Where*: Grand Ballroom, 220 B, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
· *What: 20 min Theater Talk*: Containerizing HDP: 6 Best Practices

· *Who*: Ankur Desai, Director of Products, Robin Systems
· *When*: Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 10:35 – 10:55 am
· *Where*: Expo Floor Theater

Reporters and analysts interested in speaking with Robin Systems executives are encouraged to contact Robin Systems public relations.

**Related Links**

· Announcement: Robin Cloud Platform Announced as the First and Only Container Platform Certified to Run Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP)
· Announcement: IBM and Robin Systems Announce a Joint Solution for the Containerized IBM Db2 Warehouse on Robin Cloud Platform
· Blog: Emerging Approaches to Building Stateful Applications using Containers
· Blog: The Stateful Container Model – Is Kubernetes Ready?

Tweet this - #Robin Systems to present at #DataWorks Summit San Jose 2018 covering how #Big-Data Applications benefit from #Container tech thru entire application stack - Booth #G3 - Engage, signup for demo and get an Amazon Fire Tablet - https://bit.ly/2sTfqdV.

*About Robin Systems*
Robin transforms the way enterprise applications drive the infrastructure by bringing together purpose-built container-aware block storage with application-aware manager into the cloud (private and/or public). This demonstrates unique benefits to distributed, clustered and stateful applications including Big-Data and Databases. With a team that includes industry veterans from leading enterprise technology companies such as NetApp, Oracle, and Veritas, Robin seeks to disrupt the $20 billion-plus virtualization market with its container-based compute and storage platform software that delivers better performance higher consolidation and a much simpler application lifecycle management than traditional hypervisor-based virtualization. Founded in 2013, the San Jose California-based company has raised more than $27 million in venture funding from leading investors such as  Clear Ventures, DN Capital, USAA, Hasso Plattner Ventures and CloudScale Capital Partners.

*Follow Robin Systems*

· Website: www.RobinSystems.com
· Twitter: twitter.com/RobinSystems
· LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/robin-systems
· Facebook: www.facebook.com/RobinSystems

Robin Systems, the Robin Systems logo and Robin Cloud Platform for Enterprise Applications and Application-to-Spindle Quality of Service Guarantee are trademarks or registered trademarks of Robin Systems, Inc., and are protected by trademark laws of the United States and other jurisdictions. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Media Contact for Robin Systems
Andrea Corry
(925) 640-5482
press@robinsystems.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 17 hours ago.

Smithfield Foods Donates More Than 40,000 Pounds of Protein to the Food Bank of WNY

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Tops Friendly Markets Joins the 30th Stop of Smithfield’s 2018 Helping Hungry Homes® Tour

BUFFALO, N.Y., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday, Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Tops Friendly Markets joined forces to donate more than 40,000 pounds of protein to the Food Bank of Western New York (WNY). Smithfield’s contribution was part of the company’s 2018 Helping Hungry Homes^® donation tour. Now in the program’s 10^th year, Helping Hungry Homes^® is Smithfield’s signature hunger-relief initiative focused on alleviating hunger and helping Americans become more food secure. The donation, equivalent to more than 160,000 servings, will help families fight hunger across New York. “The Food Bank of WNY is grateful for the partnership of Smithfield Foods and Tops Friendly Markets in the fight against hunger,” Jerry Sheldon, vice chairperson for the Food Bank of WNY Board of Directors, said. “Protein is an essential component of a nutritious diet, but for many of our hungry community members, it can be hard to come by. This generous donation will benefit the hungry children, families, seniors and veterans who rely on the Food Bank of WNY and our 335 agencies throughout Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties.”

Smithfield and Tops Friendly Markets representatives presented the donation to the Food Bank of WNY at an event at the food bank yesterday morning. Members of the organizations discussed food insecurity in the local community and the significance of this donation, which will provide protein throughout the food bank’s service area, including four counties in Western New York. 

“At Tops Friendly Markets, we are dedicated to eradicating hunger through donations to our community,” said Kristen Hanson, vice president of Center Store, Pharmacy Sales and Merchandising at Tops Friendly Markets. “We are proud to partner with Smithfield Foods to donate to the Food Bank of WNY and continue our efforts against the constant battle of hunger.”

This is the 30^th large scale protein donation made by Smithfield to food banks across the country during its 2018 Helping Hungry Homes^® tour. Since the program’s inception in 2008, Smithfield has provided more than 100 million servings of protein to food banks, disaster relief efforts, and community outreach programs nationwide.

“At Smithfield, we understand that many people struggle with making ends meet, and oftentimes this means they don’t know where their next meal will come from, whether for themselves or their families,” said Dennis Pittman, senior director of hunger relief for Smithfield Foods. “By partnering with Tops Friendly Markets, we want to show our support for the relentless fight against food insecurity in communities such as Western New York and across the country.”

For more information about Smithfield Foods’ Helping Hungry Homes^® initiative and a list of upcoming donation events, visit helpinghungryhomes.com.

*About Smithfield Foods*
Smithfield Foods is a $15 billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands including Smithfield^®, Eckrich^®, Nathan's Famous^®, Farmland^®, Armour^®, Farmer John^®, Kretschmar^®, John Morrell^®, Cook's^®, Gwaltney^®, Carando^®, Margherita^®, Curly's^®, Healthy Ones^®, Morliny^®, Krakus^® and Berlinki^®. Smithfield Foods is committed to providing good food in a responsible way and maintains robust animal care, community involvement, employee safety, environmental and food safety and quality programs. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com.

*About the Food Bank of WNY*
The Food Bank of WNY is the primary hunger-relief organization in Western New York, obtaining and distributing food to 335 member agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, group homes and youth programs in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties. Through these agencies, the Food Bank of WNY serves as many as 140,000 individuals in any given month, including 45,300 households, 54,500 children and infants and 18,370 seniors. For more information, visit www.foodbankwny.org.

*About Tops Friendly Markets*
Tops Markets, LLC, is headquartered in Williamsville, NY and operates 169 full-service supermarkets with five additional by franchisees under the Tops banner. Tops employs more than 14,000 associates and is a leading full-service grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont. For more information about Tops Markets, visit the company's website at www.topsmarkets.com.

Media Contacts:

*Dalton Agency for Smithfield*
Jana Beasley
(904) 534-8568
jbeasley@daltonagency.com *Food Bank of WNY*
Catherine Shick
(716) 982-3529
cshick@foodbankwny.org
*Tops Friendly Markets*
Andrew Brocato
(716) 635-5577
abrocato@topsmarkets.com  

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/704439bd-7702-46cf-ab22-deb174af9565 Reported by GlobeNewswire 17 hours ago.

Hemp, Inc. Applauds Addition of Hemp Legislation to 2018 Farm Bill 

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SPRING HOPE, NC, June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with the largest multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in the western hemisphere, announced today the company applauds Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for getting his hemp legislation, known as the Hemp Farming Act, included in the 2018 Farm Bill."Securing the Hemp Farming Act as part of the 2018 Farm Bill has been a top priority of mine. I look forward to continuing to work with my Senate colleagues on this and many other issues important to Kentucky agriculture as we move towards consideration of the Farm Bill," McConnell said in a statement. 

The Senate's farm bill still needs to be approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee and the full chamber. In April, McConnell introduced a bill that would remove industrial hemp from the federal government’s schedule of controlled substances. The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 stipulates that hemp will be legalized and removed from the Controlled Substances Act and also makes industrial hemp eligible for crop insurance. 

“Politicians on both sides of the political aisle are recognizing that the cultivation and manufacturing of hemp in the United States is crucial to empowering farmers nationwide to generate new income streams and further grow our agricultural economy,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “The movement toward the federal legalization of hemp is gaining momentum as more states pass hemp legalization laws and an increasing amount of policy makers support legalizing hemp on Capitol Hill.”

Notably, there are now 40 states in the nation that have legalized hemp. Companies seeking to enter or further develop their footprint in the industrial hemp marketplace are aligning with Hemp, Inc. for the company’s proven expertise and state-of-the-art hemp processing and manufacturing infrastructure in Spring Hope, North Carolina. Hemp, Inc.’s 85,000 square foot hemp processing and manufacturing facility has been operational since August, 2017.

Hemp, Inc.’s consulting agreement with HQ Global Education, Inc., a scientific research development company, entails that Hemp, Inc.  will provide consulting services in an effort to help HQ Global Education, Inc. expand into the hemp CBD industry. In addition, Hemp, Inc. also announced  that the company encourages large scale companies to secure their hemp biomass now before Hemp, Inc.’s supply runs out.

Hemp, Inc. also recently announced that its strategic hemp growing partner Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc., had completed installation of the solar and wind-powered energy system for its 500-acre Veteran Village Kins Community in Golden Valley, Arizona. The Veteran Village Kins Community is designed to grow hemp and produce CBD products to benefit veterans as well as generate revenue for Hemp, Inc., the Veteran Village, and individual veterans living in the community.

Dozens of master growers, from Oregon, Colorado, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nevada and, of course, Arizona, companies and organizations have expressed an interest in pursuing a joint venture with Hemp, Inc. to each grow industrial hemp on the 300 fenced acres in Arizona as part of "The Great United American Hemp Project." Interested master growers, from around the country, should contact Project Manager, Dwight Jory at ecogold22@gmail.com. 

Read the following October 24, 2017 press release, Hemp, Inc. Announces Strategic Hemp Growing Partner "Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc." Completes Final Site Plan Blueprints, below:

Hemp, Inc. has announced that its strategic growing partner, "Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.," has completed its final site plan blueprints for its 500-acre site in Golden Valley, Arizona (20 miles north of Kingman, AZ and 90 minutes from Las Vegas, NV). The site plan was submitted to the Mohave County Building Department for final review. The Company is also in the final stages of completing the necessary infrastructure to support an off-grid, renewable, energy system. With the solar equipment in place, the site's solar power operation is now complete.

Dwight Jory, the Project Manager for the "Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.," said, "We are very happy with the progress. Our Kins Community is really beginning to come together." In anticipation of planting to begin during the spring, 300 acres have been fenced, 16 overnight trailer park sites are under construction, and six 40x40-ft organic vegetable gardens are ready for seasonal planting, according to Jory. As for the 6 geodesic domes mentioned in an earlier press release, 1 is structurally complete with only the electrical and plumbing to be completed. The rest are on site awaiting final site plan approval. "We are now accepting volunteers who have expressed an interest in helping to build the first Kins Community for our veterans," said Jory. Those interested in making the first hemp growing CBD-producing "Veteran Village Kins Community" become a reality should contact Ms. Sandra Williams via email (swilliams@hempinc.com).

One thousand trees, on 36 of the 500-acres, have also been planted, with an additional 1,000 trees on order. The "Veteran Village Kins Community" site plan also includes a 100,000-square foot GMP compliant, central processing plant, CBD testing laboratory, and various health and wellness centers to support veterans who may have psychological, emotional or health issues.

 "As Hemp, Inc. positions itself on the forefront of America's industrial hemp revolution, we see our partnership with 'Veteran Village Kins Community Arizona, Inc.' being paramount in supporting the small family farm movement that we are confident will reshape the American landscape," said Perlowin. "As we work toward getting our eco-village up and running in Arizona, we are also aggressively scouting strategic locations in other states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia. Giving veterans and other Americans a place to learn new skills and take part in this multi-billion-dollar hemp CBD market is very exciting. It's a big part of our mission to give back." 

According to Perlowin, seven "master hemp growers" from Oregon, Colorado, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nevada and, of course, Arizona have expressed an interest in pursuing a joint venture with Hemp, Inc. to each grow industrial hemp on the 300 fenced acres in Arizona. Perlowin says he'll call this "The Great United American Hemp Project."

ABOUT HEMP, INC.
With a deep-rooted social and environmental mission at its core, Hemp, Inc. seeks to build a business constituency for the American small farmer, the American veteran, and other groups experiencing the ever-increasing disparity between tapering income and soaring expenses. As a leader in the industrial hemp industry with ownership of the largest commercial multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility in North America, Hemp, Inc. believes there can be tangible benefits reaped from adhering to a corporate social responsibility plan.

SOCIAL NETWORKS
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https://www.facebook.com/KingOfPot(Bruce Perlowin's Facebook Page)
https://www.facebook.com/TheHempUniversity/(The Hemp University's Facebook Page)

SUBSCRIBE TO HEMP, INC.'S VIDEO UPDATES
"Hemp, Inc. Presents" is capturing the historic, monumental re-creation of the hemp decorticator today as America begins to evolve into a cleaner, green, eco-friendly sustainable environment. What many see as the next American Industrial Revolution is actually the Industrial Hemp Revolution. Watch as Hemp, Inc., the No. 1 leader in the industrial hemp industry, engages its shareholders and the public through each step in bringing back the hemp decorticator as described in the "Freedom Leaf Magazine" article "The Return of the Hemp Decorticator" by Steve Bloom.
"Hemp, Inc. Presents" is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by visiting www.hempinc.com. To subscribe to the "Hemp, Inc. Presents" YouTube channel, be sure to click the subscribe button.

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EVENTS
Across the globe, the hemp industry is rising to astronomical levels. In the wake of the hemp industry projected to grow 700% and hit $1.8 billion by 2020, there has been more education and networking within the industry. That means more events and conferences, thus, Hemp, Inc. has started compiling an ongoing list of upcoming hemp events around the world.  Check out the listing of international and domestic events here.  More links to events to international hemp industry events can be found here.  For more hemp industry events in the U.S., click here. 

FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER AND DISCLOSURES
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: Hemp, Inc.
855-436-7688
ir@hempinc.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 17 hours ago.

Inspo Raises $5.5 Million to Launch Creator-Driven Media Revolution

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PSL Ventures, with leading media and technology veterans and investors, funds world’s largest Creator-driven media company

SEATTLE, Wash., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inspo Network, a Creator-driven media company focused on the $50 billion lifestyle market, today announced $5.5 million in Seed funding led by PSL Ventures with participation from a number of media and technology leaders, including Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer through Second Avenue Partners, Clark Kokich, and Dan Levitan.  

Inspo’s Creators are premier, nationally-recognized influencers in the Home, Food, Fitness, and DIY categories.  Inspo helps Creators inspire their audiences through original, premium video experiences.  In its first year, Inspo’s video platform created more than 2,000 original, short-form television-quality shows reaching more than 120 million loyal viewers. Inspo's video platform enables Brands to integrate their products into Creator videos with ease, certainty and scale. 

"Technology is enabling the world's category experts to become next generation media powerhouses and Inspo makes it easy to deliver personalized, hyper-targeted video content to hundreds of millions of engaged fans," said Rich Barton, an Inspo investor and founder of Expedia, Zillow, and Glassdoor.  "By bringing ‘power to the people’ in this massive category, Inspo is reimagining the media value chain and challenging traditional studio-based models."  

Inspo was co-founded by Pete Christothoulou, a technology veteran who was previously co-founder and CEO of Marchex, and his wife Heather Christothoulou, a nationally-recognized author and Creator.  The idea for Inspo sprung from the frustrations Heather and her peers experienced creating premium video content, growing their reach, and partnering with Brands.  

“Inspo serves a massive need for the world’s leading Creators, as well as for consumer Brands who want to reach tuned-in buyers at scale. Video is the fastest growing digital media format and the preferred way for today’s modern storytellers to reach and engage their followers, yet it’s extremely difficult for a Creator to do well. Inspo changes that,” said Mike Galgon, Managing Director of PSL Ventures.

With this funding, Inspo has appointed three new Directors to its Board, including: Mike Galgon, PSL co-founder and former aQuantive co-founder; Rob Norman, former Chief Digital Officer at GroupM and Chairman of GroupM North America; and Clark Kokich, former Razorfish Chairman and CEO.    
  
“The future of media looks like thousands of category-expert Creators inspiring hundreds of millions of engaged fans through visual experiences available anywhere,” said Pete Christothoulou, Inspo co-founder and CEO.  “Solving the core problems for Creators and Brands is critical to making this future a reality.”

*About Inspo*
Inspo is a Creator-driven media company transforming the $50B lifestyle market for creators, consumers, and brands. Inspo helps leading Creators inspire their audiences through original, short-form premium video experiences. Its video platform creates thousands of original, television-quality shows reaching more than 120 million loyal viewers. Inspo enables Brands to integrate their products into Creator videos with ease, certainty and scale.  Learn more about Inspo at www.insponetwork.com.

*About PSL Ventures*
PSL Ventures is a Seattle-based venture fund that invests in early-stage technology startups. It is a part of Pioneer Square Labs, which operates a startup studio to create and launch new companies. For more information, visit www.psl.com

*Press Contact:*
Robert Nachbar
Inspo
rob@insponetwork.com
206-427-0389 Reported by GlobeNewswire 15 hours ago.

Swords to Plowshares is hosting the 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Symphony Concert on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at the Herbst Theatre. The concert will be a joyous evening of music by Symphonia Caritas and special guest pianist Jeffrey LaDeur.

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Symphonia Caritas will feature Mozart’s Overture to Marriage of Figaro, Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor. Accompanying the orchestra to the stage will be accomplished solo pianist Jeffrey LaDeur, who has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Smithsonian.

San Francisco, June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swords to Plowshares is proud to host our 2nd Annual Summer Solstice Symphony Concert taking place on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at the historic Herbst Theatre.*
Summer Solstice Symphony Concert*

*Tuesday, June 19, 2018; 7:15-8:45 PM*

*7:15 PM – Performance*

*Herbst Theatre*

*401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102*

The concert will be a joyous evening of music by Symphonia Caritas, a professional orchestra that plays to improve the lives of those in need. Symphonia Caritas will feature Mozart’s Overture to Marriage of Figaro, Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor. Accompanying the orchestra to the stage will be accomplished solo pianist Jeffrey LaDeur, who has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Smithsonian.

“The services that we offer empower veterans to live meaningful and productive lives. Thanks to our sponsors and community partners like Symphonia Caritas, the funds raised from our Summer Solstice Symphony Concert will go to supporting San Francisco’s most vulnerable veterans. Without community partners like Symphonia Caritas, our work would not be possible,” said Michael Blecker, Swords to Plowshares’ executive director.

“My wife and I,” said Paul Schrage, musical director of Symphonia Caritas, “are deeply grateful to the veterans who have sacrificed for our protection and defense. With veterans constituting an outsized proportion of the overall homeless population, we are proud to partner with Swords to Plowshares to raise money to help prevent and end homelessness and poverty among all veterans in need.”

All proceeds from the event will go to support Swords to Plowshares’ critical services to the nearly 3,000 San Francisco Bay Area veterans served annually.

Sponsors of our 2^nd Annual Summer Solstice Symphony Concert include: Pinterest Veteran Employee Resource Group; Artis Neville; Cahill Contractor's, Inc.; Facebook; Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood; Nonstop Wellness; Diane B. Wilsey; Gelfand Partners Architects; Mark Bregman; Paul Cox & Margo Schueler; Unilever; Bruce Colman; Carol Wilder; John Beem; John C. Marquez; Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects; Saida Sullivan Design Partners; Summus Products, Inc.; and Yaniv Newman.

*About Swords to Plowshares:* 
Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based not-for-profit organization that provides counseling and case management, rapid re-housing and eviction prevention services, employment and training, supportive housing, and legal benefits assistance for low-income, homeless, and at-risk veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area. Swords to Plowshares promotes and protects the rights of veterans through advocacy and public education, and partner with local, state, and national entities. Learn more about the work of Swords to Plowshares, and ways you can help, by visiting our website at http://www.stp-sf.org.

*About Symphonia Caritas: *
Symphonia Caritas was born in early 2015 with a benefit concert for the Lima Center, a daytime homeless shelter in San Francisco. The idea was simple: hire great musicians, put on a great concert, and raise more money than it cost to produce the concert. Since that first concert, Symphonia Caritas has continued to raise money in benefit concerts, as well as expanded its mission to include free concerts directly for the underserved. To learn more, visit https://symphoniacaritas.org/home.

*Attachment*

· Summer Solstice Summer Concert Sponsorship Opportunities

CONTACT: Kevin C Miller
Swords to Plowshares
559-681-3879
kevin.miller@stp-sf.org Reported by GlobeNewswire 14 hours ago.

At Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi's first Iftar party, United Colours of Opposition, almost

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Rahul Gandhi hosted his first ever Iftar as Congress party president in New Delhi on Wednesday. 

Former President Pranab Mukherjee, his predecessor Pratibha Patil, former vice-president Hamid Ansari, ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, DMK lawmaker Kanimozhi, ex-Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dixit were among the prominent guest at the event.

Among diplomats, except Pakistan High Commission, almost all diplomats of Muslim countries were present.

However, what many noticed was the absence of key Opposition leaders. 

Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the Congress Iftar Party.

However, the main Opposition party maintained that ‘it was a sombre occasion and not a display of power.’

The Congress sources also said that it had sent out invites to party representatives present in Delhi.

It should be noted that the Iftar almost didn’t happen. It was the Congress veterans, who reportedly convinced Gandhi for holding the Iftar Party.

Senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel and party general secretary Ashok Gehlot had met Gandhi on the matter. The leaders had told him that no holding an Iftar gathering would put the party in a bad light, especially since the RSS had organised iftar parties in several locations. If the RSS could arrange for such parties, the Congress should not be left behind, the leaders argued. 

Once Gandhi gave the go ahead, Patel is said to have taken the responsibility of arranging for the resources and managed the expenses, which is running close to Rs 8-9 lakh. Some of the five-star hotels in the city, including the Taj Palace and the Ashoka Hotel had bookings, and the Iftaar was finally held at the Taj Diplomatic Enclave Hotel. 

While the big names may not be present at the event, it does not mean that Gandhi is not rallying for Opposition unity for 2019.

Sources say that he is meeting some or the other leader every day to galvanise anti-BJP forces. 

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Werner Enterprises Named “Best of the Best” Top Veteran-Friendly Company

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OMAHA, Neb., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN), a premier transportation and logistics company, is honored to be named the 2018 Best of the Best by U.S. Veterans Magazine for the company’s support of military veterans, service members and their families.“We take great pride in our commitment to former and currently serving members of the armed forces and their families,” said Associate Vice President of Student and Government Recruiting Jim Morbach. “We are privileged to have many talented military men and women in our company, and we will continue to invest in their success at Werner.”

To be selected, U.S. Veterans Magazine polled hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies for this year’s evaluations. Finalists are selected based on the support of the nation’s employees, initiatives, government agencies and educational institutions. The annual list can be found on the publication’s website.  

Werner is widely acknowledged as an industry leader in military hiring initiatives, with veteran and veteran spouses comprising 20 percent of its workforce. As a military-ready employer, Werner has pledged to hire 2,000 veterans and 250 veteran spouses in 2018.

Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage throughout North America, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia. Werner maintains its global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska and maintains offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Werner is among the five largest truckload carriers in the United States, with a diversified portfolio of transportation services that includes dedicated, medium-to-long-haul, regional and expedited van; and temperature-controlled. The Werner Logistics portfolio includes truck brokerage, freight management, intermodal, international and final mile services. International services are provided through Werner’s domestic and global subsidiary companies and include ocean, air and ground transportation; freight forwarding; and customs brokerage.

Werner Enterprises, Inc.’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market^SM under the symbol “WERN.” For further information about Werner, visit the company’s website at www.werner.com.

Contact: Fred Thayer, Director of Corporate Communications
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
402.895.6640 ext. 100 2065
fthayer@werner.com Reported by GlobeNewswire 14 hours ago.

Event - Start Off With the Exit: A $5K Grant

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Active Port is inviting men to attend a kick-off mixer Thursday evening, June 14. The event will provide information about a Business Initiative Celebrating the Empowerment of Women Through Seed Funding. A $5K grant in seed funds can be applied for exclusively by anyone attending the event.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB) June 13, 2018

This mixer has been designed to be inclusive and is open to the public. It will take place at the Hotel Maya, Miramar Veranda Room in Long Beach on Thursday, June 14 from 5pm to 10pm.

“We can’t ignore half of the population for such an important movement – that would be divisive. I’m committed to unifying men and women in the workplace,” said Julie Fogg, president of Active Port.

RSVP FOR THE EVENT WITH THIS LINK.

5:00 pm - MC and Moderator, Jessica Wilzig Gottlieb
6:15 pm – Special guest presentation, Nadya Ichinomiya
6:35 pm – Panel discussion with Stephanie Ardrey, Russell Brower, Kamin Samuel, Heather Mason
7:15 pm Keynote address, Nell Merlino
8:20 pm – Demonstration, Daniel Wiener of Intralinks
8:30 pm - Networking
5-10 pm - Intralinks demonstrations will be available throughout the evening except during scheduled speakers

ABOUT THE $5K GRANT
START OFF WITH THE EXIT GRANT is a one-time $5K seed fund grant that can be applied for exclusively by all men and women attending the event on June 14. A url will be handed to individuals who watch a demonstration of the Intralinks platform to apply. If people in attendance at the mixer don't get a chance to see a live demonstration and still want to apply for the grant, interested applicants can watch a remote demonstration by or before July 31, 2018.

Why was this grant created? Julie Fogg invited Intralinks to do a demonstration of their platform because she started thinking about selling her company, Active Port. One of the triggers for considering selling was her daughter leaving for San Francisco to attend college this year. Everything has a season and an end. Pets, relationships, people and organizations. An end can also be called an exit.

People exit to retire or exit to start solving a new problem when a previous problem has been solved. For example, the keynote address at the mixer is being given by Nell Merlino, founder of Take Our Daughters To Work Day. Nell was successful in taking her vision and making it the reality for many people. Julie Fogg has had her daughter by her side the entire time she’s been an entrepreneur and her daughter will be at the mixer watching Nell Merlino speak again, like she’s done her whole life growing up.

It is clear that Nell succeeded in solving a problem and now Nell is starting another movement because Nell had what could loosely be described as an exit from Take Our Daughters To Work Day. This is why the Intralinks demo is so important to Julie Fogg: by designing a plan, a product, a relationship and/or a business with the exit from the beginning, win-win boundaries can be planned and followed. Julie isn’t being cynical about relationships – people die – and a life that is fulfilling is possible for anyone when planning is done and executed throughout the life of that product/relationship/organization.

“Creating awareness for men and women about new ways of communicating, especially through keeping personal accountability at the front of our minds, will lead to environments with cultures which are respectful and empowering,” added Julie Fogg, an entrepreneur since 2002.

Intralinks isn't the only company who supports selling a company or division and people should do their own research when choosing a vendor. Intralinks didn't request to be highlighted as a part of this event. Intralinks isn't a sponsor of this event and didn't pay anything or provide anything beyond time at the event to participate. Julie Fogg felt a sense of personal responsibility to founders at any stage of their career and wanted to let them know how critical it is for individuals to design with thinking: START OFF WITH THE EXIT.

ABOUT FOUR FEMALE FOUNDERS (F3), is a proof of concept program committed to building up women in technology. The F3 initiative is designed to highlight that with a level playing field, women can achieve the same level of success as their male counterparts in a mutually respectful and productive environment. For more information on the FOUR FEMALE FOUNDERS (F3) initiative, please email daniel@sparkicreative.org.

ABOUT ACTIVE PORT:
Julie Fogg, co-founder of Active Port established in 2002, is a company specializing in business communications technologies with a focus on business continuity. Julie is also the founder and chairman of SparkiCreative, a 501(c)3 supporting women, minorities and veterans with economic independence through soft skills, technical training and internships.

ABOUT INTRALINKS:
Panera Bread Company, a North American operator of retail bakery-cafés, used Intralinks in its acquisition by JAB Holdings for US$7.5 billion. Reported by PRWeb 13 hours ago.

Kforce Government Solutions, Inc. Appoints Maureen Coyle as Chief Executive Officer

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Pat Moneymaker Continues to Serve as Chairman of the Board

FAIRFAX, Va., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kforce Government Solutions, Inc. (KGS) announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Maureen Coyle as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 1.  Ms. Coyle takes over from Pat Moneymaker, who has served as the Company’s CEO since 2014.  Mr. Moneymaker will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.Ms. Coyle, who joined KGS in 2016 as its Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), has made significant contributions to the Company as CSO, Chief Growth Officer and as President.

“Maureen represents an extraordinary combination of strong management, reputation for integrity and results, and knowledge of the healthcare and IT needs across the Federal Government,” said Mr. Moneymaker.  “I am thrilled at the prospects for KGS that this leadership transition will bring.”

Ms. Coyle has brought 27 years of executive management experience and deep healthcare IT knowledge to her role at KGS. Prior to joining the Company, she spent ten years at the Department of Veterans Affairs, more recently as a Senior Executive in the Office of Information and Technology and formerly as a Program Manager in the Veterans Health Administration.

“I am honored to be appointed to lead KGS,” said Coyle.  “I know that I speak for everyone at the Company in thanking Pat for his leadership and service.  KGS has been fantastic to be a part of, and I look forward to leading the next phase of the KGS journey.”

*About KGS
*Kforce Government Solutions, Inc. (KGS) is a provider of management and technology solutions to the Federal Government and State and local agencies. For more than 40 years, KGS has partnered with government to help solve complex mission and business challenges. We deliver customized solutions aligned to our clients’ unique needs across financial management; organizational transformation; and information technology. KGS also offers innovative health products, including TraumaFX® medical training. Learn more at www.kforcegov.com.

*About Kforce**
*Kforce (Nasdaq:KFRC) is an award-winning professional staffing services firm that provides strategic partnership in the areas of Technology and Finance & Accounting. Our name stands for KnowledgeForce® which describes the experience we’ve gained since 1962 and the 23,000 highly skilled professionals we engage annually. The customer-centric Kforce Knowledge Staffing Process allows for high-touch, relationship-driven results backed by progressive technologies. Each year, our network of over 60 offices and two national recruiting centers provides opportunities across 4,000 companies, including 70% of the Fortune 100. At Kforce, We love what we do. We love who we serve®.

Certain of the above statements contained in this press release, including earnings projections, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: business conditions, growth in temporary staffing and the general economy; competitive factors, risks due to shifts in the market demand; a reduction in the supply of candidates or the Firm's ability to attract such candidates; the success of the Firm in attracting and retaining revenue-generating talent; changes in the service mix; ability of the Firm to repurchase shares; the occurrence of unanticipated expenses; the effect of adverse weather conditions; changes in our effective tax rate; changes in government regulations, laws and policies that are adverse to our businesses; risk of contract performance, delays or termination or the failure to obtain awards, task orders or funding under contracts; changes in client demand and our ability to adapt to such changes; and the risk factors listed from time to time in the Firm’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Firm’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, as well as assumptions regarding the foregoing. In particular, the Firm makes no assurances that the estimates of continuing operations will be achieved or that we will continue to increase our market share, successfully manage risks to our revenue stream, successfully put into place the people and processes that will create future success or further accelerate our revenue. The terms “should,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “foresee,” “plan” and similar expressions and variations thereof contained in this press release identify certain of such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. As a result, such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. Future events and actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and the Firm undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

AT THE FIRM

Michael R. Blackman
Chief Corporate Development Officer
(813) 552-2927 Reported by GlobeNewswire 10 hours ago.

JHL Biotech Announces Completion of Convertible Bond Issuance and Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer

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JHL Biotech Announces Completion of Convertible Bond Issuance and Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer HSINCHU and WUHAN, June 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- JHL Biotech has raised US$106 million in a convertible bond issuance, which closed May 15, 2018. Proceeds raised from the issuance will be used for clinical trials, working capital needs and further development of the company's pipeline of biosimilar treatments. The offering brings JHL's total funding raised to date to US$320 million. VMS Investment Group was the largest subscriber for the issuance, which also included active participation from existing shareholders. Ion Pacific acted as sole financial advisor to JHL for the financing transaction.

JHL Biotech is also pleased to announce the appointment of Ellis Chu as its Chief Financial Officer, effective May 2018.  Racho Jordanov, JHL Biotech's Co-Chairman and CEO stated, "We are delighted to have someone of Ellis Chu's caliber join JHL's management team at this critical point in our company's development.  Ellis's prior experience will be an asset as business development and the capital markets become increasingly important to JHL."

"With biosimilars taking off in Asia, I am excited to join JHL which has a reputation for manufacturing excellence. This, coupled with a management team possessing deep biologics experience, enables JHL to differentiate itself in a nascent sector that is exploding.  With several of our drugs entering late stage clinical trials this year and next, I look forward to playing an active role in helping JHL re-list and navigate its continued growth," said Chu.

Mr. Chu most recently served as a Managing Director and the Head of Greater China at Ion Pacific, an Asia-focused venture capital merchant bank. Prior to Ion Pacific, Ellis spent the bulk of his career in investment banking, including serving as Head of China Mergers & Acquisitions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He also held senior investment banking positions at Citigroup, Nomura and Lehman Brothers advising on transactions across multiple sectors, including healthcare. Mr. Chu holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

*Media Contact*:
Ellis Chu: echu@jhlbiotech.com phone: +886 3-658-3899
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*About JHL Biotech*
JHL Biotech, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical startup founded by a group of industry veterans with deep experience in pharmaceutical development and operations. JHL is backed by premier financial firms, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Biomark Capital, Milestone Capital, Fidelity, VMS Investment Group, and the China Development Industrial Bank. JHL Biotech's mission is to provide the world with low-cost medicines of exceptional quality. JHL is focused on research and development of new protein-based therapies and biosimilars. JHL has two world-class facilities built in accordance with United States, European Union, and ICH cGMP regulations and standards. For more information, please visit www.jhlbiotech.com.

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