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Cision Canada
a day ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
AGEDB Technology Announces Director Changes
VANCOUVER, BC, July 14, 2025 /CNW/ - AGEDB Technology Ltd. (" AGEDB" or the " Company") (TSXV: AGET) announces the appointment of John Sinclair as a Director of the Company. Mr. Sinclair is a Canadian CPA with experience in the field of finance, accounting, and the audit of public companies. With a career spanning several decades, he has served as Senior Partner with various audit firms including Smith, Nixon LLP, Collins Barrow Toronto LLP, and Baker Tilly WM LLP, including as Managing Partner of Baker Tilly WM LLP's Toronto office. During these tenures, Mr. Sinclair managed complex projects and provided financial advisory services to clients around the world. Mr. Sinclair graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts, Commerce and Economics, in April 1983. Mr. Sinclair is a director of Lifeist Wellness Inc., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, as well as DiagnosTear Technologies Inc., a company listed on the CSE. He serves as chair of the audit committee of both companies. About AGEDB Technology Ltd. AGEDB Technology Ltd. (TSXV: AGET) is a leading provider of enterprise database solutions. The company specializes in advanced database technologies, including graph databases and data processing systems, offering robust solutions to clients worldwide. AGEDB Technology Ltd. On behalf of the board of directors, "Young Seung Ko" Director Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. SOURCE AGEDB Technology Ltd.
RNZ News
27-06-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Yoga gains ground behind bars in New Zealand
While only a handful of prisons offer in-person yoga classes, video sessions are available in all 18 facilities across the country. Photo: Supplied Some of New Zealand's toughest inmates are turning to yoga behind bars - part of a growing effort to reduce reoffending and support rehabilitation. While only a handful of prisons offer in-person yoga classes at the moment, video sessions are available in all 18 facilities nationwide. "Before Covid, we had at least one teacher in every prison. Since the pandemic, things have changed," says John Sinclair, chair of the Yoga Education in Prisons Trust, which was formed in 2009 to promote yoga as a tool for rehabilitation. "Yoga helps reduce anxiety, aids sleep, supports relaxation and helps people deal with addiction," Sinclair says. "We'd love to expand what we're doing inside prisons." Jasmin Dingemans is a yoga instructor with more than 17 years' experience. Photo: Supplied Jasmin Dingemans agrees. "Without a doubt, yoga has rehabilitative effect," says Dingemans, a yoga instructor and trustee of Yoga Education in Prisons Trust. Dingemans has been teaching yoga for more than 17 years, practicing for three decades. Between 2014 and 2019, she taught yoga classes at Otago Corrections Facility. These days, she works behind the scenes with Yoga Education in Prisons Trust to help expand yoga programmes in prisons. "We love sharing the benefits of yoga with people who might not otherwise have access to it," she says. She says New Zealand's prison statistics and high levels of crime, combined with the success of yoga programmes in other countries, prompted the trust to introduce classes here. According to the Prison Yoga Project - a global non-profit promoting yoga in correctional settings - at least 11 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia, have adopted similar initiatives. In 2014, Dingemans lead her first yoga class inside a prison in Dunedin. "I was nervous and concerned … but it went smoothly," she recalls. "About 20 men participated, and they were all very attentive and respectful." She says many of the prisoners who attended her first class kept coming back. Initially, she encountered scepticism from some Corrections officers - but that soon changed. "After a while, they saw the change happening," she says. "From there, they were very supportive." Dingemans says inmates also offered encouraging feedback. "Many said yoga helped them sleep better and feel calmer and more confident," she says. Access to prisons became restricted during the Covid-19 pandemic, and in-person classes dwindled. John Sinclair is the chair of the Yoga Education in Prisons Trust. Photo: Supplied Sinclair says Yoga Education in Prisons Trust is still working to bring teachers back. "It's not an easy job recruiting teachers post-Covid," he says. If there are experienced teachers willing to volunteer, we need their help. "Many prisons are keen to bring yoga back, but finding the people to run those classes has been a challenge." Yoga Education in Prisons Trust has offered a correspondence course to prisoners for the past eight years, reaching more than 100 inmates. During the pandemic, the organisation also launched a video series that was uploaded to the prison TV system, with instructors filming sessions from their homes. In 2022, it partnered with the Department of Corrections to create a series of professionally produced yoga videos, ranging from 12 to 30 minutes. The project, Te Rokihau, made 14 yoga and meditation sessions available across all prisons in 2023. "We received some funding from the Corrections and made videos professionally for the project," Sinclair says. In 2023, 14 yoga and meditation education videos were made available in all prisons across New Zealand with a project titled "Te Rokihau". "Yoga classes in prisons are a constructive activity for people in prison to partake in voluntarily," a spokesperson for Corrections says. "Prison staff anecdotally report seeing benefits to prisoners who take part in these activities, which complement our wide range of other rehabilitation, reintegration, health and employment programmes," the spokesperson says. "Taking part in constructive activities like this can help prisoners to reduce aggression and tension." Sinclair also says Yoga Education in Prisons Trust hopes to train inmates to run classes for their peers. However, funding remains a barrier. "We're keen to do more, but we face many funding challenges," Sinclair says. Yoga is gaining popularity in many parts of the world, with about 1 in 6 adults now practicing yoga in the United States, according a 2024 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In New Zealand, participation rates have remained steady. A 2022 survey titled "Sport New Zealand's Active NZ Changes in Participation" shows the number of adults aged 18 years and older who participates in yoga weekly has remained stable between 2018 and 2022, totalling 6-8 percent. However, Dingemans has seen an uptick in people taking up her classes at her practice, Soma Yoga. "In the beginning, it was a lot smaller, and I was only running one class," she says. "Now I'm doing five. People are noticing the benefits [of yoga] and adding it as a well-being practice." Yoga enthusiasts celebrate the International Day of Yoga at Parliament. Photo: Facebook / India in New Zealand On 21 June, yoga practitioners across New Zealand marked the 11th International Day of Yoga under the global theme "Yoga for One Earth, One Health". The festivities were no different from previous years, with the Indian High Commission in Wellington partnering with organisations in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Dunedin, Invercargill, New Plymouth and Rotorua. The largest gathering in Auckland was held at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre. "We had a range of participants from children to seniors, including the consul general," said Puspa Lekinwala, president of the Auckland Indian Association. "Yoga holds deep significance for the Indian community," she said. "Once you start practicing, you'll notice changes - a greater sense of ease, improved flexibility and a heightened awareness of your body." A celebration in Parliament's banquet hall drew more than 200 attendees, including MPs Ginny Andersen and Chris Bishop, Indian High Commissioner Neeta Bhushan, parliamentary staff and yoga enthusiasts. The day was also marked in Samoa, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What is $1 million? Volusia County man wins big play JEOPARDY! Scratch-off game
A Volusia County man is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the JEOPARDY! scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. John Sinclair, of Edgewater, claimed the $1 million top prize after purchasing his ticket from the Winn-Dixie, located at 1838 South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater. The 66-year-old chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission. The $5 game features 10 top prizes of $1 million, with more than $64.3 million in total cash prizes, and more than 4.7 million winning tickets. Scratch-off games made up 74% of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Since their inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $19.80 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund and are responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Additionally, since its inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes, creating 2,283 millionaires. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $98.6 billion in prizes and made more than 4,200 people millionaires, according to lottery officials. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Edgewater man wins $1 million playing Jeopardy! scratch-off he bought at Winn Dixie
John Sinclair, 66, of Edgewater, claimed a $1 million top prize from the Jeopardy! Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee, according to a release from the Florida Lottery. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000. Sinclair purchased his winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 1838 S. Ridgewood Ave. in Edgewater, the release stated. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket. The $5 Jeopardy! game features more than 4.7 million winning tickets, and offers over $64.3 million in total cash prizes, including 10 top prizes of $1 million, the release stated, adding that the overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.86. Scratch-off games made up approximately 74% of ticket sales in fiscal year 2023-2024, according to the Florida Lottery. Additionally, since they first went on the market, scratch-off tickets have awarded "more than $65.5 billion in prizes, created 2,283 millionaires, and generated more than $19.8 billion for the state's Educational Enhancement Trust Fund," the release stated. The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than 1 million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program, the release stated. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99% of its revenue into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,600 lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid over $98.6 billion in prizes and created more than 4,200 millionaires. For information, visit This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Florida Lottery pays Edgewater man $1M prize on Jeopardy! scratch-off
