CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- *Homes for Heroes Foundation* www.h4hf.ca is thrilled to announce that City of Calgary council unanimously approved the land re-designation for the first Homes for Heroes village to be built in Calgary. On November 12, council met to review the project and upon recommendation from the City of Calgary planning department approved the project to move forward.“We needed them, and they answered the call. Now many veterans need us, and we will now be able to answer their call. A made in Calgary solution for aiding veterans with difficulties transitioning to life in every day society can now realize its potential in Calgary and across Canada. We are so pleased that, after 3 years plodding the hurdles placed by City Hall, approval has been given by the City of Calgary to a land use designation for a Homes for Heroes Village. Now, while governments talk about what they’re going to do, we, the private sector, can go ahead and do it. We are overwhelmed by the number of private individuals and corporations that have offered to help us in this long overdue initiative. It’s payback time by a grateful nation. Soldiers don’t leave their wounded on the battlefield.” stated Murray McCann, Chairman and Co-Founder of Homes for Heroes Foundation.  

*Homes for Heroes Foundation* www.h4hf.ca  is a charity working to end homelessness among our Veteran population. Homes for Heroes Foundation plan is to build tiny home villages with a complete social service program to help veterans with their transition from military life to civilian life. The social services are being managed by the Mustard Seed https://theseed.ca/about-us who have more than 30 years of experience dealing with homeless populations. The first tiny home community is scheduled to open in Calgary in the spring of 2019, with the second village to be opened in Edmonton in the fall of 2019. It is the goal of the Homes for Heroes Foundation to have a tiny home village in every major centre across Canada.

“We are thrilled by the announcement today as it is a major step forward for our group and all those that have supported us along the way. We are convinced that we have a model that could end homelessness among those that have stood on guard for Canada. Companies and individuals have stepped forward to sponsor homes in the project and we truly appreciate this support. What we need now is for more cites like Calgary and Edmonton to identify lands in their municipality for us to build on. We have the funds to build and run the villages but need the cities to donate the land for this model to be successful.” stated David Howard, President and Co-Founder of Homes for Heroes Foundation.

*Media Contact*
David Howard
dave@h4hf.ca
403-620-4255

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CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPDN), (“IPDN” or the “Company”), a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse individuals, today announced its third quarter 2018 financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.*Third Quarter Highlights include:*

· Excluding goodwill impairment charge, the total costs and expense decreased by $1.5 million, or 27.5% for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.  This reduction is primarily the result of decrease in general and administrative expenses and sales and marketing expenses.
 
· Revenue generated from PDN Network increased by 2.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was a result of improved operational efficiencies and improvement in concerted efforts in sales growth, client retention, and customer satisfaction.
 
· Reduced Adjusted EBITDA loss to $1.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 compared to $1.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Michael Wang, CEO of IPDN, said, "While the Company continued to sustain losses, we have taken great strides in reducing our costs and overheads and consequently greatly reduced our losses. Our focus is to enhance our diversity recruitment and women's networking segments, with a focus on delivering superior performance to our clients and members.”

Mr. Wang continued, “We continue to have more work to do in China and the U.S. in 2018 and 2019 to enhance shareholder value. In the first three quarters of 2018, we have successfully reduced general and administrative expenses by 35.2% and sales and marketing expenses by 46.3%. We will continue to remain vigilant in watching our costs and will invest in growth when we see opportunities to do so. We continue to believe that China presents significant opportunity for our future growth toward profitability and much of my time and the Company’s efforts will be in the China market.” 

*2018 Third Quarter Financial Results*

For the quarter ended September 30, 2018, IPDN reported total revenue of approximately $1.9 million, a 37.9% decrease from the quarter ended September 30, 2017, due primarily to management’s focus on reduction in sales and operations workforce as a means to cost savings and rebranding the business.

Total operating expenses for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, increased by 66.6% to $9.3 million from $5.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. This increase is primarily the result of a $5.3 million goodwill impairment charge recorded in the NAPW segment in September 2018. Excluding goodwill impairment charge, the total costs and expenses were $4.0 million, a decrease of $1.5 million compared to the same period in the prior year. This decrease is primarily the result of a $0.9 million decrease in general and administrative expenses and a $0.6 million decrease in sales and marketing expenses.

The Company reported a net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 of $7.2 million or $1.49 per share compared to a net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.63 per share, for the corresponding period ended September 30, 2017.

Loss from continuing operations during the quarter ended September 30, 2018 was $7.2 million compared to a loss of $2.3 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2017. During the third quarter of 2018, the Company reported an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.0 million compared to Adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.5 million during the same period of the prior year, a decrease of $0.5 million.

As of September 30, 2018, the Company had $1.7 million in cash and $2.9 million in current assets, which represent a decrease of $1.2 million in cash and $2.7 million in current assets from December 31, 2017. Accounts receivable as of September 30, 2018 was $0.5 million, 41.8% less than the $0.9 million as of December 31, 2017. Total assets as of September 30, 2018 were $8.7 million, a decrease of $10.3 million from $19.0 million as of December 31, 2017.

             
*Professional Diversity Network, Inc.*            
*CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS*            
             
    *September 30,*     *December 31,*  
    *2018*     *2017*  
    *(Unaudited)*     *(Adjusted)*  
Current Assets:            
Cash and cash equivalents (Amounts related to variable interest entity of $907,590 and $1,671,378 as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively)   $ 1,653,149       $ 2,926,088  
Accounts receivable, net     527,565         905,723  
Incremental direct costs     21,158         145,292  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     461,931         478,379  
Current assets from discontinued operations     194,209         1,180,099  
Total current assets     2,858,012         5,635,581  
                 
Property and equipment, net     96,553         221,184  
Capitalized technology, net     187,258         153,381  
Goodwill     339,451         5,590,150  
Intangible assets, net     4,408,934         6,264,706  
Merchant reserve     760,849         760,849  
Security deposits     74,588         225,957  
Long-term assets from discontinued operations     -         137,114  
Total assets   $ 8,725,645       $ 18,988,922  
                 
Current Liabilities:                
Accounts payable   $ 1,465,890       $ 1,120,444  
Accrued expenses     785,682         1,166,214  
Deferred revenue     2,440,998         4,004,015  
Customer deposits     14,563         -  
Current liabilities from discontinued operations     219,693         484,524  
Total current liabilities     4,926,826         6,775,197  
                 
Deferred tax liability     1,206,098         1,803,519  
Deferred rent     45,800         56,082  
Other liabilities     -         52,321  
Long-term liabilities from discontinued operations     7,762         -  
Total liabilities     6,186,486         8,687,119  
                 
Commitments and contingencies                
                 
Stockholders' Equity                
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 45,000,000 shares authorized; 4,856,213 shares and 3,963,864
shares issued as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively; and 4,855,165 shares
and 3,962,816 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively     48,562         39,639  
Additional paid in capital     83,566,225         80,016,218  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (13,383 )       28,848  
Accumulated deficit     (81,025,128 )       (69,745,785 )
Treasury stock, at cost; 1,048 shares at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017     (37,117 )       (37,117 )
Total stockholders' equity     2,539,159         10,301,803  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 8,725,645       $ 19,179,065  

             
Professional Diversity Network, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Unaudited)

             
    *Three Months Ended September 30,*     *Nine Months Ended*
*September 30,*  
    *2018*     *2017*     *2018*     *2017*  
                         
Revenues:                        
Membership fees and related services   $ 1,112,042     $ 2,204,909     $ 4,059,989     $ 7,465,202  
Recruitment services     705,040       694,454       2,018,832       1,977,101  
Product sales and other     3,180       18,285       13,197       91,226  
Education and training     -       68,890       16,048       898,584  
Consumer advertising and marketing solutions     74,360       65,188       218,637       189,217  
Total revenues     1,894,622       3,051,726       6,326,703       10,621,330  
                                 
Costs and expenses:                                
Cost of revenues     291,685       357,481       917,429       1,213,669  
Sales and marketing     977,148       1,598,530       3,093,798       5,759,849  
General and administrative     1,786,408       2,711,640       6,202,087       9,564,428  
Litigation settlement     342,472       155,216       342,472       155,216  
Goodwill impairment charge     5,250,699       -       5,250,699       9,920,305  
Depreciation and amortization     650,103       757,144       1,989,125       2,294,012  
Total costs and expenses     9,298,515       5,580,011       17,795,610       28,907,479  
                                 
Loss from operations     (7,403,893 )     (2,528,285 )     (11,468,907 )     (18,286,149 )
                                 
Other (expense) income                                
Interest expense     29,549       -       29,549       (12,399 )
Interest and other income     (4,368 )     4,117       299       9,218  
Other finance costs     -       5,318       22,558       7,082  
Other income, net     25,181       9,435       52,406       3,901  
                                 
Loss before income tax benefit     (7,378,712 )     (2,518,850 )     (11,416,501 )     (18,282,248 )
Income tax expense (benefit)     (189,950 )     (201,123 )     (562,415 )     (1,126,220 )
Loss from continuing operations     (7,188,762 )     (2,317,727 )     (10,854,086 )     (17,156,028 )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, including gain on sale of $63,687     (40,735 )     (170,358 )     (425,258 )     (508,582 )
Net loss     (7,229,497 )     (2,488,085 )     (11,279,344 )     (17,664,610 )
                                 
Other comprehensive loss:     (7,229,497 )     (2,488,085 )     (11,279,344 )     (17,664,610 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment     (28,480 )     (3,056 )     (42,231 )     (1,435 )
Comprehensive loss   $ (7,257,977 )   $ (2,491,141 )   $ (11,321,575 )   $ (17,666,045 )
                                 
Basic and diluted loss per share:                                
Continuing operations     (1.48 )     (0.59 )     (2.42 )     (4.39 )
Discontinued operations     (0.01 )     (0.04 )     (0.09 )     (0.13 )
Net loss   $ (1.49 )   $ (0.63 )   $ (2.51 )   $ (4.52 )
                                 
Weighted average shares used in computing net
loss per common share:                                
Basic and diluted     4,856,044       3,932,886       4,485,358       3,912,282  *Professional Diversity Network, Inc.*
*ADJUSTED EBITDA (Unaudited)*

We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides a meaningful representation of our operating performance that provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations. Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used by financial analysts and others to measure operating performance. Furthermore, management believes that this non-GAAP financial measure may provide investors with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods as they are expected to be reflective of our core ongoing business. However, while we consider Adjusted EBITDA to be an important measure of operating performance, Adjusted EBITDA and other non-GAAP financial measures have limitations, and investors should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Further, Adjusted EBITDA, as we define it, may not be comparable to EBITDA, or similarly titled measures, as defined by other companies.

The following table provides a reconciliation of Net Loss from continuing operations to Adjusted EBITDA, the most directly comparable GAAP measure reported in our consolidated financial statements:

  *Three Months Ended*     *Nine Months Ended*  
  *September 30,*     *September 30,*  
  *2018*     *2017*     *2018*     *2017*  
                 
  (in thousands)              
*Loss from Continuing Operations* $ (7,189 )   $ (2,318 )   $ (10,854 )   $ (17,156 )
Stock-based compensation expense   171       146       637       731  
Goodwill impairment charge   5,251       -       5,251       9,920  
Depreciation and amortization   650       757       1,989       2,294  
Litigation settlement   342       155       342       155  
Interest Expense   (30 )     -       (30 )     12  
Interest and other income   4       (4 )     -       (9 )
Income tax expense (benefit)   (190 )     (201 )     (562 )     (1,126 )
*Adjusted EBITDA* $ (991 )   $ (1,465 )   $ (3,227 )   $ (5,179 )
                               

*About Professional Diversity Network
*Professional Diversity Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPDN) is a global developer and operator of online and in-person networks that provides access to networking, training, educational and employment opportunities for diverse professionals. We operate subsidiaries in the United States and China including National Association of Professional Women (NAPW), which is one of the largest, most recognized networking organizations of professional women in the country, spanning more than 200 industries and professions. Through an online platform and our relationship recruitment affinity groups, we provide our employer clients a means to identify and acquire diverse talent and assist them with their efforts to comply with the Equal Employment Opportunity Office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. Our mission is to utilize the collective strength of our affiliate companies, members, partners and unique proprietary platform to be the standard in business diversity recruiting, networking and professional development for women, minorities, veterans, LGBT and disabled persons globally.

*Forward-Looking Statements*
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. This release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to buy any securities of any entity. Forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof. Our actual results may differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with our business, which include the risk factors disclosed in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate,""believe,""could,""estimate,""expect,""intend,""may,"“plan,” "should," and "would" or similar words. We assume no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, together with this press release and the financial information contained herein, are available on our website, www.prodivnet.com. Please click on "Investor Relations."

Contact:
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ATLANTA, Nov. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Incumaker, Inc. (QMKR: OTC Pink) announced today the completion of the agreement to merge with Skyauction.com, Inc.  As previously announced, uBid Holdings recently agreed to merge into Incumaker and have Incumaker be the surviving corporation.  The combined company intends to change its name to “uBid Holdings Inc.” as well as its ticker symbol post-merger to better reflect its new technology-related business model. 

Ketan Thakker, formerly UBID’s Chief Executive Officer, now Chief Executive Officer of Incumaker, stated: “Skyauction.com and Ubid.com have had a long relationship and share a mutual vision of the online auction marketplace. This consolidation of resources is an important step forward into creating a much larger and more exciting auction platform for our current and future customers.  Skyauction.com Inc. was founded in 1999 and is unique as it built its business by auctioning travel products and services.  Adding travel and related products to uBid’s consumer product offerings allows us an opportunity for growth within our existing base of customers and creates an exciting base for new growth as well.”  Thakker also announced the appointment of Michael Hering, the current CEO of Skyauction.com, to Chief Product Officer and Salvatore Esposito, Skyauction.com’s COO, to Chief Operating Officer positions in the newly combined company.  “We are happy and fortunate to have the founders of Skyauction.com join us at Incumaker”.  “With our vision and experience we are confident that we will create a really exciting, new platform for the future of online auctions,” concluded Thakker.

“Our two companies have tremendous market presence and brand recognition,” commented Michael Hering, CEO of Skyauction.com.  “Auctioning still represents a very substantial form of distribution that we plan to exploit and grow aggressively in the future.  Our companies have a very long tenure in this space and our plan incorporates much of what we have learned that our combined resources will allow us to apply that in a larger, more accelerated way,” Hering concluded.

*About uBid Holdings Inc.*

Ubid, Uwin, Usave, it is all about U!  It isn’t just a clever tag line it spells out exactly how we feel about what we do.  Whether it is computers, memorabilia or a trip to Orlando, Ubid.com has a single-minded focus on saving you money by allowing you to determine how much you pay for any item.  We make the process easy to understand, engaging and fun.  Our customers are our inspiration, they motivate us to seek out better, more valuable products, allowing them more opportunities to save money by determining what they want to pay for it.  Our online marketplace provides the perfect outlet for manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other suppliers to sell all types of products to a base of highly motivated consumers.

*About Skyauction.com*

SkyAuction is a leading B2C travel auction website founded in 1999 that allows customers to bid on and purchase a full array of travel products and services.  Product offers are presented in both reserve and no-reserve auction formats (many with a $1 minimum bid) that offer customers significantly discounted travel products without the obligation to meet a minimum price.  Auction winners ultimately pay only the amount that they perceive to be a good value for the product or service.  SkyAuction currently offers hundreds of hotels, resorts, cruises, discount certificates and many other travel related products as part of their daily auction offerings.  Founded by veterans of the travel industry, Skyauction.com has many long term relationships with top tourism providers worldwide.

*About Incumaker*

Incumaker, Inc (QMKR: OTC PINK) is a diversified holding company whose strategic plan is to acquire interests in young businesses, and provide financing, advice and guidance to assist them in realizing their potential.  It continues to identify and evaluate potential acquisitions that its management believes will create shareholder value and a return on investment. Additional information is available in its filings on otcmarkets.com.  For additional information please email admin@ubid.com

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Statements in this press release that are not historical fact may be deemed 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. Although Incumaker, Inc. believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, Incumaker, Inc. is unable to give any assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include the company’s ability identify a suitable business model for the corporation. Reported by GlobeNewswire 7 hours ago.

Unemployed Russian citizens will have to pay all insurance contributions to social funds for themselves. It goes about the fees to the pension fund, the mandatory medical insurance fund and the social insurance fund. The new rule will affect only able-bodied individuals of working age who officially do not work anywhere.The suggestion in the draft law "On Amendments to Article 23, Article 419 and Article 425 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation" was prepared by a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs Sergei Vostretsov.Under the current law, the fees to the Pension Fund, the Mandatory Medical Insurance Fund and the Social Insurance Fund are paid by the employer (for employed individuals). In total, they make up 30 percent per month and give the right to free health care services, retirement benefits, sickness allowance, maternity and child care allowance. Every month, the employer shall transfer the following taxes for every employee: 22 percent to the Pension Fund, 5.1 percent to the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund and 2.9 percent to the Social Security Fund. The personal income tax is withheld from every employee as well. Vadim Gorshenin, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Pravda.Ru found a number of interesting nuances in Vostretsov's initiative. "From his initiative, we learn that 18 million Russians of working age do not work anywhere officially. I looked into the Rosstat data (I did not find the data for 2018), and in 2017, there were 3.967 million unemployed people in Russia, which accounted for 6.6 percent of the total working-age population. As of January 2018, Rosstat announced that the unemployment rate in Russia declined to 5.2%, that is, to 3.918 million."At the same time, Russian officials announced that the unemployment level in 2018 reached its all-time low. All of a sudden, we can see Mr. Vostretsov saying that there are as many as 18 million unemployed people in the country. Let's take these figures as a basis and we will find out that the unemployment level in today's Russia actually makes up 15 percent - the highest in the 2000s. Before that, the record was 9.4 percent - 5.544 million people."There is something that I like about Mr. Vostretsov's initiative - namely the need for unemployed citizens to cover their own social welfare spending. Such a measure should educate civil feelings and understanding of what our common state budget is made of. I have long proposed to introduce this principle with respect to all citizens in general, rather than just a single category of people. On the other hand, what if such a move would double or triple the unemployment rate?"In the meantime, there is a clear understanding that the treasury is empty while oligarchs keep counting their growing dividend from privatised mineral companies."Vadim GorsheninPravda.Ru Chairman of Board of Directors  Read article in Russian Reported by PRAVDA 7 hours ago.

*VANTIQ Pronto Dynamic Advanced Event Broker(TM) enables organizations with real-time business responsiveness across enterprise, cloud and edge events*

*LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2018 /* Recently, at the nGage Enterprise Transformation Exchange Summit, VANTIQ announced VANTIQ Pronto, the industry's first dynamic "Advanced Event Broker" (AEB). IT leaders from across the U.S. learned how Pronto is designed to deliver unique advantages for companies looking to power modern, event-driven applications with the real-time business responsiveness, intelligence and agility required for digital transformation initiatives. VANTIQ Pronto will be generally available to developers on November 30 at no charge for up to 2 million event messages in production per month.

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The Purpose of Event Brokers: Why the Right Choice Matters:

Gartner continues, "Middleware products that additionally offer special support for event-centric use cases (for example, a persistent event ledger for analysis and event sourcing, or programmable extensibility for custom filtering and analysis) are 'advanced' event brokers."

VANTIQ Pronto has those advanced event broker capabilities, yet is unique in that it delivers a Dynamic AEB that:

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VANTIQ Pronto is available in a Cloud Edition, fully managed by VANTIQ running on major clouds including AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud; a Server Edition for use in private clouds; and an Edge Edition for use on edge nodes. Users can build dynamic event broker applications with the VANTIQ Pronto Cloud Edition and bring them to production at no charge up to 2 million event messages per month. Pronto will be generally available on November 30, 2018. Sign up here to be notified when Pronto releases.

*About VANTIQ:*

VANTIQ - the company that powers real-time business operations - provides the only truly dynamic platform for quickly and easily creating transformative, digital applications to drive agile business operations in real time. Founded in 2015 by renowned tech industry veterans Marty Sprinzen and Paul Butterworth, VANTIQ enables those involved in mission-critical business operations to benefit from a new breed of digital applications with dramatically reduced time-to-market, significantly lower development and maintenance costs, and maximum agility in response to constantly-changing operational requirements. For more information, visit www.vantiq.com

*Media contact:*

VANTIQ
Dana Dye
+1-415-928-1310
ddye@vantiq.com

*Contact:*

Dana Dye
ddye@vantiq.com
+1-415-928-1310

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A real celebration from the Manchester legends...

These days a *New Order* gig carries a genuine sense of occasion. Last year the band played five hometown shows in Manchester, accompanied by an electronic symphony, each delving into the different eras of their back catalogue. Tonight might be a more straightforward playing of the hits, but it’s the band’s only 2018 UK show ... and they’ve got some treats up their sleeves.

The first of those drops just four tracks in. Introduced by Stephen Morris’ brisk drumming and an itchy baseline from bassist Tom Chapman, it takes Ally Pally just seconds to recognise Joy Division’s ‘Disorder’, a song the band have been revisiting since last year for the first time since 1980. The Factory Records veterans are clearly in the stage of their career where they’re embracing their entire discography and many of the deep cuts and more esoteric tracks unearthed during last year’s Manchester gigs have also made it into tonight’s set. Lasers fill the air amid retina-popping, big- screen imagery as the neon, house-inflected ‘Vanishing Point’ and the sticky bass of ‘Ultraviolence’, both played only a handful of times since the 80’s, have the crowd reliving their Hacienda days in oven-like conditions.

Out front, 62-year-old singer Bernard Sumner is the band’s perennially boyish focal point. His hair might be a certain shade of silver these days, but his vocals have a strangely ageless quality. He says very little between songs, and what he does say is typically droll, for instance branding all-out modern banger ‘Tutti Frutti’ “quirky”. But there’s no mistaking his delight watching the 10,000- strong crowd go increasingly wild with each track.

And rightfully so, its nights like this that remind us just how many zingers New Order have in their arsenal. The wistful jangle of ‘Regret’, a glorious ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’, ‘Your Silent Face’s shimmering veil and a superb ‘Crystal’ are all delivered with unbridled joy. ‘Blue Monday’ is iconic, timeless and sounds as ahead of its time as it did almost four decades ago. A reworked, extended and dancier ‘True Faith’ is the set’s only dip, losing some of the magic of the original version.

The evening ends, as it should, in tribute to Joy Division. Sparkling synth epiphanies are replaced by cathedral-sized magnificence, starting with an anguished rendition of ‘Atmosphere.’ During absolute evening highlight ‘Decades’, stark black and white footage is projected onto huge screens, the image of Ian Curtis’ face a sharp contrast to the preceding explosion of colour.

Of course Sumner can’t hold the same weight as Curtis’ haunted vocals, and it shows particularly on closer ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, but that’s OK. New Order aren’t out to tap into old pain. Tonight is a celebration of innovation, fabulous tunes and a career that has mined gold from tragedy.

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Words: *Dannii Leivers*

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Spring Hope, NC, Nov. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE --Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with bi-coastal processing centers including the largest multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in the western hemisphere (in Spring Hope, North Carolina), announced today that Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin was featured in international business publication Entrepreneur discussing the implications of Attorney General Jeff Sessions tendering his resignation on November 13, 2018. Entrepreneur is an online publication covering businesses, sales, marketing, finance, management, technology and ecommerce.The article, “10 Cannabis Executives Predict How AG Jeff Sessions' Retirement Will Affect the Marijuana Industry,” offers commentary from industry leaders on the opportunities for loosened federal regulations on the hemp and marijuana industries with the removal of Sessions from office. 

In the article, Perlowin is quoted saying, “Sessions has long been a hindrance to the growth of the marijuana and hemp infrastructure in the U.S. and it's a huge win for the industry to see him resign. We are currently in the process of creating jobs for rural farmers throughout the U.S. by creating a chain of local processing centers so farmers can switch to hemp and make a profit, and this latest policy development should lead to real change that can create jobs and spur an agricultural revolution throughout the U.S.”

Hemp, Inc.’s majority-owned hemp cultivation and processing company, Local Processing Center, Inc. (LPC) in Oregon recently began processing the harvest of more than 100,000 pounds of industrial hemp from the first of many farms they have contracted within that area. According to CannabisNewsWire, in 2017, the acreage of hemp production expanded by 163 percentthrough agricultural sites in 19 states. The major driving factor is the cannabidiol (CBD) market, which is growing enormously in the United States and beyond. Statistics taken from the Hemp Business Journal show that the U.S. hemp industry saw at least $820 million in revenues in 2017. Some experts forecast that number to increase to more than a billion dollars in 2018and continue to grow at a compound rate of 14 percent per year until 2022. Hemp, Inc. is buying back cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp from local farmers across the U.S. to use in its King of Hemp™ line of high-end CBD prerolls. 

“We are thrilled to share our insight with Entrepreneur,” said Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin. “Hemp, Inc. has always been committed to promoting progressive policies that support the local family farm. We are excited about the upcoming passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, along with the further implementation of progressive hemp policies that we trust will soon follow with the resignation of Sessions. We are ready to rebuild our nation’s hemp infrastructure at a time when the demand for hemp and hemp-derived CBD products is at an all time high.”  Being the industrial hemp industry leader that he is, Perlowin was also recognized at last week’s Jack Herer Cup awards event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Perlowin won the “Hemp Industry Leader” award. 

Notably, there are now 40 states in the nation that have legalized hemp. The hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) market is expected to hit $591 million this year, and it may grow 40 times this size—to $22 billion by 2022, according to a new report by Brightfield Group. 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 and operations in additional states. Hemp, Inc.’s 85,000 square foot hemp processing and manufacturing facility has been operational since August 2017.

To read the article, “10 Cannabis Executives Predict How AG Jeff Sessions' Retirement Will Affect the Marijuana Industry,” click here.

To see 1 minute videos of everything Hemp, Inc.’s current activities, go to Bruce Perlowin’s personal Facebook page where he posts daily on all the activity Hemp, Inc. is doing around the country. (No other public company has this level of transparency than Hemp, Inc.)

Hemp, Inc. has also created strategic partnerships with farmers across the state of Oregon to provide them with services including drying, curing and storing industrial hemp. Hemp, Inc. maintains the first right of refusal to purchase the hemp, and will also act as the liaison between manufacturing companies and farmers looking to sell their crop in instances where Hemp, Inc. declines to purchase. More information on opportunities to partner with Hemp, Inc. can be found by contacting ir@hempinc.com.  

Hemp, Inc. has also been helping to build the industrial hemp infrastructure that was basically non-existent in America. It has six hemp infrastructures, Divisions One through Six: 

Division One – The Industrial Hemp Infrastructure

Division Two – The Hemp Extraction Infrastructure

Division Three – The Hemp Farming Infrastructure

Division Four – The Hemp Educational Infrastructure (The Hemp University)

Division Five – The Hemp Marketing Infrastructure

Division Six - Accessories, Products and Services

Division Six is the company’s newest division to be formed, which focuses on the sale of hemp accessories such as the sale of extractors, storage bags, containers, fertilizer, soil amendments, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, balers, greenhouses, and greenhouse equipment; the drying, trimming, curing, storing and brokering for other farmers; and ultimately anything else a hemp farmer may need to be successful.  

The company’s 500-acre strategic growing partner Veteran Village Kins Community in Golden Valley, Arizona, is also 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. Hemp, Inc. executives are also continuing to scout new locations nationwide to open additional hemp processing centers in legal markets. 

For a more complete description on the Veteran Village Kins Community (as mentioned above), 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 will be completed in the next days.

As soon as the live streaming video cameras are up and operational, the world can actually see the way the Veteran Village Kins Community is designed and watch it being built. According to Perlowin, the basic framework or overall plan of the Veteran Village Kins Communities is to create a holistic healing and learning center that is designed to educate and heal veterans with PSTD, alcoholism, meth addiction, opioid addiction, and other psychological conditions while at the same time training them on the numerous aspects of being part of the emerging multi-billion dollar hemp industry.  

We will also be building hemp-growing communities for other groups such as "Abused" Women & Children Village Kins Communities, the "Orphaned" Children Village Kins Communities, "Homeless" Village Kins Communities and the "Healers" Village Kins Communities (the healers are professionals who are knowledgeable in the modalities to treat these traumatized groups).  These particular communities are all synergistically aligned to work simultaneously supporting each other. 

For example, the "Healers" heal the traumatized veterans and women & children; the women support orphan children, and orphan children want to see people living in homes and not homeless. Thus, a portion of the hemp grown in each community goes to create and support another community, giving everybody a sense of giving back and helping others as they help themselves. This circles back to the healers who also work to heal the veterans and the other traumatized groups. This is the economic foundation on how the sale of the hemp products operates as a "quantum economic matrix" or an example of "symbiotic economics" which is more complex than this brief description allows.

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 have been planted and are currently producing food and kenaf, according to Jory. These organic gardens double as experimental growing modules using an entire array of different growing technologies to see which modalities grow the best in a desert environment. 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" will include a 100,000-square foot GMP compliant, central processing plant, a state-of-the-art 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.  Recently we have expanded our Kins Community concept internationally focusing, but not limited to, Israel, New Zealand, Canada, Africa, and Uruguay." 

According to Perlowin, we hope to have 50 "master hemp growers" working on their first Veteran Village Kins Community in Arizona. To date, we have growers from Oregon, Colorado, California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nevada and, Arizona who have expressed an interest in pursuing a joint venture with Hemp, Inc. to each grow industrial hemp on 5 of the 300 fenced acres in Arizona. Perlowin says he'll call this "The Great United American Hemp Project."  Any grower having an interest in pursuing a joint venture on 5 of the 300 fenced in acres in Arizona should contact Project Manager Dwight Jory. Or, anyone interested in attending the 2-7-day hands-on hempcrete house building should contact Dwight Jory as well. (Dates to be determined.)

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.

WHAT IS HEMP?

Hemp is a durable natural fiber that is grown as a renewable source for raw materials that can be incorporated into thousands of products. It's one of the oldest domesticated crops known to man. Hemp is used in nutritional food products such as hemp seeds, hemp hearts and hemp proteins, for humans. It is also used in building materials, paper, textiles, cordage, organic body care and other nutraceuticals, just to name a few. It has thousands of other known uses. A hemp crop requires half the water alfalfa uses and can be grown without the heavy use of pesticides. Farmers worldwide grow hemp commercially for fiber, seed, and oil for use in a variety of industrial and consumer products. The United States is the only developed nation that fails to cultivate industrial hemp as an economic crop on a large scale, according to the Congressional Resource Service. However, with rapidly changing laws and more states gravitating towards industrial hemp and passing an industrial hemp bill, that could change. Currently, the majority of hemp sold in the United States is imported from China and Canada, the world's largest exporters of the industrial hemp crop.

To see Hemp, Inc.'s video just posted entitled, "The Largest Hemp Mill in the Western Hemisphere is Now Online - It's Alive", click here. To see the Hemp, Inc. mill in operation and processing product, visit Bruce Perlowin's personal Facebook page and scroll down to August 1, 2017.

9 GREAT REASONS TO INCLUDE HEMP AS PART OF A HEALTHY DIET (Source)

HOW HEMP CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

Fuel - While the industrial, medicinal and commercial properties of hemp have been known to mankind for a very long time, its benefits to the environment have just been realized in recent years. One of the compelling things hemp offers is fuel. Reserves of petroleum are being depleted. Right now we are depleting our reserves of petroleum and buying it up from other countries. It would be nice if we could have a fuel source which was reusable and which we could grow right here, making us completely energy independent. 

Industries in search of sustainable and eco-friendly processes are realizing hemp as a viable option. Hemp can provide an alternative, more efficient source of energy in the fuel industry. "The woody hemp plant is low in moisture; it dries quickly and is an efficient biomass source of methanol. The waste products produced by using hemp oil are a good source of ethanol. Both methanol and ethanol are produced from hemp through the efficient and economical process of thermo-chemical conversion. One acre of hemp yields 1,000 gallons or 3,785 liters of fuel. Hemp allows a lesser reliance on fossil fuels, which are non-renewable sources of energy and will not be able to meet the increasing global demands for long."

Petroleum fuel increases carbon monoxide in the atmosphere and contributes heavily to global warming and the greenhouse effect, which could lead to global catastrophe in the next 50 years if these trends continue. Do you want to find out if they are right, or do you want to grow the most cost effective and environmentally safe fuel source on the planet? Using hemp as an energy and rotation crop would be a great step in the right direction.

SOCIAL NETWORKS

http://www.twitter.com/hempinc  (Twitter)

http://www.facebook.com/hempinc  (Facebook)

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.

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. To clarify the issue of OTC placing a stop sign next to Hemp, Inc.'s stock trading symbol, that symbol indicates Hemp, Inc. does not report their financials. As a non-reporting pink sheet company, Hemp, Inc. is not required to report. The company does, however, choose to publicly report its quarterly and yearly financials on its website. According to the company's CEO, the OTC stop sign is a misrepresentation of that reporting fact. 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.
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*Samsung-backed startup partner AERGO, announces it has secured $30M from top investors including Sequoia Capital China and GBIC, to develop its end-to-end open-source platform for distributed services*

*HONG KONG, CHINA / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2018 / *AERGO, the strategic technology partner of Samsung Ventures funded startup Blocko, announces it has secured $30 million in a venture funding round to allow businesses to share data through trustless blockchain networks. Blocko supports, develops, and subsequently plans to use the AERGO platform to offer a broader set of enterprise-IT solutions and cloud-based application development capabilities to many existing blockchain clients.

AERGO is an end-to-end open-source based platform that features customizable high-scale hybrid-blockchain deployments, a serverless cloud architecture, and data bridging technology. The company was founded by Blocko's leadership team consisting of enterprise-IT and blockchain veterans. AERGO's architecture will allow enterprises to transfer data without having to trust an intermediary while also being flexibly governed and integrated seamlessly into existing systems.

AERGO will use the funds to develop the AERGO platform. This includes:

1. Releasing a new base-layer public blockchain protocol
2. Delivering a set of easy-to-use IT integration software deployment blueprints
3. Scaling-out its research and development teams
4. Launching new applications on the platform to demonstrate use cases
5. Expanding its partner ecosystem and global reach

The AERGO organization has raised $30 million in funds to build a public blockchain platform that incorporates insights Blocko has gained from delivering 23 private blockchain products to enterprises, fintech companies, and government bodies since 2014.

The funding round included Sequoia Capital China, GBIC, Neo Global Capital, Dekrypt Capital, FBG Capital, Arrington XRP Capital, JRR Crypto, Rockaway Capital, Block Crafters Capital, and more.

"I've spent over twenty-five years leading firms like Red Hat and VMWare in driving adoption of open-source technologies by delivering complex systems to corporations like Deutsche Telekom, HSBC, Ferrari, Sony, Ericsson, and Siemens," said Phil Zamani, Founder and Chairman of the AERGO organization. "Blocko's approach to the next frontier of open-source technology, blockchain, will emulate that which I made when leading business strategies in firms like Red Hat, where innate customer know-how, which Blocko has, was the edge over competitors like IBM."

Mr. Zamani believes the success of the funding round is credited to the open-source enterprise-IT leadership experience he holds and the four years of practical blockchain implementation experience Blocko holds having delivered many in-production systems to clients including Korea Exchange, Samsung Card, Lotte Card, a South Korean government body (and more). Blocko's services became increasingly demanded by large companies after Samsung first made an investment in the company in 2016.

AERGO takes a hybrid blockchain approach to its design architecture which entails a mix of a public chain, private chains, and side chains all connected through interoperability technology. AERGO claims a hybrid approach should allow ease of integration into existing systems by giving businesses the flexibility of coupling completely trustless environments for sensitive data or value transfers with regulatory compliant record-keeping, privacy, and customization.

"Many of the newer blockchain solutions are still not suited for enterprises and existing businesses. AERGO has the greatest potential to bring blockchain technology closer to the real world as it is leveraging Blocko's core technology which has dozens of production-level projects with millions of end-users," said Sinhae Lee, Partner at GBIC, in a statement. "The team has been focusing on blockchain technology since 2014 and has been providing its blockchain product, Coinstack, to some of the largest conglomerates including Samsung Card, Hyundai, and Kia Motors."

Roger Lim, Partner at Neo Global Capital, the investment arm of China's blockchain platform NEO, added, "There are three things needed for a platform to be successful: great technology, a strong team, and a proven track record to deliver on a disruptive vision. The team's extensive experience in delivering blockchain implementations stands out and fulfills these requirements. We look forward to working with AERGO to help them to deliver a platform for decentralized applications running on the blockchain."

The startup previously raised USD 8.9 M in a Series-B round in June of this year which included a follow-on investment from Samsung Ventures from a previous funding round.

*Leadership:*

Won Beom-Kim - Founder and Chief Scientist

Phil Zamani - Chairman & CEO

Hunyoung Park - CTO & Board Member

*About AERGO:*

AERGO is an open platform that allows businesses to build innovative applications and services by sharing data on a trustless and distributed IT ecosystem. AERGO is supported and developed by Blocko, Korea's largest blockchain infrastructure provider.

*About GBIC: *

GBIC (Global Blockchain Innovative Capital) is a multi-strategy crypto fund with offices in New York, Shanghai, and Seoul. GBIC is a global fund that furthers the development, acceleration, and launch of blockchain projects.

*CONTACT:*

Hong Kong, China
hello@aergo.io*SOURCE:* AERGO
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The Wall Street Journal reports today that Apple is in talks with the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer electric health record access to military veterans. This comes as Apple continues its push into the health industry with platforms like HealthKit, ResearchKit, and Health Records.

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Apple is holding talks with the Department of Veterans Affairs about offering electronic health records to military veterans, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Apple already provides access to electronic medical records through the Health app on iOS devices for patients of participating hospitals and medical groups.
Under the terms of the discussions, Apple would expand the feature to veterans, creating special software tools that would allow the VA's estimated nine million veterans to transfer their records to the iPhone.

According to The Wall Street Journal, top VA officials and associates from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club discussed the project in emails that were obtained by the newspaper. The emails suggest the Trump administration "wrestled early on with the project's goals."

Apple first introduced its Health Records feature in the United States in the iOS 11.3 update released in March. More than 100 medical providers and hospitals have signed up to partner with Apple, allowing iPhone users to access their health records on their iOS devices.

Simple access to health records across multiple medical providers allows patients and doctors alike to better track healthcare. Health Records displays information that includes allergies, vital signs, conditions, immunizations, medications, labs, and procedures.

Health records can be accessed in the Health app under the "Health Data" section. After choosing and authenticating with a provider, all relevant medical data is available through the Health app and is updated automatically following doctor visits.

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