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Page and Davis Brody Bond Join Forces Expanding New York City Presence

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Page , a leading multidisciplinary design, architecture, and engineering firm, today announced that Davis Brody Bond has joined its team to expand its presence in New York City.

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Page , a leading multidisciplinary design, architecture, and engineering firm, today announced that Davis Brody Bond has joined its team to expand its presence in New York City.
“For several years, we’ve been thoughtfully assessing the best way to extend our presence into New York City, and given our past collaboration with Davis Brody Bond, we knew the firm shared our design ethos and client-first approach.
Davis Brody Bond partners -- Steven Davis, FAIA, Will Paxson, AIA, LEED, Carl Krebs, FAIA, and Christopher Grabé, FAIA LEED-- will become principals at Page.
All of Davis Brody Bond’s employees will also be joining Page.

KinectAir Names Aviation Leader Katie Buss and Tech Entrepreneur Ben Howard Co-CEOs

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- KinectAir, the digital platform that's opening the skies and delivering on-demand private air travel to more people than ever before, today announced the appointment of new co-CEOs. Aviation expert and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Katie Buss and technology entrepreneur Ben Howard are helming the company jointly. Previously Buss served as KinectAir's COO and Howard as co-founder and CTO. Former CEO and co-founder Jonathan Evans continues to serve KinectAir as board chair.

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Aviation expert and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Katie Buss and technology entrepreneur Ben Howard are helming the company jointly.
Previously Buss served as KinectAir's COO and Howard as co-founder and CTO.
Buss' new responsibilities focus on the aviation sector, industry relationships, growth, and safety and regulatory matters.
"Now is the right time for Katie and Ben to take the leadership yolk and scale KinectAir, as we have long planned," said Evans.

Business Immigration Attorney Stephen R. Pattison Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in Washington

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Washington, Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stephen R. Pattison, a business immigration attorney and former U.S. State Department Senior Foreign Service Officer, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a special counsel in Washington, D.C.

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Washington, Oct. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stephen R. Pattison, a business immigration attorney and former U.S. State Department Senior Foreign Service Officer, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a special counsel in Washington, D.C.
Leveraging the experience and insight developed over the course of his 28-year career with the State Department, Pattison focuses his practice on the representation of corporate and individual clients on business immigration, consular processing and individual immigration matters.
In 2010, he returned to Washington, where he practiced U.S. business immigration law, first as a senior counsel with Maggio and Kattar, PC and then as a solo practitioner.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s immigration practice handles all immigration needs for corporate clients, from sponsorship of key employees for temporary visas and permanent residence in the U.S. and abroad, to I-9 compliance advice, government investigations and due diligence.
With lawyers in the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters.

Westinghouse and Bechtel Sign Consortium Agreement for First Nuclear Power Plant in Poland

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel today announced the signing of a formal agreement to partner on the design and construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Pomerania.

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Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel today announced the signing of a formal agreement to partner on the design and construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Pomerania.
This agreement marks another important milestone on the journey to commercial operation for Poland’s first AP1000® nuclear reactor in 2033.
Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, Ahmet Tokpinar, general manager of Bechtel’s nuclear power business line, Elias Gedeon, Senior Vice President for Commercial Operations at Westinghouse, Miroslaw Kowalik, President, Westinghouse Poland, and Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska, Poland Government Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure.
This agreement between Bechtel and Westinghouse, two global leaders in nuclear energy, is the next step in our cooperation.

Aryaka Hits the Road to Celebrate New PoP Launches in the USA and Europe

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

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SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aryaka®, the leader in Unified SASE solutions, today announced that it is organizing a global roadshow to coincide with the launches of its newest hyperscale Points-of-Presence (PoP) locations across the United States and Europe. The roadshow events are designed to educate CIOs, CISOs, IT professionals, and others who can benefit from Aryaka's services, giving them an opportunity to engage with Aryaka's leadership, explore its network expansion plan, and network with like-minded professionals. It is also a chance for Aryaka to connect with industry professionals on a hyperlocal level to gain a deeper understanding of the pain points they are facing and ways Aryaka can continue enhancing its offerings.

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Aryaka's roadshow will begin in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, August 23 at Happy Camper from 3-5pm.
Aryaka will also be hosting an event in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, August 24 at the Mill Kitchen and Bar from 5-7pm.
Aryaka's PoPs are strategically located to provide customers with fast, reliable connections, and deliver cloud-based network, security, and observability services.
To learn more about Aryaka's newest PoPs and to RSVP for the roadshow events, please visit: https://www.aryaka.com/events-webinars/aryaka-global-pop-expansion/ .

The Inner Circle Acknowledges, Nasreen Haroon as a Pinnacle Platinum Professional Artist for her contributions to the field of Fine Arts

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Monday, August 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Nasreen Haroon is acknowledged as a Pinnacle Platinum Professional Artist for her contributions to the field of Fine Arts.

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Nasreen Haroon is acknowledged as a Pinnacle Platinum Professional Artist for her contributions to the field of Fine Arts.
Ms. Haroon pursued higher education at Saint Joseph's College for Women in Karachi, Pakistan in 1972 where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Philosophy and History.
She then relocated to the United States as a design consultant for the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, CA, a position she held until 1994.
Looking toward the future, Ms. Haroon plans to continue painting and promoting acceptance through her work with Nasreen Haroon Collection.

Carlos Hank Gonzalez Celebrates 'The 100,000 Strong in the Americas', an Innovative Bilateral Educational Cooperation between the United States and Mexico

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Friday, August 4, 2023

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Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, Fundación Banorte, and Fundación Gruma, as well as from higher education institutions were among the group, all of whom support academic exchanges between Mexico and the United States.

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Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, Fundación Banorte, and Fundación Gruma, as well as from higher education institutions were among the group, all of whom support academic exchanges between Mexico and the United States.
The collaboration between Fundación Banorte, Fundación Gruma, and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico resulted in eleven new 100K Strong partnerships between Mexican and American universities.
Mexico is a regional leader in the 100K Strong educational initiative, due to a decade of work in the public, private, and academic sectors of the US and Mexico.
It was also an opportunity to demonstrate that Mexico and the United States work together to create more and better opportunities for our countries, companies, and people."

ACAMS Launches Korea Chapter, Announces CAMS Korean Scholarship Winners

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ACAMS, a leading global membership organization dedicated to ending illicit finance, is strengthening its support for anti-financial crime professionals in Korea with the creation of a new ACAMS chapter and a scholarship program for Korean anti-financial crime (AFC) professionals. The new chapter—the 64th in the ACAMS network—will serve as a platform for ongoing education, knowledge-sharing, and networking for AFC practitioners engaged in financial-crime prevention in Korea's public and private sectors.

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At the event, ACAMS separately announced 6 winners of the CAMS Scholarship for Korean compliance practitioners in the AFC space.
In addition to receiving a one-year membership to ACAMS, the scholarship winners will seek to become Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS) with a full waiver of associated fees for study materials.
"We're also proud to award our CAMS Scholarship to 6 remarkable Korean professionals to support their compliance journeys," she said.
Find out more about the ACAMS Korea Chapter, including how to join, here: https://www.acams.org/en/chapters/apac/korea-chapter
Learn more about the CAMS Scholarship program and the new winners here: https://www.acams.org/en/resources/diversity-equity-inclusion/scholarships

Immersive, Interactive Exhibit, A.I. VERSUS HUMANITY launches at and in partnership with London Design Biennale for A.I. thought-leadership Forum at Somerset House

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

LONDON, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the initial launch of Life Calling's immersive exhibition, A Species Between Worlds: Our Nature Our Screens at London Design Biennale, Founder and artist, provocateur and global lecturer, John Mack will host The Global Game: Remapping our Nature in the Digital Age at London Design Biennale for A.I. thought-leadership Forum at Somerset House on June 13, at blank time.

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Themed "AI will never surpass our humanity", Mack will extend his unique stance on such complex issues on humanity and psychology vis a vis the digital age.
The question is not whether AI will learn compassion or realize consciousness, but rather will humanity learn compassion and realize consciousness.
Bringing together over 45 exhibition teams from across the world, London Design Biennale, now open at Somerset House, demonstrates the ability of design to bring people together and enact change.
Adds Mack: "Life Calling has shown up to London Design Biennale with a twist on how we think of design.

'The Diplomat' negotiates expectations – and myths – about gender, power and politics

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

But everyone is talking about “The Diplomat” – for good reason.

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But everyone is talking about “The Diplomat” – for good reason.
The series, starring Keri Russell as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, debuted at No.
With so many eyes on the latest TV iteration of a woman in a high-profile political position, its depiction of women’s leadership is significant.

Women and political ambition

As she tries to convince Kate to consider the VP gig, Billie asks, “Can you imagine hiring someone for a key governing position just because you think they’d be good at it?” This is tricky terrain to negotiate, however, and “The Diplomat” initially reinforces one of the most pernicious stereotypes about women politicians on screen and in real life: Women who have political ambition can’t be trusted.
In series like “Veep,” “24” and “Borgen: Power and Glory,” ambitious women politicians turn out to be incompetent or corrupt.
Conversely, ethical and successful women politicians such as those in “Commander in Chief,” “Madam Secretary” and, now, “The Diplomat” are public servants who have to be cajoled into participating in campaigning and partisan politics.
Women politicians who express ambition are often evaluated more negatively by voters than their men counterparts, from whom political ambition is not just tolerated, but expected.

Gender and power

“The Diplomat” recognizes that likable women protagonists, like their political counterparts, can’t appear to be be power hungry.
But it also resists the notion that the vice presidency is a powerless office.
As Billie and the U.S. embassy’s deputy chief of mission, Stuart Heyford, played by Ato Essandoh, try to persuade Kate to agree to be vice president, Billie emphasizes that the position would come with substantial influence.
Decisive, but not bitchy?” Stuart: “Cute bitchy, but not bitchy bitchy.”

Dressing the part

Although Kate prefers black suits, minimal makeup, undisciplined hair and shoes that allow her to power walk through her day, her impeccably coiffed staff urges her to adopt a more appealing, feminine and camera-friendly look.
Rather than presenting Kate as dowdy or oblivious and giving her a midseason glow-up, however, the show demonstrates that she is well aware of the image she is creating.