Mes: agosto 2020

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In an acknowledgement of Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) guidance, P&O Cruises has extended its pause in operations until November 12, 2020, and also cancelled two long itineraries due to depart in January 2021.

In the company’s latest video, P&O Cruises President Paul Ludlow said: «It is clear that whilst the guidance is in place, it is not advisable for us to resume operations.

«As well as cancelling all cruises up until November 12, 2020, we will, sadly, also be cancelling Aurora’s Caribbean and South America Adventure and Arcadia’s World Cruise. Given long-term planning, combined with the complexity and length of these long-haul itineraries and evolving border restrictions, we need to ensure that we adhere to the guidance as it stands. I know that these January cruises, in particular, are holidays of a lifetime and we are so sorry for the disappointment that these cancellations will cause.

«We continue to work in partnership with public health agencies at the highest level as well as Department for Transport; EU Healthy Gateways and Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the world’s largest cruise industry association. We will follow all applicable guidelines to enhance our already stringent measures to keep our guests and crew healthy and well and we will not resume sailing until this approved framework is in place. Fundamentally, we will be adopting best practice within the travel industry.

«The good news is that confidence in cruising is strong and we are seeing increasing and significant demand from our guests. We know that the FCO guidance is under constant review and we are hopeful that, as they are aware of the work the industry is doing, this will change before too long.»

Guests booked on the cancelled cruises will automatically receive an enhanced 125% Future Cruise Credit (FCC) or alternatively can fill in the website form for a 100% refund.

Ludlow continued: «We have invested significantly in new systems and technology to speed up the refund process and to date we have refunded tens of thousands of guests, although it is heartening to see that the majority of our guests have opted for the FCC so they have a holiday to look forward to in the future.»

He also confirmed that the company will take delivery of much anticipated new ship Iona «before the autumn.»

For more information see https://www.pocruises.com/travel-health-advisories or to book, call P&O Cruises on 03453 555 111, visit www.pocruises.com or visit a travel agent. 

About P&O Cruises 

P&O Cruises is Britain’s favourite cruise line, welcoming guests to experience the good life and enjoy a blend of discovery, relaxation and exceptional service catered towards British tastes.  P&O Cruises fleet of premium ships combine genuine service, a sense of occasion and attention to detail, ensuring guests have the holiday of a lifetime, every time.

In 2020, P&O Cruises will launch Iona. The new LNG-powered ship, with 5,200-guest capacity, will be the largest ship built to serve the UK market. Iona will feature enhancements to already successful brand signature venues from the existing fleet, as well as features newly developed for Iona. These include a breathtaking three deck atrium in the heart of the ship as well as SkyDome – an exclusively designed glass dome by award-winning British engineers Eckersley O’Callaghan. This will be a world first at sea and offer a unique space for both relaxing in all weathers and providing entertainment, featuring aerial performers and a wealth of live acts.

P&O Cruises visits over 200 destinations worldwide and offers itineraries generally ranging from two to 17 days as well as longer cruises. P&O Cruises sails to Australia & New Zealand, Baltic, the British Isles, Canada, the Spain, Portugal & the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Central America, the Far East & Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, South America, the South Pacific, the United States and Western Europe.

The company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).  

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COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Softdocs, the education-focused provider of enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, has recently been named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. For 2020, this survey-and-awards program has identified and honored 74 employers as the best in the state, Softdocs included—for the fourth consecutive year.

Founded and headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, Softdocs has been a trusted partner of higher education and K-12 within South Carolina, the Southeast, and now across North America, for more than twenty years. Today, the Softdocs client base is comprised of over 700 educational institutions, including much of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), in addition to Columbia College and Columbia International University.

As one of the institutions that have most recently chosen to move forward with Softdocs’ ECM solutions, Columbia College views their pending implementation of electronic forms, workflow automation and content management as essential for business continuity moving forward.

«Paper always seems to be at the center of our limitations, complicating our ability to efficiently track or locate documents and effectively provide service to our students,» said Wilma Allen, VP of Finance and Administration at Columbia College. «We believe the Etrieve solution will provide us the flexibility to work efficiently across campus systems, to ensure business continuity, as we continue our response to the ongoing challenges facing Higher Education.»

A second higher education institution located in South Carolina, Columbia International University, also commented on the impact that deployed Softdocs solutions are making on campus. One year into their utilization of Softdocs’ Etrieve platform, CIU is approaching the 100th anniversary of their institution, with student-facing departments firmly committed to digitization as a means to protect the student experience from any disruption the future may hold. In regards to the current pandemic, Etrieve is proving vital within Student Enrollment and other departments. CIU’s coaches are now even using the platform to track athlete information, according to National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) rules — one example of how Etrieve has helped the institution adapt processes to changing needs.

«Leveraging Softdocs’ Etrieve platform, we are simplifying processes to become more manageable and streamlined enterprise-wide with a goal of the best student experience possible,» said Michele Branch-Frappier, CIO/CTO and Vice President of Information Technology at Columbia International University. «Not only are we addressing inefficiencies, and their associated soft costs, but we are positioning to provide compliance and consistency across all departments for the long term.»

For 21 years, and counting, Softdocs has been a proud member of the Columbia, South Carolina, community and a trusted partner of educational institutions locally and across North America.

«The vision that has guided Softdocs from its founding through today, to empower Education with paperless processes and provide excellent service to every client, has come full circle as we humbly celebrate our recognition as a Best Place to Work in South Carolina,» said Mike Murphy, Founder and CEO of Softdocs. «At this moment, we joyfully celebrate our most recent clients and every relationship we’ve established with the institutions right here around us. Each one of our employees is dedicated to our clients’ success, satisfaction and continued creation of operational efficiencies through digital transformation. We will continue to be an industry leader, not only with the quality of our solutions and service, but in how we balance the success of our clients, our employees and our company.»

SOURCE Softdocs

DALLAS, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Dallas County Public Defender’s Office and Uptrust, the social justice communication platform, have announced a new partnership to employ Uptrust’s innovative, two-way communication technology which will reduce the number of Failure to Appear (FTA) incidents, arrest warrants, and technical violations in the county. The impact of implementing the unique platform is lower jail populations and a savings of millions of taxpayer dollars. In addition, the platform allows Dallas-area Police to focus efforts on crime prevention as opposed to aggressively seeking out those who have failed to appear in court, which results in a safe environment for both police and citizens.

«On any given night, too many people are being kept in Dallas County Jail for non-criminal acts like technical probation violations, missed court dates or non-violent minor offenses and simply cannot afford to post a monetary bail even though they have not been convicted of a crime,» said Lynn Pride Richardson, Dallas County Public Defender. «Allowing clients to message with their attorney before their hearing will allow for fewer incarcerations in the short and long-term.»

The Uptrust platform reinvents the court reminder system by sending personalized text messages to each public defender client from their assigned public defender. The messages act as reminders related to the client’s court hearing dates and other important legal appointments. Uptrust’s trademarked, communication platform also helps remind clients of meetings with their attorney, and to take time off work in anticipation of their court date. In the coming months, Uptrust will roll-out features in Dallas that allow attorneys and social-workers to refer their clients to local social services such as housing and employment assistance. Ensuring public defender clients are well-informed and connected to relevant social services will eliminate thousands of nights in jail per year and generate significant cost savings.

The Dallas County public defender’s office handles about 30,000 cases per year, which is approximately 50 percent of cases where a person qualifies for court appointed counsel. The new reminder program begins as the COVID-19 quarantine and social distancing measures continue to take effect. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many criminal court cases have been administratively adjourned due to the courts being closed. Many individuals with pending cases may not have any knowledge as to when their case will next be heard in court. Uptrust and the Dallas County Public Defender Office seeks to notify all of their clients of their next court appearance as well as the safety precautions that have been put into place.

To date, Uptrust’s messaging system has reduced Failure to Appear occurrences by more than 50 percent, with 30 percent of users texting back to their attorney, continuing the correspondence. The platform provides a communication and reminder tool similar to many modern dentist or doctor appointment applications tailored to the needs of low-income defendants. Dallas County is Uptrust’s second partnership in Texas, with two more set to launch in the next month. Uptrust is currently working with over 150 public defender offices in 26 states across and the US Territory of Guam.

Local governments spend more than $9 billion on unnecessary pretrial incarceration, and an additional $1 billion issuing and enforcing bench warrants when individuals are not present for their court appearance. Beyond the expense, enforcing warrants takes valuable time away from the police that could be spent on crime prevention. It also has the potential of being dangerous work, thus fewer bench warrants for failures to appear keeps both the police and the communities they serve safer.

«Dallas County recognizes that more needs to be done to assist more individuals awaiting their trial. Too many people are sitting in jail, who should not be there,» said Jacob Sills, founder of Uptrust. «Our partnership with the public defender will keep thousands of lives and families intact and save millions of dollars – a true win-win.»

ABOUT UPTRUST
Uptrust is a criminal justice system-focused communication and engagement tool helping defendants arrive at court for their scheduled hearings and other mandatory appointments. By improving the relationship between the criminal justice system and defendants, Uptrust has proved to keep low-income defendants out of jail on bench warrants and technical violations, while also saving attorneys time and reducing the cost to the municipality or county. Uptrust currently is contracted with more than 150 public defender offices around the US reaching over 900,000 defendants. Uptrust is a public benefit corporation supported by the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, RFK Human Rights, Schmidt Futures and the Heising-Simons Foundation; it has offices in San Francisco, CA and Northampton, MA. To learn more about Uptrust, visit http://www.Uptrust.co.

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DALLAS, Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — In an unpredictable, chaotic year unlike anything else, St. Paul Elder Services in KauKauna, WI continues to do what they do best – care for elderly patients. In this season, PPE is key.

After getting a PPE supply boost from FEMA they were shocked that the vast majority of what they received was faulty. Local coverage details unknown gloves, gowns that were «glorified garbage bags», and other unusable product. ([Nursing Homes Get Faulty FEMA Supplies » Urban Milwaukee] (https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/07/27/nursing-homes-get-faulty-fema-supplies/)

It was this press that caught the eye of the Servant Health team out of Dallas, Texas. (ServantHealth.com). As a Veteran owned healthcare advisory firm, Servant Health manufacturers and contract manufacturers PPE (Level 1-4 isolation gowns) in North America for major hospitals and institutions in the U.S.A.

«It was heartbreaking to see such a wonderful organization with the most at risk population not getting the support they needed. The PPE world has been ripe with fraud and misinformation and we couldn’t stand by and allow St. Pauls to be impacted by that,» said Dr. Evie Sabet (Partner & Clinical Advisor at Servant Health).

After hearing the news, Servant Health allocated a 10,000 mask donation just for St. Pauls and shipped it out immediately. They are asking for others with resources or quality PPE to donate as well.

«There is much more to do, but taking care of the Greatest Generation will always be a priority for us.» –Ben Davis (Advisor, Servant Health).

If you’d like to help donate PPE or resources to elderly care facilities with Servant Health – please reach out to Marshall@ServantHealth.com in order to facilitate the donation.

SOURCE Servant Health

FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — 2020 has seen a drastic change in how things are done on a daily basis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Back in April, the CDC recommended that everyone wears a face mask in public. Now, most states have made it compulsory as the need for authentic and durable face masks is greater than before.

Earlier this year, all medical professionals in the U.S.A realized the shortage of PPE was inevitable. Dr. Rouhanian was no different as he tried sourcing more masks and other PPE but companies had already placed a limit on each order as everyone else was trying to stock up. His practice, Quince Orchard Dental Care, which is located in Maryland, had purchased less than they were using, so stock running out was bound to happen.

«I have seen first-hand companies that are trying to profit off of everyone’s fear of the Coronavirus. As a medical professional, it was imperative that I sourced authentic face masks not only for my practice but for my loved ones and anyone who needed it» – Dr. M. Rouhanian D.D.S, owner of Quince Orchard Dental Care and PPE Wholesalers

Conversations about what could be done about the dilemma started happening between Dr. Rouhanian and his cousin Mo Emam. Mo has been a pharmacist for 10 plus years and has been running his pharmacy and a distribution company that moves prescription medicine across the U.S and overseas. They capitalized on Mo’s experience in working with distribution companies and were able to get directly in touch with a manufacturer of the authentic Powecom KN95 masks. This direct relationship eliminated the middleman which allowed them to be able to offer the masks at an affordable price. To ensure the masks’ authenticity, they ran their independent tests which proved to be very effective.

Dr. Rouhanian noted that some people have started wearing homemade masks, which is better than nothing at all but as a medical professional he knows they are not very reliable. This made him realize that it was important to not only supply other medical practices but businesses in other industries and individual consumers. Sadly, some people have also tried sourcing other masks only to end up with fake ones that are often repackaged, which is one of the biggest issues currently.

While riding the wave of people’s apprehension of the virus, companies have popped up all across the U.S.A to try to make a quick buck. This makes it difficult for the average person to decipher if the products they are paying for, really are authentic. PPE Wholesalers is a company with a difference and is bent on ensuring that each mask is authentic and up to U.S standards. Whether one package is bought as a consumer or thousands of masks are bought for your business operations, it does not matter as PPE Wholesalers just wants everyone to benefit from their quality product.

With the shortage of other types of approved masks and the market being filled with fake masks, Dr. Rouhanian and Mo are two medical professionals who have 100% trust in the Powecom KN95 masks. Both use the masks at their facilities and in their personal lives. Their main goal is to provide the masks at an affordable price to help keep everyone safe through this pandemic. These masks come with great benefits:

CDC and FDA recommended
N95 equivalent standards
Authentic

PPE Wholesalers has thousands of masks in stock in the U.S.A. that can be shipped to customers within the next business day. They understand the importance of their customer’s health so methods are in place to have it shipped quickly and free of cost. Their masks are authentic, affordable, and come with the seal of approval from their principals and their friends and family. These masks are not being dropped shipped from Asia but rather they are coming into the U.S where they are quality assured independently and by the F.D.A. They have supplied hundreds of thousands of masks across the United States including Governments, cities, and other national distributors. For more details visit their website at http://www.ppe-wholesalers.com.

SOURCE PPE Wholesalers