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Banner image: Railroad Avenue in Dolores, Colorado. (Credit: CC photo by Jeffrey Beall via Wikimedia Commons)

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Elizabeth Philbrick and her husband Jared Scott weren’t sure about the future of their new business in Dolores, Colorado.

The couple had just opened EsoTerra Cider out of what used to be the Mountain Sun Juice factory in Dolores—a town with a population of less than 1,000 people in southwest Colorado. 

EsoTerra Cider serves up libations with fanciful names like the Quercus Schmercus, Bear Bait and Apre All Day. But as infections were raging across the state, the couple’s business was having trouble covering expenses. And for bureaucratic reasons, the cidery wasn’t eligible for COVID-19 relief loans from the government.

Left: Elizabeth Philbrick and her child, Avery, at EsoTerra Cider in Dolores, Colorado; right: Jared Scott inspects a glass of cider. (Credits: Elizabeth Phiilbrick)

So Philbrick and Scott put out a call for help or advice on a new resource: an online tool for small business owners called the Startup Colorado Network. The network was launched in 2020 by Startup Colorado, an outreach program within Silicon Flatirons at CU Boulder. It connects rural entrepreneurs with business resources, as well as fellow business owners, mentors and funders. 

For EsoTerra, which at the height of apple season employs about seven people, it paid off. 

Within days, they had received a flood of comments and were eventually able to apply for and receive a loan from a local economic develop fund.

“As an entrepreneur, having someone to help walk you through those first few years is immensely important,” Philbrick said. “If you think it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a lot more than just one village to raise a business off the ground.”

Delaney Keating, managing director of Startup Colorado, added that her team is also made up of people who live and work in rural Colorado and have a passion for these small towns. While some of these communities have gone through growth spurts in recent years, others are losing residents—posing challenges to people who want to start new businesses there. 

“Rural Colorado isn’t always underserved or underresourced like many people seem to believe,” Keating said. “There are a lot of resources, but they’re often variable, so we need to connect them in better ways.”

Missing generation

Top: Delaney Keating (right) talks to Brad Feld (left), managing director of the Foundry Group in Boulder, during an event at the West Slope Startup Week in 2019; bottom: A screenshot from the Startup Colorado Network. (Credits: Startup Colorado)

John Wittler is tuned into those challenges. He grew up in Pritchett, Colorado, in the southeast corner of the state. Today, he’s a regional coordinator for Ogallala Commons, a non-profit organization that works to “reinvigorate communities and commonwealths in the Great Plains Region.”

The story, he said, is a familiar one to anyone who watches the local news in Colorado: Young people in some of the state’s small towns are leaving to seek out job opportunities elsewhere. Baca County, home to Pritchett, had a population of almost 8,000 people in 1950. Today, that number is closer to 3,800, and the State of Colorado projects that it will fall to 2,800 by 2050.

“You’ve got an aging population in these communities, and it points to almost a missing generation of leaders,” Wittler said. 

There are a lot of reasons why starting a business in rural Colorado can be difficult. Many small towns lack the infrastructure that larger cities boast for launching new projects, and the labor force can be small. But there are benefits, too. These communities are often tight-knit and want to see their residents succeed, Wittler said. There are also plenty of young people who want to live and work where they grow up—they just need the chance.

“As we change to a digital society instead of an all-physical one, there are opportunities for entrepreneurship in rural communities that haven’t existed before,” Wittler said.

Building ecosystems

The Startup Colorado organization has worked to foster that kind of entrepreneurial environment since 2011. The group collaborates with what it calls “ecosystem builders,” such as state government agencies, small business development councils and organizations like Ogallala Commons, to provide guidance to Colorado entrepreneurs. Its programs have focused on everything from coordinating statewide regional resource calls during the pandemic to sponsoring educational events. 

The group’s new online network, which was designed in collaboration with rural Coloradans like Wittler, is a central hub where people can meet and share ideas. If a user wants to find marketing advice or get a good recommendation for a CFO in Yuma County, they can post a message to the site. The tool also allows members to form their own mini-groups focused on specific regions or industries. There are currently smaller networks dedicated to local food and agriculture and the outdoor industry, among others.  

And while the resource is still in its infancy, it’s been growing steadily with roughly 467 registered users as of March 2021. Keating—who herself lives in the small town of Gunnison—said the project is like a “startup for startups.”

Elizabeth Philbrick and Jared Scott's child, Avery, snacks on the day's apple harvest. (Credit: Elizabeth Philbrick)

“The work can be intense, but we hustle hard,” Keating said. “We understand the pain points of these rural entrepreneurs, and we also understand how these ecosystem builders work hard with limited resources to reach people in their regions.”

Wittler thinks that the hard work is paying off.

“The Startup team has been amazing to work with,” he said. “Their vision has great alignment with what I think needs to happen in rural Colorado.”

A lot of love

For Philbrick, starting a small business in rural Colorado has been a love story of sorts. 

She and her now-husband met in 2015 when they were both graduate students at Colorado State University. They moved to Dolores so that they could start a family, while also tapping into some of Montezuma County’s hidden gems: historic apple orchards, many of which date back to the early 1900s, that grow rare fruit varieties with names like “jasper jelly” and “the transcendent.”

And it’s a passion that they now get to share with someone new: their first child, Avery.

“Our little 1-year-old was out on the porch with Jared all summer,” Philbrick said, “just eating a bushel of apples all day.”

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Cisco unveils Routed Optical Networking solution | FierceTelecom - FierceTelecom

Cisco unveiled its Routed Optical Networking offering, leveraging optics from its Acacia acquisition and its Silicon One chip architecture, and announced a new broadband network gateway for wireline telcos at the Cisco Live! Event this week.

The announcements, which was positioned by Cisco as an infrastructure "redesign," are the latest steps in filling out the vendor’s Converged SDN Transport blueprint for enabling service providers to collapse converge multiple IP and optical networks into a common, cost-efficient, secure and scalable network infrastructure. It’s also all part of Cisco’s “Internet for the Future” strategy.

The company said its Routed Optical Networking solution uses Acacia’s pluggable coherent optics, advancements in Segment Routing and Ethernet VPN, and new Cisco Crosswork Cloud capabilities to allow operators to meet the requirements to support an expected boom in network traffic to be generated by 5G. The announcement comes about two months after Cisco cleared the last regulatory hurdles to its $4.5 billion Acacia deal, which involved more than a year of negotiations and legal challenges that eventually led to an much-increased price for the acquisition.

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As part of this week’s announcement, Cisco said its 8000 series of routers now features Cisco Silicon One Q200 series chips offering up to 14.4 Tbps total capacity. It also unveiled new line cards and a new chassis for the Cisco Aggregated Service Router (ASR) 9000 series and Network Convergence System (NCS) 500 and 5500 series routers. Also, the company said its new Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) features help customers operate the Cisco Routed Optical Networking solution.

Cisco also is introducing its new Cisco Cloud Native Broadband Network Gateway for wireline telcos, a product which joins the family of existing gateways designed for cable TV and mobile operators. The cloud-native gateway will allow wireline operators to migrate to a more unified subscriber management model that can help them offer access-agnostic services independent from where people use these services, the company said.  

In addition to these unveilings, Cisco also said its Crosswork Cloud will include a new application called Traffic Analysis that offers service provider comprehensive visibility across network peering points, as well as actionable recommendations for optimizing traffic at the network edge to help prevent impact on the customer experience.

Cisco has worked closely with several network operators on its “Internet for the Future” strategy, including Airtel, Altibox, Eolo, Facebook, Google Cloud, Rakuten Mobile, SFR, Telenor, Telia Carrier, Telstra, Websprix and others, the company said. 

As part of this week’s announcements, Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist, Telia Carrier, said in a statement, “Historically, building and operating a multi-layer architecture has always been a challenge. Thanks to game-changing innovations that span across silicon, routing systems and standardized 400G coherent pluggable optics, complex layers can finally converge into a simpler and more scalable architecture with evolving cost structures and efficiencies. Telia Carrier has spearheaded this transition leveraging building blocks such as the Cisco 8000 and NCS 5700, resulting in a network that is easier to maintain, faster to adapt and cheaper to operate. We expect communication service providers to aggressively transition existing metro and long-haul networks in the coming year.”

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Children’s Miracle Network star who overcame heart defect at birth dies at age 33 - WJXT News4JAX

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former child star of the Children’s Miracle Network, which has raised millions of dollars for two Jacksonville-area hospitals, has died. Kyrie Higginbotham was 33 years old.

Born in the summer of 1987, Kyrie was a miracle baby.

“We thank God for the doctors,” her mother Janice said after her daughter’s birth.

Kyrie was the first Florida baby to survive a groundbreaking and high-risk surgery to correct a congenital heart defect that would have ended her life soon after it began.

In 1989, the next time News4Jax saw Kyrie, she was a happy toddler playing with her older brother. As she and family members celebrated her second birthday, they were about to fly to Philadelphia for an extended hospital stay, which would include Kyrie’s second and final heart operation.

Months later, there was the joyful homecoming.

“This moment is a great moment for us. We are through. Thank God,” Kyrie’s mother said after the surgery. “And I do want to say, thank you very much for all the prayers, all the cards and letters and all the love.”

The annual Children’s Miracle Network telethon was on Channel 4 until 2003, during which Kyrie became a star. We watched her grow up, always with family by her side.

Eventually, she was old enough to take pledges from callers, which she was eager to do from an early age, with her mother by her side.

“I would put Kyrie on the phone, and I’d say, ‘Kyrie, say hello.’ And I’d put the phone up to her ear, and she would grab it and jabber up a storm,” Janice Higginbotham explained.

At 15, Kyrie did a commercial promoting the telethon. She grew up healthy and became active in the youth ministry at her church. Here’s a photo from her high school graduation:

“She was always willing to be the first person to greet people when they came into the church. And when young people came into the youth ministry, she would always make sure they were comforted,” said her father, Steve. “If they looked like they needed someone to talk to, then she was always available to talk to them, greet them, make them feel comfortable. And, you know, just being a welcoming person, which is really what she was her entire life, a welcoming person.”

Recently, Kyrie died peacefully in her sleep. Her family believes her heart simply stopped beating.

“The day after she passed away, she received 55,000 emails,” Janice Higginbotham said. “Now, we didn’t understand that. It was people reaching out that knew her from the past, knew her now. We had people we had never met before, in other states.”

Kyrie adored children and worked as a nanny. She loved spending time with her family.

Notably, Kyrie had been under the care of a doctor throughout her entire life. But she was physically active, enjoyed spinning and was saving to buy a Peloton.

“There was absolutely zero, zero indication there was anything wrong with her whatsoever,” her father said. “It doesn’t mean there wouldn’t eventually be a time when there could have been some other surgery or even a heart transplant, but there was no indication whatsoever the day before she passed away.”

The Higginbothams continue to lean on their faith and a message they repeat often to each other.

“Don’t let nobody steal your joy, not even me. And, see you tomorrow or tonight in the sky,” Steve Higginbotham said.

“And we talked about that. We talked about Heaven and when the Lord would come,” Janice Higginbotham said. “And we’ll be together forever. So, I look forward to that.”

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Network of Community Ministries' new facility in Richardson to address shifting needs in the community - Community Impact Newspaper

Following nearly two years of unprecedented demand, the nonprofit Network of Community Ministries plans to relocate to a larger facility in Richardson that will allow it to better meet the needs of the community.

The call for Network’s services skyrocketed beginning with the October 2019 tornado. Then, over the course of the pandemic, the average number of families seeking help increased from 170 per week to 170 per day. And while the nonprofit’s need for more space predates the coronavirus, the crisis hastened the search for a more adequate facility, Network President and CEO Cindy Shafer said.

“The new building will provide room for us to really provide services with dignity to our clients,” she said. “I want to create a space for [clients] that’s bright, that’s open and that makes them feel welcome walking in the door.”

The $5.5 million facility at 1500 International Parkway is four times the size of Network’s current building. Interior renovations began March 30, and the organization is expected to move in over Labor Day weekend.

A wave of challenges

The coronavirus pandemic came on the heels of the October 2019 tornadoes, which left in their path millions of dollars in damage and thousands of people without power. The natural disaster sent shock waves through the organization, Shafer said.

“We had these 341 families who had been devastated and lost everything,” she said. “It was very hard for all of us to serve [them] because we could see ourselves in them.”

Just four months later, when the COVID-19 pandemic set in, the nonprofit saw not only a surge of new clients but also a sudden drop-off in volunteers, many of whom were seniors at high risk for contracting the virus, Shafer said.

As a result, Shafer hired three additional employees and brought on unemployed service industry workers paid through Get Shift Done, an organization that connects affected hospitality employees with local nonprofits to provide hunger relief.

Donations from the North Texas Food Bank and retail grocery partners, paired with food drives organized by local homeowners associations, churches and businesses, enabled Network to meet the soaring need for food in the community, Shafer said.

Warren Caldwell, who is the president of Canyon Creek HOA and the secretary of Network’s executive board, said his neighbors donated about 30,000 pounds of food over the course of three food drives, as well as to nearly $8,000 in cash.

“Any one of us is one illness, one job loss or one accident away from being in the ‘receive’ line instead of the ‘give’ line,” Caldwell said. “In a way, [these drives are] an internal celebration of good fortune and make us more responsible to give back.”

Since March 2020, Network has increased food distribution by 600% and rental and housing utility assistance by 400%, according to the organization. The pandemic was the “great equalizer,” Shafer said, with clients coming from every walk of life.

Then, in mid-February, just as case numbers were declining and more people were getting vaccinated, severe winter weather swept through the state. The aftermath left thousands of people without power and with damage caused by burst pipes.

Dallas resident Danika Sterling said he was at a loss when his first electric bill after the storm came in at about $260, more than six times higher than usual. His cousin referred him to Network, which was able not only to pay the bill but also to help set Sterling up with interviews for a new job.

“They helped me with multiple things—not just my light bill—which brought overall joy to me,” he said. “It was a blessing, for sure, because I didn’t have another option.”

In total, Network assisted 303 individuals with rent, utilities and other expenses related to the winter storms, according to the organization.

The need for a new facility

Network serves the 14 ZIP codes encompassed by Richardson ISD, which includes most of Richardson, parts of Dallas and a small sliver of Garland. Economically disadvantaged students make up more than half of the district’s total enrollment, according to Superintendent Jeannie Stone.

One of the advantages of Network owning its own space is that it can use the building as a revenue generator, Shafer said. Network will occupy 40,000 square feet of the new facility, and the remaining 10,000 square feet will be leased by community partners, including RISD, which plans to relocate its student services department.

Sharing space with Network will allow the district to connect families to services more easily, Stone said.

“I can’t think of a time when they’ve told us, ‘No,’” Stone said. “That’s such a powerful thing because there are so many things we can’t do—we can’t help someone who needs to pay their bills, even though that is something that is directly tied to student performance and the safety and security of our students.”

The extra space will enable the organization to expand upon services it already provides, including food and clothing distribution, job search assistance, senior services and more.

The facility will also include community gathering space as well as a sizable food distribution warehouse and a clothing closet that will allow clients to shop for their groceries and clothes using prepaid gift cards loaded with “Network Dollars.” In the future, Network will explore having the clothing closet double as a retail store that is open to the public.

Shafer said she expects pandemic-era levels of service to continue for up to two more years. Mobile service delivery is the future of the organization, Shafer said. A second mobile food pantry will launch later this year, she said.

“I’m not interested in seeing the number of [people] served go up each year,” she said. “What I want to see is the number of services provided to those people growing so that we can have a broader array of stabilization programs to really help people to be successful.”

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Ivy Rehab Network Continues Rapid Growth, Partners with Mettler Center - PRNewswire

The Mettler Center was founded over 30 years ago on principles of personalized care and positive results. With deep roots in the Champaign-Urbana community, the Mettler Center's mission is to provide patients with the most innovative physical therapy services, to quickly help them recover from pain, injury, or other issues, and get back to their lives. Over the past three decades, the Mettler Center has continuously demonstrated its commitment to patients by offering of wide variety of best-in-class rehabilitative services.

"This is an exciting day for the Mettler Center," said JT Park, VP of Rehab and Finance for the Mettler Center. "For the past 30 years we've helped patients in our community get back to doing the things they love, and we're excited to partner with Ivy to continue this mission. We're looking forward to collaborating and further enhancing the patient experience as we grow together with Ivy."

"As the Ivy Rehab Network continues to expand, high-quality partnerships are essential," said Michael Rucker, CEO of the Ivy Rehab Network. "The Mettler Center is a well-established rehabilitative leader in their community, and we couldn't be prouder for them to join our network and further strengthen Ivy's footprint in Central Illinois."

About Ivy Rehab
Founded in 2003, Ivy Rehab is a rapidly growing network of best-in-class outpatient physical, occupational, speech therapy, and ABA clinics located throughout the United States. The Ivy Rehab Network consists of multiple brands all dedicated to providing exceptional care and personalized treatment to get patients feeling better, faster. With the support of leading middle-market private equity firm Waud Capital Partners, Ivy Rehab will continue its strategic growth via the ongoing investment in new partners who embrace their mission, vision, and values as well as a culture of being "All About the People."

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FCC commissioner to urge tougher steps on Chinese network equipment - Reuters

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Tuesday called for new steps to ensure Huawei Technologies and ZTE equipment is barred from U.S. telecommunications networks and ensure no electronic devices produced with forced labor enter the United States.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Huawei Technologies is pictured in front of the German headquarters of the Chinese telecommunications giant in Duesseldorf, Germany, February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

The FCC last year adopted rules requiring U.S. telecom carriers to remove and replace equipment produced by Huawei or ZTE if purchased using an $8.3 billion government fund, but carriers could still purchase equipment from the Chinese companies with private funds.

Carr, a Republican, called for closing the “glaring loophole ... It makes no sense to allow that exact same equipment to get purchased and inserted into our communication network as long as federal dollars are not involved.”

Huawei said in a statement that “extending the FCC’s evaluation and approval process to prohibit equipment that is already accredited by the FCC is misguided and costly to American companies.”

It said blocking equipment based on where it was assembled is “discriminatory and will do nothing to protect the integrity of U.S. communications networks or supply chains.”

Carr also said the FCC could do more to address China’s abuses of ethnic and religious minorities, especially against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.

He said the agency’s equipment authorization rules should be updated to require companies that procure devices or components from Xinjiang “meet a heightened burden to ensure that their supply chain does not rely on any forced labor,” Carr said.

Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel “has long advocated for reforming the equipment authorization process to better ensure security in new network devices and is pleased to see growing support for this idea,” an agency spokesman said, adding that “the FCC is already working on addressing many of the issues Commissioner Carr spoke about.”

Earlier this month, the FCC designated five Chinese companies as threats to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting U.S. communications networks: Huawei and ZTE, as well as Hytera Communications Corp, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.

The FCC in December finalized rules requiring carriers with ZTE or Huawei equipment to “rip and replace” that equipment. U.S. lawmakers have approved $1.9 billion to fund replacements.

Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese, Sonya Hepinstall and Richard Pullin

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Network Health 2020 Annual Report to the Community Showcases Support and Service Throughout Wisconsin - PRNewswire

MENASHA, Wis., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Health, the Wisconsin-based health plan, continues to create healthy and strong communities as detailed in the 2020 Annual Report to the Community. The report features community investments, social responsibility through volunteerism and philanthropy, support for local businesses and employee awards.

"Network Health continues to transform health insurance and deliver innovative plan solutions that provide exceptional value to our members despite the extraordinary circumstances of 2020," said Network Health Chief Administrative Officer Penny Ransom. "That's our Hometown Advantageä. It's not just a slogan or catchphrase; it is truly the way we operate."

Located in Wisconsin and co-owned by two high-quality health systems, Froedtert Health and Ascension Wisconsin, Network Health offers a different kind of health insurance that puts members first. Local ownership allows Network Health to be flexible and responsive, creating cost-saving solutions for members. For example, in response to the global pandemic, Network Health delivered financial relief with premium rebates to employers, member pre-paid debit cards for health related services in 2020 and benefit enhancements including enriched telehealth coverage, transportation to doctor appointments and virtual yoga classes for Medicare members.

Network Health's Annual Report to the Community also highlights over $5.6 million returned to the community by spending with employer group customers, philanthropic giving of $100,000, earning the National Business Research Institute (NBRI) award for outstanding employee engagement and awards for employees who exemplify Network Health values.

"Network Health is determined to go above and beyond and to continue moving forward together," said Ransom. "We take care of the communities we serve, because we know we're helping our neighbors, friends and family."

The report is available to view by visiting 2020 Network Health Annual Report.

About Network Health 
Founded in 1982, Network Health offers customized commercial and Medicare health insurance services to employers, individuals and families in more than 23 counties throughout Wisconsin. Through its strong reputation for quality health care coverage and superior customer service, Network Health has grown to serve more than 111,000 members. Network Health has a 4.5 out of 5 Star rating for Medicare Advantage PPO plans from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, outperforming the national average of 4 Stars. Every year, Medicare evaluates plans based on a 5-Star rating system. Network Health also has a 4.5 out of 5 rating for both Medicare and commercial products for 2019-2020 from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Network Health is one of only four health plans in Wisconsin receiving this NCQA score for Medicare and commercial plans, and no other plans in Wisconsin are rated higher. Network Health is ranked in the top 32 commercial plans and top 25 Medicare plans, and was also named one of the "Best Medicare Advantage plans for 2020" by U.S. News & World Report. Learn more at networkhealth.com. Visit our blog at networkhealth.com/grow-in-the-know/.

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Chicago-based Stadium producing Bally Sports network’s launch show - Chicago Sun-Times

Another regional sports network is set to launch, and though it won’t be seen in Chicago, its grand opening will be held here.

The Fox Sports RSNs that Sinclair bought from Disney in August 2019 finally will be rebranded as Bally Sports on Wednesday. So viewers of, say, the St. Louis Blues and Cardinals on Fox Sports Midwest soon will be watching them on Bally Sports Midwest.

To celebrate, the network will air “Bally Sports Big Opening Day” from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central on Thursday in conjunction with MLB’s Opening Day. The show will be produced and hosted by Stadium, another Sinclair property, and originate from its studios in the United Center.

However, the show will cover more than baseball.

“This isn’t a baseball Opening Day show, this is a Bally opening day show,” said Adam Anshell, Stadium managing director of operations. “As we see the rebrand happening, we want to shine a light on how much Bally Sports has. They’ll have 30 broadcasts on Opening Day across all the Bally networks between MLB, NHL, NBA.

“Between the teams themselves, there’s so many great stories and players, but also the talent that we have across these networks, whether it’s Matt Vasgersian [Angels], Chip Caray [Braves], Tom Glavine [Braves], Jim Edmonds [Cardinals], Jack Morris [Tigers], all of these names are part of this family. Now we can bring it all together in one place to kick things off with the Bally name.”

Bally has the rights to 14 MLB teams, and all of their games will be broadcast that day by their respective RSNs. All 19 Bally RSNs will carry the show, which will be hosted by Stadium’s Michael Kim, Bally Sports SoCal reporter Kristina Pink and Charlotte Hornets voice Eric Collins of Bally Sports Southeast.

As each opening game approaches, the show will send each audience to that game’s pregame show. For instance, the first network game is Indians-Tigers at 12:10 p.m. Central. At 11 a.m., that audience will leave the show for local pregame programming, but the Bally show will go on.

“The idea being if you want to come in a little early before your pregame show – or for some of those West Coast teams a lot early for their pregame show – there’s going to be a ton of great content, interviews, features, things like that,” Anshell said.

“We’ll even mix in some of the things that Stadium brings to the family, as well, with [college basketball reporter] Jeff Goodman being in Indianapolis for the Final Four, [NBA reporter] Shams Charania will be in studio to talk NBA. We’ll include the Tennis Channel, which is another Sinclair property. Really just trying to show the full scope of what we have available.”

Though Stadium doesn’t figure to put on such an extravaganza like this again, it could spark other collaborations between Stadium and its sister stations.

“Once we see the power of that, it could make an amazing opportunity to do more of that going forward,” Anshell said. “There’s a general sense that when Sinclair bought the RSNs, it wasn’t just to keep the status quo. It was trying to find more opportunities to grow and build these and building value in time periods beyond the games.”

Stadium sports network is available on over-the-air broadcast TV (Channel 62.2 in Chicago), its app, watchstadium.com and many other providers, such as YouTube TV, Sling TV and fuboTV. However, the show only can be seen on the Bally RSNs.

Still, some of Stadium’s programming might be familiar to viewers of Marquee Sports Network, which is jointly owned by Sinclair and the Cubs. Stadium produces two monthly shows for Marquee: “Chris & Tell,” an interview show hosted by Chris Myers, and “Class is in Session,” a topical show hosted by Doug Glanville that examines societal issues in sports.

And with 19 new siblings in the family, Stadium, which launched in August 2017, wants to do more.

“We’re looking for a bigger opportunity to come along with the RSNs,” Anshell said. “If we’re going to be able to launch any kind of regular programming that we would do on the RSNs, we want to be ready for that.”

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New Ericsson Open Lab to drive network virtualization technologies - Ericsson

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has established the Ericsson Open Lab, a new space to collaborate and innovate with leading Ericsson Cloud RAN customers and ecosystem partners to drive virtualized 5G Radio Access Networks (RAN) technologies.

Ericsson Open Lab is accessible virtually to customers globally. It is co-located with the company’s Cloud RAN expertise at Ericsson’s R&D site in Ottawa. The company will support these activities from its locations around the world.

Ericsson Open Lab enables fast and interactive collaboration that delivers innovation to complement existing RAN solutions. Ericsson Open Lab also aims to help service providers pursue and realize new deployment and 5G use case scenarios, as well as create opportunities to increase automation and reduce manual intervention. The lab offers space to further explore Open RAN technologies, including aspects such as virtualization, management, and orchestration.

Ericsson Open Lab collaboration is not limited to Ericsson cloud-native infrastructure technology and RAN software advancements on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers and acceleration hardware. It will also seek to foster greater cooperation in areas such as machine learning, network automation and optimization with communications service providers and industry partners. These service providers include KDDI, Ooredoo, Orange, Softbank Corp, Turkcell and ecosystem partners such as Intel, NVIDIA, Red Hat and Wind River. Additional customers and partners will be engaged as Cloud RAN network requirements evolve, enabling new collaborative activities in the Open Lab.

Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Networks, Ericsson, says: “Open technology underpins the modern mobile miracle, which connects more than eight billion devices today with one set of global operating standards. With Ericsson Open Lab, we invite our customers and partners to co-create and bring new cloud innovations to 5G.

“We have created this collaboration to develop architectures and common operating standards that complement existing 5G ready technology. This initiative will help to test the limits of 5G connectivity, working closely with operators and enterprise customers globally, as the industry continues to adopt more open architectures.”

Ericsson Open Lab features the latest industry cloud native technology supported by collaboration and virtual meeting applications. This will deliver engaging, dynamic, and interactive collaboration experiences for virtual users.

Toshikazu Yokai, Executive Officer, Chief Director of Mobile Technology, KDDI, says: “KDDI is committed to continuous network innovation and the creation of new technologies to bring superior performance to our users. Working with Ericsson in the Open Lab will enable our design and engineering teams to collaborate in real-time and co-develop new virtualized RAN technologies to accelerate the intelligence and agility of our 5G networks.”

Arnaud Vamparys, Senior Vice President, Radio Networks at ‎Orange, says: “In the Open RAN journey, interoperability, cloudification and automation are key topics for Orange. The collaboration with Ericsson, as part of the Open Lab initiative, is allowing us to explore new flexible and innovative technologies like Cloud RAN on COTS hardware for mobile network evolution.”

Ryuji Wakikawa, Vice President, Head of Advanced Technology Division, SoftBank Corp., says: “SoftBank is actively working with global ecosystem partners to realize virtualized RAN technologies. We look forward to our continued collaboration with Ericsson and its Open Lab to accelerate the innovation of building the most advanced mobile infrastructure."

At the Ottawa site, 100MHz of indoor mid-band spectrum and 60MHz of indoor/outdoor mid-band spectrum is available for testing and co-creation activities. This enables customers and partners to create and test Cloud RAN capabilities based on their own spectral holdings and use case requirements across indoor and outdoor networks.

Fast and interactive collaboration with service providers and ecosystem partners also supports Ericsson’s Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) approach to Cloud RAN technology development. This approach ensures the seamless integration of new features and accelerates the feedback loop and design of new features. This means that software can go live quickly, often within minutes of being developed.

The Open Lab follows on the heels of Ericsson’s announcement of its Cloud RAN product portfolio development. The lab enables further development of Ericsson Cloud RAN solutions on COTS hardware, bringing higher efficiency and flexibility to customer networks.

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The DRCR Retina Network's top 5 greatest hits - Ophthalmology Times

This article was reviewed by Daniel F. Martin, MD

The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research (DRCR) Network, established in 2002 by the National Eye Institute, has orchestrated numerous randomly assigned clinical trials over the years that initially focused on improving treatment of diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Over the past 3 years, however, that focus expanded to include studies of all retinal diseases, and in 2019, a new name, the DRCR Retina Network, was adopted to reflect its new mission.

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“Over the past 17 years, this highly collaborative network has conducted more than 30 DR multicenter studies and published more than 100 reports from 160 clinical sites and boasts more than 1800 members,” said Daniel F. Martin, MD, who along with Jennifer Sun, MD, MPH, currently serve as the network chairpersons for the DRCR Retina Network.

Martin is chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute, the Barbara and A. Malachi Mixon III Institute Chair in Ophthalmology, and a professor of ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

This research group has struck gold over the years with a number of high impact studies that have helped define the standard of care of diabetic retinopathy.

At a recent Vision Research Symposium sponsored by the Cleveland Eye Bank Foundation, Martin described 5 of the most important findings from DRCR Retina Network studies.

Related: Aflibercept broadly effective for reducing DR severity in post-hoc analysis

DRCR Protocol I.¹
The seminal finding of this study was that anti-VEGF agents are the most effective treatment for diabetic macular edema (DME).

In this study, 854 eyes (vision of 20/32-20/320) with DME were randomized to treatment with laser, ranibizumab (Lucentis; Genentech, Inc), ranibizumab with laser, or triamcinolone with laser.

After 5 years of follow-up, investigators found that when compared with laser, ranibizumab provided significant (P < .001) increases in vision either as monotherapy or when combined with laser.

“Anti-VEGF drugs are now standard of care, and Protocol I was the first published large randomly assigned clinical trial that showed just how effective these drugs are for DME,” Martin said.

DRCR Protocol I.¹
The need for injections decreased dramatically over 5 years. “This was a remarkable finding, and something that we did not expect. In protocol I, patients received a mean of 9 injections in the first year,” Martin said. “Following this intensive treatment, only 2 to 3 injections were required in year 2, and only 0 to 1 injections per year in years 3, 4, and 5. DME can be a relatively self-limited disease, and that may be particularly true with appropriate treatment.”

Related: DME strategies directed by knowledge of mechanisms

DRCR Protocol T.²
In this study, the 3 available anti-VEGF treatments, aflibercept (Eylea; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc), bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech, Inc), and ranibizumab, were compared over a 2-year period for the treatment of DME.

The results showed that patients with visual acuity from 20/32 to 20/40 did equally well with any of the 3 drugs.

But for patients with visual acuity of 20/50 or worse, aflibercept was superior to the other 2 drugs.

As a result of this study, Martin explained, any of the 3 drugs are appropriate choices for patients with DME and vision of 20/40 or better, although bevacizumab is much less expensive than the other 2.

For those with visual acuity of 20/50 or worse, aflibercept is the most effective drug for reducing DME and improving visual acuity.

Related: Updates in DME, diabetic retinopathy

Bevacizumab and ranibizumab are still effective in these eyes, and it may still be reasonable for cost purposes to start with bevacizumab since the absolute difference between drugs in the proportion of patients who gained 10 or more letters was only 10%.

An ongoing DRCR study (Protocol AC) is evaluating whether starting with bevacizumab and then switching to aflibercept if the desired result is not achieved is an effective strategy that does not compromise longer-term visual outcomes.

DRCR Protocol V.³
All major clinical trials that have evaluated the efficacy of anti-VEGF drugs for DME have only included eyes 20/32 or worse.

“But what about those eyes that have DME on OCT [optical coherence tomography] but visual acuity of 20/25 or better?” Martin asked. “Do those eyes need to be treated?

Related: Post hoc analysis: Protocol V provides more practical DME guidance for clinicians

Are long-term visual acuity outcomes compromised if we do not treat? Until Protocol V, we did not know the answer to this question that is commonly encountered in clinical practice.”

In Protocol V, 702 eyes with center-involved DME and vision of 20/25 or better were randomly assigned to initial observation, laser, or treatment with aflibercept.

The study found that 2-year visual outcomes are excellent whether eyes are initially treated with anti-VEGF versus laser or observation with deferral of anti-VEGF until visual acuity worsens.

Observation was just as effective as immediate treatment, and over a 2-year period, the long-term outcome was not compromised by delaying treatment until necessary.

Related: Identifying gaps in anti-VEGF treatment among minorities with DME

DRCR Protocol S.⁴
It has been known for years that retinal neovascularization is exquisitely sensitive to anti-VEGF agents.

However, the question of whether or not repeated anti-VEGF injections could be used effectively for the treatment of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) had not been answered until Protocol S.

In Protocol S, patients with PDR were randomly assigned to anti-VEGF treatment with ranibizumab following a defined algorithm versus panretinal photocoagulation (PRP).

At 2 years and at 5 years, anti-VEGF treatment and PRP were found to be equally effective with no difference in long-term visual acuity.

A major concern that remains in eyes treated with anti-VEGF agents alone, however, is the risk of progression of PDR in these eyes if they are lost to follow-up.

Related: Probe of IRIS Registry shows anti-VEGF injections leading treatment for PDR

In the first year of Protocol S, patients required a mean of 9 injections to control their proliferative disease, and many needed continued dosing throughout 5 years for the disease to remain quiescent.

Since anti-VEGF treatment does not permanently improve the underlying ischemia that produced the retinal neovascularization, missing injections could lead to recurrence of active disease and the possibility of catastrophic consequences, as have been documented in a few small case series.

The specific role of anti-VEGF to treat PDR is still evolving, but in selected cases, it can be a reasonable choice that also reduces the risk of DME.

The future of the DRCR Retina Network is bright. Numerous studies will be completed during the next few years, and many new studies are being developed.

Related: Research suggests course of diabetic eye disease influenced by genetic factors

Planned studies include those that evaluate the use of fenofibrate to reduce diabetic retinopathy, long-term age-related macular degeneration outcomes, prevention of radiation retinopathy, vitreoretinal surgery for epiretinal membranes, and low-dose bevacizumab compared with laser for zone 1 retinopathy of prematurity.

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Daniel F. Martin, MD
e:martind5@ccf.org
Martin has no financial interest in this subject matter.

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References
1. Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network; Elman MJ, Aiello LP, Beck RW, et al. Randomized trial evaluating ranibizumab plus prompt or deferred laser or triamcinolone plus prompt laser for diabetic macular edema. Ophthalmology. 2010;117(6):1064-1077. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.02.031

2. Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network; Wells JA, Glassman AR, Ayala AR, et al. Aflibercept, bevacizumab, or ranibizumab for diabetic macular edema. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(13):1193-1203. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1414264

3. Baker CW, Glassman AR, Beaulieu WT, et al; DRCR Retina Network. Effect of initial management with aflibercept vs laser photocoagulation vs observation on vision loss among patients with diabetic macular edema involving the center of the macula and good visual acuity: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2019;321(19):1880-1894. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.5790

4. Gross JG, Glassman AR, Liu D, et al; Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network. Five-year outcomes of panretinal photocoagulation vs intravitreous ranibizumab for proliferative diabetic retinopathy: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(10):1138-1148. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.3255

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BBC journalist leaves China amid Beijing's criticisms of network's coverage - Reuters

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BEIJING (Reuters) - BBC News said on Wednesday one of its journalists in China had relocated to Taiwan, a move that comes amid criticism from Beijing about the broadcaster’s reports on alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region.

BBC News, in a statement published on one of its official Twitter accounts, did not specify why John Sudworth had left Beijing.

“John’s work has exposed truth the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know,” BBC News said. “The BBC is proud of John’s award-winning reporting during his time in Beijing and he remains our China correspondent.”

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New Ericsson Open Lab to drive network virtualization technologies - Yahoo Finance

• Ericsson customers can realize new deployment/use case scenarios, increase automation and reduce manual intervention, with an initial focus on Ericsson's Cloud RAN products

KISTA, 16440, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has established the Ericsson Open Lab, a new space to collaborate and innovate with leading Ericsson Cloud RAN customers and ecosystem partners to drive virtualized 5G Radio Access Networks (RAN) technologies.

Ericsson Open Lab is accessible virtually to customers globally. It is co-located with the company's Cloud RAN expertise at Ericsson's R&D site in Ottawa. The company will support these activities from its locations around the world.

Ericsson Open Lab enables fast and interactive collaboration that delivers innovation to complement existing RAN solutions. Ericsson Open Lab also aims to help service providers pursue and realize new deployment and 5G use case scenarios, as well as create opportunities to increase automation and reduce manual intervention. The lab offers space to further explore Open RAN technologies, including aspects such as virtualization, management, and orchestration.

Ericsson Open Lab collaboration is not limited to Ericsson cloud-native infrastructure technology and RAN software advancements on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers and acceleration hardware. It will also seek to foster greater cooperation in areas such as machine learning, network automation and optimization with communications service providers and industry partners. These service providers include KDDI, Ooredoo, Orange, Softbank Corp, Turkcell and ecosystem partners such as Intel, NVIDIA, Red Hat and Wind River. Additional customers and partners will be engaged as Cloud RAN network requirements evolve, enabling new collaborative activities in the Open Lab.

Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Networks, Ericsson, says: "Open technology underpins the modern mobile miracle, which connects more than eight billion devices today with one set of global operating standards. With Ericsson Open Lab, we invite our customers and partners to co-create and bring new cloud innovations to 5G.

"We have created this collaboration to develop architectures and common operating standards that complement existing 5G ready technology. This initiative will help to test the limits of 5G connectivity, working closely with operators and enterprise customers globally, as the industry continues to adopt more open architectures."

Ericsson Open Lab features the latest industry cloud native technology supported by collaboration and virtual meeting applications. This will deliver engaging, dynamic, and interactive collaboration experiences for virtual users.

Toshikazu Yokai, Executive Officer, Chief Director of Mobile Technology, KDDI, says: "KDDI is committed to continuous network innovation and the creation of new technologies to bring superior performance to our users. Working with Ericsson in the Open Lab will enable our design and engineering teams to collaborate in real-time and co-develop new virtualized RAN technologies to accelerate the intelligence and agility of our 5G networks."

Arnaud Vamparys, Senior Vice President, Radio Networks at ‎Orange, says: "In the Open RAN journey, interoperability, cloudification and automation are key topics for Orange. The collaboration with Ericsson, as part of the Open Lab initiative, is allowing us to explore new flexible and innovative technologies like Cloud RAN on COTS hardware for mobile network evolution."

Ryuji Wakikawa, Vice President, Head of Advanced Technology Division, SoftBank Corp., says: "SoftBank is actively working with global ecosystem partners to realize virtualized RAN technologies. We look forward to our continued collaboration with Ericsson and its Open Lab to accelerate the innovation of building the most advanced mobile infrastructure."

At the Ottawa site, 100MHz of indoor mid-band spectrum and 60MHz of indoor/outdoor mid-band spectrum is available for testing and co-creation activities. This enables customers and partners to create and test Cloud RAN capabilities based on their own spectral holdings and use case requirements across indoor and outdoor networks.

Fast and interactive collaboration with service providers and ecosystem partners also supports Ericsson's Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) approach to Cloud RAN technology development. This approach ensures the seamless integration of new features and accelerates the feedback loop and design of new features. This means that software can go live quickly, often within minutes of being developed.

The Open Lab follows on the heels of Ericsson's announcement of its Cloud RAN product portfolio development. The lab enables further development of Ericsson Cloud RAN solutions on COTS hardware, bringing higher efficiency and flexibility to customer networks.

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U.S. FCC commissioner urges tougher steps on Chinese network equipment - Reuters

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr on Tuesday called for new steps to ensure Huawei Technologies and ZTE equipment is barred from U.S. telecommunications networks and ensure no electronic devices produced with forced labor enter the United States.

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The FCC last year adopted rules requiring U.S. telecom carriers to remove and replace equipment produced by Huawei or ZTE if purchased using an $8.3 billion government fund, but carriers could still purchase equipment from the Chinese companies with private funds.

Carr, a Republican, called for closing the “glaring loophole ... It makes no sense to allow that exact same equipment to get purchased and inserted into our communication network as long as federal dollars are not involved.”

Huawei said in a statement that “extending the FCC’s evaluation and approval process to prohibit equipment that is already accredited by the FCC is misguided and costly to American companies.”

It said blocking equipment based on where it was assembled is “discriminatory and will do nothing to protect the integrity of U.S. communications networks or supply chains.”

Carr also said the FCC could do more to address China’s abuses of ethnic and religious minorities, especially against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.

He said the agency’s equipment authorization rules should be updated to require companies that procure devices or components from Xinjiang “meet a heightened burden to ensure that their supply chain does not rely on any forced labor,” Carr said.

Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel “has long advocated for reforming the equipment authorization process to better ensure security in new network devices and is pleased to see growing support for this idea,” an agency spokesman said, adding that “the FCC is already working on addressing many of the issues Commissioner Carr spoke about.”

Earlier this month, the FCC designated five Chinese companies as threats to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting U.S. communications networks: Huawei and ZTE, as well as Hytera Communications Corp, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.

The FCC in December finalized rules requiring carriers with ZTE or Huawei equipment to “rip and replace” that equipment. U.S. lawmakers have approved $1.9 billion to fund replacements.

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The FCC last year adopted rules requiring U.S. telecom carriers to remove and replace equipment produced by Huawei or ZTE if purchased using an $8.3 billion government fund, but carriers could still purchase equipment from the Chinese companies with private funds.

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Huawei said in a statement that “extending the FCC’s evaluation and approval process to prohibit equipment that is already accredited by the FCC is misguided and costly to American companies.”

It said blocking equipment based on where it was assembled is “discriminatory and will do nothing to protect the integrity of U.S. communications networks or supply chains.”

Carr also said the FCC could do more to address China’s abuses of ethnic and religious minorities, especially against Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang.

He said the agency’s equipment authorization rules should be updated to require companies that procure devices or components from Xinjiang “meet a heightened burden to ensure that their supply chain does not rely on any forced labor,” Carr said.

Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel “has long advocated for reforming the equipment authorization process to better ensure security in new network devices and is pleased to see growing support for this idea,” an agency spokesman said, adding that “the FCC is already working on addressing many of the issues Commissioner Carr spoke about.”

Earlier this month, the FCC designated five Chinese companies as threats to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting U.S. communications networks: Huawei and ZTE, as well as Hytera Communications Corp, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.

The FCC in December finalized rules requiring carriers with ZTE or Huawei equipment to “rip and replace” that equipment. U.S. lawmakers have approved $1.9 billion to fund replacements.

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