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Yotta, a New Event from DatacenterDynamics, to Focus on the Future of Digital Infrastructure

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yotta Events Inc., a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Holdings and sister company to London-based DatacenterDynamics, introduces Yotta 2024, a large-scale conference and tradeshow that will gather senior executives from across the digital infrastructure ecosystem to explore solutions to how the industry can scale responsibly.

Key Points: 
  • Yotta Events launches a new, large-scale conference focused on the digital infrastructure industry.
  • Yotta ( www.yotta.vegas ) will be held Oct. 7-9, 2024 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and will feature 2,500+ attendees, 150+ speakers, 100+ sponsors and exhibitors.
  • Yotta is founded by George Rockett, who also co-founded DatacenterDynamics in 1998, a leading global media and events platform focused on the data center segment.
  • Yotta has gained considerable early support from leaders from all the crucial sectors of the industry.

30th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner to Honor Brian C. Anderson and Benjamin Hall

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) will present Brian C. Anderson of City Journal with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award and Benjamin Hall of Fox News with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Courageous Journalism at the 30th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner .

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) will present Brian C. Anderson of City Journal with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award and Benjamin Hall of Fox News with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Courageous Journalism at the 30th Annual TFAS Journalism Awards Dinner .
  • TFAS will host prominent figures in the journalism community for the event on November 14, 2023.
  • At the dinner, TFAS will award Brian C. Anderson , editor of City Journal, the cultural and political quarterly published by the Manhattan Institute, with the Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award for his remarkable career.
  • Benjamin Hall will be honored with the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson Award for Courageous Journalism.

NXT Energy Solutions Announces Appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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CALGARY, Alberta, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXT Energy Solutions Inc. ("NXT" or the "Company") (TSX: SFD; OTCQB: NSFDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Bruce G. Wilcox as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, Alberta, June 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXT Energy Solutions Inc. ("NXT" or the "Company") (TSX: SFD; OTCQB: NSFDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Bruce G. Wilcox as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  • Mr. Wilcox has been a member of the Company’s board of directors since 2015, and brings extensive capital markets and energy investment experience to NXT’S executive team.
  • Mr. Wilcox has had a long career as an investment company CEO, analyst and portfolio manager.
  • Mr. Wilcox specialized in Cumberland's investments in the energy industry (exploration and production and service companies), with an emphasis on value and long-term holdings.

Report Warning About the Teaching of "Critical Social Justice" Wanders Far Beyond Its Evidence

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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BOULDER, Colo., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A recent report from the Manhattan Institute presents results of a survey of U.S. adults aged 18-20 to determine the extent to which eight concepts the report equates with what it calls "critical social justice" (CSJ) theory—which the report frowns upon—are taught in schools. The first of the eight concepts, for instance, is, "America is a systemically racist society."

Key Points: 
  • Key New NEPC Review Takeaway: Report's methodological structure is insufficient to measure causality between the teaching of "CSJ theory" and the political indoctrination of students.
  • The first of the eight concepts, for instance, is, "America is a systemically racist society."
  • The report finds that the eight concepts are widely taught, even in private schools and homeschooling.
  • Because these CSJ concepts are being taught beyond public schools, the report argues that school choice is an ineffective option for shielding children from this presumed peril.

Salem Media Group Announces Acquisition of George Gilder’s Line of Investment Products

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Monday, March 6, 2023
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Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM), announced today that it has acquired George Gilder’s investment newsletters Gilder’s Technology Report, Gilder’s Technology Report PRO, Gilder’s Moonshots, Gilder’s Private Reserve and Gilder’s Guideposts.

Key Points: 
  • Salem Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SALM), announced today that it has acquired George Gilder’s investment newsletters Gilder’s Technology Report, Gilder’s Technology Report PRO, Gilder’s Moonshots, Gilder’s Private Reserve and Gilder’s Guideposts.
  • Eagle currently publishes products and services written by investment experts Mark Skousen , Bob Carlson , Bryan Perry , Jim Woods and Jon Johnson .
  • Salem Media Group is America’s leading multimedia company specializing in Christian and conservative content, with media properties comprising radio, digital media and book and newsletter publishing.
  • Learn more about Salem Media Group, Inc. at www.salemmedia.com , Facebook and Twitter .

Study Finds Pension Obligation Bonds Could Worsen T Retirement Fund's Financial Woes

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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BOSTON, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A new study published by Pioneer Institute finds that issuing pension obligation bonds (POBs) to refinance $360 million of the MBTA Retirement Fund's (MBTARF's) $1.3 billion unfunded pension liability would only compound the T's already serious financial risks.

Key Points: 
  • A new study published by Pioneer Institute finds that issuing pension obligation bonds (POBs) to refinance $360 million of the MBTA Retirement Fund's (MBTARF's) $1.3 billion unfunded pension liability would only compound the T's already serious financial risks.
  • BOSTON, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A new study published by Pioneer Institute finds that issuing pension obligation bonds (POBs) to refinance $360 million of the MBTA Retirement Fund's (MBTARF's) $1.3 billion unfunded pension liability would only compound the T's already serious financial risks.
  • "Virtually every study of POBs finds that timing and duration of the bond issues are critical," said E.J.
  • "The T's financial condition requires fiscal prudence, not a risky quick fix like pension obligation bonds," said Pioneer Executive Director Jim Stergios.

False and Misleading Information About CRT Prevents Report From Being a Serious Guide to Lawmaking

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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The report offers model legislation as a tool for countering schools' purported CRT-inspired indoctrination.

Key Points: 
  • The report offers model legislation as a tool for countering schools' purported CRT-inspired indoctrination.
  • However, as Professor Brown explains, the report's errant conclusions were derived from misleading anecdotal evidence and a misrepresentation of important literature.
  • He details how the report is less about sound policy than it is about creating partisan talking points and unproductive controversy.
  • For these reasons, Professor Brown concludes, the Manhattan report does not provide serious guidance to lawmakers interested in understanding or legislating about issues related to race in schools.

Report Presents a Simplistic, Ideological Solution to the Complex Issue of Private School Vouchers

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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He found that it unfortunately offers only simplistic solutions grounded in assumptions and ideology rather than in research evidence.

Key Points: 
  • He found that it unfortunately offers only simplistic solutions grounded in assumptions and ideology rather than in research evidence.
  • The report advocates for relaxing accountability mechanisms that presently constrain some voucher programs, asserting that "more and better" private schools will participate in response, thereby benefitting students academically.
  • The report largely eschews peer-reviewed scholarship in favor of sympathetic policy reports, but it also draws on academic research chosen in highly selective fashion.
  • Accordingly, it neither advances what we know about the challenge of regulating private schools subsidized by vouchers nor offers useful information for policy decisions.

Report About Education Savings Accounts Asserts Small Taxpayer Savings but Sidesteps Larger Policy Questions

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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Bruce Baker of Rutgers University reviewed Education Savings Accounts: How ESAs Can Promote Educational Freedom for New York Families, and found it to provide little useful guidance on the broader question of whether an ESA policy is warranted or would be good policy for New York State's children or taxpayers.

Key Points: 
  • Bruce Baker of Rutgers University reviewed Education Savings Accounts: How ESAs Can Promote Educational Freedom for New York Families, and found it to provide little useful guidance on the broader question of whether an ESA policy is warranted or would be good policy for New York State's children or taxpayers.
  • The report assumes that, even with this lower amount of spending, the ESA subsidy would work to entice families to switch from public to private schoolsrather than merely subsidize those already attending private schoolsthereby generating the taxpayer savings.
  • The report also fails to note a large body of recent, rigorous research demonstrating that similar private school choice, or "voucher," programs have had significant negative effects on student outcomes.
  • In addition, the report overstates short-term reductions that local districts can achieve, neglects increased transition costs in the public schools, and sidesteps potential long-term harm to adequate funding for those public schools.

Highlights - Cooperation in the field of financial services with the Biden Administration - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
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The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs organises a public hearing to acquire expert insight on recent developments in the US in the field of banking and financial services and on prospects of future cooperation in this field, including in the context of international institutions and fora.

Key Points: 
  • The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs organises a public hearing to acquire expert insight on recent developments in the US in the field of banking and financial services and on prospects of future cooperation in this field, including in the context of international institutions and fora.
  • Professor Raoul Minetti of the Michigan State University and professor Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business have been invited to address the Members of the Committee.
  • The public hearing will take place on the 13th of July from 16h45 to 17h45.