Inspiring Vacations

In July, the Australian government announced major changes to travel restrictions. The new restrictions now allow unvaccinated travellers to enter Australia as travellers no longer need to disclose their vaccination status. Inspiring Vacations, provider of tours to Scandinavia, South Korea and everywhere in between, reports on the relaxed restrictions.

Since Australia's international borders opened in late 2021, fully vaccinated visa holders have been allowed to come and go freely. This has allowed Australians to travel overseas and visit family, friends and new places after two long years of lockdowns and tight restrictions. However, unvaccinated Australians have had to wait even longer to enjoy international travel, says Inspiring Vacations.

As of early July, unvaccinated Australians were granted permission to travel freely in and out of Australia as the country lifted its requirement for travellers to declare their immunisation status upon departure and arrival. This has also eradicated the need for the Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD) form, which both travellers and officials have admitted was a flawed system.

Since the relaxed restrictions came into effect, Australians have been heading overseas in hoards, say travel experts. Inspiring Vacations reports that Aussie travellers have been taking advantage of cheap travel deals - the tour provider has seen a significant uptick in Alaska tours and Scandinavia tours - amongst other destinations - as compared to the last couple of years.

Inspiring Vacations reminds travellers that although restrictions have been eased by the Australian government, other countries may not offer the same freedom. The tour provider advises travellers to double-check the Covid restrictions in their destination and consult with their travel agent or tour guide.

To discover tours to Alaska, cruises around Greek islands and more, get in touch with Inspiring Vacations today.

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Singapore-based global Web3 Entertainment company Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd. (DEA), known for its leading GameFi platform PlayMining, has announced that it has entered into a business partnership with "YGG Japan" which is in partnership with ForN Co.Ltd. (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tetsuya Fujiwara, hereinafter ForN).

Background of the Partnership
DEA's "PlayMining" is a GameFi platform that links games and NFT trading, and as of August 2022, has over 2.4 million users from approximately 100 countries. In addition to its flagship play-and-earn title "JobTribes", which has been available since May 2020, DEA has launched a new title "Cookin' Burger" in August 2022, and plans to launch multiple new titles during FY2022, leading the world's Web3 gaming industry.

Meanwhile, YGG Japan, established by YGG after its expansion into Japan, aims not only to let Japanese game users "Play to Earn", but also to lead them into the world of "Play and Earn". YGG Japan will also support Japanese game companies to launch their blockchain games to the world.

[DEA×YGG Japan] Original NFTs will be minted and distributed at "Tokyo Game Show 2022" as the first step of collaboration.
DEA and YGG Japan will both exhibit at "Tokyo Game Show 2022" to be held at Makuhari Messe from Thursday, Sept. 15 to Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, and will carry out a joint project. To commemorate this partnership, an original NFT, "Guild Gamer" for JobTribes will be created and distributed at the Tokyo Game Show as the first step of the collaboration.

The original NFT is a collaboration NFT with each guild that supports JobTribes as guilds in addition to YGG Japan. In addition to the logo of each guild in the illustration, the skill names that can be used in the JobTribes game were decided from the public nominations of each guild's community members.

The original NFTs will be minted and distributed to visitors to the YGG Japan and DEA booths at the Tokyo Game Show 2022 on Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18.

DEA and YGG Japan will collaborate on various measures to form and expand the community toward the common goal of "mass adoption of blockchain games" in the Japanese market.

[Outline of Original NFT]
Name: Guild Gamer
Available game titles: JobTribes
Number of copies issued: 10,003
Rarity: Common (can be used in Common Quest)
Attribute: Thunder
Skill Names
- First Skill: Voice Chat On
- Second Skill: @everyone
- Third Skill: New Challenge

Distribution Method
Visitors to the Tokyo Game Show 2022 on the general public days (Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 18, 10:00-18:00) will receive a card with a QR code to acquire NFTs when they visit the YGG Japan or DEA booth. (Tokyo Game Show 2022 official website: https://tgs.cesa.or.jp/)

[Guilds corporated on this project]
YGG Japan / LCA GAME GUILD / Sakura Guild Games / ForN Gaming Guild / Sofikura / Lucian Finders Guild / YIELD FARMING LAB / NFT GAMER JAPAN

[About YGG Japan]
YGG Japan aims not only to let Japanese game users "Play to Earn", but also lead them into the world of "Play and Earn". 

Japan is one of the world's leading content powers. Through media such as manga, anime, and games, the country owns a large number of IPs by global standards, and new IPs are being created every day. There are also many development studios that create world-class games. YGG Japan will provide an environment to deliver games using Japanese IP and original blockchain games to users around the world.

Guilds, the gaming community, are essential to enjoy blockchain games. Therefore, we will expand the guild network by strengthening the scholarship system, guild management tools and various game-related incentive programs so that more and more vibrant guilds will be created. Through these activities, we will scale up the blockchain game market in Japan and realize a new world where games are a part of daily life.

ForN Co.Ltd. 
Establishment: November 2021
Location: 406 THE MODULE roppongi, 7-21-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan
Representative Director: Tetsuya Fujiwara
HP: https://www.forn.co.jp/

ForN Corporation became the business partner of YGG, the world's largest blockchain game guild as it entered into Japan and is an operator of YGG Japan. It actively provides marketing support, tool development and infrastructure development and contributes to the expansion of the Japanese blockchain game market.

Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd. | https://dea.sg/jp/
DEA, a global GameFi and meta verse platform business, was founded in Singapore in August 2018 and is developing "JobTribes", a Play-to-Earn game; "PlayMining NFT", an NFT marketplace; and "PlayMining Verse", a meta verse project. Using blockchain technology, the company aims to realize a world where one can create value by having fun.
Co-CEO: Naohito Yoshida, Kozo Yamada
Location: 7 Straits View, Marina One East Tower,#05-01,Singapore 018936
Establishment: August 2018
Business description: GameFi platform business

Contact Information
Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd.
Public Relation: Takasugi ｜[email protected] 
Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd. PR office (within Sunny Side Up Inc.)
Attn: Yano, Suda Mail: [email protected]

 Healthful, a company dedicated to delivering highly personalized support and guidance to patients, is proud to sponsor the 2022 Solano County Substance Use Symposium. This first-ever event will be held on Sept. 9, 2022, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in partnership with Solano County, Drug Safe Solano, Touro University, the CA Bridge Program, and New Start Recovery Solutions. 

The Symposium aims to bring emergency medical, drug treatment providers and those invested in County's public health and justice systems together to strengthen community partnerships and develop real-world strategies to remove barriers to care.

Limited seats are available for in-person attendees at the Farragut Inn, Touro University, 1310 Club Dr., Vallejo, CA. The symposium's seminars, CE sessions, and networking will also be available online thanks to the HIDTA task force of the Drug Enforcement Agency. To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-solano-county-substance-use-disorder-conference-tickets-405384926227.  

"Solano County is home to more than 440,000 people but has just eight social model detox beds and, like most California counties, limited resources for inpatient treatment. This leaves patients few choices even if they want help," said President of Infect Health and Healthful Strategic Advisor Andrew Smith. "Being on the frontlines of care provides insights that drive innovation, disrupt the status quo, and improve how we deliver care. Innovation and problem solving are the DNA and purpose of Healthful that we're using to transform healthcare from the ground up."

The symposium is the first in a series of working sessions organized by Healthful's Substance Use Navigators. Funded through the California Bridge Program, Healthful's Navigators connect patients admitted to Emergency Departments due to a drug overdose with health services and see firsthand the difficulty individuals have in getting help. 

"It's alarming and sad to see the upward trend in recorded deaths from opioid overdoses, which have more than quadrupled since 2017," said Ramon Castellblanch, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Public Health, San Francisco State University and member of Solano Alcohol & Drug Advisory Board. "The data clearly shows that we need to do more to connect services across the healthcare and justice systems to people seeking treatment." 

"Being in the court system, we see daily the impact drug addiction has on individuals, families, and the community. Solano County faces both a huge challenge and opportunity in bringing everyone to the table to break down siloes and open more doors to treatment," said Judge Daniel Healy, Solano County Superior Court. "Together, we can improve how we respond to help our brothers and sisters in their time of greatest need."

About Healthful

Healthful equips patients, families, and care teams with tools they need to achieve optimal health outcomes. Developed by frontline providers at Vituity, our AI-assisted solution helps people seamlessly navigate the complex medical landscape by identifying and removing socioeconomic barriers while connecting them to high-quality, cost-effective, personalized support. Healthful is based in California; visit us online at Healthful.care, LinkedIn, and Twitter @HealthfulNav.

For more information about the Symposium, Healthful or Vituity, please contact Drea Garrison at [email protected].

MegaFans

Megafans Inc. today announced a new collaboration with Green Rabbit Holdings, LLC, to integrate Megafans' software development kit (SDK) into Green Rabbit's metaverse environment and racing game, which will offer competitive esports tournaments and rewards to players who can participate in live, massive multiplayer tournaments online. 

The purpose of the collaboration is to create new revenue streams through monetization, reward players, and retain them to increase lifetime value (LTV). Esports and rewarded game play (play-and-earn) are both proven sticky factors in digital and real-world gaming events. MegaFans' esports tournament SDK enables new forms of retention and monetization for any mobile or online game.

According to MegaFans CEO Jeff Donnelley, "The collaboration between MegaFans and Green Rabbit combines quality and quantity with GR's rich metaverse environment, true gameplay, and our competitive, MMO esports tournament system. We are providing a real and rich play-and-earn experience that Web3 gamers will love and appreciate." 

Green Rabbit successfully launched two non-fungible token (NFT) collections and their own metaverse with its first racing game. Green Rabbit's rich, virtual environment promises to provide the NFT community with an exciting and rewarding gaming experience, built with integrity and ethics at its core and delivered with the industry's collectors and gaming enthusiasts in mind. 

Green Rabbit Co-founder Jay Yadon said, "The partnership between MegaFans and Green Rabbit Holdings, LLC, is key in the development of our tournament, esports style gameplay. This type of system will be the first of its kind in the Web3 space. We look forward to working side by side with this amazing group." 

The collaboration is expected to produce more quality games, tournaments, rewards and experiential events in the future for gamers, collectors and the Web3 community globally. 

MegaFans 

MegaFans (Mobile Esports Gaming Fanatics) is building the world's first mobile esports community using blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs in a play-to-earn environment for gamers, collectors and developers, where 2.8 billion daily active users play, compete and win prizes. MegaFans offers turnkey solutions for mobile game publishers that increase monetization and retention by enriching the players' experience and their communities. MegaFans' mantra is "Esports for All!", which focuses on underserved markets around the world. They use a leaderboard format that features multiple tournaments simultaneously, to an infinite number of players globally, no matter what skill level or geo-location. Links to MegaFans' social media and company channels can be found at https://linktr.ee/megafans.

Green Rabbit 

Green Rabbit successfully launched two NFT collections and their own metaverse with its first racing game. Their rich, virtual environment promises to provide the NFT community with an exciting and rewarding gaming experience, built with integrity and ethics at its core and delivered with the industry's collectors and gaming enthusiasts in mind.

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Positive Singles Face ID
Positive Singles Added Additional Protection to Protect Member's Privacy

Positive Singles is a popular online dating site that has managed to make their mark in the niche dating sector. The company has an unprecedented number of verified members and they also have plenty of success stories that speak to the quality of services they offer. 

As everyone is aware of the risks that can accompany online dating, the site recently announced that they have added additional protection to enhance the privacy of their members. An additional authorization has been added that will be required every time users open their iOS app. The extra authorization comes in the form of Face ID, Touch ID, or other identification methods as determined by the platform and the user. 

With this extra layer of authentication, the site will be able to ensure that unauthorized people will not be able to access the app and thereby pretend to be someone else. 

Jenelle Marie Pierce, CSE, the key spokesperson for the site, was quoted as saying, "We are really pleased with our members' overall response to our recent updates. Most of our members were happy with the overall design of the site, but we wanted to ensure the privacy of our members, so we have extended our privacy measures by offering an additional authorization step for better member privacy and safety."

Positive Singles is continually launching new features that improve the site's accessibility, effectiveness, and usability. They do this by incorporating their users' feedback in order to offer the best experience to their users. 

The site boasts thousands of success stories documenting how people were able to find their real-life partners on the site, and these success stories have helped the site maintain their market share while helping people find connections and community. 

Those who would like to know more about Positive Singles and how it has shaped the lives of those who are living with an STI, visit www.PositiveSingles.com.

About Positive Singles 

Positive Singles is a top-rated specialized online dating company that has millions of members. The site has tons of amazing features and they have managed to help endless people find love. The site boasts of an easy user interface, extensive supporting features, and robust privacy measures. 

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Nonprofit fundraising, advocacy and membership agency IPM Advancement has released a first-of-its-kind research report titled "LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Organizations in the United States: Growth, Trends, Concerns, and the Outlook for Philanthropic Giving."

The report is designed to better understand the number of nonprofit organizations that are working on LGBTQ+ and equality issues nationwide, and where those organizations have impact. The report offers unique insights into organization growth, trends, concerns and the outlook for LGBTQ+ nonprofits related to philanthropic giving. Of particular interest is how engagement with LGBTQ+ nonprofits has changed since the 2015 marriage equality ruling.

"With millions of Americans identifying as LGBTQ+, and with threats to this community ongoing and seemingly increasing, we felt there was a need to better understand how many LGBTQ+ nonprofits are serving communities across the U.S.," said Russ Phaneuf, co-founder of IPM Advancement and the firm's managing director & chief strategist.  "This report provides helpful insights to share with these organizations … along with donors, policymakers, and other stakeholders concerned with the quality of life for members of the LBGTQ+ community."

Lead researcher Dr. Colton Strawser said that the report fills in important gaps about LGBTQ+ nonprofit organizations. "Research on LGBTQ nonprofits is limited, and the study identifies the financial impact of these organizations as well as the opportunities for organizations to learn from each other when it comes to fundraising. For example, while government funding to LGBTQ causes has increased, very few of the identified organizations are actively engaged in lobbying - which we see as a missed opportunity."

IPM Advancement has made the new report available for free download at https://www.ipmadvancement.com/report. For questions and media inquiries, please email [email protected] with the subject line "LGBTQ+ Report."

About IPM Advancement

IPM Advancement (IPM) works exclusively with nonprofit organizations to build strong annual giving, membership and advocacy programs. We deliver integrated fundraising solutions that help clients reach their annual and campaign goals via intelligent strategies that leverage direct mail, phone, web and social media. Our fundraising consulting services cover everything from Annual Fund to Capital Campaigns, including full program management, feasibility studies, leadership and major donor programs, certified board training, and more.

IPM is proud to be recognized as a certified LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE®) through the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Supplier Diversity Initiative. The NGLCC is the business voice of the LGBT community and serves as the nation's exclusive certifying body for LGBT-owned and operated businesses.

For more information about IPM Advancement, please visit www.ipmadvancement.com.

Aperture Pet & Life is proud to announce that it will be the exclusive U.S. distribution partner for the complete and expanding line of Maxspect's well-known and highly respected products and accessories for aquariums.

For over a decade, Maxspect has created some of the most trusted products for aquarists around the world. As they continue to expand their product portfolio, reaching even more aquarists in North America has become a critical charter. Partnering with Aperture's Distribution arm allows them to reach an expansive network of local fish stores, partners, aquariums and research institutes.

"This new, exclusive distribution partnership will provide a higher level of consistency and increase the availability of previously unavailable Maxspect products in North America,"  said Howard Roy, Sales and Marketing Director, Maxspect.

Based in Hong Kong, Maxspect's products include their highly regarded LED lighting products, such as the RSX LED systems, and their innovative Gyre circulation pump. Current highlights of the Maxspect portfolio include:

RSX LED Line. Maxspect designed and manufactures the unique RSX Aquarium LEDs. The RSX features a slim tank-wide form factor with an integrated onboard controller. This allows the user to easily program the photoperiod directly on the fixture. The RSX is currently available in four models, the R5-100, R5-150, R5-200 and R5-300, and all models feature wireless control (via an ICV6 hub sold separately), inter-unit communication and multiple mounting options. 

Gyre Pumps. Well-known and well-loved amongst marine aquarists, Maxspect challenged the status quo when it released its first Gyre pump. The Gyre is built on an innovative cylindrical propeller design and comes in multiple sizes with differing flow rates, including a commercial version. The Gyre's unique design excels at mass water movement and can be placed very close to the water surface unlike competing propeller pump designs. Current Gyre pumps feature app control, multi-pump per controller connectivity, and Sine Wave Technology that makes these pumps more efficient and near silent. 

Aeraqua Duo Skimmer. Another industry first from Maxspect. Aeraqua Duo skimmers incorporate a dual intake and a dual needle-wheel design. Despite a desirably small footprint, the AD600 protein skimmer can handle up to 100 gallons (400L) on a high bioload system and more than four times that on a low bioload system. The Aeraqua also features an easy adjustment system, app control, start delay and utilizes a DC motor.  

"We are thrilled to have the opportunity to share Maxspect's products with even more aquarists in North America," said Jeff Martinson, Chief Operating Officer for Aperture. "Our team is passionate about their commitment to making aquarists successful, which strongly aligns with Aperture's mission to help ecosystems thrive."

For more information or to purchase Maxspect products, retailers can reach out to their Aperture sales representative or visit the wholesale portal. Aquarists can purchase Maxspect products at their favorite local fish store or online retailer.

About Aperture

Aperture is a leading online retailer, manufacturer and distributor of products and solutions in over 50 countries through an integrated platform, which includes the industry's leading online marketplace for saltwater aquarists, world-class products for the success of saltwater, freshwater and reptile and amphibian ecosystems and habitats, distribution operations, sales professionals and one of the pet industry's largest YouTube platforms, with over 400,000 subscribers and 110 million views. Through its banner brands Bulk Reef Supply, Neptune Systems, EcoTech Marine, Aquaillumination, Leap Habitats and others, the company offers its customers the products and resources they need to create thriving ecosystems. For more information, visit www.apetlife.com.

About Maxspect

Maxspect was established in 2009 with the goal of creating aquarium equipment that integrates new technologies to improve aquarium keeping. With more than a decade of development and manufacturing experience, Maxspect is a respected leader in the aquarium hobby and a mainstay in the aquarium industry. Maxspect is currently sold in over 60 countries worldwide. Maxspect's mission is to create a comprehensive line of aquarium products, ranging from highly technical and innovative lighting, pumps, and filtration to necessary and useful everyday tools and biomedia. 

Bulk Reef Supply, Neptune Systems, EcoTech Marine, Aquaillumination and Leap Habitats are trademarks of Aperture, LLC. ©2022 Aperture, LLC. All rights reserved. 

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