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MSA Safety Announces the Retirement of John T. Ryan III, Director

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Mr. Ryan is the grandson of company co-founder John T. Ryan Sr.

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  • Mr. Ryan is the grandson of company co-founder John T. Ryan Sr.
  • He also is the son of the late John T. Ryan Jr., who served as MSA Chairman from 1963 to 1990.
  • After earning an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University, Mr. Ryan joined MSA in 1969.
  • Mr. Ryan III served as Chairman and CEO of MSA until his retirement from the company in 2008.

McCune Law Group Obtains Landmark $10 Million Settlement on Behalf of Military Veteran and Police Officer Against San Bernardino County

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal Injury attorneys Cory Weck and Brynna Popka of McCune Law Group (MLG) have successfully secured a settlement for military veteran and police officer Jay Youngblood in a major litigation against San Bernardino County for life-changing injuries Youngblood sustained while undergoing the County's traffic officer motorcycle training.

Key Points: 
  • SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal Injury attorneys Cory Weck and Brynna Popka of McCune Law Group (MLG) have successfully secured a settlement for military veteran and police officer Jay Youngblood in a major litigation against San Bernardino County for life-changing injuries Youngblood sustained while undergoing the County's traffic officer motorcycle training.
  • Popka and Weck sought to resolve this matter quickly for Youngblood, stating "he [Youngblood] is so deserving of this positive outcome."
  • MLG is proud to report this litigation has affected change for the better for motorcycle officers in San Bernardino County.
  • Since the settlement of this matter, the County has shut down its training course.

LAY'S® Says Hello to Swicy™ with New Sweet & Spicy Honey Flavored Potato Chips and Beloved Reality TV Duo Cameron & Lauren Hamilton

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone knows opposites attract when it comes to love, but Lay's® is proving the theory also stands true when it comes to food with the debut of its latest flavor innovation: Lay's® Sweet & Spicy Honey flavored chips. During the month of love, America's favorite potato chip brand is celebrating what happens when sweet and spicy flavors come together in perfect harmony – a combo coined as Swicy™.

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  • To bring this marriage of flavors to life, Lay's is teaming up with a couple known for their sweet and spicy dynamic – reality TV stars Cameron Hamilton and Lauren Speed-Hamilton.
  • But this time, they're adding a Swicy twist to the viral "Marry Me" meal trend by featuring Lay's Sweet & Spicy Honey flavored chips as the main ingredient.
  • Sweet and spicy snackers alike can get their hands on Lay's Sweet & Spicy Honey flavored chips at Snacks.com and at retailers nationwide now.
  • Lay's Sweet and Spicy Honey flavored chips can be found in 7.75 oz bags for $4.79 or 2.625 oz bags for $2.49.

Potato wart not detected in national soil survey

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed its 2023 National Survey for Potato Wart and confirms the pest was not detected in any of the soil samples tested.

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  • The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed its 2023 National Survey for Potato Wart and confirms the pest was not detected in any of the soil samples tested.
  • The survey builds on the results from previous national surveys for potato wart, as well as specific and general visual potato wart surveillance that has been ongoing in PEI since 2000.
  • As part of the 2023 National Survey for Potato Wart survey, over 2000 soil samples were collected from fields across the country, excluding Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The potato wart pathogen (Synchytrium endobioticum) was not detected in any of the samples collected as part of the survey.

MycoMeditations Surveys Show Lasting Benefits of Psilocybin Therapy for Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

TREASURE BEACH, Jamaica, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MycoMeditations, a pioneer in legal psilocybin-assisted therapy retreats, today announced the results of two years of longitudinal (long-term) client surveys exploring the impact of its psilocybin retreats on individuals suffering with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). The findings complement MycoMeditations' previously released surveys focused on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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  • The findings complement MycoMeditations' previously released surveys focused on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
  • MycoMeditations employed the PHQ-9, GAD-7, and SM-SAD-Adult questionnaires to measure self-reported symptom severity and long-term outcomes across MDD, GAD, and SAD, respectively.
  • Clinically significant improvements were maintained for one year following retreat for each Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety, and Social Anxiety, suggesting possible long-term efficacy of psilocybin-assisted therapy.
  • The data suggests the viability of multiple psilocybin treatments in a short period of time when coupled with therapy, as MycoMeditations retreats are 7-nights with 3 psilocybin sessions on alternating days.

OKX Pioneers the ERC-7579 Standard, Streamlining Developers' Ability to Customize and Improve the Web3 User Experience

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The standard aims to enable developers to customize and deploy improved Web3 experiences more easily for end-users.

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  • The standard aims to enable developers to customize and deploy improved Web3 experiences more easily for end-users.
  • For example, smart accounts can be customized to enable users to set up wallets using an existing email address, eliminating the need to remember seed phrases.
  • OKX Chief Innovation Officer Jason Lau said: "We're incredibly proud to be part of this pioneering effort to introduce the ERC-7579 standard.
  • OKX has been a significant innovator in the account abstraction field, launching its AA-enabled ' Smart Account ' feature on August 1, 2023.

OKX Pioneers the ERC-7579 Standard, Streamlining Developers' Ability to Customize and Improve the Web3 User Experience

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

The standard aims to enable developers to customize and deploy improved Web3 experiences more easily for end-users.

Key Points: 
  • The standard aims to enable developers to customize and deploy improved Web3 experiences more easily for end-users.
  • For example, smart accounts can be customized to enable users to set up wallets using an existing email address, eliminating the need to remember seed phrases.
  • OKX Chief Innovation Officer Jason Lau said: "We're incredibly proud to be part of this pioneering effort to introduce the ERC-7579 standard.
  • OKX has been a significant innovator in the account abstraction field, launching its AA-enabled ' Smart Account ' feature on August 1, 2023.

NEC, Arm, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise demonstrate Open vRAN and 5G Core UPF using Arm-based CPUs

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.

Key Points: 
  • NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.
  • They support multiple servers and virtualization platforms and are highly flexible and scalable for a variety of network scenarios and configurations.
  • The new solution includes the HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 powered by Ampere Altra Arm Neoverse-based processors with the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.
  • HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 servers offer an open and power-efficient platform for telco environments, broadening operator choice of infrastructure foundations for vRAN networks."

“That’s a good girl”: how women are infantilised during obstetric care and labour

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Friday, February 16, 2024

She referred to Kate as a “silly girl” and told her she needed to calm down.

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  • She referred to Kate as a “silly girl” and told her she needed to calm down.
  • He asked if this was “the silly girl” he’d heard about, and then told her to control herself.
  • Nevertheless, everyday sexism, particularly in the form of paternalistic and patronising language, remains common throughout UK obstetric care, according to our research.

No respect

  • In our study exploring birth experiences, many participants told stories of interventions during childbirth, including surgery, that were performed without consent, or adequate pain relief.
  • Participants also discussed experiences of their own views or knowledge about what was happening to their bodies, being ignored.

Language matters

  • The language used about and to pregnant women matters because it sets the context for the way in which they are treated and the extent to which they are valued as experts in what is happening to their own bodies.
  • This may be because paternalistic language can be difficult to call out.
  • For these contributors to the discussion, the language used by health care professionals wasn’t as important as the quality of the healthcare they were providing.

“Good girls” don’t complain

  • This concern prevented many of them from putting in a complaint.
  • Our findings suggest that the extent of experiences of sexist language, and more overt discriminatory or poor practice, may be significantly under reported.


Nadia von Benzon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

@PSP Issue 9, february 2024

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Friday, February 16, 2024

With the format “@PSP”, we provide insights into the diverse activities of PSP Swiss Property and comment on current topics.

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  • With the format “@PSP”, we provide insights into the diverse activities of PSP Swiss Property and comment on current topics.
  • At PSP Swiss Property, we regularly organise information events for the entire workforce on current topics.
  • PSP Swiss Property has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since March 2000 (symbol: PSPN, security number: 1829415, ISIN CH0018294154).
  • None of the information in this press release constitutes an offer of securities for sale in the United States.