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KRATON EXPANDS CAPABILITIES TO MANUFACTURE UP TO 100% ISCC PLUS CERTIFIED RENEWABLE STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Carbon, International Sustainability Alliance, Plastic, ReNew, Carbon footprint, Polymer, Trematode life cycle stages, ISCC, Styrene, SBC, Renewable energy, Berre

The CirKular+ ReNew Series are ISCC PLUS Certified renewable polymers, further expanding Kraton's existing suite of solutions designed to advance the circular economy.

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The CirKular+ ReNew Series are ISCC PLUS Certified renewable polymers, further expanding Kraton's existing suite of solutions designed to advance the circular economy.
In 2022, Kraton successfully produced CirKular+ ReNew Series SBCs at the Berre plant using certified renewable butadiene to enable up to 70% ISCC PLUS certified content.
With the recently expanded capability, the ReNew Series can offer up to 100% certified renewable content, including certified renewable styrene, and continues to enable customers to use the mass balance approach to produce renewable products.
"Our expanded capabilities mark a significant milestone in Kraton's commitment to advance the circular economy," said Holger Jung, Kraton co-CEO and Kraton Polymer CEO.

AireSpring Announces Microsoft Teams Direct Routing Solution

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Monday, June 19, 2023

CLEARWATER, Fla., June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AireSpring, a leading Managed Services Provider and Next Generation Aggregator specializing in Managed IT, Network Services and Unified Communications, is pleased to announce the release of a comprehensive Microsoft Teams Direct Routing solution on its award-winning IP voice network, which processes six billion calls per month. AireSpring's Microsoft Teams Direct Routing solution leverages its nationwide SIP Trunking network to enable companies to make and receive calls to and from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) directly from the Teams app--all while reducing costs and gaining features not available with the Microsoft Calling Plan.

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Microsoft Teams Direct Routing from AireSpring offers expanded features and lower costs for Teams users.
AireSpring's Microsoft Teams Direct Routing solution leverages its nationwide SIP Trunking network to enable companies to make and receive calls to and from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) directly from the Teams app--all while reducing costs and gaining features not available with the Microsoft Calling Plan.
AireSpring's Direct Routing solution is powered by a Microsoft Teams certified session border controller (SBC) and integrates seamlessly with the Microsoft Phone System to enable calling functionality natively in the Teams application.
In addition to plans for both domestic and international calls, Microsoft Teams Direct Routing from AireSpring offers an expanded feature set compared to Microsoft Calling Plans, including:
-Widest list of local direct inward dialing numbers (DIDs) and toll-free numbers (TFNs) for the US and Canada.

OKdo Selected as Micro:bit Educational Foundation Global Manufacturer and Distributor

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Monday, June 19, 2023

LONDON, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OKdo, part of the RS Group, is pleased to announce its selection as one of Micro:bit Educational Foundation's leading global manufacturers and distributors. Additionally, this partnership will help foster a new generation of innovators, improving children's computational thinking and unlocking their creative potential.

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As a trusted partner, OKdo is committed to supporting The Foundation's mission by ensuring the seamless production and distribution of micro:bits worldwide.
With its expertise, extensive global network and marketing engine in the education sector, OKdo will play a pivotal role in driving educational initiatives and expanding access to micro:bit technology to a new level.
Having already impacted the lives of 39 million children and distributed over 7.5 million devices since its inception in 2016, the Micro:bit Educational Foundation provides quality educational resources to schools and children globally.
OKdo is a global technology company from RS Group plc which is disrupting single board computer (SBC) and IoT segments.

Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender

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Monday, June 19, 2023

The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to expel two congregations with women pastors on June 14, 2023, during their annual convention.

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The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to expel two congregations with women pastors on June 14, 2023, during their annual convention.
SBC messengers, as convention delegates are called, also put forward an amendment to make churches’ membership within the denomination contingent upon prohibiting women pastors, which will be voted on next year.
However, as a scholar of Baptists in the U.S., I believe an underlying conversation about sexuality has also shaped the church’s opposition to women preaching.

Gay and called

In 1990, a Duke Divinity School student named John Blevins, who was openly gay, began attending the Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
After his first year of Divinity School, he approached the church about the possibility of being ordained.
Later, the congregation called women to serve as associate pastors and, ultimately, senior pastor as well.
The church went through a yearlong process of studying faith and sexuality as members wrestled with Blevins’ request.

Removal from the SBC

Minutes from the meeting note that the crowd burst into the “appearance of elation” at the decision.
Barring membership to the SBC over the issue of sexuality presented an opportunity for conservatives who also opposed women’s leadership.
Yet it shows how issues of sexuality and gender were entwined for conservative members of the SBC, who sought similar constitutional amendments for both.

‘Logical consequence’

Mike Law, the Virginia pastor who proposed the amendment, does not seek to block women from ordination, as the proposal put forward in 1993 would have done.
This distinction would allow women to be ordained and serve as other types of church leaders, such as deacons or missionaries.
Both men, in other words, believe one kind of acceptance leads inevitably to the other – the proverbial slippery slope.

Southern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go

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Friday, June 16, 2023

Saddleback founder and former pastor Rick Warren appealed the church’s ejection at the 2023 conference.

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Saddleback founder and former pastor Rick Warren appealed the church’s ejection at the 2023 conference.
About 88% of messengers – Southern Baptists’ language for delegates – then voted to reaffirm the church’s expulsion.
The proposed amendment to exclude any church that hires a woman as a pastor must be voted on again at next year’s annual meeting.

The ‘woman question’

Women were not allowed to serve as messengers to the SBC until 1918.
Until the 20th century, only men gave the missionary organization’s report to the SBC.
Those beliefs formed a basis for gender hierarchy that ultimately triumphed over more moderate egalitarianism in the late 20th century.

Southern Baptist controversy

In the 1970s, greater numbers of women entered the six Southern Baptist seminaries, many professing a calling to the pastorate, even though most churches still refused to ordain them.
I was a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the 1980s.
As historian Barry Hankins also concludes, the “gender issue” eventually became a central issue for Southern Baptist fundamentalists as their takeover of the SBC proceeded.
A number of Southern Baptist churches had ordained women, and some had called women as pastors.

First in the Edenic fall

In 1984, as fundamentalists gained greater control, the SBC passed a resolution against women’s ordination.
The Southern Baptist Convention has no official control over local churches.
Some local churches did ordain and call women to the pastorate, and their local Baptist associations “disfellowshipped” those congregations, excluding them from participating in the local association.

‘Gracious submission’

For Southern Baptists, the statement of faith is not a creed but rather a set of largely agreed-upon beliefs.
Seminaries and denominational agencies, such as the International Mission Board, however, must work within the guidelines of the statement.
In seminary leaders’ thinking, however, she was teaching men the Bible, which they forbid women to do.

Future purge

If the proposed constitutional amendment passes next year, it will likely lead to a purge of many other Southern Baptist congregations.
Already, the pastor who proposed the amendment has compiled a list of 170 churches that he claims are in violation of the ban.

Pastor Rick Warren Responds to SBC Messengers' Vote to Uphold the Disfellowship of Saddleback Church Says, 'Truth inevitably triumphs over tradition, but it takes time'

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Having challenged more than 12,000 voting Messengers to overturn a ruling to disfellowship the Church he pastored for 43 years the tallied ballots were not in Saddleback's favor.

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Having challenged more than 12,000 voting Messengers to overturn a ruling to disfellowship the Church he pastored for 43 years the tallied ballots were not in Saddleback's favor.
Streamed live and available now at www.SBCStand.com, Warren opened his press statement by saying, "We received more votes than I anticipated in New Orleans.
"The average Southern Baptist is 56 years old and the average age of a Convention attender is higher than that.
Yesterday's ballot at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the SBC was the first time in history for the Messengers to vote on whether to disfellowship a church from the Convention.

KBRA's Akshay Maheshwari Named CREFC's 20 Under 40

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Monday, June 12, 2023

KBRA is pleased to announce Akshay Maheshwari, Senior Director in KBRA’s CMBS group, was recognized as one of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Council’s 20 Under 40.

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KBRA is pleased to announce Akshay Maheshwari, Senior Director in KBRA’s CMBS group, was recognized as one of Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Finance Council’s 20 Under 40.
This recognition highlights those who have positively impacted the CRE finance industry across lenders, investors, borrowers, rating agencies, legal and accounting firms.
Akshay is a leader in the CRE ratings analytics team and co-manages KBRA’s single family rental (SFR) transactions.
Akshay holds a Master’s in Financial Risk Management (University of Connecticut) and a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering (Nirma University, India).

HeartCore to Host ‘Listing on U.S. Stock Exchanges’ Seminar on June 9, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

IPO, Lecture, Digital transformation, SBC, Pono, NYSE, Cryptocurrency

The seminar will consist of a lecture and panel discussion by Keith Moore, CEO of Boustead Securities, LLC.

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The seminar will consist of a lecture and panel discussion by Keith Moore, CEO of Boustead Securities, LLC.
HeartCore expects a myriad of Japanese companies to be in attendance, as the seminar will inform attendees of the realities of going public on U.S.
As of May 31, 2023, HeartCore has received confirmation from 91 companies to be in attendance at the seminar.
Exchanges in 2023 we anticipate a very strong year for our company.”
The seminar will be webcasted live on June 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM JST here .

Andes Technology Showcases Pioneering RISC-V CPU IP Solutions at RISC-V Summit Europe

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Additionally, Andes will be showcasing its cutting-edge RISC-V CPU IP solutions at booth #14.

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Additionally, Andes will be showcasing its cutting-edge RISC-V CPU IP solutions at booth #14.
Andes recently announced its new product line, AndesAIRE™, which offers highly efficient AI/ML solutions for edge and end-point inference.
This event presents a valuable opportunity for RISC-V enthusiasts to engage in one-on-one discussions with Andes experts, enabling deeper exploration of RISC-V solutions.
We invite you to visit booth #14 at the RISC-V Summit Europe and experience live demonstrations of our leading-edge CPU IP technology.

Pastor Rick Warren Challenges that The Southern Baptist Convention is at a Crossroads

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pastor Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church, best-selling author of The Purpose Driven Life and Coordinator of the global Finishing the Task coalition, today announced the launch of a four-part video series addressing the unprecedented decline of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). "SBC at the Crossroads" begins its staggered release today with, Part 1: "Denial or Revival?"

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"SBC at the Crossroads" begins its staggered release today with, Part 1: "Denial or Revival?"
This isn't a glitch or the result of a pandemic; it's a trajectory we've been on for a while.
I have Southern Baptist pastors on both sides of my family going back four generations.
Pastor Warren is scheduled to give a 3-minute appeal to SBC messengers from the Convention floor at the Annual Meeting in New Orleans on the afternoon of June 13, 2023.