Mes: agosto 2020

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — HUNGRY Marketplace Inc., the celebrity-backed platform connecting top chefs with people looking for local chef-made meals, today announced it has reached a major milestone in the company’s efforts to feed those serving on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19.

In partnership with Virginia-based nonprofit Pivotal Moments and other generous donors, HUNGRY has helped raise more than $115,000 to provide healthcare workers, first responders, EMTs, paramedics and their families with nutritious, chef-made meals.

«We’re proud to feed the brave men and women who’ve been working so hard to keep our communities safe and healthy,» said Jeff Grass, HUNGRY CEO. «Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors and our partners, we’ve been able to do our part in giving back to these frontline heroes.»

In March, HUNGRY began leveraging its proprietary technology to get food into the hands of essential workers and at-risk groups in major U.S. cities at tremendous scale. Since then, HUNGRY has facilitated meal donations on behalf of several notable personalities, including Kevin Hart, Todd Gurley and Bobby Wagner, as well as celebrity chefs Tom Colicchio and Ming Tsai.

In addition to providing free meals as a result of outside donations, HUNGRY has also been donating four meals for every one meal sold via its HUNGRY@Home meal delivery service – an online, direct-to-consumer delivery program – and one meal for every two catered meals sold via its chef-to-business catering program.

«Finding ways to adapt our business model and tools to help frontline and essential workers during this time has been a top priority of ours,» shares Grass. «We will continue to deliver healthy, high-quality food to healthcare heroes throughout the country as long as there is a need.»

Anyone can make a tax-deductible donation via Pivotal Moments to help feed deserving healthcare heroes as part of HUNGRY’s initiative.

For more information, visit tryhungry.com/home or pivotalmoments.org/food.

About HUNGRY:
HUNGRY was founded by serial entrepreneurs Eman Pahlavani, Shy Pahlevani and Jeff Grass, as a revolutionary technology connecting independent chefs with the $60 billion business and events catering market. HUNGRY is committed to improving the communities it serves. Through its ‘Fight Against Hunger’ program, HUNGRY donates one meal to those in need for every two purchased. Additionally, its ‘WeRecycle’ program promotes environmental waste reduction by offering biodegradable plates and cutlery with its delivered meals. HUNGRY is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin and Dallas. For more information, visit tryhungry.com.

About HUNGRY@Home:
HUNGRY@Home is a direct-to-door food delivery service available in the cities HUNGRY already serves. The safe, family-style food delivery concept features chef crafted menu items that incorporate locally sourced ingredients and provide up to eight individual servings of delicious, good-for-you food in every meal. For every one meal sold via HUNGRY@Home, HUNGRY donates four meals to help someone in need. For more information and to place an order, visit http://www.TryHungry.com/Home.

About Pivotal Moments:
Pivotal Moments is a 501 (c)(3) charity who develops, supports, and promotes entertainment and educational programs to help people become champions for mental wellness. Through individual and company donations we create content and programs, and support others who are committed to increase awareness, education, and advocacy for mental wellness in our communities.

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MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — MCI USA is pleased to announce that its client the RNA Society was honored by the American Society of Association Executives with a 2020 Power of A Silver Award for their innovative program that leveraged university laboratories to rapidly scale up COVID-19 testing. The Power of A Awards recognize and celebrate the extraordinary contributions associations make to society.

«We are so proud that one of our client partners, the RNA Society, is being recognized by ASAE with a prestigious Power of A Award,» said Erin Fuller, FASAE, CAE, MPA, President, Association Solutions, MCI USA. «The RNA Society’s swift response to the pandemic demonstrates how associations drive collaboration and innovation. The Society connected its members with their local health departments so they could donate both much-needed equipment and world-class scientific expertise.»

The RNA Society is dedicated to fostering research and education in the field of ribonucleic acid science. Many members work in well-stocked academic laboratories, and during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States when it was clear that the need for widespread testing was not being met, one member of the RNA Society executive committee, Dr. Olivia Rissland, PhD (Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine) arranged donations of testing equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the local health department. Based on this success, she and other leaders of the RNA Society teamed up to expand these efforts and mobilize donations from Society membership, which is made up of more than 2,000 RNA scientists across the world.

RNA Society CEO Dr. Kristian Baker (Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University) explained, «RNA Society members were perfectly positioned to provide scientific expertise, reagents and laboratory space to expand diagnostic testing for COVID-19—and our call to action was met with unfettered enthusiasm and outstanding generosity.»

MCI USA staff supporting the RNA Society noticed these initiatives and then worked to scale up the donation program by leveraging existing relationships with partners, such as the American Health Quality Association (AHQA), to identify the best way to connect RNA scientists around the country with state and local public health departments in need of testing and materials. Through this process MCI USA staff connected with National Association of City and County Health Officers (NACCHO), which served as the primary connection hub between scientists and health departments.

«By making these connections with high-level health department representatives and other healthcare organizations, we were able to coordinate arrangements with local and state health departments in charge of doing testing in all 50 states in less than a week,» commented Alison Teitelbaum, MS, MPH, CAE, Vice President, Association Solutions, MCI USA.

Thanks to this coordinated initiative, hundreds of RNA scientists donated equipment that allowed thousands of coronavirus tests to be administered, donated PPE that protected thousands of front-line medical providers, and contributed countless hours of research to the national effort to better understand the virus.

ABOUT MCI
MCI is the global leader in engaging and activating audiences. Our business is founded on a simple human insight: When people come together, magic happens. Since 1987, we have been bringing people together through inspiring meetings, events, congresses and association or community management. MCI helps organizations harness the power of community by applying our strategic engagement and activation solutions to build unforgettable online and offline experiences that foster change, inspire, educate and enhance business performance. MCI is an independently owned company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and boasts a global presence with 2,500+ professionals in 61 offices and 31 countries, who work with clients across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, India, and the Middle East. Visit us at http://www.mci-group.com or on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook.

ABOUT MCI USA
MCI USA helps companies and associations strategically engage and activate their target audiences, building community and boosting client performance through face-to-face, hybrid and digital experiences that support client business objectives. With US headquarters in the Washington, DC area and offices in New York, Miami, Baltimore, Dallas, and Chicago, MCI USA is rapidly expanding its platform to deliver a robust set of services in its Association and Corporate Solutions portfolios. Find out more at http://www.mci-group.com/usa.

ABOUT THE RNA SOCIETY
The RNA Society is a non-profit international scientific society with more than 2,000 members dedicated to fostering research and education in the field of RNA science. The RNA Society hosts a peer-reviewed scientific journal, RNA, and an annual scientific conference, along with sponsoring other RNA-related scientific conferences through direct financial support and student travel grants. For more information about the RNA Society and its programing, or to become a member, please visit http://www.rnasociety.org and check out its Twitter account (@RNASociety).

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FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 and the resulting COVID‐19 pandemic has made the development of therapeutics, vaccines, and potential cures one of the scientific research community’s top priorities. XpressBio recently provided key products, including its COVID-19 S1/S2 microplate and ELISA reagents, to one of the world’s preeminent non-human primate research centers, the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC), for a surveillance program to determine the viral status of its non‐human primate breeding colony at the University of California, Davis. XpressBio researcher William Boteler and his team also provided scientific consulting services, including a comparison of sample activities to a panel of Coronavirus antigens prepared in different cell lines.

One of seven such centers supported by the National Institutes of Health, the California National Primate Research Center has the nation’s best-characterized population of older primates—an important edge in evaluating how age affects the impact of coronavirus on vulnerable older adults with long-term conditions like hypertension and Type-2 diabetes. Considering the similarity between human and non-human primate physiology, especially with regard to respiratory systems and immune/aging patterns, the results from this study were integral in preserving and maintaining the colony’s health as well as providing information critical to the development of new COVID-19 drugs, therapies, and surgical procedures.

Approximately 2,450 animals are housed outdoors and 1,300 indoors at the CNPRC. A sentinel surveillance program to test at least 10% of the CNPRC colony– 385 animals housed in 73 different indoor rooms or outdoor enclosures—was conducted in March, April, and May 2020. 256 paired blood and swab samples were tested for SARS‐CoV‐2 antibody and RNA.

The study had important implications related to the epidemiology of SARS‐CoV‐2 in the human population and primate populations, risk of virus introduction and transmission, especially from asymptomatic carriers, and the most important components of effective infection control programs.

«Studies like this one are critically important to understanding how we can prevent and treat COVID-19, as well as future coronavirus outbreaks,» said XpressBio President and CEO Mo Hashemzadeh. «Information being gathered now will also be equally important in strategizing a more effective defense against potential new viral pandemics that may emerge in the future.»

Details of the study are available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmp.12483

Read XpressBio’s SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Protein Plate White Paper at:
https://xpressbio.com/news/sars-cov-2-covid-19-protein-plate-white-paper/

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STOCKTON, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — California criminal defense attorney Allen Sawyer of the Law Offices of Allen Sawyer announced today that Case # CR-2019-4210705 in San Joaquin County Superior Court was settled after District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar reduced the charges for his client from felony to misdemeanor.

At the start of the jury trial, Sawyer’s client, Brian W., faced charges of contacting a minor to commit a felony and of arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes. Sawyer’s opening arguments, legal motions, and exposure of evidentiary issues contributed to the DA’s reduction of the charges to misdemeanor.

The arrest of, and the charges against, Brian W. stemmed from a police decoy scenario. In such scenarios a police officer posing as a worker for an escort service extends sexual services to a text responder. After an agreement is reached, the officer claims to be a minor. Text responders who still agree to meet for the purpose of sexual services are arrested. Such an arrest brings felony charges that carry serious state prison sentences as well as lifetime sex offender registration.

Sawyer said the victory came as a great relief for his client. «It went from a state prison case with lifetime registration to a misdemeanor with suspended fine and no additional jail time,» he said. «We are very pleased with the outcome.»

About California Defense Attorney Allen Sawyer
With offices in Stockton, San Jose, and Sacramento, The Law Offices of Allen Sawyer comprise unparalleled attorney representation for a range of legal matters across the state. Additionally, Mr. Sawyer can be seen regularly on local television news, handling cases for politicians, celebrities, sports figures, and matters in the public eye.

Misdemeanors and felonies, Allen Sawyer litigates California criminal defense cases including, but not limited to, the following categories:

• Criminal Defense
• Drug Crimes Defense
• Embezzlement Defense
• Federal Crimes Defense
• White Collar Defense

Mr. Sawyer fights for the rights of the accused. For more information or to schedule a consultation, please contact Allen Sawyer directly at (209) 645-0556, or visit the law firm website: https://www.allensawyer.com/.

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PELHAM, N.Y., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — More than 50% of US K-12 public school students will be attending school remotely to start the school year, according to a comprehensive, ongoing survey conducted by Burbio.com, a data service that aggregates school and community calendars nationwide. Specifically, 52% of students are projected to be learning online to start the year, 44% will be attending in-person either every day or certain days of the week, and 4% of students are in school districts that haven’t finalized plans.

«We have seen a dramatic shift to online only learning in the past three weeks,» said Burbio co-founder Julie Roche. «Large districts such as Chicago, and Sun Belt cities such as Houston and Miami along with large suburban districts such as Fairfax County Virginia were all setting plans to return with in-person learning and shifted to fully remote.»

Burbio’s data set consists of more than 80,000 K-12 school calendars across all 50 states and is dynamically updated as events are added or changed. For this initiative, Burbio actively monitors districts representing over 35,000 schools, including the 200 largest school districts in the U.S. District plans are reviewed every 72 hours to identify changes. School districts in the data set are a mix of sizes and distributed nationally in such a way to represent local decision-making across the country.

Size of district is a big factor in the approach districts are taking. The 200 largest districts are 66% virtual. The survey assumes New York City, the largest school district in the country, holds in-person schooling as announced and recently approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Breaking down the 44% in-person, approximately 19% of students nationally will be attending a hybrid format where students only attend certain days. Twenty five percent will go to school daily, meaning one quarter of K-12 public school students in the country will be attending school every day to start the year.

«We expect this situation to stay fluid for the entire academic year and we will continue to measure it,» said Roche. «Many districts have thresholds for Covid-19 levels that could result in converting back to remote learning. Other districts are planning to revisit the ‘on-line’ decision as soon as September and could convert to in-person models.»

About the Methodology

Margin for error is 2.73% at 95% confidence level. For detailed methodology visit https://about.burbio.com/methodology/ or email dennis@burbio.com

About Burbio:

Burbio.com is the industry leader in aggregating school, government, library and community event information for digital consumer engagement and business decision making. Burbio’s technology organizes and streams millions of hyper-local events across the US and keeps them automatically updated. Burbio’s relevant and critical content is engaging for consumers and important for business decision making. In addition to the Burbio.com consumer service, Burbio works with digital media companies, local broadcasters, real estate firms, government and library partners, national non-profits, corporate clients and investment professionals who use this community event information to engage consumers and better manage and predict their business.

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Conductiv™, the leading third-party spend optimization solutions provider, announced today an initiative to help healthcare providers better identify and increase their spend with local and minority-owned suppliers.

As local, minority-owned suppliers have struggled with the economic impact of COVID-19, and the public advocates for businesses that promote greater equality, Conductiv’s latest enhancement offers diverse suppliers an effective and proven way to grow their businesses, while enabling providers to encourage and promote diversity with their third-party service providers.

«Healthcare providers are looking to support a more diverse and inclusive roster of suppliers—including community-led minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses—but it can often be difficult to identify diverse suppliers with capabilities needed within the healthcare industry,» said Conductiv CEO Chris Gormley. «Recognizing both the importance and need for national change in this moment, we immediately deployed a team of developers to create technology enhancements that enable Conductiv’s members to increase their percentage of spend with diverse and local suppliers. Studies have shown that population health and economic performance are correlated and hold influence over social and environmental outcomes.»

Conductiv will anchor this initiative by adding diversity analytics to its integrated third-party services optimization suite—allowing for immediate visibility of Tier 1 and Tier 2 local and minority-owned supplier spending and new suppliers. Customers will have the ability to precisely measure their diverse supplier spending and efficiently evaluate and activate new contracts with carefully vetted local, minority-owned suppliers from one platform.

Conductiv will also add local and regional GPO contracts with vetted diverse suppliers and illuminate diverse supplier GPO contracting opportunities based on a healthcare organization’s historic spend. For minority-owned suppliers, working with Conductiv Contracts provides an opportunity to grow their businesses with regional and national healthcare providers. A member advisory committee will guide these collective efforts and investments.

«We’re committed to helping healthcare supply chains increase their diversity and inclusion efforts by connecting them to high-quality minority-owned suppliers,» Gormley added. «Our members have indicated their challenges in differentiating diverse spend and finding qualified diverse suppliers. To solve these challenges, our team is building off Conductiv’s category-defining integrated purchased services optimization suite and strengthening our data sources to ensure this is a simple and advantageous feature for both healthcare providers and diverse suppliers.»

For more information, please visit Conductiv.com.

About Conductiv
ConductivTM, formerly Medpricer, empowers supply chains to optimize their third-party services. As the only end-to-end third-party lifecycle improvement company, ConductivTM shares its strategic sourcing expertise and category best practices with multiple industries including healthcare, hospitality, government, real estate, transportation and education. The company has led more than 700 bids for more than 120 organizations, exceeding $4 billion in contracted value. Member projects have generated $800 million of documented savings or an average savings value of 24% to date. To learn how supply chains are transforming their savings strategy, visit Conductiv.com.

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