Publisher | Lionel Jones/ Luminaire Press
Book retail price | $14.95
Author Bio
Lionel Jones has been teaching music in public schools for twenty-nine years. Before that, he served in the military for six years. He found his gift with elementary school-aged children and has enjoyed the journey. Lionel is also a well-known singer, songwriter, and producer.
Jones Lowry, a national wealth transfer and insurance planning firm with offices in New York, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami, announced that Jeff Newman, MBA, has joined the firm as a director. He is responsible for design, implementation and management of wealth transfer strategies for the firm’s clientele of multi-generational and international families and entrepreneurs, as well as legal, accounting, and financial advisors.
Newman brings 20 years of experience and an extensive background in capital markets and life insurance to his role at Jones Lowry. Previously, he was a President’s Council advisor with New York Life Insurance Company and Eagle Strategies LLC where he was named a Florida Top Advisor Under 40 in 2020 (by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors) and earned membership in the life insurance industry’s prestigious Million Dollar Round Table Court of the Table.
Prior to that, he led the Regulatory Reporting Team for Deutsche Bank in Jacksonville reporting directly to the executive board for all Federal Reserve and European Central Bank requests. Earlier, he has served as Chief Operating Officer at a Private Wealth Office in Miami and began his career as an investigator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Newman graduated from the University of Florida and completed his MBA degree in Finance from the University of Miami.
Jones Lowry is a 40-year-old national, independent insurance planning firm specializing in tax-efficient wealth transfer solutions for affluent families, entrepreneurs, and their advisors.
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NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) announced it has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Asia Pacific Index, some of the most prestigious global indices of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment.
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DJSI is an evaluation indices developed by the S&P Dow Jones Indices that evaluates the sustainable practices of major global companies, categorized into a “Governance & Economic Dimension,” “Environmental Dimension” and a “Social Dimension.” The top 10% of companies in each sector are selected for DJSI World. NEC received high evaluations once again in the “Information Security/Cyber Security & System Availability,” “Environmental Reporting” and “Social Reporting” categories, and newly this time in “Human Capital Development.” In addition, NEC’s evaluation improved in the “Corporate Governance” and “Materiality” categories, where NEC is actively promoting efforts and transparency.
Other than DJSI World and DJSI Asia Pacific, NEC is included in the FTSE4Good Index Series and the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes as part of high evaluations in terms of ESG. In addition, NEC has been awarded a “Platinum” Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ranking, in recognition for being part of the top 1% of companies evaluated by EcoVadis, a France-based CSR rating platform. Furthermore, NEC has received A-List ratings in the three categories of Climate, Water Security, and Supplier Engagement from global environmental non-profit CDP.
NEC became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact(1) in 2005, which was founded on the basic principles of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and continues to strive to minimize any burdens that business activities may have on society. NEC aims to contribute to the creation of value for society through its business, and to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched by the United Nations. Over the course of the Mid-term Management Plan 2025, in order to promote sustainable growth, NEC aims to achieve continuous inclusion in ESG indices by advancing initiatives for materiality, which are priority management themes from an ESG perspective.
NEC also aims to create the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. Based on the NEC Way, a common set of values that form the basis for how the entire NEC Group conducts itself, NEC contributes to achieving the SDGs.
(1) The United Nations Global Compact:
An initiative that calls on companies worldwide to align their strategies and operations with ten universal principles in four fields of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. NEC joined in 2005.
(2) NEC’s efforts in support of ESG initiatives are reported in the following:
NEC Sustainability Report 2021: https://www.nec.com/en/global/csr/report/index.html
NEC Integrated Report 2021: https://www.nec.com/en/global/ir/library/annual/index.html
External Ratings and Evaluations: https://www.nec.com/en/global/csr/management/evaluation.html
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation has established itself as a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies while promoting the brand statement of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC enables businesses and communities to adapt to rapid changes taking place in both society and the market as it provides for the social values of safety, security, fairness and efficiency to promote a more sustainable world where everyone has the chance to reach their full potential. For more information, visit NEC at https://www.nec.com.
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“A compelling historical fiction about a slave who daydreams about being free in America”
Denson Joness A Southern Dream (Xlibris; 2020) brings into mind similar slave narratives, such as the movie Amistad directed by Steven Spielberg and the memoir 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, all of which revolve around the themes of freedom, affirmation of the human spirit, inhumanity, and hope.
A Southern Dream tells the story of an African male who was taken from his tribe and brought to the United States as a slave. He spends a lot of his days just daydreaming about freedom. Jacob Jackson came from a proud African tribe before he was captured and brought to the Jackson Plantation in Laurel, Mississippi. Jacob would daydream all day about being free, and he would let people know how he felt about the life he lived.
Jacob always stood up for righteousness and godliness. He is a God-fearing man who reads the Bible, attends the Baptist church, and sings in the choir. He also loves to preach the Word of God to anyone who would listen to him. He would also help his fellow slaves any way he could with food, water, and clothing and even secretly teaches them how to read and write.
One day, Jacob sees a runaway slave from another plantation. To know what happens next, read Denson Jones A Southern Dream.
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A Southern Dream
Author | Denson Jones
Published date | March 3, 2020
Publisher | Xlibris
Book retail price | $15.99
Author Bio
Denson Jones was born to Denson Joseph Jones and Barbara Ann Jones of Joliet, Illinois, on February 21, 1952. He went to Joliet Township Schools and played football and basketball. He even played basketball at Joliet Junior College for one year before getting drafted in the Viet Nam War in 1972. His dream was to go to the National Basketball Association (NBA) and play as a professional, but that dream died real quick, so he joined the Navy to get back into the Army.
After a failed marriage and two children, Denson ended up married again and wound up in an interracial relationship in Oklahoma City. He gained two grandkids from his second wifes side of the family, and that just added on to the three from his side of the family. He went to medical school in Oklahoma and became a medical assistant/X-ray technician. Denson studied nursing at Oklahoma State and computer networking at Rose State and worked per-diem for about five years, doing medical assisting and nurse assisting at different hospitals around Oklahoma. He is now retired and has become an author of novels, childrens fairytales, and truthful quotes.
