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Black Bear energy is a buyer’s agent for institutional property owners who want to procure on-site renewables and clean tech. The team is so excited to become part of Legence, giving them the fastest way of scaling their sustainable solutions.

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Terrain Tip No. 4: Know Where Not to Go

When it comes to managing avalanche risk in the backcountry, that overused dictum “know before you go” could be rephrased as, “before you go, know where you don’t want to go.” This mindset was a mental attitude or disposition that would evolve from each guide’s hazard assessment, local knowledge, and personal level of risk acceptance. The mindset defined an unspoken, internal dialogue that illustrated each guide’s perception of conditions, terrain, and level of uncertainty and confidence.

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Matt Paul
Longmont pinball player wins world championship

Roughly 30 pinball machines fill a barn in north Longmont. A handful were made decades ago, with themes ranging from “The Lord of the Rings” to “Godzilla” to “Wheel of Fortune.” Many are considered collector’s items and are worth thousands of dollars.

“I’ve played all these games many times,” said 19-year-old Escher Lefkoff, the top-ranked player in the world by the International Flipper Pinball Association. “Every game is different.”

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After hypertension competitor gets bought, Mineralys lines up IPO plans

Mineralys Therapeutics has penciled in a $100 million initial public offering to take its investigational hypertension drug into Phase III testing.

The Philadelphia startup released topline results for its hypertension drug, dubbed MLS-101 or lorundrostat, two months ago, saying it met the primary endpoint of reducing systolic blood pressure for patients who were on at least two background medicines.

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Heska Corporation Completes Acquisition of LightDeck Diagnostics

LOVELAND, Colo., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Heska Corporation (NASDAQ: HSKA; "Heska" or the "Company"), a leading global provider of advanced veterinary diagnostic and specialty products and solutions, today announced the completion of acquisition of 100% of the shares of MBio Diagnostics, Inc. d/b/a LightDeck Diagnostics ("LightDeck"), a pioneer in planar waveguide fluorescence immunoassay diagnostics with strong manufacturing capabilities and research and development expertise (the "Acquisition"). 

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A Guide’s Journey: AMGA Guide Mike Arnold living and guiding in Chamonix this season

Mike Arnold grew up ski racing in Maine, discovered backcountry in Colorado and now works as a professional mountain guide in Italy’s Aosta Valley. Surrounded by 4,000-metre alpine peaks, his adopted home is the historical home of ski mountaineering. In this tight-knit local community, guides have always been highly respected. But they face high risks, too.   

Having gained so much from the mountains, Mike has recently been forced to come to terms with what they can take away. He is paid to do what he loves but is it worth the risk?

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Mineralys Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Phase 2 Data for MLS-101 in the Target-HTN Trial Evaluating the Treatment of Uncontrolled and Resistant Hypertension

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc., a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing a novel therapy for the treatment of hypertension and associated cardiovascular diseases, today announced topline results from the Phase 2 Target-HTN trial in individuals with uncontrolled and resistant hypertension. MLS-101, a highly selective investigational aldosterone synthase inhibitor, at doses of 50 mg and 100 mg once daily (QD), met its primary endpoint with statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in systolic blood pressure (SBP) in inadequately controlled hypertensive patients on at least two background antihypertensive medications.

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