International Committee on Nigeria Executive Director to Present Fact-Finding Report
HYATTSVILLE, Md. - December 8, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) is raising awareness of the true causes of conflict in Nigeria, which according to Christian advocates for religious freedom is key to peacemaking, and will be gathering on Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m., 8470 B, Ardwick Ardmore Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20785.
The inspiration for the talk and audience discussion is the 2002 Documentary Series, A Force More Powerful, produced by the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict.
Mr. Kyle Abts, former missionary and the Executive Director of the International Committee on Nigeria, will report based on his recent fact-finding tour to the Middle Belt. Already more than 300,000 lives have been lost to the war with Islamic State-linked insurgencies since 2009, and more than 60,000 lives have been taken by radicalized bandits in the Middle Belt, according to Abts.
Having served as a volunteer liaison to the U.S. Mission in Abuja, Abts says there is some good news. Engaged Americans who are raising awareness about sectarian-based terrorism in Nigeria are saving lives, but the U.S. Government needs to change course to avert catastrophe.
Attendees will hear from the host of the meeting, Bishop John Pedro, founder of Faith Clinic International, a longtime resident of Lagos. Bishop Pedro will speak to the awakening of faith he is witnessing in Maryland and how it is related to the moral rearmament of Christians in Nigeria.
Mr. Douglas Burton, a contributor to The Epoch Times, will report on the worsening conditions for victims of terrorism in Nigeria's Middle Belt.
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Feedback, input, and participation from the Nigerian diaspora can bring about media attention and political change, as demonstrated by peaceful protests around the world. The "Force More Powerful" theme invoked 20 years ago is an awakening of religious eagerness and political courage that emboldens leaders at the grassroots level. Our next hill to conquer is the 2023 Elections in Nigeria and the 2024 Elections in the USA.
Nigeria is in trouble, but there is hope. There are powerful forces within those who understand their role to make an impact. Those residing in America can be a voice for peace in Nigeria.
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What to Do if You’re Low on Funds in 2023
iQuanti: With inflation at record highs and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates at an unprecedented pace, many economists are expecting the U.S. to be in a recession throughout most of 2023. If you're concerned about your finances getting tight, then it will be important to know your options. From low-interest credit cards to title loans, there are several ways to get the cash you need. Here are five solutions for the next time you're low on funds.
1. Squeeze your budget
Everybody has fat in their spending that could stand to be trimmed. And when finances are running dry, this is the first place you should look. You can start by pulling up your bank and credit card statements. Make a note of any expenses that are unnecessary and commit to cutting some or all of them out of your budget.
2. Use 0% APR credit cards
If you absolutely have to make purchases but can't afford to pay them off right away, then something that might help is 0% APR credit cards. These are cards that offer an introductory period of 12 to 24 months where borrowers don't have to pay any interest on their purchases.
If you've already made some purchases on your current credit card, then you can also use these 0% APR cards to perform a balance transfer. This is effectively using one credit card to pay off another with the benefit that the 0% APR card will not accumulate any interest.
3. Apply for a short-term personal loan
Short-term personal loans are another relatively easy place for consumers to get the money they need without a lot of hassle. Many have a fixed rate of interest and last anywhere from two to five years.
Personal loans can be either secured or unsecured. Secured loans require you to offer collateral - something of value like a house or vehicle that the lender can take if you default on your payments. Unsecured loans don't require collateral, but applicants generally need to have a higher credit score.
4. Consider a title loan
If your credit score is not great, then another loan option you can consider is a title loan. With these secured loans, the borrower offers their vehicle as collateral. Title loans can often be approved in minutes. You can typically receive 25 to 50 percent of your car's value and can continue driving your car while you repay the loan.
5. Borrow against your retirement plan
If you've exhausted all other options, one last place you could go to find the money you need is an employer-sponsored retirement plan like a 401(k). Many plans offer participants the ability to borrow as much as $50,000 from themselves. You'd then have to pay the loan back within five years, making payments at least once each quarter, and with interest. Of course, taking money out of your 401(k) will inhibit its growth. So, this could be considered an option of last resort.
The bottom line
With inflation up and the stock market down, money may get tight in 2023. If that happens, start by taking a hard look at your budget before going external to credit cards, personal loans, and title loans. And if all else fails, remember that you do have the option to borrow from your 401(k) retirement plan.
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‘Little Angel’ Launches on Kidoodle.TV® and Catapults to Top of Watch List
Kidoodle.TV, owned by A Parent Media Co. Inc. ("APMC"), announced today the recent launch of the highly successful brand, "Little Angel" from Moonbug Entertainment. With English-language episodes currently available on the Safe Streaming™ service to audiences in the U.S. and Canada, the series will soon be rolling out to other territories, including Australia, New Zealand and Latin America, over the coming months.
"Little Angel," which launched on Kidoodle.TV on Sept. 22, 2022, is an animated, preschool, comedy-based series that explores the wacky and fun reality of growing up through the adventures of Baby John and his family. The show has been captivating families around the world with its irreverent humor, catchy and upbeat songs, and nursery rhymes that kids and parents relate to and love.
The addition of the hit brand "Little Angel" to the Kidoodle.TV service represents the latest in a series of successful collaborations between Moonbug Entertainment and APMC. With an extensive offering of Moonbug content, including "Blippi Wonders," "Lellobee City Farm," "Gecko's Garage," "Oddbods," "T-Rex Ranch," and "Blippi", Kidoodle.TV is pleased to populate its library with such a great lineup.
"Little Angel" is a widely popular brand worldwide, with 106 million subscribers across all "Little Angel" YouTube channels. It appeared as #1 in Kids Shows on UK Netflix (week of Nov. 1, 2022) and as #4 in Kids Shows on U.S. Netflix (week of Nov. 1, 2022).
"The relationship we have with Moonbug is of immense value because of its focus on today's relevant brands, which are highly sought out by our audience at Kidoodle.TV. The ability to ideate and plan for the big launches together is a value add to both companies and most importantly, to the children and families who we serve and who love these shows," remarked Brenda Bisner, the Chief Content Officer at APMC.
"We are excited to bring Little Angel to Kidoodle.TV's audiences, following on from the success of our other shows on the platform," commented Andy Yeatman, the MD of the Americas for Moonbug Entertainment. "We are looking forward to our continued partnership with APMC and bringing the joy and fun of Moonbug to other territories soon."
With both episodic and compilation formats, Kidoodle.TV audiences will see continued launches of over 10 hours of "Little Angel" videos in English, Spanish, and Portuguese over the coming months.
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About APMC and Kidoodle.TV®
Kidoodle.TV® is a family-focused Safe Streaming™ service committed to ensuring children have a safe alternative to stream their favorite TV shows and movies. Available in over 160 countries and territories on thousands of connected devices, Kidoodle.TV provides peace of mind with every show available on Kidoodle.TV strictly vetted by caring people committed to Safe and Free Streaming for Kids™. Kidoodle.TV is available on over 1000 streaming media devices, including iOS, Android, Apple TV, Fire TV, LG, Samsung, VIDAA-enabled Hisense TVs, Chromecast, Roku, Vizio SmartCast, Amazon, Jio, Xfinity X1, Connected TVs, and HTML5 Web. Kidoodle.TV is owned and operated by A Parent Media Co. Inc., a family-based company. Kidoodle.TV is certified by the kidSAFE® Seal Program and is the proud recipient of the Mom's Choice Award®, a Stevie® Award, platinum winner of the Best Mobile App Award, and Parents' Picks Award - Best Elementary Products. Visit www.kidoodle.tv to learn more.
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About Moonbug Entertainment
Moonbug Entertainment is an award-winning global entertainment company behind some of the most popular kids' titles in the world. Moonbug's line-up includes global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Little Angel, My Magic Pet Morphle, Supa Strikas, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Gecko's Garage, ARPO and many more.
Moonbug's shows are currently available in 32 languages and feature on more than 150 platforms globally, including YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Sky, Super RTL, BBC iPlayer, HBO Max, Tencent, Youku and Roku. The company's portfolio currently stands at 29 IPs and 100+ brand partners.
Moonbug is a subsidiary of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone's flagship private equity business.
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Pray.com Named to Inc.’s 2022 Best in Business List for General Excellence
LOS ANGELES - December 7, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
Pray.com has been named to the Inc. 2022 Best in Business list in the General Excellence category. This award honors companies that have made an extraordinary impact in their fields and society. Pray.com is the first religious media company to be recognized for this award.
The list, which can be found in the Winter issue of Inc. magazine (on newsstands December 13), recognizes the most dynamic companies of all sizes and industries that have had an outstanding influence on their communities or their industries.
Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc., says, "Inc. magazine is dedicated to showcasing America's most dynamic businesses and the great things they do. The Best in Business Awards shine a light on those that have gone above and beyond their original mission to make a social, environmental or economic impact, benefiting those around them."
Rather than relying on quantitative criteria tied to sales or funding, Inc.'s editors reviewed the companies' achievements over the past year and noted how they made a positive difference in the world. They then selected honorees in 55 categories - from advertising to sustainability to retail, and more - and in age-based, revenue-based, size-based, and impact-based categories. The applicant pool was extremely competitive - a huge success for the 241 honored in the list's third year. Honorees for general excellence across various industries and categories are featured online at inc.com/best-in-business.
"We are honored to have been recognized by Inc. not just for a standard of excellence, but for how we combine profit and purpose at Pray.com. At Pray.com, prayer is the priority. As the world's #1 app for daily prayer, Pray.com strives to help people grow faith, cultivate community, and leave a legacy of helping others," said Pray.com founder and CEO Steve Gatena. "Pray.com appreciates Inc.'s efforts to bring attention to social impact companies, and we are grateful to be listed at the top."
About Pray.com
Pray.com was launched in 2017 with a mission to grow faith and cultivate community. Today, Pray.com is the world's No. 1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. In addition to helping people make prayer a priority with its mobile app, Pray.com produced the Bible in Year podcast, which hit #1 on Spotify in the religion category. Every day, Pray.com provides millions of people with encouragement and inspiration through daily devotionals, sermons from pastors, and Bedtime Bible Stories. See more at www.pray.com/discover.
ABOUT INC.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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Dynapower to Support World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Storage Project
Advanced Clean Energy Storage
Simple notional diagram of the Advanced Clean Energy Storage hub green hydrogen project.
Dynapower, a Sensata Technologies company and a global leader in power conversion and energy storage solutions, announced that it has been selected to provide 220 megawatts of IGBT chopper rectifiers to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage hub—powering the production of green hydrogen to accelerate the decarbonization of the Western United States.
Located in Delta, Utah, the Advanced Clean Energy Storage hub will be the world's largest renewable energy storage facility. The hub will capture excess wind and solar energy and—with the help of Dynapower's power conversion systems—convert it to green hydrogen using electrolysis and store it in underground salt caverns. The first two caverns at the hub will store up to 300-gigawatt hours of dispatchable clean energy and feed it back to the grid when it's most needed.
Dynapower's high-power, highly reliable IGBT chopper technology was chosen for this project due to several key advantages, including a high power factor across the input range, compliance with IEEE 519 grid harmonics, a simplified and lower-cost transformer design, low DC ripple, and a rapid response to changes in power generation.
"We're thrilled to support this project and expand the use of clean hydrogen to decarbonize the energy ecosystem," said Adam M. Knudsen, Chief Executive Officer of Dynapower. "Our commitment to advancing a clean energy future is stronger than ever, and we're honored to be able to contribute our expertise to a renewables project of this size and magnitude, paving the way for the future of green hydrogen power and a cleaner planet."
Dynapower brings 60 years of experience in power electronics, U.S.-based manufacturing, world-class service and support, and a proven track record of successful execution to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage hub project. More information about the hub can be found at https://aces-delta.com.
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About Dynapower
Since 1963, Dynapower, a Sensata Technologies company, has provided power electronics solutions, along with an array of aftermarket services focused on continuous reliability and efficiency to an ever-expanding global customer base. Dynapower is a trusted leader in all types of power conversion equipment including high-power rectifiers, inverters, DC/DC converters, integrated battery energy storage systems, and transformers for use in hydrogen, e-mobility, energy storage, industrial, mining, defense, and research applications. With headquarters and a 150,000-square-foot vertically integrated manufacturing facility in South Burlington, VT, Dynapower is collaborating with its partners and clients to shift the way our world uses power and advance our resilient, clean energy future. Learn more at dynapower.com.
About Sensata Technologies
Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company striving to create a cleaner, more efficient, electrified and connected world. Through its broad portfolio of sensors, electrical protection components and sensor-rich solutions which create valuable business insights, Sensata helps its customers address increasingly complex engineering and operating performance requirements. With more than 21,000 employees and global operations in 13 countries, Sensata serves customers in the automotive, heavy vehicle & off-road, industrial, and aerospace markets. Learn more at www.sensata.com.
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