Perch

Perch Energy Announces B Corp Certification, Demonstrating its Commitment to Expanding Renewable Energy Access to All

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Friday, February 9, 2024

Perch Energy (“Perch”), a clean energy technology platform and community solar servicer that connects solar developers with consumers, today announces that it has become a Certified B Corporation™ (“B Corp”), demonstrating its commitment to expanding access to renewable energy for renters, homeowners, businesses and governmental entities.

Key Points: 
  • Perch Energy (“Perch”), a clean energy technology platform and community solar servicer that connects solar developers with consumers, today announces that it has become a Certified B Corporation™ (“B Corp”), demonstrating its commitment to expanding access to renewable energy for renters, homeowners, businesses and governmental entities.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240208228349/en/
    Community solar servicer Perch Energy joins the ranks of top purpose-led businesses as it continues to pave the way for accessible clean energy.
  • This certification reaffirms Perch’s fundamental commitment to values-driven business practices as it expands and accelerates the shift to clean and renewable energy through the deployment of community solar.
  • Prior to its B Corp Certification, Perch raised $30 million from Nuveen in its Series B round of fundraising in October 2023.

Lonch Digital Workspace Harnesses ‘Autonomy Economy’ to Unite Creators, Collaborators

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

A groundbreaking new startup is reimagining the digital workspace by redefining the how, the why and the when of product development, collaboration and inspiration.

Key Points: 
  • A groundbreaking new startup is reimagining the digital workspace by redefining the how, the why and the when of product development, collaboration and inspiration.
  • Introducing Lonch, the social marketplace that revolves around royalties earned by those who share connections and skills and trade insight.
  • “Let our team at Lonch take care of the rest.”
    Driving the Lonch revolution is the “autonomy economy,” a game-changing approach that empowers independence among creators and collaborators.
  • About Lonch: Inspired, inclusive and empowered communities of creators and collaborators power Lonch’s Autonomy Economy.

Plutonic and Trident Mineral Resource & Ore Reserve Update

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

The combination of the two is responsible for the improved operating performance of the mine

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  • The combination of the two is responsible for the improved operating performance of the mine
    PERTH, Australia, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Australian gold producer, Catalyst Metals Limited (Catalyst or the Company) (ASX: CYL) is pleased to provide an updated Mineral Resource & Ore Reserve statement for its Plutonic Gold Mine, and an updated Mineral Resource for the Trident deposit.
  • The Mineral Resource & Ore Reserve sit within the existing mining footprint and do not include virgin zones.
  • The previously reported NI 43-101 Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources for the Plutonic Operations included satellite deposits such as Plutonic East, Plutonic West, Hermes and Perch.
  • The previously reported Plutonic Main open pit Mineral Resources have now been incorporated into the Plutonic underground Mineral Resource inventory.

Perch Energy Raises $30M from Nuveen to Accelerate the Growth of Community Solar & Expand Access to Clean Energy Savings for All

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The partnership will also provide Perch with access to Nuveen’s strategic portfolio of affordable housing units and residential apartments.

Key Points: 
  • The partnership will also provide Perch with access to Nuveen’s strategic portfolio of affordable housing units and residential apartments.
  • Reaching low-to-moderate-income (LMI) consumers is key to democratizing solar energy and ensuring that the clean energy future is equitable.
  • “Perch’s community solar platform allows everyone to access the cost-savings of solar power, especially those who need it most, while supporting a cleaner energy future.
  • “We are excited to bring our impact expertise and broader Nuveen platform to Perch to provide inclusive access to solar savings for households.

GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficit

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

While fiscal discipline has long been the rallying cry for shutdown supporters, the tactic isn’t necessarily effective at reducing the government’s deficit.

Key Points: 
  • While fiscal discipline has long been the rallying cry for shutdown supporters, the tactic isn’t necessarily effective at reducing the government’s deficit.
  • History shows that shutdowns are counterproductive – at least as measured by their own defenders’ goals.
  • Fortunately, the past also provides a proven way to reduce the deficit, which I agree is a laudable goal.

Deficits are too high

    • When House Republicans say America’s finances are in bad shape, they do have a point.
    • The deficit, currently estimated at US$1.5 trillion, and debt held by the public, estimated at $25.8 trillion, are both dangerously high.
    • For one thing, large deficits are inflationary and put pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
    • That would make interest rates spike and could create a major economic collapse.

Fighting the wrong battle

    • I would argue that now is the wrong time for Republicans to take a stand on reducing the deficit, for two reasons.
    • The U.S. has had 21 shutdowns over the past five decades, three of which have been major.
    • These have all caused real harm to the U.S. economy, but they haven’t led to the spending levels Republicans wanted.
    • The bottom line is that they’re ignoring national defense and mandatory spending, which together represent 75% of total spending.

How to get results

    • Over the past 40 years, there have been six serious budget negotiations that resulted in deficit reductions.
    • One in 2011, negotiated by then-President Barack Obama and House Majority Leader John Boehner, was likely the most successful from a fiscal perspective.
    • When it was finally enacted, it generated $1.95 trillion in deficit reduction over nine years.
    • These examples show that budget negotiations without threatening a shutdown can be effective at enacting major deficit-reduction plans into law.

Perch Wealth Joins Arkadios Capital

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

IRVING, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Perch Wealth, a national independent investment firm specializing in tax mitigation strategies for high-net-worth clients, proudly announces its strategic decision to transition to Arkadios Capital, an award-winning independent hybrid broker-dealer.

Key Points: 
  • IRVING, Calif., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Perch Wealth, a national independent investment firm specializing in tax mitigation strategies for high-net-worth clients, proudly announces its strategic decision to transition to Arkadios Capital, an award-winning independent hybrid broker-dealer.
  • Founded by Managing Partners Ben Carmona and Ehud Gersten, Perch Wealth has over two hundred years of combined experience.
  • "We are thrilled to welcome Ehud Gersten, Ben Carmona and the Perch Wealth team to the Arkadios family," said Millican.
  • For more information on Perch Wealth, please visit perchwealth.com .

Spooky, stealthy night hunters: revealing the wonderful otherworld of owls

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Monday, August 7, 2023

Mostly it is the soft, repeated, rhythmic more … pork, more … pork of a pair of boobooks.

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  • Mostly it is the soft, repeated, rhythmic more … pork, more … pork of a pair of boobooks.
  • Sometimes, more grandly, it is the deeper, slower woo hoo … woo hoo of a powerful owl, hunting for possums in the creek-side forest.
  • Even less common but more unnerving is the truly weird screaming and distinctive whistling (likened to a falling bomb) of a sooty owl.
  • These calls in the dark invite me into a mysterious world of heightened sensory perceptions beyond the constraints of human experience.

Owl questions

    • Ackerman answers some of the most fundamental of owl questions.
    • Thirdly, how is owl flight so silent?
    • Ackerman notes it is “a feat of bio-mechanical stealth that still challenges biologists and engineeers”, but is mostly explained by a suite of distinctive physical characteristics of owl feathers.
    • Owl symbology appears in cave paintings, artefacts and stories from ancient cultures, and in many modern societies.

The quest of one researcher

    • Jonathan Slaght’s epic book Owls of the eastern ice: the quest to find and save the world’s largest owl describes his study of the threatened, fish-eating Blakiston’s fish owl in the wilds of eastern Siberia .
    • His book is a must-read corrective lesson for anyone who thinks wildlife research is simple and easy.

Threats

    • Many owls are now threatened, in some cases because of pervasive factors such as habitat destruction and climate change.
    • But there are also particular conservation problems for owls.
    • In Australia, we are profligate in our use of such chemicals and lax in our regulation of them.
    • These two books guide us expertly into the mystery of owls, allowing us to be further inspired by such wonderful birds.

Backpack-wearing chickens are helping change the way we study animal welfare

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Monday, June 19, 2023

In each house, around 28,000 near-identical broiler chickens, which are the type we use for meat, are reared in six-week production cycles.

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  • In each house, around 28,000 near-identical broiler chickens, which are the type we use for meat, are reared in six-week production cycles.
  • With so many animals per house, it makes sense to consider how any change affects the flock as a whole.
  • By attaching backpacks to chickens, we discovered just how different each bird is – and it could help us learn to meet their needs better.

Chicken backpacks

    • This data can be used to identify the object’s position to within 30cm.
    • Crucially, the tags were small enough that they could be placed inside specially designed backpacks for chickens to carry over several weeks.
    • The system recorded their location and movement during this time, giving a clear view of how they used the house.
    • When I explained this concept to one of the farmers, he waved an arm towards one corner of the house and told me he was certain he saw the same chicken in that corner every morning.

Variety is the spice of life

    • Using one of the two methods outlined above, many studies have found that heavier birds, older birds and those with leg issues are significantly less active.
    • We struggled to match any of these issues conclusively with our tagged broilers.
    • The two heaviest broilers did roam around the house the least, but a number of lighter birds used less space than heavier ones.
    • We did see less activity as birds aged, but even this was not predictable and depended on the individual.

Suffolk Hires Suzanne Roeder as Chief Growth Officer to Strategicially Position Enterprise for Continued Growth

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Suffolk , one of the largest and most innovative real estate and construction enterprises in the country, is announcing the addition of Suzanne Roeder to its executive leadership team as Chief Growth Officer.

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  • Suffolk , one of the largest and most innovative real estate and construction enterprises in the country, is announcing the addition of Suzanne Roeder to its executive leadership team as Chief Growth Officer.
  • Ms. Roeder will report to Suffolk Chairman and CEO John Fish.
  • “Suffolk must have alignment across our entire leadership team if we are going to meet our ambitious growth plans over the next several years.
  • Suzanne has deep knowledge and experience leading corporate strategies and functions that are critical to growth,” said Mr.

Donohoe Hospitality Services Names Angela Bethea Executive Chef of Cambria Washington, D.C. Capitol Riverfront’s RowHouse Restaurant and Perch SW Rooftop Bar

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Che’ McKissic, corporate beverage director of Donohoe Hospitality Services (DHS), a division of Donohoe, today named Angela Bethea executive chef at RowHouse restaurant and Perch SW, the rooftop bar & lounge that sits atop the Cambria Hotel Washington, D.C. Capitol Riverfront.

Key Points: 
  • Che’ McKissic, corporate beverage director of Donohoe Hospitality Services (DHS), a division of Donohoe, today named Angela Bethea executive chef at RowHouse restaurant and Perch SW, the rooftop bar & lounge that sits atop the Cambria Hotel Washington, D.C. Capitol Riverfront.
  • “Chef Bethea's extensive culinary background will enhance the experienced team already in place at RowHouse and Perch SW," McKissic said.
  • Prior to that, she held multiple culinary positions within the hospitality industry, including executive sous chef at the Four Seasons Baltimore, as well as sous chef at the Thompson Hotel and restaurant chef at the Nest, both in Seattle.
  • Working through the pandemic, Bethea built new concepts while addressing the constantly changing restrictions that best supported guest needs.