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LOOKING FORWARD – Joseph C. Brand Submitted photo Accompanying this article is a 2020 photo of the Joseph C. Brand house at 132 W. Reynolds St., Urbana. This ‘Looking Forward’ is from the perspective of Joseph C. Brand, a long-time Champaign County resident. He was born in 1810 in Kentucky. His grandfather, Dr. James Brand, a native of Scotland, came to America after graduating from medical school in 1756. Joseph came to Urbana in 1830 and engaged in business with his uncle, Dr. Joseph S...

Three-day long Global Summit on Education ends Speakers emphasis on education to cope with global challenges Sun Online Desk 29th December, 2020 09:24:13 Speakers emphasised on education for global citizenship as well as to develop a sense of Internationalism among the young learners in order to cope with the global challenges and to reach the target of SDGs. They made the call in a three-day long Virtual Global Summit on Education (December 27-29) titled’ Redefining Education with Innovatio...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Talking to Clients About Risk Starts with Education Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during on Nov. 19. Believe it or not, talking to cannabis businesses about risk isn’t much different than talking to owners of other businesses about the topic. However, there’s a bit more to it than that, especially in a highly regulated industry in which many businesses are focused on just dotting the “I”s and crossing ...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Legal Cannabis Space Moving at Light Speed Things aren’t just moving fast in the legal cannabis space, they are moving very fast. “Oh, it’s moving at light speed for law, not light speed in general, but light speed for law,” said Katy M. Young, managing partner at Ad Astra Law Group, LLP. Young, who is also president of the International Cannabis Bar Association, was asked for a landscape of what’s happening in the legal cannabis space as part of a panel, “...

Recapping IBCs 2021 Virtual Conference & Awards Get the key highlights of the buying groups month-long national conference and learn who took home the annual awards. Dec 21st, 2020 EAST GRANBY, CT — IBC hosted its annual national conference on Oct. 15 - Nov. 13 for its distributor members and supplier partners. Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, IBC stakeholders gathered virtually for networking, educational sessions, relationship-building and sharing of best practices for growing their bu...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: There Were Crop Risks Aplenty in 2020 Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Is there a lot of risk in cannabis crops that insurance professionals should know about? You bet, if you listen to Evan Stait, a commercial account executive and cannabis practice leader for Hub International in Kelowna, British Columbia. “These guys that are growing outdoors are dealing with not only the weather, sporadic weather, fir...

COVID-19 Reinforces Need for Federal Consumer Data Privacy Laws Share Article COVID-19 may have kept some companies from preparing for the changes that the California Consumers Privacy Act (CCPA) brought in 2020, but it is coming—sooner and harder than most companies expect. Where consumer data privacy is headed and the possibility of a federal equivalent, among other topics, are addressed by Global IT Solutions provider Technologent’s Chief Information Security Officer Jon Mendoza. Current...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Industry at Diversity Crossroads Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. Diversity needs to be more than a mere buzzword in the cannabis industry. That was the message from James Jackson III, a senior vice president at Mark Edward Partners, who leads the firm’s cannabis practice and has created a dedicated unit focused on helping minority, women and ...

Dec 16, 2020 LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University Extension has received full program recognition from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to offer the National Diabetes Prevention Program online via Zoom. This course is designed for people who are at-risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The focus is on establishing lifestyle changes that promote healthy eating, physical activity and goal setting that lead to a 5% to 7% weight loss and decreased risk for type 2 diabetes. To...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Capacity, Vaping Among Issues in Industry Going Forward December 14, 2020 Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during on Nov. 19. If there is one big problem in the insuring cannabis space – where issues include property rates, the impact of COVID-19, crime, vaping – it may be capacity. Carriers and reinsurers are still largely shying away from the cannabis business because it�...