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It’s been a year since North Texas megachurch founder and pastor Robert Morris stepped down from his position amid claims that he had sexually abused a minor, and the Southlake-based ministry is still reeling from the scandal’s aftershocks. Most recently, leaders at the Gateway Church, which is based out of Southlake but has campuses across North Texas, announced the end of Saturday services…
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Back in April, Saucy Brew Works purchased Urban Meyer’s Pint House and today the local brewery is announcing plans to import the Columbus-based brand to downtown Cleveland.
Opened in 2019, and located in Bridge Park in Dublin, Urban Meyer’s Pint House has become a game-day destination for those in and around that northwest suburb. Saucy CEO Brent Zimmerman is confident that the Cleveland location will be just as popular.
“There are rabid Buckeye fans in Cleveland, Ohio, and surrounding areas,” he explains. “Saucy is packed every single Buckeyes game. And we’ll be the most elevated sports-watching experience that exists in Cleveland.”
Founded in 2017 in Ohio City, Saucy Brew Works has since expanded its footprint with taprooms and brewpubs in Columbus, Sandusky, Pinecrest and elsewhere. When the opportunity to add a new venture downtown arose, Zimmerman was more than eager. He and his team have just embarked on a project to turn the former Winking Lizard space in the Gateway District to the newest Urban Meyer’s Pint House. The space at 820 Prospect has been vacant since the Lizard closed in 2021.
“I look at a lot of things all the time and this opportunity is the most exciting in what’s out there right now,” he says. “This location is amazing. The foot traffic is eight times more than our Ohio City location. It’s a missing tooth that needs to be activated.”
Zimmerman says that the new Pint House will have the same spirit, tone and purpose as the original but added that the Columbus restaurant is seven years and the layout of the Cleveland location will dictate the overall design. It’s a massive property with three floors that can be used for dining, private events and office space for Saucy Brew Works. Fully booked, the restaurant can entertain up to 500 people. Like the original, the restaurant will have a “7-0 Room,” honoring Meyer’s winning record over the team up north.
The goal is to open around summer of 2025.
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A Denver Connector car in Montbello. March 2, 2023.
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Denver’s free on-demand ride program is poised to expand into southwest neighborhoods later this year.
The “Denver Connector” microtransit service has proven popular since the city launched it in Montbello in 2021. The city has been expanding it ever since — first to Gateway, then to Globevile and Elyria-Swansea.
On Tuesday, a City Council committee approved a $6 million. three-year contract that would fund another expansion of the program. Potential new neighborhoods include Villa Park, Barnum, Westwood and Ruby Hill.
“With the west Denver launch to begin with the execution of this agreement, the Connector Program moves out of a pilot phase and into maturity,” city staff wrote in a memo to the council committee.
The contract still needs approval of the full City Council but the city’s own website already notes the expansion is expected to happen later this year.
Residents can request free rides between 6 a.m and 8 p.m. by downloading the “Denver Connector” app or by calling (720) 905-4438.
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Despite the skewed messaging of the past suggesting that cannabis is a gateway drug or will lead to the use and abuse of more addictive and harmful substances, many today understand that cannabis may be utilized as a harm reduction tool.
Whether its individuals looking to reduce or eliminate their use of opioids for medical reasons or people who use drugs seeking relief from withdrawal symptoms and cravings, research is increasingly finding that cannabis may help.
In one of the more recent studies on the topic, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) took a closer look at cannabis use and managing cravings to stimulant drugs. Ultimately their findings, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, indicated that cannabis is not only widely used to manage stimulant cravings but that it may be an effective strategy to reduce stimulant use.
Researchers note how medical and recreational cannabis reform has opened the door for other conversations, namely how cannabis use interacts with other higher risk substances and that cannabis substitution is a commonly utilized method of harm reduction.
Given today’s ongoing drug toxicity crisis and the prevalence of fentanyl contamination in a number of substances, researchers say that investigating cannabis as a substitute for stimulant use could have “important public health and harm reduction appliances among people who use drugs at a heightened risk of overdose and other drug-related harms.”
To further analyze how cannabis use may affect people using stimulant drugs, researchers collected data from three cohorts in Vancouver, Canada: the At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS) and the AIDS Care Cohort to Evaluate Exposure to Survival Services (ACCESS).
Researchers used a cross-sectional questionnaire alongside logistic regression models to analyze the relationship between cannabis use to manage stimulant cravings as well as self-reported changes in the frequency of stimulant use. A total of 297 participants reported cannabis and stimulant use over the past six months and were included in the study.
Of the participants, 45.1% reported that they used cannabis to manage stimulant cravings and 77.6% of those participants said that cannabis use indeed decreased their use of stimulants, including powder cocaine, crack cocaine and methamphetamines.
Researchers noted that cannabis use to manage cravings was significantly associated with reduced stimulant use specifically among those who used crystal meth daily, though it was not significantly associated with reduced stimulant use among crack cocaine users.
While the study doesn’t provide all the answers, lead author Dr. Hudson Reddon noted the importance of the results.
“Our findings are not conclusive but do add to the growing scientific evidence that cannabis might be a beneficial tool for some people who want to better control their unregulated stimulant use, particularly for people who use crystal meth,” Dr. Reddon said. “This suggests a new direction for harm reduction strategies among people who use drugs.”
While it’s surely an adjacent but far different issue, myriad research has explored the topic of cannabis as means to limit or replace opioids for medicinal use.
Recent studies have found that cannabis may be comparable to opioids in treating pain while providing more holistic relief and that patients largely reduce or fully replace opioid use after beginning a medicinal cannabis regimen. Another recent study also found that CBD curbed opioid cravings in rats.
There is far less research available regarding the relationship between cannabis and recreational drug use and abuse, though the UBC study’s findings are still echoed in past studies.
A 2021 study similarly found that cannabis is commonly used as a harm reduction strategy to substitute for stimulants and opioids. Another 2023 study found that cannabis was often utilized as a harm reduction strategy for those who had difficulty accessing addiction treatment or those using substances where effective treatments are limited.
Dr. Zach Walsh, a clinical psychologist and professor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, called the findings of the UBC study “promising” while emphasizing the need for further research on the topic.
“[The findings] underscore the need for more comprehensive studies to understand the full potential of cannabis in the context of the overdose crisis,” Dr. Walsh said.
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Primax Connected Mobility Business Unit specializes in designing and manufacturing connected cameras, gateways, asset trackers, and sensors for Fleet and Industrial IoT applications.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 31, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Following Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s Embedded World 2023 announcement of its new IoT processors designed to support four major operating systems, today, Primax is announcing a suite of reference designs based on the Qualcomm® QCS6490 SoC. The Primax reference designs include a dashcamera and IoT gateway platform specifically designed for Fleet and Industrial IoT applications. Qualcomm QCS6490 SoC allows unprecedented AI processing at the edge, enabling CV-AI-based applications such as driver monitoring systems or road condition alerts. High performance with low power consumption and a comprehensive feature set make the Qualcomm QCS6490 a versatile solution for next generation intelligent edge processing devices such as smart cameras, gateways, industrial automation equipment (IPC, PLC), autonomous mobile robotics, and more.
The Primax reference platform will support multiple wireless interfaces including Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth® 5.2, Thread, and LoRa, and allow for integrating up to eight cameras, connected via AHD, PoE, USB (UVC), or Wi-Fi. The platform is capable of supporting multiple wired or wireless sensors and will offer integration with the vehicle’s OBD system, and 5G or LTE network connectivity. Primax’s design encompasses dual-mic echo cancellation and noise suppression, ELD compliance, and precise image performance via spectra DSP pipeline tuning.
“As a global leader in edge computing and vision technologies, Primax is committed to serving our clients with the most advanced technologies for machine vision and Industrial IoT applications. We are proud to continue our close collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to help widen support for the management of physical assets and further enable our clients to bring cutting-edge products to market. Our Qualcomm QCS6490-based reference design will not only accelerate product time to market, but also empower developers to drive innovations in AI and edge computing,” said Jason Hsu, Vice President of Primax Connected Mobility Business Unit.
“Qualcomm Technologies is proud to power the Primax reference platform and to advance Industrial IoT application use,” stated Dev Singh, vice president, business development, and head of building, enterprise and industrial automation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Collaborations between Qualcomm Technologies and Primax Electronics continue to accelerate the future of fleet management with state-of-the-art technology behind it.”
About Primax Electronics Ltd.
Founded in 1984, Primax is a global leader in Vision, Audio, and Human Machine Interface technologies. Headquartered in Taipei with operations across Asia, North America, and Europe, Primax clients include some of the world’s most respected consumer, industrial, and automotive brands. Primax ranks highest in Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility among Taiwanese suppliers and is a proud winner of “Asia Best Companies to Work For” by HR Asia.
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Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has announced that Tony Santo, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, passed away unexpectedly on August 17th, 2023.
Tolek Strukoff, Gateway’s President, said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tony Santo. Tony joined Gateway as our President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2013 and became a Director in July 2017. His mission was to establish Gateway as Canada’s premier entertainment and gaming company.”
Strukoff noted that people could often find Tony visiting sites and staff from “dawn to dusk” connecting about their work, families, and lives.
Strukoff concluded: “Tony was an iconic leader in the US and Canada and grew Gateway from a small regional gaming company to one of the largest gaming companies in Canada. However, Tony would say to himself he didn’t do it – we did it together. Tony was an outstanding leader, colleague, and friend, and he will be greatly missed. On behalf of all of Gateway’s employees, I extend our deepest sympathies to the entire Santo family.”
Santo had announced his retirement in December 2019. However, he stayed on the job t help the company due to the coronavirus. Gateway operates 14 properties in Ontario, three in British Columbia, and two in Alberta. The company employs 7,000 people and operates nearly 14,000 slot machines and 350 table games across its portfolio.
Before taking the leadership role in Gateway, Santo held various executive capacities in Las Vegas and supervised various Strip properties including Bally’s Grand, which is now called the Horseshow Las Vegas, Las Vegas Hilton which is now the Westgate, and Paris, Santo also served as the senior vice president of Caesars Entertainment’s mid-south regional properties.
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