NEW YORK, June 2, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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The Good Dog Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to training and deploying therapy dogs to help adults and children recover from stress, trauma, and disease, today announced that Rachel McPherson, Founder, along with two therapy dogs - Magnus and Atticus - will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today, Friday, June 2, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. ET.
"At The Good Dog Foundation, we believe in the healing power of the human-animal bond. Therapy dogs, when trained properly, offer uniquely effective nonverbal, nonjudgmental support for those in need of stress relief, morale boosting, or emotional healing," said Rachel McPherson, Founder of The Good Dog Foundation. "Ringing the closing bell at NYSE is a wonderful way to honor our 25th year and reflect on the meaningful work our therapy dogs have done. I am so proud of The Good Dog Foundation and the thousands of therapy dogs and their owners who are making a difference in lives every day."
About The Good Dog Foundation
For 25 years, The Good Dog Foundation has trained and deployed thousands of therapy dogs to help adults and children recover from stress, trauma and disease or cope with disabilities and learning issues. Founded on the belief in the healing power of the dog to human connection, Good Dogs have provided services to hospitals, colleges, nursing homes, disaster relief efforts as well as corporate partners. Learn more at https://thegooddogfoundation.org.
Contact Information:
Bruce Fagin
Executive Vice President, The Good Dog Foundation [email protected]
(888) 859-9992
Hard Asset Management Highlights Stellar Growth in Gold Stella Coin Market as Investment Potential Surges
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 2, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Hard Asset Management, a leading global firm specializing in the management of hard assets, specifically precious metals and rare coins, is pleased to announce the consistent increase in the U.S. and world rare coin market. Since 2018, Hard Asset Management has put a strong buy recommendation on the gold Stella coin, and the market has responded with substantial growth.
Originally minted as a pattern coin in 1879 and 1880, the Stella coin was envisioned as a potential route for the United States to join the Latin Monetary Union (LMU). Although this initiative was not pursued by Congress, the Stella coins have been embraced by collectors and investors, becoming a highly prized asset.
Christian Briggs, founder and CEO of Hard Asset Management, remarked, "Our guidance since 2018 to invest in gold Stella coins has proven its merit. We are gratified by the market's sustained growth and are confident that these historical coins provide a distinctive opportunity for collectors and investors to add a significant value to their portfolios."
Shifting focus to performance, data from the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) underlines the impressive appreciation of the Stella coins. Grading categories, such as PR (Proof), DCAM (Deep Cameo), and CAM (Cameo), illustrate a coin's condition and finish.
Below are a few examples of recent three-year Stella coin appreciations:
Hard Asset Management's strong recommendation and foresight in identifying the potential of gold Stella coins have positioned the company as a trusted source for acquiring these rare and valuable numismatic treasures. The company continues to assist collectors and investors in navigating the dynamic coin market.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger called his Expendables co-star/Planet Hollywood co-financier Bruce Willis a “huge, huge star.”
Yippee Ki-Yay, Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined the massive outpouring of support for Bruce Willis, whose family revealed in February had frontotemporal dementia, which had progressed from a previous aphasia diagnosis.
Speaking with CinemaBlend, Arnold Schwarzenegger heaped major praise on Bruce Willis, particularly his star power. “I think that he’s fantastic. He was, always for years and years, is a huge, huge star. And I think that he will always be remembered as a great, great star. And a kind man. I understand that under his circumstances, health-wise, that he had to retire.” However, Arnold isn’t so sure that Willis—or any major movie star—can ever really ride into the sunset. “But in general, you know, we never really retire. Action heroes, they reload.”
That final part of Schwarzenegger’s quote could be read a couple of different ways. One that may fit Bruce Willis best is that fans will always have the opportunity to discover his works, particularly (at least in reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger) his action movies. From the Die Hard series to Last Man Standing to The Last Boy Scout, there is plenty to choose from on that front, not to mention Pulp Fiction, Nobody’s Fool, 12 Monkeys…and this is all just in the first half of his career! That will be the reload for the 68-year-old Bruce Willis, as his dementia has forced him to leave the business for good.
The 75-year-old Schwarzenegger, on the other hand, has remained in the spotlight and is seeing something of a reload himself, landing Netflix’s action series FUBAR, marking the star’s first headlining role on scripted live-action show in his 50+-year career. And now that he has the completely made-up but fitting title Chief Action Officer, it doesn’t seem he’ll be retiring anytime soon–especially if the right Marvel role comes up.
Despite being two of the most genre-defining action stars of their era, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger only share two credits: 2010’s The Expendables and its first sequel, released in 2012. Their biggest partnership actually came in the restaurant business, backing Planet Hollywood alongside Sylvester Stallone. Fittingly, the alcoholic options included the Die Harder (rums, blue curaçao and more “team up to save the day”) and The Terminator, a disgusting-sounding concoction of gin, Kahlua, beer and more that the menu promises “will leave you saying, ‘I’ll be back.’”
Tell us your favorite Bruce Willis action movies in the comments section below!
BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 1, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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The Global Healing Festival by Embodied Black Girl returns for its fourth annual festival on June 9, 2023. The festival is the first of its kind and nourishes the healing and liberation of Black women and women of color while enlivening culture change and making wellness, somatics and mental health more accessible to the communities that need it most.
Every year the free grassroots virtual festival attracts thousands of participants around the world, primarily through word of mouth.
Curated by the global wellness and leadership education platform, Embodied Black Girl, the day-long online, interactive and immersive festival experience, includes in-depth workshops and thought-provoking conversations with today's leading visionary cultural shapers.
This year's theme, The Future is Embodied: The Rest-volution,is an invitation to enter the dream space and leave grind culture behind. In spite of the grim statistics and policies that impact Black women in particular, we root for a vision of joy, hope and self-determination.
In keeping this festival free through the years, our hope is to make wellness, somatics and mental health more accessible to Black women and folks of color and, in turn, create a world where we are seen, held and empowered. In this space, rest is life and our bodies transform into revolutionary portals and oracles for liberation.
The festival will be hosted by Embodied Black Girl founder Thérèse Cator, who'll be joined by honored guests:
Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministry and NYT Bestselling Author of Rest is Resistance
Dr. Jennifer Mullan, founder of Decolonizing Therapy and author of the forthcoming book Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma and Politicizing Your Practice (W. W. Norton & Company)
Tigidankay "TK" Saccoh, founder of The Darkest Hue, a digital platform that centers the experiences and perspectives of dark-skinned Black girls, women, and femmes
Natalee Facey, Resilience Coach and Birth Doula
The festival will explore questions like…
How does rest support our individual and collective liberation?
How can we move beyond a cognitive understanding of rest to an embodied knowing of rest?
How can we foster deeper embodiment while having difficult and necessary conversations within our family and communities?
What dreams are we here to birth and nurture that will support personal and communal thriving?
Meet a psychologist-led technology company using mental health research, user data and proprietary data sets to help shift users into a better state of mind on demand
BURLINGAME, Calif., June 1, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Psychology-based wellness platform OnePerfect unveils its answer to the global mental health crisis with an exclusive first look at the forthcoming Shift Therapy® app that guides you to your ideal state of mind, anytime, anywhere.
Pioneered by a Harvard College-educated clinical psychologist, Dr. Sean Sullivan, Shift Therapy® aims to provide subscribers with real-time access to trained Shift Therapists that help them strategically change their state of mind in under 10 minutes.
The science behind Shift Therapy® is rooted in the long history of social and clinical evidence that supports strategically 'shifting' into a better state of mind, and it leverages groundbreaking technology and AI to address people's emotional needs through Shifts: personalized, psychologist-aided digital experiences that quickly and efficiently guide people to an improved state of mind.
OnePerfect's early customers include a TIME 100 "Most Influential Company" and a major U.S. university health center, which subscribed their entire 20,000+ member community. Since inception, they have delivered hundreds of thousands of Shifts to guide people into a better state of mind.
Contact Information:
Theresa Zorn
Public Relations [email protected]
4153357542
BATON ROUGE, La., June 1, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Former Executive Director Dr. Claude Bouchard and his wife, Monique Chagnon, were recently celebrated for their generous gift to enhance the postdoctoral researcher experience at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
"I became very conscious that postdocs are critical to the success of the scientific research enterprise. They work hard, they master the latest technologies, they are eager to succeed and passionate about science. One could argue that they are the actual driver of research in a laboratory. They are not passive recipients; they challenge their mentors and everyone becomes wiser in the process," said Dr. Bouchard.
In order to enhance the postdoctoral researchers' experiences at Pennington Biomedical, Dr. Bouchard and Chagnon pledged $1 million to create the endowed Claude Bouchard-Monique Chagnon Fund to support postdoctoral fellows in basic research, as well as in clinical and public health and population science.
They hope that their gift represents only the launch of the fund and that others who understand the value that postdoctoral fellows bring to science, specifically to the mission of Pennington Biomedical and Baton Rouge, will contribute to the enhancement of the fund over time.
Under Dr. Bouchard's leadership, Pennington Biomedical created a Division of Education, whose mandate included supporting the training of postdoctoral fellows and networking with relevant units of the National Institutes of Health and the National Association of Postdoctoral Fellows. The effort led to Pennington Biomedical being recognized as one of the top 10 postdoctoral programs in the nation.
"This generous gift is part of a much larger legacy Dr. Bouchard has given to Pennington Biomedical," said Pennington Biomedical Executive Director Dr. John Kirwan. "As the former executive director, he significantly shaped this institution, greatly increasing the number of postdoctoral researchers, increasing the impact of basic research, and enlarging the physical footprint of the campus. In addition, his own research career is second to none and he continues to rank among the most cited researchers in the world."
Rebecca Schutte, President/CEO of Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, noted that his legacy also extends globally through the scientists who trained under him as postdoctoral researchers and are now conducting their own cutting-edge science all over the world.
"We are so grateful to Claude and Monique for this gift that will greatly amplify our ability to recruit the best and brightest postdocs in the world," she said. "Through their generosity, they are making a historic addition to Pennington Biomedical's commitment to create a welcoming place for postdocs to train. We hope that many others will consider contributing to the growth of this fund entirely devoted to the success of the next generation of scientists."
Smile and HealthLX collaborate to expedite FHIR-based CMS compliance and enterprise interoperability solutions.
TORONTO, June 1, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Smile Digital Health (Smile), a leading Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) health data fabric and exchange solutions provider, today announced a partnership with HealthLX™ to bring FHIR solutions to payers and providers looking to solve CMS compliance mandates and long-term enterprise interoperability needs.
Pairing Smile Digital Health's HL7® FHIR standard-based Health Data Fabric (HDF) platform with the Composable Automation™ platform and advanced ingestion engine from HealthLX results in a powerful alternative to traditional "check-the-box" CMS mandate integration.
The first solution, CMS Mandate Acceleration, offers cost-effective compliance with CMS interoperability final and proposed rules, including CMS-9115-F, CMS-0057-P and CMS-9123-P. It is ideal for payers and providers starting their compliance efforts or those looking to replace legacy solutions or unsuccessful implementations.
The second solution, FHIR First™ Enterprise, offers the foundation for an FHIR-based strategy to address operational needs such as care management, administration, claims and an endless number of other use cases that benefit from repeatable design patterns and complex data orchestration.
Both solutions provide the foundational infrastructure that allows organizations to mature into a standards-focused enterprise environment at a pace that allows each organization to innovate at their own speed, building on their foundational FHIR investments.
"HealthLX has an exceptional platform that will accelerate and simplify the creation of value for our shared clients. Our combined offering, matching Smile's health data fabric and HealthLX workflow automation, is uniquely flexible. Our clients will benefit significantly from the combined offering, getting services to market quickly and sustainably," said Duncan Weatherston, Chief Executive Officer, Smile Digital Health.
"Our product focus is on the automation needs of interoperability for healthcare stakeholders and is recognized for the composable approach that our solution delivers," said Will Tesch, Chief Executive Officer, HealthLX. "Best-of-breed solutions are optimal to address the wide array of interoperability challenges in the healthcare marketplace. With our strategic alignment with Smile Digital Health, we believe combined offerings meet a market need desperate for compliance now, but built for organizations recognizing the need to adapt to a FHIR-First future."
HealthLX™ (Healthcare Language Exchange) solves interoperability and data exchange challenges by providing repeatable data transformations at scale. Our Composable Automation™ platform gives payers and providers the flexibility to support FHIR translation with other data standards (HL7 V2, EDI, CCDA) to automate workflows whether to comply with federal regulations or create operational efficiencies through application integration. We are a founding member of Health Level Seven International's (HL7) Da Vinci Project and built several reference implementations for these CMS compliance use cases. For more information, visit HealthLX.com.
About Smile Digital Health
Smile Digital Health is a health information technology company focused on delivering better global health through open standards. Our enterprise-grade, open framework data fabric and integration platform fuels healthcare's digital transformation and accelerates value creation across all patient journeys at scale. Powered by our HL7® FHIR® standard-based clinical data repository (#SmileInside), our platform enables collaboration and allows organizations to ingest, transform, store, enrich, analyze, aggregate and meaningfully share the health information to power digital transformation. We prepare healthcare providers, payers, researchers and life sciences organizations for a connected future beyond legacy systems, adding new value through the intelligent use of information, and ultimately delivering better patient outcomes. For more information, visit SmileDigitalHealth.com.
Contact Information:
Victoria Valladolid
Director of Marketing, Smile Digital Health [email protected]
(877) 537-3343 x 728
