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I. The Current State of Play The subjects falling within the purview of U.S. public company board of director oversight have grown to encompass virtually any subject that an investor, stakeholder or other party raises as being potentially material to a company and, therefore, needing board attention. 1 Many issues — often under the umbrella of “environmental, social and governance” (ESG) or “stakeholder” issues — have become well known to directors and are viewed as broadly applicab...

2International Livestock Research Institute, Dakar, Senegal The expected increase in livestock production to meet its increasing demand could lead to increased water depletion through feeds production. This study aimed at estimating the amount of water depletion through feeds and its corresponding productivity in livestock within the three dominant livestock management systems namely sedentary-intensive, sedentary-extensive, and transhumance in Yatenga and Seno provinces in the Sahelian zone of...

Cleaning Up the E-Waste Mess: Big Tech Needs to Do More It’s unreasonable to expect that the problem of electronic waste—the smartphones, laptops, monitors, and TVs crowding landfills around the globe—can be solved at any scale by individuals. We need an industry-wide reckoning. By Chandra Steele April 19, 2021, 6:30 p.m. Men disassemble electronics in Ghana, in May 2019 (Photo by Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) E-waste is one of the largest environmental problem...

Bitcoin IRA Account Makes It Easy To Add Crypto To Your Retirement Planning A Bitcoin IRA gives you tax breaks when you earmark crypto as retirement savings. By IBT Contributor Making crypto a part of your financial future is easier. Image via Unsplash Financial experts were skeptical about the long term viability of cryptocurrencies when they first came out. In fact, most thought that whole Bitcoin thing was just a fad. But today, it is pretty clear that while we may not know exactly...

Covid Current State Firstly whats the current state of play in the deadly global pandemic game of vaccinate before the next Big variant wave hits. The UK and US are beating the Covid monster through the aid of their highly successful mass vaccinations programme, with so far the US being able to fend off the death consequences of the UK strain that is fast becoming the dominant strain across the states. meanwhile most of the European Union is suffering a third wave. So whilst the number of cases...

Quantropi gathers momentum with addition of Michael Redding as Chief Technology Officer News provided by Share this article Share this article Cybersecurity disrupter appoints former Accenture Ventures Managing Director with exceptional take-to-market track record, prepares breakthrough product launches, eyes hyper-growth. OTTAWA, ON, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Quantropi, Inc., a ground-breaking Canadian quantum-secure communication solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Micha...

(Image: Dapper Labs/NBA) The NBA is an unlikely way to acquaint people with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), but Top Shot Moments exploded in early 2021 as digital versions of old-school basketball cards.  Instead of a two dimensional rectangle made out of cardboard, a Top Shot Moment is a three dimensional cube that loops a clip of a basketball player in action—unique items that wouldn’t be possible in the physical world. There are four collectible tiers—Common, Rare, Legendary, and Ultimate...

Acutus Medical Initiates First IDE Therapy Trial With AcQBlate Force Sensing Ablation System The Acutus Medical AcQBlate Force sensing ablation catheter. April 5, 2021 — Acutus Medical today announced initial U.S. enrollments in the company’s AcQForce Flutter Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial. This trial is expected to enroll up to 150 subjects in leading centers globally and will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the AcQBlate Force sensing ablation catheter and system...

Maui Grown Therapies presents free Cannabis and Cancer Care webinar By Staff | Mar 5, 2021 KAHULUI — Maui Grown Therapies will hold a free Cannabis and Cancer Care webinar featuring Dr. Donald Abrams, Integrative Oncologist at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. The live online event — part of the ongoing Maui Grown Mana’o Educational Series — will stream at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, and will include a live question and answer session following the presentation. ...