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Think Your Last Hotel Break Was High-Rise? Try Checking Into Your Own Space Cabin
Luxury hotels are getting more and more outlandish, even in the face of Airbnb allowing people from all over the world to take advantage of low-cost short-term stays in people’s own back yards (sometimes literally). We all look for something a little different in a hotel break – convenience, absence of noise, amenities – you’ll get them all at a hotel that’s just been announced this week, with one particular selling point – it’s in space.
Orion Span have announced that a super-super-high-rise hotel break awaits up to twelve people and two crew staffers at a time at the Aurora Station – a ‘luxury space hotel’ which, after training, those who check in will be able to live like astronauts. The space station will be orbiting above the Earth for almost two weeks at a time, allowing those who wish to sample what may transpire to be the first space tourism of its kind at a princely sum of – wait for it - $9.5 million. That’s per person! Deposits are currently being taken at a rate of $80,000 – completely refundable – pending the Aurora Station’s projected launch in 2022.
Orion Span CEO Frank Bunger, in conversation with Forbes, suggested that the standard accommodation at the Aurora Station would even exceed that of the International Space Station – and that guests willing to pay up to $10 million for the once-in-a-life time experience will get the full platter when it comes to living in zero gravity – though you’ll need to undergo some training first before you can ascend into the heavens. “Guests will be orbiting in the hotel at 200 miles above the surface experiencing zero gravity the entire time,” Bunger was excited to advise.
Watch:⏯️ Bay Area Start-Up Plans To Build First Luxury Hotel In Space
“We are also going to be doing real space research up there – like growing food in space, which we will let our guests take home as a souvenir.” But what can guests expect from the training protocol so that they can check in? “Historically, space tourists that travelled to the ISS spent about two years training,” Bunger remarked of the International Space Station. “We streamlined that process to three months making it more affordable and accessible.”
It may seem like space tourism is still in its infancy – and that it is a fairly costly hobby – but, all being well, we could open the 2020s with members of the public finally taking vacation in outer space – just as we’ve been imagining for decades!
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Canadian Marijuana Stocks See Spike in Trading Volume
We know that Canadian marijuana stocks are popular, but in a testament to just how much they've taken over the scene, we're seeing some of the top Canadian pot stocks overtake blue-chip companies in terms of trading volume. *Canopy Growth Corp *(OTCMKTS:TWMJF, TSE:WEED) and *Aurora Cannabis Inc *(OTCMKTS:ACBFF, TSE:ACB) were the fourth and fifth most-traded stocks on the S&P/TSX Composite Index over the past three months. The only companies with more trades? Banks.
These two Canadian marijuana stocks saw more than $500.0-million trades in a day altogether, once again speaking to just how.
The post Canadian Marijuana Stocks See Spike in Trading Volume appeared first on Profit Confidential. Reported by Profit Confidential 2 hours ago.
2019 Byton electric SUV: production ready concept due at Milan Design Week
Chinese brand's first model is a 469bhp SUV with a 323-mile range
Chinese-owned electric car start-up Byton will show a production ready concept version of its upcoming SUV model at the Milan Design Week, which takes place from 17 April.
The all-electric model, which was previewed with the Byton Concept (pictured) at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, is due on roads next year with a range of up to 323 miles. It's expected to cost around £31,700 (US $45,000).
Byton's efforts to promote the car were helped with the brand grabbed attention with the employment of former Alpine and Renault Sport chief engineer David Twohig. Twohig oversaw the development and engineering of the Alpine A110 sports car but joined California-based Byton as its vice president last month. He will remain focused on engineering and so be a leading voice in the chassis set-up of the brand's first car, reporting to Byton boss Carsten Breitfeld, who himself joined from BMW's i programme.
Byton's SUV will come with driverless car technology provided by industry expert Aurora. Aurora is headed by Google's former autonomous driving boss, Chris Urmson, and several pioneers of the autonomous car industry. Its technology enables Level 4 autonomy, meaning the SUV will be able to drive itself without any human input.
*Why Volkswagen, Hyundai and Byton are teaming up with a self-driving start-up firm*
Byton said its SUV will feature driver assistance systems based around Aurora's suite of hardware, including cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar and laser scanners. It has been designed so that components can be upgraded as technology develops. The vehicle architecture is designed for 5G mobile data connection, with speeds of up to 10GB per second.
With such an extensive list of technology, the SUV is being billed as a premium full-electric SUV.
*CES 2018: concepts cars and automotive news from the Consumer Electronics Show*
The Byton will be available in two powertrain configurations, with either a single 268bhp electric motor driving the rear axle that produces 295lb ft of torque, or a four-wheel-drive version with motors driving each axle. The two motors in the 4WD version combine for 469bhp and 524lb ft of torque.
Power will be stored in modular lithium ion batteries that form part of the vehicle chassis. While Byton hasn’t revealed the capacity of the batteries, it says the Concept will have a range of 248 miles, increasing to 323 miles with an upgraded battery pack.
*Insight: why demand from China is spurring growth of electric car sales *
The Byton Concept is 4850mm long, 1940mm wide and 1650mm high, and runs on 22inch wheels. At the front of the car, slim LED headlights top what Byton refers to as a ‘Smart Surface’.
Instead of door handles, the Concept features facial recognition cameras that check biometric data and will only unlock the door to authorised users.
The interior is dominated by a 1250mm by 250mm ‘Shared Experience Display’ that fills the dashboard. It is comprised of three panels, which can be customised. It is also used to show images from three rear-facing cameras: two take the place of the wing mirrors, with a third mounted in the car’s rear. The brightness and background colour of the display adjust automatically to suit lighting conditions.
The Shard Experience Display features gesture and voice control, or can be operated by a smartphone app. There are two displays for passengers in the rear, with the same control methods.
The main driver information, including navigation systems, is displayed in a touch-controlled 8in Driver Tablet integrated into the steering wheel. The edges of the display feature buttons for the drive selectors, indicators and infotainment volume.
Each seat features a facial recognition camera that will identify the user and allow personalised settings to be transferred to any seat. The front seats can swivel by 12 degrees.
Byton president Daniel Kirchert said that a saloon car and MPV, based on the same platform, will follow soon after the SUV hits roads in 2019.
*Read more*
*CES 2018: concepts cars and automotive news from the Consumer Electronics Show*
*Insight: why demand from China is spurring growth of electric car sales *
*Changan is coming: another Chinese firm aiming for European success* Reported by Autocar 2 hours ago.
Amateur Canadian Astronomers Discover New Aurora by Accident - It's called STEVE and it's much different than the northern lights.
The post Amateur Canadian Astronomers Discover New Aurora by Accident appeared first on Adventure Sports Network. Reported by GrindTV 4 hours ago.
Studies Find Resistance Mechanisms in ALK+ and ROS1+ Cancers
AURORA, Colo. (PRWEB) April 11, 2018
Targeted treatments have revolutionized care for lung cancer patients whose tumors harbor ALK or ROS1 alterations. Basically, cancers may use these genetic changes to drive their growth, but also become dependent on the action of these altered genes for their survival. Targeted treatments like crizotinib block the actions of ALK and ROS1, thus killing cancers that depend on them. However, when doctors target ALK or ROS1, cancers often evolve new ways to survive. After a period of success, targeted treatments against ALK+ and ROS1+ lung cancers often fail.
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal Clinical Cancer Research provides an in-depth look at how these ALK+ and ROS1+ cancers evolve to resist treatment. A second study demonstrates the ability to identify these changes in patient blood samples, perhaps easing the ability to monitor patients for these changes that provide early evidence that treatment is failing.
Unfortunately, the first study shows there is no single or even a dominant way that ALK+ and ROS1+ lung cancers change in response to targeted treatments.
“If there were only one change that follows these treatments, we would know that when treatment fails, we should switch to another, defined treatment,” says Robert C. Doebele, MD, PhD, director of the CU Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Research Initiative. “However, rather than providing a path of action, this study throws down a challenge: There’s a lot of stuff we’re not looking for or don’t even know how to look for, but might be treatable if we knew how to look for it.”
Doebele worked with CU postdoctoral fellow Caroline McCoach, MD (now an assistant professor of medical oncology at University of California at San Francisco), to examine tumor samples of 12 ROS1+ patients and 43 ALK+ patients that had evolved to resist targeted treatment. As expected, a percentage of these samples showed genetic changes somewhat similar to the original causes – ALK and ROS1 are both “kinases” that can control the expression of other genes. In one of the 12 ROS1+ samples and 15 of the 43 ALK+ samples, new kinases had been altered to allow treatment resistance.
In the researchers’ opinion, these are encouraging cases because, “these kinase mutations are the easiest to detect and, conceptually, the easiest to treat,” Doebele says. This ease of detection and possibility to treat kinase mutations with drugs similar to those that already treat ALK+ and ROS1+ lung cancers have led researchers to focus on these changes.
“But we found a lot of stuff besides kinase mutations,” he says. “What we’re trying to say is that resistance happens in a lot of different ways and we need to be thinking about all the genetic and non-genetic changes that can occur.”
For example, one ROS1+ cell line had no identifiable genetic changes. Genetically, the cancer should have remained sensitive to treatments targeting ROS1. But functional analysis showed that the known breast cancer driver, HER2, was creating drug resistance in this cell line.
“On one hand, the panoply of resistance mechanisms that can occur is incredibly frustrating. You’re taking a small population of patients and further subdividing them into many other resistance mechanisms. How do we attack that, respond to that resistance when every patient is a little different?” Doebele says. “But on the other hand, though we are learning that resistance is really complex, the more we look and the better our tests are at capturing different types of alterations, the more we are able to target these resistance mechanisms. That’s incredibly exciting.”
A second paper, published as a companion to the first, shows that once resistance mechanisms are defined, doctors may be able to test lung cancer patients for these changes by sifting blood samples for DNA signatures released by cancers.
“Basically, we show that circulating tumor DNA or ctDNA can show us what’s driving the cancer at any given point,” Doebele says. “In theory, this strategy gives us an alternate method to spot these changes without having to do a biopsy.”
In addition to being less invasive, the use of ctDNA to monitor a cancer’s genetics saves time. “Due to the time it takes to schedule a biopsy and then the two weeks it takes to run a tumor test, using ctDNA instead can save patients a week or more.” Knowing when a mechanism of drug resistance has evolved can ensure that patients have the opportunity to explore new treatment options as soon as possible.
Testing ctDNA in blood also allows researchers to take an overall sample of cancer genetics, rather than being limited to a snapshot of genetics from a single site of biopsy, “possibly giving us a broader picture of what’s going on,” Doebele says. However, this and other studies show that ctDNA has somewhat reduced sensitivity compared with biopsy and, “we may miss things,” Doebele says, implying that analysis of ctDNA may be an appropriate strategy to monitor tumor evolution in addition to but not instead of biopsy.
The current paper used the ctDNA test Guardant360 to explore blood samples of 88 ALK+ lung cancer patients, showing the partner genes that “fused” with ALK to cause cancer (including EML4, STRN and others). Thirty-one of these patients were tested again at the time their cancer progressed after ALK-targeted treatment. In 16 of these blood samples, researchers found that the ctDNA test was able to identify ALK resistance mechanisms.
“There’s been a huge focus on kinase mutations,” Doebele says. “But not everything is driven by a simple mutation. A focus on broader testing and on new methods of broad testing will help us widen our net to catch these other changes that are driving resistance to ALK and ROS1 targeted treatments.” Reported by PRWeb 4 hours ago.
MOAA Leaders Prepare to Storm Capitol Hill on Military Issues
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB) April 11, 2018
Chapter and council leaders of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) are preparing to gather Wednesday, April 18, for the association’s largest annual grassroots advocacy event: Storming the Hill. Divided into teams to visit their states’ legislative delegations on Capitol Hill during the day-long event, they will set out to engage nearly all 535 senators and representatives regarding two important legislative priorities:
1) Ending reduced pay for Chapter 61 retirees. Chapter 61 retirees have been medically retired prior to reaching a 20-year service career with a disability rating of 30 percent or greater. The term “Chapter 61” comes from the corresponding chapter in Title 10 U.S. Code that covers disability retirements.
MOAA’s position is that all eligible servicemembers should receive both retirement and disability compensation, which is not the case for Chapter 61 retirees. MOAA supports legislation currently introduced in Congress, in particular H.R. 333, introduced by Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), which addresses both the Chapter 61 issue and MOAA’s wider legislative priority regarding concurrent receipt.
“MOAA's long-held position is that career servicemembers earn retired pay by service alone, and those unfortunate enough to suffer a service-caused disability in the process should have any VA disability compensation added to — not subtracted from — military retired pay,” says Col. Mike Barron, USA (Ret), director of currently serving/retired affairs, MOAA Government Relations.
MOAA’s website has more information about its position on Chapter 61 retiree pay.
2) Maintaining military pay and benefits in order to recruit and retain an all-volunteer force. MOAA supports maintaining the military pay and benefits essential to recruiting and retaining the high-quality all-volunteer force necessary to meet the nation’s security and warfighting requirements now and in the future. The president’s proposed 2.6-percent pay raise, as aligned with the Employment Cost Index (ECI), is the largest in nine years, but still just keeps pace with private-sector wage growth for this upcoming fiscal year, leaving the military behind civilian wage growth by, coincidentally, the same margin — 2.6 percent. The only way to close this cumulative gap is to raise military pay above the ECI, as Congress did between 2000 and 2010.
“The move to an all-volunteer force has been successful beyond measure,” says Col. Dan Merry, USAF (Ret), vice president of MOAA Government Relations. “Despite unyielding demands on our men and women from all quarters of our country and beyond, our nation’s military remains peerless. We will continue to try and educate the few who believe our all-volunteer force is overpaid and can afford to bear some of the costs of readiness and other programs.”
MOAA’s website has more information about its position on military pay.
Media inquiries
Follow MOAA’s online coverage of Storming the Hill 2018, including news updates, photos, videos, and more. For live updates on the day’s events, follow MOAA on Instagram at @MOAAStorms or on Facebook. Supporters of the event — on the ground and at home — will address tweets @Military Officer and @MOAAStorms, using the hashtag #WhyIStorm and #MOAAStorms.
MOAA members from all 50 states will participate. To contact a member from your state or hometown, please contact Alan English at pr@moaa.org.
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About MOAA:
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is the nation’s largest military officers’ association with more than 350,000 members from every branch of uniformed service, including active duty, retired, National Guard, Reserve, and former officers and their families and survivors. MOAA is a nonprofit and politically nonpartisan organization and an influential force in promoting a strong national defense. MOAA represents the interests of service members and their families in every stage of their lives and careers. For more information, visit http://www.moaa.org. Reported by PRWeb 2 hours ago.
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Apple Self Storage Appoints David Allan as VP of Development, Acquires Ownership Stake
AURORA, Ontario (PRWEB) April 05, 2018
David Allan, the son of founder Phil Allan and nephew of founders Jeff and Scott Allan, is thrilled to have the opportunity to be the second generation of Allan's in the business. He looks forward to continuing to build on the company’s excellent reputation as the best managed self storage facilities in Canada and continue to grow the company’s footprint.
After David graduated from Western University in 2006 with degrees in psychology and philosophy, he pursued a career in sales at Xerox. Following several years of success, David left to try his hand at entrepreneurship and started a series of small businesses in the insurance service and catastrophic loss reduction industry. In 2012, he joined Apple Self Storage in a business development role where he was directly responsible for growing the portfolio from 13 facilities to 31 owned and managed facilities in only 4 years.
“Apple Self Storage is a company where family matters” says David Allan. "It’s a company where we all feel like family and it’s that attitude that has helped us attract and retain some of the best employees in all of self storage. I’m thrilled and humbled to have the opportunity to become a partner in what I consider to be the best self storage company in Canada.”
Apple Self Storage plans to continue a controlled growth pattern as well as focusing on developing its already strong third party management business. “Apple Self Storage is probably the best self storage manager in Canada right now. We provide high value to owners who see the benefit of long term ownership in their properties. We’re pretty happy to be able to have David join us for the long haul and continue to add value to what we’re doing,” says David’s father Phil. “David cares about what he does and he’s going to be a great asset for making sure this company stays strong for the coming decades. It’s really exciting stuff”. Third Party Management continues to generate attention and popularity in Canada as the value of professional management continues to be recognized by owners and lenders alike.
About Apple Self Storage:
Known for having the best managed self storage facilities in Canada, Apple Self Storage strives to deliver a genuine and authentically great storage experience across every one of its 31 facilities. The family-owned company has established close bonds with the communities in which it operates through regular pursuit of opportunities to assist organizations that enrich them. It has done so since their very first facility opened in 1974. Apple Self Storage is actively looking to expand their third party management platform as well as expanding through acquisitions and new developments.
For more information about Apple Self Storage visit http://www.applestorage.com
Contact:
Apple Self Storage
David Allan
Tel: 647-993-9866
Email: dallan(at)applestorage(dot)com Reported by PRWeb 1 week ago.
This could be the first space hotel and people are already pre-booking the $9.5 million experience
Staying at the Aurora Station is expected to cost you $9.5 million for a 12-day trip. Read more...
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2019 Byton electric SUV: latest concept due at Milan Design Week
New Chinese brand's first model is a 469bhp electric SUV with a claimed range of 323 miles
Chinese-owned start-up Byton will show a near production-ready concept version of its upcoming electric SUV at the Milan Design Week, which will begin on 17 April.
The all-electric model, which was previewed by the Byton Concept (pictured) at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, is due on roads next year with a range of up to 323 miles. It's expected to cost around £32,000.
Byton's efforts to promote the car were helped with the brand grabbed attention with the employment of former Alpine and Renault Sport chief engineer David Twohig. Twohig oversaw the development and engineering of the Alpine A110 sports car but joined California-based Byton as its vice president last month. He will remain focused on engineering and so be a leading voice in the chassis set-up of the brand's first car, reporting to Byton boss Carsten Breitfeld, who joined from BMW's i programme.
Byton's SUV will come with driverless car technology provided by industry expert Aurora. Aurora is headed by Google's former autonomous driving boss, Chris Urmson, and several pioneers of the autonomous car industry. Its technology enables Level 4 autonomy, meaning it will be able to drive itself without any human input.
*Why Volkswagen, Hyundai and Byton are teaming up with a self-driving start-up firm*
Byton said its SUV will feature driver assistance systems based around Aurora's suite of hardware, including cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar and laser scanners. It has been designed so that components can be upgraded as technology develops. The vehicle architecture is designed for 5G mobile data connection, with speeds of up to 10GB per second.
*CES 2018: concepts cars and automotive news from the Consumer Electronics Show*
The Byton will be available in two powertrain configurations, with either a single 268bhp electric motor driving the rear axle that produces 295lb ft of torque, or a four-wheel-drive version with motors driving each axle. The two motors in the four-wheel-drive version combine for 469bhp and 524lb ft of torque.
Power will be stored in modular lithium ion batteries that form part of the vehicle chassis. While Byton hasn’t revealed the capacity of the batteries, it says the car will have a range of 248 miles, increasing to 323 miles with an upgraded battery pack.
*Insight: why demand from China is spurring growth of electric car sales *
The Concept is 4850mm long, 1940mm wide and 1650mm high, and runs on 22in wheels. At the front of the car, slim LED headlights top what Byton refers to as a ‘smart surface’.
In place of door handles, the Concept features facial recognition cameras that check biometric data and will only unlock the door to authorised users.
The interior is dominated by a 1250mm by 250mm ‘Shared Experience Display’ that fills the dashboard. It is comprised of three panels, which can be customised. It is also used to show images from three rear-facing cameras: two take the place of the wing mirrors, with a third mounted in the car’s rear. The brightness and background colour of the display adjust automatically to suit lighting conditions.
The Shard Experience Display features gesture and voice control and can be operated by a smartphone app. There are two displays for passengers in the rear, with the same control methods.
The main driver information, including navigation systems, is displayed in a touch-controlled 8in Driver Tablet integrated into the steering wheel. The edges of the display feature buttons for the drive selectors, indicators and infotainment volume.
Each seat features a facial recognition camera that will identify the user and allow personalised settings to be transferred to any seat. The front seats can swivel by 12 degrees.
Byton president Daniel Kirchert said that a saloon and an MPV, both based on the same platform, will follow soon after the SUV hits roads in 2019.
*Read more*
*CES 2018: concepts cars and automotive news from the Consumer Electronics Show*
*Insight: why demand from China is spurring growth of electric car sales *
*Changan is coming: another Chinese firm aiming for European success* Reported by Autocar 7 hours ago.
Canada: Aurora-Cannimed: Securities Regulators Hold Firm On New Bid Regime - Fasken
Lerøy Seafood Group ASA : Q1 2018 Trading update
*Harvest volumes salmon and trout (GWT) * Q1 2018 Q1 2017
Lerøy Aurora 8 979 6 014
Lerøy Midt 12 092 21 932
Lerøy Sjøtroll 16 504 15 361
*Total * * 37 575 * * 43 307 *
*Catch volume Havfisk (tons)* Q1 2018 Q1 2017
Total volume 22 268 20 586
Of which volume cod 9 275 9 425
The complete Q1 2018 report will be released on 8 May at 06:30 CET.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. Reported by GlobeNewswire 12 hours ago.