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DISA rolls out new strategy to meet future cyber challenges

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Defense Information Systems Agency released its new strategic plan today, aligning the agency's priorities with the Department of Defense's goals and objectives for global operations through fiscal years 2025-2029.

Key Points: 
  • Referred to as the DISA Next Strategy, the new strategic framework identifies a suite of capabilities and services the agency must deliver to transform the DOD's information network and meet the challenges described in the National Defense Strategy.
  • We are re-organizing, optimizing and transforming to deliver resilient, survivable and secure capabilities to enable department success and warfighter lethality."
  • The strategy includes four strategic imperatives, six operational imperatives, and eight goals –- all crucial to DISA's core functions that guide the agency's support to the warfighter and mission partners.
  • In turn, the strategy will aid leadership, industry partners and the DOD's ability to make informed decisions and allocate resources effectively to achieve organizational stability.

Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic, again congratulates Gaming Control Board on record revenue

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Harrisburg, PA, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic (POM), commends Pennsylvania’s casino industry which reported a record combined revenue from all forms of gaming during March 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Harrisburg, PA, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic (POM), commends Pennsylvania’s casino industry which reported a record combined revenue from all forms of gaming during March 2024.
  • The funding comes from slot machines, table games, internet gaming, sports wagering, fantasy contests and video gaming terminals (VGTs).
  • This also showed an increase of 7.6% over the revenue figure from March 2023.
  • “We are happy to see the success of the gaming enterprises under the jurisdiction of the PGCB,” said Mike Barley, spokesman for Pennsylvania Skill.

POM Wonderful Adds Pomegranate Fiber to its Specialty Ingredients Lineup

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

1 pomegranate juice in North America, announced the addition of Pomegranate Fiber to its growing specialty ingredients lineup.

Key Points: 
  • 1 pomegranate juice in North America, announced the addition of Pomegranate Fiber to its growing specialty ingredients lineup.
  • The Pomegranate Fiber, which is upcycled from POM Wonderful pomegranate husks after juicing, is a GRAS , fiber-dense powder that can be used in a variety of food applications, including crackers, sauces, dressings, baked goods and plant-based food.
  • Pomegranate Fiber is made under POM Wonderful’s growing Specialty Ingredients division , which provides raw ingredients to suppliers across the food and beverage industry.
  • “We are thrilled to add another specialty ingredient to our line-up that is versatile and upholds our commitment to nourishing naturally,” said Jason Horvath, sales manager for POM Wonderful Specialty Ingredients.

Pace-O-Matic Releases Statement Applauding Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Call for Skill Game Regulation and Taxation

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

HARRISBURG, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic, Inc., the developer of the Pennsylvania Skill game, released the following statement applauding Governor Josh Shapiro’s call for the regulation and taxation of skill games as part of his FY 2024-25 budget proposal.

Key Points: 
  • HARRISBURG, Feb. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pace-O-Matic, Inc., the developer of the Pennsylvania Skill game, released the following statement applauding Governor Josh Shapiro’s call for the regulation and taxation of skill games as part of his FY 2024-25 budget proposal.
  • “Governor Josh Shapiro is showing incredible leadership on the skill game issue,” said Pace-O-Matic President & CEO Paul Goldean.
  • We look forward to working with the Governor, his administration, and the general assembly to pass and formalize a fair regulatory and taxation structure for the skill game industry.
  • Additionally, POM’s Pennsylvania Skill games have been ruled legal games of skill by the Commonwealth Court.

Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic, congratulates Pennsylvania’s gaming industry on setting yet another record -- 2023 revenue hits $5.7 billion

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

HARRISBURG, PA, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic (POM), congratulates the state gaming industry which ended 2023 with an all-time record high of $5.7 billion in revenue.

Key Points: 
  • HARRISBURG, PA, Jan. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic (POM), congratulates the state gaming industry which ended 2023 with an all-time record high of $5.7 billion in revenue.
  • Ironically, casinos led by Parx say legal skill games compete with their slot machine revenue when the facts show a much different picture.
  • As the skill game industry has grown in the state, so have the earnings of casino slot machines.
  • “Here we are again congratulating Pennsylvania’s casino industry on record profits,” said POM’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Mike Barley.

Celanese Begins Carbon Capture and Utilization Operations at Clear Lake, Texas, Facility

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global specialty materials and chemical company, announced it has begun running a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project at its Clear Lake, Texas, site as part of its Fairway Methanol joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Key Points: 
  • Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global specialty materials and chemical company, announced it has begun running a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project at its Clear Lake, Texas, site as part of its Fairway Methanol joint venture with Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
  • The project is expected to capture 180,000 metric tons of CO2 industrial emissions and produce 130,000 metric tons of low-carbon methanol per year.
  • Celanese is actively leveraging CCU to offer low-carbon options across its Acetyl Chain and Engineered Materials products to help global customers meet the growing demand for more sustainable and circular solutions.
  • The products will be launched under the ECO-CC name and be transparently supported through mass balance tracking and life cycle assessment processes.

Alienware Debuts New Pro Wireless Mouse and Pro Wireless Keyboard to Help Competitive Gamers Claim Victory

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Monday, January 8, 2024

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in our history, we are breaking into the competitive gaming peripheral scene with the new Alienware Pro Wireless Mouse and Alienware Pro Wireless Keyboard.

Key Points: 
  • ROUND ROCK, Texas, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in our history, we are breaking into the competitive gaming peripheral scene with the new Alienware Pro Wireless Mouse and Alienware Pro Wireless Keyboard.
  • Tuned for performance and comfort, welcome the Alienware Pro Mouse
    Pro gamers are in consensus – a tournament-ready mouse needs to be responsive, comfortable and offer long battery life.
  • That's why we designed the Pro Keyboard to support most 5-pin and 3-pin switches so pros with trusty switch sets can hot-swap them onto the Alienware Pro keyboard.
  • The Alienware Pro Wireless Keyboard and Pro Wireless Mouse are available in both Lunar Light and Dark Side of the Moon colorways.

Pace-O-Matic Granted Access to Additional Eckert Seamans Logs

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Monday, December 4, 2023

The order grants POM additional access to Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC’s privileged logs regarding the representation of casinos against skill games.

Key Points: 
  • The order grants POM additional access to Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC’s privileged logs regarding the representation of casinos against skill games.
  • This decision overrules an appeal by Eckert Seaman Cherin & Mellot, LLC to exclude 120 documents from being produced.
  • The suit also alleges that Eckert “violated their most basic fiduciary duties and concealed and misrepresented material facts to POM’s great detriment.
  • Eckert appealed Jude Saporito’s ruling, which required Eckert to turn over to POM many internal emails.

After Unanimous Commonwealth Court Victory, POM of PA Amends Second Commonwealth Court Complaint Aimed at Corruption by State and Local Government Agencies and “Team Casino”

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Friday, December 1, 2023

“While the PGCB was created to oversee the private casino industry, their actions show they are wholly owned subsidiary of the industry they are intended to oversee.

Key Points: 
  • “While the PGCB was created to oversee the private casino industry, their actions show they are wholly owned subsidiary of the industry they are intended to oversee.
  • Click here to read the Commonwealth Court decision on the Dauphin County Case.
  • There is a long history of corruption by these actors that the courts have noted in their opinions over the past year.
  • Thus, the Commonwealth as a whole is biased against the games, and their approach lacks case credibility.”
    Click here to read the Dauphin County ruling.

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Unanimously and Definitively Rules Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic, a Legal Game of Skill

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

HARRISBURG, PA, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania unanimously ruled that Pace-O-Matic’s (POM) Pennsylvania Skill games are legal games of skill.

Key Points: 
  • HARRISBURG, PA, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania unanimously ruled that Pace-O-Matic’s (POM) Pennsylvania Skill games are legal games of skill.
  • Click here to read the Commonwealth Court Decision on the Dauphin County Case.
  • “This is also a win for many players across the commonwealth who enjoy skill games as a popular entertainment option.
  • Thankfully, the court saw through those actions, analyzed the facts, and ruled appropriately our games are legal games of skill.”
    Earlier this month, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania also affirmed the return of several skill game terminals by the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County – in doing so, also ruling the POM game a legal game of skill.