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Why luck plays such a big role in hockey

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

In the NHL, it is estimated that the contribution of luck to a team’s season record is approximately 53%.

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  • In the NHL, it is estimated that the contribution of luck to a team’s season record is approximately 53%.
  • The more chances a team has, the less luck plays a role in the outcome.
  • Luck plays much more of a role when the opportunities to score are lower.
  • Deflect, deflect, deflect
    The outsize role of luck in hockey can also be explained by an additional factor.

Harri Takes Frontline Employee Experience Platform On the Road, Set to Attend McDonald’s Worldwide Convention

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

WHAT: Will continue exhibiting its award-winning products and solutions at upcoming industry events, including the McDonald’s Worldwide Convention.

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  • WHAT: Will continue exhibiting its award-winning products and solutions at upcoming industry events, including the McDonald’s Worldwide Convention.
  • WHEN: The Harri team will appear at events throughout April and May, stopping at the McDonald’s Worldwide Convention from April 8 – 11, 2024.
  • This roadshow has included recent stops at MURTEC, the 2024 AKFCF Convention, HR in Hospitality, and Hotel, Restaurant & Catering.
  • Harri will be on-site at these events to showcase its all-in-one human capital platform, purpose-built to enhance the frontline employee experience.

Orphan designation: (6aR, 10aR)-3-(1',1'-dimethylheptyl)-delta-8-tetrahydro-cannabinol-9-carboxylic acid Treatment of systemic sclerosis, 12/01/2017 Withdrawn

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Orphan designation: (6aR, 10aR)-3-(1',1'-dimethylheptyl)-delta-8-tetrahydro-cannabinol-9-carboxylic acid Treatment of systemic sclerosis, 12/01/2017 Withdrawn

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Orphan designation: (6aR, 10aR)-3-(1',1'-dimethylheptyl)-delta-8-tetrahydro-cannabinol-9-carboxylic acid Treatment of systemic sclerosis, 12/01/2017 Withdrawn

45Drives Launches "Proxinator", Deepens Partnership with Proxmox

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- In today’s turbulent enterprise technology market, 45Drives, the leader in open-source, big, strong, fast and secure data storage solutions, continues to thrive in market headwinds and power forward rapid innovation for enterprise. Today, the Company is thrilled to announce the launch of its new product, the Proxinator™: the ultimate open-source for enterprise virtualization solution. 

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  • Today, the Company is thrilled to announce the launch of its new product, the Proxinator ™: the ultimate open-source for enterprise virtualization solution.
  • Pre-installed with Linux and Proxmox, this robust unit simplifies virtual machine and storage management for peak efficiency in any use case.
  • Recently, 45Drives officially partnered with Proxmox , an open-source virtualization platform designed for enterprise-level virtualization.
  • Enterprise can rest easy with confidence that 45Drives is by far the most deeply and seamlessly integrated official Proxmox solution available today.

CLEAR Expands Impact at Boston Logan Airport Bringing Expedited Identity Verification Lanes to Terminal E

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

BOSTON, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CLEAR (NYSE: YOU) today announced that its secure identity technology is now available in Terminal E at Boston Logan International Airport's (BOS). With this expansion, CLEAR's expedited security lanes are now available at Terminals A, B and E. The expansion is expected to create 15 new jobs bringing CLEAR's total to 87 jobs at the BOS airport, and brings the company's anticipated annual economic impact in the Boston area to approximately $5.3 million.

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  • "We are thrilled to be expanding our footprint at Boston Logan Airport and help even more Bostonians enjoy a friction-free airport experience at Terminal E," said CLEAR CEO Caryn Seidman Becker.
  • After verification, a CLEAR Ambassador escorts members through the dedicated lane and directly to TSA physical security.
  • CLEAR first launched at BOS in May of 2019 at Terminal A, becoming the 29th airport location to have the identity verification service.
  • CLEAR has continued to expand at BOS, adding Lanes in Terminal B in November of 2021 and now expanding to Terminal E. CLEAR's expedited identity verification lanes are available at 56 airports across the country.

Leading healthcare fund manager RA Capital launches biotech ETFs

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Monday, April 1, 2024

The first ETF that RA Capital will begin trading today is RABB (RA Best Biotech ETF).

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  • The first ETF that RA Capital will begin trading today is RABB (RA Best Biotech ETF).
  • This fund is composed of what RA Capital has termed "core" development-stage biotech companies held by at least one biotech specialist peer fund.
  • "What's long been missing from the menu of biotech ETFs is a fund constructed strictly based on borrowed conviction," said Peter Kolchinsky, a virologist and Managing Partner of the firm.
  • For those who think that specialists have it wrong, RA Capital is also launching the RA Peripheral Portfolio, which will trade under the symbol RAPP.

Community Colleges: A Public Good

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Friday, March 29, 2024

The following is written by Dr. Tracy D. Hall, President of Southwest Tennessee Community College:

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  • The following is written by Dr. Tracy D. Hall, President of Southwest Tennessee Community College:
    The Chronicle of Higher Education released in July 2023 a publication entitled "College as a Public Good: Making the case through community engagement."
  • In it were sections devoted to topics such as colleges as stewards of the public trust, educational partners, financial drivers and community partners.
  • For most community colleges, our graduates remain in the local community.
  • Community colleges embrace our roles as stewards of the public trust, educational partners, financial drivers, and community partners.

BEYONCÉ RELEASES COWBOY CARTER

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Friday, March 29, 2024

LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyoncé's eighth studio album is available worldwide now. act ii COWBOY CARTER arrives today following the successful release of two lead singles, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" and "16 CARRIAGES" on February 11, Superbowl Sunday.

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  • act ii COWBOY CARTER arrives today following the successful release of two lead singles, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" and "16 CARRIAGES" on February 11, Superbowl Sunday.
  • COWBOY CARTER, executive produced by Beyoncé, is about genres, all of them, while deeply rooted in Country.
  • On COWBOY CARTER the work of an artist who created on her own terms, in the absence of rules, persists boldly.
  • The character, Cowboy Carter was birth from these experiences and inspired by the original Black cowboys of the American West.

BEYONCÉ RELEASES COWBOY CARTER

Retrieved on: 
Friday, March 29, 2024

LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyoncé's eighth studio album is available worldwide now. act ii COWBOY CARTER arrives today following the successful release of two lead singles, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" and "16 CARRIAGES" on February 11, Superbowl Sunday.

Key Points: 
  • act ii COWBOY CARTER arrives today following the successful release of two lead singles, "TEXAS HOLD 'EM" and "16 CARRIAGES" on February 11, Superbowl Sunday.
  • COWBOY CARTER, executive produced by Beyoncé, is about genres, all of them, while deeply rooted in Country.
  • On COWBOY CARTER the work of an artist who created on her own terms, in the absence of rules, persists boldly.
  • The character, Cowboy Carter was birth from these experiences and inspired by the original Black cowboys of the American West.

Evinced Proposes Mobile Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Evinced, the leading software company powering accessible web and mobile development, today announced its first draft of Mobile Content Accessibility Guidelines (MCAG) in order to accelerate development of a national accessibility standard for mobile apps.

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  • PALO ALTO, Calif., March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Evinced , the leading software company powering accessible web and mobile development, today announced its first draft of Mobile Content Accessibility Guidelines (MCAG) in order to accelerate development of a national accessibility standard for mobile apps.
  • However, the guidelines in use for digital accessibility today – the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – came to be nearly 30 years ago, on May 5, 1999.
  • Prior to now, mobile app developers and accessibility reviewers have had to review mobile apps with respect to guidelines developed originally for desktop applications.
  • True mobile-specific accessibility guidelines would take this into account along with mobile accessibility principles from Google and Apple as well.