Even allowing for what he readily admits may be a little recency bias, this year has been one to remember, says Concord High graduate and University of New Hampshire running standout James Wilkes. “It’s been clouded some with COVID, but the season.
by WRAL TechWire May 17, 2021 .
CRESTON – An emerging startup focused on improving health outcomes for honeybees, HiveTracks, has raised nearly $170,000 in 2021 thus far, and plans to raise more ahead of a key product launch slotted for June.
Founder James Wilkes, who is also a professor of computer science at Appalachian State University as well as a beekeeper and farmer, launched the company in 2010. He’s using computing to drive positive outcomes for honeybees and all the stakeholders who rely on bees as a pollinator for agricultural food systems globally.
The company brought on two new executives in 2020, Laura Dye as COO, and Max Rünzel as CEO, to drive the company forward toward a major product release, raising capital to do so.
ESTUARY 2021 is a large-scale live and online arts festival which will see over 90 works and events presented in outdoor locations across Essex and Kent, from Shoeburyness to Tilbury, from Gravesend to Margate; including
Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea and Southend on Sea in Essex: The programme extends from the most easterly points of the Thames as it merges with the North Sea, and into London, with programme at Lesnes Abbey Woods.
The newly announced programme adds to a line-up of over 70 contributors including: Mary Mattingly; Marcus Coates; Ackroyd & Harvey; Sadie Hennessey; Jack McNamara; Caroline Bird and Selina Nwulu; Jas Dhillon, James Marriott, Lu Williams and Elsa James; Robert Macfarlane, Zoe Svendsen and Carolyn Downing; Shona Illingworth and Patrick Wright; and Bob and Roberta Smith.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) President Joe Biden has announced a withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September, about 20 years after the start of a war provoked by the deadliest terror assault on the United States.
Biden’s plan, announced Wednesday, is to pull out all the American forces now numbering 2,500 by Sept. 11, the anniversary of the attacks on the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon that were coordinated from Afghanistan by the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
There were 2,500 to 3,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when Biden took office, the smallest number since early in the war. The number peaked at 100,000 during President Barack Obama’s first term.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Who is Johnny Wilkes? A look at the man suing the Clippers and Jerry West. [Los Angeles Times :: BC-BKN-CLIPPERS-WILKES:LA]
LOS ANGELES There were two players from the Dorsey High boys basketball team who earned All-Southern-League honors in 1980.
Johnny Wilkes and Dennis Robertson.
Forty years later, Robertson has become a recognizable figure in the NBA as Clippers star Kawhi Leonard’s enigmatic “Uncle Dennis,” the man believed to have perhaps the biggest influence over the two-time NBA champions and Finals MVP.
Before this week, Wilkes was a virtual unknown an L.A.-native who had an unremarkable college career at Colorado and Cal State Fullerton, an international professional career in Japan, and whose post-playing career has included jobs in and out of sports.