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Korean Cultural Center New York presents a retrospective "John Pai: Eternal Moment" in the gallery of its new building

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Sunday, February 25, 2024

John Pai stands as a seminal figure in the tapestry of Korean arts in New York, whose life and works reflect the enduring spirit of innovation, true artistry, and the rich narrative of Korean history.

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John Pai stands as a seminal figure in the tapestry of Korean arts in New York, whose life and works reflect the enduring spirit of innovation, true artistry, and the rich narrative of Korean history.
This retrospective showcases Pai's early sculptures influenced by Constructivism from the early 1960s, as well as major works, drawings, and paintings, in chronological order.
The exhibition features his pieces varying in size, texture, and color, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of John Pai's artistic realm.
From the early 1960s to the present, all of Pai's sculptures have been meticulously welded together by hand using only steel.

FTC Action Leads to Lifetime Ban for Skin Cream Marketer Who Charged Consumers Millions in Junk Fees

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Monday, October 16, 2023

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Consumers who bought the products were not aware that they would later be charged the full price for the products and a recurring monthly charge.

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Consumers who bought the products were not aware that they would later be charged the full price for the products and a recurring monthly charge.
The FTC also alleged that Pai created hundreds of shell companies to facilitate payment processing for the scam.
The relinquished assets will be used by the FTC to provide refunds to consumers harmed by the scam.
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FTC Action Leads to Lifetime Ban for Skin Cream Marketer Who Charged Consumers Millions in Junk Fees

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Monday, October 16, 2023

Consumers who bought the products were not aware that they would later be charged the full price for the products and a recurring monthly charge.

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Consumers who bought the products were not aware that they would later be charged the full price for the products and a recurring monthly charge.
The FTC also alleged that Pai created hundreds of shell companies to facilitate payment processing for the scam.
The relinquished assets will be used by the FTC to provide refunds to consumers harmed by the scam.
Follow the FTC on social media, read consumer alerts and the business blog, and sign up to get the latest FTC news and alerts.

Pixelworks Shanghai Subsidiary Appoints Wallace Pai as Chief Operating Officer

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

SHANGHAI, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced its Shanghai-based subsidiary, Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("PWSH"), has appointed Wallace Pai as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Pai will be responsible for all engineering and management of the PWSH business units, reporting directly to Chairman of Pixelworks Shanghai, Todd DeBonis.

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Experienced Global Semiconductor Leader Strengthens Executive Team; Further Prepares Pixelworks Shanghai Subsidiary for Planned IPO on Shanghai STAR Exchange
SHANGHAI, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced its Shanghai-based subsidiary, Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("PWSH"), has appointed Wallace Pai as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Pai will be responsible for all engineering and management of the PWSH business units, reporting directly to Chairman of Pixelworks Shanghai, Todd DeBonis.
Pai is seasoned global executive with deep semiconductor industry experience spanning numerous leading multinational companies.
"Our Shanghai subsidiary is increasingly poised for rapid expansion, and Wallace's broad semiconductor experience in the Asia Pacific region will be a tremendous asset to our strategic growth initiatives," stated Todd DeBonis, President and CEO of Pixelworks, Inc. and Chairman of Pixelworks Shanghai.

First Wave of Retirement Plans Transition to Ascensus Platform, Expanded Web Experiences, and Enhanced Efficiency

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Monday, August 21, 2023

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DRESHER, Pa., Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascensus, whose technology and expertise help millions of people save for a better future, has upgraded the first wave of acquired Newport retirement plans to its purpose-built recordkeeping platform and enhanced web experiences.

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DRESHER, Pa., Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascensus , whose technology and expertise help millions of people save for a better future, has upgraded the first wave of acquired Newport retirement plans to its purpose-built recordkeeping platform and enhanced web experiences.
The initial group of plans made the move in recent weeks and represent the first to receive the benefits of the post-merger unification of Ascensus, Newport, and PAi.
"We are thrilled to say the Ascensus migration project has been carried out with great communication and no surprises," said Don Recker, partner and director of Corporate Retirement Plans for Creative Planning Retirement Services.
For financial and retirement advisors: Enhanced practice management support delivers new ideas, tools, and resources to help advisors grow and manage their practice, including a new advisor toolkit .

Uptycs Continues Momentum in Helping Customers Achieve Security Operations Excellence with AWS

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

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The AWS PSP Program helps AWS Partners grow their public sector business through alignment with AWS public sector sales, marketing, funding, capture, and proposal terms.

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The AWS PSP Program helps AWS Partners grow their public sector business through alignment with AWS public sector sales, marketing, funding, capture, and proposal terms.
“We are delighted to be working with AWS to solve customers’ cloud security challenges, increase security operations efficiency, and protect developer environments as they move code from their workspaces into AWS production environments,” said Ganesh Pai, CEO and co-founder of Uptycs.
Uptycs has built an integration with AWS Control Tower , which simplifies AWS experiences by orchestrating multiple AWS services on a customer’s behalf while maintaining the security and compliance needs of their organization.
Leveraging the workflow with AWS Control Tower, Uptycs' deep integration with AWS Systems Manager allows organizations to achieve comprehensive security controls while reducing operational overhead in their Uptycs deployment.

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and MIT Researchers Develop a Natural and Comfortable "Seamless-walk" Virtual Reality Locomotion System

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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GWANGJU, South Korea, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban real-world environments have limited physical space for foot-based locomotion and present challenges to natural VR locomotion (since virtual environments are much larger than the corresponding real-world environment), a fact that has been noted in past studies (Mandal 2013; Pai and Kunze 2017). To compensate for this challenge, efficient virtual reality (VR)-based locomotion techniques have been proposed to enable natural and immersive locomotion experiences akin to walking in large, virtual environments. However, the VR locomotion systems often require attaching an equipment to the body or video-recording the user's body pose. This leads to discomfort caused by equipment size and discontinuous adjustment as well as privacy concerns related to capturing the entire body without blind spots. Against this backdrop, researchers from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea in collaboration with researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL), USA developed a novel foot-based VR locomotion system, called "Seamless-walk," that offers a more natural and comfortable locomotion experience without requiring the use of any walking equipment or a video of the user's body pose during walking or interaction with objects using their hands.

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To compensate for this challenge, efficient virtual reality (VR)-based locomotion techniques have been proposed to enable natural and immersive locomotion experiences akin to walking in large, virtual environments.
However, the VR locomotion systems often require attaching an equipment to the body or video-recording the user's body pose.
In their recent article published online on 17 January 2023 in the journal Virtual Reality , the researchers, led by Dr. Kyung-Joong Kim, Associate Professor at GIST, have detailed the development of the VR locomotion system.
At the same time, it does not compromise the overall VR experience, outperforming existing VR locomotion methods.

Morningstar Investment Management and PAi's ESG Pooled Employer Plan Goes Live

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar Investment Management LLC's Retirement Solutions Group, a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), and Plan Administrators, Inc. (PAi), a retirement plan administrator and recordkeeper, are releasing the Morningstar® ESG Pooled Employer Plan today, which is designed to select funds that limit exposure to material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks. The launch of the PEP follows the final rule from the U.S. Department of Labor on the use of ESG information to select investments for retirement plans, effective Jan. 30, 2023.

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As investors demand more personalized investing, the Morningstar ESG PEP empowers small and medium-sized companies to offer an ESG investment lineup to their employees
CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar Investment Management LLC's Retirement Solutions Group , a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), and Plan Administrators, Inc. (PAi), a retirement plan administrator and recordkeeper, are releasing the Morningstar® ESG Pooled Employer Plan today, which is designed to select funds that limit exposure to material environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks.
Morningstar Investment Management will serve as the 3(38) investment manager on PEP, while PAi Trust Co. will oversee the plan as the pooled plan provider.
For the PEP, Morningstar Investment Management complements that with an additional ESG analysis that includes both manager interviews and a review of each fund's Morningstar Sustainability Rating.
Morningstar Investment Management has also designed a custom target-date model for this PEP that uses the underlying investment lineup.

Compile Expands Leadership Team with Three Senior Executive Hires

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Compile, the modern data backbone for life sciences, today announced the appointments of Norman Pai as Head of Sales, Ruth Berkowitz as Chief Marketing Officer, and Jayant (Jay) Sood as Head of Finance. The addition of these new executives rounds out Compile's leadership team, positioning the company for success as it moves into the next phase of growth.

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The addition of these new executives rounds out Compile's leadership team, positioning the company for success as it moves into the next phase of growth.
"We are very pleased to welcome these three leaders to the team," said Isaac Fehrenbach, CEO at Compile.
Norman Pai joins Compile as Head of Sales with over a decade of experience providing data and intelligence to the healthcare industry.
Prior to joining Compile, Sood was part of the leadership teams that took Booz Allen Hamilton and Upwork through the IPO process.

Ascensus Announces Two New Regional Vice Presidents on Their Retirement Sales Team

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Monday, November 14, 2022

DRESHER, Pa., Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascensus—whose technology and expertise helps millions of people save for retirement, education, and healthcare—has announced the appointment of two new Regional Vice Presidents, Richard Eriksen Jr. and Taylor Harman, to the firm's retirement plan sales team.

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Richard Eriksen Jr. joins Ascensus as Regional Vice President covering Michigan and will report to Anthony Bologna, Eastern Division Vice President.
Eriksen has held positions in the retirement services industry for several years, most recently having served as Regional Sales Director at OneAmerica Retirement Services.
Taylor Harman joins Ascensus as Regional Vice President covering the newly established territory including Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
The company's brands include Ascensus; Newport, an Ascensus company; PAi, an Ascensus company; and FuturePlan by Ascensus.