NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WAX Insurance Services (WAX) a leading fintech startup focused on protecting and unlocking value for the collectibles industry is pleased to announce the launch of new online mono-line collectible insurance policies designed to protect collectors from loss the world’s largest publicly-traded property and casualty (P&C) insurance company the estimated global market for collectibles was $372 billion in 2020 with expected growth of 40 percent to $522 billion by 2028 demand to insure this growing asset class is skyrocketing WAX’s mission is to enhance financial services for this sector through positioning as an important trusted resource for collectors nationwide “WAX was built for collectors by collectors,” said Rich Vinhais, COO of WAX and long-time watch aficionado “We believe in creating trust and financial efficiencies for all collectors and we are excited to be adding an array of financial products that help further reduce the friction of legacy paperwork WAX is a venture-backed company that recently raised a $10 million seed round investment led by Slow Ventures and AV8 Ventures with participation from NVP This investment will help WAX expand globally WAX offers a leading digital wallet for collectors and an insurance product that provides an efficient platform for collectors to manage “With collectibles emerging as a legitimate asset class, financial service products like those offered by WAX will be fundamental to the growth of the collectibles ecosystem,” said Kevin Colleran, the lead investor from Slow Ventures “Allowing collectors to unlock liquidity and potentially even build wealth without having to sell their collectibles is a huge differentiator.” Media Contact:Jennifer OverhulseSt. Nick Media Servicesjen@stnickmedia.com859-803-6597 the piper and the drummer travel trought the streets of the village.The region of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro is located in the northern interior of Portugal we find a landscape of wild beauty and a people proud of an ancestral culture young people who wear handmade masks representing wild animals and diabolical figures enlivening the party with tricks and mischief spreading chaos between the population and the visitors The inhabitants of the village receive them in their houses with a table well stuffed with food and drink Stephen is part of the Christmas cycle or the winter solstice and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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To purchase photos visit http://photos.newtownbee.com In its first combined Winter Percussion and Winter Guard “Home Show,” Newtown High School will host a total of ten Winter Percussion ensembles and 30 Winter Guards this Saturday with a performance of the NHS Winter Percussion in Marching Band Class 2A will be honored during the scheduled awards ceremony The Winter Percussion competition will be followed by some of the best color guards in the tri-state and New England area including Arlington High School and Brookfield Independent Forty-nine total Newtown students in the three Newtown divisions (Juniors Junior Varsity and Varsity) will close the show during which 12 seniors and their parents will be recognized in this their final Home Show at Newtown High School Aileen Decker and Lauren Engels each with four years of Newtown Winter Guard participation; Brittany Violet Captain Caitlin Jones and Bridget O’Donnell each completing eight years of Winter Guard experience The full schedule for March 8 can be viewed here NHS Marching Band & Guard Parents have a menu of pulled pork fries and more ready to serve the well over 1,000 anticipated guests Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for seniors and students You must be logged in to post a comment Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email Alheira de Vinhais has been ranked as the best sausage in the world by TasteAtlas and is normally served with boiled or fried potatoes Mirandela's alheira also appears on the list in third place In these TasteAtlas awards, highlights also go to the Bulhão Pato clams, considered one of the best starters in the world, and the pastel de nata and pastel de Belém We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small You can change how much you give or cancel your contributions at any time Italian and French too.They have more good dishes to choose from then the rest of Europe Send us your comments or opinion on this article Reaching over 400,000 people a week with news about Portugal October is Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM) - a perfect time to recognize the achievement of colleagues across the Defence Team CHWM edition of the Virtual Shout-Out Bulletin Board celebrates individuals and teams who have gone the extra mile in creating a healthy work environment at National Defence An extra big shout-out to everyone who took the time to nominate a colleague What better way to acknowledge a colleague’s contribution than by leaving them a “Virtual Shout-Out”? Your Virtual Shout-out will be featured in the Bulletin Board below, along with Defence Team members who have received acknowledgement from their colleagues. Please e-mail all requests to the Corporate Awards and Recognition Secretariat at Awards-Recompenses@forces.gc.ca Looking for more ways to recognize your colleagues? If so, head to the HR-GO app and check out the Virtual Recognition Toolkit located in the Awards and Recognition section I would like to submit a virtual shout out for Darren Baker  Thank you Darren for your leadership and guidance of the DTIS team since its inception in November 2019.  Your support and commitment to your team members helps encourage us all to reach further to achieve our dreams and shows what we can achieve when we step in and support each other.  Thanks again As a result of the extended absence of three co-workers in the Publications Depot warehouse Robert Vaughan has had to take on a significant amount of additional responsibility to ensure that the Depot’s warehouse operations could continue Robert has stepped into the warehouse materiel reception and accounting role since early April and since mid-July as the alternate Information Security System Officer and has shared the responsibility for facility health and safety with another staff member over this period of time Robert has managed this additional work with little supervision and all his new tasks have been completed along with his regular work assignment.  Robert has demonstrated a high level of teamwork and dedication to supporting our DSCO 4 team and our DND clients and is deserving of recognition for his efforts and Sunny Xi from D Corp Svcs Mod IM/IT Team for the continued and effective technical support to the Evaluation and Validation Team they have always been available to assist whenever contacted and provided timely responses and creative solutions to issues encountered A huge thank you for your efficiency and dedication.- Etzer France Pamela Kelly deserves recognition for her hard work as an HRA supporting numerous staffing advisors while providing out-of-office coverage for colleagues friendly and highly professional in the face of what must have been an elevated workload A big thank you Pamela for all your help!- Raquel Vinhais Tanya Kavanagh and Erin Dickinson for your hard work and dedication to ensure our employees get paid correctly and on time.- Lisa MacDonald Sgt Porter has effectively adapted to the changes caused by COVID-19 to ensure that the PLF Battalion Orderly Room (BOR) can continue to provide unit level administrative support.  During this summer’s Op LASER 2Lt Ryan Fox is currently in the process of completing his baseline infantry officer training  This past summer he was utilized as our full time COVID-19 Safety Rep due to him being placed on a Class C contract in support of Op LASER 20-01  2Lt Fox liaised his our bde HQ and outside organizations in order to ensure that our garrison is as safe as possible due to the COVID 19 concerns.  This was no simple task due to the age of the building (opened in 1899) and its sheer size.  2Lt Fox’s attention to detail has resulted in a safe environment for all who access the building.  His efforts have been greatly appreciated Bravo Zulu goes out to Sgt Zachery Glazer of The Cape Breton Highlanders for his outstanding and endless dedication to the safety of the soldiers in his unit Recently designated as the Unit General Safety Officer Sgt Glazer has worked tirelessly to ensure training and courses could be conducted safely in an ever-changing environment brought on by COVID-19 ingenuity and dedication are testaments to his devotion to duty and to his fellow soldiers A big thank you to Renée Buccino for creating a healthy work environment establishing a sense of community and belonging to help her team connect across the country Renée remembers special occasions such as birthdays and holidays with congratulatory messages and even hosts virtual celebrations She also encourages participation in activities to develop and maintain health and wellness From learning opportunities for mental resilience to planned events for physical exercise Her kind and caring approach promotes a safe and supportive culture of accomplishment Her thoughtful and considerate recognition of our efforts further inspires our teamwork included and appreciated under her leadership THANK YOU RENÉE for being such a wonderful manager – Karen Romaniuk on behalf of the DSPP Policy Team Shout –out to Lt Justin Clouthier for his tireless work ensuring safety standards are met across 36 Combat Engineer Regiment The improvements he made throughout the unit have been noted by his chain of command and 36 Canadian Brigade Group Safety Officer In her last report for the units safety inspection she stated “Positive changes have been made in multiple areas of the 36 Combat Engineer Regiment’s safety program; your UGSO has made marked improvements for the squadron and it may be the largest positive change within the Brigade this year” Lt Clouthier’s efforts after taking over the job last year lead to an increase in our safety performance during training and exercises better tracking and filing of administration and has reinvigorated safety consciousness among our soldiers His work has set the standard for future UGSOs within the unit.- Capt T for always being the first to raise his hand to take on any task assigned to our team He never shies away from work and is unfailingly willing to support colleagues as they do theirs which makes him an effective researcher and a great contributor to the good ideas exchanged through our team kind personality and good humour make him a team favourite for all thanks for being such a wonderful colleague to us all Lt(N) Marco Chouinard embraced this new environment and stepped in to keep the Combat Camera team informed and connected.  He came up with creative ways for us to maintain our regular battle rhythm and have some fun while continuing our readiness and professional development requirements.  His assistance in taking on many of the administrative aspects of the leadership team allowed me to focus on the requirements coming from the Director and Director General  The entire Combat Camera team appreciates Marco’s attention to detail and team-building skills; he directly affected our ability to remain safe healthy and ready to deploy during a COVID environment Over the past year Carrie Brown and Kaitlin Crank have been instrumental in assisting with Combat Camera’s many staffing priorities.  Their assistance and eagerness to figure out complex hiring actions resulted in 9 successful appointments on time and on target and provided much needed stability among the Combat Camera civilian specialist team.  As a Military Manager of Civilians your help and guidance truly made my staffing experience a positive one and we couldn’t have done it without you both Acting in a supervisory role for the past year Julie Vertefeuille jumped into this new responsibility way outside her comfort zone and truly excelled.  Her empathy for her team has been extremely apparent as she put their needs and concerns first and brought up issues to her Manager as soon as they’re identified her team was able to maintain their momentum in producing high quality imagery video and social media posts on behalf of Combat Camera.  Thank you for your dedication to the team Sgt Vincent Carbonneau has been working as Combat Camera’s unit Warrant Officer and has gone above and beyond in assisting in the day-to-day operations of the unit as well as supporting the needs and performance management of the unit’s NCMs.  Despite operating at 75% PML over the past year we have been able to maintain our high readiness ability and continue deploying Combat Camera teams around the world at an extremely high tempo.  You have been the glue that has kept the team operationally focused over the past year The translators on the Linguistics Services team are extraordinary They’re the quiet heroes of ADM(PA); we literally could not do our jobs without them They translate an incredibly high volume of communications products both from our team and from everyone else in ADM(PA) half of the team was re-tasked to the Translation Bureau to help translate approximately 4 million words for a Motion to Produce Papers This was on top of them dealing with the challenges of working in a COVID environment and they consistently produce extremely high quality work and are truly a great group of professionals and people As the National Manager of Strengthening the Forces (Surgeon General’s Health Promotion Program) we have the distinct honour of being a participating member of the CHWM WG chaired by ADM (HR-Civ).  Each WG member received web links to share with our respective audiences.  I had requested of the CFHS webmaster for STF’s webpages to put the CHWM links somewhere on our webpage.  I had fully expected and would have been ok with a basic copy/paste but instead of that our webmaster took the initiative to create a dedicated title page to CHWM Cheryl Ward put into this request went above and beyond in my mind and it will extend CHWM’s reach to those we serve in the provision of information and events meant to champion health and wellness choices/behaviours for the entire Defence Team A huge BRAVO to Lina Bellony for her unfailing support these past few months She was undeterred despite the many challenges We all got through the past few months in the time of COVID stayed strong and demonstrated confidence for the good of her team and her clients She had just returned from maternity leave when she had to become the acting manager of our mini-team in the middle of the pandemic were already familiar with this young woman’s abilities and professional expertise but fewer had had the chance to work closely with her and discover her generosity her unwavering support and her hearty laugh helped maintain many people’s morale We often talk about people’s strength in terms of their resilience their indomitable spirit and their fortitude Yet strength really means maintaining steady courage even when emotions are running high – courage that pushes us to redouble our efforts to get through a difficult situation I want to congratulate Natasha Pankhurst for her courage in recent weeks in maintaining a balance between her professional life and her personal life as the wife of a CAF member currently on mission The 5 CDSB Gagetown Food Services Rations Section has sustained feeding support to over 1500 soldiers who have proceeded through training here in the Home of the Army processing food services requests with unit representatives and planning human and financial resources in a constantly evolving pandemic situation are difficult and often thankless tasks there is a direct impact upon national individual training success due to the tireless effort put forward on a day to day basis by this small team of devoted professionals within the Defence Team For their continued support and commitment to national training objectives A virtual shout out and a sincere thank you to the ADM(PA) web team – specifically Keshar Thappa and Alain Dagenais the National Veterans’ Week Speakers Program’s Request a CAF Speaker website receives thousands of registration forms that need to be captured manually in an Excel report When SSC denied the program’s request for auto-fill capabilities for a second year Keshar and Alain worked to find an alternative solution They wrote some wonderful code that generated a hyperlink from the submitted information which could easily be clicked on and the information downloaded to Excel Their solution was to place a hyperlink within the confirmation email making transferring the data of thousands of requests easy This was the first time they tested this capability and were quick to respond to questions and fix issues when they arose Without their innovative thinking and quick responses the program would be copying/pasting data for weeks as opposed to clicking and downloading the data in minutes I would like to highlight the tremendous work of the Integrated Conflict and Complaint Management (ICCM) team leading the implementation of Bill C-65- An Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence) and the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations This is a huge feat and the team continues to persevere demonstrating tremendous dedication to ensuring this is done well in consultation with all of the partners and stakeholders with the aim of developing a trusted process and program Thank you for the very critical work you are doing to set the proper foundation to initiate the implementation of C65: Micheline Hickeson a shout-out to the Defence Team- Harassment and Violence Prevention-Sub-Committee on their active participation and contributions to the co-development of this program We would like to express our appreciation and thanks for all of Mackenzie McLean’s hard work efforts and commitment on providing architectural support to the Jr Ranks NCM Accommodations project Since joining DND back in January 2020 as an FSWEP student then continuing on after graduating with a Masters of Architecture Mackenzie was quick to learn about DND culture familiarising herself with technical policies and executing design work of a high caliber all while facing the challenges of working from home during this pandemic Her fresh perspective to design was always welcome; her positive attitude and initiative always unwavering we all wish her much success in her endeavors to pursue a professional license in architecture - On behalf of the DAES architecture team and the Jr Ranks NCM Accommodations project team Georgian kupati was ranked 42nd in the list of the 50 best sausages in the world Kupati received 3.9 points out of 5 according to website users The publication writes that kupati is a spicy Georgian sausage that it is especially popular in the Caucasus region and it is most often prepared on the grill It is also noted that kupat is traditionally served with sauerkraut or chopped onion and garnished with freshly chopped coriander and pomegranate seeds Regensburger Wurst – 4.5 points (Germany)4 Alheira de Vinhais – 4.5 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