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University of Hawai’i and Ocean Networks Announce a New $120M Undersea Cable Project

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Monday, January 29, 2024

University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and Ocean Networks, Inc. (ONI) announce a $120 million, public-private partnership to construct a submarine optical fiber cable system that will connect the Hawaiian Islands and improve and expand high-speed broadband internet throughout the state.

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  • University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and Ocean Networks, Inc. (ONI) announce a $120 million, public-private partnership to construct a submarine optical fiber cable system that will connect the Hawaiian Islands and improve and expand high-speed broadband internet throughout the state.
  • The project, the Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL), is a key component of Connect Kākou , the state’s broadband initiative, a top priority of the Governor.
  • The project is being overseen by the UH System Office for Information Technology with support from the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi.
  • “We are very pleased to be partnering with Ocean Networks, Inc.,” said Garret Yoshimi, UH Vice President for Information Technology and CIO.

Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system

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Sunday, October 1, 2023

When I was first asked to write an opening piece in The Conversation’s series on climate change and the energy transition, I wanted to say no.

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  • When I was first asked to write an opening piece in The Conversation’s series on climate change and the energy transition, I wanted to say no.
  • It may already be too late to save the world as we know it.
  • Or should I write “be under threat” instead of “likely be gone”, to soften the story?
  • The focus on rising temperatures itself makes the future seem more benign than it’s likely to be.

The Albanese government’s softly-softly response

    • In his 2023 Intergenerational Report Treasurer Jim Chalmers included climate change as one of the five major forces affecting future wellbeing.
    • It’s one among many, and the emphasis is on the economic opportunities and jobs offered by the energy transformation.
    • Chief Climate Councillor Tim Flannery said:
      Climate dwarfs everything else in this report.
    • In The New Daily, Michael Pascoe asked, “What is Albanese hiding?
    • The Labor government’s response to the greatest emergency we face seems set on slow, as if we have time for an incremental response with little disruption to daily life and it’s OK to keep subsidising fossil fuels and approving new gas and coal projects.

Government can and must act

    • All this after four decades of neoliberalism in which both the federal and state governments have surrendered capacity to the private sector.
    • But as the COVID crisis showed us, when faced with an emergency our governments can act decisively and put the lives of people ahead of the interests of business.
    • A report from the Centre for Independent Studies claimed voters born after 1996 were the most progressive since the Second World War.
    • As the electoral weight shifts away from the old baby boomers Labor’s federal future is likely to be as a minority government with support from Greens and independents who will demand bolder action.

Why we struggle to face facts

    • Elliot from “Burnt Norton”, the first of his “Four Quartets”:
      Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind

      Cannot bear very much reality.

    • Time past and time future

      What might have been and what has been

      Point to one end, which is always present.

    • Time past and time future What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present.

Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr. to Release Debut True-Life NCIS Story in New Book, Ghosts of Honolulu, with Harper Select, on November 14, 2023

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Harper Select announced they will publish Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, the first narrative non-fiction title from Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr., on November 14, 2023. This is the first book from Harmon and Carroll Jr., who worked together on the hit CBS drama series NCIS for many years. Harmon famously played the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 18 seasons, and Carroll Jr. is a former NCIS Special Agent and the show's technical advisor.

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  • The NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll Jr., bring forth a true-life story of deception, discovery, and danger.
  • This is the first book from Harmon and Carroll Jr., who worked together on the hit CBS drama series NCIS for many years.
  • Harmon famously played the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 18 seasons, and Carroll Jr. is a former NCIS Special Agent and the show's technical advisor.
  • He had long desired to tell those stories, and we are honored to help take this first book to the world.

The UK: Existing & Upcoming Data Center Portfolio 2023

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Equinix, VIRTUS Data Centres, Digital Realty, Ark Data Centres, NTT Global Data Centers, Vantage Data Centers (Next Generation Data), Telehouse, Global Switch, Colt Data Centre Services, Infinity SDC, CyrusOne, Ascendas (Digital Realty), Kao Data, Rackspace Technology, Cxytera Technologies, SunGard Availability Services, Iron Mountain, Keppel Data Centres, Pulsant, Stellium Datacenters, ServerChoice, Proximity Data Centres, IOMART, China Mobile International (CMI), ServerHouse, Fujitsu, Lumen Technologies, Trinity DC, LDeX, SCC, DataVita, Ionos, GTT( I Squared), Node4, Volta Data Centres, Six Degrees, Telstra, SilverEdge DC, Amito, HostDime, Fulcrum Data Systems, Lincoln Rackhouse, UKFast, The Bunker, Datum Datacentres, Redcentric, Aptum, Host-IT, THG Hosting, Clouvider, Redwire DC, 4D Data Centres, MIGSOLV, DataBank, AQL Data Center, Indectron Evoque Data Center Solutions, Hardy Fisher Services, Custodian Data Centres, Sovereign Business Integration Group, OOSHA, Teledata, brightsolid, Blue Chip, Netwise, Hosting, AIMES, DATANET.CO.UK, Itility, GTP 3 Data Center, IP House, Aegis One, Daisy Corporate Services, IFB, Centrilogic, Wildcard Networks, ONI plc, ASK4, Datacentreplus, Safe Hosts Internet, Cogent Communications, Hosting-UK, Clearstream Technology, Timico, Legend Telecom, WRN Broadcast, Cloud Innovation Limited.

Key Points: 
  • Equinix, VIRTUS Data Centres, Digital Realty, Ark Data Centres, NTT Global Data Centers, Vantage Data Centers (Next Generation Data), Telehouse, Global Switch, Colt Data Centre Services, Infinity SDC, CyrusOne, Ascendas (Digital Realty), Kao Data, Rackspace Technology, Cxytera Technologies, SunGard Availability Services, Iron Mountain, Keppel Data Centres, Pulsant, Stellium Datacenters, ServerChoice, Proximity Data Centres, IOMART, China Mobile International (CMI), ServerHouse, Fujitsu, Lumen Technologies, Trinity DC, LDeX, SCC, DataVita, Ionos, GTT( I Squared), Node4, Volta Data Centres, Six Degrees, Telstra, SilverEdge DC, Amito, HostDime, Fulcrum Data Systems, Lincoln Rackhouse, UKFast, The Bunker, Datum Datacentres, Redcentric, Aptum, Host-IT, THG Hosting, Clouvider, Redwire DC, 4D Data Centres, MIGSOLV, DataBank, AQL Data Center, Indectron Evoque Data Center Solutions, Hardy Fisher Services, Custodian Data Centres, Sovereign Business Integration Group, OOSHA, Teledata, brightsolid, Blue Chip, Netwise, Hosting, AIMES, DATANET.CO.UK, Itility, GTP 3 Data Center, IP House, Aegis One, Daisy Corporate Services, IFB, Centrilogic, Wildcard Networks, ONI plc, ASK4, Datacentreplus, Safe Hosts Internet, Cogent Communications, Hosting-UK, Clearstream Technology, Timico, Legend Telecom, WRN Broadcast, Cloud Innovation Limited.

Thrive Appoints Steve Tilley as European Head of Sales

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

FOXBOROUGH, Mass., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thrive, a premier provider of cybersecurity and Cloud Managed Services, proudly announces the appointment of Steve Tilley to European Head of Sales. In this role, Tilley will be a pivotal force behind growing Thrive's comprehensive managed cybersecurity and Cloud services, in Europe.

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  • FOXBOROUGH, Mass., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thrive , a premier provider of cybersecurity and Cloud Managed Services, proudly announces the appointment of Steve Tilley to European Head of Sales.
  • In this role, Tilley will be a pivotal force behind growing Thrive's comprehensive managed cybersecurity and Cloud services, in Europe.
  • "It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Steve Tilley to the role of European Head of Sales," commented John Holland, Chief Revenue Officer at Thrive.
  • "As Thrive rapidly expands its European presence, this new role is critical to enable European businesses to benefit from Thrive's next-generation managed cybersecurity, Cloud services and automation platform."

CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE CHINA BACKED ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT GROUPS, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY & SIERRA CLUB. INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY AND LEGISLATION PENDING.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

China, Russia and others are aggressively pursuing economic, social, and cultural warfare type tactics to divide Americans and weaken America from the inside - out," stated Steve Crim, Common Sense America Executive Director.

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  • China, Russia and others are aggressively pursuing economic, social, and cultural warfare type tactics to divide Americans and weaken America from the inside - out," stated Steve Crim, Common Sense America Executive Director.
  • "The use of front groups is one of their key weapons in this war."
  • In 2018, the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups were the subjects of a congressional investigation concerning foreign influence and underreporting of taxpayer funds received through "sue and settle" lawsuits.
  • We support efforts that will strengthen the economy, promote energy diversification and innovation and drive mainstream solutions that make our communities safer.

Slone Partners Places Paul Scagnetti as Chief Executive Officer at ONI

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Monday, March 13, 2023

SOUTH RIDING, Va., March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Slone Partners, a nationwide executive search firm for life sciences, biotechnology, and healthcare companies, has announced the placement of Paul Scagnetti as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at ONI, the biotechnology company broadly enabling the ability to observe single molecules in living cells with its desktop Nanoimager microscopy platform.

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  • SOUTH RIDING, Va., March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Slone Partners , a nationwide executive search firm for life sciences, biotechnology, and healthcare companies, has announced the placement of Paul Scagnetti as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at ONI , the biotechnology company broadly enabling the ability to observe single molecules in living cells with its desktop Nanoimager microscopy platform.
  • As CEO, Scagnetti will be responsible for driving the company's future growth and expanding its reach to new customers and markets.
  • He will also build on ONI's vision to enable better science by delivering accessible and innovative new technologies to scientists around the world.
  • "Paul Scagnetti is a tremendously experienced, driven, passionate business leader and visionary with both the strategic and tactical skill sets needed to direct an important new chapter at ONI," said Leslie Loveless , Slone Partners CEO.

Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. Announces Changes to Board and Senior Management

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Monday, November 21, 2022

Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp., (NYSE ticker: IRRX) today announced the appointment of Jason Reeves and Rear Admiral Ronald Curt Copley as new independent directors to the IRRX board of directors.

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  • Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp., (NYSE ticker: IRRX) today announced the appointment of Jason Reeves and Rear Admiral Ronald Curt Copley as new independent directors to the IRRX board of directors.
  • IRRXs sponsor accepted the resignations of the current board members, who were originally appointed as independents, but now are considered insiders.
  • The proposed board changes allow the company to maintain a majority independent board as required by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
  • IRRX has also decided to reduce the composition of the board from seven members to five in anticipation of forming an expanded board new board with the target company post-deSPAC.

Twist Bioscience Promotes Patrick Finn, Ph.D., to President and Chief Operating Officer

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the promotion of Patrick Finn, Ph.D. to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer.

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  • Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the promotion of Patrick Finn, Ph.D. to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer.
  • Dr. Finn previously served as chief commercial officer of Twist Bioscience.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221026005424/en/
    Patrick Finn, Ph.D., president and chief operating officer of Twist Bioscience (Photo: Business Wire)
    Paddy joined Twist eight years ago, establishing our sales and marketing team and growing sales from $2 million in fiscal 2016 to sales of $184 million for the 12 months ended June 30, 2022.
  • Over his tenure at Twist, he has excelled and taken greater spans of control, with increasing responsibility, resulting in this promotion, said Emily M. Leproust, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Twist Bioscience.

DeciBio Ventures Invests in Replay’s $55M seed funding round led by KKR & Co. and OMX Ventures

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Monday, July 25, 2022

DeciBio Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in and advising precision medicine start-ups, invested in the seed funding round for Replay.

Key Points: 
  • DeciBio Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in and advising precision medicine start-ups, invested in the seed funding round for Replay.
  • KKR & Co. Inc. and OMX Ventures led this funding round, which totaled $55 million.
  • As part of DeciBio Ventures strategy-heavy and supportive VC model, DeciBio Ventures is also providing Replay with ongoing strategic support.
  • Beyond Replays advanced technologies, DeciBio Ventures was drawn to Replays uniquely seasoned management team, founders, and Board members.