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Electriq Partners with the City of Carpinteria to Provide Affordable Solar + Storage to Residents

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Electriq Power (NYSE:ELIQ), a provider of intelligent energy storage and management systems for homes and small businesses, announced a new program with the City of Carpinteria, CA, to provide affordable and sustainable solar + storage solutions to residents with zero up-front costs, no matter their socioeconomic status.

Key Points: 
  • Electriq Power (NYSE:ELIQ), a provider of intelligent energy storage and management systems for homes and small businesses, announced a new program with the City of Carpinteria, CA, to provide affordable and sustainable solar + storage solutions to residents with zero up-front costs, no matter their socioeconomic status.
  • By installing a solar + storage solution through the PoweredUp Network, residents can help protect themselves and their homes from rising utility rates and be prepared with backup power during utility power outages, all while helping the City of Carpinteria hit its renewable goals.
  • “The City identified distributed energy resources in its Strategic Energy Plan as an important strategy for local energy resiliency and reliance,” said Erin Maker, Environmental Program Manager with City of Carpinteria.
  • Electriq’s all-encompassing solar plus storage solutions offer Carpinteria households the peace of mind they seek and the cost-effective energy they desire, all without any upfront expenses."

JCO Oncology Practice Publishes Updated Clinical Data Demonstrating the Real-World Impact of Genomic Testing Among Patients with Stage IV, Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Monday, August 21, 2023

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Integra Connect, LLC., a leading provider of value-based, precision medicine solutions for specialty care, announced today that JCO Oncology Practice, an American Society of Clinical Oncology Journal, published a study that found initiating treatment prior to receiving genomic test results for actionable oncogenic drivers (AODs) in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) leads to considerably inferior patient outcomes. The study's implications underscore the necessity of incorporating molecular profiling panels with rapid turnaround times as a standard of care. By doing so, healthcare professionals can optimize patient outcomes and significantly improve the effectiveness of advanced NSCLC treatments.

Key Points: 
  • The study's implications underscore the necessity of incorporating molecular profiling panels with rapid turnaround times as a standard of care.
  • By doing so, healthcare professionals can optimize patient outcomes and significantly improve the effectiveness of advanced NSCLC treatments.
  • In the real-world setting, genomic testing is highly inconsistent, and compliance with current clinical guidelines is further hampered due to slow turnaround time for receipt of molecular test results.
  • "Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. – we need to continue to research optimal treatments and put them into practice."

Supermarket shelves were empty for months after the Lismore floods. Here's how to make supply chains more resilient

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Monday, June 19, 2023

But the past few years have made life harder for many who live there, with Black Summer bushfires, the COVID pandemic and intense flooding.

Key Points: 
  • But the past few years have made life harder for many who live there, with Black Summer bushfires, the COVID pandemic and intense flooding.
  • While it’s often assumed Australia’s strong agricultural sector means we are secure, these successive disasters show the danger of this assumption.
  • In Lismore, they were empty for weeks or up to four months for major supermarkets.

Shorter supply chains are stronger supply chains

    • During the floods, food supply chains bent or broke.
    • As a local food business owner told us:
      We are not making any money at the moment, just working to maintain customers.
    • First, we must think of food as a local system rather than a linear supply chain.

Communities move fast while government often moves slowly

    • In the wake of the floods, an inquiry found a worrying lack of preparedness or ability to respond by the state government.
    • As one helper told the ABC:
      Everywhere is closed – that’s why we wanted to open the farmers’ market, because everyone’s out of supplies.
    • Everywhere is closed – that’s why we wanted to open the farmers’ market, because everyone’s out of supplies.
    • The people running local food exchanges and pop-up kitchens served and delivered food to those who couldn’t access food on their own.

Food insecurity is on the rise – and worsened by disasters

    • But it’s surged even higher as the nation weathers the economic fallout from the pandemic and rising living costs.
    • In 2022, Foodbank reported that one-third of Australian households had problems with finding enough to eat.
    • Our study found food charities in the Northern Rivers were also disrupted by the floods.

We should build up community food networks and regional circular economies


    Even before the floods, Lismore was one of the most disaster-prone areas in Australia. This won’t be the last major shock the region faces. So what can we do? Our recommendations to boost food resilience include:
    • And last year’s floods in South Australia cut the vital Trans-Australian railway, which transports 80% of WA’s food.
    • If we harness community networks, innovative solutions and drive policy change, we can build a more resilient and secure food system for the Northern Rivers – and beyond.
    • In 2023 this includes the Northern Rivers Community Foundation and Plan C. Sheriden Keegan receives funding from Plan C and Northern Rivers Community Foundation.
    • Somayeh Sadegh Koohestani works for Institute for Sustainable Futures and received funding in 2023 from Northern Rivers Community Foundation and Plan C.

Conrad Prebys Foundation Launches Leaders in Belonging Initiative

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

SAN DIEGO, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, more than 400 individuals gathered at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center for a "Conversation on Belonging" with UC Berkeley Professor john a. powell. At the event, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, the largest private foundation in the region, announced its new Leaders In Belonging initiative. The effort will provide unrestricted awards of $100,000 each to five "fierce community advocates" working to identify, transform, and eliminate barriers to inclusion, justice, and sustainability in the greater San Diego region. This annual award is designed to provide leaders with vital support that will allow them to continue their work and help them build movements for change. 

Key Points: 
  • At the event, The Conrad Prebys Foundation, the largest private foundation in the region, announced its new Leaders In Belonging initiative.
  • "The Leaders In Belonging initiative will lift up the dedicated but often undercelebrated heroes in our community who make that their mission every day.
  • The Leaders In Belonging award will be conferred for past achievements in supporting belonging and the funds will go to the individual recipients to use as they see fit.
  • The Conrad Prebys Foundation is dedicated to helping create an inclusive, equitable, and dynamic future for all San Diegans.

HCI Energy's Hybrid Power Shelter™ Maintains Broadband Service During Remnants of Alaska Typhoon Merbok

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Just weeks before the storm, Alaska Tribal Broadband had installed a turnkey Hybrid Power Shelter from Kansas City-based HCI Energy.

Key Points: 
  • Just weeks before the storm, Alaska Tribal Broadband had installed a turnkey Hybrid Power Shelter from Kansas City-based HCI Energy.
  • The hybrid shelter houses the broadband company's satellite telecommunications and electronics equipment combined with HCI's Zero-glitch Power Module (ZPM) power backup system.
  • "During the storm, power was down, but thankfully HCI's integrated Hybrid Power Shelter was able to power the communications equipment for four days and could have kept running for several weeks," commented Harold Johnston, Founder and President of Alaska Tribal Broadband.
  • Alaska Tribal Broadband, a native-owned non-profit Alaska Corporation, is establishing affordable and reliable broadband services in Alaska's remotest locations.

The Termeer Foundation Announces Application for the Class of 2023 Termeer Fellows Is Open

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

The Termeer Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to connect the world of healthcare innovators until every patient has a cure, announces the application for the Class of 2023 Henri Termeer Fellows is open.

Key Points: 
  • The Termeer Foundation, a nonprofit organization working to connect the world of healthcare innovators until every patient has a cure, announces the application for the Class of 2023 Henri Termeer Fellows is open.
  • Termeer Fellows place a high priority on learning from others as well as serving as a mentor themselves.
  • Biotechnology leaders who qualify and are selected as a Termeer Fellow will receive membership in the Termeer network, an ever-expanding group of emerging and established healthcare innovators.
  • Since its inception in 2018, The Henri Termeer Fellowship Program has quickly become the hallmark of the Foundation.

The gate of blockchain exposure in South East Asia - Bmoon Network and their emerging 2 million+ users’ ecosystem

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bmoon Network and their merging 2 million+ users ecosystem, open up the gate of blockchain exposure in South East Asia.

Key Points: 
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bmoon Network and their merging 2 million+ users ecosystem, open up the gate of blockchain exposure in South East Asia.
  • Therefore, Bmoon Blockchain & Crypto Network was born to become the source, the helper of existing & upcoming projects that need exposure, research, and fact discussion among the community, network as well as marketing exposure activities.
  • Founded & Operated by a group of former chiefs at top national social media corporations such as BeatVN (10M+ users) or GAPO (7M+ users).
  • The network aimed to be the gate for projects, exchanges, and ventures to find, greet and connect.

Connect 5G and Xtreme5G Collaborate on Industry-First Edge 5G Stand Alone Magma Evolved Packet Core Built on Arm

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Thursday, November 10, 2022

DALLAS and WELLSBORO, Pa., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Connect 5G in collaboration with Xtreme5G announced today that they reached a significant milestone in their 5G roadmap, which addresses the digital divide in rural America. In a first for the industry, Connect 5G has successfully integrated the open-source New Radio (NR) Evolved Packet Core (EPC), "Magma", deployed on an Arm®-based edge device supporting a Stand Alone (5G-SA) radio. This network in-a-box edge solution achieved 550Mbps Downlink with 55Mbps Uplink on a single 40 MHz channel in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, with high expectations for coming tests on wider channels. The trial took place together with Xtreme5G in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania early October 2022.

Key Points: 
  • In a first for the industry, Connect 5G has successfully integrated the open-source New Radio (NR) Evolved Packet Core (EPC), "Magma", deployed on an Arm-based edge device supporting a Stand Alone (5G-SA) radio.
  • Together with Connect 5G, Xtreme 5G, and the Magma community we look forward to how this new Network-In-A-Box solution helps spread much-needed connectivity to rural communities."
  • Magma Core foundation is hosted under the Linux Foundation and the primary members are Arm, Meta, Qualcomm, and RedHat.
  • Connect 5G is the primary member of the foundation that focuses on implementing, expanding, and supporting the Magma Core project and the community on Arm architecture.

Mendix Selects Three Nonprofits for its upcoming Global 'Low-Code for Good' Hackathon

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

The first-ever Mendix global hackathon has already attracted over 800 registrations from 45 countries.

Key Points: 
  • The first-ever Mendix global hackathon has already attracted over 800 registrations from 45 countries.
  • By selecting real-life use cases from nonprofit organizations for the hackathon, Mendix aims to create a platform and community that is accessible for everyone.
  • This supports Mendix's core values of empowering a wide range of citizen developers regardless of background to innovate through low-code.
  • From artificial intelligence and augmented reality to intelligent automation and native mobile, Mendix is the backbone of digital-first enterprises.

Shaw Names Six Calgary-Based Artists to Create Shaw Pride Marches On at Calgary’s Central Memorial Park

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Monday, July 25, 2022

CALGARY, Alberta, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shaw Communications Inc. today announced four Calgary-based artists and artist teams will create murals that celebrate Pride at the four corners of Central Memorial Park for the Shaw Pride Marches On art walk initiative kicking off Friday, August 12.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, Alberta, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shaw Communications Inc. today announced four Calgary-based artists and artist teams will create murals that celebrate Pride at the four corners of Central Memorial Park for the Shaw Pride Marches On art walk initiative kicking off Friday, August 12.
  • The art walk will feature mural concepts chosen by a group of leaders from Calgarys arts community based on their creativity and the artists interpretation of what Pride means to them.
  • The figures pay homage to the paintings of historically marginalized artists, and the plants draw from local herbs that symbolize healing and protection.
  • The murals will be installed at the four corners of Central Memorial Park in Calgary's Beltline, with finished works on display until Monday, September 26.