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DC AND BAZOOKA® BUBBLE GUM TEAM UP TO BRING FANS THE ULTIMATE COMIC COLLABORATION

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Friday, March 8, 2024

NEW YORK, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Icons unite today as Bazooka® Bubble Gum joins forces with the legendary DC to bring fans a thrilling series of eight original digital comics.

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  • NEW YORK, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Icons unite today as Bazooka® Bubble Gum joins forces with the legendary DC to bring fans a thrilling series of eight original digital comics.
  • The world's greatest Super Heroes from DC will be the first to join Bazooka Joe and His Gang in The Bazookaverse™.
  • The first DC comic debuts today, on International Women's Day, featuring two powerful women, Wonder Woman and Jane.
  • Winning entrants will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of being drawn into a classic Bazooka Comic and receive a year's supply of Bazooka Bubble Gum.

2024 CCA Retail Group conneXtion™ Conference Launches with Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran and Unveils New Marketing Initiatives to Catapult Rollout of Retail 2.0

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

MANCHESTER, N.H., Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CCA Global Partners Retail Group's conneXtion™ conference is set for January 14-17 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, TX. Carpet One Floor & Home, Flooring America, Flooring Canada, The Floor Trader, and International Design Guild members will take part in an exciting lineup of events, including a keynote from real estate magnate and ABC's Shark Tank Barbara Corcoran. Plus, members will have a chance to explore new ways to help drive more retail traffic to their showrooms, a full day of education sessions, and a lively closing night event with R&B/funk band Kool & The Gang.

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  • CCA Global Partners Retail Group's conneXtion™ conference is set for January 14-17 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, TX.
  • MANCHESTER, N.H., Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CCA Global Partners Retail Group's conneXtion™ conference is set for January 14-17 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, TX.
  • Women of CCA Event: The conference opens on Sunday, January 14, with an exclusive Women of CCA special event.
  • Networking With NEX40: The NEX40 group comes together for a night of music, drinks, and networking with fellow young professionals across CCA Retail Groups.

STEVE AOKI TO TAKE THE STAGE AT ONE NIGHT FOR ONE DROP, NOV. 15

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Aoki will take the stage as the headlining performer at One Night For One Drop at Marquee Nightclub inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Additional performances by entertainment superstars Neon Trees, Just Kool Featuring: The Iconic Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool and The Gang along with The Legendary Mohamed Moretta and an appearance by artists from Cirque du Soleil, strip icon Lorena Peril and the ladies of FANTASY. Presented by MGM Resorts International, Cirque du Soleil and in partnership with One Night for One Drop's official carrier Air Canada, the transcendent evening will be filled with dining, dancing and a specially curated tasting with fine wines and spirits from world-renowned estates.

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  • LAS VEGAS, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Aoki will take the stage as the headlining performer at One Night For One Drop at Marquee Nightclub inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
  • Steve Aoki known for his collaborations with Bulgari, BMW and BTS will perform for guests at this year's highly anticipated event.
  • Through fundraising initiatives in Las Vegas, the One Drop Foundation has donated over $1.5 million to like-minded organizations including Springs Preserve, DISCOVERY Children's Museum water education program, Desert Research Institute and WaterStart.
  • These donations have helped raise awareness and educate the community about access to safe water, water conservation and ongoing water innovations.

McGruff the Crime Dog smells big crime with the sale of fake pills and other counterfeit products

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- McGruff the Crime Dog® takes direct aim at the sale of fake pills and other counterfeit products in a new public service announcement released today.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- McGruff the Crime Dog® takes direct aim at the sale of fake pills and other counterfeit products in a new public service announcement released today.
  • The ad features three assembly lines making real and fake products including sneakers, cosmetics, and fake pills.
  • At the end, the iconic crime dog is revealed, urging viewers and listeners to "think again," before buying fake products.
  • "McGruff smells big crime around the sale of dangerous and lethal fake products," said Paul DelPonte, Executive Director at the National Crime Prevention Council.

Eric Gang Named Innovator of the Year Finalist by New Jersey Legal Awards

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Gang & Associates, LLC founder, author and veteran advocate Eric Gang has been named a finalist for the 2023 New Jersey Legal Awards in the Innovator of the Year category. The awards, which highlight attorneys at the forefront of the legal industry, are compiled by Law.com and the New Jersey Law Journal each year.

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  • HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., Aug. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Gang & Associates, LLC founder, author and veteran advocate Eric Gang has been named a finalist for the 2023 New Jersey Legal Awards in the Innovator of the Year category.
  • The awards, which highlight attorneys at the forefront of the legal industry, are compiled by Law.com and the New Jersey Law Journal each year.
  • The winner will be announced at the New Jersey Legal Awards dinner on Sept. 13.
  • New Jersey Legal Awards honorees are chosen by a group of Law.com and New Jersey Law Journal editors and reporters.

"DJ CASSIDY'S PASS THE MIC LIVE!" UNITES NEW YORK ICONIC HIP HOP & R&B SUPERSTARS AT STATE FARM ARENA IN ATLANTA, GA ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2023

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

LOS ANGELES, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DJ Cassidy will celebrate the unofficial end of summer by taking his highly anticipated "Pass The Mic Live!" concert series to the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, September 2nd, where he will unite eight iconic Hip Hop & R&B superstars on one stage, in partnership with the Black Promoter's Collective. The epic lineup will feature Akon, Fat Joe, Jagged Edge, Keyshia Cole, Method Man & Redman, Remy Ma, Shaggy, The Lox, and in the tradition of "Pass The Mic," special surprise guests.

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  • concert series to the award-winning State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, September 2nd, where he will unite eight iconic Hip Hop & R&B superstars on one stage, in partnership with the Black Promoter's Collective.
  • at State Farm Arena will be on presale to American Express® card members from Wednesday, July 19th at 10:00am EST through Thursday, July 20th at 11:59pm EST.
  • unites eight game changing Hip Hop and R&B artists whose massive records transformed the culture on a global scale," says DJ Cassidy.
  • Now, the modern-day maestro will recreate the experience with a series of highly anticipated live concerts that will surely make history.

Street gangs in South Africa and Canada are worlds apart - but they have a great deal in common

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Researchers often overlook the similarities between street gang involvement and its connection to marginalisation and colonisation in South Africa and Canada.

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  • Researchers often overlook the similarities between street gang involvement and its connection to marginalisation and colonisation in South Africa and Canada.
  • Our findings are represented through the accounts of two former gang members, Gavin and Roddy, in South Africa and Canada.
  • Whether in South Africa, Canada, or elsewhere, gangs are an embedded, systemic feature of unequal and exclusionary urban landscapes.

Gavin and Roddy

    • Gavin, a long-time member of the Mongrels gang, grew up with an abusive father in an impoverished informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town.
    • Says Gavin:
      The reason (gangsters) shoot constantly – that they do it every day – is they want to … make a statement and become famous – put their name out.
    • Roddy also spoke about the same challenges Gavin faced, and how being in a gang provided a solution:
      No water, no money, no brotherhood … the identity of something (the gang) made you feel important … I felt so awesome when I joined the gang, I felt like: wow your problems are over.
    • Although Gavin and Roddy grew up on different sides of the world, each saw gangs and street culture as a way to gain access to the basic amenities of life where legitimate opportunities were not afforded.

Mapping marginality

    • In Winnipeg and other Prairie cities, gang membership is dominated by Indigenous youth living in marginalised neighbourhoods that are seen as gang controlled.
    • It later also happened through child welfare policies which scooped children away from their families and placed them in non-Indigenous homes.
    • Settler colonial policies such as these have created the social conditions and inequities that enable Indigenous street gangs to emerge and expand.

What this means

    • But consistently acting “crazy” and seeking violent confrontation expands a gang member’s social and personal esteem by conforming to gang ideals of toughness and fearlessness.
    • Gang membership was a calculated move that provided Gavin, Roddy, and others in our study with what they believed to be their best chance to survive.
    • Denied access to legal sources of income and other forms of human capital, marginal populations turn to the streets and to violence.

DJ CASSIDY TAKES HIS LAUDED TELEVISION SERIES "PASS THE MIC" ON TOUR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACK PROMOTER'S COLLECTIVE

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Monday, March 6, 2023

LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DJ Cassidy will take his highly lauded primetime television series "Pass The Mic" on tour in 2023 in partnership with Black Promoters Collective. "DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic Live!" Tour kicks off on Friday, May 12th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with an epic lineup including Ashanti, Fabolous, Ja Rule, Lil Kim, Ma$e, Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke, 112, and a slew of exciting surprise guests. The debut "Pass The Mic Live!" show, a takeover of the annual "Mother's Day Good Music Festival," will be the first in a series of one-night-only events taking place throughout the year, each with its own unique roster of superstar performers.

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  • WITH TAKEOVER OF "MOTHER'S DAY GOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL" TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 10TH
    LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DJ Cassidy will take his highly lauded primetime television series "Pass The Mic" on tour in 2023 in partnership with Black Promoters Collective.
  • Over the past two years, DJ Cassidy transformed how we experience music with "Pass The Mic."
  • Over the past two years, DJ Cassidy transformed how we experience music with "Pass The Mic."
  • Now, the modern-day maestro will recreate the experience with a series of highly anticipated live concerts that will surely make history!

PACSUN CREATES AN ALL-NEW IMMERSIVE WORLD PACSUN LOS ANGELES TYCOON ON ROBLOX

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Pacsun will launch its second virtual experience Pacsun Los Angeles Tycoon on Roblox, a global 3D immersive platform connecting millions of people through shared experiences.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Pacsun will launch its second virtual experience Pacsun Los Angeles Tycoon on Roblox, a global 3D immersive platform connecting millions of people through shared experiences.
  • Pacsun Los Angeles Tycoon is an extension of Pacsun's presence on Roblox and comes almost a year after the release of PacWorld, Pacsun's interactive mall experience.
  • In addition to building their own mall, the Roblox community will now be able to build their own Los Angeles neighborhoods with Pacsun.
  • Pacsun is leading consumer engagement in the metaverse through bringing this core piece of their brand - Los Angeles origins - to fans worldwide.

D.A. Bollen's book "Justice for Blake: The Case of Home Sweet Home" is about the adventures of D. J. Douglas, bail agent extraordinaire and her team of bounty hunters.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- D.A. Bollen, a twenty-five-year veteran of the bail industry, has completed her new book "Justice for Blake: The Case of Home Sweet Home": an exciting novel that follows D. J. Douglas and the team as they jump into action and soon uncover a full-blown conspiracy to defraud the trusting public. The more information they dig up on the bail fugitive, the more serious they realize the case is.

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  • The more information they dig up on the bail fugitive, the more serious they realize the case is.
  • Bollen introduces her main character, writing, "I have really been in the bail industry for over thirty years!
  • The adventures of D. J. and her team are the result of these fugitive case apprehensions.
  • Page's accomplished writers and publishing professionals allow authors to leave behind these complex and time-consuming issues and focus on their passion: writing and creating.