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Globe and Mail
6 days ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Consortium Including Eco Wave Power Secures EUR 2.45 Million Grant to Deploy Scalable Wave Energy Solutions Across Atlantic Region
Stockholm, Sweden--(Newsfile Corp. - July 10, 2025) - Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (NASDAQ: WAVE) ("Eco Wave Power" or the "Company"), a leader in onshore wave energy technology, is proud to announce its participation in the Atlantic Wave Energy Sustainable Deployment Initiative (AWESDI) – a newly approved €2.45 million transnational project funded under the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme's Third Call for Proposals. The project, which targets Priority 2.1 of the Atlantic Area Programme, promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, aims to advance the sustainable and scalable deployment of wave energy technologies in Atlantic coastal regions. Illustration of Eco Wave Power's upcoming project in Portugal To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: The Atlantic Area Programme, co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), supports transnational cooperation projects that advance sustainable development and regional cohesion in Atlantic coastal regions. The approved projects span key areas such as climate resilience, renewable energy, and blue innovation—reinforcing Eco Wave Power's role at the forefront of the global clean energy transition. The AWESDI project is coordinated by the Centro de Investigación Mariña (CIM) of the University of Vigo and brings together an international consortium of top research institutions, private sector leaders, and government organizations from Portugal, Spain, France, and Ireland. In addition to Eco Wave Power, project partners include: Universidade do Porto (Portugal) Université Le Havre Normandie (France) University College Cork (Ireland) Marine Institute (Ireland) GEPS Techno (France) Groupe Legendre (France) Fundamar (Spain) Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique (France) Atlantic Technological University (Ireland) Xunta de Galicia (Spain) As part of its contribution, Eco Wave Power will: Support feasibility studies for onshore and nearshore deployment sites in Portugal; Provide operational insights and performance data from existing wave energy installations; Validate the Sustainable Design Toolkit and inform permitting and deployment planning; and Contribute to the development of the Wave Energy Deployment Roadmap from an industry perspective. "AWESDI is a powerful opportunity to bridge research, policy, and real-world deployment across the Atlantic coastline," said Inna Braverman, Founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power. "By participating in this ambitious collaboration, we will help accelerate the adoption of sustainable wave energy and further demonstrate the environmental and economic potential of our technology." The funding will support technical development, cross-border collaboration, and environmental assessments in cooperation with leading research institutions and port stakeholders. It also aligns with Eco Wave Power's expanding pipeline in Portugal, where the Company is preparing for its first megawatt-scale installation. This milestone adds to Eco Wave Power's growing international recognition. The Company's projects have received support from public funding programs including Horizon 2020, the Israeli Energy Ministry, Innovate UK, and the European Union's Regional Development Fund. Eco Wave Power's patented floaters convert wave motion into clean electricity by attaching to existing marine infrastructure, offering scalable and low-impact power generation for coastal communities. Background on the Atlantic Area Programme's Third Call: During the Monitoring Committee meeting held on July 3, 2025, in Galway, Ireland, the Interreg Atlantic Area 2021–2027 approved 24 cooperation projects for funding under its Third Call for Proposals. These projects were selected from 80 applications and represent a total investment of €55 million, of which 75% is funded by the programme. The selected projects span three core themes: Blue innovation and competitiveness: 6 projects (total value €11.9M) focusing on SME training, algae-based biomass industries, digital integration in aquaculture, and prototyping activities to support startups and upskill a new generation of professionals in the blue economy. Blue and green environment: 13 projects (total value €31.6M), including initiatives to accelerate wave energy deployment, develop floating wind technologies, improve ocean monitoring, and enhance biodiversity, coastal resilience, and port-city integration. Blue sustainable and social tourism and culture: 5 projects (total value €11.6M) aimed at promoting sustainable tourism routes, preserving maritime heritage, and improving coastal tourism management. AWESDI is one of the flagship projects within the blue and green environment theme, directly supporting the deployment of wave energy technologies and contributing to a cleaner, more sustainable Atlantic region. For more information on the Atlantic Area Programme's Third Call, visit: About Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) Eco Wave Power is a leading onshore wave energy company revolutionizing clean energy with its patented, smart, and cost-efficient technology that converts ocean and sea waves into sustainable electricity. Dedicated to combating climate change, Eco Wave Power operates the first grid-connected wave energy project in Israel, co-funded by EDF Renewables IL and the Israeli Energy Ministry, which recognized the technology as a "Pioneering Technology." Expanding globally, Eco Wave Power is preparing to install projects at the Port of Los Angeles, Taiwan, and Portugal, adding to its impressive project pipeline totalling 404.7 MW. The company has received support from prestigious institutions such as the European Union Regional Development Fund, Innovate UK, and the Horizon 2020 program, and was honoured with the United Nations' Global Climate Action Award. Eco Wave Power's American Depositary Shares (WAVE) are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Learn more at Information on, or accessible through, the websites mentioned above does not form part of this press release. For more information, please contact the company at: info@ Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other Federal securities laws. For example, the Company is using forward-looking statements in this press release when it discusses helping accelerate the adoption of sustainable wave energy and further demonstrating the environmental and economic potential of the Company's technology and when it discusses the Company's preparation for its first megawatt-scale installation in Portugal. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "goal," "seek," "believe," "project," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "will", or variations of such words, and similar references to future periods. These forward-looking statements and their implications are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance and are based on the current expectations of the management of Eco Wave Power and are subject to a number of factors, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and may be outside of Eco Wave Power's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Eco Wave Power undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting Eco Wave Power is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in Eco Wave Power's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025, which is available on the on the SEC's website, and other documents filed or furnished to the SEC. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date hereof. References and links to websites have been provided as a convenience and the information contained on such websites is not incorporated by reference into this press release.
Business Wire
7 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
NTT Research and Tohoku University Collaborate to Accelerate Development of Quantum Enhanced Coherent Ising Machines
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), announced that its Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab and the Graduate School of Information Science(GSIS) at Tohoku University, jointly published the paper ' Single photon coherent Ising machines for constrained optimization problems ' in the Quantum Science and Technology journal. As part of the collaboration, researchers from the two institutions studied a combinatorial clustering problem which is a representative task in unsupervised machine learning. Together, the two institutions are researching methods to bring to life a large-scale CIM simulation platform using conventional high-performance computing (HPC). This large-scale CIM will be critical to enabling cyber CIMs that will be widely accessible for solving hard NP, NP-complete and HP-hard problems. The collaboration kicked off in 2023 with Hiroaki Kobayashi, Professor at the GSIS at Tohoku University, acting as the principal investigator for the joint research agreement (JRA), with PHI Lab Director Yoshihisa Yamamoto joining as the NTT Research counterpart to Kobayashi. As part of the JRA, Tohoku University will research methods to optimize the third-generation cyber CIM using HPC platforms. Following this research, Tohoku University will examine vectorization and parallelization of kernels as accelerants and consider optimization of data management in the cache memory hierarchy, as well as ways to scale cyber CIM to 100 million spins with sparse connection on an appropriate platform. 'NTT Research's collaboration with GSIS at Tohoku University will unlock energy efficient and optimized machine learning accelerators,' said Yoshihisa Yamamoto, PHI Lab Director at NTT Research. 'By combining quantum optical formalism and digital electronic platform, our work with Tohoku University brings us one step closer to bringing to life a large-scale CIM simulator, enabling cyber CIM simulators that offer users an accessible and efficient way to solve stochastic differential equations that describes a DOPO network with quantum measurement and feedback circuit.' Critical to the JRA is the PHI Lab's mission to use nonlinear quantum optical technologies to build simple, efficient and practical computing machines for real-world problems by redesigning analog/digital hybrid computers using the fundamental principles of quantum physics and neuroscience, drawing inspiration from biological computers present in brains. As part of this mission, the PHI Lab relies on the CIM, which is a network of degenerate optical parametric oscillators (DOPOs) programmed to solve combinatorial optimization problems mapped to an Ising model. The Ising model is a mathematical abstraction of magnetic systems composed of competitively interacting spins, or angular momenta of fundamental particles. A striking result In contrast to the conventional and experimental coherent Ising machines (CIM) reported previously in Science 354, 603 (2016) and Science 354, 614 (2016), a newly proposed CIM employs an average photon number per pulse as small as one, which is eight orders of magnitude smaller than the photon number existing in the conventional CIMs. In such an extremely weak light limit, performance of CIMs must be evaluated through quantum theory rather than classical heuristic models. The result of a numerical simulation based on the quantum model was unexpected, which is in sharp contrast to a standard picture. Initially, it was hypothesized that a CIM with a single photon per pulse suffers from poor signal-to-noise ratio in the measurement of internal pulse amplitudes and challenges to storing the analog amplitude information stably. Under this assumption, the performance is expected to be much worse than the conventional CIM with 10 8 photons per pulse. However, the research team found that within a numerical simulation, the result is the complete opposite. The graph shows the probabilities of success for finding exact solutions for various instances by single photon CIM and conventional CIM with 10 8 photons per pulse. The figure indicates the performance of the single photon CIM is much better than that of a conventional CIM. Quantum enhancement mechanism The superior performance of the single photon CIM discovered by the collaboration originates from a quantum mechanical effect. At a measurement port of the CIM, an extraction beam splitter generates a correlated internal pulse and extracted pulse to be measured, that is, the amplitude of the extracted pulse carries an information of the internal pulse amplitude. This correlation between the internal and extracted pulses penetrates into a quantum regime in spite of background noise which indicates the existence of quantum entanglement between these two pulses in the single photon CIM. Despite the fragile nature of a quantum entanglement that can be easily destroyed by optical loss and background noise, the single photon CIM was able to convert the fragile quantum entanglement into robust classical correlations between a measured pulse and all the other pulses through its quantum measurement and feedback process. The generation of quantum entanglement and its immediate conversion to classical correlation is key for understanding the improved performance of the single photon CIM, which is absent in conventional CIMs that leverage many photons per pulse. Looking ahead, NTT Research will continue to collaborate with GSIS at Tohoku University to move toward the physical implementation of the single-photon CIM, building on its theoretical validation and developing Cyber CIM, a large-scale simulation environment. This effort will pave the way for fast and energy-efficient solutions to real-world industrial problems. About NTT Research NTT Research opened its offices in July 2019 in Silicon Valley to conduct basic research and advance technologies as a foundational model for developing high-impact innovation across NTT Group's global business. Currently, four groups are housed at NTT Research facilities in Sunnyvale: the Physics and Informatics (PHI) Lab, the Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab, the Medical and Health Informatics (MEI) Lab, and the Physics of Artificial Intelligence (PAI) Group. The organization aims to advance science in four areas: 1) quantum information, neuroscience and photonics; 2) cryptographic and information security; 3) medical and health informatics; and 4) artificial intelligence. NTT Research is part of NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider with an annual R&D investment of thirty percent of its profits. The names NTT and NTT Research, as well as the NTT and NTT Research logos, are trademarks and service marks of NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION or NTT Research, Inc. and/or their affiliates. All other referenced product names are trademarks of their respective owners. © 2025 NTT Research, Inc.
Hamilton Spectator
02-07-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
GoldHaven Resources Appoints Steve Vanry as CFO
VANCOUVER, British Columbia , July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) ('GoldHaven' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that Mr. Steve Vanry, CFA, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Vanry has 25 years of professional experience in senior management positions with public and private companies, providing expertise in capital markets, strategic planning, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, accounting and financial reporting. His breadth of experience spans various industries, including mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, high-technology and manufacturing. Mr. Vanry regularly consults for other listed companies in the role of Director and/or as a senior executive. Mr. Vanry holds the right to use the Chartered Finance Analyst (CFA) and Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) designations and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Vancouver Society of Financial Analysts. Mr. Vanry succeeds Mr. Sead Hamzagic as Chief Financial Officer, following his resignation from the role effective June 23rd, 2025. GoldHaven wishes to thank Mr. Hamzagic for his time with the Company and wishes him luck in his future endeavors. The Company also announce that is has granted an aggregate of 200,000 stock options to Mr. Vanry at a price of $0.115 for a period of two years from the grant. The stock option grant is subject to acceptance from the Canadian Stock Exchange (the 'Exchange'). 'We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Steve Vanry as Chief Financial Officer,' stated Rob Birmingham, President of GoldHaven. 'Steve brings a wealth of experience across capital markets, corporate finance, and strategic planning, with a proven track record of leadership in both public and private companies. His cross-sector expertise and disciplined approach to financial stewardship will be invaluable as we continue to advance our corporate objectives and deliver value to our shareholders.' About GoldHaven: GoldHaven Resources Corp. is a Canadian junior exploration Company focused on acquiring and exploring highly prospective land packages in North and South America. The Company's projects include (i) the flagship Magno Project, a district-scale polymetallic property adjacent to the historic Cassiar mining district in British Columbia; (ii) the Three Guardsman Project, which exhibits significant potential for copper and gold-skarn mineralization; (iii) the Copeçal Gold Project, a drill-ready gold project located in Mato Grosso, Brazil with a 6km strike of anomalous gold in soil samples; and (iv) three critical mineral projects with extensive tenement packages totalling 123,900 hectares: Bahia South, Bahia North and Iguatu projects located in Brazil. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rob Birmingham, Chief Executive Officer For further information, please contact: Rob Birmingham, CEO info@ Office Direct: (604) 629-8254 The CSE and Information Service Provider have not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or adequacy of this release. Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains 'forward-looking information' within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Often, but not always, forward-looking information and information can be identified by the use of words such as 'plans', 'expects' or 'does not expect', 'is expected', 'estimates', 'intends', 'anticipates' or 'does not anticipate', or 'believes', or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results 'may', 'could', 'would', 'might' or 'will' be taken, occur or be achieved. Actual future results may differ materially. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information relating to the Company and the Property. The forward-looking information reflects management's current expectations based on information currently available and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking information. Such risk factors may include, among others, but are not limited to: general economic conditions in Canada and globally; industry conditions, including governmental regulation and environmental regulation; the availability of capital on acceptable terms; the need to obtain required approvals from regulatory authorities; stock market volatility; competition for, among other things, skilled personnel and supplies; incorrect assessments of the value of acquisitions; geological, technical, processing and transportation problems; changes in tax laws and incentive programs; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions and dispositions; and the other factors. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include: (i) adverse market conditions; and (ii) other factors beyond the control of the Company. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is impossible for the Company's management to predict all risk factors, nor can the Company assess the impact of all factors on Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking information. The forward-looking information included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. Additional information identifying risks and uncertainties that could affect financial results is contained in the Company's filings with Canadian securities regulators, which are available on the Company's profile at .
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'I've never seen such societal acceptance of mining' – Wheaton Precious Metals' Randy Smallwood
Early in his geological engineering studies, Randy Smallwood was a recipient of a Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) scholarship. Now, several decades later, in a full circle moment, he has been elected CIM's president for 2027–28. Smallwood is known for being instrumental in building Wheaton River/Goldcorp (now part of Newmont), which became one of the world's largest gold producers, as well as Wheaton's successful streaming business model. Here, he discusses how the industry faces an unprecedented opportunity, and why, at this pivotal moment, he encourages his peers to become the change agents the industry badly needs. Randy Smallwood (RS): CIM has always been a leader in technology and innovation. Its universally recognised regulatory framework – 43 101 – allowed Canada to be one of the leaders in responsible resource development and finance, giving investors confidence. That really comes back to CIM and its approach towards technical excellence, finding ways to instill confidence in the technical decisions and resource developments that allow investors and broader society to have confidence in how resources are developed. It is an organisation I have long had great respect for, and I am very excited and honoured to even be considered for this opportunity. RS: In the resources sector, we have got an incredible opportunity right now. I have been in the industry for close to 40 years, and I have never seen such an acceptance from broader society that we do actually need some mines – to electrify the world, to minimise the burning of fossil fuels, to try to improve efficiency in how we capture and use energy. The issue, I think, is that we need to step up to this opportunity and show the world we can deliver the resources needed with less of a footprint on our planet. The world needs responsibly mined resources. I think Canada, which is incredibly wealthy with resources, can lead that opportunity and bring that forward. We should support the best locations to operate, where there are the strictest environmental and social licence requirements, and where we can deliver the best benefits and the best value back to the stakeholders around the assets. RS: One of the most promising things that has come out of Mark Carney since he has become prime minister is his push towards simplifying the permitting process. A challenge in Canada is that we have ten provinces and each has a different approach towards resource development. There are quite dramatic contrasts. Mark has been pushing for a more consistent approach across the country. Anything that works towards streamlining the permitting and project reviewing process would be a benefit. Canada has suffered from much too much bureaucracy for a very long time. RS: I think these recent tariffs have helped wake Canada up to the fact that perhaps we shouldn't be so reliant on our neighbour to the south; perhaps we need to make sure we have access to full global markets so we are getting the best return for our stakeholders on the resources that we choose to develop and move forward. Maintaining that flexibility to the broader global market gives us much more strength around how we decide to move forward; being reliant on trade with any one country isn't recommended. We are surrounded by water outside of the US, so there shouldn't really be any issues with getting our products to the broader world. RS: It is about recognising that we are part of a broader industry and we have a responsibility, as members of the same industry, to make sure that just because it is not your company, if you see something wrong try and fix it. We are all part of one big society; standing back and letting something happen that shouldn't happen is not the right answer. So be the change agent: step forward. If you see opportunities to help your peers be better and opportunities to unlock additional efficiencies, share that. Start thinking about it more from a global sense rather than an individual or a corporate sense. We all wear the same jersey, so to speak. We are part of an industry that will be judged by society, so don't back away and say, well, that is not my problem. It is ultimately all of our problems. RS: So much so. It is not only frustrating, it is embarrassing. I have had this happen where I have been part of a panel, and one of the CEOs of a company is right beside me, and then that company has a huge failure that we think could have been managed. It is frustrating and embarrassing because the technology, science and engineering is there, we should be able to do this with minimal impact. At Wheaton we don't actually operate mines, but we selectively finance around 40-odd mines globally, which we visit at least once a year. One of the mandates we have is to look for and share best practices, so we can help our other partners move down that path. RS: Mining is an industry that has many members that tend to work in silos, on their own projects. There is not much cross pollination or cross communication. I really encourage CEOs to support technical teams. In the end, it is the engineers and the metallurgists and the social scientists that are going to help create an environment that is conducive towards exploring opportunity and having success. Share the successes. Share the challenges with your peers. Let's talk about how this happened, why this happened and what we can do to make sure it doesn't happen again. I always say the biggest challenge in life is to take your challenges and failures and to turn them into lessons and just be better the next time. We need to make sure we have platforms where we encourage that, are open to it, but also contributing and feeding into it. "'I've never seen such societal acceptance of mining' – Wheaton Precious Metals' Randy Smallwood" was originally created and published by Mining Technology, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
3 Maui teens win big in scholarship competition
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Construction Industry of Maui (CIM) has awarded financial support to three high school seniors from Maui. Each received a $25,000 scholarship to support their education and career goals in the construction and design industry. The 2025 Bob Poulson Scholarship recipients are Macie Madaus, Kai Shively and Karissa Chapman. The scholarship is named in honor of Bob Poulson, a respected builder and mentor who helped lead Arita Poulson General Contracting beginning in 1986. His work included more than a thousand projects across Maui and beyond, from schools to healthcare facilities. He was also a founding member of CIM, an organization that represents nearly 100 companies across the island and works to shape future leaders in construction. Each of this year's recipients plans to study off-island, with the intention of bringing their skills and education back to serve their Maui communities. 'This year's scholarship recipients exemplify the highest standards of perseverance, intellect and character,' said Anthony Nelson, CIM Scholarship Committee Chair and President of Rethink Restoration. 'It is a great honor to support their academic endeavors. I am inspired by their potential and look forward to the positive and lasting contributions they will bring to our island community.' Here's what we know about the Madaus graduates with a 4.1 GPA and will attend Colorado Mesa University to study Construction Management. She was recognized for academic excellence and her commitment to environmental sustainability. Her senior project focused on student engagement and sustainability practices, and she has shown initiative in both the classroom and workplace. Macie worked at the Maui Cookie Lady Bakery, where she gained responsibilities involving proprietary recipes. She is known for her discipline, drive and values-based leadership. Kai Shively graduates with a 3.7 GPA and plans to attend Willamette University to study business and leadership. He was a member of the National Honor Society and served in civic-minded school organizations including the Finance Club. He completed college-level coursework in psychology, sociology and business. Kai also played on the school's basketball and golf teams where he was part of the team that secured a state championship in basketball. He received honors such as the Pueo Paddle Award and Head of School recognition and is seen as a thoughtful, balanced leader. Karissa Chapman maintained a 4.11 GPA and will attend the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to major in engineering. She was named to the Headmaster's List seven times and served as president of the Book Club. She competed in Track and Field during her freshman and sophomore years and qualified for states both times. Karissa volunteered with Camp Imua, the Kula Pumpkin Patch and local youth sports. She also held part-time jobs at Macy's, Coldstone Creamery and Ululani's Shave Ice. Her mentors describe her as a quiet force, consistent in effort and eager to grow. The students received their scholarships during a banquet on May 21 at Café ʻO Lei at the Maui Tropical Plantation. Get news on the go with KHON 2GO, KHON's morning podcast, every morning at 8 The annual awards, now totaling more than $350,000, reflect CIM's commitment to addressing a shortage of skilled professionals by supporting students who will return with the tools needed to lead. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
