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Verizon and Corning Co-Innovating With 5G to Create Factory of the Future
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release:
Verizon has installed 5G Ultra Wideband service in Corning's fiber optic cable manufacturing facility in Hickory, NC. Corning will use Verizon's 5G technology to test how 5G can enhance functions such as factory automation and quality assurance in one of the largest fiber optic cable manufacturing facilities in the world.
The companies are also working together to co-innovate new 5G-enabled solutions that can potentially revolutionize the way goods and services are produced.
5G's
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NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release:
Verizon has installed 5G Ultra Wideband service in Corning's fiber optic cable manufacturing facility in Hickory, NC. Corning will use Verizon's 5G technology to test how 5G can enhance functions such as factory automation and quality assurance in one of the largest fiber optic cable manufacturing facilities in the world.
The companies are also working together to co-innovate new 5G-enabled solutions that can potentially revolutionize the way goods and services are produced.
5G'slow latency, fast speeds and high bandwidth can improve the manufacturing process, enhancing capabilities like machine learning, augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR). Engineers from Verizon and Corning will explore how the factory of the future can use 5G to dramatically speed data collection, allow machines to communicate with each other in near real time, and wirelessly track and inspect inventory using 5G-connected cameras. They'll also test how 5G can improve the function of autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) by helping them move more efficiently around the factory floor.
"5G will usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution enabling massive steps forward in robotics and automation that will transform supply chain management and create smarter and more efficient factories," said Tami Erwin, executive vice president and CEO of Verizon Business Group. "We're thrilled to collaborate with Corning to explore how 5G will ultimately reshape the way the manufacturing industry operates."
The project advances Verizon's longstanding collaboration with Corning, recently focused on solutions that speed deployment of 5G using Corning's industry-leading optical technologies and Verizon's next-generation network architecture.
"Together, Verizon and Corning engineers expect to break new ground by identifying which 5G-enabled capabilities offer the most promise in a manufacturing environment," said Dr. Claudio Mazzali, senior vice president of technology for Corning's Optical Communications business segment. "This builds on our collaboration with Verizon in a powerful way: Verizon turned to Corning for the fiber, cable, and optical connectivity innovations that are bringing their 5G network to life. Now Verizon is bringing 5G capabilities to a plant where those cable innovations are produced - completing the circle."
Thirty-Nine Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named to 2018-2019 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 23 -- Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, a law firm, issued the following news release:
Thirty-nine Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton attorneys earned recognition in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for 2018-2019, an indication of the firm's leadership in the legal arena.
Two Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys were listed as Thought Leaders for their respective practice areas; Barry Benjamin (Data-Telecoms and Media) and Randal Hafer (Construction).
This peer-nominated distinction is based upon a comprehensive and independent survey of both general counsel and
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ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 23 -- Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, a law firm, issued the following news release:
Thirty-nine Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton attorneys earned recognition in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers for 2018-2019, an indication of the firm's leadership in the legal arena.
Two Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys were listed as Thought Leaders for their respective practice areas; Barry Benjamin (Data-Telecoms and Media) and Randal Hafer (Construction).
This peer-nominated distinction is based upon a comprehensive and independent survey of both general counsel andprivate practice attorneys worldwide.
Since 1996 Who's Who Legal has identified the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law. In total, the publication features over 24,000 of the world's leading private practice lawyers and 2,500 consulting experts from over 150 national jurisdictions. Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
For more information about The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers or a comprehensive look at the 2018-2019 attorneys that made the list, please visit whoswholegal.com.
The following names are the Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2018-2019, including the section in which each was named:
Arbitration
A. Stephens Clay
Business Crime Defense
Scott Marrah
Construction
Brian Corgan
William Doris
Randall Hafer
R. Lee Mann III
William Poplin Jr.
Keith Richardson
Mattias Wittgren
Corporate
Gregory Cinnamon
David A. Stockton
Data
Barry Benjamin
Environment
Alan H. McConnell
Franchise
Mark Lieberstein
Rupert M. Barkoff
Christopher Bussert
J. David Mayberry
Insurance & Reinsurance
Caroline W. Spangenberg
Life Sciences
Joseph R. Snyder
Susan M. Spaeth
Mitchell G. Stockwell
Litigation
A. Stephens Clay
Patents
William Boice
Susan A. Cahoon
James L. Ewing IV
Andrew D. Presley
Real Estate
M. Andrew Kauss
Trademark
Miles Alexander
Jennifer Arkowitz
William Brewster
Theodore Davis Jr.
Gregory Gilchrist
Charles Henn
Lisa Pearson
Michael Rafter
Virginia S. Taylor
Jason Vogel
Dennis Wilson
Christopher Woods
S&P Global Platts: Poland's PGE Picks Denmark's Orsted for Offshore Wind Partnership Talks
WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 23 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news:
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- PGE wants partner to take 50% stake
- PGE planning to build 2.5 GW in first stage
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Poland's largest utility PGE said late Tuesday it has decided to start talks with Denmark's Orsted about the sale of a 50% stake in two offshore wind farm projects with combined capacity of 2.5 GW the company is developing in the Baltic Sea.
PGE is looking for an experienced partner to build the 1 GW Baltica 3 wind farm by 2026 and the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind farm by 2030, the company said in a market
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WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 23 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news:
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- PGE wants partner to take 50% stake
- PGE planning to build 2.5 GW in first stage
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Poland's largest utility PGE said late Tuesday it has decided to start talks with Denmark's Orsted about the sale of a 50% stake in two offshore wind farm projects with combined capacity of 2.5 GW the company is developing in the Baltic Sea.
PGE is looking for an experienced partner to build the 1 GW Baltica 3 wind farm by 2026 and the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 wind farm by 2030, the company said in a marketfiling. PGE chose Orsted following talks with 13 interested partners.
This is the second recent energy sector partnership by state-controlled Polish and Danish companies. Poland and Denmark's gas transmission system operators, Gaz-System and Energinet respectively, are building the 10 Bcm/year Baltic Pipe project to connect their gas grids and allow Poland to directly import Norwegian gas.
The two offshore projects are located 26-31 km to the north of the coastal towns of Ustka and Leba in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. Baltica 3 already has a connection permit. The combined area of the wind farms would be 320 sq km in water depths of 21-53 m and the estimated cost of the investments is around Zloty 30 billion ($7.8 billion). Taking on an experienced partner would allow PGE to share costs, risks and help it secure financing under better terms.
PGE currently generates about 90% of its electricity from lignite and hard coal but rising carbon costs and the expected exhaustion of its lignite resources from 2030 have pushed it to develop offshore wind projects.
PGE is following the lead of other Polish offshore developers. In May last year, Polish privately owned utility Polenergia concluded a deal to sell 50% of its stake in two Baltic Sea projects, with combined capacity of 1.2 GW, to Norway's Equinor.
S&P Global Platts: China Exempts More Buyers From Import Tariffs on U.S. Soybeans-Sources
SINGAPORE, Oct. 23 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news:
The Chinese government on Tuesday released more tax-free quotas to a new batch of crushers for purchasing US-origin soybeans, according to sources familiar with the matter.
These crushers include three companies controlled by international grain trading houses, and one private company.
The new quota was heard applied to US soybeans arriving in China before March 2020.
The Chinese government is giving the option of purchasing US soybeans to more and more crushing companies, a source said, adding that
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SINGAPORE, Oct. 23 -- S&P Global Platts, a subsidiary of S&P Global, issued the following news:
The Chinese government on Tuesday released more tax-free quotas to a new batch of crushers for purchasing US-origin soybeans, according to sources familiar with the matter.
These crushers include three companies controlled by international grain trading houses, and one private company.
The new quota was heard applied to US soybeans arriving in China before March 2020.
The Chinese government is giving the option of purchasing US soybeans to more and more crushing companies, a source said, adding thatthis list can be expanded to every crusher in the future if trade talks progress well. "The market wants cheaper US soybeans," he added.
Despite the unconfirmed volume of this batch of tax-free quota, sources said China would likely start another round of purchases as a goodwill measure ahead of the next meeting scheduled in November in Chile.
"To purchase 1-2 million tons of soybeans is likely to happen, as the US soybean price is no longer as competitive as Brazilian soybeans, especially for January shipments onwards," a source close to the matter said.
Even if the US soybean tariffs are lifted, US-origin soybeans may struggle to compete with Brazil-origin soybeans after the new crops from the South American country start getting harvested from January 2020 onwards.
Brazilian 2020 new crop soybeans are being offered 40-50 cents/bu ($15-$18/mt) cheaper than Brazilian 2019 old crop soybeans, sources said. This is likely to make it difficult for US soybeans to compete with Brazilian new crops.
However, as the Chinese government issues more tax-free quotas for soybeans, China may shift parts of its November-January import demand from Brazil to the US, a local crusher said.
However, he viewed the potential downside of this on Brazilian soybean prices to be limited. "Brazilian farmers pretty much sold out their stocks this year. At this moment, they are not in a hurry to sell their Brazilian soybeans at a discount to compete with US soybeans price, unless there is a great harvest of Brazilian soybeans next year, earliest in January," he said.
Lockheed Martin: Mobile User Objective System Secure Communications Satellite System Ready for Full Operational Use
DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 23 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release:
A new global, military, satellite-based cellular network designed to revolutionize secure communications for mobile forces is now ready for full operational use in war fighting environments.
The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), developed by prime contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) with ground systems provider General Dynamics Mission Systems (NYSE: GD), was deemed operationally effective, operationally suitable, and cyber survivable, following successful completion of its Multiservice Operational Test and
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DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 23 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release:
A new global, military, satellite-based cellular network designed to revolutionize secure communications for mobile forces is now ready for full operational use in war fighting environments.
The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), developed by prime contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) with ground systems provider General Dynamics Mission Systems (NYSE: GD), was deemed operationally effective, operationally suitable, and cyber survivable, following successful completion of its Multiservice Operational Test andEvaluation (MOT&E). This summer's rigorous MOT&E, conducted by the U.S. Navy's Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, included participation from the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps.
Mobile forces have been conducting early testing and training on MUOS since the network was approved for Early Combatant Command use in July 2016. In August 2018, U.S. Strategic Command approved MUOS for expanded operational use to include non-combat operations - like humanitarian response, disaster relief and further training. The successful MOT&E now makes MUOS' advanced communications capabilities fully available to the tactical warfare environment.
Comprised of five geosynchronous satellites and four geographically dispersed relay ground stations, the MUOS network brings to mobile forces new, simultaneous, crystal-clear voice, video and mission data over a secure high-speed Internet Protocol-based system. Users with new MUOS terminals will be able to seamlessly connect beyond line-of-sight around the world and into the Global Information Grid, as well as into the Defense Switched Network. MUOS also has demonstrated successful communication of Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) messages.
"MUOS is a game changer for our troops, providing incredible new voice and data capabilities with near global coverage from satellites that act like cell towers 22,000 miles above the Earth," said Kay Sears, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's Military Space line of business. "Imagine leaping in technology from a walkie-talkie to a modern cellular phone with global reach. This is what MUOS is for our troops and its network technology will provide more than 10 times the communications capacity the legacy UHF SATCOM system can provide."
"MUOS will provide a level of voice and data communications capability that warfighters have never had using legacy SATCOM systems," said Manny Mora, vice president and general manager for the Space and Intelligence Systems line of business at General Dynamics Mission Systems. "With voice clarity and data speed rivaling what civilians enjoy on their cellphones, MUOS delivers a tactical communications and operational advantage. Wherever our forces are deployed, MUOS will be there."
Today MUOS' satellites, built by Lockheed Martin, provide both the advanced, new Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) waveform and legacy SATCOM UHF communications signals to support troops as they transition over to the more-versatile cellular network. MUOS' ground system, built by General Dynamics Mission Systems, has two locations in the United States, one in Australia and one in Europe -- each supporting the system's global, beyond-line-of-sight, narrowband communications reach.
The Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Space Systems (PEO C4 and Space Systems), and its Communications Satellite Program Office responsible for the MUOS program, are based in San Diego, California.
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About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 105,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
About General Dynamics
General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). For more information about General Dynamics Mission Systems, please visit gdmissionsystems.com and follow us on Twitter @GDMS.
Grey House Publishing Announces 3rd Edition of Encyclopedia of U.S. Cabinet: 1789-2019
AMENIA, New York, Oct. 23 -- Grey House Publishing issued the following news release:
Grey House Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the third edition of the Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet: 1789-2019. In the almost 10 years since the last edition of this book, not only have there been two new presidential administrations, but the political climate in the country has been unlike any previous decade.
From the fallout of the economic crisis that began in 2008, to the rise of the Tea Party movement on the Right and movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter
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AMENIA, New York, Oct. 23 -- Grey House Publishing issued the following news release:
Grey House Publishing is proud to announce the publication of the third edition of the Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet: 1789-2019. In the almost 10 years since the last edition of this book, not only have there been two new presidential administrations, but the political climate in the country has been unlike any previous decade.
From the fallout of the economic crisis that began in 2008, to the rise of the Tea Party movement on the Right and movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matterand the surge in Democratic Socialism on the Left--to say nothing of the remarkable election in 2016 that witnessed the rise of Donald Trump to presidency--the issues and events of the last ten years have unfolded with an urgency not seen since the 1960s and with a divisiveness unique to our own time.
This edition is divided into 6 sections to make research for the user easier and more accessible.
Section I: Front Matter begins with an author's preface that details the developments of the U.S. Cabinet, quoting from the Constitution itself. This section also features an Introduction that chronicles the layout of the book, as well as two essays about the first mention of a 'cabinet council' and the development of each presidential cabinet: The History of the Cabinet System, and Origins of the Cabinet Departments.
Section II: Cabinet Chapters provides a detailed account of each administration. Each chapter begins with a Table of Contents followed Historical Snapshots that offer interesting facts and figures that add historical context to each chapter. Following this are the essays on the cabinet, each 1-2 pages offering insight into the formation of the president's cabinet as well as a brief survey of the challenges they faced. Cabinet Member Biographies are arranged first by department, then chronologically. Each biography follows a predictable format: Early Years, with some family history; how he or she came to be Named to the Cabinet, with a record of successes and failures; and After Leaving Office, including post-cabinet positions and accomplishments. Also included are dozens of photographs, not only of the presidents, but of many of the cabinet members. Every biography ends with a detailed bibliography for further research. The Confederate Cabinet of Jefferson Davis appears as the last chapter.
Section III: Primary Documents includes thirteen Primary Documents written by newspaper correspondents, presidents, or cabinet members themselves. These documents span hundreds of years, from the letter written by Thomas Jefferson to his cabinet to the resignation letter of James Mattis addressed to Donald Trump. New primary documents to this edition are the Mattis letter, widely studied for its rebuke to the president; a selection from the National Strategy for Homeland Security (2002), in which the need for a Department of Homeland Security is outlined; and two documents of historical importance that pertain to the president's authority to select his cabinet. One is an excerpt from the Tenure of Office Act of 1867, which attempted to transfer power over cabinet appointments to Congress. The second is the Supreme Court case, Myers v. United States (1925), that overturned the Tenure of Office Act and established that only the executive--and not Congress-- has the power to remove cabinet officials, just as only the executive has the authority to choose cabinet officials, albeit pursuant to the approval of Congress.
Section IV: Appendixes highlights fifteen appendixes which show, at a glance, facts such as which cabinet members held more than one position, who crossed party lines, and who won a Nobel Prize. The fifteen appendixes are as follows:
Appendix A: Those Who Held More Than One Post in the Cabinet
Appendix B: Cross-Party Nominations for Cabinet Positions
Appendix C: Cabinet Secretaries Who Have Been Awarded the Nobel Prize
Appendix D: Members of Congress Selected by Recent Presidents
Appendix E: Female Cabinet Secretaries
Appendix F: African-American Cabinet Secretaries
Appendix G: Latino Cabinet Secretaries
Appendix H: Asian-American Cabinet Secretaries
Appendix I: Notable Facts on the Cabinet
Appendix J: Cabinet Post Timeline
Appendix K: Failed Nominations
Appendix L: Withdrawn Nominations
Appendix M: Members Who Died in Office
Appendix N: Alphabetical List of Members
Appendix O: Chronological List of Members, sorted by department
Section V: Bibliography and Section VI: Subject Index close out this two-volume reference work.
As we forge ahead into the third decade of the 21st century, questions about the executive branch and the role of presidential advisors are tremendously important. How was the cabinet conceived? What are the job descriptions of these top-level individuals? Are some cabinets more effective than others? These questions, along with an incredible amount of detailed information on all 617 cabinet members (plus 16 Confederate cabinet members) from George Washington to Donald Trump make this third edition a must for all researchers and students of United States history, political science, and the government.
Purchasers Get Free Online Access
This edition comes with FREE ONLINE ACCESS on the popular Salem Press platform, https://online.salempress.com. With unlimited users and remote access included, your students and researchers can now search this amazing collection of data, anytime & anywhere, all just a click away.
American Roentgen Ray Society: Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Predicts Cirrhotic Nodule Transformation to Hepatocellular Carcinoma
LEESBURG, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- The American Roentgen Ray Society issued the following news release:
An article published ahead-of-print in the January 2020 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) has identified sonographic biomarkers that can predict eventual malignant transformation of pathologically confirmed cirrhotic nodules for patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Lead investigator Manxia Lin of China's Sun Yat-Sen University retrospectively studied 39 consecutive patients with 44 pathologically confirmed cirrhotic nodules who initially underwent contrast-enhanced
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LEESBURG, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- The American Roentgen Ray Society issued the following news release:
An article published ahead-of-print in the January 2020 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) has identified sonographic biomarkers that can predict eventual malignant transformation of pathologically confirmed cirrhotic nodules for patients at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Lead investigator Manxia Lin of China's Sun Yat-Sen University retrospectively studied 39 consecutive patients with 44 pathologically confirmed cirrhotic nodules who initially underwent contrast-enhancedultrasound (CEUS) examination at detection, followed by conventional ultrasound every 3-4 months thereafter.
Fourteen nodules (31.8%) evidenced eventual malignant transformation after a median follow-up time of 26.7 months.
According to Lin and colleagues' results, the contrast arrival time difference between the cirrhotic nodule and the liver on CEUS proved useful in stratifying eventual malignant transformation risk--"which may enable a more customized surveillance strategy," they noted.
"During surveillance," Lin et al. continued, "a relative growth rate of 30% or greater in 6 months or an absolute growth rate of 5 mm or greater in 6 months highly indicated malignant transformation."
Moreover, Lin's team determined that the absence of both echogenicity change and threshold growth "significantly excluded malignant transformation."
Acknowledging that additional studies will be necessary for validating possible biomarkers, Lin concluded: "These additional imaging features may have the potential to be adopted as ancillary or even major features to stratify probability for HCC in the CEUS LI-RADS system."
Founded in 1900, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is the first and oldest radiology society in the North America, dedicated to the advancement of medicine through the profession of radiology and its allied sciences. An international forum for progress since the discovery of the x-ray, ARRS maintains its mission of improving health through a community committed to advancing knowledge and skills with an annual scientific meeting, monthly publication of the peer-reviewed American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), quarterly issues of InPractice magazine, AJR Live Webinars and Podcasts, topical symposia, print and online educational materials, as well as awarding scholarships via The Roentgen Fund(R).
