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Trimakas' brother, Edmund, thinks prison is where Featherstone should remain. He disagrees with the Unger ruling, which found a fundamental flaw in the instructions Maryland judges had given juries in criminal cases before 1980. Ed Trimakas sees the ruling as illogical revisionism, an attempt "to change some of the prevailing conditions of nearly two generations past."
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He has prepared a lengthy statement about how the murder of his brother affected his family, how it ended a dream of immigrant parents to have a son become a doctor, how it made impossible the reconciliation of brothers who had feuded, how a sister will always associate her birthday — January 15 — with the death of her brother.
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"Yes, a lot of time has passed," Ed Trimakas says. "The pain is different than it was so many years ago, but the memories persist, and the longing of what is missed and should have been persists."
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DAYTONA BEACH — Imagine an event that combines this area’s two greatest reference points — the beach and racing — and you land on the Daytona Beach Grand Prix.
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The top personal watercraft (jet ski) racers from around the world will compete in the Daytona Beach GP on an ocean course that will run along the wave line starting Saturday morning.
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After missing a stop here last year, the P1 AquaX USA Championship will kick off its 2019 racing season in the water fronting the Hard Rock Hotel, 918 N. Atlantic Ave.
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In addition to several amateur races, P1AquaX will host three Pro Enduro events. The first is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. The other two are set for Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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The Pro rider with the best combined finishes from the three races, which are 30 minutes and one lap in length, will be crowned the Daytona champion.
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The area around the hotel was a hub of frantic activity Friday as organizers started prepping the staging area and race teams began the check-in and tech inspection process.
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The lure of racing in Daytona has attracted entries from around the globe including riders from Australia, Indonesia, Morocco, Italy and the United Kingdom.
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Most of the P1 AquaX schedule is staged on calm bodies of water. In this event, competitors find themselves constantly jumping waves or battling ocean swells.
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Rangoonwala said competitors were disappointed Daytona Beach was not on the 2018 schedule. He made it a priority to return with assists from Hard Rock and the Daytona Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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“We are excited to be back,” Rangoonwala said. “We had a lot of requests from racers and race fans to come back here. It was an easy decision to come back.
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The field includes No. 1 ranked Eric Francis from West Palm Beach, who is eager to race against P1 AquaX veterans Chris MacClugage and Brian Baldwin.
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“This event always proves to have challenging surf conditions,” Francis said.
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One aspect of this event that appeals to spectators is the fact the paddock area is open to the public. Race teams set up their “garage areas” right on the sand and interaction with competitors is encouraged.
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There is no charge to attend these races. The Hard Rock will have a spectator area set up for anyone who wants to watch from a higher vantage point.
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For more information about the event, go online to p1aquax.com. The organization will also live stream some action on its Facebook page.
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The races will be broadcast on Fox Sports Florida in two weeks, according to Rangoonwala.
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MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: The first detailed analysis of electricity disconnections in four states paints a grim picture of areas under extreme financial stress, with hundreds of households unable to pay their bills.
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The data shows many people being disconnected are saddled with high mortgage, rental or transport costs or they're struggling on low incomes.
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Here's consumer affairs reporter, Amy Bainbridge.
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AMY BAINBRIDGE: It's a detailed snapshot of the postcodes where hundreds of households are struggling to pay their electricity bills.
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St Vincent de Paul Society's Manager of Policy and Research, Gavin Dufty, says surprisingly, rising power prices aren't to blame.
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GAVIN DUFTY: We thought that there would be a stronger relationship directly with energy price changes and disconnections, that doesn't appear to be the case, other than potentially in Queensland.
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But those energy price rises were all in the fixed charge.
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I think the story out of this is, you know, energy is just one part of a household budget and people struggle with mortgage costs, rental costs, transport costs and a number of other things.
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AMY BAINBRIDGE: In South Australia, Adelaide's northern suburbs have experienced high disconnection rates, and regional areas like Port Augusta.
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In Victoria, it's some of Melbourne's outer suburbs to the north and west, including Werribee and in south-east Queensland, it's Brisbane's outer suburbs to the north and south.
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Gavin Dufty says in New South Wales, hundreds of households in regional cities like Orange and Dubbo were disconnected multiple times in a three year period.
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GAVIN DUFTY: There's some particular issues out in Orange and Dubbo, and I know that might be related to manufacturing closing down out there, like Electrolux, also changes in the agricultural industry out there.
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They do have very high energy costs, they do have low incomes - they also have low housing costs, but it is a stark difference to the rest of the states.
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AMY BAINBRIDGE: What's the value in identifying the hot spots?
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GAVIN DUFTY: Well, I think the value is then we can actually design appropriate programs to support these people.
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Also it talks about, you know, do we have concessions designed appropriately? And I think one of the things that does stand out about this is probably we do need percentage-based concessions, not flat-based concessions.
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AMY BAINBRIDGE: John Bradley from the Energy Networks Association was surprised at the diverse range of locations that experienced a high number of disconnections.
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He agrees it's time for a national review of energy concession schemes.
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JOHN BRADLEY: What we see in some parts of Australia is very broad eligibility for electricity rebates where they're actually being provided to customers without any kind of means test.
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Yet those that are most in need are missing out.
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So we'd support a national review of energy concessions.
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AMY BAINBRIDGE: AGL says it will use the data to help target its hardship programs and energy efficiency schemes towards communities that need help.
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MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Consumer affairs reporter, Amy Bainbridge.
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Memorable moments from past Super Bowls.
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The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams arrive in Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII.
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Unforgettable Super Bowl halftime performances.
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NEW YORK -- Vera Zvonareva was happy just to advance, and in a wide-open women's draw, that counts for a lot at this U.S. Open.
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The second-seeded Russian needed three ragged sets Wednesday to reach the third round, beating 69th-ranked Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. With the winners of the last four major tournaments missing from the second round, players with a lot of Grand Slam experience are in short supply. Zvonareva has that, losing in the final at Wimbledon and here at Flushing Meadows in 2010.
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A two-time Grand Slam runner-up on the men's side didn't even get started at the U.S. Open. Sixth-seeded Robin Soderling withdrew because of illness before his first-round match.
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American teenager Madison Keys seemed poised to become the darling of this tournament, but she couldn't hold onto several leads in her second-round match, eventually falling to 27th-seeded Lucie Safarova in three sets.
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Watch U.S. Open action live on your computer via ESPN3.
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. -- A young Colonial Heights girl is using her birthday wish to raise money for her baby brother on social media.
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Kierston Lee, who was quick to point out she is a rising fourth grader in an exclusive interview with CBS 6 senior reporter Wayne Covil, is celebrating her ninth birthday Friday with friends and family.
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However, she will not be opening presents. Instead, Kierston is asking for donations for her baby brother.
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"Presents are a want, this is a need," Kierston explained.
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The girl's twin siblings, Christian and Briley, will turn one year old on Sunday, June 25.
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But Christian, who was born three weeks early and diagnosed with a liver issue, had major surgery on March 17.
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"He had a liver transplant, which means the nurses or surgeons went in, grabbed his liver, got somebody else's and put it in him," Kierston said.
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With the surgery a success, Christian was finally able to come home.
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She has one wish -- to raise money for her brother.
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And Kierston decided that for her birthday she would use social media to help fund Christian's care.
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"This video is titled the 'Big Sister Birthday Challenge,'" Kierston says in a Facebook video.
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Her goal is $5,000, which the family said would be a major help since Christian will always need to take medication because of the transplant.
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"Click the donate sign button and give, give, give," she says in the video." How much? As much as you want: 50 cents, $50, $500. Any amount will help."
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If you would like to donate, click here to visit COTAforChristianP.com.
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Kierston wants to raise money for her baby brother.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon.com on Tuesday launched a Hindi version of its mobile website and app for Android smartphones in a bid to make deeper inroads into India’s fast-growing e-commerce market, stepping up its battle with Walmart’s Flipkart unit.
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None of India’s other leading e-commerce portals - Flipkart, Snapdeal or Paytm Mall - currently have a local language version of their apps or websites, and the move to launch a Hindi app and website could give Amazon access to tens of millions of new customers in India’s small towns and villages.
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Amazon is looking to win over the next 100 million customers in the country, its India head Amit Agarwal told Reuters in April. The country’s e-commerce market is tipped to grow to $200 billion in a decade, according to Morgan Stanley.
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Amazon also has plans to support more local Indian languages on its shopping app and mobile website and will also extend the service to mobile platforms beyond Android, said Kishore Thota, Amazon India’s head of customer experience and marketing, without giving a timeline.
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Isaiah Mustafa confirms that he has met with Marvel to discuss appearing in a Luke Cage film.
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Isaiah Mustafa has been linked with the lead role in a movie based on comic book hero Luke Cage.
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Speaking to Superhero Hype, the Old Spice ad star confirmed that he has met with Marvel to discuss the proposed film project.
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"I've already had a meeting with Marvel. I talked to them and I told them that I was a gracious reader of their comics and that I wanted to be Luke Cage. So we'll see where they take it," he said.
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The actor went on to say that the character's dedication to his home neighbourhood of Harlem is what makes the role appealing.
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"Luke Cage has a lot going on. He's this man, he's got all these powers and abilities and he can use them to save whatever major city, but instead of doing that he uses them to help Harlem. He wants to fix his neighbourhood, and that's what's so admirable to me," he added.
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"Instead of leaving and going someplace bigger, he stays right where he needs to be and tries to do the best that they can."
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Last year, it was reported that Marvel Studios has plans for a Luke Cage movie, and was in preliminary talks with an unnamed actor for the title role. R&B singer Tyrese Gibson was previously linked with the part and John Singleton with the director's chair.
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Marvel is yet to officially confirm that the character is heading for the big screen.
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Kathy Griffin dating Old Spice man?
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Oct 26, 2018 (LBO) – Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday took oaths as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat.
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Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara said the decision to leave the government was taken at a special UPFA meeting held in the afternoon.
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President and the new Prime Minister held a special meeting at the Presidential Secretariat to discuss the future course of action of the new government.
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Minister Mahinda Amaraweera earlier stated that the Speaker of Parliament has been notified of the decision to quit the unity government.
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The letter issued by President to Ranil Wickramasinghe removing him from the post.
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Fitch Ratings upgraded its outlook for DR Horton (DHI), reflecting the Fort Worth, Texas-based homebuilder's strong liquidity position, improved operating results and moderately stronger prospects for the housing sector this year. Fitch Ratings upgraded its outlook for DR Horton to stable from negative, and affirmed the builder's issuer default rating, senior unsecured debt and senior unsecured convertible notes all at double-B. DR Horton is consistently one of the country's largest homebuilders in terms of total new home closings. In a Fitch US homebuilding/construction report published in April, Fitch cited the most recently available market data that showed Horton closed 23,915 homes in 2008. While down 37% from the company's previous peak, it was enough to keep Horton the largest in the country for the second straight year. In Thursday's rating action, Fitch analysts wrote that DR Horton's business model has consistently relied on holding a large supply of speculative homes built before buyers were in place. As of March 31, 2010, 7,300, or 53%, of the builder's total inventory of 13,900 houses were spec properties. Of those spec properties, 2,900 were complete. That strategy was effective during the availability of the homebuyer tax credit, which required sales contracts in place by April 30 and a recently extended closing deadline of Sept. 30. Many builders utilized the spec building strategy, but according to the April housing report, Fitch said Horton and Columbus, Ohio-based M/I Homes (MHO) were the only builders to increase spec building in 2010 compared to 2008 levels. In the January edition of its monthly magazine, HousingWire published a feature analyzing the impact of the $6,500 homebuyer tax credit for existing homeowners. In that report, John Burns, CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting (JBREC), said builders learned their lesson when they ran out of inventory leading up to the tax credit's originally scheduled expiration in November. The builders with inventory of spec homes to sell in September and October profited, while builders who ran out of homes were left on the outside looking in. Horton's strategy of building spec homes leading up to April was critical to existing homeowners who likely put their homes on the market at the end of 2009, but didn't sell until spring. After their existing home sold, those buyers needed to close on a new home deal quickly. Burns said passage of the tax credit extension into April was a boon to confidence for builders to step up their spec construction, which has dragged since the onset of the housing downturn, adding the impact of an increased spec market is widespread, as builders hire workers, buy supplies and step up sales efforts. Large builders like Horton — which benefited from a temporary change in tax law that extended the time that companies can claim tax refunds from previous profitable years to cover current losses — were able to use their influx of cash to build spec properties. But smaller builders that rely on construction loans to finance construction projects faced challenges benefiting from the homebuyer tax credit because available credit was low. “The big builders are going to gain a lot of market share in the coming months,” Burns said in the January feature. Fitch said that Horton ended the March 2010 quarter with $1.6bn of unrestricted cash and $198.7m of marketable securities. Since December 1, 2009, Horton's embarked on a $500m debt security repurchase plan, with only $154m outstanding at the end of March 2010. In addition, Fitch said, Horton's remaining debt maturities are well-laddered, with no more than 10% of its total debt maturing in any one year during the next three fiscal years. Horton returned to profitability in its fiscal year Q110, which ended on December 31, 2009 and generated cash flow from operations of $207.8m during its fiscal year Q210 that ended in March, when it posted a $11.4m profit. For all of fiscal 2010, Fitch said it expects Horton to be cash flow positive, excluding tax refunds. Commenting on the overall housing sector, Fitch said an anemic recovery has begun, but warned the recovery may appear jaw-toothed as substantial foreclosures now in the pipeline present as distressed sales and as meaningful new foreclosures arise from Alt-A and option ARM resets. In addition, the tax credit pulled demand forward and unemployment are "headwinds" in the face of housing recovery. Going forward, Fitch said Horton's future ratings and outlook will be influenced by the broader housing market and company specific activity, such as trends in land and development spending, general inventory levels, speculative inventory activity (including the impact of high cancellation rates), new order activity, debt levels and the company's cash position. Write to Austin Kilgore. The author held no relevant investments.
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Synectics For Management Decisions, Inc.
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We invite you to join us at our upcoming Collaborative Alumni Angel Group (Harvard-Stanford Angel Club - CAAG) Fall Meeting/Pitch Forum. HBS, Wharton and Stanford GSB alumni in the Washington/Baltimore area collaborate on identifying, evaluating, conducting due diligence, negotiating terms, investing in (individually or as a group in an SPC) and actively guiding and assisting promising ventures.
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SEWDC members receive free attendance and are invited to apply as presenters for future CAAG presentations if interested in raising angel funding and they have a hot investment opportunity.
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The DC Inclusive Innovation Fund - DCIIF is a newly established fund to support underrepresented entrepreneurs in DC, including minority, women and disabled. They have received a seed grant from the DC Government of 1.5 million and desire to leverage with additional private investment.
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Endballistik - Coming in from Germany to present to CAAG, this company has a superior, lighter, stronger body armor technology (bullet proof vests). Just entering the market, they have current and pending orders worldwide and want to enter the US market for DOD plus police department sales. Looking for strategics, investors and customers.
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NuVue - A sonic image guided needle for use in biopsies, anesthesia and multiple other applications. The company expects rapid market penetration due to its safety and liability implications. This technology is market ready and ripe for early acquisition.
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Montuno Software - Update by the new President and progress on formation of an SPC to move ahead with investment by CAAG. Montuno is the leader in remote patient monitoring, providing a full service report to physicians including medication compliance, side effects and efficacy.
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Master Karate Todd - A multi-screen "exer-gaming" platform to bring healthy exercise programs to youth while entertaining and teaching. Our strategy is built around a 360 degree platform that includes broadcasting, streaming, gaming, branding and licensing.
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MVK Pharmaceuticals - has developed a novel therapeutic naval spray designed to block a critical pathway that augments suicidal thoughts. Broader applications could include anxiety and other disorders.
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3P Sports - develops and delivers data-driven software solutions to help athletes train smarter and play longer. We are currently working on a mobile application, PitchRx, to help baseball pitchers identify and correct movement flaws in their pitching delivery that lead to serious arm injury.
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Asius Technologies - has developed the world's only earbuds that deliver unprecedented 360 degree audiophile sound while protecting, maintaining and even restoring hearing function.
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We thank our space and refreshment sponsor Synectics For Management Decisions, Inc.
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Event will take place in Suite #1500.
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One in seven children of public sector workers will be living in poverty by the end of March, unions have warned.
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Haseeb Alam and Mahroof Sultan walked free last week after an ordeal lasting well over two years.
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