Organizations

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina re-elected as President of the African Development Bank Group

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

ABIDJAN, Cte d'Ivoire, Aug. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five- year term as President of the African Development Bank Group on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank.

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  • ABIDJAN, Cte d'Ivoire, Aug. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second five- year term as President of the African Development Bank Group on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the Board of Governors of the Bank.
  • The African Development Bank is Africas premier development finance institution, comprising 54 regional and 27 non-regional member countries.
  • The future beckons us for a more developed Africa and a much stronger and resilient African Development Bank Group.
  • Contact: Nafissatou Diouf, Ag Director, Communication and External Relations Department, African Development Bank, email: [email protected]

Montare and Avalon Energy Enter into Agreement Regarding SandRidge Permian Trust

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

DALLAS, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Montare Resources I, LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Montare") announced today that it entered into an agreement with Avalon Energy LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Avalon Energy") and its affiliates regarding Avalon Energy's ownership of 13,125,000 Common Units ("Units") of Sandridge Permian Trust (NYSE: PER) (the "Trust"), 100% of the working interests underlying the overriding royalty interests owned by the Trust and all other related assets used in connection with operating the underlying properties related thereto.

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  • DALLAS, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Montare Resources I, LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Montare") announced today that it entered into an agreement with Avalon Energy LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("Avalon Energy") and its affiliates regarding Avalon Energy's ownership of 13,125,000 Common Units ("Units") of Sandridge Permian Trust (NYSE: PER) (the "Trust"), 100% of the working interests underlying the overriding royalty interests owned by the Trust and all other related assets used in connection with operating the underlying properties related thereto.
  • Avalon Energy has agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to contribute all of its Units and its other Trust related assets to Montare and has granted Montare an irrevocable proxy to vote its Units.
  • Montare and Avalon Energy have also contemporaneously filed a joint Schedule 13D/A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing the agreement.
  • Montare is a newly organized entity formed for the sole purpose of acquiring, owning and operating the oil and gas properties or interests therein owned by the Trust and Avalon.

Battelle Team Wins $16.6 Million in Contract Awards for Microelectronics Security From Air Force Research Laboratory

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

Building upon its proven expertise in cyber hardware trust and assurance, Battelle was awarded a $16.6 million task order contract under the Microelectronics and Embedded Systems Assurance (MESA) IDIQ contract vehicle, where Battelle is a Prime contractor.

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  • Building upon its proven expertise in cyber hardware trust and assurance, Battelle was awarded a $16.6 million task order contract under the Microelectronics and Embedded Systems Assurance (MESA) IDIQ contract vehicle, where Battelle is a Prime contractor.
  • On the new task order, which continues through 2022, Battelle will develop and validate techniques for quantifiable assurance of microelectronics devices and systems.
  • The contract builds on Battelles experience in conducting basic and applied research on technologies designed to address the increasing threat and proliferation of counterfeit microelectronics and integrated circuits, as well as untrusted fabrication of critical microelectronics.
  • Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio since its founding in 1929, Battelle serves the national security, health and life sciences, and energy and environmental industries.

The xHuman at the United Nations General Assembly: How COVID-19 Changed Everything

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

"The arrival of COVID-19 has changed the rules of engagement by constraining the UN's ability to gather in person for this year's General Assembly, while underscoring the importance to gather."

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  • "The arrival of COVID-19 has changed the rules of engagement by constraining the UN's ability to gather in person for this year's General Assembly, while underscoring the importance to gather."
  • So this year, we will pass on the in person studio and Build n Blaze TV will live solely online where it was meant to live."
  • It is this general migration that created the environment for "The xHuman @ the UN General Assembly" to go fully digital this year.
  • Based in the Greater New York City Area, our work leverages theories by our founder, the futurist Radia Funna, including her theory of the "Exponential Human" or "xHuman".

ESO Releases 2020 ESO EMS Index: COVID-19 Special Edition to Examine Nationwide Impact of COVID-19 on EMS Agencies and Personnel

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ESO, the leading data and software company serving emergency medical services (EMS), fire departments, hospitals and state EMS offices, today announced the findings of its 2020 ESO EMS Index: COVID-19 Special Edition.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ESO, the leading data and software company serving emergency medical services (EMS), fire departments, hospitals and state EMS offices, today announced the findings of its 2020 ESO EMS Index: COVID-19 Special Edition.
  • The Index is based on data from more than 2,000 EMS agencies nationwide that are part of the ESO Data Collaborative.
  • Data used for the Index are from 4.1 million 911 calls from January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020.
  • The 2020 ESO EMS Index: COVID-19 Special Edition can be downloaded here .

Global HR Tech Virtual Symposium Coming in October from HR.com

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

JACKSON'S POINT, Ontario, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --HR.com, the largest network of human resources (HR) executives, resources and education for HR, has opened registration for the second annual Global HR Tech Virtual Symposium , happening October 5 - 9, 2020.

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  • JACKSON'S POINT, Ontario, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --HR.com, the largest network of human resources (HR) executives, resources and education for HR, has opened registration for the second annual Global HR Tech Virtual Symposium , happening October 5 - 9, 2020.
  • The symposium was designed to help the HR community keep up with constant changes in HR technologies.
  • All aspects of the symposium are crafted to help HR professionals feel confident implementing new technology within their organizations.
  • Recognized as the largest HR tech event last year, the Global HR Tech Virtual Symposium welcomed more than 16,400 registrations from around the world, with registrants from more than fifteen countries.

ATCC Promotes Teri Sellars to Vice President Human Resources and Chief People Officer

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

MANASSAS, Va., Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ATCC, the world's premier biological materials management and standards organization, today announced it has promoted Teri Sellars to the position of Vice President, Human Resources and Chief People Officer.

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  • MANASSAS, Va., Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ATCC, the world's premier biological materials management and standards organization, today announced it has promoted Teri Sellars to the position of Vice President, Human Resources and Chief People Officer.
  • "Teri has spent her ATCC career striving to improve every employee's experience.
  • "Teri has leveraged her expertise to lead the transformation of the ATCC HR function.
  • Sellars holds her SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources certification) as well as her SHRM-SCP (Senior Certified Professional) and previously served on the Board of the Dulles SHRM Chapter.

HPE Donates Technology To Enable Remote Learning for Disadvantaged Youth During Pandemic

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

It also provides 37 residential learning sites for 300 youth, who are often enrolled in private schools and provided critical academic support, life and career skills.

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  • It also provides 37 residential learning sites for 300 youth, who are often enrolled in private schools and provided critical academic support, life and career skills.
  • HPEs donation of refurbished laptops helped Boys Hope Girls Hope ensure that its young people and teams had the necessary technology to adapt to sudden shifts to remote learning at partner schools.
  • Were incredibly grateful to HPE Financial Services, said Kristin Ostby de Barillas, President & CEO at Boys Hope Girls Hope.
  • In its mission to help Boys Hope Girls Hope realize savings and invest its resources to the youth it supports, HPE Financial Services partnered with technology service provider World Wide Technology .

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

The Council Decision extends the restrictive measures for a further period of 6 months, until 31 January 2021.

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  • The Council Decision extends the restrictive measures for a further period of 6 months, until 31 January 2021.
  • The Candidate Countries Montenegro and Albania [2], and the EFTA countries Iceland and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine align themselves with this Council Decision.
  • They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.
  • L 207/37

    [2] Montenegro and Albania continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

The Council Decision updated the list of persons and entities involved in terrorist acts as laid down by EU Common Position 2001/931 of 27 December 2001.

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  • The Council Decision updated the list of persons and entities involved in terrorist acts as laid down by EU Common Position 2001/931 of 27 December 2001.
  • They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.
  • [1] Published on 31.07.2020 in the Official Journal of the European Union no.
  • [2] The Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.