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Retired Four-Star Army General Paul Edward Funk II Joins Red Cat’s Board of Directors

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Friday, March 15, 2024
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, today announced that General (R) Paul Edward Funk II has joined its Board of Directors.

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  • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, today announced that General (R) Paul Edward Funk II has joined its Board of Directors.
  • The addition of General Funk brings the Board’s current composition to five members, including four independent directors.
  • “As an internationally recognized, combat-proven leader with a track record of transforming large, complex organizations, General Funk brings a wealth of knowledge to Red Cat during an important growth phase of our company,” said Jeff Thomson, Red Cat’s CEO.
  • He was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal — the nation’s 4th highest honor — for outstanding leadership in combat.

Federal Award to Help Make North Dakota the “Epicenter of AgTech” Supporting Innovation, Jobs, and Economic Growth

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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The competitive award will fund programs that help solve food insecurity and expand economic opportunities for not only more people and organizations, but for increasing the growth of existing crops and introducing new crops to market.

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  • The competitive award will fund programs that help solve food insecurity and expand economic opportunities for not only more people and organizations, but for increasing the growth of existing crops and introducing new crops to market.
  • The award highlights the state’s talent pool in AgTech and recognizes the unique collaborative partnership that came together to show how North Dakota feeds the world.
  • Encourage involvement and investment from the private sector, non-profit organizations, and the broader North Dakota agricultural community.
  • The NSF Engines: North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Award #2315315.

"SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE™: The Missing Ingredient" A Cure for Loneliness; Student Emotional Well-Being and Academic Success in Higher Education - Porter Khouw Consulting, Inc. (PKC)

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Monday, November 27, 2023
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PKC, a pioneer in College and University dining across North America; PKC announces the official release of " SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE™: The Missing Ingredient ".

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  • PKC, a pioneer in College and University dining across North America; PKC announces the official release of " SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE™: The Missing Ingredient ".
  • This ground breaking 9 minute documentary illustrates how dining programs designed using SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE™️ creates safe spaces, strengthens social capital, fosters new friendships, nourishes student emotional well-being, and increases student retention and academic success.
  • The friendship networks combined with the networks of new friends can result in a profound positive influence (personally and professionally) throughout the arc of a graduate’s life.
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  • For more information about " SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE™: The Missing Ingredient " or to schedule an interview, please contact Alexandra Porter at 443-848-8401- [email protected]

2023 H.S. Report Card Shows Huge Progress Coming in Personal Finance Education

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Monday, December 4, 2023
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BURLINGTON, Vt., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The fourth National Report Card on State Efforts to Improve Financial Literacy in High Schools™ shows significant progress toward the goal of having every high school student in America guaranteed a semester-long course in personal finance prior to graduation, and it promises huge gains in many states over the next five years. 

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  • John Pelletier, director of the Center, says that the 2023 report card lists seven states earning an A, just two more states than in 2017, its last report card.
  • States with an A grade require students to take a semester long personal finance course, or its equivalent, prior to graduation.
  • "High school personal finance education can help alleviate the cycle of poverty that exists in our nation," says Pelletier.
  • To produce the Report Card, the Center again conducted detailed reviews of high school graduation requirements, state academic standards for personal finance education, and laws, regulations and guidelines that relate to how each state delivers personal finance education in its public high schools.

Holes in baby dinosaur bones show how football-sized hatchlings grew to 3-tonne teens

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of prolonged and strenuous aerobic exercise.

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  • Despite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of prolonged and strenuous aerobic exercise.
  • In new research, my colleagues and I determined how much energy minibus-sized dinosaurs called Maiasaura used while growing to adulthood.

How bones heal and grow

    • Locomotion and weight-bearing activity cause stresses and strains that result in microfractures in the bones.
    • Fortunately, the leg bones of dinosaurs – like those of birds, mammals and varanid lizards such as the Komodo dragon – repair themselves in a process known as bone remodelling.
    • The main impediment to this research is the shortage of collections of bones from a single dinosaur species at different stages of growth.

‘Good mother reptile’

    • Fossils from this formation have yielded much information about the eggs, hatchlings and early lives of a dinosaur named Maiasaura (meaning “good mother reptile”).
    • This herbivorous hadrosaur apparently tended her eggs and raised her offspring for more than a year after hatching.

How to measure blood flow from bones

    • A decade ago, I wondered whether the size of the foramen could be an indirect measurement of the rate of blood flow to a bone.
    • This turned out to be true, and since then the “foramen technique” has been used on fossils to estimate blood flow rate and hence how much energy and nutrients were used in the bones of adult dinosaurs.

Rapid growth doesn’t come cheap

    • Blood flow rates calculated from foramen size were similar in one-year-old dinosaurs weighing between 189kg and 455kg and in six- to 11-year-old adults weighing between 1,680kg and 3,200kg.
    • In other words, a one-year-old had about four times as much blood flowing to each gram of its shinbone as a full-grown adult did.
    • These differences reveal how much more energy and nutrients it took to build bones in the early rapid growth stages of a Maiasaura’s life than it did to maintain the bones in adulthood.

Blue Employee Celebrates 30 Years of Service

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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She is celebrating an impressive 30-year tenure at Blue Federal Credit Union, marked by unwavering dedication, growth, and community impact.

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  • She is celebrating an impressive 30-year tenure at Blue Federal Credit Union, marked by unwavering dedication, growth, and community impact.
  • Since moving to Cheyenne in 1993, Michele's journey with Blue began as a young professional with a vision.
  • As she celebrates this remarkable milestone, Michele remains committed to her vision of positively impacting the lives of those she serves.
  • Blue Federal Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution serving eight Wyoming locations and twelve Colorado locations, as well as members worldwide.

Mars Opens Submissions for the 2024 Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Grant to Support Organizations Dedicated to Exploring and Sharing Chocolate's Global Impact

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Monday, August 28, 2023
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The grant provides funding for innovation in the areas of chocolate history research, cocoa science, scholarship and education.

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  • The grant provides funding for innovation in the areas of chocolate history research, cocoa science, scholarship and education.
  • Created in 2013, the Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Grant has awarded 51 grants totaling over $500,000 to historical, educational, civic and community organizations since its inception.
  • The Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Grant , has a special emphasis on uncovering and sharing chocolate's role in global history as well as its influence on heritage, culture and science.
  • Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Chocolate History Grant winners will be announced at the annual meeting of the Heritage Chocolate Society scheduled for February 27-28, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Approved Montana Field-Testing Flexibility Waiver Empowers Students and Educators

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas , Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has approved a Field-Testing Flexibility Waiver for the new Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) pilot program, an innovative through-year assessment design championed by Montana State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas , Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has approved a Field-Testing Flexibility Waiver for the new Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) pilot program, an innovative through-year assessment design championed by Montana State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen.
  • The waiver approval will enable students, teachers, and administrators participating in the pilot this year to take the alternative assessment without having to also take the current state summative assessment.
  • State Superintendent Arntzen celebrated the decision: "The approval of the Field-Testing Flexibility Waiver marks a significant milestone for Montana students and educators.
  • The Montana Office of Public Instruction website provides more information about Montana's Field-Testing Flexibility Waiver and the innovative MAST pilot program.

Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) Announces New Scientia Publication

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Monday, August 14, 2023
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LIBBY, Mont., Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Asbestos Related Disease is pleased to announce that Scientia has recently published an article, A Novel Autoimmune Disease Linked to Asbestos Exposure, which looks at the association between the asbestos found in Libby, Montana and autoimmune disease in those environmentally exposed to it.

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  • LIBBY, Mont., Aug. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Asbestos Related Disease is pleased to announce that Scientia has recently published an article, A Novel Autoimmune Disease Linked to Asbestos Exposure, which looks at the association between the asbestos found in Libby, Montana and autoimmune disease in those environmentally exposed to it.
  • "Scientia is a series of research publications covering important issues in science, education and technology, with the sole aim of bridging the gap between science, education, policy, research, government and the private sector.
  • The key aim of Scientia is not to change or challenge the traditional scientific publishing format; instead, we aim to complement this accepted form of dissemination – speaking in a new, easy-to-understand language.
  • The publication is based on the work of frequent CARD collaborator Dr. Jean Pfau, a partially retired microbiologist and immunotoxicologist at Montana State University.

Kendra Sticka, PhD, RDN Named Executive Director of Alaska’s Health Information Exchange

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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healtheConnect Alaska , Alaska’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), has named Kendra Sticka, PhD, RDN, as the organization’s new executive director.

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  • healtheConnect Alaska , Alaska’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), has named Kendra Sticka, PhD, RDN, as the organization’s new executive director.
  • Dr. Sticka is charged with steering the organization into continued growth and development, including ensuring the organization fulfills its commitment to the Alaska Department of Health.
  • “healtheConnect has seen tremendous growth over the last year and has provided Alaskan communities and providers access to critical patient health information, typically not easily available prior to or at the time of care,” said Dr. Sticka.
  • “healtheConnect is playing a crucial role in the positive healthcare and health IT transformation in Alaska.